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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM TOOK PLACE AFTER CHUSHUL INCIDENT SC stops show on BeforeMoscowpact,Indian&Chinesetroops ‘UPSC jihad’:Bid fired100-200roundsonPangongnorthbank to vilify Muslims Shots firedinair near ridge of Fingers 3&4,saystop officer; Pullback,peace if China sticks to with untruths MEA official maybepartofnextcommander-leveltalks

Chinesetroops on the northbank dent took place during the jock- Jaishankar-Wang pact: Govt in LS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NIRUPAMA of PangongTso, farmoreintense eying fordominating the Fingers NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 THECOURTSAID SUBRAMANIAN than the firing of warningshots on the north bank of the lake. ment between External Affairs ■“Intent, object and &KRISHNKAUSHIK in the Chushul sub-sector, The According to the officer,“100to DEEPTIMANTIWARY MinisterSJaishankar and THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday purpose... is to vilify the NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Indian Express has learnt. 200shots”werefiredin the air by &LIZMATHEW China’s Foreign MinisterWang restrainedSudarshan Newsfrom Muslim community... Atop government officer, bothsidesontheridgelinewhere NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Yi “ifimplementedsincerely and broadcasting remaining episodes Severalstatementsin BEFORE EXTERNAL Affairs awareofthe details, said this inci- Finger 3and Finger 4merge be- faithfullybythe Chinese side, of ashowthatthe channel claims the episodes...are not MinisterSJaishankarand his fore moving north as one ridge. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT“we could lead to complete disen- “exposes” the “infiltration of justpalpablyerroneous ChinesecounterpartWangYi THEEDITORIAL PAGE Both India and China had is- arefacing achallengeinLadakh” gagement and restoration of Muslims” in the civil services. buthavebeen made in reachedanagreementin sued statementsonthe firingin- where“theviolentconduct of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The purpose of the show was wanton disregardof MoscowonSeptember 10 to dial cident in the Chushul sub-sector Chinese forces has been in com- to “vilifytheMuslimcommunity”, the truth.” down tensions along the Line of QUESTION& on September 7whichtook plete violation of all mutually the court said, and observed that ■ “Indiaisamelting pot Actual Control in Ladakh,the ANSWER placeonafeaturecalledMukpari agreednorms”, Defence GOVTMAY BRIEF it had made arbitraryclaims“in of civilisations, cultures, heightened tensions ledtoafir- PAGE 8 Heights—officialssaidthis was Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha MinisterRajnath Singh said OPPNONCHINA; wanton disregardofthe truth”. religions and languages. ingincidentbetween Indian and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 on Tuesday. LSTV/PTI Tuesdaythatthe Moscowagree- MORE REPORTS P5 “Atthisstage,prima facie, it Anyattempt to vilify a does appear to theCourtthatthe religious community intent, object and purpose of the mustbeviewedwith episodes whichhavebeen tele- gravedisfavour by this castistovilify theMuslim com- Court as the custodian of ANEXPRESSINVESTIGATION PARTTHREE THE WORLD munity.Aninsidious attempt constitutional values.” has been made to insinuatethat U.A.E., BAHRAIN SIGN the community is involved in a Tracked by Chinese firm: Over 6,000 conspiracy to infiltratethe civil neous buthavebeen made in DEALS ON TIES WITH services. Severalstatementsin wanton disregardofthe truth”, ISRAEL IN WHITE the episodes, whichhavebeen athree-judge Benchheadedby accused of financial crime, terrorism, IPL HOUSE EVENT PAGE 13 drawntothe attention of the Justice DYChandrachud said. betting, narcotics,smuggling,big to small Courtare notjustpalpablyerro- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pak NSA displays map with J&K, ED Agusta to fodder Newstage Cong moves adjournment PLAIN E ● forface-off scam, Satyamto motion to discuss matter Doval leaves SCO meet in protest EX Vyapam, Vadrato Kashmir as Pakistani territory, berstatesofthe Shanghai THE SCO, whichisled by Kumaraswamy, SHUBHAJITROY ledtoNSA Ajit Dovalleaving the Cooperation Organisation (SCO), China and Russia, does EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 engagement “in protest”. hostedbythe Chair of the SCO notallow bilateral issues all on Zhenhua CHINA IS NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 The map wasbeing usedasa (Russia), the Pakistani NSAdelib- to be discussedatits BY UNNY AFACE-OFF between India and backdrop duringthe virtual eratelyprojectedafictitious map meetings. Yet, after Datawatchlist WATCHING THE CONGRESS on Tuesday Pakistanatameeting of National meeting by MoeedYusuf, Special that Pakistanhas recentlybeen SAARC, it has become the movedanadjournment motion Security Advisors of the Assistant on National Security to propagating,” the Ministryof lateststage fortensions noticeinthe Lok Sabha over the ShanghaiCooperationOrgani- PakistanPMImran Khan. ExternalAffairs’officialspokesper- between India and JAYMAZOOMDAAR& “surveillance” of key Indianper- sation (SCO) Tuesday, over amap “Atthemeetingof theNational son Anurag Srivastava said. Pakistan. KAUNAINSHERRIFM sonalities, including the that showedJammu and SecurityAdvisors(NSAs)of mem- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 President and Prime Minister, by afirm linked to the Chinese gov- FROM THEaccused in the ernment, as reportedbyThe AgustaWestland briberycase to a Indian Express on Monday. ring of juvenileswho stole mo- The notice wasmoved by bilephones, hundredsaccusedof Congress leader of the House financial crime, corruption, ter- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhuryand ror, organisedcrime, smuggling MP Manickam Tagore. of narcotics, gold and wildlife Calling it “a matter of urgent form asignificant chunk,asmany importance”, Tagore sought an as 6,000,ofthe Indian individuals adjournment to discuss how monitored by ZhenhuaData, an (Clockwise from topleft) “China’s agencies(were)watch- KEY BUREAUCRATS, investigation by The Indian Robert Vadra, HD ingIndian political leaders and POLICE OFFICERS Express has revealed. Kumaraswamy, Madhu over 10,000 Indians, entities UNDERWATCH CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Koda, RamalingaRaju CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGE 7 Andhra HC gags media on govt FIR over land purchase

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THEANDHRAPradeshHighCourt lateTuesdayissuedanunusualor- dernottodisclosedetailsof anFIR filedbyofficers at the Anti- CorruptionBureau’sGunturPolice Station againstaformerstate law officialand others regarding land purchase in Amaravati. “By wayofinterim relief, it is directed that no coercivesteps shall be takeninfurtherance to (the FIR) whichhas been regis- teredafter filing of this writ petition againstany of theaccused. The enquiry, investigation is also stayed. It is further directed that the news in regard to (the FIR, details withheld as per courtor- der) ... shall notbemade public in anyelectronic, print or social media, to foistthe office of aformer AdvocateGeneraland also withrespect to the other alleged accusedpersons,’’ said the order by Chief Justice JKMaheshwari. CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Rajnath in LS the normal, traditional patrolling number of attempts allowedto tails of hundredsofcases where pattern of our troops in the Muslims in exams conducted by arrestsweremadefor trafficking peaceandtranquillityin thebor- Galwan Valleyarea, whichre- the Union Public Service drugsand gold, besides those der areas”. sultedinafaceoff. Even as this sit- Commission. Before Moscow pact,Indian,Chinese chargedwith poaching and Making astatement in Lok uation wasbeing addressedby The order came at the end of smuggling wildlife, across India. Sabhaafterthe government,dur- the ground commanders as per an animated hearing during These include: ing ameeting of the Business the provisions of our bilateral whichSolicitor General of India troopsfired 100-200roundsatPangong *Six arrested in Mumbai in AdvisoryCommittee, turned agreementsand protocol, in mid- Tushar Mehtawonderedtowhat December 2013 on suspicion of down the Congress demandfor Maythe Chineseside made sev- extent the media be regulated, the firsttimein45yearsthat Chinese to “dislodge” Indian our point, theywillput across According to the officer,be- trafficking 1.2tonnes of ketamine aHouse discussion on the mili- eral attemptstotransgress the and pointed outthatthere had shots were firedalong the LAC. troops from these previously their point.But Idon’t think fore India occupied the heights worthanestimated Rs 118crore. tary standoffsayingitisasensi- LACinother parts of the Western been shows on “Hindu terror” in Till date, neitherside has of- unmanned locations. their military commanderwill along the LACinthe Chushul *Personal security staffofan tive issue, Singh said: “As of now, Sector.This includedKongka La, the past. ficiallysaid anything about the At severalpositionsinthe have the mandatetoagree to sub-sector,China wasinapo- IPS officer during his tenurein the Chinese side has mobiliseda Gograand NorthBank of Justice Chandrachud said the firing on the north bank which Chushul sub-sector,on anything beyond aminor con- sition of advantage, and at the Chandigarhconvictedin 2013 for large number of troopsand ar- Pangong lake. These attempts electronicmedia hasextraordi- took place afterthe Chushul in- Pangong Tso’s south bank,the cession,” the officer said. discussions at the militaryand possessing12kgheroinworthRs mamentsalong theLAC as well were detected early and conse- narilybroad access, and can be cident, and wasbigger in scale. Indian andChinesetroops are “Ultimately, it will be atop- diplomatic levels, “theywere 60 crore. as in the depth areas. Thereare quentlyrespondedtoappropri- usedtotargetcommunities. “This While tensionsremain on less than 300metresapart. driventhing. That is the impor- trying to bargain fortime” as *Customs officer chargedin severalfrictionareas in Eastern atelybyour armedforces.” programmewas so insidious,” he the ground because the next Over the next week,India tance of the dialogue whichwe “atthatparticular stagethey connection with an attempt to Ladakh including Gogra, Kongka He said China violated the said. “Citizens from aparticular round of talksbetween Corps readjustedits positions on the arehaving at the Foreign were better off” and“they had smuggle 20 kg of gold,worthap- La and Northand South Banksof June 6agreement betweenCorps community who go through the Commanders of the twosides north bank of the lake as well Minister-leveland Defence no reason to negotiate”. proximatelyRs6crore,intoIndia Pangong lake.” Commanders on the disengage- same examinationsand getinter- is awaited,itisnot of the same —Chinese troops have been Minister-level,” he said. “The Chinese were trying to through Kochiairportin2013. “In response to China’sac- ment processand “createdavio- viewedbythe same panel...,” he levels as theywereinthe first sitting on the ridgeofFinger 4, Defence MinisterRajnath do similar activity on the south *AKotdwarresident arrested tions, our armedforces have also lent faceoffonJune 15th at observed,adding that theshow week of September,the officer whichis8kmwestofFinger 8 Singh methis Chinese counter- bank” of the lakewhen Indian in 2012 forallegedlysmuggling made appropriatecounter-de- Galwan. Our bravesoldiers laid also castaspersions on theUPSC said. whichIndia says marks the partWei Fenghe in Moscowon forces pre-emptedtheir move. 67 kg of elephant tusksworth Rs ploymentsinthese areas.” downtheirlivesandalsoinflicted examination. “In the firstweekof LAC. September 4. Jaishankar met Now, the heightswhereIndian 50 lakh in theblackmarket. He said “in the pasttoo,we costsincluding casualties on the “Howdowedeal with these September,therewas alot of It wasduring these times Wang on September 10.While troops arepositioned“arebe- The database includes illegal have had situations of prolonged Chinese side”. issues? Can this be tolerated in a movement” on both the north that Indian and Chinese troops the meeting of Defence tween the twolines”ofthe dif- organdonationsthatwerere- standoffs in ourborderareaswith “Aswewant to resolve the free society?... Is this trulyexer- and south banksofPangong firedaround 100roundseach, Ministers did notmanageto feringperceptions of LACofthe portedfromhospitals in China whichhavebeen resolved current situation through dia- cise of Article 19(1)(a) (the right Tso, the officer said, mention- in the air.Inthis area too, break the stalemate, the twocountries. Amritsar,Delhi, Mumbai, peacefully. Eventhoughthesitu- logue,we have maintaineddiplo- to freedomof speech and expres- ing “multiple” incidentsoffir- troops from twosides arepo- ForeignMinisters issuedajoint On current positions on the Gurugram and Nalgonda. ation this year is very different, matic and militaryengagement sion)?” ing in the region in the first sitioned less than 500metres statement to "continue their Fingers on the north bank,the Significantly, China and India are both in termsofscale of troops with the Chinese side. In these Senior AdvocateShyam week of September. from eachother. dialogue, quicklydisengage, officer said Indian soldiers among the mostpopulardesti- involvedand thenumber of fric- discussions,we have maintained Divan, who appeared forthe Therewas, he said,“one The situation, however, has maintain proper distance and were above the Chinese de- nations forinternational patients tion points, we do remain com- the three key principles that de- channel, said he would strongly small incident” about which, since calmeddown, the officer ease tensions" and work to- ployment on Finger 4. seeking organtransplants. mittedto thepeacefulresolution termine our approach: (i) both oppose anystayonthe pro- he said, “our chaps didn’t even said. “Now things have cooled wardsnew confidence-build- Chines troops, he said, are of the current situation. At the sides should strictlyrespectand gramme,asitwas aquestion of feel wasserious enough to re- down because of the talksbe- ing measures" between the “trying to go further up” but same time, the House can be as- observethe LAC; (ii) neither side freedom of speech. He argued port”. This, he said, was“the tween our Defence Minister twosides giventhe existing “weare in aslightlybetterpo- Adjournment sured that we remain prepared should attempt to alter the status that “thereisaforeign fundingis- Mukpariincident, in whicha and their Defence Ministerand trustdeficit. sition,there is alimit to how from politics to business, judici- to deal with all contingencies”. quounilaterally; and,(iii) all sue” that the programme claims couple of roundswerefired, the Foreign Ministers. The fo- The twosideshaveagreed much youcan keep jockeying” arytomedia, even crime-ac- “This is still an ongoing situa- agreementsand understandings to expose, and that the court whichwecametoknowone cus has shiftedtowards dia- to hold another round of talks on that ridgeline, and that the cused”. tion and obviouslyinvolvessen- between the twosidesmuchbe should come to anyconclusion daylater”. logue,” he said. between the Corps Chinesewould notbeableto Sources saidChowdhuryhad sitive operational issues. Iwould, fullyabidedbyintheir entirety. onlyafter seeing the entire pro- “Then on the north bank, While the earlier “aggres- Commanders though the date sustain themselvesatapoint filedhis motion online, callingfor therefore, notbeable to give The Chinese side, on itspart, took gramme, and notafewextracts. 100-200roundswerefired by sion" and constant “intimida- is still to be decided. The offi- higher on the ridgethan where adiscussion on the “hybrid war- moredetails in public andIam the position thatthe situation Justice Chandrachud said: both sides,” the officer said. tion” by Chinese troops, he cer indicated that this time, the the Indian soldiers are. fare wagedagainst India by (the) confidentabout the understand- should be handledinaresponsi- “Your client is doing adisservice “This wasnear the ridgeof said, had stopped, “theyare still talksmay include an official “Logistically,”the officer Chinese company”. ing of the House in this regard.” ble manner and ensurepeace to the nation and is notaccepting Finger 3and Finger 4, and from there... Their presenceisthere, from the MinistryofExternal said,the Chinese will“notbe On Monday, the Opposition Singh urgedthe House to and tranquility as per bilateral India is amelting point of diverse whereitstartsclimbing up.” it doesn’t take very long to start Affairs. able to stay”wheretheywant had asked thegovernment to “pass aresolution in supportof agreementsand protocol,” he cultures. Your client needs to ex- In the week afterthe night up your tank and startmoving “Theyacceptedthat the to go,“especially in another step in and order aprobeintothe our armedforces”. said. ercise his freedom with caution”. of August29-30, when Indian again”. talkswill be there. But the date month” when the peaksstart monitoring of over 10,000 peo- As he made his statement, “Even as these discussions Justice Joseph underlinedthat troops pre-empted PLAmoves “Atthe moment,the intim- is notyet fixed. Once the getting snow. The Indianside, ple in Indiabythe Shenzhen- Congressmembers triedtointer- were goingon, the Chineseside “Nofreedom is absolute, noteven and out-manoeuvred them to idationand aggression have agendaisalso received, the del- he said,had ashorter connec- based ZhenuaDataInformation vene to seek clarifications. But again engaged in provocative journalistic freedom”. He added occupy certain heightsalong stopped. The level(of discus- egation listisreceived, then we tion to theirbase at Finger 3 Technology Co. Ltd. SpeakerOmBirla didnot allow militarymanoeuvres on the thatRule 6ofthe Programme the LAC, putting India in aposi- sions) has gone alittlehigher. will see if should include thanthe Chinese to theirbase The Congress said The Indian interruptions. MostOpposition night of 29th and 30th Augustin Code notesthat cable TV pro- tion of advantage, therewere Military commanders will talk somebody from Delhi, from between Finger 6and Express report on the “Chinese members, barring the Congress, an attempt to changethe status grammes cannotshowanything continuous attemptsbythe of course, we will put across MEA also,” he said. Finger 7. digital surveillance” was“quite satquietly. The Congress wanted quointhe South Bank area of that targetsaparticular religion disturbing”, and thatitwas im- to know whythe PrimeMinister Pangong lake. But yetagain, or acommunity. portant to knowthe extent of it, wasnot speaking on the issue. timelyactions by our armed When Justice Chandrachud of content,” he asked. wasalso a“blatant violation of Congress president Sonia tion with 28 casesof kidnapping, and if therewas more to it than CongressMPsdisplayedban- forces along the LACprevented said, “This is notafreedom of Justice Chandrachud said the the SCOCharter”and “againstall Gandhi’s son-in-lawRobert murder,looting, arson and extor- collatingdata. It saidthe develop- ners and their leader Adhir suchattempts.” speech issue. When yousay there matter perhaps gave the occasion itsestablished norms of safe- Vadra, whose Sky Light tion; and militantsofDemocratic ment had hugeimplications for Ranjan Chowdhury wanted to is aconspiracy by Muslims to to look at whether self-regulation guarding the sovereignty and ter- HospitalityPrivate Limited(now Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) ar- nationalsecurity and privacy of speak,but this wasnot allowed. flood the civil services...”, Divan could be put forth. Journalists ritorial integrity of SCOMember LLP) is being probed by the rested in Assam in 2015 with citizens. In protest, the Congress staged a ‘USPC jihad’ responded:“We arenot saying mustbegovernedbycertain States”, sources said. Enforcement Directorate; former firearms and ammunition. TMC Lok Sabha member walk-out. On August28, thecourthad that.” principles, he said. According to sources, Karnataka Chief MinisterHD Sincethe mid-1990s, Indian SaugataRoy movedanadjourn- On the Sino-Indian boundary declinedtoimpose a“pre-broad- Justice Chandrachud per- To Mehta's argument that Patrushev,Secretary of Russia's Kumaraswamy, who wasac- intelligenceand security agencies ment motion on the issue on dispute, Singh said: “Both India castinterlocutoryinjunction” on sisted: “When yousay students one cannotcompartmentalise National SecurityCouncil, con- cusedofillegallydenotifying a detected multiple gun-running Mondayitself. and China have formallyagreed the showtitled'Bindass Bol', pre- of Jamia arepartofaconspiracy electronic andprint media for veyedthathewas “personally primeplottobenefithisrelatives, racketssmuggling illegally-pro- that the boundaryquestionisa sented by itseditor-in-chief to infiltratecivil services, that is regulation, Justice Chandrachud verygrateful”toDovalforattend- and former Jharkhand Chief cured consignmentsofChina- complexissue... andhavecom- Suresh Chavhanke. notpermissible. Youcannottar- said that even thosewho maynot ing the summit. MinisterMadhu Koda, who was made weapons to India through AndhraHC mitted to seeking afair,reason- An episodeofthe showwas getone community and brand read newspapers watchedtele- “Russia does notsupport namedinaredcorner notice in a the Sino-Burmese border and “The Secretary, Home able and acceptable solution broadcastonSeptember 10,aday them in aparticular manner.” vision. “Watching TValso has an what Pakistanhas done and moneylaunderingcase, arealso then via Northern Myanmarand Department, Government of AP, through dialogueand peaceful afterthe central government Justice Joseph added: “That too entertainment valuewhereas a hopes thatPakistan’s provocative mentionedinthe database. Bangladesh. Director General of Police, A.P., negotiations. In the interim, the gave it thegreen light on condi- withfactuallyincorrect state- newspaper has none. That's why act will notaffect India’s partici- The ambit of monitoring fi- Significantly, OKIDB has over shall inform through the twosidesalso agreethat mainte- tion that thereisno“violation of ments.” we want to have standards”. pation in the SCO, and definitely nancial crime extends to cases of 40 bookmakers accusedofbet- InformationandPublic Relations nanceofpeace andtranquillity in the programme code”. AdvocateGautamBhatia, Justice Joseph said theprob- notcastany shadowon corruption, briberyand fraud. ting and spot-fixing in theIndian Department, Govt. of A.P.,tothe the border areas is an essential On Tuesday,the Bench, also who appeared foragroup of for- lem withelectronic media was Patrushev’s warm personal rela- Also on the listare over 500 Premier League (IPL) and the effect that no electronic or print basis forthe further development comprising Justices Indu mer civil servantsseeking an au- that it wasall about TRPs, thus tionship with the NSA,”sources entities restrainedfor various rea- 2015 CricketWorld Cup.What news item be publishedwith re- of bilateral relations.” Malhotraand KMJoseph, said thoritative ruling on hatespeech, leading to moreandmoresensa- said. sons by marketregulator perhapsexplainsthe closewatch spect (details withheldasper He told the Housethat“China that there“is achange in circum- said: “Hatespeechundermines tionalism. Pakistan's ruling party,how- Securities andExchangeBoardof on the IPL is the amount of court order) connected events continuesto bein illegal occupa- stance” from August28whenit the idea of afreemarketplace of Mehtapointed out that dur- ever,claimedthat Doval’s objec- India(SEBI). The granular datain- Chinese investment in the tour- until further orders of this Court. tion of approximately38,000sq had declinedtostaythe ideas.Thetargetedcommunityis ing the lockdown, aweb portal tions to the map were “over- cludeseven thosearrestedforex- nament.Chinese mobile phone Social media posts shall also not km in the Union Territoryof broadcast. deprivedofthe opportunity to re- had ashowonhow it would lead ruled”. “Today, the Shanghai changing demonetisedban- makers Vivo acquired thetitle be publishedand, in this regard, Ladakh.In addition,undertheso- “The drift, tenor and content spond or defend.” He favoured a to food scarcity and food riots and Cooperation Organization (SCO) knotes. sponsorship rightsfor the IPL in the Director General of Police, calledSino-Pakistan'Boundary of the episodes is to bring the restraint order giventhe nature migration.“I don't considerit less held itsonline meeting of Explainedacybersecurity ex- 2018 forRs2,199 crorefor five A.P.,and the Ministryof Agreement' of 1963, Pakistanil- community intopublic hatred of the show's content. serious than athreat to commu- NationalSecurityAdvisors where pertwho hasworkedwith mul- years. While ongoingborder is- Information and Broadcasting, legallyceded 5,180sqkmof and disrepute,” the courtsaid in Earlier in the hearing, Justice nal disharmony”. India’s spurious claims were re- tiple Indian government agen- sues forced Vivo to exit the deal Govt. of India, shall take steps to Indian territoryinPakistan itsorder.Itpointed out that the Joseph, commenting generally on The courtsaid, “Wecannot jected,” the PakistanTehreek-e- cies: “Weare looking at acrime lastmonth, itsreplacementfan- inform the relevant social media OccupiedKashmir to China. Programme Code stipulates that TVshows, said: “I see manychan- saywewon't regulateelectronic Insaf (PTI) tweeted. map that marks the fault lines in tasy sports firm Dream 11 ispart- platforms/housesin this regard,’’ Chinaalsoclaimsapproximately no programme should be car- nels mute people whenthey're media justbecause we cannot “The SCOagreedtoPakistan’s an open democratic system. ownedbyChinese technology the order stated. 90,000 sq km of Indian territory riedwhich “contains attackon giving theiropinion and it goes control Internet”. position and Dr.MoeedYusuf Muchofitmay seem to have no major Tencent. Afterthe FIR waslodged in the Eastern Sector of the India- religions or communities or vi- againstthe anchor'sviews.This conductedthe SCOmeetingwith revelatoryvalue but OSINT Thedatabase also focuses on Tuesday, the former lawofficial, China boundaryinArunachal suals or words”, or has content is so unfair... We need debates Doval Pakistan’s newpoliticalmap as (open-sourceintelligence) needs other specific areas of Chinese represented by senior advocates Pradesh”. that is defamatory, false, or re- whereothers should be allowed “Thiswasinblatant disregard background forthe discussions,” amassive dataanalyticframe- interest such as trafficking nar- MukulRohatgi andShyamDivan, He said “a keyelement of flective of “half-truths and sug- to speak as againstthe anchor to the advisorybythe host Khan’s party tweeted. work leading to afusion centre cotics, gold, and wildlife. Due to movedthe High Court, alleging both the 1993 and the 1996 gestiveinnuendos”. only.” againstitand in violation of the When contacted,aRussian wherethe leads arefiltered and itsproximity to theGolden thatthe stategovernment was Agreementsisthatthe twosides “Theedifice of ademocratic The courttookadig at the norms of the meeting. Aftercon- Embassy spokesperson in New enrichedwith other feeds. Triangle on itssouthwestern targeting him and sought relief will keep their militaryforces in society committed to the rule of NewsBroadcasters' Association, sultation with the host, the Indian Delhi pointedtothe statement af- That explains the staggering border,contraband narcotics has fromtheHon’bleCourtincluding the areas along theLine of Actual lawunderaregime of constitu- saying:“We need to ask youif side leftthemeeting in protestat terthe meeting,whichdid not rangeofnames on the listand alwaysbeen aprimeconcernfor agag order.Thematter wastaken Control to aminimum level… in tional rights, values and duties is you(NBA) existapart from the that juncture,” Srivastavasaid. mention the incident. their voluminous records,. The China. Traditionally,China and up by aBenchofChiefJustice JK late1990sand up to 2003, the foundedonthe co-existenceof letterhead. What do youdowhen The meeting waschaired by outcome can then be potentially Indiahavebeen the world’s ma- Maheshwari. twosides engagedinanexercise communities,”the courtsaid. aparallel criminal investigation Russian NSANikolai Patrushev. Tracked manipulated to meet different jor producers of opioid and The petitioner had alleged to clarify and confirm the LAC. But “India is amelting potofciviliza- goes on in media and reputations The newpoliticalmapwasre- Among the high-profile en- ends —fromasset cultivationand ephedrine extracted from that the AP ACBwas working thereafter, the Chinese side did tions, cultures, religions and lan- aretarnished?” leasedbythe Pakistangovern- tries logged in Zhenhua's interference in social functioning plants. with mala fide intentions against notshowawillingness to pursue guages.Anyattempt to vilifyare- SG Mehtaargueditwould be ment on August4,aday before Overseas KeyIndividual to undermining or even delegit- In recent years, the himandthatthewholeissue was the LACclarification exercise. As a ligious community mustbe “disastrous” forany democracy the completion of ayear since DataBase (OKIDB) areincome- imising institutions.” DirectorateofRevenue being givenapolitical colour and result, thereare some areas viewedwithgrave disfavour by to trytocontrol the media. “The special status under Article 370 taxevasioncases against19com- The crimelistlogs over 100 Intelligence has bustedmultiple amedia trial. where the Chineseand Indian thisCourtasthe custodian of con- right of ajournalistcannotbe to J&Kwas revoked. Themapde- panies foundedbyfriends or rel- cases of terror. China-basedsyndicates in- Appearing on behalf of the AP perceptions of LACoverlap”. stitutional values. Itsduty to en- takenaway.”Rabid things were pictsJ&K as part of Pakistani ter- ativesofformer Satyam Group These include fugitive volved in smuggling gold. China government, AdvocateCMohan Briefing the House on the de- forceconstitutional values de- being said from allsides, he said – ritory, as well as theareas of Sir chairman RamalingaRaju; the Dawood Ibrahim, lateTiger remains amajor destination for Reddysubmittedthat theprayer velopments thisyear,Singh said: mands nothing less”. “but the question is,can it bereg- Creek and Junagadh. fodderscam corruption scandal Memon; members of Jamat-ul- contraband wildlifesourced foragagorder wasinfructuous as “Since April, we had noticed a The courtnotedthat the ulated?” On Tuesday, sources said, whereofficials andsupplierscon- Mujaheedin of Bangladesh (JMB) from the Indian wild. the news wasalready out in the build-up of troops and arma- show, whichthe channel had “Your lordships musthave India made clearits “strong ob- spired to fraudulentlydrain the investigated by the NIAinthe Traditionally,red sanders(san- electronic media. Afterhearing mentsbythe Chinese side in the been promoting with the hash- seen those programmeswhere jection” to the “illegal map” even Jharkhand treasury; and the 2014 Burdwan blastcase; opera- dalwood),big cat derivatives, both parties,the Courtissuedno- border areas adjacent to Eastern tag“UPSC_Jihad”,containedfac- “Hindu terror” washighlighted. as the Russian side “triedvery Vyapam scaminvolvingMadhya tivesofthe People’s Liberation and ivoryhavebeen in high de- tice in the matter and sought Ladakh.In early May, theChinese tually incorrect statementsre- The questions is to what extent hard” to persuade Pakistan Pradesh Professional Front of India (PLFI) held in mand. replies from the respondents side had takenaction to hinder garding the upper agelimit and can courts controlthe publication against itsuse.Pakistan’s move Examination Board. Chhattisgarhin2013inconnec- Thedatabase has granularde- within four weeks.

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20 trainee Survey: No antibodies in constables CasesofpossibleCovidreinfection 30% of recovered patients suspended antibodies againstCovid-19were EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE found in 29.1per cent of people, in2childrenwithcanceratMedanta NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Delhi HealthMinisterSatyendar for violating Jain had saidlatelastmonth while ASEROLOGICAL survey con- announcing itsresults. Covid norms ReinfectioninTwo Childrenwith another round of chemotherapy August-end,42days afterthefirst “In the 14-year-old boy, the CT ductedin thefirstweekofAugust Sources saidbloodsamplesof TABASSUM Cancer has been publishedwith in mid-AugustwhenaCovid-19 infection, he wasre-testedbefore values were high indicating low in Delhi has found that 79 of 257 257people whohad tested posi- BARNAGARWALA the findings as apre-print in RT-PCR test camepositive,71 chemotherapyand the swab viral load, but in the three-year- people who had recoveredfrom tive earlier and recoveredwere MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER15 ResearchGate.Inthe firstcase, a days afterthe firstinfection. “We tested positive forCovid. old boythe CT valuewas lowin Covid-19and were partofthe ex- alsotaken during the surveyto EXPRESS NEWSSERVICE 14-year-old boytestedpositive again stoppedthe chemotherapy Yadavsaidtheyobservedtwo both infections indicating ahigh ercise did nothaveantibodies test if theyhad antibodies. NEW DELHI,SEPTEMBER 15 TWOCASESofpossible reinfec- again after71days.Hesuffers and kept him in twoweeksof iso- values, RT-PCR CT values and IgG viral load. It is possible the three- againstthe virus. The findings are Experts saidpeople who had re- tion of coronavirus, in achild aged from leukaemia and had under- lation. Both times,the child had antibodies Both children had de- year-old wasreinfected by an- in the reportofthe second round coveredbut did notshowanti- TWENTYTRAINEE police con- three and another aged 14,both gonethe Covid-19testinJunefirst no symptoms,” Yadavsaid. velopedIgG antibodies when other strain,” Yadavsaid. of the survey carriedout by the bodies might have contractedthe stables were suspendedfor al- cancer patients, have been week before chemotherapypro- In the second case, athree- theytestedpositive forthe virus Thehospital has reachedout statehealth department. diseaseseveralmonths ago, at the legedly violating Covid-19 recordedinGurgaon’s Medanta cedure, whichcame positive.“He year-old boywithneuroblastoma the second time. “Both patients to NIV,Pune,for awholegenome The report also said partici- early stageofthe novelcoron- guidelines by stepping out of the hospital. The hospital saiditfound wasasymptomatic and kept un- tumour in the stomachunder- hadIgGantibodiespresentwhen sequencing. While severalcases pantswho were living or had ever avirus infection. So their antibod- police training school (PTS) in IgG antibodies againstthe virus der isolation fortwo weeks. His went asurgery fortumour and theygot the second infection, so of possible reinfection have been livedinacontainment zone in ies might have disappeared, they Jharoda Kalan withoutpermis- in both children when theytested subsequent test aftertwo weeks tested positive forCovid-19two ideallytheyshould nothavegot reportedbydoctorsinmedicalcir- Delhi had a"significantlyhigher said. “But in mostcases, the mem- sion in the night. positive the second time.Ithas came negative forCovid-19and weeksafter thesurgeryin July.His reinfected.Immune suppression cles in India,there is no scientific sero-prevalence"thanthosewho orycells would remember the "All the 20 constables have reachedout to the National we went aheadwithchemother- cancer treatment wasput onhold due to chemotherapymay have study to analysewhether those had neverlived in one. Around virus and trigger an immune re- been placedunder suspension InstituteofVirologyforsequenc- apy,”DrSatya Yadav, head of pae- and he waskeptunder isolation. reactivatedthevirusbutthere are have beenreinfectionby mutated 15,000people were tested in the sponseifapersonwhohasrecov- with immediateeffect anddis- ing of viral strain. diatric cancer in Medanta, said. Three weekslater,his swab tested no reports of the same in the liter- strainoraninstanceof viralshed- second round of the survey.Inthe ered is again attackedbythe ciplinaryaction is pending Apaper titled Covid-19 The 14-year-old wasslatedfor negative forSARS-CoV-2. In ature,” the study observed. ding from the firstinfection. Augustsero-prevalence survey, virus,” said asenior healthofficial. againstthem. During thefirst three months of theirsuspen- sion, theywilldrawsubsistence allowanceatanamountequal to Healthcare providers ask govt to roll back the leave salary...in addition to dearness allowance basedon leave salary,"the order states. Covid bed demand, claim not consulted Where Practice Meets Theory According to police sources, newrules areinplace in the Indus University is rapidly growing well-reputed private funded university in campus to prevent thespreadof collectedfrom some of theleadingpri- Ahmedabad. Theuniversity is focused on Engineering, Management, Aviation coronavirus. ASTHASAXENA vate hospitalsinDelhi by theAHPI, Technology,Skill Development, Architecture,Design and Environment, Indology, "During the lockdown, they NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 over the lasttwo months, shows that Yoga &Wellness Programmes at UG,PGand Research levels with emphasis on had directed trainers to stay in- non-Covid patients have requiredICU niche areas likeAviation, Indic Studies and Environment Studies. side the campus fortwo weeks DAYS AFTER the Delhi government's services morethan Covid patients. In before being givenaweek's time order to reserve80% ICUbedsinall 33 one of the super specialty hospitals, of We are looking for aDynamic and Visionary Leader as: to go outside foraweek.Usually, private hospitals, the Association of the total number of admissions dur- the trainees arenever allowedto HealthcareProviders of India (AHPI) ing the months JulytoAugust, only Executive President go outside. Theyare alloweda has requestedthe stategovernment 15%wereCovid positive patients. In (Equivalent to Vice Chancellor) week offonspecial requests," to roll backthe order,claiming it will another tertiaryand quaternarycare police sources said. lead to serious repercussions fornon- hospital, those requiring admissions To takethe university to the next level as aNationally Acclaimed University with an Sources said the incident Covid patients. in surgical ICU stood at 1,605 during ambition to be ranked among the top institutions of India. Theprospective candidate took place acouple of days The association said that the order the period from June to August.The must satisfy all the norms and requirements of minimum qualification and experience ago,when the 20 were found waspassedbythe government with- surgeries includedcardiac, gastroen- as per University Grants Commission. missing from their rooms during out consulting the private sector and terology,obstetrics &gynaecology, Apart from aDoctoral Degree from anationally /internationally reputed institution, asurprise inspection at night. that it will bechallengedin court,ifnot urology,ENT/head &neck, oncology, preferably in engineering and technology,the candidate should be an accomplished "Initial enquiryhas revealed rolledback. On Saturday, the Delhi The Delhigovtordered all pvthospitals with 50 bedsormoretoreserve paediatrics,orthopaedics,transplants academician with aproven track record of higher education management and theywerepresent during their governmentordered allthe private at least 80 %oftheir totalICU bedstrength forCovid patients. Archive and general surgeries. experience of not less than ten years at alevel of Director /Principal of areputed evening attendance, but they hospitals with 50 bedsormoretore- Aseniorofficial from the healthde- institution. Should be willing to takechallenges of agrowing institution head-on were missing during night serveatleast80%of theirtotal ICU bed partment said the ministerhad dis- with aburning passion for Institution building. hours when senior officers strength forCovid patients. rector of AHPI, said “Thisisatime der on the plea that this will notjust cusseditwith all the topprivate hos- If you are excited to lead from the fore,this challenging pursuit towards excellence of came on surprise visit. Theyall The capital meanwhile recorded when the private sector has been co- expose non-Covid patientstothe risk pitals in Delhi through avideo our young University,apply with detailed resume in prescribed format within 15 days came backinthe morning," an 4,263 cases on Tuesday,along with36 operative by taking alead role in treat- of Covid but also undermine the right conference call. “This is the time when on www.indusuni.ac.in/careers officer said. deaths, whichwas thehighestnum- ing Covid-19patients. We would have of other patients,who areinserious all have to come together to fight the “They will deposit theirkit beroffatalitiesin60days. desiredthat the governmentshould needofsurgeries/other treatments, to disease. The private hospitals were (Your candidature will be kept in strict confidentiality) articles, etcimmediately,” an of- Addressing avirtual press confer- have invited the association forsome access urgent healthcare.” reachedout by the Ministerand all Indus University,Rancharda, Via: Shilaj, Ahmedabad-382115, Gujarat, India ficer said. enceon Tuesday, Dr GirdharGyani,di- discussion. We arequestioning the or- The sampledataofICUadmissions had agreed,” said the official. Telefax: +91-2764260277/78/79/80

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by Rehmanregarding the ex- temptfor the person to meet his attend the meeting, adding that IN CUT-OFFS releasedbySt SOFIAHSAN tendedtime period granted to lawyer”, and asked the authori- therewas connectivity failureon Stephen's CollegeTuesday, NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Delhi Police’s Special Cell for ties to bring on recordall docu- the second occasion. Economics (Hons) had the high- probeintothe UAPA case regis- mentsormaterial to support Rehman’s counsel, in hisre- estat99.25% forCommerce stu- THE DELHI HighCourtTuesday teredagainsthim and others in their statement made in astatus plytothe status report, submit- dents, 0.5 percentagepoints pulledupTiharjailauthoritiesand connection with the anti-CAA report. tedtothe courtthatjail author- higherthanlastyear.Humanities asked them to substantiatetheir protests. In the status report, the jail ities were nottaking steps to andSciencestudentswould need statement thatthe Alumni One of the issues raisedinthe authorities told the court that organise the videomeetdespite 98.75% and 98%respectively to Associationof JamiaMilliaIslamia petition is regarding the alleged Rehman wasprovided the facil- repeatedemails. Bhalla also told applyfor Economics. president ShifaurRehman de- denial of grant of access to ity to interactwithhis family the courtthat he wasnot in- Commerce studentswould clinedtoattend avideo meeting Rehman’s lawyersdespiteorders Theaccusedwas arrested in members and legal counsel 16 formedabout the twomeetings also need99% to be eligible for withhislawyerandthatopportu- passedbyalower court in July connectionwith anti-CAA times between Mayand August of July12and August8,adding History,English and BA nitieswere providedtohimorhis asking authorities to consider protests. Archive over the phone. The report that it is the counsel who has to Programme. In what could be a The collegewon’t holdface-to-face interviewsthis yr counsel forthe purpose. the prayer forarrangingameet- added that Rehman has made generatethe video conferencing signalofthe overall DU cut-offs, “In this country, youcannot ing between Rehman and his phone calls to hisfamily.When link and intimate jail authorities therehas been arise in the cut-off simply picksomebody and put counsel. AdvocateAmitBhalla, While jail authorities sub- the arrangementsfor video con- aday in advance. On September percentageinall 11 subjectsof- ARTS&COMMERCECOURSES him in jail and tell him that you who representsRehman, hasar- mitted that it is notthathehas ferencing on July21and August 11,the counsel joinedavideo feredbythe college. cannotmeetevenyour lawyer,” guedthat the hearings provided been told he cannotmeethis 5weremade, the authorities link sent as per prior communi- In theclass 12 CBSE boardre- SUBJECT COMMERCE HUMANITIES SCIENCE Justice Vibhu Bakhru observed. before courts to him arenohear- lawyer,the courtobserved that said, Rehman wasnot well on cation but no one from jail joined sultsthis year,the percentage of The courtwas hearingapetition ings in absence of alawyer. “you have frustrated everyat- the firstoccasion and declinedto the conference, the replystates. those scoring above 95%hadbal- Economics 99.25 98.75 98 loonedfrom1.47% lastyear to History 99 98.25 99 3.24% this year.DUofficialshad said this could impact cut-offs. English 99 98.75 98.75 Guided by facts,not Before UAPAarrest,hurried The biggestjumpisinSanskrit BA Prog 99 98 99 (Hons), from 65% lastyear to 70% Philosophy 98 98.75 97 this year forCommerce and personalities: Police goodbyesatUmar home Science students. ForHumanities Maths 98 96.5 98 studentsitremains at 65%. Sanskrit706570 Among Humanities subjects, chief on riots probe ferenceswithhim whenhecalls Philosophy(Hons) has seen the ARANYASHANKAR himselfanatheist,but we are biggestjumpinpercentagefrom SCIENCECOURSES career police officer who has held NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 standing strong behind him. He 97%for Humanities studentslast EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE numerous responsible positions, has onlyeverwanted to help the year to 98.75% this year.BA Chem NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 youare awareofthefalse percep- WHEN FORMER JNU student disadvantaged and downtrod- Programme, History and English ics is ys try tions oftencreated by interested leader Umar Khalid wasleaving den. He’s averysoft-hearted have seen an increase of 1%, 0.5% Ph IN RESPONSEtoaletter by retired groups. Thereare severalentities his Zakir Nagarhome on Sunday man,” said Khanum. and 0.25%respectivelycompared 97.66% 96.67% IPS officer Julio Ribeiro, Delhi who have their reasons to weave morning to be questionedbythe Khalid’s youngestsisterwas to lastyear,for commerce stu- (Chem BS Police Commissioner SN aweb of deception and to push a Special Cell, his mother had a 13 years old when he wasfirst dents. g ro cP Shrivastava has writtenbacksay- false narrative of bias and insen- hunchhemay be arrested.So arrested foralleged sedition in Thecut-off formaths has in- cience) cP is ro

pS ing their probeintothe Northeast sitivityonthe partofthepolice.It she woke up histhree sisters February 2016 over an event in creasedfor both Science and 97.67%* 96.33% tr g BS Delhi riots is "guidedbyfactsand is best that the criminal justice and made them saytheir good- JNU.“That arrest formedthe Commerce studentsfrom97.75% PCM y) evidence, notbyreputation and system...maybeallowedwork, byes, and also asked Khalid to base forme. Ibecame alot more and 97.5%respectively last year to (Com (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) % personalities”. lestlending one’s name inadver- call his twoother sisters in the politicallyaware.Others in my 98%this year,but therehas been “While we do notdifferenti- tentlyimparts afalseaura of cred- US and UK. Umar Khalid wasarrested class arenot so aware. As asister, amarginal drop of 0.25% forstu- *PCMorPMC(Physics,MathsandComputerScience) ateacomplainant on the basis of ibilityand authenticity to these On Sunday evening, aftera on Sunday Idid think sometimes that Umar dentsfromHumanities whowish caste or religion, it maybemen- concoctedandmotivatedstories. dayofquestioning, Khalid was bhai should notbesopolitically to optfor maths. Theywillnow tionedsolelyfor the purpose of Also, anybodyaggrievedwiththe arrested under the stringent active to be safe, but my parents need96.5% in their best of four. year respectively. graduate(UG) admission process, clearing anydoubt in the minds investigation can alwaysseek ju- UAPA. clockkeptticking, Ifigured out always said, ‘Humkoi galat kaam All Science subjectshavealso Since it is areligious minority shifting to the online mode in- of people questioning our probe, dicial remedies." “In the US, it wasthe dead of somethingwas wrong. We were thodi kar rahen hain (we’renot seenanincrease in cut-offs.The college, St Stephen’s reserves 50% stead. The collegehas also done thatmorethan 410FIRs were reg- Shrivastava added, "...wein the night, but Iwas hoping they calling (her husband) everyhour doing anythingwrong)’,” said PCM (physics, chemistry, and seatsfor Christians and therefore away withthe writtentestcom- isteredonthe complaintsofmi- Delhi Police areserving the oath would pickupand Umar would to getupdates,” said Khanum. Sarah Fatima (17), who is nowin maths) percentagerequired for has aseparateadmission process. ponent. nority community.The other andtheConstitutionwithconvic- gettospeak to them. One can’t “I think the Delhi Police also class 11. Chemistry(Hons) and Physics UnlikemostotherDUcolleges Those who meetthe eligibility communityaccounted forover tion, integrity and sensitivity, be sure, but Ihad afeeling there knowsthat the peopletheyare Both Fatima and Khanum said (Hons) has gone up from 96.33% whichadmit studentssolelyon criteria aresupposedtodown- 190FIRs.The remaining were reg- without fear of anyself-pro- wasahigh chance he would be picking up have no role to play in 2016 had shaken them sincethey and 96.66%lastyear,to96.67% the basis of cut-off, St Stephen’s load aform from the collegeweb- isteredonthe basis of dailydiary claimed'true patriots'orfavour arrested.Wewerebothtrying to the Delhiriots but theywant to weren’t prepared,but this arrest and 97.66% percent this year re- evaluatesstudentsonthe basis of siteand email it to the email ID entries,” he wrote. towardsany class, creedorcom- give each other strength. Ikept setanarrative.These arrestsare wasdifferent.“This time Iwas sad spectively. theirmarks,awritten test andan providedfor eachcorresponding On September 12,Ribeiro,the munity." telling Umar,‘darna nahi (don’t being done to break the courage butnotshocked. Thegovernment Similarly,cut-offs forB.Sc interview. courseonthe collegewebsite former Mumbai police commis- Shrivastavaalsowrote that be scared)’,and he kept telling and the spirit of the anti-CAA is going afteranyonetheycon- Programme (Computer Science) However, in light of the Covid along with their marksheets. sioner,wrote to Shrivastava, ques- Delhi Police has “arrested 1,571 me, ‘Ammiaap ghabraiyeganahi protests andharassanybody sider anti-national. Umar bhai’s and B.Sc Programme(Chemistry) pandemic, the collegehad de- Cut-offs forthe remainingDU tioning the probeintothe persons irrespective of their caste (Ammi, don’tworry)’,” Khalid’s who has dared to speak up name and the religiousidentity have gone up from 96.66% and cidednot to hold face-to-face in- colleges areexpected mid- Februaryriots whichleft53dead. or religion. Thearrestees areal- mother Sabiha Khanum (53) againstthe government. If they associated with it is abig factor. 95% to 97.67% and 96.33% this terviews thisyear forits under- October,accordingtoDUofficials. He wrotethat police were acting mostequallydistributed among told The Indian Express at her res- feel theywillsucceed, theyare Otherwise whyisthere no men- against“peaceful protesters” both communities." idence Tuesday. mistaken,” she saidwith afaint tion of Kapil Mishraanywherein whileignoringseniorBJPleaders He further wrote, "You, Sir,are She said Delhi Police’s Special smile. the FIRs or chargesheet?” BRIEFLY who madeprovocative,commu- known as an officer who always Cell had firstsent summons on Khanum said she finds Delhi Khanum said the familyhad Rahul targets AAP nal public speeches in the build- stood by his convictions, irrespec- Friday, but were told Khalid is not Police’sclaims and news reports notshedasingletear since the up to the violence. tive of extraneousconsiderations. in town. “When we received of Khalid being connected to the recent arrest.“Umar is strong DDAto Twodays afterRibeiro's letter, Surely, youwould notgrudgethe summons again the next dayfor Popular Front of India or SDPI and we arebeing strong forhim. over Bhushan remark, nineretiredIPSofficers alsoques- sameindependence,honestyand him to appear on Sunday, it “rubbish”. “Thereisabsolutely Our extended relatives arecry- e-auction tioned the Delhi Police's investi- courageoftheir convictionsto the made me wonderwhatthe ur- no truthinthis. He is very clear ingbut Ihaven’t become emo- eventsites gation in an open letter. officers of Delhi Policeconduct- gency was. Ihad afeeling then about his politics; we (his par- tional. I’m consolingthem.This Sanjay Singh hits back Shrivastavaresponded: "Asa ing these investigations.” that this could happen. As the ents) even have ideological dif- is notthe time,” she said. NewDelhi: The DDAwill e-auction 25 sites forhost- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing marriages and other Woman NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 ceremonies to crackdown Facebook snubs Assembly panel, on the ‘tent mafia’ which accused of ECHOING CIVIL rightsactivist had amonopoly over Prashant Bhushan’s comments, booking of marriageven- defaming gods, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi uesownedbythe author- Chadha threatens escalation Tuesdaysaid that the India ity, said asenior official. police say no AgainstCorruption (IAC) move- mentandAamAadmiParty(AAP) ‘88,000 case made out the NationalCapital Territoryof mittee said it had receivedmulti- were proppedupbythe RSS-BJP EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Delhi also falls withinthe exclu- ple complaintsagainstthe social to subvert democracy and bring litresofoil NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 sive domain of the UnionofIndia. mediagiant afterThe Wall Street down the UPAgovernment. Stalemate Giventhatthe issues raisedbythe Journal publishedastory on the Bhushan wasacoremember stolenfrom ANANDMOHANJ SUMMONED BY the Delhi notice involve subject matter company’s India unit. of IAC, whichwas theprecursor NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Assemblycommittee on peace within the exclusive domainof Facebook also said in itsletter to AAP ledbyDelhiChiefMinister transformers’ and harmony, Facebook India of- FACEBOOK AND the the Union of India, and that the thatthe issue wasalready being Arvind Kejriwal. In 2015,hewas THE DELHI Police, in an action ficials refusedtoturn up, saying Delhi Assemblypanel are matters areunder active consid- examined by the Parliament’s expelled from the party along NewDelhi: Around takenreport(ATR) filedatSaket they“objected to the notice” and at an impasse.While the eration by Parliament, we re- Standing Committee. “... the with YogendraYadav over alleged Singh said Cong wasmaking 88,000 litres of oil have districtcourt, has stated that no wanted it recalled. former believesitisan- spectfullyobject to thenotice and Parliament’s Standing Committee “anti-party activities”. excusestohide itsfailures been stolen from over 120 criminal offence wasfound to Thepanel,meanwhile,issued swerable onlytothe cen- requestthatyou recall it.” on InformationTechnologyis ex- In an interviewwith India transformersinBSES’s ar- have been committedin connec- awarning to Facebook India, with tral government, the lat- The committee calledthe examining the issues raisedinyour Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai, he said: eas in Delhiinthe last18 tion with acourtcomplaint chairperson and RajinderNagar terisconvinced planation “manifestlyerroneous notice as partofits enquiryinto “In hindsight thereare twothings strayed from itsbasic principles. months, of which40 againstajournalistaccusing her MLARaghavChadhasaying they Facebook’s alleged role in andpalpablyfrivolous”. ‘Safeguardingcitizens’ rights’.We that Idoregret.One is notseeing “AAP could have been an al- cases of thefts occurredin of “defaming Hindu gods and “shallbeconstrainedtoinvokeits fanning the riots meansit FormedonMarch 2, the com- gave testimonybeforethe that the movement wastoalarge ternative,ifKejriwal&Cohad not April this year during the goddesses” to cause riots. powertoinitiatebreachofprivi- is bound to answer to au- mittee is looking primarilyinto ParliamentaryStanding extentsupportedandproppedup converted aparty whose raison- lockdown, said BSES in a TheATRwas filedMondaybe- legeproceedings against thorities in Delhi as well. theNortheastDelhiriots.Inanof- Committee,” it said. by theBJP-RSS fortheirownpolit- d-etrewas alternative politics, to statement. fore Metropolitan Magistrate FacebookIndia unit” in case of a ficial statement, it had said that it Chadha said: “Itismanifest ical purposes to bring down the apetty group of ambitious, JitendraPratapSingh by SI subsequent default. “prima facie found Facebook from aperusal of this notice that Congress government and get amoral &unprinciplednobodies. RajendraKumarfromGovindpuri The committee had sum- intermediaries likeFacebook falls complicit in Delhi riots of the proceedings before themselvesinpower.” NowitwillremainawannabeBJP 3arrestedfor policestation. Thecourt accepted monedFacebook India’svice- within the exclusive authority of February2020onthe premise of Parliamentare in no waycon- On Tuesday, Rahultweeted: with awannabe-Modi leader,” he killingman the ATRreport and setthe next presidentand managing director the Union of India and in exercise incriminatorymaterial produced nected to the role of Facebook in “What wasknown to us has been had tweetedinJulythis year. dateofhearing on October 23 AjitMohan.WhileMohandidnot of this powertoregulate‘com- onrecordbythewitnessesaswell the riots/violenceinthe NCTof confirmedbyafoundingmember Bhushan and Yadavdid not NewDelhi: Abrother-sis- when Mukesh Sharma,thecoun- appear,Facebook’s trustand munications’,Parliamenthasen- as their scathing depositions be- Delhi in Feb, 2020. The of AAP.The IACmovement &AAP respond to calls or messages terduo and their friend sel forthe complainant, will ad- safetydirector Vikram Langeh acted the Information fore the Committee”. Committee considers this noth- were proppedupbythe RSS/BJP seeking acomment. have been arrested foral- dress his argument. sentaletter to Chadha:“As you Technology Act, 2000.Further, Facebook representatives ing but an untenableexcuse by to subvert democracy and bring AAP National Treasurer legedly strangulating the The complaint wasfiledby arewell aware, the regulation of the subject of ‘lawand order’ in were summonedafter the com- Facebooktodefy the summons...” down the UPAgovernment.” Deepak Bajpai, who waspartof woman'sboyfriend after ‘HinduIT Cell’ volunteerAshutosh Senior AAPleaderand Rajya the IACmovement,hit out at the victim triedtoget inti- RGupta againstthewoman, who Sabha MP SanjaySingh said Bhushan on Twitter after matewith her at her resi- runsaYou Tubechannel,andSHO Congress wasmaking excuses to Congress general secretary denceinNorthDelhi’s (Govindpuri), who he accusedof Woman bashed up in busy marketplace hideits failures. “Till when will Randeep Singh Surjewala said Wazirabad four days ago. notregistering an FIR. youmakeexcuses to hide your Bhushanhadshowncourageand Gupta alleged thewoman,in to judicialcustody. the video,morethan 15 persons failures? Stop crying now. The spoken the truth. avideo on her YouTubechannel, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “He wasarrestedonMonday. can be seen standing as the as- truth is that the countryhas no Bajpai said that Bhushan’s fa- Entrancetest allegedthat the NorthIndian fes- NOIDA,SEPTEMBER15 The woman wastreated forin- saultcontinues. hopes from BJP and Congress. ther,Shanti Bhushan, had ap- foradmission tivalofTeej is "misogynistand juries on her head. Acase has The accused then finds asteel OnlyAAP talksabout the country, pealedtothe people of Delhito againstwomen”. "AccusedNo.1 AWOMANwasbrutallyassaulted been filedfor assault and intimi- chair and hitsthe woman. The and solvestheir issues of schools, voteforKiranBediandtheBJP,and toJamia demeanedHinduism to the ex- by herneighbour in Ghaziabad’s dation,”said Nagendar,SHO Kavi woman keeps lying down as an- hospitals, power, andwater.Infu- thathewas nowreading the tent that can cause riots in any KaviNagaronSaturday. Inavideo Nagar. other woman seems to stop the ture, AAP will be the country’s Congress’sscript.Healsosaidthat NewDelhi: TheExecutive place," the complaint read. of the incident, whichwent viral In the video of the incident, accused from assaulting her fur- choice,” he said. during the IACmovement, Council of Jamia Millia Policestatedthattheapplica- online, the accusedcan be seen the accusedcan be seen chasing ther.Inthe FIRfiledbyMukesh This is notthe firsttime Bhushan wasa“BJP agent”. Islamia Tuesdaydecided tion is liable to be dismissed: hitting the woman, in her early the victim around5pmon Devi's husband, the accused Bhushan has attackedAAP.He Another senior leader said the thatadmissionsfortheac- “Enquiriesweremadeand from 50s, multiple times even as no Saturday. Theman corners the neighbour had ahistory of ver- has earlier spoken about the party topbrass haschosen to ademicsession2020-2021 the complaint of the com- eyewitness intervenes. The ac- woman in front of agroceryshop, Ascreengrab of theattackin ballyabusing Mukesh Devi and party’s choice of poll candidates, largelyignoreBhushan’scom- will be held through en- plainant, no criminal offence was cused, Sunil Chaudhari, wasar- pins her to theground, and be- Kavi Nagar her daughter.The woman is cur- allegations of corruption and, mentsasitdoesn’twantto engage tranceexaminations. ENS found to have been committed." restedby policeandhasbeensent gins punching her mercilessly. In rentlystable, police said. morerecently, said the party had inan“avoidablepoliticalslugfest”.

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House Diaries STANDOFF ALONG LAC WITH CHINA THEPANDEMICEFFECT GovtsaysnodebateinHouse,maybriefOppn ■Seating arrangementsspread across chambers of Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha and their galleries seem to have made MPs abit relaxed.On ‘Incamera’ briefingmay be held withmilitaryleadershipongroundsituation Can’tdiscuss China; Covid can be Tuesday, Lok Sabha MPs seated in RajyaSabha chamber were seen walking to others andtalkingduring MANOJCG taken up withrelated Bills: Govt the session. Congress MPs Hibi Eden, NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 RemyaHaridas and TNPratapan took seatsinthe Speaker’s gallery ON Aday Defence MinisterRajnath Singh LIZMATHEW while Defence MinisterRajnath madeastatementinLokSabhaonthemilitary NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Singh spoke. The MPs, it seemed, standoffwithChina, the government, it is wanted abannerofprotest they learnt, is likelytosoonholdan“in camera” THE GOVERNMENT on Tuesdayrejected the were showing to be morevisible. meeting either with all or select Opposition Opposition’sdemands to raise severalcon- Afterthe Congress staged awalkout, leaders about the situation along the Line of tentious issues, including Chinese aggression theymoved to RajyaSabha chamber. ActualControl (LAC)inLadakh. at the LAC, saying the issue is sensitive and a Speaker Om Birla appeared to have The indications came even as main oppo- threadbaredebateinParliamentwould put been watching. “I can see members sition Congress slammedthe governmentfor the livesofthe soldiers thereindanger. sittinginRajya Sabha arenot notallowing itsmembers to ask questionsto SourcessaidOppositionleaderswantedto maintaining physical distance,” he the Defence Ministerafter his statement. The have short-duration discussions on the ten- Speaker Om Birla in House Tuesday. PTI warned. The MPs then movedaway. Opposition staged awalkout in LokSabha. sion at LAC, the pandemic situation, migrant SourcesintheOppositionsaidthegovern- workers’issuesandtherisingunemployment ment, throughvariouschannels,hadsignaled MPs meetamid masksand screens, in Lok SabhaonTuesday. PTI in the Business AdvisoryCommittee(BAC) up theissue.“I have receivedsome noticeson ■ The second dayofMonsoon to them thatitwould,alongwith the military meetingheldat2pmTuesday. Butthetreasury adjournmentmotion.ButIamnot takingthem session sawRajya Sabha Chairman leadership, hold an “in camera”briefing with benches arelearnttohavesuggestedthat the up,” Birla said. MVenkaiah Naidu requesting MPs them on the ground situation, and howthe has anyone captured anymilitaryposts.The Home MinisterRajnathSingh. pandemic couldbediscussed during the de- CongressmemberTNPratapan,CPI(M)’sA to raise hands, identifythemselves armedforces aretacklingit. Congress has since criticisedthe government In the UPAgovernment,then Prime bateonEpidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill MArif, RSP’sNKPremachandran, and IUML’s and state wheretheyare seated In the past, governmentsofthe dayhad over that statement. MinisterManmohan Singh had also reached and forthe economyissues, Lok Sabha will MohammadBasheerhave givennoticesto dis- before speaking .This, he said, was made it apointtoreachout to the Opposition Similarly,theNDAgovernmenthadbriefed outsimilarly. have adebate onsupplementarydemandsfor cussDelhiPolice’schargesheetagainstactivists necessaryfor officers managinglive inanattempt to forgeapoliticalconsensusdur- the Oppositioninthe wake of the Pulwama Inthewake of tension withPakistanalong grantsandotherfinancialbillssuchasBanking andpoliticalleaders.KMuraleedharan(Cong- coverage of proceedings. To ensure ingsuchcrises. In the wake of the killing of 20 terror attacklastyear,and during thestandoff the LoC and beheading of Lance Naik Hemraj Regulation (Amendment)Bill. ress) wantsthe House to discussthe issue of distancing, some MPs of Upper Armypersonnel, including aColonel-rank of- with China in Doklam in 2017.While the all- by PakistanisoldiersinJanuary2013,Singhhad UnlikeonMonday,oppositionpartiestried GDPdeclineby suspendingallotherbusiness. House areseated in LokSabha and ficer,inviolent clashes in the Galwan Valley, partymeetingonDoklamonJuly14,2017,was spoken to then Leaders of Opposition Swaraj to be on the offensive on Tuesday,withmany “Wecannotlet theHouse to discussthe in RajyaSabha galleries. Apparently, PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi had reached convenedbythenExternalAffairsMinister, late and Jaitleyand assured them that the Oppo- Congress MPs giving notices on adjournment Chinasituationatatimewhenoursoldiersare on Monday, the staffwereconfused outto theOppositionwithaviewtobuildado- SushmaSwaraj, then Home Minister Rajnath sition would be informedabout the situation. motion. But Speaker Om Birla rejected it. standing face to face with ChinesePLA,” a due to the newseating arrangement mestic consensus. SinghhadbriefedtheOppositiononFebruary Aday later,then National SecurityAdviser At least10notices have been givenfor ad- source from treasurybenches, who waspart and couldn’tpoint the cameraat Modi had convenedanall-party meeting 17,2019aboutthe Pulwama attack. Shivshankar Menonhad briefedbothleaders. journingtheproceedingstodiscuss“crucialis- of theBACmeeting,said.“Thesituationisvery MPsontime as theywerefiguring on June 19 but the meeting created some dis- Swaraj had also held an all-partymeeting In 1999, then PM ABVajpayeehad con- sues”.ThisincludesTheIndianExpress’sreport tensethere.If anyleaderwantsto knowabout out whereheorshe wasseated. cordafterthePrimeMinister, inhisconcluding following the Balakot airstrikebythe IAFon venedtwo all-party meetings in the wake of on hybridwarfarebyChina. Congress leaders thesituation, or evenaboutthe media reports address,toldthe political leaders thatneither February26, 2019.The meeting wasattended the Kargil conflict, followedbyameeting of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KSuresh and on China watching, theycan have that discus- NO QUESTION HOUR: has anyone intrudedintoIndian territorynor by then FinanceMinisterArun Jaitleyand chief ministers. ManickamTagore gave separatenoticestotake sionsprivately withtheministersconcerned.” MY QUESTIONS LOK SABHA SUPPORTS MOVE TO DEDUCTMPs’SALARIES MPs want MPLADS restored,suggest use of Central Vista funds in Covid fight

the outbreak.DMK’s KalanidhiVeeraswami LIZMATHEW pointedouttherewereotherways to mobilise NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 funds. “Thereisaproposal thatthe amount of about Rs 20,000 croretobespent on the ■ WhyistherenoFIR ON Aday when the Lok Sabha unanimously AINED Central Vistaprojectcould instead be usedto registered against main backedthe government’s move to slash combat Covid-19,” he said. salariesofMPs by 30 per centtomeetthe exi- “Even if it (the moneysaved out of MPs’

EXPL E● perpetratorsbehind the gencies arising out of the pandemic,aunited salarycut)means adropinthe ocean, we are riots in N-E Delhi? Opposition asked the government to restore happytodosobecausewe wantto standwith the MembersofParliamentLocal Area HowtheMPLAD thenation.Butthisamountisjust12.5percent ■ Whyisgovttargeting Development Scheme (MPLADS), funding for of the moneyestimated forthe CentralVista whichhas been suspendedfor twoyears. schemeworks Project.Whowantsthisprojectnow?Youcan people who tried to save TheOpposition alsosuggestedthat the Rs take that moneyand invest in Covid hospitals the Constitution by 20,000-croreCentral Vistaprojectshould be UNDER THE MPLAD scheme, MPs can and ventilators,” NCP’sSupriyaSule said. cancelledtoput in that moneyfor the coun- recommend development pro- TMC leader SougataRay,who movedan protesting against CAA try’s fightagainst Covid pandemic. grammes involving spending of Rs 5 amendmentto increasethesalarycutto 35 per and NRC The LowerHouse passedthe Salary, croreeveryyear in their respective con- cent, said the government should take away Allowancesand Pension of Members of stituencies. MPs from both Lok Sabha the entiresalary of MPs,but retain MPLADs. KUNWAR DANISH ALI, BSP Parliament(Amendment)Bill,2020thatseeks and RajyaSabha,including nominated “You areready to spendRs20,000 crorefor to reducesalariesof lawmakersby 30percent ones, can do so. MPs and MLAs do not CentralVista andyou aretaking away petty foroneyearaspartofausteritymeasuresintro- receive anymoneyunder these amountsfromtheMP,”hesaid.Rayalsoasked ducedinviewofCovid-19. schemes. The government transfers it thegovernmentto disclosethecostofthenew RS: Puri defends Whileextending support to themove, all directlytothe respective local author- aircraftpurchased forthe PrimeMinister. non-NDApartiesdemandedthattheMPLADS ities. The legislators can onlyrecom- The BJD’s Pinaki Mishra said taking away funds, meant fordevelopment work in con- mend worksintheir constituencies MPLADfundswould“disempower”members privatisationofAir stituencies, be restored immediately. Some basedonaset of guidelines that focus of Parliament. TDP’s JayadevGalla suggested membersevensaiditshouldbeincreased.The on the creation of durable community that the government exploreother expendi- India, 6airports Congress,DMK,NCP, YSRCP, TRS,TDP,BJDand assets likeroads,school buildings etc. turecuts.IndependentMPNavneetRaviRana BSP sought restoration of the funding. said suspension of MPLADS funding was However, Parliamentary Affairs Minister “graveinjustice” to the electorate. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE FUELLING CLEAN ENERGY Pralhad Joshi, who repliedtothe debate, did pointedoutthatthetotalcollectionfromsalary CongressleaderAdhirRanjanChowdhury NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 notmakeany commitment. deductionwouldbearoundRs50crore,which said the House wasunitedonthe issue and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari cycles to Parliament on Tuesday. Prem Nath Pandey CongressMPDeanKuriackose,whomoved is nominal compared to the economic pack- suggestedthat therecould be aresolution for THE PRIVATISATION of Air India is inevitable astatutoryresolution againstthe ordinance, ageannouncedbythe governmentinviewof restorationofthe funds. as the onlyotheralternative forthe govern- mentisto windupthedebt-riddenairline,Civil Aviation MinisterHardeep Singh Puri told RajyaSabha on Tuesday. Panic due to fake news caused The Aircraft(Amendment) Bill, 2020, GOVT:NOACTIONABLE INTEL ON DRUG NEXUS IN INDUSTRY DURING LOCKDOWN whichwas passed by the Upper House Tuesday, seeksto impose apenaltyofuptoRs migrants to walk home: Govt 1crore forany lapses and violation of airline To divert attention, film industry rulesandregulations.ThisBillwillalsoconvert the DirectorateGeneralofCivil Aviation DEEPTIMANTIWARY (DGCA), the BureauofCivil Aviation Security NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 (BCAS),andtheAircraftAccidentsInvestigation being flogged on social media: Jaya Bureau(AAIB) intostatutorybodies. The Bill MIGRANTS TOOK to walking hundredsof waspassedbythe LokSabhainMarch. kilometres to theirhomes during the lock- Speaking during the debateonthe Bill, direct employment to 5lakhpeopledaily and down because of fake news,the government Opposition Members appreciated the Civil EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE indirect employment to 5million people. has told Parliament.Italso said that the AviationMinistry’sefforttobringbackIndians NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 “Ihope the government tellsthesepeople global experience with Covid-19 andits strandedabroad duringthe lockdown. whohave made theirearning,nameandfame highlyinfectious natureled to theCentre’s Nityanand Rai Manish Tewari However, manymembers also criticisedthe ADAY afterBJP MP and Bhojpuri actor Ravi in this industry to stop usingsuchlanguage. decision to clampanationwide lockdown on government fordisinvestment in Air India. Kishan saidthereisadrugaddiction problem Thereare peopleintheentertainmentindus- March 24 at anotice of justfourhours. Puri reiterated that Air India is being in Bollywood,Samajwadi Partyleaderandvet- trywho aresome of the highesttaxpayers (in The information wasgiven in LokSabha by the Central Government to contain the weigheddownbyadebt of Rs 60,000 crore. eran actor Jaya Bachchanhit back,saying some the country). Theyare still being harassed. I by MinisterofState forHome Nityanand Rai spread of COVID-19. “Weare confidentthatAir Indiawillbegiven people arebiting the hand that feedsthem. think the government muststand by the en- in response to twoseparate questions by “World Health Organization (WHO) de- to anew owner to keep the flag flying high.” “Just becauseofafewpeople, youcannot tertainment industrybecauseitalways comes Opposition members. clared COVID-19aspandemicon11th March, tarnishthewholeindustry...Iwasreallyembar- forwardtohelp thegovernment in whatever When TMC member Mala Royasked why 2020.Experts,keepinginviewthe globalex- rassedandashamedthatyesterdayoneof our good work it takesup... If thereisanational migrant labourers had to walk miles to reach periences of countries whichhavebeen suc- FORCEDTOSKIPSESSION membersintheLokSabha,whoisfromthein- calamity,theycomeforward,theygivemoney theirhomes, Raisaid, “The migration of large cessful in containing the spread of COVID- dustry, spokeagainstthefilmindustry. Jisthaali and their services,” she said. number of migrant workers wastriggered 19,unlike some others wheremanypeople Beniwal asks mein khaatehain usi mein chhed kartehain In Lok Sabha,replying to aquestion on by panic created by fake news regarding du- died, have recommendedthat effective (theyare bitingthehandthatfeedsthem),”she “Nexus of Film IndustryinDrug Trafficking”, ration of lockdown,and people, especially measures forsocial distancingshould be ICMR:+ve,ornot? said in RajyaSabha, withoutnaming Kishan. MinisterofState,Home, GKishan Reddy,said, migrant labourers, were worriedabout ade- takentocontain the spread of this pan- Her statement came even as the Ministry “Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) carries out quatesupplyofbasic necessities likefood, demic,”hesaid. Raisaid that from March 16 Jaipur:NagaurMPHanuman Beniwal, who of Home Affairs,in replytoaquestion,toldLok search,seizure,arrest andinvestigationcontin- drinking water, health services and shelter.” to 23, mostofthe states governments/UTs wasfoundpositive forCovid-19inthetest con- Sabha that it did notreceive anyactionablein- uouslythroughoutthe year on the actionable Detailing various steps takenbythe gov- resortedtoapartialorfull lockdown based ductedaheadof theLokSabhasessionbutlater telligence of anexus betweendrugtraffickers inputsdevelopedonitsownand/oronreceipt ernment, Raisaid, “However, Centralgovern- upontheir assessment of the situation. testednegative inJaipur,hasdemandedanin- and the film industryduring the lockdown to fromothersources.Duringtheperiodof Covid- ment wasfully conscious of this, and took all “Covid-19isahighlyinfectious disease. quiryintothe contradictoryreports.The pos- curb the spread of Covid-19. 19 lockdown, no suchactionable inputswere necessarymeasures to ensurethat during Anymass movement of people would have itive test meanthehad to skip the session. On Monday,Kishan raisedinLok Sabha al- receivedbyNCBrevealing the nexus between the period of theinevitable lockdown, no cit- spread the disease very fast amongstpeople Heisthenationalconvenorof theRashtriya legations of drug use in the film industrythat people in the film industryand drug traffick- izen should be deprivedofbasic amenities in all parts of the country. Taking intocon- LoktantrikPartyandapartoftheBJP-ledNDA. surfacedduring the investigation intothe SP MP Jaya Bachchan in Parliament. PTI ers.”Reddy,however, saidacasehadbeenreg- of food, drinking water, medical facilities etc.” siderationthe abovefacts, the globalexperi- “TheICMRhasnotmadeitclearwhatto do death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. isteredandinvestigationswereon.“However, Congress MP Manish Tewari then asked ence andthe need forconsistency in the ap- next, whether theywillconduct atestagain. Bachchan said these allegations were be- acaseinthisregard hasbeenregisteredby NCB whythe government had to resort to anatio- proachand implementation of various TheUnionHealthMinistershouldmakeasta- ing made to divert the country’s attention atimewhenthe financial situation is in ade- MumbaiZonaluniton28.08.2020.Tilldate,in nwide lockdown at anotice of justfourhours. containment measures across the country, a tementaboutthis;I’mapartoftheNDA.Idon’t from real issues suchasunemployment and pressing stateand employment rate at the thiscase10 personshave beenarrested.Drugs Raistatedinawritten reply, “Soon afterthe nationwidelockdownwas announcedon knowwhatthe policy of theICMR is, and why the economy. “Peoplewho have made aname worstlevels, in order to diverttheattentionof suchasGanja, Hashish,Tetra HydroCanna- outbreak of novelcoronavirus on 7th 24th March,2020 to contain the spread of theyare keeping me out,” he told The Indian in this industryhavecalleditagutter.Icom- people, we arebeing flogged on social media binol and Lysergic acidDe-ethylamide have January, 2020, severalmeasures likeprogres- COVID-19inthe country,”hesaid. Express.“Either of thesereports is correct. The pletely disagree and Ireally disassociate.” and thereisnosupportfromthe government,” been seizedinthe operation,” he said. sive tightening of international travel, issu- Raiclaimedthat by imposing the coun- Union Health Ministryshould makethings Bachchan also said the entertainment in- the SP member said. She addedthatthe en- The case the ministerreferredtoisincon- ing advisories formembers of the public, set- trywide lockdown, India successfully clear. he wasquotedbyPTI as saying. ENS dustrywasbeingtargetedonsocial media. “At tertainment industryin the countryprovides nection with the death of Rajput. ting up quarantine facilities etc. were taken blunted the aggressive spread of the virus.

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Haryana farmers pull out of LS: Essential KHALILZAD MEETS JAISHANKAR commodities talks with Centre,stir to go on Bill cleared US:Afghansides DELHI CONFIDENTIAL amid objections SUKHBIRSIWACH from Oppn, SAD mustensure CHANDIGARH,SEPTEMBER15 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE HARYANA’S AGITATINGfarmer NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 outfitsonTuesdaydecidedto territorynotused boycotttalkswith Union LOKSABHAonTuesdaypassed Agricultureand FarmersWelfare The Essential Commodities MinisterNarendraSingh Tomar (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which afterBJP’s Bhiwani- seeks to replace the ordinance byterrorgroups MahendragarhMP, Dharambir promulgated on June 5todereg- Singh, made it clear that there ulateagriculture foodstuffs such

wasnopossibility of withdrawal as cereals, pulses, oilseeds,edi- SHUBHAJITROY ED of three contentious Central or- ble oils, onion and potatoes. NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Subtleshift dinances on agriculture. The Members of Opposition par- inengaging farmer bodies, whichhad agreed ties opposedthe Bill and moved THE US Special envoy on the PLAIN E withTaliban ● UNITED BY LANGUAGE to talksearlier,havenow an- MEANWHILE, IN LUDHIANA: Farmers blockNH-21 during a certain amendments, which Afghanistanpeace process, EX nouncedthattheywillcontinue protestagainstthe Centre’s farm ordinances. GurmeetSingh were negated by the House. ZalmayKhalilzad,met External EXCLUSIONOFPunjabi from the listofofficial languagesof theirstir. Moving the Bill forthe con- Affairs ministerSJaishankar and SIGNALLINGAcarefully J&K came up in Lok Sabha on Monday andTuesday.While In these circumstances, sideration of the House, Minister National Security Advisor Ajit calibrated shiftinits po- Congress’s Manish Tewari raisedthe issue on Monday, NDA Haryana is settowitness anew But we boycottedthe talksbe- stateAgricultureand Farmers of Statefor Consumer Affairs, DovalonTuesdayand told them sitiononengagingwith allyShiromaniAkaliDal’sSukhbir SinghBadal raisediton round of confrontation between cause when theordinanceswere WelfareMinisterJPDalal,three Food and Public Distribution that the Afghan sides "should the Taliban, India had Tuesday, and addedthat NC leader Farooq Abdullah would farmers and the state’s BJP-JJP nottobewithdrawn, what was BJP MPs –Dharambir Singh, Raosaheb Patil Danve said, “This ensuretheir territorymustnot participated in the com- confirm it. At this,Abdullah said Punjabi wasincludedinthe government. the point in talks,” said Chaduni. BrijendraSingh and NayabSingh Bill is an important step in the di- be usedbyany terroristgroup mencement ceremonyof listduring his tenureasJ&K chief minister. Badal then compli- MP Dharambir Singh said the The farmers aredemanding –alongwith some farmer lead- rection of the doubling of farm- againstany other country". intra-Afghan talksbe- mented Abdullahfor his“excellent Punjabi”. The NC leader Bills related to theseordinances that the three agricultureBills ers metTomar. ers’ income," Danve said. This wasanimportant state- tween the Afghanistan addedthatPunjabi is spoken by manyinJ&K, and urgedthe arelikelytobepassedin should notbetabled and passed Afterthe meeting, Dalal told Supporting the Bill, BJD mem- ment coming from the topUSin- government and the government to considerthe suggestion, and also adding Pahari Parliament on September 16. in Parliament before final talks The Indian Express thatTomarhas berBhartruhariMahtab said, "I terlocutor,who has stitchedto- Taliban —the Intra- and Gujari as official languages of the UT. “This is abig country. The ordi- with them. The farmers arealso made it clearthat the system of would urge thegovernment that gether the reconciliation process Afghan Negotiations nances can’t be withdrawnjust demanding alaw to ensureas- MSP of crops will continueeven whileliberalising the regulatory between the Afghan govern- (IAN) —inDoha on on the demandofagroup from a sured MinimumSupportPrice afterintroduction of the new environment,it hasto ensurethat ment and the Taliban. Saturday. US special en- TAKING UP THE CUDGELS state,” Dharambir Singh told The (MSP) fortheir crops. When laws.“Thereisnosingle pointin the interestoffarmersand con- SourcesinNew Delhi said voy Khalizad appreciated Indian Express. asked abouttheir next strategy, the proposed laws againstthe sumers aresafeguarded.” Khalilzad had "calledonthe India's participation and ACTORKANGANA Ranautgot support inParliament on Tuesday. On the invitation of the MP, Chaduni said, “Now our strategy farmers,” claimedDalal. Blaming TMC memberSougataRay External Affairs Ministerinthe briefed about the US as- During ZeroHour,Lok Sabha MP from Mandi, BJP's Ram the farmer groups ledby will be do or die. We will ask the the agitating farmer leaders of said, “This Bill is in favour of big presence of NSAand Foreign sessment of IAN and Swaroop, said the “daughter of Himachal Pradesh”has been ill- Gurnam Singh Chadunihad government to acceptour de- having a“politicalagenda”,Dalal capitalists.” Congress member SecretaryHarsh Vardhan shared the country’s per- treated by the ShivSena-ledMaharashtragovernment. “Shiv gone to his Delhi residence be- mands or kill us. Now, theoppo- termed theiragitationas“spon- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhurysaid Shringla". spective on theAfghan Sena is no longer aSenaof Shivaji Maharaj but of theCongress,” fore moving to meetTomar. sition should speak in Parliament. soredbyCongress.” the Bill will onlybenefithoarders. An official statement issued peace process. The two he said, pointing to thedemolition of Ranaut's Mumbai office “In the beginning of our Our dharnas at district headquar- The minister further saida SADmember Sukhbir Singh by the US embassy said, "The sides arelearnt to have lastweek by the Sena-ledcivic body.Sharma thanked Prime meeting with Dharambir Singh, ters, whichstartedtodaywillcon- committee headed by sub divi- Badal said the government UnitedStates andIndia sharethe discussedfuture steps MinisterNarendraModiandHomeMinisterAmitShahforpro- he said the ordinances won’t be tinue till September 20,the day sional magistrate (SDM),which should have consulted the polit- view that the peaceprocessmust and possible cooperation viding security to the“bravelady” from his state. withdrawnand will be passed when the roads will be blocked will have farmers as members, ical parties before promulgating continue until thereisagreement between India and the on Wednesday. He told us that if forthree hours in Haryana.” would be formedtoresolve the the ordinance, adding thateven on apolitical roadmapand a US in furthering the we wish forsome improve- Meanwhile, Haryana BJP issues facedbythe farmers after his party —partofthe NDA— comprehensive andpermanent Afghan peaceprocess. BACKING BOOKS ments, then talkscan be held. president Om Prakash Dhankar, introductionofnew system. wasnot consulted. ceasefire. TheAfghansides should ensure their territory IN Awritten statement placedbeforeRajya Sabha on Tuesday, mustnot beusedbyany terrorist and investment forconsolidat- Minority Affairs MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the min- J&K forms Only 11.9% of group againstany other country." ing apeace agreement forthe istryhad givenscholarships amounting to more than Rs 4 TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Khalilzad stressed "regional benefit of the people of croretominority studentsfromeconomically weaker sec- committees to Ujjain population and international supportiscrit- Afghanistan, the region, and be- tions,and that Rs 11,690crore has been spent on the scholar- CASES: RECOVERED:38,59,399 icalforthe successofthese nego- yond, the statement releasedby ships since 2014-15. work on local 197 has developed tiations andthe implementation the embassysaid. DAYSSINCE 49,30,236 DEATHS:80,776 of anyagreement. Indiaand the This wasKhalilzad's fifthvisit PANDEMIC bodies bypolls BEGAN TESTS: 5,83,12,273 | DOUBLING RATE: 35.30** Covid antibodies, United States will work together to India since January2019. On in supportofthis objective". May7,hehad visited India on a says sero survey The US and Indiaexpressed similar mission. Mahoba killing: Police EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE similar views on the importance Khalilzadhad metthe top SRINAGAR,SEPTEMBER15 of longterm assistance,trade, brass in Islamabad on Monday. IRAMSIDDIQUE suspect insider’s role BY-ELECTIONS TO morethan BHOPAL,SEPTEMBER15 12,000vacant panchayatseatsin PM launches sewerage, Detail Records of Tripathi’s phone J&K arelikelytobeconducted in KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING AMERE 11.9 per cent of Ujjain’s MANISHSAHU to tracethosewhowere incontact October.The UT administration TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** population has developedsero- MAHOBA,SEPTEMBER15 withhiminthedays leadingupto on Tuesdayaccordedsanction to prevalence of antibodies against drinking water projects, the attack. “Thestatement of the an apexcommittee with aman- ■ Maharashtra 10,77,374 17,066 2.22% 32.32 the novelcoronavirus, according UP POLICE suspect the role of an victim could notberecordedbe- datetoconduct preparatory ■ Andhra 5,75,079 7,956 1.83% 39.33 to data from aserosurvey report “insider”inthe lethal attackona causeof hiscriticalhealth.Notices work forby-elections to pan- releasedonTuesday. praises Nitish-Sushil team ■ Tamil Nadu 5,08,511 5,752 1.15% 62.38 44-year-oldbusinessmanin arebeing senttothosebooked in chayatsand BlockDevelopment According to Dr Sarman Mahoba whose killing has ledto thecaseandthosecloseto thevic- Councils (BDCs).Anotification ■ Uttar Pradesh 3,17,195 5,159 2.23% 32.31 Singh, director of AIIMS-Bhopal, asenior police officer beingsus- tim to gettheirstatements forthe firstphase of the by-elec- ■ Delhi 2,21,533 3,229 1.95% 36.93 wherethe survey wascon- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE pendedandnamedintheFIR,The recorded,” an officer said. tions can be expectedinthe first ducted,evenwithin areas which PATNA,SEPTEMBER15 Indian Express has learnt. However, Tripathi’s family week of October,sources said. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculated over7-day growth had turnedintohotspots,not According to policesources, members claimedthat policeare Besides the apexcommittee, CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT morethan 16 per cent of the PRIME MINISTER Narendra investigators suspect that two “tryingto diverttheinvestigation” divisional committees for population had antibodies for Modi on Tuesdayinaugurated 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY otherpersonswerepresentinside by focusingonthosecloseto them. Kashmir and Jammu have also the virus. four sewerage treatment plant the car in whichthe victim, Indra “Instead of questioning those been givenapproval. The apex 1.70 8.45 83,809 This means that around 88 projects, including twofor Patna, Kant Tripathi, wasfound with a namedinthecase,policearepick- committee, chaired by Principal NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: per cent of Ujjain’s population through the virtual medium bulletinjuryonhis neckon inguppeoplecloseto usforques- Secretary(Home) ShaleenKabra, 1.64 8.45 79,292 still remains susceptible to the from New Delhiand said Bihar, September8.Tripathisuccumbed tioning. We suspectthatthey and comprising DGP Dilbag Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs virusand remains farfromde- in coming years, will be among to the injuryonSunday. want to give acleanchit to theac- Singh, Additional DGP (CID) RR positivecases(in %); number tested recovering; more veloping herdimmunity,hesaid. states whereevery household PM Modi at the virtual “Wesuspectthatthetwooth- cused. Policehavealsobeen de- Swain, along with with four indicatorofprogress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days “This is an unfortunatetrend will have access to pipeddrink- launch of the projects. DD/PTI in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak ers were seated in the back, and ployedonall roads leading to our other members, has been tasked whereweare farfromdevelop- ing water. DataasonSeptember14,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers one of them shot thevictim who residence. Theyare recordingde- with drawing aroad map and includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive ingherdimmunity towardsthe “That would be abig achieve- wasinthedriver'sseat.Therewas tails of people visiting our house detailedschedule forconduct of virus.Inmanycases, we have ment –amatter of pridefor conference, Modi laudedthe ef- no sign of anyscuffle or damage to create fear," Tripathi’selder elections to vacant panchayats learnt that the antibodies disap- Bihar,” he said. fortsofChiefMinisterNitish insidethecar,”saidaseniorpolice brother,RaviKant, said. andBDCs. The panelwill submit pear whichismaking the plasma Modi also inaugurated water Kumar and his deputy Sushil officer.“We have recoveredan Police took Tripathi’s business itsreportbySeptember 28. Arunachal CM tests Covid-positive therapynot as effective,” Singh supplyprojectsfor Munger and Kumar Modi in attempting to re- emptyshell from inside the car,” partners,PurushotamSoniandBal Elections to 316blocks in said. Jamalpur and laid foundation of storeconfidence of the weakest said IG (ChitrakootDham Range) Kishore, forquestioning on 4483 panchayat halqas (includ- Guwahati: Arunachal Pradesh tweetedTuesday. Headded,“Iam Ujjain reportedits firstCovid- ariverfront development sections of society, “especiallyon KSatya Narayan. While no arrest Monday, andlater releasedthem. ing Ladakh at the time), compris- Chief MinisterPema Khandu on asymptomatic and feeling 19 caseonMarch 25 and since scheme. education of daughters (girlchil- has been made so farinthe case, In the FIR,RaviKant alleged ing 35,029 panchconstituencies, Tuesdaysaid he had tested posi- healthy. Howeverasper SOP and then,has had atotal of 2,279pos- On Sunday, thePMhad inau- dren) and ensuring participation Narayan said that statementsof thathisbrother,whowasrunning were conducted afteragap of tive forCovid-19and thatheis safetyofothers,Iamselfisolating itive cases and 84 deaths.Itisthe gurated twobottling plants and of thedeprivedinPanchayati Raj 18 persons have been recorded. aminingbusiness,waskilledafter sevenyears in asymptomatic.“Ihad undergone myself andrequesteveryonewho seventh-worstaffected district LPGpipelineschemes forthe institutionsand local bodies”. Police aresearchingfor alocal he refusedtogivemoneyde- November/December 2018. Covidtest RT-PCRandhavetested came in contact with me to ad- in MadhyaPradesh and has close election-bound state. FULLREPORTON gangster, AshuBhadoria,intheat- mandedbyPatidar. Besides Department of Rural positive forCovid19,” Khandu heretothe SOP.” ENS to 450 active cases. In his address through video- www.indianexpress.com tack forwhich the then Mahoba Patidar,KabraiSHO Devendra Development and Panchayati SP Mani Lal Patidarisamong Shukla and twolocalbusiness- Raj, SheetalNanda, said thatbe- those booked following allega- men,SureshSoniandBrahmdutt, sides seatswherenoone had Karnataka moves tionsfromTripathi’sfamily about were namedinthe FIR. contested elections in the previ- Actor-MPs in key roles, Ayodhya to host the officer’s role in the incident. Shukla has also been placed ous election, “therehavebeen to amend fiscal Patidarhad earlier been booked under suspension. Suresh Soni is resignationsand in some cases inaseparate caseof extortionfiled Tripathi’sneighbour,andhishouse deaths. So by electionswill be grand Ramlila to be screened on TV, online Act to facilitate by another businessman. wasfound lockedonTuesday. conducted forall suchseats.” Policeare,meanwhile,collect- Tripathi’s familydemanded Afterthe erstwhilestate was have startedeatingsimple food borrowing of up ingdetailsof thoseassociatedwith Rs 50 lakh as compensationfrom splitintotwo UTs, the number of DIPANITANATH and sleeping on the floor.“Ram the victim and verifying their lo- the government and free educa- panchayats has been reduced NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 wasmaryada purushottam, who to 5% of GSPD cation at the time of the attack. tion forhis children,Ananya (14) from 4,483 to 4,290, the rest be- livedanordinary life. Iamtrying Police have also collected Call andAnshuman(9),tillgraduation. ing in Ladakh. ON THE banks of Sarayu, less to understand his lifebetter,” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE than twokmfromwhere the says Dagar. BENGALURU,SEPTEMBER15 Ramtemple is being con- Meri Maa Foundation, structed,astar-studded Ramlila foundedin2016, hasbeenasso- THE KARNATAKA government As Oppn demands minister resignation, has been planned foraudiences ciated withanumber of promi- has decidedtoamend the of social media, satellitetelevi- nent RamlilasinDelhi. Malik Karnataka Fiscal Responsibility Pinarayi backs him: Did no wrong sion and YouTubebetween says,“Casting forthe Ayodhya Act,2002during theforthcoming October 17 and 25. Ramlila wasbasedonthe expe- session of the statelegislatureto able forKerala.... Everyone should “Noaudience will be allowed rience of the actors on the facilitateborrowingto theextent SHAJUPHILIP realise that this is Kerala,’’ he said. due to Covid-19restrictions. All Ramlila stageinDelhi. Ihave 5per cent of thegross statedo- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Vijayan’s reactioncomesclose episodes will be filmedatthe lo- watchedthem and can vouchfor mestic produce (GSDP) to over- SEPTEMBER15 KTJaleel on the heels of Jaleel’s comment cation, Lakshman Quila, and the poweroftheir performance.” come revenue shortagesincurred that he is ready to resign as min- broadcastlikeafilm so that peo- Areplica of the Ramlila set. Express Tiwari had played during the Covid-19crisis. WHILE OPPOSITION Congress isterifIUML statepresident plecan watchfromthe safetyof Parashuram in 2019 and Angad Thedecisionto modifytheAct and BJP continuedtostage Giving the Qurancannotbeseen Panakkad SayedHyderali Shihab their homes,” said Subhash Malik, in 2018 at aDelhi Ramlila.Kishan fromtheearlierGSDPof 3percent protests across Kerala,demand- as amistake.But certain people Thangaldemandedso. Thangal is founder of Meri Maa Foundation, portray Ahiravan and Asrani will consider it my good fortuneto has been Parashurama, wastaken at aTuesday meeting ing resignation of stateHigher feel that (distributing Quran) is a also an influential Muslim com- theorganiser.Malik adds that BJP appear as NaradMuni. play Mata Sita.Itisone of the Bhishma, Karna, Dronacharya of the statecabinetheadedby Education MinisterKTJaleel af- mistake –evenIUML(aCongress munity leader.ButIUMLnational MP Parvesh Sahib Singh is the “One of the highlightsis happiestmomentsofmylife, es- and Angad on the Ramlila stage. Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa, terhewas questionedbythe ally)feelsso. If Jaleel is involved, general secretaryPKmain patron of the Ramlila. ShahbajKhan, whose powerful peciallysince our Ramlila will be The Ayodhya Ramlila has a who also holdsthe finance port- Enforcement Directorate(ED) an the Quran becomes untouchable Kunhalikutty MP told the media In the Ramlila,BJP MP from voice will bring alive Ravanon staged forthe firsttime on the budget of Rs 4crore,muchof folio. The changes in borrowing alleged FCRA violation case, forIUML,’’ Vijayansaid. that Jaleel is facing the allegation NorthEastDelhi Manoj Tiwari stage,” says Malik.Ritu Shivpuri samesoil where the adharshila whichhas been usedtobuild a limits imposedonthe statewill Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan With both BJP and IUML en- of smuggling under the guise of will playAngad,Gorakhpur MP will playKaikeyiand Rakesh of the RamMandir has been stageof90ftx25 ft in which a enable the statetoborrowanad- on Tuesdaysaid Jaleel has not gagedinseparateagitations, de- religious texts. “His bid to bring and Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan Bedi will playVibhishan. laid,”says Joshi. grand durbar is flanked by a ditionalRs33,000 croreneeded committed anymistake. manding Jaleel’s resignation, Thangal intothe issue is partofa willplayBharat, VinduDaraSingh Forthe role of Ramand Sita, In preparationfor theirroles, spacerepresenting forests. fordevelopmentwork duringthe “TheEDquestioninghim Vijayansaid,“Thingsarebeingma- strategy to divertthe issue. We are will reprise his role from TV as SonuDagar andKavitaJoshi have she and Dagar,who is apartof FULLREPORTON currentfiscal, stateLaw MinisterJ neednot be seen as abig issue. noeuvredin away thatisnot suit- notgoing to fall intothat trap.’’ Hanuman, actor Raza Murad will been selected,respectively. “I VighnahartaGanesh on Sony TV, www.indianexpress.com CMadhuswamysaid.

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NIA arrests key Soldier killed,officeramong 2 accused in Vizag KeyPMOofficers,stateChiefSecys, injuredinPak firing alongLoC espionage case mortars. Some injuries have PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA been reported(on our side),” a from Gujarat JAMMU,SEPTEMBER15 defence spokesperson said DGPsamong370-plusofficialstracked based on preliminaryinforma- AN ARMY jawanwas killed and tion. However, official sources EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE twoothers, including an officer, said threearmypersonnel, in- VADODARA,SEPTEMBER15 Those trackedinclude bureaucratsinministries under PM, Information Commissioners, 23 Chief Secys were injured on Tuesdayafter cluding an officer,wereinjured Pakistani troopsfired with small in the incidentand laterone of THE NATIONAL Investigation with the Chinese government. SecretarytoGKishan Reddy,MoS, servedasSP, Shamli, during arms and shelledmortars along the soldiers succumbed to the Agency(NIA)onMonday nightar- KAUNAINSHERIFFM The bureaucratsbeing mon- MinistryofHome Affairs (MHA) Muzaffarnagar riots;and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s injuries. The officer,alongwith rested akey accusedinthe NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 itored cut across cadreand sen- ■ Anil Malik,Additional ChandraPrakash, DG (Special Rajouri district, officials said. another soldier, is undergoing Visakhapatanamespionage case iority,inbothstate and Central Secretary(Foreigners), MHA Inquiries) UP. The Indian Armylauncheda treatment at the militaryhospi- from GodhratowninKEY BUREAUCRATS in the Prime government departments, and ■ DRajkumar,CEO, Bharat Serving bureaucratsinthe befitting retaliation to theviola- tal, the sources said. Panchmahals district. Minister’s Office (PMO), IAS offi- arelargely in keydepartments, Petroleum database from statesinclude tion, theysaid. “Pakistaniniti- The Pakistani armyhas also The accused, a37-year-old cers in infrastructureministries, including natural resources, in- ■ VivekBharadwaj, Temjen Toy, Chief Secretary, ated the unprovoked ceasefire sufferedcasualtiesinthe retalia- cloth merchant namedImran ChiefSecretaries andDirectors frastructureand urban develop- CHINA IS Additional Secretary(Police Nagaland; PRaviKumar, violation by firing with small tory action but details are Giteli,isallegedto have linkswith General of Police (DGPs) of states ment, finance, and lawand or- Modernisation), MHA AdditionalChief Secretary to arms and intense shelling with awaited,the sources said. Pakistan’s spyagency ISI. markastrong presence in the der. Information commissioners WATCHING ■ Nidhi Chhibber,Joint Karnataka CM BSYediyurappa; An NIA statement said, Overseas KeyInformation with powertosummon infor- Secretary&Acquisition Manager Awanish Kumar Awasthi, “Investigationhas revealedthat DataBase of Zhenhua Data, an IT mation from the government, implementationof Foreign Trade (MaritimeSystems), MoD AdditionalChief Secretary SC grants former Punjab DGP Giteli wasassociated with firm in Shenzhen, in China’s and Chief ElectionOfficers who Policy Statement, and matters of ■ SAparna, Executive (Home), UP,and the state’s rep- Pakistani agentsunder the guise Guangdong province, which oversawfunding and expendi- traderemedies, anti-dumping Director,World Bank, resentative in Ram of cross-borderclothtrade. Asper tracks about2.5 millionindivid- tureofpolitical parties and can- duties and subsidies; ShivMeena, Washington DC Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra interim protection from arrest directionsof Pakistan-basedspies, uals acrossgeographies, includ- didates during recent elections CMD, Housing &Urban ■ Anjana Dube, Deputy Trust; SSiddharth, Principal hedepositedmoneyintothebank ing at least10,000Indians. arealso targets. Development Corporation Director-General, Department of Secretary(Finance), Bihar, and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE accounts of Indian Navy person- Thereare atleast 375bureau- Among bureaucratsworking Limited (HUDCO); Rajesh Financial Services former SecretarytoCMNitish NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Sumedh nel at regular intervals in lieu of crats, mostofthem serving and a under the PMareAmarjeetSinha, Aggarwal, Additional Secretary Also in the database arefor- Kumar. Singh Saini sensitiveand classifieddatapro- fewretired,inthe database. appointedadviser in the PMO this andFinancialAdvisor,Ministryof mer Gujarat DGP PPPandey,now Among former officers are THE SUPREMECourtonTuesday videdbythem.” Those trackedinclude at least year;SumitaMisra, Joint Petroleumand Natural Gas; and dischargedinthe Ishrat Jahan al- SumanthaChaudhuri, former gave interim protection from ar- Thereleasefurtherstatedthat half-a-dozen bureaucratsinthe Secretary, PM’s Economic DharmendraGangwar, leged fake encounter case, and CoalSecretary; Yudhvir Malik, rest to formerPunjabDirector weekstime and gave one week thecase,registeredundersections PMO, or in ministriesdirectlyun- Council; and Ashish Kumar, Additional Secretaryand former Kerala DGPSibyMathews, former Chairman, NHAI; former General of Police (DGP) Sumedh to Sainitorespond to what the of the IPC, the UAPA andthe der the Prime Minister; atleast 23 Private SecretarytoJitendra Financial Adviser,Ministryof who investigated the 1994 ISRO CBEC member and finance ex- Singh Saini in connection with a statesays. Official SecretsAct,relatestoan Chief Secretaries; and 15 DGPs. Singh, MinisterofState in PMO. Health and FamilyWelfare. spycase. pertwiththe UN Security 1991 case of kidnapping and Directing that the matter be international espionageracketin These aresome of the findings of Officers in keyinfrastructure Other serving civil servantsin The database includes South Council Lipika RoyChoudhury; murder. listedafter four weeks, the court whichPakistan-basedspies re- an eight-week investigation by ministries include Bidyut Behari the database include: Kashmir DIG Atul Goel, who ar- and Surjit Chaudhary, former AbenchofJustices Ashok said “petitioner shall notbear- cruitedagentsinIndiaforcollect- The IndianExpress intoasegment Swain, Special Secretary, Ministry ■Archana Varma, Additional rested J&K DSP Davinder Singh, Secretary, Chemical and Bhushan, RSubhash Reddy and rested in connection with FIR ing classifiedinformation on the of the database made available by of Commerce, keytoRegional Secretary, Central Vigilance suspectedtohavelinkswithISI’s Petrochemicals. MRShah asked the Punjab gov- No.007...” The case relates to the location or movementsofIndian an anonymous source connected Comprehensive Economic Commission Punjab Militancy Unit;Vijay TOMORROW: Diplomats, ernment to file itsreplytoSaini’s disappearance of ajunior engi- navalships andsubmarine. to the company, whichhas links Partnership (RCEP) negotiations, ■ TSreekanth, Personal Bhushan, I-G, Uttar Pradesh,who media &thoughtleaders plea foranticipatorybail in three neer Balwant SinghMultani. Ex-Facebook staffer Kangana seeks Rs 2crasdamages says sophisticated for demolition Mumbai: ActorKangana Ranaut network operatedto has sought Rs 2crore as damages forthe “illegal demolition”ofher Bandra office by the BMClast influence Delhipolls week.Anamendedplea filedby her before theBombayHigh perts,tostopbad actors from Court on Mondayevening stated EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE abusing our systems, resulting in that BMC has demolished40per NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 theremovalofmorethan100net- cent of the Pali Hill bungalow, worksfor coordinated inauthen- whichwas also used as an office, AFORMER Facebook data scien- ticbehavior...We investigateeach including valuable properties tisthas claimedthatshe worked issue carefully, including those suchaschandeliersand rare art- to remove a“politicallysophisti- that Ms Zhang raises, before we works, and sought interim relief cated networkofmorethana take action or go out and make pending hearing to take steps to thousand actors working to in- claims publiclyasacompany.” makethe property “capable of fluence” the DelhiAssembly AAPlegislatorRaghavChadha use” afterthe demolition. elections in February, and that said in astatement, “Facebook, The courtdirected the BMC the social media firm did not seeminglyhasbeenshruggingoff to respond to the amendedplea publicly disclose thisnetwork or anychanceofdisclosure regard- by September 18 and posteda thatithad been takendown. ingitsinternalfunctioningdespite hearing on September 22. ENS Sophie Zhang,the data scien- claiming to infusemaximum tist, wasrecently firedby transparency... As asserted by the Facebookand reportedlyturned formeremployeeoftheglobalso- Drugscase:Two down a$64,000 severance pack- cial media platform, it is actively agetoavoidsigninganon-dispar- being usedasameans of spread- more held by NCB agement agreement. Her revela- ing misinformationtoswaypub- Mumbai: The NarcoticsControl tion is partofanalleged licopinions,especiallyatthetime Bureau(NCB) on Tuesdayar- 6600-wordmemo obtainedand of national/regionalelections.The rested twomorepeople in con- reportedbyBuzzfeed,which al- committee had receivedsimilar nection with the drugs case in leges that Facebook “ignored”or inputswhile examining an inde- whichactor Rhea Chakraborty was“slowtoactonevidence”that pendentwitness Sh.Awesh and her brother Showik have fake accountsonits platformhave Tiwariashehadaffirmedwiththe been namedasaccused. been“underminingelectionsand help of some cogent setofevi- On Tuesday,NCB formallyar- politicalaffairsaroundtheworld”. dences that Facebook India was rested Goa resident Chris Costa, The Buzzfeed report, quoting somehowengineering ahighly who wasdetainedFriday. The Zhang’smemo,says,“Inthethree volatile and precarious situation other accusedarrested, yearsI’vespent at Facebook, I’ve inDelhiwhichwasclearly under- SuryadeepMalhotra –who the found multiple blatant attempts takentoadverselyaffect thefree agency said wasShowik’s friend by foreignnationalgovernments and fair election in the capital. –was detainedonMonday in to abuse our platform on vast Chadha, the chairman of the Mumbai. Both were sent them scales to mislead their ownciti- Committee of Peaceand to NCBcustody till September 17 zenry, andcausedinternational Harmonyofthe Delhi Assembly, and 18,respectively. ENS news on multiple occasions.” hadsummonedFacebookofficials Amidst examplesfromacross in connecting with hearings on the world, the memo allegedly theDelhiriots,butthefirmdidnot ANNEXURE-I carries amention of India, with send itsrepresentatives, arguing PUBLIC NOTICE stressed assets recoveryBranch Zhang alleging that a“politically- that the matter is under the do- URBAN LOCAL BODIES DEPARTMENT,HARYANA 2nd floor,Patna main branch building, West gandhi maidan, Patna- 800001 sophisticated network” was main of the Uniongovernment. Ph. no. (office): 0612-2219043, 2219385, fax: 0612-2219385, e-mail: [email protected] working to influencethe Delhi Asenior BJP leadersaid that it Urban Local Bodies Department, Haryana has pre- Assemblyelections. is forFacebook to respond to the pared adraft policy forConstruction and Demolition e-auCtIon Sale notICe “I workedthrough sickness to revelation.“Our party has in fact Waste Management. The draft Policy is available on the Sale of Immovable aSSetS Charged to the bank under the SeCurItISatIon and reConStruCtIon of fInanCIal take down apolitically-sophisti- facedlosses in the recent website of Urban Local Bodies Department www.ulb- aSSetS and enforCement of SeCurIty IntereSt aCt,2002. cated networkofmorethana Assemblypolls and it is AAP that haryana.gov.in. The valuable suggestions/comments from The undersignedasAuthorized Officer of State Bank of India has taken over symbolic possession of the following property/ies u/s 13(4) of the thousandactorsworkingto influ- gained. So maybetheywould the Public on the draft policy are invited and appropriate SARFAESI Act. Public at large is informed that e-Auction (under SARFAESI Act, 2002) of the charged property/ies in the below mentioned cases for encethe election,” she wrotein have donesomethingwhichthey suggestions will be considered. Hence,any one having realisationofBank's dues will be held on "as is where is, as is what is and Whatever there is" basis.The Auction will schedule on 17.10.2020. hermemo,accordingto Buzzfeed. or Facebook would know better. anysuggestion/comment on the draft policy,may please The other details of the Auction are as under:- Inresponseto adetailedques- Secondly, ourseniorleaderhadin submit it in writing on email [email protected] before Sl. name of borrower(s) amount of description of the property name of date of reserve Price tionnairebyThe Indian Express factsaidinthepastthatFacebook 30.09.2020. no. demand (as mortgagor/ demand below which seeking detailsabout this alleged is biasedagainstusand probing Sd/- per SarfaeSI guarantor notice the property notice) under will not be sold network, aFacebook spokesper- their roles.” Director General, emd son said, “We’ve built specialised FULLREPORTON SarfaeSI Urban Local Bodies, Haryana act bid Increment teams, workingwith leading ex- www.indianexpress.com Panchkula. amount 82807/HRY 1. m/s Shashi bhushan agro `2,70,72,110.53 Immovable Property: Residential Flat No.A- Arun Kumar 17.05.2018 `68,00,000/- Private limited along with 4-1, 4th Floor,Yarrows Apartments situated Singh `6,80,000/- interest from Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. 1. Sri Abhishek Kumar at Plot No.C-58/5, Sector-62, Noida,Dist.- 17.03.2018 and `10,000/- (Joint Venture of MinistryofRailwayand Government of Haryana) (Director &Guarantor) expenses, cost, Gautam Budh Nagar,U.P.having Super Area SCO No. 17-18-19, 3rdFloor,Sector-17A, Chandigarh, Ph. 0172-2715644 2. Sri Bipin Bihari Sharma charges etc. 1540 Sq.Ft. (144.0 Sq. mtrs.). The Sale Deed No. HRIDC/OM-10/2020 Dated 14.09.2020 (Director &Guarantor) for Superstructure of ResidentialUnit and Sub- WALK-IN-INTERVIEW 3. Smt. Nutan Sinha Lease Deed for land is made and executed Walk-in-interviewfor engaging the services of SeniorExecutive(Civil, (Director &Guarantor) at Noida on 05.03.2011between New Okhla Human Resource) &ExecutiveAssistant on contract basis forone year 4. Sri Dhananjay Kumar Industrial Development Authority,Dist.-Gautam in HRIDC. 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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Strengthening competition in telecom is keyto BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL realising India’s digital ambitions

QUESTION &ANSWER Rajat Kathuria and Isha Suri

PM is right, Parliament has aspecialresponsibility —but that THERE WASAtime in India’svaunted tele- structurerequirementsand the policy un- pricedmarketsinthe world, raising tariffs responsibility is notjustwhatthe PM says it is com sector whenthe number of unique certainty combine to produce an entryde- would be an obvious strategy.According to service providers in lucrative geographical terrencethat anystrategist would be proud estimates by Jefferies Equity Research,Airtel EFORE THE STARTofthe truncated Monsoonsession of Parliament,Prime locations suchasDelhi, Mumbai, Gujarat, of. It is far-fetchedtoexpect anew entrant to willhavetoincrease ARPUs (average rev- Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were in excessof come in and demolish apotentialmonopoly. enue per user,asurrogatefor price) by 10 MinisterNarendraModisaid“this Parliament,particularly this session, has a adozen. In 2009, forexample, Delhi sup- The topthree operators by marketshareJio, percentand Vi by 27 per cent to completely special responsibility”. The PM is absolutelyright, this Parliament does have a ported13operators in ahyper-competitive Airteland Vi,togetheraccount for90per cent offset theimpactofAGR dues.This,how- Bgreater task —but that task and responsibility is notjustwhatthe PM says it is, market in whichthe dominant policynar- of the subscriberbase. Thepublic sector is ever,isnot aone-sideddecision and will de- “… to send out aunanimous messagethatthe entire countrystandsbehind itsarmed rative revolvedaround the needfor consol- fourth andlargely irrelevant to the process pend on itsrival response. Giventherehas forces… with one voice”. It goes beyond that. Even as Parliament closes ranksbehind the idation.Fragmentation of spectrum and of competition, serving captive markets or already been one round of tariffincrease, armedforces on the front,fighting to protect India’s territorial integrity,the Housemust subscribers, it wasargued, increasedcosts wherethe private sector is unable or unwill- thereislittleroom foranother hike. to operators because the benefitsofscale ing to deliver. From apolicy perspective, What other instrumentscan one con- open itsdoors wider to debateand discussion on important issues that confront this coun- were deniedwithout anyadded advantage strengtheningexisting competition will be sider to stimulateand fortify competitionin try, including the face-offwithChina, and to questions that seek to hold the government to by wayofcompetitive outcomes forthe sub- key to realising India’s digital ambitions. Indian telecom without whichour $1 trillion account. In fact, it could even be said that the special task of this session of Parliament, held scriber. What 13 operatorscould produce The recent judgment of the Supreme digital ambition will remain on paper.The amid hostilities on theborder and apublic healthemergency,istoensurethatspacesfordis- forcompetition and market outcomes could Courtonthe licence feepayablebyoperators foregoing analysis suggests that at leastone agreement and diversity and difference, and forthe thrustand parry of politics,are not be generated by less than half the number, to the Department of Telecommunications operator is in direneedofcash, while another crampedand constricted by the invocation of the figureofthe soldier and the accompany- said scholars working on competition issues (DoT), also known as the “AGR” decision, is scraping the bottom. With reports of net- ing calls forsubmission andsilence, or by demands of undue deference to the pandemic. In in the telecom sector.Three or four effective brings the curtains down on acase that has work qualitydeteriorating by almost20per rivals could produce outcomes in favour of been under litigation since 2003. The con- cent, theneedofthe houristoaugmentnet- acrisis, especiallyinacrisis, it is essential forParliamenttotalk thingsout loudlyand freely. the consumer,theyargued. tentious issues involveddefining the compo- work capacity immediatelyand be future On Day2ofthe session, Union Defence MinisterRajnath Singh made astatement in In the decade since, that wish has been nents of AGR, the fairness of charging penalty ready when 5G comes along. These invest- Parliament on the situation in Ladakh. He applaudedthe armedforces fortheir patience granted.Consolidation has occurred, merg- andinterestonthe unpaid AGRdues, and the mentsare unlikelygiven thecurrent financial andresolve, their courage and valour,andsaid that Indiais preparedto deal with all contin- ers have materialisedand exitshavetaken time period to settleaccountswith the gov- health of the sector.One option could be to gencies. But thereismuchmoretobeaskedandanswered, and the issue’s sensitivity must place. But it appearsthat the pendulum has ernment.Somewherealongtheway, theDoT put some cash in the hands of operators by notbecome acloak or apretext to ward offquestions. The people’s representativesowe it swung fartoo much in the other direction. recognisedthe debilitating consequences of abolishing the licence feebasedonAGR, The dominant narrative in telecom todayis the monetarydemand being placedonoper- prospectively.This could be themuch- to the people to seek information, and to deepen deliberation on aconsequential matter. howtopreservecompetition in the market ators, and jointly, with the Indian Banks needed shotinthe armand could be treated Indeed, thereisanimportant tradition of all-party meetings wherethe government ad- by wayofnumbers. The threat of monopo- Association (IBA), pleadedbeforethe SC that as partofthe stimulus packagefor telecom. dresses the Opposition’squestions,especiallyonissues of diplomacyandnationalsecurity. lisation is real and palpable as incumbent telcos be given20years to payoff duesof In anycase, thereseems to be little justifica- Even apartfromChina, thereare discussions that mustnot be delayedonthe economy, private operators, Airteland Vodafone Idea With reports of network nearly Rs1.47 lakhcrore. TheIBA’s interestwas tion in auctioning spectrum and also levying whichwas alreadyslowingdownandis nowweigheddownbyarecordcontraction, asurg- (Vi), struggle to keep pace. qualitydeteriorating by to reduce potential non performing assets additional charges. Having introducedspec- ing viral load and destruction of demand. The absence of safetynetsfor migrants, who fled Letusbeginbyexamining the “so what” almost 20 per cent,the need of (NPAs), since banksareheavilyinvestedintel- trum auctions, the government could forsake claim. So what if another exit takesplace and cos, while DoT’s interestwas to protectcom- other forms of licence fee. Anominal admin- backhome because theylosttheir livelihoods in the lockdown, and who areslowlymak- the hour is to augment the marketiseffectivelyleftasaduopoly petition. The Courtdid concedethat in the in- istrative feecould be chargedinstead to ad- ing their waybacktothe cities again, needs to be addressedbyParliament, as alsothe con- with Jio and Airtel. The theoryofcontestable network capacityimmediately terest of saving telcos, and thereforebanks, it ministerlicences as is the practice in other tinuing spread of the pandemic and the needfor aresponse to it. markets suggests that as long as thereisareal and be future readywhen 5G maybenecessary to grant an additional time countries. The National Digital Theseare nothappytimesfor legislatures in general. The worldover, the outbreak of threat of entry, even monopolies will be comes along. These period, but deemed20yearsasexcessive.The Communications Policy of 2018 had recom- COVID-19 is strengtheningexecutive powerandweakeningcountervailinginstitutionsand compelled to behave as if they areoperating investmentsare unlikely given final decision givestelcos 10 years to make mendedrationalisationofthese charges. in acompetitive marketplace.Inother good the payment. The judgement also putsa Protectingcompetition and notcompeti- checks and balances. In atime likethis, moresowhen Question Hour has also fallen victim the currentfinancial health of to the virus, Parliament needstosafeguardits argumentative and deliberative spaces against words, competitionfor themarketwilldis- lid on reopening anyaspect of the case with tors is arepeated refrain in policy circles. Vi cipline aprice settingmonopolist. We doubt the sector.One option could an explicit warning of launching contempt through itsnew advertisement campaign all effortstocurb or still them, in the name of patriotism or the pandemic. Through the mask whether this idea will find muchresonance be to put some cash in the proceedings againstthe errant entity. has announcedits intent forthe long term. and across the distance, the Opposition has to makeitself heard—and has to be heard. with policymakerstodayand frankly, neither hands of operatorsby Wheredoesthisleave themarket? Vi is Thesubtext readsitwillnot go down with- arewepersuadedbythreats of contestabil- the mostaffected.Its liability is nearly Rs out afight. Forthe sake of Vi and, more im- ity in correcting markets.These work in the abolishing the licence fee 54,000croreand even with a10-year hori- portantly, forthe sake of competition, we real worldonlywhen entryoccurs at least based on AGR,prospectively. zon it is unclearwhether this will be enough hope it is forreal.Itisnow up to thegovern- once in awhile. Who would wish to invest This could be the much to prevent abankruptcy and establish avir- ment to play itsrole. WRONG WAYOUT in Indiantelecom todaywhenthe entrybar- tual duopoly. Vi hasreportedanetlossof riers in the form of spectrum acquisition needed shot in the arm and Rs 73,878 croreinFY2020. Meanwhile, Kathuria is director and chief executiveand costs,the licencefee burden as apercentage could be treatedaspart of the AirtelowesapproximatelyRs26,000 crore Suri is research associate, ICRIER. Governmentmust, to ensure credibilityofits recent of the AdjustedGross Revenue (AGR), infra- stimuluspackage fortelecom. in licence feedues. Forone of the lowest Viewsare personal agricultural reform measures, rescind onion exportban

ETAIL PRICES OF onions have crossedRs40per kg in Delhi, morethan doubling inthelast onemonth.TheNarendra Modigovernmenthasrespondedstraight- Raway by banningexports.Thequantitiesinvolvedaren'tsmall.In2019-20,India exported11.50 lakh tonnes (lt) of the bulb, whichfetched Rs 2,320.70crore. These numbersstood even higher,at21.84 lt and Rs 3,468.87crore in the preceding fiscal. In ANARRATIVE OF DISTRUST previousepisodesofprice increase,the governmentusedtonot hitthe brakes immediately. It would initiallyimposeaminimumexportprice belowwhichshipments weren'tallowed Judiciary is being disparaged forpersonal and political gain and then raise this graduallyinorder to discourageany sales outside the country. An out- right ban would typicallycomeasalastresort,whendomestic prices continuedtorise. This time, anysemblance of gradualism has been dispensed with. The trigger seems to HiteshJain be thelatestdataonconsumerprice index inflation forAugust, which, at 6.69 per cent, was above theReserveBankof India's(RBI)uppertarget limitof 6percent.Moreover, retailprices JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE goes hand in framework resolution plan fordebt recovery with courageand vision. Issuing threatssuch of food,whichare adisproportionate45.86percentintheoverallindex,areup9.05percent. hand with judicial accountability.However, that wasproposedtoeasethe pains related as impeachment fordeemed“misbehav- Sticky food prices,compoundedbyuncertaintyoverthe extent of damage to the standing some have confusedjudicial independence to strandedassets. iour” is aserious matter and nottobeusedso kharif cropfromexcessive Augustrains,have complicatedtheRBI’staskof furthercuttingin- with the proclivity to strikedownlegisla- Some people have expressed their grief casually, as it canadverselyimpact thejudi- tion or executive actioninacavalier fash- at certain Supreme Courtjudgmentsorthe ciarybyquestioning the trust of thenation terest ratestorevivethe economythatisincontraction mode. And in this case, it's the entire ion. The job of the judiciaryistobeaccount- lackofappointment of judges of their choice in theinstitution. Therefore, imputing mo- “POT” (potato,onion,tomato) complexthat is on the boil. Potatoes and tomatoes, too, are able by dispensing justice. But some despitethe government having averylim- tivestojudgesfor their decisions, or refer- nowretailing at over Rs 35 and Rs 50 per kg, respectively.That, of course,has ahugebearing self-anointedpeople feel the judiciary ited role in suchappointments. Moreover, ring to their caste,orsaying that the judiciary on inflation expectations of households. should be accountable by playing to thegal- we have certainlynot witnessedanaggres- wassubservient to the government or toe- The current exportban comes, ironically, even as the NarendraModigovernment is set leries. This is understandable,given how sive government, as we did during the dark ing aparty line, cannotbeconstruedasle- to passmajorreformlaws forremovingallmovementandstockholdingrestrictionsonfarm theyweredisappointedwith the nation’s days of the Emergency.Itwould be atravesty gitimatecriticism.Seeking recusals on-de- rejection of alistless political opposition. if anyone deniesthatduring the Emergency, mand as seen in theJudge Loya case or on the produce. Onion growers have reasons to feel aggrieved about the government intervening This does, though, raise questions on the all bail applications were rejected by the PIL on Assam’s detention centres areprime onlyonbehalfofconsumers: The same bulb thatiswholesalingtodayatRs28-30/kgin logic behindtheir covert demand forare- courts,despitetheir awareness of the false- examplesofwantonpoliticsfor ulterior mo- Maharashtra'sLasalgaonmarketwastradingatRs6.50-7justoveramonthago.Thegovern- mote controlonthe judiciary. hood of those cases. That is aclassic exam- tivesand creating doubt wherenone exists. ment must, to ensurethe credibility of itsrecent agricultural reform measures, rescind the The people of India have believed that pleofwhen the courtsabdicated their role One mustbeable to distinguish between exportban.Farming is atoughjob with inherent weatherand price-related uncertainties. the venerable judges objectively dispense in enforcing rule of law. anarrative of distrustbeing peddledfor per- Buildingexport marketstakes timeand entrepreneurial effort.The government,ifitwants justice.Now,there is an ongoing attempt The judiciaryhas surprisinglybeenac- sonal andpolitical gains from reality. The to browbeat the judiciarymanifesting it- cusedofbeing overly aggressive againsta Supreme Courtisnot apolitical organofthe to help consumers,should build abufferstock of all essential foodstuffs.The time hascome self in the uncalled-for attacks on the certain political dispensation when it wasin state. It is notthe duty of theCourttoappease to stop forcing producers to bear the burden of inflation targeting. Supreme Court. power. Observing the rule of lawand calling the aspirations of political proxiesand un- Thereare multiple recent examples to Those making deprecating out illegality is notbias. Thequashing of a der no circumstancescan retributive attacks demonstratehow the judiciary has stood Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) ap- on itsintegrity and independence be con- contrarytothe government of the day. Be it comments about the pointment wasnot apolitical decision -- it doned. To attackthe independence of the the striking down of the National Judicial judiciaryshould realise that wasaresult of procedural illegalities sur- Supreme Courtand to continuouslyattack VITAL SIGN AppointmentsCommission(NJAC)orthe an independent judiciaryisa rounding the act in question. Similarly, itsauthorityisthe true unravelling of the rule Goa mining case, the SupremeCourt gave basic feature of our quashing the spectrum allocation or striking of the law. Moreover, lawyers andpoliticians Extraterrestriallifecould be much nearer than anticipated —on verdictsthat cannot be deemedasfavourable down the allocation of coal mineswas an act seeking to cast aspersions on the independ- to the government. Similarly,inthe Aadhaar Constitution. It is the of calling out the lootofIndia’s resources. ence of the judiciaryought to remember that Venus,whichhas the mosthostile surface in the solarsystem case,although the Supreme Courtupheld its guardian and protector of Those making deprecating comments the Supreme Courtisnot avesseltonavigate constitutional validity,the judgment went about the judiciaryshould realise that an in- the seas of their personal ambitions. ENUS IS HOT.Its surface is so hotthatleadmelts, andspace probes land- our fundamental rights, a againstthe government’s policy objective of role which, barring some dependent judiciaryisabasic featureofour ing on it mustclickpictures quicklyand transmit them home before the stemming leakage, while affecting the then- Constitution. It is the guardian and protec- The writer is asenior lawyer basedin worksseize up. And yet, the planet’s atmospherebears the signatureof nascent fintechindustry. The Supreme Court exceptions, it has performed torofour fundamental rights,arole which, Mumbai and managing partner, V also struckdownthe ReserveBank of India’s barring some exceptions, it has performed ParinamLaw Associates life. Apaper in ‘NatureAstronomy’ —which is preliminarybecausethe with courage and vision. pandemic interruptedresearch —has found phosphine in the atmosphere, one of the byproductsofanaerobic respiration. This is notthe same as saying that Venus has life, because phosphine is produced by severalnatural processes, including volcanic activity,and thevolcanoes of Venus contribute alittle something to the greenhouse effect whichkeepsthe planet hot. SEPTEMBER 16, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Besides, it is surmisedthat Venus once had acomparatively mild aspect –not quitea land overflowing with milk and honey, but one on whose surface watercould have re- UP CM TO STAY would open the floodgates in other states, NEW PEACEFORCE mainedliquid, and supportive of life. Since the decaytimeofphosphineisunknown, THECONGRESS-I HighCommandwillnot al- whichthe ruling party can ill-afford. THE UNION GOVERNMENT has proposed to lowtheUPChiefMinisterVishwanath Pratap raise three unitsofthe CRP as apeacekeeping what has been found could be the signature of life that is long-dead. On the other Singh to resignfromoffice.He had sought the PRO-LABOUR TILT force,especiallytrainedtocontrolriotsanddis- hand, it exists in such abundancethat physical processescannotexplainit, andthe best permission of Prime MinisterIndiraGandhi THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY on labour, turbances.The CRP is at present an integrated betwould be airborne microbes, flying high in the clouds richinsulphuric acid and to quit, citing moral responsibility forthe ri- whichwill be outlinedinthe Sixth Plan doc- forcewith about 7per cent Muslims, 12.5 per carbonic acid above thehot surface. otsinMoradabad and other parts of the state. ument,laysemphasis on the growth of the centSCsand7percentSTs.Inthesethreeunits, The mysterycan be settorestonlybyprobesflying in the atmosphere,and Nasa is be- AICC(I) generalsecretaryVasantdada Patil said trade union movement in the country.The thesecommunitieswillbebetterrepresented. ing castigated forgoing gaga over Mars and neglecting Venus fordecades. The USSR, that while VP Singh had done his duty,“we policy alsounderlinedthe needtostrengthen whichdiligentlysent out Veneraprobestocompensate,cannotdosoany morefor exis- willdoours”.Asimilar indicationwas given theindustrial relationsmachinerysoastoan- STATUSQUO ON CABINET by PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhiwhen she ticipate labour problemsand take prompt PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi has ruled tential reasons. But interestingly, India already has apresence on Venus. One of the promi- said that the CM’s resignationwill notsolve measurestoavert work stoppages. It is also out anyimmediateexpansion of the nent features of the planetisLakshmiPlanum, aplateauofsmooth lava flows,namedfor anyproblem.The high command’s decision proposedtoassociateworkers with their Cabinet. The PM did notthink that oneper- our goddess of wealth. But it wasnamed thus onlybecause the Greek and Roman pan- on VPSingh wasregardedasaforegone con- working conditionsin order to ensurethatrel- son holdingmorethan one portfolio affects theonswereexhausted. Whoeversaidthe universe wasfair? clusion forifthe UP CM is allowedtogo, it evant rules areimplemented. the government’s efficiency.

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In ‘Kesavananda Bharati’ case,Supreme Courtredefinedthe relationshipbetween judiciary, executiveand view legislature. And setlimits —constitutionaldismemberment is notallowedinthe name of amendment As PrimeMinister Modi turns 70,hewill be conscious of the needtonavigatenew,unfolding, complexrealities.The horizon lies ahead

namics between regions, actors, individuals and sectors; and the digital revolution from the Fourth Industrial Revolution to the opening up of newrealms of intelligence. The Upendra Baxi earththatweoncethoughtof asbeyond our influence is nowveryclearlyonthe newtra- jectoryofthe Anthropocene. This has impli- NOTMANYWHOspeak,write,orthinkabout cationsfor temperature, rainfall,foodand religionandlawrecognisehow religiousinsti- watersecurity andbiodiversityamong oth- tutions have affected the lawand shaped in- NKSingh ers.The rapid pace at whichweare nowable terpretation in enduring ways.His Holiness to analyseand influence myriad aspectsof Swami Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru, society,environment, economy, infrastruc- thenaseniorheadof EdneerMuttinKasaragod “THE FIRSTFORTYyears of our lifegivethe tureand even individual liveshas offereda districtKerala, made possible the landmark text, the next thirty furnish the commen- glimpse of the powers that we can use to rise decision of the SupremeCourt (though other tary upon it,” writes Arthur Schopenhauer, to the occasion. Modi is committed to har- petitionswerealso bunched together). Icall the 19th-centuryGermanphilosopher nessing the digital revolution in acompre- thejudgmentthesecondmostimportanttext known forhis essays on the role of human hensive senseandto buildgreatercollective afterthe Constitution of India. will in creating the worldthatweexperi- security. Andhow do we adjust to anew The mutt is believedtohavebeen estab- ence —inasense, akind of European de- worldwhere cybersecuritythreatscanarise lishedbyThotakacharya,among the firstfour rivative of our conceptofthe veil of Maya. from literallyanywhere? These twotrends disciples of AdiShankara. It blossomedunder The sum of this experience, at 70,“enables areunfoldingwithin, andinfluencing,atime his leadership. No mukadamabaz himself, us rightly to understand the true meaning of greatchangeinthe relationshipsthat Kesavananda Bharati protestedthe validity of and connection of the text with itsmoral structureand reshape our collaboration. the 29th amendment whichimmunised, in and itsbeauties” —itgives us the Modi’s belief in the PRAGATI (Pro-Active the Ninth Schedule, Kerala’s takeover of the panoramic viewfromthe peak. Governance and TimelyImplementation) mutt’sproperty.The seerlostthe battlebut This is an important perspective.Prime Platform is partofthese endeavours. wonthe warbecause the amendingpower MinisterNarendraModiturns 70 on At the risk of presenting abirthdayre- wasmade subject to the basic structure. Thursday, at atime when therateof questratherthan abirthdayfelicitation, Thelegendarybarrister, MKNambiar,ana- change, bringing both risks and opportu- what arethe ways in whichhecan trulyuse tive of Kasaragod,andfatherof KKVenugopal, nities, seems to be accelerating on all fronts. the perspective of his70s in thedecadesto- nowtheAttorneyGeneralofIndia,persuaded His simple, straightforward styleiswell ward 80 and beyond? He will recognise the Kesavananda Bharati to consult Nani known. His memory—for factslarge and needfor three qualitiesinleadership in the Palkhivala, who then urgedbeforethe small —islegendary. This is equallytrue of coming years. One, the ability to remember Supreme Court thatthe seer’s rightstoreli- his acuity in filtering through the noise the past, but see the present very clearly. giousfreedom,equality,andpropertywere vi- withhis legendarycapabilities forimple- We areenteringadelicate eraofshifting olated.The seer later described the verdict as mentation while micromanaging to afault, geopolitical sands. Our pastalliancesand CRSasikumar “God’sdecision”—itwassoto manypeopleof of whichexamples aremany—the interactions matter —friendsare friends— faith.The seer passedawayonSeptember 6. Narmada Project pumping wateragainst but navigatingnew partnershipsand ini- Ahearingfor68days by thefullcourtof13 destiny”. He poignantly added: “Words Supreme Courthas probablysaid the last gravity to bring relief to the water-starved tiativesthathelp us tackle emerging global justices yielded11separateopinions com- bandiedabout in marbledhalls saymuchbut word.InnullifyingPresident UhuruKenyatta’s parts of Kutch; and, equally, the construc- challenges will requireclear-eyedvision. monlygroupedtogetherasSikri 6(subjecting fail to achieveasmuch.” election forasecond term (while also giving tion of the iconic Statue of Unity. This is true in internal matters as muchas Article 368’s amendingpowertothe implied In Waman Rao,heperformedaconstitu- 50 days to plan and hold free and fair re-elec- Yet, it is also clear that this 70 is no time external affairs: We neednew forms of col- limitation) and Ray6(conceding all plenary tional miracle by validating all amendments tion, whose resultsinthe incumbent’s favour forhim to rest and assume thatthe hard- laborativepartnership betweenthe Centre, powersof amendmentincludingrepealofthe retrospectively and achievedthis feat by in- were later upheld), Justice Maragasaid: wonunderstanding of the present will en- the states,and local governments. Constitution). This made the task of ratio voking the BSEF doctrine. Closelyread, the “Howeverburdensome,let the majesty of the ablewisdom fornavigatingthe future—the Aleader of his statureknows howto huntersdifficultandtheywerenot enabledby discourse in, and since Kesavananda,insists Constitution reverberateacross the lengths pinnacle on the horizon. “Those who stare work within the constraintsofreality —fis- the heroic Justice HRKhanna.Still, the basic that basic structureisthe powerofjudicial and breadths of our motherland; letitbubble at the pasthavetheir backs to the future,” it cal, chemicalorbiological—and, at the same structureandessentialfeatures(BSEF)govern reviewand essential features arewhat the Theological fervour animates from our rivers and oceans; letitboomerang is said. Our complexworld has forksinthe time, inspireothers to uniteinmaking the nowthe political and juristic destinyofIndian Courtidentifies as suchinexercise of that the BSEF discourse. Justice from our hills and mountains; letitserenade road, notjustoscillations around astable best of thehardchoices thatthese con- constitutional development. power. Forexample, Justice Bhagwati re- YVChandrachud,while our households from the trees;let it sprout centre. Changeisnon-linear. straintsdictate. We areontheedge of oneof TheologicalfervouranimatestheBSEFdis- markablyenunciated as an essential feature from our institutions of learning; letittollfrom Interconnectedness—andinterdependency the greatesteconomic upheavals that the course.JusticeYVChandrachud,whileuphold- the “harmony” between fundamental rights upholding the absolute our sanctums of prayer;and to those, who —isafact of life. The next pinnacle will thus worldhas seen in recent memory, asCOVID- ing the absoluteamending power, had to in- and directive principles. Similarly, amending power, had to bear the responsibility of leadership, letitbe be different from previous peaks. 19 andoureffortstohaltthe pandemic have vent aresounding judicial curse: “Wehave Parliament amendedPartIII —deletedthe invent aresounding judicial aconstant irritant.” Prime MinisterModi has demonstrated accelerated existing trends to the point of givenyou vast powers forthe welfareofthe right to property under Article 31 and de- curse: ‘Wehavegiven you The seer would have agreed. The ultimate his capacity forstrategic, forward-looking discomfortand exposedhidden vulnerabil- country, but woebetide youifyou misuse motedittothe status of mereconstitutional messageofBSEF doctrine is notmerelytoset vision on multiple occasions over the years. ities. Prime MinisterModi cannotwish this these powers”. And Justice SNDwivedi spoke right. The crucial message thoughisthat the vast powers forthe welfare of limitstothe powerofthe managers of people, The Swachh Bharat Mission and Pradhan reality away,and must build supportfor an of the“reverencefortheConstitution”asapub- apex courthas, in the rarest of rare cases, the the country, but woebetide but to make little by littlethe tasksofeman- Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, forexample, took a innovative strategy that canmirrorthe lic virtue. In the assemblydissolutioncase, constituentpower to pronounceaconstitu- you if you misuse these cipationlessonerous. The BSEF does notbe- creative andstrategicapproachtoimproving hopes and wishes of his countrymen. Justice PKGoswami described the Supreme tional amendment invalid. powers’. AndJustice SN tokenany arrogant judicial overreachorsov- our nation’s health and productivity by di- Finally, we needavisionarywiththe en- Courtasthe “last resortfor the oppressedand This scarcelymeans thatthe Supreme ereign judicial despotism as the Courthas not rectlyaddressingissues suchasODF and ergy and freshness of perspective to forge thebewildered”citizensof India.Kesavananda, Courtmay exercise itspowerjustasit Dwivedi spokeofthe obstructedthe tasksofjustdevelopment and sanitarypads. With his continuing belief in ahead in aworld that is offering both op- and itsprogeny,has yettobevisited as consti- pleases. The Courtisbound by the “golden ‘reverence forthe governance. It has shown considerable ac- fiscal rectitude, the PradhanMantri Jan Dhan portunities and risks. The Prime Minister tutional secular theology of law. triangle” of rightscreated by Articles 14,19, Constitution’asapublic commodation forexecutive andlegislative Yojana and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy will be the firsttorecognise that, in hind- As the chief survivorofKesavananda,and and 21 of the Constitution. Further,the Court virtue. In the assembly power. But to be a“constant irritant” to un- Code were introducedtotackle thetwochal- sight,joy,beauty,and commonhumanity alsoasthe longest-serving CJI, JusticeYV mustderivethe “spirit” of the Constitution trammelled poweristhe very essence of ju- lenging frontiers of the bankingsystem— areatthe foundation of all that we have Chandrachud developedthe doctrine in chis- by scrupulous and meticulous reference to dissolution case,Justice PK dicial duty.The BSEF rules that constitutional extending access to financial services and triedtodoasanation over the centuries. elledprose andwiththe strict discipline of a the provisions of the Constitution. Since l973, Goswami described the dismemberment is notallowedinthe name shoringup thefoundationsof banksolvency. The horizon lies ahead. constitutional soldier.Cases like RajNarain, the evidence shows the Apex Courthas Supreme Court as the ‘last of an amendment. Permissible remainsthe Looking forward, Prime MinisterModi HappyBirthday! Waman Rao, MinervaMills markthe pilgrim’s shownutmostdemocratic responsibility and resort forthe oppressed and enhancement of thearcsand arts of gover- is conscious of the needtonavigatethree progress to the shrine of basicstructure. rectitude in interpretingthe doctrine of BSEF, nance, but if onlyexposedtothe “constant ir- new, unfolding,complexrealities —rapid The writer is chairman, Boldlyquestioning Parliament’splenary perhaps morethan can be said of other the bewildered’ citizens of ritant”ofconstitutional good governance. environmental change; shifting powerdy- 15th Finance Commission powertoaccordprimacy to all Directive branches of co-governance. India. Kesavananda,and its Trulya“God’s decision”, as the seer said. Principles over Articles 14 and19, Justice The spirit of the Constitution is avexed progeny, has yet to be visited Chandrachud said in Minerva thataneternal question.But my favourite passage is Para 399 as constitutional secular Thewriter is professor of law, University of deferralofconstitutionalpromises invites“a in Raila Amolo Odinga (2017), whereChief Warwick,and former vice chancellor of LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR lurking danger that people will work out their Justice David Kenai MaragaofKenya’s theology of law. Universities of South Gujaratand Delhi

GOOD POLICY THIS REFERS TO the article, 'Missing IDEAS in NEP: Ruralyouth’(IE, September 15). The egalitarian and inclusive char- ONLINE The impossible trilemma acter of the NEP 2020 needs to be ac- knowledged. The policy strivestolay ONLYINTHE EXPRESS the foundations of an education sys- With high inflation, capital inflows,currency appreciation, tough decisions areneeded temthat is moreflexible,inclusiveand ● EDUCATIONPOLICY sensitive to ground realities. The spe- FOR21STCENTURY: cial emphasis on institutionalising NAJMAHEPTULLA Rajeswari Sengupta early childhood education, the idea of mainstreaming of co-curricular and ● ACOMMITTED IN ARECENTLYreleasedreport, the Reserve opedworld have adopted stimulative meas- of $14.4 billion. In June, itsnet purchase in trillionatone point. extracurricular activities, reimagining SOCIALIST: Bank of India mentionedthatanappreciating ures to revive their economies, creating ex- theforward market wasmorethan $4 bil- Forthe moment,this injection of liquid- the once rigid streams of learning PREMSINGH currency willhelpcontainimportedinflation- cess liquidity in global financial markets. lion. As aresult of the RBI’s currency trading, ity maynot getreadilyconverted intobroad from watertight silos areall aimedat arypressures. This has givenrise to afervent Between June and August, Indian capital India’s foreign exchangereserves have in- moneybecause the growth of credit to the giving alevel playing field to the sys- www.indianexpress.com debateastowhether the RBI is no longer able markets receivedanet FPI inflowofclose to creasedbyaround$80 billion since January, private sector has been weak,depressing the tematicallydisadvantaged sections. to handle the Impossible Trilemma. The $10billion as foreign investorsreturned to to reachanall-time high of $540 billion. moneymultiplier.But if theRBI continuesto Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata ImpossibleTrilemma,animportantparadigm the stockmarket.InSeptember so far, forthe When the RBI buysdollarsinthe FX mar- ignorethe Impossibletrilemma, it will even- of open economymacroeconomics, asserts firsttimeinthe last six months, inflows into ket, it sells rupees. This increases the domes- tuallyfail. Thereare twomainways this THISREFERSTOthe article,'Missing in socialist’ (IE, September 15). that acountrymay notbeable to stabilise the the debt markethaveturnedpositive.India tic moneysupply and is thereforeinflation- could happen: It might needtogive up on its NEP: Ruralyouth’(IE, September 15). Raghuvansh Prasad Singh stood by so- exchangerate, andconduct an independent also receivedclose to $17billion of foreign ary. In order to counter this inflationary exchangerateobjective, as the recentlyre- NEP 2020 has been draftedafter a cialistand secular ideals throughout monetary policy when it is financiallyinte- direct investment (FDI) during April-July. pressurethat is being generated by RBI’s FX leasedreporthints. Or it might needtogive great deal of deliberation and debate his lifeand hadanempathy forthe de- grated with the rest of theworld. Capital has also been flowing to India in the interventions, the central bank will ideally up on itsinflation objective. amongacademic experts and it seeks privedand understanding of the Policymakers in all sophisticated form of external commercial borrowing sterilise itsinterventions. This entails the RBI Both would be problematic.Exchange to bring about structural changes in grassroots.Hewas courageous to take economies face this trilemma, forcing them (ECB) by Indian corporations. selling government bonds to banksand in rate appreciation will further damagethe al- the moribund education system. Apart up causeshebelieved in and opposed to makechoices about whichtargets theyare At the same time, the combination of the process absorbing excess rupee liquidity readyhard-hit exportsector.But allowing from increasing avenues forhighered- to anything that he felt waswrong. He going to pursue. The RBI has triedtoavoid weak economic growth, lacklustredomes- from the system. high inflation is even moreofaproblem in a ucation and excellence, it also provides will be remembered forconceptual- these choices: It has triedtopursue all three tic demand, and lowoil prices have shifted But the RBI has notbeenabsorbing the countrywherethe RBI has committed to the enough opportunitiesfor the rural ising and implementing the 100-day objectivessimultaneouslyinanespeciallyag- the current accountbalance from deficit into liquidity created through dollar purchases, public nottoallow arepeat of what happened youth fortheir skill development rural job scheme, MGNREGA, as Union gressive manner since the pandemic struck. surplus. Imports have fallen morethan exit has been adding to it by buyinggovern- afterthe lastglobal financialcrisis, when in- without anyhassles.Italso seekstoad- minister. It has reducedits policy interestratetonega- portssuggesting thatIndia is doingworse ment securities throughits open market op- flation soared to double digits. dress the vital problem of their em- SSPaul, Nadia tive levels in real terms. It has bought govern- than itstrading partners. These factors have erations and targeted liquidity injection pro- Already,the constraintsofthe trilemma ployability by making specific provi- ment securities to pushdownlong-term in- changed the balance of supplyand demand grams suchasthe T-LTRO.Inthe lastcouple have tightened. Retail inflation has now sions of SpecialEducation Zones in TRUTH TELLER terest rates.Ithasallowedlarge capital inflows, in the foreignexchangemarketsasaresult of months,someofthese operationshave breachedthe upper limit of 6per cent for backwardareas.Its main objective is then intervenedinthe foreign exchangemar- of whichthe currency has begun to face ap- been neutral, suchasthe Operation Twist morethanthree quarters.Coreinflation has to developanequitable and just soci- THIS REFERS TO the article, kettoprevent the appreciation of the rupee. preciation pressures againstthe dollar. programmewherein theRBI buys long-term been rising andinflation expectations have ety. It maynot be perfect —nopolicy is 'Establishment's warrior'(IE, Theseactionsare incompatible, and will even- This bringsustoanother corner of the government securities and sells short-term jumpedsharply. And while credit to the pri- —but judgementshouldbereserved September 15). The article claims that tuallygenerateaserious policy dilemma. trilemma—currency stability.Inthe face of bonds in ordertolowerthe yields on the vate sector remainsdepressed, credit to the until it is implemented. Kangana Ranaut has been engaged in One of the corners of the trilemma has risingappreciation pressure, the RBIhas longer end of the maturity spectrum. But in government has been strong, implying that Ravi Mathur, Noida atoxic campaign. Standingupfor jus- to do withcapital inflows.Inthe firstfew been actively intervening in the foreign ex- total, the netbondpurchase by the RBI has overallbroad moneyisgrowing rapidly. The tice is no crimeand as an outsider in months of the pandemicand the associated changemarketstoprevent therupee from been positive.This implies that instead of time fordifficult decisions seems to be ap- PRINCIPLED POLITICIAN the industrywho has exposedthe real lockdown, the Indian economywitnessed a strengtheningfurther.Ithas been buying sterilising itsFXoperations, the RBI is adding proaching. face of Bollywood. netoutflowofforeign portfolio investment dollars both in the spotand in theforward further liquidity intothe system through its THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Secular UditaGupta, via email (FPI). However, this trend has reversedinre- markets. In Mayand June,RBI’s netdollar bond marketinterventions. As aresult, liq- The writer is assistant professor,Indira cent months, as policymakers in the devel- purchase in the spotmarketwas to the tune uidity hassoared, reaching as muchasRs8 Gandhi InstituteofDevelopment Research

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This office No.: PHE/M&P/04 of 2020-21/ e- to premier engineeringcolleges. ationwithCentrefor Social THECBIonTuesday registeredan land in Kathua...”sources said. Tender Dated: 10-06-2020. PuneetChawla, CMD, RailTel Responsibility and Leadership, FIR againstKathua-basedRB Theysaid, “Preliminaryen- It is to informall the bidders that participated in this office said, “Itisheartening to seethat NewDelhi,established aunitof Education Trust, headedbyfor- quiryprimafacierevealedthatthe e-NIT NO.PHE/M&P/04 of 2020-21/ e-Tender Dated: thesestudents, with theirsheer Abhayanand Super30at merCongressMLAKantaAndotra then Kathua deputy commission 10.06.2020 forSupply of 2000 Metric Tons of ISI Marked talent and will power, areinching Dehradun in 2015. ENS foroccupying ahugetract of land AjaySingh Jamwalalong with Stable Bleaching Powder Grade-I as per IS-1065/89. (with overandabove theceilingof stan- other accusedrevenue officials upto date amendments), wherein after opening of the techni- dard100kanals (12.5 acres) fixed were involvedincriminalconspir- cal commercialbid only one bidder has qualified foropening under provisions of the J&K acy with RBEducational Trust of the price bid. Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976. throughKantaAndotratoallow it Andotraisthe wife of former retain landbeyond the permissi- Athread bare discussion were held by the DPC in its J&K ministerLal Singh, who quit ble ceiling...” meeting on 10-09-2020 where theyordered to cancel the the BJP and floated the Dogra To enablethetrust,revenueof- tender as only one bidder has qualified foropening of the Swabhiman Sangathan. ficials showedthat 74.02 kanals price bid and have decided to call afresh tender forthwith. Somehalf-a-dozenretiredand (9.25acres) wasanorchardand Hence,the cancellation notice is issued. servingrevenue officials, who al- another32kanal (4 acres) was Sd/- legedly helpedthetrust,were also “ghacharai”(grazingland)which Executive Engineer, booked—including the then did notcomeunder the ceiling No: PHE/QCPD/1937-40 QC&PD Jal Shakti Kathua deputycommissioner fixedunder the Act. However, Dated: 12 -09-2020 AjaySingh Jamwal(retired). whiletherewasnorevenueentry DIPK-5718 HMT Srinagar CBI conducted searches at in respect to existence of an or- nearly 10 locationsinJammu and chard, and the grazing land being Kathua whichled to the recovery common land could notbepur- of documentsrelatingto movable chasedorsold by an individual, and immovable property,anoffi- sources added. cial spokesperson said. 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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD UAPA in Delhiriots Studentsand activistshavebeenchargedunder provisions of the anti-terrorlaw in theDelhi riots case. What makes UAPA suchatough law, andhow have the police justifiedinvokingit?

Section 16 (“Punishment forterroristact”) SOFIAHSAN specifiespunishmentwithdeathorimprison- NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 ment forlifeincase adeath has occurredasa result of the act. The lawdefinesaterroristact DELHI POLICE on Mondaygot 10 days’cus- asonethatisintendedtothreatenorislikelyto tody of former Jawaharlal Nehru University threatentheunity,integrity,security,orsover- (JNU) student Umar Khalid, who had been eigntyofIndia, and causesorislikelytocause arrested aday previouslyinacaseregistered death or injuries, and propertydamage. Colourisedscanningelectronmicrograph of acellinfected with under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Section 17 provides forpunishment for SARS-CoV-2 particles (yellow), isolatedfromapatient. NIDA via NIH Act(UAPA). raisingfundsfor terroristacts, and Section 18 Khalidisoneofseveralyoungactivistswho deals with conspiracy behindthe terroristact have been booked in cases relating to the vio- or“anyactpreparatorytothecommissionof a lence in Delhi in February. Thepolice have in- terrorist act”. Substance use disorders vokedprovisionsof theUAPA to investigatethe alleged “largerconspiracy” behind the riots. HowdoesDelhi Police justify invoking the linked to Covid vulnerability anti-terror law? What is the UAPA,and what is it usedfor? While critics have argued that dissenting ASTUDYhas found that stance use disorderon The UAPA is primarily an anti-terrorlaw – or protesting peacefullywould notamount people with substance record,theanalysisfound, aimedat“moreeffectivepreventionof certain to causing “disaffection againstIndia”, the use disorders aremore were morelikelytode- unlawful activities of individuals and associa- police have told the court that the riots were susceptible to Covid-19 velopCovid-19thanthose tionsand fordealing with terrorist activities”. aresult of abigger conspiracy to “overawe anditscomplications.The without suchadisorder. It wasfirstpromulgated in 1967 to target se- the government machinery”, and that the research waspublished This effect wasstrongest cessionistorganisations, and is considered to conspirators had a“specificpurpose, object on Monday in the journal foropioiduse disorder, be the predecessor of laws such as the (now and mandate” to cause“disaffection and re- MolecularPsychiatry.It PAPER followedbytobacco use repealed) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities volt againstthe Government of India”. suggests healthcare disorder.Individualswith (Prevention) Act(TADA)and Prevention of Theprosecutionhasarguedthattheaimof providerscloselymonitor CLIP adiagnosis of substance Terrorism Act(POTA). the protests was“to destroy, destabilise and patientswith substance use disorder were also Amendmentsfromtime to timehave disintegratethe Government of Indiainorder usedisordersanddevelop NEWRESEARCH morelikelytoexperience made the UAPA more stringent. Following to compel(it)towithdrawthe Citizenship planstohelp shield them worse Covid-19out- the lastamendment in 2019,anindividual Amendment Act(CAA) and allegedNational from infection and comes (hospitalisation, can be designated aterrorist; only organisa- RegisterofCitizens.” severe outcomes. death), than peoplewithout. tions could be designatedearlier.UAPAcases The researchersanalysed the non- The lungs and cardiovascular sys- aretriedbyspecial courts. Umar Khalid at aconference in Mumbai in January. Ganesh Shirsekar What makes the UAPA morestringent identifiableelectronichealthrecordsof temare oftencompromised in peo- The lawhas been usedincases other than than other laws? millionsofpatientsinthe US. They ple with substance use disorder, those of conventional ‘terrorism’ or ‘terrorist SafooraZargaristhe onlyone amongthe foundthatwhileindividualswithasub- whichmay partiallyexplain their acts’. It has of latebeen invokedagainstac- Thecoreofthepolicecaseisthatthe“com- added to the case subsequently. accusedbooked under UAPA who has been stance use disorder constituted 10.3% heightenedsusceptibility to Covid-19. tivists,studentleaders, and journalists. UAPA munalriotincidents”of February2020inDelhi The Actdefines unlawful activity as any givenbail. But she wasgranted relief on hu- of the total study population, theyrep- cases have been filedagainstactivists in the were “pre-planned” by Khalid and the others. action —spoken or writtenwords, signs, or manitariangrounds—hercaseforbailwasnot resented 15.6% of the Covid-19cases. Source: National InstituteonDrug Bhima-Koregaon case; at leasttwo journal- Khalidisaccusedofgiving provocative visible representation—whichisintended dealt with on meritsbyDelhi High Court. Those with arecent diagnosis of sub- Abuse, United States ists in Kashmir;Devangana Kalitaand speeches and urging people to come out on or supports anyclaim to bring about seces- Threeindividualsbelongingto thePopular Natasha Narwal,members of thewomen the roads to ensurethat the “propaganda of sionofany partofIndiaorwhichincites any- Frontof India(PFI)weregrantedbailinMarch, studentsand alumni collective Pinjra Tod; minoritiesinIndiaare beingpersecuted”may one towardssecession; disclaims, questions, butthatwaspriorto theadditionof UAPA pro- INDIAACTIVE CASES 990,061 former Congress municipal councillor Ishrat getpublicisedduring the visit of US President disrupts or intends to disrupt thesovereignty visions to thecase. Jahan;Khalid Saifiofthe organisation United Donald Trump(on February 24-25). and territorial integrityofIndia; and “which It is rare foranaccusedtoget bail easilyin AgainstHate; Jamia Millia Islamia student Police have also claimedtohavegathered causes or is intendedtocause disaffection acaseunder UAPA.The courtcan refuse bail if 1000,000 SafooraZargar; and now, Umar Khalid. evidenceagainstthe accusedinthe form of againstIndia”. in itsopinion the case is “prima facie”true. An WhatsApp chatsthat were allegedly usedin The word “disaffection” has notbeende- accusedcannotseekanticipatorybail,andthe What do police sayinthe case registered the“executionof theconspiracy”,allegedwit- finedinthe law, and findsmention only once. periodof investigationcanbeextendedto180 990,061 againstKhalidand others? ness statements, and evidence of the receipt Section 13 (“Punishment forunlawful ac- days from 90 days on the public prosecutor’s 862,320 TheinvestigationisbasedonFIR59of 2020, of funds from withinIndiaand overseas. tivities”),which has been invokedagainst request—which means the accusedhas vir- inwhichIPCSections302(murder)153A(pro- Khalid and others, provides foruptoseven tuallynochance of getting bail by default. 900,000 moting enmity between different groups on Which provisions of the UAPA have been yearsinprisonfor anyone who“advocates, In UAPA cases, the police custody can also grounds of religion, etc.), 124A (sedition), and usedinthe FIR? abets,advisesorincitesthecommissionof any be extendedto30days as againstthe 15 days others have been included. Sections13,16,17,and18 of theUAPA were unlawful activity”. allowedinordinarycriminal cases.

LAST 10 DAYS Sep 5Sep 14 800,000 Export ban on onions: cause, likely effect Note: The Sept14figure in this graph is based on thegovernment update on Sept15 appreciated by almost100%. Prices at this damaged stored onionsinMadhya Pradesh, to take placeinviewofthe exportban. PARTHASARATHIBISWAS marketsinNiphad talukaofNashik district in Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra. At present However, traders feel prices areagain going INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES PUNE,SEPTEMBER15 March were in the rangeofRs1,500per quin- it’s onlythe onion growers in Maharashtra to rise in aweek or so as overall supplies will 4,930,236 29,335,771 taland since then have appreciated to Rs who have produce to offload, having stored remain muted.The newcrop, theysay,will Source: MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, ON MONDAY,the Centre issuedanotifica- 3,000.Atretail markets, onion is nowtrad- up their harvestfromMarch-April. The pres- arrive only postNovember and withdemand Welfare,updatedat11pmon Sept15 updatedat11pmonSept15 tion prohibiting the exportofonion, even as ing betweenRs35-40 per kg as againstRs entsupplydisruption is likelytocontinue expected to rise before theDussehraseason the averagetradedprice of the bulb crossed 25-30 per kg in June. until the newcropinMaharashtrahitsmar- starts,prices arelikelytoremain high. the Rs 30-per-kgmarkatMaharashtra’s The immediatetrigger can also be found kets in early November. Lasalgaon wholesale market. This ban came in Consumer Price Index(CPI) numbers re- If the domestic supply-demand situation Will the move have anypoliticalfallout? justabout three months afterthe govern- leasedbythe government on Monday.Retail is heavilytiltedtowards thelater,demandfor The political fallout of high onion prices ment had tweaked the Essential inflation was6.69%, atad less than the 6.73% Indianonionisalso risingfrominternational can hardlybeover-emphasised. With the Commodities Act, 1955 to make the imposi- of lastmonth but well above theReserve markets.Indian onions, whichare normally Bihar electionsdue later thisyear,thegovern- tion of stocklimit and movement restrictions Bank of India’s target of 6%.The Consumer shippedoutto theGulf countries,SriLankaand mentappearstohavebeenwaryof facingthe on food grains, edible oilseeds, potatoes, Food Price Index(CFPI) forAugustwas 9.05% Bangladesh, usuallyhas ayear-round steady electoratewhenonionwascostlier than usual. onions and other essential commodities ap- as against9.27% of lastmonth. demand. However, demand from Sri Lanka, Ironically, the exportban comes plicableonlyinextreme conditions likewar exporters say, has suddenlypickedupafter when the government plans to make or naturalcalamity. Whyare onionscostlier in wholesale heavydestructionofcropthere,too,dueto rain. ordinancesthat amendedthe Essential markets? ThelandedcostofIndianonionsatDubaiport Commodities Actintolaw and stop What ledtothe export ban? The answer can be found in the excep- at this moment is around Rs 32-35per kg, knee-jerkreactions likeimposition of Thereseemtobetwo main triggers. The tionallyheavy rainfall in the countryin whichhas ledtomanyexporters increasing stocklimits. Farmer organisations have firstwas obviouslythe steady increase in August. It ledtoanear-complete washout of their shipments from Nashik. calledout what theydescribeasdou- wholesale pricesofonions in urban markets. the almostmarket-ready onion crop in ble standards. From Tuesday, the farm- Between March and September,the average Karnataka that wastohit the marketsinearly So, will the export banbring down prices? ers’ union Shetkari Sanghatana em- price of the bulb at Lasalgaon’s market has September.Along with this, the rain also Asharp depreciation in prices is expected barkedonrastarokos against this move. Easeofdoingbusiness:howstatesareranked,what’sdifferentnow

The reforms aregroupedinto12broad awards pointsonareformtoastateonlyif NUSHAIBAIQBAL&UDITMISRA areas likeland administration, labour regu- therewas an adequateresponse from users NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 lation, obtaining electricity and watersup- TABLE1:EASEOFDOINGBUSINESS TABLE2: REFORMS, TABLE3:SHARE(%)IN NEW of that response. plypermits,environmentregulation, etc. RANKS,TOP10IN2019 APPLICABLE/IMPLEMENTED INVESTMENTSANNOUNCED Ideally, the number of respondentsfor THE LATESTease of doing business rankings States arerequiredtosubmit proofofim- everystate shouldbedecidedbasedon forIndianstates, releasedbythe plementing eachreform on theDPIIT’s State 2015 2016 2017 2019 State Applicable Implemented State 2017-18 2018-19 population or number of business clusters Departmentfor PromotionofIndustry and EoDB portaland submit alistofusers of AndhraPradesh2111Andhra 187187 Andhra 6.56 16.29 to ensure thatthe sample is representative Internal Trade (DPIIT), have thrownupsome thesereforms.Asample of these users is of the state. It is notclear if DPIITusedrep- UttarPradesh 10 14 12 2 UP 186 184 Haryana 3.37 15.74 interesting results.The absence of morein- then surveyed to determine the efficacy of resentative samples. dustrialisedstatessuchasTamilNadu and thesereforms. Each question is assigneda Telangana 13 123Telangana 186 184 TamilNadu 4.01 9.32 Also,business owners’expectations Maharashtrafromthe toprungs and the weight. The final scoreisaweightedaverage MadhyaPradesh 55 74MP 187 187 Gujarat 6.76 7.74 from the governmentscan differ. Abusiness presence of states suchasUttar Pradesh of all the responses applicable to astate. Jharkhand 37 45Jharkhand 187 186 Maharashtra 18.09 6.32 owner from Tamil Nadu mayassesstheir (whichwas in thepastfar behind but has state government’s IT portaldifferently Chhattisgarh 44 66Chhattisgarh 187 186 nowshotuptoall-Indianumber2)inthe What reforms does DPIIT recommend? Karnataka 3.32 6.08 from one in UP. toprankshas surprisedmany. Alook at what DPIITrecommendsallstateshave asingle- Himachal 17 17 16 7 Himachal 185 175 Rajasthan 2.01 3.04 went intocalculating the final rankings. window system thatprovidesall necessary Rajasthan 68 98Rajasthan186 183 MP 2.87 2.73 Howdothese reformsaffect informationonpermitsandlicencesrequired WestBengal 11 15 10 9 WBengal 187 187 investments? Howare the rankingsarrived at? forstartingabusiness. Permissions required Odisha 8.25 2.43 An analysis by CARE Ratings shows that Gujarat 187 187 Theobjective of DPIIT’sreformexerciseis frommunicipalorvillage governmentbodies Gujarat 13 510 NCTDelhi 1.38 1.76 "the top-ranking states in terms of ease of to provide abusiness-friendlyenvironment, or police foractivities likefilming movies Source: DPIIT Source: DPIIT Source: CMIE doing business have notnecessarilybeen forwhich theregulationsinastate have to be should also be explicitly mentioned. associated with higher shares of newin- madesimpler.Therefore,itdevisedamethod- To reducedelays further,DPIIT recom- vestmentsannouncedduringthe year". ology to rank the states according to the ease mendsthatthe duration of licences be ex- 2015,the BRAP rankings reliedentirelyon from lastyear. Whywerethese rankings criticised? As Table 3 shows,exceptfor Andhra of doing business (EoDB)inastate. tendedorthattheyberenewedautomati- the feedbackitreceivedfromthe businesses DPIIT’S methodology doesnot consider Pradesh,the top-ranking states as per these DPIIT provides aset of recommenda- callybased on self-certification or forwhom these reforms were intended. Howdid the states perform? the actual number of reforms implemented rankings do nothavehighshares in the to- tions meant to reduce the time and effort third-partyverification. Astateisalsore- Earlier editions computed scoresbasedon AndhraPradesh securedthe topspotfor by thestates, as shown in Table 2.Stateslike talinvestment duringthe year.This is be- spent by businesses on compliancewith warded if aset of regulations (likelabour or the responses of the relevant stategovern- the thirdtime sincethe ranking wasfirstre- Haryana and Gujarat have implemented all cause businesses respondtoother condi- regulation calledthe Business Reform environment laws)are notapplicable to it. ment departments.The 2017-18edition leasedin2015(Table 1). UP jumpedten the reformsrecommendedbythe DPIIT,but tions likethe availability of skilledlabour, Action Plan (BRAP). BRAP 2019 is an 80- usedacombination of stategovernmentand spots to number twoand Telangana slipped were ranked lowonthe EoDB list. infrastructure, finance, etc. point listofreformsrecommendedtosim- Arethese scores and rankscomparable user feedbacktocomputethe score. to three. Gujarat, whichwas firstinthe first- Gujarat has reportedly attributed this to Inaddition,theserankingsdonotconsider plify, rationalise and digitise the regulatory to those from previousyears? Therefore, strictlyspeaking, the 2019 ever edition of the rankings, wasranked 11 poor response from the survey respon- thecostofdoingbusiness,whichiswhatmat- frameworkinastate. Forthe firsttime sinceits inception in rankings arenot comparable with those this year;Haryana slippedall the wayto17. dents. The methodology usedbythe DPIIT ters to businesses at the end of the day.

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AhmedR/o-1667,Gali Takhat my name from Manjeeet Singh Advocate SWARAJ has separated from him and she Plain Paper withEngagement Holes suitable for the RFP.Nameofthe PHC and the RFP reference no. disown him completely and forever from Wali SuiwalanDaryaganj HoratoManjeet SinghHorafor Chamber No. 921, Lawyers Chambers, Rohini, Delhi-110085 her moveable and immovable properties/ form/tractor feed on Line/Dot matrix printers. must be super scribed on the sealed envelope. Delhi-110002.have changed all purposes. 0040548683-1 assetsand her personal life.Anybody and uploaded on www.jktenders.gov.in vide tender ID my name to Umar Farooq. dealing with him in civil and criminal matter Incomplete applications/applications received in an PUBLIC NOTICE shall be doing at his/her/their own risk, 2020_PDD_102573_1 Is herebyextended as per the I, Mamchand, S/ODeviRam, cost and responsibility. 0040548763-10 "Be it known to all that my clients Sh. 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Nitin Kumar Goyal Delhi-110006.have changed 0070714324-1 D/o Late Sh. Shyam Sunder Gupta R/o 7020, for cancellation/ modificationofguidelines for Gali Tankiwali, Pahari Dhiraj, Delhi-06, because 22/09/2020 of their unlawful/illegal conduct with general ''IMPORTANT'' my name to Shumaila Zain. public as well as with my client and clientess. I All other terms and conditions as specified in the SBD selection without assigning any reason thereof. No I, MOHAMMAD MAJHARUL hereby inform all of you that my clients have debarred Nitin Kumar Goyal and Smt. Neha shall remain the same. 0040548763-11 HAQUE,S/O GULAM AHAMAD Gupta from their personal life and also from their Whilst care is taken prior to personal inquiry shall be entertained movable/immovable and tangible/intangible Sd/- R/O-B-249,PREM NAGAR-III, properties. Any person dealing with them please acceptanceofadvertising I,Satyendra sharma,S/o- take note of it that my client and clientess would KIRARI, SULEMAN- not be responsible for any legal/illegal/unlawful copy, it is not possible to verify Chief Executive Officer -Sd- Rajendrasharma,R/o-RZA- conduct of their son and daughter-in-law. No: CEO-IT/C/ 644-47 NAGAR,DELHI- Sd/- its contents. The Indian Dated: 12/09/2020 IT &Communication Division, 277,Nihal vihar,Nangloi,New S. B. PANDEY Mission Director,NHM &Member Secretary, 110086.CHANGED MY NAME TO (Advocate ) Express (P) Limited cannot be DIPK-2329 KPDCL Delhi-110041,have changed Ch.No. 251, Western Wing, OSH&FW Society MAZHARUL HAQUE. Tis Hazari Court Delhi-54 held responsiblefor such my name to SATYENDRA contents,nor for anyloss or OIPR-10084/11/0010/2021 SHARMAfor all purposes. 0040548725-8 PUBLIC NOTICE damage incurred as aresult of General Public is hereby informed that 0040548763-17 I, MANOJKUMARVARMA,S/O my clientsShri Pradeep S/o Late transactions with companies, Munshi Ram and his wife Smt. Omi both OM PRAKASHVARMA,H.NO r/o B-93-B, Ground Floor,Khasra no. associations or individuals I,Sanjay Kumar,S/o Raghubir 144-B, B-Block, Indra Park, Near 5864, JOGIWARA,NAI Bholaram School, Najafgarh, New advertising in its newspapers Singh,R/o-B-118,Street. No.9, Delhi-110043 have severed all relations SARAK,CHANDNI CHOWK and social connection with their son or Publications.Wetherefore Mata-Wali-Gali JohriPur,Delhi- DELHI-110006,changedmy Sumit and his wife Smt. Priya and their son who are living separately at 111, recommend that readers 110094,inform that my minor name to MANOJVARMA, RZP Block, Gali no. 31, Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh, Delhi-110043 as they have make necessary inquiries daughter’s Shreyaschool- permanently. 0040548725-7 proven to be disrespectful, disobedience and harmful towards my beforesending anymonies or recordparents-name wrongly- clientsand debarredthem from inheritingmovable and immovable written Sanjayand Sapna but I, LalteshTanwar,W/o Kapil propertiesofmyclients. Any body entering intoany agreements dealing with them in any manner parents correct-name is TanwarR/o-H.No.CB-56, whatsoever shall do so at his/her own with advertisers or otherwise NarainaCantt.,Delhi risk and consequences and my clients SanjayKumar and Sapna Rani. shall not be held liable for their actsand acting on an advertisementin Cantonment,Delhi-10,have deeds. Sd/- any mannerwhatsoever. 0040548763-7 N.K. MISHRA (Advocate) changed my nametoLATA Ch. 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LEBANON AnotherBeirut US President DonaldTrump speaks prior to signing the deals as Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, UAEForeign Minister fireunnerves Abdullah binZayed and Bahrain Foreign MinisterAbdullatifAlZayani applaud at the WhiteHouse on Tuesday. Reuters residents AFIRE eruptedinaland- AlexeiNavalnypostedaphoto on Instagram showing him in his hospital bed with his wife markbuilding in Beirut’s UAE,Bahrainsignhistoricpact and children by his side. AP commercial districton Tuesday, thesecond blaze thismonth to sendshud- dersthrough acapital still Navalny posts photo from in shockafter amassive withIsraelattheWhiteHouse portblastinAugustripped through the hospital, plans Russia return Mediterranean city.There Trumphosts ceremony, says theUS-brokered agreementsrepresent majorstride were no immediatere- ports of casualties and the He calledit“amajor stride in “Hi, this is Navalny. Imiss you erated Tuesdaythat Moscow blaze wasquicklyextin- STEVEHOLLAND& Isthisreally‘peaceintheMiddleEast’? whichpeople of allfaiths and ALEXANDERMARROW all,”he wroteinthe caption to his wasopen to clearingupwhat guished, but it leftresi- MATTSPETALNICK backgrounds live together in MOSCOW,SEPTEMBER15 Instagram followers. “I can still happenedtoNavalny,but dents exasperatedinana- WASHINGTON,SEPTEMBER15 peace and prosperity”and de- hardlydoanything,butyesterday neededaccesstoinformation on tion that has been THE TRUMP campaign tion,under the leader- clared that the three Middle East RUSSIAN OPPOSITION politician Icouldbreathe all dayonmyown. his case from Berlin. He said hammeredby adeepeco- THE UNITED Arab Emirates and has already brought ship of Jared Kushner, countries “aregoing to work to- AlexeiNavalny shared aphoto- Actuallyonmyown.” Moscowdid notunderstand nomic crisis and whichis Bahrain signedagreements on out ads saying the failedinavery public gether,theyare friends”. graph from aBerlin hospitalon The leadingopponentof why, if Frenchand Swedish lab- waitingforitspoliticiansto Tuesdayfor normalisingrela- President “achieved bid to find asolution to The back-to-backagree- Tuesday, sittingupinbed and President Vladimir Putin, fell vio- oratorieshad been able to test form anew government. tionswith Israel,becoming the PEACE in the MIDDLE the conflict.The mentsmarkanimprobable surroundedbyhis family, and lentlysickwhilecampaigning on his medical samples, Russia was “It’s terrible. It’sunbeliev- latestArabstatestobreak along- EAST”. While Trumpdid help Palestinians stoppedengag- diplomatic victoryfor Trump. He said he couldnow breathe inde- Aug.20andwasairliftedtoBerlin. notbeing giventhe same access. able,” said Joe Sayegh, 48, standing taboo in astrategic re- normalise relationsbetween ing with the Trumpadminis- has spent his presidencyfore- pendentlyfollowing his sus- Germanysays laboratory testsin The case has further strained who had been on ajog alignment of Middle Eastern twoArabcountries and Israel, tration, saying the US only castingdeals on such intractable pected poisoning lastmonth. threecountries have determined relations betweenRussia andthe through the citybefore countries againstIran. the keyconflictinthe region wanted to dictateterms. It problems as NorthKorea’s nu- Thephoto —the strongestev- hewaspoisonedwithaNovichok West,alreadyatapost-Cold War comingtothe scene. US President DonaldTrump remains unaddressed. In the wasafter this setbackthatthe clear program onlytofind actual idence yetofNavalny’sadvancing nerveagent,andWesterngovern- lowsince Moscow’sannexation hostedthe WhiteHouse cere- US, the term “peace in the administration sought the achievementselusive. recovery afteremergingfroma mentshavedemandedanexpla- of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 mony, capping adramatic Middle East” usuallyrefersto moremodestachievement of Bringing Israel,the UAEand coma lastweek —was swiftlyfol- nation from Russia. and the attempted poisoningofa monthwhen firstthe UAEand the Israel-Palestine conflict. bringing the Persian Gulf Bahrain together reflectstheir lowedbyconfirmation from his Moscowhas calledthe accu- formerRussiandoubleagentwith USA then Bahrain agreedtoreverse And the Trumpadministra- countries and Israel together. shared concern about Iran’sris- press spokeswoman that he sations groundless. Kremlin thesameNovichoknerveagentin Househonours decades of ill will withoutares- ing influence in the region and de- plannedtoreturn to Russia. spokesman DmitryPeskovreit- Englandin2018. REUTERS olution of Israel’s decades-old velopment of ballistic missiles. slainSikhcop disputewith the Palestinians. Palestinians,makethem the third cords with Israel. But he did not Iran has been critical of both deals. THE US House of Infrontof acrowdof hundreds andfourthArabstatestotake name anyofthe nations in- But in asign that regional Boris lashes out at EU, EU top court Representativeshasunan- of people on the WhiteHouse suchsteps to normaliseties since volvedinsuchtalks. strifeissuretocontinue while imouslypassed alegisla- lawn, Prime MinisterBenjamin Israel signedpeacetreaties with Speakingfromthe White the Israeli-Palestinian conflict supports net tion to name apostoffice Netanyahu signedaccords with Egyptin1979andJordan in 1994. House balcony, Trumpsaid: remains unresolved, sirens clears 1st hurdle for in Houstonafter Indian- Emirati ForeignMinisterSheikh Meeting Netanyahu earlier in “We’reherethisafternoonto warning of rocket fire from neutrality rules American policeofficer Abdullah bin Zayedal-Nahyan the Oval Office, Trumpsaid, changethe course of history.” Gaza soundedinsouthern Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister “We’ll have at least five or six Flags of the United States, Israel on Tuesdayasacere- London: The EuropeanUnion’s AbdullatifAlZayani. countries coming alongvery Israel, theUAE andBahrain monywas underway in Brexit treaty breach highestcourt has givenits sup- who wasgunneddownin the line of duty ayear ago. The deals,denouncedbythe quickly” to forgetheir ownac- were in abundance. Washington. REUTERS porttothe bloc's rules that stop internetprovidersfromcharg- Thebipartisan legislation, ELIZABETHPIPER Deputy SandeepSingh ON VISIT TO WILDFIRE-HIT CALIFORNIA ing customers forpreferential Dhaliwal Post Office Act, US partnerswith &WILLIAMJAMES access to their networks. wasco-sponsored by the LONDON,SEPTEMBER15 The European CourtofJustice entireTexas delegation. SE Asiannations onTuesdayissueditsfirstinterpre- “Deputy Dhaliwal repre- Trumponclimate change: to counter China BRITISH PRIME MinisterBoris tation of the EU’s netneutrality sentedtheverybest of our Johnson lashedout at the rules since theywereadoptedin community:heworked EuropeanUniononMonday ashe 2015.The rules requiretelecom- forequality, connection, Idon’t think science knows Washington: The Trumpadmin- woninitial approval foraplanto Boris Johnson at aCabinet munications providers to treat all and community through istration hasannouncedthe am- breachtheBrexittreaty,sayingthe meeting on Tuesday. 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WORLD BODY INCREASINGLY FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS,RELEVANCE As UN turns 75, the celebration is muted by calamity and conflict

So the marking of the an- shortcomings, the organisation overthepastdecadeto 80million. inception to provide aforum in TheSustainableDevelopment RICKGLADSTONE niversarywillbemuted,and not thatEleanorRooseveltcalled“our The number suffering acute whichall countries believedthey Goals, 17 UN objectivesaimedat SEPTEMBER15 onlybecause worldleaders will greatesthopeforfuturepeace”has hungerisexpectedto nearly dou- had ameaningful voice. eliminatinginequities that in- be unable to gather in personto at leasthelpedachieve that. ble by year’s end to morethan a Butitsbasicstructuregiveslit- clude poverty, genderbias and il- WORLDWIDE CONTAGION,the raise aglass —the pandemic has As he looked ahead toward quarterbillion, with the first tle real powertothe main body, literacy by 2030, areimperiled. worsteconomic crisis since the reducedthe General Assembly convening this year’sGeneral famines of the coronavirus era the General Assembly, and the UN veterans saymultilateral- Great Depression and awarm- beginning thisweek to virtual Assembly, Secretary-General lurking at the world’s doorstep. mosttothe WorldWar II victors ism—solving problems together, ing planet—nottomention ris- meetings. As the worldbody AntónioGuterresemphasisedthe Guterres’ entreatyforaglobal —Britain, China, France, Russia atenetofthe organisation’schar- ing hunger, growing legions of turns 75, it also faces profound long view. Thevaluesembedded ceasefiretohelpcombatthe coro- andtheUnitedStates—witheach ter—increasingly collideswith refugees, xenophobic bombast questions about itsown effec- in the UN Charter, he said, have navirus has gone largely un- wielding avetoonthe 15-seat principlesinthe same charter from strongmen leaders anda tiveness and even itsrelevance. prevented“thescourge of aThird heeded. His plea forcontributions Security Council as permanent emphasising national sover- newcold warbetween the “TheUNisweaker than it WorldWar manyhad feared”. to a$10 billionemergencycoron- members.Thecouncilisempow- eignty and nonintervention in a United States andChina. shouldbe,”saidMaryRobinson,a Still, the organisation is strug- avirus responseplan to help the ered to impose economic sanc- country’s internal affairs. TheUnitedNationsisaboutto formerUNhighcommissionerfor gling likeperhaps neverbefore. neediesthad,asof lastweek,been tionsandistheonlyUNentityper- Theresultisoftendelaysofaid celebrate itsbirthin1945fromthe humanrightsandthefirstwoman Whileitistheleadingprovider The UN headquarters in NewYork. Reuters metwithcommitmentstotaling mittedto deploymilitaryforce.No or denial of UN access to humani- ruinsofWorld WarII, although to become president of Ireland. of humanitarian aid, and UN justaquarterofthe goal. That re- permanentmember seems will- tarian crises, whether in deliver- “celebrate” might seemanodd WhentheUNwasfoundedby peacekeepers operateinmore sponse “barelyjustifies the de- ingtoalter the powerstructure. ing supplies to displacedSyrians, choice of word amid the long list the Alliedvictors, the goal wasto than dozen unstable areas, the warsinSyria,YemenorLibya.The UN statistics showthat the scription of ‘tepid,’”said Mark It is notonlyonquestionsof investigatingevidenceof Rohingya of currentglobalwoesandtheor- avertanotherdescentintoanother United Nations has been unable Israeli-Palestinianconflictisnearly number of people forciblydis- Lowcock,the topUNreliefofficial. warand ceasefireswhere the UN massacresinMyanmarorhelping ganisation’s ownchallenges. globalapocalypse. And forall its to bring an end to the protracted as old as the UnitedNations itself. placedworldwide hasdoubled The UN wasintended at its is struggling forresults. sickchildren in Venezuela. NYT

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU&KASHMIR OFFICE OF THEEXECUTIVE ENGINEER SALUTE THE SOLDIER MECHANICAL HOSPITAL ANDCENTRAL HEATING DIVISIONSRINAGAR On 16 Sep 1999 No 9420361LateRfn Diwakar (Telefax: 0194-2496089, E-mail ID: [email protected]) Tamangof3/11GRhad made supreme GISTOFE-NIT No:MHCHD/TS/2019-20/III/e-Tendering sacrifice duringOPVIJAY(Kargil) in Sep1999. Dated:14.09.2020 Colonel 11 GR &Sikkim Scoutsand Forand on behalf of the Lt.Governor,J&K State e-tendersare invited from registered/ AllRanks reputed/experiencedfirms withJ&K StateGovt., CPWD,Railwaysand otherState/Central Governments forthe belowmentioned work: On 16 Sep 1999 No 9418636 Late Nk Darjey Name of Work Est. Cost. Cost of Earnest Time of Position Bahadur Tamang of 3/11GRhad made (Rs. in Lacs) T/Doc. MoneyCompletion of Fund supreme sacrifice duringOPVIJAY (Kargil) in (in Rupees) (In Rs.) (in Days) Sep 1999. 123456 Colonel 11 GR &Sikkim Scoutsand Providing and Fitting of MCCB 1000 1.10 200 2200 05 Available AllRanks Amp capacity on the output of the 630 KVATransformer along with allied worksinorder to connect 600 TAMILNADU NEWSPRINT AND PAPERS LIMITED LPM Oxygen Plant at Govt. SMHS Hospital, Srinagar Kagithapuram -639 136, Karur Dist. Tamil Nadu E-mail: [email protected] ,Ph: 04324-277 001 (10 Lines), Extn: 4402/4568 1. The Tender documentConsisting of qualifying information, eligibilitycriteria, specifica- NOTICE INVITING BIDS Gòej ceOÙe jsueJes, ØeÙeeiejepe tions,Billofquantities(B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and otherdetails evfeeJfeoe meÛt evee meKb Ùee: TMC/CPOH/PRYJ/20-21/03 keâeÙe&heeuekeâ DeefYeÙevlee/meer.heer.Dees.SÛe, Sl. 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Union Territory Of Jammu &Kashmir OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIVISION KATRA (Tele- FaxNo. 01991-232043 E-mail address [email protected]) Cancellation of tender Name of the work:- 1) Providing and laying WMM and 25mm thickOGPC on Tikri Katra Road in Km 1st to 16 in Stretches and patches. (Under Non-Plan 2020-21) 2) Providing and laying WMM and 25mm thick OGPC on Upper Domail Katra Road in Km 1st to 2nd RD (0-400) in Stretches and patches. (Under Non-Plan 2020-21) Reference:- This office e-NIT No:- 08 of 2020-21 Dated:- 26-08- 2020. Due to poor response,the abovenoted worksmay treated and can- celled and fresh tender shall be invited shortly.

No:- ______[Er.Rajesh Kumar Gupta] Dated:-11-09-2020. Executive Engineer DIPJ-4526 PWD (R&B) Division, Katra

ODISHA STATEMEDICAL CORPORATION LTD CAD-472 (A Govt. of Odisha Undertaking) Regd.Office: Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd., Convent Square, Bhubaneswar -751 007, Odisha website: www.osmcl.nic.in, Email: [email protected] PhoneNo: (0674)2380608 No. 11864 Dtd.: 15.09.20 SHORT TENDER NOTICE Sealed tenderare invited from Manufacturer / Authorized Stockiest /AuthorizedDistributor for supply of Oxygen Cylinder (empty) (Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders) with valve and Cap. (BIS), 46.7litres to CDS, OSMCL, Bhubaneswar, which can be downloaded from the “notification” sectionofOSMCL’s official website http://osmcl.nic.in.The sealedtendershould reach to theundersignedonor before 22nd September 2020 to upto 11 AM. It is further to notify that corrigendum/ addendum, if any related to this tender shall only be uploaded in OSMCL Website and no publication shall be made in the Newspapers. Sd/- Gm Operations (D &S) OSMCL, BBSR OIPR-10112/11/0028/2021

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Internationalmarketdata till 1900IST PHARMA WATCH OVER`12,800CRINVESTEDINDOWNGRADEDDEBTSECURITIES US broke traderules COVID VACCINE CANDIDATE EPFOlooksatcriminalactionto by imposing tariffs Indian Immunologicals recoverstressedinvestments on China, says WTO in talks to manufacture quatelyexplainedwhy itsmeas- Rs 12,874 croreinvestedinthe ratingagencies.TheFinanceMini- REUTERS ureswere ajustifiedexception,the Russia’s Sputnik V; ‘lot of AANCHALMAGAZINE& ED downgradeddebt securities. Its stry hadalsoquestioned the Fu- GENEVA/BRUSSELS, panel concluded.”This panel re- SANDEEPSINGH Needtobe investment in RelianceCapital is nd’s exposuretoIL&FS andother SEPTEMBER15 portconfirmswhattheTrumpad- NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 PLAIN E peggedataround Rs 2,500 crore; risky entities before clearingthe ministration has been saying for ● moreopen parameters to consider’ EX about Rs 4,300crore in YesBank; interestratepayoutfor 2018-19. THE WORLDTrade Organization fouryears:theWTOiscompletely WITH CONCERNS beingraised aboutRs2,500crore inIndiabulls; Due to liquidity concerns,the found on Tuesdaythatthe United inadequatetostopChina’s harm- “We’re still studying abouttheexposure of theEmplo- WHILE THE CBT has sh- about Rs 1,700crore in IDFC; EPFO has optedtosplit theinter- Stateshadbreachedglobaltrading fultechnologypractices,”USTrade PRABHARAGHAVAN the information yees’ProvidentFundOrganisation ownanintenttorecover aboutRs1,300crore inDHFL;and estratepayoutforFY20—8.15per rules by imposing multi-billion Representative Robert Lighthizer NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 they’ve givenus... it (EPFO)to downgradeddebtsecu- the moneystuckindebt about Rs 574crore in IL&FS. cent (estimated at Rs 58,000 dollar tariffs in President Donald said in astatement. rities,theretirementfundbodyis papers of stressed compa- Investmentsbyexemptedfirms, crore) basedondebt component Trump’s trade warwithChina. China’s Commerce Ministry RUSSIA’S COVID-19vaccine might take some time consideringexercisingalllegalop- nies, the fact is that, even whichmanageEPF accountson will be paid soon, while the re- Washington says tariffs it im- said Beijing supportedthe multi- Sputnik Vhas garneredinter- before anything is tions, including criminal action, as the Centrehas been their ownfor their employees, is maining0.35per cent (estimated posedtwo yearsagoonmorethan lateraltrading system and re- estfromveterinary and hu- finalised, as the againstcompaniesforrecoveryof pushing fortransparency over and abovethis amount. at Rs 2,700 crore) will be subject $200billioninChinesegoodswere spected WTOrulings,and hoped man vaccine maker Indian exchange of itsstresseddebtinvestmentsam- on allfronts, EPFO’s inves- Respondingtoanemailsent to redemptionof theEPFO’sunits justifiedbecause China wasforc- Washington would do the same. ImmunologicalsLtd,whichis information is still ounting to over Rs 12,800crore. tmentsremain largely by The Indian Express,Gagan in exchangetradedfunds before ingcompaniesto transfertechnol- The US couldappeal against currentlyengaged in talksto ongoing.” At itsmeeting last week,the opaque. In fact, investm- Banga,vicechairman, MD and December 31.At8.5 per cent, the ogy and intellectual property.But Tuesday’s ruling. However, that potentiallycollaborateto CentralBoardofTrustees (CBT) entsinstressedfirms only CEOof IndiabullsHousingFinance EPFinterestrateisataseven-year theWTO’sthree-personpanelsaid would put the case intoalegal mass manufactureithere. The KANAND KUMAR chalked out aplan of actionafter came to light afterrating said, “Indiabulls has repaidRs low. If theredemption of units the US duties broketrading rules void, because theUShas blocked talks,stillnotfinalised,involve MD, INDIAN IMMUNOLOGICALS discussingthestatusreportsofthe agencies took action 1,000 croreout of Rs 2,500 crore doesnot comethrough as antici- becausetheyappliedonlytoChina the appointment of judges to the an exchangeofinformation risky investmentsspread across againstthe borrowers. to EPFO earlier this month.” pated,the 8.15 per cent interest and were abovemaximum rates WTO’sappellatebody, preventing on both sides to ascertain the candidatehad notbeen companies including Reliance “IndiabullsHousingFinanceis rate would be thelowest since agreedbythe United States. it from convening the minimum whether the Hyderabad- conducted when Russia ap- Capital, DHFL, IL&FS, YesBank, raising additional equity of Rs 1977-78,whentheEPFOpaidout Washington had notthenade- number required to hear cases. headquartered firm can suc- proved thevaccine.Post-reg- Indiabulls and IDFC,three CBT deliberateintentof default,”aCBT 2,200crore that will significantly an interestrateof8per cent. cessfullyincorporatethe istration trials involving members said. Measures forre- member told The Indian Express. raise our capital adequacy ratio. Thereturnsfromtheequityin- Russian technology and scale 40,000 volunteers arenow coverywillbetakenforeachcom- Asenior EPFOofficial said all Whilewe witnessedadowngrade vestmentsoftheEPFO,addingup Exports shrinkfor 6th mth in up production here, The Indian underwaythere, while Brazil’s panyseparatelyon“priorityba- legaloptionsare beingconsidered from AAA to AA,Iexpect the se- to overRs1lakhcrore,hadturned Express has learnt. regulatoryauthoritiesare also sis”, theysaid. and due processwillbefollowed curitiesto witnessanupgradego- redin2019-20,yielding(negative) “Weare in talks. We are expected to grant approvals “The Boardhas flaggedcon- forrecovery,adding, “Adequate ing forward,”headded. -8.3 per cent. Therehavebeen arow on falling shipments of exploring the option of man- following phase 3trials. cernsabout distressed invest- time would be providedtosuch While IL&FS said it doesn’t concernsabout the EPFO interest ufacturing the Sputnik Vvac- “We’restillstudyingthe mentsofthe EPFO, pushingfor companies foraresponse, but if it want to comment, no other com- rate for2020-21financialyear, petroleum,gems&jewellery cine hereafter it gets the req- information they’vegiven us immediaterecoveryof theinvest- isfoundthattheyare makingpay- panyrespondedtothemailssent. whichwould be finalisedearly uisiteapprovals,” Dr KAnand ...itmight take some time be- mentsasearly aspossible.Allpos- mentstoother companies while The EPFO’s stressedinvest- next year,given the volatility in fabrics, leather goods, electronic Kumar,managing director, fore anything is finalised, as siblelegaloptionswillbeexplored intentionallydefaultingonEPFO’s mentshadsurfacedasearly aslast stockmarkets.The EPFOinvests ENSECONOMICBUREAU and engineeringgoods. Indian Immunologicals con- the exchangeofinformation againstthese companies, includ- repayments,thencriminalaction yearwhen,intheaftermathof the 85 per cent of itsannual accruals NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Imports,too,dropped26.04 firmedwhen contacted. is still ongoing,” said Kumar. ing initiation of criminal action if couldalsobeconsidered.” NBFCcrisis,manyofthesedebtin- inthedebtmarketand15 percent per cent to $29.47billioninJuly “Right now, we’veexchanged Queries to Russia’s sovere- thereisprima facie evidenceofa The EPFOhas approximately vestmentsweredowngradedby in equities through ETFs. THE NATION’S merchandise ex- from the same period lastyear, some information that we’re ign wealth fund, the Russia Di- portscontinuedonitstrajectoryof narrowing the country’s trade going through and we’venot rect Investment Fund (RDIF), declinefor the sixth consecutive deficitto $6.77billionfrom$13.86 decidedonityet,” he said. whichhas been closelyinvol- UNDER GOVT’S PLISCHEME month in August, dropping 12.66 billioninAugust2019. Petroleum According to Kumar,there vedindiscussions with vari- ‘Indian startups should cut per cent to $22.70billion last and crude importsdeclined41.62 are“alot”ofparameters that ous countries forsupplyof Housing electronic parts month,accordingtoCommerce percentto $6.42billion,whilegold willneedtobeconsideredbe- SputnikV, includingIndia,re- reliance on foreign funding Ministrydata. The drop wasma- imports increased171.27per cent fore anything is finalised. mainedunansweredby press manufacturing units: UP, jorly onthebackofdeclineinship- to $3.70billion—theonlyproduct “Wehavetosee whether time Tuesday. sources likeUSand China’ mentsofproductslikepetroleum, intheimportcategorytoseetriple the technology can be suc- IndianImmunologicals gemsandjewellery,garmentsand digit growth. cessfullytransferred to our has so farearmarkedacapac- Tamil Nadu front-runners on Tuesday, alsorecommended platform and howmuchwe ity to makearound20 million ENSECONOMICBUREAU the Centretoabolishthe long- canproduce.We’relookingat singledosevaccinesforCovid- other attractive incentivesforini- NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 term capital gains taxfor allin- the compatibility of what they 19,whichcould go up to 200 AASHISHARYAN tial setting up,” an official who vestmentsinstartups made have done,whetherit fits with millionif the vaccine is multi- NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 asked nottobenamed, said. The SUGGESTINGTHATIndian start- through angel funds, alternatein- the equipment we have and dose, Kumar said. availability of trainedlabour in ups should reduce dependency vestment funds and investment at what scale we can produce The Hyderabad firm also TAMIL NADU and Uttar Pradesh these states have also helped on foreign fundingsources like LLPs. this vaccine,” he said. has an agreement with have emergedfront-runners for them pitchthemselvesbetterto the US and China, the Parliame- “... At aminimum, this should Sputnik Visahuman ade- GriffithUniversity in Australia settingupof newmobileandelec- companieslookingtoexpand ex- ntaryStanding Committeeon be done foratleastthe next 2 noviral vector vaccine, which to develop aliveattenuated troniccomponentmanufacturing isting units, the official said. Finance calledfor expansion of years to encourageinvestments basicallyuses agenetically vaccine. Kumar lastmonth units, as mostcompanies aresaid As manyas22global and the Small Industries Develo- during the pandemic period. modifiedvirus to carrythe said in apanel discussion with to have shown moreinterestin Indianmobilehandsetmakers,in- pment Bank of India (SIDBI) Afterthis 2year period, the code forthe cells in the hu- Telangana IT MinisterKT these twostates, according to of- cluding Samsung, Apple’s con- Fund-of-Funds vehicleto allowit Securities Transaction Tax(STT) man body to produce the Rama Raothat human trials ficialsinknowofthe develop- tract manufacturersFoxconn, to playananchorinvestorrole. maybeappliedtoCIVs so that spiky outer layer(spikepro- forthat vaccine candidateare ment. Pegatron, and Winston, as well as The House panel, which revenue neutrality is tein)of theSARS-CoV-2virus. likelytobegin in the firstcou- While Tamil Nadu, whichhas Rising Star areamong the appli- tabledits reporton“Financingthe maintained,” the panel notedin This is expected to help the ple of months of 2021. a“well-established”logistical in- cants forthe scheme. Apartfrom Startup Ecosystem” in Parliament itsreport. bodyrecognise this spike pro- In apress briefingonSept- frastructureformobileandrelated thephonemakers,nearly 40elec- tein as aforeign substance and ember 8, Niti AayogMember component manufacturing is troniccomponentmanufacturers build an immune response (Health) Dr VK Paul had said likelytobepreferred by Apple’s had also appliedtoset up new againstitsothatitcan tackle that the centralgovernment contract manufacturerPegatron, unitsorexpand existing plants GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, the real virus when it tries to had been exploring the possi- otherProductionLinkedIncentive under the PLI scheme. “e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE infect. bility of manufacturing Sput- (PLI)schemeapplicantsare scout- The government, in April,no- OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, The vaccine wasdevel- nik Vherewhen ascale up ing forlocations in Noida and tifiedthe newPLI scheme, under KHORDHA (R&B) CIRCLE, KHORDHA opedbyMoscow-based would berequired.Ithad also nearbyareas of UttarPradesh, of- whichcompaniesthatsetupnew B-249 WORKS DEPARTMENT Gamaleya Research Institute been looking at conducting ficials said. mobile and specifiedequipment Tender call Notice of Epidemiology and largescalephase3humantri- “Thesetwostatesalreadyhave manufacturingunitsorexpanded E-mail- [email protected] Microbiology and is the first als of the vaccine in India. the basic logistical and other in- their present unitswould getin- Bid Identification No. SE-Khordha (R&B) Circle-07/2020-21 Memo No- Dt. 04.09.2020 Covid-19vaccine to be regis- Full report on frastructure necessaryformobile centivesof4to 6per cent on in- The Superintending Engineer,Khordha (R&B) Circle, Khordha on behalf tered,thoughphase3trialsof www.indianexpress.com manufacturing.Theyhavealsoof- cremental sales from good made of Governor of Odisha inviting percentage rate bid in double cover feredadditional taxbreaksand in India. system in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors for Building works as detailed in the table below: GST taxpayers 1. 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IPL 2020 SHORT STORIES I DAVID WARNER Should have talked more Tik tok, tik tok: Howtime flies abouttaking a Tale of aT20 cricketing brat whoturnedintoanall-format batting legend, Warner is an endearing familyman and asocial media sensation knee:Langer Australia since WorldWar II. To have aplayer well. It’s an offshoot of that.” VISHALMENON of his calibre playing foruswas quitespecial,” MENFORALLSEASONS ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER15 Whitneytold The Indian Express. Without any Familyman MANCHESTER,SEPTEMBER15 fuss, he made aseamless shift to grade cricket. Afteradozen uninterrupted In asense, Tiktok and Instagram have given IT’S QUITE astory.Ahardened professional “Beforeeverymatch,hepreparedmeticulously, appearancesatthe IPL,these Warner the opportunity to changehis image AUSTRALIA CRICKETcoach Justin Langer re- known forhis imperious batting, snarls and asif hewasplayingaTestmatch.Forouryoung regulars boastcent percent and showcase acontrasting side to his person- gretstherewerenot moreconversations clashes on field and in stairwells, the vil- blokes, he wasaninspiration,”Whitneysays. attendance andthe eternal ality thatmanydidn’t knowexisted. “His ex- among the squad about taking aknee in sup- lain in aball-tampering scandal, movedto Unsurprisingly, hispresencesprinkledstar- promise of aplucky 13th year of ploitsonTiktokandInstagramwerecoveredex- portofthe BlackLives Matter movement be- tears on air,and then the impressive crick- dustrarelyseeninthose games.Morethan reinventions. Featuring IPL’s tensively on the news hereinAustralia during fore matches on the ongoingwhite-balltour eting comeback. David Warner has perhaps 6,000 flockedfor agame between Randwick- mostprominent mainstays,an thelockdown.Healwayshadthisreputationof of England.While players from the England finally secured what had proved elusive PetershamandSutherlandCricketClubthatin- Express countdown to India’sbig being aferocious competitor.But these videos andWestIndies teams took the symbolic po- throughout his career,attimeseveninhis cludedplayers suchasShane Watson, Steve sports reopening Saturdaynight. have shown afunnier side of him. He has ma- sitiononthe field before thestart of every homeland: genuine love from fans. Smith and SteveWaugh’s son Austin. turedalot,andhisthreedaughtersandwifehave matchintheirthree-testseriesinJuly, thesame FarawayfromAustralia,hehas unexpect- Looking back, Whitneysays Warner wasa playedakey role in his evolution. This virus has has nothappened during Australia’s tour. edly gainedadulation in India, especiallyina revelation. “Throughthecourseof thatseason opposition bowlers. From posting videos that also givenhim an extendedtime to be with his Australia captain AaronFinchpreviously bifurcatedTelugu-speakingregionunitedinits —intwo-day games, ODIsand T20s —heav- showhimgroovingwithhiswifeanddaughters familyinmorethanadecade,whichhehasused said his team decidedagainsttakingaknee love fortheir Aussie Tiktok hero. eraged over 80. Offthe field, he relentlessly to lip-syncingpopular Bollywood and Telugu to his advantage,” Whitney elaborates. afterraising the matterwith England skip- It wasthe Indian Premier League ecosys- signedautographs.Never said no to anything, songsand dressing up in aBahubali costume, TherearescepticswhoviewWarner’sforay per Eoin Morganbecause “education around temthat notonlyintroducedWarner to the interacted withkidsand offeredvaluable ad- Warnerhassentsocialmediaintoameltdown. intosocialmedia as an attempt at an image it is moreimportant than the protest.” cricketing worldatlarge but also made him vice to the juniors in the team. It’ssomething Social media analystGuruduttBiswal be- makeover. Thereare others likeSRH bowling That brought astinging rebukefromWest awareofhis ownstrengths. that nevergets talked about. As the president lievesWarnerwassmartinhiscontentcreation. coachMuttiahMuralitharan,whosuggestedin Indiesgreat Michael Holding, who has called Ironically, it wasIPL thatturnedabats- of the club, Icouldn’t have askedformore,” he “He is quitepopular withthe Sunrisers half-jestthatWarnerwasdoingitforattention. the response from England and Australia man who seemedcustom-built forthe says.Inthedressingroom,Warnerwouldnar- Hyderabad, whichisthe reason whyhehas “He wantstobeinthe limelight. That’s whyhe “lame.” Asked on Tuesdayabout Australia’s shortestformat intoaTest batsman through rate stories from his international tours and been generating so muchcontent catering to is dancing at Tiktok. If Idance, entireIndia will stance on the BlackLives Matter movement, his association with Virender Sehwag, who the IPL that kept histeam-mates captivated. that particular region.” laugh,”hesaidonRAshwin’sYoutubechannel. Langer acknowledgeditcould have been dis- wasJambavana to Warner’s Hanuman, Accordingto Whitney,“Warner’spresenceen- Sincehis Tiktok debutonApril 18,@david- Whitney, though,seesitdifferently. “Evenif cussedmoreupon the squad’s arrivalin makinghim awareofwhathewas reallyca- ergised our team”. warner31’s growth has been nothing shortof he has doneitfor an imagemakeover, he is England as the firstsports team from pable of. And it’s the IPL nowthat’s made David Warner’s presence has energised phenomenal —racing from 0followers to 4.6 showing the worldthatthere’s another side to Australia to travel overseas sincethe COVID- him an object of endearment among fans SRH’s man forall seasons Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH/Twitter million in three months. hispersonality.Whenhelooksback,hewould 19 pandemic broke. who can’t have enoughofthe dancing Overtheyears,Warnerhashadasimilaref- Overall, his videos were viewedover90 have realisedthemistakethathehadcommit- “In terms of taking aknee, to be com- champion.Theylovethe smiles of his kids fect on his IPL franchise,Sunrisers Hyderabad. million timesand garnered65.7million likes ted. But when it’s all washedupand done, pletely honest, we could have talked more who prance with him and callhis wife Hehasturnedtheminto aforceto bereckoned Rose. “There’s no doubt in my mind that the during this period. Even aban on Tiktok im- you’relookingatoneof thegreatestAustralian about it perhaps leading up to thefirstgame,” Vadhina, sister-in-law, in comments.The with, through individual actsofbrilliance. daughters have mellowedhim down. Ithink posedbythe Indiangovernment in lateJune cricketerstohaveplayedthe game across all Langer said. “Therewas so much going on Warner brand is well established, at leastin Sample this. Warner scored over 500runs fatherhood changes peopleindifferent ways. didn’t hurtWarner’s popularity. formats. It (the social media foray)may have leading up to us getting here, maybewe the Telugu-speakingcricketing world. in eachofhis five seasons with SRH, and won You’vegot to work,providethemthebestof fa- His popularityonTiktok has resulted in an startedwith abit of fun and then it went viral. should have talked moreabout it. It didn’t seem possibleinMarch 2018 the OrangeCap on three occasions. Overall, he cilities, better than what youeverhad experi- increasedfan following on Instagram. His fol- Therewillalways be critics who willsay nega- “What we do talk about within the team, when he steppedawayfromcricket in tears. has scoredclose to 25 per cent of the team’s encedinyourlife.Davidhasgot abeautifulwife. lowers therenumbered 4.1million on tive things no matter what youdo.” wasthat we want to have aresponse that is Twomonths afterhewas handed a12- runs, and ledthem to the title in 2016. She grew up in the same neighbourhood as he September7. WarnerjoinedInstagramin2016 Biswal provides an interesting take.“There sustainedand powerful, and that it can go month ban by CricketAustraliafor hisrole in Nevertheless, success on the field can’t re- did, and Idaresay that she has been the rock,” and tillApril 2020, had around 2.3 million fol- hasn’tbeenasinglenegativepostfromthat(ball- notjustinone action but asustainedperiod the ball-tampering fiasco, former Australia move thestains of pastmisdemeanours. The Whitneynotes. lowers.However, sinceApril18 (coincidingwith tampering)scandal.Sincemostofhisfollowers notjustthroughoutthis series and the sum- pacer MikeWhitney metWarner at Sydney’s ball-tamperingincidentwasnot justaone-off. his Tiktok debut),his followers have increased areIndians, theydon’t reallycareabout what mer but throughout time.” Coogee Oval. He wasnot theretooffer apep Overtheyears,Warnerhadbuiltareputationof Social media superstar by close to twomillion. Out of his 4.1million happenedtwo years agoinSouth Africa. Had Langer described Holding, who has been talk or lecturehim on morality.Aspresident beingabrashbully, whowouldgetintouglyal- Five monthsago,whentheworldwentinto Instagramfollowers,3.1millionarefromIndia. theincidenthappenedinIndia,itcouldstillhave avocaladvocateofBlack LivesMatter, as “one of Randwick-Petersham, Whitneywas ex- tercations—likethestaircaseexplosionhehad lockdown, Warner tweeted: “Me and Kane Biswal attributes Warner’s rise in pop- madeadifference.ButinIndia,Warnerhascre- of the great people in worldsport, and cer- cited to have the left-hander playing grade withQuintondeKock duringthatill-fatedtour, Williamsonwillbedoing Tiktok videos during ularity on Instagram to his sensational foray ated aname forhimself with the IPL,” he says. tainlyour game.” cricketfor hisclub in the upcoming season. or punching Joe Root at apub in Birmingham. quarantine”. And afortnight later,hefollowed into Tiktok. “There’s alot of cross-posting of Whitneyconcludesonaphilosophicalvein. “I justhope,” Langer said, “if it looked like Warner has been partofthe club since 2013, Followinghis suspension and the subse- itupwithanothertweet: “zeroideawhat’sgo- content that’s taking place with regard to “If people areenjoying watching Warner and therewas alackofrespect, it wasn’t the in- but rarely found time to play givenhis inter- quentbacklash,itcouldhave gonedownhillfor ing on but have been told to do tiktok by my 5- Warner.Since Tiktok givesyou that flexibil- hiskids dancingtoBollywood numbers, he is tention of our team. We were very awareof national and IPL commitments. Warner,butforthesupportofwifeCandiceand yr old”. From then on, it’s been an all-outbar- ity to repostitonother platforms, we’resee- doingagreat service because there’s notalot it. When Mikey says what he says,it’s cer- “Davidisoneof thefinestplayersto play for histhreedaughters—IvyMae,IndiRaeandIsla rage,muchlikethe opener’s assault on ing asurge in his followers on Instagram as to smileabout currently.” tainlyworth listening to.”

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