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BATTLELINES DRAWN FOR CWC MEETING TOMORROW

First time, Dawood
First pushback: 23 senior Congress leaders on a Pak list, but
stand up, write to Sonia Gandhi calling for denial option open

sweeping changes, from top to bottom

He is one of 88 named by Pak to duck
FATF blacklist, but not on state terror list

SHUBHAJIT ROY
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22
Party’s future at stake, nation in crisis, we have taken upon ourselves to be open and frank IN A bid to escape blacklisting by Accused of
the Financial Action Task Force 1993 serial
(FATF), Pakistan has effectively blasts
ended up acknowledging the
presenceinthecountryoffugitive
terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, one of All designated terrorists on
the most wanted men in India. the list will have no direct access
Dawood, Lashkar-e-Toiba to funds, be able to enter or tran-
chief Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar’s op- sitthroughPakistan,orbeableto
GHULAM NABI AZAD ANAND SHARMA KAPIL SIBAL BHUPINDER SINGH MUKUL WASNIK SHASHI THAROOR RAJINDER KAUR MANISH TEWARI erationsheadand26/11accused procure weapons.
Leader of Opposi- Deputy Leader in MP, Rajya Sabha; HOODA General Secretary, MP, Lok Sabha; BHATTAL Ex-Union Minister, Zaki-ur-RahmanLakhvi,Jaish-e- Dawood, who is accused of
tion, Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha Ex-Union Minister Ex-CM, Haryana AICC House panel chief Ex-CM, Punjab MP, Lok Sabha
Mohammadchief MasoodAzhar the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai
figure in a list of 88 names, pub- among other terror attacks in
lished as a Statutory Regulatory India, has long been on India’s
Order by Pakistan’s Ministry of most wanted list, but successive
Foreign Affairs. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
The letter says the Nehru-Gandhi family will remain part of
the “collective leadership” of the party

Message for Rahul: JITIN PRASADA

Ex-Union Minister
of State
RAJ BABBAR
MP, Rajya
Sabha
PRITHVIRAJCHAVAN,
MLA, Ex-CM,
Maharashtra
VEERAPPA MOILY,
Ex-CM,
Karnataka
VIVEK TANKHA
MP, Rajya Sabha;
head, Legal dept
P J KURIEN
Ex-Deputy
Chairman, RS
MILIND DEORA
Ex-Union Minister
of State
RENUKA
CHOWDHURY
Ex-Union Minister

youth voted Modi, no

honest review of defeat THEIR ROADMAP FOR REFORMS WITHIN Cuts across states, age:
dence of the youth are matters why it’s hard for party to
MANOJ C G
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22
of serious concern.
Theletter,learnttohavebeen
sent a fortnight ago, details a re-
1 Fulltime leadership,
active and available at
AICC, PCC headquarters
BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY brush this under carpet
SIX YEARS after the party’s elec- forms agenda that is, in effect, a The shootout site. Police say seized two IEDs. Praveen Khanna
toralroutpusheditintoacontin-
uing downward spiral, 23 senior
stingingindictmentofthecurrent
leadership. 2 Independent Election
Authority to ensure that MANOJ C G
is being planned as a counter
move.
leaders of the Congress, includ-
ing five former Chief Ministers,
It calls for a “full time and ef-
fective leadership” which is both
internal polls are fair, free,
democratic
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 That may not be enough.
For, it is rare for Congress IS plan foiled, lone wolf
many Congress Working
Committee members, sitting
MPs, and several former Union
“visible” and “active” in the field;
electionstotheCWC;andtheur-
gentestablishmentofan“institu- 3 Election of CWC
members as per the
THE UNPRECEDENTED letter by
23 senior Congress leaders has
drawnthebattlelinesin
leaders,especiallyseniors,toput
down on record their criticism –
this has always been
from UP held: Delhi Police
Ministers, have, in an unprece- tionalleadershipmechanism”to party’s constitution the party like never be- seen as a “last resort.” covered a pistol and two impro-
dented pushback, sent a letter to “collectively”guidetheparty’sre- fore. The letter is also seen by EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE vised explosive devices (IEDs)
party chief Sonia Gandhi calling
for sweeping changes, from top
to bottom.
vival.
Thesignatoriestotheletterin-
clude Leader of Opposition in
4 Election of Block, PCC
delegates and AICC
members
The first showdown
isexpectedat ameeting
of the Congress
many as a major push-
back to the Nehru-
Gandhi family, again an
NEW DELHI, LUCKNOW,
AUGUST 22
packedinpressure cookers from
the accused, Mustakeem Khan
alias Abu Yusuf, a resident of vil-
Acknowledging the rise of Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad; Working Committee unusual move in con- THE DELHI Police on Saturday lage Badhiyaa Bhaisaahi in
the BJP and admitting that the
youth decisively voted for
Narendra Modi, the letter points
party MPs and former Union
Ministers Anand Sharma, Kapil
Sibal, Manish Tewari, Shashi
5 Establish an
institutional leadership
mechanism to collectively
6 Create national coalition
of like-minded parties
to take on BJP, reach out to
(CWC) called Monday as many
leaders across the divide say it
will be difficult to brush this un-
temporary Congress history.
The timing, context and the
content of the letter is as signifi-
claimedtohavefoiledaterrorat-
tack in the national capital by ar-
resting a 36-year-old alleged
Balrampur district of Uttar
Pradesh. Married with four chil-
dren, Khan runs a cosmetics
out that the erosion of the sup- Tharoor; MP Vivek Tankha; guide the party’s revival those who are ex-Congress der the carpet. Sources said a cant as is the cast of characters. IslamicStateoperativefollowing shop in the village.
port base and losing the confi- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 “major organisational reshuffle” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 a late-night exchange of fire in “He was under watch for
Central Delhi's Ridge Road area. over a year, and planned to carry
The police said they had re- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Kashmir parties say will fight Bombay HC slams Govt: BSF kills 5
Tablighis a scapegoat to intruders
for Article 370, all else second warn Muslims; fix damage from Pak
Behind move: public mood,
NAVEED IQBAL
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 22
eroding base, Delhi’s plans SUNDAY OMKAR GOKHALE &
SADAF MODAK
by the 29 foreigners, charged
with violating their visa terms
andEpidemicActguidelines,and
at Punjab
MAINSTREAM POLITICAL par-
ties of Kashmir, including the most important message of this
STORY MUMBAI, AUGUST 22 the six Indians accused of grant-
ingthemshelterinAhmednagar border
National Conference, PDP, MUZAMIL JALEEL new amalgam is its declaration PAGE 9 THEAURANGABADBenchof the district of Maharashtra.
Congress and People's NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 thatits“politicalactivitieswillbe Bombay High Court on Friday “The material discussed
Conference, on Saturday issued subservient to the sacred goal of ‘WE ARE OPEN’ quashedFIRsfiledagainst29for- shows that no such nuisance DEEPTIMAN TIWARY
PAGE 15 a joint statement reiterating THE COMING together of the revertingtothestatusof J&Kasit Inside a five-star hotel eign nationals and six Indians in was created by the foreigners or NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22
their commitment to strive for Valley mainstream parties and existed on 4th August 2019”. in Mumbai in a connection with a Tablighi Indian Muslims and only an at-
‘We are not against restoration of Articles 370 and their resolve to fight for the “We unanimously reiterate post-Covid world JamaatgatheringinDelhiamidst tempt was made by others to THE BORDER Security Force
English...but leave 35A, and said all their other po- restorationofthespecialstatusof that there can be nothing about the coronavirus restrictions in create such (an) atmosphere Saturday gunned down five per-
your children free, litical activities would be sub- J&Kisthefirstmajorpoliticalchal- us without us,’’ stated the joint endMarch,sayingtheyhadbeen against them,” the court said, sons who intruded into Indian
let them learn ten
servient to that.
The statement was signed by
lengetoNewDelhi,afterayearof
crackdownandlarge-scaledeten-
declaration signed by National
Conference president Farooq
My ISOLATION made “scapegoat”, and that the
action against them was an “in-
blaming “big”, “unwarranted”
“media propaganda”. “An at-
territory from the Pakistani side
at the international border in
languages’ NC president Farooq Abdullah, tionofpoliticalworkerstoensure Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba Aweeklywindowintothe direct warning to Indian tempt was made to create a pic- Punjab.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti who compliance with the new order Mufti, People’s Conference chief livesofIndia’snewsmakers Muslims” after the protests ture that these foreigners were An AK-47 assault rifle, four
remains under detention, inJ&K,nowaUnionTerritoryfol- Sajad Lone, JK Congress presi- andimpactofthepandemic against the Citizenship responsible for spreadingCovid- Beretta pistols and nearly 10 kg
INSIDE People's Conference chairman lowing its bifurcation. dent GA Mir, MY Tarigami of (Amendment) Act. 19 virus in India.” of suspected heroin were recov-
Sajad Lone, state Congress chief This is the first time after CPM and Muzaffar Shah of PAGE 10 “A political government tries Asking the authorities con- ered from the site in Ferozepur,
G A Mir, CPM leader M Y August5,2019,whenthesixma- Awami National Conference. tofindascapegoatwhenthereis cerned to “repent” and “repair the BSF said.
MHA TO STATES: LIFT Tarigami and Muzaffar Shah of jor mainstream parties — the This joint declaration to reit-
‘Haven’t met family in 2
a pandemic or calamity and the the damage done by such ac- Sources said the intruders
CURBS ON months. Talk to
the J&K Awami National National Conference, Peoples erate an agreement that these grandchild on video call’ circumstancesshowthatthereis tion”, the Bench said, “The gov- were “neutralised” after a six-
MOVEMENT OF Conference — the signatories Democratic Party, Congress, parties had reached on August4, a probability that these foreign- ernment cannot give different hour operation.
PEOPLE, GOODS alsoof theGupkarDeclarationof People’s Conference, CPM and 2019, hours before the abroga- K K SHAILAJA, ers were chosen to make them a treatment tocitizens of different BSF IG Mahipal Yadav said:
PAGE 7 August 5, 2019, the day the Awami National Conference — tion of J&K’s special status and KERALA HEALTH MINISTER scapegoat,” the court said, in its religions of different “We registered movement near
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 have come together. And the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 orderonthreeseparatepetitions CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 the International Border around
11.30 pm on Friday, and accord-
inglylaunchedanoperation.We
kepttheintrudersundersurveil-
lance all night and challenged
PAGE 1
ANCHOR Kapil Mishra at launch, Bloomsbury India scraps book on riots them around 4 am when they
crossed the border. Instead of
surrendering,theyfiredatus.We
hadacordonwhichdidnotallow
Authors say, ‘Publishers had no links the anti-CAA protests at
Jamia and Shaheen Bagh to the
authors, with participation by
parties of whom the publishers
accepts all kinds of ideas.”
Calling the criticism of the
themtoescape.Around5.30am,
wespottedthemagainandchal-
problem with content... One riots, and states that “in key ar-
eas”, “Muslim mobs” were the
would not have approved, we
have decided to withdraw pub-
book a “campaign against writ-
ers”, Mishra said at the launch,
lenged them. They fired and we
retaliated. Later, during a search
publisher goes, 10 others will stand’ instigators. lication of the book.” “Freedom of expression ke of thearea,wefoundfivebodies,
Mishra had given a speech in The virtual event, where the thekedaar ek kitaab se darr gaye arms and contraband.”
“guests of honour”. Northeast Delhi on February 23, book was “launched” by BJP MP hain, yeh kahin market mein naa The BSFsaidits personnel re-
ABHINAV RAJPUT, Titled Delhi Riots 2020: The seeking that the protesters and national general secretary aajaye,kahinpublishnaahojaaye covered one AK 47 rifle, two AK
ARANYA SHANKAR & Untold Story, the book was due against the Citizenship BhupendraYadav,wentaheadas (Thoseclaimingtobecustodians magazines, 27 live AK rounds,
SOMYA LAKHANI out in September. (Amendment) Act be removed planned.Attheevent,Yadavsaid of the freedom of expression are four pistols (9 mm Beretta) with
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 The190-pagebook,authored from a site in the area, a day be- he agreed with the authors that scared of a book, that it should seven magazines and 109 live
by Delhi University teachers foretheriotsbrokeout.Between there should be an independent not come into the market, that it rounds,andninepackets,weigh-
PUBLISHING HOUSE Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna February 24 and 26, 53 people inquiry into “foreign funding”, should not get published)... I ing 9.9 kg of contraband, sus-
Bloomsbury India Saturday an- Malhotra, and advocate Monika were killed in the violence. and criticised the “unnecessary would like to congratulate the pected to be heroin. Pakistani
nounced that it was withdraw- Arora,suggeststheriotswereor- In its statement, Bloomsbury protest” against the book. “It authors that this is the strength currency totalling Rs 610 and
ing a book on Delhi riots, after chestrated by “jihadis” and “ur- Indiasaid,“Inviewof veryrecent shows that the so-called liberals of your book that they are two mobile phones have also
backlash over the announce- ban Naxals”, had links with the events, including a virtual pre- don't remain liberal when the scared.” He said no power could been recovered.
ment of a launch event with BJP Islamic State, and involved “pro- Kapil Mishra at the virtual launch event on Saturday publication launch organised truth comes out... Liberalism is stop the book from BSF sources said these have
leader Kapil Mishra among fessional sharpshooters”. It also without our knowledge by the actually India’s ideology, which CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Article 370 The PDP has already split, cated around 55 km from nancing watchdog, for the last

special status of J&K was

scrapped.Of thesignatoriesthen
leaving a small group still with
formerChiefMinisterMehbooba
Mufti. The only top mainstream Message for Rahul: Youth voted Balrampurdistrictheadquarters,
is Muslim-dominated.
Expressing surprise at the
two years, and has so far fulfilled
only half of the 27-point action
plan of the FATF.

Modi, no honest review of defeat

ofaresolutiontofightunitedlyfor leadertoremainunderdetention, charges,anothervillager,Mustafa,
the special status, only Shah shehasmadeitclearthatsheand said,“IknowMustakeem'sfather Kapil Mishra
Faesal, who announced recently her party won’t accept the abro- Kafil Ahmed well and he is a coming out.
that he was quitting politics, was gation of the special status. farmerandasimpleman...Inever Chitalkar, who teaches politi-
not part of Saturday's statement. There has been churning AICC office bearers and CWC with China and the drift in for- Lok Sabha election defeat, the parties headed by those who heard of any of Kafil's sons being cal science at Delhi University's
The leaders said, “We are within the NC too after senior members including Mukul eign policy. party has not undertaken any had left the Congress in the involved in any wrongdoing.” Miranda House college, told The
committed to strive for restora- leaderandpartyspokesmanAga WasnikandJitinPrasadaandfor- Theirlettercallsforasweep- “honest introspection” to find past. The Uttar Pradesh Police, SundayExpressthatBloomsbury
tion of Articles 370 and 35A, the Roohullah asked the party to mer Chief Ministers and Union ingrangeofreforms,decentral- out reasons for its continued Identifyingareasofconcern, which sent a team to Khan's vil- India had not sent any official
constitution of J&K and restora- break its silence and express its Ministers including Bhupinder isationofpower,empowerment “decline”. the letter, sources said, has lage,saidtheywereintheprocess communication to them regard-
tion of the state, and any division “principledstand”againsttheab- Singh Hooda, Rajinder Kaur of state units, elections to the The leaders are learnt to pointed out that key appoint- of collecting details about him. ingwithdrawalofthepublication
of the state is unacceptable to us. rogation of the special status. Bhattal, M Veerappa Moily, Congressorganisationatalllev- havegivenmanysuggestions— ments of state Congress presi- “This includes his criminal back- ofthebook.Shealsoclaimedthat
We unanimously reiterate that SeveraltopleadersfromtheNC’s PrithvirajChavan,PJKurien,Ajay els, from the block to the CWC, among them appointment of a dentsandofficebearersareun- ground,” said Circle Officer, the publishing house “ knew
there can be nothing about us old guard have also warned the Singh, Renuka Chowdhury, and andtheurgentconstitutionof a full-time and effective leader- duly delayed and leaders who Balrampur, Radha Raman Singh. about the launch”.
without us." leadership “against any compro- MilindDeora;formerPCCchiefs Central parliamentary board. shipactiveinthefieldandvisible command respect and accept- DCP Kushwah said Khan was Chitalkar called the incident
Saying that there was "una- mise”, saying it will be a “death RajBabbar(UP),ArvinderSingh Theleaders,itislearnt,have and available at AICC and state ability in states are not ap- handledatfirstbyYusuf-alHindi, “our Charlie Hebdo moment”,
nimityamongstusthatcollective knell”forthepartyanditsfuture. Lovely (Delhi) and Kaul Singh pointed out that the “uncer- headquarters, constitution of pointed in time. Besides, state an alleged IS operative of Indian comparing it to the attack that
institutionistheeffectiveway"to The leaders of these parties, Thakur (Himachal); current tainty” over the leadership and theCentralParliamentaryBoard Congress presidents are not origin killed in Syria, followed by killed 12 at the French satirical
fight for rights of the people of which have their base primarily Bihar campaign chief Akhilesh the “drift” in the party had de- for“collectivethinking”andde- givenfreedomtotakeorganisa- aPakistani,AbuHuzefa,whodied newspaper following the publi-
J&K,theysaid,"Wewanttoassure among the Muslim-majority Prasad Singh, former Haryana moralised workers and weak- cisionmakingonorganisational tional decisions. in a drone strike in Afghanistan. cation of a cartoon on Prophet
thepeoplethatallourpoliticalac- population of J&K, are worried Speaker Kuldeep Sharma; for- ened the party. Importantly, matters, policies and pro- The letter, it is learnt, does “Later,anotherhandlerinstructed Mohammed. “The publishers
tivities will be subservient to the aboutwhattheysuspectareplans mer Delhi Speaker Yoganand they are learnt to have said that grammes; elections at all levels not mention Rahul Gandhi but himtocarryoutlonewolfstrikes. should have spoken to us first.
sacredgoalofrevertingtothesta- to engineer a demographic ShastriandformerMPSandeep theCWCisnot“effectivelyguid- in a transparent manner and pointsoutthattheintroduction ItisforthisthathecametoDelhi.” Withoutevenreading,alobbyhas
tus of J&K as it existed on 4th change.Theyseethedecisionsto Dixit. ing” the party anymore in mo- elections to choose of CWC of elections in the Youth The police said they also seized a pressuredthepublisherstowith-
August 2019.” enactadomicilelaw,notifystrate- Arguing that the revival of bilising public opinion against members. CongressandNSUI—theyouth motorcycle from Khan, which drawabook...Wehavespokento
Thestatementalsonotedthat gicareaswherearmedforcescan the Congress is “a national im- the BJP government. Theyhavearguedthatitwas and student wings of the party could be stolen. According to the boththecommunities,theirpeo-
the signatories had "barely man- carry out construction etc with- perative” fundamental to the While CWC meetings, they time to establish an “institu- —hascreated“conflictanddivi- police,Khanspentbetween2005 ple and leaders.”
aged to establish a basic level of out any role of the civil adminis- health of democracy, the letter, felt,are“episodic”andconvened tional leadership mechanism” sion”.Severalleadershavecom- and 2010 in Dubai, working as a Malhotra, who teaches
communicationwitheachother” tration, the new housing policy, sourcessaid,underlineshowthe in reaction to political develop- to collectively guide the party’s plained that elections to the mason,andcameintouchwithIS EnglishatRamLalAnandCollege,
in the face of the prohibitive and earmarkinglandfornon-localin- party’s steady decline comes ments,themeetingsofCongress revival. While calling for collec- Youth Congress and NSUI have commanders in 2015. said,“Ifaninternationalpublisher
punitive curbs imposed by the dustriesandbusinesses,awardof when the country faces its Parliamentary Party have been tive leadership, the letter inter- resultedintheir“capture”atthe like Bloomsbury comes under
government,“aimedatimpeding contractsformininginKashmir’s “gravestpolitical,socialandeco- reduced to the customary ad- estinglysaidtheNehru-Gandhi statelevelbythosewithmoney BSF kills five Left lobby pressure, it's a sorry
all social and political interac- rivers and streams to non-locals, nomic challenges since dress of CPP chairperson Sonia family will always remain an and political patronage. been handed over to Punjab po- state of affairs. We have brought
tions”. NC sources said that a as steps to disempower the local Independence.” Gandhiandobituaryreferences. “integral part” of it. The letter, sources said, ap- lice for further investigation. out truth in our book. The pub-
meeting was held at NC MP population. These are listed in the letter, There are no discussions in While the Congress consti- preciates the leadership pro- “Eamination of the phones lishershavenoproblemwiththe
Hasnain Masoodi's residence on And there’s a second reason sourcessaid,asanationalmood CPP anymore, they are learnt to tution has a provision for CWC vided by Sonia Gandhi and will reveal to who was the con- content; the book underwent
Thursday, attended by Lone, forthisshowof unityandresolve of “fear” and insecurity; the BJP haveargued.TheCWC,theyare tosetupaParliamentaryBoard notes the praiseworthy efforts signmenttobedeliveredandwho several levels of scrutiny.”
AbdullahandTarigami,wherethe to fight for the special status. andSanghParivar’s“communal learnt to have said, should be a consisting of the Congress made by Rahul Gandhi as in Pakistan the intruders were in Unlike Chitalkar, Malhotra
decision to issue the statement Sources say New Delhi has re- anddivisiveagenda”;economic deliberativebodyforsettingthe Presidentandnineothermem- Congress president and argues touch with,” a BSF officer said. said the event was organised by
was taken. Lone and Masoodi fused to provide any room to recession, ballooning unem- national agenda and for policy bers, the practice has been dis- the Nehru-Gandhi family will “As of now, there is no evi- theauthorswithoutcollaboration
then worked on it. these political parties in the last ployment;hardshipscausedby initiatives. continued long ago. The letter always remain an integral part dencetoclearlyestablishwhether with Bloomsbury, and defended
CallingtheeventsofAugust5, one year. Those who were inter- thepandemic;challengesonthe The leaders, it is learnt, said also talks about the need to of the “collective leadership” of they were terrorists preparing to theirchoicetocallMishra.“Hehas
2019,unfortunate,thestatement ested to negotiate a way forward border, including the standoff that even over a year after the unite the Opposition and rally the party. launchanattack,”theofficersaid. not been convicted or charged.
issued on Saturday said, “In a werenotgivenanycommitment Sources said the modus Personally,Ifeelwhateverhesaid

Cuts across states, age: Why it’s hard

spitefully shortsighted and un- onrestorationof evenstatehood. operandi suggested they could didnottriggertheriots.Thatnar-
constitutionalmove,Articles370 Instead, New Delhi has been havebeencouriers,oftenusedby rative was manufactured.”
and 35A were abrogated and the planning a complete break from Pakistan to smuggle contraband Co-authorArorasaidthepeo-
statewasbifurcatedandrelegated the past, setting up a new main- and arms to India. “Had it been ple targeting the book on social

for party to brush this under carpet

tothestatusoftwoUnionterrito- stream camp which consists of preparation for an attack, the in- media platforms should not be
riesanditsconstitutiontriedtobe the Apni Party — a group formed truderswouldnothavebeencar- called liberals. “They can't toler-
made unenforceable.” byformerleadersof thePDP,and rying contraband. Also, they ateKapilMishra,theycannottol-
They said the decisions had individual politicians — and a would have been carrying food erate anyone who doesn't agree
“unrecognisably”changedthere- group of panchs and sarpanchs. The signatories include five when many like Jagjivan Ram these leaders to form a ginger many who have served the items and medicines. They had with them... This is not the India
lationshipbetweenJ&KandNew In fact, the BJP has been the only former Chief Ministers; over a left the party; or the one faced group to draw the attention of party for a “life time” and per- only one AK 47,” sources said. where the Congress had the po-
Delhi. “The measures attempt to party conducting any activity in dozen former union ministers by the Congress in late 1990s theleadershiphasnoparallelin haps harbour no intention to BSF sources said the episode litical space and the Leftists the
redefine who we are. These J&K in the last one year. and former PCC presidents. whenSitaramKesriwasousted recent Congress history. switch allegiances. Many have also highlights why Pakistan mind space... Because the Modi
changes were accompanied by This plan may have worked if Taken together, they cut across to make way for Sonia . The letter doesnotmention risen up the ranks. So far, the dithers on clearing foliage near government has come, all narra-
repressivemeasuresmeanttosi- one or two of these major main- states and the age divide and This time, the party is at its Rahul Gandhi but argues the Congress has been packaging the border. “The intruders man- tives are allowed,” she said.
lence people.” stream parties had agreed to be- form the biggest grouping of weakest. There is a widespread partymusttakeaninformedpo- dissent in the party as a young aged to hide in the tall grass near The book claims the plan for
They also called upon the come part of the post August 5, party functionaries in recent perception — even among sitiononforeignpolicy,defence versus old faultline. The letter the border,” an officer said. the riots was set in motion in
leadershipofthesubcontinentto 2019, J&K unconditionally. That timestoputonrecordtheircon- Congress supporters — that the and national security matters. challenges that assumption, December,whenprotestsagainst
take due notice of the “ever-in- hasn’t happened. This joint dec- cernsaboutthestateofaffairsin party is adrift. Many may join Incidentally,manyleadersin signed as it is by Ghulam Nabi Dawood theCAAtookplaceatJamiaMillia
creasing skirmishes at the LAC larationisalsoaredlinethatthese the party. thechorus,whichmayputpres- thepartyfeelGandhi’sfrequent Azad, Anand Sharma, Pakistan governments have de- Islamia. “There are possibilities
andLoC,resultingincasualtieson six parties have drawn for them- Theletterandthecrisisitsig- sureonthefamily.Theletter,for tweets, which draw fierce at- Bhupinder Hooda, Veerappa nied his presence there. that PFI (People's Front of India)
bothsides”aswellastheviolence selves. The declaration that they nifies is different from earlier instance,waswritteninthefirst tacksfromthe BJP,onissueslike Moily, Kapil Sibal, Mukul Moving to avoid the FATF or ISIS might have provided the
in J&K, and to work for enduring willjointlyfightforrestorationof crises.Say,in1969,whenIndira week of August when the the Chinese aggression, have Wasnik and Prithviraj Chavan, blacklist, Pakistan, via the SRO lists of targeted individuals as
peace in the region. the special status and their polit- GandhitookontheSyndicateor Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot tus- been “immature” and without as well as the younger brigade dated August 18, reproduced the mostofthetargetsofIslamicmob
On August 5, 2019, the main- icalactivitywillbesubservientto in the late ’80s when V P Singh sle was raging. This may not be any discussion in the party. including Jitin Prasada, Milind terror listing of Dawood by the snipers were individuals who ei-
stream political leaders had met this goal has removed any possi- was expelled; post-Emergency a revolt yet but the decision of The signatories include Deora and Manish Tewari. United Nations Security Council. ther belonged to security forces -
at Abdullah’s residence on bility of a compromise. In the Pakistan notification, -police,intelligenceagencies--or
GupkarRoadinSringarandunan- The most curious case in the Dawood’sdetailsareprovidedun- persons belonging to Hindu or-
imously resolved to stay "united formation is Sajad Lone and his said it considered what could plication of mind”. down started and they couldn't ing,includingonewhoreportedly der serial no. QDi.135 — as in the ganisations.”
intheirresolvetoprotectandde- People’s Conference. Lone had havepromptedtheauthoritiesto “Itappearsthatthestategov- leave due to flight cancellations. providedmaterialtoKhantopre- UNSClistofsanctions—andgives The authors say, “... in key ar-
fendidentity,autonomyandspe- aligned with the BJP even before issuesuchdirections.“Therewere ernment acted under political PointingoutthattheTablighis pare the explosives. out all his details including his eas in Northeast Delhi like Shiv
cial status of J&K”. the 2014 Assembly elections and protests... at many places in India compulsion and police also did hadbeenholdingsuchgatherings “On Friday evening, our team passportnumbers,andaddressin Vihar, which saw horrendous vi-
Following the release of the wasseenasitsmainalliancepart- from at least prior to January notdaretoexercisepowersgiven for years, the court said, “The ac- came to know Khan would be Clifton, Karachi. olence, the first attack was made
statement, Lone tweeted his nerinKashmir.Afterbeinginde- 2020. Most of the persons (who) to them,” the judges said. tivitywasgoingonformorethan coming to the Ridge area. A trap The entry is the same as the by Muslim mobs”.
thanks to Abdullah, Mufti and tention for almost a year, Lone participated in the protests were The petitioners, belonging to 50 years.”It said the fact that waslaidandtheyarrestedhimaf- UNSC list, which has his aliases, In its statement saying it was
Tarigami."Wefirmlybelievethat seemstohaverealisedthereisno Muslims. It is their contention countriessuchasIran,IvoryCoast, mosques had given them shelter ter six rounds of firing,” a senior residential address in Karachi withdrawing the book,
acollectivemechanismistheonly roomforhisparty’spoliticsinthe that the Citizenship Indonesia and Djibouti, who are “could not have been treated as police officer said. (Pakistan)andhispassportdetails Bloomsbury India said the plan
way out.” Iltija Javed, Mufti's BJP’s ‘Naya Kashmir’. In fact, the (Amendment) Act, 2019, is dis- out on bail and in Ahmednagar (an)offence”,andthatgurdwaras Kushwah said Khan had (he has 9 Indian passports and 5 wastoreleasethebook,“purport-
daughter who operates her reason why Lone was detained, criminatory against Muslims... accordingtotheirlawyerMazhar too had opened doors for mi- planned to carry out an attack in Pakistan passports). In all 5 edlygivingafactualreportonthe
Twitterhandle,posted,"MsMufti sourcessay,washisparticipation They were protesting against the Jahagirder,hadpointedouttothe grants during the lockdown. The DelhionAugust15,butcouldnot Pakistanipassports,theentrysays riots in Delhi in February 2020,
appreciates the statesmanship at the first Gupkar Declaration. NRC (National Register of courtthattheyhadcometoIndia courtsaidtheauthoritieshadsub- do so due to the heavy security “misuse” — indicating that basedoninvestigationsandinter-
shownbyDrFarooqsahabinforg- There is a growing sense that Citizens)...Itcanbesaidthatdueto on valid visas, to experience mitted no material to indicate arrangements for Independence Pakistan has not provided them viewsconductedbytheauthors”,
ingacollectiveresponsetoDelhi’s New Delhi looks at J&K only theactiontaken,fearwascreated Indianculture,tradition,hospital- mosques had been opened for Day. “He thought security will be through official means. in September. It added that it
onslaught." through the Hindu-Muslim bi- in the minds of those Muslims. ityandfood,andhaddeclaredat- general public, in violation of of- lax now,” he added. “As of August 18, 2020, the “strongly supports freedom of
nary. And as new proposals are This action indirectly gave warn- tending the Tablighi gathering as ficial orders. The police also claimed Khan 1267/1989/2253ISIL(Da’esh)and speech but also has a deep sense
Delhi’s plans rolled out, these parties which ingtoIndianMuslimsthataction the purpose of their visit. Several Itrefusedtograntastayforfil- hadpreparedavestsoastocarry Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee ofresponsibilitytowardssociety”.
their detention, is important be- have their base among the in any form and for anything can of them submitted in the court ing of an appeal, saying the out a suicide attack and tested hasapprovedtheentriesspecified In his speech at the launch,
cause it is happening after a year Muslim majority, see complete be taken against Muslims. It was thattheyhadarrivedinFebruary process of granting the Tablighis smallerIEDsnearaburialground belowtoitsListofindividualsand Yadav raised the anti-CAA
ofsilenceontheissue.Itisalsosig- disempowerment--political,so- indicated that even for keeping or before March 10, when there permission to go home would back at his village. entitiessubjecttotheassetsfreeze, protests, and said the starting
nificant because the crackdown cial and economic. contact with Muslims of other was no lockdown, and had been take time anyway. At the end of As the Delhi Police arrived at travel ban and arms embargo set point was for people to decide if
whichaccompaniedthedecision On the ground, however, this countries, action will be taken screened for the coronavirus at the judgment, Justice Sewlikar Khan's village on Saturday with out in paragraph 1 of Security they believe in the Constitution.
toabrogatethespecialstatushas- joint declaration may not be againstthem...Similaractionwas airport.Theyrefutedpoliceclaims saidthatwhileheagreedwiththe him, and carried out a search of Council resolution 2368 (2018) “The people of Shaheen Bagh
n’tbeenabletoforcethesemain- enoughforthemtorustleuppub- nottakenagainstotherforeigners of violating their visa terms and part of the order quashing the hishouseandshop,theresidents adopted under Chapter VII of the whoprotested,wehavenoprob-
streampartiestotoeNewDelhi’s licsupport.Thesepartiesareseen belonging to other religions,” the saidtheyhadcomeonlytopartic- FIRs, he had differing views on a said they found it hard to believe Charter of the United Nations,” lem with that, people can stage
lineandacceptthechangeinJ&K’s as responsible for the abrogation court said. ipateinareligioustourandnotto fewobservationsmadebyJustice thatthe36-year-old,whokeptto stated the SRO numbered dharnas anywhere. But tell me
status within the Union. of the special status. Also, if they On the cases filed against the propagate Islam. Nalawade.JusticeSewlikar'ssep- himself, could be involved in ter- 741(I)/2020,issuedbythePakistan onespeechinwhichtheysaidthe
Itisclearthattheeffortsmade failtocomeupwithaprogramme Tablighi members for violating Opposingthepleas,thepolice aratejudgment,withhisreasons, roractivities.Oneoffoursonsofa Ministryof ForeignAffairs. rights of minorities in Pakistan,
by New Delhi in the last one year to build pressure on New Delhi, the Epidemics Act, Disaster argued that following the lock- is yet to be made available. farmer, Khan studied up to Class Sources in New Delhi, how- Bangladesh and Afghanistan
whichsawmassdetentions,raids, this unity and the declaration to ManagementActandForeigners down, several public announce- 9 and started the cosmetics shop ever,pointedoutthatthiswillnot should be safeguarded.”
cases have not borne fruit. There fight will have no meaning. Act,theDivisionBenchofJustices ments had been made asking ISI operative two years ago. meanmuchsincehehasnotbeen The BJP Rajya Sabha MP said
are two reasons for that. T V Nalawade and M G Sewlikar people who had attended the out a lone wolf strike in a high- “Mustakeem ran the shop on put on Pakistan’s national terror that, like the book urged, there
First, these parties have read HC quashes FIRs noted that there was no restric- Tablighi event to come forward footfall area,” DCP (Special Cell) rent. He would regularly visit list—NationalCounterTerrorism should be an investigation into
the public mood which is com- countries... Social and religious tionagainstforeignersvisitingre- fortesting,butthepetitionershad PramodSinghKushwahsaid.The Lucknow to purchase goods for Authority (NACTA-Schedule IV, foreign funding, their network,
pletelyagainstanyreconciliation tolerance is a practical necessity ligious places, or participating in not done so. two IEDs were allegedly “fully his shop. After the lockdown, he Proscribed Persons) List. and serious thought given to
withthepost-August5,2019,sta- forunityandintegrityofIndiaand normal religious activities or dis- The six Indians who moved ready”,andonlyneededtobeac- did not go to the city for a long SourcessaidIslamabadhasre- “some people radicalising a par-
tus. A vast majority see the abro- it is made compulsory by the courses. It said the Maharashtra court included trustees of tivated with a timer. time,” said a villager, Najibullah, producedtheUNSClist,hopingto ticular religion”. “People on the
gation as a “humiliation” and the Indian Constitution.” Police acted “mechanically” and Ahmednagar mosques who had Later on Saturday, the police addingthathehadseenKhanlast get past the FATF in September. ground do not want to fight,
use of might to disempower the Under a paragraph marked filedchargesheetswithoutprima given the foreigners shelter after detained three persons in at his shop as late as Thursday. Pakistanhasbeenunderscrutiny peoplewhoareoutsiders...make
majority population in J&K. 'Background of Malice', the court facieevidenceandwith“non-ap- theTablighigathering,asthelock- BadhiyaaBhaisaahiforquestion- BadhiyaaBhaisaahivillage,lo- of theFATF,theglobalterroristfi- them fight.”

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AT RAJIV GANDHI SUPER-SPECIALITY HOSPITAL Delhi University will

Fatigue, breathlessness: New clinic to open research labs for
PhD students first
address issues after Covid recovery impact of Covid on the human
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22

DELHI UNIVERSITY will open its

numberof studentsinaresearch
lab at any given time should not
be more than two or three.
Other generic safety precau-
tions they have been advised to
ASTHA SAXENA
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL body. Through this clinic, maybe
after a month, we might be able
researchlabsinaphasedmanner
foritsPhDstudents,makingthem
take are "social distancing, face
mask, sanitisation, etc while en-
TOTAL CASES Total Vacant toanalysethedatawhichcanact the first students to return to the tering the academic area and
FROMMOHALItoDelhi,patients as a base for the future treat- varsity after the lockdown. whileworkingintheirrespective
HOSPITAL BEDS 14,116 10,493
are calling the first of its kind
post-Covid clinic set up at Delhi
1,60,016 VENTILATORS 1,231 784
ment,"saidDrBLSherwal,med-
ical director of the hospital.
“Registered bonafide senior
PhDstudents,whosepresencein
research laboratories".
Earlier this week, the univer-
government's Rajiv Gandhi Daily cases Recoveries Deaths Tests Delhi recorded 1,412 fresh the research laboratory is essen- sity had also issued a notice al-
Super Specialty Hospital to seek coronavirus cases on Saturday, tial,mayjointheirresearchlabo- lowing for the phased return of
guidance on the several health Aug 21 1,250 1,082 13 17,735 bringing the infection tally to ratories after obtaining a certifi- PhDstudentstotheirhostels,be-
ailments they are facing after re- Aug 22 1,412 1,230 14 19,435 1,60,016, while the death toll cate from their respective ginningwithseniorPhDstudents.
covering from Covid-19. Total 11,594* 1,44,138 4,284 14,12,363 rose to 4,284. supervisorsandfurtherendorsed The returning students will have
In the two days since it be- In the last 24 hours, the city bytheHeadoftheDepartmentor to undergo a 14-day mandatory
came operational, the clinic, *Total active cases reported 14 more deaths due to the Director of the Center to this self-quarantine in their hostel
which aims to support Covidpa- Covid-19. effect,” read a notice by proctor rooms, and will be screened by
tients who have recovered from The clinic has so far seen over 20 patients from Delhi as well as According to the Delhi gov- Neeta Sehgal on this matter. theuniversity'shealthcentrefol-
theillness,hasrespondedtoover cities such as Aligarh, Agra, Moradabad and Mohali ing, physiotherapy and yoga. It strategy accordingly. Since there ernment's health bulletin, a to- According to this, the total lowing that.
20 patients from Delhi as well as also has a consultation chamber isnodefinedtreatmentforCovid tal of 19,435 tests — 6,090 RT-
cities such as Aligarh, Agra, with an OPD set-up wherein worldwide, everyone is impro- PCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests and
MoradabadandMohali,whoare of the clinic at the hospital. of providing a helping hand to services such as pulmonology, vising the techniques. The post- 13,345 rapid antigen tests —
keen to know the medications The concept of a post-Covid patients who have recovered. cardiology, psychiatry and neu- Covid observation will also help have been conducted in the last
for post-Covid issues. clinic was initiated when, as a The government is also provid- rology are offered. There is also us in altering the present treat- 24 hours.
"Sofar,mostof thesepatients regular policy, the hospital ad- ing oxygen concentrators to pa- a sample collection area where ment for Covid patients," saidDr So far 14,12,363 Covid-19
are complaining about breath- ministration started contacting tients who are facing issues in blood samples, ECG and, if re- Jain. tests have been conducted in
lessness, mild exertion, weak- patients who had already recov- maintaining the oxygen satura- quired,investigationslikeEEGor The Rajiv Gandhi Super Delhi while the number of tests
ness, and fatigue. Patients feel eredfromthevirus,andwerein- tion levels even aftergetting dis- PFT are conducted. Speciality Hospital has dis- per million population stands at
that their quality of life is getting formed that they are facing var- charged from the hospital. "Wearealsolearningandun- charged around 1,500 patients 74,334inthecapital.Thepositiv-
compromisedastheyareunable iousissues.Accordingtoofficials, The clinic has a waiting area derstanding thepattern of treat- and the doctors are calling each ity rate stands at 7.26 per cent
to get into their regular routine," the clinic is in line with Chief alongside the registration ment. This will help us in antici- of them to follow-up. "This will while the recovery rate is 90.07
said Dr Ajeet Jain, nodal officer MinisterArvindKejriwal'svision counter and centres for counsel- pating the situation and devise a help us have definite data on the per cent.

Among 3 arrested for robbery,

engineer who lost job in Qatar
CCTV cameras were checked
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The accused, wearing and the car was traced to Loni.
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 uniforms and carrying We went there and arrested two
men; the third accused was ar-
DELHI POLICE have arrested walkie-talkies, allegedly rested from Rani Bagh.”
threemen,includinganengineer posed as policemen Duringquestioning,Lalkishor
who lost his job in Qatar due to toldpolicethathereturnedfrom
the Covid-19 pandemic, for al- Qatar recently and wasn’t com-
legedly posing as cops and rob- soonabducted.Theaccusedtook fortable with his life here. He
bing people in Dwarka's the two men in their black Creta wantedmoney,soheropedinhis
Najafgarh area Saturday. Police car and robbed their jewellery, friend,KeshavSehgal,aproperty
identifiedtheaccusedasSwapnil phones, cash and other belong- dealer,andallegedlyhatchedthe
Lalkishor, the engineer, and his ings.Theywerelaterdroppedoff plan.Sehgalalsoaskedhisfriend
friends Keshav and Ravi. at Singhu border. Ravi,whoworkedatacallcentre
According to police, the ac- A senior police officer said and needed money to pay med-
cused, wearing police uniforms that Lalkishor and his friends al- ical bills for his mother’s opera-
and carrying walkie-talkie sets, legedly tried to extort more tion, to join them, police said.
allegedly posed as policemen money from the victims by forc- Lalkishor took his brother’s
and pretended to patrol the ing them to call their relatives, Creta car and the three ventured
streetsinNajafgarhonAugust18. but could not get anything. on different roads to find a suit-
Late at night, they allegedly DCP (Dwarka) Anto able “target”.
stopped a Verna car, which had Alphonse said, “We received a Police suspect that the trio
a Punjab registration plate. The complaint from the victims and are involved in more such cases
victims thought they were started tracing the route taken in UP and nearby places, and are
checking their vehicle, but were by the accused. More than 100 questioning the accused further.

Sanitary napkins for

Re 1 — but many
don’t know about it
ASHNA BUTANI
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22

AT 10 am every day, Pravesh

Kumar Dhama opens his Jan
Aushadhi Kendra, situated in
Ashok Nagar, and patiently
awaits customers.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's announcement of sani-
tary pads for Re 1 has had little
effect in his area, he says, as he
points to the boxes of sanitary
pads lying around on the shop The Jan Aushadhi Kendra in
floor, untouched. Ashok Nagar
"Sometimes, we manage to
sellaround100 sanitarynapkins
in a day, but that is mostly to ing cloth like she would when
NGOs or other such organisa- she was younger. "My husband
tions.Butonmostdays,veryfew is unwell and I am a housewife.
people come to buy. People visit Wearefinanciallydependenton
the store from areas such as my son who works as a tailor.
Khora colony and Trilokpuri,"he Obviously,wecannotaffordpads
said. for two women, so I use old
Since the lockdown, many pieces of cloth."
women who relied on govern- The family was unaware of
ment schools for sanitary nap- sanitarynapkinsbeingsoldatJan
kins, have switched to ordinary Aushadhi Kendras for Re 1 each.
cloth. A few women, however,
An interaction with women knew of the Jan Aushadhi
staying just down the road from Kendra, and had started going
Dhama's shop revealed that there during the lockdown.
most are still unaware of the Suman Kumari (43) said, "I
cheaper alternative at the Jan started buying from the kendra
Aushadhi Kendra. sincebothmydaughtersstopped
Most of them said that it has attendingschoolduetothelock-
become difficult to buy sanitary down.Itisacheaperalternative."
napkins since their daughters DrSurbhiSingh,gynecologist
stopped going to school. and founder of NGO Sachhi
ClassXIIstudentPritiSharma Saheli, said, "It took some time
(19) was among those who used for subsidised sanitary napkins
to collect sanitary napkins from sold by the kendras to pick up.
school. "Now we have online Recently, many people have do-
classes so we don't have a choice nated these pads to the NGO. I
but to buy sanitary napkins. I have distributed them among
tried using cloth a few times but needy women across the city.
it was very uncomfortable. So I Some gave positive feedback,
started buying packets at Rs 30 while others said that they are
each." not very comfortable as they are
Her mother, Sushma Devi smaller than napkins made by
Sharma (48), has returned to us- other companies."

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BRIEFLY
627EWSflats Part of under-construction flyover Cancel JEE, NEET
exams, says Sisodia
bookedunder
DDA scheme
New Delhi: The Delhi
DevelopmentAuthority’s
online scheme for dis-
collapses in Gurgaon, 2 men injured EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22

ASTHEdatesfortheJEEandNEET
posal of EWS flats at SAKSHI DAYAL exams draw nearer amid online
Narela, with 40% conces- GURGAON, AUGUST 22 protestsbyaspirants,deputychief
sion onconstruction cost, minister Manish Sisodia spoke
has so far seen 627 flats A SECTION of an “elevated road” out against the decision to con-
being booked. Officials being constructed on Gurgaon’s ductthesecompetitiveexamina-
said buyers can down- SohnaroadcollapsedonSaturday tions in the current circum- ‘Centre playing with lives of
loadallotmentletters on- night, with officials saying there stances,statingthatanalternative students’
line from the DDA web- werenocasualtiesintheincident. should be devised.
site from August 28. According to police, the inci- While aspirants have been
dent toook place around 10 pm. demanding further postpone- traordinary steps,” he wrote on
Disputeover Officials from the National
Highways Authority of India
mentof theseexams,Sisodiade-
manded their cancellation. “The
Twitter.
“Across the world, education
landleadsto (NHAI) said they were still try-
ing to determine the reason for NHAI said they are looking into the reason for the collapse
central government is playing
with the lives of lakhs of stu-
institutes are adopting new
methods of conducting admis-
fivemurders the collapse.
“Thespanofthatsectionofthe
dents in the name of JEE-NEET. I
appeal to the centre to immedi-
sions. Why can’t we do so in
India? Is it sensible to put chil-
Gurgaon: Fight overaplot road had already been laid and longstretchthatismeanttopro- also includes converting the structure came down. had come crashing down,” said ately cancel both exams and dren’s lives at risk in the name of
in Basai village has led to completed;thecastingandstress- vide connectivity between stretchbetweenSubhashChowk “Iwasplayingfootballdown- Junaid Singh Behgal, a 16-year- make alternative arrangements entranceexaminations?The21st
five murders over the inghadalsobeencompleted.We Subhash Chowk on Sohna road and Sohna into a six-lane road. stairs with my friends — it was old resident of Vipul Greens, a for admission this year. In an ex- centuryIndiacan’tthinkof alter-
pastyear,probeintothree willhavetoinvestigatethistofind and Badshahpur. “Asectionoftheelevatedroad 9.56 pm — when we suddenly gated condominium located traordinary crisis, resolution can native to an entrance examina-
murders that took place out why it happened. Maybe Construction had started on collapsed around 10 pm. There heard a loud explosion and felt next to the construction site. be reached only through ex- tion!Thisisnotpossible,”hesaid.
in the district has re- therewasoverstressingorunder- thestructurein2018,andofficials were no fatalities, but we know tremors. Everyone in the build- Haryana Deputy CM
vealed. Police said the stressingofthestretch,butitistoo had, at the time, touted it as the sofarthattwolabourershavesus- ingcameoutintotheirbalconies, Dushyant Chautala offered reas-
three murders were al-
legedly revenge killings,
following two murders
early to say anything decisive on
this,” said an official from NHAI,
adding that the structure fell
second most expensive project
for the district, after the Dwarka
Expressway. It is being con-
tainedinjuries.Furtherinvestiga-
tions are being conducted,” said
ACP (Sadar) Aman Yadav.
and several residents even came
downstairs, mistaking the
tremors for an earthquake.
surance that the matter was be-
inglookedinto.“Therehavebeen
2injuriesandbothhavebeenad-
Gurgaon shops say
that happened due to
friction over a piece of
land. Two people have
within the barricaded section of
the under-construction project.
The flyover is part of a 5 km
structed at a cost of Rs 707 crore
and is part of a larger project be-
ingexecutedbytheNHAI,which
Residents of the area, mean-
while, spoke of an “explosion”
and tremors that they felt as the
When we rushed to the main
gateof ourcomplex,wesawthat
an entire section of the flyover
mitted and under treatment.
NHAIteam,SDMandcivildefence
team are at site,” he tweeted.
weekend off will
been arrested so far.
spell more doom
Landpooling Police claim lawyer Family running chit fund
policygets SAKSHI DAYAL

thumbsup forged documents, dupes dozens of life’s savings

GURGAON, AUGUST 22

court says investigate

A DAY after the Haryana govern-
New Delhi: The DDA ment directed closure of all of-
Saturday said land pool- know what to do.” fices, shopping malls and shops
ing policy has received an JIGNASA SINHA Razia (29), also a domestic in the market area, except those
encouraging response agency like Crime Branch or NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 help,saidshehadbeeninvesting dealing in essential goods and
and more sectors would EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Special Cell," the order stated. in the fund group for five years. services, during weekends,
be qualified for develop- NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 Duringthehearing,policein- A FAMILY in Southeast Delhi’s “Wedon’thaveanyotherformof members of various market and The order directing closure
ment under this policy. formed the court through its re- Govindpuri has fled after al- savings.Thiswasouronlywayto mall associations, as well as of malls was issued late on
Under it, owners or AFTER THE Delhi Police claimed port that complainant Irshad Ali legedly cheating hundreds of save and earn something extra. owners of shops and salons, in Friday
groups of owners can that a lawyer had forged docu- had appeared before ACP lower-incomepeopleintheirlo- My husband earns around Rs Gurgaonsaidthedecisionwould
pool land parcels of any ments and instigated a man to (Gokulpuri) on August 12. cality through a chit fund scam. 5,000-7,000 a month. My undo the progress they have
size for development, deposefalselyinacaserelatedto “Ali was enquired about The ‘chit fund’ was started mother and I collected money made in the last three months. The order directing the clo-
and a minimum of 70% the Northeast Delhiriots, a court Deepak, Navneet and Mintu, as five years ago by a man named from our friends and gave it to They also warned that this will sure of offices, shops, and malls
contiguous land is re- has asked police to investigate. mentioned in his complaint. He AbdulSalam,withhiswifePinky Kalameverymonth.Hiswifeand furtherincreaseunemployment. was issued late Friday evening,
quired before develop- Police made the charge saidheknowsthembynameand and brothers Abdul Kalam and Ihavebeenfriendsforyears.Both “On weekends, we get three causingconfusioninthefirstfew
ment can start off. As of against lawyer Mehmood does not know anything about Ajju Khan, under the name Victims of the fraud outside of us have small children. We times the number of customers hours of its enforcement.
date, 1,371 applications Pracha, who has been appearing them personally. He also said he ‘FriendsLuckyDraw’,policesaid. Govindpuri police station trusted them.” that we get on a weekday... no- “At some markets and malls
have been verified by the for some of the accused and does not identify the accused in EachinvestorhadtopayRs1,000 She said, “My family mem- body has the time to go out on wewereinformedthatwehadto
Delhi government, said a complainantsinriotscases, inits the video,” the report said. permonthfor15monthstogeta bers are scolding me because I weekdays,peoplewereonlycom- remainclosedwhileatothersthey
DDA official. ENS report before the court. It stated that Ali alleged that return of Rs 20,000. Later, other has been registered. have lost more than Rs 2.5 lakh. I ingonSaturdayandSunday,”said onlytoldusthismorning.Wedid
Additional Sessions Judge “one lawyer namely Mehmood schemes were added to bring in Reena Barua (45), who wantedtosavethemoneyformy Aman Bajaj, member of the MGF not know this was for all of
Gymowners Vinod Yadav said it would be ap-
propriateifthematterwasinves-
Pracha called him in his office
and told him that he has a com-
more investors.
On August 17, Salam and his
worked as domestic help and
lives with her children in
child. I thought I was helping
women become independent.
Metropolitan Mall Association.
“Even if they wanted to shut
Gurgaon…Wehadappointments
scheduledinadvance.Insomesa-
protestnear tigated by the Crime Branch or
Special Cell, and requested the
plainantof asimilarincidentand
there was also an eyewitness”.
familyfledtheirresidence,police
said. A senior officer said they
Govindpuri, said she lost over Rs
3.5lakh.“Iheardaboutthegroup
More than 80 women have lost
their money because of me.”
for two days, they could have
closed on Monday and Tuesday,
lonswehadtorequestthatwebe
allowedtocompletetheworkbe-
L-Goffice police chief to look into it.
“Since preliminary enquiry
"Pracha also said that if that
complaint is attached with your
have received multiple com-
plaints from people in the local-
two years ago from my friend.
Most of the families in our local-
Kalam and his family had
been living in the Govindpuri lo-
or Sunday and Monday, so that
itatleastleavesusonedayof the
ingdoneoncustomersalreadyin-
side and then close down.
NewDelhi:Policedetained hasbeenconductedonthedirec- complaint,itwillmakeyourcase ity, who said the accused would ity were investing money to get cality for over two decades. weekend,” he said. Someone’shair,forexample,was
nearly a dozen gym own- tions of DCP (Northeast), and it stronger," the report alleged. encourage investors to rope in good returns. Some had even re- Fayeem (24), Kalam’s friend, BablooGupta,presidentofthe beingcoloured,thiscannotjustbe
ers protesting near the L- has been conducted by ACP Pracha said, “This has not morepeoplebyofferingthemin- ceived it. I gave money to Kalam said, “I have known Kalam since SadarBazaarMarketAssociation, lefthalfway,”saidthedirectorofa
G’sofficeforpermissionto (Gokupuri) and SHO (Dayalpur), come as a surprise. Delhi Police centives such as kitchen appli- last year and got a return in two we were kids. When he started said,“Afterthelockdown,thereis salonchain,speakingoncondition
reopenthefitnesscentres itwillbeappropriateifthematter isfilingfalsecasesagainstmebe- ances and blankets. months.Iwashappywiththere- the group, I was the first person almost no business anyway and of anonymity.
in the capital. PTI isinvestigatedbyanindependent causeIamfightingmultiplecases The complainants protested turns and told my neighbours to invest. Now I have lost more all shopkeepers and traders are “Inthelastoneweek,wehave
in the Delhi riots. This was a risk outsideGovindpuripolicestation and children to invest. This than Rs 5 lakh. I encouraged my operating in loss... The little bit againseenasurgeincoronavirus
I am prepared to take to uphold on Thursday and Friday. DCP month,weweresupposedtoget father and brothers to invest.” thatthingshaveimproved,itwill infected persons… Keeping this
the values of the Constitution." (Southeast)RPMeenasaidacase Rs1lakhbutKalamandhisfam- Policesaidtheyarecompiling slip again now. This will only in- in mind, I appeal to residents of
ily escaped. My friends and thecomplaintsandonlythenwill crease unemployment. This thedistricttofollowtheCovid-19
5045072L RFN RAM BAHADUR THAPA, 23 AUG
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neighboursarefightingwithme, they have clarity about the mag- weekend lockdown is going to protocol seriously,” said Deputy
made the supreme sacrifice during 'OP RAKSHAK' Jammu & Kashmir my children are upset. We don’t nitude of the scam. destroy us.” Commissioner Amit Khatri.
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Sir,
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for hiring of services of reputed solution provider for Designing,
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Government.
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The details of Crops/Area coverage/Targeted Area for PMFBY is given
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as under:
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Transgendered Population (TG), Injecting Drug Users In this connection, all the service providers/Empanelled Insurance In this connection, all the service providers/Empanelled Insurance
(IDUs) and Bridge Population (Truckers and Migrants). Companies are being informed through the medium of this communiqué regard- Companies are being informed through the medium of this communiqué regard-
ing participation in the process by submitting closed bids in accordance with the
ing participation in the process by submitting closed bids in accordance with the
Additional information viz. terms of reference/ scope of terms and conditions mentioned in the Bid document. The IAs shall submit their terms and conditions mentioned in the Bid document. The IAs shall submit their
bids preferably in person/registered or speed post for speedy/timely evaluation of bids preferably in person/registered or speed post for speedy/timely evaluation of
work, qualifiying and evaluation criteria may be seen on Bids/Offers by the Bid evaluation committee as approved by SLCCCI. Bids/Offers by the Bid evaluation committee as approved by SLCCCI.
Further it is also to inform that the Scale of Finance/Sum Insured would be
the website of DSACS (http://web.delhi.gov.in Further it is also to inform that the Scale of Finance/Sum Insured would be
as per the latest SOF decided by the respective SLTC/DLTC. No separate Bid as per the latest SOF decided by the respective SLTC/DLTC. No separate Bid
/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dsacs/DSACS/Home). Last notice will be sent to the bidders. notice will be sent to the bidders.
A generous response thereof is solicited in the interest of farmer welfare. A generous response thereof is solicited in the interest of farmer welfare..
date of application (Expression of Interest) to DSACS Yours faithfully, Yours faithfully,
shall be up to 5.30 PM on 15.09.2020. Sd/- (Altaf Aijaz Andrabi) Sd/- (Altaf Aijaz Andrabi)
Director Agriculture Kashmir, Director Agriculture Kashmir,
DIP/Shabdarth/0240/20-21 Project Director DIPK-NB-1942/20 Mission Director, PMFBY/RWBCIS (J&K) DIPK-NB-1941/20
Mission Director, PMFBY/RWBCIS (J&K)

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5 GOVT & POLITICS

THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, AUGUST 23, 2020

Frompowertodrinkingwater,PM LAC: Govt decides

on more military
India rejects
J&K reference

wantsworkdoneinJ&Ktobe‘visible’ newlycarvedoutUnionTerritory. developmental activities in FormerUnionMinisterManoj

talks with China
SUSHANTSINGH Defence
in Pak-China
statement,
raises CPEC
LIZMATHEW In his Independence Day ad- Jammu and Kashmir. On August Sinha’sappointmentonAugust6 NEWDELHI,AUGUST22 Minister
NEWDELHI,AUGUST22 dress, Modi had said that 14, The Indian Express reported as Lieutenant Governor of J&K is Rajnath SHUBHAJITROY
Assemblyelectionswouldbeheld that the PM was expected to an- also seen as part of Modi’s new CONTINUING WITH its attempts Singh held a NEWDELHI,AUGUST22
PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi afterthedelimitationexercisewas nounce major projects, including plans for the region. to restore the status quo ante at review meet
haslaidoutaroadmap,withclear completed. a ‘naya’ Srinagar and ‘naya’ Sources said that with the theLineofActualControl(LAC)in on Saturday A DAY after the Pakistan-China
deadlines, for carrying out devel- WhiletheCentralgovernment Jammu. Centre assessing reduced threat Ladakh through peaceful means joint statement mentioned
opment works in Jammu and graduallywithdrawsmoreforces Sources said that the Prime frommilitantattacks,moreforces despiteChineseintransigence,the Jammu and Kashmir, India on
Kashmir — ensure electricity and fromtheregion,thePMwantsthe Minister wants all development willbewithdrawnfromtheUTin government has decided to hold of talks was held on August 2, Saturday categorically rejected
drinkingwatertoeveryvillageby J&Kadministrationtoensurethat activitiestobecarriedoutwiththe the coming days. The Union moremilitarytalkswithChinato wherediscussionswerecentered thereferenceandconveyedagain
March 2022; launch the second over 50 welfare programmes of participation of political leaders. Home Ministry believes that se- resolve the border crisis. around the Chinese ingress of itsconcernsontheChina-Pakistan
phase of the Centre’s back-to-vil- theCentreareimplementedwith “Heisoftheviewthatwhilelead- curity forces and intelligence Official sources told The around 8 km at Pangong Tso and Economic corridor.
lages programme on October 2; “visibleresultsontheground”.He PM Narendra Modi ersofKashmirpartiesarestillup- agencieshavesuccessfullycurbed Sunday Express that the date for its continued deployment in the Reiterating that Jammu and
and set up a development board also wants the administration to set with the Centre’s decision, therecruitmentofyouthintomil- these military talks has not been Gogra-Hot Springs area. Kashmir is an “integral and in-
in every district with political ensure 10,000 jobs for people in theirrankandfile,especiallyatthe itancy and that there is a signifi- finalised so far, but they will fol- The last round of talks at the alienable”partofIndia,NewDelhi
leaders as members. the region. lage,” said a source. lower level, would be keen to see cant drop in the number of stone low the precedent of earlier level of the Division Commander said that it expects Beijing and
Sources said the Prime “The Prime Minister told the A year after the Centre that development works are tak- pelting instances. roundsofmilitarytalksinLadakh. was held on August 8, which dis- Islamabad to not interfere in the
Minister has made it clear that UT administration that merely strippedthestateofitsspecialsta- ing place and jobs are being cre- Earlier this week, the Centre Thetalkscouldbeheldbothatthe cussed ways to resolve the situa- internal affairs of India.
thesedevelopmentworksshould giving out data won’t do. tus under Article 370, the BJP-led ated. Gradually, the leaders also issued an order withdrawing level of the Corps Commander tion at the strategic Depsang MinistryofExternalAffairs'of-
win the trust of the people of J&K Development works should be governmenthascomeundercrit- willbeforcedtoacceptit,”saidthe around 10,000 paramilitary per- and the Division Commander, Plains. Chinese troops have been ficial spokesperson Anurag
before elections are held in the visibleonthegroundineveryvil- icism for not carrying any major source. sonnel from Kashmir. sources said. blocking Indian patrols from ac- SrivastavaSaturdaysaid,“Asinthe
The decision to hold the talks cessing five patrolling points at a past, we categorically reject the
at the military level, sources said, place 18 km inside the LAC. referencetotheUnionTerritoryof
SC extends wastakenafterareviewofdiscus-
sions during the meeting
Besides the military talks at
various levels, there have been
Jammu & Kashmir in the Joint
PressReleaseof the2ndRoundof

deadline
Thursday of the Working four rounds of WMCC meetings, China-PakistanForeignMinisters'
Mechanism for Consultation and ameetingandaphoneconversa- Strategic Dialogue. The Union
Coordination (WMCC) on India- tion between the two Special TerritoryofJammuandKashmiris

for Babri China Border Affairs.

Sources said the decision to
continue the engagement with
Representatives, and meetings
heldbytheIndianAmbassadorto
Beijing with top Chinese
anintegralandinalienablepartof
India and we expect the parties
concerned to not to interfere in
demolition the Chinese was despite the fact
that the last few rounds of diplo-
Communist Party officials.
Failing to achieve a break-
mattersthatareinternalaffairsof
India... At the same time we also

verdict matic and military talks have not

ledtoanybreakthroughduetothe
obstinate Chinese stance. New
throughaftermorethan100days
oftensions,Indiahasbeenprepar-
ing for an extended deployment
reiterate our consistent position
on the so-called China Pakistan
Economic Corridor.”
Delhi insists that the restoration of additionaltroopsontheLACin Indiahasrepeatedlyconveyed
PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA of status quo ante as of April is its Ladakh. its concerns to both China and to
NEWDELHI,AUGUST22 endgoal,buttheChinesesidehas This was stated by CDS Pakistan on CPEC projects which
refused to do so at multiple fric- General Rawat when he told the areinIndianterritoryillegallyoc-
THE SUPREME Court has ex- tion points on the LAC. PublicAccountsCommittee(PAC) cupiedbyPakistan.“Weresolutely
tended by a month the deadline Meanwhile,DefenceMinister that the military de-escalation opposeactionsbyothercountries
forcompletionoftrialinthe1992 RajnathSinghheldareviewmeet- process with China would be a that change the status quo in
Babri Masjid demolition case in- ingSaturdaywithNSAAjitDoval, long-drawn issue. In their collec- Pakistan occupied Jammu and
volving32accused,includingBJP CDSGeneralBipinRawatandthe tive depositions, the CDS and his Kashmir,” Srivastava said.
veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi threeserviceschiefstodiscussthe senior colleagues said that as the The foreign ministers of China
and Uma Bharti, and asked the Ladakh situation. processofthePLA’sde-escalation andPakistanheldtheirsecondan-
specialCBIcourttodeliverthever- Fiveroundsoftalksatthelevel and pullback was likely to be an nual strategic dialogue on Friday
dict by September 30. of the Corps Commander have “extended one”, the Army was and discussed ways to enhance
The top court, which had ear- Congress MLAs led by party’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu protest the state government’s handling of law and beenheldsofar,withnoprogress preparing to deploy personnel their all-weather bilateral ties, the
lier fixed August 31 as the dead- order, coronavirus pandemic and other issues outside the Assembly in Lucknow on Saturday. Vishal Srivastav on the ground after the fourth along the LAC during the harsh Kashmir issue, progress on the
line for completion of proceed- round on July 14. The fifth round winter months. CPECandtheAfghanpeaceprocess.
ings,includingpronouncementof
theverdict,tooknoteofthereport
filed byspecialjudgeSKYadavin
the high-profile case.
A bench of Justices R F
Those who spoke Tilak-taraju, UP House passes
27 Bills without
KMSS to launch political wing,
Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira
Banerjeesaid,“Havingreadthere-
port of Surendra Kumar Yadav,
Rome also chanting Ram: Yogi discussion Akhil Gogoi to be its CM face
learnedSpecialJudge,andconsid- under his government — an alle- Saikia,however,ruledoutany
ering that the proceedings are at MAULSHREESETH gation levelled especially by SP, MAULSHREE SETH ABHISHEKSAHA suchalliance.“Wearenotallying
thefagend,wegrantonemonth's LUCKNOW,AUGUST22 Adityanath, without naming any LUCKNOW, AUGUST 22 GUWAHATI,AUGUST22 with any national party or any
time – till September 30, 2020 – party or leader, said these people communalparty.Weappealthat
to complete the proceedings, in- AMID PANDEMONIUM in the areraisingcaste-basedslogansto- THE STATE Assembly on PEASANT RIGHTS group Krishak all regional parties should come
cludingthedeliveryofjudgment.” Uttar Pradesh Assembly, with daybutwhentheywereinpower, Saturday tabled and approved Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) together to oust the BJP from
The order was passed on Opposition members shouting BJP worker in Kannauj, Neeraj 27 significant Bills, including the willsoonlauncharegionalpoliti- Assam,” he said. The new outfit
August 19 and was recently up- slogans against the state govern- Mishra, was beheaded. Uttar Pradesh Recovery of cal party to contest the Assam willbeanon-compromisingpo-
loadedontheapexcourt'swebsite. mentoverthelawandordersitu- “These are the same people Damages to Public and Private elections early next year, the out- litical force and it will not be
On May 8, the SC had ex- ationandtheCovid-19crisis,Chief whowouldabusethecommunity Property Bill, 2020, without any fit said Saturday, adding that its named after KMSS' earlier ven-
tendedbythreemonthsthetime Minister Yogi Adityanath on by talking about tilak-taraju and discussion as the Opposition founder Akhil Gogoi will be the ture, Gana Mukti Sangram-
for completion of trial in the case Saturday spoke at length about are again trying to spread venom protested against the law-and- chief ministerial candidate Booked for sedition, Akhil Asom, he added.
andsaidthatjudgmentshouldbe RamandtheconstructionofRam in the society. However, it is the order situation in the state and Gogoi is currently in jail. He Gogoi is currently in jail “Becauseofournon-compro-
delivered by August 31. temple and said that in India any workofRamandwouldcontinue alleged caste-based atrocities. was booked by NIA on charges of misingposition,AkhilGogoiisstill
The special CBI court in workcanbecompletedonlywith Yogi Adityanath in the UP like this,” Adityanath said, appar- The day’s sitting lasted for sedition and under provisions of in jail. By October, we hope Akhil
Lucknow has completed record- the name of Ram. Assembly on Saturday. ANI ently targeting BSP Chief about two hours 40 minutes, the Unlawful Activities ligious and linguistic communi- Gogoi will be released. We trust
ing of statements of the 32 ac- Taking on opposition BSP, SP Mayawati. with over an hour taken up by (Prevention) Act for allegedly be- ties from the state, he said in thecountry’sjudiciary.Hewillan-
cused under Section 313 of CrPC andtheCongress,Adityanathsaid Adityanath also spoke about Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ing an overground worker of the Guwahati. nounce the name of the party af-
in the case. thosewhocreateddivisioninthe have promised to a construct measuresundertakenbyhisgov- speech. The Opposition’s banned CPI (Maoist). He and the The announcement comes ter coming out of jail. The name...
The mosque in Ayodhya was society in the name of “tilak- statue of Parshuram, Adityanath ernment to fight Covid-19. In an protests forced the Speaker to KMSShadplayedasignificantrole justafterthedecisionbyCongress hasalreadybeenfinalised,”Saikia
demolishedonDecember6,1992. taraju”,ororderedfiringon“Ram said: “Ram ka naam to aisa hai indirect reference of AAP MP adjourn the brief monsoon ses- intheanti-CAAprotestsinAssam andAIUDFtoenterintoanalliance told reporters. All intellectual
In May, the SC had asked spe- Bhakts” are also reciting Ram in chahe Ram ke naam pe le lein, Sanjay Singh, he said that a sion sine die. The session had in December last year. for the elections. It also comes at preparation for the new party
cialjudgeSKYadavtocontrolthe the name of “Parshuram” now. chahe Parshuram ke naam pe, ya “namoona”hadcomefromDelhi started on Thursday, and was “Wewillbeformingapolitical atimetheinfluentialstudentbod- such as the work agenda and the
proceedings in accordance with Thosewhoonceusedtospeak mara-mara ke naam se. Bharat ke and asked questions about coro- scheduled to end on Monday. party. The name of the party and ies, All Assam Students’ Union constitution is ready, he said.
law so that the time-frame is no the language of “Rome”, he as- andar Ram naam se hi Baitarani navirus.HeassertedthatUP,with Of the legislation approved other details regarding how we (AASU) and Asom Jatiyatabadi “The work agenda will be
longer breached. serted, have today started shout- paar honi wali hai (the name of a population of 23.78 crore, have on Saturday, 17 were ordinances will contest elections will be an- Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), known as Asombasir Jatiya
ing“Ram-Ram”aswell,andhave Ramissuchthatyoutakeitinthe seen 2,700 deaths due to Covid; converted to Bills. nounced once Gogoi is out of have signalled the launch of a re- Karmahuchi... We will send the
realised the power of Ram. nameofRam,Parshuramoreven the death rate is 1.6 per cent, the The legislation included the prison,” KMSS president Bhasco gional political party. constitutionandtheagendatoall
Trust begins Evidently taking on the BSP recite mara-mara, in India, lowest in the country. Delhi, in UttarPradeshPreventionof Cow De Saikia said adding that Gogoi Congress and AIUDF leaders districtcommitteesandoursister
and the Samajwadi Party, which Baitarani can be crossed only in contrast,withapopulationof1.80 Slaughter (Amendment) Bill, willbetheCMcandidate.Thenew earlier told The Sunday Express organisations.Thenwewillmake
measuring have criticised alleged atrocities the name of Ram).” crore,hashad4,235Covid,witha which providesrigorous impris- party will be made up of people thattheyhopedtheKMSS’spolit- thesepublicandseekthepeoples’
againstBrahminsinthestateand OnatrocitiesagainstBrahmins death rate of 2.7 percent. onment up to 10 years. belonging to different ethnic, re- ical front would join them. opinion on them,” he said.
Ayodhya
mosque land
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE AHEAD OF BIHAR POLLS
LUCKNOW, AUGUST 22

MEMBERS Of the Indo-Islamic

CulturalFoundationonSaturday
BJP discusses Ram temple, ban on Nitish ‘missing’, Tejashwi hits the ground
visited Dhannipur village in
Ayodhya district to take meas-
urements and prepare a topo-
China apps, fight against Covid DIPANKARGHOSE
NEWDELHI,AUGUST22
largelyfeelnotmanycameoutto
help them. There is large-scale
anger, especially after the lock-
perceptionthattheformerdeputy
CMwasnotonthegroundis“ina
limited sphere”, and denied sug-
graphicplanof thefive-acreland fectively with voters amid the down and floods, against Nitish gestions of a “course correction”.
allottedbythestategovernment SANTOSH SINGH pandemic. The party has desig- AMIDINDICATIONSthatelections Kumarandthegovernment,”the “In a lockdown situation you are
to build a mosque in accordance PATNA, AUGUST 22 nated seven members at booth inBiharwillbeheldasscheduled RJD leader said. not allowed to move freely. (But)
with the Supreme Court verdict level,knownas'saptarshi',togal- – the present Assembly's term “Buttherewassomefeedback he decided to take risk and reach
in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri THE BJP’S Bihar unit Saturday vanisevotersandallayapprehen- endsonNovember29–RJDpres- that even RJD leaders have not out to the people, listen to their
Masjid case. The UP Sunni Waqf discussed achievements of the sions of Covid infection among identandLeaderofOppositionin been seen on ground. Nitish stories, and convey them to the
Board has set up the trust for the Central and state governments them during the voting process. VidhanSabhaTejashwiYadavhas Kumarisstillnotdoingtherounds, government...Idon’tthinkthisisa
construction of the mosque. on the first day of the two-day Themeetingwasvirtuallyat- been on the road for the last two so it is important that Tejashwi coursecorrection.Thecoursewas
The topographic plan is re- state executive meeting online tended by Bihar BJP in-charge weeks,focusingonareasaffected Tejashwi Yadav has been on showsheisnowconnectedtothe already there...”
quired to start work on the site’s ahead of the Assembly polls. BJP leaders before Bhupendra Yadav and former by Covid-19 and floods. the road for the last two people,”thisleadersaid. TheRJDchiefhasconsistently
architectural map. According to The party talked about the Saturday’s state executive Maharashtra CM Devendra The RJD’s social media ac- weeks, focusing on areas Some RJD leaders maintain accusedNitishofnotsteppingout
the foundation’s secretary and BJP’s commitment to build the meeting through video Fadnavis, who are likely to visit counts and other outreach plat- affected by Covid-19 and thatwhiletherehasbeenconver- of home during the pandemic
spokesperson, Athar Husain, a Ram temple at Ayodhya, scrap- conference, at the party Patna next week to initiate talks forms are now full of images of floods. Twitter sation within the party about a evenasthevirusspreadthickand
few draftsmen visited the site. ping of Article 370 and how over office in Patna. of seat-sharing among NDA al- Tejashwimeetingpeopleinareas feeling of not being aggressive fast in Bihar.
Once it is complete, the details 90,000 people could benefit liance partners. withoverflowingwater,oracross enough,especiallyafterlastyear’s AseniorJD(U)leadersaid,“The
will be sent to architects, who from the move, and the ban on The party also said the Covid awashed-awaybridge,indicating OneseniorRJDleadertoldThe Lok Sabha election rout, people of Bihar know this is a dif-
will start working on a map. 59 apps with Chinese links. In a its 15-year “misrule” between recovery rate in India was 78.05 an effort to counter the impres- SundayExpressthatfeedbackfrom Tejashwi’sabsencehasnothelped ficulttime,andtheonlypersonto
Construction will begin after the resolution, the BJP also talked 1990 and 2005. per cent as compared to 67.05 sionthattheparty,andinparticu- the ground has indicated some matters.“Forone,hewasinDelhi take them out (of this crisis) is
map is finalised. “We have been about the Centre bringing a new BJP national president J P globally. It said Bihar's daily test- laritsleader,wasmissinginaction level of disappointment with the when the lockdown was an- Nitish Kumar. Tejashwi Yadav
given five-acre land, which we education policyand Indiastart- Nadda will address the meet on ing had crossed over 1 lakh per when the lockdown began. politicalclassandtheresponseto nounced. So he was stuck there thinks that by going around for
will use for the construction of ing manufacturing of 100 types Sunday. day and RT-PCR tests would be SeniorleadersofJD(U),which the pandemic, especially to the throughout April. He reached two weeks he will erase years of
the mosque along with two cen- of arms under the Armanirbhar BJP state president Dr Sanjay increasedtoover20,000perday. governs the state in alliance with agony of workers who returned Patna in early May — things allegations .... The CM is monitor-
tres to showcase Indo-Islamic Bharat campaign. Enumerating Jaiswal, who held the unit’s first The party also talked about BJP, however, dismissed from other states during the na- startedmoving(inthestate)only ing everything, and has people’s
culture and studies, a charitable dolesformigrantsandmeasures stateexecutivemeetafterbecom- the Bihar government's package Tejashwi’spublicoutreachefforts tionwide lockdown. “While the thereafter,” a party leader said. trust. It is clear the NDA has sup-
hospital, and a public library,” to boost healthcare to fight ing the party's state president, formigrantswhoreturnedtothe as “drama”, and sounded confi- partyorganisedfooddistribution Manoj Jha, Rajya Sabha MP port, and the arithmetic clearly
said Husain. Covid, the BJP criticised RJD for stressed on communicating ef- state amid the pandemic. dent of re-election. and such programmes, people and party spokesperson, said the backs us.”

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CAG report on defence offset Four MLAs, one

PERSONAL
Be it known to all that I, Mohit
Kumar Agarwal S/o Shri
I,RAJ KAMAL Jain,S/o-Arvind
jain,R/o.H-17,garhwali-
to be tabled in House: Nirmala accused of rape,
confide in private that Rahul's

summoned by BJP
Krishan Avtar Agarwal, R/o 1- mohala,laxmi-nagar,Delhi-
1/282, Geeta Marg, Shri Nagar , 92,have changed my EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE obsessionwithRafaletowashoff
Hapur-245101, have changed name,from Raj Agarwal to Raj NEWDELHI,AUGUST22 his father's sins is damaging the
my name as Mohit Agarwal kamal jain Both are same party. But if someone is wanting
w.e.f. 01.01.2020. Henceforth I person.For all the,future
WITH CONGRESS leader Rahul to self-destruct, who are we to
shall be known only as Mohit purposes. 0040545785-6
Agarwal and not Mohit Kumar Gandhi launching a fresh attack complain?Weinvitehimtofight Congress’s demand that Negi
Agarwal. 0040545740-1
I,NITIN KUMAR,S/O AJIT over the Rafale aircraft deal, the Rahul Gandhi, Nirmala the 2024 elections on Rafale." LALMANI VERMA undergo a DNA test, as sought
SOLANKI R/O-RZ-
I, Divesh (Existing Name of 7K/1,GALINO.05,INDIRA
governmentonSaturdaysaidthat Sitharaman Sitharamantweeted,“Thefirst DEHRADUN, AUGUST 22 by the woman, Chief Minister
spouse as per change of Next- PARK,PALAM COLONY,DELHI- the CAG report on defence offset RafalewashandedovertoIndiain Trivendra Singh Rawat told the
of-Kin POR/Service 110045.CHANGED MY NAME TO performancewillbetabledinthe October2019.Thereisayear-wise UTTARAKHAND BJP has sum- media on Saturday: “DNA test is
Documents),spouse of 935615- NITIN SOLANKI. 0040545783-2 ensuing session of Parliament. soon after Rahul's fresh attacks phasing of how much offset obli- moned four party MLAs ac- a legal process and can be done
T Cpl Lokendra Kumar Adm In a series of tweets, Finance over the Rafale deal. “Money was gationthecompanies/OEMshave cused of acting against the party only through the legal course.
I,Mohammed Faisal S/o
Asst (Name of the Husband)
Amardeen R/o H.No.-83,Gali Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stolen from the Indian exchequer to fulfil. MoD informs me that line to explain their actions on Mahesh Negi has said he is
residing at House No.531,
no.-17,Block-G,Near Noor stated, “The C&AG Report No 20 in Rafale. “Truth is one, paths are claims of such obligations being Monday, BJP's Uttarakhand unit ready for it. A process (investi-
Gogaji Temple Lane, Near Bank
Masjid,Old Mustafabad,25 of 2019...Defence Offset many,”MahatmaGandhi,”thefor- fulfilled are coming in.” president Bansidhar Bhagat gation) under the police is go-
of India, Sohna Road, Village-
Foota Road,Delhi-94,have
Islampur, Gurugram PIN-
changed my name to
Performancewasscheduledtobe mer Congress chief tweeted, tag- India had purchased 36 said Saturday. ing on. The court will decide
122001 (address) have tabled in the Parliament during ging a source-based news report Rafale aircrafts from Dassault Of the four, Dwarahat MLA further action in the matter.”
Mohammad Faisal all
changed my name from Divesh (the) budget session (2020). The in TOI, which said the CAG report Aviation of France for Rs 58,000 Mahesh Negi is accused of rape. Among the other three legis-
purposes. 0040545783-7
(Existing Name of spouse as
per change of Next-of-kin I,Mahendra Singh S/O Shri Ram sessionended,beforedate,dueto hasnomentionofanyoffsetdeals crore. The deal was signed in The other three are Deshraj lators, Pranav Singh Champion
POR/Service Documents) to R/O-H.No-142 Village Post COVID. Now the report will be relatedtoRafaleaircraftpurchase. 2016andthefirstsetof 5aircrafts Karanwal (MLA from Jhabrera), was expelled from the party’s
Divesh Kumari Mandi Delhi-110047,have placed in the next session.” Hitting back, Railways have arrived in India last month. Puran Singh Fortyal (Lohaghat), primary membership for six
(proposed/Adopted New changed my name to She stated the content of the Minister and senior BJP leader TheCAGhassubmittedaper- and Kunwar Pranav Singh years on charges of indiscipline
Name) vide Affidavit dated 18- Mahender Singh reportwillbeknownonlyafterit Piyush Goyal retweeted Rahul formanceauditreportonDefence Champion (Khanpur). in July last year after a video
July-2020 (date of the Affidavit 0040545718-1
in DDMMYY format) before
is presented in Parliament. and posted, "Many of Rahul Offsettothegovernment.Itisyet The state BJP leadership emerged, showing him bran-
Judicial Court Gurgaon.(Name Sitharaman's tweets came Gandhi's Congress colleagues to be tabled in Parliament. took the decision after consult- dishing four guns while danc-
I, Shyam Shanker Pandey S/o
and Place of the Court). Late Ram Ajor Pandey R/o
PUBLIC NOTICE ing party national vice-presi- ing to a song.
My Client Smt. Kamlesh Wife of Late
dent and Uttarakhand in- State BJP chief Bhagat said
Tripura orders probe on dispute with
0040545731-1 Village Jamsuli. Post- Shri Ram Swaroop R/o H-1/39, Kunwar
Dharinda. Dist-Paschim Singh Nagar Ranholla Delhi-41 has charge Shyam Jaju and joint Champion has repeatedly re-
I, Gauri Kohli , w/o Girish Kohli, Midinapore W.B. Pin No.721304 debarred/ dis-owned their sons and
R/o 412/15A, Noida have Daughter-in-law Mr.Neeraj, Mr. Gaurav,
general secretary (organisa- quested the party leadership to
Have Changed May Name From

Mizoram over village on boundary

changed my name from Sohrab Smt.Sunita and their all legal heirs from tion) Shiv Prakash. Jaju and listen to his side of the incident.
Shyam Shanker Pandey To their all moveable and immovable
Bararia to Gauri Kohli vide Shyam Shankar pandey For All properties.They or their legal heirs will Prakash are on a three-day visit Asked whether the MLA can be
Affidavit dated 20-08-2020 Future purpose not claim any right in any moveable and to Dehradun to review organi- brought back to the party,
sworn before Notary N K Yadav immoveable properties of my clients
0040539408-3 and if anybody dealing with them in any that criss-crosses the Tripura- portonallencroachmentsonthe sational affairs and are sched- Bhagat said, “The party will
, Noida. 0050167923-1 manner shall have his/her/their own
responsibility.
DEBRAJ DEB Mizoram border, the names of boundary between Tripura and uled to attend the state core speak to him. If we are satisfied
I, HARJIT KAUR,W/O GURPREET
VIKAS JAIN, Advocate AGARTALA, AUGUST 22 130 feature in the electoral rolls Mizoram in Jampui Hills,” committee meeting on Sunday with his arguments, we will
SINGH,H.NO 15/3, MOTI NAGAR, LOST & FOUND 12, RU-Market, Pitampura,Delhi of both states. The issue is nearly Debbarma said. with Chief Minister Trivendra decide accordingly.”
NEW DELHI-110015. Changed Enrol. No.D/1062/01
my name to HARJEET KAUR I,Bhawna jain,D/O Arvind Jain THE TRIPURA government has a decade old, according to Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Singh Rawat and Union minis- According to a party leader,
permanently. 0040545785-2 R/O.H-17,Garhwali PUBLIC NOTICE orderedaninquiryintotheinclu- sources, and two survey at- (CEO) Sriram Taranikanti said if ter Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the two other MLAs – Karanwal
Mohalla,Laxmi- M/s Apno Baba Real Estate Pvt. sionof over100votersfromavil- temptstodemarcate the bound- there is a duplication of voters in a Lok Sabha MP from Haridwar and Fortyal — have been sum-
I, Jai Kishan S/o Rakesh Kumar Nagar,Shakarpur,Delhi- Ltd. has misplaced the original
R/o-D-134, Main Kanjhawala Board of Resolution Dated 01/04/ lage on the Mizoram border in ary had ended inconclusively. electoral lists of Tripura and in the state. moned for allegedly speaking
92,Have lost my original-
Road, Udyan Panna,Village- passing-certificate of
1996 Passed By the TRUST of the electoral rolls of both states. Tripura Revenue Minister Mizoram, the issue would be Last week, a woman from against the party line, and
Farmhouse on Agricultural Land
Kanjhawla, Delhi-110081,have class-12th, year-2016 Rollno- Measuring 14- Bighas, 08-Biswas, The order comes shortly be- NarendraChandraDebbarmatold taken up between his office and Dehradun district had given a against the state government, in
changed my name to Jaideep 5820160 CBSE-Dehradun. Comprised In Khasra No. 44/10 fore Mizoram’s village council TheIndianExpress,“Wehaveasked theofficeofhisMizoramcounter- complaint to the police, accus- public forum.
Kataria. 0040545785-1 (4-04), 44/11(4-16), 44/20(4-13)
0040545785-7 and 44/21(0-15), Situated In polls scheduled on August 27. higher officials to hold an investi- part. “The electoral roll revision ing Mahesh Negi of raping her, On Saturday, the party also
I, Karanjit Kaur w/o Baljinder Revenue Estate of Village Alipur, Of the 640 residents of gation...andsubmitareport.” processisunderway.Ifthereisany and had sought a DNA test to released a digital compilation of
Singh resident 3237 Sector-23 It is notified for the information Tehsil – Alipur, Distt. North, Delhi
that my original qualifying For Executing The Sale Deed Phuldungsai village in “We have instructed officials discrepancy,itwillsurelybesorted confirm that the MLA is father relief efforts done by BJP work-
Gurgaon Haryana 122017 have
examination certificate of
09/08/1996 Vide Sale Deed No. Kanchanpur sub-division, lo- to conduct the enquiry in a ho- out,” he said. CM Deb’s office was of her child. ers during the lockdown period.
changed my name to Karanjeet 5203. Founder of The Same May
Kaur 0040545738-1 Senior School Examination of Inform and Handover the cated in the Jampui hill range listic manner and submit a re- notavailableforcomment. Negi has denied the accusa- On Sunday, the state core
year 2015 and roll no . 9159062 Undersigned. Director tion. Before the committee is expected to dis-
I, Prachi@ Prachi Chugh, D/o Sh. issued by CBSE has been Apno Baba Real Estate Pvt. Ltd.
Rajeev Kumar, R/o 13, Block-
U.P.R.V.U.N.L., E- TENDER NOTICE, woman filed her cuss issues such as resuming or-
actually lost . Shreejee Abbot HARDUAGANJ THERMAL POWER STATION,
BH, West Punjabi Bagh, New r/o j-6/136 rajouri garden, New
PUBLIC NOTICE complaint, Negi's ganisational activities that were
KASIMPUR (ALIGARH), Superitending
Delhi—110088 have changed Delhi-110027. 0050167927-1
General Public is hereby informed that my
clients (1) SH. PRABHUJI alias Prabhu Nath Engineer, Electricity Civil Maintenance Circle.
wife had lodged an stopped due to the coronavirus-
my name to Prachi Chugh for Choubey S/O SH. SOKAHARAN & (2) SMT.
1. Short Term Tender No. 22/ECMC/ECMD- FIR accusing the enforced lockdown. Sources
all future purposes. I,Tara Devi w/o Lt.Madan Lal R/o MRIDULA CHOUBEY W/O SH. PRABHUJI

4128,Street.no.-15,Kaseru
alias Prabhu Nath Choubey R/O M-10,
SHARMA COLONY, BUDH VIHAR, PHASE-
II/HTPS/2020-21, Online e-Bids are invited for the woman of extortion said the committee may hold
0040545709-1 II DELHI-86, have debarred/disowned their “NEW BORING DEVELOPMENT IN CISF attempt. discussions on the possibility of
Walan Pahar Ganj,ND-55,have son AMIT KUMAR CHOBEY & daughter-in- COLONY HTPS, KASIMPUR”. E-tender has been
I,Aatman Malik S/O Anil Malik lost my original Documents law SNEHA CHOBEY and their children,
uploaded on 21.08.2020 at 14.00 Hrs. on
On Opposition Cabinet expansion as well.
from all his/her moveable & immoveable
R/O H.No-B-450, Meera- property no.C-71,Sector- properties & ceased all relations with them http://etender.up.nic.in Estimated cost 1.33 Lac,
Bagh,Paschim Vihar,Delhi- 4,Bawana Industrial Area due to their misbehavior. Anybody dealing
Earnest money 3000.00, E-Tender cost Rs.
J&K L-G
with them in civil and criminal matter shall be
110063, changed my name to DSIIDC,Delhi-39.Finder contact doing at his/her/their own risk, cost and 150.00+28 GST (18%)= Rs. 178.00., Last date of
Atharv Mallik. 0040545783-4 no.9555858907. 0040545783-9 responsibility. My client will not be
tender 27.08.2020 at 16:00 Hrs. Time period -15
urges timely
responsible for their acts & deeds and
dealings with any person. days: 2. E-Tender No. 23/ECMC/ECMD-
I, Raman Jit Kaur w/o Jagmohan It is notified,for the Sd/-
I/HTPS/2020-21, Online e-Bids are invited for the
information,that my original- ANKUSH KUMAR (Advt.)
Singh resident 3237 Sector-23
Gurgaon Haryana 122017 have qualifying-certificate,of main-
OFF- RU-352, Pitampura Delhi-34 Cleaning of main drain in new colony, at
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station, Kasimpur completion
secondary-examination of
changed my name to
Ramanjeet Kaur Dhunna year-2018.Roll.No- PUBLIC NOTICE
My client Smt. Anita rastogi w/o Late sh.
Aligarh. E-tender has been uploaded on
21.08.2020 at 14.00 Hrs. on of Katra-
8226949,issued by http://etender.up.nic.in Estimated cost Rs. 14.72
Banihal
Rajendra parshad rastogi R/o D 47/1, Gali
0040545738-2 no. 1, North Gondha, near masala chakki,
CBSE,has.been New delhi, Delhi-110053 have debarred/ Lac, Earnest money Rs. 29000.00, Tender cost
I, Simerjeet d/o Parvinder Singh actually;lost.Candidate name- disclaimed their son namely Bhuvnesh Rs. 1470.00+266.00 GST (Present Rate is 18%)
r/o 250/28, Jyoti Park, Gurgaon, Yusra Saleem D/o-Mohd
rastogi and his wife Neha rastogi due to
their Bad Behavior, Violence and =Rs. 1736.00, Last date of tender 23.9.2020 at railway line
Haryana-122001 have changed Saleem R/o-26-B,Ghafoor- harassment. Respectively from their 16.00 Hrs. Time period -12 Month.
movable and immovable properties and
my name to SIMER JEET KAUR Nagar,Jamia-Nagar,ND- have broken down all their ties and Superintending Engineer, Operation & Jammu: Jammu and
permanently. 0040545737-1 25.Mobile-No.9821921306. relation due to bad behavior with them. Maintenance Circle-IV, Hdj. “DT.P.S. 3. E-Tender Kashmir Lieutenant-
According to her desires she put public
No.: 29/O&MC-IV/D/TPS/EMD-I/C/TPS/2020-21-
I,Arun Kumar S/o Bhim Singh 0040545785-8
notice that Smt. Anita rastogi will not be
responsible for any debts related to her Online e-Bids are invited for the “Work of
Governor Manoj
R/o-116-117,Pocket-5, Sector- son Bhuvnesh rastogi and his wife Neha
Rastogi in any of their actions henceforth. Replacement of 10MVA,132/6.9KV Transformer Sinha Saturday asked
25,Rohini, Delhi-110085.have
changed my minor daughter’s
MATRIMONIAL MOHIT BHARDWAJ, ADVOCATE
Office. 18 Radhey shyam park,
by 20MVA Transformer at HTPS, Kasimpur
Transporting it from Panki TPS, Kanpur, E-tender
railway authorities to
gali no.1, parwana road, completetheremain-
name from Prakriti to Hiroo. near preet vihar, DELHI-110051 has been uploaded on 21.08.2020 at 18.00 Hrs.
ingworkontheKatra-
0040545785-4
PUBLIC NOTICE
National Institute of on http://etender.up.nic.in. Estimated cost Rs.
950000.00. Time Period: 12 Months, Earnest Banihal railway line
I,Firdos Begum W/o Amardeen "Be it informed to the General Public at Fashion Technology Money: Rs. 19000.00, Cost of tender : Rs. 950.00
+ Rs.171.00 (GST) = Rs. 1121.00, Last date of
by August 15, 2022.
R/o,H.No.-83,Gali no.-17,Block- large that my client Prem Raj Rathore
(Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India) The Katra-Banihal
G,Near Noor Masjid Old
son of Ram Raj Rathore R/o 5-1502, Tender 24.09.2020 at 18.00 Hrs. Superintending
Shastri Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Delhi-52, NIFT Campus, Chheb Kangra, Himachal Pradesh-176001 Engineer, MMC, Harduaganj ‘D’ TPS. 4. E- section will have the
Mustafabad 25 Foota has severed all his relations with their
Road,Delhi-94,have changed daughters Mansi Rathore aged 22years, Phone No.: 01892-260872-5, Fax No. 01892-263872 Tender No. : ET-76/MMC/EPD/DTPS/2020, Online world’s highest rail-
my name to Firdos all
as she is out of control of my client and e-Bids are invited for the Supply of Slide Plate of way bridge on the
also debars and disowned her from his File NIFT-KGR/Project/85/2020 23/08/2020 200 Nb for Ash Handling plant of ‘D’ TPS,
purposes. 0040545783-8 all movable and immovable properties Chenab river at a
due to her disobedient and quarrelsome Expression of Interest Kasimpur. E-tender has been uploaded on
height of 359 metres,
I,Harish Kumar S/o Ram nature. Any person dealing with her will 20.08.2020 at 17.08 Hrs. on
Swaroop R/o-H-2/5,Upper- be doing so, at his/her own risk and Expressions of Interest are invited for engaging of follow- http://etender.up.nic.in Estimated cost: Rs. as well as the coun-
responsibilities. My client shall not be
Ground Floor Krishna-Nagar responsible in any manner.'" ing services: 110000.00, Earnest money: Rs. 2200.00, Tender try’sfirstcable-stayed
cost: Rs. 500.00 + 90.00. (GST), Last Date of
Delhi-110051,have changed my
RAJ KUMAR (Advocate)
Sd/-
Sr.No. Category 21.09.2020 upto 14.00 hrs. SUPERINTENDING
railway bridge in
name to Harish Kumar Ch. No 1405, Rohini Courts, Delhi-85 Reasi district.
ENGINEER, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
Sethi,for all purposes.
1 Manufacturing of Bags CIRCLE-II, ‘DTPS. 5. ET-14/O&MC-II/BMD-I/20- Sinhawaschairing
0040545783-5 21, Online e-bids are invited for the “Work of a meeting at the civil
BRAHMIN Preventive and Breakdown maintenance of main
It is for general information that 2 Canvas/Lining/Leather-Material Suppliers boiler, Maintenance of Pulverized Fuel pipe and secretariat here to re-
I,INDER DUTT PAINULY,S/O Brahmin, 33, 6’, Lpa-7.8, Working De-scaling of pressure parts & removal of soot view the progress of
MAYA RAM,R/O.H.N.-84,Top- Asst. Prof.(ME,PhD Pursuing), The eligible organizations/agencies/individual interested in ren- from heating surfaces of Boiler by steam blowing work on the 272-km
Floor,Flat.No-9,Arjun through wall blowers / LRSB and their Preventive
Nagar,Safdarjung-Enclave,
Seeks engineering working dering their services as per above may submit EoI in sealed & Breakdown maintenance of Boiler of Unit # 8 &
long Udhampur-
professional ,DOB, POB must,
South/west/Delhi-110029,have [email protected],
envelope. Superscribing the title “EoI for Canvas/Lining/Leather 9, 2x250MW, HTPS” E-Tender has been uploaded Srinagar-Baramulla
Changed my old Name in 8551075664 0050167235-1 Material Supplier or Manufacturing of Bags” at National on 21.08.2020 on http://etender.up.nic.in, railway line being
Passport,from INDER DUTT to Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Chheb, Kangra, Estimated Cost Rs. 1128000.00, Time period 12 built at the cost of Rs
INDER DUTT PAINULY,For all Months, E.M.D. cost Rs. 22600.00. Last date of
PUBLIC NOTICE Himachal Pradesh 176001 on or before 31.08.2020. 27,949 crore. The di-
future,purposes. Tender 22.09.2020 at 14:00 Hrs. 6. ET-15/O&MC-
“Be it informed to the General Public at
II/BMD-I/20-21, Online e-bids are invited for the rection came after he
0040545783-6 large that my client Prem Raj Rathore
son of Ram Raj Rathore R/o B-1502,
Please visit the website i.e. https://www.nift.ac.in/kan- “Work of Overhauling work of HP/LP valves and was informed that
I,Vikash sharma,S/o shri.Suraj
Shastri Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Delhi-52,
has severed all his relations with their
gra/tenders for detailed document and information on safety valves of Unit # 8, DTPS, Kasimpur” E- 161kmof raillinesbe-
bhan sharma,R/o-2713,3rd- daughters Nancy Rathore aged 20
years, as she is out of control of my
Expression of Interest. Tender has been uploaded on 21.08.2020 on
tween Katra and
floor,main-sadar thana-road http://etender.up.nic.in, Estimated Cost Rs.
opp,basti harphool,singh
client and also debars and disowned her
from his all movable and immovable Joint Director 329000.00. Time period 45 days, E.M.D. cost Rs. Banihal has been
sadar-bazar North-Delhi-
properties due to her disobedient and
quarrelsome nature. Any person dealing
6600.00. Last date of Tender 22.09.2020 at 14:00 commissioned. ENS
with her will be doing so, at his/her own DONATION TO NIFT ARE EXEMPTED UNDER SECTION 80G OF INCOME TAX Hrs. 7. ET-16/O&MC-II/BMD-I/20-21, Online e-
110006,Have changed my name risk and responsibilities. My client shall bids are invited for the “Work of Overhauling work
to Vikas sharma. not be responsible in any manner.”

0040545783-3
Sd/-
RAJ KUMAR
Advocate Government of Jammu & Kashmir
of coal pipe of Unit # 9 ‘D’ TPS’ E-Tender has-been
uploaded on 21.08,2020 on J&K admin
http://etender.up.nic.in, Estimated Cost Rs.
I,Tabassum Ali W/o-Qaiser Ali
R/o-F-14/7,Nafees-Road,
Ch. No 1405, 14th floor,
Rohini Courts, Delhi-85
Office of the
Chief Executive Officer, Mission Youth, J&K
382000.00. Time period 45 days, E.M.D. cost Rs. demolishes
7650.00. Last date of Tender 22.09.2020 at-14 00
Jogabai-Extn.,Jamia-Nagar,
ND-25.changed my minor,
Civil Secretariat, Srinagar/ Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
Tel: 0194-2506015; e-mail: [email protected]
Hrs. 8. ET-17/O&MC-II/BMD-I/20-21, Online e-
bids are invited for the “Work of Overhauling work
buildings
daughter’s name Isaf Amaan
from Irsha Amaan for,all
NO. MY/REoI-01 Date: 22.08.2020 of HP/LP valves and safety valves of Unit # 9 ‘D’
TPS, Kasimpur” E-Tender has been uploaded on
in Samba
purposes. 0040545785-3 Request for Expression of Interest (EoI) for hiring of consultants 21.08.2020 on http://etender.up.nic.in,
for advisory support and implementation of strategy & vision of Estimated Cost Rs. 371000.00. Time period 45 Jammu: The Union
I,Sunayana Shukla,W/o Mission Youth J&K. Territory administra-
days, E.M.D. cost Rs. 7500.00. Last date of
AKhilesh Kumar Shukla Tender 22.09.2020 at 14:00 Hrs. Note- Total
R/o.SMQ-64/1,Safed-Sagar VSV For and on behalf of Lt. Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, online tion on Saturday de-
Expression of Interest (EoI) are invited from Consultancy Firms/ quantity of work, tender specification and other
Air-Force-Station Road- terms & condition is as per tender documents
molished a number
Gurgaon,Haryana,have Agencies for providing advisory and implementation support for actu- of structures in
available on the e-portal. Undersigned reserves
changed my name,from alizing the strategy & vision of Mission Youth J&K in time-bound man-
ner as per the terms and conditions mentioned in the EoI document
the right to cancel the e-bid without assigning any Samba district’s
Sunayana Shukla to Sunaina reason. Corrigendum, Addendum, Extension if any Birpur area, as part of
Shukla, vide-affidavit,Dated- available on the website: www.jktenders.gov.in: shall be uploaded only on the above website.
21.08.2020. 0040545785-5 Bidders are advised to visit the website regularly
a drive against en-
S.No. Particulars Date/ Time
for updated information from time to time. Sd/- croachments onstate
I,SHINY, w/o No.JC-812001W 1. Date of Publishing REoI 22.08.2020
Sub.Mr.Sasikumar KP,R/o-
Superintending Engineer (H.Q.) U.P.R.V.U.N.L, and forest land.
2. Start Date of downloading EoI 24.08.2020 E-Tender Notice, E-Tenders are invited for the
Puthan Veettil House, from website A farm house, a
followings supply/works items in two parts. Part-I
Sankaramangalam 3. Website for downloading EoI www.jktenders.gov.in shall contain Tender Cost/Earnest money and hot-mix plant and a
(P.O),Pattambi(Vill.),Palakkad
4. Last Date of Downloading EoI 09.09.2020 other necessary documents as per pre-qualifying crusher were among
(Distt.),Kerala-679303,have conditions and Part -II will contain price bid as per the demolished
from Website
changed my name,from SHINY bill of quantity. Tender specification may be
to SHINY SIVADAS,for all 5. Seek Clarification Start Date 24.08.2020 structures. All three
downloaded from the website (http://
purposes. 0040545783-1 6. Seek Clarification End Date 09.09.2020 etender.up.nic.in) and other specification details were in the name of
7. Website for Submission of EoI www.jktenders.gov.in can be seen on Nigam website www.uprvunl.org, partnership firm
I, Service No.14936024F, Rank The contactors have to submit the hard copy ‘SSS’, as per Samba
L/NK Sathya.R S/o T.N. 8. Start Date for Submission of on-line EoI 24.08.2020 before the schedule date/time in the concern office
SSP Shakti Pathak.
Rajendra,R/o H.No 3/58, Road 9. Last Date for Submission of on-line EoI 11.09.2020 in sealed envelope containing details of the tender
Street Village T.C. Kuppam Post mentioned on the envelope. Tenders are advised The SSP said the
10. Contact Details Office of the Chief
Arapakkam Walaja (T.K.), Executive Officer, Mission to send their hard copy directly to the concerned firm’slegaldocuments
Distt.- Vellore, Tamil Nadu, Youth, J&K, Room No. tendering authority of the Circles/ Division. Who will be examined to
have Changed my Son's name 532, 5th Floor, Civil reserve the right to reject any or all the tenders
without assigning any reason thereof. “Save
trace its partners. He
from Harshan.SV & Barath.SV Secretariat, Srinagar- added there had been
to Harshan.S & Barath.S for all 190001,Tel.: 0194- Electricity Enhance National Productivity” Sd/-
future purposes.
Superintending Engineer (H.Q.) Harduaganj various complaints
Sd/- Chief Executive Officer Thermal Power Station Kasimpur (Aligarh) ´fÂffaI about incidentsofland
0040545516-7 Mission Youth J&K 40/A²fe.Ad·f(¸fb.)d½fÄff´f³f/I` ¸´f-1(32)20 dQ³ffaI 20/8/20
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BRIEFLY UNLOCK 3 GUIDELINES VIOLATED, SAYS CENTRE

MHA tells states: Lift curbs on

movement of people, goods sions of Disaster Management heldmeetingswiththeNCRstates State and intra-State movement
One of the leopards
DEEPTIMAN TIWARY Act, 2005.” and ushered in an integrated ap- ofpersonsandgoods.Noseparate
captured near
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 MHA officials said proachforCovid-19containment permission/approval/e-permit
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and in the NCR. Now Maharashtra, will be required for such move-
Ghutanvad. Express
POINTING TO “local level restric- Karnataka have been frequently TamilNaduandKarnataka,badly ments. This includes movement
tions on movement” of people sealinginter-stateorinter-district affectedbythepandemic,arefre- ofpersons&goodsforcrossland-
GUJARAT andgoodsstill“beingimposedby bordersinthenameofcontaining quentlysealingtheirborders,par- border trade under Treaties with
various districts/States”, the the spread of the coronavirus, ticularlyinter-districtborders.This neighbouring countries”.
Forestdept MinistryofHomeAffairswroteto leading to disruption of supply is causing a lot of problems as "It has, however, been re-
capturesthree States Saturday that there can be
“no restriction on inter-State and
chains across the country.
Officials said although the
goods and services bound for
other states are getting stuck be-
portedthatlocallevelrestrictions
onmovementarebeingimposed
leopards intra-State movement”, as stipu-
lated in the July 29 guidelines for
MHAhassentmultiplereminders
tothestates,theproblemhasper-
cause they are not being allowed
to transit via these states. It com-
byvariousdistricts/States.Suchre-
strictionsarecreatingproblemsin
Vadodara: The Chhota
UdepurForestDepartment
has caught three leopards
Unlock-3.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries
of all states, Union Home
sisted.
"Earlier,UPandHaryanawere
frequently sealing their borders
pletelydefeatstheCentre'sefforts
tobringtheeconomybacktolife,"
a senior official of the MHA said.
inter-State movement of goods
and services and are impacting
the supply chain, resulting in dis-
MASKED
—twomalesaged4and3.5 Secretary Ajay Bhalla said: “Such with Delhi, leading to serious In his letter Saturday, Home ruptionofeconomicactivitiesand Ganesh idols on sale in Mumbai on Saturday, the first day of the 10-day-long Ganesh
years, and a female aged restrictionsatlocallevelimposed problemsformovementof med- Secretary Bhalla drew the atten- employment, besides affecting Chaturthi festival. Amid growing Covid cases, festivities have been low-key. Reuters
3.5 years — from by the District Administration or icalprofessionalsandgoodsinthe tion of the states to para 5 of the supply of goods and services,"
Ghutanvad village of Pavi bytheStateGovernmentamount NCR.Thisproblemwasfinallyre- July 29 guidelines for Unlock-3 Bhallasaid,directingstatesto“en-
Jetpur taluka. The depart- to violation of the guidelines is- solved with the intervention of which makes clear that “there sure that MHA guidelines… are
ment had set up a trap on
Friday after a 70-year-old
sued by MHA under the provi- Home Minister Amit Shah who shall be no restriction on inter- strictly followed”. AIRPORT PRIVATISATION ROW CBI team visits
woman from the village
was killed in a leopard at- COVID ‘PROPHYLAXIS’
TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE
Soren, wife test Pinarayi govt under Sushant flat in
tack. The incident oc-
Gujarat to Mumbai to
curredonThursdaynight,
when a leopard dragged
awayBudhliRathwafrom WHO: Gave 173 CASES: RECOVERED: 22,22,577
Covid positive, in
home quarantine
fire after picking law recreate events
29,75,701 DEATHS: 55,794
thecourtyardofherhouse
into a thicket and killed
her. After the trap was set,
homoeopathy
DAYS SINCE
PANDEMIC
BEGAN TESTS: 3,44,91,073 | DOUBLING RATE: 30.42**
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
firm with Adani kin as before death
twoleopardswerecaught
from the thicket where drug to 50% RANCHI, AUGUST 22
partner for legal aid PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
MUMBAI, AUGUST 22
the woman’s mutilated
body was found and the
third was caught about
of population RAJYASABHAMPandJMMpres-
ident Shibu Soren and his wife
Roopi have been diagnosed with SHAJU PHILIP
over operations of the airport.
In reply to RTI activist
A CENTRAL Bureau of
Investigation team probing the
500 meters away. ENS Covid-19, his son and Jharkhand THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Govindan Namppothiri, KSIDC, Sushant Singh Rajput case vis-
SOHINI GHOSH KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING chiefministerHemantSorensaid AUGUST 22 the state-run entity which took ited thelate actor’s Mumbai res-
AHMEDABAD, AUGUST 22 on Saturday. part in the airport auction on be- idence on Saturday along with
TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** The CM tweeted in Hindi: OPPOSITIONCONGRESSandBJP half of the state, said the forensic experts to reconstruct
WEST BENGAL AS ON August 19, five months ■ Maharashtra 6,57,450 14,161 1.99% 36.18 “RespectedfatherDishomGuruji on Saturday slammed the Corporation had sought the serv- the sequence of events up to his
Teengangraped, since Gujarat saw its first Covid-
19 case, the state has distributed
■ Tamil Nadu
■ Andhra
3,67,430
3,34,940
5,995
9,544
1.71%
2.96%
42.04
24.33
andmothertestedpositiveforthe
coronavirus on Friday night, and
Pinarayi Vijayan government af-
teritemergedthroughanRTIre-
ices of Mumbai-based law firm
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. The
death, an official said.
Theteamleftataround8pm,
killed;bodyleft Arsenicum Album-30, the ho-
moeopathic drug used as a pro- ■ Karnataka 2,64,546 7,531 3.28% 21.98
theyareinhomequarantine.”The
76-year-old president of the rul-
ply that the Kerala State
Industrial Development
firm was paid Rs 55 lakh as “pro-
fessional fee for bidding”, the RTI
after spending more than five
hours in the Bandra flat. When
inseptictank phylaxis for Covid-19, to 3.48 ■ Uttar Pradesh 1,77,239 4,905 2.88% 25.00 ing JMM is revered as 'guruji' Corporation (KSIDC) had hired, replystated. theyarrived,CBIsleuthswereac-
crore people—nearly half the (master) by his followers. forlegalopinionaboutauctionof Paridhi Adani, a partner in the companied by Rajput’s cook
* Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7 days ** Calculated over 7-day growth
Jalpaiguri: A 16-year-old population of the state. This in- Sources said seven other Thiruvananthapuramairportthe firm,iswifeofKaranAdani,CEOof Neeraj, another domestic help
girl was allegedly gang- formation was part of a presen- CASE FATALITY RATIO POSITIVITY RATE DAILY IN, DAILY OUT members in the Jharkhand services of a corporate law firm Adani Ports & Special Economic Deepesh Sawant, and the actor’s
raped multiple times, tation made before WHO on MuktiMorcha chief’s household in which a family member of ZoneLtdandsonofGautamAdani. flat-mate Siddharth Pithani. The
7 DAYS EARLIER: 7 DAYS EARLIER: DETECTED TODAY
killed and the body August 20 where the state gov- have also tested positive. Adani Group chairman Gautam A senior official of KSIDC said three were present in the flat
dumpedinaseptictankof ernment also claimed that “99.6 1.94 8.84 69,874 The chief minister, who Adani is a partner. the law firm was chosen as per a when Rajput was found hanging
ahouseinJalpaiguripolice percent”of thoseunderquaran- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: whose official residence is close The CPI(M)-led LDF govern- governmentorder.“Theyhadonly in his room.
said on Saturday. Three tinewhowereputunderAYUSH 1.87 8.63 63,631 to the JMM chief's government mentisprotestingthedecisionto done legal vetting of documents The personnel of the central
persons were arrested prophylaxis tested negative. Deaths as a ratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs bungalow, will undergo a Covid- lease out Thiruvananthapuram and(had)nothingtodowithbid- agencyandexpertsoftheCentral
Thursday in connection And6.6crore,whichisequiv- positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more 19 test on Monday—the third airport to Adani Enterprises. ding price, which was fixed by a Forensic Science Laboratory
with the incident, and alent to the state’s total popula- indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days time in two months. The CM's On Saturday, Leader of committee headed by the Chief reached Rajput's residence in
in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak
whenproducedbeforethe tion, have been given ukala or wife and several others living at Opposition in the Assembly Secretary,” this official said. MontBlancApartmentataround
DataasonAugust21,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth, ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude
court on Friday, they were kadha, the herbal potion which datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive his residence will also undergo Ramesh Chennithala said the According to the official, the 2:30 pm—wading through a
remandedtoeightdaysof thegovernmentbegandistribut- the test on Monday. state seeking legal advice on the Airport Authority of India, which crowd of mediapersons and on-
police custody. The girl, a ing as an immunity booster. The bidding process from a firm manages the airport at present, lookers.

‘Hindi imposition’: Kanimozhi

resident of Shyanashikata stateplanstostartthethirdround owned by a close relative of had stated that as part of the bid The team first went to the
in Rajganj, went missing of distribution of AYUSH reme- Adani raises concerns. “If true, thereshouldbereportsfromboth building’s terrace and then en-
on August 10, following dies, principal secretary, health this shows a nexus between the legal and technical consultancy. tered the flat. They were seen
which her family lodged a and family welfare Jayanti Ravi state government and the Adani Fortechnicalconsultancy,thegov- clicking pictures of the bedroom
police complaint, officials
said.Theaccusedallegedly
confessed to raping and
told this paper.
Thelackof scientificevidence
on Arsenicum Album-30 work-
seeks AYUSH Secy’s suspension Group,”theCongressleadersaid.
“By involving a firm close to
Adani, it seems the (state) gov-
ernment had selected KPMG and
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas for
legal,theofficialsaid.
and shooting videos.
The CBI team was investigat-
ingwhethersuicidewaspossible
killing the girl on August
15,policesourcessaid. PTI
ing against Covid-19 has not de-
terred the Gujarat government
Those not familiar with Hindi asked to ‘leave’ online session ernmentwasunabletomaintain
secrecy of bidding documents.”
After the Union Cabinet rati-
fied leasing out the airport to
at the spot, said the official.
On Saturday, another CBI
fromattributingAYUSHinterven- BJP state president K Adani Group, the Kerala govern- teamvisitedthestate-runCooper
KERALA tionsasoneofthestrategiesused EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Kotecha has denied the Surendran ridiculed Chief ment had sent two letters to Hospitalinthecitywheretheau-

Tribalwoman in combating the virus.

Four registered clinical trials
CHENNAI,NEWDELHI,AUG22 allegation and said MinisterVijayanforseekingcon-
sultancy service from a firm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
stating that the state would not
topsy had been done.
A third CBI team visited the
‘hooligans’ disrupted
shotdead pertainingtoAYUSHremediesin
Gujarat are yet to be completed.
DMK MP Kanimozhi Saturday
sought the suspension of Union
DMK MP
Kanimozhi the event, insisting he
linked to Adani even while his
party plans mass protests
cooperate in implementing the
decision. Opposition Congress
Bandra police station to meet of-
ficialsoftheMumbaipoliceprob-
bynephew The official clinical trial registry, AYUSH Secretary Vaidya Rajesh
speak only in English. against the Adani Group taking also joined hands in the protest. ing the alleged suicide.
with respect to the government Kotecha for allegedly asking par-
Idukki: A 34-year-old sponsored trial, however, shows ticipantswhodidnotunderstand English.Alleging thatavideodo-
tribal woman was shot
dead allegedly by her
Arsenicum Album-30 absent
from the trial details.
Hindi to leave an online training
sessionorganisedbytheministry.
ing the rounds on social media
has been manipulated, he said
in Hindi.”
Thevideooftheremarkshave In Punjab, police ‘deradicalisation cells’
keep watch on social media posts
nephew, an accused in a Of the total 33,264 quaran- The DMK MP also wrote to herequestedparticipantstostop been circulated on social media.
sandalwood smuggling tined AYUSH beneficiaries, AYUSH minister Shripad Naik disrupting the programme and Stating that his reply was an
case, at nearby Palapetty 14,184of thesequarantinedpeo- seekinganinquiryanddemand- leave. “insult” to many who are not flu-
as he believed that she ple availed homoeopathic treat- ingthatEnglishbeusedortrans- There were nearly 40 partici- entinHindi,severalnaturopathy and the organisers." deradicalised around 400
had tipped off the police ment. The state has gone out of lation be provided for Hindi at pants from Tamil Nadu among doctors from Tamil Nadu alleged KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR Thisisjustanotherdayatone youths.
about his illegal activities. its way, engaging the district le- such events in future. “I write the300-oddfromdifferentstates thatthesamediscriminatoryap- AMRITSAR, AUGUST 22 of the many deradicalisation DSP Sharma says counsel-
The 19-year-old and two gal services authorities as well, this letter to bring to your atten- who participated in sessions on proachwaspresentinalltheses- cells of thePunjab police. ing almost always yields re-
others were taken into to conduct camps for distribu- tion an incident of imposition of naturopathy and Yoga during sions. A 25-YEAR-OLD from Khanna, a Members of the cell keep a close sults. "There are hardly any
custody in connection tion of herbal concoctions, Hindi, in violation of our consti- August 18-20, organised by the Kanimozhi said Kotecha’s re- member of a little-known or- watch on social media posts and cases of youths getting radical-
with the killing of ArsenicumAlbum-30,whilealso tutional principles, which has ministry along with the Morarji actionspokevolumesabout“the ganisation called Sikh Youth track down youngsters with ized in Khanna. They under-
Chandrika on Friday making it available in several taken place during a virtual Desai National Institute of Yoga Hindi domination being im- Power who has been vocal on separatist leanings whoare then stand our point of view when
night at her farm, police governmentoffices,healthinsti- training event/webinar con- for Master Trainers of Yoga. posed”. “The statement of community issues for the last counseled by senior officers. we counsel them. Often, we
said on Saturday. Two tutions and prisons. ducted by the Ministry of Participants from Tamil Nadu Secretary of the Union Ministry five years, felt a wave of panic As ASI Singh said, “We first find that they had liked a page
weeks ago, the woman's A top health official in the AYUSH,” she wrote. claimed that several sessions ofAYUSH,VaidyaRajeshKotecha, washoverhimwhenhegotacall question them to learn about by mistake or without going
nephew was arrested by stategovernmentsaidthatthere- Kotecha has since denied the wereinHindi,barringafewtrain- that non-Hindi speaking partici- from the special branch of the their mindset and associations. into it," said Sharma, who was
the Forest department sults of AYUSH remedies have allegation and told the media erswhotriedtotranslateportions pants could leave during a Khanna police on Thursday. “I Some of them don't know how tight-lipped about the proce-
for his alleged links with been “encouraging”. that he had made it clear that he in English. Ministry’strainingsessionspeaks thought I was in big trouble,” he certain Facebook posts reached dure used to choose people for
a sandalwood- smug- Explaining the preparation would speak in both English and On the last day of the pro- volumes about the Hindi domi- says. To his surprise, the police them. Mostof theyouthhavelit- counseling.
gling gang and was later of Arsenicum Album-30, Hindi.HetoldThe Hindu that ina gramme, after several partici- nation being imposed. This is officers present there just tle idea of what is going on. Commissioner of Police,
released on bail. PTI wherein the nomenclature of 10-minute introductory speech, pants demanded bilingual or highlycondemnable,”Kanimozhi wantedtoquizhimabouthisso- There are very few who are in- Amritsar, Sukhchain Singh Gill
‘30’ indicates potency, a ho- he began to speak in Hindi, but English speakers, Kotecha saidinastatement.“Government cial media posts. tentionally getting involved in it admitted that such cells exist in
KARNATAKA moeopathy practitioner said: made it clear that he would be thankedthosewhoattendedthe shouldplacetheSecretaryunder ASI Parminder Singh, who (Referendum 2020).” everydistrictbutresfusedtodis-

Manwhobought “The first potency will be basi-

cally one part Arsenic and 99
speaking in both English and
Hindi. He alleged that some
sessions and said, “I have infor-
mationthattherehasbeenanis-
suspensionandinitiateappropri-
ate disciplinary proceedings.
questioned him for around five
hours, said,“We calledhimhere
Recently, DGP Dinkar Gupta
told a British news agency that
close more details.
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750ecstasy parts distilled water. This solu-
tion will be diluted in a similar
“hooligans”, who had joined the
programme, disrupted the
sue for the past two days…
People can leave… I don’t speak
How long is this attitude of ex-
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Bengaluru: A man who

had allegedly procured Bengal: BJP delegation meets GOVT. OF BIHAR

Governor, seeks probe into

750 ecstasy pills online
BIHAR COMBINED ENTRANCE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION BOARD
from Germany last
month,hasbeenarrested, I.A.S. Association Building, Near Patna Airport, Patna-14.
the Narcotics Control
Bureau said here on
vandalism at Visva-Bharati POST GRADUATE MEDICAL ADMISSION COUNSELLING (PGMAC)-2020
for MD / MS / PGD in Govt. / Private Medical Colleges of Bihar
Saturday. He had been at come here and appealed to the
large after the recovery of EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Governor (for his intervention), Adv. No.- BCECEB(PGMAC)-2020/27 Dated : 22.08.2020
a huge cache of MDMA KOLKATA, AUGUST 22 apart from submitting a deputa-
Important Notice for PGMAC-2020 MOP-UP Counselling
pills,commonlyknownas tion,” said Khan, also a leader of
ecstasy, from the Foreign A BJP delegation led by its MP Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. In continuation to Adv. No. BCECEB(PGMAC)-2020/25 & 2020/26 dated 20.08.2020, this is to
PostOfficehereonJuly31, Saumitra Khan on Saturday met FormerMPofBolpurAnupam inform all qualified, eligible and interested NEET-(PG)-2020 / PGMAC-2020 (Medical) candidates and
an NCB statement said. GovernorJagdeepDhankharand Hazra, who was part of the dele- all concerned that those candidates who have already duly filled the PGMAC-2020 online application
The man has been identi- demanded an impartial probe gation, submitted a letter to the form and have given the willingness for attending MOP-UP Counselling and those candidates who have
fied as Rahman K, it said, into the demolition of a wall Governor highlighting “unprece- duly filled fresh online application form for MOP-UP Counselling are being given a chance to Edit their
but did not give details of around the Poush Mela ground dentedanarchy”intheuniversity. online filled data as per programme given below ;
his arrest. The NCB said on the Visva-Bharati University A group led by TMC leaders Important Revised dates for PGMAC-2020 (MOP-UP Counselling [Medical]):
that Rahman, a com- campus last week. had last Monday demolished a i. Online Editing of Application form : 25.08.2020 (till 3.00 PM)
mercegraduate,hadbeen “We do not want to politicise wallnearPoushMelagroundand ii. Publication of Merit List / Rank Card : 26.08.2020
selling MDMA and other (Rabindranath)Tagore.Butthere agateofVBU,andransackedcon- iii. Date of uploading Seat Matrix : 26.08.2020
party drugs among stu- has been an incident that mis- structionmaterial.Followingthis, iv. Date of MOP-UP Counselling : 27.08.2020 to 28.08.2020
dents of his college and creants have tried to grabland in VB authorities indefinitely shut 2. Rest of the terms and conditions of earlier concerned Advertisement will remain the same.
nearby institutions. PTI Visva Bharati. They are spread- the university. Police arrested Controller of Examination
inganarchy.Thatis whywe have eight people for vandalism.

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THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, AUGUST 23, 2020 Crude Watch
OIL FALLS ON COVID, SUPPLY CONCERNS
New York: Oil prices lost about 1 per cent as the economic recovery
worldwide runs into stumbling blocks due to renewed coronavirus
lockdowns and on worries about rising crude supply. Brent crude
futures settled at $44.35 a barrel, down 55 cents or 1.2 per cent. REUTERS

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ICICILombard,BhartiAXAtomergeinshare ‘NDHM has potential for unlocking

creativity, getting pvt sector initiatives;
swapdealtoform3rdlargestgeneralinsurer strength with Bharti AXA’s ex- Bhargav Dasgupta, MD &
have privacy by design, data is secure’
THE DIGITAL health IDs under other demands...maybe some
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, AUGUST 22
ICICI BANK HOLDS 51.89% IN ICICI LOMBARD isting distribution partner-
ships,” it said in the statement.
CEO of ICICI Lombard General
Insurance, said, “We are confi-
the National Digital Health
Mission (NDHM) are expected
dhabas and other services will
come up along the line, maybe
■ The boards of both the ■ After the proposed deal, “The combined entity will dent that this transaction would to make it easier to access qual- somemallswillcomeup.So,that
ICICI LOMBARD General companies approved promoter stake will come alsobenefitfromcontinuedpart- be value accretive for our share- ity healthcare, says Dr INDU road leads to a lot of direct and
Insurance Company and Bharti entering into definitive down to 48.11 per cent. ICICI nershipswithBhartiEnterprises, holders. We would also like to BHUSHAN, CEO of the National indirect commercial activities.
AXA General Insurance Co Ltd agreements for demerger of Lombard shares closed at Rs one of India’s leading business reassure Bharti AXA’s policy- Health Authority implementing The same thing is going to
on Saturday said they will com- Bharti AXA’s non-life 1,292.90, down 0.40 per groupswithdiversifiedinterests, holders and channel partners of the mission. In an interview to happen with this health back-
bine their insurance businesses insurance business into cent, on the BSE on Friday. and AXA, a large global insurer,” seamless business continuity PRABHA RAGHAVAN, Bhushan boneinfrastructurewearecreat-
through a share swap deal, ICICI Lombard through a ■ ICICI Lombard made a the statement said. and maintaining highest stan- discusses the benefits of the ing. I think that it has the poten-
paving the way for the creation Scheme of Arrangement. profit of Rs 398 crore The proposed transaction is dards of customer service.” ICICI scheme, its pilot in six Union tial for unlocking a lot of
of the country’s third-largest ■ ICICI Bank holds 51.89 per and gross premium expected to result in value cre- Lombard made a profit of Territories, privacy concerns creativityandgettingalotof pri-
general insurance entity. cent stake in ICICI Lombard, underwritten of ation for all stakeholders Rs 398 crore and gross pre- and how the private sector is Dr InduBhushan,CEOof vate sector initiatives.
The boards of both the com- while the rest is with the Rs 3,394 crore in the June through meaningful revenue mium underwritten of Rs 3,394 expected to participate. Edited NationalHealthAuthority. File The potential for conflict of
panies approved entering into public. quarter of 2020-21. and operational synergies, it crore in the June quarter of excerpts: interest doesn’t really arise be-
definitive agreements for de- said. “Policyholders are also ex- 2020-21. causethewholearchitectureand
merger of Bharti AXA’s non-life pected to gain from an en- Rakesh Bharti Mittal, chair- Why is NDHM and the Digital most of the country already thewayithastobedeveloped,is
insurance business into ICICI boards of both the companies. nity for ICICI Lombard to consol- hanced product suite and man of Bharti AXA General Health ID beneficial? has an Aadhaar card? defined by us. We’re just asking
Lombard through a Scheme of ICICI Bank holds 51.89 per idate its market leading position deeper customer connect touch Insurance said, “We are de- The digital ID is the unifier The Supreme Court direc- them to help us build it. That re-
Arrangement. Based on the cent stake in ICICI Lombard, in the non-life insurance sector, points. Employees of the com- lighted that the partnership be- across all your records. I want to tions are very clear that we can’t quires some additional people.
share exchange ratio recom- while the rest is with the public. becoming the third largest non- bined business will also benefit tween Bharti and AXA has been putthisoutinpublicthatit’svol- use (Aadhaar) for any specific
mendedbyindependentvaluers After the proposed deal, pro- life insurer,” ICICI Lombard said via greater opportunities across successful in laying down a solid untary. purpose.Wecanaskfor(it)forall There are some privacy and
and accepted by the boards, the moter stake will come down to in a statement. functions and geographies,” foundation in the domestic in- Right now, if you look at any those programmes which pro- security concerns flagged
shareholders of Bharti AXA will 48.11 per cent. ICICI Lombard The combined entity shall ICICI Lombard said. surancelandscape.Overthepast hospital, you would find people videgovernmentsubsidies...but, with the health IDs. What
receive two shares of ICICI shares closed at Rs 1,292.90, have a market share of 8.7 per After obtaining all approvals, few years, our business demon- carryingtheirrecordsinsomefile as you know, in health there will measures are you
Lombard for every 115 shares of down 0.40 per cent, on the BSE cent on pro-forma basis. when the scheme becomes ef- strated consistent growth, or some plastic bag ... in tattered bealotof peoplewhodon’thave implementing to safeguard
Bharti AXA held by them as on on Friday. “Through this proposed trans- fective, the non-life insurance forged productive partnerships forms.Sometimes,theserecords any government subsidies. So, patient data?
thedateonwhich theSchemeof “The proposed transaction action, ICICI Lombard will be business will be demerged from and increased the distribution are not fully there. The doctor askingandkeepingAadhaarmay (People) shouldn’t be appre-
Arrangement is approved by the provides a meaningful opportu- able to augment its distribution Bharti AXA into ICICI Lombard. footprint significantly.” doesn’t have the benefit of hav- not be allowed. hensive about it all because we,
ing the full picture of their med- It’snotalignedtotheAadhaar in terms of our policy, ensure
ical history, so the treatment or Act also. that we have privacy by design,
BRIEFLY AMID COVID-19 Foreign portfolio investors’ previousquarteronthebackof
the kind of test and diagnostics
(they) recommend may not be What factors will encourage
and the data is secure and can-
not be used for any purpose that
OILlogs`249cr (FPIs’)assetsindomesticequities, risingCOVIDcaseandfearsof most optimal. private sector participation in it was not intended for. The sys-

lossinQ1onfall ‘FPIs turn net buyers in June too,surgedafterasharpfallinthe

previousquarter
economiceffectsofthepandemic Here, everything digitised.
Thepatientswillhavegreaterin-
NDHM? Could there be a
potential for conflict of
tem is going to improve on the
current status quo in a big way.
NETSELLERSINAPRIL: formation about the kind of interest because of their We have this policy framework
inoilprices quarter; invest nearly $4 bn’ AROUND$344BN:
ValueofFPIinvestmentsinIndian
FPIsstartedthequarterona
sombrenoteastheywerenet
treatment given. They will also
have access to all the records
involvement?
The private sector is going to
which has been put in place un-
der this mission.
New Delhi: Oil India Ltd After pulling out funds in March quarter, foreign investors equitiesstoodataround$344 sellerstothetuneof$903million comingfromdifferenthospitals, be involved in this mission in a No personally identifiable in-
posted a net loss of Rs pumped in nearly $4 billion in domestic equities in the billion,whichisconsiderablyhigher inApril labs and diagnostic centers and big way, and they will be in- formationcanbesharedbyanyof
248.61croreinfirstquarter three months ended June, as per a Morningstar report thanthe$281billionregisteredin alsofrompublichealthprograms volved not because of any intent the hospitals who keep the data.
of 2020-21 fiscal, as com- theprecedingquarter,aspikeof THEBOUNCEBACK: — we have the intention of giv- for the welfare of people, but for We (also) have what we call
pared to a net profit of almost23percent Theymadeacomebackinthe ing the health ID as the child is theirowninterestandprofitmo- the information security policy,
Rs624.80croreinthesame subsequentmonthsofMayand born until the death. tives. (where) we are following very
period of the previous REASONS: Juneastheypumpednetassets It also helps in keeping the This whole infrastructure is strictISO27,001normsasastan-
financial year. ■ RobustnetFPIinflows worth$1.93billionand$2.89 health system accountable. going to be created, owned and dard and NIST as a framework.
■ Strongrecoveryinequity billion,respectively,intotheequity controlled by the government, There are more than a hundred
GodfreyPhillips markets markets What is the status of the
NDHM pilot in six Union
but we will be using a lot of pri-
vate sector resources in creating
checks and balances in terms of
what kind of firewall should be
IndiaQ1net WHYISTHISIMPORTANT?
DuringthequarterendedJune,
REASONS:
■ Measuresannouncedbythe
Territories?
We’vestartedrolling(NDHM)
it...but, that’s only part of it.
For example, when we de-
kept to the kind of protocol that
should be in place for data pro-
profitfalls53% FPIswerenetbuyersinthe
domesticmarketstothetuneof
governmentandtheRBI
■ Indiaperformedbetterin
out. The three basic platforms--
creation of health ID, creation of
velop a road, it is developed, fi-
nanced, owned and controlled
tection.
All these things are evolving
New Delhi: Godfrey Phillips $3.91billion,whichwasinsharp containingtheaggressivespread doctors registry and the creation by the government, but not nec- issues...as the technology will
India on Saturday reported contrasttothenetoutflowof ofCOVID-19 of health facility registry — has essarilybuiltbythegovernment. evolve, so will the policy and the
a 53.56 per cent decline in $6.38billionrecordedinthe ■ Liftingoflockdowncurbs been completed. Close to 3,000 So,wehireprivatecontractorsto approach that we take for pro-
its consolidated net profit IDs have been made...across the build it under our supervision. tecting people’s privacy. I am
to Rs 55.09 crore for the six Union Territories. But, on that road, we don’t say quite confident that our norms
first quarter ended June 30. Word of caution: Increasing tension between the US and China, surge in coronavirus cases globally Source: that only government vehicles andprotocolswillmeasureupto
The company had posted a and a sharp increase of case count in India with the economy still limping may act as deterrents for FPIs Morningstar/PTI What is the need for a will be running. Private vehicles the best and latest standards in
net profit of Rs 118.63 crore separate Health ID when will run, it will generate a lot of the world.
in the same quarter a
year ago.

PhoenixMills Govt clears leasing out of Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani New Aarogya Setu feature:
raises`1,100cr Enterprises: What is the row between the Centre and the state? Companies can integrate
viaQIPissue emerged the highest bidder in a back to 2003, when it requested How has the Centre sought revocation of privatisa- software into own systems
New Delhi: The Phoenix PRANAVMUKUL global competitive bidding the Centre to include the state responded? tionof theThiruvananthapuram
Mills Ltd, which has shop- NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 process.AdaniEnterprisesoutbid governmentwheneveradecision The Centre has said that after airport to Adani. Furthermore, a Service can be availed only by cos that
pingmallsacrossthecoun-
try, has raised around A POLITICAL slugfest has erupted
eight other companies in the
process including GMR Airports,
to induct the private sector for
managing the Thiruvanan-
various discussions and recom-
mendations of a Empowered
petition was filed in Kerala High
Court last year, which was dis-
have over 50 staff & are registered in India
Rs 1,100 crore through sale between the Centre and the Kerala State Industrial thapuram airport is taken. The Group of Secretaries, it was de- missed by the court in
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
❸ KEY POINTS
of sharestoinstitutionalin- Kerala government over the pri- Development Corporation Centre at the time assured the cided in consultation with the December, following which a
vestors, including the vatisation of the Thiruvanan- (KSIDC), Cochin International state that the state will be con- state government that the latter special leavepetitionwasfiledin NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22
Singapore government. thapuram airport. The central Airport Ltd and Zurich Airport to sulted during the privatisation would participate in the bidding the Supreme Court.
The company opened its
QIP (Qualified Institutional
Placement)issueonAugust
government has decided to lease
out the operation, management
anddevelopmentoftheairportto
win the rights to
manage the six of
these airports in
process of the airport.
ShortlyaftertheUnion
Cabinet approved
process for the airport through a
specialpurposevehicle(SPV).The
Kerala SPV was also given the
While both the High Court
andtheapexcourtdidnotgranta
stay on the privatisation process,
THEMINISTRYof Electronicsand
Information Technology (MeitY)
on Saturday launched the open
1 The service will allow
checking real-time
COVID-19 infection status
18and theissuewas closed Adani Enterprises for a period of February 2019. leasing out of the air- right of first refusal (RoFR), or a the Supreme Court remitted the Application Programming Inter- of staff and pandemic
on Friday. PTI 50 years — something that is be- According to the port to Adani, Chief provision to match the winning matterbacktoKeralaHighCourt, face(API)serviceforAarogyaSetu in general.
ing vehemently opposed by the Ministry of Civil Minister Pinarayi bid, if its quote fell within 10% which is yet to give its final deci- app. The service can enable com-
Amazon state government. Aviation, other air-
ports like Delhi,
Vijayan wrote to
Prime Minister
rangeofthetopbidder.However,
according to the Centre, KSIDC’s
sion. The Centre has said that the
Union Cabinet’s approval was
panies to integrate the app into
their own systems and check for 2 The app, which has
been downloaded by
consumerbiz Why is the airport being
handed over to Adani
Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru that have
Narendra Modi the
Centre’s“unilateraldecision”was
bidwas19.64%lowerthanAdani
Enterprises’ making it ineligible
subjecttotheoutcomeofthewrit
petition.Italsosaidthatif thepe-
real-timeCOVID-19infectionsta-
tus of their employees and pan-
over 15 crore users till
date, was released by the
headtoretire Enterprises?
The Centre decided to lease
beenleasedoutonPPPbasishave
witnessedcreationofworld-class
against the wishes of the people
ofthestateandthat“itwillbedif-
to exercise the RoFR provision. titionerssucceedandoutcomeof
litigation leads to annulment or
demic in general. The service can
be availed only by companies
MeitY on April 2.

Bengaluru: Amazon.com
Inc has said Jeff Wilke,
chief executive officer of
out six airports in the country —
Thiruvananthapuram, Ahme-
dabad, Jaipur, Lucknow,
infrastructureinadditiontohelp-
ing Airports Authority of India in
enhancing its revenues.
ficult”forthestategovernmentto
offerco-operationforimplemen-
tation of the decision. Kerala also
What is the recourse being
taken by the state?
On Thursday, a day after the
cancellation of bidding process
then Adani Enterprises will han-
dover the possession of airport
which have more than 50 em-
ployeesandareregisteredinIndia.
“They can use the open API
3 AnAPIisasoftware
thatactsasabridgefor
twoapplicationstobeable
its consumer business, Mangaluru and Guwahati — said that its claim to manage the Union Cabinet’s go-ahead to backtoAAI,whichwillbeentitled servicetoquerytheAarogyasetu totalktoeachotherand
would retire early next through public-private partner- What is Kerala government’s Thiruvananthapuramairportwas lease the airport out to Adani, an torefundof amountpaidandad- application in real-time and get exchangeinformation.
year. REUTERS ship (PPP) to Adani Enterprises contention? rejected by the Centre even after all-partymeetingof thestateop- ditional investments made in thehealthstatusof theiremploy-
last year after the company Kerala’s reservations date it offered to match Adani’s bid. posed the Centre’s decision and the assets. ees or any other Aarogya Setu
user, who have provided their come in the proximity of that
consent for sharing their health phone. The app can then calcu-
PowerMin asks gencos to cap Forex reserves 24 proposals worth `8,594 cr of stressed statuswiththeorganization,”the
Ministry said in a statement.
late the risk of infection based
on sophisticated parameters if

late payment surcharge at 12% decline by $2.9 bn

NBFCs, HFCs sanctioned so far under SLS
An API is a software that acts any of these contacts are tested
as a bridge for two applications positive,” the government had
to $535.2 bn to be able to talk to each other then said.
and transmission companies of Rs 2,195 crore in the amount and exchange information. With Earlier this month, a com-
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA have been advised by Ministry on fall in foreign PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sanctioned & an increase of Rs the launch of the Aarogya Setu pany which had worked on the
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22
of Power to charge Late
Payment Surcharge at a rate not currency assets 2,279 crore in the amount dis-
bursed,” she tweeted.
API, companies can register
themselves to avail the services,
code review process of the app
had written an article in which it
THE POWER Ministry has ad- exceeding 12 per cent per an- THE FINANCE Ministry on NBFCs and HFCs came under following which they can be had alleged that there were var-
vised power generation firms num (simple interest) for all Saturdaysaid24proposalsworth stress following a series of de- given the code which can be in- ious security vulnerabilities in
and transmission companies to payments made under the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Rs 8,594 crore of stressed NBFCs faults by IL&FS group firms in tegrated into the programmes the Aarogya Setu app.
levy the late payment surcharge Liquidity Infusion Scheme of NEWDELHI,AUGUST22 and HFCs have been sanctioned September 2018. being run by these companies. In a detailed article, the com-
on discoms at not more than 12 PFC and REC under Aatma- under the Special Liquidity NBFCs including microfi- The app, which has been pany had written that they had
per cent in view of the stress in nirbhar Bharat,” it said. AFTER RISING for the past few Schemeannouncedaspartof the nanceinstitutionsregisteredun- downloaded by over 15 crore downloaded the source code of
the sector amid the COVID-19 The applicable rate of LPS is weeks,foreignexchangereserves Rs 20.97 lakh crore ‘Aatma- der the RBI Act, 1934 (excluding users till date, was released by the app within a few minutes
pandemic. quite high despite interest rates declined by $2.939 billion to nirbhar Bharat’ package. Finance Minister those registered as Core the MeitY on April 2. According and that the involvement of pri-
The rate of late payment sur- inthecountrysoftening overthe $535.252 billion for the week The scheme, which was Nirmala Sitharaman. File InvestmentCompanies)andany to a statement released by the vate companies was a threat to
charge (LPS) in many cases is up lastfewyears.Thepandemichas endedAugust14,theReserveBank launched on July 1, permits both HFCregisteredwiththeNational Ministry, the Aarogya Setu apps the data of Aarogya Setu users.
to 18 per cent per annum and adversely affected the liquidity of India(RBI)datashowed. primary and secondary market HousingBankundertheNational tracks its users' “interaction The Ministry had however,
hasadverselyimpacted discoms positionof allstakeholdersof the In the previous week ended purchases of debt and seeks to 24 proposals with a total sanc- HousingBankAct,1987,whichis with others”, alerts the author- denied the statements and said
during lockdown. The measure powersectorespeciallydiscoms. August 7, reserves had increased address the short-term liquidity tioned amount of Rs 8,594 crore complyingwithcertainspecified ities if there are any suspicions that company had made “vari-
aims at easing the financial bur- A number of measures have by$3.623billiontoreacharecord issues of non-banking financial have been cleared as on August conditions, are eligible to raise of the user having been in con- ous malicious, nefarious and un-
denondiscoms(powerdistribu- been taken by the government high of $538.191 billion. In the companies(NBFCs)andhousing 21, while 17 more applications funding from this facility. tact with a COVID-19 infected substantiated claims on security
tion utilities), and would also to mitigate the adverse impact week ended August 14, the re- finance companies (HFCs). seeking financing of up to Rs The Reserve Bank of India person. issues in Aarogya Setu app”. The
benefit consumers, a ministry whichincluderebateoncapacity servesdeclinedduetoafallinfor- Sharingimplementationsta- 3,684.5 crore are under process. (RBI) has provided funds for the “Once installed in a smart- article was taken down a few
statement said. charges, relaxing provisions of eigncurrencyassets,amajorcom- tusupdateof theRs30,000crore “Theamountdisbursedstood schemebysubscribingtogovern- phone through an easy and minutes after the ministry is-
“In order to alleviate the fi- Letter of Credit for scheduling of ponentoftheoverallreserves.FCA Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS), at Rs 3,279 crore as on ment-guaranteedspecialsecuri- user-friendly process, the app sued the statement in which it
nancial stress in the power sys- power, Liquidity Infusion dropped$743millionto$491.550 Finance Minister Nirmala 21.08.2020. Compared to tiesissuedbyatrustsetupbySBI detects other devices with said it would take legal action
tem , all generating companies Scheme. billioninthereportingweek. Sitharaman in a tweet said that 07.08.2020, there is an increase Capital Markets Ltd (SBICAP). Aarogya Setu installed that against the company.

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9 SUNDAY STORY
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, AUGUST 23, 2020

This week, Delhi announced reopening of hotels in a bid to kick off the economy. But with few travellers and no tourists, INTERVIEW
the industry’s climb out of the pandemic is expected to be the hardest and the longest. SADAF MODAK goes behind ‘Our focus is to
the doors of one five-star in Mumbai to capture a post-Covid world
create demand.

O
N A rainy afternoon, as guests
History proves
enterthegatesof HotelMelu-
ha-The Fern in a well-pruned
the resilience
areaofMumbai’ssuburbPow-
ai, the first sight that greets
of tourism’
themisastafferwithamanualsanitisingspray
machinestrappedontohisback,andadisinfec- DIVYA A
tantcontainernearhim.Thefirstisforsanitis-
ing the luggage of guests, the second for hand A DAY after the government al-
bags.Onthefloorisaruglayeredwithsanitis- lowed reopening of hotels in the
er, to ensure that even shoes of those walking Capital, Union Tourism Minister
into the five-star hotel get a Covid cleansing. Prahlad Patel is chairing a virtual
In the lobby, the visitors are first directed meeting with tourism stakehold-
to a ‘hand-sanitisation zone’, a contact-less, ers. Later in the day, he is slated to
foot-operated stand disposing hand sanitiser, attend a webinar on ‘Survival &
followed by a ‘temperature screening zone’ Revival of Tourism Sector’. With
where staff wield infra-red thermometers. the pandemic
Both the welcome drink and valets who hitting the sec-
parkvehicleshavebeendoneawaywith.Only tor hard, the
visitors who have already checked in online (C'wise fromabove left)HousekeepingatTheMeluha-FernwearsPPEforeveryservicecall; no-contactcheck-inatfrontdesk;fixedmenus,hygieneplannersinkitchen minister has
viaalinkareentertained.Atthefrontdesk,they been holding
havetofillinself-declarationhealthforms,in- meetings with
cludingthattheyhavenotcomefromaconta-
inmentzone.Eachguestishandedoverasep-
out of the hotel and there are regular checks
bythein-housedoctor,”hesays.Wheneverhe TOURIST ARRIVALS IN INDIA Prahlad Patel, is looking at how to revive
tourismandtravel,andhelphotels.Oneofthe
the industry,
and passing on
arate pen, with boxes clearly marking ‘new’ is home, he stocks up all the essentials so that steps initiated is a checklist to declare a desti- their feedback
and ‘used’ pens. his mother doesn’t have to go out. nation safe for visitors with the help of the Prahlad Patel togovernment.
Eachitemtouchedbytheguestorstaffdur- Assistant Manager, Housekeeping, Suraj Health Ministry. The sops announced for the Excerpts from
ing that interaction, including documents, is Mulik says they hold a staff meeting every MSME sector would cover 80% of tourism es- an interview:
putintoaUVsterilisationboxthatsanitisesthe alternate day for feedback. “Since reopening, tablishments, including hotels, Sharma adds.
objects “within 3 minutes”. therehavebeenmanyadditionsbasedonthe Aditi Tatkare, the Minister of Tourism and What steps is the ministry
FrontOfficeManagerMontyChhabra,who inputsreceivedfromthestaff.Eachguest’sus- Industry in Maharashtra, says they are also taking to revive the tourism
has spent two decades in the hotel industry, agediffersandmakesusrealisewhatmorewe Needed,a looking at a special package for the tourism sector?

helpinghand
sayspost-coronavirus,it’sanewworld.“Earlier, needtodo.Forinstance,fromonlyafewobvi- sector and “what other states like Goa, Kerala We are continuously engaging
it was only hospitality. Now it is hospitality ous touch points which were cleaned in a
9.78 LAKH 3.28 LAKH and Rajasthan are doing for tourism.” with the industry, states, related
with responsibility,“ says Chhabra. room,likedoorhandles,taps,over70of them March 2019 March 2020 central ministries to evolve a
Atanytimeoftheday,thestaffcanbeseen havebeenidentifiednow,includingTVandAC ■ ■ ■ roadmapforrevivaloftourism...Our
cleaning—anyofthemany“contact”surfaces remotes, curtain edges, mirrors.” ■ In 2019, about 1.09 crore tourists MORE THAN two and a half months focusistotakestepsthatwillcreate
inthe141-room,seven-storey,10-year-oldhot- When Room No. 617 is reopened after 24 visited India, a growth of 3.1% from after Unlock 1.0 began, and one Meanwhile, with room occupancy stag- demand.Historicaldatahasproven
el,fromdoorhandlestoliftbuttons.Staffother- hours — through a contact-less system now 2018. Of these, 17.4 lakh visited in month after hotels first got the go- nant,manyfive-starsinmetrosaretakingtheir the resilience of tourism. We feel
wise engaged in the hotel’s restaurants, bar, insteadofkeys—two-threestaffersenterwe- March and April ahead, revenues remain a struggle. servicestothedoorsofloyalcustomers.Several that once the economy kickstarts
gymnasium, spa, salon, swimming pool, buf- aring masks and gloves. Aside from the usual ■A federation of tourism and The government is seeking to boost hotelsoftheHyattgroupbegandeliveringfood with the AatmaNirbhar package,
fets, the banquet hall and the three board cleaning equipment, they carry several kinds hospitality sector pegs losses at tourism, especially domestic, to get a month ago. Some chains such as Accor, demandfortravelwilllookup.The
rooms are now assigned these tasks as the of sanitisers and a portable UV wand. Each of Rs 15 lakh crore, job losses at 4 crore them going, but the industry is hop- Hilton,ConradandSheratonhavetiedupwith ministry has issued operational
above services are yet to be offered. The the 70 items above, including plug points, are ing this will be combined with loan Swiggy and Zomato for the same. Novotel guidelinesforhotelsandaccommo-
Meluha has 200-odd employees on its rolls, wiped and sanitised, and the linen replaced. COUNTRIESFROMWHEREMOST moratoriums and special packages. ChennaiOMRandSheratonGrandBangalore, dation units regarding Covid-19
and while it hasn’t laid off anyone due to a fall AnassistantmanagerusestheUVwand—the TOURISTSCAMEINMARCH’20(%) Whitefield, have started laundry services for safety. As domestic tourism will be
in revenues post the pandemic, they are paid portableonesweren’teasytoacquire,saysthe their members, so has the Hyatt Regency in the first to start, it will drive revival
nowonlyforthedaystheywork—usuallytwo hotel — for a final sanitisation via radiation. ing for a five-star “staycation”. From usual oc- Gurugram and Pune, within a limited radius. of the tourism sector.
weeks a month. The last full pay was in April. The Meluha has cut back on the tea bags, Bangladesh 26.07 cupancyofmorethan80% (100-120ofthe141 The Marriott International has partnered
OnJuly6,aspartofitsMissionBeginAgain coffee, sugar and milk powder sachets pro- rooms), numbers are down to 20%. with Swiggy to launch its own food delivery What concerns have been
toeaselockdownrestrictions,theMaharashtra vided in rooms, as well as toiletries. “A guest UK 10.63 Putting the cost of running a hotel at service.“Asweadaptourselvestothenewnor- raised by the hotel industry?
governmenthadannouncedthereopeningof can ask for more and these are immediately Rs1.25-Rs2croreamonth—maintainingjust mal,therewillbeanewbalanceineverything TheFederationof Associations
hotels outside containment zones — at maxi- provided,” Chhabra says. a room daily costs Rs 2,000-2,500 — Vice- wedo,includingourapproachtohospitality,” in Indian Tourism & Hospitality
mum 33% capacity. Besides Maharashtra, ho- What the guests can’t expect is a lot of va-
US 10.03 President Sharma, who has been in the in- saysNeerajGovil,SeniorVice-President,South (FAITH) has sought a uniform in-
telshavereopenedinWestBengal,TamilNadu riety in food. Executive chef Parimal Sawant dustry30years,says,“Therehasbeennohike Asia, Marriott International. ter-quarantineairandlandborder
andKarnataka.OnWednesday,Delhiannoun- says there is a pre-decided menu now for all Russia 5.12 intariff despitetheincreasedcostof mainte- Having remained open through the lock- policy across all states. The MICE
ceditwouldallowhotelstoopen,withthestate threemeals—likepohaandupma,breadbut- nance... In the first quarter, we earned 15% of down — housing families of Covid cases or (Meetings,Incentives,Conferences
government eager to kick off the economy. ter,eggs,forbreakfast;twovegetablesanddal our revenues compared to last year.“ overseas travellers looking for quarantine — and Exhibitions) segment is a key
Canada 4.12
for lunch; and a non-vegetarian option in ad- Infact,morethanamonthafterhotelswere ITCRoyalBengal,whichboastsofa‘WeAssure’ revenuegeneratorforhotels.Ihave
■ ■ ■ fordinner.Dessertsarepartof each meal. “If a allowed to open in Maharashtra, just 50-60% programme designed by medical profession- asked the Home Ministry to con-
guestwantstoordersomethingelsealacarte, Source: Ministry of Tourism have done so, as per the Hotel and Restaurant als and disinfection experts, has re-started its siderallowingbanquetandconfer-
Around 12 pm on a Thursday, a guest itisprovided.But,toavoidwastage,fooditems Associationof WesternIndia.“Manystillhave chauffeurservice,withpolycarbonatescreens encefacilities(inhotels)tooperate
checksoutofRoomNo.611atTheMeluha,and are prepared only if ordered,” Sawant says. justsingle-digitoccupancy,”saysitsvice-pres- shielding passengers from drivers, and gym at50%capacity.Manyassociations
Ganesh Dhule enters wearingaPPE. After en- The43-year-oldhashadtorethinkhiskit- outside Mumbai, they stay on the premises. ident Pradeep Shetty. and salon, as well as tied up with Swiggy and hadrequestedthatDelhihotelsbe
suringthatnothinghasbeenleftbehindbythe chen,accordingly.“Insteadof100kgofchicken PunitSharma,Vice-President,Operations, While the hill states of Himachal Pradesh Zomato for food delivery. unlockedasDelhiisthegatewayof
guest, he removes all the linen — bed covers, daily, for example, to account for a banquet says they never considered layoffs as most of andUttarakhandhaveallowedhotelstoopen Nitin Bahl, the Resident Manager of ITC NorthIndia.IspoketotheLtGover-
pillow covers, comforter — and puts them in meal,buffetmealsandfulloccupancy,wenow theirstaffhasbeenwiththemsincethebegin- inwhatwouldbethepeakseason,theyremain SonarinKolkata,says,“Wearereceivingalotof nor, Home Ministry in this regard.
bags,beforelockingtheroomandleaving.The needonlyaround5kg,”hesays.Theyhavehad ning.“Wehavedividedthemintobatches,with shutowingtotravelrestrictionsonborders.In response online... The ITC F&B App too will
room will now remain shut for at least 24 tostocktheir pantrywithessentialslikepulses, each group working for 10 days on nine-hour Himachal, locals have been protesting the soon be launched in Kolkata.” Is there a figure for losses so far?
hours.ThisispartoftheSOPbeingfollowedby rice, flour only once since the hotel reopened. shifts. They are given accommodation within move to open the state for tourism. InarepresentationinApril,the
mosthotelsthathavereopened,toreducethe Sawanttriestoplanthemenuaroundwhatis the hotel to reduce risk during travel.” The Federation of Associations in Indian ■ ■ ■ Confederation of Indian Industry
riskofanyresidualvirusesintheroomexpos- available, to avoid frequent shopping trips. Somestaffthoughhavenoreplacement— Tourism&Hospitality(FAITH)saystheindus- projectedthatCovid-19wouldim-
ing the staff or the next guest. The 4,000-sq ft main kitchen serving the “like the chef who is in-charge of the South try is looking at an economic hit of Rs 15 lakh Currently, The Meluha has three types of pact two-five crore jobs. In terms
Dhulesaysheandtheothersinthehouse- hotelhasuponitswallsweeklyfoodplansand Indian breakfast”. crore and job losses of four crore . “The direct guests — those in quarantine after a domestic of revenuelosses,theestimatewas
keepingteamof 40aregettingusedtospend- basiccookinginstructionssuchashowtopre- With hotel now their home, the staffers and indirect economic impact... is approxi- or international trip, people who have come Rs 2.4 lakh crore. FAITH has re-
ingtheirentiredutyhoursinPPEs.“Wearere- pare dal, to ensure consistency, and how to play carrom, chess or watch TV in their free mately estimated at 10% of India’s GDP.” to Mumbai for medical treatment, and those quested financial protection for
quiredtowearaPPEeachtimewedoadelivery presentmanyofitssignaturedishes,toensure time. Sawant says they are like one big family. Many in the hotel industry hope the gov- seeking a break from home. tourismcompaniestillaresolution
toaroom,“hesays.Attheendof eachday,the uniformity.Nowuptherealongsidearehealth "One of our chefs is a singer. When it’s not the ernment will offer an incentive to boost do- Sharma hopes things will get better post- plan is set in motion by the RBI. It
staff discard their suits for a new one. advisories, including numbers of the emer- alarm, the loud sound in the kitchen is that of mestic tourism. Says Ashish Gupta, the October when corporate activity picks up. If has also proposed extension of
With restaurants closed, every meal is de- gencyresponseteamforCovidatthehotel,and himsinging,blaringoutof themusicsystem.” ConsultingCEOofFAITH,“Wehaverequested not,heisbankingonthatevergreenindustry: moratorium on loans.
liveredtorooms—leftoutsideontrolleys,like a hygiene planner. This lists the disinfectants boththeCentreandstatestowaiveoffallstatu- weddings.BeforeCovidhit,nearlyhalftheho-
other services requested by guests. With oc- tobeusedfordifferentequipment—theboil- ■ ■ ■ toryobligations(ofhotels)andsetupatourism tel’s business came from food and beverages, What is the plan for places like
cupancylow,thehotelhassegregatedstaffal- ers,dishwashers,foodwarmers,chimney,sil- fund to cover operation costs and revive the a huge chunk of it from hiring out banquet Agra, where the hotel industry
lotted to guests floor-wise, to further reduce verware, as well as sanitising tablets for fruits But, the awareness that things can’t go on business.WehavealsorequestedtheRBItoex- halls. “From January, the wedding season will rests on one tourism site?
risk of any infection. andvegetables.“Everyhour,analarmgoesoff like this hangs heavy. tendloanmoratoriumsandrestructuredebts.“ resume,“ Sharma points out. Thedecisiontoopenplaceshas
Dhule, 30, who lives in Mankhurd in the andwehavetofindthenearestsinkandwash Locatedneartheairport,TheMeluhagen- Meenakshi Sharma, Director General (To- to be taken by the state govern-
eastern suburbs of Mumbai with his mother, our hands,” Sawant says. erally gets jet setters moving in and out of the urism), Union Ministry of Tourism, says a na- WITHDIVYAA;INPUTSBY ment and local administration.
goeshome once in15daysnow.“Ido notstep Since most of the kitchen staff belongs to business capital, apart from customers look- tional taskforce, headed by Tourism Minister AMITAVACHAKRABORTY

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Across Fifth

A great opportunity missed

THEAISLE COLUMN
TAVLEENSINGH
Twitter@tavleen_singh

IT WAS no ordinary August 15. Never be- no light yet while the country is in the there were more claims. list, etc, have shackled manufacturing.
fore in the last 73 years has an
Independence Day been bereft of chil-
dren, gatherings in city centres, flags,
middle of three tunnels — the sliding
economy, the raging pandemic and the
humiliating occupation of Indian
■ Claim: Our foremost priority is to
bringthenationoutof theCovid-19pan-
demic, which is restricting us from op- THE CHINA Welcome,
CHALLENGE
Education
sweets and gaiety. territory. erating freely.
Never before has India faced a reces- The Modi government strongly be- Fact: The government is doing little,
PCHIDAMBARAM sion of the magnitude that is predicted lieves that people’s memories are short. notevenprovidingfundstothestategov- ■ Claim: Be it terrorism or expan-

Minister
Website:pchidambaram.in (4to10percent);neverbeforehasapan- Here is an example. On December 5, ernments that are in the forefront of sionism, India is standing up to both and
Twitter @Pchidambaram_IN demic envelopedthewhole countryand 2014, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, the fightingthepandemicwithvariedstrate- defeating it. From LoC to LAC, whenever
forced people to remain in their homes; Minister for Telecommunication, an- gies and varied degrees of success. India India has been challenged, our soldiers
andneverbeforehaveallourneighbours nounced that, “We are laying down op- isamongthehandfulof countrieswhere have given a fitting response in a lan-
flexed their muscles to snub India in one ticalfibreinallgram(village)panchayats. the pandemic is on the upswing. India guage they understand. IT IS not my practice to begin a column
manner or other. The PM is very keen on this project. The tops the world in the number of daily Fact: The tribute to the soldiers was with a disclaimer, butthis time it is neces-
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PM has said, ‘Ravi ensure that it is done new infections (69,000 and rising) and entirely justified. The most recent in- sary. So, before praising the New
thedaybeforeAugust15musthavebeen by the end of 2016. We have to lay India will cross 50,00,000 cases by the stance was on June 15-16 in the Galwan Education Policy let me state clearly that
a day of reflection, a day to take stock 700,000 kilometres of OFC’.” He also in- third week of September. The India-pro- Valley when 20 soldiers were martyred. itisnotbecauseIhopeitwillpersuadethe
why his government had allowed things dicated the sub-targets: 50,000 gram duced vaccine is at least a year away. But it is still a mystery if they died be- government to give my son’s overseas cit-
For Prime Minister Narendra to come to such a sorry pass, and a day panchayats (GPs) by end of the financial Even if we get the Russian, British or US cause of inadequate preparedness or izenshipback.Ihavewrittenbeforeinthis
Modi, the day before August toresolvetomakeanewbeginning.Ihad year(2014-15),1lakhbyMarch2016and vaccine, inoculating the entire popula- wrong orders. The statement of the newspaper that India was his home from
15 must have been a day of fervently hoped that the Prime Minister another 1 lakh by end of 2016. tionisagargantuantask.Indiansarecop- Prime Minister that “nobody intruded childhood and I was his sole legal
reflection, a day to take stock will make a short, sombre address, ac- On August 15, the Prime Minister an- ingwiththe pandemicand surviving be- into Indian territory and nobody is pres- guardian. So, what was done was evil and
knowledge the mistakes of the past, and nounced,“inthenext1,000days,villages cause of demography, their native ent in Indian territory” rankles both sol- vindictive. No lies were told when I ap-
why his government had promise to govern in consultation with across the country will have optical fibre immunity, 80 per cent asymptomatic diers and citizens alike. His reluctance to plied for a long visa for him when he
allowed things to come to states and Opposition parties. connection available”! cases, DNA (perhaps) and luck. name the aggressor (despite the MEA’s turned18,andIdidnotliethesecondtime
such a sorry pass, and a day I suspect there is a play on the words ■ Claim: We have to move forward demarches to China) is totally inexplica- either. But such an ugly, untruthful narra-
‘panchayat’ and ‘village’. As of March with mantra of ‘Make in India’ as well as ble. Chinese soldiers still occupy Indian tive has been spun by government
to resolve to make a new IN THREE TUNNELS 2020,noneof thetargets(GPsconnected, ‘Make for the World’. territory in Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso spokesmen over the issue that the BJP’s
beginning. I had fervently Therewasnothingof thatsort.Onthe Fibre to the Home connections, Fact: The original slogan ‘Make in and Depsang. China has practically re- troll army on Twitter taunts me with ‘OCI,
hoped that the Prime contrary, as is his wont, the Prime Broadband connections) had been met. India’ was announced in 2014 and has jected any more ‘disengagement’ or ‘de- OCI’ no matter what I write. Sometimes
Minister will make a short, Minister spoke for 90 minutes. He spoke According to Digital Quality of Life Index been a spectacular failure. The share of escalation’. The years of personal sum- they confuse OCI with OTP, which is the
rapidly, there were no pauses, and the 2020, India ranks 79 out of 85 countries. manufacturing in GDP has been more or mit diplomacy practised by the Prime only funny moment these vicious trolls
sombre address,
pitch was as high as ever. His admirers Transparency and facts are in short sup- less stagnant at 16.6 per cent since 2015- Minister have ended in humiliation. It is provide me.
acknowledge the mistakes of wouldsayitwasavirtuosoperformance; ply in this government. 16 and fell to 15.9 per cent in 2019-20. time to change gears and entrust the Withthisdisclaimeroutof theway,let
the past, and promise to I thought it was contrived confidence. Merchandise exports crossed the high conduct of foreign affairs to trained me say that I think the New Education
govern in consultation with However, his admirers would have no- mark of 2013-14 (USD 315 billion) only diplomats of the MEA. Policy is the best thing that the Modi gov-
ticedwhatIdid —notoncedidthePrime MORE CLAIMS, LESS onceinthelastsixyears,in2018-19(USD A great opportunity, in an unprece- ernment has done since Swachh Bharat.
states and Opposition
parties. There was nothing
Minister smile at any one, not even for TRUTH 330 billion). High import tariffs (includ- dented year, to give a refreshingly can- At The Indian Express Adda last week,
the cameras. I suspect he is under con- ing protectionist duties), non-tariff bar- didaccountof thestateof thenationwas when Ramesh Pokhriyal was introduced
of that sort siderable stress, mainly because there is In the same non-transparent vein, riers, quantitative restrictions, negative missed on August 15, 2020. as India’s Education Minister, I wanted to
stand up and cheer. One of the stupidest
things that Rajiv Gandhi did was to abol-
ish the Ministry of Education and replace
it with a Ministry for Human Resource
My ISOLATION
Anna Bhau Sathe, father A WEEKLY WINDOW INTO LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM
Development. Why he did this remains a
mysteryexceptthatsomeidiotinhisinner
circle probably told him that the new

of India’s creative writing

name had a corporate ring.

‘Haven’t met family in 2 months. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee became

prime minister, it disappointed me that
he did not bring back a real Minister for

Talk to grandchild on video call’

sentiallythefatherof Indiancreativewrit- Education. It also disappointed me that
ing who broke the bones of hierarchical his government made no effort to de-
disciplines with the firmness of his wrist colonise the public education system we
Dalitality and a dazzling creative mind.
Writers with dominant caste names
inheritedfromourcolonialmasters.Itwas
an education system designed to create
SURAJYENGDE addedaSanskritisttouchtotheirvernacu-
lar and became prominent thinkers while
What precautions do you take to stay
Covid-free?
Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday
evening. Since the pandemic struck, I
English-speaking clerks to run the British
Empire. Yet another disappointment was
Twitter@Surajyengde Dalit voices such as Anna Bhau, Baburao I follow all the guidelines that I urge have visited my family only once, that too that instead of making badly needed
Bagul, Namdeo Dhasal, Raja Dhale, J V other people to follow. Since we have after a gap of two-and-a-half months. changes to the curriculum in schools, silly
Pawar,DayaPawar,WamanNimbalkarand launched the ‘Break the Chain’ pro- Now, it has been over two months since attempts were made to erase bits
YEAR 2020 is a memorableonein the rich Sharankumar Limbale were snubbed. gramme, I am very particular about not I visited them. of history.
archive of Dalit history. It is the centenary Anna Bhau and other writers of the Dalit flouting any protocol. I maintain physical The result is that to this day Indian
of the powerful Dalit voice Tukaram Panthers couldn’t care less as their style distance, wear mask, wash my hands and Do you take any specific precautions children leave school learning more
Bhaurao alias Anna Bhau Sathe, born to predicated on their love for their people, use hand sanitiser frequently. while you travel? about western civilisation than their own.
landlesspeasantsonAugust1,1920,inthe language and culture. I don’t remove my mask even when I I avoid trains and flights and use my This is true of our finest private schools
segregated ghettos of Maangwada, an Under the influence of another great am sitting alone in office. I take extra care official car for travelling. I cannot afford to and true of those shabby apologies for
abode of the Maang castes in Wategaon, leader of his state, Dr Ambedkar, Anna to maintain a two-metre distance when I fall ill. I feel safe in the car. schools in rural India. In my school days,
Sangli district of Maharashtra. Bhau wrote the famous song ‘Jag badal talk to people. But still, you never know, in newly independent India, we learned
In the late 1930s, Anna Bhau trekked ghaluni ghaav, sangun gele mala Bhimrao youcancontractthevirusfromanywhere. How much time do you spend in front more about England and read more
to Mumbai on foot along with his father (Take a hammer and strike a blow to the of a screen? English literature than our own. Today’s
toworkasalabourer.Uponarrival,his‘un- world, that’s what my Bhimrao told me)’. Have you got yourself tested for That’sabigissueformenow.Withon- children learn more about the United
touchable’status,clubbedwithanoppres- In 1961, Anna Bhau produced the first Covid-19? line conferences, press conferences and States of America. They grow up without
sive working environment, attracted him travelogue written by a Dalit, My trip to Not yet. I have not had any symptoms Illustration: Suvajit Dey meetings, I end up spending an average real pride in India’s civilisation because
to the Communist-led working class Russia. so far. of five hours before the screen daily. On they grow up without learning anything
movement. Under its influence, Anna Anna Bhaudiedinhisgovernment-al- Over six months after India’s somedays,myeyesache.Ihaveconsulted about it. In the ‘new India’ this absence of
Bhau started to experiment with litera- lotted Siddharth Nagar house in Bombay Have you had to isolate yourself? first Covid-19 patient was a doctor and he has recommended civilisational pride has been replaced by
ture that spoke of urban wretchedness, on July 18, 1969, at the age of 49. By the What was your routine like then? reported from Kerala, the state’s eye drops. belligerent nationalism.
the longing for home, and the workplace time he breathed his last, he had 35 nov- Once, Ihad tobe in self-isolation at my The New Education Policy is the first
caseload continues to grow at
exploitation. els, 13 short stories, three plays, one po- official residence for four days. A person How do you keep your mind off the serious attempt to decolonise school ed-
HewasoneoftheearliestIndianwriters etry collection, 14 Tamasha folk art works, who had served us tea at a function had 4.01 per cent per day — much pandemic? ucation. Those who think it is a bad idea
tohavebravedthewatersofpoliticalfiction. one travelogue and 10 Powadas (ballads come in contact with a Covid-19 patient. faster than the national rate. It’s always on my mind. Even when I for children to be taught in their mother
His characters were not lofty. They were narrating historical events) to his credit, I then worked from home and attended While the number of confirmed go to sleep, I am worried about the num- tongue in the early years of school, have
darkandpolemical.Theyexistedtochange while four more were in the works. Seven meetings online. I washed my plates and ber of deaths. I wonder how we will get notnoticedthatmostIndianchildrenleave
material conditions. And the time for that of his novels were made into films, of glasses myself. Later, the Covid suspect
cases has grown almost four out of this. schoolunabletospeakanylanguagewell.
was now. The change was not meant to be which one won a national award and two tested negative and I returned to work. times in the last one month I reach my official residence only after Of course, English is important because it
kepthanging,likeoneofthosepatientchar- won state awards. His writings were alone, State Health Minister 10 pm and get time to talk to my family hasbecomethelinguafrancaof theworld.
acters of leisure in romantic novels. translatedintomultipleIndian,Sovietand What kind of gloves and mask do you K K SHAILAJA, 63, has been around 11 pm. My husband, son, his wife But, it can be taught in India in senior
Whatever Anna Bhau experienced, he European languages. use? and my two-year-old grand-daughter classes, as it is in European countries.
shaped it into words. His award-winning AnAnnaBhauomnibusremainsalong I don’t wear gloves, I prefer using sani-
much praised for leading the keep waiting for my call. My grand- Some critics have objected to the em-
novel Fakira, dedicated to Dr Babasaheb overdueproject.Similarly,hiscontribution tiser. At home and office,I use a three-lay- state’s measures against the daughter shows me her drawings on phasisoncivilistionalstudiesandSanskrit.
Ambedkar, depicted his Maang commu- asaliteraryscholarisnotyetacknowledged ered cloth mask. When I visit hospitals or pandemic from the front. As video calls. Talking to her helps me man- Ibelievetheyarenotseeingthisinanyreal
nity. He sketched in words a community beyond Maharashtra and even less so in containment zones, I wear the N95 mask. Kerala looks set to witness a agemystress.Italkabouthouseholdmat- context. It should shame us that the best
thatwasindustrious,artisticandreligious. the English language world. ters with my husband. I also speak to my departments for the study of Sanskrit are
The Maangs constitute a sizable per- However, the Dalit public sphere has While interacting with people at sharp rise in cases in August elder son who lives in Abu Dhabi with his in American and European universities. It
centageof theScheduledCastepopulation rightlyacknowledgedthisintellectualand work, what precautions do you take? and September, with daily wife and three-year- old son. After that I should shame us that it is mostly western
inMaharashtra.Historically,theyhaveof- had invited him to be the inaugural I had 25 staff members at office, but infections expected to cross read newspaper articles and editorials. At scholars who have translated from
tenstoodindefenceof justice.LahujiSalve, speaker at the First Dalit Literary since the pandemic hit, only half of them 10,000, here’s how the minister times, I watch videos on YouTube. I go to Sanskrit some of the greatest literature
a predecessor of Anna Bhau and another Conference on March 2, 1958, in Dadar, have been coming. The office is sanitised sleep around 12.30-1 am and get up by 6 ever written. The New Education Policy is
Maang, was one of the main heroes of Mumbai.ItisinthisfieryspeechthatAnna every day. While holding daily meetings is staying safe while on the job am, and the cycle begins again. thefirstattempttorectifythis.Schoolcur-
Jyotiba Phule’s education movement. It Bhauthunderedthatthe“earthisbalanced with the health secretary and health di- riculumsremainsobereftof Indianisation
was upon the muscle and strength of on the palms of Dalits”. rector in person, I practise social distanc- INTERVIEW BY LIZ MATHEW What is the first thing you want to do that it will take a long, long time for the
Lahuji that Phule fronted all the physical AnnaBhaumaturedthepurposeof lit- ing.Themeetingswiththedistrictauthor- when the pandemic is past? rectification to bear fruit.
attacks that were hurled at him and his erature to serve the Dalit cause. “A Dalit’s ities are conducted online after 7 pm and I want to visit all the health workers in My only problem with the new policy
wife, Savitri. Lahuji helped recruit many life is like pure spring water that trickles can go on till 10 pm. Kerala’s 14 districts. I want to hear their isthatitseemsnottohavepaidenoughat-
Dalit students for the Phule schools. down from rocks. Observe it closely and concerns inperson. Ialso wanttofocus on tentiontotheinfrastructureneededforreal
Long before the renaissance of Dalit then write about it.” How long have you gone without other health projects that have been changetohappen.Imakeitapersonalmis-
literature in the 1960s, Anna Bhau initi- seeing your family? pending.And,Iwant to meetmyhusband sion on my travels to visit the local school
ated novel writing and short plays in the Suraj Yengde, author of Caste Matters, Earlier, I used to go home (to Kannur) and family. That will be the best rest and can report that in states like Uttar
Marathi Dalit literary sphere. He was es- curates the fortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column every Friday and return to for me. Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar, I have seen
schools that are no more than tin sheds in
whichchildrensitonbarefloorsandtryto
learn by rote what their teacher (if she is

The plight of being ordinary

not absent) tells them. In schools that lack
On the such basic things as desks and chairs, it is

LOOSE
obvious that libraries and computers are
unheardof.Canweeventhinkaboutcivil-
isational studies in such schools?
LEHERKALA On account of my inability to use
[email protected] As every student applying abroad or write about honestly, being cushioned by on how to sneak in one’s stellar qualities ceptable to idolise glamorous and imper- Zoom properly, I did not manage at last
to private colleges in India knows, the ad- privilege in a country where the majority withcharmandsubtlety.Butwhatexactly fect characters like Sal Paradise in On The week’sAddatoasktheEducationMinister
missions office favours a grand theme, a has nothing. do certificates of running signify when a Road. They bumbled from one minor dis- a question that troubles me deeply every
LASTWEEK,my17-year-oldsonaskedme unique story that sets you apart. Except India’s long overdue New Education merehandfulof Indianshavequalifiedfor aster to another, the sheer madness illu- time I see schools that are not schools in
if my grandmother’s death qualified as some lucky people reach the cusp of Policy 2020 proposes sweeping changes track Olympics in 70 years? minating the complexities of life more any sense of that word. I wanted very
“family trauma”. My nani, bless her, lived adulthood without having anything sig- like easier Board exams and a thrust on All this cunning projection has be- clearlythandefeatingyourpeersevercan. much to ask him why in states that have
well into her 90s, spending her last years nificant happen to them. As I assured my critical thinking, but it will be a few years come necessary because we live in an age Competition is inevitable, a part of life longbeengovernedbyBJPchief ministers
nursing a brandy while watching Hindi son, interesting trauma will undoubtedly before anything can be implemented. It’s with the highest regard for exceptional- till the very end. Childhoods at least there continue to be schools that are not
serials till midnight. follow, but that doesn’t fix the problem of been a national gripe that Indian colleges ism. Our heroes are M S Dhoni and Jeff should be spared from the painful really schools? Major states have been
Theprovocationfor my son’s question what to write about now. require students to score virtually a 100% Bezos, whose extraordinary life and tal- drudgeryof chasing superlativestoaddto governed by the BJP sometimes for more
was an essay for a college application re- To solve this dilemma of packaging a to qualify. The yardstick to judge intelli- ent leave one alternately awestruck and a CV. The stress of the future haunts stu- than a decade and yet there has not been
quiringhimtolistaneventthathadtrans- convincing yarn,thereexistarangeof col- genceisnarrowindeed,butwhenyouex- humiliated.Inwayssubtleandotherwise, dents through adolescence, that they any improvement in state schools. Why?
formedhislife.Ideally,thisperspectiveal- lege counsellors well versed in creating plore how the rest of the world does it, studentsarebenchmarkedagainstfigures could always be better, or doing more. TheNewEducationPolicyisaremark-
teringincidentshouldfollowthenarrative outlandish flights of imagination from whileit’sslightlymoreholistic,itisn’tpar- of staggering achievement, pushing the While the world reboots post pandemic, able achievement and it is great that India
arc of a Hollywood film script, like when small truths. After striking out my grand- ticularlyinspiringeither.Internationalap- ideathatthebestlifeissolelywhenyou’re maybe more people will question the has a Minister for Education at last. But,
JamesFranco’sarmwasstuckunderarock mother as a potential take-off point for plications require a bloated essay where one up on everyone else. stressful route to college and address the let us remember that the last time Indian
in 127 Hours and he severed it off with a searing insight into the human situation, you greatly exaggerate a social sense, and It wasn’t always like this. In literature, far more important question, how to studentsparticipatedinPISA(Programme
dullknife.Itmustbesaid,showcasingpro- they discounted the deaths of beloved list impressive sounding but ultimately 16and17werethetimeforadventureand thrive beyond it. for International Student Assessment), in
found lessons about the enduring power pets as frivolous. An attack of dengue did- meaningless extracurriculars. romance, when you actively sought free- 2009, they came second last. Kyrgyzstan
of the human spirit as a teenager, is much n’t pass muster either. At my insistence, Appropriately deemed the brag sheet, dom from common sense. I can’t helpfeel The writer is director, Hutkay Films. came last. We have not participated since
tougher than it sounds. we settled on the only topic my son could therearethousandsof Googlesuggestions relievedthatIcameof agewhenitwasac- Her column appears every fortnight but plan to next year. Will we do better?

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11 THE WORLD
THE SUNDAY EXPRESS, AUGUST 23, 2020

TOPOFTHE IN COMA AFTER SUSPECTED POISONING

WORLD
Kremlin critic Navalny
flown to Germany, in
A snow-covered road
in Oberon, New South
Wales, Saturday. Reuters
‘worrying’ condition
FABRIZIO BENSCH
& MARTIN SCHLICHT
AUSTRALIA BERLIN, AUGUST 22
Antarcticwinds GRAVELY ILL Kremlin critic
triggerrare Alexei Navalnywas evacuated to

snowfall Germany for medical treatment

on Saturday, flown out of the
ANTARCTIC AIR reaching Siberian city of Omsk in an am-
Australia’s south east trig- bulance aircraft and taken to a
gered snowfall down to hospital in Berlin.
lowaltitudesacrossseveral There was no word yet from
states on Saturday, with theCharitehospitalonhiscondi-
manypeopleoutenjoying tion but the founder of the ac-
therareeventdespitewild Fire spreads through the Berryessa Estates of Napa County, California, on Friday. AP tivist group that arranged the
winds and heavy snow flight called Navalny’s health
condition “very worrying”. Paramedics transported Russian opposition leader Alexei

Deadly moment, says California governor

that closed some roads.
Pictures of snowy towns A long-time opponent of Navalny to a hospital in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday. Reuters
andlandscapesacrossNew President Vladimir Putin and
South Wales, Victoria, the campaigner against corruption,
Australia Capital Territory
and the island state of
Tasmania flooded social
as hundreds of wildfires wreak havoc Navalny collapsed on a plane
Thursday after drinking tea his
allies believe was laced
A spokeswoman for Charite
said later that it was unlikely
that the hospital would give a
flight and after landing.
Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s
spokeswoman, said on Twitter
media as locals rushed to
capture the surprise early
Sixdead,over500homes destroyed,around175,000residentstoldtoevacuate with poison.
Medical staff at the hospital
statement on Navalny over the
weekend.
that “This is another proof that
nothing was preventing Navalny
spring snowfall. “We’ve ing 560 fires across the state, nearly two decades as close to in Omsk said on Friday evening CinemaforPeacefounderJaka from being transported, and it
seen light #snow make it REUTERS Closeto12,000lightning many of them sparked by light- 12,000 strikes here have sent after clearing Navalny to be Bizilj, speaking to reporters out- was necessary to do so as early
to #Canberra today, and AUGUST 22 strikesherehavesent ning storms, straining resources flames racing through lands left flown out that he was in an in- side the hospital, said “his health as possible.”
yesevenheardafewrogue to the breaking point as he seeks parched by a recent heat wave. duced coma and his life was not condition is very worrying”. GermandoctorsflewtoRussia
flakes landed on HUNDREDS OF wildfires burn- flamesracingthrough reinforcements from as far away Some 175,000 people have in immediate danger. “We got a very clear message on Friday to evacuate Navalny at
Parliament House,” in the ing across Central and Northern landleftparchedbya as Canada and Australia. been told to leave their homes. The air ambulance, arranged fromthedoctorsthatif therehad the request of his wife and allies
capital, the Bureau of California that have already “We are not naive by any Withupto20separateblazes by the Cinema for Peace not been an emergency landing who said that the hospital treat-
killed six people more than dou-
recentheat wave stretch about how deadly this burning in some lightning-fire Foundation, flew to Berlin early in Omsk, he would have died,” ing him was badly equipped.
Meteorology said in a
Twitterpost. bled in size on Friday, becoming moment is and why it is essen- complexes,firefightersandlocals Saturday and Navalny, 44, was said Bizilj, adding that it would But there was then a delay
some of the largest in state his- Island and destroyed more than tial... that you heed evacuation pleaded for more support. rushed to the Charite hospital. be up to doctors and Navalny’s flying him out as the Omsk hos-
tory and threatening small 500 homes and other struc- orders and that you take them “We need HELP in the Santa The hospital said in a state- family to provide further infor- pital initially said his condition
towns in the path of the flames. tures. In addition to the fatali- seriously,” Newsom, a Cruz mountains. SEND IN THE mentitwouldprovideanupdate mation on his condition. meant he could not travel.
USA The conflagrations, which ties, 43 firefighters and civilians Democrat, told Californians at NATIONAL GUARD NOW!” San about his condition and further Bizilj,aSlovenian-bornactivist The Omsk doctors later said
TikToksetto broke out over the last week,
have blackened an area larger
have been hurt.
California Governor Gavin
a news briefing.
The state has been hit by its
Jose State University professor
Scott Myers-Lipton posted
treatment once tests have been
completed and after consulting
andfilmmaker,wasearlierquoted
byBildtabloidassayingNavalny’s
they had no objections after the
German doctors deemed him fit
challengeban than the US state of Rhode Newsom said crews were fight- worst dry-lightning storms in on Twitter. with his family. condition was stable during the for travel. REUTERS
TIKTOK IS preparing to

13 of 15-member UNSC Trump claims FDA ‘deep state’ Hope pandemic will last
mountalegalchallengeas
early as Monday to US
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oppose US push to slowing down coronavirus trials less than 2 yrs: WHO chief
executive order prohibit-
ing transactions with the
popular short video app

impose Iran sanctions

and its Chinese parent
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
ByteDance, according to Obviously, they are hoping REUTERS GENEVA, AUGUST 22
people familiar with the to delay the answer until
matter. Trump issued an WASHINGTON, AUGUST 22
executiveorderonAug.14
after November 3. Must THEWORLDHealthOrganisation
that gave ByteDance 90 MICHELLE NICHOLS USPRESIDENTDonaldTrumpon focus on speed, and hopesthecoronaviruspandemic
daystodivesttheUSoper- NEW YORK, AUGUST 22 Saturday accused members of saving lives.” will be shorter than the 1918
ations of TikTok. the “deep state” at the Food and Spanishfluandlastlessthantwo
ByteDancehasbeenmak- THE UNITED States was further Drug Administration, without DONALD TRUMP years, WHO chief Tedros
isolated on Friday over its bid to providing evidence, of working U.S. PRESIDENT Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on
ing progress in talks with
potential acquirers, in- reimpose international sanc- Why the US bid to slow testing of Covid-19 vac- Friday,iftheworldunitesandsuc- Tedros Adhanom
cluding Microsoft Corp
and Oracle. Some of
tions on Iran with 13 countries
on the 15-member UN Security has no takers cines until after the November
presidential election. “Obviously,theyarehopingto director of its Center for Biologics
ceeds in finding a vaccine.
The WHO has always been
Ghebreyesus

ByteDance’s IS investors Councilexpressingtheiropposi- In a Twitter post, Trump said delay the answer until after Evaluation and Research, last cautious about giving estimates
could also join the tion, arguing that Washington’s IN2018,Trumpunilaterally the deep state “or whoever” at November 3rd. Must focus on week said on a conference call on how quickly the pandemic also the technology to stop it and
winning bid. move is void given it is using a tooktheUSoutof thehistoric the FDA was making it very dif- speed, and saving lives!” Trump with government officials, phar- can be dealt with in the absence the knowledge to stop it. So we
process agreed under a nuclear Irannucleardealandreim- ficult for drug companies to en- wrote,taggingFDACommissioner maceutical executives and aca- of a vaccine. Tedros said the have a disadvantage of globalisa-
USA deal that it quit two years ago. posedAmericansanctionson rollpeopleinclinicaltrialstotest Stephen Hahn in the tweet. demicsthathewouldresignifthe 1918 Spanish flu “took two tion,closeness,connectednessbut
In the 24 hours since US Tehran,undoingmuchof the vaccines and therapies for the Trump often uses Twitter to agency rubber-stamped an un- years to stop”. anadvantageofbettertechnology.
Indianheldin Secretary of State Mike Pompeo incentiveforIrantocomply novel coronavirus. criticise federal agencies, some- proven vaccine. “And in our situation now “So we hope to finish this pan-

$21mvisascam said he triggered a 30-day count-

down to a return of UN sanctions
withtheagreement.Iranhas
sincetakengradualstepsin
The comment came after
Reuters exclusively reported on
timesaccusingthemofbeingcon-
trolled by the “deep state” in an
Scientists, public health offi-
cialsand lawmakers areworried
with more technology, and of
coursewithmoreconnectiveness,
demic (in) less than two years.”
Heurged“nationalunity”and
AN INDIAN national has on Iran, including an arms em- violationof thedealinabidto Thursday that a top FDA official apparent reference to long-serv- that the Trump administration the virus has a better chance of “global solidarity”. “That is really
been arrested on charges bargo, long-time allies Britain, gettheothersignatoriesto said he would resign if the ingstaffwho,inTrump’seyes,are will push the FDA to approve a spreading, it can move fast be- key with utilising the available
of conspiracy to commit France, Germany and Belgium as compensatefortheUSsanc- Trumpadministration approved determined to undermine him. vaccine in advance of the vote, cause we are more connected tools to the maximum and hop-
visa fraud and for induc- well as China, Russia, Vietnam, tions.Europeansignatories a vaccine before it was shown to His tweet increases the pres- evenif datafromclinicaltrialsdo now,”hetoldabriefinginGeneva. ing that we can have additional
ing foreign nationals to Niger, Saint Vincent and the havebeentryingtofindways be safe and effective. sureontheFDAafterPeterMarks, not support its widespread use. “Butatthesametimewehave tools like vaccine.” REUTERS
come to the US using Grenadines, South Africa, of savingthedeal,butnow
fraudulently obtained H- Indonesia, Estonia and Tunisia theUS wantstheUNtoreim-
1B visas, federal prosecu-
tors said on Friday.
ArrestedonThursday,48-
havealreadywrittenlettersinop-
position. Only the Dominican
Republic has not yet written to
poseallprevioussanctionson
IranforTehran’sviolations.
However,Europe,Russiaand
Spectacles ‘worn by Gandhi’ sets auction record
year-old Ashish Sawhney the council to state its position China—theothersignatories south-west England, four weeks tacles is an unnamed collector between 1910 and 1930.
allegedly used four cor- The US has accused Iran of —sayIran’sviolationswerea ADITI KHANNA ago were estimated to fetch be- based in the US. “The story that appears with
porations to orchestrate breachinga2015dealwithworld resultof theUSwithdrawing LONDON, AUGUST 22 tween £10,000 and £15,000, but An elderly man from South the lot is exactly what the ven-
the improper submission powersthataimedtostopTehran fromtheagreement,andthat the online bids for the lot kept Gloucestershire in south-west dortoldus,andexactlywhatwas
of fraudulentapplications developing nuclear weapons in sincetheUSisnolongerpart A PAIR of gold-plated spectacles multiplyingtofinallygounderthe England, whopreviously owned toldtohimbyhisfather some50
for H-1B specialty-occu- return for sanctions relief. But of thedeal,itcannotpunish believed to have been worn by hammer of the six-figure sum. the item, said he would split the years ago,” said Stowe of the
pation work visas, they President Donald Trump de- anyviolationsof thesame. MahatmaGandhiandpresented “Theseglasseshavebeenlying £260,000 with his daughter. glasses, which are likely to be LoughlinstarredinFullHouse
said. Sawhney allegedly scribeditasthe“worstdealever” asagiftinthe1900shavebroken in a drawer for the best part of 50 The glasses are said to have one of Gandhi’s earliest pairs
generated gross profits and quit in 2018. records for a UK auction house years.Thevendorliterallytoldme been in the family of the un- during his time in South Africa.
from 2011 to 2016 of ap- Diplomats said Russia, China Russia and China against that on by selling for £260,000. to throw them away if they were namedman,whowastoldbyhis “These glasses represent not Lori Loughlin,
proximately $21 million,
the prosecutors said.
andmanyothercountriesareun-
likely to reimpose the sanctions
Friday, threatening US action if
they refuse to reimpose the UN
The glasses, which were
droppedthrough theletterboxof
‘no good’,” said auctioneer Andy
Stowe of East Bristol Auctions.
father that they were a gift to his
uncle when he was working for
onlyanauctionrecordforus,but
a find of international historical husband get jail
on Iran. Pompeo again warned measures on Iran. REUTERS East Bristol Auctions in Hanham, The new owner of the spec- BritishPetroleuminSouthAfrica importance,” he added. PTI
sentences in
admissions scam
TOP REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING TRUMP, HAVE REPEATEDLY GOT THE PRONUNCIATION OF HER NAME WRONG REUTERS
BOSTON, AUGUST 22

Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’ FULL HOUSE actress Lori
Loughlin and her fashion de-
signer husband Mossimo
Democrats: When top the day after Harris delivered a saidFatimaGossGraves,president News. Pence mispronounced her Giannulli were sentenced on
SARA BURNETT Republicans—includingPresident prime-timespeechacceptingthe of the National Women’s Law names multiple times during a Fridaytorespectiveprisonterms
CHICAGO, AUGUST 22 DonaldTrumpandVicePresident Democratic nomination. CentreActionFund.”It’sdesigned stop last week in Iowa, where he of two months and five months
Mike Pence — mispronounce Harris’supporterssaythepat- to signal difference.” warnedacheeringcrowdthatthe for participating in a vast US col-
BANTERING DURING the final Democraticvicepresidentialnom- ternamountstoadeliberateeffort Her supporters say Harris is November election isn’t about a lege admissions fraud scheme.
nightof theDemocraticNational ineeKamalaHarris’firstname,it’s byTrumpandhisalliestoportray wellpastthepointofintroduction. choice between Republicans and Loughlin, 56, choked up as
Convention, actor Julia Louis- notjustdisrespectful,it’sracist. Harris as someone who does not HarrisservedasCalifornia’sattor- Democrats or conservatives and she apologised in court for the
Dreyfus and former presidential Harris’ first name is pro- belongatthetopranksofpolitics. neygeneralforsevenyearsbefore liberals. “I think the choice in this “awful decision” she made to
candidate Andrew Yang repeat- nounced“KAH’-mah-lah”—or,as The mispronunciations follow a beingelectedtotheSenatein2016. election is whether America re- help her daughters gain an “un-
edlygotthenameof “ourcurrent she explains in her biography, stringofattacksthatincluderacist Since then, she’s made headlines mainsAmerica,”hesaid,goingon fair advantage”inthecollegead-
vice president” wrong. Was it “‘comma-la,’likethepunctuation and sexist memes and question- for tough questioning of Trump to mispronounce her name mo- missions process and get into
“Mika Pints?” or “Paints?” Or mark”. But mispronunciations ing about whether Harris, who appointees and raised her profile mentslater.FoxNewshostTucker their preferred school.
maybe “Ponce,” Yang suggested. have been rampant in the days KamalaHarrisisthefirstBlackwomanandthefirstwomanof was born in California, is eligible even more with her bid for the Carlson grew agitated when a She and her husband were
“Oh, some kind of weird for- since the California senator be- IndianorigintobeamajorUSparty’svicepresidentialnominee toserveasvicepresidentbecause 2020presidentialnomination. guest corrected him last week af- sentenced after they pleaded
eignname?”Louis-Dreyfusasked. came the first Black woman and hermotherwasIndianandherfa- YetTrumphascontinuedtoget terhealsopronouncedKamalain- guilty in May to engaging in a
“Yeah, not very American the first Asian American woman ther Jamaican. (Constitutional hernamewrong,ashavehisallies. correctly. “So what?” he said, be- fraud scheme aimed at securing
sounding,” Yang replied. named to a major party’s ticket. on the second syllable, at events McDaniel did the same on scholars say there is no question Trump’s personal attorney Rudy fore mispronouncing her name spots for their daughters at the
Itwasaquickbitof satirewith Pence referred to her as “kah- last week. Republican National Wednesday, as did Trump at a that she is eligible.) Giuliani called Harris “Pamela” again and complaining about lib- University of Southern California
a pointed message from MAH’-lah,” putting his emphasis Committee Chair Ronna rallyinPennsylvaniaonThursday, “Itisanefforttodiminishher,” during an appearance on Fox eralsbeingtoosensitive. AP as fake athletic recruits.

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Paromita Chakrabarti
As workplace collapses into home during the pandemic, STEM and social sciences have fallen signifi-
cantly during this period.

A
Audrey Truschke, associate professor of
MRITA MAHALE was about
five months pregnant when
urban working women are engaged in a struggle to find a fine balance SouthAsianHistory,UniversityofRutgers,US,
and author of Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit
the first lockdown was an- attheMughalCourt(2017)andAurangzeb:The
nounced on March 22. Man and the Myth (2018), says, “Before the
Overnight, her doctor shut pandemic, I was asked with some regularity,
herclinic,medicinesbecame usually by other female academics, ‘How do
harder to find, and the bustling city of you have three kids and still manage to pub-
Mumbai, at the heart of her acclaimed debut lish so prolifically?’ My answer was always: I
novel, Milk Teeth (2018), became an unfamil- am a huge believer in childcare. It is now
iar place. While she wrote on weekends, her August,andIhavenothadchildcaresinceearly
job as a product manager at a non-profit AI- March.Myproductivityhassufferedbecause
for-social-goodinnovationlabmeantadapting of this situation. I have cancelled numerous
to working from home. Her husband, who publications at this point.”
runs an education startup, moved to online WhenschoolsanddaycaresclosedinNew
lessons, that made a part of the house out of Jersey on March 13, Truschke, 37, was in the
boundsformostof theday.Mahale,35,found process of working out online lessons for the
her world shrinking into her apartment in courses she was offering. “In the early weeks,
Bandra.“Iamnotgreatatmultitasking.Ineed my days were a constant triage situation. My
properseparationbetweenworkandwriting. WOMEN AT WORK husband (an attorney) and I woke up every
I was checking the rising COVID-19 numbers (From left) Amrita Mahale; Gitanjali Yadav; Madhuja Bandopadhyay and Anisha Karthikeyan dayanddiscussedthebareminimumnumber
obsessively and following the migrant crisis of hours we each needed to work that day in
withdespondency.It’simpossibletonotques- ordertoavoidcatastropheinourprofessional
tion your decision to bring a new life into a ForManuGulati,mentorteacherwiththe templated seeking an expert’s help to cope women are cast in the role of homemakers between the government of India and the lives. Then we divvied up the day to specify
world that seems to be falling apart,” says directorate of education, Delhi government, withmymentalhealth,butIadaptedeventu- andmothersandmenasprimarywage-earn- University of Cambridge, UK, plant biologist what times I would and he would do child-
Mahale, whose son was born a month ago. the new normal required a completely new ally,” says the 32-year-old. ers, which doesn’t change even when more Gitanjali Yadav was teaching and running re- care, and vice-versa. My no-screentime rule
As the COVID-19 upends lives across the orientation.The37-year-oldhadalwaysbeen Thedistinctionbetweentheworkplaceand women join the workforce or work in high- search labs at both Cambridge and The for the kids evaporated quickly,” she says.
world, a disproportionate amount of its bur- interested in the intersection of technology home is unique to theurban workforce and is profilejobs.Thisisparticularlytrueof acoun- National Institute of Plant Genome Research Overtime,Truschkehasstrategisedtocope
den has fallen on the urban upper-middle- and education; since the pandemic, she has particularly enabling for women, says Aditi try like India, despite some changes in urban (NIPGR) in New Delhi, where she works as a with the changes. Next month, she will begin
class working women. In addition to profes- been conducting training workshops for Ratho, junior fellow at the Observer Research middle-class dynamics. staff scientist. The joint appointment meant an online course on pandemic pedagogy for
sionalduties,theresponsibiltiesof managing teacher-developmentco-ordinators(TDCs)of Foundation,Mumbai,whoworksattheinter- An online survey of urban upper-middle- workingintwotimezonesandfrequentover- herhistoryofsouthAsiaclass,thatwillinclude
home and care work have grown. In India, Delhi’s government schools, together with a section of labour and gender. “It makes space class working women, of whom 97 per cent seastravel.Witharobustsupportsystemthat archiving COVID-19 through documentation
whichhasoneofthelowestfemaleworkforce colleague, Rohit Upadhyaya, in effective use fortransition intotheir different roles and en- had a college degree, conducted by Sonalde sheandherhusband,alsoan of individual experiences. In
participationratesintheworld,ofwhichonly of social media for pedagogic support. The ables essential social interactions,” she says. Desai,professorof sociologyattheUniversity academic, had created for an introductory video,
20.4percentareurbanwomen(source:2018 pandemicmadetechnologicalinterventiona Anisha Karthikeyan, 36, a human-re- of Maryland, US, and Ravinder Kaur, profes- theirtwochildren,agedeight Truschke offers her students
Periodic Labour Force Survey, re- matterof urgency.Asdailyvirtual sources professional with a multinational fi- sor of sociology at the Indian Institute of and 10, they had structured some practical advice on
leasedbytheNSSOlastyear),this training sessions began for the nancialservicescorporationinDelhi,saysone Technology,Delhi,foundthattherewasasig- their lives around her travel making sense of the year, in-
hasbeenaggravatedbypre-exist- TDCs, Gulati’s days began, like al- of the toughest things to master during this nificant rise in the time spent by women on schedules.“Ithelpedthatwe cluding“whenlifewalksinto
ing inequalities in gender roles, ways, at 6.30 am and stretched work-from-homephasehasbeentheconstant housework and childcare during lockdown. alllivetogetheroncampus— theframe”.“Maybesomeone
the sudden absence of networks well into the night. A nine-mem- engagement that it has required of her. “I am “Seventy-sixpercentof therespondentshad kids, parents, grandparents yells something embarrass-
that facilitate participation in the ber family living in an MIG flat is running out of ideas to make home an inter- helpinhouseholdchores/childcarebeforethe andgreat-grandparents.We ing in the background, and
workforce,lossofjobs,salarycuts often pressed for space, but now, estingplace,”shesays.Whilethechoresaredi- lockdown,but,ofthese,only30percentofthe chose a school close to our home so that the you weren’t muted. Or, maybe, your sibling
andtheguiltofnotdoingenough. with everyone working from vided between her husband, mother and her, women continued to have some help,” says kidswouldbeinquickreach.Wehadtwofull- walksbyinalessthanidealstateof undress.It
A year ago, Madhuja home, creating quiet corners was keeping her two sons, aged nine and two, oc- Desai,notingthat“areaswheremostworkin- time helps and a gardener,” she says. doesn’tmatter.Andit’sgoingtohappenonmy
Bandyopadhyay moved to often an issue. Gulati says there cupiedtakesconstantwork.“Myyoungerson crease took place include cooking, kitchen Withhertravelsonhold,nopaidhelpand end, too. You can actually hear my children
Mumbai with her eight-year-old son, after a weredayswhenthehousewouldgounswept is now at the stage of pre-primary learning. I cleaning, washing dishes, dusting and vacu- work spilling into weekends, Yadav says, (agedsix,fourandtwo)screamingintheback-
long stint as the senior vice-president of a orshewouldbristleatthesightof asinkover- feel guilty that he should be given more time uming and sanitising groceries.” While men “Overnight,Ialsobecameafull-timemother, ground for a bit during this spiel...pandemic
leading Bengali entertainment channel in flowing with dishes, but, slowly, people and attention,” she says. Now, with flexible contributedmoreduringthisperiod,women cook, sweeper, school teacher, caregiver and lifeismessyforeveryone.Itisn’treasonableto
Kolkata, to work with a national entertain- learned to work around each other’s needs work hours and breaks between meetings to shouldered additional responsibility over al- pest-controller, over and above all of the reg- expect us to be able to separate our profes-
ment channel. “Given Mumbai’s distance, I and gender roles got diluted. “Often, my hus- allowhertoregroup,Karthikeyansaysshehas ready high thresholds. ular work responsibilities across two conti- sional and personal lives right now,” she says.
madesurethatmyoffice,apartment,myson’s band did the dishes while I trained teachers settled into a makeshift routine. Thepandemicdisruptednet- nents. It has now been five months of total It’s a sentiment that many of the other
school, daycare and after-school activity cen- online. As a software engineer, he supported “Butassimpleasthatsounds,Ire- works,bothformalandinformal, lockdownforus,andwehavestruggledtoes- women echo. “Women are always taught to
treswereallinoneareasothatitwouldmake me immensely with the use of technology,” alise it’s not easy to be a work- that are crucial to women’s pro- tablishabalancethroughsharedresponsibil- putothersbeforethemselvesathomeandbe
the commute less stressful. My mother and says the 2018 Fulbright scholar. from-home mom,” she says. fessionallives.Mostworkplaces ities.”Thehardestpart,shesays,hasbeenthe oneofthemenatwork.Theyareinnatelygood
myhusband(filmmakerAnindyaChattopad- Bengaluru-based instructional designer in India do not offer daycare or complete and sudden loss of alone time and organisers, capable of multitasking. The only
hyay)flewinfromKolkatafrequently.Theonly ShibaniChakroborty,whoworkswithamulti- ■ ■ ■ crechefacilities,and,in theirab- the boundaries that demarcated the work thingtheyarenotgoodatisowningtheirfeel-
thing I hadn’t factored in was a pandemic,” nationalprofessionalservicesnetwork,recalls sence,womenhavetoformtheir space from the home. “Earlier, I could choose ings. But a time like this requires an intuitive
says Bandyopadhyay, 41. the early days of the lockdown as one of her In 2017, a comic strip by own support systems. These in- when to walk into my office, or into my response. This crisis has shown that what we
Asworkandlivesshiftedonline,itwasthe mosttraumatic.Unmooredfromthemeticu- French graphic artist Emma, ti- clude parents and in-laws who kitchen, and I was two different persons in really need now — men included — is adapt-
distance from her family and anxiety over lousschedulehertechnical-architecthusband tled You Should’ve Asked, had watch over the children; part- each of these locations. But now, you’re in a ability,” Bandyopadhyay says.
their well-being that got to her the most. “I and she had worked out, that included the gone viral on the internet. In it, a time or live-in helps to carry out meeting and in the kitchen; You’re handling For Mahale, things began to fall in place
haveonlylivedforaboutayearinthiscityand services of a daycare for her four-year child new mother who is struggling to attend to a domestic chores such as cooking and clean- homework and checking a thesis at the same when she was pulled into a COVID-response
have just begun to know people. Suddenly, it and help to manage home, she found herself dinner guest and her baby is told by her part- ing, and, daycares and creches, whose num- time. There’s no freedom or leisure to think, projectatwork,whichhelpedherchannelher
feltlikemylifehadcometoastandstill.Ifeltin- floundering.“Iwasnotabletoprovideenough ner that he’d have chipped in “if only she’d bersarestillnotcommensuratewiththeper- reflect, focus or plan for the future,” she says. anxietyandenergy.Now,backhomewiththe
credibly lonely and wanted to see my hus- time to either my work or my child. I was ex- asked”. Emma posited that even when men centage of working women with children. For women in academia worldwide, this baby, she is slowly trying to get back to writ-
band, my mother, my friends and there was haustedtryingtocopewiththechanges—the are prepared to help, the onus of organising With schools and daycares closed, women addedworkloadhasmanifestedinadipinac- ing and a semblance of her earlier life. “I am
no way I could,” says Bandyopadhyay, who guiltof beingtheworstmother,aninefficient and remembering — a thankless, never-end- have found themselves turning into not just ademic productivity. Early global studies and trying to remind myself to be kind to myself.
took to long conference calls with family and employeeandanindolenthomemaker.Itwas ing, invisible “mental load” — lies almost al- caregivers but also teachers and playmates. analyseshaveshownthatthenumberof pre- ItwasnotsomethingIdidagoodjobatduring
close friends for a sense of community. tough to deal with, and, at one point, I con- ways with women. Early on in their lives, Asthefirstlectureronajointappointment prints and paper submissions by women in the lockdown,” says Mahale.

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tural-political context.
When we talk about socio-cultural politi-
EYE SPY calcontext,itbecomesessentialtotalkabout
intersectionality. I had been grappling with
EVERY FORTNIGHT, WE PICK, YOU WATCH the idea of intersectionality much before I
cameuponKimberléCrenshaw’sworksome

Before the yearsago.Readingitwasdefinitelyan“Aha!”

experience. The complex, cumulative way in
whichtheeffectsofmultipleformsofdiscrim-
inationcombine,overlapandintersecttocre-

Beginning atemarginalisationisimportanttohighlight.
I use an acronym — DISGRACEFULL — to de-
scribe intersectionality and the structural in-
equalityitcreatesatvariouslevels:Disability
(ableism);Income(classism);Sexuality(het-
A new Perry Mason adaptation fills eronormism); Gender (sexism, misogyny,
in the backstory of one of crime transphobism);Race(racism);Age(ageism);
Culture(whichIbreakinto—communalism,
fiction’s most popular sleuths regionalism, casteism); Educational meas-
urement (institutional violence in schools
againstchildrenwhodonotfitin);Family(the
normativeideaof“goodfamily”);Usefulness
(howproductivewe are in a capitalist society
on the basis of which we get exclusive mem-
berships); Looks (colourism and obsession
with“fairandlovely”)andLanguage(English
as a sign of power and privilege).
Our various identities intersect to create
marginalisation.Forexample,twogirlsof the
sameagemightfacegenderdiscriminationin
differentways,dependingonDISGRACEFULL.
Privilege is something we are born into and
we own it like a private property, without re-
allydoingmuchtodeserveit.Fromafeminist
lens, intersectionality plays out in different
ways to create subjugation:
■ Single working mother being shamed
and blamed for “neglecting” her children
■ Povertyrenderinggirlsmorevulnerable
Shubhra Gupta to exploitation and trafficking
■ LGBTQ + persons being targetted and

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abused on social media
ERRY MASON regarded her with calm appraisal, as ■ Muslim girls being stalked and heckled
though considering just what sort of an impres- to go to “Pakistan”, “where they belong”, or
sion she would make on the witness stand. ‘Tell being threatened with rape otherwise
me more, Thelma,’ he said. ‘I was out with a ■ Dalit girls getting raped and killed and
boyfriend,’ she told him. The mask of patient tranquillity their deaths dismissed as honour killings
dropped from Mason... (1934, The Case Of The Lucky Legs by ■ Wivesbeinglabelledas“mental”andput
Erle Stanley Gardner). For those familiar with the pulpy, on anti-depressants to make them “calm
grungy universe of Gardner, the bestselling author whose down” when they show displeasure
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fictional lawyer Perry Mason solved practically every case ■ Girls being pushed to prove their worth

Decoding Feminism
he took on, with a mix of sleuthing acumen and slick and “usefulness” at every step of their lives
courtroom moves, these lines would evoke instant nostal- ■ The normative idea of how every child
gia. Each case (Gardner was prolific and wrote more than comes from a typical home with cisgender,
80 novels and short stories) held out the promise of a juicy heterosexual parents, completely overlook-
mystery full of dodgy characters, confusing red herrings ing single parents, homosexual, non-cis gen-
and an end blazing with clarity, where Mason exonerated der or unmarried families and for children

and Intersectionality
the innocent and got the guilty to confess. who do not have a “family” but grow up on
The latest HBO eight-episode drama (streaming on the streets, in shelter and foster homes
Disney+Hotstar), co-directed by Tim Van Patten and Deniz ■ The educational violence at neurodi-
Gamze Ergüven, and, called simply, Perry Mason, can quite verse children, who have disabilities or are
legitimately be termed The Case Of The Reimagined from marginalised communities
Lawyer. There’s been a Perry Mason around, in radio, TV Foucaultsays,“Wherethereispowerthere
and cinema, for the past 90 years. But this one is different, is resistance”. Resistance has taken shape as
not just because it is fashioned as a prequel, which gives social movements led by women as well as
us the character’s backstory till he reaches his designated
spot: the court room. It’s also different because Gardner’s
The personal is political and so are our everyday acts of micro-resistance resistance in their homes, street corners or
shelterhomes.Womenhaveledsocialmove-
works, that were published in the ’30s, were written in ments such as Justice for Nirbhaya, Narmada
strictly serviceable prose, mostly focussed on the twists. BachaoAndolanandtherecentShaheenBagh
Here, we get beautifully delineated characters and their streets to protest as centuries of cruelty con- through incitement to perpetually evaluate protests. But simply waiting for social move-
arcs. The result is an immediate connection. tinues to be called out. The present times are and police ourselves. Women are indoctri- ments is not the solution. If the political is per-
The first episode starts like a whodunnit, and it’s quite like X-ray (a metaphor used by the activist nated into this self-surveillance from a very sonal,thensocialjusticeispersonal,too.Itisnot
a kicker — a missing baby, distraught parents, a shockingly ArundhatiRoy)exposingthefaultlinesofaso- early age. What is most dangerous about this external,somethingouttherethatwehaveto
gruesome murder. Assigned to the case is a fallen-upon- ciety built on indifference and injustice. indoctrination is that it is “invisible to those wait for to change. We have to do it in our
bad-days gumshoe, slight of build, unremarkable of mien. “Thepersonalispolitical”isaquotebythe whoexperienceitthemostintensely.”Weare homes,onourstreets,inourpublicandwork
Something about this character’s low-rent, hard-scrabble AmericanactivistCarolHanischfromthesec- not aware of it, we are the fish when asked, spaces. We have to start micro acts of resist-
life reminded me of my most favourite hard-boiled pri- ondwaveof feminism,whereshechallenged “How is the water?” exclaim in confusion, anceagainsttheoperationsofpowerthatsub-
vate eye, Philip Marlowe, written by Raymond Chandler. the dominant idea of politics as being out “What water?” We swim in this water daily jugate and diminish people.
But where was Mason, the legal eagle? there in government structures, elections or in our homes, schools, public spaces, movies, Let’s be mindful of the beast of intersec-
As it went along, wonderfully atmospheric, I started
warming up to this latest version. By the fourth episode, I
IMAGINE positions of power. Politics is
notsomethingexternal,butit
● ● ●
literature, advertisements,
news, TV programs — it is
tionality — DISGRACEFULL — and its silent
and invisible workings. The answer is not to
was fully invested. Set in the Los Angeles of the early ’30s, by Shelja Sen is present in our homes, there everywhere. It is our invisiblise the discrimination (dismissing
we get everything that matches the period. We get inter- streets,andourworkspaces.It The answer to intersectionality choicehowwebecomeaware casteism, misogyny, classism) but to expose

C
esting characters, especially women. There’s a charismatic impactseverythingwedo,our ofit,optintoitandperpetuate itandmakesurewedonotendupbecoming
peroxide-blonde preacher, Sister Alice (Tatiana Maslany, OVID-19HASbeenatimeofreck- choices and relationships. In is to expose its discrimination it, or mindfully opt out of it as itsteethandclaws;tobesubversiveandstand
electric), who believes in miracles; a young mother (Gayle oning as we come face to face that sense, everything per- deliberate practice. upforeachother.Iwasinaweof the14-year-
Rankin, effective), who tearily claims her innocences. In a with the injustices that have cre- sonalispolitical.Thepersonal and not end up becoming its Language is the thread oldwhostooduptothemaleprincipalinher
smart move, a couple of familiar characters, Della Street
and Paul Drake, are given makeovers: Street, played by the
ated structural inequality at so
manylevels.Itcouldbetheplight
is political in the way power
andprivilegedefinewherewe
teeth and claws throughwhichweweavenar-
ratives of “good” girls, moth-
school who asked her to take her male class-
mate’s comments on her body as a compli-
excellent Juliet Rylance, moves from being a secretary to a oftheurbanlabourersastheytrudgedbackto live, how we live and why we ● ● ● ersandwives,wheretheybe- ment.Healsoadvisedheragainstputtingka-
confident partner; Drake, a close associate, played by Chris theirvillages,traversinghundredsofmiles,re- die.Itisinthewaythemother come the truths and the jal to avoid male attention. The next day, all
Chalk, is Black. Matthew Rhys (in picture) takes over jectedbytheverypeoplewhousedthemmer- of a child with disability is shamed for “being givens. These constructs do not mean that thegirls(andsomeboys)turnedupinschool
Mason, and makes him, his. Barring a few hiccups, it all cilessly while they could. Ours is the society a failure” or a girl who does not follow the so- they are not real for the people experiencing withkajal!Abigsalutetomicroactsof recla-
stays fully engaging. It may have been set so many years that turned its eyes away from the predica- cial rules of a “good girl” is rumoured to be a it. The shame that a child on the streets expe- mation of justice and solidarity.
ago, but it speaks to the world today — race, discrimina- mentofmillionsofstreetchildrenandwomen “slut”, or, in the culture where girls are killed rienceswhensheismockedas“kachra”(dirt)
tion, religion, moral turpitude, different sexual orienta- who were made more vulnerable in abusive evenbeforetheyarebornbecausetheirlife is is as real as the shame of the 13-year girl DrSheljaSenisanarrativetherapist,co-founder,
tion, feminism, all wrapped up in a cracking mystery. We homes.Globally,the#BlackLivesMattermove- seen as a curse. whoseoldercousinrapedherandblamedher ChildrenFirst,writer,and,inthiscolumn,she
wait, in anticipation, for the second season. ment became even more significant with the FrenchintellectualthinkerMichelFoucault for“askingforit.”Thesedominantdiscourses curatestheknow-howofthechildrenandyoung
stark contrast of racial discrimination in the discussedhowmodernpoweroperatesonso- can be oppressive as they locate the problem peoplesheworkswith.Writetoher
COVID-19 deaths. People are taking to the cialcontrolthroughnormalisingjudgements intheindividualratherthaninthesocial-cul- [email protected]

The Master’s Voice

made and the new mother moved to India’s performing with the sole desire of becoming
financial capital and set up house close to one with the divine.
Panditji’s home. Men are mortal, but those with grace, tal-
Marina’s apartment was only an address entandalargeheartlikePanditji,becomeim-
anchoring her to Mumbai. It was at the Jasraj mortalthroughtheiractionsandlegacy.How
The divinity of late Pandit Jasraj’s music residence, alongside six other fulltime and luckyforusthateverycorneroftheworldwas
other visiting students, serving the guru and blessed with his music. He ensured a warm
following his lead on life and living, that welcome for them in the most remote parts.
ShebringsIndia,PanditJasrajandhispeerless, mother and son found comfort. In cooking, When I heard of Panditji’s passing, I was

SLICEOFLIFE
soul-stirring music with her wherever she cleaning and providing for the guru, Marina shaken to my core. My mind and heart were
lands. Music so pure and rich, it heals and in- andherfellowstudentsfoundtutelageasan- most concerned for Marina, even as I made
spires most deeply. cient and pure as India itself. Hours and days peace with the fact that the fraternity of
MarinawasborntoFaqueerShahabuddin wouldpassandtheguruwouldteachthrough Indian musicians had lost one of their most
Ahmad and Ayesha Akhtar of Dhaka. Ahmad his example of reacting to the daily motions iconicvocalists.Amanwho,throughhismu-
was the first attorney general of Bangladesh. of life. Music wasn’t merely taught through sic and way of thinking and living had
Ayeshawashiswifeandmotheroftheirseven notes but revealed in the behaviour and brought, for many of us, divinity right in our
children.Musicwasintheirblood,butlawwas choices that the master made. midst.Havinghadtheprivilegeof seeinghim
the ancestral vocation followed with pride. HinduismwaswhatPanditJasrajwasborn performatMarina’shomeinNewYorkoften,
Evenso,Marinawasencouragedfromayoung into. But the faith of his birth did not cage his I observed scores of people reluctant to end
agetoexploreandprofessionalisehersinging. mind,bodyandspirit.Hissongssunginpraise the night. Everyone wanted encore after en-
After learning from the best exponents of of Allah were as popularly received as those core, each person feeling as if god had some-
Hindustani classical music in Bangladesh, inpraiseof Krishna.Onhisneckheworepen- how magically arrived in Marina’s living
Marina was in need of richer tutelage. Barely dantsofrudrakshabeads,Krishna,Om,Ayatul room, performing for us mortals, and, in do-
17, she found herself in Delhi at Gandharva Kursi and many more. He teased Marina of- ingso,blessedourliveswithenergyandhope.
Mahavidyalaya, adopted by the most gener- tenthatKrishnawasgivingcomfortingcover Every time I heard Panditji perform, I would
ous and talented Bhaiji, aka Vinay Chandra to Allah or vice-versa, and, with that imagery find my soul thanking me for having fed it
Maudgalya, as his Bengali daughter. With taught her and the others the oneness of the food it was yearning.
Bhaijiasherguardianandteacher,Marinabe- divine.Race,religion,gender,casteandcolour Panditjileavesavacuumthatwillneverbe

SuvirSaran camemoreproficientwiththelayeredsophis-
ticationneededintheunderstandingandren-
dition of North Indian classical music.
didn’t matter to the legendary maestro. He
chased passion and perseverance in his stu-
dents. He valued their hunger for knowledge
filled. The notes he reached and touched, the
way he caressed the divinity of his voice, and
howhemadehismusicaprayertothegodthat
Suvir Saran is a chef, author, educator At 22, Marina became mother to Hamza and growth. He respected their desire to be resides in all life — make him a man who will
and world traveller Khan, and, with him, she moved with in- one with the world and their surroundings, continue to live even as his body leaves us. As
domitableaspirationstoMumbai.Afteraper- ● ● ● training them to be one with the times also, I bid him farewell, I salute his disciple Marina,
MARINAAHMAD,oneofthesevenstudentsof formancewherehehadleftallintheaudience so as to keep their art relevant. As he became my guru, and bow to her for having risen be-
PanditJasrajwhomheconsideredhisfondest
andclosestofchelas(disciples),isaproudNew
spellbound, Pandit Jasraj happened to meet
Bhaiji and Marina in the elevator. Bhaiji was
Race, religion, gender, caste and colour did grandpa again to Rishabh, Marina’s second
son, he showed curiosity, youth and vigour
yond mortal materialism. For having turned
hergoodluckinbeinghisstudentintogreater
Yorker.ShealsomaintainshomesinMumbai
and Dhaka. A nomad at heart, she travels the
quick to see in Marina’s eyes and body lan-
guageahungertobecomeashagird(disciple)
not matter to the legendary maestro that was boundless in its generosity. He
showed through example that supreme tal-
good luck for the rest of us who call her our
teacher;whocannowhearPanditJasrajinher
world without fear and at the drop of a hat. of the great maestro. Arrangements were ● ● ● ent is a result of emptying oneself of ego and soulful singing and inspiring presence.

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‘We have been questioning the DOWN IN

JUNGLELAND
boundaries of knowledge and art’
Delhi’s Raqs Media Collective trio, artistic director of the Yokohama Triennale, on art as renewal RanjitLal
Ranjit Lal is an author,
Vandana Kalra environmentalist and
bird watcher

YOUR CURATORIAL note for Yokohama

Triennale (titled ‘Afterglow’) mentions
how ‘Afterglow lights up an awareness of
what it means to keep making art in the
twenty-first century’. Please elaborate.
The Yokohama Triennale (YT) opened on
July17(ontillOctober11) witheveryprecau-
Givers of Life
tioninplace,signallingtotheworldthatartis
there — to think with everyone in this mo-
We owe our lives to plants. Must
ment, to be with thought, desire, and insight we not show them some gratitude?

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intocareandcontagion.Almostadecadeago,
the 2011 Yokohama Triennale, which had HERE’S AN increasing number of people who are
openedafterthetsunamiandFukushimanu- hectoring the world about our abominable treat-
clear accident, had had an increased turnout. ment of animals, especially those bred and
Peopleturnedtoartasasourceofrenewaland “farmed” for food and they try very hard to make
solidarity. This time seems connected to these people give up steaks and smoked ham and eat
something deeper, too. leaves instead. Many of their criticisms are valid and we
In November 2019, we released ought to be more humane in our dealings with them
Sourcebook, with five curated texts and an es- (though doing so while killing something might seem
say, and met artists in the process of building paradoxical). Ah, yes, and now here comes the “but”!
the Triennale. Masaru Iwai, for instance, has Let’s look at the way we treat plants. First, let’s remind
been working for years in post-Fukushima ourselves of what green plants do for us. They shower
cleaningoperationsasanartist-worker.ForYT, oxygen and clear up carbon-dioxide meant to suffocate
he evolved a networked performance Broom us. They pump up and purify water from the earth’s
Stars — online and offline — in public and do- depths — and make rain, too. Most importantly, they pro-
mestic spaces. This pre-pandemic work has vide every calorie of energy — in different forms — that
takenonadditionalresonancenowtodowith every living (and non-living) thing uses. They convert
apublicthinkingofwhatitmeanstoclean,fo- sunlight into sugars and starch, and, dare I say, steaks and
cussing attention on cleaners. (Bangladeshi smoked ham and petrol! Even when long dead and
artist)NaeemMohaiemen’sfictionfilm,setin buried deep, they provide the fuel required to run our fac-
adesolatehospital,isaboutadurationof care, tories, cars and planes — though, granted, that bit of recy-
its intimacies and impossibilities. Shot before cling is now coming back to bite us — as we overdose on it.
COURTESY:RAQSMEDIACOLLECTIVE
COVID-19, the film has now become a speci- Plants also run the world’s best juice factory, produc-
ficitythatspeakstoanewuniversal.Bengaluru into urbanisation through works such as stantiality to depict imperial hubris when ing, through their fruit, juices of bewildering variety, natu-
artistRenukaRajiv’svividoneiricimage-world Growing Up (1995), The Wherehouse Coronation Park developed into Hollowgram ral sweetness and flavour. While biting into a slice of wa-
is specifically in response to the pandemic. (2004), 5 Pieces of Evidence (2003) and Log (2018). The sovereign — to say like the child termelon, it suddenly struck me: how the heck did this
Book Entry Before Storm (2014)? beforetheemperorinthefairytale—isnaked plant suck up so many litres of water, flavour it so deli-
As artists who have also been curating, A curiosity about the past continuous as and now even without a body! The Capital of ciously, package it and make me want to eat far more than
how does your art practice interplay much as the present tense of dense habita- Accumulation(2010)equallycautionsagainst I ought to? What is the mango’s secret recipe for trans-
with curation? tions of human beings – called cities – is one the making of commemorative statues for porting us to nirvana? Of course, the plants’ motive is sim-
OurBuildingSightin‘OnDifference’(2006), ofthehistoriesofourpractice.ThecityofDelhi heretics.The20thcenturyisahauntingland- ple: to tempt me — or any other creature — into eating
at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart has shaped us ‘urban’ creatures and our scape of statues and uprooted statues. their fruit and spreading their seeds, so that their progeny
(Germany),workedasanewunderstandingof decade-long work at Sarai. The urban senso- can continue the good work.
cities emerging from our extended work at rium is delirious and unpredictable, it made Compared with your politically-active One of the main reasons put forward by people as to
Sarai (media lab at Centre for the Study of us take forensic and fabulist directions – 5 university days in the ’80s, how would why it’s okay to rip out plants from their roots and plunge
Developing Societies), and drawing from our PiecesofEvidencejoinsthedotsbetweenmiss- you define the India of now? them into boiling water or sizzling oil is that, unlike ani-
conversations within the documentary-film ingpersons,datagrids,the‘MonkeyMan’,and Our generation saw genocide, images of mals, they are not sentient. Perhaps, not in the way we
world. Since then, almost every two years, a hot Delhi summer, The Wherehouse drafts chemical leakage from a factory, of a man in understand, but maybe they are sentient in their own
we’ve embarked on curatorial practices of procedures of recounting memories of ob- space, of the Army entering a place of wor- way. They are sensitive to light; vines and creepers behave
varying dimensions, scales, and duration. jects,thecitiesthatrefugeesleavebehindand ship,studentsbeingkilled,thefalloftheBerlin like pythons as time-lapse photography has shown. It
TANAKAYUICHIRO/COURTESY:ORGANISINGCOMMITTEEFORYOKOHAMATRIENNALE
Since Sarai, we’ve been experimenting yet carry with them. Log Book Entry Before Wall and of an empire, and a war. We are still would be eye-popping to see, through time lapse, what a
with an infrastructural mode of practice. To Storm moves towards the submarine and HANDS THAT vitedpeopletofinishthesentenceinitstitle.In unpackingtheirdimensions.Weknewsome- strangler fig does to its host over the years! When under
keep questioning the boundaries of knowl- transoceaniclongingsofportcities.And,more MAKE ART over500responses,thequestforanexuberant thing was fundamentally problematic with attack, plants produce (at great cost) poisons and stomach
edgeandart,shiftingtheprotocolsandthresh- recently, seams of coal and iron in under- collective life was undercut by rage and exas- sovereigns, the stories they tell about life un- irritants — like tannins — to protect themselves (the rea-
(Top) Raqs Media
oldsof entry,andthedialectsof participation. ground mines in remote locations or ship- peration.Theworkwasrealisedin2014-15,not der capitalism — workers were also reading son why tea is bitter and is used by the poor to suppress
Ourcuratorialpracticefurthersthisquestion- wrecks (The Blood of Stars, 2016, Pamphilos, Collective’s 2015 long after the Ferguson ‘riots’. With and coming to similar conclusions. appetite). They even warn their neighbours that an ele-
ing.Ourart,ontheotherhand,hasdelvedinto 2018). We made a short lockdown film 31 work The Coronation #BlackLivesMatter, a long history has (re)ap- Now, we are in the midst of mass move-
findingwaystonarrate,unearthshiftingnar- Days,achronicleoftheworldseenfromDelhi, Park; the Collective’s peared with unprecedented force and spread. ments,reclamationandcontestationsofpub-
rativesofplaceandtime,multiplyingperspec- andrealisedthatthedynamicbetweenhome trio – (from left) This should change the terms by which insti- lic life. Muslim women have articulated new
tives, and re-ordering foregrounds — using a and world is incredibly complicated and in a Jeebesh Bagchi, tutionsandhabitswork.#DefundThePolicewill idiomsof sorority,andwithprovocativewrit-
fictiveplayof images,objects,andwords.Our constant flux. becriticalinhaltingtheglobaltrendofempow- ings and mobilisations of Dalit-Bahujan
Monica Narula
work interlaces around the idea of gathering. eringpoliceinthefaceof radicalchange. thinkersandassemblies,thegroundtoimag-
YT’s opening had an online walkthrough — a Having questioned colonial and historical and Shuddhabrata At present, in many places, many statues inefraternityafreshhasbeenre-laid.Workers
virtual gathering — of artists with curatorial legacies in your work, how would you Sengupta are falling. Through Coronation Park (2015), are reclaiming time, farmers refusing to sur-
teammemberErikoKimura.It’suniquetowit- place the significance of the weturnedtherelicsofpowerintoghosts;took rendertodebt,studentsdefendingeducation.
nessanemergingnewworld,areformulation #BlackLivesMatter movement? aviceroyoutofhisrobe,madehimdisappear, There’sactiveconcernaboutincarcerationand
of time into what some call the new-normal. Our work on the crowd’s collective mur- and left the robe hanging. We made men of lawsofrepression.Thecomingtimeswillpose
murfortheLaumeierSculptureParkinSt.Louis, immensepowerbend.Wemovedfromstatue a long-term challenge to the ways structures
Could you talk about your investigations Missouri (If the World is a Fair Place Then...) in- to spectre, substance to holographic insub- ofeverydaylifearebuilt,sustainedandaltered.
RANJITLAL
SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR YOU

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors paid respects to the kill

phant or human with a sickle is coming around. Deep un-

derground, their roots spread far and wide, and, with the
help of fungi, barter with other plants for nutrients they
An Indian-origin director’s longerprisonsentence,andnoneofthisisbe-
ing vetted for bias or accuracy,” she says,
may lack. The fungus gets paid too — in the form of sugars.
I think our attitude would change if we could all see ex-
new documentary shows adding, science as an objective field of refer- actly what goes on in a plant as it lives, grows and matures
ence is becoming an outdated idea. — as if it were transparent. The miracle machinery of the
how algorithmic bias can In the wake of the George Floyd incident, leaves working with chlorophyll, the marvellous channels
CodedBiashasacquiredgreatersignificance.It up and down the stem and trunk through which water
be lethal for civil rights shows a 14-year-old African-American boy and food is transported, the delicate manner a flower un-
confusedandteary-eyedonbeingtoldbythe folds and how a fruit ripens and sweetens just until it is
Suanshu Khurana UKmonitorBigBrotherWatchthatthepolice perfect. How its systems shut down as winter — or the
wrongly detained him owing to faulty facial- blazing hot summer — approaches and then rev up again
recognitionsoftware.“Ourdatarightsarenot when the season changes. How it might go to war with a
AI,AIN’TIaWoman?...Todayweposethisques- some privileged idea of privacy where if neighbouring plant claiming territory and resources, often
tion to new powers...as faces increment scars/ you’ve nothing to hide you’ve nothing to fear. when it is an intruder (we call these weeds).
Old burns, new urns, collecting data, chroni- Data rights are the unfinished work of civil- If we could think about what plants might feel if they
cling our past/ Often forgetting to deal with rights movement and integral to every right were sentient in any way (not necessarily like us), imagine
gender, race and class... we enjoy in free democracies. Until we have what a wheat field would feel when it first hears the rattle
When Joy Buolamwini, a Ghanaian- comprehensive legislation around these and clank of an approaching combine harvester! Or, the
American poet and research assistant at MIT rights,theyposearealdanger,”saysKantayya, trees in a forest, when they hear the maniacal screech of a
MediaLab,Massachusetts,theUS,chantedthis adding that she’s felt underestimated in the chainsaw, or when axes bite deep into them, blow by
spoken-word piece in 2018, inspired by Americanfilmindustryasa“brown-skinned” blow, dismembering and disemboweling them (there
African-American women’s rights activist Indian filmmaker, and trusts her judgement goes a hundred years of quiet toil, building a green cathe-
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech about the invisible “racism moments” since. dral!). It’s a sound that makes any normal human being
from 1851, she was voicing her research find- Born to immigrant Indian parents in wince. As with some animals, we’re now fiddling with
ings for the masses. The piece (on YouTube) Connecticut, she studied human rights and their genes too: every banana must be identical to the
spoke of what she discovered — racial bias in bestintentionscouldstilldounintendedharm, cinema, and edited videos for singers Sting, next one. We feed them artificially — with what would be
the facial-recognition software created by even roll back decades of civil rights that MariahCareyandPhilCollins,beforebecom- the equivalent of performance boosters — to make them
Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft, among womenhavefoughtforbecauseanalgorithm ingan“activistfilmmaker”.HerNanditaDas- grow and put on muscle double quick — and bankrupt the
others.Theseeitherdidn’trecognisepeopleof replicatedhistoricinequalities,”saysKantayya. starrershortfilmADropofLife(2007)wonthe soil they stand on. How nice if an apple can taste like an
colouraccuratelyordidn’tregisterthematall. Artificial Intelligence (AI), she says, when Best Short Film at the 2008 Palm Beach orange and an orange like a banana!
Or,acknowledgedwomenasmen—evenfor- coined in the 1950s, was the domain of white International Film Festival, the US. Even in our everyday life, we are so disrespectful of
merUSfirstladyMichelleObama,actorOprah men.“Istumbleddowntherabbitholeanddis- Since many Indians work in global tech plants — casually ripping them up, slashing them, and
Winfrey, tennis player Serena Williams were covered this dark side to technologies we use companies, Kantayya wants them to under- yanking their heads off so they can grace a vase in our liv-
notspared.Buolamwiniwasbaffledwhenon daily,onwhichsociety’sfuturedepends,”says stand the unintended consequences of the ing rooms or stringing them into garlands to sling around
wearing a white theatre mask she cleared Kantayya, 38, who found that mostly women code they’re programming. “Democracies,” the greasy neck of some political leader.
recognition. With Timnit Gebru of Microsoft or people of colour were leading the research she says, “are built on citizens’ access to reli- When we were hunter-gatherers, it became custom-
Research,sheputtogetherapaperontheflaws in AI and algorithmic bias. “Astute scientists ableinformationandcompanieslikeFacebook ary for the hunter to pay his (or her) respects to the animal
of algorithms. Her organisation Algorithmic and mathematicians — seven PhD holders in haven’t made a big enough commitment to hunted and killed — perhaps, with a brief prayer asking
JusticeLeague’seffortshavenowledcitieslike the film — women, Jewish, queer, of colour — fightmisinformation.Ourdemocraciesstrug- for forgiveness and offering gratitude (I don’t think this
SanFrancisco,Oakland,Somervilletopasslaws were able to see the technology from a differ- gle with predatory targeting. We must ques- practice takes place in slaughterhouses — it really ought
tobangovernmentuseofanycontroversialfa- entperspective.Inclusionisn’tjustabouthav- tioneverythingweseeandhear.Googleisn’tan to). And, like it or not, until we can eat rocks or plastic
cial-recognition technology. Last month, the year’s Sundance Film Festival. Amid other is- GOT MY EYES ingmorewomeninthefrontinapicture,”she encyclopedia,asourceofjournalism,it’sanad- (which, again, originate with plants) we will have to eat
Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to halt sues,itshowstheAmericanmultinationaltech ON YOU says. AI, however, manifests in opaque ways, vertising platform.” Kantayya speaks of how, other living things. And, though plants lead very different
law enforcement’s use of facial recognition. companyAmazondeployinganalgorithmfor beyondfacialrecognition,addsKantayya,who triggeredbyCOVID-19,techcompaniesarerac- lives compared to us and other animals, they are living
Buolamwini’s journey fascinated New hiring, thinking it to be fair. Only, it wasn’t. “If
(Top) Kantayya; learnt something terrifying from Cathy ingtocreateappstotrackusers,whichresults things. So it’s only right that we extend a little more re-
York-based Indian-origin filmmaker Shalini your résumé had a women’s college or sport, Buolamwini in a still O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction in data and privacy breach. “Computers need spect to them. Remember, we owe them big.
Kantayya enough to make the docu-feature you were denied admission by that AI. It’s a from Coded Bias (2016).“Theautomatedsystemsaredeciding to be questioned. We need to know who is it
Coded Bias (2020), which premiered at this perfect example of how a company with the whogetshealthcare,getshired,intocollege,a benefitting and who is it hurting,” she says.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, AUGUST 23, 2020

In an e-Adda hosted by
The Indian Express,
Union Education
Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank
spoke on the new
National Education
Policy, holding
extensive consultations
with all stakeholders
and getting foreign
(Clockwise from above) Nishank was in conversation with The Indian Express National Opinion Editor Vandita Mishra and Senior Assistant Editor Ritika Chopra
universities to India

‘We are not against English...but leave your

children free, let them learn ten languages’
On holding wide-ranging
discussions ahead of the new
states over Hindi
The Prime Minister has always stated that
we will strengthen all our 22 regional lan-
VOICE BANK
National Education Policy (NEP)
guages. All our languages have their own
This is a policy for the whole country, beautyandthat’swhywehavenotforcedany Ronnie Screwvala your message to texts of Aryabhat, world famous as- thought process?
from the Gram Pradhan to the Prime language on anyone. But leave your children CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, teachers, tronomer, were in Sanskrit. We will The NEP is an all-inclusive policy
Minister, from the village to the Parliament, free,whydoyouwanttolimitthem?Letthem UPGRAD students and have to take our past and link it to the where nothing has been left out. The idea
from the state legislator to the learn10languages.Wehaveonlysaidtakeone Allowing the top their parents? present. Sanskrit is another language is to stand on the foundation of our an-
Parliamentarian, from the Education moreIndianlanguage.Whatcanbetheappre- 100 universities to For us, safety and if globally, people are studying it, cient wisdom. We are known in the
Minister to the Chief Minister. We held con- hension in taking one more Indian language? give online classes of the child is the why not citizens of this country? world for human values, which form the
sultations withstudents, teachers,scientists, is a welcome deci- foremost priority, ■■■ foundation of our education policy. We
NGOs. No one in the world has had so many sion. The chal- education comes had ancient universities like Nalanda and
consultations for a policy, it is the biggest in-
On giving autonomy to higher lenge in India is second. We will open schools and other Suneet Vats Takshila, where students from all over
novation (navachar). We put the draft in the educational institutions that we have to in- educational institutions in a step-by- VICE CHAIRMAN, VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF the world came to study. I think there is
public domain for seven-eight months, so Autonomy also comes with trans- crease at least 30 step manner. In the meantime, we have PROFESSIONAL STUDIES no other university in ancient times
that no one can say that they weren’t con- parency and responsibility, it does not mean million seats in kept children constantly engaged The NEP talks which was so prominent like these two.
sulted. We got 2.25 lakh suggestions. Each of complete independence. If an institute says higher education, and have the right through Manodarpan, where we give about autonomy ■■■
these were analysed and after a lot of brain- we want to give a degree in three months, blend of online and offline classes. them assignments. A combined effort for educational
storming,separatecommitteeswereformed will you give permission? In any institution, We all know that one in every five by teachers and parents has gone a institutes. The Meera Isaacs
for school education and higher education. there will be limits to autonomy. That’s why working professionals in the world will long way in safeguarding the future of UGC gives the PRINCIPAL, CATHEDRAL AND JOHN CONNON
I am happy that of the 45,000 degree col- be in India, or will come out of India. 33 crore children. autonomy SCHOOL, MUMBAI
leges, we have given autonomy to 8,000. That puts a great onus on us, and ■■■ certificate, but How does the
On how the government will hence, the NEP is timely. We can make because this government
ensure six per cent of the GDP India the knowledge economy of the Dr Vidya Yeravdekar comes under the propose —
On stemming the decline of world. This is the time to build mutual PRO CHANCELLOR, SYMBIOSIS concurrent list, the state especially in
for education public universities INTERNATIONAL (DEEMED UNIVERSITY) &
respect and trust between all con- government shows some reluctance. metropolitan
Education is both a Centre and state sub- Situations change and universities go stituents — state governments, regula- PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR, SYMBIOSIS I am sure many colleges are cities with a
ject.SixpercentGDPwillbedonetogetherby through different circumstances, and the tory bodies, universities and colleges, You spoke about struggling with the issue. diverse group of
the state and the government has technological enablers and the people 100 universities This is a matter of the concurrent children — to
Centre.Thedayour the ability to take who are looking to future proof our ed- from abroad list where the state governments also teach in a child’s
economy reaches care of that. Our ucation system. coming to India. play a role, since there is a definite mother tongue?
$5trillion,thatday universities are ■■■ These mandate. UGC also has its own limita- We have kept a provision for the
six per cent will be doing incredible universities are tions, and it does the best it can. mother-tongue aspect, and left the onus
a lot. We will take work and their Aakash Sachdev going to tie up Autonomy also has to come in through on the states. The child should be able to
this forward with prestige isn’t MANAGING DIRECTOR, FOUNDATION with other the state governments. speak in his mother tongue, and express
thestatesandfulfill falling anywhere, HOLDINGS private himself more in it. There is a provision
■■■
this aim. for these we Should the universities, all deemed universities. for bi-lingual studies in the NEP. Most
have brought government look But the word ‘deemed’ is very Zishaan Hayath states encourage and prioritise their own
‘Uchch Shiksha at leveraging the problematic. In NEP, you have said FOUNDER & CEO, TOPPR.COM regional languages. For those who have
On making Aayog’ (Higher PPP model to that this word should not be used As the trouble with it, we can sort that out.
mother Education ensure last-mile anymore as it’s not used technology ■■■
tongue the Council), under reach of the internationally. sector holds
which three-four online model? When the Uchch Shiksha Aayog enormous Snehal Pinto
medium of DIRECTOR, RYAN GROUP
separate councils There were (Higher Education Council) comes into potential to
instruction would be made. some difficulties in existence, we will make policies and transform the Theinclusionof
One expresses One will look at starting online classes — then we started chart out a way to execute them. educational vocationalstudies
best in her own mother tongue, and that’s the syllabus, another to see how it will be ePathshala, Swayam Prabha and Diksha Educational institutions are going to infrastructure, intheNEPneeds
why we have said the mother tongue will be implemented, one will look at the budget programmes. We realised that many chil- get a lot of power. As for the word does the tobelauded.With
the medium for primary education till Class and another will evaluate. dren might not have access to smart- deemed, have some patience, it will all government intend to invite the virtuallearning
V — some states want to do it till Class VIII, phones and tablets, or even the internet. get sorted. stakeholders, including startups, to becomingthenew
others even further. Some people have mis- To ensure last-mile reach, we started the ■■■ formulate an inclusive policy? normal,would
conceptions; we are not against English but On why the BJP has changed Swayam Prabha platform, where curricu- We are forming such a platform, youuseittocreate
we are saying that the 22 languages in the its stance on the entry of lum could be spread through 32 TV chan- Ganesh N Devy the NETF (National Educational e-schoolsfor
Eighth Schedule of our Constitution should nels available 24 hours, and in some LINGUIST AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST Technology Forum), but apart from childreninthevillagesandthosewho
foreign universities
bestrengthened,elsetheywillperish.TheUS, places, we are also going through radio. Sanskrit is now a that, we are working on the vision of don’thaveaccess?
Japan, Israel and Germany are all developed Now they will come on our terms. That With ePathshala, we are teaching the widely open ‘One Nation, One Digital’ platform, We are the first school system in the
countries, what is the medium of education time(duringtheUPA’stenure)theymayhave curriculum in 15 languages. And through option, as per the along with ‘One Nation, One Channel’. world that is trying to teach artificial
there? It’s their mother tongue. We are not come on their terms. There is a lot of differ- the national digital library, we have more NEP. It is no There is a whole new chapter in the intelligence from school level, which is
against any language, learn English too, but ence between their intention of coming and than 4.5 crore files of e-content, including longer a living NEP as far as technology is concerned. from the Class VI level. The vocational
we should do justice to the child and his tal- the intention with which they are being in- video and audio. We have made sure that language, so Through technology, we have been studies programme that we are start-
ent. Teach in any language that you want; vited.WewantIndianeducationtoreachgreat the top 100 universities — government instead, why able to get 100 universities to offer on- ing from Class VI will also have an in-
what is the problem with teaching that child heightsacrosstheglobe.Thereisareasonbe- and private — are giving online classes, should we not line education. The NETF will be ternship component. We have asked
10 other languages, children have a lot of po- hindusinvitingthetop100internationaluni- and while earlier, they only gave 20 per have a strengthened under the NEP. the states to collaborate with us and
tential to learn. versities.Around7.5-8lakhof ourchildrengo cent online classes, it’s now 40 per cent. ‘Samvidhaan ki Shiksha’ (Study of the ■■■ put together a lab in their schools.
abroad to study. If you take an approximate The PM eVidya platform has been Constitution) for the benefit of the Education is paramount when it comes
averagefigure,Rs1-1.5lakhcroregoesabroad created keeping in mind the PPP Model. country, as a widely open option? Saurabh Modi to strengthening the poor of any coun-
On whether performance- every year. Our talent and money is going We did Vidyadaan 1 and Vidyadaan 2, If you read the NEP, you will realise CHAIRMAN, NEERJA MODI SCHOOL try. The vocational education will go
linked funding proposed by away from us. India’s talent has made a huge asking experts to donate their services, that Sanskrit is depicted as a language. The NEP is together with normal education and
NEP will hit backward states contribution to the development of several and we asked companies and industries Even the Constitution says that all our stressed towards we have bridged the gap between the
countries. Why shouldn’t we stop this talent as to what would they donate in terms languages need to be strengthened. globalisation, two, to help equip the students better.
Thisisbeingdonetoupliftthem.Thereare from going away? So, we will get the top uni- of knowledge. I am happy to say that Apart from being a language, Sanskrit is and you have said We will issue guidelines for the same
many backward states, and their GER (Gross versities here, on our terms. everyone contributed and donated un- also a storehouse of knowledge. It is be- that India had an soon. Students can opt for any combi-
Enrolment Ratio) is very low and that’s why der the schemes. ing taught in 250 universities across the intellectual nation of subjects, for instance, pair
we are doing this. I will give you an example. ■■■ world. Why? Because Ayurveda, as we prowess, and in music with physics, and are also al-
There is funding in Samagra Shiksha. We give On whether the government know it, written in the Charak Samhita the past, we were lowed gap years. And if for some rea-
fundstocertainstates,if theyarenotspenton will step back from trying to Rukmini Banerji by Patanjali, is in Sanskrit. Sushrut, who cherished son they discontinue their study, they
time, should we give them even more funds? CEO, PRATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION is credited with starting shalya chikitsa for that. How is the NEP will get a certificate for the year they
control universities
The funds are being given to improve their When schools reopen, what will be (surgery), is written in Sanskrit. The channelising ancient traditions and have finished.
qualityandwhentheystartusingthemprop- I have never felt that the government is
erly, their level will become better and they trying to exercise some sort of control over
will be ranked.Thestateswillalsobeworried universities. If you are the vice chancellor of
that if they don’t utilise their funds on time, a university and if you have to appoint peo-
else they will not get the money. So the states ple, all we are saying is that don't leave posi-
willalsomakeaneffortandthispolicywilltake tions vacant, fill them up immediately.
everyone forward together. Everybodyisindependent,theyhavepowers
and they are using them.
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ON THE TUBE
Champions League final, 00:30 hrs
Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich, Sony Ten 2 & Sony Ten 3

Crawley’s double
century leaves
Pakistan with a
Big bubble in the Big Apple How England, Australia & CPL
players can avoid IPL quarantine
Bopanna provides a peek into the stringent regulations for the US Open After conclusion of the England vs
mountain to climb SHAHID JUDGE
DEVENDRA PANDEY
MUMBAI, AUGUST 22 Australia series and CPL, the
players continue to remain in their
MUMBAI, AUGUST 22 IF THE IPL players in action in the Caribbean respective Bio-Secure
ASSOCIATED PRESS/ENS Premier League and next month’s England- Environments... The team bus
SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 22 THE LAYOVER in Frankfurt, from Bangalore Australia limited-overs series are to avoid
enrouteNewYorkwasquiteshort.“Aboutan being quarantined for seven days on
drops the players straight on to the
ZAK CRAWLEY’S marathon innings of 267 hour,”estimatesRohanBopanna.Therewas- their arrival in the UAE, they will have to tarmac thereby avoiding the need
leftPakistan’sambitionsof aseries-tyingwin n’tmuchtimetospareafterde-boardingand move directly from one bio-secure envi- for players to pass through the
in tatters. Riding on the 22-year-old’s knock, proceedingtothenextgate.Inqueuethough, ronment to another without venturing out- airport terminal building preventing
England found themselves in a command- he noticed a number of familiar faces, fellow side these bubbles. contact with other people outside
ing position in the third Test, declaring their tennis players lining up to board the same To ensure that, extraordinary conditions the Bio-Secure Environment.”
firstinningsat583/8onSaturday.Bythetime plane that was to take them to the US Open. have been put in place by the BCCI and the
play ended on Day 2, Pakistan were stutter- Aveterannowonthe tour,Bopannaisac- onus is on the franchises to ensure that their BCCI ADVISORY TO TEAMS
ing at 24/3, with James Anderson taking all customed to bumping into colleagues at air- players adhere to these restrictions. If they
three wickets. ports. He’s longed to see his ‘family’ on tour do so, the cricketers will be allowed to join Environments and are transported in the
Babar Azam was the last man to be dis- for five months. And now that he did, a new theirrespectivesquadsintheUAEif theytest team bus straight to the aircraft where they
missed, trapped leg-before off Anderson, reality sunk in. “Dominic Thiem, Dennis negative in an RT-PCR test after their arrival. are exempted from immigration and other
who now needs just four more wickets to Novak,MatePavic,MarcPolmans,Alexander The players will already be in bio-secure formalitiesatthedepartingairport.Theteam
reach the 600-wicket milestone. Bublik, Radu Albot…” he starts listing. bubbles in England and Trinidad, and it has bus drops the players straight on to the tar-
The day, however, belonged to Crawley, “Everybodywaswearingamask,soyouhave (L-R) Rohan Bopanna with his coach Scott Davidoff and physio Gaurang Shukla in beenproposedthatateambuswilltransport mac thereby avoidingthe need for players to
who played a knock that has thrust him into to give it a closer look to see if that’s the per- New York, where he will play at the ATP Masters this week. Rohan Bopanna/Instagram theplayersdirectlyfromteamhotelsstraight pass through the airport terminal building
cricket's global consciousness. By the time son you think it is. It’s a guessing game. But to the tarmac without going through airport preventing contact with other people out-
he was stumped off part-time spinner Asad everyone just greeted each other with an el- terminalsandareexemptedfrom“immigra- side the Bio-Secure Environment.”
Shafiq, Crawley had moved into 10th place bow tap. It was good to see them.” ing through open space. We weren’t going bles, arcade games... The whole place has a tion and other formalities” in UK and the
intheall-timelistof topscoresbyanEngland ThelasttimeBopannaboardedaplanewas to be staying in Manhattan, the hotel this relaxed atmosphere now because you can Caribbean, as the case may be. Charter flights
player - above the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, back in March, when he waited for hours at time is in Long Island,” says world no. 37 walk anywhere,” he says. OncetheylandinUAE,arrangementswill The franchises will have to book char-
Joe Root and Ben Stokes. Dohaairporttocatchaflighthome.Onthatoc- Bopanna. “This is the first time I’ve been to The regular changing rooms too have be- be made for them to be transported straight tered flights exclusively for these players to
His393-ballknockcontained34foursand casion, he wasn’t allowed to leave the airport New York but nowhere close to Manhattan. come a bit decongested because the top 32 from their chartered flights to the respective travel to the UAE.
a chipped six down the empty ground at the forover17hours,oneoftheQatargovernment There is a shuttle every 15 minutes from the seeds from the men’s and women’s draws team hotels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. “Upon arrival at any of the UAE airports,
AgeasBowl.The22-year-oldCrawley,playing directives against the Covid-19 pandemic. hotel and courts and back, but it’s an hour’s have been allotted what would have been A total of 17 Australian and 13 England the players are granted special exemptions
in his eighth Test, had every shot in the book - Thingshave become a bitsmoother since drive, even on a Sunday.” the hospitality suite inside the Arthur Ashe playersarescheduledtotakepartinIPL2020. whereby they will be transported from the
reverse sweeps, cuts off the back foot, whips then,whichiswhythetennistourcouldcon- Stadium. As many as 67 of the 80 suites have EnglandwillhostAustraliaforthreeODIsand aircraft straight to the team hotel. The team
into the leg side - and deserved a capacity siderreopening.Buttheprotocolhasbecome Covid-19 test been provided for the seeded players, com- threeT20IsfromSeptember4to15.Withthe bus picks the players from the airport tar-
crowd in Southampton. When he was finally much more stringent. Masks are now as im- Immediately after check-in, players were plete with a massage table. IPL scheduled to kick off on September 19, mac thereby avoiding the need for players
dismissed,Pakistan'splayersrantoCrawleyto portant as a tennis racquet. put through a Covid-19 test and instructed There are certain dos and don’ts, how- there was no clarity till now on whether to pass through the airport terminal build-
congratulatehim,manygivinghimfistbumps. Andwhenenteringthebio-securebubble to remain in their rooms till the result of the ever. “You aren’t allowed to keep anything in these players would have to miss a few IPL ing preventing contact with other people
HispartnershipwithJosButtlerwasworth359 in New York, things would be a lot different. first test came – no exceptions. Bopanna the locker room when you’re not there. So gamesduetothequarantinerequirementon outside the Bio-Secure Environment. All
runs, a record fifth-wicket stand for England The USTA has decided to shift the landed on a Saturday, and was tested for the only if you’re getting treatment with the their arrival in the UAE. The CPL ends on such players will have to undergo one RT-
in tests and its joint-sixth highest ever. Western and Southern Open – an ATP 1000 secondtime on Monday. There on, he will be physios, or taking a shower, you can keep September 10. PCR test on the day of arrival. If the test re-
Buttlerwascaughtandbowledoff Fawad MastersandWTAPremiereventusuallyheld tested every fourth day. stuff there. All other times you have to take This move to exempt the players from port is negative, they will be allowed to join
Alam for a Test-best 152. He reached his sec- near Cincinnati – to the same venue as the Thoughhetestednegative,Bopanna’snot everything with you,” Bopanna says. quarantine would allay the worries of fran- their respective franchise squads," the cir-
ond test century just before lunch. Buttler USOpen,andscheduleditjust a weekbefore allowed to leave the hotel. “There are sign- The rules this time reflect the simple phi- chises over the availability of their overseas cular reads.
survived a scare on 99 when he was given themajor.Theideaistoprovideathree-week boards everywhere, we aren’t even allowed losophy that you’ve come here for business players in the first week of the tournament. It also spells out what would eventuate if
out caught behind off Mohammad Abbas, window for the two events, and create a in the hotel parking lot because that’s out- – tennis – and that’s all you will do. Australia’sSteveSmithandDavidWarner, these players step out of the bio-secure bub-
only for a review to show he hadn't touched safety bubble where players are restricted to side the bubble. Everywhere we go we have This is a grim reminder of the current England’s Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, and bles during their journeys. “If IPL Governing
the ball with his bat. onlythehotelandthevenue– in somecases, to have our mask and credentials on,” says times,thenewnormalinsidethebubblethat CPL’s Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan and Andre Council is not satisfied with the strict adher-
England, who started Day 2 on 332-4, players like Novak Djokovic and Serena the 40-year-old, who won the 2017 French players have to make peace with. Russellare amongtheplayers whocanavoid ence to the travel protocols by any of the
lead 1-0 and are looking to clinch a first se- Williamshavebeenprovidedrentedaccom- Open mixed doubles title. In the absence of crowds, Bopanna’s only the quarantine in UAE if they follow the bio- players, all players will have to quarantine
ries victory over Pakistan in 10 years, as well modation at predetermined locations. At Flushing Meadows, the venue too has supportwillbefromhiscoachScottDavidoff secure protocols. for 7-days and undergo 3 RT-PCR tests be-
as a second of the summer after beating the But the difference in the US Open this been altered. Since the tournament will be and physio Gaurang Shukla. At the entrance In anote sent toallIPLteams, accessedby fore participation in IPL matches,” the note
West Indies 2-1. year could be seen from as early as the drive played behind closed doors, fan parks have of the Arthur Ashe Stadium – the world’s The IndianExpress,the exemptioncriteriaare reads.
BRIEF SCORES: England 583/8 decl (Z to the hotel from the airport. been converted into player lounges, and largesttennis arena–isaquotebyAshehim- detailed. “After conclusion of the England vs Many IPL teams have already reached
Crawley 267, J Buttler 152; F Alam 2/46) lead “We weren’t driving through skyscrap- thereareanumberof activitiessetuparound self.“Startwhereyouare.Usewhatyouhave. AustraliaseriesandCPL,theplayerscontinue Dubai and are undergoing the mandatory
Pakistan 24/3 (Anderson 3/13) by 559 runs ers like we normally would, but instead go- the grounds. “Mini golf, basketball, pool ta- Do what you can.” to remain in their respective Bio-Secure quarantine period of seven days.

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17. Spends frivolously (8) 23. Relax, listening to poems life than you once thought. Look on the as the week progresses. You’re are high-brow or low: the only
YoushouldstopdrawingtrumpsaftertworoundsandknockouttheDA.As entering an extravagant period, important thing is that you
19. Road built to avoid a city (6) DOWN: (4) comingyearasatimetoexplorenewvistas.
soon as the opponents take their DA, the rest of your diamonds are estab-
lished.WestcancashtheHQbutyouwillstillhaveatrumpleftandwillmake 20. Spain of the Spaniards (6) 1. Some cars in Derby, say, will bypass so pay attention to underlying make personal satisfaction
23. Persian fairy (4) road works (8) Thursday August 27 financial conditions. and fulfilment your goals both
yourcontract.
2. Was sorry for having caused deep
Solutions to 2282 at work and at home.
Ingeneralitisnotagoodideatodrawtheopponents’ mastertrumpunless CRYPTIC CLUES
Oftenyou’reveryclear-headedbut,atother
rent (8) QUICKCLUESAcross: 1Droops,4 CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
you have a good reason, such as a long suit that you would like to run with- ACROSS 3. Hard cover for returning foreign Required,9Voters,10Laudable,12Lilliput, times, your feelings take over. Hard work Youdon’t need CAPRICORN (Dec. 23 - Jan. 20)
outinterference.Hereitwouldbedownrightdangerous. The Sun, the Moon,
YouareSouth,declarerin7NT.
1. He’s named as the girl’s fiance (6) money (4) 13Truism,15Post-midnight,18 looms, but you can also relax and remindinghow
4. Equilibrium in the earth’s crust? So 5. Country garden known to Introduction,21Tartar,22Divulged,24 enjoynewsensationsanddesires. emotionalyouare, Mercury and Venus
says it’s very unsteady (8) American detectives Premiere,25Attain,26Actingup,27 are all secretly on
butwithassertive
NORTH SOUTH 9. Settled in bottom; wrap up (6) (8,4) Creeps. Down:1Develops,2Outclass,3
Friday August 28 planetarypatternssostrongat your side, and will
Parliamentarian,5Elan,6Under-the- also challenge you to
♠ AK8 ♠ Q762 10. Gather to look at the roadside (8)
12. Offensive vehicle smelt awful (4)
6. The very number for such a team
game! counter,7Rabbit,8Dreams,11Murders,14 Your generous spirit wins the day. Your themoment,youmightdobest
make a success of yourself in
❤ K63 ❤AQ5 13. Last daring sabotage in besieged (5-1-4) Disdain,16Disgrace,17Anodynes,19 planets relate to money and idealism. It is tobiteyourtongueandlookthe
future. Pay attention to
Utopia,20Urgent,23Urdu.CRYPTIC other way.Don’tworryif
♦ KQ2 ♦ AJ4 city (10) 7. Gold in the air at dawn!
CLUESAcross:1Nearby,4Blowhard,9 therefore a fine time to give to charity. You
prosperousprospectsseemtobe private needs first and, once
♣AJ103 ♣ Q64 15. Ethelred didn’t have this quality
(12)
(6)
8. How the sly die and one surrenders
Torrid,10Dredgers,12Barndoor,13Deja should value yourself, make yourself the delayed,butconcentrateon you’ve sorted out your
vu,15Offone’shands,18Astrophysics,21 centreof attention. buildingupsolidlong- personal life, tackle
18. Distorted opinion the rooster has of (6)
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH life ? (4-4,4) 11. Fortune a run uncovered
Anarch,22Buncombe,24Leavened,25
terminvestments.
professional goals or
Victim,26Vineyard,27Adored.Down:1
1NT 21. Piece of cutlery of note ? (6,2,4) Notebook,2Aircraft,3Buildingsociety,5
SaturdayAugust29 worldly ambitions.
A planetary cycle of your emotional life in LEO (July 24 - Aug 23)
Pass 7NT Pass Pass (6,4) 14. Mum, is anyone making the Lore,6Wednesdayschild,7Axeman,8
Fiery planetary
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21- Feb. 19)
Pass 22. Person with designs to be a flier? dressing ? (10) Dust-up,11Consort,14Ear-plug,16Film thepast,isgivingwaytoanother,whichwill If anything, your
(4) 16. Leaves jet and speeds (8) star,17Esteemed,19Pavlov,20Papain, alignments are
17. Fewer go out in the wind - it robs 23Gear. find you in a more assertive and ambitious about to grow more
money stars are due
WestleadstheSJ.Youtrytokeepthehorrifiedlookoffyourfacewhenyou 24. Cougar is unusually polite (8) to grow stronger.
seedummy.Howdoyouplantoplaythehand? 25. Organization which distils one of something (8) mood.Allowyourself timetocelebrate. intense, so you can
This doesn’t mean
look forward to a more
you’ll be showered with
adventurous period. Higher
pennies from heaven. It does
education is favoured, as is
mean that you should snap up
JUMBLED WORDS DifficultyLevel4s
long- distance travel so, one
way or another, you should be
bargains, sort out your
Instructions investments, pay bills and
SOLUTION SUDOKU 4208

expanding your horizons. Also, collect debts while you’ve got

Givenbelowarefourjumbledwords.Solvethejumblestomakeproperwordsandmovethemto TosolveaSudokupuzzle, you must act only out of the
therespectivesquaresbelow.Selectthelettersintheshadedsquaresandjumblethemtoget the chance.
everydigitfrom1to9 most ethical and moral
SUDOKU 4209

theanswerforthegivenquip. mustappearineachofthe of motives. PISCES (Feb 20 - Mar 20)

___isnothingmorethan____deferred-PicoIyer(6,..,7) nineverticalcolumns,in You’re not known as
VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23) a materialist, but
eachoftheninehorizontal Partnership matters sometimes even
DAEER AEICDD rowsandineachofthe should now be you have to come
nineboxes. settled, or at least down off your cloud and deal
put on a safe and with life’s daily chores,
established course. You must especially the business of
GUYOT PRUGMY DifficultyLevel leave yourself free to deal with guaranteeing your future
1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; finances, especially all joint security. If you get your timing
investments. At work, you right now, increased
3s=Medium;4s=Hard;
should do your best to see that prosperity will put your
5s=VeryHard;6s= everybody sticks to personal life on a much
Answer: Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred - Pico Iyer Genius their decisions. sounder basis.
SOLUTION: EARED, GOUTY, CADDIE, GRUMPY

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