eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Jumping KOLKATA,LATECITY Through Loops OCTOBER11,2020 Coding is nowbeing 14PAGES,`5.00 pitched as anew interactive (EXKOLKATA`7,`12INNORTHEASTSTATES&ANDAMAN) playground forchildren DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI,JAIPUR,KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 11, 12, 13 JAGAN REDDY COMPLAINS AGAINST JUSTICE NVRAMANA CENTRAL BANK AFFIDAVIT IN SC SUNDAY RBI opposesloan STORY InrarelettertoCJI,AndhraCMlists PAGE 7 moratorium allegationsagainstSC’sJudgeNo.2 extension: Will hit CM refers to Judgedaughters’ land deal; last month, Justice Ramana said Judges victims of gossip credit discipline PICTURE High Court including the roster it wasdeclared the sitefor the Lastmonth, Justice Ramana, SREENIVASJANYALA of afew Honourable Judges”. newcapital of the state. speaking at the launchofabook ABHI HYDERABAD,OCTOBER10 The Chief Minister’s eight- Dated October 6, the letter by former Supreme Courtjudge Says will affect small borrowers, urges BAAKI HAI pageletterrefers to Justice wasreleasedtothe media in Justice RBanumathi, said: “As IN AN unprecedented move, Ramana’s alleged “proximity” to HyderabadSaturdayeveningby judges areself-restrainedfrom courttoliftstayondeclaring NPAs Thepowers-that-be AndhraPradesh Chief Minister TDP leader and former Chief Ajeya Kallam, Principal Advisor speaking out in their ownde- have long eyed the film YSJagan Mohan Reddy haswrit- MinisterNChandrababu Naidu, to the AndhraPradesh Chief fence, they arenow being con- industry, but is there a tentoChief Justice of India SA and an Anti-Corruption Bureau Minister. struedassofttargets forcriti- ANANTHAKRISHNANG plot twist under BJP? Bobde,allegingthatJusticeNV investigation into“questionable TheSunday Express reached cism. This issue is further NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 Behind the scenes of a Ramana —nextinline to be the transactions of land”involving AndhraCMJagan Mohan out to theSecretaryGeneral of complicated by the proliferation CJI —“has been influencing the twodaughters of Justice Ramana Reddy;Justice NVRamana the Supreme Courtfor com- of social media and technology, THE RESERVE Bank of India has Covid-battered, sittings of the (AndhraPradesh) and others in Amaravati, before ment, but therewas no response. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 told the Supreme Courtthat con- nervous industry tinuation of the loan morato- RBIworry:its rium period beyond the six months already granted mayaf- mandateand fect overallcredit discipline, and bankingsystem small borrowers will eventually Two firms of BSY’s feel the pinch. The central bank has also RBI HAS arguedagainst urgedthe apexcourttoliftits in- extending the loan mora- grandsonget Rs 5cr terim order staying declaration of torium beyond six accountsasnon-performing as- months, and has also sets (NPAs), saying this will have asked the Supreme Court “hugeimplications forthe bank- to liftthe stay imposed from seven Kolkata ing system, apartfromunder- on declaring accountsas mining” its“regulatorymandate”. NPAs beyond August31. In afresh affidavitfiledinthe The RBI is of the viewthis shell companies Supreme Court, whichishearing will have hugeimplica- aplea on the question of charg- tions forthe banking sys- ing interestoninterestfor loan temand also undermine Pvt channelalleged quid proquo for repaymentsduring the morato- itsregulatorymandate. rium period, the RBI said “a long Bengaluru housing project;Karnataka moratorium exceeding six months can also impact credit Amore“durable solution”, CM’s grandson says ‘working loans’ behaviour of borrowers and in- the RBI said, is providedbythe creasethe risks of delinquencies Resolution Framework for postresumptionofscheduled Covid-19related Stress, an- JOHNSONTA payments.Itmay resultinvitiat- nouncedbyitonAugust6, BENGALURU,OCTOBER10 ing the overall credit discipline which“enablesthe lenders to whichwill have adebilitating im- implement aresolution plan in TWOCOMPANIES in whichChief pact on the process of credit cre- respect of personal loans as well MinisterBSYediyurappa’s ation in the economy. It will be as other exposures affected due grandson Shashidhar Mardi be- IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER the small borrowers whichmay to Covid-19, subject to thepre- came adirectorafter theBJP end up bearing the brunt of the scribed conditions, without as- came to powerinKarnataka in Chirag Paswan performedthe lastrites of his father,Ram Vilas Paswan, in Patna on Saturday. Bihar Chief MinisterNitish impact as their access to formal setclassification downgrade. July2019receivedRs5crorefrom Kumar and Union MinisterRaviShankar Prasadwereamong those who attendedthe cremation. PTI REPORT,PAGE5 lendingchannels is criticallyde- The framework,inter alia, sevenKolkatashell companies pendentonthe credit culture”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 betweenMarch andJuly2020. Thechainoftransactions fig- ureindocumentsfiledwith the EXPRESSNETWORK MHA: FIRs Registrar of Companies (RoC) As Covid fuels personal vehicle use, petrol that were scrutinised by The The firms sharecommon PM ON WIND Sunday Express,and details of addresses:301E, BBGanguly must in bank accountsofthe twofirms Street,and 277, BBGanguly TURBINES: WATER demand in September higherthan 2019 were telecastbyaprivate TV Street in Kolkata. Partha Paul EXTRACTION FROM crimes on channel thatwas takenoff air by AIR ALREADY ON, SAY September 2019.Fuel consump- the stategovernment foreight SCIENTISTS PAGE 6 ENSECONOMICBUREAU REVVING UP tion in India collapsedafter the women, probe days,but is nowonair again. Express, Mardi termedthe money NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 government announcedana- Last month, PowerTVhad al- as “working loans foraproject” ■Petrol and ■ Diesel demand in 7,160 tionwide lockdown on March 25 in two months leged in aseriesofreports that forwhich“all documentation” INDIA’SPETROL consumption thousand metric tonnes for to combat the spread of the Feb, March, August, September 5,651 5,489 the moneywas part of aquid pro has been provided. He deniedthe My ISOLATION grew forthe firsttime since 4,849 novelcoronavirus. Demand ini- quofor thepromise of obtaining allegations levelled by the TV February in September,with tiallyrecoveredsteadilyfollow- DEEPTIMANTIWARY government clearance forRCCL, channel, saying theyweremade Aweeklywindowintolivesof diesel demand also recovering 2,511 2,1562,3812,450 ing the lifting of the restrictions NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 aprivate firm, to construct a with “illintentions” and abid to India’snewsmakers,impactof month on month, according to but stalledafter June, when state Rs 660-croregovernmenthous- “tarnish the family”. Mardi, 30, is thepandemiconthem datareleasedbythegovernment’s and local government beganim- IN Afresh advisorytostates ingproject in Bengaluru. the son of Yediyurappa’s daugh- Petroleum Planning and Analysis posing local-levellockdowns. Saturday, the MinistryofHome ▲ ▼ ▼ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▼ ▼ The project, whichwas terPadmavathi VY. PAGE 10 Cell. The petrol consumption last 11.25% -16.37% -7.53% 3.29% 6.28% -24.24% -20.73% -5.96% Experts said preference for Affairs has asked them to take awardedtoRCCLinApril 2019 RCCL director Chandrakant month, at 2,450 thousand metric personal meansoftransportto strict action in cases of crimes ▲▼ Ascomparedtocorrespondingmonthin2019 when the Congress-JD(S) coali- Ramalingam did notrespond to ‘Children are home,Iget tonnes (TMT), wasevenhigher avoid infection seems to be be- againstwomen and adhere tion wasinpowerinKarnataka, requests forcomment. However, to spend timewith them’ thanforthecorrespondingperiod hind the petrol sales rising to pre- strictly to guidelinesfor dealing is awaitingthe final work order. he filedapolicecomplaint last SACHIN PILOT in 2019 (2,372 TMT). sumption rose to 5,489 TMT,as pared to August,itwas still 6% Covid levels. “Petrolisonlyused with suchcases,including SpeakingtoTheSunday CONTINUEDONPAGE2 However, while dieselcon- much as 13.2% higher as com- down as compared to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mandatoryregistration of FIRs and completing probes in two monthsincases of sexual assault. This advisoryhas been issued Citing LAC, US slams China, says Woman who first challenged instant at atime when the UP govern- ment has drawncriticism forits handling of the alleged rape and we turned other cheek too long tripletalaq in Supreme Court joins BJP murder of a19-year-old in a Hathras villageand the events aggression”atthe Indian border said shewantstostart political that inspired me to join the thereafter. SHUBHAJITROY and US SecretaryofState Michael LALMANIVERMA work forthe BJP from Bihar, party.Iwill speak about the BJP TheAllahabadHighCourthas NEWDELHI,OCTOBER10 RPompeo has said that China has DEHRADUN,OCTOBER10 whichisgoing to the polls later government's work forthe mi- askedUPofficialstoappearbefore amassed60,000troopsonIndia's this month. norities, especiallyfor Muslims it Monday,brief it on the statusof IN WHATsetsthe tone forUS northern border. SHAYARA BANO, the firstpeti- Bhagat said Bano will publi- women and other deprivedsec- the investigation and explain the Deputy SecretaryofState Biegun’s visit is expected to tionerinthe case challenging in- cise BJP's ideologies and will tions of the society.Iwill follow sequence of eventsthat ledtothe Stephen Biegun’s visittoIndia setthe stagefor theIndo-US 2+2 stant triple talaq in Supreme have a“very important role”, es- whatever political work the cremation of the victim’s body from Monday, twotop US ad- meeting betweenExternal Court, joinedthe BJP in peciallyamong minority com- party assigns me.” and the family’s complaint about ministration officialshave Affairs MinisterSJaishankar