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SC to study anti-conversion No progress
in talks with
Anganwadi worker
farmers: SC dies after alleged
laws of Uttarakhand and U.P. legal correspondent
NEW DELHI gang-rape in U.P.
Leads point to a
Bench, however, does not stay implementation of legislation passed by States The Supreme Court on
Wednesday pointed out
conspiracy, says DGP
TIRUPATI
Krishnadas Rajagopal that there had been no Priest, two aides among the accused
NEW DELHI breakthrough in the im
The leads obtained so far by special correspondent
the police probing the
The Supreme Court on Wed passe between the Union
Ghaziabad
desecration of Lord Rama’s nesday agreed to examine government and thou
idol at Ramateertham in the constitutional validity of sands of protesting farmers A 50yearold anganwadi
Vizianagaram district point to laws enacted by States, such demanding the repeal of worker died after she was
a conspiracy, Director as Uttar Pradesh and Utta three controversial laws gangraped, allegedly by a
General of Police D. Gautam rakhand, that criminalise re and the provision of legal priest and his two aides, in a
Sawang has said. ligious conversion via mar backing for the minimum village in Ughaiti area of Bu
ANDHRA PRADESH A PAGE 6 riage and mandate prior support price (MSP). daun, Uttar Pradesh, on
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD offi cial clearance before “The situation has no Sunday night. However, an
marrying into another faith. improvement at all,” Chief FIR was registered only on
Three deaths, 289 new A Bench led by Chief Jus Justice of India Sharad A. Tuesday after a postmor
COVID cases in State tice of India Sharad A. Bobde addressed Attorney tem confi rmed severe inju
VIJAYAWADA Bobde, however, did not stay General K.K. Venugopal ries to her private parts.
The State reported three the implementation of the and Solicitor General Tush Two of the accused have District Magistrate Kumar
COVID-19 deaths and 289 Prohibition of Unlawful Con ar Mehta during a virtual been arrested, but the main Prashant visiting Budaun
new infections in the 24- version of Religion Ordi court hearing. accused is absconding. The on Wednesday. PTI *
hours ending Wednesday nance, 2020 and the Uttarak “Those who are found fundamental rights of digni by advocates Sanjeev Malho Mr. Venugopal, howev Station House Offi cer of
morning, taking the toll to
hand Freedom of Religion guilty under these laws stare ty and liberty enshrined un tra and Pradeep Kumar Ya er, on a positive note, said: Ughaiti has been suspended He alleged that the priest
7,125 and tally to 8,83,876.
Act, 2018, despite fervent at a 10year prison sentence. der Article 21. They had been dav, said the laws were “There are chances that by the Senior Superinten Satya Narayan, 45, and his
The death rate remained at
pleas by petitioners that The off ences are nonbaila enacted despite a series of against public policy and so the parties may come to dent of Police, Budaun, for aides, Jaspal and Vedram,
0.81% and the recovery rate
increased to 98.87% with
“rampaging mobs are lifting ble. We are getting reports judgments by the Supreme ciety at large. some understanding.” “insensitivity” and “delay were lying as they didn’t
total recoveries of 8,73,855. off people in the middle of that people are being picked Court, including in the Hadi Both he and Mr. Mehta ing the due process”. take her to hospital. “We ap
wedding ceremonies,” bu up in the middle of weddings ya case, that right to marry a Grave injustice: petition said that for this reason the proached the police as we
ANDHRA PRADESH A PAGE 6
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD oyed by the enactment of the on suspicion of religious con person of one’s choice was “These laws will create fear government did not want, ‘Police didn’t help’ felt somebody had raped
laws. version,” he said. part of an adult’s privacy. in society and become a po for now, to fi le a counteraf The woman’s son told re her but the police didn’t
State gets 12,000 tmcft However, the Bench, “Under the laws, a person tent tool in the hands of bad fi davit in the court to peti porters that she used to go help,” he said. The woman’s
of water after 30 years ‘Horrifying move’ which asked the petitioners marrying into another faith elements to falsely implicate tions regarding the laws to the village temple which, husband said he requested
ANANTAPUR “What we have here is multi to go to the respective State should give a month’s prior anyone. A grave injustice will and the farmers’ protest. according to locals, is more the priest to take her to hos
Thanks to the copious rainfall ple States like Uttar Pradesh High Courts with their chal notice to the authorities. be done by the ordinances... Mr. Mehta submitted, like an ashram. “On Sunday, pital as she was still alive but
all over Andhra Pradesh, the and Madhya Pradesh enact lenge, did not stay the imple There will be an inquiry. The They will create a chaotic sit “Our counter is ready. But she went to her mother’s they refused and ran away.
cumulative amount of water ing these laws which are ab mentation of the laws. provisions are oppressive,” uation,” it said. there are healthy discus place and while returning, The soninlaw of the vic
received by the State solutely horrifying. They re “This is the problem. We he argued. A series of Supreme Court sions going on. So we have followed her routine prac tim told The Hindu that his
touched the 12,000-tmcft
quire prior permission to have already issued notice. verdicts underline that the not fi led it [in the Supreme tice. Around 11.30 p.m., the fatherinlaw was “slightly
mark on Wednesday. The
marry,” senior advocate C.U. You have come here under Hearing soon choice of a life partner, Court].” priest and his two aides mentally unstable” and his
landmark quantum of water
Singh submitted. Article 32 of the Constitu The court fi xed a hearing in whether by marriage or out Several rounds of talks dropped her home in a car motherinlaw was the sole
received in 2020-21 in
Andhra Pradesh in a single
Mr. Singh argued that the tion...” Chief Justice Bobde four weeks. side it, was part of an indivi between the government and left. They said she had bread earner in the family of
water year was after a gap of burden of proof was on said and resisted the plea for The petition fi led by advo dual’s “personhood and and farmer leaders have fallen into the dry well on fi ve children, two of whom
30 years. those who married to show stay. cates Vishal Thakre and A.S. identity”. been inconclusive so far. the ashram premises. She were married.
ANDHRA PRADESH A PAGE 7
they were not doing so to get Mr. Singh said the laws Yadav and researcher Pran was bleeding profusely and
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DGP: IGNITE is
aimed at Temples that were razed during Public urged to donate for
promoting
professionalism pushkarams to be rebuilt soon Ram temple in Ayodhya
STAFF REPORTER Jagan to lay foundation stone for nine temples tomorrow ‘Dream of every Indian to see a shrine in the Lord’s birthplace’
TIRUPATI
EDUCATIONAL
Temple attacks: BJP to Farmer’s son tops
draw Centre’s attention State in CAT2020
‘Why was Somu Veerraju prevented
from visiting Ramateertham temple?’ He also secured fi rst rank in ICET MOVIE LAND
Special Correspondent of Kautilya Institute have
TIRUPATI secured top scores out of
Several students of Tiru the two lakhplus candi
pati have excelled in the dates in the country who
CAT2020, the results of had appeared for the test.
which were announced T. Kiran Kumar Reddy, al
recently by IIM Indore. so from SVUCE, bagged
Dharuri Phanith, stu the second highest score
dying fi nal year B.Tech of 99.51 percentile.
(CSE) at SVU College of
Engineering (SVUCE), se ‘Major breakthrough’
cured the fi rst rank in the “This is a major break MOVIE LAND
State with 99.85 percen through for SVUCE after
tile points. Son of a farm Laxman Rao, who com
er at Gangapuram village pleted B.Tech in late se
in Kalakada mandal of venties, joined IIM to be
Chittoor district, he shot come a leading
BJP activists decry arrest of party leaders and raise slogans to fame earlier too by businessman in Hydera
against the government in Ongole. KOMMURI SRINIVAS *
bagging the fi rst rank in bad,” said Suresh Perugu,
ICET 2020. who represents the Hyde
Special Correspondent tention of the Centre against “I have been aiming to rabad chapter of SVUCE
ONGOLE the inept YSR Congress Party pursue MBA at IIM Ahme Alumni Association.
Activists of the Bharatiya Jana government and seek its in dabad, Bangalore or Cal Similarly, T. Rithvik Sai
ta Party staged a demonstra tervention, BJP State unit offi cutta. This achievement (Mech) and T.S.S. Chan
tion in front of the Prakasam cial spokesman Samanchi Sri is certainly a morale dan (Civil), both from In
Bhavan here on Wednesday nivas said while addressing booster,” says Phanith, dian Institute of Technol
demanding proactive steps to the protesters. who nurses an ambition ogy Tirupati (IITT), came
stop unabated attacks on BJP Minorities wing State to launch a startup and third and fourth with
places of worship in the State. president Khalifatullah Basha create job opportunities 98.23 and 96.8 percentile
The activists, led by BJP said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan for the youth. points respectively. “This PERSONAL
Ongole Lok Sabha unit presi Mohan Reddy should imme Thrilled at the recent is the sixth time that our
dent S. Srinivas, came in a big diately facilitate the visit of interaction of Prime Mi student has secured the CHANGE OF NAME
procession to the Church BJP leaders to Ramatheertam nister Narendra Modi State fi rst rank in the last
centre raising slogans against on a factfi nding mission. with students of IIM Sam six years”, says N. Srid
the “undemocratic” arrest of While YSRCP leader Vijaya balpur (Odisha) through har, Director of Kautilya
BJP leaders led by party State Sai Reddy and TDP president videoconference, he is CL.
president Somu Veerraju N.Chandrababu Naidu were also keen to turn chal Mr. Sridhar declines to
while proceeding to Rama allowed to go to Ramatheer lenges into opportuni call CAT a ‘diffi cult test’,
teertham, where Ram idol in tham, why was Mr. Somu ties. but rather, a ‘diff erent
Kodandarama temple was de Veerraju prevented from go Along with Mr. Pha test’ requiring diff erent
secrated. ing there, he asked. nith, over fi fteen students skill sets.
The BJP would draw the at
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Timings
VISAKHAPATNAM
THURSDAY, JAN. 07
RISE 06:29 SET 17:37
GVMC tops citizen feedback Bauxite mining will not be
RISE
FRIDAY, JAN. 08
RISE
00:24
06:30
SET 12:32
SET 17:38
in Swachh Survekshan 2021 allowed in Agency: Minister
RISE 01:22 SET 13:16
SATURDAY, JAN. 09
RISE 06:30 SET 17:39
Civic body aims to better its lacklustre performance of last year ‘Houses will be built for 26,000 poor benefi ciaries in 750 acres’
RISE 02:22 SET 14:02
Staff Reporter
VISAKHAPATNAM
Special Correspondent are being provided at a cost
VISAKHAPATNAM of ₹ 70 crore in Paderu con
The Greater Visakhapatnam Keeping the environmental stituency.
Municipal Corporation concerns in mind, bauxite Roads were being con
(GVMC) is leading in the Citi mining will not be allowed in structed at an outlay of ₹ 550
zen Feedback category for Visakha Agency, Tourism Mi crore in the remote areas af
the ongoing Swachh Sur nister Muttamsetti Srinivasa fected by the Left Wing
vekshan Survey2021. Rao has said, adding that GO Extremism.
The civic body has topped No. 97 that was issued to the “A view point will be set
in the category by a huge ban on it would be followed up on the Paderu Ghat Road
margin, overtaking Indore in letter and spirit. and tourist amenities will be
by collecting the most feed Speaking at the house pat developed at Tajangi and
back in the 10 lakhabove ta distribution programme Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao handing over Vanjangi villages. Welfare
population category, as on at Nadimveedhi village in house site pattas to benefi ciaries in Paderu mandal on schemes are being imple
January 5. The civic body has topped by a huge margin, overtaking Paderu mandal on Wednes Wednesday. mented in the Agency areas
According to GVMC offi Indore by collecting the maximum feedback on the city’s day, the Minister said that in at an estimated cost of ₹ 125
cials, as of January 5, 6.30 cleanliness in the 10 lakhabove population category. the event of bifurcation of mate of the tribal areas up at an estimated cost of crore,” said Mr. Srinivasa
p.m., 15,427 people had gi districts, the Visakha Agency would be a major attraction. ₹ 500 crore at Paderu, he Rao.
ven their feedback for Visak have been conducting the number of people giving would be carved into a new He announced that houses said. Presiding over the meet
IN BRIEF hapatnam city, while Indore awareness on Citizen Feed feedback, the category also district and named as A.S.R. would be constructed for The Minister explained ing, Paderu MLA K. Bhagya
stood in second place with back. Every morning, the includes the number of ac Mallu Dora district, after the 26,000 poor benefi ciaries in that he would take the pro lakshmi said that the Chief
4,378 people giving feed GVMC is taking up pro tive users of the Swachhata legendary freedom fi ghter, 750 acres of land at an esti blems being faced by the Minister had seen the pro
back, followed by South Del grammes in wards over the app. who had fought along Alluri mated cost of ₹ 46 crore. ‘COVID warriors’ to the not blems of women in the tribal
hi with 4,337. Among the 1 ongoing survey,” said Mr. GVMC has not lived up to Sitharamaraju. ice of Chief Minister Y.S. Ja areas during his pada yatra
10 lakh population category, Sastry. expectations in the Citizen The Minister said that the Medical college gan Mohan Reddy. Roads and was striving for their
Kurnool and Tirupati too are Citizen Feedback will be Feedback category in the scenic beauty and cool cli A medical college is being set and drinking water facilities empowerment.
leading with 8,135 and 3,659 held from January 1 to March previous survey, when it
people giving feedback 31. It constitutes 1,800 stood 9th in the country. The
Muralikrishna nominated
as OSBA board member
respectively.
GVMC’s Chief Medical and
marks out of the total 6,000
mark in the survey. Citizens
civic body aims to improve
its performance in Citizen Images of Nurses gherao Minister Civic chief
Former international Offi cer for Health K.S.L.G. will be asked a couple of Feedback as well as active
‘broken’ idol inspects smart
badminton player and coach
Muralikrishna has been
Sastry said that on January 1,
the feedback was low, but
questions including cleanli
ness in community, com
users in Swachhata app this
year.
create fl utter over unpaid salaries city works
nominated as a board since January 2, the city has mercial places and toilets. The fi nal ratings will be
member of the development been receiving good feed The feedback also questions updated until the fi nal day. Demand continuation of services
committee of Odisha State back. how well the citizen is aware Teams from the Centre are Staff Reporter Staff Reporter
Badminton Association. Mr. “With the help of ward se of the ongoing survey and likely to visit the city in VISAKHAPATNAM Special Correspondent acute demand for nurses in VISAKHAPATNAM
Muralikrishna has a long cretaries and volunteers, we previous survey. Apart from March or even before. Images showing an idol of VISAKHAPATNAM view of the pandemic Greater Visakhapatnam
association with the Odisha Lord Ganesha with its Tourism Minister Muttam situation. Municipal Corporation
State Badminton Association, hands missing, from a tem setti Srinivasa Rao’s car was It may be recalled that (GVMC) Commissioner G.
as he had held many coaching
camps in different parts of
the State. Mr. Muralikrishna
IT fi rm plans SrikakulamSecunderabad ple at Etigairampeta in Go
lugonda mandal of Visak
stopped by nurses, who
were recruited for COVID19
500 young nurses, in the
age group of 20 to 23 years,
Srijana on Wednesday has
asked contractors to com
who was on the panel of to add 10,000 hapatnam district, created duty, at Chintalaveedhi in were recruited by the State plete the pending works of
coaches for the London
Olympics Indian Team, is now jobs in 3 years
Sankranti special train a fl utter as they went viral
on social media on
the Agency area of the dis
trict when he went there to
government for Visakhapat
nam district when the CO
renovation of Town Hall
and Old Municipal Hall by
Chief Coach and Managing Wednesday. distribute house site pattas VID19 pandemic was at its January 25.
Partner of citybased Laqshya
Special Correspondent laguda and Nalgonda This Police swung into action to the poor in Paderu man peak, and sent to serve CO The Commissioner in
Badminton Academy.
Special Correspondent VISAKHAPATNAM train will have one 2 nd AC after the pictures went vi dal on Wednesday. VID19 patients. spected various works be
VISAKHAPATNAM A festival special train will coach, two 3rdAC coaches, ral, with Superintendent of Demanding continuation They were recruited in ing taken up as part of
Awards for GITAM Mouri Tech, a global IT so be run from Srikakulam eleven Sleeper class coach Police B. Krishna Rao per of their services, the nurses August on a consolidated Smart City initiative by the
faculty, student lutions provider, an Road to Secunderabad to es, four Second Class and sonally visiting the spot also sought payment of sal pay of ₹ 24,000 and were GVMC in the city, here on
GITAM Deemed to be nounced on Wednesday clear the extra rush of pas two Second ClasscumLug and investigating the issue. aries three months salaries. terminated without notice Wednesday.
University Assistant Professor that it would create 10,000 sengers during Sankranti. gage coaches. “The hands of the idol A tense situation prevailed on November 27, on the plea She also visited the Vi
in the Department of new jobs in the next three Train 07026 Secundera The VisakhapatnamKi might have fallen off due to for some time when securi that COVID19 cases had fal sakhapatnam Metropolitan
Electronics and years, of which 2,000 jobs badSrikakulam Road festiv randulVisakhapatnam spe natural wear and tear with ty personnel stopped them len drastically. Region Development Auth
Communication Engineering will be created this year. al special train will leave Se cial express train will be passage of time. The hands from meeting the Minister. The nurses alleged that ority (VMRDA) Park at
Md. Khwaja Muniuddin Chisti The tech company is cunderabad at 7 p.m. on short terminated/short orig were stored in a cupboard The nurses relented after they were not paid their sal Beach Road, which is un
has received the State’s best planning to hire expe January 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 inated at Jagdalpur for a on the temple premises. A the Minister assured them aries properly though they dergoing renovation. She
NSS Programme Officer rienced professionals as and 16 and reach Duvvada week from January 7 to 13 in new priest had joined the that he would look into their risked their lives to treat CO asked offi cials to complete
award from AP Higher well as fresh graduates on the next day at 5.30 a.m., view of restoration activities temple six months ago and demand. VID patients. Though the the skating ring works
Education Department NSS
through exhaustive cam and depart at 5.32 a.m. to at Dilimili station, where a only on Wednesday did he Later, addressing a meet nurses were told prior to within a week and also sug
Cell for the year 201920.
pus drives and job fairs and reach Srikakulam Road at goods train had derailed on see the hands in the cup ing, the Minister announced their recruitment that it was gested to arrange play
Engineering final year
expand its footprint in 8.30 a.m. January 4. board after opening it for that he would take the nurs being done on a ‘contract equipment for children at
student P. Bhavesh Kumar
Jain received the State’s best
TierII cities. In the return direction, Similarly, in the return di the fi rst time,” Mr. Krishna es’ demand to the notice of basis’, they were hopeful of the designated places. Su
NSS volunteer award. GITAM Headquartered in Hyde 07025 Srikakulam RoadSe rection, train 08513 Kiran Rao said. the Chief Minister. The nurs their services being regular perintendent Engineer,
ViceChancellor Prof. K. rabad, the company plans cunderabad festival special dulVisakhapatnam special “On seeing them, he was es were recruited on a ‘tem ised as there were vacancies Smart City works, Vinay
Sivaramakrishna, Registrar to open new campuses in train will leave Srikakulam express will start from Jag perplexed and told a few porary’ basis in view of an at various PHCs and CHCs. Kumar was present.
Prof. D. Gunasekharan, NSS two cities in North India to Road at 3.30 p.m. on Janu dalpur instead of Kirandul devotees about this. Some
Coordinator Dr. Srinivas attract a panIndian ary 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and from January 8 to 14, accord youths who were present
appreciated the awardees. workforce. 17 to reach Duvvada at 6.25 ing to Senior Divisional there took pictures and vi
New jobs are getting p.m. and leave at 6.27 p.m. Commercial Manager A.K. deos and circulated them
0 created in the latest tech
nology stack such as Data
and will reach Secundera
bad on the next day at 6.55
Tripathi. Hence there will
be no service of these trains
among their friends with
the intention of creating a
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REMEMBRANCE
DEATH
REMEMBRANCE
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Leads point to a conspiracy, says DGP Amma Vodi benefi ts for
‘The police, in association with the CID, are probing all angles in the Ramateertham case’
Rajulapudi Srinivas
sanitary workers likely
<
> Activists of various
‘Leaders who made hate
TIRUPATI
organisations and
The leads obtained so far by political parties can Scheme being implemented in a transparent way: Suresh
the police probing the dese
cration of Lord Rama’s idol
at Ramateertham in Vizia
stage a protest in a
peaceful manner speeches will be booked’ Special Correspondent
VIJAYAWADA
and programmes had alrea
dy started yielding the de
nagaram district point to a
without causing any Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mo sired result.
conspiracy, Director General inconvenience to the Police will take legal opinion after han Reddy will launch the Attracted by these welfare
of Police (DGP) D. Gautam people. The police examining video footages: Sawang second phase of the Amma initiatives, the government
Sawang has said. will not keep quiet if Vodi programme in Nellore run schools across the State
“We have observed a pat they disturb peace at stAFF rEPORTER Expressing concern on January 11, Education Mi had witnessed three lakh ad
tern, or a similarity with oth the temples TIRUPATI over the allegations nister A. Suresh has said. ditional admissions this aca
er such incidents. The pol D. Gautam Sawang DGP D. Gautam Sawang levelled against him and Speaking after the launch demic year.
ice, in association with the Director General of Police has said the police are some offi cers by some of three new diploma cours The idea was to demon
Crime Investigation Depart planning to register political leaders, he said es by Kakaraparti Bavana strate to the people that the
ment (CID), are investigating raising many doubts,” he ad time to time,” Mr. Sawang cases against those who it was very unfortunate rayana College here on Wed The number of benefi ciaries Staterun schools could be
the case in all angles,” Mr. Sa ded. said. make hate speeches and that he was being nesday, Mr. Suresh said that under the scheme has equally good, or even better
wang told The Hindu here on “The police are investigat Asked whether there was are trying to create targeted personally. the Amma Vodi programme increased this year, says than the educational institu
Wednesday. ing whether the suspects any political conspiracy, or communal disharmony. “I am an IPS offi cer was being implemented in Education Minister tions in the private sector,
have any connection with whether any party was be He said the statements allotted to AP Cadre by schools in a most transpa Adimulapu Suresh. and people had started see
‘Suspects being other such incidents, wheth hind the attacks, the DGP of some leaders were the Government of India. rent way without leaving any ing the point, he said.
questioned’ er they spoke with the ac said, “The police are verify “very provocative” and I served for 34 years in scope for corruption at any position parties, the Minis He said out of the ₹ 15,000
“We are questioning a few cused in similar incidents, ing the call data of the sus were trying to create A.P. and am still striving level. ter asserted that there was deposited in the bank ac
suspects in the case. The the role of local residents, pects picked up in the cas insecurity and panic for the development of Informing that the num no truth in them, and said counts of the mothers who
miscreants have not targeted whether they have any polit es.” among a section of the the State. It is not right to ber of benefi ciaries under anybody could directly ap sent their children to school
the main temple at Rama ical background, or whether people. comment on my nativity the scheme had increased proach him to report any under the Amma Vodi,
teertham, which has about any organised gang is operat Warning “We are observing the and about my family. this year, Mr. Suresh said ef irregularity. ₹ 1,000 was being deducted
16 CCTVs. They have dam ing in the State to create a “Activists of various organi video footages of the This is the fi rst time I am forts were on to extend its and used for improving and
aged the idol of Lord Sri Ra law and order problem,” the sations and political parties speeches made by some facing this situation,” he benefi ts to the sanitary ‘Reforms yielding result’ maintaining the toilet facili
ma in a small temple located DGP said. can stage a protest in a public representatives, said. workers too. He said the reforms intro ty in schools. Endowments
on the hilltop, where there is peaceful manner without and the offi cers are “We observed that Referring to the allega duced in the education sec Minister V. Srinivas was pre
no proper surveillance,” Mr. Security audit causing any inconvenience taking legal opinion in some public tions being made by the op tor through various schemes sent.
Sawang said. The police have done a se to the people. The police will this regard. Cases will be representatives are
“The temple manage curity audit of 50,000 tem not keep quiet if any person booked against those making baseless
ment, in fact, has procured ples in the last few months tries to create law and order who are instigating the allegations against the
people, and the matter is investigation offi cers.
16 more CCTVs and other
electrical equipment needed
and eff orts are being made to
provide CCTVs at all the tem
problem, or disturb peace at
the temples. The police will under discussion with Police will take stern Byelection for
for beefi ng up security at the
small temple. But the mis
ples in the State.
“Instructions have been
not allow any rallies or pro
cessions at the places of wor
the government,” Mr.
Sawang told The Hindu
action against those
trying to disturb peace,” Council seat
creants have struck before
the gadgets are fi xed. This is
given to review security at all
the places of worship from
ship as there are chances of
violence,” Mr. Sawang said.
on Wednesday. he said.
on Jan. 28
Staff Reporter
Will try to visit Ramateertham today: Somu
VIJAYAWADA
The BJP will make one more
vandalising of temples be
longing to the majority pop
ulation could not be called
ticket and lost by a margin of
3,000 votes.”
Sunitha (TDP) will be held
on January 28. Her term is
to expire on March 29,
A.K. Goswami sworn
attempt to visit the Sri Rama
temple at Ramateertham in
Vizianagaram district on
such.
“The Chief Minister is
playing vote back politics,”
‘No tie-up with TDP’
Ruling out any tieup with
the TDP in the future, Mr.
2023.
Schedule
in as HC Chief Justice
Thursday. he alleged. Veerraju called Mr. Chandra As per the schedule
Addressing the media Referring to Government babu Naidu an opportunist. released by Mr. Vijayanand Governor administers him oath of offi ce
here on Wednesday, BJP Adviser Sajjala Ramakrishna “Mr. Naidu suddenly ap on behalf of the Election
State president Somu Veerra Reddy’s comments that the pears to have become an ar Commission of India, the Staff Reporter chandan administered the
ju demanded that the go BJP was trying to rake up reli dent devotee of Lord Rama byelection notifi cation Vijayawada oath of offi ce to Mr. Justice
vernment grant them per gious passion as its existence and Hindutva. He was the would be issued on Arup Kumar Goswami was Goswami, who is a native of
mission to visit the temple was under threat, he said, “I one who had destroyed over January 11 and the last date sworn in as Chief Justice (CJ) Assam.
just as it accorded permis BJP State president Somu Veerraju addressing the dare Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy 30 temples during the Krish for fi ling nominations is of the Andhra Pradesh High He was an additional
sion to YSRCP Rajya Sabha participants at a dharna staged in Visakhapatnam on to ask the Chief Minister to na Pushkarams,” the BJP January 18. Court by Governor Biswa judge of the Assam High
member V. Vijaya Sai Reddy Wednesday. K.R. DEEPAK*
broach the issue with the leader alleged. Critical of the The nominations will be Bushan Harichandan in the Court for some time and ele
and Leader of the Opposi Prime Minister or the Union schemes being launched by scrutinised on January 19. presence of Chief Minister vated as its acting Chief Jus
tion and TDP president N. Mr. Veerraju said. Ramath yatra some time after Janu Home Minister the next time Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy, he The last date for Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and tice before being moved to
Chandrababu Naidu. eertham made headlines re ary 20 to all the temples, in he visits them in New Delhi.” said the State had been re withdrawing the other dignitaries here on the Sikkim High Court.
“The government is trying cently after the desecration cluding Antarvedi and Pith ceiving a lot of subsidy from candidatures is January 21. Wednesday.
to intimidate us with arrests of Lord Rama’s idol at a tem apuram, vandalised in the Dig at Minister the Centre, and this was not The polling will be Mr. Justice Goswami was Humble beginning
and by deploying huge pol ple there. State in the last few months,” On Endowments Minister V. being told to the people with conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 transferred from the Sikkim Chief Justice Goswami be
ice force outside our offi ces. The BJP leaders had tried Mr. Veerraju said. Srinivas commenting that the sole interest of hogging p.m. on January 28, and High Court a few days ago. gan his career as an advo
We do not fi nd any rationali to reach the temple on Tues Referring to Chief Minister the BJP would not get a single the limelight. the votes will be counted He replaced Justice J.K. Ma cate with the Bar Council of
ty in it as we are only trying day, but many of them were Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s re vote in the next election, Mr. MLC P.V.N. Madhav and the same day from 5 p.m. heswari, who had been Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
to address the grievances of arrested en route, or put un marks that the State was wit Veerraju said, “The Minister former MLA P. Vishnu Ku The election is to be posted as Chief Justice of the Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizo
the Hindus, who constitute a der preventive arrest. nessing a “political guerilla should not forget that in 2014 mar Raju were among others completed by February 1. Sikkim High Court. ram, Nagaland and Tripura
majority of the population,” “The party will take out a warfare,” Mr. Veerraju said he had contested on the BJP present. Mr. Biswa Bhusan Hari in 1985.
Rapid antigen
test price
Action plan ready for vaccination drive
cut to ₹ 230 Chief Secretary takes stock of the arrangements being made in State
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Staff Reporter forces from the Anil Kumar Singhal said the
Staff Reporter VIJAYAWADA
mandal to the required manpower and
VIJAYAWADA Chief Secretary Aditya Nath district levels will cold chain facilities were rea
The State government has Das took stock of the arran closely watch the died as per the Central go
reduced the price of the ra gements for COVID19 vacci vernment’s advice.
implementation of
pid antigen test for CO nation at a steering commit Health Commissioner K.
the massive
VID19 to ₹ 230 per sample tee meeting at the Bhaskar said 1,677 vaccine
from ₹ 750 at private labo Secretariat on Wednesday. healthcare storage points, 4,065 cold
ratories in the State. While the government’s programme chain equipment, and 19 in
The Department of target is to administer the Aditya Nath Das sulated vehicles with facility
Chief Secretary
Health has issued orders vaccine to onecrore popula to transport the vaccine at a
revising the price per test tion, priority has been ac the mandal to district levels trol rooms had been set up temperature of 2 to 8 de
using Rapid Antigen Test corded to the frontline work would closely watch the im to receive complaints and grees Celsius were kept rea
Kit. force, which has been plementation of the massive suggestions. dy. Twentysix more such
Hindupur MLA N. Balakrishna interacting with groundnut and red gram farmers at Kirikera The new price covers battling the pandemic since programme to ensure that Principal Secretary vehicles would be arranged
village in Anantapur district on Wednesday. R.V.S. PRASAD * test cost, Viral Transport its outbreak. nothing went wrong. Con (health & family welfare) soon.
Media (VMT) and Personal
Protection Equipment First phase
Mr. Balakrishna, who ignoring the people who TDP legislator said that the VID19 recently, at his Mr. Das, who is also steer the last one day, 428
reached Hindupur on a have given them one chance YSRCP government was house at Owk on Wednes ing committee chairman, patients recovered, The three new deaths East Godavari (39), West
threeday visit on Wednes to rule the State, are raksha playing a mind game, and day. People gathered on said senior offi cials, mainly leaving 2,896 active cases were reported in Krishna, Godavari (33), Krishna
day, termed the YSRCP rule sas.” that it should be cautious in the entire route from the including the Principal Se across the State. Prakasam and (27), Nellore (16),
as ‘rakshasa palana’ (de Mr. Balakrishna interact blaming the TDP for eve helipad on the outskirts of cretaries of the Health and The number of samples Visakhapatnam districts. Anantapur (15), Kadapa
mons regime). ed with the farmers at Kirik rything. Owk to the Challa Bhavan. Home departments, would tested so far increased to Guntur reported 42 (11), Vizianagaram (9),
He criticised the govern era, near Hindupur, and la Referring to the killing of The CM consoled Ramak personally monitor the vac 1.21 crore and their new infections during the Srikakulam (8), Kurnool
ment for ignoring the enor ter sat in the dharna camp of party workers in Pulivendu rishna Reddy’s wife Sride cination drive, for which an positivity rate remained at period, while (7), and Prakasam (2).
mous loss the groundnut the CPI to express his soli la and clashes in Tadipatri, vi, son Bhagiratha Reddy action plan had already been 7.30%. In the last one day, Visakhapatnam and The recovery rate in
farmers had suff ered in the darity with the agitating he said, “Our hands are not and others. He also pro prepared in tune with the 51,207 samples were Chittoor reported 40 new fi ve districts was over 99%
district. “The government farmers in New Delhi. tied. If they resort to such mised to continue the work guidelines laid down by the tested with a positivity cases each. and in seven districts it
did not care to give input “If the Centre and State cheap tactics and harm us, done by Ramakrishna Red Central government. rate of 0.56%. They were followed by was close to 99%.
subsidy, or provide weather governments ignore the de we will not keep silent.” dy for Owk’s development. Similarly, task forces from
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Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday State gets 12k tmcft of water after 30 years TTD to hold
‘Go Puja’ in
It helped Andhra just 1,318.74 tmcft, with irri all southern
Pradesh take care
gation accounting for
1,224.03 tmcft ,domestic States
of the rabi crop needs close to 59 tmcft.
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8 EDITORIAL VISAKHAPATNAM
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Quota, ideology and merit note of doubt is creeping into the 2019, which created the fi rst expli
Beyond judicial clearance, Central Vista The ideologies that infl uence us language of uppercaste cit mechanism of reservation for
Satish Deshpande
should be able to achieve national consensus most deeply shape our view of the entitlement. the upper castes (though carefully
world while remaining fully tran The most recent judgment of not named as such). And January
W
ith the Supreme Court’s 21 judgment clearing
D
the Central Vista project for New Delhi, the octors dealing with head in sparent themselves, like the lenses the Supreme Court on reservation 26 will mark the 70th birthday of
juries ask certain questions of our spectacles. Reservation — (Saurav Yadav vs. State of Uttar our Constitution, which created,
Narendra Modi government can now indeli
to determine if the patient especially castebased reservation Pradesh & Others, October 18, for the fi rst time in our history, the
bly reshape the national capital’s visual landscape. Jus is fully oriented. What year is this? — is a subject saturated in ideology. 2020) serves as a reminder that it fi gure of the casteless citizen.
tices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari found Who is the prime minister of In To eyes schooled in the dominant ictory name reminds us that, in is an increasingly complex inter These three legal events also mark
no infi rmity in the approvals granted by the Central Vis dia? And so on. These are ques uppercaste ideology, quotas for fact, all quotas are merit quotas sectional issue because social crucial turning points in the intert
ta Committee, Delhi Urban Art Commission, the Herit tions to which “Don’t know” is de “them” loom large and are seen as since they apply meritbased crite identities are no longer singular. wined histories of meritasideolo
age Conservation Committee and other bodies, paving fi nitely an abnormal response. I unambiguously bad and unjusti ria of selection to the pool of eligi The judgment also upholds the gy and reservationaspolicy.
the way for a new Parliament building and other edifi c have often wondered whether fi ed. Quotas meant for “us” — like ble candidates. principle, stated and clarifi ed in
“what are your views on reserva the reservation for the Economi the wake of the socalled “Mandal Acknowledging caste as norm
es of government to come up. Justice Sanjiv Khanna,
tion?” would be a good or a bad cally Weaker Sections (EWS), or Never mutually exclusive judgment” during the 1990s, that The Communal GO was the colo
while agreeing with the majority opinion on the call for postconcussion diagnostic ques for the wards of employees or This leads to the unsettling discov the unreserved category must be nial government’s way of acknow
bid, award and the decision of the Urban Commission, tion. On the one hand, every In alumni of universities and colleges ery that merit and reservation are open to all, including those be ledging the inequalities of caste
dissented on the key issue of public participation in the dian has an opinion. On the other — are not even visible as quotas, not — they have never been — mu longing to categories entitled to and fi nding politically expedient
entire exercise, which vitiated the endorsement of land hand, the most opinionated usual and even when they are, they do tually exclusive. Just as every quo reservations. ways of dealing with it. The two
use change. Governments should naturally be free to ly air their views without accessing not look the same at all. ta today involves fi erce competi Not surprisingly, ideology has unintended consequences of our
plan policies and programmes on behalf of the people, their brains. Here is an interesting example. tion among the eligible, every lagged behind the law. Upper Constitution were fi rst, the birth of
Some years ago, the large public claim to merit is also built on caste sentiment has been slow to the ideology of castelessness, and
with no prior restraint, but subject to judicial review to
A changing divide university where I teach formal structures of exclusionary access, accept that the unreserved cate the positioning of reservation as
ensure accountability. Judged against this principle, the But things are changing. Until re ised and standardised the uneven or reservationlike arrangements, gory cannot be treated as a quota the explicit exception to this impli
Centre is simply exercising its privilege to plan a new cently, reservation was at once our practices followed in the past by that allow merit to be acquired. reserved for the upper castes. A cit norm. The second was the con
set of buildings to house its establishment and the fed most divisive and our most unify diff erent departments. It created For example, expensive private sideeff ect of the “reservation sequent rise of the rhetoric of me
eral legislature. While the fi nal cost estimate is unclear, ing public issue. It divided Indians the largest quota we have by set schools or coaching institutes are castes” forcing their way into the rit as castepolitics by other
planned expenditures are in excess of ₹ 13,450 crore for, into the implacably opposed ting aside half of all postgraduate eff ectively reserved for the rich. In unreserved category has been the means. EWS reservation seems to
among other things, a new Central Secretariat, Vice camps of the ‘reserved’ and the seats for the students enrolled in the real world, what is called merit grudging acknowledgement that bring the republic back full circle,
President’s enclave and Prime Minister’s residence, be ‘general’ categories, with the latter its own undergraduate honours is always a mix of ability, eff ort, rather than recognising excel tacitly acknowledging caste as the
dominating every aspect of public programmes. In other words, 50% and social capital, with the latter lence, merit criteria actually per implicit norm despite continuing
sides ₹ 971 crore for the new Parliament. With a national
life with the partial exception of of our seats in MA/MSc are re usually playing a big role. form a rationing function in our with the masquerade of casteless
consensus, such a colossal plan might be a crowning electoral politics. It also cemented served for those with BA/BSc ho This may seem rather obvious, system. They off er a socially ac ness.
achievement for the 75th year of Independence in 2022. internal solidarities within each nours degrees in the same subject but it is vehemently denied by the ceptable way to reconcile the large We are nowhere near a resolu
What is germane to the question, however, is its appro camp, helping to hide hierarchical from our own university. This is a ideology of merit which con number of meritorious candidates tion, but at least uppercaste polit
priateness in a year of unprecedented disruption due to divisions and confl icting interests. straightforward quota, but it is of structs it as an exclusively indivi with the small number of places ics is also in the open now. Most
COVID19. This is when an elected government must As we enter the third decade of the fi cially called the ‘Merit Stream’. dual and innate thing. In practice, available. True merit cannot be important, the ideological weapo
give its undivided attention to schemes for the common 21st century, the tables are turn It does not matter whether the ‘merit’ has been a code word ex measured by examination marks nising of merit is being exposed
ing: the line separating ‘reserved’ name was deliberately chosen to pressing the uppercaste sense of alone, as the late Arun Jaitley de for what it is. Hopefully,this will
weal and not be tempted into extravagant indulgence.
and ‘general’ is becoming blurred, wardoff the stigma of reservation entitlement. But its magic is wea clared in Parliament when piloting enable us to tackle the shared chal
As Justice Khanna has pointed out, public consulta while longsimmering diff erences or whether it is a genuine case of kening as evergrowing numbers the EWS reservation bill. lenge of fi nding better ways of dis
tion in a democracy requires citizens to be able to as within each group can no longer ideological blindness. What is in of “them” start to score higher tributing opportunities and mea
sess the project’s rationale, armed with information on be suppressed. teresting about the name is that it marks than many of “us”. Moreov Turning points suring abilities.
the offi cial reasoning, and with suffi cient time at their How have these changes im unintentionally brings together er, the problems with depending The year 2021 happens to be the
disposal. The essence of their view should inform the fi pacted reservation as an idea and words such as quota and merit exclusively on examination marks centenary year of the “Commu Satish Deshpande teaches Sociology at
nal decision. Opportunities for public consultation, al as practice? The answer to this that are thought to be ideological — the universal, and usually only, nal” Government Order (GO) in Delhi University. The views expressed are
question has many dimensions. opposites. The seemingly contrad measure of merit in our system — Madras Presidency, which intro personal
ready incorporated into modern laws and also in the
Delhi Development Act, in no way fetter the executive.
It would be appropriate, therefore, for the Centre to at
tempt consensusbuilding on Central Vista, without
showing undue anxiety and haste in taking up all
Boosting India with maritime domain awareness
planned structures together. The pandemic’s course Beyond monitoring Chinese activity in the Indian Ocean, India’s initiatives could help generate intraregional synergy
points to uncertainty on restoration of economic
pand India’s surveillance footprint South Asia, where the naval lea daman Islands to help detect Chi
health, and ameliorating the damage to large sectors of by setting up radar stations in the dership remains focused on un nese submarines.
the economy, especially in services. In the runup to Maldives, Myanmar and Bangla derwater domain awareness in the
2022, the government will be tested on its ability to en desh; Mauritius, the Seychelles Eastern Indian Ocean. The real test
sure good health for all citizens, revive normative edu and Sri Lanka have already inte India’s initiatives in the maritime
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cation and provide stronger welfare. Prioritising Cen Abhijit Singh grated into the wider coastal radar China watch domain are motivated by more
tral Vista can prove to be a distraction from the task. chain network. The Indian Navy’s There is concern among maritime than just strategic considerations.
eff orts seem focused primarily on watchers that the PLAN may be Indian decision makers recognise
T
he legendary military theo monitoring Chinese activity in the poised to develop a generation of the need for cooperative tools to
The pursuit of Assange rist, Sun Tzu, is once said to
have observed that the criti
Eastern Indian Ocean, particularly
in the seas around the Andaman
quieter submarines that would be
hard to detect in the nearseas.
fi ght transnational crime in the lit
torals. White shipping agreements
The U.S. must take a more benign view of cal element in battle was forek and Nicobar islands. Since June Three years after the Chinese with 21 countries in the Indian
WikiLeaks and drop Assange’s prosecution nowledge, but that it “could not be 2020, when the Indian Army and staged a breakthrough in subma Ocean have enabled a comprehen
elicited from spirits, nor from the People’s Liberation Army gagement in the Western Indian rine propulsion by successful test sive picture of maritime traffi c,
T
he decision by a British district judge to block the gods, nor by analogy with past clashed in Galwan in northern La Ocean by positioning a Liaison Of ing shaftless rimdriven pump even as eff orts are under way to
extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S. on the events, nor from calculations”. As dakh, fi cer at the Regional Maritime In jets, analysts fear that the next help smaller island states build ca
grounds of his mental health is a temporary set the great Chinese general saw it, Indian maritime planners have formation Fusion Centre (RMIFC) generation of PLAN nuclear sub pacity to combat regional threats.
back to America’s eff orts to try the WikiLeaks founder foreknowledge could only be gath been wary of the possibility of a in Madagascar. Established under marines could be stealthier than India’s military satellite (GSAT7A)
under its law on spying charges. In her ruling, judge Va ered with specialised tools and by greater Chinese presence in the the auspices of the Indian Ocean ever, capable of beating adversary may soon facilitate a real time
men who knew the enemy well. A eastern littorals. In recent months, Commission that India joined re surveillance. The recent discovery sharing of maritime information
nessa Baraitser said “the mental condition of Mr. As
prior reading of the adversary and India’s P8I aircraft have scoured cently as an ‘observer’, the RMIFC of a Chinese unmanned underwa with partners. These endeavours,
sange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite the theatre of battle, the master the nearseas for People’s Libera is a key centre of maritime infor ter vehicle close to a southern In naval offi cers say, are a manifesta
him to the U.S.” While it is a small victory for his lawyers tactician asserted, could decisively tion Army Navy (PLAN) subma mation in the Western Indian donesian island suggests that Chi tion of Security and Growth for All
and supporters, their fi ght to prevent his extradition shift the balance of fortune in war. rines, and Indian naval ships have Ocean. India has also posted an of na may already be mapping the in the Region (SAGAR), Prime Mi
and secure his freedom is far from over. Judge Baraitser patrolled the Andaman Seas and fi cer at the European Maritime undersea terrain in the approach nister Narendra Modi’s philosoph
has blocked his extradition only on medical grounds Nature of the enemy at sea eastern chokepoints to deter any Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz es to the Indian Ocean Region, ical mantra that advances the idea
because she thought his possible detention in isolation In the modern maritime arena, maritime adventurism by Beijing. (EMASOH) in Abu Dhabi to assist with a view to advance submarine of India as a ‘security provider’
war is a more complex proposition in the monitoring of maritime ac operations. and ‘preferred partner’ in the In
in the U.S. would likely result in a suicide attempt. She
than in the days of Sun Tzu, but Neighbourhood synergies tivity in the Persian Gulf and the Not surprisingly, India has doPacifi c region.
rejected the defence lawyers’ arguments that Mr. As ‘foreknowledge’ is still critical. To But maritime domain awareness is Strait of Hormuz. moved to expand its underwater Indian initiatives, however, are
sange’s prosecution was politically motivated and vio day, the enemy at sea is often un also generating cooperative syner detection capabilities in the East yet to bring about an alignment of
lated his rights to free expression. She also observed recognisable — a terrorist, a pirate, gies in the neighbourhood. There The French connection ern chokepoints. In a bid to en objectives and strategies of region
that his conduct “took him outside the role of investiga a criminal or a sea robber — an in are reports that seven Indian Delhi’s moves in the Western and hance surveillance over sensitive al littoral states. While cooperative
tive journalism”, agreeing with the U.S. authorities’ as visible presence that lurks behind Ocean countries — Bangladesh, South Western littorals have been sea spaces, the Indian Navy has in information sharing allows for a
sertion on WikiLeaks. Mr. Assange, who is wanted in regular actors such as fi shermen Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, facilitated by France, a key Indian ducted two Sea Guardian drones joint evaluation of threats, coun
and port workers. Law enforce the Maldives, Mauritius and the Ocean power and a critical partner on lease from the United States. tries do not always share vital in
the U.S. on multiple charges of breaking espionage laws
ment agencies today need to be a Seychelles — will soon post Liaison for India in the region. Having With nine operational P8I air formation timeously. To bring real
and conspiring to hack a military computer, has repeat lot more vigilant, highly reliant on Offi cers at the Indian Navy’s Infor signed a logistics agreement with craft, the Navy’s coverage of the change, India must ensure seam
edly defended his organisation’s operations, terming highgrade sensors and communi mation Fusion CentreIndian New Delhi in 2019, Paris is keen for Bay of Bengal littoral is already less information fl ow, generating
them public interest journalism. U.S. prosecutors allege cation networks that observe and Ocean Region in Gurugram. . a stronger partnership in the mar considerable. With nine more air operational synergy with partn
that he helped former U.S. Army intelligence analyst track suspicious movements, shar France already has an offi cer at the itime commons. France has been craft planned to be inducted — ers, and aim to expand collabora
Chelsea Manning crack an encrypted password and ing information in real time. Prac IFC, and four other IndoPacifi c instrumental in securing ‘obser three under an ongoing contract tive endeavours in shared spaces.
download classifi ed information, the leaking of which titioners describe this state of en navies — Australia, Japan, the U.K ver’ status for India at the Indian from the U.S. and six as part of a That would be the real test of the
endangered American intelligence sources. The Justice hanced consciousness as maritime and the U.S. — have also agreed to Ocean Commission, and is push deal being negotiated with Wash maritime domain awareness
domain awareness. position offi cers at the centre, fast ing for greater Indian participation ington — the surveillance footprint ‘gamechanging’ potential.
Department also claims that he had conspired with
Of late, the Indian Navy has emerging as the most prominent in security initiatives in the West is set to further grow. Speculation
hackers to obtain classifi ed information. been on a drive to improve do information hub in the Eastern In ern Indian Ocean. From an opera abounds that New Delhi might also Abhijit Singh is a retired naval offi cer and
It is ironic that the U.S., which takes pride in its free main awareness in the Indian dian Ocean. tional perspective, however, the partner Japan in installing an array Senior Fellow at the Observer Research
doms and commitment to protecting human rights, is Ocean. The Navy is seeking to ex New Delhi is also upping its en Indian Navy’s priority remains of undersea sensors near the An Foundation in New Delhi
relentlessly pursuing a man who exposed some of the
worst rights violations by the American military. Until
WikiLeaks released the classifi ed documents that Ms.
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OPED 9
The importance of social interactions The quagmire that is Brexit
A year of being homebound has deepened divisions in a society already fraught with prejudices Once the euphoria of nationalism subsides, Britain
will have to face the real issues that aff ect it
has reported over the last few years,
the ghettoisation of Muslims conti ciates, or a worthless piece of ornamenta
nues to defi ne both urban and rural tion that no one knows what to do with.
landscapes. This ensures that most Through the law of unintended conse
instances of quotidian social interac quences, Brexit might just result in huge
tions — be it an evening tea or meet changes for both the U.K. and the EU. Ulti
Asha Venugopalan ing at markets — are eff ectively de mately, the English nationalism at the heart
nied, thereby limiting the building of Amir Ali of the Brexit project may be responsible for
lasting friendships at workplaces and the breakup of Britain. One parliamentarian
A year of restricting ourselves to the schools. Thirdly, while Hindu indivi from the Scottish National Party (SNP) has
confi nes of four walls has made us duals might hold great respect and Brexit was a bit of a cliff hanger, but a deal described the recently concluded deal as a
keenly aware of our past exchanges, aff ection for Muslim friends, they was reached, merely a week before the dea ‘steaming mug of excrement’. The position
not only with our families, but also might not hold the same view about dline on December 31, 2020. It put to end of Northern Ireland has become that much
with the larger society. Of the many the community as a whole since they years of agonised speculation over whether more precarious and untenable in the union.
victims of the COVID19 pandemic would consider a Muslim friend to be Brexit would end in a calamitous nodeal. As for the EU, this is also a bloc riddled with
are social interactions and the mil an ‘exception to the rule’. As a result, The agreement became yet another su many problems.
lions of friendships that should have whilst interactions do take place and perfi cial grandstanding moment for British
formed at schools and workplaces. reduce prejudice, they do not cross a Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as he was The role of the liberalLeft
In a country riven with oppressive threshold already laid down by gen photographed with arms triumphantly out This is where the liberalLeft in the U.K.,
prejudices, the past year may have erations of socialisation and stretched, thumbs upturned on either end. grieving almost disconsolately for the loss of
widened the greatest fault line in the stereotypes. He, quite predictably, proclaimed that Brexit Europe, could play a signifi cant role. The
Indian society — religion. had been “done”. The reality, however, will tendency to stare too long at the Brexit door
Hindus and Muslims constitute Redefi ning the ‘us’ be grimmer and the devil lying in wait in the that has been shut in the face of the Euro
not only the largest religious com Prejudice is a peculiar phenomenon. detail of the document will inevitably catch pean Union prevents the liberalLeft from
munities in India, but they perhaps It is sustained through time, remains up with Mr. Johnson. It may spell doom for looking at other doors and windows that
also form the pair with the most unaff ected by even positive interper his career in much the same manner as the might have opened.
fraught relations in the recent de Fraying bonds: In a country where religious and cultural prejudices run deep, sonal relations, and provides the am Europe question has brought an end to the What has really made the EU project mea
cade. Still, over the years, children social interactions are important to overcome bias. FILE PHOTO * munition for communalism. Ashu career of many a Conservative Prime Minis ningful and worthwhile for many in the liber
and adults have mitigated the bar tosh Varshney asks in his book ter before him. alLeft is its ability to underline the dangers
riers created by socialisation through malise, violence against the minority The empirical evidence largely Ethnic Confl ict and Civic Life, “Why The deal was itself rushed through on De of renascent nationalism across various
everyday interactions across reli to ‘protect the self ’. While it would supports the proposition. Multiple do Hindus and Muslims live peaceful cember 30 for Parliamentary approval with member states of the EU. To that extent, it is
gious groups. But what happens be an exaggeration to claim that ev studies have noted that frequent in ly in Calicut but not in Aligarh?”. The little opportunity for any meaningful delib a worthwhile and noble project. The more
when everyone spends a year with ery social encounter between mem teractions between members of dif answer, as he notes, lies in civic en eration. It seemed as if everyone just wanted fundamental fl aw at the heart of the EU is the
out forming new friendships or cir bers of the two groups is troubled, all ferent religious groups vastly reduce gagement and redefi ning the ‘us’. to put Brexit behind them and ‘get on with particular kind of economic neoliberalism
cumscribing their interactions to li is certainly not well in India. The dis negative perceptions and anxiety to Ties need to be forged not just bet it’, as the catchphrase that caught on, put it. that underpins it, ‘German ordoliberalism’
mited online (or offl ine) meetings? play of prejudice need not take a vio wards ‘the other’. For instance, a ween individuals, but also across To the relief of many, a deal was struck, but as it is known. It is this idea that may need to
The pandemic’s collateral damage lent form at all. The refusal to grant youth study in 2017, conducted by larger communities such that the re the widespread sentiment seems to be that a be redressed. Otherwise, it might become
may include tolerance and under tenancy to members of the Muslim LoknitiCSDS and Konrad Adenauer lationships breach the confi nes of re bad deal is at least better than a nodeal. the undoing of the Europe project itself.
standing between the majority and community pushes them to seek Stiftung, found that 83% of Hindus ligious identities and encompass a Brexit may turn out to be a prop that hid On a spectrum of soft and hard versions of
the minority. houses in a more homogenised area, who had a nonHindu friend were multitude of identities. Be it local the genuine problems of the country: dein Brexit, the deal that was eff ected by Boris
progressively creating ghettos and comfortable having a nonHindu neighbourhood associations, profes dustrialisation and the loss of manufactur Johnson was very much on the side of a hard
Many inequities further fuelling stereotypes. How do neighbour, compared to 70% of Hin sional unions or linguistic associa ing, a lopsided economy skewed far too hea one. Such a hard version of Brexit, favoured
The religious identities of Hindus you mitigate a prejudice that is so dus who did not have a nonHindu tions, membership of this civil socie vily towards services and the fi nancial by the extreme Eurosceptic wing of the Con
and Muslims have shaped their social pervasive and intense? friend. Another paper discovered ty creates a new ‘us’. It allows society sector, low productivity, and a country servative Party, has always wanted to create
ties, their political loyalties and their that even among people who con to maintain open lines of communi whose public services had been stripped al a deregulated, lowtax economy. This could
interaction with the Indian state. The ‘Contact Hypothesis’ sume media plentifully, interactions cation, even during a pandemic. most to the bone by a decade of almost bring the U.K. into greater confl ict with the
long history of HinduMuslim ties in In 1954, Gordon Allport published with people outside their communi During a year in which students Scroogelike Conservative governmenten more regulationfriendly EU, which is likely
the subcontinent is marred by gro The Nature of Prejudice, which con ty weakens prejudice. and professionals have remained forced austerity measures. It was only the to view the U.K. as a competitor, leading to
tesque violence fuelled by myths, ru tained, among other analyses of in Education, however, presents an within the confi nes of their houses, overwhelming presence of the COVID19 an increase in tariff barriers. For a future free
mours and prejudice. tergroup behaviour, a theory on pre interesting puzzle. A recent study what they have missed out on are un pandemic that forced the British govern of confl ict, both sides should perhaps rid
The prevalence of cowvigilante judice. Specifi cally, it contained a fi nds that collegeeducated Hindus encumbered everyday interactions ment to loosen the purse strings of the themselves of the particular versions of neo
violence and ‘anticonversion’ laws hypothesis on how to reduce prejud are more likely than nonliterate Hin with their peers. Bonds of camarade exchequer. liberalism that have beset them and brought
in recent years stands testimony to ice among majority and minority dus to perceive the Muslim commun rie are built over watercooler chats The question that now looms is what will them to this point of bitterness. For the U.K.,
the worsening of interreligious ties groups, popularly called the ‘Contact ity negatively, irrespective of wheth and rants about bus mates. In the ab happen to the U.K. and the EU. Both entities it is a Thatcherite, lowregulation, and low
and deepening of prejudice by the Hypothesis’. The idea was simple: er they had a friend from the sence of such avenues, it behoves pa can never be the same again. The U.K. wants tax neoliberalism with its associated hatred
majority community. In fact, tropes contact (with some caveats) reduces community or not. rents, teachers and employers to en to be an independent island state with the of Europe; for the EU, it is the German ordo
used to concoct fear about the Mus prejudice. Subsequently, decades of Although close interaction may courage engagement through social full panoply of its sovereignty intact. Soon, liberalism that creates economic rulesbased
lim community in the 1920s, such as social psychology research arrived at ‘signifi cantly’ reduce prejudices, this organisations or other forms of safe the most ardent of Brexiteers are bound to orthodoxy, that may in its rigidity under
‘cowkillers’ and ‘abductors of Hindu a far simpler idea: friendship reduc reduction is minimal at best. Firstly, civic engagement. realise the pyrrhic nature of this Brexit victo mine the worthy nature of the EU project
women’, have found appeal even in es prejudice. Could it really be that the attitudes of suspicion and nega ry. What will Britain do with all the sove itself.
the 21st century. The propagation of simple? Could that work in India? tivity towards the Muslim minority Asha Venugopalan is a PhD Student, reignty supposedly retrieved from the EU?
such stereotypes and the resulting The answer to both questions is the are deeply entrenched in the Indian Department of Political Science, Stony Brook The sovereignty reclaimed will probably be Amir Ali teaches at the Centre for Political Studies,
prejudices allow for, and even nor same: yes, to some extent. society. Secondly, as this newspaper University like a currency whose value rapidly depre JNU, New Delhi
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dual was the ability to make fundamental rights of the The MoEF has, during a ment from the department The department has re incidence of bird fl u in some
decisions in vital matters of Muslim youth, who are be video conference on Janu said. quested the general public States, the Minister held a re collected 276 samples from cidence of bird fl u.
concern to life. ing targeted and demo ary 5, requested all states to to be on alert during this pe view meeting with senior of diff erent parts of the State Accordingly, senior offi
Any interference by the nised. take preventive measures to Migrant birds riod, and report any dead fi cials on Wednesday to as and tests were conducted cials were giving suggestions
control the spread of bird The winter season attracts a birds to Wildlife Crime Con sess the situation. As many accordingly. to poultry breeders and oth
fl u and detect and report all large number of migrant trol Cell at Aranya Bhavan as 1,300 rapid response Offi cials at diff erent levels er stakeholders and camps
after alleged gang-rape by the investigating agency case is that the two minor days apart, in 2017. tals in all these cases”. Plus Action, an NGO. seven hours prior to race.
priest because he himself tim’s family and promised the Congress. In fact, the go would be no dearth of funds A nurse who went to
Kumar Buradikatti
brought the body to the vic all possible support. Kalaburagi vernment’s controversial de for the ₹ 500 crore New Sharjahhas been confined
against her will and
Karnataka Chief Minister cision to set up the Maratha Anubhava Mantapa project.
assaulted, Majlis Bachao
B.S. Yediyurappa on Wed Development Corporation He also announced ₹ 50
Tahreek leader Amjed Ullah
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Cong. silent
on Tharoor’s RDay security meet factors in farm stir Pranab was ready to
RDay tweet
Sources says adequate security measures will be put in place to prevent any disruption of the parade
break norm in 2014
Special Correspondent
New Delhi SAURABH TRIVEDI He had a plan ready for hung House
The Congress on Wednes NEW DELHI
day distanced itself from The farmers’ protest took Special Correspondent
party Lok Sabha member centre stage at a meeting bet New Delhi
Shashi Tharoor’s tweet ween the Delhi police and Former President Pranab
that the government the Defence Ministry on Mukherjee was ready to
should cancel the Republic Wednesday to discuss arran break the convention and
Day celebrations in view of gements for the Republic invite a Congressled coali
the pandemic. Day parade. tion to form a government if
Without commenting on A senior police offi cer said the 2014 Lok Sabha election
the tweet, the Congress the meeting was called to had thrown up a hung
said it fully backed the idea discuss security arrange Parliament.
of celebrating the “demo ments for the parade. The In the fi nal volume of his
cratic and constitutional Delhi police take care of the autobiography, The Presi-
festivals”. “...the Congress outer ring of security. The dential Years, formally re
feels that such festivities discussion was over visitors leased on Tuesday, the late Pranab Mukherjee
should be celebrated with entering enclosures. To pre Mukherjee said he could not
enthusiasm,” spokesper vent any disruption by farm be “neutral between stabili ble government, I would
son Alka Lamba said. ers protesting at the Delhi ty and instability”. have invited the leader of
borders, adequate security However, he said he did the party to form the go
measures will be put in not vote in 2014, keeping in vernment, keeping in mind
Budaun case: place.
“During the meeting, a
Steady march: The CRPF team leaving after a Republic Day parade rehearsal amid fog in New Delhi on Wednesday. *
V.V. KRISHNAN mind the constitutional po
sition he occupied. He said
their previous track record
in managing coalition go
Priyanka fl ays discussion was held on
whether visitors with only
As per guidelines, the visi
tors have to show their ID
to witness the parade com
pared with over one lakh
wing is also keeping a watch
on protests going on in the
there were antiCAA protests
across the country. The visi
the Congress would have
not faced a drubbing in 2014
vernments successfully,” he
said.
U.P. govt. Delhi ID proofs be allowed or
it should be open to all. Sev
proof to get ticket for the pa
rade and they have to keep
usually. Children under the
age of 15 will not be allowed.
city. There will be more than
40,000 security personnel
tors were asked to open their
jackets by the security offi c
had he been a Minister in
the United Progressive Al Congress’s defeat
eral suggestions were made their ID with them while get Another police offi cer said in the New Delhi area during ers to check if they were liance (UPA) government. “This would have been in
Special Correspondent by the offi cers in the meeting ting entry to the enclosures there were intelligence in the parade. wearing any black outfi t and In a noholdsbarred de contravention of the con
New Delhi but the fi nal call will be taken on January 26. puts that protesters might at Last year, there were strict to ensure that they were not scription of his years in the vention established by the
Congress general secretary after the next meeting,” the Due to COVID19, there tempt to disrupt the parade instructions to security per wearing anything with anti Manmohan Singh govern former president, Shankar
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on offi cer said. will be only 25,000 visitors this year. The intelligence sonnel to frisk visitors when CAA slogans on them. ment, Mukherjee criticised Dayal Sharma, of inviting
Wednesday targeted the decisions such as the crea the singlelargest party to
Uttar Pradesh government tion of Telangana and tar form the government. He
‘Cases of crime against ‘Punishing a person for
over the gang rape and geted the party’s leadership had invited Vajpayee to
murder of a 50yearold for allowing leaders like Ma form the government after a
woman in Budaun. mata Banerjee to walk out of hung House in 1996 despite
“In Hathras, the govern
falling in love is a crime’ the coalition. lack of clarity on Vajpayee’s
ment administration did
not listen to the plead
ings... In Budaun, the pol
ice offi cer neither listened
women reduced in U.P.’ It is among worst forms of crime: SC
Parliament disruptions
He blamed the Narendra
Modi government for the re
numbers,” he said.
Talking about the Con
gress’s defeat in the 2014
polls, Mukherjee noted that
to the pleadings nor did he Legal Correspondent lit boy, his cousin and a girl. peated parliamentary dis among many reasons the
examine the place of the Police inform panel headed by Congress leader Sharma NEW DELHI The boy had eloped with the ruptions in its fi rst term. He party had failed to realise
incident. The U.P. govern It is a crime to punish a per girl. The cousin had helped talked about “expecting the was the end of “charismatic
ment’s intention on wo Sobhana K. Nair other States, had not regis son for falling in love and them run away. They re unexpected” from Mr. Modi leadership” and the “esta
men’s security is fl awed,” New Delhi tered a single zero FIR. A ze yearning to have a life in turned to the village a few in terms of foreign policy, blishment was reduced to a
Ms. Vadra tweeted. The Uttar Pradesh police on ro FIR can be registered in each other’s company, the days later, thinking the an and pointed out how the government of averages”.
Wednesday informed the any police station irrespec Supreme Court has said. ger had cooled. They were Prime Minister had come to “If I had continued in the
parliamentary Standing tive of where the incident “You cannot punish so caught and hanged from a him to seek support for the government as Finance Mi
West Bengal Committee on Home Aff airs
that the number of cases of
took place. The provision of
a zero FIR came up as a re
meone for falling in love,”
Chief Justice of India Sharad
tree. The genitals of both
the boys were burnt before
November
demonetisation.
2016 nister, I would have ensured
Mamata’s continuity in the
CM meets crime against women had
reduced in the State, even as
commendation in the Justice
Verma Committee Report in
A. Bobde observed orally at
a hearing on Tuesday. It was
they were hanged.
The gruesome incident
“I had expected a hung
Parliament with the BJP
coalition. Similarly, Maha
rashtra was handled badly,
Governor many members fl agged va
rious incidents, including
the new Criminal Law
(Amendment) Act, 2013, de
among the worst forms of
crime, he said.
happened at Mehrana vil
lage in Mathura district of
emerging as the single lar
gest party with about 195
partly due to decisions ta
ken by Sonia Gandhi. I
the gang rape and subse vised after the December The Chief Justice, leading Uttar Pradesh in 1991. 200 seats. In such situation, would have brought back
Special Correspondent quent death of a 19yearold 2012 gang rape of a 23year a threejudge Bench, was The Uttar Pradesh go it would have been my con Shivraj Patil or Sushil Kumar
Kolkata Dalit woman in Hathras in Anand Sharma old girl in the territory. hearing the case for grant vernment objected to the stitutional responsibility to Shinde, considering the
As the war of words bet September last. In Wednesday’s meeting, ing bail to 11 former khap bail plea on health grounds. ensure stability. Had the dearth of a strong leader
ween the State’s ruling par This was the fi fth meeting will decline,” a member said. representatives from the Ra panchayat members who The case will be taken up Congress emerged with few from the State, like Vilasrao
ty and the Governor conti of the committee headed by Even in the Hathras case, jasthan police and adminis ordered the murder of a Da after two weeks. er seats but promised a sta Deshmukh,” he said.
nued to rage unabated, senior Congress leader the family had to struggle to tration were also present. It
West Bengal Chief Minister Anand Sharma on Atrocities get the police fi le an FIR and has met representatives of
Mamata Banerjee on Wed and Crimes against Women in the initial investigation, the Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan,
nesday made a surprise vi Children. the police insisted that the U.P. and Maharashtra go
sit to the Raj Bhavan and Sources said a BJP mem girl had not been raped con vernments. The West Bengal
met Governor Jagdeep ber of the committee point trary to her own statement, government refused to send
Dhankhar. ed out that the number of before her death, two weeks its representatives after it
According to sources, cases may have been dip after the incident. had a spat with the Union
Ms. Banerjee is likely to in ping simply due to the polic Mr. Sharma, however, Home Ministry over forcible
duct new members to her e’s reluctance to register said the case had been trans transfer of three IPS offi cers.
Cabinet after two Ministers complaints. “The BJP MP ferred to the CBI and was no The Chief Secretary and the
resigned recently. Ms. Ba said and rightly so, that longer under the police’s DGP of Haryana also could
nerjee is most likely to when the government jurisdiction. not attend the Wednesday
have discussed a suitable doesn’t register cases, natu The committee members meeting, citing the ongoing
date for the swearingin. rally the number of cases said the U.P. police, unlike farmers’ protest.
Committee to look
into Ladakh issues
Special Correspondent
New Delhi
damaged due to snow of language, culture and land of Ladakh,
participation of the people of Ladakh in its
development, protection of employment
and changes in the demography of Ladakh
Kashmir Valley remains out of bounds region. A protest was also held in this re
gard before the LAHDC [Ladakh Autono
Special Correspondent in the avalancheprone mous Hill Development Council] elections,”
Srinagar areas in the upper reaches the Ministry said.
Two persons died and over of MerasinallahKraloo
100 houses were damaged Kund and KanchlooKund,” Land and culture
in snow in the Kashmir Val the police said. Mr. Shah said the Centre was committed to
ley on Wednesday. The Val Scores of patients and the developing Ladakh and conserving its land
ley remained out of bounds families of the dead also and culture. The committee would com
for the fourth straight day, faced immense diffi culty prise members of the delegation that met
while 22 stranded families due to snow accumulation. the Home Minister, elected members from
were rescued and shifted to According to offi cial fi gures, Ladakh, members of the LAHDC and exoffi
safer locations. Kashmir recorded one to six cio members representing the Government
An offi cial said CRPF sub feet of snowfall in the past of India and the Ladakh administration.
inspector H.C. Murmu died four days in the plains of the
after a structure collapsed Valley.
under the weight of snow “Around 76 houses,
and hit him at the residence which suff ered damage to
of a former legislator in the their rooftops, were provid
Hazratbal area here. ed an immediate assistance
Rehami Begam, 70, from of ₹ 5,200 each, three hous
Shah Mohalla at Trehgam in es damaged in the snowfall
Kupwara, died after snow were sanctioned an amount
accumulated on the house of ₹ 3.05 lakh,” Deputy Com
roof fell and buried her in. missioner, Srinagar, Dr. Sha
A police spokesman said hid Iqbal Choudhary said.
22 stranded families were Air and road traffi c, con
rescued and shifted to safer necting the Valley with the
locations in Kulgam. rest of the country, has re
“The families were living mained closed.
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12 avian fl u epicentres in India Modi briefs
Merkel on Another vaccine dry run
Rajasthan, M.P., Himachal and Kerala directed to enforce culling of sick birds
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vaccine status
Special Correspondent
in all districts tomorrow
New Delhi NEW DELHI
IN BRIEF
U.S. meddling in standoff : Chinese envoy Criticism of vaccine
approval continues
America’s relations with others must not target any specifi c country, says Sun Weidong
Some have termed the move ‘hasty’
Suhasini Haidar mand, told The Hindu. plomatic spat between the
Dinakar Peri This is not the fi rst time Ambassadors of the U.S. and Special Correspondent cerns around possible politi
NEW DELHI
China has reacted sharply to China over the issue, the New Delhi cal pressure.”
Gehlot among Congress
A day after the U.S. Ambas comments by U.S. offi cials MEA declined to make any Joining the criticism of the The CDSCO approval for
observers for polls
NEW DELHI
sador said India and the U.S. over the standoff since April immediate comment. The government’s green light to SII’s Covishield, which is
Congress president Sonia were cooperating against 2020, after the PLA amassed government has maintained COVID19 vaccines,the All based on the OxfordAstra
Gandhi on Wednesday named Chinese “aggressive activi troops at the LAC and that it is resolving the situa India People’s Science Net Zeneca vaccine, should
senior leaders, including ty” at the Line of Actual Con claimed Indian territory. In tion at the LAC “bilaterally work (AIPSN), a federation have awaited results from
Rajasthan Chief Minister trol (LAC), China’s Ambassa May, its Foreign Ministry and diplomatically”. of popular science move the ongoing PhaseIII trials
Ashok Gehlot and dor responded accusing the had termed remarks by out In an interview to The ments across the country, and bridging studies in In
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister United States of “meddling” going State Department offi Hindu last month, External condemned the “hasty reg dia to demonstrate effi cacy
Bhupesh Baghel, as in the IndiaChina standoff . cial Alice Wells on “provoca Aff airs Minister S. Jaishankar ulatory approval”. and that the vaccine had the
observers for the coming “We have noticed recent tions and disturbing had even called for China to In a statement, the AIPSN same eff ect in Indians as in
Assembly elections in Assam, remarks with reference to tivity” on a “sustained ba Juster’s comments simply behaviour by China” at the “take a bilateral path that is said that while it lauded the the United Kingdom. “Ho
Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil China by the U.S. side. We sis” on its border, calling refl ected “growing strength” LAC and South China Sea as mutually respectful and mu eff orts of Indian scientists in wever, given the U.K. appro
Nadu and Puducherry. fi rmly oppose any thirdpar America’s cooperation dur in the relations. “just nonsense” and said the tual sensitive”. developing indigenous vac val, the approval by the
ty meddling in ChinaIndia ing the eightmonth long “As far as the Chinese Am border issue had “nothing to India and China have held cines in less than a year, the CDSCO, although not ideal,
Bihar CM reviews law border issue and hope the standoff as “very positive bassador’s statement is con do with USA”. In October, af a number of bilateral talks at government and the Central may be understandable,” it
and order situation U.S. relations with others and very supportive”. sidered, he must realise that ter U.S. Secretary of State various levels. Drugs and Standards Con noted.
PATNA not target any specifi c coun While he refused to di after China’s unilateral ac Mike Pompeo promised to While there has been no trol Organisation (CDSCO However the approval for
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish try,” Chinese Ambassador to vulge specifi cs, which he tions on the LAC, and its “stand with India” against breakthrough on the ground had “...seriously damaged Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
Kumar visited the police India Sun Weidong wrote in said it was for the Indian go stubborn position in talks to what he described as Chi in terms of disengagement these hopes, and also un was more problematic as
headquarters on Wednesday a tweet on Wednesday. vernment to disclose, the resolve the issue, China na’s threats to India’s “sove or withdrawal of troops, the dermined confi dence in Co the Subject Expert Commit
to review the law and order In his farewell address on U.S. was understood to have should not expect that other reignty and their liberty”, two sides have held eight vaxin and other vaccines tee of the CDSCO had called
situation in the State. “Laxity Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador helped India with geospatial countries will not react or the Chinese MFA had ac rounds of Corps Comman against COVID19, in particu for additional data from the
in crime control will not be
Kenneth Juster had referred map information and the ex that the matter can remain cused the U.S. of “preaching derlevel meetings, and are lar concerning Covaxin, due PhaseIII trials, but “ap
tolerated at any cost. Action
to IndiaU.S. “close coordi pedited supply of extreme purely bilateral,” Lt. Gen. confrontation and geopoliti “in consultations” to hold to lack of evidence and un pears to have been pres
will be taken against
nation” on India’s challenge weather suits for soldiers. D.S. Hooda, former chief of cal games”. the ninth round shortly, an satisfactory scientifi c basis, sured overnight into recon
policemen who are found
lax,” he said. The Opposition
from “aggressive Chinese ac Military experts said Mr. the Army’s Northern Com When asked about the di offi cial said. nontransparency and con sidering its decision.”
Rashtriya Janata Dal slammed
him and the government over
the “tsunami of crime” taking
over Bihar.
China surging ahead, says NITI Aayog ‘Sri Lanka will gain from ‘U.S. must drop
charges against
CBI books six for duty
drawback incentive fraud meeting Tamil concerns’ Julian Assange’
NEW DELHI
The Central Bureau of
Parliamentary panel apprised of the postpandemic economic scene
Investigation has booked six
persons for allegedly claiming
Sobhana K. Nair A presentation given by economies of the world. Chi was lambasted by Trinamool Jaishankar is on 3day trip to Colombo Special Correspondent
New Delhi Ajit Pai, consultant to NITI na, the offi cials said, had MP Saugata Roy, who asked New Delhi
duty drawback incentives Meera Srinivasan
without eligibility, in
At a meeting of the Standing Aayog ViceChairman Rajiv readjusted faster than the for more details about the The Editors Guild of India
COLOMBO
connection with the exports Committee on Finance head Kumar, said the global eco other economies in the post socalled reforms,” one of has urged the U.S. govern
of 37 shipments through the ed by BJP MP Jayant Sinha to nomy was at the same stage COVID19 world. the members said. It is in “Sri Lanka’s own in ment to withdraw all charg
Inland Container Depot in discuss the longterm impact as it was in 1918 after the There were no specifi c terest” that the expectations es against WikiLeaks pro
Tughlakabad, Delhi. The of the COVID19 pandemic First World War. The reforms answers to the current state of the Tamil people for moter Julian Assange. The
accused have been identified on the global economy, The committee members NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh of the Indian economy. equality, justice, peace and U.S. government has been
as Feroz Ghachi, Mohammed trade fl ows and fi nancial asked whether COVID19 had Kant, according to sources, “They claimed that India dignity within a united Sri making a mockery of free
Rafique Abdul Sheikh, Rupesh markets, NITI Aayog offi cials proved to be an infl ection equated the 2020 reforms should become an export Lanka are fulfi lled, External dom of speech by harass
Tukaram Chavan, Prasant said China continued to out point in the global supply with the 1991 opening of the based economy without ac Aff airs Minister S. Jaishan ing and intimidating him,
Parkar, Amil Fruitwala and strip India and, in fact, had chain and if China would still Indian economy. “He tually laying down the specif kar said in Colombo on the Guild said.
Juzar Angoothiwala. managed to narrow the gap continue to be the factory of claimed that the impact of ics. It was a rhetorical state Wednesday. S. Jaishankar The Guild’s statement
with the U.S. in the postpan the world. 1991 reforms initiated by ment,” another member “That applies equally to came after the U.K. court’s
Former Assam MP’s demic scenario. The offi cials said China then Finance Minister Man said. commitments made by the ment to the Constitution. judgment turning down
missing son found The offi cials did not give had been closing the gap bet mohan Singh is equivalent to The NITI Aayog offi cials, Sri Lankan government on Their campaign, while the the U.S. government’s re
GUWAHATI any specifi c details about the ween it and the U.S. This the opening of mine and coal sources said, have assured meaningful devolution, in government mulls holding quest to extradite Mr. As
Former Assam MP Biswajit current economic state of In could very well be a fl ash sectors done by the Naren that a separate presentation cluding the 13th Amend elections to its nine provin sange. The Guild said Mr.
Daimary’s 16yearold son dia. point between the two big dra Modi government. He would be made about it. ment,” he said at a joint cial councils, eff ectively Assange was being perse
was located on Wednesday press conference with Sri threatens the only legisla cuted for doing his journal
afternoon, about 24 hours Lanka’s Foreign Minister Di tive guarantee of a measure istic duty of speaking truth
after going missing from his
Science policy to boost journal access
nesh Gunawardena. Mr. of power devolution, that to power.
boarding school in Kokrajhar
Jaishankar earlier called on followed the IndoLanka Ac
town, about 220 km west of
President Gotabaya Raja cord of 1987.
Guwahati. Rakesh Roushan,
paksa, and held bilateral In his statement, Mr. Gu
Kokrajhar district’s
Superintendent of Police said Top publications novation, and this policy is a discussions with his coun nawardena said President 4 workers die
terpart, as part of his three Rajapaksa had “fi rmly stat
the boy, Amritraj Daimary,
was found in Chapaguri in the
to be off ered right step in that direction to
build a strong foundation for day visit that began on Tues ed” his commitment to the of exposure
adjoining Chirang district, but at no cost the future.” day. “The progress and wellbeing, progress and op
to toxic gas
case details are awaited. The policy sets a target for prosperity of Sri Lanka will portunities “to all our citi
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT doubling the number of full surely be advanced as a con zens — Sinhala, Tamil,
Punjab CM defends
NEW DELHI
time equivalent researchers, sequence [of addressing Ta Muslim.” Special correspondent
arrest of singer The proposed Science, Tech gross domestic expenditure mils’ expectations],” Mr. Bhubaneswar
THE HINDU
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021
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Georgia runoff s break records and trends U.K. court denies
Pastor Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Kelly Loeffl er; Democrat Jon Ossoff leads second race bail to Assange
Sriram Lakshman sor stepped down for health ally supported by Democrats ders to push through his pol He has incentive to abscond: judge
reasons. on Capitol Hill as well U.S. icies — as both Mr. Trump
With control of the Senate as Speaking of his mother, President Donald Trump. and Mr. Obama did when Agence France-Presse
their prize, the high stakes Mr. Warnock said: “The 82 But enough Republicans in faced with a split Congress. London
Senate runoff s (reraces) in yearold hands that used to the Senate — including form However, Mr. Biden will WikiLeaks founder Julian
Georgia have broken several pick somebody else’s cotton er Majority Leader Mitch not have anything close to a Assange must remain in cus
records and trends. In elect went to the polls and picked McConnell — were against it free pass just because Demo tody in Britain, while the
ing African American pastor, her youngest son to be a Un so it never got a vote as the crats control the Senate as U.S. appeals a court deci
Raphael Warnock, the State ited States Senator.” 116th Congress wound down most legislation (such as sion to block his extradition
chose its fi rst black Senator The pastor, who preaches last week (the 117th Congress nonbudget related legisla to face charges there for
ever and the fi rst Democrat at the Ebenezer Baptist convened on Monday). The tion) requires a majority of leaking secret documents, a
since 2000. If Democrat Jon Church where Civil Rights details of a followup COVID 60 rather than a simple ma judge in London ruled on
Ossoff , who leads the second leader Martin Luther King Jr. relief package passed by jority of 51 (legislation Wednesday.
race, defeats incumbent Da preached, was a likely factor Congress would very much passed via ‘budget reconci Judge Vanessa Baraitser,
vid Perdue, he will be the in the high early voting tur be impacted by who controls liation’). This can technically who on Monday refused to People demonstrating
youngest Senator since Joe nout among African Ameri Winning streak: Raphael Warnock, left, and Joe Biden bump the Senate. be changed but will require grant his extradition, told outside the court in
Biden in 1973. He also broke cans in the State. elbows on stage at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday. AFP * “If you send Jon and the ending the fi libuster (a tactic Westminster Magistrates London. AP *
Senate fundraising records “With new votes joining Reverend to Washington, used by those opposing legis Court that if released there
by raising $106.8 million in the tally, we are on a strong ponents as “dangerous”, ed ballots. those $2,000 checks will go lation to continue debate on were “substantial grounds” pointment” and urged the
two months. path...,” tweeted former can “radical” and “socialist” and The Republican candi out the door…,” Mr. Biden it so it does not go to vote) — to suspect Mr. Assange U.S. Justice Department to
didate for State Governor, had embraced U.S. President dates’ message to Georgia had said while campaigning something the Democrats would “fail to surrender” drop the charges.
Historic win Stacy Abrams, who is credit Donald Trump, whose refu voters that Democrats could in Georgia on Monday. have considered but is likely for future appeal hearings. A lawyer for the U.S. go
“Whether you voted for me ed with mobilising votes in sal to acknowledge his defeat take control of the Senate to stay for now as not all De “Mr. Assange still has an vernment earlier urged
or not — know this: I see you. Georgia and playing a central may have turned off some was undermined by Mr. No free pass mocrats support ending it. incentive to abscond from Judge Baraitser not to re
I hear you. And I will fi ght for role in its Democratic shift. GOP voters from voting in Trump’s attempts to over The main consequence of a For bills that cannot be these as yet unresolved pro lease the controversial Aus
you,” Mr. Warnock said from In addition to the signifi Georgia, harming the Repu throw the election result. Democratcontrolled Senate passed using the reconcilia ceedings,” she said. tralian publisher, and de
his home during a televised cance of Mr. Warnock’s vic blican candidates’ chances. is that Mr. Biden will have tion route, Mr. Biden will “As a matter of fairness tailed how it planned to
victory speech, which under tory for the party, Georgia Mr. Perdue’s team called COVID-19 aid more leeway in terms of pol need bipartisan support or the U.S. must be able to challenge her decision to
scored the historic nature of had voted in November to for “time and transparency” One of the earliest conse icy making, Cabinet and jud will have to get only some of challenge my decision. If As block his extradition on
his win. The pastor had de send Mr. Biden to the White early on Wednesday morn quences of a Democratcon icial appointments than he it done using the reconcilia sange absconds during this mental health grounds. “We
feated former businesswo House, the fi rst time a Demo ing as votes were being trolled Senate is likely to be would have otherwise had in tion process. Likely exam process then they will lose respectfully submit on be
man Kelly Loeffl er who was crat has won the presidential counted while Mr. Ossoff ’s eligible Americans getting a Republicancontrolled Se ples of these include legisla the opportunity to do so.” half of the U.S. that there are
appointed by Georgia’s Go race in the state since 1992. side expressed confi dence $2,000 in coronavirus aid — nate. In the latter case, Mr. tion relating to Mr. Biden’s $2 Lawyer Stella Morris and insurmountable hurdles to
vernor in January last year af Mr. Perdue and Ms. Loef that their candidate would up from the current $600. Biden would have likely re trillion climate plan and the Mr. Assange’s fi ancee called Mr. Assange being granted
ter her Republican predeces fl er had portrayed their op win on the back of uncount The higher number is gener lied heavily on Executive Or infrastructure Bill. the decision “a huge disap bail,” Clair Dobbin said.
ELSEWHERE
Control over ‘data’ behind
Alibaba’s tussle with authorities
‘Consumercredit data giving tech giant unfair advantage’
Kim admits mistakes as
party Congress opens Ananth Krishnan
SEOUL
North Korea’s leader Kim At the heart of the ongoing
Jongun admitted that tussle between Jack Ma’s Ali
“almost all sectors” had baba Group and regulators
fallen short of their economic in China is the control over
targets as he opened a rare “troves of consumercredit
Congress of the ruling data” that authorities be
Workers’ Party, state media lieve have given the ecom
reported on Wednesday. The
merce giant an unfair advan
gathering is the first of its
tage over its competitors, Mounting pressure: A fi le photo showing the Ant Group
kind in five years, only the
according to a report on headquarters in Hangzhou. AFP *
eighth in the nucleararmed
country’s history and comes
Wednesday.
weeks before U.S. President “How to regulate data mo talks with regulators are on the majority of the funding”.
elect Joe Biden takes office. nopolies is at the heart of the going. Authorities now, the re
North Korea’s relations with issue here,” an adviser to the The People’s Bank of Chi port said, were “seeking to
the U.S. have been antitrust committee of Chi na — China’s central bank — overturn that business mo
deadlocked since talks na’s State Council, or Cabi said last month it was, along del” and “planning to break
between Mr. Kim and net, was quoted as saying by with the banking and insu what they see as the compa
President Donald Trump The Wall Street Journal. rance regulator and the se ny’s monopoly over data”,
stalled over sanctions. AFP On December 24, the curities regulator, holding including by reportedly con
State Administration for talks with the Ant Group sidering a plan requiring the
3 children killed playing Market Regulation (SAMR) aimed at “implementing fi group “to feed its data into a
with grenade in Pakistan said it had launched a probe nancial regulatory require nationwide creditreporting
PESHAWAR into Alibaba’s “suspected ments, holding onto fair system.”
Three children were killed monopolistic acts”, includ competition and protecting The ongoing probe has
and two others injured on ing “forcing merchants to consumers’ legitimate led to speculation about the
Wednesday when a grenade choose one platform bet rights”. future of Mr. Ma, who has
they found in a field exploded ween two competitors”. The Wall Street Journal cut back on public appea
in northwest Pakistan, This followed the last mi report said “central to the rances since the IPO suspen
officials said. The four nute suspension, the pre crackdown” on the Ant sion. On Tuesday, the CNBC
brothers and a neighbour vious month, of what was ex Group was “what regulators business news channel in
were playing when they pected to be a view as the unfair competi the U.S. reported that the bil
found the rusty grenade near
recordbreaking $35 billion tive advantage the company lionaire “was not missing”
a village on the outskirts of
initial public off ering (IPO) has over small lenders or but “lying low for the time
the northwestern city of
of the Ant Group, which is even big banks through being”.
Peshawar. “The children first
played with it and later hit it
the group’s fi nancial arm swaths of personal data har While neither regulators
with a stone causing it to and behind Alipay, China’s nessed from its payment and nor State media in China
explode,” Mansoor Aman, a biggest digital payments lifestyle app Alipay”, adding have accused him of perso
senior police official, said. company. that “equipped with that in nal wrongdoing, he has
Accidents involving discarded China’s State media said formation, Ant has originat been asked, Bloomberg re
ordinance, often smuggled last month Mr. Ma was “sum ed loans to half a billion peo ported earlier, to stay in the
from Afghanistan, are not moned” for talks ahead of ple and has gotten about 100 country while investigations
uncommon in Pakistan. AFP the Ant Group’s IPO, and commercial banks to supply into the group continue.
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market watch
06-01-2021
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 48,174 ddddddddddddd -0.54
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 73.11 ddddddddddddddd0.08
% CHANGE
Services PMI signals expansion
slowing, businesses halt hiring
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 51,125 ddddddddddddddd0.31
Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 53.95 ddddddddddddddd1.79
NIFTY 50
PRICE CHANGE
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 496.80. . . . . . . . -2.65
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2805.35. . . . . . . 11.50
IHS Markit’s survey shows growth in the sector slid to a threemonth low in Dec.
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 654.25. . . . . . -10.20
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3462.70. . . . . . -29.95 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 2020. New export business
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 8786.35. . . . . . -34.50
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 5030.30. . . . . . -88.70
NEW DELHI decreased sharply, but at the
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 525.30. . . . . . . 11.30 India’s services sector activi slowest pace since March.
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 387.30. . . . . . . . -4.70 ty expanded at a slower pace “A spike in COVID19 cases
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3539.70. . . . . . -11.40
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 824.80. . . . . . . . -2.45
in December as growth in was reported as a key factor
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 135.10. . . . . . . . -0.05 sales eased to a threemonth restricting growth of new
low and staff hiring came to work intakes among service
Oil scales 11month high Saudi’s extra
Divis Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3879.85. . . . . . . 37.75
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 5288.30. . . . . . . . . 1.40
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. . . . 2645.35. . . . . . -29.55
a halt amid weak business providers, which in turn
optimism, a monthly survey curbed the rise in output
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 134.00. . . . . . . . . 4.70
oil output cuts
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 984.60. . . . . . . 23.30
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 978.20. . . . . . -13.15
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2638.85. . . . . . -13.00
showed on Wednesday.
IHS Markit’s seasonally
and led to increased busi
ness uncertainty about the as Saudi vows output cut signal demand
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1420.55. . . . . . . . -6.15 adjusted India Services Busi outlook,” Ms. Lima noted.
HDFC Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 719.05. . . . . . . . . 5.30
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 3083.55. . . . . . . 16.35
ness Activity Index fell to “Given the damaging im Brent crude price rises almost 1% risks: Goldman
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 259.05. . . . . . . . . 8.75 52.3 in December, from 53.7 Cooling again: Survey reveals increased business uncertainty pact of the pandemic on the
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2417.30. . . . . . -33.25 in November. about the outlook, says IHS Markit’s Pollyanna De Lima. AP *
service economy, some com
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 546.70. . . . . . . . . 9.45 panies are facing fi nancial Reuters
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 922.35. . . . . . . . . 0.70
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1282.10. . . . . . -11.70 Momentum slips garded,” said Pollyanna De sures and the COVID19 pan diffi culties, which is prevent Saudi Arabia’s pledge to
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 94.10. . . . . . . . . 1.10 “Although the news that the Lima, Economics Associate demic, IHS Markit noted. ing staff hiring. December cut its oil output by more
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 205.40. . . . . . . . -6.05 service sector remained in Director at IHS Markit. Global COVID19 restric saw the ninth round of job
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 401.70. . . . . . . . . 6.45
than required under its
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1970.40. . . . . . . 10.65 expansion mode during De Companies indicated that tions, particularly travel shedding in ten months,” pact with other OPEC+ pro
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1314.00. . . . . . . . . 7.70 cember is welcome, the fact growth was supported by bans, reportedly restricted Ms. Lima added. ducers points to weaken
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 736.10. . . . . . . . -4.00
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7628.60. . . . . . -26.85
that growth lost momentum new work orders, though international demand for In Input cost infl ation was ing oil demand following
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 18515.25. . . . . . -43.00 yet again shouldn’t be disre curbed by competitive pres dian services at the end of the strongest since February. new COVID19 lockdowns
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 97.85. . . . . . . . . 0.25 and sets the stage for a
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 96.95. . . . . . . . . 2.00
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 196.15. . . . . . . . . 8.15
tighter market in the se
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1914.25. . . . . . -51.85
SBI Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 910.30. . . . . . . . . 4.75
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 285.05. . . . . . . . . 3.30
U.K. car sales FM reviews NIP as part Spectrum Fired-up: Saudi Arabia agreed to make additional, voluntary
oil output cuts of 1 million bpd in February and March. AP
cond quarter, Goldman
Sachs said in a note re
Shree Cement . . . . . . . .. 24824.35. . . . . 928.85
drop most bidding from *
leased on Tuesday.
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 605.30. . . . . . . . . 1.85
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 195.40. . . . . . . . . 2.20
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 683.80. . . . . . . . . 3.25 since WW II of infra spending push March 1: DOT
Reuters group known as OPEC+.
“Saudi’s action and the
prospect for a tight market
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3051.50. . . . . . -41.50
Tokyo Reductions agreed to by in 2Q21, as the rebound in
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 997.15. . . . . . . . -6.70
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1572.60. . . . . . . . . 1.65
Pipeline expanded to 7,300 projects Oil prices rose on Wednes Saudi Arabia were included demand stresses the ability
Reuters PRESS TRUST OF INDIA day to their highest since Fe in a deal to persuade other to restart production, will
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 5448.35. . . . . 107.15
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 472.40. . . . . . . . . 1.15
LONDON Special Correspondent NEW DELHI bruary 2020 after Saudi Ara producers in the OPEC+ likely support prices in
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 406.40. . . . . . . . . 0.10 British new car sales fell NEW DELHI Bidding for the sixth round bia agreed to reduce output group to hold output steady. coming weeks, leading us
close to 30% last year in Finance and Corporate Af of spectrum auction for ra more than expected in a With coronavirus infec to reiterate our bullish oil
EXCHANGE RATES their biggest annual drop fairs Minister Minister Nir dio waves worth ₹ 3.92 lakh meeting with allied produc tions spreading rapidly in view,” the analysts wrote.
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit since 1943 as lockdowns to mala Sitharaman on Wed crore will start from March ers, while industry fi gures many parts of the world, Benchmark Brent oil
except yen at 4 p.m. on January 06
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL curb the spread of the co nesday reviewed the 1, according to a notice is showed U.S. crude stock producers are trying to sup prices on Wednesday hit
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 72.90. . . . . . . 73.22 ronavirus hit the sector,an progress of the National In sued by the Department of piles were down last week. port prices as demand takes their highest level since Fe
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 89.94. . . . . . . 90.36 industry body said. frastructure Pipeline (NIP) Telecom on Wednesday. Brent crude rose as much a hit from new lockdowns. bruary after Saudi Arabia,
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 99.62. . . . 100.06
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 70.89. . . . . . . 71.20
Demand stood at 1.63 as the government seeks to The auction is being as nearly 1% to $54.09 a bar OPEC member Iran’s sei the world’s biggest oil ex
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.29. . . . . . . 11.35 million cars in 2020, ac accelerate infrastructure held after a gap of four rel, the highest since Febru zure of a South Korean tank porter, said that it would
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 83.16. . . . . . . 83.57 cording to data from the spending in the economy. years and more than two ary 26. It was at $53.87 a bar er in the Gulf on Monday al cut by an additional, volun
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 55.38. . . . . . . 55.64
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 57.66. . . . . . . 57.94
Society of Motor Manufac The NIP has been ex years after the Telecom rel at 10:36 a.m. after so continued to support tary 1 million barrels per
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 18.18. . . . . . . 18.26 turers and Traders panded from 6,385 projects Nirmala Sitharaman Regulatory Authority of In jumping 4.9% on Tuesday. prices. Tehran denied it was day in February and
Source:Indian Bank (SMMT). It was particularly at the time of its introduc dia (TRAI) calculated and Saudi Arabia, the world’s holding the ship and its March.
hard hit by a 97% fall in tion a year ago, to more than ing,” Ms. Sitharaman said, recommended a base price biggest oil exporter, agreed crew hostage while pushing Two OPEC+ members —
April, the fi rst full month of 7,300 projects, and is mak urging Ministries to pro for the radiowaves. The on Tuesday to make addi for Seoul to release $7 bil Russia and Kazakhstan —
a national lockdown. ing progress despite the mote investible projects by DoT has fi xed January 12 tional, voluntary oil output lion of funds frozen under will bump up their output
IN BRIEF Dealerships gradually pandemic, the government holding discussions with for the prebid conference cuts of 1 million barrels per U.S. sanctions. by a combined 75,000 bar
reopened in June. “We lost said in a statement. prospective investors. The and January 28 as the last day (bpd) in February and U.S. crude oil inventories rels per day, while other
nearly three quarters of a “The NIP is a part of the Minister reviewed progress date for seeking clarifi ca March, after a meeting with dropped by 1.7 million bar producers will hold pro
million units over three or Government of India’s initia of the NIP, with a specifi c fo tion to the notice. Telecom the Organization of the Pe rels in the week to January 1 duction steady.
four months, which we tive to provide worldclass cus on 34 water and health operators will need to sub troleum Exporting Coun to 491.3 million barrels, Producers are wary of
never got back,” said infrastructure to its citizens related infrastructure pro mit their application by Fe tries (OPEC) and other ma American Petroleum Insti the impact of new lock
SMMT CEO Mike Hawes. and enhance the ease of liv jects worth ₹ 3.6 lakh crore. bruary 5 for participation. jor producers that form the tute’s data showed. downs on oil demand.
Eurozone contraction
could get worse in 2021
LONDON
Eurozone economic activity
Maintain status quo on accounts
contracted more sharply
than previously thought at
the end of 2020 and could
get worse this year as
of Anil Ambani fi rms, HC tells SBI
renewed restrictions to
contain COVID19 hit the Reliance cites relief from RBI diktat granted to other fi rms
bloc's service industry, an
IHS Markit survey showed. Staff Reporter prior notice or communica
The economy is expected to
New Delhi tion to the account holder.
gain momentum later this The Delhi High Court on The petition also stated that
year on vaccine hopes, a Wednesday asked the State there were similar cases fi led
December Reuters poll Bank of India (SBI) to main by other companies chal
found. Reuters tain status quo with regard lenging the circular pending
to the accounts of Anil Am before the high court.
Udaan raises $280 mn bani’s Reliance Communica The counsel for Reliance
from Tencent, others tion, Reliance Telecom and argued that the high court
NEW DELHI
Reliance Infratel, which had granted protection to
Ecommerce major Udaan on
have been declared the other companies in
Wednesday said it had raised
fraudulent. those cases.
$280 million (about ₹ 2,048
Justice Prateek Jalan, ho Taking note of the sub
crore) in funding from
existing and new investors.
wever, allowed the SBI to panies challenging a 2016 mission, the high court di
Existing investors Lightspeed take further steps in the na circular of the Reserve Bank rected the SBI to maintain
Venture Partners, DST ture of investigation or pro of India (RBI) on declaration status quo with regard to the
Global, GGV Capital, ceedings against the erst of their accounts as fraudu accounts of the three com
Altimeter Capital, and while directors and the lent by banks. panies till next date of hear
Tencent participated in the three companies, indepen ing on January 13, when it
latest funding exercise, dent of the order declaring ‘No prior notice needed’ will be heard along with oth
besides new investors the accounts as fraudulent. The plea stated that the RBI er similar cases.
Octahedron Capital and The high court was hear circular allowed the banks to The court also asked the
Moonstone Capital, Udaan ing a plea by the erstwhile declare an account as frau RBI to submit its response to
said in a statement. pti directors of the three com dulent without giving any the petition.
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Saini to debut, Agarwal dropped as the visitors set their eyes on retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
even in Mumbai: Paine
Aussie skipper makes a reference
words on the eve of the
INDIA IN AUS match refl ecting the desper to India’s ‘power’ in world cricket
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ation in the Aussie ranks.
SYDNEY The teams: S. Dipak Ragav
Having touched nadir and India: Ajinkya Rahane (Capt.),
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill,
zenith in a span of 10 days,
India will look to start afresh
against Australia with star
Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vi
hari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravin
A mid uncertainty wheth
er the fourth Test would
be held in Brisbane after re
Polosak fi rst woman
dra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mo offi cial in men’s Test
batsman Rohit Sharma’s pre hammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah,
ports emerged of Indian SYDNEY
sence adding a new dimen and Navdeep Saini. players not wanting to go Australia’s Claire Polosak will
sion to what promises to be Australia (likely): Tim Paine through a hard quarantine become the first woman
an enthralling third Test (Capt. & wk), David Warner, Will that Queensland rules cur match official in a men’s Test
starting at the Sydney Crick Pucovski, Marnus Labuschagne, rently mandate, Australia when she takes up the fourth
et Ground on Thursday. Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, skipper Tim Paine chose to umpire’s role in the SCG Test.
If Ajinkya Rahane’s side Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, make a mention of the The 32yearold from New
can go 21 up and help the Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, “power” of India in world South Wales was also the
visitors retain the BorderGa and Josh Hazlewood. cricket. first woman onfield umpire
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and in a men’s ODI match in ICC’s
vaskar Trophy, it will be one “I wouldn’t say frustra Paine. *
AFP
Rod Tucker; Third umpire: Paul Division 2 league, between
of the fi nest hours in the his Reiff el; Fourth umpire: Claire
tion. I would say a bit of un
tory of Indian cricket. certainty when you hear and play. That’s the way Namibia and Oman at
Polosak. Windhoek in 2019. AFP
Rahane, who led the way Match referee: David Boon. things like that coming par we’re looking at it.”
both with the bat and as cap Match starts at 5 a.m. IST. ticularly from India who we For the SCG Test, Paine
tain at Melbourne, will play Live on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten know hold a lot of power in urged his batsmen to be
with more confi dence while 3 and Sony Six (SD & HD). world cricket it is likely that more proactive and expres
facing the Australian attack it could happen,” said sive in their strokeplay to
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> Being in quarantine
of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazle Paine, speaking on the eve counter the Indian bowlers.
wood, Pat Cummins and defi nitely has its of the third Test that starts “We have spoken about the
Nathan Lyon. own challenges, but in Sydney on Thursday. mindset. We have got some
as a team we are “We are not too fussed. decent plans,” Paine said.
Winning battles focusing on the We are not going into where “It is just a matter of going Have rolled up a really
In the bowling department, his bagful of tricks. Pacer player of Smith’s calibre, to combat fi re with fi re even the Test is being played. As out and having the courage good wicket: curator
game. We know that
R. Ashwin has won crucial Navdeep Saini will make his looked so circumspect. as his statements make it far as we are aware, it is at to execute them. SYDNEY
battles against Australia’s key debut, replacing Umesh Ya clear that he is not at all com
life outside in the Gabba. But, as I said at “I think at times, we have A hard surface with a lot of
players, including Steve dav who fl ew back after an Warner being pushed fortable with the idea. Sydney is completely the team meeting the other just let them (Indian bow grass awaits the teams for the
Smith and Marnus injury. The pressure is understanda “He is energetic, profes normal but players day, we couldn't care less if lers) dictate to us a little bit, third Test, curator Adam
Labuschagne. ble as Australia is literally sional, who could make an are in quarantine, you rang us up and said it is let them build pressure and, Lewis said on Wednesday.
Jasprit Bumrah will lead Seldom has an Australian pushing a 70% fi t David War instant impact and fi lls guys which is a challenge in Mumbai tomorrow. We then you know with the “The weather was our main
the pace attack, bringing out batting unit, that boasts of a ner out there in the middle with confi dence,” Paine’s Ajinkya Rahane will get on a plane and go pressure, you lose wickets.” concern. We have rolled up a
really good wicket,” he said.
“We had the first ray of direct
summer light on the wicket
Rohit is batting really well in the nets, says India’s stand-in skipper Fan who attended MCG
game tests positive
Amol Karhadkar bourne, and started his prac bat, his presence alone will MELBOURNE
tice straightaway after the be a boost for captain Ra A fan, who had attended the
Boxing Day Test between
R ohit Sharma, who is set
to make his fi rst appea
rance in white fl annels after
Test got over. He has been
batting really well. The last
couple of series he has bat
hane. Under the latter’s fi ne
stewardship, India levelled
the series with an emphatic
India and Australia at the
MCG, has tested positive for
more than a year, has found ted as an opener, so you will win at Melbourne. COVID19, and authorities
have urged other spectators
a vocal supporter in India defi nitely see Rohit at the top
to get tested if they had
captain Ajinkya Rahane. On (of the order).” Proud moment
watched alongside him. AFP
the eve of the third Test of Rohit has missed India’s “As a captain, I am really en
the BorderGavaskar Trophy, last four Tests — two each in joying this role. Defi nitely, it
Masks mandatory for
Rahane confi rmed Rohit will New Zealand and Australia — is a proud moment for me to
fans at SCG
be slotted at the top of the due to fi tness issues. lead the country. It is an ho SYDNEY
order. The limitedover team’s nour to lead this exciting Fans attending the third Test
vicecaptain, who has reco bunch of guys. between Australia and India
Experienced hand vered from a calf injury he “I feel really proud and at the Sydney Cricket Ground
“We all are really excited to Rohit Sharma. *
TWITTER sustained during the Indian looking forward to the Test from Thursday will have to
have him (Rohit) back. His Premier League, was elevat match. As a captain, there wear masks at all times
experience at the highest le Rahane said on Wednesday. ed as Rahane’s deputy. are responsibilities and chal except when eating or
vel matters a lot. He is bat “He has had seven net ses While it remains to be lenges, but I am really enjoy drinking, the NSW health
ting really well in the nets,” sions. He came to Mel seen if Rohit is rusty with the ing them,” Rahane said. ministry has said. REUTERS
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14 Crimson with fear, associate escapes clutching holy chest (4,3) The hymns of devout saints such as the Nayanmars or the
16 Planning to escort partners inside (7) Azhwars and of acharyas such as Adi Sankara form an inte
gral part of devotional literature and fi nd an easy way into
17 Rebellious politician breaks pledge for high post (7)
the common man’s spiritual experience. Many have derived
19 Showoff sacrifi ces knight, gets into mess (7) great solace and mental strength by chanting them and by
21 Rebellious teen can’t bear skin condition (4) ruminating on their import, pointed out Sri R. Krishnamur
22 One gets excited, turned on slowly after husband gives massage (10) thy Sastrigal in a discourse.
Appayya Dikshitar has many soul stirring hymns on many
25 Wasted old husband starting to argue for nothing — thrown out (9)
deities to his credit. It is held that the hymn Atmarpana Stu
26 Articles in Times edited (5) ti, also known as Unmatta Panchasati, is a composition that
27 Master worried about helping relative (13) he wrote when he had already become well versed in all sas
tras and his entire self was steeped in deep devotion. He
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wanted to test his own pious commitment and felt that this
2 Tell about cuddling a little naughty charmer (7) would surface in an unalloyed manner if he subjected him
3 American President’s terribly mediocre (10) self to reach an intoxicated state by drinking the juice of the
4 Tippler fi nally overwhelmed by drink, put to bed (5)
Unmatta fl ower. He then asked his disciples to record wha
tever he spoke. This hymn written in that state reveals the
5 Lady conducting tour collapsed! Don’t worry about it (2,7)
intensity of his devotion. In many places, it reaches a mysti
6 Fish in shop, a halibut (4) cal state of direct awareness of God.
Solution to puzzle 13138 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku In the very fi rst verse, he accepts that he has ventured to
7 Ham is regularly stirfried in Japanese dish (7)
8 Tolerate a twit giving an order to soldiers (5,2,4)
extol Him, who is beyond human thought and word. Yet, if
he is able to try this feat, it is owing to His grace alone. The
10 Developing hot legs and tush, silly (11)
■ ACROSS Lord is not to be reached by all, but is of easy access to the
1 Welcome visitors at any time or make it easy for burglars perhaps? 13 New neurologist lacks good judgment (10) truly devout. The echo of the queries in the Upanishads re
(4,4,5) 15 Backbiter’s tense, shamefaced about crushing performer (9) garding this wonderful creation, the creator and the Brah
8 Full of cadets going berserk after scoring cocaine (5) 18 Gasp! Woman’s a wild cat (7)
man is unmistakable. Who, of infi nite prowess, is responsi
9 Tough concealing dope while travelling (2,7) ble for this consciousness, chetana, in beings? How have the
20 Most ridiculous amateur in bar performing set (7) fi ve elements been combined in perfect proportions to at
11 Allegation by America after onset of Covid19 interrupts
functioning (10) 23 Lemur behind riverside houses (5) tain their present forms in this universe? For, He alone is the
12 Draughtresistant grain in shop almost over (4) 24 Get rid of most stupid president (4) cause of this entire universe and is also the sole protector
and in whom everything recedes during Pralaya.
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Towering paceman Kyle Ja the club announced on
mieson completed an 11 Wednesday.
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nesday as New Zealand wall for the Catalan after
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Jamieson was near un son, a fi rst for the side in
AlAttiyah wins fourth playable in Pakistan’s se the ISL.
stage, ‘Mr Dakar’ in lead cond innings, fi nishing with The reverse came on the
RIYADH six for 48 to go with his fi ve back of BFC’s wretched
France's Stephane for 69 in the fi rst innings, as form this campaign.
Peterhansel remained atop the tourists were all out for
the overall standings despite 186 during day four’s fi nal
Qatari Nasser alAttiyah
claiming his third stage win of
the Dakar Rally on
session to give the Kiwis win
by an innings and 176 runs.
In his sixth Test after mak
Amre joins Capitals East Bengal
Wednesday. AlAttiyah
ing his debut against India 10 holds FC Goa
completed the 337km special
fourth stage, as the drivers
travelled a total of 813km
months ago, the 26yearold
Jamieson has taken 36 wick
Reaching its Zenith: The New Zealand squad that outplayed Pakistan to unseat
Australia as the world’s best Test team. AP *
as assistant coach ISL 2020-21
from Wadi AdDawasir to ets at a stunning 13.27 and
and moved the score to 46 Jamieson had Haris Sohail missed Fawad Alam for 16
Riyadh in 2hr 35min 59sec, with four fi vewicket hauls to
when the 2.3 metre (6ft 8in) and Azhar Ali caught be and Pakistan was 134 for se
IPL Sports Bureau
just 11s ahead of Peterhansel, his credit.
Jamieson had substitute Will hind, and bowled Pakistan ven at tea.
a 13time champion
nicknamed ‘Mr Dakar.’ AFP
The win, which saw it
sweep the series 20, also
confi rmed New Zealand had
Young taking an onehand
ed, diving catch to remove
captain Mohammad Rizwan.
Boult completed the four
Jamieson, Boult and Kane
Williamson shared the fi nal
Press Trust of India
NEW DELHI
A 10man SC East Bengal
showed grit to hold a
strong FC Goa 11 in an In
Kasatkina wins first overtaken Australia as the Abid. wicket session when he dis three wickets. Former India cricketer Pra dian Super League match
match of new season world’s No. 1 Test side. veen Amre has joined Delhi at the Tilak Maidan Stadi
ABU DHABI
After Pakistan resumed SCOREBOARD Capitals as assistant coach um, Vasco, on Wednesday.
Daria Kasatkina and Maria
the day at eight for one, Pakistan — 1st innings: 297. Total (in 81.4 overs): 186. for the upcoming two sea Bright Enobakhare’s put
Sakkari won their opening
Trent Boult captured the New Zealand — 1st innings: sons of the Indian Premier EB ahead in the 79th mi
matches on Wednesday as the Fall of wickets: 13, 217, 346,
women’s tennis season began
fi rst wicket when he had 659 for six. decl 479, 588, 698, 7126, 8145,
League (IPL), the team an nute before substitute De
at the Abu Dhabi Open. nightwatchman Mohammad Pakistan — 2nd innings: S. 9171. nounced on Wednesday. vendra Murgaonkar netted
Kasatkina was the first winner Abbas in the fi fth over and af Masood c Southee b Jamieson The 52yearold Amre, for Goa two minutes later.
New Zeland bowling: Southee
of the new season, beating ter that the day was mainly 0, Abid Ali c sub b Jamieson 26, who served as the franchis In the 56th minute, EB
208450, Boult 18.46433,
about Jamieson, who record M. Abbas c Watling b Boult 3, e’s head talent scout bet Praveen Amre. skipper Daniel Fox was
Wang Qiang 62, 36, 62. Jamieson 206486, Henry *
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ed his best match Azhar Ali c Watling b Jamieson ween 20142019, will join
Sakkari, seeded ninth, faced 155250, Mitchell 5180, shown the red card for a
performance. 37, H. Sohail c Watling b Jam the existing coaching staff , nal in 2020, this is certainly
four break points but saved Williamson, 30161. reckless tackle.
ieson 15, F. Alam c Taylor b
them all in a 64, 62 win Manofthematch: Jamieson; headed by Ricky Ponting. an exciting time to be back The result: East Bengal 1
Boult 16, M. Rizwan b Jamieson
over Anastasia Potapova. AFP Potent middle session 10, F. Ashraf c Watling b Jam Manoftheseries: “I am grateful to the Delhi there. (Bright Enobakhare 79) drew
After Abbas departed, Abid ieson 28, Z. Gohar c Henry b Williamson. Capitals management for “I look forward to work with FC Goa 1 (Devendra Mur
Ali and Azhar Ali looked to Boult 37, S. Afridi c Taylor b New Zealand won by innings having me on board. ing with Ricky again, and all gaonkar 81).
be laying the ground work Williamson 7, N. Shah (not out) and 176 runs to sweep the “With the team having the players,” Amre was qu Thursday’s match: Kerala
for a solid thirdwicket stand 0; Extras (b1, nb2, w4): 7; series 2-0. reached its very fi rst IPL fi oted in a press release. Blasters vs Odisha FC.