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Dear friends and fellow member, Greetings from Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hope you are well and safe. For nearly 184 years, Bombay Chamber had lived up to its core theme – ‘Corporates for Change’. The enduring value guides us to face the difficult challenges of responding to the coronavirus (COVID -19). Importantly, the Chamber has been up & running. I would like to inform some of the activities conducted during the Lockdown period. E-Certificate of Origin – We are happy to inform you that the Chamber, adapting itself to this COVID-19 situation, took the initiative to issue Digital Certificate of Origin for supporting our members from the exporter community. Currently, we have issued a few thousand digital certificates to over 200 companies. We would also like to inform you that continuing our digital certification drive, the Chamber will be parallelly resuming its CO office operation/counters at Ballard office, as per the norms set by the State Government. Webinars – During this period, the Chamber has been conducting webinars on various topics covering areas such as legal, Taxation, Sustainability, Banking & Finance, Media, films, etc. You can visit to our website for more information. A total of 23 webinars conducted so far in April & May. Over 20 scheduled in the month of June. Legal and Labour Advisory Services (LAS) - LAS department has been regularly supporting members by providing opinion and advisory to our members on recent issues. All Advisories and Notifications relating to COVID-19 issued by the Centre, State Governments and other Regulatory Authorities are regularly uploaded on our website. Centre for Mediation and Conciliation (CMC) - CMC has been actively spreading awareness about mediation to resolve disputes even in the time of lockdown. CMC has successfully conducted and concluded remote mediations over audio and/or video conferencing. CMC has conducted webinars with expert speakers, published articles and interviews pertaining to issues or disputes and their resolution in times of COVID19. CMC, in collaboration with BW Businessworld, has launched an "Access to Justice" campaign for providing remote mediation services for resolving disputes. COVID-19 - Bombay Chamber had appealed to its members to contribute towards this cause. It is a matter of pride that our members generously contributed an approximate amount of Rs.61.8 lacs, both in cash and kind to assist the Government/Municipal Hospitals in and around Mumbai. Bombay Chamber has been diligently adapting to the new circumstances, while planning for the future. We are grateful to you for your continued support.

Warm Regards, V. S. Parthasarathy President-Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry President-Mobility Service Sector, Mahindra Group & Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA,LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018-20RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57

JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM ARMY BRIEFS GOVTONLAC TALKS WITH PLA Sending money Delhipreparesforlonghaul:Military, abroad: April ` 123 per kilo marks 50-month ` 151 per kilo diplomaticengagementstocontinue ` 188 per kilo Officials sayconcernsconveyed; MEA low at $499mn ` 60 per Dozen As BRO seeks workers for underlines Modi-Xiagreement Ladakh, Jharkhandasks Over 65% dipineducationand travel marathonmeeting Saturdaybe- expenses compared to April lastyear SUSHANTSINGH, tween Indian and Chinese army UNLOCKING THE SHUBHAJITROY commanders at the Chushul- forabetter deal for them ECONOMY &KRISHNKAUSHIK Moldo border point, the Ministry HARIKISHANSHARMA NEWDELHI,JUNE7 of External Affairs, in astate- and sign amemorandum of NEWDELHI,JUNE7 WISHLIST&ROADMAP ment, said it “took place in acor- ABHISHEKANGAD agreement (MoU) with the state. ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES SIGNALLING IT waspreparedfor dial and positive atmosphere”. RANCHI,JUNE7 AMay 22 communication AS COVID and the lockdown the long haul in itsdealings with The statement underlined from the MinistryofHome Affairs cripple the global economyand UDAY KOTAK Beijing over the faceoffalong the the “agreement between the THE JHARKHAND government to Chairman, Railway Board, ground international travel, the MANAGINGDIRECTOR, Atriple KOTAKMAHINDRA BANK Line of Actual Control in eastern leaders” of the twocountries — under Chief MinisterHemant seeking 11 trainstotransport amount of moneyIndians send ECONOMY, PAGE 13 Ladakh,New Delhi Sundaysaid announcedafter the informal Soren has extracted acommit- 11,815 labourers from Jharkhand abroad has plunged to a whammyeffect “the twosides will continue the summitsbetween Prime ment from Border Roads to work fortheBROinLadakhand 50-month low. militaryand diplomaticengage- MinisterNarendraModi and Organisation (BRO) to do away otherareas, setoff aseries of com- In April 2020, Indians remit- THIS DIP reflectseco- 26TESTPOSITIVEIN mentstoresolve the situation Chinese President Xi Jinpingin with contractors, recruit labour- munication between the state tedjust$499.14 million under nomic distress, lock- BUILDINGHOUSING and to ensure peaceand tran- Wuhan and Mahabalipuram — Prime MinisterNarendra ers directlyfromthe state, regis- government and BRO. the LiberalisedRemittance down at home and curbs quilityinthe border areas”. that “peace and tranquility in the Modi withChinese teritself under the Inter-State The statehad receivedmany Scheme (LRS) —a61% decline on overseas travel. SENIORIAS In firstremarks afterthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 President Xi Jinping. AP file Migrant Workmen Actnextyear, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 from $1,287.91 million in the Significantly, thecut in OFFICERS PAGE 3 same month lastyear,according expensesoneducation, to latestdataofthe Reserve Bank medical treatment and of India. maintenance of relatives The monthlyoutwardflowin mayendurebeyond the Only Delhiites April 2020 is lowest since travel ban. Auditor may not have February2016when it was will get beds in $449.28 million. raised red flags at IL&FS Under LRS, resident individu- mated 2million Indian nation- private, Delhi als, including minors, mayremit als travel overseas everymonth. up to $250,000perfinancial year The moneysent forstudies forpermissible current or capi- abroad has also seen asharp de- behest: forensic report govt-run talaccount transactions or a cline of 68.85% —$78.76million combination of both. in April this year from $252.84 it pointsout the issue in an EoM hospitals Adip in outwardremittances million in the corresponding SANDEEPSINGH paragraph in the audit report. wasseen in March 2020, too, but month lastyear. NEWDELHI,JUNE7 On May26, 2018,the then it plummetedthe following Over 7lakh Indian students COOofITNL, Dilip Bhatia wrote SOURAVROYBARMAN month. pursuedstudies in foreign insti- BARELYthree months before an email to Hari Sankaran, vice NEWDELHI,JUNE7 The sharpestdecline — tutions in 2018. IL&FS Group companiesran into chairman of IL&FS, informing 71.81% —has been recordedin “Maintenance of close rela- trouble with the firstdefault on him that the auditor wasconsid- BEDS IN Delhi’s private hospitals moneysent fortravelpurposes tives” category, whichcon- August28, 2018,SRBC &CoLLC ering issuing an audit report and in hospitals run by thestate whichcame down to $121.13 tributes the highestamount to (an arm of Ernstand Young), au- with an EoM paraonthe ‘going government will be reserved for million in April this year from total outward remittances under ditor to IL&FS Transportation concern’ issues of ITNL, asub- residentsofDelhi until the $429.75million ayear ago. LRS has recordedadecline of 50% Networks India Limited (ITNL), sidiaryofIL&FS Group. Covid-19pandemicsubsides, This is significant as an esti- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 decided to exclude notesonthe Over the next couple of days, Chief MinisterArvindKejriwal company’s ability to continue severalemails were exchanged said on Sunday. operations indefinitely, whichin between KMPs (key manage- This policy will notapplyto accounting languageisreferred ment personnel) of ITNL and PASSENGER SERVICES STARTTODAY hospitalsrun by the central gov- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE to as agoing concern principle. IL&FS on the matter and on May ernment —suchasthe All India LOCKDOWN According to theGrant 28, Bhatia suggested that apres- ABESTbus being sanitisedonSunday, aday before about 2,500ofthemwillstart operation Institute of Medical Sciences (AI- DAY CASES: RECOVERED:1,19,292 |DEATHS:6,929 Thornton forensic audit report, entation be prepared about to provide connectivityfor office-goersinMumbai. Express IMS), RamManoharLohia(RML) TESTS:46,66,386 | DOUBLINGRATE:16.27** SRBC&CoLLC had earlier taken ITNL’s ability to raise additional Hospital, and Safdarjung Hospital 75 2,46,628 adecision to make suchqualifi- funds from the market forare- etc. —Kejriwal said in awebcast. cations in itsaudit reportfor viewbythe auditors. Private hospitals that under- 2017-18. Butfollowing ameet- The Grant Thornton report take specialisedsurgeries too, ing with IL&FSand ITNL man- notesthat the ITNL and IL&FS Pvt offices open today, traffic police will be exempt,hesaid. agement, it did notinclude this management mayhavesuc- The reservation of bedsfor in the Emphasis of Matter (EoM) ceededinconvincing the audi- braces for surge in vehicles on roads Delhi residentswill come into paragraph. If an auditor decides tors since no qualifications or CONTINUEDONPAGE2 it is important to draw the atten- notesinthe EoM paragraph per- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING * ** tion of the readers of financial taining to ‘going concern’ issue business districtsofBandraKurla While some companies have TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE statementstoaparticular item, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Complex(BKC) and Nariman made arrangementsfor sanitis- BUSINESSASUSUAL ■ Maharashtra 82,968 2,739 3.51% 20.51 MUMBAI,JUNE7 Point were sprucinguptheir ers and disposable face masks ■ Gujarat 19,617 498 2.63% 27.36 premises forthe limited open- fortheir employees, thereare BY UNNY Fivemilitants killed THE MUMBAI TrafficPolice on ing, alarge number have still others who arestill taking a ■ Delhi 27,654 1,320 5.87% 12.26 Sundaybraceditself foranex- adoptedawait and watchap- guardedapproachtoopening ■ Tamil Nadu 30,152 1,458 5.17% 13.92 pected surgeinvehicles on the proachbeforeallowing employ- up. ParthShah, from LSDFilms ■ Bihar 4,831 233 4.44% 16.23 city roads, as private offices open ees to function from offices. Private Limited,said theyare not 7,738 435 6.05% 11.91 in Shopian gunbattle, up partlyonMonday under "Wewill be opening ourof- opening their office forthe next ■ West Bengal Maharashtra's phase-wise eas- fice tomorrow. Arrangements fewdays.“Onlyhousekeeping *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast 7days**Calculated over7-day growth likely aHizb group ing of lockdown. have been made to ensurethat staffiscoming to office," he CONCERN CAUTION A GLIMMER As partofits 'Mission Begin everyemployeegets checkedby added. KARNATAKA: WEST BENGAL: MADHYA Again',the stategovernmenthas athermal scanner at the lobby. With courtsand alternate More than 2,200 Picking up pace PRADESH: Slowest from June 8allowedall private The seating arrangementshave disputeredressal forums to re- cases in aweek, again. More than growth rate among ADILAKHZER offices to operatewith up to 10 also been rearranged to ensure sume operations in agradual growing at over 2,500 cases over the top ten states SRINAGAR,JUNE7 per cent of their strength with that social distancing norms are mannerfromMonday,asurge in 8.5% daily the last week right now the rest working from home. met," an HRand admin manager crowds is expected in Fort area. Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments FIVE MILITANTS were killedina While some offices in the at aMNC in BKC. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 gunbattle with security forces in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Sunday. WORLD IGP Kashmir VijayKumar Security personnel at the site Rajasthan hospital faces At heart of Mumbai trafficking case: told The Indian Express:“We have of the encounterinShopian, killed five terrorists in today’s op- Sunday. Shuaib Masoodi probe afteranti-Muslim eration in Shopian.Itwas aclean 6children, lockdown&10-min calls operation. Suchoperations will continue.” and one of them waslikelyatop WhatsApppostsbystaff boys that reachedthe Bombay when the Mumbai Crime Branch Speaking to reporters, commander. MOHAMEDTHAVER High Courtlastyear —and is now came knocking at their door. Brigadier VijayMahadevanof1 “The identificationand affil- shared widelyonsocial media. MUMBAI,JUNE7 caughtinthe Covidlockdown. The “adoptivefather”was ar- Sector Rashtriya Rifles calledthe iation of the killedterroristsis DEEPMUKHERJEE On Saturday, Dr Sunil The boy, likethe other five,all rested and the boy, along with Shopianoperationa“big suc- being ascertained. However, as JAIPUR,JUNE7 Choudhary, who runs the THE COUPLE saythat when their aged between sevenmonths to the others who had allegedly cess”. “Yes, it is asuccess, avery per credible sources, the killed Srichand BaradiyaRog Nidan PEACEFUL PROTESTS three-and-a-half-year-old “son” five years, is in the careofBal been soldtodifferent people, good success. Our effort is to con- terrorists belonged to proscribed POLICE IN Rajasthan have Kendra, aprivate orthopaedic SWELLACROSSU.S. comes on screen forthe allotted Anand,anadoptionagency in wassent to the agency.Months tinue targeting theterrorist lead- HM terroristoutfit and one openedaninquiryafter screen- hospital in Sardarshahar,atown 10 minutes everyday,hecries Chembur.Police sayhewas al- later,the man wasreleased on ership,” he said. amongthe killedterrorists is be- shots of apurportedWhatsApp about50kmwestofChuru city, NODELAY, NO out:“Mumma come, Papa come.” legedly sold by his Mumbai- bail, and approachedthe court The identities of the militants lievedtobeatopcommander.In conversation in whichstaff at a apologisedonFacebook,saying COVER-UP: CHINA ON But the storybehind this basedbiological parentstoa along with the other “parents”. have notyet been disclosedbut case anyfamilyclaimsthe killed private hospital in Churu district his staffdid notintend to hurt COVID RESPONSE emotional exchangeisatthe Delhi couple whenhewas afew In November,theywereal- police said theyprobablybe- terrorists to be theirkith or kin, allegedly discussednot attend- anyreligious group. PAGE 12 heartofaMumbai Police case of days old in 2016.The couple lowedbyBombayHigh Courtto longed to the Hizbul Mujahideen CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ing to Muslim patients, were CONTINUEDONPAGE2 alleged trafficking involving six raisedthe child till lastMay, CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE 1 ANCHOR Footballer’s 73 days outside Mumbai airport:‘ThoughtI’d die’

It's been over twomonthsand suburban hotel. “Theyhave it would becomehis home for religion. Theyevengot me acell- SANDIPG Faizal hasn't reachedhome, but promisedtoput me on the first morethan two-and-a-half phone when mine got dam- NEWDELHI,JUNE7 he is already under the spotlight. flight home. Home is closer months.“NowIfeelit’s one of the aged,” says Muller. On reachingthe Mumbai air- now,”hesays. mostbeautiful places Ihaveslept Being disconnectedfromhis IN MID-MARCH,asRandy Juan port, Muller came to knowabout Mullerremembershis first at. The breeze,the stars,and the familyfor about 20 days without Muller,aGhanianfootballer the ban on international flights, daywith little cash and no place friendlypeople,” he says. aphonewas “traumatic”. “When playing Kerala’s popular seven- and found himself strandedout- to go.“Iwas wokenupbyapo- The onlytime he had to leave Ifinallycalledthem, theywere a-side circuit, prepared to leave sidewithlittlemorethanRs1,000, liceman. He asked me to leave waswhen Cyclone Nisarga like, ‘wethought youweredead’. Thrissur forMumbai by trainto hisonlysavingfromsixmonthsof the airport. But Icouldn’treturn strucklastweek, and the CISF The joyIfelt in their voices re- take the flight home, he ap- aCovid-curtailedseason. to Kerala because the trains were took him to one of their cabins. energisedme. Itold myself I peared tense. “Maybe, it wasthe With help from Mumbai cancelled, Icouldn't go to ahotel By then, he had already would live to see them again, fear of travellingduringthe pan- Police, CISF andthe airport au- because Ididn’t have money.I struckupconversations with po- even if Ihavetostarve,” he says. demic.Weconsoledhim, saying thority,the 24-year-old made a waslike‘well, I’m gonna die licemen and CISF personnel. “We “But therewas always some- he would reachhome soon. He parkoutside the terminalhis here’,” he says. usedtowatchHindi movies on one to give me food — roti,bis- saidgoodbye withthe promise home for73days—until two Muller took awalkaround the the phone.Iusedtotell them cuits, asoftdrink,” he says.A of meeting next year and be- days ago, when Maharashtra airport and settledintoa“neat Muller in aMumbaihotel stories of Ghana and my home- moredifficult partwas to wash coming famous,” recalls Faizal, MinisterAadityaThackeray,and and breezy corner”, somewhere (above); with teammatesin town, whichisafew hours from his clothes.“Ihad to wear the the goalkeeper of Muller's club later the Ghana Embassy,inter- the police couldnot spothim eas- Thrissur (firstrow,right) Accra. We endedupspending same clothes forweeks. Then I ORPC Kechery. venedand he wasmovedtoa ily. But littledidheknowthen that hours talking politics, sportand CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020

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IL&FSreport Theyalso filedfor legal adop- S-I Pannu said afew of the workers “surprisedhim”. “They tion in asessions courtwhile a purportedmessages on the (labourers) have returnedhome wasraisedbythe statutoryaudi- petitiontoquashthe policeFIR is group were alleged to have been with bitter memories and expe- torinits report. pending before the High Court. written by Dr Bhagwati Delhiprepares for long haul: Military, riences. Government of The GT reportalso highlights But the lockdown has compli- Choudhary, the wifeofDrSunil Jharkhand is deeplyconcernedat that therewas ameeting be- cated the situation. Beforethe Choudhary. the plight of these labourers…It is tween EY (Ernst&Young)officials travel curbs, the Delhi couple, When contacted by The diplomatic engagements to continue alsosurprisingthat these work- and seniormanagement of IL&FS alongwiththeirteenageddaugh- Indian Express,DrBhagwati ers were notreceiving appropri- and ITNL on May28, 2018 in ter, had movedtoahotelin Choudharysaid, “It is nottrue atepayments through bank ac- whichthe going concern matter Mumbai to be near the boy. that we refusedtreatment to India-China border regions is India wantsthe Chinese to go problem is being seen as asign winter. This will stretchthe countsand chequesasper wages wasdiscussed. “I leftmybusiness behind Muslims.” essential forthe overall devel- back--beforethecurrentround of their “intransigence” in the Army’s resources in atough fixedinthe scheduledratechart “Our reviewofthe audit re- sinceoursonmeansthe worldto Asked if she had written the opment of bilateral relations”. of tensions began. Galwan area, sources said. economic environment –Army of BRO,” Ekka wrote. portfor FY 2017-2018 forITNL, it us.Wewenttomeethim every messages in the purported “Both sides also notedthat The Indiandelegation also The build-up in the Galwan Chief GeneralMMNaravane When contacted,BRO’s pub- wasnoted that therewereno day. But as soon as the lockdown screenshots that were being at- thisyear markedthe 70th an- gave details of patrolling limits area is worrying because it had told aseminar lastmonth lic relation officer Lt Col DA qualifications or notesinthe EoM wasannounced,on March23,we tributed to her,DrBhagwati niversaryofthe establishment in various areas, followedhith- threatensthe 255-kmDarbuk- that the government had al- Johnsonsaid, he wasnot aware paragraph pertaining to going took aflight forDelhi. Ipetitioned Choudharysaid, “I don't know... I of diplomatic relations be- erto but nowbeingdenied by Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie (DS- ready asked theArmyfor a20 of the development. “I cannot concern issueraisedbythe statu- the lowercourttogrant us cus- have notdone this.” tween thetwo countriesand the Chinese, and sought their DBO) road and access to for- per cent budget cut –atatime comment as Ihaveno tory auditor (EY) in itsaudit ob- tody of the child in theseextreme Dr Sunil Choudharytold The agreedthat an early resolution restoration. ward posts nearthe Karakoram when the Line of Control (LoC) information.” servations……Thus, it appears circumstances.We were allowed Indian Express that the screen- would contributetothe further Akey issue inthesetalks Pass. with Pakistanhas become that though the auditors were to meethim through video con- shots were old. development of the relation- wasabout the Pangong Tso The Saturdaytalkslasted highlyactive and militancy too Pvt offices open awareabout the goingconcern ferencing for10minutes daily,” “I have apologised on social ship,” the MEA said. area, where theChinesehave morethan six hours. is rearing itshead again in Lawfirms,eventhough issues in ITNL, forthe FY 2017- the parent told The Indian Express. media. The chat is from mid-April Sources said the discussions movedwestwardby8km, “Essentially, theconversation Kashmir. deemedas“essential services”, 2018,theyacceptedthe explana- “Theagency makesthe video when Covid cases related to the between the twosides was pitching tentsand deploying wasmorethan three hours, Arelated challengefor the have exercisedcaution and arein tion of the thenKMPsof ITNL,and call in theevening.He doesn’tun- Tablighi Jamaat were coming. “frank”, and that SouthBlock soldiers according to their “per- since constant translation takes Army, an official said, is to en- no rush to refloodtheir officers potentiallydid notinclude the derstand whyweare notvisiting Therewereseveral cases in our had got asense of Beijing’s “sen- ception”ofthe LAC. Besidesal- time,”sources said. surethat the PLAprovidesno with lawyers and the entirestaff, same in the auditor’s report,” said himorwhyhewas takenaway. It area... As youcan see,someone sitivities” following the talks tering the status quo, this has The positive takeaway, more surprises at other places but areplanning to work with Grant Thornton in itsreport. is traumatic.Butifwedon’t make has written this and thereisno Saturday andavideoconfer- also meant that Indian patrols sourcessaid, is thatthe two on the LAC. These fears stem limited strength. It is important to note that just the call, it will appear that we doubt about it, but if yousee the ence of diplomats Friday. can no longergouptothe LAC, sides agreedtokeep talking — from the recent incidentsinar- AdvocateShubham Misar,a five days earlier on May21, 2018, don’t carefor the child and that number of Muslim patientswe “This will be along haul and as marked in Armymaps. possibly at working levels —to eas suchasGalwan, HotSpring BombayHigh Courtlawyer, who Ravi Parthasarathy, then Chair- will worsen our casetoadopthim attend to on aregular basis, you small steps needtobe takento The Indian side, sources address eachother’sconcerns. and Naku La wherethe two assists aseniorcounselhavinghis man, IL&FS had acknowledgedit legally,”the parent said. will see that the ground reality resolve the situation,” sources said, raisedthe issue ofthe high Afterthe meeting, the Army sides had agreedonthe LAC. It chamberinthe Fortarea,said less wasunfeasibletosustain ITNL The Mumbai Crime Branch has no relation with what has said, indicating thattalkswill number of Chinese troops and briefed theMinistryofDefence, wouldmean committingasub- than 50 per cent staffers will be cash flowrequirementsmuch says it bustedthe trafficking been said in the chat. continueatthe Brigadier-level the aggression shown. MinistryofExternal Affairs and stantial number of troops and present in office and will follow longer in an email to keyman- racket in July last year,and is likely “Even during that time of and the field levelregularly and Whiletherewas acknowl- the PMO. equipment to operationalroles. standardoperating procedures agementpersons of the IL&FS to file achargesheetsoon. Officers widespread fear,Iwas providing at the levelofJoint Secretaries. edgement thataggressive be- Meanwhile, preparing for Meanwhile, China’s Global forphysicaldistancinglaiddown Group. sayitisacase of exploitation 24-hour healthcare facilities to At the meeting Saturday, haviour mustbedialleddown, the eventuality of astalemate, Times,atabloid whichoften by theHCand the stategovern- “It maynot befeasible to sus- sinceall the children aremaleand everyone. We have neverdis- wherethe team leaders were sourcessaidtheIndiansidecon- the Armyhas startedmaking echoes the views of the ruling ment.“We areconducting timely tain ITNLcashflowrequirements from poor families in Mumbai. criminatedagainstanyoneonthe Lt General Harinder Singh, XIV veyedthat patrolling mustnot plans forextendeddeployment CommunistParty of China, re- sanitisation, temperature and muchlonger,” Parthasarathy Accordingtopolice, at least basis of their religionorcaste.I Corps Commander,and Major be stopped. The Chineseside inthehigh-altitudeterrain.After ported“large scale manoeu- oxygen levelchecksbefore enter- wrotetoHariSankaran (then nine intermediaries were in- have also spoken with the com- General Liu Lin, Commander of said theywill look intoit, but the delayedinitialresponse due vre” by the PLAinwhichthou- ing the office," Misar said. vice-chairman IL&FS), Ramesh volvedinthe racket,including munity members who made the South Xinjiang Military theyalsopointedtothebuilding to theCovid-19pandemic, the sands of paratroopers and Meanwhile, anticipating a Bawa,Arun KSaha (Director on nurses from hospitals in poor ar- complaint. The issue shouldn’t be District, the Indian side con- of Indian infrastructure. Armymoved alarge number of armoured vehicles can be de- surge of people and vehicles, the ITNL board), Ramchand eas,surrogate mothers and em- politicisedand doctors should veyed to the Chinese itscentral The Chinese build-upinthe troopsandheavymilitaryequip- ployedin“justafewhours”. trafficpolice, whichisshort of Karunakaran (MD, ITNL) and ployees at IVF centres. Theyhave notbepunishedwithout anyrea- point aboutrestoration of sta- Galwanregion is alsoatthe mentintothearea,mirroringthe “Themobilizationoperation 660staffers due to the Covid-19 VibhavKapoor (IL&FS Group also arrestedthealleged“master- son.” tus quoanteincertain areas of heartofthe standoff. Chinese Chinese deployment. came at atime when China and crisis, has draftedin200 CIO). mind” whohas been identified In his Facebook post, Dr eastern Ladakhalong the LAC. commanders and officials have The challengewiththese India face anew waveoften- Homeguards and 500civilian In the email that is partofthe as PawanSharma, aDelhiresi- Choudhary wroteinHindithat Anofficialsaidthiswasdone insistedthatthereis"nothing plans forextendeddeployment sionsdueto highaltitudeborder trafficwardens. GT forensic audit report, he fur- dent. Sharma,the six couples neither he nor anymember of his by sharing comprehensive de- unusual” about the deploy- is to preparefor habitat and lo- issues, as reports saybothsides "It is hardtosayexactlyby ther said he has decidedtofor- who “bought” the children, and staffhas anyintention of hurting tails of Chinese deploymentsas ment on their side of the LAC. gistics forsoldiers and equip- have reinforcedtheirborderde- howmuchtraffic will increase on mulateascheme of his ownand the intermediaries areout on bail. anyreligious community. of April–andto which locations This refusaltoacknowledge the ment during the harsh Ladakh fences,” itsreport stated. Monday,"said Madhukar Pandey, approachbankswith it. “Based “Despitethat, peoplefelt bad, Joint Commissioner of Police on my subsequent discussions Rajasthan and forthis, Iand my entirehos- (Traffic). He addedthat half of the with MrUdayanSen (formerCEO One of the participantsinthe pital staffapologise. We assure Sending money abroad: April marks 50-month low city's trafficsignals, whichhad of DeloitteIndia) the best way purportedchat wasallegedly Dr youthat in the futureour hospi- been put on flashing mode dur- forwardistoformulateascheme Choudhary's wife, who is adoctor talwill notgiveyou anyreason to —$148.25 millioninApril this recorded lesser decline are— ing the lockdown, had been of ourown and approachbanks herself, police said. Dr (Mrs) complain,” he wrote. year from $296.14 million last ‘deposit’ and ‘investment in eq- OUTWARDREMITTANCESUNDERLRS switchedonagain. with it. Beforethat, it would be Choudharydeniedthis. year.Substantial decline has uity/debt’.The amount of "Wehavealso recalled500 useful to also meetwith RBI and “Kalmememuslim ptnt ka x- Ghana footballer been recordedinmoneysent moneysent out of the country Apr2019 Apr2020 Change trafficwardens," said Pandey, keep them advised. Theredoes raynikrunga. Yahmeri sapat hai would put them out in the sun forpurchase of immovable forthe purposeofdeposit just million$million$% adding that the remaining 1,000 notappear muchpoint in seek- (Fromtomorrow, Iwill notdoX- and spray some perfume so that propertyabroad; investment declinedby7.69% in April 2020 Deposit 65.18 60.17 -7.69 wardens draftedand trainedin ing their approval, as theyhave rays of Muslim patients.Thisis theydon’t stink,” he says. in equity/debt;deposit;gift; compared to the same month trafficpolicing in 2017 were not just got rid of all their earlier debt my vow),”said one of the mes- Eventually, lonelinesshit.“Sa- medical treatment;and other lastyear.Similarly,‘deposit’ Purchaseofimmovableproperty 8.47 3.21 -62.13 available.Pandeysaid that the re-structuring schemes,” sages in the alleged chat among me routine, faces, surroundings... categoriesduringApril 2020. and ‘investment in Investmentinequity/debt 35.38 24.80 -29.91 wardens and 200Homeguards – Parthasarathywrote. membersofaWhatsAppgroup It nearly drovememad,” he says. The onlyexception is “dona- equity/debt’ has recordedade- Gift 166.59 55.15 -66.89 the statepolice'sauxiliaryforce– An IL&FS spokesperson de- called“BARDIA RISE”. His teammates in Thrissur in- tions” whichcontributeaneg- cline of 29.91%. had been calledintoassisttraffic clinedtocomment. Another messagefromthe sistitwasMuller’s “friendlyna- ligible amount to the total out- Resident Indians have re- Donations 0.54 2.68 395.19 police personnel during the When contacted,SRBC &Co same individual said, “Muslim ture” that got himthrough. “He flows. mitted arecord $18.75 billion Travels 429.75 121.13 -71.81 months of monsoon. LLP said, “SRBC &CoLLP wasap- ptnt ko dekhnahiband krwado would keep talking about his While the category“Gift” under LRS in the financial year Maintenanceofcloserelatives 296.14 148.25 -49.94 Around 500traffic policeper- pointed as ajoint auditor for (StopattendingtoMuslim pa- country, football, dreams, love.He has recordeda66% decline in endedMarch 31,2020. sonnel, whoare 55 years of age IL&FS Transportation Networks tientsall together).” waslikeayounger brother to all outwardremittances, “medical Despitethe outflows reach- Medicaltreatment 2.49 1.35 -45.85 or above,haveco-morbidities or Ltd (‘ITNL’) in February2017. Someone elsein the group re- of us,” says Faizal. treatment” has seen adecline ing arecord levelduring lastfi- Studiesabroad 252.84 78.76 -68.85 arehigh-risk contactsofpositive Accordingly, we audited ITNL as sponded:“Agar Hindu positive The football season wasn’t of 45.85% in April 2020. But the nancial year,March,2020 saw Others** 30.53 3.66 -88.02 patients, arecurrentlyunder joint auditor forthe year ended hote n, Muslim dr hota to hinduo productive forMuller,though. A amount remittedfor medical adip —$1,358.82 million — quarantine, said Pandey. Of the March 31,2017and continuedas ko kbhi ni Dekhte. Me ni dekhungi sharp-shooting centreforward, treatment purposes is negligi- against$1,476.82 million in the Total 1,287.91 499.14 -61.2 400personnelwho have tested the sole auditor forthe year Muslim opd.Bol dena madam hhe but afirst-timer to Sevens,hehad ble. Twocategories, which corresponding monthof2019. positive,260 have returned to endedMarch 31,2018. In respect ni yaha (HadHindusbeen posi- to bidehis time to getaconsistent work afterrecovering, he added. of the audit of the consolidated tive andthe doctor wasMuslim, run. And when he did, the lock- The police expect asurge in financial statements, we per- hewouldneverhave attendedto down happened. on both Covid and non-Covid driving licence, Income-Taxre- said it would be in the interestof ‘mates’, and recentlyairlifted trafficatofficecomplexesin formedour duties in accordance Hindus. Iwill notattend to Mus- In Sevens, rookies usuallyget hospitalsin Delhi, aspatientsap- turn filedorassessment order, labourers to take the govern- from Ladakh. south Mumbai, BKCand Powai with SA 600‘Using the Work of lims in the OutpatientDepart- an initialfee in the rangeofRs proachthem “from other parts of latestwater,power, gas, tele- ment’s consent forworkoutside ■ Pansal Marandi of Dumka, and increasedcongestion on the Another Auditor’ and the ment. Tell them Madam is not 30,000to Rs 50,000,followedby the country”. phonebillsforthat addresseither so that it could protect their currently in transit, saidhis salary Western Express Highway."As Guidance Note on Audit of in).” matchfees.“In big tournaments, “It has been observed that in the name of the patient or that rights. is Rs 10,000 per month. “‘Mate’ public transportisavailable only Consolidated Financial State- Police said an inquirywas youget Rs 1,500for agame. In therehas been asurge in the of his/her immediaterelation BRO’s commitment to di- has my ATMand he will give me on alimited basis,people will mentsissuedbythe Instituteof openedfollowing thereceiptofa other tournaments, youget any- number of positive cases... in the “likeparentsetc”, and the postal rectlyrecruit assumes signifi- moneyonce Iambackin travel to work,tosell and pur- CharteredAccountantsofIndia complaint, but no FIR had been thing from Rs500toRs800... But last fewdays in Delhi,resultingin department’s postreceivedinthe cances asmall percentageof Jharkhand. Icame to knowfrom chase goods and to exercise in (ICAI). Our limitedreview report registeredyet. it’s better moneythan what you additional demand of hospital patient’s name at the givenad- worker salaries wasactually other sources that my actual their ownvehicles,"Pandeysaid. forthe June 2018 quarterforITNL “Two days ago, police control getbackhome,wherethe levelof beds, consumables and infra- dress. takenby“mates”, whoarethem- salaryisRs16,000,but Idon’t get He addedthat while the traf- includedanemphasis of matter room receivedacomplaint about competition is so high that it’s dif- structure. In caseof minors,these docu- selveslabourers, but coordinate that amount.” ficpolice willfacilitatethe move- on the ability of the Companyto screenshots being shared on so- ficult to breakintothe top “...It is herebyordered that all mentsinname of parents, or withsmall groups of labourers, ■ RajKishoreMarandi of mentofpersonsfor exemptedac- continueas agoingconcern.This cial media of an alleged league,” he says. the hospitals operating under Aadhaar cardmade prior to June on behalf of the BRO. Dumka said his salaryforthe last tivities, theywould also take emphasisofmatter paragraph WhatsApp group chat between And that's whyMuller Government of NCTofDelhi and 7, 2020, will be considered valid. In letters to the Jharkhand five months waspending. “The actionagainstthose noteligible wasalso includedinthe audit re- private hospital staffin headedtothe seven-a-side belt all theprivate hospitals&nursing The decision, aimedat“strik- government, BROsaid “mates” matehad kept the ATMwith to ventureontothe roads. port of theconsolidatedfinancial Sardarshahar whichare discrim- of Malappuram,Kozhikode,Thri- homes shall ensurethat only ing abalance”, wasbasedonin- arecoordinators andensurebet- himself and says he will paythe Pravin Padwal, Additional statementsofInfrastructure inatoryinnatureagainstapartic- ssur and Palakkad, likeseveral bona fide residentsofNCT of putsreceivedfromthe people, as tercommand and control. moneyinsometime. Idon’t know Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Leasing &Financial Services ular religion. The timing of the from his countryand other Delhi areadmittedfortreatment well an expertcommittee Comparing “mates” with con- howmuchIget in my account,” said that trafficpersonnel on the Limited (IL&FS) forthe year chat seems to beduring the Covid African nations suchasIvory in these hospitals. However, headedbythe vice-chancellor of tractors in this case will “notbe he said. field would conduct increased endedMarch 2018.” lockdown,” Sub-Inspector Coast, Nigeria and Senegal. transplantation, oncology, neu- GuruGobindSinghIndraprastha appropriate”, it said. ■ Sanatan BesraofJamtara random checks on vehicles. "We Ramesh Pannu of Sardarshahar Now, despitethe ordeal, he rosurgeries will continuetofunc- University,DrMahesh Verma, When contacted,Jharkhand said he receive Rs 9,000 per willbeverifying whether people Shopian police station said. says he will take aslice of tion forall patients, irrespective Kejriwal said. Chief SecretarySukhdevSingh month: “I waspaid around Rs travelling in their ownvehicles (they) can come forwardfor the “The complaint says the mes- Mumbai and Kerala backhome. of the place of residence. told The Indian Express,“Initially, 50,000 afterIreturned. But the areactually heading to work or identification,” police said in a sages arecommunal in nature “I don’t have themoneytobuy a However, treatment relating to Ladakh labour therewas acontractual system ATMremains with the ‘Mate’. He foractivities that arenot permit- statement. and discriminatory. We arecon- souvenirorgift, but Ithink this oncology, transplantation, neu- complaintsfromlabourers who with no link between the BRO kept aportion withhimself and ted. We will also be checking Policeofficerssaidthatbased ducting an inquiry, andsofar no experience itself is the biggest rosurgery shall continue forall were recentlyairliftedfrom and the labourers. Now, anagree- gave me theremaining amount whether passengers in taxis and onaninputaboutthepresenceof FIR has been registered. The state- souvenir. Godwilling,Iwill return patients, irrespective of theplace Ladakh about notjustdelayed menthasbeen reachedthat they in cash.” autorickshaws areout foressen- militantsinthe area, acordon- ment of aleader of the local to Kerala.” of residence. Also anymedico-le- payments, but also lowerwages will be recruited directly.” ■ Soilen Soreng of West tial activities," he added. and-search operation was Muslim community has also galvictims of road accidents, acid than what wasspecifiedinthe Basedonthe Hardness Index Singhbhum area said he has not Locations of trafficcheckposts launchedinRebanareaof been recorded,” he added. Delhi hospitals attackshappeningwithinNCTof scheduledratechartofBRO,and of the area of work andthe skill been paid forthe lasteight would also be changed depend- Shopian. While asearch wason, Pannusaidthe authenticity of effect as the borders of Delhi are Delhiwill continue forall pa- withholding of bankATM cards of the labourers,the payments months. “I usedtoget Rs 10,000 ing on the direction and volume militantsopenedfireatthe secu- the screenshots,and the identi- unsealedonMonday.This policy tients, irrespective of place ofres- by contractors. will rangefromRs15,900-29,000 permonthwhichthe “mate” told of vehicles, he said. "Wewill see rity forces, triggering agunbattle ties of those who had circulated will applytoall illnesses, notjust idence,” the order said. In letters exchanged with forLadakh with effect from June mewillbegivenafter some time. howthings go on Mondayand around 8.30 am. them, were being investigated. the novelcoronavirus disease. Documentsthat will be BRO, the Jharkhand government 10.Itwill be amarkedincrease He has my ATM.” adaptaccordingly,"added Maqbool Khan, district presi- Alatenightorder signed by treatedas validproof of residence raisedserious concerns on the from whatlabourers received In alettertothe BRO, Principal Pandey. Trafficking case dent of the Muslim Parishad DelhiHealth SecretaryPadmini include the patient’s voter ID, “plight” and “exploitation” of earlier through “mates”. SecretaryLabour RajeevArun meetthe children at Bal Anand Sansthan in Churu, said he had Singla said increasedinterstate bank/kisan/postoffice current labourers from the state. In fact, The Indian Express spoke to Ekkasaidtheorganisation’s claim FULLREPORTSON everyday from noon to 4pm. reportedthe matter to police. movement wouldput moreload passbook,ration card,passport, Chief Minister Soren had earlier labourers, recruited through that it directlyengaged with www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 3 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 THE OUTBREAK TheCity Courtstoresumework 26 test positive in buildinghousing senior IAS officers who is the stateAviation task force, said that eight of the While BMC's established them will be advisedhome SANDEEPASHAR Secretary;PrincipalSecretary 26 were actually staying in the protocol is to seal afloor where quarantine nonetheless. &TABASSUM Bhushan Gagrani; Women and building, while the remaining acase has been detected,senior On May7,another senior IAS butchallengesremain: BARNAGARWALA Child Development Secretary would come from outside. officials said suchacordoning off official involved in Covid-19 con- MUMBAI,JUNE7 Idzes Kundan; her IPS husband The sourcesaid thatthe IAS hadn’t been carriedout till late trol measures had firsttested Niket Kaushik and State officer,who tested positive,had evening. positiveinthe building,necessi- YASHODHAN BUILDING, home Intelligence Department alsobeen staying in aBandra ho- But Kakani said this will be tating hospitalisation due to se- to some of Maharashtra’s senior- Commissioner Rashmi Shukla telfor the pastmonth and had done. “Floors wherepeople have vere symptoms.Her husband, an Accesstovirtualhearing mostbureaucrats, saw26peo- among others. onlycome backtothe building tested positivewill be sealed. IPS officer,later contracted the ple who reside or work in its Officials said that asenior IAS on Saturday. The officer is now Officials whose house helps have infection. At that time, the civic premises test positive forCovid- officer,who is an integral partof under home quarantine and is tested positive will be tested af- body wascriticisedbysome 19 on Sunday. Mumbai’s Covid-19 task force, asymptomatic to the virus. terfivedays.Ifthesetestnega- building residents fordelaying &lackofinfrastructure Situated on Dinsha Vachcha wasamong the 26 to have con- The rest alsoeither asympto- tive,theywill be advisedhome contact tracing and containment Road at Churchgate,the govern- tracted the infection. Three oth- maticorexhibiting mild symp- quarantine forsome moredays. measures. ment-ownedhigh-rise houses ers who tested positive arecar toms, said agovernment source. We willkeep awatch(on them) According to BMC officials, lenge willbeconductingtrialsthat remote hearingswork insensitive 42 senior officials. Theyinclude drivers of some other bureau- According to civic officials, 16 of forsymptoms,”headded. the indexcase or the point of SADAFMODAK& requirewitnesses to depose and cases involving children and do- Home secretarySanjayKumar; crats, twoare officials from the them have been shiftedtoa Asenior bureaucrat, who re- contact from wherethe infection OMKARGOKHALE evidencetoberecorded in the mestic disputes. Health SecretaryDrPradeep public worksdepartment,while Covid carecentrenear CSTsta- sides in the building, said that al- spread in the latestinstance are MUMBAI,JUNE7 presence of the accused. In cases “Inthisperiod,thecourtshave Vyas; Medical Education the rest areemployedashelpers tion. mostnone of the bureaucrats twodomestic helps who tested whereundertrialsareinjailpend- heardmutual consent matters SecretaryDrSanjayMukherjee; and domestic helps in the build- “Mostofthem areasympto- staying in the building were in positive eight days ago. MONDAY ONWARDS, courtsand ingtrial,likeSheena Boramurder with couples goingthrough the Additional Chief Secretarytothe ing. matic. They areall stable,”said prolonged contact with those When contacted,Award otheralternatedisputeredressal trial accused Indrani Mukerjea mandatorycounselling through Chief MinisterAshish Kumar Abuilding resident, who is Additional Municipal who have tested positive.But Assistant Commissioner Chanda forumswillgraduallyresumeop- and SanjeevKhanna, this delay video conference. Usually, chil- Singh; his wifeValsa Nair-Singh, also apartofthe state’s Covid-19 Commissioner Suresh Kakani. civicofficialssaid thatsome of Jadhavrefusedtocomment. erations,facedwithchallenges of could mean longerincarceration. dren can meettheir non-custo- highpendencyand justice deliv- Lastmonth, sixseniorcoun- dian parentsinchild-friendly eryintimes of apandemic. selshad urgedthe HC to explore complex within thefamilycourt Inmanyparts of theworld,vir- makingthe use of technologyto premises, whichhas been closed. tualcourtroomshave beensetup resume sittingatfull strength Even if virtual courtrooms areset to replace physical hearings to while maintaining that the court up, these aspects maynot be able avoid crowdingbut the lackofin- maynot be able to deal with the to replacephysicalhearings,”said frastructureandaccessremainsa increasing caseload while it con- familycourt lawyer KrantiSathe. hindrancefor the justice system tinuesto conducthearingsinare- Accordingto theNationalJudicial to function online seamlessly. stricted manner. DataGrid, over 41,000 cases are Since the lockdown wasim- Theyhad stated that as on pending in family courts in the posedinMarch,theBombayHigh June 30, 2019,nearly 4.5 lakh state. Courtand trial courts in cases were pending before HC, Lawyers practicing in labour Maharashtrahad been hearing across all itsbenches.The advo- courts also said thatsince they onlyurgentmatters.WhiletheHC cates had added: “Further,be- were notworkingduringthelock- functionedthrough e-filing, up- tween 2March 2020 and 20 down,complaintsare expectedto loadingof scanneddocumentsfor March2020,1,256cases were rise when theyresume. parties,judgesandthroughvideo filedonlyonthe original side Similarly,asconsumerforums, conferencing,subordinatecourts (whichrefers to civil cases from Debt Recovery Tribunals and functionedwithlimitedstaff. Mumbai’sadministrative limits), NationalCompanyLaw Tribunals With amajority of the prisoners that is, approximately90cases arenot functioning with their full in the statebeingundertrials, the per daywerefiled. Onthisbasis,it strength,severalpeople,firmsand trialcourtswereswamped with is safetoassume that even if nor- financialorganisationsare facing bailapplications. malcy be restored by 30 June difficulties in getting issues like Starting Monday, while sub- 2020, whichismostunlikely, ap- claimsand compensationre- ordinatecourts in non-redzone proximately6,700 freshcases solved. areas will function with 50 per (that were held back during the Thane resident Varun cent staff, in Mumbai and other lockdown) willbefiledonre- Saykhedkar had booked air tick- redzones districts, the courts will sumption.” etsand aresort in Maldives functionwith15 percentstrength Since Friday, theHChas been through atravelagent. He had to forfour hours daily. working in twobatches aday to cancelthebookingsinviewofthe “Wehavealso requestedfor hear urgent and regular cases lockdownbutdidnotreceiveafull video conferencing facilitytobe pending foradmission. refund since the agent deducted setupinthree courts in Mumbai Similarly,during the lock- Rs30,000.However, helatercame forlawyers who cannotaccess it down, familycourts had received to knowthatthe resortdid not on their phonesdue to lackof pleasof non-custodianparentsto charge anycancellation fees. technological knowhoworother access their children via video “Unfortunately, my clientwasun- reasons,” said lawyer Sudeep conferencing, owing to restric- able to file acomplaint forrecov- Pasbola, amember of the Bar tionsontravelandriskinphysical erybeforethe district consumer CouncilofMaharashtraand Goa. meetings.Thechallengegoingfor- forum,whichwas closed,” advo- Headdedthatthemajorchal- ward willbetofindaway to make cateShubham Misarsaid. BEST to resume buses today for office-goers

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE About 2,500buses will MUMBAI,JUNE7 plyon81routes to fill in ActorSonu Sood meets CM ABOUT 2,500buses of the vacuum leftby UddhavThackeray and Brihanmumbai Electric Supply suburban trains AadityaonSunday. Twitter and Transport(BEST) undertaking will startoperation across the The Indian EXPRESS cityand suburbs from Mondayto an ID," said an official. After Raut dig, provideconnectivityforoffice-go- BEST willbecharging itsreg- ers as Mumbai kickstarts its ularfaresanddailypasseswillalso Sonu Sood meets ‘MissionBeginAgain’.Thesebuses beavailableontheseroutes.Apart BUSINESS will plyon81routes to fill in the from BEST, Maharashtra State CM,Aaditya vacuum leftbysuburban trains. Road TransportCorporation POULTRY Of the 81 routes,therewill be (MSRTC)will add another 250 at least five corridor routes with busesto itsearlierstrengthof 400 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE VENCOBB Ex-Farm Yesterday’s price in one eachfromVirar,Nalasopara, busestoferry essential workers MUMBAI,JUNE7 Pune Rs. 115/-. Badlapur,Kalyanand Panvel con- and officer-goers. Suggested Retail Price necting Mumbai Metropolitan While BESToperations veers ACTORSONU Sood, who has is Rs.133/- Region (MMR)tothe city. towardsnormality,taxi and rick- gainedappreciation forhelping 70701559 Onlyonepassengerwillbeal- shawdrivers who have been al- migrant labourers to returnto lowedoneachseat and five oth- lowedtooperate,albeit onlyfor theirnativesplacesamidthelock- EDUCATIONAL ers will be allowedtostand. essentialservices,have beencom- down, on Sundaymet Chief Untilnow, BESThasbeenrun- plaining about the police im- MinisterUddhavThackeray and 100% Passing guarantee. Khardikar ningaround1,800 busesonlyfor pounding their vehicles. MaharashtraEnvironment Classes. VII fail...? essentialworkerssinceMarch 23, On Sunday, trafficpolice con- MinisterAadityaThackeray at Direct X, XI fail...? Direct when the nationwide lockdown tinuedtotakeaction againstauto Matoshree. The actor is said to XII. Dombivli, Thane, had come intoforce.Despitea and taxi drivers with severalof have apprisedtheCMof hiswork. Badlapur, Diva, Titwala- fleetstrength of about 3,500 their vehicles being impounded The meeting comes on the 9820627580, 9820904646. 0070703017-2 buses, including thoseownedby forplying on the citystreets. heelsofacolumn in ShivSena the undertaking and procured Around five taxi drivers were mouthpiece Saamana,where OBITUARY through wetleasing, onlyabout stoppedbyVakola division of the partyMPSanjayRautallegedthat 2,500 willbeput to use to gauge trafficpolice and their vehicles the actor wasworking at the be- theinitialdemand.“Notallroutes were impounded. hestand withsupportofthe arerequired,asonly10per cent Mumbai Taximens Union BJP and is likelybeinducted into staffers in private offices and 15 leader,ALQuardros, said, the party.Inthe column, pub- percentingovernmentofficesare "Despitethe government issu- lishedFriday, Raut said:“Certain allowed,” said aBESTofficial. ing orders fortaxis to ply, the political entities areusing Sonu Over the next one week,if trafficpolice is taking action cit- Sood as afront to criticise the thereisdemand, morebuses and ing violation of lockdown rules. Thackeraygovernment.Certain additionalroutes will be intro- Theysay that theyare notaware sectionsinthe BJP have adopted duced. of anyrevisedrules allowing Sood and areusing him as afront Public Relation Officer for taxis to ply. We'll be writing to to gain mileageamong North BEST, Manoj Varade, said: "We the trafficdepartment to sensi- Indianmigrants.Heisanactorand would urge onlythose with valid tise their staff." isadeptatactingby takingmoney. reasonstostepoutandtakeabus. Shashank Rao, union leader Afew years ago, in asting, he was Residentscan also reachout to us forautodrivers,claimedthatboth caughtoncameraagreeingto pro- onourhelplinenumberif thereis the transportand trafficdepart- mote BJP on social media by tak- an additional requirement of ment were passing thebuck. ingmoney.”Rautindicated Sood buses." "Whenwe approachedthetrans- couldendupjoiningtheBJPsoon. Though BESThas maintained portdepartment, we were asked Soon afterSood reached ''IMPORTANT'' that onlythose with an office to speakto thetrafficdepartment, MatoshreeSunday, Rauttweeted: Whilst care is taken prior to identity cardwill be allowedto while the auto drivers aresuffer- “SonuSood finallyseems to have acceptance of advertising copy,itisnot possibleto board itsbuses,officialssaiditwill ing on the ground." located theaddress of verify its contents. The Indian bedifficultto implement.Evenas Raosaid he will also be writ- Maharashtra's Chief Minister.” Express (P.) Limited cannot be held responsible for such essentialworkerswere allowedto ing to the trafficdepartment Sood had earlier said he had contents, nor for any loss or boardbusesshowingtheirpasses about the action being taken receivedhelp from various state damage incurred as aresult of transactions with or ID cards during the lockdown, againstautodrivers who have no governmentsfor his work.“...The companies,associations or individuals advertising in its officials feel with 'MissionBegin waytoascertainifapassenger is work donefor migrant labourers newspapers or Publications. Again',the same system will be out foressentialworkornot. is notlimitedtoaparticular state. We therefore recommend that readers make necessary difficult to enforce. When contacted,Transport Ihavetriedtohelp all those from inquiries before sending any "If aconductorbeginstocheck Commissioner Shekar Channe Kashmir to Kanyakumari...,” he monies or entering into any agreements with advertisers ID cards of everypassenger,the maintainedthat both auto and tweeted. On Sunday, Congress or otherwise acting on an buses will be delayed. Moreover, taxi drivers were permitted to MinisterAslamShaikhaccompa- advertisement in any manner whatsoever. noteveryoneheadingto work has ferryessential workers in MMR. nied him to Matoshtree. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 4 MAHARASHTRA RavagedbyNisarga,Shrivardhanreels Fatality rate rises in state inthedark,awaitsphoneconnectivity as toll crosses 3,000-mark deaths arehigh and chalkout a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE treatment protocol.The district MUMBAI,JUNE7 85,975 is also taking advice from atask MAYURAJANWALKAR forceinMumbai to bringdown SHRIVARDHAN,JUNE7 AFTER CONSISTENTLYsliding for their deaths. Jalgaon is alsotry- over amonth, the death rate in TOTALPOSITIVECASES ing to procure25Tocilizumab PARTSOFthe asbestos roof of Maharashtrahas once again doses through CSR funds to Malati Chunekar’s two-story startedtorise. On Sunday, the INMAHARASHTRA treat critical patients. home by theJivna Bunder fish- mortality rate wasrecordedat Number of deaths 3,060 In St George’s hospital, ing jetty in Shrivardhan are 3.58 per cent, up from the 3.25 Mumbai, amedical officer said patchedwith plastic sheets. per cent recordedonMay 25. In Totalnumber of people the death rate has comedown The bluesheets have replaced Mumbai, the mortality rate stood discharged39,314 since theystarted putting pa- pieces of the metalblown away at 3.55 per cent on the day. Number of people tested tientsonoxygensupport. “As by squally winds brought by The stateSunday recorded 5.51lakh soon as the oxygen levels drop, it CycloneNisargathat on June 3,007 newCovid-19cases, is advisabletoprovide patient 3made landfall near the 1,218ofthem in Mumbai alone, Totalnumber quarantined oxygen and notwaitfor their sleepytownknown forits pris- takingthe totalvirus countin 28,504 health to deteriorate,” said Dr tine beaches. Maharashtrato85,975. Atotal Number of newcases 3,007 Gokul Bhole,medicalofficer. “Wecould hear the winds – of 39,314 peoplehaverecov- Across Maharashtra, thereare whoosh, whoosh –long before ered,sofar. 5.58 lakh people under home the cyclone came. The rooftops, Maharashtraalso reported91 While Mumbai’s death rate quarantine. Thereare over 77,000 the windows startedrattling. I deaths due to Covid-19onthe remains constant, districtslike bedsfor quarantining high-risk wassoscaredbythatdeafen- day, crossing the 3000-mark.The Jalgaon, Solapur, Dhule,and people,and 28,504havebeen ad- ing sound that Icould notdare statenow has 3,060 deaths due Nashik,have pulledupstate’s fa- mitted so far. to open my eyes,” says the fish- to theviral infection. tality rate to3.58 per cent, offi- In Mumbai,748 people with erwoman in amagentanine- Sixty-twoofthe newdeaths cials said. “Thesedistricts have a symptoms of Covid-19 were ad- yard sari. were reported in Mumbai —the small basenumber,but deaths mitted on Sundayatquarantine The Chunekars’ residence highest, so far, forthe city. Eight aresurprisinglyhigh,”astate centres. The BMC has advised offers an unobstructed view of deaths were reportedin Solapur, health official said. Dhule, forin- people with cough, cold and the Arabian Sea and the coastof twoinKolhapur,fivein stance, has a8.8 percentdeath fever to visitnearestdispensaries Shrivardhan. On June 3, how- Ulhasnagar,fourinMira rate,Jalgaon has 11 per cent, foracheck-up. Those whose fam- ever,fromtheirhouse withthe The damagecausedbythe cyclone(top); SDRF team clears aroad. Deepak Joshi Bhayander,six in Pune, one each Solapur has 7.7per centand ilymembers have testedpositive enviable view, the Chunekars in Jalna,Palghar,Akola, and Nashik 5.8 per cent. can nowdirectlyreachout to pri- were among the fewwho saw Nashik.Health officials said of 62 Health ministerRajesh Tope vate labsfor home testing with- the severecyclonic storm to themain highways in Raigad people who diedinMumbai, one has formedadistrict task force out aprescription if theydevelop Nisarga,whichhad been form- wasrestoredaday afterNisarga wasaresident of West Bengal. in Jalgaon to monitorwhy symptoms. ing over the Arabian Sea for124 struck, roads in the interiors, hours, arrive in all itsfury. connecting one villageto “It wasdarkand smoky all another,werestill beingrid Police suffered day. Thewinds were blowing at of displacedtrees, branches PG medical students speeds likenever before.It and scree. most casualties lastedabout an hour to an hour- On the Bagmandla road that and-a-half. Then we sawitover leads to four villages, debriswas on Covid duty urge in Covid-19 fight, the sea. It looked likealarge being removedbythe State spinning top,” says Malati’s hus- DisasterRescue Force(SDRF) says Deshmukh bandKashinathChunekar. men in orange, who had been MCI to cancel The fishing jetty is devoid of sawingheavy tree branches to both people and boatsthat clearthe roads all day. SM SUSHANTKULKARNI were pulledashoreafter the cy- Kedar,the Talathi of Maral- PUNE,JUNE7 clone warning wasissued. Bagmandla, said that the men final-year exams Right outside the Maharashtra had been sawing fallen barks HOME MINISTER Anil Maritime Boardoffice, how- and branches sincesunriseand MaharashtraUniversity of Deshmukh said on Sundaythat ever,one lies crushedunder a nobodywas keeping acountof ABHAGORADIA Health Sciences (MUHS),which the statepolice have suffered the banyantree, next to acoconut howmanywereremoved. MUMBAI,JUNE7 governs all medical colleges mostcasualties in the Covid-19 tree that is bent likeitwas be- With powersub-stations in the state, however, hadwrit- fight in Maharashtra. Around ing foldedinhalf. and electricity polls destroyed, MORE THAN 900final-year tentothe MCI stating that ex- 3,000 police personnel have till Janardan Wagheand his severalparts of Raigad have re-erected. take backtothe tehsildar office. tothe market to buy acoconut. post-graduatemedical stu- ams would be held from July15 nowtestedpositive and over 30 eight-year-oldson Bhavik are been relegated to the dark. In Electricity poles avulsed We willinform their relatives Shrivardhanwas famous forits dentsfromatleast15medical onward. have losttheir lives, he added. by themselvesatthe jetty try- Shrivardhan, telecommunica- from the groundand trees that theyare all right,” he says. trees, itsgreeneryand its colleges across Maharashtra The Governor,also On avisit to Pune, ing to catchsmall fish forlunch. tion has been hamstrung with wedged into roofsare acom- Perhaps the starkest testi- beaches.This is whatattracted have written to theMedical Chancellor of the stateuniver- Deshmukh told mediapersons: Bhavik waitswith the empty some cellular services available mon sightacross Raigad. On monytothe wrath of Nisarga tourists.Tourism washit by the Council of India (MCI), the sities, Thursdayhad givennod “Till now, around 3,000 police wovenbag he had brought to intermittently. statehighways,inneighbour- stands in Shrivardhan’s lockdown and nowthe green- MaharashtraUniversity of to conduct allfinal-year under- personnel, including officers collect the catch, as his father Shrivardhan Sub-Divisional ing talukas of Mangaon and Vetalwadi. The formidable eryisgone too,”hesays. Health Sciences (MUHS) and graduateand postgraduateex- and constables, have tested throwshis fishing netinthe wa- Officer (SDO) AmitShetyesays, Mhasla, too, Nisarga leftthe Banyan tree thateventhe eld- As an immediaterelief Governor BSKoshyari de- aminations ofthe MUHSfrom positive.Over30deaths have terfor the thirdtime in vain. “Our priorityistoclear allthe same trail of destruction. ers hadgrown up watching, is measure, Chief Minister manding cancellation of the July15onwards, as proposed by been reported. It is unfortunate “What we sawwas beyond our roads first. The connectivity to Beyond the Bagmandla road leftbearing itsroots,split down UddhavThackeray had an- pending summer exams. the university,after ameeting that police have suffered the imagination. The winds just the main highway wasrestored laythe downhill villages of the middle, resembling the nouncedaRs100-crorerelief Engaged as frontline work- with StateMedical Education mostcasualties among those blewawaythe rooftops of our the very next day, however, Karivne and Bauddhawadi, mangledcarcass of an animal packagefor Raigad. Raigad MP ers in the Covid-19duty at re- MinisterAmit Deshmukh. fighting the battleagainstthe homes. Splintered roofshov- some internal roads had to be whichafter nearly four days of devoured by amightier beast. SunilTatkaresaid that the spective hospitals, students The final-year PG students disease. Police forcehas held its ered in the wind likebutter- cleared,whichisbeingdone being incommunicado, were Had it survivedanother day, it Centre’s helpmay also be have said that theannounce- aredue to appear forfour the- ground foraround three flies,”says Janardan. continuously.” reaching out to people outside. would have been worshipped sought.OnSunday, Food and ment of exams at atime when ory and practicalpapers. months while being deployed In the municipal school near While inverters and genera- MayurPawar,aresident of by marriedwomen on Vat Civil Supplies MinisterChhagan the number of patientsand “The MUHS has verbally at isolation facilities,quaran- the jetty, around 300people tors have been usedtolight up Virarwho wasbackinhis vil- Purnima, the fullmoon dayon Bhujbal announcedthatthe duty hours were increasinghad told us that preparatoryleave tine wards, hospitals, at check- who were evacuated ahead of some placeslikegovernmentof- lageafter the lockdown, drove whichMaharashtrianHindu government will provide free created an environment of would be grantedfor exams, pointsoronany other duty.” the cyclone continuetostayput fices,powerlinesinShrivardhan in his four-wheeler to make an women pray fortheir husbands’ kerosene to families living with- “restlessness, anxiety and fear” but it is impossible to think of “Because theyhavebeen do- in addition to thosewho had to should be resurrected in afort- SOS call on behalfofhis village. long lifebytying atread around out electricity. among them. taking an offatatime when the ing these frontline duties,the move thereafter theirhomes night, said officials. “Wehavenot been able to reach the tree’sbark. Meanwhile, the district ad- In the letter to the MCI and (Covid-19) situation is worsen- number of infections is alsohigh. were wrecked. The classrooms An officialofthe anyone in the lastfour days.No Shrivardhanisnow aswarm ministration,the NDRF,the stateauthorities, studentshave ing. We also foresee more As aprecautionarymeasure, arenow filledwith LGPcylin- MaharashtraState Electricity government official wasable to of perhapslakhs of fallen trees, SDRF,the municipal council and said: “Severalinstitutions (Covid-19) patientsand cases around 23,000policepersonnel ders, utensils, beddings and Board(MSEB)sat atop atiled visitusbecause the roads were some heaving with fruit –man- the people aredoing their part across the world, have over- of dengue and malaria afterthe aged between50and 55 arebe- cries of babies. “Everything was roof detangling and snapping blocked. There is alot of dam- goes, coconuts,bananas, jack- to help Shrivardhan dustitself looked medical exams forac- monsoon sets in. In suchasit- ing givenlow-risk taskswhile scattered by the winds. We just electric cables from apole that agetoour village,” he says. fruits–but rubbing their face in up, albeitslowly,without elec- tive doctors in the pandemic uation, howcan we think of ap- 12,000more, who areabove 55, pickedupwhatever utensils we had descendedonit. Ninad AbhijeetMane, the gram se- the soil, some uprooted, others tricity and Internet. The relief and requestyou to consider the pearing forexams,”aresident have been asked to stay home could gather.Wedon’t even Kawle, assistant engineer with vakofthe village, had arrivedin hunched. measures maytaketheirtime same. The competence of doc- doctor from KEM hospital said. while their salaries arebeing knowiftheyare ours or some- the MSEB, says they have been Karivne on Saturday on his two- Mushtaq Satvilkar owned but the people cannot. As much tors is automaticallybeing Another aresident doctor paid. In everydistrict, we have one else’s,” says GovindKalekar, throughatleast250 suchpoles wheeler.“Thereare 126homes mangoand coconut orchards as theyhope forswift govern- tested in their participation in said, “In case our exams are starteddedicated hospitals for who has movedintothe school in Shrivardhan since June 3. The in this village.Ihavedrawn up a behind his house on whichan ment intervention, theysay,the (the) current crisis,and several postponedand our degrees are anyhealth-related complaintof withhis family. cables,headds,werebeing pre- listofrelativesofall the families electricity pole had fallen. “For monsoon is fast approaching internal examinations and our withheld until then, we will police personnel,” he added. Even as road connectivity served forwhen the poles are who stay in Mumbai, whichIwill thefirsttime, Imay have to go and theyhaveatown to rebuild. ownfaculty can vouchfor it loseout to studentsofother As on Sundaymorning, there considering the course of our states whowillhavereceived are1,497 active cases in the po- residencies.” TheIndian Express their degrees and will appear lice forceand 33 deaths. BMC officialsfind MUMBAI MURDER has acopyofthe letter. forsuper-speciality exams. In On May22, the MCI boardof the present scenario, we areof no source of Forcedtoeat rice &daal for three months, waiter governorshad advisedcolleges the opinion that the MCI should Around 3,000police suspected gas leak to conductthe examinations promote us basedonour inter- personnel have tillnow by June 30. nal assessments, whichhaveal- tested positive and over battered restaurant manager, colleague with shovel MCI is the nodal body gov- ready been conducted.” erning all medical universities Maharashtra has morethan 30 have losttheir lives, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in India. In viewofthe 3,000 post-graduatemedical Deshmukhsaid MUMBAI,JUNE7 ground checkonYadav,hiring again. The noise woke up Pandit SP Rathod said police were coronavirus pandemic, the students. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE him withoutsomuchasasking but before he could react, Yadav initiallyunable to locateYadav THEBRIHANMUMBAIMunicipal MUMBAI,JUNE7 him his surname or about pre- struckhim on the head and as his employer had collected Corporation didnot find any vious experience of working at killedhim instantly,”said no details about him. “Wedid source of the suspected gasleak ARRESTED LAST week from arestaurant and taking acopy InspectorVyanakat Andhale of nothavehis phone number or Tiger claims fifth victim in Chandrapur, that took place on Saturday,de- Pune formurdering twoofhis of hispersonal identification the local crime branch. Aadhaar cardnumber.His em- spiteasearch conductedinareas colleagues at aMiraRoad documents. Yadavthen allegedly ployeronlyknewhim as Kallu,” officials attribute all killings to one big cat fromwhereresidentscomplained restaurant lastweek,Kallu Afterthe lockdown wasan- dumpedbodies of both men in said Rathod.Using the location aboutafoulsmell.Officialssaidall Yadav(33)had joinedworkat nouncedonMarch 24,Yadav, alarge watertank on the of the mobile phones of Shetty “The firsttwo incidents were in effortsweretaken to find out the eateryasawaiter just Shetty and Pandit were the ground flooronthe premises. and Pandit, whichwerein VIVEKDESHPANDE Fourincidentsearlier corearea,whichisinviolatespace about the suspected leak. weeksbeforethe nationwide onlyemployees to stay backas Over the next fewdays,Yadav Yadav’s possession, the police NAGPUR,JUNE7 havebeencausedbythe and hence the tiger can’t be seen On Saturday night, residents lockdown wasannounced. all others returnedtotheir na- allegedly claimedtohis em- trackedhim to Pune early sametigerascameratrap asresponsible.Butwe hadsought from Ghatkopar, Chembur, Yadavreportedlybatteredthe tive villages, said Inspector ployerthat his colleagues re- Fridaymorning. FORESTDEPARTMENT officials imageshaveshown. advice from the Principal Chief Govandi, Powaiand Kanjurmarg restaurant manager,Harish Sandip Kadam of MiraRoad po- turnedtotheir villages without Yadavreportedly told police have attributed thedeaths of five SinceSunday’sincident Conservator of Forest afterthe had startedcomplainingabout a Shetty (48), and another waiter, lice station. informing him. Seeing Yadav that he hadkilledtwo watch- people in the Tadoba-Andhari alsohappenedinthe next twoincidents.The fifthone gas-likesmell.Following instruc- Naresh Pandit (52), with a On Saturday, district alone at the restaurant, on June men in Kolkatain2003. “He TigerReserve’scoreandbufferar- happenedbeforewecould take a tions from DisasterManagement shovelonMay 30. Their de- Superintendent of Police 1Payade lockedthe premises alsoclaimed to have spent five- easinChandrapurdistrictto asin- samearea,itismostlikely call afterthe fourth incident.” Cell, the Mumbai Fire Brigade composedbodies were recov- Shivaji Rathod said over the and shiftedhim to another and-a-half yearsinjailfor the glebig cat. bythesametiger...” TheincidentsinTATRcoreand sentateam to checkacompany ered from awater tank on the pastthree months Shetty and restaurant on MiraRoad, police crime.Wehavewritten to the The latestincident occurred GURUPRASAD bufferareasbeganonFebruary15, in Govandi east. However, noth- restaurant premises on Friday. Pandit had forced Yadavtoeat said. Thepolice claimedthat Kolkata Police seekingdetails on Sundaymorning.The victim, when aman from Kolaravillage DEPUTY CONSERVATOR OF ingGhatkopar, Chembur,Powai According to police, in the onlyrice and daal that he YadavfledtoPune instead. of the case,” said Inspector Rajesh Dadmal, waskillednear waskilled. It wasfollowedbyan and Kanjurmargwerealso firstweek of March extensive cooked forhimselfevenasthey The murders came to light Kadam. Yadavwas also booked Kolaraonthecore-bufferborder.It FOREST, TATR incidentonApril8andlaterby an- searched,wherenothing was renovation had begun at feastedontakeout food. The June 4night when the owner in thepastinacaseofassault came close on the heels of the otherinMay. found either. Shabari Restaurant and Barat police alleged that this is what receivedaphone call from an in Pune's Swargate locality, po- killing of Rajyapal Nagose from With this, the total number of “Wehavedispatched17fire SheetalNagar on MiraRoad prompted Yadavtokillhis col- unidentified man who claimed lice said. Bamangaon villageonJune 4. tomorrow,”said Guruprasad, peoplekilledinbig catattacks in engines to find out the source of when Yadavhad approached leagues lastweek. that Shetty and Pandit had Inspector Andhale, whose “Four incidentsearlier have Deputy Conservator of Forest, Chandrapur this year has so far thegasleak,butnothinghasbeen Shetty,for work.Investigations “On the nightofthe mur- been killed. The police believe team located Yadav, described been causedbythe same tiger as TATR. Askedwhy no ordershave reached14, one of whichisbya found,”saidPSRahangdale,Chief by Thane RuralDistrict Police, ders, afterShetty and Pandit that the phonecall wasmade the murder accusedasawell- cameratrapimages have shown. still been issuedtocapturethe leopardwhile the rest areby Fire Officer.“Announcements so far, have also revealedthat hadfallen asleepafter drinking by Yadav, but areyet to under- built man with ashorttemper. Since Sunday’sincidentalso hap- tigerdespiteatleast four con- tigers.Twodeathseachhavebeen were alsomadetoresidentstonot neither the manager nor alcohol, Yadavpickedupa stand the reason whyhedid “His familylives in Uttar penedinthe samearea, it is most firmedkillingswhentheNational reportedfromGadchiroli,Gondia panic.We have kept hazmatvehi- restaurant the owner, shoveland hit the manager on that. Soon afterthe bodies were Pradesh. He knows no one in likelybythe same tiger. But we TigerConservationAuthority and Bhandaradistricts andone cles on standbyincaseofany Gangadhar Payade, had con- his head. As Shetty did notin- recovered, the owner told the Maharashtraand movesfrom willbeable to saythat forsure (NTCA)guidelines requireonly from Nagpur district. This make chemical leaks.” ducted apreliminaryback- stantlypass out, Yadavhit him policethathesuspectedYadav. one job to another,” he said. onlyafter gettingcamera images twofatalattacks,Guruprasadsaid, the Vidarbha tally21. 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Monsoon to hit state in next 2-3 KhwajaYunuscustodialdeathcase:Senamember,app days,says IMD

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THE SOUTHWESTmonsoon is Rajaram Nikam wasreinstatedin he got in touchwith“encounter usedbysomeinvestigative agen- court, theCID booked Vaze and movedbythe stategovernment. likelytomakeanonsetover MOHAMEDTHAVER& the motorvehicledepartment. specialist”Pradeep Sharma. The accusedcops, cies as well. He also appeared on the three constables on charges Yunus’ mother,Asiya Maharashtrawithin the next SADAFMODAK Despiterepeated attempts, “Vaze hasbeen closeto including Vaze, have severalnews channelsasan‘ex- of murder. Begum, has approached the twotothree days.The mon- MUMBAI,JUNE7 Vaze did notrespond to calls. Sharma rightthrough his career. pert’,” an officer said. Yunus' familyalso ap- High Court challenging the re- soon on Sundayadvanced to Sources said that over the last Working with the team, he too contestedthe murder On December 25,2002, proachedvarious courts seeking moval. The stategovernment parts of Karnataka and morear- ASSISTANT POLICE inspector fewyearswhen Vaze sawhis startedbeing calledan'en- charge stating that Yunus along with three others to make other policemen accused informedthe HC that since the eas of Tamil Nadu. Sachin Vaze, who wasreinstated mentors, senior policemen(re- counterspecialist', although pri- basedonchargesheet wasarrestedbythe Mumbai po- in the case, who eyewitnesses petitionispending, it will not “Conditions arebecoming in the Mumbai Police Friday tired) Pradeep Sharma and Daya marilyhewas in Sharma's liceunder Prevention of had said, to have seen assault him. appoint another prosecutor to favourable forthe advance- along with three others—16 Nayak, being inducted back into shadow,”anofficer said. filedbythe CID, thereis Terrorism Activities Actfor their The stategovernment didnot conduct the trial.Since 2018, ment of monsoon intosome years afterbeing suspendedfor the police forceafter facing aslew “He (Vaze) wasmedia savvy no evidence to show alleged role in abomb blastat sanction forthem to bemade ac- the trial, therefore, has re- parts of Goa and south Konkan hisallegedinvolvement in the of allegations and enquiries, he and had his nameand photos GhatkoparonDecember 2. cusedand pleasregarding adding mained stalled. The petition in within the next twotothree custodial deathof27-year-old toowas hopefuldespitethe on- appearinnewspapersand TV that theyhad been Subsequently, thePOTAcourt them to stand trial remain pend- HC is yettobe decided upon. days,” stated thelatestforecast KhwajaYunusinJanuary2003— going KhwajaYunus case. Vaze channels. In 2004,however, due involvedinassault or had acquitted allthe men ar- ing before the Supreme Court. Theaccusedpolicemen, in- issuedbythe India has donnedmanyhatsduring wasalleged to have disposed to his alleged role in the Khwaja murder of Yunus rested with Yunus. Meanwhile, the trial before cluding Vaze, have also contested Meteorological Department the years he wasawayfromthe Yunus’ body afterthe purported Yunuscase,hewas suspended On January6,the lastday the Sessions Courtwentonina the murder charge against them (IMD). On Sunday, the Northern force. He joinedthe ShivSena, custodial killing. and later submitted hisresigna- Yunus wasseen alive,his then co- staggered mannerwiththe first statingthat based on the Limit of Monsoon (NLM) created asocial media platform Asenior officer said that Vaze tion in 2007.However, the res- social networking site called'Lai accusedhad allegedly seenhim witness deposing on January 17, chargesheet filedbythe CID, passedthrough Karvar, in Marathi, developedamobile had startedout in Thane, where ignation had notbeenaccepted Bhari'. Vaze had also reportedly being strippedand severely as- 2018.The witness namedfour thereisnoevidencetoshowthat Shimoga, Tumkuru, Chittor, phone application, assistedin- he along with otherofficers and hence he could be rein- developedasoftware. saulted.Later,the police had otherpolicemen who he had theyhad been involvedinassault Chennaialongwith moreparts vestigating agencies,appeared playedaroleinkeeping the stated,” an officer said. He also wrotetwo books, one claimedthat Vaze and three seen Yunus being assaulted. or murder of Yunus. His mother of BayofBengal. on severalnews channels and Suresh Manchekar gang, active Aftertendering his resigna- on the SheenaBoramurder case othersweretaking Yunus to Basedonthis testimony, the AsiyaBegum, based in Parbhani, According to the revised wrote twobooks. in the area,under control. When tion, Vaze had joinedthe Shiv and the other on David Headley, Aurangabad to followalead and then special public prosecutor said that she wasapprehensive monsoon onsetdates released On Saturday,Vaze, police con- an IPS officer from Thane moved Sena in 2008. His lawyer saidhe the LeT operativeinvolvedinthe that the vehicle theyweretrav- movedaplea in court to addthe that the reinstatement of Vaze by IMD, the monsoon onset stables Rajendra Tiwari andSunil to Mumbai, he got Vaze along wasinthe Sena forsome time. 26/11terrorattack, who later eling in metwith an accidentand four policemenasaccused. could adversely affect the case over Maharashtracan be ex- Desairesumedduty in the local with him. Here, he wasposted Known to begood withtech- turnedanapprover.“Away from Yunus had escaped. Based on an Within twomonths, theprose- whichhas alreadybeen pro- pected from June 10 onwards. arms unit, whileconstable with the crime branchCIU where nology,in2010healsostarted a the force, his services were also inquiryordered by the POTA cutor,DhirajMirajkar wasre- longed forsomanyyears. HitbyCovid:Delivery, immunisation, nutrition

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IN JALGAON’S Kanchan Nagar, AnjaliBirade(20)cradles her month-oldson,Ronak,bornon the bed she is sitting on. On May 5, at 1.30 am she developed labour pain.“The civil hospital herehas been convertedintoa Covid-19facility.Private nursing homes nearbywerealso shut,” her husband Chandrakant Birade said. With nowheretogo, theywokeupanelderly woman in the neighbourhood around 4 am to deliverthe baby. Amonth since Ronak’s birth, no immunisation shothas been administered to the child against infections likehepatitis, measles, and polio. From institutional deliveries to ante-natal care, immunisation to Anganwadi schemes,the Covid-19pan- Since it became aCovid-19facility,therehavebeenzerodeliveries at Jalgaon civil hospital. Express demic has hit all crucial health- careservices. The effectshaverippledin Potode said since Asrabari is a entryprocedures have come to 19 activities to focus on other Food forchildren aged up to six tribal stretchesaswell. Fortykm tribal area, the institutional de- astandstill. “Wehavenot been services to solve these issues,” he years has alsobeen affected.In fromJalgaon,Asrabarivillagenear livery rate is already lowthere. able to link bank accountsand said. But in severaldistricts May, Nandurbar district data Satpurarangehasnotbeenvisited “In nearbyvillages, we have afa- Aadhaar. None of these women ASHAs have been engaged in found that 15,402 children were by anyAnganwadi workers or cilityfor delivery at the primary has receivedthe firstinstallment Covid-19survey of migrants, af- screenedatAkkalkuan, known AccreditedSocialHealthActivists health centre,” he said. of Rs 2,000,” she said. fecting mother and child care forahigh malnourishment rate, (ASHAs)since March.The village, According to MLAGirish As per government norms, services. “Our focus is to find mi- and 2.3 per cent were found se- housing Tadvis and Pawaras Mahajan, Jalgaon civil hospital immunisation activity,ante-na- grants, who travelledfromout- verely underweight and 12.6 per tribes,hasnotreportedany Covid- wasperforming 1,000 child- talcheck-ups areprohibited in side,and quarantine them.After cent moderatelyunderweight. 19 case but the lockdown has hit births in amonth. “Since it containmentand bufferzones that if thereistime, Ifocus on im- In Jalgaon, no such screening servicesfor pregnant women. became aCovid-19facility, whereCovid-19positive cases munisationand ante-natalcare,” ofchildren formalnourishment Aged 17,SangeetaRamsar is therehavebeen zerodeliveries arediagnosedtoprevent the risk said ASHA worker Swati Patil in has been carriedout forthe last six-month pregnant with her there. Another private hospital, of transmission. “Wehaveal- Mangrulvillage. three months, when suchanex- firstchild. “I have notgonetoa Godavari, has been converted lowedthese health services out- Maharashtraperforms ercise mustbeundertakenat primaryhealth centre, and no intoacivil hospital, but it has side containment zones. So, 80,000-90,000deliveries in gov- leastonce amonth. one came heretocheckme,” she performedonly200 deliveries. services maybeslightlyaffected ernmentsector per month. State Anganwadi worker Seema said. She has to walk 7kmto Everyother health service has in containment areas,” said Dr officials said corporations like Patil said, “Wecan’t do house-to- reachthe nearestvillagewhere been affected sincethe civilhos- Archana Patil, additional direc- Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Jalgaon, house visitstoweigh children, as public transportwas available pital has been converted,” torinDirectorateofHealth and Malegaon that have been hit thereisCovid-19scare. Thereis until March.Since the lockdown, Mahajan said. Services. “But we aremanaging by Covid-19 arefacing problems also aproblem of ration. We had even that transportislost. In Parola taluka, Mangrulpri- to meettargets forimmunisa- with routine health services. asked forrationfor 65 children, Her neighbour Reshma maryhealth centrehas 148preg- tion and deliveries,” she added. Pregnant and lactating fornine children no rationcame.” Bodyadeliveredher fifthson a nant women registeredsince AnupKumarYadav, director women arealso notable to avail Health secretary, Dr Pradeep fortnight agoinahut. “Yahan koi Marchafterlockdown,of them37 of National Health Mission, ad- Bharat Ratna APJAbdul Kalam Vyas, admitted that thepan- gadi nahi hai.Shehar band pada arefirst-time pregnancies, all eli- mitted thehealthservices were Amrut Yojna in parts of state. In demichad hit other services. hai virus ke karan. Hospital kaise gible forPradhanMantri Matru hit in March andApril as re- Akkalkuan, Dhadgaon, and “Weare working on normalising jaye (Thereisnovehicle here. The Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), a sources were diverted to address Toranmal areas of Nandurbar, routine services,”hesaid. Indra city is shut due to coronavirus. scheme underwhichRs5,000 is the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Anganwadis areshut and preg- Mallo, who heads Integrated Howdowegotohospital),”said giventoawoman forher firstde- stategovernment kept rural hos- nant women aregetting no ra- Child Development Services, KhedyaPatil, atribal woman. livery.Nurse AnkitaAadhavsaid pitals, primary health centres tion, areviewmeeting held in whichmonitors Anganwadis, District health officer Dr DS sincethe pandemic began, data and sub-centres free from Covid- the firstweek of June found. wasunavailable forcomment. FIR against two lawyers, cop for ‘forging police notice’ to procure bank details of man

The Indian Express hasacopy tionalcricketers. officer,however, identifiedtheAPI thebank.Wewereengagedinfil- MOHAMEDTHAVER of the FIR where severalIPC sec- “Apartfromcompromising Sutar andsaidthat he had been ing an appeal in the High Court, MUMBAI,JUNE7 tions have been invokedagainst my family's security,the bank transferredtolocal arms from againstthe order of familycourt Khan,advocates Merchant and statementsalsohad sensitive in- Agripada police lastyear,”Mogul judge.The bankstatementsof MUMBAIPOLICEThursdayregis- Gokhale and the API Sutar,who formationaboutmy father'sbusi- said. Later,when Sutar wascalled IrphanMoghulwere producedby teredanFIR on chargesofcheat- waspostedatAgripadapolicesta- ness clients,” Mogul said. up by senior officers, he said he our client forbeing filedwith ing,forgeryandcriminalconspir- tionwhentheallegedcrimeissaid The bank informedhim that wasinhis villageonsickleave. the appeal in the high court, on acyagainstfourpersons,including to have takenplace. apolice officer had come to their Lastweek, Mogul metthe grounds of suppression before twolawyers and apolice officer, Mogul told The Indian Express Fort branchinAugust 2019 and Mumbai Police Commissioner familycourt. The namesof forallegedlyforging apolice no- that on February28, he received sought information of his bank ParamBir Singh and apprised lawyers arebeingdeliberately ticetoillegally access bank state- evidencesubmitted by Khan account in connection with a him of the issue and the fact that draggedinto pressureusto with- mentsofaperson. through her lawyers before the fraudcaseregistered againsthim no FIR had been registeredin the draw from the case.” The complainant, Irphan BombayHConthe ground that by one AnwarAbbas Shaikh, an case. Following thecommis- Hefurtheradded,“Onthecon- Mogul, whoisseparated from Mogul had suppressedsome in- Agripada resident. sioner's intervention, an FIR was trary, astrong case of giving false wifeShaistaKhan,allegedthatthe formation to bolsterher mainte- “Iwasshocked.Itookacopyof registeredat Azad Maidan police evidence on oathhas been made latter along with her lawyers nanceclaim. thenoticethattheofficerhadpro- station on Thursday. out againstMogul, whichweare Rizwan Merchant and Gayatri The evidencewas a200-page videdunder section 91 of the Assistant Police Inspector S underinstructionsfromourclient Gokhale, and Assistant Police bank statement of acurrent ac- CriminalProcedureCode—asum- MulaniconfirmedanFIRwasreg- to pursue in the high court and Inspector (API) Vilas Sutarused count the Mogul familyheld at a mons to produceadocument — isteredbutrefusedtosay anything familycourt.ExpectingthisIrphan forged apolice notice to gethis private bank in Bandra. and aphotocopyofthe officer API else. So far, no arrestshavebeen Moghul apparentlyhas chosen bankstatement, whichwas then Mogul then approachedthe Vilas Sutar attachedtoAgripada made in the case as yet. this routetopressureour client submitted in the BombayHigh localbranchofthebankto enquire police station,” Mogul said. When contacted,lawyer from giving up her claim.” Court. In the maintenance plea, howhis private details could be On checking with the Rizwan Merchant, speaking on Khan refusedtocomment on Mogul said, the familycourthad handedout. Mogul is associated Agripadapolice,Mogulfoundthat behalf of himself and his junior the issue. Sutar could notbecon- ruledinhis favour lastyear after withInfinity cars at Worli, while therewasnosuchcaseregistered GayatriGokhale, said,“We as the tacted forcomment as hismo- whichKhan had approachedthe his father runs agarageand has againsthim,thenoticewasforged lawyers of Shaista arenot in any bilenumber wasswitchedoff highcourtthat is currentlyhear- high-profile clients, including andtherewasnooneby thename wayconcernedinthe procure- and his current mobile number ing the matter. Bollywood A-listers and interna- of AnwarAbbas Shaikh.“Asenior mentof thebankstatementsfrom wasnot available. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 6 THE OUTBREAK

CASECOUNT:THECHANGINGPICTURE

Alook at howCovid-19 case counts in states arechanging as migrants return home

UTTAR PRADESH ANDHRA PRADESH 11,308 433 67 17,695 199 69 Foreignentrants:None Foreignentrants:None TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA 16,275 1,515 11 11,860 239 183 Foreignentrants:7 Foreignentrants:9 Bengaluru’s trafficisnot back to itsusual,infamous levels, but RAJASTHAN PUNJAB normalcy is slowlyreturning. At MG Road on Sunday. JithendraM 12,304 262 25 5,300 93 12 Foreignentrants:NA Foreignentrants: 2 KERALA ■ Samplestested In Kerala, Govt offices 2,358 107 28 ■ Positivecases Foreignentrants:71 ■ Migrants reopen today, most places States’ datafor last24hours, updated up to 9pmonJune 7 of worship tomorrow Claims that Covid SHAJUPHILIP The Sabarimala THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, temple is settoopen JUNE7 strategy excluded fordevotees during ALL GOVERNMENT, quasi-gov- the monthlyritual ernmentandPSUofficesinKerala starting June 14 experts baseless: Govt areset to reopenonMonday, even WALK UNDER WATCH as the number of Covid-19cases and implications of the Covid-19 in the statecontinues to increase. Mumbaikarsmakethe mostofapleasant weekend at Marine Drive—under the watchful eyeofthe police. Peoplehave ABANTIKAGHOSH pandemic, the group has experts An order issuedbythe state ceses toohavedecidednot to re- thronged the3.6-km promenade afterprohibitoryorders were lifted by the MaharashtragovernmentonJune 5, allowing NEWDELHI,JUNE7 from medicine, virology,phar- government Sundaysaid offices, open churches from June 9, disre- individualphysical activitieslikewalking and jogging. Ganesh Shirsekar macology and programme im- exceptthoseincontainment garding the government sanction THE CENTRE has described as plementation domains, as well,” zones,should function with full forconductingdailyritualsforthe “unfoundedand baseless”the read astatement issuedbythe staffstrengthstarting Monday.In public. The statedirection that all accusations that the govern- MinistryofHealth and Family containment zones, offices will persons above 65 should remain ment’s effortstowards contain- Welfare. functionwithminimumstaff.The inself-isolationisalsoposingtrou- 821 ASI monuments to reopen for prayerstoday ment and management of The Task Forceconstituted governmenthasdirectedthatstaff bleforchurches,whichhaveasiz- Covid-19excludedthe larger four expertgroups, the state- members taking careofelderly ablechunkof servingbishopsand that were shut in March aspartof However, Patelsaid the min- Tomb. The listalso includes wisdom of technical experts. ment added, on Epidemiology parents, children aged below5 priestsabove the ageof65. DIVYAA theCovid-19lockdownmeasures. istrywillensurethatsafetyproce- Hidamba Temple in Manali, Ajoint statement by the and Surveillance (with 13 mem- years and those who arediffer- Meanwhile, the number of NEWDELHI,JUNE7 Issuing directionstothe dures announced by the Health Baijnath Temple in Kangra, Indian Public Health Association bers) and on Operations ently-abled should avoid contact newCovid-19casesinKeralacon- Archaeological Survey of India and Home Ministries would con- Sankaracharya templeinSrinagar, (IPHA),IndianAssociation of Research (with 15 members) withthe generalpublic. tinuedtohoveratthe three-digit KEEPINGINlinewiththeCentre’s (ASI), the ministryonSunday tinue to applyatthese places, agurdwaralocated inside the Preventive and Social Medicine that almostentirelyinclude pub- Placesof worship,meanwhile, markfor the thirdconsecutive directionto openallplacesof wor- statedthatthese821monuments whichincludesocial distancing Bhatinda Fort in Punjab and sev- (IAPSM) and Indian Association lic health and epidemiology ex- will reopen Tuesday, maintaining day, withthe statereporting107 ship from June 8aspartofUnlock would be openedtothe public. and sanitisation of the premises eral Buddhistmonasteries in Leh. of Epidemiologists (IAE) had last perts from the government and social distancing. The Sabarimala newcases on Sunday. 1.0measures, the Ministryof The order also stipulated theASI before reopening.Healsoclarified Meanwhile,the ministry, in week accusedthe government of non-government arena. temple is settoopenfor devotees The Kerala government is CultureonSunday announced to sharethe listwith respective that the remaining monuments consultationwiththeASI,iswork- nothaving consulted “epidemi- Among the signatories in the duringthemonthlyritualstarting settobegin antibody teststhis that 821monumentsacross the states and district authorities and of the ASI’s total 3,691protected ing on creating SOPs forreopen- ologists who had better graspof jointstatement were Dr Shashi June 14.However, Muslim reli- week using 14,000 kits sup- countryatwhichpeople offer followany additional“contain- sites will continue to remain ingtheremainingprotectedmon- disease transmission dynamics Kant, Professor and Head of the gious organisations have decided pliedbyICMR, with 40,000- prayerswillbeopenedtothepub- ment and preventive measures”, closed. Whilethe TajMahalwill umentsfor visitors. compared to modelers”. Centrefor CommunityMedicine, to notopenprominent mosques oddkitsexpectedtoreachthe lic starting Monday, as per the situation. continue to remain shut, the Thelikelyprecautionsinclude “These apprehensions and AIIMS, NewDelhi, and Dr DCS inmajorcities. SomeChristiandio- statethis week. Union Culture Minister Of the 821monumentstobe Fatehpuri Masjid on thesouth- doing away with ticket windows allegations areunfoundedand Reddy,former Professor and Prahlad Singh Patelsaid visitors opened,114 were intheNorthre- west cornerofits entrance, the in favour of e-ticketing, allowing baseless. The government is con- Head of CommunityMedicineat will be allowedtopray at these gion,155 in Central, 170inWest, mosque inside itspremises and small groupsinside,sanitisation stantlyinconsultation with ex- BHU.The twoare also members centrallyprotected monuments 279inSouthand 103inEast. the Kali masjidnear it will be of premises and keeping con- perts fortechnical and strategic of aICMR research group on epi- opened. gestedpartsof monumentsoutof inputs, scientific ideas and do- demiologyand surveillance for In Delhi, Fridayprayers bounds, sources said. main-specific guidance to ad- Covid formedonApril 6. would be allowedinthe Qutub However, itisunlikely thatthe dress the Covid-19pandemic.A The joint statement also archaeological area and at green signal forreopening these National Task Force(NTF) for mentionedthatitisunrealistic Afsah-wala-ki Masjidoutside monuments will be giventhis Covid-19isconstituted by to expect that the pandemic can the west gate of Humayun’s month, sources said. SecretaryDHR-cum-DG-ICMR be eliminated at this stagegiven with Member (Health) NITI that community transmission is AayogasChairperson and already well-establishedacross Secretary(DoHFW) and large sections or sub-popula- Secretary(DHR) as Co-Chairs. tions in the country. The govern- The NTF comprises 21 mem- ment has consistentlydenied bers, including technical/do- community transmission. main experts from the govern- The Health Ministrystated, ment and outside the “The Task Forcehas held over 20 government.Predominant ex- meetingsand has systematically pertise in the Task Forceisfrom contributed towardsthe scien- public health and/orepidemi- tific and technical response to ology.Given the complexity the pandemic.”

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9420004Y Hav 9421335F Nk 9421341L Nk Chandra Dhan Raj Rai Nima Wangdi Sherpa Bahadur Lawati The above mentioned Martyrs of 1/11Gorkha Rifles (BATALIK) made the supreme sacrifice during "Mt Trishul Expedition" in 2009 in atrue act of grit and valour.The Brave soldiers will always be remembered for their enthusiam and courage. To these brave Martyrs we pledge that we shall always be guided by their immortal spiritsand do their name proud. CO AND ALL RANKS, 1/11GORKHA RIFLES (BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE) (BATALIK) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 7 EXPRESS NETWORK

AMIT SHAH ADDRESSES VIRTUAL RALLY ‘Nitishwillreturntopower DELHI CONFIDENTIAL withtwo-thirdsmajority’

givento84.4 lakhbeneficiaries. SANTOSHSINGH "Now with'one nation, one ra- PATNA,JUNE7 tion' scheme, people will gettheir shareofsubsidisedgrains wher- ADDRESSINGAvirtual rally, ever theyare in the country.” Congressleaders stageadharna at the resort. Chirag Chotaliya Union Home MinisterAmit Shah Shah addedthat acon- spokeofBihar’s journeyfrom tentiousissue likeAyodhya was “lantern to LED”and asserted resolvedbecause the central that the Nitish Kumar-ledNDA government made astrongcase Manager, owner of government would return to forRam’s birthplace in the court. powerwith two-thirdsmajority. He alsosaid that no one would NEW MISSION The senior BJP leader said the have thought that special status resort where Gujarat virtual rallywas a“waytoconnect forJ&K couldbeabrogated. LOKSABHA MP Danish Ali, who joinedMayawati’sBSP after with party workers up to the The Bihar BJPclaimedthat seeking ‘consent’ from the JD(S) leadership to contestfrom booth leveland the people of sevenparty workers watched Congress leaders Amroha,Uttar Pradesh,had akey role in forging the Congress- Bihar”. Asserting that it is notan thevirtual rallyateachofthe JD(S) alliance in Karnataka. Although he is partofthe BSP in election rally, he slammed Amit Shah virtuallyaddressing the people of Bihar. 72,000 polling booths, besides the Lok Sabha, hisproximity with the Gowda family, espe- Oppositionpartiesforcallingitso. thousands from the electoratein camped booked cially former PrimeMinisterHDDeve Gowda, is no secret.Ali The BiharAssemblyelections Bihar on YouTube, FacebookLive has been in the national capital withanewmission—he wants aredue in October-November. we couldhelp about1.25crore plyisavailable to 100per cent and NaMo app. staged dharna under the party’s to ensureGowda’s presence in Parliament. He is using all his “This rallyisaimedatcon- migrantsreachtheir homes.” households nowasagainst22 RJD Leader of Opposition EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘BolsheGujarat’ (Gujarat will connections in the Congress and JD(S) to see that the Congress necting people with the Shah congratulated thecom- per cent availability in RJD rule,” Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who got RAJKOT,JUNE7 speak up) campaign at the resort offers the seat to theformer PM even withouthis party mak- AatmanirbharBharat campaign. binedleadership of CM Nitish said Shah, challenging the RJD to his party workers to beat plates near the SaurasthraUniversity on ing aformal request. The BJP will have 75 such meet- Kumar and his Deputy Sushil offerany other comparative data. outside their homes before THE MANAGER and owner of a Sunday. Partyleader Hardik Patel, ings,” Shah said in his address. Kumar Modi fordealing with Naming Nitish thrice in his Shah'svirtual rally, said:"The resortinRajkot, whereGujarat Khambhaliya MLAVikram He said the Centrehelped Covid-related and migrants’ is- speech, Shah said: “Though this NDAgovernment does not CongressMLAsand party lead- Madam, DhorajiMLA Lalit GREEN CONCERNS morethan1.25croremigrantsre- sues. “TheBihar government is notanelectionrally, Nitish bother about the poorwhose ers have been camping, were Vasoya,Tankara MLALalit turn to theirhome states during alone spent Rs 8,538crorefor re- Kumar-ledNDA will return to plates areempty.Weare oppos- booked foropening the premises Kagathara, UnaMLA Punjabhai THE PANDEMIC seems to have prompted lawmakers to deal theCovid-19pandemic.Headded liefofitspeopleandmigrantswho powerwith two-thirds major- ing the BJP’s virtualrally as it is in violation of the notification to Vansh and Vashram Sagathiya, with environment issues on priority.Atatime when MPs are that migrantsfromBihar hadto returnedtothe state,” he said. ity... Bihar is ajourneyfrom insensitivetothink of elections keep suchestablishmentsclosed leader of the Opposition in Rajkot refusing to travel to the national capital even to attend parlia- be “respected as theyhad con- The home ministersaid the lantern to LED.” Shah, however, when Covid cases aresurging in in light of the Covid-19pan- Municipal Corporation, joined mentarypanel meetings, YSRCPMPfrom tributing to building other states Bihar government hadtaken did notmention LJP,another Bihar.” demic. the dharna. Rajamahendravaram Margani Bharat came to Delhifor aproj- with their blood and sweat”. GDP growth of 3.9 per cent in NDApartner. Deputy CM Sushil Modi said: The resortisreportedly “People couldn't work due to ect to protect the Godavari in his constituency in EastGodavari He said, “It did hurttosee peo- RJD-Congress rule to 11.3 per Speaking about the Centre's "It is Laluwadversus Vikaswad ownedbyIndranil Rajyaguru, the lockdown in viewofthe district. He metJal Shakti MinisterGajendraSingh Shekhawat plestartwalkingfortheir homes, cent under Nitish-ledNDA gov- contribution to Bihar, Shah said in Bihar... RJD is nowbeating former Congress MLAfrom coronavirus pandemic... farmers and got aproject of Rs 416crore by National Reserve but we immediatelyarranged ernment. "The state budget size Rs 354.5 crorehad been trans- plates. Do theyknowthe state Rajkot (east) constituency. could notsell theirproduce... Conservative BoardDirective under his ministryapproved. buses and later ranShramik spe- has gone up from Rs 23,800 ferred to Jan Dhan accountsof government spent Rs 5,700 on Manoharsinh Jadeja, deputy people don’t have money. The project, whichincludes constructionofsewagetreatment cial trains. Indian Railways bore crorein2004-05 to Rs 2,11,761 2.38crore people, LPG cylinders eachmigrant who returned commissioner of police (DCP) of Therefore, we demand that gov- plantsand laying of outfall drains, has become all the more 85 per centof thecostoffaresand crorein2020-21. Electricity sup- worthRs630 crorehad been home? Zone-II of the city said, ernment waiveelectricity bills important in the Covid-19era forhis voters, Bharat told the “According to notifications of the and property taxesaswell direct minister. Central government, suchestab- privateschools to refrain from lishmentswould be allowedto taking exorbitant fees,” Dhanani ISsuspect, 2NIA personneltest Covid positive openfromJune 8. We have reg- said. VETERANS INCLUDED isteredacaseunderIPC Section The leaders startedarriving whom twohavetestedpositive. Basith. Beg tested positiveand rising everyday and media re- 188. No one has been arrested so in the resortonFridaynight, IN THE wake of risingcases of Covid-19acrossthe country DEEPTIMANTIWARY All have been quarantined. has been shiftedtohospital, ports suggesttherearen't far. We shall investigate, sum- hours afterCongress MLAfrom and reports of shortage of hospital beds, the BSF and ITBP have NEWDELHI,JUNE7 The NIA had takencustody of while the entireNIA team prob- enough bedsinhospitals. Jails mon them, seek their replyand if Morbi, BrijeshMerja, resigned openedall theirhospitals fortheir retired personnel.Inanor- Hina Bashir Beg (39) and her hus- ing her has been quarantined. arealso witnessing cases. In such warranted,will arrest them.” from theparty andasMLA,be- der issuedonSaturday, BSF andITBP DG SSDeswal said that AKASHMIRI woman arrestedby band Jahanzaib Sami (36) on May “Two of ourpersonnel in the asituationitisonlyprudent that The move comesafter the coming the 8th Opposition MLA hospitals of the forces will also treat veterans suffering from Delhi Police in March on suspi- 29 in connection with itsprobe control room testedpositive.The my clientisgranted bail,”MS leaders held adharna on the to quit ahead of the elections to Covid-19. Until now, these hospitals were reservedfor serving cion of being associated with intoanISterrorconspiracy al- control room is in front of the lock Khan told The Indian Express. premises of NeelsCityResort de- four RajyaSabha seatsinthe personnel. Theorder comesatatime whenthe twoforces Islamic Stateand organising anti- legedly involvingHyderabad up. We aretrying to find out how Beg and her husband manding waiving of electricity state. Modhwadia said thatall have reportedmorethan600cases of Covid infectionsintheir CAAprotestsinthe national cap- youth Abdullah Basith. Before our men and Beg got infected.The Jahanzaib Sami, who belong to bills and property taxesaswell the 19 MLAs of the party,includ- ranks. ital hastestedpositive forCovid- taking custody,the NIA gotboth probeteam has been quaran- Srinagar’s Shivpora area,werear- as to direct private schools notto ingDhanani, arrivedinthe resort 19 during interrogation by the of them tested and theywere tined.All procedures arebeing restedfromDelhi’s Jamia Nagar charge “exorbitant” fees. by Sunday. He said that the National Investigation Agency found negative.However, during followed,” an NIA official said. onMarch 9andbookedunderIPC Ledbysenior Congress leader party’s plan is to keep the group (NIA). Sincethen, around adozen interrogation, Beg developed Beg's lawyer has nowmoved sections forsedition and criminal Arjun Modhwadiaand Congress of MLAs together in the resorttill HIMACHAL PRADESH ED files another officersand personnel of the cen- symptoms and wastestedagain forinterim bail. “My clientgot in- conspiracy and the Unlawful LegislatureParty leader Paresh the RajyaSabha elections on Punjab firm chargesheet in tral agency have been tested,of along withher husbandand fected in NIA custody.Cases are Activities (Prevention) Act. Dhanani, 18 Congress MLAs June 19. employee Manesar land After protests, CoalIndia halts Woman alleges father tied Leopard killed, arrested in scam case to MP hospital bed over teeth removed, PPE scam case EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mining ops in Assam reserve carcass paraded NEWDELHI,JUNE7 Choudhury later revealedthat dues, CM orders probe in Guwahati EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE ENFORCEMENTDirectorate TORAAGARWALA the agency has minedinthe un- SHIMLA,JUNE7 (ED) has filedasupplementary GUWAHATI,JUNE7 broken area of 41.59 ha too. prosecution complaint in the TheNBWL’sconditionalclear- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Hospital said patient TORAAGARWALA ANEMPLOYEEof aPunjab-based Manesar land scamcase,in CLOSEONthe heelsofprotests anceinApril came afterCIL ap- BHOPAL,JUNE7 wastiedtothe bed GUWAHATI,JUNE7 firmhasbeenarrestedinconnec- whichformerHaryana chief over itsoperations in Assam’s pliedfor postfactoregularisation tionwiththeallegedmedicalpur- ministerBhupinder Singh Hooda Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve, of open castmining in 98.5 ADAY afterawoman alleged because he washaving AGROUP of people in Guwahati chasescaminHimachal Pradesh is an accused. NorthEastern Coalfields (NEC), a hectares of the Saleki PRF.Since that her father had been tiedtoa convulsions due to killedanold and weak leopard which ledtothe suspension and The supplementaryprosecu- Coal India Limited (CIL)sub- then,thecampaignto save Dehing bed in aprivate hospital in in aforestedarea, removedits arrest of the state’s director of tion complaint (equivalent to a sidiary, said it is temporarilysus- Patkai has intensified in Assam. Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur for hypernatremia teethand paradedits carcass health services (DHS) lastmonth. chargesheet) has been filed pending all mining operations. While operations in the non-payment of dues, the around the locality on Sunday. Prithvi Singh, 46, aresident of againsteight people and entities An order from the office of The Dehing Patkai Elephant TikokCollieryweresuspended Shajapur district administration the daughter,she said she had no “Itwas an 8-year-old male Sangrah in Sirmaur district who suspected to have been involved the General Manager,NEC, said, Reserveisbelievedtobethe in October 2019 afteradirective seizedthe treatment papers and money. She had paid Rs 10,800. leopardwhichhad been initially wasworkingasaliasioningoffi- in launderingthe proceeds of “Allmining operations in North lastremaining contiguous from the Assam government, the took statementsofthe doctors Dr Bajajsaid the hospital caught with arope trap by the lo- cerforPunjab-basedfirmBioaide crimeoutof theallegedly fraudu- Eastern Coalfields, Coal India patchofrainforestareain TirapCollierywas closedonJune and staffonduty,who denied calledthe police, but the daugh- cal residents,” said Rajib Baruah, Corporation,was arrested by the lent land deal. Limited,Margherita arehereby the region. 3after the order. the allegations. terrefusedtopay,and that the DFO, Kamrup EastDivision. The stateanti-corruption and vigi- Those chargesheetedinclude temporarilysuspendedw.e.f. “Wehavehad issues with Sheela Dangi, aresident of hospital dischargedthe patient incident occured in the city’s lancebureauonSaturday, anoffi- private builders and entities such 03.06.2020.” clearances. And since Tikokwas RanaravillageinRajgarh district, on the advice of police. He shared Katahbari Pahar area, whichfalls cialsaid. as Atul Bansal and his wifeSona; The NEC has twoexisting patchofrainforestareainthe re- shutearlier,itwasveryhard forus allegedonFridaythat City aletterwritten by thedaughter under the Fatasil ReserveForest. Singhallegedlyrecordeda43- ABWInfrastructureLtd; open castcoal mining projects— gion— spreads across the coal- to sustain withjustone mine. We Hospital, whereher father had denying the allegation that the In an allegedvideo clip of the secondaudioclipofhistelephonic Mahamaya Exports Pvt Ltd; TirapCollieryinArunachal and oil-richdistrictsofUpper incurredhugelosses,”saidanNEC beenadmittedforcloseto aweek, hospital refusedtolet her go for incident, nowcirculating on so- conversation withthenDHS Dr Shashikant Chaurasia; Dilip Pradesh and TikokCollieryin Assam. official.“So, the operations have refusedtodischarge himandtied non-payment of money. Thelet- cial media, three-four men can AK Gupta in whichthe duo were Lalwani; Varinder Uppal; Vijay Assam. While NEC had a30-year- been temporarilysuspendedfor him to thehospital bedwhenshe tersaid the hospitalwaivedthe be seen carrying around the car- purportedlyhearddiscussingthe Uppal; VineyUppal;Ravinder Aseries of virtualprotests fol- lease to carry outoperations in these tworeasons: issues with said shehad run out of money. remaining amount. cass of the animal to hoots and handoverofRs5lakh. The clip Taneja; TDI InfrastructureLtd; lowedafter the move by abody itsTikok open castmining proj- clearancesand financiallosses.” The hospital deniedthe alle- Chief Minister Shivraj Singh cheersbyacrowd. Sevenpeople, went viral,leading to Gupta’s ar- Wisdom Realtors Pvt Ltd; and AB under the Ministryofect in the Saleki proposedre- “This is notapermanent gation, saying thepatientwas Chouhan ordered an inquiryinto including one minor,havebeen rest on May 20. According to the Rephcons InfrastructurePvt Ltd. Environment, Forest and Climate serveforest(under Dehing stoppage but onlytemporary. tiedtothe bedbecause he was the allegation. Sub-divisional held. “Since the animal’s teeth vigilancebureau,Gupta andSingh Hooda has already been Change—the National Boardof PatkaiElephant Reserve), the Once we getclearances, we will having convulsions due to hy- MagistrateSLSolanki, who con- were also removed, theywill were discussing the exchangeof chargesheetedbytheCBI,whichis Wildlife—for “recommendation contract expired in 2003. startbothmines together,” said pernatremia and wouldhave ducted theprobe afterseizing also be chargedwith acase of bribefollowing the supplyofPPE alsoprobingthe matter. forapproval” of acoal mining Between 2003 to 2012,the com- the official, adding thatifclear- hurthimself. papers from the hospital, sub- poaching,”said Baruah. kitsworth over Rs 1crore by TheEDhasalsoattachedprop- project by the NEC in the Dehing panyminedland measuring ances did notcome through, Dr VarunBajaj of the hospital mitted his reporttothe collector. The post-mortemreportis Bioaide to the stategovernment. ertiesworthRs108.79crore inthe Patkai Elephant ReserveinApril. 44.27hectares (ha) without theywould have to consider said it wasacommon practice. Despiterepeated attempts, awaited.“What we knowsofar StateBJP chief RajeevBindal case. “Investigation under PMLA The reserve—believedtobe clearance. Aresponse to an RTI “shifting theworkers to other He said when the hospital asked Collector Dinesh Jain wasnot is that it wasanold and weak resignedhis post“on the basis of revealedthatbuilders/private en- the lastremaining contiguous querybygreen activistRohit subsidiaries of CIL”. forthe remainingRs11,000from available forcomment. leopardwhich hadnot eaten for highmoralground”amidthecor- tities extorted the land from the days,” he said, ruption probeintothe procure- farmers/ landholders on meagre Forest department officials ment of PPE kits. ratesbyexhibiting the fear of ac- were alertedabout the leopard Superintendent of Police in quisition. Farmers/landholders Elephantdeath bringstofore man-animal conflictinKerala being trappedbythelocals early the statevigilance and anti-cor- under different fears sold their Sunday morning.“By thetime, ruptionbureau,ShaliniAgnihotri, land to suchprivate entities who proactive measures of the (for- killedinelephant attacks.There lation hasgone down...Theuse of the zoo authorities reachedto in astatement said, “Forensic ex- ultimately, soldthe sametovari- SHAJUPHILIP est) department in mitigating have been 246cases related to pesticides, mainly in paddyfields rescue the leopard, it escaped,” amination of the mobile phones ous builders who obtainedli- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, the problems of human-animal wildlife crime in Kerala in 2019. and banana plantations, has said Baruah. seizedrevealedatleastthreemore cences and gainedhandsome JUNE7 conflicts, it continues unre- Aforestdepartment official turnedfatalfor jackals, whichper- The local residents, however, audio recordings betweenthe profits...”anEDstatement said. solved... Various measures that said the fragmentation of forests ishedinlarge numbers aftercon- followedthe big cat intothe for- agent of Bioaide Corporation On the role of the THE DEATH of apregnant ele- were adoptedinclude digging has also ledtoelephantsstray- suming crabs whichdiedofex- est—by about10 am,theforest de- (Singh) and the DHS(Gupta) re- chargesheetedentities, the ED phant in the bufferzone of Silent elephant-proof trenches, creating intofarmlands.“Due to min- posuretolethalpesticides in such partmentwas informedthatthe lating to supplyofPPE kits.These said, “Investigation further re- ValleyNational Park in Kerala’s ing elephant-proof walls, con- ing and other human interven- farms.Farmershavetobeblamed leopardhad been killed. “The conversationsrevealedthatwhile vealedthatmostofthelandswere Palakkad district afterthe animal structing solar-poweredelectric tions, elephant habitatshave forcreating suchasituation.” leopard hadnotdisturbedanyone the agent wasready to deliver purchasedbyABWIL Group allegedly bit intoacoconut filled fences... In spiteofthese preven- been disturbed,” he said. Kerala FarmersFederation norhadhedamagedanything.So Rs 3lakh in hispossession to the whichiscontrolledbyAtulBansal withfirecrackers has brought to tive measures, it is alarming to However, while the threat of general secretaryJoshyJoseph therewas reallynoprovocation DHS,whowasinsistinguponhim and afterobtaining of licences; the forefront the state’sgrowing note that the number of inci- The pregnantelephant elephantsismainlyfelt in areas said, “The raid of elephantsshows forthe attack,”said Baruah. to arrangeatleastRs2lakhmore”. ABWIL soldthe licensed /unli- challenge of managingman-an- dentsofhuman-animal conflict collapsedinthe Velliyar close to forest regions, the pres- that the animals do nothavefod- ApreliminaryFIR has been As per the statement, Singh censed landand licences to the imal conflicts. is increasing year by year.In riveronMay 27 and died. ence of wild boars has emerged der andwaterintheir habitat.The lodged at the Gorchuk Police wasseeking onemoresupplyor- private persons/ developers and Thousands of farmers in 2018-19, as manyas7,890 inci- as athreat to food securityinvil- government has to take steps to Station. “Weare waiting formore der of PPE kitsbefore the issue therebymaking hugeprofits.” Kerala have eitherabandoned dentswerereported, whereas it lages and semi-urban areas. ensureavailability of fodder for details from the post-mortem of tender.“No supplyordercould, TheEDinitiatedthe investiga- cultivation or stoppednursing was7,229 in 2017-18.’’ electrocution, being hit by vehi- The forest departmentofficial elephantsinforests... Manypeo- examination to file amorede- however, be issuedasitwas de- tion in the case on the basis of an their farmlands due to frequent Forest department data cles and by explosives. During said, “The population of wild ple who blame farmers over the tailedFIR as well as acasefor vi- cidedbythe government that fu- FIR registered by Gurgaon Police, raids by wild elephants, wild shows that between 2015 and the same period, 514people boars has increasedmanifold man-animalconflict do notknow olating the WildlifeProtection tureCovid-related purchases whichwaslatertakenoverbyAnti boars and of late, monkeys. 2020, 416wild elephantsdiedin were killed in attacksby wildan- even in non-forestareas. Jackals the pain of cultivation.” Act, 1972,” said Hemkanta wouldonlybemadethroughten- CorruptionBureauofChandigarh The stateeconomic review Kerala, with 24 deathsattributed imals, including elephants. In usedtobethe predator of wild FULLREPORTON Talukdar,Chief Conservator of ders,” the SP said. and the CBI. 2019 has stated that “despitethe to “unnatural causes” —hunting, 2019 alone, 15 peoplewere boar cubs. Now, the jackal popu- www.indianexpress.com Forest,Central Assam Circle. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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In Delhi, PDP,NC&PC restaurants & malls to open, callforrelease not hotels

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ofJ&Kleaders NEWDELHI,JUNE7 MALLS,RESTAURANTSandplaces of worship in Delhiwill be al- lowedtoopen from Monday, NAVEEDIQBAL Mehbooba Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal SRINAGAR,JUNE7 Mufti has said.However, hotelsandbanquet been in hallswillremainshut,astheymay FOUR DAYS afterbureaucrat- detention have to be converted into Covid turned-politicianShahFaesaland for10 carefacilities in the future. twosenior PDP members were months The CM said on Sunday that releasedfollowing revocation of Delhiwasfollowingguidelinesset their detention under the PSA, by the Centre. “Following the or- PDPspokespersonSuhailBukhari calledfor releaseofall political ders of the central government, raisedtheissueofotherleadersof leaders. He recentlytweeted: the Delhigovernment has de- his party still being held in deten- “Disappointed that cidedtoopen restaurants, shop- tion. @MehboobaMufti, Sagar Sb & ping malls, and places of worship “Wehavebeen askingall Hilal Lone continue to be de- Pune’s Taljai hill forest is aspotpopularwith joggersand walkers. Spread over 100hectares, it has nowbeenopened forthree hours everyday—from5-8 am. from tomorrow. The central gov- alongforunconditionalreleaseof tained. It’s high time theyare set (Right) With masksfor protection, youths enjoyagame in Ahmedabad’s Old City on Sunday. PavanKhengre &Javed Raja ernment has issuedspecific thepoliticalleadershipacrosspar- free as well. Not to mention the guidelinesregardingtheopening ties from illegal detention. While manyothers underinformal of these places whichinclude our president and former CM ‘house arrest’for thelast10 maintaining social distancing, Mehbooba Mufti has completed months.It’stimetheruleof lawis wearing masks, and others.All 10 monthsinthisillegaldetention, appliedtoallequally&theselead- Database, skill training: How Assam theseguidelinesprepared by the leaders from other parties likeAli ers areallowedtoleave their expertsof thecentralgovernment Mohammad Sagar alsocontinue homeswithouttheir‘guards’lock- would be followedinDelhi... to be under arrest.Eventhose re- ing them inside without cause, “However, thegovernment leasedfromjails have been put in justification or anydetention or- willtake acallonopeningbanquet detentionintheir homes. This is der.” plans to absorb returning workers halls later as the number of Covid undemocratic,illegalandunethi- Peoples Conference (PC) has cases is rising,and theremight be cal,”Bukhari,Mehbooba’sadviser, also calledfor the immediatere- aneedtotakeoverthe hotels and told The Indian Express. leaseof allpoliticalprisonersboth European companies, who want tries who can employthem. applyfor skill developmenttrain- banquets to convert them into Faesal and twoPDP leaders— withinand outsideJ&K. ABHISHEKSAHA Nearly 1.25 lakh to move out of China, to setup Moreover, we will also trackthese ing. Covid carefacilities,” he said. PeerMansoorandSartajMadni— PeoplesConferencechairman GUWAHATI,JUNE7 base in the state. persons in the coming days — Assamis alsoeyeingJapanese, Malls in thecapital plan to put were releasedfromdetention on Sajad Lone, senior NC leader migrant workers have An initiative titledSAMPARKA whethertheystillhaveajob or are European, American and Korean in place car sanitising kiosks, mats June 3. However, accordingtoof- Abdul Rahim Rather,NC SAMSUL ALOM (20), atailor,re- returnedtoAssam, (SoftwareApplication for theystill at home,” Ekka said. companieswho want to move with sanitising liquid, thermal ficialsources, Faesal has been spokespersonAgaSyedRuhullah turned to Barpeta in west Assam according to asenior Migrated People to Assam for Registration forSAMPARKA out of China. “Weare trying to scanners, and hand sanitisers. placedunder house arrest along- and NC leaders Irfan Shah,Shafi fromTamilNaduonSaturdayafter Rejuvenating Karma Abhiyan) beganafewdaysbackand nearly turnthesechallenging times into Restaurantswill beallowedto side almostadozen other politi- Uriand Nasir Sogami, and PDP working at afactory near Chennai stateofficial wasrecentlyinitiated to system- 200workers have been enlisted an opportunity,” Dwivedi said. have onlyupto50% of their seat- cal leaders. youth president Waheed-ur- forthepastsixmonths.“Whenthe aticallycapturedataofreturning sofar. “Mostofthereturneework- The Assamgovernmentisin ing capacity.Restaurantsinthe While amajority of the politi- Rehman Para areamong those factoryreopenedafew weeks turnedsofar to the statewhich migrant workers. ers arestill underquarantine. talkswith the Department for city have so farbeen allowedto cal leadershipofJammu and under house arrest sincethey back,afteraday’s work,wewould has seenasudden spikeinthe “Dataabout all workers com- Oncetheyare out,registrations Promotion of Industryand operatetheir kitchens onlyfor Kashmir has been releasedsince were releasedfromSKICC or havetositidleforthree,”saidAlom, number of Covid cases -- atotal ingbackwillbecollectedfromthe willshootup,”Ekka said. Internal Trade, Japan External takeaway and delivery services. January—theywereamong sev- Srinagar’sMLA Hostel. whoisnowlodgedataquarantine of 2,565 at the time of filing this panchayatlevel.The datawill According to Assam govern- Trade Organisation (JETRO), and eralpoliticalleaderswhowere de- Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija centre. report. comprise variousparameters like ment data, the state’s 66,000 inother European and American tainedinthe aftermath of the Javed, who runs the former CM’s Samsul Alom (20), atailor,re- “Poor workers likeushaveto whentheyreturned,fromwhere dustries,largely in theMSMEsec- bodies. A600-acreplotofland Malls, offices set August5scrapping of J&K’s spe- Twitter account, tweeted: “...bar- turnedtoBarpeta in west Assam go outofthe statetosearch for theyreturned, what did they tor, contribute39% to the state has alsobeenchosenfor apro- cial status—thereisagrowing ring afew,mostpolitical leaders from Tamil Nadu on Saturdayaf- work.Maybe afterthe economy work as, whether theyhold GDP. posedJapanese industrial town- to open in Bengal clamourforthereleaseof theoth- cuttingacrosspartylinescontinue terworking at afactorynear recovers, Iwill have to go back MGNREGA job cards and would “Government is talking to in- ship. ers, including PDP chief Mufti, being under house arrest.Their Chennai forthe pastsix months. again. But if thestate government theyliketoworkunder MGN- dustries regarding what kind of “Thereismuchease in move- Kolkata: Lockdown restrictions seniorNationalConferenceleader unlawful detention is an aberra- Business washit by the lock- manages to accommodateus, I REGAand forwhatindustriesare skills theyneed. Skilldevelop- ment to the SoutheastAsian will be further liftedinWest AliMohammadSagar,seniorPDP tion of the law.”She addedthat down, and “when the factoryre- willstayback,”Alom saidover the their skillsetsuitable for. The data ment training will alsobefacili- countries through Assam be- Bengal from Monday with leader Naeem Akhtar and NC’s the “ad hoc releases of detainees openedafew weeksback, aftera phone. will be shared withgovernment tatedincoordination with the cause of the state’s location. That restaurants, hotels and shopping NorthKashmir MP Akbar Lone’s defies common sense”. day’s work,wewould have to sit To absorbthousandsof work- departmentsfor further action state’s Skill Development wayAssam has ahugeadvantage. malls settoreopen. Besides, all son HilalLone. All of them arebe- CPM central committee idle forthree,” said Alom, who is erslikeAlom,Assam government and policy making,” JB Ekka, Mission,” said KKDwivedi, We areaggressively trying pitch- privateoffices willbeallowedto ing held under the Public Safety member MYTarigami said that nowlodged at aquarantine cen- officials said that theyhavetaken PrincipalSecretaryofPanchayat Commissioner and Secretary, ing formorebusiness opportuni- function from Monday. With the Act(PSA). prolongeddetentionsareasignof tre. up amulti-pronged strategy,in- and Rural Development depart- Industries and Commerce de- ties,” Dwivedi said. He said establishmentsopening their FormerCMandNC vice-pres- “howthingsremainfarfromnor- Nearly 1.25 lakh migrant cludingbuildingadatabase of re- ment, told The Indian Express. partment. Bangladesh allowing Indiato use doors to the public, the owners ident Omar Abdullah, who was mal in Kashmir” despiteNew workers have returnedtoAssam, turningworkers right at the pan- “So, we can engagepeople un- Returnees arenow abletoreg- the Chittagong and Mongla sea will adoptaslewofsafetymeas- released from detentionunder Delhi’s claims. He, too, calledfor according to asenior stateofficial. chayat leveland lobbying to get der MGNREGAorsharetheir in- isteronarecentlylauncheddigi- ports will immensely help busi- ures to reduce the spread of coro- PSAinMarch,has repeatedly release of political leaders. Over 2.5 lakh people have re- Japanese, American and formation with relevant indus- talportalnamed‘Sudakhya’and nesses whichset up base here. navirus infections. ENS NE Delhi riots: Cops Digvijaya: Scindiawon’t get samerespect Delhi govt lifts FIRfiled against in BJPdue to anti-RSS comments in past liquor Covid file chargesheet in cess but VAT up Medanta MD, 14 past.” hugesums,” he said, taking adig MILINDGHATWAI “Maybeyou were in ahurry at the MLAs who defectedto NewDelhi:Thepriceof liquorisset 85-yr-old’s murder BHOPAL, JUNE 7 to getintoNarendra Modi’s BJP,allegedly afterbeing offered to comedowninthecitywiththe ministry,”Singh said, adding sums in excess of Rs 30 crore. Delhigovernment deciding to others, Trehan CONGRESS LEADER and former that the voters will“teachales- Singh also claimedhehad withdraw thespecial corona fee The chargesheetwas filedat Madhya Pradesh chief minister son” to thosewho brought conveyedtoScindia that while imposedonalcohol brands from EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 3pmSundaybefore the Chief DigvijayaSinghonSundaysaid down the KamalNath-led both he and Nath areintheir June 10.Till June 6, the govern- rejects charges NEWDELHI,JUNE7 Metropolitan Magistrateof JyotiradityaScindia won’t get Congress government alesson 70sand wouldsoonfade away, mentearnedaroundRs209crore Karkardooma court. As per a the same respect and treatment in the ensuing by-electionsto the former Guna MP had two- throughthefee.Thedecisionto do claims to be an RTIactivist. But it THE DELHI Police has fileda statement shared by Additional in the BJP as he got in the 24 seats. three decades of active politics away withthefee—fixedat70%of SAKSHIDAYAL& has been reportedinthe press chargesheetagainstsix menin PROAnil Mittal, “Videos that Congress because he had spo- When asked whether the before him. MRPofeveryalcoholbrand—was VARINDERBHATIA that he has had an FIR forextor- connection with themurder of were viralonsocial media were kenout againstthe RSS in the Congress would shiftits MLAs Recalling that former Prime takenataCabinet meeting GURGAON,CHANDIGARH, tion registeredagainsthim.” an elderly woman, whose procured and takenonrecord. past. in the statetoresortsahead of Minister RajivGandhi had Saturday. Thefeewasimposedon JUNE7 In his complaint, Sharma al- charredbody wasfoundinside Severalmobile phones by which Addressing avirtual press the RajyaSabha elections, Singh brought the anti-defection law, May5.However,the Cabinetalso leged that when people were re- her home in NortheastDelhi, the video wasrecordedwere conference,Singh said that said, “Those who could be Singh said the lawshould now decidedtoincreasetheVAT“from AN FIR has been lodged against movedfromtheir ancestral land duringthe riots in February, of- tracedand seized duringthe in- Scindia waslikehis son. He said, bought over have alreadygone,” be amendedagain to ban peo- 20%to 25%leviedonallcategories the chairman and managing di- in Sector 38 in 2004,the Haryana ficialsonSunday. vestigation.” “When he (Scindia) waswith referring to theparty’s leaders ple’srepresentativeswho of liquorsoldinthejurisdictionof rector of MedantaHospital, his government had advertisedfor The 85-year-old woman, “In the present incident, ari- the Congress, he had asay in ap- and legislators, ledbyScindia, changeparties from contesting NCTofDelhi”.Asaresult,theprice organisation,Global Health Pvt a‘Medicity Project’, envisaged as Akbari Begum, diedonFebruary otous mob attackedand seton pointing district presidents who switchedovertothe BJP, forsix years. of liquorwillremainalittleabove Ltd, and 14 others, including var- “having super specialty hospital 25 when amob attackedher fire thehouse of the deceased. from Morena to Mandsaur. No bringing down the Nath gov- Singh also accusedTulsiram the pre-May5level.The decision ious Haryana government offi- of international standard,aca- house in Bhajanpuraand setthe While other members of the otherleader got the same re- ernment in March. Silawatand Govind Singh to withdraw the feewas taken cials,for allegedly indulging in demic medical institutions... to place on fire.The six accused, familyclimbed to the rooftop, spect in the Congress as youdid. “There aremanylegislators Rajput —two Scindia support- basedoninputsofthe Excise moneylaundering and corrup- provide state-of-the-artmedical Arun Kumar (26),Varun Kumar the deceased, due to her old age, It won’t happen nowbecause forwhom even Rs 1crore ers who arenow in Shivraj Departmentthatretainingitmay tion in settingupthe hospitalas facilities at one place along with (22), Vishal Singh (29),Ravi could notreachthe rooftopand the RSS calls the shots in the BJP means alot,but theydid not Singh Chouhan’s cabinet —of encouragesmuggling of liquor well as itsoperations. Dr Naresh ancillary... facilities in the form of Kumar (24), Prakash Chand (36) subsequentlydieddue to suffo- and youhavecriticiseditinthe succumbevenwhen offered corruption. from Haryana and UP. ENS Trehan, chairman and MD, de- shoppingmall, yatri niwas etc." and Suraj Singh(28), were ar- cation (asphyxia),”said policein niedthe claims. The 53 acres earmarkedfor rested by theCrime Branchand the chargesheet. Officials said the FIR was the same, the complainant areinjudicialcustody.Theyhave Firefighters, along with local lodged Saturday,following di- stated,was to be split into“five been booked under sectionsof police, rescuedthe other mem- rections of Additional Sessions sites of variedsizes fordifferent rioting, murder,attempt to mur- bers of the family. Begum’s body AT DELHI’S LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL JudgeAshwani Kumar,under IPC allottees”. der,dacoity,house trespass and wasrecoveredfromthe second sectionsrelated to criminal con- Terms and conditions forthe mischief by fire,said police. floorofthe house. spiracy,breachoftrust, and for- project, the complainant further Family buries wrong body aftermix-up at mortuary gery,sections of the Prevention claims, includedthat the allottee ofMoney Laundering Act, 2002 would complete construction of the mortuaryonThursday was afterhis bloodpressurefell con- and Prevention of Corruption “at least25%” of the project built- Pak violates ceasefire SHIVAMPATEL difficult to identify, but the doc- siderably and he diedashospital Act, 1988. The matter wastaken up area and startfacilityofhos- NEWDELHI,JUNE7 ument giventothe familyalong staffwereconducting an ECG to courtbyGurgaon-basedRTI pital“within twoyearsfromdate at LoC; Indian troops with it had correct details. test:“My brother’s wifesuffered activistRaman Sharma. of offerofpossession”, and com- KALAMUDDIN BURIED his fa- While Kalamuddin could not acardiac arrest and diedwhen ASJ Kumar had directed,“In plete it “in all respects” in five ther twice. The firsttime, it was be reachedfor acomment, his we told her about his death.” viewofthe factsincorporated in years. foil infiltration bid abody that he thought belonged wifesaid, “The body that my His brother wasfoundCovid the complaint,coupledwith vo- The complainant accusedthe to hisfather and the second time, husbandsaw had aswollen face positive when the resultscame luminous documentsenclosed... governmentofficials of “causing Violation along the LoC in Keran it wasinfact his father.Inacase and bloodstains, whichmade it in twodays later.OnJune 5, Aijaz this courtfindsthat without pecuniaryadvantage” to the ADILAKHZER and Rampur Sectors, of Districts of mistakenidentity, twobodies hardtoascertain if it wasmyfa- went to the mortuarytocollect proper investigation, justice can- other accusedand “immense SRINAGAR,JUNE7 Kupwara&Baramulla. Armyis were mixed up at the mortuary ther-in-law. Hospital staff said the body.“The hospital gave the notbedoneinthis case forwhich loss to the state”; abusing their retaliating befittingly...” at Lok Nayak Hospital as they this wascausedwhentheyre- wrong report, showedthe lodging FIR is prerequisite. position “bycriminal miscon- THE ArmyonSundaysaid that Policeofficials in Baramulla had the same name: Moinuddin. Will ensure suchincidents movedthe dialysis pipe. My wrong body.The reportsaid Hence, the present complaint is duct and influence”; and allot- Pakistanviolated ceasefire with said the shelling startedinUri One wasofKalamuddin’s fa- don’thappen again: Hospital husband had his doubts, but the Moinuddin, son of Rahimuddin, sent to policestation Sadar, ting the entiresitetoDrTrehan unprovoked cross-border firing area of Rampur on Sunday. ther and the other wasofAijaz reportgiven to him had the cor- about 70 years old, while my Gurgaon, forlodging FIR...” “without anyconsideration of fi- at the Line of Control (LoC) in In Kupwara, police officers Uddin’s elder brother.Anofficial rect address and name, so he be- brother is the son of Amiruddin, Inspector Naveen Kumar, nancial capability... re-advertise- twodistrictsofNorthKashmir. said therewerenoreports of any at Lok Nayak Hospital said, “It is mortuary before findingout that lievedthem.” aged 50,” said Aijaz. SHO of Sadarpolice station, said: ment and calling fornew appli- Separately, the Armyalso stated damagefromthe shelling so far. sometimes difficult to identifythe his brother had already been Kalamuddin’s father had been On Sunday, when he learnt “Wereceived directionsfromthe cations with respect to changed that troops had foiledaninfiltra- On the infiltration attempt, body because people areoften buriedadayearlier at aburial undergoing dialysis at ahospital the body hadalreadybeen courttolodgeanFIR. It has been terms and offer... without sanction attempt in Nowgam sector an Armystatement said, “On anxious in amortuaryand after ground at DelhiGate, by another near Patparganj, wherethe fam- buried, Aijaz said, “It wasnouse registeredagainstGlobalHealth tion of the Hon’ble High Court of KupwaraonJune 3. On night of 3rdJun 20,apatrol of death, the face lacks expression, family. “Wecalledthepersonwho ilylives.HewasreferredtoLok to extract the body again... It was Pvt Ltd, whichhas developedthe forsucharevisedscheme”. Sunday’s ceasefireviolation, de- Indian Armyalong LoC in whichalso makes it difficult. We hadtakenthebodyandaskedhim Nayak foraCovid test on June 4 buried followingall rituals... hospital, and others.” “The green belt wasremoved fense spokesperson Colonel Naugam... spotted agroup of will makeefforts to ensure such to sendapictureoftheface.Itwas and diedthat night from kidney Police and hospital staffwere Stating that the allegations in and bundh area includedto Rajesh Kalia said: “On 07 Jun Pakistani terrorists trying to in- incidentsdonot happen again.” clearly my brother,” said Aijaz. failure, Kalamuddin’s wifesaid. blaming the other person the complaint are“completely cause allotment of contiguous 2020, at about 1100 &1240 filtrate... On being challenged, On Sunday, Aijaz said he had The mix up happenedasthe Aijaz said hisbrother was (Kalamuddin) forwrong identifi- false, baseless and motivated”, 43 acresofinstitutional land at hours respectively,Pakistanini- the infiltrators retrievedback seen around 250 bodiesatthe body shown to Kalamuddin at brought to thehospital on June 2 cation,but the hospitalisatfault.” Dr Trehan said: “This complaint undervaluedratestothe ac- tiated an Unprovoked Ceasefire under the coverofdarkness.” has been filedbyaperson who cused,” alleges the complainant. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Howmanymigrant SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER workers displaced? Behind Lancet’s retraction

Afterpublishing astudy raising questionsonhydroxychloroquine’s efficacy againstCovid-19, The Lancet Arange of estimates has issuedaretraction. What ledtothis,and what questionsdoes it raiseabout the peer reviewprocess?

SEEMACHISHTI sive to criticism, and enforce this same stan- NEWDELHI,JUNE7 ABANTIKAGHOSH dardonauthors. The alternative is morere- NEWDELHI,JUNE7 tractions, moremissteps,morewastedtime, moreloss of public trust…and moredeath.” APROBLEMindealing withissues relating The Covid-19pandemichas givenrise to a to migrantlabourafterthelockdownwasan- LAST WEEK, TheLancet publishedaretrac- global hungerfor scientificworkand arush of nouncedon March 25 has been the absence tion from three of four authors of astudy that medicaljournalstogetresearch published.The of firmestimatesofthenumberof displaced. had said neither chloroquine nor hydroxy- compulsiveneedamong researchers to pub- VARIOUS GOVT ESTIMATES: Last chloroquine (HCQ) with antibiotics hold any lish papers, or perish, is calledthe Darsee week,the Chief Labour Commissioner put significant promise as atreatment forCovid- Syndrome,afterJohnDarsee,aresearcherwho the figureat26lakh migrantsstranded 19.The WorldHealth Organization (WHO), wasconsidered extremelybright early in his across the country, of whom 10%are said whichhad suspendedenrolment forthe career,beforebeing accusedofdatafraud. to be in relief camps, 43% on work sites and HCQ arm of the Solidarity Trialfollowing the Said Dr KSReddy,president of the Public 46%inother clusters. The Solicitor General, original study,has reinstateditfollowing the Health FoundationofIndia, member of the on the other hand, informedthe Supreme retraction. Solidarity is an internationalclin- Indian Council of Medical Research’s Covid-19 Court of 97 lakh who had been transported ical trial on possible Covid-19treatments, in- taskforceandmemberof theexecutivegroupof backhome. cluding HCQ, whichisanantimalarial drug. the international steering committee of the Amongthe states, UP has said21.69 India has continuedtorepose itsfaithinHCQ, Solidarity Trial, “Scientific publications depend lakh workers had returned, and UP itself while US President Donald Trumpclaimsto onrigorous,unbiasedandknowledgeablepeer had sent back1.35lakh. Bihar has said 10 use it himself. reviews by experts supplementedbythe jour- lakh had returned; Maharashtrahas said nal’seditorial team. Slip-ups can occur at any 11 lakh have leftthe state. Gujarat said 20.5 Workers forChhattisgarh stuckin What wasthe studyand whywas it Hydroxychloroquine, nowreinstatedinWHO Solidarity Trial. Reuters stageinthisprocess…Whenexpeditedreviews lakh had gone backhome. West Bengal said Amritsar,onJune 2. PTI retracted? areconductedatagreat rush, in the Covid-19 3,97,389 migrant workers from other states In the study on chloroquineand HCQ era, the chances of aslip-up increase. The con- were still stranded. Karnataka said in court withantibiotics, the authors had written: ing program and dataanalyticsplatform. authors were notgranted accesstothe raw sequencescanbeharmfulif theerrorsareuncor- that thestate had facilitated thereturn of 3inMay,withShramiktrains(5million “Eachofthese drug regimens wasassociated Surgispheredirectlyintegrates withthe dataand the rawdatacould notbemadeavail- rected.However, the beauty of science is that it 3lakh migrant workers. people) and road transportoptions sawthe with decreased in-hospital survivaland an EHRs of our hospital customers to provide able to athird-party auditor,weare unable to canquicklyself-correct…Lessonswillbelearnt Scholars and those watching migration maximum exodus, with 20 million as a increasedfrequency of ventriculararrhyth- them actionable datainsightstoimprove ef- validatethe primarydatasources underlying but respect forscience mustgoupand notdi- estimatethose dislocated to be manymore. very conservative figure, mostofwhichis mias when usedfor treatment of COVID-19.” ficiency and effectiveness.” our article, ‘Cardiovascular Disease,Drug minish as aresult of this controversy.” The Economic Survey of 2017 has a inter-state migration.” He regardsthe Following the retraction by three of the Surgispherehas stood by theintegrity of Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19’.” The two chapter, ‘India On the Move and Churning: Shramik trains as useful to help measure authors, TheLancet wrote:“Theywereun- itsdataevenwhile refusing to give access to studies have three authors in common. What is the status of HCQ now? New Evidence’, whichisregardedasanim- “becauseit’sthe only firm number available to complete an independent audit of the it to peer reviewers citing client confidential- While the WHO has reinstatedthe HCQ portant government document that looks able,across states.” dataunderpinning their analysis. As aresult, ity agreements. “One of the coreprincipals What is the messagefromthe arm of itstrial, India has neverwavered from atthe number of internalmigrantsthen or PROF AMITABH KUNDU &COL- theyhaveconcludedthat they‘can no longer at Surgisphereisbased around dataintegrity. controversy? itsfaith in the drug as atreatment and apro- labour that travels to cities from rural India LEAGUES,2.2 CR: The economistand de- vouchfor the veracity of the primarydata Another is centered on datasecurity.Our en- The retractions have exposedgaps in the phylactic forCovid-19. India weathered The in spurts.Using anew Cohort-based mographer,along with KVerghese and sources’… Thereare manyoutstanding ques- tireISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 cer- peer reviewprocess. It is usuallyanunpaid job Lancetstudy,citing itsown datatojustify the Migration Metric (CMM) and railway data, Khalid Khan, has made estimates of “inter- tions about Surgisphereand the datathat tificateand various auditsthat we have com- forresearchers who aresparing time forwork use of the drug. it put interstate migration at 60 million. statemigrants who have been economi- were allegedly includedinthis study. pletedall focus on these twofoundations of that carries no credit. Checksand balances that Meanwhile, investigators in the Recovery “The first-everestimates of internal callydestabilisedduring March-April 2020. Following guidelines from theCommittee the company, and the dataacquisition, ware- can call out fudged dataare very few. Trial at the University of Oxfordhavean- work-relatedmigration using railways data The estimated number is 22 million (the on PublicationEthics (COPE) and housing, analytics, and reporting processes James Heathers, aresearchscientistat nouncedthat theywould stop enrolment for forthe period 2011-2016 indicate an annual break up being 16 million internal migrants International Committee of Medical Journal that relatetothem. It is vitallyimportant that Northeastern University in Bostonwrotein the HCQ arm as no benefitshavebeen found averageflowofclose to 9millionpeople be- and 6million short-durationmigrants Editors (ICMJE),institutional reviews of our colleaguesaround the worldunderstand The Guardian:“The immediatesolution to of the drug. Peter Horby, chief investigator of tweenthe states. Both theseestimatesare destabilised).” But notall of these have re- Surgisphere’s research collaborations areur- the validity of our database as it relates to this problem of extreme opacity,whichal- the trial, said: “Hydroxychloroquine and significantlygreater than the annual aver- turned. “Of these, about 12 millionhavere- gentlyneeded.” Alongsidethe note appears those functions, especiallywherethe data lows flawed papers to hide in plain sight,has chloroquine have receivedalot of attention agenumberofabout 3.3 million suggested turned. Possibly60% of the rest wouldstay an interestdisclosurelistthat is significantly comes from, the database, and the statistical been advocated foryears: requiremore and have been used very widelytotreat by successive Censuses and higher than back.About 4million would stillwantgo longer than the one in the original study. analysis,” the companysaid in astatement transparency,mandatemorescrutiny. COVID patientsdespitethe absence of any previouslyestimatedbyany study.” backbeforethe kharif seasonharvesting following an earlier expression of concern by Prioritise publishing paperswhichpresent good evidence. The RECOVERYtrial has Dr Arvind Subramanian, then the Chief begins, unless thereissudden spurtinur- What is Surgisphere? The Lancet on the HCQstudy. dataand analytical code alongside amanu- shown that hydroxychloroquine is notanef- Economic Adviser,now said, “Dataonmi- ban economyinthe next couple of weeks.” It is aChicago-basedfirm that collates Therehas been another retracted study script.Re-analysepapers fortheir accuracy fective treatment in patients hospitalised grants(suchaswecompiledearlier) can be DR NOMAN MAAJID, 5MN: He works data. Itswebsitesays,“The Surgispherereg- (notrelatedtoHCQ), againwith datafrom before publication, instead of justassessing with COVID- 19.Although it is disappointing ausefulanalyticaltoolgoingforwardtotrack withthe ILODecent Work Team forSouth istryisanaggregation of the deidentified Surgisphere. The NewEngland Journal of their potential importance. Engageexpert that this treatment hasbeen shown to be in- the magnitude and directionofmigrants. it Asia. In apaper forThe India Forum, he electronic health records of customers of Medicine has printed aretraction note fora statistical reviewers wherenecessary, pay effective,itdoes allowustofocuscareand can also beaveryusefulinput intocomplet- said: “The overall number… is likelytobe QuartzClinical, Surgisphere’s machine learn- study itpublishedlastmonth:“Because all the them ifyou must. Be immediatelyrespon- research on morepromising drugs.” ingthejaminfrastructure.forexample,if we around 5million in the firstwave—per- knowthe mostimportant source and desti- sons who find themselveswithout shelter nation of migrantsthat could help prioritize andhavebeenmostlycasuallyemployed.” wheretofocus policy effortstomakesure Dr Tariq Thachil, who has studiedmi- CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA COUNT: 246,628 (6,929 DEATHS) thereisfull financial inclusion.” He has not grant populations and heads theCentrefor doneanyrecentestimates,butcitedthework AdvancedStudy of India at University of RESTOFINDIA THE WORLD TOP10STATES ArunachalPradesh47 of Ahmedabad-basedscholar Chinmay Pennsylvania, said the inability to put a Assam 2397 Tumbe, who has been working on migrant number suggests the neglect theyhaveal- Chandigarh 309 labour in India as reliable. ready been victims of. “Weare seeing con- 287,621 185,750 234,998 467,073 Chhattisgarh 923 United Kingdom Germany Italy Russia DadarNagarHaveli 19 CHINMAYTUMBE, 3CR: He puts siderable variations in the estimates of the 10,331 27,654 Delhi Goa 267 India’sreverse migration since mid-March size of the population —Ihaveseenfigures Rajasthan Haryana 3952 9,237 UP HimachalPradesh 400 “conservatively at 30 millionor3crore or ranging from 50-150 million. Ithink efforts JammuandKashmir3467 15-20% of the urban workforce”. This is to use Shramik trains data(by scholars like Jharkhand 1000 conservative becausealot of intra-state mi- ChimneyTumbe) areagain useful in pro- 190,759 Karnataka5213 France Kerala 1807 gration is notaccountedfor.Heisnot so viding aconservative estimate of the size 1,925,503 9,228 Ladakh 99 sureiftrain journeys areagood approxi- of migration,but again such figures are 19,592 MP 7,738 Manipur 157 US Gujarat Meghalaya 33 mation, because mostreturnedbyroad necessarilylimited —moreuseful as illus- West Bengal Mizoram 24 rather than rail. trations of the importance of circular mi- 191,758 Peru 4,915 Nagaland 107 “Phase 1, justbeforethe lockdown, saw gration in India than firm countsofthe cir- 82,968 Bihar Odisha 2781 Maharashtra Puducherry 99 peoplegobackfor Holi.Aconservative es- cularmigrant population. None of this 254,340 672,846 India Punjab 2515 timateof5millionbasedonold passenger should detract from the point that the cri- Brazil 241,550 30,152 4,510 Sikkim 7 TamilNadu Andhra Pradesh trafficdataasthe number that stayed on, sis onlyconfirms the neglect of these com- Spain Telangana3496 Tripura 747 mostlywithin-state migration. Phase 2 munities from both state and society,be- Uttarakhand 1303 (March 25-April 30) startedwith arush, es- fore and during the pandemic. This neglect TOTALCONFIRMED:6,944,916 DEATHCOUNT:400,792 pecially from Delhi and other places where is clearly intertwined with our lackofabil- Union Health Ministry update as of 11 pm, June 7. Some states may have reported higher some stategovernments did arrangefor ity and willingness to invest in accurately Source: Johns Hopkins University,updated at 11 pm on June 7.JHU’s India tally and Health numbers. Only states/UTs with at least one case listed above. buses. Basedonnumerous reports on this capturing the size of these populations (for Ministry’s tally (below) maynot match as these areaccounted at different times. 104,107PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 33 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES and district-border crossings, Iestimate5 example, the NSS estimates mostscholars million as averyconservative number, continue to use on migration still come Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and what youshould/should notdo? [email protected] mostlywithin-state migration. ForPhase from 2007-8).” Assamgasleak:whyit’stoughtoplug,andwhatthreatitposestoarea

maybedisturbedleadingto ‘kicks’orchanges catchfire. “Sheer magnitude of the event 3,000people have been evacuated to relief TORAAGARWALA inpressure.If thesearenot controlledintime, invites specialists to douse the fire,” camps. Thereare reports of deathsofariver GUWAHATI,JUNE7 the ‘kicks’can turn intoasudden blowout. Professor Lahirisaid. dolphin, and avariety of fish. While the ad- “The forcewith whichapressurecooker re- ministration has kept an ambulance with SINCE THE morning of May27, natural gas leasessteamisunderstandable.Imagineasit- What is being done? paramedical staffonstandby, locals have has been continuouslyflowing out of agas uation whereone million pressurecookers Acrisis management team from OIL and complainedofsymptoms suchasburning well in Assam following ablowout —ora dothesameinanuncontrolledmanner,”said ONGC intend to create awater umbrella to of eyes, headache etc. sudden,uncontrolledrelease of gas/oil. geologistSiddhartha Kumar Lahiri of protect workers while theyhook up the As per Assam Pollution Control Board With authorities unable to control it,ex- DibrugarhUniversity.Hecited manypossi- blowout preventer.“With very limited chairman, YSuryanarayana, the gas— perts from aSingaporefirm reachedAssam blereasonsbehind blowouts, “from simple space and non-availability of open space whichisamix of propane, methane, propy- today. Meanwhile, people from surround- lackofattention,poorworkmanship,bad above the well head, placement of the BOP lene and other gases —isflowing with the ing villages have been evacuated,while a maintenance, old age, sabotage to morpho- is ahugechallenge andentails ahugerisk. wind, towardsthe northeast. “That is ara- variety of fish and an endangered Gangetic tectonic factors”. It is plannedtoplace the BOPonthe well dius up to 5kmand condensateismostly dolphin have died. Adevice calledablowout preventer is head through ahydraulicallydrivenme- falling on bamboo, teagardens, banana usuallyinstalledinwells. chanical transporter,”OIL said in arelease trees and betelnut trees,” he said. Whereisthe oil rig? The gaswell at Baghjan wasbeing serv- on Sunday. Drilling mud will have to be While the well is outside the Eco TheBaghjan5wellisapurelygas-produc- iced, and anew sand wasbeingtestedatan- pumpedinimmediatelyafter capping the Sensitive Zone of the park, Tinsukia’s divi- ing well in Tinsukia district, and is at an aerial other depth in the same well. “Wewerealso well by the BOP. sional forest officers (wildlife), Rajendra distance of 900metresfromthe Dibru- repairingthe existing well-head (the ex- About thewater umbrella, Hazarika Singh Bharti said the boundarydoes not Saikhowa NationalPark. It wasdrilledbyOil posedtop portion),” said Hazarika. said: “For thatwehavehad to build atem- matter since the gasismoving through the IndiaLimited(OIL)in2006.Itproducesaround “Torepair the well-head, youneedto Gas leaksout of the well in the background, at Baghjan. Imon Abedin poraryreservoir,channelcables or tempo- air.“Condensateisfalling intoDibru- 80,000standardcubicmetresperday(SCMD) temporarily‘kill the well’ or shut down the rary pipelinesfromthe Dangori river Saikhowa NationalParktoo,” he said. of gasfromadepthof 3,870 metres.Asperof- producing zone,”said Hazarika. “The nearby”. Also close is the Maguri-Motapung wet- ficials,thecurrentdischarge isat90,000SCMD blowout preventer wasalso removed, since blowoutshavehappenedinAssam: at an things: the size of the reservoir and the OIL has reachedout to Singapore-based land—an Important BirdAreanotifiedby at apressureof4,200 PSI, farhigher than the we were in the process of repairing the OIL-ownedoil well in Dikhom (Dibrugarh) pressureatwhichthe gas/oil is flowing out. firm AlertDisasterControl, whose experts the Bombay Natural History Society.“The normal producing pressureofaround 2,700 well-head. But suddenly, gasstarted to ooze in 2005 and an ONGC-ownedoil well in This reservoir wasparticularly difficult to arrivedinthe stateonSunday. OIL said that parkisfamous forits birds, butterflies,wild PSI. “It’saverygoodreservoir,oneof themost out of the exposedwell. Before anyone Rudrasagar in the 1970s. The latter took control since it wasagaswell and ranthe theywill carry outthe firstinspection of cats, and feralhorses,” said Bharti. “The im- prolific gasreservoirs ownedbyOIL,” said could do anything, it brokethrough our ce- three months to contain. risk of catching fire at any point”. Baghjan gaswell on Monday. pact is visible inthe sense that youcan see TridivHazarika, spokesperson of OIL. ment barrier,” he said. “Howand whyit While manyblowoutsautomatically traces of condensateonthe waterbodies, happened,how the gascame out of the Whyisitsodifficult to control? collapse on their own, it can take up to Howserious is the impact to the the numbers of birds have decreased,” said Whydoblowoutshappen? ‘killedzone’ is what we areinquiring into.” According to aGuwahati-basedexpert, months. To control ablowout, the firststep neighbourhood? Bharti, “Not because theyhavebeen killed Sometimes,thepressurebalanceinawell In the recent past, twocomparable “the control of ablowout depends on two is to pumpinwater,sothatthe gasdoes not As manyas1,610 families with 2,500- but because theyhaveflown away.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 WORDLY WISE National security lies not just in protecting 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE ourborders, butinbridging divides. —JOE LIEBERMAN This isn’t BJP vs Congress

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA My appeal to government:MGNREGA is apowerful BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL mechanism,please use it in thepeople’stime of need

UNDOING THE DAMAGE Sonia Gandhi

Militarytalksbetween India and China areagood beginning. THE MAHATMA GANDHI National Rural lowing it out and undermining it. But with the be centred aroundrebuilding their faith.One Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA), unrelenting pressureofactivists,the courts immediate step must be to issue themjob Delhi mustpush the process forward, carefully 2005, is ashining example of aradical and ra- andavocalOppositioninParliament,the gov- cards in the programme.The panchayats, tional systemic change. It is radical because it ernment wasforcedtostepback. In acharac- empoweredbyRajiv Gandhi’s path-break- NITS TYPICALLYlaconic statement on Saturday’s talksbetween senior Indian and transferredpower to thepoorestofthe poor teristicreversalof course, itsought,instead,to ing initiatives, mustbebrought centre-stage Chinese generals, the ministryofexternal affairs soundedsurprisingly positive andenabledthemto escapehunger and dep- give it anew appearance,by integratingitwith as the MGNREGA is not acentralisedpro- about the natureofthe conversation and said therewill bemore militaryand diplo- rivation. It is rational because it putsmoney the prime minister’s petprogrammes like gramme. The capacity of panchayatstoman- matic engagement to resolve thecurrent crisis in Ladakh region. Saturday’s mili- directlyinthe hands of those who needit Swachh Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Awas agepublic worksprojectsmustbestrength- Itary talksfollowedinconclusive local-levelengagement between the twoarmed most. Ithas proveditsworth in the years ithas Yojana. These were passedoff as reforms but, ened and devolution of funds to panchayats been in existence, even enduring six years of in reality,theywerenomorethan abarelydis- mustbeprioritised. The natureofworkmust forces in the lastfew weeks. On the eveofSaturday's talks, therewas intensive diplomatic ahostile government. Agovernment that guiseddressing up of Congress party initia- be lefttogram sabhas. Localelected bodies consultationbetweenthetwosidesthatreaffirmedthemutualpoliticalinterestinapeace- sought to denigrateit, undermine it, has come tives. It is another matter that paymentsto understand ground realities, the influx of ful resolutionof theissuesat hand.Thatthetalksbetweenseniorgeneralswere held in a“cor- to reluctantlyrelyonit. Along with the Public workers were delayedinterminablyand work workers and their needs. Theyknowbest dial atmosphere” is arelief. Delhi’s affirmation that the twosides agreedtoresolve thesit- Distribution System put in place by an earlier wasdeniedfrequently. wheretospend theirbudgets,intune with uation in accordance with the bilateral confidence-building measures instituted over the Congress government,itis the mainstayfor The COVID-19pandemic and the distress theneeds of the villageand the local econ- lastthree decades is welcome. It is reasonable to conclude that the talksmarkagoodbegin- our poorestand mostvulnerablecitizens in it has unleashedhas brought the Modigovern- omy. The skills of the workers mustbeused preventing starvation and destitution wher- ment full circle. Facedwith unprecedented to build durable assets that improvefarm ning in the effort to resolve yetanother militarycrisis on the China frontier. ever implemented in letterand spirit, espe- hardship and an economyalready in slow- productivity,increase rural income and con- BeforeSaturday’s talks, Delhi wascareful to downplaythe prospectsfor an early break- ciallyintoday’s COVID-19crisis. Now, as dejected workers down,the governmentwasobligedto fallback servethe environment. through and suggestedanextendedprocess is at hand. The government’s caution wascom- Letusnot forget that the notification of the return from cities and towns on the UPA’s flagship rural relief programme. The government mustput moneydirectly plementedbywidespreadpessimism within theIndianstrategic communityaboutanim- MGNREGAinSeptember 2005 as an act of Deeds aremoreimportant than words, and in the hands of the people in this time of cri- to their villages in droves, mediateresolution. That scepticism wasrootedinthe fact that India wastaken unawares Parliament came about because of apeople’s nothing speaksmoreeloquentlythan the fina- sis by clearing arrears, ensuring unemploy- in April by the big forwardpush by thePeople’s Liberation Armyacross multiple locations movement afteryears of struggle by civil so- deprived of employment, nce minister’s recent and belated increase in ment allowance, and being flexible about ciety.The Congress party listenedtotheir the overall allocation of the programme to modes of payment to the workers to cut de- along theso-calledLineofActual Control separatingthe twosides. That the PLAhad dug into facing an insecure future,a voices and to those of the people. It became a humanitarian crisis on an morethan Rs1lakh crore. In May2020alone, lays.TheModigovernmenthasnotpaidheed the newpositions and had brought in heavy weapons systems seemedtosuggestChina commitmentin our2004manifestoand those 2.19 crorehouseholds demandedwork to demands to increase the number of work- washeretostayinthe newpositions it had secured.With Chinahavingseizedsomeground of us who pressedhardestfor it areproud that unprecedented scale is through the Act, the highestfor the month in days to 200and to allowthem to beregistered that it did notcontrol before,Delhi’s task of getting Beijing to undo thenew factsithad cre- the UPAgovernmentimplementedit as soon unfolding before us. Andthe eight years. at the worksites in everygrampanchayat. The atedin Ladakhappears rather difficult. But having publiclysignalledits case forthe restora- as feasible. value of the MGNREGAhas The Modi government maystill belooking MGNREGAmustbeensured open-ended tion of the status quothat existedinApril, Delhi has little room to backoff.Thereforethe gov- The idea wassimple: Anycitizen in ru- never been clearer and more forsome twistedlogictoreconcile itsdislike funding as it wasmeant to be. ernment's suggestions that the Indian armedforces areinthis foralong haul. ralIndia nowhad the legal right to demand of aCongress party programme with its The MGNREGA hasprovedits worthbe- work and wasguaranteed100days of work evident. Relief efforts must wholesale adoption of it. But the country cause it continuouslyimprovedand evolved The strategic community fears twonegative implications of Delhi’s current engage- withminimum wagesprovidedbythe gov- be centred around rebuilding recognises howthe world’s largest public during the UPAyears. It wasshapedbythe ment withBeijing. One is thatDelhimight be temptedtoease the standoffinreturn for ernment. And it proved itsworth very their faith. One immediate worksprogramme notonlyhelpedliftmil- people workingtogetherwith the govern- some cosmetic steps from the PLAtodefuse the current crisis. The other is that Beijing quickly—agrassroots,demand-driven, step must be to issue them lions of Indians from extreme povertybut ment through extensive social audits, trans- might demand rather costlypoliticalconcessionsfromDelhi in return forafull restora- Right to Work programme, unprecedented transformed Panchayati Raj, contributed to parency,opennesstoscrutinybyjournalists tion of the April status quo. Giventhe unenviable situationDelhi finds itself in,South in itsscale and architecture, focusedon job cards in the programme. climatechangemitigation and revivedthe and academics, and the appointment of an Block’s upbeat description of the talkssuggests that the outcomes on Saturdaymay have povertyalleviation. Millions have been Thepanchayats, empowered rural economy. It heraldedsocial changeby ombudsman.Stategovernmentsplayedacru- savedfromhunger and worse in the 15 years ensuring equal paytoeveryone, empower- cial role by innovating best practices.Itbe- exceededinitial expectations. But thereisnoforgetting that the April surprisehas given by Rajiv Gandhi’spath- since itsinception. ing women, ScheduledCastes, Scheduled cameknown asamodel of povertyalleviation the upperhand to the PLA. Delhi willhavetopress all itsleverages —onthe military, Mahatma Gandhi said, “When ridicule breaking initiatives, must be Tribes and other vulnerable populations. It throughout the world. diplomaticand political fronts —topersuade Beijing to restore statusquo anteinLadakh. fails to killamovementitbeginsto command brought centre-stage as the helpedthemorganise and offeredthem alife The Modigovernment has grudgingly If Delhi, however, is seen as making unreasonableconcessions to ease the current crisis, respect”. In independent India, thereisnobet- MGNREGAisnot a of dignity and self-respect. Understanding come around to thesignificanceofthe pro- it will face adomestic political backlash and considerable diminution of itsregional and terexample of this coming true than the centralised programme. The these well-establishedfacts will becrucial to gramme. My plea to thegovernment is, this is internationalstatus in relation to Beijing. MGNREGA. On assuming office, Prime empowering India in today’s crisis. atime of national crisis, notatime to playpol- Minister NarendraModirealisedthat shut- capacityofpanchayats to Now, as dejectedworkers return from itics. This is notaBJP versus Congress issue. ting down the scheme wasnot practical. manage public works cities and towns to their villages in droves, Youhaveapowerful mechanism at hand, Instead, he soughttoderide it, attacking the projects must be deprivedofemployment, facing an insecure pleaseuseitto help thepeopleofIndia in their Congress party in acaustic speechinwhich strengthened and devolution future, ahumanitariancrisisonanunprece- time of need. DELHI DIKTAT he calledit“aliving monument of your fail- dented scaleisunfolding before us. And the ure”.In theyearssince,the Modigovernment of funds to panchayats must value of the MGNREGA hasnever been The writer is president of FIR on ahospital forprocedural oversight in testing speaksofa triedits best to throttlethe MGNREGA,hol- be prioritised. clearer and moreevident. Relief effortsmust Indian National Congress high-handedness that is ill-advised, especiallyincrisis

SINDIA BEGINS to unlock, asteadilyrising infectioncurveand viral load putsitamong the world’s mostburdened nations. Thecapital is a hotspot, and Delhi’s fresh infections have numberedinfour figures for days now. When the pandemic firstspread and the worldwas bracing DEATH OF AN ELEPHANT Aforashock, the WHO had prescribed “testing, testing, testing” as the firstline of defence.But in Delhi, as it anticipates afresh waveofinfectionstriggered by the unlocking, the mostvisible initiative of the Arvind Kejriwal government is to suspend Our reaction speaksofthe natureofthe animal, thebestand worstinstincts in humanity testing in the respected Sir GangaRam Hospitaland slap an FIR on it. The issue is notone of life and death, or of the quality of testing, but, reportedly, administrative —the government accuses the hospitalofnot using theRT-PCR app, whichshares test dataeffi- Aakash Joshi cientlywith all stakeholders. Suspending testing affectslives moredeeply. Admissions “I DON’T KNOWwhy the elephant did it,” re- Theythink.Yet,theyare notconsidered per- same reason that itsdeath causedsuchan have become chaotic and the hospitalfindsitdifficult to schedule critical procedures. markedanold friend, lookingand sounding sons, notinalegal sense. emotional reaction in my friend. In manycities, adequateaccess to testing has become astumbling blockfor families with completely spent on avideo chat. Lastweek, Jane Goodall, whose decades-long work In 1936,George Orwell wrote “Shooting criticallyill members. With facilities definedasCOVID and non-COVID, the statusofpatients before the details of the nowseemingly acci- with chimpanzeeshas shownhow close they an Elephant”, whichdescribed histime as a mustbedeclared at the time of admission. Patientsand their families arefinding it diffi- dental killing of apregnant pachyderm in aretous—bothindecencyand violence — police officer in Burma, wherehehad to kill a cult to getthemselvestested, and as aconsequence, thereare reportsofpatients being Kerala had emerged, the grotesque, tragic has longarguedfor the rights of non-human male elephant in mustbecause of the pres- turnedawaybyhospitals. Ideally, everyone who has concerns should have theright to be event seemedlikethe final straw. persons. Along with dolphins and pachy- sures of acrowd. Apopular story, it is an in- tested.Denial conveys the public impression that having failedtoflatten the infection We had, allofusonthat call, become in- derms, great apes have theintelligence and dictment of colonialism and the cruelties of ured to suffering. The millions abandonedby emotional and social complexity to be con- power. Orwell writes: “Webeganquestion- curve, thegovernment wantstoflatten the datacurvebylimiting access to testing. the stateand society,trudging along for sidered sentient. Yet, little has been done se- ing the people as to where the elephant had While the Delhi government has worked to makebedsavailable forCOVID-19pa- months to go home, had become atalking riouslyinthis regard. gone and, as usual, failed to getany definite tients, it has also invited controversies. Itspandemic datahas failedtotallywith that of point, morethan athinking point;America Thereare twoconceivable argumentsaga- information. That is invariablythe case in the hospitals providing it, and therehavebeen public complaintsthat government dataon wasfighting itsown worstinstincts; profes- instgranting basic rightstonon-humanper- East; astory always sounds clear enough at a free bedsdoes nottallywithreality.Aday before filing the FIR, Chief MinisterArvind sional and economic uncertainty clouded An elephant,even more than sons. The firstisridiculous, the second is not. distance,butthenearer youget to the sceneof Kejriwal had accusedprivate hospitals of allotting bedsfor hugemarkups, without nam- plansforthe future. To go on withlife, without adog (a pet), is aperson. One, that the law, made by humans, eventsthe vaguer it becomes.” The killing of completelygivingintoeither anger or despair, should applyonlytohumans, is specious. For the elephant, all these years later,isasmurky, ingthem.Why the reticence? If the allegation is true, then theyare hoarding ascarce re- all youcan do is notthinkabout thingstoo From Aristotle’stime —he hundredsofyears, legal persons have not itstruthmoredisturbing than even the suf- source and gouging desperatepeople during acrisis. Theyshould be namedand pro- hard. Yet, all of us in the cocoon of relative priv- said an elephant is “the been co-terminus with homo sapiens.Rivers fering of the animal. ceededagainst. And institutions likeSir GangaRam Hospital, whose focus is affordable ilege, so accepting of injustice and suffering, animal that surpasses all have rightsinIndia, as do corporations. It seems nowthat the elephant waslikely healthrather thancommerce, and whichare serving the publicinthis crisis, should be eatersof meat,were saddenedbyanelephant othersinwit and mind” — Animal rightsare abroad term, to do with killedbyaccident, withatrapmeantforpests spared theunwelcome attentions of the muscularstate. dying, movedalmosttotears. cruelty.But the right to land,habitatand a likeboars. It is also clear that the death is be- Thisreactionsays something aboutthena- human beings have seen wayoflifeisnot guaranteedtoelephantsand ing usedbycertain elementsasawayto tureofthe animal, as well as the best and elephants as wise, other sentient creatures. spread bigotry,againstMuslims. worstinstinctsinhumanity.Anelephant, even formidable,useful and Aright is notenshrinedinaviolation, an Initially, theelephant’s deathseemed morethanadog (a pet),isaperson. From injunction on the immorality of thosewho likeanact of wanton cruelty,another injus- Freeze Frame EPUnny Aristotle’s time —hesaid an elephant is “the good... Elephant societies are would violateit. Rather,itrecognises the in- tice inacountry wherecallousness seemed animal that surpassesall others in wit and matriarchal and deeply trinsic and inalienable worth of those whom to have become the norm. The real problem, mind” —human beings have seen elephants bonded. They remember it is conferredon. Both in terms of legal first though, runs deeper and is cause formuch aswise,formidable,usefulandgood. Itsbrain their dead,showgrief and principles andmorally, thereislittle argument moredespair. has as manyneurones as oursand is likelyca- againstthe granting of suchrights, especially The elephantthat diedwascertainlyaper- pable of complexthoughtsand emotions we have language. They think. since there is enough sciencebehindthe son.Butwe maynot bethe competentauthor- areasyet unaware of.Elephantsocieties are Ye t, theyare not considered claims to personhood of these creatures. ity to judgeitso. matriarchal and deeplybonded. Theyremem- persons, not in alegal sense. The second and moreconvincing argu- bertheir dead, showgrief and have language. mentagainstmakingelephantspersons isthe [email protected]

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FUEL PRICE RISE Reddy,pleadedfor apresidential form of suffered acrippling blowasaresult of seri- THE PRICE OF petrol has been raisedby65 government in the country. Reddy also sug- ous rifts developing within the ranksofthe paise per litrestarting from June 8. The gov- gested that anew Constitution should be All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP), ernment also announced similar increases written to replace the present one “which the apexparty of half-a-dozen organisa- in the prices of high-speeddieseloil and does nottrulyreflect the changed situation tions jointly spearheading the movement light diesel oil. Kerosene and cooking gas in the country”.This is the second time in a forthe detection and deportation of aliens. have been spared from theprice hikes.An week Reddy,the senior-mostCongress (I) The rift, whichcould well resultinthe officialpress release said thatthe retail price chief ministerinthe country, has calledfor abruptcalling offofthe current agitation of petrol in Delhi nowfixed at Rs 4.41per anew Constitution. Reddy wastalkingin- came to the surfacelateatnightonJune7 litre willgouptoRs5.10per litre. The price formallyinDelhi to journalists andex- when the All Assam StudentsUnion (AASU) of diesel nowfixed at Rs 1.58 per litrewill be plainedthatthe President had morefree- —the major constituent of the AAGSP —di- Rs 2.28 per litre. The prices of petroleum domtoact. rected itsunits in the statetooversee the productswereraisedlastinAugust1979. formation of newunitsofthe AAGSP as AAGSP INFIGHTING some people claiming to be members of the PRESIDENTIAL GOVT THE NINE-MONTH-OLD AGITATION in Parishad aresetting their sightsonpersonal THE ANDHRACHIEF minister,Chenna Assam on the issue of foreignnationals has gainsthrough the organisation. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY As cases and fatalities increase,the government must reflectonits ownfailures. 11 THE IDEAS PAGE Theleadership must be more deliberate in its messaging. — DAWN Relying on India From subsidies to cash transfers The callfor self-reliance asksfor apragmatic development strategy that would enable the countryto capitalise on itsinherent strengths, as we rebootand resetpost-COVID-19 It couldhelpgovernment to getcloserto doublingfarmers’incomes by 2023

around Rs 15/kginthe retail market of Safal inDelhigo to Rs30/kg,andifthegovernment imposesstockinglimits,the whole purpose of this exercise —toattract private investment in storage—will be nullified. Onecan understandif stockinglimitsare imposedin case of natural calamity, famine, wars,etc. MVenkaiah Naidu Butbeyondthat,itisonly forrent-seekingby FROM PLATETOPLOUGH the “inspector raj”. Thereisanother issue that we needto FACED WITH ONEofthe mostdisruptive by Ashok Gulati revisitvis-a-vis agricultureand farmers. healthchallengesinrecent history,eachcoun- And that relates to doublingfarmers’ in- tryiscraftingitsstrategytocopewiththe pan- LET US STARTwith some good news on the comes by 2022-23. In February2016, after demic. The subtlebalance between protect- economic front.During the firstyear (2019- twosuccessiveyears of drought in 2014- inglives andrestarting economic activities is 20) of the second term of the Narendra 15 and2015-16, PM Modi saidthathis hardtostrike.India is navigating this complex Modi government, gross value added(GVA) dream wastodouble farmers’ incomes by odyssey with greatagility, flexibility, sensitiv- in agriculture andalliedsectors registered 2022-23. We did nottakethat political ity andtenacity.The challengehasengendered agrowth of 4per cent. This is commend- statement very seriously, as it did notmen- aspiritof solidarityandunity.Ithas shownyet able,especiallywhenjuxtaposedwith the tion whether he wasreferringtonominal again howresilient we can collectively be. growth of overall GVAofthe economyat incomesorreal incomes. But in April, when As India looksatopening up afterfour 3.9 per cent, and overall GDP (including net he setupacommitteeunderAshok Dalwai phases of lockdown, it is seeking to find new taxes) at 4.2 per cent. And even in 2020-21, to double farmers’ incomes, and the doors and windows of opportunity.Itisaim- when the impact of COVID-19will be on Committeesaid that it is real income they ing to discoverpossibilities forspurring inclu- full display, and when the GDP mayregis- aretalking about, and it required agrowth sive,equitable growth, to discovernew value teranegative growth of as highas-5per rate of 10.4 per cent per annum till 2022- chains that would createwealth, to harness cent, agriculturemay still surprise with a 23, it wastime to examine the notion care- the untappedhuman potential and optimally positive growth of 2.5 per cent, as per fullyasall ministers and bureaucrats utilisethe natural resources. It is embarking CRISIL’s recent forecast. startedrallying around “doubling of farm- on amission that would makethe country CRSasikumar Agriculturematters notjustfor food se- ers’ incomes” in all their public speeches. self-reliant.The Atmanirbhar BharatAbhiyan, curity,but also forthe good of the masses, While shifting the focus from production as it is called, is amission to galvanisethe enablethe countrytorecognise and capitalise nology companies but has also been recog- since almost44per cent of the country’s (tonnage-centric) to incomes (farmer-cen- forcesof growthacrossthecountryinvarious on itsinherent strengths. It is atrigger forre- nisedasone of Asia’s mostgenerousphilan- labour forceisengaged in agriculture. So, tric)was laudable, Ihad expressedmyse- sectors of the economy. It’s alaunchpad for forms in the policy matrixand charting out thropists.Companies likeHindustan “sabkasaath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas” rious reservations about itsachievement fostering entrepreneurship, nurturing inno- the wayforward as we reboot and resetour Unilever, Larsen and Toubro, Bharati Airtel, will notbepossible unless agricultureper- because of the following reason. vationandcreation of anecosystemforrural- economictrajectory in an uncertain, post- Sun Pharmaceuticals, Maruti areamong the forms in asustainedmanner at around 4 If one looksatthe dataonfarmers’in- urbansymbiotic development. COVID-19world. world’s top100innovative companies listed per cent per annum, if notmore. The po- comes in 2002-03, 2012-13, and 2015-16, The decisions takenbythe government on As the Prime Ministerunderscored,“self- in Forbes 2018 ranking. Similarly,inthe tential is definitelyfor more. forwhichNSO andNABARD surveysare June 1will have afar-reaching impact on the reliance also prepares the countryfor atough Forbes 2019 listofworld’s best-regarded While using China as an example may available,and compares it with agri-GDP farm andnon-farm sectors in rural areas as competition in the global supplychain”. By in- companies Infosys, TCS, Tata Motors, Tata be somewhat problematic thesedays,let growth overthe same period, the trends in well as on the development and sustainabil- creasing the efficiency of all our sectors and Steel and Mahindraand Mahindrafigurein me remind the reader that Chinese agri- agri-GDP and farmers’ incomesfolloweach ity of medium,smallandmicro-enterprises.It also ensuring quality,the newthrustonself- the top125. Thereare other giantsinthe food culturegrowth has been about4.5 per cent other very closely(about 3.6 to 3.7 per cent tendsto turnthe currentchallengeintoanop- reliance is expected to enhance India’s role in processing and FMCG sectors as well. Forin- over the last40years. Even today, China per annum).Thereisnoofficial dataonfarm- portunity.Ifthe sound policy intentcan beef- the global supplychain. It is aimedatgiving a stance, PriyaFoods, the toppickle company, produces threetimesmoreagri-produce ers’incomes after2015-16.But if we assume fectively translated into practice, it is bound newboost, aquantum jumptothe economic Haldirams, the largest snackcompany, from acultivatedareathat is muchless roughlythe same relation between agri- to have aprofound impact on our country’s potential of the countrybystrengthening in- Patanjali Ayurved,ahome-grownconsumer than ours, and with aholding size thatis GDP growth rate andgrowth in farmers’ in- economy, especiallyinrural areas. frastructure, using modern technologies, en- goods giant, and ITC, the multi-business con- also muchsmaller (0.7 ha) than ours (1.08 comes that existedduring 2002-03 to 2015- The pandemic has created adifficult situ- riching human resource, and creating robust glomerate, have carved outaniche forthem- ha). It is this prosperity at the bottom of the 16,itis possible to assess the likely ation. We had got usedtoanintenselyinter- supplychains. selveswithin India. pyramid thatprovidesalarge demandbase achievement of this goal postofdoubling connectedand inter-dependent world. As we Theappeal forself-reliance aims at aseri- The newAtmanirbhar Bharat mission fortheir industrial goods. Migration out of farmers’ income. had to perforce isolateourselvestobreak the ous reflection on whether we aremaking the provides an opportunity to graduallyreduce agricultureislargely from a“demand-pull” Sincethe base year growth rate in 2015- chain of viral transmission, the global supply best useofour natural, human and techno- imports in everysector.Ifwecan convert our to higher productivity sectors with better 16,whichwas adrought year,was meagre chains whichwehad reliedupon have been logicalresources. Itseekstogalvanise ourun- demographic advantageintoademographic skills. In contrast, in India, at severalplaces, (0.6 per cent), the averageannual growth of disrupted, prompting manycountries like usedand hidden potential. It onlyunderlines Thenew Atmanirbhar dividendbyprovidinghigh-qualitytechni- migration is from a“push” factor because agri-GDP during the next four years (2016- ours to think of ways to mitigatethe negative the needtobeonour ownwith respect to ba- Bharat mission provides an cal and vocationaltrainingtoour youth, if we agriculturecannotsupportalarge percent- 17 to 2019-20) was4.8 per cent. This year, impact of economic downturn. sic and corenecessitiesbasedonour ability to can further simplify procedures forsetting ageofthe working population. in 2020-21,CRISIL forecasts GVAinagricul- Thanks to the visionarynational leader- meetthem with our known availablere- opportunitytogradually up and running businesses, if we can focus In anycase, the Modi government in its tureat2.5 per cent and even if one assumes ship ablysupportedbythe stategovernments sources and technologies. reduce imports in every strategicallyonthe critical bottlenecks that second term has startedsome reforms on agri-growth to be around 4per cent per an- and the creative energies of our people, we Our countryisblessedwith avastarray of sector.Ifwe canconvert our areconstrictingrapidgrowth and find solu- the agri-marketingfront.Byliberalising the num forthe next twoyears, forthe seven- continue to actinunison to notonlyweather natural resources, ahugedemographic ad- demographic advantage into tions to overcome them,ifwecan foster re- Essential Commodities Act(ECA), APMC year period (from 2016-17to2022-23), the the storm but also to calibrateour responses, vantagewith over two-thirds of our popula- search and innovation, themission we are Act, and contract farming through theordi- likelyannual agri-GVA growth is going to fine-tuning them, as we move along, accord- tionunder theage of 35 years,alarge farming ademographic dividend by embarking on will be able to achieveits nance route, it has made agreat beginning, be around 4.2per cent. This cannotdouble ing to the states' contexts. community that indefatigably ensures food providing high-quality transformative potential. and Iamhopeful the government will in- theincome of farmers by 2022-23. That’s Giventhe magnitude of the virus’s threat security forall of us, dynamic captains of in- technical and vocational Anymissionhas to have people at the viteprivate sector investmentsinbuilding whyIhad said that theachievement will and the size of our population, the hardreal- dustry who arecreating world-class institu- training to our youth, if we centre. People mustinternalise the concept moreefficientvalue chains, whichwill be be less than 50 per cent of the target. ity of acuteshortage of basicrequirementslike tions and aset of young, aspirational and en- of valuing localproductsand artefactsand beneficial to farmersand consumers alike. But if direct income transfersunder themasks,ventilators and Personal Protection trepreneurial path-breakers. canfurther simplify promoting them. Once the demand is gen- Ihaveearlier described these reforms as PM-Kisan arealsoadded, and continued Equipment came to thefore. The emergency We needto make the connectionbetween procedures forsetting up erated andthe market expands, the produc- ahistoric“1991moment”(IE,May18)—like eachyear till 2022-23, the shortfall from forced us to scale up the production of essen- these strands to weavethe fabric of anew and running businesses, if tiontriestokeep pace and eventually,with a the de-licensing of industry, this is ade-li- the target will be muchless. My humble tials neededtofightthe virus. At the same Indiathat notonlymeets itsdomestic demand branding effort,the productsgoglobal. Being censing of agri-marketing. My onlyreserva- suggestion is that if the PM can convert time, medicines made in India like forgoodsand services but buildsglobal brands we canfocus strategically on vocal for“local” can be astepping stone to a tion wasregarding the fine print, and that in food and fertiliser subsidies intodirect cash Hydroxychloroquine were in great demand that the worldwill recognise as uniquely the critical bottlenecks that self-reliant India and an India that will add the amendedECA,theyhaveinserted a transfers, he will come closer to doubling from various nations. India gladlysupplied Indian. are constricting rapid growth itsown unique glowand charmtothe vast clause about stockinglimits being imposed farmers’ real incomesby2022-23. If he this drug to severalcountries. We have all the ingredientsfor success. and find solutions to array of productsinthe global marketplace. in case of “extraordinaryprice rise”. This is bites this bullet,itwill give himevenbetter It wasinthiscontext of an effectivere- We have pioneers who have builtglobal We cancertainlychase the dream of trans- being definedasa100per cent increase in resultsthanagri-marketing reforms. sponse to an unprecedented emergency that brandsinvarious sectors. Forexample, 20 overcome them, if we can forming“Local” India intoa“Glocal” Indiaby the price of perishablesand a50per cent in- disruptedmostchannels of internal and in- yearsago Reliance had commissionedthe foster researchand using our resources wiselyand strategically. crease fornon-perishablesovera12-month Gulati is InfosysChair Professor for ternational trade, that Prime Minister world’s largest grass rootsrefineryinarecord innovation, the mission we We can make it happen by unleashingthe period.Ifonionprices,whichare hoveringat AgricultureatICRIER NarendraModi gave aclarion call forthe coun- 36 months. BajajAutoisrankedasthe are embarking on will be able forces of growth and giving space forcreative trytobecome self-reliant. It is notacallfor pro- world’s fourth-largest three- and two- experimentation. tectionism or isolationism, but foradopting a wheeler manufacturer.Azim Premji notonly to achieve its transformative pragmatic development strategy that would foundedWipro, one of India’s foremosttech- potential. The writer is Vice President of India LETTER TO THE EDITOR

TRUMP’SACTIONS IDEAS Reimagining the city THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘An agenda foraG-12’ (IE, June 5). Due to ONLINE manyunilateral decisionsbyDonald Trump, America’s allies arenomore ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Pandemic offers chance to pursue an alternative model of urbanisation looking to it to lead them. The reason behind German Chancellor Angela ● AMPINGUPSTATE Rajiv Kumarand Srijan PalSingh Merkel’s refusal to attendG-7 meet- CAPACITY: ing is notjustthe pandemic, but also VSKRISHNAN adisillusionment with America. BETWEEN THE YEAR 1CEand the startofthe And,above all, do theyprovideaquality of life with nowheretogofor apunishing 12 days. havemadeonline interactions numerous, Britain and Canada tooare opposedto ● ANTHROPOCENE Industrial Revolution (aroundthe early 1800s), andhappinesstoall their inhabitants?Anav- Even in India, we have witnessedsmaller but equallyrichincontent and covering awider Russia being re-inducted intothe fo- VSCOVID-19: the decadal growth of the global population erageMumbaikar dailyspends 95 minutes painful versions of the same phenomenon. rangeofdisciplines. The “cloud”isthe newin- rum. America’s growing isolation in wasaround 0.8 per cent. With the advent of commuting between office and home, wast- The truth is that overpopulated cities strain teraction space, whichcan be accessedbyin- the face of China’s expansionism DIPAYANPAL concentrated production centres, improved ingnearly 10 per cent of histime awakeevery- their resources inordinatelyand leave little novators from widely-spread geographies. doesn’t augur well. medicine and the eraoffossil fuels,the global day. Eight people die everyday in Mumbai in room to successfullytackleeverycontingency. Digitisationhas apparentlyresultedin theloss SKPrabhakar, Gurugram www.indianexpress.com population has shotupbyseven times in the local train-relatedaccidents, and in Delhi, five Thus, cities arethe most affected by nat- of cities’ innovative mojo. last180 years, clocking adecadal growth rate people lose their livesinroad accidents. ural andman-made disasters. Nearly every With this major transformation and with BAFFLING CRUELTY of over11per cent. Going by present trends, India will build a hot-spotofthe COVID-19outbreak is acon- the onsetofCOVID-19, it is surelythe time to though in manycases andrespectsthe This population growth rate has been newChicago everyyear to accommodatenew gested urban centre. The low-income areas reconsider our habitation model. Gandhiji’s THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Cryofthe natureofthe job done by flight atten- largelyurbanand metro-centred.Today, cities urban dwellers. This will requireabout $2.5 of cities, whereanything from drinking water model of gram swaraj,APJ Abdul Kalam’s vi- wild’ (IE, June 5). Human-animalcon- dantsonthe one hand and by consume two-thirds of the global energy con- trillion of investment until 2030 —tocreate to sanitationcan be ashared facility,are the sion of providing urban amenities in rural ar- flict is notnew to our country. But what part/full-time,man or woman domes- sumption andaccount formorethan70per morecongestedurban spaces.Should we not mostvulnerable to anydisease outbreak. eas andNanajiDeshmukh’sideaof self-reliant happenedinKeralaisheart-wrenching, tic workers on the other hand, is es- cent of greenhousegas emissions. London be- look at alternative models of habitations, Congestedlow-income urban spaces notonly villagedevelopment clearly deserveoffresh to saythe least. This latestincident has sentiallythe same, the former has a came the firstmodern city to cross the one whichare morefrugal, moresustainable and bear an inordinatelyhigh disease burden, and focusedattention. We have vast swathes become ahugeblotonus, humans. And higher statusinsociety. This is simply million populationmarkaround 1800.By offermoresatisfyinglifestyles andhigherwel- theyalso bear the bruntofair pollution, wa- of land,people and resources located in our it is reallybaffling that it has happened because thereisaworldofdifference 1960, our planethad111 citieswith overamil- fare levels? tercontamination and crime infestation. In over 6,00,000 villages. These offeranother in Kerala,whichhas the highestliter- between their perks. lion inhabitants. In China and India, the num- Once cities expandbeyond onemillion, the face of anydisasterlikeaflood, earth- chance forustopursue an alternative model acy rate in the country. We notonly TarsemSingh, Mahilpur berrose from 371in2000to 548in2018, with theystart to experience dis-economies of quakeor, worse still, apandemic, migrant of developmentwhereagriculture, industry needtomakelaw enforcement agen- 61 of thesecitiesin India.Recently,the UNpro- scale with pressureonevery urban amenity workers,who throng these megacities, rush andservice sectors move in sync forsustain- cies awareofanimal rights but ensure RIP BASU DA jected that by 2030, 28 per cent of the world increasing exponentially—morepeople to go backtotheir villages. India,with itsap- able development, whichisinharmonywith that laws arefollowed. population will live in dense, congested means morevehicles,morevehicles mean proximately72millionmigrant workers (in- nature. This will minimise our carbon foot- Bal Govind, Noida THIS refers to theeditorial ‘Chhoti Si spaces, jostling forever-dwindling space and needfor moreroads and increasedpollution, cluding their families), is vulnerable to such print. At the same time, it will also minimise Baat’ (IE, June5). Basu Chatterjee’s pass- choked infrastructure. Population densities whichmeanmorehospitals, moreenergy and disruptions as amplydemonstratedin recent social disruption with jobs coming to people PERKSAND STATUS ing away at 90 is an irretrievable loss for have increasedenormously,withtheDharavi morewaste.Eventhe mostrobustmegacities weeks. rather than the other wayround. Newtech- the Indian films.Hepickedupsimple slum in Mumbai registering amind-boggling can easilywitness the“domino” effect where Some of the principal and strong advan- nology,the carbon constraint and disec- THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Names subjectsabout and forthe common density of 3.75 lakh persons per sq km. aminor and local failureiscompoundedinto tagesclaimedfor megacities with their sky onomies of congestionand density mustforce and labels’ (IE, June 5). Respect for man who outnumbers the elite. Basu- But COVID-19has raisedthe question: Will acatastrophe. In China in 2010,due to some scrapers arethe economies of agglomeration us to reviewour urbanisation landscape. workers dependsmoreontheir perks da will be remembered by hundredsof concentrated,high-investment, high-density broken carsand roadrepair work,aminor traf- and the generation of newideas and innova- than the nature of thejob done by his fans at home as well as abroad. citieshaveaprominent place in thenew, ficsnarlexpandedquickly intoamassive jam tions through multi-disciplinaryinteractions. Kumar is vice chairman NITI Aayog, Singh is them. This is evident from the fact that AzharAKhan, Rampur emerging world? Aretheysuccessful at proof 120kilometres onthehighwayconnecting These advantages have been largely nullified CEO of Dr.KalamCentre, NewDelhi. viding an adequatereturn on investment? Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Drivers were left with advances in digital technologies that Viewsare personal WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE8,2020 AUSTRALIA 10-FOOT SHARK KILLS SURFER A60-year-old surferwas attackedand killedbya10-foot great white shark offthe coast of northern NewSouth Wa lesstate on Sunday,officials said. 12 THE WORLD Theman received abitetothe back of his thigh and wasbrought to the shore by other surferswho had fought offthe shark,but died on the beach.

TOPOFTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORLD Peacefulprotestsswellacross No cover-up, no delay: China defends USinunifiedpushforreforms virus response in Demonstrations from around thecountrycoalesce into nationwidemovementfor racial justice new lengthy report THENEWYORKTIMES JUNE7 GLOBALTOLL ISRAEL KENMORITSUGU Netanyahu DEMONSTRATIONS THATbegan BEIJING,JUNE7 as spontaneous eruptions of out- THEGLOBALCOVID-19 sayskillingof rage afterthe deathofGeorge SENIOR CHINESE officials re- DEATHTOLLCROSSED Floyd at the hands of the leasedalengthyreportSunday Palestinianwith Minneapolispolicetwo weeksago on the nation’s response to the autismatragedy coalescedthis weekend intoana- coronavirus pandemic,defend- tionwide movement calling for ing their government’s actions Jerusalem: Israeli Prime police reforms and racial justice. and sayingthatChina had pro- 4lakhs MinisterBenjamin Tens of thousands gathered vided information in atimely Netanyahu on Sunday in big cities likeNew York and and transparent manner. ■ The worldwide death toll calledthe deadlypolice Seattle and smalltowns like China “wastednotime” in from Covid-19has surpassed shooting of an unarmed Vidor,Texas, and Marion, Ohio — sharing information suchasthe 4,00,000,according to atally Palestinian man with in swelling crowds that have genome sequencefor the new by Johns Hopkins University autism a“tragedy,”al- been multiethnic, spanning gen- virus with the WorldHealth that health expertssay is still though he stoppedshort erations and overwhelmingly Organization as well as relevant an undercountbecausemany of apologizing forthe in- peaceful. The movement has also countries and regional organiza- who diedwerenot tested for cident. Netanyahu’s re- spread around the world, with tions, according to the report. the virus. Worldwide, at least marks were the firsthe’s proteststhis weekend in Africa, AnAssociatedPressinvestiga- 6.9 millionpeople have been made since police in Asia, Australia and Europe. tion found that government labs infected by the virus, Jerusalem’s Old City shot The calls forchange come as sat on releasingthe genetic map according to JohnsHopkins. and killedEyadHallaq United States faces itsstarkest of the virus formorethanaweek lastweek.The 32-year- economic crisis since the Great in January, delaying itsidentifica- old Palestinian with se- Depression, largely theresult of tion in athirdcountryand the Brazil stops vere autism waschased measures put in place to limit Protesters walk down Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Saturday. Reuters sharing of information neededto by Israeli border police the spread of the coronavirus, developtests,drugsandavaccine. releasing deaths, forces intoanook in whichhas claimedmorethan National Health Commission Jerusalem’sOld City and 110,000 livesinthe country. ChairmanMa Xiaoweididnotad- infections data fatallyshotashecowered Both the economic and the Anti-racism protesters rally dress the specific findings in the next to agarbagebin af- health crises have dispropor- Reformfaces AP report, but said it “seriously BRAZIL’S GOVERNMENT has terapparentlybeingmis- tionatelyhurtblacks andother goes againstthe facts.” He added stoppedpublishing arunning to- takenfor an attacker. The minorities especiallyand high- in Europe again, topple statue toughopposition that thereweremanyunknowns talofcoronavirus deathsand in- shooting has drawncom- lightedthe nation’s persistent in the early stageofthe outbreak fections in an extraordinary parisons to thedeath of social inequalities. Minnesota on May25. THERE HAVE been attempts and thatit took time to gatherev- move that critics call an attempt George Floyd in the US. Although policing is largely a PANPYLAS, In London, thousandsofpeo- at significantpolicereform idence and figureout the charac- to hidethe true toll of the disease local matter —and some cities FRANKJORDANS& ple congregated around the US in manyUScities in recent teristics of the newvirus. in Latin America’s largest nation. and states have begun acting on FRANCESD'EMILIO embassy forthe second dayrun- years that have been “The Chinese government The move cameafter months of calls forreform —one common LONDON,JUNE7 ning, making cleartheir message thwartedbypolice unions, did notdelayorcover up any- criticism from experts saying PALESTINE theme has bound the demonstra- wasn't justaimedatAmerica. whichare one of the tough- thing,” he said. “Instead, we have Brazil’s statisticsare woefullyde- Formerlongtime tions together:Blacklivesmatter. THOUSANDS OF people took to ArallyinRome'ssprawling estroadblocks to police re- immediatelyreportedvirus data ficient, and in some cases manip- Across NewYorkCity,peace- the streetsofEuropean cities People's Squarewas noisy but form in the US, according to and relevant information about ulated.Brazil’s lastofficial num- Palestinian ful demonstrators defiedan8 Sundaytoshowtheirsupportfor peaceful, with the majority of a NewYorkTimes report. the epidemictothe international bers showedithad recorded pm curfew.But aftermorethan the BlackLives Matter move- protesters wearingmasksto pro- Police unions have used communityand made an impor- over 34,000deaths related to the IslamicJihad aweek of images floodingsocial ment,with protesters in the At aprotestinBerlin. AP tect againstcoronavirus. their clout in legislative bod- tant contributiontothe preven- coronavirus, the third-highest leaderdies media of the police cornering, English portofBristolventing In Italy’s financial capital, ies, fought multiple legal tion and control of the epidemic number in the world, justahead roughlyarresting andsome- their anger at the country's colo- Milan, afew thousand protesters battles, and even told mem- around the world.” AP of Italy. REUTERS Gaza City: The former times beating protesters while nial history by toppling astatue and roars of approval from the gathered in asquareoutside the bers to nottakechanges to head of the Palestinian trying to clear the streets, the po- of a17th-century slave trader. crowd. Imagesonsocial media centraltrainstationSundayafter- procedureseriously, in at- Islamic Jihad movement lice took adifferent postureon Demonstratorsattachedropes showprotesters appearing to noon. Manyinthe crowdwere tempts to thwartreforms, diedSaturdaynight after Saturday, allowing peaceful to the statueofEdwardColston kneel on Colston's neck, recall- migrantsorchildren of migrants the reportsaid. along illness.Hewas 62. marches long intothe night. before pulling it down to cheers ing the death of George Floyd in of African origin. AP Ramadan Shalah had ManyofSaturday’sgatherings been in acoma formore were largerthan previous rallies, than three years after especiallythe one in Washington. heartsurgery,the group Although Saturday’s demon- White House-Pentagon tensions deepen said. It didn'tsay where strations were overwhelmingly he died, but he is believed peaceful, PresidentTrumpcon- the use of militaryhelicopters in their rotorblades sent protesters chairman of the Joint Chiefsof to have been in Lebanon. tinuedtohammer home afa- THENEWYORKTIMES the nation’s capital on Monday. scurrying forcover and ripped Staff,triedtopersuadeTrumpthat Shalahled theIranian- miliar message. “LAW &OR- JUNE7 TopPentagon officials ordered signsfromthe sides of buildings. active-duty troops should notbe backedgroup forover20 DER!” he wroteonTwitter on NationalGuardhelicopters to use Thepilotsof oneofthehelicopters sentintothestreetstoimposeor- years, afterits founder, Saturdayevening. US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s what theycalled“persistentpres- have beengroundedpendingthe der.Trump’sthreatto usethe1807 Fathi Shikaki, wasshot The capital’s mayor, Muriel threat to deployfederal troops in ence”todisperseprotests in the outcome of the inquiry. Insurrection Acttosendactive- dead in Malta in an attack Bowser,has givenher ownre- citieshas continuedtoroil capital this pastweek,according The high-profile episodewas dutytroopsonUSsoilagainstpro- widelyattributed to sponse to the protests:She re- Washingtonastensions between to militaryofficials. aturningpointinthemilitary’sre- testershaslaidbareachasminthe Xu Lin,vice head of the Publicity Department of the Israel. In 2018,the group named an area outside the the WhiteHouseand the As twoArmyNational Guard sponse to theunrest. nationalsecuritycommunitythat CommunistParty, shows acopyofthe whitepaper on namedShalah's deputy, White House “Black Lives Pentagon escalatedand the Army helicoptersflewlow overdemon- Senior Pentagon officials, in- wassurfacingevenwhen he ran fighting Covid-19. AP Ziad al-Nakhalah,asa Matter Plaza.” launchedaninvestigation into strators,thedownward blastfrom cluding Gen MarkMilley, the foroffice in 2016. newleader. PAKISTAN 2lawyers, protests and aMolotov cocktail Protestersurged UK should have gone into Pakapproves to get tested $7.2bnrailway for coronavirus lockdown sooner, govt lineupgrade NICOLEHONG& Accusedofthrowing aMolotovcocktail at apolice WILLIAMK.RASHBAUM car,the twolawyers, who were otherwise role JUNE7 scientific adviser says underCPEC models in their communities, raise questions ASSOCIATEDPRESS Islamabad: Pakistanhas THE DAYbeforehewentout to regarding howdeep disillusionment is among NEWYORK,JUNE7 the lockdown and protecting the approved the strategic protest, ColinfordMattis, 32, an people of colour following George Floyd’s death. REUTERS elderly in carehomes. $7.2 billion railway line Ivy-educatedcorporatelawyerin AS NEW York City prepared to LONDON,JUNE7 Despitereservations from upgradation project be- Brooklyn,chattedforoveranhour reopen afteramorethan two- some of itsown scientific advis- tween Peshawarand on the phone with aclose high Theirarrestsshortlyafterwere theyactoutof adeeper,darkerdis- month coronavirus shutdown, BRITAIN’S FAILURE to impose a ers, the government is noweas- Karachi under the CPEC, school friend.Theydiscussed Brooklyn lawyers Colinford astartling turn forthe two, who illusionmentwiththepoliticalsys- officials on Sundayliftedacur- nationwide lockdown to tackle ing nationwide lockdown meas- paving the wayfor the fi- GeorgeFloyd’s death as just “an- Mattis and Urooj Rahman, were otherwise role models in teminthe wake of Floyd’s death? fewthat wasput in place amid the spread of the coronavirus ures whichhaveclosedmuchof nal negotiations with other example of an unarmed aftertheywerearrested. AP their communities. Both children AportraitofMattis and protestsofpolicebrutality and sooner has costmanylives,one the economysince March 23. Chinafor the finance, a blackperson being killed,” the of immigrants, theyrosefrom Rahman wasassembledfromin- racial injustice. But theyalso of thegovernment’s scientific Askedduring an interviewon media reportsaid on friend said, but theyalso talked working-class Brooklyn neigh- terviews with morethan three urgedthat demonstrators be advisers said on Sunday. BBCTVwhatregretshehadabout Sunday. The approval of about groceryshopping. The pair took to the streetson bourhoods to win along listof dozen of their friends, relatives, tested forCovid-19. Britain is one of the worst-hit thehandlingof theoutbreak,John the project to upgrade the The next afternoon, Urooj May29with thousands of New awards and leadershippositions. colleagues, neighbours and for- “Getatest.Get atest,” New countries in the world, with a Edmunds, amember of the gov- 1,872km-long railway Rahman, 31,who is also alawyer Yorkers who were voicing their Mattis graduated from Princeton mer professors. Those who knew York Gov. Andrew Cuomourged deathtoll of morethan 50,000 ernment’s Scientific Advisory trackfromPeshawar to and Mattis’s close friend, at- outrageoverFloyd’sdeath.But and New York University Law the twowell said theyhad long people who have been partici- from Covid-19,according to a Group forEmergencies (SAGE), Karachi is abig milestone tendedaZoom talk about build- aftermidnight, police officers School, while Rahman went to been passionateaboutsocial jus- pating in rallies and marches. He Reuters tallythis week basedon said: “Weshould have gone into forthe second phase of ing “solidarity movements” be- spottedthem in atan minivan Fordham University forcollege tice issues and had expressed said the stateplannedtoopen 15 official sources. lockdownearlier.” “The datawe the China Pakistan tween people of colour.Rahman driving through the Fort Greene and lawschool. frustration over Floyd’s death, but testing sites dedicatedto protest- Critics from abroad spec- were dealingwithintheearly part Economic Corridor had recentlyfinishedfasting for neighbourhood of Brooklyn. At Alittle over aweekafter their nevershowedadesiretocommit erssotheycan getresults quickly. trum including medical profes- of March andour situational (CPEC), said Lieutenant Ramzan and wascaring forher one point, Rahman climbed out, arrests, it is difficult to draw con- violence. Investigators appear to “I would act as if youwereex- sionals, scientists and lawmak- awareness wasreallyquite poor General (retired)Asim mother at home,alsoinBrooklyn. walked toward an emptypolice clusions about their motivations. have found no evidence of any posed, and Iwould tell people ers, saythe government has so Ithinkitwouldhavebeen very Saleem Bajwa, chairman Whathappened next came patrol car and threw aMolotov If thechargesprove to be true, ties to violent groups,and pros- youare interacting with, assume botchedits response to the out- hardtopull the trigger at that of the CPEC Authority. as asurprise to manywho know cocktail through itsbrokenwin- were thetwospurredbyanill-ad- ecutors did notoffer amotivein Iampositive forthe virus,” break by being tooslowinim- pointbut Iwishwehad ...Ithink thetwo young lawyers. dow,prosecutors said. vised moment of anger —ordid court filings. NYT Cuomo added. posing crucial measures suchas that has costalot of lives.”

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NET INVESTMENT BY OVERSEAS INVESTORS BETWEENJUN 1&5AT`18,613 CR INTERVIEW WITH NEW CII PRESIDENT UDAY KOTAK ‘Last thing we want at thetime of FPIsinvest`20,814croreinequitiesina ahealth crisis is to do something week,pullout`2.2Kcrfromdebtsegment thatcreates afinancial crisis’ THE CORONAVIRUSpandemic ready at 12 per cent (Centreand reflectedthe strong global cues themarketsand the economy,” has brought economic activity states combined) and we have to ENSECONOMICBUREAU INVESTMENTSMAINLYINBLUECHIPCOMPANIES despitethe rising number of he further said. across the countrytoanearhalt. UNLOCKING THE keepin mind thatthereare finan- MUMBAI,JUNE7 COVID-19infections. The coronavirus situation is Having takenoverasthe presi- cial stabilityissues.So howdowe ■Prior to this, foreign been investing in Sudhakar Shanbhag, chief in- also notcompletely under con- dent of industrybody Confede- ECONOMY balance these different conflict- FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors portfolio investors were net fundamentallystrong vestment officer,Kotak trol. “While the current market ration of Indian Industry(CII) last WISHLIST&ROADMAP ing heated issues at the same (FPIs), who were big sellers in sellersfor three consecutive bluechip companies and this MahindraLifeInsurance rallyhas seen momentum,we week,UDAYKOTAK, MD, Kotak time but preservethe conceptof March andApril, arebackinthe months. Theywithdrew trend is likelytocontinue Company, said, “Indian equity have to be watchful about how MahindraBank told SANDEEP ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES an India whichfunctions. stockmarketswithfresh pur- `7,366crore in May, `15,403 markets have been buoyant over the coronavirus comes under SINGH and PVAIDYANATHAN chase orders. croreinApril and arecord ■The rise in FPI inflows and the lastcouple of weeks. This control over the next fewweeks IYER that he believesthat India Risk aversion by banks During the firstfivetrading `1.1 lakh croreinMarch the buoyancy in stock market rallyhas come as asur- and months, as also howthe needs to be competitive anden- continues to posethe biggest sessions of June, overseas in- marketsalso reflected the prise to allwhennobody wasex- economyresponds to the same gagedwiththe worldand gov- obstacle to banklending, mo- vestors put in anet sum of Rs ■ Analysts said that FPIs have strong global cues pecting it. Indian markets had including the measures takenby ernment intervention is onlyjus- re so in circumstances when 20,814 croreinequities. Howe- been laggards in the emerging the government and the RBI,” tifiedincases of unfair defaultsare mostlikely. What ver, FPIspulled out anet Rs 2,225 marketbasket andare probably Shanbhag said. competition. He also said that canthe government and RBI crorefromthe debt segment. 34,287.24 during the week. Analysts said that FPIs have catching up and we have seen al- The weekend dataonnon- thereisanopportunitytorebal- do to give confidence or prod The total netinvestment in Prior to this,FPIs were net been investing in fundamentally mosta33per centrallyfromthe farm payrollinthe US wasapos- ance rural and urban and thatthe them to lend and take risk? debt and equity betweenJune 1 sellers forthree consecutive strong bluechip companies and lowwesaw in March 2020. itive surprise,aswell as the un- stateneeds to work towardsthe Bankswant to lend to busi- and 5stood at Rs 18,613 crore. months.Theywithdrew Rs 7,366 this trend is likelytocontinue in “Gradual release of lockdown employment rate being lower aspect of providing asocial secu- nesses whichtheybelieve are Buoyedbythe investment from croreinMay,Rs15,403 crorein the near future. measures would also have than expected has seen asharp rity nettonot onlymigrantsbut businesses that can repaytheir overseas investors, the Sensex April and arecord Rs 1.1lakh The rise in FPI inflows and the played itspart. Thereis, however, rallyinUSmarket by about 3per also businesses across the board. UDAY KOTAK money. In thosecategoryof busi- MANAGINGDIRECTOR also rose by 1,863 pointsto croreinMarch. buoyancy in stockmarkets also acomplete dichotomy between cent,” he added. Edited excerpts: KOTAKMAHINDRA BANK nesses, the demand formoneyis relatively low, but whoeverwants The government has,overthe If there is any area it we aredelightedto give because ADIA invests lastthree years, increased where there is need we have confidence we will get 17.09MT: 13.22MT: customs duties across sectors. for intervention, it is our moneyback. Another setof `5,683.5 cr in ‘Coal importfalls 20% AMOUNT OF COAL IMPORTED IMPORTOFNON-COKING Afterthree decades of justified only where there business is one whose funda- IN APRIL,ASPER REVISED COALINMAY,ASAGAINST liberalisation, does domestic is unfair competition. But mental financial condition before Jio Platforms y-o-y to 19 MT in May’ DATA 12.28 MT INAPRIL industrystill needprotection? other than that, with COVID has been poor.COVID has And whatsignal does it send reasonable levels of hurtthem further.Bankers obvi- India’s coal import dropped by 20 per cent to 18.93 million to the outside world? ouslywant to becautiousin lend- ENSECONOMICBUREAU 23.57 MT: Coal import by India Mandate to CIL to boost The CII supportsthe Prime tariffs,India needs to ingto thesebusinessesin order to tonnes (MT) in Mayagainstthe corresponding montha MUMBAI,JUNE7 in May last year production: Coal India Ltd Minister’s conceptofensure that it is protect thefinancial system itself. year ago, provisional dataprovided by mjunctionshowed (CIL), which accounts for over Atmanirbhar Bharat and believes building atruly Banksare notrisk averse. But ABUDHABIInvestmentAuthority 3.81 MT: Import of coking coal 80 per cent of the domestic it is consistent withacompetitive Atmanirbhar Bharat and if theyare being prudent and not (ADIA) has invested Rs 5,683.50 in May, asagainst 3.23 MT in fuel output, has been IndiaandnotaprotectionistIndia. competitive India lendingwherethereisariskof croreinJio Platforms, the digital April mandated by the Centre to Atrulyself-reliant and self-confi- their moneynot comingback, arm of RelianceIndustries (RIL). replace at least 100 MT of dent India is important, but with they aredoing it ultimately and The latestinvestment —eighth in 242.97 MT: Country’s coal imports with domestically- that we believe India needs to be people in the cities. We have got fundamentallytoensureprotec- the series —values JioPlatforms import in 2019-20, which produced coal in FY21 competitive andengaged with so usedtoassumingthat thereis tion of depositors. The lastthing at an equity value of Rs 4.91lakh increased marginally by the world. If thereisany area this lowcost, cheap labour avail- we want at the time of ahealth croreandanenterprisevalueof Rs 3.2 per cent FACTORSFORINCREASEIN wherethereisneedfor interven- able on our terms forhireand fire. crisis is to do something that cre- 5.16 lakh crore. MAYIMPORTSOVERAPRIL: tion, it is justifiedonlywhere And this is wherethe stateswill ates afinancial crisis and lose the ADIA’s investment will trans- 0: Amount of country’s ■ Partial re-start of operations thereisunfair competition. But have to come in and put money trustofdepositorsinthe financial lateintoa1.16per centequity ‘avoidable coal imports’ that in some sectors other than that, with reasonable intorural India opportunityand system. Astable financial system stakeinJioPlatformsonafullydi- the government is planning to ■ Continued softness in coal levels of tariffs,India needstoen- createthe enabling provisionthat is basedononlyone thing —trust lutedbasis.WiththisJioPlatforms bring by 2023-24 prices in international markets surethat it is building atruly makes it possibleforthe migrants of thedepositors withhismoney. hasraisedRs97,885.65crorefrom AtmanirbharBharat and compet- to lookatthe option moreseri- If that gets eroded, therewill be leadingglobalinvestorsincluding itive India. ously. At CII,wewill endeavour to another crisis and we must notal- Facebook,SilverLake,VistaEquity Subdued import demand: Given the high 10.76%: Estimated risein work with our members to en- lowthat to happen. Partners, General Atlantic, KKR, coal stock levels in pithead and power coal import this May through Source: Howdoyou see the urban to surethat some sortofcode is put Mubadala and ADIA in less than plants, importdemand is expected to major and non-major ports over mjunction/PTI rural migration of workers? in place so that it is afair play What do youthink about the sevenweeks. remain subdued in the short-term April 2020 COVID has exposedthis issue treatment forthe migrantswhen lockdown? Has it giventime Awholly-ownedsubsidiaryof of urban to rural migration. When theycome backand we will need to thehealthcaresector to RIL,Jio Platforms is anext-gener- workers come to cities, theylive the supportofthe statewhen we ramp up or has it hurtthe ationtechnologyplatform fo- in poor conditionsinslums or getthere. livelihood of millionsof cusedonproviding high-quality chawls, have poor job security At some level,we willneedto migrants? and affordable digital services India Inc braces for atough year ahead, and noware hit by aviruswhich createasocial security netalong Let’s go backtoMarch 24 and acrossIndia,withover388million exposes them morethan us. So, with the stateand inevitablyitis assume that we as acountryde- subscribers.ADIAisaglobally-di- the health crisis, quality of living abeginning of adirectional move cided—nolockdown. Knowing versifiedinvestment institution earnings forecastscut across the board crisisand lackofsecurity of job wherethe statehas the obligation thestatus of our healthcare sys- thatinvestsfundsonbehalf of the have madethem take adecision to protect everycitizen. temand levelofalertness that Government of Abu Dhabi pancies areexpected to climb thattheyare better-offinvillages If abusinessfinds 80-90 per wasthereprior to March 24 about through astrategy focused on ENSECONOMICBUREAU COMMENTARYCONTINUESTOBECAUTIOUS slowlysince internationaltravel even if their apparent income is cent of itsrevenue going away, what COVID could do, todaywe long-term value creation. ADIA NEWDELHI,JUNE7 is some time away; despitegains lower. In this context, Ithink it is a howcan it protect jobs? That is have 6,000deaths, arewesaying manages aglobal investment ■ The commentary does notexpectany from lowerfuel pricesand lower great opportunity to rebalance wherethe statecomes in and the we would have lessthan 6,000 portfoliothat is diversifiedacross WHILE THE damagetorevenues continues to be very revivalofcapital expensesonemployees, the air- rural and urban.This is time to statemustgivesocialsecurity net. deaths or 60,000 or 600,000. morethantwodozenassetclasses and profitswas limited in the cautious, even bordering on expenditureinthe private line is expected to report aloss createdigital ability and redefine The aspectof social securityis not Who knows.But the fact of the and sub-categories. March quarter, India Inc is brac- the pessimistic, givenhow sector this year of closetoRs7,000croreinFY21. the role of rural —rural infra, ru- onlywith the migrant but for matter is that we have 6,000 RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani ing foratough 2020-21. the lockdown has crimped The crash in prices of com- ralhealth, rural digital. businesses across the board. deaths and as aratioof the popu- said, “This investment is astrong The commentarycontinues cash flows in the June ■ At BPCL, inventorylosses modities has hit producers as lation that number is low. endorsement of our strategy and to be very cautious, even border- quartersofar were highand thesharp seen in the staggering Rs 15,269- Our initial feedbacksuggests Would youthen recommend So whenweare looking at the India’spotential.” Hamad Shah- ingonthe pessimistic, givenhow rise in debt, albeit partly croreloss before taxreported by migrantsmay stay backfor a the government to open up its lockdown, we have to askwhat if wanAldhaheri,executive director the lockdown has crimpedcash ■ Larsen &Toubro due to one-offfactors, has Vedantafor Q4FY20, triggered fewmonths, but may purse alittle more? we did notdoit, what could have of the Private Equities Depart- flows in the June quartersofar. management observed it analysts worried by an exceptional loss of Rs eventuallyhavetoreturn to We believe thatthegovernm- been and that’s the correct way. ment at ADIA,said, “Our invest- Givenhow poor visibility on de- 17,132 croreonaccount of im- the urban centres forwork... ent will have to open up itspurse, What if younger people went to mentinJioisafurtherdemonstra- mand is, fewfirms areable to see paired assets,primarilyasteep theydon’t reallyhaveachoice. but tighten somewhereelse. It is work but came home where tion of ADIA’s ability to draw on whererevenues areheadedand it doesn’t expect anyrevivalof ruption from Covid-19were fall in crude oil prices. Of course, Iamjustsaying that importantthatthegovernment’s therewould be older people. At deep regional and sector expert- analysts aretrimming earnings capital expenditureinthe pri- around Rs 15,000-17,000 crore. At BPCL, inventorylosses notall will have that choice. Iam resources areusedproperly be- least, Ihopeweare in abetter ise to invest globallyinmarket estimates across the board. vate sector this year. At InterGlobeAviation, the were high and the sharp rise in saying that even if 30-40 per cent cause these aredifficult choices. stateofpreparedness from leadingcompaniesandalongside It’s notsurprising the Larsen The companysaid the sales capacity utilisation is justabout debt, albeit partly due to one-off of the people decide to come We arenot areservecurrency healthcarepointof viewthanwe proven partners.” &Toubromanagementobserved missedsofar because of the dis- afifth of that available and occu- factors, has analysts worried. FE back, therewill be shortageof countryand our fiscal deficit is al- were before. FY20 gross direct tax mop up falls 4.92% on ChinaMay exports slip back into BRIEFLY contraction,importsworst in 4yrs IOBslashes cut in corporate tax, hiked PIT exemption MCLRby and arerising steadily. Further, REUTERS upto30bps ENSECONOMICBUREAU the higher growth rate in direct BEIJING,JUNE7 NEWDELHI,JUNE7 Temporaryfallin taxesascomparedto growth rate NewDelhi: Indian Overseas in the GDP even in these chal- CHINA’S EXPORTS contracted in Bank (IOB) has cut marginal GROSS DIRECTtax collections collection,along lenging times proves that recent Mayasglobal coronavirus lock- costoffunds basedlending (without factoringfor refunds) effortsfor thewideningofthe tax downs continuedtodevastate rate (MCLR)by upto 0.30per declinedby4.92 per cent to Rs expectedlines base undertakenbythe govern- demand, while asharper-than- centacross all tenors.The 12.34 lakhcrore in 2019-20,the ment areyielding results,” the expected fall in imports pointed benchmarkone-year MCLR CentralBoardofDirect Taxes IN Astatement, the CBDT said though the netdirect tax Boardsaid. to mountingpressureonmanu- hasbeencutby 0.20percent (CBDT) in astatement said on collection forFY2019-20 wasless than that in FY2018-19, the The CBDT statement comes facturers as global growth stalls. from June 10,IOB said Sunday. decline wasonexpected lines andistemporaryinnaturedue at atime when taxtargets forthe The sombretrade readings Sunday. The direct taxbuoyancy,the to the historic taxreformsundertakenand muchhigher ongoingfiscal arebeingseen to forthe world’s second-biggest ratio of taxmop up to nominal refunds issuedlastfiscal. Talking about the lackofpickup be toohigh in viewofthe exac- economycouldpile pressure on GDP,slowedto1.12inFY20tak- investment, it said that various measures arerequired to set erbation of the economic slow- policymakers to roll out more Trucks line up to transportcontainers at the container port KarnatakaBank ing intoaccount the revenue for- up newmanufacturing unitsand it will take some months. down due to COVID-19and supportfor asector thatiscriti- in Qingdaoineastern China’s Shandongprovince. China’s Q4netfalls gone, though the CBDTsaid it shortfall in taxcollections in cal to the livelihoods of more exports and importsbothfell in May, amid the coronavirus wasonexpectedlines and“tem- 2019-20. than 180million workers. Total pandemic and trade tensionswith the US. AP 56%to`27cr poraryinnaturedue to thehis- During FY20, revenue fore- trade accounts forabout athird toric taxreformsundertaken” in lection by an estimated Rs 1.45 taxesisonexpected lines andis gone due to reduction in corpo- of theeconomy. NewDelhi: Karnataka Bank the lastfinancial year referring to lakh crore. Additionally, in the temporaryinnaturedue to the rate taxratewas Rs 1.45 lakh Overseas shipmentsinMay ficient domestic demand and Both official and private fac- has posteda56per centfall the corporatetax cutand in- Budget lastyear,income up to Rs historic taxreforms undertaken crore, while in PIT (due to in- fell 3.3 per cent from ayear ear- commodity price declines,” said tory surveys forMay showed in netprofitfor the March crease in income taxexemption 5lakh wasexemptedfromtax, and muchhigher refunds issued creasedtax rebatelimitand stan- lier,after asurprising 3.5 per cent Wang Jun, chief economistof sub-indexesfor exportordersre- quarteratRs27.31 croredue limits. impactingcollectionbyabout Rs during the FY 2019-20,” the CBDT darddeduction) it wasRs23,200 gain in April, customs data Zhongyuan Bank. mained deep in contraction. to higher provisions. PTI Although CBDThas notmade 23,000 crore, CBDTsaid. said. crore. If this had nothappened, showedSunday. Thatcompared As aresult, China posteda ProfitsatChina’sindustrial firms public the actual netdirect tax It also said thatgross direct As per datareleasedbythe corporatetax and PIT collection with a7per cent drop forecastin recordtrade surplus of $62.93 fell almost30per cent in the collection in 2019-20, the gross taxcollection wasabettermeas- CBDT,the actualgross corporate in 2019-20 would have been Rs aReuters poll. billion lastmonth, the highest January-April period. Mexicotositout collections (Rs 12.33lakh crore) uretoascertain buoyancy as it taxand Personal Income Tax 8.23 lakh crore andRs5.78lakh While exports faredslightly since Reuters startedtrackingthe Analysts said bright spots like extensionofoil adjustedwith refunds (Rs 1.84 negated anomaliescreated by (PIT) revenue mop up stood at Rs crore, respectively.Thus, the better than expected,imports series in 1981,comparedwith the exports of medical supplies, of lakh crore) show netcollections higher refunds granted in FY20 6.78 lakh crore and Rs 5.55 lakh gross direct taxmop up would tumbled16.7 per cent compared poll’sforecast fora$39 billion whichChina has dominatedthe outputcuts around Rs 10.49lakh croredur- compared to the year before.It crore, respectively in FY20, tak- have been Rs 14.01lakh crore, with ayear earlier, worsening surplus and $45.34billion sur- supplychain, masked the strong ing the fiscal. Netcollection is the said that refund of Rs 1.84 lakh ing the actual gross direct taxcol- whichwould have been a8.03 from a14.2per cent decline the plus in April. headwinds facedbyexporters Mexico City: Mexico will not gross collection minus income crorewas grantedinFY20, com- lection to Rs 12,33,720. per centgrowthover2018-19. In previous month and marking the China’s trade surplus with the stuckwithunsold stockand can- joinother topoil producers, taxrefunds.In2018-19, netdirect paredtoRs1.61lakh crorein It also said that the buoyancy 2019-20 fiscal,the nominal GDP sharpestdecline since January US widenedto$27.89 billion in celledorders from abroad. whichincludesOPECmem- taxcollection wasRs11.36 lakh FY19, an increase of 14 percent of direct taxescame in at almost growth rate was7.20 per cent. 2016.Ithad been expectedto fall May, Reuters calculation basedon In the firsthalf of May, China bers and allies ledbyRussia, crore. over previous year. 1for corporate taxand 1.32 for The CBDTaddedthat pickup 9.7 percentinMay. customs data showed. This shipped 63.2billion yuanof in extending through July The directtax mopupin “It is afact that the netdirect personal incometax,respec- in investment subsequent to tax “Exportsbenefited from the comes as Sino-US tensions are medical supplies, Reuters calcu- output cutsaimedatprop- 2019-20 is lowerthanprevious taxcollectionfor theFY2019-20 tively.“These buoyanciesindicate cutswould take time to materi- ASEAN (Association of Southeast again on the rise, though sources lations basedoncustoms data ping up the priceofcrude, fiscal, primarilydue to corporate wasless thanthe netdirect tax that the growth trajectories of alise as manufacturing facilities Asian Nations)marketand ex- sayPresident DonaldTrumphas showed, compared with 71.2 EnergyMinisterRocioNahle taxcutsannounced in collection forthe FY2018-19. But both thearmsofdirect taxes, i.e., with itsancillaryactivities take changeratedepreciation,while little choice but to stickwith a billion yuan in the March-April said on Saturday. REUTERS September,whichlowered col- this fall in the collectionofdirect corporatetax andPIT areintact months to come up. imports were affected by insuf- Phase 1trade deal fornow. period. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM @indianexpress.com THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE82020 THOSEMONTHS,THOSEMINUTES Forced intoanunprecedented lockdown, sportisstaring at an unfathomable despair.Indian athletes, though, have giventhe countryreasonstorejoice in the past. 14 For HIMADAS,theU20worlds triumphwasn’ta‘bigoccasion’...andthenthe SPORT tweetsstartedpouringin.The2018 goldmedallistspeakswith SHASHANKNAIR

IndianclubsZoominondeals,signings This virus is out of control. I’m nottalking about Covid: Joshua Insteadof flying outand criss-crossingcities, football officials andrepresentativeshaveshiftedto onlineplatforms HEAVYWEIGHT BOXINGworld champion Anthony Joshuadescribed racism as a“pan- MIHIRVASAVDA FC Goa’ssenior managementwas demic”while addressing protestersat aBlack NEWDELHI,JUNE7 to flyovertoSpain, meet LivesMatter march in London on Saturday. Joshua,one of Britain’s highest-profile IN THE thirdweekofMarch,whenSpain was Ferrando, possiblywatcha sportsmen, joinedamarch through the streets surpassing China’s Covid toll, Juan Ferrando match, and then look at afuture of hishome town of Watfordbeforegather- got readytoappear foraninterviewfromhis together.“Instead, we finished ingin aparkwhereherecitedapoemwritten home in Barcelona. The football coach’s by afriend.“Thevirushasbeen declaredapan- prospective employerswerethousandsofkilo- everything online,” says football demic,”Joshuasaid.“Thisis out of control. And metres away,bracing foralockdown that agent Varun Achreja,who I’m nottalking about Covid-19. The virus I’m would bring their club to astandstill. brokered the deal. “Everything is talking about is calledracism.” Ferrando,who wasapartofthe legendary Marches and protests have been held all Arsene Wenger’s supportstaff at Arsenal, moving digital at the moment.” overtheworldinresponseto thekillingof un- sharedhisvisionandstylefortheclub,andas- armed blackman GeorgeFloyd by apoliceof- sessment of the players -- and the employers ficer in the U.S. on May25. Four officersin- scrutinisedeverypointhemade.Afterseveral Ronaldos and Messis and Suarezs. volvedhave sincebeenchargedoverthedeath. hours,the deal wasclosed:Ferrando became Tamhane casuallymet Mikuinthe sta- The 30-year-old Joshua, whoseworld the newmanagerofFCGoa. dium’s car parkafter the match. One thingled heavyweight title defence againstBulgarian This wasn’t the original plan, though. to anotherandafew monthslater,Mikuwasin Kubrat Pulevscheduledfor this month at The senior club management wastofly Bengaluru, stamping his class in the ISL. “So Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium waspostponed over to Spain,meetFerrando, possiblywatch youcan useonline resources, but it is notthe because of the COVID-19pandemic, was AnthonyJoshuajoinedamarch through amatch, and then look at afuturetogether. same. Of course, in the current situation it is dressedinall blackfor the event. thestreetsofhishometownof Watford. AP “Instead, we finishedeverything online,” says notpossible to travel so youhavetodeal with “Wecan no longer sit backand remain football agent Varun Achreja, who brokered the situation accordingly,”Tamhanesays. silentonthesesenseless,unlawful killings and the deal.“Everything is movingdigital at the The clubs, however, arecautious. So far, a slyracism on another humanbeing–based Watford. We must notuse ademonstration moment.” majority of the deals involving foreign play- on what? Onlytheir skin colour,”the IBF,WBA forselfish motivesand turn it intorioting and So muchso, thatinstead of scurrying ers have either been contract extensions or and WBOworld champion,who wasusing looting.” from one groundtoanother in different parts movement from one club to another.This crutches and wearing akneebrace, afterin- Aspokesman forJoshua said his knee in- of the world, club officialsand representa- trend is unlikely tochangeimmediately, as juring his knee during training this week, jurywould befurther checkedbydoctors, but tiveshaveshiftedtoe-meeting apps like the All India Football Federation is settogive added. “Weneedtospeakout in peaceful “thereisno immediateconcern”. Zoom and relying on scouting resources like SpaniardJuan Ferrando, who wasapartofthe legendaryArsene Wenger’s supportstaff the clubstime till October to sign players. demonstrations—justliketoday,sowell done REUTERS InStat and Wyscout. at Arsenal, became the manager of FC Goa afteradigital meeting that lastedhours. File The Indian transfer marketispeculiar,in In India, June is the time whenthe modest the sense that thereare fewactual transfers NBAoffersclarity on tiebreakers Players suspendedfor 6months transfer market springs to life. Oldcontracts whereafee is paid, and clubs areoften on the with unevenschedule forbreaking virus curfew expireonMay 31,the transfer windowopens Sharma prefers live action and meeting youmeetaplayerinperson”, says Tamhane. lookout forplayers who areout of contracts. inthe firsthalf of June,and by thetimeit shuts players directlytounderstand their person- So even if thereisashift to online, some “So this time, youmight see alot of clubs wait The NBAhas told teamsthat playoff seeding TheChineseFootballAssociationsayssixmem- on August31, crores arespent on hundredsof alities and mindset, all valuable components of the basicsremain the same. “You develop to seehow thesituation evolvesinEurope willbebasedonwinningpercentage,andthat bers of the national under-19 have been sus- deals. This time, while dataand scouting rein determining atransfer deal. This summer, agoodset of networks,verify the players’ po- and elsewhereinthe world,” says Ashish anytiebreakersnecessaryafterthatwillfollow pendedforsixmonthsforviolatingcoronavirus ports onIndianplayersareavailable,fillingthe says Sharma,“there hasbeen alot of reliance tential with his teammates or coaches and Shah, who has been at the helm at the usual procedures. It wasanissuethat control measures by leaving training campat foreignquota has become tricky.“Ispend the on digitalcommunication and online re- go by recommendations,” says Sharma. Chennaiyin and Odisha. neededclarity because the 22 teams that will midnighttogodrinking.The35-playertraining summer travelling to different countries to sources to scout players and negotiatedeals”. Thereisalso an element of luck. Thecontracts of aforeigner in ISL range be goingtothe Disney complexinFlorida, for campinShanghai beganonMay 17 and ended scoutplayersorhave alookatsomewhoareal- Forexample, one of the mostprolific from anything between $70,000 and the plannedresumptionofthe season next Saturday. "Itwasasevereviolationoftheteam's readyonmy shortlist.Thistime,ithasnotbeen Scouting resources strikers to have playedinIndia, Venezuela’s $500,000 ayear.And with eachfranchise month will nothaveplayedthe same number epidemic control regulations, and causedneg- possible,”says MandarTamhane,thechief ex- The online platforms provide scouts, Miku, would nevercome to these shores had having asalarycap of Rs 16.4 crore, the clubs of games. The NBAtold teams of the plan for ative impacts on the whole team," the CFAwas ecutive of formerISLchampionsBengaluruFC. agentsand club officials with hundredsof clubs reliedonlyononline mediums. arehoping to land “bargain buys” in case a utilizingtiebreakersinamemoonFriday. Based quotedassayingbyXinhua.Thesixplayerswill Club officials arejustone partofthe chain. hours of video and statsofalmostany pro- The storygoes thatinthe summer of 2017, lowerdivision club in Europe goes bustor on the league plan forthe restart, withgames havetositoutallmatchesthroughNov. 30.They Often, theyhaverepresentativesonthe fessional player.But as they nowrealise,con- Bengaluru FC had actually gone shopping for the ratesofplayers fall. starting again in lateJuly, Dallas will end up alsofacefurtherpunishmentfromtheirrespec- ground, who crisscross cities to watcha ducting the transfer business online isn’t al- anotherplayer, Manucho.TheAngolanstriker With the domestic season likelytobegin playing an NBA-high 75 contests.Mostothers tive clubs. Players in Chinahavenoofficial or- prospectivesigninginaction.For instance, ways thebestway.The dataequips them wasplaying forSpanish club Rayo Vallecano onlyinNovember,thereisstilltime forclubs. will playbetween 72 and 74;the lowtotal will ganization to represent their interests andit Kuldeep Sharma, who has been responsible with information about aplayer's skills -- atthetimebutitwasMiku,histeammate,who “And till we can meet, we will watchvideos be 71,whichSan Antonio and the Los Angeles wasn't clear if therewas anyway to appeal the forseveral big-ticket transfersinIndianfoot- strong header,weak leftfoot, quickonthe caughttheirattention.Mikuwasinadifferent of the players and monitor them on LakerswillfinishatiftheNBA'splansforteams ban."Itisalossto theteam,andof course,itwill ball, ends up watching about 100-125 wings, etc--but thereare alot of “intangi- class,andinthe2016-17seasonhewasnamed WhatsApp,”says Ferrando,39. “Wehaveto to playeight games at the Disneycomplexbe- havegreatereffectsontheplayersthemselves," matches ayear across the world. bles involved that can onlybeassessedwhen La Liga’s Playerofthe Month ahead of the use the technology.” fore theplayoffsbegin comestofruition. 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