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NEARBY
Massive Chinese buildup on SII pulled up for not EPFO for 8.15%
interest fi rst,
pausing vaccine trial 0.35% by Dec.
north bank of Pangong lake AstraZeneca has placed trials on hold Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI
Daily COVID19 cases HC stops demolition of house,
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Back on track
hit new high in Capital Kangana lands in Mumbai
4,039 new cases as testing crosses 50K
Special Correspondent they will come to my house
Mumbai
Staff Reporter cases on June 23. This is also and break it as well, I am
New Delhi the fi rst time the number of Actor Kangana Ranaut glad my judgement of movie
COVID19 cases over 24 tests has crossed the 50,000 slammed Maharashtra Chief mafi a’s favourite world’s
hours registered a new high mark in Delhi. Minister Uddhav Thackeray best CM was right.”
in Delhi on Wednesday with The number of contain after the Shiv Senaruled Bri In a video addressed to
the government health bulle ment zones jumped to 1,226, hanmumbai Municipal Cor the CM, she said: “Uddhav
tin putting the number at the highest so far. poration (BMC) demolished Thackeray, what do you
4,039, taking the overall tally Though the number of alleged illegal portions of think, you along with fi lm
to 2,01,174. Twenty more cases has gone up, the posi her bungalow in Bandra on mafi a have taken revenge by
deaths were reported, taking tivity rate (percentage of pe Wednesday. Safety ring: Kangana Ranaut demolishing my house? To
the total fatalities to 4,638. ople testing positive for ev The 33yearold actor, at the Mohali airport. PTI
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day, you broke my house, to
The day also witnessed a ery 100 tests done) was 7.4%, who hails from Himachal morrow your arrogance will
new high in COVID19 tests the lowest in September. Pradesh, landed in the city denly declared illegal in last crumble. Thus is the wheel
being done in the Capital Of the total cases, 1,72,763 from Chandigarh in the af 24 hours, they have des of time, never constant.”
since the virus outbreak at people have recovered and ternoon. She took to Twitter troyed everything inside...
54,517 over 24 hours, a there are 23,773 active cases. and said, “My offi ce was sud and now I am getting threats CONTINUED ON A PAGE 8
marked improvement on the Out of the total 14,169
20,000 daily tests on aver beds available for COVID19
age done in July. Testing was treatment in the city, 8,636
An aerial view of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line, which resumed operations after fi ve months, near even lesser the previous (60.9%) were vacant, accord
Anand Vihar interchange station in New Delhi on Wednesday. SANDEEP SAXENA (REPORT ON PAGE 3) * month when the city report ing to government data on
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17 policemen die of COVID, no relief to kin yet DMK opts out,
RJD likely to
Delhi govt. had announced ₹ 1 cr. ex gratia to family of those who succumbed to virus contest RS poll
Hemani Bhandari have to go back [to Mumbai]
NEW DELHI to earn for them.” Sandeep Phukan
Delhi Police has lost 17 of its Aakash Borghare (28), son New Delhi
2 CITY
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
DELHI THE HINDU
IN BRIEF
Bars in the Capital cheer again Delhi HC grants protection
With low footfall and lack of clarity on the trial run, owners remain cautious
Staff Reporter
to Alt News cofounder
New Delhi Police get court notice over plea to quash FIR against scribe
Restaurants and bars in Del
Panel formed to boost
hi started serving liquor to Soibam Rocky Singh He said that the present
State excise revenue
NEW DELHI
customers once again on New Delhi “frivolous case is instituted
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Wednesday, following a Del The Delhi High Court on at the behest of the powerful
Sisodia on Wednesday hi government order permit Wednesday granted protec people of the ruling party
constituted a committee ting the activity. tion to journalist and co with a view to give vent to
under the chairmanship of the While arrangements to founder of factchecking their anger against the peti
Excise Commissioner to ensure social distancing website Alt News, Mo tioner, for exposing fake
suggest measures for were ensured, business own hammed Zubair, against any news and communal
augmenting State excise duty ers remained cautious over coercive action from the pol propaganda”.
revenue. The panel will also the way forward given low ice in connection with an Justice Khanna said it
suggest measures for footfall and a lack of clarity FIR registered with Delhi would be appropriate for
simplifying the liquor pricing on the extension of the cur Police Cyber Cell. Delhi Police to handover a
mechanism and checking rent trial run, which will last Justice Yogesh Khanna al Mohammed Zubair *
copy of the FIR to Mr. Zubair
malpractices and evasion of till September 30. so issued notice to the Delhi so that he can respond to the
duty in the liquor trade. With government guide police on Mr. Zubair’s plea questing for the same,” his allegations. The HC further,
lines limiting the number of seeking to quash the FIR re petition said. said the plea of Priyank Ka
Air Quality of Delhi-NCR customers allowed to half gistered against him in Del noongo, NCPCR chairper
Delhi 105 Gurugram 116 the capacity of the restau hi. It also sought response of Multiple FIRs son, to be removed as a par
Ghaziabad 124 Faridabad 176 rant, Rahul Singh, owner of Open again: A bartender serves a drink at a bar in Connaught Place on Wednesday. the National Commission for Mr. Gonsalves said that ty from the current
Noida 106 Greater Noida 120 the Beer Cafe chain of res Protection of Child Rights another FIR on the same is proceeding will be consi
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R.V. MOORTHY
■ Good ■ Satisfactory ■ Moderate taurants, said that business (NCPCR), on whose com sue was registered on Sep dered at a later stage.
0-50 51-100 101-200
was likely to be proportion served who are standing,
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> There are 150 things Abhishek Patel, manager plaint the case was tember 4 in Raipur, Chhattis Mr. Kanoongo’s counsel
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14 children rescued from traffi ckers
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A 41yearold man was
arrested after seven
cartridges were found in his
Wage-ing war
hand baggage during a
security check at Terminal3
Victims from Bihar were brought to the Capital on train
of the Delhi Airport here, the
STAFF REPORTER statements before the com
police said on Wednesday.
The man, identified as
NEW DELHI <
> Ten persons were
detained. The mittee, a case was registered
Kalathiya Rajeshbhai, a Fourteen children, allegedly rescued children and the 10 accused persons
resident of Surat in Gujarat. traffi cked from diff erent dis were arrested,” he added.
were examined and
He works as a labour tricts of Bihar to Delhi, were During interrogation, the
taken to a
contractor. PTI rescued by the Railway unit accused disclosed that the
of Delhi Police, offi cials said quarantine centre children belong to diff erent
on Wednesday. Ten people districts of Bihar.
Jawan found have been arrested.
Harendra K. Singh
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways)
ed. On enquiry, it was Mr. Hussain has sought setting formally arrested by the ED on date of formal arrest, i.e., August Industries Minister Satyendar Jain on
found that the jawan was Staff Reporter aside the remand order of Sep August 20 from Tihar jail and on 20 and thus, further extension of Wednesday said that the government
suff ering from acute lower New Delhi tember 7 passed by a trial court August 28, he was remanded in police remand is not permissible was fully committed to raising the confi
back pain and high blood The Delhi High Court on Wed and a direction to the ED to im its sixday custody. in law. dence of people as well as industrialists
pressure, an offi cer said. nesday said it will hear suspend mediately send him to Tihar jail. The ED again sought exten “It is held by the Supreme to create demand for industrial growth
Suicide prevention hel- ed AAP councillor Tahir Hus sion of Mr. Hussain’s custody by Court in a catena of judgments in the city.
pline:Sanjivini, Society for sain’s plea, challenging his three Money laundering nine days and the court on Sep that 15 days period for grant of Mr. Jain was delivering the keynote ad
Mental Health, 011-4076 days remand to Enforcement Di The ED was probing allegations tember 7 granted them three police custody has to begin from dress at Confederation of Indian Indus
9002, Monday-Saturday rectorate (ED) custody in a mo that Mr. Hussain and his accom days to quiz him with the direc the date of formal arrest,” his pe tries’ (CII) Delhi Business Week session
(10 a.m.-7.30 p.m.) Tahir Hussain ney laundering case related to plices laundered over ₹ 1.10 crore tion that he be handed over to Ti tition stated. on catalysing industrial growth.
“The Delhi government is committed
to taking measures for ease of doing bu
siness to catalyse industrial growth. The
government has taken many steps to
build consumer confi dence by handling
the pandemic and retaining key subsi
dies on essential services like electricity,
water and others,” the Minister said.
Suggests moratorium
He also suggested that there may be a
moratorium of no or minimal govern
ment interference for at least a year to
help the industry to get back on its feet.
Mr. Jain invited the industrialists to pre
sent specifi c Acts which need attention
or amendments to give an impetus to get
growth back on track and survive the
pandemic.
Consumer confi dence
“There is a need to create demand for
and by the industry to survive the CO
VID19 pandemic. The pandemicin
duced uncertainties and insecurities,
the average spend or demand from the
consumers had drastically reduced. The
need of the hour is to work towards
building consumer confi dence to avoid
longterm downward spiralling eff ect on
the industry,” he said.
CM A ND-NDE
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THE HINDU
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
DELHI
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CITY 3
Timings
DELHI
THURSDAY, SEP. 10
53,400 travellers avail services CM holds review meeting to
on Day 3 of metro resumption assess COVID19 situation
RISE 06:04 SET 18:32
RISE 23:36 SET 12:57
FRIDAY, SEP. 11
RISE 06:05 SET 18:31
RISE 00:00 SET 13:53
He instructs offi cials to provide maximum help to patients
SATURDAY, SEP. 12
RISE 06:05 SET 18:30
Blue and Pink lines resume operations; three more lines to restart services today
RISE 00:25 SET 14:49
Special Correspondent and offi cers concerned that
Staff Reporter “The trips will be subse New Delhi all State and Central govern
NEW DELHI quently increased as the Chief Minister Arvind Kejri ment SOPs should be strict
With the Delhi Metro’s Blue operational timing of ser wal held a review meeting ly enforced and there
and Pink lines resuming op vices get extended on Sep on the COVID19 situation in should be no complacency
erations on Wednesday, tember 11 and 12 with the Delhi on Wednesday and di regarding the same.
around 53,400 people tra opening of other lines,” Mr. rected the hospitals and Mr. Kejriwal also instruct
velled on the metro net Dayal said. authorities to take all pre ed the heads of the private
work till 8 p.m. ventive measures to contain labs in Delhi to not deny
As part of the DMRC’s Increase in timings its spread. tests for anybody who
graded resumption of ser Stage 2 and Stage 3 opera The review meeting was wants to get tested. He
vices with staggered tim tions will kick in on Sep attended by Health Minister further directed ambulance
ings, currently, only the Yel tember 11 and 12 with oper Satyendar Jain along with services that no calls from
low, Blue and Pink lines ational hours increasing to the Chief Secretary and se patients should be refused
along with the Rapid Metro 12 hours daily on Friday nior offi cials of the health Arvind Kejriwal and they should be trans
Gurugram are operational. and throughout the day department and medical su ferred to the hospitals if
The Yellow Line saw a to from Saturday. perintendents of govern authorities to double the needed as soon as possible.
tal ridership of 26,900 on While guidelines state ment hospitals and heads of testing and enabling testing The Corona App should
Wednesday; Blue Line that metro trains will skip private labs in Delhi. without the requirement of display all information re
(22,600); Pink Line (3,900). stations falling under con Along with directing the a doctor’s prescription. garding the number of beds
NoidaGreater Noida Aqua tainment zones, offi cials authorities to provide every and ventilators wellwithin
0 Line saw a ridership of
1,061.
said that none of the cur
rently operational ones fall
possible help to the hospi
tals to prevent the spread of
Testing doubled
“Tests have been increased
time to prevent panic, Mr.
Kejriwal asserted.
DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to
verify and make appropriate enquiries to
satisfy themselves about the veracity of under the same. infection, Mr. Kejriwal said from 20,000 to 40,000 per The government said Del
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Nagar/Inderlok – Brig. son Anuj Dayal said, “The 344 trips will be put into Operations resumed on The highlevel review reach me and I will extend force. Along with this, Delhi
Hoshiar Singh) will become DMRC will be running 35 service on the Violet Line. September 7 with the Yel meeting was held to analyse all possible help in this re is also witnessing migration
operational. This will be the trains on the Red Line, per On the Green Line, 20 low Line and Rapid Metro the COVID19 situation in gard,” he also said. of people from other States
IN BRIEF third phase under the Stage forming around 413 train trains with 268 trips will be Gurugram being the fi rst Delhi, days after the Chief The Chief Minister also in search of jobs and liveli
1 resumption of operations. trips on Thursday. Similar put into service.” corridors to begin services. Minister had directed the directed the Chief Secretary hoods, it added.
Power nap
control; teams to handle
COVID-19 norms breach
STAFF REPORTER
NEW DELHI
A day after Delhi Traffi c Police was restricted to fi ne
people for COVID19 norms violation, Delhi Police on
Wednesday ordered all police stations to focus on
their primary job, that is crime control.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters)
Chinmoy Biswal issued an order saying that Delhi Pol
ice will deploy dedicated teams in each police station
to check violations of COVID19 norms as cases are
rising in the city again.
He said all police stations will deploy such team in
uniform at one location from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every
day. “In view of the spread of COVID19 in Delhi, each
police station shall detail one dedicated team com
prising an upper subordinate and a lower subordi
nate to report to one location in their respective dis
trict to prosecute persons who violate protocols such
A ragpicker taking a nap on a humid afternoon along the Ring Road near Delhi University as not wearing masks, not maintaining social distanc
on Wednesday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
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Under supervision
District Deputy Commissioners of Police have been
BJP delegation seeks DCW’s intervention asked to select one area/location by rotation where
frequent violations are noticed and keep it under the
supervision of the respective inspector.
to ensure women’s safety at shelter homes Other district police personnel engaged in picket
checking, patrol duty and crime control should con
centrate on their primary job of crime control and
It submits memorandum while accusing Maliwal of inaction law and order, and not on prosecution for COVID19
violations, the order said. They shall not be issued the
Special Correspondent Jha said: “All are well aware She alleged that AAP had challan book, it said.
New Delhi of the situation of women come to power with “attrac “The traffi c personnel shall concentrate on regu
A Delhi BJP Mahila Morcha living in shelter homes. But tive and misleading claims” lating the traffi c and shall not be assigned the task of
delegation submitted a despite being the chairper but till date it had neither prosecuting public persons for violating COVID19
memorandum at the Delhi son of DCW, Swati Maliwal, met issues of women’s safety protocol. The primary attention shall be regulating
Commission for Women does not take any cogni nor had it taken any con traffi c in view of near normalcy of traffi c on the roads.
(DCW) offi ce on Wednesday sance in this context.” crete step towards ensuring All challan books which are thus required by dis
seeking intervention and ac “When questions are it. “If the DCW does not take trict/traffi c policemen shall be taken back and kept in
tion on what it alleged was raised about the institutions responsibility of the safety safe custody under the knowledge of DCPs con
the “pitiful condition of wo run by the Aam Aadmi Party and justice to the victim, will cerned, he said in the order.
men” in shelter homes un government for the safety of any woman be safe in shelter According to a data shared by Delhi Police, until 4
der the Delhi government. women, then there is no ac homes in Delhi?” Delhi BJP p.m. on September 8, it has issued 2,77,131 challans
Delhi BJP Mahila Morcha tion from Swati Maliwal,” spokesperson Teena Sharma for not wearing mask, 2,434 for spitting in public
president Poonam Parashar she also alleged. asked. places, and 26,116 for violating social distancing.
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Nation’s youth want jobs
not apathy, says Priyanka
RJD protests against unemployment with candles
Tejashwi headlines party event with nineminute vigil at 9 p.m., says youth cheated by ‘doubleengine’ Bihar government
U.P. Cong. takes part in Oppn. protest Amarnath Tewary doubleengine government. portunities to the migrant lanterns when “every house
Omar Rashid sticks and apathy. Patna It keeps promising jobs for workers who had returned hold in the State has power
LUCKNOW “After all, till when,” she Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders them but when they come home during the lockdown. supply for over 22 hours ev
The nation’s youth want jobs, asked. and supporters turned off out on the streets demand Earlier, on September 5, ery day”.
stated Congress general se While Congress leaders lights and lit candles and lan ing jobs, the Nitish Kumar Mr. Yadav had also launched “The lantern age in Bihar
cretary Priyanka Gandhi Va and workers lit candles at the terns for nine minutes from 9 government rains baton on a portal Berojgarihatao.co.in is over now,” quipped party
dra on Twitter on Wednes party headquarters, SP work p.m. on Wednesday night to them,” alleged Mr. Yadav. and a tollfree number for spokesperson Niraj Kumar,
day evening moments before ers led a march near the 1090 raise the issue of unemploy Bihar’s Leader of the Op unemployed youth to regis hinting at the RJD party sym
her party workers in Uttar Powerline crossing in Luck ment in the State. Party lead position, along with his ter, promising them jobs if bol. State BJP leaders too
Pradesh and Samajwadi Par now with placards following er Tejashwi Yadav, on the oc mother Rabri Devi and elder his party came to power af slammed the Opposition par
ty leaders switched off their which they were stopped by casion, slammed the brother Tej Pratap, stood ter the upcoming Assembly ty. “After Assembly elec
lights and lit candles and police. “doubleengine govern with lanterns for nine mi elections. The Bihar polls are tions, Tejashwi Yadav will
torches at 9 p.m. for nine mi ment”, blaming it for the sor nutes on the terrace of their due in OctoberNovember search for his employment
nutes to draw the govern Akhilesh posts photo ry state of aff airs. offi cial residence, 10, Circu this year and the Election lantern in hand,” said BJP
ment’s attention towards SP chief Akhilesh Yadav post lar Road, with the house staff Commission is expected to leader Nikhil Anand.
unemployment. ed a picture along with his ‘Batons in place of jobs’ following suit. announce dates by the end Tejashwi, however, hit
Ms. Vadra said instead of wife and former MP Dimple “Bihar has the most number Similar scenes were also of September. back using the JD(U) symbol.
ensuring youth recruitment, Yadav as they held candles of young people in the coun witnessed at the RJD party RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap and mother Rabri Devi “The ruling party may say
dates for examination, notifi and posed with a bicycle, the try and has the highest un offi ce in Patna and other hold lanterns as mark of protest in Patna on Wednesday. PTI * JD(U) jibe at RJD event the time of the lantern has
cations for new jobs and party symbol. employment rate. There are places across the State. Taking a jibe at the RJD gone but I would like to ask
proper recruitment process, “Today, the youths have 4.5 lakh government job va “Today unemployment highest in the country. Why Yadav. He alleged that the event, ruling Janata Dal (Un them if the time of the arrow
the government was provid kicked off the countdown of cancies here but the youth has become the biggest issue has Bihar become the centre State government did not ited) leaders questioned the [ JD(U) party symbol] has
ing them blank speeches, the BJP rule,” Mr. Yadav said. have been cheated by this in Bihar. At 46.61%, it is the of unemployment?” said Mr. provide any employment op need for lighting lamps and come,” he said.
police have transferred the in could hear a person in the in Bulandshahr so technically said it was he whom the pas Omar Rashid Yogi Adityanath on Septem him as he was angry over pol A Guwahati civil court has
vestigation into the murder of background asking someone the Bulandshahr police sengers/suspected killers LUCKNOW ber 5, Mr. Tripathi from Ka ice action on his illegal gam stayed the reelection of As
a Delhibased cab driver to to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. Pol should investigate the mur were addressing on Sunday The Uttar Pradesh govern brai area had urged him to in bling business. On August 30, sam Agriculture Minister
their counterparts in ice said it was not Alam but a der,” he said. night. ment on Wednesday sus tervene and provide security. a notice was served to Mr. Tri Atul Bora as president of
Bulandshahr. roadside vendor that they However, Santosh Kumar “In the audio, one could pended an IPS offi cer, Maho Mr. Tripathi alleged that the pathi in a gambling case, said the Asom Gana Parishad
Aftab Alam, 45, was alleg were addressing and that Singh, SSP, Bulandhahr, said hear a passenger asking so ba SP Mani Lal Patidar, on offi cer had demanded ₹ 6 lakh the suspended SP. (AGP).
edly killed by three passen there was no communal angle he was yet to receive any offi mebody what happened to charges of extortion and per month from him as ‘ex He added that Mr. Tripathi The AGP rules Assam as
gers when he was returning to the murder. cial communication in this re his hand. It was this attendant corruption. tortion’ and threatened to was into the big business of one of the two regional al
from Bulandshahr to Delhi on Harish Chandra, DCP, Cen gard. “It will be too early for as he has an injury mark on The government action lodge false cases against him gambling and “illegal explo lies of the BJP. A section
Sunday evening. His body tral Noida, told The Hindu on me to comment on this mat his hand. He told us they comes a day after a business if he did not pay. sives trade”. loyal to former Chief Minis
was found on the front pas Wednesday that Bulandshahr ter,” he said. were trying to give him ₹ 10 man, Indrakant Tripathi, was “He made the video viral ter and founderpresident
senger seat of the car in the police should probe the case Earlier on Wednesday, the more, which he refused, ” found shot in the neck in his Video statement so that he could protect him Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is
Badalpur area of Greater as the crime happened in an Noida police released a video said Mr. Chandra. car. A few days ago, Mr. Tri Mr. Tripathi also released a self,” said the offi cer, adding opposed to the Citizenship
pathi, dealing in explosives’ video statement in which he that he would take action (Amendment) Act (CAA),
trade in the miningrich Bun said the SP and another ex against the trader for while the other, headed by
PUBLIC NOTICE delkhand district, had al plosives’ trader would be defamation. Mr. Bora, is ambiguous on
leged that Mr. Patidar was “responsible” if he was “mur Mahoba police tweeted the issue.
DEATH threatening to kill him. dered”. “The offi cer threa that the allegations of invol The Court of Civil Judge,
OBITUARY & Mr. Patidar was suspended tened that if I approached a vement in the shooting case Kamrup (Metro), on Sep
PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE on charges of corruption and politician or asked someone were baseless. tember 5 ordered the AGP
tarnishing the image of the to telephone him, he would The police said Mr. Tri leadership not to imple
LOST & FOUND DEATH State government leading to not hesitate to get me mur pathi has been transferred to ment the resolutions
question marks on its credi dered. ‘I will get you mur a hospital in Kanpur for treat passed in the party’s Au
bility, a government spokes dered any time’,” he said. ment. Senior offi cers are gust 27 meeting which, it
person said. He is accused of He also alleged that the of probing the matter, said the said, was in violation of its
extorting money from drivers fi cer said it would be made to police. injunction order passed the
SITUATION VACANT
transporting gitti (loose rock) appear like a case of suicide. Mr. Patidar is the second day before.
GENERAL and harassing the vehicle Mr. Patidar, however, re IPS offi cer in the State to be The resolutions in that
RECRUITMENT OF Staff under Focus, owners if they did not pay up. jected the allegations and suspended on ‘corruption’ meeting included the re
Mizoram Name of Post : 1. Manager− In a letter to Chief Minister said the trader had targeted charges. election of Mr. Bora.
Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation
2. Manager − Knowledge Management.
No. of Post (1 each) Details can
be obtained from https://focus.
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blowout site acceptable: village elders’ body
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
GUWAHATI It asks NSCN(IM) to be transparent like its rival group
IN MEMORIAM Exploration major Oil India
Limited (OIL) lost a 25year Special Correspondent cil of Nagalim. had done by sharing its “sta
old engineer in an accident Guwahati The NGBF said it had not tus paper on IndoNaga pol
at the Baghjan blowout site The Nagaland Gaon Bura deviated from its position itical talks”.
on Wednesday evening. Federation (NGBF), an asso that the fi nal agreement
OIL offi cials said Arnab ciation of village elders who should be signed according ‘Naga nationhood’
Kishore Bordoloi could wield signifi cant clout at the to the October 31, 2019, un Reminding of the role of Na
have been electrocuted grassroots level as custo derstanding between the ga village chiefs in building
while testing an electrical dians of customary laws, has Centre and the two negotiat the “Naga nationhood” for
cable connected to a gener said it will not accept a Naga ing groups – the NSCN (IM) more than a century, the
ator set to supply power for solution that is “ambiguous and the NNGPs – based on NGBF alluded to a “nefa
welding fi refi ghting gear. and shrouded in mystery the August 2015 Framework rious game plan by an un
He was the third OIL em and secrecy”. Agreement. principled and uninformed
ployee to die after two fi re In a statement issued on “The Nagas will not be a group of people desperately
fi ghters who were engaged Tuesday evening, the feder party to any solution that is trying to limit, discredit,
after the blowouthit Well ation also said it “will not al enforced and without tran marginalise and muffl e” the
Number 5 in eastern As low our land [Nagaland} and sparency,” the federation traditionallyhonoured voic
sam’s Baghjan burst into people to be eternally threa said, adding that its mem es and authority of Naga vil
fl ames on June 9. tened by bullies with guns” bers, at the September 4 lage chiefs.
“Mr. Bordoloi was while advising the IsakMui meeting with NSCN (IM) The federation said the
rushed to the Assam Medi vah faction of the National chairman Q. Tuccu, asked system of Gaon Bura (village
cal College and Hospital (in Socialist Council of Naga all factions to “come under a chief ) was institutionalised
Dibrugarh) after doctors at land, or NSCN (IM) to be single platform”. by the British in the Naga
the site provided emergen transparent, like its rival It also advised the NSCN Hills much before India got
cy healthcare. Unfortu groups’ conglomerate, the (IM) to “disclose to the Na independence. “The system
nately, he was declared Naga National Political gas the contents and blue has been retained as the
dead at the hospital,” OIL Groups (NNPGs). print of postsolution politi premier traditional body in
spokesperson Tridiv Haza The NSCN (IM) calls itself cal and administrative recognition of its authority,”
rika said. the National Socialist Coun structure” like the NNGPs it asserted.
Punjab govt.
fl ayed over
probe stand
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
CHANDIGARH
THE HINDU
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
DELHI
Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
10-day Janata curfew in Sangli, ‘I acted within limited
discretionary powers’
Kolhapur districts from Friday Rajasthan Guv. on Assembly session
Mohammed Iqbal sion, while insisting on a 21
Kolhapur seeing average daily rise of 800 COVID19 cases; surge of 550 cases in Sangli JAIPUR day notice.
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mr. Mishra said at a vir
Shoumojit Banerjee the district to break the virus Mishra on Wednesday said tual press conference here
Pune chain,” said a trader. Traders he had acted within his “li that he had exercised his dis
As COVID19 cases continue at Sangli market yard have mited discretionary powers” cretion under Article 163 (2)
to mount at an alarming rate opposed the call for a Janata under the Constitution of the Constitution to pro
in western Maharashtra, curfew, stating it would ad while dealing with the dea tect the legislators and the
authorities in Kolhapur and versely aff ect their business. dlock with the State govern Assembly staff against the
Sangli districts — the new vi Kolhapur has reported ment over calling the As risk of infection. “I allowed
rus hotbeds in the State’s su nearly 30,000 COVID19 cas sembly session in July. Mr. the session to go ahead
gar heartland — have ap es, of which around 10,000 Mishra denied that he had when I received a convinc
pealed to people to observe are active. The district has al acted under pressure from ing reply from the govern
a 10day Janata curfew begin so recorded more than 800 anyone during the political ment... I was under no pres
ning Friday. deaths so far. Sangli’s case crisis. sure other than that of the
After conferring with Dis tally has exceeded 21,000, of Mr. Mishra, who has com Constitution.” He said he
Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
trict Collector Daulat Desai, which nearly 9,000 are ac pleted one year in offi ce as was working in the State’s in
Forecast for Thursday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isol
businessmen and traders af tive. Over 600 deaths have the Governor, had turned terest as per the constitu
ated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Chhat
tisgarh, central Maharashtra, Konkan & Goa, coastal Andhra fi liated to the Kolhapur Sharp spike: Women walk on a busy road in Pune, the fi rst district also been reported till date. down three recommenda tional provisions with the
Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, south & north interior Chamber of Commerce and in the country to cross two lakh COVID19 cases. FILE PHOTO *
tions of the State Cabinet for emphasis on allround deve
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Industries (KCCI) said they Three-pronged strategy convening the Assembly ses lopment of Rajasthan.
city rain max min city rain max min will be observing a complete In Pune, the fi rst district in
Agartala................ —....36.2....27.3
Ahmedabad ........... —....34.0....26.6
Aizawl................... —....29.8....21.2
Kozhikode................. 2.5....31.6....25.5
Kurnool .................. 13.8....35.0....25.1
Lucknow...................... —....37.4....24.0
shutdown from September 11
to 16, in a bid to reduce the Income dips by ₹ 174 cr. the country to cross more
than two lakh reported cas AMU to bury time capsule
spread of the virus. es, authorities have devised
Allahabad.............. —....37.1....27.8
Bengaluru ........... 61....30.6....20.7
Bhopal .................. —....34.5....25.4
Madurai ....................... 4....33.6....25.3
Mangaluru ................... —....31.7....24.0
Mumbai ....................... —....33.3....26.6
While the city’s Laxmipu
ri grain market will remain
at Shirdi Saibaba temple an elaborate containment
plan in 69 villages. The in its centenary year
Bhubaneswar.... 16.7....34.9....24.0 Mysuru ..................... 0.5....30.7....21.9
Chandigarh ........... —....35.8....25.9 New Delhi ................... —....35.6....26.1 closed for 10 days to discour Press Trust of India ₹ 174 crore,” Shri Saibaba threepronged strategy is de
Chennai ................ —....33.7....26.7 Patna ..................... 11.7........ —....25.4 age the assembly of traders Shirdi Sansthan Trust CEO signed for increased surveil Anuj Kumar
Coimbatore ........... —....32.8....24.6 Port Blair.................. 4.5....30.8....25.0
Dehradun ......... 10.8....33.7....22.9 Puducherry ............... 0.6....32.2....26.2 and customers, industrial COVID19induced lock Kanhuraj Bagate said. lance and early detection of Ghaziabad
Gangtok ........... 50.8....21.2....17.8 Pune.......................... 46....32.9....22.4 units in the urban pockets of downs have aff ected the At ₹ 94.39 crore, the cases in rural areas, which In its centenary year, Aligarh
Goa.................... 0.4....32.0....25.3 Raipur .................... 25.3....32.8....26.6 Kolhapur will remain func income of Saibaba tem maximum income was has seen a big surge in cases. Muslim University is plan
Guwahati .............. —....35.1....25.0 Ranchi ......................... —....31.7....24.0
Hubballi ................ —....28.0....22.0 Shillong.................... 0.4....24.6....17.3 tional. Sources said indus ple in Shirdi, which has generated through the in “Aanganwadi and ASHA ning to bury a time capsule,
Hyderabad ............ —....34.0....24.0 Shimla......................... —....27.3....18.4 trial units could not aff ord to been closed for devotees terest earned on fi xed de workers as well as teachers containing its history and
Imphal .................. —....31.3....19.7 Srinagar....................... —....29.7....13.6 shut down again as they had since March 17. posits. Cash donations constitute the ground force
Jaipur ................... —....35.2....25.2 Thiruvananthapuram.. 143.8....28.6....22.4
achievements for posterity.
Kochi .................. 13....29.4....24.8 Tiruchi...................... 0.6....33.5....24.8 already observed a strict se “The shrine received stood at ₹ 18.32 lakh. “The of this strategy. Around 100 Manvendra Kumar Pundhir,
Kohima ................. —....24.2....19.2 Vijayawada .................. —....36.2....27.0 venday lockdown in July. an income of ₹ 115.16 trust received ₹ 11.47 crore teams will be doing doorto Professor of History, AMU, a
Kolkata ................. —....30.4....27.1 Visakhapatnam ............. —....34.3....28.6 In Sangli, District Collec crore from March 17 to as online donations com door surveys in the mostaf member of the committee
(Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) tor Dr. Abhijit Chaudhari has August 31, as against pared to ₹ 1.89 crore it fected villages in the fi rst formed by ViceChancellor
Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday called for a similar 10day Ja ₹ 289.55 crore it received had received through on part of this containment Tariq Mansoor for the ambi
CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE
Ahmedabad..... 14 .49 30 ....45 ...60 ....*
nata curfew as medical facil in the corresponding pe line mode between plan using pulse oximeters tious task, said he was in The foundationlaying
Bengaluru ....... ..— .21 31 ....34 ...45 ....* In observation made at 4.00 ities struggle to cope with riod last year. This means March 17 and August 31, and thermal guns,” said Ay spired by a similar exercise ceremony of MAO College.
p.m., Charkhi Dadri, Haryana
Chennai .......... ..— ...4 17 ..162 .....— ....* recorded an overall air the alarming rise in cases the income has dipped by 2019,” the CEO said. ush Prasad, CEO, Pune Zilla undertaken by the IIT, Kan *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Delhi .............. ..6 .33 15 ..129 .175 ....* quality index (AQI) score of
Hyderabad ...... ..5 .51 11 ....46 ...62 ....* 202 indicating an unhealthy
and deaths. Over the last Parishad. He said 15,000 pe pur, almost a decade ago.
Kolkata ........... ..8 .44 69 ....33 ...50 ....* level of pollution. In fortnight, Kolhapur has wit ople were screened on Tues “We have a much longer and mething similar when the
Lucknow ......... ..6 .32 41 ..180 .129 ....* contrast, Aizawl, Mizoram
recorded a healthy AQI score nessed an average daily rise form of lockdown is not a so COVID19 facility in Kolha day in Junnar taluk. richer past which needs to foundation of the College
Mumbai .......... 15 .15 .2 ....39 .156 ....* of 18
Pune............... 40 .16 54 ....32 ...33 ....* of 800 new cases, and Sangli lution at the moment as it pur on the lines of the ones “More than 1,000 suspect be preserved and celebrat was laid on January 8, 1877.
Visakhapatnam ..9 .30 15 ....34 ...51 ....* a surge of over 550 cases. will severely cripple a belea in Mumbai and Pune. ed cases were screened to ed. The fourmember com It created a buzz and his
Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) guered economy. He said, In Sangli, a number of day at Manchar, of which mittee also has the chairman torical evidence was asked
SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Opinion divided “This call for a curfew is not traders associations have 209 tested positive,” he said. of the Department of Me for. Shafey Kidwai, Chair
making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air The call to observe the cur a viable solution. The econo urged the district adminis Suspected cases are to be
particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues
chanical Engineering who man Department of Journal
and monuments. few has divided citizens, the my is already in the dol tration to impose a lock referred to screening would help us in designing ism and Mass Communica
NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by business class and politi drums. Instead, the focus down instead of merely ap centres, where doctors will the capsule,” said Prof. tion, provided the proof.
reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. cians. While expressing con must be on bolstering the pealing to the public to test them for COVID19 using
CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to
Pundhir. “The Gazette of January 12,
critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause cern over the spike in cases, medical infrastructure of observe a curfew. “Given the rapid antigen kits. As per He said experts from IIT, 1877, gives a graphic account
dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. Sambhaji Raje, the Bharatiya these districts.” Mr. Raje said violation of COVID19 regula their symptoms, patients Kanpur, were also helping of the ceremony. It is the
PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha the Maharashtra govern tions by several citizens, we will be admitted to COVID19
nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced
them. “I think the capsule primary source which said
lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature MP from Kolhapur, said any ment should set up a jumbo seek a complete shutdown in care centres or hospitals. would be made of stainless Kunwar Lutuf Khan, a mem
death in people with heart or lung disease steel with a layer of PVC. The ber of MAO Funds Commit
inside would be fi lled with tee, presented a bottle carry
tigation (CBI) has lodged an of credit, cash credit and suppliers, M/s P Gold Pvt Goa recorded 621 new CO
FIR against a Vadodara term loan facilities by the Ltd, was into real estate busi VID19 cases on Wednes
based jewellery fi rm and its bank in 2013. ness and not gold, according day, taking its total case tal
director for allegedly cheat “But it failed to repay the to the FIR. ly to 22,251. The coastal
ing the Bank of Baroda to the dues and the account be “The borrower company State also reported six
tune of ₹ 173.63 crore. came NPA (nonperforming transferred ₹ 38.02 crore and more fatalities, pushing the
The FIR was lodged on asset) in February 2016 and got back ₹ 9.11 crore and di death toll to 262.
Tuesday by the CBI at its was declared as a wilful de verted ₹ 28.91 crore through An offi cial from the State
ACBGandhinagar offi ce faulter by the bank in 2018. P Gold Pvt Ltd. It is suspect Health Department said
against Shree Mukt Jewellers The outstanding balance as ed that the borrower compa that a total of 281 patients
Baroda Private Limited, its on March 31, 2019, is ₹ 173.63 ny has misused the letter of were discharged from hos
promotercumdirector crore,” the FIR said. credit facility for routing pitals on Wednesday, tak
Harsh Soni and unknown Suspecting a fraud, the funds and diverting funds of ing the total number of re
persons. As per the bank’s bank conducted a forensic business,” the FIR men coveries to 17,156.
complaint, Mr. Soni is ab audit and learnt that “all the tioned, citing the forensic As many as 2,608 swab
sconding. In its complaint to three suppliers with whom audit report. samples were tested in the
the CBI, the bank accused the company entered into It said the company alleg State in the past 24 hours,
the company, its director transactions of buying gold edly indulged in round trip of which 1,502 were nega
and others of “criminal con and ornaments are related ping transactions to show in tive, 621 were positive and
spiracy, criminal miscon to each other”. fl ated turnover and funds 485 reports are awaited,
duct, cheating, forgery and An internal investigation were also transfered to ac the offi cial added. A total of
diversion of public funds“. by the bank revealed that counts of other fi rms having 2,17,48 samples have been
The company was into two of these suppliers were common directors. tested till date.
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Realism and the undemarcated border
Missteps by India and China in the past rather than modernday territorial expansion have resulted in the stalemate
Commerce dominated economic positions on the boundary ques ground (https://bit.ly/35jNEfj). Lt.
activity and several trade routes tion”, militaries remain tasked General N.S. Brar, a former chief of
Digital disconnect converged on Leh. With settled
agriculture limited to strips along
with defending borders where
‘grey areas’ and maximum res
staff of the Lehbased Corps, has
advocated a ‘sober handling of na
Poor access to the Internet in many States the Indus in the west, Aksai Chin traint in ‘face to face’ situations tional security issues’ by ‘accept
was a kind of noman’s land, as have inherent limitations. Infras ing Chouenlai’s proposal as ‘a
must be bridged urgently to help elearners Mukul Sanwal there was no need for an tructure development increases practical and honourable accom
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he full report of the NSO’s survey of ‘Household administration. the potential for action and then modation with China’ (https://
Social Consumption on Education in India’, for With the Treaty of Amritsar, in refl ection, and that process has bit.ly/32eZ42h). National security
FILE PHOTO/AP
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he “deep conversation” with 1846, the British granted Gulab outlived its utility. The Special Re is more than the military posture.
July 2017June 2018, highlights the poor state of
China that External Aff airs Singh Kashmir without specifying presentatives of India and China, Wedded to the questionable
computer and Internet access in several States. The dis Minister S. Jaishankar has in its eastern boundary in Aksai set up to resolve the boundary is line of 1865, on the Kunlun Range,
parities are glaring among diff erent economic strata as dicated must be informed by the Chin. According to Article 2 of the sue and diplomats have had to India has not claimed the more
well. The digital chasm that separates the privileged past but should be based on the Treaty, the boundary was to be this belong to India while those to step in on border management. legitimate line of 1899 on the Ka
from the deprived remains unbridged years after the changed global context as fester “defi ned by a separate engage the north and east of it are on Chi The missteps extended into the rakoram watershed (communicat
broadband policy of 2004, and its eff ects are painfully ing problems left over from colo ment after survey”. The fi rst one, na’s side’. Both sides could only operational sphere. China con ed by the British to the Chinese)
evident during the pandemic as students struggle to log nialism tend to get reframed the JohnsonArdagh Line surveyed agree there was no demarcation structed its strategic highway un and which China has accepted as
(West Asia is an example), as new in 1865, ran along the Kunlun on the ground. hindered, as regular patrolling till the boundary with Pakistan, and
on to online classes. While some poorly connected
tradeoff s emerge, and leadership Mountain, included Aksai Chin in all the border passes was not un fully covers our patrolling points
States may have improved since the survey period, the matters. Kashmir and was not communicat Ghosts of old dertaken between 1954 and 1959, and strategic heights we now occu
gaps are so stark that any development could only be As civilisational states, neigh ed to China. Another survey, the Three missteps by both countries when a clash took place near the py. This translates to the Indus wa
modest. Only in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala bours and rising powers, India and McCartneyMacDonald Line, ran have resulted in the current stale Kongka Pass, south of the Galwan tershed lying within India, with
did the survey fi nd Internet access exceeding 50% for China have a unique continuing closer to the Karakoram Range, mate. First, two civilisational valley, galvanising hectic diplo the area to its east in China, includ
urban and rural households taken together, while Pun process of diplomatic engage treating the Indus watershed as states establishing their identity matic activity. On the Chinese side ing its strategic highway G219.
jab, Haryana and Uttarakhand exceeded 40%, unim ment, even as their militaries face the border. The later survey, offi were illadvised by poorly in also, in 1960, their experts showed Another new development is
pressive numbers still. Large States — Uttar Pradesh, Ta off against each other, which is ve cially sent by the British to China formed experts. India issued new Indian experts a new map of the the guidance from the ModiXi
ry diff erent to the international re in 1899, was not followed up, and maps in 1954 removing the ‘unde Chineseclaimed ‘traditional cus summit, held in Wuhan in 2018,
mil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka — had access
lations theory developed in the the border remained ‘undefi ned’. marcated territory’ tag and China tomary line’ which was at points that the boundary question should
below 20%. In today’s milieu, net access is critical, con West to explain something that The dispute continues to be in 1957 also showed Aksai Chin well to the west of the alignment of be considered from the ‘strategic
sidering that even where mobile phones and laptops had never happened before, the which watershed defi nes the with the only traffi c artery bet the same area which Premier perspective of IndiaChina rela
are available — some States provide them under student 200 year global colonial and post boundary. Prime Minister Jawa ween Tibet and Xinjiang in its new Chou enlai had earlier described tions’. The debate should really be
welfare programmes — they cannot be meaningfully colonial world and inapplicable to harlal Nehru, according to the offi map. A cartographic ambiguity to Jawaharlal Nehru. whether the Wuhan Spirit, expect
used in its absence. If net connectivity is 5% to 10% in diff erences arising from colonial cial transcript of the boundary was converted into clashing sove Then, as now, public opinion ed to create conditions for the
rural Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka ambiguity. talks with Premier Chouenlai reignty, with unwarranted inhe had a disproportionate role and a Asian century, Asia with two
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s [Zhou Enlai] in April 1960, argued rent notions of ‘concession’ and furore arose when the term terri poles, is still relevant. This marks a
and West Bengal, only a slim minority can hope to do
assertion that ‘this is the age of de that ‘it is true that the boundary is ‘aggression’. tory “administered” by India was shift from India’s earlier stand
any academic work. Many remote locations have relia velopment”, and former Generals not marked on the ground; but if Second, further reliance placed used. The Soviet Union (Russia), as agreeing with China that problems
bility problems and power defi cits, making it a chal of the Lehbased Corps pointing to delimitation can take place by defi on experts to assist the diplomatic in the case of the Galwan faceoff , left over from history be left for
lenge to keep gadgets operational even offl ine. the undemarcated border, sug nition of high mountain areas and process in reconciling records and resorted to quiet diplomacy, with another generation.
Prime Minister Modi has acknowledged the digital di gesting a ‘practical’ boundary watershed and if it is a normally custom obfuscated the political a tilt towards India impacting on There are indications that Jawa
vide by announcing in his Independence Day address along the Karakoram watershed accepted principle of demarca nature of the settlement. In 1960, the disengagement. harlal Nehru was inclined towards
that all villages would be connected with optical fi bre reframes the national interest. tion, then it is precisely defi ned in the history and tradition of the negotiation but feared his Home
Combined with the recent shift by the past’, his reference was to the area were to be examined by a Reframing diff erences Minister, Govind Ballabh Pant,
cable in 1,000 days. This target, refl ecting enhanced
China from Line of Actual Control Kun Lun range. Premier Chou’s joint expert group which could not The context is no longer newly in would play the national card to
ambition, follows the one set in 2011 to link panchayats (LAC) to Claim Line, a new nation position was ‘we do not recognise produce an agreed report as ear dependent countries unsure of oust him. Prime Minister Modi is
through a national optical fi bre network — to raise ad al debate on demarcating the bor the McMahon line but that we lier maps considered basin boun themselves, but neighbours confi secure, within the party and the
ministrative capacities through information infrastruc der is needed. were willing to take a realistic view daries, and not who had exercised dent in their national power seek national trust in him. He should
ture. Evidently, successive governments have dropped with Burma and India. It is easy to control over territory. These delib ing ‘accommodation’. Lt. General audit the past, explain colonial
the ball. States have not shown the alacrity to make a Diplomatic positions see that the national boundary erations only confi rmed that trust, P.J.S. Pannu, who commanded the ambiguity, establish the Hima
big leap either, and the defi cit has now dealt a blow to The origin of diff erent interpreta between China and India is the Ka the essential element of a negotia Lehbased Corps, has advocated a layan watershed as border, and
tions of the boundary is poorly rakoram watershed. This extends tion, was missing. boundary settlement laying stress take a giant step for the $5trillion
students. To make up for lost time, connectivity for
surveyed ancient maps of uninha from Kilik Pass, passes through the Third, despite the system of en on the diffi culties in holding economy.
education must be prioritised. Mapping the needs of bited areas, visited only by traders Karakoram Pass to Kongka Pass. gagement from 1993 for “meaning ground ‘divided by this history’,
each district based on the NSO data will help identify and nomads, with even passes at Broadly speaking, rivers and ful and mutually acceptable ad with military clashes inevitable as Mukul Sanwal is a former civil servant
areas where children do need equipment and connec an altitude above 13,000 feet. streams to the south and west of justments to their respective the LAC is not marked on the and UN diplomat
tivity. Such eff orts have been launched globally in the
wake of COVID19, some in partnership with the tele
com sector to leverage its capacity for surveys and map
ping. Some companies in India have made the valuable
suggestion that their used desktop computers could be
In blockchain voting, leave out the general election
refurbished and donated, for which governments need The idea of further digitising India’s electoral infrastructure is problematic and could hinder free and fair polls
to open a programme. On the network technology al projects focused on enabling re cation may not necessarily make a haps be improved by introducing
front, a new gigabit speed ‘wireless fi bre’ standard is mote voting and elections. remote voting system invulnerable and improving upon other meth
being viewed in developed countries as a leapfrog op Arguments in favour of remote to attacks either. An attacker may ods, such as postal ballots or proxy
tion to link inaccessible areas; it involves high capacity voting are plenty. In the way the be able to clone the biometric at voting. Another proposed solution
spectrum (E and V bands), and is commercially not envisioned system has been de tributes required for authenticat to this issue includes the creation
contentious. The government needs to look at all possi scribed, ‘remote voting’ would ap ing as another individual and cast of a ‘One Nation, One Voter ID’ sys
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he Election Commission of populace (Census 2011), and who could allow attackers to collect mere purpose of allowing indivi
A necessary pause India has for a while now
been toying with the idea of
have, as a matter of record, faced
considerable diffi culties in exercis
and deduce voting choices of indi
viduals.
duals to vote out of their home
State.
Vaccines take time to develop; the fi rst to roll further digitising the electoral in ing their democratic right of vot Further, while the provisioning
out might not necessarily be the best frastructure of the country. In fur ing. The envisioned solution might of a dedicated line may make the An obsession
therance of this, the Election Com also be useful for some remotely mote, appbased voting system infrastructure less prone to outag India can characteristically be de
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he global clamour for a COVID19 vaccine has mission had, last month, held an stationed members of the Indian (which face a litany of issues of es, it may also make it increasingly scribed as a country obsessed with
whipped up unrealistic expectations that one is online conference in collaboration armed forces, though it should be their own, and which have so far prone to targeted DenialofSer technosolutionism. If a solution
just around the corner. It is thus a reality check with the Tamil Nadu eGovernance noted that, for the most part, vote only been deployed in a few low vice attacks (where an attacker uses technology, the general con
when biopharma company AstraZeneca, piloting its Agency (“TNeGA”) and IIT Madras casting has not been an issue for level elections in the West). The would be in a position to block sensus is that it must work. Howev
vaccine candidate, AZD1222 — there were large Phase3 (https://bit.ly/35k4niQ), through those serving in even the remotest systems used in such lowstakes traffi c from the system, eff ectively er, this optimism for technological
which they explored the possibili of places including the Siachen elections have suff ered several preventing, or at the very least de solutions poses a threat and could
trials this month — said it was voluntarily putting the
ty of using blockchain technology Glacier, which, given its altitude, is blunders too, some of which could laying the registration of votes). stand to hinder free and fair elec
multinational trial on hold. This was after a ‘serious ad for the purpose of enabling re considered to be the ‘highest bat have been catastrophic if they had More attack scenarios that the sys tions in the future, if unchecked. It
verse event’ in a volunteer, which a data safety monitor mote elections. While this explora tleground’ on the planet. gone undetected. tem might be vulnerable to will is important to lay stress on the
ing board will now examine. The company’s move was tion is still only in the nascent stag Blockchain solutions rely heavi slowly become evident when addi point that further digitisation, in
fi rst reported by an independent medical news site, un es, there are several concerns that Key issues, security concerns ly on the proper implementation tional details about the hypothe itself, does not make processes
derlining the critical role that independent scrutiny must be considered at the off set The problems with the block of cryptographic protocols. If any sised system are disclosed. more robust. Any solution to elec
plays in one of the greatest global crises. Without a with utmost caution. chainbased remote voting sys shortcomings exist in an imple Apart from lingering security is toral problems must be software
tems are manifold. At an earlier mentation, it might stand to po sues, digitised systems may also independent and fault tolerable,
specifi c cure, the vaccine quest has become more than
Rise in new applications event held by the Election Com tentially unmask the identity and stand to exclude and disenfran where failure or tampering of one
just a search along the pathway that research and phar A blockchain is a distributed ledg mission, then Senior Deputy Elec voting preferences of electors, or chise certain individuals due to mechanism — or several — would
ma companies have traditionally taken. There are de er of information which is replicat tion Commissioner Sandeep Saxe worse yet, allow an individual to fl aws in interdependent platforms, not aff ect the integrity or transpa
mands that probable vaccines be put into a pipeline for ed across various nodes on a na, explained that electors would cast a vote as someone else. In fl aws in system design, as well as rency of the overall process.
accelerated approval to yield political dividends too. “peertopeer” network for the still have to physically reach a de Russia, during the vote on the re general failures caused by external Even if the Election Commis
U.S. President Trump has ‘demanded’ that a vaccine purpose of ensuring integrity and signated venue in order to cast cent controversial constitutional factors. Naturally, the more levers sion is able to design a system
be available before voting day in November. India had verifi ability of data stored on the their vote, adding that systems amendment ushered in by Russian that are involved in the operation which is proven to be satisfactorily
its moment of vaccine controversy when the ICMR har ledger. Blockchain ledgers have would use “whitelisted IP devices President Vladimir Putin, citizens of a system, the more prone it secure in the face of attacks, where
traditionally been used as support on dedicated internet lines”, and were able to cast their vote online. would become to possible tampering could be detected, and
ried trialists to expedite testing of Bharat Biotech’s Co
ing structures for cryptocurren that the system would make use of While the voting process was still malfunction. where the integrity of the ballot is
vaxin by August 15. Russia, which is to commence its cies, such as Bitcoin and Ethe the biometric attributes of elec under way, a Russian media outlet verifi able by electors, use of such a
Sputnik V’s Phase3 testing, has launched a publicity reum; however, their use in tors. reported that it was possible to ac Other solutions system could perhaps only be jus
blitz. Just before reports of the trial pause, AstraZeneca noncryptocurrency applications Digitisation and interconnectiv cess and decrypt the votes stored If the only problem that is to be tifi ed for lower level elections, and
and eight companies developing vaccines signed a too has seen a steady rise, with ity introduce additional points of on the blockchain due to a fl aw in solved is the one of ballot portabil not for something as signifi cant
pledge that they would not approach regulatory author some solutions allowing indivi failure external to the processes cryptographic implementation, ity, then perhaps technological so and politically binding as the gen
ities, such as the U.S. FDA, until they had safety and effi duals and companies to draft le which exist in the present day. The which could have been used to un lutions which involve setting up eral election.
gallybinding “smart contracts,” system envisioned by the Election mask the votes cast by electors. entirely new, untested voting in
cacy data from a Phase3 trial. Overall, the road to a vac
enabling detailed monitoring of Commission is perhaps only slight The requirement of physical frastructure may not be the answ Karan Saini is an independent security
cine has become an arena for marketing and jingoism. supply chain networks, and sever ly more acceptable than a fully re presence and biometric authenti er. Political engagement could per researcher from New Delhi
AZD1222 has already been tested in Phase1 and Phase2
trials, where the data on its safety and ability to induce
a relevant response by the immune system were eval LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
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The twisted trajectory of Bt cotton Rethinking the defence doctrine
Despite fi nding huge favour in India, the GM crop has only brought modest benefi ts The ongoing border crisis with China calls for a strategic
shift from punitive retaliation to prevention
pidopteran spraying expenditures
continued to fall until 2011. While the leadership and the Army miscalculated. Chi
ABW that feeds on diff erent plants na has no interest in launching a major con
does not appear to have developed a ventional invasion, but this is not just a typ
resistance to Bt, the PBW developed ical probe either. Rather, its quick land grab
a resistance by 2009 in India. In a looks increasingly permanent, like an at
few years, the situation was dreadful. tempt to change the border without trigger
Sujatha Byravan Bollworm spraying began to climb ing war. This fait accompli leaves India with
again. Sapsucking insects have Arzan Tarapore two awful choices: either start a war by
surged for the hybrids, as the hirsu launching its own reprisal attack, or do noth
Cotton has been woven and used in tum Bt cotton hybrids are quite vul ing and accept a new status quo.
India for thousands of years. Cotton nerable. With rising acreage under Bt Over four months ago, the Chinese army en Addressing this type of security threat re
fabric from around 3,000 BCE has cotton cultivation, expenditures for tered territory that India has long consi quires preventing, not reversing, such fait
been excavated from the ruins of Mo spraying for sucking pests also went dered its own, and never left. In eff ect, the accompli land grabs. This requires a funda
henjodaro, and archaeological fi nd up. By 2018, farmers were spending multiple incursions have changed the Line of mental shift in the Army’s doctrinal think
ings in Mehrgarh, Pakistan, show an average of $23.58 per hectare on Actual Control (LAC) and India has lost terri ing, from strategies revolving around pun
that cotton was used in the subconti insecticide — 37% more than the pre tory, at least for the time being. How could ishing the adversary, to strategies that
nent as far back as 5,000 BCE. Indian Bt levels. this happen? prevent its adventurism in the fi rst place.
cotton fabrics dominated the world Battered hopes: Farmers from a village near Raichur show Bt cotton balls In part, it was a failure of the warningin
trade during the succeeding millen destroyed by pink bollworm. FILE PHOTO *
Real-world challenges telligence system. Either Indian intelligence Speed is of the essence
nia and were exported to many plac It is tough to isolate one particular as services did not collect suffi cient data of Chi In practice, this does not mean an unbroken
es, including Greece, Rome, Persia, spraying on the cotton plant. Accord Furthermore, with only 15.7% Bt cot pect of a technology and evaluate it nese intentions and early moves, or they did picket of soldiers all along the border. It
Egypt, Assyria and parts of Asia. ing to the Ministry of Agriculture, ton coverage by 2005, yield increas properly. A technology that works in not interpret it correctly, or their policy and does, however, mean a greater investment in
Much of the cotton cultivated until from 2005, adoption of Bt cotton es were over 90% over 2002 levels. the lab may fail in fi elds since real military customers failed to take the warning persistent widearea surveillance to detect
the 20th century was of the indige rose to 81% in 2007, and up to 93% in While Bt cotton adoption corres world success hinges on multiple fac seriously. Wherever the fault lay, the system and track adversary moves, devolved com
nous ‘desi’ variety, Gossypium arbo 2011. Many shortduration studies ex ponded to a drop in spraying for boll tors, such as diff erent kinds of pests apparently failed. mand authority to respond to enemy aggres
reum. From the 1990s, hybrid varie amining Bt cotton, in the early years, worms, the study states, “country and local soil and irrigation condi In part, however, the problem also lay in sion, and rehearsed procedures for an im
ties of G. hirsutum were promoted. pronounced that Bt was a panacea wide yields stagnated after 2007 tions. The benefi ts of Bt cotton have the Army’s concepts for defending the coun mediate local response without higher
These hybrids cannot resist a variety for dwindling yields and pesticide ex even as more farmers began to grow been modest and shortlived. Chang try’s borders. It is, as the current crisis commanders’ approval.
of local pests and require more fertil penses. The twodecade mark now Bt. By 2018, yields were lower than in es to the agricultural systems corre shows, simply not postured or prepared for In countering China’s ‘grey zone’ tactics of
izers and pesticides. Cotton suff ers provides an opportunity to review the years of rapid Bt adoption.” late better with positive yields, and the type of security threat China presents. quick land grabs, speed is of the essence.
from plenty of infestation from moth GM cotton in India more Individual State data are more countrywide yields have not im As I argued in a recent research study for The military must be able to detect adver
pests (Lepidopteran) such as the comprehensively. helpful in understanding subnation proved in thirteen years. India’s glo Carnegie India, the Army’s prevailing doc sary action and react quickly, even preemp
Pink Bollworm (PBW) and sapsuck al trends. In Maharashtra, yields bal rank for cotton production is 36 trine is designed to deter and defend against tively, to stop attempted aggression from be
ing (Hemipteran) pests such as Broad review climbed in the decade after 2000, despite heavy fertilizer use, irriga major conventional invasions. This deter coming a fait accompli. In peacetime, local
aphids and mealy bugs. With increas In March this year, K.R. Kranthi and with no change in the rate of increase tion, chemicals and Bt cotton usage. mines how the Army is organised, what commanders must have the authority and
ing pressure to buy hybrid seeds, the Glenn Davis Stone published a re when Bt cotton was introduced. In This is below the national average of equipment it operates, and where it is de gumption to take anticipatory action and go
indigenous varieties have lost out ov view in the scientifi c journal Nature Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Mad some resourcepoor African coun ployed. The Army expects to win wars, on the off ensive or fi ll forward defensive po
er the years. But recently, there has Plants, analysing the entire picture hya Pradesh as well, there is no cor tries that don’t have Bt, hybrids or against Pakistan or China, by launching its sitions. The lateAugust incident at Chushul
been some resurgence of interest. of the use of Bt cotton in India. Ear relation between the adoption of the good access to inputs. own punitive off ensives after an enemy at demonstrates how this can and should work.
The increasing use of synthetic py lier studies had attributed to Bt the variety and increase in yields. For in The cost of ignoring ‘desi’ varieties tack, to either destroy enemy forces or seize Indian special forces troops took position on
rethroids (group of manmade pesti tripling of cotton yield between stance, Gujarat’s surge in cotton for decades has been high for India. enemy land. previously unoccupied heights south of Pan
cides) to control pests and the rising 20022014 in India. However, one de yields was 138% in 2003, even as Bt These varieties resist many pests and In this mindset, the Army expected that gong Tso. In so doing they have complicated
acreage under the American long tail that sullied such a conclusion was cotton was used only for 5% of land don’t present the problems faced any Chinese bid to capture Indian territory future Chinese moves to consolidate their
duration cotton led to the emergence that yield diff erences between farm under cotton. Similar fi ndings are with hybrids. Research suggests that would come as a major conventional inva position, and may even hold some Chinese
of resistant pests. Resistant Pink and ers who were the early adopters of Bt seen in Punjab, Haryana and Rajas with pureline cotton varieties, high sion, as it did in 1962. The Indian response positions at risk. The country’s attempts to
even American Bollworm (ABW), a cotton and those who were not suf than, where yield increase is incon density planting, and short season would accordingly involve large formations, seize more ground have been foiled.
minor pest in the past, began in fered from selection bias. gruous with the spread of Bt cotton. plants, cotton yields in India can be with planning and command decisions Unfortunately, China was not foiled in its
creasing, leading to a growing use of Controlling for such bias showed The rise in cotton yields can be ex good and stand a better chance at made at the Corps headquarters or higher. initial seizure of Indian territory. Reversing
a variety of pesticides. Rising debts (in 2012) that the contribution of Bt plained by improvements in irriga withstanding the vagaries of climate But the Chinese army’s initial forays in that occupation will require a remarkable
and reducing yields, coupled with in cotton to yield increase was only tion, for instance in Gujarat, and a change. But government backing for April and May did not look like a gunsblaz feat of Indian statecraft. A military solution is
creasing insect resistance, worsened about 4% each year; still, since yields dramatic growth across the country resources, infrastructure and seeds ing invasion. It crossed the LAC in several decreasingly likely as China reinforces its de
the plight of cotton farmers. It was in vary annually by over 10%, the bene in the use of fertilizers. Gross fertiliz is essential to scale up ‘desi’ varie places nearly simultaneously, and in larger ployments. Taking strident off ensive actions
this setting that Bt cotton was intro fi ts claimed were dubious. Kranthi er use for cotton more than doubled ties. It is time to pay attention to numbers than usual. Still, the Indian Army now, amidst a heavily militarised crisis, may
duced in India in 2002. and Stone’s review examines data ov from 20072013; the average rose science and acknowledge that Bt cot probably expected the standoff would re be hazardous because it carries new risks of
Genetically modifi ed (GM) cotton, er 20 years, studying each State sep from 98 kg/ha in 2003 to 224 kg/ha ton has failed in India, and not enter peat the pattern of years past: China would unintended escalation. The challenge for In
the plant containing the pesticide arately and correcting for illegal Bt in 2013. into further misadventures with oth make its point with a temporary transgres dia is to learn the right lessons and be alert to
gene from the bacteria Bacillus thu cotton planting. There is a strong correlation bet er Bt crops such as brinjal or herbi sion and retreat after talks. In the meantime, similar tactics in other regions, like the In
ringiensis (Bt), has been grown in In There are discrepancies between ween the rise in use of fertilizers in cide resistance. Indian forces would reinforce their positions dian Ocean. It must not rely on doctrines
dia for about twenty years. This pes yield and the deployment of Bt cot individual States and yields, and this but hold back. Indian forces were under forged in wars half a century ago.
ticide, now produced in each Bt ton. For instance, the Bt acreage was bias increases when it is combined Sujatha Byravan is a scientist based in strict instructions from New Delhi that any
plant cell, ought to protect the plant only 3.4% of the total cotton area in with improvements in irrigation. Chennai and the former President of the aggressive response must be avoided as it Arzan Tarapore is a South Asian research scholar at
from bollworm, thereby increasing 2003, not suffi cient to credit it for the The total insecticide expenditure Council for Responsible Genetics, would infl ame the situation. the Walter H. Shorenstein AsiaPacifi c Research Center
yields and reducing insecticide 61% increase in yield in 20032004. per hectare reduced in 2006, and Le Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is now clear that the national security at Stanford University
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Chinese build-up on
Kerala cases rise to new high after Onam drop
A.P. incidence holds steady at over 10,000; Karnataka back in 9,000plus cases zone; nearly 2,500 test positive in Telangana
north bank of Pangong Special Correspondent
Thiruvananthapuram
infections. Also, 88 more ter recording 5,773 and 7,866
health workers were found cases on two days.
On Tuesday, some pictures surrounding provinces, and Kerala’s COVID19 cases rose infected on Wednesday. In In fresh incidence, 9,540
of the Chinese troops de an air defence brigade from sharply after the Onam lull. August alone, over 1,000 cases were recorded. With
ployed on the south bank the Eastern Theatre Com With testing rising to 45,949 healthcare workers were af 128 new deaths, the toll rose
surfaced. They showed the mand, which is focused on samples in 24 hours, 3,402 fected, in private and public to 6,808. With a Case Fatality
soldiers carrying spears, Taiwan and Japan, have been new cases were reported on hospitals. Rate of 1.6%, Karnataka had
rods and clubs. mobilised to the Tibetan pla Wednesday, a new high for Thiruvananthapuram had the third highest death toll
The offi cial said the issue teau and linked up with the the State. Cumulative cases the highest incidence at 531 after Maharashtra and Tamil
was raised with the Chinese Western Theatre Command, were expected to touch one cases. Nadu.
commander. “The Chinese which covers Tibet, Xinjiang lakh soon, and active cases Andhra Pradesh again re
say that the rods and spears and the India border. stood at 24,549. ported over 10,000 infec T.N. cases
are for construction work to The Central Theatre Com tions 10,418 and 74 new Another 5,584 persons test
build temporary sheds on mand said in a statement deaths on Wednesday. The ed positive for COVID19 in
their side of the LAC. But it is that it had deployed H6 State updated its count to Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
evident that such tools serve bombers and Y20 large tran 5,27,512 infections and 97,271 Of the new cases, Chennai
no such purpose,” the offi sport aircraft to the Tibetan The death toll rose to 384, active patients. The State reported 993 cases, while
cial pointed out. plateau for training missions with the passing away of 12 tested 71,692 fresh samples. Coimbatore recorded 445
In the past fortnight, three as part of the mobilisation. more people between Au For every million people, cases. Presently, 49,203 per
top offi cials — Army Chief The Eastern Theatre Com gust 21 and September 6, and 80,688 persons were tested sons were under treatment
Gen. M.M Naravane; IndoTi mand had mobilised an air the data now added to “pro with 9,879 per million testing in the State.
betan Border Police (ITBP) defence brigade to the north visional” COVID deaths. positive. The overall positivi As many as 6,516 persons
Director General S.S. Des west and “held livefi re con Six deaths were reported ty rate was 12.24%. were discharged after treat
wal; and Secretary, Border frontational drills with anti from Thiruvananthapuram, Data show 0.99% of the ment, taking the total num
Management, Sanjeeva Ku aircraft guns and missiles”, four from Kasaragod and one State’s 5.34 crore population ber to 4,23,231. The State re
mar, visited Ladakh. State broadcaster China Cen each from Ernakulam and had been infected since incidence. East Godavari re ditions stood at 2,479 on more deaths. There were corded 78 more deaths,
On Wednesday, China’s tral Television (CCTV) re Thrissur. March 12. Three districts re ported 1,399 cases, Praka Tuesday. Of 62,649 samples 31,654 active cases. taking the toll to 8,090.
State media reported that ported. It said the military Nearly 95% of new cases ported over 1,000 new cas sam 1,271 cases and West Go tested on September 8, re Karnataka’s daily cases (With inputs from Hydera-
the PLA was “mobilising was conducting “longdis on Wednesday – 3,223 of es; East Godavari topped dis davari 1,134 cases. sults of 2,430 samples were were also in the 9,000plus bad, Vijayawada, Chennai
forces, including bombers, tance manoeuvres, deploy 3,402 – were locally acquired tricts with the highest Telangana’s new case ad awaited. There were ten territory on Wednesday, af and Bengaluru bureaus)
air defence troops, artillery, ment exercises and livefi re
armoured vehicles, para drills” last week.
troopers, special forces and The Communist Partyrun
infantry units from diff erent
parts of the country to the
Global Times said the ma
noeuvres were taking place Drug case accused helped Drug case: CCB steps up IN BRIEF
bordering plateau region” af
ter the latest tensions.
“after India crossed the LAC
near the southern bank of questioning of actors
Bombers mobilised
Bombers and transport air
the Pangong Tso Lake and
near the Reqin Mountain
pass on August 31”.
gold smugglers, claims ED Offi cials claim to have retrieved data
craft from the Central (With inputs from Special Correspondent The family members of
Theatre Command, which is Ananth Krishnan, Dinakar Agency questions Bineesh Kodiyeri for over 10 hours Bengaluru Ragini and Sanjjanaa and
‘Will consider including
responsible for Beijing and Peri and Suhasini Haidar) A day after actor Sanjjanaa the prime accused Shiva
COVID-19 under scheme’
Special Correspondent Galrani was arrested in con Prakash have applied for
SII pulled up for not
HYDERABAD
KOCHI nection with the drug rack bail, for which the CCB offi Telangana Chief Minister K.
Investigations by the Narcot et, Central Crime Branch cials are fi ling objections. Chandrasekhar Rao on
ics Control Bureau have re (CCB) offi cials continued Meanwhile, four persons
pausing vaccine trial vealed that the accused in
the Bangalore drugs case as
grilling her and actor Ragini
Dwivedi, who was arrested
were arrested by the RMC
Yard police on Wednesday
Wednesday announced that
the government will consider
the request for including
sisted the accused in the di earlier, to ascertain details and 2.1 kg of marijuana was COVID19 treatment under
Last month, SII began ford/AZChAdOx1 nCoV19, plomatic baggage gold smug of the drug parties they have recovered from them. the Aarogyasri scheme. The
Phase2/Phase3 trials to respectively. The remaining gling case, Enforcement allegedly attended. government will also
compare the safety and im 1,200 participants from the Directorate (ED) has in The CCB offi cials said MDMA recovered at KIA examine the proposal for
munogenicity of its vaccine safety cohort will be ran formed a trial court. they had retrieved data in Customs offi cials at the providing isolation facilities
candidate COVISHIELD (SII domly assigned in a 3:1 ratio In a separate develop the form of photos and con Kempegowda International for patients hailing from
ChAdOx1), with the Oxford to receive either COVISH ment, the ED offi cials inter versation details of both ac Airport (KIA) on Wednesday below poverty line families in
Bineesh Kodiyeri arriving at the offi ce of the Enforcement
vaccine (Oxford/AZChA IELD or a placebo, respec rogated Bineesh Kodiyeri, tors which indicate that they recovered 1.9 kg of MDMA, government hospitals.
Directorate in Kochi on Wednesday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT*
dOx1). tively. Immunogenicity is to son of CPI(M) State secretary had regular contacts with estimated to be worth ₹ 1
Both vaccines are similar test if a vaccine can coax the Pandemic boosts exports
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in drug cases. It was in its ap money laundering case re the other accused — Rahul crore. of ginger, turmeric
in structure and the early immune system to launch a connection with the diplo plication seeking the exten gistered by it. The Narcotics Thonse, Niyaz, and other The contraband was
humantrial data of Oxford/ protective response that can matic baggage gold sion of the remand of Control Bureau has request drug peddlers. found in a parcel containing
KOCHI
South India Trust Association
Anticipating law and order
problems, the police on
HC stops demolition, Wednesday morning put
many BJP and Jana Sena
leaders under house arrest in
Kangana in Mumbai Action in connection with money laundering case East and West Godavari
districts in Andhra Pradesh.
Special correspondent against the CSITA, following land through the Karnataka The BJP had planned a ‘Chalo
Meanwhile, the actor re premises, prima facie does NEW DELHI a complaint lodged by the Industrial Areas Develop Antarvedi’ campaign on
ceived relief from the Bom not appear to be bonafi de The Enforcement Directo Defence Ministry. ment Board. Wednesday after the burning
bay High Court, which and smacks of malafi de. If rate (ED) has attached assets It was alleged that the CSI of the chariot at the Lakshi
stayed the demolition. The the MCGM would act with si worth ₹ 59.52 crore of the TA dishonestly entered into Proprietary right Narasimha Swamy temple in
court said, “From the notice, milar swiftness qua the Final journey: The elephant being taken away. * K. K. MUSTAFAH
Church of South India Trust an arrangement with the An ED probe revealed that Antarvedi.
it is clear beyond any doubt numerous unauthorized
that the works which are ‘un
authorised’ have not come
constructions in this City,
the City would be a com
Elephant succumbs to Association (CSITA) in con
nection with a money laun
dering case.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corpo
ration Limited (BMRCL), a
Karnataka government un
the title of the land belonged
to the Defence Ministry and
it was only leased out to the
NLSIU releases norms for
online admission test
up overnight. However, all of
a sudden, the Corporation
appears to have overnight
pletely diff erent place to live
in,” the court said in its or
der. The court has directed
blast wounds in Kerala The movable assets are in
the form of fi xed de
dertaking, for transfer of the
title of defence land
All Saints’ Church for con
ducting religious aff airs. No
BENGALURU
The National Law School of
India University (NLSIU),
posits maintained measuring about 7,427 proprietary right of the land
woken up from its slumber, the civic body to fi le an affi special correspondent rently after chomping on an with the State Bank square metres. had been transferred. Bengaluru, which will
issued Notice to the Petition davit and is to hear the mat PALAKKAD conduct an online test for
explosive. Forest offi cers of India’s Sudhama The land in question “The CSITA illegally trans
er (Ms. Ranaut), that too ter at 3 p.m. on Thursday. admissions to the university,
A fullgrown rogue elephant suspected that the animal nagar branch in was earlier leased to ferred the land belonging to
when she is out of the State, Leader of the Opposition has released a list of
found injured at Sholayur in suff ered the wound in the Bengaluru. the All Saints’ Church. the Defence authorities to malpractices and protocols,
directing her to respond in the Maharashtra Legisla Attappady’s Agali forest Tamil Nadu region. The ele A part of the precinct, the BMRCL. The compensa
within 24 hours, and not tive Assembly Devendra Fad which will be used to monitor
range in Kerala three weeks phant, which used to cross FIR registered where the All Saints tion for the land was re the examination process.
granting her any further navis defended Ms. Ranaut ago died on Wednesday. the Tamil NaduKerala bor The action has been taken Church is located, was trans quired to be transferred to
time, despite written re and tweeted a video in Hindi If a candidate’s face is not
The tuskless male ele der frequently, was nick on the basis of a First Infor ferred to the BMRCL against the Consolidated Fund of In detected on the screen for
quest, and proceeding to de that said: “If those who talk phant succumbed to deep named ‘bulldozer’. The ani mation Report (FIR) regis a compensation of ₹ 59.29 dia, as the rightful owner of 45 seconds or so, his/her
molish the said premises against us are stopped and wounds it suff ered in the mal had razed down at least tered at the Ashoknagar pol crore in 2019. the land was the Defence Mi examination will be
upon completion of 24 attacked and that too with mouth and pharynx appa two dozen tribal huts. ice station in Bengaluru The BMRCL acquired the nistry,” said an offi cial. terminated after a warning.
hours.” the support of the State go
“Though the manner in vernment ... this has never
which the MCGM (BMC) has happened in the history of
proceeded to commence de
molition work of the said
Maharashtra. It is important
to call out what is wrong.” Rain lashes Bengaluru, many areas fl ooded SC allows interim bail
Residents aff ected as water enters several homes; lakes and drains overfl ow to anti-CAA protesters
DMK opts out, RJD Special Correspondent The heavy rains also re 21 were accused of violence last year
likely to contest RS poll Bengaluru
IN BRIEF
Crucial meeting for Jaishankar Court stays Maratha quota,
Foreign Minister is likely to engage his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today sends plea to Statute Bench
Special Correspondent Aff airs Xhao Lijian said Mr.
NEW DELHI Wang’s agenda in the coming Reservation will not apply in the State for 202021
Omar to vacate Srinagar External Aff airs Minister S. few days includes both bilat
govt. accommodation Jaishankar met his Russian eral and multilateral engage Legal Correspondent Mukul Rohatgi and Gopal
SRINAGAR counterpart Sergey Lavrov ments. NEW DELHI Sankaranarayanan for va
Former Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in Moscow. That apart, a separate A threejudge Bench of the rious parties in the case. Mr.
Chief Minister and National The meeting is expected to meeting of the Russia, India Supreme Court on Wednes Sibal had reasoned that 28
Conference vicepresident lay the ground for further and China grouping is also day referred a group of peti States had already granted
Omar Abdullah on engagements scheduled for expected on Thursday tions challenging the Ma reservation exceeding 50%
Wednesday wrote to the Thursday on the sidelines of where Eastern Ladakh is ratha reservation law to a to their respective Backward
administration of the Union the Council of Foreign Minis likely to fi gure prominently. Constitution Bench. Classes. Lawyers had sub
Territory, announcing his ters of the Shanghai Cooper Russian engagements The Bench led by Justice mitted that the court should
decision to shift from his ation Organisation (SCO). with India and China have L. Nageswara Rao found me take into consideration re
official residence on Gupkar Following his meeting indicated that Moscow is rit in the arguments made by Justice S.A. Bobde cent developments like the
Road within 10 weeks. “I now with Mr. Lavrov, he said, playing a subtle role in con senior lawyers that a larger 10% quota for economically
find myself in unauthorised “Pleasure to meet Foreign trolling the situation along Bench should examine the served orders on pleas to ref weaker sections introduced
occupation of this
Minister Sergey Lavrov, this the LAC. issue of reservation for the er the case to a larger Bench. through the 103rd Constitu
accommodation as no
time in person. Excellent However, Russian offi cials Maratha community. Chief Some of the senior lawyers tional Amendment.
attempt has been made to
talks that refl ect our special based in Delhi have main Justice S.A. Bobde will con had even sought the forma The petitioners have
regularise the allotment to
me on security or other
and privileged strategic part tained that Moscow is build stitute the Bench. tion of an 11judge Bench to claimed that the Maharash
grounds,” he wrote. nership. Value our exchang ing positive circumstances to reconsider the judicial law tra government has passed
es on the international situa resolve international dis PG entry unaltered of 50% cap on reservations the quota law to make a
tion.” putes. The court said the Maratha in appointments and mockery of the rule of law.
2 CRPF jawans injured in The pandemic had pre Mr. Jaishankar, who held quota, meanwhile, will not admissions. They accused the State of us
Anantnag grenade blast Strategic ties: External Aff airs Minister S. Jaishankar with his
vented physical meeting Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
*
talks in Tehran on Tuesday apply for admissions and ap The appeals challenging ing its constitutional powers
SRINAGAR
among diplomats and the during a stop over to Mos pointments made in the the Maratha quota law con arbitrarily for political gains.
Two CRPF personnel were
SCO summit and the bilater ment from the Russian Fo The gathering is being cow, is on a fourday visit to State for 202021. However, tend that the statute pro They said the Act over
injured in a grenade attack by
als are the fi rst such interac reign Ministry said the meet keenly watched as it is the the Russian capital for the the postgraduate admissions vides 12 to 13% quota for the stepped the constitutional
militants in south Kashmir’s
Anantnag on Wednesday
tions of the Foreign Minis ing will begin shortly after fi rst time the Chinese and SCO ministerial and bilater which have already been community in Maharashtra. limitations contained in the
evening. An official said ters of the grouping in this midday. On the sidelines of the Indian Foreign Ministers als. made will be left unaltered. This has breached the 50% 102nd Amendment to the
militants hurled the grenade circumstance. the meeting, he is likely to will come face to face in the Earlier on Wednesday, he The court gave the peti cap declared by a ninejudge Constitution. The Amend
towards a CRPF patrol in Mr. Jaishankar is sche engage his Chinese counter backdrop of the evolving met his Tajikistan and Kyr tioners the liberty to seek an Bench of the apex court in ment said reservation can be
Anantnag’s Lal Chowk duled participate in the part Wang Yi for a discussion tense situation in Eastern La gyz counterparts Sirojiddin early hearing. 1992. The court heard de granted only if a particular
commercial area. “Two CRPF Council of Foreign Ministers on the tense situation in dakh. Spokesperson of the Muhuriddin and Chingiz Ai The threejudge Bench tailed arguments of senior community is named in the
personnel were injured and of SCO on Thursday. A state LAC. Chinese Ministry of Foreign darbekov. led by Justice Rao had re advocates like Kapil Sibal, Presidential list.
were shifted to the hospital,”
the official said.
seeks FIR against Arnab on Wednesday told the BJP diff ers judge Arun Mishra, is being K.C. Tyagi. He said Mr. Ku another person have been
MUMBAI Chief Election Offi cer (CEO), The BJP, however, has seen by the Janata Dal(U) as what Nitish Kumar has been Mr. Jha pointed out that mar’s government did not arrested following the
Siddharth Kamble of the Leh, that elections should backed elections on time. “A an endorsement of the Nitish saying all this while on sub apart from subcategorisa require a certifi cate on Dalit search of the vehicle carry
Republican Party of India has be delayed “till the border gathering of 2050 people Kumar government’s poli categorisation and uneven tion, Mr. Kumar was also in welfare from “anyone”. ing arms,” a police spokes
written to the police seeking situation becomes normal.” should be permissible with cies of Mahadalit subcate access to resources within strumental in making a Ma While Mr. Jha did not com man said.
an FIR to be registered However, the BJP has the standard operating pro gorisation. The order has the reserved categories. The hadalit the Chief Minister — a ment on the LJP’s recent The arms and ammuni
against journalist Arnab pitched for election, due in cedure (SOP) for COVID19. created grounds for revisit Mahadalit community asso reference to Jiten Ram Manj statements questioning as tion recovered included an
Goswami for spreading
the third week of October. Electronic Voting Machines ing earlier judgements on ciates itself with Nitish Ku hi of the Hindustan Awam pects of Mr. Kumar’s leader AK rifl e, one M4 Carbine,
rumours and making
should be used and sani treating SCs as a homoge mar ji as he was the fi rst to Morch (HAM), which recent ship, others in the JD(U) said six Chinese pistols and a
provocative statements with
Movement of people tised after a vote is cast,” a nous category, and the sanc highlight their plight vis a vis ly rejoined the National De the latter’s support base large cache of bullets. The
intent to cause breach of
peace and tranquillity in the
During a meeting chaired by BJP representative told the tity of the Presidential List. reservations,” he stated. mocratic Alliance (NDA). among Mahadalits was a sore arrested persons were
guise of covering the death of the CEO, a Congress leader meeting. Bihar Minister Sanjay Jha The JD(U) will be playing The subcategorisation point. identifi ed as Bilal Ahmad
actor Sushant Singh Rajput. pointed out that “the party For the fi rst time, tradi said the top court’s ruling up the subcategorisation ruling comes at an interest “The Tola Sewak scheme Kuttay and Shahnawaz Ah
The letter was sent to the apprehends that a large tional regional parties, the endorsed Mr. Kumar’s more ruling during the polls and ing point in seat adjustment and the special provisions mad Mir, both from Sho
Khadak police station number of people have NC and the PDP, may not than a decadelong policy of consider it one of the tri talks within the NDA, with for Mahadalits are important pian.
requesting that Mr. Goswami come to Leh from border contest the polls. These par subcategorisation of Maha umphs of the social policy the Ram Vilas Paswanled contributions of this govern A special team has been
be booked under various villages” due to the border ties did not attend the CEO’s dalits among Dalits. followed by Mr. Kumar’s go Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP), ment to social justice,” said constituted to investigate
sections on public peace. tensions. “There might not meeting on Wednesday. “This ruling recognises vernment. which claims the support of Mr. Jha. the matter.
Assam MLA
takes hospitals Centre asks States to conduct Plasma therapy didn’t help
to court
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
free virus test for migrants COVID19 patients: ICMR
GUWAHATI
India’s largest trial covered 39 hospitals, over 400 patients
The Leader of the Opposi It also tells them to maintain a database of all workers moving out
tion in the Assam Assembly special correspondent
and senior Congress MLA, Damini Nath Central and State govern NEW DELHI
Debabrata Saikia, has gone NEW DELHI ments’ welfare schemes. Convalescent plasma (CP)
to court against hospitals The States and the Union Building and other construc therapy failed to benefi t CO
refusing to treat patients if Territories have been ad tion workers’ welfare boards VID19 patients, the largest
they do not produce CO vised by the Union Labour in the States should be “ad trial conducted across 39
VID19 negative report. and Employment Ministry to vised to incur the expendi hospitals in India and spear
The Gauhati High Court organise free COVID19 test ture on account of payment headed by the Indian Coun
has fi xed October 19 as the ing for migrant workers as of the premium for insu cil of Medical Research
date of hearing. well as to maintain a data rance schemes” for con (ICMR) found.
Mr. Saikia said in his pe base of all workers moving struction workers. The The trial spanning April
tition that many hospitals out of their States. States should make sure July enrolled 464 hospital
in Assam had been turning The Ministry on Tuesday there was no adverse impact ised patients with “moder
away critically ill patients released its guidelines to the on the education of the ate” COVID19 and adminis
and accident victims due to States “for the welfare of mi workers’ children. tered convalescent plasma —
nonproduction of CO grant workers returning to The guidelines come as antibodies derived from
VID19 certifi cate. This was destination States in the workers are returning to ci plasma fi ltered from the
despite a Union Health and backdrop of COVID19”. ties after having left in the blood of those who have re
Family Welfare Ministry The 18point advisory says Safety fi rst: Migrant workers undergoing temperature check wake of the lockdown imple covered from COVID19 — on
communication on April that the States and the UTs at a construction site in Chennai. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
* mented in March. some of them.
28 to all States and Union may nominate a Statelevel Chandan Kumar, national Last week, ICMR Director
Territories that anyone nodal offi cer as well as dis should not be put to any fi them before they leave for coordinator of the Working General Balram Bhargava
needing essential critical trict/block/tehsilwise nodal nancial burden on account their destination States. People’s Charter, which had said that the trial had
care should not be denied offi cers for migrant workers. of testing and any treatment/ “A proper database of mi works to highlight the con been completed and results Eager to help: People queuing up at a plasma donation
such services, he said. “The government(s) of the quarantine required to be grant workers is a prelimin cerns of the unorganised were expected soon. screening camp in Dharavi, Mumbai. VIVEK BENDRE *
State of origin and destina undertaken by them,” it ary step to identify and pro sector, said the guidelines The idea was that such an
tion State should ensure says. tect the vulnerable among seemed to be “ad hoc”. “I’m tibodies would neutralise re (patients know the nature of case of moderately ill CO
Kabir Kala screening and testing of mi
grant workers as per the pro ‘Give masks, sanitisers’
them,” the guidelines say.
The States of origin should
very sure that the States are
not prepared. Neither do the
plicating viruses and check
the growth of the infection.
treatment they are getting),
parallelarm, Phase 2, multi
VID19 patients. The initial
promise of the therapy had
Manch artist tocol devised by the Ministry
of Health and family Welfare
The States and the UTs were
asked to provide face masks,
collect the data and share
with the destination States.
States have the capacity nor
the human and fi nancial re
However, in the 235 pa
tients that received the plas
centre, randomised, con
trolled trial conducted in 39
led to a frantic rush in many
hospitals where patients
in NIA custody in respect of COVID19.
Further, the migrant worker
hand sanitisers and soaps to
the workers when screening
All migrant workers
should be enrolled in the
sources to implement the ad
visory,” he added.
ma along with the “best
standard of care” (called the
tertiary care hospitals across
India. Of these, 29 were
were asked to source, using
their own means, CP from
intervention arm) and the teaching public hospitals those who had recovered
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 229 patients that received and 10 were private hospi from COVID19.
Mumbai only the “standard of care” tals spread across 14 States The study’s authors said
The National Investigation (called the control arm), and Union Territories, and that the use of CP appeared
Agency (NIA) court on there was not a signifi cant representing 25 cities. to mitigate shortness of
Wednesday remanded diff erence in the proportion The results from the study breath and fatigue among
Punebased cultural group of those who did not pro mirror previous internation patients, and did corres
Kabir Kala Manch artist gress to severe illness over al fi ndings from CP that pond to a “higher negative
Jyoti Jagtap to NIA custody 28 days, nor did the trial failed to fi nd a measurable conversion of viral RNA”,
till September 11 in the Bhi save a signifi cant fraction of benefi t. but ultimately did not im
ma Koregaon violence patients from death. These fi ndings are sober prove outcomes over the pe
case. “Thirtyfour patients ing compared to claims by riod of evaluation.
Ms. Jagtap from Kondh (13.6%) died in the interven political parties of CP being “Use of CP as a treatment
wa was arrested on Sep tion arm and 31 (14.6%) in a lifesaver. Delhi Chief Minis modality for COVID19 has
tember 8 by the NIA and the control arm,” the report ter Arvind Kejriwal has said received authorisation for
was represented by advo noted. that plasma therapy was a off label use in India. This
cate Susan Abraham in “crucial” prong in Delhi’s authorisation has been pa
court on Wednesday. Spe No reduction in deaths fi ght against COVID19. U.S. ralleled by questionable
cial Public Prosecutor Pra “CP was not associated with President Donald Trump too practices such as calls for
kash Shetty appeared for reduction in mortality or had praised plasma therapy. donors on social media, and
the NIA and sought her re progression to severe CO The head of the United the sale of CP on the black
mand on the ground that VID19. This trial has high States’ medical regulator, market with exorbitant price
she was named in the origi generalisability and approxi the Food and Drug Adminis tags in India. CP is a safe the
nal FIR on January 8, 2018 mates reallife setting of CP tration, apologised for hyp rapeutic modality, plasma
and since then the police therapy in settings with li ing the benefi ts of CP after pheresis, plasma storage
had been searching for her. mited laboratory capacity,” the organisation approved and Nab (neutralising anti
Mr. Shetty told The Hin- the authors concluded. The the use of it as a treatment body) measurement are all
du, “She has received fi ndings were reported in under the emergency use resourceintensive process
training in arms in the for preprint repository MedR authorisation. es, with limited number of
ests by the absconding ac xiv, meaning that the report institutes in the country hav
cused, Milind Teltumbde. has not yet been peerre Frantic rush ing the capacity to under
All the accused are spread viewed in a medical journal. ICMR guidelines currently take these activities in a
ing Maoist ideologies and The PLACID trial, as it is leave it to medical practi qualityassured manner,”
activities in urban areas.” called, was an openlabel tioners to administer CP in the authors underscored.
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IndoPacifi c
trilateral
‘One in three high schoolers gets private coaching’ ‘4,442 cases against
dialogue held The fees make up for almost 20% of their total cost of education, says NSO report on education
elected representatives’
Special Correspondent Special Correspondent pend on coaching classes to per caste boys take coach Amicus curiae fi les report in SC
NEW DELHI NEW DELHI bridge the gap. ing, in comparison to just
With a focus on enhancing
cooperation in the Indo
One in fi ve students in India
supplements school educa
In the 75th round of the
National Sample Survey,
13.7% of rural boys and girls
from scheduled tribe
Legal Correspondent
NEW DELHI <
> In a large number
of cases, even
Pacifi c region, India, Aus tion with private coaching, conducted between June communities. A report submitted in the charges have not
tralia and France on Wed including almost one in 2017 and July 2018, house Such coaching comes at a Supreme Court has said been framed
nesday held the fi rst trilat three at the secondary holds were surveyed on con cost. The average annual ex there are a total 4,442 cases Supreme Court
eral dialogue where they school level or Classes 9 and sumption related to educa penditure on education for pending against legislators
discussed “economic and 10. tion. The fi nal report, which secondary school students is across the country.
geostrategic challenges Private coaching fees was published recently, ₹ 9,013, of which ₹ 4,078 goes Of this, the number of and obstruction of orders
and cooperation” in the re make up almost 20% of the shows that 19.8% of students towards regular school fees. cases against sitting Mem promulgated by public ser
gion, particularly in the total cost of education for at all levels — from preprim About ₹ 1,632, or just over bers of Parliament and vants.
context of the COVID19 those in secondary and high ary to graduate students — 18%, goes towards private members of State legisla “There are 413 cases in
pandemic and domestic er secondary school. In take some form of private coaching. In higher secon tures was 2,556. The cases respect of off ences, which
responses to it. some States, such as West coaching. Among Class 9 dary school, students spend were pending in various are punishable with impri
“The three countries al Bengal, students actually and 10 students, starting to more than ₹ 2,500, also special courts exclusively sonment for life, out of
so had an exchange on the spend more on private prepare for the crucial board about 18% of the total expen set up to try criminal cases which in 174 cases sitting
priorities, challenges and coaching than on their regu exams and admission tests, diture, on private coaching. registered against politi MPs/ MLAs are accused”,
trends in regional and glo lar school, according to the the COVID19 pandemic, students, with the Health Mi more than 30% do so. Some States in eastern In cians, it said. the court said.
bal multilateral institu National Statistical Organisa although many have been nistry issuing guidelines on Among these secondary dia seem to spend more on The report was fi led on The trial of 352 cases had
tions, including the best tion’s (NSO) latest report on conducting online coaching Tuesday. It remains to be school students, those from private coaching than the Tuesday by the apex court’s been stayed by High Courts
ways to strengthen and re education. classes instead. From Sep seen how many of these stu the cities and upper castes rest of the country. In West amicus curiae and senior and the apex court. A large
form multilateralism,” the Like regular schools, such tember 21, schools will be dents, who have now missed are able to access private Bengal, students at all levels advocate Vijay Hansaria, as number of cases were pend
Ministry of External Aff airs coaching and tuition classes partially reopened on a vo six months of classroom les coaching at far higher levels. spend an average of ₹ 3,769 sisted by advocate Sneha ing at the appearance stage
(MEA) said in a statement have also been closed during luntary basis for Class 9 to 12 sons, will continue to de More than 52% of urban up on private coaching. Kalita, after collating infor and even nonbailable war
here. mation received from High rants (NBWs) issued by
The three sides ex Courts about the cases courts have not been exe
pressed their shared will
“to successfully conclude
concrete cooperation pro
Defence exports increased 700% in 3 years: Rawat pending against legislators
in courts within their juris
diction.
cuted.
“In large number of cas
es, even charges have not
jects in the maritime sector been framed, including
and those promoting glo special correspondent nations for military require We are the only net importer been taken since 2014 to fence products. “Where Advocate’s petition those punishable with im
bal commons (climate, en NEW DELHI ments,” he said, talking of in the category and account boost exports, including feasible, defence exports The apex court had sought prisonment for life,” it said.
vironment and biodiversi In the past three years, the the huge defence imports, at for 9.2% of global arms im simplifi ed defence industrial can also be fi nanced through the amicus report on the ba Cases were pending in
ty, health),” France added. country witnessed a “stag a webinar by the Federation ports”, he noted. licensing, relaxation of ex the Exim Bank,” he sis of a petition fi eld by ad special courts in Andhra
French Defence Minister gering” 700% growth in de of Indian Chambers of Com With the aim to achieve a port control and grant of No observed. vocate Ashwini Upadhyay Pradesh, Karnataka, Mad
Florence Parly is visiting fence exports — from ₹ 1,521 merSce and Industry on ca manufacturing turnover of Objection Certifi cates, Gen. Defence attaches in In highlighting the criminalisa hya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
India on Thursday. crore in 201617 to ₹ 10,745 talysing defence exports, on $25 bn or ₹ 1,75,000 crore, in Rawat pointed out. dian missions were empo tion of politics. Telangana and West Bengal.
She will join Defence Mi crore in 201819, an alltime Wednesday. cluding exports of $5 bn in wered to promote defence The cases against the le Uttar Pradesh tops the
nister Rajnath Singh for the high and 19th in the list of de “India is the third largest aerospace and defence MEA move exports, which would also gislators include that of cor chart. There are1,217 pend
formal induction ceremo fence exporters in 2019, ac spender on defence around goods and services by 2025, Specifi c incentives were in strengthen defence diploma ruption, money laundering, ing cases against lawmak
ny of Rafale fi ghter jets into cording to Chief of Defence the world. It’s time to have a in August, the Defence Mi troduced under the foreign cy, he stated. damage to public property, ers, of which sitting legisla
the Indian Air Force at Am Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat. hard look at the distribution nistry issued a draft ‘Defence trade policy. The Ministry of Gen. Rawat acknowledged defamation and cheating. A tors are accused in 446 such
bala. She is also scheduled “We must move out of the of our budget expenditure. Production & Export Promo External Aff airs has facilitat that the current Indian mili large number of cases were matters. Of the 531 cases in
to meet National Security constant threat of sanctions We must carry out a realistic tion Policy 2020’. ed a Line of Credit for fo tary fl eet “comprises fair for violation of Section 188 Bihar, 256 are against sitting
Adviser Ajit Doval. of dependency on individual analysis of our expenditure. A series of measures had reign countries to import de share of vintage platforms”. IPC for wilful disobedience legislators.
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16 Terrible to ride off (4) The Supreme One not only created the world, but gave the
19 River meets quiet sea (4) world Sastras, which show how a jivatma can attain moksha.
21 Hide leak (7) The Lord is impartial and can be likened to a rain laden
24 Darker and more pretentious? Bill will block it (9) cloud. When the cloud gives rain, it is unconcerned about
25 As right measure (5)
who benefi ts. What we face in life is a result of our karma.
Ideally, the atma must be in control of the body. But we are
26 Fires enveloping some lovely car parts (5)
pulled by our desires, and let the body govern us. And we
27 A lead/head for animation (9) are caught in the ocean of samsara, said M.A. Venkatakrish
28 Ruin Pluto’s fl ower (8) nan in a discourse.
29 Joins World Organisation with better ties (6) It is said that samsara is full of horrors — samsara sagaram
■ DOWN ghoram. Samsara has all kinds of suff erings — ananta klesha
bhaajanam. We are like a man caught in a fl ooded river. So
1 Clip and a bow with dress (8)
meone passing by gives him a boat and oars, advising him to
2 Managed my old training without bias (8)
row his way to safety. But the man throws away the oars, for
3 Way to a rock (5) he is too lazy to exert himself. In such a case, he is doomed
5 Swore fool’s practiced (7) to drown. We are very much like this man. We do not follow
6 Praise wellbuilt gay prince (9) the Sastras, because we lack jnana to understand them. But
7 Colour of perfect place inside (6) it is said that we acquire jnana only if we study the Sastras.
8 Take back note with greeting to engineer (6) This is called anyonya asraya — a state of mutual depen
Solution to puzzle 13036 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku dence of two things.
9 Sweetheart! The ruler is not serious (6)
15 Reserve chambers in igloos? (9)
So, if the Sastras, meant to save us, are not taken as the
proper guide by us, then how else can the Lord save us?
17 Communist’s sharp warning (3,5)
■ ACROSS That is why He decided to take avataras. Pillai Lokacharya,
18 They prefer wide, open mouths with dimples having one small
1 Fall, for every one’s hard (6) in his Srivachana Bhushanam, says that in Sri Vaikuntha, the
indentation in the middle (8)
4 Player to grab and bring some record (8) place where nothing but joy prevails, the Lord is wor
20 Archbishop’s formal tea arrangement (7) shipped by nitya suris and muktatmas. And yet, He is not
10 No part of nutritious liquid or soup is leakproof (9)
21 Saint Mark is severe (6) happy, for His thoughts are with those on earth, who do not
11 Point of concern or theme (5)
12 Touched Zero° F? (5) 22 Area in this landing (6) know what they should do to attain moksha. Imagine a fath
13 Perfectly rig a ruler for cheating (9) 23 Headless dogs? They can be spotted in the sky (6) er who has some sons living with him, but his thoughts are
14 Travelling around with fi fty pounds in toll (7) 25 Perhaps Elizabeth’s band (5) always with the one son who lives far away. Likewise, the
Lord too worries about those caught up in samsara.
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12 SHOWCASE DELHI
Get a front
o o k e d , row view
C
a
se l e d , Tarun Tahiliani to present a collection
that refl ects 25 years of his journey in
fashion, live on Instagram
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo
At 8 pm, tonight, designer Tarun Tahiliani will pre
r e d
sent ‘Infi nite’, a collection that embodies his 25
deliv e
year journey in the world of fashion and touches
upon the theme ‘My Identity, My Pride’. The event
Hotels and will stream live on Instagram (@taruntahiliani;
restaurants are now @blenderspridefashiontour) and mark the 15th
off ering customised year of Blenders Pride Fashion Tour (BPFT).
In July, the designer unveiled the bridal collec
subscription meal tion ‘Pieces of You’ through an Insta live event. This
plans for people will be his second digital showcase. “This is the on
ly way to present during the pandemic,” says Tahi
under home liani, who is glad that everyone tuning into the
quarantine show will get a front seat view without clamouring
for invites.
The digital streaming of a fashion showcase, Ta
Nivedita Ganguly hiliani explains, makes it possible to engage view
ers with better
Subashini Reddy was at her wits’ focus on minute
end when a call from her parents detailing on the
in Chennai confi rmed her fears. garments.
They had tested positive for CO The show will
VID19 and were under home qua also explore the
rantine. Being in the UK, Subashini idea of ‘India
could do little to support them. Till modern’, refl ect
she found the quarantine meal op ing on where we
tion from Chennaibased Roo’s stand between
Food Concepts. In minutes, she embracing a mix
booked a weeklong meal package of old and new.
for her parents, customised to As the video
their needs. Hotels and restaurants plays in the back
across the country are now deli ground, models
vering quarantine meals, much to will walk the
the relief of those under home Healthy and convenient ramp presenting
quarantine. (Clockwise)A contactless quarantine 25 ensembles. To
meal placed outside the door; a food emphasise that
What’s cooking? delivery person on his way; staff of the clothes are
In June, Gayathri Nandakumar and Hotel Rockdale preparing the boxes; made to fl atter
Rahul Ravi, who run the subscrip lunch box of Roo’s Food Concepts real women, there will be a few women in their 40s
tionbased food service Roo’s Food * GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK, KR DEEPAK AND SPECIAL and a lady in her 70s on the ramp.
Concepts in Chennai, started re ARRANGEMENT Expect to see lightweight sari gowns, chikankari
ceiving a fl ood of queries for qua on pant suits, jewelled tights, tulle skirts and more.
rantine meals, a majority of those getarian or nonvegetarian curry It will be a nonbridal, womencentric collection.
were for 15day meal packages. depending on the package. “We
“We realised that there is a de have a team of four chefs who Celebrating India
mand for homecooked food. when they are down with an ill down Lunchbox. “I received a call tine. We also give an option to cus come up with a diff erent menu dai Elaborating on the theme ‘My Identity, My Pride’,
Good nutrition is crucial for ness. Keeping that in mind, we use in July from a friend, who along tomise food according to the re ly and have a dedicated staff to Tahiliani recalled growing up in South Bombay, stu
health, particularly in times when natural colouring elements like pu with her whole family tested posi quirements,” says Divya. package the food,” says Satish. dying in an anglicised environment and being
the immune system needs to fi ght dina, beetroot and turmeric to tive and wanted to subscribe to The kitchen at Visakhapatnam’s Active meals is what Hotel Mi drawn to all things ‘foreign’. After he became a de
back. So we decided to start our make dishes like a simple idli look meals for 10 days. That is when I Hotel Rockdale has been working nerva in Vijayawada likes to call signer, a friend gifted him a book on Indian weaves
quarantine meal packages,” says attractive,” says Gayathri. Roo’s started off ering the quarantine round the clock for the past three their quarantine food package. and crafts. He was fascinated and travelled to weav
Gayathri. Food Concepts now delivers an av meal options,” says Divya. weeks, ever since it rolled out its General manager E Nagesh says, er clusters, from Lucknow to Kutch and beyond,
While they off er breakfast, erage of 50 quarantine lunch and Oota Company has two kinds of quarantine meal services. “We are “Our food is low in carbohydrates looking at an India that he never knew existed. He
lunch and dinner, customers also 50 dinner orders at the doorsteps subscription options — fi ve or 10 delivering nearly 150 meals per and high in protein. We have relied has continued to employ craftspeople from diff e
have the option of subscribing to of customers every day. “We custo days. One can opt for lunch or din day,” says Satish Varanasi, the food on native ingredients like diff erent rent parts of the country and uses the craft tech
one meal per day for a 14day pe mise these quarantine meals as ner or both. The meal consists of a and beverages manager of the ho varieties of millets and seasonal niques for clothing that befi ts contemporary Indian
riod. Meals include Kerala rice, well,” she adds. vegetarian menu with a curry, a tel. Contactless delivery and a nu vegetables. With each meal we women.
millets, quinoa, caulifl ower rice, dry dish, homemade curd, rasam tritious menu are the highlights of provided rasam with either garlic, Moving on to discuss the state of fl ux in the fash
aviyal and zucchini roast. There Keeping it simple and rice, chapati or ragi mudde. these meals. munakkaya (drumstick) or pep ion and textiles sector during the pandemic, Tahi
are also nonvegetarian options In Bengaluru, Divya Prabhakar Packed and sealed in plastic boxes, The restaurant provides a com per,” he says. Nagesh adds, “We liani admits that it is mostly the brides and their im
with chicken, mutton and fi sh. and Vishal Shetty of Oota Compa the meal is home delivered bination of idli-vada, tomato rice, have also tied up with hospitals for mediate family that come to shop: “Fashion is not a
According to Gayathri, their ny are on their toes every morning through Dunzo. “We have received upma, ragi malt for breakfast, food delivery for patients and it priority at a time when 90,000 new COVID19 cases
quarantine breakfast option is catering to the 80odd quarantine a lot of orders from NRI clients while its lunch and dinner menus has worked well for us.” are being reported in a day. But, with all the time
popular with children. “Kids are meal orders pouring in from whose parents or relatives are in consist of phulka, steamed rice, (With inputs from Prabalika M for refl ection, I hope people make sustainable
known to be fussy eaters especially across the city. They call it Lock the city and under home quaran dal and curd rice along with a ve Borah) choices and buy clothes that last.”
Glitch
in the crowd?
Imagine a Sim having a better chance of
attending the football Premier League than you
do. We get into why CGI fans are a thing of the
present and, potentially, the future for sports
Divya Kala Bhavani clothing, and body language being Virtual cheers Some renders of
key ones — so that there is variety the CGI crowds used for La Liga
‘And the crowd goes wild!’ Well, in a given space. And with the ad and for Major League Baseball
not really. vent of Artifi cial Intelligence and *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Whether you were watching the development of algorithmic
this year’s Coppa Italia or even power, technologists are able to chance that crowds would not be
Major League Baseball, you may separate crowds according to allowed into stadiums in the fore
have noticed the fans in the stands loyalty, letting them ‘cheer’ for seeable future, we had to see how
were unusually animated — pun their teams or ‘heckle’ for the op this would aff ect our business and
Whistle podu, intended. Yes, 2020 has been the posing team, making for a more whether we could adapt any of
IPL is back year of CGI fans being the new
ticketholders for sport events you
immersive viewing experience for
the fans watching the event via a
our technology to help our cus
tomers during this time. When the
This weekend on Instagram, most defi nitely want to attend in screen. Virtual Fan overlay solution was
@thehindumetroplus, we celebrate the that tightlocked biobubble. No While baseball is not exactly on suggested and we realised that
gentleman’s game with some music on the side. more hilarious rival fan fi ghts in India’s sports radar as much as this would be a huge benefi t to the
the stadium for all the world to another certain batandball sporting world, we diverted all our
Saturday, September 12, 7.30 pm: He’s see; COVID19 has cleared out fes sport, broadcaster Fox Sports was GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Gudjonsson over email. resources to making it successful.
everywhere! Sid Sriram, who has been the most tival venues, stadiums, theatres one of the fi rst to scale out CGI Creating virtual crowds re This crisis has helped us to inno
Virtual advertising boards are a
soughtafter singer in recent times. In what and more areas where hundreds fans at Major League Baseball in quires specifi c rendering technol vate.”
thing of the future too, avers
promises to be a musical evening, Sid will take us would have communed to August; detailed avatars included Jonathan Roberts of Vizrt ogy, of course. Norwaybased Two major sporting events are
through his journey and how he balances the celebrate. families, couples, and college Global Sports. After all, sports Vizrt creates this very tech, mak ahead for us in September: foot
diff erent musical worlds that he inhabits. CGI fans are digitally rendered goers with beers and/or snacks in attracts a lot of business for ing it possible for sports players to ball championship Premier
people — yes, like Sims — which fi ll hand. But the faces were not sponsors of any scale. “These look a little less alone in a stadium. League and, of course, the Indian
Sunday, September 13, 6 pm: out a scale of space. Early forms of discernible. [virtual boards] replace the They have even held virtual inter Premier League. Premier League
What’s IPL 2020 going to be like? CGI crowd simulations have been physical advertising around the views by merging independent and Sky Sports are reportedly ex
Who has the best chance of winning used for crisis training and other Close to the real thing perimeter of stadiums and streams of individuals located in ploring the potential for CGI fans
it this time? To discuss these and crowdoriented demos by scientif Production houses and broadcas sports fi elds, delivering far separate countries to appear to be while IPL is unlikely to take on this
more, we are going to have former ic testing facilities with a fl ow ters are the gateway for making more fl exibility and enlarging in the same room having a conver additional measure. But other
based approach where the crowd CGI fans a thing of ‘reality’ for the the sales window to attract sation in a live, oneonone talk technologies are touted to be a
Indian wicketkeeper and cricket
is treated as a whole entity rather fans at home. Often enhancing more sponsors,” he says. show. part of games.
expert Deep Dasgupta AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
joining us live on our than individual CGI characters. sports experiences using Aug Recently in May, OZ Sports an
Instagram. But fi rst, take This concept of CGI crowds, mented Reality, Londonbased OZ Year of adaptation nounced OZ Arena, a way for peo
our IPL quiz on though, dates back to the 1980s in Sports is one of the champions for make the game more interesting, Jonathan Roberts, senior vice pre ple at home to include themselves
Saturday to relive the the form of behavioural techpowered sports. “The idea is and as close to reality as possible. sident of Vizrt Global Sports and in a sports event, through AR.
thrill of the years animation. to protect the integrity and expe These are times to explore and ex Virtual Advertising, says, “2020 While not exactly CGI, it does lev
past. The process sees animators rience of the game, by turning the periment, to make sports even for Vizrt’s Sports solutions has erage the same core technologies
rendering one anthrofi gure, then attention away from the empty more appealing and to bring it been the year of adaptation. (AI, visual eff ects, sound immer
duplicating them with custom stadium, and instead replacing it closer to the latest developments When it became clear to us in Fe sion) to help bring the fans ‘closer’
coded variables — hair colour, with appealing surroundings to in esports,” says CEO Gudjon bruary and March that there was a to the fun.
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bellulidae, the family to which clear, almost transparent, and Mostly seen before and after releasing a new album
this dragonfl y belongs, is the lar very broad at the base. The the monsoon season, the Wan called REANIMATOR
gest dragonfl y family in the front of the head varies between dering Glider is everywhere on September 11
world, represented by over yellow to red, with the thorax these days, in the morning and through a livestream
1,000 species spread right being yellow or golden with a evening. Certain insectivorous
globetrotter
concert where they
across the world. dark line running through it. (insecteating) birds like Beeea will play every new track, as well as some of their old numbers.
The Wandering Glider was With a nearly 360degree vi ters and Jacobin Cuckoos tend The band’s highenergy music with abundant sociopolitical
fi rst described in 1798 by Johan sion, the head is alleyes with to follow these swarms for a commentary has been given many labels, including math Rock
Christian Fabricius, a Danish two massive globular com feast, especially over fi elds, and art Rock, and has received critical acclaim over the years.
zoologist specialising in insects pound eyes, giving it extraordin where they swarm. They also Check out their work on Spotify and YouTube, and their website
and one of the most important ary vision. Human eyes exhibit are a delicate part of the food everythingeverything.co.uk for details about the livestream.
entomologists of the 18th
century.
The vision and mosquitoes a day, making it a
natural pest controller, giving
trichromatic vision where they
see colours as a combination of
web, where they feed on smaller
insects but are eaten by birds, li
This insecthelicoper looks aerial prowess of commercial mosquito repel red, blue and green, but dragon zards, and frogs.
delicate but is one of the most
skilled aerial ambush predators
the Wandering lents a run for their money.
With an increase in the use of in
fl ies far surpass that colour
spectrum of vision, studies
Considering their incredible
vision and aerial prowess, they
of the insect kingdom, inter Glider dragonfl y is secticides and pesticides, the across the world reveal. are an inspiration to several new
cepting its prey mostly in mid
air using its feet. To avoid the
an inspiration to population of dragonfl ies has ta
ken a hit, thereby making mos
Being the most widespread of
all dragonfl ies in the world, the
technologies like visual systems
and drones.
prey escaping, it’ll rip the wings drone makers and quitoinfestation a problem. Wandering Glider is omnipre
off mosquitoes, termites, beet other airborne Wandering Gliders grow up sent in all continents except for The writer is the founder of NINOX
Owl About Nature, a natureawareness
les, even butterfl ies and some to 4.55 cm in length and have a Antarctica and is sparse in Eu
times off other dragonfl ies, sug systems threesegmented body: head, rope. Considering its longmi initiative. He is the DelhiNCR reviewer
for Ebird, a Cornell University
gesting borderline cannibalism. thorax and abdomen, with their grating behaviour, monitoring is initiative, monitoring rare sightings of
A large adult dragonfl y is cap wingspan ranging between 7 cm diffi cult and thus their lifespan birds. He formerly led a programme of Blind Date
able of feeding on over 1,000 and 8.5 cm. Their wings are remains uncertain. In addition WWF India.
It is essentially your blind date with a comedy show. Chennai
based Evam Standup Tamasha’s comedy club South of Comedy
— or SOCO — is celebrating its fi rst anniversary this weekend
with a secret lineup. The club trusts its followers to have faith in
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Sri Lankan tea kicks up storm in Lebanon Kim calls for urgent steps
Tea donated for blast victims was distributed to families of presidential guards
Agence France-Presse
after typhoon ravages east
Lankan counterpart to thank sy, social media users have
Beirut
him for “a gift of Ceylon tea also been up in arms over Maysak destroyed houses, paralysed transport in N. Korea
Pope sports a mask in Lebanon's President Michel that had been received by the fate of 12 tonnes of fi sh
public for the fi rst time Aoun has come under fi re af the Army... and distributed that Mauritania sent in Associated Press
VATICAN CITY ter it emerged that tea donat to the families of soldiers in midAugust. SEOUL
Pope Francis was seen on ed by Sri Lanka for victims of the presidential guard”. North Korean leader Kim
Wednesday for the first time the Beirut blast was distri Social media erupted in Food aid Jongun called for urgent ef
wearing a face mask as he buted instead to families of criticism, with the hashtags After widespread calls to forts to rebuild thousands of
attended traditional general his presidential guards. “tea thief” and “Ceylon tea” know its whereabouts, the homes and other structures
audience. However, the Pope Critics see it as yet anoth trending on Twitter. Army said on Monday it had destroyed by a typhoon that
quickly removed the mask as er example of offi cial corrup “The tea was sent to the received the fi sh and “stored slammed the country’s east
he emerged from the car. tion in a country reeling Lebanese, particularly those it according to public safety ern region last week, state
While meeting the devotees, from the August 4 explosion aff ected by the explosion. Of standards”. media said on Wednesday.
the pontiff shunned his usual that killed more than 190 pe course it wasn't a present for It was talking to several as Mr. Kim during the Work
practice of shaking hands and ople, wounded thousands those who don't need it,” sociations preparing meals ers’ Party meeting on Tues
Michel Aoun Relief measures: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in
kissing babies. AFP and ravaged central Beirut. wrote Paula Yacoubian, a for those in need “to cook it day also said the damage Pyongyang on Tuesday. REUTERS *
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market watch
09-09-2020
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US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 73.55 ddddddddddddddd0.07
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‘Retail auto sales fall 27% in Aug.’ Bold action needed to revive
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 52,149 ddddddddddddddd0.31
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 39.99 ddddddddddddddd1.32 Overall demand not back to preCOVID19 levels as banks wary of funding: FADA economy, says industry
Special Correspondent He added that while the
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NEW DELHI rural market was already FICCI warns of quagmire of lowdemand, lowincome cycle
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.85. . . . . . . . -1.75 Retail automobile sales con showing revival signs, urban
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1979.05. . . . . . . 18.70 tinued to decline in August, centres, for the fi rst time, Special Correspondent tion was a matter of great
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.25. . . . . . -13.10 with overall sales witnessing had also showed initial signs NEW DELHI concern and clearly under
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910.15. . . . . . . . . 8.40
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6026.80. . . -207.45 26.8% contraction yearon of a demand pullback. Following a 23.9% contrac lined the need for a major
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3422.85. . . . . . -77.15 year to more than 11.88 lakh Overall demand is still not tion in GDP in the fi rst quar stimulus to energise and
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 504.25. . . . . . . . . 6.15 units, the Federation of Au back to preCOVID19 levels ter of FY21, industry has strengthen demand in the
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.95. . . . . . . . -6.15
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3738.30. . . . . . . . . 6.70 tomobile Dealers Associa as banks and NBFCs conti urged “bold and decisive” economy, said FICCI. In
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.55. . . . . . . 19.35 tions (FADA) said. nue to have a cautious ap action from the government June, only 25% of fi rms had
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.95. . . . . . . . -3.00 However, the pace of de proach towards funding, to stimulate demand for In reported that unlocking of
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 4429.45. . . . . . . 80.65
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. . . . 2176.95. . . . . . . 15.45 cline showed some improve which is negatively impact dia to return to a positive the economy had a positive
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 91.05. . . . . . . . -3.50 ment from the preceding Silver lining: Tractors continued to be the only segment with ing the CV segment. growth trajectory, the fi nd impact on their order books,
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.10. . . . . . . 10.00
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.95. . . . . . . . -3.95
month. Tractors continued a positive retail sales trend with a growth of 27.8%. V. RAJU
* Mr. Gulati said that while ings of a survey show. Sangita Reddy while in August, 44% report
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1760.75. . . . . . -16.55 to be the only segment show OEMs were dispatching vehi Conducted in August and ed an improvement post
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1096.50. . . . . . -15.95 ing a positive retail sales bled 57.4% to 26,536 units, ment saw a singledigit de cles to dealers with a pur covering 166 fi rms, the sur pecially when, in the fi rst opening up of the economy.
HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.70. . . . . . . . . 3.85
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2904.00. . . . . . . 40.80
trend with a growth of 27.8% while threewheeler sales cline after fi ve months, new pose of stockingup invento vey by FICCI and Dhruva Ad quarter, our GDP suff ered a Survey participants also
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.80. . . . . . . . . 2.55 to 67,406 units as against were down 69.5% to 16,857 ly elected FADA president ry for the upcoming festival visors said weak demand major blow,” said Sangita suggested measures on sup
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2132.25. . . . . . -10.00 52,744 units in the same units. In July 2020, the total Vinkesh Gulati said, “Cus season, retail sales were still continued to remain the key Reddy, president, FICCI. porting demand, including
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.60. . . . . . . . -8.10
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 604.60. . . . . . . . . 4.20
month of 2019. retail sales had fallen 36.3% tomers who were sitting on at 7075% levels despite the bottleneck as almost 68% “In the absence of a major additional cash transfers to
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 210.45. . . . . . . . -2.55 yearonyear to about 11.42 the fence, fi nally concluded low base of last year. have reported this as their fi scal push on the demand migrant workers, the poor
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927.75. . . . . . -11.55 PV sales lakh units — with PV sales their purchase during ongo “FADA advises extreme biggest challenge; 41% have side, we could end up being and farmers; temporary cut
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 80.55. . . . . . . . -2.20
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.80. . . . . . . . -4.35
While passenger vehicles down 25.2% to over 1.57 lakh ing festivals of Janmashtami caution to all OEMs and our said sales in August were less stuck in a quagmire of a low in GST rates; increase in go
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.85. . . . . . . . . 5.70 (PV) sales in August 2020 fell units, twowheeler sales and Ganesh Chaturthi. En dealer fraternity to avoid ex than 50% from a year earlier. demand and lowincome cy vernment procurement;
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1326.15. . . . . . -24.55 by 7.12% to over 1.78 lakh un down 37.5% to 8.74 units and trylevel PVs were in high de cessive inventory buildup Another 21%, reported sales cle. If we have to return to frontending infrastructure
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.50. . . . . . . . -7.20
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.90. . . . . . . . . 5.30
its, the twowheeler sales de CV sales down 72.2% to mand as personal mobility is thus leading to unmanagea between 50%75% of the Au the positive growth trajecto projects and part funding of
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7215.25. . . . . . . . -8.75 clined nearly 28.7% to about 19,292 units, according to FA being preferred with the cur ble interest cost which could gust 2019 fi gures. ry, the time for bold and de wages as had been done in
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 16312.50. . . . . 186.00 8.98 lakh units. Commercial DA’s data. rent pandemic showing no further result in dealership “Reviving the economy cisive action is now.” other nations to ensure em
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.40. . . . . . . . -0.25
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.70. . . . . . . . -1.75 vehicle (CV) retail sales tum Noting that the PV seg signs of reduction.” closures,” Mr. Gulati said. requires sustained eff ort, es The sharp GDP contrac ployment was sustained.
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 175.25. . . . . . . . . 0.35
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2161.35. . . . . . . 54.25
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.85. . . . . . . . -9.20
Shree Cement . . . . . . . .. 19401.50. . . . . . . 45.65
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 509.30. . . . . . . . . 7.40
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 140.10. . . . . . . . -2.20
Silver Lake to
invest ₹ 7,500 cr.
‘GDP contraction raising fl ags SC admits
appeal in
BPCL stake sale is ‘event
risk’, too little data: Fitch
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.40. . . . . . . 12.30
over lenders’ asset quality’
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2327.65. . . . . . -20.55
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 753.35. . . . . . . . . 1.10
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161.10. . . . . . . . -1.45
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 3835.60. . . . . . . 11.85
in RIL retail arm Ricoh matter
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.55. . . . . . . . . 7.55 ‘No light on bidders and valuation’
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.85. . . . . . . . . 0.30
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 221.55. . . . . . . . . 7.80
Special Correspondent Corporate loan risks, however, have declined, says Moody’s Legal Correspondent
Mumbai NEW DELHI Press Turst of India to the strong likelihood of
Silver Lake Partners, an Special Correspondent loans were impaired. With The Supreme Court on New Delhi government support,” it
American private equity MUMBAI exposures to most corpo Wednesday admitted an Fitch Ratings on Wednesday said.
EXCHANGE RATES fi rm specialising in large Asset quality risks for banks rates with weak fi nancial appeal fi led by investor said the potential privatisa “We continue to treat the
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit scale technology invest are rising amid the country’s health already recognised as Kalpraj Dharamshi and tion of BPCL was an “event potential divestment of
except yen at 4 p.m. on September 09
ment, is set to invest ₹ 7,500 economic contraction, even NPLs, currently performing Rekha Jhunjhunwala con risk” as there was little infor BPCL as an event risk, as
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 73.33. . . . . . . 73.65
crore in Reliance Retail Ven though risks from corporate loans are better placed to sortium against a National mation about bidders and there is little information
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 86.35. . . . . . . 86.73 tures Ltd. (RRVL), a subsidi loans have decreased from withstand stress,” he said. Company Law Appellate potential transaction about bidders, valuation,
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 94.96. . . . . . . 95.37 ary of Reliance Industries the previous credit cycle, “Lending in the past few Tribunal (NCLAT) decision structure. and the potential transac
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 69.13. . . . . . . 69.45
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10.71. . . . . . . 10.76
Ltd. (RIL), for a 1.75% stake. Moody’s Investors Service years has been concentrated setting aside their takeover The rating agency af tion structure, especially as
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 79.90. . . . . . . 80.25 This investment values said in a new report. among stronger [fi rms] amid bid for IT peripherals and fi rmed Bharat Petroleum BPCL owns assets across
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 53.55. . . . . . . 53.79 RRVL at a premoney equity said. “Nearterm stress at an overall slowdown in capi services fi rm, Ricoh India. Corporation Ltd’s (BPCL) many verticals and bidders
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 55.46. . . . . . . 55.70
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.56. . . . . . . 17.66
value of ₹ 4.21 lakh crore. ‘Not immune’ corporates is already visible tal expenditure, while banks Ordering that status quo longterm foreigncurrency may not be interested in all
Australian Dollar . . . . . . .. . 53.07. . . . . . . 53.30 It marks the second bil “Corporates will not be im in the very weak perfor have also become more con be maintained in the mat issuer default rating (IDR) at of them,” Fitch said.
Source:Indian Bank liondollar investment by mune [to risks] from the on mance in the quarter end servative”. “Job losses, de ter, a Bench of Justices S. ‘BBB’ The outlook is The deadline of Septem
Silver Lake in a Reliance In going economic contraction ing June 2020,” he added. clines in income and disrup Abdul Nazeer and B.R. Ga ‘negative’. ber 30 for the submission of
dustries arm after the $1.35 caused by the coronavirus “However, risks from cor tions to business will strain vai issued notice to Kotak “Fitch equalises BPCL’s expressions of interest has
billion (over ₹ 10,200 crore) outbreak,” Srikanth Vadla porate loans have de the fi nances of retail and Investment Advisors Limit rating with that of its largest been extended thrice since
IN BRIEF investment in Jio Platforms mani, vicepresident and se creased from 201219, when SME borrowers signifi cant ed, which has to respond shareholder, the India sove the initial announcement in
announced earlier this year. nior credit offi cer at Moody’s a large amount of corporate ly,” the report said. in four weeks. reign (BBB/Negative)... due November 2019.
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NEW YORK the 27th seed to become the KOLKATA
to set aside a 2019 Court of take down Borna Coric 16, 7 63, 62 victory over Kazakh booked an Olympic quota
Arbitration (CAS) ruling that 6(5), 76(1), 63 earlier on stan’s Yulia Putintseva. place in the 69kg category, few months of 2021 before
female athletes with high Tuesday. will travel to the USA later returning to the amateur
natural testosterone levels The oldest of the men’s THE RESULTS this week along with coach fold.
must take medication to quarterfi nalists at 29, the Quarterfinals: Men: 20-Pablo
Ron Simms. They will train
reduce it. REUTERS Spaniard had looked down Carreno Busta (Esp) bt 12-Denis at Alexandria Boxing Club in Experience
and out when his Canadian Shapovalov (Can) 3-6, 7-6(7/5), Virginia till November 30. Boxing Federation of India’s
Heat ousts Bucks to opponent served him a bagel 7-6(4), 0-6, 6-3; 5-Alexander Vikas, who is a part of the high performance director
make Eastern Conf. fi nal in the fourth set. However, Zverev (Ger) bt 27-Borna Coric Target Olympic Podium Santiago Nieva, who ‘recom
ORLANDO after getting some treatment (Cro) 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(1), 6-3. Scheme (TOPS), has been mended’ Vikas’ training in
Miami Heat punched its ticket to his lower back, the 2017 Women: 28-Jennifer Brady approved a fi nancial assis the USA, said: “It will be a
to the NBA Eastern semfi nalist Carreno Busta (USA) bt 23-Yulia Putintseva tance of ₹ 17.5 lakh for the vi very good experience for Vi
Conference finals, with a 4-1 fought back gamely to seal (Kaz) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Naomi Osaka sit, said a statement from kas. He has been in the Na
series win, after beating the deciding set in a match (Jpn) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) the SAI on Wednesday. tional team for so many
top-seeded Milwaukee 103- that went past 1 a.m. here. 6-3, 6-4. In an earlier interaction years and it is a good time
94 on Tuesday. with The Hindu, Simms — for him to go and do a little
The results (semifinals): EC: who is employed with the bit diff erent.
Miami Heat 103 bt Milwaukee
Bucks 94 (Middleton 23).
Heat win 4-1. WC: LA Lakers
Ganguly in Dubai to Yuvraj to Australia manages to Inspire Institute of Sport
(IIS) that also supports the
“After he comes back, we
will focus on the camps and
112 (James 36, Davis 26) bt come out of boxer —had said that Vikas diff erent tournaments for
Houston Rockets 102 (Harden
33, Westbrook 30). Lakers
oversee preparations retirement win fi nal T20I planned to fi ght some pro
fessional bouts in the fi rst
the Olympicstyle boxing
ahead of the Tokyo Games.”
2-1. AFP
Mitchell Marsh (39 n.o.)
IPL 2020 AUS IN ENG
Kevin De Bruyne named plundered 13 off paceman
France reprises WC
Press Trust of India
PFA Player of the Year Press Trust of India NEW DELHI Reuters Mark Wood’s fi nal over to
LONDON Dubai Former India allrounder SOUTHAMPTON ease Australian nerves and
Kevin De Bruyne has become
the first Manchester City
player to capture the
BCCI president Sourav Gan
guly landed here on Wed
Yuvraj Singh has decided
to come out of retirement,
Australia avoided a series
whitewash as it survived a
put it fi rmly back in the driv
ing seat. In the end it was win over Croatia
nesday to oversee prepara giving in to a request from midinnings wobble to beat reasonably comfortable for
Professional Footballers’ tions for a biosecure IPL Puneet Bali, the Punjab England by fi ve wickets in Australia with Marsh strik male player to score 100 in
Association award for Player beginning on September 19 Cricket Association secre the third T20 International, ing the winning single off
NATIONS LEAGUE ternational goals as Portugal
of the Year. AP with a match between de tary, more than a year after and regain the topranking, Chris Jordan. Reuters outclassed Sweden 20.
fending champion Mumbai he called it quits. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Jason Roy has PARIS Important results:
Tour de France: Ewan League A: Group 2: Denmark 0
Indians and Chennai Super Yuvraj has agreed to res Having restricted En been added to England’s France earned a rollercoas
posts an exciting win drew with England 0, Belgium
POITIERS (FRANCE)
Kings ume at least in the T20 for gland to 145 for six, Australia squad for the ODI series ter 42 home win over Croa
“My fi rst fl ight in 6 Sourav Ganguly. FILE PHOTO mat. “I was done with appeared to be cruising as it tia in a toptier Nations 5 (Witsel 13, Batshuayi 17, 69,
Australian Caleb Ewan
*
starting on Friday. Mertens 50, Doku 80) bt Ice-
claimed his second victory in months to Dubai for IPL... domestic cricket But I also reached 70 for one off seven The scores: England 145/6 in League A Group 3 match on
land 1 (Fridjonsson 11).
this year’s Tour de France crazy life changes,” Ganguly Operating Procedure while couldn’t ignore Mr. Bali’s overs before spinner Adil 20 overs (Jonny Bairstow 55, Tuesday with a carbon copy
Group 3: Sweden 0 lost to Por-
when he prevailed in a posted on his Instagram fl ying amid the pandemic. request,” Yuvraj was quot Rashid slammed the brakes Adam Zampa 2/34) lost to Aus- result of their memorable tugal 2 (Ronaldo 45+1,72),
tightly-contested sprint to handle ahead of his depar He will be in quarantine ed as saying by Cricbuzz. with three strikes. tralia 146/5 in 19.3 overs 2018 World Cup fi nal clash. France 4 (Griezmann 43, Liva-
win the 11th stage, a 167.5-km ture with a picture of him for the next six days and is Bali told PTI that Yuvraj But England’s fi elding (Mitchell Marsh 39 n.o., Aaron Ronaldo rattled home a kovic 45+1-og, Upamecano 65,
ride from Chatelaillon-Plage wearing a mask and face expected to be in the UAE has written to BCCI in this was ragged and it spilled Finch 39, Adil Rashid 3/21). superb fi rsthalf free kick to Giroud 77-pen) bt Croatia 2
on Wednesday. REUTERS shield, part of the Standard till September 23. regard. several catches before England wins series 2-1. become only the second (Lovren 17, Brekalo 55).
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