DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021, PUNE, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM OXFAMREPORT SUPPLEMENTARY CHARGESHEET Covid deepened Goswami paid inequalities:wealth, me $12,000 and education, gender Wealth surge of richest11inpandemic SINGHU Rs 40 lakh to fix could sustain NREGS for10years ECHO IN MUMBAI ratings: Dasgupta UDITMISRA Growth NEWDELHIJANUARY24 vs Farmers from various BARC ex-CEO’slawyer: Handwritten inequality parts of Maharashtra ANEW reportbyOxfam has arrivedinMumbai on statementhas no evidentiary value found that the Covid pandemic Sundaytoparticipate deeplyexacerbated existing in- HIGH LEVELSofinequal- in arally on Monday equalities in India and around ities hurtthe economy against the newfarm MOHAMEDTHAVER& the world. and undermine social laws. Ganesh Shirsekar KRISHNKAUSHIK The report, titled‘The cohesion. Some argue REPORT, PAGE 7 MUMBAI,NEWDELHI, Inequality Virus’,has foundthat that governmental ef- JANUARY24 as the pandemic stalledthe econ- fortstoreduce inequal- omy, forcingmillionsofpoor ity mustsucceed, not THE FORMERCEO of Broadcast Indians out of jobs, the richestbil- precede, effortstoboost 1YEAR AS UNION TERRITORY Audience Research Council lionaires in India increased their growth because that will (BARC) India, Partho Dasgupta, Dasgupta’s statement wealth by 35 per cent. define howmuchthere has claimedinahandwritten againstGoswami partof “ThewealthofIndian billion- is to distribute. That will statement to MumbaiPolice that chargesheet airesincreasedby 35 percentdur- be the challenge forthe J&K:Dropinlaw&orderincidents he receivedUS$12,000 from ing the lockdown and by 90 per Budget. Republic TV Editor-in-Chief cent since 2009 to $422.9 billion Arnab Goswami fortwo separate AUDITREPORT rankingIndiasixthintheworldaf- holidays andatotal of Rs 40 lakh terUS, China, Germany, Russia lations, sinceMarch,asthe gov- butuptickinmilitantrecruitment over three years, in return for ■Favouritism and France,” states thereport. ernment announcedpossibly manipulating ratings in favour of towardschannels According to Oxfam's calcu- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the news channel, according to J&KDGP Dilbag Singh says severalmilitant commanders Kargil ignored the supplementarychargesheet ■ Ratings were filedinthe TRP scam case. pre-decided killedinayear, ‘situation better’ on all parameters in first Ladakh The 3,600-pagesupplemen- ■ BARC officials India, China hold ninth tary chargesheet, filedby violated code dentsalso dropped5per centto tableau: chief MumbaiPoliceon January11, also round of LAC talks NAVEEDIQBAL VIOLENCERELATED 243in220 compared with255 includes aBARCforensic auditre- SRINAGAR,JANUARY24 TOMILITANCY in 2019.The fall is significant of Hill Council port, WhatsApp chatspurport- The audit reportnames sev- (BPM) point, continueduntil when compared with 2018, edly between Dasgupta and eral news channels, including KRISHNKAUSHIK evening. IN ITS FIRSTfull year as the 2019 2020* whichwitnessed417 militancy- Goswami, and statementsof59 Republic, Times Nowand Aaj NEWDELHI,JANUARY24 The latesteffortcametwo- newest Union Territoryofthe Militancy- 255 243 related incidents. BASHAARATMASOOD persons,including former council Tak, andlists instances of and-a-half months afterthe country, Jammuand Kashmir relatedincidents The number of recruitsjoin- SRINAGAR,JANUARY24 employees and cable operators. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SENIOR MILITARYcommanders lastround of discussions be- witnessedanuptickinrecruit- Lawandorder 584 143 ing militancy in the UT has, how- from India and China meton tweenthe twosides on ment to militant ranks; the incidents ever,seen a22per cent rise to OLD FAULTLINES between Sundayfor theninth round of November 6, with around number of lawand order inci- Militantskilled 157 222 174in2020 from 143in2019. Of BuddhistLadakh and Muslim talkstodiscuss apossible solu- 50,000 troops deployed in the dents, however, dropped signif- Militant 143 174** the 174recruits, 76 militants Kargil have emergedinthe tion to the nearly nine-month region, along with additional icantly during the year. recruitment were killedand another 46 ar- Republic Daytableauofthe new border standoffineastern artillery, tanks, and air de- According to police datafor Ceasefire 605 930 rested.Just52remain active, Union TerritoryofLadakh. Ladakh. fence assets. the lastthree years, the number datawith the J&K Police shows. The firsttableau of Ladakh violation DR SHEKHAR MANDE The meeting, whichbegan It followedamemo from of lawand order incidentsinJ&K When contacted,Director will depict the Thiksey *UptoDec 30 DIRECTOR GENERAL, COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC around 10 am on theChinese India fortalkswhile the two plunged 75 percent to 143in **Out of which76killed, 46 arrested General, J&KPolice, Dilbag Singh, Monastery in Leh and the Indian AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH and 52 still active side of the Chushul-Moldo countries maintainedregular 2020 compared with 584in told The Indian Express that Astronomical Observatoryin PAGE 11 Border Personnel Meeting CONTINUEDONPAGE2 2019.Militancy-related inci- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Sexual assault under BUSINESSASUSUAL POCSO needs skin to BY UNNY skin contact: Bombay HC Manwho pressedbreasts of child over her clothes convicted formolestation The verdict, deliveredby VIVEKDESHPANDE Justice Pushpa VGanediwala on NAGPUR,JANUARY24 January19, setaside the ruling of alowercourt underSection 8of IN Acontroversial orderthat POCSO applicable to “sexual as- Pak Zindabad: could have implications on a sault” on children, againstcon- rangeofcases, the Nagpur bench victSatish Bandu Ragde. 11-hour police of Bombay HighCourt acquitted Saying that Section8of aman of sexual assault on the POCSO provides forstringent THE WORLD ordeal for grounds that pressing the breasts punishment of five years’ of rig- of achild over her clothes with- orous imprisonment(RI), the PRACHANDAGROUP out direct “skin to skin”physical High Courtobservedthat EXPELSOLIFROM family, friends contact does notconstitute “sex- “stricter proof and serious alle- ual assault” underthe Protection gations arerequired”. PARTYGENERAL over agame of Children from Sexual Offences The judgesaid: “As such, MEMBERSHIP PAGE 12 (POCSO) Act. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,JANUARY24 At IIM Calcutta, it’s teachers versus TWOmen were detainedand questionedfor eighthours Director over her powers, their role through Saturday-Sundaynight and three women foratleast three hours Sundaymorning by culture of transparency and ac- the Delhi Police —all because RITIKACHOPRA Director countability. theywereheardsaying “Pakistan NEWDELHI,JANUARY24 Anju Seth That group isn’t small. Zindabad” as partofacycling says ‘small Lastmonth, as manyas61 game near Khan Market Metro THE FACULTYat IndianInstitute group’ upset teachers —over75% of the IIM- station lateSaturdaynight. of Management, Calcutta, is with her Calcutta’s faculty —wrotetothe Their ordeal, that startedat1 lockedinanunprecedented MinistryofEducation (MoE) am on Sunday, endedonlyby standoff withthe institute’s di- urging it to step in alleging that noon withthe police admitting rector alleging that she has cen- Director Anju Seth hasattrib- Seth’s styleoffunctioning, was that “PakistanZindabad” was tralisedpowers in her hands and uted the confrontation to "a “arbitrary, discriminatory,and, said in a “lighter vein”, and no usurpedtheir role in administra- small group of individuals" up- having averynarrowvision.” CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tion and decision-making. setwith her effortstofostera CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Afterstrides in social welfare, Latur village hands overbaton to all-womanpanchayat PAGE 1 waypaved by the performance ANCHOR of two-time sarpanch BhagyashreeChame, who was one of the three women elected in 2015,along with Shobha Kasle MAYURAJANWALKAR and Kalpana Sagar. ANANDWADI(LATUR), Giventhe number of JANUARY24 ‘Anandwadis’ in Nilanga, the vil- lage, located 25 km from Latur NINE YEARS after50per cent city, is more commonlyknown seatswerereserved forwomen as Gaur.Home to 635people, in Maharashtra’s gram panchay- mostlyfarmers, Gaur has in the ats, AnandwadivillageinLatur’s pastfiveyears seen improved Nilanga taluka haspickedanall- cleanliness, acampaign against woman panchayat. The six were superstitions,changeinname elected unopposedinthe pan- The members were elected unopposed. 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