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DECISION MEETING TO TAKE PLACE ON SIDELINES OF BRICS SUMMIT IN KAZAN

Modi-Xi bilateral today, first in 5 years,

2024

● LS loss, rebel threat

see BJP retain 80 MLAs
in first Maharashtra list
after China confirms LAC agreement
Reached a Army chief: Need to first
● In Jharkhand and solution, will J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chairs a security
Maharashtra ST seats,
Cong, allies gain ground work with India restore trust, assure each review meeting in Ganderbal on Tuesday. ANI

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to implement other on buffer zones After tunnel attack,
plan: Beijing
Plea hearing in
HC today, SC
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 Army chief
General
J&K cracks down
on Lashkar module
IN FIRST remarks on the agree- Upendra
asks UP govt to ment between New Delhi and
Beijing over restoration of pa-
Dwivedi

stay demolition
‘recruiting’ locals
trolling rights along the Line of
Actual Control, Army chief mal management” of the LAC.
in Bahraich General Upendra Dwivedi has
underlined the need for the
Speaking on the sidelines of
the Colonel Pyara Lal Memorial
Chinese President Xi Jinping Indian Army and the Chinese Lecture organised by the United multaneous raids at different lo-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE in Kazan Tuesday. Reuters PLAtofirst“restoretrust”ineach Service Institution of India in BASHAARAT MASOOD cations in seven districts of the
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 other by “not creeping” into the New Delhi, General Dwivedi SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 22 Valley after inputs about the re-
buffer zones, “go back to the sta- said: “We want to go back to the cruitmentmodule,saidtoberun
THEUTTARPradeshgovernment SHUBHAJIT ROY tus quo of April 2020” — before status quo of April 2020. TWO DAYS after seven persons byaPakistan-basedLashkarcom-
onTuesdayassuredtheSupreme NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 the Chinese incursions in east- Thereafter, we will be looking at were killed in a terror attack at a mander named Baba Hamas.
Court that it would not act ern Ladakh led to the military disengagement, de-escalation, key tunnel construction site in “On the basis of information
against alleged encroachments HOURS AFTER China, without standoff — and then look at “dis- normal management of the Line Gagangir, the Counter and inputs/evidence developed
in Bahraich — where demolition mentioning the agreement on engagement,de-escalation,nor- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IntelligenceKashmir(CIK),aunit bytheCIK,itwasfoundthatBaba
notices were issued days after patrolling along the Line of of the Jammu and Kashmir Hamas,aterroristhandlerof LeT,
onepersonwaskilledincommu- Actual Control, confirmed it had Police’s Criminal Investigation is going to float a new terrorist
nal clashes — until Wednesday.
Theassurancecameafterthe
“reached a solution” and would
“work with India” to “effectively Govt looks at options as Department, Tuesday said it has
busted a militant recruitment
organisation by the name of
Tehreek Labaik Ya Muslim, an

business mounts pressure

bench of Justices B R Gavai and K implement” the plan, India an- moduleintheValleywiththede- offshoot of LeT, in conspiracy
V Viswanathan told Additional nounced Tuesday that Prime tention of eight youths. The with OGWs (overground work-
Solicitor General K M Nataraj, Minister Narendra Modi and youths, police said, were part of ers), supporters, facilitators,
who appeared for the state gov-
ernment, to “stay your action till
tomorrow”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping
would hold a bilateral meeting
Wednesday on the sidelines of
for China dealings again a newly floated militant outfit
called the Tehreek Labaik Ya
Muslim, which officials claim is
sympathisers of terrorist organ-
isations operating in Kashmir
valley with the active support of
The Allahabad High Court is theBRICSSummitinKazan,cap- an offshoot of the banned Pakistani agencies with the in-
scheduled to hear a plea filed ital of Tatarstan in Russia. SOUMYARENDRA BARIK BUSINESS AS USUAL Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). tention to further terrorist activ-
against the demolition notices This will be the first bilateral & RAVI DUTTA MISHRA Senior Superintendent of ities,” an official statement said.
on Wednesday. meeting between the two lead- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 BY UNNY Police, CIK, Tahir Ashraf Bhatti “Itwasfurtherfoundthatter-
The SC bench was hearing a ers in five years — they met for confirmed the detentions. rorist handler Gazi Hamas is
pleafiledbysomeresidents,chal- an informal summit in WHILE THERE has been a grad- Policesaidtheyconductedsi- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
lengingthedemolitionnoticesis- Mahabalipuram in October ual reconciliation in India and
sued last week. The counsel for 2019,monthsbeforetheChinese China’stradetiessincetheblock-
the petitioners said the demoli- incursionsineasternLadakhthat ade triggered by 2020 border
tion notices were issued on triggered a military standoff clashes, pressure from New
THE WORLD
October 18, and they were asked along the LAC. They did have Delhi’s business community for
to respond within three days. He pull-aside meetings in Bali goods and specialised man- BLINKEN IN ISRAEL
said the notices were a clear vio- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 power from across the border, AS U.S. LOOKS TO
lation of the SC’s interim order, and its ambitions of becoming a PUSH CEASEFIRE
which directed that no demoli- Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President manufacturing hub have played
tionsshouldbecarriedoutwith- RELATED REPORTS Vladimir Putin in Kazan on Tuesday. PTI a big role in the progressive shift. DHAKA PROTESTERS
out its permission. PAGES 5 & 11 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DEMAND PRESIDENT
Responding to a question OUSTER PAGE 10
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Jyotiraditya Scindia, TMC MP Kalyan smashes bottle at House DAYS AFTER JAISHANKAR VISIT TO PAK
Union Minister, guest committee meeting on waqf Bill, suspended Kartarpur Corridor:
at Express Adda today Chairperson India, Pak renew pact Waqf (Amendment) Bill after he
smashed a glass bottle during a
registration of Waqf properties.
Afterexchangingbarbs,Banerjee

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

Jagdambika Pal
says bottle was
for another five years heated discussion with BJP
member and former Calcutta
High Court Judge Abhijit
is learnt to have smashed a glass
bottle on the table.
Speaking to reporters later,
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 Gangopadhyay. BJP MP Jagdam- Pal alleged that Banerjee aimed
thrown at him bika Pal, who chairs the panel, the bottle at him. “During the SHUBHAJIT ROY
FROM OVERSEEING spectrum later alleged that Banerjee tried meetingtoday,aviolentincident NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22
auction to pushing connectivity “to hit the Chair” with the bottle. Kalyan Banerjee (left) and happened. A bottle was broken
in India’s Northeast, Union ASAD REHMAN Banerjeeislearnttohavesuf- Jagdambika Pal and an attempt was made to hit LESSTHANaweekafterExternal
Minister for Communications NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 feredcutsonhisthumbandafin- the Chair... the way he threw it. Affairs Minister S Jaishankar vis-
and Development of North Communications & DoNER gerwhilesmashingthebottle.He Because of God’s kindness, I was itedIslamabadandmetPakistan
Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (TMC) was provided first-aid, and was AAP MP Sanjay Singh. saved. He then abused me, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Scindia has had an impactful MP Kalyan Banerjee was sus- laterseenbeingescortedbackto Banerjee and Gangopadhyay spoke against me outside. I re- and Deputy Prime Minister
four months in the third term of pended for a day from the Joint the meeting room by AIMIM are learnt to have had an ugly peat that this kind of behaviour MohammadIshaqDar,Indiaand
the NDA government. Committee of Parliament on the presidentAsaduddinOwaisiand spat during a discussion on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to The Kartarpur Corridor pact
ScindiawillbethefirstUnion renew their pact on the was due to lapse on Oct 24

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Minister to be the Express Adda Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for an-
In a first, more farm fires in UP than
EXPLAINED

guest after Prime Minister other five years. The pact was
Narendra Modi formed his The effect due to lapse on October 24. It said the “extension of the
it has on
Haryana in a month; Punjab still at top
Cabinet in June this year for the “It has been agreed between validity of this agreement will
NDA third term. With India aim- India and Pakistan through ensure uninterrupted operation
ing to become the third largest
● Capital air diplomatic channels to extend of the Corridor for use by the pil-
economy, he has his task cut out 15andOctober21thisyear,Uttar their high numbers during the the validity of the agreement on grims from India to visit the holy
given the critical role that tele- MALLICA JOSHI Pradesh recorded 723 farm fires paddy harvest season. STUBBLE BURNING is a SriKartarpurSahibCorridorfora gurdwara in Pakistan”.
com plays as a growth enabler. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 as compared to 655 in Haryana. The area under paddy culti- key source of Delhi’s air further period of five years... The In view of the continued re-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Punjabremainedatthetopof the vation, however, is higher in pollution in the agreement, signed on October quests of pilgrims regarding the
FOR THE first time since 2020, list with 1,510 cases. UttarPradeshthaninPunjaband October-early 24, 2019 to facilitate the visit of removalof US$20servicecharge
when farm fires began to be Overthelastfewyears,thefo- Haryana together. December period, typi- pilgrims from India toGurdwara levied by Pakistan per pilgrim
tracked centrally, Uttar Pradesh cusonimplementingguidelines According to experts, the cally accounting for 20- Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, per visit, India has once again
has seen more paddy stubble tocurbfarmfires—includingim- peak stubble burning season is 25 per cent of the pollu- Narowal, Pakistan through the urged Pakistan to not levy any
burningincidentsthanHaryana. posing fines, using specialised expected to start by the end of tion, and at times going Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, was fee on the pilgrims, it said.
AccordingtotheICAR-Indian machineryandincentivisingthe next week, and will coincide up to 40 per cent, as per valid for a period of five years,” The 4 km-long Kartarpur
Agricultural Research Institute saleof paddystubble—hasbeen with Diwali. government data. the Ministry of External Affairs Corridor provides visa-free
(IARI) data, between September on Punjab and Haryana due to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 (MEA) said in a statement. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Hockey to wrestling, CWG drops 9 sports, dents India’s medal hopes

PAGE 1 been omitted. This comes after mingandpara-swimming,artis- India don’t figure in the list of hockey have been a part of the citing huge costs. With Glasgow
ANCHOR shooting and archery — the two tic gymnastics, track cycling and disciplines for CWG 2026,” programme since 1998. Table operating on an extremely tight
sports Indians have dominated para-track cycling, netball, Narang said. tennis has featured at every budget, the organisers chose to
historically at the weightlifting and para-power- Badminton legend and na- Games since 2002. The decision restrict the Games to just four
Commonwealth level — faced lifting, judo, 3x3 basketball and tional coach Pullela Gopichand also marks a rare occurrence of venues. In a way, the Glasgow
MIHIR VASAVDA the axe from the 2022 edition 3x3 wheelchair basketball. saidhewas“deeplyappalledand no racquet sport being included CWG will also set a new trend,
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 held in Birmingham. The decision was met with disappointed by the decision”. in a multi-discipline event. wherein the sports programme
The 2026 edition, featuring fiercebacklashfromIndia’ssport- “It is crucial that we raise our Incidentally,shootingwasin- has been finalised based on the
SIX OF the 12 disciplines in only10sportsandroughly3,000 ing administrators. Former CWG voices and bring this issue to the cluded in the initial programme venues available rather than
which India won a medal at the athletes,willtakeplacefromJuly medallist and Indian Olympic appropriate authorities to en- announced by Victoria, before choosing the sports first and
2022 Commonwealth Games — 23 to August 2. Glasgow will be Association executive council sure badminton continues to they surrendered their hosting then building a venue.
contributing 37 out of the total CWG‘lite’sincethepreviousedi- member Gagan Narang said the thrive and inspire future gener- rightsduetohighcosts.Glasgow The organisers said they will
61 medals — have been dropped tion in Birmingham had 19 move was “disheartening”. ations. We cannot allow such stepped in as a last-minute re- usefourvenueswithinan8-mile
from the 2026 edition, it was an- sportsandalmost5,000athletes. “I can imagine the disap- shortsighteddecisionstounder- placement and dropped a num- radius in Glasgow to save on
nounced Tuesday. In a statement, the Glasgow pointment for (the) shooters mine the progress we have tire- ber of events to keep the Games transport and security, among
For the 2026 CWG, which CWG organisers said the sports who were preparing for this lessly achieved,” he said. within budget. other things. Athletes and sup-
will be held in Glasgow, bad- programme will include athlet- event. I am also disappointed The closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in While badminton has been Originally, the Australian portstaff willbehousedinhotels
minton, cricket, hockey, squash, ics and para-athletics, boxing, that (a) few more disciplines Birmingham. India won 61 medals in this edition. File/Reuters played in every edition of the state was scheduled to host the instead of a dedicated Games
table tennis and wrestling have bowls and para-bowls, swim- which are medal prospects for CWG since 1966, squash and 2026 edition before it pulled out Village to further save costs.
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GIPE withdraws order to FROM PAGE ONE FULL REPORTS ON

WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
● Army chief: Need to restore trust ● Lashkar module
terminate Ranade as V-C Modi and Xi to hold bilateral today, first in 5 years
of Actual Control. This normal
managementof LACwillnotjust
stop there. There are phases in
should be there in the border ar-
eas, which was there before
2020, we will be able to come
providingseditiousmaterialand
directions to OGWs, supporters,
facilitators, sympathisers
challenging the termination. that also. So this, what I am say- back to that,” he said. through various covert/en-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The bench said that in the (2022)andJohannesburg(2023), previously are concerned, those cation through diplomatic and ing, has been our stance from This development has taken crypted social media applica-
PUNE, OCTOBER 22 event the institute proposes any but the meeting Wednesday will agreementswerenotreopenedin military channels on issues re- April 2020.” place four and a half years after tions for radicalisation, and lur-
furtheraction,itshouldfollowthe bethefirstproperandstructured thesediscussions.Theagreement lated to the China-India border.” “As of now, we are trying to Chinese incursions in eastern ing the youths to join terrorist
ECONOMIST SANJEEV Sanyal, principle of natural justice. It ac- bilateral meeting. that was reached yesterday, very Lin said the two sides have restore the trust. How will the Ladakh triggered a military ranks of the newly floated ter-
whorecentlyacceptedthechan- cepted a request by Ranade’s ad- Foreign Secretary Vikram early yesterday morning, was fo- reached a solution on the “rele- trust get restored? It will get re- standoff along the LAC and sent rorist organisation,” it said.
cellorshipofPune-basedGokhale vocatethatincaseof anyadverse Misri,briefingthemediainKazan, cused on issues that had re- vant matters”. He said China will stored once we are able to see bilateral ties south. Police said a case was regis-
Institute of Politics and decision, it should not be imple- said,“Icanconfirmthattherewill mained outstanding in the last work with India to implement it each other and we are able to The agreement on patrolling tered last year and search war-
Economics (GIPE), has with- mentedforsevendaysforhimto be a bilateral meeting between couple of years.” but declined to provide details. convince each other. Look, the arrangementsisexpectedtolead rants were acquired from an NIA
drawntheordertoterminateAjit seek appropriate relief. PrimeMinisterModiandChinese Earlier in the day, China con- Thestate-runGlobalTimessaid buffer zones which have been todisengagement,de-escalation court. On Tuesday, police raided
Ranade from the post of Vice- Earlier, the court had passed PresidentXiJinpingtomorrowon firmed that “the two sides have the Chinese Foreign Ministry created, we are not creeping (in and de-militarisation in areas 10 places in Srinagar, Budgam
Chancellor of the institute. aninterimorderanddirectedthat the sidelines of the BRICS reachedasolutionontherelevant spokesperson “confirmed there)... both have to reassure where 50,000 to 60,000 troops and Ganderbal in central
On Tuesday, Sanyal’s lawyer theterminationordershallnotbe Summit.” On the patrolling pact, matters, which China views pos- progress”. “Currently, the two each other. Patrolling gives you are stationed on either side. Kashmir, Kulgam, Anantnag and
informedtheBombayHCthatthe broughtintoeffecttillOctober25. Misri said, “What it will entail is itively”. It did not, however, men- sides have reached a solution on that kind of advantage... As we Officials said this process is ex- Pulwama in south Kashmir, and
September 14 termination order Welcoming the decision, that in the pending areas under tion the patrolling arrangement. therelevantmatters,whichChina restore the trust, the other pected to begin in the next week Bandipora in north Kashmir.
of Ranade as the V-C has been Ranade said, “I welcome with discussion,patrolling,andindeed At a media briefing in Beijing, viewspositively.Inthenextphase, phaseswillalsofollowthrough.” to 10 days. “This newly floated terrorist
withdrawn. A division bench of thanks the decision of the grazingactivities,whereverappli- Chinese Foreign Ministry China will work with India to ef- The announcement on the It is learnt that patrolling organisation has claimed a few
Justices R V Ghuge and M M HonourableChancellor...towith- cable, will revert to the situation spokesman Lin Jian said, “Over a fectively implement the solution patrolling agreement was made rights are also being restored in incidents in the recent past,
Sathaye accepted the statement draw the earlier order of my ter- as…in2020…Asfarasthedisen- recent period of time, China and plan,” it quoted Lin as telling the Monday by Foreign Secretary the Depsang Plains and which include but are not lim-
and disposed of Ranade’s plea mination.” gagement agreements reached India have kept close communi- media briefing. Vikram Misri in New Delhi. Demchok region — these are ar- ited to a fire incident in
China confirmed the pact eas where the problems are Panchayat Ghar in Seer area of
Tuesday without going into de- called legacy issues, predating Pulwama and another fire in a
● Opening up to China: Govt looks at options as business mounts pressure TikTok—wouldcomeupforare- tails. the 2020 Chinese incursions. remote village of Doda (though
view anytime soon, the official AlsoMonday,ExternalAffairs Sources said agreements not corroborated on ground).
The easing also helps China. ingtopreventalossofinvestment SomeofIndia’srecentpersua- thatthosedreamswouldbediffi- said. Minister S Jaishankar, during an have also been made for the This outfit also remained in-
Withitseconomyslowingdown, duetoitsdomestichousingcrisis, sions have hinted at the middle culttomaterialisewithoutmate- While in some sectors India interaction at the NDTV World eastern theatre, especially in the volved in pasting of posters at
domesticconsumptionthrottled, combinedwithWesternmultina- groundNewDelhiwouldbecom- rials or manpower from China. can’tdowithoutChineseimports, Summit, called it a “positive and sensitive sectors of Arunachal various locations in south and
andregionssuchastheEuropean tionals’ goal of de-risking their fortable in taking in terms of And in this space too, there are it has taken an aggressive stance good” development. Pradesh.Othersectorsintheeast centralKashmirandoninternet-
UnionandtheUnitedStatespush- supplychainsbyseekingalterna- Chinese investments. Earlier this winds of change. in some other sectors. In a bid to “I think it creates a basis… will come up in discussions later based social media platforms,”
ingprotectionisttariffsagainstthe tivedestinationsunderthe‘China year, Chinese state-owned SAIC Aninter-ministerialpanelear- limit imports from China, India peace and tranquillity, which between the two sides. the statement said.
country, Beijing’s trade relation- plus one’ policy, economists Motors, which owned a control- lier this year cleared a joint ven- hasrapidlyincreasedanti-dump-
shipwithIndia—whichhasabig withinthegovernmenthavealso lingstakeinMGMotors,divested ture between Bhagwati Products ing duties on Chinese products
domestic market — becomes all
the more important for them.
acknowledged that decoupling
fromChinaisnoteasyforIndiaor
from the company and sold it to
anIndiangroupofinvestorsledby
(Micromax) and Huaqin
TechnologyinwhichtheChinese
and has also ramped up quality
control orders, which effectively
● SC asks UP govt to stay demolition in Bahraich
Relations between the two the rest of the world and India the JSW Group who now collec- company will own a minority blocktheimportandsaleofitems from the bench, the petitioners’ When the petitioners’ coun- road have been duly authorised
countries are still far from their faces a choice between Chinese tively own 51 per cent of the au- stake. Some of Apple’s China- in the country without Bureau of counsel said the notices were is- sel said it was a rural area where for construction is also not much
pre-2020 reality. While there are investmentandChineseimports. tomaker. headquarteredsuppliershavealso Indian Standards certification. sued under the PWD Act. municipal law does not apply, evident from the notices, which
signsofeasingoftiesbetweenthe A senior government official Chineseapparel-makerShein, opened operations in India. And Indiahassteppedupanti-sub- “The Allahabad High Court is Justice Gavai said: “That doesn’t may require clarity.”
twocountries,Indiahasindicated said there could be a gradual which was banned by New Delhi most importantly, India depends sidymeasuresagainstChina,with seized of the matter, where we permityoutomakeconstruction Dealing with petitions which
it will not back down from some opening up to China, primarily to in 2020, is said to make a second on China in a big way for compo- over 30 anti-dumping investiga- have said 15 days notice will be on public road.” allegedthatmunicipalauthorities
aggressive non-tariff barriers it makeiteasierforcompaniesfrom entry in the country after licens- nent imports that are needed to tions in 2024 alone – the highest given,andtheHChasrecordedit,” On October 18, the PWD no- invariousstateswereusingdem-
hasputinplacetocounterthein- the mainland to invest in New ing its brand to Reliance Retail. assemble finished electronics in number against a single country. saidNataraj,pointingoutthatthe tices were pasted on 23 struc- olition as a crime fighting meas-
fluxofChinese-madegoodsinthe Delhi along with domestic part- Operationsoftheventurethough the country. Products under scrutiny include matter was listed for hearing be- tures, including 20 belonging to urebyrazingpropertiesofpeople
country.Governmentofficialsin- ners. will be managed by Reliance. “The near term strategy is to industrial items such as plastic fore the HC on Wednesday. Muslims. The action came days accused of offences, the SC, in an
dicated there may not be any “Joint ventures between Butabigpartofthechangehas allowChinesesuppliersandcom- processingmachines,vacuum-in- The petitioners’ counsel said after the communal clashes on interim order on September 17,
change in that strategy. Chinese and Indian companies, been driven by lobbying by busi- paniestosetupshopinthecoun- sulated flasks, welded stainless the matter before the HC was October 13 in which one person, had said: “Till the next date of
Meanwhile,India’sexportsto where the former is a minority nessesinthecountry,whobelieve try, but in a partnership with an steel pipes and tubes, soft ferrite basedonaPublicInterestLitigation RamGopalMishra,20,waskilled. hearing,wedirectthatthereshall
China have remained stagnant shareholder,issomethingthegov- anyChinesealternativeincertain Indianpartner.Wewouldlikethat cores, and industrial laser ma- (PIL), and they had moved an ap- The notices stated that no be no demolition anywhere
while imports have soared. Last ernmentwouldbeveryopento,” sectors is either too expensive, or theChinesecompanyisnotama- chines, among others. plicationforintervention. structure was permitted within across the country without seek-
month, External Affairs Minister the official said. notofasgoodquality.Thisalsoex- jority shareholder in the entity, Industries seeking multiple “Anyway, they are aware of 60feetfromthecentreofthema- ing leave of this court”.
S Jaishankar said Indian goods do The Economic Survey 2023- tendsnotjusttorawmaterialsand but those decisions will be made extensions of anti-dumping du- the orders of this court. If they jordistrictroadinruralareaswith- TheSC,however,hadclarified
not have the same market access 24 had also called for India to en- equipment, but also human re- onacase-by-casebasis,”oneoffi- ties have argued that China is not wanttotaketheriskof floutingit, out prior approval, and directed that the order “would not be ap-
in China as Chinese products en- courageinvestmentsfromChina, sources.AfterIndiaimposedstrict cial said. a market economy and employs it’s their choice,” said Justice theownerstoprovidedocumen- plicable if there is an unautho-
joy in India. While Chinese im- whilediscouragingimportsoffin- visa restrictions on Chinese na- As such, some sectors, which predatory methods to eliminate Gavai. tationofpermissionforconstruc- risedstructureinanypublicplace
ports surpassed $100 billion in ished goods, where the scope of tionals in the wake of the border are considered non-sensitive, competition, harming Indian The petitioners’ counsel said tion within three days or remove such as a road, street, footpath,
FY24, India’s exports barely local value addition is very little. crisis,therehasbeenagradualre- could be opened up for Chinese businesses. the Allahabad HC order does not the structures on their own. abutting railway line or any river
crossed $16 billion in the last fi- “Where we see China, or any laxationinitsstanceintermsofis- investments first. However, re- New Delhi is increasing its protect the residents. “They (the Hearing the matter on or water bodies and also to cases
nancial year and have remained other country, dumping goods in suingvisasforcertainsectors.This strictions placed on Chinese in- presence in the Indian Ocean to authorities) have not been asked Sunday, the Allahabad HC said: where there is an order for dem-
at that level for a long time. India, causing injury to our do- was because businesses com- vestments in the telecom space limit Chinese influence in the re- to stay their hands,” he said. “Leaving all the aspects of the olition made by a court of law”.
A working paper by the mesticindustry,then,weraisedu- plainedthattheywerestruggling are not expected to change any- gion.Aspartofitsstrategy,atrade The SC referred to the HC’s matteropen,whatpricksthecon- Reserving its verdict in the
EconomicAdvisoryCounciltothe ties,imposeanti-dumpingduties, tooperateormaintainequipment time soon. agreement is in the works with finding that the unauthorised science of this court is the is- matter on October 1, the SC had
Prime Minister (EAC-PM) stated andintroducesafeguarddutiesto without help from technicians WithIndiaprioritisinginvest- the Maldives. A Commerce structures are on a stretch of the suance of notices to submit the said that it would lay down pan-
thatexportersfacearangeofnon- protect our industry. But wher- from China. ments from Beijing that could Ministryofficialsaidthatgeopol- Kundasar-Mahasi-Nanpara- replywithinashortspanof three India norms. The court had un-
tariff barriers in China, limiting everweneedtheirgoods,thenwe While the electronics sector help its domestic manufacturing iticshasincreasinglybeguntoim- Maharajganj district road which days. As to what number of derlined that demolition cannot
market access for Indian exports, facilitatethat,”anotherseniorgov- remains a touchy issue for India, ambitions,itisunlikelythatsome pact India’s trade strategy, citing hadbeenauthorisedforconstruc- houses situated on kilometre-38 be carried out merely because
particularly in agricultural and ernmentofficialsaid,whenasked whereithasambitionsofbecom- of thedecisionsof thepast–chief the FTA being discussed with the tion, and asked “if the construc- of the Kundasar-Mahasi- someone is an accused or
pharmaceutical products. whatcouldchangeintermsofthe ing a major manufacturing hub, among which is the blocking of Maldives,whichcouldtakeprece- tion is on the road?” Nanpara-Maharajganj district a convict.
While China is actively seek- two nations’ trade ties. there is also acknowledgement the popular short video app dence over others.

Union Minister Scindia guest at Express Adda today

Case of evidence bags
●
● Kartarpur Corridor: India, Pak renew pact Amemberof oneof themost role, as a year later, he was ap- teesfororiginalequipmentmak-
access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit liminary and “need to be thought influential families in India’s po- pointed as the Union Civil ers, telecom service providers,

‘mismatch’: Delhi court Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final rest-

ing place of Sikhism founder Guru
Nanak Dev.
through” on both sides, given that ties
between the two countries have re-
mained frozen for years. But the talks
liticalhistory,Scindia wasearlier
in the Congress party, where he
held key portfolios in the UPA
Aviation Minister. He is also a
member of the BJP Election
Management Committee and
the satellite communications
ecosystem, Internet service
providers,electronics,andanad-

calls for ACP-level inquiry While the Corridor was opened in

November 2019, movement was sus-
pended in March 2020 after the pan-
do open a window and a possible first
stepcouldbetheChampionsTrophybe-
ing hosted by Pakistan next February.
governmentsbetween2004and
2014. Since joining the BJP in
2020, he has been assigned key
the Core Committee of BJP in
Madhya Pradesh.
With prior experience in the
visory committee of academics
and research and development
in the telecommunications sec-
demic struck. It was reopened later. Jaishankar and Dar had met on ministries and election strategy telecommunications depart- tor. They are represented by in-
ing the description of case property — The development comes days after October15eveningatthedinnerhosted roles for the party. ment during his earlier stint as dustry associations, private
ARNABJITSUR the plastic dana (granules) in three bags, Jaishankar went to Pakistan on October by Prime Minister Sharif at his resi- At the Express Adda, he will Minister of State in the UPA gov- firms, NITI Aayog, public sector
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 as mentioned by one of the public wit- 15-16 to attend the Shanghai dence. After exchanging pleasantries be in conversation with Vandita ernment between 2007 and undertakings (PSUs) as well as
nesses”. Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet- and a few words as they shook hands, Mishra, National Opinion Editor, 2009, Scindia has hit the ball officials from the telecom de-
FIRST, THERE were contradictory descrip- Two of the three bags had white ing of Council of Heads of Government the two ministers had a conversation The Indian Express, and Rishi Raj, rollingsincetakingoverasUnion partment.
tions of bags containing evidence submit- granules of PMMA brand plastic, while — the first visit by an Indian Foreign overdinner,sourceshadsaid.According Executive Editor, The Financial Communications Minister in WithScindialeadingtelecom
ted before a Delhi court in a murder-cum- one was brown-coloured ABS Resin IP Minister after Sushma Swaraj went to to sources, the ministers decided to Express. 2024. and the Development of North
robberycase.Then,thenumberofevidence Black brand. The counsel of accused Islamabad for the Heart of Asia meeting carry forward the conversation over In 2020, Scindia had an- Weeks after he took charge, East Region Ministry, the push
bags rose from three to five over the course Satyapal Kamboj,fromwhosegodownthe in December 2015. lunch the next day, and were seated nounced a shock resignation he oversaw a spectrum auction towards connectivity in the
of proceedings. The court has now sought two trucks with packets of plastic granules Jaishankar and Dar, who is also next to each other. However, the MEA from the party, after believing which fetched over Rs 11,000 North-eastern region is widely
an ACP-level probe into alleged mishan- were stolen, told the court that the PMMA Pakistan’sForeignMinister,spoketwice spokesperson said no meeting took that he was “unable to serve the crore to the exchequer. Under expected to see a renewed push.
dling of bags containing evidence. brand is imported from South Korea. in less than 24 hours — the first direct place between the two ministers, and people of my state, country any- him, some rules to opera- An ardent follower of cricket,
The case pertains to the alleged mur- However, the bags submitted in court conversation between India and no cricketing ties were discussed. more within Congress”. With tionalise parts of the Scindia has served as a member
der of Bajrang (65), a watchman of a plas- were stated “to be from Sahibabad”. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministers since 2015 On October 17, underlining that him, more than 20 lawmakers Telecommunications Act, 2023 of the Board of Control for
tic granule factory in Outer Delhi’s Following this, the court deferred the — and there were indications that these India and Pakistan should “bury the quit Congress which was in have been swiftly notified, with Cricket in India (BCCI), and as
Mundka, on September 30, 2017. The cul- examination-in-chiefandsoughtanexpla- talks explored the idea of resuming past” and “think of the future”, former power in the state, putting the a number of other rules cur- Chairman of the Finance
prits had also allegedly stolen 217 bags nation from the SHO of the police some form of cricketing ties between Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Kamal Nath-led government on rently being consulted on. Committee and member of the
of plastic granules, worth Rs 7 lakh, from station concerned. the two countries, as reported by The had said Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad the brink of collapse. These exits Scindia has also formed six Disciplinary Committee of BCCI.
the premises. InresponsetotheAugust5hearing,the Indian Express. was a “good beginning” and a “good paved the way for the BJP to stakeholder advisory panels for For two years from 2014-16, he
Eight people were arrested in the SHO of Mundka police station stated it Sources, however, had underlined opening”andthetwocountries“should come to power in the state. thetelecomsectortounderstand was a member of the Governing
case. As part of the case proceedings, was an“inadvertent”mistake.“...tracedthe thattheseconservationswereverypre- move forward from here”. Promptly, Scindia joined the key issues affecting the industry. Council for the Indian Premier
three plastic bags containing as many right one now and (it) will be produced in BJP which earned him a national He has constituted commit- League (IPL).
types of plastic granules were retained courtonthenextdateofhearing,”theSHO’s
from the stolen items for identification reply had said. ●TMC MP Kalyan smashes bottle at House
by the prosecution witnesses. Investigatingofficer(IO),headconstable ● More farm fires in UP than Haryana in a month
However, during a hearing on August DeepakArya,too,filedaresponsestatinghe panel meeting on waqf Bill, suspended
5 before Additional Sess-ions Judge produced the plastic bags preserved in the Meanwhile, Delhi’s 24-hour
Saumya Chauhan, the counsel of one of case before the court of which one was doesn’t have space in a parliamentary Jagdambika Pal”. averageAQIonTuesdaywas327,
the accused disputed that two of the brown in colour and two were white. “The democracy.” Pal said that Opposition members in the ‘very poor’ category. It is INSTANCES OF PADDY STUBBLE BURNING*
three samples retained were “not match- courtnoticedtwobagsareofdifferentdescrip- When contacted, Banerjee declined are given ample opportunities to speak expected to remain very poor in
Uttar Haryana Punjab
tion...afterthat,Icheckedthede- to comment, saying he cannot reveal during the panel’s meetings. “Owaisi the next three days as meteoro-
Pradesh
10,791

scription of bags in register no. what transpired at the meeting as it is a Sahab said he will speak for one hour, logical conditions for dispersal
4,327

19, andtookouttheentirestore violation of parliamentary rules. and I let him. No chairman has held de- of pollutants are unfavourable.
3,114

room material/ case properties. Followingtheincident,Banerjeewas liberations like this. I sit here from However, according to the
1,764
1,510
1,368
1,326

Then, two more plastic bags of suspended for a day — whenever the morningtoevening.Thisisthefirsttime Ministry of Earth Sciences' deci-
723

655
554

681
425

the case were found buried... in next meeting takes place — after the they are levelling allegations to hide sion support system on air qual-
631

771
204

the store room, which will now panel took up a motion moved by BJP their crimes. I don’t stop anyone from ity management, the contribu-
beproducedbeforethecourt...,” MP Nishikant Dubey. speaking. We have regular meetings. tionof stubbleburningtoDelhi's 2020 2024 2020 2024 2020 2024
hestated. “This concerns Parliament. We have Has any member alleged that AQI is only around 3.2% at pres-
Onthenextdateofhearing made (Lok Sabha Speaker) Om Birla Jagdambika Pal doesn’t let them speak. ent. But a spike is expected, with
Top 5 districts in Uttar Pradesh
on August 18, the IO produced awareabouttheincident.Becauseitwas There are parliamentarians from the the forecast stating that by
two more plastic bags recov- such a big incident. We had to adjourn minority groups there. I care for their Thursday, the contribution of Aligarh Sambhal Mathura Barabanki Sitapur
eredfromthemalkhana(room the meeting for the first time. Because sentiments as well. If any member says stubble burning will rise to
where seized properties are the way the incident happened and the I don’t let them speak, I will resign from around 15%. In the past, farm
138 85 62 59 42
stored in the police station). bottle was broken... everyone was the chairmanship.” fires have been responsible for *September 15 to October 21
However, Kamboj’s counsel shocked. There were two witnesses The 31-member committee — up to 40% of the pollutants in Source: Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring
advocateRakeshMalhotrasaid from Odisha, including a former Judge taskedbytheLokSabhatoscrutinisethe Delhi’s air. and Modeling from Space (CREAMS) Laboratory, ICAR
case properties produced on and a senior IAS officer. What message Bill to amend the law governing Waqf A senior scientist at IARI ex-
August5and18weredifferent. has been sent to the country? Their boards — has witnessed stormy scenes plained that UP has two paddy-
He argued that instead of the party (TMC) should also consider what since the first meeting on August 22. burningwindows.“Thefirstone, environmental research group ing from agricultural practices
three retained samples, there kindof behaviouristhis?Whereisthere OnTuesday,itwasscheduledtohear mostlyfordistrictsinandaround Climate Trends showed a clear such as crop residue burning, in-
werenowfivesamples,twoof place for violence in a parliamentary the views of Justice in Reality, Cuttack, western UP, starts in September declining trend in Punjab and troduce significant quantities of
which had “discrepancies in democracy,” Pal told reporters. Panchasakha Bani Prachar Mandali and coincides with the trends in Haryana between 2019 and particulate matter (PM 2.5 and
their make”. Asked about Banerjee’s allegationof Cuttack, and five IUML MPs. Punjab and Haryana. The next 2023 across the Kharif and Rabi PM10) in the atmosphere, the
OnSeptember9,notingthe bias,Palsaid:“If theChairman’sattitude Last Monday, several Opposition windowiswhendistrictsineast- seasons. study said. “These pollutants,
responseoftheSHOandtheIO, is biased, then there is a process. They MPs had walked out of the panel’s ern UP start burning their stub- Data compiled by the re- combined with the prevailing
the court summoned the SHO havewrittenagainstmetotheSpeaker.” meeting after a former office-bearer of ble. The figures for the state at search group showed that farm wind patterns, travel to Delhi,
to explain the production of On October 15, Opposition mem- the Karnataka State Minorities present mostly show numbers fires decreased from 95,048 in leading to a sharp increase in
wrong case property and dis- bers had written to Birla alleging that Commission and BJP leader made a from the areas near Delhi and 2020 to 52,722 in 2023 in AQI. On days without fire inci-
crepancies in number of re- the “proceedings of the committee comment on Congress president Haryana,” the scientist said. Punjab, and from 14,122 in 2019 dents, Delhi's AQI averages 175,
tained plastic bags. were conducted in a biased and parti- Mallikarjun Kharge, reportedly over al- Meanwhile, an analysis of to 7,959 in 2023 in Haryana. which falls in the moderate cat-
san manner by the Chairperson, lotment of Waqf land. paddy stubble burning data by Farm fires, primarily result- egory,” the study said.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024

BULANDSHAHR AT SGPI EVENT IN LUCKNOW State can

Oxygen cylinder explosion CM launches healthcare

projects worth Rs 1,147 cr
compete with
major global

toll rises to 7, rescue ops on to speed up the rescue mis-

players in
readymade
garments: Yogi
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE sion,” said Singh.
MEERUT, OCTOBER 22 Chandra Prakash Singh, PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA
District Magistrate, LUCKNOW,OCTOBER22
THE DEATH toll in an oxygen Bulandshahr, said the priority
cylinder blast in a two-storey is to rescue all those trapped in CHIEFMINISTERYogiAdityanath
house in Sikandrabad, the debris and ensure immedi- on Tuesday said the state as well
Bulandshahr, late on Monday ate medical help. “What caused as the country has the potential
rose to seven after a man suc- the blast will be known after and resources to compete with
cumbed to injuries on Tuesday. the inquiry but our primary the major global players in the
Till late evening on Tuesday, the probe suggested that the oxy- readymade garments industry.
National Disaster Rescue Force gen cylinder was mishandled,” Inaugurating the Silk Expo at
(NDRF)andlocalteamswerestill said Singh. the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan,
engaged in rescue operations. Shlok Kumar, Senior which runs from October 22-28,
Officers said the house, with Superintendent of Police (SSP), thechiefministersaid,"Smallna-
24 occupants, was reduced to At the blast site in Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, on Tuesday. PTI said Rijjudin’s wife Rukhsana Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the ‘Silk Expo’ in Lucknow on Tuesday. Express tionsworldwidehaveestablished
rubble around 8 pm on Monday. was admitted to the hospital a strong presence in the ready-
While Rajjudin, 58, his wife following a complaint of made garment industry, even
Rukhsana, 45, their sons Aas ple, said his wife Tamanna had taken to a hospital where six of breathlessness for the past few One College," he said. ICUcare,emergencypediatricge- withlimitedresourcesandoppor-
Mohammed, 26, and Salman, 11, been living with her parents for them died on Monday. “Some days. She was discharged on PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The CM mentioned that the netics, pediatric neurology and tunities." “We have both the po-
theirdaughterTamanna,24,and thepasttwodays.“Shewaspreg- of them are in serious condi- Monday evening but her con- LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 22 number of MBBS and PG seats more — all under one roof. tential and resources to compete
granddaughter Hijja, 3, were nant. Our minor daughter also tion while those with minor in- dition deteriorated soon after. has more than doubled in the re- He said the first phase of the with major global players in the
killed on Monday night, their died in the incident,” he said. juries were discharged after “The family members soon CHIEFMINISTERYogiAdityanath centpast.Healsohighlightedthe Saloni Heart Centre has com- readymade garments industry,"
other son, Shahrukh, 23, died Renu Singh, Sub-Divisional treatment. Chief Minister Yogi arranged an oxygen cylinder to onTuesdaysaidthelongoverdue successinaddressingtheissueof menced and an MoU has been Adityanath said.
on Tuesday. Magistrate, Sikandrabad, said Adityanath has expressed provide her relief but it ex- AdvancedPediatricCentreistak- Japaneseencephalitis,notingthat signedforthesecondphase.This If a significant portion of the
Rizwan Mohammed, the 13 people, including two shock over the incident and di- ploded and as a result the ing shape in the state thanks to this is a significant achievement, centre, equipped with world- workforce, especially women, is
son-in-law of the deceased cou- women and a minor girl, were rected officials in Bulandshahr house collapsed,” said Kumar. theeffortsofthe"double-engine" especially since it primarily af- classfacilities,aimstoperformse- engaged in silk production, pro-
government. fected children. rious heart surgeries on 5,000 cessing,readymadegarments,de-
Emphasising his close and The Chief Minister inaugu- children annually, and will offer signing, marketing, and packag-
BRIEFLY Akhilesh sees ‘BJP hand’ in Bahraich first-hand experience of the
healthissuesaffectingchildrenin
the state, Adityanath mentioned
ratedseveralhealthcarefacilities
atSGPGI,includingtheAdvanced
Diabetes Centre, Tele ICU, Saloni
second opinions to another
10,000childreneachyear.
Key officials present at the in-
ing, Uttar Pradesh and India can
emerge as global leaders in the
garment industry, he added.
Goldjewellery violence, party says claim ‘baseless’ that during his time as a Lok
Sabha MP from Gorakhpur, he
HeartCentre(Phase1),andahos-
tel for the College of Medical
augurationincludedDeputyChief
Minister Brijesh Pathak, Minister
Laterintheday,Adityanathon
Tuesday congratulated the peo-
worthRs6cr raised this issue both in
Parliamentandthroughprotests.
Technology with a total invest-
ment of Rs 1,147 crore, according
of State Mayankeshwar Sharan
Singh, Chief Secretary Manoj
pleofthestateafterUttarPradesh
securedthesecondpositioninthe
seizedone-way PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The CM was addressing the to an official statement. KumarSinghandotherdignitaries, ‘BestState’categoryunderthefifth
LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 22 inauguration and foundation He also laid the foundation accordingtothestatement. National Water Awards.
Mathura: The police and stone laying programme of vari- stone for the Advanced Pediatric Additionally, Adityanath an- Organised by the Ministry of
excise department teams SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP) chief ous projects of Sanjay Gandhi Centre, Saloni Heart Centre nouncedthestartoftheconstruc- JalShakti,thefifthNationalWater
recovered gold jewellery, Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday al- Post Graduate Institute for (Phase 2) and Rain Basera, tion of a 1,000-bed night shelter Awards were presented on
worth over Rs 6 crore and leged that BJP workers were in- Medical Sciences (SGPGI). it stated. fundedbyRs51crorefromONGC's Tuesday by President Droupadi
weighing 12 kg, during volved in the recent communal "Under the leadership of PM The Chief Minister high- CSR initiative, which will signifi- Murmu in New Delhi.
routine checking on the violence in Bahraich. (Narendra) Modi, the state is lighted that SGPGI is one of the cantlybenefit attendants visiting “President Draupadi Murmu
Yamuna expressway, po- However, BJP spokesperson making continuous progress in mostprestigiousmedicalinstitu- the hospital. hasawardedUttarPradeshthesec-
lice said on Tuesday. The Rakesh Tripathi dismissed healthcare. Before 2017, there tions in the country. The shelter will also feature ondpositionintheBestStatecate-
recovery was made dur- Akhilesh Yadav's allegations were medical colleges in only 18 The Advanced Pediatric parkingandcanteenfacilities,of- gory and Banda district the Best
ing checking of vehicles as “baseless”. districts, but now there are med- Centrewillhave575bedsandof- feringmealsforjustRs15toRs20. District(NorthZone)awardunder
on Monday night, said Talking to mediapersons at ical colleges in 64 districts. The ferservicesfrom22departments, Thehostelfor200studentsat the the 5th National Water Award-
ASP, Rural, Trigun Bisen. his party's state headquarters Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav during a state is quickly moving towards providing treatments for hor- College of Medical Technology 2023 in New Delhi," Adityanath
Bisen said that 12 packets here, Yadav claimed, “If anyone party meeting in Lucknow on Tuesday. Vishal Srivastav the goal of having One District, monal issues, diabetes, pediatric hasalsobeencompleted,hesaid. said in a post in Hindi on X.
were found in a SUV, is behind rioting in Bahraich, it
adding that the gold jew- was BJP leaders."
ellery was found in these “A video is also going viral lence,asduringhistenureasChief dent of BJP."
packets. As the driver online.Iwanttocongratulatethe Minister, “violence occurred in Citing the example of
could not show valid pa- journalist who mustered the every district of the state.” Ambedkar Nagar, he claimed
pers, the jewellery was
handed over to the trade
courage to get information from
the hidden camera video that
Speaking about the Bahraich
incident,Tripathisaidthatthevi-
thataseniordistrictofficialthere
has now become the district WHERE
tax department, which is (during the violence in olence occurred in a small town president of BJP and is looking NEWSMAKERS
DROP IN FOR
probing the matter. Maharajganjof Bahraich)thepo- in the district and the Yogi for pradhans and ration shop
Assistant Commissioner, liceadministrationwasnotpres- Adityanath government swiftly owners and threatening them.
GST,KartarSingh,saidthe
driver Vivek Gupta told
ent on the spot for several hours
and they (rioters) were given a
broughtthesituationundercon-
trol, preventing it from spread-
Hitting out at the officers,
Yadav said, "Is this what is
A CANDID Presents
the police that he was free hand," the SP chief claimed. ing to other parts of the district. taught in the administration CHAT.
taking the consignment Yadav said this incident was The former chief minister, academy? Have these people
to Deoria. done because the people of the while alleging misuse of ad- been trained for this? We will
BJP are scared as they have no ministrative machinery to cre- put up the pictures of these of-
Girldiesof answer to inflation and unem-
ployment.
ate disturbances in the by-elec-
tions of nine assembly seats of
ficers and say that they have
become officer bearers of the
snakebite "They are snatching away
reservations.Theydonotwantto
the state, said, “People of PDA
(backward, Dalit and minority)
BJP." Yadav alleged that in
Kanpur, the party candidate
Sultanpur: A nine-year- let the system be implemented family have all united. This time was given the wrong form so
old girl died after a ven- under the Constitution," he said. they(BJP)mayconspireasmuch that his nomination is rejected, Co-presented by
omous snake bit her BJPspokespersonTripathisaid as they want... but it is being adding that his party would
while she was sleeping in that Yadav has no right to com- heardthatthedistrictmagistrate complain about this to the
her house in Baghona mentonriotsandcommunalvio- has become the district presi- Election Commission.
market area here, police
said on Tuesday. The inci-
dent took place on
Monday night in the
SP, Cong will fight UP bypolls unitedly: Ajai Rai
Baldirai Police Station to the SP. “Our agreement is final with
area, they said. Anshika, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The Election Commission the Congress. Of the 10 seats, the
the daughter of Sukdev LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 22 has announced byelections on Congress will contest on two,
Gupta, had gone to sleep nine seats, leaving out Milkipur Khair (Aligarh) and Ghaziabad,
after dinner. A snake en- THE CONGRESS on Tuesday said (Ayodhya). The last date for fil- while on the remaining eight,
tered the room and bit that irrespective of the outcome ing nominations is October 25. the SP will contest,” SP
her, police said. The fam- of seat-sharing talks with the “Irrespective of the out- spokesperson Rajendra
ily took her to a nearby Samajwadi Party both the par- come of the seat-sharing talks Chowdhury had told PTI.
hospital for treatment. ties will contest the November with SP, INDIA bloc will contest On a question that Congress
After receiving medical 13 bypolls unitedly. bypolls unitedly,” UP Congress state president Ajay Rai had de-
care, she was sent home. The Congress had de- president Ajay Rai told PTI. manded five seats out of the 10
However, she passed manded five of 10 assembly The SP has already declared assembly seats in the by-elec-
awayshortlyafterreturn- seats but the Samajwadi Party candidates for seven seats-- tions but the SP has agreed to
ing home, police said. had last week said that the Karhal, Sisamau, Phulpur, only two, SP president Akhilesh
PTI Congress had agreed to contest Milkipur, Katehari, Majahawan Yadav said on Tuesday, “We will
just two seats, giving the rest and Meerapur. discuss.”

19 held for ‘stone pelting

& vandalism’ during
Muzaffarnagar protest in conversation with

Jyotiraditya
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NOIDA, OCTOBER 22 Vandita Mishra
National Opinion Editor
The Indian Express
Scindia
THE MUZAFFARNAGAR Police have arrested 19
men, including three associated with the All India
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), for their
alleged involvement in stone-pelting and vandal- Rishi Raj Union Minister of Communications &
ism in connection with protests that broke out Executive Editor
againstasocialmediapostonSaturdayatBudhana Financial Express Development of North Eastern Region
in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Tuesday.
A large number of people came out in Budhana
town in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday night follow-
ing speculation over the release of a man, who be- Associate Partners
longs to a different community and was arrested
earlierthatdayforallegedlypostinga“derogatory”
social media post.
“Thefiveaccusedwhomainlyexecutedthevan-
dalism have been identified” said Senior Coffee Partner Entertainment Partner Beverage Partner Hospitality Partner
Superintendent of Police, Muzzaffarnagar,
Abhishek Singh.
Meanwhile, AIMIM state chief Shaukat Ali de-
nied the claims made by the police. He claimed,
“People were peacefully protesting.”

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024

1-year-old crushed to death by crane in Noida

mother,AnitaPandey,andherdaugh- lice officers and a team rushed to the
Calcutta HC stays suspension of 51
RG Kar medical students & doctors
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE terescapedwithminorinjurieswhile spotandtookthefourtoanearbyhos-
NOIDA,OCTOBER22 the house help, Pinky, suffered griev- pital,” he added.
ous injuries and is critical. Noida Assistant Commissioner of
AONE-YEAR-OLDboydiedandthree The family lives in Lotus Espacia Police,PraveenSingh,said,“Duringthe

Classifieds others—hismother,sister,andhouse
help—sufferedinjuriesafteraspeed-
ing crane rammed into them while
Society in Sector 100. The woman’s
husband Pramod Pandey is a Noida-
basedbusinessman.Pinky,aresident
investigation,wefoundthatAnitahad
gonetothemarketalongwiththechil-
dren and Pinky. The incident took
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
KOLKATA, OCTOBER 22
they were crossing the road near of Hazipur in Noida, hails from place while they were returning
PERSONAL
Noida’sSector100Tuesdayafternoon, Madhubani in Bihar. home.Pinkyisincriticalconditionand THE CALCUTTA High Court on Tuesday
I, Simhalu Pedireddi, legally said police. The boy was crushed to AvinashSingh,aresidentoftheso- undergoing treatment at a private ordered an interim stay on the decision
father of No. 15578344A, Rank- death in front of his mother. A pur- cietywhosawtheaccident,said:“On hospital in Noida,” said the ACP. of the RG Kar Medical College authori-
Hav, Name-Seshu Pedireddi,
Unit-114 AER, C/o 56-APO,
portedvideothathasgoneviralonso- Tuesday around 1 pm, Anita, her Thecranedriverwasnabbedbylo- ties to suspend 51 medical students
presently R/o Village-S cial media shows the mother weep- househelp,andthetwochildrenwere calsandhandedovertopolice.“Based and doctors over alleged “threat cul-
Rayavaram, PO- S Rayavaram, ing, holding her son in her arms. returning home when the crane on a complaint filed by the victim’s ture” at the
Teh.- S Rayavaram, P/S- S The child has been identified as rammed into them in front of the so- familymembers,acasewasregistered hospital.
Rayavaram, Distt.- Pratisthit Pandey. said police. The ciety.” “Residentscontactedseniorpo- against the driver. A single-judge vacation bench of
Vishakhapatanam, Andhra
Justice Kaushik Chanda observed that
Pradesh-531060 have changed
my Date of Birth 15-09-1960 to the resolution passed by a special col-
01-01-1952 vide Affidavit No. lege council will not be effective, unless
IN-UP32442491534576W dated
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a decision is taken by the state govern-
ment on the matter in accordance with
I,have changed my daughter’s 23 OCT the law.
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Dildar Hussain R/o-444/110, Ali-
Colony, Barafkhana, homage to Major SS Gahlawat, SC who Af¸fadÂf°f IYe ªff°fe W`XÜ 26 IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f without giving them a chance to pres- Tuesday. Express
Thakurganj, Chowk,Lucknow made the supreme sacrifice while fighting ent their side before the inquiry com-
terrorists in Surankote (J&K) on this day :- 400 IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³Qi QWe ¨füI e C³³ff½f ´fS mittee. The petitioners also contended
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in 1997. We salute his brave deeds on the dÀ±f°f ¦fZÀM WfD Àf IZ S£f-S£ff½f I f I f¹fÊÜ that the council members lacked the suspend doctors unilaterally? Did he other criminal activity. If they are not
I, Varahalu Pedireddi, legally
mother of No. 15578344A,
27th Anniversary of his martyrdom. You IYf¹fÊ IYe A³fb¸ffd³f°f »ff¦f°f: ÷ . 2.33 »ff£f authority to suspend or expel them. feel the need to inform the state gov- suspended, the educational culture of
Rank-Hav, Name-Seshu
will always remain a source of inspiration for all of us. The matter also came up when the ernment of the matter? Is this also not the RG Kar medical college can't be re-
Pedireddi, Unit-114 AER, C/o Commanding Officer & All Ranks IYf¹ffʽfd²f:- 06 ¸ffW, 27 IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f: junior doctors met Chief Minister a kind of ‘threat culture'? No one should vived," he said.
56-APO, presently R/o Village- 9 MADRAS (TRAVANCORE) 132 IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³Qi, W` QS¦fPÞ ¶ffSf¶faI e ´fS Mamata Banerjee who expressed dis- be suspended without proper investi- The PTI reported that the medical
S Rayavaram, PO- S CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE pleasure over the decision. The CM gation. No one should act according to college authorities said the order of
Rayavaram, Teh.- S
33 IZ .½fe. kk¶fZll (dS»ff¹f³Àf ¶ff¹fû E³fªfeÊ
23 October 1982 questioned how the R.G Kar authorities his or her whims," the Chief Minister suspension of the 57 medics/students
Rayavaram, P/S- S Rayavaram, Shaheed Shri. Shaheed L/Nk W` QS¦fPÞ ) IZ d³f¸ffʯf WZ °fb ªff³f´fQe¹f I f¹fÊÜ unilaterally said. is a mere recommendation and that the
Distt.-Vishakhapatanam,
Andhra Pradesh-531060 have
G. P. Punj, Dinesh Kumar IYf¹fÊ IYe A³fb¸ffd³f°f »ff¦f°f: ÷ . 6.68 »ff£f suspended these doctors without tak- On this, a representative of junior council has forwarded the same to the
Assistant Awasthi
changed my Date of Birth from Commandant 38-BN IYf¹ffʽfd²f:- 01 ¸ffW, 28 IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f:- ing the Health Department in confi- doctors called all of them criminals. state government for taking further ac-
23/04/1965 to 01/01/9161 vide dence. “They indulged in sexual molestation, tion.
Affidavit No. IN-
38-BN 01-07-1945 To 400 IZ .½fe. ªfe.AfBÊ .EÀf. C´fIZ ³Qi ·fü£fSe,
11-09-1940 To 23-10-1982 “How could the Principal of R.G. Kar extortion, issuing threats and every —PTI INPUTS
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‘Feeling helpless now’: RG Kar Rape & murder
Shaheed The 38 Battalion of CRPF was
I, Sunita Limbu W/o
CT/WM deployed in the early '80s to »ff£f IYf¹ffʽfd²f:- 01 ¸ffW 15 dQ³f, C¢°f
No.9425850W, Rank-Naik,
Ajab Ali
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victim’s parents write to Shah, seek meeting
38-BN
busty, PO-Takdah Cantt Rangli On 23 October 1982, while en
Rangliat, Distt-Darjeeling, WB-
12-11-1949 To
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from Sunita Limbu to Sunita
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troops led by Shri G.P. Punj, The email stated, “Wish you a very “I would be truly grateful for the op-
Rai, also changed my date of
Assistant commandant were ambushed. Despite a valiant fight-
E½f¸fÐ http://etener.up.nic.in ÀffBM ´fS EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE happy and healthy birthday and hope portunity to speak with you and gain
birth from 07/01/1988 to
19/11/1988, vide affidavit back, Shri G.P. Punj, Assistant commandant, L/Nk Dinesh QZ£ff E½f¸fÐ ´fif´°f dI ¹ff ªff ÀfI °ff W` Ü d³fd½fQf KOLKATA, OCTOBER 22 this letter finds you in good health… I your insights on the issue, as I believe
dated 21-10-2024 at Lucknow. Kumar Awasthi, and Washerman Ajab Ali made the ultimate dQ³ffaI 06.11.2024 I û QfZ´fWS 14:00 ¶fªfZ am writing to respectfully request an your experience and guidance would
0040755257-1 sacrifice, laying down their lives in the line of duty. THE PARENTS of the junior doctor who appointment with you at your conven- be invaluable.”
°fI ÀffBM ´fS Of»ff/A´f»fûO dI ¹ff ªff ÀfI °ff was raped and murdered in West ience or at any other location as you The parents of the victim have
CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE
I, Sonagra Vasharambhai 23 October 1999 W` °f±ff dQ³ffaI 08.11.2024 I û 15:00 ¶fªfZ
Nanajibhai, legally father of Bengal’s R G Kar Medical College and may suggest (sic).” been part of the state-wide protests
Shaheed SI Shaheed
Àff½fʪfd³fI ø ´f ÀfZ d³fd½fQf¹fZÔ £fû»fe ªff¹fZ¦feÜ Hospital wrote to Union Home “After that heinous unforeseen in- after the body was discovered on
Army No. 15227801F, Rank-Hav,
Suraj Singh HC/RO
Name-Sonagara Jayesh
kkSXfáÑX dWX°f ¸fZÔ d¶fªf»fe ¶f¨ffEll WXÀ°ff./- Minister Amit Shah, seeking time for cident happened to our daughter, we August 9 at R G Kar Medical College.
120-BN Kamal Singh
Vashrambhai, Unit-269 Med an appointment. In an email sent to have been going through tremendous In statements to the media earlier,
05-SIG BN
(SP) Regiment, C/o 56-APO, 04-07-1949
30-08-1973 To
A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹f³°ff d½fôb°f ªff³f´fQ ´ffSmX¿f¯f Shah’s office Tuesday morning, the vic- mental pressure and feeling helpless the victim’s parents had pointed fin-
presently R/o Village-
Jamnagar, PO-Udhyognagar,
To 23-10-1999 ¸f¯OX»f, CX.´fi. EÀf.E»f.OXe.Àfe. ´fdSXÀfSX, tim’s father said they are facing now. Sir, I along with my wife want to gers at the administration and police
23-10-1999 “tremendous mental pressure”, and meet with you to discuss a few things for allegedly trying to “hush” up the
Teh.-Jamnagar, P/S- d½f·fcd°f £f¯OX, ¦fû¸f°fe ³f¦fSX, »f£f³fDY,
Udhyognagar, Distt.- Shaheed Shaheed seek Shah’s “insights”, “guidance and regarding the situation and pray for incident as suicide and “hurriedly
Jamnagar, Gujarat-361004 HC/RO CT/Dvr
Àfa£¹ff 3742-d½f.ªff.´ff.¸fa.(»f.)/d³fd½fQf help”. your guidance and help,” it continued, cremating the body”.
have changed my name from Namadeo Ram Naresh dQ³ffaIY: 22.10.2024
SONAGRA VASHARAMBHAI Kashid 120-BN
NANAJIBHAI to SONAGARA
VASHRAMBHAI NANJIBHAI
05-SIG BN
01-06-1968 To
20-04-1969 To
23-10-1999 OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT ‘Digital arrest’
vide Affidavit No. IN-
UP19554688153384W dated 11-
10-2024 0060120616-1
23-10-1999 BOARD, KANPUR
64, Subhas Chandra Bose Marg, fraud case:
During the General Elections, 120 Battalion of CRPF was
I, Nagamani Tenakala, legally deployed in Tamenlong district, where insurgent groups had
Cantt Kanpur-208004
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
UP woman
wedded spouse of No. called for an election boycott. Despite these threats, the
15578344A, Rank-Hav, Name-
Seshu Pedireddi, Unit-114 AER,
troopers ensured peaceful polling. Frustrated by their failure
Online tender through two bid system are invited from experienced firms through the Government
e-procurement https://defproc.gov.in/nicgep/app. The details of tender is as under
S NIT No. Name of work and location Last Date of Estimated cost
loses Rs 2.9 lakh
to disrupt the elections, insurgents attacked a CRPF vehicle
C/o 56-APO, presently R/o providing communication coverage on 23 October 1999. In No Uploading of tender (Rs.)
Village-S Rayavaram, PO- S Tender Sonbhadra: A woman was put
this cowardly assault, Shaheed SI Suraj Singh, Shaheed HC/RO 1 CBK/Engg/ White/color washing, distempering 08-11-2024 25,00,000/- under 'digital arrest' here by cy-
Rayavaram, Teh.- S
Rayavaram, P/S- S Rayavaram, Namadeo Kashid, Shaheed HC/RO Kamal Singh, and Shaheed k-1397/1 including minor repair of plaster, ber criminals for 48 hours and
Ct/Dvr Ram Naresh heroically repelled the attackers but tragically replacement of damage window
Distt.-Vishakhapatanam, coerced into paying over Rs 2.9
glasses etc. at Cantt. Fund buildings,
Andhra Pradesh-531060 have succumbed to their injuries. Boundary walls etc. in Cantt Area. lakh, prompting the police to
changed my name from CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE
NAGAMANI TENAKALA to 23 October 2005
2 CBK/Engg/ Providing of Laying 08-11-2024 15,00,000/- lodge an FIR, officials said on
K-1397/2 Thermoplastic Strip on Cantt Fund
NAGAMANI PEDIREDDI vide Road. Tuesday. Additional SP Kalu
Shaheed SI On 23 October 2005, troops
Affidavit No. IN- of 67 Battalion of CRPF were 3 CBK/Engg/ White/Color Washing, 08-11-2024 25,00,000/- SinghsaidShristiMishra,alocal
UP32446737111803W dated 22-
Mithai Lal
deployed in the Amira Kadal 1397/3 Distempering of Tiles Footpath resident,informedthepoliceon
10-2024 0060120617-2 67-BN Side, Park Iron Railing, Culverts, October 18 that she received a
26-11-1957 area of Srinagar to prevent Road Signs and Road Barriers,
I, Baljit Kaur M/o JC 510504K Sub militant activity. Amidst a Electric Iron Poles etc. call on October 9 from an un-
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SECOND BILATERAL MEETING SINCE THE JULY 8-9 SUMMIT IN MOSCOW Secularism means
ModitoPutin:IndiabacksearlypeaceinUkraine live & let live: SC in
Ties, West Asia conflict figure in talks as UP Madrasa Act case
PM meets Iranian President Pezeshkian ANANTHAKRISHNANG
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER23
empowers the madrasa board to
give degrees like Kamil, Fazil etc.,
maybeinconflictwiththeprovi-
sions of The University Grants
SHUBHAJIT ROY STATING THAT “secularism Commission Act of 1956, which
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 means live and let live”, the says that only universities within
Supreme Court on Tuesday said the meaning of the UGC statute
AT A time when West Asia is wit- that regulating madrasa educa- can award such degrees.
Russian submarine Ufa in Kochi on Tuesday. ANI nessing tension between Israel tion was in national interest and On Tuesday, Rohatgi said as
and Iran and there are fears of an therefore,throwingouttheentire per the UGC Act, only those de-
escalationintoafull-fledgedcon- Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa greeswhicharespecifiedbynoti-
with President Putin. The bond flict between the two countries, Education Act, 2004 as unconsti- ficationintheofficialgazettecan-
SHUBHAJIT ROY betweenIndiaandRussiaisdeep- Prime Minister Narendra Modi tutional “is to throw the baby out notbeawarded.Headdedthatthe
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 rooted.Ourtalksfocussedonhow met Iranian President Masoud with the bathwater”. degrees being awarded by the
toaddevenmorevigourtoourbi- Pezeshkianforthefirsttimesince “As a state, you have wide madrasasdonotfigureinanysuch
UNDERLINING THAT New Delhi lateralpartnershipacrossdiverse he was elected. powers under the Act under notification and therefore there
“fullysupports”theearlyreturnof sectors,” Modi said in a post. TheIranianPresidentempha- Section 20 (of the Act) to ensure was no bar in giving them.
peace and stability in the region, Putin is gathering more than sised the need for peace in West thatthebasicqualityofeducation The UGC, however, informed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi 20leadersinKazaninwhatisbe- Asia and the role that India could ismaintainedeveninmadrasas… thebenchsubsequentlythatthere
told Russian President Vladimir ing viewed as a “show play in de-escalating the conflict In fact, that power has been ex- was indeed a notification dated
Putin Tuesday that the Russia- of strength” after more than two givenitsgoodrelationswithallthe pressly conferred on you by the July 5, 2014 listing degrees like
Ukraine conflict should be and a half years of war parties, officials said. statute,ifyoufindthatthequality Fazil and Kamil.
resolved in a peaceful with Ukraine, and Western PrimeMinisterModicongrat- of educationisnotwhatthestate Takingnote,theCJIsaid,“Once
mannerandIndiaisreadytopro- sanctions.Russiaisseekingtocon- ulated President Pezeshkian on as a matter of public policy ex- there is a notification, then it falls
videallpossiblecooperationforit. vince BRICS countries to build an his recent victory and reaffirmed pects of all students who are un- within the bar imposed by the
This is their second bilateral alternative platform for interna- India’s commitment to deepen- Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian in Kazan, Russia, dergoing education…,” the CJI UGC Act.”
meeting since the July 8-9 sum- tional payments that would be ing the age-old bilateral ties with Tuesday. Pezeshkian accepted Modi’s invitation to visit India at an early date. PTI said as a three-judge bench Nataraj agreed that madrasas
mitinMoscow.Hesaidhissecond immune to Western sanctions. Iran. He also welcomed Iran into presidedbyhimreserveditsjudg- havebeenexemptedfromtheap-
visit to Russia in the last three Putinsaid,“Russian-Indianre- the BRICS family and invited the mentonpetitionschallengingthe plication of the Right to
monthsreflected“closecoordina- lationsarecharacterisedbyaspe- President to visit India at an early Ebrahim Raisiin in a helicopter lating the conflict given its good and economic linkages with AllahabadHighCourtorderwhich Education (RTE) Act, and added,
tion and deep friendship” be- cial privileged strategic partner- date. President Pezeshkian ac- crash in May. relations with all the parties in- Central Asia,” the Ministry of struck down the Act as unconsti- “however, the underlying prin-
tween the two countries. ship and continue to develop ceptedtheinvitation,theMEAsaid. Thetwoleadershada“fruitful volved,theForeignSecretarysaid. External Affairs (MEA) said in a tutional. ciple under Article 21, which
“We are in constant touch on actively.Interactionbetweenleg- Thetwoleadersalsodiscussed discussion,” Foreign Secretary “The discussion focused on statement. Hesaid,“Thestatedoeshavea has been recognised as a funda-
the issue of ongoing conflict be- islative bodies is strengthening. waystostrengthencooperationin Vikram Misri said in Kazan. keyareasofcooperation,particu- MisrisaidAfghanistanalsofig- vital interest even in ensuring mental right, which has been
tween Russia and Ukraine. As I Trade is also in good shape. The keyareas,includingChabaharPort “Both the leaders also dis- larly the Chabahar Port and the ured in the discussion between standardsinplacesofreligiousin- interpreted by this court – the
saidearlier,webelievethatprob- next meeting of the intergovern- andtheInternationalNorth-South cussedthesituationinWestAsia. International North-South thetwoleaders.“Bothofthemun- struction.Youinterpretitthatway. need to promote quality educa-
lems should be resolved in a mentalcommissionisscheduled Transport Corridor (INSTC). Prime Minister Modi expressed Transport Corridor (INSTC) derscored the importance of But to throw out the Act is to tion” should be given effect to.
peaceful manner,” Modi said. for November 12 in New Delhi.” “Hadaverygoodmeetingwith hisdeepconcernovertheescalat- which are crucial for enhancing maintainingpeaceandstabilityin throwthebabyoutwiththebath- The CJI said “independent of
The PM also referred to his Foreign Secretary Vikram the President of Iran, Mr. Masoud ing conflict and reiterated India’s regional connectivity and eco- the region along with continuing water.” the RTE Act, the Madrasa Act it-
summit talks with Putin in Misri said the PM’s Moscow visit Pezeshkian. We reviewed the full call for the protection of civilians nomic partnership,” Misri said. humanitarian assistance to the The UP government, mean- self confers a power on the state
Moscow.“Ourannualsummitre- aswellashistriptoUkraine,about range of relations between our and the prevention of harm to “Noting that the signing of people of Afghanistan,” he said. while, told the bench, also com- government to issue direc-
sulted in strengthening coopera- whichNSAAjitDovallaterbriefed countries.Wealsodiscussedways civilians.Heemphasisedtheneed the long-term contract of Pezeshkian acknowledged prising Justices J B Pardiwala and tions... And the state govern-
tion in every field,” he said. He Putin,signified“India’sattemptto todeepentiesinfuturisticsectors,” fordialogueanddiplomacytode- Chabahar Port is an important India's role in Iran’s accession to Manoj Misra, that it stood by the ment can yet exercise that au-
congratulated Putin on Russia’s continue to remain in touch with Modi wrote on X. escalate the tensions,” Misri said. milestone in bilateral relations, the Shanghai Cooperation constitutionalityof2004Act.The thority to effectuate the right
successful presidency of BRICS keyactors..andgaugethepossibil- Thiswastheirfirstmeetingaf- PresidentPezeshkianempha- the two leaders reaffirmed its Organisation and BRICS. “They AllahabadHChadsaidthattheAct under Article 21”.
and said many countries want to ityof pathtoendtheconflict,and terPezeshkianbecamepresident sised the need for peace and har- significance for reconstruction agreed to continue their cooper- violated the principle of secular- Appearing for an intervenor,
join the grouping now. also perhaps look for alternative inJulyinsnapelectionsfollowing mony in the region and the role and redevelopment of ation in various international fo- ism. senior advocate Guru
“Had an excellent meeting approaches…” the death of then president that India could play in de-esca- Afghanistanandenhancingtrade rums,” Misri said. “Itisourlegislationwhichhas Krishnakumar said the Madrasa
been struck down by the High Act is unconstitutional “for the
Court… The only aspect that simple reason that the Act sin-

Office-bearers, community Specially abled with 60 per cent disability needed to be examined was
whetheranyofitsprovisionsvio-
lated part 3 of the Constitution
gles out religious instructions
provided by one particular
community and gives state
leaders likely in BJP list to to get Rs 5000 monthly, says Delhi govt (dealing with fundamental
rights). For that purpose, the en-
recognition for such education”.
The CJI said, “Whether you

fill Delhi civic council posts EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

the elected government of Delhi
will be the first in the country to
(WHO),15percentof theworld’s
population is dealing with some
specialneeds,providingRs1,000
permonth.Butthisamountisin-
tire legislation could not have
been struck down… If there is
some provision which offends
recognise it by the state or other-
wise, you cannot exclude the
historical and social cultural
said. The 13-member council in- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 offer such substantial financial formof disability.Of this,around sufficient... Delhi wanted to set a part 3, then it can be examined,” context that in India we do
SAMANHUSAIN& cludes officials from the bureau- support to our specially abled 2-4percenthavesuchseveredis- newstandard...So,followingdis- Additional Solicitor General K M have religious instruction…
JATINANAND cracy, elected members and non- SOCIAL WELFARE Minister people with high needs," abilitiesthattheyfallintothecat- cussions, the Cabinet yesterday Nataraj submitted. whether it is the Vedic
NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 official members, with the Saurabh Bharadwaj Tuesday an- Bharadwaj said. egory of high special needs. decided that the Delhi govern- Senior Advocate Mukul pathshalas, whether it is
MinistryofHomeAffairsnominat- nounced a monthly financial as- Accordingtoofficials,thegov- The minister also said that as ment will offer Rs 5,000 per Rohatgi, appearing for some ap- madrasas.” He asked “what’s
THREE CURRENT and former ing the latter for a five-year term. sistance of Rs 5,000 for persons ernment already provides pen- perthe2011Census,thereareap- month to such individuals,” said pellants,saidtheHCdecisionwas wrong... If a statute enacted by
women office-bearers from the Four out of five official members with over 60 per cent disability sions to over 1.2 lakh individuals proximately 2.44 lakh specially Bharadwaj. “againsttheprinciplesofsecular- Parliament or a statute enacted
BJP and a mix of probables from have been appointed by MHA. requiring special need and care whose disability exceeds 42 per abled people in Delhi. “Based on He added that the govern- ism”. “Hundreds of people are by the state legislature seeks to
several communities have been These include officials from vari- inDelhi.Therearearound10,000 cent. Now, persons with over 60 WHO estimates, we have as- ment will soon open registra- studying… you cannot force regulate it to ensure that while
recommended as fresh faces for ous government departments — such persons in the Capital. per cent disability, as verified by sessed that around 9,500 to tions. Eligible individuals will somebody.Thisisnotsecularism,” you are training young people,
thefourvacantnon-officialmem- oneeachfromMHAandtheDelhi The decision was passed in a medical certificates and UDID 10,000 individuals in the city are need to get a medical certificate he contended. young minds, you must train
ber positions on the New Delhi government, and two from the recently held Cabinet meeting, cards, will be eligible for a Rs considered to have high special confirmingadisabilityof over60 TheCJIthenremarked,“secu- them in a manner which is con-
Municipal Council (NDMC), The Ministry of Housing and Urban said the government. “We have 5,000 monthly pension. needs,” he said. per cent. Once verified, these in- larism means live and let live”. ducivetothequalityofeducation,
IndianExpresshaslearnt. Affairs.Thecurrentelectedmem- already instructed the depart- Addressing a press confer- "Currently, Tamil Nadu is the dividuals will be entitled to re- On Monday, the Supreme the broader national interest?”
Accordingtopartysources,the bers include New Delhi BJP MP ment to roll this out immedi- ence, Bharadwaj said, as per the onlystateofferingfinancialassis- ceive Rs 5,000 per month in fi- Court had said that some of the FULLREPORTON
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MAHARASHTRA
2024
● JHARKHAND

MAHARASHTRA CANDIDATES
In ST-reserved seats in Maharashtra, Jharkhand,
LSloss,rebel Congress and allies have been gaining ground
threatseeBJP Numbers show BJP and its allies have been losing ground in tribal areas since 2014, including the recent Lok Sabha polls

retain80MLAs ANJISHNU DAS

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls,
the NDA managed to retain all
four ST-reserved parliamentary
seats,withtheBJPwinningthree
ASSEMBLY POLL RESULTS
MAHARASHTRA TRIBAL SEATS
There are 43 Assembly seats
where tribals make up at least
20% of the population and in as
many as 22 seats they make up
one from the JMM. Like in 2014,
when it marginally led the BJP in
vote share, the JMM won 34.16%
of the votes while the BJP had a

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BOTH MAHARASHTRA and and the Sena one. However, in more than half the population. 33.5% vote share.
Party 2014 2014 2019 2019
Jharkhand that go to polls next that year’s Assembly polls, the In the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- This time, the JMM-led al-
won share % won share %
month have a sizable tribal pop- BJP’s tally fell to eight ST seats tions, the BJP won three tribal liance is again looking to repeat
ulation that will play a crucial (from 11 in 2014) while the Sena BJP 11 27.92 8 26.92 seats like five years earlier, while its performance in the tribal
role in determining who won three. The NCP won six Congress 5 21.9 4 18.11 the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha seats, with the arrest of Chief
emerges on top. While 25 of tribal seats and its ally Congress NCP 4 18.65 6 15.71 (JMM) and the Congress won MinisterHemantSorenallowing
Takingamorecautiousapproach,party Maharashtra’s 288 Assembly bagged four. Smaller parties and
Shiv Sena 3 13.49 3 12.55
one each. In the it to play the sym-
seats are reserved for the Independents won the remain- Assembly polls pathy card ahead
hasfieldeditstried-and-testedleaders Scheduled Tribes (STs), more ing four constituencies. Others 2 - 4 - held months later, of the Lok Sabha
than a third of Jharkhand’s 81 In terms of vote shares in the the JMM- polls.TheJMMand
Assembly seats – 28 – are re- tribal seats, the BJP fell margin- JHARKHAND TRIBAL SEATS Congress-RJD al- the Congress won
served for Adivasis. ally from 27.92% in 2014 to JMM 13 30.23 19 34.16 liance came to all five ST-reserved
In the recent Lok Sabha elec- 26.92% while the Congress fell Congress 0 9.78 6 8.81 power after the NUMBER parliamentary
tions,boththeMahayutialliance
of which the BJP is a part and the
from 21.9% to 18.11%. The NCP
andtheShivSenatoodroppedto BJP 11 30.11 2 33.5
JMM dominated
the ST-reserved
SPEAK seats, while the
BJP-led NDA al-
National Democratic Alliance 15.71%(from18.65%) and12.55% AJSU 2 2.82 0 5.47 seats, winning 19 liance won the
(NDA) in Jharkhand lost ground (from 13.49%), respectively. JVM 0 4.91 1 5.43 of the 28. It was followed by the state’sremainingnineLokSabha
in the tribal constituencies, pos- The state underwent a major Congress that won six, the BJP seats. In the ST-reserved Lok
Others 2 - 0 -
ing a big hurdle to surmount in political realignment after this as whose tally fell from 11 to two, Sabha seats, the JMM led in 10
the Assembly elections. theMahaVikasAghadi(MVA)and Note: In Jharkhand, BJP increased its vote share from 2014 to 2019 andtheJharkhandVikasMorcha Assemblysegments,theCongress
the Mahayuti alliance emerged, despite dropping nine seats as it contested all ST seats independently, (JVM) in one. The BJP that con- in 13, and the BJP in five.
Maharashtra with three parties each in both finishing as the runner-up in 24. Source: Election Commission tested these elections on its own Adopting political rhetoric to
At 1.05 crore, STs account for camps. In this year’s Lok Sabha wastherunner-upin24STseats. polarisetheelectorate,theBJPhas
nearly 10% of Maharashtra’s polls, the BJP suffered a major re- The JMM’s marked improve- raisedtheissueofallegedoutsider
population as per the 2011 versal in the tribal seats, falling to Independentledinonesegment. of Jharkhand’s population ac- ment in tribal seats came on the influxintotribalareas,withUnion
Census. There are at least 1 lakh just one, while the Congress TheMVAwilllikelydrawcon- cording to the 2011 Census, backof thepartynotonlyretain- AgricultureMinisterShivrajSingh
tribals in 21 of the state’s 36 dis- picked up two seats and the fidence from this performance number at least a lakh in 21 of ing 12 seats it had won in 2014 ChouhanpromisingaBJPgovern-
tricts. The largest tribal commu- Nationalist Congress Party while the ruling Mahayuti bloc the state’s 24 districts, illustrat- but also managing to flip six ment would implement the
nities are the Bhils, Gonds, Kolis, (SharadchandraPawar)wonone. thatislookingtoregainitsground ing their electoral importance. seats that the BJP had won five NationalRegisterofCitizens(NRC)
Statechief ChandrashekharBawankule(left)andDeputyCM andVarliswhotogethernumber Breaking these results down amongAdivasishasaproblemon The most populous communi- years earlier. The JMM also if voted to power. The party has
DevendraFadnavisatapartymeetearlierthismonth. Facebook almost 65 lakh, besides just un- to the Assembly-segment level itshandsastheDhangarcommu- ties are the Santhals, who alone flipped one seat from the All alsomadeseveralotherattempts
der 5 lakh people from three shows that while the BJP led in nityhasreviveditsdemandforST number 27.55 lakh, followed by Jharkhand Students’ Union toreachouttothetribalcommu-
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal nine ST-reserved segments, the status,triggeringoppositionfrom Oraons (17.17 lakh) and the (AJSU). The Congress flipped nity, from commemorating
hissonSandeepwhowasdenied Groups (PVTGs). MVA constituents led in 16 (the other tribal communities. Mundas (12.29 lakh). three seats from the BJP, one AdivasiiconssuchasBirsaMunda
SHUBHANGI KHAPRE a ticket from Belapur in the same Intotal,thereare38Assembly Congress in nine, the Shiv Sena The other prominent ST from the AJSU, and two from to launching the Rs 24,000-crore
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 district has joined the NCP seats where STs account for at (UddhavBalasahebThackeray)in Jharkhand communities are the Hos, smaller parties. The BJP retained PM PVTG Development Mission
(Sharadchandra Pawar) and is least 20% of the population. four, and the NCP (SP) in two. An Tribals, who account for 26% Kharwars, Lohras, and Bhumjis. one seat from 2014 and flipped in Jharkhand last year.
AFTER THE BJP’s decision to drop likelytogettheOppositionparty’s
half a dozen sitting MPs in ticket from the seat. The BJP has
MAHARASHTRA POLLS
MaharashtrabackfiredintheLok
Sabha elections — it won nine of
fielded sitting MLA Manda
Mhatre from Belapur.
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the 28 seats it contested — the
party has adopted a more cau-
tious approach in the Assembly
While some BJP leaders
pointed to a “one family, one
ticket” norm, others in the party
With five names, call for seven
electionsandfieldeditstried-and-
testedleaders.Inthefirstlistof99
announced on Sunday, the party
pointedoutthatthepartyhadal-
ready fielded brothers from the
same family: Ashish Shelar
seats more, SP presses cases
retained 80 of its MLAs. (Bandra West) and Vinod Shelar Nagar and Bhiwandi East are pri- vided NCP won in 2019, adding
“The party decided against (Malad West). “In any election, LALMANI VERMA orities given the SP has sitting that anti-incumbency would
making any drastic changes as there are always three to four NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 MLAs in both. While Azmi is the favour the SP, particularly given
seen in Gujarat and Haryana, promisingaspirantsforeverycon- three-termMLAfromMankhurd the seat is adjacent to its “strong-
wherealmosthalftheMLAswere stituency. Ultimately, we have to SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP) chief ShivajiNagar,theSP’sRaisShaikh hold” in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar.
dropped. Only in certain seats select just one candidate. Those AkhileshYadav,duringhistourto hadwonBhiwandiEastin2019by Though the SP had not con-
where the winnability factor of left out are bound to get upset,” poll-bound Maharashtra, an- 1,314votes.ThoughtheSPhadnot tested Versova in 2019, the party
sitting MLAs is completely ruled saidaBJPleader,addingtheparty nouncedcandidatesforfiveofthe contestedBhiwandiWestin2019 has demanded the seat citing its
out, will it go for fresh faces,” said would try and get the rebels to 12 seats he has demanded from and2014,itisdemandingtheseat large Muslim and Christian pop-
aseniorstateBJPleader.Inthere- withdraw before October 31, the the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). since it had won it in 2009. ulations. The BJP won Versova in
cent Haryana polls, the BJP re- nominationwithdrawaldeadline. The SP’s Maharashtra presi- The party also wants the the last two polls. The SP has also
tained only 23 of its 40 MLAs. Even in seats such as dent, Abu Asim Azmi, on Sunday Muslim-dominated Malegaon demanded Raver and Amravati,
ABJPinsidersaidthepartydid Shrigonda, Phulambri, and met NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar CentralandDhuleCity,heldbythe heldbytheCongress,andKarnaja,
notwanttorockitsownboatand Chinchwad, where the party andexplainedthereasons,includ- AIMIM. The SP claims to have held by the BJP, claiming their
get bogged down with fire-fight- changedcandidates,itdidsowith ing winnability and local equa- moreinfluencethantheAIMIMin large minority populations and
ing, given that the Opposition is the consensus of the outgoing tions, behind its decision to an- theseseatsandbelievesitcanwin anti-incumbencywouldfavourit.
stronger in Maharashtra com- MLAs. In Shrigonda, the party re- nounce candidates in Dhule City, them with the MVA’s support. The SP’s move to declare can-
pared to a state such as Gujarat. placed sitting MLA Babanrao Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, Among the other 12 seats on didates before the MVA appears
“Wedon’twanttopromoterebels, PanchputewithhiswifePratibha Bhiwandi East, Bhiwandi West the SP’s list is Byculla, where the to be a pressure tactic to get a
Independents,” said a BJP state whileinPhulambri,thepartyhas and Malegaon Central. Though sittingMLAisfromtheMahayuti’s shareinthealliance.AnSPleader
Cabinet minister. fieldedArundhatitaiChavanafter the SP is staking its claim on 12 Shiv Sena. The SP has demanded saidthepartyhasobservedinthe
“The sole criteria for giving Haribhau Bagade was moved to seats, it contested only four of theseatcitingitsstrongpresence past that the Congress- and NCP-
ticket is winnability,” state BJP Rajasthan as Governor. In these seats in 2019, winning two onthegroundandtheseat’slarge led alliances had begun negotia-
president Chandrashekhar Chinchwad, the party replaced Election Commission officials and Mumbai Police conduct inspections of vehicles ahead of and securing a 10.77% vote share. minority population. The party tions with SP at the last minute,
Bawankule said after the list was MLAAshwiniLaxmanJagtapwith the Maharashtra Assembly elections, at Grant Road, in Mumbai on Tuesday. Ganesh Shirsekar Amongthe12seatstheSPhas has made similar claims in onlytobacktrackandleavetheSP
released.“Thepartytakesthede- her brother-in-law Shankar demanded, Mankhurd Shivaji AnushaktiNagar,whichtheundi- in the lurch without candidates.
cision collectively.” Jagtap, while in Kalyan East,
Inthe2019Assemblypolls,the Ganpat Gaikwad who is in jail for
BJP contested 164 seats and won
105 seats while the undivided
opening fire at a Sena leader in a
policestationearlierthisyearhas
REGIONS IN MAHARASHTRA

BJP up against Muslim-Maratha consolidation,

Sena contested 128 seats and beenreplacedbyhiswifeSulabha.
bagged 56. This time, the party is AmongtheMLAsretainedare
aiming to contest 150-155 seats, 10heavyweightministers,includ-
the Shiv Sena 80-85 constituen- ing Fadnavis, Radhakrishna
cies, and the NCP 50-55 seats. Vikhe-Patil,SudhirMungantiwar,

onion belt unrest in North Maharashtra seats

Someofthe25BJPMLAswho and Magal Prabhat Lodha.
didnotfeatureinthefirstlisthave Mungantiwar has been from
made a beeline at the home of Ballarpur in Chandrapur district,
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra monthsafterlosingtheLokSabha
Fadnavis in the past two days to pollsfromhere.“Hadwedropped
pushtheircandidature.Someas- him, it would have conveyed a Mahayuti had suffered a major reversal here in the recent Lok Sabha polls despite its dominance in previous elections
pirants who are not likely to get a wrong message in Vidarbha.”
ticket have either joined another One of the big changes in the Inthe2019Assemblypolls,the we will do much better in North soft. CM Eknath Shinde shared a
party or threatened to switch regionwasinKamthi,whereMLA SHUBHANGI KHAPRE BJP had emerged as the leader in Maharashtra. Reducing export dais with Ramgiri Maharaj 48
sides.Severalsuchticketaspirants TeckchandSawarkarwasreplaced MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 North Maharashtra’s 35 seats HOW NORTH MAHARASHTRA VOTED duty on onions and free electric- hours later and praised him for
arethosewhosekinhavealready by Bawankule as the party with wins in 13, followed by the Nandurbar ity for farmers have given them serving the people. Though FIRs
Districts in North
got tickets from the BJP. wantedtoappeasethelatter’sTeli WHEN IT comes to asserting its undividedShivSenaatsix,theun- 2024 LS POLL major relief.” were filed, Ramgiri Maharaj was
While the senior BJP MP and OBCcommunity.Vidarbhahas62 politicalidentity,therulingBJPhas divided NCP at seven, the Maharashtra In the last six months, the not arrested.
Dhule
RESULTS
former Union Minister Narayan seats and will be crucial to how tended to bet on North Congressatfive,andtheAIMIMat Mahayuti’s high-decibel Caste, too, is likely to be a fac-
Total seats: 6
Rane’ssonNiteshisagaincontest- the BJP fares. In 2014, when it Maharashtra.DespiteastrongRSS two,withtheremainingtwoseats Hindutva agenda has also found tor,particularlyaftertheNational
Jalgaon ■ BJP : 2
ingfromKankavliAssemblycon- cametopowerwith122seats,the network, the party knows that going to Independents. resonanceinNorthMaharashtra. CommissionforBackwardClasses
stituency in Sindhudurg district, BJP won 44 seats in Vidarbha. In NorthMaharashtra–comprising The recent Lok Sabha polls Nashik Ahmednagar ■ Congress : 2 With the region’s Nashik a major recommended the addition of
thepartydidnotgiveatickettohis 2019, when the party’s tally the Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule and sawtheCongressandBJPwintwo ■ NCP(SP) :1 Hindu pilgrimage centre for the seven new castes and sub-castes
brother Nilesh, who unsuccess- dropped to 105, it lost 15 seats in Nandurbardistricts,andaccount- seats each, and the NCP (SP) and MAHARASHTRA Kumbh Mela, right-wing and af- to the central OBC list.
fullyfoughtthe2014and2019Lok Vidarbha.Ananalysisoftherecent ing for six Lok Sabha and 35 Shiv Sena (UBT) win one each. In ■ Sena UBT: 1 filiatedoutfitsareusingthe“Hindu Amongtheprominentleaders
Sabha polls, is set to join the Sena Lok Sabha polls shows the Assemblyseats–cannotbetaken the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP 2019 ASSEMBLY POLL RESULTS khatre mein hain (Hindus are in in this region who are likely to
and contest from the nearby Mahayuti alliance led 22 for granted given the unrest had won five seats and the undi- Source: EC danger)” slogan to counter the contesttheAssemblypollsisNCP
Kudalconstituency.Similarly,sen- Assembly segments while the among farmers and the Muslim- vided Shiv Sena one. NCP* growingconsolidationofMuslims (SP) leader Eknath Khadse, who
Shiv Sena*
iorMLAGaneshNaikgottheticket Maha Vikas Aghadi was ahead in Maratha consolidation against it. Taking lessons from its poor
6 7 towards the Opposition MVA. had ended his four-decade-long
from Airoli in Thane district but 35 segments. In the recent Lok Sabha polls, LokSabhaoutcome,theMahayuti Cong The undercurrent of Hindu- associationwiththeBJPtojointhe
the BJP, which leads the ruling has taken several course correc- BJP 35 5
Muslim polarisation is set to be a then undivided NCP in 2020.
Mahayutialliance,tookabeating tivemeasures,especiallyinNorth Total seats crucial factor. In a sign that the However, during the recent Lok
in North Maharashtra. Anti-in- Maharashtra’s onion belt.
13 *Undivided Others 4 Muslimconsolidationagainstthe Sabha polls, Khadse announced
FOR MORE LOG ON TO cumbency, coupled with the InDecember2023,theCentre Mahayuti has alarmed the BJP, he was returning to the BJP and
angeramongfarmers,haddented had banned the export of onions diffusingtheunrestamongfarm- (SP)chiefSharadPawar’sstrategy Deputy Chief Minister Devendra campaigned for its candidates.
INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS theBJP’sdominanceinthisregion. to tackle domestic supply issues ers and boosting their incomes. istoexploitthefarmers’unrestto Fadnavis had warned of “vote ji- However,aftertheBJPfailedtore-
IntheNovember20Assembly and ensure steady prices. Prior to Theflip-flopdecisionononion its electoral advantage. The had” at a rally last month. ciprocatehisgesturesbyreinduct-
● POLL STRATEGY polls,NorthMaharashtrawilltest the ban, it had imposed a 40% ex- exports had turned farmers in Maratha quota agitation, which Party insiders admit that po- ing him into the party and ap-
the BJP’s ability to ride the chal- port duty on onions. The export North Maharashtra against the has turned against the BJP, led by larisation is the only way to get a pointing him as a Governor,
CONGRESS’S lenges and retain its hold on the banononionscontinuedtillApril- BJP-ledMahayutiintheLokSabha activist Manoj Jarange Patil will majority of Hindus on its side. Khadse joined the NCP (SP).
MAHARASHTRA region, along with alliance part- end before being lifted on May 4, polls. To what extent the correc- also be a factor to some extent in When Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, Theregionwillhavestalwarts
nersShivSenaandNCP,againstits during the Lok Sabha polls. Later, tivemeasureswillhelptheBJPre- North Maharashtra. a religious leader, made deroga- in fray, including the Ajit Pawar-
PLAN: AVOID rivals in the Maha Vikas Aghadi on September 13, the Centre re- verse its losses in the onion belt However, state Rural tory remarks against Prophet led NCP’s OBC leader Chhagan
HARYANA ERRORS (MVA)–theShivSena(UBT),NCP duced the export duty on onions remains to be seen. Development Minister Girish Mohammad in August, the gov- Bhujbal, who is likely to contest
(SP), and Congress. from40%to20%,amoveaimedat On the other hand, the NCP Mahajan says, “In Assembly polls ernment’s response was seen as from Yeola.

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Two killed
in Jabalpur
‘This govt no longer has attitude of its last term…
We trust it but are ready for most extreme steps’
DAP shortage
Ordnance
factory blast CLIMATE ACTIVIST SONAM I also hope there will be dis- sitive if it does not take notice of ple respond to how they act and dampens rabi
crop prospects
WANGCHUK, who has camped cussions on restoring democracy anissue,whichinvolvesnational may now become more respon-
inDelhidemandingLadakhtobe in Ladakh. As statehood will be security, even now. You do not sible. In a democracy, people can
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE included under the Sixth soon restored in J&K, Ladakh also handle a border area, flanked by make or break a government. In
BHOPAL, OCTOBER 22 Scheduleof theConstitutionand deserves it. At least a legislature two hostile nations, in this way. Ladakh, they lost a seat. We
a legislature for the UT, broke his shouldbeestablished.Forthepast never wanted to damage them.

E
A MASSIVE explosion on 15-day fast on Tuesday after the sixyears(sinceArticle370wasab- Union Home Minister Amit WewerehappythatLadakhwas
TuesdayattheOrdnanceFactory, Union Ministry of Home Affairs rogated), Ladakh youth have no Shah is learnt to have rejected madeaUTbutunfortunatelyare

EXPLAINED
Khamaria (OFK) in Jabalpur has (MHA) called him for a meeting jobs while the UT is being run on the demand for inclusion in now having to tread this path. HARISH DAMODARAN
left two employees dead and at over his demands on December district manpower and currently the Sixth Schedule... NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22
least 10 people injured. Two of 3. He speaks to DEEPTIMAN has a dysfunctional government. That was another govern- If you were thankful, why the Crucial
the injured are said to be in crit- TIWARY. Excerpts: Half of the Rs 6,000 crore grant ment which had that attitude. protests? A SHORTAGE of di-ammonium ● fertiliser
ical condition.
Thefactorymanagementhas You broke your fast following
that comes in, goes back. THE EXPRESS We want to believe this one is
different. If not, we are ready to
UT is like a body, a corpse,
while democracy is its life. We
phosphate (DAP), a key fertiliser
required at the time of sowing, A GOOD MONSOON, help-
launched an investigation into
the blast, which took place in
assurances from the MHA
over resumption of talks.
What gives you hope,
especially when all previous
INTERVIEW take the most extreme steps. always thought the UT would
come with a democratic set-up
is undermining crop production
prospects for the current rabi
ing recharge groundwater
aquifers and fill reservoirs,
WITH
Building No 200 of the factory’s What do you hope for in the attempts have failed… What would those be? like a legislature. Similarly, the season. holds out hope for a
SONAM
F-6section.AshokRohani,thelo- negotiations? Thoughthereisnoassurance WANGCHUK We leave it to your imagina- Sixth Schedule is a form of This,evenashighprices,plus bumper rabi crop and an
cal legislator from the Wehopetheywilldiscussin- from the government, our trust CLIMATE ACTIVIST tion. democracy at the grassroots a good monsoon (7.6 per cent easing of food inflation.
Cantonment area, visited the in- cluding the UT in the Sixth is still there. This time talks are level for the indigenous tribes. above-average rainfall for the But a shortage of DAP re-
jured at the Khamaria hospital. Schedule (of the Constitution), happening after a mass move- Why do you think this The government had promised country as a whole during June- ported across many states
It is believed that a malfunc- providing Constitutional safe- ment in a sensitive border area (from Ladakh to Delhi) showed government is different?Are this to us many times. It was in September)andmajorreservoirs could spoil the party. This
tioninthehydraulicsystemtrig- guards to (Ladakh’s) indigenous and they (the Centre) are able to how seriously people are taking you referring to the reduced their (the BJP’s) manifesto... being filled to over 87 per cent of fertiliser, the second most
gered the blast, officials said, culture, environment, land, for- see the deep engagement of the the issue. The government will mandate for PM Modi? FULLINTERVIEW aggregate storage capacity consumed after urea, is re-
adding that investigations are est and customs. general public. The padyatra come across as very very insen- Yes.Theyhaveseenthatpeo- www.indianexpress.com (against below 73 per cent this quired for the crops’ root
ongoing to determine the cause time last year), have enthused establishment and early
of the explosion and whether farmers to plant more area. growth stage.
negligence played a role. TERROR PLOT CHARGES AGAINST ASSAM MLA Suspended RG “For wheat, at least one 50-

Cleared by NIA court

Residents in nearby areas re- kgbagof DAPisrequiredperacre
ported that the blast felt like an Kar doctors get and this has to be applied at the last year it was only Rs 1,000-
earthquake. The tremors were time of sowing along with the 1,200,” added Chaudhary.
relief from HC
3 yrs ago, Akhil Gogoi
felt within a five-kilometre ra- seeds. Right now, both DAP and According to official data, the
diusaroundthefactory,prompt- 12:32:16 (complex fertiliser) are all-India sales of DAP, at 45.72
ing many to rush out of their Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court in short supply. I hope the situa- lakh tonnes (lt) during April-
homes.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
saidtheinjuredwerebeinggiven
charged under UAPA on Tuesday ordered an interim
stayonthedecisionof theRGKar
Medical College authorities to
tion will improve once plantings
take off in November (post-
Diwali),” said Pritam Singh
September 2024, were 27.2 per
cent, lower than the 62.83 lt for
April-September 2023. Imports
timely treatment. “I express my suspend 51 medical students Hanjra, a farmer from Urlana (19.67 lt versus 34.53 lt) and do-
condolencestothefactorywork- SUKRITA BARUAH Gogoi spent and doctors over alleged “threat Khurd village in Madlauda tehsil mestic production (21.53 lt ver-
ers who died untimely in the ac- GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 22 over 18 mths culture” at the hospital. of Haryana's Panipat district. sus 23.29 lt) of the fertiliser, too,
cident. Providing better treat- in jail after Asingle-judgevacationbench DAP contains 46 per cent were lower for this period rela-
ment to the injured in this tragic A SPECIAL NIA Court Tuesday his arrest of Justice Kaushik Chanda ob- phosphorusorP,anutrientcrops tive to last year.
incident is our priority,” he said. framedchargesagainstSivasagar in Dec 2020 servedthattheresolutionpassed need at the early growth stage of Sales of SSP fertiliser also fell
MLA Akhil Gogoi and three oth- by a special college council will rootestablishmentanddevelop- to 23.55 lt during April-
ers, including under sections of notbeeffective,unlessadecision ment. Alternatives to DAP in- September 2024, from 29 lt dur-
SC extends theUAPA,fortheirallegedrolein
the 2019 anti-Citizenship
However, the court dropped
two significant charges made by
is taken by the state government
inaccordancewiththelaw.Some
cludecomplexfertiliserscontain-
ingnitrogen(N),P,potassium(K)
ing April-September 2023.
However, sales of both urea
actor Siddique’s (Amendment)Actprotestsinthe
state.Thiscomesmorethanthree
the NIA in its chargesheet — sec-
tion 39 of the UAPA, which per-
ofthesuspendeddoctorshadap-
proached the HC claiming that
and sulphur (S) in varying pro-
portions, such as 12:32:16:0,
(189.11 lt versus 183.95 lt), com-
plex fertilisers (72.49 lt versus
pre-arrest bail years after an NIA court cleared tains to support given to a terror- thesuspensionorderwaspassed 10:26:26:0, 20:20:0:13 and sin- 61.36 lt) and muriate of potash

New Delhi: The SC Tuesday ex-

tended by two weeks the in-
Gogoi of all charges in the case.
The case against Gogoi, an
Independent MLA and leader
istorganisation,andsection124A
of theIPC,whichpertainstosedi-
tion. The FIR had alleged that
FINMIN AT NYSE without giving them a chance to
present their side before the in-
quirycommittee.Thepetitioners
gle super phosphate or SSP
(0:16:0:11). These have much
less P content compared to DAP.
(9.27 lt versus 7.74 lt) were
higher during the first six
months of 2024-25, compared
terim anticipatory bail granted fromtheregionaloutfitRaijorDal, Gogoi “secretly merged” his or- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outside the also contended that the council While there is still time for to April-September 2023-24.
to rape-accused Malayalam ac- and his associates had been filed ganisation, KMSS, with the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. ANI memberslackedtheauthorityto wheat sowing, potato plantings The shortage of DAP is being
tor Siddique. A bench of Justices at the Chandmari police station RevolutionaryCommunistCentre suspend or expel them. ENS have already commenced. A tu- blamed on higher global prices,
Bela M Trivedi and Satish inDecember2019.Itisoneoftwo and the latter was later merged bercropthatgrowsunderground, aggravated by the government
Chandra Sharma also allowed casesfiledagainsthimduringthe with the banned CPI (Maoist). potatorequires3bagsof DAPper policy of fixing a low MRP with
the request of Siddique’s coun-
sel, Senior Advocate V Giri, to re-
spond to the status report filed
anti-CAA protests in the state,
which had turned violent.
On Tuesday, Special Judge S
Gogoiwasinjailforoverone-
and-a-half years after his arrest
onDecember12,2020.OnJuly1,
Jharkhand polls:
RJD says INDIA
MVA leaders say seat acre.“Farmerswhomanagetoget
DAP are having to shell out Rs
1,600-1,650 per bag, more than
inadequate subsidy concession
to enable imports.
AtthecurrentMRPofRs1,350
by the Kerala Police.
Inthereport,theKeralaPolice
K Sharma framed charges
against Gogoi under section 18
2021,hewasreleasedafteraspe-
cial NIA court cleared him of all bloc is united, stalemate is over, final thegovernment-fixedmaximum
retail price (MRP) of Rs 1,350,”
perbag(Rs27,000pertonne)and
subsidy of Rs 21,911, the gross re-

list to be released today

had urged the court to dismiss of the UAPA, which pertains to charges,statingthattherewasno saidDoongarSinghChaudhary,a alisation for companies comes to
Siddique’s pre-arrest bail plea, conspiracyorattempttocommit “prima facie materials to frame puts out list of 6 cold store owner at Khandauli, a Rs48,911pertonne.Ontheother
saying there was “a stockpile of a terrorist act, as well as under chargesagainsttheaccusedper- large potato-growing belt near hand,thelandedpriceof theDAP
evidence”againsttheveteranac- IPC sections pertaining to crim- sons”. The Congress had deputed Agra in Uttar Pradesh. imports contracted last from
torandhiscustodialinterrogation inal conspiracy, promoting en- ThiswasappealedbytheNIA ABHISHEK ANGAD ALOK DESHPANDE seniorleaderandlegislativeparty While high prices – table po- Saudi Arabia and Morocco was
was necessary. Siddique got in- mity between different groups, in the Gauhati High Court and in RANCHI, OCTOBER 22 & VALLABH OZARKAR leader Balasaheb Thorat for talks tatoes are selling from cold 642-644 dollars per tonne or Rs
terimprotectionfromarrestfrom and assertions prejudicial to na- Februarylastyear,andtheHCal- MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 with Shiv Sena (UBT) chief stores at Rs 1,800-2,200/quintal 53,930-54,100. Adding import
SC on September 29. ENS tional integration. lowed the NIA to frame charges. DAYS AFTER the RJD openly dis- Uddhav Thackeray and – have made farmers very keen duty, bagging, port handling, in-
agreedwiththeINDIAbloc’sseat- AFTER DAYS of stalemate, the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) to plant this time, they also have terest,dealermarginsothercosts
sharing framework announce- seat sharing among the president Sharad Pawar, instead to pay more for DAP and seed. willtakeittoaboutRs65,000per

Kajol at Expresso: ‘Stardom dead’ ment in Jharkhand and called it Opposition MVA constituents —
“unilateral”,thepartyonTuesday NCP-SP, Shiv Sena UBT and
released a list of six candidates, Congress — in Maharashtra
of party’s state unit chief Nana
Patole. The development comes
after an altercation last week be-
“Seedpotatopricesarecurrently
Rs2,000-2,500/quintal,whereas
tonne. That makes imports unvi-
able,especiallyforprivateplayers.

decade career, Kajol said, saying that a consensus was achievedsomebreakthroughon tweenPatoleandShivSena(UBT)
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
FROMWELCOMINGoutsidersto
“Stardom is dead and gone. Not
because there aren't stars... but
the advent of social media. It
reached within the alliance.
RJD leader Tejashwi
Yadav, who has been
Tuesday after a marathon meet-
ing held through the day.
Even as Congress leaders
MPSanjayRaut,duringameeting
held to discuss the seat-sharing
formula.TheShivSena(UBT)was
Valley tunnel camp
going beyond legacy actors,
Hindi cinema has embraced so-
cial media to such an extent that
(stardom) was... a forbidden
fruit. If you wanted to see it, you
could see it only on the big
camping in Ranchi, said
Tuesday: “The INDIA
bloc stands united and
werestillinsidethevenue
till late night, Shiv Sena
(UBT) leaders who came
reportedlyupsetoverPatole’s“ag-
gressive behaviour” while Patole
claimed the Sena sought the
attackers likely came
superstars no longer have a hold
on the industry. “Stardom is
dead,”saidKajolinacandidcon-
screen...Butif itissuddenlyavail-
able on your phone, at the press
of a button, it's like ‘familiarity
wewillcontesttheelec-

Soren will be the

2024
out said that all issues
tions together. Hemant DECISION have been resolved.
According to sources,
Congress’s winning seats.
Earlier, speaking to media af-
ter meeting Uddhav Thackeray
from Pak via Gurez,
versation at Taj Lands End in
Mumbai on Monday.
Actors Kajol and Kriti Sanon
brings contempt’...”
Speaking to Shubhra Gupta,
Film Critic, and Vandita Mishra,
Jharkhand CM again. A the seat sharing arrange-
consensus has been reached on ment has been finalised with
seat-sharing and RJD’s seats will Congresslikelytoconteston110-
foralmosttwo-and-a-half hours,
Thoratsaidthathehasdiscussed
in depth with NCP chief Sharad
investigators believe
were guests at the fourth session
of Expresso, an especially curated
National Opinion Editor, The
Indian Express, Kriti, who has
be announced shortly.” 115 seats, Shiv Sena-UBT on 85-
According to sources, JMM, 90 and NCP -SP set to contest on
Pawar and Uddhav about the is-
suesintheseatsharingandsince
Around 50 picked up for questioning
six-part series from The Indian beenlaudedforherperformance Congress, RJD, and CPI(ML) will 75-80 seats. the issues have been under-
Express. Ahead of the release of inCrew,spokeaboutherjourney contest in 41, 30, six, and four Whileleavingthevenue,Shiv stood, now all the three parties BASHAARAT MASOOD
theirfilm Do Patti on Netflix, they as an outsider. “As an industry seats respectively in elections to Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut will work together to resolve it. SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 22
spokefromtwoendsof thespec- newcomerwithnoconnections, the 81-member Assembly. said, “There are no differences “We have discussed in detail
trum — Kajol coming from an il- ittookmeyearsandseveralfilms On Monday, Congress re- among MVA allies anymore and about the issues, which are on THE POLICE have picked up
lustriousfamilyofactorsandKriti, to establish recognition,” she leaseditslistof 21candidates,in- the formal announcement will only a few seats. I don’t see any around 50 men for questioning
anengineeringgraduate,entering said.Shesaidshewasreferredto cluding 18 tickets that were re- bemadeWednesdayafternoon.” major problem in resolving it,” from across central Kashmir's
the world of films out of passion as“TigerShroff'sheroine”follow- peated from the last election. The talks had come to a halt Thorat said. Ganderbal district as it probes
and fulfilling a lifelong dream. ing their debut in Sabbir Khan’s JMM is yet to release its list, with followingdifferencesbetweenthe Sena UBT leader Anil Desai the terror attack on an infra-
Speaking about the changes Heropanti. Tiger, being Jackie sourcessayingitislikelytocome CongressandtheShivSena(UBT) alsosaidthatthepositivediscus- structureprojectnearSonamarg
she has seen in her nearly three- Shroff'sson,wasalreadyfamous. by Wednesday. over seats in Vidarbha region. sion has taken place. that killed seven employees of a
construction firm.
As per police sources, initial CM Omar Abdullah with the

With a high-profile murder, shadow of 1990s looms over Mumbai investigation suggests militants
who targeted the employees are
likely to be infiltrators from
kin of Dr Shanawaz Dar, who
was among the killed. ANI

“stageone”,anIPSofficertoldThe Punjab. On June 6, 2022, a week Amid fears of Mumbai re- “The general principle is that the Pakistan who made their way to
MOHAMED THAVER Indian Express, “With Siddique’s Former afterthesinger’smurder,athreat turning to the “dark days of the policecreate an equal amount of the district from Bandipore. that the attackers were not lo-
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 murder, stage two — that of fear MLA Baba letter was found on a bench on past”, the police say having a fearinthemindsof thegangsters Seven employees, including a cals. There is a high likelihood
mongering—hasbeenactivated. Siddique Mumbai’s Bandstand Prome- proper strategy in place will en- by ensuring they act in a strong local doctor, of APCO Infratech that they were Pakistani terror-
FROM GANG members firing Bloodshed ensures that when was killed nade, where Salim Khan, script sure the Lawrence Bishnoi gang manner.” were killed on Sunday when ter- ists who infiltrated into the
warning shots outside actor others receive an extortion call, on Oct 12 writer and actor Salman’s father, doesn’t spread its wings. A retired officer says it all rorists opened fire on their camp Valley recently from the Gurez
SalmanKhan’sresidenceinApril they are scared enough to part usually sat after his morning According to former Mumbai comes down to the govern- at the strategic Z-Morh tunnel, sector,” the police source said. A
totheOctober12killingofformer with their money easily.” walk. The letter, which warned PoliceCommissionerSivanandan, ment’s approach. “If the govern- whichconnectsKangantownand high mountain range to the rear
MLA Baba Siddique — both al- Calling the late 1990s a “dark 1990s, told The Indian Express, that Salman too would meet bringing in stringent laws played ment is serious, the police have Sonamarg tourist resort on the of Kangan connects Gurez and
legedly carried out at the behest period”forMumbai,aformerIPS “Whatishappeningnowcannot “Moosewala’s fate”, was signed a major role in eliminating the the resources to stub out the Srinagar-Leh national highway. Bandipore. "The militants seem
of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi — said 101 businessmen were be compared to the 1990s. Back off with the initials “LB” and threat of the underworld. gang. With Mumbai Police not Policesourcessaidthatwhile to have escaped to the forests af-
the shadow of organised gangs gunnedin1998,whenorganised then,theunderworld,whichhad “GB”.Thepolicesaytheseinitials “MumbaiPolicehaveready-made being given access to Lawrence theydon'thaveanycredibleleads ter the attack,” said a source.
that once terrorised Mumbai crime in the city was at its peak. been building up over the past presumably stand for Lawrence laws,liketheMaharashtraControl Bishnoi,thoughheisbehindbars into the attack as of now, they As per the survivors, on
seemstobeloomingonthehori- These killings, he says, dipped to several decades, had hit a Bishnoi and his Canada-based ofOrganisedCrimeAct(MCOCA), (in Gujarat), this begs the ques- havepickedupsuspectsfromdif- Sunday evening, two men wear-
zon after over two decades. 46 in 1999, 23 in 2000 and 12 in crescendo. What is happening aide Goldy Brar. broughtinduringmytime,which tionsastohowbadlythegovern- ferent parts of the district. ing woolen shawls appeared at
“It is after a long time in the 2001, till a multi-pronged ap- now could be the beginning of The police believe that the it can use to neutralise these ele- mentwantsthesegangsweeded “Each police station in the the campsite of the Z-Morh tun-
city that such a killing by an or- proach by the police helped en- something similar. If this case Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which ments,” he says. Under MCOCA, out. It sends out the wrong mes- area has rounded up suspects. nelandopenedfireatmultiplelo-
ganised gang has taken place,” sure there was no gang-related (Siddique’smurder)iseffectively was mostly active in Punjab, detaineesfinditdifficulttogetbail sagewhenapersonwhoiscaus- They are being questioned to cations. While three of the de-
saysformerMumbaitopcopJulio murder from 2002 onwards. tackled—andtheMumbaipolice Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and for several years, thus keeping ing law and order problems in seek any credible lead that could ceasedhailedfromBihar,oneeach
Ribeiro,addingthatthereappears However,theDawoodgangcon- are capable of doing that — this western Uttar Pradesh, is now them out of circulation for years. parts of the country is being help in a breakthrough,” a police hailed from Madhya Pradesh,
tobeanattemptonthepartofthe tinued to make extortion calls threatcanbenippedinthebud.” attemptingtofillthevacuumleft Other stringent laws that given some kind of patronage. source said. Police sources said PunjabandJammu.Alocaldoctor
Lawrence Bishnoi gang to create throughout this time. Lawrence Bishnoi, in jail behind since the Mumbai un- have helped the police take on The police will need the govern- that more detentions are likely. from central Kashmir's Budgam
fear, using which they can carry Former Mumbai Police since the past decade, has been derworld gangs, led by Dawood the underworld include the ment’s backing if they want to Police sources also said the was also among the dead.
out their extortion activities. Commissioner D Sivanandan, gaining notoriety since his gang Ibrahim, Chhota Rajan and Ravi Maharashtra Prevention of ensure the city does not see the attackers likely infiltrated into Thepoliceandsecurityforces
Calling the warning shots credited with taking on the allegedly killed Punjabi singer Pujari, among others, were neu- DangerousActivities(MPDA)Act. bloodbath it saw in the 1990s,” the Valley recently . "Our ques- are yet to issue a statement on
fired outside Salman’s house as Mumbai underworld in the Siddhu Moosewala in 2002 in tralised over the past 15 years. Former top cop Ribeiro says, the officer adds. tioning of the survivors suggest the attack.

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THE EDITORIAL PAGE

WORDLY WISE
Things are never quite as scary when
you’ve got a best friend.
— BILL WATTERSON

FOUNDED BY
RSS, a century later
§

§
RAMNATH GOENKA
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
With Hindutva the only game in town, it can now
declare its version of Hinduism as the official one

BREAKING STALEMATE Suhas Palshikar

Delhi has shown patience and fortitude in its engagement
with Beijing. Going forward, it must follow the same template AS THE RSS completes a hundred years of its connotationsbutaparticularimageofthede- tanks, banks, training centres, schools, policy

F
existence,therewillsurelybemultipleanaly- itywaspopularisedasthesymbolofcommon organisationsandsoon.Justasthemuch-doc-
OUR-AND-A-HALFYEARSafterChina’saggressionalongtheLineofActualControl ses of the organisation and its achievements. religiosity. Thus, Hinduness came to be iden- umentedreliefandsevaworkofHindutva,this
(LAC), and the military stand-off that followed, the first concrete step towards In view of its sudden ascendancy in the last tified with loyalty to this symbolism. intellectual preparation and the social out-
breakingthestalemateiswelcome.IndiaandChinaaresaidtohaveagreedtore- decade, the RSS is bound to appear larger- Hindutva is currently engaged in a more reachrepresentthebroadersocio-culturalas-
store each other’s patrolling rights in Depsang Plains and Demchok in Ladakh, than-life to both its opponents and support- complex project. It seeks to ensure that local sault that Hindutva aimed at.
ers. Therefore, it will be meaningful to note deities and traditions are “nationalised”. Today, when Hindutva is becoming the
hopefullypavingthewayforrestoringthepre-2020statusquoante.Agreementshavealso
two key achievements that may impact Rather than conceding the local flavour and only game in town, it is no wonder that film
been reported in other sectors along the LAC, including in Arunachal Pradesh. The current India’spubliclifeinthedecadestocome.One autonomy of many practices and deities, the stars and sportspersons, scientists and army
disengagement is, of course, just the beginning: It has to be followed by de-escalation and suspects that the RSS itself may not exactly effort is to weave them into a more sanitised personnelarequeuinguptojoinvariouspro-
de-induction, which will be a slow, meticulous process requiring constant monitoring. boast publiclyaboutthese achievementsbe- and straightforward narrative. This project Hindutvaoutfits.Butitismoresignificantthat
However,thecaveatsnotwithstanding,theforwardmovementwithBeijingissignificantfor cause, for the last hundred years, it has re- involves an unprecedented homogenisation theHindutvaprojectcontinuedtostrivetooc-
Delhi — both in terms of bilateral ties as well as India’s broader geopolitical options. mained taciturn about its actual goalposts of traditions and practices in a manner that cupy the entire social space through its seva
and achievements. Nevertheless, it will disconnects those traditions from their lo- and its “cultural” activities — in both, many
India’sdiplomaticandsecurityestablishmenthasshownbothfortitudeandpatienceover
surely intensify efforts to consolidate these cal meanings and reference points, convert- “publicpersonalities”joinedlendingtheseac-
the last few years, and this must continue to be part of its template in dealing with China. gains. Therefore, students and observers of ing them into regional cogs and facilitating tivitiesacherubicface.Initsefforttowinover
In a broader sense, it also opens up diplomatic space for Delhi as it seeks to find a balance Indian society need to note these achieve- the construction of a new, all-India idea of thesocialspaceandemergestronginthe“war
between Russia and the West. And with the US presidential elections less than a fortnight ments and discuss their effects. the Hindu. of position”, Hindutva did not mind collect-
away, it also gives Delhi more cards to play with as it deals with the next White House oc- Thefirstachievementistotwistandtrans- Thesuccessof thisprojectmeansthatbe- ingcertificationsfromadversaries.Thatiswhy
cupant.AmeetingbetweenPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandChinesePresidentXiJinping form the meaning of Hinduism, the idea of ing Hindu will eventually have a non-local, storiesof GandhibeinginfluencedbytheRSS
Hindu religiosity and the practices adopted non-diverse and uniform meaning that will and Ambedkar being pro-Hindutva abound
onthesidelinesof theShanghaiCooperationOrganisationsummitinRussiacouldprovide
by Hindus. From its early days, the organisa- beeasytoconnecttothestigmatisationofany and instances such as Jayaprakash Narayan
the political imprimatur to the disengagement. The two leaders may also outline the con- tionhasalwaysbeeninaweof itsbêtenoire— divergence. This is no mean achievement. certifying the patriotism of the RSS are
toursof furtherpoliticalandeconomicengagement.DelhiandBeijingwereunabletomove monotheistic religions. So, efforts to imitate More than constructing an electoral bloc of flaunted.Gettingnon-RSSpersonstoaddress
forwardbecauseof theborderissue.Broadly,whileChinawantedtoplacetheborderissue them in shaping Hindu sensibilities have al- Hindus,thisachievementoftransformingthe RSSgatheringsisafamouspracticethatlured
anditsallegedincursionsonthebackburnerandfocusontradeandtheeconomy,Indiain- waysprovedattractivetoit.Atthesametime, flexible meaning of being Hindu into a regi- even an ex-president, supposed to be a life-
the early 20th-century European idea of na-
Hindutva is currently mented identity acquires significance for long Congressperson. Any national icon is
sistedthattherecouldbenoforwardmovementinthefaceofterritorialaggression.Thisfun-
tionalism as a phenomenon based on the engaged in a more complex bridging regional Hinduisms to a pan-Hindu quickly appropriated — dead or alive — even
damental principle must be kept in mind in the days ahead.
complete oneness of a community has also project. It seeks to ensure conception of Hindutva. This is nothing less without that personality being directly con-
The fact is that the relationship with China, given the militarised nature of an aspect
dominated Hindutva thinking. Combining that local deities and than demoting a civilisation to the status of a nected to the RSS; because by association,
of the border dispute, has become mired in politics, hyperbole and maximalism. It needs, these two urges, Hindutva has sought to in- religion-based nation. Hindutva gains social acceptability.
instead,ahealthydoseof realism.Twoneighbouringstates,withlargeeconomiesandmil- tervene in the bewildering diversity of ideas
traditions are ‘nationalised’. The second achievement of Hindutva has Opponents of RSS may have historically
itary strength and different political systems, are bound to disagree — neither can wish and practices that are adopted by different Rather than conceding the been its clever capture of the entire social ridiculed these practices, but today, they
the other away. It is important that the relationship isn’t politicised, and that political groupsclaimingtobeHindus.Inordertobring local flavour and autonomy space. RSS was never confined to only the re- would do well to take into account the social
space is left open for engagement. At the same time, it is important not to confuse the homogeneitytothischaotic-lookingdiversity, of many practices and many ligious,theculturalorthepolitical.Ithasprac- capital that Hindutva gained from these.
Hindutva has offered two pathways. One is tically been everywhere. In each sphere of Now, the capture of the social sphere
disengagement at the LAC for a “resolution”. India has stood its ground and must con-
that of nationalism based on an identity that deities, the effort is to weave publiclife,Hindutvafloatedparallelorganisa- moves to another level. Sections of the social
tinue to do so. It is also important for Delhi to make it clear to Beijing that as a vibrant isnamedasHinduidentity.Inreality,thisiden- them into a more sanitised tions of its own. Simultaneously, it ensured a sphere that are opposed to Hindutva are be-
democracy, it needs to take the people along, especially the Opposition, Parliament and tityisoftenpredicatedontheideaoftheother and straightforward presenceforitssympathisersandsupporters. ingeasedout—allowingHindutvatobecome
India’s external partners. If India shows the same fortitude and patience it has thus far, it and deep suspicion of that other. The “other” narrative. This project WhiletheformerallowedHindutvatoevolve coterminous with the social sphere in its en-
stands a good chance of pushing its point home, without rancour, and build a better re- is most often identified in terms of followers into a social universe dedicated to the propa- tirety. For the RSS, the awkward relationship
ofChristianityandIslam.Inthissense,theidea involves an unprecedented gationofitsviews—auniversethatwouldre- with Narendra Modi notwithstanding, the
lationship with its neighbour.
of “we” acquires strength from exclusion homogenisation of place pre-existing social organisations when Modi period has offered a golden moment
rather than inclusion. traditions and practices in a opportune power equations would emerge, precisely at a time when Hindutva has al-
Overtime,besidesparochialandreligion- the presence of its supporters in all walks of readypenetratedthesocialsphere.Thisisbe-
manner that disconnects
AN UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK based nationalism, Hindutva has also sought
to redefine the meaning of being a Hindu.
Particularsymbolismshavebeenpopularised
those traditions from their
local meanings and reference
lifemeantthatthroughthem,itsideaswould
continue to penetrate the mainstream and
gain slow legitimacy.
cause, now, under state tutelage, Hindutva
candeclareitsversionof Hindureligionasthe
official version and can preside over the so-
as pan-Hindu. Since the Ram Janmabhoomi points, converting them into Thus, while it continued to have sympa- cialspherewherecompetingviewswillhave
Economic indicators point towards slower growth momentum. movement,aneffortwasundertakentoiden- thisers in the media, among Congress politi- no elbow room.
regional cogs and facilitating
This might tilt balance away from status quo on interest rates tifyaparticularideaofLordRamasthecoreof cians, judges and bureaucrats, RSS also made

I
beingHindu.Geographicallyandacrosssocial the construction of a new, sure that it would be ready with an alterna- The writer, based in Pune,
N RECENT WEEKS, commentary from the Reserve Bank of India has been opti-
hierarchies,LordRammayhavehaddifferent all-India idea of the Hindu. tivesocialspherethroughitsownmedia,think taught Political Science
mistic about the economic growth momentum in the country, underlining its re-
silience. For instance, in his comments on the October meeting of the Monetary
Policy Committee, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, had said that the “fundamental
drivers — consumption and investment demand — are gaining momentum”. The cen-

MEDICINE USE AND MISUSE

tral bank had then pegged the economy to grow at 7 per cent in the second quarter, and
7.2 per cent over the full year. However, some leading economic indicators do seem to
suggest that the momentum might have slowed down.
For instance, on the production side, the index of industrial production actually fell by
0.1 per cent in August. Industrial output has grown at 4.2 per cent in the financial year so
far (April-August), down from 6.2 per cent over the same period last year. Similarly, eight
UN recognition of antibiotic abuse gives India mandate to scale up correctives
coreindustries,includingcementandsteel,havegrownataslowerpacethisyearascom-
pared to last year. Both Coal India’s output and power generation have also been weak. In Rajib Dasgupta
September, GST collections grew by 6.5 per cent. As per FADA, sales of passenger vehicles
have grown at just 1 per cent in the first half of the financial year, while those of commer- LAST MONTH, THE UN General Assembly TheWorldBankestimatesthatthis threat quiredtoprioritiseandfundprudent,respon-
cialvehicleshaveactuallyfallen.However,otherindicatorshavebeenrelativelyhealthy— recognised anti-microbial resistance (AMR) could result in additional healthcare costs of sible, and evidence-based use of antimicro-
two-wheeler output is up, as are non-oil exports and cargo traffic at ports. As per ICRA, as an urgent “global health threat and devel- up to $1 trillion by 2050 and GDP losses per bials in animal health.
value added is expected to grow at 6.4 per cent in the second quarter, down from 6.8 per opmental challenge”. Its high-level meeting year ranging from US$ 1-3.4 trillion by 2030. The environmental dimensions of AMR
centinthefirstquarter.Thestateof theeconomyreport,preparedbyeconomistsattheRBI, ontheissue“demand(ed)immediateaction” Thistranslatestoannualcostsbeingaslargeas include preventing the discharge of antimi-
through solutions that stressed the One those of the 2008 global financial crisis and crobials into the environment and more re-
acknowledges this “slackening of momentum” in the second quarter, but has attributed
Health approach. That’s because UNGA con- could widen the inequality between nations. search to catalyse actions to address key
it to “idiosyncractic” factors such as the heavy rains. It has, however, estimated growth for sidered AMR an imminent threat to human, Given this urgency, the political declara- sources of antimicrobial pollution. As a con-
the second quarter a tad bit slower at 6.8 per cent. But the study expresses confidence animal and plant health. It also rightly recog- tionspeaksunequivocallyof reducingthees- cept, the One Health approach entails estab-
aboutthegrowthmomentumarguingthatprivateinvestment“isshowingsomeencour- nisedthatdealingwiththeproblemisessen- timated 4.95 million human deaths associ- lishing links between humans, animals and
aging signs”, while private consumption “is shaping up” for a revival in the festive season. tial to enabling equitable economic develop- ated with bacterial AMR annually by 10 per the environment through a collaborative ap-
Greaterclarityontheunderlyinggrowthmomentuminthecountrywillemergewhen ment and a healthy environment. centby2030.Ithasadvocatedsustainablena- proach between experts in these sectors.
Antimicrobialisanall-encompassingterm tional financing and $100 million catalytic Thesecollaborationsneedtobebackedupby
theNationalStatisticalOfficereleasesthesecondquarterGDPestimatesnextmonth.This
that includes antibiotics, antivirals, antifun- funding, to help achieve a target of at least 60 politicalcommitment,policies,sustainablefi-
datareleasewillbefollowedbytheDecembermeetingof theRBI’smonetarypolicycom- gals and antiparasitics administered to hu- per cent of countries having funded national nancing, and engagement of civil society.
mittee. A lower than expected GDP estimate for the second quarter might force the RBI to mans, animals and plants. They have been action plans on AMR by 2030. Clear targets TheUnionMinisterofStateforHealthand
revise downwards its growth estimates for the full year. This could perhaps tilt the bal- misused and overused not just to treat dis- havebeensetoutfortherelevantsectorsthat Family Welfare reaffirmed India’s commit-
ance away from the status quo maintained by the committee on interest rates. eases but also as “growth promoters” in in- The World Bank estimates mustbeachievedby2030.Atleast70percent ment at the UNGA meeting. The updated
dustrial-scalefoodproductionsincethe1950s. that this global threat could of antimicrobials being used for human National Action Plan for AMR 2.0 has ambi-
In 2000, the WHO recommended rapidly healthcareshouldbelongtotheWHOAccess tiousgoalsofinter-sectoralcollaborationwith
phasingoutantibioticgrowthpromotersfrom result in additional Group — minimal side effects and lower po- clear monitoring mechanisms. The National

OLD FRIENDS, BOOKENDS the agriculture and animal sectors. AMR can
setbackgainsmadeinthetreatmentof infec-
tiousdiseasesanddelayordisruptgoalssuch
healthcare costs of up to
$1 trillion by 2050 and GDP
losses per year ranging from
tential to cause AMR. All countries will be
taskedtohavebasicwater,sanitation,hygiene,
and waste management services in health-
OneHealthMission,across-ministerialeffort,
has mapped existing surveillance pro-
grammesandlaboratorycapabilities.Themis-
In the age of virtual connections, the promise of old-school astheeliminationofTBormalariaonaccount care facilities and 90 per cent of them must sion also aims to plug gaps. The UN mandate
of the emergence of multiple drug-resistant US$ 1-3.4 trillion by 2030. meettheminimumrequirementsforWHO’s isanopportunitytorefineandreshapeIndia’s
real-life friendships — to never be adrift This translates to annual

C
strains. It also makes common procedures Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) pro- AMR activities.
AN YOU IMAGINE us years from today/ Sharing a park bench quietly?/ How such as surgeries or cancer chemotherapies costs being as large as those grammes. Other commitments include in-
riskier and more expensive. The drivers and vestmentstofacilitateequitableaccesstoand The writer is professor, Centre of Social
terribly strange to be 70!” sang Simon and Garfunkel in 1968, in ‘Old Friends’.
consequences of AMR are exacerbated by
of the 2008 global financial appropriateuseof antimicrobialsandreport- Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal
Thereis somethingto be saidfor the constancyof old friends,thosewho have poverty and inequality, affecting low- and crisis and could widen the ingsurveillancedataonantimicrobialuseand Nehru University, New Delhi and co-
seen the many versions of the person one has been and could potentially be. middle-incomecountriesdisproportionately. inequality between nations. AMRacrosssectors.Theagri-foodsectorisre- investigator, One Health Poultry Hub
Held one’s hair as one threw up in the loo after a wild night out, nursed one’s broken
heart, careful not to roll their eyes and say, “I told you so”. Friends who stood one step be-
hind like faithful shadows through marriage, childbirth, bereavements and milestones,
knowing the script of each others’ lives more intimately than families ever can, even as
youth slips into middle age into dotage. OCTOBER 23, 1984, FORTY YEARS AGO
What does it mean to be friends like these? Six friends walk into a pub. And they do
so every Thursday for 56 years to share a pint and their lives. In these years, their hair has PAK ARMS CONCERN peaceoftheregion,andcalledforurgentsteps
to save mankind from any nuclear holocaust.
Haryana,andSyedMirQasim,oneof thesen-
ior leaders of Bahuguna’s erstwhile
turned to the colour of winter. The conversations have veered from their love livesto their
flagging health, from soccer to pensions. In this age of virtual connections, the story of THEINDIANGOVERNMENTconveyeditscon- During the informal talks that President Zail DemocraticSocialistParty,willbethetwovice
cern to the United States over the report that Singh had with the Mauritian Governor- presidents of the party.
this six-decade-long friendship in the UK’s Yorkshire, reported by the BBC, speaks of the
Washingtonwaslikelytosupplynewsophis- GeneralSirSeewoosagurRamgoolam,thetwo
preciousplatonicintimaciesthatgirdlivesIRL,inwhichconventiondictatesthatmarriage
and family take precedence.
ticated weapons to Pakistan. India’s concern
wasexpressedattheIndianForeignSecretary
countries reaffirmed their commitment to
non-alignment and peaceful coexistence.
EPIDEMIC THREAT
Asinlife,soinfilmsandliterature,friendshipshavedriftedtocentrestagesparingly,the MKRasgotra’stalkswiththevisitingAssistant RESIDENTS OF DELHI Cantonment and
dramaoffortuitousmeetingsandlifelongconnectionsplayingsecondfiddletoromanticre- Secretary of State Richard Murphy.
CHARAN HEADS DMKP Narainavillagearethreatenedwithepidemic
asaresultofthegrosslypollutedwatersupply
lationships.ButfromFarhanAkhtar’scoming-of-ageDilChahtaHai(2001)toSallyRooney’s
millennialNormalPeople(2018),if there’sanythingthecomplicatedyetliberating,solidyet INDIA-MAURITIUS TALKS CHARAN SINGH FORMALLY became the
Presidentof thenewlyformedDalitMazdoor
in the area. Chief engineer of the Delhi Water
SupplyandSewageDisposalUndertakingSA
amorphous world of friendships have shown, it is this: That there is something to be said
INDIAANDMAURITIUSsharedtheircommon Kisan Party (DMKP) and appointed H N Swamy has sent an emergency telegram to
for the largehearted generosity of those who have your back, for the quiet reassurance of concern over the stockpiling of nuclear arms BahugunaasChairmanof theparty’selection theexecutiveofficeroftheDelhiCantonment
growing old together, discovering new eccentricities and feeling secure in the knowledge by the superpowers and increased military campaign Committee to be nominated later. Board asking him to arrange for alternative
of old ones. For friendship promises one thing — the assurance that you’ll never be adrift. activity in the Indian Ocean, threatening the Devi Lal, a former Janata Party leader from supply lines within seven days.

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THE IDEAS PAGE

“[Kamala Harris] should start planning her own alternative vision for the 250th
birthday party now, and lay out plans... She should promise to work with Congress
toward the biggest, best — and most truly inclusive — patriotic extravaganza our
nation has ever seen.” — THE WASHINGTONPOST

An agreement, some questions My knapsack

Delhi-Beijing agreement on patrolling LAC is an achievement of Indian diplomacy. of privilege
India now needs to find out what led to the Chinese incursions in 2020 I am painfully aware that it requires
unpacking. Dismantling entrenched
hierarchies is a moral imperative
challenge religious majoritarianism pro-
vides a pathway to understanding the
mechanisms of privilege. Texts by Dalit,
women and minority writers, thinkers and
activistsofferpowerfulcritiquesof systems
Jabin T Jacob that perpetuate inequality. Thisintellectual
engagement needs to be sustained to fos-
INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY Vikram Misri ter critical reflection.
announced on October 21 that India and Much of the perpetuation of privilege
China had reached “an agreement... on pa-
Manoj Kumar Jha happenswithinfamiliesandinsocialcircles.
trolling arrangements along the Line of Conversationsaboutcaste,gender,andreli-
Actual Control... leading to disengagement OFTEN CELEBRATED FOR its diversity and gious hierarchies must begin within these
and a resolution of the issues that had democratic values, India continues to grap- intimatespaces.However,thisprocessmust
arisen” following Chinese transgressions “in ple with deep-seated inequalities rooted in not end at discussions. Mentorship and ac-
these areas in 2020”. The question that re- caste, gender, and religion. While diversity tive support for individuals from margin-
mains to be clarified is whether “disengage- isasourceof pride,itisequallyimportantto alised backgrounds can play a vital role in
ment” will cover all extant areas of dispute acknowledge that our social identities are addressing disparities born out of systemic
where patrolling has been blocked on both arranged into hierarchies from birth. Our oppression.Thismentorship,however,must
sides, including the so-called “legacy dis- gender, our parents’ caste and occupation, beapproachedcarefullytoavoidpaternalis-
putes” in eastern Ladakh at Demchok and their religion, and the location of our birth, tic tendencies. It is easy for those from priv-
Depsang or only those areas that came into determine,toalargeextent,theadvantages ileged backgrounds to fall into the trap of
contention in 2020. we have over others. These privileges man- adoptinga“saviour”mindset.Lessonsfrom
BothMisri andExternalAffairsMinisterS ifestinbetteraccesstoeducation,nutrition, global social movements, particularly anti-
Jaishankar,whospokeatanothereventafew healthcareandeconomicresourcesleading raciststruggles,emphasisethattruesolidar-
hours later, were reluctant to answer direct tocomparativelybetterworkprospectsand ity does not involve rescuing those who are
questions on these two areas, repeatedly re- social standing. This is not only an issue for marginalised but standing with them and
ferring to 2020 as the year of consequence. India. Around the world, from South Africa amplifying their voices.
This reluctance might have several reasons. to the United States, addressing the issue of Whileindividualintrospectionisneces-
One easy explanation is that they were privilegehasbeencentraltothedebatesand sary, lasting change must occur at the insti-
deferring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, movementsforsocialandeconomicjustice. tutional level. Educational institutions,
who might make the more substantive In discussions on social movements at workplaces and legal systems are key sites
statement following an expected meeting theuniversity,oneof themanybooksIused whereprivilegeoperatesandisreproduced.
with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the to teach was Peggy McIntosh’s White For meaningful reform, privileged groups
sidelines of the BRICS Summit at Kazan in Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. mustadvocateforpoliciesthatpromotedi-
Russia. But if that were so, why could the McIntosh argues that White people in the versity, equity, and inclusion, not as token
Ministry of External Affairs not have waited C R Sasikumar US receive certain unearned benefits and gestures,butasfundamentalchangestothe
a few more days for him to have done so? privilegesbyvirtueoftheirskincolour.They fabricof institutions.Thiscaninvolvepush-
The other possibility is that this might be the carrythesebenefitsandprivilegesinan“in- ingforthecorrectapplicationof affirmative
extent of information available to the pub- government engagement and that is some- ply not equipped to execute them with the visibleknapsack”thatremovesbarriersand action policies, demanding representative
lic for the foreseeable future since “next thing the patrolling agreement delivers, es- politicalleadership,preferringtofocusonin- opens doors that remain closed to others leadership, and creating curricula that re-
steps” are still pending. sentially drawing attention away from the cremental measures, such as shoring up bor- without a knapsack. flect the reality and plurality of Indian soci-
Another reason might have to do with BRICS summit itself. der infrastructure instead. This, then, raises In Annihilation of Caste, B R Ambedkar ety. Recruitment practices in academia and
the scale of the progress actually achieved. Two, there are now concerns within the the question of why such gaps exist or why it critiqued the caste system as a rigid hierar- other workplaces need to dismantle net-
In September, when Jaishankar declared Indian government about the feasibility of takesacrisistogetcriticalphysicalinfrastruc- chy that not only dehumanises those at the works of privilege that disadvantage mar-
that “roughly... about 75 per cent of the dis- keeping up restrictions on Chinese invest- turedevelopmentmoving.Eitherway,thede- bottombutalsonormalisestheprivilegesof ginalised groups.
engagement problems are sorted out” and ments, particularly when India remains de- bate has not been joined in public. thoseatthetop.Thisprocessiscompounded The suicide of Rohith Vemula in 2016
the Chinese followed up saying “the two pendent on manufacturing supply chains If there has been “forward movement” in by the ways in which caste and gender in- was a stark reminder of how deeply en-
countries have realised disengagement in and technology transfers from that country. India in the wake of 2020, it has been in the tersect to exacerbate inequalities, making trenchedcastehierarchiescontinuetoshape
four areas in the Western sector”, it was pos- Even a limited agreement on the LAC offers sense that like in 1962, the events in eastern certain groups doubly disadvantaged. opportunities and life experiences. Yet, de-
sible to imagine that the older disputes at a face-saving way to move forward on trade Ladakh awakened a generation or two of Dismantling such a system, Ambedkar in- spite occasional moments of national reck-
Demchok and Depsang, where stand-offs and investment from China. Indianstothelong-termchallengethatChina sists,requiresafundamentalshiftinhowwe oning, the introspection necessary to bring
continue, constituted the remainder of the Meanwhile, it is worth noting that the will likely pose to Indian interests. view privilege. about systemic change remains limited.
“disengagement problems” that had to be Army was missing from the scene when the With the benefit of some distance from Understanding how unearned privi- Pointingoutaperson’sprivilegeisnotan
sorted out. News reports since Misri’s an- announcement of the patrolling agreement the events of 2020, Indians should also now leges — both personal and systemic — accusation. It is an opportunity to question
nouncement suggesting that this is the case, was made. Arguments could be made that be asking more questions. shape our lives is the first step towards dis- the structures that perpetuate inequality
will need to be confirmed. thefinalmilehadtobecoveredbydiplomats, Why did China do what it did? What mantling hierarchies and building a more and work towards their dismantling. As
The patrolling agreement is certainly an but for a military aiming at theaterisation, Perhaps, the Army or the might it do next? Why has Indian expertise just society. Upper-caste individuals, men, Ambedkar pointed out, the privileged few
achievementofIndiandiplomacy,butitisalso with the attendant requirement of global- government or both decided been lacking in answering these questions? and those belonging to religious majorities musttakeresponsibilityfortheirroleinup-
a limited one, for India has achieved no for- level strategic and diplomatic engagements, Or, if the expertise is available, why has it not enjoy unearned benefits that shape their holding systems of oppression.
ward movement over the past four years — it it is rather odd that senior military officials that a like-for-like response found greater acknowledgement and public experiencesinwaystheyoftenfailtorecog- As an individual, teacher, and political
hasbeendevotedtothetaskonlyof reversing were missing from the dais. was escalatory, which begs the visibility? Equally important are questions nise.Forthosewhohaveneverexperienced leader, I am painfully aware of the invisible
Chinese transgressions, not punishing them, This is also particularly ironic for if there question why concerns about of accountability surrounding the events of marginalisation, privilege often feels like knapsack I carry. I consider it my duty to
let alone resolving the boundary dispute it- isonestand-outfeatureof India’sresponseto escalation must matter only 2020 itself. What were the lapses on the the norm — the invisible knapsack they do carry out conversations around privilege
self. The idea for now seems to ensure the the Chinese transgressions of 2020, it is that Indian side that caused intelligence on the not see. The challenge is to uncover and within the insular social and institutional
impression of progress and the optics nec- theArmywasnotallowedtorespondinkind to India. Or that despite Chinese build-up to be ignored? Why has confront these hidden privileges. What spaces of our societies. It’s a conversation
essaryfora“successful”BRICSsojournbythe —withtheexceptionof the captureand brief claims of multiple plans to publicaccountabilitynotbeenforthcoming? would it take for Indian society to recog- thatthosewithunearnedprivilegesneedto
Prime Minister. This, then, highlights other occupation of the Kailash Range in August counter Chinese moves, the Without answers to these questions and nise these hierarchies? have with urgency, and I daresay, a sense of
issues and implications. 2020. That, even as it built up along the LAC, more, India will remain unprepared for the Firstly,itrequiresawillingnesstoengage shame.Thedemandforthecastecensusand
Army was simply not
One, that India’s BRICS engagement is a the Army’s primary role of responding to ag- next border crisis with China. with the experiences of marginalised proportionaterepresentationispartofsuch
sensitive matter at this point in geopoliti- gression was curtailed by diplomatic tasks. equipped to execute them groups. Listening without interrupting or conversations.Theoppositiontotherelent-
cal time — Russia’s Ukraine invasion and Perhaps, the Army or the government or with the political leadership The writer is associate professor, underminingthevalidityof theirnarratives less attacks on reservations — carving out
China’s “no-limits partnership” with the bothdecidedthatalike-for-likeresponsewas preferring to focus on Department of International Relations and is essential. The everyday ease with which exceptionsorlateralentries—ispartofsuch
former has drawn such Western opposition escalatory,whichbegsthequestionwhycon- Governance Studies, and director, privileged individuals navigate life — conversations. Vocal and loud protests
that it cannot fail to singe India, too. New cerns about escalation must matter only to
incremental measures, such Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, whether in terms of access to education, against economic inequalities are part of
Delhi needs more than “strategic auton- India.Or,thatdespiteclaimsofmultipleplans as shoring up border Shiv Nadar University, healthcare,orprofessionalopportunities— such conversations. Until these conversa-
omy” as an argument to explain a head-of- tocounterChinesemoves,theArmywassim- infrastructure instead. Delhi NCR needstoberecognisedasasystemicadvan- tions are not commonplace, we must keep
tageratherthanapersonalaccomplishment. checking our privilege.
Second, active learning and unlearning
are required. Engaging with anti-caste lit- The writer is a Rashtriya Janata Dal

Social ill and legal response

erature, feminist critiques, and works that Rajya Sabha MP

SC child marriage verdict is welcome. It shouldn’t lead to wrongful penalisation LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Audrey Dmello and Flavia Agnes PEACE NEEDS WORK litical understanding is not limited to
Muslimsalone.Thepoliticalleadersand
This refers to the editorial, ‘A fragile parties tend to treat Dalits, Adivasis and
ON OCTOBER 18, a Supreme Court Bench 1929. Before this, we had the Age of Consent ily and community are aligned, PCMA is sel- informed the court that she had consented peace’ (IE, October 22). The latest terror OBCs as a block, too. This has been
comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud Act, of 1891. dom used. Young girls are unable to stand to the marriage. strikeinKashmir,timedtocoincidewith proventobeanineffectivestrategyelec-
and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra Almost 150 years later, India has one in up to family and societal pressure and sup- A void marriage is when a child under the installation of a newly-elected gov- tion after election. And now, the
delivered an extensive judgment highlight- three of the world’s child brides. Of the port systems offered by the state are not ho- 18 years has been “taken” or “enticed” away ernment,wasmeanttocautionallstake- Supreme Court, by allowing sub-classi-
ing the alarming scale of child marriages in country’s 223 million child brides, 102 mil- listic or adequate. from their lawful guardian and married off. holders that terrorism in the Valley was fication of SCs, has made it clear that
India despite the enactment of the lion were married before turning 15. In Child marriages are not limited to those The marriage is treated like it never existed. far from over. It was a clear indication some SCs are more marginalised than
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, child marriages in India made up 47 carried out under parental pressure; they A voidable marriage on the other hand is that terrorists and their Pakistan-based others. The challenge is: How do these
18 years ago. Even though it took the Bench per cent of all marriages — almost half of all include marriages by minors against valid until the child approaches the court to handlers intend to intensify and sustain communities get their due?
seven years, the verdict has elaborate girls in India were married before the age parental wishes. “Should both these kinds “nullify the marriage up to two years after militancy while leaving ambers of dis- L R Murmu, New Delhi
guidelines for the effective implementa- of 18, as per the National Family Health of marriages be treated alike?” the Delhi attaining majority”.The states of Karnataka ruption and destabilisation burning in
tion of PCMA.
It starts by quoting Rukhmabai’s plea to
Survey. The prevalence has halved since the
enactment of the PCMA. In some states,
High Court had probed in Jitender Kumar
Sharma v State (2010). When minors exer-
(2016) and Haryana (2020), through state-
specific amendments, have made all child
theregion.Theattackposesasignificant
challenge to the new administration.
LONG BATTLE AHEAD
the Bombay High Court in 1884, “Sir, I am however, it still exceeds 40 per cent, with cise their choice to marry against their par- marriages void ab initio (void from the be- Since law and order now come within THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A terror at-
one of those unfortunate Hindu women, the highest rates found in West Bengal, ent’s wishes, the tables are turned and ginning). A National Coalition for the jurisdiction of the state’s Lieutenant tack,manysignals’(IE,October22).New
whose hard lot it is to suffer the unname- Bihar and Tripura (UNICEF report). The PCMA is promptly used against them to de- Advocating Adolescent Concerns study Governor,whoisalsooverseeingbroader Delhi has repeatedly made it clear that
able miseries entailed by the custom of problem is worse in rural India as compared clare their marriage void. highlighted the disruptive impact this has anti-terrorism operations, both author- talkscannotberesumedunlessPakistan
early marriage. This wicked practice has to urban areas, with 56 and 29 per cent Courts have given contradictory opin- had and the plight of child brides in ities should collaborate in launching a turnsofftheterrortap.Itisnocoincidence
destroyed the happiness of my life.” prevalence respectively. ions in such cases. In Yunus Khan v State of Karnataka: “What will be the legal status of multifaceted campaign to liberate that the attack took place in Ganderbal,
Rukhmabai refused to join her husband Poverty is the dominant cause of child Haryana (2014), a 16-year-old girl got mar- the girls, their children, their right to matri- Kashmir from the scourge of terror. the constituency of J&K’s new CM Omar
and declared that she would subject her- marriages. Families see it as a way to cope ried against her parents’ wishes. Her father monial property, etc? How will the law Kamal Laddha, Bengaluru Abdullah.Clearly,Pakistan-backedterror
self to the maximum penalty under the with growing economic hardship. Often, filed a case of kidnapping against her hus- tackle abandonment and destitution of girls groupsaresendingamessage—aftertar-
law, rather than live with her husband. The
matter was finally settled between the par-
younger siblings are married along with
the elder ones to save expenses.
band and a writ before the High Court seek-
ing her custody. The girl stated that she had
especially when husbands take advantage
of the void status to re-marry?”
A BIGGER PROBLEM geting the Jammu region in recent
months — that the remarkably peaceful
ties, and Rukhmabai went on to become Displacement breaks down social net- married out of her own free will, and the While the guidelines set out by the THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Neithervic- pollsintheUTcouldnothavetakenplace
one of the first practising women doctors in works and protection systems, making courts held the marriage valid and not void. Supreme Court are commendable, one will tim nor villain’ (IE, October 22). The without the Pakistan military establish-
colonial India. young girls even more vulnerable. However, in the case of Amrinder Kaur and have to observe their implementation on the writerhascorrectlypointedoutthatop- ment’stacitagreement.OmarAbdullah's
Child marriage is an offence punishable The strong emphasis on the sexual pu- Others v State of Punjab (2015), when the ground. The fact that SC is cognisant of the position parties have fallen prey to the condemnationofthekillingsascowardly
with rigorous imprisonment — which may rity and virginity of brides ensures parents family of the 16-year-old girl opposed the impact that criminalisation has on girls, their RSS-BJP narrative of considering isapositivesign.Unlikeinthepastwhen
extend up to two years — or with a fine of up marry their daughters early. The fear that marriage as the boy was from a different families and communities and has empha- Muslimsaunifiedpoliticalblock—ano- mainstreampartyleadersmaintainedsi-
to Rs 1 lakh, or both, on whoever performs, young girls may be sexually abused, or caste, the Punjab and Haryana High Court sised that these guidelines prioritise preven- tion amplified, to some extent, by lence or blamed the Union government,
conducts, directs or abets child marriage. worse still, engage in consensual sexual ac- held the marriage void on the ground that tion before protection and protection before Muslim fundamentalists too. There are the country must now proactively pre-
Offences under the Act are cognisable and tivity, is daunting. There is also the deep- the girl was a minor and that the man had penalisation, is a welcome relief. differences and disparities within pare for a long battle against terrorism.
non-bailable. The marriage is voidable ex- rooted belief that a daughter’s marriage is a enticed and kidnapped her. In this case, it Muslimsociety.However,thislackofpo- S S Paul, Nadia
cept in certain cases. The PCMA of 2006 re- religious obligation that needs to be fulfilled was the couple who had approached the Dmello is director and Agnes
placed the Child Marriage Restraint Act of above all else. In these cases, since the fam- court to obtain police protection and the girl is founder, Majlis

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Ukraine’s prosecutor general Andriy Kostin said Tuesday he had resigned, in the wake of a domestic scan-
dal where dozens of officials are alleged to have abused their position to receive disability status and avoid
military service. Kostin's office has recently been rocked by allegations against dozens of local officials.

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Gaza shadow over polls, Trump seeks ALSO ON TABLE: ISRAEL PLAN AGAINST IRAN

votes for ‘peace’, Harris walks tightrope Hezbollahfiresrocketsas

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WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 22 Blinkenholdstalkswith
Alejandro Toledo in
court. Reuters
TWO WEEKS out from Election
Day, the crisis in the Middle East
is looming over the race for the
White House, with one candi-
date struggling to find just the
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Ex-president making bold pronouncements
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OCTOBER 22

getsover20 quickly be set right. US SECRETARY of State Antony

Vice President Kamala Harris Blinken pressed Israeli Prime
yearsinprison hasbeenpainstakingly—andnot MinisterBenjaminNetanyahuin
always successfully — trying to Latino community leaders pray for Republican presidential nominee and former US talks on Tuesday to capitalise on
Lima: Peru’s former balance talk of strong support for president Donald Trump during a roundtable in Doral, Florida, Tuesday. Reuters the killing of Hamas’ leader by
President Alejandro Israelwithharshcondemnations securing the release of the
Toledo Monday was sen- of civilian casualties among October 7 attack hostages and
tenced to 20 years and six
months in prison in a case
involving Brazilian con-
Palestiniansandotherscaughtup plightofciviliansinGaza,shewas
in Israel’s wars against Hamas in notandwouldnotaccuseIsraelof
Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. genocide. A day earlier, the dy-
Musk delivers cash, ending the war in Gaza.
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conspiracies to voters
structiongiantOdebrecht, Donald Trump insists that namics were reversed when tweenIsraelandHamas,Blinken
which became synony- none of this would have hap- Harristoldreportersthatthe“first was making his 11th trip to the
mous with corruption pened on his watch and that he andmosttragicstory”of thecon- Middle East since the Gaza war At the site of an Israeli airstrike in a densely-populated
across Latin America, can make it all go away if elected. flict was the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. erupted - and the last before a neighborhood in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday. AP
where it paid millions of Both of them are bidding for Trump, meanwhile, in recent REUTERS Republicans presidential election that could
dollarsinbribestogovern- the votes of Arab and Muslim days has participated in inter- PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 22 vote early upend US policy.
ment officials and American voters and Jewish vot- views with Saudi-owned Al- Blinken was also looking for release of all hostages and end-
others.Authoritiesaccused ers,particularlyinextremelytight ArabiyaandLebaneseoutletMTV, FOR FOUR days billionaire Elon WITH FORMER President ways to defuse an escalating ing the conflict in Gaza in a way
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allowing the construction Pennsylvania. turn out very well” Trump's campaign to take back to the polls for in-person where overnight at least 18 peo- a statement. In a statement is- Washington: The FBI said
of a highway.Toledo has Harris over the in Lebanon. the White House in November. voting ahead of Election ple were killed, including four sued by his office, Netanyahu Tuesday that it is investigat-
denied the accusations weekend alter- In a post on his Musk made a string of false Day and helping break children, and 60 injured by an said Sinwar's elimination “may ingtheunauthorisedrelease
against him. His attorney, nately drew praise RACE FOR social media plat- claimsaboutelectionfraud,echo- records for ballots cast be- Israeli airstrike near Beirut's have a positive effect on the re- of classified documents on
RobertoSiu,toldreporters and criticism over form,hepredicteda ing those made by Trump. fore November in key main state hospital. turnof thehostages,theachieve- Israel's preparation for a po-
afterthehearingthatthey her comments THE WHITE Harris presidency Musk shocked a crowd of states. The GOP hopes this Blinkenfacedanuphillstrug- ment of all the goals of the war, tential retaliatory attack on
will appeal the sentence. about a pro- HOUSE would only make roughly1,500atanondenomina- will fix a mechanical gleonbothfronts.Hespelledout and the day after the war”. But Iran. White House national
Toledo, 78, was first ar- Palestinian pro- matters in the tionalchurchinthePennsylvania problem that some in the US hopes that the death of there was no mention of a pos- security spokesman John
restedin2019athishome tester. Some took Mideast worse. “If capitalof HarrisburgonSaturday party blame for costing it Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar — sible ceasefire. Kirby said Monday that the
inCalifornia. Hewasextra- Harris’remarkthattheprotester’s Kamala gets four more years, the when he announced he was giv- the 2020 presidential blamed for triggering a year of Hezbollah announced Biden administration is still
dited to Peru in 2022 after concerns were “real” to be an ex- Middle East will spend the next ingaway$1million.Thefirstwin- elections. devastating warfare by planning dozens of attacks against Israeli not certain if the classified
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challenge. AP description of Israel’s conduct as and your kids will be going off to to the stage in a signature red Gaza on Israeli territory on Oct. what it said were Israeli military hacked. The FBI confirmed
“genocide.”Thatdrewsharpcon- War, maybe even a Third World MAGA cap. On Sunday, Musk you know, I think they’re used in 7 last year — will provide a new sites near Haifa and Tel Aviv. theinvestigation for the first
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chargedwith
US murderplot
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Pakistan plans Son of Singapore
founder says he
New York: An official with artificial rain as
Iran’sRevolutionaryGuard
has been charged in a plot
tokillanIranianAmerican
Mike Jeffries indicted Lahore declared is now political
author on US soil, accord-
ing to a rewritten indict-
ment filed on Tuesday.
for sex trafficking world’s most
polluted city
refugee in UK
Ruhollah Bazghandi and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
three other men were REUTERS Indictment SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 22
chargedintheupdatedin- FLORIDA, OCTOBER 22 says Jeffries PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
dictmentagainstthoseac- paid for LAHORE, OCTOBER 22 LEE HSIEN YANG, the youngest
cused of trying to kill MIKE JEFFRIES, the former chief dozens of son of the founder of modern
MasihAlinejad.Bazghandi executiveofAbercrombie&Fitch, men to meet PAKISTAN PUNJAB province on Singapore,thelateLeeKuanYew,
is not in custody. The has been indicted on sex traffick- him for sex Tuesday said it has planned arti- said on Tuesday that he is now a
Iranianoppositionactivist ing and prostitution involving ficialrainstomitigatetheimpact political
andjournalisthasbeenliv- dozens of men. of thesmogafterLahorefacedan refugee in the
ing in exile in New York Thechargeswereunveiledon Italy, Morocco, Saint Barthelemy alarming Air Quality Index (AQI) UK after seek-
City. Her identity is not in Tuesday,adecadeafterJeffriesleft and elsewhere, in the hope it of 394. It would be the second ing asylum
court papers, but she con- the retailer he built over 22 years would advance their careers. time that Lahore, the cultural protection
firmed to the AP that she into a popular clothing brand Relying on their “vast” finan- capitalof Pakistanandoneof the from the
was the intended target. knownforsexuallychargedmar- cial resources and Jeffries' power citiesto regularly faceworst pol- Britishgovern-
Alinejad fled Iran follow- keting. Jeffries, his partner atAbercrombie,JeffriesandSmith lution, would carry out cloud Protesters gather to demand the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin after ment “as a last
ingthecountry’sdisputed Matthew Smith, and a third de- ran a business “dedicated to ful- seeding for artificial rain. his comments that he had no documents proving that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resort”. “I re- Lee Hsien
2009presidentialelection. fendant James Jacobson, who al- fillingtheirsexualdesiresanden- Thefirsttimeitwasdonewas had resigned before fleeing the country, in Dhaka on Tuesday. AP main a Yang
Bazghandi is described in legedlyservedasarecruiter,were suringthattheirinternationalsex in December 2023 that cloud Singapore citi-
courtpapersasabrigadier each charged with one count of trafficking and prostitution busi- seedingwasdoneforcombating zen and hope
general who served as sextraffickingand15countsofin- ness was kept secret, thereby hazardous levels of smog and COMMENTS ON SHEIKH HASINA’S RESIGNATION PAPERS that someday it will become safe

Students take to Dhaka streets

chief of the Revolutionary terstate prostitution. maintaining Jeffries' powerful theprojecthadcostanestimated to return home," Lee was quoted
Guard’s counterintelli- According to the indictment, reputation,” the indictment said. Rs 350 million. assayinginaFacebookpost.Citing
gence department. AP between 2008 and 2015 Jeffries Menwerealsorequiredtosign Lahore was declared the the Singapore government's "at-
andSmithpaidfordozensofmen non-disclosure agreements, and most polluted city in the world tacks" against him, Lee, the
GERMANY
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and at hotels in England, France,
pay damages if they told anyone
including family what went on.
on Monday with an alarming
AQI of 394.
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again, demand President ouster younger brother of former prime
ministerLeeHsienLoong,saidhe
isnowapoliticalrefugeeintheUK
newmpox concentration of various pollu- Shahabuddin said he does not leader,said. Agroupof protesters afterseekingasylumprotectionin

variantfound China turns up heat on tants in the air and an AQI above
100 is consideredunhealthyand
ANISUR RAHMAN
DHAKA, OCTOBER 22
have any documentary evidence
of Hasina resigning as PM before
under the banner of Shadhinota-
Shorbobhoumotto Rokkha
2022 "as a last resort".
Lee Hsien Yang and his sister

Taiwan with live-fire drills

above 150 “very unhealthy”. she fled the country in August Committee(Committeetoprotect LeeWeiLing,whodiedearlierthis
Berlin: The first case of the “Yesterday Lahore was de- A PROMINENT students' organi- amidststudent-ledmassprotests. independence and sovereignty) month, have been at odds with
new mpox variant has clared the most polluted city in sation, which spearheaded the The Anti-discrimination also staged a sit-in protest at the their brother Lee Hsien Loong,
beendetectedinGermany, Taipei: China is holding live-fire cording to a notice from the the world. We have taken a protests against Sheikh Hasina's StudentMovement,whichspear- Dhaka University campus, de- who was prime minister from
the Robert Koch Institute drills off the coast of its southern MaritimeSafetyAdministration. number of initiatives to address government in Bangladesh, on headed the campaign that led to mandingShahabuddin'sresigna- 2004 until May this year, over
(RKI)forpublichealthsaid Fujian province facing Taiwan, Itwarnedshipstoavoidthearea. thematterandnowweareplan- Tuesday staged demonstrations the ouster of Hasina, rallied in tion and calling for the termina- what to do with their father's
on Tuesday, adding that it just a week after a massive air- Taiwan's Defence Ministry ning for an artificial rain in the inDhaka,demandingtheremoval front of the Central Shaheed tion of the Constitution and the homeafterhisdeathin2015.Inan
viewed the risk to the and-sea drill it called punish- saidChina'sdrillswerepartof an city,” Punjab Information of President Mohammed Minar here, demanding formationofa“revolutionarygov- interviewwithTheGuardian,Lee
widerpopulationaslow.In ment for Taiwan's president re- annual exercise. “It cannot be Minister Azma Bokhari told a Shahabuddin over his comment Shahabuddin’s resignation. ernment”. alleged that a "campaign of per-
a statement, the institute jecting Beijing's claims of ruled out that it is one of the press conference here on ontheresignationofthedeposed “Thepresidentisanallyoffas- Theprotestersalsodemanded secution" forced him to seek asy-
saidaninfectioncausedby sovereignty. The live-fire drills ways to expand the deterrent ef- Tuesday. prime minister. cism. He was in favour of geno- thedisbandingofHasina'sAwami luminBritain.TheSingaporegov-
the new variant, which werebeingheldnearthePingtan fect in line with the dynamics in She,however,didnotdeclare In an interview with Bangla cide.Wedemandhisresignation," League party and its allies from ernmentsaidthereis"nobasis”in
hadbeenacquiredabroad, islands off Fujian province, ac- the Taiwan Strait.” AP any date for it. daily Manab Zamin last week, Nasir Uddin Patwari, a protest political activities. PTI the allegations.
was detected on Oct. 18. It
noted close physical con-
tactwasrequiredfortrans-
mission. AP
THE CUDDLE CAP WAS IMPOSED IN SEPTEMBER FOR SMOOTH FLOW, AIRPORT CEO SAYS THERE IS NO HUG POLICE
PAKISTAN
Terroristskill
3labourersin
Hug, make it quick: New Zealand airport sets 3-minute limit on goodbyes
minal,addingthatthoseseeking The signs were meant as an nicer way of saying, you know,
KPK province CHARLOTTE “fonder farewells” should head alternative to those at other air- get on with it.”
GRAHAM-MCLAY to the airport’s parking lot in- ports warning of wheel clamp- A 20-second hug is long
Peshawar: Terrorists WELLINGTON, OCTOBER 22 stead. ing or fines for drivers parked in enoughtoreleasethewellbeing-
killed three labourers in The cuddle cap was imposed drop-off areas. Some in Britain boosting hormones oxytocin
Pakistan's restive Khyber EMOTIONAL FAREWELLS are a in September to “keep things have imposed fees for all drop- and serotonin, De Bono said.
Pakhtunkhwa province common sight at airports, but moving smoothly” in the re- offs — however brief. Anything longer was “really
on Tuesday, police said. travelers leaving the New designed passenger drop-off Dunedin’s airport — a mod- awkward.”
Theincidenttookplaceat Zealand city of Dunedin will areaoutsidetheairport,CEODan est terminal serving a city of But passengers need not
Zaimasht Khoedad Khel have to be quick. A new three- De Bono told The Associated 135,000 people on New worry unduly about enforce-
in Kurram tribal district minute time limit on goodbye Press on Tuesday. It was the air- Zealand’s South Island — pre- ment. “We do not have hug po-
bordering Afghanistan. hugs in the airport’s drop-off port’s way of reminding people ferred a “quirky” approach, De lice,” De Bono said.
The victims were among area is intended to prevent lin- that the zone was for “quick ing basic human rights and how Bono said. Visitors might, however, be
sevenconstructionwork- geringcuddlesfromcausingtraf- farewells” only. darewelimithowlongsomeone Threeminuteswas“plentyof asked to move their lingering
ers kidnapped by the ter- fic jams. The signs had polarized so- A sign at the drop-off area of Dunedin Airport in Momona. can have a hug for,” he said, time to pull up, say farewell to embraces to the parking lot,
rorists recently. PTI “Max hug time three min- cial media users, De Bono said. (Right) The drop-off area of the irport. AP adding that others had wel- your loved ones and move on,” where they can cuddle free of
utes,”warnsignsoutsidetheter- “Wewereaccusedof breach- comed the change. hesaid.“The timelimitis really a charge for up to 15 minutes. AP

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Does madarsa education violate secularism? SC to decide

on October 21. Allahabad HC decision videfreeandcompulsoryeducationtoallchil- FIRST, whether a madarsa imparts “reli- that “to throw out the (Madarsa) Act is to
AJOY SINHA KARPURAM On March 22 a Bench of Justices Subhash dren of the ageof six tofourteen years insuch gious education” or “religious instruction”. In throw the baby out with the bathwater”. He
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 The Madarsa Act, 2004 Vidyarthi and VivekChaudhary struckdown manner as the State may, by law, determine.” Ms. Aruna Roy vs Union of India (2002), the SC saidthatthestategovernmenthasthepower
The Act provides the legal framework for the Madarsa Act in its entirety. The Act was The HC held that the government was vi- drew a distinction between the two. tomakerulesundertheActtoensurethatthe
THESUPREMECourtonTuesdayreservedits madarsa education where, apart from the deemed unconstitutional on three main olating this right by denying “quality” edu- The court held that religious instruction, educationimpartedismoresecularinnature.
verdictinacasethatcouldhaveramifications curriculum of the National Council of grounds: cation in modernsubjects. “TheState cannot such as compelling attendance for religious The respondents, represented by Senior
for religious education across the country. A Educational Research and Training (NCERT), SECULARISM: Referring to past SC cases, hide behind the lame excuse that it is fulfill- worship, was not allowed in educational in- AdvocateGuruKrishnaKumar,arguedthatthe
BenchheadedbyChief Justiceof India(CJI)D religious education is imparted as well. the HC held that secularism means “equal ing its duty by providing traditional educa- stitutions recognised by the state as per Actisnotdesignedtoensurethatstudentsre-
Y Chandrachud heard a challenge to a ruling The law creates the Uttar Pradesh Board treatment to all religions and religious sects tion on nominal fee,” the court said. Article 28 of the Constitution. But the pur- ceive secular education or enter the main-
bytheAllahabadHighCourt,whichinMarch of Madarsa Education, predominantly com- anddenominationsbytheState, CONFLICT WITH CEN- pose of religious education, or “education stream. He said the Act only cements the sta-
struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of prisingmembersof theMuslimcommunity. without either identifying itself TRAL LAW: The HC held that aboutreligions”,wastoteachstudentsabout tus quo, wherein mainstream subjects are
MadarsaEducationAct,2004(MadarsaAct). The functions of the board are detailed un- withorfavouringanyparticular EXPLAINED the provisions of the Madarsa different religions “for bringing communal optionalandreligiouseducationismandatory.
In April, the SC stayed the HC verdict until
it decided the validity of the UP law. With the
der Section 9 of the Act, and include prepar-
ingandprescribingcoursematerialandcon-
religion, religious sect or deter-
mination”.
LAW Act empowering the madarsa
board to grant degrees was in
harmony...”, the court held.
During the hearing on October 21, Senior Impact of the decision
casepending,theNationalCommissionforthe ducting exams for all courses from ‘Maulvi’ The court found that “... (it conflict with the University Advocate Menaka Guruswamy argued that The impact of the SC decision will be felt
ProtectionofChildRightsissuedtwocommu- (equivalent to Class 10) to ‘Fazil’ (equivalent is) compulsory for a student of Madarsa to Grants Commission Act, 1956 (UGC Act). It “the HC wrongly conflates regulation with directly in UP, but the CJI repeatedly cau-
nications on June 7 and 25 — directing the UP to a Master’s). study in every class, Islam as a religion, in- stated that only universities or institutions religious instruction and thereby says reli- tioned the lawyers that it will likely have
government to investigate recognised mad- According to data presented by the cluding all its prescriptions, instructions and “deemed to be a University” under Section 3 gious instruction violates secularism as pro- wider ramifications on religious education
arsas andadmitnon-Muslimstudentstosch- Centre to Parliament on February 3, 2020, as philosophies... The modern subjects are ei- oftheUGCActcangrantdegrees,and“noother vided for by the Constitution”. across the country. The CJI’s comments ap-
oolsimpartingformaleducation,andrequest- of 2018-19, of the total 24,010 madarsas in ther absent or are optional...”. The court held personorauthority,includinganyMadarsaor SECOND, whether the HC was correct in peared to indicate that all educational insti-
ing the Centre to direct all states and Union India, more than 60% — 14,528 — were in UP. that the government has a duty to provide the Madarsa Board, can confer any degree”. striking down the entire Act, or whether it tutionsthatimpartsomemannerof religious
Territories to inspect madarsas and withdraw These included 11,621 recognised madarsas. seculareducation,andcannot“discriminate” should have limited the decision to specific education (such as gurukuls and convent
recognition of those that were not compliant About 1.69 lakh students sat for the UP by providing education based on religion. Arguments before SC provisions and allowed the government to schools) will be affected by the decision on
with the Right to Education Act, 2009. madarsa education board examinations — RIGHTTOEDUCATION: Article21Aofthe DuringthehearingsinOctober2024,two regulate the functioning of madarsas. how the principles of secularism interact
Both notifications were stayed by the SC equivalenttoClass10andClass12—in2023. Constitution states that “The State shall pro- main questions emerged. OnOctober22,CJIChandrachudobserved with the functioning of these institutions.

EXPLAINED CLIMATE EXPLAINED ENVIRONMENT

WHYINDIAWILLBUILDA‘CLOUD
CHAMBER’UNDERMISSIONMAUSAM The Biodiversity COP
Indian weather and climate. Countries are currently meeting in Cali, Colombia, for the 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on
ANJALI MARAR “Wehavecertainnewideas...Withina
BENGALURU, OCTOBER 22 controlled environment, wherein we can Biological Diversity, which aims to protect global biodiversity and restore natural ecosystems
applyvarioustemperature,humidity,con-
THE GOVERNMENT’S Mission Mausam, vectiveconditions,andotherparameters, ant fish, some of which may be beneficial for
launched last month, aims to not just im- weplantomonitorandunderstandclouds medical, commercial, or scientific reasons.
proveweather forecasting but also ‘man- toarriveathigh-levelscientificfindingson This also fits in with COP16 discussions,
age’ certain weather events — including howmonsooncloudsbehave,”saidThara where the sharing of benefits from common
enhancing or suppressing phenomena Prabhakaran, senior IITM scientist and an genetic resources is expected to figure
such as rainfall, hail and fog. expert in cloud physics. prominently. Back in 2010, at COP10, coun-
Doing so would require India to im- Over the next 18-24 months, the tries had finalised an Access and Benefit
prove its cloud physics research. To that Indian team will focus on developing Sharing mechanism, also called the Nagoya
end,afirst-of-its-kindcloudchamberwill complex and highly advanced instru- Protocol, that lay down the general princi-
be established at the Indian Institute of mentation and probes that will be de- Amitabh Sinha ples of the rights and claims of countries on
Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. ployed once the chamber is ready. The their bio-resources and rules for their com-
civil construction of the chamber will AHEAD OF the annual climate change meet- mercial utilisation.
What is a cloud chamber? happen in the coming months. ing, scheduled in Baku, Azerbaijan, this year At COP16, countries are negotiating the
A cloud chamber resembles a closed “We will need highly advanced in- from November 11, countries are currently sharing of benefits from the use of genetic
cylindrical or tubular drum, inside which strumentation backup, capable of mon- assembled in the Colombian city of Cali for informationof plantsandorganismsthathas
water vapour, aerosols, etc. are injected. itoring the minute properties of the con- the UN Biodiversity Conference that takes been made possible by advances in modern
Underdesiredhumidityandtemperature ditions under investigation. We will also place every two years. science. The genetic sequences, stored digi-
conditions, a cloud can develop inside have to perform seed particle injection The Convention on Biological Diversity tally,arecommerciallylucrative,andareused
thischamber.Thefacilitywillallowscien-
tists to study the seed particles that form
into the chamber, which will offer us a
scenario tolookatdifferentenvironmen-
(CBD) came out of the same 1992 Rio Earth
Summit that gave rise to the UN Framework
EXTENT OF THE THREAT TO NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS bycorporationsformakingavarietyof items,
including high-yield crops, beauty products
cloud droplets or ice particles.
Many countries have basic cloud
tal conditions,” Prabhakaran added. Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
CBD aims to protect global biodiversity, re- 1 million hectares of forests are being lost
every year currently
or medicines.
COP16 is expected to deliver some deci-
chambers with limited functionalities to How can weather be ‘modified’? store natural ecosystems, and ensure that The number of species that are at risk sions on how these digital sequences can be
perform specific studies. With Mission
Mausam, India is building a cloud cham-
InIndia,experimentshavebeendone
on cloud seeding, which helps generate
benefits from the world’s biological re-
sources are equitably distributed.
of extinction in the next few decades
1.44% used, who can use them, and what a fair and
equitable mechanism for sharing of profits
ber with convection properties, as is re-
quired to study Indian monsoon clouds.
rain. Under the Cloud Aerosol Interaction
and Precipitation Enhancement
This year’s meeting — the 16th
Conference of Parties to CBD, or COP16 — is 75 % only of the high seas is demarcated as
protected area. Almost all of this is
near Antarctica.
would be, particularly for the indigenous
populations who might have been the orig-
Understandingcloudphysicsinvolves Experiment(CAIPEEX)programme,trials the first after a landmark agreement on bio- of world’s land is significantly altered inal owners of the bioresource.
the study of cloud behaviour during nor- were done over a limited geographical diversity was finalised two years ago. This
mal and extreme conditions, intra-parti-
cle interactions inside a cloud, and the
area along the rain-shadow regions of
Maharashtra’sSolapurdistrictfrom2016-
agreement, the Kunming-Montreal Global
Biodiversity Framework that was concluded
400 million 75-199 mt* Question of finance
Like in climate change negotiations, fi-
formation of rain droplets and ice parti- 2018.Suchregionswitnesslittlerainfall,as at COP15 in Montreal in 2022, lay down four hectares of forests were lost between Estimated volume of plastics in the nance is crucial in CBD discussions as well.
cles, among others. Establishing a con- they lie along the mountain side facing goals and 23 targets to be achieved collec- 1990 and 2020, and about 10 million world’s oceans *million tonnes One of the 23 goals of the Kunming-
vective cloud chamber can improve the away from moisture-laden winds. tively by 2030. Montreal Framework is to mobilise at least
understanding of cloud physics under Analysis of the experiments sug- These include the so-called 30 x 30 tar- EXTINCTIONRATEOFSPECIESISNOW100TO1,000TIMESFASTERTHANNORMAL $200 billion per year by the year 2030, from
conditions commonly affecting Indian gested that under suitable conditions, gets — a commitment to put at least 30% of all sources, for spending onbiodiversity con-
weather systems. This knowledge can be cloud seeding was an effective strategy the world’s lands and oceans, especially bio- tracks over the last three decades, their in- NBSAPs. Many more are likely to do so dur- servation. Out of this, developed countries
used for planning weather modification. for enhancing rainfall. Rainfall could be diversity rich areas, under conservation by terlinkages are becoming increasingly evi- ing COP16. mustprovideatleast$20billioneveryyearto
enhanced by up to 46%. However, it has 2030, and to initiate restoration work in at dent. This has resulted in a growing conver- The High Seas Treaty, also known as the developing countries to support their biodi-
How will scientists use the chamber? been widely recognised that cloud seed- least 30%of degradedlandormarineecosys- genceinthegoalsandoutcomesof thesetwo agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National versity-related work.
With the establishment of a convec- ing is not a silver bullet to address rain- tems by 2030. negotiations. JurisdictionsorBBNJ,whichwasfinalisedlast This money has to increase to at least $30
tive cloud chamber, scientists will have fall problems. The discussions under CBD, which have year as a separate international agreement billion every year by 2030. Ways and means
the flexibility to tailor physical and at- been extremely low-profile in comparison Momentum for 30 x 30 to maintain the ecological health of oceans, to mobilise these financial resources is one
mospheric parameters to suit environ- (Anjali Marar is a science communicator to climate change negotiations so far, are One of the main objectives of COP16 is to was a major step forward in meeting the 30 of the main items on the agenda at COP16.
mental requirements that influence at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore) slowly gaininginprominencebecauseof the expedite progress on the 30 x 30 targets x 30 targets. Countries are also supposed to ensure
growing realisation of the severity of the is- which are the most immediate. Under the One of the objectives of the High Seas that perverse incentives or subsidies that are
sue, and the implications of it being left un- Kunming-Montreal Framework, each coun- Treatyistodemarcateprotectedareasinbio- harmful for biodiversity are phased out,
addressed. try is supposed to prepare andsubmit action diversity-rich parts of the oceans — just like eliminated, or repurposed. These can be in-
your go-to institute for VAJIRAM & RAVI The climate crisis and the threat to biodi- plans to halt and reverse biodiversity loss national parks or wildlife reserves on land — centives that allow over-fishing, encourage
Institute for IAS Examination
versity are closely linked — both are caused within their jurisdiction. wherehumanactivitiescanberegulatedand deforestation, or subsidise the use of fossil
general studies preparation by indiscriminate extraction of natural re- These National Biodiversity Strategies restricted. fuels. Under the Kunming-Montreal
               sources, over-consumption, and unsustain- and Action Plans, or NBSAPs, are similar to Framework, such measures should scale up
able human activities. The two crises also theNationally Determined Contributions, or Shared genetic resources to at least $500 billion by 2030.
      
       "!"# feed off each other. Climate change has been NDCs, that countries have to submit under Another goal of the High Seas treaty is to CountriesatCOP16arealsoexpectedtodis-
expediting the loss of biodiversity, while the2015ParisAgreementonclimatechange, ensure that the benefits from exploitation of cussthepossibilityofsettingupabiodiversity
                changes in land and oceans have been con- mentioning their time-bound goals and ac- geneticresourcesintheoceansoutsideof na- fund,newfinancemechanisms,andbiodiver-
tributing to global warming. tions being taken. tional boundaries of countries, are equitably sity credits on the lines of carbon credits.
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Hosting the BRICS summit: why Kazan in Tatarstan matters in Putin’s Russia
theRussianpeople,thelargestSlavicethnic tal of the Republic of Tatarstan, the home- brought Tatarstan under Muscovite control
ARJUN SENGUPTA group, who speak Russian as their mother Finland land of the Tatar people, the second largest in1552. Themosquewasrebuilt with Saudi
SaintPetersburg
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 tongue. Since most ethnic Russians are ethnic group in the country after Russians. and UAE help in 2005.
Baltic Sea

Orthodox Christians, religion too has been RUSSIA The Tatars are a predominantly Muslim
PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModiisinRussia centraltotheimaginationof whoisRussian. Turkic ethnic group with their own lan- Tatars under Putin
for the 16th BRICS summit, which China’s But this definition does not capture the Moscow guage and distinct culture. President Putin has sought to play a bal-
President Xi Jinping and South Africa’s socio-cultural diversity of the world’s The population of Kazan is split roughly ancing game in his dealings with Russia’s
President Cyril Ramaphosa are also attend- largest country. Sprawled from Finland to Belarus KAZAN equally among ethnic Russians (48.6%) and ethnic minorities.
ing,besidesthehost,PresidentVladimirPutin. its west to Alaska to its east, Russia is a Poland ethnic Tatars (47.6%). This makes Kazan a He has tried hard to incorporate ethnic
The host city, Kazan, is among Russia’s transcontinental, multi-ethnic giant strad- Ukraine symbol of the kind of nation Russia is grad- minorities into the mainstream, reconcile
largest and wealthiest cities, dling Europe and Asia, and all ually evolving into: a blend of Europe and differences,andchampionedanationalism
deriving its prosperity from a
robust petrochemicals and
EXPLAINED but touching America.
More than 80 per cent of
Theskylineof Kazan,showing the
famousKulSharif Mosque. Reuters
Asia,ameltingpotof diverseethnicitiesand
religions.
that promotes the greatness of Russia, not
ethnicRussians.Buthehasdealtwithseces-
military industry, as well as a GLOBAL its population is ethnic Commentators have noted evidence of sionist sentiments with an iron hand, as his
fast-growing information Russian, but it also comprises Kazan’s diversity in the neighbourhood of approach towards the Chechens showed.
technology sector. In 2009, it was branded as many as 193 ethnic groups and 21 na- among Muslim ethnicities (2.3), and the ulation decline, Russia is expected to allow the city kremlin, the fortified complex that Putin’spersecutionofCrimeanTatarsfol-
Russia’s third capital after Moscow and the tionalrepublics, which are home tospecific share of Muslim ethnic minorities in more migration, with the bulk of new mi- liesattheheart of many Russian cities.Next lowing the 2014 annexation of Crimea, and
cultural capital St Petersburg. Kazan is also ethnicminorities.Theminoritygroupshave Russia's population could, in coming grants being Muslims belonging to Turkic totheofficialbuildingsstandstheOrthodox the devolution of powers and status from
one of the country’s cities of the future — in been historically sidelined and repressed decades, triple from the current 10%. and Asiatic ethnic groups. Annunciation Cathedral and the Kul Sharif the leader of Tatarstan in 2021 have been
the sense that it already anticipates some by the ethnic Russian majority. Besides becoming ethnically less Mosque — among the largest in Europe — sore points. Bringing the BRICS summit to
of thesignificantdemographicchangesthat But this could be about to change. The Russian and religiously more diverse, East & West city withitsdistinctivewhitetilesandturquoise Kazan has been seen as a conciliatory step.
are contributing to Russia’s evolving na- proportion of ethnic Russians and Slavs in Russia’s population will likely also be Kazan is especially relevant to this dis- dome and minarets. Moscow and Tatarstan spent more than
tional identity. the population has been declining, and this smaller. Official data published last month cussion on Russia’s demography. Located Originallybuiltintheearly16thcentury, 8billionrubles($80million)oncityrenova-
trend will likely accelerate. The birth rate showed the country recorded its lowest roughly 900 km to the east of Moscow at Kul Sharif was burnt down by Ivan the tion projects in the lead-up to “the largest
Russia and Russian among ethnic Russians (1.3 children per birth rate since 1999 in the first six months the confluence of the rivers Volga and Terrible during the Siege of Kazan, which foreign policy event ever held” in Russia,
The country Russia is the homeland of woman) is significantly lower than that of 2024, Reuters reported. To offset the pop- Kazanka, this city of 1.2 million is the capi- led to the fall of the Khanate of Kazan and Russian media have reported.

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200 trains cancelled,

schools shut as Odisha
Bengaluru rainfall breaks 27-year 80 flights received
hoax bomb threats
braces for cyclone Dana record, schools closed for a day since Monday night
Whileeducationalinstitutions
SUJITBISOYI in as many as 14 districts will re- 186.2mm rain leaves fall and thunderstorms. The
BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER22 main shut from Wednesday till BengaluruUrbandistrictadminis-
Friday,theEastCoastRailwayhas around 1,500 houses tration has declared a holiday for SUKALPSHARMA
BRACING FOR cyclone Dana, cancelled nearly 200 trains. government and private schools NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 BOYHELDFORHOAX
which is expected to have the The Odisha government has flooded, IMD issues on Wednesday due to the heavy SEXUALLYASSAULTED
maximum impact in the state’s directed district administrations rain.Thegovernmenthasadvised THE SPATE of bomb threats to
northern parts, Odisha is relying to start moving residents out. yellow alert for city allIT-BTcompaniestoworkfrom Indian airlines is just not abating INREMANDHOME
on its past experiences to try and “Priority will be given to shift home on Wednesday. with around 80 flights receiving Mumbai: The 17-year-old
sail through. pregnant women, children and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE threats between late night boy from Chhattisgarh, who
The depression over the east- aged persons first. Besides over BENGALURU,OCTOBER22 Building collapse Monday and late afternoon was apprehended last week
central Bay of Bengal moved 800 multipurpose cyclone shel- leaves 1 dead Tuesday, it is learnt. Around 50 for issuing hoax bomb
west-northwestward with a ters, the government has pre- HEAVYRAINFALLonMondayand international and domestic threats to three interna-
speed of 6 kmph, which will in- pared 500 more temporary shel- Tuesday caused widespread Amid the heavy rain, an un- flights across airlines—Air India, tional flights, was allegedly
tensify into a cyclonic storm on ters using school and college flooding in several residential ar- der-construction building at IndiGo, Akasa Air, and Vistara— sexually assaulted by an-
Wednesday morning, the India buildings,”thestate’srevenueand easof Bengaluruandbroughtthe Anjanadri Layout in Bengaluru received threats on social media other minor inmate at a cor-
MeteorologicalDepartmentsaid. disaster management minister country’s IT capital to its knees. A collapsed on Tuesday evening. Tuesday afternoon, sources said. rectional home in Mumbai
It will cross north Odisha and Suresh Pujari said. Chief Minister Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Nearly 20 labourers were work- Thiswasinadditiontoatleast30 on Monday. Police said they
the West Bengal coasts between Mohan Majhi urged all MLAs to Palikeofficialsaidnearly100lakes inginsidethesix-storiedbuilding. flights receiving threats late registered a case. Police
Puri and Sagar Island during the remain in their constituencies. wereoverflowingandmorethan Rescue workers look for the trapped survivors under the DDevaraj,DCP(east)toldtheme- Monday. The total number of sources said the minor was
nightofOctober24andthemorn- The state government has al- 1,500 houses were flooded till debris of an under-construction building that collapsed in dia that one person had died such threats has crossed 170 attacked by a 16-year-old
ing of October 25. readydeployedaround20teams Tuesday evening. Bengaluru on Tuesday. AP while14otherswererescued;five over nine days. minor when he went to the
Maximumimpactisexpected of the Odisha Disaster Rapid The downpour Monday peoplewerestillmissing.Apolice As many as 13 flights each of bathroom.Authoritiesatthe
in districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Action Force and 10 teams of the eveningsetanewrecordforhigh- officersaidtheincidenttookplace Air India and IndiGo, 12 flights of home informed the nearest
Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, NationalDisasterResponseForce. est daily rainfall with 186.2 mm mm.KarnatakaRevenueMinister Centre (KSNDMC), the highest at Babusapalya near Hennur, Akasa Air, and 11 flights of police station and a case un-
JagatsinghpurandPuri.Sixsenior Leaves of doctors have been recorded at the IMD’s GKVK sta- Krishna Byre Gowda described rainfall between 8.30 am on north Bengaluru, around 4 pm. Vistarareceivedbombthreatson der the provisions of the
IAS officers, who have previous cancelled and the health depart- tion in Bengaluru. The previous the thunderstorm as a “cloud- Mondayand8.30amonTuesday Unusual scenes were wit- Tuesday, sources said. A few of POCSO Act was filed. ENS
experienceofmanagingcyclones menthasdirecteddistrictauthor- recordofhighestdailyrainfallwas burst-like” event as it caused was 157 mm, recorded at its rain nessed at Kendriya Vihar apart- these flights also declared gen-
during their tenure as collectors, ities to ensure adequate stocks of 178.9mm27yearsagoonOctober widespread flooding in northern gauge station in Chowdeshwari, ments in the city as NDRF rescue eral emergencies, per flight
have been deployed in these dis- drugs.TheArchaeologicalSurvey 1,1997.Therainfallrecordedatthe Bengaluru due to water-logged Bengaluru Urban district. teams evacuated residents on tracking data. Ten flights each of Earlier in the day, IndiGo, Air
trictstohelpthelocaladministra- of India has announced the clo- GKVK station exceeded residential areas. The IMD has issued a yellow boats.Thisisthesecondtimethis IndiGo, Air India, and Vistara re- India, and Vistara confirmed re-
tion.Thestormmaytriggerheavy sureofallmonumentsandmuse- Bengaluru’s average monthly According to the Karnataka alertforBengalurutillOctober24, apartmenthasbeenfloodedinthe ceivedbombthreatslateatnight ceiving threats that were posted
rainfallinotheradjoiningdistricts. ums for two days. rainfallforOctoberof around154 StateNaturalDisasterMonitoring predicting continuedheavyrain- last one week. Monday. This had led to three late on Monday. Indian airlines
Jeddah-bound flights of IndiGo have been hit by a spate of bomb
being diverted to other air- hoaxes since October 14. The

Gujarat-based journalist Langa now booked 24-year-old from remote ports—two within Saudi Arabia
and one to Doha.
threats have forced a few flight
diversions, strict post-landing

village cracks Odisha civils: According to sources, security checks and screenings.

for ‘possession of confidential documents’ ‘Watched videos of toppers’

Tuesday’s threats were posted
by four anonymous and unveri-
fied X accounts, all of which
The government plans to
take legislative action to deal
with fake bomb threats to air-
Teja Vasamsetty, Superintendent Sector-7policestationforposses- Rafiqbhai Khokhar, Akil Anubhai were later restricted by the so- craftandmakethepunishments
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of Police (SP), Gandhinagar. sion of the GMB documents. Pathan, Shahrukh Rafiqbhai government, to clear the state cial media platform. Nearly all harshertodeterprankstersfrom
AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER22 Police said the documents Currently,heisthesoleaccusedin Rangrej, and Sarfaraz Mustufa SUJITBISOYI civil services exam. Bini secured the threats since October 14 posting such threats. Among the
wererecoveredfromLanga'spos- the case. We are attempting to Chauhan, are residents of BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER22 596th rank, despite not making came through posts from such moves in the works are changes
SENIOR JOURNALIST Mahesh session during his arrest in the find out how he received those Bhavnagar. it to the final merit list in 2020. accounts, which were set up re- to the Aircraft Security Rules—
Langa,injudicialcustodyinacase GST fraud case. The SP, however, documents.” Withthelatestarrests,theto- WITH HER family unable to af- Regarding her preparation, cently most likely for this pur- whichwouldallowculpritstobe
ofallegedGoodsandServicesTax declined to comment on the sec- Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad tal number of persons nabbed in ford coaching classes, Bini she said, “I started preparing on- pose. While security protocols banned from flying—and
(GST) evasion, was booked again tions under which Langa had Detection of Crime Branch this case has gone up to 13. The Muduli (24) watched YouTube linebywatchingYouTubevideos could still be underway for a few amendmentstotheSuppression
on Tuesday — this time by been booked in the fresh FIR. Tuesday arrested five more per- firstpeopletohavebeenarrested videos and took mock tests on- and other online study material. flights affected on Tuesday, all of Unlawful Acts against Safety
Gandhinagarpoliceinacaseofal- Meanwhile, the Gandhinagar sons in the ongoing investigation inthecasewereLanga,Aijazalias line to prepare for the Odisha I followed videos of toppers to threats over the past nine days of Civil Aviation (SUASCA) Act,
leged possession of confidential Police,onthebasisof thesedocu- intowhatisbeingcalledanation- Maldar, Abdulkader alias Bapu, Civil Services (OCS) learn the examination strategy.” turned out to be fake. 1982, Civil Aviation Minister K
government documents. ments, reached the GMB office wide racket of evading GST by a and Jyotish Magan Gondaliya. Examination. Even accessing the internet IndiGo confirmed that it re- Rammohan Naidu said Monday.
Langa,aseniorassistanteditor Tuesdayandconductedsearches network of 220 shell companies, On October 13, Faizal Munaf When the results came out was not easy. She had to leave ceived threats for 13 flights Security has been enhanced
with The Hindu, was booked on to find the source that allegedly many of them based in Gujarat. Shaikh, Irfan alias Padu Sattar onSaturday,shehadbecomethe herhomevillage,Mudulipadain Tuesday, while Air India, Akasa at various airports with the
charges of possession of docu- leaked the documents to Langa. DCP Ajit Rajian said the five Jethwa,JigneshHimmatlalDesai, firstfromtheBondacommunity, Malkangiridistrict,tothenearby Air, and Vistara said that some of number of security checks at
ments related to the Gujarat SP Vasamsetty said, “An FIR menarrestedTuesday,AdilKadar and Paresh Pradeep Dodiya were consideredaparticularlyvulner- townof Govindpali,whereinter- their flights received threats, but various checkpoints being in-
Maritime Board (GMB), said Ravi was filed against Langa at Khokhar, Kadar alias Navdi arrested. able tribal group (PVTG) by the net services are available. did not specify the numbers. creased.

‘Dissanayake will probably have a relationship

that is on an even keel between India and China’
The former Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary to India, Bernard Goonetilleke, on the recently concluded presidential elections and the way
forward for Sri Lankan relations with India. The session was moderated by Arun Janardhanan, Senior Assistant Editor
would have been the case. Whether we have
room and space to go into those cases is another
question. Or do we look forward to the future
with confidence?
In a statement made by Dissanayake in his
hometown, he rattled off names of his class-
mates and school friends who died during the
1988-1989insurrection.Healsosaidthathehad
been targeted those days and that his teacher
hid him for one month from the army, risking
retaliatory action. I don’t think it will be easy
to erase these memories but he now has to
look forward.
(Left) FormerSriLankanForeignSecretary
On Sri Lanka-India relations toIndiaBernardGoonetilleke;Arun On relations with India and China
IT’S A very interesting story, the journey under- Janardhanan,SeniorAssistantEditor To an outsider, it may seem like different
taken by this revolutionary party called Janatha presidents were pro-India or pro-China. But the
Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) vis-a-vis India. fact remains that a Sri Lankan president will be
In 1971, a year after the election that estab-
lished the free, sovereign and independent re-
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS that this new party and this new man, who
comes from a humble background despite his
firstly pro-Sri Lanka. Whatever measures they
take will be with Sri Lanka in mind. Of course,
public,theJVPwaspartof aninsurrectionagainst policy orientation, will be able to do the right there could be special relations with China, or
the government led by the then Prime Minister On crises in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh On rebuilding SAARC thing for the people and the country. The very with India, depending on the circumstances. I
SirimavoBandaranaike,intendingtogetherand SRILANKAwentthrougharevolutioninJuly SAARChasanimportantrolewithregard fact that Sri Lanka had to go in for a preferential don’t think you can take one president and say
her party out of Sri Lankan politics and install its 2022, with our then-president, Gotabaya totheneedforSouthAsiannationstowork vote means that people’s support is conditional that he is pro-China and this one is pro-India.
leaders as the country’s rulers. That effort failed. Rajapaksa, having to flee. None of the pre- togetherintheregion.Unfortunately,dueto and that they would be looking at his perform- So now we are talking about a political party
IrememberIhadjustjoinedtheforeignmin- vious presidents had to do this. We expect thenever-endingissuesbetweenIndiaand ance. People were not very happy with the JVP which had close relations with China. Like in
istry then. I was in-charge of the foreign min- the situation to continue. Months later, Pakistan, the SAARC became an institution initially and when they voted, they did not vote Nepal, the party was called Maoist Party in the
istry’s communication division. I recall that we Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka. Today he which could not progress. I think India has for the JVP per se. They voted for the National beginning.Youcansaythingsasamemberof the
did not even have bullets for our rifles and other leadsanormallife.Peopledidnotbayforhis wisely decided to focus on the BIMSTEC People’s Power (NPP) alliance led by him. Opposition,butonceyouassumepower,youhave
weapons necessary to defend the government. blood. Today he is described as someone area, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, to act responsibly. I am convinced that President
I also remember sending messages to our High whofollowedfoolishadvicegivenbyhisad- Myanmar and countries in the Southeast On the Tamil cause Dissanayake will also act responsibly, bearing in
CommissioninNewDelhi,requestinghelpfrom visors and consequently had to suffer the Asian region. That arrangement appears to If youlookintothevotingpattern mind relations with both India and
IndiatorespondtotheJVPattacks.Thatwashow consequences. So this is Sri Lanka. be going quite all right. This is for the time in the island nation, you will find the China are important.
it all began. Of course, the party was put down PresidentDissanayake advisedhisparty being. Nothing is permanent in this world. Eastern province and the Northern Idon’tthinkthenewpresidentwill,
quite brutally. The outfit registered as a political members not to conduct any processions The relationship between India and province voting for parties other for example, put his lot in favour of ei-
party and contested elections in 1977 if I’m not afterhewaselected.SoSriLankareturnedto Pakistanneednotnecessarilybeantagonis- than President Dissanayake’s JVP. ther China or India. He will have a rela-
mistaken. They rebelled again in 1988-89 but normal the next day. Perhaps what hap- tic.Wehopethatatsomepointortheother, However, after he was elected tionship that is on an even keel be-
the Sri Lankan administration brutally crushed pened here could be an example to our there will be an opportunity for us to once President, he thanked those who tween the two nations.
this uprising. friendly neighbour Bangladesh where for- again give another opportunity for SAARC voted for him and promised to do
If you remember correctly, the JVP was anti- mer Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the to move on. Until then, it is very clear that justice to all, including those who
SCANTHECODETO On balancing ideology and
Indianatthattime.Theyusedalectureseriesfrom country. If they follow the same kind of ac- weneedtodowhatisnecessaryforregional did not vote for him.
WATCHVIDEO governance
the beginning of 1971 to induct young men, tion,holdingfreeandfairelections,without cooperation involving countries where SobetweennowandNovember PrimeMinisterHariniAmarasuriya
womenandschool-goingchildrenintotheparty. anydisturbancetotheprivatelivesofthein- there is no political animosity against 14, I think his focus will be on these two said the new government had already identified
Theytookactionagainstthosewhowereworking dividual, that will be good. each other. provinces to allow the residents an opportunity trade, investment, education, employment and
with India or importing goods from India and to understand his minority-centric policies. I tourismamongthepriorityareasoftheeconomy.
tried to eliminate them. That spurred the forma- don’tthinkhewillbeoverlyconfidenttosaythat Thisisveryencouraging.Asforforeignpolicy,she
tionoftheLiberationTigersofTamilEelam(LTTE). he will solve the long-standing problems of the said a draft had been prepared.
Now there has been some unhappiness 1980s.ItisadifferentIndiaunderPrimeMinister the people. More importantly, he is the second regionbutIdofeelthathewillacknowledgethis What is important is that when the new
about relations with India. But as we know, in Narendra Modi. revolutionary leader in South Asia – after Nepal region and see what mechanism could be President assumed duties, he did not come and
February, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake So, based on his renewed understanding of – to be elected head of state of the country. The adopted to solve or address the problems there. upset the applecart although the JVP is a revolu-
visited New Delhi and met External Affairs India and whatever feelings he had earlier, it is shareof peoplewhovotedforhimwentupfrom tionary Marxist party. He removed one or two
Minister S Jaishankar and National Security safe to think that he would try to balance his re- three per cent to 42 per cent, and with the pref-
On collective memories of the secretaries of ministries and kept the rest or re-
Advisor Ajit Doval. Among other things, he also lations with India, knowing very well whenever erential votes, well above 50 per cent. There insurrection appointed the rest.
visited Gujarat, the state where Amul is located. there is a problem in Sri Lanka, India would be must be a very good reason. Therevolutionfailedinthenorthandtheeast So we have reason to believe that at least till
This is significant considering he had expressed the first to come to its aid. I presume he will try Obviously, people felt that the very well- aswellasotherpartsof thecountry.Thefamilies the parliamentary elections, they will be there.
his unhappiness earlier about Sri Lankan in- toaddresshisrelationshipwithIndianowmuch known political parties, which had existed for of those who died, regardless of whether they And he introduced one or two new persons to
volvement with Amul. So his going to Amul was more pragmatically. over 70-odd years since independence, had not are Sinhalese or Tamils, will remember what handle the state’s affairs. This means he does not
an important step. Perhaps this visit would have delivered, or failed to deliver what they prom- happened.Butthen,of course,whatcanbedone mean to act with vengeance against the estab-
provided an opportunity for India to assess the On the current electoral mandate ised at the elections to the people. is the question. There was an insurrection and lishedorderbutseesitbettertoallowthevehicle
new president and for him to understand what We need to understand why this particular Basically, the population has rejected the the authorities responded. As for whether ex- to run without deflating several tyres. There
India is. It is not the same India of the 1970s or party,withthispersonatitshead,waselectedby mandate of the old parties and expressed hope cessive force was used, in certain instances it seems to be enough interest and foresight.

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ACQUISITION AT AN EQUITY VALUE OF `8,100 CRORE FROM CK BIRLA GROUP MERGER TAKING EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 12

Adani Group’s Ambuja buys Orient Air India-Vistara merger:

Systems, tech integration
Cement as consolidation intensifies
GEORGE MATHEW
gathers pace ahead of D-date
SUKALPSHARMA
which will also include the
merger of their loyalty pro-
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 ADITYABIRLAVSADANIINCEMENTAQUISITIONSASREGULATORYCONCERNSMOUNT NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 grammes, the combined loyalty
programmewillevolveintoanall
CONSOLIDATING ITS position in ADITYA BIRLA ADANI GROUP AS VISTARA’S merger into Air new avatar under the brand
the cement sector, Adani group’s India draws closer, the back-end ‘MaharajaClub’—areferencetoAir
Ambuja Cements on Tuesday ■ UltraTech Cement bought ■ Acquired a 32.72 per cent ■ Adani Group bought acquired Penna Cement systems and technology integra- India’s popular long-standing
announced the signing of a Binani Cement assets for stake in India Cements for Ambuja Cements and Industries Ltd for an tion between the two Tata group mascot. Initially, all members of
binding agreement for the ac- Rs 7,266 crore in March Rs 3,945 crore from N ACC from Switzerland- enterprise value of Rs carriers has gathered steam with the Club Vistara loyalty pro-
quisition of Orient Cement Ltd 2018. Srinivasan in 2024 based Holcim for $10.5 bn 10,422 crore in June 2024 over 2.7 lakh passenger reserva- gramme are being seamlessly
(OCL) at an equity value of Rs ■ Acquired Kesoram ■ Bought cements units of in May 2022 ■ Ambuja Cements signed tionsandover45lakhloyaltypro- transferred to Air India’s loyalty
8,100 crore from the CK Birla Industries’ cement unit in a Jaiprakash Industries for an ■ Ambuja Cements an agreement for the gramme members already mi- programme Flying Returns.
group. deal valued at Rs 7,600 crore enterprise value of Rs 5,400 bought Sanghi Industries acquisition of Orient grated to the Air India’s digital Initsnearly10yearsof opera-

E
The latest Adani move is set from BK Birla group. cr in December 2014 for an enterprise value of Cement Ltd at an equity systems,AirIndia’sChiefDigital& tions,Vistarahadmadeamarkfor
to intensify the competition be- Rs 5,000 crore in August value of Rs 8,100 crore from Technology Officer Satya itself as the premier full-service

E X P L A I NE D
tween the Adanis and the Aditya 2023. CK Birla group in Ramaswamy said Tuesday. carrier in India that offered a su-
Birla group for supremacy in the October 2024 “The significant effort is to
Focusareas perior product in a market domi-
■ Ambuja Cements forsystems
cement sector. UltraTech comprehensivelyaddressVistara natedbybudgetcarriers.Withthe
Cement of Aditya Birla group re- customers’ experience across all ● migration Tata group deciding to merge
cently acquired 32.72 per cent digital systems post merger,” Vistara into the group’s flagship
stake in India Cement for Rs Ramaswamy said in a select me- THE KEY focus areas for airline Air India—which the Tatas
3,945 crore from N Srinivasan dia briefing at the Air India head- systems migration—being acquiredfromthegovernmentin
and family. quarters in Gurugram. seen as the backbone of January 2022—there were con-
Both the groups were on an All customers who were the merger from a cus- cernsaboutVistara’sproductand
acquisition spree in the cement Ambuja’s acquisition,” said cent on the bourses on Tuesday. sharpen its focus on consumer sion from MPPGCL, Madhya booked on Vistara flights sched- tomer, operations, and service quality after the merger.
sector in the last three years. Karan Adani, Director of Ambuja “OCL’s assets are highly effi- centric, technology driven and Pradesh for setting up a uled for or after November 12— employee point of view— Under government control,
Ambuja will acquire 46.8 per Cements. cient, equipped with railway service-based businesses.” Grinding Unit within the prem- the prescribed date for the include reservation trans- Air India was under financial
cent shares of OCL from its cur- By acquiring OCL, Ambuja is sidings and well supported by OCL has 5.6 MTPA clinker ca- ises of Satpura Thermal Power merger—have been intimated fers, loyalty account trans- stress, and this reflected in its
rent promoters and certain pub- poised to reach 100 MTPA (mil- captive power plants, renewable pacity and 8.5 MTPA cement ca- Plant. Both these complement about the changes in bookings, fers, financial accounts productandservicequality,which
lic shareholders. The acquisition lion tonnes per annum) cement energy, WHRS and AFR facilities. pacity along with statutory the Adani Group’s existing ce- which have now been moved to integrity, aircraft and crew was seen as below the standards
will be fully funded through in- capacity in FY25. The acquisition OCL’s strategic locations, high- clearance to increase the clinker ment footprint, Ambuja Cement AirIndia.Ramaswamyaddedthat transfers, employee pay- expected from a full-service car-
ternal accruals. will help to expand Adani quality limestone reserves and capacity by another 6.0 MTPA said. nearly numerous systems have roll integration, airport rier.Whilethenow-privatisedair-
While UltraTech was also in Cement’s presence in core mar- requisite statutory approvals and cement capacity by another OCL has recently commis- beenintegratedandnearlyallwill systems integration, and line has undertaken a mammoth
talks to buy OCL, the Adanis fi- kets and improve its pan-India present an opportunity to in- 8.1 MTPA. In addition, OCL also sioned a WHRS in Chittapur IU be done by November 12. There flight schedule continuity, fleet modernisation and expan-
nally managed to clinch the market share by 2 per cent, the crease cement capacity in the has a limestone mining lease in and is in the final stage of com- areover140systemsthatneeded among others. sion plan, it still has a large num-
deal. “This timed acquisition Adani firm said. On the other near term to 16.6 MTPA,” Adani Chittorgarh for setting up an missioning 16 MW solar in tobemigratedfortheenlargedAir ber of legacy aircraft that are in a
marks another significant step hand, UltraTech’s cement capac- said. Integrated Unit (IU) with clinker Chittapur and 3.7 MW solar in India to operate seamlessly after passengers will be maintained rundown state.
forward in Ambuja Cements’ ac- ity is at 146 MTPA. CK Birla, Chairman of Orient of 4 MTPA and a split Grinding Jalgaon. “OCL’s existing dealers the merger. with no significant change to the The wheels for the merger
celerated growth journey, in- While Orient Cement shares Cement and the CK Birla Group, Unit (GU) of 6 MTPA in North will move to Adani Cement’s Additionally,themigrationin- product and crew, at least in the were set in motion in 2022 after
creasing cement capacity by 30 fell by 2.50 per cent, Ambuja said, “the CK Birla Group is con- India, it said. market network, creating formi- volves 3,385 Vistara suppliers, 70 initial months following the the TatagroupacquiredAirIndia.
MTPA within two years of Cements declined by 2.42 per tinuously reallocating capital to It has also secured a conces- dable synergies,” it said. aircraftthatoperateover320daily merger.AllexistingVistaraflights As a joint venture partner in
flights,over3,300crew,and86IT will continue to be operated us- Vistara, Singapore Airlines holds
contracts, among others. Nearly ing Vistara’s existing fleet of air- 49percentstakeintheairlineand
BRIEFLY ‘70 insurance players not enough for 1.4 6,500Vistaraemployeeshavealso
been migrated to Air India.
The key focus areas for sys-
craft and by the existing Vistara
crew,althoughtheflightnumbers
will change to those of Air India.
willhave25.1 percentstakeinthe
enlarged Air India after the
merger.
RelianceInfrato
setup`10,000cr bn population; more companies needed’ tems migration—being seen as
the backbone of the merger from
a customer, operations, and em-
ToenableVistara’s loyalflyers
andpassengersgenerallytoiden-
tify Vistara flights while booking,
Apart from merging Air India
andVistara,theTatagrouphadde-
cidedtomergeitsbudgetcarriers
armsproject ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
ing an insurance company. Now,
private equity players, institu-
tor has witnessed keen interest
from many global insurance
ployee point of view—include
reservation transfers, loyalty ac-
Air India has decided to use four-
digit flight numbers for Vistara
AirIndiaExpressandAIXConnect
(formerly AirAsia India). That
Mumbai: Reliance MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 tional investors, venture capital- companies and investors to en- counttransfers,financialaccounts flightsbeginningwith“2”,against merger took effect from October
InfrastructureLtd,partof the ists and family offices can be- ter the domestic insurance mar- integrity, aircraft and crew trans- AirIndia’sthree-digitflightnum- 1. Once the Air India-Vistara
Anil Ambani group, on INSURANCE REGULATORY and come investors or promoters of ket, he said. fers,employeepayrollintegration, bers. merger is complete, the Air India
Tuesdayannounced the set- Development Authority of India an insurance company, and can On listing, Panda said a large airport systems integration, and “For instance, UK 955 (UK is groupwillhaveafull-servicecar-
tingupof anintegratedproj- (IRDAI) Chairman Debasish also exit easily, he said. number of insurance players flightschedulecontinuity,among thecurrentairlineidentifiercode rier Air India and a low-cost air-
ect for the manufacturing of Panda on Tuesday said there is a The regulator is focussing on should strive to become public. others.Withthemergertakingef- forVistaraflights)willbecomeAI lineAirIndiaExpress.Theconsol-
explosives,ammunitionand needformoreinsurancecompa- speedyapprovalsof applications “Companiesafteraparticular fect on November 12, all Vistara 2955,helpingcustomersidentify idation is a critical part of Air
small arms in Maharashtra. niesinthecountry,astheexisting for floating an insurance com- age should get listed. We have aircraft and flights will be trans- them while booking,” Air India India’s transformation pro-
The company will invest playersarenotenoughtocaterto pany. “We have kept an internal beensoftlynudgingthemthataf- ferredtoandoperatedbyAirIndia. had said last week. gramme Vihaan.Ai, that seeks to
overRs10,000croreoverthe the 1.4 billion population. benchmark that between two terreachingaparticularleveland Even as Vistara will fly into the Air India also announced that build Air India into an airline of
next 10 years, it said.The Highlighting the importance DebasishPanda,IRDAI board meetings, we want the growth,theyshouldgoforlisting. sunset,theVistaraexperiencefor following the airlines’ merger, global repute.
company said it has been al- of public listing, Panda said the Chairman. File proposals to be cleared, which It will bring in more disclosure
lotted 1000 acres of land in regulator will engage with some would be a time gap of 90 days. and transparency, and will bring
Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra to
develop Dhirubhai Ambani
insurerstogopublicasitbringsin
value for investors and policy-
The regulator is also making ef-
forts to bring in more capital to
Evenif somebodysubmitsapro-
posalwellbeforethat,wewould
value for policyholders and in-
vestors,” he said. The Chairman
‘Increased (A Government of Rajasthan Enterprise), Corporate office-4, Meera Marg,
Udaipur (Raj)- 313001, Phone-0294-2428768,2428763-67,Fax-0294-2428768,2428739
Defence City. ENS holders.
“Whatwearecurrentlylook-
the sector because insurance is a
capital-intensive segment. He
be willing to take a call,” Panda
said.
said a few insurance companies
are already in the process of ap- retail presence NIT No. & Date
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resources and foreign direct in-
vestmentintotheinsurancesec-
sector, and there were a few
more in the pipeline. During re-
Boardof India(Sebi),toseekper-
missionforlistingof theirshares. a matter of Sacks to our SBU-PC, (RP), Jhamarkotra Mines. Approx
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IMF retains India growth estimate for FY25 at 7%

Industries and Walt Disney
will divest seven TV chan- ENSECONOMICBUREAU
nels and ensure that the sale MUMBAI,OCTOBER22
of advertisement slots for ever, is 20 basis points (bps) mists, who have projected of both the US and China had
cricketing events are not ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU lower than that of the Reserve India’s growth to come in at 6.8 grownby2.8percentand4.8per SEBI WHOLETIME Member
bundledaspartof themeas- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 Bank of India (RBI). per cent in FY25 in the backdrop cent, respectively. Ashwani Bhatia on Tuesday
ures approved by the “In India, the outlook is for of slowdown in high-frequency “Risks to the global outlook warned against the increased re-
CompetitionCommissionof THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary GDP growth to moderate from indicators. are tilted to the downside amid tailparticipationinthederivative
India (CCI) for the merger of Fund (IMF) has retained the 8.2 per cent in 2023 (FY24), to 7 On the global level, the IMF elevated policy uncertainty,” the segment (futures & options) and
the two groups’ media as- growth projection for India at 7 per cent in 2024 (FY25) and 6.5 has retained its world’s eco- IMF said.Sudden eruptions in fi- other risky products.
sets that will create a Rs percentforthecurrentfiscaland per centin 2025 (FY26), because nomic growth projection at 3.2 nancial market volatility—as ex- “Whileitisencouragingtosee
70,000 crore media behe- 6.5 per cent for the next, in its pent-up demand accumulated per cent for 2024, but has cut its periencedinearlyAugust—could increase of retail investors in se-
moth. The CCI on Tuesday WorldEconomicOutlookreport. during the pandemic has been 2025 projection by 10 bps (3.2 tighten financial conditions and curities market, increased retail
publishedthe48-pageorder From FY26 to FY30, the IMF exhausted, as the economy re- per cent). weigh on investment and participation in derivative seg-
that lists the various reme- has forecast that India’s growth connects with its potential,” it It has raised the US’ growth growth,especially in developing mentandotherriskyproductsisa
dialmeasures in place to ad- will stabilise at 6.5 per cent, said. estimate for 2024 by 20 bps to economies in which large near- matter of concern,” Bhatia said.
dress possible anti-compet- which is lower than what is Despite being lower than the 2.8 per cent, but has reduced term external financing needs Closeto93percent,or9outof 10
itive post-merger. PTI termed India’s “growth poten- RBI’s estimate, the IMF is more China’s forecast by 20 bps to 4.8 may trigger capital outflows and individual traders, in the equity
tial.” The forecast for FY25, how- optimistic than most econo- per cent. In 2023, the economies debt distress, it said. FE F&O segment incurred losses,
with aggregate loss exceeding Rs
1.8 lakh crore between FY2022

Markets slip over 1% on continued selling by FPIs and FY2024, Sebi data shows.
Indiaaccountsforlargestvol-
ume of F&O globally, more than
such as China, especially after November and December. A ba- 50% of F&O volumes globally are
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU the stimulus announcement by sis point is one hundredth of Hyundai Motor doneinIndia.“Thiscrownisworn
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22 its government to boost its one percentage point. byIndia,andthisisacrownwedo
slowing economy, he said. “Along with sectoral stocks, makes weak not wish to wear,” Bhatia said
DOMESTIC EQUITY benchmark
indices Sensex and Nifty tanked
“The rationale behind FPI
selling is the elevated valuations
mid and small-cap stocks too
bore the brunt (on Tuesday) as
market debut while speaking at the
Morningstar Investment
over 1 per cent each on Tuesday in India and the cheap valua- persistent buying had led to val- Mumbai: Hyundai Motor Conference.
on massive sell-off amid con- tions of Chinese stocks, which uations in several stocks getting India Ltd (HMIL) made a “F&Ocannotbeanationalpas-
cerns over continued outflows the FPIs have been buying ag- expensive and hence the lacklustre debut on time, we need to do serious in-
from foreign portfolio investors gressively since mid September. breather,” Tapse said. bourses, listing at a 1.5 per vestingandinvestorsshouldpar-
(FPIs) and weak corporate earn- This “sell India, Buy China” is The BSE Smallcap index de- centdiscounttotheIPOof- ticipate in wealth that is being
ings during the second quarter most likely to be a short-term clined 3.81 per cent and the BSE fer price of Rs 1,960 per created in the country through
of the current fiscal. tactical trade; but it can run for Midcap fell 2.52 per cent. share.ThescripclosedatRs pooledvehicleslikemutualfunds
The 30-share Sensex slid some more time, given India’s The market capitalisation, or 1,820.4 apiece, down 7.12 or directly,” he said. Sebi had re-
930.55 points, or 1.15 per cent, elevated valuations,” said V K the total value of all listed per cent on Tuesday. It cently released a set of six meas-
to close at 80,220.72. The Vijayakumar, Chief Investment shares, of the BSE-listed firms touched a low of Rs ures to strengthen the equity in-
broader Nifty dropped 309 FPIshaveoffloadedRs72,136 Strategist, Geojit Financial declined by 8.96 lakh crore to Rs 1,807.05 per share during dex derivatives, also known as
points, or 1.25 per cent, to finish croreso farinOctober. File Services. 444.45 lakh crore on Tuesday. theintradaytrades. equity futures & options (F&O),
at 24,472.1. Fund flows to Emerging Of the 30 Sensex companies, 29 HMIL’sIPOisthelargest framework. The norms include
On Tuesday, foreign portfo- been no respite from FIIs selling Markets (EM) have also been af- companies ended in red. shareofferinginthehistory raising the entry barrier by in-
lio investors sold Rs 3,978.61 in local equities in the current fected due to the recent sharp Among the NSE companies, of the Indian capital mar- creasingthecontractsizeandup-
crore worth of Indian equities, month so far, which has been rise in the US Bond yields which firms that declined the most in- ket.Thecompanyfixedthe front collection of option pre-
according to the BSE’s provi- creating uncertainty among the indicates that the US Federal cluded Bharat Electronics Ltd pricebandoftheIPOinthe mium.BhatiasaidSebiisplanning
sional data. So far in October ( domestic investors,” said Reserve may not go for an ag- (3.79 per cent), Mahindra & range of Rs 1,865 to Rs tocomeoutwithadiscussionpa-
till October 22), FPIs have of- Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP gressive rate cut, analysts said. Mahindra (3.63 per cent), Coal 1,960 per equity share of per in a bid to tighten the regula-
floaded Rs 72,136 crore, or (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd. After a 50 basis points (bps) India (3.36 per cent) Adani thefacevalueofRs10,valu- tory framework for IPOs of small
$8.593 billion, the National Also, foreign investors are cut in the interest rate by the US Enterprises (3.29 per cent) and ingthecompanyataround and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Securities Depository Ltd fleeing Indian equities to invest Federal Reserve in September, State Bank of India (2.97 per Rs1.5-1.6lakhcrore. ENS FULLREPORTON
(NSDL) data showed. “There has in relatively cheaper locations analysts expect 25 bps cuts in cent). www.indianexpress.com
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WILLIAMSON OUT OF SECOND TEST
Pune: Former skipper Kane Williamson will miss New Zealand's
second test against India starting in Pune on Thursday as he
continues his recovery from a groin strain, New Zealand Cricket
said on Tuesday. PTI

returnforBGT
BRIEFLY
Warnerwillingto

Sydney: Former Australia opener

3 musketeers to tame risk of turner-trick
Jaiswal, Sarfaraz and Pant have their own methods of counter-attacking spinners, meaning team can expect the ploy not to backfire
David Warner on Tuesday said he is
willing to come out of retirement and
play against India in the upcoming SANDIP G Selectors ponder
Reddy for Tests
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, if the home PUNE, OCTOBER 22
team needs him in the opening slot.
The 37-year-old left-handed opener AFTER NEW Zealand finished practice, the
had announced his retirement from
the sport earlier this year following
groundsmen uncovered thepitch and began
to scrub the surface with wire brushes. The
against Australia
the home Test against Pakistan here. smattering of live grass the Kiwis had spot-
While the hosts had won the clash, ted in the morning was now shaved, the de- NITISH KUMAR Reddy is in contention to be
Warner scored 34 and 57 in both in- bris wiped and tied into big brown sacks. By picked for the Indian Test squad for the tour
nings, respectively. "I'm always avail- the time head coach Gautam Gambhir and of Australia. The Indian Express understands
able, just got to pick up the phone. I'm his aides inspected the pitch, the sun blazing that Ajit Agarkar-led five member selection
always dead serious. Let's be honest, over their heads, the track’s visage was dry committeeislookingathimasaseam-bowl-
the guys have played one red ball and abrasive. ing all-rounder Down Under this time.
game since their last Test matches in Predicting pitch behaviour two days be- Reddy has been part of Sunrisers
February, so I've almost had the same fore the match is more speculative than sci- Hyderabad in the IPL and was picked for
preparation,"WarnertoldCodeSports. entific, however there were ample signs that India T20I side against Bangladesh at home.
“Honestly, if they really needed my- conditions in Pune could be starkly different Theseniorselectioncommitteeisexpected
self for this series, I'm more than fromthoseinBengaluru.Thebarely-watered tomeetinPuneafterthesecondTestbetween
happy to play the next Shield game 22yardswereunprotectedfromanunrelent- IndiaandNewZealand.TheIndianteamisex-
and go out there and play." PTI ing sun, as though left open to bake it a bit pected to depart for Perth on November 10.
more. The pitch would turn — the only sus- Since this a long tour and involves five Tests,
Indiaeyetopspotin pense is when — as India looked to bounce
back from the first Test shock.
the Indian team will be travelling with a big
contingent including net bowlers.
SAFFshowdown But there have been home games where
the 'turning track' ploy has backfired. Indian
It is understood that selectors will also
discuss the inclusion of Shardul Thakur, who
Kathmandu: With a semifinal spot al- batsmenhavemadeitahabitof makingnon- played a key role in the famous Gabba Test
ready secured, India will look to reaf- descriptoverseasspinnersseemworld-class. in2022.Thakurhasreturnedfrominjuryand
firm their dominance when they take Tom Hartley, Matthew Kuhnemann, Shoaib is playing for Mumbai in the ongoing Ranji
on Bangladesh in their final Group A Bashir, Ajaz Patel being a few examples. The Trophy season. He played a crucial role in
match of the SAFF Women's last four of India’s five home defeats have ar- Mumbai winning last season's Ranji Trophy.
Championship here on Wednesday. rived on tracks where the ball has spun It is understood that it could well come
For Bangladesh, a win would hand alarmingly. down to Reddy and Thakur vying for one
themthemthetopspotinGroupA.As In a series-defining match, the turner- spot. Reddy is seen as an all-rounder for the
things stand now, India lead the table ploy is not without risk. India skipper Rohit Sharma inspects the pitch as coach Gautam Gambhir looks on. PTI future, who has the potential to even play
withthreepoints,whilesecond-placed ButIndiawouldbeemboldenedthatthey long format. --DEVENDRAPANDEY
Bangladeshhaveasuperiorgoaldiffer- hold three uninhibited destructors of spin

If Gill gets green light, who between

ence (0) against Pakistan (-3), with bowling in Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan than usual. He has nimble feet too that whirr
bothteamssittingononepointeach.A andRishabhPant,eachwiththeirmethodsin into balletic patterns when he sashays down
drawwouldleaveBangladeshasgroup chastening the turning ball. the track.
runners-up with two points. PTI Inalleras,Indiahaspossessedexemplary When Sarfaraz steps out, he doesn’t go

Rahul and Sarfaraz will have to sit out?

players of spin, but three counter-attackers full-throttle but just enough to swing his
Ahmedrecalledby is an alignment of rare stars. The snake- arms through the line. A clean, crisp bat-
hippedJaiswalisathrowback swing is the essence of his bat-
EngforfinalPakTest in his adherence to the classi-
cal methods of disrupting
ting. He flaunts a strike rate of
80 and an average of 76.6
Rawalpindi: England have included spinners. He uses his long against spinners in his Test ca- SANDIPG BattingcoachsaysShubmanGill,
three spinners in their team for their reach to sweep and slog reer.It’sstilljustsixinningsold, PUNE,OCTOBER22
third and final test match against them, forcing them to pull but it takes only a few knocks whohadaneckstrain,is'goodto
Pakistan in Rawalpindi, with Rehan theirlengthback,whereupon to define the characteristics of THENETbowlersweretiring,thesupportstaff go'forthePuneTest;Sarfaraz
Ahmedbeingrecalled,theEnglandand he scythes them backward of a batsman. Dominating spin is members were busily packing their kitbags, Khaniscomingoff amaidenTest
Wales cricket board (ECB) said on point. certainly one of his strengths. most of his colleagues had retreated. Yet,
Tuesday. England won the first test by A shrewd judge of length, YASHASVI JAISWAL He can be both brutal and so- Shubman Gill refused to leave the nets, driv- century,butRohitSharma had
aninningsand47runs,beforePakistan Jaiswal steps out and hits phisticated against them, slog- ing throw-downs from 18 yards and lofting saidhewantedtogiveKLRahul
levelled the series with a 152-run vic- them over their heads too. In sweeping one ball, and late- spinnersovermid-onbystandinginthecrease
timeatNo.6.
toryinMultanonasurfacethatoffered 15 innings against spinners, cutting the next. and just extending his arms. Often, one of the
plenty of turn - with spin duo Noman he averages 100.12 and “I have seen Sarfaraz maid- supportstaffwoulddropbyandenquireabout
Ali and Sajid Khan taking all 20 wick- boasts a strike rate of 79.73. aan ke dhool-matti khaate (toil hisneck.Gillwouldgivethethumbsupandon hiscareer,hehasbattedinmostpositions,from
ets. Pakistan are expected to create a The left-hander was the hard in the dust and mud of cue, twist his neck sideways for a paddle opening to No.3, 4 and 6.
similarpitchforthefinaltestmatchand bedrock of India’s Bazball- maidans),” his Mumbai team- sweep, to show that he was ready for Pune. This explains the team management’s ra-
Ahmed will feature alongside fellow dismembering series win. mate Suryakumar Yadav wrote After missing the Bengaluru Test due to a Batting coach Ryan ten Doeschate has tionale on giving him a longer rope.
spinnersShoaibBashirandJackLeach, England’s Bashir explained RISHABH PANT for this daily. To finesse his spin neck sprain, Gill could return to the eleven in indicated Shubman Gill is ready to play He remains an important figure nonethe-
while fast bowler Gus Atkinson was the difficulties of bowling game during the pandemic, he Pune,providedthedoctorscertifyhimasfully in Pune. PTI less—givenhismultitaskinggifts.Hecouldbe
also brought in. REUTERS against him: “He knows a lot travelled to Azamgarh and fit, and straightaway retain his No.3 spot. the emergency-man anywhere in the order,
of ways to hurt, can pick the Kanpur, where he trained ex- Batting coach Ryan ten Doeschate was classi- apart from being the back-up wicket-keeper
OdishahandEB same ball to different parts of
the ground. He plays the ball
tensively with Kuldeep, who callynon-committal:“He'sbattedlastweekin
Jaiswalputthroughthe wringer Bengaluru (nets), he had a few nets. He's got a
juries.Hewaslookingtosettledownwhenhe
got a quadricep strain during the Hyderabad
and bringing the experience of three tours to
thecountry.Theteammanagementwouldbe
6thstraightloss late and reads through our
plans.”
in the nets. little bit of discomfort, but I'll think he will be
Among them, Pant is per- good to go for the Test.”
Test. The year before, he had undergone
quadricep surgery while a thigh strain stalled
aversetopackinghimtoAustraliawithanun-
certain mind.
Bhubaneswar: Hosts Odisha FC rolled In the nets, Jaiswal swept haps the strongest through the If Gill is brought in, it will bring a selection his career in 2021. Gill at No.3
past East Bengal FC with a 2-1 victory Kuldeep Yadav into submis- SARFARAZ KHAN off-side, especially in front of dilemma because only one among KL Rahul Since his return from the recent injury he But at the same time, Gill occupies an im-
to register their second win of the sion with a flurry of sweeps. square. He might slog-sweep or Sarfaraz Khan can be fielded. has not looked so much as out of touch as out portant spot in the side, the No.3, the role he
Indian Super League (ISL) here on The wrist-spinner pulled his or reverse-scoop the spinners, After the 150 at the Chinnaswamy, of runs. Ten Doeschate elaborated: “I went to wasgrowingintobeforetheinjurystruck.After
Tuesday. Seasoned stars Roy Krishna length back at first, but the Jaiswal still but he flat-bats them through cover and Sarfaraz’s spot is nearly non-negotiable. KLafterthelastTestandasked,'howmanyballs an uncertain time, where his vulnerability
(22nd minute) and Mourtada Fall reached the pitch of the ball. He bowled drives them through extra-cover. Turners Besides, if the Pune surface turns out to be a didyouplayandmiss?’Hedidn'tplayandmiss against the moving as well as turning balls
(69th) found the back of the net once fuller, and Yashasvi unfurled the paddle. A don’t fluster him. turner,hisgameagainstspinnerswouldprove oneball.Butthattendstohappenwhenyou're wereexposed,hefoughtbackwithahundred
each to overcome the penalty kick distraught Kuldeep resorted to a flatter His second-innings hundred against invaluable. not getting runs. He got the two balls in the againstEnglandinVisakhapatnam.Sincethen,
goal scored by East Bengal FC striker length,butwithlittle relief asJaiswalcontin- England in Ahmedabad, more famous for Thatmakesitastraightshootoutbetween game, one caught down the leg side and one he has compiled a pair of hundreds and a
Dimitrios Diamantakos (45+4) in the ued his merry ways. Raised on bouncing, the reverse-lapped four of James Anderson, Rahul and Gill. Both are traversing a curious that he managed to nick. So there's certainly ninety in nine innings. With only two more
added time of the first half. With this turning and raging red soil-heavy surfaces of was a manual on attacking spinners on phaseintheircareer.Bothhaveshownample no concern about KL. He is in a good mental Tests before the Australia series, it’s improba-
loss, the Red and Gold Brigade suc- Mumbai, he is the latest inheritor of square-turners. Destroying spinners is his signs of converting talent into consistency, space.” ble that Kohli would continue at No.3 to ac-
cumbed to their sixth successive de- Mumbai’s spin-shredders’ mantle. natural instinct, an expression of joyful- shrugging the troubled trajectory a few In the nets too, he middled most balls. He commodateRahuldowntheorder.Moreover,
feat this ISL season and a second con- ness. Ill-advised captains have tried to bait months ago. began with a bunch of raspy drives off seam- India would want to nail down the top seven,
secutive one under new head coach Middle-order marauders him with spinners, but to little reward. He Rahul failed in both innings in Bengaluru ers,beforeheunboxedreversesweeps,notone before they land in Perth for the first Test.
Oscar Bruzon. The stage for the same So is his teammate Sarfaraz. He is differ- strikes them at 88 runs per hundred balls, — unfortunate according to coach ten of his percentage strokes. Like Gill, he too bat- SoIndiaarecaughtupwiththecontinuity
was set up by the indomitable ent in that he traces more unorthodox areas. maintaining an average of 58.08. Every Doeschateasthoseweretheonlytwoballsthat ted deep into the day, wrapping it up with a fix. Doeschate explained the headache: “We
Krishna in the 22nd minute, as the Aided by delectable wrists, he cuts so fine eighth ball he faces off a spinner ends up troubledhim—buthislastteninningsfeatured pair of glorious pulls. are certainly going to have to fit seven pieces
Fijian forward scored his fourth goal thatevenafinely-placedthirdmancan'tpre- as a six or four. Ask Nathan Lyon or Jack ahundredinCenturionandtwovitalhalf-cen- Besides,TenDoeschateputforththeexam- into six spots for this Test. We will look at the
against East Bengal FC in the compe- vent boundaries. He almost pickpockets the Leach, two of the pre-eminent Test spin- turies.Hundredsoverseas,especiallyoverseas, ple of Sanju Samson, who Gautam Gambhir pitchanddecidewhat'sgoingtobebestforthe
tition. Isak Vanlalruatfela launched a ballfromthekeeper’sgloves,withoutextrav- ners of this era. haveanun-diminishingrecallvalue.Fiveofhis furnishedalongropeandblossomedfinallyin team. But at the same time, it's a competitive
slightly long-ranged through deliv- agant flourishes, neither in his pre-delivery Hence, India wouldn’t fear a turner’s eightTesthundredswerewroughtinSENAna- the third T20I against Bangladesh in environment,” he said.
ery for Krishna who just couldn’t routinesnorthefollow-through.Foraheavy- backlash as much as they have in recent tions. Besides, at 32, this could be his last shot Hyderabad. Rohit Sharma, too, specified dur- Thecompositionofthetop-seveninPune,
miss. PTI set man, he has quick reflexes as he hunkers times. For, at their disposal are three natural at cracking the consistency code that had ing the first Test that he wanted to give Rahul thus, would offer a peep into Gambhir’s bat-
down to sweep, which again travels finer destroyers of spin bowling. eluded his start-stop career, blighted by in- time to bed in at No.6, another pivotal spot. In ting visions for Australia.

3-VS-3 BADMINTON

Ashwini back on court in innovative format at iconic Indonesian venue

teamleague with some of the biggest names Jonatan Christie and Yuta Watanabe respec- on a leisure trip, very different from travel-
SHIVANI NAIK in the sport, and a wildly-innovated playing It's very fast, tively. Besides Ashwini, there's classical ling for tournaments. “My whole life has
OCTOBER 22 format. challenging and favourites Ratchanok Intanon and Nozomi been about training on the court or off, re-
The 3-vs-3 is usually a training drill in entertaining and Okuhara, doubles stars Fajar Alfian and Seo coveringfrominjuries,andstrengtheningto-
ASERIOUS3-vs-3onbadmintoncourts.Each which players let their hair down, but are si- your reflexes Seung-jae, the cream of Malaysian doubles wards tournaments.
match with 4 games, each game lasting 10 multaneously tested on speed. “It's usually have to be on Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, as well as the “When you are playing, it's still about
minutes, in which to score as many points as just to unwind in practice. But at the X-L, it point because the mixed pairing Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei. mindful rest, recovery and refuelling. But in
one can. And a barmy, noisy, shuttle-ob- will be one of the team matches in proper “It will be loads of fun, but there's also the US, we walked around and cycled a lot,
sessed Indonesian crowd at the sport's most competition mode,” Ashwini explains. “It's
shuttle gets returned the absolute elite of badminton playing, and for the first time I wasn't worried about
iconic stadium – the Istora Senayan. Indian very fast, challenging and entertaining and really quickly. It's not a format many Olympic and World champions,” getting tired or not being ready for a match
doubles Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa reck- yourreflexeshavetobeonpointbecause the we've played. You have to be Ashwini says. the next day.”
ons the upcoming X-L, “a fun badminton shuttle gets returned really quickly.” mindful of time, It's not score- She was returning to the continent after
event” around Halloween – starting at the The basketball-style four quarters of 10 based (first to 21). I can International comeback a decade, and as such it was about sight-see-
end of this month - can cure nightmares like minutes each is a completely new format. imagine how much fun it will The Paris Games ended up stressful and ing, something she could never fit into tour-
her Paris outing where she exited in tears, “It'snotaformatwe'veplayed.Youhavetobe unrewardingforAshwini,assheandTanisha nament travel. “
andhelphertunebacktothesport sheloves. mindful of time, It's not score-based (first to
be at Istora.” Crasto failed to win a single match. But a We made the semis in 2013 at the US
Ashwini (33) is excitedand reinvigorated 21). I can imagine how much fun it will be at -ASHWINI PONNAPPA break, overdue, helped and she's ready to hit Open, won Canada, and next year I couldn't
at the prospect of heading to Jakarta for Istora where you can't even hear the shuttle the circuit again. defend points as I got dengue. Never went
Badminton X-L – a glitzy team league taking being struck,” she adds. about players,” she explains. The team for- “I'm taking it slow, but should be back on there after that. So this time, I did the holi-
place from October 31 to November 3. She is Ashwiniwasapproachedtobepartof the mat will have men's and women's singles the Tour in November. I'd definitely like to day stuff - went to New York's High Line (an
eager to soak in the unfettered adoration league even before the Olympics and agreed and doubles and the 3x3 show-stopper. getfitterbecauseIenjoyplaying andmygoal elevated greenway), that I always wanted to
that's extended to anyone at the Istora. immediately. “One big tug for me was Listed on the team promos are Paris is competition but with a changed mindset,” visit. The Natural History Museum, because
The venue is not only known to bring the Indonesia's former Olympic doubles champ Olympics finalists Viktor Axelsen and she says. Ilovedinosaurs,theStatueof Liberty,andcy-
roof downwhenbadmintonishostedinthat Greysia Polii playing. But anything in Kunlavut Vitidsarn and eternally popular It was her first break switching off com- cled all around. Didn't try food much,”
coliseum, but it will also treat fans to a com- Indonesia is fun, Istora is iconic, they love Hendra Setiawan and Lee Yong Dae, as well pletely, in a long time. She travelled to the Ashwini says, adding she will have her fill
pletely new experience in the sport, a four- pure badminton, and crowds are passionate Illustration: Suvajit Dey as Indonesian and Japanese heartthrobs United States with husband Karan, entirely in Jakarta.

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57.97%
of medals India have won at the
CWG have come in wrestling,
hockey, badminton, archery,
shooting, table tennis and
Is CWG lite the future?
Future of team sports like cricket, hockey and rugby uncertain as Glasgow
Messi Mania
drives record
growth for MLS
squash. India have won a total
of 564 medals
2026 opts for fewer sports — 10 in all — as well as athletes and venues ASSOCIATED PRESS
OCTOBER 22

SHIVANI NAIK
OCTOBER 22
Fourvenueswithinan Clashingwithmajor BOOSTED BY the Messi Effect, Major League
Soccer hit record attendance marks and saw
INDIA’S MEDAL-HEAVY POST-COLONIAL realities of the day, eco-
eight-mileradius WorldC’ships,Cups expanded sponsorship revenue this season.
With the conclu-
SPORTS CULLED nomic pragmatism and irrelevance of the THE ORGANISERS said they will use THE SHIFTING of the CWG from March sion of the regular
former Empire, effectively mean the freshly four venues within an eight-mile 2026 in Victoria, the hosts that pulled season, MLS on
SHOOTING proposed 10-sport Commonwealth Games radius in Glasgow to save on transport out, to July 23 to August 2 in Glasgow Tuesday reported a
All-time medals won: 135 will barely draw a nostalgic sigh. and security, among other things. keeping the weather in mind has led 5% increase in atten-
2022: Wasn’t included Glasgow has stepped in to salvage the The Scotstoun Stadium in the west to an overlap of events in a crowded dance over last year
2026 edition, after Australia refused the bur- end of Glasgow will host athletics. In summer window. With the football with a league-wide
den. And the bemused member nations, are 2014, the arena, which has a capacity World Cup set to take place from June totalof 11.45million.
frankly staring at a future where these of 12,500, hosted squash and table 11 to July 19, 2026, the organisers were That's a 14% increase
WRESTLING Games, if they survive the relevance debate, tennis. Scotland’s National Badminton forced to avoid those dates to avoid over 2022.
All time:114 look headed in the direction of becoming Centre is also located within the getting swallowed by the world’s Two matches exceeded 70,000 fans and
2022: 12 budgeted affairs, cutting down not only on Scotstoun campus biggest single-sport five matches exceeded 50,000. In an April
extravagance but also on some staples like premises. However, event. That, match at Arrowhead Stadium, there were
hockey, badminton, squash and TT. to keep a tight lid on however, led to a 72,610 on hand to watch Lionel Messi and
Thebigblowtothequadrennialcamenot the number of clash with the Inter Miami play Sporting Kansas City.
when Durban pulled out of hosting the 2022 athletes, these World and The average was a league-record 23,234
edition, though it was a sign of things to sports have not continental per match. Ten teams set or exceeded atten-
BADMINTON come. What struck CWG smack in the face found a place in the Championships of dance records and there were a record 213
All time: 31 was Victoria, Australia throwing their hands final list. other sports. The sellouts. Even if Messi's road matches were
2022: 6 up in the air just two years before the 2026 The Sir Chris Hoy men’s and women’s excluded, the average attendance figures
edition,pleadingtheirinabilitytohost.What Velodrome and hockey World Cup would still be an MLS best.
further drove in the reality was that neither Tollcross will will be held from MLS is expecting that close to 12 million
India, Canada nor Malaysia, with some sem- reportedly host August 15 to 30 in fans will attend this season's games through
TABLETENNIS blance of economic fortitude among the cycling and Belgium and the playoffs, which start this week.
All time: 28 Commonwealthnations,volunteeredtotake swimming, The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Netherlands. India There's no doubt the league's superstar
2022: 7 on the responsibility. respectively, while will host cycling at the 2026 will be host the attraction is Messi, the clear front-runner for
South Africa and New Zealand weren’t indoor sports will Glasgow CWG. Reuters badminton World the league's MVP award this season. The
even deliberated, and for the second time, be held at the Championships in eight-time Ballon d'Or winner has 20 goals
UKhasoptedtopickthetab,tokeepthefray- Scotland Exhibition 2026 that usually and 10 assists in just 19 matches this season.
ingfabricof theGamesfromcomingundone. and Conference Centre (SECC), the takes place in August. The cricketers — Inter Miami won the Supporters Shield
ARCHERY Future enthusiasm from the mildly well-off country’s largest exhibition venue. although India tend to send second- for having the best record in the regular sea-
All time: 8 countriesisnotinevidence,though2030will At the 2014 Games, the SECC string teams for these events — have a son with 74 points, one more than New
2022: Wasn’t be an accurate marker. As things stand, hosted weightlifting, boxing, judo, busy July and August as well, with England when it set the record in 2021.
included Glasgowwillhostaseverelypareddownver- wrestling, netball, and gymnastics. tours to England and Sri Lanka. And “He's definitely helped put us in front of
sion, with 4 venues in an 8 mile radius, ath- Given that the Scottish organisers then, there will be the Asian Games a global audience, and he's definitely piqued
letes put up in hotels, and a hugely restricted were firm on having just 10 sports, from September 19 to October 4 that the interest of sports fans in our country,"
HOCKEY number of participants. sports like wrestling did not make the also serves as an Olympic qualifier for said Chris McGowan, head of the club per-
All time: 6 Besides the racquet sports being jetti- final cut. some sports. ENS formance and optimization group at MLS.
2022:2 soned, the immediate disciplines getting “Ourclubshavedoneanunbelievablejob
culledaretheteamsportslikehockey,cricket of taking advantage of that and understand-
and rugby, and they will be left wondering if started on sports like Athletics, swimming, might look miserable, but if it can get started ing that players don't play forever. We have
they can ever return to the fold, given tight gymnastics and cycling in earnest, and use onthesesports,itwillhelpthecountryinthe the best ever playing in our league, so we got
budgets,andathlete-to-medalratiosconsid- the opportunity to scale up these pro- long run. to be on our toes to be able to take advantage
SQUASH ered in this cold calculation. Only netball grammes if it has any serious aspirations to of it.” But, while Messi is certainly a big part
All time: 5 CRICKET found favour, though Glasgow has done well hold the Olympics. Inspiration can be found ■Other sports that were a part of 2022 CWG of theleague'sgrowthafterhisarrivalatInter
2022: 2 All time: 1 to try to integrate the para-sports pro- in their BRICS buddy Brazil which raised its but are excluded from 2026 edition: Diving, Miami last year, McGowan cited other fac-
2022:1 gramme into the able-bodied one, with one Athletics, Gymnastics and Swimming pro- beach volleyball, mountain biking, road cy- tors as well, including the fan experience at
eye firmly on inclusion. filefromscratchafterbeingallottedthe2016 cling, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby 7s and the league's stadiums, spurred by enthusi-
For India, the mandate is clear - get Olympics. India's medal standing at 2026 triathlon. astic supporters' groups.
Illustration: Suvajit Dey

Neymar back
after a year out,
Dribble diplomacy brings hockey Flick feeling at home at Barca
back to Delhi as India face Germany ahead of Bayern showdown
helps Al-Hilal in
ACL elite VINAYAKK MOHANARANGAN
REUTERS
BARCELONA, OCTOBER 22
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22
BARCELONAMANAGERHansiFlicksaidwel-
ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIAN HOCKEY, Germany, Dhyan Chand cominghisformerclubBayernMunichinthe
OCTOBER 22 — it is a combination that is a significant Champions League on Wednesday will be
part of the sport's history in the country. At specialbutthatheisfeelingrightathomeaf-
NEYMAR RETURNED to action after a year the venue named after the greatest ever to ter an outstanding start with the Catalan gi-
out through injury and helped Al-Hilal beat have played for India, Harmanpreet Singh ants.
Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates 5-4 in and Co will take on reigning World Flick, who had great success at Bayern,
the group stage of the AFC Champions Champions and Paris 2024 silver medal- winning the Champions League as part of a
League Elite. lists Germany in a two-match bilateral se- treble in 2020 before taking on the Germany
Neymar signed for the Saudi Arabia club ries. Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New job the following year, has led Barca to the
in August 2023 but played only five times Delhi will witness the return of interna- top of LaLiga with nine wins from 10 games.
before tearing an anterior cruciate liga- tional hockey for the first time since 2014. Despite losing their European opener at
ment last October. While the Indian men's team last played Monaco, Barcelona bounced back with a
He came off the bench 369 days later for a match at this venue 3,930 days ago, only commanding 5-0 win against Young Boys.
the four-time Asian champion with 13 three members of the current squad – Flickwantshissidetogetastatementwin
minutes remaining at Al Ain. He almost Manpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh and Amit against Bayern to boost their confidence be-
scored immediately when his low shot Rohidas – were part of the playing group. fore they travel to the capital to face old ri-
from left of the area shaved the post. Interestingly, there is one more name in the vals Real Madrid in the Clasico on Saturday.
In a thrilling match between Al-Hilal Indian set up now who has the experience "Bayern is something special in my life,
and the defending champion, Renan Lodi of playing there: Head Coach Craig Fulton. it's an excellent club and I have many ac- Former Bayern and Germany coach
gave Al-Hilal the opener after 26 minutes. The South African made his interna- quaintances and relationships with players Hansi Flick has started remarkably well
Soufiane Rahimi, the tournament top tional debut at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup and managers. It was a great time, that's my at Barcelona this season. Reuters
scorer last season, leveled soon after. in 1995, before going on to represent them memory. But now there is a new chapter, I
By the break, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic at the Olympics twice. For him to lead India amdelightedhereandveryhappy,"Flicktold
and Salem Al-Dawsari put Hilal 3-1 ahead. at the very venue 29 years later, marks a Indian hockey team during a practice session at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in a press conference on Tuesday. City are already without midfielders
Mateo Sanabria pulled a goal back just full circle moment. Hockey historian K New Delhi ahead of the series against Germany. Praveen Khanna "I have a very good feeling for being here. Rodri and Oscar Bobb due to long-term in-
after the hour but Al-Dawsari scored twice Arumugam actually got Fulton nostalgic The fans support us with so much passion juries but Guardiola said he would resist the
more to complete a hat trick, and Rahimi during the pre-event press conference, and it forces you to give your all. That's how temptation to call on De Bruyne until the
achieved the same feat to make it 5-4. when he showed him a printout of a team The series is seen as the curtain raiser A couple of issues — the we're going to continue, we want to be well Belgian was comfortable.
The win maintained Al-Hilal's perfect photograph that was taken back then. for the 18th Asia Pacific conference of prepared. I can get to know Bayern a little "Well, except for Rodri and Oscar, the
record in Asia after three games. Fulton then took photos of the image with German business. It is being held alongside scheduling and timing of the better but it will be a difficult game." other ones are in training and getting better,
Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli won Arumugam. the visit of the German chancellor Olaf matches — stood out about Flick, who was Bayern's manager when but guys like Kevin for example are not ex-
at Qatar's Al-Rayyan 2-1 thanks to goals "In South Africa's final match of the Scholz and vice-chancellor Robert Habeck. playing in Delhi. With the games they humiliated Barcelona 8-2 in the actly fit," the Spaniard told reporters.
from Gabri Veiga and Firas Al-Buraikan. tournament against Poland, Fulton scored With the governments also involved in the Champions League quarter-finals four years "It's not a new issue but he doesn't feel
Iraq's Al-Shorta drew with Uzbekistan's the first goal and was declared man of the organisation of this series, and key dele- to be played in the middle of the ago, dodged questions about that game and completely fine. Kevin is not 22 years old, he
Pakhtakor 0-0, and Qatar's Al-Sadd de- match in a 4-1 win. And for that, he was gates expected to attend at least the sec- week at 3 pm, it remains to be said the players should channel their energy has to be fit for his football. He doesn't feel
feated Iran's Persepolis 1-0. given a colour television set. It used to be a ond match, the pushback times have been in the present. comfortable that he can express his incred-
seen if enough fans could be
Al-Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo are in luxury item back then," Arumugam re- kept in the afternoon on both days. Asked "The past is in the past and what we ible potential at his best.
action on Tuesday against Esteghlal of Iran. called, adding he wondered what Fulton about playing in the afternoon instead of compelled into attending, should focus on is the here and now. What "He is training better but he doesn't feel
The game was moved from Tehran to Dubai did with the TV set. prime time under the floodlights, Fulton – despite free tickets. happened in the past we cannot change, but good. He said he doesn't feel good. If you
due to the security situation in Iran. “It’s a special feeling to be back at this fittingly – was diplomatic in his response. we can change what happens tomorrow. I don't feel good, take your time."
iconic venue, where my international jour- "In terms of behind-the-scenes deci- want us to be well prepared and give our Guardiolahadamorepositiveoutlookon
ney began nearly three decades ago," sions for the timings, there must obviously the Olympics squad are present, but star best. We want to beat Bayern," Flick said. England midfielder Phil Foden, who last sea-
Fulton said. "To return here, but this time be a good reason for it. Because of the bi- goalscorer Gonzalo Peillat is not one of "It is important that we work hard and sonscored28goalsforclubandcountryinall
as the coach of the Indian national team, is lateral nature, governments are also in- them. But Fulton underlined that Germany achievewhatwearelookingfor.Thefanscan competitions and was named PFA Player of
truly remarkable." volved with deciding when these matches are not just the current World Cup winners rely on us to give our all. the Year but has had a stop-start campaign
For captain Harmanpreet, this will be take place," Fulton said. but also reigning junior World Champions "We don't always perform at 100% and this time around due to illness.
the first match in national colours at the "In terms of the heat, well, we have been so even a young squad will pose a stiff test. that's why we're trying to improve for the The 24-year-old was instrumental in
national stadium but it still holds a special in Bengaluru the last week for our camp India, too, are without some familiar names next game. It will be important to put pres- City's 2-1 Premier League victory at
place. "Back in 2013, I was part of the jun- and it rained pretty much the whole time, with vice-captain Hardik Singh, Jugraj sure on our opponents. We will try to make Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, de-
ior camp held here, and I spent countless it was really wet. So we are actually quite Singh, and Uttam Singh all out injured. as few mistakes as possible," the 59-year-old livering the corner which led to John Stones'
hours training and honing my skills at this excited about the afternoon heat, to get In terms of the rivalry, India vs Germany German coach added. stoppage-time winner.
very stadium. It played an important role some sun. But it is a great opportunity to is as good as it gets in the modern context. "He feels much better. The minutes he
in my development as a player, so return- play a world class team in Delhi, it's been a At the Tokyo Olympics, India defeated De Bruyne to be eased back played last game, for example," Guardiola
ing here to play an international match long time for the national team. What an Germany to win a bronze ending a 41-year ManchesterCity'sKevindeBruyneneeds said.
feels like a special homecoming," he said. opposition, should be two great wait. At the Paris Olympics, Germany broke to be eased back into action after his lay-off "WithPhil,yourealiseimmediatelywhen
While every player who interacted with games."sandy India's hearts in the semifinals. withamuscleinjury,managerPepGuardiola he is happy and fit and mentally in the right
the media spoke about the excitement of Robert Habeck, Vice-Chancellor of The stakes won't be nearly as high over said,addingthatthemidfielder isadoubtfor moment. You realise he's getting better and
playing in Delhi, a couple of issues stood Germany, is scheduled to watch the second these two matches. But hockey will take Wednesday's Champions League match at better."
out: the scheduling and timing of the game between the two teams on Thursday. centerstage once more in the national cap- home to Sparta Prague. On Wednesday, City face Czech champi-
Neymar came off the bench for Al- matches. With the games to be played in As for the German squad, it's not the ital at the venue where the statue of the The 33-year-old De Bruyne was injured ons Sparta, who are level with them on four
Hilal on Tuesday 369 days after the middle of the week at 3 pm, it remains same team that won silver in Paris, but greatest ever to play the sport for India will againstInterMilanintheChampionsLeague points after beating RB Salzburg 3-0 in their
tearing his ACL. Reuters to be seen if enough fans could be com- India had played a similar group in the Pro welcome diplomats and, hopefully, more lastmonthandhasmissedtheEnglishcham- opener and drawing 1-1 with VfB
pelled into attending, despite free tickets. League earlier this year. Five members of than a few hundred fans. pions' last six fixtures. Stuttgart.

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