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INTELLECT/SEC/2021-22 `May 29, 2021 1. The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., ExchangePlaza, 5 th Floor, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051. Scrip Code : INTELLECT 2. The BSE Ltd. 1 st Floor, New Trade Ring, Rotunda Building, PJ Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001. Scrip Code : 538835 Dear Sir(s), Sub- Copy of newspaper advertisement Kindly find the enclosed newspaper advertisement being published in “Business Standard” and “The Hindu” in English and Tamil respectively dated May 29, 2021. We request you to take this information on record and confirm Compliance. Thanking you, Yours Truly, For Intellect Design Arena Limited, V V Naresh Company Secretary and Compliance officer
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INTELLECT/SEC/2021-22 `May 29, 2021

1. The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., ExchangePlaza, 5th Floor, Plot No. C/1, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051.

Scrip Code :

INTELLECT

2. The BSE Ltd. 1st Floor, New Trade Ring, Rotunda Building, PJ Towers, Dalal Street, Fort,

Mumbai – 400 001.

Scrip Code :

538835

Dear Sir(s),

Sub- Copy of newspaper advertisement

Kindly find the enclosed newspaper advertisement being published in “Business Standard” and “The Hindu” in English and Tamil respectively dated May 29, 2021.

We request you to take this information on record and confirm Compliance.

Thanking you,

Yours Truly,

For Intellect Design Arena Limited,

V V Naresh

Company Secretary and Compliance officer

................CMYK

CHENNAI

BusinessLineSATURDAY • MAY 29 • 2021 7NEWS

FORUM GANDHI

Mumbai, May 28

A day after Twitter raised con­cerns over the new IT rules, apublic  interest  litigation  hasbeen  fi��led  against  the  micro­blogging site for non­compli­ance with the guidelines thatcame into eff��ect on May 26. 

The  PIL,  fi��led  by  one  AmitAcharya,  has  been  registeredby the Delhi High Court and islikely to be listed for hearingon Monday.

Under the new IT rule, everysignifi��cant social media inter­

mediary  has  a  responsibilityto  appoint  a  Resident  Griev­ance Offi��cer in India who willact as a single point authorityfor receiving and disposing ofcomplaints  within  a  fi��xedtime frame. The PIL states thatTwitter failed to appoint a Res­ident  Grievance  Offi��cer  to  re­dress  the  complaints  of  itsusers,  and  this  violates  theprovisions of the new IT rules. 

‘False’ tweets“The  petitioner,  whenscrolling  his  Twitter  on  May

26, found some of the tweetsof two individuals very defam­atory, false and untrue.

When he  tried  to  registerhis complaint with the Resid­ent  Grievance  Offi��cer  againstthe  alleged  defamatory  anduntrue  tweets,  he  found  nodetails  of  the  offi��cer  on  theTwitter page, which is a clear

violation  of  subrule  2(a)  ofRule 3 which says that the in­termediary shall prominentlypublish  on  its  website,  mo­bile­based  application  orboth,” the PIL states. 

The  two  individuals  whohave been named by the peti­tioner in the PIL have politicalaffi��liations  to  the  oppositionparties. 

“It is submitted by the peti­tioner  that  while  looking  forthe  details  of  the  ResidentGrievance  Offi��cer,  the  peti­tioner  found  on  the  page  ofRespondent  No.  3  that  it  hasappointed  a  US  resident,Jeremy Kessel, as Grievance of­fi��cer which is not in true sense

implementation  of  Rule  4  ofInformation  Technology  (In­termediary Guidelines and Di­gital Ethics Code) Rules 2021,”the PIL said. 

On  Thursday,  Twitter  hadsaid  it  was  concerned  aboutthe  new  rule  that  makes  thecompliance  offi��cer  of  thecompany criminally liable forcontent on the platform. 

The  American  companysaid the requirements for pro­active  monitoring,  and  theblanket  authority  to  seek  in­formation  about  its  custom­ers  represents  dangerousoverreach that is inconsistentwith  open,  democratic  prin­ciples. 

PIL states that micro-blogging site failed

to appoint Resident Grievance Officer

Petition filed in HC against Twitter fornot complying with new IT guidelines

MAMUNI DAS

New Delhi, May 28

Indian  Railways’  plan  to  runprivate  passenger  trains  hasbeen  further  delayed.  Thistime the bidders have soughtextension  of  bidding  duedate  for  running  privatetrains  citing  the  Covid pan­demic. 

Earlier,  bidders  had  citedmultiple risks in the runningof  trains  including  highhaulage  charges,  traffi��c  risk,competition  from  IndianRailways through many waysand absence of a regulator. 

The fi��nancial bids are to bereceived by June 30, an offi��cialtold BusinessLine. There havebeen  shifts  in  bid  due  datesearlier  as  well  starting  fromJanuary 29, 2021. 

Shortlisted companiesCompanies shortlisted for fi��n­ancial  bids  include  CubeHighways and Infrastructure,GMR  Highways,  IRB  Infra­structure  Developers,  MeghaEngineering  &  Infrastruc­tures,  Gateway  Rail  Freightand  Gateway  Distriparks,  In­dian  Railway  Catering  andTourism  Corporation  andWelspun Enterprise. The Rail­way  Ministry  had  alsotweaked  several  contractclauses  to  lower  the  risk  per­ception of potential bidders. 

This  included  quantifying

the extent of parcel cargo thatcould be booked in the privatepassenger  trains  –  to  cushionbidders  against  falling  rev­enue  due  to  passenger  traffi��crisks. 

Explaining  another  poten­tial  risk  and  its  solution,  an­other source said, “Consider asituation  when  there  is  hugedemand for some festival – sayChhat Puja or Kumbh Mela. In­dian  Railways  may  be  forcedto  run  special  trains  underpublic  and  political  pressure.In  such  a  case,  run  a  train  byall means….But allow the con­cessionnaire the right to bookall  passenger  tickets  (includ­ing those for Indian Railways)during  that  exclusive  timewindow.  This  access  to  ticketpricing data will confi��rm to IRthat it is not ‘under­pricing’.” 

Bidders seek

extension of due

date citing the

pandemic situation

Railways’ plan to run privatetrains gets further delayed

OUR BUREAU

New Delhi, May 28

Railways’  Union  –  the  All  In­dia  Railwaymen  Federation(AIRF) — has approached theRailway  Board  Chairmanand CEO – protesting againstRailway  Board’s  move  to  askZonal  Railways  to  surrenderposts  without  prior  discus­sion with the Union. 

Pointing  out  that  a  largenumber  of  retirements  areslated for this year and next,which would further depletethe  staff��  strength,  AIRF  hascalled  for  appointment  ofpermanent  staff��  instead  ofhiring  contractual  staff��  asthe reliability of the latter isquestionable.

“The  concept  of  appoint­ing  staff��  on  contract  basisshould be done away with asit is a long process and theirreliability  cannot  bevouched  for,”  said  AIRF,adding  that  a  lot  of  contrac­tual  staff��includingdoctors,nurses,paramed­ical  staff��,did  notturn  upduring thepandemic. 

“The  Railway  Employeesare  the  ones  who  have  beenperforming  these  duties  inaddition to their normal du­ties.  Further,  several  newactivities  have  emerged  dur­ing  the  pandemic  in  almostall  the  departments,  andposts  need  to  be  created  forthe same. 

“Pondering  over  sur­render  of  posts  at  this  timeis  inhuman  and  has  beencausing  much  displeasureamong  the  employees,”  saidShiva  Gopal  Mishra,  GeneralSecretary,  AIRF,  said  in  hisletter to Suneet Sharma, CRBand  CEO,  Railway  Board.  Headded  that  contracts  of  sev­eral  ex­servicemen  were  notrenewed.

Safety categoryRailway  Board’s  Effi��ciencyand  Research  Directorateasked  various  Zonal  Rail­ways  to  surrender  posts  as

technological advancementsin  various  fi��elds  of  railwayworking  have  made  severalexisting  posts  obsolete.  AIRFadded  that  the  concept  ofsafety  category  posts  andnon­safety  category  postshas changed during the pan­demic  situation  for  all  cat­egories of employees….rightfrom  an  offi��ce  peon  to  run­ning  staff��,  all  can  be  classi­fi��ed  as  belonging  to  thesafety category. 

Each  of  the  employeesputs his own life at risk, andsome  even  lost  their  lives  inthe  line  of  duty  during  thepandemic.  The  CRB  and  CEOhimself  has  acknowledged….that,  thousands  of  em­ployees (from all categories)have  been  aff��ected  duringthe  pandemic,  and  morethan  2,000  have  laid  downtheir  lives.  Thus,  termingonly  certain  groups  as  be­longing  to  safety  categorycannot  be  accepted  in  thepresent situation.

Questioning safety

Taking  a  quid  pro  quostance,  Mishra  said,  “If  bythe term safety category, theRailway  Board  refers  to  only

employees who areinvolved  in  saferunning  of  trainsand  thus  ensuringsafety  of  the  pas­sengers,  we  needto  question  theBoard  regardingsafety  of  the  em­ployees.  We  do  ac­

cept  the  adage  that  “Cus­tomer  is  King”,  but  thenwhat  about  the  employees?Only  an  administration,which  ensures  safety  of  itsemployees  can  expect  themto  work  towards  ensuringthe safety of the customers.” 

Permanent staffReiterating  its  earlier  stanceto  employ  only  permanentstaff��,  AIRF  has  said  that“Most of the doctors, nurses,paramedical  staff��  and  hos­pital assistants, recruited oncontract  basis  during  thepandemic,  failed  to  joinduty,  adding  to  the  work­load  of  the  existing  regularemployees  at  a  crucialperiod. 

“Hence,  all  the  vacanciesshould be fi��lled up on a per­manent  basis.  It  also  needsto  be  mentioned  that,  noneof  the  contract  labourers,who  were  entrusted  with

outsourced  activities,turned  up  during  the  pan­demic,  due  to  obvious  reas­ons,  leaving  Railways  in  thelurch.”

Surrender of posts: Railways union raises the red flagCalls for

appointment of

permanent staff

instead of going for

contractual hires

ABHISHEK LAW

Kolkata, May 28

Paint­maker  AkzoNobel  In­dia,  amongst  the  top  fourplayers  in  the  country,  hasseen  demand  hit  in  the  lastweek  of  April  and  May,  be­cause of  localised lockdownsand  closures.  Demand  recov­ery  is  expected  from  July­Au­gust  onwards,  as  phase­wisere­opening  happens  and  thedecorative paints market wit­nesses a pick­up.

Demand is expected to sig­nifi��cantly  improve  duringthe  festival  season  (Septem­ber­October)  onwards,  per­sisting “well into the fi��rst fewmonths of next fi��scal” unlessa third wave of infections hitthe country.

According  to  Rajiv  Rajgo­pal,  Managing  Director,AkzoNobel  India,  individualshave  postponed  home  re­pairs and renovating require­ments  with  Covid­cases  go­ing­up;  but,  the  pent­updemand  is  expected  to  beback in the latter half of thisfi��scal.  Construction  worksacross  project  sites  are  stillgoing­on. 

Covid surgeWhile surging Covid cases  inupcountry regions have beena worry  and  impacted  de­

mand  across  paint  compan­ies, AkzoNobel has a relativelyless  presence  there.  Beingamongst  the  premiumbrands  (Dulux),  its  demandconcentration is primarily inmetros, Tier­I and Tier­II mar­kets. 

“Nearly  90  per  cent  of  thedemand  in  May  has  been  hitwith  lockdowns.  But  supplychains and factories are oper­ational.  People  have  post­poned  repair  work.  Pent  updemand will be coming backtowards  the  later  half  of  theyear, may be around the fest­ive season. Yes, the pick­up orrecoveries  may  not  be  assharp as last year. But, we feelthat  the  demand  will  spaceout  over  more  quarters  andwell into the fi��rst few monthsof FY23. All this is presuming,there  is  no  third  wave  andvaccination picks up,” he toldBusinessLine. 

Pent-up demand will return insecond half: AkzoNobel India

Rajiv Rajgopal, Managing

Director, AkzoNobel India

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