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THE PAKISTANI journalist, whoaBJPspokespersonallegedcameto India on an invitation fromthen Vice-President HamidAnsariandlatersharedsecretin-formation with the ISI, is bestknown for peddling conspiracytheories about the 2005 earth-quake in Pakistan and the 2011tsunami in Japan.Karachi-basedNusratMirza,

who has written columns inNawa-i-Waqtand Jangnewspa-pers and now hosts a pro-

gramme on Such TV, is knowninthePakistanmediafraternityas a “name dropper” and “self-projector”.On Wednesday, BJP

spokespersonGauravBhatiatar-geted Ansari, and cited “televi-sionreportsandsocialmedia”toclaimMirzahadsaidthatAnsariinvited him to India and sharedsensitiveandsecretinformation— charges that Ansari rejected,calling it a “litanyof falsehood”.Bhatia appeared to have

basedtheseallegationsonanin-terview of Mirza by PakistaniYouTuberShakilChaudhary.In the interview, Mirza

makes twopassingmentionsof

Ansari, but does not say he hadany conversationwith the thenVicePresident.In the first reference, he said

he had gone to Delhi and at-tended a conference on terror-ism “in 2010, when HamidAnsariwas theVice-President”.Responding to the BJP’s

smearattackonhim,Ansarihassaid that onDecember11, 2010,he inaugurated the‘International Conference ofJurists on InternationalTerrorism and Human Rights’,for which the list of inviteeswould have been drawn by theorganisers, and that he neitherinvitednormetMirza.

Intheinterview,Mirzamen-tionsAnsariagainwhenhesayshemetmany“Congressleaders”including Ansari. But hemakesno specificmention of meetingAnsari andspeaking tohim.Mirza did not respond to

phone calls andmessages fromTheIndianExpress forcomment.Projecting himself as an

“India expert”,Mirza tells inter-viewer Chaudhary that he vis-ited several places in India, thathehadaseven-cityvisaforIndia,andvisited in2005and2006.More than once during the

course of the 50-minute inter-view, Mirza laments that hisknowledge and experience of

Indiawasnevertakenseriouslyby“anyone”inPakistan,andperhapswith time, his contribution tostrategicaffairswouldberealised.He was responding to

Chaudhury’s question that ifIndiawas indeed such an exis-tential threat to Pakistan, whythere were no Pakistani “Indiaexperts”whohadstudiedall as-pects of the country.Mirza saidhe knew about India, IndianMuslims,andthathecouldcountmanyfriendsamongthem.He said that after a visit in

2006 during which he visitedseveral cities, then PakistanForeign Minister KhurshidKasuri — he claimed Kasuri got

himaseven-cityIndiavisa(usu-allyPakistanivisitorsatthattimegot only a three-city visa)—ad-visedhimtopassonalltheinfor-mation to then ISI DG AshfaqParvezKayani.“IsaidIamnotgoingtomeet

Kayani, you may pass it on tohim,” Mirza tells Chaudhury,claimingthatafewdayslater,hegotacall from“aBrigadier”whoaskedhimifhehadanymorein-formation. “I told him haven’t Igivenyouenough,workonthis.”HesaidPakistanunderstood

Indiawell “kyon ki humMughalhai, humnehukmarani ki thi,weunderstandthem.”

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Screengrabof theYouTube interviewofNusratMirzabyShakilChaudhary

Journalist BJP cited to target Ansari known in Pak as conspiracy peddler

JOURNALISM OF COURAGESINCE 1932

CURFEWINCOLOMBO,SECURITYFORCESMOVETOREGAINCONTROL

SHUBHAJITROYCOLOMBO,JULY14

ADAYafterhefledSriLanka,dis-graced President GotabayaRajapaksa flew from theMaldives to Singapore, wherethe government said he hadbeen “allowed entry” on “a pri-vate visit” — and later sent hisresignationtotheLankaSpeaker.Confirming the arrival of

Rajapaksa,thespokespersonforthe Singapore Ministry ofForeignAffairs said, “Hehasnotaskedforasylumandneitherhashe been granted any asylum.Singapore generally does notgrant requests forasylum.”The Singapore police asked

thepublic andvisitors to “abideby our local laws” andwarnedthat“actionwillbetakenagainstanyoneparticipating inapublic

assembly that is illegal”.Confirming that Gotabaya

hassenthisresignationbyemail,a statement issuedby theofficeof ParliamentSpeakerMahindaYapa Abeywardena said: “TheSpeakerwishestoinformthatanofficial statementonthiswouldbemade tomorrow (Friday) af-ter the verification process and

legal formalities.”On the ground in Colombo,

anti-Gotabaya protesters, whohavebeendemandinghisresig-nation and that of PrimeMinisterRanilWickremesinghewhohasbegunofficiatingastheActingPresident,beganvacatingthe government buildings theyhadoccupiedafterstormingthe

heartof theCapitalon July9.Around 6 pm, protesters at

the PrimeMinister’s office onFlower Road trooped out of thewhite,two-storeyedmansionassecurity personnel of the SriLankan Air Force and Army re-gainedchargeof thebuilding.Seven hours earlier, the

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Retired copamong 3 heldfor ‘PFI links’;Patna SSPlikens to RSS,sparks rowSANTOSHSINGHPATNA, JULY14

THREEMENwith alleged linksto the Popular Front of India(PFI), including a retiredJharkhandPolice sub-inspector,havebeenarrestedforbeingpartof a “potential terror module”thatsoughttotargetthose“whomake adverse and objection-able” comments against Islam,police saidonThursday.Courting controversy, Patna

SeniorSuperintendentof Police(SSP) Manavjit Singh Dhillonsaid the accused heldmeetingsand imparted physical training,“justasRSSshakhasareheld forphysical training and impartingtraining in wielding lathis”.Objectingtohisremarks,theBJPhas sought disciplinary actionagainst theSSP.The accused— identified as

AtharParvez,allegedlyaformermember of the now bannedStudents’ IslamicMovement ofIndia (SIMI), MohammedJalaluddin,aretiredsub-inspec-tor of the Jharkhand Police, andArmanMalik —were arrestedfrom Phulwari Sharif area ofPatnaonWednesday.According to police, the ar-

restsweremadefollowingintel-ligence alerts that some peoplewere gathering in Patna to “fo-ment trouble” ahead of PrimeMinister NarendraModi's visitonTuesday.OnTuesdayevening, thepo-

lice filed an FIR against 26 peo-ple,allegedlypartofa“potentialterror module”, under IPCSections120B(criminalconspir-acy), 121and121A(wagingwaragainst state), 153A (promotingenmity between differentgroups), 153B (imputations, as-sertions prejudicial to national

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICECHANDIGARH, JULY14

RIPUDAMANSINGHMalik,whowas acquitted in the 1985 AirIndia bombing case, was shotdeadinSurreyinCanada’sBritishColumbiaonThursdaymorning,Canadiannewsoutletsreported.CBC News citedwitness ac-

countstoreportthatthreeshotswereheardandMalikwashit inthe neck.Media reports quotedthe local police as confirmingthat shots were fired at around9.30 am local time and that aman succumbed to injuries atthescene.Theysaid it appearedtobea targetedshooting.Malik, Inderjeet SinghReyat

and Ajaib Singh Bagri wereamong three main accused intheblastonboardAirIndiaFlight182,EmperorKanishka,aBoeing747 aircraft thatwas on its wayto Delhi fromMontreal on June23,1985,killingall329onboard.MalikandBagriwerecharged

with 329 counts of first-degree

murderbutwereacquittedafterReyat,whowasmadeaprosecu-tionwitness,saidhecouldnotre-memberdetailsoftheplotorthenamesof those involved.Early this year, before the

Punjab elections in February,Malik had written a letter toPrimeMinister NarendraModi,thankinghimforthestepstakenforthewelfareoftheSikhs.Listingthevarious initiatives by theBJP,including reopening of the 1984riotscases,hehadwarnedagainstan orchestrated attempt to de-famethePrimeMinister.“Ripudamanhadmadeapil-

grimage trip recently to AndhraPradesh, Delhi, Punjab andMaharashtra in the month ofMayafterbeinggrantedmultiple

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35-yr-old from Kerala isIndia’s first monkeypoxcase; Centre sends teamSHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JULY14

THECENTRErushedahigh-levelmulti-disciplinaryteamtoKeralaonThursday to collaboratewithstate authorities in implement-ingpublichealthmeasuresafterthe firstconfirmedcaseofmon-keypox in the countrywas de-tected inKollamdistrict.KeralaHealthMinisterVeena

Georgesaidtheinfectionwasdi-agnosed in a 35-year-old man

whohadreturnedfromtheUAEthisweek.Theinfectedpersonisbelievedtohavecomeincontactwith another confirmed case intheemirates,Georgesaid.SinceJanuarythisyear,multi-

ple cases of monkeypox havebeen identified in over 50 coun-tries. The case in Indiawas con-firmedaftersamplesweretestedat the National Institute ofVirologyinPune,saidtheMinister.“Theconfirmedcase, anative

ofKollam,hasbeenisolatedafterhe developed symptoms of the

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MAHENDERSINGHMANRALNEWDELHI, JULY14

NO BLACKSMITHS on theKanwar Yatra route as they eat“non-vegetarian food and leavethe bones behind”; closemoni-toring of the movement ofKanwariyasthroughmixedreli-gion areas; strict check on fakepostsonsocialmediawhichmaybe a provocation for violencesinceKanwariyascarry“trishuls,talwars, lathis, rods, hockeysticks, baseball bats and ironchains” — these are among in-structions and advice that formpart of a communicationby theSpecial Branch of Delhi Policesharedwith district police, TheIndianExpresshas learnt.The Kanwar Yatra began

Thursday, and devotees are ex-pected to start reaching DelhiJuly 20 onward. Themaximumnumber of devotees are ex-pected in the city between July

23and26.TheYatraisbeingheldafter a hiatus of two years be-causeof theCovidpandemic.Sources said DCP (Special

Branch) Nishant Gupta sharedtheinputswiththedistrictDCPsa fewdaysago.“The input suggested that

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In case of tie for a seat, Class 12marks will be the decider: DU V-C

CUETSTARTSTODAY

For new projects, NHAI back tobuild-operate-transfer modelMIHIRMISHRANEWDELHI, JULY14

AFTER FUNDINGhighwayproj-ects throughpublicmoney for abetterpartof the lastdecade, theNationalHighwaysAuthority ofIndia (NHAI) is set to return tofunding throughprivate invest-ments andplans to offer at leasttwohighwayupgradation proj-ects to private players using thebuild-operate-transfer (BOT)modelduringthecurrentquarter.Under the BOTmodel, a pri-

vate player is granted a conces-sion to finance, build and oper-

ateaprojectforaspecifiedperiodoftime(20or30yearconcessionperiod), with the developer re-coupingtheinvestmentsbywayof user charges or tolls chargedfrom customers using the facil-ity, and thereby taking on a cer-tainamountof financial risk.“We have funded road proj-

ects during the Covid periodthrough publicmoney andwillcontinuetodosoif required.Weplan to seewhether the privatesector has an appetite for roadprojectsornotandweplantoof-fertwoprojectsduringthisquar-ter,” a senior official of the

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ARANYASHANKARNEWDELHI, JULY14

ONTHEeveofthefirstCommonUniversityEntranceTest (CUET-UG), Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh saidThursday that Class 12 markswillbeconsideredthetiebreakerformula in the case of studentswiththesameCUETscorevyingfora seatduringundergraduateadmissions thisyear.SinghtoldThe IndianExpress

thatDelhiUniversitywill admitextra students to ensure thatmaximumseatsarefilledduringthe first round of counselling,and expressed the hope thatCUETwill be held twice a year

fromnextyear.“We have decided that if

there is a tie between two stu-dents’CUETscores,themarksofthe best three Class 12 subjectswill be counted as a tiebreaker.If that is the same, thenwewillconsider the four best subjects.If it still remains tied, then thescoreofthebestfivesubjectswillbecounted,”hesaid.He said if the score still re-

mainstied,thenagewillbecome

a factor and the older applicantwill getpreference.Singhsaidthereisnosubject

that has to be mandatorilycounted in the best of three.“Language is notmandatory inthebest-of-threeorbest-of-fourcalculations. Any three subjectswith the highest score can becounted in this,”hesaid.Reiteratingwhathehadsaid

in April while announcing ad-missions, Singh said DUwouldadmitmorestudents thanseatsin case of withdrawals ordropouts.

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IMPOSINGApenaltyofRs5lakhon the main petitioner, theSupremeCourtonThursday re-jected a petition seeking a CBIprobe into alleged torture andextrajudicial killings by theChhattisgarh Police andCentralforcesduringanti-Maoistopera-tionsinDantewadain2009.Thecourtsaidtheinvestigationindi-cated thatMaoists, and not thesecurityforces,wereresponsiblefor the“allegedmassacre”.A bench of Justices A M

Khanwilkar and J B Pardiwalasaid“thefilingofchargesheetsatthe conclusion of the investiga-tionintothevariousFIRs”lodgedin connectionwith the allegedincidents “would indicate thatthe allegedmassacrewas at theendof theNaxalites (Maoists)”.It said: “The materials col-

lected in the formof the chargesheets substantiate thecaseputup by the respondents that thevillagers were attacked and

killed by the Naxalites. There isnotaniotaofmaterialfiguringinthe investigationon thebasis ofwhich even a finger can bepointed towards themembersof thepolice force.”The court said: “...we have

reached to the conclusion thatno case, worth the name, hasbeenmadeoutby thewritpeti-tionersforanyfurtherinvestiga-tion,muchlessthroughaninde-pendentagencytobeappointedby thisCourt”.

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DelhiUniversityV-CYogeshSingh

THEPPPmodeliskeytoroadassetdevelopment,andtheBOTschemeiscentraltoattractingprivateinvestment.Whenprivateinterestwanedpost-2011,theshifttotheEPCandHAMmodelswasmadetoplugthefundinggap.ThereturntoBOTcouldbeabigpositiveforthesector.

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Asylumwasneitheraskedfornorgranted,saysSingapore

On run, Gotabaya inSingapore, resigns;protesters leaveColombogovt buildings

Delhi Police Kanwaralert: No blacksmithsfor they eat non-veg,no posts to provoke

Kanwariyas inNewDelhionTuesday. TashiTobgyal

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WasacquittedbyaCanadiancourt in2005

SC fines petitionerwho sought probeby CBI into 2009Dantewada killings

Ripudaman SinghMalik, 1985 Air Indiabombing accused,shot dead in Canada

New Delhi

DantewadaThe bench imposed an “ex-

emplary”costofRs5lakhonthemain petitioner HimanshuKumar to be submittedwithinfourweeksfailingwhichauthor-itiescantakeappropriatestepsforrecovery. Kumar had told thecourtthatherananNGO,VanvasiChetnaAshram,inDantewada.Pointing out that “prima fa-

cie... false informationwasgivenbythefirst informantstothepo-lice as regards the allegedmas-sacre”,thecourtleftit“totheStateof Chhattisgarh/ CBI...to take ap-propriate steps in accordancewithlaw...”Itsaid:“Weclarifythatitshall

notbelimitedonlytotheoffenceunder Section 211 of IPC (falsechargeof offencemadewith in-tent to injure).A caseof criminalconspiracy or anyother offenceunder IPCmayalso surface.Wemaynotbeunderstoodofhavingexpressed any final opinion onsuch action/ proceedings. Weleave it to thebetterdiscretionofthe State of Chhattisgarh/ CBI toact accordinglykeeping inmindtheseriousnessoftheentireissue.”Referringtothepetition,thebenchexpressed “surprise that thelearnedseniorcounselappearingfor the writ petitioners is ab-solutelyobliviousof the fact thatall the FIRswere investigatedbythe concernedprobingagenciesand,attheendoftheinvestigation,charge sheets cametobe filed indifferent courts of the State ofChhattisgarhfortheoffencesun-derIPClikemurder,dacoity,etc”.Thepetitionwas filedon the

allegedkillingof17peopleinsep-arate incidents inDantewadaonSeptember 17 and October 1,2009. Senior Advocate ColinGonsalves had appeared for thepetitioners -- Kumar and familymembersofsomeofthelocalres-idents who were killed at thetime.Thepetitionershadallegedthat ChhattisgarhPolice, SpecialPoliceOfficers(SPOs),activistsof

Salwa Judum (a vigilante groupbackedby theChhattisgarhgov-ernment)andparamilitaryforcescomprising CRPF and CoBRABattalionswere responsible forthealleged“brutalmassacre”.ActingontheSupremeCourt's

direction, aDistrict andSessionsJudge in Delhi had in 2010recorded statements of thepeti-tioners,other thanKumar, in thepresence of an interpreter andKumar. Referring to them, theSupremeCourt said “the state-mentsofthepetitionersNos.2to13 recorded before the JudicialOfficerdemolishestheentirecaseput up by the petitioner no.1(Kumar)...”.The judgement cited the

statementof oneof thepetition-ers, SoyamRama,who said he“had run away from the spot”when the firing happened and“could not see as to who hadopened fire” and that he “wouldnotbeinapositiontoidentify”theassailants.Pointing out that “all other

statementsof therestof thewritpetitioners are on the same lineand footing”, the bench said“when we called upon Mr.Gonsalvestomakeusunderstandastowhyhisclientshadtomakesuch statements before theJudicialOfficer,averycuriousre-ply came fromMr. Gonsalves.According toMr. Gonsalves, theentire mode and manner inwhich the statements wererecordedbytheJudicialOfficerofthe rankof District andSessionsJudgewasabsolutelyincorrect.”Thebenchsaid:“Accordingto

the learned senior counsel, spe-cificquestionsoughttohavebeenputbytheJudicialOfficertoeachof the writ petitioners whilerecordingtheirstatementsinac-cordancewith thedirections is-suedbythisCourt...”.Referringtothis,theSupreme

Courtbenchsaid:“Weareafraid,wearenotinapositiontoacceptsuchsubmissionafteraperiodofalmost 12years. The statements

we are referring to recorded bytheJudicialOfficerareoftheyear2010.Notonceinthelast12yearsanygrievancehasbeenmadeei-therorallyorinwritingbeforethisCourt as regards themode andmannerofrecordingofthestate-ments. It is forthefirst timein12years that such a grievance hasbeenmade.”InApril,denyingtheallegations levelled by the peti-tioners,theCentrehadurgedtheSupremeCourt todirect aprobeby a Central agency “to identifythe individuals/ organisationswhohavebeenconspiring,abet-tingandfacilitatingfilingofpeti-tionspremisedonfalseandfabri-catedevidence...withamotivetoeitherdeterthesecurityagenciesto act against the Left Wing(Naxal)militia by imputing falsecharges on themor to screenofftheLeftWing(Naxal)militiafrombeingbroughttojusticebycreat-inga falsenarrativeof victimisa-tion...”.

Monkeypox casedisease.Hehasbeenadmittedtoan isolated facility at theGovernmentMedical College inThiruvananthapuram. Elevenpersons,whohavebeenintouchwiththeinfectedpersononhisre-turnfromtheUAEonJuly12,havebeen identified as contacts andare under observation,” Georgesaid. Monkeypox is a viralzoonoticdiseasewithsymptomssimilar to smallpox, althoughwith less clinical severity.According to theWHO, it is usu-ally a self-limited diseasewithsymptoms lasting two-fourweeks. In recent times, officialssaid, the case fatality ratio hasbeenaroundthree-sixpercent.The virus is transmitted

through close contactwith an-other infectedpersonor animal,and spreads from lesions, bodyfluids, respiratory droplets andcontaminatedmaterials such asbedding.The symptoms can include

fever,headache,muscleacheandbackache, swollen lymphnodes,chills,exhaustion,andrashesthatcan look like pimples or blistersontheface,insidethemouthandotherpartsof thebody.According to official data,

most of these cases are fromtheEuropeanregion(86percent)andthe Americas (11 per cent).Monkeypox is endemic toWestand Central African countries,suchasCameroon,CentralAfricanRepublic, Congo,Gabon, Liberia,NigeriaandSierraLeone. TheUSalsowitnessed an outbreak in2003, when 47 confirmed orprobablecaseswerereported.AccordingtotheUnionHealth

Ministry, theCentral teamcom-prises experts from NationalCentreforDiseaseControl(NCDC)andRMLHospital inDelhi, and

seniorofficialsfromtheMinistryandexpertsfromRegionalOfficeof Health & FamilyWelfare inKerala. “The team shall workclosely with the State HealthDepartments and take stock ofon-groundsituationsandrecom-mendnecessarypublichealthin-terventions. Govt of India is tak-ingproactivestepsbymonitoringthe situation carefully and coor-dinatingwithstatesincaseofanysuch possibility of outbreak,’’ itsaidinastatement.Meanwhile, Union Health

SecretaryRajeshBhushanwrotetoallstatesreiteratingtheguide-lines thatwere first released inMay.Bhushanaskedthestatestoorient key stakeholders, includ-ing screening teamsat points ofentrysuchasairportsandsurveil-lance teams, on contact-tracingandotheractivitiesneededoncea case is detected -- anddoctorsoncommonsymptomsanddef-inition of a suspected or con-firmedcase.“Patient isolation(until all le-

sions have resolved and scabshave completely fallen off), pro-tection of ulcers, symptomaticandsupportivetherapies,contin-uedmonitoringandtimelytreat-mentofcomplicationsremainthekeymeasurestopreventmortal-ity,”Bhushanwrote.

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DU V-C“Wewill admit 20 per cent

‘extrastudents’intheGeneralandOBC categories and 30per centextraintheSC/STcategoryinthefirst round of counselling.Wewant to ensure thatmaximumseatsarefilledinthefirstroundit-self,” he said. Themove is espe-ciallyaimedatfillingSC/STseats,many of which remain vacant.Special drives are conductedeveryyearbyDUtofilltheseseats.The decision comes in the

backdropof theVCannouncingtheconstitutionofacommitteeinApriltolookintothe“shortfall”intheenrolmentof SC/STstudents.Singh saidhehad requested theUniversity Grants Commission(UGC) and the Government ofIndiatoconductCUETtwiceayearfromnextyear and“hoped” thatitwouldbe implemented. “I amnotverysureif itwillhappenbutwehave requested theUGCandtheGovernmentof India to con-ductCUET twiceayear in the in-terest of students. The UGCChairmanhasalsotodaysaidthesame,”hesaid.Singh,however, clarifiedthat

this does notmean that admis-sionstoDUwilltakeplacetwiceayear.“Itisonlysothatthestudentshavemorechancesandsothatwecan consider the better score,whichwillhelpthem,”hesaid.He said DU will hold open

days andaddress queries of stu-

dentsbeforetheCUETresultsareout so that there is no confusionamongstudents.“Theprocesswillbeexplained

properly.Studentswillgettheop-portunity of filling out their col-lege and course preferences ontheDUportalandbasedontheirscores, theywill be allotted col-leges according to their prefer-ences,”hesaid.“Iwould request students to

prepare for theexamwithacoolmindandnotpanic. Theprocessof normalisationwhich is beingbroughtaboutbyCUETwillmakeitalevel-playingfieldforallappli-cants,”hesaid.TheCUETisbeingconducted

by theNational Testing Agency(NTA) from July 15 toAugust 10.Around14.9lakhcandidateshaveapplied for the test across thecountry,andDUhasreceivedover6.5lakhapplications.Like last year, DUwill offer

70,000UG seats for admission.Admissionsfortheupcomingac-ademic sessionwill be a land-mark step in the history of theuniversitywhichhasalwayscon-ductedUGadmissions throughcut-offscalculatedonthebasisofClass12marks.Over the years, however, the

cut-off systemhas comeundercriticismwith skyrocketing cut-offstouching100%inseveralcol-leges due to inflated Class 12boardmarks,throwingintoques-tionthevalueof thesescores.

HighwaysMinistry of Road Transport andHighwaysofIndiatoldTheIndianExpress.Overthe last fewyears,espe-

cially since theonset of thepan-demic,theNHAIresortedtooffer-ing projects under the HybridAnnuityModel (HAM) that en-suresfundstothecompanybuild-ingtheroad,therebyinsulatingitfromfinancialrisktoacertainex-tent. Under theHAMmodel, 40percentoftheprojectcostispaidby the government as construc-tionsupporttotheprivatedevel-oper, and the remaining 60 percent is tobe arrangedby thede-veloper.TheBOT(toll)modelwasthepreferredmodelforroadproj-ects,accountingfor96%ofallproj-ectsawardedin2011-12.Butthisprogressively reduced to nil.WhentheinterestinBOTprojectsstarted towane, road construc-tionshiftedtothetraditionalen-gineering,procurementandcon-struction (EPC)mode,with theHAMmodel beingdevised later.UndertheEPCmodel,thegovern-mentpaystheentirecost,therebyinsulatingthecontractorentirelyfromfinancialrisk.ThelasttimeNHAItriedtoas-

signroadprojectsonBOTwas in2020. The projectswere finallyhanded inMarch2021 at a pre-

mium(besidesbuildingtheroad,thedeveloper alsopays thegov-ernment),butonlyafteracoupleofextensionsinbiddingdeadlinesandinclusionofafewincentives.As part of the incentives, the

governmentdecidedtoassesstherevenue potential of a projectevery five years during the con-cessionperiodasagainstevery10years earlier. Thiswouldmeanthattheconcessionperiod(orpe-riod till which road developerscancollect toll) isextendedearlyin the tenureof the contract, en-suring surety of revenue for theprivatecompany.Highwayconstructionisapri-

oritysector,withtheministryset-ting a target to construct 18,000kmhighways for the current fis-cal. About10,457kmof nationalhighwayswere constructed in2021-22, down from13,327kmin2020-21.

Pak journalistJournalists in Pakistan ex-

pressed incredulity that “anon-entity” likeMirzawas ever onspeakingtermswithKasuri.Areg-ularinKasuri’sinnercircleofjour-naliststoldTheIndianExpressthathehadneverseenMirzaorheardKasuri speakabouthim. “Hisen-tire story falls flat right there,” aseniorjournalistsaid.Chaudhury,whoseinterview

appearedtobeanattempttode-bunk someof the theories thatMirza peddles onhis talk showandcolumns,sayshegot“thedis-tinct impression” that his guestwas“namedropping”and“tryingto project himself” as someonewhoknewmorethanhedid.Intheinterview,theYouTuber

reminded Mirza about thecolumnsinwhichhehadclaimedthatthe2005earthquakeandthe2010 floods in Pakistan and the2011tsunamiwereengineeredbythe“Amreeki”(Americans).Mirza saidhe stoodbywhat

hehadsaidthenastheUSwantedto control the world through“weathermodification”.He alsoreferred to the US military’sHAARP surveillance project ashaving caused these disasters.ToldthatthishadbeenrefutedbyeminentscientistssuchasPervezHoodbhoy,Mirzasaidhedidnotcareabout “anyHoodbhoy”, andthathewasright.

Retired copintegration).Thetrio,allresidentsof Patna,were arrested thenextday. “They had been holdingmeetings at mosques andmadrasas andworking towardswhat is called radicalisation. JustasRSSshakhasareheldforphys-icaltrainingandimpartingtrain-ing inwielding lathis, they hadbeen giving physical training totheirpeople.BesidesBihar,someof thenamedmembersarefrom

Karnataka also,” Patna SSPManavjit SinghDhillon told re-porters. Phulwari SharifAdditionalSPManishKumartoldreportersthatJalaluddinwasare-tired Jharkhand Police sub-in-spector. According topolice, theaccusedsaidtheywerelookingtoexpandPFI'sbaseinPatna.IntheFIR,PhulwariSharifpo-

licestationin-chargeIqrarAhmedsaidthepolicelearntonMondayevening that some people hadbeen given training for aweekwithpossibleintentiontofomenttrouble during the PM's Patnavisit.Hesaidtheylearntthatsomepeoplehadbeenlivingintheareaandhadbeenconductingregularmeetings – the last onewas re-portedlyonJuly7.According to the FIR,

JalaluddinhadrentedapartofhishousetoParvezforconductingPFItraining.TwopamphletswritteninEnglish--"India2047:TowardsruleofIslamicIndia(internaldoc-ument, not for circulation)" and"Popular Front of India, 20February,2021"–wererecoveredfromthepremises,saidpolice.TheFIRquotedthepamphlets

as saying: "PFI is confident thatevenif10percentofMuslimpop-ulationwould rallybehind it, PFIwouldsubjugatethecowardma-joritycommunitiestotheirkneesandbringbackthegloryof Islamin India... In the scenario of full-fledgedshowdownwiththestate,apart from relying on our PEcadres,wewouldseekhelpfromfriendlyIslamiccountries..."According to the FIR, Parvez

toldthepolicethat"bylinkingoldmembersofSIMIwithPFI,wearetryingtoraiseaneworganisationthat would target those whocommit atrocities onMuslimsandspeakagainstIslam.Aftertherecent abusive comments by(suspended BJP spokesperson)NupurSharma,therehasbeenre-vengeful action from our sidewithMaharashtra'sAmravatiandRajasthan'sUdaipurincidents"."Theaccusedwerebookedfor

tryingtofomentcommunalten-sionanddisturbpeace.Wehavebeenlookingintothecase,"BiharAdditional Director General ofPolice(headquarters)JSGangwartoldreporters.In a statement, PFI national

secretaryMohamedShakif saidthe“allegationsaredevoidofanysubstance”. “Policehave tried tocreateanimaginarystoryofa'ter-ror plot' by planting fake docu-ments.Thereseemstobeacom-mon trend in different states totarget thePFI throughauniformmodusoperandi,whichindicatesthatitispartofapoliticaldecisionagainst theorganisation comingfromasingletable.ThePFIwouldliketomakeitclearthattheseevildesignstoinstil fearinthemindsofpeoplebydemonisingthePFI...willnothaveanyeffectontheor-ganisation’s democratic struggleforconstitutionalrightsandsocialjustice,”hesaid.Meanwhile,BJPspokesperson

NikhilAnandcriticisedPatnaSSPManavjitSinghDhillonfordraw-ing comparisonswith the RSS'sshakhas. "It is not a slip of thetongue by the Patna SSP, but astatement given with confi-dence...withfullauthority.Hede-liberately gave the statement toshow his political affinity andkeephismastersingoodhumour.ThechiefministerandBiharDGPmust initiate disciplinary actionagainsthim,"hesaid.

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Kanwar alertremovedorshifted toothersitesastheyconsumenon-vegetarianfoodandleavethebonesbehind.It said that religious processionspassing throughmixedpopula-tionareashasbecomeasensitivematter,andthatevenpettyissuesshould be handled in a profes-sionalmanner.Theinputsaysthatall calls and complaintswith acommunalangleshouldbedealtwithefficiently,”sourcessaid.The Special Branch has also

flagged gatherings at Kanwar

camps as vulnerable since theyareconsideredsoft targets. Ithassuggested that thedistrictpolicemaintainutmostvigiltofoilplansofterroristsandother“unscrupu-louselements”.Theinput,sourcessaid,under-

linestheapprehensionthatevenasmallincidentcouldleadtoabiglaw-and-orderissue.“Theinputsaidthatthedevo-

teesaremostlyyoungandgatherquickly on slight provocation. Itsaid that even aminor incidentcancreateanadverselawandor-dersituation,”thesourcesaid.In2018,Kanwariyashaddam-

agedandtoppledoveracarafteritbrushedpastthem.Governments and police

makeelaboratearrangementsforthe Kanwar Yatra each year.Campsare set upby thegovern-ment for themtorest.Thepolicealsomakespecialtrafficarrange-mentsontheirroutes.Anotherconcernraisedisthat

of fakesocialmediaposts.“Theinputstatesthatanti-so-

cialelementssometimescirculatefakesocialmediapoststoprovokeaparticularcommunityandpushthemtoviolatethelaw.ItsaysthatsincetheKanwarYatraisamajorevent for Hindu devotees, thepostscanhaveseriouslawandor-derimplications,andthatthereisa need to keep a closewatchonwhatisshared,”thesourcessaid.Thecommunicationalsoflags

theuseof DJ sound systemsandtheproblemsthiscouldcreate.It says that DJ systems in

Kanwar campsmay lead to lawandordersituationsif thecampsaresituatedinmixedpopulationsareas. It also says that devoteesmainly use Tata-407 vehicles,Canters,temposandmotorbikes,andinstallDJsystemsonvehiclestoplayloudmusic.It pointsout thatKanwariyas

carrysharpanddangerousinstru-mentsliketrishuls,talwars,lathis,rods,hockeysticks,baseballbatsandironchainswiththemalongwithgascylindersonvehicles.

1985 bombingvisa,” said IndianWorld Forumpresident Puneet SinghChandhok.Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi

president and former chief ofDelhi Sikh GurdwaraManagement Committee (DS-GMC) Paramjit Singh Sarna saidinastatement:“Iamdeeplysad-dened at the death of SardarRipudaman Singh Malik inCanada. The loss is irreparable.Sardar Malik ran a number ofKhalsa schools andwas at theforefrontofhumanitarianeffortsin Canada. My sincere condo-lences to his family. We hopeCanadianauthoritieswilllaunchathoroughinvestigationintohisas-sassination andbring culprits tobook.”Malik,who founded theKhalsaCreditUnion,wasacquit-ted in the Air India case by aCanadiancourtin2005.Reyat had earlier been con-

victed and awarded a 10-yearsentence for two counts ofmanslaughter related to a sepa-rateblastatNaritaairportinTokyothat killed two Japanesenation-als.Hegotafive-yeartermforonecount of manslaughter for theKanishkablast.According to investigators at

the time, the bomb on the AirIndia flight was checked intocargo in a suitcase during astopover in Vancouver, and ex-plodedovertheAtlanticOceaninIrish airspace at an altitude of31,000feet.The samedayanotherbomb

had exploded at Narita airportkillingtwobaggagehandlers.ThebombwasplacedinsideabagthathadbeencheckedintoaCanadianPacificAirlinesflightinVancouverandwastobeplaced lateronAirIndiaFlight301toBangkok.Canadian and Indian agen-

cies concluded that the twobombingswererelatedandhadbeen planned and executed bySikhseparatistsbasedinCanadafollowingOperationBlueStarof1984.

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On run, Gotabaya turns up in Singaporeprotestershadannounced thattheywould peacefully with-draw fromthePresident’s offi-cial residence, the PrimeMinister’s official residence,Temple Trees, and the PrimeMinister’sOffice.They,however,saidthatthey

would continue to occupy thefront part of the PresidentialSecretariat/oldParliamentandtheGalleFaceGreentocontinuethestrugglecalled"Aragalya".The“GotaGoGama”protest-

erssaidtheywillnotgiveupun-til theirdemandsaremet.Around noon, curfewwas

reimposed in Colombo untilFriday morning. The streetswerequieterandattendanceatprotestssiteswasrelativelythin.In themorning, protesters saidthiswas also because itwas aworking day -- unlike July 13,whichwasapublicholiday.The Lanka media, mean-

while,reportedthatGotabaya'sbrothers,formerprimeministerMahindaRajapaksa and ex-fi-

nanceministerBasilRajapaksa,had informed the SupremeCourtthattheywillnotleavethecountry until a petition filedagainstthemisheardonFriday.When The Indian Express

visited the PMO in the after-noon, shortly after theprotest-ers had announced that theywould vacate the premises,therewerevery fewprotestersonthepremises.At the entrance and at sev-

eral places, there were sign-boards saying, “This is publicproperty.Weshouldprotectit.”Sanka Jayasekere,28,apro-

testerbydayandawealthplanmanager in an insurance com-pany bynight, said, “Wedon’tneed to capture the building...We have shown that peoplehavethepowertotakechargeofthebuilding... Itwasasymbolicmove. Now that the point hasbeenmade,wearegoingtova-cateitbyeveningtoday.”WearingablackT-shirt,with

aclenchedfistlogoandaslogan

whichsaid, “There isnovictorywithoutabattle”,GehanMelroy,30, amechanical engineeringgraduate who was at thePresident’sresidenceadayear-lier,said,“Wearenotterrorists…Wewanttoshowtothepeoplethatwearenotheretodamagethepublicproperty.”Inside the building, a red-

carpetcurvedstaircaseledtothefirst floor,whichhas thePrimeMinister’s office. The leatherchair and the large desk,withtwo Sri Lankan flags and thegolden-platednationalemblem,dreweveryone’sattention.Under thewatchful eyes of

three Sri Lankanmilitary per-sonnelstandingintheroom,theprotesters took turns to entertheair-conditionedroom,sitonthechair,takephotographsandthenexit.A pamphlet of the protest-

ers’demandswasonthePrimeMinister’s table, and someonehadscribbledonit:“Takenote…(expletive)anddoaccordingly.”

Thedemandsincludetheresig-nationofthePrimeMinisterandPresident, alongwith Cabinetministersandseniorofficials inthegovernment.Attheotherendoftheroom

were11brownwooden chairswithbeigeupholstery,abrownwooden tablewith a glass top.One of the volunteers cleanedthechairsandarrangedthem--before returning thepropertytothegovernment.Buddhist batik paintings

adornedthewallandawhiteal-most-life size statueof Buddhasatattheotherendoftheroom.NilukaNadisan,25,aschool

teacher, one of the protesters,wasmakingfreshly-brewedcof-feeinthepantry.“Wewantzeroharm and damage to thesebuildings…Butwewanttoem-powerthepeople.”Fromthebalconyonthefirst

floor, which overlooks thelawns,onecouldseeSriLankansecuritypersonnelsecuringtheperimeterof thebuilding.

New Delhi

MIN. OF DEFENCE(DRDO)

NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY,Shil Badlapur Road, P.O. AnandnagarAMBERNATH-421 506. Dist. THANE

(PHONE : 0251 2623079, 202, 039/FAX 0251 2623004)EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

Director, NMRL, Addl. Ambernath, on behalf of the President of India, invites Expression of Interestto procure the following item.

1. Preamble:1.1 The Director, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL). Ambernath, a Premier laboratory

under Defense R&D organization, on behalf of President of India invites Expression of Interest(EOI) from original manufactures having sufficient experience, expertise and capacity toundertake the job of manufacturing Sodium borohydride (SBH) in bulk indigenously.

1.2 Brief introduction of EOI: There is a need to have an indigenous source of manufacturing SBH“Sodium borohydride (NaBH4, Sodium tetrahydridoborate, CAS no. 16940-66-2, with preferredpurity of 98.5%)" in bulk indigenously.

1.3 The objective of this EOI is to shortlist technically suitable and competent applicants having in-depth knowledge and proven track record of having successfully executed same or similar kindof contracts. Applicants should be willing to execute the said contract, subject to fulfilling theeligibility criteria laid out as per Annexure-1.

2. Scope of Work : Identification of indigenous manufacturing source of Na BH4 (SBH):Indian industries are invited to provide information on following basis:

Category #01: Existing SBH manufacturing firmIndustry manufacturing SBH, is to provide information on• Manufacturing process of NaBH4 & purity, grade, rates, etc• Details of manufacturing plant & capacity.Category #02: The chemical manufacturing firm willing to manufacture SBHThose firms, who are not manufacturer of SBH but willing to take up manufacturing requested toprovide following• The firm to express interest for manufacturing NaBH4 locally• Details of plant capacity for SBH production & plan• Timeline for SBH manufacturing & purity intended• Undertaking for willingness for captive production of NaBH4 locallyCategory#03:Industries interested in SBH manufacturing for captive productionThe firm to express interest for undertaking active SBH manufacturing locally based on 3rd partyknow- how or based on suitable technology developed by DRDO• The firm’s willingness to put up a captive SBH production plant for DRDO useNote: All firms are free to sell NaBH4(SBH) chemical to any customer other than DRDO.

3. Procedure for response : Interested parties should have the following desirables:a. The firm should be of Indian origin.b. The firm should have average general turnover more than 35 (Thirty five) Crore / year.

3.1 Selection of EOI : There will be a technical evaluation committee to scrutinize firms competencebased on following:

a. Firm’s evaluation will be based on documents submitted (refer-Annexure-I) and should allowaccess to their firm premises to the scrutiny committee for visit.

b. Brief proposal towards setting up the plant detailing method of execution along with expertise/experience in his field.

c. Capacity and capability to undertake development work vis-a-vis to accept financial &commercial risk.

d. The selected firm will be given opportunities to manufacture and to provide about 200 tonssodium borohydride of preferred purity tentatively per year based on user requirement (NMRL &associate organization) in near future.

e. In the matter of interpretation of the qualification criteria or any other matter related to this EOI,the decision of DRDO shall be the final one.

f. The exercise is explorative in nature to identify the potential indigenous industry.4. Section A: Instructions/Notes:4.1 General

a. All copies of documents submitted along with EOI should be clear, legible and self-certified bythe authorized representative of the applicant.

b. Lab/Estt reserves the right to physically check the original documents / certificates, the copiesof which are submitted along with the EOI.

c. The applicant language of Communication for all activities connected to this EOI and tasksthereof shall be in English

d. Lab/Estt reserves the right to cancel this process of EOI at any time without any financial orotherwise liability and without assigning any reasons thereof.

e. The applicant may kindly note that shortlisted firm will be required to sign a Non-DisclosureAgreement (NDA) and Integrity Pact (IP) at a later date as required by Lab/Estt.

f. The applicant must meet the minimum criteria regarding the applicants specific and particularexperience, specified in this document, as demonstrated by the applicants responses providedin the Forms at Part 2 other requested documentation.

g. The applicants may note that mere meeting of the minimum criteria does not entitle anycompany/firm/organization the right for order.

h. Lab/Estt will not be responsible/ liable to any party in any way for costs associated inpreparation & submission of EOI.

i. This notice is issued only to elicit an Expression of Interest (EOI) from partiesinterested anddoes not constitute any binding/commitment from Labs/Estt to invite any or all of the parties inany the subsequent process.

j. Lab/Estt is also not obliged to share clarification related questions with other respondents thanthe one who seeks clarification.

k. Lab/Estt reserves the right to accept or reject any EOI proposal without signing any reasonswhatsoever.

l. This EOI is being issued with no commitments and Labs/Estt reserves the right to withdraw theEOI and change or vary any part thereof or foreclose the EOI at any stage

4.2 Submission of Information/Documents: Information should be submitted in the formatsspecified in this document. The Prequalification documents shall be submitted as follows:a. Two (hard) copies with all supporting documentsb. One digital copy (on CD) of entire documentationc. With covering letter duly signed by Authorized Representative of the company with company's

seal. Document in support of authorization granted to authorize representative to be submitted.4.3 Failure by the applicant to provide information/documents, which is essential to evaluate the

applicant's qualifications, or to provide timely clarification or substantiation of the informationsupplied may result in disqualification of this applicant

4.4 Any information/clarification regarding this subject matter can be obtained from:Shri Vaibhav Verma Sc-F, NMRLDRDO, Ministry of Defense,MIDC, Shil-Badlapur Road, AmbernathThane, Maharashtra-421506Contact No. (0251)2623089Email: vaibhav.nmrl@gov.in, mmg.nmrl@gov.in

4.5 Interested firms may submit their interest with requisite documents through online mode onDefproc portal (defproc.gov.in) with compliance statement (format attached herewith inAnnexure-I) within 30 days from date of publishing this EOI. The large size document may besubmitted offline also.

4.6 NOTE :Documents and relevant forms at Part 2 are available on Defproc Portal (defproc.gov.in) againstNMRL Ref. No. NMRL /MMG /0401/04/EOI/FCTD/19/2022-23 Dated 07.07.2022. The forms maybe downloaded for participating in the Expression of Interest.

ANNEXURE-1

SI. No. Reference No. Nomenclature of item1 NMRL/MMG/0401/04/EOI/FCTD/19/2022-

23 Dated 07.07.2022Indigenous manufacturing of sodium borohydride(NaBH4, preferred purity of 98.5%) in Bulk

Subject Indigenous Manufacturing of sodium borohydride (NaBH4, purity: 98.5% minimum) in Bulk

FirmName

S.No. Requirement Compliance1. Confirmation of Interest in EOI

2. Submission of following documents as applicable2.a Necessary documents for Proof of the all points of para-3

2.b Memorandum and articles of Association (Should be incorporates as perIndian Companies Act 1956

2.c Certificates of registrations as manufacturing unit, if any

2.d Balance sheet for the preceding three year period

2.e Details of shareholding/ownership pattern especially foreignpartners/shareholders, foreign employees, directors etc.

2.f Record of past performances (e.g. Supply orders executed against ofministry of defense, public sector and paramilitary forces, if any)

2.g Availability of Adequate infrastructure (list of machines, equipments and theirproduction capacities and technical expertise

2.h Listing of testing and support equipments

2.i ISO/ISI certification or any other certification

2.j Relevant clearances from the authorities/ministries(if any)2.k Capacity /Capability market the product through the marketing network, sales

and service network, reliability to maintain Confidentiality3. Confirmation to provide access to the company premises to evaluate the

capabilities of the firm (if required

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JIGNASASINHANEWDELHI,JULY14

THE COMMUNAL clashes atJahangirpuri were an “exten-sion” of the anti-CAA and anti-NRC protests in 2019-20 atShaheen Bagh and NortheastDelhiriotsinFebruary2020,theDelhi Police Crime Branch hasstated in its chargesheet filedThursdayinconnectionwiththearrestof 37people.The chargesheet claims that

themainaccused,MdAnsar(35),and his two associates, TabrezKhan (36) and Ishrafil (45), are“keyconspirators”andmembersofWhatsAppgroupswheretheyallegedlymobilised people foranti-CAA protests and sharedvideosandnewsarticlesonriotsand communal clashes. Police

sourcesclaimedmultipleWhats-App chatswere recovered fromphones of arrested accused,which indicated therewas “re-sentment”andthemenhadbeenplanningtheclashesfordays.ClashesbrokeoutonApril16

on the occasion of HanumanJayanti and 8-9 peoplewere in-juredduringfiringandstonepelt-ingthattookplace.Policesaidsit-uationwas further aggravatedafter Ram Navami clashes onApril10inpartsof thecountry.While Ansar was arrested

soon after the violence, Tabrezwentontoattendpeacecommit-teemeetingsorganisedbypolicelater andwasevenspottedwithsenior officers. Hewas arrestedinMay. Ishrafil and his son arestill absconding, saidpolice.“The men had discussions

withlocalsinJahangirpuriabout

therecentincidentsagainsttheircommunity.Wehave recoveredchatswhere the accusedwouldinfluenceothersbysaying‘sabhu-mareagainsthai,kuchkarnahoga’.Sofar,itseemsthemenhavebeenmobilising locals for protestssince2019.Wefoundtheaccusedwereintouchwithorganisersandwould send locals to ShaheenBagh to participate in anti-CAAprotests.AftertheNortheastDelhiriots, theywanted to take actionbut didn’t because of the pan-demic,” claimed a senior officercitingthechargesheet.“The accused might have

sentmoney to locals formobili-sation.Themoneyangle, involv-ingAnsar,will beprobedby theEnforcement Directorate andother teams,” said the officer.Police also claimed they foundbricksandweaponsfromIshrafil’s

houseand recoveredbottles andbricksfromtheaccused’shomes.OnApril16,policesaidatotal

ofthreerallieswereheldbylocalsandorganisations in the locality.Theaccusedandlocalsgot intoaheatedargumentduringthefirsttwo rallies but didn’t get into afight. “In the afternoon, a thirdrallywas held byVishwaHinduParishadandotherorganisations.Theaccusedsaidtheywereupsetbecauseofanti-CAAprotestsandriots.Theyhadmobilisedpeopleto takematters into their ownhands andwere prepared for afight this time.However, stone-pelting then started from bothsides,” claimedtheofficer.The chargesheet alsomen-

tions demolitions conducted bytheUP government in differentcitiesandhowit“affected”theac-cusedwhowereworriedthatthe

samewouldhappeninDelhi.The 2,063-page chargesheet

filed in Rohini court said thatwhile eight accused are on therun,othershavebeenbookedun-der charges of rioting, arson, at-temptedmurder and criminalconspiracy and sections of ArmsAct. InvestigatingteamswereledbyDCPsRohitMeenaandVichitraVeeralongwithACPAbhinendraJain. A total of 21 phones havebeen seized and are beingscanned. Over 58 CCTVs and 90phone and internet videoswereobtained and examined duringthe probe and 20 of the 37 ac-cusedwerespottedinthevideos.The investigation team also

recoveredninefirearmsandnineswords. The chargesheetmen-tionsthatatotalof132witnesses—85policemenand47fromthepublic—wereexamined.

Womanfoundhanging:Manbooked for‘rape,forcedabortion’New Delhi: Days after awoman allegedly com-mitted suicide at herSoutheast Delhi home,police said a 40-year-oldmanhasbeenbookedoncharges of ‘rape, abet-ment of suicide andforced abortion’. The ac-cused, who works inNoida, is abscondingandraidsarebeingconductedtoarresthim, saidpolice.DCP (Southeast) EshaPandey said, “We haveregistered a case underIPC sections 376 (rape),306(abetmentofsuicide)and313(causingmiscar-riage without woman’sconsent).”

6DelhikidstorepresentIndia in ‘F1inSchools’finaleNew Delhi: A team ofsix students fromAmityInternational School,Saket,willrepresentIndiaattheWorldFinalsofF1inSchools2022competitionat Silverstone circuit intheUK. The team, calledQuantumRacing,will goupagainst 53 teams from27countries. F1inSchoolsis a Global EducationalInitiativebyFormula1forstudents to design andmanufacture aminiaturecar,whichisracedona25-metre-long track. Theteam includesDivyaanshSeth, Himanshu Sharma,Manya Bhatia, AyushiRout, Yajika Dagar andBhuviPandey.

3injuredascarramsintoautoGurgaon: Three peoplewereinjuredafteracaral-legedly hit an autorick-shawataflyovernearthetoll on Sohna-GurgaonroadMonday,saidpolice.Police said the incidenttook place around 12.45pmwhenatleastsixpeo-ple were going fromSohna towards Gurgaoninanautorickshaw.Apo-lice officer, said, “Threepeople suffered injuries.We have lodged an FIRagainst the accused cardriver,whoisyettobear-rested.”

Fire athotel inPaharganj,10peoplerescuedNew Delhi: A fire brokeout in a three-storey ho-tel in Paharganj areaThursday morning and10 people were rescuedbyfirefighters.Therewasno casualty or injury toanyone, according toDelhi Fire Services. DFSchief Atul Garg said thecause of the fire, whichstarted on the secondfloorof thebuilding,wasnotknown.ENS

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Jahangirpuri clash ‘extension’ of2020 riots, anti-CAA protest: Police

New Delhi: A 20-year-old classXIIstudentwasarrestedafterheallegedly stabbed three of hisclassmates after a quarrel at aSouthDelhi school.PolicesaidthataPCRcallwas

received around 10.50 am onWednesday regarding aquarrelat the school. When a team

reached, they foundthat theac-cused had arguedwith a class-mateduring lunchbreakwhichescalated intoascuffle.Police said he allegedly

stabbedhisclassmateinthechestduringascuffle.Whentwootherboys intervened, the accused al-legedlyattackedthemtoo.

DCP (South) Benita MaryJaikersaid:“Theinjuredstudentswere shifted to AIIMS hospitaland are currently undergoingtreatment.Thestatementofoneof theinjuredstudentshasbeenrecorded.Heallegedthattheac-cused stabbed (the three ofthem)withaknife.”ENS

Class XII student held for ‘stabbing’ 3 classmates

New Delhi

ANANDMOHANJNEWDELHI, JULY14

ADELHIcourt,whilehearingthebail application of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair,askedtheDelhiPolicewhyitdidnot record the statement of theperson behind the anonymousTwitter account and asked po-licetofollowthecriminalproce-dure and not go by tweets.Zubair was arrested lastmonthfor allegedly hurting religioussentiments and promoting en-mity followingacomplaintbyasocialmedia userwho referredtoa tweet from2018.Additional Sessions Judge

Devender Kumar Jangala ofPatiala House Courts will pro-nouncetheorderat2pmFriday.Zubair's lawyer, Advocate

VrindaGrover,whilearguingthecase, had told the court that ananonymousTwitteraccountdugout his tweet and said that theidentity of the person behindthisTwitteraccountwasnotyetrevealed. "Much has been saidthat I am creating unrest. Thequestion iswhat is thismischiefat play?Who this person is hasstill not been known.We don'tknowif thisTwitterhandleisanIndian Twitter handle. Who iscreatingunrest inmycountry?"Grover told thecourt.The judge asked Additional

Public Prosecutor (APP) AtulShrivastavaifpolicerecordedthestatementof thepersonbehindtheTwitteraccount,whorepliedthat police had details of theTwitter account but has not yetrecorded thestatement.The judge said, "You haven't

recorded the statement yet?Howmany victims' statementshave you recorded? Youmusthaverecordedstatementofper-sons who felt offended. Howmany statements you recordedtill date? We cannot go by atweet, you have to go by CrPC.Youareaprosecutingagency."Grover also argued on the

Foreign Contribution (Regula-tion)ActchargesagainstZubair.Police had added Section 35 oftheFCRAto theFIRagainsthim.Grover said “FCRAhasnoappli-cationinthiscase"andwas"be-latedlyadded"because thecasewasnotabletowithstandtheIPCsectionsthatwereaddedbefore."No foreign contribution or for-

eignsourcemoneyhasbeenre-ceived byme either in personalaccount or Pravdamedia com-pany account. I am making aself-declaration from the timePravdahas been registered. I donothaveFCRA,therefore,Idonottake foreign contributions,"Grover told thecourt.On the prosecutor's allega-

tion that the use of a +92 num-ber,which is a code of Pakistan,was found, Grover said, "+92 isthere in the Excel sheet wherethey have shown the contribu-tions. It's not code of Pakistan,but it's a formula for computa-tion inExcel."On allegations that IP ad-

dressesofforeigncountrieswereused, Grover said, "If I am anIndiancitizenandhaveanIndianbankandI'mlivingabroad, Icanhave an IP address… I can be ascholar,ormaybeondeputationfrommy company.When Iwillbeusingacomputerthere,myIPaddresswon'tbeanIndianIPad-dress."APP Shrivastava argued that

the tweet is still existing and,thus, its repercussions and ef-fects continue. "She (VrindaGrover)will argue that thiswasa Hindi film. But he (Zubair)wrotebefore2014andafter2014inhis tweet.Theywantedtosay2014 is the year Modi hadcome…. To incite people of theother side and create ill will,"Shrivastavaargued.Shrivastava further argued

that Zubair's intention is not tohave something from amovieandpaste it. "He isnotassimpleas my learned friend has pro-jected, that itwasajoke. Itwasaplannedway.Andyou'veaddedthese things on post just to at-tract such type of people," theprosecutor submitted.

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THEFIRSTphaseoftheCommonUniversityEntranceTest (CUET)is all set tobeginFridayandwillbe conducted by the NationalTesting Agency (NTA). The sec-ond biggest entrance exam inthecountry,whichisbeingcon-ductedforthefirsttime,willbe-gin in test centres inmore than500citiesacrossthecountryand10citiesabroad.The exam is being con-

ducted in twophases,with thefirst phase set to take place onJuly 15, 16, 19 and 20 and thesecond phase will be held onAugust 4-8, and 10. Candidateswho have opted to sit for CUETinPhysics,ChemistryorBiologywillgivetheexaminphasetwoafter theNEET exam to be heldon July 17.CUET will be the second

biggest all India exam afterNEET with 14.9 lakh registra-tions. It has surpassed JEE-Mains’ average registration ofnine lakh. NEET usually has anaverageof18lakhregistrations.Out of the total 14.9 lakh

candidates,around8.1lakhcan-didates are scheduled to givetheexaminthefirstslotand6.8lakh candidates in the secondslot. These candidates have ap-plied for54,555uniquecombi-nations of subjects across 90universities.The CUET will be a com-

puter-basedtestwithMCQs,di-

vided into three sections -SectionI(IAandIB)for languageproficiency, Section II for coretopicknowledgeandSection IIIforgeneralknowledge. Itwillbeheld in two shifts, with themorningshift tobeheld from9amto12.15pmandtheeveningshift from3pmto6.45pm.Theexamwillhavenegative

markings, meaning one markwillbedeductedforeachwronganswer. However, therewill beno penalty for not attemptingquestions.Priortotheexam,severalas-

pirants have raised concernsover having to give too manyexamsinashortperiodof time,delayinadmitcardsandnotbe-ing given the choice of centre.TheUGC,however,hasclaimedthat 98%of students have beenallottedacentreof theirprefer-ence.As opposed to percentage,

theCUETscorewill be releasedinpercentile, that is, itwill indi-cate thepositionof a candidatevis-a-vis other candidates.A total of 44 central univer-

sities, 12 state universities, 11deemeduniversities,and19pri-vate universities have appliedtoparticipate inthefirsteditionof CUET for UG admissions inthe2022-23 academic session.The UGC has asked univer-

sitiestofixtheirdeadlineforad-mission to undergraduatecourses after CBSE declares itsclass 12 exam results, as someuniversities had already beguntheprocess. (with PTI inputs)

Zubairwasarrested lastmonthforallegedlyhurtingreligioussentiments

‘Don’t go by tweets,go by CrPC’: Courtto police at Zubair’sbail plea hearing

GAYATHRIMANI&MOHANASARKARNEWDELHI, JULY14

COMMUTING ON the 2-kmstretchonEastDelhi’sNarwanaRoad,fromMotherDairyT-Pointto PanchMahal Awas, has be-comeanordeal for both vehicleusersandpedestrians.TheroadinPatparganj isone

ofsevenpilotstretchesmeanttobe redeveloped by the PublicWorksDepartmentaspartoftheDelhi government’s ambitiousstreetscapingandbeautificationproject, to bring roads toEuropean standards. The PWD,however, stoppedwork follow-inga restrainingorder issuedbythe Delhi Forest departmentagainst it in April for damagingexistingtreesonthestretch.Withwork left midway, the stretchnow sports potholes, half-built

drains,andbrokenfootpaths.TheIndianExpress founddur-

ingaspotcheckthatexceptfora300-metreportionfromMotherDairytoAnkurApartment,workontherestof thestretchispend-ing.Heavyconstructionmaterialand large pipeswere seen lyingon the main road just outside

DeputyChiefMinisterandPWDMinisterManishSisodia’s campoffice.ThestretchfallsunderthePatparganj constituency, ofwhichSisodia is theMLA.Manyofthesidewalksmeant

for pedestrianswere either dis-mantled,brokenorbarricaded.Atsome points, the footpathwas

filledwithstagnantrainwaterandgarbage.Therewereatleastsevenopenmanholesonthisstretchaswell.AtthebusstopnearDharmaApartment, the road has beendug,forcingpeopletostandinthemiddleoftheroadtoboardabus.Residents of around 30

apartments on Narwana roadhave raised several complaints.“Workwas started in 2020 butnot even 30% is complete. Thepersonwho complained abouttreesbeingdamagedisnotares-ident of this society... Even ifsometreesweredamaged,whycan’t work resume? Residentshave been suffering for the lastyear. Due to unfinished work,residents are finding it very dif-ficult to even walk here,”said Vinod Varshney, chairmanoftheAssociationofCooperativeHousingSocieties, IPExtension.A senior PWD official said,

“Theprojectfirstfaceddelaysdue

toCovidandlackof funds.Workbegan properly in February butis nowdelayed again as the for-estdepartmentissuedarestrain-ingorderallegingtreeshavebeendamaged.We constructed foot-paths leaving space around thetrees... The case is currently incourtandworkwillresumeonlywhenwegetpermission.”Therestrainingorderwasis-

suedonApril22aftera residentofLaxmiNagarfiledacomplaint.“Duringthecourseof inspection,it has been observed that exist-ingtreeshavebeendamagedbytheway of laying RCC and pre-cast laying of concrete blocksaround the trees. It is directedthat no construction work/dumpingC&Dwastematerial istobecarriedoutinthesaidprop-erty by the applicant/personconcerneduntil furtherorders,”read the orders issued by thecentral forestdivision.

UPROOTEDStrongwindsduringThursday’s thunderstormbroughtdownalargetreeontheOuterRingRoadnearNehruPlace,whichblockedbothsidesof theroadanddamagedsixvehicles.Trafficpolice issuedanalert thatwarnedcommuters toavoidthestretch. TashiTobgyal

Sharjeel madefalse claimsof assault tosecure bail:Tihar to court

JIGNASASINHANEWDELHI, JULY14

TO INCREASE efficiency andstreamline work, the DelhiTraffic Police has divided its de-partmentstaff intoteamstolookinto traffic regulation, enforce-mentandprosecution,saidoffi-cials Thursday. To this end, 450body cameras and 700 bikeshave been issued to the unit incharge of prosecution and en-forcement to help them catchpeoplewhoare speedingornotwearing seat belts and othersuch offences. The cameras areattached to theuniformandaremandatory for traffic personnelas perministry guidelines, saidpolice.TheTrafficPoliceiscurrently

operatingwith6,000personnel.While deployment has in-creasedovertime,issuesregard-ing increasing violations, pend-ing challans, corruption andtrafficjamscouldn'tbesolvedef-ficiently, officials said. The newsystemwillhelpovercometheseissues, saidofficials.Seniorpoliceofficerssaidthe

enforcement and prosecutionunitwillbeissuingchallanstovi-olatorsandwillkeeplawandor-derincheck.Atotalof419teams,includingtrafficinspectors,havebeendeployedtolookintopros-ecution.Eachteamwillhavetwopersonnel—azonalofficerandaconstable.Thetrafficunitidentified635

regulation points across Delhiand at borders, based on trafficmovement.Thesecondunitwill

be deployed at these points toensure that traffic is managedwell at peak hours, to help dur-ingwaterlogging and falling oftrees, and tomaintaina smoothflowof traffic followingsecurityarrangements."The teams will be inter-

changingtokeepthesystembal-anced. The regulations pointskeep changing in the city, espe-ciallyduring IndependenceDayor because of festivals and reli-giousevents.Earlier,thedeploy-mentwas 15-20% less," said anofficer.Special Commissioner of

Police (Traffic) Surender SinghYadavsaid,"Thenewsystemhasbeen yielding better results forthe traffic department. There'stransparency and efficiencynow. Traffic personnelwon't beoverburdened or confused asduties are specific and clear.Earlier, one personwas issuingchallansandmaintainingtraffic.Sometimes, 2-4 personnelwouldbedeployedatone junc-tion.Now,wearedividingdutiestohelp bothpublic andperson-nel.”

What is thenormalisation?TheCUET-UGisacomputer-

based test andwill be held onmultipledatesbetweenJuly15andAugust20.Asaresult,therewillbedifferentsetsofquestionpapers on different days forevery subject. Naturally, theremaybevariationsinthedifficultylevelofpapers on the samesubject.Moreover,inthecaseofCUET-UG,thereareapprehen-sions that candi-datestakingthetestin the initial set ofdatesmay not per-formaswell as thosewhowillappear for the test in August(andhencewillhavemoretimetoprepare). Thenormalisationformulawilladdressthesecon-cerns by ensuring candidatesareneither benefittednor dis-advantagedbysuchfactors.

Howisnormalisationapplied?To ensure equity, the NTA

willassesscandidatesusingper-centile scores instead of theirrawmarks.Percentilescoresarescoresbasedontherelativeper-formance of all thosewhoap-pear for a paper in aparticularsession. The raw marks ob-tainedbyanexaminee inapa-

per are convertedintoascalerangingfrom 100 to 0 toshow where shestandswith refer-ence toother can-didates, who ap-peared for thesamepaper in thesamesession.Asa

result,thetoppersoftwodiffer-ent sessionsmayhave scoreddifferentmarks, but both theirpercentile scoreswill be 100.Thisisbecausea100percentilescore indicates a candidatehasperformedbetterthaneveryoneelse in her cohort in the samesession. Hence, all the highestrawmarks in each sessionof apaperwouldbenormalised to100percentile score. Scores of

remaining candidateswill berelativetothatofthetopperofaparticularsessiononly.

Whatisthemathematicalformulausedforarrivingatanormalisedpercentilescore?Tocalculatethenormalised

percentilescore,threevariablesarerequired:rawmarksof thecandidate (A), total number ofcandidateswith a score equaltoorlessthanherrawscore(B),andthetotalnumberofcandi-datesinthatparticularsession(C).Themathematicalformulaapplied is B divided by Cmul-tipliedby100(B/C*100).Forex-ample, take the hypotheticalcaseof a studentwhoappearsin a sessionwith 41,326 othercandidates.Say,sheobtains121

marks, scoring more than37,244othercandidatesof hersession. Her normalised per-centile score will be 37,244/41,326*100or90.1224411(per-centilescoreswillbecalculatedupto7decimalplaces).

Whatdothepercentilescoresindicate?Itindicatestheproportionof

examineeswho have scoredequal toor less than the candi-date in that particular session.Simplyput,100percentileindi-cates that100%candidatesof aparticular sessionhave scoredequaltoorlessthanthetopper.A student with a percentilescoreof 70would indicate thatshehasscoredmorethan70%ofcandidatesofhersession.

SOURAVROYBARMAN

Normalisation of scoresTheCUET for undergraduate programmeswill offera level playing field to all examinees, irrespective ofthe date onwhich a candidate takes the test, as scoreswill be prepared based on a process called“normalisation”, director general of theNationalTestingAgency,Vineet Joshi, has said.The IndianExpress explains this process

CAMPUSRUSH

Studentswill takethetest intwophases in July&August

14.9 lakh registrations, over 500 cities:CUET phase 1 kicks off today across country

ThePWD isrevampinga2-kmstretchon NarwanaRoad,fromMotherdairyT-PointtoPanchMahalAwas.MohanaSarkar

Supertech tower demolition: Decisionon structural audit report awaitedEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENOIDA, JULY14

AS THEdate for Supertech twintowers demolition draws near,theNoidaAuthorityconvenedameetingThursdaytodiscussthestatus of the pre-demolitionstructural audit report, officialssaid. “A conclusive decision onthe report is yet to bemade,” a

seniorofficial said.Meanwhile,areportonthevi-

brationcausedduetothetestblastwas issued by a UK-based firmand samples from the test blastwere sent to them, officials said.Thereport, submittedafewdaysago by Edifice Engineering, aMumbai-basedfirm,thatisover-seeingthedemolition,statesthatbuildingswithin10metresofthetestblastradiushadminorcracks

intheplaster,butbeyond10me-tres,nodamagehasbeenspotted.ThecontentsofthereporthavetobeverifiedbytheCentralBuildingResearchInstitutewhichisyet togiveitscomments,theyadded.OnMay17,theSupremeCourt

fixedthedemolitionforAugust21,with a cushionperiod that endson August 28, the last date forcompletionof theprocess keep-inginmindtheextensionorder.

Delhi govt marks 4 yrs of‘Happiness Curriculum’with 15-day festivalEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

THE DELHI governmentThursdaycelebrated‘HappinessUtsav’ marking the fourth an-niversary of its HappinessCurriculumfor schools.Life coach Gaur Gopal Das

heldasessionforstudentsattheKautilyaSarvodayaBalVidyalayain Chirag Enclave. “HappinessClasses have brought a path-breaking change in students’mindset.ThroughtheHappinessUtsav, we will teach lakhs ofDelhiites tolead happy lives. HappinessCurriculumhas seen a tremen-dousjourneyinthelastfouryears.Students’ focus on studies hasbeenincreasingandthechildrenare stress-free,” Deputy Chief

MinisterManishSisodiasaid.Sisodia said during the

HappinessUtsav,variousactivi-tieswillbeorganisedforthenext15 days and this time “happi-ness”willnotbelimitedtoDelhigovernment schoolsonly.“Each student of Delhi gov-

ernment schoolswill reach outto at least five people in theircommunityandwillteachthemthe aspects of happiness. Theaimistoreachouttolakhsofres-identsofDelhiandhelpthemtobehappy,”hesaid.During his session, Gaur

Gopal Das said, “I came to learnabouthappinessandwaystoat-tain it only after adopting thepath of spiritualism and a briefstintasanengineer.Igottoknowmuchlater inmylife thatbybe-ingmindfulandpositive,wecanmakeour livesbetter.”

Sisodiaatasessionforgovtschool students,Thursday

Revamp work in Patparganj stalled by forestdept order, residents complain of poor upkeep

ANANDMOHANJNEWDELHI, JULY14

TIHAR JAIL authorities told aDelhi court that JNU studentSharjeelImamfileda“falsecom-plaintofassault”againstjailoffi-cials to keep his name inmediareportsandusethattosecurebailintheNortheastDelhiriotsUAPAcaseregisteredagainsthim.Additional Sessions Judge

Amitabh Rawat observed thatImamhad stated that he other-wisefeelssafeinsidehispresentcell but does not knowwhy theincidentoccurred.Imamhad alleged theAssis-

tant Superintendent alongwith“8-9 convicts came to the cell oftheapplicantinthenameofcarry-ingout a search” andduring this“illegalsearch,petitioner’sbooks,clotheswere thrownandhewasassaultedandcalledterroristandanti-nationalwhenhepreventedthemfromthrowingstuff”.Authorities, in their status re-

portfiledincourt,claimedImamthreatenedtofilefalsecomplaintsagainstofficialsandtheyissuedapunishment against him forbreaching jail rules. They alsoclaimed “during hearing of thepunishment, the accused statedhemoved a false complaint be-foreHonourablecourtinordertokeephisnamehighlightedinthemedia...andthesaidreportswillhelphiminsecuringbail.”Imam’s lawyer, advocate

Ibrahim, told The Indian Express,“Thestatusreport... iscompletelyobnoxious. On July 20, CCTVfootagewillbeplayedincourtandthe truthwill comeout. Sharjeelwas present in court today andtoldthecourtaboutthetacticsjailauthoritiesusetocontrolinmates,to make sure no inmate ap-proachesthecourtagain.”Imam’sapplicationontheal-

legedassaulthadalsostatedthatasearchcannotbecarriedoutbyjailstaffwiththehelpofconvicts.The superintendent of CentralJail number 1, however, deniedthat a search operation cannotbe carried out by convicts andonly by Tamil Nadu SpecialPolice(TSP)andcompetentstaff.Authoritiesexplainedthatthe

superintendent shall appoint“suitable,wellbehaved,medicallyfit,disciplinedanddedicatedcon-victs andundertrials as prisonerfunctionaries tohelpprison staffinperformanceof variousdutiesconnectedwithsmoothmanage-mentofvariousactivities”.

Thetrafficpolice iscurrentlyoperatingwith6kpersonnel

Traffic police unit getsover 450 body cams tocatch those speeding,not wearing seatbelt

Total VacantHOSPITAL BEDS 9,471 9,354ICU BEDS 2,117 2,082

CORONAVIRUSIN THECAPITAL

VACCINATIONS INLAST24HOURS24,004

NOIDAJuly13 July14

Cases N/A N/ADeaths N/A N/AGURGAONCases 170 249Deaths 0 0

PATIENTS INHOSPITAL: 117OXYGENSUPPORT 26VENTILATORSUPPORT 5

DELHI TOTALCASES19,42,425

Cases Recoveries Deaths TestsJuly13 490 481 3 15,495July14 520 550 1 15,114Total 1,935* 19,14,201 26,289 3,92,73,616*Total active cases inDelhi

New Delhi

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

WITH THEOpposition express-ing outrage over Parliamentadding newwords to the list ofunparliamentary words, LokSabha Speaker Om Birla onThursdaysaidnowordhasbeenbanned,nor is thereanyrestric-tion on the right of MPs to ex-press theirviews.The right of expunging a

word lieswith thepresiding of-ficer,hesaid."Ithasbeenaroutinepractice

since1959.Nowordshavebeenbanned.Membersarefreetoex-press their views; no one cansnatchthatrightofmembers,butthe expression of their wordsshould be as per decorum ofParliament,”Birlatoldthemedia.“Earlier, a book of such un-

parliamentarywordsusedtobereleased.Toavoidwastageofpa-per,wehave put it on the inter-net,” he said. “No words havebeen banned;we have issued acompilation of the words thathavebeenexpunged.”AccordingtoBirla,wordsused

bymembers of both ruling andOpposition benches have beenexpungedintherecentpast.Congress general secretary

(communication) JairamRamesh,however,saidthe"clar-ification" from Birla "doesn’tmeanmuch".Hetweeted,"Inalldiscussions,mediaseemstohaveoverlookedthattheycan’treporton these comments in their dis-patches. Also, printmedia willhave to think twicebeforeusingthesewords intheirarticles."Birla'sclarificationcameamid

asharpattackbyOppositionMPsoverwhat theycalled isanaddi-tionofnewwordsinthelist“un-parliamentarywords”.Accordingto the list,wordssuchas“jumla-

jeevi”, “baal buddhi”, “Covid-spreader”, “Snoopgate”, “anar-chist”, “Shakuni”, “dictatorial”,“taanashah”, “taanashahi”,“vinashpurush”and“Khalistani”,among others, would be ex-pungedifusedduringdebatesorotherwiseinbothHouses.TheOppositionslammedthe

listasa“gagorder”.CongressMPRahul Gandhi tweeted that“words used in discussions anddebateswhichcorrectlydescribePM'shandlingofthegovernment,nowbannedfrombeingspoken”.TrinamoolCongressmember

DerekO'Brientweeted,"Now,wewill not be allowed to use thesebasicwords...Ashamed. Abused.Betrayed. Corrupt. Hypocrisy.Incompetent. Iwill use all thesewords. Suspendme. Fighting fordemocracy.” TMC MP MahuaMoitraaskedwhythelistdidnotinclude theword “Sanghi”. Sheslammed theNDA for selectingwordsusedbytheOpposition“todescribehowBJPdestroyedIndiaandbannedthem”.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

CONGRESS PRESIDENT SoniaGandhi on Thursday chaired ameetingoftheparty’sParliamentstrategy group to identify issuestobe raised tocorner theBJP-ledNDAgovernmentintheMonsoonSessionbeginningMonday.The booklet issued by Lok

SabhaSecretariat, listing“unpar-liamentarywords”,will also addstingtotheOpposition’sattack.Thesecondhalfof theBudget

Sessionhadseenalackofcoordi-nationbetweenoppositionpar-ties. This time, the Congress hasdecidedtoreachouttootherpar-ties to ensure coordination. ThesessionwillconcludeAugust13.In Thursday's meeting the

partydecidedtoraiseissuessuchasinflationandriseinfuelprices,theAgnipathscheme,unemploy-ment,“attackonthecountry'sfed-eralstructure”,theslideoftheru-pee,atrocitiesagainstminorities,misuseofprobeagenciesandtheLadakhstandoff.TheCongresshasalsodecided

toraisethe“dilution”offorestcon-servationrules.LeaderofOpposition inRajya

Sabha,MallikarjunKharge, saidfloorleadersofoppositionpartieswillmeetonSunday todiscuss ajoint strategy. The party’s LokSabha leader, Adhir RanjanChowdhury, said the partywillopposeanyattempttoamendtheBankingRegulationAct.Therearereportsthegovernmentislookingto remove the10per cent share-holdingcapforindividualsinPSBs,whichwill enable private equityfirmstopickupstakesinbanksontheblockforprivatisation.

ABHISHEKANGADRANCHI, JULY14

JHARKHAND MUKTI Morcha(JMM), the leading coalitionpartnerintheJharkhandgovern-ment, Thursday announced itssupportfortherulingNDA’scan-didate for the post of President,DroupadiMurmu.In a letter, party president

andformerCMShibuSoren“or-dered” JMM’s threeMPsand30MLAs to vote for Murmu, theJharkhand Governor between2015and2021.This comes days after Chief

Minister and JMM executivepresidentHemantSorenhelpednominate, alongwith leadersof17parties,YashwantSinhaastheOppositioncandidateonJune21.But the party has reviewed

itspositionsince,anddecidedtobackacandidate fromthe tribalcommunity — both Soren andMurmu come from the Santhalcommunity — over ‘son of the

soil’Sinha,whoisfromthestate.EvenwithoutJMM’ssupport,

Murmu, on paper, has enoughvotes to assume the country’shighestConstitutionaloffice.ShibuSorenwrote:“This is to

state that in the PresidentialElection,DroupadiMurmuisoneof the candidates. This is the firsttime since Independence, and aproudmoment, that anAdivasiwoman is becoming thePresident. Therefore, after delib-erations,thepartyhasdecidedtovote in support of her.Hence, allMLAsandMPsareorderedtovoteforheronJuly18.”A JMM MLA, who did not

want to be identified, said, “InJune, therewas a small discus-siononhercandidatureandtheparty later decided to vote forher. Itwasobvious."Sources in Congress, a part-

nerintheHemantSorengovern-ment,remainedunfazed,sayingthemove ison“expected” lines.JMMleadersalsopointed to-

wards a “personal connection”betweentheSorensandMurmu,whocomesfromRairangpurareaof Odisha'sMayurbhanj district—Hemant’s wife Kalpana alsocomesfromMayurbhanj,andhissister, Anjali, ismarried to aper-soninMayurbhanjdistrict.

ANISHADUTTANEWDELHI,JULY14

FROMTHErestorationof“histor-icalsites”,suchastheRamtempleand the Somnath temple, andpayingtributetofreedomfightersatJallianwalaBaghSamarak;fromeconomicpolicies suchasGSTtotheNational EducationMission,the digitalmission and scholar-ships for sportspersons; fromunique IDs for personswithdis-abilitytotheheroesandhistoriesof India’stribalcommunity.These are some of the key

themesaroundwhich theUnionEducationMinistryisplanningtocreatean“IntellectualHeritageinDevelopment”—adialogue,doc-umentation and research pro-gramme on the ModiGovernment’s initiatives.

Theoutlineofthisprojectwaslaid out in a letter dated June28and sent by EducationMinisterDharmendra Pradhan to severalCentralministries and depart-mentsseekingtheirparticipation.“We propose to create an

‘Intellectual Heritage’ inDevelopment, KnowledgeResourceandmakingNewIndia,basedon these initiatives. A fewofthethemesbasedontheseini-tiatives of various Ministries/DepartmentsoftheGovernmenthavebeen identified...Dialogues,documentation, research and

publicationwill be planned andorganizedinvariousacademicin-stitutionsinthenext3monthsbe-ginningthefirstweekofJuly2022onthesethemes,”Pradhanwrote.According to the letter, the

plan is tohold about100 confer-ences across the country on100themes during these threemonths,where researchpapersbased on secondary data andsources available inministries orelsewherewillbepresented.Researchers belonging to re-

puted Higher EducationInstitutions will contribute tothesepapers,whichwill eventu-allybepublishedinabook.Someof thefocusareas iden-

tifiedintheletterare:“Economic Reforms and

EmergingGlobalEconomy”:TheFinanceMinistryandrelatedmin-istriestofocusonIndiabecoming

thefastestgrowingeconomy,ex-pandingmarketsbeyondborders,a record-breaking export year,GST,makingIndiaaninvestment-friendly destination,AtmarnirbharBharat,etc.“India'sgreatculturalheritage:

Bhavyata and Divyata”: TheCulture Ministry to focus on“bringingourculturehistorybackhome”, “tribute to India's greatfreedomfighters”,StatueofUnity,Kranti Mandir (Red Fort),JallianwalaBaghSamarakandthe150th birth anniversary ofMahatmaGandhi.The letteralsorefers torestoringhistorical sites,including Ram Janmabhoomitemple and Somnath temple,amongothers.“Tech-Powered India:

TransformingWork,EmpoweringPeople”: The ITMinistry to con-ductresearchon'HarnessingITfor

GoodGovernance' and 'JeevanParmaan Patra', 'AyushmanBharat Digital Mission', AtmaNirbhar India throughUPI andUMANG(UnifiedMobileAppforNew-ageGovernance).TheEducationMinistry's ini-

tiatives tobehighlighted includethe National Education Policy,SamagraShiksha,NIPUNBharat/National Achievement Survey,Higher Education FinancingAgency, National Initiative forSchool Heads and TeachersHolistic Advancement, Schemefor Higher Education Youth inApprenticeship and Skills,Rashtriya Uchchatar ShikshaAbhiyaanandPM-eVidya.Andthefocusinsportswillbe

onSportsMinistry programmessuch as Fit India and SPOTScholarships. FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

AG declinesnod forcontemptcase againstex-HC judge

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

ATTORNEY GENERAL K KVenugopal has “declined con-sent” for initiatingcriminalcon-tempt of court proceedingsagainstaformerDelhiHighCourtjudge, Justice S N Dhingra, andtwo others for their commentsontheSupremeCourt’sobserva-tions intheNupurSharmacase.Advocate C R Jaya Sukin had

sought Venugopal’s consent toinitiate criminal contempt ofcourtproceedingsagainstJusticeDhingra, former AdditionalSolicitorGeneralAmanLekhiandSeniorAdvocateKRamaKumarfor calling the Supreme Court’sobservations in the case “irre-sponsible, illegalandunfair”.In his response, Venugopal

saidthat“thestatementsarenotvituperative or abusive, nor arethey likely to interferewith theadministration of justice by theSupremeCourtof India”.Hesaidthestatements“areintherealmof ‘fair comment’ on a hearingconductedby” theapexcourt.“It may be noted that the

SupremeCourt, in a large num-ber of judgments, has held thatfair and reasonable criticism ofjudicial proceedingswould notamount to contempt of court,”saidVenugopal."I am not satisfied that the

criticismmadebythethreeper-sonsnamedinyourletteriswithmaliceorisanattempttoimpairthe administration of justice, orthat itwasadeliberateandmo-tivated attempt to bring downtheimageof thejudiciary. Inthecircumstances, Iaccordinglyde-clineconsenttoinitiateproceed-ingstocriminalcontemptof theSupremeCourt,"hesaid.On July 1, hearing Sharma’s

pleaseekingclubbingofthemul-tipleFIRsagainsther indifferentstates for her remarks on theProphet,abenchofJusticesSuryaKant and J B Pardiwala had rep-rimanded her, saying she has a“loose tongue” andwas “single-handedlyresponsibleforwhatishappening inthecountry”.

DELHICONFIDENTIAL

THE GO-AHEADTHEBJPhas reappointedUnionminister PiyushGoyal as theleaderofRajyaSabha.GoyalwaselectedtotheUpperHouseforhis third term fromMaharashtra in the July8polls. The rulingparty,however,isyettoannouncewhowouldsucceedMukhtarAbbasNaqvi as thedeputy leader. The termofNaqvi,who re-signedfromthecouncilofministers,endedonJuly7.AmongthefrontrunnersforthepositionareseniorleadersBhupenderYadavandDharmendraPradhan.WithPradhangettingelevatedintheorganisationwithkey states inhis charge andother responsi-bilities,partyinsiderssayYadavcouldgetthego-ahead.

THE VACANCYSIMILARTOtheBJP,thereissuspenseintheCongressonwhowillbe itsnextdeputy leader inRajyaSabha.AnandSharma,whowasthedeputyleader,hasretired.Thepartyisspoilt forchoicesasmanyof its senior leaders are in theUpperHouse.Thequestioniswillthepartyappointadeputyleaderorkeepthe post vacant. In fact, there is no hard and fast rule.Incidentally,whenaskedaboutit,aseniorpartyleadersaidtheLeaderof theOpposition isveryactive.

WORKING ON DATESWHILEALLministries havebeen carryingoutAzadiKaAmritMahotsavprogrammes,withdevelopmentactivitiesaroundthenumber “75” to commemorate75yearsof Independence, theMinistryof EarthSciences,whichhasconceptualisedabeach-cleaningprogrammein75beaches–covering7,500kmof theIndiancoastline–hasmanagedtoscoreabrace.TheInternationalCoastalCleanUpDaytakesplaceeveryyearonthethirdSaturdayofSeptember.Thisyear,thethirdSaturdayhappenstohavefallenon September 17, PrimeMinisterNarendraModi's birthday.WhenEarth SciencesMinister Jitendra Singh realised this, hepositionedtheministry'sactivityinsuchawaytocoincidewiththedayaswell –workingbackwards to celebrate thepenulti-mate of the 75-day cleaning programmeon September 17.Makingthecalculation,theministerkickedofftheeventonJuly4.Now,thecampaignphotographforthepublicitymaterialwillbethatof thePMtakingpartinabeachcleaningexercise.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

THE UNION government isworking on a “Right to Repair”framework to help people getgoods such as consumerdurables, phones and cars fixedontheirownbycuttingdownre-strictivepracticesintroducedbysomemanufacturers.A government committee,

set up to develop the “compre-hensiveframework”ontheRightto Repair, held its first meetingWednesday and identified “im-portantsectors”toimplementit.“The sectors identified in-

clude Farming Equipment,Mobile Phones/ Tablets,Consumer Durables andAutomobiles/ AutomobileEquipment,”saidastatementbytheUnionMinistryofConsumerAffairs, Food & PublicDistributiononThursday.The committee pointed to

practices suchasplannedobso-lescenceandcreationofmonop-

oliesonsparepartswhilestress-ing on the need to give con-sumers the right to choosehowtheygetproducts fixed.It also flagged how con-

sumers often lose the right toclaim a warranty if they get aproduct repaired from a “non-recognized”outfit.Thestatementsaid:“Theper-

tinent issues highlightedduringthemeeting include companiesavoid(ing)thepublicationofman-uals thatcanhelpusersmakere-pairs easily.Manufacturers haveproprietary control over spareparts. Monopoly on repairprocesses infringes the cus-tomer’s’ ‘righttochoose’.”The right to repair has been

recognised in many countriesacross the globe, including theUS,UKandtheEuropeanUnion.In the US, the Federal Trade

Commissionhasdirectedmanu-facturers to remedyunfair anti-competitivepracticesandaskedthem to make sure that con-sumerscanmakerepairs,eitherthemselvesorby thirdparties.

DEBATEOVERUNPARLIAMENTARYWORDS

LokSabhaSpeakerOmBirlaatapressconference inNewDelhionThursday.AmitMehra

Congress leaders JairamRameshandManishTewariatapartymeeting inNewDelhionThursday.Anil Sharma

Nowords banned, listis a compilation: Birla

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

CONGRESSLEADERinLokSabhaAdhir Ranjan ChowdhuryThursdaywrote to Speaker OmBirlaandaskedhimtoputthelistof unparliamentary words is-sued by the Secretariat inabeyance.Hesuggestedthatafi-nal list beprepared in consulta-tionwithallpoliticalparties.He said the list “includes

words like ‘ashamed’, ‘abused’,‘betrayed’, ‘corrupt’, ‘hypocrisy’and ‘incompetent’..... If thesewordsaretakenoutofthegeneralvocabulary, theveryessenceandimpact of expressionwould beminimised.LokSabhaSecretariatshould havementioned substi-tutes for these bannedwords sothatitwouldhavebeeneasierforallofustousethesubstitute...”

Adhir writes toSpeaker: Listwords afterconsulting Opp

Govt plans frameworkto introduce ‘Right toRepair’ for consumers

Cong set to raise inflation,jobs, Agnipath in House

MONSOONSESSION:CONGOPENTOFLOORCOORDINATION

In pandemic year 2020-21, party donations fell over 41%

Decline in donations

BJP

Cong

NCP

Others*

`785.77cr`477.54cr

`139.016cr`74.524cr

`59.946cr`26.261cr

`29.073cr`14.828cr

TOTALDONATIONS

Donations to recognised national parties fell bymore `420 cr from 2019-20 to2020-21—when the pandemic and lockdown brought the country to a halt

■FY20 ■FY21

*CPM,CPI, TMC;BSP,NPP figuresunavailableSource:Association forDemocraticReform

`1013.805cr

Decline:41.49% ▼

`

94.74%is thedecline indonationstoTMCfromFY20

(`8.0835crore) toFY21(`42.50crore),thehighestamongnationalparties thatdeclareddonations

`593.153cr

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

TWO MONTHS after theCongress announced a“Kanyakumari to KashmirBharatJodoYatra”fromOctober2, the party onWednesday saidit is exploring the possibility ofstarting the yatra earlier. Theparty, however, remained eva-sive onwhether Rahul Gandhiwill lead the five-month-longmarchacross 12 states coveringadistanceof roughly3,500km.“Given the repeated attacks

onourdemocracybytheBJP,theCongress is now exploring thepossibilityof startingtheBharatJodo Yatra earlier,” the opposi-tionparty saidafterameeting.TheCongresspresidentelec-

tion is to take place betweenAugust21andSeptember20.

Both Digvijaya Singh andJairamRamesh,who addressedthemedia,parriedquestionsonwhowill lead the yatra. Singhsaid,“It isCongress’syatraanditis expected that all Congressleaderswill participate.”Asked whether Rahul will

lead the yatra as the Congresspresident, he said, “Youwill gettoknowaftertheelectionsbeingconductedby theAICC.”On whether Rahul will be

partof theyatrafrombeginningto end, Singh said, “Is RahulGandhi not a leader of theCongress.Whywill henot?”OnwhethertheCongresspresidentor Rahul will lead the yatra, hesaid,“Congresspartykesaarelogmilkekarenge.”Ramesh then said, “The en-

tire leadership and cadre of theCongress partywill participatein theyatra.”

Party silent on whetherRahul will lead Yatra

SREENIVASJANYALAHYDERABAD, JULY14

AHEADOF the 2024 Assemblyelections, Andhra PradeshChiefMinisterYS JaganMohanReddyhaslaunchedamassiveoutreachprogrammetargetingabout1.40crorehouseholdswhich are saidtohavebenefitedfromhisgovern-ment’svariouswelfareschemes.As part of the ‘Gadapa

GadapakuMana Prabhuthvam(Our government at everydoorstep)’ programme,MLAs,ministers of the YSRCP govern-mentandparty leaderswilloverthenexteightmonthsvisitbene-ficiariesinabout1.40crorehouse-holds across the state and handover a letter from the ChiefMinister,alongwithabookletlist-ingall thewelfareschemes.Jagan’s letter, which carries

hissignature,reads,“Didyoure-ceivethebenefits?Havemygoodintentionsreachedyou?Didyoubenefit from the changes in theadministrationandgovernance?I hope that people continue tobless thegovernment.’’Jagan come to power in a

landslide win in 2019, riding awave of goodwill as he com-pleted over 3,000 km of a 100-day padyatra, duringwhich hemadeninekeywelfarepromises,branded'Navaratnalu',whichin-

cludedschemesforfarmersandthehomeless,andajobquotaforyouthof thestate. Inhis lettertobeneficiaries, Jagan claims that95 per cent of these promiseshavebeen fulfilled.Sources said theCMhas reit-

erated that elected representa-tiveshavetotakethe latestexer-ciseofseekingfeedbackseriously,and that he would seek inde-pendent reports from the fieldabout the performance ofMLAsandministers.FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

AROUND1.40CROREofthe1.68crorehouseholdsinthestatearecoveredbyoneortheotherof theYS-RCPgovernment’sdozensofschemes.TheseincludeYSRAmmavodi(mothersreceiveRs13,000ayeartokeepchildreninschool);YSRRythuBharosa(farm-ersgetRs13,500ayear);andYSRCheyuta(SC/STandbackwardcommu-nitywomenaged45-60areeligibleforannualcashaidofRs18,750).

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Jagan poll outreach:MLAs at door, letterto beneficiaries

Centre plans ‘intellectual heritage’ projectFROM TEMPLE TO TECHNOLOGY

EducationMinisterDharmendraPradhan

Mumbai:NDApresidential can-didate Droupadi MurmuThursday visitedMumbai andmetlawmakersfromtheBJP,theEknathShindeShivSenafactionandotherallies.Murmudidnotreach out to Sena chief UddhavThackeray,whoonMondayde-cided tosupporther.Historically,Presidentialcan-

didates have visitedMatoshreeto meet members of theThackeray clan and solicit sup-port for their candidature. ENS

Murmu skipsMatoshree visit

NDAPresidentialcandidateDroupadiMurmu

Shibu picks ‘fellow Adivasi’ Murmu over Yashwant

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TORAAGARWALAGUWAHATI, JULY14

TWOmonths after shewas ar-rested onUAPA charges, a localcourt onThursdaygranted a19-year-oldcollegestudentofJorhat,Assam,permissiontositforcom-ingexams.Barshashree Buragohain, a

second-year student ofMathematics at a Jorhat college,was arrested fromGolaghat inAssamonMay 18, and chargedunder Sections 10 and13 of theUAPAafterthedistrictpolicetooksuomotucognizanceofapostonher Facebookprofile thedaybe-fore.While police claim shehadexpressedsupportforULFA-I,thecontentiouspost, includedintheFIR, makes no mention of thebannedoutfit.On Thursday, CM Himanta

BiswaSarmaclaimedBuragohainwasarrestedasshehadshownin-tentionof joining theULFA-I.He

alsosaidshewouldbereleasedifherparents gave anundertakingsayingshewouldnotdoso.While Buragohain has been

lodgedintheGolaghatDistrictJailsinceMay,her caseonlybecamewidelyknownrecentlyaftera lo-cal channel interviewedherpar-entsandthenews ledtooutrage.On Thursday, Golaghat-basedlawyerParthaJyotiBoramovedanapplication onbehalf of the 19-year-olddaughterofadailywagerappealingtothecourttoallowherto sit forher semester examsbe-tween July 16 andAugust 1. Thecourt asked the jail authorities tomake the necessary arrange-ments,Borasaid.A separate petition seeking

bail for Buragohain is pending intheGauhatiHighCourt,with thenexthearingslatedforJuly21.AspertheFIR,accessedbyThe

IndianExpress,apostinAssamesebyBuragohain–‘Swadhinxurujordixeakouekhuj,Akoukorimrastrodruh (Onemore step toward the

sunof freedom,Onceagain, Iwillcommit treason)’ –was an im-plicitendorsementof theULFA-I.Ittalkedofalarger“criminalcon-spiracy”and“intent towagewaragainst the Indiangovernment”.The FIR also stated thatBuragohainhad “accepted” thatshehadwrittenthepost.CM Sarma said Buragohain

was “not arrested forwriting apoem”. “It has beenwrongly in-terpreted on socialmedia.” Headded: “When theGolaghat po-liceinterrogatedher,shesaidthatshehad intentionsof joining the

outfit(ULFA)...Ifshehadnotbeenarrested, shewouldhave joinedtheULFA. She is oneof our own,anditisourresponsibilitytosaveher... Forty-twoyouthshavediedin camps after joining theULFA.Whatifshemeetsthesamefate?”He had sent people tomeet

and counsel Buragohain in jail,Sarmaadded.Followingdemandstorelease

her, Assam Police Special DGP(Law andOrder) G P Singh hadsaid in a statementWednesdaythat “dueprocesswasbeing fol-lowed”. Singh cited thewords‘akou korim rastro druh’ and saidBuragohainhadmadea“specificcalltoindulgeinwagingwar”.“Whensomeonepubliclypro-

fessessupportforabannedorgan-isationanddeclares the intentofwagingwar against the IndianState, we are legally bound toprosecutethatperson.Followingdueprocess, a chargesheet shallbe filed in a competent court oflaw,”theDGPsaid.

Atul Dihingia, Buragohain’scounsel, stressed that thewordULFA-Iwasnotusedanywhereinherpost.“Theposthasbeenlinkedtotheoutfitbecauseitmentioned‘sun’,which is the symbol of theULFA-I,”hetoldTheIndianExpress.Buragohainhails fromavery

poor family in Jorhat's Teok, herlawyersaid.HerbrotherArindomtold The Indian Express that shewas “suddenly arrested”whenshe was visiting a friend in aneighbouring town inMay. “I donotknowwhatshewroteexactly...Butweknowthatshe isnotcon-nectedtoanyanti-nationalgrouportheULFA,”hesaid.Arindomaddedthatwhenhe

methis sister in jail recently, shetoldhimthatshehaddonenoth-ingwrong and “onlywritten apoem”.DemandingBuragohain’s re-

lease, Congress MP AbdulKhalequeaskedhowshecouldbearrested“forwritingarevolution-arypoem”.

BarshashreeBuragohain,19,isaMathematicsstudent

UAPA for Facebook post: Now Sarma saysstopped 19-year-old girl from joining ULFA

DEEPTIMANTIWARY&ANANDMOHANJNEWDELHI, JULY14

AFTERTHECBI,theEnforcementDirectorate(ED)hasbookedfor-mer Mumbai Police commis-sioner Sanjay Pandey in a caserelated to alleged tapping ofphones of someNational StockExchange (NSE) employees be-tween2009and2017.The agency has booked the

retired IPS officer under provi-sionsofthePreventionofMoneyLaunderingAct (PMLA).The EDhas also arrested for-

merNSECEO,ChitraRamkrishna,in connectionwith the case. ADelhicourtgrantedRamkrishna’scustodytoEDuntil July18.The ED had questioned

Pandey on July 5 in connectionwith the 2018 case of allegedmanipulation of NSE— a sepa-ratecaseinwhichsomebrokerswere alleged to have madewindfallprofitsbymanipulatingthe co-location facility of thebourse in connivancewith topNSEofficials.ThepresentEDcase isbased

on a CBI FIR registered recentlyagainstPandeyandhiscompany,iSecSecurities,amongothers,in-cluding Ramkrishna. AccordingtoED’ssubmissionincourt, iSecillegally tapped phones of NSEemployees onRamkrishna’s di-rections.Seeking Ramkrishna's re-

mand, ED told the court ofSpecial Judge Sunena SharmathatpaymentofRs4.54crore toiSec for alleged phone-tapping

was decided and agreed uponbetween the officers of NSE, in-cluding Ramkrishna, and thecompany's representatives.The agency told the court:

“During the entire period of of-fence — from 01.01.2009 till13.02.2017—ChitraRamkrishnawas holding the position of ei-ther deputymanaging director(till 2010) or jointmanaging di-rector(till2013)ormanagingdi-rector (till December 2016) ofNSE.”The agency also said, “It is

averred that after she relin-quished the post of ManagingDirector of NSE in December2016, the contract for so called“Periodic Study of CyberVulnerabilities of NSE’ expiredon13.02.2017andwasnever re-newedsubsequently,thusprov-ingtheillegalactivitywasco-ter-minuswithherholdingpositionas Joint Managing Director/ManagingDirectorofNSE.”Ramkrishna’s lawyer

Arshdeep Singh opposed theED’s application for remand onthegroundthatthecaseisbasedondocumentsalreadyinposses-sionoftheagency,andthatithadquestionedherearlier.

SANATHPRASADBENGALURU, JULY14

■Raising children is thebasicresponsibilityofwomen■Womentolerateviolence forthegoodof the family■Clothesandbehaviourareacause for sexual violenceThese are some of the re-

sponses by a number of teach-ers, parents and students whotookpart inasurveyincludedinthe Karnataka NationalEducationPolicy (NEP)positionpaperongendereducation.The survey, comprising 20

questions in Google forms, wascarried out among 1,070 teach-ers, 404 parents and 221 stu-

dents. Conducted by themem-bersof thepositionpapertoun-derstand the attitude and per-ception towards gender in theeducation system, the surveyraised gendersensitivityintext-books,theinclusionofmembersfrom the LGBTQ community inschoolsandgender-basedroles,amongother topics.According to the study,most

parents feelnurturingand look-ingafter thechildrenis thebasicresponsibility of women.Mostparentsalsobelievewomentol-erateviolenceforthegoodofthefamilyandagreethatitisthegirlswho understand them betterthan boys, thus reinforcing theideathatitistheresponsibilityofwomenalone to raise their chil-

drenandcare for their families.The position paper on

Gender Education is headed byVaniPeriodi,afreelanceconsult-ant inMangaluru.The study also revealed that

parentsfeelthatgirlsshouldhavethe freedom to dress in thewaythey like. But 34per cent of par-ents also feel that the behaviourandthedressingstyleof thegirlsisthemaincauseforsexualabuse.The questions were also

asked based on the distributionof roles and responsibilitiesamongtheteachersandgender-specific professions. It showedthat 45 per cent of teachers feltthat they should not conductspecialclassesforgirlsafter5pm,thusprojectinganideathatgirls

shouldreachhomebeforedusk.Around 40 per cent of teachersalsoagreedthattheyassigntasksrelatedtodecorationtogirlsandtangiblephysical tasks toboys.The position paper suggests

re-examiningthecontentoftext-books and increasing the repre-sentationofwomeninthem.Asper thesurveyconducted

by themembers of the positionpaper, amajority of the respon-dents were not aware of issuesrelatedtotransgenderpeople.Asper the survey: “Nearly 47 percent of the respondents dis-agreed that the present educa-tion system is not sensitive to-wards transgender (people)while25percentagreed.It is in-teresting to note nearly 27 per

cent of the respondents are notable todecideabout the issue.”Madan Gopal, the head of

Karnataka’sNEPtaskforce,said:“Certain facts on gender educa-tion are very startling. Thestigmaaround the LGBTQcom-munitystillexistsamongtheed-ucationinstitutionsandweneedtoovercomeit. Infact,duringthesurvey, it was shocking to notethat stereotypes among the ur-ban population are higher thanthat of the rural population.Moreover, students, especiallygirlsinurbanareas,lackedaccesstoeducationthanthegirls inru-ral areas. TheobjectiveofNEP isto ensure there is inclusivity ineducationirrespectiveofgenderandeconomicbackground.”

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

ALT NEWS co-founderMohammedZubaironThursdayfiledafreshpleaintheSupremeCourt seeking quashing of themultipleFIRslodgedagainsthiminUttarPradesh.Zubair, who sought interim

bail in the six cases, also ques-tioned the state government’sdecision to set up a SpecialInvestigationTeam(SIT)toprobethe cases. The plea also prayedfor clubbing the six FIRs in casetheyarenotquashed.The UP government had on

July 12 formed a two-memberSIT toprobe the six cases— twoinHathrasdistrict andoneeachin Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri,GhaziabadandMuzaffarnagar.IGP Preetinder Singh, cur-

rently posted at Department ofPrison Administration andReform, has been madePresident of the SIT, while DIGAmitVermais itsmember.The FIRs against Zubair are

overallegationsofhurtingHindusentiments,making commentsagainst a news channel anchor,makingobjectionablecommentsonHindudeities, anduploadingprovocative posts. The chargesinclude promoting enmity be-tween two groups and deliber-ate andmalicious acts intendedtooutragereligious feelings.OnJuly8, thetopcourt,while

hearingapleafiledbyZubairseek-ingquashingof theFIR lodged inSitapuroveratweet,hadgrantedhim interimbail. On July 12, thecourtextendedtherelief.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEAHMEDABAD,RAJKOT,VADODARA,SURAT, JULY14

THREEWOMENwerekilled in awall collapse on the outskirts ofAhmedabad, while one deatheachwasreportedAmreliandGirSomnath districts, taking thedeathtollinrain-relatedincidentssince July 7 to 43, even as heavyrain continued to batter parts ofGujarat. Navsari district is theworst-hit where the nationalhighway connecting MumbaiwasclosedagainonThursdayfol-lowingthefloodingofPurnariver.Flood-likesituationcontinued

forthefifthconsecutivedaysinceJuly10,withtheIMDissuingaredalert till Friday for eight districts— Junagadh, Gir Somnath and

Bhavnagar in Saurashtra, andSurat, Navsari, Dang, Tapi andValsad in SouthGujarat, accord-ing to State Revenue MinisterRajendraTrivedi.Two choppers were de-

ployedinNavsaridistrictforres-cueoperationsonThursday,saidTrivedi. According to Trivedi,“PurnariverfloodedafterYeldariand Siddheshwar dams on theMaharashtra sideoverflowed.”After heavy rain in Navsari,

Valsad and Dang districts inSouthGujarat,NationalHighway48, fromAlipore in Navsari dis-trict to Valsad, was temporarilyclosedThursday.According to the State

Emergency Operation Centre(SEOC)data, Gujarat received51percentof theseason’srainfall inthepast twoweeks. Since July 7,

therewere43humancasualtiesand477animalsdied,saidTrivedi.InAhmedabad,threewomen

labourers were killed after aboundarywallofVedantKadambunglows in Ognaj on the out-skirts of Ahmedabad, collapsedburying them, saidNRVaghela,inspectoratSolapolice station.Theywereidentifiedas Kavita

Sangod(35), SheetalSangod(14)andVanita Kalsingh (19). In GirSomnath, a 13-year-old girl diedafter being washed away in arivulet while she was grazingcows.LalaGohil(28),aresidentofNanaBhayodaraofAmrelidistrict,was killed after he fell into theDhiurbhaiDam. InDabhoi, a 16-year-oldgirl fromSejpuravillagediedasanambulanceferryingherto hospitalwas strandeddue towater-logging.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUDHIANA, JULY14

PUNJABI SINGER Daler SinghMehndi was on Thursday ar-rested and sent to jail after aPatiala court dismissed his ap-pealagainsta two-year jail termawarded to him in an immigra-tionfraudcaseregisteredin2013.A chief judicialmagistrate's

court in March 2018 had sen-

tencedMehnditotwoyearsinjailafter holding him guilty undersections420(cheating)and120-B(conspiracy).Mehndi,whohadsecuredbail, had challenged theorder in the court of AdditionalSessionsJudgeHSGrewal.Advocate Gurpreet Singh

Hundal, counsel for the com-plainant,said:“Thesessionscourtcourt upheld his sentence.Mehndifiledanotherapplicationin the court appealinghe should

bereleasedonprobationofgoodconduct but that has been dis-missed”.The singer’s counsel, LM

Gulati, said: “Unfortunately, thecourt’s verdict is not in ourfavour...We will immediatelymove the higher court.We areveryhopefulforjustice”.Mehndi,aresidentofArjunNagarinDelhi,his brother Shamsher Singh(now deceased) and six otherswereaccusedofcheatingpeople

by takingmoney on pretext ofsendingthemabroadillegally.AnFIRwasregisteredin2003

after one Bakhshish Singh ofPatiala's Balbera village allegedMehndi and other accused hadcheatedhimofRs13lakhonthepretextofsendinghimtoCanada.Separately, it was also allegedthatMehndiandhisbrothertooktwo troupes to the US in 1998and 1999 of which 10 youthsweredroppedthere illegally.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

DISMISSING A petition seekingpostponement of the NEET-UG2022 examination, which isscheduled to be held on July 21,the Delhi High Court onThursdaysaidsuchtypeofpeti-tionsshouldbediscouragedandcandidatescannotapproachthecourtsat the lasthour.Terming the submissions

made before it vague, JusticeSanjeev Narula said there is nomerit in thepetitionand it is to-tally misconceived. “Only be-cause the petitioners are stu-dents,thecourtisnotgoingtobeharsh,”saidthecourt,addingthat

itwouldhaveimposedafinehadthecasebeenotherwise.ThepetitionfiledWednesday

soughtreschedulingoftheexam,citingfloodsinpartsof thecoun-try,thereportedsuicidesbyaspi-rants and less timegapbetweendifferent national examinationssuchasNEET, JEEandCUET.Whenthecounselrepresent-

ing the petitioners argued thatmany people have died in thefloods, the court observed thatIndiaisavastcountryandsome-thing keeps happening duringmonsoonseason.In response to a submission

that 17 students have commit-tedsuicide,thecourtquestionedhow that can be related to theexaminations schedule.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JULY14

ACASEwaslodgedinLucknowonThursdayeveningonacomplaintfromtheLuluMalladministrationafteravideoofunidentifiedpeo-ple offering namaz inside thenewlyopenedmallwentviralonsocialmedia.The case was lodged at

Sushant Golf City police stationonacomplaintfiledbythemall’sPublicRelationsManagerSibtainHussain.“Inthecomplaint,itwassaid some unidentified peoplecame to themall on July 12 andofferedprayerswithoutpermis-sion. The case has been lodgedagainstunidentifiedpeople.”A statement issued by

Lucknow Police said no em-ployeeorworkerof themallwasinvolved in the incident.Thecasehasbeenlodgedun-

derIPCsection153-A(1)(promot-ing enmity), 295-A (deliberateandmalicious acts, intended tooutrage religious feelings of anyclass by insulting its religion orreli-giousbeliefs),341(wrongfulrestraint), and 505 (statementsconducingtopublicmischief).Police said thatmembers of

some Hindu outfits protestedoutside the newly inauguratedmall after thevideowentviral.

SANTOSHSINGHPATNA, JULY14

THE PATNA High CourtWednesday acquitted all the 13people convicted by a lowercourt in the 2016 Gopalganjhoochtragedycase, inwhich19people died after drinking spu-rious, country-made liquor.The HC order reverses a de-

cision by a lower court inGopalganj which had inMarchlast year awarded life term tofour of the accused and sen-tenced9others todeath.Itwasthefirst timethecourt

pronounced thedeath sentenceforthoseaccusedundertheBiharProhibitionandExciseAct,2016.The HC division bench of

Justice Ashwini Kumar SinghandJusticeHarishKumar found“procedurallapses”inthepoliceinvestigation, which was themain ground for acquittal of allthe13accused.DefencecounselVikasRanjan

Bharti told The Indian Express:“Thecourttalkedoutprocedurallapses. Once we get the ordercopy,wewould get to knowthespecific point.”Bharati repre-sented the ninemenwho hadbeenhandedthedeathsentence.A Bihar government official

said:“Letusfirstgetandreadtheverdict to decide it needs to bechallenged”.TheGopalganjhoochtragedy

was the first major hoochtragedyaftertheenforcementoftheBihar law.

NDRFteamsrescuepeople inGujarat’sNavsaridistrictonThursday.Express

After CBI, EDbooksMumbaiformer top cop

PMLACASE

EDarrestsex-NSECEORamkrishna

ChitraRamkrishnaandSanjayPandey. File

‘Women’s basic duty...’: NEP paper flags worrying gender views

Daler Mehndi sent to jail after court junks appeal

DalerMehndiataPatialacourtonThursday.HarmeetSodhi

2016 hooch tragedy: PatnaHC acquits all 13 convicts

Delhi HC dismisses pleato defer NEET-UG exams

BIHAR

Womanresists‘rapeattempt’,stabbedineyesPatna: A 45-year-oldwomansufferedinjuriestobothhereyeswhileresist-ing an alleged rape at-temptbyherneighbouratDakra English village inBihar’s Katihar district onthe intervening night ofTuesday andWednesday,according to the police.Police said a rape casecould be filed against thesuspect only after themedicalreportconfirmsit.Theysaidtheallegedinci-dent tookplacewhen thewoman,whose husbandworks outside Bihar,wassleeping inhermud-and-thatchedhousealongwithherdaughter. ENS

MAHARASHTRA

FreshCBIFIRagainstChoksiMumbai:TheCBIhasreg-istereda freshFIRagainstfugitive diamond mer-chantMehulChoksiforal-legedly cheating Canarabank-led consortium tothe tune of Rs 55.27crores. A CBI spokesper-son said Thursday aMumbai-basedjewelleryfirm Bezel Jewellery andthreeof itsotherdirectorshave also been booked.CBI officials said Choksi'scompanywassanctionedaWorkingCapitalFacilityof Rs 30 crore and Rs 25crore respectively byCanara Bank and Bank ofMaharashtra for manu-facturing jewellery.However, they said, thefundswereallegedlyusedto repay the firm's long-termborrowings. ENS

TELANGANA

Nupurremarks:AjmerclericheldJaipur: The RajasthanPolice on Thursday ar-rested an Ajmer dargahclericfromHyderabadforallegedly delivering aprovocative speechat themaingateoftheshrinelastmonth. AjmerAdditionalSuperinte-ndentofPoliceVikasSangwansaidGoharChishti had been on therun since June29. Chishtihad delivered the hatespeech shortly before arallyagainsttheBJP'snow-suspended leaderNupurSharmaoverher remarksontheProphet. PTI

UTTARPRADESH

OnekilledafterrobberybidBaghpat:Amanwaskilledandapolicemaninjuredinan encounter in a forestarea, police said onThursday. The incidenthappenedonWednesdayin Kurdi village underChhapraulipolicestation,theysaid,whenthreemo-torcycle-borne menrobbed a petrol pump atgunpoint. Police said thetrio opened fire uponbe-ingchased, inwhichcon-stable Rahulwas injured.Police said one of the ac-cused, Lalit Kumar, whowasinjuredduringtheen-counter later succumbedduringtreatment. PTI

BRIEFLY

Zubair files fresh pleain SC, seeks quashing ofFIRs against him in UP

MohammedZubair. File

14-day judicialcustody inHathras case

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JULY14

Mohammad Zubair was pre-sentedinalocalcourtinHathrason Thursday which remandedhimin14-dayjudicialcustodyinconnectionwithacaselodgedatHathras’ Kotwali policestation.The casewas lodged on July

4 atHathras' Kotwali police sta-tion and the ALt News co-founder and factchecker ischargedwith promoting com-munalenmity.He was booked under IPC

sections 153A (promoting en-mity between different groupsongroundof religion, race,etc.),295A (deliberate andmaliciousacts, intended to outragereli-gious feelings of any class),and section 67 (publishing ortransmittingobscenematerialinelectronic form) of theInformationTechnologyAct.Thecomplaintwas filedbya

local residentDeepakSharma.

FIR after videoof namaz at LuluMall goes viral

LUCKNOW

Heavy rain batters Gujarat for 5thstraight day, toll 43 since July 7

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HARIKISHANSHARMANEWDELHI, JULY14

JUSTOVERa fortnightafter itde-claredas"illegal"theextractionofgroundwaterby2,069industries,includingprojectsandunitsofbigcorporates like Tata Steel, AdaniWilmar and Ramdev's DivyaPharmacy, the Central GroundWaterAuthority(CGWA)grantedrelief to themonThursday, as itextended the last date for apply-ing for no objection certificates(NOCs) from June 30 toSeptember30.On June27, theCGWA,under

the Ministry of Jal Shakti, hadlisted2,069projects/unitswhichhad failed to renewtheNOCs is-suedbytheauthorityforground-water extraction. “Groundwaterwithdrawalbytheprojects(asperlistattached)isillegalasperlaw,”saidacommuniqueissuedbytheCGWAmembersecretary.According to the “Guidelines

toregulateandcontrolgroundwa-

ter extraction in India”, issuedbytheMinistryof JalShaktiMinistryon September 24, 2020, barringfive exempted categories – indi-vidualdomesticconsumersinru-ral andurban areas for drinkingwater and domestic use; ruraldrinkingwater supply schemes;ArmedForcesestablishmentsandCentralArmedPoliceForcesestab-lishmentsinruralandurbanareas;agricultural activities; andMicroandSmallEnterprisesdrawinglessthan10cubicmetresperday–allother users are required to getNOCs fromtheCGWAforextrac-tionofgroundwater.TheNOCsare issued forape-

riodof2to5years,dependingontheusersandthecategoryofareainwhichtheyarelocated(overex-ploited, critical, semi-critical andsafe).Amongthe2,069projectsthat

were listed, the NOC for AdaniWilmarLimited(2,673cubicme-tresperday)wasdueforrenewalin April 2021. The NOC forRamdev'sDivyaPharmacyUnit-

II, based inHaridwar, for extrac-tionof 179 cubicmetresperday,expiredonDecember23,2017.Amongthelistedprojects,the

NOCformaximumgroundwaterextraction–5,77,550cubicmetresperday–wasissuedtoTubedCoalMineproject,inLatehardistrictofJharkhand;itwasdueforrenewalonAugust13,2021.TheNOC for Tata Steel Ltd’s

Open Cast Coal Mine in WestBokaro (20,094cubicmetresperday)expiredinDecember2021.“It has come to the notice of

theAuthority thatNOC issued tothe... projects has expired and isnomore valid... The renewal ofNOCforgroundwaterabstractionbytheindustries/projectsisover-due as project proponents havefailedtoapplyforrenewalwithinthe stipulated time,” said theCGWAmembersecretary’scom-munique.Themembersecretaryquoted

Section11 (vii) of the guidelineswhich states that “if the propo-nent fails to apply for renewal

within threemonths from thedateofexpiryofNOC,thepropo-nentshallbeliabletopayenviron-mentalcompensationforthepe-riod starting from the date ofexpiryofNOCtillNOCisrenewedbythecompetentauthority.”“Nowtherefore,inviewofthe

non-complianceobservedaboveand in exercise of the powersvested under Section 5 of theEnvironmental (Protection) Act,1986andGazetteNotification,S.O.3289(E)dated24/9/2020,theau-thorityherebydirects you to ap-plyforrenewalattheearliest,”thecommunique said. It said theCGWAcould take action againstdefaultingunits,includingsealingofborewell,suspension/closureofunitandlevyingofenvironmentalcompensation.WhileCGWAofficialsdeclined

tocommentonthematter,anof-ficial said some industries re-spondedafter the listwentpub-lic. However, there was noresponsefrom1,814industriestillJuly13,theofficialsaid.

Meanwhile, onThursday, theCGWA issued a public noticegrantingrelieftothedefaulterstillSeptember-end. “Asa lastoppor-tunity,thelastdateforsubmissionofcompleteapplicationforNOCisherebyextendedfrom30.06.2022to30.09.2022,alongwithapplica-ble groundwater abstraction/restorationchargesandpenalty,”saidthenoticeissuedbytheCGWAchairman.“Failuretodososhallbetreatedas illegal abstractionandstrictpenalactionshallbeinitiatedagainstoffendersasperprescribedrules and Environment(Protection)Act,”itsaid.The CGWA regulates with-

drawalofgroundwateracrossthefollowing states and UnionTerritories – Assam, ArunachalPradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Gujarat, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh,Maharashtra,Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Nagaland,Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim,Tripura, Uttarakhand, Andamanand Nicobar Islands, Dadra &NagarHaveliandDaman&Diu.

Illegal groundwater extraction: Govtbody names 2,069 units, grants relief

MAYURAJANWALKARPANAJI, JULY14

OPPOSITIONMLASsoughttoputGoa’sBJPgovernmentinthedockin the Assembly on Thursdayovertheconstructionofabunga-lowincloseproximitytoheritagemonuments in Old Goa. It hasbeen at the centre of citizen-ledprotests forover200days.AsMLAs from the Congress,

AAP,GoaForwardPartyand theRevolutionary Goans Party de-mandedactionagainstthebun-galow, Chief Minister PramodSawant and Town and CountryPlanning Minister VishwajitRane said the governmentwould meet the people’s de-mands but thematter was subjudiceatpresent.The bungalow—a part of it

formerly owned by ManishMunot, husband of Mumbai-based BJP spokesperson ShainaNC—wasarallyingpointduringthe campaign for the Assemblypolls inFebruary.CongressMLAfrom Cumbharjua RajeshFaldessai, inwhoseconstituencythe bungalow falls, asked thegovernment to demolish itciting Old Goa residents’ vehe-mentopposition to it.“WhatdopeoplecometoOld

Goa for? They come to see theblessings of Goencho Saib (StFrancis Xavier, whose remainsare preserved in the Basilica ofBom Jesus). They don’t come to

seebungalows,” Faldessai said.The SaveOld Goa Action

Committeehasbeenprotestingagainst the bungalow’s con-structionforoverayearandhadfiled a petition in the SupremeCourt. The protests intensifiedafterover3,000peoplegatheredat St Cajetan Church in Old GoaonNovember21,2021demand-ing the government to take ac-tion against the structure. Theground-plus-onestructureislo-cated between the Mandoviriver and St Cajetan Church andclosetotheViceroy’sArchinOldGoa’sheritageprecinct.Sawantsaid, “Thestructuring

that he is talking about, I don’twant to saywhy andwho it be-longsto–thematterisbeforethe-high court. It is sub judice. Thepanchayat has revoked its con-struction licence and issued ademolitionorder.Atpresent,both

havebeenclubbedandahearingis ongoing before the additionaldirectorofpanchayats,aquasi-ju-dicial body. There is a process ofnatural justice and under thisprocess,fourhearingshavetakenplace. Thenexthearing ison July21. The governmentwill acceptwhateverdecisionthecourtorthejudicialauthoritytakesinthemat-ter.Iunderstandthesentiments.”Sawantalsosaidfiveorsixin-

terventionapplicationshadalsobeen filed in thecase.CongressMLA Yuri Alemao

said,“Iwanttoaskaverypointed,specificquestion.Areyouseriousabout protecting heritage sites?Taketheexampleof theUPgov-ernment,withoutnaturaljusticealsovariousstructureshavebeendemolished.SpeakerSir, if thereisawill, there isaway.”

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NAVEEDIQBALSRINAGAR, JULY14

RESCUEOPERATIONSinwakeofthe flash floods that killed 15people near theAmarnath caveshrine in Jammu and Kashmirhave now been called off, LtGovernor Manoj Sinha saidThursday,addingnonewbodieshavebeen found.Of the55 injured in the inci-

dent, all but twohave been dis-charged,Sinhasaid,andhavere-turnedhome.“The(twoinjured)inSKIMS(hospital)arestable.14bodies have been returned totheir families and one familychosetocremate(thebody)hereitself,” theLGadded.About1.5 lakhpilgrimshave

visited the holy cave this yearsince June 30,when the 43-dayyatrabegan,hesaid.Expressing gratitude to the

locals“whoassistedtheyatrisinevery way they could”, Sinhasaid a compensation of Rs 10lakhwillbeprovidedtothefam-iliesof thosewhodied inthe in-cident.“Since all yatris are insured

uptoasumofRs5lakh,wehavedecided to provide Rs 5 lakhmore to those who lost theirlives,”hesaid.Sinha said the shrine board

helplinehadreceivedabout200calls after the flash floodstruck.“Theyweretracked,”hesaid.

“We are in touchwith all stategovernments and the residentcommissioners and deputycommissioners in some of thedistricts. Icansaythatasofnow,noone ismissing.”

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEKOLKATA, JULY14

THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate(ED),whichisprobingthemoneylaundering angle in the coal pil-feragecase,hassummonedWestBengal PWD Minister MoloyGhatak and TMC MLA fromBaghmundiSushantaMahatoforquestioning. Ghatak is a TMCMLA from Asansol. Both havebeenasked toappearbefore theEDonFriday inNewDelhi.This is the fourth time that

Ghatakhasbeensummonedbythe agency, while Mahato hasbeencalled for the first time.ReactingtosummonstoTMC

MLAandminister,partynationalgeneral secretary Abhishek

BanerjeehitoutattheBJP,accus-ing it of using the central agen-cies forpoliticalbenefits.“They(BJP)havetoldthecen-

tralagenciestocallTMCleaders.But why are they not callingSuvendu(Adhikari)forquestion-ingevenafterSudiptoSenopenlytook his name and alleged thathehadpaidahugesumofmoneytohim,” theTrinamoolMPsaid.Banerjee was referring to

Saradhachitfundscamaccused,Sudipto Sen, naming BJP leaderandMLASuvenduAdhikari.“Coal security is under the

CISF.Whydon'ttheyinterrogateCISF officials?” Banerjee, toldmediapersons.Abhishek Banerjee, hiswife

andsister-in-lawhavealsobeenquestionedbytheED.

Kolkata: Three former generalmanagers (GMs) and four offi-cials of Eastern Coalfields Ltd(ECL), arrested in connectionwith the alleged coal pilferagecase, were on Thursday sent tofive-day CBI custody by anAsansol courtonThursday.The Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI), which is in-vestigating the alleged theft ofcoal from themines of EasternCoalfields Ltd, had arrested thesevenonWednesday.The three arrested former

general managers are retiredgeneral manager Tanmay Das,whowasthenchiefmanagerandhead of security; the then GM(Satgram) Sushanta Banerjee,who is now retired; and retiredGMAbhijitMallik. ENS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICESHIMLA, JULY14

HIMACHAL PRADESH HighCourthasquashedanFIRagainsta journalist who attempted tohighlightdiscrepanciesinthee-pass generation system duringtheCovidwave lastyear.Asperofficials,ajournalistas-

sociatedwith a leadingmediahousewasbookedforregisteringe-passesusingfraudulentnames.Thecourtstatedthattheintentionof the scribewas not to defraud

buttogivea‘realitycheck’.“Thepetitionerdidnotcom-

mitanyactwithintentiontode-fraud, but for reality check andverifyingtheworkingof thesys-tem of online registration andgeneration of e-passes, regard-ingwhichitwasclaimedbyStatethat e-passes would be gener-ated after proper verification ofdocuments uploadedwith theonline request,” read the orderby JusticeVivekSinghThakur.The court said, “The peti-

tionerneverintendedtousenorusedthesee-passesforentering

Himachal Pradesh. He broughtthislapseinsystemtothenoticeof higher authorities... it cannotbesaid theact...waswith intentto defraud, therefore, itwas notanactdone ‘fraudulently’.”Thejournalisthadrequested

vehicle passes in the name ofAmitabh Bachchan andDonaldTrumptoestablishtheywerebe-ing generated in amechanicalmanner. And the HP policebookedhimforallegedcheating,forgery, dishonesty, and undersections of the IT Act and theDisasterManagementAct.

TataSteel,AdaniWilmar,DivyaPharmacyamongthoseinCGWAlistofunitsthatdidn’trenewNOCs

Goa Opp, govt spar over ‘illegal’bungalow near heritage precinct

PROBE INTO2020COALPILFERAGECASE

DARJEELINGDIARY :WestBengalCMMamataBanerjeepreparesmomosata local stall.PTI

ED to question Bengalminister, summons MLA

3 ex-GMs, 4 ECLofficials sent to5-day CBI custody

TheprotestoutsideStCajetanChurch inOldGoaagainst theconstructionof thebungalowat theheritagesite. File

Himachal HC quashes FIR against journalist

Amarnath floods:L-G says no onemissing, rescueops called off

COVIDE-PASS INBACHCHAN, TRUMPNAMESEXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JULY14

IPSOFFICERAmrit Paul, arrestedin the Karnataka police recruit-mentscam, formattedhisphonebeforeitwasseizedandeffortsareontoretrievethelostdata, inves-tigatorssaidThursday,astheyre-spondedtotheHighCourt’scon-cernsoverpaceof probe into thescandal.The state CID, through the

Special Public Prosecutor, told abenchofJusticeHPSandeshthattheagency’sattemptstoretrievethe information from the cloudstorage systemwill involve “ahuge amount of data”, suggest-ing theneed formore time. Theprobe,however,is“ontrack”,theagencysaid, informingthecourtthe Director General of Police,CID, P S Sandhu, is monitoringthe investigation“personally”.Theagency’sremarkscameaf-

ter Justice Sandesh raised ques-tions about the progress of theprobe since the IPS officer Paul’sarrest on July 4. “You have notrecorded the statement of theADGP (Paul) and you have notproducedhimincourtforrecord-ingofhisstatement.Hehasbeenin police custody...Nothing hasbeen done in the last 10 days,”JusticeSandeshsaidThursday.Justice Sandesh called the

scandal“acaseofthefenceeatingthecrop”.Thepecialprosecutortoldthe

courttheinvestigatingagencyhadput a freeze on Paul’s bank ac-counts.“Theanalysis...isgoingon.Whospoketowhom,andforhowlong, isbeinganalysed,”hesaid.

Karnataka PSIscam: HC flagsprobe pace, copssay need time

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JULY14

IT IS clear that both the visionand theagendaof I2U2arepro-gressive and practical, PrimeMinisterNarendraModisaidonThursdaywhile addressing thefirst virtual summit of the four-nationgrouping.BesidesModi,thevirtualsum-

mitwasattendedbyUSPresidentJoe Biden, Israel PrimeMinisterYair Lapid and UAE PresidentMohammedbinZayedAlNahyan.Modi said the groupingwill

makeimportantcontributionsinareasofenergysecurity,foodse-curity and economic growth.“This is a meeting of strategicpartnersinthetruesense.Weareall good friends, andweall havecommonperspectivesandcom-moninterestsaswell,”hesaid.I2U2 has set a positive

agenda right from Thursday'sfirst summit,hesaid.Modi noted that the group-

ing has identified joint projectsin many areas, and prepared aroadmaptomove forward.The12U2groupingwas con-

ceptualisedduringthemeetingofforeignministersofthefourcoun-triesheldonOctober18lastyear.

It intendstomobiliseprivatesec-tor capital and expertise to helpmoderniseinfrastructure,lowcar-bondevelopment pathways forindustries,improvepublichealth,andpromotedevelopmentofcrit-icalemergingandgreentech.“Under the I2U2 framework,

wehave agreed to increase jointinvestmentinsixkeyareas—wa-ter, energy, transport, space,health, and food security,”Modisaid. He said: “Our cooperativeframework is a goodmodel for

practical cooperation in the faceofincreasingglobaluncertainties.IamconfidentthatwithI2U2,wewillmake significant contribu-tions to energy security, food se-curityandeconomicgrowth.”Initsfirstleaders’summiton

Thursday,thegroupingunveiledinitiativesfocusedonfoodsecu-rity and clean energy, includinga $2-billion programme to de-velopfoodparksacrossIndiaandahybridrenewableenergyproj-ect inGujarat.

IsraelPMYairLapid,PMNarendraModi,UAEPresidentMohammedbinZayedAlNahyanandUSPresident JoeBidenat the I2U2 virtual summit. PTI

PM: I2U2 has set goodmodel for cooperation

FIRSTMEETOFINDIA,US, ISRAEL,UAEGROUPING

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VALLABHOZARKARMUMBAI, JULY14

THEMAHARASHTRA govern-ment on Thursday announcedthat it has granted all permis-sions required for theMumbai-Ahmedabadbullettrainproject,consideredapetprojectofPrimeMinisterNarendraModi.Thean-nouncementcomescloseontheheelsof sustainedopposition tothe project by the previousMaharashtra Vikas Aghadi(MVA) governnment led byUddhav Thackeray, who hadtermed it as “of no use for thepeopleofMaharashtra”.In a press conference after a

cabinet meeting on Thursday,DeputyChiefMinisterDevendraFadnavissaid, “All thenecessaryclearances for the bullet trainproject have been given by theCM (Eknath Shinde) onWednesday.” TheNationalHighSpeed Rail Corporation Limited(NHSRCL) is executing theMumbai-Ahmedabad High-

SpeedRailorBulletTrainProject.Theproject isspreadovera508-km-longstretchofwhich348kmliesinGujarat,4kminDadraandNagarHaveliandtheremaining,156km, inMaharashtra.Thefirstbullettrainprojectof

the countrywas stuck forwantofnecessaryclearancesfromtheMaharashtra government. Theclearances included acquisitionof land, especially at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) andVikhroliinMumbai,andshiftingofpetrolpumpfromBKCtomakewayforahigh-speedrailstation.Accordingtosources,paper-

workforacquiring74percentofthe total land required inMaharashtra for theproject hasbeencompletedsofar.However,NHSRCLhadgotphysicalposses-sion of only 39 per cent of landand the remaining had beenpending since 2019, when theMVAgovernmentwas formed.Opposing the project, the

thenCMUddhavThackerayhadsaid that the people needed aMumbai-Nagpurbullet train.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JULY14

THE NEWLY appointed EknathShindegovernmenthasreducedthe Value Added Tax (VAT) onpetrolanddieselinMaharashtrabyRs5perlitreandRs3perlitrerespectively. The decision wastaken inastatecabinetmeetingon Thursday by Chief MinisterShinde and deputy CMDevendraFadnavis.Soonafter taking charge last

month,FadnavishadannouncedthatVATonfuelwill be reducedonthelinesofotherstatesruledby the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUDHIANA, JULY14

AFRESHbatchof21AfghanSikhsandHindus, including an infant,landed inDelhi Thursday as theevacuationandshiftingofAfghanminoritiestoIndiacontinues.A commercial flight from

Kabul,operatedbyKamAir,car-rying them arrived at Delhi's

Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport, said Puneet SinghChandhok, president of theIndianWorld Forum. “An infantwho has been facilitatedwith-out a visa is also part of thegroup,”hesaid.The Shiromani Gurdwara

ParbandhakCommittee(SGPC),in coordination with IWF andGovernmentof India, isfacilitat-ing theevacuationof distressed

Afghanminorities. The SGPC isbearing the airfare andwill alsoprovideaidto legitimatepeopleseeking rehabilitation in India.Officialsof SGPCandAfghan

Hindu and Sikh communityleaderswere present at the air-port to receive them.After theirarrival, they proceeded toGurdwaraSriGuruArjanDevatTilakNagar inDelhi.Meanwhile, 130 Afghan

HindusandSikhs still remain inAfghanistanandabout60appli-cationsarestillpendingwiththeGovernment of India for is-suance of visas. The exodus hasbeentriggeredaftertheterrorat-tack on Gurdwara DashmeshPita Guru Gobind Singh KarteParwan inKabulon June18.

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ESHAROYNEWDELHI, JULY14

BETI BACHAOBeti Padhao, theCentre’s flagshipprogramme forwomen's empowerment,whichfocusesoneducationof girl childandimprovingsexratio,willnowbe extended across the country,accordingtoguidelinesissuedbyWomenandChildDevelopment(WCD)MinistryonThursday.Theprogrammeisoperational

in405districtsatpresent.Theministrypublishedcom-

prehensiveguidelinesforMissionShakti—theguidelinesareappli-cablefromApril.“The componentwill aim for

zero-budget advertising anden-couraginggreaterspendonactiv-ities that have on-ground im-pact...forpromotingsportsamonggirls, self-defence camps, con-structionof girls' toilets,makingavailablesanitarynapkinvendingmachines and sanitary pads, es-pecially in educational institu-tions, awarenessaboutPC-PNDTAct,etc,”theguidelinessaid.InDecember, the committee

on empowerment of women,chaired by BJP MP fromMaharashtra, Dr HeenaVijaykumarGavit, tabled in Lok

Sabha its fifth report on“Empowerment of womenthrough educationwith specialreference to `Beti Bachao BetiPadhao’ scheme’’. It stated thatnearly 80 percent funds for theBBBP schemehas beenused foradvertising,andnotonsectoralin-terventions such as women'shealth andeducation. The com-mitteehadsaidthatthescheme’sperformance in states has notbeen “up to themark’’ and ex-pressed “dismay” at under-utili-sationof funds.According to the guidelines,

theministry has now targetedimprovement in theSexRatioatBirth(SRB)by2pointseveryyear,improvement in the percentageof institutional deliveries at 95%or above, 1% increase in 1stTrimester ANCRegistration per

year,1%increaseinenrolmentatsecondary education level andskilling of girls andwomen peryear,tocheckdropoutrateamonggirlsatsecondaryandhighersec-ondary levelsandraisingaware-ness about safemenstrual hy-gienemanagement.The schemewill also look at

increasing girls' participation insports by identifying talent andlinkingthemwithappropriateau-thoritiesunder'KheloIndia'.The ministry also plans to

strengthenOne-StopCentres, setuptohelpwomenfacingviolenceby adding 300OSCs in districtswhich either have ahigh rate ofcrimesagainstwomenoraregeo-graphicallylarge,preferablyinaspi-rationaldistricts.

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21 Afghan Sikhs, Hindus land in Delhi

Maharashtrareduces VAT onpetrol and diesel

Mumbai-Ahmedabadbullet train gets ‘allnecessary clearances’

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JULY14

In a bid to strengthen its hold inrural Maharashtra, the EknathShinde-led government onThursdayannouncedthatpresi-dentsofnagarpanchayats,nagarparishadsandsarpanchof grampanchayats inMaharashtrawillbeelecteddirectly.Indoingso,thegovernmenthas

reversed thedecisionof theerst-whileMahaVikasAghadigovern-ment,whichhadmandatedelec-tion of panchayat andparishadheads throughelectedmembersoftherespectivelocalbodies.The decisionwas taken at a

cabinetmeetingchairedbyChiefMinister Eknath Shinde andDeputyChiefMinisterDevendra

Fadnavis,alongwithseniorgov-ernmentofficials.Duringthemeeting,thecab-

inet also decided to give votingrights to farmers to electmem-bers of Agriculture ProduceMarketCommittees (APMCs).Both these decisions were

earliertakenbytheFadnavis-ledBJP-Shiv Sena government dur-ingitstenure,butwerereversedby the MVA after it came topower. After coming to power,theBJP-ShindegovernmenthasscrappedtheMVA'sdecisions.

BJP-Shinde govt reversestwo MVA decisions

MaharashtraCMEknathShinde

Focusonactivitieswithimpactonground:WCDguidelines

Beti Bachao Beti Padhaoto be extended to all dists

■Additional300One-StopCentres tobesetup;existingcentres tobeupgraded■Govt to introducefreeday-carecréchefacilitiesthroughPalna■Half-WayHomestobesetupunderAnti-

TraffickingUnits,whereagroupofvictims, readyforreintegration,can liveandworkoutof

■HubsforempowermentofwomentobesetupatCentral, statesanddistrictslevels tomergeandmonitorschemes

I N THE WORKS

New Delhi

ASGOLD imports have surged over the lastcoupleofmonths,thegovernmenthasraisedthe importduty from7.5percent to12.5percent todiscourage importsof themetal,pro-videstabilitytothecurrency,andcontainthecurrent account deficit (CAD). Investors takerefuge in gold in times of high inflation andglobal uncertainty, especially during awar.Goldpriceshavecomeunderpressureduetorising interest rates in theUnited States andotherdevelopedeconomies,andthestrength-eningof thedollar.Thisraisesthequestion:whatshouldgold

investorsdo?Expertssaythat irrespectiveofthecurrentnegatives, investorscancontinuewith their long-termgold investments in astaggeredmanner.

Jump in gold importsThisMay, India importedgoldworth$5.8

billion, as against $677million in the samemonthlastyear.ThesenumbersforJune2022and2021were $2.6billion and$969millionrespectively. Gold imports have risen in linewiththerisingglobaluncertainty,spikeinin-flation, volatility in currency, and theunder-performanceofequitymarkets.Thefactthatgoldpreservesitsvalueinthe

longrunandgeneratesabove-inflationreturnisoneofthemainreasonswhyinvestorsgrav-itate towards gold in times of high inflation.Whilecommoditiesdohavecyclicalrisks,ex-perts say goldwill generate apositive returnin the long runsimplybecause it’s apreciousmetalwhosesupplyislimited.Risinggeopoliticalconcernsonaccountof

thewarinUkrainethathashitthesuppliesofcrude and several key agri commodities has

alsoemergedasareasonfortheriseindemandforgold.Anotherfactor isthehighliquidityofgold, and theunder-performanceof equitiesoverthe lastninemonths.Whileequitymar-ketshaveanegativecorrelationwithinflation,gold has a positive correlation, and tends topreserve its value in an inflationary environ-ment.Sincegoldalsohasalowcorrelationwithequity, itprovidesstabilitytotheportfolio.

Goldprices outlookEvenasdemandinIndiahasrisen,interna-

tionalgoldpriceshavedeclined,havingfallenmore than 12 per cent over the last threemonths. Gold is currently trading at around$1,720perounce.Therecouldbefreshpressureontheprice

of gold, as data from theUSBureau of LaborStatistics onWednesday showed consumerpriceinflationatanew40-yearhighof9.1percentinJune.ThisislikelytonudgetheFederalReservetoraiseratesbyatleast75basispointsinitsnextmonetarypolicymeetinglaterthismonth,whichmay put further pressure ongold, andalso impactemergingmarketsand

theircurrencies.A rise in US interest rates will further

strengthen the dollar asmoneymoves intotheUSchasinghigherinterestrates,andwillinturnraisetheopportunitycostofholdinggold for investors. Besides, a strengtheningof the dollar vis-à-vis other currencies in-creases the cost of gold purchase in thosecurrencies, whichmay not be suitable forshort-terminvestors.“The international price of goldhas been

onadeclinebecauseofmonetary tighteningby central banks.With the spike in inflationintheUSandexpectationsoffurtherincreasesininterestrates,thedollarhasemergedasthesafesthaven for investors—which is anega-tive for gold.Whilewedon't expect amajorsell-off, prices are likely to remainweak forthenextyearorevenlonger,”HareeshVNair,head of commodity research at GeojitFinancialServices,said.Ravindra Rao, head of commodity re-

searchatKotakSecurities,said,“Goldbouncedbackaftertakingsupportnear$1700/ozleveland is supportedby increaseddemandasan

inflation hedge; however, general biasmayremainonthedownsideunlessweseeasub-stantial correction in theUS dollar index orsubstantialrecoveryincommoditiesatlarge.”

Performance this yearWhileotherassetclasseslikeequitymar-

ketsfacedroughweather,golddidnotdisap-point investors. Gold's flat year-till-dateper-formancemayseemdullatfirstglance,butitwasstilloneofthebestperformingassetsdur-ingthefirsthalf(Jan-June)of2022.Itnotonlydelivered positive returns, it did sowith be-low-averagevolatility.Gold (24 carat)whichwas quoted at Rs

4,985 per gram on January 1, 2022, closedslightlysubduedatRs4,917/gonJune30.ThebenchmarkSensexbycontrast, fell 10.41percent(6,100points)duringthefirstsixmonths.“Goldhas activelyhelped investorsmit-

igate losses during this volatile period.Especiallyconsideringthatbothequitiesandbonds, which usuallymake up the largestportionof investors’ portfolios, postedneg-ative returns during the period,” theWorld

GoldCouncil said.

What should youdo?Pricesarelikelytoremainweakforayear

ormore,andexpertssayinvestorsshouldkeepinvesting ingoldasper theirassetallocation,andbuyondipsforthelongterm.Investorsshouldgo forexchangetraded

funds (ETFs)or sovereigngoldbondsas thepreferred mode of investment, Nair said.Experts areof theopinion that if gold isnotpurchased for consumption in the form ofjewellery, the investment should be in pa-per form.While Gold ETFs are open-ended funds

thatallowonetoinvestingoldwithoutphys-ically holding it,manyprefer sovereign goldbonds, as they bear interest at a fixed rate of2.50%perannumontheamountof initial in-vestment,whichiscreditedsemi-annually.Bondsaresoldthroughofficesorbranches

of nationalised banks, private banks, foreignbanks, anddesignatedpost offices. Financialplannerssaygoldshouldform5-10percentoftheoverallportfolio.

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AHEADOFtheMonsoonsessionfromJuly18,aroweruptedThursdayovera50-pagecom-pilation of words deemed unfit for use inParliament,releasedbytheLokSabhasecre-tariat.With theOpposition terming theun-parliamentarywords list a “gagorder”, LokSabha Speaker OmBirla clarified that “nowordshadbeenbanned”.Thenew list haswords andphrasesdis-

allowednotonly inParliament in India, butalsoinvariousAssembliesinthestates,aswellastheparliamentsofsomeothercountries.

The rulesWhileArticle 105(2) of theConstitution

lays down that “noMember of Parliamentshallbeliabletoanyproceedingsinanycourtinrespectof anythingsaidoranyvotegivenby him in Parliament or any committeethereof”,MPsdonotenjoythefreedomtosay

whatevertheywantinsidetheHouse.WhateveranMPsaysissubjecttothedis-

ciplineof theRulesof Parliament, the “goodsense” ofMembers, and the control of pro-ceedingsbytheSpeaker.ThesechecksensurethatMPscannotuse“defamatoryorindecentorundignifiedorunparliamentarywords”in-sidetheHouse.Rule 380 (“Expunction”) of theRules of

Procedure andConduct of Business in LokSabhasays:“If theSpeaker isofopinionthatwordshavebeenused indebatewhich aredefamatoryorindecentorunparliamentaryorundignified,theSpeakermay,whileexer-cisingdiscretionorderthatsuchwordsbeex-pungedfromtheproceedingsoftheHouse.”Rule 381 says: “The portion of the pro-

ceedingsof theHousesoexpungedshall bemarkedbyasterisksandanexplanatoryfoot-note shall be inserted in theproceedings asfollows:‘ExpungedasorderedbytheChair’.”

Unparliamentary expressionsThere arephrases andwords, literally in

thousands, inEnglishand Indian languages,that are considered “unparliamentary”. TheLok Sabha Speaker and Rajya SabhaChairperson have the job of keeping suchwordsoutofParliament’srecords.For their reference, the Lok Sabha

Secretariat hasbroughtout abulkybook ti-tledUnparliamentaryExpressions. It has sev-eralwordsandexpressionsthatwouldprob-ablybeconsideredrudeoroffensive inmostcultures. It alsohas some likely tobeseenasfairlyharmlessor innocuous.Thestate legis-laturestooareguidedmainlybythisbook,firstcompiledin1999,andlastupdatedin2009.“Atthetime(1999),referencesweretaken

fromdebatesandphrasesdeclaredunparlia-mentary by thepre-IndependenceCentralLegislative Assembly, the ConstituentAssemblyofIndia,theProvisionalParliament,the first to the tenth Lok Sabhas andRajyaSabha,statelegislatures,andCommonwealthparliamentslikethatoftheUnitedKingdom,”GCMalhotra, former Lok Sabha SecretaryGeneral,hadtoldTheIndianExpress in2012.

Malhotrawasheadoftheeditorialboardofthe2004edition.“Dependinguponrulingsof the presiding officers, newwords andphrasescontinuetobeaddedtothelistatreg-ularintervals,”hehadsaid.

How the list is preparedAccording toKSrinivasan, formerdirec-

tor,LokSabhasecretariat, “if amemberusesawordthatcouldbeunparliamentaryorin-decent andhurts thedecorumordignity oftheHouse, theheadof thereportingsectionsendsittotheSpeakerorthepresidingofficerciting relevant rules andprecedencewith arecommendationtoexpungethem”.TheSpeakerhasthediscretionunderRule

380toexpungethewordorusage.OncetheSpeakerdoesso,itcomesbacktothereport-ing section,which removes theword fromtherecordsandmentionsintheproceedingsas“expungedasorderedbythechair”.Attheendofthesession,acompilationof

wordsremovedfromtherecords,alongwithreasons,issenttotheSpeaker'soffice,Sansad

TVandtheeditorial service for information.Theeditorialservicesectionpreparesalistofall these expressions used in IndianParliament, state legislaturesandotherpar-liamentstoreleaseasnewadditions.“The focus onexpunging a remark is on

the context. The context is important.Wemake it a point to remove theminimumnumberofwords”Srinivasansaid.Beforethetelevisionera,reporterswould

edit outwords. For example,whenamem-bersaid“lie”,theywouldwriteitas“untruth”.“Once the live broadcast started,when-

eversuchwordswerespoken,theywerere-moved,insteadofbeingreplaced;andontheaudiofiles,suchwordswerereplacedwithabeep,”Srinivasansaid.“Theremaybeanun-parliamentaryexpressionthathasnotbeennoticed by the Speaker.Weused to informtheChairandthenremoveitfromtherecordsaftergettinganorderfromtheChair.”Althoughomittingwordsfromtheunpar-

liamentarywordlistisnotusual,thethenLokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan had re-

movedtheword 'Godse' fromthe listof un-parliamentarywordsin2015afterShivSenaMPNashik Hemant TukaramGodse hadmadeaplea for its removal.HehadwrittentothepresidingofficersofbothHouseswon-deringhowanMP’s surnamecouldbecon-sidered“unparliamentary”.Srinivasan said thewordwas first ex-

pungedin1958whenamemberequatedPMJawaharlalNehrutoNathuramGodse,theas-sassinofMahatmaGandhi,ontheflooroftheHouse,andlateragainin1962whenanothermember equated Godse to SwamiVivekananda. “But it is also contextual. AmembercannotpraiseNathuramGodse,buthe can say Godse assassinatedMahatmaGandhi,”Srinivasansaid.Giving another example, he said: “Once

late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said, ‘YePakistan jhootbol rahahai’.Wecouldnot re-movethewordjhoot,soweuseditonrecordwithinquotemarks.”

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HARIKISHANSHARMANEWDELHI, JULY14

THEUNIONAgricultureMinistryannouncedonTuesdaythatAndhraPradeshhasdecidedtorejointhecropinsuranceschemePradhanMantriFasalBimaYojana(PMFBY) fromtheongoingkharif season.AndhraPradeshwasone among six states that had stopped im-plementationoftheschemeoverthelastfouryears. The other five,which remain out, areBihar, Jharkhand,West Bengal, Jharkhand,andTelangana.

Whydidthesestatesoptout?ANDHRA PRADESH: The state left the

PMFBYfromtherabiseason2019-20.Sourcessaidthestatehadmentionedseveralreasons:thattheschemeshouldbevoluntary;thatstatesshouldbegiventheoptionofchoosingtheriskscovered;thattheschemeshouldbeuniversal;that thecut-off date for enrolment shouldbeflexible; and thatAndhraPradesh shouldbegiventheoptionofusingitsowndatabaseofE-crop,anapplicationusedbythestategovern-menttocollectinformationaboutcrops.“All these issues have been resolved

now,” thesources said.OnTuesday,theAgricultureMinistryan-

nounced that Andhra Pradesh has decidedtorejointhePMFBYfollowingtalksbetweenAgricultureMinisterNarendraSinghTomarandAndhraPradeshChiefMinisterYSJaganMohanReddy.The move comes days after Union

Agriculture SecretaryManoj Ahujamet theCM.On July7, a teamheadedbyAhujagaveapresentation toReddy.BIHAR: The first state to opt out, from

2018-19, after implementing the scheme in2016-17 (27.1 lakh farmers insured) and2017-18 (23 lakh). Sources say there weremain three reasons for thestate'sdecision.First, Andhra Pradeshwanted universal

coverageunder thescheme.Second, the state government wanted

zeropremiumforfarmers(meaningtheen-tirepremiumshouldbepaidbythegovern-ment).UnderthePMFBY,afarmerisrequiredtopayaspremium2%of thesuminsuredoractuarialrate,whicheverisless, forallkhariffoodgrainandoilseedcrops;1.5%of sumin-suredoractuarial rate,whichever is less, forall rabi foodgrain and oilseed crops; and 5%for horticultural crops. Sources said theCentrecannotmakefarmers’premiumzero.

However, states such as Haryana, Goa andPuducherry are paying the farmers’ sharefromtheirownbudgets for selectedcrops.Thethirdreasonwasthattherateofpre-

miumwasveryhighforBiharbecauseofthehistoryof claimsunderearlier schemes.TheAgricultureMinistryistryingtoper-

suade Bihar to rejoin. On July 1, RiteshChauhan,CEO,PMFBY,andJointSecretaryintheMinistry,wrotetotheBihargovernmentaboutaddressing its concerns, sources said.JHARKHAND: Jharkhand stopped im-

plementingtheschemesoonaftertheCentrerevampeditinFebruary2020,effectivefromkharif 2020. Under the revised guidelines,“Thenon-paymentof theStateShareofpre-mium subsidywithin the prescribed time-linesasdefined intheseasonalitydisciplinewill lead to the disqualification of the StateGovernmenttoimplementtheschemeinthenext season.”Sources said Jharkhand’s share of pre-

miumsubsidywasoverduefor2018-19and2019-20. This was the main reason thatJharkhandoptedoutfrom2020-21.Besides,

there were other “operational challenges”and“political reasons”, thesources said.Ministry data shows that in Jharkhand,

8.8lakhfarmersin2016-17,12.0lakhin2017-18, 12.9 lakh in 2018-19, and 10.9 lakh in2019-20hadavailed thescheme.WESTBENGAL:Sourcessaidthereason

for West Bengal not implementing thePMFBY is purely “political”. The statewantstoimplementtheschemewithoutmention-ing PradhanMantri in the scheme’s name,which isnotpossible, sources said.West Bengal implemented the scheme

forthreeyearsfrom2016-17to2018-19,cov-ering41.3 lakhfarmers in2016-17,40.4 lakhin2017-18, and51.3 lakh in2018-19.GUJARAT: Gujarat implemented the

PMFBY from 2016-17 to 2019-20, covering19.8 lakh farmers in 2016-17, 17.6 lakh in2017-18, 21.7 lakh in2018-19, and24.8 lakhin2019-20.Sourcessaythataftertheschemewas revamped, Gujarat invited tenders forthreeyearsin2020butinsurancecompaniesquotedaveryhighpremium,andhencethestateoptedout.

TELANGANA: Telangana implementedthePMFBYfortheinitial fouryears,covering9.7lakh,11lakh,8lakhand10.3lakhfarmersin successiveyearsbefore stopping in2020-21.SourcessaidTelangana’sshareofpremiumwas overdue for 2018-19 and 2019-20, themainreasonwhyitdidnotnotifytheschemefor2020-21.TheAgricultureMinistry is in talkswith

thestategovernmenttobringbackonboard.A central teammade a presentation beforeofaGroupofMinistersofTelanganaonJune23, said sources,whoexpect the state to re-joinfromthecomingrabiseasonornextyear.

Howwastheschemestructured,andwhathaschangedsince?The government had launched PMFBY

fromkharif2016.Underthescheme,allfarm-ersincludingsharecroppersandtenantfarm-ersgrowing“notifiedcrops” in the“notifiedareas”areeligible for coverage.Initially, theschemewascompulsoryfor

loaneefarmers;inFebruary2020,theCentrerevised it tomake itoptional forall farmers.In the initial scheme, the difference be-

tween actuarial premium rate and the rateof insurance premiumpayable by farmers,which is called the rateof normalpremiumsubsidy, was to be shared equally betweenthe Centre and states. However, states andUnionTerritoriesarefreetoextendadditionalsubsidyover andabove thenormal subsidyfromtheirbudgets.In February 2020, the Centre decided to

restrict itspremiumsubsidyto30%forunir-rigated areas and 25% for irrigated areas(from the existing unlimited). Earlier, therewasnoupper limit for thecentral subsidy.Food crops (cereals,millets and pulses);

oilseeds; and annual commercial/annualhorticultural crops are covered under thescheme. In addition, pilots for coverage canbe taken for those perennial horticultural/commercial crops for which standardmethodology for yield estimation is avail-able, state theschemeguidelines.

What is thecoverage?As per information shared by the

AgricultureMinistrytoLokSabhainAprilthisyear, the number of farmer applications in-suredincreasedto7.65crorein2021-22from5.83crore in2016-17whentheschemewaslaunched.However,thenumberofstatesim-plementingtheschemehadgraduallycomedownfrom27in2016-17to20in2021-22.

Fasal Bima: who’s in, out & whyAndhraPradeshhasrejoinedthecropinsuranceschemePradhanMantriFasalBimaYojanaafterhavingoptedout in2019-20.Whichotherstatesremainout,andwhataretheir issueswiththescheme?

ANURADHAMASCARENHASPUNE, JULY14

YOUNG PEOPLE face higher health risksfromalcoholconsumptionthanolderadults,according to an analysis published in TheLancet.TheanalysisfromtheGlobalBurdenofDiseaseisthefirststudytoreportalcoholrisk by geographical region, age, and sex.Usingestimatesofalcoholusein204coun-tries, researchers found1.34 billion people(1.03 billionmales, 0.312 billion females)consumedharmfulamounts in2020.

Higher risk under 40Theanalysis foundmalesages15-39at

the greatest risk of harmful alcohol con-sumption. Amongpeoplewhoconsumedunsafeamountsin2020,59.1%wereinthe15-39group,and76.7%oftheseweremale.In thisagegroup, theanalysis foundno

healthbenefitstodrinking,onlyhealthrisks,with60%ofalcohol-relatedinjuriesoccur-ringamongthis segment, includingmotorvehicleaccidents, suicides,homicides.InIndia,1.85%femalesand25.7%males

in the 15-39 age group consumed unsafeamountsofalcoholin2020.Thiswaslowerthan 1.79% females and 23%males in the40-64 groupwho consumedunsafeamounts.Foradultsoverage40, too,

healthrisksvarybyageandre-gion. However, the authorsnote that consuming a smallamount of alcohol (for exam-ple,betweenoneandtwo3.4-oz glasses of red wine) canprovide some health benefitsfor people in this age group,such as reducing the risk ofcardiovascular disease, strokeanddiabetes.“Ourmessage is simple: youngpeople

should not drink, but older people maybenefitfromdrinkingsmallamounts,”sen-ior author Dr Emmanuela Gakidou of the

UniversityofWashingtonsaidinthereport.

Howmuch to drinkThestudyestimateshowmuchalcohol

apersoncandrinkbeforetakingonexcessrisk to theirhealth, comparedtosomeonewhodoesnotdrink.

AGE 15-39: The recom-mendedamountbeforeriskinghealth losswas 0.136 standarddrinks per day (for ‘standarddrink’ seebox). For females, this0.273standarddrinks/day.AGE40-64:Forthosewith-

out underlying health condi-tions, safe levels ranged fromhalf a standard drink/ day(0.527 formales, 0.562 for fe-males) to almost two (1.69 formales, 1.82 for females).

AGE 65 & OVER: A little over threestandarddrinksperday(3.19formales,3.51for females).

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A BETTER RIDEUberFilesexposegapsinregulatorystructures,underlineneedforgovernmentstobemorenimbleastheyregulateBigTech

ONJULY5,2010, the first request fora ridewasplacedonthecabhailingplat-form,Uber.Lessthantwoyearslater,Uberhadexpandedglobally,withtheappgoingliveinParis.Thecompanynowoperatesinmorethan70countriesand10,000cities.Alongtheway,italsobecametheworld'smostvaluedstart-up.

Theplatform'sglobal appeal andsuccess canbe traced to thesheereasewithwhich it al-lowsforcabstobehailed,oftenatoddhours.Coupledwithacompetitivepricingmodel,thismakesforanattractivepropositionforconsumersacrosstheworld.Andthen,thereisem-ploymentgeneration,withthecompany“employing”millionsofdriversacrosstheworld.In Indiaaloneithasservedaround9.5croreriders,andhasnearlysix lakhdriverpartners.Yet, evenas thecompanyhas reshapedpublic transport, it hasbeenembroiled incontro-versy.Byoperatingintheregulatorygreyzonesandblindspots,bytakingonentrenchedtaxiservicesandunions,andbydoinglittletoassuageconsumerconcerns,Uberhasmanagedtogetcaught inthecrosshairsofgovernments,driversandriders.Over the past few days, an investigation by this paper, carried out in collaboration

with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has painted a less thanflattering imageof themanner inwhich the ride-sharingplatformhas conducted itselfovertheyears.Theinvestigationdetailshowthecompanytriedtobypassregulatorsandcutcornersasitnavigatedtheloopholesinlawinitsdrivetoexpandatbreathtakingpace.TheUber Files are a classic exampleof howBigTechmanages toget aheadof the curve,andhowpolicyoftenhas toplaycatch-up.Consider, for instance, therevelationthat thecompanyhasemployedtechnologytostayaheadof lawenforcement—theinvestigationhas revealed how tools like “greyball” and “geofencing”were deployed “to keep Uberridesawayfrompryingpolicemenandgovernmentofficials”.Orhowdespiteridersanddrivers lyingattheheartof theplatform, itroderoughshodovertheconcernsofboth.Asthe investigation has revealed, “critical elements of the new safety features” thatweremeant tobeput inplaceafter the rape incident inDelhi inDecember2014havestill notbeen implemented.However,suchconcernsarenotIndia-specific.Forinstance,theclassificationofdriv-

ers, andasaconsequencetheir treatment, isgloballyacontentious issue.Treating themasworkersratherthanself-employed,astheUKSupremeCourthasruled,wouldentitlethemtominimumwagesandotherbenefits.Ortaketheconcernsoverdataprivacy—theride-sharing platform holds a treasure trove of information on the ride-hailers.Whilegovernmentsmay be tempted to respond to such disclosures by imposing draconianrules, regulation shouldbe framedwitha light touch soasnot to throttle innovation.Atthe same time, the sheer pace of innovation and themanner inwhich tech firms haveexposed gaps in the regulatory structures underlines the need for governments to bemorenimble in their approachas theyattempt to regulate thenewagebehemoths.

STOOPING LOWBJPdemeansitsmandatebylinkingformerV-PAnsaritoadodgy

PakjournalistandtheISI.Pakistanwouldbeproud

T HEALLEGATIONSLEVELLEDby theBJP'sofficial spokespersonagainst formerVicePresidentHamidAnsaricastextremelyunflatteringlightontheBJP,notitsintendedtarget.Ansarihashadadistinguishedcareerasadiplomatandoccu-piedhigh constitutional officewith grace anddignity. For India's rulingparty

nowtocastasluronhimonthebasisofunsubstantiatedandperhapsunsubstantiableclaimsmadebyalittle-knownPakistanjournalist inaYouTubeinterview,orthewordofa formerR&AWoperative,isamovebothshabbyandunseemly.TheaccusationsagainstAnsariarethatheinvitedaPakistanispy-journalist,NusratMirza,toaconferenceonterrorisminIndiawhilehewasV-Pin2010,andthatthejournalistusedthetriptocollectinformationwhichhelatersharedwiththeISI,andthatasambassadorof IndiatoIranhecompromisednationalinter-est.PointingoutthegapingholesinthecasesoughttobemadeagainstAnsariisanexerciseinstatingtheobvious,andengagingwiththebizarre.AsAnsarihimselfhaspointedout, in-vitationstoconferencessuchastheoneonterrorismin2010aresentoutbytheorganiserson theadviceof thegovernment. In the interviewthat theBJPhas seizedupon,Mirzaalsomakesclaimssuchasthese—thatAmericahadcausedtheearthquakeinPakistanin2005,andfloodsinthesamecountryin2010,andthetsunamiinFukushimain2011.Theunfortunatefactseemstobethis:TheBJPisthrowingtermsthatareheavilyloaded

andhighlychargedatAnsariandhopingthatsomething—theinnuendo,ifnotthesubstance—sticks. “Terrorism”, “national interest”, “Pakistan”, “ISI”, “sensitive and classified”— in atimeofpolarisedanddistrustfulpolitics,thesearethebuildingblocksofsinisterstoriesthatareoftenconstructedfromthinair.Theycollapse,eventually,butnotwithoutleavingaresiduethatishurtfultotheirvictim,regardlessofhisorherinnocence.Theattempttotartherepu-tationofadistinguishedpublicfigure, followingnotlongafterNupurSharma'srantagainsttheProphet,onlylendscredencetotheapprehensionthatforallitsrhetoricofinclusivepol-itics,theBJP,orasignificantsectionoftheparty,keepsreturningtominority-baiting,andtherestof thepartyisokwiththis, ifnotcollusive.TheBJPmustrealisethatitdemeansthemandateitgotin2014,reaffirmedin2019,when

itparticipatesin,orsanctions,thecoarseningofpublicpoliticaldiscourse. Ithaspowerand,byallaccounts,stillenjoysthepeople'strust.Toconquer, itdoesnotneedtostoopsolow.

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WHEN I FIRSTmetMahinda Rajapaksa at aconferenceofwomenpanchayatmembersatAvdhash Kaushal’s training institute inDehraduninthemid-Nineties,hewasamod-estbackbencher intheSriLankanParliamentwithanimpassionedinterestinlocalself-gov-ernmentwhichhebelievedwastheonlywaytogovernhisfractiousnation.Empoweringthepeople for self-governmentseemedtobehisprimarypreoccupation.WhenhebecamePM,heinvitedme,asMinisterofPanchayatiRaj,toColombo to address amammothmeetingofelectedlocalgovernmentrepresentativesgath-eredfromallovertheisland-nationintheim-pressiveBandaranaikeHall (their equivalentofourVigyanBhawan)andobligedmostofhiscabinetministers toalsoattend.Thiswas fol-lowedbyadetailed interactionwith agroupof experts he had put together to draft anamendment to the Sri LankanConstitutionthat drew its inspiration fromour 73rd and74thamendments, initiatedbyRajivGandhi.While his arch political opponent,

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga,warnedmerepeatedlytonottrusttheoldfox,I continued my cordial relationship withMahindabecauseIsawnoreasontogetentan-gled in the coils of our islandneighbour’s in-ternalaffairs.Soonthereafter,however,Mahindalostall

interestinpanchayatraj inSriLankaashebe-cameobsessedwith terminating --bybrutalmilitaryaction--theongoingthree-decades-longinsurgencyledbytheLiberationTigersofTamil Eelam (LTTE). Once he inducted hisbrothers,GotabayaandBasil,intohisactivecir-cle,theonlyprioritybecamemilitaryactiontorootouttheLTTE,whateverthecostinlife,limbandpropertytothelocalTamilpopulation.ThiswasmuchapplaudedbytheSinhalaBuddhistpopulation at large.He thought hewasnowdestinedtorulehisrealmforever.The2015elections came toMahindaas a

big blow. Contrary to all his expectations, acombinedOpposition,puttogether largelyatKumaratunga’sinitiative,ledtohisdefeat,andheretiredoutofsightandoutoftouch,growl-ing like an injured tiger. Astonishingly, theRajapaksas returnedwhen splitswithin thecoalition stitched together in 2015-16 byKumaratungastartedunravellingattheseams,offeringGotabayatheopportunityofbecom-

ingpresident inNovember2019, followedbyelectionsinAugust2020,whereMahindatri-umphedoverwhelmingly.Drunkwithpower,Mahindabrazenly set

upagovernmentwithhimselfasprimemin-ister, his brother Gotabaya as president, hisotherbrotherBasil,asfinanceminister,andhisson,Namal,asyetanotherRajapaksaministerwith the sports and youth affairs portfolio.Anotherbrother,Chamal,becameministerofirrigation,andChamal’sson,Shasheendra,wasaccommodatedasMoSAgriculture. Besides,Mahinda’s brother-in-law, NishanthaWickramasinghe,was appointedheadof SriLankan Airlines. AndMahinda’s other son,Yoshitha,waselevatedtothepowerfulpostoftheprimeminister’schiefofstaff.Nothingnow,Mahinda seemed tobelieve, could stophimandhis family, especially as the Tamil insur-gency appeared to have been definitivelywipedout, theOppositionwas in total disar-rayandKumaratungahadretiredfromactivepolitics.He seemsnot to have heeded theGreek

saying, “Whomthegodswoulddestroy, theyfirstmakemad”.Facedwitha threateningoverhangofun-

paiddebtsamounting toover$51billion, theRajapaksas thought theyhad foundamagicpotioninorganicfarmingand,withoutgivingathoughttothetimeandtrainingitwouldtaketo switch tonation-wideorganic cultivation,virtuallystoppedSriLanka’smassiveimportsof chemical fertiliser. This sharply impactedricecultivation,thestapleoftheSriLankandiet,raisingfoodpricestodizzying,unprecedentedlevels. It also sank theoutput and, therefore,the export earnings from tea, their principalsourceof foreignexchange.Mismanagement of Covid led to such a

widespreadofthepandemicthattourism,thesingle-most-important source of foreign ex-change, came to a virtual standstill.RemittancesfromSriLanka’s largeexpatriatecommunitystarteddryingup.Forwantoffor-eign exchange, imports of oil andpetroleumproducts also fell far short of requirementsleadingtolongfrustratingqueuesatpetrolsta-tionsandfoodstores.Thecentralbankisnowleftwithreserves

of nomore than$25millionwhenSri Lankarequires at least a billion dollars amonth to

keepitselfafloat.MahindaatfirstrefusedtogototheIMF,probablybecausehefearedinterna-tionalreprimandforhiseconomicpoliciesthatstartedwithmassivetaxcutsthatbledtheSriLankan treasury. He thought his Chinesefriendswouldbailhimout,buttheyhavebeencircumspect, not committing themselves tomorethanpromisingtoviewwithsympathythe restructuring of the huge debt owed tothem.UnthinkingborrowingfromChina,sym-bolised by the white elephant of theHambantotaport inMahinda’s constituency,hasdisproportionatelycontributedtothepres-entcrisis.India has come to the rescuewith some

$3.5billioninemergencyaid,butwhatadropinthebucketthisismaybeseenfromthefactthat Sri Lankaneeds aminimumof a billiondollars amonth in international currency toimportlimitedessentialsuppliesoffuel,milk,medicinesandevenfooditemsforitspopula-tion,whohave formonths been strugglingwithacuteshortagesandlongqueues.Now,atlong last, an approachhas beenmade to theIMF, but thenegotiationsmay takemonths.Inflationmeantimehasexceeded50percentandthreatenstoriseto70percent.That iswhathasbroughtthemassesonto

Galle Face and the streets todemonstrate forlongmonths,andnowtooccupyanumberofgovernment buildings including thePresidentialPalace.HadMahindastucktohisoriginal resolvetomakepanchayatraj the fo-cusofhisgovernment,hewouldhavereceivedthefeedbackfromthepeopleandcouldhaveactedbefore theywereobliged to take to thestreets.Hubrishasbeenhislot,andthatofhisfamily, becausemilitary victory against theLTTEunhingedhispriorities.Insteadofelectedrepresentativesatthelocallevel,hisfamilybe-camehis sounding board. This iswhat hap-pens if the leadership lives in anecho cham-ber of mutual praise and backslapping. SriLanka’s excellent recordonhumandevelop-ment—by far thebest of any country of ourregion—isbeingdismantledbecauseMahindagave up his initial prioritisation of people’spowerthroughdemocraticinstitutionsofself-government. It is a lesson for all SouthAsiangovernments, includingourown,tolearn.

ThewriterisaformerUnionminister

THEPASSINGof BDChattopadhyaya (1939-2022)isabigblowtothecommunityofhisto-rians in India. A pillar of the Centre forHistorical Studies in JNUformore than threedecades, Chattopadhyayanurtured genera-tions of studentswho carried forward hisideas.Hewaselectedthegeneralpresidentofthe75thPlatinumJubileeSessionoftheIndianHistory Congress in 2014, awarded theHCRaychaudhuriBirthCentenaryGoldMedalbytheAsiatic Societyof Bengal in2002, and re-ceivedtheInstitutDeFrance'sprestigiousPrixDuchalaisoftheAcadémiedesInscriptionsetBelles Lettres in 1978. He taught briefly atBurdwan University and Visva Bharati,Shantiniketan andwas visiting professor atseveral institutions across theworld suchasChicagoUniversity,HeidelbergUniversityandLeipzigUniversity.A renowned scholar, with an intimate

knowledge of the literary, numismatic, epi-graphic and archaeological sources,Chattopadhyayawasamongthosewhoblazedthetrailforasecularandinclusivehistoriogra-phy thatwasmindful of India's plural tradi-tions.Hewasalsounequivocalaboutuphold-ingmodern,rational,andconstitutionalvaluesin our academicpursuits andpersonal lives.BeginningwithhismasterlystudyofthecoinsandcurrencysystemsofsouthIndia,submit-ted foradoctoraldegreeatCambridge in the1960s,hisrigorousscholarshipwasrecognisedinallhisprojects.Heopenedupnewthemesfor analysis such as historical geography,delvedintoneglectedhistoricalaspects,espe-

cially as gleaned fromepigraphical sources,andpresentedinnovativeframeworksfortheunderstandingoftheancientpast.Hisempha-sis on the processual framework led him topartwayswith theestablishedwisdom,bestarticulatedbyRSSharma, on the rise of feu-dalism in the firstmillennium in India. TheMakingofEarlyMedievalIndia(1994),acollec-tionofChattopadhyaya'sessays,hasbecomealandmarkinthehistoriographyofearlyIndia,andeverygraduate studentof historywouldbefamiliarwithhisargumentsregardingpo-litical integration, the riseof themonarchicalstate, religious ideologyand institutions, andregionalformationbetweenthesixthand13thcenturiesCE.StudyingEarlyIndia:Archaeology,TextsandHistoricalIssues(2003)presentedhiscommandoverahugegamutof sources,andraisedimportantquestionsrelatedtode-con-textualisedreadingofsourcesandpoliticalandchauvinisticattemptsatdistortinghistory.This distortionwas clearly behindoneof

hismostbrilliantworks,RepresentingtheOther:Sanskrit Sources and the Muslims (1998).Looking at the crucial period between theeighthto14thcenturies,Chattopadhyayacri-tiquedthepositingofaHindu-MuslimbinaryinIndianhistory,whichheablydemonstratedwasentrenchedinacolonialperiodisationthatassociatedtheformerwiththeancientandlat-terwiththemedievalperiod.Notsparingwell-knownIndologists likeSheldonPollock,whoreiterated the colonial positionon thedevel-opmentof“culturalfaultlines”inthemedievalperiod,Chattopadhyayarevealedfromaclose

readingof literaryandepigraphicsourcesthemyriadways inwhich theMuslimas “other”was represented, with religious identity(Musalmana)beingonlyoneamongthemanyidentitymarkers such as region (Parasika,Tajika,Garjana,Turushka)andgenericidenti-ties(YavanaandMleccha).Theleadessayinthevolume,TheConcept

ofBharatavarshaandOtherEssays(2018)raisedconcernsabouttheconflationofidentitiesandthe telescoping of the present into the past.Fromdenoting a tribal identity, to a geo-cul-turalmarkerwith specific territorial bound-aries, and later anexpansive Subcontinentalidentitytoitsplaceinacosmographicschema,the semantic shifts relating toBharatavarshaasaconceptualcategorywerehighlightedbyChattopadhyaya. Hewas deeply concernedthat the collapsing of the idea of IndiawithBharatavarshawasfeedingintothecommunalprojectof identifyingtheancientandtheme-dievalperiodswith HinduandMuslimrulers.Chattopadhyaya, likemanyofhisgenera-

tion, contributed to the development of astronghome-growntraditionofacademicex-cellence.Atthesametime,theyweresensitivetothetrends,interpretiveframesandmethod-ologicalchallengesraisedindifferentpartsofthe globe.His demise comes at a timewhenthecommunityofhistoriansworldoverisbe-leagueredby forces that seek to inventhisto-riesto suittheir ideologicalmake-up.

Thewriterisprofessor,CentreforHistoricalStudies, JawaharlalNehruUniversity

Had Mahinda stuck to hisoriginal resolve to makepanchayat raj the focus of hisgovernment, he would havereceived the feedback fromthe people and could haveacted before they wereobliged to take to the streets.Hubris has been his lot, andthat of his family, becausemilitary victory against theLTTE unhinged hispriorities. Instead of electedrepresentatives at the locallevel, his family became hissounding board. This iswhat happens if theleadership lives in an echochamber of mutual praiseand backslapping.

Looking at the crucial periodbetween the eighth tofourteenth centuries,Chattopadhyaya critiquedthe positing of a Hindu-Muslim binary in Indianhistory, which he ablydemonstrated wasentrenched in a colonialperiodisation that associatedthe former with the ancientand latter with the medievalperiod respectively.

FOUNDED BY

RAMNATH GOENKA

B E C A U S E T H E T R U T H I N V O L V E S U S A L L

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY, JULY15,2022

WORDLYWISE‘‘Censorship is themother ofmetaphor.’’

—Jorge Luis BorgesTHEEDITORIALPAGE

HIMACHAL BUS CRASHA HIMACHAL PRADESH State TransportCorporation bus carrying over 50 personsand going from Sawat in Kullu district toKalkahurtleddown the road into theSutlejriver near Luri village. Therewere no tracesof anybodies or thebuswhichwaswashedaway in the fast flowing river. The ill-fatedbuswas a 42-seater but reportedly carriedover 50 passengers. Chief Minister Ram LalhasannouncedRs20,000asrelieftodepend-ents of the dead passengers under the pas-sengerinsurancescheme.Amemberofeachbereavedfamilywillbeofferedemploymentintheorganisedsector.Injuredpassengers, ifany,will begivenRs5,000eachas relief, re-portsUNI.

PM SNUBS DISSIDENTSPRIMEMINISTER INDIRAGandhi hasmadeitclearthatshewillnotchangethechiefmin-isters in any of the Congress(I)-ruled statesfor the time being. Angry over the spurt inthe open dissidence,Mrs Gandhi has told anumber of State Congress (I) leaders whohave come to the capital that she will putdownall typesof indiscipline inthepartyatany cost. She is believed to have warnedthem that if this trend is not checked, theCongress (I) will have the same fate as theJanata Party. She has told the state leadersthat if they have any grievance against anychiefminister, theycanbringit tothenoticeof the central leaders. Under no circum-stances, opencampaignsagainst chiefmin-

isterswill be tolerated.

KUO OIL DEALTHE CONTROVERSIAL KUO Oil deal onceagain sparkedoff a fierydebate in theRajyaSabha. The debate endedwith the DeputyChairman, Shyam Lal Yadav, expunging hisownwords against amember, HukumdeoNarainYadav(LokDal). Inthestormydiscus-sionontheissueduringzerohour,ChairmanM Hidayatullah ruled that there was nobreach of privilege against the PM, the sec-retaryinthePetroleumMinistryandtheex-ecutive editor of the Indian express, arisingout of Arun Shourie's article in IE on July 10titled, “Thecaseof themissing file”.

JULY 15, 1982, FORTYYEARSAGO

A CIVICS LESSONAswordsthatmarkpoliticaldebate,itscutandthrust,are

declared‘unparliamentary’

P ARLIAMENTISTHEhighest law-makingbodyinIndia.Butsuchalimiteddef-initionof theinstitutionthatiscentraltoadeliberativedemocracywouldcer-tainlybeanactof vishwasghat, abetrayalof its loftypurpose.Ha!Thecynicalreaderwillsay,derisively.Whatloftypurpose,whenthebenchesofLokSabha

andRajyaSabhaarefilledwithchamchasandchelasandrepresentativesmoreinterestedindramaandchildishretortsthanaddressingcorruption.Treasurybenchesarefilledwithjumlajeevis, theOppositionwithdisruptiveanarchists.Thecynic, as always, can takesomepleasure in thehypocrisyof leaders, andpoint to

theirdohra charitra. Butparliamentaryprivilege,whichgrants almostunassailablepro-tectiontothefreespeechofmembers, isnot justanexcusetocreatedrama intheHouse.Itisawaytoensurethatthegovernmentdoesnotabuse itspower,thateventhemostpop-ular leader facesquestions–unlike adictator. Anygovernment, after all, can turnadeafear to the concerns of the electorate, and an unresponsive government becomes anincompetent one. Parliament is one forum that helps ensure that citizens don't end upwithabehri sarkar.Butwhat of the girgits andKhalistanis?Why should these insulting and sometimes

polemicaltermsnotbedeclared“unparliamentary”?Likethevastnumberofpeopletheyrepresent, leaders toocan lieor tell thetruth,becowardlyorbrave.But foreveryShakuniwhotwistsparliamentaryprivilege, thereisaYudhishtirwhofollowsthepreceptsofhisdharma. Likepoetic license, parliamentaryprivilegemay lead to somebad rhymes, butit also allows the possibility of wit in the face of arrogance, accountability in the face ofpower. There isnothingmore“unparliamentary” thancensoringparliamentarians.

Mani ShankarAiyar

Sri Lanka, a cautionary tale

New Delhi

13THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY, JULY15,2022 WHATTHEOTHERSSAY

“Like our Sharifs, the Rajapaksa family is a political dynasty. Their fortunes arelinked to the coffers of CPEC. It cannot please the Chinese to see Mahinda’sbrother Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign as president and then go into exile.”

—DAWNTHE IDEASPAGEWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THE LAST FIVE years of the GST journeyhavebeen like thesamudramanthanthatbegan with the unwanted elements oftransition,butslowlyyieldedthenectarofhigherrevenues.Manyof thosewhocom-plainedabouttheteethingproblemsofGSTperhaps failed to recollect what the indi-rect tax situationwas prior to the imple-mentation of GST: Themultiplicity of theCentreandstateleviesthatmaskedtheac-tual incidence of tax on products, the de-bilitating effects of the entry tax and theuncertaintyof tax rates.Today, in contrast,wehaveasingle tax

acrossthecountrycombinedwithastabil-ityinratesandacommontechnologyplat-formintheformofaGSTNwherekeybusi-nessprocessesof registration,paymentofdutiesandfilingofreturnsaredoneonlinein a transparentmanner. The ease of pay-ments has improved over timewith thetechnical glitches having been slowlysorted out, leading to a record number ofGSTregistrants–increasingfrom1.08croreinApril2018to1.36crorein2022.Therev-enue gains have been significant. If wecompare the data of 2020-2021 to 2021-2022, the proportion of GST collected toGSDP(GrossStateDomesticProduct) rosefrom5.8percent to6.4percent. Ifwe fac-tor in the three-percentage point declinein the incidence of GST duty from 14.8 to11.8 per cent as suggested by the RBI, theactual proportion in 2021-2022 wouldhavebeen7.4percentof theGDP(accord-ing to a recent article by ArvindSubramanianandJoshFelman). If thismo-mentumismaintained,theGSTcollectionswouldhelpthecountrytomovetowardsatax/GDPratioof20percentinthemediumtermwhichwouldbeagreatachievement.Alotof thisimprovementcanbetraced

to stricter compliance flowing from threefactors. First, denial of input credit to thebuyerwithout the supplier uploading theinvoice. Second, the introduction of e-in-voicing. And third the introduction of e-waybills fortransportersforvalueexceed-ing Rs 50,000 per consignment. Anotherless acknowledged factor is greater coor-dination between the Central Board ofExcise and Customs (CBIC) and CentralBoardofDirectTaxes(CBDT)incomplianceverification.Anequallysignificantachieve-ment is thebroad justificationof theopti-mismthatGSTbeingthedestination-basedtaxwouldhelp in fiscalequity for theaug-mentation of revenues of the states that

consume less.Themicro, small andmedium enter-

prises (MSME) sector has been affected bytheGSTreformsbecausethelargeunitshavebeenreluctant tobuyfromthemintheab-sence of input duty credit. An importantmeasure herewould be to amend the lawtoprovidethatallunitsbuyingfromunreg-isteredGSTsupplierswouldhavetopaydutyonareversechargebasis.Inordertoprovidegreater procedural comfort to the largerunits, the provision relating to the issue ofe-waybillsandotherregulatoryproceduresmust be simplifiedwhere purchases arefroma smaller unitwhose turnover is be-lowa threshold. To further incentivise thelargerunitsandencouragethemtotradeontheTReDSplatform,(theinstitutionalmech-anismtofacilitatethediscountingofinvoicesforMSMEs fromcorporatebuyers throughmultiple financiers), the Securities andExchangeBoardof India (SEBI)canprovidehighercredit ratingstosuchunits.Thiswillincentivisethemtogrow.While the revenue gains have come

throughbettercompliance,thenextsurgeinGSTrevenueswillhavetocomefromanincrease in the average incidence of GSTduties. The recommendation of the com-mittee by the GST council will, therefore,be important. The challengewould be todo it in amannerwhich is least inflation-ary. This will require a combination ofmeasures — phasing out of exemptions,raising of themerit rate from the presentlevel of 5per cent andmerging the12percentratewiththestandardrate,whetherto16 per cent or 18 per cent. Togetherwiththe rate rationalisation exercise, the gov-ernmentwill have to look into other GSTreforms to trigger economic growth. Thiswill perhaps require including naturalgas/ATF under GST in the first round.Further reforms in the factor markets —land, real estate and energy —would re-quire their inclusion in theGST. This is es-sential because while the economic re-forms of the 1990s restructured theproductmarket,thefactormarketreformswere incomplete.Finally,GST2.0reformsrequirethecre-

ationoffederalinstitutions.Weneedtocre-ateanother institutionintheformofaGSTstatesecretariatthatcanbringtogethersen-iorofficersfromtheCentreandstatesinaninstitutional forum registered under theSocietyAct.Thisforumcouldalsoprovideacommonpointof contact for tradeand in-dustrytoredressthegrievancesonnon-pol-icymatters. Thiswould demonstrate thatdespite the recent dissonance, India’s fed-eralinstitutionsarestillstrongandthattheIndianpolityisbasedoncooperativefeder-alismasaninnateprinciple.

Thewriter isNational Leader, TaxandEconomicPolicyGroup,EY India.Views

expressedarepersonal

OVERTHEPASTfourandahalfmonths,sincethe beginning of the Russian “special mili-tary operation” in February, the war inUkrainehasbecometheleitmotif ofpoliticsin theWest. SolidaritywithUkraineand re-sistance against the incursion of Russianforces intoUkrainian territory are themainrefrainof theWesternmedia.TheNATO,EUand G-7 have sprung into action, offeringsupport of various kinds— from the supplyof arms, intelligence, cash and logistics andtrainingofUkrainiantroops,toimposingse-vere sanctions intended to “cripple” theRussian economy.Western troops have notbeen directly involved in combat so far butmercenariesofWesternprovenanceareac-tivelyengaged,andsomehaveactuallybeencaught in action.Weakening Russia is thehiddenagendaoftheUkrainewar.PresidentJoe Biden of the United States —who hasvowed to standwith Ukraine “as long as ittakes” — and PrimeMinister Boris Johnsonof the UK have been the leading spirits be-hind themobilisation of theWest on “bothsides of theAtlantic”, to confront the “com-monenemy”.The West has been at war before, in

Vietnam,Afghanistan, Iraq,Libya,andSyria.Butthisisdifferent.ThisisawaronEuropeansoil and a war of attrition that has pittedWestern firepower against Russia. Unlikeotherwars, thisonehassnappedtheflowofglobal trade, sports and cultural and scien-tificexchanges.Theunderstandingattheendof the ColdWar in 1989-1990 that NATOwould not expand to the east was thebedrock of that new era. However, succes-siveNATOexpansionsandtheemergenceofamore resolute leadership in the RussianFederationwhich has lookedwith alarm attheshrinkingof its sphereof influencehaveradically altered the equations. RussianPresident Vladimir Putin articulated theseapprehensionsinameetingwithtopintelli-gence officials in 2007 in his speech to theMunich Security Conference. But thesewarning signals did not elicit any effective,reciprocalmovesataccommodatingtheap-prehensions, nor were any new securityarrangementsmade that could instil trustand confidence among adversaries. Seen interms of structural realism, the war inUkrainewas a tragedy on hold that had tobreakout, sooneror later.Thewarhasnotgonewellforeitherparty.

The Russian blitzkrieg —with enormouslines of tanks crawlingmenacingly towardthecapitalcity,withvastlyextendedsupplylines — failed in the early attempts to takeKyiv and topple the Ukrainian regime. TheUkrainians, whose President VolodymyrZelenskyyhasemergedasthemainsymbolof resistance towhat theyhavesuccessfullyprojected as blatant aggression, have beenable toholdonto theirmaincities.Westernfirepower, cash, intelligence and traininghave been successful in slowing down theRussian advance, confined so far to theEastandtheSouth.Thewarthatmostexpectedtocometoaquickresolutionhasturnedouttobeawarof attrition, reminiscentof thebru-tal trenchwarfare and artillery duels of theFirstWorldWar,evocativeofthehorrorsthat

ErichMariaRemarquedescribes inAllQuieton theWestern Front. Themedia brings thehorrorsof thewarintodailylife,revivingliv-ingmemoryof thewholesaledestructionofcities intheSecondWorldWarandthesub-liminal fear of the depredations of the RedArmy inoccupiedGermanyandNazi atroc-ities inRussiaandFrance.Thewar in Ukraine has rung the death

knell of globalisation. Chancellor OlafScholzofGermany—areluctantwar leaderwho had previously been a conscientiousobjector—hasnowbeengoaded into rad-ically altering German policy with regardtomilitary spending, pledging 100 billioneuros intoupgrading thearmedforcesandsending German weapons to Ukraine. Hehas aptly described the current phase inworld politics as a Zeitenwende — a “wa-tershed”, the change of an era. Theweaponisation of trade by both theWestand Russia, euphemistically described as“sanctions”,areactuallywar inother forms,whichstill cost lives.Thewholesaleconfis-cation of assets in Western banks and fi-nancial institutionsandtheverypublicde-livery of lethal weapons take the edge offthe moral rhetoric of war to regain peace— they are steadily undermining trust inglobal institutions. Inflation causedby thesanctionshas startedbiting into thebudg-ets of low-incomehouseholds all over theworld. And rising gas prices have alreadystarted inducing fears of a winter of dis-content in Europe. A less visible effect ofthesanctions is the impactontheenviron-ment. Substituting oil and gaswith coal isa potentially dangerous trade-off whichwill turn theclockbackonthepainstakingefforts to rein in globalwarming.Exceptforthemilitary-industrialcomplex

oftheUnitedStatesanditsglobalsubsidiaries,whicharecashinginonthevastsumsoftax-

Preparing forGST 2.0

BACK SINHA UPTHISREFERSTOtheeditorial, 'Playingcatch-up' (IE, July14). TheOppositionlacks the numbers to send its nomi-nee to Rashtrapati Bhavan. After theShiv Sena's declarationof support forDroupadi Murmu, her claim to thechair is assured. Several MPs andMLAs, belonging to the very partiesthat put up Yashwant Sinha as thejoint Opposition candidate forPresident, have deserted him. Actingas per the establishment's design,these Opposition lawmakers are be-ing tricked to backMurmuon awell-playedtechnicality.They fail to realisethat mere tokenism does little goodformarginalised groups.

SamiulHassanQuadri, Bikaner

THISREFERSTOtheeditorial, 'Playingcatch-up' (IE, July14).Acursoryglanceat the front page og the newspapermakes it clear that there isahostof is-sues thatshouldgalvanise theopposi-tion. Lions and symbols matter, butthe incarceration of activists, the at-tacks on the plural fabric of India, thesoaringprices and thehighestunem-ployment numbers in a generationshouldmattermore.While theBJP, forall its faults, continues to show polit-ical imagination — clear in the selec-tionof itspresidential candidate—theoppositionseemstobelieve that iner-tia is a political strategy. Its leadersneed to be seen on the streets, for thepeople.

BiswadeepChatterjee, via email

LESSONS FROM UKTHIS REFERS TO the article,'Colourblind in London' (IE, July 14).The fact that even the Conservativeparty in Britain is supporting immi-grants for thepostof PMshouldmake

us reflect on the inclusivity of ourpo-litical offices. Our present dispensa-tionclaims“sabkasaathsabkavikas”in the absence of the participation ofsignificant sections of society.Muslims, who constitute 14 per centofourpopulation,havenearnonerep-resentation in thegovernmentor leg-islatures. TheBJP does not have a sin-gleMuslimmember in LokSabhaoutof 301 MPs, in Rajya Sabha out of 95MPs, and in state legislatures acrossthe country, out of 1,379 MLAs. Thisspeaks to our disregard for constitu-tionalismand equity.

DevAthawale,Amravati

DISTORTED EMBLEMTHISREFERSTOthearticle, ‘Rulersandtheir emblems’ (IE, July 14). The au-thorhasgivenextensivehistoricalandcultural background to how the lionsand their repose came to be adoptedin the emblem on the Sarnath pillar.The ferocious expression on the lionsadopted now is vastly different. Theonly remedy is to correct the distor-tionsoas to recapture thespirit of thelionsandthevisiontheyrepresent forthe country.

GangadharKaralay,Nagpur

SPECK IN COSMOSTHISREFERSTOtheeditorial, ‘Theun-seen universe' (IE, July 14). The lastparagraph captures the soul of themission and howwe are but a speckin thecosmos. Itputs intoperspectiveour daily challenges, and makes onebelieve in the existence of a super-power, in whatever form we maywant it tomanifest. It alsomakes oneponder over the issues we raiseagainst each other.

Ravi Raman, via email

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

MATHEMATICS, FROM A distance, looksharmless as compared to literature and so-cialscience,whichcan“shapethemindsofageneration”. However, we do not agree.Mathematicsshapesmindsinitsownways:It offers attention, logical reasoning, workethic,understandingandexplainingmatters,rigorouswriting,comprehendingsituations,anddecidingwhatisimportantinformation.Itsstudentsgrowuptoholdvariouspositions,understandlocalandglobalissues,offersolu-tions, and foresee other problems thatmayariseintime.Manygrowuptobecomefilm-makers,engineers,civilservants,contractors,environmentalists,andfarmersandbusinessowners. Awell-rounded exposure tomath-ematicsenablesthemtomakeinformedde-cisions invariousscenarios.Imaginewhathappenswhenwetamper

with the material that shapes students'minds.There isacompleteness inthemath-ematicssyllabus.Thereisalsocompletenessineachtopicthat ischosenaspartof thesyl-labus.Thereisasetboundaryinsidewhichatopicbegins,ends,andexists.Mindlesssurgi-calstrikesontheseboundariesareadisserv-ice tothesubject.InGrade9,theconceptsofplottingpoints

and equations on the graph have been re-moved.Thishelps the learner to formfamil-iaritywithamathematicalgraphandunder-standhowitlooksvisually.Notonlydoesthisdecisiontakeawaytheopportunityfromthe

learners to comprehend concepts visually,but it also forms a fear of statistics, pictorialrepresentationofdataandunderstandingofmathematical trends.InGrade10,problems that are reducible

totheformof linearequationshavebeenre-moved. This lesson gives the foundation ofthemathematical approach to understand-ing relativity. Theproof of Pythagoras’ theo-remwasalsoremovedfromthegrade10ex-amination syllabus. Imagine the plight of alegendconsideredagodinhistime,whenhismost famous contribution to the field hasbeen nullified. Removing the proof for suchatheorem,whichhasbeentreatedasessen-tial to studying high-schoolmathematics,curbsinquisitivenessandencouragesaccept-ingstatementswithoutfindingoutthe“why”behindthem.In Grade 12, forming differential equa-

tions, theMean Value Theorem and Rolle’sTheoremhavebeen axed. Several skills thatareexpectedofastudentofmathematicsex-itingschoolaredevelopedbytheseconcepts.Modellingvariousscenariosoftheworldanduniversearedonethroughdifferentialequa-tions.Theseskillshavemajorapplicationsinforensicscience,medicalscience,electricity,populationanalysis,andstockmarketanaly-sis. As amatter of fact, the formation of dif-ferentialequationsplaysanimportantroleinunderstandingCovid-19trends.The students are the ones primarily af-

fected by such decisions. They are the onesforwhom the syllabus is created in the firstplace.Passionate,well-meaningpolicymak-ers and educationists had dedicated them-selves to determining the content of themathematics students should study andwhat they should avoid. However,many ofthoseeducationistsmaynotbearoundnow.Inthenameofdecision-makinginfavour

of thegeneralpopulace,mindlessactionhasbeenundertakentobenefitnobodyinpartic-ular, except perhaps our politicalmasters. Anationalconversationledtoasituationwherecurtailingthesyllabusseemedthemostglo-rious, suitable, democratic and empatheticsolution.Wecannotdenythatdeletionshavebeenmetwith a general sense of relief andsatisfaction fromparents and students. Anelongated phase of the Covid perhaps pan-demic deserved a response like that. Or didit?Wedecidedtoattacksomeseedsof intel-lect in the fear that our studentswould notbeuptomanagingafull “syllabusassault”.Manyofthesestudents,whentheygrow

up, will look back and ask:Whywere wetreatedasweaklingsinthefaceofadversity?A full syllabuswouldhavebeentheirwayofshowingnational solidarity. A senseof a jobwelldoneandexecutedisanecessaryattrib-ute that is taught by completing a syllabusandassessingitonanationallevel.Atayoungage, students learn how to get respect fromtheadultsaroundthem.Theyalsolearngreat

achievementsdonotcomefromshortcuts.The “full syllabus, comewhatmay” the-

orymay sound bombastic. If better peda-goguesofmathematicshadbeenconsulted,theymighthavesuggestedadifferentkindofcurtailing.Many of those in favour of rigourwouldhaveratherthestudentsfacetheaca-demic battle and lose than fight a skewed,cunningskirmish.Onecannotneglectthefactthattheother

curriculaliketheInternationalBaccalaureateand theCambridgeExaminationdidnotcutany portion of theirmathematics syllabus.Andintheseexaminations,thestudentshaveto appear for a syllabus studied over twoyears.WhentheCBSEandotherstateboardsare aspiring tomatch stepswithother greatglobal examination boards, they need tomatchtheirdaring inthisaspectaswell.TheCBSE sets a precedent for other aca-

demic boards and this reduction in the syl-labushasgivenanegativenudge.Thetrendofdoing awaywith concepts has not only be-come away of censorship of thoughts andclassroomdiscussions but has also takenusawayfromthepathsetoutbytheNEPtobe-comingan“educationalsuperpower”.TheCBSEmustrealisethatteachersinour

countrywanttobetreatedasvalidstakehold-ers indecisionsthat involvestudents.

Thewriters teachmathematicsataNoidaschool

Mathswithout Pythagoras

No winners in this warNATO,awareof theveryreal threatofRussia’snuclearoption, cannotdomore.AndRussia, inpossessionof territorywonatenormouscost, cannotdo less.But there isawindowofopportunity for India

Deletions inCBSEmathssyllabusdodisservice tostudents, flyagainstNEP

Poojan Sahil andAbraarAhmed

V SKrishnan

SubrataMitra

Nextstageof reforminthetaxregimerequirescreating federal institutions, a secretariat thatcanbring togethercentralandstateofficers

There might be a window ofopportunity for India, whichhas consistently helddialogue and diplomacy asthe only solution, to take theinitiative towards mediation.Under Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru in 1953,post-independence India, afledgling in world politics,had stepped in as a mediatorin the Korean conflict. Withthe dexterity that currentIndian diplomacy has shown— successfully repatriatingvast numbers of Indiansfrom Ukraine at theoutbreak of the war, keepinga line open to Russia and theUnited States, and retainingits strategic room tomanoeuvre — Modi’s Indiahas the potential to get thewarring parties to thenegotiation table.

payer moneymade available to them bywesterngovernments, therearenowinnersin thiswar.One canalreadydiscern thewa-vering of public support in continentalEuropeforthecontinuationof thewarandagrowingdivergenceamongGermany,FranceandtheUK.ForthewarmachineintheUnitedStates, a proxywar against Russia, with theaddedadvantageof support fromNATOandWesterncountrieswhichitdidnothaveinitsearlierefforts, isagoldenopportunity.Butasthings stand, NATO, aware of the very realthreat of Russia’s nuclear option, cannot domore. And Russia, in possession of territorywonatenormouscost,cannotdoless.Thetugof war between the US-led supply of armsand intelligence and the resourceful and re-silientRussia,withitsownmemoriesofsim-ilarchallengesintheSecondWorldWar,canonlydragon, indefinitely.The time for resuming negotiations is

now. Theremight be awindowof opportu-nityforIndia,whichhasconsistentlyhelddi-alogue and diplomacy as the only solution,to take the initiative towards mediation.Under PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru in1953, post-independence India, a fledglinginworldpolitics,hadsteppedinasamedia-torintheKoreanconflict.Withthedexteritythat current Indiandiplomacyhas shown–successfully repatriating vast numbers ofIndians fromUkraineat theoutbreakof thewar, keeping a line open to Russia and theUnitedStates,andretainingitsstrategicroomtomanoeuvre--Modi’s Indiahasthepoten-tial togetthewarringpartiestothenegotia-tiontable.SomeUkrainianandRussianlivesmight still be saved.

Thewriter isdirector, Instituteof SouthAsianStudies,NUS, Singapore, andemeritusprofessorofpolitical science, SouthAsiaInstitute,HeidelbergUniversity,Germany

CR Sasikumar

New Delhi

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II,,hhiitthheerrttoo knownasNimitaGautamaliasNimitaPanwar,D/oSh.SushilKumar,W/oSh.HemantPanwar,R/o.B-45,MainKantiNagar,Krishna-Nagar,H.O.,East-Delhi,Delhi-110051,have changedmynameandshall hereafter beknownasNimitaPanwar.

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II,,VViirriinnddeerrKaurChawla,W/oOnkar SinghR/oB-1/8, SF,NewMoti Nagar,Delhi-15,havechangedmyname toVarinderKaur.

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II,,SSuukkhhmmaanniiKakkar,W/o-AmandeepSinghKochar,R/o.N-12/3,4thFloor,DLFPhase-2,Gurgaon,Haryana-122008,changedmynameaftermarriage to SukhmaniKaurKochar.

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II,,SShhuubbhhaamm S/oDeepakRajput,R/oB-2/1003,TulipGrandSec-35,SonipatHR-131001,have changedmyname toShubhamRajput

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II,,SSaattyyeennddeerrKumarAggarwal,S/o Sh.RajeinderPrasadAggarwal,R/o-117,Ground-Floor Sukhdev-Vihar,NewFriends-Colony,NewDelhi-110025,inschool-RecordofmysonnamelyKrishnaAggarwal,mynamementionedasSatyenderAggarwal insteadofSatyenderKumarAggarwal.

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II,,SSOOBBHHAANNAAKAINIPARAMPATHSUKUMARAN,W/oRAJESHKALATHOORMANMADHAN,ADDRESS:887-8,FLATNO-9,YASHODAAPARTMENT,WARD.NO-8,MEHRAULI,SOUTH-DELHI,DELHI,110030, changedmyname toSOBHANARAJESH,permanently.

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II,,SSHHAAMM SUNDERRAWAL,S/OJAGANNATHRAWALR/O.HNO.170-171,POCKET-2,SECTOR-22,ROHINI,DELHI-110086.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOSHYAMSUNDERRAWAL.

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II,,MMOOHHDD ILMAS,S/OMOHDILYAS,R/o 22ZAHIDIANBUDHANAGATE,MEERUT,U.P.250001,changedmynameto ILMAS.

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II,,SSAARROOJJKUMARI,W/OSHJAGDISH,R/oQNO-31-CTYPE-II.POLICE-COLONYMODANTOWN-II,DELHI-110009,havechangedmyname toSAROJSINDHU,for all,futurepurpose.

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II,,RRuubbiinnaaKhan,Wife ofAnshuRustagi,Resident of,P-150,Lanenumber 8,Bihari-Colony, Shahdara,Delhi-110032,doherebydeclare thatI havemarriedMr.AnshuRustagi andafter-marriage Ihave changedmyname,fromRubinaKhan toKritheeyARustagi,for all futurepurposes.

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II,,RRaannggllaall S/oKadheruLal@KaradoLal,R/o.83/3,Bharat-Nagar,New-FriendsColony,NewDelhi-110025,declare thatmyfather’s correct-name isKadheru Lal for all purposes.

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II,,RRaammNiwasVerma, S/O-RamavatarVerma, R/O-Flat.No.707 ,CS 10, SupertechCapetown, Sector-74, Noida-201306, GautamBudhNagar,Uttar Pradesh, have changedmyson’s name fromHarshit toHarshit Verma, for allpurposes, vide affidavitDated-13-Jul-2022, SwornbeforenotaryRambir Sharma,Noida.

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II,,RRaajjMakkar S/o-LateShri.Basant LalMakkar,R/o-443,Sunehri BaghApartment,Sector-13, Rohini,Delhi-110085,have changedmyname toRaj KumarMakkar,permanently.

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II,,RRIIMMAA SARKAR,W/O.VIPINSINGH,D2/352 SHIV-DURGAVIHARLAKKARPUR,FARIDABADHARYANA-121009,changedmyname toRIMARAWAT.For all,futurePurposes.

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II,,RRAAJJEENNDDEERRKUMARBAGGA,S/OSOHANLALBAGGA,R/O3/41,RAMESH-NAGARNEWDELHI-110015,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMEFROMRAJINDERBAGGATORAJENDERKUMARBAGGA. 0040622397-4

II,,PPRRAADDEEEEPPKUMARAGGARWALS/OCHAMANLALR/OA-533,SHASTRINAGAR,DELHI-110052.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOPRADEEPAGGARWAL.

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II,,PPPPVALSALARADHAKRISHNAN,mother ofSareeshR,presently, Residingat,H.no.3/2,OldWapiti,VSVGurugram,Haryana-122001,have changedmyname,fromPPVALSALARADHAKRISHNAN toVALSALAR,vide-affidavit,dated.10.May.22.

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II,,PPPPVALSALARADHAKRISHNAN,mother ofSareeshR,presently, Residingat,H.no.3/2,OldWapiti,VSVGurugram,Haryana-122001,have changedmyname,fromPPVALSALARADHAKRISHNAN toVALSALAR,vide-affidavit,dated.10.May.22.

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II,,NNaarreesshhKumar Jangra,S/oOmParkash,R/o-816,Ward.No.12,Gram&Post-Khewra,Sonipat,Haryana,have changedmyname,fromNareshKumarJangra toNareshKumar,vide-affidavit dated.11-7-2022,atRai-sonipat.

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II,,MMaannssiiD/OGulshanKumarSharma,R/O454, KabirBasti,MalkaGanj,Delhi-110007,have changedmyname toMansi Sharma,for allpurposes.

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II,,KKuunnwwaarr SinghS/oSher SinghR/o-A-68Gali No.2 SindhuFarmRoadMithapur Extn. Delhi-110044,have changedmyname toKunwar SinghBisht.

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II,,JJiitteennddeerrKumar,S/oMohanLal,R/oB-1312,B-Block,Jahangir Puri,Delhi-33,havechangedmyminor-son’snamewhosedate-of-birth is-15/05/2009,from Jai toKrishna,for all purposes,vide-affidavit dated-12/7/2022.

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II,,JJaayyKumarYadav,S/oDudhnathRay,R/oH.No.39,Shaheed-Enclave,Surat-Nagar Phase-1,Gurgaon(Haryana),havechangedmyname to JayKumar,for all Purposes.

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II,,JJooggiinnddeerr S/oTekchandR/oA-145Gopal ViharVijayViharPhase-2Delhi-110085,changedmyname to JoginderSingh.

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II,,IIsshhaaaannAhuja S/oSatishAhujaR/o-169 First Floor BhaiParmanandColonyDelhi-110009,have changedmyname to IshanAhuja.

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II,,HHaallaaHussain,W/oTanseerAhmedKhan,R/o-B-26, Pocket-9A,JasolaHeights, JasolaVihar,NewDelhi-110025,havechangedmyname fromHalaHussain toHalaHusain

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II,,EExx--NNoo--991100333333HH,,AshakHussainWani S/O-Ab.GaniWani, R/O-Asthal, Tehsil -Pahloo ,District-Kulgam . Inmyservice records thenameandDoB ofmyChildren’s hasbeenwronglymentionedasFassal Ashak(DoB- 25-12-2002) and IffanHusain (DoB-16-09-2006) insteadof FassilAshaq (DoB-11-08-2007) andIffamHussainWani (DoB-05-08-2010) as in school records.It NeedsCorrection.Objectionsbe filled toZilaSainikwelfare office Srinagarwithin sevendays.

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II,,CCHHAANNDDAADEVIW/OANUBHAVSHARMAR/OB-109,AHINSAVIHAR,SECTOR-9,ROHINI,DELHI-110085.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOCHANDASHARMA.

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II,,AASSHHAARANI,W/O.PARVEENKUMARNAGPAL,H.NO-35,2ND-FLOOR,NORTHWESTAVENUECLUB-ROADWESTPUNJABI-BAGH,WESTDELHI-110026,changedmyname toASHARANINAGPAL.

0040622376-1

II,,AANNUUKKRRIITTII TYAGI,D/O:DHARMENDRAKUMARTYAGI,R/O:PLOT.NO-137,FLATNO-C 2,SHALIMARGARDENEXTN-1, SAHIBABAD-GHAZIABADU.P-201005,changedmyname toANUKRITI GUPTA.

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II,, jitenderKumar,H.no.1268Sector-14,Sonipat,Haryana131001,HaveChangedmyMinor SonTejas to TejasThakral,for all purposes

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II,,have changedmyname fromKMPravindraKaur, KMParvndraKaur toParvindraKaur for all futurepurposes.ParvindraKaurD/oAmarjeetSinghR/oH.No.13, Nalgarha,Sector-145Noida, U.P.

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II,,Sukhpreet KaurKahlonD/oSukhdip SinghKahlonR/oQ-357, Sector-21, Noida - 201301U.P. HavechangedmynamefromSukhpreet KaurKahlon toSukhpreet Kahlon for all futurepurposes.

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II,,Shinti Upadhyayw/oRamYadUpadhyay r/o 463, ShaheedBhagat SinghApartment,Sector-14, Dwarka, Delhi-110078have changedmynametoShanti Upadhyay.

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II,,Sanjiv KumarDubey, S/o Lt.AtmaRamDubey, R/oM-602,TheGoldenPalms, Sector 168,GautamBuddhaNagar, UttarPradesh-201305, declare thatnameSanjiv KumarDubeyandSanjiv KumarDuveyarenameof onepersononly.

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II,,SanjeevKumarAroraS/oRajKumarR/o L-42/1, GroundFloor, Gali No.16, NewMahavirNagar, NewDelhi-110018, havechangedmyname toSanjeevKumar.

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II,,SONIYAW/oSHPARASR/oH.NO-J-141, SHRI RAMJJCAMP,NANAKPURA, CHANAKYAPURI,NEWDELHI-110021doherebydeclare that I have changedmyname fromSONIYA toSAVITA for all futurepurposesvideaffidavit dt. 12-07-2022beforeNotaryPublic Delhi.

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II,,MrsShanoDeviW/oShSitalDassAhujaD/o Late Sh.GobindRamR/oA-6/102-B,PaschimVihar, NewDelhi-110063have changedmynametoSumanAhuja for allpurposes. Both ShanoDevi&SumanAhuja are same&onepersononly.

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II,,SHUBHAMKUMARSHARMA,sonof SANTOSHKUMAR,residingat B901, RAJHANSPREMIERAPPARTMENTS,AHINSAKHAND-1,INDIRAPURAM, GHAZIABAD,UP-201014have changedmyname fromSHUBHAMKUMARSHARMA toSHUBHAMKUMARvideaffidavit dated08/07/2022 at SDM,Kanjhawala.

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II,,SHIVANGI SHARMA ,daughterof SANTOSHKUMAR, residingat B901, RAJHANSPREMIERAPPARTMENTS,AHINSAKHAND-1, INDIRAPURAM,GHAZIABAD,UP-201014havechangedmyname fromSHIVANGI SHARMA toSHIVANGEEvideaffidavitdated 08/07/2022 at SDM,Kanjhawala.

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II,,Prabhjit KaurD/oSubMajorSingh 6SikhRegt. C/o 56APOR/oVPO-Daroli, Teh.-AnandpurSahibDistt.-Ropar State-PunjabPIN-140133havechangedmyname fromPrabhjit Kaur toPrabhjeetKaur videaffidavit dated 28-June-2022, (date of theaffidavit inDD/MM/YY format)beforeDelhi (Nameandplaceof theCourt)

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II,,NiharikaDhruvaSachdevaD/oDhruvaSachdevaR/oH.No-483, F-28,WindsorGreen,Sec-50, Noida, G.B.Nagar, U.P.,have changedmyname toNiharika Sachdeva.

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II,,Mohd.AkramKhan, R/oT1-405, GlobalHillview, Raipur,Sec-11, Sohna,Gurgaon,Haryana-122103, havechangedmyname toAkramKhan. Affidavit No. IN-UP41963627582557U.

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II,, JagdishSinghKalra S/oGurcharanSinghKalra, R/o-B-4, Delhi-CitizenSociety,Sector-13, Rohini, Delhi-110085,havechangedmyname to JagjitSinghKalra

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II,, JC297939F Ishwar SinghR/oZ-16, Z-Block, Gali No-2, PremNagarNajafgarh inform that inService records&PensionBookmywife name&dateofbirth haswronglymentionedasSARMILADEVI 29.05.1969insteadof SharmilaDevi13.07.1969.

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II,,HARI SINGHS/oHira SinghR/oRZG-31B, G-Block,MandirMarg,Mahavir EnclavePart-I,NewDelhi-110045, havechangedmyname toHARISINGHRANA, for all futurepurposes.

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II,,AyushS/O, Late Sh. ArjunKumarR/oC3/12aKeshavPuramNearPardeshwarDhamMandirNorthWestDelhi110035have changedmynametoAyushKohli for allpurposes.

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II,,AayushTayal, S/oMr. PradeepKumarTayal R/o 117,Pushpanjali Enclave, NearPushpanjali Hospital,Karkardooma,NearShakarpur, EastDelhi-110092have changedmynameAyushKumarTayal toAayushTayalfor all futurepurposes.

0040622372-1

IIhitherto knownasShailenderSinghalias ShailendraSinghJaakhar S/oDr. OMPrakashJakhar, employedas InspectorinDelhi Police residing atH.No. 360, Sec-5, Pocket-1, DDASFS Flats, Dwarka, Delhi-75have changedmynameandshall hereafter be knownasShailendraSingh Jaakhar.

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IIUmangS/oMaheshAggarwalR/o-P-2/25-26,Mangol Puri,Delhi-110083have changedmyname toUmangAggarwal forall purposes

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IIMousamW/o-Gurdayal R/o-N-45/145, T-Huts,Samaypur,Delhi-42,inform thatmy-namewrongly-written inmy-Daughter-(Sadhna) School-Recordas-KavitaKaur insteadofMousam.ThatKavitaKaur&Mousam is theoneandsameperson. 0040622421-1

II,,KKeewwaall Singh,S/oRattanSingh,R/o-130 Sainik-Vihar,Pitampura,Delhi-34,Prop.ofM/s. K.P.Furnishers(Application.No.33562,Plot.No.207 Pkt-I Sec-3,DSIIDCBawanaIndl. Area,Delhi,have lostDSIIDCoriginal EMDReceiptAllotment-Letter Payment-Receipt possession-Papers&app-papers etc.

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II,,TTaarruunn SharmaS/O.Inderjeet,R/O.E-101,Munirka-apartment,plot.no.11,sector-9, Dwarka,NewDelhi-110077,have lostoriginal-society sharecertificateNo.254 allotment-letter andpossession-letter.

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PUBLIC NOTICETo be known to all that I Shashi Khannawife of Shri Kuldeep Khanna owner ofJanta flat no. GH-6/243, Second Floor,Paschim Vihar, New Delhi, has applied forcertified paper of the aforesaid flat such asoriginal Allotment cum Demand Letter hasbeen lost. File no. J-199(159)87/PV/NP.An FIR (LR.No. 555447/2022) to this effecthas been lodged in the police station crimebranch Delhi on dated 03/07/2022. Anyperson claiming any right, intrest, havingany objection or found in possession oforiginal documents may write/contact withthe above named person at aboveaddress/ Phone no. 9818153370 or Dy.Director (LAB) Housing or Director(Housing). DDA Office Vikas Sadan. NewDelhi, within 15 days from the date ofpublication of this notice.

PUBLIC NOTICEBE IT KNOWN TO ALL THAT MYCLIENT Shri Dal Chand Rajput S/o LateShri Lala Ram R/o C-34, Jawahar Park,Devli Road, Khanpur, New Delhi-110062has disowned his son namely DeepakKumar Rajput and daughter-in-law Smt.Kavita W/o Deepak Kumar from his allmoveable and immoveable propertiesand has severed all his relations withthem due to their disrespect anddisregard with my said client. My clientand his other family members shall notbe responsible for their acts.

Sd/-Arun Kumar Mishra

AdvocateCh.No. 67, Saket Courts

New Delhi-110017

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given to public at large,in continuation to the FIR No:575639/2022 dated 09.7.2022 that theundersigned Advocate is announcing thatthe property title deeds of Smt. M Mallikain respect of property bearing MunicipalNo. Plot Nos. 47 & 48 admeasuring 2400Sq. Ft. situated in Survey No. 22/11,22/4,22/5, 22/6 at Karipatti, Salem Distt.Tamil Nadu, is missing which is moreparticularly described in the schedule-Ahereunder written.Any person having found or noticed thesaid document is hereby requested tointimate the undersigned in writing/or overany other mode at the address/mobilenumber mentioned below within 7 daysfrom the date of publication hereof.

SCHEDULE-Ai) Original Sale Deed Registration No.

3135/2009, dated 11.9.2009 registeredwith Sub Registrar Office, Ayothiapattinam,Salem Distt. Tamil Nadu.

Sd/-Mr. Marimuthu.P

AdvocateM. M & Associates

Ch. No. 827, Patiala House CourtsNew Delhi-110001, Mob: 9555966566

PROCLAMATION REQUIRINGATTENDENCE OF

DEFENDANT(Order 5, Rule 20 of the Code

of Civil Procedure)IN THE COURT OF SH. PAWANKUMAR JAIN, LD. DISTRICTJUDGE, COMM. -03,ROOM NO. 307, CENTRALDISTRICT, TIS HAZARI COURT,DELHIRECEIPT NO. 27477 Dated09.06.2022CS(COMM):-1828/2021ICICI BANK LTD.V/SJEET SINGH & NRS.1. JEET SINGH

S/O MR. PHOOL SINGHR/O MAKANPUR HAROLA,SECTOR-5, NOIDA, GAUTAMBUDDHA NAGAR, NEARSECTOR-5, L-BLOCK,UTTAR PRADESH-201301# 9811806462

2. GAURAV AWANAS/O MR. JEET SINGHAWANAR/O H.NO.25, HAROALSECTOR-5, NOIDA,GAUTAM BUDDHA. NAGAR,NEAR SECTOR-5, L-BLOCK,UTTAR PRADESH-201301#9999537959

WHEREAS you are intentionallyevading service of summons it ishereby notified that if you shallnot defend the case on the16.09.2022 the day fixed for thefinal disposal, it will be heard anddetermined ex-parte.Given under my hand and theseal of the court, 06.07.2022.

Sd/-Judge

Seal

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Sanjeev Jain(Advocate)

Enrl.No D-226/1991

PROCLAMATION REQUIRINGATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANT

(Order 5 Rule 20 of theCode of Civil Procedure)

IN THE COURT OF SH. PAWANKUMAR JAIN, LD. DISTRICTJUDGE, COMM. -03, ROOM

NO.307, CENTRAL DISTRICT,TIS HAZARI COURT, DELHI

CS(COMM):-1243/2021M/S KANCHAN FASHION PVT. LTD.

V/SVISHU CHOPRA

SH. VISHU CHOPRA PROPRIETOROF M/S. COLABA, B-3/3, MAINRAGHUNATH MANDIR ROAD, LALQUATER, KRISHNA NAGAR, EASRDELHI-110051WHEREAS you are intentionallyevading service of summons it ishereby notified that if you shall notdefend the case on the 28.11.2022the day fixed for the final disposal, itwill be heard and determined ex-parte.Given under my hand and the seal ofthe court, 12.07.2022.

Sd/-

(JUDGE)SEAL

Be it known to all concerned that myclient Shri Raj Suneja S/O ShriSantosh Kumar Suneja, R/o 89,AGCR Enclave, Delhi - 92 hasentered into an agreement to selldated May, 2022 for purchase ofproperty no. 22, Sector 15-A, Noida,District Gautam Budh Nagar, UPwith Mr. Satish Chandra Misra S/oLate Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra,R /o 17 /6 , W indso r Pa l ace ,Lucknow,UP.Any body from public at large,persons, or banks or financialinstitutions having any right, title orinterest, l ien, charge, claim,encumbrance etc. Over the saidproperty or any part thereof, maycome forward and may raiseobjection to the said sale, within aperiod of 12 days in writing orotherwise to the undersigned or atmobile no.09811043488.

Public Notice

Bharat Sachdeva (Advocate)Enrol No. D-303/1985.

M : 9811671653Date :13.07.2022Place : New Delhi

PUBLIC NOTICEThis to inform to public at large that I, SumanSharma W/o Praveen Sharma, R/o House No.1 & 1B, Neelkanth Enclave, Najafgarh, NewDelhi, am the absolute owner of plot no. 2/4,khasra no. 331, Roshan Garden, Najafgarh,New Delhi-110043, admeasuring 166 sq.Yards and owner of 20% share in the propertyNo. 1 & 1B, measuring 153 sq. yards, KhasraNo.75min. Village Masudabad, Colony knownas Neelkanth Enclave, Najafgarh, New Delhi-110043. I have not executed any document infavour any person in respect of my above saidproperties. Any persons deals in the propertiesin my absence, it shall be completely illegal andunlawful and he/she shall do the same on hisrisk, costs and consequences. Please note.

Sd/-SATISH KUMAR TOMAR

AdvocateCh.No. 511, Western Wing,Tis hazari Counts Delhi-54

PUBLIC NOTICEMy clients Raghvendra KumarMishra and his wife Shashi Mishraboth R/o 360, F-Block, SudarshanPark, Moti Nagar, Ramesh Nagar,West Delhi, Delhi-110015 havesevered all relation and disownedtheir son Abhishek Mishra and hiswife Savita Mishra from their allmovable-immovable properties dueto their disobedience. My clientsshall not be responsible for theiracts/deeds.

Sd/-Mahesh Kumar Kohli

AdvocateCh. No. 713, Saket Courts,

New Delhi-17

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PUBLIC NOTICEGeneral public is hereby informedthat my clients Dharm Singh S/oSh. Jeevan Lal, and Smt. ChanderDevi W/o Sh. Dharm Singh bothR/o RZ 84B / 85A, Shiv Puri Part-I,New Delhi-110043 have disowned/ debarred / discarded their sonRahul Shokeen, his wife Smt.Kiran and their son ShivankShokeen, with another sonKrishan Shokeen, his wife Smt.Nazma Parveen and theirdaughter Aksha Shokeen fromtheir movable and immovableassets and have also ceased allrelations in every respect withthem due to their hostile,irresponsible behavior. It is furtherd e c l a r e t h a t a n y p e r s o nwhosoever deal with them shall doentirely at his /her own costs, risksand responsibilities. My clientshall not be responsible fordealing with them.UmeshYadav (Advocate)Ch.No.619,DwarkaCourts, Delhi.

PROCLAMATION REQUIRINGATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANT(Order 5 Rule 20 of the Code of

Civil Procedure)IN THE COURT OF SH.VIPINKUMAR RAI, Judge FamilyCourt, Room No.303, SouthWest, Dwarka, New Delhi.

SUIT NO. HMA-1818/21NAVEEN RAI ….. Petitioner

VersusRITU RAI ....Respondent

TO,Ritu Rai W/o Naveen Rai D/oDayachand R/o A-833, NearYadav Chopal, ChakkarpurVillage, Gurugram, Haryana-122002WHEREAS you are intentionallyevading service of summons itis hereby notified that if youshall not defend the case onthe 1st day OF August 2022 theday fixed for the final disposal.it will be heard anddetermined ex-parte.Given under my hand and theseal of the court this 11th dayof July 2022.

Sd/-Judge Family CourtSouth West, Dwarka, New

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IILataD/oSh. Jiledar SinghR/oB-101, ArjunPark, NangliSakrawati, Near PlywoodFactory, Najafgarh, SouthWestDelhi, Delhi-110043havechangedmyname to LataRanifor all purposes.

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II,,HarishKumar S/oBal KrishanR/o-1616 Sector-8, FaridabadHaryanahave changemyname toHarishHanda

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IIDhasUmeshRamchandradeclares thatmyson’s name iswronglymentionedasYashUmeshDhas in servicerecords. His correct name isVedantUmeshDhasaffidavitno IN-DL58922313478980Udated-12.07.2022.

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IIBaljit KaurD/oPritamSinghandW/o Jitender SinghR/oA-49/50, Kewal Park Extn.,Azadpur, Delhi-110033, havechangedmyname toBaljeetKaur

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It is for general informationthat, I,SAURABHTANEJA,S/oNARESHKUMAR,R/o.K-55,Civil-Zone,Subroto-Park,NewDelhi-110010,declare that nameofmy-mother hasbeenwrongly-writtenasVEENAARORA inallmyeducational-documents,servicerecord,government issuedidentity-documents andbirth-certificateRegNo.2352.Theactual-nameofmymother is“MEENAKUMARI” respectivelywhichmaybeamendedand tobeused,for all,futurepurposesaccordingly,Vide-Affidavitdated.14/07/2022,BEFORENCT-DELHI.

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I,hitherto knownasReenaJaakhar aliasReena JakharW/oShailendraSingh Jaakhar,residingatH.No.360, Sec-5,Pocket-1, DDASFS Flats,Dwarka, Delhi-75 havechangedmynameandshallhereafter be knownasReenaJaakhar.

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I,SHOAIBABBASZAIDI,S/OZAFARABBAS,ADD-T-507,GALI.NO-12,GAUTAMPURI,NEWSEELAMPURNORTH-EASTDELHI-110053,Changedmyname toSAYYADSHUAIB.Permanently.

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I,RATNACHATURVEDI,W/O.ROHITPANKAJ, ADD-EA35,BLOCKEA-1INDERPURI,CENTRALDELHI110012,changedmyname toRATNASARAN,permanently.

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I,RAMANKUMAR,S/ODWARKADASSBANSALR/O54-A,DAVSCHOOL,GAGAN-VIHAREXTENSION,KRISHNA-NAGAR,DELHI-110051.CHANGEDMYNAMETORAMANKUMARBANSAL.

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I,Charanjit Kaur,W/oHarpreetSingh,R/oWZ-26A, Plot.No.31,MukherjeePark,Delhi,havechangedmyname toCharanjeet Kaur.

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I,ANIL TANEJA,S/ORANAPRATAPSINGH,ADD-A-47,G/F,AMRITPURI,GARHIEAST-OF-KAILASH,SOUTH-EASTDELHI-110065,changedmyname toANILKUMARTANEJA,permanently.

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I,MeenaDevi, D/ORamSingh,W/OSujanSingh, R/O89-Khizrabad, PostOffice JamiaNagar, NewDelhi - 110025,have changedmyname toMeenaBanchariya, for allpurposes. 0040622480-1

I, KUNDANKUMARS/O,HARICHANDR/O14/219DakshinPuri NewDelhi, Pincode -110062have changedmynametoKundanKumarKashyap forall purposes. 0040622259-1

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SEXUAL ASSAULT

KEVIN SPACEYPLEADSNOTGUILTYActor Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of sexually assaultingthree men a decade or more ago, and was told he would face trial on June 6 next year.Spacey, 62, stood in the dock and spoke clearly as he replied “not guilty” to each of thefive charges during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court.

ITALY

DraghitoquitaftercoalitionpartymutinyRome:The Italian head ofstateonThursdayrejectedthe resignation of PrimeMinister Mario DraghiandaskedhimtoaddressParliament to get a clearpictureof thepoliticalsit-uation, a statement fromPresident SergioMattarella's office said.DraghihadannouncedhisplantoresignonThursdayafter the 5-StarMovement, a coalitionparty, declined to backhim in a confidence voteover his plan to combatsoaring prices. "The na-tionalunity coalition thatbacked this governmentno longer exists," saidDraghi, the formerEuropean Central Bankpresident who has beenprimeministerof abroadcoalition since February2021. REUTERS

ItalianPrimeMinisterMarioDraghi.Reuters

TOPOFTHEWORLD

USA

MetareleasesfirsthumanrightsreportFACEBOOKOWNERMetareleaseditsfirstannualhu-man rights report onThursday, followingyearsof accusations that itturned a blind eye to on-line abuses that fueledreal-world violence inplaces like India andMyanmar. The report,which covers due dili-genceperformed in2020and2021, includesasum-maryof humanrightsim-pact assessment of IndiathatMeta commissionedlaw firm Foley Hoag toconduct. REUTERS

PAKISTAN

ManboilswifeincauldroninfrontofchildrenKarachi:Inagruesomeinci-dent,aPakistanimanhasal-legedlykilledandboiledhiswifeinacauldroninfrontofhissixchildreninthecoun-try'sSindhprovince,ame-diareportsaidonThursday.Preliminary investigationsand the children's state-ments suggested that thesuspect strangulatedhiswifewithapillowbeforeboilingher inthecauldroninfrontofthem. PTI

UK

CourthearsSanjayBhandariextraditioncaseLondon: SanjayBhandari,an armsdeals consultantwanted in India to facemoneylaunderingandtaxevasioncharges,appearedforahearinginhisextradi-tion case in London onThursday. Theextraditioncasewill return for a finalset of hearings at the endofSeptember. PTI

UK

AstraZeneca,Pfizersaved 1.2crlivesin1styr:StudyLondon:TheAstraZenecaand Pfizer Covid-19 vac-cines saved over 1.2crores lives,while India'sindigenous Covaxinaverted over 3.7 lakhdeaths in the first year ofthe global immunisationcampaign, as per amod-elling study. ResearchersatUK-basedlife-sciencesdatafirm,Airfinity, foundthat theAstraZenecaandPfizer vaccines saved themost lives. PTI

AVASASANIJULY14

ANOHIOmanhasbeenarrestedandchargedwiththerapeofa10-year-oldgirl,whosetravelacrossstate lines to receive anabortioncapturednationalattention.Gerson Fuentes, 27, was ar-

raigned on Wednesday inFranklinCountyMunicipalCourtin Columbus, where he waschargedwith the rapeof a childunder13yearsold, a felony thatcan carry a lifetime prison sen-

tence. Hewas being held on $2millionbond.Thearrest,anditsconnection

tothecaseoftheyoungrapevic-tim, was first reported in TheColumbusDispatchafterapublicdispute overwhether the storywas true. The case of the youngvictim became a focus of theabortion debate after theSupreme Court overturned theconstitutional right to abortionenshrined inRoev.Wade.That decision triggered a

waveofabortionrestrictions, in-cluding a law in Ohio that bans

abortionafteraboutsixweeksofpregnancy,withnoexceptionforrape or incest. The law blockedthe 10-year-old from receivinganabortioninherhomestateaf-ter her parents discovered shewaspregnant.Accordingtoadoctorfamiliar

with her case, and testimonyfrom a court hearing, the girl’sfamily tookher to Indiana to re-ceiveanabortion,wherethepro-cedureisstilllegalupto22weeks.The girl’s story, which first

appearedinTheIndianapolisStar,was immediately seized on by

abortionrightsadvocatesas thetragicbutexpectedconsequenceof severeabortionrestrictions.President Biden cited the

story after signing an executiveorder on abortion: “Ten yearsold. Raped, sixweeks pregnant.Alreadytraumatised.Wasforcedto travel toanother state.”Before this week’s arrest,

some conservatives, includingOhio’stopprosecutor,castdoubton the story. The young girl hasnotbeenidentifiedpublicly,norhas the Ohio doctor who firsttreated her, and Attorney

GeneralDavidYosttoldFoxNewsthat his officewas unaware of acaseinvolvinga10-year-oldrapevictim.OnWednesday,Yost’sof-fice released a statement prais-ing thearrestof Fuentes.“Myheart aches for thepain

sufferedbythisyoungchild,”thestatementsaid.“IamgratefulfortheworkoftheColumbusPoliceinsecuringaconfessionandget-tingarapistoff thestreet.”Ohio’sown public health data foundthat more than 500 girls andwomen 18 and under receivedanabortion in2020. NYT

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN OHIO

Abortion debate: Minor rape victim forced to travel out of state for surgery

AaccusedwasarraignedonWednesdayinFranklinCountyMunicipalCourtinColumbus,Ohio.NYT

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PRESSTRUST OFINDIACOLOMBO,JULY14

THE SRI Lankan Army onThursdayurgedtheanti-govern-ment protesters to desist fromviolenceimmediatelyorbepre-pared to face the “conse-quences”, warning that the se-curity forces are “legitimatelyempowered” toexercise force.Anticipatingmore protests

afteragroupattemptedtostormParliament'sentranceadayear-lier,troopsingreenmilitaryuni-forms and camouflage vests re-inforced security at theParliamentonThursday.The Army in a statement

urged the protesters to "desistfromallformsofviolenceimme-diately or be prepared to faceconsequences as members ofthe Armed Forces are legiti-mately empowered to exercisetheirforce,if thesituationdeemsnecessaryassecuritytothepub-lic property, key installations,vulnerable points and humanlives, does fall within thepurviewof their responsibility.”It said that all heads of the

armedforcesandthepolicedur-ing meetings with the actingPresident and PrimeMinisterRanilWickremesinghe,Speakerof the Parliament and politicalparty leaders unanimouslymaintained that peacefulprotests should not in anywaybedealtwithfullforce, butwiththe minimum force as long asthose protesters do not resorttoviolenceordamage thepub-lic property.

SRI LANKA INLIMBO

Sayssecurityforces‘legitimatelyempowered’toexerciseforce

(Fromtop)Special forcespatrolaroadthat leads totheParliament inColomboonThursday. Sri LankanArmystandsguardafterprotestersvacatedPresidentGotabayaRajapaksa’sofficial residence.Protesters leavethePM’sofficeandtakephotosoutsidethebuilding. ReutersandAP

Armywarnsprotesters:Desistfrom violence or face action

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s formerPrime Minister MahindaRajapaksaandex-financeminis-ter Basil Rajapaksa on Thursdaygave an undertaking to theSupreme Court through theirlawyers that theywill not leavethe country until theFundamentalRightspetitionfiledagainstthemisheardonFriday,amediareportsaidonThursday.Afive-judgebenchofLankan

SC are scheduled to hear onFriday the petition against thetwomembers of the Rajapaksafamily, the Daily Mirror Lankawebsitereported.Apetitionwasfiled in theSCasBasilRajapaksawas earlier on Tuesday turnedbackattheColomboairportasheattemptedto leavethecountry.Basil, 71, tried to leave the

bankrupt nation a day beforeGotabaya fled to theMaldivesfrom where he appointedPMRanilWickremesingheastheacting President, escalating po-liticalcrisisandtriggeringafreshwave of protests in the countryreelingunderfinancialcrisis.PTI

‘Mahinda, Basilwon’t leave untilSC hears plea’

REUTERSLONDON, JULY14

FORMERFINANCEministerRishiSunakcementedhisleadoverri-vals to become Britain's nextprimeminister on Thursday inan increasinglybitter race to re-placeBoris Johnson.Sunakhasbeenthefrontrun-

ner among Conservative law-makersdespitebeingblamedbysome for his role in Johnson'sdownfall. He faces competitionfrom PennyMordaunt, a juniortrademinister,andforeignmin-isterLizTruss,wholaunchedherofficialcampaignearlierarguingshewastheonlycontenderwiththe experience to take the"toughdecisions"needed.There arenowfivehopefuls,

after Brexit supporter AttorneyGeneral Suella BravermanwasknockedoutofraceonThursdayfor failing to reach the 30-votethreshold in thesecondround.Whoever gets the job will

take on rocketing inflation andloweconomicgrowth,aswellasthepublic’s lackofconfidenceinpolitics after Johnson’s scandal-ridden time inpower.After maintaining his lead

Sunak thanked his supporters,and said on Twitter: "I ampre-paredtogiveeverythingIhaveinservicetoournation.Togetherwecanrestoretrust,rebuildourecon-omyandreunitethecountry."Earlier, he took to the air-

waves to say his first economicprioritywould be tackling highinflation, not the tax cutspledgedbyhis rivals. readmoreTruss, the last hopeful to

launch her official campaign, isthe latest to also promise to re-store trust in politics, trying todistance herself from the in-creasingly personal and bitterbriefings and counter-briefingsfromtheopposingcamps.“I will campaign as a

ConservativeandIwillgovernasa Conservative. I can lead, I canmake tough decisions and I cangetthingsdone. Iamreadytobeprimeminister from day one,"Truss said.Thoseremaining--whoalso

includeformerequalitiesminis-ter Kemi Badenoch and TomTugendhat,chairofparliament’sForeignAffairsCommittee--willface a third round of voting byConservativemembersofparlia-mentonMonday.

IMF reachesdeal with Pakto revive$6-bn bailout

MUNIRAHMEDISLAMABAD, JULY14

THEINTERNATIONALMonetaryFund said Thursday it hadreached a preliminary agree-mentwithPakistantorevivea$6billion bailout package for thisimpoverished Islamic nation,whichhasbeen facing a seriouseconomiccrisis since lastyear.Pakistan and the IMF origi-

nally signed the accord in 2019.But the releaseof a slightlyover$1 billion tranche had been onholdsinceearlierthisyear.That’swhen the IMF expressed con-cern about Pakistan’s compli-ancewith the conditions of thebailout under former PrimeMinisterImranKhan.Theparlia-ment oustedhim throughano-confidencevote inApril.Under newly elected PM

Shahbaz Sharif, the governmenthas been in talks with the IMFsinceMay, to avoid adefault likeSriLanka’s.“TheAgreementwiththeFundhassetthestagetobringcountryoutofeconomicdifficul-ties,” Sharif tweeted, In recentweeks, Pakistan’s governmentimposed additional taxes andslashedsubsidiesonfuel,electric-ityandnaturalgas tomeet IMF’sconditions. Thatmade the gov-ernmenthighlyunpopular.AP

REUTERS&APJERUSALEM,JULY14

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden andIsraeli PrimeMinister Yair LapidsignedajointpledgeonThursdaytodenyIrannucleararms,ashowofunitybyallieslongdividedoverdiplomacywithTehran.The undertaking, part of a

“JerusalemDeclaration”crown-ing Biden’s first visit to Israel asPresident, came a day after hetoldalocalTVstationthathewasopento“last resort”useof forceagainstIran—anapparentmovetoward accommodating Israel’scalls for a “credible militarythreat”byworldpowers.“WewillnotallowIrantoac-

quire a nuclearweapon,” Biden

toldanewsconferencefollowingthesigningof thedeclaration.Thursday’s statement reaf-

firmedUSsupportforIsrael’sre-gionalmilitary edge and ability

“todefenditselfbyitself”.Widelybelieved to have the MiddleEast’s only nuclear arms, Israelsees Iranasaexistential threat.TheUSstresses that integral

to this pledge is the commit-mentnever to allow Iran toac-quire a nuclear weapon, andthat it is prepared to use all el-ementsof itsnationalpower toensure that outcome," thestatement added.Lapid cast this posture as a

way of averting open conflict.“The onlyway to stop a nuclearIran is if Iran knows the freeworldwilluse force,”hesaidaf-ter thesigningceremony.Iranian President Ebrahim

RaisilashedoutattheUSand“itsregionalallies”forstokinginsta-bility in the region, state-runIRNA news agency reported.“Anymistakebythemandtheiralliesintheregionandtheworldwillbemetwithaharshandre-grettable response,”Raisi said.

Quetta: Asenior Pakistani Armyofficerandhis friendwere foundshotdeadonThursday, twodaysaftermilitantskidnappedthemintherestivesouthwestprovinceofBalochistan,securityofficialssaid.The separatist insurgent

Balochistan Liberation Army(BLA) released a statement say-ing it abducted and killedLieutenant-Colonel Laeeq BaigMirza,arareattackonanofficerofhisrankintheregionthatbor-ders IranandAfghanistan.Mirzawas seized as he trav-

elled back to the city of QuettafromZiarat,ahillstation,withhisfamilyandthefriendonTuesdaynight,asecurityofficial said.“Around half a dozenmili-

tantsblocked theZiarat–QuettaRoad 22 to 25 km away fromZiarat (and) searched vehicles,"the official said. The gunmentook the officer and his friend,Umer,theofficialsaid.Themen'sbodies were found in differentlocations in the Hernai districton Thursdaymorning, anotherofficial said. REUTERS

Baluch insurgents abduct,kill Army officer: Officials

Brussels: Greece on Thursdayscoredawininitsfighttoprotectrighttotheterm‘Feta’asEurope’stopcourtreprimandedDenmarkfornotblocking local companiesfromusingthenameforsalesout-sidetheEU.Greececlaimsfetaaspart of its cultural heritage be-causeithasmadesheep,goatmilkcheesefor6,000years.The Luxembourg-based

Court of Justiceof theEuropeanUnion(CJEU)agreedwithitsas-sertion.Byfailingtostoptheuseof the designation ‘Feta’ for

cheese intended for export tothird countries, Denmark hasfailed to fulfil itsobligationsun-derEU law,” judges said.In the case brought by the

European Commission andbackedbyCyprus,Denmarkhadarguedthatanexportbancouldbeseenasanobstacle to trade.Feta has been designated a

traditionalGreekproductbytheEUexecutivesince2002,givingitlegalprotection in the27-coun-try bloc. The CJEU had in 2005endorsed the label. REUTERS

‘Feta’ is Greek, EU top courtsays in snub to Denmark

AbuildingdamagedbyRussianshelling inVinnytsia,Ukraine,Thursday.AP

Russian missiles killat least 23 in UkraineASSOCIATEDPRESSVINNYTSIA, JULY14

RUSSIANMISSILESstruckacityincentral Ukraine on Thursday,killing 23people andwoundingover 100 others, Ukrainian au-thoritiessaid.Ukraine’sPresidentallegedtheattackdeliberatelytar-geted civilians in locationswith-outmilitaryvalue.Officials said Kalibr cruise

missiles fired from a Russiansubmarine in the Black Seastruck civilian buildings inVinnytsia, 268kmsouthwestofKyiv.VinnytsiaregionGov.SerhiyBorzov said Ukrainian air de-fences downed two of the totalfourmissilesthatwerelaunched.National Police Chief Ihor

Klymenko said only six bodieshavebeenidentifiedsofar,while39 people are missing. Threechildrenwhereamongthedead.Of the 65 people hospitalised,fiveremaincriticalwhile34sus-tainedsevereinjuries,Ukraine’sStateEmergencyService said.Alongwithhittingbuildings,

the missiles ignited a fire thatspreadto50carsinaparkinglot,officials said.Russia hasn’t officially con-

firmed the strike. “Every dayRussia is destroying the civilianpopulation, killing Ukrainianchildren, directing missiles atcivilian objects.Where there isnomilitary(targets).Whatisit ifnot an open act of terrorism?”Ukraine President ZelenskyywroteonTelegram.

Round 2: Sunak, Mordauntlead UK leadership contest

US, Israel sign pact to deny Iran nuke arms

USPresidentJoeBidenwithIsraeliPMYairLapidsignasecuritypledgeatWaldorfAstoriaHotel inJerusalem.Reuters

■FurtherroundsofvotingtotakeplacestartingMondayuntil justtwocandidatesremain■Thefinaltwocontenderswill facearunoffvotebyabout180,000ConservativeParty

membersacrossthecountry.

■ThewinnerisscheduledtobeannouncedSept.5andwillbecomePM,

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UPES Dehradun, a leading multi-disciplinary university has an-nounced new sports scholarships and freeships for the academicyear 2022-23. The announcement of 50 sports scholarships un-der Project Vijaya & 50 freeships for underprivileged students un-der Project Jyoti was made at an event held in the university cam-pus amidst the presence of CM of Uttarakhand – Pushkar SinghDhami & Sahdev Singh Pundir, MLA, Sahaspur. They were joinedby VC Dr Sunil Rai, Pro VC, Dr Ram Sharma, Registrar ManishMadaan, Dr Gurvinder Virk, Dean, School of Engg, Dr Vijay Singh,Dean, School of Law & Dr Nalin Mehta, Dean, School of ModernMedia along with the academic & management teams of UPES.

SCHOLARSHIP-UPES DEHRADUN

AmityUniversityUP,organized its3rdeditionof theprestigiousAn-nual mega event, Amity Int’l Literature Festival 2022 , a 4 daylongfestival on Virtual Platform from today. The Amity Int’l LiteratureFestival promises to be a felicitous & sagacious manifestationof aspirations & goal of imparting holistic education since it ac-complishes a grand congregation of Students across the globe,providing a virtual rendezvous filled with edifying tantalising liter-ature events like debate, poetry, story writing & many more alongwith a with a myriad of competitions. The festival will be rife withthe spirit of competition, gaiety, & cross-cultural exchange.

EVENT-AMITY UNIVERSITY

The young and dy-namic students ofclass Vth of DAVPublic School,Sreshtha Vihar, per-formed the activity“I am a DAVIANCHEF’’ to learn theuse of Determinersin a creative man-ner. A determiner isa word that intro-duces a noun. It al-ways comes before a noun or a noun phrase.It provides anidentify,specification, or quantity to the noun. They also madea recipe card of the dish they had prepared.Dressed as DA-VIAN CHEFS the students thoroughly enjoyed the activity andlearnt the concept creatively. School Principal Suhasini K.Nathappreciated and encouraged the students .

ACTIVITY- DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL

A high-level delegation from Australian Universities visited AmityUniversity todeliberateupon thepotential areasofcollaborationbe-tween Amity & Australian Univs. The delegation was led by DavidTempleman, Minister for Int’l Education, Government of WesternAustralia, comprising of Jamal Qureshi, Director of EducationSouth Asia Government of Western Australia, Robyn Robb, Direc-tor Int’l Education,Govt. ofAustralia, KellySmithProViceChancel-lor Int’l, Murdoch University, Melissa Kelly-Policy Advisor, Govt. ofWestern Australia, Derryn Belford, CEO, Study Perth & ProfessorAmit Chakma, VC, Univ. of Western Australia, amongst others.

COLLABORATION-AMITY UNIVERSITY

On the occasion of the First Convocation of the University, the Governor of Chhattisgarh and University Visitor, Ms. Anusuiya Uikey assertedthat it was a great moment for her that she got the opportunity to attend the first convocation of the University, where it was being directed andguided by a saint Swaroop Shri Ravi Shankar Maharaj Ji. The Univ. has imbibed the Ashram and Gurukul tradition in itself in the modern era,operating on the basis of Ashram System. It is constantly moving towards moral knowledge and value-based education according to the In-dian culture.Maharaj Ji has done a lot of public welfare work by establishing all the undertakings of Vedic knowledge and modern knowledgein this picturesque environment and believes that the students who are educated in a picturesque environment will surely assimilate the Indian tradition and earn prestige in their field, as well as thepreservation of the Indian culture and values will also be maintained by these students. By sharing his verdicts, the Chief Guest of the First Convocation, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empow-erment, Dr. V. Kumar said that, Shri Rawatpura Sarkar University is a combination of academic excellence with its administrative acumen, transparency and promptness, which is rare elsewhere.

CONVOCATION-SHRI RAWATPURA SARKAR UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR

Recently United College of Education, Gr. Noida organizedIndustrial visit to Sheela Foam Ltd., Gr. Noida". The main ob-jective of the visit to make the students aware about Produc-tion Process and Working Culture of the Industry in the Fulfill-ment of Academic Curriculum of IP Univ.They learned fromthe Industry about Indian discipline and the culture of thecorporate through "Industrial visit 2022 - Sheela Foam Ltd".Sheela Foam is an Indian MNC. This Co. is having 40% ofMarket Share in Foam Production & the visit was intendedto enable the Students with the Various Process of Production& Steps involved in the Manufacturing of Foam Mattress.

VISIT - UNITED COLLEGE, GR. NOIDAThe institute organized a mega Induction Program for PGDMBatch 2022-24 on “Opportunities and Challenges for BuddingManagers” from June 27 to July 02, 2022. The program kickstarted with the presence of an energetic audience of over 500corporate czars, newly admitted students, parents, guardians,media representatives, faculty and staff members on the first dayof the weeklong sessions. Addressing the young minds, Director,Dr. Urvashi Makkar, inspired them to “Develop the vital Power of 3‘Ps’- ‘Power of Anticipation’, ‘Power of Visualization’ and ‘Power ofDreaming’ in order to achieve fulfillment and success in their per-sonal and professional endeavors”.

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RECRUITMENT IN COOPERATIVE SUGAR MILLS OF HARYANA

Haryana Sugarfed. an Apex Cooperative Institution, intends toengage Head of Departments/Deputy Head of Departments on con-tract basis on the following posts for a period of one year or till thepost is filled up on regular basis, whichever is earlier for vacanciesavailable at Coop. Sugar Mills. Panipat, Rohtak, Karnal, Sonipat,Shahbad, Jind & Palwal-1. CHIEF ENGINEER (ONE POST)ACADEMIC: Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/ InstrumentationEngineering (55% marks).EXPERIENCE: 5 years as Dy. Chief Engineer.Preference will be given to those who possess Boiler OperationEngineering Certificate or Sugar Engineering or Sugar EngineeringCertificate from NSI.Knowledge of Computer is necessary. Computer course upto 'O' levelwill be preferred

ORACADEMIC: Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical/ lnstrumentationEngineering (55% marks) However. preference will go to first division-ers.EXPERIENCE: 7 years as Dy. Chief Engineer.Preference will be given to those who possess Sugar EngineeringCertificate from NSI or Boiler Operation Engineering Knowledge ofComputer is necessary. Computer course upto 'O' level will be pre-ferred.2. CHIEF CHEMIST (THREE POSTS)ACADEMIC: B.Sc Degree with Physics, Chemistry & Math (55%marks) plus Post Graduate Diploma in Sugar Technology from NSI.Kanpur or VSI, Pune (2nd Division) However preference will go to firstdivisioners.EXPERIENCE: 5 years as Dy. Chief Chemist, Knowledge ofComputer is necessary. Computer course upto 'O' level will be pre-ferred.3. CANE MANAGER (SIX POSTS)ACADEMIC: M.Sc. Agriculture 2nd division preferably M.Sc inAgronomy.EXPERIENCE: 5 years experience as Cane DevelopmentOfficer/Cane Marketing Officer/Deputy Cane Manager in Sugar Mill.

ORACADEMIC: B.Se. Agriculture 2nd division.EXPERIENCE: 7 years expo as Cane Development Officer/CaneMarketing Officer/Deputy Cane Manager in a Sugar Mill.Preference will go to graduates from H.A.U., G.B.P. A.U. & PAU.Knowledge of Computer is necessary. Computer course upto 'O' levelwill be preferred.4. DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER (TWO POSTS)ACADEMIC: Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/InstrumentationEngineering (55% marks).EXPERIENCE: 6 years experience as Asstt. Engineer in SugarIndustry. Knowledge of computer is necessary. Computer course upto'O' level will be preferred.

ORACADEMIC: Diploma in Mechanical/Electrical/InstrumentationEngineering (55% marks). However. preference will go to first divl-sloners.EXPERIENCE: 8 years exp. as Asstt Engineer in Sugar Industry.Preference will be given to those who possess Sugar EngineeringCertificate from NSI or Boiler Operation Engineering CertificateKnowledge of Computer is necessary. Comouter course upto 'O' levelwill be preferred5. DEPUTY CHIEF CHEMIST (FOUR POSTS)ACADEMIC: B.Sc. Degree (2nd Division) with Physics Chemistry &Maths OR Cherrical Engineering Plus ANSI/VSI 2nd Division (SugarTechnology).EXPERIENCE: 5 years as Mfg. Chemist. Knowledge of com uter isnecessary. Computer course upto ‘O' level will be preferred6. DEPUTY CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER (FIVE POSTS)ACADEMIC: Chartered Accountant or ICWAEXPERIENCE: 1 Year of handling the accounts & finance of a reput-ed commercial Organisation having turn over of minimum Rs. 10crore per annum.PAY: Rs. 67700 will be paid as consolidated pay. (Posts mentioned

at Sr. No. 1 to 3).PAY: Rs. 44900 will be paid as consolidated pay (Posts mentioned

at Sr. No. 4 to 6).AGE: 18·50 years (applicable to posts mentioned at Sr. No. 1 to 3).AGE: 18-42 years (applicable to posts mentioned at Sr. No. 4 to 6).

Eligible and interested candidate may send their application andbio-data (with two coloured passport size photographs affixed)alongwith self attested true copies of the testimonials/docu-ments towards their qualifications & experience by RegisteredPost/ Speed Post in a sealed envelope superscribed “APPLI-CATION FOR ENGAGEMENT AS HEAD OF DEPART-MENTS/DEPUTY HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS” to ManagingDirector, Haryana Sugarfed at the above address. The appli-cants must mention the salary being drawn in current assign-ment and expected salary. The applications must reach theabove address upto 18.08.2022. Applications received afterdue date shall not be entertained.

Sd/-Managing Director11125/Hry

Abridged Version

Invitation for Bids

(Automation Work)

E-TENDER NOTICE NO. -01/SE/IWCFK/2022-23

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process with e-Procurement)

The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Workshop Circle-1, Irrigation & Water Resource Department, U.P., Kanpur

(Purchaser) now invites e-Bids from eligible Bidders for the following works: -

(a) Name of Work Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Training,

Maintenance of Hydrological Information System

Including Renovation and Furnishing of Existing Control

Room at Kho Barrage, Dhampur - Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

(b) Tender Notice No. 01/SE/IWCFK/2022-23

(c) Date & time for Availability of the bid document on

website

18-07-2022 From 12:00 Hours onwards

(d) Date of Pre bid meeting 26-07-2022 From 11:30 Hours

(e) Period for e-Bid submission supporting documents in

PDF/XLS format

16-08-2022 upto 12:00 Hours

(f) Period upto which Hard copy of zbid Document, bid

Document Fee, Bid Security, Industries Registration

Certificate and other supporting documents will be

deposited in the office concerned

16-08-2022 upto 15:00 Hours

(g) Online opening date & time of Part "A" i.e. Technical

Bid.

16-08-2022at 15:30 Hours

(h) Online opening date & time of Part "B" i.e. Financial

Bid.

Date and place to be decided after technical bid

evaluation and will be communicated on line to

successful bidders in technical bid.

(i) Place of Pre bid meeting Office of Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Workshop

Circle-1, 67-A, Cantt, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh-208004.

(j) Place of opening of e-Bids Office of Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Workshop

Circle-1, 67-A, Cantt, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh-208004.

(k) Bid document fee (through e-tender portal by

internet banking only)

Tender Document Fee: Rs. 34,700.00+6,250.00 G.S.T.

@18%) = INR 40,950.00 (Rupees Forty Thousand Nine

Hundred fifty only)

(l) Period of Completion (from the date of issue of

acceptance letter)

7 Months (Supply and Installation) + 4 Year O&M with

comprehensive warranty

(m) Estimated Cost 173.16 Lacs

(n) Bid Security 3,50,000.00 (Rs.- Three Lacs Five Thousand Only)

1) Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bid Document at the office

of the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Workshop Circle-1, Kanpur-208004.

2) A complete set of Bid Document may be purchased by any interested eligible bidder on the submission of a written

application to the above office and upon payment of a non-refundable fee as indicated below in the form of a Demand

Draft in favor of “EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, IRRIGATION DAM AUTOMATION DIVISION, LUCKNOW”,

payable at LUCKNOW.

3) Bid Security pledged duly in the name of “SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, IRRIGATION WORKSHOP

CIRCLE-1, KANPUR” Types of acceptable securities are: Bank Guarantee of any Nationalized Bank or Fixed

Deposit Receipts

4) The Detailed Tender Documents along-with Technical Specifications shall be available on e-Tender Website

https://etender.up.nic.in for its download. In case bid document are downloaded, such bidders are required to submit

the cost of the bid document along-with documentation such as bid security etc. as indicated prior to bid opening,

failing which the bids shall not be opened and treated as non-responsive.

5) Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders / Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend on the specified date

and time of Bid opening.

6) In the event of the date specified for Bid receipt and opening being declared as a closed holiday for Purchaser’s office,

the due date for submission of Bids and opening of Bids will be the following Working Day at the same appointed hours.

UPID NO 177912 DATE 13/07/2022www.up.gov.nic.in

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352.70 12 Month Dn-Neemkathana Circle Sikar

2 Sikar Construction of Govt. Girls CollegeBuilding at Dantaramgarh Distt. Sikar

353.00 12 Month Dn.-I Sikar Circle Sikar

3 Sikar Construction of Govt. College Buildingat Losal Distt. Sikar

352.70 12 Month Dn.-I Sikar Circle Sikar

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDINGENGINEER: RWSS DIVISION: BERHAMPUR

Near Jarada Bunglow, Pin-760004, Ph. 0680-2296344eerwss bam@nic.in rwssbam@gmail.com

Government of Odisha “e” Procurement NoticeNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Bid Identification No. EERWSSBAM- 08/2022-23The Superintending Engineer, RWS&S Division, Berhampur, Ganjam on behalf ofGovernor of Odisha invites bids in Single Cover & Double cover system accordingto the norm of "e" Procurement system in online mode for Supply, drawing, design,construction, testing and commissioning and maintenance of different PWSSchemes and electrification works in Ganjam District from the eligible contractors asper DTCN.

O-655

1. Name of the work Execution of different works of differentP.W.S. Scheme in Ganjam District.

2. No of Work (Tender) 03 Nos.

3. Estimated cost (Approximate) From Rs 10.55 Lakhs to Rs 467.72 Lakhs

4. Period of completion From 60 to 360 days

5. Date & Time of availability of biddocument in the Portal.

From 20-07-2022 at 11.00 hrs to10.08.2022 up to 17.00 hrs

6. Last date & time for seeking clarification 06-08-2022 up to 17.00 hrs

7. Dt. of opening of Bid 12-08-2022 at 11.00 hrs

8. Late date / Time for receipt of bids in thePortal

10-08-2022 up to 17.00 hrs

9. Name & address of the Officer invitingtender.

Superintending Engineer, RWSS Division,Near Jarada Bunglow, Berhampur-760004, Dist. Ganjam, Odisha.

Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal https://tendersorissa.gov.inSuperintending Engineer

RWS&S Division, BerhampurOIPR-25035/11/0004/2223

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLY VISIT: www.haryanaeprocurement.gov.in or www.etenders.hry.nic.in11101

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MUNICIPAL

COMMITTEE

FARRUKHNAGAR

NAME OF WORKNOTICE TENDER

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OTHER WORK

OPENING DATECLOSING DATE

(TIME)

CLOSING

DATE

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3.04 LACS

WEBSITE OF THEBOARD CORP./AUTH

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NODAL OFFICER/CON-TACT DETAILS/EMAIL

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secymcfarrukhnagar

@gmail.com

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1.

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New Delhi

17SENSEX: 53,416.15 ▼ 98.00 (-0.18%) NIFTY: 15,938.65 ▼ 28.00 (-0.18%) NIKKEI: 26,643.39 ▲ 164.62 HANG SENG: 20,751.21 ▼ 46.74 FTSE: 7,092.07 ▼ 64.30 DAX: 12,604.68 ▼ 151.64

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ECONOMYWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

Internationalmarketdatatill1900IST

GOLD`50,314

RUPEE` 79.88/USD

OIL$101.08

SILVER`56,254

Note:Gold, silverratesatDelhi spotmarket,goldper10g, silverper1kg;Crudeoil (Indianbasket)asof July13

ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI,JULY14

CONTINUING ITS downwardmarch, the rupee on Thursdayclosedat79.88againsttheUSdol-lartohitanewlowwiththesteepriseinUSinflationstokingspecu-lation of theUS Federal Reservehiking interest ratesby100basispointsatitsmeetingthismonth.The currency, which had

closed at 79.63 at its previousclose,slippedtoalowof79.97in-traday before closing lower at79.88onThursday.“Therupeehasrolleddownto

anotherrecordlowof79.97astheunabatedred-hotinflationdataintheUShasraisedthecaseforafullpercentagepoint ratehike at theFed’smeeting later thismonth,given the Fed chair’s stance thatinflationmust bebrought downas quickly as possible,” saidSugandha Sachdeva, vice presi-dent,ReligareBrokingLtd.US annual consumer prices

jumpedbyascorching9.1percentin June, the highest in fourdecades, toppingexpectationsofan8.8percentrise.Theaggressivepolicy course by theUS FederalReserve tocurbrisingpricepres-sures is exacerbating fears of aweakeningglobalgrowthoutlookandleadingtoriskaversion.Besides, there has been a re-

lentless rise in the dollar index,while theeurohasbeenhit hardasittumbledbelowparityagainstthedollar for the first time in al-most20years.Europeisgrappling

withanenergysupplycrunchow-ing to sanctions on Russia thatmakeitmoresusceptibletoreces-sionrisks.Thishasledtoabigmo-ment depicting strength in thegreenbackasmarketsareexpect-ingtheFedtoraiserateswaymoreswiftlythanitspeers.When rates rise in the US,

global funds prefer to pull outfromemergingmarketslikeIndiaandinvestinUSmarkets.Foreigninvestors pulled out Rs 51,422crore fromdomesticmarkets inJuneandRs8,685crore in Julysofar.Itremainstobeseenwhetherthecurrencycanholdaroundthepsychologicalparitylevelandre-gain some lost ground. All eyeswill nowbeon theECBmeetinglinedupnextweekand thatwillprovidefurthercuesabouttheru-pee-dollar exchange rate.Meanwhile,theSensexclosed98points, or 0.18per cent, downat53,416.15while theNifty50was28points, or 0.18per cent, lowerat15,938.65. Fullreporton

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HITS INTRA-DAYLOWOF79.97BEFORECLOSINGAT79.88

MIHIRMISHRANEWDELHI, JULY14

THERESERVEBankof India’s(RBI’s)movetopromotetradesettlements in rupee couldwork in the short termwithcountrieslikeRussia,butisun-likelytomakeasignificantdif-ference over the long termsince Indiahas a tradedeficitwithmost suchcountries, ac-cordingtoanalysts.“Thisisunlikelytoworkin

thelongerterm...EvenifRussiawouldacceptpaymentsinru-pee, but since there is a tradedeficit, itmaynotbeviableforthemto takepayments in ru-peeforlong.Whatwouldtheydowiththerupee inbankac-counts in India,” saidMadanSabnavis, chief economist atBankofBaroda.The RBI on Monday an-

nouncedallowingtradesettle-mentsbetweenIndiaandothercountries in rupee.While themoveisseentobenefittradingprimarilywithRussia,itislikelytohelpdollaroutflowandhelpslowrupeedepreciation to a‘verylimitedextent.’Undertherupeearrangement, banks inIndiawillopenvostroaccounts(anaccountthatanIndianbankwillholdonbehalf of anotherbank)ofcorrespondentbank/softhepartnercountryfortrad-ing. Indian importers canpayfor their imports inrupee intotheseaccounts.Theseearnings(fromIndianimports)canthenbeusedtopayIndianexportersinrupees.“Currencymarketisafunc-

tionof lotsof speculationthatgoeson…It(thismove),Ithink,is actually aperceptiongamebeingplayedouthere…If theRBIisabletocreatea construc-tive ambiguity around de-mandforrupeeand,ifthemar-ket buys this argument, thedepreciation of rupee may

hold,” saidBiswajitDhar,pro-fessor, Centre for EconomicStudies at Jawaharlal NehruUniversity. While Sabnavisadded that the arrangementwouldhavebeenviabileinthelonger term, if Russia couldhaveused themoney to payother countries, but is it un-likelythattheywouldwanttodo that in rupees. Dhar saidMoscowcouldusethismoneyin Indianbanks to fundoffsetliabilitiesagainstdefencecon-tractssignedwithNewDelhi.“There are about 19 de-

fence deals that India hassignedwithRussia since thecurrentgovernmenttookover,and several dealshaveprovi-sionsforjointventures(underoffsetclause).RussiacouldusethatIndianrupeetoinvesthereunderdefencecontracts. Thiscouldalsohelpgiveaboosttothe government’s Make inIndiaprogramme,”headded.SinceRussia’s invasionof

Ukraine, various countries intheWestaswellastheUShaveput sanctions. Several coun-triessuchastheUAE,IndonesiaandMyanmararereportedtobe interested in trading inIndianrupee,butanalystsfeelthatthetradedeficitwiththesecountries, especially theUAE,mayimpactitsfeasibilityinthelong run. Sabnavis andDharsaidtheydonotseethisrupeetradeagreementgoingbeyondthecountries thatare in trou-bleorundersanctionsforonereasonortheother.

SECTORWATCHGLOBALCOMMERCE

GEORGEMATHEWMUMBAI,JULY14

LIFE INSURANCE Corporation(LIC), India’s largest insurancecompany, has reported an em-beddedvalue (EV) of Rs 541,492crore as ofMarch2022, as com-paredtoRs95,605croreinMarch2021 and Rs 5,39,686 crore inSeptember2021.TheEVasof September2021

was significantlyhigher than theEVofMarch2021duetothebifur-cationoffundthatwascarriedoutbyLICpursuanttochanges inthe

LICActduringtheFY2021-22,LICChairmanMRKumarsaid.TheEVwouldhave risen fur-

ther had the corporation notrecordedamark-to-marketlossofRs40,000croreinitsinvestment.Asmandatedunderamended

Section 24 of LIC Act, 1956, theboardof LIChadapprovedbifur-cationof thesinglefundintosep-arateparticipating(par)andnon-participating(non-par)fundsandtheeffect of suchbifurcationhasbeenreflected inthefinancialsasofMarch2022.TheEVwasdeter-minedbyMillimanAdvisors LLPengagedbyLIC.

LIC’smarketcapitalisationwasat Rs 450,434 crore onMondaywhileitssharepricecloseRs712.15ontheBSEasagainsttheIPOpriceofRs949.Embeddedvalueiscalculated

byaddingthepresentvalueof fu-tureprofitsofaninsurancefirmtothe net asset value (NAV) of thefirm’scapitalandsurplus.According to LIC, thevalueof

new business (VNB) for year-endedMarch2022hasbeende-termined to beRs 7,619 crore ascomparedtoRs4,167crorefortheyearendedMarch2021. Fullreport

onwww.indianexpress.com

New Delhi: Finance MinisterNirmalaSitharamanonThursdaycalledonG20countriestoensurethat developing nations do notface any “unintended conse-quences” of theproposedglobalminimumtaxdealattheG20andearn“meaningfulrevenues”.Shealsosaidthattheconcerns

ofdevelopingnationsshouldalsobe addressedwhile formulatingrules for theproposed two-pillartaxdeal.“...itisnecessarytoguardagainst any unintended conse-

quences,whichmayhaveanad-verseimpactondevelopingcoun-tries.Weshallcontinuetoworkforthestrengtheningofinternationalcooperation fora fairer, transpar-ent, efficient andeffective globaltax system...,” she saidwhile ad-dressing the ‘G20 MinisterialSymposium on Tax andDevelopment’ inBali. SheaddedG20shouldexaminefeasibilityofbringingnon-financial assets likecrypto in ambit of automatic ex-changeofinformation.PTI

LIC EV rises slightly to `5.41L cr

London/New York: Oil pricesmoved lower on Thursday, par-ingsomelossesafterfallingover$4 as investors focussed on theprospect of a large US rate hikethismonth that could stem in-flation but at the same time hitoildemand.Brent fell by $1.18, or 1.2 per

cent to $98.39 a barrel by 1:50pmEDTandwereontracktofin-ishathirdsessioninarowbelow$100. US West TexasIntermediate crude for Augustdeliverywas at $95.02 a barrel,or1.3percentlower,down$1.28.Meanwhile, at 12:24 pmET,

theDowJoneswasdown343.97points, or 1.12 per cent, at30,428.82 and the S&P500wasdown 40.15 points, or 1.06 percent,at3,761.63.TheNasdaqwasdown 98.13 points, or 0.87 percent, at11,149.45.All the major S&P sectors

fell.REUTERS

Oil at $98

WPI eases to 3-mth lowNewDelhi:Thewholesale price-based inflation eased to a three-month low of 15.18 per cent inJune on a sharp decline in theprices ofminerals, but food arti-clescontinuedtoremaincostly.June is the 15th consecutive

monthwhentheWholesalePriceIndex (WPI) based inflation re-mained in double-digit. Lastmonth,ittouchedarecordhighof15.88percent.InJune2021,itwas12.07percent.InflationinfoodarticlesinJune

was 14.39 per cent, as prices ofvegetables, fruitsandpotatowit-nessedasharpspikeovertheyear-

agoperiod.InMay,thewholesalepricein-

flation in foodarticleswas12.34percent.PTI

RUSSIAISlikelytobeinter-estedintradinginrupeesinceothermodesofpaymentmaynotbeavailableatpresentgiventhesanctions.

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‘Re settlementmay not pickup pace, tradedeficits to weigh’

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FinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharaman,CEAVAnanthaNageswaran, IMFMDKristalinaGeorgieva,andIMFDeputyMDGitaGopinath, inBali. PTI

GLOBALMINIMUMTAX

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NewDelhi:TheInternetandMo-bileAssociationof India(IAMAI),the industry body representingtopinternetcompaniesandtechplatforms, has dissolved a keyunit set up four years ago to dopublic advocacy for the cryp-tocurrency and blockchain sec-tor,citingregulatoryuncertainty,it said inastatementThursday.The Blockchain and Crypto

Assets Council (BACC)—whichrepresents Indian crypto indus-try players like Kuber,WazirX,

CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, Vauld,Zebpay, BitBNS, Chingari, etc —was formed to advocate thecrypto industry’s arguments toregulatory bodies such as theReserveBankof India (RBI). TheRBI has taken a view on privatecryptocurrenciesasbeingthrea-tening tomonetarystability.The IAMAI said, “Theassoci-

ationwas forced to take the de-cision in light of the fact that aresolutionoftheregulatoryenvi-ronment for the industry is still

very uncertain, and that the as-sociationwouldliketoutiliseitslimited resources for otheremerging digital sectors, whichmakeamoreimmediateanddi-rectcontributiontodigital India,notably, deepening financial in-clusion and promoting CentralBank issued Digital Currency(CBDC).” It also said thatmem-bersof theBACCwereinformedofthedecisionatameetinghereThursday. ENS Full report on

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Industry body IAMAI dissolvescrypto, blockchain advocacy unit

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, JULY14

COSTLIER IMPORTS and tepidmerchandise exports are ex-pectedtoleadtodeteriorationinthecurrentaccountdeficit(CAD)in the current financial year, ac-cordingtotheFinanceMinistry’smonthlyeconomic review.Globalheadwinds,however,

wouldcontinuetoposeadown-side risk to growth as crude oiland edibles, which have driveninflation in India, remainmajorimported components in theconsumption basket. Stronggoodsandservicetax(GST)rev-enueandthewindfall taxleviedon July 1will help the Centre tomeet its fiscal gap target,whichhad come under pressure afterthe cut in excise duty on petroland diesel, alongwith the highcapital expenditure target.“If recessionconcernsdonot

leadtoasustainedandmeaning-

fulreductioninthepricesof foodand energy commodities, thenIndia’s CADwill deteriorate in2022-23 on account of costlierimportsandtepidexportsonthemerchandiseaccount.Thedete-riorationofCADcould,however,bemoderatewithanincreaseinserviceexports inwhichIndia ismore globally competitive ascompared tomerchandise ex-ports,” the report said.ThewideningofCAD,hasde-

preciated the rupee against theUS dollar by 6 per cent sinceJanuary, it added. Full report on

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BRIEFLYHaifaPort,AdaniJerusalem: Israel has said itwill sellHaifa Port toAdaniPortsandGadotfor$1.18bil-lion.Adaniwillhave70%andGadotwillholdtheremain-ing.Neitherfirmwasreach-ableforcomment.REUTERS

CustomsrulesNewDelhi:TheCustomsde-partment has issued con-trolled delivery norms au-thorising officers to tracksuspiciousconsignmentsofitems like gold, preciousstones,drugsandcigarettes.

Airtel,GoogleNewDelhi:BhartiAirtel hasallottedover7.1croreequityshares to Google for `734apiece, which now holds1.2%of Airtel’s totalpost-is-sueequityshares. PTI

CelsiusbankruptBengaluru:UScryptolenderCelsius Network has filedforbankruptcyinNewYork,after it frozewithdrawalslastmonth.REUTERS

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THEGOVERNMENTislookingatreviewing the imposition ofcessesanddutiesonfuelanddo-mestic crude in ameeting to beheldFriday,officialssaid.Officialsof petroleum and financemin-istrieswillattendthemeetingtoreview the levies which cameintoeffecton July1.Withglobalcrudepriceshav-

ing softened since the imposi-tion of the levies on July 1, it islikely that the Centremay con-siderloweringdutiesandcesses.“Ameetingwill be held tomor-row(Friday)toreviewthedutiesand cesses on petrol, diesel andcrude.Thedecisionwilltakeintoaccount the situation of globalcrudeoilprices,”anofficial said.With an aim to address the

issue of fuel shortage in thecountry, the Centre had on July1imposedspecialadditionalex-cisedutyonexportofpetrolanddiesel. Cesses equal to Rs 6 perlitreonpetrolandRs13per litreondieselwereimposedontheirexports.The government hadalsoleviedacessofRs23,250pertonne (by way of special addi-tional excise duty) or windfalltaxondomesticcrudebeingsoldtodomesticrefineriesatinterna-tionalparityprices.Thesemeas-ures are expected to yield rev-enueof aroundRs15,000crore.TheFinanceMinistrydidnot

give a timeline for continuationofthelevy,buthadsaiditwillas-sess the situation every 15 daysto review the impact of thesechanges.Since June, fuelpumpsacrossIndiahavebeenreportingfuelshortage, leadingtotheclo-sureofmanyof them.Thesitua-tion of fuel shortage at pumpspeakedinthemiddleof June,re-sulting in the government issu-ing a statement on thematter.The statement assured ofenough fuel available in thecountryandaskedoilmarketingcompanies (OMCs) to ensuretheir fuelpumpsremainopen.As global crude prices rose,

domesticcrudeproducersmadewindfall gains. Private OMCswereexportingpetrolanddieselto foreign nations for better re-alisation. The shortageof fuel atretailoutletswasbecauseOMCswere unwilling to sell fuel at aloss since prices have not risendespiterisingcrudeanddepreci-ating rupee: these two factorsled toOMCs losingRs20-25perlitre on diesel and Rs 10-15 perlitreonpetrol. Full report on

www.indianexpress.com

Costlier imports maypull down CAD: FinMin

Globalheadwinds,however,wouldcontinuetoposeadownsiderisktogrowth, theFinanceMinistryreportstated

■Officials ofpetroleumand financeministrieswill attendFriday’smeeting toreviewthe levies

MEETING TODAY

Global prices cooling:Govt to relook duties,cesses on fuel & crude

June exports rise23.5%; trade deficitat record $26.2 bn

Exports in June grewby 23.52% to$40.13 billion,while trade deficitballooned to a record of $26.18billion, as per government data

24.5%RiseincumulativeexportsinApril-JuneFY23,to$118.96bn

Exports ImportsGOODS TRADE

(% change, y-o-y )Trade deficit ($ bn)

Source: DGCIS; ministry of commerce

27.9

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20

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20.6

23.5

62.1

59.5

24.2

31

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57.6

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May

Jun

2022

17

19.9

18.5

20.1

24.3

26.2

49.5%Riseincumulativeimports inQ1FY23,to$189.76billion

57.6%RiseinimportsinJuneoverayearago,at$66.31billion

$9.6bnTradedeficitrecordedinJunelastyear

$70.8BILLION:TRADEDEFICITDURINGFIRSTTHREEMONTHSOFTHISFISCAL,WIDENINGFROM$31.42BILLIONINYEAR-AGOPERIOD

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On 7th July, 2022, Damodar Valley Corporation stepped into its 75th year ofimpeccable service to the nation as independent India’s first multipurpose rivervalley project. The organisation celebrated this historic occasion with a twoday event at Science City Auditorium through cultural programs, photoexhibition, release of a Commemorative Volume and a short documentary filmon the eventful journey of DVC. The finale on 7th July was graced by Minister of Power & NRE, R.K.Singh, who released aSpecial Cover and My Stamp featuring DVC, in the presence of Niraj Kumar, Postmaster General, Kolkata region, ShriS.Suresh Kumar, Addl Chief Secretary, WB, Piyush Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power & Shri R.N.Singh, Chairman,DVC. The Minister in his address exhorted DVC to expand beyond its command area & venture into an aggressive bid toenhance its installed capacity. He urged the management to utilise the land owned by DVC for this purpose & hoped for anequal share of renewables to go with fossil fuel based power in its energy mix, keeping in mind the goal set by PM of Indiafor 2030. The audience was regaled by the spectacular performance of noted table player & fusion artist Bickram Ghosh,apart from the colourful & vibrant show of song, dance & docu-drama put up by the members of DVC Family.

DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION

The Debut Novel of Author Dodo Byrde (Sthitadhi Mukherjee) – The Sins of our Flagpublished by Haoajan was launched at ICCR. The Book Launch function was gracedby dignitaries from different walks of life. This book is a critique of alliances out of con-veniences, & it also highlights the consequences, thereof. The Sins of our Flag is adark fantasy thriller based on a world of its own with a unique plot that packs apunch. The First paragraph of the first chapter explicitly explains the meaning of the ti-tle only for the readers to realize that there is much more to it when the view of the narrator seeps in. Sanjay Budhia, MD,Patton Group; Subha Pal, Writer, & Performing Artist; Aneek Chatterjee; Poet & Professor; Gopal Lahiri, Poet, writer, ed-itor & critique & Rajorshi Patranabis, Poet graced the evening as special Guests of Honour.

THE DEBUT NOVEL OF DODO BYRDE– THE SINS OF OUR FLAG – A FANTASY THRILLER WASLAUNCHED AT ICCR

The PanchpatmaliCentral and North Block Bauxite Mines of NationalAluminiumCompany Limited (NALCO) have been conferred with the 5-Star Rating by theMinistry of Mines, GOI, in a stringent evaluation process taken up by the IndianBureau of Mines (IBM). The 5-star rating award, along with certificate of excel-lence was presented by Shri Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Coal, Parliamen-tary Affairs and Mines in the presence of Raosaheb Patil Danve, Minister of Statefor Coal, Railways and Mines,ShriAlok Tandon, IAS Secretary Mines, Govt. of India and Sanjay Lohiya, IAS, Addl. Secre-tary, Mines, Govt. of India. On behalf of NALCO, the coveted award was received by Bijay Kumar Das, Director (Produc-tion), NALCO, during the 6th National Conclave on Mines and Mineral held at Delhi.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CONFERS “5-STAR” RATING FOR NALCO’S BAUXITE MINES FOR SUSTAINABLE MINING

Since its inception in 1982, NABARD has been striving towards holistic development ofagriculture and rural sectors through its myriad interventions. On 12th July, 2022NABARD completed its journey of 41 yrs fostering rural prosperity. To commemorate thelandmark achievements, NABARD, WB Regional Office organized a webinar on “Techno-logical Interventions in Agriculture” which was graced by Dr. Manoj Pant, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary (Fin.), Govt. of WB.The event was attended by Dr. A R Khan, CGM, NABARD, Usha Ramesh, CGM, NABARD and other Senior officials fromState Govt Departments and other stakeholders. On this occasion, NABARD released a documentary highlighting itsmajor interventions and launched two booklets “Success Stories- NABARD’s Intervention in WB” & “Success Stories- TribalDevelopment Fund” compiling the laudable stories of perseverance and hope of people of West Bengal.

NABARD WEST BENGAL REGIONAL OFFICE CELEBRATES ITS 41ST FOUNDATION DAY

JSPL Foundation, the CSR Arm of Jindal Steel & Power serviced more than 330,000 devotees during the Rath Yatra fes-tival at Puri. In coordination with the District Administration, the Foundation provided freshly cooked traditional Odiameals (Rice, Dalma, Khajur Khata), Chilled drinking water, and glucose packets during the grand festival.The services byJSPL Foundation, under the guidance of its Chairperson Smt. Shallu Jindal commenced on Netrostav Day on 30th June 2022and continued till Sunabesha Day. With the support of local volunteers, the Foundation provided about three lakh thirty thou-sand hot-cooked pure vegetarian meals, which included rice, dalma (medley of lentils and vegetables), and khatta (chut-ney made from tomatoes, jaggery, and dates) in a special stall at Bus Stand, near Gundicha Temple, Puri.

JSPL FOUNDATIONS SERVES DEVOTEES IN RATH YATRA FESTIVAL AT PURI

Eastern Railway has been displaying outstanding performance in different facets during the ongoing FY under the able lead-ership of Shri Arun Arora, General Manager. In the field of passenger revenue, Eastern Railway has created a new record byearning Rs.279.16 crores in the month of June’2022, which is the highest ever earnings for any single month duringlast six (06) years. The previous highest earnings were Rs.269.13 crores in the month of June 2019. So far as passengerreservation system (PRS) is concerned, Eastern Railway has managed to achieve earning to the tune of Rs.199.86crores, which is the highest ever in any single month during last six years. The previous best was Rs. 174.69 crores in May2022. It is noteworthy that, the total number of originating PRS Passengers was 3.83 million in the month of June 2022 whichis the highest ever for any June during last six years. The previous highest was 2.623 million in June 2019. Moreover, 399coaches were augmented in June 2022, which is the 2nd highest ever during last five years. The previous highest augmen-tation was 440 coaches in May’22. Eastern Railway has also created a significant record by ticket checking earnings ofRs.12.21 crores in the month of June’202-Your data has been truncated.

BEST EVER PASSENGER REVENUE PERFORMANCE BY ER

Indian Bank, Zonal OfficeKolkata South, organizedRetail Credit Camp at Tentul-beria Branch & at D. H. RoadBranch on 13.07.2022. Theexecutives of FGMO Kolkataand Zonal Head and DZM at-tended the program. TotalRs.819.80 lac loan sanctioned in 32 accounts. An amountof Rs 36.60 lac disbursed on the occasion.

INDIAN BANK

It has been decided to change the terminal of the followingtrains to Sir M.Visveswaraya Terminal, Bengaluru as perfollowing schedule:·22887 Howrah-Yesvantpur Express leaving Howrah w.e.f19.07.2022 will terminate at Sir M.Visveswaraya Termi-nal, Bengaluru instead of Yesvantpur. This trainwill reachSirM.Visveswaraya Terminal, Bengaluru at 20.00 hrs.·22888 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express will originate from SirM.Visveswaraya Terminal, Bengaluru instead of Yesvantpurw.e.f 21.07.2022. This train will depart from SirM.Visveswaraya Terminal, Bengaluru at 10.15 hrs.·12889 Tatanagar-Yesvantpur Express l-Your data has beentruncated.

CHANGE IN TERMINAL OF TRAINS

Indian Bank, Zonal OfficeKolkataSouth, organizedRetailCredit Camp at TentulberiaBranch and at D. H. RoadBranch on 13.07.2022. Theexecutives of FGMO Kolkataand Zonal Head attended theprogram. Total Rs.819.80 lacloan sanctioned in 32 accounts. An amount of Rs 36.60lac disbursed on the occasion.

INDIAN BANK

The much awaited Sealdah Station of East-West Metro was inaugu-rated by Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Union Minister of Women & ChildDevelopment and Minority Affairs today i.e. on 11.07.2022 virtuallyfrom Howrah Maidan Metro station at a programme.. She also inaugu-rated the extended Metro service from Phoolbagan to Sealdah by vituallyflagging off the first train from the underground Sealdah Metro Station. Oneminute silence was observed in this programme to pay respect to ShinzoAbe, Ex.PM of Japan who has passed away recently. The East-West Metro is now extended from Phoolbagan to Sealdah.This stretch from Salt Lake Sector V to Sealdah can be covered within 21 minutes only. The commercial service on thisextended route will start from 14.07.2022(Thursday). Irani addressing the gathering at Sealdah Station has said that thedevelopment of WB will be enhanced with the extension of Metro services upto Sealdah. Nakagawa Koichi, Consulate Gen-eral of Japan has expressed his hope that the inauguration of Sealdah Metro Station will further enhance India-Japan rela-tionship and East-West Metro will provide a smooth and pollution- free journey in Kolkata

DREAM COMES TRUE FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST BENGAL: SEALDAH METRO STATION INAUGURAGTED

PETRONASLubricants (India)Pvt. Ltd (PLIPL)andTataMotorsannounced their newpartnership todayat asigningceremony,making PETRONAS Lubricants a strategic lubricants partner for Tata Motors’ Commercial vehicles.Speaking on this part-nership, GiuseppePedretti,RegionalManagingDirector–Asia forPETRONASLubricants International (PLI) said, “It is amat-ter of great pride for us to partner with Tata Motors, the leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in India, from the house ofthe globally admired Tata Group. We are excited to see how this strategic partnership helps elevate both PLI and Tata Motorsto the next level.”Pranav Bhanage, CEO of PLIPL said, “This partnership further strengthens the relationship between our twoorganizations given that we also supply lubricants for Tata Motors’ Passenger vehicles and is a testimony to the quality of ourPETRONAS Fluid Technology Solutions™.”

PETRONAS ANNOUNCED AS STRATEGIC LUBRICANTS PARTNER FOR TATA MOTORS

SomanyCeramicsLtd., an internationally acclaimedorganizationspecialising inceramics&alliedproductssegments, is delightedto launch theEXTRAORDINARYcollectionofproducts range todayatHotelHoliday Inn,KolkataAirport in thepresenceof AbhishekSomany, MD& CEO, Somany Ceramics Ltd., Amit Sahai, Dy. CEO & Sujit Mohanty, Sr. Vice President at Somany Ceramics Ltd.Inline with its vision to provide its customers with innovation and creativity so as to create a meaningful existence, Somany Ceram-icsunveils “EXTRAORDINARY”stunningnewcollectionofproducts thatwill soonbewinning themarket andcustomermindspace.The range of products will include Marvela Flortuff,Glosstra, Vistoso, Novaclad, and Wood Essentia. The products has ele-ments of nature with wooden strip textures, reflects a modern yet rustic touch with stone-look finishes, and designs that reflectsurban and trendy look. Bringing home the extraordinary collection by SOMANY is like being surrounded by artistic charisma.

EXPERIENCE THE GRANDEUR OF SOMANY’S LATEST EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF PRODUCT RANGE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated /dedicated to the Nation/laid the Foundation Stone of a number of infrastructural pro-jects in Jharkhand from Deoghar today (12-7-2022). This included foundation stone laying of Redevelopment of Ranchi station.Simultaneously a programme was held at Ranchi Station where Shri Rameshwar Oraon, Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Planning& Development, Commercial Taxes, Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs, Govt. of Jharkhand was present and deliv-ered his speech. Shri Sanjay Seth, Hon’ble MP, Smt. Mahua Maji, Hon’ble MP and Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Singh, Hon’ble MLAwere also present at Ranchi Station during the function and addressed the gathering. Ranchi station will be redeveloped at an es-timated cost of Rs 447 crore. The features include world-class passenger amenities with Food Court, Executive Lounge, Cafe-teria, Air-conditioned Waiting Halls, Retail Outlets etc. The redeveloped station building will have adequate surface parkingspace for smooth entry and exit and will ensure better integration of the city with the Ranchi Railway Station.

PRIME MINISTER LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE OF RANCHI STATION REDEVELOPMENT

A Plantation drive was organised at Hot Strip Mill – 2 ofSAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant on 8th July to mark the IconicWeek celebration. S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works) led thedrive by planting a Neem sapling. Present on the occasionwere Debabrata Dutta, CGM (HSM), R K Muduli, CGM(HSM-II), other CGMs and Senior Officials of the Plant.

PLANTATION DRIVE HELD AT HOT STRIPMILL – 2 OF SAIL, RSP

HIMACHAL PRADESHPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

The Executive Engineer HPPWD Division Hamirpur Distt. Hamirpur H.P on behalf of Governor of H.P invites the itemrate bids, in electronic tendering system from the eligible class for the works as detailed in the table.

The bidders are advised to note other details of tenders from the department website www.hptenders.gov.in.

Executive Engineer,Hamirpur Division,

HPPWD, Hamirpur. Pin Code 177001Telephone No. 01972-222510, e-mail: ee-ham-hp@nic.in

On behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK2434/HP

Sr. Name of Work Estimated Starting Date EMD Deadline forNo. cost (Rs.) for down- (Rs.) Submission

loading Bid of Bid

1 17264020.00 20.07.2022 205000.00 27.07.2022

2 1578920.00 20.07.2022 31200.00 27.07.2022

3 1510251.00 20.07.2022 30200.00 27.07.2022

4 4042817.00 20.07.2022 68200.00 27.07.2022

5 2899572.00 20.07.2022 51000.00 27.07.2022

6 2964743.00 20.07.2022 52000.00 27.07.2022

7 1242037.00 20.07.2022 24900.00 27.07.2022

8 787134.00 20.07.2022 15800.00 27.07.2022

C/O Residential Accommodartion & Police Station building of StateVigilance & Anti Corruption Bureau (SV & ACB) Hamirpur Distt. Hamirpur(HP) (SH:- C/O Type-II Quarters 6 Nos)

C/O link road from Govt. Middle School Dalyahoo to Village Kallri Km. 0/0to 1/0. (SH:- P/L GSB, Metalling/Tarring, C.D work and V-Shape drain inKm. 0/0 to 0/420)

C/O link road Tikker to Patiyahu via Kalyana Km. 0/0 to 1/060. (SH:- P/LWMM, tack coat and SDBC in RD. 0/0 to 1/0)

C/O Type-IV Qtr 1 No for Distt. Planning officer in Pooled colony atHamirpur (HP) . (SH:- C/O Building Portion, water Supply and SanitaryInstallation & site Development)

C/O link road to village Dehran Km 01/0 to 1/0 (SH:- C/O wire crates atRD 0/150 to 0/423 )

C/O link road harizan Basti Bari Km 0/0 to 2/270 (SH:-C/O Edge wall atRD 1/680 to 1/780 and providing and laying GSB, WMMM and SDBC inKm 1/500 to 2/0)

C/O Moohun Sasshan Ghat road Km 0/0 to 0/600 (SH:- Providing and lay-ing RCCP ,GSB, WMM, BC in between RD 0/375 to 0/550 , Hard shoul-dering at various RD's)

A/R & M/O Hamirpur Jahu road km 2/690 to 9/0. (SH:- C/o side drain atRD 5/800 to 6/150 (LHS), 5/900 to 6/050 (RHS) and 2/750 to 2/765).

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SOLUTION:EMCEE,BURRO,FILIAL,EVOLVEAnswer:Liveforeverordieintheattempt-JosephHeller

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FOR SAINANEHWAL, her non-selection forthe Commonwealth Gameswas not aboutdesperation to play at the Games: she hastwo goldmedals from 2010 and 2018 edi-tions. "It's about the amount of disrespectshown to a player. It's about your ownpeo-pletreatingyoulikes*#@,"ragedfellowCWGgoldmedallist (2014), coach and husband,Parupalli Kashyap soonafter Nehwal oustedChinese He Bingjiao, tomake quarters of theSingaporeOpen.It's been two emo-

tional wins in two days,albeit on two ends of thespectrum. In theopeninground, Nehwal broughton immense pressureupon herself, Kashyapsays, in downing compa-triotMalvikaBansod,her-self a gutsy player, butwhowas blown away ontheday.Bansod beat a visibly

unfit Nehwal at the IndiaOpen in January, a winthatKashyap insistsemboldenedthe feder-ationtouseasastick,toweedNehwaloutofCWG contention. The win against HeBingjiaowasherfirstagainstatop-tennerintwoyears.Selectiontrialswereannouncedata timewhen Nehwal was still nursing in-juries,andher"aloof,stand-offishbehaviour"duringapastUberCupcampaignwas citedin federation circles as the reason to show

her thedoor.Kashyapsays it led to frequentbreakdowns for the former World No 1."She's been in tears often, and the issue ofnon-selection crops up in conversationseveryseconddaywhenshespeaks. It'sveryvery toughtoevenpractice, andyouarenotsure,mentally,whetheryouarepreparingtofightyourownpeopleoropponents.Yourin-tentions in thematch go all wrong in suchtimes,andit'saterriblemindspace,"hesaid.It's why the opening round against

Malvika had an added edge. "Itmeant a lotbecause BAI based theirentire selection on thatone loss in January. Sainawanted to prove a point,and thepressure showedin the first game. Shecould play freely only insecond,"Kashyapadmits.Whathasboggledthe

pair is the radio silencefromthefederation."It'sawrong notion that she'sarrogant because shedoesn't talk that much.She just minds her ownbusiness. No doubtwhathappenedspurredheron,but this situationwasnotrequired. They should'vegiven her minimum re-

spect of (having) a chat. If you want to bestrict Iunderstand,butasimplechat isnotafreeride.Youcouldhavedisciplinedher inachat, speaking to her. No one replied to hermessages. It's extremelyhurtful,"hesaid.

Radio silence 'hurtful'"TherewasnoconversationfromBAIsay-

ing 'this is what we are thinking' or 'this is

whatwewant todo'.NocoachwatchedherattheAllEnglandOpenandtherewasnore-viewofherperformance,"headds.BAIcon-tends they requested her to furnish her fit-ness status, and Kashyap says they wereconfident in rehab of getting ready in timefor theGames.Nehwaldidn'thavetherankingorresults

to stake direct claim, and the federation in-siststheyfollowedaprocess."Wehavegivenupon a sure shotmedal bynot trusting ourplayer,"Kashyapseethes.YoungsterAakarshiKashyapwon the trials fair and square andwillheadtoBirmingham,hopefulof addingto the medals tally, with PV Sindhu afavourite forgold.Kashyap is aware that the win on

Thursday is just one riposte andmight notconvince everyone, and says, "Yes, Sainawon'tbesatisfiedwithjustonewin.Itmightmean nothing in the larger picture. Shewants towin tournaments andwe are get-ting there. She's only 30-40 percent of herability, I'll say," he urges. "But didwe forgetbasicsofbadmintonandwhocanwinmedalwhenselecting thesquad?She'swon11-12tour titles, and is amultiplemedallist at theGames. It's taken time to recover from thenonsenseofnon-selection.Idon'tthinkshe'sstill recovered from how shewas treated,"headds.The CWGwill remain a trigger point,

Kashyapsays, thoughadding, "Itmightwellbe a blessing in disguise. Orwe just look atthetorturelikethatnow.Butmaybeit'sgoodshe'snotgoingtoCWGandcanfocusontheWorld Championships. She knows she canbeatthetopplayers,andhasneverrespectedany opponent to think she's unbeatable.Today from the first aggressive point, shemadeherpoint,"heends.

Husband-coachKashyaponNehwal'sCommonwealthGamesnon-selection

“Itmightwellbeablessing indisguise.ShecanfocusontheWorldChampionships.Sheknowsshecanbeat thetopplayers,andhasneverrespectedanyopponenttothinkshe'sunbeatable.Todayfromthefirstaggressivepoint,shemadeherpoint.”

Parupalli KashyapONNEHWAL’SSTRESSFULDAYS

‘It’s about disrespect and also yourown people treating you like s*#@.’

SHIVANINAIKJULY14

THEYDOthattocheckthehoveringwinds-just a pre-match warm-up hit-about togauge drift on badminton courts. SainaNehwal though, was prepping to brew oneright storm.Playing Chinese Olympic semi-finalist,

World No 9, He Bingjiao in Round 2 ofSingaporeOpenSuper500,Nehwal, rankedNo24, startedwithaninadvertentlyblister-ingwarm-up.Sheexchangedthreesnarlingrallies with the Chinese southpaw inwarmup,of 13,15and19shotseach.Thelastonegotproperlytestyasbothre-

trieved low shuttles, unwilling to let go,which had nothing to dowith reading thewhirlingwindsoftossesflyingpastthebase-line. It was in the thwack to two of thosestrokes that Nehwal made her first point.BingjiaocangetbulliedoncourtasPVSindhuhasshown,but the Indianontheday, threwthe firstpunchevenbefore the0-0start.Then in the first point, she sent down a

scathing unreturnable shot. The mid-setpunctuation notwithstanding, Nehwallooked in no trouble, winning 21-19, 11-21,21-17 in58searingminutes.There were more than a few vintage

Nehwalsmashes-wide-rimmed,shortandwhiplash.Twoofthose,with audiblepowerbehindthem,actuallypinnedHeBingjiaotothefloorindefense,assherecoiledundertheforceon16-14and18-14 in thedecider.WhenNehwal started out on the inter-

nationalcircuitalmost16yearsago,hersoli-taryweaponwas that stinging smashwithwhich she rattled the best. Her game hasbroad-based into other realms of trickery,but the smash hasn't blunted. A set apiece,Nehwalblitzedto11-5 inthedecideronthebackofaparticularlystormyshowerofthreesmasheschargingthenettoboggleBingjiao.Earlier in the first, Nehwal struck a good

length,andcontrolledplayfromtheT-inter-section-80percentofherpointscamefromearly anticipation and interceptions at thenet. Nehwal's always had labouredmove-ments to the four corners, but read shuttlesearly. But themost visible improvement in

lastfewmonthshasbeenherassuredlunge,whileearningmillisecondsontheforecourtflickswhichsheusestodispersetheshuttle.The bending that earlierwould seem like aplod,was anagile stride repeatedly lobbingthechallengeback toBingjiao.Hardtotell if itwasthedrift,orBingjiao's

rattledmind, but Nehwalwasn't pushed tothe corners on the day, until the Chinesecoaches pleaded urgencywith their playerand like a roused dragon, the southpawstarted tomake the Indian starmove in thelatterhalfofthedecider.Butintheearlyshortexchanges,Nehwal ruled fromthenetwithmostlystraightreturnstill14-10.Asifhypno-tised,Bingjiaokeptplayingtoherhand,andNehwal let ripwhen things got even at 19-all to take theopener.The33-year-oldwasoutplayedinthesec-

ond,but tooka3-0 leadstraightaway inthethird, resuming her aggressive stomping atthe net. "Hermovements clicked into placetoday. I'dkeepyellingatheraskingwhere istheperfectioninthematchthatsheshowsinpractice?"coachKashyapsaid.He reckons itwas all coming together at

Malaysia, thoughhermentalmuddleswereinhibitinghergame.TheAxiataarenaonDay1withNehwalbanishedtothecornercourtagainstKoreamKimGEunwasalsoa torridstart."Youcouldflykitesonthatcourt, itwasthat windy," Kashyap laughs, adding seri-ously, "Alsotherewasahugebacklogof los-ingmatches thewhole year so confidence

took time to return. Saina's X-factor has al-waysbeenhowbadlyshewants towin.Butherbodywasnotgivingachance to fight."From11-5,theChinesenarrowedthegap

to14-13. It'swhentheSainaofyore,pushedontheaccelerator,withcoachesKashyapandGuru Saidutt shouting to pump up the ag-gression.Intheironlymeetingprior,NehwalhadbeatenHeBingjiaoatthe2019Indonesiasemifinals - incidentally her last title (wonwhen Carolina Marin cracked her kneepainfully in the final). Thathadbeena3-setaffair too, but memories of winners werevividforKashyapwhosatcourtsidethentoo."At14-13,Bingjiaowasfindingherdefen-

sive rhythm and the Chinese coacheswereguiding her to get Sainamoving. It becamephysicallybruisingandboileddowntowhowantedthewinalittlemore,"Kashyapsaid.It'swhereshecouldsummonthebigbit-

ing smash that began its backswing in thewarmup, leaving a shadow of fear on HeBingjiao. Nehwal would put in everythinginto the attack and stub Bingjiao, movingaway at 18-14. The conditions favouredNehwal'sattackingstyleofplay.Butshestillneeded to flex the sinews to draw out thestrength to power her smashes and endedwiththeChinesesailingwide.WhenBingjiaogotdrawnintoa19-shotsparringat0-0,shehad sensed the smidgeon of menace thatwouldbookendthiscontest. ItwasasimpleRound2exit for thegracefulChinesesouth-paw. Itmeantmuchmore to the Indian.

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Themostvisible improvement in last fewmonthshasbeenWorldNo24SainaNehwal’sassured lunge,whileearningmilli secondsontheforecourt File/PTI

Saina, and her old favouritesmash, still have the stingIndianstarbeatsOlympicsemi-finalistandWorldNo.9ChinashuttlerHeBingjiao inthreesets, entersRd3

‘She's been intears often, andthe issueof non-selection cropsupin conversationsevery seconddaywhenshe speaks.’

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SANDIPGJULY14

In the first game, Indian bowlers exploded.In the second, thebatsmen imploded. AfterEngland batsmen atOval, itwas the turn ofIndia’stopordertodeparttowardsthedress-ingroomashen-faced,beforethe lowerhalftoocrumbledafterabrief lull in themiddle.Between the fabled top three—ShikharDhawan,RohitSharmaandViratKohli—bat-tersofprovencalibre,theymustered24runsand soaked up 61 balls, leaving themiddleorder to play catch up for the remainder ofthegame.Andtheycouldn’t.The target was not steep—247 is quite

middling bymodern-day standards—andtherewere no devious demons on the sur-face thatmade batting an ordeal. The trackwasmore subcontinental in characteristics,slowsurfacethatmadebattinglaboriousforEngland, who were undone chiefly byYuzvendra Chahal’s wit and wisdom.Perhaps,theIndiantop-orderweresodisen-chanted by the rathermodest total againstan attack that relies on cutters, angles andchange of pace rather than rawpace or de-ceptiveswing,thattheybecamecomplacent.FirstdepartedRohit Sharma. Left-armer

Reece Topley first rattled himwith a shortballbeforeheslippedinaclassicalaway-goerthat pitched on leg-stump and shaped into

thetopofSharma’soff-stumpbutforthein-tervention of his pads. The memories ofMohammedAmir andShaheenShahAfridiwere whipped up, but Topley was far lessquicker,butquitesharp.Thenextwickethadan element of good fortune, as he hadDhawancaughtdowntheleg-sideofaharm-less ball, though the result owed to stiflinglengths Topley and DavidWilleywere hit-ting. Theyhardly conceded aboundaryballand frustrated the Indian batsmen withsteadyrather thanspectacularbowling.Thestage,though,seemedidealforKohli

to endhis centurydrought. Thewait for the71sthadstretchedtonearlythreeyears,and

Kohli had looked in fine touch throughoutthis tour.Buthewasdeniedagain, this timebyWilley, who is innocuous that incisive.Afterearlycaution,Kohliwas lookingto im-posehimselfonthebowlers.Offthe23rdballhe faced, he shimmied down the track andturnedaTopleyyorkerintoafulltosstostrikehis first four of the innings. He exchanged afewverbalswithWilley,onlytoseehispart-ner Rishabh Pant spoon a benign full-tossinto the palms of themid-on fielder for azero. Indiawere unravelling in an old-fash-ionedway.There was hope. There was Kohli. But

Willey stubbed it out with the wobble-seamerdowntheslope.Kohlicouldnotresistafatalnibble.Thistime,hewasmorefuriouswith himself than wretched fate. ThoughSuryakumarYadavandHardikPandyaresis-tedwithapartnershipof 42, infusinghope,TopleyreturnedtooustYadav,whodraggedone onto his stumps soon after Topleywasreintroduced. Indiawere now 73 for 5 andsoon they stumbled to101 for 6withMoenAli, whose 47 was the backbone of theEngland essay, dislodging Pandya with aharmless delivery. The rest crumbled soonafter. 1-1andthecaravanmoves to the finalgame:will the batting implosion stop frombothsides?BRIEF SCORES: England: 246 all out

(Moeen Ali 47, DavidWilley 41; YuzendraChahal4/47); India:146all out

They came, they saw, they foldedDEVENDRAPANDEYMUMBAI, JULY14

THEPOPULAR“AirIndiaground”inSantacruzwhere some of Mumbai’s brightest youngTeam India players, such as Prithvi Shaw,Yashasvi Jaiswal and ShivamDubey, honedtheir skillsmayno longer be available to as-piringcricketers.Thefacilityishousedinsideasportscom-

plexownedbyMumbaiInternationalAirportLimited(MIAL),whichwastakenoverlastyearby Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL). OnWednesday,MIALwarned of “legal conse-quences”iftherewasanyactivityatthemulti-discipline venuewhere close to 1,000 crick-eterstrainataround60nets.The nearest other cricket facility is the

CrossMaidaninSouthMumbai,atleast22kmaway. The ground is also a favourite spot ofneighbourhoodwalkers.In a letter addressed toAir India regional

directorRaviBodhade,MIALsaid:“PleasenotethatlandofsportscomplexhasbeendemisedbyAAItoMIAL&wehavetakenoverthepos-sessionofthesame.Noactivitywhatsoeverispermittedtobeundertakenonthisland.Anyforce for attempt to use the landwill lead tolegalconsequencesasperrightsofMIAL.”Theletterstatesthatthiscommunication

is alsomarked toDeputy Commissioner ofPoliceZoneVIII “asaprecautionarymeasure

toavoidanyLaw&Ordersituation”.TheMIAL spokespersondid not respond

to textmessages and calls fromThe IndianExpressseekingcommentonthecompany’splansfortheground.It’s theonlycricketgroundinthesuburbs

with a 70-yard boundary, andhosts regulargamesunderfloodlights intheevenings.It has been used for training by other

Mumbai Ranji Trophy players, includingSachinTendulkar’ssonandformerIndiau-19

playerArjunTendulkar.“Thegroundhasbeenapipelineforfuture

cricketers. Players like Prithvi Shaw andYashasviJaiswalhavecomefromthatground.If that ground can’t hold any activity, thatpipeline will stop,” former India openerWasimJaffersaid.“Thereare62nets sessions that rundaily

here.Atthesametime,thiscomplexalsohasshooting, tabletennis, tennisandbadmintonfacilities. This ground connects people fromthewesternandcentralsuburbs,”saidformerAir IndiapacebowlerAshutoshDubey.“I have coaching centres at other places,

too, but there aremanywhose lives are de-pendent on this ground.Many coaches earnfromcoaching here. It’s not only cricket butother sports too. It’s the only perfect groundinMumbai’ssuburbs,”saidJwalaSingh,whorunsMCC Cricket Academy at the groundwhereformerSriLankapacerChamindaVaasconductedacoachingclinicrecently.OnWednesday evening, several people

gatheredinprotestasthecomplexwasfoundlocked,promptingthepolicetostepin.“Wecalledthepolice.Theywantedtosee

theorderwhichstatesthatthecommonpub-lic cannot use it. The ground is used by somanysportspersonsfortheirfitnessroutines.Earlier too, GVK,whichwasmanaging theMumbaiairport,hadtriedtolockthegroundbutweprotested and thematterwas sortedout,”saidPrakashShetty,a localresident.

Mumbai cricket pipeline faces closure

WORLDATHLETICSCHAMPIONSHIP, JULY15TO24

Dark horse on steeplechase trackNIHALKOSHIEJULY14

SOONAFTER the TokyoOlympics, AvinashSablewas home. InMandva, a village in thearidBeeddistrict,India’sbestdistancerunnerstartedworkingonafarm.Hehadbrokenthe3000-metre steeplechase national recordagainattheSummerGames.Butnotqualify-ing for the final was a disappointment hecould not overcome, Sable says. Initially, hedidn’twanttotraveltotheOlympics,becauseaftertestingpositiveforCovid,hewasdrained.Thelegshadfeltheavy-ladenwhenhetrained.Sablerewindstopre-and-postOlympicdays.“After theOlympics, I stayedhome. I did

some farming. I could not dowell because Ihad Covid. I had lots of weaknesses. I felt Icould not even run 8:30 (8minutes and 30seconds). At one point Ithought that Iwould pulloutoftheOlympicsbutsir(coaches)toldmethatitisimportant to run in theOlympics. If you get achance,why not take it. IwasnotconfidentofdoingwellattheOlympics.Iwasdisappointed,” Sable saysfromhistrainingcentreinColoradoSprings,USA.He didn’t train for

nearly threemonths. Justgoingforajogseemedlikea herculean task. Sable’sfamilywasworriedhewasturningintoarecluse.“People at homeused

toaskwhyareyoubecom-inga loner. Iused tobeonthe fields thewhole day.Iwanted to start practice,but it took time,” Sablesays.ByOctober,when the

national camp com-menced, Sablewas bittenby the runningbugagain,although it took him awhile to hit his stride. Atthe Indian Grand Prix atThiruvananthapuram inMarch--hisfirstracesincetheOlympics--herewrotehis national record againfortheseventhtime.ItwashumidduringtheraceyetSableovercamethecondi-tions to go faster than hehadbefore. “At theGrandPrix when I ran 8:16(8:16.21). I felt better. If IcouldruninTrivandruminthe humidity. I thought Icouldtakearisk.”The‘risk’Sableistalkingaboutistravelling

abroadhalfwayaroundtheworldtotrainwithsomeofthemoreaccomplishedrunnersfromaroundtheworld.Sablehasbeenreluctanttobeataforeign

training base. A fewyears agowhen the lateNikolai Snesarevwas readywith a detailedplan to train abroad, Sable pulled out. CoachSnesarevhad ratedSablehighlybutwasup-setwhenSablewasdisinterestedinsteppingoutofhiscomfortzone.“Nobody worked as hard as him

(Snesarev) as a coach.Hehadplanned a for-eigncamp,butImadeabigmistakebynotgo-ing outside. I didn’t take any risk. He got an-

gryandhedidn’tcomeback.”EvenbeforetheOlympics,theAthleticsFederationofIndiahadchalked out a plan for him tomove abroad.Sablewasreluctant.“Maybeearlier if Ihadtrainedwith these

(foreign)athletes Icouldhavegotabetterre-sult inTokyo,” Sable says.NowSablehasnotonly embraced ‘risk’ by training in ColoradoSprings, but hehas also embraced a trainingmethodaimedatmakinghimlightningquickinthefinal400metresofthe3000msteeple-chase. The colder climes near the RockyMountainsdidn’tdeterhim.WhendistancecoachScottSimmonsfirst

metSableinBengaluruinMarch,thepurposewas to break the ice. He alsowanted to askSable if hewas ready to rework his trainingprogrammeifhetravels toColoradoSprings.“Heseemedtobeready,”Simmonssays.

The final 400mA fast kick in the final

400metres was a focus.Some of the best in theworld can complete thelast quartermile in 53-54seconds. Sable canbe justas fast.Maybe not at thisweek’s WorldChampionships,butsoon.“He cando a sub-60 (sec-onds)inthefinish,thelast400metres.He is capableof even 56 seconds. Thatwouldmeanhewouldbevery fast over the hurdlestoo, including thewaterjump. The key is to finishfast if he is aiming for amedal(atthemajorcham-pionships). Hewill breakthenational record again,but he is capable of doingmuchmore in terms of amedal,”Simmonssays.Intervaltraining --low

andhighintensityrunning-- involving 400-metreruns done up to 16 timesat a stretch, is one of theroutines Sable uses to getfaster in the final part ofthesteeplechase.Hehastoscale over four hurdles ifhe is running400metres.For a 200-metre run, it istwohurdles.“Hisspeedisprettyex-

ceptional,” coachSimmons says. “He is alsoextremely tough. He hasfallen, got up and com-petedagain.Hehasstrongbones.Intrainingheisdis-ciplined.”

Bettering his speed in the home stretchwillneedSabletoglideoverthewaterhurdleinsteadofsteppingonit.Athletesusethehur-dle topushthemselvesbeyondthewaterpitwhichliesaheadhencereducingthechancesofinjury.Butafractionofasecondislostwhenthe running shoesmake an impactwith thehurdle. Bynot steppingon it, runners cangofaster but need to time their jumpperfectlyandhave idealmomentumwhileapproach-ing the hurdle. “His efficiency over the hur-dles iscommendable,”Simmonssays,givingSableavoteofconfidence.Lastmonth inRabatduringtheDiamond

League,Sablebrokethenationalrecordagain- the eighth timehehasdone so.His timeof

8:12.48 is the 12th fastest in theworld thisyear. Those abovehim include four outrightfavourites at the World Championships.Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali, Ethiopia’sLamecha Girma and the two KenyansConseslus Kipruto and Benjamin Kigen.Historically, the Kenyans have been thestrongest at the steeplechase at theWorldChampionships.But El Bakkali is the one to beat. At the

Diamond League in Rabat, when Sable fin-ished fifth, El Bakkaliwon the goldwith thecurrentworld-leadingtimeof7:58.28.Sable says beingpart of the same race as

someofthebesthashelpedhimaccesswherehe stands. unlike in competitions in Indiawhere he usually leads from start to finish.“MyfirstDiamondLeague(Rabat)wasagreatexperience.Ifeelif Icompeteagainstthebestintheworld,Iwillimprove.Youlearnhowthebest runners slowdown,howtheydecide togofastinarace,”Sablesays.“InIndia,IrunonmyownandIrunahead.Butinsteeplechase,there is always a crowd (on track) and in in-ternationalraces,yougettolearnalot.”Sable believes a sub-8-minute race from

him is a possibility. Hemeasures howmuchfasterhecangobylookingbackathowmuchslowerheusedtobe.“In2018Iran8:30andatthattimeInever

thought Iwouldrun8:12. Idon’t thinksub-8will be tough. In India,we think that foreignathleteshavedifferentgenesandwecan’tbeatthem.When I trainwith them, I don’t thinkwe are lesser athletes.Wedon’t get enoughopportunities (to compete against them). InIndia, four years ago, if you ran below8:50thenweusedtothinkthatwedidverywell.Evenifoneran9minutes,youcouldgeta

bronzeinthesteeplechase.AtthattimeI justwantedapromotion (he isanarmyman)af-terwinninganationalmedal.Ijustwantedtofinishinthetopthree.ButfromaimingtoruninnineminutesIhavecometo8:12.Sonowasub-eightminutes,Iwouldsay,isnoteasybutit isnottougheither.”If he feels ahintof nerveswhencompet-

ingagainstthetopathletes,Sablethinksofhisdaysasasoldier inthearmy.HehasbeenpostedinSiacheninfreezing

temperaturesandalsoinextremelyhotplaceslikeLalgarhJatta.“IstartedrunningwhenIwasinthearmy

only.So thathashelpedmea lot. I can live inanykindof situation. Running (on a track) iseasy.Ifyouarerunning5kilometresBPT(bat-tleproficiencytest) inarmytraining,thenyouhavetocarryaweaponandthenthereisabagonyourbackwhichisalsoheavy.Thisisdamneasy. I loverunning,”hesaid.

Armedwitha fast finishingkickover the last400metres, andthebelief thatasub-eightminute isachievable,3,000-metresteeplechaserAvinashSablehopes torubshoulderswith thebest

Whennervousnescreepsin,AvinashSablethinksofhisdaysasasoldier.Reuters

INDIAWATCH20KMRACEWALKFINALS-1:40AM(MEN’S),3:40AM(WOMEN’S)PriyankaGoswamiandseasonedwalkerSandeepKumarwillbeseeninaction.Withbothathletesrecordingtimings far fromtheirpersonalbests thisseason, itwillbeinteresting if theduohassomesurprisesuptheirsleeves.

MEN’S3000MSCHEATS5:45AMAvinashSable, thegreatest steeplechaserIndiahasproduced,willbeginhiscampaigninOregon.Heshouldmakeit to thefinalswithoutanyhiccups.

MEN’SLONGJUMPQUALIFICATION6:30AMIndiawillhavethreelongjumpersattheWorldsthistimewithTokyoOlympianSreeshankarMuralileadingthelist.ForJeswinAldrinandMohdYahiya,thiswilltheirfirstmajorinternationaltournament.

(ALLTIMINGSFORSATURDAYMORNING)

What towatch out for atAthleticsWorld C’shipsJamaicanclean sweep inwomen's100m,Chopra-Petersduel andDuplantis'bid formaidenworldsgold

NEARLYAyearago, Jamaica’sElaineThompson-Herahclocked10.54secondsattheHaywardField inEugene, thevenueoftheWorldChampionships. For the firsttime inyearsFlorenceGriffith-Joyner’sworld recordof 10.49has lookedunderthreat.Griffith-Joyner’smarkdatesback to

1988andwith twoother Jamaicans -Shelly-AnnFraser-PryceandSherickaJackson- ingreat formit couldbeacleansweep for thesprintingpowerhouse.Fraser-Pryce,35, is still goingstrongandhasa10.60 fromlastyear, the third fastesttimeever.

MEN’SPOLEVAULT

CanDuplantis go higher?

SODOMINANThasSweden’sMondoDuplantisbeenthatit iseasytoforgetthathehasn’twonaWorldChampionshipgold.SamKendricksoftheUStookgoldatDohain2019andDuplantisfinishedsecond.NowKendricksisoutwithakneeinjuryandDuplantis isthemostdominantpole-vaulter.Theworldindoorchampionalsoholdstheworldrecordof6.20m.Lastmonth,heprovedhewasinprimeformwith6.16metres,anoutdoorrecord.ChrisNilsen,theOlympicsilvermedallistandtheonlyothermantojump6metresthisyear, ishisonlyrealchallenger.

MEN’SSHOTPUT

Battle of the throwing giants

THISEVENT is likely tobeashowdownbetweentwoUnitedStates throwers,RyanCrouserand JoeKovacs.Crouser isa two-timeOlympicchampionbuthe isyet towinaWorldChampionshipgold.Crouser looksset to fulfil hisdream.Crouserhasnot lost this seasonandhasaworld leading throwof 23.12metres.Kovacswill beaiming forhis thirdgoldmedal ina rowat theWorldsand is sec-ondonthe tops list for2022.NewZealand’sTomWalsh, the two-timeOlympicbronzemedallistwill alsobeacontender,with22.31mbeinghisbestthis season.

MEN’S JAVELIN

Peters stands inChopra’s way

IFTHERE isoneathletewhocouldgrab thegold froman in-formNeerajChopra it isde-fendingchampionAndersonPetersofGrenada.Peters topsthisyear’s listwith93.07metres. Though

Petershashadanupanddownseason,hehasput itdowntoaback injury.At theDiamondLeague inStockholm,Peterswent into the leadandstayed therewith90.31metres in the fourth roundtopushChopra to secondplace. JohannesVetter,the2019bronzemedallist anda90metrespecialist,willmiss thecompetitionbe-causeof a shoulder injury. Finland’sOliverHelander,whowongoldat thePaavoNurmiGames,will beadarkhorse

MEN’S200METRES

Knighton, the newUsain Bolt?

ONEOFthemostexcit-ing talents isUSA’sErriyonKnighton,whohasbrokenUsainBolt’sjunior recordsand isset fora showdownwithNoahLyles, thedefendingWorldChampion.Knighton

becamethe fourth-fastestmaneverwhenheclocked19.49seconds inApril.OnlyMichael Johnson(19.32),YohanBlake(19.26)andUsianBolt (19.19)havegonefaster thanhim.However, Lyles canpro-duceblistering runswhen itmatters inbigcompetitions.HebeatKnightonat theUSAtrails andalsogesturedbypointingathim.He later clarified thathewashittingoutatcriticsandnothismainchallenger.HowwillKnightonrespond?

WOMEN’S100METRES

WillGriffith-Joyner’s record fall?

ProtestersoutsideAir IndiagroundonWednesday.Express

HardikPandyascored29.Reuters

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