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Notice inviting e-TenderShort Term Fresh e- N.I.T No: - 26 of 2021-22 Date: - 14/07/2021

For and on behalf of The Hon’ble Governor of J&K UT, fresh e-tender (Two cover System), is invited from reputed andresourceful A class contractors/Firms/companies/joint venture of repute on comprehensive and extensive basis, whichshould be uploaded on the e-Procurement web portal http://www.jktenders.gov.in, as per given bidding Schedulefor below mentioned works as per the details mentioned in this e-tender notification , to whom all the terms and con-ditions of detailed NIT /Tender Documents/ PWD Form NO:- 25 are accepted. The detailed tender document,Specifications and drawings can be downloaded on the e-procurement Portal http://www.jktenders.gov.in andalso on departmental web site “www.jklda.org . The cost of the document (nontransferable /Nonrefundable) should bein the shape Bank Payin Slip to be deposited in the given Divisional account No.

J&K Lakes & Waterways Development Authority Srinagar*****************************************************************

Head Office, Implementing AgencyVice Chairman, Executive Engineer,J&K Lakes & waterways Development Authority, Executive Engineer Lake Division Ist,Miskeen Bagh Khanyar, District Srinagar-19003 J&K LWDAemail:- wiwda@yahoo.com email:- xenlakediv1st@email.com

For bidding please visit www.jktenders.gov.inWe look forward to your active participation.

For and on behalf Of the Honble Governor of Jammu & Kashmir UT

Executive EngineerLake Division 1st,LDA

No.LD-I/2382-2408Dated:14.07.2021

DIPK-NB-1828

01 Date of issue of Tender Notice 14/07/2021

02 Date of downloading of bidding documents 15/07/2021 from 10.00 A.M

03 Bid submission start date 16/07/2021 from 10.00A.M

06 Bid Submission end date 23/07/2021 up to 04.00 P.M

07 Date & time of opening Bids (on line) 24/07/2021 at 2.00 P.M

Tender Fee to be deposited into account No. CDG/01850102 00 00 0004, JK Bank Upper Sathu through E-challan /treasury receipt/Pay in Slip.

Online bidding schedule:

S. Name of work Advertised Cost Class of Cost of Period of TenderNo of Work Contract Document completion receiving

authority

01. Rs.390.00 AAY 5000/- 03 ViceLacs & calendar Chairman

Above Months J&K LWDA

02. Rs.276.25 AAY 5000/- 03 ViceLacs & calendar Chairman

Above Months J&K LWDA

Extraction of lily pads/Radhs/ Typha inside Dallake on front side Nishat Garden from NPLBund toward Dockyard Nishat including car-riage of extracted lily upto designated dump-ing site (Section 2nd)

Extraction of lily pads/Radhs/ Bushes/Floating Garden/Typha including cutting oftrees inside Dal lake behind Dole Demb includ-ing carriage of extracted lily upto designateddumping site.

NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERSFRESH E NIT 29 OF 2021-22 ISSUED UNDER NO: PHK:1803-17 DATED:13-07-2021

For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor of UT of J&K e-tenders (Two cover System) are invited on item rate basis with DLP of09 months from reputed and resourceful contractors /Firms/companies/joint venture of repute in PWD or Equivalent inCPWD/Railways and other state Governments for the following works, which should be uploaded on the Procurement web por-tal http://jktenders.gov.infor the subjected work(s) referred below to be received by the Superintending Engineer, Hydl. Circle,Anantnag and as per thedetails mentioned in this e-tender notification and to whom all the terms and conditions of detailede-NIT /Tender Documents/ PWD Form No:- 25 double are accepted. The detailed tender document and Specifications etc. canbe downloaded on the e-procurement portal http://jktenders.gov.in. The cost of tender documents (Non- refundable/Non-Transferable) should be the shape of e-Challan or Treasury Challan/Receipt in favour.

Position of Funds:- Available; Major Head of Account: JKIDFCThe Bidding documents consisting of eligibility criteria, specification, drawings, bill of quantities (B.O.Q) set of terms & conditionsof contract and other details can be seen/ downloaded from the e-procurement Portal “http://jktenders.gov.in”as per schedule ofdates given below:

The bidders shall have to upload the following documents with their bid:1. Scanned copies of tender fee and bid security form to be sworn on affidavit duly notarized be attached with the bid2. Scanned copies of regd card duly renwed3. Scanned copies of GST registration with latest GSTR-3B & PAN/ITR/TDS4. Experience/Turnover/undertaking (The bidders should also upload completion certificates and allotment or agreement copy

of works executed/completed in support of experience certificate.)NOTE: All documents should be uploaded as per the SBD (CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION)

For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor UT of Jammu & Kashmir.Sd/-

Executive Engineer, (JSD) PHE Division, Kulgam,DIPK-4731

DateSr. No. Description DD MM YYYY Time1 Publishing date of NIT 14 07 2021 1300 Hrs2 Download start date 14 07 2021 1300Hrs3 Bid submission start date 14 07 2021 1300 Hrs4 Bid submission end date 09 08 2021 1600 Hrs.5 Bid opening date (Technical Cover) 10 08 2021 1000 Hrs.

NOTICEBOARD CORPORATE ASSOCIATE DIARY E V E N T S , H O N O U R S

CRPF Srinagar Sector of CRPF, in assistance with Sathya SaiSeva Organisation, set up two free medical camps for thecitizens at Talpora Panchayat (Badgam) & Latipora, Bud Dal,(Rainawari, Srinagar). Around 300 odd beneficiaries weregiven free-of-cost consultation and medication at both thecamps with robust follow up plans in place.

POWERGRID organised the GRID 2030 competition forits employees. All current employees of POWERGRIDwere eligible for participation individually or in a group inthe competition. The competition aimed to capture thevision of the future grid. The topic of competition was“How do you Visualize the Future Electric Grid by 2030?”The competition received an overwhelming response with134 entries out of which 5 (Five) entries were selectedby the eminent jury. The winner was Vikas Kumar, Ch.Manager, CMD Coord.

FOUNDATION FOR AVIATION AND SUSTAINABLETOURISM (FAST) PS Kharola, Secretary, Ministry of CivilAviation, said that by the end of 2024 the aircraft fleet ofthe country would be increased to 1200 from thecurrent 700 as a long-term revival plan of the governmentin the Aviation sector. Kharola was speaking in a webinartitled “Sustainable Tourism in India” hosted recently byFAST in association with Responsible Tourism Society ofIndia (RTSOI). He also said that Effective CrowdManagement (ECM) at Tourist Destinations is Key toSustainable Tourism.

TRIFED With Rakhi around the corner, the Tribes India cataloguenow features an exclusive Rakhi corner, where one can findattractive handmade rakhis from different tribes of India, poojaitems such as ornate metal pooja boxes and torans. Do checkout your nearest Tribes India outlet or website as you prepare forthis festival of love and protection and look for gifting items.

The Rajasthan Sector of CRPF conducted a massive planta-tion drive at the 246 Battalion campus situated in Nayla,Jaipur. Vikram Sahgal, IG, CRPF joined the battalion inplanting 3000 saplings.

TREE PLANTATION DRIVE – CRPF

DFCCIL conducted a COVID-19 vaccination drive at itsCorporate office, New Delhi on 13th and 14th July, 2021 foremployees, staff and their families. Over 215 beneficiariesreceived the Covishield vaccine.

VACCINATION CAMP - DFCCIL

NIOS has signed a MoU with Ed4All and Microsoft under the dy-namic leadership of Chairperson, NIOS Prof. Saroj Sharma.This partnership will help the learners of NIOS, including Di-vyangs, to enhance their employability, Education and Skill.

MOU - NIOS

NHSRCL Satish Agnihotri (IRSE:1982)(Retd.), Former CMD, Rail Vikas NigamLtd. has taken over charge as MD, Na-tional High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. on01st July, 2021. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil),1982&MasterofEngineering (Structures),1984,both fromIIT,Roorkee & was conferred the distinguished Alumnus Award in2013by IIT,Roorkee.Agnihotri comeswithmore than19yrsofexperience in implementation of mega rail infrastructure pro-jects. He has worked as Chairman & MD, Rail Vikas NigamLimited, a schedule ‘A’ CPSE under the Ministry of Railways forclose to 9 yrs. He also held the position of Chairman, HighSpeed Rail Corporation Ltd , a fully owned subsidiary of RVNLsince its inception in July 2012 till August 2018.

APPOINTMENT

RailTel has successfully commissioned Electronic Interlockingsignalling system at Kalayat and Kaithal station of Delhi Division,Northern Railway. Electronic Interlocking had earlier been com-missioned at Pehowa Road Station.

COMMISSIONED - RAILTEL

NTPC REL signed a MoU with UT of Ladakh to setup country’sfirst green Hydrogen Mobility project in the region. The MoUwassigned in thepresenceofLt.GovernorRKMathur, seniordig-nitaries of government, NTPC and public representatives.

MOU - NTPC REL

Tata Power–DDL, in collaboration with Crompton, haslaunched an exclusive scheme on Super-Efficient Range ofBLDC Ceiling Fans for its consumers to promote Energy Con-servation among them.

LAUNCH - TATA POWER–DDL

CWC recently announced its audited financial results for FY2020-21. The Corporation achieved the best ever turnover ofRs.2168 crore, registering a growth of 25% over the turnoverof Rs.1728 crore during the previous FY 2019-20.

RESULTS - CWC

STANDARD BID DOCUMENTSECTION-1

Superintending Engineer, 3rd Circle, HPPWD, Solan.

(Name of Authority Inviting Bids)

NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)The Superintending Engineer, 3rd Circle, HPPWD Solan on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh invites

the percentage rate/item bids, in electronic tendering system, for construction of roads under National Bank forAgriculture and Rural Development for each of the following works including their maintenance for five yearsfrom the eligible and approved contractors registered with HPPWD and HP Jal Shakti Vibhag (Contractors ofHP Jal Shakti Vibhag are eligible to participate for the works having amount put to tender above Rs. 100 lacs).Non registered contractors may submit the bids; however successful bidder has to register in appropriate classwith appropriate authority in HPPWD.

Sr. Division RIDF Name of Work Total Period ofNo. Cost Completion

(Rs. (Months)Lakh)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 Kasauli XXVI 252.82 24.87 277.69 18

2 Kasauli XXVI 305.48 38.41 343.89 18 6.88

3 Nalagarh XXVI 846.40 74.14 920.54 18 18.41

M/T on Mataghat to Gaighat roadkm. 0/0 to 4/720. Khad (SH:-F/D,ROFD,X-drainage, soling, M/TParapets)

M/T of Bharti to Gamberpul viaDeothal road km. 0/00 to 6/595Khad (SH:- F/D,ROFD,X-drainage,soling, M/T Parapets).

C/o Pucca link road from Panoh-Barian Alyon Danoghat road km.3/0 to 15/730 i/c bridge over AlyonKhad (SH:- F/D,ROFD,X-drainage,soling, M/T Parapets etc and con-struction of bridge 24.00 mtr span)

Bid Security(Rs. Lakh). Thebid security istwo percent ofthe total cost,rounded to the

nearestthousand

5.56

EstimatedCost

(Rs. Lakh)Constr Mainteuction nanceCost Cost(Rs) (Rs)

Sr. Name of Work Last Date/Time for ReceiptNo. of Bids through e-Tendering

1 M/T on Mataghat to Gaighat road km. 0/0 to 4/720 24.07.2021 at 10:30 AM

2 M/T of Bharti to Gamberpul via Deothal road km. 0/00 to 6/595. 26.07.2021 at 10:30 AM

3 C/o Pucca link road from Panoh- Barian Alyon Danoghat road km. 3/0 to 15/730 i/c 29.07.2021 at 10:30 AMbridge over Alyon.

2. Date of release of Invitation for Bids through e-procurement:-17.07.20213. Cost of Bids Form :-Rs. 5000 per package/job(non-refundable) only in form of Demand Draft in favour of respec-

tive Executive Engineers.4. Availability of Bid Document and mode of submission: The bid document is available online and bid should

be submitted online on website wwwhpenders.gov.in. The bidder would be required to register in the web-sitewhich is free of cost. For submission of bids, the bidder is required to have valid Digital Signature Certificate(DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). “Aspiring bidders who have not obtained the userID and password for participating in e-tendering in NABARD may obtain the same from the website: www. hpten-ders.gov.in.Digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering. Bidders already possessing the valid digital sig-nature issued from authorized CAs can use the same in this tender.* Non-registered bidders may submit bids; however, the successful bidders must get registered in appropriateclass with appropriate authorities before signing the contract.

5. Submission of Original Documents: The bidders are required to submit (a) original Demand Draft towards thecost of bid document and (b) original bid security in approved form and (c) original affidavit regarding correctnessof information furnished with bid document as per provisions of Clause 4.4B(a) (ii) of ITB with SuperintendingEngineer ,3rd Circle HPPWD, Solan , on a date not later than three working days after the opening of technicalqualification part of the Bid, either by registered post or by hand.

6. All the required documents may be uploaded as per S.B.D. norms.7. Last Date/ Time for receipt of bids through e-tendering:- Last date /time for receipt of bids through e-tender-

ing of above mentioned works are as follows:-

8. The site for the work is available.9. Only online submission of bids is permitted, therefore; bids must be submitted online on website

www.hptenders.gov.in. The technical qualification part of the bids will be opened online at 11:00 A.MHours on above mentioned date in the office of Superintending Engineer, 3rd Circle HPPWD Solan bythe authorized officers. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified,the bids will be opened online on the next working day at the same time.

10. The bidder is not required to quote his rate for routine maintenance. The rates to be paid for routine main-tenance are indicated in the Bill of Quantities. Further, the payment for routine maintenance to the con-tractor shall be regulated based on his performance of maintenance activities.All the required materials like Cement/Steel/Bitumen/Explosive etc shall be arranged byContractor at his own level.

11. The bids for the work shall remain valid for acceptance for a period not less than seventy five(75) daysafter the deadline date for bid submission.

12. To qualify for a package of contract made up of this for which bids are invited in the same NIT, the biddermust demonstrate having experience and resources sufficient to meet the aggregate of the qualifying cri-teria for the individual contracts.

13. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents. The Employer shall not be held liable for any delaysdue to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bidders of anybid updates, the Employer shall not be liable for any information not received by the bidder. It is the bid-ders’ responsibility to verify the website for the latest information related to the tender.

(Er. Surinder Pal Jagota)Superintending Engineer,HPPWD,3rd Circle Solan

Tel 01792-220675, Fax 01792-223802,E-mail: hp-sol@nic.in2398/HP

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, GENERATION DIVISION LJHP BARAMULLA(Email id: xeneljhp@gmail.com)

Gist of E-NIT No: GD/LJHP/03 of 2021-22Dated: - 12 - 07 - 2021

(Tender ID: 2021_SPDC_130461_1)For and on behalf of the Managing Director, J&K Power Development Corporation, sealed bids affixed with revenue stamps worthRs. 6 valid for 180 days are invited from OEMS (original equipment manufacturers) / Registered firms / Authorized firms / Electro-Mechanical / Mechanical Contractors of International / National Repute having sufficient experience of the relevant job registeredto Central/State/UT/other agencies:

1. The complete bidding process will be online. However, hard copy duly signed and stamped by bidder should be submitted in the officeof Chief Engineer Generation Wing Kashmir alongwith cost of Tender Document.

2. Bid documents can be download from the website www.jktenders.gov.in and official website of JKPDC www.JKPDC.nic.in. The bid documentscontain Qualifying criteria for the bidders, specifications, Bill of Quantities, terms & conditions and other details.The following authenticated documents are to be submitted along with the tender otherwise the tender will be liable to rejection.

i. Proof of purchase of tender document (Scanned copy of Demand Draft or Bank receipt).ii. Copy of Registration Certificate from concerned authorities (Latest Renewed).iii. Copy of valid GST Registration Certificate (Incl. latest GST Return).iv. Copy of LOAs/ Documentary evidence of having executed similar jobs as per technical criteria with completion and performance cer-

tificate (Performed job successfully).v. Documentary evidence of financial capability (Line of credit by banks)vi. Manpower details, workshop equipments & testing lab information including details of tests being carried out. The bidder shall satisfac-

torily meet the following Qualifying Criteria as per CVC guidelines (in Excel Format).vii. Labour License (Latest Renewed).viii. Insurance Documents of the employees to be deployed at site.ix. Public Insurance Liability documents.x. No Litigation Certificate.xi. No Debarment Certificate.xii. No Deviation Certificate.xiii. Bid Security declaration form on stamp paperxiv. Affidavit showing correctness of all the above points.

Executive EngineerGeneration Division LJHP

Gantamulla BaramullaNo GD /LJHP/1836-49Dated: 12 - 07 -2021

1. Date of Issue of tender notice 12.07.2021

2. Period of downloading of bidding documents. 13.07.2021 to 02.08.2021

3. Bid submission start date 12.07.2021

4. Bid submission end date 02.08.2021

5. Deadline for receiving the hard copies (CDR & EMD). 03.08.2021

6. Date & time of opening of Technical Bid (Online). 04.08.2021

CRITICAL DATES

S. Description Estimated Bid Cost of tender Time ofNo cost (Lacs) Security specification completion

(Non-Refundable)

1. Rs 176.90 lacs Rs.5000.00 180 DaysSurvey, Design, Engineering, Fabrication,Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning ofHDPE Pipe Debris Barrier Boom with pathway atHeadworks Barrage LJHP Gantamulla and main-tenance of Barrier for 3 years from the date ofcommissioning.

3% Bid securityto be submitted

by successful bid-der before place-

ment of LOA

DIPK-NB-1802

POLICE HEADQUATERS, CHHATTISGARHSECTOR-19, ATAL NAGAR, NAWA RAIPUR

NOTICE INVITING TENDERNo. PHQ/Telecom/Purchase/Tender/995-A/2021 Raipur, Dated-14/07/2021Sealed tenders are being invited by the Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh on behalf of Governor of Chhattisgarh from Tender arebeing Invited from Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or Authorized by manufacturer (Only One) for the following item.Sn. Name of Item Qty. EMD in Rs.1. Battery for Digital VHF Manpack Motorola Xir P 8668 Set 2000 78,000=002. Mains Battery Charger 12 Volt 10 Amp. 70 10,500=00The Cost of tender document Per Item State Govt. of Challan of Rs/- 1000/- (Rs. One Thousand Only) amount to be deposited in the Headof A/C-0055-Police-800-other receipt or it shall be in the from of D.D. of State Bank of India/scheduled Bank (Other than cooperativeBank) payable at Raipur in favour of A.I.G. Telecom, Police Headquarters, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur. Tender Fee is nonrefundable and can-not be exempted in any condition. The tender document may be obtained from the following address:S.D.G.P. of Police (Telecom)Police Headquarters,Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh Pin: 492002Contact Person- Aig (Telecom) Mob. No: 7974755014The tender offer in the prescribed tender form along with all the relevant documents sealed and completed in all the respect must be sub-mitted as per the schedule below.

SCHEDULE FOR TENDERa) Address for submission of tender docu ment :- Police Headquarters, Sector-19, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur, Chhattisga rhb) Last date & time for availability of tender forms :- 17/08/2021 till 05.00 pmc) Last Date and time for receipt of tender :- 18/08/2021 till 03.00 pmd) Place, Time and Date of opening Technical Bid :- Police Headquarters, Sector-19, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattlsgarh

Date 18/08/2021 at 4:00 ome) Place, Time and Date of opening Financial Bid :- Shall be intimated laterf) Date till which the Bid to remain valid :- 120 days from the schedules date of submission of date.Note:-1- In case of tender opening date being declared as holiday, tenders will be opened on next working day.2- Tender documents can be downloaded from our website www.cgpollce.gov.in and at the time of submission of document tender fee

1000/- will be paid in the form of DD on the account of Assistant Inspector General of Police (Telecom), Police Headquarters,Chhattisgarh, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur.

3- Modification /Amend ment/corrigendum, if any shall not be Advertised In the news paper but shall.be published in the aforesaid website Only. .

62086 sd/-For-Director General of Police

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FOUR KARGIL-BASED students,arrested by the Delhi PoliceSpecial Cell for alleged conspir-acy in a case relating to a low-intensity explosion near theIsraeliembassyintheCapitalonJanuary 29, were granted bailThursday by a city court whichnoted that nothing incriminat-ing had been found againstthem, and that they were stu-dents with blemish-free an-tecedents.Granting bail to Nazir

Hussain, Zulfikar Ali, AjazHussain and MuzammilHussain, all in their 20s,Metropolitan Magistrate DrPankaj Sharma said nothing in-criminating had been put forthby the investigating officer (IO)tosuggestthattheywerelinkedto any terrorist organisation orconstituteda threat to society.“Considering the age, an-

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Sidhu likely to be PunjabPCC chief, Capt ‘unhappy’

SHUBHAJITROY&DEEPTIMANTIWARYNEWDELHI, JULY15

A DAY after External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar conveyedto his Chinese counterpart thatprolongation of the existing sit-uation in eastern Ladakh wasimpactingbilateraltiesina“neg-ative manner”, the ChineseForeign Ministry said that

Foreign Minister and StateCouncillor Wang Yi had saidChinawasreadytoseekamutu-allyacceptablesolutiontoissuesthat require an “emergency re-sponse”throughnegotiationandconsultation.According to the statement

posted on the Chinese ForeignMinistry website on Thursday,Wangalsosaidthatthetwosides“must place the border issue inanappropriateposition”inbilat-

eral relations, expand the posi-tivemomentumof bilateral co-operation,andcreatefavourableconditions for resolving differ-ences throughnegotiation.This divergence of approach

has persisted for the last 14monthsasNewDelhiandBeijinghave reiterated their stated po-sitions.TheChineseForeignMinistry

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THEDIVERGENCE inap-proaches—Indiawantsfull restorationof statusquowhileChinawants toput theborder issue inan‘appropriate’positionandgetonwithother things—haspersisted for the last14monthsasNewDelhiandBeijinghavereiteratedtheir statedpositions.

DivergenceofapproachE●EX

PLAINEDChina ready for ‘mutually acceptable’

solution on ‘emergency’ issues: Wang

APURVAVISHWANATH&SANTANUCHOWDHURYNEWDELHI, KOLKATA, JULY15

SAYINGWESTBengalhas“lawofruler” rather than "rule of law",a committee of the NationalHuman Rights Commission(NHRC) has slammed theMamata Banerjee government,accusing it of subjecting "thou-sandsof its citizens... tomurder,rape, displacement and intimi-dation, etc. in the last couple ofmonths"followingtheAssemblyresults, and recommended de-ploymentofCentralforcesinthestate.In its final report on the al-

legedpost-pollviolence,submit-tedtotheCalcuttaHighCourtonJuly13,theNHRChassaidthattheseriousincidentsshouldbeinves-tigated by theCBI and tried out-sidethestate,infast-trackcourts.It also called for a court-moni-toredSpecial InvestigationTeamtofollowupontheinvestigations.Naming123political leaders

amongaccusedandsuspects,in-cluding an election agent of theChief Minister and severalTrinamool leaders, and callingthem “notorious criminals/goons”, the NHRC says very"few"arrestshavebeenmade"incontrast to the large-scale vio-lence".

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‘POLITICAL VENDETTA’“TheNHRCshouldhaverespected thecourt... itshouldhavesubmittedits findings to thecourtfirst... BJPmisusingsomeinstitutionsbecauseofpolitical vendetta,”ChiefMinisterMamataBanerjee said.

NHRC says ‘law of ruler’, names TMCleaders; minister threatens legal action

UttarakhandCMPushkarSinghDhamiwithUnionMinisterAshwiniVaishnawinNewDelhi,Thursday.PTI

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SUKHBIRSIWACHCHANDIGARH, JULY15

INVOKINGSEDITION charge forthe first time against farmersprotestingoverthenewfarmlawsfor the past eight months, theHaryanaPoliceThursdayarrestedfiveof theminpre-dawnraids.Farmer leaders say they had

come to know on July 13 that

around a hundred of themhadbeen slapped with seditioncharges over a protest againstHaryana Assembly DeputySpeakerRanbirSinghGangwainSirsa on July 11, that had turnedviolent. Only two people werenamedintheFIR,HaryanaKisanManch leader Prahlad SinghBharukhera and 70-year-oldHarcharan Singh Panjuana, the

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CJIcomparespowerof lawtocarpenterwhosawsoff forestinsteadoftree

ANANTHAKRISHNANGNEWDELHI, JULY15

EXPRESSINGCONCERNoverthe“misuse”of theseditionlawand“no accountability of executiveagencies”, the Supreme Courtsought toknowThursday if this“colonial law” is still needed 75yearsafter Independence.Hearing a petition byMajor

General(retired)SGVombatkere

who has challenged Section124AoftheIPCwhichdealswiththe offence of sedition, ChiefJustice of India N V Ramanaturned to Attorney General K KVenugopal:“It’sacolonial law.Itwasmeanttosuppressthefree-dommovement. The same lawwasusedbytheBritishtosilenceMahatmaGandhi,Tilaketc.Still,is it necessary after 75 years ofindependence?”.

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Protesting farmers heldfor sedition in Sirsa raids Uttarakhand to

watch roads,borders as UPsays won’t stopkanwar yatra

LALMANIVERMADEHRADUN,JULY15

WITH NEIGHBOURING UttarPradesh among others saying itwill not stop thekanwaryatra, acautiousUttarakhandisdraftingaStandardOperatingProcedure(SOP) to handle pilgrims whomightenterthestatedespitethegovernmentsuspendingthepro-cessionwithin itsboundaries.DGPAshokKumar,whoheld

ameetingwithpoliceofficersonthe issue Thursday, said forceswillbedeployedonUttarakhandborders,forwhichassessmentofthenumberof policepersonnelrequired had been done, andkanwarenforcementteamscon-stitutedineverydistrict.Theya-tra begins around the lastweekof July.Any kanwariya spotted any-

wherewould be "respectfully"taken off the road and droppedbacktothestateborders, theof-ficersaid.If foundnearoneoftheholysites,akanwariyawouldbetaken to the nearest temple toofferprayers, and thendroppedontheborder.

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ANINDICATIONbytheCongresshigh command that it is set toappointNavjotSinghSidhu,oneof themain detractors of ChiefMinisterAmarinderSingh,pres-ident of the Punjab Congress,roiled the party in the election-boundstateonThursday.Sources close to Amarinder

said he was unhappy, and hadconveyedto thehighcommand

that he would not go into theAssembly electionswith SidhuasPCCchief.Byevening,clarificationsand

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INCIDENTS RANGING fromAssam'snortheasttiptoitswest,andascriptthatiscommon—ofapprehended criminals "tryingto escape" from custody thesamedayas theywerearrested,"attemptingtosnatchweapons"andpoliceopening fire.SinceChiefMinisterHimanta

Biswa Sarma took over onMay10, at least 23peoplehavebeenshot at while in police custody,with five dead. They had beenheld for crimes such as cattle-smuggling, rape,murder, drug-peddling, dacoity. This is apartfromdeathsof10militantsinen-countersinthepasttwomonths.As the Opposition raises

alarm over the "trigger happy"

government and the AssamHuman Rights Commission(AHRC) takes up thematter suomotu, Sarmahas said he standsby the new approach. OnWednesday and Thursday, hetold the Assembly his govern-ment would continue its “zerotolerance policy” on criminals,and that he was ready to face“anykindofcriticism”."Myclearinstruction (to police) is do notbreak the law, but within thelaw... you take extreme action,and the Assam government isgoing toprotectyou."Days earlier, at a conference

attended by police officers, theCMhad said therewas nothingwrong in police firing being "apattern", if someonewas“tryingtoflee”.“Policecannotshoothimin the chest, but shooting at the

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FROMPAGEONESedition lawVenugopal told the bench—

also including Justices A S Bop-anna andHrishikeshRoy— thattheprovisionneednotbe struckdownandguidelinescanbesetsothatitmeetsitslegalpurpose.Stating“Iamindicatingwhat

Iamthinking,”theCJIsaidifonesees the history of peoplecharged under the section, theconviction rate isvery low.“Theenormouspowerofthis

section can be compared to acarpenter being given a saw tomakeanitem,(but)usesittocuttheentireforestinsteadofatree.That’s the effect of this provi-sion,”hesaid.Hecitedtheexampleofhow

Section 66A of the InformationTechnologyAct continues to beused even after being struckdownbythecourt in2015.“Take the 66A IT Act.

Thousands of caseswere regis-tered even after being struckdown,”hesaid,addingthatif thepolice want to fix somebody,they can also invoke 124A, andthat everybody is a little scaredwhen the section is invoked.“Theseareall issueswhichneedtobe looked into,”hesaid.“Our concern is misuse of

lawandnoaccountabilityofex-ecutive agencies,” the CJI said,

clarifyingthathewasnotblam-inganystategovernmentforthemisuse.Hesaidifsomepartydoesn’t

want to hear the voice of an-other party, theymay use thistype of lawand implicate otherpeople. “It’s a serious questionfor individuals,”hesaid.Thebenchwonderedwhythe

government,whichhadrepealedmanypre-colonial laws,wasnotlooking into the sedition law.“Continuation of these types oflawsafter 75years! Thegovern-ment has repealed a number oflawsnow... Idon’tknowwhyyouarenotlookingintothis,”CJIsaid.Venugopaltoldthecourtthat

theprovisionneednotbestruckdown, but guidelines could besetout so that the lawmeets itslegalpurpose.He said a similar petition is

alreadypendingbeforeabenchheaded by Justice UU Lalit andthe court has directed thatcounter-affidavitsbe filed.Meanwhile,inaseparatepe-

tition, former UnionMinisterArun Shourie too has urged theSupremeCourttodeclaresection124AIPCasunconstitutional.Referring to the Supreme

Courtdecisionupholdingtheva-lidityoftheprovisioninthe1962matter of Kedar Nath Singh v.State of Bihar, Shourie’s petition

statesthat inthatcase“thecon-stitutionality of sedition wastestedandupheldontheprem-ise that all laws enjoy a ‘pre-sumptionof constitutionality’.”Butthecourt“inNavtejSingh

Joharv.UnionofIndia...andJosephShine v. Union of India... hasheldthat the presumption of consti-tutionalitydoesnotapplytopre-constitutionallawsasthoselawshavebeenmadebyforeignlegis-latureorbody...andhenceKedarNathneedsrevisiting”.HesaidtheKedarNath judg-

mentalso “failed to takenoteofthe judgment of the Consti-tutionalBenchinSuperintendentCentralPrisonv.DrRamManoharLohia...wherein itwasheld that(a)onlyaggravateddisturbanceof ‘public order’ as opposed tomere ‘law and order’ could beused to restrict freedom ofspeech and expression, and (b)thereshouldbedirectandprox-imate connection between theinstigation and the aggravateddisruptionof publicorder”.

Farmers heldfaces of the farmer agitation inSirsa.Panjuanahasbeenrunninga langar inSirsaforDelhi-boundprotesters forsevenmonths.Around4amonThursday,in

coordinatedaction,policeraidedhomes of five of them in Sirsa

district. By 9 am, the five hadbeen produced before a courtfromwheretheyweresenttoju-dicial custody, before otherfarmersgotawhiff ofwhatwashappening,orcouldgather.Laterin theday, theyheldaprotest infrontof theSirsaSP’soffice.“In some cases, policemen

scaledthewalloffarmers’housestoarrestthemintheweehours,asif they were terrorists,” saidBharukhera.Questioningthesedi-tioncharge,headded,“Ithasbeenlodgedtosuppressourvoice,butthatisnotgoingtohappen.”Sirsa SP Arpit Jain said they

hadfolloweddueprocedure,andarrested the five after analysingvideo footageof the July11 inci-dent and identifying them. “Wehave video clippings of the July11incident.Stoneswerethrownon our vehicles. Had a stone hitsomebody’shead,hecouldhavedied.Apolicemanwashitwithavehicle," Jainsaid.ThosearrestedThursday in-

cludeBalkar, 26, andBalkor, 35,farmers with 6-7 acres of landeach inFagguvillage.The Samyukta KisanMorch

(SKM), that is spearheading thefarmer agitation, said thechargeswere“false"andlodgedunder the instructions of the"anti-farmer" government ofHaryana. “The SKM shall assist

all farmers in contesting thesecharges in court and assure theHaryanagovernmentthatstrug-gleagainstitsterrorshallbemetbyintensificationofthestruggleandprotestby farmers.”Farmer leaders also claimed

that"afewelementswereplant-edbyourpoliticalopponentstodefametheagitation”,andwerebehind the July11violence.

Kanwar yatraTo ensure kanwariyas don't

arrive by trains, these will behalted before Haridwar andchecked, with the pilgrims de-boardedandtakentothenearbyborder,saidDIG(LawandOrder)NileshAnandBharne.Separately, eachdistrictwill

drawupitsownSOPforenforce-ment of the ban on the yatra,such as keeping shops that sellitemsconnected to it shut.Alsoamongproposalsonthe

table is putting any kanwariyaenteringHaridwar under quar-antine for 14 days, after whichtheywouldbesentback.KumarsaidtheHaridwardistrictpolicechief will speak to the DistrictMagistrateonthis.Uttarakhand receives the

bulk of the kanwar yatra pil-grims,headedforplacessuchasHaridwar, Gangotri andGaumukh to collect Gangawa-terstocarrybackhomeasoffer-ing at Shiva temples. The yatrahad been suspended last yeartoo, like this time, due toCovid.In 2019, Uttarakhand had re-ceivedaround3.5crorepilgrims.The state action follows its

experienceof theKumbhMela,whichhadledtoaspurtincasesjustbeforethestartofthedeadlysecondwaveof Covid.The kanwar enforcement

teams, to be constituted inHaridwar, Dehradun, Tehri andPauri Garhwal district, will pa-trol the routes traditionallytakenby thepilgrims.

NHRCIn a sharp reaction, Banerjee

accusedtheBJPofusing"impar-tialagencies" tohatchaconspir-acy against her government."Becauseofpoliticalvendetta,theBJPismisusingsomeinstitutionstomalign the image of Bengal.Theycannotdigesttheirelectoraldefeat inWestBengal,"shesaid.TwooftheTMCleadersnam-

ed in the report,minister Jyoti-priyaMullick andMLA SaukatMollah, said theywould take le-galactionagainsttheNHRC.Claimingthatincidentsofpre-

poll violence in the state,when"law and order was under theElectionCommission",hadbeenpassedoff aspost-poll incidents,Banerjee said theNHRC "shouldhave respected the court"."Insteadofleakingthefindingstothemedia,itshouldhavefirstsub-mittedthesametothecourt."The NHRC released a state-

mentrefutingthis, sayingithadalready shareda copyof the re-portwith advocates of the par-ties concerned, in accordancewithHighCourtdirections.In the 50-page report, the

NHRCsays,“ThesituationintheState ofWest Bengal is amani-festation of 'Law of Ruler', in-steadof 'Ruleof Law'.Recommendingdeployment

of Central forces, it says, “StaticPickets:ofCentralArmedPolice:Forces shouldbedeployed in allvillages fromwhere fiveormorecomplaints have been received(relatingtomurder,rape,grievoushurt,vandalismofhomes,etc)."Thereportrecommendsthis

whileobservingthatveryfewofthe accused had been arrested,and most are on bail. "... thisshows ineptperformanceof lo-cal Police and there is nodeter-rence for criminal elements”, itsays.Of the9,304accusedcitedinFIRs, only14%werearrested,ofwhom80%arealreadyonbail,says the report.“Thus, overall speaking, less

than3%oftheaccusedareinjail,while 97 % are out in the open,makingamockeryof thewholesystem. It is quite evident thatPolice...donothavethecourageto take action against loominggoons belonging to the rulingdispensation," the report says.Of the leaders it names, the

NHRC says, “Their exact culpa-bilitywillbeestablishedthroughgreater scrutiny of records,analysis of telephonic recordsand cross verification of state-ments recorded and police sta-tion records.”The annexure talkingof "no-

torious criminals/goons"names,apart fromministerMullick andMLA Mollah, TMC legislatorsPartha Bhowmick and KhokanDas, former partyMLAUdayanGuha, and Banerjee's electionagentSheikhSufiyan.

China readyWangYi’sgeneralassessmentofChina-Indiarelationsandsaidastwomajordevelopingcountries,IndiaandChinahavealotincom-monand should enhance coop-erationinvariousareas.

“India has not changed anddoes not want to change thestrategic assessment of India-Chinarelations.IndiaiswillingtoworkwithChinatopushbilateralrelationsoutofaslump.IndiaandChinamust findasolutiontotheborderissuethatisintheinterestof both sides through dialogueandconsultationandatthesametimemakesurenottotakeunilat-eral actions toprevent the situa-tionfromgettingcomplicated.”The Chinese readout of the

hour-long in-personmeetingonthe sidelines of an SCOconclaveinDushanbeonWednesdayalsoquotedWang as saying that therelations between India andChina“arestillatalowlevelwhichisnotintheinterestofeitherside”.Themeeting in Tajikistan's

capital took placewith the dis-engagementprocessstalematedat the remaining frictionpointsineasternLadakh.The twomil-itaries withdrew troops andweaponsfromthePangongLakearea inFebruary followinga se-ries of military and diplomatictalkstoresolvethestandoff thatbegan inMay2020.According to the Chinese

ForeignMinistrystatement, theMinistersaidthattheoverallsit-uationintheborderareahasde-escalated after thewithdrawaloftroopsfromtheGalwanValleyandPangongLakeareas.Wang reiteratedChina's oft-

repeatedstandthatitwasnotre-sponsiblefortheborderstandoff.He, however, said that “China isreadytofindasolutionacceptabletobothsidesontheissuethatnee-ds emergency response throughnegotiationandconsultation”.“China's strategic assess-

ment of China-India relationshas not changed,” Wang said.“Chinaand Indiaposeno threatbutofferdevelopmentopportu-nities to each other. The twocountries are partners ratherthanrivalsorenemies.”Meanwhile, sources in the

securityestablishmentsaidthatChina is building permanentstructures on its side across theLineofActualControl(LAC),andthatonesuchpermanentstruc-ture has been recently noticedacrossNakuLa inSikkimontheChineseside.The sources said it was not

confirmed what kind of basethis was. However, such struc-tures have been coming upacross the border for the pastfewyears, theysaid.“They already have ex-

tremelygoodandwidenetworkof roads reachingup to the bor-der inall sectors fromLadakhtoArunachalPradesh.Theirborderoutposts have always been farmoreequippedthanours. SincetheDoklamepisode(2018),theyhavestartedbuildingpermanentmilitary and civilian infrastruc-ture close to the border withgreater pace. This one is in linewiththat,”amilitaryofficialsaid.OnWednesday,theMinistry

of External Affairs had said inNewDelhi that Jaishankar hadtoldWang that any unilateralchange in the status quo alongtheLACwas“notacceptable” toIndia,andthatoverall tiescouldonly develop after full restora-tionof peace and tranquillity ineasternLadakh.The two Ministers agreed

that the next round of militarydialogue should be held at theearliest, and that it should dis-cuss all remaining issues andseek amutually acceptable so-lution, theMEAstatement said.

Sidhudenials were issued by bothAICCgeneralsecretaryinchargeof PunjabHarishRawatand theCM—itwas,however,clearthatthe tussle in the state Congresshad only worsened, and ten-sionshadescalated.Rawat rushed to meet

Congress president SoniaGandhi around 7.30 pm, andsubsequently claimed he hadneversaidthatSidhuwasbeingappointedPCCpresident.

Sources, however, said thatRawat’s office had even pre-pared a statement announcingSidhu’sappointment“Mujhsequestionkiyagayaki

kyawoh(Sidhu)honge,tohmainekaha koi bhi faisla...aap jo kahrahe hain iske chaaron taraf hihoga. Abi kai logistic ends hainjinkojohaijodnahai,”RawattoldreportersaftermeetingGandhi.He will now travel to

Chandigarh on Friday to meettheChiefMinister.TheChiefMinister’smediaad-

visorRaveenThukral,meanwhile,tweeted that “media reports ofChiefMinisterAmarinder Singhresigning are humbug. He hasneitherquit nor offered todo so.He’ll leadtheCongress inPunjabtovictoryin2022Assemblypollsashedid in 2017.Urgemedia tostop speculating and spreadingmisinformation.”A spokesperson for

Amarinder said the CMhad al-readysaid thathewouldbeup-set if Sidhuwasmade the PPCCchief, and had conveyed to theparty that it would be a disas-trous step. The decision wasthen left to the high command,thespokespersonsaid.According to sources, by

eveningtheChiefMinisterwentinto a huddle with manyMinisters,MPs andMLAs of hiscampathisfarmhouseinSiswannear Mohali. Sidhu too, waslearnt to have met someMinisters and leaders close tohimatstateMinisterSukhjinderRandhawa’s residence.Themeetings indicated that

neitherof thesideswasreadytogive ineasily.Several Congress leaders

who are considered close toAmarinder told The IndianExpress onThursday that a “re-volt”was“brewing” in thestateunit,andtherewouldbean“ex-plosion” if SidhuwasmadePCCchief.“Thepartywillbreak,”oneleader said.Sources said the announce-

ment of Sidhu’s appointmentwasexpectedanytimeasRawat’sofficehadevensentacopyofthestatementtoSidhuforvetting.Inthe face of protests by severalleaders, however, the party hasnowdecided that Rawatwill flyto Chandigarh by chopper onFridaytomeettheChiefMinister.“The high commandwants

to take the CM into confidence.Heisaseniorleaderof thepartyand if Sidhu is tobemadePPCCchief, the general secretary incharge should pay him a per-sonalvisitandinformhimaboutthedevelopment,”asourcesaid.

Kargil studentsaccused persons are studentshaving roots in the society andfixedplaceofabode,intheback-drop of the fact that IO has thecustodyoftherelevantevidence,all the accused persons are or-dered to be released on bail,”Sharmasaid.While the explosion case

was being investigated by theNIA,theSpecialCellregisteredacaseof “criminal conspiracy”.TheSpecialCell arrested the

fouryoungmenonJune23,daysafter the NIA announced a re-wardofRs10lakheachforiden-tification of two persons cap-tured by CCTV camera whiletheywereallegedlyplantingex-plosive material outside theIsraeli embassy.Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy

Biswal had then said that theSpecial Cell picked up the stu-dents fromKargil duringa jointoperation with “a centralagency” and local police, andhadbrought themtoDelhi.In its order grantingbail, the

courtsaidthereport filedbytheIO indicates that one of the ac-cusedusedtopost“highlyobjec-tionable”materialonhisTwitteraccount against Israel, US andotherwesterncountries, andhewas followed by another ac-cused.

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THERE ARE no plans to reopenschools in Delhi yet, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal saidon Thursday. “Internationally,there’s a trend of resurgence ofCovid-19 through a thirdwave;thus,untilthevaccinationprocessisnotcomplete foreveryone,wecannotriskthe livesof children,”he said, rejecting the idea of re-opening schools amidst a fall inCovidcases inthecity.Schoolsinthecityhavelargely

remainedshutsinceMarch2020,with classes, exams and assess-ments being carried out online.For students in junior classes,worksheets have been sent on-line. Only for a short period inJanuary and Februarywere stu-dentsinseniorclassesallowedtogo to school. This, however,wasstoppedasCovidcasesstartedtoriseagaininMarch.While vaccine trials for chil-

dren are currently underway inIndia,novaccineshavebeenap-provedforuseonchildreninthecountryyet. IntheUSA,childrenover the age of 12 have beengiven thePfizervaccine.Afteritssecondwave,thecity

is now experiencing the lowestnumber of cases since the earlydaysofthepandemic.SinceJune23, the city has maintained apositivity ratebelow0.2%.

On Thursday, Delhi saw 72new cases at a positivity rate of0.1%. One person died,while 88recovered. At present, hospitali-sation figures in the city areamongthelowesttheyhavebeeninthepastyear,withonly362outof13,450Covidbedsoccupied.Atotal of 230 people are underhome isolation. The total deathtollduetoCovidis25,022andthecasefatalityratiohasbeenaround1.74%forseveralmonthsnow.Delhigovernmentschoolsare

set toconduct staggeredparent-teachermeetingsbetweenJuly19and31, and among the itemsonthe agendawas to get the viewsof parents on thequestionof re-opening schools. However, theCM’s statement on Thursdaymade it clear that even as otherestablishments in the city havere-opened during this drop incases,schoolswill remainshut.The Delhi government has

also been emphasising that it ispreparing for a possible thirdwavewith a focus on providingspecialcareandtreatmentfacili-ties and protocol for children.Experts,however,havesaidthereisnoevidencethatthenextwavewill targetchildrenspecially.AspertheDelhigovernment,

of the1.14lakhpeoplewhohavegot Covid over the last twomonths, only about 4% werechildrenunder14.TheCovid in-fection rates are highest in the30-60agegroup,data shows.

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New Delhi: The Delhi govern-ment Thursday said privateschools students willing toswitch to government schoolswouldnotbedeniedpermissionfor failing to produce a transfercertificate (TC), adding thatthe Directorate of Education(DoE) will take care of that re-quirement.Addressingapressconference,

Deputy CM Manish Sisodiaclaimed thatmany students arenot being able to joinDelhi gov-ernment schools as privateschoolsare“refusingtoissueTCs”.“Iwant to appeal to parents

who are willing to shift theirstudents from private to gov-ernment schools that they

shouldnotworryaboutobtain-ingTC.Thequalityof educationin government schools hasvastly improved... However, inmanycases, private schools arenot issuing TCs. But a decisionhasbeentakenthatnosuchstu-dent will be denied admissionfornothaving aTC. That aspectwill be taken care of by theDirectorate of Education,”Sisodia said.Sisodia said 28,000 applica-

tions have been received forNursery,KGandClassIforadmis-sion in Delhi government’sSarvodayaschools.Further,about90,000 applications have beenreceived for classesVI toXII (ex-ceptclassXI),hesaid.ENS

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SUKRITABARUAHNEWDELHI,JULY15

GREATER SCOPE for public par-ticipation in the Delhi MasterPlan;centeringofresidents’con-cernsoverinformalsettlements;involving informalworkers andwomen in theplanningprocess—theseareamongtheconcernsand demands raised by a net-work of civil society organisa-tions andactivists pushing for amore inclusive developmentplan for thecity.The draft Delhi Master Plan

(2021-2041)was given prelim-inary approval by the Delhi

Development Authority lastmonthandhasbeeninthepub-lic domain since June9 for sug-gestions and objections fromcitizens, followingwhich itwillbeenforced.However,Main Bhi Dilli— a

collectiveofover40civilsocietygroups,activistsandresearchersengagingwith theMaster Planfor the last three years — is de-mandinganextensionoftheob-jections period to allowmorepublic consultation.“It took three years for the

DDA to draft this plan, but thepublic consultation has beengiven only 45 days, which is aninjustice, especially during a

pandemic...Thedeadlineusedtobe 90 days before it wasamendedin2016,sowealreadyhave a precedent for 90 days.However, this should be ex-tended to at least 3-6months,given the exceptional circum-stances,” saidGautamBhan, re-searcherandfacultymemberatthe Indian Institute for HumanSettlements,whilealsopointingout that baseline data used toprepare the plan has not beenmadeavailable to thepublic yetandtheclockforpublicconsulta-tionshouldonlybeginoncethisinformation ismadeavailable.Bhan also emphasised that

planning, especiallyonsocial in-

frastructure, shouldmove awayfrompopulation-based norms.“Forexample, it is stated that forevery10,000people,thereshould

beoneanganwadicentre.ButarethesecentresrequiredasmuchinLutyen’sDelhias theyare inEastDelhi,industrialareas,Northwest

Delhi’s resettlement colonies, orin Badarpur? Every area has dif-ferentneeds.Whichiswhythereshould be area-based norms onrequirements insteadofpopula-tion-basednorms,”hesaid.Among the criticisms by the

collectiveisthelackofagenderedperspective.Referringtotheplanas “gender blind”, KalpanaViswanathan,whoworksongen-dersafetyinpublicspaces,stated,“Thereshouldbeaseparatechap-terongender inthemasterplan,wherein there will be data oncrimerate,thenumberofschoolsfor girls, reservation for singlewomeninhousing...Theplanhasa push for night-time economy,

whichisagreatidea,butthiscityis consideredunsafe forwomenafter 6 pm. If wewant to have anight-timeeconomy,wehavetoplan on how tomake it gender-friendly... there has to be publictransportatnight,thestreetshavetobesafe...Italsohastorecognisethecareeconomybyplanningfordaycarecentres.”Thecollective is alsopushing

for greater recognitionof thedi-versity of workspaces of the in-formalsectorandformoreprovi-sionsonaffordablehousing. Themaster plan has calculated ahousingdemandof34.5lakh.However, urban planner

MuktaNaikpointedoutthatthis

calculation is based on figuresfrom the 2011 census withoutany projections on populationgrowth.“Eventhen,theplandoesnot

tell us who these 34.5 lakhhouseswill be for.We need thebreak-upof these into EWS, LIGandMIGcategoriestoknowhowmanyof these are for the poor...We also demand that govern-ment land be committed forEWShousing to ensure that the15% FAR reserved for it can beseenthrough,”shesaid,alsorais-ing the demand for regularisa-tion schemes for JJ colonies andslum clusters along the lines ofthat forunauthorisedcolonies.

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DELHI UNIVERSITY (DU) willlikely begin registration for itspostgraduatecoursesonJuly26while undergraduate admis-sions are likely to begin some-time in the first three days ofAugust.Like last year, the process

will be completely online.The decisionwas taken in a

meeting of the AdmissionCommitteeheld Thursday.“We have decided to start

postgraduate registration onJuly 26. For undergraduatecourses, it will start once theCBSE announces the Class XIIresults,mostprobablybetweenAugust1-3.This is tentative;theRegistrar will announce the fi-nal dates,” said DeanAdmissions Pinki Sharma.DUhadearlier said itwould

startregistrationstentativelyonJuly 15, which was later post-poned to the endof July.However, Chairperson,

Admissions, Rajeev Gupta hadtoldTheIndianExpress thatevenastheuniversitywantedtostartregistration by July end, otherconsiderations were making itdifficult.“Wearetryingtostart regis-

trations from the last week ofJuly, but unless we get datesfromtheNTA (National TestingAgency) itwill be slightly diffi-cult. The NTA has announcedtheNEETdates,sohopefully,wewill soonget toknowthedates

for DUET (DU Entrance Test)too,” hehad said.NTAconductstests forsome

UG and PG courses in DU, forwhich admission is donethroughentrance exams.DUhadearlierdeclaredten-

tativedatesforregistrationwiththe assumption that otherschool boards would have de-clared their results by then.“Wearetentativelythinking

of starting the registrationprocess by July 15.Wearehop-ingthatbythattimemostof theotherschoolboards,apart fromthe CBSE, would have decidedhow to evaluate students anddeclared their results,” Guptahad earlier said.DU is stillwaiting forguide-

lines from the Ministry of

Education about CUCET(Central Universities CommonEntrance Test) too.AftertheUniongovernment

decided to cancel the Class XIICBSE board examinations, DUhad said it would follow the“merit” criteria devised by theBoardfor itsundergraduatead-missions.The theory component of

the Class XII resultswill be cal-culated by using the ratio of40:30:30forstudents’perform-ance in Classes XII, XI andX re-spectively. Whereas in case ofpracticals, students will beassessed based on the actualmarks submittedby the schoolto CBSE.ClassXIIresultsareexpected

to be announcedon July 31.

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THEDELHI government beganits Pneumococcal Conjugatevaccination programme onThursday, inwhich thevaccinewill be administered freeof cost in 600 centres acrossDelhi.“Today we are flagging off

this new kind of vaccinationprogramme. Till now, childrenof Delhi were administeredvaccines for 12 diseases. Fromtoday, we are administeringvaccines for pneumonia thatwill protect children from thedisease. Earlier, childrenunderthe age of fivewere gravely af-fectedbypneumoniaandtherewere even deaths recorded.This vaccine will protect chil-dren from death. The vaccinewill also protect children fromdiseases like meningitis andsepsis,” said Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal at the launchof the programme in anAam Aadmi polyclinic inPaschimVihar.The pneumococcal vaccine

has to be administered in threedoses to children at one-and-half months, three-and-halfmonths, and nine months ofage.“This is a very expensive

vaccination,whichwould usu-ally cost around Rs 1,500-Rs6,000 at a private hospital. TheDelhi government is startingthis programme at 600centresfor freetoprotectchildrenfromthe risk of serious illnesses anddeath,” said Health MinisterSatyendar Jain.

Theprocesswillbecompletelyonline. PraveenKhanna

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SAKSHIDAYALGURGAON, JULY15

DAY2of thedemolitiondrive inFaridabad’s Khori village wasmarked by confrontation be-tweenresidentsandpolice,withnine people being taken intopreventivecustodyforallegedlymaking “provocative speeches”duringaprotestThursday.Accordingtopolice, the inci-

denttookplacearound8.30am.AnFIRhasbeenregisteredbasedon a complaint submitted by apolice officer who was at thespot.“Around100-125menandwomen gathered there andstartedstagingademonstrationandshoutingslogansagainsttheadministration.Three-fourmenand four-five women alsostarted provoking the crowdbymaking provocative speeches,”alleges thecomplainant.The complaint said addi-

tionalpoliceforcewascalledandthose making “provocative”speeches were taken into cus-tody. Speaking to The IndianExpress, DCP (NIT)AnshuSinglasaid, “We took nine people intopreventive custody fromKhorivillage thismorning.”Residentsinthevillage,how-

ever,allegedpolicelathi-chargedthembefore thedemolitionbe-gan. In a statement, NationalAllianceofPeople’sMovementsreiterated these allegations:“Todaymorning, on July 15, po-lice resorted to violence against

Khori residents who protestedpeacefullyonthestreetsofKhoriGaon.”In a video purportedly from

Khorivillagethathasbeencircu-lating online, a person in plain-clothescanbeseenslappingandpushing aman, believed to be aresident of the village, until thelatter hits a brickwall and falls.The person can then be seenhelpingthemangetup,joinedbytwo other persons—onewear-ing riot gear— and leading himawayfromthespot.

DCP Singla said: “There is avideo that is circulating but it isimpossible to comment on thenature of the video, when it is,whoarethepeople,whetherit isdoctored,notdoctored.However,if we receive any formal com-plaint,wewill certainly enquireinto it and dealwith thematteraccordingtolaw.”Onallegationsof lathicharge,

Singlasaid:“Thedemolitiontookplace peacefully tomy knowl-edge, Idon’tknowwhat isbeingalleged but there was no lathi

chargedonebyFaridabadPolice.”Commissioner of the

Municipal Corporation ofFaridabad GarimaMittal, alsosaid:“Thedemolitionproceededsmoothly and peacefully today.Therewasnoviolence.”The demolition comes after

the Supreme Court on June 7haddirectedtheMCFtoclearallencroachmentson“subject for-est land” in Khori village in sixweeks.ThecivicbodyhadfinallystartedtheworkonWednesdaymorning.

Khori demolition: Residents allegelathicharge, police say drive peaceful

ThedemolitionfollowsaSupremeCourtorderonJune7.GajendraYadav

6 killed in factoryfire: Owner arrestedEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY 15

NEARLY A month after sixworkers were killed in a mas-sive fire at a shoe factory inWest Delhi’s Udyog Nagar, po-licearrestedthebuildingowneronWednesday.The accused, Pankaj Garg,

had been on the run since thefire broke out at the three-storey building on June 21. Thebuilding is owned by him andhis wife Surbhi, who was ar-rested from Winter HillApartments in Dwarka on July8. Pankaj surrendered beforepolice and was arrested onWednesday. The couple hasbeen booked under sections ofculpable homicideDuring questioning, Pankaj

told police that he overloadedthe godown by placing irongatesonwindowsanddoors to

increase storage space. Fourunitswerefunctioningfromthebuilding.Policesaid12ofhisworkers

were trapped in the fire.Whilesix were rescued, the other sixwere reported missing. Theworkers—Shamshed(19),Sonu(22), Vikram (21), Abhishek,Ajay (22) and Neeraj (21) —could not be rescued and aForensic Science Lab team re-covered charred remains fromthe site. The samples will besent forDNAprofiling to ascer-tain their identities.DCP(Outer)ParvinderSingh

saidduringinvestigation,policefound the godown was over-loaded,coveredwith ironslabs,and the building had only oneentrypoint andno fire exits.“All 12workerswereon the

topfloor.Witnessestoldusthatthe stairs were filled with lug-gage which created obstruc-tion,” said Singh.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY 15

THE DELHI government willhold a Cabinet meeting onFridayto takeacallontheDelhiPolice's request to let a panel ofspecialpublicprosecutors(SPP)argue the cases related to thevandalism of Red Fort onJanuary 26 during the farmers’rally against the three agricul-ture laws.Lieutenant Governor Anil

Baijal had on July 2 written toChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalrequesting him to convey thedecision of the Cabinet on thismatter tohimat theearliest.TheL-G’srequestcameafter

DelhiHomeMinisterSatyendarJain had informed him that theDelhigovernmentwasopposedto the request of thepolice.On Thursday, the Chief

Minister’s Office (CMO) said ina statement that the “Centre ispressuringtheKejriwalgovern-ment to make its own lawyersfight court cases related to thefarmers’ agitation.”Earlier, Baijal had made it

clear thathesupports theDelhiPoliceproposal.If theCabinetturnsdownthe

police request, and reiteratesthattheDelhigovernment’sreg-ular additional public prosecu-torsbelongingtotheDirectorateof Prosecution are “competentenough” to handle the cases,then Baijal is likely to invokeArticle 239AA(4),which allows

him to refer to the President ofIndiamatters onwhich he failstoarriveataconsensuswiththeelectedgovernment.A Delhi government

spokespersondidnotcommentonif itwillapproachthecourt ifthe L-Gdoes so.An L-G House source said

thatthematterpertainsto“dis-respectof theNationalFlagandblatant disregard of the rule oflaw on Republic Day 2021. Ithas nothing to do with‘farmers protest’ as is being de-liberately made out with ulte-riormotives.”“Individuals with predeter-

minedagendaandvestedinter-estsdeliberatelycarriedoutactson January 26, 2021, in fullme-diapresence thatwerenotonlyanaffronttonationalmoralebut

aimed at bringing shame toIndia internationally,” thesourceadded.The CMO statement added

that the Delhi government-ap-pointed lawyershave “receivedpraiseearlierandhaveaproventrack record”.A similar flashpoint had

emerged between the electedgovernmentandL-Ginconnec-tion with the police request toappoint SPPs in the Delhiriots cases. After a prolongedstandoff, the L-G had then in-vokedArticle239AA(4),andhisdecisiontoapprovethepanelofSPPs picked by the police hadprevailed.Delhi Police had registered

over43casesinconnectionwiththe Republic Day violence andvandalism.

REDFORTVANDALISMCASE

Police want lawyers of theirchoice, Cabinet to take call

AnL-GHousesourcesaid thematterpertains to ‘disrespectof theNationalFlagandblatantdisregardof theruleof lawonRepublicDay’.Archive

Delhi govt kicks off freepneumonia vaccine drive

Thepneumococcalvaccinehastobeadministeredinthreedosesto infants

DERCscrapstenderfordiscomauditNew Delhi: The DelhiElectricity RegulatoryCommission (DERC) hasscrappedatender forau-diting the account booksof the city’s four powerdistribution companiesby CAG-empanelledagencies. The exercise iscarriedoutbeforeissuingthe annual tariff orders,which determine theelectricity charges of do-mestic and industrialconsumers. The tender,floatedonMarch1, 2021,was “annulled” onWednesday.Incidentally,a tender for the similarpurpose of auditingwasfloated last October. Thedevelopment comes at atime the discoms havebeenpressing DERC foratariff hike citing the im-pactof thepandemic.

Fivemenheldforkidnapping3-year-oldboyNewDelhi:Policerescueda three-year-old boynearly twomonths afterhis disappearance, andarrested five people forallegedlykidnappingandtryingto‘sell’ thechildforRs 70,000. Police said ofthe fivearrested, fourarewomenwhoweretryingto earnmoney after theyincurred losses duringthepandemic.

Only2nddoseatGurgaongovtsitesGurgaon: For the thirdtime in four days thisweek,theGurgaonhealthdepartment adminis-tered only second dosesofCovishieldandCovaxinat its vaccinationsitesonThursday, with only firstdosesof Sputnik-Vbeingadministered at thePolyclinic inSector31.

Noparagliders,lightaircrafttillAugust15New Delhi: Delhi Policechief Balaji Srivastava onThursdayissuedanorderprohibitingflyingof“sub-conventional aerial plat-forms” like paragliders,paramotors, UAV, hot airballoonsandpara-jump-ing fromaircraft in Delhitill IndependenceDayforsecurity reasons.

4arrestedforkilling‘fakecoinmastermind’New Delhi: New Delhi:Fourmenwerenabbedforallegedlykillingamanin-side Dwarka court’slawyers’ chambers anddestroying evidence. ThevictimhasbeenidentifiedasSweekarLuthra, oneofthemasterminds of thefakecoin racketwhichhestarted in 1997. The ac-cused include Luthra’slawyer,ArunSharma.ENS

BRIEFLY

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY15

THE DELHI government onThursday said thatmany of theapprehensions against its newexcisepolicywere"fanciful"andsubmittedbeforetheDelhiHighCourtthatafull-scaleassaulthasbeen launched against it by fil-ing writ petitions every dayagainst thenewpolicy.“We are plugging the leaks,

minimising corruption in this,and also giving enough and faircompetition," Senior AdvocateAbhishekManu Singhvi, repre-

senting the Delhi government,submitted before the bench ofChiefJusticeD NPatelandJusticeJyotiSingh.“Thisisnothingbutanattempt bypeoplewho arewellversedintheartofliquortradetotellyourlordshipsthat‘wearein-nocent’...,”Singhvicontinued.A number of petitions have

beenfiledchallengingtheExcisePolicy 2021-22 since it wasmadepublicbythegovernment.Threeofthepetitionswerelistedon Thursday and noticewas is-sued to the government in twoof them. In thepetition filed byAshiana Towers & PromotersLimitedandRajivMotorsPrivate

Limited through advocateSanyamKhetarpal, itwasarguedonThursday that the policy hasbeenbroughtintoforcetocreateamonopoly of big traders andnumerous small traderswouldbe deprived of their livelihood.The court issued notice to thestate forAugust9 in thecase.The court on Thursday also

issued notice to the Delhi gov-ernment in another petitionchallengingtheeligibilityforob-tainingL-1licences.“Thecondi-tionofminimum5years’ expe-rience has been tailormade bythe respondentswithmalafideintentions and ulteriormotives

to give undue benefit to someentities,” reads theplea.Meanwhile,West Delhi BJP

MPParveshSahibSinghalsoap-proached the court against therule relating to grant of licencesfor home delivery of domesticand foreign liquor. Singh, in thepetition,hasarguedthattherulewas in complete disregard ofArticle47oftheConstitutionthatcasts a duty on the State “to im-prove public health by inter aliareducing consumptionof intox-icating drinks and drugs”. ThecourtdeclinedtoissueanynoticeinthecaseafteritfoundthatAAPhasbeenmadearespondent.

Under full-scale assault over new excisepolicy, apprehensions fanciful: Govt to HC

New Delhi

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RITIKACHOPRANEWDELHI, JULY15

ONEOFthekeyfocusareasoftheongoingdelimitationexerciseinJammu and Kashmir (J&K)wouldbeadozendistrictswherethe constituency boundaries ofsomeseatsstretchbeyondadis-trict's limits, The Indian Expresshas learnt.Asignificantpartof theread-

justment of boundaries is ex-pected insomeof theAssemblyseats in Ganderbal, Budgam,Kulgam, Anantnag, Kishtwar,Doda, Ramban, Reasi,Udhampur, Kathua and Sambadistricts.This isnecessarytoen-sure that a seat falls within oneadministrativeunit,sourcessaid.For instance, Ganderbal

Assembly constituency fallslargelywithinGanderbaldistrict,but nine polling stations are interritorialcontrolofSrinagardis-trict. The HS Bugh and Devsarseats are partly in Kulgam dis-trict and partly in Anantnag.Similarly, Inderwal AssemblysegmentisspreadoverDodaandKishtwardistricts.“Unlessthereisanaturalbar-

rier, one seat should ideally bewithin the control of one dis-

trict,” a sourcesaid.Theoverlapisseenasanout-

comeofcreationofnewdistricts.The number of districts in J&Khavegoneupfrom12in1995to20, and the number of tehsilshave increased from55to217.Besides factoringboundaries

of administrative units, theDelimitation Commissionwillalso consider geographical fea-tures, communication facilitiesandpublicaccessibilitywhile re-workingthelimitsofexistingcon-

stituencies and adding anotherseventotakethetotalto90seats.The Commission was re-

cently on a four-day visit to theUnionTerritory,whereitmet280delegations comprising nearly800peopleandheard their sug-gestions on the delimitationprocess.Representativesofallre-gional political parties, barringPDP,mettheCommissiontogivetheir feedback.ChiefElectionCommissioner

Sushil Chandra is an ex-officio

member of the panel, which isheaded by former SupremeCourt judge, Justice RanjanaPrakashDesai.According to sources, the

Commissionisexpectedtonowhold a series of meetings to as-similate feedback of districtcommissioners,politicalpartiesandpublicrepresentativestode-cide the new boundaries of ex-istingseatsandcreatesevennewones, following which thiswouldbesharedwithitsfouras-sociate members — two fromtheNationalConferenceandtwofrom the BJP. After makingchanges based on the feedbackof associatemembers, the draftwillbemadepublic toseeksug-gestions, and any challenge totheredrawnboundaries.The seats will be finalised

onlyafter this.The Commission now has

time until March 6, 2022 to re-drawtheboundaries.Thelastdelimitationexercise

in J&Kwas carried out in 1995,basedonthe1981Censuswhentheerstwhilestatewasgovernedbythe J&KConstitutionand J&KRepresentationofthePeopleAct.The ongoing delimitation exer-cise in theUTwill beoneon thebasisof Census2011.

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JULY15

THEKERALACabinetonThursdaydecidedtorestructuredistributionof merit-cum-means minorityscholarshipsmainlybetweenpeo-ple fromMuslim and Christiancommunities in accordancewiththe2011Census.Sofar,scholarshipsfortheneedy

amongMuslimandChristian(LatinCatholicsandconvertedChristians)communitieswere distributed intheratioof80:20.On May 29, the Kerala High

Court quashed this existing ratioand ordered that scholarships bedistributed equally and in accor-dancewiththepopulationcensus.Thecourt'sdirectivecameonaPILfiled by an activist from theChristiancommunity.An official communication is-

suedaftertheCabinetmeetstatedthat the ratio for fixingminorityscholarships would be restruc-tured as per theHCorder. The ra-tiowould be fixed in accordancewiththepopulation,basedonthe2011 Census, “in such amannerwithout depriving any commu-nity”of theirgrants, it stated.As per 2011 Census, Kerala’s

population comprises 26.56 percent Muslim, 18.38 per centChristian and0.33per centpeoplefromotherminoritycommunities.Withintheminoritysegment,58.67per cent people areMuslims and40.6 per cent Christians. As perThursday’sCabinetdecision,peoplefromMuslimcommunitywouldbeentitledto59percentscholarships,and those fromChristian commu-nitytheremaining41percent.Accordingtotherelease, there

wouldnotbeanychangeeitherinthe number or sum of scholar-ships given to segments which

benefitfromtheexistingschemes.The scholarship schemeswouldrequire Rs 23.51 crore. Besides,therewouldbeanadditionalallo-cationofRs6.2crore, it stated.The government's decision

triggeredprotestsfromMuslimor-ganisations, with Indian UnionMuslim League (IUML) generalsecretary PKKunhalikutty accus-ingthestategovernmentofeyeingpoliticalgainsbycreatingafissurebetweenKerala'stwomainminor-itycommunities.“Thedecisionhasabolished the recommendationsofSacharCommitteeandbenefitsearmarked forMuslims,” he said.“Itwouldhavebeenbetterhadthegovernment introduced separateschemes for other minorities. Itshouldhave considered theback-wardnessofMuslims.”Welcoming themove, Catholic

Bishops Conference of India laitycouncilsecretaryVCSebastiansaid:“The government has acted uponthe High Court's verdict, whichfound there is discrimination inscholarship distribution. The gov-ernmentshouldenddiscriminationinotherminoritywelfareschemes,especiallyinCentrallyfundedproj-ects. There is an anti-Christian ap-proachinseveralschemes.”Keralahadlaunchedtheminor-

ityscholarshipschemein2008,un-der the thenLDFgovernment, fol-lowing recommendations of apanel headed by CPI(M) veteranPaloliMuhammedKutty.Thepanelwasformedtomakesuggestionsonimplementing recommendationsof theSacharCommitteereport.Initially,thescholarshipswere

meant only for people fromMuslim community. In 2011, thethen LDF government decided toallocate 20 per cent scholarshipsto people from Latin Catholic (anOBC community in Kerala) andconvertedChristians.

New Delhi: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi ThursdaymetPresidentRamNathKovind andbriefedhimonimportantissues,the Rashtrapati Bhavan said ontwitter. The meeting comesaheadof Parliament'sMonsoonSessionscheduledtobeginfromMonday. The session will con-cludeonAugust13. PTI

LAXMANSINGHMUMBAI, JULY15

TENSE SCENESwerewitnessed atavirtualmeetingoftheMarketandGarden Committee of theBrihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) on Thursdayovertheproposednamingofamu-nicipalgardeninGovandiafterthe18th-centuryMysore king TipuSultan,withBJPcorporatorsobject-ing strongly to the idea, while aSamajwadi Party (SP) corporatorsaidhewasa freedomfighter, andaccused the saffronparty of com-munalisingtheissue.TheShiv Sena-ledMarket and

Garden Committee has now sentback the proposal to the civicadministration, asking for moredetails.MayorKishori Pedenekar later

toldthemediathattheBJPwas“do-ingpettypolitics”ontheissue.“We have referred back the

proposal to administration as the

workondeveloping thegarden isyet to be completed and we areseekingmore information on theproposal. It was an onlinemeet-ing, so I did not allow anymem-bers to speak,” committee chair-personPratimaKhopade toldTheIndianExpress.BJP corporator Bhalchandra

Shirsat accusedSenaofmuzzlingthe voice of his colleagues on theissue. “Wearecompletelyagainstthe proposal. Tipu Sultan was acruel king who killed severalHindus and forcibly convertedthemtoIslam.Hedestroyedtem-ples. Themovewill hurt religioussentiments of the Hindus,” saidShirsat.Therevampofthetwo-acreplot,

which had long been plagued byencroachment and anti-social ac-tivities, intoagardenisexpectedtobe completed byDecember. TheBMC is spendingRs2 croreon theprojectandthecontractorhasbeengivenan18-monthdeadlinetofin-ishtheworkbyyear-end.

Row over plan toname Mumbai gardenafter Tipu Sultan

United Nations: India Thursdaycalledontheinternationalcom-munity to ensure that terrorgroups are not allowed to oper-ateunchallenged inLibya.Speaking at a high-level

Security Council ministerialmeeting on Libya chaired byMinister forEuropeandForeignAffairs of France Jean-Yves LeDrian, Foreign Secretary HarshVardhan Shringla also said the

SanctionsCommittee report in-dicates spread of such activitiesinto theSahel regionaswell.“Wemustensurethatterror-

ist groups and affiliated entitiesare not allowed to operate un-challenged inLibya. Thecontin-ued presence and activities ofISILinLibya,asillustratedbythelatest report of the AnalyticalSupport and SanctionsMonitoring Team of 1267

SanctionsCommittee, is of seri-ousconcern,” Shringla said.“Libya has become a logisti-

cal platform for al-Qaeda affili-ates inMali. This is amatter ofgraveconcerndue thepotentialcascading effect it could havethroughouttheSahelregion.It isunfortunatethat the issue isnotdrawing the attention it de-serves,” the Foreign Secretaryadded. PTI

PM meets,briefs Kovind

Must deter Libyan terror groups: Shringla

MAPPING IT OUT

■Oneseatshouldideallybewithinthecontrolofonedistrict

■Totakeoneinstance, InderwalAssemblysegmentisspreadoverDodaandKishtwardistricts

■Overlapprimarilyduecreationofnewdistricts in J&K—upfrom12in1995to20atpresent

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LADAKHSIGNIFICANTPARTOFREADJUSTMENTOFBOUNDARIESEXPECTEDINSOMEASSEMBLYSEATSIN1.Ganderbal 2.Budgam3.Kulgam 4.Anantnag5.Kishtwar 6.Doda7.Ramban 8.Reasi9.Udhampur 10.Kathua11.Sambadistricts

Seats in a dozen districts focusof delimitation exercise in J&K

KERALA

Minority scholarshipratio to be changedbased on 2011 Census

New Delhi

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PUBLIC NOTICEGOVERNMENT OF HARYANA

EXCISE & TAXATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE FOR INVITING e-TENDERS FOR

ALLOTMENT OF RETAIL ZONES OF COUNTRYLIQUOR (L-14A) AND IMFL (L-2) VENDS IN TWO (02)DISTRICTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THEPOLICY YEAR 2021-22 IN THE STATE OF HARYANA.

It is informed to the general public that e-TENDERS forALLOTMENT of Two (02) retail zones of Country Liquor (L-14A)and IMFL (L-2) vends in Two (02) districts are invited for the pol-icy year 2021-22. The reserve price of these zones has beenreduced by 5% of the original price, in terms of the provisions ofclause 2.16 (as amended upto date) of the Haryana ExcisePolicy for the year 2021-22:-The detail of such reduced reserve price is available in theExcise arrangement for these 02 zones. The district wise detailof zones available for e-bidding is as under:-

SCHEDULE FOR INVITATION AND EVALUATION OFE-TENDERS FOR UN-ALLOTTED ZONES OF

RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS

1. The e-Tenders for these zones should be submitted online asper Public Notice issued by the Department (published on01st June, 2021) in the leading newspapers inviting e-Tenders for allotment of retail liquor licenses of Zones ofvends for the year 2021-22.The copy of Public Notice is avail-able on the departmental website i.e. www. haryanatax. gov.in.

2. The excise arrangements of these Zones of vends in theDistricts and venue for evaluation of e-Tenders shall be con-spicuously displayed in the office of DETC (Excise) & DETC(ST) concerned. The Detail shall also be available on thedepartmental website i.e. www.haryanatax.gov.in.

3. The submission of e-Tenders and the allotment of Zones ofvends shall be in the manner prescribed in the HaryanaExcise Policy for the year 2021-22, the Haryana Excise Act,1914 and the rules framed thereunder. The detailed proce-dure for participating in the e-bidding process is also avail-able on the Departmental website i.e.www.haryanatax.gov.in. Any clarification regarding the pro-cedure may be obtained from office of DETC (Excise) in thedistricts.

4. The relevant provisions contained in the previous PublicNotice issued for allotment of vends for the year 2021-2022shall hold good and are not reiterated.

5. The allotment shall be subject to the approval of the Exciseand Taxation Commissioner, Haryana. He may reject, withoutassigning any reason, any allotment in public interest as thecase may be within 10 days of the date of allotment.

EXCISE & TAXATION COMMISSIONER, HARYANA3753/HRY

Sr. No. Name of District Zone Code1. Gurugram (West) ZGRW042. Sonepat ZSNP14

1 Starting date and time for From 16th July, 2021 (10:00 A.M.)placing e-tenders.

2 Closing Date and time for Till 16th July, 2021 (05:00 P.M.)placing e-tenders

3 Evaluation of e-tenders. 16th July, 2021 (05:15 P.M.)

SADtoseek repeal of farm laws inHouse, tries tounitenon-CongOppLIZMATHEWNEWDELHI,JULY15

THE MONSOON session ofParliament beginningMondaymay see fresh attempts to unitetheOpposition,with erstwhileNDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) attempting to get regionalpartiestobackitindemandingre-pealofthecontentiousfarmlaws.“TheShiromaniAkaliDalwill

seek repeal of the farm laws inbothHouses of Parliament.Wehave already got Shiv Sena,NCP,DMK, TMCandBSP onboard toback themove,” SADMPNareshGujraltoldTheIndianExpress.“We are reaching out to the

Left parties and other regionalparties tomorrow (Friday),” he

added.“InLokSabha, itwillbe inthe

formof anadjournmentmotion.InRajyaSabha,wewillfindappro-priaterulestocensurethegovern-ment forpassingtheblack laws,”Gujralsaid.The Upper House does not

haveaprocedure tomoveanad-journmentmotion, censuremo-tion or no-confidence motionagainstthegovernment.Torecordopinion and opposition againstthe government,members canmoveaprivatemember’sresolu-tion,ormoveamotionunderRule167 and members can moveamendments to such amotionwhichmay be put to vote, andevenadopted.Gujralsaidthemovewouldbe

anattempt tounite regionalpar-

ties at the national level againstBJP. Asked whether the SADwouldreachout to theCongress,whichalsoopposesthefarmlaws,hesaid,“Thereisnopointinreach-ingouttothembecauseweareri-val parties in Punjab, and theymaynotliketojoinus.”Themove assumes signifi-

cance, coming as it does in thebackdropof freshefforts to formananti-BJP,anti-Congressfrontatthe national level. After theTrinamool Congress's return topower in West Bengal, ChiefMinisterMamata Banerjee hadgivenacall forafederalfront.This was followed by NCP

chiefSharadPawarcallingameet-ingofregionalpartiesusingacrosspartyplatform–RashtraManch–lastmonth.Themeetingheldat

Pawar'sresidenceinDelhiwasat-tendedbyeightparties,includingtheTMC,AAP,SPandtheLeft.In 2018, Telangana Chief

Minister and TRS chief KChandrasekhar Rao had metOdisha Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik to bring the regionalpartiesunderoneplatform.Butthetalksdidnot leadtoaresult,and the parties had contested2019 Lok Sabha elections ontheir own.With farmers from Punjab

and Haryana continuing theirprotests against the farm laws,passed by Parliament lastSeptember, several oppositionparties, including the Congress,NCP, TMC, JMM, RJD, DMK andthe Left parties, have extendedtheirsupport totheagitation.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEJAIPUR,JULY15

A DAY after Rajasthan HealthMinisterRaghuSharmasaidthatthe timehas come to propose aone-childpolicywith theslogan,“humdo,hamareek(wetwo,ourone),” a minister in the AshokGehlot-ledCongressgovernmentin the state hasnowblamed theRSSandBJPfortheincreaseinthecountry’spopulation.“In1975,IndiraGandhi-jihad

given the slogan of hum dohamaredo in the entire countryand started a nationwide drive.Backthenleadersof thisveryBJP,JanSanghandtheRSShadstartedmovementsagainstIndiraGandhiandsaidthat theywillnot let thelawof two children tobe imple-

mented and defamed IndiraGandhi. If the policy had beenmadeatthattimethenthepopu-lation explosionwouldn’t havetaken place today,” RajasthanTransportMinister Pratap SinghKhachariyawas told reporters onThursday. He said Rajasthan al-readyhasabetter lawthanUttarPradeshonpopulation involvingrestrictionsonpromotionandre-cruitment basedon thenumberofchildren.“Whenever there are elec-

tions,theBJPbringsupuselessis-sues... Theywant topromoteen-mitybetweenHindus,Muslims,Sikhs and Christians,” saidKhachariyawas.Theminister said if theBJP is

clear in its intention and policythen it should convene all-partymeetingswithchiefministers.

DEEPTIMANTIWARYNEWDELHI, JULY15

RSSAFFILIATESwadeshi JagranManchhas raisedobjections tocertain clauses in the PesticideManagementBill, 2020,aspro-posed by the government. In asubmission to theParliamentary StandingCommittee discussing the Bill,the SJM has said the Bill gives“unwarranted advantage toMNCs”anddoesnothavesuffi-cient protection for domesticpesticidemanufacturers.The Bill, introduced in Rajya

Sabha last year and sent to thestanding committee, aims toregulate the business of pesti-cides and compensate farmersin case of losses from usage ofspuriousagro-chemicals.SJMhasalso said theBill has

provisions that “promote im-porters’ and foreign interests”.“There is a clause in Section

22(1) in the draft PMB 2020,which gives unwarranted ad-vantagetoMNCs,whogenerallyhappentobethefirstregistrants.This Section 22(1) needs to bedeleted.There isnoneedtoem-power ‘First Registrant’ to ma-nipulate the registration of‘Subsequent Registrants’ inIndia,”SJMnationalcoconvenorAshwaniMahajansaid.SJM said that existing laws

promote the interests of im-porters. “Unfortunately, thepresentdraftdoesn’tincludesuf-ficient provisions to safeguarddomesticmanufacturing,”ithassaid.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JULY15

ASTHECongress central leader-ship isworkingonmakingmajorchangesinthepartyorganisation,seniorleaderandMadhyaPradeshCongress presidentKamalNathThursdaymet party chief SoniaGandhi—settingoff speculationthathecouldgetamajorroleintherevampedpartysetup.Nath rubbished the specula-

tion.“IaminMadhyaPradeshandwill remain inMadhyaPradesh,”hetoldTheIndianExpressAICC general secretary in

chargeofUttarPradeshPriyankaGandhi Vadra, too,was presentduring themeeting.SourcessaidNathcouldberopedinforalliancetalksinUttarPradesh.BothBSP supremoMayawati

and Samajwadi Party chiefAkhileshYadavhavedeclaredthattheirpartieswouldnotenterintoanytie-upwithanynationalparty,

referringtotheCongress.But Congress leaders see the

pronouncements as posturingandbelievethepossibilitiesofal-liance formations should be ex-plored. “The statements ofMayawati andAkhilesh are notsurprising.Whywould they saysixmonths before the electionsthattheywanttoenterintoanal-liance andgive a sense that theyarelookingforsupporttotakeontheBJP,”aseniorleadersaid.Sourcesinthepartysaidlink-

ingNath’smeetingwithSonia tothechangesthatthepartyisplan-ning in theorganisationwasun-warranted.

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIAITANAGAR,JULY15

ARUNACHAL PRADESH ChiefMinister Pema Khandu has ex-pressed gratitude to PrimeMinisterNarendraModi forgiv-ingapproval tomodifythelistofnamesofscheduledtribesofthestate.The Union Cabinet on

Wednesday decided to include

the names of Monpa, Sajolang(Miji), Sartang, Tai Khamti,Mishmi -Kaman (MijuMishmi),Idu(Mishmi)andTaraon(DigaruMishmi) in lieu of 'Mishmi, Idu,Taraon'andNocte,Tangsa,TutsaandWanchoinlieuof 'AnyNagatribe' in theConstitutionST list.“Thank you PM @naren-

dramodi Ji for giving back theoriginal nomenclature to tribeswhowereearlier referredby in-correctnames,"Khandutweeted.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEKOLKATA,NEWDELHI, JULY15

CHIEF MINISTER MamataBanerjee on Thursday said theElection Commission of India(ECI)hasbeen informedthathergovernmentwasreadyforbypollstosevenAssemblyconstituenciesandtwoRajyaSabhaseats.The comments came on a

daywhenasix-memberdelega-tion of TMC MPs met ECI inDelhi, demanding that bypollsbeheldattheearliestonaccountof fewerCovid-19cases.Speaking to reporters at the

state secretariat, Banerjee said,“ECI had asked us if we couldconductby-electionstotheRajyaSabha. We told them that wewerereadyforRajyaSabhaelec-tions and the seven Assemblyseats,”saidBanerjee.ShesaidtheCovid-19 situation in WestBengal was under control andelectionscouldbeheld.The TMC supremo,who lost

the Assembly election fromNandigram, will have to getelectedasanMLAbyNovember5 to continue as the ChiefMinister. She is likely to contestfromBhabanipurseatwhichhasbeen left vacant by her partyleader and state ministerSovandebChattopadhyay.Attacking Prime Minister

NarendraModi over his speechin Varanasi, Banerjee slammedhim for his "politically biased"speech in Uttar Pradeshwherehe praised the Yogi Adityanath

government for its swift han-dlingof theCovid-19situation.Meanwhile, in their letter to

ECI,MPsSudipBandopadhyaya,Saugata Roy, Derek O Brien,Kalyan Banerjee, SukhenduSekhar Roy and Kakoli GhoshDastidar argued that the num-berofCovidcaseswasatleast17times lower now, with “fewerthan 831 cases reported till July14”.“It is conducive to hold thebyepolls totheaforementionedconstituenciesat this time.”

DELHICONFIDENTIAL

COCONUT OFFERANINFORMALchatbetweenUnionministerNitinGadkariandKeralaChiefMinisterPinarayiVijayanaheadof theofficialdis-cussionsattheformer’sofficeonWednesdaytriggeredcurios-ityamongofficialsfromthestateaswellasMinistryofTransportandHighways.AsVijayanandhisteamarrived,Gadkariaskedtheofficialsfrombothsidestoleavehim,theCMandCPMRajyaSabhaMPJohnBrittasalone inhis room.Thechatwentonforalongtime.SourcessaidGadkariandVijayanexchangedhealthtips on Covid. Gadkari said a herbalmedicine expert fromNagpurhasadvisedCovidpatientstodrinkamixoforangejuiceandtendercoconutwaterforspeedyrecovery.Whenhesaidhetoohas started having tender coconutwater twice a day, theKerala leadersofferedtohavefreshtendercoconutsdeliveredtohimfromthestate, thesourcessaid.

NOTABLE ABSENTEETHEABSENCEofCongress'sLudhianaMPRavneetSinghBittuat the meeting of the parliamentary strategy groupWednesday chaired by Sonia Gandhiwas noticed bymanyleaders. Bittu is nowadays one of the keymembers of ChiefMinister Amarinder Singh camp in Punjab.With the talk ofNavjot Singh Sidhu beingmade the president of the PunjabCongress,muchagainstthewishesofAmarinder,manywon-deredwhetherhisabsencewasdeliberate..

THE CONTENDERNOWTHATPiyushGoyalhasbeenappointedasLeaderof theHouse inRajyaSabha, the talk in theparty currently is aboutwhowouldgettheRajyaSabhaseatvacatedbyThaawarchandGehlot, who has been appointed Karnataka Governor.Although names of some senior party leaders are doing therounds,BJPsourcesindicatedthatitcouldgotoaDalit leader,asGehlotwasarepresentativeofSCcommunitiesinthegov-ernmentaswellaspartywings.BJP'sSCMorchanationalpres-ident Lal SinghArya, the sources said, could get entry to theUpperHouse.

AFGHAN FOCUSExternalAffairsMinisterS JaishankaronThursdaymetAfghanPresidentAshrafGhani inTashkentanddiscussedthefast-evolvingsituation inAfghanistan inthefaceof theTalibanmakingrapidadvancesacross thecountryaheadof thepulloutofUSforces. JaishankaralsoheldtalkswithUSDeputyNationalSecurityAdvisorElizabethSherwood-RandallandUSSpecialRepresentative forAfghanpeaceprocessZalmayKhalilzad. PTI

RSS, Jan Sangh opposedIndira, two-child policy,says Rajasthan minister

New Delhi: Lok SabhaSecretariatonThursdayis-suednoticestoMPsShishirAdhikari, Sunil KumarMondalandKRaghuRamaKrishna Raju under theanti-defectionlaw,sourcessaid. “They have beenasked to give their com-mentswithin15daysofre-ceiptofletters,”asourceintheLSSecretariatsaid.Adhikari andMondal

wereelectedonTMCtick-etsbutswitchedovertotheBJP,while YSR Congress’RaghuRamaKrishnaRajuhasbeenspeakingagainstthe party's supremo andAndhra Pradesh ChiefMinister Jagan MohanReddy. ENS

2 former TMCleaders among 3issued LS notice

Mamata to EC: Covidunder control, Bengalready for bypolls

Khandu thanks PM for nodto modify list of ST names

SJM objects topesticide Bill:Gives ‘advantageto MNCs’

‘I am in MP, will remain in MP’:Kamal Nath after meeting Sonia

Couldberoped inforUP alliancetalks

New Delhi

Kolkata:Highlighting the short-age of Covid-19 vaccine supply,West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Thursdayurged PrimeMinister NarendraModi to increase the supply ofthevaccines to thestate toavertthe possible third wave of thepandemic.Banerjee wrote to the PM

that West Bengal needs 11.5crore vaccine doses to cover allthepeopleabove18yearsofagein thestate.“Atpresent,weareadminis-

tering around 3 lakh doses ofvaccine every day in our state,and it has becomevery difficulttomaintain even this level dueto the irregular supply (of thevaccines).Wehave the capacityto vaccinatemore than 10 lakhpeople everyday, provided thatsufficient quantity of vaccinesare made available to us,” theChiefMinisterwrote,addingthat“going by the current level ofvaccinesupply,itmaytakealongperiod before everyone is inoc-ulated”. ENS

Pune: Sixmonths after the vac-cination drive against Covid-19wasrolledout, thecoveragehascrossed 39 crore, with UttarPradeshadministeringa totalof3.88 crore vaccine doses, fol-lowed byMaharashtra at 3.79croredoses.“Wehave the capacity to ad-

ministermore than10 lakh vac-cine doses daily if we get ade-quate stock of at least 3 crorevaccinedoseseverymonth,”stateHealthMinisterRajeshTopetoldamediaconferenceonThursday.

“We are getting doses in astaggeredmannerandtoday,wehave got supply of 9.5 lakh vac-cine doses. On an average, atleast 3.5 to 4 lakh vaccinedosesareadministereddailywhenthestatehasacapacitytoadministermore than10 lakh jabs... to takeon such a mammoth task, weneed at least 3 crore vaccinedoseseverymonth,”hesaid.TheministersaidMaharashtra

wantstoexpeditethevaccinationprocesstoblunttheimpactofanyfuturewave. ENS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY15

ADAY after a similarmissive bythe HomeMinistry, the HealthMinistry Thursday flagged the“blatant violation” of Covid-19normsatseveralplaces,especiallyhillstations,andremindedstatesandUnion Territories to ensurestrictadherencetoguidelines.Health Secretary Rajesh

Bhushan Thursday wrote toAdditional Chief Secretaries,Principal Secretaries and StateHealth Secretaries, saying theprocess of relaxing normsshouldbe“carefullycalibrated’’.Insteadofthis,hesaid,“blatant

violations of Covid norms havebeenobserved inseveralpartsof

the country, especially in publictransportandatHillStations’’.Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla

hadWednesday written to allChiefSecretariesaskingstatestomaintain Covid protocol, point-ing to a June 29HomeMinistrydirectiveonactiontobetakenforCovid-19management.Bhushan wrote: “Massive

crowds are also throngingmar-ket places, violating norms...Consequently, increasein'R'fac-tor (Reproduction number) insomeof theStates, isamatterofconcern... an increase in 'R' fac-tor above 1.0 is an indicator ofspreadofCovid-19.Therefore, itis importantthattheauthoritiesconcerned shall be made re-sponsible for ensuring CovidAppropriateBehaviour...”

NewDelhi:TheMinistryofTribalAffairs Thursday rolled out acampaign to ramp up vaccina-tionamongtribalpopulations.The campaign, launched by

Tribal Affairs Minister ArjunMunda,willseektodispelmythssurroundinginoculationthataresaidtobeprevalentamongtribalsindifferentpartsof thecountry.TheMinistrywillropeinfaith

healers such as Ojhas, BarwasandGuniyas to spread themes-sage apart from holding gramsabhas and evening chaupals,saidofficials.Thecampaignwaskickedoff

in Mandla in Madhya Pradeshand Bastar in Chhatisgarh onThursday. Theministry, in asso-ciationwith Tribal CooperativeMarketing DevelopmentFederation,will laterextendittoall 300 tribal districts in thecountry.“Whilewearestillascertain-

ingtheexactnumbersofvaccinepenetration in tribal communi-ties in the country, we believethis tobearound10-15percentso far,’’said TRIFEDManagingDirectorPravirKrishna. ENS

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DEEPTIMANTIWARYNEWDELHI, JULY15

FUGITIVE JEWELLER MehulChoksi arrived in Antigua andBarbudaonWednesday follow-ing bail granted by theDominican High Court onMonday.SourcessaidChoksi flewout

ofDominica,wherehewasinju-dicial custody after arriving inthecountryonMay24, inanairambulance andwas received inAntiguabyofficialsoftheforeignoffice there. Sources close toChoksisaidhewastakentoJollyHarbour, where he resides, andis now receiving treatment formultipleailments.It was onmedical grounds

that the Dominican High Courthad onMonday granted Choksibail andallowedhimtogobackto Antigua as Dominica did nothave the requisite facilities toprovide him adequatemedicalcare. The court had also stayedproceedingsof illegal entry intoDominicaagainstChoksi.The development has come

as serious setback to Indian

agencies, which had movedcourt in Dominica to repatriateChoksi to India as he is facingcharges in the Rs 13,500 crorePNBloanfraudcase.Choksi’s le-galteamisalreadycallingitavic-toryandclaimingthattheirnextlegalbattle is inAntigua.“MyclientMehulChoksihas

returnedtohishomeinAntiguasafely. He faced no issueswhileentering back in Antigua. He isreceivingmedicaltreatmentandhis family is feeling relieved.However,thetortureduringkid-napping has caused him lot ofpsychological and physicalharm. But all’s well that endswell. After tasting success inDominica,nowthelegal teamisgearingupforalong-drawnfightinAntigua,”Choksi lawyerVijayAggarwal said.India has been accused of

plottingasecretoperation togetChoksibacktoIndia.

FugitivejewellerMehulChoksi

Choksi arrives inAntigua after bailgranted in Dominica

THE LAST MILEHealthworkersbeingescortedbyArmypersonnel fordoor-to-doorvaccinationagainstCovid-19,near theLoCin Jammu. PTI

After MHA, Health Ministryflags ‘blatant’ crowding

MAHARASHTRA

UddhavgovtopposesSudhaBharadwaj’sdefaultbailpleaMumbai:Opposingthede-fault bail plea filed byElgaar Parishad case ac-cused Sudha Bharadwaj,theMaharashtra govern-ment on Thursday saidthat the90-dayextensiongrantedtothePunePolicein 2018by the additionalsessions judge of a trialcourt to file a chargesheetinthecasewasasper law.The statewas respondingto claims made byBharadwaj'slawyers,whowhile referring to re-sponsesfiledunderthere-ferring to RTI Act availedfrom theHCRegistry, al-leged that AdditionalSessionsJudgeKDVadaneof the trial court in Punewasnotdesignatedtohearmatters regarding sched-uled offences under theUAPA. The government,however,saidthatthoughBharadwaj was bookedunderUAPA, theNIAActstipulated the need of aspecial judge only at thetimeoftrial,whenthecaseis being probed by theagency, and not duringpre-trialproceedings.ENS

SudhaBharadwaj

BRIEFLY

GUJARAT

NIDfounderGiraSarabhaidiesat98Ahmedabad : NationalInstitute of Design (NID)founderGiraSarabhaidiedin Ahmedabad onThursday afternoon. Shewas98.ShetrainedunderAmericanarchitect FrankLloydWrightandreturnedto India with an under-standing and sense ofspace that were instru-mental in realising thevi-sion that she and herbrotherGautamsharedforthebuildingof theNIDonthebanksoftheSabarmatiriver. The siblingsalsode-signedtheCalicoDomeinAhmedabadinspiredfromAmerican architectBuckministerFuller'sgeo-desicdomes. ENS

JAMMU&KASHMIR

Policeseize15cellphonesfromKotBhalwaljailJammu: Jammu andKashmir Police onThursdayseized15mobilephones, 2 SIM cards andelectronicdevicesfromin-matesfromthehigh-secu-rity Kot Bhalwal jail out-side Jammucity. Sourcessaid that nearly 200 per-sonnel from J&K Police,CID, CIK andCRPF carriedout the searches, withAdditional DirectorGeneral of PoliceMukeshSinghmonitoring theop-eration. The searches be-ganat2amandcontinuedtillafternoon. ENS

AVISHEKGDASTIDARNEWDELHI, JULY15

INDIA IS finally going to haverulesgoverningvintagevehicles–thoseover50yearsold–insu-latedfromthevehiclescrappagepolicy.TheLawMinistryhasokayed

thefinaldraftofthepolicygovern-ingvintage cars,whichwill nowbenotifiedbytheMinistryofRoadTransport and Highways. Thiscomes after elaborate delibera-tionswithallstakeholdersonpub-liccommentsoverthepastyear.Theclassics cannotbeput to

regular use like other vehiclesandtheownerscannotusethemcommerciallyeither.Otherthanthat, the owners are free to in-dulge in their passion for the

classics in theusualways.Allvintagevehicleswillneed

to display a special registrationplate,accordingtothefinaldraft.The provision of setting up

VintageMotorVehicle commit-teesatstateandUnionTerritorylevels to govern the usage ofthese vehicles and other suchclauses, whichwere part of thedraft earlier, have been doneawaywith, sources said.Currently, therearenoexist-

ingrulestoregulatetheregistra-tion process of vehicles of her-itage value. These rules areproposed to be inserted as sub-rules 81A, 81B, 81C, 81D, 81E,81F, 81G in the Central MotorVehicleRules, 1989.“These are not like cars ply-

ing on roads. They are main-tainedbycollectorsandownersaspassionandhobby.Thepolicywill reflect thatandIndiawill fi-nallyhaveanecosystemthatde-fines and maps vintage cars,”saidaseniorgovernmentofficial.

Various associations of vin-tagecarenthusiastshadlastyearpetitioned the governmentabout the curbs that the draftproposedtoimposeontheown-ershipandusageof thevehicles.The argument was that thesewereneverusedasordinarycarsandhenceshouldnotbeviewedthroughthesameprismasothervehicles.The draft rules released last

Novembersoughttodefinevin-tagemotor vehicles as all thosevehicles that are two-wheelersand four-wheelers (non-com-mercial and personal use) andaremorethan50yearsoldfromthedateoftheirfirstregistration.Now, vintage vehicles wouldhavetoberegistered inthecen-tralised government portal forcar registration.

Need 3 cr doses a month to boostvaccination: Maharashtra minister

DEEPMUKHERJEEJAIPUR, JULY15

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL Surveyof Indiahas removedplaques inRajsamanddistrict’s Rakta TalaithatsaidRajputforceshadtore-treat duringMaharana Pratap’sbattle with Mughal emperorAkbar in1576.A section of residents and

peoplefromtheRajputcommu-nity had claimed the plaquescontained “historically wrong”information, following whichpoliticians such as RajsamandBJP MP Diya Kumari had alsoraised thematter.Bipin Chandra Negi, ASI

Jodhpur circle superintendent,toldTheIndianExpressThursday:“Wehave removed theplaques.

Wewill replace themwithnewplaques, where the text will bebasedonprovenhistorical factswhichwillbestandardbasic in-formation.”

“The state government hadput up these plaques in ChetakSamadhi, Badshahi Bagh, RaktaTalai and Haldighati in1975when Indira Gandhi had visitedthe area. At that time, theseweren’tcentrallyprotectedmon-uments. These sites were de-claredasmonumentsofnationalimportance in 2003 but theplaquesdidn’thavethisinforma-tion. Over time, they becamewornoutandalsohadcontrover-sies about date and some otherinformation,”saidNegi.Negi said he had received

submissions from scholars andpublicrepresentativesforthere-movaloftheplaques.“Followingthis, I took cognizance of thematter. The old plaques didn’teven contain the name of ASI.The Culture Ministry had also

raised the issuewith our head-quarters.”Chandra Shekhar Sharma,

associate professor at the gov-ernmentMeeraGirls’ College inUdaipur,saidhehadsubmittedarepresentation to theASI. “I hadraised this issue last month onPratap Jayanti. The date of thebattle, as well as the fact thatRajputs had to retreat, werewronglywrittenontheplaques.Thesearehistoricallywrongbe-causeactuallytheMughalforceshadretreated.”The plaque at Rakta Talai,

whichhasbeenremoved,men-tioned, “The fightwassodeadlythat thewhole fieldwas strewnwithdeadbodies.However, cir-cumstances forced the Rajputstoretreatandthestruggleendedatmid-dayof June211576AD.”

Rules for vintage vehicles ready: Nocommercial use, special registration plate

Anoldplaque inRaktaTalai

Govt launchescampaign toincrease jabs fortribal population

Mamata flags vaccine shortage,asks Centre to ramp up supply

Classiccarscannotbeputtoregularuse. File/ParthaPaul

501DAYSSINCEPANDEMICBEGAN

TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE

NEWCASES: 36,584ACTIVE CASES:4,29,798VACCINATIONS:39,13,40,491

DAILY DEATHS550

TOTALDEATHS412,539

WEEKLY CFR2.04%

OVERALL CFR1.35%

TESTS TODAY: 20,71,498 | TOTAL TESTS: 44,00,83,456

WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.08% | OVERALL POSITIVITY: 7.05%

STATESREPORTINGMOSTCASES

STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTALCASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION

■Kerala 13,773 119,464 10.36% 1,62,06,280

■Maharashtra 8,010 107,205 3.89% 3,79,24,359

■Andhra 2,526 25,526 2.91% 1,80,40,284

■TamilNadu 2,405 29,950 1.83% 1,85,49,626

■Assam 1,992 20,467 1.71% 8,475,159

STATESREPORTINGMOSTDEATHS

STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALLDEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR

■Maharashtra 178 129,860 3.66% 2.14%

■Kerala 87 15,074 0.94% 0.51%

■Odisha 66 4,914 1.51% 0.54%

■TamilNadu 49 33,606 1.02% 1.35%

■Karnataka 48 36,037 1.59% 1.27%

Note:DataasonJuly15;vaccinationnumbersasofJuly14.Deaths includethosefrompreviousdays.

‘Rajputs-had-to-retreat’ plaques out, ASIsays new ones based on ‘proven facts’

ABHISHEKANGADRANCHI, JULY15

“I HAD ventured outsideJharkhandfor thefirst time,andthis will be the last time,” saidManojHansda(32),aresidentofLakra village of Dumka’sJarmundiblockwhowasamong32 labourers and their five chil-dren, who arrived in Dhanbadafter being rescued from IdukkionThursday.All of them, residents of

Dumka, were promised Rs 400per day towork in a cardamomfield by a contractor inJharkhand,butweresenttoateaplantation.When they refusedciting harsh conditions, theywereaskedtopaymore thanRs2 lakh,officials said.Dumka Deputy

Commissioner Ravi Shankar

Shuklasaid,“Theyallwereluredinto a job by amiddlemanwhotook their Aadhaar card and Rs1,000 per person. They werepromisedwork in a cardamomfield, butwere asked towork inateaplantation.Theconditionofthe tea plantation was humidand it was difficult for them towork together. However, whenthey refused towork theywereasked todepositmoney.”Hansda said, “I had no op-

tion left but to call villagersback at home asking for help.Theysomehowmanagedtotellthe local representatives andpolice.”“Toverifythesituationof the

workers, the members of theState Migrant Control Roomspoke to labourers throughvideoconferencing,”saidShikhaPankaj,TeamLead,StateMigrantControlRoom.

32 Jharkhand workersrescued from Kerala

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEJAIPUR,LUCKNOW,JULY15

LESS THAN48hours after a 60-year-old senior surgeon fromAgrawaskidnappedallegedlybygangsterBadanSinghandhisas-sociates,Agrapolicemanagedtorescuehim in the early hours ofThursday— in a joint operationwith Dholpur police ofRajasthan.Two persons, identified as

Pawan Kumar and ManglaPatidar,werearrestedinconnec-tionwith theabduction.UmakantGupta,aresidentof

Yamuna Colony in Agra’sRambagh, was allegedly ab-ductedonJuly13.Thekidnappersdemanded Rs 5 crore from hisfamily. As per Dholpur police,BadanSingh,whoisabsconding,was the alleged kingpin of thekidnapping, and in the past, hasbeenbookedinkidnappingcases.An FIR for kidnapping was

registeredandapoliceteamwassenttoDholpurafterthedoctor’scarwas traced there.According to the police,

Mangla Patidar, a resident ofMaharashtra had establishedcontactwith the doctor around20 days ago. On July 13, shecalled Gupta and asked him tocome near Bhagwan Talkies atAgra. ItwaslearntthatshegotinthecarandtookGuptatoaplacewhere the kidnappers werewaiting forhim, saidpolice.“Westartedgathering infor-

mationonhisphonelocationaswell as that of his vehicle. Welearned that his vehicle wasspotted speeding towardsDholpurandalertedthedistrictsbordering Rajasthan. The nextmorning, wewere informed byDholpur police that the vehiclehad been recovered alongwithaperson. Soon, a teamledbyanAdditional SP was sent there.During interrogation, the ar-rested man, identified asDholpur resident Pawan, con-fessed that the doctor hadbeenkidnapped and a ransom de-mandwasmade. He also con-fessed to the involvement ofBadanSingh’sganginthecrime,”said ADG (Agra Zone) RajeevKrishna.

Less than 48 hours afterabduction, Agra doctorrescued from Rajasthan

MAULSHREESETHLUCKNOW,JULY15

SETTINGTHEground for theup-coming Assembly elections inUttar Pradesh, PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi on Thursdaylauded Chief Minister YogiAdityanath’s“hardwork”andsaidthe successful handling of theCovid-19secondwavebythestatewas “abhutpurva” (unprece-dented).ThePMwasvisiting hisparliamentary constituency,Varanasi,afterovereightmonths.Modi also inaugurated and

laidthefoundationstoneofproj-ects in Varanasi worth Rs 1,583crore. Later, he inaugurated theInternational Cooperation andConvention Centre, Rudraksh,constructed with Japaneseassistance.Targeting the previous gov-

ernment, Modi said theAdityanath government hadworkedfor“vikaswad”(develop-ment)andwasnotbasedoncor-ruption or “Bhai-Bhatijawad”(nepotism). He said at present,the rule of law exists in UP and“mafia raj” as well as terrorism

hadbeenbroughtundercontrol.Those who cast an eye onwomen knew that theywouldnotbeabletoprotectthemselvesfromthe law, thePMsaid.He said the way in which

UttarPradesh,oneof thebiggeststateswhosepopulationismorethanmanycountries,controlledthe secondwave of Covid wasunprecedented. Taking a dig atpreviousregimes,Modisaidpeo-ple had seen a timewhen dis-eases such as Japanese

Encephalitishadwreakedhavocandevenasmallcrisisusedtogetcompoundeddueto lackofwill.ThePrimeMinistersaidUttar

Pradeshhas seen themaximumnumberofCovidtestingsandvac-cinationsinthecountrytoday.Headded that evenmedical infra-structure had seen an unprece-dented improvement across thestate and added that Kashiwasturning intoabigmedicalhub inthePurvanchalregion.Citinginfrastructureprojects

likeexpressways,adefencecor-ridor and efforts made in thefield of agriculture, Modi saidUttarPradeshusedtogetdevel-opmentschemesbefore2017aswell, ever sincehis governmenthadcometopowerattheCentrein2014,butallworksusedtogetblocked in Lucknow. He addedthat today the CM personallyworked hard and visited everydistrict, includingVaranasi.The PM also spoke on how

550 oxygen plants were beinginstalledacrossthestate,amongwhich 14were inaugurated onThursday.HealsotalkedonhowpaediatricICUfacilitieswereim-provedacross thestate.Modisaidatpresent,workon

developmentschemesworthRs8,000 crore were in progress.LargeLEDscreenswerebeingin-stalled across Varanasi thatwouldoffer informationonvar-ious subjects, including history,architecture, crafts and art, onKashi. The LED screens wouldalso broadcast aarti from theGanga ghats and KashiVishwanath temple.

FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

PMNarendraModiat theMaternalandChildHealthWing,BanarasHinduUniversity, inVaranasionThursday. PTI

ENS&PTILUCKNOW,AYODHYA, JULY15

AFAIZABADcourthasissuedno-tice to Shri Ram JanmbhoomiTeerth Kshetra secretaryChampatRai and threeothers inconnectionwith a land deal fortheAyodhyaRamtemple.The petitionwas filed in the

FaizabadDistrict Court by ShivSena leader SantoshDubey andVaranasi’sShankracharyaSwamiAvimukteshwaranand,challeng-ingthesaleof thelandbelongingto a temple adjacent to theRamJanmabhoomisite.“We have raised objection

before thecourt thatnoonehasthe right to sell the templeas itsownership belongs to the deityandnoonecansell thepropertyor donate it,” said the petition-ers’ counsel.“We have also urged the

court that the templemust notbedemolishedastheFakireRamMandirhasa lotof religioussig-nificanceandisconnectedtotheRamayantime,”headded.Thecourthas fixedAugust6

as thenextdateof hearing.

Court notice toChampat Rai,three othersover Ayodhyaland deal

UPgovt controlled second Covidwave in unprecedentedway: PM

New Delhi

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY15

DELHIPOLICEThursdaysaidtheyarrestedanArmymanonchargesofprovidingclassifieddocumentsatPokhranArmybasecamptoanArmy contractor and vegetablesupplier, who allegedly used topassthemontoPakistan’sISI.The 41-year-old contractor,

Habib-ur-Rahman,aBikanerres-ident,wasarrestedTuesday.Duri-ng probe, it was found that anArmy man, identified as NaikParamjit Singh,whoworkedasaclerk,allegedlyhelpedRahmangetsecretdocumentsrelatingtobasecampsandmapsofArmyareas.Special Commissioner of

Police(Crime)PraveerRanjantoldreporters at a press conferencethat Singh, who is currentlypostedatAgraCantonment,wasarrestedonThursday fromAgra.Hewillbequestionedbythemil-itaryauthoritiesandproducedincourtonFriday.BothRahmanandSingh have been booked underOfficialSecretsAct.The documents seized from

Rahman’spossessionhave“confi-dential” and “restricted”markedonthem.SourcesinthepolicesaidRahmanhas beenproviding thedocuments andCDs to his han-dlers in the ISI forover twoyearsnow.ThedocumentsweremainlysentthroughWhatsApp.Sources said thatmonthsbe-

fore the arrest, DCP (Crime)

MonikaBhardwaj'steamreceivedinformationfrommilitaryintelli-gence about a “spy network” inDelhi, Rajasthan andUP.On July11,thepolicereceivedinformationthatRahmanwasprovidingclas-sifieddocumentstoPakistanwithhelp from some “anti-national”individualsinDelhi.Special CP Ranjan said, “Our

team caught him [Rahman] inPokhran on Tuesday and seizeddocumentsondefenceestablish-ment’s locationsandintelligenceinputs fromhispossession.SinceSinghwasaclerk, hemighthaveaccess to files and to office keys.We will write to Army HQ formoredetails.”Singh'sinvolvementemerged

duringRahman’squestioning.Hemet Rahman in Pokhran Armybasecampwherethelatterwasavegetablesupplierandcontractor.ThepolicesaidRahman“encour-aged” Singh to steal the docu-mentsandsharethemwithhim.Evenafter Singhwas transferredtoAgraCantonment,thetwocon-tinuedtoexchangeinformation.According to the police,

RahmanwaspaidincashfromhisPakistani handlers,while his as-sociatesreceivedmoneythroughhawalachannelsintheirbankac-counts. Prima facie,RahmanandSingh received Rs 9-10 lakh forsharingdocuments,sourcessaid.Thepolicesaidtheyproduced

Rahman in court andgot 10-daycustody. FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

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Srinagar: A special court hereThursday rejected the bail pleaofPDPleaderWaheedParra,thesecondtimeinfivemonths,anddecided to hear on Friday argu-ments on the chargesheet filedagainsthim,officials said.The in-camera proceedings

hadbeenhearingtheargumentsofdefenceandprosecutionoverthemaintainability of the casefiledagainstParra,whowasini-

tiallyarrestedbytheNIAinadif-ferent case related to terror-funding.The complete judgment on

therejectionof thebail applica-tion would be made availableFriday, theofficials said.Inarelateddevelopment,the

court also said that itwouldbe-gin hearing arguments on thecharges filed against Parra fromFriday. PTI

Troops fire atPak drone asit crosses LoCJammu: Army troops onThursdayreportedlyopenedfireon a Pakistani drone after itcrossed the Line of Control inJammu and Kashmir'sPalanwala sector.Pointing out that it was a

quad-copter generally used forsurveillance, sources said that itentered 30-35 metres insideIndian territory during weehours.On spotting it, the troopsopened fire, making the flyingobjectreturntothePakistanside.A Pakistani surveillance

drone was seen flying on theIndian side of the LoC inPalanwala area a fewhours be-forethevisitofChiefofDefenceStaffGeneralBipinRawattofor-ward areas of Rajouri andPoonchdistricts to take stockofthe security situation andArmy's operational prepared-ness. ENS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY15

THE SUPREME Court on Thur-sdaysought toknowwhat is thepublic interest involved in theCPM-led Kerala government’smove towithdrawprosecutionagainst six LeftMLAs,whowereallegedly involved in vandalisminsidetheAssemblyduringpres-entationof the2015Budget.Reserving its judgment, a

Bench of Justices D Y Chand-rachudandMRShahreferredtothe2016SupremeCourt verdictin the SheoNandan Paswan vsStateof Bihar andothers case, inwhich the court ruled that such

withdrawalmustbe inpublic in-terest. It thenasked,“...Is it [movetowithdrawprosecutionagainstthe LeftMLAs] for public inter-est...where members havethrownthings,brokenthings?”“Isitintheinterestofjusticeto

throwthings anddamagemate-rial at the sanctumsanctorumofdemocracy?,” Justice Chand-rachud asked Senior AdvocateRanjithKumar,whoappearedforthe state.He said “the fact of thematteristhatitispublicpropertyandthegovernmentisthecusto-dianof thepublicproperty”.Thecourtsaidsometimesbit-

ter exchanges takeplace even incourt.“Wouldthatjustifydestroy-ingcourtproperty,”askedJustice

Chandrachud,who headed theBench.WhenKumarunderlinedtheprinciple of legislative privi-lege, Justice Chandrachud said,“ThereisfreedomofspeechintheHouse.Nodoubt about it. Supp-oseanMLAemptiesarevolver intheAssembly,canwesaythattheHouseissupremeonthis?”Referring to earlier decisions

oftheSC,Kumarsaid“itisthedo-mainof theHouse insuchasitu-ation”.JusticeShahsaidtheques-tionbeforethecourtwaswhetherthemove towithdraw the casewas right or not. “We want toknowif itwasinthelargerpublicinterest,”hesaid.

FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

2015ASSEMBLYFRACAS

SC questions Kerala move to withdrawprosecution against six Left MLAs

Army man, contractor heldfor spying: Delhi Police

Court rejects Parra bail plea

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CHANDANHAYGUNDE&SUSHANTKULKARNIPUNE, JULY15

THREENIGERIANnationalshavebeen arrested from Delhi onchargesofonlinecheatingandex-torting Rs 3.98 crore froma60-year-oldPunewoman,policesaidonThursday.Accordingtothecomplainant,

a senior executive in a privatecompany, she came in contactwith one of the accused onFacebooklastyear.Sheallegedheclaimed tobe living abroad, andposedassomeoneprominent.AccordingtoPuneCityPolice,

overthenextfewmonths,thetwocommunicated frequently, ex-changed phone numbers and

started talking on WhatsApp.Later,onthecomplainant’sbirth-day, the accused toldher hehadsent a high-end iPhone as gift.Fromthispoint, largeamountsofmoneywere taken fromher onthepretextofCustomsclearanceandotherexcuses.DCP (Cyber Crime and

EconomicOffences)BhagyashreeNavtakesaid,“Shetransferredupto Rs 1 crore for these gifts. Butwhatstartedasagiftfraudturnedintoonlineextortion.Shewastoldtherewereillegalitiesinvolvedinthe items she paid for and shewould face action fromgovern-ment agencies. She then trans-ferredmoremoney.”Senior Police Inspector D S

HakesaidthecomplainantendeduptransferringRs3.98croretothe

fraudstersin207transactionsfromtwobank accounts. Themoneywas transferred to 67 bank ac-countsbetweenSeptember2020andMarch2021.InApril,thecom-plainantapproachedthepolice.Aninvestigationintothesocial

mediaaccounts,phonenumbersandbankaccounts led thepoliceto the three Nigerians – JangoNicolas(29),MondayOkeke(26)and Paulinus Mbanugo (29) –who lived in Delhi’s NilothiExtension.ApoliceteamreachedDelhi and arrested them onWednesday.The police said 23 mobile

handsets,fourlaptops,aharddisc,five Internet cards, three pendrives,eightSIMcards,threedebitcardsandotherdocumentswereseizedfromtheaccused.

3 Nigerian nationals held in Delhi forcheating Pune woman of Rs 3.98 cr

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leg is the law.”He told the Assembly

Thursdaythat"504personshavebeen arrested in the last twomonthsforallegedinvolvementin cattle-smuggling and onlyfour were injured in police fir-ing";andthatpolicehadensuredthe accused "the best possibletreatment".Oncriticism,theCMsaid, "Sympathy is important,butmisplacedsympathyisvery,verydangerous."OnJuly7,theAHRCaskedthe

stategovernmenttoinstituteaninquiry into the circumstancesthatledtothedeathandinjuriesin police firings. AHRCmemberNabaKamalBoratoldTheIndianExpress,"Aspernewsreports,allof themwere in custody and inhandcuffs…soweneedtoknowwhathappened."The Sarma government has,

meanwhile,alsodeclareda'WaronDrugs',aspartofwhich1,897peoplehavebeenarrestedinthelast twomonths. Increasingly,policearedeployingrarelyusedprovisionsunderwhichahabit-ual drug crime offender can beputindetentionwithouttrial.Atleast 15 people have been ar-rested under it in the past sixmonths.The Indian Express tracked

down families of five of the ac-cused fired upon betweenMayandnow.Oneof themisdead.Amagisterial inquiry is on into allthe fivedeaths.

JOYNAL ABEDIN, 47,NAGAON;SHOTONJULY11CHARGE:Dacoity, armed rob-berySTATUS:Dead

POLICEVERSIONAt around 2 am on July 11, theNagaonpolicewent toAbedin'shouse to apprehendhimclaim-inga tip-off that anarmedgangled by himwas planning a da-coityintheDhingarea.“Ourper-sonnel cordoned thehouse andcalled out his name,” saidNagaon SP Anand Mishra.According to police, Abedinstepped out and started firing.“Wenever expected there to befiring. Sowe retaliated and hadtoshoothim(intheleg).Hewasimmediatelyshiftedtothenear-est hospital, where hewas de-clareddeadonarrival.”MishratoldthepressAbedin

was a local ‘muscleman’ andtheyhadFIRsagainsthiminfourcases, including an armed da-coityatanNRCSevaKendraandan acid attack case. But, the SPadded,“Whenwewenttoarresthim,weonlyhadatip-off aboutplans for an armed robbery.Later, after his death, his pastrecordscameup."

FAMILYAbedin'sbrotherImdadulHaque

said police "dragged him outhandcuffed" and "beat him".“Then they took him away... wedonot knowwhere... and killedhim.”The family says they found

outat6 thenextmorningwhenthe village headman was in-formed.“Wedidnotwanttoac-cept thebody inprotest, butwehad no choice. This is 100 percent a fake encounter andmybrother was framed," saidImdadul.

TAPANBURAGOHAIN, 26,SADIYA;SHOTATONJULY9CHARGE: ULFA ‘linkman’ in-volved inONGCstaff abductionSTATUS: Admitted at AssamMedical College and Hospital,stable

POLICEVERSIONOn July 9, Buragohain was

picked up from his home inTeligorha village by Sadiya po-lice,reportedlyontip-off thathewas involved in the ONGC ab-ductions of April. As per SadiyaSP Sumeet Sharma, Buragohainsaidhewouldtakethemtoa lo-cationwhere another accusedwas hiding. “As hewaswalkingwiththepoliceparty,hetriedtoescape, to snatch the policeweapon,” said Sharma. “Whenhe did not stop, police, to safe-guard themselves, fired at hisleg.”Sharmasaidtherewere7-8policemen, but “theywere a lit-tlespreadout...sinceitwasajun-glearea... toavoidanyambush”.

FAMILYAccording to a close familymemberofBuragohainwhomethim in hospital, andwho spokeon condition of anonymity, the26-year-oldwasfirsttakentothelocalpolicestation.Then,aroundmidnight the same day,Buragohain was “blindfolded”andledtowhathesuspectswasanopenfield."Hebeggedpoliceto give him a chance... but ulti-mately, they did not listen andshot him,” said the relative,adding that Buragohain said,“There was no chance I wouldhave evenattempted to runbe-cause all the policemen werearmed.”Seekinganinvestigationinto

the firing, the relative saidBuragohain had lost a lot ofblood.

JEHARUL ISLAM, 30,BAKSA;SHOTATONJULY9CHARGE:TraffickingofwomenSTATUS: InNalbari jail

POLICEVERSIONPolicesaidIslam,whobelongstoSouthSalamara-Mankachardis-trict,hadabductedawomanandhernine-year-olddaughterfromBaksa district area on April 26and sold them in Bihar’s

Kishanganj.CallingIslamawell-known trafficker, SDPORupajyoti Kalita said after theyhadrescuedthemother-daugh-ter, “We traced Jeharul toGoalpara.We then took him towhere the crime happened inBaksa. However, he tried to es-capeandevensnatchedapoliceweapon.” Police said they shothimin the leg.Islam has several cases

against him, under IPC Sectionspertaining to trafficking ofwomen,abduction, rapesetc.

FAMILYJeharul’sbrother Joynalsaidpo-liceaskedthemaboutJeharulonJuly 7. “He does odd jobs inGuwahati.Wetoldthepolicewewill cooperate and I went toGuwahati the next day."According to Joynal, Jeharulagreed to surrender and theymet police on a bridge inGoalpara district. "They tookhim, and that’swhen I sawhimlast.”It was on the news the next

day that he heard that Jeharulhadbeenshot.Joynalclaimstheyare in the dark about his condi-tion.“Wehaveheardthatheisinjail. I do not havemoney to goand find outwhat’s happening,but if hewillingly surrendered,whywouldhe try toescape?”

AKHTARRAJA KHAN (ALIASTIKLU KHAN), 48,DIBRUGARH;SHOTATONJULY7

CHARGE:Runsanetworkofcat-tle liftersSTATUS: In Dibrugarh jail afterdischarge fromhospital

POLICEVERSIONTheypickedupKhanonJuly7af-ter some cattle thieves whomthey arrested "confessed theywere linked to him”, saidDibrugarhSPShwetankMishra.Hewas taken to a "chapori (is-land)"intheBrahmaputraforre-covery of cattle hidden there.“However, he tried to flee bymakingadashtowardstheriver.In order to stop him... and savehim...policefiredathisrightleg,”saidMishra, adding that Khanwas discharged the same dayfromhospitalas "the injurywasnotveryserious".The SP admitted Khan's

name does not feature “promi-nently” inmany cases, but rea-sons this is because "he did notusuallycommitthecrimeontheground".

FAMILYKhan’s son Jahidsaidpolicehadfound his father’s cows in theMarwariPatti localityandmadeenquiries.“Wehadboughtthesecows and had the papers forthem. Somy fatherwent to the

local police station at 8 am onJuly7tosort itout.Whenhedidnotreturn,Jahidsaid,hismotherwent to check andwas told "hehad been taken away". "Nextmorning,weheardhehadbeenshotandrushedtohospital.”Jahid said he met Khan

briefly at the hospital. “He toldme he was blindfolded andtaken to a chapori. Police toldhim to run, or they would fire.Myfatherbeggedwiththemanddid not run. After that he wasshot."Jahidaddedthattheyhaveno idea how Khan is now. “Weareverystressed...mymother isill andkeeps fainting.”

30-YR-OLD; SHOT AT INMAY(DOESN'TWANTANYDETAILSREVEALED)CHARGE:DrugdealerSTATUS: In jail after spendingtime inhospital

POLICEVERSIONAs per police, one night inMay,theywenttoapprehendthe30-year-old fromhis home, and hethreatened themwith a pistol.Theysaytheyhadnochoicebuttoshoothim.

FAMILYWhilethefamilyrefusedtotalk,a person aware of the incidentsaid policemen had knocked atthe 30-year-old's door seekingdirections to an address. “Theydidnot initially revealwhotheywere...Whenhe refused to stepout, they broke the door open,dragged him out and startedbeatinghim."The person claims police

thenwarned the30-year-old tohold a weapon, and shot himwhenherefused.Assam Police have consis-

tently defended the shootings.Back on June 4, Special DGPGPSingh, brought to the state dur-ing the height of the CAAprotests in December 2020,tweeted a warning to "crimi-nals", "especially repeat crimi-nals","therecidivists":“Takecuefrompastfewweeksaboutwhatliesaheadof you.Wewouldnotspareyou.”DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta

saidtheyusefiringonlyasa“lastresort”. “In all cases, it has onlybeenlawfulapplicationofforce...when the alleged criminal hasretaliated or snatchedweaponsor tried to flee."Healsoclaimedtheforcehadbecome“moreac-countable,moretransparent”inthe last twomonths, "womenand child friendly". "Extortionhasgonedowndrastically."A formerAssamDGPadmit-

tedtouneaseoverthepolicefir-ings."However,if theheadofthegovernmenthasendorsedit--ina direct or indirectway -- therewill only be an increase of suchincidents.”

JAYMAZOOMDAARNEWDELHI,JULY15

THE CENTRAL EmpoweredCommittee (CEC) set up by theSupreme Court has decided to“examinetherecordsreliedupon”by theEnvironmentministry forrelaxing the conditions it earlierfixedwhile clearing the 4.7-kmstretch of the Laldhang-ChillarkhalroadthatrunsthroughRajajinationalpark.An8-metre-highwildlifeun-

derpasswas set as a condition toapproveahighwayproject,but ithasnowbeenrelaxed.At its lastmeetingon June11,

the Standing Committee ofNational Board ofWildlife (SC-NBWL)modified the “conditionofconstructionofanunderpassof705-mwithaheightof8-m”im-posedinDecember2019toa400-munderpasswith aheight of 6-m. The underpass is vital forallowingmovementsofelephantsandotherwildlifeacrosstheroadbetweentheRajajiandtheCorbettforestlandscapes.InalettertotheEnvironment

secretaryonJuly7,CECmember-secretary Amarnatha Shettypointed out thatwhile clearingthe30-kmHaridwar-Naginasec-tion of NH-74, the same SC-NBWLmeetingstipulatedamin-imum height of 8-10metre —“thricetheheightofanadultbullelephant”— for underpasses inelephant landscape.“Sincethesamepopulationof

elephants share the habitat in-

volved in both these projects,there cannot bedifferentheightprescriptions in themitigationmeasure…(which)cannotbede-cided taking into considerationthecostof (construction),”wroteShetty, conveying that the CECwould “like to examine therecordsrelieduponinrevisingthecondition”.Chaired by the primeminis-

ter, theNBWL is constitutedun-dertheWildlife(Protection)Act,1972 and serves as the apex ad-visory body for all wildlife-re-latedmatters. Its standing com-mittee meets periodically todecideonprojectsinandaroundprotectedforests.In March 2019, The Indian

Express had reported how theUttarakhand government di-verted land belonging to RajajiTigerReserve,withoutseekingap-provalfromstatutoryauthorities,forwideningandblacktoppingaforestpathaspartofconstructinga highway along the old Kandiroadthatwouldcuttravellingdis-tance between Garhwal andKumaon. In June 2019, the CECplaced its findingsbefore the SC,and the constructionworkwashaltedpendinggreenclearances.Subsequently,underliningthe

importanceof theforestcorridorfor elephants, tigers and otherwildlife, the National TigerConservationAuthority(NTCA)in2019 recommended that an 8-metre-highunderpass—singleofmultiple—totalling705metre inwidthwouldhavetobeprovidedwhile upgrading the 4.7-km

stretchof theforestroad.TheSC-NBWL imposed the samecondi-tionwhileclearingtheproject.AsrecentlyaslastOctober,the

SC-NBWLreiteratedtheconditionwhile rejecting theUttarakhandgovernment’s request to reducethe underpasswidth to 470-mandheight to 6-m. This January,however, a committee withNBWL expertmember RamanSukumar and a representativeeachfromtheNTCA,theWildlifeInstitute of India (WII), NationalHighways Authority of India(NHAI)andtheUttarakhandgov-ernmentwas formedto reevalu-atethematter.In their report, theNTCAand

the WII sought to double thewidth of the underpass to 1,410metre—30percentofthe4.7-kmstretch, asper theWIIguidelinesmadeinconsultationwithMoEFandNHAIin2019—whiletherestof the panel recommended awidth of 300-400metrewith aheightof5-6metre.At the last meeting of SC-

NBWL on June 11, Uttarakhandforest minister HS Rawat saidthat“duetonon-constructionoftheroad,livesofaround100peo-ple have been lost during theCOVID-19pandemic”aspatientshad to travel long distances toNajibabad or Bijnor. Submittingthat an underpass of the pre-scribed dimensionswould costRs 80 crorewhich the statewasunable tobear,Rawat requestedthatthe lengthandtheheightoftheunderpassbereducedto470-mand6-m.

WhileNTCAmember-secre-tary SP Yadav declined to com-ment, a senior official who at-tendedtheSC-NBWLmeetingsaidthattheAuthorityagreedtothere-ducedheight of 6-mas longas ateamoftechnicalexpertsfromWIIandNHAIdecidedonthewidthoftheunderpass.“Instead,itwasar-bitrarilydecidedtofixthewidthat400-meventhoughthestateitselfwasagreeable toa470-munder-pass,”hesaid.SC-NBWLmember and ele-

phant expert Raman Sukumardefended the decision. “We arenot talking of a busy four-lanehighwaywhichwill require anelevatedstretchacrosstheentireforest area to allow wildlifemovement.Theroadinquestionis 3-m-widewith paved shoul-ders of 1.5mon both sides, andthe traffic isminimal, for now,”hesaid.Asathumbrule,thewiderthe

viewof the habitat on the othersideofanunderpass,themoreitislikelytobeusedbywildanimals.Thatiswhyroadwidth,trafficloadand the size of the largestwildspecies present in the landscapearefactoredinwhiledeterminingthe adequate openness ration—heightandwidth—forawildlifepassageway.“Naturally,mitigationmeas-

ureswill have to be reviewed ifandwhenthisroadneedsfurtherupgrade.Fornow,alongwiththeunderpassrecommended,speed-breakers at regular intervals andrestrictiononnighttrafficshouldbesufficient,”saidSukumar.

23 shot at, 5 dead: New Assam govt’s‘extreme action against criminals’

FROMPAGEONE SC panel to examine jumbounderpass height dip in RajajiForestministercitedcostoverrun,expertswarnedagainstoverkill

ABHISHEKANGADDUMKA, JULY15

AJOINTteamofJharkhandPoliceand 209 CoBRA CRPF batallionkilledwantedCPI (Maoist)mili-tantBudheshwarOraoninanen-counter in the early hours ofThursday in the forests ofKurumgarh, inGumladistrict ofthestate, thepolicesaid.ACPI(Maoist)regionalcom-

mitteemember who carried areward of Rs 15 lakh on him,Oraonwas named in 103 casesofmurder,attempttomurder,ri-oting,extortion,robbery,amongothers.Thecaseswereregisteredacross Gumla, Simdega,LohardagaandGarhwadistrictsof Jharkhand.He was identified as

BudheshwarOraon,aresidentofKhatangaPakartoliinGumla,po-lice said.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU,JULY15

RELYING on a 2019 SupremeCourt order, theKarnatakaHighCourthasruledthatchildrenfrommarriageswithnolegitimacyun-dertheHindupersonallawareel-igible for jobs on compassionategrounds.Considering the Supreme

Court ruling in the 2019 V RTripathi case, alongwith Section16 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955andprovisionsoftheSpecialMarriageAct,1954,whichconferlegitimacyon children from ille-gitimatemarriages, a divisionbenchof thehighcourtobservedthat all children– irrespective ofthepersonal lawsgoverning themarriageoftheirparents–shouldbe eligible for jobs on compas-sionategrounds.The bench of Justices B V

Nagarathna and HanchateSanjeevKumarmade the rulingandobservationsinthecourseofanappealfiledbyayouthseekinga jobwith theKarnataka PowerTransmission CorporationLimited on compassionategroundsfollowingthedeathofhisfather,aKPTCLemployee,in2014.The job was denied on the

grounds that hewasborn to thesecondwifeof theemployeeandon account of the secondmar-riageoccurringwhilea firstmar-riagewasinstillexistence.

TheHighCourt,while order-ingKPTCLtoconsidertheyouth'sjobapplication,quashedaKPTCLcircularofSeptember2011,whichsaidthatasecondwifeorherchil-drenarenot eligible for compas-sionate appointments “if amar-riagehas takenplace during thesubsistenceofafirstmarriage”.“A childhasno role toplay in

his/her birth. Hence, law shouldrecognisethefact thattheremaybeillegitimateparents,butnoille-gitimate children. Therefore, it isforParliamenttobringaboutuni-formityinlawvis-à-vislegitimacyofchildren,”thecourtobservedinitsrecentorder.“The judgment in V R

Tripathi is in the context ofSection16oftheHinduMarriageAct, 1955,which is thepersonallawof Hindus concerning, interalia,validityofaHindumarriage.But, in this case, we are con-cernedwith regard to the rightofachildbornoutofavoidmar-riageirrespectiveofthepersonallaw under which themarriagemight have taken place to seekappointment on a compassion-atebasis,” thecourt said.“Inourview,conferring legit-

imacyis,notonlyundertheHinduMarriage Act, which is the per-sonallawforHindus,butsuchle-gitimacy is also conferred to thechildrenbornoutofvoidorvoid-ablemarriagessolemnisedunderthe provisions of the SpecialMarriageAct,1954,”itsaid.

Maoist with 100cases against himshot in encounter

There may beillegitimate parents,but no illegitimatekids: Karnataka HC

New Delhi

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PAST AS PRESENTAsTalibanprepares fora forceful takeover inKabul,

Delhineeds toplay thewaitinggame

EXTERNALAFFAIRSMINISTERS Jaishankar’swordsat theShanghaiCo-oper-ationOrganisationForeignMinisters’meetingatDushanbe that the “futureof Afghanistan cannot be its past” reflected India’s concern at the swift ad-vanceof theTalibanthroughthecountryinpreparationforaforcefultakeover

as soonas theAmericans complete their departure at the endof August, in a reprise oftheir violent capture of power in 1996. However, it ismoot howmuch these concernsare sharedby thebigpowers in the regional grouping. After all, Russia andChinawerenotunhappytoseetheAmericansleave.BothappeartohavefoundsomemodusvivendiwiththeTaliban,whichhasassuredthesetwopowersaswell thesmallercentralAsianrepublics that theyhavenothing to fear fromit.Delegationsof Talibanhavebeenvisit-ingthesecapitalsover the last twoyears,welcomedbyleaderswhosawthewritingonthewall. Pakistan, to which Taliban is tied by an umbilical cord, which knows betterthanmost the violent potential of the Taliban, and thedangers of a spillover on its ter-ritory, seems less worried about that andmore triumphant at succeeding in clippingIndia’swings inAfghanistan.ItnowseemsthatIndia’stentativeandbelatedattemptstoreachouttotheTalibanhave

notyieldedthedesiredresults.Delhi’sdecisiontopulloutIndiannationalsfromitsdiplo-maticoutpost inKandahar indicated ithad failed toget fromtheTaliban, eitherdirectlyor through interlocutors, even theminimumassuranceof safety for itspersonnel at theconsulate. It isdebatable if India shouldbemaking theeffort tomakecontactatallwithsuchagroup,or,alternatively,if itshouldhavedonesoearlier,atthetimewhentheTrumpadministrationlaunchedseriouseffortsatnegotiationswiththegroup,backin2017.Butthen, IndiaappearedtobelievethattheAmericanswouldneverleave,andwasalsomis-led by the Blinken plan that urged a regional consensus in Afghanistan under the aus-picesof theUnitedNations.Butall this isacademicnow.AstheRussiandeputyenvoytoDelhihasbeenquotedassaying, theTalibanarethecurrentrealityofAfghanistan,anditis for India todecidewhat role itwants toplay.MuchhopeisbeingsetontheDohatalksbetweentheTalibanandrepresentativesof

theAfghangovernment.Butevenontheoutsidechance that these “intra-Afghan” talksmightleadtoapoliticalresolution, theTaliban,withtheirmilitaryascendancy,arelikelytocall theshots ina futuredispensation.Fornow,Delhi canonlywait, andhopethat theTaliban can be persuaded by its backers in Rawalpindi and elsewhere not to target theinfrastructureprojects Indiabuilt over the last twodecades.

GHOST OF SECTION 66ATheSC’sstricturesandtheCentre’snoteunderlinetheletterofthelaw.Nowthechallengeis to implement it inspirit

SECTION66AOF the Information TechnologyAct, 2000, has long beendead.Itwas struckdownasunconstitutional six years agoby the SupremeCourt,which found that it “arbitrarily, excessively anddisproportionately invadesthe right of free speech”. And yet, this draconian piece of dead law has had

an astonishing afterlife in police stations across the country, leading to the persecu-tion of several citizens for “menacing” or “offensive” online posts. According to a pleafiled by anNGO in the Supreme Court, asmany as 745 cases are active before districtcourts in11states,withtheaccusedbeingprosecutedforoffencesundertheinvalid law.Early thismonth, the SupremeCourt bench hearing the pleawasmoved to seek a

response fromtheCentreonwhat it calleda“shockingstateof affairs”. TheCentrehaswritten to state governments, asking them topass on thememo to the police force—andwithdrawall cases thatmayhavebeenfiledunderSection66A. IntroducedbytheUPAgovernment in2008, theamendment tothe ITActgavethegovernmentpowertoarrestand imprisonanindividual forallegedly“offensiveandmenacing”onlineposts,andwaspassedwithoutdiscussion inParliament. The court’s 2015decision in ShreyaSinghalvsUnionof Indiawasa landmark judicialpushbackagainststateencroachmenton freedomof speechandexpression. “Section66A is cast sowidely thatvirtually anyopiniononanysubjectwouldbecoveredbyit…andif it is towithstandthetestof con-stitutionality, the chilling effect on free speechwouldbe total,” it said.Thegapbetweenthecourt’s judgmentandthepileof Section66Acases is,perhaps,

explainedby apolitical climate inwhich free speech, dissent and legitimate criticismare seen as exercises in bad faith, and existing laws arewielded asweapons to arrestjournalists andcitizens for a tweetor a sloganoraFacebookpost. Evena largebodyofprogressive judgments by constitutional courts hasnot prevented theblatantmisuseof the lawof seditionor come in thewayof courts’ reluctance tograntbail to accused.In the faceof apolitical class thatdoesnotshrink fromarrogatingmorepowers toreg-ulate speech, the policemarches to the tune of vendetta, and even judicialwisdom isignored. The Centre’s note to the states is welcome — but regular monitoring is theonlyway to ensure that the law is implemented in letter and spirit.

THE LAST SHOTRajinikanthdissolvespoliticalplatform,apolitical

careerendsbefore its launch

ON MONDAY, TAMIL superstar Rajinikanth announced pack-up forhis political dreams. He wound up Tamil Makkal Mandram, thepolitical platform he had floated to win the 2021 assembly elections.Hereafter, only the Rasikar Mandram (fan club) will continue though

the fanshave aged.Ages ago, Muthu, a character played by Rajinikanth, said: “Naan eppo varuven, ep-

padivaruvenennuyarukkumtheriyathu.Aanavaravendiyanerathilecorrectavaruven (NoonecantellwhenorhowI’llarrive—butIalwaysdo,whenthetimeisright)”.Forsome-onewhose screen persona always exuded confidence and decisiveness, Rajini’s diffi-denceabouthispoliticalentryhasbeensurprising.Sincethe1990s,allofTamilNaduhaswaitedwith bated breath for the superstar to take theplunge. Each timewhenexpec-tations skyrocketed, he shied away.Muchwater has flowed through the Cauvery overtheyears. The two larger-than-life figureswhodominated theskylineof Tamilpolitics,MKarunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa, departed in the last five years. That’swhen the buzzaroundRajinikanthrestarted. Inthe1970s,MGRamachandranhadusedhis fanbasetolaunchtheAIADMK.LikeMGR,Rajiniwastoplayoutthescreenpersonaof thedecisive,convincingherowhostoodwith thepoor,oppressedandtheworkingclass in theelec-toralarena.But timeshadchangedandsoonRajini realisedthathistorycouldrepeatasa farce.He read thepandemicasa sign to retreat. The rigoursof politicsmayhavebeentootiringforanachingbodyandconfusedmind. Justaheadof theassemblypolls,Rajiniannounced thathewasno longer in thecontest. Thedeckswere cleared forDMKchiefMKStalin towinoffice.The climaxmaydisappoint the fan,with the superstar forced toquit the scenewith

abruisedego.There is,however, a lesson forartistsaspiring forpublicoffice:Politics isatoughgrindandcinema isnostairway tosuccess.

KSrinathReddy

BrindaKarat

Covidshouldcatalysechangesinmedicaleducation,orientittowardsscientificsensibility,compassion

THE DOUBLE ENGINE EFFECTBJPgovernmentshave failed to takeactionagainsthate speechbyparty’s leaders

MAJORREFORMS INWesternmedical edu-cationbeganafter theFlexner reportof 1910advocatedstructured,science-basedandlab-oratorysupportedlearning,replacingtheap-prenticeshipmodel inherited fromapothe-caries. It also influenced trainingmethods inmedicalcollegesofcolonisedcountries.Whileinfusingthestrengthofrigorousscientificre-search intomedical precept and practice,Westernmodelsimposedtherigidityofare-ductionistapproachthatincreasinglyfocusedonpartitioningthehumanbodyintoorgans,tissues, cells and sub-cellular structures.Thoughthesemodelsusheredremarkablesci-entific innovations, the integrated function-ing of the humanbody and its interconnec-tivity to other life forms and the naturalenvironment becameobscured from the vi-sualfieldofmedicaleducation.Indianmedicalcolleges,usuallylocatedinanurbanambienceandlinkedtotertiarycarehospitals,weredis-connectedfromtherealworldfunctioningofamulti-layeredhealthsystem.In2010,anindependentglobalpanel,The

CommissiononHealthProfessionalEducationin the Twenty First Century, advocated amulti-disciplinary,sociallyresponsivemodelof education. But the commission’s call tomakemedicaleducationholistic in its scien-tific approach andhealth systemconnectedinitsfunctionallinkageshasnotyetimpartedtherequiredmomentumforimpactfulchangein systems that remain anchored to conven-tion.WhileagovernmentnominatedMedicalCouncilof India recentlybreachedthestatusquo conservatismof its elected predecessortoproposeseveralusefulreforms,theyareyettodemonstrate impact.The Covid-19 pandemic could provide

the catalytic spark for more reforms bythrowing light onmany areas thatmedicaleducationmustaddress.Therearenewcom-petenciesthatayoungdoctormustdevelopanddisplay in aworldwith changing chan-nelsof demandanddeliveryof health serv-ices. The pandemic has also reemphasisedtime-honouredscientificpreceptsandmoralvaluesof themedicalprofession,whichhadbeen obscured by the greed and grime ofcommercialisedhealthcare.Theabilitytojudgethequalityofnewsci-

entificevidenceforcorrectlyguidingclinicalpracticeandfutureresearchisessential foradoctor in training. This requires a good un-derstandingofresearchmethodologyandthe

skill of critical appraisal that candistinguishgoodscience frombad.This ismuchneededwhennewclaimsinundatemedicaljournalsand socialmedia. Even peer reviewed jour-nals sometimes publish articles of unsoundmethodology.Therushfor informationdur-ing the pandemic has removed the inade-quateprotectivefilterswithunreviewedpub-licationsgettingcirculatedaspre-prints.Medicaleducationmustteachtheessen-

tialprinciplesofepidemiologyandstatisticsthat underlie good research design and in-terpretation.Evenifmostdoctorsdonotbe-comeresearchers,theyshouldbecapableofintelligent interpretation and judicious ap-plicationofnewscientificinformation.Theyshouldjudgearesearchstudyforbothinter-nal validity (how true are the reported re-sults likely tobe)andexternalvalidity (howapplicablearetherecommendationstotheirpatientsorpopulation).Without such insights,many inappropri-

ate tests and ineffectivemedicines are pre-scribedbydoctorsinthemisguidedbeliefthattheyaredoinggoodtotheirpatients—thishasbeennoticed in thepandemic. An importantcaveat to teach is that a plausible biologicalmechanismdoesnotbyitselfassuretherapeu-tic benefit. In thepast, apparently promisinganti-hypertensiveandanti-arrhythmicdrugsevencausedharm,despiteappealingbiologi-cal rationale and apparent benefit on surro-gatemarkers. During the Covid pandemic,drugslikehydroxychloroquinefailedwhenputtothecriticaltestofaclinicaltrial.Yet,untesteddrugsforCovidaboundinclinicalpracticebe-causemedicaleducationfailedtoimpartskillstocriticallyappraiseclaims.Itisthenaivebeliefofmanycliniciansthat

a positive test invariablymeans presence ofdisease and a negative test signifies its ab-sence.Falsepositiveandfalsenegativesoccurwithmosttests,fortechnicalreasonsandalsobecausetheprobabilityofdiseasevariesbasedon the characteristics of the person beingtested. Thus, post-test probability is deter-minedbyboththepre-testprobabilityandthetest result. This Bayesian concept is seldomtaughtinmedicalschools.Neitheristhecon-cept of using an additional test onlywhenthereisanincrementalvalueinenhancingtheprobability to a decision hanging level. As aconsequence,wasteful testsmaybepiledonunnecessarily, increasing both financial andbiological costs to the patient. During Covid,

wehaveseenpuzzleddebatesonthefailureofRT-PCRandrapidantigenteststoalwaysiden-tifyinfectionaswellasontheunnecessaryuseofchestCTscansinmanypersons.Telemedicine has emerged as an impor-

tant bridge to clinical care duringperiods ofrestrictedmobility.Whenthepandemicends,the convenience and cost-effectiveness ofsuch consultationswillmake telemedicineanestablishedcomponentofhealthsystems.Medical educationmust impart theneededtechnical and social skills tomake tele-con-sultationseffectiveandsafe.Severalcountrieshavebeenusingsimulatedpatientsinrecentdecadestotrainandtestmedicalstudentsinboth clinical and social skills. Given India’svastpatientnumbers,weneverfelttheneedforemployingtutoredlaypersonsastrainingmodels. However, the growth of telemedi-cinerequiresthatmedicalstudentsbetrainedtoefficientlyevaluatepatientdataandmakecompetent management decisions, evenfrom a distance. Simulated patient interac-tions canhelp in this. Telemedicinemay in-volveengagementwiththepatient,anatten-dant orwith a primary care teammember.The interactionmust be suitably tailored toeachtype,utilisetimeefficientlyandbecon-ductedwithpatience.Theneed for impartingskillsof effective

publiccommunicationandempatheticcon-versations with patients has been high-lighted by the pandemic. Increasingly, doc-torsarebeingcalledupontoclarifymedicalconceptsandresearchfindingstothemediaandlaypublic.Precise,accurate, jargon-free,confident and clear communication isneeded in such interactions. The need forstrict isolationof infectedpersonshassepa-rated patients in intensive care units fromloved ones. Evenwhen the doctor in a haz-matsuit appearsanalien, caringcommuni-cation is possible through the toneof voice,well-chosenwordsthatconveycompassionandevennon-verbalgesturesthatshowthatthe doctor cares. The public health pioneerLivingston Trudeau once said, the duty of aphysician is “to cure sometimes, to relieveoften,tocomfortalways”.Medicaleducationmustnowenhancescientificsensibilityandcompassionamongstphysicians.

Thewriter,acardiologistandepidemiologist,ispresident,PublicHealthFoundationof India.

Theviewsexpressedarepersonal

INHIS ELECTION speeches, PMModi oftenrefers to the “double engine” effect, describ-ingwhy the people of a statewould benefitfromvoting for the BJP as there is a BJP gov-ernment at the Centre. India has found awholenewinterpretationofthisinrecentde-velopments—thedoubleengineeffectagainstconstitutional guarantees and democraticnorms,forexample,thelackofactionagainsthate speeches byBJP leaders by theBJP gov-ernmentsattheCentreandinthestates.The PrimeMinister chose to promote to

his Cabinet amanwho, just over a year ago,wasmaking abusive speeches targeting theminority community shouting slogans like“golimaro” (shoot them).Hearingabunchofpetitions in thecontextof theDelhi violencein February 2020, theDelhi High Court hadplayedthespeechesmadebyAnuragThakur,then juniorMinister For Finance, and otherBJP leaders in the open court and asked thepolice to take action. Instead, the judgewastransferred. All cases against hate speeches,includingone filedby thepresentwriter, arestillpendingbeforethecourts.The states runby theBJP follow suit. The

most recent example is that of the so-calledHindumahapanchayat organised lastweekinPataudi, inwhichBJP leaderSurajPalAmumadeahighlycommunalspeech,widelypub-licised on socialmedia. No action has been

takenagainstAmu,althoughateenager,whoopenedfireattheanti-CAAprotestorsinJamialast year, was arrested this week for hisprovocative speech at the sameevent. AmuhadmadeasimilarspeechamonthearlierinIndrivillageinNuhdistrict.Thiswasfollowingthemurder of a young gym trainer namedAsif. Amu led the communalisation of thecrime at ameeting called to demand the re-leaseofthosearrestedforthemurder.Thead-ministration ceded toAmu’s threats and re-leasedfourofthe12accused.Therewasapallof fearandterroramongMuslimsinthearea.I had visited the area as part of a delegation,after which we filed a complaint againstAmu’shatespeechinthelocalthana.Wealsomet district officials and laterwrote to theChiefMinister. Insteadof takingaction,Amuwaspromotedasoneoftheofficialspokesper-sonsoftheBJPaweekafterhiscommunalrant—thedoubleengineeffect.IncontrasttotheprotectiongiventoAmu

andhiscohorts,theHaryanapolicegotanFIRfiled by one of its head constables in Hisaragainst journalist Rajesh Kundu in April.Kundu, throughhiswebportal and popularsocialmediaplatforms,hadbeenavocalsup-porterof thekisanstruggle.Hehadputoutawarningthattheanti-kisanforceswereplan-ningcaste-basedincidentsbeforeAmbedkarJayanti to disrupt people’s unity. Hewas ac-

cused of causing “enmity between classes”and“disruptingnationalunity”.Afterastrongpushback from journalists’ associations, thecasehasbeenputonhold,butnotwithdrawn.Thedifferentstandardsappliedinthecases

ofKunduandAmubytheHaryanapolicearedictatedbythedefaultpoliticalstrategyfash-ionedby theBJPand theRSS. This consists oftheorganisationofcommunalmahapanchay-ats versus thehighlypopular kisanpanchay-atsinsupportofthestruggleforarepealofthethreefarmlaws. Thesocialboycottofelectedofficials of the ruling regime, including kisanprotestswhere theChiefMinistergoes, isbe-ingmetbythisdivisivestrategy.Communalpoliticsisalsoaidedbytheex-

tremelyweak, vague and inadequate legalframeworks on hate speech. Following aSupremeCourtdirectiveinthecaseofPravasiBhalai Sangathan v. Union of India, the LawCommission,inits57-pagereport,madecon-crete recommendations in 2017 to the gov-ernment on “prohibiting incitement to ha-tred”and“causingfear,alarm,orprovocationof violence in certain cases.” But this reporthasbeen ignored.Amuchmorevigorous in-terventionforpreventionofandpunishmentfor hate speech is required from concernedcitizensandpoliticalparties.

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Increasingly, doctors arebeing called upon to clarifymedical concepts andresearch findings to themedia and lay public. Precise,accurate, jargon-free,confident and clearcommunication is needed insuch interactions. The needfor strict isolation of infectedpersons has separatedpatients in intensive careunits from loved ones. Evenwhen the doctor in a hazmatsuit appears an alien, caringcommunication is possiblethrough the tone of voice,well-chosen words thatconvey compassion and evennon-verbal gestures thatshow that the doctor cares.

The different standardsapplied in the cases ofKundu and Amu by theHaryana police are dictatedby the default politicalstrategy fashioned by theBJP and the RSS. Thisconsists of the organisationof communalmahapanchayats versus thehighly popular and unitedkisan panchayats in supportof the struggle for a repeal ofthe three farm laws.

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BREAK IN ASSAM TALKSTHENINTHROUNDoftalksbetweenCentralobserversandtheAssamagitationistsontheforeigners’ issuewasadjournedonJuly14.Itwill resume in Guwahati in about 10 days.The 17-day deliberations have achievednothing except to bring home to both sidestherealisationthatfreshgroundwillhavetobe broken and new avenues explored. The10-dayadjournmentwassuggestedbyhomesecretarySMHBurneywhoheaded theof-ficials’ teamwhichmet representatives ofthe All Assam Students’ Union and the AllAssamGana Sangram Parishad. The AASUpresidentPrafullaMahantasaidthatthegov-

ernment had sought time for “fresh think-ing” on the issue. AAGSP presidentNibaranBorasaidthatthegulfbetweenthetwosideshadwidenedduring thediscussion.

SURAT MILL TRAGEDYRESCUE TEAMS ARE engaged in the uphilltaskofsavingabout300workerstrappedun-derthedebrisofafour-storeymillwhichcol-lapsedlastweek.105workershavebeenres-cuedand43bodieshavebeenpulledout ofthedebris. The rescueoperationspickedupon July 13with the arrival of a giant crane.Sincemost of the victims were bachelorsfromneighbouringstates,thepoliceseemto

havenoclueabout theirkithandkin.

THE SOVIET FRIENDTHE SOVIET UNION told the Polish govern-mentthatleadingthecountryoutof itspres-entcrisiswasanissueforthePolishcommu-nists but “we cannot adopt an indifferentattitudewhenthefateofsocialisminafrater-nalcountryisatstake”.Addressingtheninthconference of the Polish Communist Party,theSovietdelegation’s leaderVictorGrishindeclared, “It is not according to the Sovietprinciples to leaveour friendsandallies inacrisis”.This,however, isbeinginterpretedasaveiled threatof intervention inPoland.

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In a country where povertyand suffering is the norm,and well-being only a distantdream, how do wedistinguish betweenbackwardness primarilycaused by a group’s sociallocation in traditional socialorder and backwardnessresulting from distortions ofthe political economy? Whilethis surely is a tough task,unless we grapple it by thehorns, reservation is boundto become the plaything ofthe political clout of differentcommunities, probablyproducing a regime ofseparate reservation forrelatively dominant castes.

ITWASratheramusingtoseeJairamRamesh,PChidambaramandUPA-eraeconomistsat-tempting toplaydown the economic reliefpackageannouncedbytheFinanceMinisterlastmonth.Yes, there is a stark difference between

thenature of the economic stimulus pack-agesannouncedbytheModigovernmentinresponsetothe2020pandemicandtheoneannounced by theUPA government in re-sponsetothe2008-2009globalfinancialcri-sis.While the situations are not identical,there is one similarity—an external eventleadingtoadomesticeconomiccrisis.TheModimodel of economic stimulus

has twobig components, amongst others.Thefirstisthedistributionoffreefoodgrainstobenefit80crorepeople.Thesecondistheexpansionofthecreditlineandloanguaran-teeschemestosupportfundingactivitiesuptoRs5.6lakhcroresinceMay2020.Thecorephilosophyof theModimodel is achievingatmanirbharta (self-reliance),wherein thegovernment creates genuine economic ac-tivitybyguaranteeingcreditsupplytothosebusinesseswhoarewilling toweather theeconomic crisis and, at the same time, pro-tectthemostvulnerablefromhunger.Onthecontrary, theUPAstimuluspack-

ages between2008 and2013were largelybasedonrecklesslyexpandinggovernmentexpenditureby reducing its incomeand in-creasingitsborrowing. TheCongressstimu-lus doctrinewas inspiredby the concept ofaadhinta(dependency),whereinthegovern-mentcreates the illusionofeconomicactiv-itybyborrowing fromotherswithoutmak-inganyprovisiontorepay.AsconcededbybothChidambaramand

RaghuramRajan,suchpoliciesendedupin-creasinginflationratherthanstimulatingtheeconomy — which eventually cost theCongressthe2014elections.Thisisn’tmyas-sessmentbut that of Chidambaram just af-terthe2014elections.Therefore,Iwastakenabackwhenhe,his

party, his party’s former president and theeconomistsnurturedbyhispartycollectivelycharacterisedtheModigovernment’sstimu-luspackageasa“hoax”.Aneconomicstimulus,asthenamesug-

gests,shouldstimulatetherealeconomy.Andthe lifelineof anyeconomyiscredit.Thecy-cle of growthandprosperity canonly kick-start if small businesses canaccess funds topurchaserawmaterialsandpaysalaries.Thepandemic hit businesses because theirsources of incomedried up andbanks be-camereluctanttosupportthem.FMNirmalaSitharaman, through theEmergencyCreditLineGuarantee Scheme, has prevented aneconomicparalysisandreassuredsmallbusi-nessowners that theModigovernmenthasfull faithintheirabilitytobounceback.More than1.1 crore small andmedium

businesshaveavailedofthisschemeandareconfidentlymarching out of the Covid-in-ducedeconomiccrisis.Thenetworkeffectof

supporting1.1croresmallandmediumbusi-nessesishumongous.Howisanyof thisahoax?Extending credit lines and loanguaran-

teesisthemosteffectivewayofchannelisingfunds tobusinesses via the formal bankingsystem.UnlikeUPA’sdoleandfreebieculture,thepotentialof leakagesthroughsuchstim-uluspackagesisminimal.AnotherkeydifferencebetweentheModi

modelandtheUPAmodelisthattheformerhas adopted the approachof targeted sub-sidy and support, mainly for small andmedium-sized businesses, whereas theCongressstimulusprimarilyrestructuredtheloans of big businesses, thus fracturing theeconomyontwocounts.First, theseotherwisebad loansbecame

greenandgotdosesoffurthercredit.Mostofthemoney from stimulus packages nevercamebacktothelenders.Second,itdidnotpercolatedowntosmall

businesses and ordinary people. TheCongress’smodelwasdesigned tobenefit ahandful of big corporates andpushed Indiainto an acute banking crisis, whichmani-festedasbankfraudsandhighNPAs.Therefore the allegation that theModi

model addresses supply-side issues andnot income-side issues iswrong.Targetedsupply of credit to small businesses willlead to incomes for crores of people.Without genuine economic activity howwill one create income?Also, theUPA intellectuals have got the

fundamentalswrong. Theabsolute valueofastimuluspackageisnoindicatorofitseffec-tiveness.Theabilityofthepackagetomakearealchangeintheeconomyisdependentonitsstructure,notitssize.If the absolute valueof a stimulus actu-

allymatters, thenthe2008stimulusshouldhaveresultedinhighergrowthinsubsequentyears.Instead,thefiscaldeficit,whichwas2.5per cent in 2008, crossed6per cent in oneyear. GDPgrowth,whichwas 8per cent in2008fellto4.7percentinMay2014.Andcon-sumerinflationspikedfrom7percentto12percentbetween2008and2013.Doesn’t data show that the Congress

modelwasactuallyahoax?TheUPAgovernment threwthevulner-

ablefromthefryingpanintothefirethroughpoorly-designed stimuluspackages,whoserealintentionwastorescuebigcorporations.It is timetothoroughlyexamine if thestim-uluswasundertakentohelptheeconomyorthecoffersofsomevestedinterestgroups.IextendmycomplimentstotheFinance

Minister for not surrendering tomisguideddemands from the same culprits whowantedare-runofUPA’shalf-bakedpolicies.Had Congress leaders been less ob-

sessed withWestern theories and readIndian economic theories, particularlyKautilya’sArthashastra, theywouldhavere-alisedtheirmistake.AsKautilyasaid“vaib-havanpam abharanam” (wear ornamentsasperyourfinancialcapacity).Kautaliyaac-tively advocated a preference to lend forproductiveactivitiesratherthanconsump-tion-relatedactivities.Therefore, the eminent thinkers in the

Congressmustrealisethathandingoutfree-bieswillnotboostconsumptionandspend-ingrecklesslywillnotspureconomicgrowth.Undoing supply-side constraints formicro,smallandmediumbusinessesistheonlywaytoensuregrowthandincome.

Thewriter is theChiefMinisterofAssam

CASTECONTINUESTObeasystemofdiscrim-ination, but remedies for removing that dis-criminationkeepeludingus,partlybecauseofcaste-basedinterestsandpartlybecauseofthepenchant to seek satisfaction inpolitical cor-rectnessalone.Two rulings of the SupremeCourt have

frayednerves inMaharashtra on thebroaderquestionof“reservation”.Onerelatestocreat-ing a separate backward class consisting ofMarathasandgrantingthemreservationinjobsandeducation.TheotherpertainstoOBCreser-vation in local bodies. Both issues have rele-vance beyondMaharashtra. But the habit ofblinking at the big picture has so far allowedtheseissuestobelimitedtoMaharashtra.Bothrulingswere the only expected judicial out-comes,buttheyrepresentanintellectualbank-ruptcyofourpoliticsandthedeadlockthatthesocial justiceprojecthashit.The ruling aboutOBC reservation in local

bodies goes at the root of the 73rd and74thamendments,butthegameinMaharashtraisconfined toblamingpolitical rivals. The crisisemerging fromthis rulingsymbolisesoneas-pectofwhatiswronginimplementingthepol-icyofsocialjustice.Theissueofactualnumbersor population share of OBCshas been talkedaboutforoveradecade,besidestheneedtoun-derstandthesocio-economicsituationofdiffer-ent backward communities. A clumsy initia-tiveby theUPAgovernmentwasnotgoing tohelpmuchsince theUPAgovernmentand itssupportersdidnotknowwhattodowithquan-titativedatagatheredwithoutaproperpolicyperspective.Besidesthelimitedstatecapacityfor enumeration, theNarendraModi govern-ment’sprioritylayelsewhere,aswasshowninthecaseoftheNRC.Therefore,duringitssevenyears, thepresent governmenthas chosen tokeepthematterontheback-burnerwhileben-efitingfromtheOBCvote.Butthecentralprob-lem goes far beyondmaking available “thenumbers”. In the last instance,wehavetode-cidewhich groups are backward andwhatneedstobedoneforthem.ThatiswhytheSupremeCourtrulinginthe

caseofMaratha reservationwaspredictable.Equallypredictably,thepoliticalclass,includingthoseintheforefrontofthepro-reservationag-itation,haveconsistently followedanostrich-like approachof avoiding the juridical realityand clinging to anewconsensus amongpar-ties—notonlyinMaharashtra,butelsewheretoo—that the50per cent capneeds tobesetaside legislatively. How the judiciarywill re-spond to such a legislative response is any-body’sguess.This response, as also the state govern-

ment’shelplessnessinthematterofOBCreser-vation in local bodies, represents the policydeadlock that stares at thepolitical class andsocietyingeneral.Whileexpertswillfruitfullydebate the legal sideof these issues, there isaneedtorealisethattheseare,inessence,polit-ical issues. They are the late legacies of theMandal Commission. But that is only part ofthestory.Threedecadesago,themarriagebe-tweenpoliticsandjurisprudencegavebirthtoaconsensus.Thatconsensushadthreedimen-sions:Accepting(ratherindirectlyandunwill-ingly)thatcasteisthemaincauseoftradition-bornbackwardness amonga large sectionof

the population; resorting to “reservation” astheeasiestpolicyresponseandthird,recognis-ing andaccommodating thepolitical aspira-tions of thebackward sections by expandingthesocialbaseof thepoliticalelite.ThisconsensushashelpedIndia’seliteand

policymakersbypass thecastequestionsincethemid-Nineties.Butthatsamemarriagebe-tweenpoliticsandjurisprudencehasresultedinanunwantedchild:Thecurrentdeadlockonthequestionofsocial justice.Today,thatquestionhasresurfacedinadis-

torted but politically attractivemanner. Notonly theMarathas, but Jats andPatidars, too,claim that vast numbers among themhavebeen left behind in the contemporary econ-omy.Thismayhaveanobjectivebasis,butthisargumenthasmorethansuccessfullydeflectedattentionfromtwomatters—thattheenablingprovision of the Constitution aims at socialbackwardness(causedbysocietallocation)andthatthecausesofeconomicdistressoriginatingindevelopmentpoliciesaredistinctfromback-wardness primarily originating in caste loca-tion.Grantingreservationsonaneconomicba-sisseemstohavecomplicatedmattersNeither the judiciarynorpolitics seemto

have any clue about how tonowresolve thisimpasse.Liketheconsensusthatsurvivedthepast threedecades, thecurrentdeadlock, too,hasthreedimensions.First,itisrepresentedbydemands for reservationmadeby relativelybetter-offandpoliticallypowerfulcastes.Two,itrepresentsthedeepchasmthatexistswithinbackwardsections,renderingpoliticsofback-wardnessnearlyimpossible.Three,itsitsatthecuspofsharpeningcasteidentitiesandaweak-ening social justice agendaand tends to con-solidatecasteboundariesmorethanconnect-ingtoissuesofsocial justice.Inasense,bothintermsofpoliticsandpol-

icy,theenergygeneratedbyMandalisnowex-hausted.Thishashappenedboththroughthemisuseandoveruseoftheweaponofreserva-tion.Acombinationofpoliticalmediationandpolicyrejuvenationisnowwarranted.Five issues require systematic considera-

tion in the fields of politics, policy and intel-

lectualdiscussions.Oursuperficialconcernsofpolitical correctness and quick popularitykeepdissuadingusfromdoingthat.Thesefiveissues are not exactly new, but are acquiringrenewedurgency.Thefirstisaboutintra-OBCdifferentiations.

Thiswas already flaggedbyamemberof theMandalCommissionitselfandmoststateshaveresorted to clumsy arrangements for “most”backwardevenas theCentre, too, is currentlywaitingforareportonthisquestion.Two,intra-caste stratification is increasing—somethingthatwasrather limitedatthetimeofMandal.WhatsociologistDLShethcalledasclassicisa-tion is nowbecoming the central issue,withmuchcomplication.Thethirdquestionisaboutthespecificadvantagesandlogicofreservationin the threedifferent arenas of employment,educationandpoliticalrepresentation.This, then, leads to the fourth and related

issue which nobody wants to talk about,namely,thelimitsofreservationandtheneedtothinkofadditionalmeasurestoaugmentthepolicy of social justice. Finally, themost chal-lengingissueis settingboundaries. Inacoun-trywherepoverty and suffering is thenorm,andwell-beingonly adistant dream,howdowedistinguishbetweenbackwardnessprima-rilycausedbyagroup’ssociallocationintradi-tionalsocialorderandbackwardnessresultingfromdistortions of the political economy?While this surely is a tough task, unlesswegrappleitbythehorns,reservationisboundtobecome theplaythingof thepolitical clout ofdifferent communities, probablyproducingaregimeof separate reservation for relativelydominantcastes.These issues, particularly the lastone, can

begrappledonly througha time-consumingprocessof harshdebatesanddrabdetail. Thisand the related tasks are best left ideally to athird backward classes commissionwhosetimehas come. The only question is, arewereadyforit?

Thewriter, based inPune, taughtpoliticalscienceand is currently chief editorof

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Neitherjudiciarynorpoliticsappearscapableofaddressingthecomplicatedclaimsofbackwardnessbypoliticallypowerfulcastes.Thetimehascomeforathirdbackwardclassescommission

On caste, the road not taken Support,don’t paralyse

ThosecriticisingModigovernment’sstimuluspackagemustunderstandthatcreditguarantees,notdoles,

willhelptherealeconomy

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FINDING AADHAARTHISREFERSTOthearticle, ‘Wildchasefor identity’ (IE, July 5). Aadhaar has asecure and safe digital architecturethat provides an anytime-anywhereverifiable identitytoresidentsof India.It also has a robust security system.Therefore, it is not easy for anyone toprocureorretrievesomeone’sAadhaarunless such request is properly au-thenticated. UIDAI gives such detailsonly to the particular resident and tonobody else. When a resident losesEID/UIDnumber, theAadhaareco-sys-tem has three efficient ways for re-trieving Aadhaar. First, a resident canlog inat theUIDAIportalandenterherregistered mobile number or e-mailaddress. On submitting an OTP, theUID Number is sent to her registeredmobile number or e-mail ID. Second,bycalling1947,shecanprovideacom-bination of EID number and PIN codeor present demographic details. Theresident is then provided EID whichcan be used to download e-AadhaarfromtheUIDAIwebsite. Finally, avisittoAadhaar enrolment centrewith ei-ther EID/UID or by providing demo-graphicdetails likename,gender,dis-trict, andPINcode (mandatory) alongwithbiometricauthentication inbothcases,canhelpdeterminetheAadhaarnumber of the resident. For excep-tional cases, a visit to the nearest

Regional Office/Aadhaar Seva Kendra(ASK) is recommended.

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IT’S ABOUT JUSTICETHISREFERSTO thearticle, ‘ForUAPA,state must pay’ (IE, July 14). Yes, it ishightimethatcompensationispaidtothosewhohave been at receiving endof theUAPA law. Butwhat is adequatereparation?Can the statemakeup forthe years lost by such people or atonefor the ignominy they sufferedduringincarceration?

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AHISTORIC struggle is underway in Kerala,with Sister Lucy Kalapura as the pivot. Theissueatstake is simple. Isn’tanunalsoacit-izen of India, entitled to personal freedomandjustice?Or, is sheonlyareligiousslave?CananIndiancitizenbepunishedforwritingpoems,publishingbooks,learningdrivingorsupporting struggles for justice? Can theIndian court disownher, if she is? Can lawsenunciated fromRome override the IndianConstitution? Should religious laws enjoyexclusionfromtheambitof theConstitutionof India?Personal liberty is a relative newcomer

in the history of civilisation. As regards themajorityof thepeopleinhistory,slavery,notliberty,wasthenormfor long.Thoughslav-eryisabolishedintheory,servitudesurvivesininnumerablepockets,bigandsmall, indi-verse modes. A glaring instance is that ofnuns.NonelessthanPopeFrancissaidacou-ple of years ago that thousands of Catholicnuns live in sexual slavery under the um-brella of the church. They endure their pri-vationmeeklybecausetheyknowhowim-possible it is to struggle and secure justicefor them. While Christendom as a wholehas turned a deaf ear to the anguish of thePope, a lone nun is waging an unheard-ofbattletoensurethatthis inhumanconditionis challenged.Young,naïvegirls are lured intoconvent

life, when they are in no position to knowwhattheyaregettinginto.Mostof themhailfrompoorandlargefamilies.Poverty,aggra-vated further by unsustainable family size,sustainedby the church’s objection to fam-ily planning, drives girls to convents. Seenthrough eyes of deprivation, a nun in herhabit, with an aura of respect and sanctity,becomes an irresistible allurement to girls.To poor Catholic families languishing in in-significance, having nuns in their ranksservesas thehighpointof parochial vanity.Classdifferenceisblatantinthewaynuns

aretreatedinconventsandinstitutions.Nunsfrom poor families aremade to domostlymenial work. The socio-economic eliteamong nuns, a tinyminority, live andworkhonourably.Nunsoftheformerkindarevul-nerable tobeabusedandexploited. Severalhave“diedinmysteriouscircumstances”,orbeen killed, as in the case of Sister Abhaya,or lapsed intomental ill-health.Noneof thealleged suicides in the last two decades, inwhich the bodies of nuns were recoveredfrom conventwells, has been investigatedand the truth about theseunnatural deathsestablished.Thereisonlyonereasonforthis.They were poor. Their life did not matter.Justiceforthemwasjunkedinordertoavoidembarrassment for thechurch.It isagainst thisbackgroundthatthesig-

nificanceofSisterLucy’sstrugglefor justice,

not so much for herself as for nuns as awhole, needs tobe viewed. Consider a cou-pleofaspectsinhercase.Herexpulsionfromthe convent is clearly a punishment for ex-pressing solidarity with the victim in theBishopFrancoMulakkalrapecase.Asanun,should she have no freedomof conscienceto demand justice for an outraged fellownun?Consider again. Sister Lucyworked asahighschoolmathsteacherfor30years.Hersalaryincomewasappropriatedbythecon-vent. Now, in her retirement, should she bethrown out of the convent, and onto thestreets,withoutarupeeincompensationorfinancial support? That is what the canonlawsays.Whysuchaheartless law?Clearlyitismeanttomakeitimpossibleforthefrus-tratednunstoexitconvents.Whyisthisnec-essary?Well, because, if it becomes finan-ciallyviabletoleavetheconvent, thousandsofnunswould.Thiswouldbenotonlyahugeeconomicblowbutalsoasetbackforthein-stitution of priestly celibacy in the church.But for the comfort and consolation of theconvents, thementalhealthofpriestscouldbeatperil.The liberationof long-oppressednuns,thereligioussex-slavesasPopeFrancisdescribes them, is the last thing the churchwillbrook.ItseesSisterLucy’sstruggleinthislight.Hencetheeagernesstocrushherunderits ironheels.Regrettably, the Kerala High Court has

taken the stand that Sister Lucy can be pro-videdphysicalprotectiononlyifsheleavestheconvent.Forthecourttotakethisstand,whichmaybeconsonantwiththeletterofthelaw,istotakeapartialviewofthematter.Evenifthatis not the intent, such a stand on the part ofthecourtreinforcesthevindictiveposturingofthe church, and frustrates the hopes and as-pirationsof the thousandsof nunswho longfor emancipation. The least that the courtcould have donewas tomaintain, togetherwith the stand it has taken, that the conventhasadutytogivebacktothenunherlifetime’searnings.Anythingshortofthisistantamountto robbery by othermeans. A nunworks allher active life and, at the endof it, she is castawaywithoutarupee!Surely, this falls shortevenofthecrudestideaofjusticeinacivilisedsociety. Only slaves could have been treatedso;andthat, too, inthedistantpast.TheSisterLucycaseurgesthenationasa

whole to decide if exclusive religious lawsshould continue to subvert the spirit of theIndian Constitution. Perhaps, the time hascometoaddresstheneedtolegislateacom-mon civil code so that the indefensibility ofexclusivereligiousrightsencroachingonthedomain of civil and constitutional rights isfirmlyestablished.

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Ex-presidentMamnoonHussaindiesKarachi: Former PakistanPresident MamnoonHussain died in Karachion Wednesday after aprolonged illness, hisfamily said. He was 80.HussainwasborninAgrain 1940 and migratedwith his parents toPakistan in 1947. Heserved as Pakistan’s 12thPresident betweenSeptember 2013 andSeptember 2018. Thesenior PML-N leaderwasdiagnosedwithcancer inFebruary last year andwasunder treatmentataprivate hospital here forsome days where hebreathed his last, Dawnquoted PML-N Sindh ad-ditionalsecretarygeneralChaudhryTariqassaying.PML-N presidentShehbaz Sharif tweeted,“Today,wehavelostaval-ued person who lovedPakistan and had a goodcharacter.” PTI

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InvestigativenewsoutletProektbannedMoscow:Russianauthor-ities on Thursday out-lawedthepublisherofaninvestigativemedia out-let and listed its journal-ists as “foreign agents”,thelatestmoveinaseriesof steps to raise pressureon independent media.The Proekt online outlethas published investiga-tive reports exposing al-leged corruption andabusesbytopofficialsandtycoons close to RussianPresidentVladimirPutin.

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9killedinstrikesonlastrebelenclaveBeirut:At least nine civil-ians were killed, includ-ing three children, whenSyriangovernmentrock-ets hit twovillages in thelast rebel stronghold innorthwestern Syria. TheSyrianCivilDefenceteamthat operates in opposi-tion areas, known asWhite Helmets, saidguidedmissiles struck inIbleen, a village in south-ernIdlib,killingawoman,her daughter and a childand injuring four others.IneasternIdlib,atleastsixwerekilledwhenrocketshit an area where aquarryislocated,accord-ing to the Britain-basedSyrian Observatory forHumanRights. AP

AGENCIESWASHINGTON,BEIJING,JULY15

THEUSSenatepassedlegislationonWednesdaytobantheimportof products from China'sXinjiang region, the latest effortinWashingtontopunishBeijingforwhatUSofficialssayisanon-goinggenocideagainstUyghursandotherMuslimgroups.The Uyghur Forced Labor

Prevention Act would create a“rebuttable presumption” as-suming goodsmanufactured inXinjiang aremadewith forcedlabor and therefore bannedun-der the 1930 Tariff Act, unlessotherwise certified by US au-thorities.The Bill must also pass the

HouseofRepresentativesbeforeitcanbesenttotheWhiteHousefor President Joe Biden to signintolaw.Itwasnotimmediatelyclear when that might takeplace.“Theso-calledhumanrights

and forced labor issues inXinjiang are completely incon-sistentwiththefacts,”aChineseMinistry of Commercespokesman, Gao Feng, saidThursday.“TheUSapproachhasseriouslyunderminedthesecu-rityandstabilityof theglobalin-dustrialchainandsupplychain.”

ADITIKHANNALONDON,JULY15

BRITISH PRIMEMinister BorisJohnson andOpposition LeaderKeir Starmer clashed in theHouse of Commons over a con-troversial by-election leaflet,which had been branded “divi-sive” and “anti-India” by Indiandiasporagroups inBritain.Duringaheateddebateover

the issue of racismat the PrimeMinister’sQuestions(PMQs)ses-sion on Wednesday, Johnsonheldupthe leaflet showinghimin a handshake with PrimeMinister NarendraModi at theG7 Summit in 2019 with themessage “Don't risk a ToryMPwho isnotonyourside”.He demanded the Labour

leader retract the leaflet usedat

the recent by-election for theconstituencyofBatleyandSpeninnorthernEngland,a seatheldby theOpposition.However, Starmer skirted

around the remark to criticisetherulingConservativePartyfornot fighting back against racistabuse faced by England's foot-ballerson thepitch.The clash re-ignited the row

over the controversial leaflet,whichhadcausedoutrage fromwithinLabourranksandwidelyacross Indiandiasporagroups.Atthetimeoftheby-election

lastmonth,theLabourFriendsofIndia (LFIN) diaspora group de-manded the “immediatewith-drawal”oftheleaflet. Indian-ori-gin LabourMPNavenduMishratooktoTwitteratthetimetode-clare that “racism is alive andwellwithinLabour”. PTI

Clash in UK Parliamentover bypoll flyer showingModi, Johnson handshake

REUTERSBRUSSELS, JULY15

COMPANIESMAY banMuslimemployeesfromwearingahead-scarf under certain conditions,the EuropeanUnion’s top courtsaid on Thursday in a ruling ontwocasesbroughtbywomeninGermanywhowere suspendedfromtheir jobs forwearingone.Inthecasesbroughttocourt,

bothMuslimwomen -- a spe-cial-needs carer at a childcarecentre in Hamburg run by acharitable association, and acashierattheMuellerdrugstorechain -- did not wear head-

scarves when they started intheir jobs, but decided to do soyears later after coming backfromparental leave.Theywere told that thiswas

not allowed, andwere at differ-entpointseithersuspended,toldtocometoworkwithoutitorputon a different job, court docu-ments show.TheEUcourthadtodecidein

both cases whether headscarfbans atwork representedavio-lationof the freedomof religionor were allowed as part of thefreedom to conduct a businessandthewishtoprojectanimageof neutrality tocustomers.Its response was that such

banswerepossibleif justifiedbyanemployer'sneedtopresentaneutral image.“A prohibition on wearing

anyvisibleformofexpressionofpolitical, philosophical or reli-gious beliefs in the workplacemay be justified by the em-ployer's need to present a neu-tralimagetowardscustomersorto prevent social disputes,” thecourtsaid.However,thatjustifi-cationmustcorrespondtoagen-uineneedonthepartof theem-ployer, it said.In both cases, it will now be

uptonationalcourtstohavethefinal say onwhether therewasanydiscrimination.

US Senate passesBill to ban allproducts fromChina’s Xinjiang

Demonstratorsholdupbannerssaying ‘StandUpToRacism’in frontof amuralof English footballerMarcusRashfordafter itwasdefacedfollowingtheEuro2020Final.Reuters file

REUTERSLONDON, JULY15

FOURPEOPLEhavebeenarrestedoveronlineracistabuseaimedatmembersoftheEnglandfootballteam after Sunday's EuropeanChampionship final, British po-licesaidonThursday.A specialist team is looking

intotheoffensivecomments,po-lice said, after three Black play-ers -- Marcus Rashford, JadonSanchoandBukayoSaka--weretargetedwithracistabuseonso-cial media sites Facebook,InstagramandTwitter.All threemissedpenalties in

the penalty-shootout defeatagainst Italy at Wembley sta-diuminLondon.The abuse has beenwidely

condemned and the govern-ment has promised actionagainst socialmediacompaniesif they do not remove offensivematerialmorequickly.“Weareworkingveryclosely

with social media platforms,whoareprovidingdataweneedtoprogressenquiries,”saidChiefConstableMark Roberts, the of-ficer responsible for leadingBritain's policing response onfootballissues.“Ifweidentifythatyou are behind this crime, wewilltrackyoudownandyouwillfacetheseriousconsequencesofyourshamefulactions.”A hate crime investigation

led by the UK Football PolicingUnit isunderway.Policesaiddozensofdataap-

plications had been submittedto tech firms and that four peo-plehadbeenarrestedso far.The England players had

highlighted the issue of racismby taking the knee before theirmatches, a protest which somefansbooed.Police also said there had

been 897 football-related inci-dents and 264 arrests in the 24hours around the final, a big in-creaseonprevioustournamentsin2016and2018.

AGENCIESBERLIN,GENEVA, JULY15

THEHEAD of theWorld HealthOrganisation acknowledged itwaspremature to ruleout apo-tential link between the Covid-19 pandemic and a laboratoryleak, andhe said Thursdayhe isasking China to bemore trans-parentasscientistssearchfortheoriginsof thecoronavirus.In a rare departure from his

usual deference to powerfulmember countries, WHODirector-General TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus said,“WeaskChinatobetransparentandopenandtocooperate...Weowe it to themillionswho suf-feredandthemillionswhodiedtoknowwhathappened.”The first human cases were

identifiedinWuhan.TedrostoldreportersthattheWHOis“askingactually China tobe transparent,openandcooperate,especiallyontheinformation,rawdatathatweasked for at the early days of thepandemic”.Hesaidtherehadbeena“pre-

maturepush”toruleoutthethe-ory that thevirusmighthavees-caped fromagovernment lab inWuhan -- underminingWHO's

ownMarch report, which con-cludedthatalaboratoryleakwas“extremelyunlikely”.“I was a lab technicianmy-

self... I have worked in the lab,and lab accidents happen,”Tedros said. “It's common.”In recent months, the idea

thatthepandemicstartedsome-how in a laboratory -- and per-haps involved an engineeredvirus--hasgainedtraction,espe-

ciallywithPresidentJoeBidenor-deringareviewofUSintelligencetoassess thepossibility inMay.Chinahasstruckbackaggres-

sively, arguing that attempts tolink the origins of Covid-19 to alabwerepoliticallymotivated.Most scientists suspect the

virus originated in bats, but theexact route by which it firstjumped into people has not yetbeendetermined.

(Above)HealthworkersatagraveyardforCovid-19victimsontheoutskirtsofJakarta, Indonesia; (left)WHOchief TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus. Reuters/file

‘WASALABTECHNICIANMYSELF,ACCIDENTSHAPPEN, IT’SCOMMON’

China should provide rawdata onpandemic’s origins: WHOchief

UK police arrest fourover racist abuse ofEngland footballers

42 KILLED IN GERMANY FLOODSDestructioncausedbythefloodingof theAhrriver inSchuldvillage,westernGermany.Atleast42peopledied inGermanyanddozensweremissingonThursdayasrecordrainfall inwesternEuropecausedrivers toburst theirbanks, sweptawayhomesandfloodedcellars. InpartsofneighbouringBelgium,majorhighwayswere inundated,whileauthorities intheDutchtownofValkenburgevacuatedacarehomeandahospiceovernightamidflooding.AP

Headscarves can be banned at workunder some conditions: EU court

SAJJADHUSSAINISLAMABAD, JULY15

PAKISTAN ON Thursday saidtraces of explosiveswere “con-firmed” in a preliminary probeinto a bus blast that killed 13people, including nine Chinesenationals,andanactofterrorismcannotbe ruledout.InformationandBroadcasting

MinisterFawadChaudhry'scom-ments cameadayafter Pakistanand China offered conflictingviews on the possible causes ofthe fatal crash. While Chinatermedthemishapasabombat-tack,Pakistanstatedthattheblastwascausedbyagasleak.The incident took place on

Wednesday in Dasu area of therestive Khyber Pakhtunkhwaprovince where Chinese engi-neersandconstructionworkersarehelpingPakistanbuildadam,which is part of the $60 billionChina-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC).“Initial investigations into

Dassu incident have now con-firmed traces of explosives, ter-rorism cannot be ruled out,PrimeMinister (Imran Khan) ispersonallysupervisingalldevel-opments,inthisregardGovtisinclosecoordinationwithChineseembassy we are committed tofight menace of terrorism to-

gether,”Chaudhry tweeted.The incident also figured in

Wednesday's talks betweenChinese ForeignMinisterWangYiandhisPakistanicounterpartShahMahmoodQureshi on theside-lines of the ShanghaiCooperationOrganisation(SCO)Foreign Ministers meeting atDushanbe inTajikistan.China on Thursday said it is

rushing a special team toPakistan toprobe theblast.Meanwhile, according to a

report in Dawn newspaper, aChinese national was missingandasearchforhiswhereaboutswasunderway.Pakistan and China have

been jointly executing severalhigh-valueprojectsunderCPEC,whichwas launched in2015.Theprojectshavereportedly

sparkedresentment,particularlyamong separatist groups whosaytherehavebeenfewbenefitsfor local people, alongwith thejobstheycreatebeinglosttofor-eigners.Therehavebeenincidentsof

targeted attacks on Chineseworkersinvolvedinvariousproj-ects aswell as officials. In April,asuicidebombertargetedalux-ury hotel in Quetta where theChinese ambassador was stay-ing.Theenvoyremainedunhurtas hewasout of thehotel at thetimeof theattack. PTI

‘CAN’TRULEOUTTERRORISM’

Traces of explosivesfound: Pak on bus blast

Easter blasts:Sri Lanka probesclaims against itsspy agency

ASSOCIATEDPRESSCOLOMBO,JULY15

SRILANKANPresidentGotabayaRajapaksahasorderedaninves-tigationofallegationsthatsomemembers of state intelligenceagencies knew and met withpeople who carried out EasterSunday bombings in 2019 thatkilledmore than 260 people, agovernmentofficial said.The Catholic Church in Sri

Lankawrote to thepresidentonTuesday raising concerns aboutthe government's handling ofthesuicidebombingsandaskingittoinvestigateallegedlinksbe-tween intelligence personneland the group that carried outtheattacks.Theletter calledonthepres-

identtotakelegalactionagainstformer President MaithripalaSirisenafornegligenceasrecom-mended by a presidential in-quirycommissionreport.Media Minister Keheliya

Rambukwella saidWednesdaythat all of the findings of thecommission have been handedover toproperauthorities.

Pakistan tohost peaceconference onAfghanistan

SAJJADHUSSAINISLAMABAD, JULY15

PAKISTAN SAID on Thursdaythat it will host a peace confer-ence on Afghanistan over theweekend to support efforts forbringingstabilityinthewar-tornneighbouringcountry.“I can confirm that Pakistan

is hosting the Afghan PeaceConference on 17-19 July,”ForeignOfficespokesmanZahidHafeez Chaudhry said. He saidthat the conference, whichwouldbeattendedbyanumberof Afghan leaders, will providemomentum to the ongoing ef-forts forpeace inAfghanistan.Earlier, InformationMinister

FawadChaudhrysaidthatPrimeMinister ImranKhanhadatele-phonic conversation withAfghanistan's former presidentHamidKarzaiandinvitedhimtoattend theconference.“ThemostimportantAfghan

leadership, including HamidKarzai,hasbeeninvitedtoattendthe proposed conference. It ishoped that newhopes for a so-lutiontoAfghanistan'sproblemswill be awakened as a result ofthisimportantdevelopment,”hesaid.TheNewsInternationalnews-

paperhad reported that severalAfghanleadershavepromisedtoattend theconference.Pakistanhasbeenaccusedof

trying to help the Taliban fight-ing for supremacy inAfghanistan and the upcomingconferenceseemstobeanefforttoassuage that impression.Talibanmilitants have seized

dozens of districts in recentweeks, aheadof thewithdrawalof US andWestern troops fromAfghanistanbySeptember11.PTI

HANNAHBEECHNEWYORK, JULY15

FIRST, THE junta stoleMyanmar'selectedleadersfromthepeople.Now,doctorssay,thegenerals have taken the oxygenthat some citizens need tobreathe.As the delta variant of the

coronavirus rampages throughMyanmar, the military, whichseizedpowerinaFebruarycoup,has ordered that lifesavingoxy-gen be denied to private clinics,according tomedical workers.Theclinics are staffed largelybydoctorswho oppose the army'stakeover and refuse towork instate hospitals. Basic medicalcare for Covid-19 patients hasbeen turned into an illegal act,said Dr. Min Han, a doctor at aprivateclinic.The military has also pre-

ventedpeoplefrombuyingsup-plies from oxygen producers,whom it accuses of price-goug-ing, forcing desperate family

memberstodefythearmyinor-der to save sick relatives. And ithas stopped charities from giv-ing oxygen to peoplewhoneedit, witnesses and charitywork-ers said.Thisweek,soldiersinthecity

of Yangonwent so far as to fireinto a crowd of people lined upto buy oxygen tanks, witnessessaid.Doctors accuse themilitary

of trying to ensure that thescarce supply of oxygen is fun-neled to military hospitals,whichcater toarmyfamilies.Denying oxygen to private

clinics and citizens has prema-turely ended hundreds of lives,medical workers say, adding acruel political dimension to anescalating health crisis.Thousands more are at immi-nent riskof dying, theysay.Andwiththejuntahavingapparentlyreserved much of the vaccinesupplyforitsloyalranks,thereislittle hope that Myanmar'sCOVIDoutbreak,byfar itsworstyet,will endanytimesoon. NYT

Junta hoarding oxygen,say Myanmar doctors

TO BE YOUNGEST PERSON IN SPACE

TEEN JOINSBLUEORIGIN SPACEFLIGHTBlue Origin announced Thursday that instead of a $28 million auction winnerlaunching with founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, Dutch runner-up Oliver Daemen (18)will be on board. The company did not disclose the price of his ticket. Daemen andthree others will blast off atop a New Shepard rocket for a 10-minute flight.

Afghanistan’s neighbours wary as US seeks staging areaELLENKNICKMEYERKABUL, JULY15

AMERICANDIPLOMATS are es-calating a charmoffensivewithCentral Asian leaders as theyworktosecureaclose-byspottorespond to any resurgence ofoutsidemilitantsinAfghanistanaftertheUSmilitarywithdraws.But even as high-level US

diplomats head to the region,they're meeting with moredoubtsfromAfghanistan'sneigh-bours about any such securitypartneringwiththeUnitedStates.That stands in contrast to 2001,when Central Asian countriesmadeavailabletheirterritoryforUSbases,troopsandotheraccessas America hit back for theSeptember11,2001attacksplot-tedbyal-QaidainAfghanistan.There'sdistrustof theUSasa

reliable long-termpartner, afteran only partly successfulwar inAfghanistan and after years ofwidely fluctuating US engage-mentregionallyandglobally,for-mer American diplomats say.

There's Russia, blasting out thisweek thatapermanentUSmili-tary base in its Central Asiasphere of influence would be“unacceptable.”Meanwhile,theTalibanlead-

ership, more internationallysavvy than it had been in 2001,has been visiting regional capi-talsandMoscowthissummerinadiplomaticpushof itsown,of-fering broad pledges that itwillpursue regional security, peaceandtradewhatevercomesof itsfightwiththeKabulgovernment.State Department

spokesperson Ned Price saidWednesday that the CentralAsiannations “willmakesover-eign decisions about their levelof the cooperation with theUnited States” after theAfghanistanwithdrawal.Theadministrationhasgiven

fewdetails ofwhatkindof secu-rity access it is seeking in the re-gion, or fromwhich countries.While theUS canmanage strikeand counterterror capability forAfghanistanfromGulfnationsorfromUSaircraftcarriers, closer is

muchbetter.That'sespeciallytrueforintelligenceoperationstotrackdevelopmentsinAfghanistan.Any such agreementwould

likelybediscreet.The US also reportedly

looked at neighbouring coun-tries for the temporary reloca-tion of Afghan translators andotherUSemployees.PentagonspokespersonJohn

Kirby confirmed thisweek thatthe United States still was ac-tively courting countries inCentral Asia. “We are talkingaboutanddiscussingwithcoun-triesintheregionaboutthepos-sibilities of being able to use fa-cilitiesandinfrastructure”closertoAfghanistan,hesaid.Allarecountriesurgentlyand

directly affected by whetherAfghanistan again becomes arefuge for extremism upon theUSwithdrawal.

ResidentsofChaman,PakistanholdTalibanflagsandgathernearacrossingpointalongtheAfghanistanborder.Reuters

New Delhi

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NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIANMUMBAI,JULY15

ASTHETalibanpushaheadwithmilitary of-fensivesacrossAfghanistan,preparingtotakeoveraftertheexitofUSandNATOforces,Indiafacesasituationinwhichitmayhavenoroletoplayinthatcountry,andintheworstcasesce-nario,notevenadiplomaticpresence.Thatwouldbeareversalofnearly20years

ofrebuildingarelationshipthatgoesbackcen-turies. Afghanistan is vital to India’s strategicinterests in the region. It is also perhaps theonlySAARCnationwhosepeoplehavemuchaffectionforIndia.After a break between 1996 and 2001,

when India joinedtheworld inshunningtheprevious Taliban regime (only Pakistan, theUAE,andSaudiArabiakeptties),onewayNewDelhi re-established tieswith the country inthe twodecadesafter the9/11attackswas topour in development assistance, under theprotectiveumbrellaof theUSpresence.Thiswas timely help. After five years of

near-mediaevalrulebytheTalibanfrom1996,precededby ahalf a dozen years of fightingamongmujahideenwarlords following theRedArmy’swithdrawalin1989—thedecadebefore that toowas of fighting as the US-backed,Pakistan-trainedmujahideentookontheSovietmilitary—Afghanistanwasinruins.India built vital roads, dams, electricity

transmissionlinesandsubstations,schoolsandhospitals,etc. India’sdevelopmentassistanceisnowestimatedtobeworthwellover$3bil-lion. And unlike in other countries whereIndia’s infrastructureprojectshavebarelygotoffthegroundoraremiredinthehostnation’spolitics, ithasdeliveredinAfghanistan.The 2011 India-Afghanistan Strategic

PartnershipAgreement recommitted IndianassistancetohelprebuildAfghanistan’sinfra-structureandinstitutions;educationandtech-nicalassistanceforcapacity-buildinginmanyareas; encourage investment inAfghanistan;andprovideduty-freeaccesstotheIndianmar-ket.Bilateraltradeisnowworth$1billion.

Projects across the countrySpeakingattheAfghanistanConferencein

Geneva inNovember 2020, External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar said “no part ofAfghanistan today is untouchedby the400-plusprojects that Indiahasundertaken in all34ofAfghanistan’sprovinces”.Thefateoftheseprojectsisnowupintheair.SALMADAM: Already, there has been

fightingintheareawhereoneof India’shigh-visibilityprojectsislocated—the42MWSalmaDaminHeratprovince.Thehydropowerandirrigation project, completed againstmanyoddsandinauguratedin2016,isknownasthe

Afghan-IndiaFriendshipDam.Inthepastfewweeks, the Talibanhavemounted attacks innearbyplaces,killingseveralsecurityperson-nel.TheTalibanclaimtheareaaroundthedamisnowundertheircontrol.ZARANJ-DELARAMHIGHWAY: The

other high-profile projectwas the 218-kmZaranj-Delaramhighwaybuilt by theBorderRoadsOrganisation. Zaranj is locatedclose toAfghanistan’sborderwithIran.The$150-mil-lionhighwaygoes along theKhashRud rivertoDelaramto thenortheast of Zaranj,whereitconnectstoaringroadthatlinksKandaharinthesouth,GhazniandKabulintheeast,Mazar-i-Sharif inthenorth,andHeratinthewest.WithPakistandenying Indiaoverlandac-

cess for tradewithAfghanistan, thehighwayis of strategic importance toNewDelhi, as itprovidesanalternative route into landlockedAfghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port.Jaishankar told theNovember 2020GenevaConferencethatIndiahadtransported75,000tonnes of wheat through Chabahar toAfghanistanduringthepandemic.Over 300 Indian engineers andworkers

toiled alongside Afghans to build the road.AccordingtoaMinistryofExternalAffairspub-lication,11Indiansand129Afghanslosttheirlivesduringtheconstruction.SixoftheIndianswerekilledinterroristattacks;fiveinaccidents.Indiahasalsobuiltseveralsmallerroads.PARLIAMENT:TheAfghanParliament in

Kabulwasbuiltby Indiaat$90million. Itwasopenedin2015;PrimeMinisterNarendraModiinaugurated the building. In an expansivespeechabout India-Afghanistan friendship—he quoted Rumi, who was born in Balkh,Afghanistan,andtheimmortalYaarihaiimaanmerayaarmerizindagi fromZanjeer, featuringPranintheroleofSherKhan,thePathan—Modidescribed the building as India’s tribute todemocracyinAfghanistan.Ablockinthebuild-ingisnamedafterformerPMABVajpayee.STORPALACE: In2016,AfghanPresident

AshrafGhaniandPrimeMinisterModiinaugu-

rated the restoredStor Palace inKabul, origi-nallybuilt inthelate19thcentury,andwhichwas the setting for the 1919 RawalpindiAgreementbywhichAfghanistanbecameanindependentcountry.Thebuildinghousedtheofficesof theAfghanforeignministerandtheministryuntil1965.In2009,India,Afghanistan,and the Aga Khan Development Networksigned a tripartite agreement for its restora-tion.TheAgaKhanTrustforCulturecompletedtheprojectbetween2013and2016.POWERINFRA:Other Indianprojects in

Afghanistan include the rebuildingof powerinfrastructuresuchasthe220kVDCtransmis-sionlinefromPul-e-Khumri,capitalofBaghlanprovincetothenorthofKabul,tobeefupelec-tricitysupplytothecapital.Indiancontractorsandworkers also restored telecommunica-tionsinfrastructureinmanyprovinces.HEALTHINFRA:Indiahasreconstructeda

children’shospitalithadhelpedbuildinKabulin 1972—named IndiraGandhi Institute forChildHealthin1985—thatwasinashamblesafter thewar. ‘IndianMedicalMissions’ haveheld freeconsultationcamps in several areas.Thousandswholosttheirlimbsaftersteppingonminesleftoverfromthewarhavebeenfit-tedwiththeJaipurFoot.Indiahasalsobuiltclin-ics in the border provinces of Badakhshan,Balkh, Kandahar, Khost, Kunar, Nangarhar,Nimruz,Nooristan,PaktiaandPaktika.TRANSPORTATION:According to the

MEA, India gifted 400 buses and200mini-busesforurbantransportation,105utilityvehi-clesformunicipalities,285militaryvehiclesfortheAfghanNationalArmy,and10ambulancesfor public hospitals in five cities. It also gavethreeAirIndiaaircrafttoAriana,theAfghanna-tionalcarrier,whenitwasrestartingoperations.OTHERPROJECTS:Indiahascontributed

desksandbenchesforschools,andbuiltsolarpanels in remote villages, and Sulabh toiletblocks inKabul.NewDelhi has alsoplayedaroleinbuildingcapacity,withvocationaltrain-inginstitutes,scholarshipstoAfghanstudents,

mentoringprogrammesinthecivilservice,andtrainingfordoctorsandothers.ONGOING PROJECTS: At the Geneva

Conference in November, Jaishankar an-nounced that India had concluded withAfghanistan an agreement for the construc-tionoftheShatootDaminKabuldistrict,whichwouldprovidesafedrinkingwaterto2millionresidents.Healsoannouncedthestartofsome100communitydevelopmentprojectsworth$80million.Last year, Indiapledged$1million for an-

otherAgaKhanheritageproject, the restora-tion of the Bala Hissar Fort south of Kabul,whoseoriginsgobacktothe6thcentury.BalaHissarwentontobecomeasignificantMughalfort,partsof itwererebuiltby Jahangir, and itwasusedasaresidencebyShahJahan.

Bilateral trade relationsDespitethedenialofanoverlandrouteby

Pakistan, India-Afghanistan tradehas grownwiththeestablishmentin2017ofanairfreightcorridor.In2019-20,bilateraltradecrossed$1.3billion, Afghangovernment officials said at arecent interactionwith Indian exporters inMumbai.Thebalanceof tradeisheavilytilted—exportsfromIndiaareworthapproximately$900million,whileAfghanistan’s exports toIndiaareabout$500million.Afghanexportsaremainlyfreshanddried

fruit.SomeofthiscomesoverlandthroughtheWagahborder;PakistanhaspermittedAfghantradewithIndiathroughitsterritory.Indianex-portstoAfghanistantakeplacemainlythroughgovernment-to-government contractswithIndian companies. Exports includepharma-ceuticals,medicalequipment,computersandrelatedmaterials,cement,andsugar.Two air corridors — Kabul-Delhi and

Herat-Delhi — are in operation now. TradethroughChabahar started in 2017 but is re-strictedbytheabsenceof connectivity fromtheporttotheAfghanborder.Tradevolumesareminuscule.

India’s Afghan investmentSIMPLYPUT

TheTaliban’spossibletriumphthreatensnotjustIndia’sdiplomaticstakesinAfghanistan,butalso20yrsand$3bnworthof Indianinvestmentinvariousprojects—dams,roads,tradeinfrastructure.

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EARLIERTHISweek,theReserveBankofIndiaunveiled a schemeallowing retail investorstodirectlyparticipateinthegovernmentse-curitiesmarket.Theycanopenandmaintaina ‘Retail DirectGilt Account’ (RDGAccount)withtheRBIthroughaportal,whichwillalsoprovideaccesstoprimaryissuanceofG-Secsand the secondary market as well. InFebruary, theRBIhadproposedretailaccesstothisrisk-freefixedincomesegment.Greaterparticipationwillsupportthegov-

ernment’sexpandingborrowingsplan,esti-

matedataroundRs12lakhcroreannually.Itmayalsoposecompetitiontobankfixedde-positsandpostofficesavings.

WhatareG-Secs?Thesearedebtinstruments,issuedbythe

government. Theyareconsidered thesafestformofinvestment;thegovernmentwillnotdefault as it has the option to raise fundsthroughtaxesandothermeansifitfaceschal-lenges in repayment. Retail investors havebeen allowed tobuy and sell treasury bills,governmentbonds,sovereigngoldbondsaswellasStateDevelopmentLoans.Currently, retail investors are allowed to

submit non-competitive bids in auctions ofgovernment bonds. They could access theNDS-OM(NegotiatedDealingSystem-OrderMatching) through stock exchanges,whichwould aggregate the demand for gilts andplaceittoRBIinNDS-OM.Now, a retail investor canopenagilt ac-

countwith theRBI andplaceadirectbidonNDS-OMaswell as trade in the secondary

market. So far, only institutionalplayers likebanks,primarydealers,insurancecompanies,mutualfunds,foreignportfolioinvestorsandhighnetworthindividualshaddirectaccesstothisplatform.GiltsarenormallytradedonNDS-OMin lotsof Rs5croreeach,but retailinvestorshavebeenallowed to tradewithaminimuminvestmentofRs10,000.

HowwilltheRBIschemework?Toregisteronline, investorsneedtohave

a rupee savings bank account in India, PANandavaliddocumentforKYC.Non-residentretail investors are eligible to invest in gov-ernmentsecuritiesunderForeignExchangeManagementAct,1999.AnRDGAccountcanbeopenedsinglyorjointly.Investorsfillupanonlineform.Oncetheir

RDGAccountisopened,detailsforaccessingthe portal will be conveyed throughSMS/email.Nofeewillbechargedforopen-ing/maintainingtheaccountorplacingbids.For primarymarket participation, only

onebidpersecurityisallowed.Paymentcan

bemade throughnet-banking/UPI. If UPI isused,fundsinthelinkedbankaccountcanbeblockedatthetimeofsubmissionofbids;theamountwill bedebitedonallotment in theauction.Asimilarfacilitythroughbankswillbemadeavailableinduecourse.Allottedsecuritieswillbeissuedbycredit

to the investor’s RDGAccounton thedayofsettlement.Refunds,ifany,willbecreditedtotheinvestor’sbankaccount.For secondarymarket trades, registered

investorscanaccessatransactionlinkontheportal to buyor sell gilts. Securities boughtwill be credited to theRDGAccount on thedayofsettlement.TheRBIwillannouncethedateofcommencementof thescheme.

Howcaninvestorsbenefit?G-Secs add to thevarietyof debt invest-

mentoptions.Apartfrominterestincome,in-vestors canalsomake capital gains by trad-ing in gilts, depending on the trajectory ofinterest rates. If an individual holds a bondcarryingayieldof6%,ariseinbondyieldswill

bring the price of the bonddown. So, if hewantstotradethebondbeforematurity,theriseinyieldresultsincapitalloss.Ontheotherhand,adrop inyieldbelow6%wouldbene-fittheinvestorasthebondpricewillrise.Investorsalsofacelowreinvestmentriskin

casetheyaresavingforretirement.Whilefixeddepositsareavailableforamaximumtenureof10yearsandtherebyexposetheinvestortoreinvestment risk, aG-Sec investor can lockhimselfatthecurrentyieldfor20-30years.

Whataretherisksininvestingdirectly?SinceG-Secs are highly volatile, invest-

mentexpertssayinvestorswhoreallyunder-standtheseinstrumentsorarewillingtoholdtillmaturity should look at them.Manyar-guethatalthoughthesearesafe-assetclass,itis better to invest through mutual fundschemes that invest inG-Secs. For investorswhoarewilling tohold tillmaturityandarenotbotheredbyvolatility,oneof theadvan-tagesof goingdirect is that theywill saveontheexpenseratiochargedbymutualfunds.

G-Secattractstaxonbothinterestincomeand capital gains if thepapers are traded inthemarketbeforematurity. Interest incomeattractstaxatthemarginaltaxrate,andcap-ital gains at 10%.G-Secsdon’t attract capitalgainstaxif thepapersareheldtillmaturity.

WhatshouldonekeepinmindifinvestingdirectlyinG-Secs?G-Secyieldsmoveonaccountof various

factors,andinvestorswillneedtokeepaneyeonbothdomestic andglobaldevelopments.In themarket, people say fixed-income in-vestorssinkandsailwiththedirectionofinter-estrates.Investorssuffercapitallossesinaris-ing interest rate regime, andmake capitalgainsinafallingrateenvironment.Thisriskiseliminatedwhengiltsareheldtillmaturity.Inflationandinterestrates,inturn,areaf-

fectedbyvarious other factors such as eco-nomicgrowth,sovereignrating,moneysup-ply, governmentborrowing, global liquidityandgeopoliticaldevelopments.Soinvestorsneedtobewatchfulofallthis.

GLOBAL AND regional estimates ofCovid-19’s impact on routine child-hood immunisation indicatesunpar-alleleddisruptions indeliveryof vac-cines against measles (MCV1) anddiphtheria, tetanus, andpertussis (whoopingcough) (DTP3) — with2020’s coverage likelyfalling in someregions tolevels not seen in over adecade , according to anew modelling studypublished inTheLancet.Anestimated8.5mil-

lion third doses of DTPvaccine and 8.9 millionfirstdosesofmeaslesvac-cineweremissedbychil-drenworldwide in 2020— a relativedeclineofmorethan7%overexpectedcoverage levels hadnopandemic oc-curred(83%expectedglobalcoverage

vs77%estimatedduetopandemicdis-ruption for third dose of DTP; 86% vs79% for firstdosemeaslesvaccine).Estimates suggest twice asmany

childrenmay havemissed doses ofeach vaccine than ex-pected due to pandemicdisruptions in high-in-comecountries inCentralEurope, Eastern Europe,Central Asia, and NorthAfricaandtheMiddleEast.Although child vacci-

nation rates improved inlater months of 2020,catch-up efforts are lag-ging, and authors warnthat theworldmay face aresurgence of vaccine-

preventable diseases unless a con-certedeffortistakentogetroutineim-munisationservicesbackontrack.

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UNIONMINISTER of State for Science andTechnologyDrJitendraSinghhassaidultravi-olet-C(UV-C)disinfectiontechnologywillsoonbeinstalledinParliamentforthe“mitigationofairborne transmissionof SARS-CoV-2’’. CSIR-CSIO (Central Scientific InstrumentsOrganisation),whichdeveloped theUV-Cairductdisinfectionsystem,said inarelease it isdesigned to fit into anyexisting air-duct, andvirucidal dosages and residence time canbeoptimised.ItsaidthevirusisdeactivatedinanyaerosolparticlesbycalibratedUV-Clevels.

WhatisUV-C?UVradiationcoversawavelengthrangeof

100-400nm.Thehumanvisible light rangesfrom380–700nanometres(1nmisabillionthpartofametre).UVisdividedintothreebands:UV-C (100-280nm),UV-B (280-315nm)andUV-A(315-400nm).UV-AandUV-BraysfromtheSunaretrans-

mittedthroughtheatmospherewhileUV-Cisfilteredbytheozonelayer.UV-Brayscanonlyreachtheouterlayerofourskin,cancausesun-burn,andarealsoassociatedwithskincancer.UV-A rays canpenetrate themiddle layer oftheskinandcancauseageingofcellsandindi-rectdamagetocells’DNA.UV-Cradiationfromman-madesourceshasbeenknowntocauseskinburnsandeyeinjuries.

So,canUV-Ckillcoronavirus?UV-C radiation (wavelength around254

nm)hasbeenusedfordecadestodisinfectthe

air inhospitals, laboratories, andwater treat-ment. But these areusually done inunoccu-piedroomsastheycancausehealthproblems.An in-vitro experiment conducted by

HiroshimaUniversityresearchersshowedthat99.7%of SARS-CoV-2viral culturewaskilledwhenexposedto222nmUV-C irradiationat0.1mW/sqcmfor30seconds.ThestudywaspublishedinSeptember2020intheAmericanJournalof InfectionControl.Anotherstudy,inScientificReportsinMarch

2021, found thatUV-C irradiation inactivatedallSARS-CoV-2viralconcentrationsat16.9mJ/sqcm.The release from theMinistry of Science

andTechnologydoesnotstatethewavelengthordurationused in thedevice tobe installedin Parliament, but said it has been tested formorethan99%disinfection.

Isitsafeforhumans?Researchers from IIT-Kanpur,whodevel-

opedaportabledisinfectantdevice thatusedUV-Cradiation (222-254nm),noted that thedevicewasspecificallydevelopedtodisinfectnon-livingthings.“UV-Cradiationusedinthisdevice couldbeharmful to the skin andeyesof the livingbeings, therefore theoperator ofthedevicemustusespectacleswithUV-Cra-diationprotectionandusethisdevicesafely,”notedthepaperpublishedinJune2020.A fewstudieshave, however, shown that

far-UVC light (207–222nm) does not harmmammalian skin. “But because viruses andbacteria aremuch smaller thanhumancells,far-UVC light can reach their DNA and killthem,”David JBrenner,directorof theCenterforRadiologicalResearchatColumbia,saidinarelease,saidfollowingresearchin2018.

UV-C tech in Parliament: can it kill virus?

New Delhi

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT PROGRAMMEOFFICER, ICDS GANDERBAL.

(2nd floor Room No 332- 333 Mini Secretariat Complex DuderhamaGanderbal).

Email: - (dpoicdsganderbal@gmail.com

Cancellation of Public NoticeCancellation of publication for nomination of members from civil

Society (03 out of which two be women) One Stop Centre in the districtGanderbal.

In pursuance to the above said subject, public notice for the nomina-tion of members of One Stop Centre should be cancelled till furtherorders from the concerned Authority.

Sd/=District Programme Officer,

ICDS Ganderbal.(Convener)

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Assistant Commercial Manager

North Central Railway, Prayagraj

NNOORRTTHH CCEENNTTRRAALL RRAAIILLWWAAYY,, PPRRAAYYAAGGRRAAJJ

Special facility to registered lease holders, Courier Companies as well as business man for loadingunloading/of parcels in VP & brake vans for SLR compartments at reasonable rates

Safe Fast Economic ReliableNorth Central Railway has invited open tender through leasing for carriage/transportation of parcels in

VP/SLR Compartment of following trains for reasonable Rates.Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, North Central Railway, Prayagraj for and on behalf of President of

India invites tender for leasing of following trains for the period of FIVE YEARS on 06.08.2021 upto 13:00hrs. and same will be opened at 15:00 hrs. The tender documents can be downloaded from Railwayswebsite www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in & Government of India Portal www.ireps.gov.in. For which thecost of tender documents and EMD should be submitted along with tender in favour of Senior DivisionalFinance Manager, North Central Railway, Prayagraj. Without cost of downloaded tender form as well asEarnest Money, tender will not be considered. The competent authority reserves the right to reject/acceptany part/all tenders without assigning any reasons. The tender will be received and opened in the office ofSenior Divisional Commercial Manager, North Central Railway, Prayagraj on the above mentioned date andtime. Open tender for VP/SLR Compartment will be invited for a period of Five Years. Offer(s) receivedbelow reserve price shall not be accepted irrespective of mode of lease. Note:- Eligibility criteria to leaseholders for leasing tender: (1) The annual turnover of the business of the applicant/firm/compay, whoapplies for registration of leaseholder under the scheme, shall have the business to the following extent(Audited balance sheet & Profit Loss account of financial year 2019-2020) must be attached with tenderdocuments at the time of opening of tender and with the application for registration. (2) The leaseholdershall be liable to pay GST & any other Taxes as imposed by the Central Government from time-to-time fortransportation of parcels. (3) The lease holder will have to pay 'Development charge' or any other chargeslevied by the Railway Administration on the Freight over and above the Lumpsum Leased Freight.

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No. CC-6/Leasing/SLR/VP/2021Dated: 12.07.2021 E-TENDER NOTICE

Note:- (1) Tender forms shall be available on 21 days prior to date of opening of the

tender. The Tender Notice can also be viewed on Railway's website www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in (2)

Bids other than in the form of E-Bids shall not be accepted against above tenders. For this purpose,

vendors are required to get themselves registered with IREPS website along with Digital Signature

Certificate issued by CCA under I.T. Act-2000. (3) Rates entered into Financial Rate page and duly

signed digitally shall be considered. Rates and any other financial entity in any other form/letter head if

attached by vendors shall be straightway ignored and shall not be considered. (4) Documents being

attached should be signed by the tenderer on its body. (5) Payment of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and

Tender Document Cost (TDC) in respect of e-Tendering shall be accepted through net banking or

payment gateway only. (6) Cost of tender document should be deposit under allocation Z-650 and

Earnest Money should be deposited under Allocation DMX. (7) In case of any difficulty helpdesk

available on the website of IREPS may be approached. (8) Tender online can be submitted upto 13:00

hrs.on 06.08.2021. (9) Verified Audited balance sheet & Profit Loss account of last financial year i.e.

2019-2020 must be attached with tender. (10) Affidavit for no Railway Dues is recoverable from the

tenderer against previous contracts in original. (11) Railway Administration reserves the right to

postpone/modify or to cancel any one or all the tenders without assigning any reasons or to accept any

of the tenders through it may not be necessarily the lowest. (12) The offer shall remain valid for a period

of 90 days from the date opening of the tender. Tender received after the date and time specified above

shall not be considered.

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CLASSIFIEDS&TENDERS

PPEERRSSOONNAALL

Classifieds

I,hitherto knownasSunil KumarS/oNathuni Kamti,residingat,RC-543, Block-A,SaraswatiVihar,KhoraColony,Ghaziabad,U.P.-201309,havechangedmynameandshallhereafter be knownasSushilKamti 0040576692-7

II,,SShhaannkkaarr Choudhary,S/OBinodChoudharyR/O.House.No.318,Sector-12, R.K.Puram,Delhi-110022,have changedmyminor child’sName,fromPARAVI toPIHU. 0040576692-5

II,,SSaannttoosshhBhilwaraW/oRajuBhilwaraR/oE-16/926,TankRoad,Karol Bagh,Delhi-110005,have changedmynamefromSantoshBhilwara toSantosh for,all futurepurpose.

0040576750-3

II,,SSaacchhiinnGupta,S/OArunKumarGupta,R/O-101B,OrlovCourt-4essel tower mg-roadchakkarpur-74,GurgaonHaryana-122002,HaveChangedmyName toSachinGuptta.

0040576692-10

II,,SSAAMMMMAATTDEVI,w/o latesh.Raghbir SinghPresently,Residingat,A-259,55FuttaRoad,Bhagwati-GardenExtn,NewDelhi-110059,haveChangedMyNameFromSAMMATDEVI to SUMITRADEVI,vide-Affidavit dated-12-07-2021 0040576697-7

II,,RRiiddhhiimmaa,,DD//OOSh.ManojAnand,R/oB-1 upkar colony,sant nagar,Burari, Delhi-110084, have changedmynameRidhima toRidhimaAnand, forall purposes. 0040576750-4

II,,PPuusshhppeennddrraaNain S/oShriSureshChandraR/oGram-BasiTehsheel Khekra JanpadBhagpat have changedmyDaughter’s name fromKanuNain toKannuNain Forever.

0040576669-1

II,,PPrreemmLataKakkarW/ORakeshKumarKakkar,R/O-7/6,MotiNagarRameshNagar,Delhi-110015,have changedmynametoSoniaKakkar.

0040576697-4

II,,PPrraabbhhssuunngg&PrabhsungPadamS/o- S.Rajinder SinghPadamR/o:A-68,FirstFloor,NarangColony,Janakpuri, NewDelhi-58HaveChangedMyName toPrabhsungSinghPadam for allFuturePurposes. 0070746583-1

II,,PPOOOONNAAMMNEGI,D/OLATEDEVWANTIDEVI,herebychangesmyname toPOONAMRAWAT,wife of,DEEPAKRAWAT,R/oPLOT.NO.Z-12A, Z-BLOCK, SHYAMVIHARPHASE-I,NAJAFGARH,DELHI-110043.

0040576692-8

II,,OOssmmaannKhatanaS/ONaveenKhatanaR/O-684,Kherla(177)GurgaonHaryana-122102,HaveChangedmyName toOmKhatana. 0040576697-3

II,,OOjjaasshh S/O-RakeshKumarMishra,R/OSMQ-371/D-4,CameroComplexSubrotopark,NewDelhi-110010,haveChangedmyName,FromOjashtoOjashMishraVide-AffidavitDated-15/07/2021BeforeNCT-Delhi. 0040576697-6

II,,NNAAVVEEEENNWADHWAS/OMADANLALRESIDENTWARD-12,RAMCHOWK,KHARKHODA,SONIPAT,HARYANAHAVECHANGEDMYNAMETONAVEENKUMAR.

0040576750-8

II,,Malti Rani SolankiW/oSurender SinghR/oH.No.322,PoothkalanVillage, N.Delhi-110086have changedmynametoMalti Rani. 0040576750-5

II,,MMeeeennaakksshhii,,WW//oo KanayalalKewalramani, H.No.5/4-E, DLFPhase-1,Block-E,Arjun-MargSikanderpur (Haryana)-122002,have changedmynametoMeenakshi Kewalramani.

0040576692-6

II,,HHaarrsshhDeep,S/O-ShriMahavirSinghNehra,R/O-127-B,PlatinumEnclave,Block-I,Sector-18,Rohini,Delhi-110085,have changedmynametoHarshdeepNehra for allfuturepurposes.

0040576764-1

II,,HHaarrmmeeeett KaurNarangaliasHarmeetKaurKukrejaW/oSarbjeet SinghGabaR/o-116-A,GreenApartmentG&JUBlockPitampuraDelhi-110034,changedmyname toHarmeetKaur. 0040576697-2

II,,GGuurrjjeeeett KaurW/O.GurmeetSinghR/O.WZ-245,first-floor,street.no.14,ShivNagar,Jail road,NewDelhi-110058,have changedmynametoGurjit Kaur,for all purposes.

0040576697-5

II,,FFAARRHHEEEENN,,DD//OOMOHD IDRISR/O-59-AGALI.NO-14,ZAKIRNAGAR-JAMIANAGAROKHLA,NEWDELHI-110025.HAVECHANGEMYNAMEFARHEENTOFARHEENIDRIS,FORALLPURPOSE.

0040576692-9

II,,DDeevvyyaannsshhPratapSingh,S/o-Sh.Sudhir Kumar Singh,R/o-H.No.1315,East RajivNagar,Gurugram,Haryana,ThenameDevyanshPratap iswrong,mentioned in 10th.classMarksheet.MyCorrect name isDevyanshPratapSingh.

0040576750-7

I,Anurodh Kumar S/o Shanti PrakashSaxena R/o Flat.No.-H-902, PlumeriaGarden,Omicron-3, Greater NoidaU.P.,have changed my name toAnurodh Kumar Saxena for all futurepurposes. 0070746568-1

II,,AAnniinnddiittaaChakraborty,w/oTarunChakrabarty,R/o 147,AshokaEnclavePart-1,1st-Floor, Back-Side,Sector-34,Faridabad-121003,havechangedmyname toAninditaChakrabarty,permanently.

0040576692-11

II,,AAMMRREESSHHKUMAR,S/OSAHIRAMRESIDENT908,SECTOR-15,SONIPAT,HARYANAHAVECHANGEDMYMINORSONNAMEFROMNIKHIL LONGIATONIKHILKUMAR. 0040576692-2

I, Surender Kumar Tonk S/o NarenderKumar R/o 311AGaur Green Vista,Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, declarethat my name Surender Tonk &Surender Kumar Tonk both are thesame & one person. Henceforth Ishall be known by the name SurenderKumar Tonk for all future purposes

0040576722-3

I, Saroj Bhardwaj W/o, Sh. NareshBhardwaj R/o, D-55, Satya Sadan,Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh Delhi-110043have changed my name from SarojBala Bhardwaj to Saroj Bhardwaj forall purposes 0040576674-2

II,, Sakil AhmedS/o,MDYusuf R/OKHNo6/19, ShivMandir ColonyGali No 5SafiabadRoadNarelaDelhi 110040, have changedmyname toShakil Ahmad.

0070746545-1

II,, Ruchi GuptaW/oPankaj GuptaR/o 320,F-30,MahagunManor,Sector-50, Noida, U.P havechangedmyname fromRuchiGovil toRuchi Gupta for allfuturepurposes. 0040576665-1

II,, Ravinder S/o,Satender Suthar,R/oVillage-Naurangpur (157),Sikohpur, Gurugram,(Haryana)-122004, havechangedmyname toRavinderSuthar. 0040576692-1

II,, PREETSINGH JAMESs/oGURVINDERSINGH r/o 10-B,MadhubanEnclave, PunjabiBagh, Delhi-110026havechangedmyname toPREETSINGH 0040576671-1

II,, PRAMODSHARMAS/OLateR.S. Sharma, R/oB-14, AshokNagarMktGhaziabad-201001,havechangedmyname toPRAMODKUMARSHARMA forall purposes. 0040576687-1

II,, PARMANANDs/oMirchumalr/oRZ119/3, first floor, gali No.-3, TughlakabadExt.,Kalkaji,Delhi-110019have changedmyminor (17 years) daughter’sname fromMuskan toMUSKANTANWANI 0040576652-1

II,, Surender SinghSolanki S/oMunni RamR/o.H.No.322,PoothkalanVillage, N.Delhi-110086, have changedmynametoSurender Singh.

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II,, Neetu SinghW/oSurenderKumarTonkR/o 311AGaurGreenVista, Indirapuram,Ghaziabad, declare thatmynamesNeetu, NeetuRani,Neetu Singh&NeetuTonkallare the same&oneperson.Henceforth I shall be knownbythenameNeetuSingh for allfuturepurposes. 0040576722-1

II,, NavinKumar,S/o-ShreeprakashPorwal,R/o-B-70,2nd-Floor, Kh.No.814,Chhattarpur Extension,NewDelhi-110074,have changedmyname toNavinKumarPorwal,for all futurepurposes.

0040576750-1

II,, NareshBhardwaj S/o, Sh.ShamPhool Bhardwaj R/o, D-55, SatyaSadan, GopalNagar,NajafgarhDelhi-110043havechangedmyname fromNareshKumarBhardwaj toNareshBhardwaj for all purposes

0040576674-1

II,,Manju Tiwari,W/OMaheshChander Tiwari residence-7/229, Dakshinpuri Ext.,NewDelhi-110062.MynameManjuTiwariwronglymentioned-inmyHusband’s Passport.,Mycorrect name isMayaManohari for,all futurepurpose. 0040576764-3

II,, KadiruNisha,W/oAtiqurrahmanAnsari R/o-A-2,ChipiyanaKhurdURF-Tigri,GautanBuddhaNagar, UttarPradesh-201301,have changedmyname toKadirunNesa forall futurePurposes.

0070746456-1

II,, Hushyari Devi,W/o. Shri RamChander, R/OVillageKasni,Jhajjar, Haryana-124109doherebysolemnly affirm&declare that I have changedmyname fromHushyari Devi (OldName) toHoshiariDevi (NewName) for all futurepurposesvideAffidavit dated 15.07.2021.

0040576681-1

II,, HirdyaDevi D/oShitlaDinVishwakarmaR/oKrishnaNagarRailwaySide,Murai KaBagh, Dalmau, RaeBareli, UP-229207, declare that nameofminehasbeenwronglywrittenasKmHradayaDevi inmyEducational Documents, asHridyaDevi inmy father’sOffice recordandnameofmyfather as ShitalaDeenVishwakarma inmyEducational Documents. Theactual nameofmineandmyfather isHirdyaDevi andShitlaDinVishwakarma respectively

0070746459-1

II,, Bal KrishnaS/oGangaRamR/o 17, KhatadiWardNo-6,Ramnagar, Uttari Khatadi,RamnagarRange, Nainital,Uttarakhand-244715, havechangedmyname toBadalSingh. 0070746572-1

II,, AnishaD/o Jagbir SinghandW/oDepender TehlanR/o 121,NearMCPrimary School, Ujwa,Najafgarh, Delhi-110073, thatnameofmymother hasbeenwronglywrittenasDhanwati inmyCentral Teacher EligibilityTest (CTET)Certificate andMarksheet. Theactual nameofmymother isDhanwanti

0070746458-1

II,, AjayKumar,S/o- Bhai Lal, R/o I-407, Ansari NagarAIIMScampusNewDelhi-110029,have changedmynametoAjay 0040576764-2

II,, ASLAM, S/O. ISRAILKHAN,ADD-RZ-3237/36GALINO-36TUGHLAKABADEXTNSOUTHDELHI-110019, Changedmyname toASLAMKHAN,permanantly. 0040576692-4

II Ravi S/o Jai PrakashR/oWZ306, Chhotiyal, PalamVillage,SouthwestDelhi-110045 havechangedmyname toRaviNandal. Fromnowonwards Iwill be knownasRaviNandal

0070746581-1

II SavitaDevi alias SaritaDeviw/o Late RameshChandraR/oS-134 /319HarijanCamp,MeharChandMarket, LodhiRoad NewDelhi-110003 informSaritaDevi andSavitaDevi issameandoneperson

0040576699-1

II SandeepKumar S/oVijayRamR/o 4-B, RailwayColony, TilakBridge, NewDelhi-110001, havechangedmyname toSandeepKumarChamoli 0070746570-1

II RAHULLONGIA,S/OAMRESHKUMARRESIDENTHOUSENO-908,SECTOR-15,SONIPAT,HARYANAHAVECHANGEDMYNAMETORAHUL.

0040576692-3

II PrernaKumari D/oSh. KunkunSinghR/oNearDurgaMandir,R-8/4, SaurabVihar Jaitpur,Badar Pur, Jaitpur, SouthDelhi,Delhi-110044havechangedmyname toPrernaSingh for allpurposes. 0040576659-1

IIManojNahar S/oMangilalNaharR/o 50-58-6, RajendraNagar, NearApoorvaHospital,Seethamapeta,VisakhapatnamUrban, AP-530016, have changedmynametoGautamNahar

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I KULWANT SINGH S/O GURDIPSINGH SACHDEVA,H.NO-301,SECTOR-3A, VAISHALIGHAZIABAD,U.P-201010,havechanged my name to KULWANTSACHDEVA,permanantly.

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II KIRITKUMARMANSUKHLALHINDOCHAS/OMANSUKHLALGOVINDJIHINDOCHAR/OA2-328 TOWER-16, PURVANCHALROYALPARK,SECTOR-137NOIDA,GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR,U.P.-201305,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOKIRITMANSUKHLALHINDOCHAFOR,ALL FUTUREPURPOSES. 0070746460-1

II BhupenderAroraaliasBhupinder Pal S/o LateSh.DiwanChandR/oT-4,GroundFloor, Near JantaMarket, Rajouri Garden,NewDelhi-110027havechangedmyname toBhupinder Pal for allpurposes. 0040576659-2

I, RishuTonkS/oSurenderKumarTonkR/o 311A,GaurGreenVista, NyayKhand-1,Indirapuram,Ghaziabad, UP-201014, declare thatmynameRishu&RishuTonkbothare thesame&oneperson.Henceforth I shall be knownbythenameRishuTonk for allfuturepurposes. 0040576722-2

I, EklavyaRustagi S/oKamalRustagi,R/o 16/55, SF, SubhashNagarDelhi-27,have66changedmyname toEklavyaRustogi. 0040576750-2

I, SUVENDUKUMARNAYAK, Resident ofHouse. no-10/4 , Gali.no-4, Sarika-vihar,Najafgard, NewDelhi-110043, havechangedmySon's name,fromSAMARJITENAYAK toSAMARJITNAYAK,vide-affidavit dated.17-5-2021. 0040572837-9

I,MonicaD/o,No.14577155 ExNKHarishChanderR/o,337, VPOLadpur, Delhi -110081, havechangedmyname toMonikafor all purposes. 0040576764-5

II Bhagat SinghSharmaS/o LateSh.DayaShankarR/oH-31, GaliNo.15, Jagat Puri, Delhi-110051have lostmyOriginalRelinquishmentDeedofPropertyNo.H-31, Jagat Puri,Delhi executedbyNitin Sharmaon07.10.2019 in favour ofBhagat SinghSharma, Regd. asDocumentNo.5630, registeredin theOffice of SubRegistrarOfficeVIIIA, PreetVihar,Delhi.Findersmaycontact ataboveaddress. 0040576659-3

II,,SShhaalliinnii,, D/oMr.VijayKumarR/oZolo Stays 15A, 9-Azmal KhanRoadWEAKarol BaghDelhi,have lostmyICSEClassXth,passing certificate. School: St.Francis School,B.Deoghar;IndexNo.T/2518/058; Year:2012.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT MY CLIENTSH. ANUBHAV JAIN S/O SH. VIRENDER JAINIS THE ABSOLUTE OWNER OF THEPROPERTY ABOVE PROPERTY WHICH HEHAD PURCHASED VIDE REGISTERED SALEDEED 25.05.2006 BEARING REGD NO. 2685,BOOK NO. I VOL. NO. 151 ON PAGES 30 TO35 REFISTERD ON 25.06.2006 IN THEOFFICE OF SUB-REGISTRAR IVA.THAT MY CLIENT HAS MISPLACED THEORIGINAL SALE DEED AND HAS ALREADYLODGED AN NCR IN THAT REGARD.IT IS THEREFORE NOTIFIED THAT MY CLIENTCONTINUES TO REMAIN THE ABSOLUTEOWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND NOPERSON/ BANK/ FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANIZATION/ GOVT./ SEMI GOVT.AGENCY ETC. MAY DEAL WITH ANY PERSON/COMPANY CLAIMING ANY RIGHT IN THE SAIDPROPERTY IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVERBY WAY OF SALE, MORTGAGE, GIFT ORTRANSFER OR POWER OF ATTORNEY,LEASE ETC. IF ANY PERSON/ BANK/FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/ ORGANIZATION/GOVT./ SEMI GOVT. AGENCY ETC DOES SOTHE SAME WILL BE AT ITS/ HIS OWN RISK,COST AND PERIL. IT IS NOTIFIED THAT IF ANYOTHER PERSON CLAIMS TO HAVE A RIGHTIN THE SAID PROPERTY MAY NOTIFY MEWITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE PUBLICATIONFAILING WHICH ANY SUCH RIGHT WILL BEDEEMED TO BE NULL AND VOID.

Sd/- (Mayank Bansal)Advocate

Ch. No. 269, Civil Wings,Tis Hazari Court, Delhi-110054

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the public atlarge, on behalf of our client, Mr.Tushar Jain(“Owner”) That, Mr.Tushar Jain is the owner of the saidproperty by virtue of Sale Deed dated01.04.2021 executed by Mr.Mahender Kumar, Mr. Bheem Kumar& Mr. Vijay Kumar. That, Mr.Mahender Kumar (Legal Heir of Mr.Deep chand), Mr. BheemKumar .(Legal Heir of Mr. Tek Chand)& Mr.Vijay Kumar (Legal Heir of Mr.DeenDayal) (the sellers in the saleDeed dated 01.04.2021) were theo w n e r s b y v i r t u e t h r e eRelinquishment Deeds dated15.03.2021. If any person (s) havingany objection regarding ownershiprights/Title Or claim upon the belowmentioned property, please raiseobjection with documentary proofwithin 15 days of Publication of thisnotice at the below mentionedaddress.Schedule PropertyBuilt-up Property no. 1852 (Part),measuring 30.5 Sq. Yds., (“Portion”),part of out of total area measuring 61Sq. Yds., out of Khasra no.1244/697, in Block H, Gali no. 47-48,situated at Naiwala, Karol Bagh, NewDelhi-110005.

Md. Khairul HussainCh. No. 214, Old Lawyers Chamber

Delhi High CourtMob: 8810391672

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the public atlarge, on behalf of our client, Mr. AnmolAggarwal, Mr. Manoj Aggarwal, & Mr.DeepakAggarwal(“Owners”)That, Mr. KrishanCharan, Mr. ManojAggarwal, & Mr. Deepak Aggarwalwere the owners of the below mentionedproperty by virtue of Sale Deed dated23.07.1999. That Subsequent upon thedeath of Mr. KrishanCharan, his legalheirs executed Relinquishment Deed infavour of Mr.Anmol Aggarwal on dated07.04.2021 in respect of 1/3rd share.Now, Mr. Anmol Aggarwal, Mr. ManojAggarwal, & Mr. Deepak Aggarwal arethe joint owners of the said property.That, last page of Deeddated 07.04.2021 is lost and F.I.R. hasbeen lodged accordingly. If anyone findthe page may please send it to the belowmentioned address. Anyone misusingthe same shall be using at his/her ownrisk and liable to legal action. If anyperson (s) having any objectionregarding ownership rights/Title Orclaim upon the below mentionedproperty, please raise objection withdocumentary proof within 15 days ofPublication of this notice at the belowmentioned address. Schedule PropertyProperty bearing No. 1/9837, measuring50 Sq.yds., out of Khasra No. 533/293,532/293min, VoillageBabarpur, GaliNo.2, West Gorakh Park, IllaqaShahdara, Delhi.

Relinquishment

Md. Khairul HussainCh. No. 214, Old Lawyers Chamber

Delhi High CourtMob: 8810391672

PUBLIC NOTICEMy Client Sh. Brij Pal S/o Sh. RatanSingh R/o D-3/42, Sector-20, Rohini,Delhi-110086, have debarred hisdaughters Smt. Varsha age about 29Yrs., Smt. Vijeta age about 35 Yrs.and their families from her movableand immovable properties, and havesevered all relations from Varsha,Vijeta and their families due to theirmisconduct, bad behaviour and badintentions. Any person dealing withVarsha, Vijeta and their families shallbe doing so at his/her/their own risk,cost and responsibilities. My Clientsshall not be liable and responsiblefor the same.

Sd/- SANJEEV JAIN(Advocate)

Enrl. No. D/226/1991

PUBLIC NOTICEMy client Balwan Singh S/o Lt. Sh.Harlal R/o A-13, Naveen Vihar, BarwalaRoad, Begumpur, Delhi-110086, havesevered all relations and disowned hisson Ashwani Sharma, daughter-in lawSunaina and their son Deergh,debarring them from all his movableand immovable properties and assetsdue to their misbehaviour andmisconduct. If anybody dealing withthem in any manner whatsoever shallbe doing, so at his/her/ their own risk,cost and responsibility. My client will notbe responsible.

Sd/-KAMAL SINGH

AdvocateCh. No. 512,

Distt. Court, Rohini, Delhi

PUBLIC NOTICEGENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMEDTHAT MY CLIENTS SH. SUNIL KUMARCHAUHAN, S/o SH. B.S. CHAUDHARY & SMT.RAJNI CHAUHAN, W/o SH. SUNIL KUMARCHAUHAN, R/o H. No. RZB-112, B BLOCK,DABRI EXTENSION, NEW DELHI- 110045,HAVE DEBARRED THEIR SON SH. SHIVAMCHAUHAN, S/O SH. SUNIL KUMAR CHAUHAN& SMT. SAUMYA JADON, W/o SH. SHIVAMCHAUHAN, R/o H. No. RZB-112, NEAR GOPALMANDIR, DABRI EXTENSION, PALAMVILLAGE, NEW DELHI- 110045, FROM THEIRMOVEABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTIESAND SEVERED ALL RELATIONSHIPS WITHTHEM IN FUTURE. MY CLIENTS SHALL NOTBE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACT ORCONDUCT WHATSOEVER OF ANY KINDWHOEVER DEALS WITH THEM, AT THEIROWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Sd/- AMIT KUMAR TANWAR (ADVOCATE)CH. NO. 753, DISTT. COURTS DWARKA,

NEW DELHI-75.

PUBLIC NOTICEThis information for the General Public thatmy client PHOOLWATI W/O LATE SHRIRAMADHAR, R/O H. NO. 1245, GALI NO. 5-B, SWATANTRA NAGAR, NARELA, DELHI-110040 has disowned and disinherited herson namely RAMSUKH and his wife namelySMT. RADHA DEVI and their son namelyNIHAL from all her movable & immovableproperties. And has also severed all herrelations from them due to their cruel acts anddisobedient as they are out of her control andmy client and her family members shall not beresponsible for any act and conduct done byher son and his wife.

Sd/-DURGESH KUMAR

AdvocateENROL. NO. D-2576/2008

CHAMEBR NO. K-95TIS HAZARI COURTS, DELHI-110054

PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to inform to the General Public that myclients Sh. Vinod Kumar S/o Late Sh. BhimSingh and his wife Smt. Kamla Rani BothR/o H.NO. 707/43, Shambhu Nagar, Tri-Nagar, Delhi-110035 have severed all therelations with their both Sons namely VikasChaudhary @ Vicky & Vishal @ Ricky andtheir wives namely Sushma & Sweeti. Myclients have also debarred/disowned all ofthem from all their movable and immovableproperties whatsoever and wheresoeversituated and have no connection in anymanner with them and will not be responsiblefor any acts done by them. So they shall haveno right, title or interest over any movable andimmovable properties of my clients for allintents and purposes. If anybody deals withthem, shall do so at his/her/their own risk andcosts and my clients will not responsible forthe same in any manner whatsoever.

Sd/-DEEPAK YADAV

AdvocateCh. No. K-53-54,

Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic at large is hereby informed thatmy clients Shri Chand S/o Shri BaruSingh and Smt. Kiran Wati W/o ShriChand, both R/o H. No. 1/4649/98B-1,Gali No.3, Mandoli Road, New ModernShahdara, East Delhi, Delhi-110032and their other family members havesevered all their relations with their sonParvesh Kumar, his wife Smt. RaunakPanchal and their son Madhav andBaby Samiksha with immediate effectas behavior of Parvesh Kumar and hiswife Smt. Raunak Panchal is badtowards my above said clients. Myabove said client and his other familymember shall not be held responsibleand liable for any act or omissions ofsaid Parvesh Kumar and his wife Smt.Raunak Panchal and my above saidclients further debar them from all theirmoveable and immoveable properties.

SHAHEEN (Advocate)Ch. No. K-108, Tis Hazari Courts,

Delhi-54

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all that my clients Sh.Dayanand @ Dayanand Kumar S/o Sh.Ram Kala and Smt. Raj Rani W/o Sh.Dayanand @ Dayanand Kumar both R/oRZ-87B, Mahendra Park, Uttam Nagar,New Delhi-110059, have severed allrelations with their daughter namely PoojaKumari D/o Sh. Dayanand @ DayanandKumar, and have disowned & disinheritedthem from all their movable andimmovable property due to unrulybehaviour and out of control of my clients.Whatsoever deals with them in anymanner, shall to do so at his/her own riskand consequences and my clients shall notbe held liable for that.

SUMIT KAUSHAL (ADVOCATE)Office at: GC-2/17A, Vikas Puri,

New Delhi-110018

PUBLIC NOTICEGeneral Public is hereby informed that myclientess Smt. Radha Devi W/o Late Sh.Raj Kishore Shrivastav R/o 1031, Gali No.18, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony,Karawal Nagar, Delhi-110094 hasdisowned and disinherited her son AmitShrivastav and his wife Smt. SakshiShrivastav @ Rachna D/o Sh. ShailendraSharma from her all movable andimmovable properties and severed all herrelations from them as the said Mr. AmitShrivastav and his wife have disobey myclientess and they are not in her control myaforesaid clientess shall not beresponsible for any of their act in futureand if anybody deals with them it shall beat his/her own risk.

Sd/- YOGESH GAHLOT AdvocateCH NO. X-30 CIVIL WING, TIS HAZARI

COURT, NEW DELHI-110054MOBILE NO. 9811004822

In The Court of Shri Anurag Dass,Administrative Civil Judge-cum-

commercial Civil Judge-cum-additional Rent Controller(west), Court Room No. 112, 1stFloor, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi

PETITION No.: SC-70/2021

To,

Prayrna Sabharwal D/o Lt. Sh.Rajesh Sabarwal R/o H. No. 18,Road No. 60, Punjabi BaghWest Delhi-110026 ..... Petitioners

STATE

Versus

For Succession CertificateUnder Indian Succession Act, 1925

To,

All Concerned

Where in the above noted petition theapplicant / petitioner has applied forSuccession Certificate to the Hon'bleCourt Under Section 372 of theIndian Succession Act, 1925 inrespect of the debt and securities ofAmount LYING WITH LIC & HDFCLIFE PRO to be standing in thename of LT. SMT. POONAMSABHARWAL deceased. Whereasthe at 10 (Ten) O'clock in theforenoon has been fixed for 18-08-2021 hearing on the application,notice is hereby given to allconcerned. Given under my handand seal of the court this 15" day ofJULY, 2021.

SealACJ/CCJ/ARC(West) Delhi

IN THE COURT OF SHRI ANURAGDASS, ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL

JUDGE-CUM-COMMERCIAL CIVILJUDGE-CUM-ADDITIONAL RENTCONTROLLER (WEST), COURTROOM NO. 112, 1st FLOOR, TIS

HAZARI COURTS, DELHIPETITION No.: SC-71/2021

To,

Prayrna Sabharwal D/o Lt. Sh.Rajesh Sabarwal R/o H.No 18 RoadNo. 60, Punjabi Bagh West Delhi-26

..... Petitioners

STATE

Versus

For Succession Certificate UnderIndian Succession Act, 1925

To,

All Concerned

Where in the above noted petition theapplicant / petitioner has applied forSuccession Certificate to the Hon'bleCourt Under Section 372 of theIndian Succession Act, 1925 inrespect of the debt and securities ofAmount LYING WITH LIC & HDFCLIFE PRO to be standing in then a m e o f LT. S H . R A J E HSABHARWAL deceased. Whereasthe at 10 (Ten) O'clock in theforenoon has been fixed for 18-08-2021 hearing on the application,notice is hereby given to allconcerned. Given under my handand seal of the court this 15 day ofJULY, 2021.

SealACJ/CCJ/ARC(West) Delhi

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all that my client Mr. RamKr. Agnihotri S/o Lt. Jagdish NarayanAgnihotri R/o A-2/190, Sector-8, Rohini,Delhi-110085 is an Owner of a“PROPERTY NO. FACTORYBEARNING NO. A-9, SECTOR-A-4,TRONICA CITY GHAZIABAD, U.P.”. ACriminal case w.r.t the ownership of thesaid property is pending vide F.I.R. No.0128/2018, PS- Jyoti Nagar, Delhi. Assuch it is my client, above named whois entitled for the ownership, rights andinterest of above said property. Anyonedealing with the aforesaid propertywithout my client’s consent shall do athis own peril and risk and bear its ownconsequences.

Sd/-DEVANSH AGARWAL

AdvocateEn. No. D/2409/09

Ch. No. E-721, Lawyer’s ChamberKarkardooma Courts, Delhi-110032

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTHAT MY CLIENTS Sh. NARENDERKUMAR S/O SHRI NIWAS R/O H. NO.311, VPO GHEVRA, DELHI-110081That my client disown his son namelyBHUPENDER KUMAR from his allimmovable and moveable propertiesbecause he is out of control of my clientand pick quarrel with my client onaccount on petty issues. That anybodywill deal with son of my client in futureowns risk & consequence and my clientshall not liable for any work and liabilitytoward him. My client severed allrelations with his son through this“PUBLIC NOTICE”.

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THEGOVERNMENT ismoving toamendoneof India’smaininsur-ance laws to facilitate theprivati-sationofastate-ownedgeneralin-surancecompany,asproposedintheUnionBudgetthisFebruary.The FinanceMinistry is ex-

pected to introduce a Bill toamend The General InsuranceBusiness (Nationalisation) Act,1972, in the Monsoon Sessionof Parliament that beginsonMonday.Theprivatisationof a general

insurance company and twostate-ownedbankswasoneofthekey reform proposals in theBudget. The insuranceActmustbeamendedbeforeastate-ownedinsurercanbeprivatised.“We are trying to introduce

theBill.Wehavegotitreadyfromour (the department’s) side. Anumber of consultations have

beenheldon the issue,” a seniorgovernment official saidwhenasked about theprogress on theprivatisationproposal.SourcessaidtheBillcanbeput

on the legislative agenda ofParliamentsoonafteritisclearedby theCabinet. ABill to increase

foreigndirect investment in theinsurance sector to 74 per centfrom49per centwas clearedbyParliament in its Budget SessioninMarch.“Privatisationandassetssalesareapriority, it is thestatedpolicynow.Weareontrackasfaras theBudget proposals relatingtostrategicsaleandprivatisationare concerned,” another govern-mentofficialsaid.The Centre has set thedisin-

vestment target for 2021-22 atRs1.75lakhcrore, lowerthantheRs2.1lakhcrorein2020-21.In her Budget speech on

February 1, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman had said:“Other than IDBIBank,wepro-pose to take up the privatisa-tionof twopublic sectorbanksand one general insurancecompany in the year 2021-22.This would require legislativeamendments and I propose tointroduce the amendments inthis Session itself.”The government has not yet

disclosedwhichof the fourpub-licsectorgeneralinsurancecom-panies—New India Assurance,United India Insurance (UII),National Insurance Company(NIC), and Oriental InsuranceCompany (OIC) — it intends toprivatise. The FinanceMinistrywill choosethecompanyincon-sultationwithNITI Aayog and acore groupof secretaries ondis-investment.The government had earlier

droppedaplantomergeUII,NIC,andOIC, and decided to recapi-talisethem.Thegovernmentalsoowns the reinsurer GeneralInsurance Corporation (GICRe).GICandNewIndiaAssurancearelistedonthestockexchanges,theotherthreecompaniesarenot.The general insurance busi-

ness in Indiawasnationalisedbythe1972Act. ThegovernmentofIndia took over the shares of 55Indianinsurancecompanies,andtheundertakingsof52insurersinthegeneral insurancebusiness.

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WHATSAPPONThursday re-leaseditsfirstmonthlyreportin compliancewith the newIntermediaryGuidelines andDigitalMediaEthicsCodealsoknownas the IT Rules, 2021.The report, published for theperiod betweenMay15 andJune15,2021,states thatdur-ing this 30-day period,WhatsApp banned a total of2millionIndiaaccounts,whileit received a total of 345 re-portsduringthisperiod.“We are particularly fo-

cusedonpreventionbecausewebelieveitismuchbettertostop harmful activity fromhappening in the first placethantodetectitafterharmhasoccurred.Theabusedetectionoperates at three stagesof anaccount’slifestyle:Atregistra-tion; duringmessaging; andin response tonegative feed-back,whichwereceive intheform of user reports andblocks,” itsaidinitsreport.More than 95per cent of

such accounts which werebannedhadmade“unautho-rizeduseofautomatedorbulkmessaging”.Apart from WhatsApp,

Facebook also released a re-

port on Thursday detailingusergrievances. Facebookre-ceived 646 reports throughthevariousgrievancemecha-nismsandrespondedtoallthecomplaints. It received 73complaints fromusers aboutfakeprofilesthatwereimper-sonating them, while it re-ceived 198 complaints ofhacking. Therewere also 22requests to access personaldata byusers,while 18 com-plaintswere regarding inap-propriateorabusivecontent.

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Sebi movesSC againstSAT’s FranklinTempleton orderNew Delhi: The Securities andExchangeBoardofIndia(Sebi)hasmovedSupremeCourtagainsttheJune 28 order of SecuritiesAppellate Tribunal (SAT)whichstayeditsdecisiontobarFranklinTempletonAssetManagement(India) from launching debtschemesfor2yearsandaskedthefundhouse to refunda littleoverRs512crore.Sebimoved the top court on

Wednesday. In a related appealfiledbyFranklinTempletononitswinding up six mutual fundschemes,theapexcourtWednes-daydeliveredakeyverdicthold-ing that the trusteesare requiredto seekconsentofmajorityunit-holdersforclosingMFschemesaf-terpublishingnotices.PTI

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JULY15

THE FIRST batch of payment tostates and Union Territoriesamounting toRs75,000crore tomeetcompensationshortfallun-derGoodsandServicesTax(GST)forfinancialyear2021-22wasre-leasedonThursday.Thisispartofthemechanismagreeduponbe-tweenCentreandstatesafter theCovid-19 pandemic throughwhich back-to-back loans aremade to states tomeet the com-pensationshortfall.In FY21, anamountof Rs1.10

lakh crorewas released to statesunder a similar arrangement.AsperCentre’s estimates,Rs63,000croreispendingforFY21tostatesafterback-to-backloansandIGSTsettlement. The Budget had as-sumed17percentgrowthinGSTrevenues,translatingintomonthlygrossGST revenueof Rs 1.1 lakhcrore.Basedonthisassumption,ithasbeenestimatedthatforthepe-riod February 2021 to January2022, thegapbetweenprotectedrevenueandtheactualrevenueaf-terreleaseofcompensationwouldbearoundRs1.59 lakhcrore. Thepending amount for FY21alongwith theamounts throughback-to-back loans (Rs 1.10 lakh croreandRs1.59lakhcrore)willbeset-tledfromcompensationcesspro-ceedstobecollectedJuly2022on-wards,officialssaid.Finance Minister Nirmala

Sitharamaninatweetsaid“almost

50percentofthetotalshortfallfortheentireyearreleasedinasingleinstalment”.Monday’sreleaseisinaddition

tonormalGSTcompensationbe-ingreleasedevery2monthsoutofactualcesscollection,theFinanceMinistrysaid.Thefrontloadingofthispaymentwillhelpstatesinin-curring their capital expenditureand other spending, a senior fi-nanceministryofficialsaid.Statesareguaranteedcompen-

sationunderGST for therevenuegapbetweenactualcollectionsandtheprotectedamountbasedon14per cent compounded rate frombaseyear2015-16forfiveyearsofGST rollout till June2022. Topayback these borrowed amountsthroughback-to-back loans andpendingcompensationpaymentthroughcesscollections,thecom-pensation arrangement is esti-matedtostretchfor2.5-3yearsbe-yondJune2022,theofficialadded.

WhatsApp banned20 lakh accountsfor abusing bulkmessaging featureFirstmonthlyreportforMay15-June15

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THE RBI’S decision to banMastercard Inc for non-compli-ancewithdata storage rules hasunsettled the country’s financialsectorasitwilldisruptbanks’cardofferings andhit revenues, pay-mentsandbankingindustryexec-utivestoldReuters.Wednesday’scentralbankor-

derfollowedsimilaractioninAprilagainst American Express, butMastercardisamuchbiggerplayerinthedomesticmarket.A Reuters analysis of online

card listings of 11domestic andforeign banks in India showedMastercardaccountedforaboutathirdofroughly100debitcardsonoffer,andmorethan75creditcardvariantsuseditsnetwork.FromJuly22,theRBIsaid,new

issuanceofsuchcardswillstopasMastercarddidnot complywith2018rules requiring foreigncardnetworkstostoreIndianpaymentsdatalocallyfor“unfetteredsuper-visoryaccess”.BusinessimpactwillbesignificantasbanksneedtosignnewdealswithVisa,aprocessthatcan take months and involveweeksof technology integration,fivepaymentandbankingexecu-tivessaid.REUTERS

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THEGOVERNMENThasprioritisedprivatisationplans,asassetsalesarecrucialtogeneratefundsneededtoboostcapitalexpenditure.Thepro-posedamendmentswillenableprivatisationofaPSUinsurer,andreinforcetheCentre’sstatedpolicytoreduceitspresenceinbusinesses.

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Dublin: A EU privacywatchdog rejectedacallbyGermany’s leaddataprotectionregulatorforanbloc-wide ban onFacebook’sprocessingofpersonal data from itsWhatsApparm,but toldthesocialnetwork’s leadEU regulator to investi-gate. Meanwhile, Fac-ebook said it removedover25millionpiecesofhate speech in theyear’sfirst3months.REUTERS

EU watchdogrejects call toban Facebook

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`63KcrispendingforFY21tostatesafterback-to-backloansandIGSTsettlement

FINANCEMINISTERNirmalaSitharaman, inatweet, said“almost50percentof thetotal shortfallfor theentireyearreleasedinasingle instalment”

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GEORGEMATHEWMUMBAI,JULY15

THERESERVEBankof India(RBI)hassaidthetaperingoftheCovid-19secondwave,coupledwithanaggressive vaccinationpush, hasbrightenednear-termprospectsfortheIndianeconomy,butinfla-tionislikelyto“persistatelevatedlevels for somemonths”.Howe-ver,whilemanyhigh frequencyindicatorsof activityarerecover-ing, a solid rise in aggregate de-mandisyettotakeshape, itsaid.“On the supply side, agricul-

turalconditionsareturningbuoy-antwith the revival in themon-soon, but the recovery ofmanufacturing and services sec-tors has been interruptedby thesecondwave,” as per the RBI’s‘Stateof theEconomy’report.

WhiletheJuneretail inflationwasabovethecentralbank’s6percentupperbandat6.26percent,theRBIsaidapick-up in inflationis driven largely by adverse sup-plyshocksandsector-specificde-mand-supplymismatchescausedby thepandemic. “These factorsshouldeaseovertheyearassup-plysidemeasurestakeeffect.”The RBI said inflation ruled

above the tolerancebandduring

June-November 2020 andagainmovedabovetheuppertolerancethreshold inMayand June2021.“The sense is that inflationwillpersistattheseelevatedlevelsforsomemonthsbeforeeasinginthethirdquarterof2021-22.”Onrecovery, itsaidtheaggre-

gatedemandconditionsarereco-vering, spurredbyunlockmeas-ures and thepaceof vaccination.Average daily E-way bill collec-tionsimprovedsubstantiallyfromJune20,reflectingtheunderlyingimprovementineconomicactiv-ity. Intra-state E-way bills faredbetterthaninter-stateE-waybills,normalisingtobeyondpre-Covidlevels. Toll collections, too, sawasharprisesequentially in Juneby35.5percentinvolumetermsand21.2percentinvalueterms.

Fullreportonwww.indianexpress.com

Bengaluru: The US ConsumerProduct Safety Commission(CPSC)saidonWednesdayithassued Amazon.com Inc to forcetheretailertorecallhundredsofthousands of hazardous prod-uctsthatithaddistributedonitsplatform.Bya3-1vote, theCPSCvoted

tofileanadministrativecomplaint

saying the Seattle-basede-com-mercegiantwaslegallyresponsi-ble to recall theproducts as theyposed a serious risk of injury ordeathtoconsumers.Theproductsincluded24,000

carbonmonoxidedetectors thatfailedtogooff,nearly400,000hairdryers that lacked requiredpro-tectionagainstshockandelectro-

cution,and“numerous”children’ssleepwear garments that couldcatchfire,accordingtotheCPSC.“Wemust grapplewithhow

todealwiththesemassivethird-partyplatformsmore efficiently,and how best to protect theAmericanconsumerswhorelyonthem,” CPSC Acting ChairmanRobertAdlersaid. REUTERS

US regulator sues Amazon, callsfor recall of hazardous products

Mumbai:RakeshJhujhunwala,hiswifeRekhaandeightothershavesettledanalleged insider tradingcaseinAptechLtdwiththeSecur-itiesandExchangeBoardof India(Sebi) by agreeing to pay Rs 37crore.AsperSebisettlementreg-ulations,adefendantcansettleanissuewith the regulatorwithoutadmittingordenyingthecharges.OnSeptember7,2016,Aptech

hadannounced its foray into thepre-schoolsegmentaftermarkethours.AsperSebi’sorder,thiswasunpublishedpricesensitiveinfor-mationbetweenMarch14,2016,and September 7, 2016, thedateofofficialannouncement. ENS

Jhunjhunwala,9 others pay`37 cr, settleAptech insidertrading case

BRIEFLYGoyalonfisheriesNewDelhi:At aWTOmeet,CommerceMinisterPiyushGoyalsaidIndiaisverykeentofinaliseanagreementbe-causeirrationalsubsidiesarehurtingIndianfishermen.

DraftdronerulesNewDelhi:TheCivilAviationMinistry has issued draftrulestoensureeaseofusingdronesonthebasisof“trust,self-certification andnon-intrusivemonitoring”. PTI

MktsatnewhighMumbai:Market closed atan all-timehigh Thursday.TheSensex rose255pointsto53,158.85andNiftyby70pointsto15,924.20. ENS

JuneexportsNewDelhi:Merchandiseex-portsrebounded48%inJuneoverlastyear,whileimportssurged98%jump.

LICIPOadvisorsNewDelhi: The DIPAMonThursday invitedproposalsforappointingbankers,reg-istrar, legal adviser and ad-vertisingagency for the IPOof Life InsuranceCorporat-ionof India(LIC). FE

ChinaQ1GDPBeijing:China’sGDProse7.9per cent inApril-June fromayearearlier. REUTERS

MHADA,HDFCMumbai:MaharashtraHou-sing &AreaDevelopmentAuthority has signed anMoU with HDFC as mostfavouredinstitution. ENS

‘$43 bn of deals closed inH12021; 10 unicorns created’The first half of 2021 saw 20% rise in deals to a record highof $43 billion besides creation of 10 new unicorns,according to a Grant Thornton report

Improvement seenbydeals inH12021over year-agoperiod:■ 42%higher in volume terms■ 20%higher in value terms

$24.4BILLION:Aggregate of221merger and acquisitions(M&As),which is 36%higherthan that inH12020. AdaniGroupwas one of themostactive acquirerswithacquisition of five companiesabove$200million

856Deals that sawcompletionduring

January-June,with anaveragedeal size of$50million

E-commercedominatesPEinflows:Private equity (PE)inflows into the tech spacesaw10newunicornsbeingcreatedduring the first half ofthe ongoing year.Of these 10unicorns, five are fromthee-commerce space, taking theoverall tallywell past 100 inthe country

76%Share ofdomestic

M&Aswithin totalM&Avolume inH12021—highest in past 11 years

Source:GrantThornton/PTI

BRIGHTNEAR-TERMPROSPECTSFORECONOMYASCOVID2NDWAVETAPERS:REPORT

Mumbai:RBIGovernorShak-tikanta Das said Thursdaythe primary objective in fi-nancial inclusion is to ad-dress concerns on over-in-debtednessofmicrofinance(MFI)borrowersandenablemarketmechanismtoratio-nalisetheinterestrates.Addressing the ET

Financial InclusionSummit,Dassaid,“Financialinclusionwill continue to be a policypriority”forthecentralbank“tomakethepost-pandemicrecoverymoreequitableandsustainable.” ENS

Das: Financialinclusion to be‘policy priority’

Elevated inflation to persist for some months: RBI

ReserveBankGovernorShaktikantaDas File

RENEWABLEENERGYEQUIPMENT

NewDelhi:Indiawilltrytoensurethat jobs created from the rapidincreaseinrenewableenergyca-pacity remain in the country,Power and Renewable EnergyMinisterRKSinghsaidThursday.Henotedthattariffbarrierson

importofrenewableenergyequi-pmentwouldremaininplaceandthat non-tariff barriers wouldpracticallyrestrictthepurchaseofsuchequipment to thosemanu-facturedlocally.Thegovernmenthasannounceda40percentbasiccustomsduty(BCD)onsolarmod-ulesand25percentonsolarcellsfromApril 1, 2022, aimed at en-couraginglocalmanufacturing.“IfyouwanttosellinIndia,you

willhavetosetupmanufacturinghere.Ifyoudon’tsetupmanufac-turinghere, I cangive it toyou in

writing that youwill not qualifyforentryintothatapprovedlistofmodels and manufacturers,”Singh said at anevent on self re-lianceinrenewableenergyman-ufacturingorganisedbyConfeder-ationof IndianIndustry(CII).Headdedthatothercountries

had also placed such non-tariffbarriersandthatitwasnecessarythatIndiakeepthejobscreatedbythecountry’srapidadditioninre-newableenergycapacity. ENS

ThePowerMinistersaiditwasnecessaryIndiakeptthejobscreatedbyitsadditioninrenewableenergycapacity

Singh: If you want to sellin India, manufacture here

New Delhi

Regd Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall, Patiala - 147001CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in

(Contact No. 96461-18721)Tender Enquiry No. QW/288/PO-W Dated: 12.07.2021

Chief Engineer/Stores & Workshops Organization, SarabhaNagar, PSPCL, Ludhiana invites E-Tender for Supply, Installation andCommissioning of CCTV Cameras. For Detailed NIT & TenderSpecification please refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from15.07.2021 from 1.00 P.M. onwards.

NOTE: Corrigendum & addendum, if any will be published online athttps://eproc.punjab.gov.in. C-260/21 6044/Pb

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INDIAN RENEWABLE ENERGYDEVELOPMENT AGENCY LTD.

Core 4A, East Court, 1st floor, India Habitat Centre,Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003

Phone: 011-24682206-15; Fax: 011-24682202 & 05

SALE NOTICEFOR MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES UNDERTHE SECURITY ENFORCEMENT RULES, 2002 UNDER

THE SARFAESI ACT, 2002Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to theborrower (s) and guarantor (s) that the below described immovable andmovable Properties of M/s. Siva Renewable Power and Energy Limited(Project No. 1987) mortgaged/charged to the secured creditor IREDA , thepossession of which has been taken by the authorised officer of IREDA(Secured Creditor) will be sold by way of auction through closed sealed bidon , ‘As is Where is, As is What is “, “Whatever there is and ‘ WithoutRecourse Basis’” for recovery of dues to IREDA.

The original Owner/mortgagor whose property is being sold shall take noteof it and make efforts from their end in realizing fair market price of theproperty. IREDA will be free to auction the property at the best viable price.

Inspection of the aforesaid property can be done on 26.07.2021. For furtherdetails, if any, please contact the Authorized Officer, IREDA, Core-4A, EastCourt, 1st Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi -110003 and atIREDA Branch office at Hyderabad # 5-9-21, Ground Floor, Jeevan Prakash(LIC Building) Opposite Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500063 (Telangana)

Terms and Conditions

1. The submission of the bid will be during the period 18.08.2021 to21.08.2021 till 11.00 AM at IREDA Branch Office at Hyderabad.

2. The property shall not sold below the reserve price.3. The sealed bid should consist of the following:

i. 10% of the bid amount as Earnest Money in the form of DemandDraft favoring Indian Renewable Energy Development AgencyLimited (IREDA) payable at New Delhi or quoting UTR number ofany NEFT/RTGS remittance.

ii. Copy of PAN Card of Bidder (Original need to be shown in the caseof Successful bidder)

iii. Voter ID/Driving License/Passport of the Representative of theBidder with Authorization letter.

4. The property will be sold on “As is Where is, As is What is”,‘Whatever there is and Without Recourse Basis” in all respects. Theintending bidders should make enquiry with regards to any claim,charges/encumbrances on the properties, of any authority, besidesIREDA’s charges and should satisfy themselves about the title, extent,quality, and quantity of the property before submitting their bid. For anydiscrepancy in the property the participating bidder is solely responsiblefor all future recourses from the date of submission of bid.

5. The sale certificate will be issued in the name of the successful bidderonly upon receiving of successful bid amount as sale consideration andother charges if any.

6. No claim of whatsoever nature regarding the property put for sale,charges/encumbrances over the property or on any other matter etc. willbe entertained after submission of the bid/confirmation of sale.

7. The Authorized officer/IREDA will not be responsible for any charge,lien, encumbrance, property tax dues, electricity dues etc. or any otherdues to the Government, local authority or anybody, in respect of theproperty under sale.

8. The Authorized officer has the absolute right and discretion to accept orreject any bid or adjourn/postpone/cancel the sale or add/delete/changeany of the terms and conditions of this sale at any time without priornotice to the owner, bidder, public etc. and without assigning any reason.

9. Detailed sale notice is placed on the website of IREDA i.e.www.ireda.in.

Sd/-A. Chandra Shekhar

Authorized Officer, IREDAMob-9866245202

E-mail: chandra@ireda.in

SI.No

Description ofproperties

Date ofPossession

Date ofAuction. Time

and Place(opening of

Bids)

ReservePrice

EarnestMoney

The whole of theImmovable andmovables properties ofBorrower Company,wherever situatedpertaining to 19MW(14 MW commissionedand 5 MW machinesare lying) Project atVillage Vaspet, Jath,District Sangli, in theState of Maharashtra(Project No. 1987).Detailed description ofthe properties areavailable on website ofIREDA i.e.www.ireda.in

28.08.2018 21.08.2021at 12.30 PM atIREDA Branchoffice atHyderabad #5-9-21, GroundFloor, JeevanPrakash (LICBuilding)OppositeSecretariat,Saifabad,Hyderabad-500063,Telangana

Rs.40.23Crores

10% ofthe bidamount

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRAPUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, AMRAVATI

(e-mail- amravati.ee@mahapwd.com)TENDER NOTICE NO. 15 OF 2021-2022 (No. 5142/TC/Dt. 12.07.2021)

TENDER NOTIFICATION UNDER e-PROCUREMENTE-Tender for the followingwork in “C-FORM’’ ( Lumpsum) is invited via

online e-tendering system from Unregistered Contractors by the Executive Engineer P.W.Division Amravati on behalf of Government of Maharashtra. Tender Documents are down-loaded from Government of Maharashtra portal http://mahatenders.gov.in. Rights toselect or reject is reserved by Executive Engineer P.W. Division Amravati. Tender withcondition is never accepted.

Sr. Name of Work EstimatedNo. Cost (in

Lakhs)1 Construction of High Level Major Bridge on Amravati Achalpur 2521.00

Road MSH-14 in Km. 270/500 on Pedhi River.The tender documents can be downloaded from e-tendering portal of Public WorksDepartment i.e. http://mahatenders.gov.in From Dt. 19.07.2021 To 12.08.2021 upto18.55 Hours.

Tender Opening- Dt. 17.08.2021Note:1. Please note the further changes regarding this work will not be published

through corrigendum by press notice. The changes will be available on electron-ic tendering system of Government of Maharashtra which is available on thePortal http://mahatenders.gov.in.

2. The Bidder shall submit the Hard Copy in “Sealed Envelope” of Technical andFinancial Bids as specified in NIT after the online submission of Bid (“BidLock”) within 72 Hrs. i.e. on Dt. 12/08/2021 to 12/08/2021 during office hours.The Bidder shall submit his Bid online as per the procedure laid down on the e-Tender Portal. The Bidder shall submit Bid in Hard copy. This Hard Copy willbe opened only if any problem arises.

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GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER,

RWSS CIRCLE, KORAPUTNational Competitive Bidding Through E-Procurement

Tender Identification No.01/ACE/RWSS/KPT/2021-22/13.07.2021The Additional Chief Engineer, RWS&S Circle, Koraput on behalf of theGovernor of Odisha invites Percentage Rate Bids in Double cover (P1contract) from the eligible class of experienced registered contractorsthrough e-Tendering system for the Piped water supply works asdetailed in DTCN. The bid should be submitted on-line in the websitewww.tenderorissa.gov.in separately for the works.

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document in the web siteDt. 23.07.2021 17 hours to02.08.2021 17 hours.

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BRIEFLYNoreinforcements tobesent,saysBCCIKolkata: The Covid scare notwith-standing, theBCCI isnot sendinganyadditional player to England, TheIndianExpresshas learnt. The Indiancricket board believes that withwicket-keeper Rishabh Pant asymp-tomatic and nearing the completionof his quarantine period, at least fornow therewas no need to add play-erstoanalreadybloatedsquad.“No,”said a topBCCI officialwhen asked ifany additional playerwould be sentto England. And apart fromwicket-keeper Wridhiman Saha, bowlingcoach Bharat Arun and standbyopenerAbhimanyuEaswaran,too,areself-isolatingfor10daysinLondonforbeing in close contact with throw-downspecialistGarani. Itneedstobeseen if Easwaran is drafted into themainsquad,forShubmanGill isnurs-ing a leg injury. Gill, though, hasn’tbeen ruled out of the series. Asked ifEaswaranwill get in, a BCCI officialsaid: “This is a call to be takenby theselectorsandtheteammanagement.TheBCCIdoesn’tinterfereinselectionmatters.” The selection committeepicked a 20-member squad for thefive-TestseriesinEngland,withaneyeto pandemic-induced restrictions.India is still on theUnitedKingdom’sred list due to the Covid-19 surge,meaning stricter travel restrictionsandmore elaborate virus safety pro-tocols. Accordingly, a 20-membersquadplusfourstandbyswerepickedto provide adequate backup for al-mosteverypositionincaseof injuriesor any other emergency. SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY

DeepakvsYazdaniwill bedifferent thistime, sayscoachNewDelhi:Thehesitancyoftakingthematagainstsomeoneyouidolisedoesnot torment Deepak Punia anymoreand if the drawat theOlympics putshim face to facewith Iranian legendHassanYazdaniagain,itwillbeabouttowatch,sayscoachVirenderKumar."It's natural to be flummoxedwhenyou have to fight with the wrestleryouhaveidolisedgrowingup.Butthathesitancyisathingofthepast.Hedis-cussed thatAsian final boutwithmeand already has a plan in place,"Virender said. PTI

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ARIES(Mar21-Apr20)Someof youarebynowfeeling thepressuresease,butothershaveyet to

encounter the full forceofpartners'oppositionto theirplans.Alwaysbear inmind,though, that friendshaveyourinterestsverymuchatheart.Andwhat thismeans is thatyou’llbereceivingsupportyoudon’tevenknowabout.

TAURUS(Apr21-May21)Neptune’spresenceinyour tenthsolarhouse isbringingadegreeof inspirationbutalsoarisk that

you’ll lose touchwithreality.Spendyour timeonimaginativeactivitiesanddon’tget tooboggeddowninthe facts.Thisweek’shard informationwillbenextweek’s fairy tales.

GEMINI (May22- June21)Thedemandsonyour timearemanyandvaried,yetyouhavetheultimate

choiceas tohowyouarrangetheday. If socialgatheringsareplannedthere’snoreasonatallwhytheseshouldn’tbeasenjoyableasexpected,even ifyouaremuchmore intensethanusual.

CANCER(June22- July23)Afterallyou’vebeenthrough,youmaybepleasedtoknowthatyourplanetsarenow

adoptingaclassically romanticand inspired formation.Arrangeyour life tobenefitfromsocialopportunities, andyou’ll soondiscover thatfriendlycontactscouldusher inprofessional improvement.

LEO(July24-Aug23)Mars isnot theonlyplanet inducingarestless frameofmindat the

moment, althoughit isundoubtedlyapowerful,unsettling force.Yet, youmaynowbe inurgentneedof restandrecuperation,andanyonewhogenuinelycares foryouwillgiveyoumorespaceandsupport.

VIRGO(Aug24-Sept23)Althoughyoumaynotbedirectlyaffected, there’sadistinctairof

romanceabroad.At theveryleast this isan idealperiodtotakesometimeoff andmixwithattractiveandcivilisedpeople. I amemphasising thisnowbecausethere’sa riskyou’llattract thosewhoareangryandaggressive.

LIBRA(Sept24-Oct23)Nowtheweek isdrawingtoacloseyoumayberelievedthatyouwon’thave

tohandleanumberofhottopics.Yet,bothtodayandtheweekendwillbringanumberofadditionalpersonal factors toyourattention.Anextrathought, additions toyourfamilyarenowaverystrongpossibility.

SCORPIO(Oct24-Nov22)There’s littletimetorelaxformostScorpios,althoughdevelopmentsover

thenextcoupleofdayswillbringawelcomedoseof fantasytootherwisehumdrumsituations.It’stimetoputyourdreamsintoaction, fornextweekyourchancemayhavepassed.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov23-Dec22)Itwouldbemisleadingtosaythateverythingthathasbeenhappening

hasbeentoyour immediatebenefitbut, in the longterm,almostall thatyou’vebeeninvolved inwillbeadvantageous.You’re ina finesocialphase,by theway, sotakesometimeoff andenjoyyourself.

CAPRICORN(Dec23- Jan20)Ingeneral, youshouldsee thisasatimetobroadenyourhorizons, takeon

newresponsibilitiesandexperimentwith freshapproaches toestablishedproblems.Believe inyourintuition forachange. Iknowthat’snotalwayseasy,but try totrustmore inyourowntalents.

AQUARIUS(Jan21-Feb19)Asthedust settlesonanumberofcontroversial issues,yourmindmayturn

to imaginativeschemesandproposals. Fromnowuntil aftertheweekend, the focuswillbeonprofessionalambitions,perhaps inrelationtoaclosefriendandImeanaveryclose friend.

PISCES(Feb20-Mar20)If expenditure isontheagendatoday,bear inmindthatmidday isan

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TWOMEMBERS of the Indian cricket teamtouringEngland–wicketkeeperRishabhPantandtrainingassistantDayanandGarani--havetestedpositivefortheCovid-19virus.WhilePanthasbeenunderquarantinefor

over aweek at a relative’s house, Garani hasbeenisolatedataLondonhotelwheretheen-tiresquadhadcheckedinearlierthisweek.Threeothers–wicketkeeperWriddhiman

Saha,openerAbhimanyuEaswaranandbowl-ing coach BArun -- have been identified asclosecontactsofGarani.Theyhavebeenaskedto confine themselves to their rooms for 10daysasaprecaution.The Indian team, minus Pant and the

four others in isolation, has moved fromLondon to Durhamwhere theywill play apractice game before the first Test againstEngland onAugust 4.TheBCCI, in a press statement, said Pant

was“asymptomatic”and“willbeable to jointhesquadinDurhamafterreturningtwoneg-ativeRT-PCRtests”.Speaking to The IndianExpress, BCCI vice-

presidentRajivShukla,withoutnamingPant,said,“Oneplayerhastestedpositivebuthehasbeeninisolationforthelasteightdays.Hewasnotstayinginanyhotelwiththeteam.Hedidnotmeet any player, so no other player hasbeenaffected.”“Asplayerswereallowedtogooutandtake

abreak,many stayedwith relatives there. Sofar,nootherplayerhastestedpositiveandoursecretary,JayShah,haswrittentoallplayerstomaintainprotocols,”hesaid.Incidentally,Shah’scommunication,dated

July13,reachedtheplayersfivedaysafterPanttestedpositiveandadaybefore theywere toreassembleinLondonforthetriptoDurham.TheBCCIsaidthewicketkeeperhadtestedpos-itiveonJuly8.Last month, after the World Test

Championship final against New Zealand,the BCCI allowed squadmembers to leavethe bio-bubble with liberty to chalk outtheir own accommodation and travelplans.Withsocial-distancingprotocols re-laxed inEngland, theplayersandcoachingstaff, during the three-week break, wereseen in crowded stands at the Euro 2020games and theWimbledon tennis cham-pionship.Pantand JaspritBumrahhadpostedpho-

tographsonsocialmediafromfootballgameswhilecoachRaviShastritweetedaselfiefromthesidelinesofNovakDjokovic’shistory-mak-ingGrandSlam final at the grass-court tour-nament.Shah’sadvicetoplayerstostayawayfrom

“mass congregations” camea couple of daysafter theEuro2020andWimbledon final onJuly 11. “In fact, thenewvariant is spreadingrapidly,andwearenotoutofthedangerzone... In viewof this, it is advisable that places ofmass congregation, crowded shoppingmalls/storesandwateringholesbeavoidedbyyouinthebestinterestofeveryone,”hesaid.“I am sure everyone understands the

gravity of the situation. Please follow theCovid-19 protocols and stay within theteam environment, which is a more con-trolled one,” he said.The letterunderlinedthechallengesthe

England Cricket Board (ECB) has faced inorganising the tour during the pandemic.“I am pleased that BCCI’s excellent work-ing relationshipwith the ECB has enabledus to administer a second dose of the vac-cine to each one of you and also to your

familymembersandcaretakers.While thissurelyboostsour fighting capacity againstthe virus, it by no means guarantees totalimmunity or resistance against thedreaded virus.”Shah also remindedplayers and support

staff of theperilsof dropping theguard. “YoumaybeawarethattheECBwasforcedtofieldanotherteamtoplayagainstPakistanandeventhewhite-ball series between India and SriLankahadtobepostponed,”hesaid.Shuklastatedthatoneneedstounderstand

that Indianplayershavebeen inbio-bubblesformonthsbeforetheytravelledtoEngland.“Playershavebeen staying inabio-bub-

ble for thepast fewmonthsnow. The situa-tion in the UK is different, the governmenthasopenedandrelaxednorms.Soitwasde-cided to allow our players to take amuch-neededbreak and join the teamagain later.Jay was in constant touch with the teammanagement andwas checkingwhatwashappening inEngland,”hesaid.The entire travelling contingent is taking

the lateral flow test onadaily basis, theBCCIpressreleasesaid.

TheBCCIsaidPantwasasymptomaticandwillbeable to jointhesquad inDurhamafterreturningtwonegativeRT-PCRtests. File

Covidscare forTeamIndia:Pant among two positive

Bach says ‘zero’ risk of Japaneseresidents getting infectedAGENCIESTOKYO,JULY15

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC CommitteePresidentThomasBachsaidonThursdaytherewas "zero" riskof Gamesparticipants infect-ingJapaneseresidentswithCOVID-19,ascaseshitasix-monthhighinthehostcity."RiskfortheotherresidentsofOlympicvil-

lageandrisk for the Japanesepeople is zero,"Bachsaid, adding thatOlympics athletes anddelegationshaveundergonemorethan8,000coronavirus tests, resulting in three positivecases.Thosecaseshavebeenplaced in isolation

and their close contacts are alsounderquar-antineprotocols,BachsaidatthebeginningoftalkswithTokyoGovernorYurikoKoike andTokyo2020PresidentSeikoHashimoto.Just over aweekbefore the July23open-

ing ceremony, Tokyo reported 1,308 newCOVID-19 infectionsonThursday, its highestdaily tally since late January. Postponed lastyear due to the COVID-19 pandemic, theSummerOlympicshave little public supportin Japan amidwidespread fears about a fur-therspreadof thecoronavirus.Critics of the plan to hold the Tokyo

Olympics -whichwerepostponedbyayearduetothepandemic-submittedapetitiononThursday that has garnered more than450,000signaturesthismonth,Japaneseme-diareported.OrganisershaveimposedOlympics"bub-

bles" to prevent further transmissions ofCOVID-19, butmedical experts areworriedthattheymightnotbesufficientlytight.

Covid-19 cases emergeA number of infections have emerged

amongseveralvisitingathletesandpeoplein-volvedwith theGames. AnOlympic athleteunder a14-dayquarantineperiodhas testedpositiveinTokyo,theorganisingcommittees'website reported onThursday,without dis-closinganydetailsabouttheathlete.Eightmembers of the Kenyanwomen's

rugby team,whowere set to hold a trainingcampinKurumeinsouthwesternJapan,wereclassified as close contacts of a passenger ontheir flight to Tokyowho tested positive forcoronavirus, a cityofficial said. Theeightath-letes had all testednegative on arrival at theairport, theofficialadded,andwillbestayingatanaccommodationfacilityinTokyountiltheGames.Tokyoentereditsfourthstateofemergency

earlierthisweekamidareboundinCOVID-19cases that pushedGames organisers to banspectators from nearly all venues. PrimeMinisterYoshihideSuga told reporters Japan

wouldtakethoroughstepstostrengthenbor-dercontrolsagainstthecoronavirus.

Restrictions aroundGiven the state of emergency in thehost

city,theTokyo2020organisingcommitteesaiditwouldbarpublicaccess tothecapital'swa-terfront area and asked thepublic to refrainfromvisitingtheOlympicflameplatform.Thewaterfront area, dubbed TokyoWaterfrontCity,wassupposedtofeature"coolspots, restareasanddiningspaces"andbeopentospec-tatorsandnon-ticketholders,accordingtoor-ganisers.Someof thesponsorboothsmaybeoper-

ated on a restricted-access basis during theGames, a committee spokesperson told re-porters.Adecisionofwhethertoallowpublicaccess to the area during the ParalympicGameswill be takenafter theOlympicshaveended,thespokespersonsaid.

HiroshimavisitManyresidentsofHiroshimawelcomeat-

tention from abroad, which IOC PresidentThomas Bachwill bringwhen he visits onFriday. ThewesternJapanesecityhasbeeninthe forefront of theworld peacemovementandacampaigner for theabolitionofnuclearweapons.ButBachwillalsobringpoliticalbag-gage aswill his vice president John Coateswhenhe visitsNagasaki the sameday. BachandCoatesareusingthebackdropofthecities,hitwithatomicbombsbytheUnitedStatesin1945,topromotethefirstdayof theso-calledOlympicTruce,atraditionfromancientGreecethatwas revivedbyaUnitedNations resolu-tion in 1993. Shuichi Adachi, a formerHiroshimabar associationhead, submittedastrong statement earlier thisweek toYuzakiandHiroshimaMayorKazumiMatsuioppos-ingBach'svisit. Itwaswrittenonbehalf of 11anti-Olympicandpacifistgroups

IOCPresidentThomasBachspeaksafterameetingwith JapanesePrimeMinisterYoshihideSuga.Reuters

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ROBINHOODTALES PASSEDdown the centuries have ro-manticisedthearcheryskillsofRobinHood.Moderncompetitivearcherypaystributetoone such tale of the mythical marksmanthat’s titled ‘Robin Hood and the GoldenArrow’.The story goes that Robin of Locksley is

competingatanarcherytournamentwherethe prize is a golden arrow. His opponent’sfinal shot hits the bulls-eye. As Robin stepsupforhisfinalattempt,hetoohitsthebulls-eye–splittingtheopponent’sarrowthatwasalreadyonthetarget.It’sanachievementthathas been dramatised and depicted in the1991 Kevin Costner Hollywood flick RobinHood:Princeof Thieves.Modern-dayarchers fighting formedals

also do a Robin Hood. By nomeans a com-monfeat,archerypassion.comrateseachshothas a 1 in 4,000 chance of being a ‘RobinHood.’ That’s how difficult it is, especially

whenyouconsiderthat the target,measuring 122centimetres in di-ameter has a 12.2centimetre 10-point ring and isplaced 70 metersaway. And there’salways wind andweather to factor.Interestingly,

another account about ‘RobinHood’ claimsthat he never really split an arrow. In SlateMagazine, historianThomasOhlgren–whohasspecialisedinRobinHoodtexts–claimsthat the arrow-splitting storywas amisun-derstanding.Instead,RobinHood’scompan-ionswould place a ‘wand’ (a small stick) onaplatformwhichwouldsplitwhenanarrowis shot through it.Fact or fiction, the splitting-arrow story

istheonethathasstayedinfolklore.Andit’sthe one that is themost sought after – andtherarestof rare–achievementinthesport.

FishtailingThearrow is subject tonumerousexter-

nal influences during its 70-metre journeyfromthebowtothetarget.Themostimpor-tant of them is thewind. In the ‘glossary ofterms’publishedbyWorldArchery,therearedesignated terms for an arrow’s trajectory.Interestingly, theseare inspiredbyseacrea-tures.Thesidewaysmovementof thearrowas it flies forward is called ‘Fishtailing’. Thetermisderivedfromtheside-flappingmove-mentfishusefromtheirtails inordertopro-pel themselves forward.

PorpoisingThe other term is named after a type of

whalecalled ‘porpoise.’ Themammal, simi-lar to fish, uses a flapping tailmovement topropelforward.However,porpoises–whalessimilarinappearancetodolphins–havetailfins thatarehorizontal (asopposedtoverti-cal fins in fish). Thatmeans porpoises flaptheirtailsupanddown.Thattailmovementhas led the up-and-downmovement of anarrowin flight tobecalled ‘porpoising.’

-SHAHIDJUDGE

MIHIRVASAVDA

LALITUPADHYAYgets philosophical talkingabouthisjourneytotheTokyoGames.Itbeganon the banks of Ganga in Benares, his birth-place. However, itwaswhenhemoved to avillage roughly 45 km north, quite aptlynamed in this case,Karampur, thathe tookaveryimportantturninhis life.It’sanondescriptvillageof roughly3,000

people. The literacy rate is 59.1 percent andonly less than half of the population is em-ployed.It’sanarearifewithcrimeandpovertywithfewprospects forabetter life.But intheswathesofbarrenland,there’sapatchofgreen–andblue.“The interest in hockey is 100 percent,”

beamsUpadhyay. “The entire village,whichisn’t too big, plays hockey. It might be at arecreational or semi-professional level, buteveryhouseholdhasaplayer.And the creditforthatgoestojustoneperson.”Thatoneper-sonisTejBahadurSinghor,ashewasknownaroundtheseparts,Tejubhaiya.Singh died because of Covid-19 related

complicationsinApril,aged68.Morethanhalfof those yearswere dedicated to instilling asenseofpurposeinthelivesof thoselivinginandaroundKarampur.Andhockeywasakeycatalyst.“Peoplewho came fromvery, very poor

backgrounds,whodidnotknowwheretheirnextmealwould come from,who had ab-solutely nothing in life… he gave them ahockey stick, a pair of shoes,milk, eggs andbread.Theonlythinghewantedinreturnwasdedication,”Upadhyaysays.Karampurmight not even be a speck on

Indian hockey’s vastmap. It isn't part of thecountry's hockey hotbeds like Punjab,Karnataka,orMumbai.HaditnotbeenforTejubhaiya,thisvillagewithhockeydreamsmightnever have stepped out of theMohammadShahid-sized shadow of Benares. ButKarampurhasmanaged toweavea remark-able littlestoryofhope.For hundreds of dreamers from the

Azamgarh-Tarwa-Karampur triangle, ‘Tejubhaiya’s homebecame ahaven. Even today,closeto150playerslearntoplayonthethreehockey fields Singh set up. Oneof them,AjitPandey, isa juniorworldchampion.Anotherplayer,RajKumarPal, isintheseniornationalteamcoregroup.ButthemostfamousfaceofTejubhaiya’swardsisUpadhyay,whowillleadIndia’sforwardlineinTokyo,whichwillbehissecondOlympics.Not bad for someonewho started this

project just tobringhisbloodsugar levelun-dercontrol.

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Singhisoneofthemanywhohaveanony-mously left their footprint on Indianhockey.HegotseducedbythewizardrydisplayedbythegreatIndianteamsof the1960s,whenhewasstill inhis teens.Kushtiwashisotherbiglove – there’s amudpit right behind a goal-post,underagianttreeeventoday.Butafterhewasdetectedwithhighbloodsugar levels,attheageof24,Singhtookuphockey.“Therewas a very big hockey culture in

Uttar Pradesh back then.Wehad someverygoodplayersinTarwavillage,fromBenares…and the sport got evenmore popularwhenShahid bhai became a star,” says RadheMohan,Singh’syoungerbrotherandaformerSamajwadiPartyMemberofParliament.“Tejubhaiyanever took part in dangals. However,hetravelledtosomanyvillagesformatches.”Itwaslargelyrecreational,RadheMohan

adds – since the family did not have any fi-nancial issues, he used themoney to fulfillhis hobby. “He thought it was the bestwaytostayhealthy.”Singherectedafencesurroundingapiece

oflandjustoutsidehishouseandconverteditintoahockeyfield.Butitwasabarrenground,whichsawmoreplayersgettinginjuredthangoalsbeingscored.Theyuseddifferenttypesof soil to growgrass.Whennothingworked.Singh,RadheMohanandafewothershopped

on their trucks and travelled to Sarnath, thefamouspilgrimagesite that’s alsoknownforitslushgreenlawns.Fromthere,theybroughttruckloads of grass back home.“Today, it’s one of the best grasssurfaces in the country, inmyopinion,”Upadhyaysays.Upadhyaywouldknow.As a

playerwithastylethatisathrow-back to the old era of Indianhockey,Upadhyayhasdevelopedmost of his skills playing on thecarpet-likesurfacesofKarampur,where hemoved a littlemorethanadecadeago,havingstartedplaying under the SAI-runUPCollege acad-emycoachParmanandMishra.Singh— smitten byUpadhyay’s delicate

touch, rubber-likewrists and silky-smooth

skills–offeredtheyoungplayeraplacetostayathishome,freeeducationatoneofhisinsti-tutions and complete support. “It’s always

verydifficulttomaintainthebal-ancebetweenstudiesandsports,especiallyifyouarecomingfromaremotearealikeme,”Upadhyaysays.“Hetookcareofmyfees,en-sured I completedmy studiesand helped me focus on myhockeycareer.”Upadhyay isn’t the only one

the family supported, RadheMohan adds. “Raj Kumar Pal isour driver’s son, he stays at our

homeevennow.AjitPandey,too,isthesonofoneofourdrivers.Therearemanyotherslikethem.Tejubhaiyausedtoplaywiththem,eatwith them… he was their coach-cum-

guardian.”Living in Karampur also opened

Upadhyay’seyestotherusticcharmsof ruralsport. “If you ever travelled on a bus toGhazipur, you simply had to say baade parjaana hai (I have to go to the barn). ItmeantyouaregoingtoTejubhaiya’shomeandtheywouldn’tchargeyou,”the27-year-oldlaughs.Then,thereweretheinter-villagematches.

Hundredsofpeoplewouldtraveltothegroundontheircyclesandsitaroundtheturfwiththeirlegsfolded.Singh,too,satontheground–butonacarpetthatkissedtheturf,sohecouldgetasclosetotheactionaspossible.“The atmosphere during thematches in

the villagewasmagical. Log satt satt k baithehuehai. Itnibheed, itnibheed…itresembledadangal,” Upadhyay says. “If someoneplayedwell, they'd be given token rewards of 50 or

100 rupees. Itmight not sound like a hugeamountbuttous, it felt likeweweremillion-airesforthatoneday.”DozensofplayersacrosstheServicesand

RailwayshockeyteamsbegantheircareersatthebaadainKarampur.InDecember2013,thesportsministry sanctioned an artificial turfandtheupgrade in facility led to instantsuc-cess,withplayers fromtherenowbeingjun-iorandseniornationalteamregulars.“Teju bhaiya did not realise the kind of

work he did. Hewanted to remain anony-mous.ThemansteppedoutofKarampuronlytwice in his entire life – once toBenares andthe other time to Delhi for heart surgery,”RadheMohansays.Earlierthisyear,hewasscheduledtomake

histhirdtripoutsidehisvillage–toHyderabadforhisCovid-19treatment.Anairambulancewas arranged but RadheMohan says Singhsuccumbedtothecomplicationswhileontheway to the airport from the Benares HinduUniversityhospital.“Tillhislastbreath,hededicatedhislifeto

hockey,” Upadhyay says. “I know only twopeoplewhohave lived for this sport – one isBawa,thelegendarycoachfromMumbai,andtheotherpersonisTejubhaiya.”Singhmaynotbearoundanymorebuthis

legacy liveson.Eventoday,hundredsof chil-drenpracticeeverydayattheground,stayatSingh’s home, are fed threemeals daily andstudyfreeofcostattheinstitutionhesetup.Their aspirationswill be fuelled further

whentheyseeoneoftheirownonthebiggeststageof all in Tokyo. AndUpadhyay, a strongbeliever in karma, is now supporting theircause –donatinghockey sticks, t-shirts andshoes.“WhenIneededhelp,Ireceivedit.Nowit’smyturntoreturnthefavourandassistthosewhoareinneedofsupport,”Upadhyaysays.He pausesmomentarily andwears the

philosopher’shatagain.“Wohkehtehaina,in-saan paida kahin hota hai, naukri kahin kartahaiaurmartakahinaurhai. (Amanisbornatsomeplace, heworks somewhere else andeventually he dies at a third place). Forme,Karampurwillalwaysbethatplace.”

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BACKINthedaywhenNeerajChoprawasstilla budding javelin throwerwith big dreams,he would request for a second helping ofKashmiriLal’s famouscustard.Before he joined the coun-

try’seliteathletesattheNationalInstitute of Sports (NIS) inPatiala, the Haryana Sports de-partment nursery at the TauDevi Lal Sports Complex inPanchkulawasChopra’ssecondhome from 2011 to 2016. Lal,now 56, was the designatedcookattheacademybuttreatedChopra and the rest of thetrainees as his children. Hewould indulgetheathletesonastrictdietandallowthatex-trabowlof custard.“Like any other kid, hewouldwant one

moreserving. ‘Chachaji,dusrikatoribhidedo’(Uncle, please pass onemore bowl). I havetreated all the athletes at the hostel likemyownchildrenandNeeraj remainsoneof themost obedient and sincere athletes that Ihaveseen inmylife,” sharesLal.These days whenever the man from

Nalipar village near Karnal -whoworkedatadhabhafor10years before joining the sportsnursery - sees Chopra on tele-vision, he never forgets to tellthosearoundhim:“Apna ladkahai (He’s my boy)”. With theboy, now a 23-year-old andamongthebest throwers intheworld, ready to fly to theOlympics, the father figure for

Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex trainees willhave a keeneyeonTokyo.Likemostsuccessfulsportspeople,it’snot

justthecoachesorofficialssittinginposhof-

ficeswhohaveshapedChopra’scareer.Thereare also those like Lal who play a small butsignificantpart in inspiringsportingstories.For the less-celebrated support staff, wholargelyremainanonymous,therewardisin-variably the acknowledgement from thestars theywatchedgrow.“Whenever Neeraj is here, hemakes a

pointtomeetme,touchmyfeetandseekmyblessings.Asa trainee, hewouldurgemetowatch him throw javelin even though I didnot understand anything,” Lal says. Awayfrom home and still in his teens, Chopraneeded company and validation. Lal, with-out realising,was the futurestar’s soundingboardandmotivator.Cut off from the outside world, the

trainees at the academy on the foothills oftheShivalikrangehadaclosebondwithLal.“When these athletes stay away from theirfamilies,peoplelikeusaretheirfamilymem-bers. Sometimeswhen coach Naseemwas

on leave, it wasmy duty towake upNeerajand other athletes andmake sure that theyattended the training session. Post training,wefollowedadietscheduleandsometimes,whenNeeraj would get late, wemade surethathismealwaskept forhim,” Lal recalls.The affable cookwould also give dietary

advicetotheyoungsters.Hewouldaskthemtoavoidtandoorirotisandspicycurries.“Weneverservedtandoorirotiatthenurseryasitwould hurt their stomachwhile running. Iwouldgoonabicycletotheaatachakkitogetwheat flour. If smokewould comeout fromtherotionthetawa, Iknewtheflourwasnotgoodandwouldget it replaced. Sometimes,whenNeerajwouldeatoutastheywouldgoto amovie, I would always tell themnot tohavetandoori rotiandavoidovereating."He also remembers Chopra’s cheat day

diet.“Rajmachawalandhalwapuriwerehisfavourites.Lethimreturnwithamedal, Iwillmake this specialmeal forhim.”

One-time dhaba cook will follow Chopra’s javelin trajectory

KashmiriLal,56,wasthedesignatedcookat theTauDeviLalSportsComplex inPanchkulawhenNeerajChopratrainedat theacademy. Jaipal Singh

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Field hockey starHowKarampur'sTejubhaiya turnedabarrenpieceof land intoahockeyhubthatproducedOlympianLalitUpadhyay

LalitUpadhyay(above) spenta largepartofhisearlyhockeyyears inKarampur,whereheplayedat theacademysetupbyTejBahadurSingh.Thevillage'shockeyground(top)wasoncebarren land. Itnowhasanartificial turf andbehindagoalpost isanakhara. Express

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“People who came from very, verypoor backgrounds, who did notknowwhere their next mealwould come from, who hadabsolutely nothing in life… (TejBahadur Singh) gave them ahockey stick, a pair of shoes, milk,eggs and bread. The only thing hewanted in return wasdedication.”

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