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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, DECEMBER 28, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE EDITORIAL PAGE GROWTH:BENEATH THERECOVERY BY PRANJUL BHANDARI Fewer women move abroad, many PAGE 8 cite family as factor in career:High BUSINESSASUSUAL up ladder, gender still matters BY UNNY Moregirltoppersfrommetrosthansmall towns whereodds forboys better; gapnarrowingbut stillsharp in Science/Tech Protesting farmersclang utensils during PrimeMinisterNarendraModi’s Mann ki Baat in Ghazipur, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border,onSunday. Prem Nath Pandey GOVT RESPONDS TO PROTESTERS In UP, college Tomarwelcomesreturn studentsbooked for sedition, totalks;noonecantake principal cites ThoughIwas stressed by expectations from At IIT-Bombay, we all got equal treatment family, society to get married earlier than Idid, regardless of gender. But boys participated in azadi slogans my parents were ambitious for me. Since Ihad their class more… girls sometimes thought their answers landoffarmers:Rajnath support, Icould focus on higher studies” might not be correct andrefrained from participating” ASADREHMAN JERENEMATHEWS, PAEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGIST AT BELIEVERS CHURCH SHALAKA KULKARNI, PURSUING MBA FROM YALE SCHOOL OF Hopefarmerswill appreciate Punjab lawyer LUCKNOW,DECEMBER27 MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, KERALA, CLASS 12 CBSE TOPPER IN 2006 MANAGEMENT, CLASS 10 ICSE TOPPER IN 2012 situation, reality of law: Govt SIX PERSONS, including students kills himself, of government-run KSSaket STUDYINGOR University,but she acknowl- Asked about the farm unions’ Degree CollegeinAyodhya dis- RITIKACHOPRA edgesa“gender lens” is impor- HARIKISHANSHARMA proposal of holdingthe next criticises PM trict, have been booked forsedi- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER27 WORKINGABROAD tant to understand suchtrends. NEWDELHI,DECEMBER27 round of talksonDecember 29, tion afterthe collegeprincipal “Gender ofteninfluencesde- Tomar said, “Vaartahogi (Talks for ‘blacklaws’ lodged acomplaint accusing VARTIKABHANDARI,40,ISC1998 cision-making relatedtothe ed- DESCRIBINGTHE farm unions’ will take place).” them of raising "anti-national Boardtopper from Allahabad,isa ucation of children in afamily. decision to return to thenegoti- “Theyhavewritten aletter; it slogans calling (for) azadi". seniorstaffsoftwareengineerwith With the decline of academic ation table as “good step”, Union is agoodstep. We were already RAAKHIJAGGA As per Principal NDPandey, GoogleinSan Francisco.Chaitra standards in public universities AgricultureMinisterNarendra ready fortalks; we will resolve &AMILBHATNAGAR "indecent and anti-national slo- Chandrasekhar,38,ICSE1998top- and an increase in disposablein- Singh Tomar on Sundayex- the issuethrough negotiations,” LUDHIANA,NEWDELHI, gans like Le ke rahengeazadi" per from aBangaloreschool, is 63% 40% come, manymoreprivileged pressedhope that asolution he said. DECEMBER27 were raisedonthe collegeprem- partner at consulting firm Oliver TRACKING MEN WOMEN families aresending their chil- would be found to thestalemate TheSamyukt Kisan Morcha, ises on December 16. Wyman in NewYork. Jerene dren abroadfor higher studies. It over the newfarm laws through an umbrella body of 40 farm or- AN ADVOCATE from Jalalabadin With the Ramjanmabhoomi Mathews,31, 2006 Class12CBSE INDIA’STOPPERS CITYOFSCHOOLING is usuallythe boyinthe family discussions. ganisations, on Saturdaywrote Punjab's Fazilka district, who sitenearby, he told The Indian topperfromKendriyaVidyalaya in WOMEN (OUT OF 35) who has an edge in such deci- Defence MinisterRajnath to theUnionMinistryof had been protesting with farm- Express,heneededtolook out for Kottayam, is apaediatric derma- TOMORROW TIER1 63%(22) sions. Suchtrends will, however, Singh reaffirmedthat the Centre Agricultureand Farmers ers affiliated to the Bharatiya "suchanti-nationalactivities" tologistinThiruvalla, Kerala. needtoberesearched rigorously, has no intention of scrapping the Welfare, announcingthe re- Kisan Union(BKU) Ugrahanat and couldn't allowslogans "that Thesewomen maynot have RANKS GIVE HEAD START TIER2&337%(13) as contexts vary considerably.” minimum supportprice (MSP) sumption of talks. It also pro- Delhi's Tikri border,diedbysui- areraisedatJawaharlal Nehru shattered the glass ceiling at BUT MAY BE DECEPTIVE MEN(OUT OF 51)* Swati Prusty,27, who topped regime, and that no “ma ka lal posedafour-point agenda for cide on Sundaymorning. University". their workplace yetbut,surely, INDICATORS, SAY TIER2&363%(32) the Class 12 CBSEexamin2010, (no one)” can take away land the talksthat includemodalities Amarjit SinghRai consumed TOPPERS The studentssay theywere theyare well on their waythere, TIER133%(17) says shewasnevertookeenonset- from the farmers. to be adoptedfor therepeal of the farm pesticide sulphos onlyprotesting againstthe non- perchedhigh up the ladder.And tlingabroad. Hence studying at a “Main ummeed kartahoon ki the three central farm Acts; about 200metresfromthe stage conduct of union elections at the yet, as afour-month investiga- *2ofthem with CISCE-affiliated schools in Dubai foreign university didn'tcarry kisan paristhiti aur kanoon ki mechanismstomakethe remu- at the protestsitethat farmers college,and their slogans were tion by TheIndian Express of 86 fewergirltoppers goingabroad currentlystudy or live overseas much appeal. “Since IknewI sachchai ko samajhenge, vaarta nerative MSP recommendedby have namedGadri Gulab Kaur directed at the principal and the national school Boardtoppers — than theirmale counterparts; but among them,thereisasig- wouldwork inIndia,itdidn’tmake hogi, aur uska samadhaan niklega the National Farmers' Nagar. Beforecollapsing, he gave chief proctor. 51 men and 35 women —from from promising careers put on nificant gender gap. Just40% (14 senseto takealoanto studyabroad (I hope that the farmers will ap- Commission intoalegally guar- twoprinted letters—one of Startedin1991, KSSaket 1996 to 2015 shows,their gen- hold to those tailored to suit fam- outof35) of women toppersare andthencomebacktoworkforfi- preciatethe situation and the re- anteedentitlement forall farm- whichwas addressedtoPrime Collegehas around 10,000 der does matter. ilyobligations. studying/working abroad but for nancial payoff reasons,among ality of the law; talkswill take ers and all agricultural com- MinisterNarendra Modi —to students. Maybenot as muchasitdoes Fewerwomen have men, that ratio is 63%. others," she said, addingthat she place, and asolution will be modities; amendmentstobe other protesters. An FIR waslodged against among the “average”intheir co- These numbers aresmall and turneddownascholarship with found),” Tomar told TheIndian made and notifiedinthe Earlier this month,a the six, Sumit Tewari, Shesh hort, but itsburden is in- movedoverseasthan should notleadtosweepinggen- National University of Singapore Express. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Narayan Pandey, Imran Hashmi, escapable: from their lowrepre- theirmen counterparts eralisations,says PoonamBatra, to pursue engineeringinIndia. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sentation in science and tech to Morethan halfthe toppers Professor of Education at Delhi CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Street vendor scheme The go-toactor for new stories, After Khadse,Raut’swife ahit, govt plans next Pankaj Tripathi at eAdda today gets ED notice; Sena, NCP phase: digital payments platforms, he had prominent say Centre targeting Opp EKTAAMALIK roles in Mirzapur 2 and the re- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER27 centlyreleased CriminalJustice AVISHEKGDASTIDAR ED Applicants Season 2. VISHWASWAGHMODE NEWDELHI,DECEMBER27 cross WHILE forcing people indoors, Pankaj ANational School of Drama MUMBAI,DECEMBER27 PLAIN E the Covid-19pandemichas Tripathi graduate, Tripathi spent many ● 50%mark STARTINGNEW Year,overamil- EX whetted India’salreadyvora- years waiting patientlyfor his ADAY afteranotice to senior lion street vendors across India ciousappetitefor stories. Among time in the limelight,starting out NCPleader Eknath Khadse, the will acceptand make payments THE MAIN Bhi Digital those at the forefront of this with blink-and-you-miss roles Enforcement Directorate(ED) on digitally, having come on board drive hasbeen prompted phase in entertainment, playing in films like Run (2004)and Sunday issuedsummons to the forthe 'Main BhiDigital (metoo by thesuccessofthe outlargely on online streaming Omkara (2005), before attracting ‘Will have special wifeofShivSenaMPSanjay Eknath Khadse; Sanjay Raut digital)' drive designedbythe loan scheme forvendors, services, is PankajTripathi,cred- attentionwith his performance observersfor Raut, Varsha, asking her to ap- Centrefor them. with thenumber of ap- ited withdelivering some of as Sultan QuerishiinGangsof Bengal... forlaw and pearbeforeitonDecember 29. The drive hasbeen prompted plicants, 30 lakh, already 2020’s mosttalked about per- Wasseypur Part 1&2.Films like Varsha wassummoned as Raut told TheIndianExpress:“I