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is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidder is required to have Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from
one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA) “Aspiring bidders who have not obtained the user ID and pass-
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from authorized CAs can use the same in this tender.
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3. Bid Submission start and end date: 20.06.2020 10:00 Hrs upto 09.07.2020 17:00 Hrs
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4. Tender Details: The tender documents shall be uploaded online in 2 cover.
i) Cover 1: Shall contain scanned copies of all “Technical Documents/Eligibility information. Whilst care is taken prior to
ii) Cover 2: Shall contain “BOQ/Financial Bids” where contractor will quote his offer for each item.
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cost of bid document and (b) Original Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposited (EMD) and other technical copy, it is not possible to verify
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6. Bid Opening Detail:- The bids shall be opened on 10.07.2020 11:30 Hrs. in the office of Executive Engineer B&R Express (P) Limited cannot be
Division HP.PWD. Joginder Nagar District Mandi (H.P.) by the authorized officer. In their interest the tenderer are held responsible for such
advised to be present along with original documents at the time of opening of tender. If the office happens to be
closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same contents, nor for any loss or
time and venue. damage incurred as a result of
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for bid submission. transactions with companies,
8. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents. The officer inviting tender shall not be held liable for any delay associations or individuals
due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bidders of any bid
updates, the employer shall not be liable for any information not received by the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsi-
advertising in its newspapers
bility to verify the website for the latest information related to the tender. or Publications. We therefore
9. In addition to instructions for use of standard form in bidding documents the bidder should upload the following
information also.
recommend that readers
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proceeding this year duly verified by the Chartered Accountant before sending any monies or
On behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh
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submission/ uploading of bid on 3.00 PM 3.00 PM DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (PURCHASE-2ND)
www.uktenders.gov.in. SHER-I-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, SOURA (SGR.)
Time and date of opening of 02.07.2020, 09.07.2020,
Technical Bids 3.30 PM 3.30 PM NIT No. SIMS 13 (P-II) of 2020
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Dated: 16.06.2020
Date: 17.06.2020 (Shankar Kumar Saha) Sub: Abbreviate notice inviting e-tenders for Rodent/Pest Control Services at
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For and on behalf of Lt. Governor UT of Jammu & Kashmir, through Director, Sher-
I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, e-tenders under Two Bid
System are invited from reputed experienced agencies for Rodent/ Pest Control
Services at SKIMS Soura Srinagar for a period of One Year as per the scope of work
GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI mentioned in the detailed NIT.
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT The registered Agencies having experience of at least Three Years or more for
(DIRECTORATE OF LOACL BODIES) providing the relevant services in any Govt./ Semi-Govt. Department/ Institution/
Reputed Public/ Private Organizations, are eligible.
10TH LEVEL, 'C' WING, DELHI SECRETARIAT,
The detailed tender document containing scope of work, details of the area and
NEW DELHI-110002 other terms & conditions is available on www.jktenders.gov.in and complete bidding
PUBLIC NOTICE process will be online on said e-tender portal as per following schedule:
This Public Notice is issued in general interest of the public at large containing S.No. Description Schedule
information relating to the first contact point in case of the occurrence of an earthquake 01. Tender Fee Rs. 1,000/-
and the Authority to be contacted for retrofitting of buildings in the emergency situation.
02. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) Rs. 15,000/-
1. The District Magistrate of their respective area is the Disaster Management Authority
and is the First Nodal agency/ First response Point to be contacted in case of an 03. Date & Time for downloading of tenders From 17.06.2020 to 07.07.2020
upto 4.00 P.M.
emergency situation arising on account of the occurrence of an earthquake. The
helpline number is 1070. 04. Date & Time for submission of online From 27.06.2020 to 07.07.2020
tender upto 4.00 P.M.
2. The Engineering Wing of the Local Municipal Body, New Delhi Municipal Council and
Delhi Cantonment Board is the response point for matters relating to retrofitting of 05. Date & Time for opening of technical bids 09.07.2020 at 2.00 P.M.
buildings in case of an emergency situation arising on account of the occurrence of an Any clarification will be entertained from 17.06.2020 to 26.06.2020 on all work-
earthquake. ing days during office hours. No representation shall be entertained beyond the
3 The notification regarding action plan for making buildings in Delhi Seismically stipulated period.
compliant bearing reference F.No.7(87)/AD/LB/2016/CD000389764/3335-64 dated The tender notice is also available on SKIMS website: www.skims.ac.in (for refer-
24.04.2019 and revised notification bearing reference No. F.7(87)/AD/LB/2016/ ence only).
CD000389764/314-323 dated 10.02.2020 are available on the website of the Urban Complete bidding process will be online at www.jktenders.gov.in. Technical
and Price Bids shall have to be submitted in electronic format on the said
Development Department, GNCTD i.e. on www.ud.delhigovt.nic.in and also on the
tender portal and in no case be submitted in physical form, unless demanded by
website of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority i.e. on
SKIMS.
www.ddma.delhigovt.nic.in. Director SKIMS reserves the right to accept/reject or cancel any tender or all
Sd/- tenders in full or part thereof without assigning any reason.
(Ashok Kumar) The tenders should be submitted strictly in accordance with the provisions
Dy. Director (Local Bodies) of the detailed eNIT.
Telephone N0.011-233992250 Sd/- Asstt. Materials Management Officer,
E-mail:mbuddepartment@gmail.com (Purchase-2nd)
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES
COLONEL BIKUMALLA SANTOSH BABU I HYDERABAD, TELANGANA HAVILDAR SUNIL KUMAR I PATNA, BIHAR HAVILDAR K PALANI I MADURAI, TAMIL NADU SEPOY CHANDRAKANTA PRADHAN I KANDHAMAL, ODISHA
SEPOY GANESH RAM I KANKER , CHHATTISGARH SEPOY RAJESH ORANG I BIRBHUM, WEST BENGAL SEPOY KUNDAN KUMAR OJHA I SAHIBGANJ, JHARKHAND SEPOY ANKUSH I HAMIRPUR , HIMACHAL PRADESH
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● LANCE HAVILDAR BIPUL ROY I ALIPURDUAR , WEST BENGAL NAIB SUBEDAR SATNAM SINGH I GURDASPUR , PUNJAB SEPOY GANESH HANSDA I EAST SINGHBHUM, JHARKHAND NAIB SUBEDAR NUDURAM SOREN I MAYURBHANJ, ODISHA
●SEPOY GURBINDER SINGH I SANGRUR , PUNJAB SEPOY JAI KISHOR SINGH I VAISHALI, BIHAR SEPOY KUNDAN KUMAR I SAHARSA, BIHAR SEPOY GURTEJ SINGH I MANSA, PUNJAB NAIK DEEPAK SINGH I REWA, MADHYA PRADESH
‘Our martyrs’ sacrifice won’t go in vain’
PM: India wants
peace, but will
give befitting
reply if provoked
LIZ MATHEW
& KRISHN KAUSHIK
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
IN FIRST public remarks on the
deathof 20Indian Armyperson-
nel in violent clashes with
Chinese troops in the Galwan
Valley of Ladakh, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi Wednesday said
India wants peace but “will give
a befitting reply” if provoked.
“I want to assure the nation
that the sacrifice made by our
soldiers will not go in vain.
India's integrity and sovereignty
are supreme for us, and no one
can stop us from defending it.
Nobody should have any iota of
doubt about this. India wants
peace. But on provocation, India
will give a befitting reply,” the
Prime Minister said.
He has called an all-party
meeting at 5 pm on June 19 to
discuss the border situation. The
presidents of political parties
will be taking part in this virtual
meeting.
Observing a two-minute si-
lenceinmemoryof thefallensol-
diers before the start of his sec-
ond meeting with Chief
Ministersonthecoronaviruscri-
sis, Modi said: “Desh ko is baat ka
garvhogakihamaresainikmaarte
maarte mare hain (The country
will be proud of the fact that our
soldiers have died fighting).”
“The brave sons of Mother
India made the supreme sacri-
fice while protecting our moth-
erland in the Galwan Valley. I
salute them… In this difficult
moment of grief, I express my
condolences to the families of
these martyrs. Today, the entire
nation is with you. Thecountry’s
sympathies are with you.”
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CITY
COVID-19 TESTING
COST CAPPED AT
RS 2,400IN DELHI
PAGE 5
Why Bengaluru Covid count is least among big cities
PAGE 1
ANCHOR
JOHNSON T A
BENGALURU, JUNE 17
AT827casesand43deathsason
Wednesday, Bengaluru has
among the lowest Covid burden
among cities with population of
10 million or more. Sample this:
Mumbai has 60,228 positive
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SEPOY CHANDAN KUMAR I BHOJPUR , BIHAR NAIB SUBEDAR MANDEEP SINGH I PATIALA, PUNJAB SEPOY AMAN KUMAR I SAMASTIPUR , BIHAR
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PM Narendra Modi observes a two-minute silence at a video conference with chief ministers. ANI; Ayush Kumar pays tribute to his father, Havildar Sunil Kumar, in Patna on Wednesday. PTI
Delhi draws hard line
for China: ‘impacts ties,
take corrective steps’
Beijing says India should investigate
clash, not ‘misjudge situation’
SHUBHAJIT ROY
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
IN WHAT is seen as one of the
strongest statements from New
Delhi against Beijing in recent
times, the Government
Wednesday squarely indicted
China, holding it responsible for
Monday night’s clashes, and
calleduponBeijingto“re-assess”
and take “corrective” action.
A day after the killing of 20
Indian Army personnel, includ-
ing a Colonel-rank officer, in
clashes with the Chinese Army,
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar Wednesday told his
counterpart Wang Yi that the
Chinese side had taken “pre-
‘Unlock, unlock, unlock’
way forward: PM to CMs
LIZ MATHEW,
KAUNAIN SHERIFF M
& VARINDER BHATIA
NEW DELHI, CHANDIGARH,
JUNE 17
PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi
Wednesday asked states to fight
rumours of lockdown, and said
“unlock, unlock, unlock” should
be the way forward as they fight
to control the pandemic and
ramp up healthcare facilities.
“Dekhiyeabhamein unlock ke
phase hi dhoondhte rehna hai.
Hamein unlock, unlock, unlock ki
disha mein hi kadam uthaate
cases and 3,167 deaths; Delhi
44,688 cases and 1,837 deaths;
and Chennai 34,245 cases and
422 deaths.
Epidemiologists say central
to the city's Covid-19 control
programme has been its contin-
uing practice of quarantining
positive cases and identifying
contacts within 24 hours of a
positive test result — a practice
many of the other metros have
struggled to keep up with as
numbers started swelling.
DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA
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External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar in New Delhi
on Wednesday. Anil Sharma
meditated and planned action”
that was “directly responsible”
for the violence and casualties.
In a phone call Wednesday
afternoon, Jaishankar under-
lined that this would have a
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jaana hai (We need to find ways
to open further… we need to
takestepsonlyinthedirectionof
unlock-unlock-unlock),”hesaid,
addressing the second batch of
Chief Ministers of 14 states and
the Lieutenant Governor of
Jammu and Kashmir.
Six of the 14 states —
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi,
Gujarat, Rajasthan and West
Bengal—whoseCMsattendedthe
video conference on Wednesday,
account for 76 per cent of total
Covid cases, and 80 per cent of all
Covid-relateddeaths,inthecoun-
try. The others who participated
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As curbsease,a
noteof caution
WHILE BENGALURU has so far managed to focus on the ba-
sics of any disease control programme, with the lockdown
easing, the challenge would be to continue its testing and
tracking programme as effectively. Already, cases have be-
gun to rise — while from March 8 to May 31, there were
only 358 cases and 10 deaths, so far this month, there have
already been 469 cases and 33 deaths.
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Chinese firms
to lose India
business in
Rlys, telecom
AVISHEK G DASTIDAR
& RAVISH TIWARI
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
AS TENSIONS run high after the
violent clash in Ladakh that left
20Indiansoldiersdead,afirstset
of actions have been initiated
against Chinese businesses in
the country.
A Chinese engineering major
issettoloseasignificantcontract
with the Indian Railways, and
the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) has
BUSINESS AS USUAL ‘He said he would take leave and conveyedtostate-ownedBharat
Sanchar NigamLtd(BSNL)notto
useChinese-madeequipmentin
BY UNNY
come home for his wedding’ its upgradation, top sources in
both sectors said on Thursday.
GARGI VERMA
themhewouldtakeleaveandbe
home ahead of the wedding.
to the number continue to re-
main unanswered.
“DoThasconveyedtoBSNLnot
to use Chinese-made equipment
in the upgradation of its 4G facili-
KANKER, JUNE 17
ButTuesdayafternoon,Tihari
Ram Kunjam, 44, received a call
Eldest of three siblings,
Ganesh Ram Kunjam, who
ties,” a source in the government
said.“Theentiretenderwillbere-
THE LAST time Sepoy Ganesh
Ram Kunjam was home in
from an unknown number in-
forminghimabouthisnephew’s
turned28inApril,hadjoinedthe
Indian Army in 2011 after he fin-
workednow,”thesourcesaid.
DoT, this official said, was “ac-
January,hisfamilyfixedhiswed- death. “Before I could under- ished schooling. “He wanted to tively considering” telling private
dingtobeheldlaterthisyear.And stand what was happening, the jointheArmysincehewasyoung. mobile service providers to “re-
the last time he spoke to them a call got disconnected,” he told He had honed his body to the ducetheirdependenceonChina-
month ago over phone, he told The Indian Express. Several calls CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 madeequipment”.“Inthecurrent
situation, the safety and security
INSIDE of networks built with Chinese
Major Generals hold talks on ground, equipmentwillbeunderscrutiny.
TheownershippatternsofHuawei
all forces put on state of high alert
and ZTE could become a sticking
pointinIndia’snetworkupgrada-
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SUSHANT SINGH ended on an inconclusive note is likely to take place at the same
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 Wednesday. place Thursday. Besides recon- THE EDITORIAL PAGE
It was the second meeting in ciling certain aspects related to
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Manipur’s BJP Delhi health minister Jain, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE
govt teeters after
3 MLAs quit, MLA Atishi test positive LOCKDOWN
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MANIPUR’S FORMER Congress Minister
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aspecialsessionof theAssembly Satyendar Jain tested positive for Jain
to table a no-confidence motion Covid-19onWednesday.Themin-
against the BJP government of ister, who was admitted to the
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KalkajiMLAAtishi,Delhigov- 101°F fever and 92% oxygen sat- ■ Bihar 6,810 148 3.22% 22.36
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‘He said he They had no information, by factoring mobility of people beech, sankraman par rok-

‘Our martyrs’ sacrifice won’t go in vain’

would come
home before his
wedding’
specifications appreciated in
the army,” his father Itwari
Ram Kunjam, 46, said.
For the tribal family of
paddy farmers from Gidhali
village in Charama block in
Kanker, there was no hesitation
in sending their eldest son for
a career in Army. “We had to
send him to do something, ei-
ther college, which costs
money or what he really
wanted, which was dangerous.
I had hoped it would take him
a couple of attempts to clear
the entrance, but he cleared it
all at one go, with high praise
from the seniors," the bereaved
father said.
As information of Ganesh
Kunjam's death spread, vil-
lagers started congregating
outside the Kunjam household.
Men who grew up with
Kunjam were huddled in a cor-
ner, checking for updates in
their mobile phones. All of
them talk about obsession with
a career in the armed forces.
“A lot of people from our
village have joined the armed
forces. He would always sit
with them and ask them so
many questions,” recalled a
friend requesting anonymity.
“He was very passionate about
his work. He couldn’t contact
his family often for weeks and
months,” said another friend
Nayan Kunjam.
According to Ganesh
Kumar’s father, the patwari and
other officials came to the res-
idence Wednesday morning to
collect his son’s pictures and
family details. “We don't know
when the body will be sent
here for the funeral, or if he will
be cremated somewhere else.
EXPRESS EDUCATION
though. We need more details
than just a phone call inform-
ing us about his death,” he said.
The Ganesh that Itwari Ram
Kunjam remembers was a
playful child, determined to
join the army. “He would keep
telling us, that everything else,
besides the Army, is beyond
our financial capacity. He used
to wake up early and before
helping us, finish a run around
our field and house,” Itwari
Ram said.
At the centre of the village
is the village high school,
painted yellow and ochre, with
a ground adjoining the build-
ing, where Ganesh studied be-
fore joining the defence forces.
“He would take part in all phys-
ical exercises, games or compe-
tition. He was an average stu-
dent, but he worked hard and
managed to clear the entrance
exam at one go,” his uncle
Tihari Ram Kunjam said.
Itwari doesn't remember
when he last spoke to his son,
even though in May, Ganesh
had called his uncle Tihari Ram
and spoke to the family. “He
had finished a year at his post
in Kashmir region and had two
more years to go before he
could be transferred. He said he
would take leave and come
home before the wedding,”
Tihari Ram said.
Major Generals
hold talks on
ground, forces
on high alert
Corps Commanders at the
Chushul-Moldo border
point.
Tuesday’s meeting brought
down tensions in the area
which had been running high
following the clashes that left
20 Indian soldiers dead, includ-
ing Colonel B Santosh Babu,
“This supreme sacrifice of
our martyrs will not go in vain.
Whatevermaybethesituation
and circumstances, India will
firmlyprotecteveryinchof the
country's land and its self-re-
spect,” he said.
Theseechosimilarremarks
by the Prime Minister after the
terror attacks in Uri (2016) and
Pulwama (2019), following
which Indian forces crossed
the Line of Control to strike at
terror launch pads in Pakistan.
While Modi did not refer to
China directly in his remarks,
the reference to Galwan Valley
made it clear who he had in
mind. He also referred to
Delhi’s understanding with
Beijing that differences should
not become disputes.
"India is culturally a peace-
loving country. Our historyhas
been that of a peace-loving
country. The ideological
mantraof IndiahasbeenLokah
New Delhi draws hard line for China:
‘Impacts ties, take corrective steps’
“serious impact” on the bilat-
eral relationship. “The need of
the hour was for the Chinese
side to reassess its actions and
take corrective steps,” the
Ministry of External Affairs
said in a statement.
During the Doklam border
stand-off in 2017, New Delhi
hadsaidthatIndiawas“deeply
concerned" at Chinese actions
that had “serious security im-
plications for India”.
However, with 20 soldiers
dead and, as per reports, many
injured as well, and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
stressing that the “sacrifice” of
“our martyrs” will not go in
vain, New Delhi is not mincing
its words.
It has criticised Beijing in
the most direct manner espe-
cially since1993when the first
bilateral agreement for main-
taining peace and tranquility
was signed.
Indeed, the only time Modi
had been critical of Beijing —
after becoming PM — was
when he made a veiled refer-
ence to China’s “expansionist”
tendency to “encroach" upon
seasof others—duringhisvisit
to Japan in early September
Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
In every era, we have wished
for peace and welfare of the
entire world and humanity.
We have always worked
closely with our neighbours in
a cooperative and friendly
manner. We have always
wished for their development
and welfare.”
“Whenever there have
beendifferencesof opinion,we
have always tried to ensure
that those differences never
turn into a dispute. We never
provoke anyone, but we also
do not compromise with the
integrity and sovereignty of
our country. Whenever it was
needed, we have demon-
strated our strength, proving
our capabilities in protecting
and defending the integrity
and sovereignty of the coun-
try,” he said.
“Sacrifice and endurance
are partof ournationalcharac-
2014. This was followed by the
stand-off at the India-China
border at Chumar later that
month during Chinese
President Xi Jinping’s visit.
Beijing, too, hardened its
positionWednesday.“Weurge
the Indian side to conduct a
thorough investigation, hold
the violators accountable,
strictly discipline the frontline
troops and immediately stop
all provocative acts to ensure
such incidents will not occur
again.TheIndiansidemustnot
misjudge the current situation
and must not underestimate
China’s firm determination to
safeguardourterritorialsover-
eignty,” the Chinese Foreign
Ministry said, in its readout of
the phone call.
However, the phone call
between the Foreign ministers
— their first conversation since
the border stand-off began in
early May, almost 40 days ago
— ended with the door to
diplomacy left ajar.
New Delhi said that “it was
agreed that the overall situa-
tion would be handled in a re-
sponsible manner, and both
sides would implement the
disengagementunderstanding
ter, but at the same time brav-
ery and valour are also equally
a part of it,” he said.
His tough remarks assume
significance given that top BJP
leaders had so far refrained
from commenting on the LAC
developments.
Modi himself has invested
heavily in building ties with
China.Fromthetimehecameto
powerin2014,heandPresident
Xi Jinping have met at least 18
times. These include one-on-
one meetings in each other’s
countriesandonthesidelinesof
multilateralsummits.Modihas
visitedChinafivetimesasPrime
Minister,themostbyanyIndian
Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister’s re-
marks came after his meeting
TuesdaynightwithtopCabinet
colleagues -- Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh, Home Minister
Amit Shah, Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman and
of June 6 sincerely.”
Interestingly, it did not invoke
the Wuhan or
Mahabalipuram “spirit.”
the
For its part, Beijing said
that “the two sides agreed to
fairly address the serious sit-
uation caused by the conflict
in the Galwan Valley, jointly
observe the consensus
reached at the commander-
level meeting between the
two sides, cool down the situ-
ation on the ground as soon as
possible”.
Jaishankar recalled that at
the meeting of senior Military
Commanders held on June 6,
an agreement was reached on
de-escalation and disengage-
ment along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC). Ground com-
manders were meeting regu-
larly to implement this con-
sensus throughout the last
week,the MEAstatement said.
“While there was some
progress, the Chinese side
sought to erect a structure in
Galwan valley on our side of
the LAC. While this became a
source of dispute, the Chinese
side took pre-meditated and
planned action that was di-
rectly responsible for the re-
External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar, all of whom are
members of the Cabinet
Committee on Security. The
meeting was learntto havede-
liberatedonIndia’sresponseto
the Galwan Valley incident.
Rajnath Singh too said the
nation will never forget the
“bravery and sacrifice” of the
soldiers.
InaTwitterpost,Singhsaid:
“ThelossofsoldiersinGalwanis
deeply disturbing and painful.
Our soldiers displayed exem-
plary courage and valour in the
line of duty and sacrificed their
livesinthehighesttraditionsof
the Indian Army. The Nation
will never forget their bravery
andsacrifice.Myheartgoesout
to the families of the fallen sol-
diers. The nation stands shoul-
der to shoulder with them in
thisdifficulthour.Weareproud
of the bravery and courage of
India’s bravehearts.”
sultingviolenceandcasualties.
It reflected an intent to change
thefactsongroundinviolation
of all our agreements to not
change the status quo,” the
MEA statement said.
“The two sides should
scrupulouslyandsincerelyim-
plement the understanding
that was reached by the Senior
Commanders on June 6.
Troops of both sides should
also abide by the bilateral
agreements and protocols.
They should strictly respect
and observe the Line of Actual
Control and should not take
anyunilateralactiontoalterit,”
the statement said.
Invoking Wuhan and
Mahabalipuram, the Chinese
Foreign Ministry said, “Both
sides should act on the impor-
tant consensus reached by the
two state leaders, strengthen
communicationandcoordina-
tion to properly address the
bordersituationthroughexist-
ing channels, including the
China-India Special
Representatives’ Meeting and
border personnel meeting
mechanism, so as to jointly
preserve peace and tranquility
in the border area.”
in relation to a positive case –
to figure out whether the infec-
tion had spread to other streets
or whether it was confined to
where the person lived. We
also tested pregnant women
and those with co-morbid con-
ditions and we realised that the
positivity rate was below one
per cent,'' added Rani.
According to the BBMP's
Chief Health Officer Dr B K
Vijendra, the early closure of
big markets contributed to
keeping the Covid count low.
“We shut the big markets early
in the first lockdown. Nobody
noticed it but this was a key
step in stopping the spread of
the virus. The market in
Chennai (Koyambedu) was
shut only after the disease
started to spread,'' he said.
However, since the easing
of the lockdown, cases have be-
gun to rise in Bengaluru. While
from March 8 to May 31, there
were only 358 cases, 10 deaths
and five ICU patients in
Bengaluru, between June 1 and
until June 17, there have been
469 cases, 33 deaths and 36 pa-
tients in ICU.
On June 15, the government
set up 17 task forces headed by
IAS officers to bring the situa-
tion under control.
Post lockdown, we have had
a high incidence of SARI and ILI
(Influenza-like Illnesses) cases.
Almost 30 per cent of our cases
are SARI/ILI – which means
people with no travel history or
contacts. We are trying to have
a testing strategy where we
identify them quickly and carry
out tests instead of waiting for
symptoms to show up,'' said
Rani.
In a sign that authorities are
expecting the case load to rise
over the next few weeks,
Karnataka Medical Education
Minister Dr K Sudhakar on
Tuesday announced a slew of
new measures, among them
dedicating Covid hospitals only
for symptomatic positives and
utilising institutional facilities
such as hotels for asympto-
matic patients.
To avoid a situation where
patients are forced to run from
one hospital to the other look-
ing for beds, the minister has
sought a patient-flow plan be-
tween hospitals. “We have seen
what is happening in other
states. We want to be pre-
pared,'' he said.
‘Unlock, unlock,
unlock’ way
forward: PM
thaam ki koshishon ke beech,
hamein jahan sambhav ho,
jaise aap logon ki baat mein
nikla ki savdhaniyan bhi
baratni hain, lekin
samarthyavaan bhi banna hai,
economic activities ko hamein
tez karna hi hoga (Compared
with rest of the world, our con-
dition is not as worrisome.
Amid these conditions and
with our attempts to curb the
infection, wherever possible,
we need to be careful but must
also simultaneously improve
our capabilities. We have to
speed up economic activities),”
he said.
With economic indicators
showing signs of revival, states
should now boost infrastruc-
ture and construction-related
work, the Prime Minister said.
He listed steps taken under
Atmanirbhar Bharat to provide
a fillip to MSMEs, farming and
agriculture marketing, and re-
iterated that states must re-
main alert to effectively tackle
the challenges faced by mi-
grant labourers in the coming
months.
Home Minister Amit Shah
reminded the CMs that the bat-
tle against Covid-19 pandemic
was far from over.
“As we begin to unlock, we
must stay vigilant,” he said. The
health ministry officials pres-
ent in the meeting spoke about
the positive outcomes of the
lockdown.
The Prime Minister’s video
conferencing was in line with
the last week’s video confer-
encing by Cabinet Secretary
with the states, where it was
reiterated that in high case-
load states, the focus will be on
early testing of high-risk con-
tacts and further increasing the
testing capacity. In that meet-
ing, the cabinet secretary had
focused on community en-
gagement and the need to re-
duce the stigma associated
with the virus.
Chinese firms
to lose India
business in Rlys,
telecom
Likewise, decks are being
cleared to terminate the con-
tract of the Chinese signalling
behemoth China Railway
Signal and Communication
(CRSC) Corp., in the Eastern
Dedicated Freight Corridor.
CRSC had won the contract in
2016 to install signalling sys-
tems in over 400 km of railway

Commanding Officer of 16
Bihar.
In all, 76 Indian soldiers
were injured in the clashes, but
none is said to be in critical
condition.
Officials said 18 soldiers
with serious injuries were ad-
mitted to the Military Hospital
in Leh. Four of them were crit-
ical and placed in the
Dangerously Ill list at the time
of admission, but their condi-
tion was said to be stable
Wednesday evening. There
were 58 others with minor in-
juries at Tangtse, officials said.
The government, mean-
while, has instructed all armed
forces units to be in the state of
highest readiness – on opera-
tional alert – for any deploy-
ment in the light of tensions on
the China border.
As reported earlier, Army
units had been moved forward
in May, closer to the LAC, in all
three sectors of the Sino-Indian
border.
While the Indian Air Force
has already moved certain as-
sets to its operational bases, the
Navy has been asked to inten-
sify its presence in the Indian
Ocean Region. Local military
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Delhi health
minister Jain,
MLA Atishi test
positive
said his condition worsened on
Tuesday night and his oxygen
saturation levels dipped again.
“It was decided to test him
again as the symptoms per-
sisted. He complained about
breathlessness,” a doctor at the
hospital said.
Doctors said Jain has no co-
morbid conditions such as di-
abetes or hypertension. His fa-
ther-in-law, who had also
tested positive for Covid and
was admitted to a private hos-
pital, died on Wednesday. He
was also suffering from cancer.
Jain had attended a meeting
on Sunday with Union Home
Minister Amit Shah, Health
Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan,
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
and his deputy Manish Sisodia.
The meeting was held to dis-
cuss the Capital's response to
the pandemic.
On Jain, the CM tweeted:
“You have been serving the
people day and night, 24x7,
without thinking about your
health. Take care and get well
soon.”
On Atishi, he tweeted:
“Atishi ji has made significant
contributions in the fight
against Corona. I hope she will
get well soon and start serving
people again."
Responding to wishes from
several people on social media,
Atishi tweeted, “Thanks a lot
for all the love and good
wishes. I want to reassure
everyone that I’m doing OK. I
am in home isolation since I got
my test results. Fully equipped
with fruit, Vit C and an
oxymeter to monitor oxygen
levels.”
The Centre, meanwhile,
capped Covid-19 testing cost
for Delhi at Rs 2,400 per test.
Earlier, the test cost Rs 4,500 in
private labs.
Why Bengaluru
Covid count is
least among
big cities
average of 20. In comparison,
during the same period, states
with high disease burden such
as Maharashtra and Delhi
tested only 8 and 9 contacts re-
spectively for every Covid-pos-
itive person.
“Unlike in other places, we
shifted primary and secondary
contacts to institutional quar-
antine,” said Hephsiba Rani, an
IAS officer who is in charge of
the Covid-19 war room for
Bengaluru city.
Besides the testing-tracking
policy, experts point to the ef-
fective use of data to under-
stand the spread of the disease.
As many as six apps have been
developed for functions rang-
ing from contact tracing to
quarantine watch, from track-
ing new arrivals to monitoring
critical patients. The data
teams have also churned out
daily analysis and trends for of-
ficials to act upon. For instance,
when the data identified pa-
tients with Severe Acute
Respiratory Infection (SARI) as
being a high-risk group in
terms of deaths, experts rec-
ommend the use of pulse
oximetry at all fever clinics to
test for oxygen saturation lev-
els.
What also helped was that
in the early stages of the spread
of the virus and during the
lockdown period, cases were
restricted to a few containment
zones – Padarayanapura,
Hongasandra and Shivajinagar
– where people lived in close
quarters.
“We did random sampling
to CMs
in the meeting included CMs of
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar,
Andhra Pradesh, Haryana,
Telangana and Odisha.
Modi urged states with a
heavy load of Covid cases to
prioritise expansion of health
infrastructure.
With the country's Covid
tally crossing 3.5 lakh on
Wednesday, he urged them to
focus on testing by utilising
their full capacity, quick trac-
ing, tracking and isolating
those affected, as a strategy to
contain the virus spread.
The Prime Minister also
emphasised on increasing do-
mestic manufacturing capabil-
ities of diagnostic kits, ventila-
tors through utilisation of the
PM CARES fund, and augmen-
tation of Covid special beds.
Citing the benefits of
telemedicine, he pointed to-
wards the need for creating a
big team of senior doctors
which can the guide and in-
form the sick.
Highlighting that India
fared better than the rest of the
world, Modi said, “Duniya ki
tulna mein, aaj hamari sthithi
us hadd tak chinta janak nahi
hai. Saathiyo in prayaason ke
lines.
This is the only Chinese
presence in the mega project,
which is now keen to engage
Indian players, officials said.
The around Rs-500 crore
contract involves designing,
supplying, constructing, test-
ing and commissioning sig-
nalling, telecommunications
and associated works for two
lines of 413 km in the New
Bhaupur-Mughalsarai section
in Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said that the
Dedicated Freight Corridor
Corporation Limited has al-
ready applied to the World
Bank, which is the funding
agency, to initiate the process.
It is learnt that DFCCIL made up
its mind to show the Chinese
firm the door after being con-
tinuously dissatisfied with the
progress of work, and other is-
sues.
Officials did not attribute
the impending decision to the
latest tensions between the
two countries.
When contacted, Anurag
Sachan, Managing Director of
DFCCIL, told The Indian Express:
“I won't be able to comment on
our internal decision before it
is officially formalised. But we
would be happy to engage
Indian players and talents
wherever possible.”

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Rajendra Bhati, Project Head at
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said their staff managed to nab

CovidtestatRs2,400
DEEPTIMAN TIWARY
& ASTHA SAXENA
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
INAkeydecisiononWednesday,
theCentrehascappedtestingfor
Covid-19 at Rs 2,400 for Delhi.
The test used to earlier cost Rs
4,500. The decision was taken
basedonareportsubmittedbya
committee, headed by NITI
Aayog member Dr V K Paul.
The Ministry of Home Affairs
Wednesday said in a statement:
“As per the directives of Home
Minister Amit Shah in providing
relief to the common man, the
high-levelexpertcommittee’sre-
portonCovid-19testingratesre-
ceived by the Ministry of Health
andFamilyWelfarehasbeenfur-
thersenttoDelhigovernmentfor
necessary action. It has been de-
cided to fix the rate at Rs 2,400.”
While some labs are waiting
for a detailed order on the cap-
ping,othershaveexpressedtheir
agreement. Dr D S Rana, chair-
man of board, Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital,said:“Aspertheprevail-
ing current conditions, the price
ofRs2,400isquitefeasible.Based
on our calculations, we would
have recommended the same
price.”Anotherownerofaprivate
labsaid:“Wearewaitingforade-
tailed order from the Ministry. It
looks a little tough right now.”
On Wednesday, Delhi saw
2,414 new cases, taking the total
casesto47,102.Inthelast24hours,
67morepeoplesuccumbedtothe
virus. The death toll is now 1,904
and the city’s fatality rate is at 4%,
muchhigherthanthenationalav-
erage of 3.36%. The city has per-
formed 8,093 tests in the last 24
hours,andatotalof 3,12,576tests
have been carried so far.
The MHA also announced
that beginning June 18, tests will
be done via new Rapid Antigen
methodologyapprovedbyICMR.
This costs Rs 450 and gives a re-
sult within half an hour. “Delhi
wouldbegivenpriorityforthese
kits.Asmanyas169centreshave
also been set up,” it said.
At a testing facility in Shahdara. Amit Mehra
CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL
TOTAL CASES: 47,102 | NEW CASES: 2,414
Cases Recovered
June 15 1,647 604
June 16 1,859 520
June 17 2,414 510
Total 27,741* 17,457
It claimed that as decided in
Sunday’s meeting between the
Home Minister and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal, testing capacity
has been doubled. As per the
MHA, 16,618 samples were col-
lected on June 15 and 16 (till June
14, daily collection varied be-
tween4,000-4,500).Itaddedthat
6,510 reports were received and
the rest expected by June 18.
Inameetingof theSouthwest
districtadministration,adecision
was taken to conduct at least
1,000 tests a day, including of
each person at containment
zones.DMRahulSinghsaidthey
will be receiving rapid antigen
testkitssoon,whichwillhelpin-
crease the number of tests.
Sampleswillalsobecollected
at all government-run dispen-
sariesacrossthedistrict.Asmany
as 44 medical officers, who will
be single-point contact for all
Covid-relatedqueries,havebeen
do their job,” said Justice Kaul. was taking remedial measures Wednesday,whentheyrefusedto two of the men, while the others
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The court also asked like increasing testing num- letthempasswithoutpayingtax. escapedinthecar.Theinjuredare
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 Additional Solicitor General bers, etc. Hesubmittedthathelp The incident took place around 9 beingtreated.“Wehavesentper-
SanjayJain,whoappearedforthe desks are being set up in hospi- pm.“Four passengers in a Swift sonnelaftertheothertwoaccused
THE SUPREME Court Delhigovernment:“Whydidyou tals, but the court wanted to Dziretriedtopasswithoutpaying andhopetonabthemsoon,”said
Wednesday pulled up the Delhi suspend a doctor who made a know who is manning these tax. When our staff refused, one Inspector Sunil Kumar, SHO of
governmentfor“harassing”doc- video of the pathetic conditions desks, and said: “An IAS officer ofthemstabbedourmanagerand Kherki Daula police station. ENS
tors and healthcare workers and of one of your hospitals?” cannot supervise the hospital..
adviseditto“stopregisteringFIRs Thebenchdidnotspecifythe Someotherbodyhastolookinto
against them”. “Your affidavit incident it was referring to and this and take steps.”
says everything is excellent in asked the government to “make The ASG pointed out that a
Delhi.Youdon’twantthetruthto sureyoustopharassmentof doc- high-powered committee has
comeout...Youcan’tsuppressthe tors right away”. beenconstitutednowtooversee
truth,” Justice Ashok Bhushan, The comments came as the this. Intervening, Justice Shah
sitting with Justice S K Kaul and court perused an affidavit filed said:“Insomehospitals,patients
Justice M R Shah, observed. by the Delhi government after are being discharged after 4 or
“They are your warriors and the court on June 12 took suo 10 days without testing asymp-
thisishowyoutreatthem?...You motu cognizance of issues with tomatic people.”
can’t threaten doctors, staff. You Covidmanagementanddisposal The court asked the Delhi
can’t shoot the messenger... Stop of bodiesof CovidvictimsinNCR government to file a better affi-
harassing doctors, stop register- hospitals. davit and fixed the matter for
ing FIRs against them. Let them Jain said the government hearing on June 18.
Deaths Tests
73 6,105
93 7,786
67 8,093
1,904 3,12,576
*Total active cases
asked to be “liberal in their ap-
proach”andrecommendatestto
anyone with flu-like symptoms.
During the Sunday meeting,
the MHA also announced that a
house-to-house health survey
would be done in containment
zones to improve contact map-
ping. On Wednesday, it said that
in two days, more than 75% of
people in the 242 containment
zoneshadbeensurveyed.“Outof
total population of 2,30,466 in
242 containment zones, survey
of1,77,692peoplewasconducted
between June 15-16. Remaining
willbecoveredbyJune20,”itsaid.
At the meeting, a proposal to
ensure private hospitals provide
60% of their Covid beds at low
rates was also discussed. The
panel was to submit a report on
the same Monday. MHA did not
confirm if it has been submitted.
(inputs from Sourav
Roy Barman)

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6 THE OUTBREAK
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
GOVT EXPLORES SETTING UP AC AT SOUTH DELHI FACILITY
Heat hurdle in using rly coaches, campus
of spiritual centre as Covid-19 facilities
SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
WITH THE capital’s soaring heat
emerging as an obstacle in using
isolationcoachesof theRailways
forCovidpatients,authoritiesare
exploring the possibility of in-
stallingacentralACsystematthe
proposed10,000-bedmakeshift
facilityinsidethecampusof spir-
itualorganisationinSouthDelhi.
ThetemperatureinDelhihas
remainedonthehighersideover
the last few days, crossing 41 de-
grees Celsius on Wednesday.
At the campus of the Radha
Soami Satsang Beas near Bhatti
Mines, authorities plan to create
atleast100enclosuresof100beds
eachandhadexploredtheoption
of installing large air coolers.
South Delhi District
Magistrate B M Mishra, who vis-
ited the facility in the afternoon
for a review meeting, said it will
be divided into “20 hospitals” of
500bedseach:“Itwillbedoneto
manageoperationsbetterassub-
teams of doctors, nurses and
otherstafferscanlookafterblocks
assigned to them. Each 500-bed
hospital will have 10% beds with
oxygenationfacilities.Tomanage
the heat, we are exploring the
possibility of installing a central
air-conditioning system.”
A senior official said the ad-
ministrationisalsointouchwith
the armed forces and paramili-
taryforcesforassistanceinterms
of healthcare workers and med-
ical equipment.
L-G Anil Baijal had inspected
the facility on Sunday, following
which he said the feasibility of
laying out beds under the tent
was being examined.
On Wednesday, The Indian
Expressfoundthatoneenclosure
had been created under the tent
Composer
strangled to
death, 2 held
New Delhi: A 24-year-old
Bhojpurimusiccomposerwasal-
legedlystrangledtodeathbytwo
of his associates at his house in
Dwarka over a money dispute.
Police said that the incident took
place on June 8.
According to police, the ac-
cusedwrappedthevictim’sbody
in a blanket and hid it under a
table, before looting musical in-
struments and fleeing to Bihar.
The victim, Mukesh
Chaudhary,hailedfromBiharand
owned a music studio which he
ran from his rented flat in
Dwarka’s Mohan Garden.
One of the accused Santosh
Kumar (26) is also a music com-
poser and Youtuber. His online
channel, Aryan Entertainment
Media, has more than two lakh
subscribers. Police said the sec-
ondaccused,VickyC,isaBhojpuri
singer and works for Kumar.
Thementoldpolicethat they
had come to Delhi after the lock-
down in May to start a joint ven-
ture with Chaudhary.
The men alleged that
Chaudhary, however, deleted
their previously uploaded songs
on their YouTube channel and
also didn’t give them any
money.
Police were informed by the
neighbours on June 13 about a
“foulsmell”.“Theman’sbodywas
found under a table,” said DCP
(Dwarka) Anto Alphonse. ENS
FOOD DISTRIBUTION STOPPED AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS SINCE MAY 31
Food relief ops wind down, those yet to find jobs look for other options
SUKRITA BARUAH &
SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
WITH A large section of migrant
workersbackintheirhomestates,
theopeningupofeconomicactiv-
ities,andfocusshiftingtotackling
Covidcases,fooddistributionop-
erationsinthecitybythegovern-
ment are winding down.
Thenumberofcentreswhere
ration was being distributed to
non-beneficiaries of the Public
At the Radha Soami Satsang Beas campus near South Delhi’s Bhati Mines area. Express
— 1,700 feet long, 700 feet wide
— where spiritual congregations
are held. Each bed has a mat-
tress, pillow, an attached stool, a
bin, a bottle of water and soap.
“The facility is likely to come
up by June 30 and the first set of
patientsshouldstartstreamingin
by July 1. We will also provide
meals, as suggested by the gov-
ernment, and parking facilities.
There are two separate buildings
for doctors and staff nurses and
over 500 toilets and 450 bathing
unitsinseparatebuildings,”Vikas
Sethi, secretary of the organisa-
tion’s Bhatti Mines campus, said.
Under the tent, a patch of
vinyl flooring has come up.
Authorities plan to cover the en-
tire area similarly to ensure reg-
ular mopping and sanitisation.
OnJune13,TheIndianExpress
had reported that there will be a
needfor800nurses,paramedics
and 400 doctors at the facility,
deployed in two shifts.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia in-
Monsoon to hit Delhi on Monday, a week early;
IMD forecasts normal rainfall for northwest India
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
MONSOON IS set to arrive in the
Capital next week, almost a
week early, the India
MeteorologicalDepartmentsaid
Wednesday.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head
of the regional forecasting cen-
tre IMD, said moisture-laden
winds are expected to cover
Delhi,andpartsof Rajasthanand
Haryana on Monday and
Tuesday.
Monsoon usually hits Delhi
by June 29.
“Withtheformationof alow-
pressure system over West
Bengal on June 19 and 20, and its
Two railway cops arrested Plea challenging deduction of 1-day
for ‘raping’ minor girl salary for PM fund dismissed
New Delhi: Delhi Police has ar-
rested two constables from the
Railway Protection Special Force
for allegedly raping a minor girl
near New Delhi Railway Station,
said officials on Wednesday.
The alleged incident took
place on June 12. Police said the
minor, who works as a domestic
help in East Delhi, went to NDLS
to get a train to her hometown in
Jharkhand. Police said one of the
constablesapproachedherthere:
Distribution System had earlier
beenreducedfrom441to318.On
Wednesday, an additional 120
schools which had functioned as
such centres were asked to con-
clude operations by June 18. The
criteria for closing down most of
these centres have been given to
schools as “low collection”.
After the lockdown began,
the Delhi government had also
started distributing cooked
lunches and dinners at hunger
relief centres across the city,
mostof whichweregovernment
spected the 50 isolation coaches
of the Indian Railways stationed
at Shakur Basti Railway Station
to see if the coaches-turned-iso-
lation centres meet working
standards for medical staff.
In view of the shortage of
beds in Delhi, these are the first
50, of the 500 railway coaches,
provided by the Centre as de-
cided in a meeting led by Union
Home Minister Amit Shah.
“We have been provided 50
coaches with 800 beds so far. I
had gone to inspect these
coaches,tocheckonthearrange-
ments and if we can start send-
ing in patients. But the soaring
temperatures and the heat will
makeitproblematicforourmed-
ical staff to operate while wear-
ing PPE kits. It will be a problem
for patients as well. We are try-
ingourbesttoimprovetheinfra-
structure and to come up with a
solution to this, so that we can
begindeployingstaff andadmit-
ting patients at these isolation
centres,” Sisodia told reporters.
Monsoon usually hits Delhi by June 29. Amit Mehra
“He lied to her, saying he would
help her board a train... The con-
stable then called his colleague
and the men allegedly forced the
girl to drink liquor. They took her
to nearby ground and allegedly
raped her,” said a police officer.
DCP (North) Monika
Bharadwaj said the girl later ap-
proachedaDelhiPoliceconstable
afterwhichacasewasfiled.Police
arrestedtheaccused Premchand
and Pradeep Monday. ENS
and MCD schools. A Delhi gov-
ernment spokesperson had said
there were 1,800 such centres
operating in May.
However, this distribution
stopped at several schools after
May 31, and is currently being
carried out in 33 government
schools and a few MCD schools.
LastFriday,peoplewhostood
in line waiting to collect their
dinneratanMCDschoolinGarhi
village were told it was the last
day of distribution. While the
number of those at the school
The Delhi government has so
far identified 77 banquet halls
withacapacityof 11,229beds,40
budget hotels with a combined
capacity of 4,628 beds, and five
four-andfive-starcategoryhotels.
On Tuesday, Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia had
visited one such hotel, The
Suryaa in New Friends Colony,
where 120 beds are being
arranged in 90 rooms. The hotel
has been attached with the Holy
Family Hospital.
AspertheDelhigovernment’s
estimates, the capital could see
5.5 lakh cases by the end of July
and will need at least 80,000
beds. Kejriwal had said if people
from other states also seek treat-
ment in Delhi, 1.5 lakh beds will
be needed by the end of July.
So far, the city has 10,805
beds in hospitals and over 600
ventilators. The number of beds
in hospitals as well as Covid care
centres for those with mild
symptoms are expected to go up
significantly by next week.
ANANDMOHANJ
NEW DELHI, JUNE17
THEDELHIHighCourtdismissed
a plea challenging the deduction
of one-day salary of a Delhi
University teacher as contribu-
tion to the PM CARES fund.
Whiledismissingthepetition,
the Division Bench of Justice
Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev
Renovation at Taj
may affect plans
SOMYALAKHANI
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
ADAYaftertheDelhigovernment
passed orders to link Taj Mahal
Hotel, Man Singh Road, to Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital and cater to
Covidpatients,sourcesinbothes-
tablishmentssaidthiswouldtake
time as renovation is underway
at the hotel presently.
AsourceattheSirGangaRam
Hospital claimed "it would be a
difficult stay for patients at Taj
Mahalhotelastheelectricityand
water connections aren't stable
due to renovation work". The
source claimed "the lifts aren't
working, and furniture is all over
the place". Sources at the hotel
confirmedthatit’sunderrenova-
tion.Ahospitalspokespersonsaid
the hotel will be inspected soon.
Delhi government officials
saidtheywillassessthesituation
after talking to both parties.
Taj Mahal Hotel was among
several others that have been
Taj Mahal Hotel on Man Singh Road. Tashi Tobgyal
movement towards south west
UttarPradesh,conditionsarebe-
comingfavourableforfurtherad-
vancement of monsoon over
west UP and rest of Northwest
India. Monsoon is likely to cover
most parts of Northwest India
between June 21 and June 25. It
is likely to cover Western UP and
Uttarakhand between June 21
and 22, Northeast Rajasthan,
eastern parts of Haryana and
Delhi between June 22 and June
23,” he said.
The IMD has forecast normal
rainfall (around 103 per cent) for
northwest India this year.
Srivastava said Delhi will not
see rain on Thursday or Friday.
On Wednesday, the city saw
a maximum temperature of 41
Narulaaskeditselfaquestionthat
“wouldn'tastone-heartedperson
only challenge the decision to
deductoneday'ssalaryforapan-
demic." The order was passed in
a Letters Patent Appeal whereby
theappellantProfessorShreekant
Gupta's writ petition challenged
thedeductionbytherespondent
Delhi University.
His counsel, Srinivasan
Ramaswamy, argued before the
has dwindled, those who are yet
to find their feet in the city after
the lockdown had to start think-
ing of other options.
Among them was Lakshmi
Kumar, who had been collecting
two meals a day from the school.
She used to work as a domestic
help,buthadstoppedshortlybe-
forethelockdownduetoanillness
“Nobody wants to hire someone
24.7 lakh people received
food supplies in first round
THE CITY
linkedtohospitalstoenhanceca-
pacity and admit more patients
with mild or moderate symp-
toms. Hotel rooms will be
equipped with oxygen, and hos-
pitals will provide healthcare
workerstolookafterthepatients.
Meanwhile, Hotel Jivitesh in
KarolBaghtoohasbeenattached
to Sir Ganga Ram, and as per
sources,willbereadyin5-7days.
The hotel will provide approxi-
mately40beds.Ahospitalsource
said all changes needed to turn a
hotel into a hospital have been
made. "A donning and doffing
area for hotel and hospital staff
has been made, and the AC too
hasbeenfixedtosuitaCovidfacil-
ity. An exhaust system has been
figured out, and training of hotel
staff and Ganga Ram healthcare
workers is underway," said the
source.
Southwest Delhi DM Rahul
Singh, meanwhile, deputed offi-
cialstoensuresmoothlinkagebe-
tweenhotelsandhospitalsinthe
district.
degrees Celsius, two degrees
above normal. The minimum
was recorded at 29.5, also two
degrees above normal.
The maximum temperature
is expected to remain above 40
degrees Celsius till Monday,
when IMD forecasts it will drop
to 38 degrees Celsius as rain hits
the city. A light drizzle is also ex-
pected over the weekend.
Delhi saw a harsh summer
this year with heat breaking an
18-year record in May. The max-
imum temperature was
recorded at 46 degrees Celsius
on May 26 – the highest since
May 2002. Delhi’s all-time high-
est temperature for May on
record is 47.2 degrees Celsius on
May 29, 1944.
court that DU "did not give...ade-
quate notice of such deduction
and...proceeded to deduct one
day’s salary even of those em-
ployees” who did not want to.
Noting that the present peti-
tion doesn't qualify as a PIL, the
courtsaid,“Theteachersandstaff
of Delhi University are neither fi-
nanciallyweaknorsuppressedto
such an extent that they cannot
approach this court directly."
new now. My husband returned
toourvillageinOdishabeforethe
lockdown. Since I haven’t earned
formonthsnow,thiswasoneless
thing to worry about,” she said.
Also in line at the school was
BegumKhatun,whousedtowork
asadomestichelp.“Myhusband’s
work has also not begun, so nei-
ther of us are earning to support
our four children. We did not go
back home to Bihar because it
would have been very difficult to
travelwithourchildren,”shesaid.
Evenastherationdistribution
New Delhi
Don’t hold board
exams: Sisodia
to HRD Ministry
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
WITH THE remaining papers for
this year’s CBSE board examina-
tions due to restart in less than
two weeks, Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia wrote
to the HRD minister requesting
that these examinations not be
conductedconsideringtheCovid
crisis in Delhi.
Aftertheboardexaminations
werehaltedmid-Marchasapre-
caution against the spread of
coronavirus, the remaining 29
papers for class X and XII stu-
dentsarescheduledtotakeplace
from July 1 to July 15. In his let-
ter to HRD Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal,Sisodiarequestedthat
theremainingexamsnotbecon-
ducted and suggested that the
board instead rely on previously
conducted school-based inter-
nalassessmentssuchasprojects,
periodic tests and term exams.
He pointed to rapidly rising
number of cases in the capital,
stating that it is a source of un-
certainty and anxiety for candi-
dates.
"… the total number of con-
firmed cases now stands at
44,688(asonJune16,2020).This
is likely to rise to 5.5 lakh by July
31, 2020. In such a situation, if a
candidate or someone in the
family tests positive, he/she will
have to skip the exam causing
further distress."
According to the CBSE's noti-
fication on theconductof the re-
mainingpapers,studentswhose
schools are located in contain-
mentzonesatthetimeof thepa-
per will have to write their exam
in a centre located outside the
Disclosing names
against the rights of
riots accused: Police
PRITAMPALSINGH
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
THE DELHI Police Wednesday
told the Delhi High Court that
disclosing the list of names of
persons arrested or detained for
the Northeast Delhi riots would
“prejudice the right of the ac-
cused”.
Delhi Police filed a status re-
portfollowingaMay12courtor-
der, wherein it had sought the
police response on a plea seek-
ingearlyhearingforapetitionby
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat, who
wanted the list of persons ar-
rested in connection with the
February riots to be made pub-
lic.
Police, in its status report,
statedthatKaratisneitheranac-
cused nor a complainant nor a
witness in any of the 751 cases
registeredinconnectionwiththe
riots.
Stating that she has no “locus
standi” in the matter, the Delhi
Policeprovided,inasealedcover,
thelistof personsdetainedorar-
rested since March 24.
The petition was listed for
hearingbeforeabenchheadedby
Justice Vipin Sanghi, who ad-
journed it.
The status report filed by
Delhi Police’s counsel Amit
Mahajan and Rajat Nair further
said that “a conscious decision
hasbeentakentodeclaretheFIRs
connected to riot as sensitive”.
“Thishasbeendoneprimarily
exercise scales down, there were
many like Khatun who had ap-
plied for e-coupons for dry food
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round of distribution, which be-
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coupons and 24.7 lakh received
food supplies. The second round
of disbursal,whichaimstocover
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Sisodia said that the rising
number of cases is a source
of anxiety for candidates
containment zone. Sisodia
pointed to the high number of
containment zones in Delhi -
242 and rising - and stated that
"thereisnoclarityonhowachild
from this zone will come out to
take the exam".
Further, Sisodia also pointed
that government school build-
ings in Delhi are being put to use
for relief operations - 251 as ra-
tion distribution centres, 33 as
hunger relief centres, 39 as shel-
ters, 10 as transit migrant camps
and 10 as quarantine centres -
and stated that these would not
be in a position to be used at
exam centres by July 1.
"To meet the requirement of
additional beds, which is esti-
mated to be around 80,000 by
the end of July 2020, Delhi gov-
ernment is planning to use the
auditoriums in nearly 242
schools to set up additional beds
for Covid-19 patients requiring
hospitalisation. Holding exams
in the same building where
there would be hundreds of
Covid patients would be a huge
risk," said the letter.
Delhi Police counsel
said that ‘a conscious
decision has been
taken to declare the
FIRs connected to riots
as sensitive’
to preserve communal harmony
asputtingtheseFIRsinpublicdo-
main would disclose the names
of complainants, witnesses and
accusedpersons.However,thisis
in no way to prejudice the rights
of the accused person,” the reply
added.
In response to the Delhi
Police’s status report, Karat’s
counselcontendedthattheaver-
mentonbehalfofDelhiPolicehas
failed to indicate whether the
proper procedure in respect of
declaring such FIRs as sensitive
has been followed.
On the police’s claim that
Karathasnorighttoaccessalistof
thearrestees,Karat’scounselcon-
tended that in terms of Section
41CoftheCrPC,suchinformation
is contemplated to be publicly
availableinformationandneces-
sary to assure the rights of ar-
rested persons as well as public
accountability.
Karat had sought that a list of
the arrested persons be put up
outside the police control room
andpolicestationsinthedistrict,
andshouldbeupdatedonacase-
by-case basis.
June 10, 20.7 lakh people were
covered,asperday-wisedataac-
cessed by The Indian Express.
The gap between total e-
coupons issued and those cov-
ered has been attributed to peo-
ple “not turning up” and a
significant number of migrants
leaving the city. “We will once
againtryandcoverall38lakhap-
plicants... they all applied before
April 25. After that, we will ex-
plore modalities to expand the
coverage,” said a Delhi govern-
ment official.
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‘HUMBLE, A LEADER WHO TOOK
CARE OF HIS JUNIORS’
COL BIKKUMALLA SANTOSH BABU 37,
Telangana
TheCommanding
Officer(CO) of the 16
Bihar Regiment, his
seniors and fellow
Telugu-speakingoffi-
cers in the Army re-
call, was known to be
a humble, soft-spo-
ken person, and a
leader who took care
of his juniors. One of the last conversations
with Babu, an officer recalled, was regarding
the school admission of his two children in
Secunderabad where he was posted next, as
he looked forward to serving in his home
state.
His remains arrived in Hyderabad
Wednesday evening.
Col Babu’s wife, B Santoshi, and two chil-
dren, Anirudh and Abigna, who have been
living in Delhi reached Hyderabad
Wednesday morning.
Col S Sreenivasa Rao, a senior colleague
who is from the same town, said he was a
leader who took care of his juniors. “He was
down to earth and not at all aggressive in na-
ture. A very soft-spoken man, always cool
and calm,” he said.
“Hewasatopperof thebatchfromschool
to NDA and IMA. Young and energetic, with
excellent track record. He was commanding
the battalion,” said the Colonel.
When contacted, Col Arun Kulkarni, the
principal of Sainik School-Korukonda, said
that Col Babu was an active participant in
alumni activities and stayed in touch with
his teachers. “He was very forthcoming to
help the school... He is a big role model for
the students after valiantly fighting the en-
emy in the highest battlefield,” the principal
said.
‘PAPA SAID EVERYTHING OUT OF
OUR CAPACITY, BUT NOT ARMY’
SEPOY GANESH RAM KUNJAM 28,
Chhattisgarh
Tiharu Ram
Kunjam got the call
informing about his
nephew's death from
anunknownnumber
on Tuesday after-
noon. “Before I could
understand what
was happening, the
call got disconnected,” he said. He has since
madeumpteencallstothesamenumberand
all have gone unanswered.
Ganesh Ram Kunjam had come home in
January, for his engagement. The eldest of
three siblings, he joined the Army in 2011 as
soon as he finished schooling. “He always
wanted to join the Army and prepared him-
self well,”saidhisfather,ItwariRamKunjam,
46. For the tribal family of paddy farmers
from Gidhali village in Kanker, there was no
hesitation in sending the eldest son to the
Army.“We had tosend him todo something,
either college, which costs money or what
hereallywanted,whichwasdangerous.Ihad
hopedthatitwouldtakehimacoupleof tries
to clear the entrance, but he cleared it in first
attempt,” said the father.
“Hewouldkeeptellingusthateverything
else is out of our financial capacity, but not
the Army,” Itwari Ram Kunjam said.
LEFT PROMISING TO RETURN
DEEPAK SINGH, 31, Madhya Pradesh
DeepakSinghhad
visited his home in
Farhada village in
Rewa district of
Madhya Pradesh to
celebrate Holi, prom-
ising to return soon.
He got married last
November. His father
GajrajSingh,afarmer,
said nobody had imagined his son's body
would return wrapped in the Tricolour. He
said he was proud of his son's sacrifice. On
June20,Deepakwouldhavecompletedeight
years in the force. Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan and former CM Kamal Nath
were among leaders who paid tributes to
him.
‘OUR WORST FEARS CAME TRUE’
HAVILDAR SUNIL KUMAR, 37,
Bihar
Sunil Kumar, from Taranagar village in
Patna, joined the Army in 2002. His elder
brotherAnilKumar,aretiredArmyman,said:
“Our worst fears came true with the news of
his supreme sacrifice. As family of a soldier,
thereisagreatsense of pride...” Kumar’swife
Rikki Devi said he had come home seven
months ago. The couple has two sons and a
daughter.Kumar’sfatherBasudevSinghruns
a provision store in their village.
‘LAST SPOKE A WEEK AGO...’
SEPOY KUNDAN KUMAR,
30, Bihar
Sepoy Kundan Kumar of Aaran village of
Saharsa joined the forces in 2012. Kundan's
wife Baby Devi (26) said: “My husband re-
turnedtojoindutyonJanuary27.WhenIlast
spoketohimonJune9,hesoundedcomfort-
able but did hint at tension at the border. He
also wanted me to talk to his mother.” The
couple has two sons aged five and three. His
The family of Sepoy Rajesh Orang after receiving news of his death at Belgharia village in Birbhum district, on Wednesday. PTI
‘Maarte maarte mare hain’
20 soldiers who died came from 11 states. While CO, Col B Santosh Babu, was from Telangana, the others
came from Bihar, UP, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal,
Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It was India fighting back.
father Nimendra Yadav,
who owns two bighas of
land, said: “...My son's sac-
rifice must not go in vain.”
‘WE WERE LOOKING
FOR A GIRL FOR HIM’
SEPOY JAIKISHORE
SINGH, 26, Bihar
Sepoy Jaikishore Singh
(26) was from Chakfatah
village of Vaishali, the sec-
ond of four siblings. His
elder brother Nand Kishore
Singh is in CRPF. His father
Kapur Singh is a farmer.
Jaikishore had come to the
villageinFebruary.Hisrela-
tiveShivVachanSinghsaid:
“We were looking for a girl
for him. He would motivate village youths to
join defence forces. We are proud of him but
our government needs to show bigger re-
solve to respond to China.”
‘ASKED US NOT TO WORRY’
HAVILDAR K PALANI, 40, Tamil Nadu
Havildar K Palani
joined the Army
when he was 18. His
younger brother
Idayakani, also in the
Army, said Palani had
struggled a lot in his
childhood and al-
waysworkedhardaf-
ter he joined the Army. “He influenced me a
lot, which made me follow his path,” said
Idayakani.
His wife Vanathi Devi, 34, said Palani had
called her two days before he was killed. “He
saidtheyweremovingtotheborderareaand
that he may not be calling me for a few days.
He said everything would be fine and that I
shouldn’t worry about him,” she said. Devi
lives with their two children — a daughter
aged 8 and a son aged 10 — near
Ramanathapuram.
His father Kalimuthu told the media that
Palani had built a house. “I used to ask him
often to come back… He would say that he
will retire soon. I thought since he had
worked so long for the country, let him take
his own time to return,” he said.
‘TOLD US SITUATION WAS TENSE’
SEPOY RAJESH ORANG,
26, West Bengal
In Birbhum’s
Belgoriavillage,tribal
farmer Subhash
Orang lost his only
son Rajesh Orang
(26), the sole earning
member of the fam-
ily. A bedridden
Subhas told reporters that Rajesh was sup-
posed to visit Birbhum in May but could not
due to the lockdown.
Rajesh’s cousin Abhijit Orang said. “Had
he come home in May, we would have gone
aheadwithhiswedding.Nowwearewaiting
for his body.”
Orang,eldestof threechildren,joinedthe
ical stream, but then an urge
to serve the nation rose in
him. He prepared for the
Army recruitment exams
and joined the Army in 2018
December,” said his father
Virsa Singh.
Gurtej was the youngest
of three sons of Virsa, a
farmerinMansa’sBeerewala
Dogra village.
His uncle, Sebedar
Gurmail Singh (retd), took
part in the Kargil war. Virsa
Singh said, “The last I spoke
with him was 10 days ago;
today I heard the news that
he died fighting. China back-
stabbedusanditisnotforthe
firsttimethattheyhavedone
this...this is not good.”
LAST VISIT WAS FOR ENGAGEMENT
Harmeet Sodhi
SEPOY GURBINDER SINGH,
22, Punjab
Sepoy Gurbinder
Singh last visited his
village Tolawala in
Sangrur nine months
ago for his engage-
ment ceremony.
“Their marriage date
was yetto be finalised,” said village sarpanch
Mewa Singh. Mewa said, “Ours is a village of
faujis. Boys from 30 families are in the Army
andhewasoneamongthem. Noonecooked
today. This is the first time a fauji from our
village got killed,” Mewa Singh said.
Gurbinder joined Army in March 2018.
PTI ‘MY BROTHER INSPIRED ME TO
The family of Naib Subedar Mandip Singh (top) at their residence in Patiala JOIN THE ARMY’
district; relatives of Sepoy Kundan Kumar Ojha at his house in Sahebganj.
NAIB SUBEDAR SATNAM SINGH,
41, Punjab
Army in 2015, leaving graduation midway. Ankush had resolved to follow in their foot-
steps,” Ajay Kumar Sharma, a schoolteacher Family had no
‘HEWASPLANNINGRETIREMENT’ who taught Thakur for 10 years, said. clue about the sacri-
HAVILDAR BIPUL ROY, 35, West Bengal
Thakur's father
Anil Kumar said he
fice made by Naib
Subedar Satnam
dreamt of becoming Singh until
Bipul Roy from a commissioned offi- Gurdaspur police
Alipurduars district cer and had taken reached his home in
in north Bengal, was along his books for Bhojraj village on
planning to take vol- preparation when he Wednesday.
untary retirement joined duty around Satnam’s family had no contact with him for
next year and leave
Meerut, where he
10 months ago after
completing his training. “We had planned a
the last three days and were worried after
the news of clashes between Indian and
lived with his wife function as he was coming home for the first Chinese forces.
and baby girl. His fa- time after joining active duty. His unit was “He was the first from our family to join
ther Biren Roy, a farmer, said, “He wanted to moved to Galwan when the situation esca- the Army in 1995. He inspired me to join the
come back after retirement. Now his body lated there,” his uncle said. Army,” said younger brother Sukhchain
will arrive here. His life should not go in Singh, who is also a Naib Subedar in the
vain...” Army, posted at Hyderabad.
Satnam is survived by wife Jaswinder
WANTED TO GO ABROAD BUT FELL Kaur, daughter Sandeep and son Prabhjot.
‘HE DREAMED OF BECOMING A FOR ARMY
The children are in Class XII.
COMMISSIONED OFFICER’ SEPOY GURTEJ SINGH Punjab
Jagir Singh, a farmer, said Satnam re-
turned to duty in Ladakh just a month ago.
SEPOY ANKUSH THAKUR, “I am proud of him.”
21, Himachal Pradesh Sepoy Gurtej Sarpanch Jagjit Singh said, “Earlier
Singh, like other boys Kashmirpostingwasconsideredhighlyrisky.
Sepoy Ankush Thakur, a resident of and girls in his village, But now China border is equally risky...”
KarohtavillageinHamirpurdistrict,waspart wanted to go abroad.
of the Punjab Regiment and joined the Army
in2018.“Hisfatherandgrandfatherhadboth
“He had even cleared
the IELTS exam after
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SEPOY KUNDAN KUMAR OJHA, 28,
Jharkhand
Kundan Kumar
Ojha had a daughter
15 days ago and was
supposed to leave for
his hometown,
Sahebganj, on July 10
after the lockdown.
At Dihari village,
Ojha’s cousin Aakash
Pathak said: “Before the delivery, Ojha called
me and said: “Beta ho ya beti jam ke party
karenge (son or daughter, we will party
hard).”
Pathak said although he was aware of his
posting in Ladakh but didn’t know he was
fighting the Chinese. His wife hasn’t spoken
awordsincethenewsbrokeof hisdeath,said
Pathak.
Pathak said they studied together. “He
was selected for NCC, I was left out. Later he
got selected for Indian Army in 2011.... He
usedtomotivateyoungsterstojointheArmy
who could not in their first attempt. More
importantly, he used to tell others that the
contribution towards nation can be made in
any profession."
LAST FEW CRYPTIC WORDS:
‘DON’T WORRY’
SEPOY GANESH HANSDA , 21, Jharkhand
A week ago when
GaneshHansdacalled
hisbrotherDinesh,he
informed in a few
cryptic words that he
was in an area where
tension prevailed. He
said, “Don’t worry,”
and hung up. Dinesh
saidtheirupbringingwasamidpoverty.“Iquit
my studies to work as a labourer, I killed my
dream of joining the Army so that at least my
brother could be part of it. We took several
loans to make this work,” he said.
Ganesh joined the Army in 2018. “In the
lastninemonths,wewereabletoclearallour
debtsandjustwhenwethoughtwewillhave
apuccahouseandamenitieslikecleanwater,
he left us…It is a double whammy for us.”
At his kuccha house in Bahargora in East
Singhbhum,thefamilyhasputGanesh’spho-
tos on a table, waiting for his body.
‘MYSON’SSACRIFICEMUSTNOT
GOINVAIN’
SEPOY CHANDAN KUMAR, 23, Bihar
HehadplannedtogetmarriedinMaybut
could not because of lockdown. A resident of
GyanpurvillageofBhojpur,Chandanfollowed
the footsteps of his three elder brothers who
are in the defence services. Chandan’s father
Hridyanand, who retired from the Home
Guards,said,“Myson’ssacrificemustnotgoin
vain.”
‘HISLASTWORDSGOTLOSTIN
POORNETWORK’
NAIB SUBEDAR MANDIP SINGH, 38,
Punjab
Mandip Singh’s
last words to his wife
got lost in the poor
network in Ladakh.
He had recently
joineddutyinLadakh
after spending time
with his family dur-
ing the lockdown in
his village in Patiala. Singh, the only earning
member of his family, joined the Army in
1997. His children — daughter Mehakpreet
Kaur (15) and son Jobanpreet Singh (12) —
are students of Army School in Patiala.
His cousin, Captain Nirmal Singh, who re-
tiredinApril,saidMandiphadjoinedtheArmy
duetothefamily’spoorfinancialcondition.
FAMILY’S MAIN BREAD-EARNER
SEPOY CHANDRAKANTA PRADHAN,
28, Odisha
From Biarpanga village in Raikia block of
Odisha’sKandhamaldistrict,Pradhanwashis
family’sprincipalearningmember,hisfather,
Karunakar Pradhan, Pradhan, a marginal
farmer, said. Pradhan said Chandrakanta had
joined the Army in 2014 and had last visited
home around two months ago. He belonged
to a tribal community. “We feel proud that he
has laid down his life for the motherland,"
Pradhan said.
‘WAS LOVED BY ALL’
NAIB SUBEDAR NANDURAM SOREN,
43, Odisha
Naib Subedar Nanduram Soren came
from Rairangpur area of Odisha's
Mayurbhanj district. His elder brother
Doman Majhi said Soren had joined the
Armyin1997aftercompletingClassXIIfrom
Rairangpur College.
‘PROUD OF THEIR SACRIFICE’
SEPOY AMAN KUMAR, Bihar
Aman Kumar from Sultanpur village in
Samastipur joined the Army in 2014. He was
second among three brothers and a sister.
His father Sudhir Singh, a farmer, said: "We
are proud of sacrifice made by my son and
other brave soldiers.”
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ing on Friday to build much-
needed domestic political con-
sensusontheexplosivesituation
on the border with China.
The announcement on the
meeting“todiscussthesituation
in the India-Chinaborder areas”,
at 5 pm on June 19, came after
high-level political consulta-
tions. “Presidents of various po-
litical parties would take part in
this virtual meeting,” the PMO
said on Twitter.
Thefirstcontactbetweenthe
opposition, which has criticised
the government for not taking it
intoconfidenceontheviolentin-
cidents in Ladakh in which 20
IndianArmypersonnellosttheir
lives, and the government came
on Wednesday morning, when
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi speaks on the
incident on Wednesday. PTI
Both during the Doklam
standoff in 2017 and in the wake
of theterroristattackinPulwama
in 2019, the government had
convened all-party meetings.
The2017meetingwasconvened
bythenExternalAffairsMinister
Sushma Swaraj; the 2019 meet-
ing was chaired by Singh, who
was then Home Minister.
A DAY ahead of voting in the
Upper House on a constitution
amendmentBillseekingapproval
forthecountry’snewmapthatin-
cludes territories with India,
Nepal’sArmychiefGeneralPurna
Chandra Thapa inspected a new
security post at Changru near
Kalapani Wednesday.
Nepal has been staking claim
to Kalapani, Lipulekh and
Limpiyadhura in the Indian state
of Uttarakhand, and this has
sparked off a boundary row be-
tween the two countries.
Genera Thapa was accompa-
nied by Shailendra Khanal, Chief
of the Armed Police Force that
guards Nepal’s borders.
The new APF post was set up
after the May 8 inauguration of
the Dharchula-Lipulekh road on
the Mansarovar Yatra trail by
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath
Indian Army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Wednesday. Reuters Singh.
The Nepal Army and Indian
Armyhavecordialinstitutionalre-
lations and their chiefs enjoy the
‘Inflexion point in ties, time for Officer in charge of statusofHonoraryGeneralofeach
other’s army.
Indian Army chief General
Delhi to make policy reappraisal’ sector in 2010: China MM Naravane’s remark last
monththat“thereisreasontobe-

Leader of Opposition in Rajya
Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad spoke
with Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh.
Azad,sourcestoldTheIndian
Express,extendedtheCongress’s
support and cooperation to the
government for upholding the
unity and territorial integrity of
the country at this critical junc-
ture. He also suggested to Singh
that the government should
brief the Opposition.
ButwhileAzadreachedoutto
thegovernment,formerCongress
president Rahul Gandhi put out a
tweet and a video slamming the
PrimeMinister,askingwhyhewas
“silent”, and “hiding”. The main
Opposition party was belligerent
through the day, demanding to
knowfromthegovernmentwhat
hadhappenedontheground.
In contrast, therestof the op-
position refrained from attack-
ing the government.
Akhilesh Yadav of the SP said
India’s response should be both
strategicandeconomic–allcon-
tracts to Chinese companies
should be suspended immedi-
ately, and curbs should be im-
posed on Chinese imports.
TheRJD’sTejashwiYadavand
the CPI's D Raja asked the gov-
ernment to convene an all-party
meeting so that the country gets
the correct information and can
fight external threats unitedly.
The BSP’s Kunwar Danish Ali
welcomed the PM's call for an
all-party meeting, even “though
it has come a little late as 20 of
our soldiers and an officer have
already been martyred”.
Rahul's tweet and video
came before the PMO's an-
nouncement convening the all-
partymeeting.“Twodaysago,20
Indian soldiers were martyred...
China has snatched India’s soil...
they have occupied Indian terri-
tory. Why are you silent Prime
Minister? Where are you hid-
ing? The entire country... we all...
are with you. The entire country
is standing with you. Come and
tell the truth to the nation. Don’t
be scared,” he said in the video.
In a separate video message,
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi asked Modi to “tell the
nation the truth” on how China
was able to occupy territory that
belonged to India.
Sonia's video was posted an
hour and a half after the PMO
had announced the all-party
meeting, and a few minutes be-
fore he spoke on the standoff for
the first time at the beginning of
hismeetingwithchief ministers.
“What is the situation on the
ground? Are our Army officers
or soldiers still missing? How
many of our Army officers and
soldiers are seriously injured,”
Sonia asked.
“Cheen ne hamare kitne hisse
par aur kahaan kahaan kabza kar
rakha hai? (Where and how
much Indian territory as China
occupied?)Whatisthethinking,
policy and solution of the gov-
ernment to deal with the situa-
tion?... We want to assure that
the Congress party stands with
our Army, its soldiers and their
families, and the government in
this hour of crisis,” she said.
move premeditated
AMITABH SINHA
PUNE, JUNE 17
DESCRIBINGMONDAYnight’sin-
cident as an ‘inflexion point’ in
India-China relations, Gautam
Bambawale, India’s former am-
bassador to Beijing, said it was
time for New Delhi to make a
“deepreappraisal”ofitspolicyto-
wardsChina,becausetheoldtem-
plate that has been defining their
relationship for the last 30 years
was “no longer working”.
“The current paradigm of
India-China relationship was set
in December 1988 during then
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s
visit to China. The key thing of
that template was that while we
continueoureffortstofindares-
olution of the boundary dispute,
whileensuringpeaceonthebor-
der, the interactions and ex-
changesinotherfieldsmustpro-
ceed forward. After that there
have been several agreements
and understandings, in 1993,
1996,2005,2013andseveraloth-
ers.Theworldhaschangedinthe
meanwhile, the two countries
have changed, but our relation-
shiphascontinuedtobedefined
within that template. I think this
particular incident should
change that,” Bambawale, who
served as India’s ambassador in
BeijingbetweenNovember2018
and December 2018, told The
Indian Express.
“Thisincident,inmyview,isan
inflexion point in the India- China
relationship. Because, as our
Gautam Bambawale, former
India ambassador to Beijing
External Affairs Minister has also
pointed out, it was premeditated
from the Chinese side… I believe
Indianowneedstomakeadeepre-
appraisal of its policy towards Ch-
ina,becausetheoldtemplatenolo-
ngerseemstobeworking,”hesaid.
He said an important part of
the conversation between
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in
their recent interactions, in-
cluding in Wuhan and
Mamallapuram, was about re-
defining that template.
“Those interactions and sum-
mit meetings were an attempt in
findinganewtemplate,anewpar-
adigmunderwhichtheIndiaChina
relationship can be conducted.
Unfortunately,thatisstillaworkin
progress, because of several diffi-
culties, and competition between
thetwocountries,”hesaid.
Bambawale said the govern-
ment must evolve a domestic
consensusonanewChinapolicy,
butitneededtobedonequickly,in
“finite time”.
“The government will obvi-
ouslyneedtotakealead,butIbe-
lieve the new policy must be
based on a domestic consensus,
for which political parties of all
spectrum,andotherstakeholders
like diplomats, military leaders,
academicsandanalystsmustalso
beconsulted.Itwouldrequireex-
tensiveconsultationsbutitisalso
important that we move on this
quickly. This needs to evolve
within a finite time,” he said.
But the important thing, he
said, was not to go back to the
post-1962 position after which
thetwocountrieshadbeenmain-
tainingthattherecouldbenoim-
provementinbilateraltiestillthe
boundary dispute was resolved.
“That position is also unten-
able now. We cannot go back in
time. So, while we cannot allow
business as usual to continue af-
tertheGalwanincident,wemust
not say we will not talk with
Chinatillourboundarydisputeis
settled. I would say we need to
talk more rather than less. But a
redefinitionofrelationshiphasto
happen, and I am sure there are
lots of good ideas about how this
can happen, or what shape it
must take,” he said.
Bambawale said while there
could be several triggers for
China’s action on the border on
Mondaynight,theprimarymoti-
vation seemed to be the desire to
take possession of the border as
Beijing perceives it, regardless of
India’s position.
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MANRAJ GREWAL
SHARMA
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 17
CALLING THE attack on Indian
troops a premeditated action by
China,LtGenBSJaswal(retd),for-
merArmyCommander,Northern
Command, said he would have
supported the use of firearms by
Indian troops in the face of such
“barbarism”.
Calling it wrong to compare
these intrusions to Kargil due to
thedifferenceinintent,Jaswalsaid
besides talks, the only way for-
wardistoeitherevicttheChinese
ordoaquidproquobyoccupying
one of their positions.
“What happened yesterday
wasapremeditatedactonpartof
the Chinese troops, they want to
claim Galwan Valley. Despite
reaching a consensus to respect
the LAC, they didn’t return 5 km
upstream to the actual line.’’
Jaswal,whocommandedthis
sector in 2010, said, “When the
CO, 16 Bihar, went to PP 14 and
askedthemtowithdraw,theyre-
fused and a scuffle ensued. They
attackedthecommandingofficer
and our boys reacted. Our disad-
vantagewasthatweweren’tcar-
ryinganytools…Meanwhile,the
Chinesegotreinforcements,whi-
ch led to so many casualties.” He
added, “I salute my boys. They
caused double the casualties un-
armed.”Jaswalsaidthetroopsre-
Lt Gen B S Jaswal (retd)
frained from using weapons due
to orders. “But if I were there and
my troops were being killed in a
barbaric manner, their skulls
smashed, I would have used
weapons.”
Calling it wrong to compare
the standoff with Kargil, he said,
“Galwanoccupationispartofthe
creepingassertivenessof China.”
He pointed out that the Chinese
never objected when India was
building roads in the sector in
2010. “I was there in 2010. The
road cut was being done and we
had even moved a tank on it to
checkitsefficacy.Chinaneverob-
jected.” Now, he said, they want
to show solidarity with Pakistan
because India is staking claim on
Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK and
China Pakistan Economic
Corridor is going through that
area. “They fear that we have the
potential to carve out another
Bangladesh.”
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lieve”thatKathmandu’sobjection
to the road via Lipulekh has been
“at the behest of someone else” -
-hintingatChina’spossiblerole–
didnotgodown wellwith Nepal.
Since then, the government
has also fast-tracked the passage
oftheBilltoapproveitsnewmap.
Cleared unanimously by the
Houseof Representatives,theBill
is now in the Rastriya Sabha
which is scheduled to vote
Thursday. Once cleared by
Parliament, it will be sent to the
President for assent.
On June 13, the Indian
MinistryofExternalAffairs,react-
ingtothepassageoftheBillinthe
House of Representatives, dis-
missed“thisartificialenlargement
ofclaims”as“notbasedonhistor-
ical fact or evidence” and “viola-
tiveofourcurrentunderstanding
to hold talks on outstanding
boundary issues”.
Nepal’spoliticalparties,while
rallying behind the government
move to “reclaim” territory “en-
croached”byIndia,havealsobeen
calling for talks with New Delhi.
China betrayed
us, repeated 1962:
Uttarakhand CM
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
DEHRADUN, JUNE 17
UTTARAKHAND CHIEF Minister
TrivendraSinghRawatonWedn-
esday said that “China has be-
trayedusbyattackingoursoldiers
whilewewerehavingcontinuous

‘Difference in Chinese activity ‘Right now, Chinese have an edge, we must neutralise it’ peace dialogues”.
The CM paid tribute to 20 sol-
diers who died in clashes with

at LAC, India should stand firm’ MANRAJ GREWAL

RITIKA CHOPRA
& ESHA ROY
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
FOLLOWING THE death of 20
IndianArmypersonnelinclashes
with the Chinese Army, former
Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal
said that India should stand firm
militarilyontheborderandatthe
same time expand political op-
tions against China.
Shashank, also a former
Foreign Secretary, said that a big
difference in Chinese activity at
the border this time is that the
Chineseaggressionappearstobe
playingout“allalongtheLAC”and
notinoneparticulargeographical
area picked by that country.
SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress,
Sibal said, "It will have a serious
impactonIndia-Chinarelations…
India has to stand firm militarily
on the border at whatever cost.
But that would make sense only
if, at the same time, we open our
political options against China in
areaswheretheirinterestswould
beasdeeplyhurtastheyhurtours
throughactionssuchasraisingthe
Kashmir issue in the UNSC and
opposingourmembershipof the
NSG. These options are with re-
gard to Dalai Lama, Tibet, Taiwan
and Hong Kong.”
He added, “Let me clarify that
all these political options should
Former foreign secretary
Kanwal Sibal. Courtesy: usispf.org
not be exercised at one go, but
progressively depending on
China's conduct. But the scope of
ourpoliticalretaliationshouldbe
expanded.”
Sibal was foreign secretary
from July 2002 to November
2003,andwasalsoambassadorto
Turkey, Egypt and France.
Speaking about the situation
at the LAC, Shashank told The
Indian Express, “This is the major
difference, that the Chinese ag-
gressiondoesnotseemtobelim-
itedorlocalisedtoonearea.Their
(Chinese) scope seems to have
widened to neighbouring coun-
tries.Whatwereallyneedtolook
atisif Chinahasbeenpersuading
neighbouring countries like Pak-
istan and Nepal to have taken a
morestridentanti-Indiastance...”
Shashank, who was Foreign
SecretaryfromDecember2003to
July 2004, and ambassador to
Denmark,SouthKoreaandLibya,
Former foreign secretary
Shashank. Source: Twitter
said, “There seems to be a radical
shift in China’s stance, not only
against India but possibly in the
neighbourhoodaswell.Therecan
be a number of reasons. First,
therehasbeenabuild-uponanti-
ChinasentimentinAsia.Although
Indiamaynotbe,Indiaisstillper-
ceivedasbeingprominentinthis
sentiment... Scholars are saying
theChinesegovernmentisfacing
difficultiesdomesticallyaswell.In
thiscontext,Indiaseemstobethe
closestandeasiesttargettohitout
at. While the Indian government
hasbeenunderpressure,whydid
theynotanticipate thischangein
China’s mood?”
Shashank maintained that
Indiashould“continuetobuildits
infrastructure” along the LAC. He
added that a war with China “is
simplynotinIndia’sbestinterest.
We need to find a solution
throughbilateraldialogue,butbe
prepared for any eventuality.”
SHARMA
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 17
THE PEAKS around the Galwan
valleylastsawbloodshedin1962,
when Chinese soldiers opened
fire on a company of 5 Jat on
October22,killing36soldiersand
capturing company commander
MajorSSHasabnis.Itmarkedthe
start of the 1962 war.
Maj Gen (Dr) G G Dwivedi,
who commanded a Jat battalion
US for peaceful resolution, Russia welcomes steps to de-escalate
SHUBHAJIT ROY
NEW DELHI, JUNE 17
ADAYafterthekillingof20Indian
Army personnel in clashes with
theChinesearmywasannounced
by the Indian government, key
members of the global commu-
nity—US,UK,RussiaandtheEU—
responded cautiously to the
clashesattheIndia-Chinaborder.
WhiletheUSsaiditsupported
a “peaceful resolution of the cur-
rentsituation”,Russia“welcomed
stepsaimedatde-escalation”and
remained“optimistic”,theUK“en-
couraged China and India to en-
gage in dialogue” and the EU “en-
couraged both sides to show
restraintandtoengageinmilitary
de-escalation”.
Maj Gen (Dr) G G Dwivedi
inthissectorin1992,andwassub-
sequently the defence attaché to
China in 1997, told The Indian
Therewasnocondemnationof
thekillingof 20Indiansoldiersby
anyof thecountries.
While some in New Delhi
viewedthesestatementsasbeing
“neutral”, each of these countries
have a bilateral relationship with
Chinaandgeo-politicalconsidera-
tions to keep in mind before they
comment on theborder clashbe-
tweenIndianandChinesearmies.
Also, there was silence from
India’s neighbours — as has been
the practice during previous bor-
der stand-offs, including Doklam
crisisof 2017.
From the Indian perspective,
there was no coercive diplomacy
at play after 24 hours. However,
India has always been restrained
inbriefingforeignambassadorsin
the past, when it comes to border
Express over the phone that he is
not surprised by the recent
Chinese belligerence. “It is part of
China’s ‘nibble and negotiate pol-
icy’. Their grand aim is to ensure
that India does not build infra-
structure along the LAC, change
thestatusofLadakh,cosyuptothe
USandjointheanti-Chinachorus
causedbyCovid-19.Itistheirway
of attaining a political goal with
military might, while gaining
moreterritoryintheprocess.’’
On the way forward, Dwivedi
saidIndiamustbefirmonrestora-
stand-offswithChina.
The US State department
spokesperson said in a statement,
“Wearecloselymonitoringthesit-
uation between Indian and Chin-
ese forces along the LAC. We note
theIndianmilitaryhasannounced
that 20 soldiers havedied, andwe
offerourcondolencestotheirfam-
ilies.BothIndiaandChinahaveex-
pressedadesiretode-escalate,and
wesupportapeacefulresolutionof
thecurrentsituation...”
Russian ambassador Nikolay
Kudashevtweeted,“Wewelcome
allstepsaimedatde-escalationat
the#LAC,includingtheconversa-
tionbetweenthetwoFMs,andre-
mainoptimistic.”
According to Russian news
agencyTASS,Russianpresidential
spokespersonDmitryPeskovtold
tion of status quo as on April 30.
“We must be firm on that, they
shouldgoback.Westartedtodis-
engage but the Chinese did not,
they want to consolidate their
gainsandmakeusacceptthenew
LACalignment.'”Negotiationsde-
pend on how strong you are on
the ground. “Right now, the
Chinese have an edge, we must
neutraliseit.Wemusteitherpush
them back or occupy some other
place that affects them.”
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reporters on Wednesday that
Kremlin is concerned over the
clash but believes the two coun-
tries could resolve this conflict
themselves. He emphasised that
China and India are Russia’s close
partnersandallies.
Moscow welcomes the con-
tacts of New Delhi and Beijing on
de-escalationoftensionontheLAC,
said Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov following a special
videomeetingwithASEANForeign
Ministers. Asked about the possi-
bility of discussing this at the June
22videoconferenceofforeignmin-
istersofRussia,IndiaandChina,he
said:"Theagendadoesnotinvolve
discussing issues that relate to bi-
lateral relations of a country with
anothermemberof thisformat.”
A British High Commission
Chinese troops in Galwan Valley.
“The way our soldiers were at-
tacked there, China has repeated
1962,”hetoldthemedia.“Butthe
way our soldiers gave a befitting
replytoChinaandsacrificedtheir
lives, China should understand
thatthisisIndiaof 2020notwhat
it was in 1962. Indian Army can
faceanyone.Now,China’smiscon-
ception should be cleared.”
ThreedistrictsofUttarakhand
are along the India-China
border.The situation is normal in
the border areas, officials said.
spokesperson said in New Delhi,
“WeencourageChinaandIndiato
engageindialogueonissuesrelat-
ingtotheborder–violenceisinno
one’sinterest.”
UNchiefAntonioGuterresex-
pressedconcernoverreportsofvi-
olence and deaths at the LAC and
urgedbothsidestoexercise“max-
imumrestraint”,hisspokesperson
saidinNewYork.
EU Foreign policy chief Josep
Borrellsaid,“Inlightofrecentwor-
ryingdevelopmentsalongtheLAC
between India and China, the EU
encouragesbothsidestoshowre-
straint and to engage in military
de-escalation…Wetrustthatboth
theIndianandChineseauthorities
willlooktocontinuetheirdialogue
in order to find peaceful solutions
totheirdifferences.”

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CONG’S IBOBI SINGH SEEKS TO MOVE NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION Karnataka announces
3MLAsquit,NPPwithdraws random testing for
effective surveillance
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supporttoBJPgovtinManipur
ESHAROY&
JIMMYLEIVON
NEWDELHI,IMPHAL,JUNE17
FORMER CONGRESS chief min-
ister of Manipur and CLP leader
OkramIbobiSinghwillapproach
Governor Najma Heptullah to
call a special Assembly session
to floor a no-confidence motion
againsttheNBirenSingh-ledBJP
government.
This comes soon after three
BJP MLAs resigned from the
Assemblyandpartymembership
to join the Congress.
OneoftheBJP’smainallies,the
National People’s Party (NPP),
withdrewitssupportandpledged
supporttotheCongress.TheNPP’s
four MLAs are all cabinet minis-
ters, including Deputy Chief
Minister Y Joykumar Singh.
The Biren Singh government
was formed after the 2017
Assembly election, with the BJP
winning only 21 seats in the 60-
memberAssembly.TheCongress
was the single largest party with
28 seats. Immediately after the
election, one Congress MLA de-
fected to the BJP. A TMC MLA,
alongwiththefourNPPMLAsand
four MLAs of Naga People’s Front
(a BJP ally in Nagaland), helped
Cong’s Okram Ibobi Singh,
(right) CM N Biren Singh
propuptheBJP’sfirstgovernment
in the Northeast.
OnWednesday,apartfromthe
threeBJPMLAsandNPP,theTMC
MLA and an independent MLA
from Jiribam withdrew support.
TheManipurAssemblyhasacur-
rent strength of 59 MLAs after
ShyamkumarSinghofAndrocon-
stituency,whohaddefectedtoBJP
from Congress, was disqualified.
The three BJP MLAs who re-
signed are T T Haokip, S
Subaschandra Singh and Samuel
Jendai.Haokip,speakingatapress
conference in Imphal flanked by
the two others, said, “I tendered
my resignation on my own voli-
tion.”Whenaskedwhytheytook
the decision, Haokip declined to
comment further.
Troublehadbeenbrewingfor
BirenSingh,withseveralattempts
to dethrone him from within the
party. This was resolved after the
intervention of central BJP lead-
ers.ButonApril9,theCMdivested
the Deputy CM of all his portfo-
lios, including environment, for-
estandclimatechange,andtrans-
ferred them to himself.
Y Joykumar told The Indian
Express, “The CM had promised 5
kg rice to everyone and assured
there would be no shortage dur-
inglockdown,butthatwasnotthe
case.Iraisedthematter…Soonaf-
ter, he took away my portfolios.
BJP members had called for our
resignationfromthegovernment.
More recently, Biren told us that
after the Rajya Sabha election all
NPPministerswouldbedropped
fromthecabinet.TheBJPkeepsat-
tacking its own allies. How could
we accept this behaviour?”
Incidentally, Joykumar was
DG Police of Manipur during
Ibobi’s tenure and has a close
workingrelationshipwiththefor-
mer CM. Meanwhile, Ibobi
claimedtheCongressnowhasthe
supportof 30MLAs,including20
of its own. Apart from one
Congress MLA who had defected
rightaftertheelection,sevenoth-
ers had pledged support to the
Birengovernmentwhileremain-
ing Congress MLAS.
“In the Assembly, officially
they tell us they are Congress
MLAs. The matter is in court – ei-
ther they will be disqualified, or
they are Congress MLAs. In any
case,theyarenotBJPMLAs,”Ibobi
told The Indian Express. He added
that with their new support, the
Congress could now stake claim
to form the government.
With three MLAs leaving, the
BJP’s number is down to 19. They
have the support of an LJP MLA
and four NPF MLAs.
“Thereisnoproblemincalling
a special Assembly session while
maintainingsocialdistancingbe-
cause we had constructed a 100-
seat Assembly in our tenure, and
there are 52 MLAs (barring the
sevenwhoarenotallowedtoen-
ter the Assembly while awaiting
verdict) who can actually vote. If
the BJP is confident of their num-
bers,wedon’thaveaproblem.But
let them prove it,” said Ibobi.
When contacted, a senior BJP
leader said, “There is some diffi-
culty as far as numbers are con-
cerned,butwedon’tfeelthereisa
threat.” Manipur BJP vice-presi-
dent Asnikumar Moirangthem
declined to comment.
JOHNSON T A
BENGALURU, JUNE 17
THE KARNATAKA Health
Department on Wednesday an-
nounced random coronavirus
tests for slum dwellers, vendors,
bill collectors and delivery staff
employed with food chains and
courier services. The new meas-
ures are “in view of a recent in-
creaseofCovid-19casesandtoen-
sureeffectivesurveillance,”Health
Secretary Jawaid Akhtar said.
Thestatehasalsoannounced
it will stop treating asympto-
matic patients at government
hospitals and has decided to set
up separate facilities for these
patients as an effort to free up
beds for symptomatic patients.
On Wednesday, the state di-
rected private hospitals to take
care of patients of Influenza Like
Illness (ILI) or Severe Acute
RespiratoryInfection(SARI)who
test positive for the virus instead
of shuntingthemtogovernment
hospitals for free care.
The government is working
towardsatreatmentfeestructure
atprivatehospitalsandaproposal
will be finalised in a couple of
West Block 7, R.K. Puram, Sector-1, New Delhi
Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) invites sealed bids
from interested applicants for licensing of Guest House (18 Guest Rooms of
days,MedicalEducationMinister Twin Bedded and 15 Dormitories having 81 beds) for a period of 3 years for
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a spur, sparking concern. Textiles, Government of India, West Block 7, R.K. Puram, Sector - 1, New
Delhi.
“The health status of those Last date for submission of bids is 14th July, 2020 not later than 12:00 Noon.
who have ILI symptoms will be Bidders are requested to refer RFP document for further instructions.
monitored closely. Those who Interested applicants can download Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) and request
have co-morbidities and ILI are for Proposal (RFP) documents from CPP website
https://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app. Copy of NIT and RFP documents
a very vulnerable group. Those will also be available on www.handicrafts.nic.in from 19th June, 2020.
that visit markets or accessing davp 41103/11/0001/2021
points of high density or areas of
influence will be tested and we HARYANA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION
will try to watch and contain,” BAYS NO. 67-70, SECTOR-2, PANCHKULA-134151
Hephsiba Rabi, the head of the (www.hssc.gov.in)
Covid-19 war room for ANNOUNCEMENT
Bengaluru city, said.
FINAL RESULT FOR THE POST OF CLERK OF RAJYA SAINIK
Meanwhile, mathematical BOARD, HARYANA AGAINST ADVT. NO. 11/2015, CAT. NO. 04.
projectionsof Covid-19casesand
On the basis of Written Examination Scrutiny of Documents and
fatalitiesonthenewiSPIRTIndia Interview/Viva-Voce for the Post of Clerk, Rajya Sainlk Board, Haryana
Covid-19 Susceptible, Exposed, Against Advt. No.11/2015, Category No. 04 , the Commission has
Infectious,Recovered(SEIR)pre- finalised and declared the result. The result has been shown Roll No. wise
and category wise and the marks secured by the last selected candidate
dictivemodel,builtbyagroupof have been shown in the bracket.
Bengaluru computer scientists, Advt. No. 11/2015, Clerk, CAT. No. 04 (26 Posts)
indicates that the number of ESM GEN (12 Posts)
cases in Karnataka can rise from 1150400028 1150400037 1150400169 1150400171 1150400204
thecurrent7,734to14,710byJuly 1150400315 1150400353 1150400505 1150400595 1150400711
17.Thenumberof deathscanrise (122)
ESM SC (07 Posts)
from the present 102 to 275, the
1150400581 1150400648
model has shown. (102)
The demand for hospital ESM BCA (03 Posts)
beds in Bengaluru for critical 1150400085
cases is projected to surge to 711 (116)
by July 17 from 92 at present. ESM BCB (04 Posts)
1150400102 1150400176 1150400466 1150400573
(130)
NOTE: (02 Posts) ESM GEN, (05 Posts) ESM SC and (02 Posts) ESM
BCA remained vacant due to non avaibllity of suitable candidate.
CRITERIA ADOPTED FOR SELECTION
1) WRITTEN EXAMINATION ................................. 200-MARKS
2) VIVA -VOCE ....................................................... 25-MARKS

Indore-based Note:
1. The result of CWP No. 27115/2018 has been kept in sealed cover in
Total: 225 - MARKS

businessman compliance of Hon'ble High Court and the above result is subject to
the final outcome of this writ petition and any other writ petitions pend-
ing in the Hon 'ble High Court.
held for GST 2. While every care has been taken in preparing and uploading the
result, possibility of in advertent/technical errors cannot be ruled out.

evasion worth The Commission reserves the right to rectify the same later on.
3. The result is also available on the website of HSSC i.e,

Rs 233 crore
www.hssc.gov.in
Sd/-
(Secretary)
Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
Dated: 17.06.2020
MILIND GHATWAI 81324/HRY
BHOPAL, JUNE 17

INDORE-BASED businessman Stressed Assets Recovery Branch, 2nd Floor, Patna Main
Branch Building, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna-800001
Kishore Wadhwani has been ar- Phone No.: 0612-2200968, E-mail: sbi.05176@sbi.co.in
rested by the regional unit of the
Public Auction notice
Directorate of GST Intelligence State Bank of India intends to Auction of following Vehicle (whose
for alleged evasion of GST to the Manufacturing Company, Model and Year of manufacturing) is
tune of Rs 233 crore. mentioned below, through Public Auction on "As is where is basis".
The55-year-old’sarrestfrom Applications are invited from interested bidders for auction on
a hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday 26.06.2020 (Friday) from 2.30 P.M. to 5.30 P.M. The reserve price of
followed searches in Indore and the vehicle is fixed as below:-
Ujjainover the last few days. The Sl No.1: Make-Ashok Leyland Ltd-AC Bus, Model-ASH Cargo1512,
searches led to the arrest of four d¶fWfSX »fûIY ÀfZ½ff Af¹fû¦f Year of Mfg-2013, Reg No-BR26G/1001, Chassis No- MB1PBJC2
DEEL2689, Engine No-DWEZ407619, Reserve Price-`9,65,000/-,
owners of manufacturing units. 15, ªf½ffWS»ff»f ³fZW ø ¸ff¦fÊ (¶fZ»fe SûO), ´fM³ff-800001 Name of Defaulter-Shri Sudhir Kr. Singh
The agency has told a
Mumbai court that the owners Af½fV¹fIY Àfc¨f³ff Sl No.2: Make-TATA Bus-Sleeper, Model- TATA LPO/55, Year of Mfg-
2013, Reg No-BR26G/6325, Chassis No-MAT412296D0E04047,
have said in their statements d½fÄff´f³f Àfa£¹ff 03/2020, ´f±f d³f¸ffʯf d½f·ff¦f, d¶fWfS IZ A²fe³f ÀfWf¹fI Ad·f¹fa°ff (AÀf`d³fI ) IZ ´fQûÔ ´fS Engine No-31D84107913 Reserve Price-`8,70,000/-, Name of
recordedunderSection70of the
CGST Act that Wadhwani con- d³f¹fbd¢°f WZ °fb ´fiI fdVf°f d½fÄff´f³f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e d°fd±f I û d½fÀ°ffdS°f dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff ±ffÜ Defaulter-Shri Ramkesh Singh (Deceased)
Sl No-3: Make-Mahindra Truck, Model-MN256MC, Year of Mfg-
trolled the units and was the ul- ´fb³f: Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e ´fc½fÊ d³f²ffÊdS°f d°fd±f I û d³f¸³f ´fiI fS ÀfZ d½fÀ°ffdS°f dI ¹ff ªff°ff W` :- 2014, Reg. No.-BR11S7621, Chassis No.-MA1PCAHBCE6L48960,
timate financial beneficiary. IiY. Àfa. Afg³f»ffBÊX³f Af½fZQ³f Àfa¶fa²fe ´fidIiY¹ff ´fc½fÊ ÀfZ d³f²ffÊdSX°f Aad°f¸f d°fd±f d½fÀ°ffdSX°f Aad°f¸f d°fd±f Engine No-BA14ZL0009, Reserve Price-`4,04,000/-, Name of
The agency said mobile Defaulter-Shri Indrajeet Kumar.
phones, computers and laptops 1. SdªfÀMÑZ Vf³f (´faªfeI S¯f) I e d°fd±f dQ³ffaI 05.05.2020 ÀfZ dQ³ffaI 20.06.2020 °fI Sl No-4: Make-TATA-Bus, Model-Ultra, Year of Mfg-2016, Reg
were seized from key persons 08.06.2020 No-BR11PA3282, Chassis No-MAT751116GFC03356, Engine
and locations during investiga- 2. ´fSeÃff Vfb»I ·fb¦f°ff³f I S³fZ I e d°fd±f dQ³ffaI 18.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 24.06.2020 °fI No-497TC73CTY811278, Reserve Price-`8,50,000/-, Name of
tion. The chat histories and var- 3. Afg³f»ffB³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e Aad°f¸f d°fd±f dQ³ffaI 24.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 30.06.2020 °fI Defaulter-Shri Navneet Priya
ious pictures of slips/kacchi 4. Af¹fû¦f I f¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸fZÔ À´feO ´fûÀM/d³f¶fad²f°f OfI ÀfZ Af½fZQ³f I e dQ³ffaI 30.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 04.07.2020 IZ Sl No-5: Make-TATA-Bus, Model-HPV 912, Year of Mfg- 2013,
parchi shared among individu- WfOÊ I fg´fe E½fa Àf·fe ´fi¸ff¯f ´fÂf ´fif´°f WfZ³fZ I e Aad°f¸f d°fd±f A´fSf‰ 5.00 ¶fªfZ °fI Reg No-BR37H7227, Chassis No.-MAT454062D7G21481, Engine
No-497TC92GWY834400, Reserve Price-`6,58,000/-, Name of
als prima facie revealed tax eva-
sion of more than Rs 233 crore
³fûM:- dªfÀf d°fd±f I û SdªfÀMÑZ Vf³f dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff W` CÀfI e A¦f»fe d°fd±f I û ´fc½ffÊWÐ ³f 11.00 ¶fªfZ IZ ¶ffQ ´fSeÃff Defaulter-Shri Amit Kumar

and this has been corroborated Vfb»I I f Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f ·fb¦f°ff³f I S³fZ IZ d»f¹fZ Af½fZQI I û d»faI C´f»f¶²f Wû¦ffÜ Sl No-6: Make-TATA Truck, Model-PRIME, Year of Mfg-2016, Reg
No-BR11PA8609, Chassis No-MAT479054F3C05119, Engine
by key persons, the agency said. 2. dªfÀf d°fd±f I û ·fb¦f°ff³f dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff W` CÀfI e A¦f»fe d°fd±f I fZ ´fc½ffÊWÐ ³f 11.00 ¶fªfZ IZ ¶ffQ Af½fZQI No-B592303051B63416325, Reserve Price-`7,26,000/- (6.15
The Mumbai court granted
transitremandtillJune18afterthe
I û Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Application Form ·fS³fZ IZ d»fE d»faI C´f»f¶²f Wû¦ffÜ A·¹f±feÊ dQ³ffaI Lac+GST), Name of Defaulter-Shri Rahul Kumar
Sl No-7: Make-Mahindra Truck, Model-TRUxO 25, Year of Mfg-
agencysaidWadhwaniwentun- 24.06.2020 °fI d³fdV¨f°f ø ´f ÀfZ ·fb¦f°ff³f I S »fZÔÜ 2015, Reg. No.-BR11GA0826, Chassis No.-MAIPCAHBCF6A48087,
derground and was hiding in 3. C´f¹fbÊ¢°f d½fÄff´f³f IZ Àfa¶fa²f ¸fZÔ d½fÀ°fÈ°f Àfc¨f³ff/d½f½fS¯fe/ªff³fI fSe E½fa Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ WZ °fb Engine No-BA15ZA0329, Reserve Price-`6,58,000/-, Name of
Mumbai. During a search at Defaulter-Md. Mumtaz.
Wadhwani’sIndoreresidence,the
d³fQZÊVf Af¹fû¦f IZ ½fZ¶fÀffBÊ M www.bpsc.bih.nic.in ´fS ´fiQdVfÊ°f W` Ü Sl No-8: Make-Mahindra Truck, Model-TRUxO 25, Year of Mfg-
investigating teams were al- 4. A·¹f±feÊ Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e ´fidIi ¹ff ´fifS¸·f I S³fZ IZ ´fc½fÊ ½fZ¶fÀffBÊM ´fS ´fiQdVfÊ°f d½fÀ°fÈ°f 2015, Reg. No.-BR11GA0827, Chassis No.-MAIPCAHBCF6B48463,
legedly attacked and this too was d½fÄff´f³f E½fa Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ WZ °fb Af½fV¹fI E½fa d½fÀ°fÈ°f d³fQZÊVf I f ·f»fe-·ffhd°f A²¹f¹f³f Engine No-BA15ZB0313, Reserve Price-`6,48,000/-, Name of
Defaulter-Md. Mumtaz.
citedasagroundtoseekremand.
AseparateFIRhasbeenlodgedin
I S »fZÔ¦fZÜ Sl No.9: Make-Tata Truck, Model-L P 3118, Year of Mfg-2014, Reg
connection with the attack. 5. ´fc½fÊ ´fiI fdVf°f d½fÄff´f³f I û BÀf WQ °fI ÀfaVfûd²f°f Àf¸fÓff ªffEÜ No-BR06GB3747, Chassis No-MAT466388E1J13908, Engine
No-B591803241J63394644, Reserve Price-`9,09,000/-, Name of
The officials of the agency WXÀ°ff./- Defaulter-Shri Rama Shankar Prasad Yadav.
and Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence had not reached
Àfa¹fb¢°f Àfd¨f½f-ÀfWX-´fSXeÃff d³f¹faÂfIY, Sl No.10: Make-AMW Truck, Model-3116HL, Year of Mfg-2014, Reg
No-BR01GD3559, Chassis No-MABYBC0093EBA3526, Engine
Indore till late Wednesday. The d¶fWXfSX »fûIY ÀfZ½ff Af¹fû¦f, ´fMX³ff No-41A84142428, Reserve Price-`4,14,000/-, Name of Defaulter-
agencyhasarrestedSanjayMata, Shri Rishav Kumar.
Vijay Nair, Ashok Daga, and Amit d¶fWfSX »fûIY ÀfZ½ff Af¹fû¦f Sl No.11: Make-AMV Truck, Model-2523TPBS III, Year of Mfg-2014,
Bothraforsupplying,dealingand Reg No-JH09W5247, Chassis No-MBYBA0253EBA33567, Engine
selling huge quantities of differ-
15, ªf½ffWS»ff»f ³fZW ø ¸ff¦fÊ (¶fZ»fe SûO), ´fM³ff-800001 No-41AB4142871, Reserve Price-`1,83,000/-, Name of Defaulter-
ent brands of paan masala, to-
bacco and raw material without
Af½fV¹fIY Àfc¨f³ff Shri Vishal Kumar.
Sl No.12: Make-AMV Truck, Model-TIPPER, Year of Mfg-2013, Reg
issuing GST invoices under ³f¦fS d½fI fÀf E½fa Af½ffÀf d½f·ff¦f, d¶fWfS IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f d½fÄff´f³f Àfa£¹ff 07/2020, ÀfWf¹fI Ad·f¹fa°ff, No-BR01GD0296, Chassis No-MBYB81800DFA31713, Engine No-
Section 132 (1) (a) (i) of CGST Act, AÀf`d³fI , d½fÄff´f³f Àfa£¹ff 08/2020, ÀfWf¹fI Ad·f¹fa°ff, ¹ffadÂfI E½fa d½fÄff´f³f Àfa£¹ff 09/2020, ÀfWf¹fI 31F84115665, Reserve Price-`1,77,000/-, Name of Defaulter-Shri
Vishal Kumar.
2017. It said they have also com- Ad·f¹fa°ff, d½fôb°f IZ ´fQûÔ ´fS d³f¹fbd¢°f WZ °fb dQ³ffaI 30.04.2020 I û ´fiI fdVf°f d½fÄff´f³f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Sl No.13: Make-AMV Truck, Model-TIPPER, Year of Mfg-2014, Reg
mitted offences under 409, 467,
471 and 120 (b) of the IPC. Af½fZQ³f ´fÂf ·fS³fZ WZ °fb ´fc½fÊ ÀfZ d³f²ffÊdS°f d°fd±f I û d³f¸³f ´fiI fS ÀfZ d½fÀ°ffdS°f dI ¹ff ªff°ff W` :- No-JH09W5474, Chassis No-MBYBA0253EBA33568, Engine No-
41AB4142419, Reserve Price-`1,71,000/-, Name of Defaulter-Shri
IiY. Àfa. Afg³f»ffBÊX³f Af½fZQ³f Àfa¶fa²fe ´fidIiY¹ff ´fc½fÊ ÀfZ d³f²ffÊdSX°f d°fd±f d½fÀ°ffdSX°f Aad°f¸f d°fd±f Vishal Kumar.
1. SdªfÀMÑZ Vf³f (´faªfeI S¯f) I e d°fd±f dQ³ffIa 04.05.2020 ÀfZ 08.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 20.06.2020 °fI Public auction of above vehicle will be held at State Bank of India, SARB
2. ´fSeÃff Vfb»I ·fb¦f°ff³f I S³fZ I e d°fd±f dQ³ffaI 18.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 24.06.2020 °fI Patna, 2nd Floor, SBI Main Branch Building, Patna on dated 26.06.2020
(Friday) from 2.30 P.M. to 5.30 P.M. on following terms and conditions.
3. Afg³f»ffB³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e Aad°f¸f d°fd±f dQ³ffaI 24.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 30.06.2020 °fI

EMD of each Vehicle is fixed 10% of the reserve price.
If any person
4. Af¹fû¦f I f¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸fZÔ À´feO ´fûÀM/d³f¶fad²f°f OfI ÀfZ Af½fZQ³f I e dQ³ffaI 30.06.2020 dQ³ffaI 04.07.2020 IZ interested for more than one Vehicle then he has to submit separate
WfOÊ I fg´fe E½fa Àf·fe ´fi¸ff¯f ´fÂf ´fif´°f WfZ³fZ I e Aad°f¸f d°fd±f A´fSf‰ 5.00 ¶fªfZ °fI Demand Draft of the value of 10% of the reserve price of the vehicle.

³fûM:- dªfÀf d°fd±f I û SdªfÀMÑZ Vf³f dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff W` CÀfI e A¦f»fe d°fd±f I û ´fc½ffÊWÐ ³f 11.00 ¶fªfZ IZ ¶ffQ ´fSeÃff Earnest Money only in the form of DD/Pay order in favour of State Bank
of India, SARB, Patna payable at Patna should be enclosed alongwith
Vfb»I I f Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f ·fb¦f°ff³f I S³fZ IZ d»f¹fZ Af½fZQI I û d»faI C´f»f¶²f Wû¦ffÜ the application otherwise the application will be summarily rejected
and the applicant will not be allowed to participate in the Auction.
2. dªfÀf d°fd±f I û ·fb¦f°ff³f dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff W` CÀfI e A¦f»fe d°fd±f I fZ ´fc½ffÊWÐ ³f 11.00 ¶fªfZ IZ ¶ffQ Af½fZQI
Auction will not be held below the Reserve Price.
Highest
I û Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Application Form ·fS³fZ IZ d»fE d»faI C´f»f¶²f Wû¦ffÜ A·¹f±feÊ dQ³ffaI bidder has to deposit 25% of the bid amount immediately and the
rest amount shall be paid within 10 days of Auction.
Otherwise
24.06.2020 °fI d³fdV¨f°f ø ´f ÀfZ ·fb¦f°ff³f I S »fZÔÜ the auction in favour of him will be cancelled and the total deposited
3. C´f¹fbÊ¢°f d½fÄff´f³f IZ Àfa¶fa²f ¸fZÔ d½fÀ°fÈ°f Àfc¨f³ff/d½f½fS¯fe/ªff³fI fSe E½fa Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ WZ °fb amount will be forfeited.
Bank reserves the right to reject or
cancel any application or whole Auction or any auction of vehicle
d³fQZÊVf Af¹fû¦f IZ ½fZ¶fÀffBÊ M www.bpsc.bih.nic.in ´fS ´fiQdVfÊ°f W` Ü including the highest bidder without assigning any reason thereof.
4. A·¹f±feÊ Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ I e ´fidIi ¹ff ´fifS¸·f I S³fZ IZ ´fc½fÊ ½fZ¶fÀffBÊM ´fS ´fiQdVfÊ°f d½fÀ°fÈ°f Note: 1. Bank is not responsible for any mistake in publication, physical
verification is only acceptable. Intending bidders may inspect vehicle
d½fÄff´f³f E½fa Afg³f»ffBÊ ³f Af½fZQ³f ·fS³fZ WZ °fb Af½fV¹fI E½fa d½fÀ°fÈ°f d³fQZÊVf I f ·f»fe-·ffhd°f A²¹f¹f³f before auction.
I S »fZÔ¦fZÜ 2. Photocopy of PAN Card, Residential Certificate & Aadhar Card should
be enclosed and original copy to be produced for verification.
5. ´fc½fÊ ´fiI fdVf°f d½fÄff´f³f I û BÀf WQ °fI ÀfaVfûd²f°f Àf¸fÓff ªffEÜ For any query regarding above vehicles please contact:-
Mob No.: 7870792604 (Sl No.-1 to 8), 7033092051 (Sl No.-1 & 2),
WXÀ°ff./- 7903397844 (Sl No- 3 to 8), 7541807348(Sl No.-9&10) &
Àfa¹fb¢°f Àfd¨f½f-ÀfWX-´fSXeÃff d³f¹faÂfIY, 6287220111 (Sl No.-11 to 13) from 10:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
d¶fWXfSX »fûIY ÀfZ½ff Af¹fû¦f, ´fMX³ff Place : Patna
Date : 18.06.2020
Authorised Officer
SBI, SARB, Patna

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FOUNDED BY
Facing the incursion
§

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RAMNATH GOENKA
China has changed its tactics, not goals. India needs
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
to demonstrate strong national power

THE RED LINE Ram Madhav

ENGAGEMENT AT THIS scale between the decadescanbepartlyattributedtoIndia’sin- ment is cleverly used by the Chinese side to
India must keep its focus on the primary objective — to restore armies of India and China has taken place af- sistenceondiplomaticengagementandphys- shifttheonusawayfromBeijing,andallowfor
ter more than five decades. The last time the ical disengagement. The result was that the the perpetuation of illegal border violations.
status quo ante on the northern frontiers

A
two sides engaged in a violent clash was in
1967 in north Sikkim. The Chinese had ob-
S THE DETAILS of Monday night’s encounter in the Galwan Valley come jected to the erection of barbed wire fencing
intoview,thereisgrowingnationaloutrageatthekillingof theIndiansol- along the Indo-Tibetan border and attacked
dierswhowentonadisengagementmission.Addinginsulttoinjury,sen- the Indian company commander, seriously
ior Chinese military officials, diplomats and the political leadership have injuring him. In a strong retaliation by the
put the blame squarely on India. But as the South Block statement put it, Indian side, over 400 Chinese soldiers had
beenneutralised.TheIndianside,too,hadsuf-
itwasthePLAthatsoughttoalterthestatusquoandamoreresponsibleapproachonBeijing’s
fered 88 casualties. A smaller skirmish broke
part would have avoided significant number of deaths on both sides — Chinese soldiers out between the patrol parties of the two
took“pre-meditatedandplannedaction”thatwasdirectlyresponsibleforMonday'sclash, countriesin1975nearTulungLainArunachal
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has told his China counterpart Wang Yi in a phone conversa- Pradesh in which four jawans of the Assam
tion. While blaming the Indian Army for the unfortunate confrontation on Monday night Rifles were martyred.
and warning Delhi that it is prepared for further escalation, Beijing continues to offer talks In the clashes in Galwan Valley this week,
both sides have suffered casualties. The
to defuse the situation. This classic Chinese ploy that combines military aggression with
Chinese side does not disclose the numbers
appearances of political moderation calls for a sophisticated Indian response. of their casualties anymore. The Indian tradi-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief remarks on Wednesday, the first since the cri- tion is to respect the valour and martyrdom
sis broke out on the border in early May, sought to balance India’s desire for peace and de- of every single soldier. The entire nation
escalationontheonehandandits determinationtovigorously respondtoChinese provo- mourns the sacrifice of those valiant soldiers
cations on the border. India’s leadership is fully conscious of the demands at home for who have lost their lives challenging the
Chinese aggression in Galwan Valley.
retribution similar to the Indian bombing of a terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan last
Between 1967 and 2020, China changed
February following a terror attack on Indian soldiers at Pulwama in Kashmir. But it un-
itstactics,notitsgoals.Ithadendedupwitha
derstands that reactions based on anger, however legitimate it might be, cannot be part bloody nose in its border conflict with the
of any sensible Indian strategy. India faces a very different set of circumstances on the SovietUnionin1969.WavingMao’sRedBook,
northernfrontierswithChinathantheoneitfacesonitswesternborders.UnlikePakistan, PLA soldiers had tried to illegally cross the
which is much weaker than India and was vulnerable to multiple pressures, China is a Ussuri river and enter the Soviet-controlled
Zhenbao island. In the Soviet retaliation, the
much stronger military power than India.
Chinese had suffered over 250 casualties, af-
A rash military response to the unacceptable incident at Galwan could inevitably lead
ter which China had promptly entered into a
to military escalation at multiple points on the contested frontier where the two armies ceasefire with the Soviets. The last war that
are standing toe to toe. The economic costs of such an escalation would indeed be sub- China fought was in 1979 in Vietnam.
stantive and the political consequences severe. That does not mean Delhi should accept Inthelastfourdecades,Chinaadoptedthe
the new facts on the ground created by the People’s Liberation Army. The principal po- SunTzuformulaof “thesupremeartof waris
litical objective of the Indian statecraft today is to restore the status quo that prevailed in tosubduetheenemywithoutfighting”.Ithas
resorted to area expansion and domination
eastern Ladakh and elsewhere before China’s expansive forward push in April. A three-
tactics using numerical superiority and mili-
fold strategy is critical for the realisation of that goal. One is the political will to escalate tary aggression. It continued to nibble away
themilitaryconfrontationif itbecomesnecessary;secondisthe closing of domesticranks atourterritoriesthroughaggressivepatrolling
and the demonstration of national resolve to bear the economic and political costs of es- and continuous border violations. In the last
calation; and finally, the commitment to a sustained dialogue to complete the process of one decade, more than a thousand such bor-
disengagement that was agreed upon earlier this month. In short, Delhi’s message to do- der violations have been recorded.
That there have been no violent clashes
mestic and international audiences must be a simple yet credible one — that India will do
between India and China in the last five
whatever it takes to restore the status quo ante on the northern frontiers.
Post-2014, a policy shift has
been witnessed at Chushul
in 2014, Doklam in 2017 and
Galwan Valley and Pangong
Tso lake now. Unlike in the
past, our border security
establishment actively
engages and physically
prevents incursions by the
other side. We remove illegal
constructions like jeep tracks
and listening posts. Indian
troops have destroyed a
watch tower and a camera
installed on a PLA hut in the
Depsang plains area in
September 2015. In a 72-day
stand-off at the Doklam
trijunction between Tibet,
Bhutan and India, the
Indian forces together with
their Bhutanese
counterparts stalled the
construction of a road by the
Chinese that would have
shifted the trijunction
southwards, affecting India’s
strategic interests.
contentious portions of the LAC, like the
Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso lake forma-
tions, were patrolled by both sides without
engagingwitheachother.Duringthisperiod,
the Chinese side had nibbled away at Indian
territoryinseveralplaces.Traditionalgrazing
areas of the people of the upper reaches in
Ladakh have been encroached. The latest
flashpointattheconfluenceoftheGalwanand
Shyok rivers is one such location where the
Chinese had built motorable rough tracks to
claim Indian territory.
WhilethenibblingbyChinawasongoing,
the Indian side preferred diplomatic engage-
ment,enteringasmanyassixbilateralagree-
ments with China in 1988, 1993, 1996, 2005,
2012and2013.Whiletheseagreementswere
full of the usual homilies about peace, diplo-
macyanddialogue,theyfailedtoaddressthe
main dispute over the LAC. India also lost an
opportunity in 1993 during Prime Minister
NarasimhaRao’svisittoBeijingwhenthetwo
countries signed the Peace and Tranquillity
Agreement. India had proposed to insert the
word “existing” before the Line of Actual
Control, thus pinning down China to agree to
theconcurrentposition.ThewilyChineseside
refused to do so, and we quietly signed the
agreement.
Later,whentheChinesehadinfiltratedand
pitched tents 19 km deep inside our territory
in the Depsang plains area in 2013, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh meekly repeated
the same old defeatist argument that the
Chinese have a different “perception” about
the LAC. It was music to Chinese ears when
PrimeMinisterSingh,speakinginParliament
inDecember2013,said:“Therearesometimes
intrusions according to us. But the Chinese
perception of the LAC sometimes differs.
Therefore,Ithink,someconfusioniscreated”.
Hiscolleagueandthenexternalaffairsminis-
ter, Salman Khurshid, had tried to downplay
the incident by describing it as a “local” one.
Incidentally, this “local commanders” argu-
Theincursionsin2013wereasbadasthey
are now. The Chinese had refused to disman-
tlethetentedcampsthattheyputupdeepin-
side our territory. Prime Minister Singh had
maintainedastonysilenceforfulltwoweeks
despite repeated questions from the
Opposition.Thefinalagreementbetweenthe
two sides that had led to the Chinese with-
drawalafter21dayswasshroudedinsecrecy.
The media had reported that the Indian gov-
ernment had agreed to destroy the bunkers
the Indian Army had built in Chumar area.
Post-2014, a policy shift has been witnes-
sed at Chushul in 2014, Doklam in 2017 and
GalwanValleyandPangongTsolakenow.Un-
like in the past, our border securityestablish-
mentactivelyengagesandphysicallyprevents
incursionsbytheotherside.Weremoveilleg-
al constructions like jeep tracks and listening
posts. Indian troops have destroyed a watch
tower and a camera installed on a PLA hut in
the Depsang plains area in September 2015.
In a 72-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-
junctionbetweenTibet,BhutanandIndia,the
Indian forces together with their Bhutanese
counterpartsstalledtheconstructionofaroad
bytheChinesethatwouldhaveshiftedthetri-
junction southwards, affecting India’s strate-
gic interests. India refused to lower the army
presence there, leading finally to the with-
drawal of the Chinese forces from the area.
Considered a diplomatic victory for India,
DoklamhighlightedIndia’snewbordersecu-
ritydoctrineof“proactivediplomacytogether
with firm ground positioning”.
In the Arthashastra, Kautilya highlighted
the need for deterrent military might to
demonstrate strong national power. India is
committed to peace with China, but not the
oneof thegraveyard.WeneedKautilya’sdoc-
trinetodefeattheSunTzuviantacticsof “war
as an art in deception”.
The writer is national general secretary, BJP,
and director, India Foundation

KEEPING COUNT
Fatality rate is a key metric in the battle against the
coronavirus. States must urgently correct lags and ambiguities
UNPACKING THE REFORM

T
ILL MONDAY, THE case fatality rate (CFR) of India’s most coronavirus-hit
state, Maharashtra, stood at 3.7 per cent, substantially higher than the na-
tional average of 2.8 per cent. A day later, the state’s CFR shot up to 4.8 per
cent. This rise is not because of a dramatic increase in COVID deaths on
Ajay Vir Jakhar
Tuesday. On a day when 81 people succumbed to the disease in JUST AS ALL ordinances aren’t reforms, all
Maharashtra, thestate added1,328 more deaths — 862of them in Mumbai—toits COVID reforms aren’t the “1991 moment” for agri-
toll because of a data reconciliation process initiated by the state government. A mis- culture. The ordinances announced recently
match was noticed between the Maharashtra government’s figures and the numbers to facilitate trade in agricultural produce
uploaded on the ICMR’s portal. This exercise is only halfway through and state govern- werehistoricallyresistedbythebureaucracy
mentofficialshaveexpressedapprehensionsthatmoreunaccounteddeathsmayemerge. and the states. Pent up frustration at
repeatedly failing to change the status quo
Maharashtra is not the only state where the fatality data of different government agen-
of depressed farmer livelihoods, and the
cies have not tallied. In May, this paper reported a mismatch between the figures of the pressure of the PMO seeking instant deliv-
Delhi government and that of the city’s hospitals. Last week, the fatality data of the Delhi ery, has the establishment introducing ordi-
government and the city’s three municipalities did not tally. On Tuesday, the city added nances rather than bills.
more than 400 unreported deaths to its COVID toll. The corrections by Maharashtra and Bills would require to be placed in the
Delhi have pushed up the country's CFR from 2.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent and raised trou- public domain for comments, consultations
would be held with farmers, and states
bling questions over the methods adopted by states to audit COVID deaths.
whosepowersandrevenueswerebeingcur-
Even after Tuesday’s increase, India’s CFR is almost two percentage points below the tailedwouldgetahearing.Inthehurrytoim-
global average of 5.3 per cent. But ambiguities have dogged the reporting of COVID-19 poseordinances,however,thebabyhasbeen
deaths. In mid-April, for instance, the West Bengal government admitted that it did not
thrown out with the bath water, specifically
count 72 deaths because these were reckoned to have been caused by co-morbidities. with‘FarmingProduceTradeandCommerce
Other states are also reportedly reluctant to count all COVID deaths and have set up death (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance 2020.’
Due to the unionisation of middlemen
audit committees — Maharashtra, in fact, has two — to assess whether a death is due to
(arhatias)andtheirfinancialclout,politicians
the infection or a result of a co-morbidity. None of the states reveal the number of cases in the states have been reluctant to amend
they refer to such committees and there is a lag of several days in reporting deaths. agriculture marketing laws which are ex-
As COVID cases have surged following the easing of the lockdown, epidemiologists ploitative and don’t allow farmers to receive
have underlined that the death toll is the key metric to ascertain the disease’s burden. afairprice.Rather than coax thestatesfinan-
Establishing and implementing transparent and rigorous data standards to ascertain cially to correct the markets, an unregulated
marketplace has been created where 15
coronavirus fatalities is not just crucial to this process, it’s also essential to develop pub-
crore farmers will be exposed to the skul-
lic confidence in the battle against the pandemic.
duggery of traders. Imagine the mayhem in
stock markets if ROC and SEBI were similarly
made redundant.
Ordinances on agriculture show unwise haste, may do harm along with good
Due to the unionisation of
middlemen (arhatias) and
their financial clout,
politicians in the states have
been reluctant to amend
agriculture marketing laws
which are exploitative and
don’t allow farmers to receive
a fair price. Rather than coax
the states financially to
correct the markets, an
unregulated marketplace has
been created where 15 crore
gintogetformalisedandnewbusinessmod-
elswilldevelop.Adifferentbreedof aggrega-
tors will create the much-needed competi-
tiontotheexistingmonopolyof localtraders.
Additionally, henceforth, when farmers
sell agricultural produce outside of APMC
marketyards, they cannot legally be charged
commission on the sale of farm produce. To
survive, the APMCs across the nation will
have to radically standardise and rationalise
their mandi fee structure and limit the com-
mission charged by traders on sale of farm-
ers’ produce.
My conjecture is that only because the
amendment limited the powers and rev-
enuesof thestate,andnottheagriculturede-
partment itself, did the central government
rush in with an amputation where a surgery
would have sufficed.
An amputation was required in the
Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955,
where a band-aid dressinghas been applied.
This amendment was supposed to allay the
genuine fears of traders emitting from the
bureaucracy’s draconian powers to arbitrar-
ilyevokestockholdinglimitsetc.Ratherthan
forego its own powers for the larger good,
the amendment’s fine print makes it am-
biguous and leaves space for whimsical in-
terpretations as before. The trader’s uncer-
tainty is compounded by the arbitrary
import-export policy decisions which dilute
whentheysignanagreement.Forthefarmer,
the legal recourse is never a practical choice
as the persuasive powers of the aggregators’
deeppockets cast a dark shadow over there-
dressal process. Likewise, the tediously
stretched legal proceedings are dissuasion
enough to either not seek redressal or settle
for unfavourable terms.
That produce derived from contract
farming operations will not be subject to any
obstructionist laws is a very good step.
Farmer-producer organisationsand new ag-
gregators will get a boost with these laws,
and become harbingers of prosperity in
somesmallcornersof thecountryside.There
are green shoots in the ordinances, but the
downside dwarfs the upside.
The union of the three ordinances ap-
pears to be a precursor to implementing the
Shanta Kumar Committee recommenda-
tions to dilute and dismantle FCI, MSP & PDS
which will push farmers from the frying into
the fire. It may also be interpreted to mean
that now the sugar industry needn’t pay
farmers the central government FRP or the
state government SAP price for sugarcane.
The way the establishment has gone about
pushing these ordinances, the government
has lost moral and political ground even
amongst its most ardent supporters.
Shakespeare said, “The evil that men do
lives after them; thegood is oft interred with

GOOD WORK Rather than replicate Punjab’ssuccessful
agriculture mandi model, now states will
losevitalrevenuetoevenupgradeandrepair
rural infrastructure. The ordinance may be
US Supreme Court protects workplace rights of gay and trans challenged by the states for its constitutional
people. Other nations should follow suit overreach, but, on the flip side, over time,the
farmers will be exposed to
the skulduggery of traders.
Imagine the mayhem in
stock markets if ROC and
SEBI were similarly made
the purpose of the amendment itself.
Lastly, “The Farmers (Empowerment and
Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance
and Farm Services Ordinance 2020” could
have been simply called the “contract farm-
ing ordinance 2020”. It tries to placate the
their bones”. As in the past, government ef-
forts aren’t bearing fruit and like a wound,
rural distress festers. Senior officers creating
policy retire and thus fail to be held account-
able for the mess they leave behind.

I
largestinformalsectorinthecountrywillbe- redundant. fears of both the farmer and the contractor The writer is chairman, Bharat Krishak Samaj
NALANDMARKrulingwhichdeserveswideemulation,andwhichisasignificant
victoryforLGBTQpeopleinAmerica,theUSSupremeCourthasprotectedgayand
transgenderpeoplefromdiscriminationintheworkplace.Alayerof meaninghad
to be imposed on Title VII of the US Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment
discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex and national origin. Enacted in JUNE 18, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO
1964,beforethesexualrevolutionandtheStonewallriotsof1969whichkick-startedthegay
liberation movement in the US, it read sexual discrimination as unfairness to women or AFGHANISTAN EXIT TRIPURA VIOLENCE RAPE LAW
men. Questions of sexual orientation were unaddressed in almost all state jurisdictions. INDIA FEELS THAT the prolonged presence WHATSTARTEDASariotinvolvingtribalsand WHEN A WOMAN complains that she has
This is clearly inadequate for the present, when people identify themselves on social of Soviet troops in Afghanistan could be- non-tribals in Tripura eleven days ago, ap- been raped, the courts should presume that
mediabydeclaringpreferredpersonalpronouns.Now,onthebasisof twolawsuits,onein- come, or may have already become, a "pre- peared to be taking the shape of an armed she is telling the truth and not unnecessarily
text for those who wish to create further in- confrontation between extremist tribals and doubt her, says the Law Commission. The
volving gay men who were fired, and another concerning a trans woman who was pre-
stabilityinthatcountry”. PVNarasimhaRao, security forces. Heavy exchange of fire be- commission feels that the law on rape is un-
ventedfromexpressingherchosenidentityintheworkplace,thelacunahasbeenaddressed. the external affairs minister, said that, “Our tween the security forces and the extremist duly harsh against women, and requires
ThestateandemployershadarguedthatCongresswouldhavetolegislateafreshtoprotect fear is that beyond a reasonable timeframe, tribalswasreportedfromKukarachheranear drastic changes. In its 84th report tabled in
the labour rights of gay and transgender people. But workers objected that this protection thiscouldwellcometopass”.Hestressedthe Theliamura, 82 km from Agartala and the Lok Sabha, the Law Commission has ex-
flowed logically from the Act, and was constitutional in nature. The court has agreed. urgent need for a non-military political so- TewancheranearUdaipuryesterday.Ajawan pressed the opinion that once the victim of a
This progressive step should be emulated widely. India, though, has only taken baby lutionwhilesuchasolutionwasstillpossible. identified as Kriman Singh was killed in an rape states in the witness box before a court
Making a statement in the Lok Sabha on his hour-long exchange of fire with rebel tribals thatshedidnotconsenttosexualintercourse
stepswiththe decriminalisation of gaysex,but India isa functioning anarchy. Historically,
visit to the Soviet Union in early June, and his atKakarachera.Althoughtherewerenoearly with the accused, it should be obligatory for
Indian society has beencomfortablewithtranssexuals, andnowtheyenjoyofficialrecog- talks with senior Soviet leaders, Rao, for the indications,thesecurityforceshavenowcome the court to presume that there was want of
nition in everyday life. But they still have no place in the workforce and they won’t, with- first time, cast doubts on Soviet intentions to across evidence of collaboration between consent—whichisacardinalelementof rape
out legal protection from gender discrimination, like in the US. pull out of Afghanistan soon. MizoinsurgentsandTripuratribalextremists. under the Indian Penal Code.

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13 THE IDEAS PAGE
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
Untying the India-China knot
To begin with, China must respect the existing agreements between the two sides
and refrain from any unilateral action
Sujan R Chinoy
THEDEATHOF20 Indianmilitarypersonnel,
including the Commanding Officer (CO) of
the 16 Bihar Battalion deployed in the
Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC), in an altercation with the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
troops on June 15, has sent shock waves
throughout India. For weeks, the nation has
been following the standoff in Ladakh in the
western sector that started after an incident
on May 5. There were reports of a Chinese
military build-up at multiple points, elicit-
ing a robust mirror response by India.
Desolate locations such as Daulat Beg Oldi
(DBO), Galwan, Hot Springs, Pangong Tso,
Spanggur, Chushul and Demchok became
household names. Few are aware of their
evocative and emotive history as places
where Indian troops of 5 JAT, 1 JAT, 1/8
Gurkha Rifles (GR), 13 KUMAON and 7 JK
MILITIA fought valiant battles in 1962.
The two sides had made statements in
the first week of June indicating their com-
mitment to resolving differences through
diplomatic and military channels, in accor-
dance with the institutionalised framework
already in place. There were encouraging
signs,especiallyaftertheproductivemeeting
of senior commanders on June 6. Just when
itappearedthattensionswereabatingsome-
thing went terribly wrong.
The Indian Army has confirmed that the
loss of lives took place during the disengage-
ment process. It appears the CO was leading
aconfirmatorypatroltomonitorcompliance
whentheretreating Chinese troopsattacked
them with rods and stones. In the melee,
large numbers of troops from reserve eche-
lons on both sides reportedly fell upon each
other, leading to casualties on both sides.
Matters were made worse due to the dark-
ness and the sheer cliffs from where a num-
ber of soldiers reportedly fell into the freez-
ing waters of the Galwan river and died of
grievous injuries and exposure. Reports in-
dicatesizeablecasualtiesontheChineseside,
butanopaque system thatroutinely camou-
flages facts can hardly be expected to inform
the world of its own casualties.
The border row between India and China
could not have erupted at a worse moment.
Theworldisgrapplingwithaonce-in-a-cen-
tury coronavirus pandemic and a global re-
cession that promises to leave none un-
scathed. China, which is increasingly
censured for obfuscating the origins of the
pandemic, appears to have chosen bellicos-
ity, sacrificing all norms of responsible inter-
national conduct, as is evident in its aggres-
sive stand on Taiwan, Hong Kong and the
South China Sea.
Formanyyearsnow,Chinahasusedaflex-
ible,expedientandself-servingconceptofthe
Line of Actual Control to gradually inch fur-
ther up to its specious boundary claim lines.
Ameeta Mulla Wattal
THE COVID-19 pandemic has had a great
impact on the way children learn. The ac-
celerating force of digitisation has created a
disruptive online phenomenon across
schools and learning spaces around the
world. It is true that new challenges and op-
portunities have emerged for educators,
parents and students, but we have also en-
tered areas of many uncertainties. Will
schools, functioning within old paradigms,
summon the courage to shift their practices
to support the personal growth of the next
generation of learners equitably — whether
they are the privileged, marginalised or the
disabled?
The teaching landscape has shifted from
the notion of a singular path, towards a
much more elastic understanding of how
we have to walk the tightrope between on-
line and offline learning. Quite suddenly,
teachers in the classrooms are learning to
redistribute, benefit and liberate learners
through technology. At one level, online
classes will connect students, and on an-
other, create limitations. This has made us
reflect on the inequality not only in band-
width, gadgets and devices, but also in the
fact that most parents do not have the time
or ability to support their children in this
venture.
If schools do not focus on adapting
teaching materials that can reach the last
child, then the consequence could be a gen-
eration of young illiterates. This will be
detrimental for the society at large. The def-
inition of what is meant by quality of edu-
cation will have to be constantly revised be-
cause too much emphasis on technology
Maintaining a duplicitous position on the
agreementsreachedin1993and1996toclar-
ifyandconfirmtheLAC,ithasdraggeditsfeet
on the exchange of maps to identify differ-
ences,whichisthefirststepinthedelineation
and demarcation of the LAC. Meanwhile,
Chinahasbuiltvastmoderninfrastructureall
along the LAC to facilitate its patrols and for-
ward presence. Despite China’s first-mover
advantage,Indiahasalsosteppedupitsgame
in recent years. It has considerably improved
its infrastructure, such as the Darbok-Shyok-
DBOroad,AdvancedLandingGrounds(ALGs)
and tracks up to its traditional patrolling
points.AreaswhereIndiantroopsearlierwere
obliged to undertake long range patrols on
footarenowaccessiblemuchfaster.Advanced
surveillancetechnologiesreducethewarning
time and both sides often scramble to reach
the same spot to stave off the other.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
anddrillsforrun-inshavebeenpainstakingly
workedoutbythetwosidesovertheyears—
bannerdrillsandflagmeetings—tomaintain
peace and tranquillity and disengage. The
panoplyof confidencebuildingmeasuresin-
cludesregularborderpersonnelmeetings,ad
hoc flag meetings and hotlines for commu-
nication. These have worked well until now,
giventhatrun-insbythetwosidesareacom-
mon feature in all the sectors. Going by the
numberof stone-peltingincidentsandphys-
ical scuffles between the two sides in recent
years,itisobviousthatmanyof theprotocols
arenotfullyadheredtobytheChinesetroops.
Unbridled nationalism and arrogance per-
meates the Chinese system and the PLA is
hardly immune to that contagion.
The last incidentinvolving loss of life was
in1975whenanAssamRiflespatrolwasam-
bushed by the PLA on the Indian side of the
Tulung La Pass in Arunachal Pradesh (then
North-East Frontier Agency). Since then,
there were occasions when things had
threatened to escalate, as during the long-
drawn eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation
along the Sumdorong Chu in Tawang district
The new classroom
We must walk tightrope between online and offline learning
could also exclude many children from ed-
ucation.
Consider this Waldorf concept for edu-
cation: “The danger lies in thinking that
new technologies can substitute old reali-
ties or replace them without consequences.
When basic experience in nature, in every-
day life activities, social interaction and cre-
ative play are replaced with too much
screen time, a child’s development is com-
promised. There is a great need to experi-
ence learning through all the senses. When
children are surrounded by authenticity in
the environment and in human interac-
tions, a sense of self is supported in a posi-
tive way”.
Schools are larger ecologies that are both
human and cultural. And classrooms are
palpable living spaces which are diverse in
many ways. Clubbing them into one ho-
mogenous online model will destroy diver-
sity, inclusivity and dissent which is the
essence of education.
In many private schools, despite the
Right to Education, equality and equity are
not integrated into the system. Reportedly,
we only have 12 per cent of children from
the economically weaker sections attend-
ing private schools across the country in-
stead of 25 per cent. In Delhi, several of
these students have dropped out because
of the lack of facilities, or they have returned
to their villages as their parents have lost
their livelihoods. These children will be left
behind because of their socio-economic
condition.
The greatest poverty generally occurs in
nations where education is not prioritised
The border row between
India and China could not
have erupted at a worse
moment. The world is
grappling with a once-in-a-
century coronavirus
pandemic and a global
recession that promises to
leave none unscathed. China,
which is increasingly
censured for obfuscating the
origins of the pandemic,
appears to have chosen
bellicosity, sacrificing all
norms of responsible
international conduct, as is
evident in its aggressive
stand on Taiwan, Hong
Kong and the South China
Sea.
through investment in its funding by the
state and central governments. The central
and state governments must invest in un-
interrupted free broadband and create apps
like Microsoft teams/Zoom or Google plat-
forms, to which teachers and students
should have access — this will lessen the fi-
nancial constraints. These apps should be
synced with programmes like VidyaDaan
and e-Pathshala, and a twenty 24/7 support
system should be available for seamless
functioning.
Unfortunately, millions of children are
at severe learning risk now. They may miss
weeks, months or even a year (and more)
of education. Its impact will only be realised
after a decade, when there will be a high
rate of young adults who are neither in
school nor employed.
Some states have decided not to conduct
online classes for primary students because
it would be inequitable. Their understand-
ing is that if learning is not available to all,
then it should not be available to one. Are
we, then saying that everyone should stay
unlettered together? Systems should come
into place that can ensure a variety of meth-
ods to equip all learners — privileged, poor,
middle-class and disabled. A child should
always be a priority, not an afterthought. It
must be remembered that disasters affect
everyone: However, children from fragile
families are more likely to be traumatised.
Educators must have the generosity to
share resources, build communities of prac-
tice and develop design thinking as there
are no copyrights to learning. This new mu-
tuality will create a culture of engagement
C R Sasikumar
inArunachalPradesh,sparkedoff byChinain
1986 and resolved only in 1994. Face-offs
have also taken place at DBO, Deepsang,
Pangong Tso and Chumar over the past
decade, but both sides have stayed their
hand, with no loss of life. It takes great disci-
pline on the part of soldiers to observe re-
straint in the face of grave provocations. The
Indian side has been scrupulous in the ob-
servance of protocols during face-offs, but
that cannot be said of the Chinese troops.
India is committed to a dialogue for the
peaceful resolution of differences. However,
no self-respecting nation can be expected to
cave in to China’s irredentism, least of all
India.Whatisthewayforward?Thefirststep
is for China to restore status quo ante in all
the areas where it has created new de facto
situations. Second, China must respect the
existing agreements between the two sides
and refrain from any unilateral action. Third,
China must work together with India to clar-
ify and confirm the LAC through exchange of
large-scale maps. Fourth, ineffective border
management protocols and drills should be
reviewed and improved upon through dis-
cussions.Fifth,both sidesshouldreinintheir
media and encourage more responsible re-
porting. Sixth, China must particularly in-
struct its “wolf warrior” nationalists to es-
chew arrogance and cooperate with India in
maintaining peace and tranquillity. Lastly,
the Chinese side should match India in ad-
hering to the strategic guidance that Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi
Jinping have agreed to provide to their re-
spective sides through informal summits to
ensure that such incidents do not occur.
After all, China should follow its own dic-
tum, “he who tied the knot should untie it”.
The writer, a former ambassador and head of
the Indian side of the Expert Group of
Diplomatic and Military Officials (1996-
2000), is director general, Manohar Parrikar
Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis,
New Delhi. Views are personal
towards staff, students and their families.
The pandemic has really laid bare some
of the deep-rooted problems in education.
It has brought unprecedented challenges
for educators, one of which is to recognise
the highly excluded category of children
with disabilities. The entire focus is on on-
line education, but no announcement has
been made about the learning that should
be provided to children with disabilities.
None of the open education resources (e-
Pathshala, SWAYAM etc) have any benefi-
cial platforms for children with special
needs. Some progressive schools are nego-
tiating the inclusive learning space inde-
pendently. However, there are no provisions
to ensure any kind of distance, open or
home-based education for these children.
Therefore, we need to develop a coherent
and comprehensive national focus towards
technology which also incorporates a hu-
manised approach.
Online and offline teaching have to be
embedded with emotional and social learn-
ing. This will help to create a psychological
safety net, increase thinking conversations,
decrease social conflict and encourage di-
verse opinions and questioning minds.
Children are educated so that they can take
forward primary values, culture and learn-
ing, and keep them alive. This can only hap-
pen if there is a holistic, empathetic and
adaptive audit of online learning which in-
cludes without prejudice every child in the
community with compassion and care.
The writer is principal of Springdales School,
Pusa Road, New Delhi
WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“Under another president, the US would strongly press Manila over Ms
Ressa’s case. But Donald Trump loves authoritarians and has normalised
and enabled the abuses of press freedom that are now increasing worldwide.”
Missing: National
security strategy
A modern approach to defence planning is
needed, national security must be delinked
from domestic politics
H S Panag
AS PER MY assessment, it has been nearly
seven weeks since the latest national se-
curity crisis began with multiple Chinese
intrusions across the LAC at Galwan River,
Hot Springs, Pangong Tso in Eastern
Ladakh and Naku La in North Sikkim. The
MEA has made three perfunctory state-
ments about the diplomatic and military
engagements to defuse the situation. No
formal statement has been made on the
military situation at the sites of the intru-
sions or along the rest of the LAC.
However, on June 13, the Chief of Army
Staff while talking to the press said, “We
are disengaging in a phased manner, we
have started from the north from the
Galwan river valley where a lot of disen-
gagement has happened.”
The media has reported verbatim what
has been fed by “reliable government/mil-
itary sources”.The intrusions have come to
light due to the efforts of a handful of de-
fenceanalystsandjournalistswhostillhave
a conscience and leaks by “soldier journal-
ists”, driven by bravado.
Over the last seven years — Depsang
2013,Chumar2014,Doklam2017andnow
Eastern Ladakh 2020 — we have followed
a familiar pattern to resolve national secu-
rity crises due to the undemarcated LAC
and the ever-shifting Chinese claim lines.
The Chinese actions catch us by surprise,
both at the strategic and the tactical level;
we react post-haste with a much higher
force level; the exact place and the extent
of intrusion is never formally acknowl-
edged; the outcomes of the military and
diplomatic engagements and concessions
meted out are not put out in public do-
main; and, disengagement happens. Then,
werepeattheentireprocesswhenthenext
crisis occurs.
The jury is still out on the final outcome
of the crisis. The primary concern of the
government in such a crisis that portends
possible loss of territory is its fallout on do-
mestic politics. More so, when national se-
curity and territorial integrity are the core
ideological values of the party in power.
Denial and obfuscation by peddling the
logic of “differing perceptions” is the es-
caperoutewhichvirtuallyendorsesChina’s
stand — that the PLA is operating in its own
areaanditisIndiathatisinterferingwithits
patrols.
Instead of calling China the initiator
and aggressor of the crisis, we create am-
biguity in the minds of the public and the
international community. This approach
also misleads the nation about our mili-
tary capabilities. The reality is that the
asymmetry with respect to military capa-
bility is in favour of China. We negotiate
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BRINGING THEM BACK
THIS REFERS TO the article, "Chronicle
of a havoc foretold" ( IE, June 17). It is a
fact that without migrants, the coun-
try’s economy will come to a standstill.
But given the hardships, sufferings and
tragedytheyhadtoendure,themigrant
workers may not be enthused to return
soon enough. Hence, the need to woo
them is common sense. But the ques-
tioniswilltheconditionsbethesameas
before the pandemic or will they get a
better deal in terms of wages, and other
social security benefits?
L R Murmu, Delhi
TALK PEACE
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘An in-
flection point ’ (IE, June 17). The heavy
death toll of Chinese and Indian sol-
diers in a hand-to-hand fight on the
LOC near Ladakh is shocking. It’s also
shocking that the cordial meetings be-
tween PM Narendra Modi and Chinese
President Xi Jinping could not preempt
these violent clashes. Even then,
everything isn't lost. Both sides must
find ways to de-escalate the tension.
For this they have to keep the lines
open to negotiate.
Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur
OLD BUSINESS
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Dismal
in Jaipur’ (IE, June 17). The COVID 19
pandemic is on rise. Nevertheless, life
across the globe is returning to normal.
Malls are reopening, flights are re-
New Delhi
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from a position of weakness, and hence
concessions given are a cause of bigger
worry.
The logical approach to national secu-
rity must begin with a strategic review to
establish what the present and future se-
curity challenges, both internal and exter-
nal are, to evolve a comprehensive na-
tional security strategy. This must be
formalised and put under parliamentary
scrutiny. Unclassified aspects must be in
the public domain so that in any crisis, it
is generally known as to how the govern-
ment will act.
The national security strategy is the
starting point for all security planning be-
cause it formally spells out the vision to
tackle the threats faced. and leads to the
acquiring of much-needed capabilities. No
Indian government has, so far, spelt out a
clear national security strategy: The capa-
bilities are more tailored to fight the last
war and not future wars. The Defence
Planning Committee has had the mandate
to formalise a national security strategy
since 2018, but little seems to have been
done.
Thenationalsecuritystrategyspellsout
the capabilities required in terms of force
levels, technology and structures. The mili-
taryworksoutthedetails,andafterapprov-
ing them, the government allocates the fi-
nancial resources. Also, from the national
security strategy flows the joint military
strategy.
What we have is a functional approach,
wherein we have created a military more
suited to fight the wars of the last century,
and with incremental changes, we are des-
peratelytryingtoadaptittofighthightech-
nology-driven short-duration wars of the
21st-century. Moreover, in the absence of
political guidance in the national security
strategy, the military is always looking over
its shoulders during a crisis.
Now, we are faced with an enemy at
our gates, who, in the last three decades,
has followed the logical approach towards
national security and transformed its mil-
itary, and is prepared to use the same to
pursue its policy. It has started the current
border incidents to assert its hegemony
over India, and enforce a status quo with
respect to border infrastructure on its own
terms.
The violence on the LAC is an ominous
warning for the government to review its
approach towards handling the current
crisis. This crisis has to be managed with-
out losing any territory, and more impor-
tantly, without losing our prestige. As a
first step, we must delink national secu-
rity from domestic politics. The onus for
this is on the government.
The government must take the
Opposition, Parliament, the media and the
public into confidence, andapply the secu-
rity principle of need-to-know. They must
explain the reality on the ground so that
the nation can present a united front. Our
military has the capabilityto stalemate the
PLA which is defeat for China.
The writer, a retired lieutenant general, was
GOC-in-C of Northern Command
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sumed, EPL is starting. And there is an-
other development that shows that
things are returning to normal — po-
litical gimmickry as seen in Rajasthan.
It's business as usual.
Ketan Kishan, Gurugram
A LIFE LOST EARLY
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Moth
and flame' (IE, June 16).The tragic
death of Sushant Singh has led to se-
rious questions being raised by cinema
lovers of the country. He rightly man-
aged not only to break big into the
movies, but to achieve what all aspi-
rants hanker after. Singh had a huge
fan club and proved his excellence in
several films.
Nagendra Nath Misra, Vadodara
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I, Uttamkumar Upadhayay R/o
104, IFS Villas, Greater Noida,
have changed my minor son’s
name from Atri Vajpayee to
Atri Upadhayay as per birth
certificate. 0070706849-1
I, Srender Kumar Mudgal S/o
K.R. Mudgal R/o NP-141-B,
Maurya Enclave Pitampura
Delhi-11034 changed my name
to Surinder Kumar Mudgal.
0040539564-2
I Devi Lal Alias Dev Nasir S/o
Baljeet Singh R/o 16/3162,
Amrit Kaur Puri, Karol Bagh,
Delhi-110005, have changed
my name to Dev Nasir
0070706844-1
I Mukesh Kumar S/o Govind
Ram R/o-H.No.619,Krishna
Gali.No-14 Adarsh Mohalla,
Maujpur Delhi-110053,have
Changed my Name from
Mukesh Kumar to Mukesh for
all future purposes
0040539533-1
I Mukul S/o Mukesh R/o-
H.No.619 Krishna Gali.No-14
Adarsh Mohalla, Maujpur
Delhi-110053,have Changed
my Name from Mukul to Mukul
Singh for all future purposes
0040539533-2
I Sakhina Khatoon Alias
Sakhina Khatun Alias
Sakheena Alias Bibi Sakina
Khatoon D/o Nanhu Miyan and
W/o Mohammad Tasleem R/o
Dahiyawan, Deokumar Singh
Ka Hata. Chapra, Saran, Bihar-
841301, have changed my
name to Sakeena Khatoon
0070706842-1
I Umang Jourihar S/o Kunj
Bihari Prasad R/o Flat No-310,
Block-3, Rangoli Gardens,
Maharana Pratap Marg,
Kanakpura, Panchyawala,
Jaipur, Rajasthan-302034, have
changed my name to Umang
Jourrihar. 0070706846-1
I Usha Saini W/O, Devinder
Kumar R/o H.no.1552, Near
Govt. Girls High School,
Gurgaon Village, Gurgaon
(haryana) have changed my
name to Usha Devi for all
purposes. 0040539553-1
I, Sheela Aggarwal D/o Sh. Prem
Kumar Aggarwal R/o G-256,
Shiv Durga Vihar, Lakkarpur,
Faridabad, Haryana -
121009have changed my name
from Nila Aggarwal to
SheelaAggarwal for all
purposes. 0040539561-1
I, Sandeep Kumar S/o Gulab
Singh R/o-L-2/306 Ashiyana-
Chowk Bhiwadi Alwar,
Rajasthan,changed my minor
daughter’s name Nimra Khan
to Navya. 0040539564-1
I, Rakesh Kumar S/o Kapil Dev
R/o Village Bigowal, PO
Bariowal Mukerian,
Hoshiarpur, Punjab-144306,
that name of my father has
been wrongly written as Kapil
Dev Sharma in my Passport
O1482118. The actual name of
my father is Kapil Dev
0070706843-1
I, Pooja Logani D/o-Manohar
Lal Punyani R/o-H.No.-91,
Block-C, Ground Floor,
Mayfield-Garden, Gurgaon-
122018,(Haryana), have
changed my name to Pooja
Punyani. 0040539564-3
I, Naveta Dubey D/o Lal Chand
Garg and Ex. wife of Sidhartha
Dubey, R/o Flat Number-503,
4th Floor, Amber Heights,
Supertech Pavillion, Sector-34,
Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar,
UP-201301, I got divorce from
my husband Sidhartha Dubey
vide court decree No. HMA No.
895/19 dated 24.04.2019. I have
changed my name and shall
hereafter be known as Naveta
Garg 0070706848-1
I, Mansoori Mehjabeen
Mohammed Javed W/O-Amir
Hamza, R/O.Flat.No-
108,Golden-Heights,Pocket-8,
Sec-12, Dwarka, N.Delhi-
110075.Have Changed My
Name to MEHJABEEN HAMZA.
0040539564-4
I, Anuraag Arora S/o Vikas
Arora R/o D-159,Preet
Vihar,Delhi-110092 have
changed my name to Anurag
Arora Permanently.
0040539564-5
I, Lokesh Kumar Meena S/o Sh.
Kishan Lal Meena R/o House
No. 110, Khasra No. 276, Gali
No. 5, Block A, Uttrakhand
Enclave Part-II, Burari, Delhi-
110084 have changed the
name of the minor son Kavya
ages 14 years and he shall
hereafter be known as
Vaibhav Kumar. 0040539422-1
I, Kumar Tarun S/o Sh. Birendra
Kumar Tiwari, R/o E-42,
Ground Floor, Suncity, Sec-54,
Golf Course Road, Gurgaon—
122001, Haryana have changed
my name to Tarun Tiwari for all
future purposes. 0040539486-1
I, Jaswinder kaur D/o Avtar
Singh R/o H.N.-J-1405,Stellar
Jeevan, GH-03, sector-
1,Greater Noida west, Distt-
GautambudhNagar UP-
201306.Changed my name to
Priya Chaudhary .I will be
known as Priya Chaudhary in
future for all purpose.
0040539555-1
I, Bijender Singh S/o Balram
Singh R/o-E-1, Shanti
Apartment, Sector-13, Rohini,
Delhi-110085,have changed
my name to Bijender Singh
Solanki. 0040539564-8
I, Bhavita Chaturvedi w/o
Manish Chaturvedi R/o-3541,
D3, 2nd-Floor, VasantKunj,
N.Delhi-110070,have changed
my name to Bhavita Vaishnava
Chaturvedi Permanently.
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Uttam-Nagar Delhi-
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I, ASHA DEVI W/O PARMOD JAIN
R/O B-7/197-198 UPPER seeks govt reply DELHI CONFIDENTIAL
GROUND-FLOOR, SECTOR-
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ASHA JAIN. 0040539564-9 NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 ofHealthandFamilyWelfare,said wards are not given the quaran- Wednesday sought the Centre’s
that in so far as the payment of tine facility as per guidelines un- response to a plea seeking direc-
LOST & FOUND THESUPREMECourtWednesday salary to the health workers and lesstheyarecoveredbyhigh-risk tion that contributions made to
asked the Centre to direct states doctorsareconcerned,appropri- exposure.Healsocontendedthat the PM CARES Fund be trans-
LOST FINAL YEAR ORIGINAL
and Union Territories to ensure ate orders shall be issued by the doctors who deal with Covid-19 ferred to the NDRF.
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REGISTRATION
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TEACHERS UNIVERSITY, “The Central Government Governments and Union tors and health workers directly Centre and asked it to file its re-
GUJRAT. 0040539564-11 shall issue appropriate direction Territories for compliance. looking after Covid patients are ply in two weeks. The court was
to the Chief Secretary of the The court was hearing a PIL notdeniedquarantine.Headded hearing a PIL by NGO Centre for
LOWER UPPER HOUSE
I, Krish Gupta S/o Sh. Sachin
Gupta have lost my original States/UnionTerritoriestoensure by one Arushi Jain, a doctor. that looking to the requirement Public Interest Litigation.
Marksheet of main Secondary thattheordersarefaithfullycom- Appearing for the petitioner, of doctors and health workers to The petition urged the court
examination of year 2018, Roll pliedwith,violationofwhichmay senior Advocate K V managethehospital,thegovern- to direct the government to pre- THE CONGRESS’S decision to field B K Hariprasad as its candi-
No. 8150015 issued by CBSE.
betreatedasanoffenceunderthe Vishwanathansoughtthecourt’s ment will issue necessary orders pare,notifyandimplementana- date for the legislative council elections in Karnataka has sur-
Finder please contact
9818631253 0040539545-1 Disaster Management Act read intervention,sayingthatdoctors “by tomorrow”. tional plan under the Disaster prisedmanypartyleaders.Hariprasadisafour-timeRajyaSabha
with the Indian Penal Code”, a and health workers are not re- On June 12, the top court had Management Act to deal with MP and had been one of the seniormost general secretaries of
PUBLIC NOTICE benchofJusticesAshokBhushan, ceiving their salaries regularly. observed, “In war, you do not thepandemic.Itclaimedthatthe AICC and a CWC member for many years. He was Opposition's
S K Kaul and M R Shah said. He further submitted that make soldiers unhappy. Travel Centrehasbeen“refrainingfrom candidateforRSdeputychairman’spostin2018.Histerminthe
MY CLIENTS SH. KANHAIYA LAL S/O LATE JAINI RAM
AND HIS WIFE SMT. PHOOL BATI BOTH R/O WZ-344,
BASAI DARAPUR, NEW DELHI-110015, HAVE DISOWNED
AND DEBARRED THEIR SON ARUN KUMAR AND HIS
WIFE PINKI FROM ALL THEIR MOVABLE AND
TheCentregaveanundertak- with regard to quarantine, there extramile andchannelsome ex- divulging information” about Upper House ends later this month. The Congress had denied
IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES AND SEVERED ALL THEIR
RELATIONS WITH THEM DUE TO THEIR ILL-
ing to issue the necessary orders are no details of appropriate ac- tramoneytoaddresstheirgriev- the money “contributed to the himrenominationtoRajyaSabhaandinsteadfieldedMallikarjun
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AS THEY ARE RESIDED SEPARTELY AND NOT
SUPPORTED PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY FROM presidentDKShivakumarbackedHariprasad.Partyleadersnow
THE LAST ONE YEAR. MY CLIENTS SHALL ALSO NOT BE
wonderwhetherHariprasad,aknownOBCface,wouldbemade
In SC, parents seek scrapping KERALA
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTS/DEEDS DONE BY THEM
IN FUTURE.
Sd/-
BHARAT SINGH
Leaderof OppositionintheUpperHouseinthestatelegislature
Covid negative certificate must
Advocate
as a counter to backward class leader Siddaramaiah.
of CBSE Class XII exams
Enrl No. D-228/2016
Seat No. 4, Near Generator Room-SBI,
Opp Raju Photostat, Western Wing, Tis Hazari, Delhi.
to board flights from West Asia
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PUBLIC NOTICE petition by some parents who
This is to inform to General Public that my EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE sought that CBSE cancel the re- non-infected persons cannot be TWO DAYS before Rajya Sabha polls, the BSP on Wednesday
clients Sh. Madan Lal Verma S/o Late Chiranji
Lal Verma and his wife Smt. Rewati Verma R/o NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 maining papers and instead cal- SHAJU PHILIP brought back by the same flight. approached the Election Commission and requested it to not
RZP-284,Raj Nagar Part-II, Gali No.- 5, Palam
culate the average of the marks THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, The Union government should allow six rebel party MLAs to vote as Congress members in
Colony, Delhi do hereby inform public at large
that my clients have disowned, debarred,
separated and severed all type of relationship
THE SUPREME Court for exams already conducted JUNE 17 make facilities for Covid-19 test- Rajasthan. In a letter to the CEC, BSP national general secretary
and also from the rights in the movable and Wednesday asked CBSE to look and marks granted for internal ing in airports. There should be Satish Chandra Mishra stated that neither has there been a
immovable properties owned by them with
their son namely Joginder Verma and his wife into demands for cancelling the assessment or practical portion DESPITE PROTESTS from NRIs facilitiesforfreetestsfortheeco- mergerofBSPatthenationallevelnorhastheparty'sRajasthan
Deepika Verma and his son Arya Verma who
are also residing in the said premises and they
remaining Class XII examina- of the cancelled papers. andOppositionparties,theKerala nomicallybackwardexpatriates. unitmergedwiththeCongressatstatelevel,whichisamanda-
shall have no claims of any kind whatsoever tions scheduled to be held from Rupesh Kumar, counsel ap- governmentonWednesdayreit- The government wants every- tory condition under 10th schedule of the Constitution. So, he
over the properties both movable and
immovable of my clients and as such my July 1 to July15 in viewof theris- pearing for CBSE, urged the erated that a Covid-19 negative one coming to the state to take argued,theseMLAscannotbeallowedtoparticipateinthevot-
clients shall not be responsible for any
Conduct /Act, misdeeds of said son and his ing Covid-19 cases across the bench, which heard the matter certificate is mandatory to board the test. That should not be con- ingasCongressmembersandareboundtofollowtheBSPwhip.
wife in any manner. If any person, persons, country. through video-conferencing, for special flights to the state from strued as the government’s re- BSP’sstateunitchief BhagwanSinghBabaalsoapproachedthe
etc, deals or dealt with them in any manner
then my clients shall not be responsible for all Theboardrespondedthatitis a short adjournment so that he West Asia. luctance to receive the pravasis,’’ returning officer on Wednesday with the same request.
the said acts. Sd/-
Keshav Kumar Verma
intheprocessof takinganappro- could apprise the apex court Chief Minister Pinarayi he told the media.
NEW FACES
(Advocate)
742/45, Shambhu Nagar, Tri Nagar, Delhi 35
priate decision on this matter. about the decision on the issue. Vijayan said those flying back Last week, the state govern-
The bench of Justices A M Accordingly, the court fixed home on chartered or Vande ment department for expatri-
Khanwilkar,DineshMaheshwari June 23 as the date for the next Bharat mission flights must take ates’ welfare, NORKA ROOTS, is-
andSanjivKhannawashearinga hearing. a Covid-19 test. “Infected and sued a directive to sponsors of THE CONGRESS dropped Sanjay Jha, one of its visible social
chartered flights that starting mediaandtelevisionfaces,asitsspokesperson.Whiletheparty
June 20, all passengers boarding assignednoreason,theactioncamedaysafterhestokedacon-
the flights to Kerala should have troversybypenninganarticleinwhichhearguedthattheparty
a Covid-19 negative certificate. is hurtling towards political obsolescence and that there has
The condition was intro- been no serious effort to get it up and running with any ur-
duced against the backdrop of gency.TheCongressappointedDelhileaderAbhishekDuttand
the increasing number of posi- SadhnaBhartiasnationalmediapanellists.Bhartishottofame
tive cases among the returnees a decade ago when she campaigned for Congress in Madhya
from abroad, mainly the Gulf. Pradesh at the age of 13.
TN CM’s private
NORTHERN RAILWAY
secretary dies
of Covid-19
Chennai: A senior private secre-
taryattheofficeof Chief Minister
Edappadi K Palaniswami died of
Covid-19 on Wednesday at Rajiv
Gandhi Government General
Hospital in Chennai. B J
Damodharan,whowasincharge
of the chief minister's chamber,
was 55 years old.
A senior government official
said Damodharan's initial Covid
test in the first week of June was
negative. After showing symp-
toms, he was tested again and
the result showed positive. “He
died at the RGGGH in the city.
Initial symptoms like fever and
breathing difficulties worsened
during the treatment,” the offi-
cial said. ENS
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Rights of Notified Waters, Rivers, Canals and Drains of all the
Districts of Haryana State for the Year 2020-21 (01.09.2020 to
31.08.2021) shall be put to open public e-Auction on 02.07.2020
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Demand Draft in favour of Director Fisheries Haryana, Panchkula
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remaining amount within 30 days from the date of the e-Auction. In
case of failure to the deposit of the remaining 2/3rd amount by the
bidder within the stipulated period of 30 days, the 1/3rd amount
deposited by the bidder at the time of e-Auction and 5% of the con-
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from the office of the District Fisheries Officers of the District or
Deputy Director Fisheries at Division level or Director Fisheries
Haryana, Panchkula.
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300,715
United Kingdom
THE WORLD
237,828
Italy 195,051
Iran
552,549
Russia
Reading the Galwan situation
How serious is the situation arising out of the violent clash on the Line of Actual Control that left 20 Indian
Army personnel dead? A look at what we know of the clash, the takeaways, and the way forward
194,347
France
2,148,357
US A meeting at the level of Major Generals
237,156 SUSHANT SINGH tookplaceatPP14intheareaonTuesday,and
Peru 354,065 NEW DELHI, JUNE 17 continued late into the evening. It brought
India the situation under control, and the Indian
923,189 OVER24hoursafternewsof theviolentclash side was able to collect all the bodies. The
Brazil 244,683 between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Chinese were given permission to bring in
Spain Ladakh broke, here’s what we know. helicopters to ferry their injured back.

TOTAL CONFIRMED: 8,261,260 DEATH COUNT: 445,468 Is the situation serious?

Undoubtedly. This is the first time after
So what does all of this mean?
There were hopes of an early disengage-
Source: Johns Hopkins University, updated at 11 pm on June 17 . JHU’s India tally and
the 1962 War that soldiers have died in ment and de-escalation after conciliatory
Health Ministry’s tally (below) may sometimes not match.
clashes on the India-China border in Ladakh. statementsfrombothcountriesinthepastfew
The last deaths on the Line of Actual Control days,aftertheJune6meeting.Othermeetings

INDIA COUNT: 3,54,065 (11903) (LAC) occurred after an Assam Rifles patrol
was ambushed in Arunachal Pradesh by the
being held from June 10 onward were to con-
tinuefor10days,bywhenthedisengagement
Chinesein1975.Thelastrealmilitaryengage- process would have been finalised.
TOP 10 STATES REST OF INDIA
AndamanandNicobarIslands 44
AndhraPradesh 6841
ment between the two armies was at Nathu
La in Sikkim in 1967, in which 88 Indian and
After Monday night’s incident, this
process is likely to take a back seat, and an
8,272 ArunachalPradesh 95 more than 300 Chinese soldiers were killed. early resolution looks unlikely. China has re-
Haryana Assam 4319
44,688 Delhi Bihar 6778 But all these incidents happened before asserted its claim over Galwan Valley, and
Chandigarh 358 thetwocountriessigned,startingfrom1993, This satellite picture captured on June 16 and provided by Planet Labs Inc., shows has made sharp statements alleging that
13,216 Chhattisgarh 1781
a long line of military vehicles in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh.
Rajasthan 14,091UP DadraandNagarHaveli 45 various agreements for maintaining peace Indian soldiers twice crossed the LAC.
Goa 629 and tranquility on the border. The Ministry of External Affairs, too, has
HimachalPradesh 560 Atleast20soldiersincludingaCommand- stated that Chinese violations of the LAC in
JammuandKashmir 5298
Jharkhand 1839 ingOfficerhavelosttheirlivesonasingleday level of Corps Commanders on June 6, nego- than70Indian soldierswere injuredinama- theGalwanValleyareahadledtothecurrent
11,083 Kerala 2622 in Galwan. To put that number in context, tiations had been conducted between local jor scuffle. In most of these scuffles, the situation. These allegations and counter-al-
24,577 MP Ladakh 649
Manipur 500 when19soldierslosttheirlivesinUriin2016, military commanders of both armies for a Chinese have used bats, clubs, sticks, and legations, along with the heightened public
Gujarat Meghalaya 44 the Narendra Modi government launched mutually agreed disengagement process. stones to cause major injuries. sentimenton thedeathsof so many soldiers,
Mizoram 121
surgical strikes across the Line of Control. As part of that process, it was agreed that In Monday’s clash, besides the use of will test any process towards resolution.
1,13,445 11,909 Nagaland 179
Maharashtra West Bengal Odisha 4163 a buffer zone would be created between the thesebluntobjects,somesoldiers,ithasbeen
Puducherry 216 But no rounds were fired by either side. LACandthejunctionoftheShyokandGalwan learnt, could have been pushed into the fast- Can the situation escalate from here?
Punjab 3371
7,530 48,019 Sikkim 70 Isn’t that a good thing? rivers to avoid any faceoff between the two flowing Galwan river. Most of the deaths Asthetwocountriesarestilltalkingatthe
Karnataka Tamil Nadu Telangana 5406 If suchalargenumberof soldierscouldbe armies. The armies were to move back by a were due to injuries aggravated by the in- military and diplomatic levels, any escala-
Tripura 1092
Uttarakhand 1942 killed without firing a round, it means these kilometre each in that area as a first step. tense cold in the high-altitude area. tionintoamajorconflictlookssomedistance
deaths were probably pretty brutal. But the WhenColBSantoshBabu,whowasmon- away at this moment.
UnionHealthMinistryupdateasof 11pm,June17.Somestatesmayhave clashdidremainrestrictedtoaphysicalbrawl, itoring this process, noticed that a Chinese And how many Chinese soldiers were But conflict situations have a dynamic of
reportedhighernumbers.Onlystates/UTswithatleastonecaselistedabove. with no escalation to a kinetic level — rifles, campwasstillthereinthearea,hewenttoget killed or injured in the clash? their own, and events can overtake the best
howitzers, rockets, missiles, and fighter jets. itremoved.Thisledtofisticuffsandblowsbe- The official statements put out by the laid plans. A military conflict, if it occurs, can
1,29,313 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 33 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
Wheretwonuclearpowersareinvolved,any ingexchanged,resultingindeathsandinjuries. Army and the Ministry of External Affairs be localised to one area, can be along the en-
climbing up the escalation ladder is fraught. have no details of any deaths or injuries to tire border, or can be in any one sector. But
DAILY NEW CASES IN INDIA ItissoberingtorememberthatevenatNathu Were the Indians not carrying weapons? Chinesesoldiers,althoughthefirststatement unless there is another provocation and cri-
La,beforethemilitaryengagementescalated No — this is as per the drill followed by bytheArmyonTuesdaywasamendedtosay sis, the two sides should be able to resolve
12,500
DAILY INCREASE

to artillery guns and threats of warjets, there both sides in the border areas to avoid inad- that there were casualties “on both sides”. the situation peacefully.
11,986
11,586

10,000
11,364
11,291

was a scuffle between the soldiers of the two vertent escalation by opening fire. The Chinese government or the PLA too, That said, the government will place the
10,887

10,854

10,631
10,412
10,289
10,315
10,024
9,567
9,355
9,169

7,500 armies on the border. Thisisintunewiththe1996agreementon have not provided any details of soldiers armed forces on full alert, moving some of
8,897

8,607
7,853

ConfidenceBuildingMeasuresintheMilitary killed or injured in the clash. themforwardforanearlyresponse,justincase.

5,000
So, what exactly happened in the Galwan Field Along the Line of Actual Control in the OnlythenewsagencyANIhasquotedun- Simultaneously, it will continue to use
2,500 Valley on Monday? India-ChinaBorderAreas,whichimposedalot named sources claiming that as per radio diplomatic channels to resolve the crisis,
0 Tensions had been running high in the of restrictions on military equipment, exer- transmission intercepts, 43 Chinese soldiers whilecontrollingthedomesticmessagingto
area for the past few weeks, with a large cises, blasts, and aircraft in the LAC’s vicinity. were either killed or injured. And a report in avoidinflamingpublicemotionsthatcancre-
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number of soldiers and a lot of military
equipment deployed along the LAC by both
sides. Even though the LAC in Galwan Valley
was never disputed, the Chinese had moved
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AtPangongTsoonthenightof May5-6,more
usnews.com has cited “American intelli-
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‘India is inadequately industrialised, inadequately skilled…

coronavirus leaves no choice for India but to change’
In this E-Xplained event on Zoom, MANISH SABHARWAL, chairman & co-founder of the staffing and human capital firm Teamlease Services,
and Director, RBI Central Board, discussed lockdown, unlockdown and jobs. He spoke to P VAIDYANATHAN IYER and HARISH DAMODARAN
dwarf and to me it is obvious what is the differ-
ence. I would submit, India is a nation of corpo-
rate dwarfs. We have 63 million enterprises, but
we have only 19,500 companies with a paid-up
capitalof morethan10crore.So63millionenter-
prises have lots of labour and no capital; 19,500
companieshavelotsof capitalandnolabour.But
my submission to you is, we don't need 63 mil-
lionenterprises...Somanyof theseenterprises…
On how industries, factories, arenotself-employment,theyareself-exploita-
manufacturing and services could reopen tion. So, I would submit that the noise that you
I think people should be fearful of the un- bythecoronavirusbuthopefullythecoronavirus hearintheMSMEsorinthelabourmarketisbe-
knownrightnow,becauseweareabsolutelyun- will createthe conditionsandthepoliticalecon- cause the two shock absorbers of India’s labour
modellable. Wedon’tknowif we are atthe start, omy for changing these. It’s a tragedy that co- market,whichwerefarmemploymentandself-
middle or the end of the virus... So I think the re- rona has happened at a human level, but hope- employment, are no longer working. I think 63
ality is, when confronted, there is uncertainty fully this is for India the no-choice: coronavirus million enterprises were anyway going to come
and there is risk. Risk is where all of us operate, leaves no choice for India but to change. down because of GST, were anyway going to
which is, we can model different probabilities. come down for various structural factors.
Corona is uncertainty, we don’t know when the On manufacturers saying they are short of But your second point of why we have not
virus will come... But I think what is also clear is labour, and at the same time not hiring on beenabletogetfinancetothesepeople,isanim-
that we can never eliminate risk, we will have the ground that there is no demand portantone. ButIwouldn’t blamebanks onlyfor
tomanageriskandmitigateit.Theone-size-fits- Manish Sabharwal (above) in conversation on Zoom with P V Vaidyanathan Iyer and We have to now shift our focus on the 12 that. You know MSME lending in India is not a 3
all lockdown was okay for 15 days, it was okay Harish Damodaran (above right). months after the lockdown is fully lifted: what per cent, 2 per cent NPA business, it’s a 15-20 per
for 30 days, butit is time for it to endbecausewe kind of growth rate will we have? Will there be centNPAbusinesssometimesandsoIdon’tthink
are all in the same storm but we are not in the revenge consumption? I don’t think that the thatRBIshouldforcebankstolend…India’scredit
same boat. You know, depending on your com-
pany, how much debt you have, depending on
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS binding constraint for employers right now is
labour. We can discuss the migrant issue sepa-
toGDPratiois50percent;howdowegetfrom50
per cent to 100 per cent?... I would submit there
where your clients are concentrated... I think On the possibility of an interface between On the future of fresh management rately, the binding constraint for companies to are five ways to do that. One is we need more
there are so many variables and every company ministries and the industry, as in Japan graduates get back consumers, and the ending of the lock- competition in banks. We had 97 banks in 1947,
has to cope with it itself. I think the role of the government is not I think the bad news is that your students down… It is my belief that in the 12 months af- todaywehave95banks...soyouneedmanymore
IdisagreecompletelywithalltheseAyatollahs setting things on fire, it is creating the condi- graduate to the worst job market in 20 years. ter the lockdown is fully lifted —because supply banks. Second is you need to fix the governance
of statistics saying India’s unemployment rate is tions for spontaneous combustion, I don't The good news is that they are cheaper than chains and distribution chains don’t follow the in public sector banks — the shareholder is so
27percent.That’slikesayingthattheunemploy- think we should go back to picking winners oldpeopleandmanycompaniesarerecognis- red-green zones, they will never be fully back to powerful that the board and management are
ment rate on Sunday afternoon is 75 per cent — or losers or industrial policy that Japan went ing that they will be replacing middle man- normal till we have a lift-up of the lockdown — weak. We need to fix the governance in private
you can’t go to your office on Sunday afternoon; through. There was a very special time that agementwithyoungerpeople.SoIwouldsub- butin12monthswewillbebacktoourtrajectory banks—theCEOissopowerfulthattheboardand
yourofficeisclosedonSundayafternoon.So,ina Japan went through, it was a smaller coun- mitthatinhightide,thecylinderhadbecome of 4-6 per cent growth. So I will submit we need shareholders are weak. Next you need to raise
lockdown... I would submit that any calculation try, ithadahuge openingbalance.You know apyramidandmanycompaniesarenowlook- toshiftourfocusfromFY21toseewhatwillhap- yourgameandregulationandsupervisionatRBI.
of unemployment at this time has the efficacy of our opening balance in India in 1947 was life ingtogobacktobeinganEiffelTower—abroad pen in the 12 months from the lockdown. And I Andthefifthoneisyouneedtostoptreatingnon-
palm-readingorastrologyandisabsolutelyof no expectancy of 31. So we have to be careful baseandaverythinlayeroftopmanagement. think in that case, for various reasons we will be banksasstepchildren.UPIorourdigitalpayments
use for us in policymaking. withindustrialpolicy.Ithinkif weformalise, SoIwouldsubmitthatwhileyourkidsgradu- back to our growth trajectory, but I hope we took off when non-banks became the rocket for
urbanise,industrialise,doeaseof doingbusi- ate to a very difficult job market, this is a job wouldhavegotridof manyof thestructuralcon- UPI. We reached a billion payments a month in
On whether India is returning to the days of ness reform, do education reform, do bank marketwhereskillswillmattermorethanthe straints which have held India back. January, we’ll get to a billion payments a day. In
angry young women, men looking for jobs reform, do urbanisation, we will be on our signalling value of education, where energy fact Covid may have accelerated that.
Since Independence, India’scapital hasbeen way;wedon'tneedanyindustrialpolicyhere. will matter much more than experience. On banks turning risk-averse, and on what So I would submit that many MSMEs are not
handicappedwithoutlabourandourlabourhas can structurally change for poorly financed viable.Noteverybodycanbeanentrepreneur,not
been handicapped without capital. We started MSMEs in terms of policy all entrepreneurship is viable. So this Covid will
changing that in 1991, but we have a lot of pre- little less than half our labour force, working on But in per capita GDP there are 138 countries Those are two different questions. One is accelerate something that has been going on for
existingconditions…Forthelast20years,Ithink farms. Coronavirus reminds us that per capita ahead of us, and per capita GDP should make MSMEandoneisfinance.MSMEsareababyand years.Butobviouslyweneedamorecompetitive,
we had premature celebration of our develop- GDPmattersmoretocitizensthantotalGDP.We our young people angry and our young women a dwarf; a baby and dwarf are both small. The larger banking system.
ment. We still have 45 per cent of our labour have been celebrating GDP for a long time, angry — that look, you have to fix India. India is baby is going to grow, the dwarf is going to stay
force working on farms and they only generate whichisveryimportant.WecrossedUKin2018, inadequately formalised, inadequately indus- there. I can say that because my first company Transcribed by Mehr Gill
14 per cent of GDP, so the farm-to-non-farm we crossed France in 2019, in the next few years trialised, inadequately financialised, inade- was a 50-crore company and my second com-
transition. I think one of India’s biggest chal- we’ll cross Japan and Germany, so the only two quately urbanised and inadequately skilled. pany is a 5000-crore company, so my second (EDITED EXCERPTS)
lenges is we have 250 million people, which is a countries ahead of us will be the US and China. These are not problems that have been created company was a baby and the first one was a VIDEO: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/IR5A1HDYOBG

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TOPOFTHE
WORLD
Bolton had served as
Trump’s NSA
USA
USgovtsues
Boltontodelay
bookpublication
THE TRUMP administra-
tion sued the former na-
tional security adviser
JohnBoltononTuesdayto
try to delay publication of
his highly anticipated
memoir about his time in
the White House, saying
thebookcontainedclassi-
fied information that
would compromise na-
tionalsecurityifitbecame
public. The book, The
Room Where It Happened,
is set for release on June
23. Bolton made clear in a
statement this week that
hisbookcontainedexplo-
sivedetailsabouthistime
at the White House. He
and President Donald
Trumphadclashedonsig-
nificant policy issues like
Iran, North Korea and
Afghanistan.
USA
MITchaplain
quitsafteremail
doubtingracism
inFloydkilling
Cambridge: A Roman
Catholic chaplain at the
MassachusettsInstituteof
Technologyhasresignedat
therequestofthearchdio-
ceseaftersendinganemail
suggesting that the killing
ofGeorgeFloydwasnotan
act of racism and saying
that Floyd “had not lived a
virtuous life.” The
Archdiocese of Boston
asked the Rev. Daniel
Patrick Moloney to step
down June 9 after he sent
themessagetoCatholicsat
MIT, The Boston Globe re-
ports. A statement from
the archdiocese said
Moloney’s comments
“were wrong and by his
resignationheacceptsthe
hurt they have caused.”
INDONESIA
Courtfinds7
Papuanmen
guiltyoftreason
Jakarta: An Indonesian
courtfoundsevenPapuan
men guilty of treason on
Wednesdayinahigh-pro-
file trial closely watched
asanindicatorof political
freedoms in the world’s
third-largest democracy.
The Balikpapan district
court sentenced Papuan
activist Buchtar Tabuni, a
seniorfigureintheUnited
Liberation Movement for
WestPapua,to11months
inprison.Prosecutorshad
called for Tabuni to be
jailed for 17 years. Agus
KossayandStevanusItlay
of the National Commi-
ttee for West Papua also
got 11-month sentences.
CLIMATE CRISIS
Carbon emissions surging back as countries and provinces reopen
BRAD PLUMER &
NADJA POPOVICH
JUNE 17
AFTER A drastic decline this
spring, global greenhouse gas
emissions are now rebounding
sharply, scientists reported, as
countries relax their coronavirus
lockdownsandtrafficsurgesback
onto roads. It’s a stark reminder
that even as the pandemic rages,
the world is still far from getting
global warming under control.
In early April, daily fossil fuel
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Flights cancelled, schools shut as
Beijing outbreak sparks global fear
KEN MORITSUGU, DAVID
RISING & ROD MCGUIRK
BEIJING, JUNE 17
CHINA RAISED its emergency
warning to its second highest
level and cancelled more than
60% of the flights to Beijing on
Wednesday amid a new coron-
avirus outbreak in the capital —
a sharp pullback for the nation
that declared victory over the
virus in March and a warning for
the rest of the world about how
tenacious this virus really is.
Newinfectionsspikedinmany
countries,includingIranandinUS
states such as Florida, Texas and
Arizona, as authorities struggled
tobalancerestartingeconomicac-
tivity without accelerating the
spreadof thepandemic.
European nations, which
embarked on a widescale re-
opening this week, looked on
withtrepidationastheAmericas
struggledmightilytocontainthe
first wave of the pandemic and
Asian nations like China and
South Korea reported new out-
breaks, giving rise to fears of a
second wave.
In China, officials described
the situation in Beijing as “ex-
tremely grave”.
“This has truly rung an alarm
bell for us,” Party Secretary Cai
Qi told a meeting of Beijing’s
Communist Party Standing
Committee.
Theparty’sGlobalTimessaid
1,255flightstoandfromthecap-
ital’s two major airports were
scrapped by Wednesday morn-
ing, about two-thirds of those
scheduled. Beijing Capital
Airport is traditionally the
world’s second busiest in pas-
senger capacity.
Since the virus emerged in
China late last year and spread
worldwide, there have been
morethan8.1million confirmed
cases and at least 443,000
deaths, according to a tally kept
by Johns Hopkins University.
Brother of George Floyd Senate Republicans ready
urges UN probe into US with their police reform
racism, police violence
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
GENEVA, JUNE 17
THEBROTHER of thelate George
Floyd called on the top UN hu-
man rights body on Wednesday
to investigate police brutality
and racial discrimination in the
United States.
“Thewayyousawmybrother
tortured and murdered on cam-
era is the way black people are
treated by police in America,”
Philonise Floyd, speaking via
videototheGenevaforum,saidof
hisbrother’sdeathinMinneapolis
police custody last month.
“I hope that you will consider
establishinganindependentcom-
mission of inquiry to investigate
police killings of black people in
America, and the violence used
against peaceful protesters,” he
told the Human Rights Council.
Theurgentdebate,convened
at the request of African coun-
tries which are seeking a UN in-
quiry into abuses, is due to con-
tinue on Thursday.
Leopold Ismael Samba, am-
emissions worldwide were
roughly 17 percent lower than
they were in 2019, as govern-
ments ordered people to stay
home, employees stopped driv-
ing to work, factories idled and
airlinesgroundedtheirflights,ac-
cording to a study published in
May in Nature Climate Change.
But by mid-June, as countries
easedtheirlockdowns,emissions
hadtickeduptojust5percentbe-
lowthe2019average,theauthors
estimated in a recent update.
Emissions in China, which ac-
counts for one-quarter of the
Putin protected
from Covid-19
by disinfection
tunnel: report
Moscow: Russian
President Vladimir Putin
is protected from the
novel coronavirus by a
special disinfection tun-
nel that anyone visiting
his residence outside
Moscow must pass
through, the state-con-
trolled RIA news agency
reported on Tuesday. The
special tunnel has been
installed at his official
Novo-Ogaryovo resi-
dence outside Moscow
where he receives visi-
tors, it said.
Experts say the true toll is much
higher, due to the many who
died without being tested and
other factors.
The flight cancellations in
China were among a number of
travel limits placed around the
capital. Beijing had essentially
eradicated local transmissions
until recent days, with 137 new
cases since last week.
On Wednesday, the cityof 20
million people raised its threat
level from 3 to 2, leading to the
cancellation of classes, sus-
pendedreopeningsandstronger
requirements for social distanc-
ing. China had relaxed many
coronavirus controls after the
Communist Party declared vic-
tory over the virus in March. AP
North Korea to redeploy border
‘BLM’ PROTESTS AFTERMATH
troops, rejects Seoul’s envoy offer
Philonise Floyd speaks
through video conferencing
with the UN Human Rights
Council in Geneva. Reuters
The way you saw my
brother tortured and
murdered on camera is
the way black people are
treated by police in
America.”
— PHILONISE FLOYD
bassador of the Central African
Republic who spoke on behalf of
African countries, urged all gov-
ernmentstotakecollectivemeas-
ures to combat systemic racism
and police brutality. REUTERS
world’s carbon pollution, appear
tohavereturnedtopre-pandemic
levels.
The study’s authors said they
were surprised by how quickly
emissions had rebounded. But,
they added, any drop in fossil
fuel use related to the coron-
avirus was always likely to be
temporaryunlesscountriestook
concerted action to clean up
their energy systems and vehi-
cle fleets as they moved to re-
build their ailing economies.
“We still have the same cars,
the same power plants, the same
In Beijing on Wednesday. The city of 20 million people raised its threat level from 3 to 2. AP
After UK drug study, WHO to
update treatment guidelines
REUTERS
JUNE 17
THE WORLD Health
Organisation (WHO) said it was
moving to update its guidelines
on treating people stricken with
Covid-19 to reflect results of a
clinicaltrialthatshowedacheap,
common steroid can help save
critically ill patients.
Trial results announced on
Tuesday showed dexametha-
sone, used since the 1960s to re-
duce inflammation in diseases
such as arthritis, cut death rates
by around a third among the
most severely ill Covid-19 pa-
tients admitted to hospital.
The WHO’s clinical guidance
for treating patients infected
Bill to rival Democrats
DAVID MORGAN
WASHINGTON, JUNE 17
POLICEREFORMSwilltakecentre
stage in Congress on Wednesday
asSenateRepublicansunveiltheir
effort to address racial disparities
in law enforcement and
Democrats in the House of
Representatives advance their
own, more sweeping proposal.
More than three weeks after
George Floyd’s killing in police
custody spurred protests nation-
wide, Senator Tim Scott, the
chamber’sloneblackRepublican,
isexpectedtoproposelegislation
that would discourage the use of
chokeholds,requirepolicedepart-
ments to release more informa-
tiononuseof forceandno-knock
warrants, and encourage body
cameras and better training.
Democrats are scheduled to
advance a Bill out of the House of
Representatives Judiciary
Committeethatwouldbanchoke-
holds,settighterstandardsforthe
use of deadly force, and make it
easier for victims of misconduct
By mid-June, as countries eased their lockdowns, emissions
had ticked up to just 5 per cent below the 2019 average
Dexamethasone is a cheap
and common steroid
with the new coronavirus is
aimedatdoctorsandothermed-
ical professionals and seeks to
use the latest data to inform cli-
nicians on how best to tackle all
phases of the disease, from
screening to discharge.
Although the dexametha-
sone study’s results are prelimi-
nary, the researchers behind the
andtheirfamiliestosuepolice.
Floyd’s death in Minneapolis
onMay25afterapolicemanknelt
on his neck for almost nine min-
utes was the latest in a string of
killings of African Americans by
policethathavesparkedangeron
America’s streets and fresh calls
for reforms. But officials in
Washington appear increasingly
at odds over how to respond.
DemocratssaytheRepublican
plandoesnotgofarenough,while
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnellsaidDemocrats’legis-
lation would go nowhere in his
chamber.“Iworryinthismoment,
I really do, that we’re going to re-
peathistory,thatthisisthemovie,
‘GroundhogDay,’becauseherewe
are again in a nightmare, not a
comedy,” said Senator Cory
Booker, who helped craft the
Democratic Bill.
Facing criticism over his in-
flammatory rhetoric, President
DonaldTrumponTuesdaysigned
an order that would steer federal
moneytopolicedepartmentsthat
agree to outside review and limit
the use of chokeholds. REUTERS
AFTER HELPING TO SAVE THEIR SPECIES
GIANT GALAPAGOS TORTOISES HEAD HOME
A group of giant tortoises who have lived in captivity for decades and helped rescue their
species from the brink of extinction were released into the wild in the Galapagos Islands
on Monday. The tortoises were bred in captivity to repopulate the islands after their
numbers in the wild went down to just 15 individuals. There are now more than 2,000.
project said it suggests the drug
should immediately become
standard care in severely
stricken patients.
Forpatientsonventilators,the
treatment was shown to reduce
mortalitybyaboutonethird,and
forpatientsrequiringonlyoxygen,
mortality was cut by about one
fifth, according to preliminary
findings shared with WHO.
The benefit was only seen in
patients seriously ill with Covid-
19 and was not observed in pa-
tients with milder disease.
The positive news comes as
coronavirus infections acceler-
ated in some places including
the United States and as Beijing
cancelledscoresof flightstohelp
contain a fresh outbreak in
China’s capital.
HYONHEE SHIN
& JOSH SMITH
SEOUL, JUNE 17
NORTH KOREA said on
Wednesday it had rejected a
SouthKoreanoffertosendspecial
envoys to ease escalating tension
overdefiancebyNorthKoreande-
fectors and stalled reconciliation
efforts, and it vowed to redeploy
troops to border areas.
TheNorthKoreanannounce-
ments came a day after it blew
up a joint liaison office set up on
its side of the border as part of a
2018 peace agreement between
the two countries’ leaders.
Any moves to invalidate
cross-border peace deals pose a
major setback to South Korea’s
President Moon Jae-in’s efforts
to foster more lasting reconcilia-
tion with the North.
They could also complicate
efforts by US President Donald
Trump, already grappling with
the coronavirus pandemic and
anti-racismprotests,topersuade
North Korea to abandon its nu-
clear and missile programmes.
“The solution to the present
crisis between the North and the
South caused by the incompe-
industries that we had before the
pandemic,”saidCorinneLeQuéré,
aclimatescientistattheUniversity
of EastAngliainEnglandandlead
author of the analysis. “Without
big structural changes, emissions
arelikelytocomeback.”
Atthepeakof thelockdowns,
vehicle trafficfellby roughlyhalf
in places like Europe and the
United States, a big reason that
emissions dropped so rapidly.
But in many cities, cars and
trucks are now returning to the
roads, even if overall traffic re-
mains below pre-pandemic lev-
New Delhi
China collects DNA
from tens of millions,
with help from US
Massive DNA database adds to a vast
surveillance net used by Chinese govt
SUI-LEE WEE
JUNE 17
THEPOLICEinChinaarecollecting
bloodsamplesfrommenandboys
fromacrossthecountrytobuilda
geneticmapofitsroughly700mil-
lion males, giving authorities a
powerfulnewtoolfortheiremerg-
inghigh-techsurveillancestate.
They have swept across the
country since late 2017 to collect
enough samples to build a vast
DNAdatabase,accordingtoanew
study published on Wednesday
by the Australian Strategic Policy
Institute,aresearchorganisation,
based on documents also re-
viewed by The New York Times.
With this database, authorities
would be able to track down a
man’s male relatives using only
that man’s blood, saliva or other
genetic material.
AUScompany,ThermoFisher,
is helping: The Massachusetts
company has sold testing kits to
Chinese police tailored to their
specifications.Americanlawmak-
ers have criticised Thermo Fisher
for selling equipment to Chinese
authorities, but the company has
defended its business.
The project is a major escala-
tion of China’s efforts to use ge-
netics to control its people,
which had been focused on
tracking ethnic minorities and
other, more targeted groups. It
would add to a growing, sophis-
ticated surveillance net that the
police are deploying across the
country,onethatincreasinglyin-
cludes advanced cameras, facial
recognition systems and artifi-
cial intelligence.
The police say they need the
database to catch criminals and
that donors consent to handing
over their DNA. Some officials
within China, as well as human
rightsgroupsoutsideitsborders,
warn that a national DNA data-
base could invade privacy and
tempt officials to punish the rel-
atives of dissidents and activists.
NeartheGrand UnificationBridgewhichleadstotheinter-
KoreanKaesongIndustrialComplexinNorthKorea.TheNorth
had blownupaninter-KoreanliaisonofficeonTuesday. Reuters
tence and irresponsibility of the
SouthKoreanauthoritiesisimpos-
sibleanditcanbeterminatedonly
when proper price is paid,” the
North’s KCNA state news agency
said.TheNorth’sRodongSinmun,
the newspaper of the Workers’
Party, published photographs
showing the liaison office before
andafteritsdemolition,alongside
aseriesofKCNAarticlesandcom-
mentariescriticisingSouthKorea.
els. Although many people con-
tinue to work from home, there
are also early signs that people
are avoiding public transporta-
tion for fear of contracting the
virus and driving instead.
IntheUnitedStates,electricity
demandhadinchedbackcloserto
2019levelsbyJuneafterasteepde-
cline in the spring. But that didn’t
mean that the economy has fully
recovered, said Steve Cicala, an
economics professor at the
University of Chicago. One factor
may be that people are running
their personal air-conditioners
WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
Thecase that
gaveimpetusfor
DNA database
CHINESE AUTHORITIES
started the drive to collect
DNA samples after the cul-
prit in a rape-and-murder
spree spanning decades was
arrested in 2016. Gao
Chengyong had raped and
murdered at least 11 women
between 1988 and 2002.
Chinese police had collected
DNA evidence from these
crime scenes, but could not
find out who it belonged to.
Then, in 2016, they arrested
a man on bribery charges.
On analysing his DNA, it was
evident that the DNA found
from the murder scenes
were those of a relative of
this man. This led police to
Gao. A media outcry for a
DNA database followed, and
the drive was started a few
months later. Dissidents fear,
however, that the database
could be used not just to
capture murderers, but also
to keep critics in check.
Rightsactivistsarguethatthecol-
lection is being done without
consentbecausecitizenslivingin
anauthoritarianstatehavevirtu-
ally no right to refuse. The pro-
gramme is running into an un-
usual amount of opposition in
China.“Theabilityof theauthor-
itiestodiscoverwhoismostinti-
mately related to whom, given
thecontextof thepunishmentof
entire families as a result of one
person’sactivism,isgoingtohave
a chilling effect on society as a
whole,” said Maya Wang, of
Human Rights Watch. NYT
“Ominouspreludetototalca-
tastrophe of North-South rela-
tions,” one of the articles was
headlined, referring to the de-
struction of the office.
Tension had been rising this
month with North Korea threat-
eningtocuttieswithSouthKorea
and retaliate over North Korean
defectors in the South sending
leaflets — by balloon or by sea —
intoNorthKorea. REUTERS
moreoftenastheystayathome.
The researchers estimated
that global fossil-fuel emissions
for all of 2020 are likely to be 4 to
7 per cent lower than in 2019.
Ultimately, climate experts
said,thetrajectoryofglobalemis-
sionsintheyearsaheadislikelyto
beheavilyinfluencedbythestim-
ulus measures that countries en-
act as they seek to revive their
economies. Environmentalists
havecalledongovernmentstoin-
vest in cleaner energy sources in
order to prevent a large rebound
in fossil fuel use. NYT

17 ECONOMY
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
TRADE WATCH
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Border tension fails to
dampen investments
by Chinese firms in
Indian companies
SANDEEPSINGH&
PRANAVMUKUL
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
IRRESPECTIVEOFthegrowing
border tension between India
and China over the past few
years, Chinese investors and
companieshavebeenincreas-
ing their investments in India.
InthequarterendedMarch31,
2020, foreign portfolio invest-
ments from China into Indian
listed companies witnessed a
sharp rise on account of 1.01
per cent stake purchase by
People’sBankofChinainHDFC
Limited.Evenforeigndirectin-
vestment from China, Hong
Kong and Taiwan has grown
over the past six years and in-
cremental FDI from the three
destinationsamountedtoover
$5.4billion.
Accordingtodatasourced
fromnseinfobase.comofPrime
Database, while the market
value of all FPI investments
from China stood at Rs 774
crore at the end of December
2019, it jumped sharply to Rs
3,257 crore as of March 2020.
Chinese investments
through foreign portfolio in-
vestmentshavebeengrowing
over the last five years. While
the value of their holding in
listed Indian companies
(wheretheholdingisinexcess
of 1 per cent) had stood at Rs
136 crore as of December
2015, by the end of March
2020 it jumped to Rs 3,257
crore. While the numbers are
still very small, there is an in-
creasing trend.
The Indian listed compa-
INVESTMENTS FROM CHINA
(Shareholding greater than 1% of total share capital)
As on date FPI market
value (Rs cr)
31-Mar-20 3,257.67
31-Dec-19 774.12
31-Dec-18 560.97
31-Dec-17 696.75
31-Dec-16 52.89
31-Dec-15 136.78
31-Mar-2014
FPI from China and Hong Kong and FDI from HK, China and Taiwan
Sources: nseinfobase.com, DIPP
DoT may ask pvt mobile companies
to refrain from buying Chinese gear
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
AFTERASKINGstate-ownedtele-
com companies BSNL and MTNL
to rework their tenders for net-
workupgradationtopromotein-
digenousequipmentmakers,the
Department of Telecomm-
unications(DoT)isplanningtoask
private mobile companies to re-
frain from purchasing gear from
Chinese vendors, according to
senior government officials.
Themovecomestwodaysaf-
ter the worst flare-up on the Line
of ActualControlbetweenIndian
andChinesetroopsinoverfivede-
cadeswhichresultedin20Indian
army personnel being killed.
BRIEFLY
Petrol,diesel
priceshiked
NewDelhi:PetrolpriceWed-
nesdaywashikedby55paise
perlitreanddieselby60paise
alitre—the11thconsecutive
dayof riseinrates.
PMtoaddress
miningevent
NewDelhi:Thegovernment
will Thursday launch the
auction of coal mines for
commercial mining at an
event, which will be ad-
dressed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. PTI
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nies where FPIs from China
have over 1 per cent stake are
— HDFC Ltd (1.1 per cent),
Avanti Feeds (8.77 per cent);
Kiri Industries (2.29 per cent)
and Kingfa Science &
Technology (6.32 per cent).
Two companies where the
holding is less than 1 per cent
butinformationisavailableare
Alembic Pharma (3,250
shares)andGujaratIndustries
Power Co (200 shares).
In the last six years the in-
cremental FDI from Hong
Kong, China and Taiwan
amounted to $5.462 billion,
which is over three times the
cumulative investment of
$1.683 billion from the three
destinations between April
2000andMarch2014.Itstood
at $7.145 billion at the end of
March 2020.
While the FDI from Hong
Kong till March 2014
amounted to $1.2 billion and
that from China amounted to
$402million,itjumpedto$4.4
billion and $2.378 billion re-
spectively,bytheendofMarch
2020. That from Taiwan
jumpedfroma$66milliontill
march2014to$360millionat
the end of March 2020.
Of the 30 unicorns —
startupsworthatleast$1bil-
lion — in the country, more
than half have major invest-
ments from Chinese firms.
Notably, 12 of these unicorns
count marquee investors
Alibaba and Tencent among
their backers. These include
somecompaniesatthetopof
their respective sectors such
as Zomato, Paytm, Byjus, Ola
Cabs, BigBasket, etc
FDI
(in $ bn)
7.145
6.924
6.143
N.A
3.827
3.34
NA 1.683
Ithadearlierasked
state-ownedtelcosBSNL
andMTNLtorework
their tenders for
networkupgradation to
promoteindigenous
equipment makers
The government has also
asked the public sector telecom
companies to not use Chinese
vendors in their procurements.
This is an extension to the direc-
tivebytheCentresenttothecom-
paniestolastmonthaskingthem
toreworktheirtendersfor4Gnet-
work upgrade in a manner that
Mobile-first virtual
world HikeLand goes live
NANDAGOPALRAJAN
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
WITH THE launch of HikeLand,
Kavin Bharti Mittal, the founder
and CEO of instant messaging
platform Hike, is reimagining so-
cial media for a mobile-first,
maybe mobile-only, generation.
“There’sliterallybeennoinno-
vation in social whatsoever. And
we’re sort of stuck with these ex-
periences of the last decade that
werebuiltforthe2Gworldandin
some cases built for PC first. We
arefinallyinaplacewherewecan
change that, build experiences
that are rich, that are joyful, that
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31
PSBspressacceleratortosanction
loansundergovt’sMSMEpackage
Sanction average of `3.75L per borrower to over 8.54L accounts in last fortnight
GEORGEMATHEW
MUMBAI,JUNE17
PUBLIC SECTOR banks which are
on an overdrive to sell loans un-
der the government’s Rs three
lakh crore package for micro,
small and medium enterprises
(MSME) before the October 31
deadline have sanctioned an av-
erageofRs3.75lakhperborrower
to over 8.54 lakh borrower ac-
counts in the last fortnight.
Withthegovernmentoffering
a guarantee on loan repayments,
manybankshavestartedholding
virtualtownhallmeetingsandac-
tivatingtheirzonalofficesforsuit-
able customers to meet the
October31deadline.Somebanks
havealreadyissuedpre-approved
sanction letters to all eligible
MSME customers under the risk-
free Emergency Credit Line
Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) at a
time when the overall credit off-
takeissluggish.Totalsanctionsby
PSU banks till June 12 were Rs
32,049 crore. Total sanctions
wouldbehigherasprivatebanks,
including HDFC Bank, are also in
thefieldofferingtheloanpackage.
DisbursalswereRs16,031croreto
4.23 lakh borrowers till June 12.
After a lukewarm start, private
banksareslowlysteppinguptheir
MSMEbusinessfollowingameet-
AMID COVID PANDEMIC
‘Employees at large firms most
confident of employers’ future’
As job markets are being hit by COVID-19, employees at
large enterprises — firms with over 10,000 workers — are
most confident about the future of their employers as 63%
think their companies will be better off one year from now, a
LinkedIn survey said
WHYTHISISIMPORTANT:
ThefiftheditionoftheLinkedIn
WorkforceConfidenceIndex,
basedonresponsesof2,903
professionalsinIndia,notedthat
employeesinlargeenterprises
aremoreconfidentaboutthe
futureoftheiremployersas
promoted made-in-India gear in
the core network infrastructure.
Accordingtoonegovernment
official, the move to potentially
disallowChinesegearmakerslike
Huawei and ZTE from selling
equipment to Indian telecom
companies comes as a result of
complaints by Indian equipment
firmsthatChinahasnotalloweda
level-playing field for their prod-
ucts to be imported there.
Incidentally, Indian mobile
companieshavepushedtheircase
forallowingChinesefirmstopar-
ticipatein5Gtrials,giventhattheir
productsweremorecost-efficient
andthatensuringsufficientcom-
petition allowed them to better
negotiatewithothergearmakers,
most of which are European.
can potentially put relationships
atthecentre,”Mittaltoldindianex-
press.com on a video call.
HikeLandisavirtualspace,for
now limited to two elements
called ‘Your Home’ and ‘Big Scre-
en’, both with different social ob-
jectives. ‘Your Home’ is your per-
sonal space which can be
customised as per your taste and
where you can invite a friend for
achat.BigScreentakesthisview-
ingexperiencetoadifferentlevel.
Hereyouarewatchingpre-sched-
uled shows with strangers. You
cantrytostartaconversation,but
you get only one message in.
Full report on
www.indianexpress.com
Sluggish credit
demand, bad
loans worry banks
TheRBIpackagehascomeatatimewhendemandforcredit
ismutedandthousandsof unitshave downedtheirshutters.
Withlockdownanddemandslumpintheeconomyhitting
bigandsmallborrowers,theyarewaitingfortheeconomyto
revive.Rating agencieshavealreadycautionedaboutarisein
badloanswhentheloanmoratorium periodendsinAugust.
ing of Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman with private banks
and NBFCs recently.
As per Central Bank of India
MD and CEO Pallav Mohapatra,
thebankisaimingtocoveralleli-
gible accounts by July 31, much
aheadofthegivendeadlineofOc-
tober 31. The bank has identified
over two lakh MSME units eligi-
ble under the scheme. “All the el-
igible borrowers were issued
pre-approved sanction letters.
Within 12 days of launch of the
scheme, the bank could sanction
loansto62,952borrowersinvolv-
ing an amount of Rs 1,162 crore
and disbursed Rs 544 crore,”
Mohapatra said.
State Banf of India (SBI) said it
hassanctionedGECLloansaggre-
gating Rs 15,000 crore to 1.5 lakh
comparedtotheirpeersfrom
mid-marketandsmallandmid-
sizebusiness(SMB)companies.
ItshowsthatwhileIndia’soverall
confidenceremainssteadywith
acompositescoreof49,the
country’sconfidenceinjobsis
beginningtotrenddownward
RBI RELEASES DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING FINANCIERS
‘75% of qualifying assets of HFCs should be retail home loans’
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
MUMBAI,JUNE17
THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI)
has proposed that 50 per cent of
net assets of a housing finance
company (HFC) should be quali-
fying assets or housing finance,
andatleast75percentofqualify-
ingassetsshouldbetowardsindi-
vidual housing loans. In its draft
guidelines for HFCs, the RBI has
also recommended that no pre-
payment or foreclosure charges
should be levied on customers.
However,HFCswillbegivena
phased timeline of up to four
yearstocomplywiththenewRBI
guidelines. They should achieve
60 per cent individual loans by
2022, 70 per cent by 2023 and 75
PSBs told to AIIB okays $750 mn loan to Power Grid to renounce operating
‘defer avoidable India for COVID-19 response Central Transmission Utility
expenditure, ENSECONOMICBUREAU
multilateralagencysaidinastate- New Delhi: In a move that will see up CTU, as a 100 per cent sub-
mentonWednesday.
reduce costs’ NEWDELHI,JUNE17
that have already been approved erating
New Delhi: The Centre on
Wednesday, via a detailed advi-
sory by Department of Financial
Services,askedheadsofallpublic
sectorbanks(PSBs)todeferavoid-
able expenditure, including pur-
chase of staff cars and refurbish-
ment of guest houses, to ensure
more productive utilisation of fi-
nancialresourcesamidCOVID-19.
The advisory also comes
against the backdrop of Punjab
National Bank recently purchas-
ing three Audi cars worth over Rs
1.30 crore for travel of its top ex-
ecutives. PTI
MSME customers and disbursed
loans worth Rs 8,700 crore. “SBI
organisedmorethan125E-town
hall meetings from May to date.
As per directives of DFS, SBI con-
ducted circle level meetings to
reachouttoMSMEcustomersand
explain the various reliefs and fi-
nancialsupportprovidedtothem
to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Thesemeetingswitnessedpartic-
ipants of around 3,000 MSME
customers,” SBI said.
BankofBaroda(BoB)hadsaid
it can lend up to Rs 12,000 crore
undertheECLGS. “Theparticular
portfolio (MSME) amounts to Rs
58,000 crore. So, 20 per cent of
that would be around Rs 10,000
crore to Rs 12,000 crore. This, we
can make available to our MSME
clientsinthetimestocomeunder
41% Enterprise
professionals who
think their companies will do
better in the next 6 months
40%
Professionals who
believe number of
jobs and scheduled interviews
will decrease in next two weeks
33%: Respondents who will
now spend more time working
on their resumes and preparing
for interviews
67%:Respondents who will
focus on upskilling and increase
time spent on online learning
Individualconfidencelow:
Confidence of professionals
from larger enterprises fades at
the individual level as their
Individual Confidence Index
(ICI) scores show that they are
least optimistic about the
future, when compared to their
SMB and mid-market peers
Source: LinkedIn/PTI
percentby2024,thecentralbank
said in the draft norms for HFCs.
IfanHFCdoesnotfulfilthecri-
terion, it will be treated as NBFC-
investment and credit company
(NBFC-ICC) and required to ap-
proach the RBI for conversion of
its certificate of registration from
HFCs to NBFC-ICC, the RBI said.
Thedraftnormssaythatnon-
deposit taking HFCs (HFC-ND)
withassetsizeofRs500croreand
above,andalldeposittakingHFCs
(HFC-D),irrespectiveofassetsize,
willbetreatedassystemicallyim-
portant HFCs. No foreclosure
charges/pre-payment penalties
should be levied on any floating
ratetermloansanctionedforpur-
posesotherthanbusinesstoindi-
vidualborrowerswithorwithout
co-obligants, the RBI said.
Power Grid Corporation of India sidiary of PGCILwith separate ac-
AIIB’s sovereign loans to India Ltd(PGCIL)renounceitsroleofop- counting and board structure,
BEIJING-HEADQUARTERED
ASIAN Infrastructure Investment
Bank (AIIB) has approved a $750
million loan to India to help the
government strengthen its battle
against the adverse impact of
COVID-19 pandemic on poor and
vulnerablehouseholds.
Co-financed with the Asian
DevelopmentBank,thebudgetary
supportwillgotowardbolstering
economic aid for businesses, in-
cludingfortheinformalsector,ex-
panding social safety nets for the
needy, and strengthening the
country’shealthcaresystems,the
GOLD
`48,220
Note: Gold, silver rates at spot markets in Delhi; gold per 10g, silver per 1 kg; Brent crude as of 2300 IST
the guaranteed scheme of the
government,” BoB MD and CEO
Sanjiv Chadha recently said.
AccordingtoSBI,borrowerac-
counts should be less than or
equal to 60 days past due as on
February 29, 2020 in order to be
eligible under the scheme.
Borrower accounts which had
NPA, or SMA-2 status, as on
February29arenoteligibleunder
thescheme.Inordertobeeligible,
the borrower must be GST regis-
teredinallcases.“Loansprovided
inindividualcapacityarenotcov-
ered under the scheme. The gov-
ernment should allow individu-
alstoapplyforthescheme.There
are a large number of individual
borrowerswhoareinvolvedinthe
small business,” said an official of
a private bank.
Banksareaggressivelypricing
the loans under the external
benchmarklinked(repo)lending
rate.Amajorfactorthat’sprevent-
ingsomebanks,especiallyprivate
ones, in going full throttle in the
MSME loans is the possibility of
defaults. Credit information firm
TransUnion Cibil has said loans
worthRs232,000croreofMSMEs
are at a higher risk of going into
non-performing assets (NPAs).
TheNPArateforMSMEshasrisen
continuously over last few years
to reach 12.6 per cent as of Dece-
mber 2019, Cibil said in a report.
Companies get
relaxation in filing
forms related to
creation of charges
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
COMPANIES THAT have not reg-
istered the creation or modifica-
tion of a charge on their property
withthegovernmentwithinpre-
scribed timelines will now be al-
lowed to exclude the period be-
tweenMarch1andSeptember30
in which they are required to file
such forms, as per a Corporate
Affairs Ministry circular.
A charge is a security interest
heldbyalenderonassetsofcom-
pany against a loan. Ordinarily,
companiesarerequiredtofilede-
tails of the creation or modifica-
tion of any charge on company
property within 120 days of the
creation or modification of a
chargewithfilingchargesincreas-
ingafterthresholdsof30daysand
60 days.
To address worries on double
financing due to lending to con-
struction firms in the group and
alsotoindividualspurchasingflats
fromthelatter,theconcernedHFC
may choose to lend only at one
level, it said. That is, the HFC can
either undertake an exposure on
the group company in real estate
business or lend to retail individ-
ualhomebuyersintheprojectsof
group entities, but not do both. If
theHFCdecidestotakeanyexpo-
sure in its group entities (lending
and investment) directly or indi-
rectly, such exposure cannot be
over15percentofownedfundfor
asingleentityinthegroupand25
percentofownedfundforallsuch
groupentities,thedraftnormssay.
According to BFSI leader
SrinathSridharan,draftregulatory
India’s Central which would be responsible for
amountto$3.06billion,including
a recent $500-million COVID-19
emergencyresponse.Thecurrent
loan will be the second for India
under AIIB’s COVID-19 Crisis
Recovery Facility. China is the
largest shareholder in AIIB with a
26.06 per cent voting power, fol-
lowedbyIndiawitha7.62percent
voting power. “Our support to
Indiaaimstoensureeconomicre-
silience to prevent long-term
damagetoproductivecapacity,in-
cluding human capital,” said AIIB
vicepresident,investmentopera-
tions,DJPandian.
New Delhi
RUPEE
`76.16
FIGHTING COVID-19
Dexamethasone,
under spotlight for
‘improving survival’,
may see rising demand
PRABHARAGHAVAN
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
PROMISING FINDINGS from the
UnitedKingdom’sRECOVERYclin-
icaltrialhavebroughtIndia’santi-
inflammatorysteroiddexametha-
sone market under the spotlight.
While medical experts here are
still studying the findings to un-
derstandhowbeneficialitmaybe
aspartof India’streatmentproto-
col for COVID-19 patients, indus-
try executives expect global de-
mandforthedrugtoshootuplike
inthecaseofhydroxychloroquine
(HCQ)earlier.
The “first drug to be shown to
improve survival”, dexametha-
sonereducesdeathbyuptoathird
inCOVID-19patientsonventilator
support, and by a fifth in patients
receivingonlyoxygen,researchers
leadingthetrialhadannounced.
Dexamethasone in India
seemslikeafairlysmallmarketby
value,butnotbyvolumes,accord-
ing to Indian Pharmaceutical
Alliance secretary general
Sudarshan Jain. “It is under price
control, which is why the market
sizeissmall,”hesaid.
In the 12 months ended May
31, 2020, the drug had a market
size of around Rs 104 crore, with
around 239 million units sold in
the country, shows data from
pharmaceutical market research
firmAIOCDAwacsPharmaTrac.Of
this, Zydus Cadila catered to the
lion’s share of domestic demand
(around82percentofthetotalvol-
ume)andaccountedfornearly83
percentofthemarketvalueinthe
processwithitsbrand,Dexona.
Other major players in this
market include Wockhardt, with
its brand Decdan, and Cadila
Pharmaceuticals,withDexasone.
“This (the trial’s findings) is a
clearly good observation in the
ventilatorcases,”saidDrShashank
Joshi, member of Maharashtra’s
COVID-19 task force. While this is
a “welcome” development, the
task force is studying the full text
of the trial before taking a call on
howtoincorporateitintheirclin-
icalmanagementprotocol.
“What we realised as COVID
evolvedinIndiawasthatmostpa-
tientsheredonotneedventilators,
butoxygen,”hesaid.Here,several
hospitalsinIndiahadalreadybeen
using corticosteroid IV methyl-
prednisolone to manage patients
on oxygen support, he said. The
Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) on June 13 rec-
ommendedtheuseof thispartic-
ular drug in the clinical manage-
mentofmoderatecasesonoxygen
changes for HFCs bring the true
meaning of “housing finance” or
“providingfinanceforhousing”by
tightening the definition to “resi-
dential dwellings”. He said the
draftcircularalsomentions“lend-
ingtobuildersforconstructionof
residentialdwellingunits”comes
under this definition, is a sign of
relief for residential developers.
However, the context of “so-
cial/rental housing” under Nati-
onalUrbanRentalHousingPolicy,
2015 seems to have missed out
under this definition. “By asking
theHFCstodo75percentoftheir
qualifyingassetsonlyforindivid-
ualshousingloansbyMarch2024,
theRBIhassegregatedHFCsfrom
NBFCs. Thatcouldmakeabigpos-
itive impact on the industry as a
whole,” Sridharan said.
Transmission Utility (CTU), the
PowerMinistryonWednesdaydi-
rected the corporation to “imme-
diately” set up CTU as its wholly
ownedsubsidiary.
“PGCIL shall immediately set
ISTS charges may be waived beyond 2022
New Delhi: Power Minister R K
Singh Tuesday said his ministry
may consider extending beyond
2022 waiver of Inter-state
TransmissionSystem(ISTS)char-
gesforrenewableenergyprojects.
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OIL SILVER
$40.82 `49,250
International market data till 1900 IST
The global market for
dexamethasone is
around $470 million,
with around 5.85
billion units sold, as per
IQVIA MIDAS 2020
support.
“We have been using IV
methylprednisolonejudiciouslyin
appropriately selected cases...to
save lives and prevent them from
goingontheventilator.Onceapa-
tient is ventilated, then the mor-
tality rate is very high, for which
dexamethasonenowseemstobe
(apotentialtreatmentoption),”he
said.
“I have a very strong caution
note—Idonotwantanypersonat
homeorwithamilddiseasetouse
steroids in their treatment. It’s a
contra-indication because it may
aggravatetheirconditionandmay
bedangerous,”headded.
The global market for dexam-
ethasone is around $470 million,
witharound5.85billionunitssold,
according to IQVIA MIDAS 2020.
Whilethetopmarketsbyvalueare
the US, EU and Japan, India,
Indonesia and China account for
thehighestvolumes.
Indian pharmaceutical firms
havethelargestshareoftheglobal
volume—around 46 per cent—
”largely” driven by the country’s
ownconsumptionofthedrug,ac-
cordingtotheadvancedanalytics
firm.
However, following the latest
findingsintheRECOVERYtrial,in-
dustryexecutivesexpectagrowth
in demand for exports to other
countriesaswell.Pharmaceutical
Export Promotion Council
(PHARMEXCIL) chairman Dinesh
Dua expects the demand to be
“bigger” than what India experi-
encedforhydroxychloroquine.
Exportsofdexamethasonebe-
tween April 2019 and February
2020werearound$17.34million,
with Nigeria, China and Iraq ac-
counting for the top export desti-
nations by volumes, according to
thecommerceministry.
“Unfortunately,theAPI(active
pharmaceutical ingredient) for
dexamethasone mostly comes
from China. There are hardly one
ortwomanufacturersinIndia,and
theytoohaveverysmallcapacity.
It’s all dominated by China,” Dua
toldTheIndianExpress.
Sofar,nodemandforthedrug
hasbeenflaggedtotheexportpro-
motion body, but “these are still
earlydays”,hesaid.
No merit in
charging interest
on interest: SC
on moratorium
New Delhi:The Supreme Court
Wednesday asked the Centre to
consider intervening in the mat-
terofcharginginterestonloanin-
stalments, repayment of which
had been allowed to be deferred
bytheReserveBankofIndia(RBI).
“Oncethemoratoriumisfixed
then it should serve the desired
purposes and we see no merit in
charging interest on interest,” a
BenchcomprisingJusticesSKKaul
and Justice M R Shah said.
AppearingfortheCentreandRBI,
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
said that a total waiver m will not
beeasyforbanks.Thematterwill
now be heard in August. ENS
carryingoutstatutoryfunctionsas
identified for CTU under the
ElectricityAct2003,andalsoother
functions assigned to CTU by
CERC,”theministryinformedPG-
CILCMDKSreekant. ENS
Under the waiver, all these
projects commissioned by Dece-
mber2022areeligibleforavailing
exemption of ISTS charges and
lossesontransmissionofelectric-
ity for 25 years. PTI
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THOSEMONTHS,THOSEMINUTES
Forced into an unprecedented lockdown, sport is staring at an
unfathomable despair. Indian athletes, though, have given the
country reasons to rejoice in the past.
VINOD KAMBLI’S tenure at the top was all too brief, but tells SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY
he still cherishes his maiden Test ton on his home ground.

His East Bengal contract

ripped, Costa Rican star
shelters at embassy
MIHIRVASAVDA
NEWDELHI,JUNE17
NOSALARY,noplacetostay,andnoflighttick-
ets to return home – Johnny Acosta, the Costa
Rican football star who has played in the 2014
and 2018 World Cups, finds himself stranded
inIndiaafterbeing“poorlytreated”byhisclub.
AcostaiscurrentlylivingattheCostaRican
embassy in New Delhi, waiting for a repatria-
tion flight. Acosta’s manager, Jose Luis
Rodriguez,hasaccusedEastBengalfootballclub
of“showingnorespect”tothedefender.Hehas
alleged that East Bengal abruptly terminated
Acosta’scontract,didnotpayhiswages,asked
him to vacate his apartment, and did not pro-
videhimwithticketstoreturnhome.Rodriguez
has threatened to take the club to FIFA, foot-
ball'sinternationalgoverningbody,forbreach
of hiscontractterms.
EastBengalhasrefusedtoacknowledgethis,
sayingtheplayer'scontracthadbeenwithafor-
merinvestorintheclub.
“It has been a very tough situation for
Johnny. He was frustrated with the behaviour
oftheclub.Nowheisfeelingbetterbecausehe
is at the embassy in Delhi, waiting for his hu-
manitarian flight, most likely on Saturday,”
RodriguezsaidonbehalfofAcosta,whospeaks
no English. “Johnny has played in two World
Cups. He is a big player in Costa Rica. At least
theycouldhaveshownsomerespect.”
Acostaisoneof thehighestpaidplayersin
the I-League. He came to East Bengal in July
2018forareportedfeeofRs1.36croredaysaf-
ter the World Cup in Russia, where he played
in all of Costa Rica’s group stage matches
againstBrazil,Serbia,andSwitzerland.Thede-
fender, who also played in the 2014 edition of
the World Cup in Brazil, was released by East
Bengal at the end of that season, but the
Kolkata-basedclubapproachedhimagainthis
year. The 36-year-old's second stint began in
March.However,barelyacoupleofweekslater,
all football activities in the country were sus-
pended as the government announced the
lockdown.Withinamonthofthat,EastBengal
prematurely terminated the contracts of all
players,citingfinancialconstraintsbroughtby
the pandemic. “No one had control over this
situation. At least we were expecting the club
tobehaveproperlyandbecaringinamoment
like this,” Rodriguez said.
According to the manager, Acosta's dis-
agreement with East Bengal began after he
asked the club to arrange for his return home,
aftertheyhadterminatedcontractsandrefused
topaysalaries.
“The contract says the club is responsible
forflightticketsfromCostaRicatoKolkataand
fromtherebacktohome.Itdoesn’tsaypriceor
amount,butsaysclubisresponsibletosendthe
playerbackhome,”Rodriguezsaid.
Acosta remained in touch with the Costa
Ricanembassy,andprovidedflight-relatedin-
formation to the club, Rodriguez claimed.
However, the club's officials were “never will-
ingtohelp”,healleged.
“Their behaviour was surprising. Johnny’s
firstexperiencewasnice,theydeliveredevery-
thingthatwasonthecontract,andthatiswhy
he chose to come here. But this time… (they
behaveddifferently),”Rodriguezsaid.
The frustration boiled over after the club
asked Acosta to vacate his apartment. As per
the contract, Rodriguez said, East Bengal were
responsibleforAcosta'saccommodationuntil
May31.“Itwasstrangebehaviour.Theclubwas
askinghimtoreturnthekeysbutwasnotbuy-
inghimtickets.Werefusedtoreturnanything
in a situation like this. Did they expect Johnny
toliveonthestreets?”Rodriguezsaid.
East Bengal secretary Kalyan Majumdar
saidtheclubhad“nothingtodowithAcosta’s
contract”.“Hiscontractwasnotwithus,itwas
with Quess,” Majumdar said, referring to
Quess Corp, a former investor in East Bengal
that formally parted ways with the club on
June1.“Asfarasweareconcerned,Johnnyhas
gone back to Costa Rica.”
When told that Acosta is living at the em-
bassyinNewDelhi,Majumdarsaid:“Hecando
whateverhewants.”
AjitIsaac,chairmanandmanagingdirector
of Quess Corp, said: “We have nothing to do
with the club so I am not taking any questions
onthis.”Afterweeksof efforts,theCostaRican
embassyhadhelpedAcostawiththelogisticsto
reach New Delhi, Rodriguez said. “He is sleep-
ing at the embassy now, and will take a flight
backhomeonSaturdayhopefully.Theembassy
helpedwithallthelogisticsbutJohnnypaidfor
everything,”Rodriguezsaid.
When a year is not long enough
In the current scenario, the prospect of another Olympic postponement, or even cancellation, can’t be ruled out
SHIVANINAIK
MUMBAI,JUNE17
TOKYO’S PANDEMIC monitoring authorities
recently put restrictions on singing, dancing
andplayingmusicloudlyatnightclubsforthe
high decibel would compel customers to talk
louderoverthedin,andriskspreadingthevirus
through respiratory droplets. Though Japan
lifteditshealthemergencyonMay25,aspike
of48Covid-19casesinasingleday-including
two dozen from the nightlife neighbourhood
- sent authorities scurrying fearing another
breakout of infection.
Sport’s most joyous party - the Olympics,
nowtiptoestowardsitsscheduledTokyodate.
For, imagine an Olympic athletes’ village
with 10,500 residents and at least the same
numberofofficialsandsupportstaff.Withthe
world trooping in from every distant part of
the globe, the enormity of troubleshooting
neededtopulloffthegiganticOlympicsamidst
thispandemicbecomesominouslyclear.More
than a year from a postponed Tokyo Games
scheduledforJuly-August2021,murmurshave
started about another deferral.
Japan Today quoted Haruyuki Takahashi,
an executive board member of the organis-
ingcommittee,onTuesday:“Themainprior-
ity is to make a united effort to hold the
Olympics in the summer of 2021,” failing
which, “we should start action once again to
get another delay.”
While IOC chief Thomas Bach has cate-
gorically said no Plan B exists and Japanese
premier Shinzo Abe has stated that 2021 is
theonlyoption,theprevalentsituationinthe
world with a vaccine still not firmed up and
the virus erupting like a rash, puts an
almightyquestionmarkoneventhedeferred
dates of the Games.
Whileathleteshavebeenurgedtocarryon
theirpreparationskeepingJuly23,2021asthe
target,arealisticassessmentthrowsupdoubts,
which puts the spotlight on the March 2021
deadline to determine if the Games can take
off as promised.
JohnGlosterofIndianPremierLeaguefran-
chiseRajasthanRoyals,whoistiedinwiththe
sports set-up of Australia’s Deakin University,
reckons that nothing less than “zero cases in
thehostcountry”willbeapre-requisiteforthe
UNLOCKING SPORT
AN EXPRESS SERIES
Gamestogetgoingwiththelarge-scalesport-
ing operations kicking off currently being
closelyfollowed.“Safetyisthebiggestconcern
forallathletes.Soifthegamesaretogoahead,
there have to be zero cases or zero new cases
in the host country. If you look at Australia,
there are virtually zero new cases in the last
three to four weeks. I think there hasgotto be
aperiodofzerocasesforanextendedperiodof
timesothattheycandemonstratecontrol,par-
ticularly in the host city,” Gloster says.
TheWorldHealthOrganisationwillbecon-
sulted by the International Olympic
Committee,evenifexpectingzerocasesworld-
wide would be a bit far-fetched. “But there
wouldneedtobeanelementofglobalcontrol
absolutelybeforethegameswentaheadsothe
samepolicywouldstillapplywhereeveryath-
letecominginfromacountrywherethereare
stillactivecaseswouldneedtogotothequar-
antine, testing etc,” Gloster adds.
Illustration: Suvajit Dey
AGamesVillagefactoringinrisksatdining
hallsthatseatthousands,sharedrooms,shut-
tle buses between venues while athletes at-
tempttotrainaheadoftheireventandhitpeak
performanceneedingtheusualperipheralsof
trainers and masseurs, with even one infec-
tioncapableofthrowingthewholeclockwork
intodisarray,hasfartoomanyvariablestocon-
trol-toughevenfortheefficientJapanese.The
hopeofavaccineisonthehorizon,butGloster
cautions about even the best-case scenario,
when one becomes available.
“Japanwillhavetoenforcewhatwecallju-
dicious care: when holding large events like
Olympics, a directive will need to go out from
theIOCthatinordertocompete,youwillcom-
pulsorilyneedavaccinationsothatotherath-
letes are protected,” he says. Tennis has seen
some big names resistant to the idea of a vac-
cine,andGlosterstatesthatthedetailswillhave
to be thrashed out by the Tokyo organisers.
There is no fool-proof mechanism to test-
ingbecauseyoucanbetestednegativeonone
day and the next day come into contact with
someoneorasurfacethatiscontaminatedand
lead to a positive case. “Hence, the stress on
zeroactivecasesinthehostcountry.Similiarto
Australia and New Zealand. They waited till
there have been virtually zero active cases.
South Australia even having had zero active
casesstillhadtheirbordersclosedforamonth,”
he informs.
David Shilbury, Professor, Sport
Management and Director, at Deakin, while
reiterating that health officials would be best
placedtodecide,insiststhatit’satoughoneto
pulloff.“ItishardtoimaginetheOlympicspro-
ceeding without the virus under control
throughouttheworld,orthatsomecountries
donotparticipatebasedon some criteriathat
suggests COVID-19 is not under control in a
country. Ultimately, the assessment would
havetobebasedonwhetherahealthyathletes’
village can be maintained… an athletes’ vil-
lage is akin to the cruise ship difficulties seen
during COVID-19,” he says.
Naturally, the postscript of a 2022 spectre
cannotbeashortscribble,consideringapost-
ponement is already setting Japan back by $2
billionto$6billion.“IftheSummerGamescan-
nottakeplacein2021,theywillbecancelled,”
Shilbury says. “There’s Winter Games due in
2022 and it’ll be too much of a draw on spon-
sorsupportandbroadcastersandexpenditure
to cover both in the one year,” he says.
Add to the Beijing Winter Games, the FIFA
WorldCup,CommonwealthGamesandAsian
Games,plusabunchofWorldChampionships
that’ll see several international federations
keep a worried eye on their own revenues for
sustenance,eveniftheOlympicsisthebiggest
show on earth.
“To delay an Olympic by two years is sig-
nificantbecausethendoyoudelaythefollow-
ingoneto2026orstickto2024?”Glosteropens
the worm can.
Two years potentially could mean many
athletesnearingtheendoftheircareersaround
2020 won’t probably be seen in 2022, so the
wholequalification systemwill needachurn.
“Then you got to say, well we just go for the
next one to 2024. Big decisions will be made,
but if 2021 doesn’t happen, I really just don’t
see logistically that 2022 will be a viable op-
tion,” Gloster says. Both postponement and
cancellationwillbleedlosses,andthesearenot
eventheworstlossesthatCovid-19isinflicting
given its human toll. Olympics will be caged
into perspective, come 2021.

OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis

CROSSWORD 4147
ACROSS
1 The old bicycle is a strangely-
loved piece (10)
8 Is set to change places (5)
9 Female Russian artisan in
trouble (7)
10 A book on the big race?
(7)
11 You can’t do better than
master this (5)
12 Mark breaks into a church
(6)
14 Make disclosures about meat
(6)
17 It caters for the rest of the
drivers and passengers
(5)
19 Discloses what one does to a
dress that’s too tight (4,3)
21 He seeks relaxation - I trust
nothing will disturb him!
(7)
22 Lives wildly producing social
problems (5)
23 Giving but quietly feeling
bitter about it? (10)
SolutionsCrossword4146:Across: 1Divert,4Isabel,9Snippet,10India,11Greys,
12Rigours,13Undertaking,18Chancel,20Nicer,22Elemi,23Earmark,24Tattoo,
25Adders.Down:1Dosage,2Voice,3Riposte,5Sling,6Bedouin,7Liaise,8
Storyteller,14Nearest,15Kindred,16Accent,17Brakes,19Cairo,21Chase.
JUMBLED WORDS
DAY TODAY
ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20)
You may continue to
keep a low profile
and maintain your
distance until you
are absolutely sure what other
people are doing. The
indications are indeed hopeful,
but you don’t want to
jump in too soon. Signs of good
fortune today will be
strengthened in a few days’
time, but should require
careful handling.
TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21)
What the future
holds emotionally is
CALVIN & HOBBES by Bill Watterson now being
signposted by Venus.
This challenging pattern
indicates that your hopes will
rise, but you should realise that
if they are to be satisfied there
must be a little more input from
DOWN you. That’s the bottom line.
2 Exemplary piece of literary
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)
work (7)
Personally and
3 Well-equipped place for
professionally you
caravans en route
now have far too
(5)
much going for you
4 It can’t be made whole
to be sidetracked by the
(6)
emotional fall-out from a
5 An illustration no longer large
partner’s actions. You must now
enough (7)
put the past behind you and get
6 He’s forced to live off his land
on with creating the future.
(5)
There really is no alternative.
7 Latest lies about spies in the
sky (10) CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
8 Stepfather is a ship’s officer MARVIN by Tom Armstrong Take refuge in your
(6,4) shell if you think it
13 Make an impact will do you good.
(7) When other people
15 Noise or disturbance can be come knocking you may let
wearing (7) them in, but only if they swear
16 Gay lib - the organisation to respect your secrets and not
(6) to laugh at you. When your
18 Be successful with a superior confidence is restored you will
suit (5) be able to turn the tables on
20 This is wrong, giving the short them. Your patience will be
measure (5) rewarded.
LEO (July 24 - Aug 23)
Social stars remain
bright to the extent
that, even at work,
friendly
collaboration with colleagues
seems to be essential. One of
your best moves will be to
DifficultyLevel2s
gather allies around you and
SOLUTION SUDOKU 4142
BY PETER VIDAL
LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)
This is bound to be a
time of challenging
situations, although
something, an
unseen hand if you like, will
seem to be opening doors
for you. Focus on legal
questions, ethical matters and
travel plans just for now, and
tackle cash quandaries when
you’ve got the groundwork
sorted out.
SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 23)
Close associates may
not be pleased with
the way you have
changed your mind,
but really one would have
thought they’d be pleased to
see a little flexibility.
Perhaps the truth will dawn on
them in a few days’ time.
When that has happened you
will be ready to make your
next move.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 24 - Dec 22)
Sometimes life
singles you out for
special treatment.
You may be thinking
‘why me’? The answer is
because the finger of fate is
pointing at you and urging you
to seize chances for self-
improvement, polishing
up your partnerships in
the process.
CAPRICORN (Dec 23 - Jan 20)
Events on the home
front are bound to
encourage you to
make the necessary
improvements. This is very
much a moment for rolling up
your sleeves and getting on
with it, rather than expecting
somebody else to step in. If
you want them to make the
first move you might be
waiting forever.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21- Feb 19)
Deep down, you
have creative gifts
which have so far
remained untapped.
This is one of those moments
when you can do no better

make sure that, when the time than take determined steps to
Instructions comes, you have the support exploit all that buried creative
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Wherethereis___thereis__-MahatmaGandhi (4,.,4) VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23)
nineverticalcolumns,in You may push the PISCES (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
eachoftheninehorizontal boat out at work, and Uncertainty at home
ILTEE HIRTLL rowsandineachofthe aim for the top job. still seems to be the
nineboxes. Even if you don’t get main feature of
it you should at least draw life, and it may
attention to your many gifts even be colouring your ability
DEXIO DEIRFV DifficultyLevel
and talents. Elsewhere, even to achieve your worldly
at home, insist that you ambitions. Go with it for
1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; have your time under the now, and wait for current
3s=Medium;4s=Hard; spotlight. You never know - pressures to dissipate, as
5s=VeryHard;6s= other people might be happy I’m sure they will. Just give
Answer: Where there is love there is life - Mahatma Gandhi Genius to take a back seat. it time.
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We Are Family
THURSDAY I JUNE 18 I 2020
We Are Growing ADVERTORIAL

At home and in business, these families stay and work together. Here are their success stories!

A plateful of success
How did the idea for Nik Baker’s emerge?
My father, Vinod Mittal, first came up with the
idea of establishing a European-style bakery
here in India and treat the Indian palate to some
of the finest European delicacies. He did not want
those living here to miss out on any of these ex-
otic delights. Now, my brother has also joined
our family business.
Growth of business
Our first outlet was set up in Sector 9,
Chandigarh, back in 2006. Our business has
NIKHIL MITTAL (NIK BAKER’S) grown over the years. We currently run a total
of sixteen outlets.
How do you plan to expand the business fur-
ther?
The key to expand any business, I believe, is to
win the trust of the customers. We believe in the
word-of-mouth tool of promotion. It is very effec-
tive in this day and age.
Product Range
We offer an array of freshly baked products.
Take, for example, the sourdough bread that we
make without using yeast. It takes a week to pre-
pare it, with a live fermented culture of flour and
water. Our customers relish the fresh European
flavour of all our products. We ensure our food
is of highest quality, and adhere to all norms and
standards of the baking industry.
How does working as a family contribute to the
success of the business?
Our business has brought us together for a
cause.My brother, a one-time golfer, has also
joined the family business.
Future plans
We aspire to establish our brand in metro-
politan cities like Mumbai and Bangalore one
day.

NIK BAKER’S CHANDIGARH: Sector 9-D, Hotel Aroma, Sector-7, Sector 35-C, Elante Mall, PANCHKULA: Sector 5 ,
MOHALI: Phase 3 B2 , DERABASSI: Chandigarh Ambala Expressway, LUDHIANA: Kipps Market,
NOW OPEN JALANDHAR: Model town, NEW DELHI: Punjabi Bagh, Green Park, Greater Kailash 2.

Great Projects, Great Locations

THE Maya Garden Group has completely redefined
the new age of living in the region. All the projects
carried out by the company are marvels of architec-
ture, supported by robust structures. The company is
committed to customer satisfaction.
It is currently home to more than a thousand fam-
ilies. A gated community with studio apartments,
1/2/3/4/5/6 BHK homes and penthouses. The Maya
Garden City is ideal for young souls, passionate minds
and big dreamers. Perfectly suited to cater to a holis-
tic lifestyle, the development is equipped with a resi-
dent clubhouse for social interaction and an active
lifestyle. Choose a holistic lifestyle and embrace your
CONTACT US
vibrant self.
Buying a house is one of the most important deci-
sions one makes in his lifetime. Naturally, you would
want to choose the perfect home, built by a devel-
oper that you can count on. Within a span of twenty
years, the Group has created an impressive track
record with more than 15 residential and commercial
projects in Zirakpur and Punjab. We have emerged
as the master developers of Zirakpur with a promise
to transform the skyline of the town. We have redefined
modern suburban living through the incorporation of
key socio-environmental facets into its designs.
The Maya Garden Group is progressive and com-
Maya Garden Group
Chandigarh - Ambala Highway,
Opposite Mac-Donald’s
Zirakpur, Punjab, Ph: 7834978349
PBRERA-SAS79-PC0022
munity-centric. We believe in sustainable living. We
implement tried-and-tested technologies that encour-
age cost efficiency, and have a positive impact on the
environment. Our commitment to the present and fu-
ture needs alike is reflected in our bid for an interna-
tional green initiative accreditation. Our goal is also
to build living spaces that foster a true sense of com-
munity life. Our latest development, Maya Garden
City and Maya Garden Magnesia, embodies this in
its many indoor and outdoor facilities that are con-
ducive to social interaction amongst residents and
neighbors. A peace of mind is provided, thanks to the
non-intrusive safety and security features. M R S ATISH J INDAL (Managing Director) with his family
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Who founded BCL industries?
BCL Industries Ltd. (BCL) was
foundedbyD.D.Mittal.Itisadiversified
business house, with business verticals
of edible oil, distillery and real estate.
How has the business evolved over the
years?
Under the leadership of Rajinder
Mittal-thecurrentManagingDirector,
the company has become one of the
largest manufacturers of edible oil in
North India. Our company has trans-
formed from a small oil mill into a fully integrated. BCL shares were publicly
integrated complex of rice and edible
oilwithaprocessingcapacityof1,020
MTPD. Furthermore, the company is
involved in distillation. We set up a
grain-baseddistilleryofextraneutralal-
coholof100KLPDwithabottlingplant
atBathinda,Punjab,andlaterwedou-
bled the capacity to 200 KLPD as the
business grew. To grow in the business
of distillation, the company is now in-
stalling a state-of-the-
art distillery of 200
KLPD with a 8.0 MW
co-generation power
plant in Kharagpur,
West Bengal.
What is the vision of the
company?
Wehavealwaysbe-
lieved in contributing
thebest wecan,sothat
itleadstoprogressinso- K USHAL M ITTAL , AMD
A Visionary Approach
cietyandthenationalike.Webelievein
sustainable development. And here,
we strive to deliver top quality products
to customers.
Walk us through the journey of BCL
Industries
The company was set up in 1976,
with a solvent extraction plant, where
we extracted oil from rice bran. Over
time, with the advent of the oil-seed
crushing unit and a vegetable oil refin-
ery, the edible oil plant was completely
listed in 1993 and then we witnessed
an expansion, which doubled the ca-
pacity of our edible oil unit at
Bathinda, Punjab. The company
achieved a turnover of 1,000 mn ru-
pees in theyear 1997and clocked the
highest revenues. The company then
forayedintodistilleryin2010bysetting
up a greenfield, grain-based distillery
unit with a capacity of 100 kilo litres
per day, and a 5.0
MW co-generation
power plant at
Bathinda. The com-
pany also set up a bot-
tling plant, and floated
various brands in the
IMFL and PML cate-
gory. The capacity of
the distillery was grad-
ually doubled to 200
KLPD as the business
grew.
R AJINDER M ITTAL , MD
Edible Oil
The company has one of the largest
completely integrated edible oil com-
plexes in North India with a production
capacity of 300 TPD oil-seed crushing
andsolventextractionuniteachand400
TPD of refining capacity. BCL produces
severaltypesofoils,likesoybeanoil,cot-
ton seed oil, palm oil, rice bran oil and
mustard oil. The government's move to
levyaheavydutyontheimportsofedible
oilhasbeenaboostfortheindustry.Itwill
resultinanincreasedproductionandcost
optimization.Inthelongrun,thedemand
foredibleoilislikelytostaystronginIndia.
Distillery
Thecompanyremainsdominantin
thebusinessofdistillery.Wesupplybulk
andpotablealcoholtocompanieslike
RadicoKhaitan,PernordRicardandthe
UB Group, among others. The com-
panyhasanexistingplantof200KLPD
on a 65-acre land parcel in Bathinda,
with a 9.0 MW co-generation power
plant,CO2plant,bottlingunit.Thepre-
vious year, our focus had been on ex-
pandingourproduction,andgrowing
our brand in other states of India.
During the year 2018-19, we partially
converted fifty per cent capacity of dis-
tillery into ethanol. We per cent of the inven-
startedsupplyingtothe tory has been sold and
OMCs in December handedovertotheres-
that year. We had re- idents. We have also
ceived an order for the been working for the
supplyof3.2crorelitres betterment of masses
of ethanol for the pe- through several CSR
riod between the last initiatives. The Mittal
month of 2018 to Group of Companies
November in the fol- is running a charitable
trust ‘Dwarka Dass
lowing year this made
BCL the biggest grain D WARKA D ASS M ITTAL ,
MittalCharitableTrust’.
based ethanol supplier F OUNDER The trust is running var-
ious philanthropic ac-
in the nation to oil marketing compa- tivitiesindifferentfieldssuchasmedical
nies, which is to continue for the year facilities, education of needy children,
2019-20. Looking for opportunities in adharamshalaetc.Thetrustalsoruns
the ENA industry in West Bengal, the a diagnostic centre, ‘Mata Ram Devi
company is looking to capitalize on it Diagnostic Centre’ and here every
by coming up with India’s largest sin- consultation, treatment and medicine
gle grain-based distillery of 200 KLPD is provided at a highly subsidized rate.
inKharagpur(WestBengal)throughits We see a potential in agro-based
subsidiary,whichistheSvakshaDistillery products and manufacturing activities
Limited. boostedbygood monsoon in the cur-
rentyear.Therefore,themanagement
Real Estate hasmanyplanstoenhanceoperating
The company has also completed efficiencies, which will allow the com-
two real estate projects with a signifi- pany to scale new heights.
cant amount of realisable value from
each of the projects. The first project is Key member
GanpatiEnclavewhichisanintegrated Kushal Mittal is the fourth child of
township of 65 acres at Bathinda, Rajinder Mittal and Sunita Mittal. Born
Punjab. This project has service plots, inBathinda(Punjab),hecompletedhis
villas, commercial complexes, malls, schooling in 2014 from Woodstock
school and a community centre. The School, Mussoorie. He then moved to
second project is DD Mittal Towers Boston to pursue higher studies in
which is located in the city centre of BusinessAdministration-Financefrom
Bathinda, Punjab and more than 70 Northeastern University.

1981-85 1986-90 1991-95 1996-2000 2001-05 2006-10 2011-15 2016-20

Vegetable oil refinery Manufactured Vanaspati Expansion plan initiated In 1996-97, BCL achieved launched Ganpati Enclave Achieved INR 4,000 Mn Bottling Plant started at Achieved turnover of ? 9,037 Mn
project was started & by installing 100 MT Unit at Bathinda its turnover of more than an integrated Township turnover in 2007-08 Dabwali Road, Bathinda in 2018-19 the highest in four
Rice Mill was installed Vanaspati Plant INR 1,000 Mn decades of the company’s history

B C L I N D U S T R I E S LT D
Hazi Rattan Link Road, Bhathinda-151005 (Punjab)
+91 164 2240163, 2220129, 2240443, info@bcl.ind.in

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