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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM WORLD HIGHGovSPENDtlooSCHEMESksatLIKELY ‘expenditure’ DEMOCRATS SEEK ANSWERSFROM JUSTICEDEPT ON TRUMP’S ROLE budgettoaid MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE LEAVES PAK IN THE DARK highergrowth PAGE 13 Protesters walked through the fields to reachthe venue of the ‘kisan panchayat’ at Kaimlavillage in KarnaldistrictofHaryana on Sunday. Jasbir Malhi PVAIDYANATHANIYER BUDGET ’21 Soon after NEWDELHI,JANUARY10 WITH THE uptickinthe econ- bail, police omybetterthan what most Protesters disrupt BJPevent in Khattarhits back:only economists estimated posteas- ing of lockdown restrictions, the pick up Para Union Finance Ministryisofthe Karnal, force CM to cancel visit amendments, Govt viewthathigher spending at this in another stageofrecovery —ratherthan COUNTDOWN that severalpersons suffered in- earlier —will give abiggerpush SUKHBIRSIWACH juries duringthe confrontation. won’t repeal farm laws to growth. IN&OUTOFCOVIDSHADOW terror case KAIMLAVILLAGE(KARNAL), On Monday, the Supreme EXPERT According to sources, the JANUARY10 Courtisscheduledtohear a EXPLAINS Prime Minister’s Economic clutchofpetitions related to the VARINDERBHATIA AdvisoryCouncil, Niti Aayogand ED Siraj Hussain ARUNSHARMA AROUND 1,000farmprotesters laws,with talksbetween the CHANDIGARH,JANUARY10 the Chief Economic Advisor’s of- Spend JAMMU,JANUARY10 stormedthe venue of ahigh-pro- Centreand farmer unions failing FromTheIndianExpresspanel Haryana CM fice, have pushedfor an expan- morewhen file “kisan panchayat” organised to make anyheadway despite ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight FORCED TO scrap his visit to ManoharLal sionarybudgettoreinforcethe PLAIN E ● growthlow SOONAFTER he wasgranted bail by the ruling BJP in Haryana protesters camping on Delhi's Karnal Sunday afterfarm pro- Khattar nascent recovery.All have advo- EX by theNIAcourtinacaseofterror Sunday, forcing Chief Minister outskirts foroveramonth. testers took over the venue, cated the Keynes mantrato funding,PDP youth wing leader Manohar Lal Khattar to cancelhis The panchayatinKaimla, or- FARM Haryana Chief Minister Finance MinisterNirmala AFISCAL stimulusin Waheed-ur-RehmanPara wasde- visit to thesiteonthe outskirts of ganisedbylocal BJP MLA Manohar Lal Khattar accused Addressing apress confer- Sitharamanduring pre-Budget 2021-22 will be mostef- tainedagain forquestioningina Kaimla village in Karnal district. Harvinder Kalyan, waspartof PROTESTS, Opposition parties and stateBKU enceinChandigarh afterhis visit consultations. fective to spur growth, separateterror-relatedcase. The incident also sawclashes the party's plan to hold such BIGPICTURE leader Gurnam Singh Chadhuni to thevenue of aBJP “kisan pan- British economistJohn particularly withmany The CounterIntelligence between supporters of the BJP meetings to mobilise supportfor of inciting people to disrupt law chayat” in Karnal's Kaimla village MaynardKeynes had argued parts of the economy wing of Jammu and Kashmir event and opponentsofthe the laws.However, the protest- EXPLAINED andorder,and insistedthatthe wascancelled, Khattar said: “The that free markets cannotbere- showing clear signsofa Police detainedParaimmedi- Centre's newagriculturelaws, ers had warnedthat theywould PAGE 11 Centrewill notrepeal itsnew Government is notgoing to liedupon to fuel GDP growth nascentrecovery.Having atelyafter his release from with leaders on both sides saying CONTINUEDONPAGE2 agriculturelaws. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 when thereisarecession,ofthe preserved itsspending District Jail, Ambphalla, on kind India and the world, has power, the government Saturdayevening. witnessedin2020following the planstospend morein “Wehad receivedamessage Explosion in THE EDITORIAL PAGE Covid-19pandemic.In2020, sectorssuchashealthcare, from Counter Racism stops play in Sydney as consumer confidence hit anew housing and construction- Intelligence low, and theyavoideddiscre- heavy infrastructure, Kashmir(CIK) equipment BUDGET:INDIA’S tionaryspending; this ledtoa whichpositively impact to collect Para India draw hard line on abuse NEWDEALMOMENT demand collapse, forcing firms manyindustries. from jail as he likely began BY SAJJID ZCHINOY CONTINUEDONPAGE2 waswanted PAGE 8 by themfor MIHIRVASAVDA fire in which questioning in &SRIRAMVEERA connection NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,JAN10 WaheedPara with FIR No. 10 kids died 31 registered RACISM STOPPED playatthe Looking for lithium toehold, India with them in SydneyCricketGround Sunday. Srinagar,” asenior jail official said. In line with the recentglobal TABASSUM The official expressedigno- trend, wheresportspersons are BARNAGARWALA findsasmalldepositinKarnataka rance about the details of the FIR. starting to draw the line between MUMBAI,JANUARY10 While the police's counter intel- banter and racist abuse from the ent of the lithium-ion recharge- learnt to have shown the pres- ligence wing remainedsilent, stands, the Indian cricketteam THE FIRE that killed10babies in ANILSASI able batteries thatpowerelectric ence of 1,600tonnes of lithium sources said the FIR pertains to a put their foot down and ensured Police remove agroup of spectators afterMohammedSiraj ahospital in Bhandara, NEWDELHI,JANUARY10 vehicles (EVs), laptops and mo- resources in the igneous rocksof terror funding case. that the Test againstAustralia in complainedtoumpires,inSydneyonSunday. Reuters Maharashtra, early on Saturday bile phones. the Marlagalla-Allapatna region “It is an open FIR and Sydneywas haltedfor 10 min- waslikelycausedbyanexplo- ALONGSIDE Amovetotap into Preliminarysurveys by the of Karnataka’s Mandyadistrict. Waheed's name is notmen- utes Sundaytillagroup of unruly sion in one of the severalradiant the global lithium value chain, Atomic Minerals Directoratefor Agovernment official said tioned. Severalof(PDPchief) spectatorswereevicted. Saturdayevening that if some- of Australia’s secondinnings, Siraj warmers in the SickNew-born India has initiated aconcerted Exploration and Research the AMD is carrying out surface Mehbooba Mufti's relativesand The break in playfollowedan thing likethis happens again, we walked up to stand-incaptain CareUnit (SNCU),believe the of- domestic exploration push for (AMD), an arm of the and sub-surface exploration for aides have already been ques- incident on Saturdaywhen will immediatelyidentifythem,” AjinkyaRahane, and umpires ficials who carriedout aprelim- the alkali metal, avital ingredi- Department of Atomic Energy,is CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tionedinthis case,” asource said. Indianpacers Jasprit Bumrah an Indian team management of- PaulReiffeland PaulWilson. inaryinspection at the hospital “This case wasfiledafter and MohammedSiraj said racist ficial told TheIndianExpress. The 26-year-old debutant on Sunday. Waheedwas arrested by the commentsweredirected at On Sunday, Day4of theTest, from Hyderabad said that asec- The radiant warmer burst NIA,” the source added. them as theyfieldedonthe as Bumrah wasabout to start tion of the crowdraciallyabused intoflames afterthe explosion — CONTINUEDONPAGE2 boundaryline. “Wehad decided running in duringthe 86th over CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the firstoftwo loud noises heard by hospital staffthat night—and the seven-day-old babyinside “was foundburnt likecoal”, offi- Covid curve doesn’t bend in Kerala cials said. The babyhad been aban- donedonaroadside, and but why stateisn’t overly worried yet brought to the hospital by police. This and nine other babieswere number of deaths.Infact, Kerala CONTINUEDONPAGE2 AMITABHSINHA P7 has one of the lowest death &LIZMATHEW countsamong the major states. PUNE,NEWDELHI,JAN10 With morethan 8lakhcon- firmedinfections so far, Kerala BUSINESSASUSUAL IN THE lastfourmonths, Kerala has the fifthhighestcaseload in has recordedmorethan 7lakh the country. But thereare 11 BY UNNY coronavirus infections,morethan states that have recorded more anyother stateinIndia. Forthe deaths than Kerala, including last45days,ithas consistently states likeChhattisgarh,Gujarat, been the topcontributor of new THEEXPRESS Madhya Pradesh, andPunjab, ‘Our cultureis cases. The state nowhas thehigh- INTERVIEW that have threetofivetimes different.They(BJP) estnumber of active cases in the fewercases. can’tcreate fear of country, comprising almost30 The stategovernmentsays other religions here. per cent of India’s total. ‘OUR DAILYTOLL that unlikemanyother places, But while Kerala is the worst NEVER WENT Kerala had managed to avoid a It won’tworkinTN’ hotspotofthe epidemic in the BEYOND 25’ “sudden peak”, and thathas en- KANIMOZHI countrynow,whatisremarkable KKSHAILAJA sured fewerdeaths. LOK SABHA MP, DMK is that the rise in cases has notre- KERALA HEALTH MINISTER “In other states, the cases PAGE 12 sultedin asimilar increase in the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 From LahoretoLondon to New Yo rk via India: VedMehta’sunflinching gaze —and prose PAGE 1 ageof86. Born