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X, NO. 93 Follow us onTwitter & Facebook.App available onApp Store & Play Store WWW.FINANCIALEXPRESS.COM SPOTLIGHT YOUNG SOLDIERS ONTHE CLIMATE FRONT Young climate activists face many challenges PUNE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020, 14 Pages, `10 FINANCIAL EXPRESS ON SUNDAY READ TO LEAD Page 7 PUBLISHEDFROM:AH MEDABAD,BENGALUR U,CHANDIGARH,CH ENNAI,HYDERABAD, KOCHI,KOLKATA,L UCKNOW,MUMBAI,N EWDELHI,PUNE WEB OF CONTROL PARL PANEL ON COVID WHAT'S INSIDE Will social media be ‘Pvt hospitals fees exorbitant; regulated by censor? spending on healthverylow’ ● Suggests more ● CONTENTCONTROL With OTTs ■ Intermediaries like Facebook, investment in under ambit of Twitter,Instagram,YouTube, public healthcare; WhatsApp, etc continue to be under I&B ministry, the jurisdiction ofministry of achieving target electronics and information intermediaries technology (Meity) of expenditure up ■ LEISURE, P5 like WhatsApp, to 2.5% of GDP ■ Lawwhich relates to blocking FB could be next Internet sites, apps, etc, under within two years Everything is a meme Section 69AoftheITAct,would In a world run down by the pandemic, continue to be administered by Meity FE BUREAU PRESS TRUST OF INDIA content creators are providing comic New Delhi, November 21 New Delhi, November 21 relief through memes, relieving people’s ■ Experts say since ■ Measureson ■ Certain I&B has become a regulation of fine-tuning of WHILE OVER-THE-TOP (OTT) AMID RISING COVID-19 cases, tension and breaking the monotony content regulator for content, be it on intermediary People throng a Covid screening centre at the RML players like Netflix, Amazon OTTs, it is also OTTsor guidelines is inadequate beds in govern- Prime Video,Disney+Hotstar, empowered to make intermediaries, also in the ment hospitals and absence Hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday TASHI TOBGYAL etc,have now come under the lawswhich can wouldbe clear works of specific guidelines for ambit of information and regulate content on once theI&B ministry treatment resulted in private care spending in the country be jeopardised till that time broadcastingministryforregu- the intermediaries frames rules hospitals charging exorbitant with a population of 1.3 bil- schedule,”the report stated. ■WORDS WORTH, P4 lationpurposes,thereisnosim- SHYAM ILLUSTRATION: fees, a parliamentary panel lion is “abysmally low”, the The National Health Policy ilar clarity with regard to the on Saturday said, asserting panel said fragility of Indian 2017 has set a target of gov- regulation of intermediaries beingoneforcinemaandTV,it generated.Insuchcasesifany- that a sustainable pricing health ecosystem posed a big ernment expenditure on 50,and like Facebook, Twitter, Insta- is also empowered to make thing unlawful is noticed, model could have averted hurdle in generating an healthcare up to 2.5% of GDP gram,YouTube,WhatsApp,etc. laws which can regulate con- Meitydirectstheintermediary many deaths. Chairperson of effective response against by 2025 from just 1.15% in counting Thisisbecausetheycontinueto tent on the intermediaries. concerned to remove the the parliamentary standing the pandemic. 2017. Stating that the public Interesting back be under the jurisdiction of Just to illustrate, currently unlawful content within a committee on health Ram “Thecommittee,therefore, had to undergo trauma and stories on everyday ministry of electronics and user-generatedcontentonany specified period of time. Gopal Yadav submitted the stronglyrecommendsthegov- distress due to absence of a informationtechnology(Meity) of the intermediaries is gov- Only if the intermediary report on‘Outbreak of Pan- ernmenttoincreaseitsinvest- dedicated healthcare system, mundane objects whichadministersthemunder erned under Section 79 of the concerned fails to do the same demic Covid-19 and its Man- mentsinthepublichealthcare the committee observed that keep the reader the relevant sections of Infor- ITAct.This Act basically pro- expeditiouslyoritisfoundthat agement’, to Rajya Sabha system and make consistent the number of government hooked mationTechnologyAct. vides intermediaries certain it has conspired, abetted or chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. efforts to achieve the National hospital beds in the country However, experts say since exemptions from liabilities aidedinthegenerationofsuch This is the first report by any HealthPolicytargetsofexpen- were not adequate to handle intermediaries also have user- with regard to content, data content, can the government parliamentary committee on diture up to 2.5% of GDP the increasing number of generated content and since and communication, since take action against it. the government’s handling of withintwoyearsasthesettime Covidandnon-Covidpatients. I&Bhasbecomeacontentreg- these are not generated or the pandemic. frame of year 2025 is far away ODD & EVEN ROHNIT PHORE ulatornowforOTTsapartfrom ownedbyitbutarethird-party Continued on Page 12 Underlining that health- and the public health cannot Continued on Page 12 FULL CART GOING GREEN Retail sees uptick ‘India to reduce carbon footprint by 30-35%’ ● Modi said that the oil and in festive season PM Modi says gas sectorwill see an invest- natural gas use to ment of crores of rupees in RETAILTALES this decade,which will create ● People spent quadruple; oil opportunities for the gradu- For ethnicwear ating students of the univer- more for Diwali, brand Biba, eastern refining capacity sity in the fields of research, Durga Puja and northern manufacturing and others. regions led the festive sales to double He also saidwork is underway to strengthen the start-ups ASMITA DEY Footwear retailer ecosystem related to the QuickPicks New Delhi, November 21 Metro Brands claims PRESS TRUST OF INDIA energy security sector,and a footfalls increased Gandhinagar, November 21 special fund has been allo- by more than 200% THEFESTIVESEASON seemsto compared to the initial cated for the purpose. Covid-19 cases cross 90-lakh PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA have lifted consumer senti- unlock months “If you have any idea, mark; 46,232 new infections ment. Shoppers increased Modi on Saturday said the product oranyconceptwhich theirbudgetstoaccommodate Beauty country was moving forward you want to incubate, then INDIA'S COVID-19 caseload rose to 90.50 lakh, some discretionary expenses, retailer with the goal of reducing its PM Narendra Modi addresses the 8th convocation of Pandit this fund will be a good while the number of people who have recuperated looking beyond casual wear Nykaa carbon footprint by 30-35%. Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar via video opportunity for you, and a from the disease surged to over 84.78 lakh pushing which had been the trend for aims to touch He said efforts were on to conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday PTI gift from the government,” the national recovery rate to 93.67 %, according to the best part of the year.The 100% ofthe pre- increasetheuse of natural gas he said. the Union health ministry data on Saturday,reports PTI.The upcoming wedding season Covid revenue by four times in this decade He also recalled how his total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,50,597 with 46,232 and anticipated demand for levels by and to double the oil refining GOAL POSTS decision to segregate domes- infections being reported in a day,while the death toll winter clothing should also December capacityin the next fiveyears. ■ The target to ■ Renewable ■ Efforts are on tic and agriculture feeders climbed to 1,32,726 with 564 new fatalities. 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The Prime Minister said this generate 175 energy target of to increase the made it possible for house- 450 gigawatt by use of natural Deepak Bansal, director at while addressing the eighth gigawatt renewable holds to get 24-hourelectric- 2030 will be gas by four Cantabil Retail India,said con- thefestivesales.Customersspent convocation of Pandit Deen- energy to be ity in Gujarat. achieved achieved times in this sumers preferred to buyformal on semi-formals and formals. dayal Petroleum University Modi inaugurated five Twitter to hand @POTUS before 2022 before time decade wear during Diwali.The com- StateslikeMaharashtraandKer- (PDPU) hereviavideo confer- state-of-the-art facilities to account to Joe Biden on Jan 20 panydidbriskbusiness,particu- ala,however,laggedincompari- ence.“Today, the country is mark the eighth convocation MICRO-BLOGGING SITE Twitter will hand control of the larlyinGujaratandRajasthan.In son and areyet to see recovery. moving forwardwith the goal achieve its renewable energy gigawatt renewable energy of the PDPU, as well as an presidential @POTUS account to President-elect Joe Biden fact,consumersacrossthecoun- FootwearretailerMetro Brands of reducing its carbon foot- generation target ‘before and I am confident that we Indo-EU bilateral project the moment he is sworn in on inauguration day try also added winter wear to said consumptionin metroand print by 30 to 35%.When I time’.“Today,per unit cost (of will achieve this before under Horizon 2020 'India- on January 20, even if President Donald Trump theirshoppingbags.“Thesecond tier-I cities are witnessing a told this to the world, it solar power) has come down 2022,” he said.