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AMENDS LAND LAWS, OMITSPROTECTION TO PERMANENT RESIDENTS NO BAILFOR Washington JAMIASTUDENT CentrethrowsopenJ&Kforlandsale, Anti-CAA signs key defence stir meant Gupkarpartiestermithugebetrayal pact with Delhi, to provoke disaffection

Non-agriland opened up;restassured,landwillnot be giventoanybody:L-G ED Little calls out Beijing urban or non-agricultural land These newamendmentsare, protection against India: DEEPTIMANTIWARY forpurchase by outsiders, per- however, notapplicable to the PLAIN E Citing Galwan, Pompeo says will stand ● tolocals &NAVEEDIQBAL mit contract farmingonagricul- Union TerritoryofLadakh. EX Delhi court NEWDELHI/SRINAGAR, tural lands,providefor setting up National Conference Vice by India to confront threatstoliberty OCTOBER27 of an industrial development President Omar Abdullah said, THE CENTRE’S move,af- corporation, and also insulate “J&K has been put up forsale and termorethan ayear of ANANDMOHANJ IN ADECISION that mainstream zones identifiedfor develop- leftbereftofany basic protec- the abrogation of Article NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 political parties in Kashmir said ment from application of various tions. The amendmentsadd to 370, will add to the fears stokes fears of demographic laws that earlier ensured own- J&K has been put up forsale, the fear of demographic of alienationand demo- ADELHI courtonTuesdayre- change, the CentreonMonday ership remainedwith ‘perma- says Omar;L-G allays fears changes. Theywant to alter the graphicchange. Areading fusedbail to a27-year-old uni- amendedand notifiedlandlaws nent residents’. character of this place.” of theamended laws sug- versity student, saying “vocifer- forthe Union TerritoryofJammu The laws,asamended, do not The People’s Alliance for geststhe government can ous agitation in the guise of and Kashmir and explicitlyomit- place anyrestrictionsonpur- area forbuilding aresidence or a Gupkar Declaration (an alliance still introduce safeguards Citizen Amendment Bill coupled tedthe protection earlier avail- chase of farm land by non-J&K shop, as it exists in certain hilly of political parties including forthe UT's citizens with other activitiesofviolence able to its‘permanentresidents’. agriculturists,and also do not states including Himachal National Conference, PDP,CPI, through notifications. would showitwas meant to The amendedlawsopenup impose limitsonthe quantum of Pradesh. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 cause or intendedtocause dis- affection againstIndia”. This is the second time that Asif Iqbal Tanha of Jamia Millia Islamia, who has been charged Four days after under the Unlawful Activities Night before polls, Nitish diminished, (Prevention) Act(UAPA)inthe House hearing, NortheastDelhi riots conspiracy NSAAjit Dovaland US SecretaryofState Michael Pompeo case, has been refusedbail. grief over death in Tejashwi banks on Facebook’s greeteachother at South BlockinNew Delhi Tuesday. ANI Police have accusedTanhaof conspiring with former JNU stu- Ankhi Das quits dent Umar Khalidand JNUstu- puja-police clash Caste-plusrefresh dent SharjeelImam to “over- SHUBHAJITROY BUSINESSASUSUAL throw theGovernment” by ment delivered, mostspectacu- ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 setting up achakka jam (road DIPANKARGHOSE DECISION VANDITAMISHRA larlycycles forschoolgirls. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 BY UNNY blockade)inMuslim-dominated MUNGER,OCTOBER27 ARA,SASARAM,OCTOBER27 In 2015,heshared thestage AS INDIA and the United States areas. Police have alleged that 2020 withrival-turned-friend Lalu FACEBOOK’S POLICY director for announced Tuesdaysigning of Tanha usedfakedocuments to LESS THAN akilometreaway, in AS BIHAR begins voting tomor- Prasad Yadavwith the BJP his ag- India, South and Central Asia the crucial military pact,Basic buy amobile phone SIM to use the premises of aschool, thereis row, the figureofNitish Kumar gressive challenger.Inthat elec- Ankhi Das is leaving the firm, a Exchangeand Cooperation in the riots.This SIM wassubse- atent with purpledrapesand a BIHAR looms, bruisedand diminished tion, “Nitish ji kaam tohbahut kiye statement issuedbythe com- Agreement (BECA), visiting US quentlyprovided to another tempowith election equipment. —and alone. hain”was theopeningline but panyTuesdaysaid. SecretaryofState Michael R Jamia student and co-accused But in Munger's Loharpatti area, In 2010,Nitish wasalone, wasn’talwaysthe conclusion, Thiscomes four days after Pompeo recalledthe Galwanval- SafooraZargartoorganise fur- VOTING No.of aday before the firstphaseofthe TODAY seats too, but as the conquering bijli- even though the Lalu-Nitish al- Das had appeared before leyincident in Juneand said that ther protests,police have said. Bihar Assemblyelections, the Phase1 71 sadak-paani hero,the centreof liance went on to win. Parliament’sJointCommittee on the US would “stand with the When Tanha’s lawyer firstinthe countryduringthe the NDAcampaign, withthe BJP This time Nitish looksalone the Personal DataProtection Bill people of India to confront Sidharth Aggarwal argued that pandemic, thereismourning— taking aquiescent secondplace. and embattled in the Election whichhad questionedher on threatstotheir sovereignty and organisations suchasthe Jamia and aheartbroken father who “Kaam kiyehain”, wasthe ap- 2020 frame, as voters ask: “Road Facebook’s advertisement to theirliberty”. Coordination Committee (which can barelyspeak.“If Ihad not 1,066 21.46 lakh proving refrain, as voters aur bijli se petbhar jaayega (is model,its targeting of audiences, From the Hyderabad House coordinated the protests against CONTESTING TOTALNO.OF come home early yesterday, I CANDIDATES VOTERS counted outthe listofpublic road and electricity enough)?” earnings and taxesand its lawns and with Defence the citizenshiplaw)orStudents’ CONTINUEDONPAGE2 goods and subsidies his govern- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Mumbai ED FROMPAGEONE officials among Washington wasaparticularfocusof ourtalks. to lathicharge everyone and as- five booked for We reiterated the importance of saultedus. Even Igot hit," he said. MinisterRajnathSingh and peace,stabilityandprosperityfor As thingswent outofhand, stealing trailers, External Affairs MinisterS all countriesinthis region. As Centre throws open J&K for land sale saidBarma,policeopenedfire.The Jaishankar by their side, the visit- Raksha Mantri stated,this is pos- police claimedtohaverecovered bid to sell them ing US ministers, Pompeo and sibleonlybyupholdingtherules- CPM and People’s Conference) setupanindustry theywill “Upon comingintoopera- promotion of healthcareor three countrymade pistols with Defence SecretaryMarkTEsper, basedinternational order,ensur- describedtheCentre’s action as have to be givenland. That will tion of themasterplanora senior secondary or higher or live andemptycartridgesfromthe launchedasharplywordedattack ing the freedom of navigation in a“huge betrayal”. “It is amas- be done through industrial zonal plan, the landuse permit- specialisededucation”. site. “Weare collecting video EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE on China. theinternationalseas,promoting sive assault on the rightsofthe parks.” He said while agricul- tedinthe area coveredthere- TheGovernmentcan“allow footageofthespot to identifytrou- SURAT,OCTOBER27 The four of them were ad- openconnectivityandrespecting people of Jammu and Kashmir, tural landwould remainre- under shall onlybeasprovided transferof land,asdefinedinthe blemakers. Adequateforceshave dressingthemediaaftermeeting theterritorialintegrityandsover- and is grosslyunconstitu- servedforagriculturists,“forin- in termsofsuchmasteror saidsection,infavourof anyper- been deployed to ensure no fur- FIVEPERSONS,includingadeputy PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi. eignty of allstates. Amulti-polar tional,” saidthe alliance’s dustrialareas –that arebeing zonal plan. The provisionsof son, institution or corporation, theruntowardincidenthappens,” director of Enforcement Directo- While Pompeo said that worldmusthaveamulti-polar spokespersonSajad Lone,who identified–wewant that in- the Jammu and Kashmir forsuchindustrialorcommer- said Munger SP Lipi Singh. rate (ED)inMumbai,werebooked IndianandUSleadersandcitizens Asia as itsbasis,”Jaishankarsaid. is also the President of People’s dustries should come to J&K AgrarianReforms Act, 1976, cialorhousingpurposesoragri- Accordingtopolice, about 20 forallegedly stealingandtryingto seewith“increasing clarity” that Conference. likeother parts of thecountry Jammu and Kashmir Land cultural purposes or anyother personnel, including thestation sell trailers seizedduring aprobe the CommunistParty of China Tejashwi Anotification publishedin so that developmentcan take Revenue Act, Samvat 1996 or public purpose as maybenoti- in-chargesofSangrampur, againstaSurat-basedfirm. Three (CCP) is “no friend to democracy Thatthe three-term Chief the official gazetteonMonday place and youthcan getem- anyotherlaw forthe time be- fied by the Government forin- KotwaliandQasimBazar,werein- of them, including an informer of and rule of law”, Esper sethis Ministerlooks alone with the shows that the reference to ployment.” On the setting up of ing in forcerequiring anyper- dustrial and commercial devel- juredinthe incident. ED, were senttojudicialcustody sightsatBeijing as he flagged the people’sanger points to aform- ‘permanent residentsofthe industrial units, J&K Chief mission to changethe usageof opmentofthe UnionTerritory.” GopalPatwa,anoffice-bearer at Surat CentralJail Monday.Two “increasingaggressionanddesta- less opponent, and an ally reced- State’ has been removedfrom SecretaryBVR Subrahmanyan anyland, shall notbeapplica- However, allsuch“non- of Bharatiya JanataYuvaMorcha ED officials areyet to be arrested. bilisingactivities by China”. ingfromthe stage. laws that provide forhousing said, “Wedon’twantpolluting bletoany land so covered,” agriculturists”wouldhaveto (BJYM),theBJP'syouthwing,said: Accordingtopolice,thetrailers Indian and Chinese soldiers Prime MinisterNarendra foreconomically weaker sec- industry, we don’t want steel states Section 11A. However, use the allotted land onlyfor “It wasthe administration that were seizedfromSiddhi Vinayak arelockedinaborderstandofffor Modi, who dominated the 2014 tions and low-incomegroups. and iron.Inthe next 2-3 days, some protection is extended purposes intendedduring al- openedfireatDDU Chowk. The Logistics in 2018 during ajoint morethanfive monthsandasthe Lok Sabha poll with his promise Further,the government can everything willget clarified.” through amendmentstothe lotment and would neverbe administration beat peoplemer- probebytheCBI andED,andwere harsh winter begins, BECAwill of “change”andthenthe2019 Lok nowprescribedimensions for In amendmentstothe Jammu and Kashmir Land recognisedasagriculturists. cilessly fornot hurrying up. This parkedatayardinSiyalajvillage in help NewDelhiget real-time ac- Sabhapollonthe “national secu- suchsites; earlier theywere Jammu and KashmirAgrarian Revenue Act. The Centre has also diluted is entirelythe fault of the admin- Kosamba, Surat. cesstoUSgeospatial intelligence rity” plank,shored up by fixedand specifiedinthe law Reforms Act, the Centrehas Through insertion of restrictions on conversion of istration,” he said. OnOctober16,ateamof Surat that willenhance accuracy of au- Hindutva, is notadomineering itself. said no person shall transfer Section 133Hinthe Agrarian agricultural land to non-agri- With the three-phase elec- Ruralpolicestoppedthreetrailers, tomated systemsand weapons presenceinthiselection.Excepta Land acquired by the gov- land to anyperson other than Reforms Act, the Centrehas cultural land. Earlier suchcon- tions starting,ruling ally BJPwas eachloadedwith twotrailers, at likemissiles and armeddrones. section of forwardcaste voters, ernment forindustrialorcom- the “Government, or itsagen- completely barredsale of agri- version could onlybedone only quicktocallforaprobe.“Idemand Kamrej toll plaza. When the driv- It will also help access topo- Biharwill votefor and against mercialpurposescan nowbe cies and instrumentalities”. culturalland to “non-agricul- with the permissionofthe that an inquirycommittee be set ersfailedtoproducerequireddoc- graphical and aeronautical data Nitish, notinModi’s name. allowedtobedisposedofor Earlier,itwas limited to turist”, but it has providedfor Revenue Minister. It can nowbe up. Whoeverisfound guilty,the uments, police seizedthe trailers. and advancedproductswhich Therefore, Modi’sown ability sold to anyone.Earlier,only “Government of Jammu and severalsituations underwhich done with the permission of strongestactionmustbetaken,no The drivers told policethat they will aidnavigation and targeting. to draw votes from across caste ‘permanent residents’of Kashmir”. It hasalso said that salecan still happen. the DistrictCollector. matterhow big the official,” said worked forMahadev Roadlines, This could be key to Air Force-to- fault-lines maynot becomethe Jammu and Kashmir could nothing shallprohibit transfer It has said that suchland can Through insertion of anew UnionMinister Giriraj Singh. Vapi,andthesixtrailerswereload- Air Forcecooperation between ballastfor the NDA. purchase suchland. of ownership of land for‘con- betransferredtoGovernmentor section, special protection has LJPleader Chirag Paswan said ed from aparking yard on NH-48. India and the US. On the other side, anger Whilethe newclauses tract farming’, or grantoflease “a CompanyoraCorporation or been giventograzing land or thatthefiringshows the“Talibani One Santosh Singh asked them to Singh and Jaishankar,how- againstNitish is seen and heard, technicallyopen Jammu and or mortgagefor loan. Earlier,it aBoardestablishedbyorunder those that grow fuel and fod- rule” of Chief MinisterNitish deliverittoSanjayJaiswal at Nas- ever,did notname China, but evenamongthebackwardcastes, Kashmir forpurchase of land by waslimited to mortgagefor astatuteand ownedand con- der,albeit theytoo can be con- Kumar's government and called hik,theytold police. Police traced talked about “respecting” and and especiallyinthe young and outsiders, the government may loan. trolledbythe Government or a vertedwith the Collector’s per- for“strict action”against thepo- Santosh Singh and Mumbai resi- “upholding” the “territorial in- educated, but it’s notclear provide some protection Some crucial amendments Government Company as de- mission. licemenresponsible. dentsAfsarKhanandPunajiSawe- tegrity and sovereignty”ofall whether these alienated voters throughnotifications. have also been madetothe finedinthe Companies Act, The Centrehas alsoex- Congress spokesperson kar who told them that Deputy states —anot-so veiledreference areengaging meaningfullywith Earlier in the day, Manoj Jammuand Kashmir 2013”provided it is usedfor pandedSection13which deals Randeep Singh Surjewala Directorof EDinMumbaiPraveen to Beijing’sbelligerencealongthe Tejashwi. Sinha, Lieutenant Governor, Development Act, 1970.The ‘publicpurposes’.Suchtransfers with “permission to be taken tweeted: “Will the BJP-JDU gov- SalunkeandBheraram,EDinspec- Line of Actual Control(LAC). In this election amid afull- Jammu and Kashmir,toldThe Centrehas introducedSection canalsohappeninfavourof pub- fordevelopment”fromthe au- ernment thrash Durga worship- tor, were allegedly involved in the Pompeo, in hisremarks, said: blownpandemicof distress,disil- Indian Express, “Ekdum aash- 11Atothe Actwhichprotects lictrustsfor‘charitablepurposes’. thority concerned. It has said pers likeanimals? Will the BJP- racket of stealingtrailers and sell- “Thechallengeofdefeating the lusion,andcoronavirus,inthator- wast rahiye, kisi ko zameen notified development zones The government can also the Authoritymay “declareany JDU government kill peoplefor ing them, it is learnt. pandemic that came from der,Tejashwi Yadavdraws nahin dee jayegi (Restassured, from application of Land decide to transfer agricultural zone or partthereof as devel- immersing Durga idol?” SuratRuralLocalCrimeBranch Wuhan also fedintoour robust crowds, and his promise of 10 land will notbegiven to any- Revenue Actand Agrarian landinfavour of “a person or an opment area forthe purposes Thestate governmentandthe inspector BKKhachar registered discussion about the Chinese lakh jobs is commanding atten- body). But if someone wantsto ReformsAct. institution forthe purposeof of thisAct”. JD(U)havenot yetissued an offi- an offence with Kosamba police CommunistParty.Our leaders, tion. And yet, in manyvoters’ cialstatement overthe incident station under IPCsections,379, andourcitizens,seewithincreas- telling,avote forhim appears to although therehas been aheavy 119, 120(b),170,201 and 381, ingclarity,thattheCCPisnofriend beaformof NOTA—NoneOfThe nies have come to Bihar.There is Ankhi Das pagesand “reduced” the reachof nitedapoliticalfirestormwiththe deployment of police in Munger. againstall five,including Salunke to democracy,the rule of law, Above—when he is notmerely nojobcreation…Ididnotintendto models fordatastorage and “right-of-centre ideology” sup- Oppositioncallingfor an inquiry BJPyouth wingleader Patwa andBheraram.The FIR states,“ED transparency,nor to freedom of seen as Son of Lalu. votefor the RJD, Iamconfused… I transfer. portersbefore the2019 elections. and action againstpolice--ade- says theincident will affect officer Praveen Salunkeand navigation,the foundation of a Being his father’s son brings am looking at local candidates”. “Ankhi has decidedtostep Dasoversaw theexpansionof mandthat is being echoedbythe Wednesday's voting. “People are Santosh Singh struckadeal on free and openand prosperous himalarge partofthe traditional Invillage Garhani,about20km down from her role in Facebook WhatsApp’sofficeandoperations JD(U)'s ruling allyBJP. angry. ManyinMunger town October 11,according to which Indo-Pacific. Iamglad to saythat RJD Muslim-Yadavbase, but also from Arrahtown, Anand Kumar, to pursueher interest in public in India afterthe global merger. OutsidePoddar'shome,there have decidedtoboycott theelec- the trailers would be sold at Rs 2 the United States andIndia are stokesspectresof“jungleraj”forthe ScheduledCaste,who has asmall service,” Ajit Mohan, Facebook's But the commercialroll-out of iseventalkof boycottingthepolls. tions. We held asmall protest in lakh each, of whichSantosh taking steps to strengthen coop- upper castes, and of “Yadav raj” for business,says,“We all votedfor India Vice President and WhatsAppPay has been delayed According to Anupam's themorning,we willprotestagain wouldgetRs20,000toRs30,000, eration againstall manner of sections of the non-Yadavback- Nitish lasttime, butnow thereis ManagingDirectorsaidinastate- forovertwo years despitethe friends and familymembers, he afterthe elections,”hesaid. while remaining amount would threatsand notjustthose posed ward castes. In an intenselypoliti- no movement on employment. ment.“Ankhi wasone of our ear- companysaying it adhered to all steppedoutwithhisfriendsat10 Patwasays “this changes go to ED officials.” by theChineseCommunistParty.” callyself-conscious state, how We applyfor jobs but the qualify- liestemployees in Indiaand guidelinesissuedbyReserveBank amandreturnedaftercelebrating everything”. Recalling his visit to the war manywillbedriventocastapurely ing testsare neverheld, thereare playedaninstrumentalroleinthe of India as well as otheragencies Durga Pujaby3.30 pm.By5.30 Politicians made abeeline to memorialinthe capital this negativevote—thatisthequestion. backlogs or theyget stuckin growth of the companyand its and ministries. Industryanalysts pm, Anupam leftagain after thePoddarhome,butnobodywas Chirag’s video morning, Pompeo said: “We The formlessness of courts.How long will we wait? I services over the lastnine years. saythatitwas during herterm tellinghisfatherthathewouldcall givenalongaudience."We want went...to honour the bravemen Candidate Tejashwi is certainly amaDalit.Myfathergot ajoband Shehas been apartofmyleader- thatFacebookIndiagrew intoone when the procession cameclose nothingfromthem.Allwe wantis shoot triggers and women of the IndianArmed notfor want of trying. Indeed, soIstudiedandaspiredto abetter shipteamover the lasttwo years, of thelargest mediacompaniesin to theirfirst-floor home. that aproper investigation takes forceswhohave sacrificedforthe therehas been aconcertedeffort life.If Idon’tgetajob,howwillmy arole in which she has made terms of advertising revenue. At 10.30 pm, as Poddar place. My son cannotcomeback. row day before world’slargest democracyinclud- in the RJD camptore-package children move ahead? We don’t enormous contributions.” HertenurealsosawFacebook watchedthe Shadipur idol, Badi But Iwanttoknowhow he died. ing20thatwerekilledbythePLA him. Almost as if theyweretak- have anyother resources”. Das,inastatement to her invest $5.7billion in Reliance Durga,stopbefore thechowk,his And Iwant justice," said Poddar. polling in Bihar forces in the Galwan valleyin ingaleaf outof theModi-BJPplay- In villageJamunapur,Maner team members,said shehad Industries Limited's digitalbusi- sonwent home once morewith June.UnitedStateswillstandwith book,RJDstrategistsseemto have constituency,RakeshKumar,OBC, joinedFacebookwhen it wasa ness unit Jio Platforms marking three friends foracup of tea. Delhi court the people of India to confront designedamulti-layered appeal who worksasanLIC agent, says, “small unlisted start-up” guided the Silicon Valley giant’sformal Accordingto Poddar,theidolsdid- Islamic Organisation were not PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA threatstotheirsovereigntyandto —Caste-Plus forTejashwi, on the “Two of my childrenareincollege. by amission to connectpeoplein entryintoIndia’stelecom sector. n'tseemtobemoving, and there terrorist organisations under the PATNA,OCTOBER27 their liberty”. lines of Hindutva-Plus forModi. Evenbefore corona,in2017-2019, India.“After nine longyears, Ifeel India is among the largest were murmursof unrestaheadin UAPA,Additional Sessions Judge Echoingthis,EspercitedChina So,withincaste,theticket dis- notonedaydid theygotocollege that the mission has largely been marketsfor Facebook and itsin- the road. And just as he returned Amitabh Rawatsaid: “Acts LJP PRESIDENT Chirag Paswan as well:“Thedefence ties be- tributionwas donewithdataand to study.Yet forms arefilled,ex- met. Thereisanenormous stant messaging platform home, the father wastold that whichthreaten the unity and in- has hit out at Bihar CM and JD(U) tweenour twonations remain a onlaptops.In Sasaram,forexam- ams take place. Achangeofgov- amountIhavelearntfromincred- WhatsApp. While Facebook has therehas been astampede. "In tegrity of India, ...causing social chief Nitish Kumar amid the row keypillar of ouroverall bilateral ple, the RJD has fieldedaBania ernment maybring improve- iblysmartand talented people in close to 350million users in the another five minutes, we were disharmonyand creating terror over apurported clip of the LJP relationship.Basedonourshared candidate forthe firsttime--so- ment, who knows”. the company, particularly from country, WhatsApp has close to toldthatAnuraghadbeenshotat in anysection of the people, by chief rehearsing foravideo mes- valuesandcommoninterests,we cialengineeringover-ridingcaste This questioningofa“devel- people on the policyteam.Thisis 400million. Facebook's picture DDUChowk.Itoldaneighbourto making them feel surrounded sageaday afterfather RamVilas stand shoulder to shoulder, in patronage. opment" that is seen to have aspecial companyand aspecial andshort-videosharingplatform take my wifeonaScooty,and I resulting in violence, is also ater- Paswan’s death. supportofafree and open Indo Awarethat his party’s history brought improvementsinlaw group of people,” she said. Instagramhascloseto 100million ran. We found him dead on the roristact.” The video that emerged24 Pacific forall,particularly in light can be aburden, Lalu is conspicu- and order,road andelectricity, In August, TheWallStreet users in India, second onlytothe road.We triedtotakehimto apri- ASJ Rawatagreedthat these hours before thefirstphase of of increasing aggression and ouslymissingonTejashwiposters. and increasedattendance in Journal hadreportedthat citing US,whichhas 130millionusers. vate hospital but therewas no groups were notproscribed un- polling in Bihar has gone viral. destabilising activities by China.” And “socialjustice” is consciously schools,buthasnottakenthenext business imperatives, Das had doctor.Atthe Sadar hospital, too, der UAPA,but said, “wehaveto In the nearly two-minuteclip, Singh framedthe security sit- overlaidwith “economic justice” step to,crucially, createjobs, has “opposedapplying hate-speech Munger therewas no help,” saidPoddar. understand terroristactivity” as the Jamui MP can be seen stand- uation in terms of a“shared as- —jobsoverrepresentation—in beensharpenedbythepandemic. rules”toatleast four individuals could have held him in my arms, Local residents said the festi- perSection 15 of the Act. ing in front of aportraitofhis late sessment”of thesecuritysituation theRJDslogan.Thisisasignificant Visuals of migrant labourers and groupslinked withBJP de- even if he wasdead," said valhas grownoverthe years in “...The entireconspiracy be- father and bantering with his as- across the Indo Pacific. “Wereaf- shiftfor aparty which, so far, had walking backthe long highways spitethe fact that theywere Amarnath Poddar. Munger,with over 120idols be- ginningfromDecember2019of sociatesaboutpeoplehaving“dif- firmedourcommitmenttopeace, the now-incarcerated Mandal hit home. Manypoint accusing “flaggedinternallyforpromoting Durga Visarjanwas meantto ingusuallyimmersedinthe river intentionallyblocking roads to ferent textures of hair”.“Youpeo- stabilityandprosperityof allcoun- Messiah as itsonlyUSP —and its fingersattheNitishgovernment’s or participatinginviolence.” beaday of festivitieshere.Butlate from across Munger and neigh- cause inconvenience and caus- plewill do the cut and edit part. I triesinthisregion.We alsoagreed main liabilityinachanging Bihar. initialreluctance to bringthe mi- Following this report, the Mondaynight, aclash brokeout bouring Jamalpur. According to ing disrupting of the supplies of will include aline about our can- thatupholdingtherules-basedin- Over his three termsinpower, grantsbackandatthesubsequent Parliamentarystandingcommit- betweendevoteesandpoliceover custom,the Shadipuridol is im- services... resulting in violence didates,”heispurportedly seenas ternationalorder,respecting the Nitish successfullyimbued the mishandling. teeoninformation technology, adelayintheimmersionofidolsin mersed first. with various meansand then telling the cameracrew. rule of lawand freedomofnavi- agendaofsocial justice with the But Tejashwi’s 10-lakh-job headedbyCongressleaderShashi the Ganga, leading to lathicharge, But this time, says Deepak leading to Februaryincident JD(U) leader and state gation in the international seas grammar of development. promise is quoted,evenbyRJD Tharoor,sought an explanation stone-pelting and firingatDeen Kumar Barma, sabhapati of the with the focus being targeted Informationand Public Relations and upholding the territorial in- Yet,acrosscastes,includingin supporters, moreasataunt anda from the company. DayalUpadhyaya (DDU) Chowk. ShadipurDurga Puja, trouble blocking of roads at mixed pop- MinisterNeeraj Kumar said in a tegrityandsovereigntyof allstates the Yadavs,you hear an anti- challenge, rather than as aviable Days later,Das filedacom- Poddar's son, Anupam (22), was startedfromthe beginning. “The ulationareas and creating panic statement that thevideo pre- areessential.Ourdefencecooper- Nitish argument that still doesn’t alternative. plaint to theDelhi Police Cyber killedinthefiring,whichleftseven administration told us that be- and attackonpolice personnel sented“ashameful facetofdy- ation is intendedtofurtherthese quitesound pro-Tejashwi. At the MaharajaCollege Cell alleging“relentlessharass- others injured.Avideoshoweda causeof theelections,we needto with facade of women protest- nastypoliticswhereone’sownfa- objectives,”Singhsaid,addingthat In villageMakarain in Dehri- Ground in Arrah, whereTejashwi ment,” and “violent threats” procession breaking up, asection finishtheimmersionquickly. We ers in front and leading to riots ther becomes atool forsetting both sideswelcomed Australia on-Sone, in the affluent home of does notmakeanappearance be- againstherincluding“cyber-bul- running away andpolice raining told them this is afestival, which would be coveredbythe defini- political agenda”. joining the forthcoming Malabar businessman Santosh Kumar causeof ahelicoptersnag,andends lying and eve-teasing online.” blows withtheir lathis on devo- has rules. But theadministration tion of terroristact,” thecourt The LJP chief alleged that the Exercise. Singh Yadav, his brother Dev upaddressinganunintendedlyso- Demandingpoliceprotection,she tees seated around theidol. kept pushing the devotees, who said in itsorder. controversy wastriggeredatthe Jaishankar took his cue from Anand Singh Yadav, who is an IT ciallydistancedrally over the alleged that the WSJarticle was Localresidentsand eye-wit- numbered over athousand, to “Actswhich threaten the behestofthe BiharCMto“divert Singh,butaddedthat“amulti-po- consultant in Gurgaon, and is phone (in an election whichob- publishedina“mischaracterized nesses sayAnupam, afirst-year hurryup,” said Barma. unity and integrity of India, in as public attention”. “Do Ihaveto lar worldmusthaveamulti-po- working from home during the servesnomasksandnosocialdis- and distorted manner.” studentatJMSCollege,waskilled In the melee, Barma says,the muchascausing socialdishar- provetoNitish Kumar howmuch lar Asia as itsbasis” —signalling lockdown, says he voted forModi tancing at all), young Yadavmen On September 1, IT Minister inpolicefiring.Policesaytheyhad administration suggestedthat a monyand creating terror in any griefthe death of Papa has caused that China’s hegemonic behav- at the Centre. In Bihar,“Nitish has counter:“If theysay nowthat10 Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote to onlyfired in the air to disperse a smaller idol be immersedfirst. sectionofthe people, by making me,” he asked. iour in Asia worksagainstIndia’s done work in road and electric- lakhjobscannotbecreated,ifthey Facebook CEO MarkZuckerberg mob, whichallegedly retaliated “This wasagainsteverything we them feel surroundedresulting “Ihadneverimaginedthatthe interests andaspirations. ity… But notjobs. Idonot want ask whereare the resources, then alleging political bias and raising by firingbackwithcountrymade have always done. Theyhad no in violence, is also aterroristact.” Chief Ministercan stoop so low. I “As youhaveheardfrommy subsidies and freebies anymore, whydidthey(BJP)promise19 lakh “seriousconcerns”thatFacebook guns.But with voting justafew patienceindealingwithdevotees. FULLREPORTSON am appalled,” said Chirag. colleagues,theIndo-Pacificregion from Nitish or Modi. No compa- jobs in their ownmanifesto?” India management had deleted hours away,the incident has ig- Whenpeopleresisted,theybegan www.indianexpress.com

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Total27,873*3,30,1126,356 44,56,029 *T FARIDABAD:ACCUSED, HIS ACCOMPLICE ARRESTED With 4,853 cases, Accostedoutsidecollege,20-year-old highest single-day womanshotdeadbyformerclassmate Covid spike in city Kin claim accused was pressuring her to marry him

his home, lockedthe door and SAKSHIDAYAL startedtrying to pressureher to GURGAON,OCTOBER27 marry him,” alleged her father. The dailypositivity rate in Delhi reachedanall-time high Tomar's father approached with8.48% afterauthoritiestested57,210people. Abhinav Saha “SINCERE AND ambitious” with police when she failedtoreturn dreams to join the Armyishow home that evening, and she was CCTVfootage of the incident shows the mainaccused tryingtopush the woman intothe car at gunpoint, but she manages to relativesdescribeNikita Tomar, recoveredfromthe accused's no restrictions on border move- free herself and rush behind her friend.Hethenpulls herfriend away,pointsagun at Tomar and shoots her. 20, who wasshotdead allegedly home within afew hours. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ment, as per health experts. by aformerclassmate outside her Although an FIR wasregistered, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 Ahigh-levelexpertcommit- collegeMonday. police said it wascancelledafter teeled by NITI Aayogmember Dr “She wantedto join the Army her father submitted he did not THE CAPITAL recorded4,853 VKPaulhad suggestedthat SAKSHIDAYAL and we were makingeveryeffort want anyfurther investigation. fresh Covid cases on Tuesday— Delhi mayreport15,000daily GURGAON,OCTOBER27 to support herdreams. Shehad Mool Chand, who worksata thehighestsingle-day spiketill cases during the festival season. recentlytaken the Air Force private firm in Faridabad, further date —taking total infections to “It is extremelyimportant for A20-YEAR-OLD woman wasshot Common Admission Test and had alleged, “Wehad lodged an FIR 3,64,341.The previoushighest everyone to wear masksand fol- dead outside her collegeinbroad startedpreparing forthe National but Tauseef's relativesbegged us single-dayspikeof4,473 cases lowsocial distancing rules. daylight, allegedly by twomen Defence Academyexam, andwas to drop the case. Theyreassured wasrecordedonSeptember 16. Anticipating asurge in the num- who triedtofirstdragher intoa planning to focus onthisonceshe us this would nothappen again... The dailypositivity rate also berofcases, we arealsogearing car and then opened fire when wasdonewithher collegeexams. We also thought our daughter reachedanall-time high of up to increase bedsfor patients,” sheresisted.Both theaccused,in- She hadjustwritten her lastexam wassafeand we wanted to pro- 8.48%, with57,210tests being said Dr BLSherwal, medicaldi- cluding the 21-year-old main ac- Nuh. ASpecial Investigation Team when this incident happened,” tect her name, so we droppedthe performed. Over the lastthree rector,Rajiv Gandhi Super- cusedwho wasaclassmateofthe (SIT) has been formedtocarryout said her father Mool Chand matter.Inthe twoyearssince, he days,the daily positivity rate has Speciality Hospital. victim'sinschool, have been ar- further investigation in the mat- Tomar.Her brother Naveen (25) had stoppedharassing her... But been over 8%, indicating arise in Thereare 27,873 active cases rested.Theincident wascaptured ter. The accusedhavebeen pro- addedsaid she excelledacadem- in the lastfew days,heonceagain spread of the infection. This fig- in the city,ofwhich16,415 are on aCCTVcamera. Familyand friends of the victimNikitaTomar (left) staged a ducedincourt todayand taken ically. startedpressuring her to marry urehas been hovering around 5- under home isolation. Thereare Thevictimhasbeen identified protestonthe Ballabhgarh-Sohnaroad,Tuesday. ANI intopolice remand forfurther It wasinClass XII that Nikita him, asking her to convert to 6% forthe lastone month. 15,766 bedsearmarkedfor as NikitaTomar,athird-year year questioning. During thistime,we metmainaccusedTauseef (21). Islam so theycould getmarried, The death toll increasedto Covid-19patientsinthe city,of B.Com student. Theaccusedhave will also retrieve thecar usedin Her familyclaimedhehaddevel- but she wasnot willing. This is 6,356 with44new deaths re- which10,202are vacant. been identifiedasTauseef,aresi- tries to shield her from the ac- adding that ateam reachedthe the crime and determinewhere opedaone-sided affection and whathappenedonMondayas portedinthe last24hours. The Meanwhile, the Delhigov- dent of Kabir NagarinSohna, cused. Themain accusedpullsher crime scene immediatelyand heprocuredtheweapon. We will kidnappedher in 2018 in the well. Tauseef askedher to go with fatality rate,basedondatafrom ernment has startedcollecting Gurgaon, and Rehan, aresident of friend away and pointsthe found apool of blood and the ensurethe strictestpunishment hope of pressuring her intomar- him. When she refused, he tried the last 10 days,standsat1.02%. data of healthcareworkers in the Rewasan villageinNuh. Tomar's weapon at Tomar even as the sec- country-made pistolusedinthe possible forthe accused,”hesaid. rying him.The familythenfiled to abduct her and shother when The cumulative seven-day city to preparealistofthose who familyalleged Tauseefhad been ond accusedcan be seen getting murder.“Afive-hour operation Familyand friendsofthe an FIR. “He had kidnappedher in she resisted.” growth is also rising slowly— will be vaccinated againstCovid- pressuring her to marry him. out of the car and rushing to- wascarriedout immediately af- victim blockedthe Ballabhgarh- 2018 on thepretext of dropping The victim's familyand 0.9% to 1.13%in10days. 19 in the firstphase. Police said the incident took wardshim. In the seconds that terthe incident, spanning three Sohna road forseveral hourson her home. She wasleaving college friends blockedthe Ballabhgarh- The Indian Express on October The database will have 13 place around 4pmMondayout- follow, themain accusedshoots districts of Faridabad, Palwal,and Tuesday, shouting slogans and withtwo-threefriends,andheof- Sohna road forseveral hours 27 had reportedhow cases are categoriesofhealthcarework- side Aggarwal Collegein Tomar as his accomplice grabs his Nuh. Themainaccused, Tauseef, demanding capital punish- feredthem alift. Since my daugh- Tuesdayand shouted slogans expected to rise two-three times ers, including MBBS doctors, Ballabhgarhwherethe victim arm. The men rush to thecar and wasarrestedfromNuh on ment. terknewhim as theywereinthe calling forcapital punishment for in November with people flout- AYUSH practitioners,nurses, lab studied. In his police complaint, speedaway, leaving Tomar on the Monday night. Investigation re- Haryana Home MinisterAnil sameclass in school,theyagreed. themainaccused. “Wewanthim ingsocial distancing norms in technicians, pharmacists and Tomar's brother Naveen said she ground in apool of blood with her vealedanFIR had been registered Vijalso took to Twitter on However, whenher friendsgot off to be hanged,nothing less will smallgatheringsamidfestival ANMs (AuxiliaryNurse hadjustleftcollege afteranexam friend looking on. againsthim by the victim'srela- Tuesdayeveningto offerreassur- at Sector 55, Tauseef took her to do,” said Naveen. season, changeinweather and Midwifes). when the twomen obstructed The victim wasrushedtoa tivesin2018aswell forkidnap- ance of a“quickinvestigation” herpath and triedto drag her into privatehospitalnearbybut suc- ping. But the parentslater sub- intothe matter.“Both accusedin- awhitei20 car,shooting her cumbedto herinjurieswhile un- mittedthey did notwantfurther volved in thebrutal murder of a when she resisted. dergoing treatment. Police said investigation intothe matter,and girlstudent in Faridabad last Footageshows oneofthe two she had been shotinher right the FIR had been cancelled,” said evening have been arrested.The accusedtrying to push the shoulder,withthe bulletgoing Commissioner of PoliceOP murder weapon has been recov- woman intothe car at gunpoint. straight through her body. Singh. ered.AnSITledbyACP Crime Anil As he opensthe rear door of the An FIR wasregisteredunder “While Tauseef wasathird- Kumar would ensurequickinves- vehicle and pushes her head, she IPC sections302 (murder) and 34 year physiotherapystudent, tigationand time-bound trial to manages to free herself and (common intention) and Section Rehan washis friend. He wasar- ensurejustice to thefamily,” he rushes behind her friend, who 25 of the Arms Act, said police, restedon Tuesdayafternoonfrom tweeted.

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Tuesday.This is the highestforthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE season so far, with close to 2,000 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 fire countsbeingrecorded,as per the Centre’s System of Air Quality DELHI’S AIR quality is expectedto and Weather Forecasting and remainin the‘verypoor’category Research (SAFAR). until Friday, as unfavourable me- Delhi’s averageair quality in- teorological conditions arehin- dex(AQI) was‘very poor’ forthe dering dispersion of pollutants fifthday in arow Tuesdaywitha and the contribution of stubble reading of 312,lower than 353 burningemissionstoair pollution recordedMonday,asper data has increased, as per forecast from theCentral PollutionControl from government agencies. Board(CPCB). To help combat air pollution, “Asignificantlylarge increase Environment MinisterGopal Rai in thenumber of fire pointswere TuesdaysaidCM ArvindKejriwal observed over Punjab,Haryana willlauncha‘GreenDelhi’ mobile and UP,whichislikelytoimpact app Thursday. Through the app, airquality of Delhi-NCR and other people will beable to lodgecom- parts of northwestIndia,” afore- plaintsagainstwaste burning, in- castfromthe EarthSciences dustrial pollution, dustemissions Ministry’sEarly WarningSystem and other polluting activities. (EWS) forDelhi said. “Therewill be atime limit to ad- It said ‘verypoor’air quality is dress complaintsreceivedvia the likelytopersisttill October30. It app, and failuretodosowillre- coulddeteriorate withinthe‘very sultin actionagainstnodalofficer poor’categoryonWednesday,as of the department concerned,” the ventilation indexislikelyto Raisaid. be 4,000 sqm/sec, unfavourable The shareofstubble burning fordispersion of pollutants. emissions from Punjab, Haryana Ventilation indexisaproduct of and UP in Delhi’s PM2.5 levels — mixing depth —height available fine particlessuspendedinthe air in atmospherefor pollutantsto —increasedtoanestimated 23% disperse —and wind speed.

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BRIEFLY AMID POWER TUSSLE CM: Claim that govtowes Courtgrants bailtomanin PreznodtoinquiryagainstDU MCDs Rs 13,000crfalse 4riotscases NewDelhi: ADelhi court V-Cfor‘administrativelapses’ ANANYATIWARI has granted bail to aman NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 in four separatecases re- latedto thecommunalvi- filling up faculty posts lying va- disciplinaryaction against Jha THE DELHI governmenthassanc- olence in NortheastDelhi RITIKACHOPRA& cant foryears, and his handling of under the University Act. tionedaround Rs 213crore to the in February, sayingthere ARANYASHANKAR lastyear's teachers' protestover Jha, however, continuedissu- three MCDs, senior Delhi govern- were no independentwit- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER28 reappointmentofadhoc teach- ing notices as DU registrar.On ment officials said. Chief Minister nesses,CCTVfootage or ers. The government hadinter- Tuesday, he issuedanotice say- Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile,said anyvideo recording to PRESIDENTRAM Nath Kovind venedtoresolve the crisis. ing, "It has been observed that a the claim thatthe government showhis presence at the has approved the Education However, matters came to a fewnotifications regarding owesRs13,000croretocivicbod- spotorhis involvementin Ministry'sproposal to launch an head lastweek when he went teaching, legal affairs, transfers ies wascompletely false and that chanting slogansagainsta inquiryagainst Delhi University head to headwithJoshi over ap- and clusterinnovationcentre it was“shameful” the corpora- community.Additional Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Yogesh pointinganew Registrar. Aday (CIC) have been issuedonthe let- tions were notbeing able to pay Sessions JudgeVinod Tyagi foradministrative lapses, later, the government issueda terhead of the university on their doctors. Yadavgrantedthe relief to TheIndian Express has learnt. strongly-wordeddirective snub- October 24.These notifications “It is amatter of shame that Manish Sisodia andArvind Kejriwalwerespeaking at the Neeraj on furnishing abail The approval comes withina bingTyagi,declaring his con- areissuedincompletedisregard doctorswhoputtheirlivesonthe launch of WTPplant at Ghazipurpoultry market. Praveen Khanna bond of Rs 20,000 witha week of an uglypowertusslethat DU V-CYogesh Tyagi tentious appointment to the of the Delhi University Act1922, line in dealing with Covid-19pa- suretyineachofthe cases playedout between Tyagi and Registrar's postasinvalidsince it itsStatutes and Ordinances, and tientsare notbeing paid. Forthe of allegedtorching,looting Pro-Vice-Chancellor PCJoshi. wasdone during his leave of ab- therefore, null and void." pastfew years, MCDs have been Lastyear,the same sum wasover out–the MCDshaveRs12,000 andvandalism of shopsin Accordingtosources, Tyagi's sources, Tyagi has notbeenat- sence. The notificationsinquestion having problems paying salaries Rs4,000crore.Revenuecollection crorebudget,ofwhicharound Rs Bhajanpuraarea. unauthorised absence from the tending office regularly since Interestingly,despitethe were issuedbyVikasGupta,the to itsemployees. Whatever the is slowlypicking up now.” 6,000 croregoes forsalaries. At university is among the grounds Januarythisyear. government's public snub to Registrar appointed by DU's Delhigovernmentowedlegallyto The Delhi BJP,however, said leasttheycan give the salaries – forinitiating inquiryagainst him. The Indian Express had re- Tyagi, PCJha, who wasap- Executive Council and recog- theMCDs,we have given,”hesaid. the government wassuppressing wherehasthismoneygone...Even Nodengue Tyagi has been on leave ever portedonOctober 24 that the ed- pointed Registrar by theV-C, nisedbythe Education Ministry. Officials said till Monday, the municipalities by withholding though our taxcollectionfell dur- deathsin since he wasadmitted to AIIMS ucation ministryhad made at- wrotetothe ministryonFriday According to government Delhi government had disbursed funds. StateBJP president Adesh ing Covid,wemanaged to pay on July2under "emergency tempts in the pasttobuild acase last week insisting his appoint- sources, Joshi will issue ashow over Rs 1,700crore to thecorpo- Gupta and the three MCD may- salaries. The MCDs arebusy mis- Delhisofar medical condition". The govern- forTyagi's removal. Among the ment compliedwiththe rules. cause notice to Jha as per the ration. “UptoMonday, the Delhi ors said at apress conference managing their finances.” ment hadgiven Joshicharge of occasionswhenthis wasinfor- The Education Ministrythen ministry's instructions. governmenthas paid Rs 1,752.61 Tuesdaythat if thegovernment Officials also pointed out that NewDelhi: Notasingle V-ConJuly17until he resumed mallydiscussedwaswhen he did wrotetothe Registrar appointed Tyagi and Jha did notrespond croretothe MCDs, and the total does notrelease funds,theywill the CM had writtentothe Prime dengue death has taken office. According to government notheedrepeated reminders for by Joshi ordering DU to initiate to calls seeking acomment. that is duetothem —asper the be forced to protestagain.The Ministerin2016, asking Delhi be place in Delhisofar this 5th Finance Commission which mayors had held adharna outside givenRs488perpersonto munic- season as compared to designates12.5%ofthe shareof Kejriwal’s house on Monday, af- ipalities.Asper present rules, the lastfouryears, as per Delhi government’s revenue for terwhich theymet Delhi Health Delhiandunionterritoriesarenot datashared by Health Waste-to-power Sisodia lauds school MCDs —isRs1,965.91crore. MinisterSatyendar Jain. giventhisamount.Intheletter,the MinisterSatyendar Jain Remaining amount has been Astatement issued by theBJP CM had saidthe NCTofDelhiand on Tuesday,who congrat- sanctionedandisintheprocessof saidtheEDMCwas“sanctionedRs unionterritoriesareexemptfrom ulated the city’s residents plant launched at as 5students crack beingdisbursed,”saidtheofficial. 1,677crore,ofwhichonlyRs301 this grant, whichis“completely in actively participating in Theofficialaddedthatdisbur- crorehasbeenpaid;andtheSDMC unfair”,arguing that “municipal- the Delhi government’s salwashigherlastyearasthegov- isdueRs1,157crore,ofwhichonly ities in Delhi perform the same 10-week awareness pro- IIT, 22 qualify NEET ernment taxcollection wasalso Rs 303 crorehas been paid.” functions as municipalities in gramme againstthe vec- Ghazipur market higher:“We cannotgivethesame The CM also said while Delhi other states,and taxationand tor-borne disease. As per amount as lastyear as during the government’srevenuehad been otherfiscalpowersof thegovern- the data, the number of choosing to use wastetopro- Sisodia said the 98%result in pandemic,eventheDelhigovern- hitaswell,theyhad managedto mentof NCTofDelhiare alsosim- deathsreported during EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE duce electricity instead of let- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the Class XII boardresults, and ment’s taxcollections dropped. paysalariesto employees:“Ifound ilar to other states”. this seasonhas been de- NEWDELHI, OCTOBER 27 ting it be on the streetsor NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 the "scale of success in JEE and clining since 2017.In2017, dumping it on garbage moun- NEET"showedthat the quality the city had reported10 CHIEF MINISTER Arvind Kejriwal tains. This shows howthe gov- DEPUTYCHIEF Minister Manish of governmentschools in Delhi Register FIR deaths, whichfell to 4in inaugurated the15tonnes per ernmentisprogressingusing Sisodia Tuesdayvisited the had improved drastically. Salary delay: 5,000 2018 and2in2019. dayWaste-to-Power(WTP) technological and scientific ad- RajkiyaPratibha Vikas "Wehavetolearn from these plantatthe Ghazipur poultry vancements.” Vidhyalaya,Paschim Vihar to successes to makeDelhi's educa- in riots case, Manstabbed market, along with Deputy CM He added, “The responsibil- congratulateits teachers and tion revolution so effective thatit doctors go on strike Manish Sisodia and Environment ityofmanaging mandi wasteis principal, as five studentsfrom will notonlyinspireour country says court todeathover MinisterGopal RaiTuesday. of the three MCDs, but due to the school have been selected in but the whole world," he said. Using the process of bio- their failureindoingso, mandi differentbranchesofthe Indian Principal Preeti Saxena said to support protests ‘loudmusic’ gasification, the plant cancon- officials and Delhi government InstituteofTechnology (IIT). the school had adoptedthe Five- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE vert organicwaste weighing up took this responsibility upon Twenty twostudentsfrom C's model —Connect, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 NewDelhi:A29-year-old to 15 tonnes into1,500units of themselves. This wastewill be school had also qualifiedNEET. Counselling, Constant man wasstabbed to electricity. The cost of manag- usedtogenerateelectricity.I During his interaction, Sisodia Motivation, Curiosity and ASHNABUTANI ADELHI courthas directed death afterheallegedly ing and operating the plant for hope manysuchplantswill said, "If five students can go to IITs Creative Thinking —whichen- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 Bhajanpurapolice station SHO objected to loud music six yearsisRs1.11crore. come up in all mandis across and 22 clear NEET from asingle hances the educationalexperi- to registeranFIR in acase in being playedataneigh- Kejriwal said moresuch Delhi, and all mandiswill be- Delhi government school, then ence. School teachers also said OVER 5,000 resident doctors whichaman receivedagunshot bour's house in plantsshould come up across come zero-waste mandissoon.” otherschools can achieve thisfeat theyweremaking a"conscious from across the capital observed injurytohis eyewhen he wasat- NorthwestDelhi's the city:“Withanexisting big Raisaid the government has too. The best practices from this effort to changethe perception asymbolic strikefrom10amto tacked by rioters during the MahendraParkTuesday WTPplantand theestablish- introducedanewmodel to pro- school should be adoptedby among the children that to suc- 12 pm Tuesdayinsolidarity with Februaryviolence in NE Delhi. afternoon.The deceased ment of hundredsofsuchsmall duce energy and manurebyre- other schools so that we can re- ceedinJEE, NEET,one needs to doctorsof NorthMCD-run Hindu Metropolitan MagistrateRicha has been identifiedas plants, wasteshould no longer cycling wastecollectedfromthe peat and multiplythissuccess." enroll in expensive coaching". RaoHospital, Rajan Babu TB Manchanda washearing an ap- Sushil, ablanket seller, be dumpedongarbagemoun- city:“Delhi is grappling with "It is the dream of Hon'ble "Theteachers also expressed Hospital and KasturbaGandhi plication by Mohammad Nasir, while the accusedis tains.Itshould be recycledand pollution from activities within Chief Ministerthat everychild of their gratitude to theArvind Hospital, who have notreceived who allegedhewas attackedby Abdul Sattar,agarlic turnedintocompostorcom- as well as around the city.We Delhi should getsuchexciting, Kejriwal-ledgovt. forthe training salaries forthe lastfour months. amob ledbyfourpersons. trader.Police said Sushil bustedtogenerateelectricityor areintouchwith the Centre to and valuable opportunities to they've received, including being Protestingagainst thedelay, “... factsdisclosecommission wasdeclared dead on ar- be usedinbrickkilns. Only assistusinreaching an effective enhance their talent, and make able to visitCambridge and five doctorsofHinduRaoHospital of cognizable offence. rivalatBabuJagjivanRam through suchjudicious recy- solution to curb polluting activ- the countryproud. By learning Singaporefor thesame.Theyalso have beenonanindefinitehunger 5Hindu RaoHospital Accordingly, Idirect SHO con- hospital. Mittal said, cling will Delhi prosper, or these ities outside the city. AAP is the from your best practicesand ap- saidthattechnologicaldeviceslike strikesinceOctober23.Afew sen- doctors have been on an cernedtoregister an FIR under “Four four accusedwere mountains will keep on increas- onlygovernment in powerin proaches, we want to create tablets that were provided to ior doctorsalsoprotested and indefinitehunger strike appropriatesections of law apprehended. ing in the next 10 years. The Delhi whichhas been instru- moreopportunities forchildren them by the Delhi govt. upscaled struckworkTuesday andsaidthey since Oct 23. AbhinavSaha within 24 hours of receiving the Investigationison." ENS plant is astepinthisdirection.” mental in fighting pollution in allschools forabrighter fu- their teaching," the Delhi govern- will continuetoremain on strike order...,” said the courtinits Sisodiasaid, “Governanceis around the year.” ture," he added. ment said in astatement. till apermanent solution is found. October 21 order and sought a NorthMCDinastatementsaid showsolidaritywithdoctors and status reportbyNovember 25. salaries till September have been health workers who have not The application, filed releasedtohospitals andthatef- been paid formonths. About14- through advocateMehmood 5accused in Amity student’s murder held fortsare on to release salaries of 15 hospitals areobservingsym- Pracha, said on February24, allitsemployeesinaphasedman- bolicprotests, including around Nasir wasallegedly attacked ner as funds arebeing arranged. 5,000-6,000resident doctors.” when he wasreturning home to ascertain the sequence of However, resident doctorssaid RDAs of other facilities, in- with his sister,who hadbeen EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE eventsleading up to his death.” therewas no assurance about cluding Deen DayalUpadhyay admitted to ahospital. On reach- NOIDA,OCTOBER27 Police said on the night of the their payinthe coming months. Hospital, Lady HardingeMedical ing the street where he lived, he incident, the accusedwerenear DrKPRewani,jointsecretary, Collegeand AssociatedHospitals, sawaround 100-150 rioters, car- NOIDAPOLICE arrested five per- an eateryin Sector62whenthey Municipal Corporation Doctors and SanjayGandhi Memorial rying rods, pistols, petrol and sons in connection with the mur- spottedAkshayinthe Creta. They Association (MCDA),said, “The Hospital, also releasedsimilar desi bombs, the application said. der of Amity student Akshay pursuedthe car with the inten- mayorvisitedHinduRaoandsaid statements. Doctors from these It further saidone of themal- Kalra(24)following an encounter tion of stealingitand managed doctorswillreceivetheir salary hospitals maintainedthat senior legedly openedfireonNasir and Tuesday. Akshayhad diedduring to stop Akshay, police said. They till September.However, the doctors continuedtosee patients the bullethit his lefteye. treatment at ahospital on AkshayKalra;(left) his brokeawindowand pushedthe MCDAisnot satisfiedwith thisas and OPDs were notshut entirely. The application claimed September 4, twodays afterhe fatherwith Noida Police. studentout.Bythen, he hadre- we want apermanent solution.” Dr Joyutpal Biswas, RDAgen- Nasir filedacomplaint on March wasassaultedduring acarjacking GajendraYadav movedthe keys from the igni- In astatementMondaynight, eral secretary, Safdarjung 19 but no FIR has been registered in Sector 62. tion. The accusedallegedly as- Federation of Resident Doctors’ Hospital, saidCovid hospitalsob- till date. Police had informed the The accused, Kuldeep saulted Akshaytoget the keys Association India said “non-pay- served blackribbon strikes to court that the complaint was Chauhan, Vikas Kumar,Sonu ateam near NIBChowki. As po- Police,GautamBuddhNagar, said: particular group had been evad- and fledwith the car,said police. ment/irregular payment of “showsolidarity and nottotrou- filedonMarch 19,after almost a Singh, Shameem Sheikh and Ajay lice returnedfire, four accusedre- “OnSeptember2-3,astudentwas ing arrest.OnTuesday,duringa Besides Sonu who hails from salaries has been arecurring blepatients”. Meanwhile, AIIMS month, and it wasdoubtful.The Kumar Rathore, were arrestedaf- ceivedinjuries to the leg while attackedbyagroup of people. chanceencounter,the accused Delhi, all accusedhail from problem in NorthMCD hospi- RDAwrote to thePM Tuesday, re- application said the complaint teranexchange of fire in the early one other accusedwas arrested Despiteefforts,Akshaycould not were arrested.Werecovered Ghaziabad. AccusedKuldeep tals...” FORDApresident Dr Shivaji questing himto paydoctors of the could notbefiledearlier due to hours of Tuesday. Theyopened during acombing operation. be saved. During investigation... Akshay’s stolen Cretavehicle. and Vikas have multiple cases of DevBarmansaid,“Weare having three hospitals from PM CARES suspendedfunctioning of sub- fire at policewhen interceptedby Alok Singh, Commissioner of we caught manygangsbut this Duringquestioning,we were able theftregisteredinGhaziabad. asymbolic pen-down striketo fund as atemporary measure. ordinatecourts.

PANDEMIC FALLOUT Home to Thugs &ChorBizarre, Delhi loses alandmark in Hotel Broadway

In 1956,J&K politicianTirath the place, said, "Broadway and Rohit Khattar,founder of Old and NewDelhi. The thieves' mar- In 1993, when BunnySeble SOMYALAKHANI RamAmlasetupHotelBroadway Chor Bizarrewerebothheavily WorldHospitality Pvt Ltd. ketorchor bazaar wasastone (48) wasastudentatDelhi NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 at Asaf Ali Road in Darya Ganj — dependent on foreigntourists,so In 1956,HotelBroadwaywas throw's away.Antiques,odd cut- University, Thugs wasthe barhis an address that would soon be- therevenueshadcometo nought thefirsthigh-risebuildingof Delhi. leryand furnitureweresoldas friends frequented.Red walls, DECADES BEFORE Hotel come alandmarkinthe city.In due to the effectsofCovid. With The tarifffor asingle room with junk,andItoldRohitto buyallthat dingylighting,beerbarrelsasdecor, Broadway in DaryaGanj opened 1990, Chor Bizarre,arestaurant social distancing norms and lack bread and breakfastcostRs15. —tables that didn't match chairs, portraitsofHindicinema's finest adingy bar in the ’90s called thatservedKashmiricuisine,was of touristinflowexpected to con- Kapoor said that Amla's soup bowlsthatdidn't matchthe villains—Mogambo andGabbar, "Thugs", whichpaid an ode to setupinsidethehotel,andThugs, tinue in theforeseeable future, it daughter VijayLakshmi Khattar plates.Itoldhimwe willfindorder amongothers—welcomedthepa- Hindi film villains, the hotelwas thebar,followedtwo years later. wasthought best to shutdown." had takenoverinthe early '70s. in that chaos, and we did." trons. The bar menu toowas true frequentedbySheikhMukhtar, In May, however, as the city Shesaidthereisnodecisionon It waswhen Rohit returned It wasexactlythisodd decor to itstheme with cocktails and one of the early villains of the in- startedtoreopen afterthe lock- what use the building willbeput from the US that he decidedto that regulars remember till date. mocktails named‘Mona Darling’, dustry. down, it wasdecidedthat Hotel to in the future. The hotelem- open atheme restaurant, and it Restaurateur Zorawar Kalrasaid, ‘Arre Oh Sambha’, ‘Don's Daiquiri’, "Everytimehewould visit Broadway —which hostedabevy ployed 44 people, andKapoor wasart curator RajeevSethi who "Weusedtocome herefor the and ‘Lillydon't be silly’. Delhi from Bombay, he would of politicians, industrialists and claimedallstatutoryandcontrac- suggestedthe name "Chor Kashmiri wazwan on Sunday. In Theatreveteran MK Raina onlystayatHotelBroadway...and film stars over six decades — tualdueshave beenpaidto them. Bizarre", whichopenedin1990. themiddleof therestaurantthere said, "This is wherewebrought we would eat nihari near Jama would shut shop. MuktaKapoor, Doors locked, all that hangs In 1956, J&K politician Tirath RamAmla setupHotel Broadway Sethi told The Indian Express, wasavintage car thathad salad ournon-Kashmiri friends. It's Masjid,"recalledBillooSeble(79), who heads communications for is anoticethatsays "nolonger at Asaf AliRoad in DaryaGanj. Tashi Tobgyal "This wasinthe late '80s. The ho- plated.”ThevintagecarthatKalra sad it's shut down. This is howa aDelhi-based film distributor. Old WorldHospitality,whichran economicallyviable", signedby telwas on thecusp of Old Delhi mentions wasa1927 Fiat Balilla. city loses landmarks."

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AMARPUR BUSINESSASUSUAL BY UNNY Tie-ups shuffle vote bases, ‘it’s anyone’s game’

Popular BJP rebelthreatens JD(U)candidate;Cong Rajput face loses out on RJD Muslim,Yadavvotes

What will Bihar SANTOSHSINGH be under those AMARPUR(BANKA),OCTOBER27 JD(U) candidatefromAmarpur (Banka) Jayant Rajcould have takenhis victoryfor who have 8-9 granted undernormal circumstances. While he might be an outsider forAmarpur,his fa- children: Nitish ther Janardhan Manjhi has represented the constituency the lasttwo times. Putting aspanner in the works, likeat manyseatsinBihar this time, is aBJP rebel. Mrinal Shekhar,who in 2015 managed about 62,000votes despitebeing afirst-time contender and despite Manjhi’s might, is ON YOUR MARKS... standing on an LJP ticket afterbeingdenied one by the BJP.In2015, the JD(U) wasinthe Drawing circlesfor voters to stand in to ensuresocial distancingatapolling centre in Patna, Tuesday, ahead of firstphase. AP Grand Alliance; thistime itspartner is the Mrinal Shekhar (in cap) took away all BJP and in the seat tussle, Amarpur went to BJP cadrewith him to LJP. Santosh Singh the JD(U) quota. However, even the Mahagathbandhan is believedtohavegot itscalculations KEYCONTESTS:PHASE1POLLS wronginAmarpur.Its candidate, Congress Phase3 leaderJitendra Singh, is aRajputlike In home district Nalanda, Tuesday. PTI 44 MOKAMA Shekhar.AnRJD candidatecould have more Muzaffarpur 1DINARA Phase2 51 ANANT KUMAR easilyrallied the Yadavs and Muslims in the Saharsa 57 55 50 SINGH (RJD) constituency.Jayant Rajbelongstothe OBC JAYKUMAR Patna Katihar EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SINGH 56 54 49 48 (IncumbentMLA,seeking Kushwaha community. 59 58 45 44 Sasaram PATNA,OCTOBER27 (JD-U Minister) 60 52 47 46 38 re-electionforfifth Amarpur,whichvotes on Wednesday, is AMARPUR 1 53 8 9 39 consecutivetime) dominated by Yadavs,Rajputs,Kushwahas (IncumbentMLA) 61 66 4 6 7 43 40 31 30 THE WARofwords between Chief Minister 62 2 10 42 41 37 32 and Muslims, followedbyDalits, whoin- 3 12 11 5 24 28 67 69 33 Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav RAJENDRASINGH 63 23 68 34 RAJIV LOCHAN clude Paswans. 65 13 25 27 29 70 36 continuedonTuesday, on theeve of the first (LJP) 15 16 17 22 SINGH Shekhar has astrongABVPbackground, helpedusget our electricity bills rectified. He phase of polling,withthe JD(U) leader ask- 64 14 21 26 35 (JD-U) and took with him almostthe entirelocal responds to our calls. In comparison, JD(U) (BJPrebel,formerstate 18 71 ing what developmentcan be expectedfrom BJPvice-president) 19 20 (Electoraldebut) cadreofthe BJP, includingheads of 42 ‘Shakti MLAManjhi is hardlyavailable in the area.” people producing “eight-nine children fora Kendras’,when he leftfor the LJP,forcing the With the LJP out of the NDA, many son”. With the remarks seen as intended at BJPtoexpelall. Muslims say, the “taint” of beingwith the BJP Lalu Prasad,Tejashwi said these were an- 2015 ASSEMBLYPOLLS 19 IMAMGANJ 37 TARAPUR This makes Amarpur acase study of the is notattachedtoShekhar either. other sign that Nitish wastired —“both men- RJD JD(U) BJP INC tensions playing out on the ground between Shekhar says he is seeking votesonthe tallyand physically”. 27 18 13 9 UDAY NARAYAN MEWALAL DIVYAPRAKASH (RJD) the BJP and JD(U), as well as howitisinflu- basis of his work.“Iknoweachand every He also said the CM’s commentswereac- CHOUDHARY CHOUDHARY (Daughterofformer encing the caste matrix. household of Amarpur.Itisabout insider ver- tuallymeant to target Prime Minister (RJD) (FormerBihar (JD-U) UnionMinisterJayPrakash With the exodus of itscadre, the BJP is al- sus outsider.Ihail from here, Ibank on my NarendraModi. “Because Modiji also has six Speaker) (IncumbentMLA) NarayanYadav) most helplessinrallyingvotes forJayant Raj. connectionwith the people.” siblings. Using such language, NitishKumar Others The JD(U) expectssome of the BJP’s upper While the Ramchua villageofRajputs is has raisedquestionsonthe dignity of 71 4* JITAN RAM MANJHI 69 JAMUI VIJAY PRAKASH (RJD) castesupporttogotothe Congress candi- moresharplydividedamong the three can- TotalSeats (HAM-S) (IncumbentMLA;youngerbrotherofsenior women and amother,” the Grand Alliance SHREYASI SINGH (BJP) (Ace date, while the departureofKushwaha didates, this might also end up giving RJDleaderandformerUnionMinisterJay CM candidatesaid, accusing the ruling party *Others: BLSP -1,HAMS-1 (FormerCM, shooter;daughterofformerUnion leader UpendraKushwaha from the NDA Shekhar an upper hand. Says Bharat Singh: PrakashNarayanYadav) of raising suchissues rather than talking CPI(ML)(L)-1, ,IND-1, LJP-0 incumbentMLA) ministerlateDigvijaySingh) mighttakeawaythe OBC votes from the “JitendraSingh, being aRajput, also expects about inflation, corruption, unemployment. party.The JD(U) thus is hoping it can rally our votes, but then,heisinalliancewiththe Speaking at arally at MahnarinVaishali enough of itsEBC supportbasetopull RJD. We arenot sureabout them.” district Monday,Nitish said, “Kisikochinta through in Amarpur. SunilSingh says the outcome willdepend nahin. Aath-nau bachha paida kartehain. Beti At avillageinBelari panchayat, on howmucheachcandidateerodes the vote parbharosa nahin hai, saat-aathbetihojaane HASHTAG POLITICS Mohammed Sarfaraz,asmall businessman, base of theother.“If Mrinal gets some chunk ke baad ladka hua. Kaisa Bihar banaana chaate says he will votefor Shekhar as he has been of the RJD votes, he can sail through. It is any- hain?... Agar logon ka yahi aadarsh hain to ● Anurag Thakur: Tejashwi, At the RJD’s first ‘Naukri working in the area despitelosing in 2015.“He one’s game.” Bihar ka kyahoga (Nobody cares. Theypro- why embrace Tukde Tukde Samvad’ broadcast live on duce eight-nine kids. Theyhavenofaith in Facebook, Tejashwi Ya dav daughters,haveseven-eightdaughters, be- Gang? reiterated his promiseof10lakh fore ason. Is this the Bihar youwant... If this jobs forresidents of Bihar and said FORMORELOGONTO is their ideal, whatwill happen to Bihar)?" Tweeting #JawabDoTejashwi video, BJP The CM also said that he had leftthe MP @ianuragthakurasked @yadavte- that if voted to powerhis INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Grand Alliance in 2017 because of charges jashwi: “whyembrace the (onion)garland, government will ensure that 85 per againstTejashwi Yadav. “I told him to come cent of governmentjobsinthe the TukdeTukde Gang,the perpetratorsof ● WHO'S WHERE cleanonchargeslevelledagainsthim in a massacre? Does he want to push Bihar once stateare forlocals.“We see that moneylaunderingcase. He couldnot.Soon, TODAY again into jungle Raj?” BJP leader people from outside come and take Irealisedtheyhavereturnedtotheir old our jobs. Maharashtraand other habitsofinfluencingevenpolicestations and @KapilMishra_IND had tweeted “Mood PM MODI IN so Ithought it’s difficult to work with them.” of Bihar”with his rally video on Monday, stateshavedomicilefor their DARBHANGA, WHATDOESKANHAIYA residents. We will do thesame. Tejashwi YadavsaidNitish Kumar was wherehesaid:“On Bihar’s land,there will be MUZAFFARPUR AND BRINGTOPOLLTABLE? his elder,and so he considered even his Eighty-five per cent of our jobs will no tolerance forthe communist,Urban PATNA; “abuses” as “blessings”. Naxals, TukdeTukde Gang –they maylook be forlocal residents,” he said. The In avideo tweetedbythe RJD’s Twitter RAHUL GANDHI IN ● POLL PITCH innocent,but they stokefire”. RJD leader did not take questions. handle, Tejashwi Yadavsaidthat opponents VALMIKINAGAR AND CMNITISHKUMAR’S might throwany poison or mud, butthe KUSHESHWAR ASTHAN. party wouldn’t answer backinthe same 1.6K VIEWS, 457 LIKES, 374 RETWEETS IN 3HOURS 1.2K LIKES, 157 RETWEETS IN 9HOURS VAISHALISPEECH manner. BIHAR OUT SIDE BIHAR SURAT At other end of country, they cling to hope of jobs, ‘a new Bihar’

lence involving migrantswerereported in from Samastipur,lefthis wifeand twoyoung has justtaken up latefather RamVilas KAMAALSAIYED the city.The special trains headedfor Bihar childrenbackhomewhen he returned to Paswan’s mantle. “He has done nothing... SURAT,OCTOBER27 carriednearly three lakh migrants; about Surat afterthe lockdown. Duringthe time Even during the lockdown, he did notutter a 30% arebelievedtohavereturned. the factoryheworksin wasshut, his savings word forpeople stuckinotherstates.” FORTHE Bihari migrantsatthe labour quar- AB.Techinmechanicalengineering, the were usedup. So, he nowshares the one- Chorasiya’sdream is that his children — ters in Sitaram Society in Navsari,the elec- 26-year-old Ritesh earns Rs 18,000amonth room accommodation he had bought with 10 and 7—areable to getjobs in Bihar so that tion wasdecided in April.Stuckfor days dur- working as asupervisor at afactory. He loans from abank and friends with five “ten- theycan be close to their “own culture”. ing the lockdown withoutany money, 15 of rushed backtoSurat whentheir contractor ants”, instead of his family. “I spentRs2,000 Sudhir Singh, 40, from Vaishali districtin them had reachedout to their RJD MLA, calledtheminJunetosay thefactory had to buy arailticketinthe blackmarket to re- Bihar,who runs asmall shop sellingknick- JitendraKumarRai from Mahaurah, says startedrunning again. With no payinApril turn to Surat... Staying alone, Ican save some knacks in VedRoad area, also hopesthe same Ritesh Kumar Yadav. and May, and Rs 2,000from the companyto money. The tenantspay too.” forhimself and his children, particularly at RaicalledupTejashwi Yadav, nowthe help them tide over the lockdown and “a About7,000 migrantsfromBihar live in timesoffestivals likeChhath. His children Grand Alliance’sChief Ministercandidate, younger sister”, Ritesh couldn’t sayno. similar one-room quarters in the area. As one study in the local municipal school and his who in turn calledupGujarat CM Vijay Pointing out that theyhavetocometo enters VedRoad, the signboards changefrom wifeAartitakes small ancillaryworkback Rupani, Ritesh says.Soon, Akram Shah, theother end of the country to makealiv- Gujarati to Hindi, the clothes of the people home from local textileunits. working in the office of BJP Navsari MP and ing, Ritesh says,“In histhree terms,Nitish on the streetsare markedlydifferent. However, the children don’t have anyin- nowGujaratBJP chiefCRPaatil, reached has notprovidedany jobs.” However, anysigns of the heated contest terest in Bihar,Singh says;theyare im- Ritesh’s home withrations foramonth. In Hoping to getmarriedsoon, Ritesh talks backhome aremissing. Adisinterested pressedwith“thewide roads, flyovers and May, Shah arranged forthem to go home on of Tejashwi’s promise to provide 10 lakh jobs. Chorasiyasays hefindsnodifferencebetween gardens of Surat”. EverySundayevening, the aShramik Special train. “Timewill tell whether he delivers or not. Lalu Prasad and Nitish’s regimes. His father family goes foraride on his bike. “The devel- Part of the ruling alliance in Bihar,the BJP (But) in our village, everybody supports Signboards in HindiinKatargam, whichhas alarge migrant population. Hanif Malek DipakKumar decides whom the familyvotes opment of Surat is due to Gujarat’s good in Surat has been trying to ensurethe mi- Tejashwi... He is young, energetic, is taking forand,this time,itmay notbethe BJP. leaders. The political leaders in Bihar only grantswho returnedstaybacktheresoasto up issues of people againstthe government.” “The BJP has notgiven tickettoour com- think of their chair and image.” He calls casttheir vote —around50BJP volunteers AjayChoudhary, who is associated with over itsinitial advice to the migrantstostay partments and no effort made to setupin- munityleader,”Chorasiyasays. However, the Nitish’s term forthem of “pravasi mazdoor” have been giventhe task of making at least the textile industryand is aformer BJP of- wheretheywere. dustries in Bihar,” Prabhunath, who came to mostimportant issue foryouths is “develop- at the time of the migrant crisis an “insult”. 100calls aday to them. However, as per fice-bearer,says he arranged forspecial Prabhunath YadavfromPurnea district Surat in the ’80s, says.Adding thatmigrants ment”, “government jobs” —and hence “the Backing Tejashwi, Singh argues that the Ritesh, that maybebackfiring on the party. trains to take workers home to Bihar.“Our in Bihar, who is aunion leader,says the work- comparedevelopmentinSurat with that faith in Tejashwi” —heinsists.“While his fa- RJD leader nothaving finishedschooling is Of themigrant workers in Surat’s textile volunteers call them on the phone regularly ers want to returntoSurat butthereare not backhome, he says,“Theyfeel heartbroken ther is in jail, Tejashwi has been single-hand- notadisqualification. “As CM of Bihar, Lalu and related factories, nearly four lakh are and tell them to return to Surat only after enough trains. He also attributeslackofjobs seeing the situation of Bihar.” Tejashwi holds edly running the party,everybody likes him.” could have managedtoget agraduationcer- from Bihar.During thelockdown,asfood and the Bihar elections.” However, he admits as the reason fordisaffection with Nitish. “No apromise,headds. On the other hand, he feels, LJP chief tificatefor him from anyuniversity.But he moneyran out, at leastsix incidentsofvio- thereisanger withthe Nitishgovernment recruitment as been done in government de- Dilipkumar Chorasiya(32), who hails Chirag Paswan is yettoprove himself,and did notdoany suchthing.”

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INDO-US2+2 MEETING HC suspends 3-year jail term Actimmediatelyonterror,Paktold of former MoS DELHI CONFIDENTIAL Ray in coalcase

SHUBHAJITROY ED NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 IN Consolidating EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 PLA thegains AFTERTHE Indo-US2+2 meet- E ● ing on Tuesday, Foreign and EX ADAY afterhewas awarded Defence ministers of India and TUESDAY’S 2+2 ministerial meeting evaluated and consoli- three-year imprisonment by a the US calledonPakistan to take dated the gains made over the lastfouryears. It also setup Special CBI Courtinacoalscam “immediate, sustainedand irre- ambitious targetsand initiativesfor the next incumbent in case, the Delhi High Court versible” action to ensurethat the US administration, cuttingacross sectors from nuclear Tuesdaysuspendedthe sen- “no territoryunder itscontrol is to defence, and narcotics to health. New Delhi will now tence of former Union minister used forterroristattacks”, and to watchthe next WhiteHouse occupant on howhetakes the Dilip Ray. expeditiouslybringtojustice ties forward. Ray’s ap- perpetrators and planners of all plication suchattacks,including 26/11 againsthis TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN Mumbai, Uri, and Pathankot. wardsan“open, reliable and se- Counter-Narcotics Working conviction and In December 2019,Uri was cureinternet”, as well as the Group will hold itsfirstvirtual Rajnath Singhand SJaishankarwithUSSecretary of StateMike sentencing AS THE Army’s topleadershipisinDelhi forthe biannualArmy notmentioned in the joint state- multi-stakeholder model of in- meeting later this year,with an Pompeo and SecretaryofDefence MarkEsper in Delhi. PTI came up for Commander’s Conference,itbrought together an opportu- ment. ternetgovernance. “Theyem- in-person meeting in 2021, an hearingbefore nity forall of them to paytributes to the fallen soldiers of the The leadersalsodiscussed phasizedfostering cooperation initiative to collaboratethrough the single- ArmyonInfantryDay.For the firsttime, Chief of Defence Staff their shared interestinpromot- betweentheirindustryand aca- an International Center of Dilip Ray judge benchof General Bipin Rawat, ArmyChief General MMNaravane and ing asovereign, peaceful, united, demia foranopen, secureand re- Excellence in Research focused Eye on China, India-US Justice Suresh allArmyCommanders and Colonelsofthe Regiments, who democratic, inclusive,stable and silientsupplyofstrategicmate- on infectious diseases, including Kumar Kait. were presentinDelhi, laid wreaths together to marktheir re- secureAfghanistan, including rialand criticalinfrastructureand COVID-19and other emerging raise defence cooperation “The sentence has been sus- spect forthe infantrymen. October 27 is celebrated as Infantry supportfor an Afghan-ledand to independentlyevaluatethe threats, and an overarching MoU pendedand the case has been Day, as it wasonthis dayin1947thatfirstIndian soldiers had Afghan-ownedpeace process, risk associatedwithdeployment to enhancehealth cooperation. To strengthen defence indus- fixedfor hearing on November landedinKashmir to defend againstthe attack from Pakistan. the statement said. External of emerging ICT technologies, in- The joint statement said: KRISHNKAUSHIK trialcooperation,thefirstsummit 23,” said advocateChandra Armyestablishmentsacrossthe countrypay homagetoin- Affairs ministerSJaishankar had cluding5Gnetworks”, it said. “The Ministers committed to NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 of the Industrial Security Annex, Prakash, who representsRay. fantrysoldiers who losttheirlives in the lineofduty ever since. highlighted India’s stakes in Recalling the historic India- continued exchangeofinforma- signedatthesecond2+2dialogue Raywas aministerinthe Atal AfghanistanonMondaywithhis US civil nuclear agreement, tion about sanctions and desig- ASECUREvideo-teleconferencing held in WashingtoninDecember BihariVajpayeegovernment and counterpart, US Secretaryof whichhas been stuckfor a nations againstterrorgroups capabilitybetweenthethreeserv- 2019,will be heldlater thisyear. wasconvicted under various AMAZING MOMO MAN StateMichael RPompeo,stating decade, the ministers welcomed and individuals, particularly in icesof bothcountries,andforeign Amid the standoffinLadakh, Sections of the Preventionof that decisions about the coun- the project “Division of light of recent legislativechanges anddefenceministries;enhanced the enhanceddefence coopera- Corruption Actand IPC. He was DURINGHIS interaction with street vendorsofUttar Pradesh, try's futureshould be made by Responsibilityprinciples be- in India, as well as counteringthe sharingofmaritimeinformation; tion is aimedatconveying asig- grantedbailMondaytoallow him Prime MinisterNarendraModichancedupon aperson who Afghanswithout use of force. tween Nuclear Power financing and operations of ter- and meeting of aMilitary nal to Beijing. to avail the remedy of appeal maywellbecalledanideal beneficiaryofgovernment Theyapplauded India’s de- Corporation of India Limited roristorganizations, countering Cooperation Group later in the In hisstatement afterthe dia- againsthis conviction. schemes —amomoseller in his constituency,Varanasi. The velopment assistance for (NPCIL) and Westinghouse radicalism and terroristuse of yearto reviewthemilitary-to-mil- logue, Singh said that “weshared Thecase —inwhich Raywas vendor,who uses vegetables forfillings in hismomos, said he Afghanistan, and effortstobuild Electric Company(WEC) forthe the internet.... Theydenounced itaryengagement —theseare assessment of the security situa- convictedonOctober6—pertains hasavailedofgovernment loan scheme, knows of the bene- trade linkages and multi-modal constructionofsix nuclear reac- the use of terroristproxiesand some of the newunderstandings tion across the Indo Pacific” and to the allocation of 105.153 fits of digital payments,and has enrolledfor home delivery connectivity infrastructurefor tors at Kovvada, and looked for- strongly condemnedcross bor- arrivedatafter the Indo-US 2+2 “reaffirmedour commitment to hectares of acoal mining area in through an online aggregator. Besides, he said, he also has got the country to enhance itsre- ward to the detailedDivision of der terrorism in all itsforms. ministerial meeting on Tuesday. peace, stability and prosperity of Jharkhand’s Giridih district to himself enrolledinanother flagship scheme of the govern- gional connectivity to sustain Responsibility that would pave Theyemphasisedthe needfor WhiletheBasicExchangeand all countries in this region”. Castron TechnologiesLimited ment, and offers acomplimentarymomo to anycustomer growth and development over the wayfor atechno-commer- concertedactionagainstall ter- CooperationAgreement(BECA)is Onjointmilitaryexercises,the (CTL) by the coal ministry’s who wears amaskand maintains physicaldistance in front the long term. cial offer”. roristnetworks, includingal- one of the highlightsinthe out- jointstatementsaidthatthemin- Screening Committee in 1999. of hisstall. An impressedModi said that he, too, would liketo On 5G, on whichthe US has AfterJaishankar and Defence Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e- come of the meeting, these isters“welcomedinclusionof the TheCBIprobefollowedallega- tastethe momos but his security does notallow suchthings always asked India to avoid MinisterRajnath Singhmet Tayyiba,Jaish-e-Mohammad, smaller but important under- RoyalAustralianNavyinthe U.S.- tions of wrongdoing and corrup- to go pastthem. Chinese firms Huaweiand ZTE, Pompeo and US Defence and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.” standings areexpected to India-Japan MALABAR Naval tion againstpublicservantsinal- the ministers on Tuesdayreaf- SecretaryMarkTEsper,theyalso FULLREPORTON strengthen defence cooperation Exercise”. FULLREPORTON location of various coal blocks to DISTANCE ENCOUNTERS firmedtheircommitment to- decidedthat anew India-US www.indianexpress.com between the twocountries. www.indianexpress.com private companies.

HYDERABAD HOUSE hostedthe firstmedia interaction with physical distancing in the Covid-19era.After the 2+2 minis- Dynastyofcorruption from generation terial meeting between External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh, US SecretaryofState Michael RPompeoand Defence SecretaryMarkTEsper,all officials to generation makes country hollow: PM came out wearing masks. Therewerealsonocustomary handshakes between ministers, and onlyelbowbumps and namastes. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘Unlikeinpast, poor can NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 PM Narendra now get loans easily’ ‘DAYLIGHT ROBBERY IN NAME OF INTEGRATION’ “GENERATIONAL CORRUPTION” Modi is amajor challengefor thecoun- tryand “dynasty of corruption” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Huge betrayal: J&K makes the countryhollow, generation commitscorruption LUCKNOW,OCTOBER27 PrimeMinister NarendraModi withmorevigour.Dueto this,itbe- ON POLL EVE: CPI(M) leader BrindaKarat withCPI leader partiesslam Centre said on Tuesday. came partofpolitical tradition in SAYINGTHAThis government Kanhaiya Kumar duringanelectionmeeting, in Bihar’s Inauguratingthe National manystates. This corruption and managed to “pass” the coron- Samastipur on Tuesday. ANI Conference on Vigilance and dynastyof corruptionfromgener- avirus test with “flying colours” Anti Corruption, PM Modi said, ation to generation makesthe as it focused on welfareschemes move on land laws “Generational corruption is a countryhollow,”Modi said. forthe poor during the lock- major challengethat has been He said this situationisama- down, Prime MinisterNarendra AvendorspeakstoPMModi ecosystem in environmentally graduallygrowing in the past jor hurdle in the developmentof Modi Tuesdaysaid aperception through video-conference, Time to bring change: NAVEEDIQBAL fragile regions of Jammu, decades and has takenaformi- the countryand wished that this wascreated in thepastthatthe in Lucknow. Vishal Srivastav SRINAGAR,OCTOBER27 Kashmir and Ladakh in utter dis- dable form in the country.” topic would also be discussedin poor do notrepayloans. regard of graveenvironmental Heexplainedgenerationalcor- the national conference organ- Speaking during avideointer- Sonia message to Bihar ALL POLITICAL parties in Jammu concerns,”Lonesaid. ruption as the corruption trans- isedbythe CBI. The PM stressed actionwithstreetvendorsfromUP repaying their loans.”Hesaid the and Kashmir, exceptthe BJP,have National Conference vice- ferred from one generation to an- the necessityfor administrative whoavailedofloansamountingto scheme’s successful implementa- condemnedthe changes president Omar Abdullah other.“When ageneration of systems to be transparent, re- Rs 10,000 eachunderthe PM tionisananswertothosewhosaid ahead of first phase brought to itslandlawsbythe tweeted, “Unacceptable amend- corruptpeopledoesnot getthe sponsible, accountable and an- SVANidhi scheme, the PM said, thatmakingthepoorjointhebank- Centrethat essentiallyopen up mentstothe land ownership rightpunishment,thenthesecond swerable to the public. “The poor have proved…theyare ing system will nothelp anyone. purchase of non-agricultural laws of J&K. Even the tokenism EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE land to those from outside the of domicilehas been done away NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 Union Territory. with whenpurchasingnon-agri- The mainstream parties that cultural land &transfer of agri- MP bypolls: Pilottakes on Chouhan’s ON THE eveofthe firstphase of Sonia have joinedforces to form the cultural land has been made eas- voting forAssemblyelections in Gandhi People’s Alliance forGupkar ier.J&K is nowupfor sale &the Bihar,Congress president Sonia Declarationtermedthe amend- poorer small land holding own- ‘backdoor entry’ after being ‘sent home’ Gandhi on Tuesdaysaid winds mentsa“huge betrayal”. ers will suffer.” of changeare blowing in the Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Alliance spokesperson Sajad PDP president Mehbooba but to instead distinguish be- Congresswhen asked by senior stateand asserted that the time the stateonWednesdayfor the Lonesaid the move is “a massive Mufti tweeted, “Yet another step IRAMSIDDIQUE tween “satyaand asatya” and leader Kamal Nath and assured has come to startanewchapter. second time.Hewill address two assault”ontherightsofthepeople thatspartofGOI’s nefarious de- GWALIOR,OCTOBER27 “dharma andadharma” by voting that he will do what is requiredto In avideo rallies —one in Valmiki Nagar of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh signs to disempower&disen- forthe Congress and restoring the strengthen the party’s position in messagefor and other in KusheshwarAsthan and “grosslyunconstitutional”. franchise people of J&K. From the AT Astageset up across the street democratic process in MP. the state. the state, she in Darbhangadistrict. The alliance headedby unconstitutionalscrapping of from the iconicGwalior fort, Soonafter Pilot’s arrivalin He recounted the Vyapam said the gov- In Tuesday's message, Sonia National Conference president Article 370tofacilitating lootof Congress leader Sachin Piloton MP,heissaid to have metBJP scam under the Chouhan govern- ernmentsin said: “The government in Bihar, and Srinagar MP Dr Farooq our natural resources &finally TuesdaytookonMadhya RajyaSabha MP Scindia. Scindia ment and said that manyinno- Delhi as well as high on powerand itsego,has Abdullah vowedtofight the putting land in J&K up forsale.” Pradesh Chief MinisterShivraj later told the media that anyone cent liveswerelost. DECISION Bihar have be- deviated from itspath. Neither “anti-J&K” measure on allfronts. The Congress said in astate- Singh, accusinghim of making a Pilotissaid to have metBJP’s is welcome to campaign forthe On Tuesday, he also went to 2020 come “shut- their speech, nor their actions “The unconstitutional meas- ment, “This is another betrayal backdoor entryfor his govern- Scindiaafter hisarrival File polls,asthatisapartofthe dem- Shivpuri and Morena before BIHAR down” govern- aregood.The working class is ureisclearly designedasanat- of BJPwith people of J&K, as time ment afterthe Congress de- ocratic process. reaching Gwalior. ments. This was helpless. Farmers aretroubled tempttopreempt the outcome and again the peoplewereas- feated BJP in the elections. Addressing the gatheringin He said, “Thereisalotofanger the firsttime shesent out avideo and youth aredisappointed.The of the challengebeforethe sured that their right to landand Pilot, theCongress’sstar cam- Congress to bring down the Gwalior,Pilotaccused Chouhan in the people on howthe messagerelated to elections. On fragile stateofthe economyis Supreme Court. The assault on jobs shall be protected at all paigner, is on atwo-day tour of Kamal Nath government earlier of making abackdoor entryand Congress lostpowerand the re- October 2, sheaddressed aJan hitting the people’s liveshard...” exclusive property rightsapart, costs,evenpost370 abrogation.” the seatsinGwalior-Chambalre- this year. sitting on “people’s chest” after sponse in these constituencies Chetna rallyvia video-confer- Sonia said people of the state changes in urban development CPM’s MYTarigamisaid, “It gion going to bypolls. He refrained Pilot, who has astronginflu- being “sent home” in 2018 wasverypositive.” Pilotisex- ence to markthe birth anniver- had manyquestions. “For the laws and creation of Security is daylight robberyofland in the from making anydirect remarks ence on Gujjar community in the Assemblypolls. The former pected to tour the remaining saryofMahatma Gandhi. next generationand the next Zones is bound to prejudicially name of integration, develop- on Jyotiraditya Scindia and his region,urgedpeopleto notget di- Rajasthan deputy CM said he had seatsofGwalior-Chambalregion Whileshe will notbetravel- crop… the time has come fora affect the environment and ment and security.” team of MLAs who quit the videdamong caste andclasslines come to campaign forthe before returning to Rajasthan. ling to Bihar forcampaigning, change,” she said. Sarma dumps MLApanel report,says won’t allow ‘Miya Museum’ requesting himto“expedite”the Assam. However, people from vided India. Kindlydon’t distort Kalakshetratherewill notbeany twofromthe AIUDF. nothing to comment on this po- ABHISHEKSAHA process of establishing“one mu- other communities also reside history morejustsakeofgetting ‘MiyaMuseum’.”Chief Minister In itsreporttothe Assam litical controversy.” GUWAHATI,OCTOBER27 seum reflecting the cultureand in suchriverine areasin power(sic).” On Monday, Chief Sarbananda Sonowal tootold re- AssemblyonMarch 24,DRSChad When contacted,renowned heritageofthe people living in some districts. MinisterSarbanandaSonowal porters that the government said, “The Committee recom- academicSanjibBaruah,professor ASSAM’S HEALTH, FINANCE and Char-Chaporis of Assam in the OnOctober24,Sarmatweeted toldreportersthattheKalakshetra wouldalwaysworkwithdevotion mendsthat one museum reflect- of political studies,BardCollege, Education MinisterHimanta premises of the Srimanata Ahmed’s letter withthe com- wasestablishedonthe ideals of to keep the idealsofSrimanta ingthecultureandheritageofthe New York,told The Indian Express BiswaSarma has stirredacontro- Sankardeva Kalakshetra, ment, “In my understanding, SrimantaSankardeva.“We willal- Sankardeva intact. peoplelivingintheChar-Chaporis over email, “I think the Assamese versyinthestatebysayingthathis Guwahati” as recommended by thereisnoseparateidentity and ways work,withdevotion,to deep The MLAfromBaghbar, of Assam shall be establishedat have good reasons to be proudof government wouldnot allowa the DepartmentallyRelated cultureinChar Anchal of Assam thoseideals intact,” he said. Ahmed,ishimself amember of SrimantaSankardevaKalakshetra, the integrative capacity of their ‘Miyamuseum’ despitealegisla- Standing Committee (DRSC) on as mostofthe people had mi- When askedby journalists on the 15-member DRSC on Guwahati.”Ahmed said none of culture... But no cultureisever tive committeedominatedby BJP Education in March. grated from Bangladesh. Govt disallowedmuseum in MondayabouttheDRSC’srecom- Education. The committee is led theBJPleaderssaidanythingthen. static. The current leadership of anditsalliesrecommendingamu- ‘Char-Chaporis’ refertothe Obviously, in Srimanta Kalakshetra (inpic) mendations, Sarmasaid, by an MLAfromthe Asom Gana “Now,theyare trying to polarise Kalakshetrawillhave to findways seum to showcase exhibitsfrom riverine sand beltsofthe SankardevaKalakhetra, whichis “Whatever Committee, whoso- Parishad (AGP),anallyofthe BJP Assampriorto 2021elections,”he to incorporatenewer elementsof Muslim-majority riverine areas. Brahmaputra, whichare home theepitomeof Assameseculture, ever’sCommitteehasgivenwhat- in thestate.Ofthe 15 MLAs, BJP told The Indian Express. our cultureintoits collection to On October 18,Sherman Ali to avastmajority of Muslimsof we will notallow anydistortion. “Sorry Sir,@himantabiswa. ever report... that reportwilljust and itsallieshave10. TheDRSC When contacted,Yasing show thatthisintegrative capac- Ahmed, aCongress MLAfrom Bengali-origin, acommunity Sorry MLASahab.” Ancestors of these people were remain in their files in their cup- has sixmembers from the BJP, Shimray Wunglengton, Director, ity of Assamese culturehas not Baghbarconstituency, wroteto whichcolloquially—and often Abdul Khaleque, aCongress migrated from erstwhile Bengal, boards only. The Assamgovern- twofromthe AGP, twofromthe DirectorateofMuseums,said,“As weakened.” FULLREPORTON the state’s Director of Museums derogatorily—iscalled‘Miya’ in MPfromAssam,repliedtoSarma, whichwas integral partofundi- ment is clearthatinthe BPF,three from theCongress and agovernment servant, Ihave www.indianexpress.com

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BRIEFLY KAPURTHALA’S ‘ZERO STUBBLEBURNING’VILLAGES Centreflagspollutionrolein Farmers say doing away with Covidmortality,spikein3states fire has improved wheat yield

Ramdas Athawale and On pollution related to Covid-19 free vaccine, NITI AayogMember overall picturetobecome clear ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA Sunil Tatkare KAUNAINSHERIFFM mortality, therehavebeen some Dr VKPaulsaid the expertcom- and to take anational approach JALANDHAR,OCTOBER27 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 studies in Europe and the United mittee hasrequestedstate gov- towardsengaging with compa- States. Theyhavelooked at pol- ernmentsto“wait forthe over- nies,deciding the criteria forthe FORTHE thirdyear in arow, MAHARASHTRA AGAINSTTHE backdrop of rising luted areas, and have compared all picturetobecome clear”. vaccine, etc. The stategovern- GurjeetSingh and Gurjinder Athawale, pollution levels beingreported the mortalityduring lockdown “Vaccine scenario is dynamic mentshavemade thesestate- Singh, twosmall farmers in in the nationalcapital region, and correlation with pollution, because we don't have asingle ments and theyneedtobere- AllahdittavillageofKapurthala Tatkaretest ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava on and have found clearly that pol- vaccine whichhas been licensed spected,” he said. district's Sultanpur Lodhisubdi- Tuesdayflagged that evidence lution is contributing to the foruse… letusremember that Meanwhile, UnionHealth vision,havenot burntany parali Covidpositive, from scientific studies con- morality in Covid-19.Thatiswell todaythereisnovaccine… we SecretaryRajeshBhushan (paddy stubble) in their fields. inhospital ducted abroad reveal that pollu- established by thesestudies,” Dr areworkingonvaccine scale- pointed outatthe weekly brief- The alternative stubble man- tion is contributing to Covid-19 Bhargava said at abriefing. up… in that regard theaccess to ingthatinthe last 24 hours, 49.4 agement techniquetheyemploy Mumbai: Union minister mortality and that rapid adop- “...rapid adoption of masksis the vaccine will be in suchaway per centofthe newcases came isn't prohibitively expensive,and Ramdas Athawale and tion of masksisthe onlyeffec- the mostinexpensivebut effec- that if the vaccine supplyisnot from five states andUTs -- Kerala, the farmers saytheiryields of NCPMPSunil Tatkare, an- tive approachtothistwin public tive approachtothissituation,” unlimited,prioritisation hasto West Bengal, Maharashtra, wheat have improved.Infact, Nihal Singh, who growspotatoafter harvesting paddy,says nouncedonTuesdaythat health problem. he said. be done... overall we can saythat Karnataka and Delhi. “Our trend Allahdittaand theneighbouring he has stoppedsettinghis fieldonfire. Express theyhavetestedpositive “It is well-known that pollu- Days afterFinance Minister resources will notbeanissue in (of decline in cases) is agoodsign. villageofAhmadpur Chhanna forCovid-19. Both have tion is one of the mostimportant Nirmala Sitharaman announced ensuring the access to vaccine as However, the trend in three have reportednofarm firesthis been admitted to hospi- aspects of death. Firstbeing mal- free Covid-19vaccinefor people it unfolds,” Paulsaid. states, in Kerala, West Bengal, and stubble-burningseason. said: “Afterfacing alittle trouble our villageand in Allahdittafor tals in Mumbai. Athawale nutrition, then tobacco, high of Bihar and at leasttwo states “...wehaverequestedthe Delhi areworrisome. Delhi is Gurjeet(50), said he man- in the firstyear,Iamnow getting the pastthree years,” Shingara (60) is diabetic. He had at- blood pressure,and pollution... announcedthat theywilloffer stategovernmentstowait forthe having athirdpeak...,”Paulsaid. ages the stubble on his five acres averygoodyield of wheat, much said. tendedanevent in by firstharvesting his (kharif) better than when Iwould burn According to Shingara,the Mumbai on Mondayto paddywithacombine harvester my fields.” better yields that came with the induct actor PayalGhosh equippedwith a‘SuperSMS’ Indeed, until five years ago, adoption of stubble manage- intohis Republican Party Low Covidfatality rates TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE (straw management system) mostfarmers in Allahditta and ment acted as apowerful incen- of India (A). Tatkare(65), that cutsthe stubble in half and Ahmadpur Chhanna usedtoset tive.SaidGurjeetofAllahditta: whohas been namedby in countries with poor CASES: RECOVERED:72,01,070 scatters it on the field, and then their stubble on fire.But afterthe “My wheat crop has startedgiv- NCPasastarcampaigner 239 sowing (rabi) wheat using a National Green Tribunal directed ing me higher yields since I forthe Bihar Assembly DAYSSINCE 79,46,429 DEATHS:1,19,502 ‘happyseeder’ machine. the Punjab government to stop startedploughingthe stubble PANDEMIC polls, is acloseaideof hygiene, study shows BEGAN TESTS: 10,44,20,894 | DOUBLING RATE: 111.74** He also rentsamulcher ma- the burning of stubble, theyde- backinthe fields.Besides, who Deputy Chief Minister chine and arotavator that mixes cidedtopurchase machines to doesn’t likecleanair?” Ajit Pawar, who had the stubble with the soil,before managethe stubble, said AgricultureDevelopment tested positive forCovid- ANURADHA The study has also sowing wheat with azerotill ShingaraSingh, the husband of Officer,Sultanpur Lodhi, Dr 19 on Monday. ENS MASCARENHAS strongly advised drillmachine. The whole process Sukhwinder Kaur,sarpanch of JaspalSingh confirmedthere PUNE,OCTOBER27 is quitesimple, said Gurjeet, who Ahmadpur Chhanna. had been no farm firesin againstpursuing hires the machines from acoop- Big farmers suchasShingara Ahmadpur Chhanna and SCIENTISTS HAVE been in- weak hygiene as a erative society in theneighbour- and his brothers, who grow Allahdittathisyear.“When they RAJASTHAN triguedwhy thereisahigher disease-coping KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING ing Mothanwala village. paddy and potato on 300acres, have already gone forsowingthe 3heldinJalore prevalence of Covid-19infection TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** “The onlymajor expense is took the lead in buying the ma- next crop, thereisnoquestion of and deaths in richer nations as mechanism on diesel because all these ma- chines. Once it became easy to burningcropresidue here,” Dr forassaultof compared to lowand lowmid- ■ Maharashtra 16,48,665 3,645 0.42% 172.78 chines aretractor-mounted,” he hire this machinery,evensmall Singh said, adding that efforts dle income countries. Astudy ■ Andhra 8,08,924 1,901 0.41% 175.34 said. It costs him between Rs farmers begantouse them –and were on to bring down the inci- Dalityouths has nowshown countries with The study,titled“The mortal- 1,500and Rs 2,000 to manage increasingly fewerfields were dence of farm firesinthe entire ■ Karnataka 8,05,947 3,130 0.64% 112.03 poor hygiene, lowquality sani- ity due to COVID-19indifferent everyacreofstubble. setonfire. subdivision. Jaipur: Jalorepolice ar- tation and waterseem to have nations is associated with the ■ Tamil Nadu 7,11,713 2,708 0.42% 169.75 Gurjinder,who owns six “Therehas notbeenasingle FULLREPORTON rested threepersons after lowCovid-19fatality ratesas demographiccharacter of na- ■ Kerala 3,97, 217 4,287 1.95% 36.84 acres of landinthe same village, incident (of stubble burning)in www.indianexpress.com avideoof twoDalityouths compared to countries with bet- tions and the prevalenceofau- being assaulted went viral tersanitisation. toimmunity” has been pub- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculated over7-day growth on socialmedia.Inthe Whilethe findings indicated lished as apreprint on MedRxiv. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT video,twoyouthsare seen that the poorer the watersanita- Researchers Bithika No Rural Development Fund 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY withtheir hands and legs tion in acountry, thelower the Chatterjee from NCCS and tiedand sittingonthe deaths per million, the study has Rajeeva LaxmanKarandikar 1.52 7.90 36,410 ground, and at leasttwo strongly advisedagainstpursu- from ChennaiMathematical NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: for Punjab this paddy season men hit them with sticks. ing weak hygiene as adisease- Instituteexamineddevelop- 1.50 7.61 63,782 Sanchorepolice station coping mechanism. mental parameters likedemog- Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs curement of paddy.This means Centre, as the foodgrains go to SHO Arvind Kumar said “It wasfascinating to explore raphy, prevalence of communi- positivecases(in %); number tested recovering; more KANCHANVASDEV that Punjab cannotwithdraw Central pool). theywereaccusedoftheft. reasons that would explain cable and non-communicable indicatorofprogress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER27 RDF from the CCL it has received. In aletterdated October 23 to in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Afterthe video emerged, higher prevalence and deaths diseases, BCG vaccinationstatus, If the statedoes notget RDF Secretary, FoodandCivilSupplies, DataasonOctober26,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers police located the victims, due to Covid-19among richer sanitation and Covid-19deaths includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive AFEW days afterPresident Ram on paddy,itwould costthe ex- Punjab, the Union Ministryof who submitted acom- nations. Ourresearchers from per millionin106 countries. Nath Kovind’sassent to Central chequer about Rs 1,100crore in Consumer Affairs, Food and plaint,saying theywere Pune’s National Centrefor Cell The researchers ranmulti- government’s newfarm laws,the the paddy season alone. Distributionstated“matters re- kidnappedbyKiran Science (NCCS) and Chennai variatelinear regression mod- Centre has notkeptaprovision for The Indian Express triedtocall lated to deductions from MSP Kumar,DarjaramSoniand Mathematical Institutecon- els to find that the incidence of Current guidelines on reopening the RuralDevelopmentFund and sent messagestothe Union made by stateand utilisationof Ratnaram. An FIR was ducted astatistical analysis and communicable diseases corre- (RDF) in the CashCredit Limit Food Secretary, who wasun- RDfeeforthepurposeof develop- lodgedatSanchorepolice examinedmorethan25to30 lated negatively while demog- to be applicable till Nov30: Centre (CCL) extendedtoPunjab forthe available foracomment. ment of procurement centres are station on Mondayunder parameters including waterand raphy, improved hygieneand current paddyprocurementsea- As per the newagrilaws, the under scrutiny”. In the provi- relevant IPC sectionsas sanitation and deaths of Covid- higher incidence of autoim- NewDelhi: The Centre Tuesday the containment zones. son. The Centrehas also soughtto states cannot charge anyRDF sional costsheetattachedalong well as sections of the 19 patientsper millionin106 mune disorders correlated pos- said the current guidelines al- Earlier,the guidelines forre- scrutinise howthe stategovern- and mandi feefromthe buyers. with the letter,nomonetary pro- SC/STAct.JaloreSPShyam countries,”DrShekhar Mande, itively with Covid-19 mortality lowing various activities like opening activities issuedon ment spends the RDF. Punjab makes about Rs 3,500 visionisindicatedtowards the SinghinstructedSanchore Director General, Council of and were among themost opening of cinemas, theatres September 30 were to be in force In the CCL extendedtothe croreannuallyonaccount of RDF RDF.The column mentioning Additional SP Dashrath Scientific and Industrial plausible factors to explain and multiplexes with up to 50 till October 31.The Ministryof statebyCentrefor paddy pro- and Mandifee, at therateof3per about the RDF has been kept Singh to take up the case Research (CSIR), who is the co- Covid-19mortality as com- per cent of their seating capac- Home Affairs issuedanorder on curement, the RD feecompo- cent eachofMSP,bothcharged blank with afootnote that the and makearrests. ENS author of the study,told pared to theGDP of thenations, itywillcontinuetobeapplicable Tuesdaytoextendthisperiodtill nentisnot accountedfor in the from the buyers (in this case the RDF is nowunder scrutiny. TheIndian Express. Dr Mande said. till November 30 in areas outside November 30, an official said. PTI provisional costsheetfor pro-

UTTAR PRADESH Bhojpurisinger Gujarati superstar dies of Covid, injuredin celebratoryfire days after singer-brother’s death

Lucknow: Bhojpuri singer Mehsana districtinNorth Gujarat,” Golu Raja washit by abul- RITUSHARMA said Jayshree Parikh, who starredwith letduring celebratoryfir- AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER27 Naresh in Veli Ni AavyaPhool. ing at abirthdayparty or- Recallingaphone-in programme ganisedbyalocal BJP POPULARLYKNOWN as the “Naresh- with Naresh on Doordarshan Girnar, youthwingleaderin Ballia Mahesh duo”inthe Gujarati film in- Rupa Mehta, the then programme onMondaynight.BalliaSP dustry, they sang together–and died head, said: “I have notseensuchapop- DevendraNath said, "At together.Two days afterhis elder ular actor in my entire life. At the Mahakalpur village, one brother,Mahesh Kanodia (83) diedaf- launchofthe ‘Mission Manoranjan’ HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATIONLIMITED Bhanu Dubey had organ- teraprolonged illness, Gujarati cin- programme three years back, the Regd. Office:17, Jamshedji Tata Road,Mumbai –400 020 isedthe birthdayfunction ema ‘superstar’-turned-politician phone justdid notstopringing.” Tel:022-22863900 Fax:022-22872992 of hisson....Around10pm Naresh Kanodia (77) diedofCovid-19 The brotherswereknown fortheir Website:www.hindustanpetroleum.comE-mail :[email protected] CIN:L23201MH1952GOI008858 someone firedacelebra- on Tuesday morning. versatility –Nareshiscredited with tory shotfromhis gun... “People talk of Ram-Lakshman, Naresh (left) and Mahesh having introduceddancing in Gujarati NOTICE We have registeredanFIR but theyactuallyprovedit,” said Kanodia. Credit: Hitu Kanodia/Facebook films,while Mahesh introducedthe Pursuant to Regulation29readwithRegulation 47 of theSEBI in the case and taking Naresh's son, Hitu, BJP MLAfromIdar. conceptofGujarati orchestra. (Listing Obligations andDisclosureRequirements) Regulations2015, proper action." Bhanu “He (Naresh) wasbrought to the The brothers later made their de- Notice is hereby giventhatameetingofthe BoardofDirectors of the Dubey is the district vice- hospitalonOctober 20; the next day, Union Home MinisterAmitShah but in politics–Mahesh wasaBJP MP CompanywillbeheldonWednesday,November04, 2020 to president of Bhartiya he wasput on ventilator since he was also tweetedabout their contribution forfour terms, while Naresh, contest- consider,inter-alia, theUnaudited FinancialResults of theCompany JanataYuvaMorcha, dis- having breathing problems,” said Dr to the Gujarati film industry. ing on aBJP ticket, wrestedKarjan forthe Second Quarter&Half year ended September 30,2020. trict BJPchief Jai Prakash Kaushik Barot,atthe UN Mehta The twobrothers startedtheir ca- AssemblyconstituencyinVadodara Thesaidnoticecan be accessed on theCompany’s websiteat Sahu confirmed. Police InstituteofCardiology and Research reer in Gujarati cinema together –in from the Congress in 2002. https://www.hindustanpetroleum.com Notice to this effect hasalso said the sin-ger is out of CentreinAhmedabad whereNaresh Veli Ni AavyaPhool in 1969 —inwhich “I am saddenedbythe de- been giventoNSE andBSE. danger.Police, however, wasadmitted. Naresh acted and Mahesh wasthe miseofGujarati film superstar As communicatedtothe StockExchangesearlier, it is furtherinformed claimedthat theyare yet “In aspanoftwo days,wehavelost music director and aplaybacksinger. and BJP leader Nareshbhai that the TradingWindow fordealinginsecuritiesofHindustan to identifythepersonwho both Maheshbhaiand Nareshbhai AsuperstarofGujarati cinema, Kanodia. Gujarat will always PetroleumCorporation Limited is underclosure from October 01,2020 firedthe shot. ENS Kanodia. Their contributions to the Naresh worked in over 300films in his feel the loss of an evergreen to November 06,2020for all‘Insiders’asper theInsider Trading worldofculture, especiallypopular- career spanning severaldecades. In actor who wonthe hearts of code of theCompany.The Insider TradingCodeisavailableonthe MAHARASHTRA ising Gujarati songs,music and the- 2012,hewon theDadasaheb Phalke Gujaratis by popularising Company’swebsite www.hindustanpetroleum.com atrewill neverbeforgotten. Theyalso Award. “In the initial years, his name Gujarati films through his Place:Mumbai V. Murali Maneatertiger worked hardtoservesocietyand em- wasNareshKumar.Overthe years, leading performances...,” Date :October 27,2020 CompanySecretary whichescaped powerthe downtrodden,” Prime their surname became Kanodia, as Gujarat Chief MinisterVijay caughtagain MinisterNarendraModitweeted. theyhailedfromKanod villageof Rupani tweeted.

Nagpur: Atiger named RT1inChandrapur dis- Onion trade suspended in Nashik as trict's Rajuraforest, which has killedeight persons traders protest stock limit by Centre and injured threemore, has been caught, officials In viewofthe steep risein ablyeasedimportnorms of the confirmed. Chandrapur PARTHASARATHI onion prices across wholesale bulb,and back in September, Chief Conservator of BISWAS markets,the Centre clamped onion exporthad been banned. Forest NRPraveen said, PUNE,OCTOBER27 down heavilyonthe trade. Last Bhandari,however,said the "The tiger wastrapped week,the government pre- stocklimit wasnon-feasible.“By around 3.10 pm.” The ONION TRADE across Nashik re- scribed astock limit of 25 tonne the time the stocklimitswere tiger wasshiftedtoatran- mainedsuspendedonTuesday, (250 quintals) andtwo tonne(20 announced, we hadalready pro- sit faculty at Chandrapur withtraders refraining from auc- quintals) forwholesale and re- cured more than 25 tonne of and is to later be shifted tioning to protest the stocklimit tail traders, respectively.This onion in anticipation of the post- to Nagpur's Gorewada imposedonthe bulb by the cen- wasdone under the amended Dussehra demand from north Rescue Centre, an official tral government to control the Essential Commodities Act, with and eastIndian states,” he said. said. Lastweek, thetiger current pricespike. Trade is likely governmentagenciesciting a “Till the time we areunable to wascaughtinacagebe- to remainsuspendedtilltheissue 100per cent year-on-year price dispose of (the stock), we will not lowaculvert but man- is resolved, said Sohanlal rise in the commodity.Before be able to buy newstock,and aged to squeeze out. ENS Bhandari, directorofPimpalgaon these stocklimitswereimposed, thus, we have decidedtosus- BaswantmarketinNiphadtaluka. the government had consider- pend operations.”

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WORDLY WISE 8 THE EDITORIAL PAGE Thedeadshould not rule the living. —THOMAS JEFFERSON The Trump challenge

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Can Americanscountonapeacefultransition BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL of political power?

BACKTOFUTURE Sanjib Baruah Signing BECAsetsthe stagefor expansive securitycooperation THERE WASAtime whenthe United States fraudprovides covertocontroversial local- troversial, Obama said, “thispresident and between US and India, serves long-term interests of both wasregardedasone of theworld’s moststa- leveldecisionsonpolling locations and postal thosewhoenablehim,have shownthey don’t ble democracies. It has one of the world’s old- ballotrequirementsthatcould lowervoter believe in these things”. Biden and Harris HE SIGNINGOFthe Basic Exchangeand Cooperation Agreement (BECA) at estmodernconstitutions,whichwasdraftedin turnoutamonggroups that disproportion- shouldbesupportedbecausetheybelieve that the 2+2 dialogue between the defence and foreign ministers of India and the 1787,ratifiedin1788,and has been in effect atelysupport Democrats. the righttovote is sacred in ademocracy and United States in DelhionTuesdaymarkstheend of the prolonged phaseofmu- since1789.This political order has survived Postal ballots will mostlikelyaccount for that“weshouldbemakingiteasierforpeople Ttualtrust-building and sets thestage formoreexpansive securitycoopera- numerous challenges, including afour-year morethan half the votes in the coming elec- to casttheirballots,not harder”.UnlikeTrump, longCivilWar(1861-1865)whenthe11 slave- tions. But since Trumphas successfullypoliti- theybelieve that “no one,including the presi- tion. The BECAisthe last of the so-called“foundational agreements” that the US wants owning southern states brokeawaytoform cisedthe COVID-19precaution protocols, dent, is above the law”, theydon’t think their itsdefence partners to sign. The BECA, whichletsthe Indian and US armedforces ex- theconfederacy.However, thischallengetothe manymoreBidensupporterswillvotebypost politicalopponentsare “un-American”;orthat changegeospatial information, follows threeother agreementsthat aim to protectthe mil- Constitutionservesasareminderthatthiseco- thanTrumpsupporters.Asaresult,theresults the free press is the “enemy". And then came itaryinformation shared by the US (GSOMIA),providemutual logistics supportaround nomicallyandpoliticallypowerfuldemocracy available on the night of the elections on Obama’s clincher:“That’s howademocracy the world(LEMOA), and facilitatecommunication between the weapons platforms of has notalways been aliberal one. The US, as November 3—basedonthe counting of only withers, until it’s no democracy at all.” the twoarmedforces (COMCASA). These agreementshavebeen hailed as major advances, political theoristJudith Shklar likedtopoint in-person ballots —are likely to be substan- WhatmakesAmericandemocracypartic- but theyare,infact,rather routine. Theyhavebeen under discussion between Delhi and out, “was notaliberal stateuntil afterthe Civil tiallydifferent from the final count. All this ularly vulnerableto theTrumpchallengeisthe War”,andeventhen,foralongperiod“oftenin couldleadto significantuncertainty,legalbat- peculiar wayinwhich it electsits president. Washington fornearly twodecades. name only”. tles,publicprotestsandmayhem,plungingthe Presidentialelections aredeterminednot by The General Security of MilitaryInformation Agreement (GSOMIA) wassignedbythe Thepeaceful transition of political power countryintoapost-election crisis. the national popular vote, but by the votesof government of Atal Bihari Vajpayeebackin2002. The Logistics ExchangeMemorandum of is onlyabare minimum threshold forastable This threat became menacing when the individual states reflectedinthe Electoral Agreement (LEMOA) wassignedafull14yearslater in 2016.The Communication democracy.Yet,whether this would happen moderator of the firstpresidential debate College. Donald Trumpbecame president in CompatibilityandSecurityAgreement(COMCASA)wassignedin2018.Themissingyearsin intheUSafterthiselectionistodayindoubtto asked Trumpifhewould encouragehis sup- 2016 even thoughnationally HillaryClinton between belongedtothe UPAgovernment. To besure, it wasthe UPAthat openedthe space adegreethatisunprecedentedinlivingmem- porterstostaycalm during what could be an won2.9 millionmorevotesthan him (2.1per ory. Insomeof themostinfluentialquartersof extendedballot countingperiod.Trumpsaid cent of the total votes). But Trumpwon 304 foraboldnew strategicengagementwithWashington.DefenceministerPranabMukherjee Americanlife,thereisgreatconcernaboutthe inresponsethathewouldurge his“supporters ElectoralCollegevotesto HillaryClinton’s227. signeda10-yearframework agreementondefencecooperationwiththeUSinJune2005and prospectsofanorderly presidentialtransition. to go intothe polls and watchverycarefully”, TheElectoralCollegegivesstateswithsmall Prime MinisterManmohan Singh signedthe India-US civil nuclear initiative in July2005. The NewYorkTimes hasevenpublishedthe whichcould easilybeinterpreted as acall for populationssuchasVermont,Alaska,Montana Thefourfoundationalagreementsshouldhave followedeasilyfromthe2005breakthrough. “nightmarescenarios” of sevenelection ex- voterintimidation. and Wyoming adisproportionatevoice in perts —their fears aboutthe worstthing that Trump’s waronthe democratic process choosingthe president. Theyenjoythe same But the Congress leadership wasstruck by “buyer’s remorse” —itturnedeachofthese func- Theefforts by Trump and tional agreementsintopuritytests forIndia’snon-alignment. couldhappen with the elections —and possi- has had asignificant impact on the present advantageinthe Senate, the country’s most ble measures to preventit. his allies to undermine the electioncycle. Consider former President powerfullegislative body:Wyoming(popula- Unlikethe Congress leadership, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi agreedwith the armed When Donald Trumpwon his unlikely BarackObama’s keynote address to the tion: 0.6 million) and California (population: forcesthatsawmajorsecuritygainsfromtheseagreementsandeven,moreimportantly,the integrityofthe election election victoryfouryears ago, the talk was system —through often- Democratic national convention. The symbol- 39.5 million) both have twoSenators. politicalvalue of deeperstrategicpartnershipwiththe US. That hashelpedclearthe brush of apopulist challengetoliberal democracy. ism of the visual setting he chose forhis The Harvard historian Alexander Keyssar, formoreintensive engagement between the armedforces —from interoperability to intel- Concerns about the rise of populistdema- repeated concerns about recordedvideo speechisquitetelling. He author of the newbook WhyDoWeStill Have ligence-sharing and joint defence research to production of weapons. As the real possibili- gogic politics in variousparts of the world voter fraud and spokestanding in frontofadisplayabout the theElectoralCollege,tellsusthathistoricallythe ties forbilateral and multilateral defence and security cooperationopenupnow,itwillbe were then basedonparallels with thepoli- misinformation about the drafting of the US Constitution outside the institution can onlybeunderstood as alegacy wrong to viewthe currentdevelopments as atactical response to the immediatemilitary tics of Europe in the 1930s, whichseemed credibilityofpostal ballots Museum of the American Revolution in of “slaveryandwhitesupremacy”.Therehave overblown to many. Philadelphia, the city wherethe US been moreamendmentsproposedtochange challenges that Indiaconfronts vis-a-vis China. India’s defence dialogue with the US has a But the fears about the possibility of a —creates conditions forhis Constitution wasdrafted and signed. theElectoralCollegethanonanyothersubject. longerhistorythaneithercountry’sconcernsaboutChina. Substantive andinstitutionalised peaceful presidential transition point towards supporterstorejectthe It wasanything but aconventional party ButtheUSConstitutionisnotoriouslydifficult cooperation betweenthe twodefence establishmentswill serve thelong-term interests of acrisisofliberal democracy that has uniquely election results. It also convention speech, trying to rallyloyalists be- to amend; there have been only17constitu- arisingIndiaandanAmericathatisrestructuringitsglobal securityburden.Actingtogether, Americancharacteristics. The effortsby provides cover to hind the party’s candidates. Quiteastonish- tionalamendmentsinthe last230 years. For Delhi and Washington will be in abetterposition to shape the regional and global environ- Trumpand hisallies to undermine the in- ingly, Obamaappealedto Democratstoget be- mostofits history,says Keyssar, theefforts to controversial decisions ment in favour of peace and stability. tegrity of the election system —throughof- hind JoeBidenand Kamala Harris in order to reform or abolish the Electoral College have ten-repeated but unsubstantiated concerns that could lowervoter defend democracy.Hehad hopedthat Trump been stymied“by Southern politicians in the aboutvoter fraudand misinformation about turnout among groups might “discoversomereverence forthe interestofmaintaining whitesupremacy”. the credibility of postal ballots—creates con- democracy thathad been placedinhis care. ditions forTrump’s supporters to reject the that disproportionately But he neverdid”.Pointing to afew standard The writer is professor of political studies at RESISTTHE BINARY election results. In addition, the talk of voter support Democrats. democraticprinciplesthatareusuallynoncon- BardCollege,New York

Centreshould be careful nottoturn proposedlaw on Delhi’s air pollution intoapunitive exercise againstPunjab’s farmers

HE CENTRE NEEDS to carefullythink through itsdecisiontoframe alaw “on air qualitymanagement”fortheNationalCapitalRegion.Theimperative to clearthe THE FEMALE GAZE capital’s unhealthyhaze is, of course, unquestionable. But experiences of the T past10yearsshowthatthepollution—acocktailof particulatematterfromve- Whyanother Medusa makeoverfreezes #MeToo conversation in art hicles in NCR, industrialemissions, construction dustand fumes from crop-residue burning in Punjaband Haryana—defies easy solutions.The GradedResponseActionPlan —asetof incremental measures put in place since 2017 to obviateanenvironmentalemergency in BenitaFernando the worstmonths of early winter —has yieldedmixed resultsatbest. With stubble burning proving an intractable problem and thePunjaband Delhi governmentsshowing little incli- In what’s been arough year forstatues, the Sherman’s photographic work from 1993, She wasmoreadeptthanher male peers at nation to join forces, the judiciaryhas been calledtostepinonmorethan one occasion. The latesttofacecriticism is Medusa With the Untitled#282, has the artist with Medusa’s conveying the female anatomyand also knew decisionto draftanew lawcomesinthewake of thelatestintervention—theSupremeCourt Head of Perseus (2008) by Luciano Garbati. snakes,gazing straight at theviewer, upturn- howtodeliver the full forceofadecapitation. hadaskedtheCentre’sresponseto apetitiononcurbs on crop-residue burning. OnMonday, The faux-classical statue—six feet tall and ing the idea of the muse. Beyond art, Sigmund She wasalso arapesurvivor, as is known from naked —was recentlystationed outside the Freudconsidered her monstrous face as a awell-documentedtrial. Foralongwhile, un- solicitor-general Tushar Mehtatoldthe court that the draftwillbeready by this week.Itwill New York County Criminal Court, where metaphoric vulva.Later,feminist Hélène fortunately, Artemisia’sworks were read re- needtobeinformedbythe lessons of the past—especiallythe needto understand the prob- Harvey Weinstein, once agod in Hollywood, Cixous rewrote her,emphasising her unbri- ductively,asrevenge fantasies. Anewly- lem in all itscomplexity. wasconvicted forrape. dledlaughter. opened show at London’s National Gallery Everyyear,when farmers in Punjab and Haryana harvesttheir paddycrop, they areleft TheMedusa storyismorethantwo mil- But subject to countless makeovers, seekstopresent afuller pictureofArtemisia, withastubbornresidue.Thoughtherehavebeensomeattemptstoconvertthisstrawtofuel, lennia old. According to Greek mythology, Medusa deserves abreak.Inthe name of dis- to letaudiences “hear her voice from herlet- it seems to have very little commercial value. Using manual labour to extractthe stubble is the sea-god Poseidon rapedthe beautiful mantling setstructures, we seem to have run ters, and seethe worldthrough hereyes.” both expensive andtime-consuming.Withverylittle time to preparethe field forthe win- mortal, Medusa, in goddess Athena’s tem- out of fresh ideas. Garbati’s avatar is justthe This is one of the better rewards of ple. Athena transformedthe rape survivor latest in this long line of re-imaginings, and #MeToo in the artworld. Institutions and tersowing, thefarmerhas founditexpedienttoset fire to the straw. Winds carry the fumes intoamonsterwith hair of snakesand agaze noteventhe mostnuanced. Forinstance, projectshavetospend time andfunds in re- to Delhi,which has fewnaturalavenuestoflush out the toxins.The problem has become that could turn men intostone. When the Medusa wasarmedwith apetrifying gaze. searching voices erasedbyhistory,especially vexedbecause pollution control authorities have,byand large, framed it in an unfair binary heroPerseuslater beheads Medusa, it’s only Whywould she needaphallic swordtokill those of women and transwomen from dis- —the choking Delhiresidentversusthe smoke-spewing farmer.Onpaper,residueburning by looking at her reflection in his shield. men? Tarana Burke,founder of the #MeToo advantaged communities.Instead of an an- is bannedbut it makes little practicalsense to ask farmerstogiveupanestablishedagricul- The myth wasset in bronze by movement, wrotethat Garbati could have tiseptic Medusabyyet anothermaleartist, tural practice without giving them viable alternatives—subsidisedmachinesthatrootout Renaissance sculptorBenvenutoCellini,who created “something to memorialise the what if ayoung Blackwomanhad been in- hoists Perseus on Medusa’s decapitated women who have stood outside of that vited to respond to #MeToo? the stubble have foundlittle traction because the farmers find verylittle use fordevices they This is one of the better body.Armedwith asword,Perseus raises courtroom in beautiful solidarity”. This Whatthe sensationalist Medusa statue willuse onlyonce ayear. Medusa’s head as atrophyand awarning. rewards of #MeToo in the art statue, as partofNew York’s public artpro- has done is to drownout news of USA’s first Inthe longrun,farmersin Delhi’s neighbouringstates will have to beweanedawayfrom Garbati reversesthis story. But his Medusa world. Institutions and gramming, is amissedopportunity. memorialfor rape survivors, open in water-guzzlingpaddy.Tillthen,governments willneedtoreachoutto theminmultipleways lookslikearunwaymodel, her wild mane projects have to spend time But worse,Medusaisoccupying space Minneapolis. TheMemorial to Survivors of —incentives,awarenesscampaigns.Heavy-handedmeasuresmayendupdoingmoreharm tamedintoastylish coiffure, Perseus’s head and funds in researching that should ideallybedevoted to new, sup- Sexual Violence is apermanent outdoor in- thangood. dangling casuallybetween her fingers likea pressedorforgotten voices —and to spotlight stallationofmosaic panelsmade by Lori BottegaVenetaPouch. voices erased by history, the gender disparity in the artworld. Greene. The artist pieces together astory of a In the post#MeToo world, the statue’s especially those of women According to The ArtMarket2019report,only rape survivor, starting alone, gradually find- newpositioning has anew charge.But view- and transwomen from twoworks by women have ever broken into ing solace in agroup. It emphasises that arape ers have alsoquestionedit. Whyisshe carry- disadvantaged communities. the top100 auction sales forpaintings,de- survivor’s battle is notaloneone, likeaknight PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTION ing Perseus’s head instead of her rapist’s? spitewomen being the subject matter forap- with asword,but takescommunities to en- Whyisshe sporting aBrazilian wax? Instead of an antiseptic proximatelyhalf of the top25. In 2018,as able healingand justice. Instead of rewriting Forthe firsttime,Chile is on the path to having aconstitution Historically, theearliestdepictionsof Medusastatue by yet womensought out arttorespond to thetu- old mythologies, it’s morepurposeful to write Medusa featured fangs, snakes, avacuous mult of #MeToo,achilling painting by women and transwomen artists intohistory, that representsthe will of itspeople another male artist,what gaze. Eventually,she became easy on the eyes, if ayoung Blackwoman Artemisia Gentileschi, titled Judith Beheading to create newnarrativesfor futuregenera- but continued to arouse in men fear and de- Holofernes, resurfaced. Gentileschi, afamous tions. Afterall, it’s notgodswho rape. Men do. TBEGAN INNOCUOUSLYenough. The decision to raise metrofares in Chile,though, sire. Feminists reclaimedMedusa as the had been invited to respond 17th centuryItalian painter,fell outofart his- sparkedmassive nationwide unrest.Overamillion people thronged theplaza in woman silencedbyvictim-blaming. Cindy to #MeToo? tory’s favour in the centuries that followed. [email protected] ISantiago,and at least30protesters were killed. Ayear later,Chileans have voted overwhelminglyinareferendum to replacethe country’s Pinochet-eraconstitu- tion with anew one, to be draftedbyanelected constituent assemblyby2022, which will then be subject to anotherreferendumbeforeit’s approved.For the firsttime, Chileans OCTOBER 28, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO will have aset of governing principles that arenot the legacy of adictatorial regime but represent the will of the people. A SSAM BANDH The bandh has been calledbythe All Assam TN GOVERNOR Through the far-right dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet(1973-90),and then as ademoc- THE 24-HOUR ASSAM bandh marking the Students Union (AASU)and the All Assam PRABHUDAS PATWARI, WHO waslastnight racy since the 1990s, Chile has been an economic success.But it wasn’t justmetro faresthat resumption of the agitation on foreigners’ Gana SangramParishad as part of their re- removedfromhis postofGovernorofTamil brought millions to thestreets.The vast inequality in wealth and access to social goods like issue brought lifeinthe statetoacomplete newedagitation foranacceptable solution Nadu, said that he would notchallengehis halt.Stray incidents of assault, clashes, stab- to theforeigners’ issue. removalincourt.“Inever aspired forany post healthcare andeducation,deepenedthecleavagesinsociety.Themassprotestslast year,and bing and gherao were reportedfromvari- andIamnot goingtofightfor it,” he told nowthe promise of anew constitution, areaconsequenceofthatstructural inequality.The ous parts of thestate.The policehad to re- AIR INDIA STRIKE newsmen at the RajBhavaninMadras. challengebeforethe soon-to-be-elected constituentassembly is ahistoric one.The docu- sorttolathicharge andteargassing at certain AHARDENINGOFthe attitude of the man- ment it drafts cannotmerelyreflectthepopular will of the moment, it muststrikeabalance. places. All shops,courts andbanks re- agement of Air Indiatowards itsstriking LETTER TO SADDAM Important issuessuchasthe recognition and rightsofthe Mapucheindigenous pop- mainedclosed, while attendance at district ground staffwas seenonthe fourth dayofa IRAQPRESIDENT SADDAM Hussein received ulation,powers to form unions, andwater and land rightswill be at thecentreofthe de- courtsand the Dispur complex wasthin. work stoppagecalledbythe Air India aspecialmessagefromPMIndiraGandhi on bate. It is equallyimportant to ensure that conditions conducive to business and privatecap- Mostofthose reporting forworkweremag- Employees’ Guild. Close on the heels of its the Iraq-Iran conflict.The Iraqi NewsAgency istrates, who came to work in cars accom- decision to de-recognise theguild foracting (INA) said the messagerelated to effortsby ital remain. These issues arecomplex, and will requiredeliberation, debateand compromise. paniedbybodyguards. The Gauhati refin- contrarytothe code of discipline agreedmu- India “tosettle the disputepeacefully” and Yet, foracountry that hasnot had itsvoice or founding principles enshrinedinadocu- ery, notexemptedfromthe bandh call, tually, themanagement suspended em- wasdeliveredbythe secretaryfor External ment until now, it is an opportunity to be relished. closeddownlastnight forreasons of safety. ployeeoffice-bearers of the guild. Affairs, Romesh Bhandari.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER28,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Prime MinisterImran Khan has done himself, and his government,nofavours by refusing to engage with the opposition.His attitude remains rigid and 9 THE IDEAS PAGE uncompromising. .” —DAWN, PAKISTAN My Covid-19 family Give reforms

Agroup of coronavirus patientsfromdiversebackgrounds comes together in ahospital ward in Delhi to achance help heal eachother—and transcend the climate of hatred and hostility outside Centralfarm bills give states the opportunityto liberatethe farmer from archaic systems

doingso, theyare takingaleafout of the NDAgovernment’s book—in 2015,the NDA government had been unable to amend the Land Acquisition Actpassed by UPA-II due to an inadequatemajority in the Rajya Sabha. It had then advisedBJP-ledstates to Maseeh Rahman invoke Article 254(2) to override the provi- sionsofthe centralact. The Punjab bill has setinmotionthe AFTER 10 DAYS OF treatment at home for Vinod Rai process of states taking refugeunder Article COVID-19, Iwas rushedone evening to a 254topass their ownpiecesoflegislation. private hospitalinDelhi in ahypoxicstate. The bill declares all purchases belowthe The oxygen in my blood wasfallingand THE CENTRE HAS finallydecidedtobitethe MSP to be illegal and punishablewith im- Iwas barely awareofmysurroundings. I bulletbyinstituting major reforms in the prisonment. It has alsoleviedafee on trade wasimmediatelyput on an oxygen concen- labour and agriculture sectors. The reforms outside the mandis. All statebills that seek trator,and startedgetting various antibi- were announcedpiggy-backingonthe to nullify central actshavetobeapprovedby otics intravenously. COVID-19reliefpackage.Parliament has thePresidentafter theyhavereceivedthe Gettingadmission in ahospital at the passedthree bills on agriculturereform. consent of the governor of the state. It is height of the pandemic in September wasn’t This has evoked protests,largely in Punjab quitelikelythatthe Punjab governorwill easy.Iwas assignedtoageneral ward,called and Haryana. Unfortunately, politics in India return the bills, but willbelegally con- an “economy room”, withfivepatientstoa has been playedinthe name of the farmer. strainedtopass them on to the President small room thathad acommon washroom. Parties across the political spectrum have,at once the stategovernment sends it to him The other four patientsinmywardwerealso some point of time or other, advocated the again. If the intent of the Centre in passing admitted the same day. reversal of thearchaicmandi system. the newactsweretoprevail,itwould ad- As Ilay in bed in asmall, curtainedcubi- However, some parties continue to decry vise the President to reject the Punjab leg- cle, connectedtovarioustubes, anxiousand the steps taken. islation. It could even languish with the alittledelirious, Irecall my firstthoughts— Taking recourse to Article 254ofthe Presidentfor along time. However, if they therewas somethingwarm and reassuring, I Constitution, the Punjab government has playpolitics, theycould go along and advise told myself, about the voice of the patient in passedits ownbills to nullify some provi- presidential assent while continuing to un- the next cubicle (he wasspeaking on the sions of the central acts. Similar actionby dertake procurementatMSP —whichthe CRSasikumar phone).Ididn’trealisethen that Ihadopened the Chhattisgarhand Rajasthangovern- Centrehad declared that it would notbe asmall door to what waseventuallyarather and about and smiling.” She had to leave her ing that we go out to theambassador’s gar- mentsseems to be on the anvil. Letus curtailing. This maytakethe wind out of the profound experience. eight-month-oldbabyathomeafter contract- den and engageinafistfight —itwas as if analysethe legal implications of this ac- sailsofthe stategovernment as theyhave The moment of epiphanycameat3amon ing COVID-19. his uncontrollable rage needed immediate tion and howitmight impact farmers in declaredmandatorythe purchaseofonly my fifthnight in hospital. Awoman walked As oftenwithIndians,itdidn’ttake us long physical redemption. Iwill notforgetthe these states. paddy and wheat at MSP.These twofood- intomycubicle and declared,“You’re shifting to become awareofeachother’s origins. look of utter disbelief on the face of afash- The Constitution has placedagriculture grains were,inany case,being moreorless to the thirdfloor! Pack your things.” Though Unsurprisingly,theywerequitedisparate ion designer from the Northeaststanding on the statelist, implying thatstate govern- fullymoppedupbyprocurement agencies. both the medical treatment and the hospital —Punjabi Hindu refugees from Sargodha in next to me. mentsare required to address all issues re- Under the newcentrallaw,the arhtiyaswill careIwas getting in the ward wasgood,there Pakistan; Marwaris from Jhunjhunu in Thiswas notasolitaryexperience. Around lating to it. However, it is theCentrewhich notget their commission or fee. had been amishap the night before —the an- Rajasthanwhohadmigratedto Gorakhpurin the same time, agood friend had turned decides and announces supportprices for Various petitions have also been filedin tibiotics being administered to me intra- eastern UP; also from UP,the upper-caste overnight into an ardent fanofanasty anddi- major crops forthe entirecountry. It also the Supreme Courtclaiming that thecen- venouslyhad twice gone intothe bed mat- Jaiswals,known historiciallyasmuchfor their visive leader.Our conversations had soon ac- decides issuessuchasbankloanwaivers. tral laws infringeuponthe jurisdiction of tress, instead of my vein. My familyhad, religious tolerance as fortheir skill at trading quired the quality of baiting. International agreementsand multilateral stategovernmentsand that theyrender therefore, organisedasingle room formethe in liquor;and middle-class Sunni Muslim Ihad then asked myself: Is the Indiaof trade in agriculturalproductsalso fall in the farmers vulnerabletocorporate greedand moment it fell vacant, expecting better care from Hyderabad. Swami Agnivesh and Rajmohan Gandhi and Union government’s domain—issues re- are, therefore, anti-farmer. Whilethe legal on amoreexclusive floor. But farfromcreating anxiety or hostility, Sudha Bharadwaj,ofdecency and kindness latedtoagricultural and dairyproducts,in issues will beadjudicateduponbythe court But Iinstinctively felt Ishould notleave the awareness of eachother’s backgrounds and human empathy, disappearing so fast?It fact, had aprominent role in Indianot join- in due course, the politics that is playing out general ward.Being moreill thanthe other seemedtohelp us better understand each wasbothdepressing and scary. ing the Regional Comprehensive Economic is definitelygoing to bedetrimental to farm- patientsinthe ward,Ihad barelyrelatedto other.What wascrucial,though, wastheem- As journalists, we tend to But then Iwas admitted to the hospital. Partnership (RCEP).So, in effect,agriculture ers’ interests. them.But Ihad been hazilyaware of their in- pathy, concernand caringwe shared.Wewere And it became atransformative experience. gets dualconsideration. This has ledtocon- Thereformscertainlypointto adirection teractions, supporting, encouraging and ad- in Delhi’s best private hospital,but Ifelt the sometimes adopt ageneral Iwas thelasttoleave my ward.Before siderable debatefor movingittothe con- wherefarmers would be freedfromthe ar- vising eachother.Total strangers, theyhad in healing processwas greatlyassistedbythe theoryabout India, theywenthome, both the costumejeweller current list. Thereisprecedencefor suchac- chaic provisions of the APMC and EC Acts.It afew days come together and createdacom- sense of community we created. especially in challenging and the young mother touchedmyfeetand tion —the 42nd constitutionalamendment would be in the interests of the farming munityof the convalescent.It would beamis- Lying in bed,withthe windowframingtall sought my blessings. The other twopatients had movededucation to theconcurrent list community and stategovernmentstogive take to leave such asupportive group and lie eucalyptusand ashokatrees, andatranquil times. Whichisthat no were asuccessful doctor from Gorakhpur in 1976. the much-delayedreform measuresafair alone in alarge single room,Ifelt,especially moon at nights, Icouldn’t help recalling how matter howcorrupt and and his wife. AfterIgot home,the doctor Some otherconstitutionalprovisions,in chance by giving them access to competi- when relatives, friends and even senior doc- very different my experience had been justa extreme politics gets, the phoned. “Wewereall worriedthe firstfew the Union and concurrent lists,providele- tive purchases, affordingbetter prices, since tors could notvisit COVID-19patients. Ire- fewmonths earlier. innate intelligence and days.Your condition seemedbad,”hesaid. galjustificationfor the Centre’s interven- the safetynet of MSP will in anycase con- fusedtogo. Delhi had been sweptbyacampaign of He invited me to visitGorakhpur as his guest. tion in issues pertaining to agriculture. Entry tinue. Reformistchief ministers and astute Along with me my neighbour —apros- hateand intolerance. Violence had notyet goodnessof‘ordinary “We’relikeafamilynow.” 33 in the concurrent listlimits the powerof policy planners should grab this opportu- perous costume jewellerytraderfromDelhi’s explodedinthe city’s north-east,but the Indians’ will re-establish the Ihavebeenareporter all my life. As jour- states in agriculture, by empowering both nity and encourageinvestment in private in- Sadar Bazaar —was also offeredanupgrade. air wasfull of anti-Muslim invective.Iwas equilibrium. It happened,for nalists, we tend to sometimes adoptagen- governmentstolegislateonproduction, frastructuretocreatesupplychainsandgive He packedhis things and left. Within 10 min- invited to the residence of aEuropean am- instance,after the eral theoryabout India, especially in chal- trade andsupply of arangeofagricultural the farmerthe benefit of demand-ledprices. utes, he wasback. “I feel better here,” he said bassador,along withothers from the cap- lenging times. Whichisthatnomatter how foodstuffs andraw material. In fact, the Theyshould also take appropriateaction to matter-of-factly. ital’s cultural and media world. It was Emergency.But this time the corruptand extreme politics gets,the innate Sarkaria Commission had opinedonthe createinstitutional mechanisms, suchas Igot both the treatmentswhichare now amidsttheseelegant diplomatic surround- forces of darknessare far intelligence and goodness of “ordinary Union government usingEntry33 to prom- farmer producer organisations or aggrega- the subject of controversy —the drug ings that Ifirstdirectlyand dramatically more powerful and ruthless. Indians” will re-establish the equilibrium. It ulgatethe EC Actin1955. Thissignificantly tors, to ensuregreater farmer participation. Remdesivir and blood plasma therapy—be- experiencedthe radical transformation Forthe sake of our people happened, forinstance, afterthe Emergency. enhancedthe Centre’s power. This is certainlythe 1991 moment for sides aplethoraofantibiotics. Ifelt the three taking place in our society. AguestIhad But this time the forces of darkness arefar What seems to have raisedthe hackles Indianagriculture.The firststate offthe shots of bloodplasma helped. Ontheseventh metbarelyahalf-hour agowalked up to me and our country, Iam morepowerful and ruthless. Forthe sakeof of the states areprovisions in thenew bills starting blockwillliberatethe Indian farmer day, it seemedlikeIhad turnedacorner.Ibe- at the buffet table. He seemedtobe desperately hoping that we our people and our country, Iamdesperately whichentrustthe Centre withoverriding as no other action of government has done ganrelating to the other patients. seething with rage.Hepointed afinger at succeed in restoring the hopingthat we succeedinrestoring the bal- powers of implementation. The Congress in the lastfivedecades. Theveryfirstencounter in the passagewas me, and apropos of nothing, beganscream- balance again. Twelve days in ance again. Twelve days in ahospital ward has issuedanadvisorytogovernments in uplifting. “You look justlikemyNana(grand- ing, “I hateMuslims, IhateMuslims…. Ies- showedmethat it’s possible. states in whichitholds office to explorethe The writer is distinguishedvisiting research father),” ayoung mother with unflagging spirit peciallyhaterichMuslims.” ahospital ward showedme possibility of passing laws under Article fellowatthe InstituteofSouth AsianStudies, cheerilytold me. “It’s so good to seeyou up In all seriousness, he then beganinsist- that it’s possible. The author is ajournalistliving in Delhi 254(2) to bypass the central legislation. In National University of Singapore Winners take it all LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR GIVE US DATA THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Drug case: IDEAS Post-Covidworldmustfindways to reducedistortingpowerofglobalcapital Can’t access details of calls, textsasthey areencrypted, WhatsApp tells HC’ (IE, ONLINE October 27). WhatsApp refusedtoshare ArunMaira the information, saying that textsand ONLYINTHE EXPRESS calls areencrypted. This move should DEBATES ABOUT FREE trade pit those who the rights of people within India, too. The the problem.After COVID-19,everyone,in- use their moneyratherthan theirmouths to be takenasasymbol of Facebook’s mo- ● PRECARITYOFDALIT advocatethe value of economic growth Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) no- cluding businesses, is askinggovernmentsto maketheir opinions known. nopoly. It is disappointing, giventhat LIVESININDIA: againstthose who advocatevalues of justice. tification 2020 mootedbythe government do moretopull the economyout of the crisis. But what if people have littlemoney,or we have apopulation of morethan 1.3 JAVEDIQBALWANIAND Manywho supportopenness in trade also say intends to makeiteasierfor investors to take Neverwaste acrisis, some say. Therefore, no money? Howcan theyinfluence reforms billion and acommensuratemarket.It’s L.DAVIDLAL that thepresent rules of the game arenot just. over lands forprojectsbydebilitating the as- free-market economistsand business lob- to makethem justfor poor people and less high time we thinkofcreating adata Theyare concernedabout howthe rules of sessment process whichrequires that com- bies arenow urging the Indian government harmful forthe environment? Their wealth access deal with suchcompanies, ● THEDIGITALINTHE the game areframed. munities be heard. The newlabour codes to use itsparliamentarymajority to initiate is in their numbers, notinbankaccounts. wheretheyare bound to provide neces- BIHARCAMPAIGN: The Economist (October 5) says,“Investor- passedbyParliamenttosimplify regulations reformsinlabour,environment and agricul- Therefore, workers, tiny enterprises,con- sarydatafor legal use in our country. ANITATAGORE statedispute-settlement (ISDS) clauses of in- have also weakenedthe rightsofworkers to turelaws. They want markets to work more sumers and citizens mustbeencouraged to Ayushi Singh, Agra ternational trade and investment agree- be represented by unions. efficiently; andtheywant India to be more form stronger associations—not prevented www.indianexpress.com mentsgiveforeigninvestors the right to The worldwasn’t healthybeforeCOVID- attractive forinvestors. from forming them formaking lifeeasier TOP-DOWN PROBLEM resorttoasecretivetribunalofwell-remu- 19 struck. Climatechangeisn’t being arrested. In good markets,the terms of trade must forinvestors. nerated corporatelawyers to seek compen- Some worldleaders even denythatbusi- be fair to both suppliers and buyers. In India, The global governance crisis is aconflict THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘Truthmust sation when theyare in disagreement with nesses have contributed to it. At the same terms of trade have been stackedagainst between the governance principles of capi- come out’ (IE, October 26). When all the adding:“But if aone-offincident does ahostgovernment. Theythreatengovern- time, amajority of workers around the world small farmers to keep prices lowfor con- talism and democracy.Capitalism runs on the three wings of the democracy lackholy take placeinsuchabig country...” There ments who want to pass laws that seem self- have precariousincomes without firm em- sumers; against small enterprises in finan- principle of property rights: Those whoown cows,the chances of the potcalling the is no waytodismiss NCRB (National evidentlyintheircountry’s and even the ployment. Newbusiness models arethrow- cial markets, and also when theysupplyto moremusthaveagreater sayinthe gover- kettle blackcannotberuledout. But as Crime Records Bureau) datathatreveals world’s interests”. Nearly 150members of ing moreworkers intoshort-term contrac- large buyers in global supplychains. The nance of the enterprise.One dollar givesone suggested, the truth mustbefound out. notonlythe number butalso thenature the European and national parliamentshave tual arrangementstomakeiteasier for terms of trade areunfair forall workers (in- vote; amillion dollars givesamillion. Instances of levelling chargesshould of crime againstDalits. signedalettersayingthe ISDS threatens the investors to do business. People and the cluding thoseself-employed) who areonthe Democracy,onthe other hand, runs on the notbecome adailyfeature, as it can LRMurmu, Delhi climateambitions of EU countries. The ISDS planetare suffering,while profitsincrease. supply side of labour markets vis-à-vis those principle of human rights. Everyhumanbe- bring the government to agrinding halt. has been usedmorethan 1,000 times so far, Vulgar inequalities between thosewho earn who paythem.Small people do nothave ing, whether sheowns abillion dollars, or Apermanent solution, therefore,needs CHINA’S RISE and sevenof10ofthe biggestcompensation incomes from their financial investments, clout in anymarket.Those with moremoney none, has an equal vote. Moneyisspeaking to be found out. But it is easier said than awards receivedbyinvestors since 2012 have and those who have to labourtoearn, have setthe terms of trade. toomuchinfixingthe rules of the game: It done. This is because in some cases the This refers to the article, ‘A poll-proof been to fossil-fuel companies. been made starkbyCOVID-19. Meanwhile, “Put your moneywhere your mouth is”, influences elections; it controls the media; it fish rotsfromthe head down. relationship’ (IE, October 27). The bipar- The interests of remote financial investors countries compete on theWorld Bank’s Ease is acommon expression wherever money powers lobbies forreforms at international Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur tisansupportinthe US, favouringa areconsidered superior,inglobal traderules, of Doing Business rankings (presentlyunder talks. EconomistAlbertHirschman sawthe and national levels. tighterstrategicembrace with India is to the rightsoflocal people represented by acloud) to make themselvesmoreattractive contradiction between institutions of capi- The waythe rulesofthe economyand WORRYING CAVEAT notentirelyunconditional. The mete- their owndemocraticallyelected govern- to global investors. talism and democracy building up 50 years trade aremade mustchange to createamore oricrise of China has pushedUSinto ments. TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade- An eraispassing.Fifty years ago, Milton ago. He pointed out, in hisbook Exit, Voice, justand resilient world. Voices of the poor- THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘India jolted deeper engagementswith regional Related AspectsofInternational Property Friedman wrote in the NewYorkTimes that andLoyalty (1970), that Milton Friedman had estpeopleand their associations mustbe China,mustbuildtiesto grow biggerthan powers. India’s has itsown differences Rights) is another egregiousexample. Lobbies the business of business mustbeonlyto expressedhis difficultyinaccepting the no- heardmoreloudlythanthe opinions of the Beijing:RSSchief’(IE,October26).Mohan with China —Chinese global ambitions of multinational pharma companieswant to makeprofits because that is howbusiness tion thatpeopleshould desiretoexpresstheir richand their lobbies. Bhagwat,whiledecryingatrocityanddis- arenot in tune with India’s vision for protect their investors withintellectualmo- serves society.Ronald Reagan, inspired by views to makethem prevail.Friedman de- crimination without mentioning caste, rule-basedmultipolar worldorder. nopolies under TRIPS, denying affordable Friedman and the Chicagoschoolofeconom- scribed this as aresortto“cumbrous politi- Mairaisauthor of furtherundermined itssignificance by Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata medicines to the world’s poorer people. ics, declared in his inaugural address, 40 years cal channels”. He would muchrathertheyre- The Learning Factory: Howthe Leaders of Investors aregaining morepowerover ago, that government is notthe solution, it is sortto“efficient marketmechanisms” and Tata BecameNation Builders

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UTTARAKHAND TO MOVE SC NAMESINCLUDE 26/11 CONSPIRATORS, IC 814HIJACK ACCUSED HC to monitor CBI HCordersCBI Under amendedUAPA, Centre probe into Hathras; probeoncharges declares 18 people as terrorists victim’s family to isation Falah-i-lnsaniyat get CRPF cover: SC DEEPTIMANTIWARY ED Foundation(FIF),afrontof theLeT.

IN What2019 againstRawat NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 The NIA is already probing acase of funding of terror activities in occurredwithin the jurisdiction

PLA amendmentmeans THE CENTRE has designated 18 E India by FIF in the name of reli- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of that High Courtand allpartic- ● wifeSavitaRawat, an associate keyoperativesand leaders of EX gious donations. Farhatullah NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 ulars being available, it would be LALMANIVERMA professor,issisterofCMRawat’s groups suchasLashkar-e-Taiba THE CENTREhad amendedUAPA, 1967,inAugust2019toin- Ghori, alias Abu Sufiyan, accused appropriatefor the High Courtto DEHRADUN,OCTOBER27 wife, and that during demoneti- (LeT),Hizb-ul-Mujahideen(HuM), cludethe provisionofdesignating an individual as terrorist. of involvement in the 2002 THE ALLAHABAD HighCourtwill proceedtomonitor the investiga- sation in 2016 aman named Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM),Indian Beforethis amendment, onlyorganisationscould be desig- Akshardham temple attackcase monitor the CBI probeintothe tion in the manner in whichit THE UTTARAKHAND HighCourt AmrateshSinghChauhanhadde- Mujahideen(IM)andmembersof nated as terroristoutfits. In firstorders under the newAct,the andthesuicide attackonthe Task Hathras case —inwhicha19- would desire,” the benchsaidin on Tuesdayordered aCBI probe posited moneyindifferent ac- theDawoodIbrahimgangasindi- government had, in September 2019,declared LeT’s Hafiz ForceofficeinHyderabadin2005, year-oldDalit girlwas allegedly itsorder. intoallegations made by ajour- counts–belongingto himandhis vidual terroristsunderthe re- Saeedand Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi, JeM’s Masood Azharand isalsoonthelist.ShahidLatif,alias gangrapedand murdered last Disposing of applications nalist in avideo, accusing Chief wife. The complaint stated that cently-amendedUnlawful Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists.Nineleaders of Khalistan Chota Shahid Bhai, the Pakistan- month—and the girl’s familyand seeking the court’sintervention MinisterTrivendraSingh Rawat, Umesh alleged that the money Activities Prevention Act(UAPA). movement were later designated as terrorists. based‘commander’ of JeM’s witnesses willnow be provided andraisingconcern over theinci- then BJP in-charge of Jharkhand, waspaidasabribetoRawatto get Amongthoseinthelistare key Sialkot sectorwho is allegedly in- CRPF security,the SupremeCourt dent and manner in whichthe of allegedly getting moneytrans- Chauhan appointed chairperson 26/11conspirators Sajid Mir and volvedinlaunchingJeMterrorists ruledonTuesday. victim wascremated,the bench ferred to accountsofrelativesin the gau seva panel. Yusuf Muzammil, alias sides1993 Mumbai blastsac- in the Fourth Schedule of the said intoIndia,hasalsobeenincluded. The court, whichwas hearing said the parties maypresent their 2016 to backthe appointment of Harinder rejected allegations Muzammil Butt;IC814 caseac- cusedTiger Memon, among Act,”theMHAsaidinastatement. He is said to be also involved petitions seeking an SC-moni- case before the HC. apersoninJharkhandtohead thathisfamilyisrelatedto theCM, cusedand JeM leaders Ibrahim others. All of them aresaid to be Abdur Rehman Makki, in planning, facilitationand exe- toredCBI or SIT probeand trans- “... Without expressing any the GauSevaAyog. and stated in the complaint that Athar and Yusuf Azhar;JeM chief in Pakistancurrently. brother-in-law of LeTchief Hafiz cution of terror attacks in India. feroftrial from UP to Delhi, said opinion on the meritsofthe rival JusticeRavindraMaithanialso Umesh,inhis video, showedfab- Masood Azhar’sbrother Rauf “Reinforcingthecommitment Saeed, is alsoamong the 18 Among HuM leaders in the it would be appropriatefor the contentions, all aspectsofthe ordered quashing of the FIR ricateddocuments relating to Asghar,key conspirator in of strengtheningnationalsecurity named.Makkiissaidto headLeT’s list, apart from Salauddin, are CBI to complete itsinvestigation matter areleftopento beconsid- againstthe journalist,Umesh cashdeposits in bank accounts. Parliament attack, Pathankot air- and itspolicy of zerotolerance to politicalaffairsandhasledtheter- Ghulam Nabi Khan and Zafar and atransfer of trial maybedis- eredby the HighCourtinPIL... re- Kumar Sharma. Hearing the petition,Justice baseattackand Pulwama CRPF terrorism, the Modi Government roroutfit’s foreign relations. Hussain Bhat. While Khan is said cussedifthe needarises in future. lating to the incident regarding The stategovernment will Maithanistated, “...this courtcan, convoy attack cases; IM founders todayhas declared... eighteen Anotherinclusionisthatof Shahid to be the “deputysupreme” of Athree-judgebench, headed whichthe investigation is to be move the SupremeCourtchal- within the scope of jurisdiction Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal; HuM moreindividuals as designated Mehmood, alias Shahid HuMinPakistan,Bhathandlesthe by ChiefJustice of India SABobde conducted by the CBI and also lenging the order,Darshan Singh underArticle226,orderforinves- chief Syed Salauddin;and terrorists underthe provisions of Mehmood Rehmatullah. outfit’s financial affairs and is re- and also including Justices AS with regard to the grievance put Rawat, media coordinator of the tigation intoallegations levelled Dawood's close aides Chhota UAPA Act1967(as amendedin Mehmoodisthe Pakistan-based sponsible forsending funds for Bopanna and V forthalleging illegal cremation,” CM, said.“The government re- by the petitionerinpara8ofthe Shakeel and AneesShaikh,be- 2019)and includedtheir names deputychief of proscribedorgan- HM operativesinKashmir Valley. Ramasubramaian, notedthatthe the SC said. spectsthe High Courtorder. petition. This court is of the view stategovernment had takensuf- On the pleafortransferof trial, Factswill be cleared in the in- that considering the natureofal- ficientsteps to provide security to the courtsaid it could be consid- quiry,”hesaid. legations levelledagainst PARENTS ALLEGE TORTURE thevictim’sfamily andwitnesses ered if theneedarises. BJP statepresident Bansi TrivendraSingh Rawat, Chief NCB: Drugs found in but said theyshould be given On the UP government’s affi- Dhar Bhagat said, “I am not Ministerofthe State, it would be Dalit boy dies in Gujarat CRPF protection “toaddress the davit on details of securitypro- awareofthe matter,but certainly appropriatetounfoldthe truth.” normal perception and pes- videdtothe victim’s familyand the High Courtorder will be fol- The courtdirected the CBISP search at Deepika’s simism” in acrimeofsuchana- witnesses, the courtsaid “the af- lowed.” in DehraduntoregisteranFIR on observation home ture. fidavit as filednodoubt indicates The HC ordered the CBI probe the basis of allegations levelled The benchsaid the HC had al- that sufficientsteps have been inthehearingof separate writpe- in para8ofthe petition and in- On Tuesday, the boy’s father manager’s house ready registeredasuomotu PIL in takenbythe stategovernment to titions(criminal)filedbytwo jour- vestigate. Petitioner Umesh said EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE wastoldhisson’shealthhaddete- the matter. provide protection”. nalists–Sharma and ShivPrasad para 8refers to allegations of an AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER27 riorated andthatheshould reach the information, we raidedher “...it is noticedthat the High “However… without casting Semwal–whohadsoughtquash- allegeddeal between Amratesh the CivilHospitalinAsarwa. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE residence. We found 1.7grams Court hasadequatelydelvedinto anyaspersionsonthe security ing of an FIR lodged in Julythis Chauhan and TrivendraRawat, A17-YEAR-OLDDalitboydiedun- “Theyhavenot yettold me MUMBAI,OCTOBER27 of charas and at leasttwo bot- the aspectsrelatingtothe case to personnel of the StatePolice; in year at Nehru Colonypolicesta- and alsohas details of bank ac- der mysterious circumstances at howhedied. Ihad been trying to tlesofCBD oil.” securefair investigation and has order to allayall apprehensions... tion of Dehradun under different countsofthe CM’srelativesin an observation home in Khanpur meethim since he wasdetained THE NARCOTICS ControlBureau The official said that at the also secured the presenceofthe we find it appropriatetodirect IPC sections.The FIRwas lodged whichmoneywas allegedly on Tuesday, afterwhichhis par- but wasdenied permission... I (NCB) Tuesday searched the time of the search,Prakash was father,mother, brother andsister- that the security to the victim’s afteraretiredprofessor,Harinder transferred. He said, “I stand by ents allegedhewas tortured and even went with alawyer... They Versova residenceofKarishma notpresent at her home and the in-lawofthe victim and appro- familyandthewitnessesshallbe SinghRawat,managerof acollege the allegationImade.Amratesh demandedapoliceinvestigation. torturedmy son... and that is why Prakash, manager of actor search wascarriedout in the priateorders arebeing passed...” providedbythe CRPF withina inDehradun,approachedthepo- wasnot appointed GauSeva Accordingto police,thevictim, theydid notallowmetomeet Deepika Padukone, and said presence of heracquaintances. “Inthatcircumstance, we do week from today,”the courtsaid, lice with acomplaint againsta Ayog chairman and he shared aresidentof Isanpur,wasdetained him,”the father, who worksasa theyfound 1.7grams of charas “Wehavecalledher for notfind it necessarytodivestthe asking the Chief Secretarytoin- video Umeshhad uploaded on details of the deals with me...” on October 23 on chargesofas- dailywagelabourersaid. and at leasttwo bottles of questioningtomorrow. HighCourtofthe proceedings ... form the CRPF,whichwill report FacebookinJune.Asperthecom- FULLREPORTON sault. He wasproducedbefore a An accidental death report cannabis(CBD) oil. However, her phone has been Thatapart, the incidenthaving the same to the HC. plaint,Umeshhadallegedthathis www.indianexpress.com Juvenile Courtand sent to wasfiledatShahpurpolicesta- Prakash had earlier been switched offand we do not Khanpur Observation Home. tion, whose incharge said, “We questionedbythe NCBon knowwhereshe is,” an have sent the viscera September 26. official said. sample to the Forensic Alawyerfromthe legalteam While the FIR regarding the Chennai Police book Science Laboratory. representing Prakash said they Sushant Singh Rajput case —15 Prima facie, we have will take appropriatesteps /20—is beingprobed by the notfound anyinjury againstthe NCBaction in the DelhiNCB team, the secondFIR former HC judge over marks on the body...” coming days. —16/20—in whichRhea Additional com- Prakash is an employeeof Chakraborty and 23 others have missionerGautam talent management company been arrested,isbeing probed remarks on judges Parmar said, “...weare Kwan. Her earlier summons by the NCB. All the arrestsinthe awaitingpost-mortem were in connectionwithalleged case so farhavebeen made in report.” chatsbetween her,Padukone connection withthe Mumbai ARUNJANARDHANAN and another Kwan employee unit FIR. CHENNAI,OCTOBER27 Jaya Saha that had referencesto The official addedthat while narcotics. Padukone had denied Prakash has violated sections of FOLLOWINGAcomplaint by a the chatswereabout narcotics the NDPS Act, shewill be given lawyer of the Madras High Court, then. achancetodefend herself be- the Chennai police cyber cell on An NCBofficial said, fore adecision is takentoadd TuesdaybookedformerHC “Prakash’sname croppedup hernameinthe FIR. judgeCSKarnan forhis remarks during the questioning of one of So farthereisnothing link- againstseveral formerand sit- Former HC judgeCSKarnan the peddlers arrested by us in ing Deepika to thecase. In addi- ting judges of the high courtand the case in whichweare look- tion to Prakash, Deepikatoo had theSupreme Court. ing to bustdrug networks recordedher statementbefore Asenior officer said the com- lence and an affront to thedig- around Bollywood. Basedon the NCBlastmonth. plaint wasfollowedbyaletter nity of all women” and “reveal a written by senior lawyers of deep-rootedmisogyny” and Madras High CourttoChief sought immediateaction. 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shadowy regions, whichpotentially contain What is known aboutwater on theMoon? What is different in the newdiscovery? watercould have bombardedthe Moon. lunar surface called“cold traps”, the other KABIRFIRAQUE&MEHRGILL ice, aremorewidespread than thought. Previous Moon studies,including by This time, it is confirmedH20molecules, Alternatively, theSun’ssolar wind could have study has an estimate:theyare spread across NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, have pro- discoveredinClavius Crater in the Moon’s carriedhydrogen,whichthenreactedwith acombined40,000sq km (roughly thesize of Whydoesthe discoveryofwater matter? videdevidence forthe existence of water. In southern hemisphere. It alsoshows wateron minerals in the lunar soil, NASA said. Kerala), all potentialreservoirs forice. The es- THE MOON has wateratplaces where none Apartfrombeing amarkerofpotential 2009, theMoon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) in- the Moon is notrestricted to the shadowy re- The sunlit surface retaining the waterpres- timate usedmathematicaltoolsto analysedata had been detected before,and haspotentially life, waterisaprecious resource forastro- strument aboard Chandrayaan-1 found wa- gions.SOFIA,whichisamodifiedBoeing747SP entsapuzzle, since the Moon does nothavea from NASA’s LunarReconnaissance Orbiter. morewaterthanpreviously believedinregions nautslanding on the Moon, notonlyfor sus- termolecules in the polarregions.Apaperin jetliner thatflies at altitudes up to 45,000feet, thickatmosphere. One possibility is that the whereitwas alreadyunderstood to exist. In taining lifebut also forpurposes suchasgen- NatureGeoscience in August2013analysed has an infrared camera that pickedupthe watercould be hidden between grains of soil What next? twostudies in NatureAstronomy,scientists erating rocket fuel. NASA’s Artemis M3 datatoreport the detection of magmatic wavelength unique to watermolecules. and sheltered from the sunlight, NASA said. SOFIA will look forwater in additionalsun- have reportedfindingswith possible implica- programme plans to send the firstwoman water(wateroriginating from the deepinte- Concentrations arelow —100-412 partsper lit locations to learn more about howwater is tions forsustaining humans on the Moon in and the next man to the Moonin2024. If riors) on the Moon’s surface. What wasnot million trappedin1cubicmetre of soil. So, howwidespreadisthe water? producedand stored.Meanwhile, NASA’s the future. One study reports the detection of space explorers can use the Moon’s re- establishedinpreviousstudieswas whether On the sunlit side, it is notyet known VolatilesInvestigatingPolarExploration Rover waterontheMoon’ssunlitsurfaceforthefirst sources, it means they needtocarry lesswa- the detected molecules were wateraswe Howcouldthe waterhaveformed? whetherthewaterSOFIAfoundiseasilyacces- will becarrying out amission to createthe first time.TheotherestimatesthattheMoon’sdark, terfromEarth. knowit(H20) or in the form of hydroxyl (OH). Space rockscarrying small amountsof sible. Forthe hidden, shadowy pocketsonthe waterresource maps of the Moon.

SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA ACTIVE CASES 625,857 France, Macron and Islam

800,000 The French Presidentisunder attackfromleaders andcitizens of Muslimcountries following comments 783,311 he made about Islam and secularism. Alook at France’s complexrelationship with Islam

700,000 Soeventhoughthereisarealconstitutional 625,857 NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIAN basisto Macron’spositioningonIslam—asne- MUMBAI,OCTOBER27 cessitatedbylaicite —itisalso apolitical ne- Recep cessity.NoFrenchpolitician at this point be- LAST 10 DAYS FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron’s re- Erdogan (left) lievess/he can afford to ignorethe impact of Oct 17 Oct 26 marks about Islam have pitted France against and these eventsonFrenchnational life. The trial 600,000 severalcountries in the Islamic world. Alook Emmanuel of the CharlieHebdo killersbegan lastmonth, what he said,and why: Macron in five years afterthe attack, and formany, the Note:The Oct 26 figureinthis graph is based on thegovtupdateonOct 27 Berlin in killingof Patywasacontinuationof theterror- Whyare manycountries in the Muslim January. istattackagainst Charlie Hebdo. worldangrywithFrance? Erdogan has Macron, who describes his politics as INDIA TOTALCASES WORLD TOTAL CASES Francehasalongandcomplexrelationship strongly “neither rightnor left” —hewas with the 7,946,429 43,653,480 with Islam, and its5million Muslimcitizens criticised SocialistParty until 2009 —will go into a (justunder 9per cent of itspopulation). Marcon over Presidentialelection in early 2022. Theright Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, On October 16,when an 18-year-old his recent wing Marine La Pen, who he defeated in the Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct27 updatedat11pmonOct27 Chechen refugee in France beheadedschool- comments. AP 2017 election, has ledthe charge against teacher SamuelPaty,47, days afterhehad Macron fornot crackingdownhardenough shown caricatures of ProphetMohammedto against Islamism. Lastyear,Macronmade his students,President Macron said:“We will manyIslamic countries, with Turkey and edgedthat the countryhad notdealt with changes to theimmigration lawonthe continue... We will defendthe freedom that Pakistantakingthe lead in denouncing the the legacy of itsproblematic Algerian war. grounds thatitwas being misused. Study identifies genes that youtaughtsowell and we will bring secular- FrenchPresident of Islamophobia. Turkish He also said Frenchgovernmentshad to take Forgoodmeasure, Macron has also an- ism.” He said France would “notgiveupcar- PresidentRecepTayyipErdogan,whohaslong- the blame forghettoising Muslim commu- nouncedacontroversial“anti-separatism”bill help or inhibit coronavirus toons,drawings,evenifothersbackdown”. standingrows withFranceandMarcron—over nities across the countryand creating con- to crackdownonIslamic radicalism that is to Days before Paty’s killing, Macron had gasreserves offCyprus, over Nagarno ditions forradicalisation. be introducedinParliament in December. It AMASSIVE screening genes as identified, the re- madeacontroversialspeech.Hedeclaredthat Karabakh,andoverthewarsinLibyaandSyria Onlyafew thousands mayberadicalised envisages arangeofmeasures,including study of cells has identi- searchers said, will help “Islamisareligionthatisincrisistoday allover —questionedMacron’smentalhealthafterthe Islamists,but France’s troubledrelationship school education reforms to ensureMuslim fied dozens of genes that guide scientists in devel- the world”,“plaguedbyradical temptations speech. Anumber of Islamic countrieshave withIslamhasmanifesteditself inmanyways children do notdropout,stricter controls on enableSARS-CoV-2 and opmentof newtherapies. andby ayearningforareinventedjihadwhich declared they will boycottFrenchgoods. —inthe2005riotingintheParisbanlieus,sub- mosques and preachers, and has causedcon- MERS-CoV to replicatein The screen wasper- is the destruction of the other”. urban ghettos whereimmigrantswerecon- cern amongMuslims in France. cells, and also genes that formed on aline of green Hespokeofan“Islamist separatism”within What is the Frenchdefinitionof fined;intherefusal,onthegroundsof laicite,to The President’s remarksshowedhow far seem to inhibit the virus. PAPER monkey cells. The re- thecountry, andtheneedtocounteritthrough secularism? allowMuslimwomento wearthehijabinpub- France has travelledsince the September 11, The study by researchers searcherssimultaneously the rules and values of the Republic, to build a Macron’s remarks broughttothe fore the licspaces;the2010,burqaban.In2011, Charlie 2001 attackonthe WorldTrade CentreTwin at Yale University and CLIP trackedinteractions of Frenchversion of Islam,an“Islam of difficultiesthatFrancehasfacedinreconciling Hebdo’s cartoons triggered angryreactionsin Towers. While Le Monde declared“We areall Broad InstituteofMIT and virus and cells. The Enlightenment” that would integrateFrench itsstrictlyinterpretedsecularism with the in- theIslamicworld,buttheFrenchholdtheright Americans today”, Jacques Chirac, then the Harvardispublishedin NEWRESEARCH screens reconfirmedthat MuslimcitizensbetterwiththeFrench wayof creasing assertion of religious identity by its to blaspheme as an absoluteindividual free- FrenchPresident, had drawnthe lines forhis Cell.The researchers theACE2receptorprotein life. French secularism wasnot theproblem, Muslim citizens, and howFrance itself has dom, equallyavailable to thosewho want to country’s supporttothe US waronterror. screenedmillions of cells exposedto promotesinfectionby SARS-CoV-2.The hesaid.Itwasthe“conscious,theorised,politic- changed in the wayitviewIslam. insultJesusChristasthosewhowillblaspheme France morethan anyother countryinthe the twovirusesand sought to under- screensalsoidentifiedtwo newpro-vi- religious project, whichmaterialises in re- Frenchsecularism, or laicite,sees no place Islam. This is considered theFrench“wayof west knewthe dangersofconflating an entire stand the genetics behind some cells ralproteincomplexes. And athird peated deviations from the values of the forreligion in the public sphere. In this way, life” –which also includesknowing the lan- religion with terrorism, and wasworriedthe being moresusceptible to infection. seems to assist in preventinginfection. Republic, oftenresultsinthe constitution of a it is the oppositeofhow India has practised guage, as well adherence to laicite. US might end up doing that. It senttroops to The proviral and antiviral role of the Source: Yale University counter-society,andwhosemanifestationsare itssecularism. Over the years, laicite has been Afghanistan, but wasvocal in its opposition to children dropping out from school, the devel- in confrontation with the religious practices Macron’s controversial speechwell before theinvasionof Iraq.AsUSPresidentGeorge W opment of sporting and cultural community of manyimmigrant groups in France, includ- Paty’skilling; so, what triggered it? Bush and British Prime MinisterTonyBlair practicesthatarethepretextforteachingprin- ing the Sikhs. But the biggestconfrontations The killingsatthe Charlie Hebdo office in pushedthe UN forbacking to the plannedin- ciples notinconformity with the laws of the have been to do with itsMuslim citizens, January2015, apparentlytoavengethe pub- vasion, French ForeignMinisterDominique Republic.Itisindoctrinationthroughthenega- who form the largest group of Muslims in lication of the ProphetMohammedcartoons, Villepinmade an impassionedappealagainst tion of our principles, equality between Europe, ahead of four millionTurkish were aturning point forFrance. Then in it at theUNSecurity Council. women and men, human dignity”. MuslimsinGermany. Most FrenchMuslims November came aseries of coordinated ter- FromFrance’sownassessmentofavailable Macron calleditanattempt to create“a of todaywereborn in France, descendantsof roristattacksin Paris and asuburb that shook intelligence,hesaid,“nothingallows us to es- parallel order,toerect other values, develop first-generation immigrantsfromformer the entireworld. The attacks includedsui- tablish […] links” that the US wasmaking be- another organisation of society,separatistat Frenchcolonies in north Africa. The French cide bombings,shootingsatafootball sta- tweentheSaddamHusseinregimeinIraqand first, but whose final goal is to take control. constitution demands that those seeking cit- dium, mass shootings at cafes and restau- al-Qaeda. “On the other hand, we mustassess And this is what makes us reject freedom of izenshipmustcommitthemselvestointe- rants, and another mass shooting and theimpactthatdisputedmilitaryactionwould expression, freedom of conscience, the right gration. But this has proved elusive. hostage taking at atheatre. In Europe, France have on this plan. Would notsuchinterven- to blasphemy”. Macron acknowledgedinhis speechthat wasthe countrywiththe highestnumber of tion be liable to exacerbate the divisionsbe- The speech, and Macron’s pronounce- therehavebeen shortcomings in howFrance citizenswho had lefttojoin ISISinIraqand tweensocieties,culturesandpeoples,divisions mentsafter thekillingofPaty,haveinfuriated has dealt with this challenge.Heacknowl- Syria in 2014-15. that nurtureterrorism?”

AN EXPERT EXPLAINS HowBangladeshhasreducedgap—andisnowprojectedtogopastIndia

Indian. By 2018,lifeexpectancy in of the Prime Minister’s mostsignificant $40billion in FY19–growthbyafactor of Bangladesh had risen to 72 years, twoyears FIGURE 1: GDP PER CAPITA FIGURE 2: AVERAGE GDP GROWTH achievementshas been to successfullybal- (approximately) 20 in 37 years. morethan India’s. Bangladesh lagged be- AT CURRENT PRICES ($) 1972 -2018 (ConstantUSDollar2010) ancethe competing interests of India, China, ■ Figure3alsoshows remittances have hind India in onlyone major economic di- Japan, Russia and the US, whichhas allowed risen fast afterFY91, from approximatelyUS

3000 8 3 8 6.73 6.57 2500 6.37 7 5.58 5.48 mension —income per capita, whichin 5.3 Bangladesh to protect itsnational interest $764million to morethanUS$16.4billionin

6 3 02 4 3 2000 4.6 4. 3.7 3.3 4 6 2015 wasapproximately25% less than 3.13 and develop awin-win political and eco- FY19. Bangladesh is among the world’s top 2.8 2.8 1500 2.8 India’s. But if the IMF’s latestprojections 1000 2 1.7 nomic rapportwithmajor global powers. 10 remittance receivingcountries, even areaccurate,the gapisset to disappear,and 500 0 Taking along view, it is evident that the though the difference in remittance earnings 0 ‘72-’80 ‘81-’90 ‘91-’00 ‘01-’10‘11-’18 ASHIKUR RAHMAN Bangladesh and Indiaare expectedtobe ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 ‘22 ‘23 ‘24 ‘25 ■ Bangladesh ■ SouthAsia ■ World economicgrowth of Bangladeshhas been of Bangladesh andcountries with farsmaller neckand neckuntil 2025. ■ Bangladesh ■ India Source: IMF Source:World Bank steady over the pastfourdecades. Following populations (suchasPhilippines) is verylarge To see this as aone-yearphenomenon some turbulenceinthe years afterinde- —whichunderlinesthat Bangladeshi remit- ABOUT TWOyears ago, India’s Home arising out of the pandemic induced(-)10% TABLE 1: STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY pendence due to famine and natural disas- tancescomefrom low-wage labour. Despite MinisterAmitShah spokeof“infiltrators” growthin Indiawhile Bangladeshregistered FY80 FY90 FY00FY18 ters, overall progress since the 1990s has suchweaknesses, Bangladesh has received who were hollowing out the country“like a(+)3.8% growth, would be amistake.Each Agriculture 33.2129.5225.28 14.23 been good. Consider: morethan $18billion in remittances this year, termites”. AMinisterfromBangladesh re- socialor economicindicator seekstocapture Industry17.08 20.78 25.7133.66 ■ AverageGDP growth forBangladesh whichhas helpedstabilisetheaggregate de- torted that Shah’s statement was“inappro- acertain aspect of human welfare—and has been higher than the world’s average mand shockfromthe pandemic induced Of whichManufacturing 11.1212.52 15.4 22.85 priate”, “unwanted”, and “not basedonin- when acountryconsistentlydoes better GDP growth over the lastthree decades; it lockdown. formation”. The IMF’s recent per capitaGDP across arangeofindicators, an “economic Services 49.7249.7 48.7252.11 has been higher than the averagegrowth Bangladesh has seen both structural projections forSouth Asian countries show catch-up” too, is entirelylikely. Mostanalysts GDP at Constant Prices 100100 100100 rate of South Asia since 2010.Bangladesh’s transformation and the rise of sectors capa- that the alleged ‘termitefactory’ is shining in Bangladeshhave beenseeing this coming Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics averageeconomic growth has steadilyin- ble of generating decent foreign exchange —Bangladesh, whichhas been doing bet- forquitesome time —the Covid-19outbreak creasedineachdecade since 1980. In 2018, earnings,whichhas helpedpolicymakers terthanbothIndia and Pakistanonsocial might have simplyexpedited this process. FIGURE 3: EXPORTS &REMITTANCES Bangladesh emergedasone of the fastest sustain comfortablemacroeconomicfunda- and humandevelopment indicators forsev- So, what has allowedBangladesh to turn 40000 1972 -2019 growing economies in the world. mentals. To sustain this economic progress eral years now, is alsobeginningtomarch the corner? in 30000 ■ The contribution of agriculturein overthe long run, thereisaneedtoimprove

ahead on the economicfront. The economicstory of Bangladesh has ons 20000 Bangladesh’sGDPhasdeclinedsteadily, while coregovernance challenges—weak taxmo- Development economists Jean Drèze notalwaysbeen optimistic. Soon afterinde- that of manufacturing and services has in- bilisation capacity,anover-burdenedjudici-

Dollars 10000 and AmartyaSen showedintheir 2013 pendence, then United States Secretaryof Milli creased(Table 1). In 1980, agricultureaccou- ary, inadequatebureaucraticcapacity —that

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book, An Uncertain Glory:India and its StateHenryKissinger(in)famouslybranded 11 ntedforalmostathirdoftheGDP;industryfor have plaguedalmostall South Asian coun- 17 12 15 13 91 16 19 18 14 01 10 97 07 92 95 93 96 99 02 98 05 94 03 06 09 08 04 00 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY

Contradictions,thatBangladesh had been Bangladesh as a“bottomless basket”, and FY less than afifth. In 2018,the contribution of tries. Also, with manyparts of theworld FY FY FY FY FY FY FY outshining itslargerneighbours on indica- development punditsdid notbelieve that ■ Exports in Million US$ ■ Remittance in Million US$ Source: Bangladesh Bank agriculturetoGDPhadfallento lessthan15%, quicklylosing faithinthe doctrine of free tors suchasinfant mortality,child immu- an overcrowdedcountrywithveryfew nat- and industrynow accountsfor morethan a trade, and largertrading blocks increasingly nisation,female literacy,accesstoimproved ural resourceshad great economic third.Thecontributionof themanufacturing veering towardsprotectionism,Bangladesh sanitation, and total fertility rate.When the prospects. These prophesiesobviouslydid Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina has demon- macroeconomic stability through prudent sector to GDP has doubledsince 1980. will needtothoroughlyexaminethe inter- nation wasborn in 1971,the average notaccount forincremental improvements stratedastrongpolitical will to uproot fiscal and international debt management, ■ Exports have been buoyant since the national contextwithin whichitcompetes. Bangladeshi could expect to live foronly in socialand economic indicators over time. Islamic terrorismand establish peace,along expansion of the social security net, and ex- 1990s (Figure3). Theyhaverisen from less (Dr Ashikur Rahman is aSenior Economistat 46.5 years, twoyears less than the average From 2009 onward,the governmentof with asustainedpolicycommitment to ecutionofmegainfrastructureprojects. One than US $2 billioninFY92 to morethan US thePolicyResearch Institute of Bangladesh, Dhaka)

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TOPOFTHE WORLD SenateconfirmsBarrett,delivering forTrumpandreshapingUStopcourt

Swearing-in held at WhiteHouse amonth afterevent to markher nomination became ‘superspreader’

Keith Raniere NICHOLASFANDOS ED WASHINGTON,OCTOBER27 Immediate Rescue workers and police officers at the siteofthe blast in

PLAIN PeshawaronTuesday. AP USA E ● impact AMY CONEY Barrett, aconserva- EX Longjailstint tive appeals courtjudgeand pro- tégéeofthe late JusticeAntonin THE UNPRECEDENTED loomsfordefiant Scalia,wasconfirmedonMonday swearing-in of anew Blast at seminary to theUSSupremeCourt,capping Supreme Courtjustice justa self-helpguru alightning-fast Senateapproval week before Election Day KEITH RANIERE, aself-im- that handedPresident Donald meansthatAmy Coney in Pakistankills8 provementguruwhoseor- Trumpavictorybeforethe elec- Barrett will be immediately ganization NXIVM at- tion and promisedtotip thecourt facedwithanumberofhigh- tracted millionaires and to the rightfor years to come. profile cases.Election-related students, injures 136 actressesamongitsadher- Inside aCapitol mostlyemp- disputes from twoofthe ents, faces sentencing tiedbythe resurgentcoronavirus most crucial swing states, Tuesdayonconvictions pandemic and an election eight NorthCarolinaand RIAZKHAN Severalofthe wounded that he turnedsome fe- days away,Republicansovercame Pennsylvania, areset to be PESHAWAR,OCTOBER27 were critical, and male followers intosex unanimous Democratic opposi- decidedbythe courtbefore slavesbrandedwithhisini- tionto makeBarrettthe115thjus- the Nov3vote. Trumphas APOWERFULbomb blastripped hospital authorities tials.USDistrict Judge ticeof theSupremeCourtandthe publiclystatedthat he ex- Trumpwith AmyConeyBarrett aftershe took her oath of office, at the White House. Reuters through an Islamic seminaryon feared the death toll Nicholas Garaufiswill an- fifthwoman.Thevote was52-48, pectstherewill be many the outskirts of the northwest could climb further nounce an almost-certain withallbutoneRepublican,Susan morelawsuitsthatcould af- Pakistani cityofPeshawaron lengthyprisonterm Collins of Maine, who is battling fect the election result, and Tuesdaymorning,killing at least Tuesday forRaniereafter forre-election, supporting her. arguedfor Barrett’s quick Biden goes on offence in Georgia eight studentsand wounding children studying at the semi- hearingvictimsspeak.The It wasthe firsttime in 151 confirmationdue to this rea- 136others, police and ahospital narybut later revisedtheir ac- court proceeding in yearsthatajusticewasconfirmed son. Acase challenging spokesman said. count to saythatthe students Brooklyn culminates sev- without the support of asingle Obamacare is alsoexpected while Trump targets Midwest The bombing happenedasa were in their mid-20s. eral years of revelations member of the minority party. to come before the court prominent religious scholar dur- Shortlyafter theattack, resi- aboutNXIVM, which Itconcludedabrazendrive by early next month. But afterDemocratsflirted with ingaspecial class wasdelivering dentsrushedtothe seminaryto chargedthousands of dol- Republicansto fillthevacancycre- WILLWEISSERT, GOP territoryin2016, onlytolose alecture about the teachings of checkupontheirsonsorrelatives lars forinvitation-only self ated by the death of JusticeRuth ALEXANDRAJAFFE those states as well as their tradi- Islamatthemainhallof theJamia who were studying there. Many improvement courses. BaderGinsburgjustsixweeksbe- bolsterhis flagging reelection &KEVINFREKING tional Midwestern strongholds, Zubairiamadrassa, saidpolice of- relativesweregathering at the Ranierewas convicted on fore the election. Theyshredded campaign, held an unusual WASHINGTON,OCTOBER27 Biden’s campaignismindful of ficer Waqar Azim. He said initial city’smainLadyReadingHospital, chargesincluding racket- theirown pastpronouncements swearing-in ceremonyshortly overreaching. investigations suggestthe bomb wherethe dead and wounded eering,aliensmuggling,sex andbypassedrulesintheprocess. afterthe voteonMondaynight ONEWEEKuntilElectionDay, Joe RACE FOR Trumpisstaying focusedon went offminutesafter someone studentswerebrought by police trafficking, extortion and Democratsinsisted on the WhiteHouse lawn. Bidenisgoingonoffence,heading theso-called“bluewall”statesthat leftabag at themadrassa. inambulancesandothervehicles. obstructionofjustice. AP Republicans should have waited Afterthe swearing-in Trump Tuesday to Georgia —whichhas- THE WHITE he flipped in 2016:Pennsylvania, TVfootageshowedthe dam- Some Afghan studentsstudy- forvoters to have their sayon escortedBarrett to theTruman n’t backedaDemocrat forpresi- HOUSE Michigan and Wisconsin, where aged main hall of the seminary, ing at the seminarywerealso ElectionDay. Theywarnedofadis- Balcony, where theyposedandhe dentsince 1992 —and pushing he’ll return Tuesdaytohit West wherethe bombing took place. amongthewounded,officialssaid. astrous precedent that will draw wavedto thehundredsassembled intoother territorywhere Salemjustthree days afterhold- Thehall waslittered with broken Pakistani Prime Minister BOSNIA retaliationshouldtheywinpower. on the lawn below. It wasascene PresidentDonald Trumpwas Harris, is heading to Arizona and ing aJanesville rally. While Biden glass and itscarpetwas stained Imran Khan condemnedthe 2Serbex-soldiers InreplacingGinsburg,aliberal morebefittingapoliticalrallythan onceexpectedto easilyrepeathis Texas,whereRepublicanshaven’t rarely travelstomorethanone with blood. Police said at least bombing. “I want to assuremy icon,thecourtisgainingaconser- theinstallationof anew justice.To wins from four years ago. lostastatewide office since 1994. stateper day, Trumpmaintained five kilogrammes of explosives nation we will ensurethe terror- detainedover vative whocould sway cases in holdtheeventatallwasaremark- The Democraticpresidential The aggressiveschedule is a awhirlwindschedule, crisscross- were usedinthe attack. ists responsible forthiscowardly wartimekillingof everyareaoflife, includingabor- able choice afterasimilar one an- nomineeplannedtotraveltoIowa, sign of confidencebythe Biden ingthecountryandmakingthear- Severalofthe woundedstu- barbaric attackare brought to tionrights,gayrights,businessreg- nouncing Barrett’s nomination whichTrumptookby10pointsin team,whichistryingto stretchthe gument that he built abooming dentswereincriticalcondition, justice,” Khansaid. 78Bosniaks ulationand the environment. onemonthagoturnedintoacoro- 2016,later in the week.His run- electoral map and open up more economybeforethe coronavirus andhospitalauthoritiesfearedthe The bombing drew condem- BOSNIANPOLICE on Ajubilant Trump, working to navirussuperspreaderevent.NYT ning mate, California Sen. Kamala pathsto 270electoralcollegevotes. pandemic upendedit. AP deathtollcould climb further. nation from the country’s oppo- Tuesdaydetainedtwo Serb Authorities said some seminary sition party,whichhas been ex-soldiersaccusedoftak- teachersandemployeeswere also holding ralliesmeanttoforce ingpartinthemurderof at AMID ANGER OVER PROPHET CARTOONS woundedinthe bombing. Khan’s government to quit. least 78 Bosniak (Bosnian Swept by new Covid-19 surge, Initiallypolicesaid the No one immediatelyclaimed Muslim) civilians early in France tells citizens bombing killedand wounded responsibility forthe attack. AP the Bosnian warofthe 1990s, the stateprosecu- Europe enacts new restrictions tion said in astatement. A abroad to take Fatal police shooting quarterofacenturyafter the US-sponsored Dayton CRISPIANBALMER peace accords endedthe ROME,OCTOBER27 of Black man sparks waramongBosnianSerbs, extra precautions Croatsand Bosniaksin EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS whichabout100,000peo- movedonTuesdaytoimpose unrest in Philadelphia ple were killed. Uncanin REUTERS Arc de Triomphe, newcurbs to trytorein in afast- Boško, 51,and Despot PARIS,OCTOBER27 growing surge of coronavirus in- Dragan, 56, areaccusedof Eiffel Tower fections and provide economic violating the the Geneva FRANCEWARNED itscitizens liv- briefly evacuated balm to helpbusinesses survive conventionsontheprotec- ing or travelling in several the pandemic. tionof civiliansduringwar Muslim-majority countries to Paris: The areas around the Worldleaders face an in- and of crimes againsthu- take extrasecurityprecautionson ArcdeTriompheand Eiffel creasingly difficult task holding manity. REUTERS Tuesdayasangersurgedovercar- Towerincentral Paris were the diseaseatbay while keeping Medical workers test people forCovid-19atanew test toonsof theProphetMohammad. brieflyevacuatedon Tuesday their economies afloat as they station in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday. Reuters BOLIVIA In asign that some countries following abomb alert and pin their hopes on as-yet un- want to limit the fallout, Saudi discoveryofabagofbullets, proven vaccines. Judgescraps Arabiacondemnedthe cartoons police told Reuters. Twolo- “Weare dealing with expo- early closing forbars and restau- gency powers until Dec 3, PM arrestwarrant butheldbackfromechoing calls cal Frenchnews sites showed nential growth,” German rants, with demonstrations in AndrejBabissaidonTuesday, asit At aprotest in Philadelphia on Mondaynight. AP by other Muslim states fora pictures of abluebag with EconomyMinister Peter Altmaier some cities turning violent. tries to stem one of the strongest againstMorales boycottofFrenchproductsor different kinds of ammuni- told avirtual German-French In France, Interior Minister surgesininfectionsinEurope. ABOLIVIAN judgean- other actions. tion. The sites were reopened economic conference in Berlin. Gerald Darmanin warnedthe Authorities in Russia ordered orderedWallaceto droptheknife, nulledonMondayanar- The rowhas itsroots in aknife notlongafter,and the bomb “InGermanythe number of new countrytopreparefor“difficultde- peopleto wearfacemasksinpub- ASSOCIATEDPRESS but he instead “advancedto- rest warrant forexiledfor- attackoutsideaFrenchschool on alertwas lifted. Therehave infections is rising by 70-75% cisions”after some of the strictest lic places. PHILADELPHIA,OCTOBER27 wards” them. Both officers then mer president Evo October 16 in whichaman of been severalfalse bomb compared to the week before.” restrictionscurrentlyinplaceany- Spain’sLaRiojaregionordered fired“severaltimes”, Little said. Morales, clearing the way Chechen origin beheaded alerts,mostrecentlyinthe Hundredsofprotesterstookto whereinEuropehavefailedtohalt theclosure of restaurantsandbars POLICESHOTandkilleda27-year- Wallace washit in theshoul- forhim to return to his Samuel Paty,ateacherwho had Lyon railwaystationlast thestreetsacrossItalyonMonday the spread of the disease. in itstwo largest towns fora old Blackman on aPhiladelphia der and chest. One of theofficers countrywithoutfacingthe shownpupilscartoons of week and at the EiffelTower to vent their anger at the latest The Czechgovernmentwill month. Anationwide curfew is street afteryelling at him to drop then drovehim to ahospital, riskofdetention.Bolivian ProphetMohammadinacivics amonth ago. REUTERS round of restrictions, including asklawmakersto extenditsemer- alsoinplace. REUTERS hisknife,sparkingviolentprotests wherehewas pronounceddead prosecutors in December lesson on freedom of speech. thatpolicesaidinjured30officers ashorttimelater,Little said. of lastyearissuedthewar- France’sforeignministryon and ledtodozens of arrests. Hundredsofpeople took to rant on allegations of sedi- Tuesdayissued safetyadviceto arefrequentedby touristsorexpa- IndianArmy chief to visit NepalfromNov 4-6 The shooting occurredbefore thestreetstoprotest theshooting tion and terrorismrelated Frenchcitizens in Indonesia, triatecommunities,” it said. 4pmMondayasofficers re- lateMondayintoearly Tuesday, to accusationsfromthein- Bangladesh, Iraq and Mauritania, The Frenchembassy in whichhewillmeetPrime Continuing atradition of spondedtoareportofaperson with interactions between pro- terim government that advising them to exercise cau- Turkey issuedsimilar advice to SHIRISHBPRADHAN MinisterKPSharmaOli, who is friendship betweenthe twomil- with aweapon,police testers and policeturning violent Moraleshadstirredunrest tion. Theyshould stay away from itscitizens there. KATHMANDU,OCTOBER27 also holds the defence portfolio. itaries, Gen Naravane will be spokesperson TanyaLittlesaid. attimes,thePhiladelphiaInquirer since resigning. The inves- anyprotestsoverthe cartoons Turkish President Recep Gen Naravane will be in conferredwith the honorary Officers were calledtothe reported. Video showedmany tigationintothe case that and avoid anypublic gatherings. Tayyip Erdogan has been one of INDIANARMYchief GeneralMM Nepal until November 6atthe rank of ‘General of the Nepal Cobbs Creek neighbourhood and yelling at officers and crying. ledtothe warrant is ongo- “Itisrecommendedtoexercise themostvociferous critics of the Naravane will arrive in officialinvitation of the Nepalese Army’ by President BidyaDevi encountered theman,later iden- Police carsand dumpsters were ing,officialssaid.REUTERS the greatestvigilance, especially Frenchgovernment, leading calls Kathmandu on November 4ona Armychief, according to astate- Bhandari at aceremony, the tifiedasWalterWallace,whowas setonfireaspolice struggledto whiletravelling,andinplacesthat foraboycott of Frenchgoods. three-dayofficial visitduring ment issuedbythe Nepal Army. statement said. PTI holdingaknife,Littlesaid.Officers contain the crowds.

BIDEN’S TEAM SAYS IT TRACKED SEVERAL MESSAGES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN CONTAINING MISINFORMATION Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian-Americans worries campaigns

three months. states suchasFlorida, North “It’s almost likegoingviral on vant fact checks,thoughReuters observed by Bantval and others PARESHDAVE His team and similarones at Carolina and Pennsylvania It is unclear Facebook,” Bantval said. againfound no related results. arepartoforganisedefforts. OAKLAND,OCTOBER27 nonpartisan groups aretrying to whereresultswillbeclose and where WhatsApp said itsrole in US Acampaign spokeswoman Messagesseen by Reuters fill WhatsApp’s moderation void predict the national outcome. WhatsApp politics is small. But political mis- forRepublican incumbent and senttoswing-state voters NEW JERSEY tech entrepreneur by joining big WhatsAppgroups About 72%ofIndian- fake news in information on WhatsApp in Donald Trumpsaid WhatsApp portray Biden’sviews on Arun Bantval is US presidential and asking community leaders American registeredvoters the US Brazil, India and elsewhere wasnot afocusfor itssocial me- Pakistan, Islam, China, taxation candidateJoe Biden’s topfake- to reportitems. plan to backBiden, according to originates promptedthe service beginning dia staff.But some misleading andpolicing in ways debunked news watchdog on messaging Fighting fake news on social aSeptember survey by or whether in 2018 to limit recipientswhen messages on the apptargethim by fact-checking groups. service WhatsAppaboutthe media suchasFacebook and Carnegie Endowment. But it is partof forwarding messages. over racial justice policies and Bantval said the misrepre- Democrat and his Indian- Twitter has become standard SouthAsian Biden supporters organised It also introducedachatbot alleged extramarital affairs, ac- sentations preyed on older American running mate practicefor campaigns. But mes- and nonpartisanactivists worry efforts. Reuters that users can messagetoaccess cording to Indian voters from Indian immigrantsconcerns Kamala Harris. saging apps suchasWhatsApp that misinformation on fact checks by internationally both parties. about crime, wealth and religion. Bantval, 56, who chairs the have flown underthe radar de- WhatsApp will affect turnout recognisedorganisations.But “There’s moreonthe Other messages sent to Biden campaign’s five-member spiteserving as acrucial politi- and support. Together.“And this year is differ- greetings, social invitations and when Reuters queriedthe sys- Democratic candidates, but there South Asian voters in Texas and rapid response team focused cal forum among middle-aged “There’s justalotofinaccu- entfor everybody because we’re political propaganda. Users reg- temfor topics in messages sent is fake news abouttheRepublican NorthCarolina, seen by Reuters, on South Asian voters, has Indian-Americans, Latinx and rate information foranalready relying on virtual connections ularly forwardshocking and hu- to South Asian voters,itgener- side, too,”saidKannan Srinivasan, contain false claimsthat ballots trackeddozens of concerning other immigrant groups. confusingprocess,” said Chavi morethan ever.” morous messages, with the orig- ated zeroresults. an Orlando businessman. will notcount when voters se- messagesofunknown origin SouthAsian voters, mostly Khanna Koneru, executive direc- Eachday,users can receive inal sender’s name WhatsAppalsosaid userscan It is unclear where lect aDemocrat in everycontest and craftedabout50rebuttal Indian-Americans,will be piv- torofnonpartisan groupNorth hundredsofmemes, videos, automaticallystripped,making search theweb from heavilyfor- WhatsApp misinformation orig- or when election officialssign graphics and textsoverthe last otal in the Nov. 3contestinswing Carolina Asian Americans voicemails and textsspanning it hardtotrace them. warded messages to find rele- inates or whether the examples droppedoff ballots. REUTERS

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST ECONOMY WATCH LENDERS WORKING ON RESOLUTION WHEREVER POSSIBLE Why energy MNCs GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Facingcreditcarddefaults, are asking natural gas ‘Even if it is negative inclusion under GST or nearzero in FY21, banksmovetosettledues KARUNJITSINGH Expertshaveargued NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 will be among fastest that bringing natural scheme on cash-backisasmall down interestrates on outstand- GLOBAL ENERGY majors are gasunder GSTwould GEORGEMATHEW& With interestrateon relief,”saidaseniorofficialof ana- ings even though interestrates bullish on the growth of natural lead to areduction in growing next year’ SUNNYVERMA unpaid balances at over tionalisedbank. aregoing downhillfollowing suc- gasusageinIndia and have MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,OCT27 In itsscheme forproviding cessive rate cutsbythe RBI. calledonthe government to the cascading 40 per cent per annum, compound interestrelief to bor- Manybankshaveincreased bring it under the GSTregime at impact of taxeson ENSECONOMICBUREAU FACINGAsurge in defaultsby overdues will be abig rowers with loans upto Rs2crore, the ratesoncardoutstandings — the India Energy Forumbeing industries that used NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 credit cardcustomers, with the burden on customers the government has said that in in some cases above 40 per cent held this week. Covid lockdown leading to layoffs, the caseofcredit carddues, the per annum. Earlier this year, Currentlypetrol, diesel, avia- natural gasasaninput THE ECONOMY will witness salarycutsand closureofunits, and can skyrocket, rate of interestwill be the Citibank India hiked the interest tion turbine fuel (ATF), natural negative or zero growth this bankshavestarted approaching said officials weighted averageoflending rate rate on credit cardoutstandings gasand crude oil fall outside the fiscal, Finance MinisterNirm- cardholders forsettlementof (WALR) chargedbythe issuer for by up to 480basispointsfrom country’s Goods and Services excise duty and different value ala Sitharaman said on Tues- dues at “terms that arebeneficial transactionsfinancedonEMI ba- 37.2 per cent to 42 per cent per Tax(GST) regime. addedtaxes imposed day, noting thatthe govern- to the borrowers”. banksare approachingcustomers sis. Thecomputation of WALR annum. The interest-free credit Government offi- by states. ment expectsIndia to be one FinanceMinisterNirmala SBICards,aleadingcreditcard selectively to settle their dues should be certifiedbythe statu- period could rangefrom20to50 cials have also indi- This would lead of the fastest-growing econo- Sitharaman saidthe issuer,hasseenitsgrossnon-per- with ahaircut or reduction in tory auditor of the cardissuer. days,subject to submission of cated that the to an increase in the miesnextfiscal.Sheaddedthe government expects forming assets shoot up to 4.29 value —orrepayment at adis- Since the WALR is muchlower claims by the merchant. Centreisconsider- adoption of natural Centre expects that domestic uptick in demand in the per cent of gross advances as on count. than the actualinterestrateon However, this is notapplicable if ing bringing natural gasinline with the demandwouldwitnessasus- festiveseason. Express file September 30, 2020, as against Banksand cardissuers have credit cards, customers with un- thepreviousmonth’s balance has gasunderthe ambit government’s stated tainable uptick as aresult of 2.33per cent on September 30, managed to showlowerNPAsso paid liabilities will have to paya notbeencleared in fullorifthe of the indirect tax goal to increase the growingdemandinruralIndia 2019.Impairment and losses fardue to the moratorium that significant portion of the com- cardholder has availedofcash regime. “GSTwas a shareofnatural gas as well as aboostindemand jumpedfromRs329 croreinthe wasvalid tillAugust2020—the pound interestalong withinter- from anyATM. welcomefederal initiative to in the country’s energy basket in the ongoingfestive season. States curbed September2019 quartertoRs485 issue of interestwaiverisbeing estondues. Sources said banksand NBFCs ease trade and it will be good if from 6.3 per cent to 15 per cent. “If thatsustainable revival spending in croreinthe June quarterof2020- heardinthe Supreme Court. The latestmovebybanks arepruning their portfolio of un- naturalgas is includedinthat,” is going to happenbetween 21 andRs862croreinthequarter Accordingto bankingsources, comesatatimewhencreditcard secured loans likethat on credit said BernardLooney, CEO of ‘Hugepotential’ forenergy Q3andQ4,we expectthatthe FY20, says RBI lastmonth —a162per cent rise. aclearpicturewill emerge when outstandings declinedtoRs cards, personalloans and risky British oil major BP,atthe Forum consumption growth overall GDP growth,notwith- NewDelhi:Thoughtheir Sources said that with appre- PSU banksreporttheir 104,833 croreasofAugust2020 credit, like loans againstsecuri- on Tuesday, adding that under Investing in renewable en- standingthepandemic...even combinedrevenue re- hensions of aspikeinNPAsfrom September and December quar- from Rs 108,094 croreinMarch ties, due to uncertainty overin- the current regime, India wasa ergy capacity wasakey focus for if it is going to be in the nega- ceipts turnedout to be thethirdquarter, banksare work- terresults. Though the morato- 2020, according to RBI data. comes. The focus is shifting to col- complexmarketasithas 29 PatrickPouyanné, CEO of tive or near zerothis time, the asteep 12 per cent be- ing on resolution of outstanding rium endedonAugust31, many Monthlycredit card spends have lateral-backedcredit likehome, marketswithin itself(because of France’s Total, who notedthat next year will be very clearly lowestimatedfor2019- amountswherever possible. customers areyet to payupas reverted backtopre-Covid levels vehicle and even gold loans, they differences in statelaws). the companywas aiming to ex- Indiaseeingitself asoneof the 20, stategovernments “Settlement in credit cards is rel- bankshavenot yetstartedshow- with banksreporting spends said. pand itsrenewable energy port- fastest-growing economies,” exercisedsudden,dras- atively easier to executeand frees ing defaultsasNPAs. worthRs50,311 croreinAugust Forinstance, the country’s Impact of bringingnatural folio in India to 6GW. said Sitharaman at the India ticcontrolsonbothrev- up the banks’ capital, apartfrom With interestrateonunpaid 2020 againstRs50,574crore in largest NBFC,Bajaj Finance, grew gasunder GSTregime Noting that he expected Energy Forum. India’s GDP enueandcapitalexpen- the effect on quality of the loan balances at over 40 per cent per March 2020. However, this was itsassetunder management Experts have arguedthat India’s energyconsumption to contracted23.9percentinthe ditures in final months book.While corporateloans will annum, overdues will be abig still lowerthan Rs 60,011 crorein (AUM) formortgages by 14 per bringing natural gasunder the grow significantly, Pouyanné firstquarterof2020-21 andis of FY20, to keep their be restructuredbased on guide- burden on customers and can February2020. “Weexpect the centin July-September 2020over GSTwouldleadtoareduction in said, “The energy consumption expected to contract 9.5 per consolidated gross fis- lines of the Kamath committee, skyrocket, said officials. “There’s upcomingfestive seasontoboost the same quarterlastyear,while the cascading impact of taxeson per capitainIndia is just30per centforthewholefiscal,asper cal deficit (GFD) to GDP banksare being proactive to en- no collateral on credit carddues credit cardspends,” says an ICICI auto finance business grew by 7 industries, suchaspower and cent of the worldaverage.Soyou estimatesby theReserve Bank ratioat2.6percent,exa- sureresolution wherever feasible of acustomer.Ifthe customer re- Securities report. per cent. However, sales finance steel, whichusednatural gasas have ahugepotential with avery of India.Evenbefore Covid-19 ctlyasbudgeted, aRe- forretail loans,”said asenior fuses to payup, it will become an At the same time, experts business contracted 42 per cent an input.The inclusionofnatural dynamic young population and stuckand related lockdowns, serve BankofIndiaana- banker. NPA. Banks will trytoavoid this pointedout, banksand credit card and securities lending business gasunder the indirect taxregime that is akey priority of the Indian the growth had slowedto4.2 lysis said Tuesday. FE The banker said thatmany scenario. The latestgovernment issuers have refusedtobring by 26 per cent. would do away with the central government ... ,” he said. per cent in FY20. Sitharaman highlighted thatthemanufacturingPMI,a infrastructureisthetopprior- monthlyindicator basedona ity,”shesaid,addingthatinfra- EPFOPAYROLLDATA(INLAKH) NMDC LIMITED survey of private sector com- structureinvestment was ‘Return of labourers: After (A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE) panies, in September rose to mainlyaimedatboostingagri- Period NetNewEPFSubscribers BAILADILA IRONORE MINE an eight-and-a-half year high culturalexportsthrough con- lockdown lows,remittances Apr 0.9 KIRANDUL COMPLEX, KIRANDUL- 494556 of 56.8.Shesaidthatanuptick nectivityto portsandrequired May 2.3 PRESS NOTIFICATION Jun 5.6 in keyeconomicindicators, infrastructurefor food pro- pickupinSeptember’ Tender No. Description of items Quaintly Display & Last Date Tender EMO coupledwithanexpectedrise cessing as well as cold chains. Jul 7.5 download &Time for Fee (Rs.) in demand during festivesea- Sitharaman said that re- Afterdeclining during thelockdown phase and touching Aug 8.7 of Tender submission (Rs.) son, suggestedasustainable formsencouragingFDIinflows its lowest levels in April, labour remittances picked up in Apr-Aug’20 25.0 of offer increaseindomesticdemand. and India’s lowcorporatetax September,indicating areturn of labourers afterreverse (1) Tender Tender are invited for As per 27-10-2020 27-11-2020 Rs. Rs. “All indicators showthat rateshad ledtoa13 per cent BIHAR, ODISHA,UPhaveseen No. Procurement of Exciter Tender To 03:30 PM 5,900/- 75,000/- migration, SBI’seconomic research report said NMDC/ for Elecon make JU400 document 27-11-2020 (IST) (Rupees (Rupees theprimarysector,relatedsec- rise in FDI inflows in April- ariseinremittancesinSeptember Kirandul/ and TRF make TUF-11 available Five Seventy tors of agricultureand rural August,asagainsttheyear-ago fromlastyear 178/20-21/ Vibrating Feeder at in MSTC Thousand Five Indiaarealldoingverywell.As period,despitethepandemic. PROGRESSUNDERPMJDY:POST-LOCKDOWN ET/536 NMDC Limited website. Nine Thousand aresult,the demand fordura- “All of them (foreign in- 42.5 1.35 41.05 crorePradhanMantri Purcahse Kirandul Complex, (02 Hundred only) ble goods, agricultural equip- vestors) have reallybeenat- JanDhanYojana(PMJDY) Indent Dist. Dantewada(C.G.) 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TheFinance Ministersaid the best practicesare even 1.20 whichwasRs3,168inSeptember 38.5 Contact details :- 07857-255234,9109197722, 9109197670,9685120227, infrastructurespending was during,Covidableto convince E-mail: [email protected];[email protected] ;[email protected] the toppriorityofthe govern- investors,”she said. 1.15 Thegovernment THE NTERESTED BIDDERS SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE TENDER DOCUMENTS AND ment and the secondpriority Meanwhile,asperaPTIre- shouldstrivetoputmoremoneyinto SUBMIT THE ONLINE OFFER THROUGH MSTC PORTAL ONLY WITHIN THE DUE DATE wastoensureIndia’s surplus port, NITI AayogVice Chair- suchaccountsasasortofthirdfiscal AS MENTIONED ABOVE. 36.5 1.10 Note: -Any addendum/corrigendum/bid clarificatlons/time extension shall be issued on the grains, vegetables and fruits man RajivKumar,speaking at Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 stimulus,possiblyviaenlarging MSTC website only.Noseparate press notificat on shall be issued. would be readyfor export. theforum,saidIndia’sgrowth ■ Numberofaccounts(incrore) ■ BalanceinA/Cs_RHS(inlakhcr) NREGAschemeorviaaschemefor “Weare attracting alot of would be in positive territory urbanpoor,thereportsaid Dy.General Manager (Materials) Source: PMJDYWebsite, SBI Research funds to whichthe spendon inthesecondhalf of thisfiscal. Compiled by ENSEconomicBureau.Source:SBIResearch BRIEFLY ‘In fight with Amazon, Future Retail For MSMEs, Lastdatefortax sees liquidation if Reliance deal fails’ cut in input disputepayment costs to help NewDelhi: Thegovernment The disputecentres around group’s representativestold the Tuesday extendedthedead- REUTERS FRL’s decision in Augusttosell its arbitrator V.K. Rajah, aformer at- line to makepaymentsun- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 retail, wholesale, logistics and torneygeneral of Singapore. quick revival, der ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’ sch- someotherbusinessesto Reliance The Covid-19pandemichas eme to March 31,2021. PTI FUTURERETAIL Ltd (FRL) willgo for$3.38 billion, including debt. hit manyIndian businesses,espe- says Gadkari intoliquidationifitsdealto sellas- Future’s retail unit, whichhas ciallyinthe retail sector,and the sets to RelianceIndustriesfails,the morethan 1,500outlets,will need FRL-Reliance dealwas aimedat Nodproposed group told aSingaporearbitrator to packupifthe transaction with protecting the interests of all ENSECONOMICBUREAU forBioEvaccine while arguing against Reliance doesn’t go through, hit- stakeholders through alarge in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 Amazon.com Inc’s bid to scupper tingthelivelihoodsofthousandsof fusion of fundsand the acquisi- NewDelhi: Apanel of the the deal,alegal orderseen by employeesandworkersatitsven- tion of liabilities,Futurearguedat MICRO, SMALL and medium en- CentralDrugsStandardCon- Reuters showed. dorfirms,theIndiangroupargued the tribunal. terprises (MSME) mustfocuson trol Organisation recom- Amazon on Sundaywon an before the arbitrator,accordingto But Rajah ruledthat “eco- reducing costs of inputs, suchas mendednod forearly- and injunction fromaSingaporearbi- the order whichisnot public. nomic hardship alone is notale- powerand logistics,togrowand mid-stage human trials for trator to halt FRL’s deal to sell as- “If the disputed transaction galground fordisregarding legal revive quicklyinthe post-Covid the Biological ECovid-19 sets to Reliance. Amazon alleged falls through, FRL will go intoliq- obligations”. era, Union MSME MinisterNitin vaccine candidate. ENS FRLhadbreachedcertaincontract uidation. That will mean thatthe Amazon, FRL and Reliance Gadkari said on Tuesday. provisionsitenteredintolastyear livelihoods of morethan 29,000 didn’t respond to arequest “The MSME sector should inaseparatedealwiththeUSfirm. employeesof FRLwillbelost,”the forcomment. makeuse of technology,innova- RBI:Implement tion, research.Actuallyweneed waiverbyNov5 upgradation of technology.Such improvementscan playamajor Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Hero MotoCorp to sell, service role towardsindustrial develop- asked alllenders to ensure ment and global expansion,” implementation of interest Gadkari said during an event to waiver scheme forloans up Harley-Davidson bikes in India launchWalmartIndia’straining to Rs 2crore forthe morato- programme forMSMEs. riumperiodby November5. networkofbrand-exclusive The global retail giant on ENSECONOMICBUREAU Harley-Davidson dealers and Tuesdaylaunchedthe ‘Walmart NEWDELHI,OCTOBER27 Hero’sexistingdealershipnetwork Vriddhi Supplier Development ‘49%fallin in India, the companies said. Programme’, under which globalFDIflows’ THE COUNTRY’S largest two- As per alicensingdeal, Hero WalmartIndia aims to train and wheeler maker,HeroMotoCorp, MotoCorp will develop and sell a empoweraround 50,000 NewDelhi:Globalforeigndi- and US bikemaker Harley- rangeofpremiummotorcyclesun- MSMEs to makeinIndia and for rect investment (FDI) flows Davidson on Tuesdaysaid they der theHarley-Davidson brand supplies across the countryas fell 49 per cent in the first have joinedhands forthe name,thestatementadded.“These well as the globe. half of 2020 over2019due domestic market. Asergeant on one of Kolkata actionsare alignedwith Harley- As partofthe programme, to theeconomicfalloutfrom As per the distribution agree- police’s Harley-Davidson Davidson’sbusinessoverhaul,The Walmartwillalso launchan Covid-19, UNCTAD’s Global ment,HeroMotoCorpwillselland motorcycles. Express file Rewire, and the company’s an- all-digital classroom whichwill Investment Trends Monitor service Harley-Davidson motor- nouncement in September to train MSMEs in the Panipat, said Monday. PTI cycles, and sell parts andacces- changeitsbusinessmodelinIndia,” Sonipat and Kundli areas sories and general merchandise riding gear and apparelthrough a the statement said. WITHPTI of Haryana.

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I, Kavita AryaD/o Bhopal Ram I Gurkirat Singh Bhatia S/oSh. PUBLIC NOTICE AryaR/o FP-13A Pitampura Gurvinder Singh R/oH.No.3/14, To know all men that my clientSh. Satish Saraswati Vihar North West Upkar Colony(Baba Colony), Kumar Mehndiratta,S/o: Sh. MalikChand Classifieds Mehndiratta, R/o: BP-107, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi-110034. have changed Gali No.3, Near MTNL Office, Club Road, Delhi- 110088 and his wifeSmt. my name and shall hereafter Burari (Lal Dora), Delhi-110084 Ritu Mehndiratta, hereby debarred and be Known As Ishanvi Arya. have changed my name to disowned their daughter-in-law Mrs. Vaishali Khurrana, W/o:SourabhMehndirattaand PERSONAL 0070718465-1 Gurkirat Singh for all granddaughterMishika Mehndirattafrom all purposes. 0040552629-3 their moveableand immovable properties. My client shall not be responsible in any I,Harmeet Singh,S/O Balbir I,Mohammed Mushrafeen I, Jitender Kumar Nandwani S/o manner for any act/deed done by Smt. Hari Chand Nandwani R/o47- I Dimple Kaur Anand W/o Gurjit Vaishali Khurrana, W/o: Sourabh Singh,R/oD-3/3,Rana Pratap S/o.Mohd Saeed R/O-4471,Gali SinghAnand R/oA-3 New Mehndirattaand masterMishikaMehndiratta Bagh,Delhi-110007,have Lotan Jat Pahari-Dheraj Sadar A, Jhang Appartment, Sector- any person dealing with them shall deal with 13,Rohini,Delhi-110085, have Krishna Park, New Delhi-18, them at his/her ownriskand cost. changed name Harmeet Singh Bazar,Delhi-110006,That have changed my name to Sd/- Shivam Parashar (Advocate) Bharej for future. 0040552723-3 Mine,My daughter and her changed name to Jitender E. No. D/2777/2017 Nandwani. 0040552684-1 Dimple Anand for all future B-85, B.G.S. Block, TisHazari Courts, Mother name is wrongly Delhi- 110054 I,Vipin Kumar S/oSeema R/o purposes. 0040552659-2 writtenasM.Mushrafeen I, JinendraKumar Bagde S/o Flat No.106-C,Pocket-A, Mayur PUBLIC NOTICE Shereen &Shista in her L.n. Bagde R/o61, -A-Sector, I, Seema D/oMohanLal R/oFlat Vihar-2, Delhi-91 have School-recordofST.Thomas No.106-C, Pocket-A, Mayur PUBLICNOTICE Knowall the concernedthat changed my name to Vipin Kamla Nagar ,Narela Shankri This is forthe informationof my client Smt. Rajni Dhasmana W/ Girls SeniorSecondary Huzur, BhopalMadhya Vihar-2, Delhi-91have generalpublicthatmyclient oSh. S.P. Dhasmana had Kumar Duseja. 0040552720-3 School,but actual names are changed my name to Seema SMT.LALITAGHAIW/O purchased aproperty bearing Pradesh-462022. have SH.SURINDERGHAIR/o J-65, No.II-E, 85-B,Sec.-2, Kamna I,VINOD KUMAR,S/O RAM Mohammed Mushrafeen Duseja. 0040552720-4 SECONDFLOOR,VISHNU changed the name of my GARDEN,NEWDELHI-18has Vaishali, Ghaziabad from Sh. SINGH BISHNOI,R/O Sahreen Sabahat &Shaista minor daughter Durvanshi I Balveer S/oSarup Singh R/o-D- severed allher relationsand Mukesh Dabral R/o Dehradun, connections with her Uttrakhand, in year 2010. That SMQ.NO.M-26,CAMERO- 0040552673-2 Bagde aged about 3Yearsand 162 Chander Vihar NilothiExtn. daughter RUCHIKA GHAI and now about 10 yearshavebeen COMPLEX SUBROTO- she shall hereafter be known Delhi have changedmyname have debarred anddisowned passed and since 2010 the PARK,NEW DELHI-110010,HAVE I,Manoj Kumar MishraS/o herfromall hermovable and Mukesh Dabral the seller of above as Aanaya Bagde. to Balbir Singh. 0040552724-2 immovablepropertiesand property,nor contacted my client CHANGED MY NAME,FROM Shobha Kant MishraR/o- shewillhavenoclaim in her 0070718456-1 properties. Anybodydealing personally and neither contracted VINODKUMAR TO VINOD 329/13, Saurabh-Vihar, Jaitpur, I KartarSingh S/oAttar Singh with hershalldosoat by any e-papers,whatsapp, New Delhi have changedmy R/o20B/59A,Tilak Nagar, New his/herown risk and messagesany mailsfor the KUMARBISHNOI VIDE- I, JUSTIN VERGHESE.,S/O- responsibility. appearance before theRegistrar, AFFIDAVIT DATED- name to Manoj Mishra. VERGHESE PAUL.ADDRESS-431, Delhi-18, have changed my RajanMahajan (Advocate) Ghaziabad, U.P.Thatbythis 27/10/2020,BEFORE NCT- 1st-FLOOR SUNLIGHT COLONY- name to Kartar SinghAnand Regn.No.D-34194 notice IdirectMr. Mukesh Dabral 0040552684-3 to contactmyclient Smt. Rajni DELHI. 0040552684-9 2,HARI-NAGAR,ASHRAM NEW for all futurepurposes. Dhasmana immediately within 15 I,Lalan Singh,S/O-Shri Saty DELHI-110014.Changed my 0040552659-1 days after the publication of this I,Tripinder Singh Sahi,S/o notice otherwise my client is Narayanan Singh,R/O- name to JUSTIN VARGHESE, Gurcharan Singh SahiR/o-6/5, RZ/2514-C,Second floor,Gali entitled to register the above said permanently. 0040552684-6 property in hername without your UGF,West Patel-Nagar,Delhi- no-27,Tughlakabad LOST & FOUND physical apperance/presence. I, Garima KishorD/o Krishna MANPREET KAUR &RENUGUPTA 8,have changed my minor Extension,Kalkaji,Delhi- (Advocates) daughter’s name,from Jiya KishoreAgrawal W/o Late Ch. No.338&390A,Western Wing, 110019,have changedmy Original Lease & conveyance TisHazari Courts, Delhi-54 Sahi to Jiya Kaur Sahi(DOB- name to Lallan Singh. Nitin Agrawal R/oUdita Deed,original,sale Deed,Date 06/09/2006). 0040552720-8 080508, 1050/1 Survey Park, 0040552684-7 2/7/2004,Relinquishment Santoshpur, Kolkata, ''IMPORTANT'' I,Sunita Das w/oArjun Das R/o Deed,& Mutation-Letter All I,Kashish RatheeD/o Santoshpur, West Bengal- 755 poeket-1 Paschim vihar Original-Papers/Documents of Whilst care is taken prior to YudhvenderSingh Rathee R/o- 700075. have changedmy Delhi-63,have Changed my property.No.J-50,B.K Dutt- acceptanceofadvertising 58-B,GH-2, Ankur-Apartment name and shall hereafter be name to Bhagwanti Colony,Aliganj,N.D- copy,itisnot possible to verify Paschim Vihar, New Delhi- Known As GarimaAgrawal. its contents. TheIndian permanently. 0040552693-3 03,Misplaced/Lost Somewhere 110063,have changed my Finder may contacts to:- Express (P) Limited cannot be 0070718458-1 heldresponsible for such I,Sunina Malik W/oVikas Wahal name as Kashishfor all record Sonam Yangchen Rana I, DwigvijayVishwakarma S/o contents, nor for any loss or R/o-C-222,Sector-20,Noida and future purposes Mob.9810001590. 0040552724-8 damage incurred as aresult of Ram Nagina Sharma R/oJ-577, Gautam-Budh NagarU.P.- 0040552673-1 transactions with companies, 201301, changed my nameto Gc-5, 5Th Avenue Greater To whom it may concern that I associationsorindividuals Sunaina Wahal for all I,ISHITA D/O RAJEEV BANSAL Noida West, Sector-4, Noida M.C.Taneja residence and advertising in its newspapers purposes. 0040552724-5 R/OTP-2,MAURYA Noida Gautam Buddha Nagar owner of property L-50 kalkaji or Publications. We therefore ENCLAVE,PITAMPURA,DELHI- Uttar Pradesh-201301. have ,New delhi-110019 state that recommend that readers make necessary inquiries I,Srinivasan Vijapur,S/o 110034.HAVE CHANGED MY changed my name and shall the original document of the Vishwanatha Subbabhatt before sending any monies or NAME TO ISHITABANSAL. hereafter be Known As above mentioned property entering into any agreements Vijapur R/o-RZB-53,Bindapur- i.e.L-50 kalkaji, new Delhi- 0040552693-6 Digvijay. 0070718457-1 with advertisers or otherwise Extn, Uttam-Nagar, New Delhi- 110019 are missing/lost. This is acting on an advertisement in 110059, have changed my I,Hitherto known as Shushila I, DivyaGupta S/oBadri Prasad given to avoid the misuse of any manner whatsoever. name to Srinivasa Vijapur. alias Seema,W/oDevi Ram Gupta R/o23D/24 Molarband documents if found by Extn. Badarpur New Delhi- 0040552724-3 R/o-D-1/146,Block- somebody else. 0040552638-1 D1,Gali.No.3,Ashok- 110044 do herebysolemnly I,Sandhya Goel W/oMukesh Nagar,Shahdara,Delhi- inform that my father’s name GoyalR/o-373, Sangam Appt, 110093,have changed my is wrongly mentioned in my PUBLIC NOTICE Pitampura Delhi-34,have name and shall hereafter be 10th class marksheet as Badri changed my name to Sandhya known as Sushila. PrasadinsteadofBadri Goyal. 0040552720-5 PrasadGupta. 0040552651-1 0040552720-7 Public Notice I,SUSHIL KUMARS/O VAKIL I, Deepak Sehgal S/oGurbakesh I,Hitherto known as Kunal,S/o I,Sarthak Garg S/o of CHAND JAIN R/OC- Lal Sehgal,R/o-P-104 Pandav Shri Pradeep Garg, R/o - 12,GALINO.2,BHAGAT-SINGH RamKaran Singh YadavR/o- Nagar, Mayur Vihar,Phase-1, 168,Farsh-Bazar, 6 Todarmal Lane,Bengali COLONY,NEW- Delhi-110091,Have Changed Market, New Delhi, USMANPUR,DELHI- Shahdara,Delhi-110032,have My Name to Chander Shakher changed my nameand shall hereby solemnly swear 110053.CHANGED MY NAMETO for all,Purposes. 0040552702-3 and afrm that this is my SUSHIL KUMAR JAIN. hereafter be known as Kunal Yadav. I, Chhavi D/oSanjeev Kumar, name for all legal and 0040552693-8 0040552720-6 R/o214 ,Ward No-13,Purani business intents and Sarai,Khanna ,Ludhiana- purposes, Ialso hererby I,SARITA KUMARI W/O I,Gopal Singh alias Gopal Singh ASHUTOSH SHARMA R/OA- Khanna,Punjab-141401, declarethat my name in JamwalS/O Jamit Singh declarethat name of Mother My Bank Account (No. 147,SARASWATI JamwalR/O-H.No.863/1,Raja VIHAR,PITAMPURA,DELHI- has been wrongly written as 10888845863)atState Garden,Kheri Kalan, Darshana Raniinmyall Bank of India, Navyug 110034.HAVE CHANGED MY Faridabad,Haryana- NAME TO SARITASHARMA. educational documents. The Market Ghaziabad is 121002,changed my name to actual name of Mother is stated as Akshit Garg. 0040552693-5 Gopal Singh Jamwal. Kavita, which maybe I,Rajiv YadavDalvir Singh 0040552723-4 amendedaccordingly. Yadav,S/oDalvir Singh Yadav I,Geetu Chaudhary,D/o 0070718467-1 Public Notice R/o-D-7,GF,Eldeco Residency- Sh.Jagdish SinghDabas R/o-D- I,Nitya Garg D/o of Shri Greens,Sector-PI,Surajpur, I, C.MANGALAMBIKA,W/o 9/15, Model-Town-11,Delhi - Pradeep Garg, R/o -6 Gautambudh-Nagar,UP,have N.Mukunda Rao, D/o 110009.have changed my sons Todarmal Lane, Bengali changed my name to Rajiv L.ChandrashekarRao, R/o226 name KOVIDH CHAUDHARY Market, New Delhi, Yadav. 0040552723-7 BSK 5th stage BDAlayout near (DOB:22/08/2014) to AARIKET Patalamma temple Poorna hereby solemnly swear I,Raj Kushal Singh S/o,Kehar CHAUDHARY,for all purposes. pragna layout Bangalore- and afrm that this is my Singh R/o-1188, Sector-37, 0040552724-6 560061, have changedmy name for all legal and Arun-Vihar, Noida, name from C.MANGALA BAIto business intents and Gautambuddha Nagar, U.P.- I,Dalvir SinghLaxman C.MANGALAMBIKA, for all purposes,I also hererby 201303,have changed my Yadav,S/oChaudhary Laxman futurepurposes. 0040552650-1 declare that my name in name to Raj Kushal Singh Singh R/o.T-130,Pallavpuram My Bank Account (No. Rathour. 0040552720-2 Phase-2,Modipuram, Mawana, I, Babu lal Redas S/oHeeralal OFFICE OF R/oWardNumber -5, Abhawas 10888861169)atState Meerut.have changedmy Bank of India, Navyug I,RISHABH LAMBA,S/O VIJAY name to Dalvir Singh Yadav. Road RaigrokaMohalla, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER JAISINGHPUR DIVISION KUMAR, H.NO.28/67,2nd- Khatoo, Khatushyamji ,Sikar, Market Ghaziabad is 0040552723-8 floor,NEAR-29- Rajasthan-332602, have stated as Niyati Garg. H.P.PUBLICWORKSDEPARTMENT, BLOCK,GURUDWARA PATEL- I,Chhavi Kumar Bharti S/oJai changed my name and shall JAISINGHPUR-176095 NAGAR,WEST,DELHI-110008.ha RamSinghR/o H.No-20, hereafter be Known As Babu ve changedmynameto Jamalpur Maan Po-Raja Ka lal Malhotra. 0070718462-1 PUBLIC NOTICE FAX: 01894-228031, E.MAIL:[email protected] RISHAVLAMBA, permanently. Tajpur, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh- “It is informed to the public at large that my The Executive Engineer,Division, HP.PWD.Jaisinghpur 176095 on behalf of Governor of Himachal I, Ashok S/oChhote Lal R/o clients Sh. Satish Chand S/o Late Prithi Singh 246735 have changed my name Pradesh invites the online bids on item rate,electronic tendering system, in 2Cover System forthe under 0040552693-4 House No. I-2/182, Madangir, &Smt. Bala Devi W/o Sh. Satish Chand both to Chhaviraj Chauhan. R/o B-53, Village Masood Pur, Vasant Kunj, mentioned work from the eligible and approvedContractors/ Firms registered with HPPWD,Department. I,RAJESH KUMAR S/O-MUSADDI Dr. AmbedkarNagar, New New Delhi-110070 have disowned their son Rohit Malik R/o B-53, Village Masood Pur, Sr Name of Work Estimated EMD Time Form Cost of LAL YADAV,R/O.WZ-72/88, 0040552693-2 Delhi-110062 have changed Vasant Kunj, New Delhi and his wife Smt. my name from Ashok to Ashok Rinki D/o Sh. Raj Pal R/o 463, Village No. Cost (Rs) (In Rs.) Limit No. Bidding FIRST-FLOOR,NEAR-POLE.NO- I,Chandra Kant Divedi S/o Bharthal, New Delhi from their all movable Documents Kumar for all purposes. and immovable properties and have severed 53,MIDDLE MOHAN-NAGAR, Vidyapati Divedi R/o all relations with them due to their egoistic 1RC/o Govt Degree College at Shivnagar Tehsil s. 3,93,63,806/- Rs.4,26,200/- TwoYear 6&8 5000/- NANGAL-RAYA,DELHI- non-cooperative and quarrelsome nature and H.No.1485,H.B.Colony, Sector- 0040552724-1 my clients or their other family members shall Jaisinghpur in Distt Kangra (HP) (SH: C/o 110046,HAVE changed my 62, Faridabad have changed not be liable or responsible for their any illegal I, Akanksha D/oSanjeev Kumar acts and deeds in any manner whatsoever. If Building portion, water supply &Sanitary name to RAJESHKUMAR my nametoChandraKant any person deals with them, he/she will do so Verma R/o-185/43-B,F/F, at his/her own risks and responsibilities. installation Septic tank &Rain water harvest- YADAV, PERMANENTLY. Dwivedie. Sd/- (NAWAL SINGH) ADVOCATE” Krishna Gali.No.7 &-8,Maujpur, ing system) 0040552684-2 1514, Lawyers Chamber Block 0040552684-8 Rohini Court Complex, Rohini 2RC/o Bahroo Nadli Gharchindi road Km. 0/00 to s. 7,34,583/- 14,700/- TwoMonth 6&8 350/- North-East Delhi-110053,have DELHI-110085 I,Pushpa Devi,D/o Gobind I, Vinod Kumar S/oSaho Singh change my name to Akanksha 13/200 (SH: C/o 2.00 mtr.Span RCC culvert at RD 9/385 with approaches (Under SCSP) Ballabh and,W/o late R/o6,Majhwe Nawada Bihar- Verma permanently. PUBLIC NOTICE Shri.Naveen Chandra 805129. have changedmy 0040552702-1 3RC/o Bahroo Nadli Gharchindi road Km. 0/00 to s. 7,11,854/- 14,300/- TwoMonth 6&8 350/- name and shall hereafter be Public at Large, Notice is given on 13/200 (SH: C/o 2.00 mtr.Span RCC culvert Karnatak,DOB-11.11.1974 R/o- behalf of my client Sh. Sohan Singh Ho.no.9, Gali.No.4, N.Defence- Known As Vinod Singh. I, AMITAKUMARI GUPTA.W/O- Virdi S/o Lt. Sh. Chanan Ram Virdi R/o at RD 6/930 with approaches (Under SCSP) PARVESH KUMAR O-59, Vani Vihar,Uttam Nagar,New Colony,Muradnagar,Ghaziaba 0070718466-1 Delhi-110059 absolute owner and in 4RPeriodical Maintenance of the road forthe s. 6,26,226/- 12,600/- One Month 6&8 350/- d,UP.Changed my name to GUPTA.ADDRESS-F-159,LAJPAT possession of above said land year 2019-20 from LahrutoSadda road I,Bareylal YadavS/O Lakhan NAGAR-1 SOUTH DELHI- measuring 90 Sq. Yds., out of khasra PushpaKarnatak,for all,future no. 123-131-132-146 situated in the under (Village Road) (DRRP No.VR073) (SH: purposes. 0040552693-10 YadavR/O H-327,Nanak Pura, 110024.Changed my name to Village Bindapur through GPAexecuted Providing and laying 20mm thickpremix car- ChanakyaPuri,New Delhi- AMITA GUPTA,permanently. on 01.12.2006 registerednumber pet with seal coat at Km. 1/0 to 2/0 41333 with sub-registrar,Janak Puri, I,Prasanta Das,S/O Narayan 110021,Have Changed my Delhi, has reported lost of original 0040552693-9 5RPeriodical Maintenance of the road forthe s. 6,34,706/- 12,700/- One Month 6&8 350/- ChandraDas R/OB-1/26,2nd- Name to Bade Lal. GPA/Sale Deed vide FIRNumber year 2019-20 from LahrutoDol road under Floor Mianwali-Nagar I URMILAYADAV D/OBHOLA 62/2007 at Uttam Nagar police station. 0040552724-4 Which is held by my above client has (Village Road) DRRP No.VR112(SH: (SH: Paschim-Vihar,Delhi- RAM R/oH.NO.135, ST.NO.3 decided to sell the above said property. Providing and laying 20mm thickpremix car- 110087,changed my name to I,Annupurna MishraW/o Manoj SHANTI VIHAR, DEENPUR, NEW Therefore any persons(s) having any claim in respect of the above referred petwith seal coat at Km. 0/0 to 1/0) PrasantaKumar Das. MishraR/o 329/13, Saurabh- DELHI-110043 have changed property or part thereof by way of sale, 6RPeriodical Maintenance of road from Galu s. 6,47,258/- 13,000/- One Month 6&8 350/- Vihar, Jaitpur, New Delhi have my name to URMILA exchange, mortgage, charge, gift, 0040552693-1 maintenance, inheritance, possession, Bhoda Shivnagar road under AMP 2019-20 changed my nameto 0040552665-1 lease, tenancy,sub-tenance, lien, (Village Road) (DRRP No. I,Pardeep Bhatia,S/O Shri O.P. Annapurna Mishraafter- license, hypothecation, transfer of title of beneficial interest under any trust HP0414VR004019113 (SH: Providing and BhatiaR/O NP-134A, Pitam marriage. 0040552684-4 I PRASHANT RATAWALS/O right of prescription or pre-emption or laying 25mm thickbitumen concrete i/c pro- Pura,Delhi-110034, have NARENDER KUMAR RATAWAL, under any agreement or other file correction laying with paverfinsher in Km. changed my name to Pradeep I,Anand S/oChinnaabanaidu R/O16/1700 BLOCK-E BAPA disposition or under any decree, order or award or otherwise claiming 12/00 to 13/0 (Addl. Km.) NarayanasamyR/o-B-200, howsoever,are hereby requested to Bhatia. 0040552723-1 NAGAR KAROL BAGH NEW SPS-Apartment Phase-II, DELHI-110005, HAVE CHANGED make the same known in writing 2. Availability of Bid Document and Mode of Submission: The bid document is available online and bid I,Paramjit Kaur,W/o Harmeet together with supporting documentsto Radhey Shyam- MY NAME FROM PRASHANT TO the undersigned at above said address should be submitted in online mode on website https://hptenders.gov.in Bidder would be required to register Singh Bharej,R/oD-3/3Rana with in the 14 days of the publication Park,Sahibabad, Ghaziabad PRASHANT RATAWALFOR ALL in website which is free of cost. Forsubmission of bids ,the bidder is required to have Digital Signature Pratap Bagh,Delhi- hereof failing which the claim of such Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). Aspiring bidders who have not have changedmyname to PURPOSES AND BOTH NAMES person(s) will deemed to have been 110007,have changed name waived and/ or abandoned. obtained the user ID and password forparticipating in e-tendering in HPPWD.May obtain the same from the Anand Narayanasamy. PRASHANT AND PRASHANT Paramjeet Kaur for future. Sd/- Anil Kumar Saini website:- https://hptenders.gov.in .Digital Signature is mandatorytoparticipate in the e-tendering. Bidders 0040552723-6 RATAWALBELONGS TO ME AS Advocate PUBLIC NOTICE already possessing the digital signature issued from authorized Case can use the same in this tender. 0040552723-2 Resi-Cum-Office:E-66, Arya Samaj SINGLE PERSONALITY Road, Uttam Nagar,New Delhi-110059 This is forthe information thatmyclient 3. Key Dates:- I, Vipin Aggarwal parent of Smt. Musharaf Begum @Musharaf I,PREM SINGH S/ORAM Manan R/o. H.No.1163, Sector- 0040552652-2 Jahan, W/o. Mr.Daud Khan, R/o. H. No. 1. Date of On-line Publication 07.11.2020 10.00 AM CHANDER DHAMIJA R/O 17, Faridabad,have changed 8, Gali No.9, Wazirabad Village,Delhi- I NeelamKumari alias Sonika PUBLIC NOTICE 84.That my clientisthe ownerof 2. Document Download Startand End Date 07.11.2020 10.30 AM upto 16.11.2020. 05.00 PM HNO.433,LIG-FLATS,OPPOSITE my minor sons name to Manan aforesaidproperty and executeaWILL D/oLate Sh.Bodh Raj Chopra General Public is hereby informed that my vide GPAregd. As document No. 3953, in 3. Bid Submission Startand End Date 07.11.2020 10.30 AM upto 16.11.2020. 05.00 PM G.T.KDEPOT,SANJAY- Aggarwal. Client Sh. Mange Ram Kajaniya, S/o Late Sh. W/o Sh.VinayPangasaR/o 126, addl.book no.4,Vol. No.2446, on pages ENCLAVE,DELHI- Mithan Lal Kajaniya, R/o House No. 21/334, 4. Physical Submission of EMD and Cost of Tender Document 17.11.2020 upto 10.30 HRS 0040552684-5 Old Gupta Colony, Dr. Trilok Puri, Delhi- 110091 has disowned and 15 to 17 dated 25.09.2007 AND Family 110033.CHANGEDMY NAMETO debarred his Sons,namely Mr. Subhash WILL dated 18.08.2009ofthe aforesaid MukherjeeNagarS.O., North Kajaniya, Mr. Bablu Kajaniya, Mr. Suresh 5. Date of Technical Bid Opening, Evaluation of Technical Bid 17.11.2020 11.00 HRS PREM SINGH DHAMIJA. I, Sanyogita AmarsinhPatil, R/o property in favour of her real sister 13,Shivaji Housing Society,S.B West Delhi, Delhi-110009 have Kajaniya, Daughters-in-Law Mrs. Sunita, Mrs. namely Smt. Kishwar Jahan. That my 6. Date of Financial Bid Opening 20.11.2020 11.30 HRS Balbiri, Mrs. Bimlesh and daughters namely, client hereby cancelled the said GPAand 0040552693-7 Road, Pune-16 have changed changed my name to Sonika Mrs. Babli W/o Late Mr. Birju Gehlot & Family WILL and this is my client’slast Mrs.Sudha W/o Mr. Kanhiya Lal Lohiya from and finalWILL andshe does not want to 4. TENDER DETAILS: my namevide official gazette Pangasa for all purposes. all his movable and immovable properties/ I,Om Prakash Dudeja S/oChela cancelled /revoke this cancellation in The Tender Documents shall be uploaded On-line in 2Covers: registration no. P-2020659 assets. Any person dealing with them shall do Ram R/o1852-A, Rani Bagh, 0040552629-4 so at his/her/their own risk, responsibility and future.Ifanybody has any objection then i) Cover-1: shall contain scanned copies of "Technical Documents/Eligibility Information". New Delhi-110015 have dated 08.10.2020.Now my consequences and my client shall have no he will contact with her within15days of I JageetKaur Bhatia W/oSh. responsibility or liability of any kind this publicationofpublic notice. ii) Cover-2: shall contain “BOQ/Financial Bids”, where Contractor will quote his offer foreach item. changed my name to Om name is Lata Amarsinh Patil. whatsoever arisingout of act(s) and/ or (MOHD. NOORULLAH) Advocate Gurvinder Singh R/oH.No.3/14, omission(s) of the aforementioned persons. 5. SUBMISSION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS:- The Bidders are required to submit (a) original demand draft Prakash. 0040552720-1 Henceforth with Iwillbe 201, New Lawyer’s Chamber,Setalvad Upkar Colony(Baba Colony), Sd/- HIMANSHU GAUTAM (ADVOCATE) Block, Supreme Court, towards the cost of bid document and (b) original bid security/Earnest MoneyDeposit (EMD) and other known by my new name. Chamber Number 240 Lawyers Chambers New Delhi -110201. I, RITU BALA D/O-SHIV Gali No.3, Near MTNL Office, Block 1Delhi High Court New Delhi- 110003 technical documents in the o/o ExecutiveEngineer HPPWD Division Jaisinghpur as specified in Key KUMAR,H.NO.662/1, GALI.NO.1, 0090277180-1 Burari (Lal Dora), Delhi-110084 dates Sr.No.4 on Tender Opening Date,failing which the bids will be declared non-responsive. GHATI-ROAD,PUNJABI-BASTI, I, Ram Tirath Vaish S/oLate have changedmyname to 6. BID OPENING DETAILS:- 1. The bid shall be opened on 17.11.2020 at 11.00 HRS in the office of the ExecutiveEngineer,JaisinghpurDivision HP PWD Jaisinghpur HP.Bythe authorized officer.Intheir inter- ANAND-PARBAT,DELHI- Duli Chand Vaish, Nasirpur , Jagjeet Kaur for all purposes 0005,HAVE CHANGED MY est the tenders are advised to be present along with original documents at the time of opening of tenders. Flat No- 259, Type-A, Pocket - 0040552629-1 If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened NAME TO RITU MEHRA. 10, D.D.A.-Flat, Dwarka, South I Gurvinder Singh Bhatia S/oSh. on the next working dayatthe same time and venue. 0040552723-5 West Delhi, Delhi-110075. have Harbans Singh R/oH.No.3/14, 7. The bids forthe work shall remain valid foracceptance foraperiod not less than 90 days after the dead- changed the nameofmy I, PushpaW/o Mohan Das,R/o- Upkar Colony(Baba Colony), line date forbid submission. minor son Deekshant Raj C-272,Block-C, Near Subhash Gali No.3, Near MTNL Office, 8. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.The Officer Inviting Tender shall not be held liable for Vaish aged about 0,1 Month anydelays due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bid- Park,New Ashok Nagar, Delhi- Burari (Lal Dora), Delhi-110084 and he shall hereafterbe ders of anybid updates,the Employershall not be liable forany information not received by the bidder. 110096,have changemy have changedmyname to knownasVedaant RajVaish. It is the bidder’sresponsibility to verify the website forthe latest information related to the tender. name,from PushpatoPooja Gurvinder Singh for all Executive Engineer, Das in my Son Nishant Das 0070718461-1 purposes. Jaisinghpur Division, school records. 0040552702-4 0040552629-2 HPPWD,Jaisinghpur 3915/HP --HIM SUCHANA AVAMJAN SAMPARK-

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PVVNL-MT/ Jal Shakti Department COM/09/20-21. EMD is Rs. 8,500. The tender is to be submitted by 14:00 hrs of State Mission Directorate,Jal JeevanMission J&K 27.11.2020 and the Part-I of tender shall be opened after 14:30 hrs of the same Civil Secretariat, Srinagar/Jammu date. (email: [email protected]) For detailed information please log on www.pvvnl.org &E-Tendering website Expression of Interest (EOI) No. 02 of 2020 www.etender.up.nic.in till the date of submission of bids. Superintending Engineer Dated: 23.10.2020 (Commercial) Help line Number for Information of TheftofElectricity: "1800-180- 3002 (Meerut) &9412207451" Sub: Notice inviting Expression of Interest (EoI) forempanelment as Remark :— www.etender.up.nic.in Implementation SupportAgencies (ISA’s) under JJM J&K. Sd/- Forand on behalf of Lt. Governor of Jammuand Kashmir,Mission Director Superintending Engineer (Comm) (JJM), JalShakti Department, J&K invites proposals forExpression of ´fÂffaI :9528 dQ³ffaI :27.10.2020 For Managing Director Interest (EOI) from eligible and experienced not forprofit Non-Governmental "SAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION" Organizations (NGOs)/ Tr usts/ Women SHGs/ CBOs forempanelment as Implementation SupportAgencies (ISAs) to carryout supportactivities under PRESS NOTICETOBEISSUED FOR PUBLICATIONINNEWSPAPERSFOR E-TENDERING JalJeevanMission J&K. The empanelment will be initially foraperiod of three years i.e.2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, extendable upto the Mission NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER duration, subject to satisfactoryperformance. ExecutiveEngineer JalShakti Division Bilaspur,onbehalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh, invites the online Lump Interested eligible Organizationsmay submit the complete proposals,in Sum Contract bids on turnkey basis from the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before prescribed format along with requisite documents/ certificates including 05-11-2020 at 11.00 A.M on the site https://hptenders.gov.in. Bidders should be registered with Central Govt. or any receipt of document feeofRs. 5000 (paid in favour of Director Finance State Govt. Or Central/ anyState Govt. Undertakings. JalShakti Department, J&K), on line on www.jktenders.gov.in The Name of work: Reliable Drinking water source/Augmentation of existing source of multi villages group piped water detailed Notice forEOI containing TermsofReference (TOR) and appli- scheme forpartofSadar of Bilaspur District HP (under JJM) (SH: Construction of water treatment plant, pump house, cation form shall be available on our website www.jkpheirrigation.nic.in main /sub storage tanks,S/E of pumping machinery,providing /laying jointing and testing of GMSERW/ G.M.S.pipe forrising main,Gravity main and distribution system of 80mm dia ,automation system complete,including Operation and www.jktenders.gov.in with the schedule of critical dates as below: and Maintenance forthree years of whole scheme after successful commissioning &trial runperiod )Job No.1. 1. Date of issue of Notice forEOI 23.10.2020 Estimated Cost: Rs. 7,37,80,336/- Bid of Security :Rs. 7,70,305/- 2Date of startofDownloading 24.10.2020 from 12.00 Noon Cost of Bid: Rs. 2500/- Time: One year 3Last date forreceipt of requests for 28.10.2020 upto 5.00 P. M. Schedule of tendering: clarifications. 1Date of Online publication 23-10-2020 at 5.00 P. M 2Downloading of e-bid Documents From 23-10-2020 5.00 PM to 05-11-2020 at 11.00 AM 4Booking forpre-submission confer- 31.10.2020 upto 5.00 P. M. ence (through VC) 3Date of submission of e-bid From 23-10-2020 5.00 PM to 05-11-2020 at 11.00 AM 4PhysicalSubmission of Original Bid Security and 05-11-2020 up to 11.00 AM 4Pre-submission conference 05.10.2020 from 11.00 AM Cost of bid (in case of offline deposit of Bid security) through VC 5 Date of opening of bids: 1) Cover-1 EligibilityCriteria &Technicalbid On 05-11-2020 at 11.30 A.M 5EOI submission StartDate 06.10.2020 from 10.00 AM 2) COVER-2 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately 6Site Visit From 24-10-2020 to 26-10-2020 between 11.00 AM to 6End submission StartDate 20.11.2020 upto 03.00 PM 5.00 PM except on holidayalong with the Assistant Engineer/concernedJunior Engineer, JalShaktiSub 7Date and time foropening of EOI 21.11.2020 after 12.00 Noon Division Bilaspur 8Application fee(through RTGS, Rs.5000/= (Non-refundable) 7Pre-Bid Meeting On 29-10-2020 at 11.00 A.M in the Office of Chief NEFT) Engineer (Hamirpur Zone) JalShakti Vibhag Hamirpur. 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teaminEgypt AGENCEFRANCEPRESSE weeks’restforRohit TURIN,OCTOBER27 Captain seen at MI nets but his availability forrestoftournament uncertain CRISTIANO RONALDOremains uncertain to take on Lionel Messi's Barcelona on Wednesdayasherecovers from coronavirus, DEVENDRAPANDEY JuventuscoachAndreaPirlo saidontheeveof MUMBAI,OCTOBER27 the matchinTurin. Ronaldo tested positive forCOVID-19 ADAY before theyselectedtheIndianteamfor twoweeksago while playing with Portugal, the tour of Australia, the selectors were in- and has been in self-isolation since return- Faiza Heidar grew up playing foot- formedbythe Indian team physiotherapist ing to Italy."Ronaldo had atestlikeeveryone ballinthe streetswiththe boys and NitinPatelthatRohitSharmawillnotbeavail- else, thisevening (Tuesday) we willhavethe went on to captain Egypt’s national able forselection. The physio submitted ade- definitive result," Pirlo told apress confer- women’s team. Nowshe has become tailedmedicalreport.WhentheIndiancricket ence in Turin before the Champions League the firstwomantotrain one of the boardannouncedtheIndiansquad,afootnote Group Ggame. country’s professional men’s clubs. stated that the medical team willmonitor "For nowit's all on the high seas, when the Heidar has been signedupbythe Sharma and Ishant Sharma’s progress. final result comes everything will be clearer." fourth division side Ideal Goldi, However, theIndian boardand selectors According to UEFArulesthe 35-year-old Ronaldo,who hasnoCovid symptoms, basedinGiza.“Thereisusuallysome were surprised whenMumbai Indians Ronaldowill needtotestnegativelateon has missedthree gamessofar. mockery at the beginning,” the 36- tweetedoutpicturesof Sharmabattingatnets Tuesday, 24 hours before being allowedtofea- year-old, said “But then theyrealise hoursafterselection.Theselectioncommittee ture."Tomorrow(Wednesday)morning we that theywilllearn something,that wasunder the impression that Sharma will will count the number of players available," Pirlo has defensive worries with captain theywilldevelop their skills.” She missIPL games in order to getfit forthe continuedPirlo. Giorgio Chiellini, and Matthijs De Ligt out but said she wasthe firstEgyptian coach Australiatour.TheIndianteamisscheduledto "Dependingonthe result, we'll see what fellowcentrebackLeonardo Bonucci'sthigh -maleorfemale -togainthe Premier playits firstgame in Australia on November we do. It's noteasy to playanentiregameaf- strain willbeevaluatedon Wednesdaymorn- Skills Coach Educator status, certi- 27.Itremainsto beseenif Sharmawilltake any ter15daysofinactivity." ing. "Theseare the matchesthat everyone fied by England’sPremier League. further partinthe IPL. Ronaldo, who has no symptoms, has would liketoplay. We have this opportunity Football remains an overwhelmingly Patelhad consulted twootherspecialist missedthree games including his side's2-0 and we can't wait to test ourselvesagainst male sportinEgypt. “I would tell her doctorsonSharma injuryand both advised Champions League win at Dynamo Kievlast Barcelona," said Pirlo. nottogo. Shewouldsay: ‘No, Iwill rest forthreemoreweeks,sourcesintheboard week.The clashwould be the firstbetween "It's notadecisive game, but we still want go.’ She lovedthe sport,” said said. Amedical report wassubmitted to the Ronaldoand Messi since the Portugal forward to see what our value is."Argentina forward Heidar’smother, Khodra selectorsheadedbyformerIndiaspinnerSunil leftReal Madrid forJuventus in 2018. Paulo Dybala remains "a bit tired"after play- Abdelrahman.“Ilet hergoand Joshi. The five member selection committee These pictureofRohitSharma at thenetswas postedbyMumbai Indians’ official "For 15 years, Messi and Ronaldo have ing for90minutesinhis firstmatchinover prayed that Godhelp her. And she went by Indian team physio Patel's expertad- Twitter handle on Monday. done great things," said former Italyand three months lastSundayagainstVerona. did go,and she hasdonesowell.” vice anddidn’tname Sharma in the squad. Juventusmidfielder Pirlo. "For the firsttime, "It's normal afterthe firstgameasa "Patel had submitted adetailed fitness re- I'll be taking on Messi as acoach, I'll treat him starter. He'll have time to recoverand play portofevery player. It's anormal procedure feredthe injuryonOctober 18,during the He can continue to be in the bio bubble with with the enormous respect that he deserves." tomorrownight." Twopositiveinlatest whereIndian team physio informs the board MumbaiIndiansgameagainstChennaiSuper the team, in air-travel and in Australianhotel. EPLCOVID-19tests andselectioncommitteeaboutwhichplayeris Kingsand hasn’tplayedsince. That’s the plan,still,”the source said. ‘Not adecisive game’ Ole confident fitand whichplayerisnot.The selectors were This is the second time this year that Messi, 33,has featured in four victorious Ole GunnarSolskjaer says Manchester The Premier League said on Monday informedthatRohitwillbenot availableforse- Hopeful that Sharma can travel Sharmahasbeensidelinedbyaninjury. Hehad campaigns forBarcelona, while Ronaldo has United will have virtuallyafullsquad to that twopeople had returnedpositive lection due to injury. He even submittedtwo to Australia with team to leave midway from NewZealand in wonthe Champions League five times, four choose from forWednesday’s UEFA resultsinits latestround of COVID-19 expert doctors’ advice who both said Rohit February, andmisstheODIandTest seriesdue with Real Madrid and once with Manchester ChampionsLeaguematchagainst RB Leipzig. testsconducted on players and staff needsrest fortwo to three,"aBCCIofficialsaid. The Indian board is hopeful thatSharma to an injuryonhis leftcalf. United.Messihas sixBallond'Or titles with Centre-back Eric Baillyand midfielder lastweek.The league said the individ- willcontinuetorecoverand can join the rest Ronaldo claiming five. Jesse Lingardare likelytobethe onlyabsen- uals who had tested positive forthe Social mediastorm of the team and travel to Australia at the end Three selectors’ term ended However, Ronaldo has 130Champions tees forthe Group Hclash, meaning that, bar- novelcoronavirus would nowself-iso- Thepicturesand videosharedby Mumbai of theIPL.Withbio-securebubbleandair-bub- TheBCCIhasinformedthreeselectorsJatin league goals to Messi's 116. ring anylateincidents, the likes of Edinson latefor 10 days.“...between Monday19 Indianstriggeredastorm of criticism. "If he is blesplannedbythecharteredflightfromDubai Paranjpe,SarandeepSinghandDevangGandhi "It's clear that anyteam would miss a Cavani and Mason Greenwood should be October and Sunday25October,1,609 in the nets,then honestlyIdon’t knowwhat to Australia, theyare hopeful that Sharmacan that theirterm has ended and their services playerlikeCristiano,"said Brazil defender available to play. players and club staffweretestedfor kind of injuryitis. Ithink alittle bit of trans- travel with the team. won't be required further.Thesethree selec- Danilo at the pre-matchpress conference. Of course, AnthonyMartial is alsoavail- COVID-19. Of these, thereweretwo parency,alittlebitof opennessaboutwhatac- It will alsohelpSharmatoquarantine and tors completedtheir four-year term as senior "But we have faith in everyplayeronthe able forselection despitehis domestic ban still newpositivetests,”thePremier League tuallyistheproblemwithhimwillhelpevery- stay in the bubble with the rest of the team in selectors. The BCCI will nowinviteapplica- team. We have peoplewho want to do well being in force, while AlexTelles andAxel said in astatement. Atotal of 44 peo- body,”Sunil Gavaskar told Star Sports, a Australia,recoverfromhis injury, andtrain tionsfor selectors in the coming months to fill and help us have agreat match." Tuanzebecould be calledupon. ple have testedpositive forthevirus in sentimentthatwassharedby manyfansinthe there. Once fit, he can playthe practice games up the three posts.With no India Atours and Messi has won16oftheir35encounters KEY FIXTURES: eight rounds of testing since the new social media. and can getmatch fit, aluxury that won’t be nointernationalassignmentinthenearfuture, to Ronaldo's 10,withthe remaining nine end- Man United vs Leipzig league campaignbegan on Sept.12. TheselectioncommitteeandIndianboard available to himinIndia. boardwill take itstimeinhaving anew ap- ing in draws.The pair has onlymet five times Juventus vs Barcelona Therehavebeen morethan 900,000 nowsay that theyhad no clue about Sharma “Theinjury as of nowismanageable.We pointeeinplace. in Champions League games, mostrecently LiveonSonyTen Network,1:30 am COVID-19infections and over 44,000 resuminghisbattingpractice.Sharmahadsuf- arehopefulthathecan travel with the team. in the semi-final in 2011. (Thursday) deathsin theUnitedKingdom,accord- ing to aReuters tally. Agueroruledoutfor Warner&Bros’ near-perfect show keeps Sunrisers alive twotofourweeks Indian spinners have traditionallybeen un- His107-run partnership (58 balls) with Saha City striker Sergio Aguerohas been SYNOPSIS comfortable againstbatsmen who playthe laid the foundation foranimposingtotal. ruledout of Tuesday’s Champions Synopsis: Saha, the guest of POINTSTABLE sweep shotwell. Saha is atop playeragainst Rabada, the current Purple Cap holder,re- League trip to Olympique Marseille honour. Khan putsthe cherry Team Matches Won Lost NR Points spin andbeing someone who knows Indian turnedwith 0/54 from his four overs. through ahamstringinjuryand could on top MI 11 74014 spinnersinside out, the ’keeper-batsman be outofactionfor twotofour weeks, RCB 11 74014 usedthe sweep to upsetthe rhythm of the Cherry on top manager Pepsaid .Aguerowas with- DC 12 75014 Delhi Capitals spinners. And oncehegot go- DC lostShikhar Dhawanand Marcus drawnathalftime in Saturday’s 1-1 KXIP 12 66012 ing, Saha wasterrific againstpace as well. A Stoinis in the firsttwo oversoftheir chase Premier League draw at West Ham SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY KKR 12 66012 pull againstKagisoRabada and aloftedoff- and the onlytimetheylookedtobeputting United with Guardiola confirming OCTOBER27 SRH 12 57010 drive againstAnrichNortjeweregorgeous. up afight waswhen AjinkyaRahaneand the 32-year-old sufferedamuscular RR 12 57010 Be it the Indian team or his IPL franchise, Shimron Hetmyerwereplaying with intent. problem, onlyaweek aftermaking SUNRISERS HYDERABADneededastrong CSK 12 4808 Saha seems to be always walking a Hetmyertook consecutive boundaries off his firststart of the seasonfollowing performance to laythe ghostoftheir batting Wriddhiman Saha reachedhis half- tightrope. In awin-or-bustgamefor SRH, he Jason Holder.Rahane played abrilliant front- kneesurgery.“It depends on the in- chokeagainstKingsXIPunjab to rest.Theyre- centuryin27deliveries and endedup probablydidn’t have the licence to fail.Saha foot pull forasix. But Rashid Khan came and jury. We expect 10-15days forsure sponded superblytotrounce Delhi Capitals scoring a45-ball87. BCCI snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, some reachedhis half-centuryin27deliveriesand castledHetmyer offhis firstball. Four balls minimum,oritcould be threeweeks by 88 runs. Chasing 220 forvictory, DC folded changes became imperative. Jonny ende up scoring a45-ball 87. later,agooglytrappedRahane leg-before. or amonth,” Guardiolatoldre- up for131 in 19 overs. SRH livedtofight an- Bairstow’s exclusion,though,threw up a Warnerplayedthe initial gig and allowed The leggie returnedwith figures of 3/7 from porters.“Whenyou areout forfour other daywith10pointsfrom12games, while the guestofhonour.Saha has been playing surprise. Saha wascalledupon to open the his openingpartner to bed in.Untilthis four overs to put the cherry on topafter the or five months with akneeproblem, DC have nowsufferedthree back-to-back the waiting game. This wasonlyhis second inningswithWarner. match,Warner’s battinginthisIPL looked battingblitz by Saha and Warner. youalwayshaveariskwhen you losses. With 14 pointsfrom12matches, DC, game this IPL. His previous matchwas His startwas atad agricultural. Astreaky to be alittle cagey.OnTuesday, he grabbed BRIEF SCORES: Sunrisers Hyderabad come back. “Wetriedtohandle it the however, arestillwellpoisedtoreachPlayoffs. againstKolkataKnight Riders morethana boundaryand acouple of mistimedshots the game by the scruffofthe neck.The SRH 219/2 (Saha 87,Warner 66;Ashwin 1/35) best as possible, (playing him)50-55 month ago. Then again, Saha’s career has al- were partofhis bedding-in period.But once captain targeted Rabada and a22-run over, beat Delhi Capitals 131all out (Pant 36, minutesinthe games, but it wasnot Saha, the guestofhonour ways been about playing the waiting game. he got intothe groove,Sahadazzled. He used whichtook his team’s scoreto77/0 at the Rahane 26; Khan 3/7) by 88 runs. enough to maintainitand gethim Birthdayboy David Warner threw a Aftertheir batting implosion againstKings the sweep shotagainst Ravichandran end of the Powerplay, made aserious im- CSKvsKKR through the games. REUTERS partyinDubai.But Wriddhiman Saha was XI Punjab that sawSunrisers Hyderabad Ashwin and Axar Pateltofantasticeffect. pact. Warner’s 34-ball 66 wasgold standard. Star Sports, 7:30pm OFF COURT, IN COURT Whyistennis great Becker in middle of alegal battle

trophies from the 1985 and 1989 Did Beckermakeany attemptstogather pointed theSport andCultureAttache to the Libyanleader Muammar Gaddafi. SHAHIDJUDGE Championships, along with his Australian funds? European Union by the CentralAfrican MUMBAI,OCTOBER27 Open titlesfrom1991and 1996. Yes.HeheldanauctionthatbeganinJune Republic(CAR). Is this Becker's firstcase of debt? He's also been accusedofhiding over 2018.Theideawastoraisefundstorepaythe Accordingto rulesestablishedatthe1961 Sinceheretired in 1999,the German UNTILTHREE years ago, Boris Beckerwas at GBP 1million (overINR 9.6crore)inbank debtby sellingmemorabiliafromhisplaying Vienna Convention,internationaldiplomats has struggledwith his finances -beit the pinnacle of tennis. As NovakDjokovic's accounts, along with transferring "hun- days -including trophies and kits. In all, he areimmunefrompersecutioninahostcoun- through alimonyorfailedbusinesses. coach, he helpedthe WorldNo. 1win six dredsofthousands of pounds" in the ac- had 82 items up forsale. try-which includes criminal and civilpro- During his playing days,hewon USD GrandSlamtitles-completingaCareerGrand countsofhis former wifeBarbaraBecker, The mostexpensive pur- ceedings. 25,080,956 in prize money, according to Slam. In away,itreflected hisown genius and estranged wifeSharlely'Lilly' Becker, as chase washis US Open trophy However, Cherubin his ATPprofile, and therehavebeenesti- whenhewas aplayer. But justassudden as reportedbythe BBC. from 1989, whichhewon by Moroubama, CARforeign min- mates that his total wealth might have hisriseintennis-becomingtheyoungestever Furthermore, the six-time GrandSlam beatingIvanLendl in the final. istry'schiefofstaff,toldAgence- crossedUSD 130million(over INR 958 Wimbledon champion at 17 in 1985 -the champion had failedtodiscloseproperty in It soldinJuly2019for GBP FrancePresse(AFP):"Thediplo- crore, by today's exchangerate) through downfall wasjustasrapid. London,hishometown LeimeninGermany, 150,250 (INR 1.44 crore).He maticpassportthat(Becker)has endorsement deals. Lastweek,the52-year-oldwasaccusedin and afew moreabroad. alsomanagedto sellareplicaof is afake." In 2001 however, the German govern- aLondoncourtoffailingtosubmit his Grand The next hearing will be in September Beckerhas been fightinglegal battles aDavis Cup trophyhewon, for He further explainedthat ment had accusedhim of taxevasion esti- Slam trophies to repayhis debts. He's been next year. since filingfor bankruptcyin2017. GBP52,100(justoverINR 50 the serial number on the pass- mated betweenGBP 3.2million to GBP10 fighting legal battles since filing forbank- lakh). portBeckerpossessedwasfrom million (overINR 30 croreand INR 96 crore ruptcy in 2017.Therehavebeen quiteafew When did he file forbankruptcy? Inall,theauctionraisedoverGBP680,000 abatchthatwasstolenin2014.Furthermore, respectively,accordingtotoday'sexchange twists in Becker's financial saga. Beckerfiledfor bankruptcy at aLondon askedthebankto delayfilingalawsuitagainst (INR6.5 crore). Moroubama assertedthat the position the rate). At thetime,Beckerhad claimedhe courtinJune2017. At thetime,heowedapri- him for28days.Inthe interim, he hopedto German claimedhehad from the CAR"does wasliving at his home in Monaco -atax- What has he been accusedof? vate banking firm, ArbuthnotLatham &Co, sellhispropertyinMallorcato repayapartof What all has he done to avoid the lawsuit notexist." free haven. However, he had reportedly Atotal of 28 chargeshavebeen levied what The Guardian estimated wasaround thedebt. from the bank? Curiously,there have been ahostofin- been seen oftenathis apartment in againstBeckeratthe SouthwarkCrown GBP 3.3 million (overINR 31 crore). However, thebank's registrarreportedly Themosteye-raisingoftheGerman'sat- dividuals whohavecited diplomatic im- Munich, leading investigators to believe he CourtinLondon. Oneofthe chargesin- He had allegedlycrossedthe repayment refused, statingthat"(one)has the impres- tempts wasclaiming diplomatic immunity. munity from CARtoavoid prosecution in had indeedbeen stayinginGermany,and cludes failuretoproduce his Wimbledon deadline by over twoyears in 2017,and had sion of aman withhis head in the sand." InApril2018,Beckerclaimedhehadbeenap- Europe, including aformer advisor to washence subjecttoGermantaxes.

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