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The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has
disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of
information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and
accurate and reliably reported from across a
nation in quarantine.
A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells.
Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the
electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express
to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and
analysis through the day on
indianexpress.com
JOURNALISM OF COURAGESINCE 1932
DA ILY FROM: AHMEDABAD , CHAND IGARH , DELH I , JA IPUR , KOLKATA , LUCKNOW, MUMBAI , NAGPUR , PUNE , VADODARA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `6.00 (`8 PATNA & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COMJOURNALISM OF COURAGE
SINCE 1932
LOCKDOWNDAY
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CONCERNJHARKHAND:
Resistance to surgeseems to be ending.Cases doubled in
one week
CAUTIONJ&K: Sunday’sunusual jump
attributed to pastcases, but growthrate still high
A GLIMMERMAHARASHTRA:
Slowdowncontinues, growthis now less than3.5 per cent
HER FATHER, GEORGE FLOYDSix-year-oldGiannaFloyd,daughterofGeorgeFloyd,withhermotherRoxieWashingtonatthefuneral service forFloyd inHoustononTuesday.Reuters REPORT,PAGE15
To fact-check postson social media, I&BPSU floats a tenderAASHISHARYANNEWDELHI, JUNE9
BROADCAST ENGINEERINGConsultants India Limited (BE-CIL),acentralpublicsectorenter-prise (CPSE) under theMinistryofInformationandBroadcasting,has floated a tender invitingagenciestoprovide“solutionandservices”relatedto“factverifica-tion and disinformation detec-tion”onsocialmediaplatforms.In its tender which seeks to
empanel agencies to fight fakenewsandmisinformationonso-cialmedia, BECIL has alsoman-datedthatbiddingfirmsmustbeable to “identifykey influencersbehind disinformation” andtheir geo-location. This, cyber-law and other fake news dis-
pellingexpertssaid,opensupav-enues for illegal surveillance bythegovernmentandwasakintoa ‘witchhunt’.“Ifwedonotknowwhatfake
news is, how is the tenderawardeegoingtodistinguishbe-tween what’s fake and what’sreal?What exactly needs to beidentified and checked? It doesopen an easy avenue for illegalor unethical surveillance,”Salman Waris, Founder &Partner, TechLegis Advocates &Solicitors, said.BECILdidnotrespondtoade-
tailed questionnaire askingwhetherithadarrivedatanydef-initionforwhatconstitutedfakenews or misinformation andwhetheranyagencieshadbidforthetender floatedonMay13.
INWHATmay be the first signsof de-escalation of tensionsalongtheLineofActualControl,Indian andChinese troops havegradually startedmoving backfromstandoffpositionsatdiffer-entpointsintheGalwanandHotSpringareasof Ladakh.While therehasbeennooffi-
cial statement yet onwhether adisengagementisunderway,gov-ernment sources Tuesday said:“Wenotethedevelopmentsalongthe LAC, andwill bemonitoringthemcloselyinthenextfewdays.”Officials cautioned that this
should be seen as a “first step”towardsalong,phasedandgrad-
ual process of disengagement,andthereshouldbenoexpecta-tion of immediate or quick
QS rank: Indian schools slip,including 10 of EminenceRITIKACHOPRANEWDELHI, JUNE9
MOSTOF India’s top higher ed-ucationinstitutionshaveslippedin the latest edition of theQuacquarelli Symonds (QS)World University Rankings(WUR)releasedonWednesday,including at least 10which had
beenmarkedoutbythegovern-ment under the Institution ofEminence (IoE) scheme.Among the IoEs that have
fallen in rank over the past 12monthsareIIT-Delhi,IIT-Madras,IIT-Kharagpur, IISc-Bangalore,Delhi University, HyderabadCentral University, ManipalAcademy of Higher Education
DAYSAFTERrevealingthathehadfaced racist comments while
playing for IPLteam SunrisersHyderabad, for-merWest Indiesskipper DarrenSammyhasnowdecided to con-front thosewhoallegedly re-ferred tohimbythe “derogatoryword” ‘kalu’.In an
Instagramvideomessage on
Monday, he called out his one-time teammates to
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Sammy confrontshis former IPLteammates: Whywas I called ‘kalu’?
FormerWindiescaptainplayedforSunrisersHyderabad
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REIMAGININGTHEACADEMYBYMEENAKSHIGOPINATHPAGE11
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE9
HAVINGREFUSEDseveraltimesearlier to interveneon the issueof migrant labourers, theSupreme Court on Tuesday or-dered states and UnionTerritories to complete theprocessof sendingthembacktotheirhomestateswithin15days.Italsoaskedthemtoconsider
withdrawing cases registeredagainst themigrants for tryingtowalktotheirhomesfloutinglock-downrules,andurgedstatesandUTstoworkon“thenextstageofattending(totheir)needs”.A Bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan,SKKaulandMRShah,which had taken suomotu cog-nizanceofthemigrantlabouris-sue, also said that High Courtsthat had issued orders on thematterwerewithin their rightstodoso.“HighCourtsbeingcon-stitutionalcourtsarewellwithintheir jurisdiction to take cog-nizance of violation of funda-mental rights of migrantwork-ers andwe have no doubt thatthoseproceedingsshallproceedafter considering all aspects in-cluding the response of con-cernedauthorities.”Appearing for the Centre in
theSupremeCourtonMay28ina PIL on migrant distress,SolicitorGeneralof IndiaTushar
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Get migrantshome in 15days, SC tellsstates, UTs
After its order on bedsjunked, Delhi projectsspike to 5.5 lakh by JulySOURAVROYBARMANNEWDELHI, JUNE9
AMIDA ROWover its decision,since overruled by the Centre,to reserve beds in coronavirushospital facilities in the CapitalforDelhi residents, theKejriwalgovernmentTuesdayprojectedan exponential growth in thecity’s numbers.Deputy Chief Minister
ManishSisodiasaidthenumberof caseswill soar to 5.5 lakh bythe end of July, with around80,000 hospital beds needed,
AROUND500peopleof100fam-ilies,whohadsquattedatthegov-ernment’s affordable housingproject buildings in parts of thecity, have been evicted over thelastthreedays.Thestategovern-mentwants to bring in anotherset of people who need to bemoved out for the Arpa riverbeautificationproject,aCongresspollpromisetocreateariverfront.These residents, who either
migratedfromnearbyvillagesorwere born in a slum that hassincebeendemolished,claimtohavelivedintheAtalAwasbuild-ings for years. Amajor chunk of
thesebuildings, in theurbanar-eas, are still lying vacant, manywithout electricity and waterconnections. In the midst ofCovidpandemic,these500-oddpeople have been suddenlyforced to thestreets.“Everyyearwesentapplica-
tions, explaining our problems,telling themaboutus living ille-gallyinthenon-allottedhouses.Weaskedforelectricityandwa-ter connections and thatwe beallotted those houses,” saidAmar Goswami (50), a residentwhowasevicted.District Collector Saransh
Mittarsaidtheresidentswere'ly-ing'.“Theymovedintotheemptyhouses in February or March,whichiscriminaltrespassofgov-
ernmentproperty.Theywereliv-ing somewhere before theymovedhereinFebruary,theycangoback,”Mittarsaid.Around 200 people now
sleep on the roads next to themulti-storey structures that tilltwodays agowere their homes.Some arewrapped inmosquitonets while others sit clusteredarounda50-Wattbulb.Many have small children.
For example, Jayakumari'sdaughterwas just two days oldwhen theywere evicted. The5-day-oldissleepingfitfully,asher28-year-oldmother rocks her,sitting along a road outside ahouse she had been living forover twoyears inBaheterai.Rukmani bai (58)was nurs-
ingher20-year-oldsonwhowassickwhen the policemen cameknocking. "They threw us outand then locked the house.Wewere not even given an hour.None of us haveworked duringthe lockdown. Mahamari maghar konno nahi devat hai (Noone is giving us a house due tothepandemic)," shesaid.Activistand lawyerPriyanka
Shukla said:“Whileononehandweareclaimingtobehelpingthepoor in this state, on the otherhandwearemakingseveralpeo-plehomeless.Whatwas theur-gencytotakeupabeautificationproject in the middle of pan-demic?” sheasked.
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In Covid times, 500 evicted to house thosedisplaced for river beautification project
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE9
FACINGHEAT fromOppositionparties, the UP Government onTuesday ordered a probe byUttar Pradesh Police’s SpecialTask Force (STF) wing into al-legedirregularitiesrelatedtothe2019 recruitment examinationfor69,000assistant teachers.WhileCongressgeneral sec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi likenedthe“irregularities”intherecruit-ment examwith the Vyapamscam of Madhya Pradesh, BSPchiefMayawatidemandedaCBIprobe into thecase.Last week, Prayagraj police
had arrested 11 people, includ-ing two successful candidates.Some candidates alleged that a
gangpromisedselectionofsomecandidates,whowrotetheexamat a centre in Prayagraj, in ex-change formoney.Uttar Pradesh Basic
Education Minister SatishChandra Dwivedi on Tuesdayheldapressconferenceandsaidthe alleged scam came to lightwhenoneRahilfiledacomplaintinMaythisyear.“It is important to highlight
thattheexaminationwasheldonJanuary 6, 2019…Rahul allegedthat inFebruary2020, someonehad takenmoney fromhim fortherecruitment.... Still, thecom-plaint was taken seriously andactionwastakenbyPrayagrajpo-lice... A total of 11 people havebeenarrested,” saidDwivedi.Prayagraj SSP Satyarth
Aniruddha Pankaj said five ar-
rests weremade on June 6 andsixonJune8.“Twoarrestedcan-didates are Dharmendra Pateland Vinod Yadav,” said Pankaj.The case has been lodged atSaraonpolice station.A week ago, the Lucknow
bench of the Allahabad HighCourthadstayedtherecruitmentprocess over the “ambiguous”nature of somequestions in theexam. The stay has been chal-lengedbytheUPgovernment.Dwivedi slammed
Oppositionleadersforindulginginpoliticsatatimewhenrecord69,000 assistant teachers are tobe recruited. “Some people aredoing unnecessary politics andobstructingtheprocessbecausethisrecruitmentof69,000assis-tantteacherswillbehistoricandgiveapositive imageof theYogi
inavideomessage,claimedthatthere are reports of “large-scaleirregularities”andcorruptioninthe recruitmentof the teachers.“Igottoknowthatthetopper
(in the exam)was arrested thismorning.Somepeoplewerear-rested yesterday…if the exami-nation processwas transparentandclean…thenwhypeoplearebeing arrested….why these is-sues are cropping up…why thestudentsareagitated,” shesaid.She said there is an attempt
to muffle the voice of the stu-dents and argued the govern-mentwill not be able to silencethevoiceof theyouth.
Appointment of 69,000 teachers: UPgovt orders STF to probe ‘irregularities’
LAC pointswithdrawal of troops andweaponry.Division-levelcommandersof
the twoarmies are scheduled tomeetWednesday.The disengagement process
maytakeweeks.“Physicalverifi-cationaswellassatelliteimagerywill help us in complete disen-gagement,”sourcessaid.Deployments by both sides
took place over the last onemonth,anditwilltakethemtimetostepback.Armysourcesconfirmedthat
troops havemoved back on ei-ther side after the June 6meet-ing between XIV CorpsCommanderLtGeneralHarinderSingh and South XinjiangMilitary District CommanderMajor General Liu Lin at theChushul-Moldoborderpoint.Apart from the build-up
along the LAC, Army sourcespointedtoChineseinductionsinthedepthareas–theseincludedfighter bombers, rocket forces,airdefenceradars. India,sourcessaid, also deployed “major as-sets” a few kilometres behindthe frontline to mirror theChinese deployment. Sourcessaid thesewill remain there tillthe Chinese reduce their pres-ence topeacetimestrengthandgoback to locationsas inApril.At the bordermeeting, the
two commanders, sources said,had a one-on-one conversationfornearlythreehoursbeforedel-egationswerebroughtin.The two sides agreed that
troopswereinvolvedinfaceoffsatfivelocations:PatrolPoints14,15and17,FingerareaofPangongTsoandChushul.While troops are stepping
back in other areas, the standoffcontinuesinthecontestedFingersarea on the north bank ofPangong Tso where ChinesetroopsarenotallowingIndianpa-trolsbeyondFinger4– it is8kmwestofFinger8whichIndiasaysdenotestheLAC.Withinthenexttendays,of-
ficers at division, brigade andbattalionlevelswillholddiscus-sionstosettlelocalissuesforfur-therde-escalation.Resolutionofthe Pangong Tso standoff mayrequire anothermeeting at thelevel of Corps or DivisionCommanders, sources said.During the meeting, the
IndianstoldtheChinesethatcon-struction on theDarbuk-Shyok-Daulat BegOldie (DSDBO) roadwillcontinue“as it iswellwithintheIndianboundary”.Governmentsourcessaidthe
is supposed to aid themilitarychannelsindisengaging.Thecon-versation between the JointSecretaries last Fridaywas alsoabout the guidance of the twoleaders,PrimeMinisterNarendra
Modi and Chinese President XiJinping,”sourcessaid,andtheam-bassadorscarriedthesamemes-sagetotheircapitals.
SC steps inMehtahadcriticisedHCssayingsome “are running a parallelgovernment”, apparently refer-ringtotheirinterventionsinthematter. TheSupremeCourthadearlierdeclined several appealsto intervene. A different Benchhadwonderedhowitcouldstopmigrants fromwalking.The Bench of Justices Bhu-
shan,Kaul andShah tookup thematterinthelastweekofMay,di-recting that no fare be chargedfrommigrants for their journeyhome,andthatarrangementsbemadetoprovidethemfood.OnJune5,theBenchsaiditin-
tends to give states andUTs 15moredaystotransportmigrants.Giving the formal order for thesameTuesday,theCourtsaid,“AllthelearnedcounselfortheStatesare agreeable thatwithinmaxi-mum15days,allstrandedwork-ers will be transported fromplaceswheretheyarestranded.”Takinganempatheticviewof
theirplight,theCourtsaidthemi-grant labourers hadbeen forcedto leave “by force of circum-stances”,andaskedstatestocon-siderwithdrawing cases for vio-latinglockdownnorms.Having gone through affi-
davits filed by states, the Benchsaid amajority of themigrantlabourers had already reachedtheirnativeplaces.Itaskedstatesand UTs to take care of themnow,adding“thefirststepinthisregard is tomaintain (a) recordof all such migrant workers”.“Thedetailsofmigrantworkers,natureoftheirskill,placeoftheirearlier employment bemain-tained…so that necessary helpcanbeextended…”.The Court suggested that
states set up counselling centrestoprovideinformationregardinggovernment schemes andotheravenues of employment and“wherepossibletoexpandtheav-enues of employment...”. It alsoasked the Centre to bring onrecord the schemes that can beundertakenbylabourers.TheCourt granted the states
andUTstwoweekstosubmitad-ditional affidavits in response tovariousrelatedaspects.
Delhi spikeeven as the governmentwarned that in aroundhalf thecurrent cases, the source of in-fection is unknown.Delhi’s Covid dashboard
shows it has 8,975 beds acrossstate-run,Centre-runandprivatehospitals,ofwhich4,840arecur-rently occupied. Another 11,259patientsareinhomeisolation.OnApril7, theDelhigovern-
ment had said it was ready tohandle 30,000 active cases. OnMay 18, whenDelhi started re-
openingafter the thirdphaseofthe lockdown, Chief MinisterArvid Kejriwal had said theCapital was ready for up to50,000activecases.Kejriwal,whohas fever and
tionsweremadeby Sisodia andDelhiHealthMinister SatyendarJain, who also apprised LtGovernorAnilBaijalof thesitua-tionduringameetingoftheDelhiDisasterManagementAuthority(DDMA)Tuesday. TheministerssaidtheirrequesttoreinstatetheDelhi government’s decision toreserve beds forDelhi residentswas turned down by the L-Gagainatthemeeting.Sisodia said “therewas con-
sensuswithin the government”that considering the currentdoublingrateof12.6days,Delhiwouldhave5.5lakhcasesbyJuly31, and need 80,000 hospitalbeds. He added that at theDDMAmeeting, “We asked theL-Gabouthispredictionsregard-ingcasesinthecomingdaysand
how many might come fromoutside, but he had no answer.Wealsoaskedthatifpeoplefromoutside come to Delhi, howmanybedswemight need, andhehadnoanswertothataswell.”Reacting to the statements,
Baijal’sofficesaidhemadeitclearat themeetingthat theproposaltoreservebedswasstruckdownasit“violatedconstitutionalrighttoequalityandrighttolife,whichincludetherighttohealth”. “It istheresponsibilityof theStatetoprovide universal healthcare toall patients coming to hospitalsin accordance with constitu-tional provisions. This was ex-plained to the Deputy CM. It isunfortunate that any responsi-blegovernmentshouldattemptto discriminate amongst pa-tientsongroundsof residence.”Separately,Jaintoldreporters
that the source of infection inaround 50% of Delhi’s currentcases is unknown.However, heunderlined that the call onwhether Delhi had entered thecommunity transmissionphaselieswiththeUniongovernment.A fewhoursafter Jain’s state-
ment, Sisodia saidofficialsof theUniongovernmentwhoattendedtheDDMAmeetinghadruledoutcommunitytransmission.Delhihasseen29,943casesof
coronavirussofar,ofwhich17,712are currently active. “We pre-sentedthedataofourpredictionwhereweobserved thatby June15,therewillbe44,000Covid-19cases and6,600bedswill be re-quired.By June30,wewill reachone lakh cases and15,000bedswill be required. By July 15,wewillhave2.25lakhcasesforwhich33,000bedswill be required. ByJuly 31, 5.5 lakh cases are ex-pected and80,000 bedswill berequired,”Sisodiatoldreportersafter theDDMAmeeting.Before themeeting, Jain said
thegovernmentwould raise thematter of potential communitytransmissionwithL-GBaijal.“AI-IMSDirectorRandeepGuleriahassaid (therehasbeencommunitytransmission)buttheCentrehasnot yet confirmed it…What iscommunity spread? It is a situa-tionwherethesourceofinfectionis not known. There aremanycases where sources are not
known.Butwecan say that offi-ciallyonly if theCentreadmits…Inaroundhalfthecasesthesourceof infection is unknown,” theHealthMinistersaid.SisodiasaidonTuesday,“The
decision toopenhospitals for allwillcreatealotofobstaclesforthepeople of Delhi. If people fromotherstatesstartcomingtoDelhiand the available beds get filledup in two, four or 10 days,whowill take the responsibility?However,wewill try our best tostrengthenthehealthinfrastruc-ture inawaywherewecanpro-vide good treatment to thepeo-pleofDelhi and to thosecomingfromalloverIndia.”Initsstatement,theL-G’sof-
fice said, “Rather than discrim-inating between patients, thegoal of the government shouldbe to plan andprepare for ade-quate infrastructure.Weare allIndians and Delhi belongs toall…InTuesday’sDDMAmeet-ing, potential use of spaces likeIndira Gandhi Indoor Stadium,Thyagaraj Stadium, JLNStadium, Pragati Maidan, tomake largemakeshift medical
facilities,wasdiscussed.”
I&B PSUThough the Ministry of
Electronics and InformationTechnology (MeitY) has, as re-cently asApril, said itwaswork-ing on the final contours of theInformation TechnologyIntermediary Guidelines andGuidelinesforuseofSocialMediaRegulations2020, a final draft oftherulesisyettobemadepublic.“Weare stillworkingon fake
news guidelines. PIB (PressInformationBureau) does a factcheck based on anynewsor re-portthatcomesintraditionalme-dia or otherwise any report thatgoes viral. Socialmedia is differ-ent,”aMeitYspokespersonsaid.Until now, the government
has consistently put the onus ofcurbingthemenaceoffakenewsanddisinformationonsocialme-dia intermediaries. In August2018, ITMinister Ravi ShankarPrasad had asked socialmediaplatforms to put technology tobetteruse tocurb fakenewsandmisinformation. The commentsbyPrasadhadcomeafterseveralmoblynchingincidentswerere-portedacrossthecountryin2018.Thesemobs, probeagencies
had said, had acted followingpostsonsocialmediaplatformssuchasWhatsAppraisingalarmaboutpresenceofpotentialchildkidnappersandchildtraffickersin their areas. The misuse ofWhatsApp for spreading vio-lence had come under scrutinyonceagaininFebruarythisyear,whenpoliceprobefoundmem-bersoftwocommunitieshavingcreated several WhatsAppgroups to circulate inflamma-torytexts,audioandvideomes-sages to rally crowds. Some ofthesewereoldandunrelatedtothe incidents then.Facebook-ownedWhatsApp,
which has among the highestnumberofusersinIndia,hasbeenunder fire fromthegovernmentforfailingtocontrolthespreadofsuchmessageswhichwere falseorprovocativeinnature.
Sammyclarify if theywere “degrading”himandif so,apologise.Lastweek,Sammyhadposted
onInstagramthathehadcometoknowthemeaningof ‘kalu’ afterwatching a show by IndianAmerican stand-up comedianHasanMinhaj, and “instantly re-membered” that he had beencalled “the exact same word”whenhewaspartoftheSunriserssquadin2013and2014.Sammy’s then teammate at
Sunrisers,IrfanPathan,deniedtheallegation: “I have never seensomeone callingDarren ‘kalu’. Ithas never happened in front ofme, at least. Heused to come tomy room frequently to dine, es-peciallybiryani.”However, the country does
need to address the issue of
racism, Pathan said. “I haveseen indomesticgameswherethere are some chants againstSouth Indian players. We stillhaven’t talked much aboutracismin India. Sometimesweeven call our brothers and sis-ters fromtheNortheastnames.This problem is deep-rooted,andwillonlygoawaywhenwestart educating and makingpeople realise that passing re-marks is not a good thing.”Inhisvideo,Sammysaidthat
his teammates used to laugheverytimehewascalled‘kalu'.“Iwill bemessaging thosepeople,you guys knowwho you are, Imust admit at that timewhen Iwas being called as thatword Ithought thewordmeant strongstallionorwhateveritis, Ididnotknowwhatitmeant,everytimeIwascalledwith thatword, therewas laughter at thatmoment, Ithoughtteammatesarelaughingsoitmustbesomethingfunny.”HeaddedthatSri Lankanall-
rounder Thisara Perera too,wasatthereceivingendof theslur.“Every time Iwas called it—
me and Thisara Perera — therewasalwayslaughter.Mebeingateamman,Ithought,hey,team-mates are happy, it must besomething funny. You can un-derstandmyfrustrationandmyangerwhen it was pointed outtome that itwasn’t funnyat all,itwasdegrading.”The then BCCI secretary
SanjayPatel,reactingtoSammy'scomments, said: “He (Sammy)neverbroughtittous,nordidthefranchise. If he hadbrought thematterupin2014,thenwewouldhavestraightawaytakenactionbysendingthecomplainttothedis-ciplinarycommittee.”Directlyaddressinghis team-
mates inhispost, Sammysaid: “IwillbetextingyouguysandIwillaskyouastowhenyoucalledmewiththatname,didyouallmeanitinanybadwayorform?Ihavehadgreatmemoriesinallmydressingrooms,soallthosewhousedtocallmewiththatword,thinkaboutit,let’shaveaconversation, if itwasinabadwaythenIwouldbereallydisappointed.”Healsourgedhiserstwhileteammatestotalktohimand“cleartheair”.In old social media posts of
Sunrisers players, Sammy doesgetreferredtoas“kalu”.OnMay14, 2014, India pacer IshantSharma posted a picture onInstagram with Sammy andother teammembers with thecaption: “Me, bhuvi, kaluu andgun(Steyn) sunrisers”.Then, on November 1 that
year, Sammywished Sunrisers’mentorVVSLaxmanonTwitter:“Happy birthday@VVSLaxman281MayGodcon-tinue to bless you. #bestdresserohrememberdarkkalu”.SharmaandLaxmandidn'tre-
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(MAHE), Birla Institute ofTechnology andScience, Pilani(BITS-Pilani), AnnaUniversityand Vellore Institute ofTechnology(VIT)(seebox).Overall, 21 Indianuniversi-
tiesand instituteshave foundaplace this year among theworld’stop1,000,asopposedto25lastyear. IIT-Bombayretainsits status as country's topuni-versity, followed by IISc-Bangalore,IIT-Delhi,IIT-Madras,IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Guwahati, DelhiUniversityandIIT-Hyderabad.Of the 21, 14 have fallen in
rank and only four – IIT-Guwahati, IIT-Hyderabad, OPJindalUniversityandSavitribaiPhule Pune University – haveimproved their position.PrivateIoEsBITS-PilaniandVITareamongthefourinstitutionsthat have been dropped fromthetop1,000universities.Lastyear, theywere placed in the801-1000band.The IoE scheme, a pet proj-
ectofthePrimeMinister'sOfficelaunchedundertheNDA-IIgov-ernment,isaimedatcreatinganenabling architecture for 10public and 10 private institu-tions tohelpbreak into the top500 ranks globally in a decadeandeventuallyintothetop100.The IoEs are proposed to
have greater autonomy com-paredtootherhighereducationinstitutions and the10govern-mentinstitutions,inadditiontoautonomy, are also to get Rs1,000croreeach fromtheHRDMinistryoverfiveyears.
The lower rankssecuredbythepublicIoEsaresignificantastheirselectionforthe'eminence'statuswas basedon their per-formance in the QS WUR,amongothercriteria.Although the first set of in-
stitutionsselectedfor the 'emi-nence'statuswasannouncedin2018, the institutions haven'tbeenable tomakemuchprog-ress as theyhaveonly receivedabout a quarter of the fundingcommittedbythegovernmentfor2018-19and2019-20.
As first reported by TheIndianExpressonNovember21lastyear, IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombayand IISc had flagged concernsoverthepaceof fundingbytheHRD Ministry under thescheme. The problem wasagaindiscussed lastweek,atameetingofallIoEscalledbytheHRDMinister.The ranking agency attrib-
utes the "regressive perform-ance" of Indian institutions tolow levels of internationalisa-tion and faculty-student ratio.
“India’suniversitiescontinuetorecordlowlevelsofinternation-alization and high class sizes,which is preventing improvedperformance.While the IndianInstitutes of Technology per-formwell in our reputationaland researchmetrics, they tooreceivelowscores–whencom-paredglobally–forteachingca-pacityand internationalizationlevels,"JackNMoran,publicre-lationsexecutivewithQS,wrotein an emailed response to TheIndianExpress.
ANADMINISTRATIVE probe setup into the death of a pregnantwoman,whowas allegedly de-nied admission to eight hospi-talsanddiedinanambulanceinNoida,hasrecommendedactionagainst severalmedical officialsand also concluded that privatehospitalsmade"excuses"not toadmither.Thereport foundmerit inal-
legations made by the victimNeelam'shusbandBijendrathatshehadtoshufflebetweenhos-pitals without either a properadmissionor referral.The probe was set up on
SundayundertheCMOGautamBudh Nagar and ADM Financeon orders of DistrictMagistrate
SuhasLY.Fixing accountability on the
Sector 30 District Hospital, thereport said, "If the patient can-not be admitted to the DistrictHospital, a senior employee ofthe hospital should contact ahighercentre for referral. In thiscase, thepatientwasnot lookedatbyasenioremployeeandwasturned away.We have receivedseveralcomplaints,andtheChiefMedical Superintendent (CMS)has been asked several times toensureitdoesn'thappen,andyetthe number of incidents do notstop. Taking seriousness of thesituation, action will be takenagainst a staff and awardnurseand CMS Dr Vandana Sharmawill be transferred. A letter hasbeen written to the HealthDepartmentforappointmentofanewCMS."
The report observed thatESIC Hospital in Sector 24, onethefirsthospitalsapproachedbythe victim's family, had "ade-quate" ventilators and yet thewomanwas not admitted andwas referred to GIMSHospital,GreaterNoida.The patient was then
dropped outside the Sector 30Hospitalwithout informing thedoctors or staff present, the re-port said. Action will be takenagainst the ambulance driverand the ESIC Hospital staff, thereport said."When the patient ap-
proached private hospitals, anexcusewasmade that beds arenot available. This delay led tothedeathofthepatient.Thehos-pitalstaffondutyatthetimeareheld guilty. The administrationwillbeissuingnoticestothehos-pitals with regards to specificwrongdoings. In the event it isfound that the private hospitalswere not following SupremeCourtguidelines,FIRwillbefiledagainst them," theprobe reportsaid.The victim's brother
Shailendra told The Indian
Express that they had ap-proachedMax Hospital, FortisHospital, Shivalik Hospital andJaypee Hospital, apart from thegovernmenthospitals.It was found during the
probe that the GovernmentInstituteofMedicalSciencestoorefused thepatient.Theprobehas sought action
against staff present who re-fused toadmither.Noida officials have also
written to the Ghaziabad ad-ministrationforactionagainstaprivatehospital forallegedneg-ligence.The administration also
highlighted that hospitalsshould "ensure" admission ofpatients and that "communica-tion"shouldbeestablishedwithother hospitals in case of refer-ral tominimisedelay.
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Wait for Covid test result extendsagony of 11-yr-old girl from Jammu
3 held for robbing pilot, usedto be part of ‘thak-thak gang’
ANANYATIWARINEWDELHI,JUNE9
FORTWOdays,Asha(43)andherfamilymembersranfromhospi-tal tohospitalhopingonewouldadmither.Breathless,armedwithanoxygencylinderbutwithoutaCovidpositive test, they reachedRam Manohar Lohia HospitalTuesday.Neha(25),herdaughterwho
liveswith her inMayur Vihar'sChilla village, said, "We left onSundaynight andwent tomanyprivatehospitals, buttheywouldnot admit her. Mymotherwasfeeling breathless andweak. AtSafdarjungHospital, theytoldusto take her to RML." Arriving atRMLat1amonJune9,thefamilywaitedmore than 12 hours be-fore a bed could be arranged forher intheICU.Rupesh (28), Asha's nephew
wholivesinMahipalpurandwaswiththefamilyatRML,said,"Wetried Sir Ganga Ram, Fortis,MedeorandSafdarjung,andtheyall said they had no beds. Someaskedus to pay a hefty amount.Asha's Covid test has not beenconducted yet, but shehas beenputonventilator."Asha'sfamilysaidshewasre-
fused a test initially and doctorstoldhershedidnotfallinthecat-egory of those who could betested in Delhi, adding that shealso tried to get tested at otherhospitals,butwasturnedaway.A spokesperson at Sir Ganga
RamHospital said they did nothave ICUbeds available,while apersonfromtheinformationcen-treatMedeorHospital inVasantKunjsaidthatthehospitalhadnotstartedadmittingpatientsyetandwillstartnextweek.A spokesperson from the
FortisHospital,VasantKunj,said,"We have checked our recordsandwedon't have any informa-tionofpatientMsAshacomingtotheemergencyandbeingrefusedadmissionortreatment."TheDelhigovernmenthadre-
cently issued an order directinghospitals not to turn away pa-tients even if they don't have aCovid report. Another order toldhospitals that if theydidn't have
patient. Her sonRashidAli (36),whorunsa salonatMangolpuri,brought her to RMLHospital onTuesdayas shewashaving trou-ble breathing for the past fewdays. "A fewdays ago shedevel-opedsymptoms.Today,wewenttoMahavirhospital atRanibagh,wheretheydidanX-RayandECG,andput her on oxygen for a fewhours," he said. He said the hos-pitaltoldthemtotakehertoRMLforCovidtesting,fromwhereshewasagainaskedtotryelsewhere.Unable to afford ambulancechargesandadmissionchargesatprivatehospitals,thefamilychoseto return home, hoping Begumwillbealright."The ambulance is charging
Rs 2000 per stop.Wewill try toquarantine her at home.Wedonot wish tomake rounds, justroaming aroundwill empty ourpockets,"Alisaid.The lackof aCovid test result
alsomeantMeghShyam(45)hadto struggle to find a bed. PremKumar(24),hisbrother,said,"OnJune 5, he started coughing andhaddifficulty breathing. He hadbeengoingtoofficebefore that."
The family firstwent to the LokNayak Hospital on Monday,wheretheywererefusedadmis-sion as he did not have a test re-sult.From LokNayak, the family
arrived at RMLHospital, wherethey were told there were nobeds available. "We left forSafdarjunghospital,where theyalsosaidthattherewerenobedsavailable, andaskedMeghtogettested first.We returned toRMLHospitalandbythenonebedwasavailable.We got him admittedimmediately." Kumar said thatShyam's test report is awaited,andheisbeinggivenoxygen.A spokesperson from Lok
NayakHospitalsaidthat"noonehas been refused as per ourknowledge".A spokespersonfrom Safdarjung hospital said,"The hospital has a no denialpolicy. However as permedicalprotocol, there are some cate-goriesofpatientswhodonotre-quire to be admitted, and canhome quarantine. Otherwise,we do not deny services to anypatient."Officials at RML refused to
comment on the availability ofbeds.AccordingtoDelhigovern-ment'smobile app, the hospitalhas137Covidbeds,outofwhich135wereoccupiedat7.11pmonTuesday.
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THREEMENwere arrested bySouthwest district police for al-legedly robbing a pilot withSpiceJet airlines near the IIT fly-over lastweek. Initial investiga-tion revealed theywere earlierpart of a Thak Thak gang —whosemodusoperandiinvolvedstealingfromcarsbygettingthedriver out on the pretext ofcheckinghis vehicle ordistract-ing him—but couldn’t commitcrimesduring the lockdown. Sothey switched to armed rob-beries, saidpolice.DCP (Southwest) Devender
Aryasaid thearrestedmenhavebeenidentifiedasRahulAiyyapa(24),PSilva(22)andAashish(24)."TheyallegedlyrobbedaprivateairlinepilotatgunpointonJune2and attacked himwith a knifewhenhe tried to resist," he said.Policeareconductingraidstonabtheir remainingassociates.The incident took place
Faridabad in an office cab. In hiswritten complaint to police,Tewatia said he was going tocatchaDelhi-Mumbai flight, settotakeoffat3am,whenagroupof bikers blocked the road. Themen were masked, the pilotclaimed,andtheyallegedlybrokeallwindows.Heclaimedhewasrobbed of Rs 10,000 and sus-tainedminor injuries tohis leg."Police scanned the dump
data - amass collection of mo-bile phone data from nearbyspotsof crimescenes - toascer-tainacommonlink.They foundone common number, regis-teredinthenameofRahul,ares-ident of Madangir. Police in the
meantime, also scanneddataofjail releases and found that oneof the accused, Silva, got out onparole on May 20 from TiharJail," saidaseniorpoliceofficer.Araidwasconductedandthe
disclosed that he hails fromChennai but had been living inMadangir since childhood. HeformedhisownThak-Thakgangandstartedcommittingtheftsbybreakingwindowpanes of carsparked outside shoppingmallsand other isolated stretches.Silva told police that hewas ar-restedonMarch2inasnatchingcasefromAmbedkarNagararea,and released on parole on April21. Hiswife had given birth to agirl beforehis arrest andhehadto fulfill familydemands... sohejoinedRahul'sgangaftercomingoutonparole," said theofficer.OnWednesday evening, the
pilot, Tewatia, tweeted, “Greatnews!Attackersarrested,justicewould be served soon!Sensationaleffortstowardsnail-ing the case in amatter of fivedays”
ASHNABUTANINEWDELHI, JUNE9
FOR THE last 20 days, AnushkaSingh(11)hashadseverepaininher stomach, with doctors say-ingsherequiresanoperationforcholedochal cysts -- a bile ductcondition. But with her Covidtestresultawaited,theoperationhasbeenputonholdbydoctorsatSirGangaRamHospital."Thepain startedonMay20.
Mywife and Iwork here,whilethe childrenwere in our home-
townin Jammu'sKathuadistrict.When local doctors couldn't fig-ureitout,mybrothergotAnushkatoDelhionaflightonJune4,"saidherfatherKewalSingh.Anushkaiscurrently ona liquiddiet as solidfood intensifies the pain. "TheCovidtestwasconductedinapri-vatelabonJune5,buttheresultisawaited.Sheisinalotofpainandcriesallday,"saidSingh.The hospital, which has re-
served80%beds forcoronaviruspatients, has been asked not toperform Covid tests, after theDelhigovernmentissueditano-
tice for allegedly flouting ICMRguidelines.Dr Piyush Ranjan, who is
treatingthegirl,said,"Toperformasurgery,weneedherCovidtestresults. She is in the emergencyward.Now,wearenotperform-inganysurgerieswithouttestsasthatwouldputdoctorsandmed-ical staff at risk.Earlier,whenweweretestingpatients,itwouldnottake longer than aday, but sinceit'saprivate lab,wehavetowait.Ifherresultdoesnotcomeinan-otherdayortwoandsheisinalotofpain,wewilloperateonher."
NAME OF WORK : VARIOUS REPAIR UNDER HARPATH LIKEPULIES, STREET NALA ETC. UNDER WARD NO. 1 TO 15 MC
BHUNA + 3 OTHER WORKS
DEVELOPMENT AND REPAIR OF GREEN BELT FROM JAGDAMBAPROPERTY TO IRRIGATION CANAL IN WARD NO 28 BAHADUR-
GARH + 14 OTHER WORKS
TEMPORARY PROVIDING PA SYSTEM AND BROADCASTING ETC.FOR VISHVA SHANTI POOJAN ON DATED 21.06.2020 AT BRAHAM-
SAROVAR, KURUKSHETRA
CONST OF CC PATCH WORK/PULIA AND DRAIN IN MC HANSI
EMPANELMENT OF REPUTED FIRMS FOR PROVIDING AND FIX-ING OF SOLAR FENCING ON SUBSIDIZED RATES UNDER MIS-
SION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT HORTICULTURE (MIDH)FOR THE YEAR 2020-21
RENOVATION OF AGGARSAIN PARK OPPOSITE MUNICIPALOFFICE WITH SWINGS, STEEL GRILL, STEEL GATE HORTICUL-TURE ITEMS, HIGHMAST AND OTHERS ITEMS, WARD NUMBER
10, MC BHUNA + 13 OTHER WORKS
STREET LIGHT MAINTANCE IN MC NARNAUND W.NO. 01 TO 13AND REPARING AND NEW FITTING OF STREET LIGHT WITH 45WATT LED LIGHT IN WARD NO. 1 TO 13 AND IN VARIOUS AREA,
MC NARNAUND
BIFURCATION/TRIFURCATION OF 11 KV FEEDERS, AUGMENTA-TION OF ACSR CONDUCTOR, REPLACEMENT OF IRON POLES,INSTALLATION OF NEW TRANSFORMERS/AUGMENTATION OF
TRANSFORMERS, RELOCATION OF METERS, RELEASE OF NEWCONNECTIONS OF LT /HT OF ALL CATEGORIES, ERECTION OF LT
WORKS AND ALLIED WORKS AS PER ESTIMATE ON NIGAM’SLABOUR SCHEDULED RATES FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 UNDER
OPERATIONAL JURISDICTION OF SE (OP) CIRCLE DHBVN, HISARNIT NO- 2/SE/OP/ HSR/2020-21
CLEARANCE OF SILT FROM DAIN/NALA AND REPAIR OF NALA'SAT MAIN AMBALA KAITHAL ROAD AND VARIOUS PLACE IN MC
PEHOWA AREA.
PROVIDING AND FIXING OF M.S. GRILL IN PARK ALONG RAILWAYLINE IN WARD NO 05 + 3 OTHER WORKS
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 20/25 MVA 132/33 KV T/F AT SHEKHPU-RA JAGIR ALONG WITH ALIED EQUIPMENTS OF 33 KV BAYS
(SURFACE DRESSING, SUPPLY AND SPREADING OF GRAVEL)(CIVIL WORKS).
PROVIDING 2NO 220KV BAYS AT 220KV S/STN. SALEMPUR TOACCOMMODATE 220KV BHADSON - SALAMPUR D/C LINE
(SURFACE DRESSING,SUPPLY&SPREADING OF CRUSHED BAJRI)CIVIL WORKS
PROCUREMENT OF CVT
REQUIREMENT OF LIGHTING ARRESTOR
REQUIREMENT OF SF6 CIRCUIT BREAKER
REQUIREMENT OF HYDRAULIC MOTOR
REQUIREMENT OF PAPERS
PROCUREMENT OF RUNNER ASSEMBLY WITHOUT BLADES
SUPPLY OF ZIRCONIA OXYGEN
SUPPLY OF PAC COMPRESSOR
PROCUREMENT OF MOTOR FOR LUBIRCATION OIL PUMP, SUMPTANK PUMP AND RETURN OIL PUMP
SUPPLY OF AIR COMPRESSOR UNIT WITH MOTOR
SUPPLY OF SOLENOID VALVE FOR APH
SUPPLY OF SS TUBES & FITTINGS FOR DM PLANT
SUPPLY OF ELECTRO PNEUMATIC POSITIONER
ARC FOR PEST CONTROL SERVICES OF RATS FOR ADMIN.BUILDING AND MAIN PLANT BUILDING OF 2X300MW, DCRTPP
YAMUNA NAGAR
SUPPLY OF CI PIPE CLASS D FOR AHP
ARC FOR UNDERWATER CLEANING OF CW SUCTIONSTRAINERS, TRASH RACKS, SEALING OF GATES &
DESILTING FOR LIFTING OF GATES AND UNDER WATERCUTTING ETC. AT POWER HOUSE-A, B, C & D OF WYC HE
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RENOVATION OF POLICE QUARTER ANDCONSTRUCTION OF COMBINED TOILET
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OBITUARYWith profound grief this is toinform you that the passing awaypeacefully after a prolongedillness of Mrs. Bapsi F. Nariman,aged 89 years, wife ofMr. Fali S. Nariman, mother ofJustice Rohinton F. Nariman,Sanaya and Anaheeta F. Nariman,grandmother of KhursheedR. Nariman, Nina Nariman and
Rohan Alvaat 5.45 p.m. this evening (i.e. June 9, 2020) at herresidence F-21/22, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi–110016.
Nariman Family.
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ADELHI government panel hassuggested that Pragati Maidan,Talkatora Indoor Stadium,ThyagarajIndoorStadium,IndiraGandhi Indoor Stadium,Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium andDhyanchand National Stadiumbeusedasmakeshifthospitals.UntilMondaynight, thecap-
ital had recorded 1,007 Covidcases and 62 deaths. The Delhigovernment, in a first, did notreleasethedailyhealthbulletinonTuesday.The panel, headed by
Divisional CommissionerSanjeevKhirwar, sharedits rec-ommendations with L-G AnilBaijal at the meeting ofthe Disaster ManagementAuthority. DDMAwas also toldabout a plan to arrange beds athotels,withpricescappedatRs10,000per day.The suggestion assumes sig-
nificance in light of the govern-ment’s projection that cases inDelhimaycross5lakhbytheendof July, forwhichat least 80,000beds will be required. Delhi,which has 17,712 active cases,currentlyhas8,975Covidbedsingovernment,privatehospitals.Thenumber of beds is likely
to increase by around 2,000 byJune 15, the L-Gwas informed.The bed capacity will increasewiththeplantooperationaliseanew450-bed hospital at Burariand attachment of premier ho-tels with existing Covid-dedi-
catedhospitals, officials said.Baijal directed the panel to
rampupmedical infrastructure“fast”, the L-G House said in astatement.However, he also re-mindedofficialsthatprojectionsfor augmentation of infrastruc-tureshouldbe“realistic”.TheHealthDepartment told
theL-Gthatthecasefatalityrate(proportion of deaths amongconfirmed cases) in Delhi is2.92% as compared to the na-tionalaverageof2.81%,whilere-covery rate stands at 38%. Casesaredoublingevery12.6days.Out of the total number of
advisedlocaladministrativeoffi-cials to “take lessons” frombestpractices in Mumbai, ChennaiandBengaluru.Meanwhile, the Delhi gov-
ernmentasked22privatehospi-tals in the city to reserve 20%morebedsforCovid-19patients,expanding the bed strength inthesehospitals by2,015.With atotalbedcapacityof 7,323beds,these hospitals had earlier re-served1,441beds forpatients.“Thedecisionhasbeentaken
in consultationwith the 22 pri-vatehospitals. Theywill have toallocate and update the revisedinformation on ‘Delhi Corona’appwithattheearliest.Atotalof3,456 beds have been added totheexistingcapacity,”saidasen-iorhealthdepartmentofficial.
Stadiumswillbemakeshifthospitals soon
False andabsurd, saysMedanta onallegations
At all-party meeting,oppn says test more,review opening malls
ART IMITATES LIFE‘Coronawarriors’graffiti spottedatNizamuddinonTuesday. TashiTobgyal
ABHINAVRAJPUTNEWDELHI, JUNE9
THEALL-PARTYmeetingcalledby L-G Anil Baijal Tuesday todiscuss theCovid-19pandemicin Delhi saw the BJP andCongressdemandingincreasedtesting, reviewing the decisionto openmalls and restaurants,andkeepingMetroandschoolsclosed for now. AAP raised theissue of patients from outsideDelhi, seeking to know whatarrangements were made forthem.Themeeting was attended
by BJP Delhi president AdeshGupta, AAP Rajya Sabha MPSanjaySingh,andDelhiCongresschief AnilChaudhary.Gupta told The Indian
Express, “Thesituationisdeteri-oratinginDelhiduetotheDelhigovernment’s failures, and thesituation warrants increasing
the number of tests and beds.The government should riseabove politics to work withotherparties.”SanjaySinghquestionedthe
L-G’s decision to overrule thestate government’s policyof re-servingbedsingovernmentandprivate hospitals for Delhi resi-dents,statingthat itputsthelifeofDelhiitesat risk.“When I asked the Hon’ble
L-G if he has taken the decisionbasedonanysurveyor if hehasanyconcreteplantofulfillthere-quirement of increasing thenumber of beds, he had no an-swer,” saidSingh.Chaudharysaidheaskedthat
a cash transfer of Rs 10,000 beimmediately made to the ac-counts of each coronavirus-af-fected family in quarantinezones. He also said the govern-ment should share data withpubliconcontacttracingandiso-lation in thecity.
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TWO DAYS after an FIR waslodgedagainstthechairmanandmanaging director of MedantaHospital,NareshTrehan, and15others for allegedmoney laun-deringandcorruption in thees-tablishment of the hospital andits operations,Medanta termedthe allegations “absurd”, “mali-ciousand false”.Callingtheaccusations“false
andfrivolous” inastatementre-leased on Tuesday, the hospitalalleged that RTI activist RamanSharma,basedonwhoseallega-tions the FIR has been lodged,hadfiledtwocasesinDelhiHighCourtandPatialaHouseCourtre-gardingthematterearlieraswell,both of whichwere dismissed.The hospital has also pointed toanFIRlodgedagainstSharmaforalleged extortion in Faridabad,adding,“Extortionistshavefounda fertile breeding ground,whileclaimingtobeRTIactivists.”“We are in the midst of a
global pandemic. Many of ourdoctors, including ourChairman... continue to tend totheirpatientsselflessly...puttingthemselves at risk every day toserveothers.Wearepainedthatin themidstof thecourage theydemonstrateeveryday,theyareforced to address completelymaliciousandfalseallegations,”reads thestatement.“Despitetheharassment...we
shallcontinuetofocusourenergyandresourcesonsavinglivesandprovidinghealthcare...” itadds.The FIR had been lodged on
der sections of the Indian PenalCode(IPC),PreventionofMoneyLaunderingAct, and Preventionof CorruptionAct.
CM testsnegative forcoronavirus
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DELHI CHIEF Minister ArvindKejriwal (51) testednegative forCovid-19onTuesday.In home isolation since
Sunday, when he developed acough and fever, the CM wastestedonTuesdaymorning.Theresult was declared in theevening.“The Chief Minister has
testednegativeforCovid.Heun-derwent the test on Tuesdaymorning,” saidanofficial.Several people in the Delhi
Secretariathave testedpositiveso far. The CM has been hold-ing many meetings in hishouse but went into isolationon Sunday.Heisunlikelytotakeanother
testsoonsincehehastestedneg-ative,officials said.Theysaidhisfever has now subsided and heis feelingbetter.
SOMYALAKHANINEWDELHI, JUNE9
INCREASING PATIENT load,physical and mental stress inCovid ICUs, and the toll of stay-ingawayfromtheirfamilies—ascasescontinuetorise,sohasthestrain on healthcareworkers inthecity.TheIndianExpressspoketodoctorsandnursesabouthowthey’recoping.
DR ARIF SOHAIB (35),SAFDARJUNGHOSPITAL:A fewdays ago,while SohaibwasonaWhatsApp video call with hiswife,henoticedhisnine-month-old daughter’s smilewas differ-ent—therewasasparklingwhitetooth. “Imissed a bigmoment Ifeel.WhenIlefthomeformy14-dayCovidduty,shedidn’thaveatooth,” said Sohaib, staying at ahotel room inGreen Park. SinceJune1,theanaesthetisthasbeenon Covid duty at SafdarjungHospital. His duty ends on June14, followedbyaquarantinepe-riod of at least 7-14 days in thehotel.“BythetimeIreturnhome,mywife,alsoananaesthetist,willbegin her Covid duty. Coming
back to an empty room after astressfulnightatthehospital;theseclusion is tough,” he said,adding, “I just want to see mybabyandhugher.”
DR (MAJOR) SADHNA (37),SAFDARJUNGHOSPITAL: Inthelastonemonth, thereweredayswhen Aadhya Arora (8) didn’tsee either parent for over 24hours.Hermother, Sadhna,wasdeployed in the Covid ward atSafdarjungHospital, andher fa-ther, Dr (Lieutenant Colonel)Ashwin Arora at the Army Basehospital. “My husband and IservedintheArmy,andourchildunderstands. It’s tough, andweare grateful to our help who
takescareofherdayandnight,”saidSadhna, ananaesthetist.After spending over 20 days
away from her family, she re-centlyreturnedhomeandisun-der self-isolation. “When Iwasstayingatthehotel,Iwouldvideocallmydaughterdaily.We’ddis-cuss her homework, what sheate,thedancessheprepared,andwouldexchangephotostoo.Nowthat I am home, it’s harder be-cause she can’t come insidemyroom. She cries and says‘Mumma,Iwanttohugyou.’Thisbreaksmyheart,” saidSadhna.
NURSING OFFICER (30),RMLHOSPITAL: “I missmaa kehaath ka khaana, the sense of
comfort of puttingmyhead onmymother’s lap after a stress-ful day at work... it will bemonths before I see her again,”saidthenursingofficer,overthephone from a hotel inMahipalpur,havingfinishedher14-dayCovidduty.WhatsApp video calls are
particularly emotional whenhermotherbreaksdownonthephone. “Some days, we watchourpatientsdiedespiteourbestefforts,werealise their familiesnever get to say goodbye... Itgets depressing. In the pre-Covid-19 world, we would gohome, be with family, nowthat’s not an option. Akele hi rolete hai ab,” she said.
DR KALICHARAN DAS (31),AIIMS: For the last threemonths, the neuroanaesthesi-ologist has volunteered forCovid duty at AIIMS, and hasbeenstaying inasingleroomatthe vishraam sadan inside thehospital premises.“The first few days on duty
were tough. The death of two-three young people, whowereintheir40s,duetothevirustrau-matisedme.Theywouldgetad-mittedwith no co-morbidities,develop a fever, reach a stagewherethey’dendupontheven-tilator, and we couldn’t revivethem,” saidDrDas.Thedoctorrecalledaparticu-
lar case inwhichhe intubated apatient, “andmyglove tore”.Dassaid,“Iwaspetrified,IwonderedifIgotthevirustoo.Igottestedtwicein the last three months, andthankfullytheresultwasnegativebothtimes.Thewaitfortheresultmademyanxietyworse.Mysleepcycleismessedup.”Das’ parents back home in
Odisha don’t know that he hasvolunteered in the Covidward,and he has postponed hiswed-ding, which was due to takeplace thismonth.
On frontlines, doctors face new challenge:Coming back to empty room after duty
THE NATIONAL Centre forSeismology (NCS) will installeightmore earthquake sensorsin the National Capital Region(NCR) to find the geologicalfaults in the area witnessinghigheractivity.The decision was taken re-
cently as frequent “minor”earthquakeshavebeenrecordedin and around the capital overthe past two months, NCSDirector Dr B K Bansal told The
IndianExpressonTuesday.Atleast17earthquakeswere
recorded between April 12 andJune8inandaroundthecapital,with magnitudes ranging be-tween4.5and1.8.Presently,therearenineper-
manent earthquake sensors ordetectors installed in NCR, and10inDelhi, threeofwhichwereinstalled recently.TwowereinstalledafterMay
29,whenanearthquakeofmag-nitude 4.5 was recorded nearHaryana’s Rohtak, and onewasinstalled on June 3, when anearthquakeofmagnitude3was
recordednearGreaterNoida inUttarPradesh.Dr Bansal said of the new
sensors to be installed: “Theseareportableinstrumentswhichwehadprocured for other pur-poses, but we have decided toinstall them in the NCR in aweek... Theywouldhelpus findoutwhichearthquake is part ofwhich fault.”A fault is a fracture in the
rocks of the earth’s crust andmay range froma fewmillime-tres to thousandsof kilometres.During an earthquake, the rockononesideofthefaultslipswith
respect to the other. There arevarious faults aroundDelhi, in-cluding the Mahendragarh-Dehradun fault, Mathura fault,Moradabadfault,andtheDelhi-Haridwar ridge, saidDrBansal.He added that two of these
—theMahendragarh-Dehradunfault and the Delhi-Haridwarridge— are very close and par-alleltoeachother,andinstallingmore sensors would help intracing the earthquakes to thefaults.“We want to see which
structures are recordingmoreactivity. This can also help us in
computing the energy releasedin earthquakes... these detailswouldhelpkeepourselvesbet-terprepared,”DrBansal said.On the mild earthquakes
recordedinandaroundthecap-ital recently, Dr Bansal said,“These arenotunusual as thereare periods of swarm activity...they are also not foreshocks(preceding a larger earth-quake).”Meanwhile, a High Court
bench of Justice Vipin Sanghiand Justice Rajnish BhatnagaraskedtheDelhigovernment,thethreemunicipal corporations,
the Delhi Cantonment Board,the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority and the New DelhiMunicipal Council to file affi-davitsexplainingsteps takenorproposed to be taken to ensurethe safety of residents in theevent of a major earthquakestriking thecapital.It directedtheauthoritiesto
file their affidavits within aweek and listed thematter forhearing on June 15. It also di-rected them tomake the pub-lic aware of any such plan, fortheir safety, in the event of amajor tremor inDelhi.
8 more earthquake sensors to be installed in NCR
As cases rise, howprepared is capital?MALLICAJOSHINEWDELHI, JUNE9
DELHI DEPUTY Chief MinisterManishSisodiasaidTuesdaythatprojections based on the dou-bling rate of 12.6 days showthere will be around 5.5 lakhcases in Delhi by July-end. Ofthese,around80,000peoplewillrequireformalisedmedicalcare,he said. A look at how the capi-tal isplacedat themoment:
2019-20 says there are 57,709hospitalbedsinDelhiinmedicalinstitutions. Of these, 11,770 arein 38Delhi government-run in-stitutions, while 9,716 are in 21institutions run by the Centre.Another2,995bedsareavailablein four autonomous institutionssuchasPatelChest InstituteandNationalInstituteofTuberculosisand Respiratory Diseases. Thelargestshare,though,isinthepri-vateandvoluntaryorganisationssectorat29,502.Municipalbod-ieshave3,726bedsin53institu-tions. Delhi has a total of 1,291hospitals and nursing homes—1,175 intheprivatespace.
Atwhatratehavethenumberofhospitals,beds increasedoverthepast fewyears?Between 2011 and 2018,
Delhiadded15,111hospitalbeds.This includes those inprivateaswellaspublicfacilities.Whilethebiggest addition of 4,500 bedswasmade between 2013-2014,thecityhasaddedatotalof7,740bedsbetween2015-2018.As Delhi’s population in-
creased,bedsperthousandpop-ulationdidnotgrowveryquickly.In2011,whenDelhi’spopulationwas 1.7 crore, there were 2.50beds availableper 1,000people.By2018, this grewto2.94as thepopulationtouched1.96crore.
Whatdoesthegovernment’sprojectionshow?Delhi’s doubling rate is 12.6
days, and thecitywas just shortof30,000casesMonday.Inanof-ficialstatement,thegovernmentsaid the city will have 44,000casesby June15and6,600bedswill be needed. By June 30, thegovernmentexpects1lakhcasesand requirement for 15,000beds. By July 31, Sisodia said,Delhiwillhave5.5lakhcasesandarequirement for80,000beds.
What isDelhi’splantoincreasecapacity?As of now, the government
has 8,892Covidbeds in close to100 government and privatehospitals.Thebiggestof these isLokNayakHospital, adedicatedCovid facility with 2,000 beds.This is followedbyGTBHospitalwith1,500beds.AspertheDelhigovernment’sapptocheckavail-ability of beds, 4,028 beds arestill vacant.Thereare507venti-latorsforCovidpatientsinDelhi,ofwhich317areoccupied.Basedon the projections, the govern-ment is looking to convert sta-dia, banquet halls, hotels intoCovid facilities where sympto-matic patients can be sent.Serious patientswill have to re-main admitted in hospitals. Butthe biggest challenge is to getmanpower — doctors, nurses ,other allied staff for thenew fa-cilities.
SOMYALAKHANINEWDELHI, JUNE9
ON TUESDAY morning, a 59-year-old Delhi Police personnelpassedawayduetoCovid-19re-lated complications at ArmyBase Hospital. Sub-inspectorKarambeerwasdeployedasthedriver of ACP Seelampur, andwasadmitted to thehospital onJune 2. He is the fourth DelhiPolice personnel to have suc-cumbedto thevirus.Delhi Police Additional PRO
AnilMittalsaid,“Hewasonven-tilator support for the last fivedays, and Tuesdaymorning helosthis life fightingailments re-lated to Covid-19. He was dia-betic.” Karambeer, a resident ofBrijpuri in Northeast Delhi, issurvivedbyhis55-year-oldwifeandsixchildren.His son Pawan told The
Indian Express, “My father fellsick at the end of May. He hadfever and breathing issues. Hisresult came positive on June 2,
and he wasmoved from a pri-vate hospital to Army BaseHospital. I spoke to him on thenight of June 2, He said hewasokay. Hewasmoved to the ICUthe next day.” The policeman’sdaughtertoohastestedpositiveand isunderhome-quarantine.Karambeer joined the force
in1984, andwasdue to retire inDecember. ACP (Seelampur)SaurabhChandrarecalledhimasa “punctual, soft-spoken” col-leaguewhorarelytookleaves.“Iinquired about his health a daybeforehewasput onventilator.Hewasa thoroughgentleman,”saidChandra.
SIKarambeer (59)
Sub-inspector is 4thDelhi Police casualty
ChargesheetagainstmanwhoshotatcopinriotsNew Delhi: The DelhiPolice Crime BranchTuesday filedchargesheets related tothreemurder cases dur-ingtheNortheastDelhiri-ots. The incidents hadtaken place inKardampuriandMaujpurChowk. The firstchargesheethasbeenfiledagainst fivemen, includ-ing Shahrukh Pathan,whoallegedlybrandishedhisgunandfiredatpolicehead constable DeepakDahiyaonFebruary24.
MakengoestoNHRConbedsforCovidpatientsNew Delhi: DelhiCongress leaderand for-merunionministerAjayMaken has approachedthe National HumanRightsCommission,ask-ingthebodytodirecttheDelhi government to re-serve70%ofthetotalbedcapacity in Delhi forCovidpatients.Thereareover 57,000 hospitalbeds in thecity.
4arrestedforhostingpartyNew Delhi: Police ar-restedfourpeopleforal-legedly violating socialdistancing norms by or-ganisingabirthdaypartyat a restaurant inWestDelhi’s Rajouri Garden.Police said 38people at-tended the party onMonday.ENS
BJPHAScriticisedtheCPI(M)-ledKerala government for allowingtemplesunderittoopenfordevo-tees, saying “the dubiousmovewouldhurtthesentimentsoftheHindufaithful.”UnionMinister of State for
External Affairs and senior BJPleader from Kerala VMuraleedharansaid itwasasus-piciousdecision.“Covid-19 cases are steadily
going up in Kerala. When thestate’sCovid-19preventivemodelgoesoutofcontrol,theattemptofthe government is to dodge re-sponsibility by leaving templesopen...severaltemplesoutsidetheDevaswomBoard have decidednot to open. But you (PinarayiVijayan)aregoingaheadwiththedecisionaimedatnotthefaithfulbutthemoneyofferedatthetem-ples by devotees. This movewouldhurtthesentimentsofthefaithful,’’hesaid.There are around3,000 tem-
plesinKeralaunderthefivedevas-woms—templeaffairsbodycon-trolledbythegovernment.BJP state president K
Surendransaid,“Whyisthegov-ernmentsokeentoopenHindutemples when mosques andchurches are not opening now.Devaswom MinisterKadakampally Surendran is
foisting his greed on the devo-tees. The government decisionon temples is against the faith-ful. Hindu religious headswerenot consulted before openingtemples, whereas the govern-ment has considered the opin-ion of Muslim and Christianleaders regarding opening oftheirplacesofworship,’’hesaid.TheUniongovernmenthasal-
lowedreopeningofplacesofwor-ship,malls and restaurants fromMonday onwards across thecountry.While theGuruvayoorLordKrishna temple opened itsdoors to devotees, thePadmanabha Swamy temple inthe state capital remained shut.Scores of other temples run bySangh Parivar backed KshetraSamrakshanaSamathianduppercaste Hindu outfit Nair ServiceSocietydecidedtodefertheopen-ingof temples till the endof thismonth.Senior CPI (M) leader and
Devaswom MinisterKadakampallySurendransaidtheBJPistryingtocreatepolarizationas theyhaddone in Sabarimala.“Wehadhelddiscussionswithre-ligiousheadsandrepresentativesofHinduorganisations.Itisapitythat Union MinisterMuraleedharanwasnot familiarwith theUnionGovernmentde-cision,’’hesaid.SabarimalaActionCommittee
generalconvenerSJRKumarsaidthe status quo should bemain-tainedattemplesuntil June30.
LIZMATHEWNEWDELHI, JUNE9
PARLIAMENTMAY go for a hy-brid monsoon session, withsomemembersbeingphysicallypresent intheHouseandothersattending on a virtual platform,sources said.After assessing the physical
anddigital infrastructure for theoptions to conduct Parliamentsessionsamidthepandemic,sec-retaries-general of Rajya Sabhaand Lok Sabhahave reported tothepresidingofficers that the fa-cilitiesareinadequateforafullvir-tualsessionoraphysicalsession.Sourcessaidthatthechambers
face space constraint, given thephysicaldistancingnorms,andtheNationalInformaticsCentre(NIC)thatprovidescyberinfrastructurefortheIndiangovernmentcannotenablecapacityforvirtualpartici-
pationofallmembers.“As everyMP has a right to
participateinthesession,choos-ingMPsforparticipationisruledout.Butneither theCentralHallnor Vigyan Bhavan have theseating capacity to accommo-datealltheMPsaspersocialdis-tancingnorms.So,asofnow,the
onlyoptionseemstobeahybridsession –with somemembersbeing physically present in theHouse and others attending onvirtualplatform,” saidasource.“A completely virtual
ParliamentisalsonotpossibleastheNICdoesnothavetheneces-sary capacity. It has only 500dedicated lines,” the sourceadded, “whichmakes a hybridsession inevitable”.However, any change in the
rules of conducting the sessionwould require a motion to becarried in both Houses ofParliament.On Tuesday, Rajya Sabha
Chairman M Venkaiah NaiduandLokSabhaSpeakerOmBirlafurtherreviewedoptionsforthemonsoonsession.Thepresidingofficers were briefed by secre-taries-generalofbothHousesontheoptionsthatcameupduringameeting lastmonth.
SREENIVASJANYALAHYDERABAD,JUNE9
ADELEGATION of governmentdoctors met Telangana HealthMinister Etela Rajender onTuesday and demanded thathealthcareworkersbeprovidedbetter quality and adequatequantities of PPEs, N95masksandsanitisers.Thedelegationmet themin-
isteronadaysevenmoredoctors,includingthreecardiologists,andfive other healthcareworkers atNizam’s Institute of MedicalSciencestestedpositiveforCovid-19. A total of 83doctors and115medical staff havebeen infectedinTelanganasofar.A delegation of Telangana
Doctors Association, led by itspresidentDrLaluPrasadRathod,mettheministerathis residence
and requested that all doctors,nurses, paramedics and otherhealthworkersworkingatCovidcare centres and teachinghospi-talsshouldbeprovidedwithPPEsandN95masksandanadequatestockofsanitisers.“Whethertheyareregular,oncontractualorout-sourcedstaff,theyshouldbegivenPPEs,masks and sanitiser... ThePPEswe are getting now are ofmixedquality.Not everyonehasgotaN95mask,’’Rathodsaid.Theassociationalso sought a
aratewardbeallottedfordoctorsandmedicalstafftestingpositive,anex-gratiaofRs1croretoforthekinofdoctorsandmedicalstaff iftheydie...andhealthinsuranceofRs 50 lakh for all healthcareproviders,’’saidDrVimalaDevi,amemberof theassociation.
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEKOLKATA, JUNE9
AN ELDERLYman, his wife andtheir disabled son were founddead in their home in the city’sThakurpukur area on Tuesday,thepolice said.Inanoterecoveredbythepo-
lice, 80-year-old GobindoKarmakarsaidthethreehadde-cided to kill themselves as theywerenotkeepingwell.Hewrotethat both his wife RanuKarmakar (70) and sonDebashish (50) were sufferingfromparalysis,anditwasimpos-sible forhimto lookafter them.ThepolicesaidDebasishwas
disabled from birth, and hismother gotparalysedafter a re-cent heart attack. According toofficials,allthreehadtriedtogettested for Covid-19 as Gobindohadbeenrunningatemperaturefor thepast fewdays.A police officer said investi-
gatorswerewaitingforthepost-mortemreport.“Noexternal in-jurieswerenoticed.Onesuicidenotehasbeenfound.Thebodiesare being sent for autopsy,” theofficial added.The police found the note
alongwithamessagescribbledonthewall that read, “We three aredying.” A cup labelled “Beware,poison”wasalsorecovered.
ARUNJANARDHANANCHENNAI,JUNE9
TAMILNADUhascancelledClass10 exams thatwere postponeddue to the lockdown and pro-motedallstudents—amovethatwillaffect9.7lakhstudents.ThedecisioncameonTuesday
after the rulingAIADMKgovern-mentfacedstrongcriticismfromtheMadrasHighCourtandoppo-sitionpartiesforgoingaheadwithexams even as the number ofCovidcasescontinuedtorise.Chief Minister Edappadi K
Palaniswami said in a statementthat the government’s decisionwas based on a detailed assess-mentof thesituation.“Epidemiologistshaveopined
that there is no scope for reduc-tioninthespreadof thevirusinashortperiodof time,”hesaid,cit-ing it as the reason for cancellingthe exams scheduled from June15 to 26 after being postponedfromJune1.Studentswouldbeas-sessed based on their perform-ance inquarterly andhalf-yearlyexams,andattendance.The Chief Minister also an-
nouncedthatexamspending forasmallsectionofClass11studentshavebeencancelledandthey,too,will be promoted.However, ex-amspendingforafewstudentsofClass12willbeheldlater.DMK and other opposition
partieswelcomedthedecision.Puducherry CM V
NarayanasamysaidtheTamilNadugovernment’sdecisiononpromo-tionwill bebindingon studentsfromPuducherryandKaraikal.BMC Dy Commissioner
dies after testing positiveLAXMANSINGHMUMBAI, JUNE9
MUMBAI HAS lost its DeputyMunicipal CommissionerShirish Dixit (54) to Covid-19Tuesday.Dixitisthefirstseniorofficerof
the Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporationtosuccumbtoCovid-19.Sofar,55civicofficialshavediedduetothevirus.According to civic officials,
Dixit had been attending officetill Monday. Though he wasasymptomatic, he got himselftested at a clinic inMahim twodaysago.
“On Monday, after his testresult came positive, we calledhim saying he needed to bequarantined. However, he saidhe did not have symptoms andwould home-quarantine him-self. Around 8.30 am onTuesday, we got a call from hisfamily members requesting usto send a doctor and an ambu-lance,” a BMC officer said.However, when the civic teamreachedhishouse inMahim,hehad already passed away, theofficer said.His bodywas shifted to Sion
Hospital, officials said, addingthey are yet to find if the seniorofficerhadanycomorbidities.
TOREINinsuspectedcoronaviruscasesputunderhomequarantineandviolatingnorms, the Punjabgovernment is readywith aplanto put “lockable” GlobalPositioning System (GPS) bandsontheirwrists.Accordingtosources,atender
inthisregardisreadyandislikelyto be floatedby the stateHealthDepartmentverysoontoprocureat least 1,000 such bands in thefirstphase.Aseniorstategovern-ment official said that Punjab
would be the first state in thecountrytousesuchGPSbandsinthefightagainstCovid-19.
Themovehas beennecessi-tatedafteralargenumberofper-sonswhowere home quaran-
tined did not install on theirphones theCova app– the stategovernment’sapplicationtoman-agethepandemic.Asper theofficial guidelines,
allhomequarantinedpersonsaresupposedto install theCovaapp,keeptheGPSandBluetoothinthephone switched on round theclocksothattheirmovementcanbetrackedbytheapp.A government functionary,
however, said thatmajoritywhodid not install the Cova appclaimedthey“didnothavesmartphones”.“TheGPSwristbandsareprimarily for such people. Thewearerwouldnot be able toun-
locktheband.Thebandwouldbereusable,”saidthefunctionary.The official data accessed by
TheIndianExpressrevealedthattillTuesday, out of the 20,448 per-sonsunder activehomequaran-tine, only3,082had installed theCovaapp,translatingintomerely15percent.Sources said Punjab Chief
Secretary told DeputyCommissioners across the stateonMondaytoensurethehighestpossible complianceof Covaappto track themovement of thoseunderactivehomequarantine.
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ABANTIKAGHOSH&KARISHMAMEHROTRANEWDELHI,JUNE9
INAFLIPFLOP, theWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)firstsaidthattransmission of Covid-19 fromasymptomatic carriers is “veryrare”, and then organised a livesessiononsocialmedia toclarifythat “modelling studieshaveputtheextentofasymptomatictrans-missiontoabout40%”.Maria Van Kerkhove,
InfectiousDiseaseEpidemiologistand Covid-19 Technical Lead atWHO, first saidonMonday:“Wehaveanumberofreportscomingfrom countries who are doingverydetailedcontacttracing.Theyare following asymptomaticcases,theyarefollowingcontactsand theyarenot finding second-ary transmission onwards. It isveryrare.Muchofthatisnotpub-lishedintheliterature.”On Tuesday, after an uproar
in themedia and thepublic, sheclarified during the special ses-sionthatwhile6-41%ofCovidin-fected people may not show
symptoms,many of themmaytransmit thedisease.“There have been two-three
studies that followed asympto-maticcasesovertimeandlookedatallcontactsandcametothecon-clusion that therewasnospreadbut that is a very small subset ofstudies.Intryingtoarticulatewhatweknow, I used thewords ‘veryrare’ and therewas amisunder-standing...whatIdidn’treportyes-terdaybecausethisisamajorun-known is that there are somemodelling studies that estimatethat40%transmissionmaybedueto asymptomaticmodels. It is amodellingstudysoIdidn’tincludeinmyansweryesterday,”shesaid.AstudyfromChinapublished
inNatureMedicineonApril15es-timatedthat44%caseshadcaughtthe disease from an asympto-maticperson.Dr Mike Ryan, Executive
DirectoratWHO,alsoclarifiedonTuesday thatWHOwelcomesdiscussionif“peoplethinkwearestrayingfromevidence.Weweremisinterpreted,perhapsbecausewe didn’t use themost elegantwords.”
Bothaddedthatunderstand-ingofCovidisstillanevolvingsci-enceandWHOguidanceisbasedon evidence available at a given
point of time. “It’s a big openquestionastowhatpercentageofpeople who don't have symp-toms transmit,” said Kerkhove.That iswhyWHO recommendsfabricmasks for people living inareas of active transmission andcannotpracticephysicaldistanc-ing,sheadded.Theyalsoclarifiedthatunlike
SARS andMERS, SARS-CoV2 re-sides in the upper respiratorytract.“Normallyforsymptomatictherefore transmissionmode isobviouscoughingorsneezing.Butfor asymptomatic it canhappenwhen you are singing, or in thegym breathing heavily or in anight clubwhere youare shout-ingtobeheard.Basicallyinanysit-uationwhenyouexpress air un-der pressure, transmission canhappen,”DrRyansaid.In her earlier statement,
Kerkhove did state the impor-tanceoftracingallcontactsofpos-itivecasesandnuancedthatsomeasymptomaticpeoplemighthavevery“milddisease”.However,shelaidemphasisontracingsympto-matic cases: “What we reallywanttobefocusedonisfollowing
thesymptomaticcases. Ifwefol-lowed all of the symptomaticcases.... isolated those cases, fol-lowed the contacts and isolatedthose contacts,wewoulddrasti-callyreduce(transmission)…”TheIndianCouncilofMedical
Research’s testing strategy in-cludes asymptomatic direct andhigh-riskcontactsofaconfirmedcase. A senior official from ICMRsaidIndiaasacountryshouldfol-lowthisguidance.ICMR researcher Dr Tarun
Bhatnagarsaid:"Idon'tthinkourtesting strategy should change.Wedon'tknowwhatdataitisthatWHOhasseen...Ialsodon'tknowwhenWHOsays asymptomaticwhethertheyaremakingadiffer-encebetweentrueasymptomaticandpre-symptomatic."Professor K Srinath Reddy,
president of Public HealthFoundationofIndiaandamemberof the ICMRCovid-19 taskforce,said: “As longas someone isnotcoughingorsneezing,theyareun-likelytoreleaseenoughdropletstospread thevirus.Butbecausewemaynotknowwhowouldcough,wehavetobecareful.
LEADINGCRITIC’SCORNERWITHRAHULGandhi leading fromthe front in slamming thegovernment's implementation of the nationwide lockdown,the Congress is nowgetting innovativewith its protests. Thepartyhadlastmonthlauncheda‘Speak-upIndia’campaignonsocialmedia,whereitsleadershadputoutvideoclipsdemand-ing free travel formigrant workers, direct cash transfer ofRs10,000toIndia’spoorestfamilies,andfinancialassistancetoMSMEs.Now theparty is planning to involve thepublic in itscampaign.Aspartof it, theCongress is invitingpeople tosendvideoclipsarticulatingtheirviews.Thebestclipswillbepostedontheparty'ssocialmediaplatforms.Thepartyplanstoselectthesharpestcontributors—thosewhohavearticulatedthebest—andtrythemoutasCongress’smediapanelists.
CASES UNDER STUDYIT’SAlist thatnoonewantstotop,orevenbeonif theycouldhelp it. Rail Bhawanhasnowgot theunfortunatedistinctionof having the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 casesamongallcentralministries.Tuesdaysawtwomorestaff test-ing positive, taking the total to 16. One of them is a directorandtheotheramultitaskingstaffer intheofficeofadirector-general. Eight relevant officials, including a joint secretary-rankofficer,havebeenadvisedhomequarantine for14days.
LAUNCH BEFORE TIMELIKEMOST policies, the Science and Technology InnovationPolicy(STIP)isformulatedbythegovernmentevery10years.ButtheCentrehasdecidedtostart,aswellaslaunch,thenewSTIP before the 10-year period. The reason being offered isthat by the time a newpolicy is launched, a different rulingpartycomestopowerandthepoliciesnevergetimplemented.While consultations have already begun for STIP-2020, theministry has set an ambitious date of November this year tocomplete the policy in its entirety, including attaining themandatory Cabinet approval. Theministrywill also, for thefirst time,holdextensiveconsultationswithall stakeholdersand interestedparties.Avirtual townhall, oneof thebiggestso farwith1,000registeredparticipants, is scheduledtotakeplaceon June12.
COOMIKAPOORNEWDELHI, JUNE9
BAPSINARIMAN,wifeof leadingjurist Fali Nariman andmotherof SupremeCourt judge, JusticeRohinton Nariman, was neverovershadowed by the eminentpersonalities in her household.“Bapsiauntywastherockof theNarimanhousehold and an im-pressive and independent-mindedwoman,” recalls seniorlawyer and friend ManeckKaranjiawalla.Bapsi died here on Tuesday.
Shewas89yearsold.Unlike her husband, who
made it a point of stressing thathewasaParsifromBurma,Bapsiwas verymuch a Bombay girl,born and brought up in the city.Her father was a prosperous
buildingcontractor, andshewasvery involved in the social life ofthe Bombay Parsi community.ShewasanactivememberofTheTimeandTalentsClub,whichor-ganised a variety of events andran the famous Victory Stallrestaurant near Apollo Bandar,whichhasnowcloseddown.Theclub’seventswereorganisedwithaviewtoraisemoneyforcharity.In fact, Bapsi’s first venture intoculinarywritingwaswhen shecontributed several recipes fortheTimeandTalentscookbook.BapsimovedtoDelhiin1972,
when her husband was ap-pointed Additional SolicitorGeneral.Shesupportedhisdeci-sion to resign when IndiraGandhiimposedtheEmergencyin1975.Bapsispentherremain-ingyearinthenationalcapitalasherhusbandmostlypracticedin
theSupremeCourt.Sheadjustedeasily intoDelhi’s social life andwas involved in the DelhiCommonwealth Women’s
Associationandeditedtheasso-ciation’s cookbook.Bapsi had a natural flair for
cooking andutilised her knowl-
edgeandexpertisetobringoutaseries of bestselling cookbooks.Her books, includingAGourmetHandbook of Parsi Cuisine andTraditional Parsi Dishes, have be-come standard references forlearningabout thecuisineof theParsi community. In Delhi, theyhelpedpopulariseuniquelyParsidishessuchasDhansak,LaganNuCustardandSaliMaMarghi.BapsialsoauthoredMicrowaveCookingfor the Indian Palate andCookingwithYoghurt. HerlatestbookwasRushHourCookbook:GreatDishesin30MinutesorLess.The Narimans were an in-
separable couple, who almostalways attended events to-gether. Even in her last years,when her deteriorating healthprevented her from movingaround freely, Bapsi tried to ac-company her husband when-
everpossible.RecallingBapsi’slarge-heart-
edness, Farida Chopra, a formerneighbour who is close to thefamily, says, “Shewould alwaystryandhelp theunderdog.”Choprarecallsthatwhenshe
decidedtosetupacateringbusi-ness, Bapsi was full of sugges-tions, and generously recomm-endedherservicestoherfriends.Other friends recall that Bapsialsopaintedandkeptabeautifulhouse and in her younger dayswas fond of entertaining andwritingarticlesoncooking.Shewas a pillar of the Delhi
Parsi Anjumanand attended alltheir programmes and con-tributed to their causes.Bapsi is survivedbyherhus-
band Fali, sonRohinton, daugh-ter-in-lawSanayaanddaughterAnaheeta.
TORAAGARWALAGUWAHATI, JUNE9
THEBLOWOUTfromanOilIndiaLimited (OIL)-ownedwell nearAssam’sDibruSaikhowaNationalPark and theMaguri-Motapungwetland caught fire on Tuesday.“We cannot say howandwhy ithappened,” saidTridivHazarika,OILspokesperson,addingthatitisnot unexpected for a blowout tocatch fire since the gaseswhichescapearehighlyinflammable.A statement fromOIL said,
“Whilecleaningoperationswereonatthewellsite,thewellcaughtfire. Fire tenders are at the sitecontrollingthespreadof fire.”OnMay27,Baghjan5well in
Tinsukia district reported ablowout or a sudden, uncon-trolled releaseof gas/oil.
Nearly 3,000 people fromBaghjanwere evacuated and atleast one dolphin, one particol-oredflyingsquirrelandavarietyof fish died as condensate —
residuefromgascondensingaf-ter coming in contact withwa-ter—spilled toas faras5km.“It is a big fire but it is only
around the plinth area of the
well,”BhaskarPegu,TinsukiaDC,said. “The fire has not spread towaterbodiesaroundthewell.”As per OIL’s statement, “the
situationdemandsarrangementof large quantities of water, in-stallation of high dischargepumpsandremovalof debris.”OIL’s Hazarika said one fire-
fighterfromONGChadsustainedinjuriesandwas inhospital.The Chief Minister Assam
handle tweeted that CMSarbananda Sonowal had spo-ken to Union Home MinisterAmit Shah over the phone andapprisedhimabout the fire.Earlierintheday,theCMcalled
PetroleumMinisterDharmendraPradhanandurgedhim to “takeurgent steps for putting out thefire”. He also called DefenceMinisterRajnathSingh todeployAirForceforcontrollingthefire.
BASHAARATMASOODSRINAGAR, JUNE9
THE NEW media policy an-nouncedbytheJ&Kadministra-tionon June2gives itpowers todecide what is “fake”, “unethi-cal”or“anti-national”news,andto take legal action against thejournalistormediaorganisationconcerned, including stoppinggovernmentadvertisementsandsharing informationwith secu-rityagencies.“J&K has significant law and
order and security considera-tions,ithasbeenfightingaproxywarsupportedandabettedfromacrosstheborder,”readsthe50-page policy document thatmostly deals with governmentadvertisementstonewsorgani-sations,adding, “Insuchasitua-tion, it is extremely importantthattheeffortsofanti-socialandanti-national elements to dis-turbpeaceare thwarted.”Underthenewpolicy,aback-
ground check of newspaperpublishers, editors andkeystaffhas beenmademandatory be-
fore empanelling them for gov-ernment advertisements, apartfromsecurityclearancebeforeajournalist isgivenaccreditation.While DIPRDirector Sehrish
Asghar declined to comment,Secretary Information RohitKansal, who is also the govern-ment spokesman, did not re-sponddespiterepeatedattempts.According to thenewpolicy,
thegovernmentwouldmonitorcontent published in newspa-pers and othermedia channelsand decide what is fake news,anti-social or anti-national re-porting.Thenewsorganisationsinvolved in “fake, unethical andanti-national” reportingwouldbe de-empanelled and not getgovernment advertisements,apart fromfacing legal action.“DIPR (Directorate of
InformationandPublicRelations)shall examine the content of theprint, electronic andother formsofmediaforfakenews,plagiarismandunethicaloranti-nationalac-tivities,”saysthemediapolicyonpages8and9.“...Anyfakenewsoranynews inciting hatred or dis-turbingcommunalharmonyshall
be proceeded against under IPCandCyberlaws”.With regards to “fake news
or newswith anti-social, com-munaloranti-nationalcontent”,the policy adds on page 9, theDIPRwill “devise a suitable co-ordination and informationsharingmechanismwiththese-curityagencies”.About journalists, the policy
saysonpage8, “Similarly,whilegiving/finalising accreditations,a robust background-check in-cluding verification of an-tecedents of each journalistwouldbecarriedoutwiththeas-sistanceof therelevantauthori-ties… For this purpose, theguidelinesforaccreditationshallberevisedandupdatedtoreflectthis requirement.”It says before empanelment
ofnewsorganisationsforreleaseof government advertisements,“antecedentsof thepaper/newsportalaswellthatof itspublish-ers/editors/keypersonnel(mustbe) duly gone into. This shall bereflected in the empanelmentguidelines”.Asofnow,securityclearance
fromtheJ&KPolice’sCIDwingismandatory before the Registrarof Newspapers for India issuesregistration toanynewspaper.Media in India is largely self-
regulated, throughagencies likethe Press Council of India andNews Broadcasting StandardsAuthority. ‘Print MediaAdvertisementPolicyGuidelines’of Haryana say a newspaper’sempanelmentcanbesuspendedif it “indulged inunethical prac-ticesorantinationalactivitiesasfound by the Press Council ofIndia”or thestategovernment.Stateshaveseparaterulesfor
accreditation of journalists, butthesedon’t includebackgroundcheckasapre-condition.In the recent past, several
journalists in the Valley havefacedpoliceactionfortheirnewsstories. Last month, photogra-pherMasrat Zehra and journal-ist-authorGowharGeelaniwerebooked under anti-terror lawsforsocialmediaposts.Policealsoregisteredacaseoveranewsre-port in The Hindu and sum-moned its Srinagar correspon-dent, PeerzadaAshiq.
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEJAMMU,SRINAGAR, JUNE9
ADAY aftermilitants shot deadaCongressSarpanchinLarkiporaareaofAnantnagdistrict,main-streampoliticalpartiesTuesdaydemanded security forsarpanches and panches in theValley while Kashmiri Panditand other organisations de-manded a thorough investiga-tion into thekilling.Sayingthatan"attackonany
publicrepresentativeisanattackon the democratic setup",LieutenantGovernorGCMurmusaid he has directed authoritiestosparenoeffortsinbringingtheculprits to justice.Meanwhile, J&K Police said
thatHizbulMujahideenmilitantskilled Congress Sarpanch AjayPandita, a residentof Lukbawan,whenhewasonhiswaytohisor-chards.“Wehaveidentifiedthoseresponsibleforthekilling,”asen-iorpoliceofficersaid.Pandita’s bodywas Tuesday
cremated in Jammu’s ShaktiNagarcremationground.Demanding a judicial probe,
SatishMahaldar,ChairmanoftheReconciliation, Return andRehabilitation of Migrants, saidthat Pandita was dedicatedly
servingtheKashmiricommunityfor implementation of develop-ment schemes and bettermentof rural areaswith governmenthelp.“Thosewhokilledhimmayhavegrievances,”Mahaldarsaid.Ashwani Charangoon, a
Kashmiri Pandit leader alignedwith the BJP, demanded the UTgovernment immediately shiftall the elected Kashmiri PanditrepresentativesfromKashmirtoJammuandprovide themsecu-rity cover.Healsodemanded fi-nancial assistance for Pandita’sfamilyandan inquiry.Congress leaders, including
theparty’sJ&KpresidentGhulamAhmadMir, and formerminis-ters Raman Bhalla and YogeshSawhney, questioned the gov-ernment’sfailureinensuringad-equatesecurityforthedeceased.Alleging that hewas denied se-curityforbeingaleaderoftheop-positionCongress,theyaskedthegovernmenttofixresponsibility.“Since hewasn’t a BJP Sarpanchthatiswhysecuritywasn’tgiventohim,”Mirsaid.J&K BJP spokesperson Altaf
Thakur said, “Wehavebeende-manding security cover for ourpeople for a long time. Nothinghashappenedsofar.Weurgethepolice to provide security to allsarpanchesandpanches.”
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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE9
REFERRING TO the India-ChinastandoffalongtheLACinLadakh,Congress leader Rahul Gandhion Tuesday asked DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh to dis-close whether Chinese forceshaveoccupied Indian territory.Rahul tweeted, “Once RM
[RakshaMantri] is done com-mentingonthehandsymbol,canheanswer:HavetheChineseoc-cupied Indian territory inLadakh?”Hehad tweetedalongsimilar lineslastweek,too:“CanGOI [Government of India]please confirm that no Chinesesoldiershaveentered India?”Rahul andSinghhadsparred
onsocialmediaonMondayafter
the Congress MP took a dig atHomeMinisterAmitShahoverhisremarks that India is the onlycountry after the US and Israel“abletoprotect”itsbordersundertheNarendraModi government.“Sab ko maloom hai ‘seema’ kihaqeekatlekin/dilkekhushrakhneko‘Shah-yad’yekhayalachchhahai(everyoneknowstherealityoftheborder, but the illusion is good tokeep the heart happy),” Rahulposted, tweakinga famousUrducoupletbyMirzaGhalib.Singhhitbackinthesamecoin,
tweetingacoupletfromGhalibtosay that “if there is pain in the‘hand’ you applymedicine, butthenwhatdoyoudowhen‘hand’itselfbecomethesourceofpain.”Hand is theCongressparty’s
election symbol. This led toRahul’s tweetonTuesday.
YUBARAJGHIMIREKATHMANDU, JUNE9
AMIDAborder rowwith India,Nepal’sHouseofRepresentativesstartedadebateTuesdayonacon-stitution amendmentBill, seek-ing to change the country'smapbyincludingtheareasofLipulekh,KalapaniandLimpiyadhura.Members cutting across
party lines said they are behindthegovernmentmove.“Weareonewiththegovern-
mentasit involvesthesoilofmycountry, a part of the countrythat we treat likemother,” saidPradip Giri, senior leader fromthe main Opposition NepaliCongress.TheBillwillbedebatedbefore
it is adopted by the House of
Representatives and referred tothe Upper House, the RastriyaSabha.Lastmonth,Nepalreleaseda
revisedpoliticalandadministra-tivemap of the country, layingclaimtothestrategicallykeyar-eason Indianmaps.Responding to the move,
India said such “artificial en-largement” of territorial claimswillnotbeacceptableandaskedNepal to refrain from such “un-justifiedcartographicassertion”.The spokesperson for the
Indian Ministry of ExternalAffairs also asked Nepal to re-spectIndia'ssovereigntyandter-ritorial integrityandhopedthattheNepaleseleadershipwillcre-ate a positive atmosphere fordiplomatic dialogue to resolvetheoutstandingboundaryissue.
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE9
THE CENTRAL government onTuesday notified the appoint-mentof formeradditionaladvo-categeneral JavedIqbalWaniasa judge of Jammu and KashmirHighCourt.Advocate Wani is the es-
trangedson-in-lawofseniorad-vocateMianAbdulQayoom,thepresident of J&KHighCourt BarAssociationwhoisinpreventivedetention under the PublicSafetyAct.“Inexerciseofthepowercon-
ferredbyclause(1)ofArticle217of the Constitution of India, thePresident is pleased to appointShri Javed Iqbal Wani, to be aJudgeofCommonHighCourtfortheUnionterritoryofJammuandKashmir andUnion territory ofLadakhwitheffect fromthedateheassumes chargeof his office,”theLawMinistrynotificationsaid.
Wani’sappointmentwasrec-ommendedonJanuary22bytheSupremeCourtCollegiumheadedbyChiefJusticeofIndiaSABobde.With his appointment, thestrengthoftheHCwillincreaseto13againstthetotalstrengthof17.Wani served as additional
advocategeneralfromFebruarytoDecember2019,andalsorep-resented the Army in thePathribalfakeencountercase.Asthe senior additional advocategeneral of J&K government,Wanihaddefendedthegovern-ment’spositioninapetitionfiledbyhis father-in-law.Following the abrogation of
J&K’s special status, Qayoom,whoissaidtobeclosetoHurriyatchairmanSyedAliShahGeelani,wasdetainedonAugust7.Qayoom earlier lodged in
Agra jail on the grounds of al-legedlybeingastaunchadvocateofsecessionistideology.Later,hewas shifted to Delhi’s Tihar jailonhealthgrounds.
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE9
THE BOMBAY High Court di-rectedRepublicTVeditor-in-chiefArnabGoswamitobepresentatNMJoshiMargpolicestationonWednesday for interrogation inrelation to twoFIRs filedagainsthim at Pydhonie andNM JoshiMargpolicestations.The cases were lodged in
connectionwithanewsshowonRepublic TV on the gathering ofmigrantworkersoutsideBandrarailway station in Mumbai onApril 14.Goswami had moved the
HighCourt,urgingthat theFIRs,filed on April 22 andMay 2, bequashed.Butthedivisionbenchof Justices Ujjal Bhuyan andRiyazChaglaonTuesdayrefusedhimexemption fromappearingat thepolice station.Besides these, multiple FIRs
havebeenfiledagainstArnabforhis news show on the lynchingcaseatPalghar,nearMumbai, in
which he had posed certainquestions on the incident toCongress president SoniaGandhi. Congress workers hadlodgedcomplaintsagainstArnabin various states for allegedlymakingdefamatorystatement.On May 19, the Supreme
Court had rejected Goswami'splea seeking quashing of FIRsand to transfer the probe to theCBI. The apex court had, how-ever, extended his protectionfromarrestby threeweeks.On Tuesday, Goswami’s
lawyer submitted that even al-thoughtheissuewaspendingbe-fore court, hehad receivedano-ticefromPydhoniepoliceaskinghimtoreportatthepolicestationon June10 for interrogation. Theadvocatesubmittedheshouldbeexempted fromappearing sincetheareaisinacontainmentzone.ThebenchdirectedGoswami
toappearatNMJoshiMargpo-lice station and directedPydhoniepoliceofficialstointer-rogatehim there. The courtwillhearthematternextonJune12.
A20-YEAR-OLDDalit youthdiedafterhewasallegedlychasedandbrutally assaulted in PimpleSaudagar suburbof Punereport-edly over a relationshipwith awomanfromanuppercastecom-munity. Four familymembers ofthe girl have been arrested andtwominors detained—all havebeenbookedformurderandun-derprovisionsof theSC/STAct.According to the FIR, Viraj
Vilas Jagtapwas riding his bikeon Sunday night when hewaschased by the six accused in atempo. The suspects hit Jagtap'sbikeafterwhichhefelldownandstartedrunning,beforebeinghitbyaheavymetalrodontheheadasanotheraccusedattackedhimwith a rock. Four of the accusedheldhishandsandlegswhilethewoman’s father Jagish Katehurledcasteist slursandspatonhimfortherelationshipwithhisdaughter, theFIRstates.
A casewas filed after a com-plaintbyViraj’s uncle Jitesh. “Myothernephewgotacallonhiscell-phone that Viraj had been in afightinPimpleSaudagar.Wewentto the spot and foundhim lyingwith blood-soaked clothes.... Hewasconscious.Werushedhimtoa hospital...,” Jitesh said, addingthathesuccumbedtohisinjuriesatthehospital.Viraj was a second year col-
lege student andworked part-time in the transport business.“Heissurvivedbyhismother.Hehad lost his fatherwhenhewasaone-year-old," Jiteshsaid.Among those arrested are
Jagdish, his son Sagar, brotherKailas and nephew Hemant.Twominorshavebeendetained.However, thewoman’s fam-
ily members have alleged thatVirajwasstalkingandharassingher and that the incident onSunday night was a fight over“troublehecaused to thegirl”.Pimpri Chinchwad Police
CommissionerSandeepBishnoisaid furtherprobe ison.
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Nepal House starts debateon Bill on map change
HC refuses to grant relief,directs Arnab to appearat police station today
‘Rock of Nariman household, she always helped the underdog’
Dalit youth dies afterassault ‘over relationshipwith upper caste woman’
Rahul to Rajnath: Has Chinaoccupied Indian territory?
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49 of NDRF team in Amphanrelief ops test Covid-positive
DEEPTIMANTIWARYNEWDELHI, JUNE9
ASMANY as 49members of aNationalDisasterResponseForce(NDRF) team, which was de-ployed inWestBengal for rescueand relief operations inwake ofCycloneAmphanlastmonth,havetestedpositiveforCovid-19.“In viewof inquiries it is in-
formedthatontestingof#NDRFpersonnel inOdisha after returnfrom#CycloneAmphanduties50werefoundpositiveofnearly190personneltestedforCOVID-19.Sofar,allthesepersonnelareasymp-tomatic & under observation,”NDRFDG SNPradhan tweetedlateonMondaynight.Sources,however,saidtheac-
tualnumberofpositivecaseswasonly49.Thisalsoformsthelargestchunk of positive cases in theNDRF,whichhas reported infec-tionsinsingledigitsinDelhi.“As per procedure, the team
hadgonetoWestBengalafterbe-ing tested for Covid-19 and test-ing negative. They were againtestedwhen they returned. Of190, 49 testedpositive. But theyareall asymptomatic andwearehopingwewill see 100per centrecovery,”anNDRFofficialsaid.NDRF had until recently re-
mained untouched by Covideven as infections in CentralArmed Police Forces (CAPFs)crossed1,500cases.Butgiventheageprofileofthe
forces, they are also reporting ahighrateof recovery.
SANTANUCHOWDHURYKOLKATA, JUNE9
ADDRESSINGHISthirdsuccessivevirtual rally in as many days,UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahaddressed party workers andleadersinWestBengalonTuesdayand tore into Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee for blockingCentralschemes,ShramikSpecialtrains, heropposition to thenewcitizenshiplaw,andherTMCgov-ernment’s purported hand inrampingup the culture of politi-calviolenceinBengal.Addressing the online rally
fromNewDelhi, Shah accusedBanerjee of insulting migrantworkers by calling ‘ShramikSpecial’ trains carrying theseworkers home as “CoronaExpress”. This name – “CoronaExpress” –will become an “exitexpress”fortheTMC,hesaid.WestBengalisscheduledtogo
4,300 trains and buses to sendbackcroresofmigrantlabourersto their homes. (But) Bengal
asked for the lowest number oftrains — only 236 trains wereused to send back about 3 lakhmigrant workers to Bengal. Incontrast, 1,700 and 1,500 trainswereusedforUPandBihar...”“But I was surprised when
Mamata-ji referred to ShramikSpecial trains as ‘CoronaExpress’....Youhaveinsultedmi-grantworkers.Youhaverubbedsalt into theirwounds and theywillnot forget it.”Criticising the way the
Railways was running the
ShramikSpecialstoferryworkersduring the lockdown, Banerjeehad said onMay 29, “They arestuffingShramiktrainsfullofpeo-ple; there is no social distancing,nofood,nowater,nothing.Whatare they trying to do? Are theyrunningShramiktrainsoraretheytryingtorunCoronaExpress?”ShortlyafterShahaccusedher
of patronising corruption in thestateandallowingacultureofpo-litical violence to flourish here,Banerjee tweeted, “Amit Shah,someonewho’shimselfputinclu-
sivity of India in danger, talksabout ‘restoring’ the culture ofBengal. Doesn’t he remember, itwas@MamataOfficial[Banerjee’sTwitter handle] who restoredstatue of Vidyasagar, vandalisedbyhismeninfrontofhiseyes.”Slamming Banerjee for
protesting the CitizenshipAmendmentAct(CAA),ShahsaidthepeopleofWestBengalwillre-ducehertoa“politicalrefugee”inBengalforopposingthenewlaw.“Modi-jifulfilledapromisemadein 1947 to grant citizenship torefugees living in the countrythroughCAA... She opposed theact in Parliament, on roads andtook out rallies. I want to askwhether people belonging toMatuaandNamasudra commu-nities, and Bengalis fromBangladesh, have caused anyharmtoher.“Whyare youopposing their
right to get (Indian) citizenship?Shemust come clean about heropposition to the law. Theoppo-sition to CAA will cost you(Banerjee)when people of thestate turn you into a politicalrefugeeinBengal,"hesaid.
Mamata jibe for Shramik trainswill be TMC’s exit express: Shah
VIRTUALRALLY INWESTBENGAL
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE9
EVEN AS non-agricultural uni-versitiesinthestateawaitagov-ernmentdecisionregarding theconduct of final-year and finalsemester exams, several vice-chancellors of the universitieshave said they are prepared toconductthem.Someuniversitieshave also stated theywill beginthe new academic year eitherthismonth,or thenext.“Wearestartingouracademic
yearinonlinemodefromJune22.TheuniversitycanconductexamsinJuly...a19-membercommitteewasformedtodecidethemannerinwhich exams should be con-ducted,andadraftwasprepared.We are awaiting governmentguidelines,” said the ViceChancellor (V-C) of Kolhapur’sShivaji University, DrDevanandShinde.ProV-CofPuneUniversity,Dr
NSUmrani,saidthatwhileforun-dergraduate courses, the aca-demicyearwouldbeginfromJuly15, for postgraduate courses, itwould start August 1. There is apossibilityofbeginningtheofflineacademicyearalongwithonline
forall,barringfirst-yearstudents.“Butwe arewaiting for govern-mentdirectives,”headded.On May 8, Higher and
Technical Education MinisterUdaySamanthadannouncedthedepartment’s intention to con-ductexamsof finalyearandfinalsemesterstudentsbetweenJuly1to July 31. However, he later ex-pressedthegovernment'sinabil-itytodosoinwakeoftheCovid-19situationinthestate.Accordingtoviewssharedby
keyuniversityofficialstoLoksatta,the universities arewilling to goaheadwith exams to avoid anynegative consequences of can-celling them.A state-level com-mittee is learnt to have earliercommunicated its support forholding exams to theGovernor,who is theChancellor of all stateuniversities.Mumbai University V-C Dr
Suhas Pednekar said, “TheUGCand the government have givenguidelinesonhowtheforthcom-ing academic year should be.Around25percentof theeduca-tionwillbeadministeredthroughonlinemode. For this, over 100teachers are being trained...Laboratories are also beingcreated...”
Ready to hold examsfor final year, sayV-Cs in Maharashtra
New Delhi: BJP leaderJyotiraditya Scindia and hismother Madhavi Raje ScindiawereadmittedtotheMaxSuperSpeciality Hospital in Saket onMonday after they complainedof throat irritation and also de-veloped a fever — both Covid-likesymptoms.Thehospital re-fused to comment on theiradmission.Sources in the hospital said
thatScindiahasmildsymptoms.Earlierintheday,SeniorCongressleader Abhishek Singhvitweeted, “Breaking now:Not so
goodnews:@JM_Scindiaandhismother have tested positive forcorona,TheformerCongturnedBJPleaderfromMPhasbeenad-mitted to hospital..Wish him aspeedyrecovery!”. ENS
Scindia, mother in hospitalwith Covid-like symptoms
(Left) JyotiradityaScindia;MadhaviRajeScindia
Pinarayi’s daughter tomarry DYFI presidentThiruvananthapuram: KeralaChiefMinisterPinarayiVijayan’sdaughter Veena T will marryCPI(M) leader P AMuhammedRiyas.Veenaisthemanagingdirec-
torofExalogicSolutionsPvtLtd,a start-up firm in Bengaluru.Riyas,whohailsfromKozhikode,istheall-IndiapresidentofDYFI,
theyouthwingoftheCPI(M).Heis also amember of the CPI(M)statecommittee.Sources said that a simple
marriagefunctionwouldbeheldon June15.This will be Veena’s and
AFTERTHEIITs,theNationalInst-itutes of Technology (NITs) haveapproached thegovernment, re-questingayear’sextensiontothe2021deadlinetoaddnewseatsforaccommodating the10per centquota for students from Eco-nomicallyWeakerSections(EWS).NIT-AllahabaddirectorRajeev
NITs, IIMs, central universities,IISERs and IIITs, have to increaseoverallstudentstrengthby25percent,overtwoyears,toaccommo-datethequota—andensurethatexistingnumberofseatsforSC,ST,OBC and general category stu-dentsdonotfacecuts.NITs have to collectively add
7,256seatsovertwoyearstoacco-mmodate thequota. Among the31NITs, a few implemented thequota in undergraduate courseslastyear.Therequestforextensionis for institutions that are to im-plementitthisyear,saidasource.
After IITs, NITs cite Covid to seekextension to implement EWS quota
MAULSHREESETHLUCKNOW,JUNE9
THEUTTAR Pradesh Cabinet onTuesdayapprovedanordinancepenalising cow slaughter withjail termsrangingfromoneyearto 10 years and fines betweenRs1 lakhandRs5 lakh.Additional Chief Secretary
(Home) Awanish Awasthi saidthe UP Prevention of CowSlaughter (Amendment)Ordinance,2020,alsohasapro-vision that allows authorities topaste pictures of the accused intheir neighbourhoods or aprominentpublicplaceif theygoontherun.Under the provisions of the
ordinance, authorities cancharge the driver aswell as theowner of the vehicle used totransport beef in an unautho-risedmanner.
Thegovernmentsaid theor-dinanceproposesharsherprisonsentences even though the cur-rent lawhasaprovisionofmax-imumsevenyears in jail.According to the ordinance,
theaccusedwillalsohavetobearexpenditurerelatedtothemain-tenanceof theseizedcattle forayear or till the animals are re-leased,whicheverearlier.Theor-dinance also defines punish-ment forcases inwhichcattle isphysically injured, or is trans-ported in a manner that riskstheir livesormutilates them.This violation also carries a
fine betweenRs1 lakh andRs3lakh. Those who violate provi-sionsrelatedtoslaughterfaceupto 10 years and penalties be-tweenRs3 lakhandRs5 lakh.Those found guilty of an of-
fence for the second time willfacedoublethepunishmentpro-posedunder theordinance.
MAGARAAPNEKYAkiya(butwhathaveyoudone)?”,UnionHomeMi-nister Amit Shah asked “vipaksh ke log”while addressing a virtualrallyforOdishafromNewDelhionMonday.Shah’squestiontotheOp-positionwastypicalofhiscombativestyle.Yetitillfittedthemoment.This isa timewhen,amidanunprecedentedpublichealthemerge-
ncy,thegovernmentisinthedrivingseatlikeneverbefore—leadingandcoordinatingthefightagainstapandemic,makingconsequentialmovesthataffectthelivesandlivelihoodsofmillions, includingandespeciallythemostvulnerable.Manyofthesedecisions,bytheirverynature,areandshouldbeopentodebate—thelengthandstringencyofthelockdown,thehandlingof themigrants’crisis, thewidthof theeconomicreliefpackage, thedepthofits reach. Each andevery oneof them invites legitimatequestions thatmust be askedby,amongothers,thepoliticalOpposition.Andansweredby,squarely,thegovernmentalone.BytryingtopushtheOppositioninthedock, instead,Shahconfirmsaworrisomepat-
tern intheBJP-ledCentre’s responsetoanyquestioningof itshandlingof thepandemic.It immediatelyandreflexively tries todeflect theblame, if not to theOpposition, thentothe state governments,when it is not shifting the burden to thepeoplewith its overre-lianceonthelanguageof“tapasya”and“tyag”(sacrifice).Lawsframedtochecktheinfec-tionareweaponised to silencevoices. Certainly, in stateswhere it is in government, theOppositionmust also beheld to account. Here, even as a fewnon-BJP governments arevisibly floundering, like inDelhi,West Bengal or Telangana,many are leading from thefront. InKerala, amidups anddowns, thePinarayiVijayangovernment is scripting a re-markablefightbackagainstthevirus,mobilisingthestate’sdeeplyinstitutionalisedpub-lic health systems andwell-trained personnel effectively. InMaharashtra, the UddhavThackeray government is copingwith the heaviest case load in the country and facingthemost acute shortage of hospitals by drafting in other public spaces, including park-ing lots, setting an example for other states dealingwith an infection surge. In Punjab,the Amarinder Singh government prevented Nanded from becoming amajor setbackand today the caseload in the state is one of the slowest growing in the country. Therearemodels for intervention inRajasthanandChhattisgarh, too.Evenwhere the Opposition is not in government, however, Shah should have little
reasontocomplain.ThenationalOppositionhasbeenlargelyquiet,evenquiescent.RahulGandhi'svideochatswithglobalexpertsarehardlythestuffofadversarialpolitics. Indeed,the crisis, followinga fractiousCentreversus state face-off over theCAA,NRCand, later,theNPR, brought states andCentre together, cutting across thepolitical divide.ThePM-CMmeetings have shaped thenature of the lockdown. In fact, if anything, the problemisthatShahandhisgovernmentdonothaveanOppositionproblemamidthepandemic.In a vivacious democracy, amid a crisis such as this one, government should be askedmanymore questions, it must be forced to give manymore answers. Blaming theOppositiononlymakes thegovernment lookcussedandweak.
RIGHTING A WRONGInstitutionalisedracisminUScalls forhardworkof rebuilding
systems,notdismantling them
THEUNITEDSTATES,today,ismoredividedasanationthanithasbeeninre-centmemory.ThedeathofGeorgeFloyd,ablackman,inMinneapolis,asaresultofpolicebrutalitywasfollowedbynation-wideprotests,evenasthepandemic raged, and therewere instances of violence by the protestorsandthepolice.While theWhiteHousehas triedtoportray theprotestsas
abreakdownoflawandorder,largesectionsofAmericaseethismomentforwhatitis:Anexplosionofangeranddespairatthesystematicdiscriminationandotheringofpeopleofcolour,especiallywithregardtothecriminal justicesystem.ThemajoritydecisionbytheCityCouncil inMinneapolis, itspledgetodismantle thepolicedepartment, isanattempttoaddressthatdespair.Yet, therearebetter,evenifmorearduous,waystomakepolicingandjusticemoreequal,morerooted inandresponsiveto localcommunities.The current protests have once again brought to the fore thedegree towhichpolice
forces in the US treat social and economic inequality as a crime. True change can onlycomethroughsustainedreformthat isbothbottom-upandtop-down,andisaconstantwork inprogress. In theUK, for instance, a beginningwasmadewith thePoliceReformandResponsibilityAct,2011,makingthepolicemoreresponsibleandresponsivetolocalcommunities. In the US on Tuesday, Democrats introduced in Congress the Justice inPolicingAct.Theproposedlawmakesitmucheasiertoprosecutepoliceformisconduct,banschokeholds, andaddresses racism. It alsomakesbodyanddash-camscompulsoryandbans thesaleofmilitaryweapons topolicedepartments.Theproposed lawcouldbea step, amongmany, towardshealingawoundedsociety.
But itwillbea longhaul,asUSPresidentDonaldTrump’sreactiontoitonTwitter,under-lined:“…theRadicalLeftDemocratswanttoDefundandAbandonourPolice.Sorry,IwantLAW&ORDER!” It is alsounclearwhether the Senate—whereRepublicans are thema-jority—will support theBill. Yet, if theworld’s oldest democracy is to listen toall its citi-zens, and if it is to convince themthatboth state andsociety cancometogether toatoneforaninjusticeandtomitigate it, thenewlawmaybeanecessarystep.Thesystemhastoshowto itscitizensthat ithas thewillandthemechanismstochangefor thebetter.
AN UNEQUAL FIELDMichaelHolding’s commentshavehelpedreopenadebate
that is important to theworldof sport
THEWEST INDIEScricketing legend,MichaelHolding,perhaps said it bestwhen he layered the racism-in-sport debatewith a larger comment onsociety. “It is the people from the societywho go to these grounds andshout racist abuse. You have to tackle it from the society itself, not thesport,”hesaid.As theexperienceof a formerWest Indiescaptain,Darren
Sammy,hasbroughtout, thosepeoplefromsocietycanbeteam-mates.Often, theprob-lemis casual racism,where theoffenderclaims there isnomalicious intent, andmissesthepointof thenormalisationofracism.Akindofracism,asseeninSammy’scase,wherethe recipient isonly jolted to its real import, andhurt, years later.Thepost-racialworldisamythandthereisalongdistancetocovertogetthere.Sport
doesn’texist inavacuumandit’snotasurprisethat it tripsonthis issue.WhentheblackNFLplayerColinKaepernickkneeledinprotestduringtheUSnationalanthem,formerUSNFLlegendMikeDitkainfamouslyclaimed,“therehasbeennooppressioninthelast100years”. Thoughhe clarified it later, themessage thatwent outwas of a refusal to acceptthe truthof racism.Lastweek, former cricketer Yuvraj Singh apologised aftermaking a casteist remark
to refer toa team-mate.Yet, thecontroversywasshort-lived, theBCCIdidn't find itnec-essarytostepin,ortothinkthroughaprotocolforplayers.This,onceagain,showedaca-sualapproachtosensitive issues.Realchangewill requireawillingness to lookwithin,adetermination toconfront theproblem.
“on trade and intercourse between TibetRegionofChinaandIndia”,which mentionsLipu Lekh pass as one of the six passes“throughwhichtradersandpilgrimsofbothcountriesmaytravel”.Nepal protested against the inclusion of
itsterritory,LipuLekh, inthejointstatementwithout its consent anddemanded that thetwocountriesmakenecessarycorrectionstoreflect the ground realities. The protestwasignored.Thisisaflagrantviolationoftheprin-ciple of “sovereign equality of all states”.WelcomingtheimprovedrelationsbetweenIndiaandChinaandtheirgreatercooperationas a development of great international sig-nificance,Nepalstandsreadytofacilitatecon-nectivity between its twoneighbourswhilealso demanding that they “respect its coreconcerns of sovereignty and territorial in-tegrity”.Nepal published a newmap including
Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipu Lekh. Thechief of the Indian Army describedNepal’sprotestsas triggeredat the“behestof some-one”, widely considered to be alluding toChina.This isan insult toNepalipeoplewhoarefiercelyproudof theirhistoricindepend-ence. Nepal judges every issue on itsmeritswithout “fear or favour” and takespositionsinthesupremeinterestsofthenation.Nepal’spoliticalparties,despitetheirideologicaldif-ferences,have shownthecapacity to forgeaconsensusinsafeguardingthecountry’ssov-ereigntyandterritorial integrity.ThetoneofNepal-Indiarelationsappears
to be dominated by frustrations of the pastand traditional attitudesmore than the op-portunities of the future. Thewidening gapin understanding each other’s concerns hashelped feedNepalinationalismandcreateadense cloud of distrust and suspicion be-tween the twocountries. True friendsonei-thersideofthebordershouldnotwantthistohappen. The gapwidened after India chosetoimposeaneconomicblockadeinresponsetoNepal’s sovereigndecision topromulgatean inclusive democratic constitution inSeptember2015undertheleadershipof theNepali Congress. It is no secret that the cur-rent rulingCommunistPartyofNepalmadepeople’sangerovertheblockadeitscampaignplankduringthe2017generalelection,whileprojectingtheNCaspro-Indian.Nepal-Indiarelationsaredeep,wide-ran-
ging,andunique,butalsofraughtwithcom-plexities.Muchofthecomplexitystemsfromthe fact that thepolitical leadershiphandlesonlyasmallpartofthisveryimportantbilate-ralrelationship.Indiaasabigneighbourisra-relyseengraspingthepsychologicaldimensi-ons of the relationship. Officials handlingthesemultifacetedrelationsmaymomentar-ilyinfluencetheatmosphericsbuttheyrarelytouchthecoreoftheserelations,letalonere-orientortransformthemintherapidlychan-gingcontext.Thisismanifestinthedeferringofsubstantiveconversationsontheoutstand-ing boundary issue for decades. The foreignsecretarylevelmechanismhasnotmetevenoncetodiscusstheborder issuesinceits for-mation. Thereareover threedozenbilateralmechanismsbetweenNepalandIndiatoen-gageatvarious levels.Themeetingsof thesemechanismsarerarelyregular.Geography, history, and economymake
NepalandIndianaturalpartners,sharingvi-talinterestineachother’sfreedom,integrity,dignity,securityandprogress.People-to-peo-plerelationsareuniquestrengthsofbilateralrelations. PrimeMinister Jawaharlal NehrutoldtheIndianParliamentin1950,“...wede-sireaboveall a strongandprogressive, inde-pendentNepal…ourchiefneed,notonlyourneed but also theworld’s need is peace andstabilityinNepalatpresent”.PrimeMinisterModi in 2014 told Nepal’s ConstituentAssembly, “Howcan Indiabehappy ifNepalisunhappy?”Nepal isunhappywith thede-velopmentsattheborder.Yet, thetwocoun-trieswhositsoclosetoeachotherarefarfromhaving solution-oriented dialogues, whichare perceived to be an indispensable part ofthe“neighbourhoodfirst”policy.The border dispute looksminor, but al-
lowingittofesterislikelytosowtheseedsofimmensecompetitionandintenserivalry inthe sensitive Himalayan frontier with far-reaching geopolitical implications. Nepalwantstoprosperasanindependentandsov-ereignstateandbehelpful to itsneighbours,emergingas themainpillarof aworldorderthatisstrugglingtobeborn,andremainpro-ductively and constructively engagedwiththewider internationalcommunity.
The border dispute looksminor, but allowing it tofester is likely to sow theseeds of immensecompetition and intenserivalry in the sensitiveHimalayan frontier with far-reaching geopoliticalimplications. Nepal wants toprosper as an independentand sovereign state and behelpful to its neighbours,emerging as the main pillarof a world order that isstruggling to be born, andremain productively andconstructively engaged withthe wider internationalcommunity.
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One specifically?Police brutality.— COLIN KAEPERNICKTHEEDITORIALPAGE
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IF PM CARESTheremustbemore transparency inuseof fundcreated todealwithpandemic
ONMARCH 28, PrimeMinister NarendraModi announced the creation of a separatefund to deal with COVID-19 — the PrimeMinister's Citizen Assistance and Relief inEmergency Situations Fund (PM CARES).Observerswere quick to question the needfor a separate fund,when India alreadyhadan established PrimeMinister’s NationalRelief Fund (PMNRF). The PMNRF is morerepresentativeof theconcernsof Indians:Itscommittee includes, among others, thePrimeMinister,thePresidentof Indiaandthepresident of the Indian National Congress.Decision-makers for PMCARES include thePrimeMinister, the finance minister, theMinisterofHomeAffairsandtheMinisterofDefence, all fromonepoliticalparty.The PMNRFhad anunused corpus of Rs
3,800.44croreasof2019.Despitethis,ModiestablishedthePMCARESfundandsoliciteddonations for it. Reportedly, the IndianRailwaydonatedRs151crore.Thearmy,navyand air force, defence PSUs and employeesof thedefenceministryhavecollectivelydo-natedRs500 crore.While a significant por-tion of these contributions has been volun-tary, it appears that many governmentemployeesweren’t givenmuchof achoice.Circulars were being issued in various
governmentdepartments,“urging”employ-ees to contribute one day’s salary each
monthorgivetheirobjectioninwriting.Theimplication seemed ominous: Anyone ob-jecting to this “voluntary contribution”couldfindthemselvesinaspot,evenfacere-taliatoryaction.Whendonationsaremadefromtaxpayer
funds by government bodies, the public hasthe right toknowwhere themoney isgoing.ThisiswherethemostproblematicissuewithPMCARES arises— its lack of transparency.TheModigovernmenthasstatedthattheCAGwill not audit the fund. Rather, itwill be au-ditedby independentauditors appointedbythe trust. The PMOhas also refused tomakethedocumentsrelatedtothePMCARESfundpublic.Ifthegovernmenthasnothingtohide,whynotallowtheCAGtoaudit it?OnMarch 24,Modi appeared on televi-
sionandannounceda21-daylockdownwithfour hours’ notice. Millions of migrantlabourerswerestrandedincitieswithnosav-ings to survive. The people waited for PMModi to use the PM CARES funds to helpthese migrants. No such announcementcame.Anestimated12.2crorehavelosttheirjobssincethelockdownwasannounced.NofundsfromPMCARESwereallocatedtocre-ate jobs for them.A recent analysis by IndiaSpend esti-
mated that at least Rs 9,677.90 crore hasbeencollected in thePMCARES fundso far.
Of this, Rs 4,308 crorehasbeendonatedbygovernmentagenciesandstaff.Yet, theonlyannouncement to bemade till date abouttheusageof thefunds is theallocationofRs3,100 crore for COVID-19 work, made onMay13—Rs2,000croreofwhichismiredincontroversy. The reason: The central gov-ernmentisprocuring5,000ventilatorsfromaRajkot-basedfirmwhichhassuppliedven-tilators to Ahmedabad’s largest COVID-19hospital.Thesemachineshaveprovedinad-equate, and have forced Ahmedabad CivilHospital toputoutanSOSfor“actualventi-lators”.ThePMCARESfundhasannouncedthat itwouldbespendingRs2,000croreforthepurchaseof50,000“MadeinIndia”ven-tilators. It is to be hoped that they do notprove tobe substandard.PMCARES comeswith a litany of prob-
lems.Thedecision-makersatitshelmbelongtoonepoliticalparty.Besides,thereistotallackof transparency about the use of the funds.The allegations of cronyismand favouritismwith regard to spending are particularly ofconcern.Themostworryingpart,however,isthefundhasclearlynotbenefitedthepeoplewhoneededhelp.ThefundmaybecalledPMCARES,butdoesthePMreallycare?
The Modi government hasstated that the CAG will notaudit the PM CARES fund.Rather, it will be audited byindependent auditorsappointed by the trust. ThePMO has also refused tomake the documents relatedto the PM CARES fundpublic. If the governmenthas nothing to hide, why notallow the CAG to audit it?
ZAIL SINGH ON ASSAMTHEUNIONHOMEminister, Zail Singh, de-clared in Lok Sabha that the governmentwould not bow to the "unjust" demands oftheAssamagitators,neitherwouldittolerateanythreat tonationalunity.Referringtothethreat of theAll AssamStudentsUnion andthe Gana Sangram Parishad to themselvesflush out foreigners in the state, Singh saidthat the governmentwould take all neces-sary steps to protect the rights and lives oftheminorities inAssam. Inhis introductoryremarkswhilemovinga resolution seekingextensionofPresident'sruleinAssambysixmonths,Singhsaidtheagitationleadersdidnotappear tobe theirownmasters.
RAIL STRIKEMORETHAN110passengerandgoodstrainsin the Delhi divisionwere cancelled on thethirddayofthestrikebythelocostaff.InDelhialone, 60 trainswere cancelled— 26 trainsstarting from theNewDelhi railway stationand34startingfromDelhimainrailwaysta-tion.Thousandsof commutersreported lateat their offices due to the late disruption inrail traffic. Because of the strike,most of thelongdistanceexpressandmailtrainscontin-uedtorunlate.However,theauthoritieshavebeenable to reduce thedelaybyoneor twohourscomparedtothelongdelaysofyester-day.Meanwhile, the Haryana governmenthas ordered an inquiry into the incident at
PRESIDENTIAL GOVTTHE LAWMINISTER, P Shiv Shanker, toldthe Rajya Sabha that the government wasnot thinking of changing the Constitutionto switch over to the presidential form ofgovernment.Replying toaspateof supple-mentaries during question hour, ShivShankar said the statement of the AndhraPradesh chief minister, Chenna Reddy, inthis contextwasmade inhis individual ca-pacity. "Thegovernmenthasnotthoughtofit (presidential system) and it is not neces-sary at this stage," he said.
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How to be friends in deed
THE INAUGURATIONOF the “new road toMansarovar”onMay8inthemidstofaglobalpandemicbyIndia’sdefenceminister,RajnathSingh, has strained the relations betweenNepalandIndia.Asectionof theroadpassesthroughtheterritoryofNepalandlinkswiththe Tibetan Autonomous Region of ChinathroughtheLipuLekhpassinNepal.The1816Sugauli Treaty between Nepal and BritishIndiaplacedall theterritorieseastof theKali(Mahakali) river, including Limpiyadhura,KalapaniandLipuLekhat thenorthwesternfront of Nepal, on its side. The borders ofNepal, India andChina intersect in this area.Giventhesituation in1961,NepalandChinafixed pillar number one at Tinker passwiththe understanding that pillar number zero(the tri-junction of Nepal, India, and China)would be fixed later. Lipu Lekh pass is 4 kmnorthwestandLimpiyadhura53kmwestofTinkerpass.The dispute over the Kalapani area has
spannedthe last sevendecades.The issueofIndianpresenceintheareacametothefront-line of Nepali politics after the advent ofdemocracyin1990.Sincethattime,Nepalhasbeen raising this issuewith India at primeministerial levels.BothNepalandIndiahaverecognised it asanoutstandingborder issuerequiring an optimal resolution. In August2014,when PrimeMinister NarendraModibecamethefirstIndianPrimeMinistertovisitNepal in 17 years, Nepal’s PrimeMinisterSushilKoiralaraisedthisissueagain.Thetwoprimeministers agreed to resolve the issueonaprioritybasis anddirected their foreignsecretaries “to work on the outstandingboundary issues including Kalapani andSusta”. In a 45-minute speech to Nepal’sConstituentAssembly, PrimeMinisterModi“touched the hearts andminds of all theNepalese people”. He erasedmany long-standingmisperceptionsaboutIndiaandlaid“the foundation for new relationship” be-tweenthetwocountries.However, this euphoria took no time to
evaporate.Therewasvirtuallynoprogressonthe ground. In May 2015, PrimeMinisterModi visited China, and the two countriesagreedto“enhanceborderareascooperation”and “transform the border into a bridge ofcooperation and exchanges, at…Lipu Lekhpass”.TheMay2015agreementisabroadonecomparedtothe1954India-Chinaagreement
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This moment mightironically be the opening inthe academy for teachers andstudents to become betterco-learners and partners inknowledge production; forteachers to revisit theirpedagogy, providing greaterroom to engage with dialogicexploration and rumination;for administrators todevelop more deft andequitous internalmechanisms to meetcontingencies; for younglearners to acquire themental and emotional skillsto deal with the disruptionand discontinuities that willlikely define this century.
ACOMPARATIVE analysis of the emergingcoronaviruscasesacrossIndiaclearlyshowsthatruralareashavefaredextremelywellincomparisontourbanareasinenforcingthevariousMinistryofHomeAffairsguidelinesrelatedtothelockdownsand,consequently,in containing the overall spread of COVID-19.ItcanalsobeascertainedthatamajorityoftheuncontrolledCOVID-19spreadhasoc-curred in urban areas andmetropolitancities,despitethemhavingbetterhealthin-frastructure.Theurbangovernancemachin-erycertainlyhaslessonstolearnfromitsru-ralcontemporary.Fundamentally, there isastarkcontrast
between the socio-economic and demo-graphiclandscapeoftheruralandurbanar-eas.Arobusturbangovernancemodelneedsto recognise these differences and accord-ingly adapt itself to better serve the urbancitizen.Frommyexperienceasapublicad-ministrator, a key learning is that this canonlyhappenifoururbangovernancemodelis rebuilt on the following pillars:Convergenceandaccountability;urbanpop-ulacespecificschemes;widerpublicpartic-ipation;anduseof thelatesttechnologies.Tobeginwith,thereisanurgentneedto
re-empower the institution of the districtmagistrate inurban towns,wheredistrictsare notwell-recognised by the public andthedistrictadministrationmachineryisnoteven used bymany government depart-ments. Notably,most of the functions thatthe gram panchayats and other depart-ments perform in rural areas are usuallymonitoredandsupervisedbydistrictcollec-tors—this isnot the casewith themunici-palities in urban areas. To achieve conver-gence,we need to have a clear commandand control structure at the field level.Weneedtoeliminatethemultiplicityofauthor-itiesandinstitutionsintheurbanareaswithonefunctionbeingmanagedbyoneinstitu-tiononly—andwhich is publicly account-able.Abeginning in thisdirectioncouldbemadebydesignatingthedistrictmagistrateas the ex-officiomunicipal commissioner,andalsoensuringthatthe linedepartmentfunctionaries report to theDM in the field.Thiswillensureaccountabilityofperform-ance,andwillalsoensureeasygrievancere-dressalwhich is currently a nightmare fortheurbancitizenbecauseoneusuallydoes-n’tknowthecorrectgrievanceredressalau-thorityforspecificcomplaints.Are-empow-eredDMcanoperateacentralisedcallcentrewhereanyonecanregisteranygrievancere-lated to any department, and since all ofthemwouldbereportingtotheDM,hecanthendirectlyengagetheconcerneddepart-mentforanearlyresolutionofthegrievance.Further, while the rural populace and
habitation is comparativelymore “perma-nent”withtheirvariousrecordsbeingmain-tainedcentrallyat theDM’sofficeoroneofitsextendedarms;itisnotthecaseincities:There,alargeportionofthepopulationcom-
ery needs to invest in building a credibledatabase of the urban poor andmigrants,alongwithmappingtheirskillsthatismain-tained centrally at the office of the re-em-powereddistrictmagistrate.Theurbanpoormaybegrantednewtypesof identificationdocumentswhich canbeheld by the peo-ple in addition to those pertaining directlyto their native place: Thenationalmigrantdatabase,announcedinMaybytheNationalDisasterManagementAuthority(NDMA)isa step in this direction. This databasewillhelp in implementing MGNREGA likeschemesfortheurbanpooralso,whichwillprovideadequateemploymentopportuni-ties for theskilledandunskilledworkers. Itwill also help the unified district adminis-tration to ensurebetter targetingof the in-tendedbeneficiaries.Thisdatashallalsoas-sistpolicymakersindevelopingtailor-madeschemesfortheurbanpopulacesuchasrun-ning part-time skill development courseswith flexible timingswhichenablepartici-pants to enhance their skillswithout pro-longedabsencefromtheirregularwork.Anothercontrastbetweentheruraland
urbanareasliesinthelevelofpublicpartic-ipationindecision-makingspaces.Inthevil-lages,theholdingofchaupals,andgramsab-has and grampanchayatmeetings at thelocal panchayat bhawan are frequent. Thesame can’t be said for citieswhere peopleare“unavailable”anddonot“participateac-tively” inpublicdiscussions insettingsthatgovernments take cognizance of, such aswardcommittees.Moreover, inthecurrentscenario,multiplewings of the urban ad-ministrationinteractwithcitizensincoher-ently,oftenonapiecemealbasis—andtheurbancitizen, consequently, doesn’t feel asinvolvedinpublicdecision-making .Togarnermeaningfulpublicfeedbackin
urbanareas, theunifiedurbangovernancestructureledbytheDMneedstotakecogni-sanceofnewemergingsocialsettingswherethepublicismosteasilyaccessibleforinter-action. These include interactingwith thepublicoverFacebookLivechats,Zoomses-sions,emails,WhatsApp,Twitter,andradioshows. Public meetingsmust be held atplacesandattimesthatcauseminimumdis-ruptiontothecitizens’dailyschedules.Next, inruralareas,theregulatoryfunc-
tions— such as townplanning, enforcingbuilding by-laws and renewal of trade li-censes—arerelativelymorestraightforwardas the scale is small compared tourbanar-eas. Inorder toperformthese functionsef-ficiently, a reformedurbandistrict admin-istration shall have to increasingly usetechnologies such asmobile-governance,geo-spatial platforms for zonal regulationsandpropertytax,tele-education,andblockchain-based networks for record keepingandverification.As we initiate a post-COVID-19
Atmanirbhar nation-building exercise, thecurrent urban governance structuremustbeginrebuildinginternalsystems,ensuringconvergenceandfixingaccountabilityatthelevel of the urban districtmagistrate. Thebuck,afterall,muststopsomewhere.
COVID-19hasshakenthelandscapesofhighereducationinstitutes(HEIs)intectonicways.Astheystrivetorepositionthemselvesinthecon-textof socialdistancingfor theunpredictableinterregnumtoa “newnormal”, establishedmodesoffunctioninghavecomeasunder.Itisnot just theshape, sizeand formof theclass-roomthatwill change, but alsowhatwill betaughtandhowitwillbetaught.Whileeveryoneawaitsinstructions“from
above”withbatedbreath,thelackofclearandconsistent communication has hurtled the37.4million student population into bewil-dermentandanxietyaboutthefuture.Ifcrisesofferopportunities,thisisthetimeespeciallyfor the public university, towrest the initia-tive,breakfreeof familiardrillsandre-imag-inetheacademy.Policymakersmaywelcomeout-of-boxinitiativesatatimewhentheytoograpple with uncertainties. Admissionprocesses,methodsofevaluation, thenatureofgovernance,determinationof“merit”—allneedtobeputtoscrutiny.Mostofficialmandatesthusfarhavecen-
tred on “hardware” issues, reflecting un-doubtedlygenuineconcernsaroundareturnto“functionality”bySeptember.Thereisthepredictablestressonthe“completionofsyl-labi”andthemantraof“learningoutcomes”while ensuring student safety andwelfare.In spirit, they focus onmitigation. There islittle to invoke the transformative capacityofhighereducationtothinkafresh inacon-text-sensitiveway.As universities scramble to put together
their online infrastructurewith insufficientpreparation,learningfromhomehasinvolvedacompleterejigofthespatio-temporaldimen-sion. “Distance education”, traditionally thelesspreferredsiblingof the “regular” system,hasmovedmainstreaminits techavatar.The“newnormal”willseeseveralmoreunantici-patedinversions.Thepivottoonlineplatforms,includingthe
UGCmandate toshift25percentof teachingonline for the future,must be carefully cali-bratedtoavoidexclusionsthatdiluteaffirma-tiveactioninitiativesoncampuses.Theusesoftechnologyasanonlineresourceforteaching-learningmustnotblindustoitspropensitytoexacerbateinequalitiesintheincreasinglyhet-erogenoushighereducationspace in India.Acombination of government policies— theRight to Education and reservations amongthem—has enabled a considerable influxofmembersfromerstwhilemarginalisedgroups.Where education shifts fromclass to on-
line, studentswithunevenaccess to technol-ogy, learningresources, internetconnectivityand lacking insuitablephysical space,willbedisproportionatelyaffected.Womenandstu-dentswith special needs, inparticular, thosefromhomes that are financially stressed, orwherehighereducationisnotavaluedprior-itywillbedoublydisadvantaged.Thoseindys-functional familieswithadditional caring re-sponsibilities during the crisis will faceparticularchallenges.Anewparadigmthat includes asynchro-
nouslearningasadigitalframework,canpro-vide diverse learnerswith flexible access to
studymaterialsandconnectthemwithclass-matesand instructors at theirpreferredpaceand time. Thiswill needa rangeof online re-sources.Agileandimaginativeleadershipmustharness its potential, drawingon the experi-enceofopenuniversities.In the complexecosystemof higher edu-
measures tomeet a crisis, secure in the faiththatintheacademywherehumaninteractionsaredeeplyvalued, the“virtual” communitiesof the electronicwonderlandwill notmakecommittedandcompetentteachersobsolete.Everyeducatorhasexperiencedthethrills
of shared everyday epiphanies in theproxi-mate classroomspace— the flicker of recog-nition,theacceptanceofanidea,thequizzicalarticulations.Suchunmediatedcommunica-tionremainstheauthenticbarometeroflearn-ingresonance,theultimatespurofmotivation.TechnologyhasnotyetcrossedthatRubicon.Theruminativespaceofthetutorialtoohasallbutvanished.The intensity of co-curricular endeavour,
theallureofthesportsfield,thecamaraderieofculturalengagement, the life-changinginter-actionsinhostels,thefriendlysparringofdia-logueanddebate, thediscoveryofunfamiliarworlds,newcalibrationsofidentity,autonomyand freedomand the tangible lessons in citi-zenship, bargainingandcoexistence—are insuspended animation. The academyof ourimaginationstandsinterrupted.Yet,thiscrisisofferstherareopportunityto
processes of knowledgeproduction anddis-semination—our epistemic structures.Howhospitablearewetothemultipleintelligencesthat diverse learners bring to the academy?Howdoweeffectively break thehierarchiesand silos of differentdisciplines andbecomesensitivetoagenuinepluralismof ideasevenastheycohereandcollide?Howopencanwebe to theuneven reverberationsof learning?Howdoweencouragetheeasyflowofcriticalthinking,tomovebeyond“receivedcurricula”?How“constructivist”isourpedagogy?Current structures of education are at-
temptingtopreparestudentsforfuturesthatwecannotpredict,giventhepaceof change.We are unable to accurately ascertainwhatnew skills can nowbe learnt for the jobs oftomorrow.Theabilitytoconstantlylearnandre-learnwill be key to navigate themaze ofthe future.Thismomentmightironicallybetheopen-
ingintheacademyforteachersandstudentstobecome better co-learners and partners inknowledgeproduction;forteacherstorevisittheirpedagogy,providinggreaterroomtoen-gagewithdialogic exploration and rumina-tion; foradministrators todevelopmoredeftand equitous internalmechanisms tomeetcontingencies; for young learners to acquirethemental andemotional skills todealwiththe disruption anddiscontinuities thatwilllikelydefinethiscentury.YuvalHarari cautionsusthatbigdataand
technologywillsetthealgorithmsoflivingandbeing in inscrutableways that impingeuponhumanautonomyandchoice. Thismaywellbe the time to learn and teachhowtoaccessthegravitas of distilledKNOWledgeanddis-tinguish it fromNOWledge— that seductivebountyoftheworldwideweb—overwhelm-inguswithapackagedassemblageofdataandmostlyunsubstantiatedinformation.TheProustianwisdomthatthetruevoy-
age of discovery lies not inmerely seekingnewlandscapesbuthavingneweyes,pointsus in the direction of using the opportunitythattheCOVID-19challengepresentstorein-vent higher education along pathways toolongblockedbyapathy,hubrisand intransi-gence. A collaborative effort that keeps thestudent at the centre of such engagementmaywell be the proverbial nectar that thischurningyields.
WHOSE DELHI?This refers to the editorial, ‘Not Delhi(IE, June9). DelhiLGAnilBaijal’sorderreversing theAAPgovernment’sdeci-sion on reserving hospital beds forDelhi residents is not different fromhis earlier arbitrary rejections of itsvarious orders to show it its place. IfBaijalwasreallyunhappywiththede-cision he should have intercededstronglywith the Centre for requiredfunds.
TarsemSingh,Mahilpur
THIS REFERS TO The editorial, 'NotDelhi', (IE, June 9). Delhi belongs toeverycitizenof thiscountryasmuchasit belongs to its residents. Unhinderedaccess to healthcare facilities is a basichumanrightthatcannotbedenied.Therecent discriminatory order that re-stricts certain healthcare services tothosewith domicile is part of a largerproblem—toweighapersonbasedonitselectoralworth.Theplightofthemi-grantworkersandtheapathyshowntothemintheirhoststatesisalsobecausetheyarenot localvoters.
SudipKumarDey,Kolkata
WORK TOGETHERTHIS REFERS TO the article, 'A Covidrunaround’ ( IE, June 9). The problemexpressedbythewriterabout the lackof clarity in the health system of thenation's capital is a cause of serious
concern. The lack of coordinationbe-tweenthe legislatureandexecutive inplanning and executionmay fracturethesincereefforts intendedfor savingthe lives of infected patients.
Gracy Singh,Pratapgarh
NEW STRATEGYTHIS REFERS TO the article, ‘It's notaboutAmerica’ (IE, June9).Chinaseesa shift of power in its favour in the re-gion,unlikeduringtheDoklamstand-off. Dialogue may needed be to buytime, but it alone cannot do. A newstrategy isneeded. Indiashouldstriveto gain support from powerful alliestomakeupfor itsmilitary inadequacy.
YGChouksey, Pune
LETTER TO THEEDITOR
SONIAGANDHI’SUNITEDProgressiveAlliancegovernment had a reverse Midas touch.Everythingtheytouchedturnedcorrupt,inef-fectiveorboth.ThiswasthecasewiththeMGN-REGA. In 2014, like theUPA’s corrupt gover-nancemodel, their versionofMGNREGAtooended. Since then,with consistent reform,PrimeMinisterNarendraModihas renderedtheMGNREGA fundamentally different bymaking it productive, effective andworker-friendly.There is a tendencyamong theCongress
top-brasstogoonclaimingcreditforeventhesunrising. Everygovernmentworks throughschemesandinitiatives.TheCongressdidnotinvent the ideaof schemes, nordid it inventgovernance.WhenIndiareached100percentruralsan-
itationcoverage,somepeopleintheCongressarguedthattheModigovernmentwasnotthefirst tobuild toilets. If Congressgovernmentshaddone theirwork, theywouldn’t have leftthenationwithjust39percentruralsanitationcoverage.ItwastheModigovernmentthattookthis to100per cent in just fiveyears throughSwachhBharat. It’s the samestoryof neglectwithelectrification,layingopticfibrestoreachvillages andotherprojects left lifeless by theUPA.Theideaofjobguaranteeschemeshasbeen
canbegivencreditfor.IndependentstudiesbyPaulNiehaus andSandip Sukthankar (2013)and Imbert Clement and JohnPapp (2014),foundrampantcorruptioninMGNREGA.ThelastsixyearsofPMModi’sgovernment
havebrought transparencyandcredibility tothisotherwisefailingschemethroughaseriesofreforms.The debate on the implementation of
MGNREGAshouldbeseeninthe lightof are-cent acknowledgement made by NobelLaureateAbhijitBanerjeeonhowleakageshavebeenplugged. Theagendaof 100per centdi-rectbenefits’transferwasaggressivelypushed.ThisensuredthatformerPrimeMinisterRajivGandhi’sfamousremarkabout85paisebeingsiphonedoff isnowreachingthehandsof thepoor. Almost 8.46 crore accounts are seededwithAadhaarnowasagainst76lakhinJanuary2014—an11-fold jump.Also, 99per cent ofwages arenowbeingpaid through theelec-tronicfundmanagementsystemasagainst37percentin2013-14,again,aquantumjump.Itisinteresting,butnotsurprisingthatSonia
Gandhi’s party ledagovernment that gener-atedonly34percentofMGNREGApaymentson time,but chooses toadvise theModigov-ernmentwhen the fact is 99per centof pay-mentsaregeneratedinatimelymannernow.The60:40wagematerialratioisnowmain-
tainedatthedistrictlevelratherthangrampan-chayat level to ensure better planning anddurableassets.Emphasis isonusingfundsfor
water conservationandsustainabilityworks.Almost67percentofthefundsareusedfornat-ural resourcemanagement. Dugwells andpondsareaddingtofarmerincome.Almost15millionhectaresof landhasbeen treatedun-derwater conservationworks.An independ-ent studydoneby the Institute of EconomicGrowth(2018)saidthatonly0.5percentofna-tionalresourcemanagementworksdoneun-derMGNREGAwerefoundtobeunsatisfactory.Inherarticle(‘Thisisn’tBJPvsCongress’,IE,
June8), SoniaGandhi informseveryone thatSwachh Bharat and PradhanMantri AwasYojana are pet schemes of the PM. So, sheagrees,evenif inadvertently, that thePM’s fo-cus is onsanitationandhousing for thepoor.ShealsolamentsthatMGNREGAisbeinginte-grated with these schemes. After all, theCongresslovessiloswherenothinggetsdone.Takingup individual beneficiaryworks is
part of the strategy for creating sustainablelivelihoods.Whiletheseworkswereonly21.4per centof the total in2014-15, theyarenow67per centof the total.DovetailingofMGN-REGA fundswithPMAY-G, providing signifi-cantwageemploymenttopoorlandlesslabourhashelpedprovidebothshelteranddignity.In2013-14, theaveragenumberofworks
wells,1.65lakhgoatshedsand6.91lakhcattleshedswere constructed during 2015-16 to2020-21.Thishashelpedcroresofpeoplefindworkwhile also benefitting other people intheirvillagesinassets.PMModihasenhanced theallocation for
MGNREGAbyRs40,000crore,raisingtheover-all outlay toRs1,01,500crore,which is thricethatin2013-14.So,notonlyhashemadeitdou-bly productive but he is also pushingmoremoneyintothereformedscheme.Anyway,sinceSoniaGandhiisinterestedin
discussinggovernments thatundermine theworkof theirpredecessors, itwasaCongressgovernment that scrappedpensionsof thosewhoopposedtheEmergency.ItwasaCongressgovernmentthatdeprioritisediconicprojectsliketheGoldenQuadrilateralandthePradhanMantri GramSadak Yojana that Atal BihariVajpayee started, andevensackedgovernorsassoonasitcametopower.TheCongress’sonlylegacyisneglectinggoodinitiatives,corruptinggoodinitiativesandcheapvendetta.This is the reasonthat thepeoplehavere-
ducedtheCongressto lessthan10percent intheLokSabha.Yet,asoneofSoniaGandhi’scol-leaguessaid,there’snosultanateanymore,butCongresspartypretendsas if theyare sultansbecauseofwhomthecountryruns.
I Tannu Mittal D/o Sanjay Mittal R/oA-3/175, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi-110089, have changed my nameto Tanu Mittal 0070706297-1
II Amit Kumar S/oSh.Kuljit SinghR/oH.No.184, SwamiMohalla,ShahbadMohammadPur,NewDelhi-110061have changedmyname toAmit Kumaar for allpurposes. 0040538994-1
II BabitaAlickD/o-BernardAlickR/o-HouseNo.33, PlotNo.42,AdarshKunj, Sector-13, Rohini,Delhi-110085have changedmynameaftermarriage toBabitaPintoW/o-RonaldAlwynPintofor all purposes. 0040538965-1
II KanchanDevi AliasKanchanKumari AliasKanchanD/oRamPrakashandW/oAbhishekMadhukarR/oEG-70, 2ndFloor, Inderpuri, NewDelhi-110012, have finally changedmyname toKanchan
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II LalchandS/oDulichandThakreR/oWardNo-9, KhajriRoad, Chhindwara,MP-480001,have changedmyname toLalchandThakre
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II NarinderKumarPingolia S/oOmPrakashR/o 73/5506,Regharpura, Karol Bagh, Delhi-110005, have changedmyname toNarinderKumar
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II PRAVEENKUMARResident of1004. PeachPalmC,OmaxePalmGreensPlotNo. GH02,Sector-MU,GreaterNoida, UP-201310havechangedmynamefromPRAVEENKUMARTOPRAVEENKUMARSHARMAVideAffidavit dated 08.06.2020atGreaterNoida, UP.
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II Pankaj Gupta S/oMahabirPrasadAggarwal R/o 442/19,Gali No-5, Near ShivMandir,Aggarwal Colony,Bahadurgarh, Distt-Jhajjar,Haryana-124507, havechangedmyname toPankajAggarwal 0070706291-1
II RAMJEETSINGHS/OSHRI RAMSANJIVANR/OA-279, NEWSEEMAPURI, SHAHDARA,DELHI -110095HAVECHANGEMYNAMEFROM RAMJEETSINGHTORAMJEETYADAVFORALLPURPOSES IN FUTURE.
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II ShilpaW/oPradeepKumarR/oA-13, 1st Floor,ManakVihar,TilakNagar, Delhi-110018,have changedmyname toShilpaAhuja 0070706299-1
II,,MohdAmanS/oShahidR/oH.No 198Gali No .3MoongaNagarDelhi - 110094havechangedmyname toAman.
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II,,Minu,D/O-Kamal Singh, R/o-Rz-37/C,Dada-ChatriWala-Marg, Gali.No.-4, Raj-Nagar,Part—1,Palam-Colony, NewDelhi-77 have changedmyname toMeenu, for for allpurposes. 0040539024-5
PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known that my Clients Smt. LataDevi Murarka W/o Late Binod KumarMurarka, R/o Flat No. 302, Tower-11,Paras Tierea, Sec-137, Noida GautamBuddha Nagar, UP-201301, has severedall connections and relations with herson Sh. Sachin Murarka and daughter inlaw Smt. Sneha/ Sneha Dokania for theirmalicious acitivities, disrespect, abusesand disobedience towards my client. Myclient shall not be liable for any acts,deeds or things done by her son Sh.Sachin Murarka and daughter in lawSmt. Sneha/ Sneha Dokania and theyshall not be entitle or inherit any right,title or interest in any of the movableand/or immovable assets of my client.
Sd/- (Navneet Kumar)Advocate
Ch. No. 585, Patiala House Courts,New Delhi-110001
PUBLIC NOTICEThe General Public is hereby informed thatthe undersigned’s client viz. Smt. MunniDevi Gupta W/o Late Shri J.K Gupta, R/o110-B, 1st Floor, Gautam Nagar, NewDelhi: 110049, has severed all herrelationship with her son viz. Sh. RameshGupta aged about 50 years and with herdaughter-in-law viz. Meghna Gupta. Theyare also debarred from all her movable andimmovable properties whatsoever and theundersigned’s client shall not be heldresponsible for any acts of omission andcommission of offence committed by them,as they are beyond his control. Anybodydealing with them would be doing so athis/her responsibility, risk, costs andconsequences.
Sd/- Rohit BansalAdvocate
Chamber: Chamber No. 513, Lawyer’sChamber Block, Saket District Court
PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to inform to general publicthat my client Sh. Hari Krishan NathS/O Sh. Suraj Nath, resident of 55Forlease Road, Maindenhead, SL6,1SB, United Kingdom, is is theexclusive owner of the propertybearing No. 17, Block 4B, OldRajinder Nagar, New Delhimeasuring 36.4 Sq. yds and thesame has not been transferred toany person/persons by Sh. HariKrishan Nath. Any other persondealing with the aforesaid propertywith any other person, other than myclient shall be dealing at his own riskand consequences and my clientshall not be held responsible for anysuch dealing with respect to theaforesaid property.
PUBLIC NOTICEFOR AND ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENTSMT. SAROJ SAHNI W/O LATE SH.JOGINDER SAHNI R/O B-5/237-238,SECTOR-3, ROHINI, DELHI. I RENU BALA(ADVOCATE) SERVE THIS PUBLICNOTICE THAT MY CLIENT HEREBYCANCEL AND REVOKE DEBARMENT OFHER TWO SONS (1) AJAY SAHNI & (2)NAVEEN SAHNI & THEIR WIVES (1)SHEFALI SAHNI W/O SH. AJAY SAHNI &(2) M VIDHYA W/O SH. NAVEEN SAHNIAND THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLISHED ON 16.12.2018, WILL BEDEEMED AS CANCELED AND REVOKED.
Sub Registrar-VI, Pitampura, Delhi-88Mob.: 9818377259
PUBLIC NOTICEMy clients Smt. Beena W/o Shri DevPrakash and Shri Dev Prakash S/o Sh.Bihari Lal, both are R/o G-26/264, Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi, do hereby disowned/debarred their daughter namely Ms.Sarita Sagar D/o Shri Dev Prakash, fromall their movable & immovable propertiesfor being disrespectful, quarrelsome anddisobedient towards my clients and myclients has henceforth severed all theirrelation with her. If the daughter of myclients mentioned above is found involvein any illegal activities at any time, myclients shall not be responsible for thesame in any manner whatsoever andanybody dealing with her shall do at theirown cost and risk.
PUBLIC NOTICEGeneral public hereby informed thatnotice given to all concerned that myclient Shri Rajbir Singh, S/O Sh. RamPal Singh, R/O H. No. 655, Gali No.15, Station Block, Prem Nagar-I,Kirari Suleman Nagar, Delhi-110086is disown/ debarred his son Yogeshaged about 22 years from all themovable and immovable propertiesand blood/ social relation forever,because he is out of control from myclient clutches and his disobedient.Any person whosoever deal with himshall do at his/ her/ their own riskscost and responsibility.
Sd/- R.K. PadhiAdvocate
Ch. No. 1116, Rohini CourtComplex, Delhi-85
PUBLIC NOTICEGeneral Public is hereby informed that myClients Mr. Himmat Singh S/o Sh. ShahibSingh Rawat and Smt. Sarojini Devi W/oSh. Himmat Singh both residents of H.No.32, Palika Housing Complex, Lodhi Road,Khanna Market, New Delhi-110003, havedisowned and debared their son namelyRahul Rawat, from all their movable andimmovable properties due to uttermisconduct, misbehavior and disrespecton part of my client’s son namely Mr. RahulRawat. All the relation between my Clientsand said Mr. Rahul Rawat stands severed.As Such, anyone dealing with Mr. RahulRawat, shall do at his/her/its/their ownrisks and consequences, without anyresponsibility of my Clients and theirmovable and immovable properties.
Lucknow Smart City Limited invites Expression of Interest (EOI) fromeligible Selection of Agency for Development of multi-Level Car Parking &Shops on DBFOT Model at Fish Market Under Smart City Mission. The EOIdocuments will all other details can be downloaded from www.etender.up.nic.infrom 09.06.2020 to 23.06.2020.Pre-bid Meeting will be held on 15.06.2020 at12.00Hrs in ICCC building, Lalbagh Lucknow. The last date for submission of bids is23.06.2020 till 15:00 Hrs. Technical Bids will be opened on 23.06.2020 at 16:00 Hrs.
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table given below :
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, JKPCC LTD, UNIT 2ND,SRINAGAR, KASHMIR(J & K Government Undertaking)
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Unit 2nd JKPCC Ltd., Haft Chinar, SrinagarDIPK-NB-567/20
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PUBLIC NOTICEMy client RAKESH MOHAN S/O Lt. RAMSINGH AND KALPNA W/O RAKESHMOHAN R/O E-2/7A, PHASE-I, BUDHVIHAR, DELHI-86, have disown theirson NEERAJ KUMAR and daughter inlaw KAJAL grandsons SANCHIT ABHUA& NISHCHIT ABHUA all R/o Flat No.PVT-118 L-1/58, Back Left Portion BudhVihar, Phase-I, Delhi-86 from their allmovable-immovable properties andsever relationship due to their hostilebehavior. My client will not beresponsible for their any act andanybody dealing with them shall do so athis own cost, risk.
Sd/- ROSHAN LALAdvocate
CH.NO. 627, LAWYERS CHAMBERSROHINI COURTS, DELHI
(M) 9810119354
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JUNE9
INTHEcourseofanordersayingillegal immigrantsmust remainunderdetentioneven if grantedbail, the Karnataka High CourthasdirectedtheCentreandstategovernmentstotakestepstoes-tablish detention centres for il-legal immigrants.Thedirectionsby JusticeKN
Phaneendra came in the courseofarecentordergrantingbail toafather-daughterduo,whowerearrestedonsuspicionofbeingil-legal immigrants fromBangladesh inAugust2018.ThetwohadmovedtheHigh
mentsshouldtake“allnecessarysteps to establish as many asnecessary detention centres atcities,districtsandtalukaplaces”as per norms laid down in anMHA detention centremanualtohouseillegalimmigrantsuntiltheir deportation to their homecountries,theHCstatedinanor-
servedfororderonFebruary20.In its order granting bail to
Babul Khan, 46, and his daugh-terTaniya,20,whowereamong13peoplearrestedbyBengalurururalpoliceforallegedlybeingil-legal immigrants fromBangladesh, the court said thatthey should be kept at a deten-tion centrewith all facilities, asdefined inMHAmanual for de-tentioncentres.“However, it is made clear
that thoughthecourt isenlarg-ingthemonbail, theycannotbegiven freemovements towan-der across India as per theirwhimsand fancies, till the caseis decided or till the govern-ment decides whether theyhave to be deported to theirmother countryornot. Till thatpoint of time, in my opinion,theyshallbekept inadetentioncentrewithall facilities,” JusticePhaneendra said.Khan andTaniya claim tobe
part of a group of ragpickers
fromWestBengal.Theirbailpleawas filed last year amid a large-scale police crackdown on al-leged illegal immigrants inBengaluru. It resulted in depor-tationof59peoplebeingpickedup from shanties in eastBengaluru to Bangladesh inNovember2019.Inthecourseof thebailhear-
ing,theHighCourtattemptedtoestablish systems for detentionof alleged illegal immigrantsahead of their deportation,whichwasfoundtobelackinginKarnataka.The court said, “As soon as
the offence under ForeignersAct and other laws is detected,and there is strong prima faciematerial to show that the de-tected person is a foreign na-tional, andifhehasnopassportor visa, or if the visa is expired,and he has no right to stay inIndian territory, proceedingsshall be immediately started todeport him to his nation...fromthedateof registrationof FIR...”the court has stated in guide-lines issued in its order.
Karnataka HC directs Centre,states to set up detentioncentres for illegal immigrants
COOMIKAPOORNEWDELHI, JUNE9
AJAYSINGH, formerpresidentofAllIndiaJatMahaSammelanandjuniorminister in the V P SinghCabinet,diedonTuesdayofheartfailure.Hewas70.SinghwasarareIndianpoliti-
cianwhohadalmostnoenemies.JD(U)generalsecretaryandaclosefriend, K C Tyagi, remarked, “Hewasabitofamisfitinpolitics—hewastoomuchofagentleman.”Singhwas friendlywith all,
and hadmalice towards none.WhenDeviLalandCharanSinghfell out in 1982, Singhwas onepersonwhomanaged to remainfriends with opposing camps.Similarly, despite the bitternessbetweenAjitSinghandMulayamSinghYadav,heretainedtieswithboth. He had friends across thepoliticalspectrum—fromMadhuLimayeandGeorgeFernandestoBiju Patnaik, Karpoori Thakur,SharadYadav,RamVilasPaswanandVPSingh.In 2013, Congress leaders
fromtheJatcommunity,NatwarSingh and Bhupinder SinghHooda , backedhim for the postofpresidentofAll India JatMahaSammelan.Singhwassonofcivilservant
and diplomat Bhagwan Singh,was also a shining light of hiscommunity. It was his father’sdreamthatAjayshould joinpol-itics andwork forwelfare of hisbiradiri (community). Singh ful-filledhisfather’sdreambygettingelectedtoLokSabhafromAgrain1989.Heservedbrieflyasdeputyminister for Railways in the V PSinghgovernment.From2005to2007 hewas India’s high com-missionertoFiji,apostheldbyhisfather30yearsearlier.Singh was a student of
ModernSchool andSt Stephen'sCollege in Delhi, where he ex-celledatsports—hewascaptainoftheswimmingandwaterpoloteams for Delhi University. HewasastudentofEnglishliterature
at a time when the Naxalitemovementwasatitsheightinthecampus and many of his bestfriendswereunderground,elop-ing thebannedoutfit. Singhwasasympathiserbutdidnotplayanactiverole.After college, Singh studied
journalism inNewZealand andworkedforawhileinbothtelevi-sion and print. He returned toIndia in thepost-Emergencype-riodand togetherwith late jour-nalist Chand Joshi helped in re-vampingthefledglingIndiaTodaymagazine.He also worked for the
Hindustan Times and Suryamagazine.Jat peasant leader Charan
SinghwasveryfondofAjaySingh,whomChandJoshioncejokinglynicknamedas the first jean-cladJat. Charan Singh formed theKisanTrustin1980andappointedAjaymanagingtrusteeandeditorof Asli Bharat and Real India—HindiandEnglishmagazinespub-lishedbytheTrust—tohighlighttheproblemsofruralIndia.In later years, Ajay Singh
found himself out of syncwithpolitics.Hishealthhadbeenfail-ing ever since his wife passedaway.Hispublicationsincludethethree-volume Janata Papers,whichheco-editedwiththelateMadhu Limaye, and The SelectedWritingsofCharanSingh.
FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com
AJAY SINGH
1950-2020
‘Bit of a misfit inpolitics – too muchof a gentleman’
New Delhi
ANEW study has aimed to simulatehow SARS-CoV-2, the virus thatcauses Covid-19, may spread acrosssurfaces in a hospital. For safety, theresearchersdidnotusetheSARS-CoV-2virusbutartificiallyreplicatedasec-tion of DNA from a plant-infectingvirus, which cannot infect humans,thenaddedittoamillilitreofwateratasimilarconcentrationtoSARS-CoV-2 copies found in infected patients’respiratorysamples.Theresult:thevirus
DNA left on a hospitalbed rail was found innearly half of all sitessampled across awardwithin 10 hours andpersistedforatleastfivedays. The study, byUniversity CollegeLondon and GreatOrmondStreetHospital(GOSH),ispublishedasa letter in the Journal ofHospital Infection.Researchersplacedthewatercon-
tainingtheDNAonthehandrail inanisolation room – that is, a room forhigher-risk or infectedpatients – andthensampled44sitesacrossahospitalwardoverthefollowingfivedays.Theyfoundthatafter10hours,thesurrogategeneticmaterial had spread to 41%ofsitessampledacrossthehospitalward,frombed rails todoorhandles to armrests in awaiting room to children’stoys andbooks in aplay area. This in-creasedto59%ofsitesafterthreedays,fallingto41%onthefifthday.
Thehighestproportionofsitesthattestedpositiveforthesurrogatecamefromthe immediate bedspace area–includinganearbyroomwithseveralotherbeds–andclinicalareassuchastreatmentrooms.Ondaythree,86%ofsampled sites in clinical areas testedpositive, while on day four, 60% ofsampled sites in the immediate bed-spaceareatestedpositive.SARS-CoV-2will likely be spreadwithin bodily fluid such as cough
droplets, whereas thestudy used virus DNAin water. More stickyfluid such as mucuswould likely spreadmoreeasily.One caveat to the
study is that, while itshows how quickly avirus can spread if lefton a surface, it cannotdeterminehowlikelyitis that a personwouldbe infected.
DrLenaCiricofUCL,aseniorauthorof thestudy, said inastatement: “Ourstudy shows the important role thatsurfaces play in the transmission of avirusandhowcritical it istoadheretogoodhandhygieneandcleaning.Oursurrogatewasinoculatedoncetoasin-gle site, andwas spread through thetouching of surfaces by staff, patientsandvisitors.ApersonwithSARS-CoV-2, though,willshedthevirusonmorethanonesite,throughcoughing,sneez-ingandtouchingsurfaces.”Source:UniversityCollege London
PAPERCLIP
NEWRESEARCH
TOP 10STATES
INDIA COUNT: 2,66,598 (7,471 DEATHS)
88,528Maharashtra
33,229Tamil Nadu
10,763Rajasthan
9,638MP
10,947 UP
29,943 Delhi
20,545Gujarat
8,613West Bengal
5,202Bihar
Have a question on the COVID-19 outbreak andwhat you should/should not do?
TOTAL CONFIRMED:7,156,598 DEATHCOUNT:407,326Source: Johns Hopkins University, updated at 11 pm on June 9 . JHU’s India tally and Health
Ministry’s tally (below) may not match as these are accounted at different times.
THEWORLD423,186Russia
AS NOVEL coronavirus disease cases con-tinue to rise, only themostneedywouldbeadmittedinhospitals.CitieslikeMumbaiarealready facing a shortage of hospital beds.This is likely to become evenmore acute inthecomingdays. Insuchasituation,mostoftheinfectedpeople,thosewhodonotrequireimmediatemedicalattention,wouldhavetorecoverathome.But home recovery does notmean just
remaining confinedwithin your home andwaitingforthequarantineperiodtogetover.Somegoodpractices followedduringhomequarantine can expedite the recoveryprocess,whileprotectingotherpeopleinthefamily.Evensimplethingsliketherightdiet,eighthoursofsleep,adequatehydration,andmaintaining a positive attitude can help intherecoveryprocess.
Longer quarantineWhile the general norm is to prescribe
14-day quarantine for infected people,whetherathomeor inaninstitutional facil-ity, it would be better if patients are able togivethemselvessomemoretimetorecover.Iwouldsayamandatory28-dayquarantineisideal,becausenotonlyistherecoverybet-ter, but it is also safer for the family, care-givers, and the community in general. Athome, extending the quarantine period ispossible.Eventhoseininstitutionalfacilities,once theyare released, should try toextendtheir quarantine period by following thesamenormsathome.Vulnerableindividuals, likethoseover55
years of age, or thosewith pre-existing ail-ments like hypertension, obesity, diabetes,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD),kidneyorliverdisease,orthosecon-sumingimmunosuppressantsorsteroids,ofcourse,needtobe treatedwithspecial care,in consultation with medical experts.Constantmonitoring of oxygen saturationlevels in thesepatients is very important. Infact, oxygen saturationmonitoringmustbea standard practice in the case of other pa-tientsaswell.Peopleshouldpreferablykeepa pulse oximeter at home, and regularlycheck theoxygen saturation levels. If it dipsbelow92percentandthepatientcomplains
of breathing difficulty, a red alert needs tobe soundedandmedical advice sought.Anything that boosts immunity is help-
ful, and is advisable to practise. Sleeping inaproneposition,with faceandchestdown,helps the patient. As rains are coming, pa-tientsareadvisedtoavoidfast foodandice-cream, as these can lead to sore throats.Alcoholconsumptionalsoneedstobetem-pered. In large quantities, this can depresstheimmunity.Yogaandsimpleexercisescanbehelpful.Patients with normal ECG can be pre-
scribedafive-daycourseofhydroxychloro-quine (HCQ)with azithromycin alongwithvitaminC,vitaminDandzincsupplements.Of course,patientsneedtocheckwiththeirdoctors and not self-medicate. Those whobelieve inalternativemedicineshould taketheadviceofAyurvedaorhomoeopathicex-perts.However,peopleinvulnerablegroups,thosewith co-morbid conditions, or thoseshowing symptoms of the disease, shouldpreferably avoid these.
Family & caregiversIt is extremely important that family
membersandcaregiverswhocomeinclosecontactwith the patient are able to protectthemselves, and do not get infected them-
selves. All these people can also be pre-scribedHCQonceaweekforthreeweeksinaccordancewith the ICMR protocol and inconsultation with a doctor. HCQ acts as agood prophylactic (preventive medicine)andhasbeenprescribedforhealthcarepro-fessionals who are handling Covid-19 pa-tients inhospitals aswell.It is important to remember that even
the asymptomatic patients (those who donot have any symptoms of the disease) areequally capable of transmitting the virus,and therefore family members and care-giversathomeneedtostrictly followphys-icaldistancingnorms. It isadvisablethatpa-tients are not served food in the sameutensils that areusedbyothermembers ofthe family. Preferably, disposable utensilsshouldbeused to serve food to thepatient.Thevirususuallystopsmultiplyinginthe
patient’s bodyonly after the tenthday, anduntil thenitcaneasilybetransmitted.That’swhy inmany cases patients are allowed tobedischargedafter thetenthday.However,the danger does not get over immediately.Thepatient inhomequarantineneedstobecheckeduponroutinely inthesecondweekafterinfectionaswell. If thereisanyunusualvariation in oxygen levels, or any otherwarningsignsarenoticed, immediatemed-
ical helpneeds tobe sought.
No need to panicIn fact, oxygen level is one of themost
crucialparameterstobemonitored.Routinepulseoximetersavailableinthemarketdoadecent job, and these canbeused tomoni-tor the levels everyday, fromthedayof thediagnosis toat least the14thday.The levelscanbecheckedafterabriskwalkof sixmin-utes. That’s a very good test, actually. If theoxygensaturation leveldropsbelow92percent after this brisk walk, then the patientneedsmedicalattention,andarrangementsshouldbemadeforhospitalisationtoenablenasal ventilation.It’sasmartvirus,butit ispossibletoeffec-
tivelymanageit,untilweareabletofindacureorvaccinetokeepitatbay.Inthemeantime,wewillhavetolearntolivewithit. Itisimportantnot topanic or getworkedup. Inmost cases,all thatthepatientwouldneedtodealwithisisolationandquarantine,andalittlebitofsick-ness.Butsoundmentalandemotionalhealthcanalsohelpinabetterandquickerrecovery.So,fearneedstobediscarded.
Dr Shashank Joshi, an endocrinologist, isDean, Indian College of Physicians, Mumbai.He spoke toAnuradhaMascarenhas
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GEORGEMATHEWMUMBAI, JUNE9
AMIDTHEpandemicandagloomysituationontheeconomicfront,withtheGDPgrowthin contraction for the first time in 40 yearsandmanufacturing activity and trade at astandstill, there’s still some reason to cheerabout. India’s foreignexchangereservesarerisingandareslatedtohit$500billionsoon.InthemonthofMay,forexreservesjumpedby$12.4billiontoanall-timehighof$493.48billion (aroundRs 37.30 lakh crore) for theweekendedMay29.Unlikein1991,whenIndiahadtopledge
itsgoldreservestostaveoffamajorfinancialcrisis, the country can nowdepend on itssoaring foreign exchange reserves to tackleanycrisisontheeconomicfront. Thelevelofforeign exchange reserves has steadily in-creasedby8,400percentfrom$5.8billionasofMarch1991tothecurrent level.
formofgold,SDRs(specialdrawingrightsofthe InternationalMonetaryFund)and for-eigncurrencyassets (capital inflowsto thecapitalmarkets, foreign direct investment(FDI)andexternalcommercialborrowings)accumulatedbyIndiaandcontrolledbytheReserveBankof India.The IMFsaysofficialforeign exchange reserves are heldwith arange of objectives like supporting andmaintaining confidence in the policies formonetaryandexchangeratemanagement,including thecapacity to intervene in sup-port of the national or Union currency. Itwill also limit external vulnerability bymaintaining foreign currency liquidity toabsorb shocks during a crisis or when ac-cess toborrowing is curtailed.
in foreignportfolio investors (FPIs) in Indianstocks and FDIs. Foreign investors had ac-quiredstakesinseveralIndiancompaniesinthe last twomonths. After pulling out Rs60,000croreeachfromdebtandequityseg-ments inMarch, FPIs, who expect a turn-around in the economy later this financialyear, havenowreturned to the Indianmar-ketsandboughtstocksworthover$2.75bil-lioninthefirstweekofJune.Forexinflowsareset to rise further and cross the $500billionasRelianceIndustriessubsidiaryJioPlatformshaswitnessedaseriesofforeigninvestmentstotallingRs97,000crore.Ontheotherhand,thefall incrudeoilpriceshasbroughtdowntheoilimportbill,savingthepreciousforeignexchange.Overseasremittancesandforeigntravelshavefallensteeply–down61percentinApril from$12.87 billion. Themonths ofMayandJuneareexpectedtoshowafurtherdeclineindollaroutflows.
Whatisthesignificanceof therising
forexreserves?The rising reserves give a lot of comfort
tothegovernmentandtheRBIinmanagingIndia’sexternalandinternalfinancialissuesat a timewhen theeconomicgrowth is setto contract by1.5per cent in2020-21. It’s abigcushionintheeventofaneconomiccri-sisandenoughtocovertheimportbill forayear. The rising reserves have also helpedthe rupee to strengthen against the dollar.The foreignexchangereserves toGDPratiois around 15 per cent. Reserves provide alevel of confidence tomarkets that a coun-trycanmeetitsexternalobligations,demon-strate thebackingof domestic currencybyexternal assets, assist the government inmeetingitsforeignexchangeneedsandex-ternal debt obligations, andmaintain a re-servefornationaldisastersoremergencies.
WhatdoesRBIdowithforexreserves?The Reserve Bank functions as the cus-
todian andmanager of forex reserves, and
operateswithin the overall policy frame-workagreedwiththegovernment.TheRBIallocates the dollars for specific purposes.For example, under the LiberalisedRemittances Scheme, individuals are al-lowed to remit up to $250,000 every year.The RBI uses its forex kitty for the orderlymovement of the rupee. It sells the dollarwhentherupeeweakensandbuysthedol-larwhentherupeestrengthens.Of late, theRBIhasbeenbuyingdollarsfromthemarkettoshoreuptheforexreserves.WhentheRBImopsupdollars,itreleasesanequalamountin the rupees. This excess liquidity is ster-ilisedthroughissueofbondsandsecuritiesandLAFoperations.“Despitetheglobaldol-larweakness, the RBI does not seem to bekeen to stepoff thegas as far as reserveac-cumulation is concerned… the sentimentin the rupeehasbeenskewedby incessantdollar purchases by the central bank tostrengthenitsbalancesheet,”saidAbhishekGoenka,CEO, IFAGlobal.
WhereareIndia’s forexreserveskept?The RBI Act, 1934 provides the legal
framework for deployment of reserves indifferent foreign currency assets and goldwithinthebroadparametersofcurrencies,instruments, issuers and counterparties.Asmuchas 64per cent of the foreign cur-rency reserves is held in securities likeTreasury bills of foreign countries,mainlytheUS,28percentisdepositedforeigncen-tralbanks,and7.4percentisalsodepositedin commercial banksabroad, according toRBIdata.Indiaalsoheld653.01 tonnesof goldas
of March 2020, with 360.71 tonnes beingheld overseas in custodywith the Bank ofEngland and the Bank for InternationalSettlements, while the remaining gold ishelddomestically. Invalueterms,theshareof gold in the total foreign exchange re-serves increased from about 6.14 per centat end-September 2019 to about 6.40 percentatend-March2020.
ANINDEPENDENTcybersecurityresearcherfrom India has claimed that theWhatsAppweb portal had “leaked around29,000–3,00,000WhatsApp user’smobilenumbersinplaintextaccessibletoanyinter-net user”. Athul Jayaraman,who calls him-selfa“full-timebugbountyhunter”,saidthenumberswere visible onGoogle, and usersfromUnited States, United Kingdom, Indiawere among the most affected. In its re-sponse,WhatsAppsaid the findingsdidnotqualify for a bug bounty as it “merely con-tained a search engine index of URLs thatWhatsAppusers chose tomakepublic”.
ning a QR code when decoded points tohttps://wa.me/ URL. Themessaging servicealso has its click to chat featurewhere linksaregeneratedinthesamefeatureandthere-searcher claimed this does not encrypt thephonenumberinthelinkandwasthusmak-ing thephonenumbervisible inplaintext.
findings, aWhatsAppspokespersonsaid itsclick to chat feature,which lets users createaURLwiththeirphonenumbersothatany-onecaneasilymessagethem,isusedwidelyby small andmicro-businesses around theworld to connect with their customers.“While we appreciate this researcher’s re-portandvaluethetimethathetooktoshareitwithus, itdidnotqualifyforabountysinceitmerelycontainedasearchengineindexofURLs thatWhatsApp users chose tomakepublic. AllWhatsAppusers, including busi-nesses, canblockunwantedmessageswith
the tapof abutton,” thestatement said.WhileWhatsAppacknowledgesthefea-
tures,itclarifiesthatthosewhosharethelinkmake a conscious decision to make theirnumbers visible for users. Also, given thefunctionality, itwouldbeunlikely individu-als sharesuchURLspublicly.Meanwhile, Google has stopped index-
ingwa.me.ThissuggeststhatWhatsApphasnowblocked search engines from crawlingtheURL.
What is theclicktochat feature?WhatsAppBlogexplainedclicktochatas
a feature that allows users to “begin a chatwith someonewithout having their phonenumber saved in your phone’s addressbook”.Userswillhoweverneedthenumberof the person who should also be aWhatsApp users so that the generated linkresults inachat.Click tochatworksonbothyourphoneandWhatsAppWeb.Users cangeneratea click to chat linkby
addingtheirnumber,intheinternationalfor-mat with the country code, in this link —https://wa.me/<number>—wherethe<num-ber> is a full phonenumber in internationalformat.Omitanyzeroes,brackets,ordasheswhenaddingthephonenumberininterna-tional format. It isalsopossible toaddapre-writtenmessage tosuch links.
Shouldregularusersbeworried?No, this is not a vulnerability all users
should beworried about. Only those whohave created click to chat links andmadethempubliclyavailable,bymaybetweetingthe link or sharing it on other platforms,standachangeof beingexposed.But then it is advised that users create
suchlinkswithcaution,especiallywhenitisbeinggenerated for apersonalnumber. It isnot a good idea anyway to shareyournum-bersonanyplatformsthatcouldgetindexedonGoogle.Itbecomesabiggerproblemifthenumberhas theuser’snameagainst it.
IsWhatsApp click to chat a cause for worry?
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‘TRANSGENDER WOMEN ARE WOMEN’RADCLIFFERESPONDSTOROWLINGTWEETReacting to author J K Rowling's controversial tweets on transgender people, HarryPotter star Daniel Radcliffe said that it has now become more important than ever to“not cause further harm” to the community. “Transgender women are women,”Radcliffe wrote in an essay for the website of the Trevor Project.
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ProsecutorssayPrinceAndrewnotcooperatinginEpsteinprobeWashington:USprosecu-torshaveaccusedBritain’sPrinceAndrewoffailingtocooperatewithmultiplerequests theymade to in-terviewhimabouthiscon-tactswiththelatefinancierJeffrey Epstein,whodiedlastAugust in aNewYorkCity federal prison. In astatementonMonday,theManhattan-based federalprosecutor, US AttorneyGeoffrey Berman, said:“Today,PrinceAndrewyetagainsoughttofalselypor-trayhimself to thepublicaseagerandwillingtoco-operatewith an ongoingfederalcriminalinvestiga-tionintosextraffickingandrelatedoffences commit-tedbyJeffreyEpstein...”
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IrantoexecutemanoverspyingonSoleimaniDubai: An Iranian manwho provided informa-tion to US and Israeli in-telligenceservicesonthewhereabouts of Iran’sslain RevolutionaryGuards commanderQassem Soleimani hasbeensentencedtodeath,Iran’s judiciary said onTuesday. On Jan 3, a USdronestrike in IraqkilledSoleimani, leader of theRevolutionary Guards’Quds Force.Washingtonblamed Soleimani formasterminding attacksby Iran-alignedmilitiasonUSforcesintheregion.“Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, oneof the spies forthe CIA and theMossad,has been sentenced todeath...," a judiciaryspokesmansaid.
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BonAppetittopeditorquitsafteroffensivephotoNew York: The editor-in-chiefofBonAppetit,AdamRapoport, resigned afteraphotoofhimdressedina stereotypical PuertoRican costume surfacedon social media. Staffersat themagazinehadcrit-icisedhimafterthephoto,ofhimandhiswife,circu-lated on Twitter. Thattweet featured a screen-shot of a 2013 InstagramphotobyRapoport’swifethat depicted the twodressedupincostume.Inthe screenshot, his wifetagged the photo“boricua”, a reference toPuertoRicans.
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AFTER THE sound and the fury,weeksofdemonstrationsandan-guishedcallsforracialjustice,themanwhosedeathgaverisetoaninternational movement, andwhose last words — “I can’tbreathe”—have been a rallyingcry,willbelaidtorestonTuesdayataprivatefuneral inHouston.George Floyd, whowas 46,
will then be buried in a gravenext tohismother’s.The service, which began at
11 am at the Fountain of Praisechurch, comes after five days ofpublic memorials inMinneapolis,NorthCarolinaandHouston and twoweeks after aMinneapolis police officer wascaught on video pressing hiskneeintoFloyd’sneckfornearlynineminutesbeforeFloyddied.That officer, Derek Chauvin,
has been chargedwith second-degreemurder and second-de-greemanslaughter.Hisbailwassetat$1.25millioninacourtap-
pearanceonMonday.Theoutpouringofangerand
outrage after Floyd’s death —
andthespeedatwhichprotestsspread from tense, chaoticdemonstrations in the city
where he died to an interna-tionalmovement fromRometoRio de Janeiro — has reflectedthe depth of frustration borneof years ofwatchingblackpeo-ple die at the hands of the po-lice or vigilanteswhile calls forchangewentunmet.Activists,organisersandthe
tens of thousands of demon-strators who have rallied dayand night for two weeks hopethis timewill be different. Cityand state leaders across thecountry are already weighingoverhauls of their lawenforce-ment policies.InMinneapolis,whereFloyd
was killed onMay 25, lawmak-ers vowed to dismantle the po-lice department and create anew system of public safety.MayorBilldeBlasioofNewYorkCitypledgedtocutthecity’spo-lice budget and spendmore onsocial services. AndMayor EricGarcetti of Los Angeles said lastweekthathewouldcutasmuchas $150million from a plannedincrease in the police depart-ment’sbudget.
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OFFICIALSINEurope,theUnitedStates and other wealthy areasare reopening their economiesamidslowinginfectionrates.Yetthe pandemic is worsening inmany parts of the developingworld, and the global infectionpeakmaystill bemonthsaway.The coronavirus has already
sickenedmorethansevenmillionpeopleworldwide and killed atleast405,400,accordingtoaNewYork Times database. TheWorldHealthOrganisationhassaidthatSunday’s136,000newcaseswerea new single-day high, and thatthree-quarters of them camefromjust10countries,mostly intheAmericasandSouthAsia.Yet as some developing
countriesreturntodailylifeinaneffort to ease the virus’s brutalimpactonthepoor,theyarecre-ating infectionrisks.South Africa, for example,
whosecaseloadofnearly51,000isAfrica’shighest,has started toreopen this week. But it hasrecordedmore than half of itscurrent cases in the past twoweeksalone.InEastAfrica,truckdrivershavebeendesignatedes-sential workers but are testingpositive at an alarming rate,promptingofficials to start con-ductingmasstestingatborders.InPakistan,whereconfirmed
infections have surpassed100,000, PrimeMinister ImranKhan has said that he expectsdomestic cases to peak by theendof JulyorAugust.
World leaderswon’tassemble at UN forfirst time in 75 years
The president of the UNGeneralAssembly saidMondaythatworldleaderswouldnotbecomingtoNewYorkfortheiran-nualgatheringinlateSeptemberfor the first time in the 75-yearhistoryof theUNbecauseof theCovid-19 pandemic. But TijjaniMuhammad-Bandesaidhehopesto announce in the next twoweekshowthe193headsofstateand governmentwill give theirspeeches during the assembly’sso-calledGeneralDebate.
NATECOHNJUNE9
THECORONAVIRUSpandemic, asevere economicdownturn andthewidespreaddemonstrationsin the aftermath of the death ofGeorge Floyd in police custodywouldposeaseriouspoliticalchal-lengetoanypresidentseekingre-election.TheyarecertainlyposingonetoPresidentDonaldTrump.Hisapprovalratinghasfallen
to negative 12.7 percentagepointsamongregisteredorlikelyvoters, down fromnegative 6.7points on April 15, according toFiveThirtyEight estimates. Andnowawaveof newpolls showsJoe Bidenwith a significant na-tional lead, placing him in astronger position to oust an in-cumbent president than anychallenger since Bill Clinton inthesummerof 1992.He leads the president by
around 10 percentage points in
an average of recent live-inter-viewtelephonesurveysofregis-teredvoters. It’safour-pointim-provement over the six-pointleadheheldinasimilarseriesofpolls in late March and earlyApril.Sincethen,thePresident’sstandinghasgraduallyeroded.The erosion has been fairly
broad, spanningvirtuallyallde-mographic groups. But in alonger-term context, the presi-dent’sweaknessismoststarkinone respect: his deficit amongwomen.NYT
HYUNG-JINKIMSEOUL, JUNE9
NORTH KOREA said it was cut-tingoffallcommunicationchan-nels with South Korea onTuesday, a move experts saycould signal Pyongyang hasgrown frustrated that Seoul hasfailed to revive lucrative inter-Korean economic projects andpersuade the United States toeasesanctions.The North’s Korean Central
NewsAgencysaidall cross-bor-dercommunicationlineswouldbecutoffatnooninthe“thefirststep of the determination tocompletely shut down all con-tactmeanswithSouthKoreaandget ridof unnecessary things.”WhenSouthKoreanofficials
tried to contact their NorthKorean counterparts via severalchannels after the North’s an-nouncementTuesday,theNorth
Koreansdidn’tanswer,accordingtotheSouthKoreangovernment.In its announcement, North
Korea said Tuesday’smovewasa response toSouthKorea’s fail-ure to stop activists from float-ing anti-Pyongyang leafletsacross theirborder.AP
LALITKJHAWASHINGTON, JUNE9
THEDEFACEMENTofMahatmaGandhi’s statueherewasa“dis-grace”, US President DonaldTrump said, days after it wasvandalisedbyunknownmiscre-antswith graffiti during thena-tionwide protests against thecustodialkillingofGeorgeFloyd.The statue, which is across
the road from the Indian em-bassy,wasvandalisedonthein-tervening night of June 2 and 3,prompting the Indian embassyto register a complaintwith thelocal lawenforcementagencies.“It was a disgrace,” Trump
made the brief comment at theWhiteHouse onMondaywhenasked about the incident. TheIndianembassyhastakenupthematterwiththeUSDepartmentofState, theMetropolitanPoliceandNationalParkService.PTI
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Floyd,whosedeath sparkedglobal protests, laid to rest
Leadersacross theUSweighoverhaulof their lawenforcementpolicies
THE WORLD now knowsGeorgePerryFloydJr. throughhis finalharrowingmoments,as he begged for air, his facewedged for nearly ninemin-utesbetweenapoliceofficer’s knee and acity street.But Floyd, 46,was
more than thenearlynine-minute graphicvideoofhisdeath.Growing up in one of
Houston’spoorestneighbour-hoods, he enjoyed a star turnas a basketball and footballplayer inschool.Hewas the first of his sib-
lings to go to college, and didso on an athletic scholarship.ButwhenhereturnedtoTexasafter a couple of years, he lost
nearly adecade to arrests andincarcerationsonmostlydrug-related offences. By the timehelefthishometownforgooda fewyears ago, hewas ready
fora freshstart.InMinnesota,Floyd
livedinaredclapboardduplex with tworoommates on theeasternedgeof a leafy,
gentrifyingMinneapolis sub-urb. Beginning in 2017, heworked as a security guard atthe Salvation Army’s HarborLightCenter, ahomeless shel-ter. Jonathan Veal, 45, a highschoolteammateofFloyd’s,re-memberedthestarbasketballplayer: “George turned tomeand said, ‘I want to touch theworld.’”NYT
George Floyd, as he lived
Even as virus slows down inWest, global infection peakmay still be months awayNewcaseshitahighgloballyonSunday,accordingtoWHO
Study suggests virus mayhave hit Wuhan last AugKARISHMAMEHROTRANEWDELHI, JUNE9
ANANALYSISofsatelliteimageryand search engine trends fromHarvard and BostonUniversitysuggests thatWuhan hospitalswereseeinganuptick inhospitalparkinginlatesummer2019,thesametimeBaidutrendssawanin-creasein“diarrhea”searches.Theresearch comeson theheels of aChina State Council InformationOffice report stating “certaincountries”ignoredBeijing’sinfor-mationabout thevirusandwerenowblamingthecountry.Theconversationaroundthe
originsandtimelineof thevirushave picked up pace over thepastmonth.Threeweeks ago, China and
theWHOagreed to allowan in-dependentinternationalinvesti-gationintotheoriginsofthecoro-navirus. In addition, a June 4AssociatedPressreportstatedthatthe country delayed sharing thevirus’genomicsequence.The new research looked at
111satelliteimagesfromJanuary2018 toApril 2020 and found “asteepincreaseinvolumestartinginAugust2019andculminatingwithapeak inDecember2019.”BetweenSeptemberandOctoberof last year, five out of sixhospi-talsshowedtheirhighestrelativedailyvolumeoftraffic.Alongsidethis timeline, they found a peak
of“cough”and“diarrhea”searchqueries around December.“Diarrhea”shiftedfroma400rel-ative search volume in 2018 to600inDecember2019.“There is a large decrease in
hospital volume and searchquery data following the publichealth lockdown ofWuhan onJanuary23,2019...Ourevidencesupports other recent workshowing that emergence hap-pened before identification atthe Huanan Seafood market.These findings also corroboratethe hypothesis that the virusemerged naturally in southernChina and was potentially al-ready circulating at the time oftheWuhancluster.”On Sunday, stating that “the
baseless accusations that Chinaconcealedepidemicinformationanddeath figures isacalculatedslur”, China’s State CouncilInformationOffice inBeijing re-leased a new, detailed report ofpandemicevents.Asectionof thereportcalled
“Firmlyopposingstigmatisationand politicisation of the virus”states: “Since the early days ofthe outbreak China has in-formed the rest of theworld ofeverydevelopmentinclearandunambiguous terms. Certaincountries ignoredthis informa-tion, and now blame China fortheir own failure to respond tothe epidemic and protect theirpeople’s lives.”
MORE STATUES of imperialistfigures could be removed fromBritain’s streets, following theunauthorisedfellingof amonu-ment to slave trader EdwardColston in the cityof Bristol, themayorof LondonsaidTuesday.MayorSadiqKhansaidhewas
settingupacommissiontoensurethecity’smonumentsreflecteditsdiversity.“It isanuncomfortabletruth that our nation and cityowesalargepartof itswealthtoits role in the slave trade andwhilethisisreflectedinourpub-lic realm, the contribution ofmanyofourcommunitiestolifein our capital has beenwillfullyignored,”Khansaid.Khan, however, suggested
NEW ZEALANDERS huggedand kissed, shopped, andplanned parties on Tuesday asthe country took off all coron-avirus restrictions for the firsttime in more than threemonths,whilemuchof therestof the world is still grapplingwith the pandemic.The South Pacific nation of
5 million declared on Mondaythat it was free of the coron-avirus, becoming one of the
first countries in the worldto return to pre-pandemicnormality.This meant no more limits
onpeople incafes,malls, stadi-ums, night clubs or public andprivate gatherings. Life, for themost part, is back to normal.“I’m justwalking in the city
today and I’ve seen more peo-ple thanIhaveseeninmonths,”said Steve Price of the capital,Wellington. “People are shop-ping, dining and just hangingabout holding hands... it’s solovely to see,” he said.NewZealandersareemerg-
ing from the pandemic whilebig economies such as Brazil,Britain, India and the UnitedStatescontinuetostrugglewiththe virus.It’s largelydue tomonthsof
restrictions, including aboutseven weeks of a strict lock-down in which most busi-nesseswereshutandeveryoneexceptessentialworkershadtostay home.Katy Ellis of Mojo Coffee in
Wellington said her businesshas removed all the social dis-tancingmeasures.“That’s what allows us to
have a lot more people in thecafé, it’s reallyhelpedgeneratethatabsolutebuzzandthat realfeeling of more normality, re-ally,” Ellis said.Offices were open again,
and public buses and trainswere packedwith commuters.Manyofficesandbusinesses
still have hand sanitiser dis-pensers at the entrance, al-though it is no longer manda-tory to use them.Pubs are opening their
dance floors and are expectingmany to turn up on Friday.“I just realised....I can hug
someone today,” said one useron Twitter as #COVIDFreeNZwas trending.New Zealand will also be
one of the first countries to al-low people to watch profes-sional sports at stadiums withno limits on crowd numbers.Thousandsareexpectedtopackintoastadiums for theopeningweekendof thedomesticrugbyunion competition.Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern,whohaswonpraise forher leadershipduring thepan-demic, saidonMondaythatshedid a “little dance” to celebrate
zeroactivecases in thecountry.Her health chief, Ashley
Bloomfield, who spearheadedthe strict lockdown, said itwastime to live a little.“It’s aboutbuying local, get-
ting out and enjoying every-thing this countryhas tooffer,”hetoldreporters inWellington.Butheendedhiscomments
with awarning.“There is still a pandemic
raging beyond our shores andwe need to make sure we aredoing everything we can tokeep thegainswehavemade,”he said.REUTERS
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Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd, Dehradun invites e-tender for following work/item as given hereunder:
3 Phase 4 Wire (10-60A)Electronic kWH energy meterswith box
33 kV Vacuum Circuit Breaker
30,000 Nos.
50 Nos.
CCP-II/8/2020-21
CCP-II/9/2020-21
6,07,50,000.00
1,25,84,250.00
TenderSpecification
No.
CCP-II/7/2020-21
Onsite Checking Testing fo all HT
Connections involving following:
(i) Analysis of MRI report
(ii) Checking of wiring connection
(iii) Testing of accuracy of current
Transformers
(iv) Testing of accuracy of
Potential Transformers
(v) Testing of accuracy of Meter
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Name of the Work/ Item Estimatecost
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220 kV
132 kV
66 kV
33 kV
11 kV
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17,700.00
23,600.00
11,800.00
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07.07.2020upto 17.00
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07.07.2020
upto 17.00 hrs
30.06.2020
upto 15.30
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08.07.2020upto 15.30
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08.07.2020upto 15.45 hrs
For further details, please visit our website www.uktenders.gov.in
No.: 257/EE(CM)UPCL/A-2 Date : 08.06.2020
Office of the Executive Engineer U.P.R.E.D. SambhalAddress:- Irrigation Colony Bahjoi, Sambhal-244410
Press Notice for Manual TenderLetter NO:- 70 /RED/Tender/File-65/ Bond Clerk/2020-21 dated:- 18.05.2020The Executive Engineer, U.P.R.E.D. Sambhal on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh invites the percentage rate bids throughmanual system from the eligible and approved Contractors registered with UP RED, in appropriate class A, B, C and D as thecase may be. The Bidder may submit bids for any or all of the works.1. Name of work as per table.
S.No
Nameof
District
Name of work Totalestimatedcost (inLakh)
Bidsecurity(EMD)
in Lakh
Cost of Biddocument
(inRupees)
Period ofcompletionincluding
rainyseason
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Assembly Constituency Asmoli
1 Sambhal Gram Lalpur mein chaurahe se Sheoraj ke Makan tak mitti,nali , CC tiles karya
9.9000 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
2 Sambhal Gram Paitia main Tasabbur (purv dealer) k ghar samne seAtirikit tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya.
4.9000 0.10 650.00 90 DAY
3 Sambhal Gram Chandawali main Pradhan ji k ghr se Chamundamandir tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
9.9300 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
4 Sambhal Gram Manota main Nawab k makan se Rashid k makan takmitti, nali , CC tiles karya
9.8700 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
5 Sambhal Gram obari Mein Hasan mehandi ke Makan se Kallu keMakan Hote Hue CC road Tak Mitti Nali and CC tiles Nirman
9.9900 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
6 Sambhal Gram Sarangpur Mein dhanvir ke Makan se Ramveer keMakan tak mitti, nali, CC tiles karya
9.9700 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
Assembly Constituency Sambhal
7 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla begamsarai Mein HajiShafi sa ke Makan se Mohammad Salim ke Makan Tak Mittinali, CC tiles ka Nirman
6.7800 0.14 725.00 90 DAY
8 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Saraitareen ChanaayakRai wali Masjid ke paas Rais Ahmad ke Makan se Haji Ateekke Makan tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
2.5300 0.06 650.00 45 DAY
9 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Baradari main Aslam keMakan se Anwar k makan tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
1.0100 0.03 575.00 30 DAY
10 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Saraitareen mainNakhasa main nakhase wali Masjid ke pass Hashmi keMakan se Masjid tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
2.4800 0.05 650.00 45 DAY
11 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Saraitareen MeinNakhasa maine Nakhse wali Masjid Se aakil Ke Makan takmitti, nali , CC tiles karya
2.1900 0.05 650.00 45 DAY
12 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke Kasba Sirsi Mohalla Sarki Meindoctor Tasveer Haider ke Makan se muzahir Abbas keMakan tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
4.5000 0.09 650.00 60 DAY
13 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Chaudhari Sarai MeinAkhtar Husain ke Makan se Mohammad Qasim ke MakanTak Mitti Nali CC tiles Nirman Karya
2.4300 0.05 650.00 45 DAY
14 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Ladam Sarai MeinJakkan Bhai ke Makan se Mohammad Akram ke Makan takmitti, nali , CC tiles karya
2.0600 0.05 650.00 45 DAY
15 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Bhuda Mandi Samiti kePurvi Raste per Mohammed Rashid Khan ke dudh ke plantse Mansoori wale Kabristan tak mitti, nali , Khadnja Karya
4.9900 0.10 650.00 60 DAY
16 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Nawab Khel MeinMohammad vasik Ke Makan se ishtiyak Husain ke Makantak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
4.7400 0.10 650.00 45 DAY
17 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Nawab Saraitareen MeinHaji Khalil ke Makan Se Mohammed Ahmad ke Makan Taktak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
3.1800 0.07 650.00 45 DAY
18 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke Bareilly Sarai Mein Nasim Ahmadke karkhane se Shyam Lal ke Makan Tak Mitti nali va CCtiles ka Nirman
1.6500 0.04 575.00 30 DAY
19 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha Ke Mohalla Hayatnagar Datawaliroad per Mushtaq Ali (peshkar) Ke Makan se Ilyas Hussainke Makan Tak Mitti nali va CC tiles ka Nirman
5.3300 0.11 725.00 60 DAY
20 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Ratupura Mein Jama Masjidse Chaudhari Sharafat Hussain ke Makan tak mitti, nali , CCtiles karya
2.8900 0.06 650.00 45 DAY
21 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Seedral mafi MeinMohammad Taufiq ke Makan se Zafir Ahmad ke Makan takmitti, nali , CC tiles karya
4.4500 0.09 650.00 60 DAY
22 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram mukarrabpur Mein Haji jahirke Makan Se Ali Sher ke Makan Tak va side Gali Mein Mittinali va CC tiles ka Nirman
9.9400 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
23 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram bhesora Mein Abdul Hasanke Makan se Kabristan tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
1.5900 0.04 575.00 45 DAY
24 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Gumsani Mai Sahil Khan keMakan se smile ke Makan Hote Hue Ramjani ke Makan TakMitti Nali va CC tiles ka Nirman
9.9600 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
25 Sambhal Shambal vidhansabha ke gram Govindpur Mein samsul keMakan se Yaseen ke Makan Tak Mitti nali va CC tiles kaNirman
3.1900 0.07 650.00 60 DAY
26 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Ratupura Mein Aslam keMakan se Shaukeen ke Makan tak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya
3.0000 0.06 650.00 60 DAY
27 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Milak Mithauli MeinMohammed Khalid ke Makan se Irfan Ahmad ke Makan takmitti, nali , khadnja karya
7.3100 0.15 725.00 90 DAY
28 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Saif Khan Sarai Mein Karisakhawat Husain ke Makan se Jehanat Husain ke Makantak mitti, nali , CC tiles karya.
2.1200 0.05 650.00 45 DAY
29 Sambhal Sambhal vidhansabha ke gram Chandan ki nai AbadiEidgah per Matlub Husain ke Makan Se damar Ki Sadak takmitti, nali , Kahnja va Deewar Nirman
4.6400 0.10 650.00 60 DAY
30 Sambhal Vikaskhand pawasa Mein gram mujahidpur kailadeviGaushala ki boundary per wire mes lagane ka Karya UnderC.G.Y
9.90 0.20 725.00 90 DAY
2. Date of availability/Sale of Bid document in the offices EE RED, Div- Sambhal , SE, RED, Circle Moradabad or DistrictMagistrate Sambhal Form :- 15.06.2020 to 18.06.2020 up to 4.00 pm.
3. Date of Pre-bids Meeting: 16.06.2020 at 03:00 pm in the offices EE RED, Div- Sambhal4. Last Date/Time for Submission of Bids in the Tender box:- 19.06.2020 time 10:00am to 12.00 Noon in the office of the
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER RURAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DIVISION SAMBHAL, Superintending Engineer, RuralEngineering Department, Moradabad Circle Moradabad or District Magistrate Sambhal.
5. Date of opening of bids: 19.06.2020 at 03:00 PMFor further details please contact the employer office i.e. office of the Executive Engineer U.P.R.E.D. SAMBHAL Address: -Irrigation Colony Bahjoi, Sambhal 244410.
For setting up of a National Project Management Unitfor the new scheme “Formalisation of Micro food pro-cessing Enterprises (FME)”, Ministry of FoodProcessing Industries invites online applications forengagement of Consultants having specialisation inProject Management (Lead Project Manager)/ Credit &Finance/ Enterprise Development/ Food Technology/Monitoring & Evaluation and Data Analytics/Communication & Dissemination/ ProcurementManagement and Young Professionals on contractualbasis. For more details and online filling of application,visit our website - www.mofpi.nic.in .Last date for receipt of applications: 24.06.2020.
E-Tenders are invited for & on behalf of the President of India for the supply of followingitems. Only E-offer will be accepted for which vendors must have Class III DigitalSignature and registration on IREPS. The details of tenders are in the followingsequence :- S. No. - Tender No. (Due Date), Description and Quantity. (1) 05205045A(23.06.2020), PanelAC, 01 Nos (2) 05195151B, (29.06.2020), 3 PhaseMotor, 01 Nos(3) 05205177, (03.07.2020), Drill Bit Dia 6MM, 15 Nos. (4) 05205178 (03.07.2020),7/8” Dia Inverted Spot Face Cutter, 100 Nos. (5) 05205179, (03.07.2020), Drill Bit Dia4MM, 15 Nos. (6) 05205180, (03.07.2020), Alluminium Oxide Straight Grinding, Size457, 06 Nos. (7) 05205181, (03.07.2020), Alluminium Oxide Straight Grinding, Size18”, 06 Nos. (8) 05205182, (03.07.2020), Dia 152 mm Back Spot Face Milling Cutter,01 Set. (9) 05191112D, (29.06.2020),
(10) 05191158C, (01.07.2020), Clamp Lifter, Part No.15610445, 18 Nos. (11)05201019, (03.07.2020), 17 mm Helical Insert Kit, Part No. 72030422, 95 Set. (12)05201023, (03.07.2020), HSS Hand Tap 5/16”, Part No. 72040415, 40 Nos. (13)05201024, (03.07.2020), Dia 34 mm Insert Drill Kit, Part No.72240714, 04 set. (14)05201375, (03.07.2020), HSS T/S Twist Drill, Part No. 72212056, 08 Nos. (15)05195225A, (26.06.2020), Tool Holder, 10 Nos. (16) 05195211A, (26.06.2020), (I)Wire Guide Assembly, 20 Set. (ii) Drive Roll & Wire Guide, 10 Set. (17) 05205108A,(02.07.2020), Heat Proof Hand Gloves, 100 Pairs. (18) 05201027, (03.07.2020),Double Stage Acetylene Regulator, Part No. 76218806, 34 Nos. (19) 05201028,(03.07.2020), Retaining Cap Oxygen, Part No. 76905299, 05 Nos. (20) 05201029,(03.07.2020), Double Stage Oxygen Regulator, Part No.76218892, 95 Nos. (21)05201030, (03.07.2020), Lead Wool, Grade - I, Part No. 91110531, 425 Kgs. (22)05201025, (03.07.2020), 200 MMDia 90 Deg. Face Milling Kit, Part No.72560708, 05Set. (23) 06191084, (26.06.2020), 3 Phase AC Fuel pump motor Part No. 12102120,24 Nos. (24) 06201005, (24.06.2020), Plug 24-2 Part No. 18361262, 04 Nos. (25)06201014, (24.06.2020), Cable size 225/24 Part No. 18330228, 475.784 MTR. Note:For Complete details of EMD and downloading of tender documents and HindiVersion also available at website www.dlw.indianrailways.gov.in andwww.ireps.gov.in. No. AT/Tender Notice/IREPS/2020 Dt. 05.06.2020 The followingWorksAdvertisedE-Tender is invited for and on behalf of thePresident of India:-WorksE-Tender No.: DLW-SW-AIR-04-01 Description of Works: Nomination of Freightforwarder cum Clearing agent for lifting the Imported materials to Kolkatathrough Air, their clearance and transportation from Kolkata to DLW, Varanasi.Opening Date : 20.07.2020 (15.00 hrs.) Note: For complete details of the tenderCost/EMD and downloading the tender documents, please visit the websitewww.ireps.gov.in
Holding Fix For Crankshaft, Part No.15610317,07 Nos.
SAVE WATER, CONSERVE WATER, EVERY DROP COUNTSDIPR / 2164 / TENDER / 2020
INVITATION OF BIDS- TWO COVER – ITEMWAR TENDER SYSTEM
Chief Engineer(i/c),TWAD Board, Coimbatore.
IFB No: 02/F.CWSS to KKK/SDO(T1)/CE/CBE/2020/Dated: 08.06.2020.
Name of Work: Providing Improvements to CWSS to Kurichi, Kuniamuthur in Coimbatore Corporation andKinathukadavu Town Panchayats in Coimbatore District” under District Mineral Foundation TrustFund of Coimbatore District (Construction period : 12 months, Trial Run : 6 months and Freemaintenance : 12months)
Approximate value of work Rs. 8.90 Crore including GST @ 12%Bid Security Rs. 6,68,000/-
Eligible class Class-I
Tender Invitee TheChiefEngineer,TWADBoard,No.30,SiruvaniNagar,BharathiparkRoad,Coimbatore-641043.Sale of Bid & Place of sale From 10.06.2020 to 24.06.2020 at O/o. the Executive Engineer, TWAD Board, Maint, Division
(Siruvani), 55, Ragupathi Layout-II, Saibaba Colony, Coimbatore-641 011 by cash or DemandDraft on any Scheduled/ Nationalized bank payable at Tiruppur for Rs.1,000/- + GST and eachby postRs. 500/ additional (each).
Downloading www.tenders.tn.gov.in and www.twadboard.tn,gov.in. (free of cost)1. Date and time of Pre bid meeting 19.06.2020 at 11.00 AM2. Last date and time of downloading bid documents 24.06.2020 upto 05.45 PM3. Last date and time for receipt of bid document 26.06.2020 upto 03.00 PM4. Date and time for opening of Technical bid 26.06.2020 at 03.30 PM
Transportation of Paper Board in Reels/Bundles/Pallets from TNPL Unit-2 at Mondipatti and itsoutside godowns (situated in and around 60KM radius / 61-120 KM radius from TNPL Unit-2Mondipatti) to various Branches / Destinationsthroughout India for the period of One Year.
For and on behalf of State Industries Promotion Corporation of TamilNadu Limited, sealed tenders are invited under “Two Cover System” forthe following work from Class-I State level Contractors registered in State/Central or Quasi Government Organisations having experience in similarnature of works. Tenders will be received upto 3.00 PM on 10.07.2020and the same will be opened on the same day at 3.30 PM.
DIPR/2124/TENDER/2020
STATE INDUSTRIES PROMOTION CORPORATION OF TAMILNADU LIMITED19-A, RUKMANI LAKSHMIPATHY ROAD, EGMORE, CHENNAI - 600 008.
Providing connectivity Road from NHAI-44, 6 Laning Road to SIPCOT Road,relaying of Roads and providing StreetLights in Hosur Phase-I & II at SIPCOTIndustrial Complex, Hosur in KrishnagiriDistrict.
Rs.837.00 lakhs Rs.4,28,500/-
The tender Schedule can be Downloaded at free of cost from the website:www.tenders.tn.gov.in and www.sipcot.in
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agri connection has led to cashflows due to the harvest seasonjustgoneby.
ArebanksgivingmoratoriumtoMFIs?Theywerereluctant…As our most important
lenders,banksplayaverycriticalrole in the delivery of microfi-nance services. After the initialconfusiononwhetherintermedi-ariescouldgetamoratoriumfrombankswhich got clarified by theRBIGovernorlater,mostbanksre-approached their board to offermoratoriumonacasetocaseba-sis.Overall,inabout50percentofcases,moratoriumwasextended.
willendinAugust2020.Wehopeandexpect nearnormalcy to re-turnbytheendofDecember.
Full interviewonwww.indianexpress.com
‘Banks provided moratorium to 50%of MFIs, expect normalcy by Dec’
ManojNambiar,chairperson,MFIN
ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE9
THEISSUEofemploymentgener-ationandsafetyof jobshasbeco-mecentrestageas the lockdownends andeconomic activities re-sume.Millionsofmigrantwork-ers returning to their homeshasaddedanotherchallenge,within-frastructureprojectsandfactoriesfacingtemporaryshortages.ManishSabharwal,Chairman
andCo-founder,TeamLeaseServi-ces Ltd, andDirector at CentralBoardoftheReserveBankofIndia(RBI), will join an E-XPLAINEDsessiononWednesday,toprovideinsightsintodevelopmentsinthelabourmarketandwhatholdsforjobseekersintheyearahead.Different agencies andecon-
omists have projected Indianeconomy to enter recession thisyear as gross domestic product(GDP) is expected to contract byover 5 per cent in various esti-mates.While the government has
providedsupport tomicro, smalland medium enterprises(MSMEs)throughadditionalbanklending, the impact on the infor-maleconomyisexpectedtobese-vere,resultinginjoblossesacrosssectors. Even in the formalecon-omy, sectors like tourism,hospi-tality andaviation face thehigh-
estimpactofCOVID-19.Members of the RBI’s
Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) have cautioned that thedamagecausedbyCOVID-19andthelockdowncould“takeyearstorepair”astheeconomicsituationis “extremelygloomy” andhigh-frequency indicators suggest a“collapseof demand”, accordingto the recently releasedminutesofMPCmeetingheldonMay22.
TheRBIpanelhadslashedthereporateby40basispoints(bps)to4percenttoboost investmentanddemand,while the govern-ment has announced a series ofshort-term andmedium-termstepstoprotecttheeconomy.Thesestepsnotwithstanding,
thedamage toeconomicactivityissevereenoughtorupturethejobmarketforalongtime.Having advised the govern-
mentonlabourpolicies, thecon-versationwithSabharwal—titled‘Unlockdown, AndAfter:WhatHolds For The Jobs Market AsEconomyContracts’—cannotbemoretimely.Evenasthelatestof-ficialdataonemploymentsitua-tion is yet to be available,manyeconomists fear permanent joblosses. Theunemployment rate,which had marginally inchedlower to 5.8 per cent in 2018-19from6.1percentin2017-18,isex-pectedtosharplyrisethisyear.“A large number of daily
labourers/wage earners havebeenrenderedjoblessbecauseoflockdown. Though a part of theunemployedworkforcewill getbacktowork,still therearesomesectorswhichhavebeenhithardand many people working inthese sectorsmayhave lost theirjobs permanently. Thiswill ad-versely affect private consump-tion,”MPCMember Pami Duahadsaid,aspertheMPCminutes.
At E-XPLAINED today: TeamLeaseServices chairman Manish Sabharwal
APRIVATISATIONpush fromthecentralgovernmentisexpectedtosee a number of state-ownedcompanies in the engineering,metals&mineralsandchemicalssectorsbeingeither consolidatedbyotherPSUsorstrategicallysoldto private sector companies,sources familiarwith thediscus-sions said. Thegovernment seesprivatisationandconsolidationofstate-ownedcompaniesincertainsectorswheretheyareoverrepre-sentedas thesecond“generationreform”thatisnecessarytogiveastructuralpushtogrowth.“Thisispartofthesecondgen-
eration reforms that has beenlaunched.ThechangeinEssentialCommoditiesActhascomeaboutafterrealisationthatimpositionofstocklimitsdoesnothavemuchofanimpactandhenceitisbeingsig-nificantlymodified. Similarly ontheagricultureside,wehavecon-tinuing reforms in this directionthroughliberalisationoftheAPMC(Agriculture Produce Market
Committee) Act. Opening up ofcoal andmining sector, tariff re-forms in thepower sector are allmovesthathavetobeseeninthelarger contextof privatisation,” aseniorgovernmentofficialtoldTheIndianExpress.Sources said chemicals, engi-
neering,andmetalsandmineralssectors are among theareas thatare immediatelyon the radar foreither consolidationamonggov-ernmententitiesor stake sale. In
chemicals, engineeringandmet-als sector, the government haspresencethroughatotalofaround10firmsineachsectorswhicharepartoftheS&PBSECPSEIndex.For instance, in theengineer-
ing sector, the government haspresencethroughalargenumberofcompaniessuchasRITES,ITILtd,Rail Vikas Nigam, BharatDynamics,BharatElectronicsLtd,Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd,Engineers India, Garden ReachShipbuilders & Engineers,HindustanAeronautics Ltd andBEMLLtd, amongothers. “Theseare thekindof sectorswhichcanbeservicedbyprivatecompaniesbuthave significant governmentpresence.Theseareamongthear-easthatwillcomeupforconsoli-dation when the policy is fi-nalised,”theofficialsaid.Inpetroleumandpower sec-
tors, thegovernmenthasalreadydone significant consolidation,whileBPCLisbeingsoldtoprivatesectorentities,thesourcessaid,in-dicating that energy andpowersectormay not require furtherstrategic sales toprivate entities.FinanceMinistryofficialsdidnot
respondtoanemailseekingcom-mentsforthisstory.Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharamanlastmonthsaidanewcoherent PSE policywill be an-nounced,openingallsectorstopri-vateplayerswithpublicsectoren-terprises (PSEs) playing animportantroleindefinedareas.“The policy on Public Sector
Enterpriseswillmakeitveryclear,strategicsectorandnon-strategicsectors.Publicsectorentitieswillberestrictedtoonetofour inthestrategic sector, and greater pri-vatesectorparticipationwillgen-erateefficiencies,”theofficialsaid.The policy on PSEs is being pre-pared in consultationwithNITIAayog,which earlier finalised alist of government companiesand their individual assets forstrategicsale.As part of the privatisation
plans,thegovernmenthasclearedplans for complete sale of its eq-uity inAir India, BPCL, ShippingCorporationofIndiaLtd,whileap-proving majority stake sale inContainer Corporation of India,alongwith transfer ofmanage-mentcontrol.
‘PNB buys 3 Audi cars for management amid pandemic’PRESSTRUSTOFINDIAMUMBAI,JUNE9
ATAtimewhenthefinancialsec-tor is passing through a roughpatchandlookingatwaystocon-servecapital,thecountry’ssecondlargest lender PunjabNationalBank (PNB)haspurchased threeAudi carsworthRs1.34 crore foritstopmanagement,sourcessaid.
According to the sources, lastmonth,PNBtookdeliveryofthesehigh-end luxury cars, tobeused
by themanaging director (MD)andtwoseniorexecutivedirectorsamidtheCOVIDoutbreak,subse-quentnationwide lockdownanditscripplingeffectonthefinancialsectoraswellastheeconomy.However, sourcesclose to the
banksaidthecarswerepurchasedafterapprovalfromtheboardandwithinthesanctionedlimitforthewhole-timedirectors.This ispartof routine replacement and the
unutilisedbudgetof lastyearwascarried forward for thepurchase,theyadded.Theannualdeprecia-tion on the purchasewould bearound about Rs 20 lakh, thesourcesquotedearliersaid.BesidestheMD,therearefour
executivedirectorsgiven thesizeandscaleofoperationofthebank.It is tobenotedthatPNBsufferedheavilyduetotheRs14,000croreNiravModiscam.
NANDAGOPALRAJANNEWDELHI,JUNE9
TWITTER HAS started testingFleets in India. These self-disap-pearing tweetswill vanish in 24hoursandwillnothaveretweets,likesorpubliccomments.Indiaisamong the first markets afterBraziltogetthisnewfeature.Inane-mailinteraction,Twitter’sgroupproductmanagerMoAlAdhamexplainedthisnewfeature.
HowdoesFleetswork?Fleets disappear after 24
hours and don’t get retweets,
likes, or public replies. Fleets aretext-first, but you can also addvideos or photos. If youwant toreplytoaFleet, taponittosendaDirectMessageoremoji,andcon-tinue the conversation in yourDMs.YourfollowerscanseeyourFleets at the top of their hometimeline.
Whatwas the ideabehindthis feature?Whatproblemareyousolvinghere?Wewant tomake it possible
forpeople tohaveconversationsin newwayswith less pressureandmorecontrol,beyondtweetsandDirectMessages.
Adani wins world’s‘largest’ solar project;to invest $6 billionENSECONOMICBUREAUAHMEDABAD/NEWDELHI,JUNE9
THESOLAREnergyCorporationofIndia (SECI) has awardedAdaniGroup’s renewableenergyarmaproject to build an 8 gigawatt(GW)solarpowerplantand2GWof additional solar cell andmod-ulemanufacturing capacity overthenext five years, the companyannouncedTuesday.Theproject,which Adani Green Energy Ltd(AGEL)claimsisthe“largestof itstype”,will entail a single invest-mentof$6billionandisexpectedtocreate4,00,000directandindi-rectjobs.The development also helps
AGEL overtakeReNewPower asthelargestrenewableplayer,asitwill bemanaging a renewableportfoliowith a 15GWcapacitycomparedwithReNew’s8.65GWrenewable assets. Azure Power,whichhasaportfolioofover7GWin “various stages”,will becomethethirdlargestplayer.Azure Power,whichhadalso
participatedinthebidsinvitedbySECI for this project, has report-edly receivedapproval tobuild1GWsolarmanufacturinganda4GWlinkedsolarpowerplantafterexercising a greenshoe optionprovidedtoit inNovember.Adani,underitsgreenshoeop-
tion,reportedlyofferedtobuildanadditional capacity of 1.5GW insolarmanufacturingand6GWinpower generation. Adani hadal-readywon1GWinmanufactur-ingand4GWasthelinkedpowerplant.Based on the award agree-
rietyoflocations,includinga2GWsingle-sitegenerationprojectthatis tied for the rank of the largestsingle-site project announcedglobally. The solar cell andmod-ulemanufacturing capacity of 2GWwill be establishedby2022and alongwith the existing 1.3GWof capacitywill further con-solidate theGroup’s position asIndia’s largest solarmanufactur-ingfacility.“The fact that renewable
powerwilltransitionintobecom-ingtheworld’scleanestandmosteconomicalfuelisaforegonecon-clusion and theAdaniGroup in-tendstoplayaleadingroleinthisjourney. Thisawardisyetanotherstep in our nation’s climatechange promise to theworld aswell as enabling our nation’sAtmanirbharBharatAbhiyan(SelfReliant India Program). It is an-other step towards fulfilling ourGroup’sNationBuilding vision,”said Adani Group chairmanGautamAdani.The company expects this
award to bring it closer to an in-stalledrenewablepowergenera-tion capacity target of 25 GW,whichwill see it committing aninvestment of $15 billion in thisspaceoverthenext5years.
In line forconsolidation, strategicsale:Several engineering,metals, chemcos
ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI, JUNE9
THE INSURANCE Regulatoryand Development Authority(Irdai) on Tuesday withdrewthe long-term motor third-party insurance package forthree years and five years forfour-wheelersandtwo-wheel-ers, with effect from August 1,2020.According to Irdai, distribu-
tion of long-term third partypolicies ischallengingasit isun-affordable for vehicle owners.Thepossibilityof forced sellingor being linked to loans washighandthatpolicyholdersaresaddledwithlongtermproductwithnot flexibility, it said.“The no claim bonus (NCB)
structure isnotuniformamonginsurers and this could lead toconfusion and dissatisfactionamongst the policyholders,”Irdai said, adding that the “ac-tuarial pricing has been a chal-lengerfor insurers for longtermowndamage cover”.Now, customers won’t be
given an option to buyOD cov-ersonalong-termbasis.Earlier,Irdai had asked insurers to givecustomers an option to choosebetween one year and multi-yearODplans.TheODcoverof-fers insurance against physicaldamages to the vehicle due totheft, accidents andnatural ca-tastrophe.In 2018, the Supreme Court
ordered that to ensurevehiclesrunning on Indian roads have
valid insurance covers, long-term policies of five years fortwo-wheelers and three yearsfor four-wheelers would bemandatory. Insurance compa-nies thenstartedofferingprod-uctsonalong-termbasistocus-tomers.This included an option
package of OD and TP policieson a long-termbasis. However,customers had also started tocomplain that since OD pricesare not regulatedby Irdai, pric-ingwashigh.
Irdai withdrawslong-term third-partymotor insurance for3, 5 years from Aug 1
NewDelhi:Drivinglicence,fit-ness certificate, permits andall suchmotorvehicledocu-mentswill remain valid tillSeptember30evenifpeoplehave failed to renew themsince February, the govern-mentsaidonTuesdayinviewoftheCOVID-19situation.InMarch,theCentresaid
thesedocumentswould re-mainvalidtillJune30.“Giventhecurrentcircumstancestoavoidhardshipsbeing facedby transporters and citizens, state governmentsarefurtheradvisedthatthesedocuments be consideredvalidtillSeptember30,2020for enforcement purpose,”Road Transport andHighway Minister NitinGadkarisaid.PTI
Govt extendsvalidity of motorvehicle documents
Fleets, tweets that disappearafter 24 hours, now in India
Worry for regulators: Such rapid pace ofinvestments is also bound to worry regulatorsdue to lack of substance requirements
Source:DPIIT/PTI
FDI from Cayman Islands,Cyprus up three-fold in FY20Cayman Islands, with a three-fold rise in foreign directinvestment (FDI) to $3.7 billion in 2019-20, and Cyprus,with FDI of $879million, have emerged as two of thelargest investors in India as per Department for Promotionof Industry and Internal Trade
Madhu Kapur,family withdraw2013 case againstYes Bank
Petrol pricehiked by 54p
Mumbai:YesBankonTuesdaysaidMadhuKapur,wifeof thebank's late co-founder AshokKapur, and her family havewithdrawnacasefiledagainstit in2013.ThecasewasfiledbyKapur
whenthefamilywaslockedinapitchedbattlewiththebank,thenheadedbyRanaKapoor.Madhu Kapur, in her
suit,hadsoughtvariousreliefsincluding recognition of thefamily's right to participate inthe management of the pri-vate sectorbank.PTI
NewDelhi:PetrolpriceonTuesdaywashikedby54paiseperlitreanddiesel by 58 paise a litre — thethird straight daily increase inrates after oil PSUs endedan82-dayhiatusinraterevision.PetrolpriceinDelhiwashiked
to Rs 73.00 per litre from72.46,whiledieselrateswereincreasedtoRs71.17alitrefromRs70.59.PTI
‘Sovereign ratingdowngrade createdsix fallen angels’NewDelhi:India’ssovereignratingdowngradehascreatedsix“fallenangels”,orcompaniesinthenon-financialsectorwhoseratingshavedipped to just one notch awayfrombeingconsideredjunk,globalratingsagencyMoody’sInvestorsServicesaidonTuesday.The six companies are IOC,
HPCL,OIL,PetronetLNG,BPCLandONGC,theagencysaid,addingthattheir fundamental creditprofilesareintact. PTI
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18‘RACISMNOT JUSTRESTRICTEDTOCOLOUR’Former India pacer Irfan Pathan contributed to the global debatearound racism, saying "it is not just restricted to the skin colour"."Racism is not restricted to the colour of the skin.Not allowing tobuy a home in a society just because u have a different faith is apart of racism too," Pathan wrote on Twitter.
SANDIPGNEWDELHI, JUNE9
ITWAS June 1, 1976, the day beforeWestIndiesweretoplaythefirstof theirfiveTestsatTrentBridge.Theteamwasrelaxingintheloungeof theteamhotel.Thetelevisionwason,butnobodypaidattention.Someonewasabout to switch it off when Greig’s faceflashedonthescreen,withascrollatthebot-tom that blared, ‘breaking news’. Suddenly,everyonepaused.Years later,VivRichardsrecollects theday
vividly.“Wewerejustabouttogointoourteammeetingtodiscussourstrategies,andthenallof a sudden itwas, ‘Breakingnews’. Becausetheysaidthere’ssomethingthat’sgoingtobesaidbyTonyGreig, soeveryonewasbasicallyon their seats,waiting tohearwhatwassaid,andthere,upontheTV,wasTonyGreig.”Thewordsheutteredweretochangethe
historyof Caribbeanandworldcricket.Richards tries his best to parody Greig’s
South African accent and the facial contor-tionsashesays: “We’regoingtomake,withthe help of (Brian) Closey and a few of mymates, we’re going to make theWindiesgrovel.Youknow?Wow!”Richards says he didn’t understand the
word ‘grovel’ nor its racial undertones. Hegrabbedadictionary.Therewasnoentry.Butlookingatthefacesofhisseniorteammates,heknewitwassomethingserious.“You could see the look on everyone's
faces... Guys felt very belittled at the time,they felt what was said wasn't about thesport itself, itwasmorepersonal thanany-thingelse.Wefelt it (theword)wasderoga-toryespeciallysinceGreigcamefromSouthAfrica, a country under apartheid. Mybrothersandsistersandanyoneof adarkercolourwasn't in thebigpicture. And tousesuchwords, letthemgrovel,especiallycom-ingwith a SouthAfrican accent (was hurt-ing)," he says.Theymuted the television andwent to
the teammeeting. No one uttered aword.“AndI’ll tellyou,thatwastheteammeeting.
pecially that of Richards. Hewore awrist-band in the colours of the Rastafari move-ment. “Green for the landof Africa.Gold forthewealth thatwas stripped away. Red for
thebloodthatwasshed,”RichardsexplainedinthedocumentaryFireinBabylon.Hewasafriend of BobMarley and theWailers andused their protest song ‘Get Up, StandUp’ ashispersonal anthem.FromGreig’s verbal taunt arose a cold,
hard fury. Like every one of his teammates,Richards took it personally, savaging theEnglish bowlers, plundering 829 runs inseveninnings,withtwodoublehundredsin-cluding his highest of 291, forewarningbowlersaroundtheworldof thebrutalityhewas tosubject theminyears tocome.Everyone had a personal score to settle
withGreig. “Theguysrespondedto it.EverytimeTonyGreig came in to bat, he got a de-liverythatwasjustfullof lengthandknockedhispoleover,”Richards remembers.Greigwasneitherforgivennorforgotten,
though Richards can understand himnow.“I guess it was rather unfortunate, at thattime. He was trying to maybe gee up anEngland team,who at the time lacked self-esteem.Hewastryingtomayberaiseadead
horse, youknow,”he says.Greigwas insensitiveor ignorantof the
background of thatWest Indies team. TheCaribbean regionwasbeginning to find itsgroove and feet. The major countries hadwonindependence inthe1960s,andanewsense of black pridewas pervading the is-lands.Cricket-wise, theywere fedupofbe-ing labelled ‘calypsocricketers’, apatronis-ing, subtly racist shorthandthatalluded toa bunch of entertainers, playingwith sub-missive smiles on their faces. They wouldturnup,performsomedazzling individualstunts, and thrill the crowd before goingawaydefeated.In England, the Caribbean community
was now prepared for a politicised “us vsthem”cricketshowdown.Theythrongedthestadiums like never before, andwhenevertheWest Indies batsmen hit a four, theywouldyell ‘grovel, grovel’ atGreig!Ezeke,aBritish-basedJamaicanmusician,
released a record called “Who’s GrovellingNow?”Thesongquicklybecametheunoffi-cial soundtrack for theseries.InthefinalTestattheOval,Greigreacted
to taunts fromWest Indian supporters by“grovelling”.Hecrawledacross theparchedOvaloutfieldinmockhumiliationandsmiledtothecrowd.TonyCozier,commentatingforBBC radio, described Greig’s act as a “goodlittle touch”whichwas appreciated by theWest Indianspectators.SoGreig’sverbal indiscretiongalvanised
Caribbeanpride. Andwhenever theywereon the field, only one word rung in theirears. “Grovel.” “AndIdidgrovel,whenTonygotmeout finallyon291.Tonybehavedlikehehadgotmeout fornought? Iwasguttednot because I missed a triple, but I got outtohim, finally.”Richards ends the conversation with a
deeplyphilosophicalthought:“Wordssome-timesgetusedinawaywhereyoumayhaveto come and say ‘I’m sorry’. I justwanted tosendamessageweareall equal.”Greig isnomore,Richards isnudging70.
Theworldhasmovedonbut as the Sammyinsta-storyshows, racismhasn’t.
THEINTERNATIONALCricketCouncil’s(ICC)ChiefExecutives’Committee(CEC)meetingonTuesdayrubber-stampedtherecommen-dations of the Anil Kumble-led CricketCommittee like Covid-19 replacements,saliva ban on the ball and non-neutral um-pires.ThefocusnowshiftstotheBoardmeet-ingonWednesday,withtheglobalbodyyettotakeaformaldecisiononthefutureof theT20World Cup, scheduled in Australia inOctober-November.The BCCI feels that any further delay is
detrimentaltoitsfutureplanning.Someothercricket boards think likewise. Bilateral seriesare going to be the lifeline for all the cricketboards, intermsofrevenuegeneration, inthepost-Covidcricketworld.FortheIndianboard,postponementoftheT20WorldCupwillgiveitawindowtostagethisyear’sIndianPremierLeague(IPL) in theautumn.TheBCCIneedsawindowofatleast40daystoholdthetourna-ment.Itcan’tplanforituntiltheICCmakestheT20WorldCup’spostponementofficial.Otherboards, too, arewaiting for the ICC todecidebeforeplanningtheirfuturebilateralseries.“Anofficialdecisionwillhelpeverybody.
Thesoonerthebetter,”saidaBCCIofficial.Ata timewhenCricket Australia (CA), the T20World Cup host, is showing reluctance tostagethetournamentthisyear, theICC’sap-parentdilly-dallyinghasn’tgonedownwellwith several cricket boards. “We have beenhopeful all along that it could be staged inOctober-November but youwould have tosaythere’saveryhighriskabouttheprospectof thathappening,”CAchiefexecutiveKevinRobertshadsaid lastmonth.Thenagain, grapevinehas it that the ICC
wantstotakethemattertoitsFullCouncil inJulybeforemakingaformalannouncement.Askedaboutthis,anICCfunctionarytoldTheIndian Express: “The (ICC) Boardwants tofully explore all options and give itself asmuch time as possible to do so. There’s norush for adecisionyet. There’snodelayandit’s aboutdoing thingsproperly.”
playersdisplayingcoronavirussymptomsinTestcricket,butnotinODIsandT20Is.“Inlinewith concussion replacements, theMatchRefereewillapprovethenearestlike-for-likereplacement,” the ICCreleasestated.
Saliva banTheICChasshownleniencywithregards
tosalivauseontheball. Ithasbannedtheuse,buttheprocesswillhavethreelayers;atalk-ing-tobytheumpiresfollowedbytwowarn-ingsandthena five-runpenalty.“If a player does apply saliva to the ball,
theumpireswillmanage thesituationwithsomeleniencyduringaninitialperiodofad-justmentfortheplayers,butsubsequentin-stances will result in the team receiving awarning. A team can be issued up to twowarnings per innings but repeated use ofsalivaontheballwillresultina5-runpenaltyto the batting side.Whenever saliva is ap-plied to the ball, the umpires will be in-structedtocleantheballbeforeplayrecom-mences,” the ICCreleasesaid.TheCECalsoapprovednon-neutralum-
pires, additional DRS reviews and “a relax-ation of rules on apparel logos for the next12months”.
Decision on T20 WorldCup still hanging fire
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TAURUS(Apr21-May21)It is a strange factthat themovementof one set ofplanetary patterns
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GEMINI (May22- June21)Youmayrememberthepastveryclearly,andyoumightimaginethat the
lessonsyouhave learntarestillwithyou.This is true,partiallyat least,buta littlepersonalhonestywouldhelpyouacceptadvice fromothers.Youknowthatcan’tbeabadthing.
CANCER(June22- July23)Avague romanticaurawill affect alltwelve signs, but isperhaps strongest in
your chart, so do feel free totake a completely imaginativecourse, irrespective ofwhether others accuse youofbeing out of touchwith‘reality’. They’re probably justmissing thepoint.
LEO(July24-Aug23)Youmay swing intoaction in financialmatters, even if it’snomore than a case
of overdue shopping trips.Helpful personal trends aregiven amighty pushby thefact that you are prepared tohelp yourself, rather thanwait for fate to deal you agoodhand.
VIRGO(Aug24-Sep23)Youcanafford tobesomewhatmoreself-confident today.Thepoint is that if
you’resmartyou’llbeable tooutwitothers inboththecreativeandorganisationalstakes,whichmeansyoucouldjustabouthavethingswrappedupbefore long.Whileyou’redoingthat, sparea little timeformakingyourhomemorecolourful.
LIBRA(Sep24-Oct23)You’re certainly fullof good ideas at themoment, andthe rather
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SCORPIO(Oct24-Nov23)It is timetoputalittleextra thoughtintoorganisingyoursocial life;otherwise
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkarwants in-troduction of a second new ball inTestsafterevery"50or55"overstoaidfastbowlersonunresponsivepitches."InTestcricket,suddenlyifthesurfacesarenotgood,thestandardofplayingIfeel drops down. And above all thegameslowsdownbecause,thebattersknowsif Idon'tplayastupidshothere,noonecangetmeoutandthebowlerknows,onthissurfaceIhavetobepa-tient," Tendulkar said. "Butwhy notthen to get the gamemoving, have anewballafterevery45-50or55oversbecauseinODIcricketwehavetoplayonly50overs, andyouhave twonewballs there, so literally 25 overs, sothat's it," saidTendulkar. PTI
