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THE EDITORIAL PAGE AFTER CJI TOOK SUO MOTU COGNIZANCE OF ‘HORRIFIC SCENES’
MEASURING
THEEPIDEMIC
BY MILIND SOHONI Deplorable, pathetic: SC slams Delhi,
says state duty-bound to provide care
PAGE 10

BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY
Grieving relatives of the victim in Sitamarhi. Sanjay Kumar

Nepal border
guards open fire
at Bihar crossing,
Citing fears Indian killed
over public At the GTB Hospital, which is a Covid-only facility, in New Delhi on Friday. Abhinav Saha EXTRAORDINARYSITUATION,TRYINGOURBEST:DELHIGOVTONSCRAP, PAGE5
Local issue, say officers on either side;
transport, Govt Nepal House votes on map Bill today
tells states to
Issues notice to
TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE At Delhi’s GTB Hospital,
five states and Kathmandu

push for cycles Centre, calls for

LOCKDOWN
DAY CASES: RECOVERED: 1,47,194 | DEATHS: 8,498 relatives are forced to SANTOSH SINGH,
YUBARAJ GHIMIRE &
NEPAL
status report on 80 2,97,535 TESTS:53,63,445 | DOUBLINGRATE:18.20 **

tend to Covid patients

DEEPTIMAN TIWARY
SITAMARHI, KATHMANDU,
Malangawa

NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 Janakpur

KARISHMA MEHROTRA hospital infra Delhi was among the first state
Sonbarsa
Sitamarhi
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 SUKRITA BARUAH government hospitals to be des- AN INDIAN national was killed
& ANANYA TIWARI ignated a coronavirus facility, and two others were injured
ESTIMATING THAT the “90 per ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 andhad228patientsasof Friday when the Nepal Armed Police Patna BIHAR

E
cent dip” in public transport rid- NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 evening,aspertheDelhigovern- Force, responsible for border se-
ership volumes during the lock- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING AT ONE of Delhi’s Covid-only ment website. curity, opened fire on a group
TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH* RATE **

E X P L A I NE D
down is unlikely to pick up any THE SUPREME Court on Friday hospitals, when patients need Amongthosewaitingoutside during a clash at a border point
time soon, the Ministry of strongly criticised the govern- ■ Maharashtra 97,648 3,607 3.30% 21.81 help, family members say it is is Vipin Shrivastava. He says his near Sitamarhi in Bihar Friday
Housing and Urban Affairs has ments of Delhi and four other ■ Gujarat 22,067 513 2.46% 29.21 theywhogoin,intowardswhich sister has just gone in to tend to morning. Takinga
called on states and Union states for their handling of the aremeanttobeisolated,toassist herhusband,whowasadmitted SeniorpoliceofficersofNepal ● hardline
■ Delhi 34,687 1,877 4.79% 15.04
Territories to come up with “al- Covid crisis, and directed them with food and water or take to the hospital seven days ago. and Bihar and the Sashastra
ternative modes of transport” to take “immediate remedial ■ Tamil Nadu 38,716 1,875 5.14% 14 them to the toilet. He and his sister spend their SeemaBalcalleditalocalincident
and “encourage and revive Non- action”. ■ Bihar 5,958 260 4.25% 16.94 GTB Hospital in Northeast CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 andsaidithadnothingtodowith IGNORING INDIAN calls
Motorised Transport (NMT)” A bench of Justices Ashok ■ West Bengal 9,768 440 5.14% 14 the border row between Delhi not to precipitate a crisis,
such as bicycles. Bhushan, S K Kaul, and M R Shah and Kathmandu over territorial the Oli government has
Experts say watch death toll,
* Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7 days ** Calculated over 7-day growth
“Re-establishing the earlier describedthesituationinthena- claims to Kalapani, Lipulekh and fast-tracked the passage
level of ridership in public trans- tional capital as “deplorable & CONCERN CAUTION A GLIMMER Limpiyadhura in Uttarakhand — of a Bill to get parliamen-
port is a big challenge for cities,
as people may be looking for
moreoptions,especiallypersonal
pathetic”, and expressed con-
cern over the “grim situation” in
Maharashtra, West Bengal,
TAMIL NADU:
Rise continues
unabated. Now
MAHARASHTRA:
Big jump after
several days. Too
HARYANA: Surge
shows signs of
easing. Growth rate
not cases; PM to talk to CMs Nepal’sHouseofRepresentatives
will vote Saturday on a Bill seek-
ing to include the areas in the
tary sanction for Nepal’s
new map that includes
territories on Indian
close to 2,000 early to say if this drops 2 percentage
modes that allow for safer travel Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. cases every day will halt slowdown points in last 3 days Over two days next week, country’s new map. maps. The territorial is-
in the post lockdown scenario... The bench issued notices to ABANTIKA GHOSH June 16 and 17, Prime Minister There are conflicting ac- sue gives it a new lease of
Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, state governments
Such dramatic and dynamic the Centre and the state govern- NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 NarendraModiwillinteractwith counts of what led to the firing life, but the government,
changes in demand and supply ments, and directed the chief statechiefministers,withthesec- in which Vikesh Rai, a 25-year- beset with challenges on
will require complementing secretaries to “immediately take SC ON OTHER ISSUES this war AS COVID cases surge in India, ond day of the video-conferenc- old from Sonbarsa in Sitamarhi, the home front, may
these public transport systems appropriate notice of the status PAY CUTS for doctors in epidemiologists,bothwithinthe ing set aside for CMs from states was killed and two others, have complicated the fu-
with alternative modes of tran- of patients’ management in the TRAVEL CURBS at NCR private hospitals: Asks governmentandoutside,saythe suchasMaharashtra,Delhi,West Umesh Ram and Uday Sharma, ture of negotiations with
sit,” says the advisory, signed by Government hospital in their re- borders: Seeks minutes of government to step in key metric to watch nowmaybe Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and alsofromSonbarsa,wereinjured India on the matter.
SecretaryDurgaShankarMishra. spective States and take reme- meeting FULL WAGES for lockdown: the death toll — a crucial marker others, which are seeing a spurt CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
The advisory says the “sense dial action”. ACCOMMODATION for Says no coercive action both of the course of the epi- in cases and death numbers.
of insecurity in the minds of the Thestateshavebeenaskedto healthcare staff: Says cannot against employers demic and the success of state Thedeathtollhasbeenrising
publicintravellinginpublictrans-
port during these testing times”
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 have dissatisfied soldiers in REPORTS,PAGES5,6 governments in tackling it. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Pangong Tso still a
concern, no response
As revenues plunge, GST Council Slow pick up in retail sales, only from China so far
may borrow to compensate states those ‘with purpose’ stepping out KRISHN KAUSHIK
contested lake that Indian and
Chinesetroopscametoblowson
tee to states that any loss in rev- Stores are not really offering dis- NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 the night of May 5-6, triggering
AANCHAL MAGAZINE enues in the first five years of GST PRANAV MUKUL & counts to boost demand or clear deployment of troops by both
& LIZ MATHEW implementation(2017-2022)will AASHISH AARYAN inventories given the fear of DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath sidesatmultiplepointsalongthe
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 be made good through a cess. If NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 crowding,andtheneedtomain- Singh met the military brass LAC in eastern Ladakh.
states’ actual revenues are less tainsocialdistance.Thissuggests Friday for another review of the Indian Army sources told The
WITHREVENUEconcernsloom- than projected revenues, the dif- WITH RESTRICTIONS on public only purposeful shoppers are situationineasternLadakhwhere Indian Express Friday that though
inglargefortheCentreandstates ference would be compensated. spaces being lifted, retail outlets visiting stores. the Chinese, while agreeing to theChinesehaveacceptedIndia’s
alike,theGoodsandServicesTax The projected revenues for states in the organised sector are wit- “Only 25-30 per cent cus- withdraw from some points viewsaboutotherpointsinthere-
(GST) Council on Friday decided At the GST Council meeting assumea14percentgrowthevery nessing a discernible shift in the Outside a mall in East Delhi. tomers (compared to pre-lock- along the Line of Actual Control, gion,theyhavenotacceptedorre-
to hold a single-point agenda in New Delhi on Friday. ANI year,thebaseyearbeing2015-16. way business is done. Amit Mehra down)are visiting us. Nowthese have so far not responded to sponded to Indian concerns over
meeting in July which will dis- In the first two months of the Retailers point to an interest- customersaccountforalmost60 Indian concerns over Pangong the ground situation in Pangong
cuss market borrowing by the current financial year, cumula- ing trend over the last couple of per cent of the sales compared Tso.Thefaceoff betweenthetwo Tso—notevenattheJune6meet-
Council itself as one of the ways states for GST revenue losses. tive GST revenues of states and weeks. They say only a quarter contributing to more than half to last year. They are coming armies continues there. ing between XIV Corps
to raise money and compensate TheGSTActextendsaguaran- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 of pre-lockdown customers are therevenuestheyearnedearlier. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 It was on the banks of this CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

PAGE 1
ANCHOR Over 60% skilled, migrant workers fuel Rajasthan’s NREGS high
DEEP MUKHERJEE TEST have no options, most of them
haveturnedtoMNREGS,whichis
evenundertheMNREGS,thefam-
ilyhaslittlechoice.“Wehadnever
mand for MNREGS is the most in
districtsthathaveseenthehighest
EmploymentGuaranteeScheme,
says payments are made in pro-
JAIPUR, JUNE 12 REP RTS currently engaging more done menial labour before as I numbers returning. portion to the work done.

CHAMPALAL BHIL walked home

FROM THE than52lakhlabourersdailyinthe
state, the highest in the country.”
know electrical work,” he says.
Chandra says Bhil earned
Among those back in
Dungarpur district, after seven
On Monday, Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot, who also
to Rajsamand in Rajasthan, from FIELD SinceApril17,whenthatnum- around Rs 10,000 a month in yearsinGandhinagarinGujarat,is holdstheRuralDevelopmentand
Botad in Gujarat, once the lock-
down began. An electrician who TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, berstoodat62,000,ithasbeenris-
ing daily. MNREGS workers earn
Gujarat. “I had an MNREGS job
card, but didn’t have to work.”
RameshMeena.Inhisearly20s,he
fitsmarbletilesforalivingthere.“I
Panchayati Raj portfolio, said the
highest numbers were enrolled
migratedtoGujaratwithhisfam- LOCKDOWN a maximum of Rs 220 a day in Data from the Rajasthan earned Rs 600 every day, adding under the MNREGS in Bhilwara
ilyaroundtwoyearsago,Bhilsays Rajasthan, with payments made Labour Employment Exchange uptoaroundRs18,000amonth.I (4.11 lakh), followed by
he had stopped getting work worker who is now looking at fortnightly. Department website show that, camehomebeforeHoliandcould- Dungarpur(3.55lakh),Banswara
there. Back in his Kaletra village, MNREGS to survive is not alone. Bhil says it is risky for his wife as of Friday, 13,13,678 migrant n’t go back as the lockdown was (3.50lakh)andAjmer(2.67lakh).
there is no work either, forcing Says Rajasthan MNREGS Chandra to work as a labourer at workershadreturnedtothestate announced.NowIamworkingas Government data show that
him to look for MNREGS jobs, Commissioner P C Kishan, constructionsites,liftingmaterial –mostofthemtodistrictssuchas an MNREGS labourer, earning 38,843migrantshavereturnedto
alongwithhiswifewhoisexpect- “Of the migrant workers who like bricks, in her condition. Women workers engaged under MNREGS in Rajasthan after Udaipur, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, aroundRs150-200aday,”hesays. Bhilwara, 53,095 to Dungarpur,
ing their third child. have returned to the state, However,withearningsdropping the lockdown. Express file Pali, Sriganganagar, Bhilwara, Rajendra Vijay, Project 7,956 to Banswara and 38,793 to
The 25-year-old skilled 60-70% are skilled. Because they and with Bhil yet to find work Barmer,AjmerandAlwar.Thede- Director cum Join Secretary, Ajmer districts.

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Nepal border completely local issue with no areas,buttheroadmapforfurther cial present in Council meeting

Deplorable, pathetic: SC slams Delhi

country-to-country or force-to- easingofthesituationisstilltobe said.
andlateradmittedtoahospitalin force ramifications. The issue discussed. Market borrowing as an op-
Sitamarhi. aroseonthespotandthelocalpo- tion was discussed in the previ-
Bihar police said the incident
tookplaceat8.15amontheNepal
lice from either side are engaged
with each other to sort out the
Push for cycles ous Council meeting as well, but
therewerequestionsaboutthele- submit a “status report with re- rope. “If dead bodies are being cupied”, it said. in Delhi is reported as 5,077...
sideofPillarNumber319/24near matter. Our DIG is also in touch willinallprobabilityleadtoanin- galityoftheCounciltoborrow;for gard to government hospitals, treated like this, dead bodies The fact that there were re- “Non-testing of the pa-
JanakiNagar,LalbandiDurbarun- with the DIG of Nepal APF and crease in the number of private instance, can it be accorded sov- patientcareandthedetailsofthe are found in tbe garbage... portsof Covidpatientsrunning tients is not a solution to the
der the Sonbarsa police station. there is absolutely no tension on vehicles on the road, which, in ereign status. staff, infrastructure, etc... so that Media has highlited these de- frompillartoposttogetadmit- problem,ratherincreaseinthe
AccordingtoSitamarhipolice, the border.” turn,willaddtopollutionand“eat “This was a suggestion that appropriatedirectionsbeissued plorable conditions. Worse ted to hospital even as a large testingfacilityisthedutyof the
theNepalArmedPoliceForceper- In Nepal, the KP Sharma Oli away space for other modes of came from the Finance Minister. bytheCourtasfoundnecessary than animals people are being number of beds lay vacant, State,” it said. The court asked
sonnel asked a group of local governmenthastabledaBilltoget public transport besides ad- Instead of funds for the compen- onthenextdateof hearing”. treated,” Justice Shah said. “tells about the mismanage- states to “consider simplifying
women to move away from the parliamentary sanction for its versely affecting road safety”. sation going from the GoI The matter will come up The bench mentioned a re- ment and sorry state of the procedure so that more
border point. A crowd gathered new map that includes the terri- ItgoesontoestimatethatBus Treasury, the GST Council could again on June 17. port by India TV on June 10, Government hospitals in and more tests be held to ben-
and one Ramlagan Rai of Shanti tories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Rapid Transit (BRT) and Metro borrow.Thiscameuptodayagain Thecourtalsoissuednotice “which indicate the pathetic Delhi”, the court said. efit the patients”.
Nagar in Sonbarsa was detained Limpiyadhura. rails in urban centres are likely to on the face of revenue shortage. to LNJP hospital, the largest condition of the patients ad- “The State”, it said, “is not The Indian Express had re-
by the Nepal APF personnel. This On Saturday, the Bill will be get only 25 to 50 per cent of pre- It'sneitherapprovednorrejected, hospital run by the Delhi gov- mitted in the (LNJP) hospital onlyduty-boundtoincreasethe ported in its edition of
ledtoaclashandtheAPFperson- put to vote in the House of Covid ridership. With 10 million but everyone agreed it could be ernment, and one of the dedi- and the deplorable condition numberof bedsbutalsotopro- Thursday that the Centre had
nel opened fire. Representativeswheremembers passengers on these systems an option,” said the finance min- catedCovidtreatmentfacilities of the wards”. vide appropriate infrastructure told several states that based
Nagesh Rai, father of Vikesh across party lines have come out daily, that could leave 5-7.5 mil- ister of a state who was a part of in the national capital. The order observed: andstaff...(It)cannotabdicateits on present projections and the
Rai who was killed in the firing, in support of the government’s lionpeopleneedingnewformsof the meeting, but did not wish to Chief Justice of India S A “Patients are in the wards and responsibility of ensuring that infrastructure available, they
told reporters: “I own some agri- decision.OnceitclearstheLower transportation, the document be named. Other issues such as Bobde had on Thursday taken the dead bodies are also in the all hospitals including were on the cusp of facing crit-
cultural land in Narayanpur area House, the Bill will go to the said. who will provide guarantee and suo motu cognizance of media same wards. Dead bodies are Governmenthospitalstakecare ical care shortages.
of Nepal. My son Vikesh was RastriyaSabha,theUpperHouse. Tosolvethis,theadvisorycites itsimpactonFRBM,etcalsoneed reportson“horrificscenes”atthe seenalsointhelobbyandwait- of the Covid-19 patients. The Delhi for instance, may al-
workinginthefieldswhenNepal examples from other countries further discussion. hospital, apathy in treatment, ing area. The patients were not duty of the State of NCT Delhi ready be short of ICU beds
APFopenedfire.SeveralSonbarsa Pangong Tso that have invested in cycling in- In the Council meeting on andthehandlingofdeadbodies, suppliedwithanyoxygensup- does not end in informing the from June 3, and projections
residents have land on the Nepal CommanderLtGeneralHarinder frastructureduringtheepidemic March14,therewasanextensive andhadassignedittothebench port or any other support, no peoplethatithasarranged5,814 showed that it may run out of
side.Theyareupsetbecausethey SinghandSouthXinjiangMilitary to provide alternatives to both discussion on the options avail- headedbyJusticeBhushan. saline drips were shown with beds in Government hospitals ventilators and isolation beds
are not being allowed to go to District Commander Major Metro systems and cars. ableandearlierdiscussionsbyfor- On Friday, the bench de- the beds and there was no one and9,535bedsincludingprivate with oxygen by June 12 and
their fields due to the Covid out- General Liu Lin. Outlining a three-pronged merFinanceMinisterArunJaitley plored the “very sorry state of to attend the patients. Patients hospitals. The State and its offi- June 25 respectively.
break.” In Pangong Tso, Chinese strategy, the advisory talks of ur- ontheissueofmarketborrowings affairs” in the disposal of bod- are crying and there is no one cers are also duty-bound to en- Maharashtra, according to
In Kathmandu, Nepal Home troopsarenotallowingIndianpa- ban transport interventions that by the Council were cited. ies. After Solicitor General to attend them. surethatpatientsaretakencare, the Centre's projection, may
Ministry officials said around 60 trols beyond Finger 4 – it is 8 km need to be taken in a short-term Sitharaman had then said the Mehta submitted a copy of the “This is the condition of the attended, provided all medical run out of ventilators and ICU
peopleenteredtheSarlahidistrict west of Finger 8 which India says ofsixmonths,medium-termofa government would look into the Centre's guidelines on dead Government Hospital of Delhi facility, the hospitals have nec- beds by July 27 and August 8
limits from Sonbarsa and began denotes the LAC. yearandlong-termofonetothree legal implications of all options body management, Justice which has capacity of 2,000 essary infrastructure and staff”. respectively. For West Bengal,
pelting stones when they were “At all other places, our con- years. and get back to the Council. Kaul said: “We are concerned beds. As per the Government The bench also asked for a this situation could come by
stopped for checks. tentions have been accepted,” Stateshadraisedtheoptionof with the living too... Please see App, only 870 beds were occu- “steep increase” in testing, and July27andJuly29respectively.
Sarlahi’s Chief District Officer Army sources said, but on GTB Hospital borrowingsinceitwasdiscussed the deplorable conditions of pied in LNJP Hospital as on wanted to know why testing Tamil Nadu, which has the
Mohan G C said: "One of them Pangong Tso, “they haven’t ac- days outside, leaving the prem- in the GST meetings held in early people in hospitals. Dead bod- 11.06.2020. The Government numbers had gone down in second largest caseload in the
even snatched the rifle from an cepted our contention at all… isesonlyatnight,Shrivastavasays. 2017 too. The minutes of the 8th ies are lying in the ward.” App itself gives the details of Delhi. According to the Delhi country,mayfaceICUandven-
APF personnel, and in the firing there is no visible response from “Food and water are not given to GSTCouncilmeetingheldin2017 Mehta submitted that in beds occupied in the government's app, the court tilatorshortagesasearlyasJuly
thatfollowed,onepersondiedin- their side… (troops are) going to thepatientsontime.Theyarenot quoteJaitleyassayingthat“incase Delhi, bodies had been found GovernmentandPrivatehospi- said, “On 27th May... the num- 9, and a shortage of isolation
stantly and six others, including stay longer at that point”. givenassistancetogotothetoilet the amount in the GST lying with patients, and that talsinDelhi.IntheGovernment ber of samples tested is 6,018, beds with oxygen by July 21,
three security personnel, sus- As reported by The Indian either. We are the only ones they Compensation Fund fell short of there had been instances of hospitals,thenumberofbedsis on 9th June (it) is 4,670, (and) the Centre has projected.
tained injuries.” Express, satellite imagery from can depend on for help.” thecompensationpayableinany bodies being dragged with 5,814,outofwhich2,620areoc- on 11th June, the total testing (WITHDIPANKARGHOSE)
Sitamarhi officials spoke to May 27 showed that the Chinese At least five other families are bimonthly period, the GST
counterparts across the border. had “substantial” presence be- similarly waiting, in a small park Council shall decide the mode of
"Police generally exercise re-
straint, but at a time when the
area is under lockdown, the vio-
tween Finger 4 and Finger 8, a
grey area which used to be pa-
trolled by both armies earlier.
on the hospital premises, on call
to attend to relatives. They say
they go in with just masks on for
raising additional resources in-
cludingborrowingfromthemar-
ketwhichcouldberepaidbycol-
Experts say watch death toll, not cases
lentbehaviourofthecrowdfrom India wants restoration of status protection. lection of cess in the sixth year or overthelastfewweeks.Sample hospitals. Preventing deaths is
acrosstheborderledtofiring,"an
officialoftheHomeMinistrysaid.
quoante–thattheChinesevacate
the grey area.
One of the attendants says
that with his mother’s condition
further subsequent years.”
Senior finance ministry offi-
this: 87 deaths on May 11, rose
to 157 a week later on May 18, STATUS REPORT the priority now.”
Dr Giridhara R Babu, Head,
Thelasttimesuchanincident Army sources said the first worse,sheisnowintheICU.“Ican cialstoohadearlierindicatedthat and remained in the 140-160 Date Cases Daily Deaths Fatality rate LifecourseEpidemiology,Indian
tookplaceontheborderwasfive hint came last year when Indian saysheisgettingsometreatment the GST compensation law pro- range for some time before Institute of Public Health,
years ago, weeks after India en- troops, who used to patrol the there.Whenshewasintheward, videsthatothersuchamountsas showing a spurt again. On May May 12 70,756 87 3.24% Bengaluru, is optimistic about
forced an economic blockade of road along the north bank of the she was neglected, like all the may be recommended by the 31, there were 265 deaths and May 19 1,01,139 134 3.13% thedeathnumbers.But,hesays,
Nepal. Ashish Kumar Ram, a 20- lake, were stopped by Chinese other patients. I had to go to the Council shall be credited to pro- now, on June 12, the numbers May 26 1,45,380 146 2.87% “We should stop looking at ab-
year old resident of Raxaul in troopsmultipletimesfromreach- ward to make sure she was al- vide for cess shortfall. The com- touched a new high – 396 solute number of cases. More
Bihar, was killed on November 3, ingFinger8betweenAugustand right, and saw how sloppily she pensation to states has to be pro- deaths and 2,97,535 total cases. June 2 1,98,706 204 2.82% than recovery rate, deaths per
2015afterNepalpolicepersonnel September. wastreated.Thestaffthemselves vided from the cess that accrues “No higher than tomorrow, June 9 2,66,598 271 2.80% million (DPM) in India is a bet-
opened fire to clear a border In the second week of barely go to the ward to check on to the Compensation Fund. right?” said Dr Jayaprakash June 12 2,97,535 396 2.86% terindicator.Currently,theDPM
bridgethathadbeenoccupiedby September, sources said, Indian patients. We continue to be their The Council also discussed Muliyil,epidemiologistandfor- for India is 6.70, compared to
peopleandpartiesopposedtothe troops began taking an alternate caregivers,” the attendant says. correctionofinverteddutystruc- mer principal of CMC Vellore, 351 and 608 in the US and UK.
country’s new constitution. tracktoreachFinger8onfoot,go- The hospital seems to have ture (where tax rate on output is whenaskedaboutwhattheris- everybody where there is obvi- new situation calls for new This is better only in Singapore
Sitamarhi Superintendent of ing behind the Finger 4 hill. This few checks to stop people from lower than inputs) for footwear, ing cases and deaths. His pre- ous community transmission. measures. and Australia, which have only
PoliceAnilKumartoldTheIndian was objected to by the Chinese. enteringwardswithCovid-19pa- fertilisersandtextiles.Sitharaman scription,therefore,istoconcen- By the time the whole thing is In Delhi, for example, the have a DPM of 4. The case fatal-
Express: "It is purely a local inci- A former officer who served tients,withthehandfulofguards saidtherewasaninprinciplecon- trate resources on preventing over, 60 crore will be infected. Union health ministry’s consis- ity proportion is an indicator of
dent, provoked by a minor law in the area said it is not uncom- stoppingbarelyanyone.Attheac- sensus regarding correcting the deaths by preparing oxygen Counting that doesn't help us tentpositionhasbeenthatthere early detection, timely treat-
and order management issue on mon for both sides to intercept cidentsandcasualtywardonthe structure, but the decision was beds etc, instead of the old for- much, it only scares people. If is not enough contact tracing mentandtheoverallprognosis.
partofNepalArmedPoliceForce. eachother’spatrolpartyandstop ground floor, adjacent to the deferred. mula of testing as many as pos- youwanttochangethepicture, happening. Itis2.8%,thistooislessthanhalf
Ithasnothingtodowithanyten- it from completing its objective - emergency ward, patients keep According to sources, every sible and isolating them. youneedtoconcentrateonbeds Said an epidemiologist in- of the global average (5.8%).”
sion along the Indo-Nepal bor- - for Indian troops, patrolling has streamingin;attimesonstretch- state has opposed the Centre’s “Many diseases have sub- andpreventworseningofcases volvedintrackinginfectiousdis- Headdedthathowstatesare
der". He said movement from ei- to be till Finger 8, and for the erswithafamilymemberbesides proposal to change the inverted clinicalinfections,wedonotcall and things will get better,” says eases, “In Delhi and Mumbai, performing currently is a func-
ther side had been restricted in Chinesetroops,theobjectiveisto them. duty structure right now, which them'cases'whenmostpeople Dr Mulyil. why are you still talking about tionofwhattheydidduringthe
view of the Covid prevention reach Finger 4. GTB’s Medical would have resulted in increase recoverspontaneouslywithout At 2.86%, India's death rate contacttracingandtesting?That lockdowntobeefupmedicalin-
measures in place. Butnow,Chinesetroopshave Superintendent Dr Sunil Kumar inthepricesoffertiliser,footwear treatment... Here we are count- fromCovidisfarlowerthanthe stageislonggone.Therewillbe frastructure. “Lockdown was
Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pan- blocked all access to the area be- denied that family members go andready-madegarments.“Allof ing Covid cases and the num- international experience. The peoplewhogetthediseaseand only necessary to contain the
dey too said it was a local issue. yond Finger 4, effectively taking into wards to help patients. “We us rejected the proposal. The bers are looking very impres- infection fatality rate, as given recoverwithoutknowing.What transmission to a few urban ar-
“WehavesoundedBihardistricts control of approximately 60 sq. havetightsecurity.Nooneexcept stateswereof theviewthisisnot sive,whereaswhatmanyother out by results of the first phase isthepointof testingthem?On eas and prepare the health sys-
bordering Nepal to be on the km. patients is allowed,” he said. thetimetocorrecttheanomalies countriesaredoingisaskingpa- of antibody tests by ICMR re- theotherhand,itispeoplewho tem for a surge in cases. The
vigil,” he said. On Friday, Defence Minister A Chief Medical Officer on becauseanyincreaseinpriceswill tientstostayhome,cometothe leased on Thursday, is an even have breathing difficulty that stateswhichusedthelockdown
Sashastra Seema Bal 51 Rajnath Singh held another re- duty, who refused to share her affecttheprocessofeconomicre- hospitalwhentheyhavebreath- lower 0.08%. Infection fatality needtobeaddressedquicklyso period for improving their sur-
Battalion Commandant Navin viewmeetinginDelhiwithChief name,said,“Wedonotallowany vival,” Kerala Finance Minister ing difficulty, check oxygen sat- rate is the percentage of deaths that they do not deteriorate. veillancesystems,containment
Kumar said: "We believe Nepal of Defence Staff General Bipin relatives inside the ward, defi- Thomas Isaac told The Indian uration in the car park and take amongallpeopleexposedtothe Spread the word that anybody measures and developing the
Armed Police Force could have Rawat, Army chief General MM nitelynotonmywatch.Thenurs- Express. a call. In Mumbai, Delhi, virus, not just those that tested withsymptomsshouldquaran- health system for handling
handled the situation in a better Naravane, Navy chief Admiral ingstafftakescareoftheneedsof Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Chennai, there is no point find- positive in the RT-PCR test. tine, tell them when to come to surge in cases are doing rela-
manner.Wehavebeentalkingto Karambir Singh and IAF chief Air patients.” Modi said given the circum- ing positive cases and testing Epidemiologists agree the the hospital and prepare the tively better ,” he said.
them… It is true that movement Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. stances now, states did not agree
is restricted because of Covid-19 FollowingtheJune6meeting GST Council to the proposal. “It's not that the
and people from either side are betweencommandersofthetwo the Centre has been only 45 per proposal is completely ruled out. who operate from rented or markets in the country like Khan stress on branded retailers. They crowding in stores is leading to a
not able to till their land or visit armies at the Chushul-Moldo centofthemonthlytarget,details Butthestatesfeltitcouldbedone leased spaces, poor demand and Market and Connaught Place in are trying to overcome the chal- shut down. As far as RAI is con-
their relatives freely." borderpoint,therehasbeensome ofwhichweresharedinthevideo after six months or so,” he said. losses due to high operating ex- Delhi, and Colaba and Andheri in lengeintwoways:manpowerre- cerned, our only advise to mem-
SSB Director General Kumar retreat by both sides at a few conference meeting between TheGSTCouncilalsoprovided penses and almost nil revenues, Mumbai, are occupied on rent. duction and renegotiation of bers is to not necessarily create
Rajesh Chandra said: “This is a points in Galwan and Hot Spring Union Finance Minister Nirmala compliance-relatedrelieftosmall have dealt a big blow. They have Here, high overheads hold back rentals with the malls or land- discountwarsduringthisperiod.
Sitharaman and all state fi- taxpayers with turnover up to Rs been forced to keep their stores retailers from opening up. lords. If the sector has to see Thefactisanybodywhoindulges
nance ministers. In 2020-21, 5crore,halvingtheinterestonde- shut in the early days. Retailer AccordingtoRajagopalan,the through this crisis, everyone will in deep discounting resulting in
the combined monthly GST layed filing of GST returns for lobby groups are still negotiating new normal is likely to be 40 per have to stand together and sup- crowds will land in a bad situa-
revenue target is estimated at February,MarchandAprilto9per pending rent payments with cent less business on an average porteachothersothatbrandslive tion,” Rajagopalan said.
Rs 1.21 lakh crore taking into cent, provided the returns are landlords. comparedwiththepreviousyear tofightforanotherday,”saidRavi He also argued against dis-
account the budget estimate filedbySeptember2020.Also,the “Some people have not been for at least the next few months. Saxena, Managing Director, counting as a strategy to drive
andstates’protectedrevenue. deadlineforfilingreturnsforMay, able to reach an agreement on "In a sense, demand is finite and Wonderchef,akitchencookware sales given that the demand was
“The critical aspect of the June and July has been extended rent negotiations and there are inelastic, and people do not have and appliances company, which inelastic in nature now and peo-
meeting came towards the tillSeptember,withoutanyinter- someinternationalbrands,which enough money in their hands. has over 8,000 outlets across the ple are stepping out to buy only
end when the Centre asked est or late fee. need clearance from their head- People are working at home and country. what is necessary. Snehal Chok-
whatwillhappentocompen- quarters,” said Atul Bhargava, there are no social occasions for Retailers, across sectors such sey, Director of Mumbai-based
sation given that GST collec- Retail sales President, New Delhi Traders people to be spending their asfashionandlifestyle,homeap- gems and jewellery company
tions have been very low. with a clear purpose; to buy. Association, a body representing money," he said. pliancesandconsumerdurables, ShobhaShringarJewellersagrees.
States said this is not a situa- Window shopping is not a term about1,200shopestablishments While malls are opening up havebeensittingoninventoryfor “Sales and discounts are not go-
tion arising from GST issues tobeusedanymore,”saysKumar in Connaught Place in Delhi. acrossthecountry,companiesex- overtwomonths,buthaveopted ing to lure customers like before.
but unprecedented circum- Rajagopalan, CEO, Retailers While exact and country- pectdemandtobelowgiventhat against attracting customers Onewillhavetobepatientandat
stances,andsomethingneeds Associationof India(RAI),atrade wide consolidated data is not multiplexes, the primary drivers through discounts. “If there is a the same time realistic about the
to be done for compensation. body representing more than available, retailers say around 60 offootfallsatmalls,arestillbarred discountsaleandbychancethere current scenario,” he said.
Then it was decided to call a 1,800retailersacrossthecountry. per cent of shop establishments from operations. is a crowd, then the store will get FULLREPORTSON
meeting just for this,” an offi- For a chunk of shop owners in some of the major organised “This will continue to put shut. Everywhere in the country, www.indianexpress.com

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THE CITY
2,137 NEW CASES, 71 DEATHS
10,000 beds, 1,000 health workers under sprawling
No extension tent as Delhi govt plans makeshift Covid hospital
of lockdown, SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12
which 5,255 are occupied. There
are 1,470 beds in five Centre-run
hospitals, out of which 1,186 are
occupied; at five Delhi govern-
premises, Mishra said.
While authorities are getting
the tent, held up by an intricate
web of metal scaffoldings, com-
under the tent so that regular
sanitising and mopping exer-
cises become possible. Medical
equipment, including oxygen
cannot be advised home quar-
antine.
"Ideally, every enclosure will
need two staff nurses while one

says Jain
A SPRAWLING tent — 1,700 feet ment Covid hospitals, 1,373 out pletely ready, a lot of work is re- concentrators, will have to be doctor will have to be posted for
long, 700 feet wide — divided of 4,360 beds are taken; and at quired to turn it into a Covid fa- procured and installed at the fa- every two enclosures. And even
into 200 enclosures with 50 private hospitals, 2,662 out of cility, though Mishra said it will cility for patients, "who will if they work for 12 hours, each
beds each, air coolers, over 1000 3,702 beds for corona patients not take more than a week to mostly be of moderate cate- shift will need 400 nurses, para-
healthcare professionals, oxy- are full. carry out with proper logistical gory". medics and 200 doctors solely
genation units, vinyl flooring While the Delhi government support. The Centre has classified for the proposed south Delhi fa-
and two large toilet complexes has started identifying banquet For now, the authorities are Covid facilities into three cate- cility at Radha Soami premises.
at either end of the facility. halls, community halls and sta- planning to create up to 200 en- gories: Covid care centres, ded- Young dentists, private doctors
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Authorities on Friday shared diums that can be potentially closures, carving out boundaries icated Covid health centres and and private paramedics will
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 a rough sketch of what could be, used for putting up additional with plywood or cloth parti- dedicated Covid hospitals. The have to be roped in to cater to
by early next month, the largest beds, the largest such makeshift tions. "Up to 50 beds occupying first two are meant for mild to such a large demand," a senior
ON A day the national capital makeshift hospital in the na- facility was identified at the 80 sq ft area each can be put in- moderate category patients official said.
recorded2,137coronaviruscases tional capital, which has on its South Delhi campus of spiritual side the enclosures. If 100 enclo- while hospitals are for those Besides, Mishra said, there
— the highest single-day jump handthetaskof arrangingover1 organisation Radha Soami The facility was identified at sures are created, 100 beds will who need specialised support are two large toilet complexes at
yet — Delhi Health Minister lakh beds for Covid-19 patients Satsang Beas. the South Delhi campus of put inside each of those. The such as ICUs and ventilators. the centre and a separate build-
SatyendarJainruledoutthepos- by the end of July, when, accord- South Delhi District a spiritual organisation tent already has fans. We will The makeshift hospitals at ing where doctors and nurses
sibilityof anotherroundof strin- ing to the government's projec- Magistrate BM Mishra said after have to install large air coolers banquet halls and stadiums are can be put up. The lack of ade-
gent lockdown in the capital. tions, cases may cross 5 lakh. an inspection of the centre he inside every enclosure," Mishra going to mostly house mild to quate toilets is coming in the
Traders’bodies,meanwhile,sent Delhi currently has 9,532 has estimated that up to 10,000 are usually held. The organisa- said. moderate category patients way of converting many ban-
outconflictingsignalsonrunning Health Minister Satyendar beds across state, Centre and beds can be put under the tent, tion has given its consent to au- Vinyl sheets are likely to be with comorbidities who need quet halls and community halls
businesses amid soaring cases. Jain responded to growing private-run hospitals, out of where spiritual congregations thorities for utilisation of its used to cover the mud flooring round the clock supervision and into Covid care centres in Delhi.
Responding to a growing speculation that lockdown
may be enforced again

Cop dies of Covid, kin claim

speculation that the authorities
may enforce shutdown meas-
ures once again to manage the
escalating Covid crisis, Jain told kets of Delhi. CAIT has begun an
reporters,“No,lockdownwillnot
be extended.”
Earlier this week, Jain had
said: “When the lockdown was
online survey among the lead-
ing trade organisations of Delhi,
seeking their opinion on
whether Delhi’s markets should
waited hours; hospital denies
imposed, there were 100 cases be closed to bring down the said doctors admitted Ajay to
acrossthecountry,andnowthat numbers as projected,” said JIGNASASINHA the ICU and put him on ventila-
number has gone up to thou- Secretary General of CAIT NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 tor support.
sands. If we impose lockdown Praveen Khandelwal. Her children told her to file
again, there will be no logic as Khandelwal added that THE FAMILY of a 50-year-old a complaint against the hospi-
cases will increase from around while shops are open, business DelhiPoliceheadconstable,who tal, but she said: “It won’t bring
2.5 lakh to 25 lakh despite the continues to suffer as customers died of Covid-related complica- Ajay back.”
lockdown.” from outside Delhi are not com- tions,has allegedtheyhadtowait Doctors at GTB Hospital de-
A total of 36,824 cases and ingtothewholesalemarketsand forhoursatGTBHospitalforabed nied the allegations. Hospital
1,214deathshavebeenrecorded footfallat retailmarkets remains evenasthepoliceman,Ajay,com- medicalsuperintendentDrSunil
in the capital — 129 deaths were low. A decision will be taken on plained of fever and breathless- Head constable Ajay died on KumartoldTheIndian Express,“If
added to the toll on Friday, with Saturday, he said. ness.Hewaslateradmittedtothe June 8. Express the family files a complaint, we
71inthelast24 hours.Thedeath The Federation of Sadar ICUandputonventilatorsupport. will look into the matter. But we
rate in the city has increased to Bazar Traders’ Association, on He died on June 8. The hospital are sure we have enough beds
3.2% while the national average the other hand, said that the has denied the allegations. from Ghaziabad to GTB Hospital. for Covid patients and we would
is 2.8%. market will remain open. Ajay, who joined the force “We thought we would get never deny treatment to police
Delhi was among the first Meanwhile, 5,947 tests were 30 years ago, was posted at a bed... we waited for two personnel... they are like family
metro cities to allow a wide conducted in a day, taking the Seemapuri police station in hours... We told them Ajay is a to us.” Max Hospital did not
range of activities after the third cumulative number of tests Shahdaradistrictandwaspartof head constable and needs to be comment.
phase of the lockdown ended. done so far in the city to a patrolling team tasked with on ventilator support but doc- OnFriday,a53-year-oldassis-
Apartfrom DelhiMetroservices, 2,77,463. At present, Delhi is looking for lockdown violators. tors said no beds are available,” tantsub-inspectordiedfromthe
every mode of public transport performing 13,740 tests per Heissurvivedbyhiswifeandtwo claimed Kuman. virus as well. Anil Mittal,
and all kinds of commercial ac- million population. children who live in Ghaziabad. The family then rushed Additional PRO of Delhi Police,
tivities have resumed in the city. Almost 24% of the new cases His family said his Covid re- Ajay to Max Hospital in Saket. said Sanjeev Kumar died at GTB
However, during the day, the reported Friday were admitted port came back positive on They waited an hour, but were Hospital. He had tested positive
Delhi Chapter of Confederation in hospitals, as per a projection Wednesday and they cremated told there were no ventilators earlier and was put on a ventila-
of All India Traders (CAIT) issued by top medical experts on him later. “We are still in shock... available. tor after he complained of fever
astatementsayingitwasreview- Delhi’s health graph. Ajay had been unwell for the last Kuman said, “I called his col- and breathlessness.
ingthedecisiontocarryoutbusi- On Friday, while 523 people couple of weeks. We took him to leagueswho toldustogobackto HewasworkingwiththeSOS
ness as usual in light of the Delhi were admitted to hospitals, 349 a clinic where the doctor said he GTB. We went back and I argued team of the Crime Branch and
government’s statements that
number of coronavirus cases
maycross1lakhbyJune-endand
patients were discharged. A to-
talof 13,398patientshaverecov-
ered/been discharged from the
TUNNEL VISION needs to be on a ventilator. We
thought he would get treatment
soonbutdidn’tknowthat hospi-
with the doctors. Ajay had been
workingforpeopleeveryday,he
always looked out for others.
had been on a leave for a week.
So far, eight police personnel
— three constables, three ASIs
touch 5.32 lakh by July 31. hospitals. The recovery rate of A traffic policeman goes through a sanitisation tunnel set up at Parliament Street police tals in Delhi have few beds and Couldn’t they do the same for and two sub-inspectors — have
“Thestatementshavecaused the city is 36%, below the na- station, Friday. Praveen Khanna ventilators,”saidhiswifeKuman. him?” succumbed to Covid-related
a huge stir in the business mar- tional average of 49%. On June 7, the family drove After some time, the family complications.

BRIEFLY
25%bedsfor
Now, L- G forms 93-year-old poet dies
Covidpatients: panel to address days after recovering
GurgaonDM from coronavirus
Gurgaon: With Gurgaon
having recorded almost
3,000 cases, the DM
Covid crisis SOMYALAKHANI
Fridaydirectedallprivate NEW DELHI, JUNE12
and public hospitals to CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL
dedicate “at least 25% of FIVEDAYSafter93-year-oldUrdu
bed capacity” for Covid
patients.Also,thedistrict
TOTAL CASES: 36,824 | NEW CASES: 2,137 poetAnandMohanZutshiGulzar
Dehlvi returned home after re-
now has an RT-PCR test- covering from Covid-19, he
Active Recovered Deaths Tests
ing lab at the Civil passed away Friday. The veteran
Hospital in Sector 10. June 10 — 667 71 5,947 poet’s son Anoop told The Indian Dehlvi had returned home
Total 22,212 13,398 1,214 2,77,463 Express,“Hehadhislunchat2pm, on June 7. Archive
Paysalaries hewasdoingjustfine.Afewmin-
utes later, he fell unconscious.”
todoctors:HC EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
“The expert committee will
give their opinion on various
An ambulance rushed him to
Kailash Hospital, where he was
zinepublishedinUrdubythegov-
ernment, and launched in 1975.
New Delhi: Delhi High NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 challenges being faced in Delhi declareddeadonarrival.“Doctors He is also credited with opening
CourtFridayissuedanin- inpreventionof spreadof Covid- did a check-up and told us he UrduschoolsacrossIndia.Tilllast
terim order directing the WITH THE capital's healthcare 19 and measures to ramp up probablysufferedacardiacarrest year, the poet, who would have
Delhi government and inventory coming under medicalinfrastructure.Thecom- andpassedaway.It’sshockingbe- turned 94 next month, would
North MCD to pay scrutiny amid the rise in the mittee would also provide ex- cause he was doing better today. show up at mushairas.
salaries of resident doc- number of cases, Lt-Governor amples from globalandnational He kissed me on my forehead in His son came to Delhi in
tors at the civic body’s Anil Baijal Friday formed a six- best practices,” the L-G House the morning, had milk with bis- MarchtotakehisparentstoPune
hospitals. member panel to formulate a said in a statement. cuits, and had more small meals with him, but the lockdown was
Covid management plan and On June 8, Baijal had over- after that,” said Anoop. announced just days before they
Manwho suggest ways to ramp up med-
ical infrastructure.
turned the Delhi government’s
decisions to limit the scope of
On May 28 night, Dehlvi fell
sick, and was taken to a hospital,
could leave. “First the lockdown,
andthenhefellsick.Whenhere-
robbedpilot Thiscomescloseontheheels
of Baijal’s recent assertions on
testing, and to reserve hospital
beds in state government-run
where his Covid-19 test came
positive on May 31. Early June 1,
turned home, I was happy that
wewillallbetogetherinPune.He
testspositive hospital beds and testing — he
recently overturned two orders
and privatefacilitiesonly forres-
idents of the city.
hewasshiftedtoShardaHospital
in Greater Noida, where he was
wasinrecoveryandwouldassure
ushewouldgetbetter.Igotadiet
New Delhi: A 22-year-old by the Delhi government. The Besides announcing the admittedintheCovid-19ICU.On plan for him too. On Thursday, I
man, accused of robbing Arvind Kejriwal government panel, Baijal also reviewed the June 7, he returned home after wasfiguringoutanairambulance
and assaulting a SpiceJet has, meanwhile, also formed city’scontainmentzonestrategy beating the virus. to take him to Pune. I was so ex-
pilotonIITflyoveronJune two panels over the last two during the day with Chief AKashmiriPandit,Dehlviwas cited that he would celebrate his
3,testedpositiveforcoro- months, one as recently as June MinisterArvindKejriwal,Health born to poet parents in Old Delhi, birthday with his grandson. My
navirus on Thursday, said 3,withasimilarsetof objectives. Minister Satyendar Jain, Chief and was the editor of ‘Science ki sister is in the US and can’t even
police. The new panel was also an- Secretary Vijay Dev and Duniya’, the only science maga- make it,” said Anoop.
nounced on a day the Supreme Divisional Commissioner
Freesewage Court pulled up the Delhi gov-
ernment over its management
Sanjeev Khirwar, among others,
with some, like the CM, joining
connectionsto of the situation. The members
on Baijal’s “advisory commit-
through video conference.
Currently, there are 242 con-
homes:DJB tee” are DG ICMR Professor
Balram Bhargava; AIIMS
tainmentzonesinDelhi.Thedis-
trict-wise trend of Covid-19 was
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Director Dr Randeep Guleria; also discussed in the meeting.
Board Friday has decided National Disaster Management Baijal told officials that ramping
toprovidefreehousehold Authority members Krishna up bed capacity and medical re-
sewage connections in Vatsa, Kamal Kishore; Dr sources should be the govern-
areas where sewer lines Ravindran of DGHS; and Dr ment’s priority so that surge in
are being laid. ENS Surjit Kumar Singh, Director, cases “doesn’t overwhelm the
NCDC. healthcare system”.

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DU prof, AT PUNJABI BAGH, NIGAMBODH GHAT
UP to SC: Difficult to allow
principal At crematoriums, packed movement at Delhi border
succumb
to Covid ambulances, rushed farewells EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12

THE UTTAR Pradesh govern-

SOMYA LAKHANI & ABHINAV SAHA, mentonFridaytoldtheSupreme
SUKRITA BARUAH ASHNA BUTANI & Courtthatitwillbedifficulttoal-
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 ABHINAV RAJPUT low movement of people be-
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 tween Delhi and UP for now
TWO HOURS after his Covid-19 given the Covid numbers in the
test was taken, Wali Akhtar (52), THREE AMBULANCES were national capital and that move-
an Arabic professor in DU, parked outside the Punjabi ment of essential services is per-
passed away at Jamia Nagar’s Al Bagh crematorium on Friday, mitted.
Shifa hospital Tuesday evening. each with four to six bodies; The counsel for the state told
On Thursday, his result came aggrieved relatives standing a bench of Justice Ashok
back positive. outside were agitated due to Bhushan, Justice S K Kaul and
HisbrotherAlisaidhefellsick the long wait for turns; and Justice M R Shah that the source The counsel for UP said Delhi was the source of infection in a
onJune2andthefamilyhadbeen used PPE were discarded in a of infection in a large chunk of large chunk of cases in Ghaziabad and Noida. Archive
looking for a hospital bed since corner outside the cremation cases identified in Ghaziabad
June6.Aliallegedhisbrotherwas ground. and Noida was Delhi.
turned away from Kailash Those who came to cremate The court was hearing a pe- ment of individuals in the give them home quarantine?”
Hospital in Noida, Moolchand theirrelatives here said they had titionbyRohitBhalla,aGurgaon- National Capital Region (NCR). the court asked.
Hospital, Fortis Escorts, and Holy neverwitnessedsuchscenesbe- based entrepreneur and philan- Solicitor General (SG) Tushar “We are following national
Family. “Wherever we went, we fore. While the medical staff in thropist, challenging what he Mehta, appearing for the Centre, guidelines,” replied UP.
were told to show his Covid-19 ambulances had their PPE kits claimedwastheunconstitution- said the Union Home Secretary Thebenchthentoldthecoun-
test result or that there were no on, security guards and the staff ality of the decisions of Haryana, had convened a meeting be- sel,“Pleasecheckandtelluscom-
beds,”claimedAli,addingthathe helping carrying the wood were Uttar Pradesh, and the Delhi ad- tween Haryana, Delhi and UP. plete information. There should
was admitted at Al Shifa hospital onlywearingfaceshields,masks ministrations to restrict move- Haryana and Delhi have agreed not be conflict. Numbers are go-
on Monday. and gloves. mentof individualsforpermissi- and now there is no interstate ing up. If you do institutional
A representative of Kailash Leaving the crematorium af- bleactivitiesandthenecessityof barrier, he informed the court, quarantine for asymptomatic
Hospital refused to comment, terperformingthelastritesof his applying for passes for each of addingthatUP hadreservations. personsinNoida/Ghaziabadand
while a statement by Fortis father Prem Bahadur, Ravi said, thesestatesonvariousstategov- The bench, meanwhile, took othersarenotdoingit,itmaylead
Escortssaid,“...basedonaprelim- “They bring four to five bodies in Relatives of the deceased with staff at the Punjabi Bagh cremation ground on Friday. Abhinav Saha ernment portals. exception to the Noida District to chaos 15 days down the line.
inaryexaminationofreports,doc- one ambulance and say cremate On the last date of hearing, Magistrate’s decision to insist on There cannot be a guideline con-
torsadvisedthepatientbeadmit- them as fast as possible.” the SC had asked the three gov- institutional quarantine for all. trary to the national guidelines.”
tedtothehospitalasheneededto The Punjabi Bagh cremation ground open for Covid cases.We ernmentstoholdameetingwith “If a person is asymptomatic, are The court said it will pro-
bephysicallyexaminedandeval-
uated in an isolated bed. Due to
ground, now reserved for Covid
funerals, had to divert bodies to
URGENT NEED OF CREMATION INFRA, SAYS HC had around 45 to 50 cases by the
evening at Punjabi Bagh, and
the Centre to evolve a common
plan regarding allowing move-
you still putting them in institu-
tional quarantine? Or do you
nounce its order in the matter
next week.
unavailability of isolated beds in other facilities on Thursday as it bodies were sent to Hastsal too.”

Extraordinary situation, trying

the emergency room, the atten- reacheditscapacity.Withtheen- New Delhi: Expressing con- lage –whichwasdemolished Similarscenesof grief played
dant was advised to take the pa- suinguproaronsocialmedia,sev- cern over the delay in crema- to modernise facilities. out at Nigambodh Ghat. At least
tient to the flu clinic... However, eral politicians tweeted pictures tion of the mortal remains of On May 26, the court, had two hearse vans with five bod-

our best: Delhi govt after SC rap

the attendant wished to explore of pyres lit next to each other. pandemic-relateddeaths,the restrained the North MCD ieseachfromLokNayakHospital
other hospitals and left.” Senior Congress leader Ajay DelhiHighCourthassaidthat, from further construction reached the Ghat between 2.30
Representatives of Maken had also tweeted a video “surely,morecremationinfra- and asked it to restore the and 3 pm on Friday. Van driver
Moolchand and Holy Family of theground:“Receivedrequest structureisneededurgently”. two sheds at Nithari. Shivam Thakur said, “We don't
hospitals did not respond. to push for early cremation of a Justice Najmi Waziri said TheHChasgrantedittime have any other option, we get as fully recovered from Covid-19
Meanwhile, the principal of young boy from Basai Darapur, the North MCD has already till“Saturday”tooperationalise many bodies as we can. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The Delhi government infection and returned to their
a Delhi government school in whose family was asked to wait been granted over a week’s at least two cremation plat- Sometimes it’s six in one go.” NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 homes. This is an extraordinary
East Delhi’s Kalyanpuri suc- for three days at Punjabi Bagh timetoputinplaceatleasttwo forms. It fixed the matter for Regular announcements to
said doctors and situation and the Delhi govern-
cumbed to the virus late crematorium, which is allowed cremation sheds, whether further hearing on June 16, by maintain social distancing at the HOURS AFTER being pulled up nursing staff are ment has tried its best from the
Wednesday night. Ompal Singh 65-75 Covid cremations per day. temporary or permanent, at when it has sought a compli- cremation ground played in the by the Supreme Court over the working day and night very first day to set up better in-
(57) joined the Directorate of With three days waiting, at one the cremation ground in anceaffidavitfromtheauthor- background as several families state of government hospitals in frastructureandtoprovidequal-
Educationasascienceteacher in of the many in Delhi — imagine Northwest Delhi’s Nithari vil- ities. ENS performed last rites simultane- Delhi,particularlyLokNayak,the to serve people, and ity healthcare to all Covid-19 pa-
1981, and had served as princi- the death rate.” ously. Delhi government Friday said it many of them have not tients. Frontline workers in our
pal of GBSSS Kalyanpuri for 10 MakenwasreferringtoTarun Ankush Chauhan, who lost wouldactonfillingthegaps“sin- visited their homes in hospitals, our doctors and nurs-
years. His school had also been a Tyagi(32),whosecremationwas huddled in an ambulance.” cently, the MCD facilities had a his 60-year-old father to Covid- cerely and immediately”. ing staff, are working day and
hunger relief centre for meals eventually done on Friday. A Also atthecremationground capacity to perform 95 funerals 19, told The Indian Express: “He In a statement, the govern- the last two months night to serve the people. Many
and ration distribution during businessman, he is survived by was the family of businessman as per Covid protocol per day. got admitted at Lok Nayak hos- ment said Lok Nayak is the doctors have not visited their
the lockdown, which had been two children aged around three. Sushil Bharadwaj (53), who suc- This has now been raised to 360. pital Thursday, and his test re- biggest Covid hospital with ernment is determined to pro- homes in the last two months
stopped after another employee His cousin Bijendra (41) said cumbed to Covid-19 on We have also reorganised our sult came positive. On Friday 2,000 beds, where many critical vide healthcare for all and to en- because of their hospital duty,”
tested positive. TyagiwasadmittedtoLokNayak Thursday. “I did not tell anyone structure as to which hospitals morning, he passed away. We patients from Centre-run and sure best possible treatment to the statement added.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia Hospital on Tuesday and was about the funeral as I did not will send bodies to which facili- somehow managed to get a pri- private hospitals are being re- eachCovid-19patient.But, if any It said the government will
said the government would give there till Wednesday. “Later, he want to risk exposing people to ties,toensurethatpeoplearenot vate vehicle to bring his body to ferredto“forbettermedication”. gapsstillremainandarebrought apprise the SC about the visit of
ex-gratia relief to his family, and wasbroughttoAgrasenHospital the virus,” said his son. forced to wait.” Nigambodh Ghat. The govern- “The Hon’ble Supreme Court toournotice,wewillactonthem an NHRC team at the hospital on
to the family of Sheoji Mishra, a in Punjabi Bagh, where he lost A senior official at the South Standing committee head of ment hearse vans carry too is the apex court of India and we sincerely and immediately,” the Thursday. “They expressed sat-
teacher at a government school his life,”hesaid.Anotherrelative MCD said that the capacity to South MCD, Bhupendar Gupta, many bodies together... That’s accept their observations with statement said. isfaction after scrutinising facil-
in Kalyanvas, who died of the Dheeraj (38) said, “Never in my perform funerals at MCD facili- said, “Things are in control now not the goodbye anyone de- the utmost respect and with ab- “So far, over 2,100 patients ities at the hospital,” the govern-
virus earlier this week. life have I seen so many bodies ties has been increased. “Till re- with the Hastsal cremation serves.” solute sincerity. The Delhi gov- from the hospital have success- ment said.

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MUMBAI:12PM
GLINT OF HOPE LUCKNOW:2.30PM

DELHI:1.30PM

Dr Manjusha S Chaugule, a general physician, worked through As ‘Phoolkali’ enjoys a bath in the heat, owner Ravi Pathan
the lockdown at her clinic in Dharavi. She has been using a says that with grand weddings out of question, putting food
6ft-long stethoscope to ensure distancing. Nirmal Harindran on the table, and the trunk, is getting tougher. Vishal Srivastav

CHANDIGARH:5PM AMRITSAR:5:15PM

Before lockdown, Sandeep, 31, made Rs 1,200-1,500 a day by Pawan, 19, takes a break from work at a unit in Mayapuri Industrial Area. Hailing from UP, he moved to the Capital on With the lockdown relaxed, all hands are back on deck, as is
repairing motorcycles. Now, with daily earnings down to Rs the call of his brother, also a daily wager. While lockdown put him out of work, Pawan says the factory owner paid him Chotte Lal. Business has taken a hit, says the 65-year-old, who
500, he wonders how he will make ends meet. Jasbir Malhi two months’ wages. Earning Rs 400 a day and working with a mask on, he sees hope amid the uncertainty. Renuka Puri is now making about Rs 100 each day. Rana Simranjit Singh

HYDERABAD

Doctors call Can’thavedissatisfiedsoldiersinwar UP: Amid death spike,

concern over fatality
off stir after
assurance
of security,
againstcorona:SC onhealthworkers in 21-60 age group
with no comorbidity
Asks govt to take care of safety needs,
better PPEs address complaints on salaries AVANEESH MISHRA
tientswithoutanysignofcomor-
bidity,” the official said.
their family and friends could be LUCKNOW, JUNE 12 The age-fatality share of
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE exposed to high risk. He referred deaths in the state may look
HYDERABAD, JUNE 12 NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 to the risks of handling Covid-19 AMIDTHEspikeinthenumberof alarming for those below 60, but
cases without full PPE. Covid-19deathsinUttarPradesh, themortalityrateishighestinthe
DOCTORS ON strike at Gandhi THE SUPREME Court on Friday Intervening, Justice Kaul said, another concern is growing — 60 plus age group.
Hospital in Hyderabad called off askedthegovernmenttotakecare “Two things we want to know. more people below the age of 60 Out of the 714 patients above
their agitation on Friday after the ofthesafetyneedsofhealthwork- What are their concerns? What withoutknowncomorbidityhave 60foundpositivetillWednesday,
Telangana government assured ers involved in the war against do they want? There could be died of Covid-19 in the state. 14.15percenthavedied.Themor-
themthatitwillprovidethemse- Covid-19, saying the nation can- someonebattlingatahigherlevel Despite the assessment that talityrateintheagegroupof41to
curity and personal protection notaffordtohavedissatisfiedsol- on one day and lower on another healthy youngsters are at lesser 60yearsis5.42percent,andinthe
equipment(PPE)ofbetterquality. diers in the fight. The court also level.Howtodealwiththisprob- risk from SARS-CoV-2 and only 21-40agegroup,itis1.04percent.
Nearly300doctorsatthehos- askedthegovernmenttoaddress lemitshouldbeputbeforecourt.” elderly people with underlying Thelowestmortalityrateisinthe
pitalwentonstrikeTuesdaynight their complaints about payment TheSGrepliedthatifthereare conditions have increased risk of 0-20 age group – 0.52 per cent.
after a duty doctor was assaulted of salaries. bettersuggestionstheycanbeac- A 97-year-old man after recovery from Covid-19, at a hospital in Agra on Friday. PTI severe infection, the latest data DrDHimanshu,aprofessorin
byfamilymembersof aCovid-19 “This is also a kind of war. You commodated. He added that the from Uttar Pradesh show other- theMedicineDepartmentofKing
patientwhodied.Thedoctorsput do not want, the country cannot governmenthadalreadygivenits wise. Out of the 321 deaths re- George Medical University in
forwardalistofdemands,includ-
ing security, better-quality PPEs
have dissatisfied soldiers in this
warthatisbeingmadeagainstco-
suggestions in an affidavit.
Vishwanathanalsoreferredto Discuss with airlines how to address portedinthestatetillWednesday,
209—roughly65percent—were
Lucknow, said that though an in-
fected person may show no co-
and N95 masks, and recruitment
of more doctors.
TheJuniorDoctors’Association
rona.Channeltheextramoneyto
this issue,” Justice S K Kaul sitting
withJusticesAshokBhushanand
wage cuts being faced by doctors.
He said that if they are working,
thereshouldbenodeductionun-
ticket fare refund plea: Court to Centre in the 21-60 years age group. In
theremainingcases,101(31.5per
cent)of thedeceasedwereabove
morbidity, higher deaths among
themcouldbeattributedtoimm-
unosuppression– partialorcom-
(JUDA) also suggested that since M R Shah told Solicitor General der any government orders. Appearing for the Centre, nies would like to discuss the is- 60,and11(3.5percent)intheage plete suppression of the immune
Gandhi Hospital is a super-spe- Tushar Mehta. Private hospitals should also not EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sue with the Civil Aviation Mini- group of 0 to 20 years. responseduetoaninfection.
ciality hospital, non-Covid serv- ThecourtwashearingaPILby cut salaries of doctors, the senior NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 said he is of the personal opinion stryandcomeupwithasolution. By Friday, the death toll in the “What happens in Covid-19
ices should be restarted so that Dr Arushi Jain, who urged the counselsaid. that it must be refunded. Onairlinecompaniesoffering state rose to 365. casesisthatonceapersongetsin-
poorpatientsdonothavetowait. courttodirectthegovernmentto The bench also said there are THE SUPREME Court on Friday Appearing for SpiceJet, senior flyingcredittopassengersofthese A senior official in the state fected,thereisalwaysapossibility
Theyalsosuggestedthattheman- take over vacant hotels, guest- reports that in many areas, doc- asked the Centre to discuss with advocate Harish Salve told the cancelled flights for a limited pe- health department said younger that existing infections, mainly
agement of Severe Acute housesetcandusethemasquar- tors are not being paid. “We saw airlinecompanieshowtoaddress benchthatairlineshavesuffereda riod, Justice Kaulsaid if that is the peoplewithoutanyreportofcon- bacterial, could come in play and
Respiratory Infection and symp- antinefacilitiesforfrontlinemed- reportthatdoctorswentonstrike the issue of claims for refund of hit of $60 billion globally due to solution,thenwhyshoulditbefor firmedcomorbidityconstituteal- make the condition serious. In
tomatic cases of Covid-19 should ical workers. ... These are concerns that should ticketchargesforflightscancelled thepandemic.Hesaidthat49per a limited period of time, and on most 20 to 25 per cent of the re- some people, there are hidden
be decentralised, and adequate Appearing for the petitioner, havebeentaken.Itshouldnotre- due to the lockdown. centof theflyingcostisfixed,and specified routes. He said it might cent fatalities. “The situation is diseases,whichwecallascongen-
provisionsbemadefortheirtreat- Senior Advocate K V quirecourtintervention,”itadded. A bench of Justices Ashok there is zero revenue for the air- aswellbeallowedforatleasttwo changingnow.Wehaveregistered italimmunesuppression.Assoon
mentindistricthospitalsandpri- Vishwanathansaidthatifdoctors “Youneedtodomore.Mustmake Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah lines.Salvesaidairlinesarenotre- years, and on any route. deathsinthestatewheretheper- as the immunity drops, these
vate medical colleges. onCoviddutyarenotprovidedac- sure their concerns are ad- saidthiswhilehearingaPILwhich funding complete fare anywhere Thecourtwillhearthematter son is not old and has shown no problems start showing effects.
On Friday morning, Health commodation near hospitals, dressed,” the bench told the SG. raised the prayer. intheworld,andthatthecompa- again after three weeks. comorbidity. Though we do not The infection reduces the immu-
Minister Etela Rajender assured have an exact number, but out of nityofthepersonfurther,”saidDr
the doctors that the government 10-12deathsrecordedeveryday, Himanshu, who is also the nodal
willpurchasePPEsJUDAchooses.
“Theprovisionof adequatenum- SC asks employers, employees Apex court seeks clarity on aroundtwotothreeareyoungpa- officeroftheKGMU’sCovidward.

ber of PPEs for healthcare profes-

sionals(ison),thequalityofwhich
to settle issue of wage payment RBI moratorium on loans
will be chosen by JUDA before
placing the order,” Rajender said. the interest.” Mehta said he has
CASE COUNT
The minister assured that the bothIndustryandLabourersneed ity, including financial capacity. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE sought a meeting with RBI. THE CHANGING PICTURE
recruitmentofaspecialprotection EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE each other... We are thus of the Someoftheindustriesandestab- NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 Thebenchtoldhim,“IftheRBI
forceisunderwayandwillbepro- NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 opinion that efforts should be lishments may bear the financial reply goes much beyond the A look at how Covid-19 case counts in states
vided soon in all government made to sort out the differences burden...Some of them may not THESUPREMECourtFridayasked query posed by us there will be a are changing as migrants return home
medical colleges and hospitals. STRIKINGAbalancebetweenthe and disputes between the work- beabletobeartheentireburden” the government to clarify whet- lotofopinionsonit.Effortswillbe
However, the minister said, needs of employers and employ- ers and the employers regarding and that “a balance has to be herinterestwillchargedonthein- made to sway it one way or an-
thegovernmentmaynotagreeto ees, the Supreme Court Friday payment of wages of above 50 struck between these two com- terest on loan instalments for de- other. Our query was limited.
the demand that Covid cases be asked them to arrive at a negoti- days and if any settlement or ne- petitive claims”. ferred payments allowed by RBI Whether the payment will im- KEY SAMPLES POSITIVE MIGRANTS FOREIGN
decentralised and treatment be ated settlement on the question gotiation can be entered into be- The order said that private in the wake of the lockdown. pose interest on interest.” STATES TESTED CASES ENTRANTS
startedatotherhospitals.Thegov- of payment of wages for 50 days tweenthemwithoutregardtothe establishments, industries, em- AbenchofJusticesAshokBhu- Petitioner Gajendra Sharma ■ Uttar Pradesh 15,607 536 157 0
ernmentisnotinclinedtopermit during the lockdown period. order dated 29.03.2020, the said ployers who are willing to enter shan,SKKaulandMRShahasked urgedthecourttodeclareasultra
other hospitals to treat coron- The interim order by a bench stepsmayrestorecongenialwork into negotiation and settlement the Finance Ministry and RBI to viresthepartof theMarch27no- ■ Tamil Nadu 18,231 1,982 39 10
avirus patients as there are less of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K atmosphere,” the court said. with workers regarding pay- holdameetingwithinthreedays. tification issued by RBI about ■ Rajasthan 13,479 230 62 NA
than 300 Covid-19 patients at Kaul and M R Shah came on peti- Itsaiditspreviousorderdirect- ment of wages may do so. It ThebenchtoldSolicitorGene- charging interest “which creates ■ Kerala 5,001 78 31 36
Gandhi Hospital, which is man- tionschallengingtheMarch29di- ing no coercive steps against em- added that if they are unable to ral Tushar Mehta, “...Our concern hardship in the present scenario
■ Andhra Pradesh 11,775 207 64 2
ageable, officials said. rective of the Ministry of Home ployers for non-compliance will settle by themselves, they can in these proceedings is only of complete national lockdown
A committee will be formed Affairs (MHA), asking employers continue for now. approach the labour authorities whethertheinterestthathasbeen beingextendedfromtimetotime ■ Karnataka 9,835 271 92 14
by JUDA that would follow up topayfullwagestotheirworkers The court said that “all indus- concerned. deferred for 3 months will be due to covid-19 outbreak”. ■ Punjab 8,504 99 6 0
withtheministerregularlyforup- for the lockdown period. tries/establishmentsareofdiffer- Thecourtwillhearthematter addedtochargespayablelaterand The Supreme Court will hear
dates on their demands. “It cannot be disputed that entnatureandofdifferentcapac- in the last week of July. whether there will be interest on the matter again on June 17. States’ data for last 24 hours, updated up to 9 pm on June 12

NE accounts for half the districts reporting first cases in last three weeks
Odisha (7), Jharkhand (5) and states told The Indian Express that abroad at the beginning of the Around 3-4 per cent of those re- only allowed people to enter
ESHA ROY &
KARISHMA MEHROTRA
West Bengal (4).
For these states and districts
almostalltheiractivecasesarere-
cent returnees — most of them
CASES IN NORTHEAST outbreak.Asof June11,ithas342
cases with 31 testing positive on
turningaretestingpositive,”said
Arunachal Pradesh Health
through Dimapur, sealing off all
otherentrypoints,”headded.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 withlowcaseloadandemerging fromDelhi,ChennaiandMumbai. 1000 Tripura that day, said Dr Shasheekumar, Secretary P Parthiban on June 11. TheILPalsohelpedMizoram,
hotspots, “testing and tracing is “Webelievetherehasbeenexten- thestate’sCovid-19nodalofficer. Over the past two weeks, 8,000 said its Chief Secretary
ALMOST 80 per cent of the dis- crucial for containment”, the sive community transmission 800 While Manipur has better med- people have returned to Lalnunmaiwa Chuaungo. Like
tricts that reported their first presentation said. from the cities they came back Manipur ical facilities than many other Arunachal,andanother4,000are Nagaland and Arunachal,
Covid-19 case in the last three The fourth phase of the lock- from — Delhi, Maharashtra, 600 north-eastern states, it still may expectedoverthecomingweeks. Mizoram recorded one case be-
Nagaland
weekswereinnorth-easternand down that began on May 18 al- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Mizoram not be equipped for a deluge of Nagalandhadonecasebefore forethelockdown—astudentre-
400
eastern states, the Cabinet secre- lowed significant inter-state Nadu, West Bengal,” said Megh- cases, with only 80 Covid beds theeasingof thelockdown.Ithad turning from the Netherlands.
Arunachal
tary’s presentation to state gov- movement and gave states the alayaHealthSecretaryPSampath 200 Pradesh and28ventilatorsatitstwomed- paidnon-residentNagasRs10,000 But since then it recorded 101
ernments on Thursday said. power to delineate containment Kumar, adding that the state was icalinstitutes—JNIMSandRIMS. as a one-time grant to not return cases among the 12,000 who re-
Callingita“significantspread”, zones. While eastern states had usingpooltestingforallreturnees. 0 Meghalaya Arunachal recorded one case to the state. This, said Health turned to the state as of June 11.
the presentation said that of the begun to see growth in cases be- These states, many of which 1May 12June Sikkim from Delhi just before the lock- Secretary Kesonyu Yhome, gave Mizoram expects its last contin-
98districtsthatreportedtheirfirst fore that date, Tripura was the had initially paid their residents Data from Health Ministry website. down.“Butbecauseof themove- the state government some time gent of 2,000 residents to return
infection in the past three weeks, only one of these seven north- tonotcomebackatthebeginning ment of people, we now have 21 to put its infrastructure in place. over the next week. “We have
more than half (53) were from eastern states to have more than of the outbreak, are considering activecases—twofromChennai, Nearly 10,000 people have re- tested all 12,000 people who re-
north-eastern states — seven of 15 cases at that time. Their total lockingdowntheirbordersagain. lockdown eased, the state cau- a senior official told The Indian therestfromDelhi.Wetestthem turned to Nagaland and another turned.Ifthecaseloadweretoin-
them,barringAssam.One-fourth caseshaveincreasedfrom189on Sikkim had shut all its borders in tiously opened its borders for Expressthatthestateplanstoseal three days after their return. We 5,000areexpectedinthenextfort- crease,asmallstatelikeoursmay
ofthesedistricts(25)wereinfour May 18 to 1,628 cases on June 12. February-end, and did not have 6,000 people to come home. its borders again. believemanyarepossiblygetting night.“TosomeextenttheILPalso not be able to handle it,”
eastern states: Chhattisgarh (9), Officials from north-eastern any case until late May. As the Expecting 200 more from Pune, Manipur had two cases from infected on Shramik trains. helpedrestrictmovement.Andwe Chuaungo said.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020

Risk of Covid-fatality OCIs, foreigners with

higher among females Indian ties allowed
in India, says study entry into country
fourths of all confirmed cases mitted to travel to India on the
ANURADHA weremales,researchershavesaid DEEPTIMAN TIWARY strength of any electronic visa
MASCARENHAS itisimportanttodisaggregatethe NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 obtained earlier,” it added.
PUNE, JUNE 12 burden to understand whether The government had sus-
the inference is valid for children THE GOVERNMENT on Friday pended visas of all foreigners on
EARLY EVIDENCE indicates that aswellastheelderlyagegroup.In further liberalised the visa re- March 11 and the last interna-
even though males account for a fact, bulk of the evidence on age- strictions imposed during the tional flight landed in India on
higher number of Covid-19 sex patterns in Covid-19 mortal- lockdown by allowing the entry March 23, with Prime Minister
deaths, females have a higher ity has focused on adults and the of certain categories of foreign- Narendra Modi announcing the
relative risk of Covid-19 mortal- elderly, and very little is known ers and Overseas Citizens of nationwide lockdown the fol-
ity in India. abouttheage-sexspecificrelative India (OCI) into the country. lowing day.
DatatillMay20showsthatthe risks and patterns of Covid-19 The order issued by the On May 22, the government
overall case fatality rate (ratio of mortality in the country. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had first announced relaxations
confirmed deaths to total con- “Animportantconcernistoex- has allowed the entry of foreign for OCI cardholders. Through
firmedcases)is2.9%amongmales amine the overall as well as age- minor children with at least one that order, the government had
and 3.3% — significantly higher – specific Covid-19 infection and parent who is an Indian citizen allowedentryto“minorchildren
for females. mortality risk from a gender lens. or an OCI card holder. The order born to Indian nationals abroad
A new study reported in the Preliminaryevidencefromvarious also allows the entry of foreign- and holding OCI cards; OCI card-
JournalofGlobalHealthSciencehas countriessuggeststhatmenareat ers married to Indian citizens holders who wish to come to
said that these findings call for greaterriskof bothinfectionsand and single foreign parents Indiaonaccount of familyemer-
equal, if not greater, attention to- deaths, but these inferences A roadside car-wash shop cleans an ambulance near Wadala monorail station in Mumbai on Friday. Such centres charge whose children hold an Indian gencieslikedeathinfamily;cou-
wards females for Covid-19 care. shouldbecarefullyinterpreted,”S Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 per wash. Ganesh Shirsekar passport or an OCI card. ples where one spouse is an OCI
Researchers from Population V Subramanian, professor of Evenforeignstudentswithat cardholder and the other is an
Research Centre, Institute of PopulationHealthandGeography leastoneparentwhoisanIndian Indian national and they have a
EconomicGrowth,Delhi,Institute at Harvard University, said in the MAHARASHTRA citizen or an OCI card holder are permanent residence in India;

State looks to open schools in

ofHealthManagementResearch, study Equal risk, unequal burden? allowed entry into India. university students who are OCI
IIHMR University, Jaipur, Centre Gender differentials in COVID-19 Apart from this, the govern- cardholders (not legally minors)
for Development Studies, mortalityinIndia. ment has also allowed the entry butwhoseparentsareIndiancit-
Thiruvananthapuram, Harvard According to the study, until of dependent family members izens living in India”.

phases, seniors may rejoin in July

Center for Population and May 20, females had 34.3% share of foreign diplomats and service Following this, the govern-
DevelopmentStudies,Cambridge, in total burden of Covid-19 infec- staff who are accredited to for- menthadalsoallowedchartered
USA and Department of Social tions. The burden was similar eign diplomatic missions, con- flights carrying foreigners for
andBehavioralSciences,Harvard among under-five boys (51.5%) sular offices or accredited inter- specific business purposes to
T.H.ChanSchoolof PublicHealth, and girls (48.5%). The burden in- national organizations in India. come to India.
Boston used crowdsourced data creased among males in middle They, however, should hold offi- Friday’s memorandum went
(https://www.covid19india.org/) age group and reached a maxi- Education Dept proposal against online classes till Class II Munde third cial service passports. on to say that travel restrictions
to provide preliminary estimates mum of 70.4% for the age group Inanofficememorandumis- imposed earlier vide a May 7 or-
forage-sexspecificCovid-19case 30–39 years, and after that the forstudentsinClassesIIItoV.For thatchildren havebeenexposed Maharashtra sued on Friday, the MHA said der “would not apply to any air-
fatality rate (CFR) for India. share of females in total burden ABHA GORADIA thoseinClassesVItoVIIIandIXto tosincethelockdown.Duetoab- thesecategoriesof peoplewould craft, ship, train or any other ve-
The analysis showed as of increased with age. The burden MUMBAI, JUNE 12 XII,itwillbetwoandthreehours senceof guidelinesononlineed- minister to test haveto“obtainafreshvisaof ap- hicle deployed for bringing back
May 20, males shared a higher among females was over 40% for of virtual classes, respectively. ucation,schoolsaremakingtheir propriate category from the the above mentioned categories
burden (66%) of Covid-19 infec- the age groups 70–79 years and THE MAHARASHTRA govern- Meanwhile, start of physical own rules depending on the de- positive for virus Indian Missions/ Posts abroad”. of OCI cardholders who are
tionsthanfemales(34%),butthe 80+ years. ment is considering opening school for Class XI students will cisions of the managements. “Foreign nationals holding a stranded abroad. All other terms
infection was evenly distributed Theburdenof femalesintotal schools in phases in pockets also depend on the announce- After Karnataka banned on- Mumbai: Maharashtra Social valid long-term multiple-entry and conditions laid down by
in under-five as well as elderly Covid-19 deaths was 36.9%. wherenoCovid-19casehadbeen ment of Class X board exam re- line teaching till Class V, several Justice Minister and NCP leader visa of appropriate category is- MHA on 07.05.2020 would con-
age groups. The CFR among Females in the age group 30–39 reported for at least a month. sults and completion of the sub- parents in Maharashtra had Dhananjay Munde has tested sued by the Indian Missions/ tinue to remain in effect”.
males and females was 2.9% and years had the lowest burden of While for students in Classes sequent admission process. urged the government to con- positive for coronavirus,becom- Postsabroadshallhavetogetthe Internationalflightscontinue
3.3%, respectively. death (21.3%) whereas elderly fe- IX to XII, schools are likely to The schedule is tentative and sider a similar move. ingthethirdministerinthestate visare-validatedfrom theIndian tobesuspendedinIndia,barring
While early estimates from males in the age group 80+ years open in July, those in Classes VI willbeultimatelydependonthe Meanwhile, Early Childhood to contract the virus. He was ad- Mission / Post concerned. Such those engaged in bringing
theMinistryofHealthandFamily had similar burden (48.5%) in to- to VII will go back to physical situation prevailing in areas Association and Association of mitted to Mumbai’s Breach foreignnationalswillnotbeper- stranded Indians back.
Welfare indicate that three- tal deaths for this age group. teaching in August. Students of where these schools are located. PrimaryEducationandResearch Candy Hospital on Friday.
Classes I to V are likely to return Students would be admitted on- have urged the government not Jitendra Awhad (NCP) and

Suspected Covid patient

to school in September.
The proposal by the state
line or by following strict social
distancing measures at schools,
to put a blanket ban on online
education of early and primary
Ashok Chavan (Congress) had
earlier tested positive; both had Night curfew not to
stop trucks, buses on
EducationDepartment,whichis the proposal added. students. “...What will work best subsequently recovered.

goes missing from

yet to be presented to Chief School Education Minister isblendedlearninginearlyyears Confirming that Munde’s re-
Minister Uddhav Thackeray for Varsha Gaikwad on Friday said — a combination of face-to-face port had come positive, State

Ahmedabad hospital
final approval, is also against al-
lowing schools to hold online
classes for students in pre-pri-
thegovernmentwillsoonissuea
standard operating procedure
for online learning.
and remote learning so that our
youngest children do not miss
outonthecrucialstimulationfor
HealthMinisterRajeshTopesaid
the minister is suffering from
slight breathlessness. Tope said
highways, says MHA
mary to Class II. The department This comes in the wake of braingrowth,"saidareportcom- Munde’s driver, cook, and per- hinted that the states have mis-
is considering allowing schools many parents complaining piled by educationist Swati sonal assistant have also tested DEEPTIMAN TIWARY interpreted the night curfew or-
VAIBHAV JHA to hold one-hour online classes about the excessive screen time Popat Vats. positive. ENS NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 ders and that it was meant to
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 12 onlypreventgatheringof people

Punjab restricts inter-district movement,

THE MINISTRY of Home Affairs during night time.
A 40-YEAR-OLD electrician from has written to all states to not “Iwouldliketoclarifythatthe
Ahmedabad who was admitted stop highway traffic post 9 pm. purposeof restrictingmovement
to the city’s Civil Hospital as a In a letter sent to chief secre- of individuals, except for essen-
suspect Covid-19 case has gone
missing after May 28.
Ajaysinh Raulji was taken to
issues guidelines on weekend lockdown taries of all states, Home
Secretary Ajay Bhalla has drawn
their attention to MHA's orders
tial activities, between 9 pm and
5 am, is primarily intended to
preventcongregationof persons
the hospital on May 26 by his theChief Ministeronceagainap- of night curfew issued on May and to ensure social distancing.
mother Sajanben after he had Ajaysinh Raulji EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE pealedtothepeopleof Punjabto 30 where night curfew was stip- The restriction does not apply to
complained of weakness and CHANDIGARH, JUNE 12 strictly adhere to the social dis- ulated to be observed between instances of loading/unloading
fever. Sajanben stayed behind at tancing norms and mandatory 9 pm and 5 am. of goods(aspartof supplychains
a visitors’ camp on the hospital tal authorities who couldn’t tell A DAY after Punjab Chief wearing of masks. “It has come to notice that and logistics); buses carrying
premises onMay26 and May27. him regarding his whereabouts. Minister Amarinder Singh or- The situation demanded someStates/UTsarealsorestrict- persons and trucks and goods
Sajanben claims that on May Forthenexttwodays,Thakor dered movement restrictions on stringent compliance with all ing movement of persons and carriers plying on State and
27 night, her son sent a message made rounds of the hospital and weekendsandgazettedholidays the restrictions, he stressed, vehicles plying on highways be- National Highways; or persons
through one of the hospital staff a police station in frantic at- in the states, the government on adding that though the situation tween 9 pm and 5 am, which is travellingtotheirdestinationsaf-
that she must go home and tend tempts to locate him. Finally, on Friday barred all inter-district in the state was relatively in con- hindering their smooth pas- ter disembarking from buses,
to his paralysed, bedridden fa- May 11, he was told by one hos- movementexceptwithe-passes, trol, his government was not sage,” the letter said. trainsandflights,”thelettersaid.
ther. The staff also assured pital staff that online records and ordered closure of all shops, ready to take any chances, given MHA sources said this was “Accordingly, States/UTs are
Sajanben that her son’s treat- showedthatthepatientwasdis- except those selling essentials, the escalating trend of the disruptingsupplylinesandcaus- advised not to prevent such
ment was going on. charged on May 27 itself. and malls on Sundays. pandemic. ing difficulty for smooth opera- movement as mentioned
OnMay28,Ajaysinh’sneigh- Confirming the missing per- In fresh guidelines, the gov- The Chief Minister had, dur- tion of trade. Sources said there above,” it added.
bour Hasmukhbhai Prajapati son's report, A K Patel, in-charge ernment said that shops dealing ingaCovidpreparednessreview were reports of even inter-state MHA sources said the night
phoned him and informed him officer of Shahibaug police sta- with essential video conference meeting on buses being stopped and people curfeworderswereissuedaspo-
that his mother had reached tion, said, “The hospital authori- commodities/services shall re- Rush at a market in Ludhiana on Friday. Gurmeet Singh Thursday, said his government’s notbeingallowedtogohomeaf- licestrengththinsoutduringthe
home safely. That was the last ties have informed us that he main open on all days till 7 pm. focus was on saving the lives of ter disembarking from flights night and to prevent people
time anybody spoke to him. was discharged on May 27 since Restaurants (for take Punjabis, even if it meant taking and trains. gathering for parties or for any
On June 9, Ajaysih’s brother- his test results came negative. home/home delivery only) and InadditiontotheSundayclo- will be issued only for essential tough measures, particularly in Bhalla in his letter has even kind of procession.
in-law Pushpendrasinh Thakor His phone has been switched off liquor shops will also continue sure, the District Magistrates work, but no pass shall be re- the light of the grave projections
travelledfromBodelitocheckon and we are checking CCTV to be open till 8 pm on all days. maychoose,inconsultationwith quired for such travel in case of of the pandemic peaking over
him at the hospital as the family
assumed he would be on the
footageof thehospitalforfurther
leads.”
However, other shops,
whether standalone or in shop-
the respective market associa-
tions,toorderclosureof thenon-
medical emergency.
Further, e-pass will also be
the next two months.
The guidelines issued on Hanif or Hamid? Assam
mandatory 14-day isolation.
However, Thakor could nei-
ther find him in the Covid ward
Dr J P Modi, Medical
Superintendent of Civil Hospital
said “no update has been re-
ping malls, shall remain closed
on Sundays, while on Saturdays
they can open till 5 pm, with the
essential shops on any other day
of theweekalso,especiallyinthe
high-risk areas where the cases
required for marriage functions,
and will be issued only for 50
specific people.
Friday are in addition to those
notified earlier by the state gov-
ernment for Lockdown 5.0 /
hospital discharges
nor in the transit. A panicked
Thakor checked with the hospi-
ceived yet and we are trying to
get details”.
district authorities directed to
ensure strict compliance with
are high.
Inter-districtmovementshall
Expressing grave concern
over the spiralling Covid cases in
Unlock 1.0, and will remain in
force on weekends and gazette wrong Covid-19 patient
these timings. beallowedagainste-pass,which the country, particularly Delhi, holidays till further orders.
havearisenasthepronunciation
Surat: 23 diamond polishers HIMACHAL PPE SCAM
ABHISHEK SAHA
GUWAHATI, JUNE 12
of both names— especially with
a mask on — could be be similar.

test positive in 3 days, Accused confirmed payment in missing

A senior doctor at the hospital
A CIVIL hospital in Assam dis- toldTheIndian Express thatHanif
charged a Covid-19 patient after was discharged due to lapse in
‘floors’ of 8 units closed
6-second part of audio clip, court told
mixing him up with a recovered judgement by the hospital staff.
person with a similar sounding Hanif reached his home in a
Diamonds — have been asked name, sparking panic in the village in the district at around 9
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE not to operate the floors that community. pm in an ambulance.
SURAT, JUNE 12 were disinfected on Friday and case, was granted bail on Friday. Singhhasclaimeditwasafake missed an interim bail applica- The mix-up occured when a Meanwhile, authorities back at
shut until further notice. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Accordingtothebailorder,the audioclip,whiletheIOsaidtheac- tion moved by Gupta and his state government-approved list the hospital realised the grave
AS PART of its drive to check the Additionally, SMC officials have SHIMLA, JUNE 12 investigating officer (IO) told the cused had confessed to having wife Madhur Bala, who said in of recovered persons was read error andinitiatedtheprocessto
spreadof coronavirusamongdi- penalised these factories Rs court that Singh originally recordedtheclipandthendeleted their application that they may out loud by hospital staff before get him back to the hospital.
amond polishers, the Surat 10,000 each for not maintaining AN AUDIO clip related to the al- recorded a 49-second audio clip it.Singhwasarrestedafterofficials be arrested any time. thepatients.Thislistof 14names According to Darrang DC
Municipal Corporation (SMC) social distancing norms. leged PPE kits scam in Himachal of his telephone conversation found three more audio clips of a Gupta, already out on bail in received by Mangaldoi Civil Dilip Borah, Hanif was brought
sanitised and shut workstations Katargam Zone Executive Pradeshwaslongerbysixseconds, with Gupta, but only 43 seconds conversation between him and the case, alleged in the applica- Hospital in Darrang district in- back to the hospital early on
on specific floors of eight major Engineer, RV Gamit said, “We and the missing portion revealed of it went public. The first six sec- Gupta, then Himachal Pradesh’s tion that the Vigilance Bureau cluded one Hamid Ali, a migrant Thursday. “Fortunately, Hanif
diamond units in Katargam area conducted a survey at diamond “confirmationofpayment”byac- onds reveal confirmation of pay- director of health services. threatened to book him, his wife worker who was being treated has also tested negative in yes-
of the city. According to SMC of- factoriesandfoundthatnosocial cusedDrAKGupta,theinvestigat- ment by Gupta, the IO said. Based on the clip, Singh and and their children in another since June 5. terday’s(June11)results,”hetold
ficials, 23 diamond polishers distancingwasbeingmaintained ing officer told a special court in He told the court that Singh Gupta have been accused of try- case if “recovery of money is not However, when his name The Indian Express. Regardless,
havetestedpositiveforCovid-19 in some of them. There were no Shimla during bail hearing of co- has refused to divulge details of ingtoexchangeabribeofRs5lakh shown”, and that officials are was called out, it was another Borahsaidhehashehasinitiated
in the area since Wednesday. sanitisers and workers weren’t accusedPrithviSinghonFriday. when and how a tranche of Rs for supply of PPE kits worth over pressinghimhard“foradmitting patient who responded—Hanif a magisterial inquiry due to the
The eight firms — Shivam putting on face masks... We have Singh, an employee of 50,000 was allegedly given to Rs 1 crore by Bioaide to the certain fake deals”. Ali, who had been admitted procedural lapse.
Gems, Shree Ramkrishna notshutentirefactories,butonly Punjab-based medical supplier Gupta. The IO said Singh had Himachal Pradesh government. The court observed that since June 3 and had not tested Hanif’s residence has been
Exports, Empire Diamonds, thefloorsinwhichtheseemploy- BioaideCorporationwhowasar- agreed to deliver a bribe of Rs 3 “blank bail” cannot be given. to negative till then. Hamid, curi- sealed and swabs of his nearest
Dharmananadan Diamonds, ees were working. We have also rested by the Viligance Bureau lakh but Gupta allegedly sought
Gupta, wife’s interim Gupta for an offence which is ously, did not respond. family members, whom he
Rinkle Impex, C Dinesh and Co, intimated the factories to keep and Anti-Corruption Bureau last Rs 5 lakh. The exchange eventu- bail plea dismissed neither specified nor registered A person aware of the inci- came in contact with overnight,
JB and Brothers and Royal the rooms on these floors shut...” week in the alleged corruption ally did not materialise, he said. The court on Friday dis- against him. dent said the confusion could have been collected.

New Delhi
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Defence vendors get DAY AFTER SC REMARK THAT RESERVATION NOT A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT

4-month extension
Includequota-relatedlawsin9thSchedule Law bars right to
seek judicial review,
tobarthemfromjudicialreview:Paswan
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12

IN A relief to defence sector companies, the

Union Defence Ministry Friday announced a
four-month extension for all capital acquisi- canchallengethemincourts.” granted on the basis of eco-
says plea in top court
tionsfromIndianvendorsowingtopandemic- HARIKISHAN SHARMA Union Stating that no govern- nomic backwardness. such pending proceeding shall
inducedsupplychaindisruptions.Theministry NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 Minister mentledbyanypoliticalparty “All these three types of Committed EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE stand abated and that if any pro-
Ram NEW DELHI, JUNE 12
orderfollowedrequestsforrelaxationsbyven-
dors, both public and private, since the lock- REACTING TO the Supreme Vilas
can end quota, Paswan said,
“Today,reservationisnotcon-
reservation have been at-
tached to the fundamental to quota: ceeding filed on the ground that
conversion of religious place has
down was imposed on March 25.
The ministry said: “Force Majeure shall be
Court’s remarks that reserva-
tionisnotafundamentalright,
Paswan fined just to Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes; it is
rights under the Constitution
of India.” BJP chief A PETITION before the Supreme
Court has challenged the
takenplaceafterthatdateandbe-
foreSeptember18,1991whenthe
applicable for a period of four months” from Lok Janshakti Party patriarch available to other backward He also said, “The SC/ST New Delhi: BJP national ConstitutionalvalidityofSection4 Act was made, shall be disposed
March25toJuly24.Itaddedthatthe“duration and Union minister Ram Vilas tions of upper caste” commu- classes and poor sections of reservation is the outcome of president Jagat Prakash of The Places of Worship (Special off to maintain the status as was
of this Force Majeure will be excluded while Paswan on Friday reiterated nities. the upper castes as well.” the Poona pact between Nadda Friday said his Provisions)Act,1991,sayingit“has existing on August 15, 1947.
calculating the delay in delivery of contracted his party’s demand to include He told The Indian Express, The LJP leader said people Mahatma Gandhi and Dr B R party is committed to barred the right and remedy “TheresultisthatHindudevo-
equipment/service and imposition of liqui- all reservation-related laws in “Leadersof allpoliticalparties fromthesedifferentcategories Ambedkar.Therefore,making reservation. “Some against encroachment made on tees cannot raise their grievance
dated damages charges”. Companies will not the Ninth Schedule of have always supported us on face“separateissues”,andhave anycontroversywillbearepu- people in society try to religious property of Hindus” by by instituting any suit in Civil
need any “separate contract specific amend- Constitution so that they are the issue of reservation in thusbeenincludedinreserva- diation of this pact.” spread confusion about invadersandothersbeforeAugust Courtorinvokingthejurisdiction
ments” to give effect to this decision. ENS shielded from judicial review. Parliament. The LJP appeals to tion. He said: “Reservation for The Ninth Schedule of reservation. The gov- 15, 1947. of the Hon’ble High Court under
On the apex court's obser- allparties(tounderstand)that SCs is given due to the issue of Constitution contains a list of ernment, led by PM A Lucknow-based trust, Article 226 of the Constitution of
U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan vationsonThursdaywhilede- toeliminatetherepeatedcon- untouchability. Therefore, it central and state laws which Narendra Modi, and Vishwa Bhadra Pujari Purohit Indiaagainsthighhandiness(sic)
Nigam Ltd. Obra Tharmal Power clining to entertain a clutch of troversy over reservation for- has no link with economic cannotbechallengedincourts. Bharatiya Janata Party Mahasangh, and some followers ofultrasandwillnotbeabletore-
Station OBRA-Sonebhadra- petitions by several political ever, all reservation-related backwardness.Similarly,reser- Currently, 284 such laws are are committed to (con- of “Sanatan Vedic Religion” have store back the religious character
231219 VERY SHORT TERM parties from Tamil Nadu, lawsshouldbeincludedinthe vation for other backward shielded from judicial review. tinue policyof)reserva- contendedtheActbars“powerof of Hindu Endowments, Temples,
Paswan said the judgment Ninth Schedule of classes (OBCs) is based on the The Schedule became a tion. Our commitment remedy”ofjudicialreviewandvi- Mutts etc from hoodlums if they
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Tender No. TS-4/SE/MMC-II/ minds of people belonging to “Once you include these cationalbackwardness.Upper 1951,whenthedocumentwas vering,” he said. ENS The plea said the Parliament erty before 15th August 1947...,”
CPD-II/20-21 Online e-Bids are SC, ST, OBC and the poor sec- Acts in this Schedule, no one caste reservation has been amended for the first time. by way of the Act retrospectively the plea said.
invited for the Supply of Face createdacut-offdateofAugust15, The Act had kept out of its
Masks (Industrial Grade and 1947 for its implementation. The purview the land which was the
Medical Grade ) for Obra Thermal
Power Station, Obra, Sonebhadra
HC reserves order
on Arnab Goswami
In chat with US ex-diplomat, Rahul Actdeclaresthatthecharacterofa
place of worship as was on this
date shall be maintained and no
subjectmatteroftheAyodhyadis-
pute.Referringtothis,thepetition
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http://etender.up.nic.in. Last date
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against encroachment of any re-
Hindudevoteeswouldhavebeen
denied justice. Therefore any re-
at 18:00 Hrs & Technical Bid (Part- Mumbai: Bombay High Court Friday con- “One of the challenges we face is the ligious properties at any point of strictiononrighttoapproachCivil
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16:00 Hrs or later. Estimated Cost giventoRepublicTVeditor-inchief Arnab NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 tries. I mentioned two…China and Section 4 also says that any principle of rule of law....”
of supply is approximately Rs. Goswamiuntilfurtherordersandreserved Russia. We never want to fight. We
12.00 Lakh only. The E.M.D and its order on a criminal writ plea filed by SENIOR CONGRESS leader Rahul don'twantwarbutwewanttopreserve
Tender cost for e-bid submission is Goswami seeking various reliefs, includ- Gandhi on Friday hit out at the BJP-led ourwayoflifeandwewanttopreserve GUJARAT
BJP pressuring our MLAs,
Rs. 24,000/- and Rs. 1180/- ing quashing of two FIRs against him. government during a conversation ourpositionsintheworld…Ithinkour
A division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhu- with former US diplomat Nicholas relationship is so important between
respectively. Total Quantity of yanandRiyazChaglaheardthroughvideo- Burns. He argued that there is an “at- our two countries for that reason,”
supply, tender specification and
other terms & condition are as per
tender document available on the
conferencing a criminal writ plea filed by
Goswamiseekingreliefsincludingquash-
mosphereoffear”inIndiaandaccused
the government of taking “unilateral
Gandhi during the video chat
with Nicholas Burns.
Burns said.
RahulsaidChinahasanauthoritar- says Congress, urges EC
to ensure fair RS polls
ingofFIRsfiledagainsthimonApril22and decisions”initsresponsetothecoron- ian worldview whereas India has a
e-tender portal. It may please be May 2. On June 9, the HC directed Gosw- avirus outbreak. democratic worldview which he was
noted that this is online bid and amitoappearatNMJoshiMargPolicesta- Arguing that the element of “toler- don't see it in the United States and I confident will do well.
shall be accepted online only on tion on June 10 for questioning. The court ance”whichwasinIndia’sDNAis“dis- don't see it in India.” “Buttoachievethat,thathastostart said he has “nothing to do” with
website http://etender.up.nic.in. hadalsosaidthatnocoerciveactionwould appearing”,hesaidthepeoplewhoare “When you divide African from inside our countries. We can't EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE thefiringbut“presentedhimself”
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Information related to extension in wouldappearbeforethepoliceasdirected. try” by dividing Hindus and Muslims in the US, so you divide Hindus and ternallyandthenmakethatargument. The Congress said the MLA was
due dates and corrigendum if any On Friday, senior counsel Harish Salve, and Sikhs are calling themselves “na- Muslims and Sikhs in India, you're Thatargumenthastobemadefromthe ALLEGING THAT the ruling BJP in interrogatedforabout6hourson
shall be uploaded only on the appearingforGoswami,readouteachsec- tionalists”.Burns,onhispart,slammed weakening the structure of the coun- foundation of democracy, within the Gujaratisadopting“corruptprac- June 8 and his statement was
above website. Bidders are tion under which Goswami was booked USPresidentDonaldTrump,sayinghe try. But then the same people who countryitself,withinourcountries.And tices”to“influence,pressuriseand recorded. The party claimed that
advised to visit the website on andopposedtheallegationthatGoswami’s is“inmanyways anauthoritarianper- weakenthestructureofthecountrysay that's where I see the problem. That it lure” its MLAs to “create artificial theMLAhasbeenaskedtoappear
regular basis in order to keep comments on his programme were polit- sonality”. that they are the nationalists,” he said. becomes very difficult for us to, from majorities”, the Congress on again on Thursday.
themselves update. Sd/- icallymotivated.SenioradvocateKapilSibal They spoke about the Black Lives Burns said President Trump wraps our perspective, to make an argument Friday approached the Election “Weverystronglyapprehend
(SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER) denied Salve’s claims and said the state- Matter protests and the India-US rela- himself in a flag and declares that he ofdemocracywhenourinstitutionsare Commission, asking it to take that the ruling party is misusing
mentsmadebyGoswamionhisshowhurt tionshipwhichRahulsaidhasbecome alonecanfixtheproblems.“Imustsay, beingtornapart.Whenourpeopleare stepstoensureafreeandfairRajya thepolicemachineryandunnec-
Àfa£¹ff 146/ A.Àf.I f./ d³fd½fQf dQ³ffaI sentimentsofpeopleandprobeisrequired, "episodic" now. Burns said millions of I think President Trump is in many scared, when millions of people in our Sabha election in the state. essarilyharassingtheseniorMLA.
12/6/2020 and so the FIRs cannot be quashed. ENS Americansaretryingtoprotestpeace- ways an authoritarian personality.” countryareterrifiedofwhatisgoingto TheCongressallegedthatone Further, we also strongly appre-
fully “yet the President treats them all Rahulsaidtherelationshipbetween happen to them,” he said. of its senior MLAs is being ha- hendthatanyhowwithillegalaid
like terrorists.” India and the US used to cover multi- “So,thereisthisatmosphereoffear rassedbypoliceattheinstanceof ofpolicetherulingpartyislikelyto
State Election Commission, Uttar Pradesh Rahul responded, “You mentioned plesectorslikeeducation,defenceand (inIndia).Youtakeunilateraldecisions, the ruling party. prevent MLAs from reaching the
(Panchayat and Local Bodies), that you are an immigrant nation. We healthcare, but has now become you do the biggest lockdown in the Top Congress leaders, who place of voting on June 19 by
are(a)verytolerantnation.OurDNAis episodicandtransactionalandfocused world… then you have millions of connected with Election falsely implicating in one or the
PCF Building, 32, Station Road, supposed to be tolerant... but the sur- mainly on defence. manual labourers walking thousands Commissioners over Skype, said othercriminalcase,”amemoran-
Lucknow-226001 prisingthingisthatthatDNA,thatopen
DNAissortofdisappearing.ImeanIsay
Burns said both Democrats and
Republicans agree that the US “ought
of kilometres back home. So, it is this
unilateral episodic type of leadership,
Congress MLA from Una,
PunjabhaiVansh,wasquestioned
dum by the Congress said.
At a press conference, senior
No. 2020201186 /R.N.A. Anu.-2/144-2020 Lucknow, Dated: 11 Jun, 2020 this with sadness that I don't see that tohaveaveryclose,supportiveandall- where you just come in and do some- twicebyGujaratpoliceinconnec- leader Abhishek Singhvi alleged
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State Election Commission, Uttar Pradesh invites on-line e-tender for three-tier

Karnataka set to amend law to let

Panchayat General Election, 2020 for supply of approximately 90,000 ballot boxes
made from CR sheet/coil for all the districts of Uttar Pradesh in 03 month.
For the purpose of ballot boxes, reputed firms having experience of supply of items
made from CR sheet/coil to Central/State Government departments, institutions
and public sector undertakings amount to Rs. 4.50 crores in last five years. The
firms should have total turn over of Rs. 10.00 crores in last five years.
Detailed E-tender document link is available on State E-procurement website:
http://etender.up.nic.in and on the website of State Election Commission:
non-agriculturists buy farmland
http://sec.up.nic.in. E-tender form can be viewed and downloaded from the above
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BENGALURU, JUNE 12
work hours at industrial units num, and prescribes penal-
ties for violations of the law.
July, 2020 at 2.00 p.m. in the office of State Election Commission, U.P., Lucknow in THE KARNATAKA govern- Bengaluru: The Karnataka hours until August 21. In March, the state gov-
presence of tenderers' or their authorised representative. ment has proposed signifi- government Friday with- The move had been ernment passed an amend-
Sd/- cant amendments to the drew a notification under questioned in Karnataka ment to Section 109 of the
UPID-152443 dt. 12.06.2020 SECRETARY stateLandReformsAct,1961, the Factories Act, issued HighCourt,wherethegov- 1961 Act to allow industries
www.upgov.nic.in STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, U.P. toallownon-agriculturiststo during the lockdown on ernment cited “public to sell agricultural land con-
acquire farmland, while also May 22, which extended emergency” as the reason vertedforindustrialpurposes

Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board modifying a section of the

law which imposes ceilings
work hours at factories
from eight hours to 10
for the change.
TheHighCourthadsaid
amid a walkout by Congress,
which accused the govern-
(Govt. of NCT of Delhi) on land holdings. hours per day, and from 48 it would stay the notifica- mentofbringingtheamend-
9, Institutional Area, Pankha Road, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058 TheBSYediyurappagov- hours to 60 hours in a tionif thestatedoesnotex- ment for the realty business.
Tel:- 28522085, 28525232 Fax:- 011-28522085, Email:- [email protected], ernment has decided to week. Norms under the plain legal grounds on The amendment was a
Website:- www.delagrimarket.nic.in amend the Act to repeal Factories Act were relaxed which the notification was promise Yediyurappa had
Sections 63-A, 79-A, B and C, to allow extended work issued. ENS made to investors following
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The following item rate e-tender are invited through e-tendering on land ownership while re- sion of the Assembly. Section109preventedin-
behalf of VC, DAMB/ Secretary, APMC Keshopur: stricting purchase of agri- “These restrictions have dustriesfromsellingagricul-
cultural land on the basis been used to harass farmers tural land that had been
S. Name of work Estimated Earnest Time of Last Date & Tender ID
ofincomeandvocationby and landowners. The state bought for industrial pur-
No cost money compln. Time of no/NIT No non-agriculturists. has not been able to recover poses. It required the land to
receipt of Following the Cabinet anylandincontentiousmat- be returned to the govern-
tenders meeting on Thursday, ters,'' Ashok said, indicating ment at no cost in the event
through e- RevenueMinisterRAshok thattheserestrictionsdoap- of failure of an enterprise or
procurement and Law Minister J C ply in states such as Andhra inability of an investor to
Madhuswamy—whoear- Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. carry on a business.
1 Covering of Rs Rs. Three 22.06.2020 2020_ lier this year piloted a Bill Amongthesectionssetto Karnataka Land Reforms
dhallow with 12,79,385/- 25,600/- months Up to DAMB to amend the Land berepealed,Section63-Aim- (Amendment) Bill, 2020, al-
M.S Frame/ Jali 14.30 Hrs. 191607_1 Reforms Act to allow in- posesaceilingonownership lowsindustriestosellagricul-
from three sides dustriestosellagricultural of 10 units of land for a five- turallandthatwasconverted
along with RCC land allotted to them— member family. The current for industrial use by the gov-
roof near office said that an amendment ceiling on land-holding will ernment after a period of
toallownon-agriculturists be modified to allow larger sevenyearsof runningaunit
building at F&V
toownfarmlandwouldbe holdings, the ministers said. for the purpose of continua-
Market introducedinthenextses- Section 79 A, B and C re- tion of the same industry.
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SC dismisses Jharkhand ex-minister’s bail plea
buffers i/c repair 14.30 Hrs. 191612_1 eligible bidders for the Project/Work detailed in the following table. The bidder may submit bids for any or all the
following Project/Works. his then MLA wife Nirmala OnApril12lastyear,the
of footpath PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Devi, disrupted mining ac- top court had directed Sao
Sr. Name of Work Earnest Cost of Period Approx.
between shop No. Money Document/ of value of NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 tivities in a NTPC project on to surrender before a court
no. 53 to 99 at (Rs. in Tendering Completion the project/ account of which several in Ranchi after he had vio-
Lacs) Processing work
F&V Market Fee (Rs.) (In Lacs) THESUPREMECourtFriday persons were injured. lated bail conditions im-
Keshopur 1. Operation and Maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plant 1.60 100/-+5900/- 36 Lump Sum
dismissed a plea by former A bench of Chief Justice posedbythecourt.Sao,who
of 7.5 MLD Capacity (MBBR Technology) at Rampura Lacs Months Jharkhand minister S A Bobde and Justices AS was then in the Congress,
(i) To be opened online in the office of Executive Engineer-I: Phul for 36 Months Period 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2023 YogendraSaoseekingbailin Bopanna and Hrishikesh had become a minister in
(ii) Technical Bid opening at 15:00 Hrs. on 22.06.2020. IMPORTANT DATES: a2016caseofriotingandvi- Roy rejected Sao’s plea the Hemant Soren-led UPA
1. Period of availability of tender online shall be 12.06.2020 at 03.00 P.M. olence in the state. againsttheHighCourtorder governmentinJharkhandin
(iii) Terms and Conditions and details can be seen at website 2. Last Date and Time for online submission of bid shall be 28.06.2020 at 03.00 P.M. He challenged the whichnotedthatheflouted 2013. He is accused in over
https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in 3. Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 29.06.2020 at 11.00 A.M. JharkhandHighCourtorder the conditions imposed by a dozen cases of rioting and
*For terms and conditions refer to website: https://eproc.punjab.gov.in
Sd/- NOTE: Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only. ofMay20inwhichithadre- thetopcourtwhilegranting instigation of violence.Both
Executive Engineer-I Sd/- jectedhisbailplea.TheHigh bailtohimonDecember15, Sao and his wife Nirmala
Executive Engineer, Court had said the FIR re- 2017whichultimatelyledto were granted bail on
DIP/Shabdarth/0081/20-21 DAMB 34504/Pb Pb. W/S & Sew. Division No. 2, Bathinda.
vealed that Sao, along with his cancellation of bail. December 15, 2017, by SC.

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DENIED VISA BY INDIAN GOVT

USCongressadvisorybodysays
whynoconfidencetoallowvisit
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL

which would give it the opportu- count of protests against the going, and egregious violations”.
SHUBHAJITROY nitytoconveyitsviewsdirectlyto Indiangovernment’sdecisionsre- Indiadismissedthedocument Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot at a
NEWDELHI,JUNE12 USCIRFinaconstructivedialogue.” gardingCitizenshipAmendment as an “internal report” of the US press conference on Friday. Rohit Jain Paras
External Affairs Minister S Act (CAA) and special status of government, and said that

Gehlot alleges bid to

ITS TEAMS denied visa by the Jaishankar first revealed the de- Jammu and Kashmir. The report, Washingtonhas“nolocusstandi”
Indian government following re- nial of visas to USCIRF teams, in released by US Secretary of State to comment on the issue.
ports critical of the state of reli- a letter on June 1 to BJP MP Michael R Pompeo on Thursday, The observations by the US-
gious freedom in India, an advi- Nishikant Dubey. Speaking in also talks about “religiously in- CIRF that ran foul of Delhi were
sory body to the US Congress has
saidDelhishouldhave“theconfi-
dence to allow our visit”.
Parliament in December 2019,
Dubey had raised observations
made by USCIRF against India.
spiredmobviolence,lynchingand
communal violence”, and says
that“someofficialsofHindu-ma-
made by it in its 2020 Annual
Report, released on April 29,
whichrecommendedthattheUS
topple govt, targets
SPECIAL REQUEST
Modi and Shah
Inanemailresponsetoqueries While not specifying when jority parties, including from the State Department designate 14
by The Indian Express, the the USCIRF was denied the visas, BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP),made countries,includingIndia,asCPCs.
ACCEDING TO the government’s request, Attorney General of spokespersonoftheUnitedStates Ashbahian said, “USCIRF wants inflammatory public remarks or The report had specifically men-
India K K Venugopal is set to continue to hold office for an- Commission on International the US-India relationship to beas socialmediapostsagainstminor- tioned Union Home Minister gether… but even then, sabotage
other year. The government was keen to retain the veteran Religious Freedom (USCIRF), productive and meaningful as ity communities”. Amit Shah twice. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE isintheirnature;theyareconspir-
lawyer for a full tenure of three years but, sources indicated, DanielleSaroyanAshbahian,said: possible—andwebelievethatre- In a statement, USCIRF Chair The USCIRF report had also JAIPUR,JUNE12 ing in Rajasthan.”
Venugopalexpressedconcernscitinghisage.Heturns90next “We want to have a constructive ligious freedom should beanim- Tony Perkins said it “appreciates criticised Pakistan and China for “So what Surjewala ji was
year. His initial three-year tenure is due to end on June 30. As discussion and dialogue with the portantpartof thatrelationship.” thereleaseofthiscomprehensive their treatment of their religious RAJASTHANCMAshokGehloton telling you, the manner in which
the top law officer of the country, Venugopal is leading the Indian government. That is why At least twice earlier, in 2009 reportandtheStateDepartment’s minorities.Abipartisanoutfitthat ThursdaytargetedPrimeMinister democracy is being murdered in
government’s case in key constitutional matters before the we have long wanted to travel to and 2016, India is known to have continued commitment to im- advises the US Congress, the US- NarendraModi andUnionHome the country, be it Narendra Modi
Supreme Court including the challenges against scrapping of Indiaandcontinuetobeinterested denied visas to USCIRF teams. provingreligiousfreedomcondi- CIRFcomprisescivilsocietymem- Minister Amit Shah over alleged or Amit Shah. The entire nation
Article 370 and the Citizenship Amendment Act. in traveling there. As a pluralistic, On Friday, the USCIRF also tions abroad”, adding, “we urge bers nominated by all major po- attempts to destabilise the state knows two people are taking de-
non-sectarian, and democratic welcomed the release of the US theStateDepartmenttodesignate litical leaders in the US. Its views government during a pandemic. cisions, which is not a good tradi-
state, and a close partner of the State Department’s 2019 Annual India as a CPC (Country of are not meant to represent the Addressing media alongside tioninademocracy,”Gehlotsaid.
NOTICE NOTICED United States, India should have
the confidence to allow our visit,
ReportonInternationalReligious
Freedom,whichhadadetailedac-
Particular Concern) for engaging
in and tolerating systematic, on-
opinion of the US administration
or the US Congress.
Congress state president and
DeputyCMSachinPilotandAICC
Pilot said the party has the
numberstowinbothRajyaSabha
A QUARANTINE notice pasted outside former Prime Minister communications in-charge seats“comfortably”andisfurther
Manmohan Singh’s 3, Motilal Nehru Place residence has RandeepSinghSurjewala,Gehlot strengthened by independent
evoked the curiosity of some Congress leaders. It turns out KHWAJA YUNUS CUSTODIAL DEATH IN MUMBAI Woman killed said Rajya Sabha elections were MLAs and those of other parties.

Contempt notice sent to police chief,

that the daughter of a domestic help who works at Singh’s “suddenly postponed without a Rajya Sabha polls are due for
residence has tested positive. She and her family, who live in
the servant quarters, have been quarantined. Singh, who has in Pakistan reason. Then I had said that BJP’s
horse trading isn’t complete,
three seats in the state. Voting
was scheduled for March 26 but
not been keeping well for some time, is slowly getting active.
Congress leaders said the former Prime Minister attended a
meeting of the party’s consultative committee on Thursday
home dept for reinstating accused cops shelling in Uri hence the elections have been
postponed. And now, when elec-
tions have resumed, it has come
was postponed in light of the
lockdown. It will now take place
on June 19.
through video conference. Assistant Police Inspector conducted, which amounts to Srinagar: A woman was killed to the fore, where four persons On June 10, the Government
SADAF MODAK Sachin Vaze and constables contempt and disobedience of and another was injured in [MLAs]haveresignedinGujarat.” Chief Whip in Rajasthan
MUMBAI, JUNE 12
BIG BILLS
Rajendra Tiwari, Sunil Desai, and the court’s order. cross-border shelling along the He said everyone has to be Assembly, Mahesh Joshi, had
RajaramNikamarecurrentlyfac- “It must be noted that the Line of Control (LOC) in North united in fighting the pandemic. written to the Anti-Corruption
A CONTEMPT notice was sent to ing trial on charges, including suspension and department in- Kashmir's Uri sector on Friday. “Those who conspire have to Bureau regarding attempts to
AS THE Rajya Sabha secretariat decided to assess multiple Mumbai Police Commissioner murder and destruction of evi- quiry was ordered by the Local residents and officials spend a lot of time, and to make "destabilise the government".
train bookings by MPs that ran up big bills, the details were Param Bir Singh and the state denceforallegedcustodialtorture BombayHighCourt.Intheevent said the shelling started Friday plans.Whentheyarecaughtupin Gehlot Friday said a complaint
shocking. A former MP made 63 bookings on 23 days in Home department on Friday for of Yunus, who was 27, in 2003. you wanted to revoke the sus- morning in Baramulla and con- it,howcouldtheytacklecorona?” has been lodged with Special
January last year, costing a sum of Rs 1,69,005. The member reinstatementof fourpolicemen They were suspended in 2004. pension,itwasobligatoryonyou tinued till evening. Akhtar the CM said, addressing journal- Operations Group so that the
confirmed he had travelled by train on only seven occasions facingtrialforthe2003custodial The contempt notice filed by to seek permission of the High Begum, 40,aresidentof Batgran, ists at a hotel in Jaipur, where the “organised crime” aspect, re-
against a fare of Rs 22,085. But, as per the bill, the Rajya death of Khwaja Yunus. a lawyer representing Asiya Court,” the notice states. It says died, a senior police officer said. party is keeping its MLAs. garding transfer of money, can
Sabha paid Rs 1,46,920 extra — mainly because cancella- The notice sent on behalf of Begum stated that a habeas cor- they will move the court if the “On12Jun2020,inthemorn- “When lives are endangered, be investigated.
tion didn't take place. Another sitting MP's actual travel was Yunus’s mother, Asiya Begum, pus writ was filed before High reinstatement order is not re- inghoursPakistaninitiatedanun- eventhenallhumans,andpeople In an Assembly of 200, the
only 15 per cent of the total claim of Railways. For this year, states that the four policemen, Court in the case of torture and voked within seven days. provokedceasefireviolationalong of all parties, all religions and Congresshas107seats,including
Railways has sought payment of Rs 7.8 crore, of which one- reinstated last week, were not disappearance of Yunus.The no- Yunus, aresident of Parbhani the LoC in Rampur Sector of classesdon’tcometogether,then six MLAs who defected from BSP
third has to be paid by the RS and the rest by the LS secre- made to undergo a disciplinary ticestatesthecourt,in2004,had inMaharashtra,wasanengineer District Baramula (J&K) by firing howwillyoudealwithCovid-19? lastyear.Italsoenjoysthesupport
tariat. In order to prevent members from doing multiple inquiry, as was directed by the directedthattheaccusedbesus- who worked in Dubai. The 27- Mortars and other weapons. Doesn’tPMModithinkthis,does- of all 13 independents while
booking and not travelling, RS members are asked to can- Bombay High Court in 2004. pended and a disciplinary in- year-old was arrested on Befittingresponseisbeinggiven,” n’t Amit Shah think this?” Subhash Garg, who was elected
cel bookings in time, failing which recovery will be made The notice, sent through quiry is started against them, “as December 25, 2002, along with said defence spokesperson Col Gehlot said Congress presi- onanRLDticket,isaminister.Two
from them. Railways has agreed to change the software to email, states that the decision to they have been prima facie in- three others, in connection with Rajesh Kalia. “Another woman dentSoniaGandhihadwrittento MLAs of Bhartiya Tribal Party are
enable identification of booking by MPs from both Houses reinstate them was in contempt volved in the offence”. a blast which took place on also suffered injury in the the PM that Opposition parties alsosupportingtheCongress.The
separately, sources said. of the court’s order and should According to Asiya, despite December 2 in Ghatkopar, a shelling. She is stable,” said the were with him, “which means BJP has 72 seats and is supported
thus be withdrawn. the order, the inquiry was not Mumbai suburb. officer. ADILAKHZER everyonewilldealwithcoronato- by RLP, which has three seats.

16 Muslim Pinarayi, Kerala CPM leaders

youths held
for attack give hero’s farewell to party
on Dalits in leader convicted of murder
Azamgarh
Vijayan hailed the deceased to life imprisonment in 2014 by
SHAJUPHILIP leader as “a comrade who had a Kozhikode court.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, selflesslylovedthe party andex- In the long history of politi-
JUNE12 hibited concerntowards society. calmurdersinnorthKerala,con-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE As a social worker, he had won viction of a party leader had un-
LUCKNOW, JUNE 12 THE CPI(M) leaders in Kerala the acceptance and love of all til then been unprecedented.
have given a hero’s farewell on sections of people in Panur”. After CPI(M) led the LDF back
UTTAR PRADESH police on the death of a local leader from After Kunjananthan’s death, to power in 2016, Kunjananthan
Friday arrested 16 Muslim Kannur district, who was in severalleaders,includingCPI(M) was granted parole frequently,
youths for allegedly attacking a 2014 convicted in a political central committee members A which had drawn flak from the
group of Dalit men in murder case and sentenced to Vijayaraghavan and M V High Court after
Maharajganj police station area life imprisonment. Govindan, went to the hospital, Chandrasekharan’s widow K K
of Azamgarh district two days P K Kunjananthan, 72, mem- where slogan-shouting cadres Rama questioned the govern-
earlier. Twelve Dalit men sus- ber of CPI(M) area committee at dubbed the deceased as a “mar- ment's decisions. On March 14
tained injuries in the incident in Panur, Kannur, died of an intes- tyr who will never die”. thisyear,whentheHighCourtal-
Sikandarpur Aima village. tinal infection at Medical College State minister and CPI(M) lowedKunjananthanbailforthree
Thepoliceactioncamehours Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, central committee member E P months for treatment, he had al-
after Chief Minister Yogi Thursdaynight.Hewasonbailon Jayarajansaid,“Defendingtheat- readyenjoyed400daysofparole.
Adityanath took cognizance of health grounds at the time of tacksof rivals,Kunjananthanhad The11otherconvicted,mainly
theincident andordered thepo- death. Kunjananthan, along with played a crucial role in building the killer gang, also allegedly got
lice to invoke the National 11 others, was held guilty in the up CPI(M) at Panur region. He special treatment in jail.
Security Actagainst the accused. murderofCPI(M)rebelleaderTP had deep love towards party.’’ During his parole days,
The confrontation between Chandrasekharan in 2012 in At Panur, scores of CPI(M) Kunjananthanhadattendedparty
the two groups occurred after Kozhikode district. leaders andworkerspaid tribute eventsandconferencesandeven-
theDalitmenconfrontedtheac- Chief Minister Pinarayi and observed a hartal to pay tually got elected to the CPI(M)
cused for allegedly harassing Vijayan led party leaders in con- obeisance to Kunjananthan. He area committee despite his con-
some girls. A 22-year-old man doling Kunjananthan's death. and the others were sentenced viction in a murder case.
identified as Sudhir suffered an
injury caused by a sharp-edged
weapon, while 11 others were
injured with sticks and stones.
According to doctors, the condi- AWARD CONSIDERED NOBEL IN AGRICULTURE FIELD

Soil scientist Rattan Lal wins

tion of those wounded is stable.
Meanwhile, Azamgarh SSP,
Triveni Singh suspended
Maharajganj Station House
Officer Arvind Pandey on
charges of negligence, and an-
nounced Rs 25,000 reward for
information leading to the cap-
World Food Prize 2020 (B.Scin agriculture) fromPunjab
ture of three other accused who EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Agricultural University (PAU) in
are absconding. Police presence LUDHIANA, JUNE 12 1963, M.Sc (soils) in 1965 from
has been stepped up at the Indian Agricultural Research
Sikandarpur Aima. AN ALUMNUS of Punjab Institute(IARI) and PhD (soils)in
Additional SP Narendra AgriculturalUniversity(PAU)and 1968 from Ohio State University.
PratapSinghsaidthe16accused, a renowned agricultural soil sci- A professor of Soil Science at
one of whom is a minor, would entistfromOhioStateUniversity Ohio State University, he is also
be produced in a court on (OSU), Dr Rattan Lal (76), has the founding director of the uni-
Saturday. been declared the winner of the versity's Carbon Management
SSP Singh claimed that the World Food Prize 2020. and Sequestration Center.
accused used to sit at a tube well The announcement was Rattan Lal Stinson, while announcing
in the village, and make objec- made by World Food Prize him as the winner, termed Dr
tionable remarks about Dalit Foundation president Barbara Lal as “trailblazer in soil science
girls passingthrough theareaon Stinson in an online ceremony winningscientistDrRattanLalre- with a prodigious passion for
their way to school. from Washington on June 11. marked, “To be a graduate from research that improves soil
OnWednesday,whentheac- PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr B S PAU is a great honour in itself. I health, enhances agricultural
cused again allegedly passed Dhillon, in a statement, said PAU want to thank you, the faculty production, improves the nutri-
similarremarks,peoplefromthe may be the only institution in the staffandstudentsofPAUfortheir tional quality of food, restores
Dalitcommunityobjected.Afew world to have two alumni as support and good wishes. I look the environment and mitigates
minutes later, the accused re- WorldFoodLaureates.Thehonour forwardtovisitingtheuniversity climate change”.
portedly assembled and at- was earlier won by PAU alumnus which has been long overdue." Dr Lal was born in Karyal in
tacked the Dalit locality. They al- Dr Gurdev Singh Khush, a plant Lal, referring to Khush, said erstwhile Punjab (now in
legedly assaulted people in the breederandpioneerinricegenet- he was “a big inspiration and a Pakistan). He was conferred the
area, and pelted stones at ics. Responding to the congratu- unique role model to follow”. honorary degree of Doctor of
women. latorymessagefromPAUV-C,the Dr Lal did his graduation Science by PAU in 2001.

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WORDLY WISE
Language is a virus from outer space.
— WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

FOUNDED BY
Measuring the epidemic
§

§
RAMNATH GOENKA
There is no exit unless we measure. Publicness,
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
decentralisation of science and governance is needed

A WELCOME WAIVER Milind Sohoni

Supreme Court order on AGR issue brings relief to non-telcos. IT WAS FOUR weeks ago that the states were Referral Form (SRF) designed by the ICMR ambulancesper1,000.Thismaythenbecom-
finally given more freedom in managing the which must be filled to undertake the PCR pared with the active cases in the region. In
But for telcos, uncertainty continues

I
epidemic.Theyare,of course,betterplacedto CoronaTest.Inthat,thepossiblepatientback- fact,theadversemortalityinsomeareasisdi-
deliveronpublichealthandwelfare.Theyare grounds for recommending the test, are rectly correlated with the local shortage of
N A MAJOR relief for non-telecom public sector enterprises, the Supreme Court, also generally more accountable. According recorded. These are: (1) international travel, medical care. For most districts in
on Thursday, came down heavily on the Department of Telecommunications for to the recent ICMR serological sample study (2) acute symptoms and patient from inside Maharashtra, shortages would start biting at
issuing them demand notices for payment of dues related to the adjusted gross conducted in mid-May, barely 1 per cent of containment zone, (3) acute symptoms but about 200 cases per day. Much of this data at
revenue(AGR)issue.Termingthemoveasamisuseof itsorder,theCourtsaidthat non-metropolitanIndiawasinfected.Thus,as patientoutsidecontainmentzone,(4)symp- thedistrictlevelisalreadybeingsubmittedby
its earlier order pertained only to telecom operators and not non-telecom PSUs. theinfectionspreadsandeventuallystabilises, tomatic close contact of an earlier case, (5) the states to the central data portal
there is a lot of heavy lifting that the states asymptomaticclosecontactof anearliercase, covid19.nhp.gov.in. An important addition
The latest Court order is welcome. While the inclusion of revenues from non-telecom
must do. (6)frontlineworker,andthenewlyadded(7) would be village-level data on the running of
operations in the definition of AGR was problematic to begin with, the DoT’s decision to Since the brahmastra of lockdown is now migrant.ArecentresearcharticlebyICMRhas the local quarantine, the functioning of the
ask PSUs such as GAIL, Oil India and Power Grid to cough up fees pertaining to their non- exhausted,themessageofpreventionandthe presented some of this data in an aggregated PDS and availability of drinking water.
telecom revenues, following the Supreme Court order, was deeply flawed. devicecalledcontainmentzonesaretheonly format. In that, symptomatic cases with no Coming to prevention, the importance of
However, there continues to be uncertainty on the issue of payment of AGR dues by ways left to manage the epidemic. This in- known contact are already a large fraction of masks, distance and open ventilation is still
telecom operators such as Bharti and Vodafone. While the Court has taken cognisance of cludesalliedactivities:Thedemarcationofthe those infected. not appreciated. A simple statistical metric is
boundary, testing, treatment, tracing and Giventhisrichstructureanddailytestres- tomeasuretheprevalenceofmasksinanarea.
the telcos’ plea of allowing them to repay their dues over a period, it remains sceptical of
quarantine.Hiddeninsidethisboxofpractices ults,manyusefulindicatorsmaybedesigned, Thiscanbedonebyinstallingcamerasinsuit-
the 20-year time horizon, directing them to file a reply on the timelines of the payment are the answers to questions such as: Why is Ensuring that our villages even at the ward or hospital level. For exam- able locations and counting people with
of the dues, and the securities they can provideasguarantees.Telecomoperators, though, Karnataka doing better than Maharashtra in and towns are prepared to ple, the fraction of cases which arise from (3) masks. Social distance measures are also
will take some comfort from the fact that the Supreme Court showed flexibility in the terms of mortality? meet the disease is an are essentially the unexplained cases and an amenabletoindicators.Forexample,thefrac-
matteranddidnotdirectthemtosettletheirduesimmediately.However,giventhequan- But this will mean measuring the disease important objective. One importantproxyforcommunitytransmission. tionof buseswhichhaveinstalledasheetbe-
tum of the dues, it is conceivable that telcos may not be in a position to furnish the req- anditsmanagementatthescalewherethedis- This may well be over 20 per cent. Moreover, tween the driver and the passengers, or
ease unfolds. The older colour-coded zone la- metric to measure (2)and(3)tellushoweffectiveourcontainm- recording innovative ways of ticket vending.
uisite bank guarantees as asked by the court.
bel, introduced by the Centre on April 14, was preparedness is the number entzonesare.Theoverallinfectivityisestima- Popularity of such colour-coding may be ef-
While the court had previously sided with the government on the issue of what con- atthedistrictscale.Thatquicklybecameacol- of beds, doctors and ted by (4) and (5). Relative proportions of (3), fective in social mobilisation.
stitutes AGR — telcos were of the opinion that only revenue from telecom services should lectivepunishmentwithlittlemeasurableben- (4) and (5) tell us about contact tracing. This Mitigation and adaptation require social
be included in the assessment of AGR and not revenues from non-telecom activities like
ambulances per 1000. This
efits.Oneconsequencewasthatdistrictswere and other fields in the SRF such as age, locati- comprehension and local solutions. These
interest income and rent — the government’s continued reluctance to reconsider its ap- unhappy with the return of migrants simply may then be compared with on and symptoms, would give us substantial needscientificstudiesbyregionalinstitutions
proach has been short-sighted, to say the least. Given the ambiguity over the definition, because that could change their colour. The the active cases in the region. insightsintothe dynamics andseverityof the and partnerships with civil society. Creating
at the very least it could have withdrawn its demand on collecting penalties, and inter- secondproblemwasthatthered-nessof are- In fact, the adverse mortality diseaseandtheefficacyofourprocedures.This and supporting good metrics and providing
gionwasequatedwiththeneedforlockdowns, data should be made available immediately. dataisanimportantstepinthatdirection.This
est on penalties. Considering the financial positions of incumbents, there are genuine
since that was the only visible instrument.
in some areas is directly TherecentinclusionofmigrantsintheSRF will not only save lives, it will reduce fear and
concerns over the ripple effects of even one telco going under on not only the market That said, well designed metrics at the correlated with the local is indeed welcome. This, coupled with other help re-start normal life. And yet, the central
structure and the end consumer, but also the financial sector and the broader economy. ward and community scale will help the sci- shortage of medical care. For quarantine data in the SRF, gives us the risk bureaucracy and elite scientific institutions
How the government resolves this issue remains to be seen. But, so far, its handling of ence develop. They can guide the people and most districts in frommigrantstothecommunityatlarge.Also have not followed this route.
the situation leaves much to be desired. Timely intervention could have helped alleviate the administration and allow the states to welcome is the setting up of a National Theepidemichasunderlinedthatpublic-
comparepracticesandlearnfromeachother.
Maharashtra, shortages Migrant Information System (NMIS) on the nessanddecentralisationof scienceandgov-
the pain. At this critical juncture, rather than be driven by short-term revenue consider-
Let us see what can be achieved within the would start biting at about NDMA database. Hopefully, we may now ernance isthe onlyway to atma-nirbharta, of
ations, the government should consider the long-term implications of its moves on the
current framework. 200 cases per day. Much of knowthefractionofmigrantswhohavesafely creatingknowledgeandtheprofessionalabil-
telecom sector. The lingering uncertainty is in no one's interest. Firstly,anyareaclassificationmustinclude reached home and the state-wise status of ity to solve our own problems. Without this,
this data at the district level
keysocio-economicanddemographicdeter- those who haven’t and the reasons for the the post-corona Indian society would be an
minants, forexample, thedensityof the area, is already being submitted same.Inanycase,thenumberof infectedmi- unhappy attempt at making the old arrange-
by the states to the central
MUCH IN A RENAME
numberofpeopleindwellingswithoneroom grants, if suitably quarantined, must be sub- mentworkinadegradedrealityoffearfuland
or less, or the fraction of people using com- data portal tractedfromthetotalnumberofpositivecases angry people.
munity toilets. As we know, much of the in- covid19.nhp.gov.in. An for that area/district, for they did not arise Ultimately, we must learn to live with the
fection is spreading within dense clusters. there and they are outside the infective load virus,butwemustalsofindjoy.Onlythrough
important addition would be
Tamil Nadu’s matter-of-fact changing of names to reflect local Suchmetricswouldindicatevulnerableareas in the area. This will help reduce the stigma constantengagementandadaptationwillwe
and the limits to reduction in contact rate village-level data on the on migrants and instead put more focus on overcome fear and forge a new society that
roots and linguistic heritage speaks of a distance travelled

O
through policing. Here, decongestion meas- running of the local quarantine arrangements for them. will sustain both life and happiness.
ures such as out-migration may be required. Ensuring that our villages and towns are
VER A THOUSAND cities, towns and localities in Tamil Nadu will now quarantine, the functioning
This will also serve as a guide to the future of prepared to meet the disease is an important The writer is with Centre for Technology
bear a changed name or spelling following the completion of a project the locality or ward. of the PDS and availability objective. One metric to measure prepared- Alternatives for Rural Areas, IIT Bombay. He is
that began two years ago. The government has explained it as a step to An important document is the Specimen of drinking water. ness is the number of beds, doctors and currently on deputation to IIT Goa
re-include the local, native contexts of names, that were ignored by the
colonial administration, and for place names to resonate with their
Tamil pronunciation. Henceforth, in official records, the English spelling of Coimbatore,
the state’s second largest city, will be Koyampuththoor, to resonate with its Tamil roots,
whereas Egmore, a major railway terminus in Chennai, has been invested with some his-
tory and renamed as Ezhumboor to recall the fact that it was the seventh village bought
by the East India Company, which built the port city of Madras, renamed some years ago
as Chennai. Vellore shall be Veeloor and Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) gets an extra “th” to be-
THE SAGA OF CYNTHIA RITCHIE
come Thooththukkudi and so on. The changes will be expensive, laborious, and confus- Her accusations against the powerful have shaken Pakistan
ing, particularly to non-natives, but they are likely to strike a chord in a state that defines
its identity primarily in linguistic terms.
Thisboutof renamingisnottheoutcomeof anemotionalpitchormobilisationagainst Khaled Ahmed
any perceived threat to regional identity or assertion of linguistic pride, as was the case
in the past in Tamil Nadu or elsewhere. Earlier exercises of a similar kind were deemed ON JUNE 9, an American woman resident in had let Benazir down, running away, al- ple,“savouringthePakistanicuisineandeven
to be acts of sub nationalist assertion, with anti-caste undertones; the ideologues often Pakistan went public with allegations that legedly, from the place of her assassination. driving a traditionally bedecked Pakistani
have shaken the country. She appeared on Rehman Malik was the handyman of the truck”. After the columns she wrote in the
framed Sanskrit, Hindi, the non-Tamil or the Brahmin as the Other to emphasise an egal-
Geo TV and accused two leaders of the Bhuttos and went into exile when the family Karachi-based daily Express Tribune, and her
itarian impulse in asserting the Tamil self over other identities. It also shaped politics in Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of “touching” leftPakistanandhadenoughmoneywhilein documentary film Emerging Faces: Exploring
thestatedecisivelyandredefinedfederalrelations,forthebetter.Theanti-Hindiagitations herindecently.CynthiaDawnRitchieaccused the United Kingdom to own a home “just on Pakistan’s Hidden Treasures, she likely made
in the 1930s and 1960s were a major factor in facilitating the growth of the Dravidian ex-PrimeMinisterYousaf RazaGillaniof em- the other side of Marble Arch off Edgware contactwiththepublicitywingofthePakistan
MovementintheMadrasstate.Unsurprisingly,itspoliticalface,theDMK,renamedMadras bracingherinanobjectionablemannerwhile Road” that became the venue for the signing Army. In September 2019, the army chief
state as Tamil Nadu, the land of Tamils, when it won office in 1967. The first World Tamil a “close friend” of hers from the party “mas- of the Charter of Democracy by Nawaz Sharif General Qamar Javed Bajwa invited her to at-
Conference was held soon after to emphasise the glory of the Tamil language and to cel- saged” her shoulders. andBhutto,whichsetthestagefortheouster tend the Pakistan Defence Day ceremonies.
Thisallegedlyhappenedin2011whenthe from power of General Pervez Musharraf. Herworldviewisexpressedinthefollow-
ebrate the civilisational ethos of the Tamil-speaking region.
PPPwasinpower.Whenshewas“molested”, What was Ritchie doing in Pakistan after ing observation: “People tend to be afraid of
Linguistic sub regionalism has since become a part of the political consensus in Tamil the Presidency was occupied by Asif Ali arriving there in 2010? Michael Kugelman, the unknown; this is a natural, human re-
Nadu, while continuing to be a platform to mobilise against the Centre, or to highlight Zardari,andGillaniwasprimeminister.Gillani SeniorProgrammeAssociateforSouthAsiaat sponse.Ourgoalistoinform,toenlightenthe
the concerns of Tamils elsewhere, for example in Sri Lanka. The quiet manner in which was disqualified by the Supreme Court of theWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterfor westernaudienceof themanythingswehave
the present government has gone about the renaming may point to a more mature phase Pakistanin2012.Ritchiealsoaccusedthethen Scholars wrote on January 17, 2013, in The in common with communities around the
of linguistic sub nationalism, which is confident of addressing its concerns without rais- InteriorMinisterRehmanMalikof rapingher Both Gillani and Rehman Newsabout“TenAmericansdoinggreatthings world;weaimtoencouragecommunication
ing the spectre of an Other.
after calling her to his house “in connection have gone to court against forPakistan”:“RitchieisanAmericantraveller and reduce conflict.”
with her visa problem”. She says she was re- andadocumentaryfilmmakerwhohasbeen She writes in The News (September 29,
her for wrongful accusation,
galed with flowers and “an expensive cell- on a mission to present Pakistan to the world 2018):“Myparentsusedtotelluskids:If you
phone” before being drugged with a spiked demanding hundreds of exactly as the 200 million inhabitants of the don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for any-
billions of rupees in
STUDENT PLUS POLITICS
drinkandraped.Herdriverwasgiven$2000, country have known it for seven decades. thing. They insisted I grow up with a thor-
likely meant for her. It developed later, ac- damages. Ritchie was tearful Pakistan is a fascinating kaleidoscope of cul- ough, varied education and travel the world
cording to her story, that the rape was tureandtradition,boundbythecenturies-old — to immerse myself in reality and not be
“arranged”afterher“disclosure”thatthelate
as she appeared on TV cherishment of common values of hospital- completely dependent on what I see on TV
Campus rankings reveal that the very institutions demonised Benazir Bhutto had a secret “love life”. narrating what Rehman had ity, altruism and an esoteric celebration of or read in the papers. Educationists call this
Both Gillani and Rehman have gone to done to her. She also blogged family life. These are the things that Ritchie experientiallearning.Tothisday,educationis
as sanctuaries of ‘anti-nationals’ are leaders in learning

D
courtagainstherforwrongfulaccusation,de- how Rehman had let Benazir could relate to having been brought up in a one of my greatest passions and world travel
manding hundreds of billions of rupees in traditional family from Louisiana.” has become one of my greatest teachers.”
ELAYED BY THE COVID-19 outbreak, the annual lists of the National
damages.Ritchiewastearfulassheappeared
down, running away, On Ritchie’s YouTube channel, she is
Institutional Ranking Framework have finally been released by the on TV narrating what Rehman had allegedly allegedly, from the place of showntraversingthe“thelengthandbreadth The writer is consulting editor, Newsweek
Union HRD ministry, and make sobering reading for those who had done to her. She also blogged how Rehman her assassination. of the vast terrain of Pakistan”, meeting peo- Pakistan
convinced themselves, and others, that academics and politics do not
go very well together. Apart from the Indian Institute of Science and the
Indian Institutes of Technology, top rankings, overall, go to campuses where, to get from
pointAtopointB, thevisitormust negotiate thickets of agitationalposters,andperchance
be detained by a protest or three. The very campuses which have been demonised as JUNE 13, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO
dens of anti-national activity and bunkers of the “tukde-tukde gang”, the mythical buga-
boo conjured up to warn university students off politics, have emerged among the most TRIPURA MASSACRE NO PRESIDENT’S RULE plying to supplementaries to a calling at-
important nurseries for the leading citizens of tomorrow. ALTHOUGH THE DISTURBANCES in West UNION HOME MINISTER, Zail Singh, dis- tention motion on the Tripura mass killings.
Themostpoliticallyactivecampusesinthecountryareintheupperechelonsof thelist Tripura were described by Zail Singh, Union missed rather curtly a demand by his party
— Jawaharlal Nehru University, Calcutta University, Jadavpur University, the University of home minister, as a “massacre”, the magni- colleague, Eduardo Faleiro, that the Centre CAMBODIA VIOLENCE
tude of the tragedy that befell thousands of should dismiss the Marxist government in KHMER ROUGE GUERILLAS have massacred
Hyderabad, Jamia Millia Islamia, the University of Delhi. That deflates the notion, popular people in half a dozen villages was hardly re- Tripura, and impose President's rule follow- 150 to 200 rail passengers and wounded at
insomeformortheotherinmiddleclasssocietysincethe1970s,thatpoliticalactivismdis- vealed.Itwasaplannedattackbythemilitant ing the widespread killing and arson there. least300moreinadaylightattackonanover-
tractsfromacademicexcellence.TheperceptionwasbirthedbytheNaxalbarimovement, groupof theUpajatiYubaSamitiof Tripuraon “It is not a good thing to weaken an elected crowdedtrainabout70kilometresnorthwest
but has unfortunately been applied indiscriminately to political activity of any colour. the Hindu villages where thousands of state government at a delicate time like this, of Phnom Penh, Thai press reports said. The
On the contrary, the rankings just published suggest that while academics the world refugeesfromerstwhileEastPakistanhadset- let alone dismiss it,” he said. "On such oc- reports quoted survivors of the attack as say-
over is cutting funding to the liberal arts, these disciplines, which teach students how to tleddownsome20yearsago.Thecarnagefol- casions we have to rise above party loyal- ing that guerillas, hidden in a bush, blew up
lowed an incident in which a tribal boy was ties. The party may sometimes have to suf- the locomotive with a rocket and opened
make sense of society and themselves, retain their importance. There is no contradiction
assaulted by some shopkeepers in fer but the national interest should not be heavy machine gun fire on passengers cling-
betweenacademicsandpolitics.Infact,politicsonlysignalsthewillingnesstojointhefray LembucharaBazar.Withinminutes,amobof harmed.” The Union government had not ing to the sides and top of the 70-car train.
for a better world. And therefore, a student on a campus which has suffered the coercive afewthousandtribalsattackedthebazar,ran- even considered imposing President’s rule Occupants of the train compartments were
attention of political thugs or the police is probably doing something right. sacked shops and killed a few persons. in troubled Tripura, he said. Singh was re- also among the victims, the witnesses said.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 WHAT THE OTHERS SAY

THE IDEAS PAGE

“Given the severity of the turbulence in Hong Kong and the fact that some
radical elements seem willing to resort to terrorism to advance their political
agenda, it has become imperative to establish and improve the legal system
and enforcement mechanisms.” — CHINA DAILY

The path not taken Don't blame the Bar

Court must look within, address
What the government could have done differently to deal with the asymmetries of justice that are
pandemic. What it can still do now causing disquiet in stakeholders
whichdespitehavingnationalramifications,
do not get listed for years. Some which re-
quireurgentresolutionarenotontheCourt’s
radar. Delay in hearing such matters is al-
ready the subject of public debate.
There have been instances in the recent
past when judges themselves have ques-
tionedtheinternalfunctioningof thecourt.
Harsh Mander Kapil Sibal
Matters relating to the elevation and trans-
fer of judges have become concerning be-
cause of the manner in which they have
EVEN AFTER A harsh and unforgiving lock- takenplace.Criticismbyretiredjudgesisnot
down of more than 60 days, the curve of WHEN COURTS BEGIN losing the confi- at the instance of the legal fraternity.
COVID infections refuses to flatten. The dence of the public, democracy is under Criticismbymembersofthebaronsuchand
health infrastructure retains massive gaps, threat. With its integrity unblemished, a other issues is not aimed at denigrating the
as two out of three districts lack testing facil- courtwillalwaysenjoytheconfidenceof its judiciary or questioning its independence.
ities, and patients even in the national capi- key stakeholders — the litigant public and Onthecontrary,suchcriticismismadewith
tal are dying because they cannot get beds. the legal fraternity. Its dignity can never be the intent to protect its independence.
This,aftertheworkingpoorwerepackedinto diminished by members of the bar critical The fact that four distinguished judges
unhygienic crowded quarantine centres, of its functioning. But its enduring edifice of the Supreme Court found it necessary to
forced to stand in lines for hours for every willfallapartif itdecaysfromwithin.Partof address a press conference expressing
meal,strugglingagainstexhaustionandheat the threat is internal. But the real threat is doubts about the Court’s functioning, in-
as they trudged hundreds of kilometres to posed by an assertive executive that seeks cludingonaparticularmatterrelatingtothe
returnhome,orbeingdeprivedfoodandwa- to dominate both within and outside court. death of a judge, is not something that
teronwaywardtrains.Thecontractionof the It is in the interest of both the litigant lawyers raised — a former Chief Justice of
economy and the destruction of millions of publicandthelegalfraternitythatourjudges India commented on it in the course of the
jobs and supply chains signal a worrying decidecausesinthehighesttraditionsofde- press conference. The judges, in fact, ex-
surge of mass hunger and unemployment. cision-making, uninfluenced by the buffet- pressedconcernaboutthethreattodemoc-
It is apparent the policies of the Union ing winds seeking to destabilise the envi- racy from within the system. One of the
government to battle the pandemic have ronment. They are the justice-delivery judgeswhoquestionedthemanneroffunc-
failed. I believe that the people of India will system’s prime stakeholders. The reason is tioningoftheCourtbythethenChiefJustice
gravelysuffertheconsequencesof thesefail- simple. Litigants, in normal circumstances, of India,later,asChief Justice,presidedover
ures for at least a generation. movethecourtasamatteroflastresort.This a bench on a Saturday morning to address
People ask: What could the government is because litigation costs are burdensome serious allegations of sexual impropriety
have done differently? Wealthy industri- C R Sasikumar and the resolution of disputes takes years. madeagainsthim.Hisstatementindefence,
alised countries like the United States have the New Deal in America, rely on massive equipment of private hospitals for public Theironlyhopeisfaithintheimpartialityof aprocedureunknowntolaw,didraiseques-
been felled by this deadly contagion, they public spending for a greatly expanded em- use, free of cost, for the duration of the pan- court processes. The judge symbolises the tions about the integrity of the system.
say. What could a muchpoorer country have ployment guarantee programme, andits ex- demic. It should by ordinance order that no divine calling of rendering justice. The legal Lawyers are not to be blamed for that.
done differently to save the lives of thou- tension to urban India. The government patient is turned away or charged by any fraternity,ontheotherhand,dependsonthe Therehavealsobeeninstancesinthepast
sands of its people? The stark answer is — should peg pensions at half the minimum private hospital for diagnosis or treatment purityof thejudicialprocessforitssurvival. ofPILsbeingspearheadedbypublic-spirited
virtually everything. wage, universalise these, and ensure during of symptoms which could be of coron- If the litigant public loses faith in judicial citizens.Theintentisnevertodenigrateand
Begin with the decision whether to im- the pandemic that these are hand-delivered avirus. It should also ensure that the treat- processes, it jeopardises the profession. No destroytheinstitutionbuttomakeitrespond
pose a nationwide lockdown, that too with- to older persons so as to not place them at ment of all other ailments does not suffer lawyerwouldliketoweakentheinstitution to issues that need redressal.
out notice or preparation. Had the govern- risk. during the pandemic. Beds for COVID by attacking it for partisan ends. When mass migration of "shramiks"
ment consulted widely with public-health Migrants — and other citizens — should should not be created by snatching away Structurally,ourSupremeCourtisanun- wastakingplaceandissuesastothemisery
experts, epidemiologists, economists, social have at least a week to return to their homes beds for other purposes. wieldyinstitution.Judgesspeakintoomany ofthosewalkinghundredsofkilometresand
scientists, and studied the global experience before even a limited lockdown. Even at this The government should, from the start, different voices. A bench of two or more those sequestered in ill-equipped shelter
carefully, it would have ruled out the lock- late stage, it should restore full passenger have incentivised public and private corpo- speaksfortheentireCourt.Differentjudges homes without adequate facilities were
down as bad public health because you can- train operations, and reserve all seats for a rations to exponentially expand production in all such benches do not think alike. The raised, the court chose not to take notice of
not save millions of working people from in- week for free travel by migrants on a first- of PPEs, testing kits and ventilators. Most same statutory provisions are viewed dif- it in the first instance, on the assurance of
fection by thrusting them into mass hunger. come-first-serve basis. Even today, it has frontlinehealthworkerslikeASHAsandICDS ferently depending on the judges on the the government that no shramiks were on
And I would have ruled it out as immoral. In the capacity to accomplish this but is bereft workers, and sanitation workers, are under- bench.Thefateof anaccusedseekingbailis theroad,andthatallotherissueswerebeing
a country in which the large majority live in of the will and the compassion required to paid and lack job security. It should convert occasionally determined by the bench be- adequately addressed. This was a matter of
crowded tenements without water or sani- do so. In normal times, the railways ran stadiums, universities and hotels into hospi- fore whom it is listed. Some are liberal, oth- nationalconcern.CriticismoftheCourt'sin-
tation, a policy of enforcing radical physical 13,452 passenger trains transporting 23 tal and quarantine beds. It should guarantee ers think differently. action was notmeanttodenigrate thejudi-
distancing and hygiene extended protection million passengers daily. Yet after over a that every person, regardless of class, would Legal processes do occasionally raise cialsystem.Gravenationalissueswhennot
only to the privileged people with secure month, it has transported less than six mil- be entitled to the same quality of quarantine questions. First, matters listed, inconsistent addressedwithasenseof urgencywilllead
livelihoods, larger houses and running wa- lion workers. facilities. London moved homeless persons with the Court's normal practice, raise eye- tocriticism.Thisshouldnotbeseenasanat-
ter, and unleashed catastrophic suffering on The government should ensure free wa- toallvacanthotelbedsforthedurationof the brows. A litigant granted a hearing tack on the judiciary.
the poor. We could have, instead, followed ter tankers to supply water in slum shanties lockdown, paid for by the state. There is no overnight, without any ostensible urgency, Recently,wewitnessedwithdismay,the
the example of South Korea, with a focus on throughoutthedayuntilthepandemicebbs, You may ask: Where would reason for India to not do the same. andwithouthispapersbeinginorder,while government’saggressionandmisrepresen-
extensive testing, public education and lim- to enable people to wash their hands regu- the money come from? Most You may ask: Where would the money anotherfacingimminentthreatofarrest,has tationoffactsincourt.Suchaggressionfrom
ited containment. larly and secure personal hygiene. It should come from? Most countries which went to run from pillar to post despite having his anyquartermustnotbecountenanced,nor
But even if parts of the country with high massively ramp up helplines for both men-
countries which went down downtheroadof lockdownhaveinvested10 papers in order, being refused even a hear- shouldstatementsbeacceptedatfacevalue.
infectionwerelockeddown,thegovernment tal health and domestic violence, as well as the road of lockdown have to 20 per cent of GDP on public spending to ing,makesforasymmetricaltreatment.This The state is like any other litigant and must
couldhavefirstexplainedthereasonsforthis mental health OPDs and places of safety for invested 10 to 20 per cent of cushionagainsthungerandunemployment. is not an isolated example of processual be so treated.
to the people, and addressed most of all the battered women. It should empty custodial GDP to public spending to India’sadditionalpublicspendingturnsoutto asymmetry. Departure from settled prac- Recent events have demonstrated that
working poor. It could, with scientists and beggar homes, women’s homes and chil- belessthan1percent.Thegovernmentcould tices in hearing matters is also a matter of thejudiciaryneedstointrospect.The“fault,
economists, have responded to questions in dren’s homes for those in conflict with the
cushion against hunger and impose a cess of 2 per cent on the wealth of concern. It is well-settled that habeas cor- dear Brutus, lies not in our stars but in our-
open,regularandempatheticpressbriefings. law, and offer, instead, voluntary and digni- unemployment. India’s justthetop1percent,andaninheritancetax puspetitionsareheardthedayaftertheyare selves”. There is no use in blaming the bar.
For the period of a limited lockdown, it fied places of safety for all at-risk persons. additional public spending of 33 per cent. This would be more than suf- filed. Departing from that tradition is prob- In any judicial system, lawyers are hyphens
should have ensured that every household To make prisons safer, I would use this turns out to be less than 1 ficient to raise all the resources we need for lematic especially when leaders of the between the litigant and the court. The bar
receives unconditional cash transfers of Rs moment to do what the Supreme Court has everything I have suggested here. Opposition are in custody for months. alwaysseekstobuildconfidenceinthepub-
7,000, and a universal, expanded public dis- directed for decades: To grant bail or dis- per cent. The government Are we likely to do any of this? The clear Stakeholderswonderwhymattersofliberty lic mind that the only institution that will
tribution system (including also pulses and charge all under-trial prisoners except per- could impose a cess of 2 per answer is no. But not because this is not are not given priority over others. Highly protectourfreedomsisafiercelyindepend-
oil). Economists Prabhat Patnaik and Jayati haps those with the gravest charges. Even cent on the wealth of just the feasible. It is. Other countries have done all controversialuniqueprocedureslikehand- ent judiciary.
Ghosh have calculated that for three and six among these, those who are older than 65 top 1 per cent, and an of this. It will not happen because the gov- ing over documents in sealed covers to the
months, respectively, for all Indians, this and therefore at special risk, would be given ernment and people of privilege will not Courthavegainedcredibilityinrecenttimes. The writer, a senior Congress leader, is a
would cost not more than 3 per cent of GDP, bail for the period of the pandemic. The gov- inheritance tax of 33 per cent. allow this to happen. We cannot blame The second issue relates to matters, former Union minister
and a manageable depletion of India’s food- ernment should discharge people held for This would more than COVID-19 for the humanitarian crisis
grain stocks of 77 million tons. petty offences. sufficiently raise all the which has engulfed us, growing into the
The government should now arrange re- It would be impossible to overnight re- worst in most of our lives. We must blame
resources we need for
payment of loans instalments of MSMEs for
six months to ensure that they do not sink.
build the public health system, broken for
decades. But the government must, like everything I have suggested
only ourselves.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Acornerstoneof itsrevivalstrategymust,like Spain, deploy all personnel, beds and here. Mander is a human right worker and writer

MUZZLING MEDIA
IDEAS
He defined the moment
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Ministry
of truth’ (IE, June 12). A free press is a
road to the voice of people in a democ-
ONLINE
racy. With so many restrictions and ONLY IN THE EXPRESS
bans preventing the free flow of infor-
mation in J&K, how can the real causes ● TAKING OWNERSHIP OF
AjitJogi—asDMandCM—traversedhisarconhisownterms of alienation and disaffection of its MGNREGA: VINAY
youth be ascertained? They may be SAHASRABUDDHE
misguided and under the influence of
Aman Singh anti-national elements. Butthese base- ● LESSONSIN
lesselementswilltakenotimetodisap-
CONSERVATION: NITIN
IN INDIA, IT is widely accepted that the pivot control of the party in the state: He ensured that Jogi was satisfied. proved to be his strength and, perhaps, his pear from the sceneonce the local pop-
of public administration comprises three in- that politics in the Congress for the next two Inanothermeeting,somemoneywasex- greatest weakness too. He ran the state the ulation is won over with sincerity and SEKAR
stitutions—PrimeMinister,ChiefMinisterand decades would revolve around him. pected from the RBI for drought relief. At the only way he knew — like a collector. He was sympathy.
DistrictMagistrate.AjitJogi,whodiedonMay Jogi was an astute administrator as well. beginning of the meeting, Jogi chided two used to unbridled control and authority as a Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur www.indianexpress.com
29, holds the unique record of being the only Unfortunately, his developmental achieve- IAS officers for not going to Mumbai to fol- DM, and he tried to exercise the same as the
person to have occupied both the offices of mentsareoftenovershadowedbytheallega- low up with the RBI. An hour later, he was CM. Friends and foes alike felt that a spirit of THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Ministry
the CM and DM. tions of high-handedness, victimisation and livid when he saw the two officers still sit- accommodation would have helped Jogi. If of Truth’ (IE, June 12). Verily speaking, comment on the prevailing casteism in
Born in 1946 in the Marwahi district of other extraneous controversies. But he did ting in the meeting. He forced them to leave Jogi had worked as a secretary in the the press comes is a part and parcel of India. The statistics of caste atrocities,
Chhattisgarh to a humbleschoolteacher,Jogi lay a solid foundation for a fledgeling state. for the airport and board the next flight to mantralaya, he would have learnt to collab- democracy. As regards the new media despite the SC/ST Atrocities Act, speak
went on to graduate as a gold medallist in He gave priority to infrastructure and fiscal Mumbai. When hewanted something done, orate, to agree to disagree, to let go and, policyof theJ&Kadministration,itmust for themselves. And like White
mechanical engineeringfromMaulanaAzad managementandshutdownallthePSUs,in- he wanted it done, no questions asked. sometimes, to lose gracefully. not sound or look like smacking of offi- Americans, upper caste people who
Collegeof Technology(RECBhopal).Thiswas cluding the State Road Transport Politically,heclaimedtribalstatusandpo- I shared a unique relationship with him cial bias or high-handedness while don't speak up are part of the problem.
1968 — the same year he qualified for the Corporation. No wonder, in the 2003 Vidhan sitioned himself as a champion of the tribals. because my father knew him well and we dealingwiththepress.Thiswillamount L R Murmu, Delhi
Indian Police Service and, two years later, he Sabha elections, unlike in MP, Bijli, Sadak, He was particularly seen as the leader of the shared the same alma mater. When he toanintrusion uponthefreedom of the
made it to the IAS and joined the MP cadre.
Healsoholdsarecordof sortsforworking
Pani was a non-issue in Chhattisgarh.
There are stories galore of his no-non-
Satnamis(followersofGuruGhasidas,a19th-
century leader). Since 2003, when Jogi first
wanted something done, he would un-
abashedly invoke three reasons for me to do
press. Unfortunately, Article 19 of the
Constitution doesn't separately men-
IMPERFECT FUTURE
asacollectorfor12years.Histruecalling,how- sense attitude towards the bureaucracy. In contested the Assembly election from the job. One, “you are my bhatija”; two, “I am tion, unlike the United States, “the free- THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Misleading,
ever, was politics. Thanks to Arjun Singh, his one such incident, in 2001 — as the state Marwahi, he never lost the seat: In 2018, he yoursenior”;andthree,“WhenJogibecomes dom of the press”. not futuristic’ (IE, June 12). It is rightly
mentor,hedroppedallpretensionsandjoined faced a drought — the cabinet was meeting wonbymorethan46,000votes.Hisswayover CM, Aman Singh will be his secretary.” It was Azhar A Khan, Rampur pointed out that astrology is a pseudo-
the Congress in 1986 with a direct nomina- at the CM House late in the evening to fi- theSatnamivotersinChhattisgarhwasalmost to Jogi’s credit that he took few such calls — science. If predictions based on astrol-
tiontotheRajyaSabha.Aftertwotermsinthe
RajyaSabha(1986to1998),Jogigotelectedto
nalise a drought relief package when the
Relief Commissioner mentioned a letter on
absolute.Heheldvetopowerinthese25seats.
Hewasamasterelectionstrategist.Inthe
and only for the public good.
Jogi was a visionary, a man in a hurry, a
CASTE AND RACE ogy are so perfect, why don't many as-
trologers, who are living in poor
the Lok Sabha in 1998 from Raigarh. the same subject that had arrived from the 2014 general elections, he was accused of man who knew how to get things done and THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Let's break conditions,improvetheirownstatus?It
The creation of the new state of Government of India earlier that day. A “namesake” politics — voters found 11 someone who thrived on controversies. As the silence’ (IE, June 12). The author doesn't alleviate the suffering of the
Chhattisgarh in November 2000 brought an punctilious Jogi insisted that he wanted to Chandu Lal Sahus in the fray from the a bureaucrat or politician, on his feet or in his while analysing the death of George people, rather it spread superstitions
unexpected windfall for Jogi’s political tra- see it before finalising the package. The of- Mahasamund seat. Wily Jogi almost won wheelchair, Jogi never let the moment de- Floyd due to police brutality, and ex- among the ignorant and exploits them.
jectory. He was anointed the CM — much to ficer was sent off at 10:30 pm to dig out the that election, losing by a mere 133 votes to fine him, he defined the moment. plaining the contours of systemic It should be stoped.
the chagrin of the political heavyweights letter from the desk of the under secretary the realChanduLalSahuof the BJP,whilethe racism in the US, has made an incisive Anil Kumar Jain, Jaipur
within the Congress. It was his remarkable to whom it was marked. Only when the of- other “Sahus” shaved off over 63,000 votes! The writer is a former Principal Secretary to
political canniness that soon gave him full ficer returned with the letter, at 11:30 pm, His long stint as a collector, though, the government of Chhattisgarh

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21 years ago, on this day, history of Indian Army witnessed one of the
69,000 teachers:
greatest victories against the enemy in Drass (Kargil) during ‘Op
Vijay-1999’. We bow our heads in reverence of those soldiers, who in UP High Court
lifts stay order
the true rich traditions of the 2nd Battalion the Rajputana Rifles made
the supreme sacrifice for the motherland while fighting the enemy. It is
but for you, that today every member of the unit holds his head high.
May the Almighty confer everlasting peace to your noble soul.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
LUCKNOW, JUNE 12

THE LUCKNOW Bench of the

Allahabad High Court on Friday
lifted the stay on the appoint-
MAJ VIVEK SUB SUMER SUB BHANWAR ment of 69,000 assistant basic
GUPTA, MVC SINGH, SM LAL, VRC teachers in Uttar Pradesh, pro-
vided the state government set
CORRIGENDUM NOTICE aside 37,339 posts for Siksha
Mitras, who now hold tempo-
SR. NAME OF OLD REFERENCE/NIT NO. NATURE OF WEBSITE OF NODAL
No. BOARD/CORP./ CORRIGENDUM THE BOARD OFFICER/CONTACT rary jobs, in accordance with the
AUTH CORP./AUTH DETAILS/EMAIL June 9 order of the Supreme
1 HPGCL,PANIPAT (NIT NO. PTP-POM-111887) TENDER Start date 07.05.2020 at www.hpgcl.org.in 0180-2566015 Court and till the apex court
ID NO. 2019_HBC_127889_1 18:00 Hrs.& Last date [email protected]
CHM YASHVIR HAV SULTAN NK CHAMAN 25.06.2020 at 13:00 Hrs passes a final judgment.
SINGH, VRC SINGH, VRC SINGH TheDivisionBench,compris-
2 DHBVN, HISAR. NIT NO. 649/DH/MM DATED 18.03.2020 Date extended www.dhbvn.org.in 8059888680
AGAINST QD-830/ upto17.06.2020 [email protected] ing Justice Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal
2020_HBC_124745_1 andJustice Dinesh Kumar Singh,
3 DHBVN, HISAR NIT NO. -3/SE/RA/HSR/2020-21 DATED: Extended upto www.dhbvn.org.in 01662-223196 lifted the stay order passed by a
17.04.2020 (2020_HBC_126386_1) 30.06.2020 at 13.00 Hrs. [email protected]
single-judge bench of the High
Court on June 3.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLY VISIT: www.haryanaeprocurement.gov.in or www.etenders.hry.nic.in
81244/HRY Justice Alok Mathur had ear-
NK SURENDRA L/NK BACHAN L/NK JASVIR lier stayed the selection process
SINGH SINGH SINGH Mineral Resources Department Government of Chhattisgarh while hearing a bunch of peti-
Directorate of Geology & Mining Indravati Bhavan, Block-4, Second tions challenging the result of
REMEMBERED AND REVERED BY Floor, Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-492002, India. Assistant Teacher Recruitment
COMMANDING OFFICER AND ALL Examination 2019. Several un-
(Friday, June 12, 2020) successfulcandidateshadraised
RANKS NOTICE INVITING TENDER
INVITATION OF BIDS FOR GRANT OF MINING LEASE FOR LIMESTONE BLOCKS issues with some questions
2ND BATTALION THE RAJPUTANA askedintheexamination,saying
RFN ASHISH RIFLES theywere“ambiguousinnature,
KUMAR debatable and argumentative
03 Jul 1975-13 Jun 2012 and therefore had multiple cor-
On this day we salute and pay homage to the rect answers”.
gallant soldier who laid down his life for the Staying the appointment
Nation while protecting the Territorial Integrity of process,JusticeAlokMathurhad
India, along the Line of Control in Jammu & referred provisional answer key
Kashmir in finest traditions of the Indian Army.
along with objections to a team
May your soul rest in peace.
HAV of experts.
COMMANDING OFFICER AND ALL RANKS
HARVINDER The order was, however,
3 GRENADIERS
SINGH, SM challenged by the Uttar Pradesh
Examination Regulatory

Classifieds
Authority (UPERA), the exam
conducting body, on the ground
of maintainability of the peti-
tions and argued that all the af-
fectedpeople(1.46lakhsuccess-
PERSONAL fulcandidates)shouldhavebeen
made a party in the matter.
I,Mr.Anoop Singh R/o- I, BABITA DEVI W/O-14636868Y The Division Bench on Friday
H.No.B85,Tarla Mohalla, NK SHALESH KUMAR R/O-VILL-
sd/- said that the state government
Village-Ghitorni,New Delhi- AKHTIYARPUR,PO-
110030,infirm that,my son’s URVISUNPUR, TEH-
Director can now resume counseling,
81565 Geology & Mining Chhattisgarh
name wrongly-written in his TEKARI,DISTT-GAYA,BIHAR-824 whichhadstoppedonJune3,for
school-certicate Amit Lohia 235,in my husband’s service- theremainingslots.Itgranted10
instead of correct-name record my date-of-birth has weeks for the unsuccessful can-
Amit,for all,future purpose. wrongly-mentioned as- didates, who are respondents in
12/08/1980 instead of my- TENDER NOTICE
0040539236-4 thecase,tofiletheirreplyagainst
correct date-of-birth- Sr. NAME OF NAME OF WORK NOTICE TENDER OPENING DATE AMOUNT/EMD WEBSITE OF THE NODAL OFFICER/
I, Yoginder Thakur R/o-RZ-D-80 15/07/1977. 0040539260-2 No. BOARD/CORP./AUTH CLOSING DATE (APPROX.) IN BOARD CORP./AUTH CONTACT the UP government's special ap-
DETAILS/EMAIL
S.F. Front-Side Gali.No.4
(TIME) RUPEES pealchallengingtheJune3order.
I, Avneet Singh,S/o-Sh. Satnam 1. HAFED PANCHKULA SHORT TERM E-TENDER NOTICE FOR RATE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE PESTICIDES/INSECTICIDES 12.06.2020 204.41 LACS www.hafed.gov.in 0172-2590520
Mahavir-Enclave New Delhi- Singh,R/o-E-57,Ist Floor, (Back FOR TRADING ON 100% CONSIGNMENT BASIS FOR KHARIF 2020 AND ANNUAL RATE CONTRACT FOR 18.06.2020 [email protected] “The High Court has stayed
110045,have changed my Side), Jhilmil Colony,Delhi- RAW MATERIALS, BULK MATERIALS & PACKING MATERIALS FOR HAFED PESTICIDES PLANT, TARAORI theorderof asingle-judgebench
Name,from Yoginder Thakur to 110095,have changed my name 2. HSVP PANCHKULA https://etenders.hry.nic.in Executive Engineer by the Division Bench. Now,
JOB NO.240 MTC. OF L/S WORK IN RAJ BHAWAN HARYANA, SECTOR-6 CHANDIGARH. (MTC. OF CLOSING DATE EMD 62640/-
Yogendra Thakur vide-Affidavit 27.06.2020
from Avneet Singh to AVNEET GRASSY LAWN, PLANTS AND ALL OTHER WORKS CONTINGENT THERETO) (FOR 12 MONTHS)
(DEPOSIT WORK).
there is the liberty to make ap-
dated-08/06/2020 at New Delhi. SINGH JUNEJA for all future pointments subject to some or-
0040539236-2 purposes. 0040539260-3 3. GURGAON TECHNOLO- HIRING OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER OF GTPL OFFICIAL WEBSITE. I) FOR MAINTE- 12.06.2020 EMD 20000/- www.etenders.hry.nic.in www.gtplinfocity.com.
GY PARK LIMITED NANCE (BILLING APPLICATIONS, SMS FACILITY) & II) FOR SERVER HOSTING (DEDICATED IP) 29.06.2020 ders passed by the Supreme
I Jay Shankar Sharma S/O Laxmi I, Arik Kaur W/o Harvinder Singh Court,” Advocate General
4. CHAUDHARY BANSI LAL TENDER FOR PRE AND POST WORK RELATED TO DIGITAL UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION MANAGE- 12.06.2020 1.50 LACS www.CBLU.AC.IN 9466824010
Narayan R/O-D-556, R/o. J -177, Rajouri Garden, ND- UNIVERSITY, BHIWANI Raghvendra Singh, who repre-
MENT SYSTEM 26.06.2020
Pulprahladpur, Badarpur, New 27 have changed my name to
Ramneek Kaur. 0040539232-1 5. HAFED PUBLICATION OF SHORT TERM E-TENDER NOTICE FOR LEASING OUT OF HAFED WAREHOUSING 12.06.2020 As mentioned www.hafed.gov.in 0172-2590520-26 sented UPERA, said.
Delhi-110044,Have Changed My COMPLEXES AT DELHI, GURUGRAM & VASHI, NAVI MUMBAI. 26.06.2020 in the tender [email protected] OnJune9,theSupremeCourt
Name To Jai Shankar,For All I, Arun Maan/Arun Kumar Mann documents
Future Purposes. 0040539236-3 had directed the state govern-
S/o-CB Mann R/o-11, Pocket- 6. HSIIDC SUPPLY & FILLING OF FRESH EARTH IN PLOTS NO. 417-421 OF PRIMERY PROCESSING CENTRE 16.06.2020 26.01 LACS https://etenders.hry.nic.in 0184-2221175
10,Golden Jubilee Apartments, (PPC) HSIIDC, SECTOR-3 EXTN. AT IE KARNAL. 30.06.2020 [email protected]
ment not to fill all the 69,000
I NISHA AM LEGALLY DAUGHTER
Sector-11, Rohini,Delhi have posts, asking it keep vacant
OF SUB/MT DHARMENDER 7. HSIIDC CONSTRUCTION OF BITUMINOUS ROADS WITH DLP OF 36 MONTHS THEREAFTER FOR NEWLY 16.06.2020 695.33 LACS https://etenders.hry.nic.in 01262-287029
KUMAR SINGH ( JC-670766Y) changed my name to Arun CARVED OUT PLOTS IN POCKETS OF SECTOR-30-D & 30-E, PH-III, IMT ROHTAK. 30.06.2020 [email protected] 37,339 which are currently held
R/O VILLAGE MAHADDIPUR, Mann. 0040539236-6 by shiksha mitras.
81247/HRY. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLY VISIT: www.haryanaeprocurement.gov.in or www.etenders.hry.nic.in
THE.-MUNGER,DIST.- I, Aarushi Mann, D/o-Arun Mann, The top court said it had di-
MUNGER,STATE BIHAR HAVE R/o-11, Pocket-10, Golden rected the state government on
CHANGED MY NAME FROM Jubilee Apartments, Sector-11, May 21 that the services of all
NISHA TO NISHA KUMARI FOR Rohini Delhi,have changed my
shiksha mitras, presently work-
ALL FUTURE PURPOSES. name to Aarushi Maan.
0040539236-8
TENDER NOTICE ing on the post of assistant basic
0040539201-1 teachers, shall not be disturbed.
Sr. NAME OF NAME OF WORK/NOTICE/TENDER OPENING DATE AMOUNT/EMD WEBSITE OF THE BOARD NODAL OFFICER/CONTACT
I, Sheetal Maan W/o-Arun Mann, I, AFTAB BANGA S/o CHARANJIT No. BOARD/CORP./AUTH CLOSING DATE (APPROX.) IN CORP./AUTH DETAILS/EMAIL —WITHPTIINPUTS
R/o-11, Pocket-10, Golden SINGH BANGA, H.No.1187 (TIME) RUPEES
Jubilee Apartments, Sector-11, Sector-18-C, Chandigarh, Pin- 1. HPGCL, PANIPAT (NIT NO.94/C.LAB/2020-22) 08.06.2020 50.34 www.hpgcl.org.in 0180-2566015

UP: Children of
160018. Changed My Name to 07.07.2020 LACS [email protected]
Rohini, Delhi, have changed my
name to Sheetal Mann AFTAB SINGH BANGA. 2. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL PREPARATION DPR I/C ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS/ 11.06.2020 EMD etenderharyana.hry.nic.in 9416136242
0040539236-7
I Samiha Ajay Gambhir D/O Ajay
0040539236-1 SIRSA WORKING DRAWINGS STRUCTURAL DESIGN/ DRAWING
(DULY VETTED FROM RECOGNIZED INSTITUTE/ UNIVERSI-
TY) ALONG WITH SUB GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF
18.06.2020 50000/-
labourers to get
I, Saroj Sahni W/o Late.Joginder
Sahni R/o-B-5/237-238,Sector-3
Rohini Delhi hereby Declare
Gambhir R/o SV-4 Rockview
Officer’s Enclave Air Force
ANY KIND, SUPERVISION OF THE PROJECT TILL COMPLE-
TION AND DETAILED direct monthly
that date of,Debarment of my
Two Sons and their Wives be
Station, Palam, Delhi Cantt-
110010 Have Changed My
3. HVPNL HISAR. SUPPLYING AND SPREADING OF GRAVEL FOR 40/50MVA
220/132 KV T/F, 33 KV BAY D5-D8 AND 132 KV BAY B-5,B-6
AT 132KV SUB-STATION KAIRU.
CLOSING DATE
01.07.2020
4.01
LACS
www.hvpn.org.in 0172-2583789
[email protected] cash transfer
Read as,16.12.2015 instead of Name from SAMIHA AJAY
GAMBHIR to SAMIHA GAMBHIR 4. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL REPLACEMENT OF CFL, TUBE LIGHT, SODIUM LIGHT, SODI- CLOSING DATE EMD
16.12.2018 Which is wrongly ETENDERS.HRY.NIC.IN 9350496582
mentioned in this newspaper 0040539194-1 BAHADURGARH UM HIGH MAST LIGHT TO NEW LED LIGHT IN SECTOR 2 , 6,
7, 9 AND 9A IN BAHADURGARH CITY
25.06.2020 1.92 LACS [email protected] EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Published on 10.06.2020. LUCKNOW, JUNE 12
0040539236-5 PUBLIC NOTICE 5. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCULAR CHOWK NEAR GAU GORA CLOSING DATE EMD ETENDERS.HRY.NIC.IN 9350496582
This is to certify that my client Mr. BAHADURGARH PARK & RENOVATION OF GAU GORA PARK AT BADLI ROAD 25.06.2020 4.92 LACS [email protected]
I, Km Gurpreet Kaur D/o Kuldeep Guddu S/o Sh. lshwari Prasad R/o IN BAHADURGARH CITY + 2 OTHER WORKS CHIEF MINISTER Yogi
Singh R/o-Alampur Ramraj,
1602, Lodhi Road Complex, Jawahar
6. NHM HARYANA INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR EMPANELMENT OF PRINT- 12.06.2020 -
Adityanath on Friday inaugu-
Lal Nehru Stadium, Pocket-4, Lodhi www.nhmharyana.gov.in 85588-94019
Muzaffarnagar have changed Road, Central Delhi, Delhi-110003, ERS FOR PRINTING OF VARIUOS PRINT MATERIAL UNDER 26.06.2020 [email protected] rated‘BalShramikVidyaYojana’,
hereby disown and disinherit his son NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION, HARYANA
my name to Gurpreet Kaur,for Mr. Rahul, aged 24 years from his all under which the Uttar Pradesh
all future purposes. movable and immovable properties i.e.
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONST OF TWO ROOM SET AND OTHER WORKS IN NAN- CLOSING DATE 10160/- government will pay Rs 1,000 to
House No. E-600/1, Land Measuring 30 7. https://etenders.hry.nic.in 9810880504
0040539260-1 Sq Yards, Khasra No. 281, Ground BHIWANI DISHALA IN MC BHIWANI. 16.06.2020 [email protected] sons and Rs 1,200 to daughters
Floor Built, situated at Block-E, Aali
I, Jai Kant S/o-Arjun Singh R/o-D- Vihar, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-110076. 8. MUNICIPAL MAINTINANCE OF HUKAM CHAND, MAHATMA JYOTI BAI CLOSING DATE 2.44 etenders.hry.nic.in 01663-254008 of labourerseverymonthtosup-
That if, anybody will deal with his son, COUNCIL HANSI FULLE, MANDI SAINIAN HORTICULTURE WORKS IN M.C. 18.06.2020 LACS
240, Qutub-Vihar, Gyola- he will do so on his own responsibility port their families and keep
HANSI + 4 OTHER WORKS
Dairy,New Delhi-110071 inform and my client will not responsible for
any act done by his above said son.
them away from child labour.
that my son’s name Sd/- 9. MUNICIPAL VARIOUS TYPE OF DEVLOPMENT WORKS(AS PER DNIT) 10.06.2020 EMD www.etenderhry.nic.in Executive Engineer Children in the age group of
Abbhimanyu Anurag,S/o Jai AJAY SETH COUNCIL, HANSI TENDER REF NO MCH/2020/06/02 TO MCH/2020/06/11 16.06.2020 10000/-
Advocate 8-18 years will be eligible for the
Kant Yadav is wrong. Actual Enrol. No: D-71/96 10. H.S.A.M.BOARD, CONST.OF BLOCK AGRICULTURE OFFICE (BAO) ALEWA + CLOSING DATE 161.25 http://etenders.hry.gov.in 01681-252003 scheme and to encourage them
and correct name is Chamber No. 351, Lawyers Block JIND 5 OTHER WORKS 27.06.2020 LACS etenders.gov.in
Abhimanyu Anurag,s/o Jai
Saket Court Complex, New Delhi-17 to focus on studies.
Mob.91-9811085865
kant.it is use,for all purpose. 11. M.C. ROHTAK REPAIR OF PATCH WORK WITH SHALMAK IN VARIOUS 11.06.2020 10 LACS www.etenders.hry.nic.in [email protected] The government has also in-
STREETS IN W.NO. 1 TO W. NO. 22 ROHTAK. 17.06.2020
0040539236-11 cluded another incentive of Rs
12. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONST OF MEETING HALL ROOM AT M.C. OFFICE, BHI- CLOSING DATE 50000/- https://etenders.hry.nic.in 9810880504 6,000 yearly after the child com-
I, JC No.342536W NB/ SUB BHIWANI WANI. + 1 WORKS 26.06.2020 [email protected]
pleteseachclass–thatis8th,9th
Gursahib Singh,S/o
Sh.Mahinder Singh R/o-VPO
13. HLRDC LTD TENDER FOR DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE/ UNSERVICEABLE 15.06.2020 As mentioned https://etenders. hry.nic.in [email protected] and 10th.
AGRICULTURE IMPLEMENTS/SCRAP AND OTHER ITEMS 25.06.2020 in tender
Jhanda Kalan Teh.Sardul Garh ETC. ON “AS IS WHERE IS BASIS”. document Theschemewillinvolve con-
Distt-Mansa (Punjab)- ditional cash transfer and the el-
14. HARYANA SCHOOL PRINTING AND SUPPLY OF WORKBOOKS FOR CLASS-9TH 12.06.2020 EMD www.hsspp.in 0172-2590500
151507,inform my Father name
SHIKSHA PARIYOJNA TO CLASS 12TH FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2020-21 UNDER 26.06.2020 2.43 LACS pohsspp@gmail. com
igibility criteria will cover chil-
is Mahinder Singh and not PARISHAD SARTHAK PROGRAM dren who have to earn because
Mohinder Singh and also his
15. HARTRON RATE CONTRACT OF UPS SYSTEM 13.06.2020 7.5 CRORE https://etenders.hry.nic.in 0172-2562456
of unfavourable situations such
correct Date-of-birth is-
01/01/1948 and not-01/07/1946. 14.07.2020 [email protected] as either of their parents or both
16. H.S.A.M. BOARD CONSTRUCTION OF MINI SOIL TESTING LABORATORY IN CLOSING DATE 1.00 CRORE http:// etenders.hry.nic.in 9971730975/
have died, or both mother and
0040539236-10
FARIDABAD NGM/NVM AT BALLABGARH.TIME LIMIT UPTO 6 MONTHS. + 02.07.2020 [email protected] fatherarepermanentlydisabled,
I, JC No.342536W NB/ SUB 3 OTHER WORKS
or their mother is head of the
Gursahib Singh,S/o
17. HFDC, AMBALA IN-HOUSE MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY OF IRON TREE 10.06.2020 38 LACS www.hfdc.gov.in 0171-2551567 family, both parents have some
Sh.Mahinder Singh R/o-VPO GUARDS IN YAMUNANAGAR AND KURUKSHETRA 20.06.2020 gm.ambala@ hfdc.gov.in
Jhanda Kalan Teh.Sardul Garh DISTRICTS
incurablediseaseortheyhaveno
Distt-Mansa (Punjab)- land of their own.Adityanath
151507,inform my mother 18. HPGCL PANIPAT ARC FOR CONDENSER TUBE CLEANING BY HYDROJET 12.06.2020 12.17 www.hpgcl.org.in 9355869303 said in the first phase, around
METHOD FOR UNIT-7 & 8, AT PTPS, PANIPAT. (NIT NO. 13.07.2020 LACS [email protected]
name is Surjeet kaur and not 568/MP-7002/HYDROJET/ 2018) 2,000 children of 57 districts in
Sarjeet Kaur and also her the state would be benefited
correct Date-of-birth is- 19. HPGCL PANIPAT ARC FOR RUNNING & MAINTENANCE OF PLANT CAN- 12.06.2020 8.88 www.hpgcl.org.in 9355869303
01/01/1945 and not-01/07/1949. TEENS, FIELD HOSTEL AND VIP GUEST HOUSE AT HPGCL 30.06.2020 CRORE [email protected] through this scheme in the first
PROJECT AND URJA BHAWAN, PANCHKULA. (NIT NO. phaseandthetargetwouldbeto
0040539236-9 569/MP-30 / CANTEEN/2020)
alsostartAtalresidentialschools
I, Bhupesh Bakshi s/o Brij 20. HARYANA SEED E-TENDER FOR SUPPLY OF BAJRA SEED (HYBRID / 13.06.2020 1 LAKH https://etenders.hry.nic.in 94163-97488 from next academic session so
Bhushan Bakshi R/o 57-C, LIG DEVELOPMENT VARIETY) 22.06.2020 [email protected]
CORPORATION LIMITED thatchildrenof workerscouldbe
Flats, Madhuban Enclave,
Madipur, Paschim Vihar, New
provided “quality education” in
21. THE BALLABGARH. REPAIR OF ETP AT MILK CHILLING CENTRE NUH 13.06.2020 10000/- www.vitaindia.org.in 9968604725
Delhi-110063, also known as COOP. MILK PRODUCERS' (HARYANA) 03.07.2020 [email protected] residential facility.
Ankit. Both are same person. UNION LTD. He said as hard work by
0040539234-1 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLY VISIT : www.haryanaeprocurement.gov.in or www.etenders.hry.nic.in labourerswasbehindalldevelop-
81246/HRY.
ment, “their welfare is our duty”.

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ACB arrests TDP
MLA in medicine
procurement scam stressed assets recovery branch
2nd floor, Patna Main Branch Building, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna- 800 001
Publication of Notice regarding possession of property u/s 13(4) of SARfAeSi Act 2002
Medical Services — Dr B Ravi
Notice is hereby given under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of
SREENIVAS JANYALA Kumar, Dr C K Ramesh Kumar Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and in exercise of powers conferred under section 13(12) read with
HYDERABAD, JUNE 12 and Dr G Vijaya Kumar — issued rule 3 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, a demand notice was issued on the dates mentioned
purchaseordersforprocurement against each account and stated hereinafter calling upon them to repay the amount within 60 days from the
THE ANTI-CORRUPTION Bureau of drugs,medicalequipmentand date of receipt of the said Notice.
The Borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the Borrower and the public in
(ACB) arrested a Telugu Desam lab kits, amounting to Rs 975.79 general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below in exercise of
Party (TDP) MLA from Tekkali in crore.Aninquirybythevigilance power conferred on him/her under section 13 (4) of said Act read with rule 8 of the said Act on the dates
AndhraPradeshonFridaymorn- department alleged that the di- mentioned against each account.
ingforhisallegedinvolvementin rectors arranged for fabricated The Borrower in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and
any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the State Bank of India for an amount and
ascaminvolvingprocurementof quotations, which they used to interests thereon.
medicinesforESIhospitalswhen issue purchase orders. The borrower attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of time
he was a minister in the N The inquiry found while the available to redeem the secured assets.
ChandrababuNaidugovernment. budget allocation for the pur- Name of Name of Description of the Date of Amount
TheACBreachedthehomeof chase of drugs and medicines Account/ Proprietor/ property mortgaged/charged Demand Outstanding
Borrower & Partners/ Notice &
K Atchannaidu with a police during their tenure as directors Address Guarantors/Owner Date of
force of over 100 personnel. He was Rs 293.51 crore, the three of property etc. Possession
wastobeproducedincourtlater purchased medicines worth Rs 1. M/s Vikash Sri Baidyanath Equitable Mortgage of all that part and 15.01.2020 `2525162.54 as
on Thursday. He had served as 698.36 crore. The ACB said Chura Udyog, Mahto, Sri Ram parcel of the property in the name of & on 22.11.2019 plus
the labour minister in the TDP Atchannaidu, then the labour Prop.- Sri Ram Babu Mahto, Sri Sri Baidyanath Mahto, Sri Ram Babu 10.06.2020 accrued interest,
Babu Mahto Hari Kishun Mahto Mahto, Sri Hari Kishun Mahto and Sri charges, other
government and is considered minister, asked then-director Dr and Sri Tulsi Tulsi Mahto consisting of Sale Deed miscellaneous
close to Naidu. C K Ramesh Kumar to entrust Mahto No.15191 dated 20.10.2001, Mauza- expenses etc
ACB sources said purchase orders to Hyderabad- Belsandi Tara, Prakhand Saraisa, Thana-Bibhutipur Sub-Registry office-Rosra, Dist-Samastipur, Anchal-
Atchannaidu allegedly asked di- based M/s TeleHealth Services Bibhutipur, Tauzi No.4161, Thana-03, Khata No. 670(Old)/156(New), Khesra No.118/119/120(Old),
2597/2600(New), Area- 13 Katha 10 Dhur, Boundary of total land as per sale deed no.15191 dated 20.10.2001:
rectors of Insurance Medical Pvt Ltd without calling for ten- North-Nij, South-Road, East-Road, West-Nij. Boundary of ¼ of total land as per Sarpanch certificate: North-
Services to award contracts or ders. It said the service provider Zonal Office, Budh Marg, Patna-800001
Satyadeo Jha, South-Road, East-Tulsi Mahto, West-Satyadeo Jha.
purchaseorderstoaHyderabad- claimed bills by submitting call 2. M/s Sri Smt. Rimjhim Equitable Mortgage of all that part and 15.01.2020 `1665397.93 as Possession notice For (immovable ProPerty)
based firm he favoured, and the logs and the directors paid up Radha Rani, Kumari and parcel of the property bearing sale & on 18.12.2019 plus Whereas:
Prop.- Smt. Satyajeet Kumar deed no.2824 dated 30.03.2012 and 10.06.2020 accrued interest, The undersined being the authorised officer of the indian Bank under the Securitisation and Reconstruction
directors did so without calling without verifying the logs.
Urmila Devi sale deed no.2436 dated 24.03.2012 charges, other of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and in exercise of powers conferred under
for tenders. The firm then al- TDP chief Naidu alleged (Deceased) in the name of Smt. Rimjhim Kumari miscellaneous section 13(12) read with Rules 3 of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, issued a Demand Notice
legedlyviolatedthenormsof the Atchannaidu's arrestwasapolit- (Represented through Sri Satish and Satyajeet Kumar consisting of expenses etc u/s 13(2) on the date noted against the Account as mentioned hereinafter, calling upon the borrower to repay
agreement but was still paid ical vendetta. "They kidnapped Kumar Gupta and Pradeep Kumar Mohalla-Rambhadra Nagar, Thana, the amount mentioned in the notice within 60 days from the date of receipt of the said notice.
over Rs 4 crore. Atchannaidu... Police should re- legal heirs/legal representatives of Sub-registry & sub-division Hajipur, The Borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the borrower and the public in
deceased borrower) Dist-Vaishali Hajipur Circle office- general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below in exercise of
In Andhra Pradesh, there are vealwheretheyareholdinghim." powers conferred on him/her under Section 13(4) of the said Act read with rule 8 of the said rules.
Hajipur, Thana No.181, Survey Ward No.18, Nagarpalika- Ward No.13, Halka No.10, under Nagarparishad
4 ESI Hospitals, 3 ESI Diagnostic TDP leaders alleged that Hajipur, Jamabandi No.2271, Khata No.568, Khesra No.291. 1. Sale Deed No. 2824 dated 30.03.2012, Area- The borrower in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and any
Centers and 78 ESI Dispensaries. while the three directors of 1 Katha 18 Dhoor, Boundary: North-Ramji Rai & others, South-Rajkumar Rai, East-Nij Power Holder, West- dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the Indian Bank for an amount and interest thereon.
Theemployersandemployeesof InsuranceMedicalServiceswere Kharidar Mausuf. 2. Sale Deed No. 2436 dated 24.03.2012, Area- 2 Dhur, Boundary: North-Ramji Rai & The borrower's attention is invited to the provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of
others, South-Rajkumar Rai, East-Nij Power Holder, West-Nagarparishad Sandak. time available, to redeem the secured asset.
relevant sectors contribute their involvedinallegedirregularities,
3. M/s Raj Sri Vidya Shankar Equitable Mortgage of all that part and 03.12.2019 `2264235.00 as Sl. Name Name of the Description of the charged/mortgaged Date of Amount
share of 3.25 per cent and 0.75 the ACB added Atchannaidu's Agro Agency, Yadav parcel of the property in the name of & on 13.05.2016 plus No. of the Borrower/ property (all the part & parcel of the property Demand outstanding
per cent of their salary respec- name to frame him. Prop.- Sri Vidya Shankar Yadav consisting of 10.06.2020 accrued interest, Account Guarantor consisting of) Notice as on the date
tivelyfortheESIScheme.Theex- "TheACBsaysheorderedone Vidya Shankar Sale Deed No.15529 dated 20.11.2009, charges, other & (Owner Date of of demand
penditureratiobetweenthestate of the directors to favour a Yadav Mauza-Musapur, Pragana-Saraisa, miscellaneous Branch of the Possession notice
Thana No.177, Thana, Sub-registry & expenses etc property) Notice
governmentandESICorporation Hyderabad-based company. But District-Samastipur, Khata No.43, Khesra No.1127(old)/1362(new), Area-09 Decimal. Boundary: North-Nij, 1. M/s Guarantor: All that part and parcel of lease hold land & 24.02.2020 `
is 1:7. The full expenditure is ini- his request to allot the contract South-Ramchandra Rai & Others, East-Sadak (Road), West-Pappu Thakur. Madhan Shri Chand building in the name of M/s Madhan Foods 08.06.2020 1,08,54,459.97
tially met by the state govern- to the company was made after 4. M/s Sri Biswajit Kumar Deed No.14209 dated 15.10.2011, in 04.01.2020 `2558541.00 as foods Madhan, and Bakers Pvt Ltd, admeasuring 5000 sqft at (Rs. one crore
ment and the ESIC subsequently talks and it is on paper as he had Zanmark favour of Sri Biswajit Kumar, Khata & on 04.01.2020 plus and Smt. Kamta Patliputra Industrial Area, Plot No.N.S Part C-40, eight lac fifty
reimburses its share. sent the request on his letter- Pharmaceutical, No.433(O), Khesra No.1871(O) and 10.06.2020 accrued interest, Bakers Rani, Sri Survey Plot No.3145(P), Khata No.1135, Thana four thousand
Prop.- Sri 1872(O), Area-5.00 Decimal under charges, other Pvt Ltd Navin No.01, Sub Registry & District-Patna, Bihar four hundred
The ACB said that in the past head. Why would he do that if it Satish Kumar Thana No.181, Halka No.06, Mauza- miscellaneous B/o: Madhan & alongwith Plant & Machinary affixed over the fifty nine and
five years, three people who was illegal?'' TDP leader B Sinha Mohanpur, Anchal-Samastipur (Bihar), expenses etc Exhibition Sri Pankaj premises. Bounded: On the North by- Industrial ninety seven
workedasdirectorsof Insurance Umamaheshwara Rao said. Boundary: North-Amaresh Kumar Road Madhan Plot No. C-39, On the South by-Industrial Plot paisa only)
Sinha, South-Road & other, East-Rasta, No. C-41, On the East by-Industrial Road, On the
West-Nij. West by- Nala & BIADA land.

After series of setbacks Date : 10.06.2020

Place : Patna
AUthORiSeD OffiCeR
StAte BANk Of iNDiA, SARB, PAtNA
Date : 08.06.2020
Place : Patna
Authorised Officer
(indian Bank)

for Andhra govt in HC,

three lawyers resign
capableof defendingthegovern-
SREENIVAS JANYALA ment’s decisions,” he said.
HYDERABAD, JUNE 12 However, sources said the
three were asked to put in their
AT LEAST three lawyers ap- papers for failing to defend the
pointed as the Andhra Pradesh state government’s position on
government’s pleaders resigned various issues, including the re-
Friday following a string of High moval of State Election
Court orders that went against Commissioner Nimmagadda
the government. Ramesh Kumar for postponing
Thethreelawyers—GSateesh, municipal and local body elec-
Habib Shaikh and P Rao — sent in tions which were scheduled to
their resignations Friday, saying be held on March 25.
theyweresteppingdownonper- While removing Kumar,
sonalgrounds.Theirresignations Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan
were immediately accepted by Reddy had alleged that the
the YSRCP government. A few Election Commissioner was act-
hours before the three resigned, ing on the orders of former CM
the state government appointed N Chandrababu Naidu and had
Sumathi Kumari, Vaddiboyana postponed the polls without
Sujatha and Kiran Tirumalasetti consulting the government.
as the new government pleaders However, the High Court over-
intheHighCourt.Sourcessaidthis turned that order. “The setback
was the indication to Sateesh, in the High Court sealed the fate
Shaikh and Rao to quit. of the government pleaders,” an
Andhra Pradesh Advocate official said, adding that Jagan
General Subhramian Sriram took it as a personal insult.
merelysaidthatthegovernment “When the Supreme Court re-
decided to change its legal team. fused to stay the High Court or-
“We made a few changes in our der, the CM was livid that the
team... Basically we recruited a state-appointed lawyers did not
new team that we feel is more do their job properly.”

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Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project-Additional Financing (UDRP-AF)
Fourth Floor, DDPM Tower, Haridwar Bypass Road, Ajabpur Khurd,
Uttarakhand, Dehradun-248001, E-mail: [email protected]
Letter No.: 2397/Nivida Prakashan/2020 Date 11 /06/2020
NOTICE FOR NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
NAME OF PROJECT: Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project-Additional Financing (UDRP-AF)
Loan No.-89210-IN
The Government of India has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the UDRP- Additional Financing, and intends to apply part of the proceeds
for following packages of Bridge Works. Hence National Competitive Biddings are invited for the following Works and the bid document of which can be downloaded
from the website https://uktenders.gov.in. Bids must be submitted online on the website https://uktenders.gov.inon or before 11:00 AM, 17 July, 2020. A complete
set of bidding documents in English may be downloaded by interested eligible bidders from the website https://uktenders.gov.in which will be available on the
website from 17/06/2020 to 17/07/2020 and Specific Procurement Notice (SPN) regarding the bid will be available at the website https://uktenders.gov.in from
17/06/2020 to 17/07/2020. Bids will be opened on 17 July, 2020 at 3:00 PM.
SI. District Package Name of Work Estimated Bid Securing Period of Cost of Bid
No. No. Cost Declaration Completion Document
(in ` Lakh) (in Months) (in `)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Nainital UDRP/AF Construction of 90 Meter Span Bridle Arch Steel Truss bridge between village Talli Sethi 506.37 The bid security amount is 18 5000 + GST
/BR/98 and village Simtaya over Kosi River not required to be
submitted. The bidder has
2 Nainital UDRP/AF Construction of 125 Meter Span Bridle Arch Steel Truss bridge between village Chapad 610.74
to submit bid securing
18 5000 + GST
/BR/99 and Village Ropa over Kosi River
declaration as per ITB
3 Nainital UDRP/AF Construction of 210 M Span Arch Steel Truss Bridle Bridge between village Amel and 1030.91 Clause No. 19 18 5000 + GST
/BR/100 Village Khairali Gaon over Kosi River under EPC mode of construction

Note:-1, The corrigendum for the above works will be uploaded on website www.uktenders.gov.in
2. Email id pwd.wb.uk©gmail.com may be contacted for any information or complaint related to the works under PIU (Slope,.Bridge & Irrigation), UDRP-AF or the
complaint/grievance may also be uploaded on the website www.ukdisasterrecovery.in.
Sd/-
Program Manager

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR

SHER-I-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (IMPORTS SECTION)
SOURA-SRINAGAR, JAMMU & KASHMIR 190011
E-mail: [email protected] Fax No. 0194-2403403
eNIT No: SIMS-324-NIT 05 (Imports) of 2020
Dated: 11.06.2020
Abbreviated Notice inviting Tenders for supply of surgical
Instruments for the department of General & Minimal
invasive Surgery SKIMS.
For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor of Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir through Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences,
Soura, Srinagar, e-tenders are invited from the original
manufacturers/their Indian subsidiaries/Indian Agents on the authorization
of Principal manufacturer or Indian Subsidiary (if 100% subsidiary of for-
eign principals) only (for imported surgical Instruments) and manufactur-
ers/their authorized dealers for the J&K Sate (for indigenous instruments)
for supply of surgical Instruments for the department of General & Minimal OFFICE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER ELECTRICITY
Invasive Surgery SKIMS. URBAN DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE PASCHIMANCHAL VIDYUT
Name of the item Tender fee EMD VITARAN NIGAM LIMITED MUZAFFARNAGAR
Laparoscope surgical Instruments Rs. 1000/- Rs. 50,000 Tel. No. : 0131-2621135 E-mail: [email protected]

The detailed tender document is available on www.jktenders.gov.in & on E-Tender Notice

SKIMS website www.skims.ac.in. The NIT schedule is as per following:- E-Tenders are invited from eligible bidders. Please visit E-tender portal
www.etender.up.nic.in for detail/download and for any other corrections/ amendments/
Last date for submission of online bids 14.07.2020 upto 4.00 PM extensions till the date of submission of bids. SL. No. 1 Tender Specification No. Short
Opening of Technical bids 17.07.2020 upto 12.30 PM Term18/2020-21EUDC MZN Name of Works Regarding work of under ground the 33 KV
over head line Pachenda Road feeder and 33 KV over head line Gandhi Colony Feeder
Complete bidding process will be online on e-tendering portal Earnest Money (Rs.) 2000.00 Tender Fee (Rs.)1180.00 (18% ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f) Last Date
www.jktenders.gov.in & the tenders should be submitted strictly in accordance for online submission of tender document 29.06.2020 Date for opening of tender
with the provisions of the detailed NIT. part-I 29.06.2020 SL. No. 2 Tender Specification No. 19/2020-21 EUDC MZN Name of
Works Repairing work of 11 KV VCB in the area of EUDD-III, Muzaffarnagar. Earnest
Sd/- Money (Rs.) 2000.00 Tender Fee (Rs.)1180.00 (18% ªfe.EÀf.Me. ÀfdW°f) Last Date for
No: SIMS -324-NIT 05 (Imports)
2020-1942-47-4820-23
Asstt. Materials Management Officer (Imports) online submission of tender document 10.07.2020 Date for opening of tender part-I
Dated: 11.06.2020 For & on behalf of Chief of Materials Management 09.07.2020 Sd/- (R.D. Singh) SUPERINDENDING ENGINEER "Save Eleetricity in the
interest of Nation" ´fÂffaI 539/d½f.³f.d½f.¸fa.¸fb.³f¦fS dQ³ffaI 12/06/2020
OFFICE OF THE
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
(JSD) PHE DIVISION, PULWAMA
email : [email protected]

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

E-NIT S. No. 11/PHEP/Fresh of 2020-21
For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor of UT of J&K e-tenders (Two cover System) on Turn Key Basis are invited on Turn Key basis including
the maintenance cost for a period of Two Years from reputed and resourceful contractors /Firms/companies/joint venture of repute in PWD
or Equivalent in CPWD/Railways and other state Governments for the following works, which should be uploaded on the Procurement web
portal http://jktenders.gov.in for the subjected work(s) referred below to be received by the Executive Engineer PHE Division Pulwama and
as per the details mentioned in this e-tender notification and to whom all the terms and conditions of detailed e-NIT /Tender Documents/ PWD
Form No:- 25 double are accepted. The detailed tender document and Specifications etc. can be downloaded on the e-procurement portal
http://jktenders.gov.in. The cost of tender documents (Non-refundable/Non-Transferable) should be in the shape of e-Challan or Treasury
Challan/Receipt in favour Executive Engineer PHE Division Pulwama.
Sr. Name of Work Estimated Cost of Earnest Time of Tender Tender Class of
No. Cost Tender Money Completion Call Opening Contract
Document Deposit Authority
1 Design, construction, testing and successful commis-
sioning of 0.50 lac gallons capacity RCC Over Head
(Pledged to the Executive Engineer, PHE Division,

repute of PWD or Equivalent in CPWD/Railways

Tank (shell type) in single compartment with 21 mtrs

Contractors/Firms/Companies/Joint Venture of
(Favoring Executive Engineer, PHE Division,

Executive Engineer PHE Division Pulwama

staging height including providing, laying and fixing of

supply main, rising main, washout connecting with sup-
“A” Class- Reputed and resourceful

ply system with 12mm thick flanged joints cost of nuts,

and other State Government
Pulwama under MH 0215)

bolts, washers, M/S lid with frame and cover including

construction of hand railing around the stair, sluice
valves, covels, heavy duty of VAGE make or Kirloskar
` 72.30 lacs

10 Months
` 144600/-

Pulwama)
` 3000/-

make, boulder filling inside the tank upto ground level.

1st

Levelling of ground including disposal of excavated

material from premises upto 5 Kms lead. Angle iron door
with frame including construction of sluice chamber as
required at site with M/S Lid and ladder. Including laying
& fitting of pipes for mains, sub-mains, distribution sys-
tem including carriage all leads, lifts complete on
Turnkey basis. Adopt bearing capacity of soil 6.85
M.Ton/ Sqm (report enclosed). Architectural aesthetics
shall be kept in consideration to make the structures
appealing for WSS Niloora Pachlipora under
Languishing Programme JKIDFC Ltd) LUP 2400
2 Design, construction, testing and successful commis-
sioning of 0.50 lac gallons capacity RCC Over Head
Contractors/Firms/Companies/Joint Venture of repute
of PWD or Equivalent in CPWD/Railways and other
(Pledged to the Executive Engineer, PHE Division,

Tank (shell type) in single compartment with 21 mtrs

(Favoring Executive Engineer, PHE Division,

Executive Engineer PHE Division Pulwama

staging height including providing, laying and fixing of

supply main, rising main, overflow connecting with sup-
“A” Class- Reputed and resourceful

ply system with 12mm thick flanged joints cost of nuts,

bolts, washers, M/S lid with frame and cover including
Pulwama under MH 0215)

construction of hand railing around the stair, sluice

State Government

valves, covels, heavy duty of VAIG make or Kirloskar

` 69.63 lacs

10 Months
` 139260/-

make, boulder filling inside the tank upto ground level.

Pulwama)
` 3000/-

Levelling of ground including disposal of excavated

1st

material from premises upto 5 Kms lead. Angle iron door

with frame including construction of sluice chamber as
required at site with M/S Lid and ladder. Including laying
& fitting of pipes for mains, sub-mains, distribution sys-
tem including carriage all leads, lifts complete on
Turnkey basis Adopt bearing capacity of soil 8.50
M.Ton/Sqm (report enclosed). Architectural aesthetics
shall be kept in consideration to make the structures
appealing for WSS Bhatnoor under Languishing
Programme JKIDFC Ltd) LUP 2398.
Position of Funds: Available; Major Head of Account: JKIDFC
The Bidding documents consisting of eligibility criteria, specification, drawings, bill of quantities (B.O.Q) set of terms & conditions of contract and other
details can be seen/ downloaded from the e-procurement Portal “http://jktenders.gov.in” as per schedule of dates given below:-:
01 Date of Publishing of Tender Notice 11.06.2020 from 1000 Hours
02 Download Start Date 11.06.2020 from 1000 Hours
03 Date of Pre-Bid Meeting In the Office of the: Executive Engineer, PHE Division, Pulwama on
15.06.2020 at 1000 Hours)
04 Last Date of Submission Bid Queries 19.06.2020 upto 1400 Hours
05 Bid Submission Start Date 11.06.2020 from 1000 Hours
06 Bid Submission End Date 29.06.2020 upto 1600 Hours
07 Date & Time of Opening Bids (Technical Cover) 30.06.2020 at 1000 Hours)
No. PHEP/680-92 For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor UT of Jammu & Kashmir.
Dated: 10.06.2020 Sd/-
DIPK-NB-622 Executive Engineer, (JSD) PHE Division, Pulwama,

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‘Our strategy is trace, quarantine, test, isolate

and treat... not test, test, test, nothing else’
K K SHAILAJA, Kerala Health Minister, has made global headlines for the state’s handling of Covid-19. In this E-Xplained episode before a nationwide audience
on Zoom, she discusses how Kerala kept the numbers down, and looks at the challenges ahead. She spoke to LIZ MATHEW & ABANTIKA GHOSH

On Kerala’s robust Panchayati Raj and caseswegot,andinthesealsowefoundsome

healthcare systems relationship with the positive cases or some
In Kerala we implemented [Panchayati contact,somehistoryoftravel,etc.Thatiswhy
Raj] in a democratic way. Our local self-gov- we are saying community spread hasn’t oc-
ernments are fully charged with power and curred. Also, we are testing peripheral pneu-
the distribution of money is also like that… monia cases — and peripheral pneumonia
Our Primary Health Centres are now under cases decreased this time. We collect some
the panchayat, local-level panchayat. They augmentedsamplesfromallpartsofthesoci-
are well planned; they are implementing so ety, at a time 3,000 etc; out of that we didn't
many novel projects in the Primary Health get more positive cases. That shows that the
Centres with the help of the Health virus hasn’t entered the community. But to-
Department also. It is now under the Health morrow, if quarantining becomes a failure —
Department but the local self-government we don’t think so,but if ithappens anyway —
is the authority in that place and that PHC is thencommunityspreadwilldefinitelyoccur.
under their jurisdiction.
On whether Kerala is testing enough
On using technology for contact tracing Yes,testingismostimportant.Butweare
Yes, I think the most important thing is notfollowingtheslogan,“Test,test,test,noth-
planningpreparedness.Whenweheardthat ing else”. We are testing in a strategic way.
some novel virus is spreading in China, Our most important thing is tracing first and
Wuhan, we anticipated that the virus will testing the symptomatic cases first. And the
come to Kerala definitely because so many otherswhohaveatravelhistoryorsomecon-
MalayaleesareinWuhan,andwestartedour tact history, we are properly quarantining
planning in January itself. I think you know them,. And if any symptoms occur in the
that on January 18, WHO declared that a po- quarantineperiod,weareshiftingthepatient
tential virus is there in Wuhan. At the time to hospital, and again we are taking swabs
WHO didn’t declare it as a pandemic, but and testing. But we should be very thorough
when we heard about the novel virus, a new so that the quarantine is scientific. With the
kind of virus from the SARS family, corona help of local self-government, with the help
family, at once we started to discuss that. My Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja in conversation on Zoom with Liz Mathew andAbantika Ghosh (above right). of anganwadi workers and helpers, with the
health secretary and my team and I had a help of ASHA workers, we are watching the
meetinganddiscussedthisnewkindof virus peopleintheirhouse,keepingincontactwith
and we started our planning. On January 24
we had a very good meeting of our Rapid
following a decline last month:
Yes, definitely, but we expected that ear- AUDIENCE QUESTIONS tor, but also in the private sector. We have a
very good list of medical resources and we
them by telephone and also going to the
doorstep.Weareexaminingwhethertheper-
ResponseTeam.Weopenedourcontrolroom lier.DuringtheMarch-Aprillockdown…travel are giving training to them to handle the sit- son is [staying] in quarantine or jumping
at the state level and we informed all 14 dis- stopped, no one was coming from abroad or On her message to others who are sponsibility. That is the slogan here: “My uation if [many] positive cases occur. quarantine.Everyday,wearecallingandfind-
tricts, district medical officers (DMOs). They from other states of India, and we got some combating Covid health is my responsibility”. It didn’t go beyond our expectations be- ing out if they have any symptoms. At once,
also started district-level control rooms. In positivecasesamongwhoeverreturnedatthat We have implemented tracing and cause weexpect that if 1.5lakhpeople come, we are sending our ambulance to the house
each control room we have added expert timefromothercountries,andweweredeal- quarantine, testing, isolating and treating On her frustrations about the 5,000 or something will be the positive and shifting that person to our hospital and
groups. Every Additional DHS and other ing with those positive cases... But the situa- the patients or virus carriers properly. The absence of a vaccine or drug: [cases] number… Six lakh people were reg- taking samples and testing.
higher official has one or two duties. One is tionchangedwhenthelockdownlifted,when mostimportantthingwaschain-breaking. Yes, everyone has these frustrations istered on our portal to come back to Kerala, That is our testing method. We are con-
responsibleforcontacttracing,anotherisre- airtravelwasreinstated,andsurfacetravelalso And, people should have some health be- and anxieties, because we are eagerly and out of that we will get a good number of tinuing that, and we are slowly increasing
sponsible for making isolation rooms and restarted. People again started to come back haviours, some habits, some responsibili- waiting for a vaccine. Every day we are positive cases. That is not a problem. The the tests a little. When new people are com-
Covidhospitals,andsomeonehasthedutyof fromothercountriesandalsofromotherparts tiestobreakthechain;orthepeopleshould reading everything which comes in problem is that if the people who are posi- ing from the epicentres, we have to increase
logistics collection, and even mental health. ofIndia.Clearlyweexpectedthat,weplanned obeytheadvisoriesofourhealthsystem— newspapers,mediaandevenLancetjour- tive are not obeying our quarantine princi- tests among the highest contacts and also
As we expected, the coronavirus came forthatalso…definitelytherewillbeasecond handwashing,mask,keepingphysicaldis- nals etc — whether [there is] any good ples, contact will occur, human-to-human secondary contacts. Random testing is also
fromWuhantoKerala.OnJanuary30,wegot wave, we thought like that. tanceetc.Thatwehavetodoforalongpe- news from any part of the world, how transmission will occur. If one can transmit there and sentinel surveillance testing is
the first positive case, and in February first People who returned, there are so many riod.Howlongthisvirusishere,uptothat many experiments are going on. As a sci- this virus to four people, from there it will there.Nowweareincreasingourtesting,but
week, we got two other cases. But when we positivecasesamongthem,andweareexam- period we have to do some behavioural ence teacher, I am sure that one day they become 40, and from there it will become testing everybody is not necessary. That will
tested the samples, all three students were iningthem.Wearetracingthemattheairport changes.Thatistheonlymethod.Everyin- will find out a very good vaccine against 1,000 or 600 or become any number. That finish our testing kits etc, and after that we
in our isolation ward in hospital. That was itself.Notonlytheairport,theyarecomingby dividualisresponsible;ourhealthisourre- this deadly virus. will go like a progression or like an atomic should have to cry because we cannot touch
our success because no contact occurred, no water;intheseaportalsowehaveaverygood chain reaction; it will grow. theproper cases at that time. That happened
transmission of this virus occurred from tracing team; — and also by road; our check- in some countries — I think in Italy and USA,
there. After that, in February end, again peo- postsarethere.Atrailwaystationsalso,15-20 tinebutdirectlywasadmittedtothehospital PlanA,wehavethreeCovidhospitalsinevery On the possibility of community they used all test kits in the first part. They
ple were coming from other countries. At desksarethere.Morethan1.5lakhpeoplere- because she was so sick. When she entered district and I think more than 1,500 beds for transmission had no proper strategy for testing at that
that time the virus had spread all over the turned this time from the Gulf countries; a the hospital, at that moment she died. That is Covid patients in [each] hospital. And in Plan Wecannotsaythatcommunitytransmis- time, only one slogan, “Test, test, test”. That
world—Italy,UK,US,everywhere—andpeo- number of people tested positive. And also the condition of the people who are return- B we have more hospitals. We are changing sion will not occur, but now there is no com- cannot be a good method and we are testing
ple started to come back from these coun- fromChennai,Maharashtra—themostposi- ing.Thatiswhyourpositivecasesareincreas- the hospitals to Covid hospitals, and 5,000, munity transmission in Kerala, because we accordingtoour strategyand wethinkthisis
triestoKerala.Butoursurveillanceteamwas tive cases we got were from Maharashtra, ing, and deaths are also increasing. — up to 10,000 — we can handle in these cir- are examining everything. If we get a case a scientific strategy.
attheairport—wedidn’twithdrawtheteam Mumbai; and the second most were from cumstances. In our Plan C we are arranging from outside the contacts or outside the “im-
— and they were examining all the people Chennai and from Gujarat also. Not only are On the strain put on health systems by some hotels, hostels and some auditoriums port”cases,wearethoroughlytracingthecon- Transcribed by Mehr Gill
whowerecomingback.Ourstrategyis:trace, theypositive,butalsosomeofthepeoplewho the large numbers returning for Covid patients; that is under our consid- tacts from where it occurred, and we are do-
quarantine, test, isolate and treat. returnedfromtheseepicentres...wereinapa- Yes, we planned for handling this kind of eration, and we have a very good list of insti- ing sentinel surveillance tests also. We have EDITED EXCERPTS.
theticcondition.Awomanwhoreturnedfrom severe situation. Definitely this is challeng- tutions. And also, we are listing the human alreadyconductedmorethan15,000surveil- VIDEO: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/INDIANEXPRESS/
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THE WORLD SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER

The way fuel price decontrol works —

2,029,037 186,933 236,142 510,761
United Kingdom Germany Italy Russia

2,026,073
US
192,493
France
or why consumers always lose out
214,788 tailers such as Indian Oil, HPCL or BPCL the UK, 45% in Japan, and under 20% in the US.
Peru 297,535 ANIL SASI freedomtofixpricesof petrolordieselbased
India
802,828 NEW DELHI, JUNE 12 on calculations of their own cost and profits Do OMCs also benefit?
Brazil 242,707 — essentially a factor of the price at which Only the central and state governments
Spain IN THEORY, retail prices of petrol and diesel they source their inputs from upstream oil benefit. OMCs are among the losers from the
in India are linked to global crude prices. companiessuchasONGCLtdorOILIndiaLtd, sharp downward movements in oil prices.
TOTAL CONFIRMED: 7,558,687 DEATH COUNT: 422,544 Consumer-end prices of auto and aviation
turbine (jet) fuels are supposed to be com-
for whom the price benchmark is derived
from global crude prices.
TheproblemforcompaniessuchasIOCor
BPCL is that a continuous slide in fuel prices
Source: Johns Hopkins University, updated at 11 pm on June 12 . JHU’s India tally and Health pletely decontrolled – meaning, if crude Prices of ATF were freed in 2002, petrol in leads to the prospect of inventory losses — a
Ministry’s tally (below) may not match as these are accounted at different times. pricesfall, as has largely been the trend since 2010, and diesel in October 2014. Before that, technicaltermforlossesincurredwhencrude
February, retails prices should come down the government would fix the price at which prices start falling and companies that have
too, and vice versa. theretailerscouldselldieselorpetrol.Domestic sourced the oil at higher prices discover that
INDIA COUNT: 2,97,535 (8,498 DEATHS) LPG and kerosene are still under price control, prices have tumbled by the time the product
Has that been happening? but the price of petrol, diesel, and ATF is sup- At a petrol pump in Pune, a customer reaches the refinery for processing or the fin-
TOP 10 STATES REST OF INDIA
AndamanandNicobarIslands 38
AndhraPradesh 5429
No. On Friday, auto fuel prices went up for
thesixthconsecutivedaysince oilcompanies
posed to be reflective of the price movements
of the so-called Indian basket of crude, which
refills his own tank . Pavan Khengre ished product is ready for selling. Including
both crude oil and products, companies such
ArunachalPradesh 61 restarted revising prices after 82 days on June comprises a variety —‘sour grade’ (Oman and asIOCkeepaninventoryof about20-50days.
Assam 3319 7.Sincethen,thepriceofpetrolhasgoneupby Dubai average) and ‘sweet grade’ (Brent) — of now,retailpricesarebeingprogressivelyhiked. Forrefiners,theinventorylosswaspegged
Chandigarh 332
11,838 34,687 Delhi Chhattisgarh 1398 Rs3.31perlitre,anddieselbyRs3.42.Thishas crudeoilprocessedinIndianrefineries. atoverRs25,000croreintheJanuary-March
Rajasthan Dadra NagarHaveli 30 coincided with oil benchmarks heading for Are India’s taxes on fuels high? quarter because of the 70% plunge in crude
12,088 UP Goa
Haryana
417
5968 theirfirstweeklydeclines,withbothBrentand What has happened with retail fuel OnMay5,theCentreannouncedoneofthe prices, and a likely fall in their gross refining
HimachalPradesh 470 the US crude index (WTI) falling about 10%. prices in recent months? steepesteverhikesinexciseduty —Rs13/litre marginsinthefirstquarter(April-June)of fis-
JammuandKashmir 4574 Crude prices nosedived from around $55 ondieselandRs10/litreonpetrol— andcom- cal 2021 because of demand destruction, ac-
Jharkhand 1599
10,241 Kerala 2244 Why the divergence in the trends? per barrel in February to $35 in early March, ing in the wake of an earlier round of sharp cording to CRISIL estimates.
22,032 MP Ladakh 135 Oil price decontrol is a one-way street in to$20byendMarchasdemandslumpedbe- hikes in the first week of March. All of this ef-
Gujarat
9,768 Manipur 366
West Bengal Meghalaya 44 India—whenglobalpricesgoup,theincrease causeof thepandemic.Priceshaverecovered fectively cements India’s position among the What about jet fuel?
Mizoram 102 ispassedontotheconsumer,whohastocough to around $37 now. countries with the highest taxes on fuel. Thepriceof ATFwascutseventimessince
97,648 5,983 Nagaland 128
up more for every litre of fuel consumed. InIndia,retailpricesoffuelwerefrozenfor Before the increase in excise duty in February.Priortothebeginningof thisreduc-
Maharashtra Bihar Odisha 3386
Puducherry 157 But when prices go down, the govern- arecord82daysthatcoveredmuchofthispe- February,thegovernment—Centreplusstates tioncycle—whenairlineshadalreadystarted
Punjab 2887 ment,almostbydefault,slapsfreshtaxesand riod, even as the Centre raised excise duty on — was collecting around 107% taxes (excise curtailingflightsduetolowdemandandtravel
6,245 Sikkim 14
38,716 Karnataka Telangana 4320 leviestoensurethatitrakesinextrarevenues fuelstwice.Whilethegovernmentclaimedthe duty and VAT) on the base price of petrol, and restrictions — the price of jet fuel was Rs
Tamil Nadu Tripura 913 — and the consumer, who should ideally hike was notpassed on to consumers, the lat- 69% on diesel. After the first revision, these 64,323.76 per kilolitre.
Uttarakhand 1643
have benefited from lower pump prices, is ter did not benefit from the fall in crude oil numbers, as of March 16, became 134% and Evenasnoairlineoperatedscheduledpas-
UnionHealthMinistryupdateasof 11pm,June12.Somestatesmayhave forced to either pay what she’s already pay- prices to record lows. A number of states too, 88%. And after the second revision in excise sengerflights,betweenMarch25andMay25,
reportedhighernumbers.Onlystates/UTswithatleastonecaselistedabove. ing, or maybe even more. raised levies on auto fuels during this period. duty in May, the government is collecting oilcompaniescontinuedtopassonthereduc-
Thebeneficiaryinthissubversionof price The decision to raise duties, Finance around260%taxesonthebasepriceof petrol, tion in crude oil prices by cutting the price for
1,41,029 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 34 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES
decontrol is the government. The loser is the Ministryofficialssaid,wastakeninviewofthe and256%ondiesel(asonMay6),accordingto jet fuel. Starting May 25, the Centre allowed
consumer,alongsidefuelretailingcompanies. tightfiscalsituation,andthatretailpriceswere estimates by CARE Ratings. commercial passenger flights on domestic
Have a question on the COVID-19 outbreak and what you should/should not do? unchanged.So,effectively,theexcisedutyhikes In comparison, taxes on fuels as a per- routes. Six days later, the Centre announced a
Write to [email protected] How does price decontrol work? was to be adjusted by the oil marketing com- centage of pump prices is around 65% of the sharp 56% increase in ATF prices, effectively
Price decontrol essentially offers fuel re- panies(OMCs)againstthefallinoilprices.But retail price in Germany and Italy, 62% in the negating any tangible benefits to airlines.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 1953 IRAN COUP
CABLES: US MISLED SHAH ON UK QUEEN
The US ambassador to Iran mistakenly told Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1953 that
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II backed a plan to overthrow the country’s elected PM, and America
maintained the fiction even after realising the error, historians say, citing US diplomatic cables.
The coup cemented the shah’s power and lit the fuse for the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

TOPOFTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

WORLD
‘Aboutlivelihoods’:USvirushotspotsreopen
Amid warnings of 2nd wave, Treasury Secy says can’t afford to shut down again Covid-19 patient gets A spokesperson said Kim
Jong Un gave the instruction
ANDREW HAY
TAOS (NEW MEXICO), JUNE 12 double lung transplant to expand North Korea’s
nuclear arms programme

FACING BUDGET shortfalls and plant programme at

At a protest in Beirut double-digit unemployment, DENISE GRADY Northwestern Medicine, which N Korea says US
governors of US states that are JUNE 12 includesNorthwesternMemorial

LEBANON
Covid-19 hotspots on Thursday Hospital, in an interview. diplomacy failed,
pressed ahead with economic A YOUNG woman whose lungs He saidthe patient,awoman
Protesterssurge reopeningsthathaveraisedfears weredestroyedbythecoronavirus in her 20s who had no serious vows to boost
of a second wave of infections. receivedadoublelungtransplant underlying medical conditions,
ontostreetsas The moves by governors of last week at Northwestern was recovering well: “She’s nukes capability
currencyplunges statessuchasFloridaandArizona
cameasTreasurySecretarySteven
MemorialHospitalinChicago,the
hospitalreportedonThursday,the
awake, she’s smiling, she
FaceTimed with her family.”
Beirut:Anewwaveofanti- Mnuchin said the United States firstknownlungtransplantinthe But she has a long way to go. CHOE SANG-HUN
government protests could not afford to let the novel UnitedStatesforCovid-19. Sheisstillonaventilatorbecause SEOUL, JUNE 12
eruptedacrossLebanonon coronavirus shut its economy The 10-hour surgery was even though the transplanted
Thursday with people againandglobalstockstankedon more difficult and took several lungs are healthy, her long illness NORTH KOREA on Friday said
blocking roads, burning worriesofapandemicresurgence. hours longer than most lung has left her chest muscles too thattwoyearsof diplomacywith
tires and chanting against AsFloridareporteditshighest transplants because inflamma- weakforbreathing,anditwilltake President Trump had “faded
the political elite amid a daily tally of new coronavirus tion from the disease had left the time for her strength to return. awayintoadarknightmare,”and
deepeningeconomiccrisis. casesonThursday,GovernorRon woman’slungs“completelyplas- The transplant was her only vowed to increase its nuclear
The protests, in a number DeSantisunveiledaplantorestart tered to tissue around them, the chance for survival, Bharat said. weapons capabilities.
of cities and in multiple publicschoolsat“fullcapacity”in heart, the chest wall and di- Histeamwantedothertransplant “Even a slim ray of optimism
parts of the capital, Beirut, the autumn, arguing the state’s Outside an apartment building in Washington on Thursday. Reuters aphragm,” said Dr Ankit Bharat, centres to know that the opera- for peace and prosperity on the
did not appear to be coor- economy depended on it. the chief of thoracic surgery and tioncouldsavesomedesperately KoreanPeninsulahasfadedaway
dinated,butbrokeoutafter North Carolina reported surgicaldirectorofthelungtrans- ill Covid-19 patients. NYT intoadarknightmare,”thecoun-
the Lebanese pound sank recordCovid-19hospitalisations creasebynearlyathirdinthepast try’s foreign minister, Ri Son-
toanewlowagainsttheUS for a fifth straight day on two weeks, is suffering 28% un- ‘SECOND WAVE EXPECTED IN SEPTEMBER’ gwon, said in a statement on
dollar,obliteratingthepur-
chasing power of many
Thursday, a day after legislators
passed a bill to reopen gyms, fit-
employment.
“This is about saving lives,
UK GDP falls by record 20.4% Friday marking the second an-
niversary of a historic summit
Lebanese. Prime Minister ness centres and bars in a state this is also about livelihoods in A SECOND wave of London: The UK’s economy such as a scheme to help com- meetingbetweenTrumpandthe
Hassan Diab called for an where more than one in ten the state of Arizona,” Governor coronavirus deaths is shrank by 20.4 per cent in April panies pay the wages of some of North’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
emergency cabinet meet- workers are unemployed. DougDuceytoldanewsbriefing, expected to begin in the — the largest monthly contrac- its staff as well as loan schemes, WhenKimandTrumpmetin
ingonFridaytoaddressthe Governors of hotspot states adding that a second shutdown US in September, tion on record — as a result of the will help the economy bounce Singapore on June 12, 2018, they
crisis. Lebanon has been facepressuretofireupeconomies of the economy was “not under according to a study. strict coronavirus lockdown but back to normal. signed a vaguely worded agree-
mired in crises since pro- facing fiscal year 2021 budget discussion” despite official fig- Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunakwasreactingtothelat- ment to improve ties between
testers took to the streets shortfallsof upto30%belowpre- ures showing a 211% rise in virus THE STUDY, by the Friday said the country's econ- est Office for National Statistics their nations and work toward
last fall to denounce the pandemicprojectionsinthecase cases over the past 14 days. Institute for Health Metrics THE MODEL projects omy was well-placed to make a (ONS)figureswhichrevealedthe “complete denuclearization of
country’s leaders for of NewMexico,accordingtodata Half a dozen states including and Evaluation, cites a 170,000 deaths by Oct 1, quick recovery. “historic” fall in the country’s the Korean Peninsula.”
decades of mismanage- from the Center on Budget and Texas and Arizona are grappling surge in mobility in the with a possible range of The Indian-origin finance gross domestic product (GDP), Butbilateraltieshavesincede-
ment and corruption. Policy Priorities think tank. with rising numbers of patients country since April. 133,000 to 290,00. minister said the “lifeline” which has left no sector of the teriorated,especiallyafterthetwo
Nevada,whichhasseencasesin- filling hospital beds. REUTERS measures he had put in place, UK economy untouched. PTI leaders’ second meeting, held in
VietnaminFebruary2019,ended

Statues boarded up in London as

withoutagreementonhowtodis-
NETHERLANDS
ICCcondemns Trump administration mantle the North’s nuclear
weapons program and when to

to strengthen restrictive
ease sanctions against the North.
USsanctionorder
more anti-racism protests expected
AlthoughWashingtoncontin-
The Hague: The uestomake“nonsensicalremarks

immigration policies
International Criminal that the denuclearisation of the
Court has condemned the Korean Peninsula is still a secure
goal of the United States,” North
Trump administration’s
decisiontoauthorizesanc-
Mayorasksprotesterstostayhomeamid fearsof far-rightreprisals,Covidspread Korea’s strategic goal is “to build
tions against court staff, H-1B restrictions, raised standard of up a more reliable force to cope
with the long-term military
saying it amounted to “an
unacceptable attempt to
proof for asylum seekers in pipeline AP & REUTERS threatsfromtheUS,”RisaidFriday.
interfere with the rule of LONDON, JUNE 12 HesuggestedthattheNorth’s
lawandtheCourt’sjudicial goal involved expanding its nu-
proceedings.”Anexecutive ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AUTHORITIESINLondonboarded clear weapons programme, not-
order by US President WASHINGTON, JUNE 12 upawarmemorialandastatueof ingthatKimgavesuchaninstruc-
Donald Trump announced wartimePrimeMinisterWinston tion during a meeting of his
Thursday authorizes sanc- UNDERTHEcloakof apandemic Churchill ahead of expected rival Central Military Commission in
tions against ICC staff in- and the convulsions of anti-
racist protests, the Trump ad- Getting asylum demonstrations by anti-racism
and far-right protesters, as the
May. NYT
vestigating American
ministration continues to ad- gets even harder city’s mayor on Friday urged pro-
troops and intelligence of-
ficials and those of allied vance its policies to restrict legal testers to stay home because of 4 killed, several
immigration, halting the flow of THE NEW rules, if adopted, the coronavirus pandemic.
nations, including Israel,
for possible war crimes in foreign workers and raising the woulditmakemuchharder Monuments have become injured in blast
bar for asylum seekers hoping for asylum seekers to prove major focuses of contention in
Afghanistan and else-
where. Trump’s order for sanctuary. thattheyareeligibleforasy- demonstrations against racism at Kabul mosque
would block the financial This week, the administra- lum. Under the proposed andpolice violenceafterthe May
assets of court employees tion sought to make permanent regulations, those seeking 25 death of George Floyd, a black
andbarthemandtheirim- some of the rules put in place as asylumbecausetheyaretar- man who died after a white ASSOCIATED PRESS
mediate relatives from en- “emergency” restrictions for the getedbygangs,orontheba- Minneapolispoliceofficerpressed KABUL, JUNE 12
tering the United States. coronavirus, proposing regula- sis of their gender, would a knee to his neck.
tions that would raise the stan- find it much harder to qual- AstatueofslavetraderEdward ABOMBexplodedFridayinsidea
USA dard of proof for migrants hop- ify for protection in the US. Colstonwashauledfromitsplinth mosque in west Kabul killing at
ing to obtain asylum and allow The rules would also allow by protesters in the English port least four people and wounding
Mancharged immigration judges to deny ap- judges to deny applications city of Bristol on Sunday and A protective screen was put up late Thursday around the statue of Britain’s World War II anunknownnumberofothers,an

withvideotaped plicationsforprotectionwithout
giving migrants an opportunity
for asylum without giving
the applicant a chance to
dumped in the harbour. Several
other statues have been defaced
Prime Minister Winston Churchill. AP Afghan government official said.
Interior Ministry spokesman
poisoningof to testify in court. testify in court. These rules duringmass protestsaround the TariqArianhadnoadditionalde-

homelesspeople
If adopted, the rule would ce-
ment restrictions extended last
are likely to extend the stay
of thousands of migrants
country, including Churchill’s.
Police now fear far-right groups
“We cannot now try to
edit or censor our past.
Video of aboriginal chief tails about the explosion in
Afghanistan’s capital.
Los Angeles: A California
man has been arrested on
month that effectively blocked
tens of thousands of migrants
fromseekingasylumatthesouth-
wholiveincampsinMexico,
waiting for their US asylum
requests to be accepted.
plantoseekconfrontationunder
the guise of protecting statues.
With more demonstrations
We cannot pretend to
have a different history.”
arrest shocking: Trudeau Violencehasspiked in recent
weeks in Afghanistan with most
of the attacks claimed by the
charges he poisoned eight
westernborder.InApril,President expected on the weekend, a ply- shows an officer charging at Islamic State group affiliate.
homeless people by giving
Trump issued an executive order woodscreenwaserectedaround
— BORIS JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS AthabascaChipewyanFirstNation Earlier this month, an IS sui-
them food laced with a BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER, ON
caustic substance derived temporarily suspending the is- in April. That order, which was Churchill’s statue outside TORONTO, JUNE 12 ChiefAllanAdamwithhisarmand cide bomber attacked a mosque
THE ATTACKS ON STATUES
from hot chili peppers in a suance of green cards to many riddledwithexemptions,wasim- Parliament. Authorities also elbow up as he tackles him to the in Kabulkillingtheprayer leader
stringofattacksvideotaped outside the United States and is mediatelycriticisedbyconserva- fencedoffthenearbyCenotaph,a CANADIANPRIMEMinisterJustin ground. It also shows the officer and wounding eight others.
for his own enjoyment, expected to limit certain visas is- tive groups that had hoped the memorial to Britain’s war dead. MinisterBorisJohnsonsaidFriday Trudeau said Friday that police punchinghiminthehead. TheUnitedStatesblamedthe
prosecutors said on suedtoimmigrantsseekingtem- administration would restrict London Mayor Sadiq Khan itwas“absurdandshameful”that dashcam video of the violent ar- Trudeau called the video ISaffiliateforahorrificattacklast
Thursday. William Robert porary work in the country. nonimmigrantvisaprogrammes. saidhewas“extremelyconcerned the statue of Churchill was at risk restofaCanadianaboriginalchief “shocking”. “I have serious ques- month on a maternity hospital
Cable,38,ahandymanfrom Andtheadministrationisex- Top administration officials that further protests in central of attack by protesters. is shocking and said black tions about what happened.” in the capital that killed 24 peo-
the northern California amining restrictions on new havecontinuedtodebatewhether London not only risk spreading “Yes, he (Churchill) some- Canadians and indigenous peo- “The independent investiga- ple, including two infants and
town of San Andreas, was skilled-worker H-1B visas in the a new executive order should en- Covid-19, but could lead to disor- times expressed opinions that pledonotfeelsafearoundpolice. tion must be transparent and be several new mothers.
taken into custody on May coming weeks. compassahostofworkervisas,in- der, vandalism and violence.” were and are unacceptable to us The arrest has received atten- carriedoutsothatwegetanswers. Washington's peace envoy
22andhassincebeenjailed Inthepastmonth,topadmin- cluding H-1B visas, according to He said far-right groups today, but he was a hero, and he tion in Canada as a backlash Atthesametime,though,wealso Zalmay Khalilzad was in the re-
on$500,000bondaspolice istration officials, including two government officials. But of- plannedto“provokeviolence,and fully deserves his memorial. We against racism grows worldwide knowthatthisisnotanisolatedin- gion earlier this week trying to
continuetheirinvestigation, Stephen Miller, a senior White ficials emphasised that the order, theironlygoalistodistractandhi- cannot now try to edit or censor inthewakeofthedeathofGeorge cident. Far too many black resuscitate a US peace deal with
the Orange County district Houseadviserandanarchitectof which is expected to be released jackthisimportantissue.“Staying our past. We cannot pretend to Floyd,ablackmanwhodiedafter Canadiansandindigenouspeople the Taliban which it is expected
attorney’s office said. Trump’s hard-line immigration inthecomingweek,isnotfinished. home and ignoring them is the have a different history,” he said, awhiteMinneapolispoliceofficer do not feel safe around police. It's would eventually enlist the in-
agenda, have discussed ways to Visa holders in the United States best response this weekend.” callingonpeopletoavoidprotests pressed a knee to his neck. unacceptable. And as govern- surgentgroupinthefightagainst
follow up on the executive order arenotlikelytobeaffected. NYT Meanwhile, British Prime planned this weekend. The 12-minute police video ments,wehavetochangethat.” the IS affiliate.

KOREA-ORIGIN WOMAN, ADOPTED BY US COUPLE 36 YEARS AGO, WINS BID TO BE RECOGNISED AS DAUGHTER OF BIOLOGICAL FATHER

Korean adoptee wins landmark lawsuit in search for birth parents

their birth parents. found abandoned, becoming three women she believed to be probabilitythatthemanandBos meeting her father.
CHOE SANG-HUN On Nov 18, exactly 36 years one of thousands of South her half sisters have blocked her were father and daughter. “Mywholeintentionwasjust
SEOUL, JUNE 12 after she was found abandoned Korean babies and toddlers from meeting the elderly man, Bos flew from Amsterdam to tobeabletotalktohimtofindmy
in a parking lot in a city in cen- shipped annually out of their claiming that she was not fam- attendthecourtrulingonFriday. mother,” Bos said.
A COURT in Seoul ruled Friday tral South Korea, Kara Bos, now birth country for overseas adop- ily. As a last resort, she filed the She has lived in Amsterdam Her case has been closely
that a woman adopted by an anAmericancitizen,filedherpa- tion in the 1970s and ’80s. paternity lawsuit. since 2009 with her Dutch hus- watched because it could set an
American couple almost four ternity lawsuit, the first in South In recent years, Bos has been “Because of the lawsuit, I ac- band, a son and a daughter. importantprecedentworldwide
decades ago must be recognized Korea by an overseas adoptee. making trips to South Korea in tually now have a right to regis- If she is included in his fa- foradopteeswhoaretakenfrom
as a daughter of an 85-year-old After winning the lawsuit, Bos search of her birth mother. She ter as his daughter,” Bos told re- ther’s family registry, Bos by their home countries, especially
South Korean man, providing nowhopestoconfrontherfather wantedtomeetherbiologicalfa- porters outside the Seoul Family South Korean law will become forKoreanadopteesabroadwho
hope for the thousands of to ask him who her mother was. ther not only to press him on her Court after its ruling on Friday. entitled to split his inheritance have recently started returning
Korean-born adoptees who Bos was flown to the United mother’s identity, but to find out Kara Bos outside a court in Seoul on Friday. Reuters The ruling followed DNA test re- with her other siblings. And her totheirbirthcountryinsearchof
want to know the identities of States 10 months after she was why she was abandoned. But sults that showed a 99.9981% half sisters cannot stop her from their biological parents. NYT

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TAXATION WATCH PART OF MAY CPI DATA RELEASED AS LOCKDOWN HITS DATA COLLECTION COVID IMPACT
GOODS & SERVICES TAX
Aprilfactoryoutputcontractsaslarge ‘Extreme poverty could rise

numberofunitsreportnilproduction
to over 1 bn people globally’
Ready-to-eat parotas Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to

are not rotis and will Percentagefigureswerenotreleased,onlyindexvalueswereissuedaspartof IIPdata

COVID-19, a report published with the UNU-WIDER said

$500 million
attract 18% GST: AAR Will govt lock up
per day: Cost of the crisis in
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEWDELHI,JUNE12 Manufacturing, IIP data in safe vault:
lost income for the world’s
poorest people
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEW DELHI, JUNE 12
The AAR in its ruling
observed that parota FACTORY OUTPUT contracted by discretionary Chidambaram More poverty in middle

READY-TO-EATPAROTAS,un- does not have any

a record 55.5 per cent in April as
industrialactivitycametoahaltaf- items lead slump New Delhi: Senior Congress
leaderPChidambaramhitout
income nations:
Researchers from King’s Why this is significant:
likekhakhra,plainchapattior specific entry in ter a nationwide lockdown was at the Centre, tweeting: College London and Australian Based on the $1.90 a day
roti, need to be heated or fur- imposedtocombattheCOVID-19 THESHARPESTcontractioninindustrialactivityinAprilsince “Economy is in safe hands, National University published poverty line and a 20%
ther processed for human
Customs Tariff Act or pandemic. While the percentage thereleaseof newIIPserieswouldhaveabearingonGross saystheFM.Itisinsuch‘safe’ the new paper with the United contraction, more than half of
consumption and hence are GST tariff figureswerenotreleasedandonly DomesticProductforfirstquarter.Thecontractionwas hands that the government Nations University World the 395 million additional
liable for 18 per cent GST, a the index values were issued as expectedduetothenation-widelockdownandapickupin will not release the IIP num- Institute for Development extreme poor would be located
ruling by Karnataka Bench of part of the data released by the activitymaytakesometimeduetoneartermslumpin bers for April! Will govern- Economics Research in South Asia, which would
the Authority of Advance The AAR in its ruling ob- government on Friday on the demandintheeconomy.Outputslumpedacrosssectors,led mentlockuptheIIPnumbers (UNU-WIDER) said that become the hardest hit region in
Ruling (AAR) has said. served that parota does not IndexofIndustrialProduction(IIP), bymanufacturing,withdiscretionaryitemssuchas in a safe vault to be opened poverty is likely to increase the world “mainly driven by the
Bengaluru-basedIDFresh have any specific entry in the year-on-year calculations of consumerdurablesrecordingthehighestcontraction. onlyafter20years”. PTI dramatically in middle-income weight of populous India”
Foods, which is a food prod- CustomsTariff ActorGSTtar- the index numbers translate into developing countries and there followed by sub-Saharan Africa
ucts company involved in iff. 5 per cent GST is applica- an implied fall of 55.5 per cent. could be a significant change which would comprise 30%, or
preparation and supply of bleonproductssubjecttoful- Industrial activity had contracted per cent for month of April, and it pecting the sharpest contraction quentstatement,thegovernment in the distribution of global 119 million, of additional poor
ready-to-cook items like idli filment of conditions that bya16.7percentinMarch. isthesharpestsincetheinception inAprilmonth,whilemanyecon- haddeletedthesenumbers. poverty Source: UNU-WIDER/PTI
and dosa batter, parota and they are classified under Thesenumbersshowthatthe of the 2011-12 IIP series, as per omists expect GDP to contract The government did not re-
chapatis, approached the heading 1905 or 2106, and GrossDomesticProductforApril- CARERatings. sharplyinfirstquarter. lease headline Consumer Price Scenarios Peoplelivingunder Additionalpeoplelivingunder
AAR regarding whether they must be either khakhra, June quarter will be severely im- Expectedly manufacturing Stressingonniloutputinmany Index(CPI)basedinflationrate,cit- $1.90 $3.20 $5.50 $1.90 $3.20 $5.50
preparation of whole wheat plain chapatti or roti, while pacted as full industrial activity sectorwasthehardest,recordinga industrial units, the government ingpaucityofdataduetothelock- statusquo 727.3 1,819.5 3,193.0
parota and Malabar parota ‘parota’ falls under heading couldnothappeninAprilandMay. contractionof64.2percentinApril said among the manufacturing down. However, food inflation in 5%hit 807.5 1,952.5 3,317.5 80.1 133.0 124.4
can be classified under 2106, it is neither khakhra, The government said it is not as compared to 20.6 per cent in units—whichhasaweightof47.5 May was estimated at 9.69 per 10%hit 898.8 2,094.1 3,443.7 171.5 274.5 250.7
Chapter1905attracting5per plain chapatti or roti, it said. appropriate to compare the IIP of March,followedbyminingsector per cent in IIP — data captured cent for rural areas and 8.36 per 20%hit 1,122.3 2,395.5 3,720.3 395.0 576.0 527.2
cent GST. Heading 2106 under the April2020withearliermonths,as whichcontracted27.4percent. from the responding units is cent for urban areas. Overall food
Source: authors’ estimates based on PovcalNet.
“The products khakhra, Harmonised Commodity a large number of responding Electricitygenerationrecorded around 61 per cent for the month inflationbasedonConsumerFood
Absolute poverty incidence at $1.90, $3.20, and $5.50 a day and changes under a
plain chapatti and roti are Description and Coding unitshavereportednilproduction a contraction of 22.6 per cent in ofApril,2020,ofwhich50percent Price Index moderated 9.3% in
5, 10, and 20 % per capita income/consumption contraction (millions of people)
completely cooked prepara- System includes the prepa- duringthemonth.Overallcontrac- Aprilascomparedto6.8percentin havereportedzeroproduction,in Mayfrom10.5percentinApril,led
tions, do not require any pro- rations for use, either di- tionisaboveitsestimateof 35-40 March.Financialmarketswereex- view of the lockdown. In a subse- bydeclineinvegetableprices.
cessingforhumanconsump- rectly or after processing
tion and hence are ready to (such as cooking, dissolving
eat food preparations,
whereas the impugned
or boiling in water, milk etc)
for human consumption,
RBI to review private banks’ Forex reserves cross $500 bn for 1st time ‘Persistent
fragilities’ ahead
product (whole wheat
ParotasandMalabarParotas)
are not only different from
provided they are not cov-
ered by any other heading of
the nomenclature. The
ownership & control norms ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEWDELHI,JUNE12
STEADILYRISING byRBI,whiletheFDIinflowstood
at 4 billion in March, it amounted
to $2.1 billion in April. While for- for households
Week Reserves
the said khakhras, plain cha- bench was of the view that trol and having regard to interna- eign portfolio investments came
patti or roti but also are not the parota are not covered ENSECONOMICBUREAU tional practices as well as domes- THECOUNTRY’Sforeignexchange
Ended
May 1
in $ billion
481.08
underpressureinMarchandApril and businesses,
MUMBAI,JUNE12
like products in common
parlance as well as in the re-
by any other heading and
also need to be processed for
ticrequirements”,theRBIsaid.
AspertheRBI,thepanelwillex-
reserves crossed the $500 billion
mark for the first time ever. May 8 485.30
followingthethreatofCovidpan-
demic in global growth, the out- says Fed report
spect of essential nature of human consumption. THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) amineandreviewtheeligibilitycri- Supportedbylowcrudeoilprices, May 15 487.03 flownarrowedinMayandinJune
the product. These products Heading 1905 covers bread, hasdecidedtoreviewthecurrent teriaforindividuals/entitiestoap- declineinimportsandhealthyFDI (till date) the FPIs have invested a REUTERS
May 22 490.04
also require further process- pastry, cakes etc, which are licensing and regulatory guide- ply for banking license and make and FPI inflows, the reserves ex- net of Rs 19,955 crore (around WASHINGTON,JUNE12
ing for human consump- completely cooked foods lines relating to ownership and recommendationsonallrelatedis- pandedby$8.2billionintheweek May 29 493.48 $2.65billion).
tion,” the AAR said. and ready for consumption. control, promoters’ holding, re- sues. It will study current regula- endedJune5,tohitthenewhighof Jun 5 501.70 Data released by the Reserve THE FEDERAL Reserve expects
quirementofdilution,controland tions on holding of financial sub- $501.7billion. Bank of India shows that in the household finances and business
Source: RBI
votingrightsof privatebanks. sidiaries through non-operative Even as Prime Minister week ended June 5, foreign cur- balance sheets to suffer "persist-
The central bank has set up a financial holding company and Narendra Modi announced the rency assets, a major component ent fragilities" as a result of the

HDFC, Central Bank five-memberworkinggroup,tobe

headed by Prasanna Kumar
Mohanty, director, Central Board
suggest the manner of migrating
allbankstoauniformregulationin
the matter, including providing a
lockdown beginning March 25,
which brought economic activity
to a standstill, forex reserves have
Nirmala Sitharaman had an-
nouncedcutincorporatetaxrates.
The reserves have been sup-
of the overall reserves, increased
by$4.8billionto$463.6billion.On
the other hand, the value of gold
shocktoeconomicactivityarising
from the coronavirus pandemic,
thecentralbanksaidinareport.

slash lending rate of the RBI, to review the extant li-

censingguidelinesandregulations
relatingtoownershipandcontrol
transitionpath,RBIsaid.Thepanel
will review norms for promoter
shareholding at the initial/licens-
surgedby$31.8billionsinceweek
ended March 20, when the re-
servesstoodat$469.9billion.
ported by rise in FDI inflow, de-
cline in import outgo on account
of sharp decline in crude prices
reservesdeclinedby$329million
to$32.35billion.
The rise in forex reserves not
In its twice-yearly Monetary
Policy Report to U.S. lawmakers,
theFedalsosetoutalitanyofrisks

ENSECONOMICBUREAU
CUT IN INTEREST RATE inprivatesectorbanksandsuggest
appropriatenorms.Thisreviewis
ing stage and subsequently, along
withtimelinesfordilutionofshare-
In the nine-month period be-
tween September 20, 2019 and
andimpactofpandemicontrade.
Over the last one month, FPI
onlyprovidescushiontotheecon-
omy in terms of covering the im-
they see dogging any rebound
from the cratering in output

40 bps
MUMBAI,JUNE12 being undertaken, “keeping in holding and identify any other is- June5,2020,foreignexchangere- inflows too have supported the port expenditure, it has also re- causedbywidespreadshutdowns
mind the issue of excessive con- suegermanetothesubjectmatter serveshavegrown$73billion.On cause. sulted into stability in rupee imposedthisspringtocontainthe
MORTGAGE FIRM HDFC has re- centrationofownershipandcon- andmakerecommendations. September 20, Finance Minister Accordingtothedatareleased againstthedollar. spreadof COVID-19.
duceditsretailprimelendingrate
(RPLR)onhousingandnon-hous- ■ Central Bank of India has
ing loans, on which its adjustable
rate home loans (ARHL) are
cut its interest rate on external
benchmark linked accounts Mahindra & Mahindra posts `3,215 cr loss in Mar quarter
benchmarked, by 20 basis points, by 40 basis points. Interest lockdown due to the COVID situ-
witheffectfromJune12,2020.The rate on home loans has come ENSECONOMICBUREAU The automobile company had decided not to ation. “Operating margins were
change will benefit all existing down to 6.85 per cent. NEWDELHI,JUNE12 infuse fresh capital into Ssangyong and is maintained at 14.2 per cent even
HDFC retail home loan and non- in this challenging environment.
homeloancustomers. AUTOMOBILE FIRM Mahindra & re-examining business outlook of other The company generated operat-
CentralBankofIndiahascutits withacapof 7.5percent. Mahindra(M&M)reportedaloss international subsidiaries in view of the current ingcashof Rs3,946crore,”itsaid.
interest rate on external bench- Rates across the banking sys- of Rs 3,255 crore in the quarter The board had decided not to
mark linked accounts by 40 basis temhaveheadedsouthinthelast endedMarch2020againstaprofit
environment to decide on future capital allocation infuse any fresh capital into
points.Interestrateonhomeloans few months, as the RBI and the ofRs969croreintheyear-agope- Ssangyong and is re-examining
hascomedownto6.85percent.It government work in tandem to riod“duetowrite-downofinvest- 9,005 crore in the March 2020 was affected due to the lower in- the business outlook of other in-
has also introduced a guaranteed propel the slowing economy. The ment in Ssangyong and some quarterasagainstRs13,808crore dustry volumes in both automo- ternationalsubsidiariesinviewof
emergency credit line to MSMEs. RBI last month cut the policy rate other international subsidiaries”. ayearago,adeclineof35percent. tive and tractor segments, transi- the current environment to de-
Interest rate is linked to Repo rate by40basispointsto4percent. Revenue fell 35 per cent to Rs According to M&M, business tion to BS -VI and the abrupt cide on future capital allocation.

BRIEFLY FinMin proposes to decriminalise GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU -

BUILDING ORGANIZATION
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Fuelpricesup minor offences relating to securities OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER , PWD., BUILDINGS (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE) CIRCLE, SALEM – 7.
TENDER NOTICE
PRE-QUALIFICATION APPLICATION AND PRICE TENDER FORM OF CONTRACT: LUMPSUM (TWO COVER SYSTEM)

6thdayrunning
TENDER NOTICE No.05/ 2020-2021/SE/B(C&M)C/SLM, Dated.11.06.2020
nalise, the Department of Economic For and on behalf of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, the Superintending Engineer, PWD, Buildings (Construction and Maintenance) Circle, Salem - 7 invites tender for the
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Affairs under the Finance Ministry said following works, at his office upto 3.00 P.M. on 22.07.2020 in two sealed covers containing (i).Qualification details and EMD in a separate inner cover and (ii). Price Tender
Schedule in another sealed cover and put into one common sealed cover from the experienced and competent contractors / firms as detailed below. The tender schedule can be
NewDelhi:PetrolpriceFrid- NEW DELHI, JUNE12 while inviting comments of stakeholders downloaded at free of cost from the Govt. designated website (viz) http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in. The tender schedule can also available in the Office of the Superintending
Engineer, PWD, Buildings (C&M) Circle, Salem-7, from 22.06.2020 to 21.07.2020 upto 5.45 pm. The tenders received will be opened at 3.30 P.M. on 22.07.2020 in the
aywashikedby57paiseper by June 27 on three legislations. presence of the tenderers or their representatives who choose to be present at that time.

litreanddieselby59paisea THE FINANCE Ministry has proposed to These legislations are Securities and Construction of school buildings including electrification in GHS / GHSS in under NABARD schemes in Namakkal District – PACKAGE NO.I : Slice No.1 –
Udaiyarpalayam, Slice No.2- Vadugam, Slice No.3- Periyamanali, Slice No.4- Manalijedarpalayam, Slice No.5- Kokkarayanpettai,
litre—thesixthstraightday decriminalise minor offences, including Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Slice No.6- Vaiyappamalai, Slice No.7- Erayamangalam.

of rise in fuel prices. those relating to the Securities and Securities Contract Regulation, Act, 1956, PACKAGE NO.II : Slice No.1 – Ernapuram, Slice No.2- Konur, Slice No.3- Construction of Taluk office and Quarters at Mohanur, Slice No.4- Construction of hostel
building for ITI Hostel at Namakkal, Slice No.5- Construction of compound wall for ITI at Namakkal.
Exchange Board of India Act, to help busi- and the Depositories Act, 1996. Approximate Value of work : Package – I = Rs.865.00 Lakhs, II = Rs.873.00 Lakhs

Hondarecalls nesses tide over the crisis caused by the

coronavirus outbreak.
“Actions taken for decriminalisation
of minor offences are expected to go a
The E.M.D. remittance and other details can also be available from the Government designated website (http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in) and office of the Superintending
Engineer, PWD, Buildings (C&M) Circle, Salem-7.Any Changes in tender condition will also be published in web site. www.tenders.tn.gov.in.
Superintending Engineer, P.W.D., (i/c)

65,651cars Some of the minor offences pertain-

ing to investigation by market regulator
longway inimprovingeaseof doingbusi-
ness and helping unclog the court system
DIPR / 2228 / TENDER / 2020 Buildings (C&M) Circle, Salem-7.

NewDelhi:HondaCarsIndia SEBI have been proposed to be decrimi- and prisons,” it said.

Ltd Friday said it is recalling
65,651 units of models like
Amaze, City and Jazz to re-
place faulty fuel pumps.
‘India’s growth SBI takes Anil Ambani to
potential at NCLT to recover `1.2K cr
Boursesnodto 6.5-7%, needs to PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA
YesBankmove push reforms’ NEWDELHI,JUNE12
Mumbai:YesBankonFriday
saidithasreceivedapproval STATEBANKof India(SBI)hasfiledanapplicationin
of bourses BSE and NSE for PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to re-
re-classification of the pro- NEW DELHI, JUNE12 cover more than Rs 1,200 crore from Anil Ambani
moter shareholding. under the personal guarantee clause of the bank-
INDIA’S ECONOMIC growth po- ruptcylaw.AnilAmbanihadgivenpersonalguaran-
IBBIrejigs tential in medium and long-
term is 6.5-7 per cent but re-
tee to the loans given to Reliance Communications
and Reliance Infratel. The tribunal, presided over by
advisorypanel forms are critical for the country
togetbacktorecoveryafterdeep
BSV Prakash Kumar, on Thursday gave Ambani a
week to file reply to the application.
New Delhi: The IBBI Friday shock this year, S&P Global said A spokesperson of Anil Ambani in a statement
reconstituted an advisory on Friday. said: “The matter relates to a corporate loan availed
panel on CIRP by inducting Days after keeping India’s by Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance
four new members, with rating at lowest investment Infratel(RITL)andisnotapersonalloanof Ambani.”
Uday Kotak as chairman, grade for 13th year in a row, the The RCom and RITL Resolution Plans were ap-
along with Ashu Suyash, rating agency in a webinar said proved by 100 per cent of their lenders in March
Nirmal Mohanty, Shankar despite the contraction in GDP 2020. These Resolution Plans are awaiting the ap-
Raman,RasheshShahasthe this year, the country continues provalofNCLT,Mumbai,itsaid.“Ambaniwillfilesuit-
new members. PTI to be an outperformer among able replies, and NCLT has not given any relief to the
the peer groups. petitioner,” the statement added.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020
EPL teams could have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on kits
Premier League players could wear “Black Lives Matter” messages on their jerseys when the
competition resumes. During a conference call on Thursday, clubs discussed how players
can use games to join growing calls to eradicate racial injustice in society following the police
killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. AP

Virtually-aided La Liga
resumes with Sevilla win Hockey without walls
ABritishclubmainlycomprisingethnicminoritiesisbreakingstereotypessincethe’60s
BCCI gags
employees
from talking
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID, JUNE 12 MIHIRVASAVDA
NEWDELHI,JUNE12 to the media
WITH A video game look for fans at home,
the Spanish league resumed with Sevilla de- INTHEsummerof1966,adozenorsostudents
feating Real Betis 2-0 in the Seville derby. of Indian, Pakistani and Kenyan origins from EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
The highly popular match between the the deprived areas of Birmingham faced a NEW DELHI, JUNE 12
southern rivals marked the league's return dilemma.Theteenagedhockeyplayershadfin-
three months after it was halted by the coro- ished their schooling but wanted to continue THE BOARD of Control for Cricket in India
navirus pandemic. playing the sport. So their teacher, an (BCCI) has written to all its staff barring
La Liga became the second top European Englishman named Malcolm Challoner, them from talking to the media.
league to resume, after the Bundesliga in Sevilla's Ocampos scores their first goal reached out to the top clubs in the region. For Those not complying with the ‘gag order’
Germany. ThePremierLeagueandtheItalian from the spot at the spectator-less days,therewasnoresponse.Challonergotthe will have to face disciplinary action, includ-
league are set to follow next week. Football Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. Reuters hint and he, the story goes, told his wards: ing suspension, the email stated. In the or-
hadofficiallyrestartedinSpainonWednesday “Nobody really wants you. If you want to play Barford Tigers is one of the two diaspora teams that has played in England's der to nearly 100 of its staff working at the
with the second half of a second-division hockey, we would have to form a club.” top division, the other being Indian Gymkhana. (extreme right) Sukhdev Gill, Mumbai headquarters and the Bengaluru
game that had been halted in December. though there was a longer delay in the sound Thus, in June that year, Barford Tigers was the club's vice-president. office at the National Cricket Academy,
There were strict health guidelines in of the crowd celebration for the second goal born.Lastweek,daysbeforeits54thbirthday, board secretary Jay Shah’s office has warned
placeasthetopflightresumed,withballboys compared to the first. theclubpostedastarkblackimageonitssocial that any employee found to have leaked
being asked to disinfect the ball every time it media handles with a message ‘Blackout hockeyIdidn’thavethat,”Bournewasquoted playinginEngland’spremierleagueandman- critical information will have to face termi-
left the field and players being told to main- Glitches galore Tuesday’, in solidarity with the ongoing assaying.ForBritish-Asians,thereisnodearth agedabestfinishofsixth(theirLondon-based nation of their contract.
tain a "safe distance"whentalkingtothe ref- The images of fans, which did not have protests against racism in the wake of George ofrolemodels.KulbirBhaura,borninJalandhar, rivalsIndianGymkhanaare theonlyotherdi- The email reads, “It has been brought to
eree. Players were also asked to "minimize the same high-definition look as the ones in Floyd’s death in the United States. and Imran Sherwani, with Pakistani ancestry, aspora side to have a Premier Division past). our notice that some of the BCCI employ-
physical contact" during goal celebrations, modern video games, were superimposed For Barford Tigers it was natural to be played influential roles in Great Britain win- Yet, Gill believes a generation of talented ees are going out in the media and giving
thoughtherewerelotsof huggingandplenty on the lower sections of the main stands and drawn to this cause. ning the men’s gold medal at the 1988 players has been lost because domestic interviews. This is against employees’ con-
of contact between Sevilla players after for- behind the goals, and appeared only when Since 1966, this self-funded club – largely Olympics. At the 1996 Games, Great Britain coaches have turned their backs on British- tract and poses risk of leaking out critical
ward Lucas Ocampos opened the scoring by the main camera angles were active. comprisingplayerswhohaveIndian,Pakistani had Indian-origin players Soma Singh and Asians. “Like I said, it’s more than an issue of information of the organisation,” Shah’s of-
converting a penalty in the 56th minute. The league says the virtual crowds are and Kenyan heritage – has been fighting dis- Kalbir Takher in their team. colour.It’saboutperceptionandexpectation,” fice wrote.
The same happened after midfielder only intended to improve the viewing expe- criminationandpushingforhigherrepresen- Since the turn of the century, however, no says Gill, a retired scientific officer in Britain’s The mail made it clear that all employ-
Fernando added to the lead with a header rience while matches are played in empty tation of minorities in British hockey. British-Asianplayerhasmadeitsofar.Gill,68, MinistryofDefence.“Thereareunderlyingas- ees henceforth need to take permission of
in the 62nd. stadiums. The league has not ruled out hav- “It’s a struggle, there’s no doubt about it,” saysithastodomorewithperceptionandlack sumptions about Indians and British-Asians office-bearers before talking to the media.
Afterthematch,playersalsohuggedeach ing real fans back in the stands by the end of saysBarfordvice-presidentSukhdevGill,who of opportunities, than the players not having which affect the players.” “It is expected that all of you, whether
other and celebrated in front of the stands, the season if Spain continues to gradually lift is also an advisory board member of Sporting the requisite skills. Gill,however,hasnotlosthope.Fromshut- intentionally or unintentionally, who are
as if fans were present. restrictions prompted by the pandemic. Equals, an organisation that promotes partic- It’sbeenlikethatfordecades.AfterBarford tlingbetweenvenuesinanambulance,Barford leaking any critical information to the me-
"We dedicate the victory to them," A round of applause was played in the ipation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic came into existence, Gill says Challoner con- playershavemovedonandusetheirowncars dia or giving interview without permission
Ocampos said. 20th minute as part of the "applause to in- (BAME) communities in sport. “But it’s more vertedanambulanceintoateambusandeven onmatchdays.Findingopponentsisn’ttough from the office-bearers will address this sit-
"They couldn't be here, but we felt their finity" tribute that the league will promote thancolour.It’sthehard-wiredmentalitywith gota£10donationfromaCommonwealthof- anymore and the club receives financial sup- uation immediately. If in future any current
presence. Wehaveto adapttothis moment." in every game to honor those fighting the respecttoBritish-Asiansthathasbeenfestered ficer for t-shirts and balls. But for an upstart port from British-Asian establishments in employee of BCCI, without prior permis-
Fans were not allowed in the 43,000-ca- pandemic in Spain. for decades.” club with Asian and East African players who Birmingham. sion, gives any kind of information to the
pacity but virtual crowds and prerecorded The streets around theSanchez-Pizjuan Since the protests broke out, the issue of studied in inner-city schools, it was a struggle Despitethelackofsponsors,ithasbecome media via any communication channel,
chants from fans, similar to those in video Stadiumweremostlyemptyasbarrierswere lack of diversity in the England and Great just to convince other teams to play them. amagnetforhockeyloversacrosstheAsiandi- they will have to face disciplinary action, up
games, were added to the television broad- placedaroundthestadiumtokeepfansfrom Britainhockeyteamshasbeenhighlightedby “The boys had aspirations to play against aspora in Britain. The men’s team is a mix of to and including suspension without pay
cast sent to the rest of the world. gathering. Morethan 600policeofficersand severalplayers.Thepictureof Englandunder- thestrongerteamsintheGreaterBirmingham players with Indian, Pakistani and Kenyan and termination of employment,” the let-
ViewersinSpainweretheonlyoneswith private security agents were summoned to 21 player Darcy Bourne – face partially cov- area.Buttheestablishedclubswouldsay,‘naah, backgrounds along with some indigenous ter concludes.
theoptionof watchingtheoriginalfeedfrom work during the match. ered, looking into the camera and holding up why would we play a bunch of Asians work- players,Gillsays,whilethewomen’ssidecom-
the empty stadium. Before the game, the video screens at the aboardthatreads‘Whyisendingracismade- ing in factories’,” Gill, who was born in prisesIndian,African,Chinese,mixed-raceand Zimbabwe tour called off
There were some glitches with the sys- Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadiuman played videos bate?’ – went viral after it was shared by the Sansarpur,Punjab,andmovedtoBirmingham white players. The Indian team's August tour of
tem, though, as the superimposed fans of Sevilla fans singing the club's anthem, a son of Martin Luther King. in 1964, says. Hehopestoseesimilardiversityinthena- Zimbabwe was on Friday called off by the
sometimes briefly disappeared from the longstanding tradition when the supporters Later,TheTelegraphreportedthatjustfour Itwasonlyaftertheclub’sjuniorteamwon tionalteams.“Myonlythingis,don’tpre-judge BCCI owing to the COVID-19 threat, which
stands and interfered with the main image. are in the stadium. The loudspeakers played BAMEhockeyplayershaverepresentedGreat a reputed regional tournament in 1971 that people.Givethemafairchance.Rightnow,the hasn't allowed national cricketers to even
The virtual crowd noise at first was team songs after the match as well. Britain at a senior level. “There are a limited othersbegantotakethemseriously.Sincethen, difficulty is people are not ready to have open resume training. "...the Indian Cricket Team
lower than actual chants from fans, but the A moment of silence was observed be- number of black role models in hockey. As a theclubhasgrownandbecomeasortofhome discussions about things that are unfair,” he will not travel to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe
effect seemed slightly louder in the second fore kickoff as the players stood around the young person, without meaning to, you do for playersfromAsianandEastAfricandiaspo- says. “But I am optimistic. We will engage as owing to the current threat of COVID-19,"
half and worked well during the goals, al- mid-field circle. look up to people who look similar to you. In ras. From nothing, Barford reached as far as much as we can.” Jay Shah said in a statement.

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24 Her rank prohibits one’s 18 Aptitude one acquires by far as home affairs are your sign, inaugurating a more
admission (8) frequently being in the way? concerned. But then there’s the favourable emotional phase,
27 A shield cut in chosen form (4,5) question of your social life, and and probably enabling you to
(9) 20 Topic dependent on another your need to feel part of a real spill the beans and get away
28 Hastily make and hoist a flag (7) group of like-minded unscathed. You never know
(3,2) 21 Itinerant craftsman (7) people. The pieces of a friendly when you’re going to get your
29 When bulbs come to life? 23 Travels in France (5) jig-saw could be falling into way — but it could be soon.
(4) 25 Mean to a girl (5) place very soon.
30 Night watchmen (10) 26 A sound piece of work (4) AQUARIUS (Jan 21- Feb 19)
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security. If you feel safe and where emotional bonds are
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5s=VeryHard;6s= whether you lose a little cash — you know that you are
Answer: Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it. - Rabindranath Tagore Genius or win a little. completely honest.
SOLUTION: GENII, UNION, GOGGLE, EVOLVE

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