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THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Encounters PUNE,LATECITY with the Empire OCTOBER4,2020 Mahatma Gandhi’slegacy 14PAGES,`5.00 looms large over the Rashtrapati Bhavan DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 11,12 ,13 Damage control in Hathras: UP Govt CUTS MANALI-LEH DISTANCE BY 46 KM seeks CBI probe, lifts village lockdown PMopensAtaltunnel, Familysays won’t take narco test;DGP, saysdelayedborder Addl Chief Secy (Home) visit them

JIGNASASINHA projectsonfasttrack &AMILBHATNAGAR SUNDAY HATHRAS,OCTOBER3 STORY DaulatBeg Oldie airstrip closedfor 40-50 years…what THE UTTAR Pradesh govern- PAGE 8 ment Saturdayrecommendeda wasthe compulsion? IAF openedit, no political will: Modi CBI investigation intothe entire chain of eventsinthe Hathras as- sault and alleged gangrape case, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE including her hurriedcremation SHIMLA,OCTOBER3 without the family's presence. Chief MinisterYogi FORLONG, the country’s secu- Adityanath announcedthe CBI Looking fora rity was “compromised,” border probeafter going through are- infrastructureprojectsdelayed portsubmitted by Additional 19-year-old and demands by security forces Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Hergrieving family,a formodern gear and equipment Kumar Awasthi and Director village riven by deep ignored,Prime Minister General of Police HCAwasthy, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadratries to stop Uttar Pradesh Police personnel from NarendraModi said Saturdayas who visited the victim's family fault lines, and asordid lathi-charging her party workers at the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. She washeading to he inaugurated the 9.2-km-long in their villageinHathras district drama by police,admn Hathras with Rahul Gandhi when the scuffle took place. PTI Atal tunnel at Rohtang. on Saturdayand metlocal rep- take over the narrative Without naming anyperson resentatives. or party,hesaid demands for The visit by the twoofficers modern fighter aircraft, ammu- followedlifting of the blockade and the DGP held aftertheyhad BJP IT head tweets her video; illegal nition, modern rifles, bulletproof PM NarendraModi with (from left) Lt Gen Harpal Singh, BRO around the village, imposedfol- spent around half-an-hour with jackets, extreme cold weather DG, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh, Himachal Pradesh CM Jai lowing the cremation of the 19- the family, Awanish Awasthi if she’s rape victim, says NCW chief gear were shelved. “File pe file, file RamThakur at the inauguration of the tunnel, Saturday. PTI year-old around 3amon said, "The CM has constituted an pe file. Kabhi file kholtethhe, kabhi Wednesdayorganisedbythe po- SIT headedbysenior officials and tweet, NCWChairperson Rekha Women Vimla Batham also told file ke saathkheltethe (file afterfile, lice. Asked about the cremation awoman officer.Statementsby ESHAROY Sharma told The SundayExpress: The SundayExpress that she had file afterfile… sometimes they cause of anypolitical willpower,” troops mobilisedineastern during his visit, DGP Awasthi the familyhavealready been &AVANEESHMISHRA “If she is arape victim, then the notseen the video, but if it dis- openedafile, sometimes they he told agathering in the pres- Ladakh by providing an almost told the media, "That's whythis takenbythe investigating team. NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, incident of tweeting the video is closedthe woman's identity,it playedaround with the file).” ence of Defence MinisterRajnath all-weather connectivity be- action (the setting up of an SIT) Iassureyou, everypoint raised OCTOBER3 reallyveryunfortunateand is was"definitelyobjectionable" He said the crucial Daulat Beg Singh, Chief of Defence Staff tween Manali and Leh during has been taken." by the familywill be investigated also absolutelyillegal." and the commission would take Oldie airstrip in Ladakh lay General Bipin Rawat, Armychief the long, harsh winter months. The familytold The Sunday by the SIT.Whoeverthe culprits THE NATIONAL Commission for Under Indian Penal Code pro- cognizance and serveMalviyaa closedfor 40-50 years —aban- General MM Naravane and The tunnel is the newest ad- Express theywill nottakethe are, strictestofaction will be Women (NCW) has said it would visions, anyone who reveals the notice. donedinthe mid-1960s, it was Defence SecretaryAjayKumar at dition to the Indian listoffrontier polygraph and narco teststhat takenagainstthem." look intothe tweetbyBJP IT head identity of aperson who is avic- The BJP leader tweetedthe revivedin2008bythe IAF. the tunnel’s southern portalat infrastructure, the construction the stategovernment hadsaid it CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Amit Malviyasharing avideo of tim of sexual assault or sus- 48-second video on Friday, writ- “What wasthe compulsion Dhundhi near Manali. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 would conduct on all those in- the 19-year-old Hathras Dalit pected to be one can be impris- ing, “Hathras victim’s interaction (majboori)? What wasthe pres- The tunnel’s opening, amid volvedinthe case, including the woman who diedafter she was onedfor up to twoyears. with areporteroutside AMU sure?…The fact is that the Air the ongoing India-China stand- police officers investigating it. MORE REPORTS brutallyassaulted and allegedly Chairperson of the Uttar whereshe claimedtherewas an Forcewas able to restartitdue to offalong the Line of Actual RELATED REPORT At apress conference that he PAGE 3 gangraped. Asked about the Pradesh StateCommission for CONTINUEDONPAGE2 itsown determination, notbe- Control, is going to help sustain PAGE 6 WORLD Rajasthan rape charges: After Opp On Ladakh road, Army memorial TRUMP’S HEALTH RAISES CONCERNS DESPITE HIS criticism, family gets legal help for 20 soldiers killed in Galwan DOCTOR’S WORD THAT HE IS DOING EXPRESS NETWORK forfreelegal aid. Following that, WELL DEEPMUKHERJEE we have appointed senior advo- KRISHNKAUSHIK BARAN,OCTOBER3 MPRAPE:DAYAFTER cateKamlesh Dubey,who will NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 ADVANCE VOTING providelegalaidto thefamilyand BEGINS IN NEW CAUGHT IN THE HATHRAS SUICIDE,ACTION willmonitorthecaseuntilitscon- THE ARMY has erected amemo- ZEALAND ELECTION firestorm whichhas put pres- AGAINST3COPS clusion,” DLSA Secretaryand rial to commemoratethe 20 sureonthe Yogi Adityanath gov- PAGE 6 Additional District and Sessions Indian soldiers who had died PAGE 7 ernment in Uttar Pradesh, an al- Judge, Baran, ShivKumartold The fighting Chinese troops near leged case of rape of twominor SundayExpress on Saturday. Patrolling Point 14 (PP14) in east- sisters in Rajasthan’s Baran dis- MinisterAshok Gehlotfor lackof In the Baran incident, what ern Ladakh on June 15.The me- TELLS SC IN AFFIDAVIT trict, 275kmfromJaipur,has cre- sensitivity in the Baran case, the attracted the Opposition irewas morial mentions the names of all ated apolitical storm in the District Legal Services Authority the rejection by alocal courtof 20 soldiers who had gone to re- The memorial on the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie road. ANI Govt decides to waive Congress-ruledstate. (DLSA)inBaran appointed asen- an application by the familyof move Chinese tentsonthe Indian With the BJP mounting an at- ior advocatetoextend legal aid the minor girls to re-recordtheir side of the Line of Actual Control, tack on Chief MinisterAshok to the familyofthe minor girls. statementsunder Section 164, but were killedinahand-to-hand Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie “on 15th June 2020 at Galwan interest on interest Gehlotand the National “We had receivedanapplica- Code of Criminal Procedure, be- combat with rivaltroops. road, mentions the details of the Valley, Col BSantosh Babu Commission forWomen on tion from the twominor girls fore amagistrate. The plaque at the memorial, incident. Commanding Officer 16 Bihar for loans up to Rs 2cr Saturdaycriticising Chief throughtheSakhiKendrainBaran CONTINUEDONPAGE2 whichissituated along the “Op SnowLeopard”, it states, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 STATE EXTENDS BANK GUARANTEES TO CO-OP SUGAR MILLS Blanket waiver will hit survival, this Being forced to name is over stimulus announced: Govt List reflects political realignment: More BJP-led Ranbir, Rampal, Morea: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Interest NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 mills, but NCP-led mills get higher amount accused in NCB probe E staysbut ● bigrelief

STATINGTHATacomplete EXPLAINED 38 mills to raise the necessary is with The Indian Express,shows waiver of interestfor loan repay- PARTHASARATHIBISWAS short-duration loans. that the total amount of bank SADAFMODAK& EXPRESS NETWORK mentsduring the moratorium THIS IS abig relief to PUNE,OCTOBER3 The stategovernment hadin- guaranteesanctionedforthemills MOHAMEDTHAVER period would affect the very sur- MSME and personal loan structed the sugar commissioner has worked out to be Rs 371.57 MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 AIIMSBOARDRULES vivalofbanksand createprob- borrowers. But borrowers AHEADOFthe2020-21sugarcane to examine eachproposal and fix crore.Of the38proposalsforbank OUTMURDERIN lems fordepositors, the Centre will have to paythe inter- crushing season, the way the guarantee amount to be ex- guarantees,eightwere rejectedas AFORMER executive producer SUSHANTSINGH has told the Supreme Courtthat estontheir outstanding Maharashtra'spoliticalforcesim- tendedtothe mills. Basedonthe thesemillswere alreadyfacingac- of Dharmatic Entertainment, a RAJPUTCASE PAGE 6 it has decidedtowaive com- loans forthe moratorium pact itssugar sector is once again availability of cane and the com- tion from banksunder the sisterconcern of Karan Johar’s pound interestonMSME and period theyopted for. evident in the listofcooperative 30 mills made it to final list. binedcrushing capacity of the SecuritisationandReconstruction Dharma Productionswho was personal loans up to Rs 2crore Bankswon’t add that in- sugar mills that have received mills, the commissioner had of Financial Assets and arrested lastweek,told acourt “professional manner”. forthe six-month period. terest component to the stategovernment guarantees to madeaproposalto extendbank Enforcementof SecuritiesInterest on Saturdaythat he wasforced “Ihavebeen repeatedly ha- In an affidavit filedinthe top principal outstanding at raise funds from banksfor their works, had sought supportfrom guaranteeto onlyfourmillsforan Act, 2002. by officials of the Narcotics rassedandcoercedintofalselyim- court, the Union Finance the end of the moratorium operations. While the govern- the stategovernment,asking it to amount of Rs 90 crore. Of the 30 mills that made it to Control Bureau(NCB) to falsely plicating Dino Morea, Arjun Ministrysaid that “aftercareful to calculatefresh EMI at ment has stood guarantee for stand guarantee so that the mills Subsequently, acommittee the final list, 12 aremanaged by implicateactors Ranbir Kapoor, Rampal and Ranbir Kapoor in the consideration and weighing all current interestrate. moremills managed by BJP lead- couldtake loansfrombanks.After headedbyDeputy Chief Minister BJP leaders, nine by NCPleaders, Arjun Rampal and Dino Morea. present proceedings despiteme possible options, the... ers, the amount sanctionedto the government agreed, the Ajit Pawarreviewedthe propos- fourby Congressleadersandthree KshitijPrasad had earlier said repeatedly stating that Idonot Government... has decidedthat NCP-ledmills is muchhigher. MaharashtraState Cooperative als and came up with afresh one, by ShivSenaleaders.Twomillsare theNCB had forced him to impli- knowthe said persons and have the relief on waiver of com- be limited to the mostvulnera- Cooperative sugarmills,which Sugar Factories Federation had whichwas cleared by the state managed by amixed body with cateJohar.The agency had de- noknowledge of suchallegations,” pound interestduring the six- ble categoryofborrowers”. needpreseasonal loans to payfor worked out an amount of Rs cabinetrecently. leaders of various parties. nieditstating that the investiga- Prasad said in an application month moratorium period shall CONTINUEDONPAGE2 harvesting labour and other 1,128.6croreasbankguaranteefor The proposal, acopyofwhich CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tion wasbeing carriedout in a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In uncle’s backyard, student finds stone linking Kerala to Roman empire

PAGE 1 one of the trenches in her uncle artatthe TorVergata University the backwaters of the Periyar CenturyAD, Muziris disap- ring, with the Sphinx on it, have ANCHOR KSSukumaran’s backyard. of Rome, confirmedCherian’s in- river, could be Muziris —the leg- peared.Thereare severaltheo- reachedMuziris? "Thereare nu- As he brushedthe sand off, P stinct:the 1.2-cm-long banded endaryportcity that thrived ries about this, among them that, merous possibilities —mer- JCherian, director of PAMA agate, aprecious stone found in sometime between the 1stcen- with the decline of the Roman chantsand traders could have Institute, aKerala-basedTrust the Indian Subcontinent, was turyBCand 4th centuryAD. empire, itskey trading partner, brought it. Anyway,therewasn't UMAVISHNU that’s carrying out the excava- from aseal-ring, very similar to Muziris, the ‘Emporia of the the portcity fell intodisuse. justone royal seal; therewould NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 tion, knewthe 'button' wasno the kind worn by Augustus East’,flourishedaftertheRomans Another hypothesis is that acat- have been thousands. Theywere ordinaryfind. Thereemergeda Caesar,the firstRoman emperor, conquered Egypt, and rose to be- aclysmic flood in the Periyar in usedbythe emperor himself and “IT’S Abutton… Ifound abut- glorious she-Sphinx, the Greek who reignedfrom27BCuntil his come akey centrefor trade be- 1341 silted the Muziris harbour, those whom he authorised, to be ton!” Pravitha PAsaid, holding mythical creatureknown forits death in AD 14. tween the RedSea and Indian leaving it toonarrowfor ships. usedasastamp,instead of asig- up the small,ovalbead-button. magical powers. The gemstone with the Oceanregions—sendingoutpep- The Sphinx thatturnedupin nature,” says Cherian, adding that The Class 12 student, one of the Aseriesofcorrespondences Sphinx, along with the head of a per,precious stones, silk,beads, acorner of Sukumaran’s plotis there's another "strong possibil- volunteers at the excavation site with experts over the next three small Greco-Roman statuette ivoryandpotterytoWestAsiaand the biggestfind from the latest ity" —that the Sphinx waspro- in Pattanam, avillagein months, including with Dr Giulia found on Sukumaran’s ploton The she-Sphinx carved on abandedagate stone; the Greco- Rome, and importing gold coins, round of excavations —the tenth ducedatPattanam. Ernakulam district of Kerala, had Rocca, who teaches archeology April 25, is further evidence that Roman statuettehead, found in Pattanam in April. Express glass,wineandwheatfromthere. since 2007. “Wastageofthe banded been sieving the soil dug out of and history of Greek and Roman Pattanam, the small villageby Then, sometime in the 4th Howcould aRoman seal- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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BJP IT head housing, auto,consumption to their positions as of April end. Probe looks and consumer durable loans, attempt to strangulateher neck. personal loans to professionals Opening Atal tunnel, PM slams neglect of key infra Sugar mills at role of None of it is to take away from and credit carddues of up to Rs The remaining twomills are the atrocity of the crime but un- 2crore. of whichhas riledChina which, and labourers. He said the tun- launchedinSeptember after he said. managed by abody with no fair to colour it and demean the The affidavit comes in re- over the years, has built an ex- nelwouldhave takenanother20 hanging fire since 1934,and the Modi said that reforms are known political affiliations. SPO posted gravity of one heinous crime sponse to apetition seeking a tensive networkofroadsrightup years had work notbeen expe- Bogibeel Setu wascommis- being brought to promote in- But it's the NCP-ledmills againstanother...” waiver of the interest. to the LACand the McMahon dited after2014. sionedin2018. digenous production of whichhavemanagedto getstate in Srinagar In the video, the woman can The Government said it will Line, stretching from Ladakhto Former Prime MinisterAtal The Prime Ministersaid weapons in tune with 'Makein guarantees forthe maximum be seen lying on the ground, her seek due authorisation from Arunachal Pradesh. Bihari Vajpayeelaid the founda- thereweredozens of suchcru- India',andthelong-awaitedpost amount -- Rs 152.97crore for face clearly visible. Till late Parliament formaking “appro- The tunnel under the Pir tionstonefortheapproachroad cial border infrastructureproj- of ChiefofDefencestaffhasbeen nine mills – muchhigher than MUZAMILJALEEL Saturdaynight, the video was priategrantsinthis regard”and Panjal range – it is the world’s to the tunnel in 2002 but the ectslyingneglecteduntilhisgov- created. the 138.43 crorefor the 12 mills NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 still up on Malviya's Twitter ac- this “shall be over and above the longesthighway tunnel above project wasdelayedafter his ernmentcameto power. Hesaid It has been made compul- managed by BJP leaders. count. supportofRs. 3.7 lakh croreto thealtitudeof 10,000feet(3000 tenureand only1.3 km of the in the lastsix years, the BROhas sorytobuy severalparts and Mills managed by ShivSena BODIES OF three Rajouri labour- Malviyadid notrespond to MSMEs, Rs 70,000 crorefor metres) -- cutsthe distance be- road wasbuilt until 2013-14, been building infrastructure equipment from domestic in- and Congress leaders receivedRs ers, killedinShopian on July18 calls and messages. In another home loans, etc... extended tweenManaliandLehby 46km, Modi said. with full forceand avastroad dustries and their importhas 26.81crore and Rs 33.09 crore, by the Armywhichcalledthem tweetlateonFriday, he said, through the Garib Kalyanand and driving time by four hours. Hesaidthespeedofblasting networkhas been created near beenbanned,whileIndia'sinsti- respectively,inway of bank guar- terrorists before admitting there "Whyare some people hell bent AatmaNirbhar packages”. It’s aboon forresidentsof of thetunnelwasincreasedfrom the border areas. tutesarebeingofferedincentives antees. was “prima facie evidence indi- on giving Hathrascrime, colour Arguing againstablanket Lahaul and Spiti Valleywho re- 300mper year to 1,400mper “Whether it's Kargil, Sikkim, so that foreign investment and It is no secret that ruling par- cating that during the operation, of asexual assault, when neither waiver,the government said the main cut offfromthe rest of year after2013-14. Delays Arunachal Pradesh or Ladakh, technology comes to India's de- ties in Maharashtra – astate powers vested under the AFSPA the victim nor her mother’s ini- word "moratorium" is categori- Himachal Pradesh fornearly six pushedupthe costfromRs950 dozens of projectshavebeen fence industry, he said. wherepolitical leadershave were exceeded”, were exhumed tial statementsand notasingle callydefinedbythe RBI in vari- months due to snow. croretoaround Rs 3,200crore. completedandroads,bridgesare “We have to enhanceourin- heavy stakes in the sugar sector - in Baramulla Saturdayand reportbyvarious medical agen- ous circulars and “wasnever in- Thoughthefoundationstone Flaggingthetunnelasoneof being built quickly,”hesaid. frastructure, our economicand -haveusedgovernment largesse handedovertotheir families. cies indicatearape? Is aphysical tendedtobe"waiver of interest" of the tunnel waslaid by then thekeyelementsofthestrategic “The selfishness of those strategicpoweratthesamepace to sugar mills forleverage. While The J&K Police and Armyhave assault leading to her death any but "deferment of interest". UPAchairperson Sonia Gandhi infrastructureupgrade that will whowere inpoweruntildaybe- atwhichIndia'sglobalroleispro- the NCP-Congress government instituted their owninquiries, less of acrime?" “Afteraverycareful and ma- in July 2010,itwas wrackedby help secure “security and pros- fore yesterdaystoppedour mil- gressing. Self-confidence in had extendedsimilar guarantees but questions remain —fromthe Malviyaalso shared atweet jor consideration of severalfiscal delays,missing severaldead- perity,” thePrime Minister said itarycapabilities from growing AatmaNirbhar Bharat is today to mills during its15-year-long mysterydetention of aSpecial by the national in-charge of BJP and financial criteria, itsin- lines. Calling it a"historic" day, the government had restarted and damaged them. These peo- partofthe common person's term, the practice wasadopted Police Officer to the Army’s claim Mahila Morchasocial media, evitable effectsand keeping the Modi expressedhis gratitude to severaloldprojectscrucialforse- ple had even prepared to pack mentality.AtalTunnel is asym- by the DevendraFadnanvis-led about the “encounter” in Priti Gandhi, saying, "Can you uncertainty of the existing situa- those who had worked hardfor curing the borders. our Tejas fighter planes in abox. bol of suchself-confidence,” he BJP-Sena government as well. AmshiporainShopian, the killing elaboratewhichlaw is violatedif tion in mind, the payment of in- the project -- jawans, engineers The Kosi rail bridgewas Today, thesituationischanging,” said. In the months before the of three “terrorists”and the re- video of the victim is posted?? terest and interestoninterest stateAssembly elections last coveryof “arms and ammunition Notone reportsuggests that she wasmerelydeferredand was year,anumber of sugar barons and IED material”. wassexuallyassaulted.Itisonly neverwaived”, the ministrysaid. UP govt seeks CBI probe, lifts village lockdown switchedparties, but manyof The SPO detainedbyJ&K afiction of Lutyen media’s imag- It said that borrowers have these political calculations went Police is FayazAhmad Rather, ination. Arewegovernedby rule understood the difference be- The familyasked whythey come out”. “If theyare guilty, The familyalso reiterated phones. He told us that he awry when the Congress, NCP working at the Rajbagh police of laworthe hallucinations of a tween the waiver and deferment had notbeen providedlegal punish them as youdeem fit. that the district authorities had knows what we saytothe me- andSenajoinedhands to form mess in Srinagar and attachedto few??!!" and “therefore, amajority of the counsel so far. “We came to But theyshould be givena forced them to stay inside their dia. We arescared that our the government. aDySPwith the counter-insur- The UP Police has said foren- borrowers (morethan 50 per- knowthat the lawyer of chance, because we know home fortwo days,with phones arebeing tapped. We gency Special Operations Group. sic testsonthe woman didn't cent) have in fact nottaken ben- Nirbhaya (the 2012 Delhi gan- what happened,” said arela- around 50 policemen parked told him that we won’t give our Roman empire From Seri Chauhana village showevidence of rape. In astate- efit of the moratorium”. grape victim) wanted to meet tive,Hariom. outside, and accusedHathras phones to him,” said the agateprecious stone (on which of Poonchdistrict, Rather,ac- ment recordedbeforeamagis- If the interestiswaivedonall us, but the police didn’t lether The woman's familysaid District MagistratePraveen woman’s elder brother (28). the Sphinx wascarved)was cording to his family, wastaken trateonSeptember 22, aftershe the loans and advances forall come. Howare we supposedto the DGP and Additional Chief Kumar Laxkar of pressuring The woman’s sister-in-law found in the same trench, along by police around amonth ago. had regainedconsciousness, the classes and categories of borrow- fight the four accusedwithout Secretaryhad assured them of them to changetheir state- said, “He (the DM) told us that with cameo blanks, indicating Asked about Rather,IGP 19-year-old, however, had said ers, the amount would be more legal counsel?” said her afair investigation. "Theysaid mentsand threatening to con- we should be happywith the that therewas alapidarywork- (Kashmir) VijayKumar said: she had been rapedduring the than Rs 6lakh crore, the govern- brother. theywill help us and the ac- fiscatetheir phones. compensation the govern- shop in Pattanam 2,000 years “SPO has notbeen arrested.He assault on September 14. ment pointed out. About the narco test,he cusedwill be punished. When “On Thursday, the SIT team ment has givenus. He said the ago,” he says. musthavebeen calledfor ques- Section 228A of the IPC states “If the banksweretobear this said, “We want justice forour we complainedabout the came to our house and ques- case will be disposedofafter On the Sphinx’s association tioning, but on paper,hehasn’t that “whoeverprintsorpub- burden, it would necessarily sister, but whyshould we un- hasty cremation and the police, tionedusfor five to six hours. the media leaves." with Roman royalty,Steven been arrested.Ihavebeen told lishes the name or anymatter wipe out asubstantial and ama- dergo it? Do authorities usu- theyasked us to letthe SIT sub- Aftertheyleft, the DM sir came Speaking to the media on Sidebotham, professor of ancient that twocivilians, who were in- whichmay makeknown the jor partoftheir networth, ren- allyforce the victim’s familyto mit itsfinal report. Theysaid a and scoldedus. He abusedmy Friday, Laxkar had said, “Ideny history and archaeology at the formers, were arrested.Iwill say identity of anyperson against dering mostofthe banksunvi- take suchtests?” lotofsenior police officers are sisters and told us to change the negative rumours about my University of Delaware who in what is on the file.” Rather and whom an [offence under sec- able,” it added. Forexample, such The familyofthe main ac- looking intothe case," said the our statements. Avideo of this interactions with the family.” 2009 excavatedBernike, an an- twoothers, who have already tions 376, 376A,376B, 376C, 376D an exercise “would completely cused, Sandeep, said they victim’s brother.The SIT,that conversation wasrecordedby Awanish Awasthi said po- cient portcity in Egyptwith been producedbeforeacourtin or 376E] is alleged or found to wipe out over half of the State wanted the test to be con- has completedits initial round my cousin. When the video got lice deployment would con- known trade linkswith Muziris, Shopian, arebeing investigated have been committed shall be Bank of India’s “networth”. ducted as soon as possible, “be- of questioning, has submitted a out, the DM came again and tinue in the village. said in an email to The Sunday fortheir alleged role in connec- punishedwith imprisonment of The Centrealso sought to link cause we want the factsto reporttothe UP government. threatenedtoconfiscateour WITHENS,LUCKNOW Express that it’s establishedthat tion with the killing of Imtiyaz either description foraterm the receiptofinterestfrombor- the seated female winged Ahmad (20) and Mohammad whichmay extend to twoyears rowers to payment of interestto Sphinx wasthe signetsymbol on Ibrar (16) of Dharsakri villageof and shall also beliable to fine”. In depositors who it said anyother criminal angle in their campaign,”said Rajasthan BJP tionallyand psychologicallyha- volvement in financing someone the finger ring of Augustus. “This Kotranka, and AbrarAhmad of the Hathras case, the FIR has “are...small depositors, pension- statementsbeforethe magis- president Satish Poonia. rassedand abusedbythe com- “wasenough to charge him”. symbol then became popular Tarkasi villagebythe Army. been filedunder Sections 302 ers etc. surviving on interest”. trate. “Theyhad said theywent The BJP has announceda plainant (NCB) intomaking false Twenty arrestshavebeen and manywealthymen un- Their bodies were exhumed (murder), 376D (rape) and the The affidavit pointed out on their ownaccord. Later,the fact-finding team, while adele- statements.” He said that he was made so farinthe case, arising doubtedly copiedit.” Saturdayafter J&K Police con- SC/STAct. thereare an estimated 8.5 de- twoofthem were presentedbe- gation metthe Superintendent surroundedbyNCB officials who out of the probeintoRajput's The Sphinx is also a “phe- firmedthat DNAtests had estab- The NCWChairperson said, posit accountsinIndia forevery fore the Child Welfare of Police in Baran on Saturday. dictated statementsand made death, on an alleged Bollywood nomenal sign”, says Cherian -- of lishedtheir identities. On “Courts have said over and over loan account and addedthat to Committee (CWC), and sent to a The brother of one of the mi- him sign them under duress, drug nexus. Among those ar- Pattanam being Muziris. “There September 25, IGP Kumar told a again that arape victim's iden- keep the cycle going, “the con- home forwomen,” he had said. nors accusedinthe case denied threat and coercion stating that rested is Chakraborty and is asilent agreement among his- press conference: “We have re- tity cannotberevealedinany tractual interestonall outstand- The twogirls were locatedby the rape allegations, speaking to theywould implicatehis wife Showik,with the BombayHigh torians that the pre-9th century ceivedthe (result of) DNAsam- whichway.When we send state- ing advances will have to be the police in Kota on September The SundayExpress. “My brother and other familymembers if he Courtearlier reserving an order period wasveryprimitive.But ples today. Theyare matching. ments, we arealso very careful chargedevenduring the period 21 and handedovertothe family didn’t knowthe girls. He and his did not. on their bail applications. findings suchasthese show Now, we will take further action, to neverreveal the identity of a of deferment and if this com- afterSeptember 24. friend, who is the co-accused, “Upon reading of the state- While Chakraborty is also that’s nottrue. Thereisnow we will take forwardthe inves- rape victim. The UP Police had is- pounding interestisnot received Senior advocateDubey,ap- had gone to Kota on September ment, the accusedalso realised facing acase on WhatsApp chats proof that inter-continental tigations.” suedastatement saying that she from the borrowers forany par- pointed by the DLSA,said under 18.Theretheysaw the girls and that manyparts of the statement purportedlydealing with drugs, trade exchanges were happen- Imtiyaz Ahmad, one of the wasnot avictim of rape. ticularperiod, acommensurate the POCSO Act, even consensual their father sitting in apolice jeep were unilaterallyincludedbythe and aprobe on moneylaunder- ing,” he adds. three labourers, had been work- Nevertheless thereseems to be denial of interesttocustomers sexwith minors wasconsidered and hitchedaride backtoBaran. officers without his consent ing charges, no arrestshavebeen Chris Gosden, Oxfordpro- ing in Shopian since 2018.Hehad some confusion. Iwill be speak- holding depositsisinevitable rape. Further,aminor’s consent is Later we came to knowthey’ve (and) arecompletely false,” made in those. Chakraborty is fessor of European been staying and working at the ing with Amit Malviyaaswell as and unimaginable”. notaconsent in the languageof filedacase againstus. The alle- Maneshinde said. also being investigatedby the CBI Archaeology,who wasin house of the numbardar of the UP Police personallyonthe Hearing the matter on the law, pointed out Rajulben gations of rape arebaseless. In The NCBclaims Prasad was over an abetment to suicide case Pattanam during the 2014 ex- Chowgam village. On July16, matter.Ifitturns out that she was September 3, the courthad di- Desai, Member,NCW. “It came fact, we were threatenedbythe part of aconspiracy fordrug pro- registeredbyRajput's family. cavation season, says the recent Imtiyaz told the numbardar’s arape victim, then the NCWwill rectedthat accountswhichhave up that in the 164CrPC, that she girl's father,” he said. curement and distribution and finds showthe connections be- familythat he would rent aroom take the issue forwardtoits log- notbeen declared as NPAs as of went on her ownwill. Aconsent had receivedganja from co-ac- Army memorial tween South Asia and Europe since twoother labourers from ical end.” The StateCommission August31should notbedeclared of aminor is notcountedas con- NCB probe cusedAnkush Arneja. According ledthe QuickReaction Forceof on the one hand and the Far his villageweregoingtojoin him. forWomen's Batham said, "I so till further orders. sent. When will we be awareof before the courtonSaturday. He to the NCB, Arneja wascon- 16 Bihar and attachedtroops Eastonthe other. “These early He rented aroom above a have notseen the video and have this?” she said in Jaipur. said that he wasagain made to nected with accusedAnuj tasked to evict the PLA(People’s forms of globalisation involved shop in the neighbourhood – it’s no information about that. If the Rajasthan rape On Thursday, Gehlottermed sign false statementsprepared Keshwani, from whom commer- Liberation Army) OP (outpost) trade, but also the exchangeof very close to acampofthe 62 video has aphoto of the victim Baran Superintendent of as “unfortunate” the parallels be- by NCBofficials and that he was cial quantities of drugs were al- from general area YNala and aesthetic forms, ideas and sen- RashtriyaRifles -- from village or if her statement under Section Police Dr Ravi Saturdaysaid the ing drawnbetween the Baran retracting from them, including legedly seized. move further to PP14”. sibilities... whichmay indicate resident Shakeel Ahmad Lone. 164ofthe CrPC (beforeamagis- police were nowinvestigating al- and Hathras incidents. “…the the self-incriminatoryportions. The NCBhas also claimed The plaque mentions that that Asia and Europe have The next morning, when Lone’s trate) is mentioned, that it is ob- legation of rape by the family. girls in Baran have themselves Prasad wasinNCB custody linksbetween Prasad and other “the column successfullyevicted muchmoreentangledhistories wifewent to the room, she did- jectionable. If these things are “The initial FIR wasfor kidnap- said in their statementsinfront from September 27 to October 3. allegedpeddlers accusedofcon- the PLAOPfromYNala and than we have realisedtodate,” n’t find anyone there. there, it is definitelyobjection- ping. But when the girls men- of the magistratethat no assault On Saturday, the courtsent him nections with lateactor Sushant reachedPP14whereafierce skir- Gosden said in an email. On July18, the J&K Police an- able. Ican onlysay her identity tionedalleged involvement of took place and theywent with to jail till October 6. Singh Rajput’s cook Dipesh mish brokeout between the The 66 trenches excavated nouncedthe killing of “three should notbedisclosed. Iwill boys in their statementsunder the boys on ownaccord,” he had The NCBcountered Prasad's Sawant and actor Rhea Indian Armyand PLAtroops”. Col at Pattanam so far(five of those unidentifiedterrorists”inan“en- look at the video and take cog- Section 161CrPC giventothe po- tweetedinHindi. allegations stating that he was Chakraborty and her brother BSantosh Babu, it says, “ledfrom in this season) makeupless counter” in Amshiporavillageof nizance of the matter.Wewill lice, the sections pertaining to The SundayExpress metthe “totallynon-cooperative, Showik.The NCBtold The Indian the front and his troops fought than 1per cent of the 111 acres Shopian. “On aspecific input by serveanotice in that case." rape and POCSO Actwereadded. father of the girls in Baran, and adamant and arrogant” and had Express earlier that Prasad had gallantlyinahand-to-hand com- of the Pattanam archeological 62 RR about presence of terror- DGP Hitesh Chandra We areinvestigating the allega- he said Dubey would speak on refusedtosign astatement he initiallysaid he did notsupply bat, causing heavy casualties to mound. ForCherian, everynew ists in villageAmshiporaareaof Awasthysaid he had notseen the tions or rape now. We will fully the behalf of the family. Dubey himself had given. “He wastry- narcotics to anyone but usedit the PLA”. It calls the killedIndian find is amoment of epiphany – District Shopian,anoperation video and could notcomment. cooperatewith the DLSA-ap- said, “Thefamilyappeared to be ing to bargain hardfor putting his forpersonal consumption after soldiers as “gallantsofGalwan”. of Muziris being aplace at a waslaunched… During search, Additional Chief Secretary, pointed advocate, and ensure under pressureand afraid for signatureonthe statement in purchasing it from the alleged China is yettoofficiallyde- time when the “best things terrorists firedupon Armyper- Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi justice,” he told The Sunday their safety. Iwill be monitoring lieu of removalofSection 27Aof drug peddlers arrested in the clarethe number of PLAtroops were happening”. When he sonnel and encounter started. said, "I cannotcommentonitat Express. the investigation process and the NDPS Act,” the NCBsubmit- case. An official said that during who diedinthe clash, but shutshis eyes and thinksofthe Later on, police and CRPF also this point." The Hathras police The incident pertains to will also see if therewas anydis- tedtothe court. The section is a interrogation, Prasad had denied sources in the Indian defence es- portcity,what does he see? “A joined. During encounter,three spokesperson said: "Wehavenot September 19,when an FIR was crepancy.Wewill then take acall non-bailable offence pertaining consuming ganja, but that they tablishment said Beijing had un- beautiful worldwherethere unidentifiedterrorists were receivedany complaint about registeredunder sections 363 on if we needtofile additional to financing illicit traffic. Special had establishedhehad been in officiallyconfirmedtothe Indian wasopenness of mind. We are killed. Dead bodies of all the the tweet. We will look intothe (kidnapping) and 34 (actsdone cases,” he said. public prosecutor Atul Sarpande contact with the alleged drug side that at leastfiveoftheir sol- yettofind aweapon in killedthree terrorists were re- matter.” by severalpersons in furtherance The BJP said Rajasthan had also submitted the statements peddlers morethan20times. diers had died, including acom- Pattanam. And the architecture trievedfromthe siteofen- WITHINPUTSBY of common intention) of the IPC become the crime capital of the recordedbythe NCBtothe court This is whythe charge of financ- manding officer. respectshuman scale… we counter.The identification and JIGNASASINHA following acomplaint by the fa- country. “In the past20months, and said that theydidn't contain ing and conspiracy had been The seventh round of Corps haven’t found anything likethe affiliation of the killedterrorists ther of the girls who had gone lakhs of cases have been regis- anyofthe names mentionedby added, the official said. Commander-leveltalksare ex- Roman Pantheon that dwarfs is being ascertained. Interest waiver missing. The twoboys namedby teredand aplethorarelateto Prasad. However, the official said pected to take place next week. humans. Iamaccusedofro- Incriminating materials, includ- “This categoryofborrow- him were also minors. murder,loot, dacoity,rape and In his written plea submitted theyhad notyet established In the diplomatic and military manticising Muziris. But Ispeak ing arms and ammunition were ers...would be MSME loans and On Thursday, Dr Ravi had said gang rape... We demand the in- through lawyer Satish whom Prasad allegedly supplied talkssofar,India has been de- from the evidence.” recoveredfromthe siteofen- personal loans up to Rs. 2crore” the girls, aged 15 and 13,had not tervention of the Governor.We Maneshinde, Prasad said, “Isay to or the quantity he did, but manding astatus quoante, for FULL REPORTS ON counter,’’ the police statement and would include education, mentionedany sexual assaultor will startastate-wide Halla Bol that Iambeing mentally, emo- claimedthat his prima facie in- troops from both sides to go back www.indianexpress.com said.

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Maratha student’s ‘suicide TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Rahul,PriyankameetHathrasvictim’s 215 CASES: RECOVERED:54,27,706 note’ forged, say police DAYSSINCE 64,73,544 DEATHS:1,00,842 losing out on aplace in the merit PANDEMIC family:‘Theyjustaskedaboutourchild’ BEGAN TESTS: 7,78,50,403 | DOUBLING RATE: 54.36** EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE listofthe National Eligibility cum MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 Entrance Test (NEET) medical ex- amination as the Supreme Court SOMYALAKHANI, ADAY afterastudent belonging had stayed reservation forthe ANANYATIWARI & to the Maratha community died Maratha community in educa- ASHNABUTANI by suicide in Beeddistrict, the po- tional institutions. HATHRAS,NEWDELHI, lice claimedthat his purported Ramasamysaid that hand- OCTOBER3 “suicide note”widelyshared on writing experts compared the KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING social media wasforged. An of- note written in one of Rahade’s TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** CONGRESS LEADERS Rahul fence wasregisteredagainstan notebookswith other answer pa- Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi unidentifiedperson on Friday pers he had written in school and ■ Maharashtra 14,16,513 15,591 1.23% 58.76 Vadra, who were on Thursday night forcommitting forgery. college. “The handwriting in the ■ Andhra 7,06,790 6,555 0.95% 75.67 stoppedenroutetoHathras to BeedSuperintendent of note did notmatchthat in the an- meetthe 19-year-old woman's Police Raja Rajasamysaid that swer papers,”hesaid. ■ Tamil Nadu 6,08,885 5,595 0.96% 74.75 family, managed to reachthe vil- handwriting experts concluded Ramasamyaddedthat an ■ Delhi 2,85,672 2,920 1.11% 64.93 lageonSaturdayand spent an on Fridaythat the note wasnot unidentifiedperson had ■ Kerala 2,13,499 9,258 4.12% 17.47 hour at their residence. written by the deceased, Vivek written the note and uploadedit “She (Priyanka) sat with me, Rahde. The 18-year-old was on social media in order to por- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth asked me about my daughter, found hanging from atreeinhis tray Rahade’s suicide in adiffer- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT howshe died, what happened family’s farm in Keturavillageon ent light. on September 14…. She asked Thursdaymorning. The note Ramasamyaddedthat the 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY about her cremation,” the vic- mentionedthat Rahade had de- motive forRahade’s suicide was 1.58 8.40 79,476 tim’s mother said afterthe cidedtoend his lifeashefeared yettobeestablished. NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: Congress leaders left. “Theyjust Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Awasthi and Director General of 1.56 8.32 75,628 asked us about our daughter,and Police HCAwasthi visited the victim's familyinHathras, Saturday. GajendraYadav Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs promisedtohelp us getjustice.” positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more Social activistYogitaBhayana, indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days who waswith the familywhen police deployment on the DND jured in the lathicharge. lievesinjungle raj, and this is a in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak the twoleaders metthem, told while exiting the NCR. As their “Congress workers will give result of that. In ademocratic DataasonOctober2,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive The SundayExpress, “Theyasked vehicle drovealongside acrowd blood forthe safetyofwomen, country, anyone can meetany- the familywhether theywanted of Congress workers and moved girls, and Dalit women of UP.We body.Isthereany democracy aCBI inquiry, to whichthe fam- towardsthe DND exit, some arenot scared of the lathis or the here?You do notsee anyevi- ilysaid no. Theyoffered their party workers were involvedin Modi-Yogi regime,” he said. dence of that under the UP Jharkhand: Day after negative Covid condolences to the familyand clashes with policemen sta- On waytothe village government.” extendedtheir support.” tionedatthe toll gates. Saturday, Rahul tweeted, Dr Sai Anamika, regional co- test, minister dies of cardiac arrest As the twoleaders reached As some Congress workers “Nothing in the worldcan stop ordinator,member,AICC, said, the family's residence, morethan facedpolice batons, Priyanka got me from meeting this unhappy “Partyworkers and afew senior NewDelhi: Jharkhand’s Minority spokesperson said Ansari tested 50 UP Police personnel and joint offthe vehicle and attempted to familyofHathras and sharing politicians were injured (in po- WelfareMinisterHajiHussain negative forthe virus on Friday. magistratePremPrakash Meena shield them. She eventually their pain.” lice lathicharge). Among them Ansari diedofacardiac arrest on Chief MinisterHemant Soren were present. The victim’s pushedsome police personnel Selja Kumari, former Union wasKamal Kishor." Saturdayataprivate hospital in tweetedinHindi, “He wasasim- brother told The SundayExpress, and movedthe barricades aside ministerofsocial justice and em- Senior party leaders KC Ranchi. Ansari had earlier tested ple man with conviction and a “Theyreassured us help; they from one exit as the motorcade powerment, who waspresent at Venugopal, Randeep Singh positive forCovid-19and had mass leader...” said theywill do what theycan.” inchedforward behind them. the DND, told The Sunday Surjewala and Adhir Ranjan been admitted to hospital 10 Union MinisterArjun Munda Earlier in the day, Priyanka Delhi stateCongress chief Express, “The UP government Choudhuryalso accompanied days ago. However, ahospital also condoledhis death. ENS and Rahul had run intoheavy Anil Chaudharysaid he wasin- does notbelieve in justice. It be- Rahul and Priyanka. Unpaid arrears, no clarity on subsidy programme worry millers; sugar exports may take ahit announcedsubsidy pro- at stress. Prakash Naiknavare, As mills in Maharashtrapre- Mills in the statehad ex- PARTHASARATHI grammes forsugar mills to ex- managing director of the parefor abumper season with portedaround 18.50 lt of sugar BISWAS porttheir stockbothfor 2018-19 National Federation of sugar production estimates be- and pending dues towardsthat PUNE,OCTOBER3 and 2019-20 seasons. Despite Cooperative Sugar Factories, es- ing touted to be well over 100lt, is Rs 750 crore. Bhairavnath B the pandemic-inducedslow- timated the government dues unpaid dues is amajor concern Thombare – president of West AHEAD OF the upcoming sugar- down, mills from India have towardsmill to be around Rs forthem. Sources in the indus- India Sugar Mills Association cane crushing season 2020-21, managed to exportaround 60 9,700 crore. “It includes the un- trydid notsound optimistic (WISMA), the umbrella body of failureofthe central government lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar,which paid exportsubsidy as well as about early clearance of dues. private sugar mills in the state – to clear pending subsidies has is an all time recordfor the coun- the interestpayable forholding “During the monsoon session of ruledout robustexports in the put sugar mills in acash-crunch try. To boostexports,the Centre the bufferstock,” he said. Parliament, the finance ministry absence of anysubsidy pro- situation. Forthe upcoming sea- had announcedatransportsub- The bufferstock scheme had had opposedthe early release gramme. The present interna- son, millers arecircumspect sidy of Rs 10,448 per tonne of seen the Centreasking mills to citing the Rs 20 lakh crorepack- tional prices, Thombaresaid, about robustexports as the sugar exported. The total outlay hold on to 40 lakh tonnes of agebeing distributed to various wasinthe rangeof12- 13 cents Union government is yetto forthis programme waskeptat sugar as buffer, the interestfor sectors. We arehoping the mat- per pound and it worked out to come up with details of asub- Rs 63,288 crore. whichwas to be paid to mills. terwill come up during the win- be Rs 2,100- 2,200per quintal of sidy programme. However, mill across the Niti Aayoghas recommended tersession and if it is notcleared sugar. “Without agovernment Facedwith back-to-back countryare nowcomplaining forscrapping of the same and then, it will spill over to the next push of around Rs 1,000 per bumper seasons and record about unpaid dues, whichthey non-renewalofthe scheme has budget,” said asenior miller on quintal, exports areeconomi- opening stocks,the Centrehad say, have put their balance sheet ledtomuchconcern formills. the condition of anonymity. callynot viable,” he said. Veteranactivist, 52-year-old mother of ASHA scholarPushpa Bhave diesat81 worker dies of post-Covid

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VETERAN SOCIAL activist, She wastaken to five private hospitals fortreatment; scholar,rationalist, and astal- wart of Marathi literatureand hospital refusedtohand over body till familycleared bill theatrePushpa Bhave passed away lateonFridaynight. She Covid carecentre. After kept referring her from hereto was81. TABASSUM three days,her health worsened. there. We got fedup, and we Known forher tremendous BARNAGARWALA The in-charge asked us to geta brought her to Sunrise hospital,” contribution to social move- MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 sonographyfromaprivate lab Jyotisaid. mentsinMaharashtraoversix and look foranother hospital,” Manager Sunil Patil, from Sai decades, including the Samyukta A52-YEAR-OLD woman from Shivling said. Cardiac hospital, said, “We don’t MaharashtraMovement that led Kolhapur,the mother of an Over the next 25 days,the have dialysis facility so we have to the formation of the state, AccreditedSocial Health Activist familyspent Rs 5.50 lakh on to refersuchpatientstoother Bhave,who spent her lastdays (ASHA) worker,diedofpost- Vajantri’s treatment. Jyoti, the centres. This is what perhaps in awheelchair afterher legs Covid complicationsinvolving ASHA worker,said when their happenedinher case but Ineed were amputated following ag- renal and lung failureonFriday. savings ranout, she startedsell- to checkcase details.” gravated diabetes, succumbed to The ASHA worker had to sell her ing her jewellery. “We reached Calls to Diamond hospital, her prolonged illness. She was jewelleryfor her mother’s treat- out to Kaneri primaryhealth cen- Surya hospital and Wanarahos- cremated on Saturdaymorning. ment as she wasbouncedbe- tre, then to my supervisor and pital yieldednoresponse. She is survivedbyher octogenar- tween five private hospitals for blockfacilitator forhelp. But Vajantri wasadmitted in ian husband Anant Bhave. her treatment. Forhours after we did notget admission to any Sunrise hospital on September Remembered as frank and Mahadevi Vajantri’s death on government hospital,” she said. 25. An official from the hospital fearless, Bhave,aprofessor of Friday, the hospital refusedto She wastold that as her said she wasadmitted as anon- Marathi and Sanskrit, wasfondly hand over the body until the fam- mother requireddiagnostic tests, Covid patient,and her renal func- calledPushpa Bai, by her stu- ilycleared the pending bill. it wasbesttotakeher to aprivate tions were in critical condition dentsand on the field, whereshe ASHA worker Jyoti hospital. and alung wasinfected.She re- participated and ledseveral so- Nandkumar contracted coron- Vajantri wasfirstadmittedfor quiredintensive caresupport. On cial movements, including agi- avirus in mid-August. She sus- six days in Warana hospital in Friday, Vajantri succumbedto re- tations againstthe Emergency in pectsshe caught the infection Kolhapur.Bythen her throat nal sepsis and respiratoryfailure. 1975, protests againstinflation during door-to-door screening. swab wasCovid negative.When The hospital billedthe familyRs alongside prominent women so- She used to wear acottonmask her condition worsenedWarana 1.63 lakh. Jyotisaid theywere cialistleaders likeMrinal Gore as, according to her,districtsof- hospital referred her to Sai asked to paythe bill in full to be and Ahilya Rangnekar. ficials gave her onlyapair of Cardiac hospital. Warana billed able to claim the body.After the Bhave backedmovements masksinMarch.OnAugust27 the familyRs1.60 lakh. Afterfive familyreachedout to district offi- likeDalit Panthers, her mother,brother and days in Sai Cardiac hospital with cials, adiscountofRs63,000was Andhashradda Nirmulan, grandmother also tested posi- abill amounting to Rs 1.50 lakh, offeredonthe bill by midnight. Hamaal Panchayatand women’s tive.The familywas admitted shewas referredbacktoWarana Dr Abhijit Korani, in-charge of rightsmovementslikeDevdasi in alocal Covid carecentrecre- hospital afterdeveloping kidney Sunrise hospital, said theyhad Mukti across the country. She is ated in KIT collegefor 10 days infection. “Warana hospital explainedtreatment costevery remembered forstanding up to and then discharged. chargedusRs57,000foranhour- daytopatient’s kin. “The patient the ShivSena that wasatthe time “She wastestedfor oxygen long proceduretoremove pus requireddialysis and the leftlung ledbyits supremo Bal Thackeray, twice aday.But she usedtohave and referred her backtoSai wascollapsing. Iamnot sureif in connection with the Ramesh chestpain and no testsortreat- Cardiac hospital,” Shivling said. this is postCovid infection be- Kini murder in 1996, throwing ment wasdone forthat,” said Afew days later Vajantri was cause the patient came to us with her weight behind his widow Vajantri’s son Shivling. referredto Diamond hospital for negative report. We agreedtoof- Sheela, who livedinBhave’s The night of her discharge dialysis; the hospital chargedRs ferdiscount aftercommissioner neighbourhood in Dadar. from the Covid centreon 50,000forit. When asecond dial- intervened,” Korani said. Her couragethat had in- September 8, Vajantri developed ysis wasrequired,and Diamond Vajantri’s familysaid she did spired manyearnedher the breathing problems. ACTscan hospital had no operator,she was nothaverenal problems before moniker ‘the Iron lady of showedlung infection and pneu- referred to Surya hospital which Covid infection. She, however, Mumbai’. monia. “We took her backto chargedRs15,000. “Hospitals had diabetes.

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No. 04.10.2020 ForLiveBig (Whatsapp only) Civil Document my Chinchwad ArmyRecordasMubarak ArmyRecordasAshish 205214194268500292087 MAJ VIJIT KUMAR SINGH, SC Birds Rs-125 LiveSmall Correct date of Birth is Station, Pune-19. Ph. no. but as per Civil Document but as per Civil dtd. 25/06/2020. 0050169197-1 06 AUG 1975 TO 04 OCT 2001 Birds Rs-135 Al-Taqdeer 14 April 1981 Wide 27475055/ 27472250. my Correct name is Document my Correct Everymember of Team Seventeen is proud of your Broiler(Siraj 0090276324-1 Affidavit No. CAMP - Mubarak Mohd. Wide name is Ashish supreme sacrifice and bravery.Wewish you were Shaikh)9822931357, J/2218/2020 Dated 1st Ad India, Affidavit No. J/2220/2020 I Ex ArmyNo. 14818358Y SERVICES present to guide us. Your heroic deed in which you 9767869302 KendabaKamble Wide Office No. 102, 1st Floor, Sterling Dated 1st Oct 2020 Oct 2020. neutralised 02 insurgents on 04 Oct 2001 will Affidavit No. Rank TS-LNK. 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– unless their demands aremet MANOJMORE by October 31,theywill launchan PUNE,OCTOBER3 agitation from November 1. “One of the demandsisurgent steps by AFTER DISAGREEMENTS over the the government to put up a natureofagitation forMaratha strong defence to getthe stay on reservation lastweek,the Sakal Maratha reservation liftedinthe Maratha Kranti Morchaisagain Supreme Court,” he said. facing differing opinions within He said thee Morchahas ap- itsrank,this time over joining the pealedtomembersof theMaratha EWS(EconomicallyWeaker community,who run various col- Section) category. Asection of leges,to give admissionto Maratha Maratha Kranti Morchamem- studentsunder the management bers on Saturdayurged Chief quota.“Theycancharge feesasper MinisterUddhavThackeray to ex- government norms. This will be a tend the benefitsofEWS category great service to our ownstudents to Maratha youth till the Supreme who areinpain and confused... Courttakes afinal decision on the A‘Vichar Manthan’ over the Maratha reservation issue was withthereservationmatterpend- reservation issue. held in Pune on Saturday. Ashish Kale ing in the apexcourt,” he said. At a‘Vichar Manthan’ held Mete said the stategovern- near MhatrebridgeinPune, MLC ment should cancel the MPSC VinayakMete, who heads Shiv the Maratha community avails MP SambhajirajeChhatrapati exam scheduledfor October 11. Sangram Partyand presidedover the benefit of EWS, then the SC said, “If he (Mete)issaying EWS “The stategovernment should the meeting, said, “The stategov- might ask whydoes the commu- should be extendedtothe announce itsdecision of can- ernmentshouldnotlistentosome nity needadifferent law? In such Maratha community,then he celling the exam by October 9or people and denythe EWSbenefit acase, Idon’t think the lawwill should give in writing to the we will have to agitatefor it. DISTANCE LEARNING to Maratha youngsters. The be upheld by the SC. Therefore, Maratha community that there During lockdown, all the exams SupremeCourthasstayedthelaw the demand forputting Maratha is no danger to the Sociallyand were cancelled. Currently, the StudentsofClass XI of The Poona Night High School attend alecturewhile maintaining social distance on Saturday. Ashish Kale enacted by the stategovernment community in EWScategoryis EducationallyBackwardClasses studentsare notinaposition to to give reservationto theMaratha untenable...”. (SEBC) Actenacted by the state take the exam, whichshould be community.IfEWS benefitisalso Responding to this argument, government.” postponedfor the next two denied, then the stategovern- Mete said, “The contention is Sambhajirajehad met months,” he said. MSRTC ment should itself clarify as to wrong. Those who areopposing Thackeray lastweek over the Demanding that all recruit- what should the Maratha youths EWSthen should explain to the stategovernment’s decision to mentsbestoppedbythe state do. Therefore, we urge the chief Maratha youngsters what should extend EWScategorybenefitsto government, Mete said, “Till the E-bus service: Delayed by lack of clearance ministertoextendEWSbenefitto theydo...Theyare notgetting any the Maratha community. SC decides the case, the state the Maratha community.” benefit under the newlaw,and Mete,meanwhile, said 25 res- government should provide jobs Opposing the stand, Rajendra arealso being deniedEWS bene- olutions were passedatthe meet- foran11-month period. Afterthe &lockdown, work to start again this month Kondhare, akey coordinator of fits.Kondhareisnot the judge... ing, and the participantsgavean final ruling, the government can Maratha Kranti Morcha, said, “If letthe courttakethe call.” “ultimatum” to the government take an appropriatedecision.” Environment MinisterPrakash arestarting the work this month buses while Kolhapur will have ATIKHRASHID Javadekar had announcedsanc- and it’s expected to take twoto another six. On Pune-Nashik PUNE,OCTOBER 3 tioning of 670electric buses in three months,” said asenior route, we will operatenine buses Four hospitals Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and MSRTC official. while Nashik will operatethe PCMC shuts down 11 Covid THE MAHARASHTRA StateRoad Chandigarhunder Phase-2 of the In June 2019,the transport same number of buses. The get beds for TransportCorporation’s(MSRTC) FAME India scheme. Of these, body had conducted atrial run schedule of the these buses will plans to startanair-conditioned 240buses were sanctionedfor between Pune and Mumbai. It be adjustedwith the ShivShahi Covid patients care centres as cases fall and electric bus service has not Maharashtraand 100ofthese wasdecidedthat the buses will service as both of these arelux- takenoff yet,astheinfrastructural were earmarkedfor the MSRTC. operatebetween destinations ury, air-conditionedservices,” Pune: HabitatIndiaandSBICapital work forthe service has been de- However, giventhe slow that areless than 300kmapartas, said an official. Market on Saturdaydonated 125 layedfurtherdueto thelockdown. pace at whichinfrastructural once fullycharged, these buses As partofefforts to switchto beds,mattresses,PPEkitsandsan- MANOJMORE The buses, brandedas work —laying of electric lines can coveradistance of 300km, moreenvironment-friendlyini- itation kitstoLokmanya Hospital PUNE,OCTOBER3 INNUMBERS ‘Shivai’, were scheduledtostart and installation of charging sta- said officials of the transportbody. tiatives, the central and state in Chinchwad, and three other their operations between Pune tions, among others —has pro- MSRTC has decidedtopro- governmentsare trying to optfor hospitals, whichhavebeen treat- WITH CORONAVIRUS cases on and nearbybig cities suchas gressedsince June 2019,itisun- vide the buses to depots in Pune, moreelectricity-operated vehi- ing Covid-19patients. the decline and asymptomatic Kolhapur and Nashik,among likelythat these buses will hit Nashik,Aurangabad, Kolhapur cles. MSRTC,whichplies buses BJP’s Pimpri-Chinchwad unit patientspreferring home quar- 63 other major cities. the road anytime soon. and Mumbai in the firstphase. across the state, currentlyowns chief Mahesh Landgedonated antine, the Pimpri-Chinchwad The number of Covid- In June lastyear,MSRTC had “The work wassupposedto The Pune Division of MSRTC had nearly 20,000 diesel buses. the bedsand other material to Municipal Corporation (PCMC) 19 deaths reportedin acquired50e-busesunderthefirst startafew months agobut due decidedtorun the service on Recently, thePuneMahanagar the hospitals at afunction at has decidedtoclose down 11 of Pune on Saturday. phase of FAME (FasterAdoption to the lackofrequisiteclearance Pune-Kolhapur and Pune- Parivahan Mahamandal Limited Lokmanya Hospital. its20Covid CareCentres. and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) from various regulatorybodies Nashik routes initially. has acquired as manyas150 e- Praising doctors and medical Pimpri-Chinchwad has re- Electric Vehicles) India scheme. and imposition of lockdown in “On Pune-Kolhapur route, buses and is in the process of ac- staff, Landgesaid, “The medical portedover78,000 cases ,of 6,750 Lastmonth, Union March,itcould notprogress. We Swargate depotwill operatesix quiring more. staffhas done outstanding work which69,000 patientshavere- The toll so farinthe in treating and saving the livesof covered. At anewly-opened swab district. patients. Among the Covid hospi- “An order to close down at collection centreatRajiv tals, Lokmanya wasthe firsttobe least11Covid carecentres has al- Gandhi Zoological Park in Income hit by Covid, Pune ZP looks at options convertedto adedicatedCovid-19 ready been issued... also, alarge Katraj,onSaturday. 2,390 hospital,whichwashighlypraise- number of patientsprefertostay PavanKhengre The number of fresh demic management rising while that demand on itsexchequer by the Fisheries department. worthy.Their initiative wasemu- in home quarantine,” Municipal Covid-19cases EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE itssource of incomeinthe form has gone up in wayofvarious “Small farmer groups will be lated by other hospitals at atime Commissioner Shravan Hardikar reportedonSaturday. PUNE,OCTOBER3 of stampduty sharefromthe welfareschemes it has been run- givenpredominance in the auc- when fear wasrifeevenamong told The Indian Express Saturday. trol and the administration is stategovernment being stopped. ning. “Along with stampduty,it tion process,” he said. While the the medical community.” ENS “As of now, we have 2,500 hopeful that things will improve FACED WITH increasedexpendi- The zilla parishad is expecting Rs is our long standing demand that zilla parishad is aiming to raise asymptomatic patientswho are further,” said Hardikar. 2,91,638 tureand strainedsources of in- 515 croreinstamp duty remit- the zilla parishad be givena around Rs 16 crorefromthe auc- in home quarantine,” he said. Hardikar said the adminis- The total positive cases come, the Pune Zilla Parishad has tances from the stategovern- shareofthe road taxcollected in tion, the move,Prasad said, would Hotel owner, staff The Nehrunagar jumbo facil- tration has shiftedits attention so farinthe district. decidedtoauction morethan ment. Ranjit Shivtare, vice pres- rural areas,” he said. help in augmenting the standard ity has only35per cent occu- to post-Covid care. “Senior cit- 500minor irrigation structures ident and head of finance The decision to auction off of living in the rural areas. “Also booked for allowing pancy while the one at Auto izens, co-morbid patientsand forcommercial fish culture. Chief committee of the zilla parishad, minor irrigation structures like we arehopeful that once these dine-in facility ClusterinChinchwad has just those who were in serious con- by twopersons. In three- Executive Officer Ayush Prasad said this year remittance worth percolation tanks, Kolhapur ban- structures arebeing looked as over 50 per cent patients. dition needpost-Covid careas wheelers, onlytwo persons are said this wasone of the many Rs 217crore is expected from the daras etcwas takenwith the commercial entities, their upkeep Pune: Pimpri-Chinchwad Police The Covid carecentres were theytheir lungs areother or- allowed. Helmets and masks measures the rural local body stategovernment. “TheCovid-19 dual objective of increasing its will also improve,” he said. has lodged an offence againsta setupfor suspected and con- gans maysufferdamage. We will be mandatory. All sporting wastrying to augment itsincome pandemic has inducedslow revenues as well as to increase Shivtaresaid the zilla hotelowner and staffers foral- firmedCovid-19patients, who have setupaseparatecoun- activityonplaygrounds can re- in viewofthe fund crunch. down, whichhas severely hit the inland fisheries in the district. parishad also has plans to lease legedly allowing dine-in facility, were asymptomatic or had mild selling and supportunit at YCM sume. Only50persons will be Since the outbreak of Covid- income sources of zilla The structures have waterround out itsland in Daund, Maval, despitethe restrictions againstit symptoms. Hospital, whereCovid-free pa- allowedinweddings and 20 for 19,the Pune Zilla Parishad has parishad,” he said. the year and ratesfor auction commercially to help it raise till October 5. Hardikar said everyday, tientswill be givenrequired funerals,” read the order. seen itsexpenditureonpan- Meanwhile, Prasad admitted will be decidedbythe terms set revenue. Police have identifiedthe ac- 4,000 Covid-19tests arecon- treatment,”hesaid. In another development, cusedasMayur Bodke(30), ducted in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Meanwhile, Additional the PCMC has seen ashortfall owner of the hotel, manager “Of these, around 600testposi- Municipal Commissioner of Rs 121crore in property tax VinayakKanjole (24) and tive.The testshavecome down Santosh Patil has issuedanor- collection in the firstsix Ashwin Chaube(32). Theyhave by 200asthe number of positive der,allowing restaurants, bars months of this financial year. been booked under IPC sections cases is falling. In the beginning and food courts to open at 50 “The shortfall is on expected 269, 188, 34,and sections of the of September,weusedtohave per cent of capacity from lines because of the lockdown. Epidemic Diseases Act. Police nearly 1,300positive patients. Monday. Hotels and lodges will In the next six months, we ex- said hotels areallowedonlyto Nowthe number has gone be- be allowedtofunction at full pect arise in collection... We operateparcel facilities. But at low1,000.The positivity rate capacity,statedthe order. have also appointed an agency HotelChandrama, the accused continues to be between 15 and Private offices can function at to assess the properties which allegedly served customers 20 per cent,” he said. 50 per cent capacity. have notbeen assessed,” said food and liquor. ENS “The situation is under con- “Two-wheelers can be used the PCMC commissioner. Deccan College to mark bi-centenary year with talk series, new courses

plansto rolloutshort-termcoursesand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE organise workshops towardspopular- ABRIEFHISTORY PUNE,OCTOBER3 ising these subjects. Some of the pro- posedcourses include Computational ■Setupin1821, as Hindoo THE DECCAN Collegeand Post Linguistics, Phonetics and Museology. College, it wasthe onlycollege Graduateand Research Instituteisall Twoofthe college’s upcoming proj- backthen offering courses in settolaunchyear-long celebrations to ects, in archaeology and Sanskrit stud- Sanskrit and Marathi. markits bi-centenaryyear.The cele- ies, will be takenupunder the ■ RenamedPoona Collegein brations will be formallylaunchedby Department of Science and Technology 1851,the centreattracted Bhushan Patwardhan, vice-chairman and Centrefor Development of manybright minds, including of the University GrantsCommission, AdvancedTechnology,said acting Vice- freedom fighter Lokmanya on October 6. Chancellor Prasad Joshi. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Popularly calledDeccan College, the The collegeishome to an iconic social reformer Gopal Ganesh third-oldestcollegeinthe countryisa building, built in Gothic style, whichisa Agharkar,among others. well-known centrefor linguistics, cul- heritage structure.However,itsmainte- ture,archaeology and anthropology.It nancehasbeenanuphilltaskforthecol- ■ Since it wasthe onlycollege remains one of the keycentres for legeadministration.Inthelasttwo years, in the southern peninsula studying Medievaland Maratha history. Pune Municipal Corporation has given offering degrees in these In this bi-centenaryyear,the uni- the collegeRs50lakh per year to carry subjects, it came to be called versity has organisedmonthlytalk se- out restoration work on the structure. Deccan Collegein1864. The ries on topics ranging from linguistics, “The maintenance of the heritage collegeiscredited with Sanskrit and Lexicography, Indian structureisreallyachallenge. Though carrying out extensive History and Culture, and Archaeology, the PMC has supportedusduring the excavations, including at among others. lasttwo years, we hope it continues to Harappan sites. To marktheoccasion,thecollegealso do so in the futuretoo,” said Joshi.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 6 EXPRESS NETWORK BiharOppnallianceannouncesseat Oppn also thought of improving farm share,minorallyVIP‘quits’inahuff laws but lacked RajyaSabha MP Manoj Jha Cong gets 70,Left29, RJD to accommodateJMM from its144 Cong, Left drove hard courage: PM Modi Discriminatory: SANTOSHSINGH bargain, RJD looked at PATNA,OCTOBER3 Kinnaurgenerallysellthefruitfor RJD’s Manoj Jha EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Rs 40-50 per kg while the con- AS THE Opposition Grand social engineering SHIMLA,OCTOBER3 sumer in Delhi pays Rs 100-150 moves SC over Alliance announcedthe shareof forthe same. seatsthe partners will contest NDAareas.TheRJDhasdoneitsso- PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi “Where's the missing new farm laws in the forthcoming Bihar SANTOSHSINGH cial arithmetic before allotting on Saturdaysaid that the amount? Neither the farmer nor Assemblyelections, RJD leader PATNA,OCTOBER3 these seats,” the RJD leader said, Opposition, whichiscurrently the consumer in the city gets it. and former Deputy CM adding that thereweresharp dif- protesting againstthe newfarm And as the apple season peaks, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Tejashwi Prasad Yadavdeclared DESPITE TOUGH posturing by ferences over seat-sharing. laws,hadalsothoughtof bringing prices fall drastically,”hesaid. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 himself leader of the alliance, RJD, the Congress wasable to bar- Among Leftparties, CPI(ML) improvementstotheexistingleg- Modi said that fruit and veg- thanking theother parties for gain hardand get70seatstocon- succeededinbargaining well. The islation but “lackedcourage”. etableproducersinHimachalwill RJD RAJYASabha member reposing faith in his leadership, test in the Assemblypolls. party wasallocated 19 seatsdue Addressingapublicgathering nowbefreetogodirectlytoother Manoj Jha has approachedthe and made severalpromises if RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadavand TejPratapwith Bihar The Congress had contested to itspresence in Siwan, Arwal, at Solang near Manali afterinau- states to sell their products, and Supreme Courtquestioning the theyform the government. Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey, VIP president Mukesh 41 seatsin2015elections and Jehananad, rural Patna and gurating the Atal Tunnel, Modi canalsochooseto selltheminthe Centre’s newfarm laws,saying Among others, Tejashwi said Sahni and Leftleaders, in Patna on Saturday. PTI won27. The JD(U) wasthen part Katihar,RJD leaders said. The said that those who opposedthe local mandis. the “discriminatoryand mani- the firstCabinetmeeting of a of the Grand Alliance. CPI(ML) has three MLAs in the newlawshadpromotedcommis- Earlier,addressingthepublicon festly arbitrary” changes will ex- Grand Alliance government, if it The RJD wassaid to beunwill- outgoing Assembly. “The RJD be- sionagentsandmiddlemenwhen thenorthernsideof theAtalTunnel pose marginal farmers to ex- comes to fruition, would an- povertyand ing to give the Congress more lievesCPI(ML) would help greatly theywereinpower. “Those op- at Sissu in Lahaul and Spiti district, ploitation by big corporates. nounce 10 lakh government jobs unemploy- than 60 seats, but eventuallyrec- in mutual conversion of votes, un- posingthelaws wantto live inthe ModisaidfarmersfromLahaulwill Jha is the thirdlegislator to forthe state's youth. ment. "Nofac- onciledto70seatssince it osten- likeRLSPorHAM(S). The Leftpar- previouscentury. Butthecountry nowfinditeasierto take theirpro- challengethe newfarm laws. The media conference, at- tory opened siblydid notwant to letanother tiescouldbean assettothe Grand is eager forchange, and the laws duceto Manaliviathenewly-con- Earlier,Congress MP from Kerala tendedbyleaders of the other al- (in the state), allygoafter RLSP and HAM(S) left Alliance,” the leader said. areahistoric improvement in the structedtunnel,whichreducesthe TNPrathapan and DMK Rajya liance partners, wasnot without DECISION farmers arebe- Grand Alliance in the lasttwo This is the firsttime CPI(ML) farm sector.Eventhey(the distance between the twopoints Sabha member from Tamil Nadu itsshareofdrama. Vikassheel VIP’swalkouthas 2020 ing exploited. months over seat-sharing. has been partofanRJD-ledal- Opposition) thought of this im- by around 45 km and cutsthe Tiruchi Siva had movedthe court Insaan Party(VIP) chief Mukesh potentialtohurt BIHAR This govern- Besides, the Congress has been liance. The party had wonsix provement, but lackedthe travel time by severalhours. He in the matter. Sahni, whose party's shareof ment failedtostop RJD's mosttrustedally. seatsin2000,seven in the couragetointroduce it,” he said. said the newtunnel will also en- In his plea, Jha has said, “The seatswas notannounced, said to- migration (of workers to other But the numbers in them- February2005Assemblypolls, Modi’s statement seemedto sureconnectivityduringthewinter impugnedlegislationscorporatise wardsthe end of joint press con- MUKESH SAHNI’S states). If peoplegiveusone selvesmay nottellthewholestory and five in the elections in be aveileddig at the Congress — months,whentheRohtangPassis agricultureand ushers in an un- ference that he was"betrayed" Vikassheel Insaan Party chance, we will trytoregain the —asanRJDleadersaid,mostseats October the same year. the BJP has cited the opposition closeddue to snow. regulatedandexploitative regime. by Tejashwi. Sahni walkedout of (VIP) walking out of the lostpride and gloryofBihar,” giventothe Congress have sitting It drew ablank in the 2010 party’smanifesto forthe2019 Lok Thesewere hisfirstpublicral- Afarmer would nothavethe the press meetand told reporters Grand Alliance could hurt he said. JD(U)andBJPmembers.“About40 elections, when NDAwon 206of Sabha polls to assertthat it had liesinmorethansixmonths,since knowledge to negotiatethe best that his party could no longer be the Opposition since the Tejashwi also said govern- seatsofCongresshave beenstrong 243seats also promisedthe same laws thecoronaviruspandemicforced terms with aprivate company. partofthe Grand Alliance. EBC leader has sizeable ment job vacancy forms would whichthe Modi government has anationwidelockdowninMarch. This leads to unequal bargaining The VIP had been demanding influence among Sahni be givenfreeofcost. enacted to allowfarmers to sell People at both public meetings position in negotiating the farm 20-plus seatsbut wasassured of Mallahs, whichconstitute Emphasising that alliance their produce outside state-con- were seatedas per social distanc- agreement with corporates and about 10 seats, it is learnt. about 2per cent of the partners had made some sacri- trolledmandisbutisnowcriticis- ing protocols. wouldleadto corporatesmonop- Addressing the media in the state’s population. fice in seat-sharing, he assured ing them forpolitical reasons. Modi said that Lahaul resi- olising the agriculturesector.” statecapital, the RJD leadersaid them of an electoral victory: “Ias- The Prime Ministersaid that dents, who aregenerallycut-off He alleged that the laws were the Congress would conteston sureyou it (sacrifice) would not thankstothe newfarm laws, duringthewinters,willbeableto passed “in breachofthe 70 seats, besides the Valmiki allies forreposing faith in my go waste.” small and marginal farmers in move out forstudies, work and ParliamentaryRules and con- NagarLok Sabha by-election, leadership. Iassurethat Iwould Congress screening commit- Himachal Pradesh will nowbe health services. The Atal Tunnel vention”, in “blatant breachof while the three Leftparties will live up to their expectations. We teechairman Avinash Pandey able to getbetterpricesfor their willalsobringmoretouriststo the the principles of federal struc- fight from 29 constituencies: will trytooffer astrong alterna- said: “Nitish Kumar had betrayed produce. He pointed out that ap- valley, whichwill generateem- ture” and “violates the Basic CPI(ML) from 19 seats, and the tive.The double-engine govern- the mandate(receivedbythe ple growers in Shimla, Kullu and ployment opportunities, he said. Structureofthe Constitution”. CPI and CPI(M) six and four seats, ment (of Nitish Kumar) has been Grand Alliance in 2015); the peo- respectively. in ICU.... If we arevotedto power, ple will notforgive him. Nitish The RJD, whichkept144seats we will give 10 lakh government Kumar had been insensitive to- foritself, would accommodate jobs in the very firstCabinet wardsmigrants, denying return Cong, Left MPs took anti-farmer twoother allies JMM and VIP [be- meeting.” of his ownpeople (toBihar).... BSP,partofanalliance headedbyRLSP’s UpendraKushwaha, fore Sahni's move in protest] Taking on Nitish Kumar,he Tejashwi-ji had done well as on Saturdaysufferedajolt afterits Bihar unit chief Bharat Bind approach in House: Muraleedharan from itsshare, he announced. said the government under him deputy CM and had become the joinedRJD; herewith RJD leader Tejashwi YadavinPatna. PTI Tejashwi said: “Ithank all the has failedtotackle issuesof voice of the deprived.” onlyastunt to compete with EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Congress, as the Bills have no im- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, pact on farmers in Kerala where OCTOBER3 thereisnoAPMC,” he said. Chirag hails Modi, seeks support for ‘Bihar first’ agenda Muraleedharan said UNION MINISTER of Statefor Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has Kumar,the target of the party's Minister, the LJP has prepared a Kumar have consistentlysniped External Affairs V declared athree-dayprotest DIPANKARGHOSE severalsalvostill date. LJP chief’s vision document called"Bihar at eachother,with the LJP leaders Muraleedharan on Saturdaysaid againstthe newfarm laws. “Had NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 Chirag stated that he is proud note did not FirstBihari First”. While asking claiming that theywereprepared the approachofthe Congress he considered the opinion of to have had "an opportunity" to mention forblessings, Paswan’s note says to fight 143seatsinthe Bihar and Leftoverthe farm Bills, VMuraleedharan farmers in his constituency IN Amovethat will prolong the work with Modi. Nitish that the vision document aims Assembly polls, and to put up whichwererecentlypassedin Wayanad, he would nothavede- speculation about the LJP’s fu- In what is seen as an indica- Kumar to restore “lostBihari pride”, and candidates wherethe JD(U) was Parliament, reeksofhypocrisy. cidedonsuchaprotest.” tureinthe NDA, party president tion that the LJP maygoitalone says that he hopes all his “candi- fighting, and notthe BJP.Asenior Addressing the media here, well as cheating the farmers. TheCongressandtheLefthave Chirag Paswan on Saturdayre- in the Bihar Assemblyelections, dates will strengthen the hands LJP leader said, “It is almostcer- the BJP leader from Kerala said People of Kerala should realise adoptedadouble-standardonthis leasedastatement in whichhe Chirag sought people's blessings tion from the Prime Ministerto of the Prime Minister”. There tain we will notfight under Nitish these farm Bills have no impact the hypocrisy of the MPs from issue, he said. “The propaganda praisedPrime MinisterModi for forhis "Bihar FirstBihari First" preparethis vision document. wasnomention of strengthen- Kumar.Until aformal announce- on farmers in Kerala. “But the ap- the state, who have takenaneg- thatthesereformsareanti-farmer his work but remainedquieton manifesto.According to the The note says that having ing Chief MinisterNitish Kumar. ment things can still change, but proachofthe LeftMPs in ative stand towardsthe Bills. Left is onlyvotebank politics. They Bihar Chief MinisterNitish statement, the LJP took inspira- takeninspiration from the Prime Chirag Paswan and Nitish it seems difficult now.” Parliament wasanti-farmer as MPs’ opposition to reforms is want to shape newvotebanks.” MP rape: Day SUSHANT CASE TAMING HEIGHT, BRIDGING AGAP after Dalit woman AIIMS medical kills self, action board rules out against 3cops murder, says death by suicide IRAMSIDDIQUE BHOPAL,OCTOBER3 NewDelhi: The AIIMS medical ANI boardhas ruledout murder in APOLICE officer in Madhya TIMELINE the death of actor Sushant Singh Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district 1983: Govt Rajput and termedit“acase of wasbooked fordisobeying the hanging and death by suicide”. approves lawwhile twoothers were trans- Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar and Cabinetminister In amedico-legal opinion development of ferred on Saturday, aday aftera Sukhjinder Randhawa inspect the arrangementsfor Rahul submitted to the CBI, the six- Manali-Sarchu-Leh 32-year-old Dalit woman ended Gandhi’s ‘Kheti Bachao Rally’, in Moga. GurmeetSingh member team of forensic doc- her lifefollowing afailedattempt as all-weather road tors has dismissedallegations of to gether gangrape complaint 1983-85: “poisoning and strangling”. registeredwith police. Feasibility study by “Therewerenoinjuries on The action came afterChief Geological Survey 5,000 tractors, gatherings the body other than (that) of MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan of India hanging. Therewerenomarksof took cognizance of the issue and struggle/scuffle on the body and said, “Crimeagainst women will JAN1987: Border of 10,000: Rahul to lead clothes of the deceased. It is a notbetolerated in MP.These cul- Roads Development case of hanging and death by sui- pritsare devils who do notde- Boardmeeting farm stir in Punjab today cide,” Dr Sudhir Gupta,chairman servetoliveincivil society.” chaired by the PM of AIIMS Forensic Medical Board, The woman, aresident of fordetailed Starting from Badhni Kalan formedinthe death case, told Narsinghpur district, wascutting feasibility study by DIVYAGOYAL& in Moga, Rahul would be driving reporters. The boardhad dis- grass in the fields when she was Double-laned, the tunnel wasoriginallydesignedtobe8.8-km-long; PM NarendraModi the BRO KANCHANVASDEV atractor for52kms over the next cussedits findings with the CBI, allegedly rapedbythreemen.The (top) and Defence MinisterRajnath at the inauguration ceremonyonSaturday. ANI MAY1990: RITES LUDHIANA,CHANDIGARH, three days and the convoy will whichisprobing the case. “The woman and her husband ap- engagedtoconduct OCTOBER3 move through rural and link complete examination of liga- proachedthe police to registera feasibility study roads, whichare maintainedby turemarkoverthe neckwas complaint but were asked to THENUMBERS WITH CONGRESS all settohold the Punjab Mandi Boardutilis- consistent with hanging,” Dr comethenextmorningforamed- 2003: RITES clears massive public meetings and ing the funds collected by levy- Gupta said. ENS ical check-up. No complaint was Leh 8.8-km-long tunnel tractor rallies ledbyparty leader ing market feeand rural devel- fileddespitethecoupleapproach- 9.02 10.5 5.52 2006: Australian Rahul Gandhi in Punjab begin- opment fund (RDF) from the ing the police over four days. ning Sundayasa“showofsoli- grain markets. UP: Dalit teen killed, km metres metres firm SMEC Thewoman'shusbandalleged Leh-Manali International darity forfarmers againstthree “Besides Rahul ji, Chief that the police detainedhim in- Highway long wide high farm laws enactedby Centre,” the MinisterAmarinder Singh, gen- 2relatives arrested appointed as design stead and he wasonlyallowedto administration in at leastone dis- eral secretaryincharge Harish consultant leave afterpaying them Rs 5,000. MANPOWER: 750 permanent engineers and trict, in amovetobypass the Rawat, PCC chief Sunil Jakhar Lucknow: The Kanpur Dehat po- While the familystruggledto Ladakh other technicians; 2,000-plus other workers 2008: Bids opened Unlock5.0 guidelines, has will be on the tractor,” said lice on Saturdayfound the body file acase againstthe accused, RohtangTunnel SEPT 2009: Tender termedit“an extension of the on- CabinetMinisterSukhjinder of a16-year-old Dalit girl, who the woman had to face taunts Length:9.02km `3,200 crore awardedtoStrabag going farmers’ agitation in state”. Singh Randhawa,who is also the had been missing since from her neighbours on Friday. Sissu AG AFCONS Joint Gandhi,who willbereaching in-charge of party’s programme September 26, in afarm around Afterthis, the woman went back TunnelNorth COST Punjab Sunday, is expected to at BadhniKalan. akilometrefromher residence. Terminal Venture(SAJV) home and hanged herself. DAILYTRAFFIC ESTIMATE: address twopublic meetings, Asked if suchgatherings are The victim’s father,afarmer,reg- Narsinghpur SP AjaySingh Rohtang JULY 2010: eachwith agathering of at least allowedasper Covid guidelines, isteredanFIR againsthis two Tunnel Manali said, “We have arrested all three South Himachal 3,000 CARS,1,500 TRUCKS Foundation stone 10,000 farmers, in Mogaand ministerRandhawa said, elder brothers on chargesof accusedand booked the police Terminal Kullu Pradesh laid by UPA Ludhiana. He will also lead a “Farmers might getsaved from murder and destruction of evi- official as well. Thereisalso a ILLUMINATION: Auto adjusts as per light conditions chairperson Sonia tractor rallyfor whichthe party coronavirus but notfromthese dence. case againsttwo people forabet- outside forvisual adaptation and energy saving Gandhi has arranged at least3,000trac- blacklaws. Right nowthe issue The twoaccusedwerear- menttosuicide basedonthe vic- tors in Mogawith another 2,000 we areraising is moreimportant rested and were being interro- tim’s husband's complaint.” to join as it enters Ludhiana. than coronavirus.” gated, police said. ENS

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 7 THE WORLD

TOPOFTHE CAMPAIGN MANAGER, SENATORS,ADVISERS AMONG TRUMP CONTACTS TO CATCH VIRUS Blaming govt, WORLD journalist sets Trump’shealthraisesconcernsdespite self on fire and dies in Russia

IVANNECHEPURENKO hisdoctor’swordthathe’sdoingwell MOSCOW,OCTOBER3 ARUSSIAN journalistwho edited an independent news website Person familiarwith situation says Experimental diedFriday,setting herself afire Northrup Grumman’s in front of police headquarters in Antares rocket liftsoff next 48 hours crucial forPresident drug part of the cityofNizhnyNovgorod, a dayafter investigators had treatment plan searched her home there. USA NYT&AP U.S.SENATECANCELS Justbeforeher self-immola- Radishseeds, BETHESDA,OCTOBER3 WORKASVIRUSSPREADS tion, Irina Slavina, 47,founder and for President editor of Koza Press,alocal news meats,cheeses USPRESIDENTDonaldTrump’svi- SENATEREPUBLICANS have site,postedamessageonFacebook talsigns on Saturdaywerecon- cancelledlegislative work un- REUTERS&AP saying: “Iask youtoblame the launchedtoISS cerningasdoctorsmountedanag- tilOctober 19 as thecoron- OCTOBER3 RussianFederationformydeath.” ASPACE station cargo gressive effort to treat him and he avirus sweeps through their Koza Press confirmedher ship rocketed intoorbit wasnot out of danger,aperson ranksandlawmakersincreas- THE WHITE House has said US death. The localbranchofthe Fridaycarrying a360-de- closeto thesituationtoldTheNew inglycall forcomprehensive President Donald Trumpwas Investigative Committee,Russia’s gree camerafor space- YorkTimes,evenasthecoronavirus testing on Capitol Hill. But givenanexperimentaltreatment equivalent of the FBI,said in a walking, radish seeds for infected an ever widening swath SenateMajorityLeaderMitch designedtocombat the coron- statementthattheallegationthat growing and asmorgas- of the President’s aides and allies. McConnellsaidinastatement avirus as well as asmall array of herdeathhadanythingto dowith bordoffancymeatsand While Dr SeanConley, the Saturdaythat confirmation treatmentsincluding aspirin. the search of herapartment was cheeses forfeasting. WhiteHouse physician, told re- hearingsfor Supreme Court Trump, 74,isconsidered vul- “groundless”. The statement said Northrop Grumman porters that Trumpwas “doing nominee AmyConey Barrett nerable to developing severe thesearch hadbeenconductedas launchedits capsule to very well” afteranight at Walter arestill on. Justsince Friday, Covid-19 due to hisgender,age partofacriminal case in which the International Space Reed National MilitaryMedical Senators Thom Tillis, Mike and weight, health experts said. Slavinawasconsideredawitness. Station (ISS) from the Center,theyrefusedtoprovide Lee and RonJohnson an- Trumparrives at Walter Reed NationalMilitaryMedical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, Friday. AP Slavina said on Facebook on Virginia coast. The 3,600- critical details and leftopen the nouncedthat theyhave Experimental drug Thursdaythat early in themorn- kg shipment should reach impression that the President tested positive. AP One of the mostanticipated ing 12 people, including mem- the space station wasknown to be sickaday ear- classes of experimental Covid- bers of aspecial police unit, had Monday. Stashedaboard lier than previouslyreported. Biden’s campaign scramblesto 19 drugsismonoclonal antibod- conducted asearchofher apart- the Cygnus capsule:pres- Shortlyafter theupbeat brief- close allies who came in contact ies: manufactured copies of hu- ment. The Facebook postsaid law surisedair tankstohelp ingby the doctors, aperson famil- with him in recent days tested man antibodies to thevirus. The enforcement agents had been offset avexing leak at the iarwiththe President’s health, on positivefor thevirus. Attention adjust to new uncertainty in race injected antibodiesare designed looking for “brochures, leaflets, space station, anew $23 the condition of anonymity,gave focusedinparticular on last to beginfighting the virus imme- accounts” from Open Russia, an million titanium toilet amoresober assessment. “The Saturday’s WhiteHouse event ing in-person events formonths diatelyand arebeing developed opposition organisation. customfit forwomen, President’s vitals over the last24 introducingTrump’s Supreme KATIEGLUECK,THOMAS asthenationstruggledtoconfront to preventand treat Covid-19. Beforethe search,Slavinahad and avirtual reality cam- hours were very concerning and Courtnominee, with severalat- KAPLAN&SYDNEYEMBER the virus.Hehad onlyrecently— The technique is already in been continuouslypressured by eratoprovide cinematic the next 48 hours will be critical tendees announcing theyhad OCTOBER3 and cautiously—begun to cam- wideusefortreatingarange of ill- localauthorities.Shewasfinedfor views of spacewalksand in terms of his care,” this person tested positive forthe virus. paign on the ground consistently nesses,butdatasofarislimitedfor takingpartinoppositiondemon- other outdoor shots. AP said. “We’restill notonaclear Among them: former White JOEBIDENtestednegative forthe in keybattleground states. Covid-19antibodies.Trumpistak- strationsinNizhnyNovgorodand path to afull recovery.” House counsellor Kellyanne coronavirus and pressedonwith RACE FOR Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, cam- ing an antibody cocktail being formentioningOpenRussiainher Twopeoplecloseto theWhite Conway, the president of the in-personcampaigning Fridayas paignedFridayinNew tested by Regeneron Facebook posts. “Ilostjobs three Housetold NYT that the President University of NotreDame,and at President Donald Trump’shospi- THEWHITE Hampshireand had severalstops Pharmaceuticals, whichhas re- times becauseIcan saythat I AFGHANISTAN had trouble breathing on Friday, leasttwo Republican lawmakers talisation with the virus seismi- HOUSE slatedforSaturdayinMinnesota. portedimprovedsymptoms in poked my nose toofar,” shesaid Bombblastin promptinghisdoctorstogive him —Senator MikeLee and Senator callyaltered the race and threw DemocratsencouragedBiden non-hospitalised Covid patients. in an interviewinSeptember of supplementaloxygenwhileatthe ThomTillis.Thoughtheceremony the government intoupheaval. to continueonthecampaigntrail. lastyear. NYT easternAfghan WhiteHouse and decide to trans- announcing JudgeAmy Coney Biden flewonFridayafter- Friday. “It’s abracing reminder to “This is notahiatus of the Other treatment ferhim to Walter Reed. Barrett’s nomination washeld noon to Grand Rapids, Michigan, all of us that we have to take this campaign,” said Senator Tim Trump’s doctor said the pres- provincekills15 Talkingtoreporters, Conley, outdoors,attendeessatcloselyto- wherehedeliveredremarks virus seriously. It’s notgoing KaineofVirginia. “We’reinthe ident is taking severalmedicines, ATTACKERSSEToffatruck the President’s doctor,seemedto getherandfewworemasks.Some about the economyand empha- away automatically. We have to closing stretchofthe campaign including: bomb in Afghanistan’s suggestthatTrumpwasfirstdiag- alsomingledatasmallereventin- sisedthe dangers of the pan- do our parttoberesponsible.” and they’vegot to be aggres- ■ Remdesivir,anantiviral drug eastern Nangarhar nosedwiththe viruson side the WhiteHouse. demic. He casthis opponent’s Biden campaign officials and sively campaigning.” shown to help some Covid-19 province on Saturday, WednesdayratherthanThursday Also testing positive:Trump’s positive test as avivid illustra- allies said Fridaythe Democratic Jim Wertz, the Democratic patientsrecoverfaster. killing at least 15 people night when Trumpdisclosedthat campaignmanager Bill Stepien. tion of the public health risksat nominee plannedtocontinue chairman in Erie County, ■ Vitamin Dand mineral zinc, andwoundingdozens,ac- he had tested positiveonTwitter. Stepien had joined Trumpat playbut offeredTrumpwishes in-person travel, although Biden Pennsylvania, said Biden should both of which aretaken by some cordingtoprovincialoffi- Whiledescribingwhathesaidwas Tuesday’s presidentialdebate. foraspeedy recovery.His cam- acknowledged cancellinganad- continue holding in-person as immune system boosters. cials,asviolencecontinues the President’s progress,hesaid Chris Christie, the former gover- paignalso movedtotakedown ditional stop later Friday. “Based events. “The Democratic Party ■ Heartburndrug famotidine, in the war-torn nation de- Trumpwas“just72hoursintothe norof NewJerseywhoforseveral negative ads. on the crowdsize and an indoor and the Biden campaign have al- whichisbeinglookedintoasapo- Jacinda Ardern spitepeace talkstaking diagnosisnow,” whichwould days thisweekhelpedTrumppre- “This is notamatter of poli- —itwas concludedbythe docs ways takenCovid precautions tential treatment forCovid-19. place in Qatar.Attaullah mean middayonWednesday. parefor the debate, also tested tics,” said Biden,who revealed thatbestnot to do it,” he said. seriouslyand will continue to do ■ Melatonin, takenasasleep aid. Khugyani, aspokesman Meanwhile, some of Trump’s positive forthe coronavirus. that he had been tested twice Bidenhadrefrainedfromhold- so,” Wertzsaid. NYT ■ Aspirin, afever reducer. Advancevoting forthe provincial govern- ment,said the number of begins in New casualties, mostofwhom Pak court orders were civilians, could rise Sudan, rebel leaders Zealand election and that dozens of people regulator to stop were also injured by the blastinGhaniKheldistrict. mediacoverage sealpeace deal in PRAVEENMENON ObaidullahShinwari, the WELLINGTON,OCTOBER3 Nangarhar provincial of highway rape council’s member,said 52 effort to end wars EARLY VOTINGbegan in New peoplewere injuredinthe Zealand on FridaywithPrime blast. REUTERS MZULQERNAIN Ministerand Labour Party LAHORE,OCTOBER3 ASSOCIATEDPRESS ED Lateststep leader Jacinda Ardern seen se- THE CAUCASUS JUBA,OCTOBER3 towards curing asecond term in office on APAKISTANIcourthasorderedthe PLAIN E the backofher success in han- ● stability Armeniasaysit country’s media regulatorybody SUDAN’S TRANSITIONAL au- EX dling the coronavirus pandemic to stop covering theallegedgang- thorities and arebel alliance on and other crises. isreadytowork THE DEAL aimedatending rapeof awomanonahighway last Saturdaysignedapeacedeal Voters can head to thepolls decades-long civilwars is the month following arequestbythe that wasinitiatedinAugust and with about 450 advancepolling forceasefire latest in anumber of recent police that accused themedia of aims to put an end to the coun- stations opened across the coun- ARMENIASAID on Friday effort to bring stability to creatinga“hindrance”inthearrest NEW FLOOD BARRIER KEEPS VENICE DRY try’s decades-long civil wars. tryinthe lead-up to election day it would work with Sudan. Amass uprising last of the prime suspect due to its “Thenextbiggestchallengeis on October 17. Russia, the US and France year ledtothe ousteroflong- “reckless coverage”. Along-delayedfloodbarrier successfullyprotected Venice from ahigh tide forthe firsttime on to work withalllocalandinterna- The election commission on renewing aceasefirein time authoritarian ruler The Pakistani-Frenchwoman Saturday, bringing relief and smilestothe lagoon city followingyearsofrepeated inundations. tional partners to preach the said advance voting has become Nagorno-Karabakh as the Omar al-Bashir.Atransitional wasallegedly gang-rapedbytwo “Today, everything is dry. We stoppedthe sea,” city mayorLuigi Brugnarosaid. Thenetwork of agreement and itsbenefits,” steadilymorepopular. It ac- death toll rose on the government run by both men in front of her children at 78 bright yellowbarriers that guardthe entrance to thedelicateVenetian lagoon liftedfrom Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok counted for47% of all votes in sixth dayoffighting over politicians and militaryoffi- the Lahore-Sialkot motorway thesea bed as the tide, drivenbystrongwindsand rain,started to climb. Reuters tweetedonFridayuponhisarrival 2017 andcould reachasmuchas the breakawayenclave in cialshavepromisedfreeelec- last month, triggeringcountry- atJuba,thecapitalof SouthSudan. 60% this time round. the South Caucasus. tions by 2022, and sought to wide outrage. One suspect has Reachinganegotiatedsettle- InaFacebookmessage,Ardern Azerbaijan, whichis rebuild ties with the West. been arrested,while prime ac- ment with rebels in Sudan’s far- said she voted early on Saturday. fightingethnic Armenian The newrulers also said they cusedAbid Malhi is still at large. flungprovinceshasbeenacrucial New Zealanders arealso vot- forces in Nagorno- Nepal PM’s 3key advisers contract Covid would separatereligion from The Anti-Terrorism Courton goal forthe transitional govern- ing on twoother issues—legal- Karabakh,has notre- state, ending 30 years of rule Fridayordered thePakistan people in the country. social media accounts. ment, whichassumedpoweraf- ising recreational cannabis and spondedtoacallfor a under Islamic law. ceasefirebythe three Electronic Media Regulatory SHIRISHBPRADHAN Duringthe testsconducted Posting on Twitter and terapopularuprisingledthemil- euthanasia —topics that have countries. Azerbaijan Authority to refrain from airing KATHMANDU,OCTOBER3 on Friday, Oli’s chief adviser Facebook,theyrequestedall itarytooverthrow President split opinions in the country. President Ilham Aliyev anycontent about the highway Bishnu Rimal, press adviser those who came in their contact Omaral-Bashir in April2019. of the national budget. Arecentpoll suggested ruledout talkswith gang-rapeincidentonthe request NEPAL PRIME MinisterKP Surya Thapa, andforeign affairs to be cautions. Sudanese civilian leaders Saturday’s signinginJuba Ardern’s LabourPartymight need Armenia overthe issue on of Lahorepolice in whichittook SharmaOli’schief adviserand his adviser Rajan Bhattarai tested Nepal’sCovid-19tallyjumped hope the deal will allowthem to sealedthepeacedealbetweenthe acoalition partner to form agov- Tuesday. REUTERS plea that theyfailedtoarrestthe other twoaides have contracted positive forCovid-19. to 84,570 on Saturday as 2,120 revive the country’sbattered Sudanese government and the ernment as her rivalNational prime suspect because of “reck- coronavirus thathasclaimed528 The key advisers confirmed newcoronavirus cases were de- economybyslashing military Sudan RevolutionaryFront, a Partyleader Judith Collins is claw- less media coverage”. PTI livesand infected over 84,500 the development through their tected in thecountry. PTI spending, whichtakes up much coalitionof severalarmedgroups. ing backsupport. REUTERS

THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS AMONG 17 KILLED IN 2018MASSACRE AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN FLORIDA Parentsofteen who died in schoolshooting create AI videoofson to spur voters

me” areshockinglylifelike, but thevideo created by his par- and other musings to help didn’t support universal back- Joaquin, but theydid suchan KELLIKENNEDY it is justamirage—arealistic, ents’ charity to end gun vio- guide them. ground checks. amazing job with the technol- FORTLAUDERDALE, almost eerie artificial intelli- lence. “You’vegot to replacemy “It’s something whereyou “We areletting Joaquin ogy that youcan’t say, ‘Oh my OCTOBER3 gence re-creation of the teen vote.” justput the dots together if you grow intohis ideas ...and how God, howIwish that could be who wasamong the 17 killedin Aftertheir son’s death, see his posts,the wayhethinks, he will be reacting to things the real Joaquin there talking to WEARING HISsignaturehoodie the 2018 Valentine’s Daymas- Manuel and Patricia Oliver he wasstill thinking, the way that arehappening today,”his everybody.’” and beanie, an earbud casually sacreatMarjoryStoneman foundedthe organization he wasexpressing his frustra- father said. ForManuel Oliver, he’s har- hangingfromone ear,passion- Douglas High School in Florida, Change The Reftoempower tion about situations,” his mom “We knowour son so well nessedthat pain to create ateParkland teen Joaquin the worstschool shooting in young people to make changes said in aphone interview and we knew exactlywhathe change. The artisthas traveled Oliverurges his peers to vote history. through education and ac- Friday. wanted from life.” the countryonJoaquin’s behalf, forlawmakers who will end From the grave, theteen is tivism on avariety of issues, The teen, affectionately The lifelikeimageisalso paintingamural on his son’s gun violence in anew video re- nowbegging hispeerstocast mostnotablygun violence. known as Guac, wasaffected by painful to watchfor thegriev- birthdayoutside the National leasedFriday.Nextmonth’s the votethat he will nevercast. Theyhelpedcraft everyde- racism at ayoung ageand pro- ingparents. Rifle Association’s headquarters election would have been his “I’vebeen gone fortwo tail of the video, from their This computer-generated image, takenfromvideocreated tective of his Hispanic immi- “Icouldn’t even breathe and leadingarallyatthe head- firstchance to vote. yearsand nothing’schanged, son’s wardrobe to his manner- through artificialintelligence, shows adepiction of Joaquin grant parents. When he was12- well,” his mother said of the quarters of Smith &Wesson. The 17-year-old’s manner- bro. People arestill getting isms and what he would say, Oliver, ateenagerkilledinthe Parkland school massacre. AP years-old he wrotealetterto firsttimeshe sawthe video. “Of “Iwouldn’t describethis as isms and vernacular “yo,it’s killedbyguns,” he implores in relying on his Twitter account gunmakers asking whythey course we knowthat is not painful but as powerful.” AP

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She cannottellher story. Instead, her grieving family, atense villageinHathras rivenbydeepfault lines, FAMILIES OF THE ACCUSED and asordid drama by policeand the administration, have takenoverthe narrative. SOMYA LAKHANI &JIGNASASINHAreportfromher home ‘Do narco test… Hang

TWAS abusy month on the sewing says thevictim’s elder sister. them if guiltyorlet machineforthe19-year-old.OnAugust It wasthe 19-year-old, says thesister-in- 26,ababywasborn,herbrother’sthird law, who convincedthe familytocelebrate I daughter.Apartfromtheusualembroi- the baby’s arrival. “She wasthe onlyone who deryworkshe did, the woman hadto said it’s ahappymoment, that the babyhas them live theirlives’ turn old dhotis and saris into clothes forthe continuedtheir tradition of three sisters in baby. Her handsworkedfastonthe machine, the family. Isometimes wonder,how did she recalls her sister-in-law, “ekdum tez”. getsowise?” she says. Weekslater,thebabyclotheslieunfinished. In the house teeming with relativesand AMILBHATNAGAR Thesewingmachinehasbeenpushedto acor- outsiders, the babymoves from one lap nerandtheswatchesof fabrichave beenbun- to another. OR THE pastfivedays, an en- dledontoablue shelf in one of the three small The sister-in-lawsays that with women in tourageofmedia and police have roomsof thehouseinavillageinUP’sHathras. thevillagemostlyconfinedtotheirhomes,the been throngingthe narrowdirt Three weeksafter the baby’s birth, her 19- 19-year-old had growntobecome her best F lane leading to the 19-year-old’s year-old aunt wasassaulted andallegedly friend. “She wasonly14-15when Igot mar- house in Hathras. From the verandah of a rapedbyfourupper-caste men in abajra field riedand came here. Suchababy. She still house acrossthisroad,afew women, all that’safive-minute walkfromherhouse.Two suckedher thumb while sleeping, her one relativesofthe accused, peer out every Severalquestion weekslater,onSeptember 29, the woman, hand on her eyebrow,” she says,laughing. nowand then to catchaglimpseofthe marks born intoone of thefiveValmiki (Dalit)fami- The two-dayblockade of the Hathras villagewas liftedSaturday; (top) Asshegrew older, the19-year-oldbecame crowd. liesinthevillage,diedinaDelhihospital—201 siteofthe 19-year-old’s hurriedcremation. Gajendra Yadav the one the sister-in-lawwouldturntowhen As demands forjustice forthe 19-year- kmfromherhouse,hermother,andhernieces. in trouble. “Shewould advise me on howto old grow,and aday afteraUPgovernment THE EVENTS of the lastfew days in What followedthe deathwas asurrepti- tacklemaritalissues,hownot to getangryover spokesperson said polygraph andnarco Hathras —the alleged rape and as- tious cremationdoneinthe absence of family petty problems at home,how to always wear testswould be conducted on the accused, sault on a19-year-oldon members, avillageunder siegebythe police, At 2.45 am Wednesday, from the small The woman’s sister-in-lawsays that like theghoonghat...Thisishowitisinvillages,girls the victim’s relativesand even police offi- September 14,her death on allegationsof threats by seniorUPgovernment windows of itshomes, avillage shrouded in mostwomen in the village, the 19-year-old grow up very quickly,”says thesister-in-law. cers involved in theprobe,families of the September 29, and ahurriedcre- officials, an Opposition on the roads, and the darkness and grief sawthe smokefroma mostlystayedathome. Even the rare visits to Aday afterthe 19-year-old’s hurriedcre- accused saytheywantafair trial. mation in the early hoursofthe suspensionofHathras’s toppolice officers. lonely pyre riseupintotheskyasUPPoliceand the market didn’t always end well,she says. mation, avideo had surfacedofthe sister-in- While three of the accused, Sandeep following day—have castanun- The woman is nowastatistic, the rear end theadministrationcrematedthe19-year-old’s “She would come backangry... saythe upper- lawchasingaUPgovernmentofficial’svehicle (20), his uncle Ravi (35), and Ramu (27) favourable light on the role of the of aspeedingambulance,alitpyre. TheSunday body,without the family. castessay mean things aboutus, calledher inthevillage.“Ican’teatorsleep...Lookatwhat arerelated, the fourth accused, Luv Kush UP Police and the administration Expresswentto theHathrasvillagelookingfor “Peoplesaythefamily isbrave...We arenot names... and so on,” says the sister-in-law. we have beenputthrough. We mightbepoor, (19),isSandeep’s friend. All four men are whose handling of recent events, the 19-year-old woman. brave.Whatoptiondowe have?Afterthegov- Theyearthewomanwasborn,“afew days we mightbeDalits but do we have no right ShikhawatThakurs whose families have including the Vikas Dubey en- ernment deprivedusofthe right to carry out before wheat washarvestedin2001”, over aloved one? Theydidn’t even letussee been intoagriculturefor many genera- counter,has comeinfor criticism. ■ ■ ■ our sister'slastrites, fighting forjustice is the Sandeep’s grandfather had spent time in jail her offpeacefully,”she adds. tions. The farmers of the villagemostly onlythingwe cando,”says oneofthewoman’s forallegedly beating up the woman’s grand- In avillagewheremostlips aresealed, grow paddy andbajra. Born to agricultural labourers, the she was cousins, sitting in her house that’s teeming father. “He brokehis head with ahammer,a wherequestions about the woman areei- Sixmonths ago, Sandeep got ajob with he was. He came backhomeonhis cycle thefourthof five siblings.Shewasalsothefirst with mediapersons case wasfiled... Since then, ther metwith “wohbahut bholi thi (she was aprivate companyinDelhi forwhom he around 11.30 am,” says Rajwati, Ramu’s woman in the familytoattend school, briefly. Saturdayafternoon. “Weare not brave. this familyhas had aprob- very innocent)” or that “she is lying” —de- had to drive acourier vehicle. Hisfamily mother. “Shehadto crossthehighway just to getto What optiondowe lem with us. Theyuse caste- pending on who youtalk to —it’s hardto says that from the Rs 6,000 he earned Afew metres away from Sandeep’s theprimaryschool.Trucksandbusesmovedat ■ ■ ■ basedslurs,theaccusedalso knowwhat it is to be a19-year-old growing everymonth, Sandeepsent some money home, Ravi’s familysays theyhavetold his suchspeed...We pulledheroutof schoolwhen have?After the govt threatenedher in the past,” up in aDalithome in aUPvillage, wheremul- home to hisparents,who worked on 5 four children that their father is out on she wasinClass 5. We neverlet her go alone, Atwo-daysiege, with deprived us of the says afamilymember of the tiple fault lines run intoeachother.Ofcaste, bighas of land. Theysay that he returned work andthat he would return soon. The we were afraidshemightcomeunderacar,or 300UPPolice personnel 19-year-old. gender,and countless others. home afew days agoafter developing a 35-year-old, adaily-wage labourer,would that someonemight kidnapher... What we guarding everyinchofthe righttocarryout our Who wasthis 19-year-old? From the fam- cyst on his foot. line up at achowk 2kmawayevery day, fearedhascometrue.Wecouldn’tprotecther,” village, wasliftedSaturday sister’s last rites, ■ ■ ■ ily’s accounts, she is someone who made the “On the morning of the incident hoping to getpickedupfor work.His fam- says thewoman’smother,sobbingintoherveil. morning.With reporters “perfect rotis”, whose worldrevolvedaround (September 14), Sandeepwas lyinginthe ilyclaims that on the dayofthe incident, On the morning of September 14,the campingoutside the village fighting forjustice Fortwo days as the her nieces, who rarely lefther home and de- verandah. His parentshad come home af- he had gone to the chowk, looking mother says,the twoofthem had gone to the fordays,and news of her is the only thing siegewent on, police took pendedonher brother,awagelabourer,to tergiving foddertothe animals. It wasa forwork. bajrafields to cut grass fortheir six buffaloes death making global head- over the village’s fields, bring back “ladkiyowala samaan”fromthe regular dayinthe village,” says Hariom, Luv Kush took up odd jobs to sustain and cows.Asthe daughter worked afew me- lines, the spotlight is sud- we cando.” rooftops and lanes. With market forher.Yet,inthehoursafterherdeath, 30, Sandeep’scousin. himself. Sandeep’s familysays Luv Kush tres away from the mother,she wasallegedly denlyonthe small village Section144of CrPC in place, as politicians put out her videos doubtingthe The victim’s familyhas alleged that the is notinvolvedinthe crime and washelp- draggedto apartofthefieldwhereshewasal- and its60families. Of these, onlyabout five mostresidentsdidn’t leave their homes. veracity of her statement, her real story, her 19-year-old wasassaulted andgangraped ing his mother in anearbyfield on the day legedly gangrapedand beaten up by Sandeep households areofValmikis, while the rest are Also lockedinwas the 19-year-old’s fam- version of events,will remain unsaid. by the four men while she wascutting of the incident. (20),Ravi(35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26). of Brahmins and Thakurs. ily. On Saturday,when policeliftedthe block- What is confirmed, though, is alife grass in the fields around 8.30 am. The “Some people saywehaveconnec- The mother says she found her daughter Adirttrack separates —orjoins —the vic- ade, the media thronged thesmallbrick snatchedawayat19, and amother’s loss. woman’s mother has said that the ac- tions andthatthe police areprotecting us. lying in apool of blood, and the familyrushed tim’s home and that of theaccused.But the house, occupying everyconceivable inchof The mother says, “The lasttime Ispoketo cusedfledthe spotafter she raisedan We arenobody,how canweinfluence the to apolice station, followedbyalocal hospi- eventsofthe lastfew weekshaveturnedold space in eachofthe rooms with mics and herwaswhenshewasinAligarhhospital.She alarm. police? Ramu and Ravi have probably not tal. The woman wasmoved to ahospital in fault lines intodeep, cavernous divides. questions. “We haven’t eatenall day, thechil- told me she missedme, her nieces, that she Afew months ago, Ramu, one of the been outsideofHathrastheir entirelives. Aligarh, an hour away from thevillage, and “She’s ruinedour village’sname... brought dren aresoaking biscuitsinwater forlunch. wanted to come backhome. Even when she four accused, had got ajob as adailywage People sayweare from ahigher caste... then to Delhi’sSafdarjung Hospital on suchdisrepute. Who will marry theirdaugh- Give us some space,” the victim’s sister-in- wasinsomuchpain, sheinquiredabout my worker at amilk plant 10 km from the vil- We arejustlabourers, farmers…”, says September 28. Aday later,she died. ters intothis villagenow?” says aThakurresi- lawsays,overwhelmed. health,asked if her nieces were eating well.” lage.His familysays he would cycle to the Sandeep’s cousin Hariom. “Anightbeforethe incident, my daughter dent of thevillage. The arrivalofthe 19-year-old’s niece in The mother says she hasn't musteredthe plantsfor twoshifts —7.30 am to 1.30 pm, The families saytheyare nowpinning and Isleptinthe aangan,likewealwaysdid. At thevictim’shome,acousinsays thatde- Augusthadbroughtthefamilytogetherforthe couragetogotothe spotwherethe 19-year- and 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. His familysays, their hopes on the narco test. “If thereisa She usedtotell me everynight howshe can’t spitethe siege, he is awareofthe “rumours”. firsttimeinoverayear.Thewoman’stwomar- old’s ashes still lie, unclaimed. “When Iwould Ramu,who has studiedtillhis Class 10,is test whereyou can tell if aperson is say- fall asleep unless Iamnexttoher.Imaginemy “If theSPcango onnationalTVandsayshewas riedsisters and their children had paid avisit. complainaboutour struggles, poverty,she hardofhearing. ing the truth or not, then we want nothing misfortune that Iwasn’t allowedtosee my notraped,whatcan one expectfromthe “We all got together before bhabhi’s deliv- wouldalways saythatthingswouldgetbetter “Ramu wasworking when the inci- morethanthat. Lettherebeafair trial. daughter’sfacewhenshedied.HowwillIever Thakurs of the village, who areconvincedshe ery, hopingitwouldbeaboyafter twogirls. some day. Howcan therebebetterdays with dentoccurred. If thereisaway to tracka Hang them if theyare guilty.Iftheyare sleep peacefullynow?” she says. lied.Shegave astatement,why wouldshelie?” Parphir se ladki hui (But it wasagirlagain)...,” her gone at suchayoung age...And likethis?” person’s location, theywill knowwhere not, letthem live theirlife,” he adds.

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Across Fifth THEAISLE COLUMN TAVLEENSINGH Farmlaws—notchoice,justnoise Twitter@tavleen_singh

FROM PRIME MinisterNarendra Modi to ■ that thereare no APMCs in Kerala, buttedby the data. The newfarmlawsac- The Modi government’s newlawsdo the AgricultureMinistertothe Finance UTsexceptChandigarh, and some tuallyreinforce the status quo with allits notcreatethese thousandsofalternative Minister to the CEO, Niti Aayogtothe Northeastern states. Bihar repealedthe imperfections. farmers’ markets. On the contrary, by al- Hathras is BJP’s president to the BJP’s spokesper- state’s APMC Actafewyearsago.Inthese Isupportgiving choicestothe farmer lowing private tradersincluding corpo- sons, everyone is singing the same tune. states, agricultureproduce marketing (Fooling All thePeople All theTime, Indian ratestoconcludeprivateagreements,and Their argumentisthat farmers were takesplace outside APMCs; Express, September 27,2020). Ialso think installing aconvolutedand bureaucratic amirror PCHIDAMBARAM ‘tied’ to theAPMCs and, now, theyhave ■ thatthe number of APMCs varies that, eventually, theAPMCs have to be disputeresolution mechanism (tothe ex- Website:pchidambaram.in the choice to sell outside the APMCs. Of from106inHaryanato 145inPunjab(with phasedout because,although theyhave clusionofcivilcourts),thegovernmenthas Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN course, theywill not supporttheir argu- manysub-yards) to 283inTamil Nadu. served auseful purpose of being asafety tiltedthe scalesevenmoreagainstthe IF YOUliveinIndia youlearn to accept a ment with data. While70 percentof wheatandpaddypro- netfor asection of the farmers, theyare farmers.Besides,onceprivate unregulated degree of casualcruelty as normal. You Mr Narayana Murthy, co-founder of ducedinPunjabandHaryanaareprocured traderestrictions. Forreasonsthat have trade outside the APMCislegalised,there learntoacceptthat just belowthat fragile Infosys, is reportedtohavesaid, “InGod by government agencies(mostlythe FCI), been documented well,the APMCsare will be apowerful incentivefor traders to surface of modernity lies brutality that is we trust. Foreverything else bring the total turnoverofAPMCs in all agricul- notperfect markets, do notserveall farm- de-registerthemselvesfromthe APMC. medieval. But, everynow and then some- me data.” tureproduceinTamilNadu wasonly ers, extract toohigharentand are, in thingsoawful happens that it shakes us Rs 129.76crore in 2019-20;and some cases, under the control of the to thecore. What happened in that ■ that, on average, afarmerin traders and middlemen. LET STATES LEGISLATE Hathras villagehas done justthat. Savage THE IRREFUTABLE Maharashtrahasto travel25kmto findan But before the APMCs arephasedout, Eachstate is unique in terms of crops rapes of little girls and young women are DATA APMC yard. the farmers mustbegiven agenuine cultivated,marketable surplusesand be- so muchthe norm, especiallyinrural From the Prime Minister to choice. That choice can onlybemultiple haviour of traders. Letthe states legislate India, that we learn to look theotherway the spokespersons, none will Whatdoesthedatashow?Theyshow alternativemarkets locatedinthousands on the subject of trading in agricultural mosttimes. ■ that86percentof farmersare small REINFORCING THE of large villagesandsmalltowns,easilyac- produce. LettherebeaPunjab modeland Lastweek,within hoursofthe 19-year- explain whythe farmer is farmers and have aholding of less than 2 STATUS QUO cessible to farmers, and lightlyregulated lettherebeaBiharmodel.Letthestategov- old woman’s death twootherDalit girls portrayed as bound,hand hectares; by the stategovernmentsonweight and ernment,thefarmersandthepeopleof the were killedinUttar Pradesh. An 11-year- and foot,toanAPMC and ■ that farm holdings arebeing frag- Whetherastate hasAPMCsornotand priceof thecommodity.Farmerscangoto statedecidewhatisbest forthatstate.That old wasbeaten to death in Bhadohi and a mented:according to the Agriculture whether an APMC is accessible or distant, these alternativemarkets and sell, pro- would be true federalism. Parliament- young woman wasabducted andal- the middlemen, when the fact Census,the number of farm holdings in- the fact is that94per cent of the farmers curementagenciesandprivatetraderscan madelaws onasubjectthatfalls,arguably, legedly rapedinBalrampur.But, it wasthe is that 94 per cent of farmers creasedfrom138millionin2010-11to146 have nochoiceexcepttoselltheirproduce buy,butthepriceshallbenotlessthanthe within the StateListofthe Constitution in Hathras victim’s storythat caught our at- are not. Hence,the argument million in 2015-16; outsidetheAPMCinanunregulatedenvi- notifiedMSP.Thus,averylarge proportion thevainhopeof one-size-fits-all-statesare tention perhaps because she managed to that the new farm laws givea ■ thatsmallfarmershave littlesurplus ronment. From the Prime Ministertothe of farmers—unlikeasatpresent—willget invariablysuspect. survive for15days despiteher attackers grain to sell, yettheywill sell afew bags of spokespersons,nonewillexplainwhy the theMSPorabetterpricefortheirproduce. Thetearinghurryinwhichordinances having broken herspine and cuttingher superior choice to the farmer, paddyorwheat to repaytheloan(s)taken farmerisportrayed as bound, hand and False alarms arebeing raisedthatifthere were promulgatedand replacedbyActs tongue. Beforedying she identifiedthe where none existed before,is or forurgenthousehold needs; foot,toanAPMC and the middlemen, is alegal guarantee of MSP,itwill require without prior consultation or proper de- monsters who attackedher and said adeeply flawed argument. ■ that only6per cent of farmers sell when the fact is that 94 per cent of farm- detecting violations,prosecution and jail bate—andwithoutavotingby divisionas clearly that she had been raped. Thenew farm laws actually theirproduce in the APMC market yards; ers arenot.Hence, the argument that the forthousandsoftraders.Thatisnonsense. demanded—deservesadeeper probe. ThereisaSupreme Courtjudgment the remaining 94 per cent sell outside the newfarm laws give asuperior choice to The legal guarantee willapplyfor the sale The true motive of the government in en- that says thatifawoman says shewas reinforce the status quo with APMC,mostlytolocaltradersoracooper- thefarmer, wherenoneexistedbefore,isa andpurchase withinthe precincts of the acting thesecontroversial laws remains rapedthen this testimonyisenough. But, all its imperfections ative society or aprocessor; deeplyflawedargument conclusively re- farmers’ markets. underacloud. Yogi Adityanath seems to have his own interpretation of the law, so afterthe Hathrasvictim diedhis officials and his policeforce went to extraordinary lengthstoprove that shewas notraped. My ISOLATION Since she wascremated hurriedly, in the Who am I? An oppressed dead of night by the police, the onlyev- AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM idence is herdying declaration, but will it be enough to convict the four upper- Dalit, asuppressed woman? caste men she named? Yogi’s lawen- ‘Didn’t let negativityin... Read up on forcement officers have been busy spreading misleading stories, including punity. He further outlinedfivetypes of one in whichshe wasbeaten nearly to rapists,inwhichopportunistic rapistsare death by her brother who discovered the kinds who rape because theycan, with earlier LS sessions, Speaker rulings’ that she washavinganaffair with one of Dalitality lowriskof punishment.Thereisapatternof her attackers. If stories likethis were true impunityintheattacksonDalitwomen.On and the policehad nothing to hidethere PRANALIYENGDE theonehand,Dalitwomenareregardedas What precautions areyou taking to whenever possible. would have been no reason forthem to impure,while at the same time,their bod- stayCovid-free? Ihavebeen in touchwith my con- prevent the media and all politicians ies areusedasamedium of rage/punish- As avaccine forCovid-19 is still not stituentsthrough teleconferencing, au- from enteringthe villageinwhichher ment againstthe community. available, taking precautions is the most dio conferencing, and other such modes familylives. Everytimesuchanincidenttakesplace, effective waytoprotect oneself from in- of communication.Weare going Speaking of the media and politicians, ON Ausual morningin2019, anotification we rush to add moremeasures to the exist- fection. Ihavebeen following the guide- through difficult times, and it is very im- it needs to be said that neither covered flashedonmymobile.Itwasaboutthegan- inglaws.TheUntouchability(Offences)Act, lines and advisories issued by the Union portant to stay in touchwiththe people themselvesinglory. The ludicrous at- grape and murder of aveterinarydoctor of 1955,waschangedto theProtectionof Civil government andotheragencies. of my constituency.Iconsideritmyre- temptbythe Gandhi siblings to ‘march to my ageinHyderabad. Asudden lightning Rightsin1978. Due to itsinability to curb Wearing mask,social distancing, clean- sponsibility. Hathras’ trivialisedaterrible tragedy, and of fearrushedthroughmy bodyasIwasalso atrocities againstSCs and STs, anew Act ing my hands frequentlyhaveall become thesilence from seniorBJP political lead- in Hyderabad then. My mother calledme called the ScheduledCastesand Scheduled partofmydaily routine now. Do youtakeany specific precautions ershas been deafening. Smriti Irani who to expressher concern.Itriedtoconvince Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989, Youmight have observed during the while youtravel? wassovocal afterNirbhaya’s death has her(including myself) that Iamsafe. waspassedbyParliament. In spiteofthis, MonsoonSession of Parliament as well During the lockdown period, Idid not said notone word on Hathras despitebe- OnWednesday, Ireceivedasimilarnoti- UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues that Iwas repeatedly requesting all travel at all. Once the un-lock phase ing the Ministerincharge of Women and fication about the alleged gangrape of a19- RitaIzsák observed that massiveunderre- members to have their masksonat started, Itravelledtomyconstituency.I ChildDevelopment. year-oldDalitgirl inUttarPradesh.Iwasdis- porting of cases occurs due to society’s ten- all times. followedall the specifiedsafetyproto- As forthe media, it wasonlyafter she turbedagain,butalittlelessconcerned.This dencyto blame thevictim,especiallywhen cols on the trip. wasdead that theydiscoveredthe victim. time, Idid notreceive calls from anyone. It she belongs to alowercaste. Have yougot yourself tested for And, whentheydid, some of my esteemed caughtmy attentionwhenmy brotherbrou- The latestNCRB datareveals that every Covid-19? Howmuchtime do youspend in brethren took to Twitter to saythat the fuss ght up the different reactions from my side day10Dalitwomen areraped. Theseare Yes, Igot myself tested before the Illustration: Suvajit Dey front of ascreen? over her death wasonlybecauseher at- to thetwo casesof brutalassaults.Iwasmore merelyreportedcasesandthereisaspikein commencement of the Monsoon Virtual communicationhas definitely tackers were Hindus. In Balrampur,they disturbed by the firstincident. Wasitbe- atrocitiesagainstSCs(7%)andSTs(26%).The Session. increasedsincethe Covid-19 outbreak.I tweeted, the attackers were Muslims so causeIwasintheproximityof theincidence NationalCampaignonDalitHumanRights, LokSabha SpeakerOmBirla, 57, have also been relyingonittocarry out the incidentwas being ignored.Had this and that Icould relate with it personally? an NGO, revealed that over 23% of Dalit Have youhad to isolateyourself? played akey role in conducting my day-to-daywork. So far, Ihaveat- kind of rubbish come from politicians it Thereasonisnotasapparent.Itisabout women reportbeingraped. No.Igot myself tested only to ensure the Monsoon Session of tendedmorethan 100national and in- would be badenough,but forittocome howthe issueispresented by mainstream WhenIseeasawoman,thescopeof my that everybodyaround me is safe(in Parliament,even as manyraised ternational programmes virtually. Ihave from journalistsistrulyshameful. media and howsocietyprioritisesits reac- viewtowardsrapeandalliedcrimesislim- Parliament). Iadvise everyone to take ad- been communicating withthe people in The reason whythe Hathras storyhas tionto rapevictimsofdifferentsocialback- ited.It’smerelypsychological.However, be- equatesteps to stay healthyand getthe apprehensionsabout attending my constituency and attending office shaken us so deeplyisbecause it has be- grounds.Casesof rapeagainstDalitortribal ing aDalit woman, my understandingand Covid-19testdone as soon as symptoms the House in the middle of a meetings online as well. come amirrorinwhichwesee the flaws women areportrayed as unexceptional by relation to it goes muchdeeper.Attackona begin to appear.Those affected must also pandemic. He urged all MPsto of Indian democracy,and the sight is the media.Moreoften, narrativesofsuch Dalit woman from rural parts of Indiabe- isolatethemselves. take Covid-19 tests and in the Howdoyou keep your mind offthe frightening. We see that the men in charge eventstend to emphasise on the ‘gender’ comes an attackonmyself. Her pain be- pandemic? of enforcing the lawhavenot discovered aspect by disregarding the ‘caste’identity comes my pain.Myidentity as aDalit What kind of gloves and mask do you House often asked them to keep During the pandemic, Ihavenever let yetthat their fundamentalduty is to pro- of thevictim.Accordingto RanjanaKumari, woman makes me avictimofasocial con- use? wearing masks. While the negativity cloud my mind. Icontinuedto tect the people and notthe government. Director of the Centrefor Social Research, struct that encourages the use of rape as a Iuse maskswhichmeetthe required Session wascut short after many work actively with apositive frame of Theydonot understand this because nei- although these incidents take place on a tool to punish andsilenceDalits. standards. It is abit uncomfortable to use mind. Iinteracted with people,under- ther the training of the policenor that of dailybasis, thereisnosubstantial caste- As apoet, Ibreak disorganisedworlds them but theyare absolutelyessential MPstested positive forthe took administrative work of the Lok the administrative service haschanged based dataonsexual violence in India. and letthe wordssink in my heart. forsaving lives. coronavirus, Birlasaid that the Sabha and supervisedpreparatorywork since the British left. The British setupa Yet, the victim’s caste becomes inevita- Who am I?/ My consciousness/ makes Lok Sabha recorded “historic forthe Monsoon Session. system that wasfounded on thecolonial ble,especiallywhenrape,sexualassaultare mehuman/andmy thoughtsbuildmy iden- While interacting with people at productivity” with, on an Ialso went through the proceedings idea that the duty of administrators and amongthemostcommonformsof violence tity/until‘that’news inthenewspaper/calls work,what precautions do youtake? of the previous Lok Sabha sessionsand lawenforcement officials wastoprotect used againstmarginalisedcastes. Culture outtotheDalitidentityinme/The‘woman’ Itry to do most of my work on the average,370 MPsattending therulingsgiven by my predecessors. I the government. This is exactlywhatour writer Aditi Murti argues that “the victim’s in me is shaken/ by the wounds created by phone or virtually. However, being arep- the House daily liketoread. Reading inspires me, fuels officials still do. castematters becauseitshines aspotlight breaking the ligamentsofher body/ The resentative of people, Icannotisolate my creativity and motivatesmetore- BeforeNarendra Modi became Prime on India’suncomfortablepositionasacast- casteistbeasts cut outher tongue/ and here myself completely from them. main positive. Minister, he made manyspeeches in eistState and society thatrepeatedly terro- Ifeelhelplesssilence/Myliberatingthoughts WheneverImeetpeople in Delhi or my whichhetalked of theneedfor Indiato INTERVIEWBYLIZ MATHEW risesindividualsdeemedlowercaste with fall apartinthat moment/ Theyare tainted parliamentaryconstituency(Kota-Bundi, What is the firstthing youwant to do changethe rules of governance and to violence...”.The wayinwhichthe 19-year- by thecageofcaste/andthehelplessnessof Rajasthan), Imakeitapoint to ensureso- when the pandemic is past? take anew road.ManyordinaryIndians oldwas crematedby the UP Policeisatesti- my femininity/ And hereIkeep on asking,/ cialdistance. Ipraythatthe pandemic ends soon understood this to meanthattheywould monytohow casesconcerning Dalitsare WhoamI?/ An oppressedDalit, asup- and the worldbecomes free from Covid- no longer be ruled, but governed.Many treatedas opposedtodominantcaste ones. pressedwoman,/Orahumanwithfreewill? Have youhad to stayawayfrom 19 infection. whom Imet on my travels in ruralIndia PsychologistNoamShpancer detailed Pranali Yengde, firstgeneration Dalit familysince the outbreak? Ihopethat this happensatthe earli- said that theywanted officials, both evolutionarypsychologicalreasonsforrape. woman journalist,isawriter and poet Fortunately, IstayinDelhi with my estsothatlifecan return to normal and elected and unelected,torealise that they Men rape women because theytend to be family. Having said that, peopleofKota- economic,social, political and other ac- should think of themselvesasthe servants physicallystrongerby geneticdesign;there- Suraj Yengde,author of Caste Matters, Bundi arealso my family.Itry and stay tivities canmove forwardaround the of the people and notasmasters. They fore,theyrape because theycan with im- curates the fortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column in touchwith them and meetthem worldand in India too. said that theyhopedthat underModi this changewould happen because he wasthe son of a‘chaiwallah’and notsomeone who believedhewas born to rule. Had he brought about this change, his handpickedChief MinisterinUttar On the Pradesh wouldnot have spentthis past Rules of professional etiquette in 2020 week trying to obliteratethe horrorof LOOSE Hathras, he wouldhavebeen standing LEHERKALA by the side of the Dalit familywhose Ms Mohan’s bluntassessment brings It turns out the (unwritten) rules of pro- parent is aterrific achievement—for the panies, judging by the oh-so-woke, but daughter diedsuchaterrible death. Had [email protected] to recall the other millennial phrase: TMI, fessional etiquetteremain intact irrespec- parent, notthe beneficiary. Perhaps,this actuallyveryclever, PR move by tech gi- changehappened, the police officers and baby, TMI. (Too MuchInformation.) Ire- tive of whether it’s 1990 or 2020.While to- ease with whichyoung people wear dam- ant Zomato. At the height of the Covid cri- officials who have been involvedinthe centlyhelpedayoung friend fixher CV day’s cutthroatenvironmentmight require ageasabadge of pride is aresult of having sis, when almostnobody wasgoing to an sickening attempt to pretend that the THE COVID-19pandemic has wipedout whereshe had listedher participation at adifferentiator that marks one as unique, grownuponline, and communicating in office, theyannouncedpaid menstruation victim wasnot rapedwould have been careers across industries, alloverthe world. ShaheenBagh duringtheanti-CAA protest. referencing difficult familysituations as a 172characters.Consumingbits of informa- leave forwomen everymonth (and were sacked. If theyhavenot been then we The unpredictabilityofthe virus means Save your woke-ness forFacebook,and ide- showofresilience comes across as grossly tion from hereand thereand neverdeep laudedbythe international press forit). I have to assume that orders to prevent economic contractionis boundto continue, ally, noteventhat, Itold her.Apotential em- entitled. Firstly, mentioning your single diving intoanything, has destroyed an in- fail to understand howall women being the truthfrombeing made public came and thoseseeking employment face bru- ployerdoesn’t careifyou battledicy mom presumes that everyone who grew stinct to knowwhat to say, where. But the shovedintoageneralised categoryof from the top. talchallenges. So, when arecruiter forme- Februarywinds foryour political beliefs. up in twoparent homes haditperfect.A social contract applies to acareer as much needing this time offcan be seen as astep Horrible though this tragedyhas been, diacontent bemoanedthatdespitereceiv- When she complainedIwas unnecessarily job application is notacompetition for as it does to apersonal life. Success is often forward. Personally, Iwould prefer to if it reminds the Prime Ministerofthe ing asurfeit of applications she couldn’t scathing, Idid wonder whether my mid- whichperson survivedtrauma best. knowing wheretoreveal one’s authentic shootmyself than discuss bodilyfunctions needfor bringingthe changes that areso zeroinonmorethanone candidate,her dle-agedpoint of viewisoutdatedfora24- Besides,this levelofdisclosurebeforeafirst self (and wherenever to). The atmosphere with my boss. Again, TMI. Ask the women. desperatelyneededinthe training of the opiniononhow peopleshould present year-old applying forher firstjob. Because meeting is alarming; nobody wantstobe at the modern workplace maybeless hi- Theywant equal opportunities for police and our officials, it will be asmall themselvesinthe post-Covid work world the thing with this generationof 20-some- saddledwith acolleague who needs an erarchicaland morelaissez fairebut that growth, notthese insulting sops. Civility, flickerofhope. It is morethan time that wasworth hearing. LavanyaMohan, aCA things is,their everymeal and relationship agonyaunt. Unless the levelofendurance doesn’t mean the old cliche doesn’t apply, even chivalry, is always welcome but the we stopped accepting thatifyou live in who worksatVui.ai tweeted: “Ireallydon’t status is meticulouslyrecordedonsocial is likethe girlwho took her father pillion of familiarity breeding contempt. greatestcourtesy anyone can receive in India youhavetolearn to accept casual needtoknowyou were “raised by asingle media anyway.Oversharingof personalin- on acycle from Delhi to Bihar duringthe It appearsthough that theday is not an office is an atmospherefreeofgender- cruelty and medievalbrutality as normal. mom” and idgaf (I don’t give aF***) about formation is so normalised, talking about lockdown, best to keep familystruggles out farwhen flaunting single moms and the basedcomplications. What happenedinHathras has come as your Netflix preferences. This is ajob appli- your single mom in aCVfor allIknow, of aprofessional setting. myriad other problems lifethrowsatus agrotesque reminder of howimportant cation notaRoadies audition.” might be perfectlyacceptable. Undoubtedly,being asuccessful single will be up fordiscussion with HR in com- The writer is director,HutkayFilms. it is forthis to change.

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Union Finance MinisterNirmala foroption 1, having conveyed from aspecial windowfacilitated SANDEEPSINGH If youhad aloan outstanding of Rs 50 lakh fora AANCHALMAGAZINE Sitharaman on Saturdaysaid RISINGDEPENDENCE their concerns about theas- by the ReserveBankofIndia or &SUNNYVERMA remaining term of 19 years (228 months) at the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 that the Centreshould act fast in sumptionof10per cent revenue the completeshortfall of Rs 2.35 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 the matter and enable those ■The dependence of growth in calculation of the esti- lakh crore(including Rs 1.38 lakh beginning of the moratorium period and your WITH THE states requiring funds states who have listed their statesoncompensation mates forcompensation cess croreshortfall due to Covid-19 AWAIVER on levy of compound interestratewas 8per cent, the interestcostfor to meet their expenditure at the choice to borrow. “With GSTrev- paymentsasashare of shortfall and the resultant bor- pandemic) from the market. interest, or interestoninterest, onsetofthe second half of thefi- enue turning negative andthe theprotected revenues, rowing amount, asenior govern- The dependence of states on on MSME and personal loans of thesix-month periodofthe moratorium would nancialyear,pending compensa- compensation having been de- or the amount theyare ment officialsaid. compensation paymentsasa up to Rs 2crore maycome as a come at close to Rs 2lakh. This will have to be paid tion duestothe tune of over Rs 2 layed, Ineednot impress upon entitledtoget as perthe The Centre’s estimates have shareofthe protected revenues, major relief to borrowers,espe- lakh croreare expected to be the youthe fact that all the states are GST(Compensation to peggedtheGSTcompensationre- or the amount theyare entitled ciallythose whose loans arein contentious issue in the discus- in urgent needoffunds. We will States) Act, has shotup quirementto bearound Rs 3lakh to getasper the GST initial yearsofrepaymentastheir difference betweeninterestand ing interest rate. sions with the Centreinthe up- very soon be entering the second to nearly 58 percent in crorethis year,while the cess col- (CompensationtoStates) Act, has interestcomponent is amajor interestoninterest. It must be coming 42nd Goods and Services half of the current fiscal year and April-Julyfrom24.2 per lection is expected to be around shotuptonearly58per cent in chunk.This would help in reduc- clearthat customers will have to So howwill one paythe Tax(GST) Council meeting slated all of us needtodoalotofcatch- cent seen in the previous Rs 65,000 crore—anestimated April-Julyfrom24.2per cent seen ing the burden on borrowers as paythe interestontheir out- interestamount accumulated forMonday. ing up on the activities planned financial year. compensationshortfallof Rs2.35 in the previous financialyear, theyrequiretopay on thecon- standing loan forthe period for during moratorium period? While some of the 21 states forthe current year and which lakh crore(assuming a10per cent with states suchasPunjab, tracted rate of inter- whichtheyoptedthe Since, the government has of- whichhavealready agreed for have been on hold due to lackof revenue growth over lastyear). Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand estonloans. moratorium. feredtopay theinterestoninter- the option 1, involving borrow- sufficient funds...availability of Opposition-ruledstates, Kerala, Some states have pointedout the and Chhattisgarhamong the Since the mora- So, if youhad a estcomponent, banksand hous- ing of Rs 97,000 crorethrough a funds, even if thesame areinthe Punjab and Chhattisgarhhaveal- assumptionof10per cent rev- worstaffected. torium on loan re- loan outstandingof ingfinancecompanies can special window, have askedfor form of debts, will enable cash- ready voicedtheir concerns that enue growth forcalculating rev- GSTcompensation to states paymentsan- Rs 50 lakh forare- simplydivide the interestcom- expediting of the borrowing strappedstatestoonceagain the majority viewofthe ruling enue lossonaccountofimple- has been pending forthis finan- nouncedbythe maining term of 19 ponent —Rs2lakh in thiscase processand extension of the levy kickstart the development party at theCentreisbeing mentation of GSTcould be high, cialyear,amounting to Rs 1.5lakh Reserve Bankof India years (228 months) over 228 monthlyinstalments. of compensationcess beyond the process whichhas come to ahalt adoptedasthe choice forall, even giventhat gross GSTrevenue croretillJuly. Out of this pending wasnot awaiver, at the beginning of Whichmeans your EMImay get five-year transition period end- in the face of the ongoing pan- as these 10 states have still not growth in FY20 wasonly3.8 per paymentofRs1.5 lakh crore, the borrowers areliable the moratorium pe- increasedbyRs877 per month. ing June2022,Opposition-ruled demic,” he said. optedfor the borrowing options. cent as compared with FY19. states with the biggestchunk of to payinterestand interestonin- riod and your interestratewas 8 states arestill in disagreement The Centrehad enlistedsup- Arenegotiation of the terms In the previous GSTCouncil pending paymentsare: terest on theaccumulated percent, the interestcostfor the Howmuchdoyou save? with the options offeredbythe port of 21 states andUnion of the twoborrowing options of- meeting held on August27, the Maharashtra(Rs 22,485crore), amount. While the central gov- six-month period of the morato- Continuingwiththeabove ex- Centretobridgethe compensa- Territoriesfor option 1underits feredbythe Centreinthe previ- Centrehad proposedtwo options Karnataka (Rs13,763crore), ernment has announcedthat it rium would come at close to Rs 2 ample, if the bank had addedthe tion gap. borrowing plan to meet this ousCouncil meeting couldhap- to the states:toeitherborrowRs Uttar Pradesh (Rs 11,742 crore), will foot the bill forcompoundin- lakh. This will have to be paid. interestcomponent to your prin- Bihar’sDeputy Chief Minister year’s compensation deficit. pen with severalstates, including 97,000crore(shortfall onlyonac- Gujarat (Rs 11,563 crore) and terest,customers still have to bear cipal outstanding and charged8 Sushil Kumar Modi in aletterto Among the remaining10 those who have already agreed count of GSTimplementation) Tamil Nadu (Rs11,269crore). the liability of interestaccumu- What gets waived? percentfor228months,yourEMI lated in during thesix of the Continuing withthe above wouldhave increasedbyRs1,709 moratoriumperiod.Sourcessaid example, bankswill notcharge per month. However, since now BRIEFLY this waiver is expectedto costthe interestonthis Rs 2lakhinterest thereisnointeresttobecharged TACKLING COVID IMPACT EMCENTRALBANKSKEEPCUTTINGRATES government around Rs 6,000- amount from the customers and on that(as the government has 7000 crore. This is howitmay the government has proposedto proposedtopay it),yourEMImay RILraises End-of-monthpolicy rate balancebetween central banks work: payit. So, thebankswould notbe onlygoupbyRs877 per month. `7,350crfrom ‘EM central bank easing runs out raising interest ratesand those cutting. Anegative adding the interestamount of Rs So amonthlysavingofRs832 for readingindicates morecuts than raises and viceversa. What has to be paid? 2lakhtoyourprincipal outstand- the periodof228 months in this 2investors of steam after20months of cuts’ The firstthingthatcon- ing of Rs 50 lakh and will notcal- case (on accountofwaiveronin- — Policy rate balance (-4 as of end Sept. 2020) sumers mustunderstand is the culateafreshEMI at the prevail- terest on interest). NewDelhi: Reliance Central banksindeveloping countries have cut ratesfor Industries Ltd on Fridayan- 20 straight months, though thepace of reductions 15 nouncedtoraise Rs 7,350 10 IIFL group crorefromtwo investors — continued to slowinSeptember,asper a Reuters report ‘September showing Singapore's sovereign 5 wealth fund GIC and Global 4netcutsinSeptember—the 0 front running Sept’20(-4) alternativeassetfirmTPG— lowestnumberofreductionssince -5 signs of growth June2019 by selling astake in group's -10 case: Sebi retail arm. 7netcutsinAugust -15 towards normalcy’ WHYISTHISIMPORTANT? -20 bans 6people ‘Oxfordvaccine Interestratechangeshavelarge -25 “Earnesteffortsmadeby impactsonconsumerbehaviourand centralbankalsounexpectedly 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ENSECONOMICBUREAU thegovernmentinthelast couldberolled thelevelofconsumptionan raisedtheinterestrateonitsone- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 outin6months’ economycanexpect.Thisisbecause weekdeposittoo Note:Centralbanksofthefollowing37economiesareincluded:Azerbaijan, fewmonthsduringthe higherratestranslatetolarger SHIFTINGSTANCE:Araftof Belarus,Brazil,Bulgaria,Chile,Chinaex-HongKongandMacau,Colombia, THE ECONOMY is gaining"en- coronavirusperiodhave NewDelhi: Thereisgrowing borrowingandfinancingcosts. recentmonetarypolicydecisions– CostaRica,CzechRepublic,Egypt,Georgia,Hungary,India,Indonesia,Iraq, couraging momentum" afterthe nowstartedshowinggreen hope that the Oxford INTERESTRATEHIKES:Turkey inBrazil,SouthAfricaandRussia– IvoryCoast,Jordan,Malaysia,Mexico,Morocco,Namibia,Nigeria,Pakistan, phasedrelaxation of lockdown, shootsandthemonthof Universityvaccinecandidate raisedbenchmarkratessince suggestemergingmarket(EM) Peru,Philippines,Poland,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Serbia,SouthAfrica,South withSeptemberhavingexhibited Septemberhasexhibited maybegiventhegreenlight Czechpolicymakersspranginto centralbanksarebynomeansas Korea,SriLanka,Taiwan,Thailand,Turkey,andUkraine “credible signs” of economic crediblesignsofeconomic by health regulators by the actioninFebruary.Hungary’s keenastheyusedtobetocutrates Source: Reuters calculations via RefinitivDatastream growth towardsnormalcy,the growthtowardsnormalcy” end of this year to be rolled FinanceMinistrysaidSaturday. To out foravaccination pro- minimise Covid-19’s impact on FINANCE MINISTRY grammeinsixmonths’time the economyand people’sliveli- Securitiesand Exchange or even less,according to a hoods, the Finance Ministerisnot who needitthe most," the BoardofIndia. File UK media report. PTI averseto takinganyfurthermeas- Ministrysaid in astatement. India, South Africa ask WTO to waive Mahindra ures to amelioratethe suffering of Citing datafor the pick-up in USprobeinto people, it said. business activities, the Ministry off patents, IPs for faster Covid-19 care launches To boostthe recovery process saidGSTcollectionsrose4percent ENSECONOMICBUREAU Vietnam of the economy,the government to Rs 95,480 croreinSeptember, MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 nificant concerns, howthese new Thar hastakeneverypossiblemeasure whilerailfreightrevenueearnings currency ENSECONOMICBUREAU THEDEMANDS will be madeavailable promptly, to address the concerns of all the were up by 13.5 per cent, power THE SECURITIES and Exchange NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 in sufficient quantitiesand at af- stakeholders during the lastsix consumption up by 4.2 per cent, BoardofIndia (Sebi)has banned Washington/Hanoi: The ■India and South fordable price to meet global de- months of Covid-19crisis, while and rising tractor sales, healthy six persons—Santosh BSingh, United States is opening an INDIA AND South Africa have Africa on October 2 mand. Critical shortagesinmed- pushing the fiscal stimulusand monsoonsandothergrowthindi- Adil GulamSuthar, Virendra investigation intowhether asked the WorldTrade askedthe Trade Related ical products have also put at packagesandhasprogressively ex- catorslikePMImanufacturing,the PratapSingh,NehaVirendraSingh, Vietnam has been under- Organization (WTO)towaive AspectsofIntellectual graverisk patientssuffering tendedhelp on both the demand indexofeight coreindustries,e- GulammohammedGulamabbas valuingits currency and certain conditions of the Trade Property RightsCouncil from other communicable and andsupplysideto bringtheecon- waybills, exports,kharif sowing, Shaikh and Mohammedidrish A harming US commerce, the Related Aspects of Intellectual to recommend, "as non-communicable diseases,” omybackontrack. cargotraffic and passengervehi- Shaikh—fromthesecuritiesmar- USTradeRepresentative’sof- Property Rights (TRIPS) agree- early as possible",a theysaid. “Earnest effortsmadebythe clesales,etc.,areshowingcredible ket till further directions in acase fice said in astatement on ment that could impede timely waiver from the “Thereare severalreports government in the lastfew upwardmovement. “All this involving ‘frontrunning’ in the Friday. REUTERS access to affordablemedical implementation, about intellectual property rights monthsduring the coronavirus makestheministryconfidentthat India Infoline group (IIFL group). products to combat Covid-19. application and hindering or potentiallyhinder- ENSECONOMICBUREAU period have nowstartedshowing itseffortsto mitigate theimpactof Thesix entities arepermitted The countriesonOctober 2 enforcement of four ing timelyprovisioningofafford- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 green shoots andthe month of Covid-19are on the right trackto- to settlethepay-inandpay-outob- Lifetime asked theTRIPS Counciltorec- sections of the second able medical productstothe pa- Septemberhasexhibitedcredible wardsfasterrecoveryofeconomy ligationsinrespectof transactions achievement ommend, “as early as possible”, partofthe agreement. tients. It is alsoreported that MAHINDRA &Mahindra(M&M) signsof economicgrowthtowards to normalcy,” the Ministrystated. whichhavetakenplacebefore the awaiverfromthe implementa- some WTOmembers have car- has launchedthe all-new version normalcy...tominimiseCovid-19’s The government has effec- close of trading on the dateofthis awardforTata tion, application andenforce- riedout urgent legalamend- of Thar,with prices starting from impact on the economyand peo- tively implemented twomajor order,Sebi said in an order.Italso ment of four sections of the sec- ityofthe world's population has mentstotheir national patent Rs 9.8 lakh (ex-showroom). ple’s livelihood, the Government stimulus packages —the Pradhan directed forimpounding of the NewDelhi: The Indo- ond part of the agreement. developedimmunity hencewe laws to expeditethe process of is- The companyhas introduced is open to allpossibilities and the Mantri Garib KalyanPackage bankaccountsof theentitiestothe AmericanChamber of These Sections—1, 4, 5and 7 propose an initial durationof[x] suing compulsory/government the modelintwo trims AX and Finance Ministerisnot averse to (PMGKP)withoutdelaypostlock- extent of amount mentionedand Commerce (IACC) has pre- —pertain to copyright and re- yearsfromthe date of the adop- use licenses,” theyadded. LX with both petrol and diesel takingany further measures to down on March 16,2020, and the deposit the proceeds from the sentedthe lifetime achieve- latedrights, industrial designs, tion of the waiver,” stated the According to thetwo coun- powertrain options. amelioratesuffering of people. Aatmnirbhar Bharat Package front runningtrades. Front-run- mentawardtobusinessicon patentsand the protection of countries in their communica- tries, manycountries, “espe- “ ... the Tharhas been apartof Ministryhas takenproactive and (ANBP)of Rs20lakhcrore onMay ning is trading in astock or any RatanTataaspartofits re- undisclosedinformation. tion. cially” developing countries,may Mahindra’s richhistory andhas prompt actionbothinpolicyand 12,2020,whichwas a “judicious other financialassetbyabroker cent global leadership “Thewaivershould continue “As newdiagnostics, thera- face institutional and legal diffi- found itsway into the heartsof in implementation to servethe mix” of fiscal and monetary poli- whohasinsideknowledge of afu- awards. PTI until widespread vaccination is peutics and vaccines forCovid- culties when using flexibilities manyasanobject of desire,” peopleinaholisticmanner,espe- cies to mitigatethe negative im- turetransactionthatisaboutto af- in place globally, andthe major- 19 aredeveloped, thereare sig- available in the TRIPS Agreement. M&M MD PawanGoenka said. cially providing support to those pact of Covid-19, it said. fect itspricesubstantially. Betting on post-Covid Quality, scaletohelp takeexports Forex reserves fall rebound, Airbnbtargets $3 billion from record $3 billionraise in IPO to $1 tn, not subsidies, says Goyal ment withthe worldonsubsidy, high to $542 billion PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA it is notgoing to work," he said. REUTERS AMONGLARGEST NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 ‘SUBSIDIESNOTTHESOLUTION’ The ministerwas speaking at ponent of theoverall reserves. WASHINGTON,OCTOBER3 LISTINGSOF2020 awebinar on strategies forallevi- ENSECONOMICBUREAU FCAs decreasedby$1.523 bil- COMMERCE ANDIndustry COMMERCE MINISTER atingpolicyconstraintsforexports NEWDELHI,OCTOBER3 lionto $499.941 billion,thecentral HOME RENTAL companyAirbnb ■ Airbnb will be one of MinisterPiyushGoyalonSaturday Piyush Goyalsaid in in select sectors.Hesaid thereisa bankdatashowed. Incisaimingto raisearound$3bil- the largest and most said quality,technology and scale six years, he had notfound needtoidentify areas wheresen- AFTER TOUCHINGalifetime high Expressedindollar terms, the lion in itsupcoming initial public anticipated US stock of production will help India take subsidies to be the solution siblepoliciescanhelptakeexports inthepreviousweek,thecountry’s foreigncurrencyassetsincludethe offering(IPO),peoplefamiliarwith market listings of 2020. itsannualexportsto$1trillionand forIndia's problems. For to $1 trillion. foreign exchangereservesde- effectof appreciationordeprecia- the matter said on Friday, taking notgovernment subsidies. along term engagement The ministeralso releaseda clinedby$3.017 billionto$542.021 tionofnon-US unitslikethe euro, advantageofthe unexpectedly Heexhortedexportersandthe withthe worldonsubsidy, study —Domestic Constraintsfor billion in the week ended poundand yenheld in the foreign sharp recovery in itsbusiness af- Group,dataanalyticsfirmPalantir industryasawholetotarget$1tril- it is notgoing to work, Exports in Select Sectors -pub- September25,RBIdatashowedon exchangereserves. tertheCOVID-19pandemicroiled Technologiesanddatawarehouse lion worthofshipments. he added. lishedbythe Export-ImportBank Friday. In the week ended Gold reserves were down by the travel industry. companySnowflakeInc. "Whycan't we aim for$1tril- of India. September18,thereserveshadin- $1.441 billion in the reporting Airbnb will be oneofthe Airbnb said in Augustithad lion exports from India. We cer- Indicatorslikepositive growth creasedby$3.378billion to a week to $35.999billion,the RBI largest andmostanticipated US filedconfidentiallyforanIPOwith tainlycan.Isee no reason, (why) that," he said. nology,growth,scale;and some- in the country's exportsin record$545.038 billion. data showed. stockmarketlistings of 2020 USregulators.Thecompany’scur- we cannot. Forthat we needtobe "Atleastinmysix years of en- times forashort period youmay September and increase in GST Duringthereportingweek,the The special drawing rights whichhas already been ablock- rent plan is to make itsfiling pub- clearonactionable items (and) gagement,Ihavenot foundsubsi- needtogivealittle thrustorsup- collectionsshowthat India will decline in the forexkitty was withthe International Monetary busteryear forIPOs, featuring the liclyavailable in November after subsidiesarenevergoingto getus dies to be the solution forIndia's port.Butif theyare lookingatliter- bounce backtohigh growth lev- mainlydue to afallinforeign cur- Fund (IMF) dippedby$10 million likesof recordlabelWarnerMusic the US Presidential election. there, Iamveryveryclear about problems. Ithink it's quality,tech- allyrunning along term engage- els, he said. rency assets (FCAs), amajor com- to $1.472 billion. WITHPTI

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SPOTLIGHT FILMS Gandhi in 2020 BenditlikeWomen In this year of churn,artistsreimagine Filmmaker AlankritaShrivastavaand actor- the Mahatma director Konkona Sen Sharma on the allure of eye stories about the complex inner lives of women

Living History An Indian Expresscollaboration with RashtrapatiBhavan The Power and the Glory Marking Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, The Indian Express begins aseriesinpartnership with the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which will give atour of little-known anecdotes, records and rarely-seen-before photographs that document stories of history, heritage and culture from the seatofpowertothe people. First up, two insiders on the monumentand its brush with the Mahatma

Ajay Singh Bhavanisoften assumedtobeout of bounds, President RamNath Kovind in his addresses has oftenextendedaninvitation to people to IF THERE is one monument that epitomises visit the monument,where his ownresidence modern Indianhistory,itisthe Rashtrapati is confinedtoaportionof the estate.“It is your Bhavan.Ithasbeenwitnesstothehighnoonof place” has been his refrain. colonialism,negotiationsofapainfulPartition, Over the years, historians and architects the dawn of Independence, and countless have done theirpartinfamiliarising people eventsthathaveshaped therepublic since. withtheplace.Yet, thereare manystoriesthat Asasymboloftheseatof power, itsmajesty have remainedconfinedwithin thesesand- is overwhelming. AreportpublishedinThe stonewalls.Thosewhohave workedwiththe Daily Telegraph of LondononDecember 12, President’s Secretariat foryears have livedand 1928, said that the palace that Lordand Lady jostledwiththese stories.That sense of his- Irwinwouldoccupycontains“340rooms,227 tory is quitepalpable, be it thecabinetroom columns,35loggias,37fountains, 14 lifts,45 where everydetail of Partition wasdiscussed, lac bricks,14lac cubic feet of stone, 7,500tons the Durbar Hall, the Ashoka Hall and the ar- of cementand 1,350tons of iron andsteel”. Its ray of places across the estate. architecture,thoughEuropeaninconcept,was Forthe firsttime, long-time staffers share executed predominantlywith Indian motifs behind-the-scenes anecdotesofthe andcraftsmanship.Spreadover330-oddacres, Rashtrapati Bhavan. TheIndian Express has it is alsocalleda“geometrical extravaganza” partnered with the President’s Secretariat to because of chiefarchitect Edwin Landseer launchthis series as aplatform forthe stories Lutyens’sfascinationwithamathematicalbal- of this splendid building. anceinarchitecture. This is whyitisbound by adistinct thread of sound logic. AjaySinghispresssecretary, Whilethe grandeur of the Rashtrapati PresidentofIndia,RashtrapatiBhavan COURTESY:RASHTRAPATIBHAVAN

Praveen Siddharth Collins recount in their book Freedomat Midnight (1975), what followedwas certainly the mostbizarre visit. June 2happenedtobea NEOFthepopularexhibitsin ENCOUNTERS Monday —the dayofthe week when Gandhi the Rashtrapati Bhavan observedavow of silence.Afterlisteningto the Museumisaninteractive ex- earnestpersuasions of Mountbatten, he perience called‘Walk with scrawledacryptic note on the back of aused the Mahatma’. Visitorssee envelope,“IamsorryIcan’tspeak.WhenItook Othemselvesprojected on a the decision aboutthe Mondaysilence, Idid screen walkingalongside Mahatma Gandhi WITH THE EMPIRE reserve twoexceptions, i.e. about speakingto acrosstheforecourtoftheRashtrapatiBhavan. highfunctionariesonurgentmattersorattend- It is an instant favouritewiththose who de- ing upon sickpeople. But Iknowyou don’t lightattheexperienceof feelingpartof history. wantmeto breakmy silence...ifwemeetagain, But did the Mahatma reallyvisit Rashtra- MahatmaGandhi never visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan as it is now, Ishall speak.” The next dayMountbatten an- patiBhavan? This question ledmetoporeover nouncedthePartitionof India,overradio,after someold records. Technically, of course,hedid yet his legacy looms large over Lutyens’s marvel obtaining the consent of Jinnah and Nehru. not, since this magnificent building became Gandhi’s untimely death in 1948 meant the Rashtrapati Bhavanonlyinthe 1950s. that he nevervisited the Rashtrapati Bhavan Beforethat it wasthe ‘Viceroy House’ and to meet anIndianpresident.However, fate pro- ‘Government House’. If we leave thesemantics videdashortand beautiful windowofoppor- aside though, things become interesting. tunity.InNovember1947,Mountbattenleftfor Construction of the Viceroy House began England to attend theroyal wedding of his in 1912 andwas complete onlyby1929. Lord nephewPhilipwith Princess Elizabeth, elder Irwin became itsfirstresident sometime in daughterof KingGeorge VI.CRajagopalachari February1931and one of the early visitors to wasannouncedasthe acting Governor- the Viceroy House was, in fact, Mahatma General and he movedintemporarilytothe Gandhi. On February17, 1931,heheld the first GovernmentHouse,whichtheViceroy House of his famous meetings with LordIrwin. hadnowcometo becalled.Gandhivisitedhim Havingjustbeen jailedfor theDandi March on November 20, and, forthe firsttimeinhis- and Salt Satyagraha, he is famouslysaid to tory,hesaw an Indian reside in the building. have carriedhis ownsaltinapacket andused The visit wasevensweeter since Gandhiand it to mix in his nimbu pani. Gandhi metIrwin Rajaji had become co-fathers-in-lawbythen. eight times until March 5, 1931,leading ulti- In retrospect, Gandhi’s visitstothe matelytothe Gandhi-Irwin pact. Images of RashtrapatiBhavanwereneverreallyjustvis- the modestly-clad Gandhi at the grand new its. Rather,theywereencounters between an Viceroy House rankledseveral important peo- empire, symbolisedthrough acolossal struc- ple in London. WinstonChurchill,during an ture, and the moral forceofanation embod- address to the Council of the West Essex iedinone scrawny andfrail man. These en- UnionistAssociationonFebruary23, 1931, counters, slowlybut surely, tilted thebalance lamented,“It is alarming and also nauseating of powerand chippedatthe foundations of to see Mr Gandhi, an InnerTemple lawyer, the British colonial rule. At thesame time, the nowbecome aseditious fakir of atype well encounters also changed thecharacter of the known in the East, striding half-naked up the Rashtrapati Bhavanitself. From being asign steps of the Viceregal Palace, while he is still RENUKAPURI WIKIMEDIACOMMONS of British domination,itbecame astructure organisingand conductingadefiant campaign THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD epitomising our unity and national spirit. of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms (Left) AGandhi portrait in abanquet hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan; Mahatma Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten Decades before anyofthese encounters with therepresentative of the King-Emperor.” took place, educator and missionaryCF Ironically, today, just outside the walls of Andrews wrote on February21, 1924,“There the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the salt march is im- India’s supportinthe war. Commenting on whereasWavellwouldfindhimalreadylocked other countriescan sendtoIndia, struggling aide of Mountbatten notedthat during one of is aruler of India here, Mahatma Gandhi, mortalisedinbronze in asculpturepopularly thisepisode,Gandhi remarked, “Wehadgone up.TheissuethatwouldactuallyworryWavell againststarvation, must be welcome, my en- these meetings Gandhi “stayedonfor after- whose sway is greater than all imperial power. knownasGyarah Murti by theeminentsculp- to ask forbread and instead got astone.” wasthe spectreoffamine overIndia. In this deavour has been to find ways andmeans to noon tea, whichwas arrangedon thelawnand His name will berememberedandsung by all torDeviPrasad RoyChoudhary(1899-1975). The launchofthe Quit India movement in grimscenario,theformerAmericanPresident makeourselvesself-supporting...naturenever did nottouch either the cakes or the sand- the villagepeople long afterthe names of the The other prominent visitofGandhi oc- 1942 ledtoGandhi being jailed in Pune at the HerbertHoovervisitedIndiaonApril24,1946, fails those who will help themselves.” Words wiches, but chose to eat abowlofgoat’scurd modern governors in their palaces in New curredonOctober 12,1939. WorldWar II had AgaKhanPalace between 1942 and 1944. to discuss Americanaid to tide over the crisis. that would find resonance todayasweaim to whichhehad brought with him.” Delhi areforgotten...for thereisaspiritual broken out. Along with RajendraPrasad and Meanwhile,onOctober 20, 1943, Linlithgow Wavell invited thenationalistleaders to the build an “atmanirbhar Bharat”. OnJune2,1947,Mountbattenagaininvited palace whichMahatma Gandhi built out of an Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Gandhi metthe leftIndia and LordWavell became the new Viceroy HousetomeetHoover. Gandhi and One of the morepopular images of Gandhi and other national leaders to the eternal fabric. Itsfoundations aredeeplyand viceroyLordLinlithgow abouttheIndianpar- viceroy.Writing in his journal, Wavell records Nehruaccepted,butnotJinnah.Afterthemeet- Mahatma Gandhiatthe Rashtrapati Bhavan Viceroy Houseto wintheirsupportforhisplan trulylaid in the kingdom of God.” No words ticipation in the British wareffort. The meet- thatthateveryoneinLondoncommentedthat ing, in astatement to thepress on April 26, is, perhaps,ofhis meetings with the viceroy forPartition.Gandhi’ssupportwasconsidered have proved to be moreprophetic. ing wasn’tsuccessfulandLinlithgow in astate- he waslucky compared to his predecessors. Gandhi said,“Mr Hoover’s flying visit to India LordMountbatten in April 1947.Gandhi met the mostcrucial.Mountbatten feared that his ment on October 17 refusedtocommit to the The biggestdecision theyhad to face was hasexcitedconsiderableinterestandpossibly him on April 1, 2and 3, fordiscussions on the planstoodnochanceif Gandhi spokepublicly PraveenSiddharthisprivatesecretaryto demands forindependenceinreturn for “whether and when to lockupGandhi,” hope. Whilstall the help that America and composition of the interim government. An againstit. As Dominique Lapierre and Larry thePresidentofIndia

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WONDERWOMEN BNarayanaswamy (left) and MD Pallavi RanjitLal

Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand NoOneKilled birdwatcher Desdemona Aplay seeks to interrogate The Mighty why women need to rescue themselves and the Meek Dipanita Nath Ape agorilla’s dignity or a bonobo’s peacekeeping methods AT THEend of Othello,Desdemona is mur- dered in herbedchamber on the suspicion of being unfaithful. Yet, when askedtheidentity TAchimpanzee’s enclosureinany Indian zoo, of her killer,Desdemona responds, “Nobody; young men arefound hooting, shrieking, Imyself”. The Shakespearean tragedyisusu- pulling faces and offering the chimps cigarettes ENRICOFABIAN Aand even bitsofbrokenbottles. It’s difficult to allyenacted as the sagaofatroubledMoor. Now, agroup of Bengaluru theatre practition- tell who thereal chimpanzees are. That’s howcloselyre- ers borrowDesdemona’s lastwords to study lated we aretothe great apes. Backinthe very oldbad history and mythology’s missing women. days,ahighlight of anycircus act wasthe chimpanzee tea “Whydoes Desdemonasay nobody killed party wherethe chimps would end up throwing teacups her?Thedeathwastheactof punishmentbe- He Walked AmongUs at eachother andshriek muchlikewhat happens in the causeof thenotion:if thewomanhasbetrayed hallowedhalls wherethe laws of thenation areframed. aman, she’stobekilled. Thereare parallels in Of the 13 species of apes in the world(excluding us), our ownstories. Sitahas to keep paying for Artists visualise MahatmaGandhi and his ideals in these uncertain times four arethe “great” apes, the others, “lesser” apes, adis- somebody’s illusions about her sanctity. tinction made solelyonthe basis of size. Three of the for- Desdemonadoesn’tfightbackbyevennaming mer arefound in Africa and one in the rainforests of Othello. Sita, similarly,accepts her punish- GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH SoutheastAsia – whichisalso the realm of the lesser apes. mentsasawoman’sneedtoprove herself free The granddaddy of them all is the gorilla —aglowering, of guilt,” says actor-singer MD Pallavi. THINKINGOFGandhiji todayleavesyou in frowning giant with the gentlesteyesimaginable. Our be- Theplay, DesdemonaRupakam,exploresre- astate of despair, as the voices of sanity and haviour towardsthem (and other greatapes) hasbeen lationships between famous couples of classic civilisedconduct in our public lifehavebeen horrendous and shameful: they’vebeen poached, driven literatures by probingthe bedroom as asiteof pushed intothe margins, if notextin- from theirjungles, trappedfor the pettrade and zoos (ba- vicious powerstruggle. It will be filmedinan guished. We watchwith utter disbelief how bies aretaken aftershooting the mothers) and starredin emptyhallandstreamedgloballyaspartofthe aggression and violence govern everywalk hideous films.Thankfully, theyhad mentors, needless to annual RangaShankara TheatreFestival. of our life, howevery form of dissent is say, who were women. The late Dian Fosseyinveigledher- Though unintended, DesdemonaRupakam muzzled, howfreedom continuestobecur- self into gorilla clans in the Virunga Forestsofthe Congo opens at acritical time, when national anger tailed, leaving the civilisedpopulace in a livingtherefor decades before she wasmurdered forthe surrounding the Hathras (alleged gang-rape helpless limbo. Let’s notforgetthat Gandhiji protection she triedgiving animals, lyingburiednextto and murder) case has trainedthe lens on mi- practisedahumane behaviour in his public her favourite, Digit, agiant silverbackkilledbypoachers. sogynyinIndia.“Theincidentisdeeplydisturb- and privatelife, listenedtothose who often Gorilla families areruledbyagrand silverback, who ing.Itisn’toutrightlymentionedintheplaybut reviled him, upholding their righttodiffer maintains order and discipline with firmness and dignity. the text is about these events,” says Pallavi. with respect and humility. Hisabsence is MANISHMEHTA IRISDREAMS/REENAKALLATSTUDIOANDCHEMOULDPRESCOTTROAD He has his harem and his young guns arequickly shown The firstplace that the politics of aplayis sorelymissedinthis worldthathas turned religious, ethnic, cultural, philosophicaland GENTLYSHAKE counter 13 pairs of Snellen eyecharts their place by chest-thumping and mockcharging. There reflected in is therehearsal room. Abhishek increasingly violent. I’ve oftenturnedto political coreofthis land.His vision was THE WORLD through the disjointed letters that form the can be trouble, though, when an outsider silverback – Majumdar-directed Desdemona Rupakamis Gandhiji in my work.Iquotedhim in adia- basedondemocratic principles.What have preambles to theConstitutionsofcountries equal in weight and size, tries to take over as head honcho. dominated by women —actorsPallavi and logue with Kabir,with both at opposite ends we become? Forus, truth has become a (Clockwisefromtop) suchasUS-Cuba, Serbia-Croatia, Sudan- Exceptwhen babies, gorillas don’t usuallythrow Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, dramaturge of an arkfloating in an endless ocean. His myth. We have systematicallyremoved Gandhi’s muralon South Sudan, India-Pakistan, Bangladesh- tantrums, they’rejusttoo big and dignifiedfor that. The Irawati Karnikandproductionmanager Veena Satyagraha and Ours (2006) shows Gandhiji eachand everystone laid by the Mahatma. the Delhi Police India, Northand South Korea, amongstoth- leaf-eating vegetarians move as slowlyand silentlyas Appiah.“Somanytimes,”says Majumdar, “the as ayounglawyerbeforehe This is acountrywhere Headquarters, ers. In the act of reading, as the founding smokethrough their habitat. Big daddy silverbacks (the women in the room said, ‘Areweending up returnedtoIndia from in women arebeing rapedand painted in 2014 by promises of equality,justice, liberty,com- hair in the middle of their backs is silver) occasionallyin- saying that Othello is abad guy?’” Gender ne- South Africa. In the triptych killed,migrant workers area German graffiti artist mon to preambles of both nation-statesare dulgetheir babies, whichiswhy therewas suchanuproar gotiations aren’t as simple as calling the guy Gandhi and Gama (2014), non-existing entity and ahis- revealed, they morph into braille-likedots. when Harambe, the captive silverbackinthe Cincinnati bad. “Thereare bigger things, whichwehave Vasco da Gamafacesayoung torical monument of reli- Hendrik Beikirch The work invites reflection on howweseem been trying to explore,” he adds. Gandhi contemplating the gious importance is crushed and Varkey;Kallat’s to have lostsight of these shared human Using folk forms like Harikatha, yaksha- collapseofthe British rule to the ground. We have cre- 13-channel values and universal aspirations, whichcut gana and yellamma nataka,and Tishani Doshi’s across a mappamundi. ated our banana republic, installation Blind across the idea of sovereign nation-states. poemTheRiver ofGirls,the scriptincludessto- one whereweshouldn’t ut- Spots (2017-19); ries of Shakuntala and Dushyanta, wherea GIGI SCARIA terthe Mahatma’s name. Scaria’s Men at Work ANPU VARKEY ring is aproof of awoman’s identity,and (2015), watercolour Renuka and Jamadagni, wherethe wifeis WHEN Ithink about REENA KALLAT In this time of strife andunrestaroundthe cursedfor desiring acelestial beingflying Mahatma Gandhi in 2020, and automotive paint world, Gandhi the pacifist—who stands tall above her. “Women face brutality everyday. my heartbleeds so much The worldover, democracies on paper; Sheikh’s on the exteriors of government buildings It’s unfortunatethat this line still holds good. from the permanent wound inflicted by the areunderincreasing strain, facing newchal- TheArk (2007), thatupholdthe law—andhis views of Whydosome of them stay silent?Weneed intense communal politics playedout in lenges. It becomes moreurgent forustore- digital collage on negating violence as ameans to subdue to rescue ourselvesbecause no one else will,” this countrythat it will neverrecover. visitGandhi’s ideals – of tolerance, truth, archivalpaper conflicts areevenmorerelevant now. says Appiah,whohasworkedasaproduction Gandhi, through his lifeand actions, equality,justice. In this multi-channelled manager forovertwo decades. analysed the ideaof‘truth’inadiversely video installation Blind Spots,viewers en- AS TOLD TO VANDANA KALRA WIKIMEDIACOMMONS OLD MAN OF THE FOREST The gentle-eyed orangutans are hugely shrewd

formance, but because we strove to respect zoo, wasshotin2016when atoddler fell intohis enclo- others and put their needs ahead of our own. sure. The juryisout on whether the animal wasjust The Hands that Guide “Youare Hindu!There arenoprescriptions checking out the unconscious child or about to harm him. or rituals that aHindu mustperform. Gorillas arehaving ahardtime surviving in the wild, and Hinduismisabouthaving peace and serenity severalzoos (likeinJerseyand San Diego) have captive- Anote of gratitude for the lessons in loveand tolerancethat parents impart to their children in your mind by leading alifeofdharma (con- breeding programmes forthem. science)andreachingarealisationthatallcon- Our closestcousins, however, arethe chimpanzees — scious beings areone and equal. This enables and they’vepaid the price foritinmedical laboratories. etywherearrangedmarriages were the norm. youtogrowoutof groupsandismsintoaworld JaneGoodall has studiedthem forover60years(she first An inter-caste marriage, too—two families whereweare allone family and the worlda discoveredtheirtool-making prowess) and nowspends SLICEOFLIFE from regions of India that areproud of their global village. This is Hinduism. It is practised her time espousingtheir cause. Sure,toddler chimps are markeddifferences. APunjabi woman and a throughthought,wordanddeed.”Withthese cute, laugh hystericallywhen tickled, and very,verysmart. UP-wallah man, theymade amostincredible words, pennedtohelp us understand religion But adults areprone to shrieking temper tantrums, and couple and even morebrilliant parents. They at atender age, my mother freedusfromthe young studs throwaroundtheir weight(andwhatever’s at ignored the murmurs of disapproval and un- tyrannyofemptyritualandconnecteduswith hand). Chieflyvegetarian,theydooccasionallyindulgein kind gossip that followedtheir marriage. They the planetatlarge.Ifone person suffers,weall hunting monkeysand other small animals, and to see the encouraged theirchildren to step above such suffer. If onegoeshungry,weallgo hungry.My wayaparty of males sets out on ahunt is trulychilling. simplisticnarrow-mindednessandforgivethe parentstaughtmethatImustgiveofmyself to Havingtorn akill (say,acolobusmonkey)toshreds, the al- perpetrators as being misguided, notmali- protect the worldbeyond my safespace. That, pha male maydistributethe meatamonghis acolytes. cious. Butinour home’s privacy,theyac- regardless of who joins me, theremay come a While the common chimpanzee is highlystrung, and knowledgedthe damaging behaviour,the time whenIwill be compelledtostepout, groups will oftengotowar with one another,theyhavea smallness of actions, and the lackofcivility in alone,andeffectchange.Unbeknownsttome, smaller relative,the bonobo, whichbelievesin(very)free the messagethat came withthe insultsdi- my parentsmademeamemberof civilsociety. love above all! These hippie chimps keep the peace by rectedat us. Theyencouragedus to rise above Papa is no more, butmom has found even making love as oftenastheycan, caring twohoots about and forgivethe wrongdoer,toremember our moreofher ownvoice. Avoice thatmirrors the exclusivity of partners. hurtand use it as our moral compass when Papa’s in both clarityand content, in daring The “old men of the forest”—orangutans of Borneo we sawothers being impugnedaswewere. and humanity.Arelative recentlysaid to her, and Sumatraand the Indonesian islands —too,havea Forthat tutelage, Ithank my parentsdaily. half-jokingly, “Ididn’t knowyou had your own mentor in aDutchlady,BiruteGaldikas, and theytoo have Theywerebold outliers in aworld wheresi- personality and thoughts!” Formom, soul- sufferedhideouslyatour hands. These gentle-eyed, rust- lenceand tolerance of familialwrongsoften mates with syncretic beliefsdidn’t both need coloured apes arehugelyshrewd, spending moretime in turns intotacit acceptanceandapprovalof big- to speak —itwas smarterfor one to take the the trees than anyofthe others. Long ago, Ifell foradoe- SuvirSaran otry,sowing seeds of hatred and robbing so- backseat.When Papa wasalive,mom was eyed orangutancalledPinky at the Delhi Zoo. We met ciety of decency and cohesive civility. content to lethim shine. She’s alwaysbeen se- when shewas taking awalk: she twinedher arms around Suvir Saran is achef,author,educator and Across our four ancestral unitsbetween cureinher ownintellect and had no needto my legsand looked up at me with those soulful eyes. world traveller the twoparents, ourswas ararehousehold push her wayintothe spotlight. Upsetting her would be foolish because the strength in wherereligiousholidays of theHinducalen- As we getready to celebrate thewedding those arms could easilysnap both my legs as if theywere AFTER 47 years of of life, Ihavemanyendear- dar were celebratedas if we were living in the anniversaryoftwo bold humans with un- matchsticks.Appalledbythis budding romance, her ingmemoriesof my parents.Windingthrough 19th century. My parentsand grandparents matchedempathy, Ifindmyself inaweofMom keeper hastenedher away and Inever sawher again. andcolouring them all isthe immense feeling were believers, but in amostagnostic way. To (and Dad,whomshe sounds more and more On another visit, the ringing cries of the hoolockgibbon of gratitudeIhave forthe constellationsand my parents, festivals and religious holidays — liketoday)asdeeply nowasIwasasakid.Ialso — hoola-hoola-hoola —risingtoacrescendowelcomed stars, the planetary movements, and the hu- of all faiths —weremomentstoteachusand find her words, selfless living, and inclusive, me. The gibbons (all nine species) arethe “lesser” apes — man intersection in their crossroads that led ourrelativesand friends the customs and tra- generousspiritapoetically humanexampleof and ourveryown hoolockisfound in the Northeastern to my birth in the Saran home in Delhi.My ditions of yore.Theyevenkeptalive recipes SUVIRSARAN what BhagavadGita and Krishna’s teachings rainforests.Theyswing (brachiate) liketrapezeartistes goodfortuneto have beenachildtomyincred- that would otherwise have easilygottenlost. in their hands. Prayer wasaway of being and areall about. She’sthe living embodiment of and, everymorning and evening, thegentsand ladies will ible parentsand throughthem havingbeen These times were celebrations of lifeand liv- growing. Growth that theyhopedwould “thehands thatserveare holier than the lips sing, eachprotecting itspartner from covetous eyes. These blessedwithremarkableextendedfamilies. ing, of sharing and caring and, mostimpor- makeusbetterversionsofourselveswitheach that pray”, although she does both in great swinging singers arealso losingout to rampant habitatde- Familiesthatsocialisedmeearly inlifeforhan- tantly, moments to cook and feed,indulge daywelived,eachact we committed.Their measure. When we can live with suchvalues, struction. If you’redowninthe dumps, listentothe gib- dling whatever the worldsentmyway. mindfully, respect traditionspast,andengage mindset and adherence to oldtraditions made we canlearntoembrace and accept theother bons’ song and you’ll be up swingingwiththem! Fifty-three years ago, on October 7, my par- with them as authenticallyasour present us some of the morepopular school kids. and trulybeglobalcitizensofa21st-century entsweremarried. Alovemarriageinasoci- times couldafford.Religionwasnot dogmatic Beloved, notbecause of our academic per- worldvoid of theismsthat divide us.

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EYE SPY EVERY FORTNIGHT, WE PICK, YOU WATCH Do Not Go Gentle The 1985 film Buddies was a poignant look at the AIDS crisis

Shubhra Gupta

EADLYVIRUSES have always been amagnet forthe movies. In the worstoftimes, we need stories filledwith hope, and suchfilms as DSteven Soderbergh’s 2011 Contagion,which some claim predicted thearrival of the coronavirus, end with the discovery of avaccine. Prescient it mayhave been, but Contagion wasstrictlyfiction. The truth wasre- vealedmuchmorerecently, at the TorontoInternational Film Festival (TIFF), in 76 Days,aterrific documentarydi- rected by NewYork-basedHao Wu. The film gave us never-before access to the hospitals in Wuhan, whereCOVID-19issaid to have originated.The ti- tle refers to the number of days Wuhan wasinlockdown, Women of Many Parts as doctors and medical workers struggledtocontain the rising number of deaths in an atmosphereoffear and offi- cial crackdown on information. Wu worked with two filmmakers on the ground, creating afilm whichcrackles Sundayouting.” Shrivastava, who wrote the with urgency and heroism. Therewill, doubtless, be many Alankrita Shrivastava and Konkona Sen firstdraft of DollyKitty... in 2014,started morefilms made on this pandemic, but 76 Days will al- shooting it towardsthe end of 2018 and the ways have the first-moveradvantage. SharmaonDolly Kitty Aur WohChamakte movie premiered at theBusan International In the panic spread by this mostrecent scourge,we Film Festival lastOctober. have nearly forgottenhow lethal HIV wasinthe early ’80s. Sitare and the allure of stories about the Keytothe exploration of desire—bothfe- It wasastory that neverleftthe news pages in those years, male and male —isthe sensitive,meaning- because thereseemedtobenoend to the deaths. ful depiction of sex, as seen in both Afew days back, Ichancedupon the firstfeaturemade complex, inner lives of women Lipstick...and Dolly Kitty…,aswell as Sen on the AIDS crisis by Arthur JBressan Jr.The 1985 Buddies, Sharma’s directorial debut, ADeath in theGunj available on MUBI, begins with the clattering of atelex AlakaSahani Sharma, who has acted in movies like Mr and (2016). “In ADeathinthe Gunj,sex scenes machine, spilling out the names of the dead. The action Mrs Iyer (2002), Omkara (2006), Luck By communicatemanymorethings. It shows shifts to aManhattan hospital room where33-year-old Chance (2009) and Ek ThiDaayan (2013). howShutu (VikrantMassey)isfeeling when Robert is shown lying in bed,looking sickand spent, perk- HEN writer-director Atheme that runs through muchofboth he has sexfor thefirsttime and howheisgo- ing up onlywhen a “buddy” shows up. AlankritaShrivastava Shrivastavaand Sen Sharma’s work is gen- ing to reacttoMimi (Kalki Koechlin) later,and David, 25, avolunteer with aNew York-basedagency, ranintoKonkona Sen der.Sen Sharma’s directorial debut ADeathin howsex between amarried coupleisdiffer- finds Robert annoyingly “personal” to begin with: the lat- Sharma at their neigh- theGunj (2016) is atender yetunsettling ex- ent. Usually, asexual act haslayers (that are) teraskspointed questions about the former’s partner W bourhoodsalon in ploration of masculinity,while all three of unspoken,” says SenSharma. (they’vebeen together forfiveyears), how “hot” he is, and Versova,Mumbai, one afternoon in 2018,the Shrivastava’s directorial ventures — Turning Good narrative intentionsapart, such how “it” (sex) is between the twoofthem. But, soon, formermentionedanew scriptthat she had 30 (2011), LipstickUnder My Burkha (2017) WHATTHE ing Sen Sharma,Shrivastava,Meghna Gulzar, scenesalso requiregreat carebecause, as Sen David (David Schachter) sees, likewedo, that the lifein written.The twohad become friends while and DollyKitty... —havewomen characters HEARTWANTS AshwinyIyerTiwari and AnvitaDutt, are Sharmasays,theymight makeanactor “feel front of him is already ebbing. He realises that therecan working on LipstickUnder and their desires at their telling stories from women’s point of view vulnerable”. She says,“Amusician willhave ●●● (Top) Konkona Sen be nothingmoreintimatethan sharing someone’s death, My Burkha (2016) andun- heart. “Iinevitablyfind and talking about women’s desire. This is a an instrument,acameraperson has acam- especiallysomeone who has been comprehensively derstood eachother’s cre- myself drawntothe inte- Sharma with significant step forthe Hindi film industry era. As an actor youhavethe body andyou abandonedbyhis parents, his partners and the state. ative worlds. When the Atheme that runs rior,complexworld of Alankrita that oftendoesn’t makemuchspace for can’t justgiveitawaytobeusedasaprop. Essentiallyatwo-hander (weonlyhear the voices of script, titled DollyKitty Aur women. The moment you Shrivastava; Sen women characters as the centre of their own What’s an actor’s relationship withhis/her the other characters), this low-budget film, shotovernine WohChamakteSitare through much of startexploring those char- Sharma and Bhumi stories or allowthem to celebratetheir im- body?Your body is yourself and it also be- days,ispoignant and political. Conservative authorities in reachedher inboxsoonaf- both Shrivastava acters, issues related to Pednekar in astill perfections. Shrivastava’s characters aren’t longs to the character youare playing.” For the US were notwilling to allocatefunds forresearch ter, Sen Sharma read it and gendercropup. Itry to look from Dolly Kitty Aur formulaic, whether it’sthe elderly Rosy from Shrivastava,makingher actors comfortable when the firstvictims were found to be gaymen. wasimpressed.Dolly is a and Sen Sharma’s at these characters hon- Lipstick...who enjoys erotica and has sexual in these scenes is important, so she uses fewer Hollywood wascharyabout addressing the issue, and woman who aspires to a estlyand holistically,” says WohChamakte Sitare fantasies, or the young Kitty in the newfilm, shots andtakes. “Idon’t want to usethe cam- Bressan Jr’s film wasapioneering effort to counter that picture-perfectlifewhile work is gender Shrivastava. who has justarrived in Noida from Bihar and erafor titillation butfor expression.The gaze hypocrisy and unease. Both the director and the actor hiding herconflicts behind According to Sen is struggling to makeher ownchoices. is empathetic, notvoyeuristic,” she adds. who playedRobert(GeoffEdholm) diedsoon after, of an effervescent manner. ●●● Sharma, what’s interesting “Women’s desire, historically, has not Asignificant partofthe narrative in complications from AIDS. When Shrivastava, 40, of- about these stories is the been looked at. By andlarge,women areseen Shrivastava’s newfilmisPappu, Dolly’s The firstbig-budget Hollywoodfilm on AIDS wasthe feredher the role, Sen Sharma agreedimme- conflict that’s generated when social expec- as objectsofmale desire. That (women’s de- younger son who lovestodress up as agirland 1993 Philadelphia,starringTom Hanksand Denzel diately. tations areatodds with individual desires. sire) is adirectthreattopatriarchy. This could playwithdolls. Gender non-conformingchar- Washington.InBollywood, Onir made My Brother...Nikhil, “As yougrowolder —Iam41now —you But alot of women, she says,are unaware of also be because women arenot viewedasin- acters arerarelytreated sensitively in Indian with Sanjay Suriand Purab Kohli, in 2005. With thehelp getfewer meaty and fulfilling roles. Formost this conflictthemselves, while some areonly dividuals, but as those who fulfill certain re- cinema,barringafew exceptions, suchasZoya of technology,it’s takennotime at all forfilmmakers to of my career,Ihaveplayedwomen who are justbeginning to understand it. “Many productive and sexual urges,” says Sen Akhtar’s Sheila Ki Jawani,apartofthe anthol- respond creativelytoCOVID-19, even with aworldwide strong, morallyuprightand responsible. womencan’t do anything about it as they Sharma.Shrivastava echoes herthought: ogy film BombayTalkies(2013). Wouldn’tit be lockdown.Clearly,itwillbereel magicwhichwillkeep Often, that’s boring and notverytruthful. don’thavechoices. Ialso find it interesting “Thereisverylittle sexual agency that wonderful if Pappu were to gethis ownstory? us going till we seethe endofthis pandemic in real life. Women arecomplex. It is nice to play achar- howmen behave (in suchscenarios),” the ac- womenenjoy.That is kind of suppressed. It’s “In the worldofDollyKitty… he is an aspect acterwho is notalwaysmaking the right de- tor-director says. alsoabout (the suppression of) other desires, of Dolly’s life. In accepting Pappu, Dollyac- cisions or is alwayslikeable,” says Sen Agrowingnumberofstorytellers, includ- likewanting to go watchafilm or on a cepts herself,” says Shrivastava.

As two of his documentaries —one new and one old —stream online, Anand Patwardhan, 70, ‘ALLRESISTANCE talks about reason, censorship, caste politics, and the Babri Masjid verdict Ta nushree Ghosh protestthe deathof10Dalits in the 1997 Whether it’s aBhushan or aKarnan, all re- against censorship, the judgeindicated that Ramabai Colonypolice firing). Did you sistance is bravery. he would notinterferewith MIFF.So, we knowhim? It also features the Kabir withdrew rather than setalosing prece- ISBRAVERY’ YOUARE almostasold as independent Kala Manch (KKM), whose members You’vestruggledagainstcensorship for dent. Press coverage did,however, expose India. Were youa’70s‘angry young were recently re-arrested. long. Aren’t your detractors tired of you? the blatantbackdoor censorship. man’ who wasmakingfilmstochannel Imet Vilas in the early 1980s when we We wonseven courtcases, oncetoget a his anger? fought againstillegal slum demolitions. The Censorcertificatefor Warand Peace (2002), Father,Son and Holy War speaksofour While on ascholarship in the US, Ifirst song in JaiBhim Comrade wasfirstshotwhen the rest to forceDoordarshan to broadcast cultureofmachismo (touchingupon filmedanti-Vietnam warproteststhat Bombay: Our City (1985) wasmade. I my films that had wonNational Awards Roop Kanwar's sati in 1987). Does the landedmeinprison twice. On returning to recordedmanyofhis other songsbut filmed (Bombay: OurCity;In Memory of Friends, hounding of actorRhea Chakraborty India in 1972,Ijoinedavoluntaryrural de- justone. Vilas’s protestsuicide shockedme 1990; RamkeNaam,1992; Father,Son,and illustratethis? velopment and education project in Madhya intolooking at the Holy War,1994, the Of course! Apartfromthe media lynch- Pradesh, then movedtoBihar in 1974 when extent of atrocities latter going to court ing, when all else failedtheycaught Rhea for the JP (Jayaprakash Narayan) movement be- on Dalitsand to ex- three times). marijuana! Then,why is bhaang sold at tem- ganand pickedupthe cameraagain to record ploretheir poetryof Advocate (PA) ples? What do sadhus imbibe? police violence. Our film WavesofRevolution resistance. The film Sebastian in the high (1974) went underground in 1975 during the took 14 years to courtand Prashant ‘Unlikereligion, whichbelievesinafinal Emergency.Ilater made afilmonpolitical makeand includesa Bhushan in the truth, science is an endlesssearchfor prisoners (Prisoners of Conscience,1978). So rangeofamazingly Supreme Courten- truth,’ saidthe rationalist, the lateDr the journeybegan. powerful story- sured the telecasts. NarendraDabholkar (shotdeadin2013) tellers. KKM wasone Arguing probono, featured in Reason.Isthe assault on Cinemapreneur.com is screening Jai such. When they theynever allowed reason exclusively true of today? Bhim Comrade (2011), and adocu-short were houndedby the statetocut a Religion and blind faith have dominated Heart to Art:Across Borders (2020), the police, we helped single frame. the worldfor thousandsofyears. The Ageof completedduring the lockdown, using them face trial. They SPEAK OUT,SING OUT Reason dawnedinthe West aroundthe 16th footageofanIndia-Pakistanart were finallygranted (Above) The late Dalit poet-activist Vilas Recently, youand centurybut in India, Charvaka and the exchangeyou shotin2004. What do you bail by the Supreme Ghogre in Jai Bhim Comrade;Patwardhan documentary Buddha were early advocates. make of such platforms? Courtin2017. Today, filmmaker Pankaj Theyare very welcome. At first, we theyare chargedfor Rishi Kumar Doordarshan’s 1997 telecastofyour Ram lugged heavy 16 mm projectors and even visiting Bhima Koregaon while upper-caste petitionedthe Mumbai International ke Naam (on the Babri Masjid generators to venues whereelectricity was alleged instigators of violence likeSambhaji Film Festival (MIFF) againstdropping demolition) sawaheated RajyaSabha scarce. During the video era, equipment be- Bhide and Milind Ekbote walk free. your respective films, but then withdrew. debate, and even todaythe film’s came smaller, and now, in the digital age, Fewjudges todayhavethe backbone to screenings aredisrupted. Howdoyou newpossibilitiesemerge. But the problem Youhaveexpressed disappointment in rule againstthe statebut we stillwantedto react to the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan and of howtoattract eyeballs remains. Today, the PrashantBhushan’s contempt verdict. test the waters. Reason/Vivek (2018)had the court verdicts? internetisoversaturatedand attentionspans Hisfine of Re 1was criticisedasbeing wontop prize at IDFA (Amsterdam), one of RamkeNaam wassubmitted as evidence tinybut everynew initiative is good. pro-savarna as the same treatment the best-regardedfestivals in the documen- before the Liberhan Commission looking into wasn’t extendedtoDalit judgeCS tary world. Pankaj’s film (Janani's Juliet, the Babri dispute. Obviouslytoday’scourts JaiBhim Comrade features theonly Karnan in his 2017 contemptcase. 2019)had wonthe topprize at (IDSFFK) have ignored it.Our constitutional lawhas documented song of Dalit poet-activist Speaking out againstanauthoritarian, Kerala. Both films had qualifiedfor the been replacedbyaHindutvaversion of Vilas Ghogre(who hung himself to majoritarian, casteistsystemisnecessary. Oscars.But afterlecturing the government sharia law. PHOTOSCOURTESYANANDPATWARDHAN

Pune THESUNDAYEXPRESS,OCTOBER4,2020 MANE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has become the second player to contract the coronavirus at the English Premier League champions this week. Mane,who scored in a3-1 victoryover Arsenal on Monday, will miss 14 SPORT Sunday's game against Aston Villa. Midfielder ThiagoAlcantaraisalso out of the game after contracting COVID-19. AP Player informs Miami find no Delhi routine ACU after answers to Capitals survive scareagain, this time againstKKR; Iyer’s knockthe difference suspicious LA Lakers’ SYNOPSIS approach scoring spree Iyer’s night at Sharjah. Nortje complements. DEVENDRAPANDEY MUMBAI,OCTOBER3

SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY AINDIAN Premier League playerhas re- OCTOBER3 portedasuspicious approachbyaperson known to him. The playerwhen asked to di- KOLKATA KNIGHT Riders outscored Delhi vulgeteam-information through social me- Capitals in the Powerplay. But theywereup dia on Fridayinformedthe BCCI's Anti- againstarecordchase and DC tightenedthe Corruption Unit official in UAE. screws themiddleovers,whicheventuallydid The ACUchief Ajit Singh Shekhawatcon- LeBron James is acontender to the job forthem. Eoin Morganthrew the firmedthe development to The Indian be namedthe Finals MVP. AP kitchensinktowardstheendandRahulTripathi Express though he didn’t divulgethe player’s playedabrillianthand.Intheend,though,chas- franchise. He said it could be related to bet- ing 229 to win, KKR went down by 18 runs. ting and said that the ACUwill recordthe THE MIAMI Heat playedbetterthan player’s statement soon. "The playerknows their Game 1showing and it still Iyer’s night the person, and the good partisthat the wasn’t enough as theywent down Prithvi Shawscored an excellent half-cen- playerstill came forwardtoinform us that a 114-124 to go 0-2 in the 2020 NBA tury, Rishabh Pant playedalovelylittle cameo, known person has contactedhim to getsome Finals to LeBron James and Anthony but if fans were allowedinside the stadium, information. Probably, the person wantedto Davis’ Los Angeles Lakers at Disney Shreyas Iyer would have made them dance in place bets," Shekhawattold this newspaper. WorldinOrlando. Both LeBron (33) the aisles at Sharjah, to paraphrase Tony Greig. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored a38-ball 88 to propel Delhi to atotal of 228/4 againstKKR in Sharjah on Saturday. BCCI/IPL The ACUchief said theywill recordthe and Davis (32) combinedfor 65 DC ranriotafter being sent in. Since the mid- statement and starttheir investigation. "It pointsinthe win while Heat’s Jimmy 1980s, Sharjah has always been achasing (approach) wasdone through social media. Butler had 25 points, 13 rebounds ground,withbatting-friendlypitchesandshort Therewas some person whom he (player) and right assists in the loss. boundaries.Thevenuehasliveduptoitsbilling knew. He asked forsome information and in this IPL also. Shikhar Dhawanand Shawput Royals hardly achallenge for Bangalore the playerimmediatelysaid no. The player Atussle forFinals MVP ona56-runopeningpartnershipbefore theim- found it suspicious and informedthis to the Forall talk of wherethis series is pressive VarunChakravarthy, whobowledtwo team management. We were then informed going, it’s starting to look likethe real oversinsidethePowerplay, dismissedtheleft- it’s those with the horizontal blade that were enough to rake up doubtsabout his about it. We will investigateitaswehavere- competition is forwho will bethe hander.Shawcarriedonand scored his sixth SYNOPSIS makehim notonlyexciting to watchbut also form. But normal service wasrestoredwith ceivedthe complaint,” Shekhawatsaid. Finals MVP.BothAnthonyDavis and IPL half-century. Iyer’s 38-ball 88 notout, with markhim out forthe future. The height apugnacious knock, his firsthalf-centuryof As per procedurethe boardACU has LeBron James areneck-and-neckin sevenfours and six sixes, oozedcultured ag- PrincelyPadikkal and regalKohli helps, so does the youngster’s gliding feet, this campaign. The setting wasperfect - asked the playertosubmit all proofsand fur- the race, especiallyconsidering the gression.IyerandPantadded72runsoff31balls decide the battle of the Royals. softhands and amind bristling with confi- nearly pressure-less as theywerechasing a nish details of the accusedperson. duties theyhavetaken up forthe forthe thirdwicket. dence and energy. middling target and Padikkal waspounding The ACUwing had conducted online Lakers. James secureda33-point Equallyinstructive of Padikkal’s sumptu- the runs -for the RCBskipper to getsome seminars forthe playerand officials before near triple double with nine rebou- Nortje complements ous game wasanudgepastshortfine-leg for time in the middle. the tournament startedpre-IPL seminar. nds and nine assists but Davis was AnrichNortjecleanedupSunilNarineinthe SANDIPG aboundary. The JofraArcher delivery wasnot Unlikeinthe previous outings, Kohli did- Theyweretold that action would be taken notfar behind with 32 pointsand 14 secondoverduringKKR’schase,butShubman OCTOBER3 shortenough to be pulled, wasquickand n’t look to impose himself on the bowlers, againstthem if theydidn’t reportany suspi- rebounds. What differentiatedthe Gill and Nitish Rana were going strong. Amit climbing ontohim, but with nothing more but waited forthem to drop shortorbowl ciousactivitytothe ACU. The three teams of twothough wasDavis taking Mishraput the handbrakeonafter the As the tournament is unfolding, all the miss- than agentle twirlofhis wrists,henudged toofull. He essayedsome gorgeous strokes, anti-corruption officials arestationedat defensive responsibility forthe Powerplayand removedGill. AndreRussell ing blocks in the puzzle arepicking them- the ball offhis hips foraboundary. none perhaps moreeye-catching as the off- Dubai, Sharjah and AbuDhabi. Heat’s best playerinJimmyButler. cameandIyerintelligentlybroughtbackKagiso selvesfor RoyalChallengers Bangalore. Justthe second delivery he faced, he drive offTom Curranorthe six over extra- Prior to the startofthe tournament, the Rabada. The South African neutralisedthe Devdutt Padikkal and YuzvendraChahal con- creamedthe experiencedJaydevUnadkat coveroff Riyan Parag. ACUhad spoken about the possible attempts Volume drowns efficiency threat, and as Dinesh Karthik came in ahead of tinuedtheir impressive starttothe season, over squareleg, by justswaying abit to the He had aterrific dayasacaptain too. He through online. “The other partissocial me- If therewas agame that would Morgan, the DC captain usedupHarshal Patel, while ViratKohli rediscoveredhis touchas off-side to getunder the ball and propel it introducedleg-spinner Chahal straightaway dia etc. through whichpeople trytomake break the Heat’s back, it would have who removedRana (58) and Karthik offcon- his side eviscerated Rajasthan Royals by eight to the intendeddestination. Aball later when Sanju Samson walked in, and it bore contact and communicate, that we'll have to been Game 2. Miami were 50.7% secutive deliveries to put KKR under serious wicketstolog in their thirdvictory. when the bowler erredonthe shorterside, instant result, as the batsman triedacasual take careof,” Shekhawathad told Reuters in from 2s, 40.7% from 3s and 91.2% pressure.NortjereturnedtodismissCummins Padikkal unleashedafront-footpull, ala drive and spoonedareturn catch. Chahal August. "People do trytomakeinnocent con- from the free throw line. Howmany and then got the big one of Morgan, when the PrincelyPadikkal Yuvraj Singh in his pomp. pickedtwo more, as the Royals creaked be- tactsalso. But under the garb of friendship teams can achieve a50-40-90 stat in Englandwhite-ballcaptain’sblitzwasthreaten- Of all the magnificent strokesatDevdutt With his thirdhalf-centuryinfour in- fore theywereresuscitated by Mahipal or as afan, therecould be an odd chap trying an NBAFinals game and still lose? ing to take the game away. Padikkal’s disposal —and he has afull quiver nings, he’s hurriedlyticking the boxesthat Lomror’s 47 and a40-run blitz by Rahul to explorethings. Monitoring social media Simplyput, Miami’s efficiency was BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 228/4 in 20 —the cut stands out forits sheer majesty.It’s could parachutehim intointernational Tewatia and Archer.But 154was notade- does notrequiremuchmanpower. We'll be on point but their volume wasn’t. overs(SIyer88*,PShaw66,RPant38;ARussell almostCaribbean in itsnonchalance, in the limelight. His fluency also afforded time for quatetoeventestRCB’s determination. taking help from professionals also." The Heat attempted 26 fewershots 2/28) beat KolkataKnight Riders 210/8 in 20 insouciance with whichthe tall left-hander Kohli to restoresome form. BRIEF SCORES: Rajasthan Royals 154/6 The IPL washit by spot-fixing scandal in than the Lakers and on an overall overs (N Rana 58, EMorgan44; ANortje 3/33, picks the ball, gets on topofthe bounce and in 20 overs (M Lomror 47;YChahal 3/24, I 2013,whichled to two-year suspensions for made 13 shots fewerthan the HPatel 2/34) by 18 runs dismisses it in front of point. It’s ablend of RoyalKohli Udana 2/41) losttoRoyal Challengers the Chennai and Rajasthan franchises. It trig- Lakers. The loss of Miami's defensive Playingtonight:MIvsSRH, 3.30pm, velvetand power. Suchare the high standards that Kohli has Bangalore158/2 in 19.1 overs (V Kohli 72*, D geredtheinvolvementof theSupremeCourtof fulcrum Bam Adebayo to injuryin KXIP vs CSK 7:30pm; Star Sports Network His vertical-bat strokesare gorgeous, but setfor himself that three ordinaryoutings Padikkal 63; Archer 1/18) by 8wickets thecountrywhichorderedreformsintheBCCI. the firstgame has hurtthem. Faltering defence Areason forthe Lakers offense Acalculative cricketer who knows his multiplication table managing to getbyvolume and three-point shooting (attempted 47, made 16)inthe NBAFinals simply Rastogi turns indulgent and veers the talk Practiceunder lockdown would wonder whether he would ever make comes down to Miami’s DEVENDRAPANDEY to multiplication tables. In an endearing Gargtrainedathis villageQuila enough moneytohelp his father. misfortunes. The Lakers’ greatest MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 Indian way, wherereciting multiplication ta- Prikshitgarh, 20 kilometres from Meerut in “My father did mostofthe hardwork, he scoring threat is AnthonyDavis and bles is considered ahallmarkofakid's intel- Uttar Pradesh during the lockdown. Notjust didalltheoddjobsthatyoucanimagine…sell- with no Bam Adebayo in Game 2to “DID YOUsee howhehit asix with asweep ligence, Rastogi talksupGarg’s skills. Even Gargbut players likeBhuvneshwar Kumar ing milk,driving school vans, loading goods, guardhim, the four-time All-NBA shotand next ball, he chose to playitlateto here, though, Garggenuinelystands out. and the leg-spinner Karn Sharma toowould he ensured that Igot agood life. He went FirstTeam playertook the Heat thirdman. That showedhow match-aware “Youcan ask him anytable, he will tell you drop in at the practice sessions conducted by throughallthatjusttoseemebecomeacrick- apart. Davis made 15-20 shots with and calculative he is," says the coachSanjay in one flow. Once during under-15selection, Rastogi. "Luckilythe administration wasn't eter one day. He took me to Meerut and made mostofthem coming directlyunder Rastogi, aday afterhis student Priyam Garg aselector (who wastold of Garg’s skills) that strict here, so we managed to playprac- surethatIgot intoadecentacademy,”Garghad the basket and onlyone of those scored amatch-winning 51 from 26 balls asked him to recitethe table of 38 and 67,and tice games in Victoria Park.Wedid match said in an interaction before lastyear’s U-19 shots being athree-pointer.Myers that pulledHyderabad Sunriers out of the Garganswered it correctly. The selector put simulation and if anyplayercould notreach WorldCup wherehecaptainedIndia. Leonardand KellyOlynykweremost hole againstChennai Super Kings. The inning twotickmarks beside his name -one forhis the settarget, he had to buy everyone aglass At the ageof15, Gargusedtobat against definitelynot the answers to the of high maturity that receivedhigh praise batting and other forhis education," Rastogi of juice!” Rastogi says. bowlers likePraveen Kumar and questions that Davis kept putting up. from experts could provetobeabreak- recalls. “Notmanycricketers areeducated PRIYAMGARG. BCCI/IPL Gargremembers the days when his fa- Bhuvneshwar,who were playing forIndia. It Heat’s Tyler Herro might be the through knockfor the 19-year-old. but Priyam is good at studies too." ther usedtosell milk from door to door dur- wasinthose sessions that he reallyimpressed youngestplayerinhistory to playin But nothing about Gary's knocksurprises On Friday, Gargadded77runs in seven “He is just19but he has the mindsetofsome- ing the dayand slip aRs10notetohim at thecoachwithhismaturity,game-awareness the NBAFinals, but it’s tough to Rastogi.Theunflusteredtemperamentthatsoa- overs with his friend Abhishek Sharma to en- one in his 50's. He is very matured.” Rastogi night so that he could travel to Meerut for and couragelikestanding well outside the fathom howthe rookie can defend kedupthepressurethatmusthaveescalatedaf- able Sunrisers Hyderabad recoverfromthe pointsout Garg’s ability to focus as the key cricket nets.Then, thereweredays when crease to negotiatethe swing of Bhuvneshwar. players with length in the paint. terKane Williamson’s annoying cryof‘C’mon depths of 69 for4tothe matchwinning 164. strength. "His focus is tremendous; he is a moneywas tight and Gargwould travel on NowRastogi awaitsthe daywhen Gargbreaks SHASHANKNAIR boy!’atamix-up, theimpeccableshot-selec- Rastogi says he has witnessedmanysuch natural player. He has extratime to playhis the roof of buses to pursue his dream. During the jinx of Meerut by becoming the firstbats- tion or the awareness to manoeuvrethe field. games whereGarghas overcome obstacles. shots as compared to the others.” those lonelyjourneys,the budding batsman man from the city to playfor India. How infection risk can be reduced for swimmers Jabeur becomes first Arab woman to reach Round 4ofFrench Open with alocal club at astate-of-the-artschool number of swimmers, direction in whichto What precautions should returning elite SHIVANINAIK pool.Itwasanassetinsettingdownprotocols. swim, minimum distance to be maintained swimmers take in terms of their physical MUMBAI,OCTOBER3 will needtobefollowed. Forwhile the water conditioning? REUTERS What were the pre-requisites of willgetdisinfected,swimmersdocomeupfor Younever forget to swim, but eliteswim- PARIS,OCTOBER3 INDIA'S ELITE swimmers will nowbeable to swimming pools operating in Dubai that air and exhale. mers surelose the 'feel.' "It can happen with train within the countryand preparetoqual- can be followedinIndia? "Restrictthenumberof people.Checkath- some swimmers that even afterthe 50th day, TUNISIA'S ONS Jabeur became the firstArab ify forthe Olympics. Earlier,two swimmers Watermaintenanceiscentralto resuming letes' temperatures before theyenter pool. theydon't regain that catch, grip, resistance, woman to reachthe fourth round of the had been permitted to train in Dubai and will trainingforeliteswimmersinIndia.UAE'sgov- Sanitisepoolaftereveryuse.Holdinggrills,lad- pull-of-water rhythm smoothly. One partis FrenchOpen as she beat eighth seedAryna return by October 19,having experiencedthe ernment guidelines dictatethat chlorine pH ders, changerooms needtobesanitisedfre- rhythm, another is technique of the stroke. Sabalenka 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3 on Saturday. protocolsfirsthand,whichcouldhelpIndiaset levelsoughtto be7.4/7.6,fora2parts permil- quently. Showersmustbeavoidedifpossible," Some swimmers might have gainedweight, The 30th seeddisplayedher trademark down itsown practical guidelines -starting lion proportion of chlorine to wa- he says,adding that protocols for whichreduces feel too. Youdon't getthe dis- courtcraft to undermine Sabalenka's raw fromeffective chlorinationto howsoonto push tertobemaintainedatall times. before stepping intoand after tance in one stroke,fatigue sets in quick. Elite powerasshe surpassedher previous best the topgear in training. Watertemperatures ought to be stepping out of the pool on land, swimmers might be in some levelofmini- thirdround showing at Roland Garrosin2017. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur defeated eighth regulatedat27-28degreesCelsius. can't be emphasizedmore. mum fitness, but waterconditioning will be Sabalenka savedthree setpointsat5-6 in seedAryna Sabalenka 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3. WhywereIndia's best swimmers training "Rules needtobefollowedpoint- backtosquareone," the coachsaid. the firstset,then led5-1 in tiebreak,but ase- in Dubai forthe pastmonth? by-point with no compromise. What protocol wasfollowed ries of unforcederrors allowed26-year-old While the Swimming Federation of India Effectiveness of chlorine levels in Dubai? What about India's topswimmers? Jabeur to snatchit. Jabeur's leveldippedinthe touchtoangle away ashortforehand, then wastrying forpermissions in India, which wearsoffafteraperiodof time.So CoachPradeep says rules Someone likeKushagraRawat faceof somefierceSabalenkahittingasthesec- sealing the win with afirstserve. came through in Unlock5,India's topswim- that can't be allowedtodrop," were non-negotiable at the in- (400m/800freestyle) needs muchmoreaer- ond setslippedawayinlittle over 20 minutes. Jabeur,who made her debut in the mers were hamstrung as the pandemic raged coachPradeep says.Re-chlorinat- ternational school facility used obic training and Srihari Nataraj(200metres But the Tunisian, who became the first world's top50this year,said the keytoher on and authorities remainedskeptical about ing regularly while checking on pH levels is by Indian swimmers to train. "Thermal tests backstroke) will take longer to reachopti- Arab woman to reachaGrand Slam quarter- win wasstaying calm and weathering the openingpoolsto thelargerpopulationof recre- mostimportant. were done to checkfor anysymptoms. Even mum fitness. Unlikeasprinter likeVirdhawal final in Australia this year,re-groupedand storm. "Todaywas about staying calm, to be ationalswimmers.Whilemostothercountries 0.01rise in temperaturesaw swimmers kept Khade, who will find it quicker. Kushagra forged 3-0 ahead in the deciding set. She also honest. She wasscreaming, likefighting had openedup, theywerenot tookeen on What arethe risky areas? in an isolation room and being re-testedwith might bedoing 20 times 100m freestyle with had pointsfor a4-0 lead, but Belarusian everypoint, screaming in some very impor- invitingforeignswimmersgiventhesituation. Overcrowding will spell ruin, and while thermal scanners after10minutes," he said. 70 seconds per lap in anormal season. But Sabalenka uppedher intensity and the deci- tant points. Especiallywhen she got backat UAEdidopenupvisasfor80countries,paving poolsclosedforallthesemonthsmayattempt Thereweretwo levels of this thermal test- when starting, I'd give him 100seconds, then bels to keep herself in contention. 6-6," the Tunisian said. "Before, maybeIgave thewayfor800mfreestylespecialistKushagra to makeupfor lockdown losses, the tempta- ing -one by school authorities and one by 90 and build it graduallytobring the aerobic Sabalenka savedthree matchpointsat2- up tooearly.Evenliketodayat5-1 (down in Rawatand ace back-strokerSrihari Natarajto tionto allowmorethanspecifiednumberwill pool gatekeeping staff. Sanitisers were used levelup. Thereare hugelosses in aerobic con- 5, then had abreak point in the next game. the tiebreak), probablythe old me would head to Dubai at afacility whereIndia's na- needtoberesisted, even strictlylegallyen- freely and mask wascompulsorytill justbe- ditioning, similar to a400 metre/800track But Jabeur remainedcomposedasshe have giventhat up. I'm progressing, I'm tionalcoachPradeepKumarhasatrainingstint forced.Strict protocols forlane discipline - fore entering the pool. runner,Pradeep explains. brought up amatchpoint and showedgreat growing up as aperson."

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