DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE EDITORIAL PAGE SAYS OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN AGAINST FARM BILLS FAVOURS BROKERS Pak remains on TIMEHASCOME FORINDO-PACIFIC Nitishbyhisside,PMkicksoffcampaign CONCORD terror grey list, BY ARUN PRAKASH PAGE 8 citingGalwan,Art370and‘nayaBihar’ watchdog says Trump calls India air deadlines over ‘filthy’, is not Strategic deficiencies, non-compliance, Pakhas to act by Feb2021, says FATF entirely off SHUBHAJITROY the mark NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23 CITING“STRATEGIC deficien- cies” and non-compliance with six keymarkers in its27-point WhyPakneeds action plan on terror-financing and money-laundering, Paris- tomovenow Prime MinisterNarendraModi with Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar in Sasaram; Rahul Gandhi with Tejashwi YadavinNawada district on Friday. PTI basedglobal watchdog Financial Action Task Force(FATF) Friday THE FATF has asked said Pakistanwill continue to re- Pakistan, whichhas PM: Opposition parties anti-reform, Rahul attacks PM, Tejashwi main on itsgreylist. been on itsgreylistsince US President Donald Trump BUSINESSASUSUAL The decision wasannounced 2018,toget itsact to- at the presidential debate. AP with forces trying to weaken India by FATF president Marcus Pleyer gether by February2021. BY UNNY keeps focus on Nitish, Bihar afterathree-dayvirtual plenary With the Imran Khan- while accusing the session. “Todate, Pakistanhas ledgovernment battling ESHAROY AMITABHSINHA Opposition of being speeches reflected astriking made progress across all action asevereeconomic crisis, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23 &HARIKISHAN anti-reform, and of sid- MANOJCG contrastinapproachand style. plan items and has nowlargely Delhi is hoping that this SHARMA ing with “dalaal”(bro- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23 Gandhi, addressing the joint addressed21ofthe 27 action will prompt Islamabad IN HIS debateagainstthe GAYA,NEWDELHI, kers), Naxalites and public meeting in Hisua in items. As all actionplan dead- to take moreaction Democrat presidential candidate OCTOBER23 DECISION “forces out to weaken BEGINNINGHIS campaign for Nawada district, launchedablis- lines have expired,the FATF againstterrorgroups Joe Biden on Thursday, US 2020 the country”. the dead-heat Bihar Assembly tering attackonPrime Minister strongly urgesPakistantoswiftly and their leaders. President Donald Trump, while KICKINGOFF his elec- BIHAR At three brief halts elections, former Congress pres- NarendraModi —infact, refer- complete itsfull action plan by talking about his administra- tion rallies in Bihar on in Sasaram, Gaya and ident Rahul Gandhi on Fridayad- ring to him by name or as Prime February2021,”the FATF said in tion's trackrecordonchecking Friday, Prime Minister Bhagalpur,the Prime dressedajoint rallywith RJD Ministersome 20 times —onis- astatement. ■ “Demonstratethat lawen- carbon emissions, referred to NarendraModi contrastedthe Ministerspokeofthe Galwan leader and the Opposition al- sues suchasdemonetisation, Pakistanalso needs to work forcement agencies areidentify- pollution levels in other coun- NDA's work on a“naya Bihar” clash with China in June, in liance’s chief ministerial face Chinese incursion, GSTand his on four areas to “address its ing and investigating the widest tries, including India, and called with the “misrule” of the 1990s, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Tejashwi Yadav, but their CONTINUEDONPAGE2 strategic deficiencies”, it said. rangeofterrorfinancing activity their air “filthy”. Listing the deficiencies, the FATF whichtargetdesignated persons Responding to aquestion on said that Pakistanneeds to: CONTINUEDONPAGE2 howthe candidates proposedto combat climatechangewhile supporting job growth, Trump ECONOMY SPORT claimedthe carbon emission Won’t contest polls till J&K numbers in the UnitedStates un- FORMER NCLAT U.S. FDA APPROVES KAPIL DEV SUFFERS der his administration have been CHAIRPERSON JOINS FIRST COVID-19 HEART ATTACK, ‘ON the best in the last35years. “Look special status back: Mehbooba at China, howfilthyitis. Look at ADVISORY BOARD DRUG: ANTIVIRAL ROAD TO RECOVERY’ Russia, look at India... the air’s along withthe Tricolour atop the OF GROUP HE ONCE REMDESIVIR AFTER ANGIOPLASTY filthy. Itook us out of the Paris Says will raise civil secretariat building in HAULED UP PAGE 15 PAGE 16 Accordbecause we were going to Tricolour when Srinagar,was removed. have to spend trillions of dollars, “My flag is in front of me. and we were being treated very J&K flag restored When this flag is restored to us, unfairly,’’ said Trump. we will raise the other flag Trump’s comment on India’s (Tricolour) also. But until that air quality might have been un- NAVEEDIQBAL happens, we will nothold any palatable, but it is true that over SRINAGAR,OCTOBER23 other flag in our hands. Hamara the lastfew years, Indian cities uss jhande se rishtaisjhande ne have been recording some of the DECLARINGTHATshe will have banaya hai, it is notindependent highestpollution levels in the “nothing to do with elections” till Mehbooba Mufti at apress of this flag,” Mehbooba Mufti told world. J&K’s special status under the conference in Srinagar on reporters, pointing to the flag of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Constitution is restored,PDP Friday. Shuaib Masoodi the erstwhile stateplacedbefore president and former Chief her along with the PDP flag. MinisterMehbooba Mufti said In her firstpress conference TRUMP-BIDEN FINAL Fridaythat she will raise the Following the abrogation of following her release from over SHOWDOWN Tricolour onlywhen the J&K Article 370onAugust5,2019, the 14 months of detention under PAGE 14 stateflag is also restored. J&K stateflag, whichusedtofly CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Bharat Biotech says its 2008 GUJARAT SERIAL BOMB BLASTS CASE ICMR-backed vaccine HC turns down accused’s set for June 2021 launch plea to examine reporters, editors of newspapers PRABHARAGHAVAN cial designatedjudgetoexamine NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23 SOHINIGHOSH reporters so as to authenticate AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER23 their sources forthe reportage BHARATBIOTECH, whichhas re- publishedinthe periodfollow- ceivedapproval forlate-stage AN AHMEDABAD special court ing the commission of offence human trials forits Covid vaccine conducting the trial of the 2008 and prior to the arrest of the ac- candidate, expectstohaveit serial bomb blasts case alleged cused. The publications in ques- ready by June 2021—unless the to have carriedout by the Indian tion also involvedphotographs government advances itslaunch Rapid test being conducted Mujahideen across severalsites publishedduring this period. through emergency use autho- in Ahmedabad on Friday. in Ahmedabad and Surat, on As recordedinthe order of risation, according to atop com- Nirmal Harindran Thursdayrejected an application October 22 by JudgeAmbalal R pany official. by the accusedthat had sought Patel, who has been specially The Hyderabad-basedfirm that the defence be permitted to designated forthe speedy trial of plans to test over 20,000 volun- Ltd, told The Indian Express. examine editors, reporters and the bomb blastcases, the re- teers across 12-14statesfor “If we getall the approvals in photographers of certain news- porters and photographers Covaxin, itsindigenous candi- place,IthinkduringQ2of 2021, we papers at the time. whom the defence wanted to date, Sai Prasad, executive direc- should getthe efficacy readout According to asource, the ac- examine includedthose from tor, Bharat Biotech International CONTINUEDONPAGE2 cusedhad prayedbefore the spe- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Bluetooth tracker forterror attacks finds newuse in pandemic time —atthe IPL PAGE1 trackerisbeing worn by the ANCHOR cricketers —around their necks —atall times, exceptwhile play- ing or training, to ensurethat no- body steps out of the bubble un- MIHIRVASAVDA noticed. The technology wasalso NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23 usedfor England’s home Test se- ries againstthe West Indies and NOT SO long ago, BotanOsman Pakistanearlier this year. wasdesigning technology to In the IPL, the location and trackand trace people afterter- movement of eachplayer, sup- rorattacks,industrial accidents portstaff and others involvedin or natural calamities. But now, as the games, is monitored in real- chief executive of British tech time with sensors placedacross firm Restrata,heisadapting the Everyone inside IPL bio-bubble has been giventhe Bluetooth 13 hotels, three stadiums, train- same systems to protect crick- device, worn around their necks. Delhi Capitals/ Instagram ing grounds and buses ferrying eters from Covid —and help or- the players. ganisers bring the crowds back If social-distancing rules are to stadiums. day. 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