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JOURNALISM OF COURAGESINCE 1932

DA ILY FROM: AHMEDABAD , CHAND IGARH , DELH I , JA IPUR , KOLKATA , LUCKNOW, MUMBAI , NAGPUR , PUNE , VADODARA

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES `6.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COMJOURNALISM OF COURAGE

SINCE 1932

New Delhi

CLASSIFIEDS&TENDERS2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COMTHEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY, JANUARY1,2021

I, No.JC303304 F Sub (OPR) PremKumarSinghKushwahaR/oVillage-Doulatabad, Post-Mohammadabad, Tehsil-Mohammadabad, District-Ghazipur, Pin-233227, U.P. , havechangedmydaughter's namefromRiya toRiyaKushwaha forall futurepurposes.

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I, No.JC303304 F Sub (OPR)PremKumarSinghKushwahaR/oVillage-Doulatabad, Post-Mohammadabad, Tehsil-Mohammadabad, District-Ghazipur, Pin-233227, U.P. , havechangedmydaughter's namefromRoma toRomaKushwahafor all futurepurposes.

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I, No.JC303304 F Sub (OPR) PremKumarSinghKushwahaR/oVillage-Doulatabad, Post-Mohammadabad, Tehsil-Mohammadabad, District-Ghazipur, Pin-233227, U.P. , havechangedmySon's name fromPraveenKumar toPraveenSinghKushwaha for all futurepurposes. 0040558243-2

I,MAHESHKUMARSHARMA,S/OOMPRAKASHSHARMAR/o-3,UDASEENMANDIRMARG,ARAM-BAGHPAHARGANJ,DELHI-110055,have changedmywifenamespelling correction inmypassport,fromPRITE SHARMAtoPREETI SHARMA.

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II,, BRIJ KISHORE,S/O.AMRIT LALVERMA,ADD-167, DDA JANTA-FLATSSURAJKUNDROADPULPRAHLAD-PURBADARPUR,NEWDELHI-110044, changedmyname toBRIJ KISHOREVERMA,for all Purposes.

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II,, N SEETHAW/oKRAJAPPAR/oB-139, KendriyaVihar, Sector-56, Gurgaon,Haryana-122011have changedmyname toSEETHANARAYANAN.

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II,,ppuujjaa kumari,w/o satish kumarpandey, R/o-81/B, jaitpur-villagebadarpur, newdelhi-110044,haveChangedmynamepoojapandey,for all futurepurpose. 0040559175-1

II,,VViikkaass KumarVermaS/o,LateHarPrasadVerma,R/o-B-122,Sitapuri-II,N.Delhi-45,thatHar PrasadVermaandHarPrasadbothnamesbelongs tomy father’s name

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II,,SSuummiitt SinghRawat,S/o-BirendraSingh,R/o-B-126,H-Block,BharatViharKakrola,Delhi-110078,havechangedmyname toSumitSingh.ThatmyFather name isBirendraSingh&BirenderSinghRawat same,andoneperson.For all Purposes.

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II,,SSuucchhiittaaAshraD/oGirdhari LalAshraW/oGauravKurseja,R/oA-2/249PaschimViharDelhi-110063,changedmyname toAnnanyaKurseja.

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II,,SSuubbhhaanntt S/OShri NiwasPandey, R/oMotha, Rohtas,Bihar-802212, have changedmynameandshall hereafter beKnownasSubhant Pandey.

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II,,SShhuunnkkaattllaaDevi,W/o-Lt. JaiBhagwanR/o,H/no.1018A,PalamExtensionPart I,Sector-7,Dwarka,Delhi-110077,have changedmynametoShakuntlaKalia for,allpurposes. 0040559179-1

II,,RRaammKumar,R/o-Village-Barepur,Post+Tehsil -Tilhar,Distt-Shahjahanpur,State-U.P.-242307,inform that inmyservicerecordsmyson’s(Shishupal)D.O.B. haswronglywrittenas 03/02/2003,insteadof 20/05/2005. 0040559178-5

II,,RROOMMAANNAAPERVEENW/OSARTAJUDDIN,H.NO-1305,STREET.NO-41,JAFRABAD,DELHI-110053,havechangedmyname toROOMANAPERVEEN.

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II,,RREEEETTUUGUPTAW/ORAJESHKUMARMAHAJANR/OHNO.702,RISHINAGAR,RANIBAGH,DELHI-110034.CHANGEDMYNAMETORITUMAHAJAN.

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II,,OOmmPrakashS/oMelaRam,R/oRZ-16, StreetNo.14,TughlakabadExtn.NewDelhi-110019,have changedmynameto OmPrakashDhiman.

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II,,NNiisshhaanntt Kumar S/oSuryabhanSingh, H.No.925,Sector-12A,Pocket-C, Gurugram-(Haryana)122001,havechangedNishant KumarSingh. 0040559177-4

II,,NNeeeellaammAgarwal,W/oGauriShankerAggarwal,R/o Flat 66,HimalayaApartments,I.P.Extension,Patparganj,Delhi-110092,have changedmyname to NeelamAggarwal.

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II,,NNIICCHHAATTEERRSINGHS/OPRITAMSINGHR/OB-69,NEARMOUNTABUSCHOOL,SURAJPARK,DELHI-110042. CHANGEDMYNAMETONICHHTERSINGH.

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II,,Manoj VermaS/oOmPrakashVermaR/o-E-24ASecond-floorStreet.No-25,MadhuVihar, I.P.-ExtensionDelhi-110092, alsoknownasManoj Kumar thesenames indicates tomeonly

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II,,AASSHHIITTAAYADAVD/OBIRENDERYADAVR/OKHNO.803,FIRST-FLOOR,F-1,WESTSANT-NAGAR,BURARI,DELHI-110084.CHANGEDMYNAMETOHANNAHASHITAYADAV.

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II,,AASSHHIISSHH JAINS/OTRILOKCHAND JAINR/O97,BHAGIRATHI-APARTMENT,SECTOR-9,ROHINI,DELHI-110085.CHANGEDMYCHILDNAMEARHAMTOARHAMJAIN.

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II,, YumnaHussain S/oShahadatHussainR/o-3807, first-floorDavid streetDaryaGanj Delhi-110002, haveChangedmyname toYumnaHusain

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II,, VivekKumar S/oRavindraNathR/o-303, Bhatwara-1,MeerutCity,MeerutUP-250002,have changedmyname toVivekAgarwal for all purposes.

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II,, YachnaKhurana,W/o-TayyabHussain,R/o-H.No.2994, Kucha-Neel-Kanth, Sir SayyedAhmed-Road,Golcha-Cinema,Daryaganj,Delhi-110002, changedmyname toManhaNoor,for allpurposes. 0040559178-2

II,, SushmaAgarwalW/oBrijmohanAggarwal R/o 2197,KuchaAkil Khan, SitaRamBazar, Delhi-110006 havechangedmyname toBenuAggarwal 0070725685-1

II,, Soumya Jyoti Bagchi S/o-Sh.Manab Jyoti Bagchi R/o-Flat.No.257, AirForce&NavalOfficersEnclave,Plot.No.11,Sector-7,Dwarka,NewDelhi-110075,havechanged,myname fromSoumya Jyoti Bagchi toSaumya Jyoti Bagchi forall,futurepurposes.

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II,, SabreenBashirW/oRajatGargR/o 6A, R.VNagar, 3rd Street,AnnaNagar, Chennai,Tamilnadu-600102, havechangedmyname toSabreenGarg 0070725686-1

II,, Richi D/oDuli ChandR/o-5738/4,NewChandrawal,KamlaNagar, Delhi-110007, havechangedmyname toRichiTanwar for all futurepurpose.

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II,, Ramvilas S/oGore Lal R/oB-41,Amar Jyoti Colony, Sec-17,Rohini, Delhi-110089havechangedmyname toRaviKumar. 0040559177-6

II,, Rajat S/oSh.BhagwanDassR/o-185B,NewColony,Gurugram,Haryana,have changedmyname fromRajat toRajat Khatrifor all,futurepurposes.

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II,, RNIVEDITAD/oKRAJAPPAR/oB-139, KendriyaVihar, Sector-56, Gurgaon,Haryana-122011have changedmyname toNIVEDITARAJAPPA.

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II,, PoonamGuptad/oSureshChandGupta r/oA-387-388,DDAColony, Khayala, Delhi-110018have changedmynametoNEHAMAHAJANaftermarriagewith SureshMahajan. 0040559150-1

II,, PoonamD/oViranPrajapatiR/oRajeevNagarBegumpur,Delhi-110081, have changedmyname toPoonamKumari for allpurposes. 0040559178-7

II,, Pinki SinghRaghavD/oUdaiBhanSinghBhadauria andW/oAjayRaghavaR/oMohGandhiRoad, Ganj Dundwara, Kasganj,UP-207242, have changedmyname toPinkyBhadauria

0070725690-1

II,, ParmilaDeviW/oLateRamNarayanYadavR/oHouseNo.B-404, V.P. SinghCamp, RailwayColony, Tughlakabad,NewDelhi-110044dohereby informthatmySon Jitendraandhisactual&correctD.O.B is18/02/2010 that inadvertentlymyhusband’s namehasbeenwrittenasDineshKumarYadavinmySon’s School recordsbuthis correct namewasRamNarayanYadav, bothnamesDineshKumarYadavandRamNarayanYadavareoneand thesameperson. 0040559151-1

II,, PANDHARI LAXMANBASUNDES/oSh. LaxmanBasundeR/o185/8, SF, GurudwaraWali Gali,ArjunNagar, NewDelhi-110029,have changedmynametoPANDHARI BASUNDE, for allfuturepurposes.

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II,, No.15782800F, LHAV (OPR)S.Kulanthaivel,R/o-Village-Saluppapatti, Post-Kudiseri,Tehsil-Peraiyur, District-Madurai, State-Tamil Nadu,Pin-625705,inform that inmyservice recordsmywifenamehaswronglywrittenasMuniyammal insteadof K.Muniyammal. 0040559178-6

II,,Mukims/oSarif,R/o E-43/2,Street.No-10,SubhashVihar,NorthGhonda,delhi-110053,have changedmyname toMukeem,permanently.

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II,,ManishKumar Sharma,S/oSurendraSharma,H.No.C-88,Ganesh-Nagar,Tilak-Nagar,WestDelhi-110018, havechangedmyname to ManishSharma. 0040559177-5

II,, Kartik s/oAnanthanarayananr/o 24-B, DDA (MIG) Flats,Rajouri Garden, Delhi-110027have changedmyname toKartikNarayan. 0040559137-1

II,, AanchalW/oMr. RudrakshSoni R/oC-15, South Extension-II, NewDelhi-110049, havechangedmyname toAanchalSoni. 0040559162-1

II,, KhanSalmanSalimS/OMustafa, D-103/1, InderEnclavePhase-2, Near FakiraChowk, Kirari SulemanNagar,NorthWestDelhi, 110086 haveChangedmyName fromKhanSalmanSalim toMohdNasirHussain for all FuturePurpose.

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II,, Kamaljeet KaurW/oPawanKumarDhiman,R/oRZ-16,Street.No.14, TughlakabadExtn.NewDelhi-110019,havechangedmyname toKamaljeet KaurDhiman.

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II,, Jitender Singh, S/oShri VijayPal SinghTomar, R/o 226, Type-II,Mirdard Lane, ResidentialComplex,MaulanaAzadMedical CollegeCampus, NewDelhi-110002, have changedmyname to Jitender Tomar for allpurpose. 0040559048-1

II,, KUMARI SONI,W/OALOKKUMARRESIDINGATMAP-1/3AIRFORCESTATIONHINDAN,GHAZIABADUP-201004HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOSONIMISHRAFORALLPURPOSES.

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II,, JAISHREEPANDHARI BASUNDEW/oSh. Pandhari BasundeR/o185/8, SF, GurudwaraWali Gali,ArjunNagar, NewDelhi-110029,have changedmynameto JAISHREEBASUNDE, for allfuturepurposes.

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II,, Harjeet SinghSethi S/oSh.Rawel SinghR/o-80F/floorAbachalNagar, Near-GurudwaraAbachal-NagarChander-viharNilothi-Extn.Nilothi, NewDelhi-110041,I inform thatmyNameHarjit SinghSethi toHarjeetSinghSethi,both is sameandoneperson, for all futurepurposes 0040559160-1

II,, Gauri ShankarAgarwal S/oRamDasAgarwal,R/o Flat 66,HimalayaApartments,I.P.Extension,Patparganj,Delhi-110092,have changedmyname toGauri ShankerAggarwal. 0040559179-7

II NEHAD/ORAMESHCHANDDEWANRESIDENTHOUSENO-214,EIGHTMARLA,SONIPAT,HARYANAHAVECHANGEDMYNAMETONEHADEWAN. 0040559178-1

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PUBLIC NOTICEIt is publicly informed that my client AMRISHKUMAR GUPTA S/O LATE SHRI RAJENDERKUMAR GUPTA AND SMT. ASHOK KUMARIGUPTA W/O SHRI AMRISH KUMAR GUPTABOTH R/O LU-31 PITAMPURA DELHI, hadBroken all their relations from their son MR.ANSHUL GUPTA debarred him from his movableand immovable assets on dated 12.05.2018 andpublished a PUBLIC NOTICE in THE INDIANEXPRESS AND JANSATTA leading News Papers.Now My Client due his natural Love an affectiontowards his son MR. ANSHUL GUPTA continuehis relations like before and ANSHUL GUPTA hasright in the movable and immovable assets of myclients as his natural legal heir, the above PublicNotice dated 12.05.2018 shall stand cancelled,withdrawn by my clients and no more valid.

Sd/-SANJEEV JAIN

(Advocate)Enrl. No. D-226/1991

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is publicly informed that my client SMT.CHANDER TANEJA W/O LATE SHRI VEDPARKASH TANEJA declares that she is theowner of FLAT NO. KC-24/B, ASHOK VIHAR,PHASE-I, DELHI and she is residing in thesaid flat. She further declares, that herhusband, during his lifetime, have lost threeOriginal DDA papers of the aforesaid flatnamely DDA Possession Letter, SitePossession Letter & DDA NOC ofElectric/Water, vide FIR/NCR No. 219/2010,Dt. 29.01.2010. If Any person who may foundthe same, he/she shall contact either myclient at her address or me at my address asmentioned in this notice.

Sd/-Manish Chawla

AdvocateEnrol. No. D-578/04

Off. No. 4 G.F. RU-BlockC.S.C., Pitampura, Delhi

ANDHRA PRADESH MEDICAL SERVICES &INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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IItt is notified for the informationthat I,have lost property-papers in original ofhouse.no.320,PKT-B-5,sector-3,rohini and itsDDA-file.no-F-7(2900)82LABROHINI on 8th-October-2018.ErickMaish S/O-lateMR.NanakMaish,ADD-116,PKT-G-26,SECTOR-3,ROHINI,CONTACT-9213361881S.O.NO.430/2014 LRNO.2366284/2018.

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II,, SAURABHTRIPATHI S/oO.PTripathi R/oA-1/107B vijayenclavemainpalamdabri roadN.D-45 have lostmy originalcertificate/marksheet class-10th (2001) Rollno-6160450Class-12th (2004) Rollno-6237462CBSEDELHI.

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II,, YASHKHRUBS/oSUNILKUMARKHRUB,R/oh.no-59,village-BhalaswaDelhi-33,have lostmyoriginal-certificate class-10thyear-2019Rollno-8189067CASE-DELHI. 0040559177-9

II,, Gopal kumar S/o-ShambhuPrasadGupta,R/oBangaonRoad,saharsa, Bihar-852201,have lostmyoriginal-certificateClass-10th,Year-2003Rollno- 5100237CBSE-ALLAHBAD.

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New Delhi

DA ILY FROM: AHMEDABAD , CHAND IGARH , DELH I , JA IPUR , KOLKATA , LUCKNOW, MUMBAI , NAGPUR , PUNE , VADODARA

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES `6.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

ABHISHEKSAHAGUWAHATI, DECEMBER31

AFTERAYEAR-AND-A-HALFinadetentioncentreas‘illegalforeign-ers’, the NewYear has broughtfreedom and citizenship toMohammadNurHussain,34,hiswifeSaheraBegum,26,andtheirtwominor children, who havebeendeclaredIndiansinare-trialbyaForeigners’Tribunal(FT).“We are proud Indians. We

belong to Assam. Theywronglyaccused us of beingBangladeshis and said we ille-gally crossed theborder.Howisthat possible? Iwas born here,”Hussain, a rickshaw puller in

Guwahati who hails fromLawdong village in Assam’sUdalguridistrict, toldThe IndianExpressonWednesday.While the names of

Hussain’s grandparents featurein the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) of 1951, his fa-ther’s name, alongwith that ofhis grandparents, was in the1965voters’ list. Begum’s fathertoo had appeared in NRC 1951andthevoterlistof1966,andthefamilyhas landdocumentsdat-ingback to1958-59. Thecut-offdatetoidentifyanIndiancitizeninAssamisMarch24,1971.Yet, none of this wasworth

muchaspolice inGuwahati be-gan investigating the couple’s

citizenship credentials in 2017.InAugustthatyear,Begum’scasewas referred to FT No. 4 ofKamrup (Metro) district and inJanuary the following year, thesamewasdone forHussain.“Wearebothunletteredand

were in no position to makesenseof thedocumentsorwhatwe were supposed to do,”Hussainsaid.While Hussain managed a

lawyer for himself by payingRs4,000,hiswifewentunrepre-sentedatthetribunal.OnAugust28, 2018, however, Hussain’slawyerpulledoutof thecase,af-terwhich hemissed successivehearings at the FT.

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JOURNALISM OF COURAGESINCE 1932

HEALTH INFRAEXPANSIONONMISSIONMODE:MODI

AproposedCovidvaccinecentre inSriniwaspuri,Delhi,Thursday. TashiTobgyal WHYHIGHDEATHSINRICHCOUNTRIESP8

Vaccinenod imminent, PMsaysgeared for rollout, remainvigilantSECmeets todaytoreviewdataofSerumandBharatBiotechvaccines

GOPALKATESHIYARAJKOT,DECEMBER31

ANNOUNCINGTHATefforts torapidlydeliveraMade-in-IndiaCovid-19 vaccine to sectionswhichneeditmostareinthefi-nal stages, Prime MinisterNarendraModiThursdayaskedpeople of the country not tolower their guard even aftervaccination.In an address via a video

linkafterlayingthefoundationstone of the AIIMS in Rajkot,thePrimeMinistersaid:“Iused

to say earlier, repeatedly: jabtak dawai nahin, tab tak dhilainahin (do not be complacenttill there’s a vaccine). Nowthevaccine isonthehorizon. It’s amatter of time. But I stillwantto say: dawai bhi aur kadai bhi(getvaccinated,buttakeeveryprecaution). We have to getvaccinated,yetremainvigilant.Don’tbeundertheillusionthatthere will be no need for re-strictions once the vaccine ar-rives. That’swhat theworld issaying, that’s what the scien-tists are saying.Dawaibhi aur

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KAUNAINSHERIFFNEWDELHI, DECEMBER31

BETTERMAPPINGof remote lo-cations,real-timereportingofad-verse events and ramping uptraining—thesearethethreekeylearningsfromthefirstCovidvac-cinedryrunconductedearlythisweekinfourstatesthatwillbein-corporatedintheseconddryrunacrossthecountryJanuary2.Significantly,thiswillhappen

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Kerala motionagainst farmlaws: BJP MLAbacks, retracts

Board exams inMay, results July

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,DECEMBER31

EVEN AS the BJP haslaunched a campaign acrossthe country defending thethree Central farm laws, theparty’s lone legislator inKerala, O Rajagopal, onThursday backed anAssembly resolution de-mandingarepealof thelaws.However, hours later,

Rajagopalissuedastatementsaying he had, in fact, vehe-mently opposed the resolu-tion and blamed Speaker PSreeramakrishnan for notseeking a count of those op-posing it.Earlier in the day,

Rajagopal spoke in favour ofthe farm laws in theAssembly, but when it wasput foravoicevoteby the

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, DECEMBER31

THE CENTRAL Board ofSecondaryEducation(CBSE)willconductboardexaminationsforClasses10and12 fromMay4toJune 10, Union EducationMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal an-nounced Thursday. The resultsare expected around July 15.

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ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, DECEMBER31

THEEMPLOYEES’ProvidentFundOrganisation (EPFO) has beguncrediting8.5percentinterestratefor 2019-20 for its over six crorecontributingsubscribers,Labourand Employment MinisterSantosh Kumar Gangwar saidThursday.

The LabourMinistry also re-leasedguidelinesfortherecentlyapproved Atmanirbhar BharatRozgar Yojana, underwhich thegovernmentproposestoprovidesubsidy for provident fund con-tribution of employers and em-ployeesforworkerswholostjobsbetweenMarch1andSeptember30, and for new workers em-ployed onor after October 1.

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BUSINESS AS USUAL

BYUNNY

Dry run lesson: Reportadverse events faster

THEEDITORIALPAGE

2021:KEEPINGTHEFAITHBY PRATAPBHANUMEHTAPAGE12

FOREIGNERS’Tribunalsarequasi-judicial bodiesthatgiveopiniononwhetheraperson isan‘illegal foreigner’ ornot.FTshearcasesof thosereferredby thestatepo-liceandthosemarkedDoubtfulVotersbyelec-tionauthorities. Till July31, FTshadgot4.34 lakhcases, ofwhichover2lakhhavebeendisposed.

FTshavecleared2lakhcases

‘They called us illegal. How is it possible?’Family declared Indians after yr in detention

Himakshi (left)withPinki, atKamakhyaHigherSecondarySchool,Guwahati. ToraAgarwala

IT’SHERE, the end ofthe year that seemedendless. As a viruslocked us down and, insome cases, threw thekeys away.

There couldn’t be amorefitting way to bidgoodbye to it thanlistening to voices tellingus that 2021 will be anew year.

From theWuhanstudent who returnedhome to the vaccinevolunteers. From shelterhomes now shut, withmigrants back at work,to a Covid-positivemother with a healthynewborn—The IndianExpressmarks 2021 with21 postcards of hopefrom across the nation

ASSAM IT’S BACK TOCLASS

TORAAGARWALA

ON NOVEMBER 2, whenHimakshi Das saw Pinky at thetemperature check queue atGuwahati’s Kamakhya HigherSecondary School, she almostrushed to give her best friend ahug— a pre-class, morning rit-ualforthelastsixyears.Butsoon,the11-year-oldrememberedherfather’swordsfromthenightbe-fore, and stuck to, “How are

you?” through her new N-95mask, from a safe distance.“PinkydidnothearmebutIwashappy,” says Himakshi. It hadbeen, after all, eight months

since the Class 6 student hadlast gone to school, met herteachers,orseenherbestfriend.Aweekbeforeherclassesre-

sumed, Himakshi’s father, whoruns a hardware store inGuwahati, refused to sign themandatoryconsentformallow-inghertoattendschool.“Hewasworried.ButItoldhim,lifemustgoon,andifwewantourdaugh-ter to be something, do some-thing,sheneedstogotoschool,”

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KALABURAGI FIRST COVIDDEATH

RALPHALEXARAKAL

HAMIDFAISALSiddiqui,49, stillbreaks down talking about thedeathof his fatheronMarch10,becoming India’s first casualtylinkedtoCovid-19,especiallybe-cause of what followed. “I wishandprayeveryday thatnone inthisworld,notevenmyenemies,is put through the situationmyfamily had to face. Amidst thegrief,webattledblame.”Muhammad Husain

Siddiqui, 76, an Islamic scholar

whowas the qazi of the biggestmosqueinKalaburagi,hadgoneforapilgrimagetoSaudiArabia,followed by amonth-long staywith his younger son, a dentist,in Jeddah. On his return on

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‘Inshallah, a new life is set to joinus... Pray all can bewith families’

PUNEVACCINEVOLUNTEER

ANURADHAMASCARENHAS

“MILDFEVERandbodyache foradayortwo.”Fourmonthsafterhe, eightmembers of his familyand six employees at his homeand office became among thefirstvolunteers inIndiafortrialsof theCovishieldvaccine, Pune-basedArunKhannasaysthathisroutineisbacktopre-Coviddays,butforthatbrief interludewhenhereceivedhis firstdose.The 64-year-old takes his

two dogs, Naughty and Angel,out for awalk, and then settlesdowntoworkfromhome,these

daysnot going tohis office, thatis a five-minute drive from hissprawling bungalow. Khanna

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‘Like dust gets cleared, so willCovid be... Picture abhi baaki hai’

IndianstudentswhoreturnedfromWuhan

48Infected:3(All recovered)

‘We told each other I’ll come ifyou do... Nowwe’re all at school’

TotalCovid-19cases inKalaburagi:

21,065TotalDeaths:323ActiveCases:197(dataasofDecember30)

TotalCovid-19cases inAssam:

2,15,939TotalDeaths:1,037ActiveCases:3,356(dataasofDecember27)

MohdHusain SiddiquidiedonMarch10.Express

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“IN2021,Iwanttoflybacktomycampus inWuhan inChina andattend classes,” says Alam AlMuhammed over the phonefromhishome inKayamkulam,Kerala. “Online classes cannotmake up for real interaction,”adds the 23-year-old medicalstudentwhowas the country’ssecondCovid-19case.Eleven months ago, as

Wuhanbecametheepicentreofthe outbreak, with 800 cases,and the city shut down, Alamand his classmates, all medicalstudents,hadrushedouttocatchthe last train toKunmingbeforeflying to India.Atthetime,recallsAlam,the

disease didn’t even have thenameCovid-19.Back home in Kerala, he

testedpositiveforCovid-19.“ButI tested negative soon and thenbecame the first patient to re-cover from the infection,” hepointsout.However, despite being

amongthefirst inthecountrytoget infected, “I never faced anysocial boycott or stigma”, says

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‘We told eachother I’ll come ifyou do...’says Dipali Das, Himakshi’smother.Eventually,heagreed.After staying shut since

Marchbecauseofthepandemic,Assam reopened schools forClasses9-12ona“voluntaryba-sis” in September. FromNovember2,studentsfromClass6 onwardswere allowed to at-tend school. And, last month,withadipinCovid-19cases,stateHealth and EducationMinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma an-nounced that classes fromClass1to6will reopenonJanuary1.“Sincewereopened,noout-

breakshavebeenreported,”saysBKalyanChakravarthy,PrincipalSecretary, Department ofElementaryandSecondaryedu-cation,Assam,addingthatitwasan“absolutelyrationaldecision”.“Wehave openedup the rest oftheeconomy— parentsarego-ing out, going to themarket, of-fices. So thenwhy isolate chil-dren at home?Also,manypoorstudents who attend govern-mentschoolscannotaffordadig-italeducation.”Agrees Dondeswar Rai, an

electricianwhowasforcedtosellfried snacks to provide for hisfamilyof threeduringthe lock-down. “Mydaughter is aClass9student at Kamakhya HigherSecondarySchool,andIsenthertoschoolinSeptember.Wecan’tlive in fear. I never attendedschoolmyself,soIhavebighopesformydaughter,”hesays.Apart from speaking to her

friends from a distance,Himakshi recallshowodd it felttowalkaroundinamaskonherfirstdayback.“Itwasuncomfort-ableandboysinourclasswouldkeeptakingitoff,untilwethreat-enedtocomplaintoma’am,”shesays.“Butnowweareusedtoit.”At the playground at Tarini

Choudhury (TC) GovernmentGirlsSchoolinGuwahati,agroupof Class10girlsbreak intoagig-gleastheyrecounttheirfirstdaybackatschool.“Thenightbeforeschoolwas to open,weallwereglued to the ‘TC Girls Gang’WhatsApp group… Everyonekeptasking,‘Areyoucoming?I’ll

go if you go.’ Only four of usshowed up on the first day, butnow almost our entire batch isback,” saysShivaniBezbaruah“Intheearlydays,wealsohad

many doubts. Can we hug orhold hands likewe did earlier?Butthosefearsarenowallgone,”says JyotimaDevi, another stu-dent inthegroup.On a Tuesdaymorning, stu-

dents of Kamakhya HigherSecondarySchoolareintheplay-ground with their masks on.“When the school reopened inSeptember, we had only threestudents. As the Covid-19 casesreduced in the state, moreturnedup,andthingshavebeenunder control. This has givenusconfidence about reopening onJanuary 1 too,” says PrincipalRatul Kumar Sarmah, addingthat 80 per cent of the school’s184 students are attendingclassesnow.At the Tarun Ram Phukan

Hindi High School, which hasabout 765 students (150 ofwhom have returned), head-master Ashok KumarChoudhuryrecallshistriptothecampusinAugust,justbeforetheschool reopened. “There wasgrass growing up tomywaist.And snakes…We cut the grass,sanitised the school, and got itready. So far no new cases havebeendetected.”Back at Kamakhya Higher

Secondaryschool,Himakshisayssheishappytobebackatschool,even if she and her best friendPinky can no longer do theirmorning ritual. “At leastwe cansit together in class and study,”shesmiles.

‘Like dust getscleared, so willCovid be...’hasalsotakentwooutstationtripssince — with family to AmbyValleynearPuneandwithhisCAtoVaishnoDevi.The chairman of a nutrition

company, Khanna started outmodestlyasamedical represen-tative, going on to become thechief operating officer of a topPune-basedpharmafirm.It’sthisbackground that convincedhimwhatheneeded todowhen the

Serum Institute of India,whichhas partnered with Oxford-Astrazenecaforavaccine,soughtvolunteers for it. Before he tookthe step, Khanna read up all hecould find on how theOxford-AstraZenecavaccinewasfaringintrialsacrossdifferentsites.Khanna, hiswife Ruupa (59)

and daughter Pooja were thecountry’s third, fourth and fifthvolunteers for Phase III double-blindtrialsofCovishield,whichisexpected to be among the firstvaccines available for public useinIndia,receivinghisfirstdoseonAugust 27 and second onSeptember25.Later, Khanna’s son, his elder

brotherandhisfamily,andama-jority of staff also took the shot,followedby16otherfamilymem-bersandassociates,athisurging.Allaredoingfine.“Ourdriverdidnotgetthevac-

cine as hewas found to have ahighamountof antibodies, indi-catinghemayhavebeeninfected,butwhichwasneverdiscoveredas he was asymptomatic,”Khannasays.InthefourthweekofOctober,

Khannaunderwent a blood testonhisowntocheckforantibodiesas hewas curious. “Iwanted tocheckwhether I haddevelopedantibodies against SARS-CoV2.Once the results indicated that,with a fair amount of maskingandafterRT-PCRtestsatdifferentairports, IwenttoVaishnoDevi,”Khanna smiles. For four days inmid-October, the family visitedAmbyValley.Dressed in a black sherwani

with a red-colour jacket as helights incense sticks for prayersat an apartmentheowns in thecity, Khanna says these days heand Ruupa are staying there ashis son’s friends have come tostayattheirbungalow.“Asapre-caution,weensured that all thevisitors underwent a RT-PCRtest,”hesays, tryingtocatchthescore of the second India-Australia Test at Melbourne,playingonTV.Theonlyadvicehehasforpeo-

ple is patience, the 64-year-oldadds. “Theworldwill sooncomebacktonormal,andlikecleaningofoddspecksofdust,thevirustoowill die. We need to trust theprocess and remainoptimistic,”

Khannaquips,asheoffershisbookMusings of aMedicineMan for aquick readof thechapter ‘Pictureabhibaakihaimeredost’.

‘Pray all can bewith families’March6,Hamidrecalls,hisfatherwas fine. However, by the nextnight, he had begun feeling un-well.With his fever and coughworsening,thefamilytookhimtoahospital in the townonMarch9. After 12hours of observation,hewasreferredtoaprivatesuper-specialtyhospital inHyderabad.Hewasbeingtakenbyroadinanambulance to be tested for thecoronaviruswhenhedied.Still,thejointfamilyneversus-

pected Covid, as the pandemicwas till thennomore thana cu-riosity, happening in farawayChina.ItwasafterSiddiquipassedaway that the doctors told thefamilyhehaddiedof the coron-avirus. Later, Siddiqui’s 45-year-olddaughterandthefamilydoc-tor also tested positive, butrecovered.“Peoplewere scared tomeet

us, some turnedawayon seeingus.Suchwasthestigmaattachedtothepandemic.Veryfewvisitedus to even offer solace,”Hamid,whohaseightsiblings,sobs.While thedarkdays that fol-

lowed seemed endless, Hamid

saystheyhavestartedtoputthembehind.Aselderson,hehastakenoverasqaziofthemosque.Whathelpedwas the family’sdecisiontotakeontheirCovidstatushead-on. “We encouraged others towearamaskandfollowallsocialdistancingnorms,sayingthiswasthebestway to survive this tur-bulentperiod.”A few days from now, the

Siddiquishopetofinallyandfirmlyput the shadowof 2020behind.“Inshallah,wewillbeblessedwithanewlifeby theearlyhalf of thenewyear,”Hamidsays.

‘Didn’t face anysocial boycott’Alam.“Nobodygot the infectionfromme, and sonooneaccusedme of bringing the virus fromChina.Also, beingamedical stu-dent, I strictly followedallproto-cols right from the beginning. Ihavebeenwearingamask sinceJanuary 24, the day I landed inKochi. In India, masks becamemandatory at least twomonthsafter that,” says the fourth yearMBBSstudent.Later,asthecasetallyclimbed

up in Kerala and the country,crossing theonecroremark, “lo-calsbegantorefertomeasarolemodel for following Covid-19guideline,”hesmiles.Now,Alam’sdaysarepacked

withonline classes that begin at5.30am.“Therearethreesessionsduringthedayoftwo-and-a-halfhourseach.Theonlineclassesbe-ganinJune,evenasthepandemicpeaked in China,” says Alam,whoseparents are state govern-mentemployees.The 23-year-old’s MBBS

batchatWuhanUniversityhad63students,ofwhich48were fromIndia.ThegroupreturnedtoIndiaon January23, andAlam’s class-mate,whosatnexttohimontheflight fromKunming toKolkata,was India’s first Covid-19 case.OnlythreemedicalstudentsfromWuhan, includingAlam, got in-fected. “Wewere treatedasVIPatthehospital,”saysAlam.As he waits to return to

Wuhan,Alamsayshemisses in-teractingwith his classmates.“NobodyhasreturnedtoWuhanyet.Whilethecityhasopenedup,studentsarenotbacktocollege. Iam in touch with my friendsthroughsocialmediaandanon-line interactive app for classes.Attendance ismarked regularlyandnobodyskipsclass,”hesays.As he steps into a newyear,

Alam says all hewants is “nor-malcy to return” tohis life. “Thepre-Coviddaysseemlikeadreamnow…Everyexperienceisanewlesson. I battled the viruswhenverylittlewasknownaboutitsna-tureandfatality.Mydaysinisola-

tionhelpedmebecomeastrongperson,”hesays.

Dry run lessonadayaftertheexpertcommitteeof regulators is set tohold a cru-cialmeeting on the grant of ap-proval for vaccine candidatesmanufacturedbySerumInstituteandBharatBiotech.SourcestoldTheIndianExpress

thatduringthefirstdryrun,con-ducted in Andhra Pradesh,Gujarat, Punjab, andAssam– infour districts each -- it emergedthatpincodesfromsomevillageswerenotmappedtotheCo-Winplatform,theflagshipdigitalsys-temthatwilltrackthevaccinationprogramme.“These pin codes had to be

manuallyuploadedbythevac-cination team during the dryrun,”anofficial said.This is im-portant given that many loca-tions are in remote and chal-lenging terrain.Infact,UnionHealthSecretary

Rajesh Bhushan,who chaired ameetingtoreviewtheprepared-nessatsessionsitesThursday,rec-ommendedthatintheseconddryrun, states include at least threesitesinthecapitalcityandindis-trictslocatedinsuchareas.Second,sourcessaid,vaccina-

tors flagged “adverse events”couldonlybereportedtotheCo-Winplatformafter theendof anentire vaccination session–inthiscase,of100people.“Thisisproblematic,”said

an official. “Suppose in theseventh case of vaccination,there is an adverse event.Thatperson,asperprotocol,has towait for 30minutesand then he/she will betreatedbytheteamandonlythen can they leave the site.The vaccinator,meanwhile,can report it to the systemonlyafterthe100thvaccina-tion. Thisdelaymaymake itdifficult to be accurate andspecificwhile reportingde-tailsof theevent,”explainedanofficial.To address this, the Co-

Win software has beentweaked to ensure that theadverseeventcannowbere-portedasandwhenitoccurs.The third lesson,

sources said, is related toinadequate training. Insome sites, the five-mem-berteamdidnotknowwhowas supposed todowhat.“Therewas confusion in

thedistinctionbetween theworkof thepresidingofficerandthatof the fourvaccina-tionofficers. Itshouldbelikein an electionpolling team:onechecks theelectoral roll,theotherputsthe ink, soon.Therefore,adequatetrainingwasgiventothesepersons,”anofficialsaid.PreparingforSaturday’s

dry run, the Union HealthMinistryhasaskedallstatesto ensure physical verifica-tionofallproposedsitesfor“adequacyof space, logisti-cal arrangements, internetconnectivity, electricity,safety”.Andprepareatleast

threemodelsessionsitesineachstate.Animportantfocusofthedry

runwill be on themanagementofanypossibleadverseeventsfol-lowingimmunisation(AEFI)andadherence to infection-controlpracticesatthesessionsite.

Board exams“Ihadannouncedearlierthat

there will be no exams tillFebruaryduetotheunpredictablesituation... In thecurrentcircum-stances, after deliberations,wehave come to the decision thatboardexamsforclasses10and12will beheld fromMay4 to June10,”PokhriyalannouncedthroughalivevideoonhisTwitteraccount.“Wewant to get the copies

evaluatedon timeandalsohavethe results declared on time.ResultsshouldbedeclaredbyJuly15. Practical examswill beginfromMarch1,”hesaid.TheCBSEalso issuedanotifi-

cationThursdayregardingtheex-aminations.“AsthesituationduetoCOVID-19pandemic by facedbystudents/teachers,andschoolsis unprecedented, CBSE inorderto ensure a conducive environ-ment to the students for the ex-amsandbasedonthe feedbacksand consultationswith diversestakeholders,hasdecidedthefol-lowing andaccordingly notifiedthat the board examination forclass 10 and 12will commencefromMay4,2021(Tuesday),”saidthe notification signed byController of ExaminationsSanyamBhardwaj.“Schoolswill be allowed to

conductPractical/Project/InternalAssessmentofclass12fromMarch1,2021(Monday)tothelastdateofconductoftheoryexaminationofthesameclass,”itsaid.Thesameisalso applicable for the class 10practical exams. TheCBSE, in itsnotification, said thedate sheetswillbeissuedsoon.

Family declaredIndians“The lawyer told me that I

wouldnotbeabletoaffordhisfeeand other expenses. He said IshouldconsiderfleeingGuwahatiorelsepolicemightarrestme.ButI told him, ‘Why should I flee?Whatwronghave I done?” saidHussain.OnMay29, 2018, the FT de-

clared Beguma ‘foreigner’, andHussain was declared one onMarch 30 the following year.Section 9 of the Foreigners’ Actsays the onus of proving that aperson is not a foreigner lies onthe person. Thus,when he/shedoesnotappearbeforetheFT,themembercanproceedexparte.In June 2019, as the couple

werearrestedandsenttothede-tentioncentreinGoalparadistrict,their world collapsed aroundthem.“Therewasnoonetotakecare

of the children.Our relatives areinthevillage,sowetookourchil-dren(aged7and5)withustothedetention centre,” Begum said,adding that her elder sonShahjahanhadtobepulledoutofschool.“In jail,mychildrenkeptsay-

ingtheywantedtoreturnhome,”shesaid.With the couple in jail, some

of their relatives reached out toAmanWadud,aGuwahati-basedhumanrightslawyer,who,alongwith advocates Syed BurhanurRehmanandZakirHussain, rep-resented them in the GauhatiHighCourtandlateronintheFT.“Noteveryonewhoisaccused

ofbeinga'foreigner'getslawyers.ManyIndiancitizensarebecom-ing stateless because they can'tevenaffordlegalrepresentation,”WadudtoldTheIndianExpress.OnOctober9,theHCsetaside

theFT’s orders andordereda re-trial.OnDecember16,acoupleofweeks after the couplewalkedout on bail, the FT declaredHussainanIndiancitizenship.OnWednesday, Begum too wasclearedof theforeignertag.

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Vaccine nod imminent, PM saysgeared for rollout, remain vigilantkadaibhishouldbeourmantrafor2021.”Hisremarkscomeontheeve

of a crucial meeting of theSubject Expert Committee inthe Central Drugs StandardControlOrganisation.Itissched-uled to analyse data from theSerum Institute of India andBharat Biotech. Serumhas tiedupwithOxford-AstraZenecatomanufacture and distributeCovishield,theCovid-19vaccine.Bharat Biotech is developingCovaxin in collaborationwith

the Indian Council ofMedicalResearch.Exudingconfidencethatthe

collective effort the countrymade this year to contain thespreadoftheviruswouldagainbeondisplayduring thevacci-nationdrive, thePMcautionedagainstrumour-mongering.“In our country, rumour

millsworkovertime.Itispossi-blethatrumourmillswillbeatwork once vaccination begins.It is possible numerous false-hoodswould be peddledwith

theintentiontoshowsomeoneinpoor lightwithnoconsider-ationof theharmthatsuchac-tivitycancausetothecommonman.”“Infact,ithasalreadystarted

to some extent. Innocent peo-pleandthosewithulteriormo-tivesspreadthemwithconvic-tion. I urgepeople to recognisethat the fight against coron-avirusisafightagainstaninvis-ibleenemy.Theymustpreventthe spread of rumours by notforwardingmessagesonsocial

mediawithoutverifyingthem,andactasresponsiblecitizens,”hesaid.Hesaidthefact thathewas

ending the year by laying thefoundation stone of an AIIMSwas symbolic of the year gonebyandtheoneapproaching.Healsocommendedeffortsofdoc-tors,paramedics,nurses,phar-macists, scientists and otherfrontline corona-warriors forriskingtheirlivestosavefellowcitizens and paid tribute tothosewhodiedinlineofduty.

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AAP MLA Atishi wrote to theDelhiPolicechiefSNShrivastavaThursday alleging that BJPMPRamesh Bidhuri and his associ-ates are trying to “intimidate”heranddemandedthatanFIRberegisteredagainst them.Atishi allegedher familyhas

been “made the target” as sheraised her voice against BJP’s“hooliganism”.In her letter, Atishi also told

Shrivastava that shehas alreadymetDCP (Southeast) R PMeenaand submitted a complaintagainstBidhuriandhisassociatesforallegedly“assaultingAAPsup-porter Jitu Saini and contractorSudhirBidhuri”onDecember27.“First,BJPleadersbrokeCCTV

cameras of CM’s residence, fol-lowedbyvandalisingthehouseofDeputy CMManish Sisodia andtheJalBoardOffice.Inthelastfewdays, itwasnoticed thatRameshBidhuri’s son andnephewwererepeatedly harassing AAP sup-porters. On Thursday,we filed acomplaint against RameshBidhuri, his son HimanshuBidhuriandhisnephewManeesh

Bidhuri.WehaverequestedDelhiPolice to file an FIR against thesepeopleimmediately,”Atishisaid.Reacting to the claims,

Bidhuri said “Atishi, alongwithsome MLAs, had recentlyprotestedoutsidemyhousebutwerenot able to gather even50people.Nowtheyareplayingthevictim card because they havebeen exposed – they have nosupport frompeople... all kindsof unsubstantiated allegationsarebeing raisednowadays.”Delhi Police spokesperson

Anil Mittal, on Atishi’s claimthat the commissionerwas notgranting her an appointment,said,“Therequestsreceivedfromthe two AAPMLAs (Atishi andRaghavChadha) concern issuesin specific areas in Delhi. Theywere advised to meet the re-spective joint commissioners.”Mittal asserted that the law

and order situation in Delhi is“well under control”.“Commissioner of Police is re-sponsible for law and order ofthewholeofDelhi.Heisatpres-

ent engaged in law and orderarrangementsforfarmers’agita-tion and New Year’s Eve. Theconcernedcanseekanappoint-mentwith the JointCPandDCP,whohave beendirected to lookinto theirgrievances,”hesaid.On Atishi alleging that she

spottedtwosuspiciouscarsnearherhouse,DCPMeenasaid,“Wehaven’t received any such com-plaint fromher.”A seniorpoliceofficersaid“actionwasinitiatedonthecomplaintshesubmitted”toDCPMeena.

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THE DELHI DevelopmentAuthority (DDA)will launch its2021 housing scheme onSaturday,underwhich1,350flatswouldbeonsale.Thelastdatetoapply isFebruary16,2021.Theschemeisentirelyonline.

DDAhas developed a new soft-ware, AWAAS, through whichapplicants can complete all for-malities from filling up the ap-

plication, payment to posses-sion. The software can be ac-cessedon thewebsite. A seniorofficial said people have to visittheDDAofficeonlyforexecutionof conveyancedeeds.A total of 215Higher Income

Group flats near Jasola Vihar-ShaheenBaghMetrostationand15 in Vasant Kunj; 352MiddleIncome Group flats in DwarkaSector19-B,348inDwarkaSector16and4 inVasantKunj; and276EWSflatsinDwarka’sManglapuri,amongothers,areonsale.

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A 28-YEAR-OLD man diedThursday night after his Bolerocar caught fire inMahipalpur.Police said the incident took

place around 9.35 pmwhen atruck hit the car while slowingdownThe deceased, Sonu, was

trapped after his feet got stuckinthevehicle followingthecol-lision. Police said he burnt todeath. A case has been regis-tered against the truck driver,whofled fromthespotafter theaccident.

WhathaschangedinthisschemeThis time, theDDAhascomeoutwithnew

flats inareas thathaveMetroconnectivity, inanattempt tore-affirmits imageas theagencyofferingbetter facilitiesatasubsidedrate thanprivateones. In thepast,DDAhaslostoutonpotentialbuyers toprivatebuilders in theNCR,apart fromseeingseveral casesof surrenderofhousessoldin thepreviousschemes.Around11,000flats,mostlyLIG1-BHKflats thatwerepartof 2014scheme,werereturneddueto lackof amenitiesandsmall sizes.

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A GROUP of farmers, amongthosewhohavebeenprotestingattheHaryana-Rajasthanborderfor almost three weeks, man-agedtobreakthroughthebarri-cades set up by Rewari PoliceThursdayafternoon.The protesters, who were

headed to Delhi, were blockedaround16kmawayattheBhudlaflyover. Farmer leaders, mean-while, are trying to convincethemtoreturntotheborderandcontinuetheprotestpeacefully.Said Rajesh Kumar, DSP

(Bawal),“Around20-25tractorsmanaged to break through thebarricades this afternoon andenterRewari.Wehadtousewa-tercannonsandteargasshellstostop thembut theymanaged tomove forward.”Leaders fromgroups associ-

ated with the Sanyukt KisanMorcha distanced themselvesfromthegroup.“Until the protest carries on

underthebannerof theSanyuktKisan Morcha, we will followwhat the leaders say;we are alldisciplined. There is a group ofprotesterswho, fromthebegin-ning,havebeenwantingtoforcetheir way through…This is not

partofourplan,wearetryingtocreate pressure on the govern-ment, make people aware.Wearenothere to fightorget intoaconfrontation or damagethings,”saidRamzanChaudhary,head of the Nuh unit of the JaiKisanAndolanthathasalsobeenprotesting under the banner oftheSanyuktKisanMorcha.Farmers fromRajasthanand

Haryanahavebeenprotestingatthe border since December 13,with people from other states,including Gujarat andMaharashtra,joiningtheminthedays since, resulting in theirnumbers swelling from barely200toaround1,500now.A representative of Swaraj

Indiasaid,“Therearesomeyouthwho have broken through thebarricades. Theyhavebeenherefor some time andwere gettingimpatient.Wehadbeentryingtoconvince them since themorn-ingtonotforcetheirway,thatwehad to stay here and strengthenthemovement,buttheyfelttheyneededtomovetowardsDelhi.”“Only 12 or 13 tractors have

gonethrough,therestofthepro-testersarestillattheborderandwill continue to remain thereuntil theyreceiveanydirectionsotherwise from the SanyuktKisanMorchaleaders...Talksarealso on to convince those whowent through to continue theprotestpeacefully,”hesaid.

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ASPARTofarrangementsforthearrival and storageof theCovid-19vaccine, amaternityhome inSriniwaspurihasbeenconvertedintothecapital’sfirstmodelvac-cination centre by the SouthCorporation. Police,meanwhile,haveaskedallDCPstodrawupasecurity plan for transportationofthevaccinefromIndiraGandhiInternationalAirportto621vac-cine stores, including RajivGandhiSuperSpecialityHospital—thebiggeststoragefacility—11district vaccine stores and 609peripheralvaccinestores.According to SDMCcouncil-

lor Raj Pal, thematernity homewas converted in accordancewith guidelines issued by theUnionHealthMinistry.A visit to the centre showed

thatithasbeendividedintothreeparts—awaitingarea,avaccina-tion room and an observationroom. The centre has a loungewhere Aadhaar-based registra-tionwillbecarriedout.Followingscreening, vaccine candidateswill be sent to thewaiting area.The vaccination roomhas beenreadiedwith a first-aid kit. Anambulancewill be parked out-side incaseof emergencies.Each centrewill have a vac-

cinationofficer—whowouldei-therbeadoctor,nurseoraphar-macist — to help withregistration and authenticationofdocuments.Arrangementsforcold storage at the centre have

alsobeenmade.Pal saidother centreswould

also bedeveloped along similarlines. “Earlier this year,wewerebusy setting up Covid isolation

centres. It feels good that thenew year will start with a vac-cinecentre,”hesaid.According to Delhi Health

Minister Satyendar Jain: “The

Delhi government is ready forthe vaccine. All necessaryarrangements, from storage toapplication,havebeenmade.Wearepreparing1,000centresandarewaiting for thevaccine tobemadeavailable.”

Police tomakesecurity arrangementsAnorder issuedWednesday

bySpecialCP(operationsandli-censing) DrMuktesh Chander,following approval from thePolice Commissioner, states:“Delhi government will set upvaccinationcentreswhereabout100 personswill be vaccinatedevery day. Beneficiaries will beinformed about the date, time,and place via SMS. Local policeandpolicecontrolrooms(PCRs)

should locate such places andmakearrangementsforsecurityand lawandorder.”Itfurtherstatesthatproperse-

curityarrangementswillhavetobemadeat theairportwhenthevaccinearrives.“PCRvanswilles-cort these vaccines to primary,thensecondaryandfinallytoter-ritory stores. All possible assis-tanceshouldbeprovidedbytraf-ficpoliceforsmoothtransportofthese vaccines. Local policeshouldmakeround-the-clockse-curity arrangements at the stor-age sites, and PCR vans shouldalsocover thesesites in theirpa-trollingplans,”statestheorder.Chanderalsodirectedthecen-

tral police control room to re-spondpromptly to calls for helpfromcoldstoragepointsorvacci-nationsites,andpassontheinfor-mation to PCRvans, local police,trafficpoliceandanyotheragency.“A testmessage has already

beensenttoallpolicepersonnelabout Covid-19 vaccination. Ifanypersonnelhavenotreceivedsuchamessage, it indicates thattheir number has not been up-dated on the personal informa-tionsystem(PIS). Policeperson-nel indistricts aswell as inunitsshould update it by January 3.Informationhasalsobeensoughtaboutpolicepersonnelbelowtheage of 50 but having some co-morbidity…this data shouldbeupdatedonPIS;placeofvaccina-tion will be near the place ofworkasfaraspossible,” it states.AccordingtoDCP(Shahdara)

AmitSharma—underwhoseju-risdiction Rajiv Gandhi hospitalfalls — police have made allarrangements for thevaccine.

SOURAVROYBARMANNEWDELHI,DECEMBER31

Its tracks empty, stations shut-tered,parking lotsdeserted—asthe DelhiMetro shut down onMarch 23 amid the pandemic, asmall teamof engineers quietlysloggedbehindthescenes.Theirmandate — operationalising aback-upcentralcommandcentrefor trainoperationswhich couldensure seamless services withlimitedhumanresourceseven ifthe existing centres had to shutdown in the event of anyCovid-inducedemergency.ByJuneend,theback-upcen-

trewas ready. On September 7,thefirstlotoftrainswerebackontracks andby September 12, fullscaleservicesresumed,albeitun-der social distancing and facemaskstipulations.Theworktosetinmotionthe

new command centre, alsoknownas theOperationControlCentre (OCC),was not an excep-tionthough."Anewback-upcen-tre forMagenta and Pink Lineswereduesincetrainsstartedrun-ningonthesecorridors.However,duetoCovid,itssignificancewentupandithadtobecommissionedurgently,"saidaDMRCofficial.Asthetrainsremainedhalted

for 171 days, teams of workersfannedoutacrosstheDMRCnet-worktonotjustmakethesystemCovid-ready, but also carry outother long-pending repairs andupgrades, like fencing the ele-vatedlinestopreventtheftofcop-perwire,disposing60metrictonsof scrap,cleaningcoolingcoilsof2,076oldtraincoachesforbetterair-conditioning,amongothers.OnSeptember7, thefirstday

of service resumption, a littleover 1.5 lakh took the Metro,which earned Rs 10.6 lakh fromtoken sales and smart cardswipes.ByDecember29,passen-ger journeys rose to 18.74 lakhfrom which DMRC earned Rs3.47crore.Yet, challenges remain. For a

systemthatused toearnaroundRs10croredailyonlyfromticketsales, the pandemic has dealt acrippling blow to its finances—weighed down particularly bydebt taken over the years fromthe Japan InternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).On December 21, DMRC

Director (Operations) A KGargwrote inanote toseniorofficialsthat "in the last eightmonths,DMRChasearnedonlyRs247.65crorewhereas expenditurewasof Rs 2,208.24 crore (approx) in-cludingJICAloanandinterestre-paymentdueduringthisperiod".

He said tomeet the shortfall,thecorporationhassanctionedRs1,910croretobetransferredfromtheprojectdivisiontotheopera-tionsandmaintenance(O&M)di-vision,whichlooksafterthedailyoperationsof thenetwork.Whileaneight-coachtraincan

carryupto2,400commuters, un-der the current social distancingnorms, trains are carrying onlyhalf thatnumberonanaverage.Ridershipisverylowandcon-

sequently theproperty businessand parking revenues are alsoverylow,Gargwrote.To be sure,Metro remained

underacompletelockdownonlybetweenMarch23 andApril 19.FromApril20,itrecalled33%stafftowork,whichroseto100%fromMay20.Butwithmanyemploy-eescontractingthevirus,humanresourcemanagement emerged

asamajorchallenge."At that point, offices had to

be shut for 48hours after emer-genceofCovidcasesforsanitisa-tion.Manyemployeeshadtoputin12hoursofworkdailyasonlytwotrainsoperatedeverydaytoferry them, at 8 am and 8 pm.ManystuckoutsideDelhihad towork fromhomewhile those inDelhiwere called, alternatively,every three to four days. ThosecontractingCovidhadtoquaran-tine alongwith their immediatework contacts in the office. Butamidallthis,thesystemhadtobepreparedforresumptionofserv-ices,"aDMRCofficialsaid.Meanwhile, the lockdown

was also utilised for testing andcommissioning driverless serv-ices on theMagenta Line,whichwas launchedbyPrimeMinisterNarendraModionDecember28.

Automated camerasensure no free runfor traffic violatorsEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,DECEMBER31

DELHITRAFFICPolicecollectedRs234croreinfinesfortrafficviola-tions— including speeding, im-proper parking, one-way viola-tion (wrong entry) and notwearing helmets— this year asopposedtoRs188crorelastyear.While the number of offencesdippedduetothepandemic, theincrease in fines collected thisyear — 24% — is due to higherpenalties under the MotorVehicleAct2020.Thisyear,trafficpolicealsoin-

stalledover100camerasthatcap-turespeedingviolationsatmorethan 24 junctions. JCPManishAgrawal(Traffic)said,“Theauto-mated cameras helped catchmore offenders as it’s not physi-callypossibletochallanspeedingandred-lightviolations.Also,thishelpedinthetimeofCovidaswehadtoensureminimumphysicalinteractionwiththepublic.”Trafficpoliceofficialssaiddue

to the lockdown, there werehardly any violations in themonths of April, May and June.

“Our cameras recorded morethan80lakhspeedingviolationsand 17 lakh red-light violationsthis year. We sent notices andSMSes to such offenders to paytheir finesontime,”saidaseniorpoliceofficer.As per data shared by traffic

police, between March andOctober,over82,728peoplewerefinedforspeeding lastyearwhileonly3,407peoplewerefinedthisyear.However,noticessenttopeo-pleforspeedingviolationshavein-creasedby400% this year–over49lakhnoticesweresentbetweenMarchandOctoberthisyearwhileonly 9 lakhnoticeswere issuedduringthisperiodlastyear.The number of traffic viola-

tions have also dropped signifi-cantlythisyear.Datashowsa91%decreaseinhelmetviolationsthisyear,with only 31 such offencesbeingrecordedinApril.Trafficvi-olationsnearlydroppedtozeroinMayandJune.Offencesunderim-proper parking and stop-linecrossingalsodroppedby73%and74% from last year, with over 9lakhchallans for improperpark-ingand3.3lakhchallansforstop-linecrossing.

1947 Indo-Pak warhero’s grave repaired

Thematernityclinic inSriniwaspuricomesunderSouthMCD. TashiTobgyal

FarmershavepreparedapalanquinfornagarkirtanonJanuary1 inhonourofGuruGobindSingh.GajendraYadav

ATHARYANA-RAJASTHANBORDERNewDelhi:With adecline inCovid cases and the positiv-ity rate in the capital, HealthMinister Satyendar Jain saidthetwobiggestDelhigovern-ment Covid hospitals — LokNayak and GTB—will soonstart accepting non-Covidpatientsaswell. Jainsaidthepositivity rate aswell as bedoccupancyfigureshavebeendipping consistently. “OPDandotherserviceswillbere-sumed.AfewCovidcarecen-treshavebeenclosedastheydid not see any patients in alongtime...positivityratehas

fallen to 0.8%. The situationhas improveda lot,”hesaid.Thenumberofdedicated

beds for Covid patients hasbeen reduced in Delhi gov-ernment hospitals from4,696to2,140."...thecompe-tentauthorityhasdecidedtode-escalate the number ofdedicated beds reserved forCovid in the Delhi govern-ment hospitals," the healthdepartment said. The gov-ernmentalsoorderedreduc-tion of dedicated beds forCovid-19patients in108pri-vatehospitals.ENS

Lok Nayak to see non-Covid cases

JIGNASASINHANEWDELHI, DECEMBER31

“THERE’S NO celebration onNewYear’sEveforusthistime—the government has still not re-pealed the new farm laws.Tonight, we will mourn thedeaths of the 42 farmers whodied during our movementagainsttheCentre,”saidKashmirSingh(58),afarmerfromPatiala,hoursbeforetheclockstruck12.Singh, alongwith six-seven

farmers, walked through theprotest site at Singhu border onThursday evening, singing kir-tans. Thoughhemisses his chil-dren, he said hewon’t leave theprotest site. The statementwasechoed by several farmers,whosaid theywillmarkNewYear asyet another day of fightingagainstthelawsintheharshcold.Meanwhile,anothergroupof

farmers from the All IndiaKrishakKhetMajdoorSangathanmarched towards the stage,shouting slogans against theCentre and farm laws. Amongthemwas Jasbir (70), who hailsfromPunjab’s Firozpur and hasbeen at the border for over a

month.“Iwishwewerewithourfamilies in Punjab. It gets coldhereandweworkallday.Today,Ihelpedmakerotisforthelangar.Wewanttogobackhomebutthefarmer’s protest ismore impor-tant than our lives. If the Centrerefusestohelpus,wewillbeherenextyearaswell,”shesaid.Threeof her grandchildren are also atthe site, working as volunteerswith the Delhi GurdwaraCommittee to help protesterswithfoodandmedicines.The farmers also prepared a

palki(palanquin)foranagarkir-tanonJanuary1tohonourGuruGobind Singhandhis sacrifices.“Wedon’tbelieveincelebrationstoday. Our brothers and sistersaremaking garlands and deco-ratingthepalkisahabwithflow-ers. Tomorrow at 5 am,wewilldo a nagar kirtan.Wewill coverthe15kmof theprotest siteandcomeback,” said Randhir Singh(56), who lives in Englandwithhis family and flew down toPunjabto jointheprotest.Randhir, who has been at

Singhu border for 20 days now,saidhewillraiseslogansagainstthe kaala kanoon (black laws)alongwithother farmers.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,DECEMBER31

DAYS AFTER the grave ofBrigadierMohammadUsman,thehighest-rankingArmyofficerto have been killed in the 1947Indo-PakistanWar,atagraveyardnear Jamia Millia Islamia wasfound damaged, the Army re-pairedthestructureonThursday.The Indian Expresshad reportedearlierthisweekthatasignificantpartof theepitheton thegrave’s

whitemarble coveringwas bro-ken.AsofThursday,theepithet—“BrigMUsman,MVC;NausheraKaShera”—wasrepaired.Theredstone flooronwhich it restswasalsogivenafreshcoatofpainttoo.Anofficerfromtheadditional

directorategeneral, public infor-mation, said, “He is a nationalhero. We undertook promptmeasurestorestorethehonour.”“Theworkwas done by the

armywith technical assistancefrom Jamia,” said Jamia PROAhmadAzeem.

BrigUsman’sbody isburiedatagraveyardnear Jamia

Farmer leadersaretryingtoconvincethemtoreturntotheborderandcontinuetheprotestpeacefully.PTI

Farmer group breaksthrough barricades

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PMModi inauguratedthedriverless trainonDec28

HOWDELHI TRAVELLEDAMIDPANDEMICVisitstopharmaciesandsupermarketsinDelhiwereleastaffectedduetothepandemicandthelockdownthatfollowed,mobilitydataanalysedbyGoogleshows.Thelockdown,whichcameintoforceonMarch25,changedthereasonsandtheplacespeopletravelledto.Googleanalysedmobilitydatausingpeople’smobilephonelocationstocomeoutwithcomparativefiguresforplacesthatpeoplevisitedthemost,theleast,andtrafficspeedduringthepandemic.Thebaselinedataisthemedian,percorrespondingday,betweenJanuary3andFebruary6,2020.

Transithubs Parks

54%87% 73%3%

30% 41%

Supermarketsandpharmacy

Commutetooffice

April : 80%InDecember,thedipintripstoofficeisstill45%ascomparedtothebaseline

Retailandrecreation(restaurants,cafés,shoppingcentres,themeparks,museums, librariesandcinemas)

April :80%December:22%■Dip inApril ■Dip inDecember

At protest, a coldand quiet new year

BRIEFLYManfounddeadatMP’sresidenceNewDelhi:A21-year-oldman,whowaslivingintheservants’quarterofBJPMPRodmalNagar’s house inNew Delhi, committedsuicideThursdaymorning.DCP (NewDelhi) Dr EishSinghal said, “A PCR callcamearoundnoonfrom2,FirozshahRoad,which istheofficialresidenceoftheBJPMPfromMP’sRajgarh.TheMPhadleftforhiscon-stituency amonth ago.”Themanhasbeen identi-fied asNeeraj, an electri-cian,whowasthebrother-in-lawofMPNagar’s PA.DCP Singhal said, “Thebodywas found outsidetheservants’quarterswithanelectricwirearoundhisneck.”Anofficersaidasperthosewho knewNeeraj,hehadbeen“upsetabouthisex-girlfriendmarryingsomeoneawhileago”.

WeekendtoseerainNew Delhi: The city sawdense fogThursday,withminimum temperaturefalling to 3.3 degreesCelsius, 4 degrees belownormal.According tooffi-cials at the IMDDepartment,anincreaseintemperature is expectedstarting Saturday, whenbothminimumandmaxi-mum temperatureswillseeariseof3to5degrees.Light rain is expected onSaturdayandSunday.ENS

AmitMehra

Total VacantHOSPITAL BEDS 18,505 16,433VENTILATORS 1,523 983

Dailycases Recoveries Deaths TestsDec30 677 940 21 84,680Dec31 574 888 13 81,750Total 5,511* 6,09,322 10,536 86,59,830

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DELHICONFIDENTIAL

THE FLUTTERAS BJP's loneMLA in Kerala and former Unionminister ORajagopal backed the Assembly resolution against the threecontentiousfarmlawsonThursday,party leaderswhoarefa-miliarwithKeraladevelopments inDelhi scurried to findthereason.SomeofthemblamedthestateleadershipwithwhomRajagopalhasbeenupsetwithforsometimewhileothersfeltthatthepartyveterancouldhavebeenplayinghiscardscare-fully to ensure his victory once again from Nemam,Thiruvananthapuram.Rajagopalhadapparentlyreceivedthesecretbackingof someof theLeftpockets inhisconstituencyinhislastelection.Sourcessaidthepartyleadershiphastakenthe issueseriouslyandmayseekareport fromthestateunit.

EXPERT VIEWSTHEPARLIAMENTARYstandingcommitteeonfinance,whichisdiscussing the impactof Covid-19on theeconomy,will betakingviewsof internationalfinancial institutionsontheim-pact of the pandemic on world economy. The committeeheaded by BJPmember Jayant Sinha has called representa-tivesof InternationalMonetaryFundandWorldBankfororalevidence on the subject “Long term impact of the Covid-19pandemic on the global economy, trade flows and financialmarkets”.FormerPrimeMinisterDrManmohanSinghisalsoamemberof the committee. The committee is scheduled tomeeton January4.

THE SHORTLISTTHESEARCHforthenextJNUVice-Chancellorison.Aninter-actionwith shortlisted candidates is scheduled in the firstweekofJanuary.ThebuzzisthattwoincumbentRectorsoftheuniversityandafewprofessorsofDelhiUniversityareamongthosewho have been called for the interaction. The incum-bent Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar's term ends inJanuary.

New Delhi: Eastern RailwayGeneral Manager SuneetSharma was Thursday ap-pointed the Railway BoardChairman and CEO as the termofVKYadavcametoanend.Yadavwas given a one-year

extension in January thisyear.Sharma is a Special Class

Railway Apprentice Officer ofthe1978batch.Heisalsoa1981-batch officer of the IndianRailwayService.Inhisdecades-longcareer,he

hasservedatvarious levels—in-cluding zonal railways, work-shops and diesel locomotivesheds. ENS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,DECEMBER31

IN Amajor administrativereshuffle Thursday night,the Uttar Pradesh govern-menttransferred11IASof-ficers, including HathrasDMPraveenKumarLaxkarwho has been moved toMirzapur ineastUP.Laxkarhadcomeunder

severecriticisms fromsev-

eralquarters, includingtheAllahabad High Court, forhis handling of the gan-grapeandmurdercaseof a19-year-oldDalitwomaninthedistrict.In its submission to

Allahabad High COurt, thestate had justified its deci-sion of not transferringLaxkar, saying thedemandfor his transfer wasmadebypolitical partieswith an“obliquemotive” to “exertpressure”. The High Court

hadasked thegovernmentwhetheritwasfairtoallowthe DM to continue inHathras during the pen-dency of the investigationas he was in the thick ofthings during the illegalcremation”of thewoman.Ramesh Ranjan, the

Jointmanagingdirector ofUP Jal Nigam, has beenmade the new DM ofHathras.

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LIZMATHEWNEWDELHI,DECEMBER31

Three months after heannouncedhisnewteam,BJP president J P Naddaon Thursday reshuffledRSS pracharaksworkingin theparty.WhileSaudanSingh-

- a national joint generalsecretary who hasworked with RajnathSingh, Nitin Gadkari andAmit Shah -- has beenbrought intotheBJP,ShivPrakash, also a joint gen-eral secretary who wasloaned to the party afterthe 2014 election, hasbeengivenchargeofnewstates. V Satish, anotherjoint general secretarywhose name had donetheroundsasneworgan-isation general secretarybeforeBLSanthosh'sap-pointment, has beengiven a newly createdpost.The changes are ex-

pectedtocreatefreshva-cancies for newpracharaks from the RSSin thenewcentral team.Currently,thereareno

joint general secretariesfor Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,Rajasthan, Gujarat,OdishaandUttarakhand.Saudan Singh was

given charge of Haryana,Punjab, Chandigarh andHimachal Pradesh.Withthefarmers'protestcast-ingashadowontheBJP'sprospects in these states,itwouldbeachallenging

task for Singh to coordi-natewith the RSS to im-prove theorganisation.ShivPrakash,whohas

delivered inWestBengalwherehehasbeenwork-ing with general secre-taryKailashVIjayvargiya,has also been givencharges of key states likeMadhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh,Maharashtra, TelanganaandAndhra Pradesh. Histask in Telangana andAndhra Pradesh will betough as the party is try-ing to come up as an al-ternativeforce;andithastowinbackChhattisgarhand Maharashtra.Prakash earlier handledthe party's coordinationwith the RSS inUttarakhand and UttarPradesh.V Satish has been

given the new post ofSanghatak,withnostatesbut forparliamentaryof-fice coordination andSC/STMorcha coordina-tion. Satish's new post issurprisingashehadbeenhandling key states likeGujarat,MaharashtraandRajasthan.

PARTYWANTSHARYANASPECIALSESSION

ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABAJALANDHAR,DECEMBER31

EVENASfarmerleaderspreparefor talks on January 4, theWorkingGroupofAllIndiaKisanSangharsh CoordinationCommittee (AIKSCC) has saidthat the Centre’s appeal tofarmer leaders to suggest an al-ternative to the repeal of thethreefarmlawsisanimpossibil-ity because the Centre has im-posedtheselawsonpeopleinanundemocraticmanner.Unlessthelawsarerepealed,

there isnoscope todiscusspro-farmer changes inmandis andfarmprocesses,theAIKSCCsaid,adding that the governmentshould not be rigid and indulgeinsemanticsasallprocessesarein itshands.With regard to MSP, the

AIKSCC said, the governmentmust ensure a solution to theproblemof paddy being sold toprivate tradersatRs900aquin-

tal while MSP is Rs 1,868. Thepro-privatisationFPTCAct2020hasfurtherincreasedthegapbe-tweenMSPandactualsaleprice,theysaid.Condemningthe‘repression’

in BJP-ruled andBJP-influencedstates, the AIKSCC called uponfarmers to hold yatras in statesandorganiseralliesatthedistrictlevel.Meanwhile, the Samyukta

Kisan Morcha (SKM) said,“Protests continue in differentparts of the country on the de-mand of repealing three farmlaws and legalisingMSP… TheMorchastronglycondemnslath-ichargeonfarmersprotestinginPatna. It is a symbol of insensi-tivity of the government... Weurge the common people topeacefully boycott products ofcorporate groups…Thismove-mentneedsthepeoplefromtheworkingclasses tobeorganisedat local levels and students’ or-ganisations could play a pivotalrole in this.”

No scope of discussion iflaws not repealed: AIKSCC

Hathras DM among 11 IAS officerstransferred in major UP reshuffle

New Rly Board Chairman appointed

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICECHANDIGARH,DECEMBER31

THECONGRESSwants a specialsessionofHaryanaAssembly tobringinano-confidencemotionagainst the BJP-JJP alliance gov-ernmentbutGovernorSatyadeoNarainArya,“withoutassigningany reasons”, is not giving theparty time tomeet, former CMBhupinderSinghHoodasaidonThursday.Hooda told themedia after a

CongressLegislaturePartymeet-ingthatfarmershavebeenagitat-ing for 36 days onDelhi borderand in parts of the state, and 42protesters have died so far. “OnDecember 7, we wrote to theGovernor,urginghimtosummona special session of Assembly....(But)hehasnotacceptedthatde-mand till date,”Hooda said.

“The Governor has refused tomeetCongressMLAs,withoutas-signinganyreason.”Secretary to Governor Dr G

Anupamawasnot available for acomment.Haryana BJP president Om

PrakashDhankarsaidthegovern-mentwillcompleteitsfulltermoffiveyears.“TheVidhanSabhases-sionwillbeheldasperprovisionsofrule,”hesaid.

HoodaonThursday.

Hooda: Governor notmeeting Cong MLAs

Nadda rejigs roleof RSS leadersworking in BJP

JPNadda

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,DECEMBER31

THE KERALA Assembly onThursdayunanimouslypassedaresolution,urgingtheUniongov-ernment to accede to the de-mands of the agitating farmersandtakeimmediatemeasurestorepealthethreecontentiousfarmlaws.The resolution, moved by

ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan,said the national capital iswit-nessing a historic agitation byfarmers.“Whenlegislationcausea great degreeof anxiety amongthepeopletobeaffectedbythem,thelegislativeassemblieshavetheresponsibility to consider that

anxiety,” theChiefMinister said,expressing solidarity with thefarmers.Hesaidasagriculture is listed

as a state subject in theConstitutionandamatterthatdi-rectlyaffectsthestates,theUnion

government should have takenstepstodiscusstheissueinthein-ter-state councilmeeting. “It is amatterofgraveconcernthattheseimportant legislation did notcomeevenunder the considera-tionoftheParliamentaryStanding

Committee.’’TheresolutionsaidtheUnion

governmentintroducedthefarmlaws in Parliament at a time thefarmsectorwasfacingseverecri-sis.With the implementation ofthelaws,farmersfeartheywouldbedeprivedof theexistingmini-mum support price for foodgrains.Also,thebargainingpowerof the farmerswould beweak-ened, giving anadvantage to thecorporatesector.TheChiefMinister said if the

farmers’ agitation continues,Kerala,whichisaconsumerstate,would bebadlyhit. If themove-ment of food grains and provi-sionsareaffected,thestatewouldbelefttostarve.

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HowthefarmlawsaffectKerala

Kerala farmersarenotdirectly impactedby the farmlawsas thestatedoesnothavemandis.Around80percentofagri-producesarecashcrops,witheachcrophavingcom-modityboardsanddifferentmarketdynamics.Keralade-pendsuponother states for foodgrainsandpulses.Beingaconsumerstate,Kerala fears thatabolitionofmandi sys-temwouldaffect its interest and lead tohike inprices.

Repeal farm laws: Kerala resolution

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304DAYSSINCEPANDEMICBEGAN

TRACKING INDIA’SCOVIDCURVECASES:1,02,66,674TESTS: 17,20,49,274 | RECOVERIES: 98,60,280

ACTIVE CASES:2,57,656DEATHS: 1,48,738

DEC30CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS21,822 299 26,139 11,27,244

STATESWITHRISINGACTIVECASESACTIVECASES RISEINLASTWEEK

Kerala 65,465 2,598Sikkim 626 135Chandigarh 399 30

STATESWHEREACTIVECASESAREDECLININGACTIVECASES DECLINEINLASTWEEK

Haryana 3,799 1,01,431Chhattisgarh 11,939 3,696WestBengal 12,381 3,308

STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASESONDEC30 TOTAL

Kerala 6,268 7,55,719Maharashtra 3,537 19,28,603WestBengal 1,178 5,50,893

STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHSONDEC30 TOTAL

Maharashtra 95 50,603WestBengal 28 9,683Kerala 28 3,150DataasonDecember30,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare, IndianCouncilofMedicalResearchandstategovernments.Oftenthenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays

aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive

TABASSUMBARNAGARWALAMUMBAI,DECEMBER31

FIVE DAYS before her due date,Sukanya Gawda contracted thecoronavirus.“Iwasconvincedtheviruswould kill me... I had pre-paredmyeldestdaughtertolookafterthefamily...,”sherecalls.OnMay 12, the 32-year-old deliv-ered a healthy boy, and namedhim ‘Jeevan’, the onewho gavehernewlife.Allshenowwantstodoissell

her roomat theMumbai chawlandreturntohernativevillageinMandya,Karnataka,withherhus-band Ravi and three children.

“WhenIgotCovid,wewerealonein Mumbai. Such experiencesmakeyou realise that strugglinginabigcityforalittlemoremoneyis notworth it,” she says, addingthat she wants to educate herdaughters“andperhapsonecouldbecome a doctor”. “I saw howhardnursesanddoctorswork.”Amidst the stigma, the

Gawdas decidednot to discloseSukanya’sCovid-positivestatustotheirsluminthewestern suburbofMarol.InMarch,shehadtomissher seventh-month sonographyduetothelockdown.InMay,with thegovernment

requiringCovidtestsof allmoth-ers before delivery, an asympto-matic Sukanya tested positive.

“The doctor said only NairHospital (run by themunicipalcorporation)wasdeliveringchil-drenof Covid-positivewomen. Icamebackhomeandcried. IhadseennewsonTVsayingnomed-icineworksand the family couldnot evenmeet lovedones dyinginhospital,”shesays.“Shekept saying leavemeby

theroadside,letmedie,”saysherhusbandRavi.OnMay8,at6am,hedrovetheentirefamilytoNairHospital inhisautorickshaw.AtNairHospital, doctors told

themtogotothematernityhospi-tal in theirmunicipalward. “Wethen drove toWadiaMaternityHospital, but againwere turnedaway.Next,wewenttoKEMhos-

pital, but therewas no bed, andthe doctor returned us to NairHospital. There, Sukanya brokedown…Theyagreedtoadmitheraftertwohours,”saysRavi.Sukanyaevencalledhersister

and uncle in Karnataka to tellthemtolookafterhertwodaugh-ters if she did not survive.However, once she got to theward, she says, she sawCovid-positivepregnantwomensittingaround casually. “Nobodywasgasping, nobodywasdying. Twowomenevengotdischargedthatday…Onewomanexplained tomethatformosttherewasnoef-fectontheirpregnancies."SinceMarch,NairHospitalhas

admitted 1,200 Covid-positive

pregnantwomenanddelivered767babies.“Therewasnodataonhow the virus affects pregnantwomen. Our challenge was tokeepourstaffandnewbornssafe,”says Dr Ganesh Shinde, Head,GynaecologyDepartment.DrNirajMahajan,in-chargeof

CovidmaternityatNairHospital,says theysetupadifferentward,operationtheatreandmadesuremothers breastfed babies onlywithmaskson.“Verticaltransmis-sion frommother to foetuswasrare, andmost babieswerebornCovid-free,”hesays.OnMay12, Sukanya’s labour

painsbeganandshewaswheeledin for a Caesarean. When shewokeup,anursetoldhershehad

deliveredahealthyboy.By the time they returned

home onMay 22, she had de-cided two things: “We stoppedall TV channels... the mediashould have shown some re-straint in reporting. And I didn’tgooutofthehousewiththebabyforfourmonths.Nooutsiderwasallowedin.”Nowpreparing for the new

year,Sukanyasaystheearlypanicover the viruswasunnecessary.“Ye samay kabhi kisi ko nahindekhna chahiye (Nobody shouldwitnesswhatwedid)…Butwelearntwhat is important to us,familyovermoney,”saysSukanya,as Jeevanplaysinthearmsofherelderdaughter.

‘I thought I would die, but I delivered a healthy baby… Panic was unnecessary’

Sukanyawithher family.Express

MUMBAIACOVIDMOTHER

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENOIDA,MEERUT,DECEMBER31

A CLASS 10 student in UttarPradesh’s Bulandshahr districtendedupshootinghis classmatedeadwhilethreateninghimwithapistol over a dispute over seat,thepolicesaidThursday.As panic ensued after the

shootingonWednesday,thestu-dent,14,triedtofleethecampusofthe school in Shikarpur area butwas caught. “He tried to escapebut the staff soon overpowered

him,”saidtheschoolprincipal.Thevictim,also14,wasrushed

toanearbyhospitalwherehewasdeclaredbroughtdead.“Wereceivedinformationthat

a boy had been shot inside aschoolonWednesday.Whenweinvestigated it was found thattherewas an issuebetween twoboysandoneofthemopenedfireonhis classmateover an issueofseats.Theboydidnotsurvive.Theaccusedminorwas arrested andthegun,belongingtohisrelative,wasalsoseized.Furtherinvestiga-tionispending,”saidBulandshahr

SSPSantoshKumarSingh.The pistol was a licensed

weapon thatbelonged tohisun-cle,anarmymanwhowashomeonholiday,thepolicesaid.Theteenhas nowbeen sent to a juvenilehome.Thepolicehave registeredanFIRagainsthimunderSection302(murder)of the IPCandrele-vantsectionsoftheArmsAct.AkhileshGaur, the in-charge

oftheShikarpurpolicestationinBulandshahr, said: “A casewillberegisteredagainstthelicenseholderof theweaponfor its ille-galuse.”

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, DECEMBER31

A CLASH broke out in Agra onThursday betweenpolice and agroupofpeopleprotestingagainstthedeathof amancalledPawan,whodiedinanaccidentwhenhistruckcarryingsandoverturned.Themobalsoallegedlyseta

policechowkiandafewvehicleson fire.Police said the incident took

placeinTajganjareaandtheTorapolice chowki was set on fire.Stoneswerealsopelted,policeof-ficialssaid.It is suspected that theman

was transporting illegallymined sand.AgraDistrictMagistrate(DM)

Prabhu Narain Singh said theplace that the incident occurredwas close to the Yamuna river,where sandwas earlierminedlegallybutthetenderhadexpired.

“Around threemonths ago, themining contract had ended.Wehave called for anew tender butnoonehas come forward so far.The village of theman is nearbyand local residentsmine sand il-legally,”hesaid.“Around11 amonThursday,

ayouthwasdrivingatractorwitha trolley filled with sand. Theyouth did not appear to be atraineddriver,andwhenapolicevehicle passed him by, he gotscared and hit the accelerator.Thatparticularroadisataheight.Thetractordriverlostcontroland

the tractor overturned and fellonto the fields below. He wasrushed to the Shanti ManglikHospital.Localresidentsthoughtpolicewere responsible for hisdeath,”addedSingh.Hesaidthataround300local

residents came to the chowki,vandaliseditandsetitonfire.Thesituationwasbroughtun-

der control in around twohours,officialssaid,addingthatthosein-volvedinthevandalismandarsonwillbeidentifiedwiththehelpofCCTVfootageandbooked.“Ayoungmangotintoanacci-

dentandthetractorhewasdriv-ing overturned.Hewas taken tothehospital,wherehedied.Somelumpenelementsvandalisedthelocal police chowki, set it on fireandsomevehiclesparkedoutsideit.Theytriedtodisruptlawandor-der, prompting deployment offorceatthesite,includingtheareaSSP,”saidInspectorGeneral(AgraRange)ASatishGanesh.

Agra: Mob clashes with police afterman dies in accident, chowki set on fire

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEPUNE,DECEMBER31

BETTERHYGIENEand sanitationin the rich anddeveloped coun-tries could, paradoxically, beoneofthereasonsforthehighratesofcoronavirus-relateddeathsthere,a newstudyby Indian scientistshasindicated,lendingcredencetowhatisknownasthe'hygienehy-pothesis'.Thestudyhastriedtofindpos-

sibleexplanationsforthefactthatlower-income countries, withhigher populationdensities andmuchlowersanitationstandards,seem to have recorded muchlessercoronavirus-relateddeathscompared to richer,moredevel-oped,countries.ShekharMande,directorgen-

eral, Council of Scientific andIndustrialResearch(CSIR), isoneof its authors. Bithika Chatterjeeof the Pune-based NationalCentre for Cell Sciences andRajeeva Laxman Karandikar ofChennaiMathematical Instituteareitsco-authors.Thestudyisbasedonanalysis

of data until June 29, bywhichtimemorethan5lakhdeathshadbeenreported–morethan70percentofitinhigh-incomecountries.In its endeavour to finda rea-

sonable explanation for thecounter-intuitive phenomenon,the studycorrelatedcoronavirusdeaths in several countrieswithindicatorssuchasGDP,populationdensity, humandevelopment in-dexrating,demography,sanitationandhygiene,andprevalenceofau-

toimmunediseases. It foundthat'hygienehypothesis'couldbeoneofthereasonsforthedichotomy.'Hygienehypothesis'saysthat

becausepeopleincountrieswithlowsanitation standards get ex-posedtocommunicablediseasesat an early age and developstrongerimmunity,helpingthemtowardoff diseases later in life, aphenomenon called 'immunetraining'. Conversely, people inrichercountrieshavebetteraccessto healthcare and vaccines, andthings like cleandrinkingwater,due towhich they remain saferfromsuchinfectiousdiseases.But that, paradoxically, also

means their immunesystemre-mainsunexposedtosuchdangers.Thishypothesis is also some-

timesused toexplain thepreva-lenceofauto-immunediseases,inwhichtheimmunesystemsome-times 'overreacts' andstarts atta-ckingthebody'sowncells,leadingtodisorders like type-1diabetesmellitusormultiplesclerosis.Among countries with the

highestratesofdeathpermillionof population are Belgium, ItalyandSpain,wheremorethan1,200deathshavediedpermillionhavebeen recorded till now. TheUSandtheUKhavemorethan1,000deathspermillionofpopulation.Incontrast,Indiahasseenjust

about110deathspermillion,lessthan half theworld average ofabout233.MostotherSouthAsiancountries, as also in rest of Asiaand Africa, have much lowerdeathrates.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEPUNE,DECEMBER31

ORGANISERSOFElgaarParishad,whoweredeniedpermissionbyPuneCity Police tohold the con-ferenceonDecember31,havesaidthey will hold it in Pune onJanuary30.Earlier, onDecember20,me-

mbersof BhimaKoregaonShau-ryaDinPrernaAbhiyaan—anum-brella bodyof organisations th