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A CORONA TESTAtanexamcentre inBengaluruforClass10examsonThursday.Over7.5 lakhstudentsappearedfor theKarnatakaboardexams,originallyscheduled inMarch,withthestateorderingonestudentperbenchand18-20studentsperclassroomtoensuresocialdistancing.Theexamswillgoontill July4. PTI

JOURNALISM OF COURAGESINCE 1932

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Delhi draws red line: Ifsituation continues,will vitiateBeijing tiesChineseAmbassadorurges India toavoidanyactionthatmaycomplicatesituationalongLineofActualControl

SHUBHAJITROYNEWDELHI, JUNE25

ADAY after Indian and Chinesediplomatsagreedto“sincerelyim-plement the understanding ondisengagement and de-escala-tion” along the Line of ActualControl,NewDelhi drewthe redlineThursday, saying “continua-tionofthecurrentsituationwouldonly vitiate the atmosphere forthedevelopmentof therelation-ship”betweenthetwocountries.Amid reports of satellite im-

agesshowingChinesestructuresback at the site of the June 15clash in Galwan Valley andmassing of PLA troops in theDepsang plains, AnuragSrivastava,spokespersonfortheMinistryofExternalAffairs,said“both sides remain deployed inlarge numbers in the region” ofthe Galwan Valley “whilemili-taryanddiplomaticcontactsarecontinuing”.

In a strongly worded state-ment, Srivastava said “at theheart of thematter is that sinceearlyMay, the Chinese side hasbeen amassing a large contin-gent of troops and armamentsalong theLAC”.

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Remaining Board examsfor July cancelled, Class 12to have option of re-test

High positivity, fatality rates: Centre sendsteams to Gujarat, Maharashtra, TelanganaKAUNAINSHERIFF MNEWDELHI, JUNE25

WITHMORE than 16,000 freshcoronavirus cases reported onThursday in a new single-dayhigh, the Centre announced itwillbesendingateamofexpertsto Telangana,Maharashtra and

Gujarat—threestateswithhighpositivity rates that are consid-eredcriticalintheeffortsagainstthepandemic.Sources said experts may

also be sent to Tamil Nadu andWestBengal,whicharealsoseenas requiring advice and assis-tance on clinical management.The Centre is already closely

monitoring the Covid-19 situa-tion in Delhi, the city with themostnumberof cases.Thegovernment issaidtobe

especially concerned aboutTelangana,wheretestinghasre-mained low and positivity ratehigh. Sources said the Centralteam, including specialists andepidemiologists led by Joint

Secretary (Health) LavAgarwal,will be stationed for two daysthere, against one each inMaharashtraandGujarat.A senior HealthMinistry of-

ficialsaid,“Furtherhandholdingand assistance are required inthethreestates.Seniorepidemi-ologists from the Directorate

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AVANEESHMISHRALUCKNOW,JUNE25

WITHA steady rise in the num-berofnovelcoronaviruscases inLucknow in the past fortnight,concernsarebeingraisedoverthespread of the virus in the statecapitalasmoreandmorenewar-easarebeingincludedinthecon-tainment zone list that has nowballooned to nearly 100.Whathasaddedtothegrowingconcern

amonghealthandadministrativeofficialsissecuritypersonnelcon-stituteabulkofnewinfections.On Thursday, at least eight

policemen on escort duty ofLucknow's Joint Commissionerof Police (Law&Order) NaveenArora testedpositive.Adayago,25personnelof PAC (ProvincialArmedConstabulary)hadtestedpositive,takingthetotalnumberof Covid positive PACmembersto88 inLucknowalone.

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Next semester to be fullyonline at IIT-Bombay,others likely to followABHAGORADIA&RITIKACHOPRAMUMBAI,NEWDELHI, JUNE25

THE INDIAN Institute ofTechnology (IIT) inMumbaihasbecome the first major educa-tional institution in the countryto scrapall face-to-face lecturesfor thenext semesterdue to theCovid-19pandemic.Thismeansitwillholdonlyonlineclassestilltheendof theyear.In an announcementmade

late Wednesday night, IIT-Bombay Director SubhasisChaudhuri said the institutewould teach the next semester“purely in the online mode sothat there is no compromise on

the safetyandwell-beingof thestudents”.“The Covid pandemic has

made us at IIT-Bombay rethinkthewayweimparteducationtoourstudents. Toensure thatourstudents begin the academicyear without further delay, weareplanningonextensiveonlineclasses, details of whichwill beinformed to all students in duecourse of time,” he said in aFacebook post shared close tomidnight.Thisisthefirsttimeinthein-

stitute's62-year-oldhistorythata newacademic yearwill beginwith no students on campus.TheotherIITsarelikelytofollowwithsimilarannouncementson

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Trade bodies say needtime to stop relianceon imports from ChinaPRABHARAGHAVAN&AANCHALMAGAZINENEWDELHI, JUNE25

ASSEVERALministriesmovetoblock imports and investmentsfromChinafollowingtherecentborderclashesalongtheborderwhere20armymenwerekilled,theindustryisconcernedaboutthe adverse impact on severalsectors.From pharmaceuticals to

telecommunications and auto-mobiles, industry associations

are of the view that “knee-jerk”offensiveagainsttheneighbour-ing country till alternative ven-dorsarefinalisedordomesticca-pacities are built will hurtcompaniesandtheeconomy.Federation of Indian Export

Organisation’s(FIEO’s)President,Sharad Kumar Saraf, andDirector General, Ajay Sahai,hintedonThursdaythata“blan-ketban”maynotbefeasible.TheIndia Cellular and ElectronicsAssociationandtheAutomotiveComponent Manufacturers

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SURBHIGUPTANEWDELHI, JUNE25

ALMOST FIVE decades after itpatentedthenameFair&Lovely,Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL),theIndianarmoftheglobalcon-glomerate,announcedThursdaythat it will move towards a"moreinclusivevisionofbeauty"— by dropping the word “Fair”andchanging thebrandname.Itwillalsoremovethewords

“fair/fairness”, “white/whiten-ing”,and“light/lightening”fromitsproducts’packsandcommu-nication.“We are fully committed to

having a global portfolio of skincare brands that is inclusive andcares for all skin tones, celebrat-inggreaterdiversityofbeauty.Werecognise that the use of thewords‘fair’,‘white’and‘light’sug-gestasingularidealofbeautythatwe don’t think is right, andwewanttoaddressthis,”saidSunnyJain,President,Beauty&PersonalCare,Unilever, inastatement.Jain said that after changing

theadvertising,communicationand packaging in South Asia,they are taking the next step ofchanging the brand name.According to a PTI report, thecompany approached theController General of Patent

Design and Trademark on June17 to get the name ‘Glow &Lovely’ registered.The conglomerate derives

$500million from the brand inIndia alone, and is popular incountries like Bangladesh,Pakistan, Indonesia andThailand, apart fromcatering totheAsiandiaspora in theWest.Themovecomesinthewake

of theBlack LivesMattermove-ment, andprotests in theUS af-ter the death of George Floyd,which has compelled compa-nies, globally, to reassess theirbusinesses and marketingstrategies for signs of racism,colourismanddiscrimination.

Therehavebeenanumberofonline petitions recently, de-manding that HUL take ac-countabilityforthebrandnamewhich, one of them said, is a“product of colourism”. In Asia,a number of cosmetics compa-nies, includingL’Oréal,ShiseidoandProcter&Gamble,havede-voted a huge part of their busi-nesses to fairness creams. And,prominentBollywoodactors, in-cluding Priyanka Chopra,KatrinaKaif,DeepikaPadukone,Sonam Kapoor, Yami Gautamand Shah Rukh Khan have atsome point in their careers en-dorsed fairness creams.Over the last few decades,

Fair& Lovely gainedmuchpop-ularity in India but in recentyears it has received flak forequating a fair skin tone withself-worth, beauty, confidenceandbettermaritalprospects.“It’s amilestone in our jour-

ney ending colourism in India.But what is sad is that it hastaken us 10 years.We didwritetomanycompaniesbutwewerealways ignored,” said KavithaEmmanuel,who startedDark isBeautiful,anadvocacycampaignagainst colourism, in2009.“Advertisements and prod-

uctsthatweputontheshelfplaya huge role in endorsing the

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Onashopshelf inAhmedabadonThursday.Reuters

Unfair & Lovely, Unilever admits, will change cream name

USNationalSecurityAdvisorRobertO’Brien,atapressmeetcalledonChina inPhoenix,Arizona,wherehesaidAmerica“will act tocheckthespreadofBeijing’sideology”.AP

First faceoffin Galwanwas in earlyMay, weeksbefore clashKRISHNKAUSHIK&SHUBHAJITROYNEWDELHI, JUNE25

INDIANANDChinesetroopshadtheir first faceoff in the GalwanValley in the first week of May,around the time they came toblows on the banks of thePangong Tso, andmore than amonthbeforetheJune15show-downinGalwanValleyinwhich20 IndianArmypersonnelwerekilled.This came to light Thursday

when theMinistry of ExternalAffairsmentioned it for the firsttime and the ChineseAmbassador to India, SunWeidong, detailed the incidentin an interview to PTI, a tran-script of which was posted bytheChineseembassy.TopsourcesintheArmycon-

firmed that scuffles similar toPangong Tso, though not as in-tenseorviolent,hadtakenplaceinGalwanValleynearPatrollingPoint14(PP-14)inthefirstweek

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RITIKACHOPRA&ANANTHAKRISHNANGNEWDELHI, JUNE25

WITH THE Covid graph risingsteadily,theremainingBoardex-ams for students of Classes 10and12inschoolsaffiliatedtotheCentral Board of SecondaryEducation(CBSE)andCouncilforIndian School CertificateExamination(CISCE)willnotbeheldas scheduled in July.Instead, the studentswill be

assessed on a special markingscheme. If they are not satisfiedwiththeresultsbasedonthissys-tem,theycanappearfortheexamwheneverit isscheduledlater.However,Class10studentsof

CBSE will not have the secondoption— for them, the remain-ingexamshavebeenscrapped.TheBoardandtheCouncilin-

formed the Supreme Court ofthis decision Thursday duringthe hearing on a plea seekingcancellationoftheremainingex-ams. The examinations, whichwerestalledinMarchduetothepandemic, had later beenrescheduledtobeheldbetweenJuly1and July15.ThependingexamsforClass

12 inCBSE-affiliated schools in-cluded 12 core subjects —Business Studies, Geography,Hindi (Core), Hindi (Elective),Home Science, Sociology,Computer Science (Old),

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BUSINESS AS USUAL

BYUNNY

In talks withRBI to recastloans forcompanies:Sitharaman

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, JUNE25

INWHATmay bring borrowersa huge relief, the government isin active discussion with theReserve Bank of India to offer aone-timeloanrestructuringplantocompaniesforthemtosurvivethe adverse impact of Covid-19pandemic, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman saidThursday. She also stressed ontheneedforbankstopassonthebenefits of repo rate cuts by re-ducinginterestrateaggressively,andindicatedthatthebenefitofemergencycreditlineguaranteescheme (ECLGS) would be ex-tended to individual borrowerssuchas truckowners.“In these pandemic times, it

has actually caused a lot of painand stress. We are talking toReserveBanktoseeifaone-timerestructuring can be offered sothat everyone comes out a bitmore honourably (out) of this(crisis),” shesaid inavideocon-ference interactionwith senior

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ALOANrestructuringscheme,especiallyatatimewhencompaniesareunderhugestresswillhelpcompaniesstrengthentheirbooksandbeeligibletoborrowagain.Thereisariskthatlargescaledefaultsmayforcepermanentclosureofmanyunits.

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TOTALCASES1,42,90010,44470,39067,46812,010

DOUBLINGRATE**24.587.9112.1916.6816.04

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RECOVERED:2,71,696DEATHS: 14,874

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for suchstudents toaccessvirtualclasses,Chaudhuri said.“We have estimated that we

needaboutRs5croretohelpthoseneedy students. Our alumni havecommittedagoodamountofsup-port, but that is not enough,” hesaid inhisFacebookpost.Accordingtosources, IIT-Delhi

is also going to announce a com-pletely online semester for inter-mediate year students. Studentswhodon't have access to a digitaldeviceor internetconnectionwillhavetheoptionofdroppingthese-mesterorreturningtothecampusandattendingonlineclasses fromtheirrooms.Lastweek,thePunjabEngineeringCollegeannounceditsdecisiontomoveitsnextsemestercompletelyonline.

Board examsComputer Science (New),Information Practice (Old),Information Practice (New),Information Technology and Bio-

Technology.TheCISCEhadeightpapersleft

forClass12andsixfortheClass10when the government asked allschoolboards topostponetheex-ams.TheCBSEwillannounceresults

based on themarking scheme byJuly 15 so that students can seekadmissiontohighereducationin-stitutionsontime.TheClass12stu-dentswill alsobeeligible tosit forthe optional exams to improvetheir performance, whichwill beconducted “as soon as the condi-tions are conducive”. However, ifthestudentchooses the latter, themarks secured in theoptional ex-amswill be treatedas final.According to sources, theHRD

Ministrywill soon holdmeetingswith Delhi University, to ensurethatCBSE'salternateschemedoesnot hurt students. DU may beasked to extend its deadline (July4) forapplications.Thegovernmentisalsoconsid-

ering asking all higher educationinstitutions to not close their ad-mission process till the students,whoappearfortheoptionalBoardexams,get their results.InthecaseofstudentsofCISCE,

SeniorAdvocateJaideepGupta,ap-pearingfortheCouncil,saidthere-mainingClass10and12examsareoptional thisyear.The CISCE students will be

evaluated on performance inschool assessment, andwill havethe opportunity to appear for theexam at a later date to improvetheirmarks --bothClasses10,12.TheCBSE’sdecisionwas taken

in consultation with the HRDMinistry. TheHomeMinistry alsoapproved theCBSE’s standbeforetheSupremeCourtThursday.TheBoard’s expert committee

cited letters written by the TamilNadu,DelhiandMaharashtragov-ernments seeking cancellation orpostponementof theexams.Hearing thematter, theBench

told Solicitor General TusharMehta that the beginning of thenewacademicyearwouldhavetobe clarified by the Board. It willhave to start in September if the

optional exams are conducted inAugust, the court said. The courtalso directed the central govern-menttodevisea“pan-India”solu-tionfortheexamsatalaterdate. Italso directed the government tocomeupwitha“time frame”. Thenexthearing isonFriday.

Anti-China callsAssociationareamongothertradeand industry associations whichhaveechoedtheseviews.Saraf said the decision to boy-

cottnon-essentialproductsmadeinChinacanbe left to the individ-ual . "Banning the imports of rawmaterials from China withoutwhich products over here cannotbemadewill bedifficult. Itwouldbebettertomayberaisethedutieson cheaper rawmaterials insteadofgoinginforanyblanketban,"hesaid at a press briefing on India'scurrentand future tradescenario.“Whatcanhelpasmoothtran-

sition fromrelianceon imports toAtmaNirbharta are certain policymeasures by the government likeallowinggrandfatheringof dutiesonmodules and cells for projectswhichhavealreadybeenbidout,”said Sumant Sinha, CMD, ReNewPower.Over the last three months,

therehasbeenaconcertedpushtoreduce reliance on unnecessaryimports and potentially oppor-tunisticinvestmentscomingespe-cially from China. Clear signs ofsuch a move were first seen onApril18afterChina’s centralbankraiseditsshareholdingintheHDFCLtd,thelargestprivatesectorhous-ingfinancecompany.Atthattime,the Department for Promotion ofIndustryandInternalTrade(DPIIT)had said firms in neighbouringcountries wishing to invest inIndiancompanieswouldnowonlybe able todo so after governmentapproval—at a timewhenvalua-tions of companieswere low fol-lowingtheCovid-19outbreakandsubsequent lockdown.“Thereisatargetwearepursu-

ing in line with ‘AtmaNirbhar

Bharat’which is to reduce unnec-essaryimports,notcountry-specificimports,” said DPIIT SecretaryGuruprasadMohapatra.The Indian Express on June 23

hadreportedthatimportconsign-ments from China at ports likeChennaiandMumbaiwere learntto be facing hurdles over the lastfortnight, with clearances beingheld up by customs authorities.This may have inadvertently af-fected imports of crucial compo-nents and rawmaterials used inseveral industrieshere.Amongthoseimpactedarecer-

tain pharmaceutical firms, whichhave been unable to receive theirconsignmentsofessentialrawma-terials like active pharmaceuticalingredients(APIs)andkeystartingmaterials (KSMs) from theMumbai port. This happened de-spiteanyinstructionsfromtheau-thorities. “Some of our membercompanies have brought it to ournotice that consignments of APIsand KSMs only from China arestuck up at the port in Bombay,”Indian Pharmaceutical AllianceSecretary General Sudarshan JaintoldThe IndianExpress.In a letter to the Finance

Minister and the RevenueSecretary, Pankaj Mohindroo,Chairman, India Cellular andElectronicsAssociation,said:“Theindustry is already in very deepdistress having lost production ofoverRs40,000croreandhasonlyrecovered to less than40per centof normalcy. India is at averycru-cialmomentwiththelaunchofthePLI (production-linked incentive)schemeand twootherswhich re-quire ahigh level ofmotivation intheheadquartersof globalandlo-calcompanies.Theyneedtomovelargeamountofplantandmachin-ery,components,sub-assemblies,and in some cases, finishedprod-ucts,toIndia.Regardlessoftherea-sons,suchamove,especiallywith-out any prior notice, can becounterproductive.”An Automotive Component

Manufacturers of India (ACMA)

representativesaidthat,giventhatthe industry is emerging out of alockdown, a “knee jerk reaction”may disrupt the value chain andimpact the recoveryprocess.The issue, which has also im-

pacted as many as 50 Americanmanufacturing firms in Indiaacross sectors like telecom, auto-mobiles and fast-moving con-sumer goods, prompted the US-IndiaStrategicPartnershipForum(USISPF) to flag its concernswiththe commerce and financemin-istries thisweek.ButwithChina’s overt aggres-

sion,someleadersinIndianindus-try are also of the view that Indiacan over the next 4-5 years startproducingmanyoftheseproductsin India. While initially, SNSubrahmanyan, CEO andManaging Director, Larsen &Toubro,thecountry’s largestengi-neeringandconstructionfirm,saidinan interviewcautionedthat "totakea total view thatwecanboy-cott the Chinese goods" was notfeasible, thenextdayhesaidIndiacan “drastically reduce depend-enceonChineseproducts”.PowerMinister R K Sinha also

saidonThursdayhisministrywasplanningtoimposebasiccustomsduties (BCD) of around 15-25 percent on solar equipment startingAugust. This duty would subse-quentlyberaisedupto40percent,hesaid.TheDirectorateGeneralofTrade Remedies (DGTR) has beeninvestigating around 35 cases ofdumpingfromChinaacrossprod-ucts, including chemicals, steel,polyesteryarn,copperandvariousyarns.

Central teamsGeneral of Health Services andteam doctors will visit them. OnFriday, the teamwill visitGujarat,followed by Maharashtra onSaturday.ItwillbeinTelanganaonSundayandMonday.”Telangana’shighpositivityrate

has led to fears that a large num-berof casesmightbegoingunde-tected.“Theconfirmationrateisas

high as 18%,” the source pointedout,nearlythreetimeshigherthanthenational averageof 6.3%.OnTelangana’stestingrate,the

official said, “While it has in-creased, tests permillion are stillvery low. Against the country av-erage of around 4,800 tests permillion,Telanganaisat1,200testspermillion.NeighbouringAndhraPradesh is testing 9,000 permil-lion and Tamil Nadu, 8,600 permillion. Even Uttar Pradesh is ataround1,900 testspermillion.”Ofthe67,318samplestestedso

far, the state has found 10,444casesandseen225deaths.Thelastfivedayssincetestingwasrampedupalonehaveseen2,999cases.Ofthem, 2,053were asymptomaticwhile the remaining showedSevere Acute Respiratory Illnesssymptoms.“TheCentral teamwilldiscuss

howtoincrease Telangana’s test-ing. It has the physical capacity,bothinthepublicandprivatesec-tors.Theywillalsodiscusshowtooptimally utilise the capacity inboth central and state govern-ment facilities,” theseniorofficialsaid.InMaharashtra, sources said,

the concern is “clinical manage-mentofcases”,withthecasefatal-ityratioof4.7%higherthanthena-tional average of 3.2%, and “newareaswherecasesareincreasing”.Maharashtra has so far reported6,739deaths.The official added that while

thingswere “broadly stabilizing”intheMumbaimetropolitanarea,places like Thane, Pune, Palgharand Solapur continued to reportmorecases.RegardingGujarat, theCentral

team’sfocuswouldbethehighfa-tality rate, at 6%. Its Covid tollstandsat1,736deaths.Gujarat, at 8.5%, and

Maharashtraat17%alsohavehighpositivity rates.Both states, alongwith Delhi,

continue to report a fatality ratehigher than thenational average.

Unileverbias... The rebranding and drop-ping of products will definitelyhelpinendingcolourism,"saidtheChennai-basedfounderofWomenof Worth, a non-profit organisa-tion.HUL's announcement comes

after Johnson & Johnson (J&J) de-cided to stop the sale ofNeutrogena Fine Fairness cream,sold in Asia andMiddle East, andClean&Clear fairness cream, soldonly in India, earlier this month.Matrimonial site, shaadi.com,hasalsodecidedtodiscontinuetheop-tionthatalloweduserstofilterpo-tentialmatchesbyskin tone.In February, the Ministry of

Health had said that advertise-mentspromotingfairnesscreamscould soonbebanned and attracta jail term extending up to fiveyears.“Thecatwassetamongthepi-

geonsbyJ&J,whichhappenstobea small player in the Indianmar-ket.ThebiggestplayerisHULwithFair & Lovely, which has Rs 2,400crore in turnover. This is a signifi-cantmove,butthebigchallengeisthatafairnesscreamwillnowhaveto morph itself into a beautycream," said brand strategy spe-cialistHarishBijoor.Accordingtotherecentlypub-

lished report, "India FairnessCream&BleachMarketOverview,2018-2023", by Ireland-basedResearch and Markets, thewomen's fairness creamcategoryis anticipated to achievemarketrevenues of more than Rs 5,000croreby2023.TheHULmovehasbeenalong

timecoming,saidMumbai-basedPallavi Chakravarti, ExecutiveCreativeDirector,TaprootDentsu."Thisisaboldandwelcomemove,given thenumbers that thebranddoes in the country. Having saidthat,it'snotjustabouttherebrand-ingof the labelbuthowtheycrafttheirmarketingcommunications,"she said. “If they start (makingsuchchanges)now,wecanachievethis inpossiblyadecade.”

(WITHBENITAFERNANDO)

SitharamanmembersofChennaiInternationalCentre.BanksarguethattheRBIneeds

to give operational flexibility tobanks for a comprehensive re-structuring of the existing loansandalso amodificationof the90-day norm for asset classification.As of now, the June 7 circular onloanrestructuringisstringentandgives little flexibility to banks, in-dustrysources said.On the ECLGS scheme run by

the National Credit GuaranteeTrusteeCompanyLtd(NCGTC),thegovernment had approved fund-ing of upto Rs 3 lakh crore for theMSMEsector.Bankscouldextendan extra 20 per cent of outstand-ing loans to theirMSME borrow-erswithacleancredithistory.Thisschemecurrentlydoesnot

provideanybenefittoindividuals.A seniormember of the ChennaiInternational Centre pointed outtothefinanceministerthatnearlytwo-thirdof hisborrowersare in-dividuals including truck owners.Responding to these comments,Sitharaman said: “I thinkwe areveryclosetogivethatopportunityto include individuals too in thisNCGTCscheme.”The FinanceMinister denied

thatprivatebankswerehesitantindisbursing credit under theschemetoMSMEsandnoted that16 private banks were providingdata on disbursements regularly.While public sector banks havedisbursed Rs 22,197 crore underthe scheme, private sector bankshave given Rs 10,697 crore, shesaid. “Private sector banks willhave to definitely buck up a bitmorebecausemanyofMSMEsarewith them,” shesaid.She also said herministrywas

intenselyengagedwiththeReserveBank,alongwiththebanks, toun-derstandwhytransmissionofratecutswasnothappening.

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Continuation of situation will vitiate ties

First faceoff in Galwan Valley was early May

Underliningthatthisis“notinaccordance”with thepacts since1993, he said: “Obviously, theIndian side had to undertakecounterdeploymentsandthere-sultingtensionhasthereafterex-presseditself.”On June 20, the Prime

Minister’sOfficehadsaid“Chineseforces have come inmuch largerstrength to the LAC and that theIndian response is commensu-rate”.TheMEA also hit out at ob-

struction of Indian patrolling byChinese troops in “complete dis-regard” to all mutually agreednorms.“The deployment of a large

bodyoftroopsandchangesinbe-haviourhasalsobeenaggravatedby unjustified and untenableclaims. The recent shift in theChinese position on theGalwanValleyisoneexample,”Srivastavasaid,referringtoBeijing’sclaimtoGalwanValley.Describing theWednesday

meeting betweendiplomats un-der theWorkingMechanism forConsultation&Coordination onIndia-China Border Affairs(WMCC)asa“significantdevelop-ment”andreferringtotheagree-ments and understandingreached between the ForeignMinisters on June 17 and ArmyCommandersonJune6and22,hesaid,“WeexpecttheChinesesideto sincerely followuponthisun-derstandingandensuretheexpe-ditious restoration of peace andtranquility intheborderareas.”Responding to queries,

Srivastava, reading froma state-ment, said: “In early May, theChinese side had taken action tohinderIndia'snormal, traditionalpatrolling pattern in theGalwanValleyarea.Theresultingface-offwas addressed by the groundcommanders as per the provi-sions of the bilateral agreementsand protocols. Inmid-May, theChinesesidesoughttochangethestatus quo in other areas of the

WesternSector.”“Wehadregisteredourprotest

on the Chinese actions throughboththeDiplomaticandMilitarychannels, andmade it clear thatany such changewas unaccept-able to us. Subsequently, theSenior Commanders met on 6June2020andagreedonaprocessfor de-escalation anddisengage-mentalongtheLACthatinvolvedreciprocalactions.BothsideshadagreedtorespectandabidebytheLACandnotundertakeanyactiv-itytoalterthestatusquo,”hesaid.“As Imentioned inmy state-

ment on 20th June, the Chineseside departed from these under-standings inrespectof theLACintheGalwanValleyareaandsoughttoerect structures just across theLAC. When this attempt wasfoiled,Chinesetroopstookviolentactions on 15 June 2020 that di-rectly resulted in casualties.Thereafter,bothsidesremainde-ployedinlargenumbersinthere-gion, whilemilitary and diplo-

maticcontactsarecontinuing,”hesaid.Meanwhile, Chinese

Ambassador SunWeidong, in aninterview toPTI, saidhis countrywas ready toworkwith India toproperly deal with the borderstandoff. He said "suspicion andfriction"was awrong path thatgoesagainst thefundamentalas-pirations of people of the twocountries.Saying India and China are

abletoproperlymanagetheirdif-ferences, Sun called upon NewDelhi toavoid takingactions thatmay"complicate"thesituationineasternLadakh.Hewentontoaddthat at present, the overall situa-tionintheChina-Indiaborderar-eas is"stableandcontrollable.""We hope the Indian side

meets the Chinese side halfway,avoids taking actions thatmaycomplicate the border situation,and takes concrete actions tomaintainstabilityintheborderar-eas,"hesaid.

ofMaybetweenpatrollingunitsof the twosides. Itwasafter theclashes at these two sites thatthestandoff began,sourcessaid.Anurag Srivastava,

spokesperson for the Ministryof External Affairs, told re-porters: “In early May, theChinesesidehadtakenactiontohinder India's normal, tradi-tional patrolling pattern in theGalwanValley area. The result-ing face-off was addressed bythegroundcommandersasperthe provisions of the bilateralagreements and protocols.”AmbassadorSun,while reit-

erating Beijing’s position, said:

“On May 6, the Indian bordertroops crossed the LAC in theGalwanValleybynightandtres-passed into China’s territory.They resorted to violentmeanstocreateastandoffbetweenthetwo sides and built infrastruc-tures in an attempt tomaintainapermanent presence.”The Chinese envoy said the

first faceoff in Galwan Valleywas on May 6. On May 5-6,Indian and Chinese troops hadclashed on the banks ofPangong Tso, triggering a face-off that led tomassingof troopsby both sides along the LAC.Referring to the June 15

clashes, theChineseenvoysaid:“First, the incidenthappenedonthe Chinese side of the Line ofActual Control (LAC), and theIndiansidecrossedtheLACfirst.TheGalwanValley is locatedonthe Chinese side of the LAC,where the ground situation ofcontrol and management isvery clear. The two sides basi-cally have kept peace fordecades.However, since thebe-ginning of this year, the Indianside has continuously built fa-cilities at or crossing the LAC inthe Galwan Valley, constantlychanging the status quo ofground control.”

On the way forward, Sunsaid, “Themeritsof this incidentis very clear. The onus is not onChina.”“The two sides agreed to

fairly address the serious situa-tioncausedbytheconflict intheGalwan Valley, jointly observethe consensus reached at thecommander-level meeting be-tweenthe twosides, cooldownthe situation on the ground assoon as possible, and maintainpeaceandtranquility inthebor-derarea inaccordancewith theagreementsalreadyreachedbe-tween the two countries,” hesaid.

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Agarwal said that the capital alone constitutes nearlyhalf of the 300-odd security personnel fromGovernmentRailwayPolice(GRP),RailwayProtectionForce (RPF) and local police who have been infectedwithcoronavirus.“Around 62GRPpersonnelwere found positive of

which 58were deployed at Charbagh railway station.Outof them,almost40have recovered. IfweconsiderLucknow police, then there were no cases till todaywhenmembersoftheJCP'sescortteamtestedpositive.Before today, Meerut, Kanpur city, Ghaziabad andVaranasihadmostof theinfectedpolicemenandsecu-ritypersonnel,”saidAbhayNathTripathi,thepublicre-lationsofficerof thestateDirectorGeneralof Police.Tilldate,Tripathi said, at least fourpolicemenhave

diedof coronavirus in thestate.Anothergroupofpeoplegettinginfectedaremedi-

apersons. At least six employees of a news channeltestedpositiveonThursdayalone.Since the easing of lockdown on June 1, Lucknow

has seen a steady rise in the number of coronaviruscases. In25daysof June,thecapitalhasaddedover650new cases – nearly 68% of its caseload. The daily newcases,whichused tobe insingledigit in the firstweekofJune,hasnowgoneuptoashighas85onWednesday.The seven-day rolling daily average of new cases hasjumpedalmostfourtimes–from10.86onJune7to38on June25.As testing is being ramped up in Lucknow and 10

other districts with the introduction of rapid antigentesting, thenumbersare likely to increase further rap-idly. On Thursday, the district had 401 active cases ofinfection – third highest in the state after Noida andGhaziabad.However,thesilverlininghasbeenthelowmortal-

ity rate. Till Thursday, 14 Covid-19 patients have diedin the capitalwith amortality rate of 1.45%,muchbe-lowthestate's average rateof 3%.

IIT-Bombay semesterholdingvirtual lectures for theAutumnsemester.Chaudhuri has also sought Maharashtra Chief

MinisterUddhavThackeray's permission to graduallybringbackseniorPhDscholarstothecampustoresumeresearchactivities.“Itwouldbeasmallgroup, (whichwillbeallowed)

afterappropriatequarantine,andwillmaintainallap-plicable social distancing norms. Once the first groupsettlesdown,then(wewill)tryforanothersmallgroupand so on,” he told The Indian Express in an email re-sponse.Lastweek, inavirtual interactionwith IIT-Bombay

alumni,Chaudhurihadsaidallresearchactivitieshavecometoahalt.While the institutehasbegunadmissions forpost-

graduate courses, it is considering deferring the join-ingof newPhDstudentsbyasemester.TheAutumnsemesterwasearlierscheduledtobe-

ginonJuly27.Sinceclasseswillnowbeheldremotely,the institute's Senate is reworking the curriculum, es-pecially for courses involving laboratoryactivities.GiventhatalargesectionofstudentsatIIT-Bombay

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EVENAS the state governmenthassetanambitioustargetofpro-viding employment to 1 crorepeople in a day through severalschemes, Prime MinisterNarendraModiwillinteractwithbeneficiaries of these schemesfrom six districts at 11 am onFriday.PMModiwill roll out Garib

KayanRojgarAbhiyanYojnain31districtsofUttarPradesh.Apartfrommigrantlabourers,

tosethePMwillinteractwithwillincludelocalresidentswhohavegot employment and also bene-ficiariesof therecently launchedAtmaNirbharBharatprogrammeoftheCentreaswellasthosewhohave got employment in theMSMEsectorandthosewhohavebeen provided bank loansthroughgovernmentschemestostart theirownbusiness.

The state governmentclaimed that Friday's initiativewould be the biggest employ-mentprogrammeinthecountrywhereinonecrorepeoplewouldbegivenemploymentinaday.Themaximumemployment

generation would be throughMGNREGA,which, sources said,reachedabout57 lakhadaythis

month,thenabout40lakhinthedifferent industries includingMSMEandremaininginthegov-ernment projects such as high-ways,roadprojectsaswellasself-help groups and throughgovernmentschemesofself-em-ployment.Itmaybementioned that 31

districts of Uttar Pradesh have

been chosen for the Centre gov-ernment’s AtmaNirbhar BharatRojgarProgramme.Thestategov-ernment had recently signed amemorandumofunderstandingwithIndustriesAssociationssuchas IIA, FICCI,NationalReal EstateDevelopmentCounciletcforpro-viding employment to nearly 11lakhlabourers.Amongthosewithwhomthe

PM will interact from Delhithrough video-conferencing,with UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath joining fromLucknow,willbebeneficiariesofOnedistrictoneproductschemeofthestategovernment,MUDRAscheme of the Centre,Vishwakarma Shram SammanYojna, Prime Minister'sEmployment GenerationProgramme,andsoon.The groupwill also include

twomigrantlabourerswhohavebeen provided employment atModern Leminators Ltd inGorakhpur and had returned

fromAhmedabadinGujaratdur-ingthelockdown.MNREGAhas contributed to

providingemploymenttoalargechunk ofworkforce in the state.Sources in the government in-formedthattillJune25,69.18lakhworkerswereprovidedemploy-mentunderthescheme.Ofthese,maximumwerefromeasternUPdistrictslikeSidharthanagarfromwhere 2.10 lakhworkers wereprovidedemployment throughMN-

REGA, then the figureswas 2.06lakh inMahrajganj, about 2.06lakh in Lakhimpur Khiri, about1.97 lakh inAzamgarh, 1.97 lakhin Sitapur. Itmay bementionedthat last year in June,maximumemployment through thescheme in a day was 14 lakh.Uttar Pradesh Governmentclaims to have made 15 lakhnew jobcards during COVIDpandemic i.e. 31percentof thenew job cardsmade in the en-tire country.

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THEUTTARPradeshchildrightspanelonThursday issuedano-tice to Congress general secre-tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,askingher to file a replywithinthreedays forher “misleading"commentson theKanpurshel-ter home.The Congress leader has

also been asked to issue a de-nial of her Facebook post,withthe panel saying the remarkswere "without any proof" andhurt the honour of the girlslodged at the shelter home.Thecommissionhassought

her replywithin threedaysandactionundera relevant sectionwill be taken against her if shedid not issue a denial of herpost, the Uttar Pradesh State

Commission for Protection ofChildRights chairmanVisheshGupta said. TheCongress leader in a Facebookpost on Sunday had attackedthe BJP government in UttarPradesh over a media reportthat 57 girls tested positive forcoronavirus at the state-runchild shelter home, with twogirls being "found" pregnant,including oneHIVpositive.She had equated the inci-

dent with the Muzaffarpurshelter home case in Bihar,where cases of alleged sexualabusewere reported.

ChiefMinisterYogiAdityanathonhiswaytooffice inLucknowonThursday.Vishal Srivastav

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE25

ABJP corporator alongwith hissupportersstormedChaubeypurpolice station in KanpurWednesdaynight and assaultedthe station officer and other po-licemen, leavingoneof themse-riously injured.Policehavebookedthecorpo-

rator,PrashantShukla, andsixofhis aides for rioting, voluntarilycausing hurt to public servantamongotherssectionsoftheIPC.Theyhavealsobeenbookedun-der Epidemic Diseases Act andCriminal LawAmendment Act.Theywere released onbail laterin thenight. “Inviewof thepan-demic and the sections (underwhichtheywerebooked)hadthemaximum jail termof less than

seven years, the accusedweregrantedbail,”ADG(Law&Order)PrashantKumarsaid.According to police, the BJP

corporatorwasangryoverthede-tention of a youthwhowas op-posing installation of a powertransformerinthearea.“OneAmitTewariwasobjectingtotheinstal-lationof a power transformer inthearea.Asaresult,powerdepart-mentofficialsinformedthepolice,andTewariwasbroughttothepo-licestation.Hewaslaterreleased.Prashant Shukla,who is the cor-porator fromNaubasta area ofKanpur,cametothepolicestationwithsixpersonsandhadanargu-mentwith the StationOfficer,”Kanpur Additional SP (Rural)PradyumnaSinghsaid.According to the complaint

lodged by Chaubeypur StationOfficerVinayKumarTewari, the

BJP corporator abused andthreatenedthembeforeassault-ingsomeofthepolicemenpres-entatthepolicestation.“Around9.30 pm, I was working whenPrashant Shukla camewith hissupporters and startedmisbe-having…He started using abu-sivelanguage.Asotherpoliceof-ficials deployed at the stationrushedin,Shuklastartedassault-ing them. One of our officialsstarted bleeding… Those ac-companyingthecorporatorthenattackedmeandthreatenedthatShukla is a BJP Corporator andwould ‘teach me a lesson’,”Tewariwrote inhis complaint.Policealsoseized the twove-

hicles inwhichtheyhadcometothepolice station. “Because theydidnothavepapersforthetwove-hicles,theywereseizedundertheMotorVehiclesAct,”Tewarisaid.

BJP corporator, aides assaultcops at police station, booked

STATECONGCHIEFHELDOVERFUELHIKEPROTESTLucknow:UPCongresschiefAjayKumarLalluandaround150partyworkerswerearrestedas theyheldaprotestingagainst thehike infuelprices, inLucknowonThursday. “Pricesof crudeoilhavecomedownbut in India,forbenefittingahandfulofindustrialists, thegovernmentisburningahole inpeople'spocket,”Lallusaid. PTI

Banda, Lalitpur: Three persons, including a 12-year-old girl,were killed andawomanwas injured in separate incidents oflightning strikes in Banda and Lalitpur districts, police said onThursday. Raj Narayan, 38, a farmer, was killedwhen hewasstruckbylightningwhileworkinginhisfieldinItwavillageun-derBisandapolicestationareaofBandaonWednesdayevening.The body was handed over to family members after postmortem,policesaid. Inanotherincident,a12-year-oldgirldiedandawomansufferedseriousburnsafterbeingstruckbylight-ninginChakoravillageunderBaanpolicestationareaofLalitpurdistrict.InLalitpur,a37-year-oldfarmer, identifiedasBhanguta,waskilledafterbeing struckby lightningwhileworking inhisfarminTilavillageunderBaarpolicestationarea.Financialhelp,asper thenorms,will beprovided to thebereaved families af-terpost-mortem,policeadded.PrimeMinister NarendraModi on Thursday condoled the

loss of lives inUttar Pradesh andBihar due to heavy rains andlightening. Hesaidthetwostategovernmentsarecarryingoutthe reliefworkwithpromptness.“Receivedtragicnewsaboutdeathofseveralpeopleinsome

districtsofUttarPradeshandBiharduetoheavyrainsandlight-ening. The state governments are engaged in relief workwithpromptness,”he tweeted inHindi. PTI

3 killed, 1 injuredin lightning strike

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UP child rights panel sends notice toPriyanka over shelter home remarks

CongressleaderPriyankaGandhiVadra

NewDelhi:Apleahasbeenfiled in theSupremeCourton Thursday seeking“proper medical treat-ment and facilities” to asmany as 57 minor girlswho have tested positiveforCOVID-19 inaKanpur-based shelter home inUttar Pradesh.Thepleahasbeenfiled

by lawyer Aparna Bhat inher capacity as an amicuscuriae in a 2007 case re-lated to “Exploitation ofChildren inOrphanages inState of Tamil Nadu”.

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PETITION INSCFORPROPERMEDICALTREATMENTOFGIRLS

Atrafficpolicemanondutyduringaspellof rain inLucknowonThursday.Thecitywitnessed33.4mmofrainfall.Vishal Srivastav

PMtoaddressbeneficiaries from6districts; rolloutGaribKayanRojgarAbhiyanYojnain31districts

Onecrore people to get employmentthrough several schemes today: Govt

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Ref. No.: 11/PIU(Health), UDRP-AF Date: 25/06/2020NOTICE FOR NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

NAME OF PROJECT: Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project - AdditionalFinancing (UDRP AF) Loan No. - 89210-INThe Government of India has received financing from the World Bank towards thecost of the UDRP-Additional Financing and intends to apply part of the proceeds forfollowing packages of Machines & Ambulance Hence National Competitive Biddingsare invited for the following Machines & Ambulances and the bid document of whichcan be downloaded from the website https://uktenders.gov.in Bids must besubmitted online on the website https://uktenders.gov.in on or before 11:00 AM,17 July, 2020 A complete set of bidding documents in English may be downloadedby interested eligible bidders from the website https://uktenders.gov.in which willbe available on the website from 01/07/2020 to 17/07/2020. Bids will be opened on17 July, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Note- 1. The corrigendum for the above works will be uploaded on website www.uktendersgov.in & www.ukdisasterrecovery.in

2. Email id piu.health.udrpaf@gmail.com may be contacted for anyinformation or complaint related to the works under PIU (Scope, Bridge &Irrigation), UDRP-AF or the complaint/grievance may also be uploaded onthe website www.uk disasterrecovery.in

Sd/-Program Manager

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT-HEALTHUttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project-Additional Financing (UDRP-AF)

4TH Floor, DDPM Tower, Haridwar Bypass Road, Ajabpur Khurd, DEHRADUNPh. No. 8126148268; Email id: piu.health.udrpaf@gmail.com;

Website: www.ukdisasterrecovery.in

SI.No

Package No. Name of Work BidSecurity(In INR)

Cost of BidDocument

(In INR)1 2 3 5 71. 01/PIU-Health/CERC/

UDRP-AF/2020Supply & installation of CT Scan Machinesin 4 Tertiary Care Hospitals of Uttarakhand

INR 40.00Lakh

5000+GST

2. 02/PIU-Health/CERC/UDRP-AF/2020

Supply of Ambulances (100 Basic LifeSupport-BLS & 40 Advance Life Support-ALS) for Health Department, Uttarakhand

INR 68.34Lakh

5000+GST

U.P. RAJYA VIDUT UTPADAN NIGAMLTD. OBRA THERMAL POWERSTATION OBRA-SONEBHADRATIME EXTENSION TENDER ID No.2020_RVUNL_450579_1 The Openingdates of e-Tender No. 42/O&MMC-V/TMD/BTPS/2019-20 of the work ofcomplete cleaning of intake channel pitof BTPS, Obra from TW ScreenSystem to ATPS intake channelincluding the works of divers (From TWScreen system to ATPS intake channelapproximate 400Metes.) is herebyextended as below:- Last Date andTime For Submission Of e-Bids(Technical and Financial) at e-procurement website:http://etender.up.nic.in : 10/07/2020up to 18:00 hrs. Last Date and TimeFor Submission of Hardcopy of:Requisite Documents in the Office ofUndersigned : 13/07/2020 up to 13:00hrs. Date And Time of Opening of e-Bids : 15.07.2020 From 16:00 hrs.Other terms & conditions of the tendershall remain the same. Sd/-Superintending Engineer, O&MMC-V,BTPS, OBRA-SONEBHADRA ´fÂffaI Àfa.-157/ ªf.Àf.I f./d³fd½fQf dQ³ffaI - 25/06/2020

U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.Obra Thermal Power Station OBRA-Sonebhadra-231219 Corrigendum toTender Notice Tender No. MMC-II/CPD-IV/ FFS/ 2020-21 The last date of online e-bid submission and opening date ofTechno-commercial bid of e-tender no.MMC-II/CPD-IV/FFS/2020-21 invited forInstallation of Fire Protection System onTurnkey basis at Obra “B” Thermal PowerStation, Obra, Sonebhadra (U.P) is herebyextended respectively to 10.07.2020 (Upto13:00 Hrs) and 13.07.2020 (at 16:30 Hrs orlater). Detailed specification and terms &condition are as per tender documentavailable on the e-tender website. Bid shallbe accepted online only on e-tenderwebsite https://etender.up.nic.in. Biddersare advised to visit the website on regularbasis in order to keep themselves updated.Tender specification, terms and conditionsshall remain unchanged. Sd/-SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, (MMC-II,BTPS, OBRA) ´fÂffaI - 161/ ªf.Àf.I f./d³fd½fQfdQ³ffaI - 25/06/2020

Office of the Superintending Engineer, Prayagraj, Circle,P.W.D., Prayagraj (U.P.)

E-TENDER NOTICENo. 3348 /11Kam-B-Pra.Vritt./2020 Date : 17.06.20201- The S.E. Prayagraj Circle, U.P. P.W.D. on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh invites the item rate online bids

from the eligible and approved Contractors registered building works with UP PWD in class A as the casemay be. The Bidder may submit bids for any or all of the works. Bidders are advised to note the minimumqualification criteria specified in Clause 3 of the Instructions to Bidders to qualify for the award of the contract.

2-

3- Time allowed for completion of each work is as mentioned in column no.7, including rainy season.4- Website http://etender.up.nic.in may be referred for detailed terms and conditions of the Invitation for Bids

(IFB)4. Website http://etender.up.nic.in may be referred for detailed terms and conditions of the Invitation forBids (IFB)

5- Bid document with detailed terms and conditions will be available online on website http://etender.up.nic.in from29.06.2020 to 03.07.2020 upto 12:00 Hours. Bids must be submitted online only at e-tendering portal ofhttp://etender.up.nic.in on or before 12:00 Hours on 04-07-2020. Technical Bid received online will be openedon 04.07.2020 at 12:30 Hours.

6- The prospective bidders who do not posses Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) must get the same issued fromapproved agencies before submission of bids. Sd/- (Vipin Kumar Rai)

Superintending Engineer, Prayagraj, Circle,U.P. P.W.D., Prayagraj

For and on behalf of Governor of U.P.

UPID-152783 Date 23.06.2020www.upgov.nic.in

Sl.No.

District Name of work EstimatedCost (Rs.in Lacs)

BidSecurity

(Rs.)

Cost of BidDocuments

(Rs.)

Time ofCompletion

(Month)1 2 3 4 5 6 71 Kaushambi Vidhansabha kshetra Chayal, Janpad

Kaushambi mein Audhyogik PrashikshanSansthan (ITI) ka nirman karya.

884.00 44.20 2000+300/-statinery

charge+ GST

12 Month

AVANEESHMISHRALUCKNOW,JUNE25

UTTAR PRADESH on Thursday be-came the fifth-most Covid-19 af-fected state in the country afterMaharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu andGujarat,asthecumulativenumberofpeople infected with SARS-CoV-2virus reached 20,193with the addi-tionof 654cases.With 15 more deaths linked to

Covid-19inthepast24hours,thetollmountedto611.Twodeathseachoc-curred in the districts of KanpurNagar,EtawahandFarrukhabad,andone each in Lalitpur, Mainpuri,Bareilly, Prayagraj, Azamgarh,Jaunpur, Varanasi, Lucknow andNoida.Atpresent,Agratopsthefatal-ity list with 85 deaths, followed byMeerut with 76 deaths, Ghaziabad

with 49 deaths and Kanpur Nagarwith43deaths.Withthehighestsingle-dayjump

for any UP district so far, GautamBuddh Nagar (Noida) recorded 143

newcases.NeighbouringGhaziabadwassecondonthe listwith84cases.Lucknowreported34 infections, fol-lowedby33inMeerut,23inBadaun,22 each in Kanpur Nagar and

Gorakhpur, 21 in Firozabad, 18 inBijnor,17Ayodhya,and16inAligarh.Though the mortality rate has

shown signs of slowing down in thelast two days, it has increased from2.66 per cent on June 1 to 3.02 percentatpresent.According to the government

data, 12,118 out of the total cases, or60 per cent, were recorded thismonth, while 64.50 per cent of thedeathsoccurred in June.While the first10,000caseswere

reported in 95days, the next 10,000cameinjust19days.Accordingtothedata, thefirst300deathsoccurredin70 days, while the next 300 wererecordedinthelast16days.Thetollatthestartof themonthwas222.The only silver lining is the in-

creasingrecoveryrate,whichiscloseto 65 per cent, with 13,119 patientshaving been discharged so far from

hospitals. The active case count onThursdaywas6,463.Meanwhile, according to thedis-

trict-leveldata,Noidahasthehighestactivecaseload,with763patientsstillundergoing treatment for Covid-19,followed by 575 in Ghaziabad and401inLucknow.Noida,however,alsobecame the first district to reach atriple-digit figureof recoveries,with1,028patientsdischargedfrommed-ical facilities till date.AdditionalChiefSecretary(Home)

Awanish Kumar Awasthi said ASHAworkershave trackedover18.53 lakhmigrantworkers and 1,623 of themwere found symptomatic, Awasthisaid.“Of thesymptomaticpeople,217havebeen foundcoronaviruspositiveand are undergoing treatment,” hesaid,addingthatthe governmentwasemphasisingon surveillance to checkthespreadof thevirus.

Withgradualeasingof lockdownrestrictionsfromJune1,statehasadded12,111newcasesand394totollcountTOTAL CASES

20193

6,23,066SAMPLESTESTED TILL JUNE24

STATECOUNT

13,119 RECOVERED

INCREASE

654DEATHS

611

With 20,000cases, UP among top5 infected states

People throngthebanksofGomti inLucknowThursday.Vishal Srivastav

20,193Total Case

CasesinJune12,118(60%)

CasesBeforeJune

8,075(40%)

JUNE JUMP

GoodstrainrunsoversixbuffaloesMuzaffarnagar: Six buf-faloeswerekilledwhenagoods train fromMeerutto Saharanpur ran themover when they weregrazing arounda railwaytrack near Bamanherirailway station here onThursday, police said.They said the incidenttook place as some buf-faloeswere on the track.Shamshad, the owner ofthebuffaloes,saidhewasdependent on his live-stock for itsmilk that heused for selling in themarket.PTI

Acidattackon24-year-oldBanda: A 24-year-oldwomanreceivedburnin-juries on her face andneckwhen threemenona bike threw acid on her,police said. Thewomanwas attacked when shewas returning home onan e-rickshaw onWednesday after givingherstatementtopoliceinconnectionwithanongo-ingdisputewithherhus-band,saidpolice.PTI

BRIEFLY

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIALUCKNOW,JUNE25

ASPECIAL CBI court, hearng the1992 Babrimosque demolitioncase, on Thursday recorded thestatementsoftwoaccusedinthecaseandsummonedathirdonefor thedepositionbyhim.Special Judge S K Yadav

recorded the statements of ac-cused Jai Bhagwan Goel andAmarNathGoelanddirectedac-cused Pawan Kumar Pandey toappearbeforeitonFridayfortherecordingofhisstatement.Thespecialjudgespecifically

askedPandeytoappearbeforeitwithoutfail,warninghimthathispleaforexemption,ifany,wouldnotbeacceptedinanycondition.Thecourthasbeenconduct-

ing a day-to-day proceeding toconclude the trial by August 31,as directed by the SupremeCourt.Both Jai Bhagwan and

Amarnath appeared before thecourt alongwith their counsel,including advocate VimalSrivastava, and recorded theirstatementsunder section313ofthe Cr P C, underwhich the ac-cused are allowed to explainaway the prosecution evidenceagainst them.Eachof themwasaskedsev-

eral questions about the prose-

cutionevidenceagainst them.“Toeveryquestionastowhat

they had to say about the evi-denceanddepositionthatcamefromthewitnessesproducedbytheprosecutionagency,CBI,theyreplied that they were falselyframed in the casedue topoliti-cal reasons,”SrivastavtoldPTI.Thetwohadearlierchosento

depose through video confer-ence but subsequently decidedto appear in person before thecourtonThursday.By now the court has com-

pleteddepositionby17accusedundersection313of theCrPC.As many as 15 accused, in-

cluding former deputy primeminister L K Advani, former UPChiefMinisterKalyanSinghandBJP leadersMM Joshi and UmaBharti, areyet todepose.Many of them have said to

deposethroughvideo link.TheBabriMasjidwasdemol-

ished inDecember 1992by 'karsevaks' who claimed that themosque inAyodhyawasbuilt onthesiteofanancientRamtemple.

Babri masjid demolitioncase: Two more accuseddeposes before CBI court

ThecourtdirectedaccusedPawanKumarPandeytoappearbefore itonFridaywithoutfail

Back from Punjab,migrant labourer diesBanda:A60-year-oldmigrantlabourerwhowasreturningfromPunjabwhereheworkedin abrick kiln diednearhis native village inNaraini area here, police said on Thursday.Accordingtohiskin,BetuandhisfamilywerereturningonatruckonWednesdaywhenhecomplainedofstomachacheandnausea.Thefamilyinformedthegrampradhan,suspect-ing it tobeacaseof coronavirus.PTI

Lucknow

Lucknow

6 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COMTHEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY, JUNE26,2020

1. E-Tender No: 09/BMD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-II, 2x500MW, BTPS, Anpara.Work: Cleaning and disposal ofCoal/coal dust under the Ball Mill drumenclosures and transportation of coal/coal dust from ball mill area /RC feederarea of Ball Mills of 2X500MW,BTPS,Anpara to coal yard. EarnestMoney: Rs.6,000.00 (Rs.Six ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara.Last date for submission of e-bid(Technical & Financial) at e-procure-ment website http://etender.up.nic.in.: 15.07.2020, Hard copy of requisitedocuments: 17.7.2020, opening e-bidPart-I: 17.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be inti-mated later,. Period: 12 Months. Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in. 2.E-Tender No:10/BMD-II/BTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-II,BTPS, Anpara. Work: Repairing/Replacement of Mixing box DistributionStrips & Collar & Miantenanace work ofelectrically operated hoist & Fabrication& installation of the mixing box and itsreducer with the help of 8/10/12mmSailma Steel Plate after removal of theold and worn out portion of the mixingbox and its reducer of the Ball Mill of2X500 MW,BTPS,Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs.12,000.00 (Rs.TwelveThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. Last date fur submis-sion of e-bid Technical & Financial ate-procurement website http://etender.up.nic.in. : 24.07.2020, Hard copy ofrequisite documents: 27.07.2020,opening e-bid Part-I:.27.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimated later,. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 3. E-TenderNo: 11/BMD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-II,BTPS, 2X500MW, Anpara. Work:Annual Overhauling of ID/FD/PA Fans ofUnit No. 4 of 2X500 MW, BTPS ,Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.17,000.00 (Rs.Seventeen Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-Bid submission end date: 24.07.2020,Last date for submission of hardcopy of requisite documents:27.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.27.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimatedlater,. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in. 4. E-Tender No: 12/BMD-II/BTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-II, BTPS,Anpara. Work: Breakdown maintenance and overhaulingworks of Fuel Oil Pump and its relatedauxiliaries of 2X500 MW, BTPS,Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.4,000.00 (Rs.FourThoousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. E-bid submission enddate: 24.07.2020, Last date for submis-sion of hard copy of requisite docu-ments: 27.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:. 27.07.2020, Part-II:. Shall be intimat-ed later, Period: 12 Months. For partici-pation and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in. 5. E-Tender No::34/TMD/ATPS /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-II,ATPS, Anpara. Work:Attending thework of tube leakages of H.P. HeatersNo.5 & 6 and Breakdown & PreventiveMaintenance works of static auxiliariesand HP/LP Valves of 3X210MW,’A’TPS,Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.12,000.00 (Rs.Twelve ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 30.07.2020,Last date of submission of hardcoopy of requisite documents:30.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.31.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimatedlater. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in. 6. E-Tender No: 19/BMD-I/BTPS /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-II, BTPS, Anpara. Work:Redressing/Repairing of drains andvents valve of final super heater, mainsteam line, Pri. S. H., back pass, boilerdrum and other similar valve during over-hauling of unit No. 4 of 2X500 MW,BTPS, Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.6,500.00 (Rs.Six thousand five hun-dred Only) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 15.07.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite docuements: 17.07.2020,opening e-bid Part-I:.20.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to website http://etender.up.nic.in. 7. E-Tender No:02/HQ/FF&SD-I/ATP /2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer[HQ], Anpara.Work: Painting and nomenclature of FireFighting system pipeline, equipment andtanks of 3X210 MW,’A’TPS,Anpara,Sonebhdra. Earnest Money:Rs.15,000.00 (Rs.Fifteen thousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 22.07.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite docuements: 22.07.2020,opening e-bid Part-I:. 26.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 8. E-TenderNo: 3/HQ//FF&SD-I/ATP /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer [HQ]

Anpara. Work: Overhauling andmechanical maintenances of FOPH sys-tem, Foam trolley and associated pipesin fuel oil tank area of 3X210 MW, ATPSand 2X500 MW, Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs. 5,000.00 (Rs.Five thousandOnly) (Refundable), TenderCost:Rs500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission enddate: 22.07.2020, Last date for submis-sion of hard copy of requisite docue-ments: 22.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.26.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimatedlater. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in. 9. E-Tender No: 06/CHD-II/ATPS /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-V, ATPS, Anpara. Work:Repairing , hot vulcanizing and coldjointing of conveyor belts installed inCHP,3X210 MW,ATPS,Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs. 27,000.00 (Rs. TwentySeven Thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. Extended E-bid submission end date: 13.07.2020,Extended Last date for submission ofhard copy of requisite docuements:14.07.2020, Extended opening e-bidPart-I:15.07.2020, Part-II:. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to website http://etender.up.nic.in. 10. E-Tender No:118/CF-468/EPD-I/DTPS/ANP /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,MMC-III, DTPS, Anpara. Supply: Procurementof Stationary items. Earnest Money:Rs.4,000.00 (Rs.Four Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs 500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, DTPS, Anpara.Extended last date for uploading of e-bid(Technical & Financial) at e-procurementweb end: 06.07.2020, Extended open-ing e-bid Part-I:.09.07.2020, Part-II:Shall be intimated later. For participationand detailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 11. E-TenderNo: 246/EPD-III/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, ATPS,Anpara. Supply: Supply of Hydrant post,Valves, tyton rubber etc. for ATPP,Anpara. Earnest Money: Rs.20,000.00(Rs.Twenty Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara.Extended last date for submission of e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-procure-ment website http://etender.up.nic.in:15.07.2020, Extended opening e-bidPart-I:.16.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 12. E-TenderNo: 249/EPD-III/ATPS/2019-20, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, ATPS,Anpara.:. Supply: Supply of Riot DrillEquipments for CISF Unit, Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.7,000.00 (Rs.Seven thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs 500.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. Extended lastdate for submission of e-bid (Technical &Financial) at e-procurement website :15.07.2020, Extended opening e-bidPart-I:16.07.2020, Part-II:. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 13. E-TenderNo: 7/OGD/BTPS /2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I,BTPS, Anpara. Work: Overhauling ofVarious Pumps,Clarifier, Gravity Filters &Painting of Clarifier,CST Tank and vari-ous pipelines during overhauling ofUnit#4. Earnest Money: Rs.24,000.00(Rs.Twenty four Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara.E-bid submission enddate: 30.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.04.08.2020, Period: 12 Months. For par-ticipation and detailed information log into website http://etender.up.nic.in. 14.E-Tender No: 6/OGD/BTPS /2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I, BTPS,Anpara. Work: Routinerepairing and maintenance of furnitureand canning and desert coolers repair-ing/maintenance,painting of coolers andother miscellaneous works of 2X500MW,BTPS,Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.7,000.00 (Rs.Seven thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 30.07.2020,opening e-bid Part-I:. 04.08.2020, Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in.15. E-Tender No: 5/OGD/BTPS /2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I, BTPS,Anpara. Work: (1)Compilation work of DATA for prepara-tion of various reports as asked by high-er authority in Hindi/English in variousformat and tables in fixed short perioddaily and its presentation in committeeroom during daily review meeting withthe heplp of qualified computer operator.(2) Providing Desk-top computer on hirebasis. Earnest Money: Rs.3,000.00(Rs.Three thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submis-sion end date: 30.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:. 04.08.2020, Period: OneYear, For participation and detailed infor-mation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 16. E-TenderNo: 7/MMD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, OMC-I, ATPS,Anpara. Work: Round the clock mainte-nanace of Ash Water Pumps, Lub WaterPumps & Air Blower and operationalwork of Air-Blower of 3X210MW,ATPS,Anpara. Earnest Money:

Rs.14,000.00 (Rs. Fourteen thousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara.Revised e-bid submission end date:20.07.2020, Revised last date for sub-mission of hard copy of requisite docu-ments: 20.07.2020, Revised opening e-bid Part-I:.21.07.2020, Part-II:. Period:12 Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 17. E-TenderNo: 14/AHD/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, OMC-I,ATPSAnpara. Work: PART-A:Preventive checking & mechanical main-tenance of Furnace Bottom Ash Hopper,Scrapper Conveyor, Clinkwer Grinderand related system of all the three unitsof 3X210 MW ATPS, Anpara. PART-B:Work of Assistance in operational workof scrapper conveyor ,clinker grinder andassociated system of furnace bottomash hopper of each unit of the 3X210KMW,ATPS,Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.30,000.00 (Rs. Thirty thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 03.08.2020.,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite documents: 03.08.2020, open-ing e-bid Part-I:.04.08.2020, Part-II:Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 18. E-Tender No:15/AHD/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, OMC-I, ATPS,Anpara. Work: Routine Maintenance odfash slurry pumps,seal water pumps,valves associated accessories of ashslurry disposal system,water jetting sys-tem of main sump and EOT crane inASPH of 3X210 MW,’A’TPS,Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.12,000.00 (Rs.Twelve Thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submis-sion end date: 03.08.2020, Last date forsubmission of hard copy of requisite doc-uments: 03.08.2020, opening e-bidPart-I:.04.08.2020, Part-II: Shall be inti-mated later. Period: 12 Months. For par-ticipation and detailed information log into websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 19.E-Tender No: 16/AHD/ATPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer, OMC-I, ATPS, Anpara. Work: Replacement oferoded and worn out ash disposal pipeline by new pipe/old & used of 3X210MW,ATPS,Anpara between ash handlingplant ATPS to plant boundary. EarnestMoney: Rs.12,000.00 (Rs. TwelveThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission enddate: 03.08.2020, Last date for submis-sion of hard copy of requisite docu-ments: 03.08.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.04.08.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimatedlater. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in. 20.CORRIGENDUM E-Tender No: 4/CHD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, CTC, BTPS,Anpara. Work: Operation, Miantenanceand Management of complete merry goround (MGR) system of Anpara ThermalPower Station (3X210 MW:ATPS $2X500 MW: BTPS $ 2X500 MW:DTPS)as per Indian Railway/RDSO standardand manufacturers recommendation.Earnest Money: Rs.35,86,000.00 (Rs.Thirty Five Lac Eighty Six ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.3000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Extended Last date forsubmission of hard copy of requisite doc-uments: 27.06.2020, Extended openinge-bid Part-I:.29.06.2020, Part-II: Shallbe intimated later. Period: Two Year. Forparticipation and detailed information login to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in.21. E-Tender No: 238/EPD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office: SuperintendingEngineer, MMC-I, ATPS, Anpara.Supply: Supply of Performed ScreenPlates of Primary Crusher of 3X210 MWATPS, Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.28,000.00 (Rs Twenty Eight thou-sand Only) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara.Extended Last date for submission of e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-procure-ment website http://etender.up.nic.in.:17.07.2020, Extended opening e-bidPart-I:. 18.07.2020,. For participationand detailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in. 22. E-TenderNo: 241/EPD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, ATPS,Anpara. Work: Miscellaneous items of3x210MW, ATPS, Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs.4,000.00 (Rs Four ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara.Extended last date for submission of e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-procure-ment website http://etender.up.nic.in.:17.07.2020, Extended opening e-bidPart-I:.18.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to website-http://etender.up.nic.in. 23. E-TenderNo: 250/PD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, ATPS,Anpara. Supply: ERW MS pipes.Earnest Money: Rs.7,000.00 (Rs SevenThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Extended Last date forsubmission of e-bid (Technical &Financial) at e-procurement: 17.07.2020,opening e-bid Part-I: 18.07.2020, Forparticipation and detailed information login to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in.

24. E-Tender No: 251/PD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,MMC-I, ATPS, Anpara. Work:Couurgated asbestos cement sheet &corrugated GS sheet of ATPS, Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.9,000.00 (Rs NineThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Extended last date forsubmission of e-bid (Technical &Financial) at e-procurement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in.: 17.07.2020,Extended opening e-bid Part-I:.18.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to website-http://etender.up.nic.in 25. E-TenderNo: 04/CMD-IV/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, CMC-II, ATPS,Anpara. Work: Spl. M&R of stair casertowers (mumti) of Type-IV/V quarters atATP Colony Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.14,500.00 (Rs Fourteen ThousandFive Thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00 + 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submis-sion end date: 17.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:.18.07.2020, Part-II: Shall beintimated later. Period: 06 Months. Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in26. E-Tender No: 11/AHD/BTPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I, BTPS, Anpara. Work: Cleaningand disposal of accumulated clinker frommain sluiceways, sump distribution pit,sump pit etc, and digging of wet & dryash, removal of shrubs/bushes andplants all around the ash slurry disposalpipe line from ash slurry pump house toBelwadah unit # 4&5 of 2x500MW,BTPS, Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.18,000.00 (Rs. Eighteen ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end: 20.07.2020, dateopening e-bid Part-I: 21.07.2020, Part-II:. Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 27. E-TenderNo: 12/AHD/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-I,BTPS, Anpara. Work: Overhauling ofH.P./L.P. water pumps & other associat-ed equipments of Ash water pump houseof unit No. 4 of BTPS, Anpara underoverhauling activity No. 1.3.3. EarnestMoney: Rs.3,150.00 (Rs. ThreeThousand One Hundred Fifty Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara.Last date for submission of e-bidTechnical & Financial at e-procurementwebs i tehttp: / /etender.up.nic . in :20.07.2020, date opening e-bid Part-I:21.07.2020, Part-II:. Shall be intimatedlater. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in 28. E-Tender No: 13/AHD/BTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I, BTPS, Anpara. Work:Complete overhauling of ESP bottomash evacuation system of unit No. 4 of2x500MW, BTPS, Anpara under activityNo. 1.3.1. Earnest Money:Rs.11,700.00 (Rs. Eleven ThousandSeven Hundred Fifty Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara. Last date forsubmission of e-bid Technical &Financial at e-procurement website-http://etendex r.up.nic.in: 20.07.2020,date opening e-bid Part-I: 21.07.2020,Part-II: Shall be intimated later. Period:12 Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 29. E-TenderNo: 14/AHD/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-I,BTPS, Anpara. Work: Repairing ofsluice ways liners of from SSC to maindistribution pit of ash slurry pump houseas well as of ESP area of unit No. 4 of2x500MW, BTPS, Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs.11,700.00 (Rs. ElevenThousand Seven Hundred Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid Technical & Financial at e-pro-curement website http://etender.up.nic.in: 20.07.2020, date opening e-bid Part-I: 21.07.2020, Part-II:. Shall beintimated later. Period: 12 Months. Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in30. E-Tender No: 05/PD-I/BTPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,MMC-II, BTPS, Anpara. Work: Supply ofMGR track material. Earnest Money:Rs.25,000.00 (Rs Twenty Five ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid Technical & Financial at e-pro-curement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in: 21.07.2020, Last date for sub-mission of required tender documents:23.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:23.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 31. E-TenderNo: 147/CF-988/PD-II/DTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer, MMC-III, ATPS, Anpara. Supply: Supply ofelectrical spares of dewatering pump for2x500MW, DTPS, Anpara EarnestMoney: Rs.2000.00 (Rs Two ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, DTPS, Anpara.Last date for submission of e-bid(Technical & Financial) at e-procurementwebs i tehttp: / /etender.up.nic . in :06.07.2020, Hard copy of requisite docu-

ments: 06.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I: 08.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 32. E-TenderNo: 148/CF-267/PD-II/DTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer, MMC-III, ATPS, Anpara. Supply: Supply of dif-ferent tyupes of MCB’s for 2x500MW,DTPS, Anpara Earnest Money:Rs.3000.00 (Rs Three Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, DTPS, Anpara.Last date for submission of e-bid(Technical & Financial) at e-procurementwebs i tehttp: / /etender.up.nic . in :06.07.2020, Hard copy of requisite docu-ments: 06.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I: 08.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 33. E-TenderNo: 255/PD-III/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, 3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara. Supply: Supply ofSealing segments of L.P. turbine of3x210MW, ATPS, Anpara EarnestMoney: Rs.47,000.00 (Rs Forty SevenThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-pro-curement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in: 29.07.2020, date opening e-bid Part-I: 30.07.2020, For participationand detailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 34. E-TenderNo: 257/PD-III/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, 3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara. Procurement:Refilling, hydraulic testing, valvesreplacement & reconditioning of EmptyCO2 fire extinguisher & gas cartridge byCO2 gas 3x210MW, ATPS, AnparaEarnest Money: Rs.6,000.00 (Rs SixThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-pro-curement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in: 29.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I: 30.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 35. E-TenderNo: 256/PD-III/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, MMC-I, 3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara. Supply: Supply ofvarious types of extinguishers and CO2cartridges for ATPS, Anpara EarnestMoney: Rs.17,000.00 (Rs SeventeenThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid (Technical & Financial) at e-pro-curement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in: 29.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I: 30.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 36. E-TenderNo: 04/E&SMD/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-IV,BTPS, Anpara. Supply: Replacement ofdamaged quad bus conductor & twinmoose conductor of three phase (R,Y &B) from gantry to gantry of Bus-I, Bus-II,Transfer bus & from GT to first gantry in400KV in, ATPS Switchyard, Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.15,000.00 (RsFifteen Thousand Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara. Last date forsubmission of e-bid (Technical &Financial) at e-procurement website-http://etender.up.nic.in: 06.07.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite documents: 06.07.2020, dateopening e-bid Part-I: 07.07.2020, Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in37. E-Tender No: 04/CAD/ATPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,O&MC-I, 3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara.Work: Preventive, Breakdown and over-hauling maintenance of LP piping andassociated valves etc. of 3x210MW,ATPS, Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.10,000.00 (Rs. Ten Thousand Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 27.07.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite documents: 27-07-2020, open-ing e-bid Part-I:.27.07.2020, Part-II:.Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 38. E-TenderNo: 08/C&IMD-I/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-III,3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara. Work: Part-A: Work of installation, testing and com-missioning of new LED fixtures, removaland refurbishment of existing conven-tional lights fittings with newly suppliedLED fittings/Retrofit LED tubelightincludiuing rectification of exisiting circuitif any in different areas of 3x210 MWATPS, Anpara Sonebhadra. Part-B:Work of installation and replacement ofdamaged 200A bus bar chamber, 200A 3pole main switch, 32A integraed LDB,100A welding carrier with new onesincluding rectification of existing circuit ifany in different areas of 3x210MW,ATPS, Anpara Sonebhadra. EarnestMoney: Rs.10,500.00 (Rs. TenThousand Five Hundred Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+18% GST, (Non Refundable) Earnestmoney deposit & tender cost to bedeposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 27.07.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite documents: 27.07.2020, E-bidsubmission end date opening e-bidPart-I:29.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be inti-mated later,. Period: 06 Months. Forparticipation and detailed information login to website http://etender.up.nic.in39. E-Tender No: 35/TMD/ATPS/2020-21, Office: Superintending Engineer,OMC-II, ATPS, Anpara. Work:

Miscellaneous works of turbine side ofunit#1, 2 & 3 of 3x210MW, ATPS,Anpara. Earnest Money: Rs.3,800.00(Rs Three Thousand Eight HundredOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (Non Refundable)Earnest money deposit & tender cost tobe deposited through NEFT/RTGS ofDY.C.A.O., CFA&BO, ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission end date: 05.08.2020,Last date for submission of hard copy ofrequisite documents: 05-08-2020, open-ing e-bid Part-I: 06.08.2020, Part-II:Shall be intimated later. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 40. E-TenderNo: 918/PD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, PD-II, BTPS,Anpara. Supply: Supply of ceiling fans &exhaust fans of different specification forATP Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.12,000.00 (Rs Twelve ThousandOnly) (Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid Technical & Financial at e-pro-curement website http://etender.up.nic.in: 24.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I:27.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 41. E-TenderNo: 919/PD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, PD-II, BTPS,Anpara. Supply: Supply of power supplyand battery for APC, DFA, UPS and PLCsystem of 2x500MW, BTPS Anpara.Earnest Money: Rs.3,000.00 (Rs ThreeThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,BTPS, Anpara. Last date for submissionof e-bid Technical & Financial at e-pro-curement website http://etender.up.nic.in: 24.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I:27.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 42. E-TenderNo: 917/PD-II/BTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, PD-II, BTPS,Anpara. Supply: Supply of LCD colormonitor & SMPS for DAS system of2x500MW, BTPS, Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs.2,500.00 (Rs Two ThousandFive Hundred Only) (Refundable),Tender Cost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST,(Non Refundable) Earnest moneydeposit & tender cost to be depositedthrough NEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O.,CFA&BO, BTPS, Anpara. Last date forsubmission of e-bid Technical &Financial at e-procurement websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in: 24.07.2020,date opening e-bid Part-I:27.07.2020,For participation and detailed informationlog in to website http://etender.up.nic.in 43. E-Tender No:02/TMD/DTPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-II,2X500MW, DTPS, Anpara. Work:Round the clock routine maintenance ofturbine and associated aux. of unit #6,DTPS, Anpara. Earnest Money:Rs.24,500.00 (Rs Twenty FourThousand Five Hundred Only)(Refundable), Tender Cost:Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission enddate: 24.07.2020, Last date for submis-sion of hard copy of requisite docu-ments: 24.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I: 27.07.2020, Part-II:. Period: 12Months. For participation and detailedinformation log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 44. E-TenderNo: 124/CF-604/PD-1/DTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer, MMC-III, DTPS, SAnpara. Supply:Procurement of refilling (CO2 Gas) andhydraulic testing of fire extinguisher.Earnest Money: Rs.6,000.00 (Rs SixThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.500.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,DTPS, Anpara. Last date for uploadingof e-bid Technical & Financial at E-pro-curement website: 27.07.2020, Last datefor submission of hard copy of e-bid part-I enclosed with requisite fee and annex-ure: 27.07.2020, date opening e-bidPart-I: 30.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 45. E-TenderNo: 123/CF-562/PD-1/DTPS/2020-21,Office: Superintending Engineer, MMC-III, DTPS, SAnpara. Supply: Transformeroil for E&MCD-IX, CHD-II. EarnestMoney: Rs.12,000.00 (Rs TwelveThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,DTPS, Anpara. Last date for uploadingof e-bid Technical & Financial at E-pro-curement website: 15.07.2020, Hardcopy of requisite documents:15.07.2020, date opening e-bid Part-I:18.07.2020, For participation anddetailed information log in to websitehttp://etender.up.nic.in 46. E-TenderNo: 10/CHD-II/ATPS/2020-21, Office:Superintending Engineer, O&MC-V,ATPS, Anpara. Work: Maintenance of6.6KV,0.4 KV Motors and rewinding of0.4 KV motors installed in CHP,3X210MW, ATPS, Anpara. EarnestMoney: Rs.34,000.00 (Rs Thirty FourThousand Only) (Refundable), TenderCost: Rs.1000.00+ 18% GST, (NonRefundable) Earnest money deposit &tender cost to be deposited throughNEFT/RTGS of DY.C.A.O., CFA&BO,ATPS, Anpara. E-bid submission enddate: 15.07.2020, Last date for submis-sion of hard copy of supporting docu-ments along with requisite documentsalong with requisite free (Tender cost &EMD): 16.07.2020, opening e-bid Part-I:17.07.2020, Part-II: Shall be intimatedlater. Period: 12 Months. For participa-tion and detailed information log in towebsite http://etender.up.nic.in ´fÂffaI :724/¸fb.Ad·f./I f¹fÊ/A°ff´f/1¶fe-8, dQ³ffaI : 25.06.2020

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DELHICONFIDENTIAL

MASTERINGTHEVIRTUALWHILEPRIMEMinisterNarendraModiheldavirtualmeetingoftheCabinet inApril,when the lockdownwas at its strictest, itappearstheexperiencehasgivenwaytohybridmeetings.Thiscametothe fore inWednesday’sCabinetmeetingwhensomeministerswere surprised tohearHomeMinisterAmit Shah’svoicewhilehewasn’tphysicallypresent.After lookingaround,theyrealisedShahhadjoinedthemthroughvideo-conferencing.Shah,infact,seemstobeusingthismechanismquitewellwhilebeing inthenationalcapital.Hehadjoinedtheall-partymeet-ingonJune19aswellasthePM’sinteractionswithchiefminis-tersearlierinthesameweekfromhisofficeinthecapital.DefenceMinisterRajnath Singh, FinanceMinisterNirmala SitharamanandExternalAffairsMinisterSJaishankarwerepresentwiththePMintheall-partymeeting;Shahhadjoineditfromhisoffice.

TESTING TIMESHIMANTA BISWA Sarma, the ruling party’s trou-bleshooter in the Northeast, had taken a break from hisrole asAssam’sHealthMinister for a fewdays to sort outthepolitical crisis inManipur,where allyNPPwithdrewsupport fromtheBJPgovernment, leaving it on thevergeof collapse. Resuming his task of battlingwith Covid-19in Assam, Sarma tweeted about the state's “aggressivetesting” and said it has, as of Thursday, tested 3,51,753samples. His post was liked, among many others, byManipurCMNBirenSingh,whose chair Sarmaseems tohave saved.

POSITIVE IN NEGATIVEHIS LATEST coronavirus test report having come nega-tive, former Union minister and veteran RJD leaderRaghuvansh Prasad Singh is expected to be dischargedin thenext fewdays fromAIIMS,Patna,wherehewasad-mitted lastweekafter testingpositive. Singhhadcreateda flutterwhile in hospital: He resigned as national vice-presidentof RJD. Singh is known forhisplain-speak, andall eyes inRJDwill beonwhathesaysandhowheacts af-ter leaving hospital.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBHOPAL, NEWDELHI, JUNE25

THE RULING BJP targeted theCongressThursdaybyquestion-ing a purported donation thatRajivGandhi Foundation (RGF)hadreceived,withBJPpresidentJ P Nadda saying that the foun-dation took $300,000 fromPeople’s Republic of China andthe Chinese embassy in 2005-06tocarryoutstudiesthatwerenot innational interest.The Congress did not com-

mentonthespecificallegation,but said the BJP should not livein2005andinsteaddiscuss thefreshChinese incursions.NaddasaidtheCongresshas

nomoral right to talkabout thecountry’s security after havingtaken money from China.“Today I was shocked towatchon TV that in 2005-06 People’sRepublic of China and theChineseembassygaveafatsumtoRGF. This is a secret relation-ship between Congress andChina. Thesepeople take fundsfrom China and then conductstudies thatarenot inthe inter-est of the country. These stud-ies create the environment forthat. Thenationwants toknowfor what they were paid andwhatstudytheyconducted,”hesaid, addressing MadhyaPradesh Jan Samvad, a virtualrally.Referring to the Congress

raising questions over the gov-ernment’s handling of theGalwan Valley standoff, Naddasaid, “All political parties saidfortheinterestof thenation,wearewith youModi ji, youmoveahead. Only one family, and itsintentions and policy, beganraisingquestions…. today theyare standing against China as ifthere is no sentinel like them.The mistakes of one familymade us lose 43,000 sq km of

land.” He added, “You take$300,000donationandteachusnationalism. Haathi ke daantdikhaneke aur khane ke alaghotehain.”Telecom Minister Ravi

Shankar Prasad, too, echoedthis: “Thedonors listofRGFan-nual report in 2005-06 clearlyshows that it received a dona-tion from the Embassy ofPeople’s Republic of China.Wewant to knowwhy this dona-tionwas taken.”ThetwoBJPleaderswerere-

ferring to an account of dona-tions made to RGF in 2005-06and its annual report of thepe-riod when the RGF carried outastudyonfreetradeagreementbetween India and China andsuggested it to be beneficial toIndia.The RGF annual report for

2005-06mentionstheEmbassyof The People’s Republic ofChinaasoneof the“partneror-ganisations and donors”.China’s name figures in the listof donors for Rajiv GandhiInstitute of ContemporaryStudies (RGICS), a policy thinktankpromotedbyRGF.Amongthemanydonors for

RGICS are Government ofPeople’s Republic of China,European Commission,Government of Ireland andUnited Nations DevelopmentProgramme.Congress president Sonia

Gandhi is the chairperson ofRGF and the trustees includeformer Prime MinisterManmohan Singh andMontekSinghAhluwalia.Congress lead-ers Rahul Gandhi, PriyankaGandhi Vadra and P

Chidambaram besides SumanDubey are trustee cum execu-tive committeemembers.While the Congress skirted

questions on the donation andinstead accused the BJP of try-ing todivert attention fromtheChinese incursions, VijayMahajan,SecretaryandCEOoftheRGF,didnotrespondtotelephonecallsandtextmessages.The annual reportmentions

that economist BibekDebroy—chairman of the EconomicAdvisoryCounciltothePM—wasdirectorofRGICStillDecember12,2005. After his exit, PDKaushiktookoverasactingdirector.Whencontacted, Debroy said, “I amaware of this but this happenedafterIhadleft.”Kaushikcouldnotbecontacted.TheCongresshitbackat the

BJPforwhat itcalleda“disinfor-

mation and sinister campaign”against the party and RahulGandhi. Senior leader AnandSharmaputouta listof theBJP’sengagements with theCommunist Party of China.Congress communication

department head RandeepSurjewalasaid, “Pleasestop liv-ing in2005andstartansweringquestions in 2020.”He said the issue today is

that the “Chinese have madefresh transgressions in theGalwanValley…Chinese armyhas made serious build-up intheDepsang area…Why is thegovernment mum about fur-ther Chinese presence in theeasternLadakharea? In thena-tional interest… the nationwants to know the answers forthesequestions insteadof diver-sionary tacticsof theBJPgovern-ment.”SurjewalasaidPrimeMinister

NarendraModi,asChiefMinisterofGujarat,hadvisitedChinafourtimes, thenasPMfive times,andinvited Chinese President XiJinpingtoIndiathreetimes.Modiand the Chinese President,Surjewalasaid,met18timesinthelastsixyears.HeclaimedthattheRSSheld consultationswith theCommunist Party of China in2009andayearearliertheBJPre-ceived aChinesedelegation andheldconfabulationswiththem.“Is it also not correct that in

January2011, thethenBJPpres-ident Nitin Gadkari took a del-egation of the BJP to China andheld detailed consultations.Were they anti-India consulta-tions? Is it not correct that in2014, theBJPsenta13-memberMP-MLA delegation for study-ing the Chinese political sys-tem…werethoseanti-Indiaac-tivities… but today is not thetime to discuss all those… to-day is the day to discuss aboutfresh Chinese incursions… in-steadof diversions,” he said.

BJPpresident JPNaddaaddresses theMadhyaPradeshJanSamvadvirtual rally fromthepartyheadquarters inNewDelhi. PTI

BJP questions China donation to RGF,Congress says talk about incursionsNaddasaysfundstakenforstudiesthatwerenotinnational interest;oppnpartyslams‘diversionarytactics’

SHUBHAJITROYNEWDELHI, JUNE25

DAYS AFTER US PresidentDonaldTrumpsignedanexec-utive order extending the banon immigrant and non-immi-grantworkervisasuntiltheendof this year, India on Thursdaysaid themovewould likely af-fect the movement of skilledIndian professionals workinglawfully in theUS.Ministry of External Affairs

spokespersonAnuragSrivastavasaid on Thursday that high-skilled Indian professionalsbringimportantskillsets,bridgetechnologicalgapsandimparta“competitive edge to the USeconomy” and are a “criticalcomponentof theworkforce”.“The US has always wel-

comed talent andwehope our

professionalswillcontinuetobewelcomedinUSAinthe future,”Srivastavasaid,whilerespondingtoquestionsat theweeklybrief-ing.“We have seen the

ProclamationissuedbyPresidentTrump on June 22 temporarilysuspendingentryof certain cat-egories of non-immigrant visa-holders&their familymemberstillDecember31,2020“Thisis likelytoaffectmove-

ment of Indian skilled profes-sionalswho avail of these non-immigrant visa programmes towork lawfully in theUS.We are

assessingtheimpactoftheorderonIndiannationalsandindustryin consultationwith stakehold-ers,”hesaid.OnApril22,PresidentTrump

had signed an executive orderbanningtheentryofworkersonnon-immigrantvisasforaperiodof60days.Earlier this week, Trump

signed an executive order, ex-tendingthe60-daybanonimmi-gration and non-immigrantworkervisastill theendof2020,including the coveted H1B andH2Bvisas,aswellascertainothercategoriesofH4, J, andLvisas.In a statement, the White

Housesaid thatmanyAmericanworkers had been hurt by thecoronaviruspandemic,and“theyshould not remain on the side-lines while being replaced bynewforeign labour”.Barring exceptions, “we

should not permit large num-bers of foreignworkers to entertheUnitedStatesatatimewhensomany Americans are out ofwork”, thestatement said.Thebanon theentryof non-

immigrant workers with H1Bvisas is likely tohave thebiggestimpactglobally,andespeciallyonIndianIT firmsandworkers.The order also replaced the

currentsystemofawardingH1Bvisas by lottery with a systemthat privileges applicants whoarepaidmorethanothers.Manymajor global technol-

ogy companies outsource theirbackend database updation,service,andmaintenancejobstoIT companies based in India.However, skilled employeesfrom these organisations traveltotheUSonclientsitevisits,andtoworkonmore specialised re-quirements.

Week on,NPP back infold, rejoinsBJP govt inManipur

NewDelhi: Calling the fightagainst Emergency “the sec-ond freedomstruggle”, Vice-PresidentMVenkaiahNaidurecalled his days as a cam-paigner and “undergroundcourier”atthattime.InaFacebookpost,hecon-

trasted the situationwith theCovid-19lockdown,saying,“Itwas exactly 3months backthatwevolunteeredtoconfineourselvestohomestowardoffthe looming threat of coron-avirus.Wepreferred tomaskourselves and restrict ourmovements for the good ofall…This legitimate confine-mentisasharpcontrasttotheone that thenationwas sub-jected to this day 45 yearsback...”Heurgedthepeopleofthecountry“toupholdthedig-nityof life foundedonthe in-dividualfreedomsguaranteedbytheConstitution.... ENS

SECOND FREEDOMSTRUGGLE: VENKAIAHON EMERGENCY

TrumphadsuspendedH-1Bvisasuntil theendof2020

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE25

EIGHT DAYS after they with-drew support to the BJP gov-ernment in Manipur, puttingthe saffron party's first gov-ernment in the Northeast onthe verge of collapse, the fourlegislators of NDA allyNational People’s Party (NPP)met Governor NajmaHeptullahat theRajBhavan inImphal on Thursday and pre-sented a written declarationon their continued support tothe N Biren Singh govern-ment.The four MLAs, including

Deputy Chief Minister YJoykumar Singh, arrived inImphal alongwithpartypres-ident and Meghalaya CMConrad Sangma and Assamminister and BJP leaderHimanta Biswa Sarma.The legislators had been

brought back to the NDA foldafter a meeting with UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahandBJP president J P Nadda onWednesday.OnThursday, Sangma said

Nadda and Shah had assuredthe NPP that all grievanceswould be addressed.He said, “In our meeting

yesterday, we expressed ourgrievances and concerns thatwe are having in this politicalalliance. Theyunderstood theproblem and assured us thatthe issues will be addressedand that they will personallylook into them. We have de-cided to withdraw our resig-nations. The NPP will con-tinue to support thisgovernment.”He said NPP leaders will

continue as ministers, al-though theremaybe changesin their portfolios.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE25

THEBJPonThursdayattackedtheCongressonthe45thanniversaryof theEmergency,paying tributeto those leaderswhohad strug-gled against the government ofthe then PrimeMinister IndiraGandhi.PMNarendraModi tweeted:

“Exactly45yearsago,Emergencyhadbeen imposedon the coun-try.Ibowtothepeoplewhostrug-gledandsufferedtoprotectIndia’sdemocracy.Thenationwillneverforgettheirsacrifice.”Attached to the tweetwas a

videomessagecontainingvisualsof theEmergency, inwhichModisaid,“Ifevertherewasanoccasionin theworldwhere people keptasidetheirinterestsandrightsandvotedonlyfortheideaofdemoc-racy, itwastheelectionsof1977,”hesaid.Inastatementreleasedontwitter, BJP president J PNaddasaid, “In1975,onthisday, forpo-liticalself interest,thoseopposedto the governmentwereput be-hind bars after declaration of

Emergency. People’s fundamen-talrightsweresnatchedawayandnewspaper officeswere locked.On this anniversaryof Congress-imposedEmergency, I bowtoallthosepatriotswhodespitesuffer-inggreatinjusticeandtorturedidnot kneel down to those whomurdereddemocracy...”Theoffi-cial Twitter handle of the partyalso posted a 2018 blog on theEmergencywritten by the lateArunJaitley.Home Minister Amit Shah

took potshots at the Congressbasedonreportsofbickeringdur-ing a recentmeeting of its topleaders.“Onthisday,45yearsago,one family’s greed for power ledto the imposition of theEmergency.Overnightthenationwas turned into a prison... Thissorrystateof affairs thrives in to-day’sCongresstoo!”Shahsaid ina tweet. Referring tomedia re-ports of a recent CongressWorking Committee meetingwhereleadersdifferedonhowtoattackModipolitically,Shahsaid,“Congressneedstoaskitself:Whydoes theEmergencymindset re-main?

BJP targets Congress on 45thanniversary of Emergency

Suspension of work visas by US will affectmovement of Indian professionals: MEA

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA,“e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE

WORKS DEPARTMENTE-mail- ceworldbankprojects@gmail.com

Bid Identification No. CE-W.B.P. (O) - 06/2020-211. The Chief Engineer (World Bank Project), Odisha on behalf

of Governor of Odisha invites percentage rate bid in doublecover system in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors forconstruction of Bridge works as detailed below:

8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Futher details can be seen from the website:https:tenderodisha.gov.in. Any addendum/ corrigendum/cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website.

Chief EngineerWorld Bank Project, Odisha

OIPR-34003/11/0008/2021

B-110

2. Nature of work : Bridge works

3. No. of work : 01 Nos.

4. Tender cost : Rs. 10,000.00 (on-line)

5. Class of Contractor : Super / Special Class Contractor

6. Available of biddocument in thewebsite

: From 10.00 A.M. of 30.06.2020 to05.00 PM of 16.07.2020.

7. Date of opening of Bid : Dt. 17.07.2020 at 11.30 AM

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER,

JEYPORE (R&B) CIRCLE, JEYPOREINVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB)

Bid Identification No. S.E.J.C. (R&B)- 08/2020-21No. 2493 Date. 22.06.2020

Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portalhttps://tendersodisha.gov.inAny addendum / corrigendum / cancellation of tender can alsobe seen in the said website only.

Sd/-Superintending Engineer

Jeypore (R&B) Circle, JeyporeOIPR-34108/11/0006/2021

B-111

1. Name of the Work : ROAD & BUILDING WORKS2. Total No. of Works : 02 (Two) Nos.

3. Estimated cost : Rs. 128.52 Lakhs to 738.00 Lakhs4. Period of completion 09 Months to 10 (Ten) Months5. Bid Cost : Rs. 10,000/- (Each)6. Class of Contractor : “B”, “A”, “Special” & “Super” Class7. Date & time of availability of

bid document in the portal: From 10.00 hours of 30.06.2020

to 17.00 hours of 15.07.20208. Last date/ Time for receipt of

bids in the Portal: 17.00 hours of 15.07.2020

9. Opening date of Bid : 10.00 hours of 16.07.2020

10. Name and address of theOfficer Inviting Bid

: Superintending EngineerJeypore (R&B) Circle, Jeypore

Tenders are invited for Design, Supply, Installation,

Testing and Commissioning with 5 years Comprehensive

Maintenance of Solar Powered Lights and Fans for 1027

nos. of Anganawadi Centers of “Department of Women

and Child Development (DWCD)” throughout the State

of Karnataka through e-procurement portal under two cover

system. Intending bidders can download the tender

documents from the e-procurement website:

www.eproc.karnataka.gov.in on or after 26.06.2020.

Sd/- Assistant General Manager

Solar Off Grid-1, KREDL

Karnataka Renewable Energy

Development Limited

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SHORT-TERM TENDER NOTIFICATIONSolar Power Pack for Anganawadi Centers

(Through e-procurement platform)

SOUTHERNPOWERDISTRIBUTIONCOMPANYOFTELANGANALTD.

TSSPDCL intends to float tenders for procurement of a) 55 sq.mm AAAConductor, b) New Transformer Oil, C) 3-PH 315 KVA DTR with BIS EELevel-3, d) 11KV 220V Fed VCB,CTs,CR Pnl& IED Relays, e) 11KV CTs900-450/1-1-0.577A, 0.2S Class, f) 33KV Lightning Arrestors (Line Type),g) 24V 40AH BatteryCharger (Conventional type) and h) 11KV, 3Cx185+70Sq.mm XLPE AB Cable on e-procurement platform. For furtherdetails,please visit www.tssouthernpower.com and www.tender.telangana.gov.in. Phone: 040-23431360, 1034DIPR R.O. No. : 680-PP/CL-AGENCY/ADVT/1/2020-21

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e-Procurement Tender Notice

Tenders are invited by the undersigned on behalf of ManagingDirector, VJNL, Bangalore, from eligible contractor for the Work“Extension of Holalkere Tank Filling Scheme to fill up 06 nos. oftanks including construction of one impounding reservoir alongwith one additional tank filling (Kereyagalahalli) in Talya hobaliunder Upper Bhadra Project in Holalkere Taluk of ChitradurgaDistrict with operation and maintenance for 05 years aftersuccessful completion of work” (INDENT No: VJNL/2019-20/IW/WORK_INDENT1363” Amount put to tender is Rs. 5653.36 Lakhs,the contractors can submit the tenders in Two cover system throughwww.eproc.karnataka.gov.in from 25.06.2020 to 10.07.2020 till16:00, The Pre-bid Meeting is Scheduled on 07.07.2020, 11.00 AMin the office of Chief engineer, VJNL UBP Zone, Chitradurga. Lastdate for queries up to 06.07.2020, 5:00 PM, Opening of Technicalbid is on 11.07.2020, 16:30 onwards in the office of ExecutiveEngineer, VJNL, UBP Division No.05, Chitradurga. Financial bid willbe opened after the approval of technical Bid.

(Only through E-prOcurEmEnt pOrtAL)SHOrt tErm E-tEnDEr nOtIFIcAtIOn

Sd/- Executive Engineer

VISVESVArAYA JALA nIGAmA LImItED

No:EE/UBP/VJNL/Div-5/CTA/TALYA/2020-21/229 Dt: 23.06.2020

(Government of Karnataka Enterprises)Uppar Bhadra Project, Div. No.5, Chitradurga.

Ph/Fax: 08194-230102 E-Mail: eeubp.d5cta@gmail.com

rO no. 182: DIpr/ctA/mcA/2020-21

PRITAMPALSINGHNEWDELHI, JUNE25

THEDELHIHighCourtThursdaysought toknowfromtheCentreits assessment of the prepared-nessoftheauthoritiesinDelhitodeal with the rising Covid-19cases nowand in future,whenthe numbers are expected torise further. A bench of ChiefJustice D N Patel and JusticePrateek Jalan sought to knowwhether there is any shortageof testing kits and askedDelhigovernmenttoensurethatithasenough testing kits in the com-ingdays.It asked the Delhi govern-

ment to look into the aspect ofreal-time updation of itsweb-sites and app and also to aug-ment itsCovid relatedhelplinenumbers before the next dateof hearing on July 16.The directions were issued

during thehearingof aPIL, ini-tiated on its own on the basisof a video clip showing amanstrugglingtofindahospitalbedforhisCovid-19positivemother.

Test kits in stockfor at least 15-20days: Delhi govt

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEHYDERABAD, JUNE25

THE ANDHRA Pradesh High CourtThursdaygaveconditionalpermissiontothree employees of LG Chemicals, whohadarrivedinVisakhapatnamonMay13

to probe the cause of the styrenemonomerleakattheLGPolymersfactory,to return toSouthKorea.The three South Koreans hadmoved

the court on June 22 saying the policewerenotallowingthemtoleavethecoun-try. Intheirpetitions, theysaidtheywereemployees of LGChemicalswhich is the

parentcompanyofLGPolymers.Theyfur-thersaidtheyhaveconcludedtheirprobebutthereisdelayinrecordingtheirstate-mentsby thepolice.However,AdvocateGeneralSSairam

toldthecourtthatthepolicedidnotpre-vent them from leaving the country buthadaskedthemtobepresent for further

inquiriesbytheinvestigationcommitteeset up by the state government. The AGfurthersubmittedthatthepetitionersberequiredtofileaffidavitsstatingthattheywould be willing to come to India andpresent themselves before thepolice if required during the course ofinvestigation.

ARUNSHARMAJAMMU,JUNE25

THE CBI has filed a preliminaryenquiry to look into allegationsof landgrabbingandcorruptionbyaneducationaltrustbeingrunby former J&K ministerChoudharyLal Singh.Singhhadquit theBJPalong

with party leader ChanderPrakash Ganga after the twowere made to resign from thethen PDP-BJP coalition cabinetin the wake of a controversyover theirpublic support to thedemandforaCBIprobebyrela-tives of the accused, whowerearrested by the police oncharges of gang rape andmur-der of an eight-year-Bakarwalgirl in the forestsof Kathuadis-trict in 2018.Singh did not respond to

multipleattemptsbyThe IndianExpress to reach him forcomment.Thepreliminaryenquiryac-

cuses the trust of being in pos-sessionof hugetractsof land ingross violation of the ceilingprescribed under the JammuandKashmirAgrarianReformsAct, 1976.It has further been alleged

that false certificates were is-sued—toclaimthat the land isunder the exempted categoryunder the Act — to enable theRBEducationalTrust inKathuato purchase agricultural landfor non-agricultural purposes,according to sources.

CBI to probeland grab, graftcharges againsttrust run byJ&K ex-minister

HARIKISHANSHARMANEWDELHI, JUNE25

COOPERATIVE DAIRIES acrossthecountryhavedemandedthewithdrawalof thenotificationoftariff rate quota (TRQ) scheme,which allows the import of10,000tonnesof skimmedmilkpowder(SMP)ataconcessionalduty of 15 per cent during thecurrent financial year.“We request the

Government of India to with-draw it immediately,” said R SSodhi, managing director,Gujarat Cooperative Milk

Marketing Federation Limited(GCMMF), which markets itsproductsunderthebrandAmul.“Asyouknow,wehaveunsold

stocks of SMP andwhite butterfor which the Government ofIndiaisgivinginterestsubvention.This importwill crash the SMPmarket, resulting in decline inmilkpricebyRs7-8perlitretothemilkproducers,”Sodhisaid.The latest decisions reverse

theUnionBudgetmove,inwhichthegovernmenthadwithdrawnthe concessional duty of 15 percentapplicableon importsof upto10,000tonnesofSMPduringafiscalundertheTRQscheme.

NewDelhi:After a key group ofthe Organisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC) rejected theIndian government’s decisionto scrap special status ofJammu and Kashmir onMonday, India Thursday onceagain said OIC had “no locusstandi”andshouldrefrain frommaking unwarranted refer-ences against India.“Our position is consistent

on thismatter and has no am-biguity.OIChasno locus standiin matters strictly internal toIndia, including that of theUnion Territory of Jammu andKashmir. We have in the pastalso reiterated that OIC shouldrefrain from making unwar-rantedreferencesonIndia,”MEAofficial spokesperson AnuragSrivastavasaidonThursday.AvirtualmeetingoftheOIC’s

contact group on Kashmir alsoexpressed concern over cease-fire violations along LoC andcalled on India to “rescind itsunilateral and illegal actions,and allow Kashmiri people tofreely exercise theirright to self-determinationthrough a UN-supervisedplebiscite”. ENS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE25

INDIA ON Thursday said thatPakistan’s continuation on thegrey list of the Financial ActionTask Force “vindicates” NewDelhi’s stand that Islamabadhas“nottakenconcreteaction”toad-dress international concerns re-gardingfinancingofterrorismandsafehavensinthecountry.Thegovernmentalsohitoutat

PakistanovertheabductionofanIndiannational inAfghanistanasitblamed“externalactors”forthekidnappingof NedanSingh. Thegovernmentcondemnedtheab-ductionandsaidthatitisintouchwith theAfghan government tosecure Singh’s safe and early re-lease.New Delhi also criticised

Islamabadfor levelling“fictitiouscharges” against others afterPakistan’s proposal tolist an Indiannational as a global

terrorist.MEA official spokesperson

AnuragSrivastavasaid, “Pakistancontinues tobeon the FATFgreylist,anditisyettoshowactionandshow progress on 13 of the 27points,undertheactionplan.Thisis despite all the deadlines forcompleting the action expired along time ago. The continuedgreylistingofPakistanbyFATFvin-dicatesourpositionthatPakistanhas not taken concrete action toaddressinternationalconcernsre-garding terrorist financing andsafe havenswhich exist in thecountry.”Pakistanwill remain on the

FATFgreylistforfailingtocomplywiththeglobalterroristfinancingwatchdog’sdeadlinetoprosecuteandpenaliseterroristfinancinginthecountry.Thedecisionwastakenatthe

thirdandfinalplenarymeetingonWednesday under the ChinesePresidency of Xiangmin Liu buthasn’tbeenannouncedyet.

MEA: OIC has nolocus standi oninternal matters,including J&K

FATF greylistingvindicates India standon Pak, says MEA

Withdraw concession on skimmedmilk import: Co-op dairies to Centre

HC allows LG Chemicals team to return to S Korea

Jewellery shop firing: Man arrestedNewDelhi: Delhi Police has ar-restedamanwhowasallegedlyinvolvedinafiringincidentattwojewelleryshopsinNajafgarh,saidofficialsonThursday.Theaccused,Harish,wasallegedly involved in

eight casesof violenceandmur-der.TheSpecialCellofDelhiPolicearrestedhimonWednesday.Theaccusedwas involved incarjack-ing,murderandextortionecases,policesaid.ENS

AMITABHSINHAPUNE, JUNE25

ALLMISSIONS,includingthetestflight for sending humans intospace, planned by the IndianSpace Research Organisationover thenext twoyears facede-lay because of the disruptioncaused by COVID19 pandemic,ISRO chairman K Sivan has toldThe IndianExpress.A rescheduled timeline has

notbeenworkedoutbecauseofcontinuinguncertainty,hesaid.“Inourwork strategy,many

of thedesignanddevelopmentactivities happen in theprivate

sector. Because of this pan-demic, these industries havenotbeenabletooperateat theiroptimumlevel.Asaresult, theyare not in a position to supplytherequiredsubsystemsforthemissionsbyISRO.Sothiswillaf-fect all our targeted missionsover the next few months,”Sivan said.“Inaddition,therehavebeen

travelrestrictionsinmanystatesbecauseofwhichouremployeeshave not been able to movearound.Ithas,naturally,affectedourwork,”hesaid.The missions that would

have be rescheduled includeChandrayaan-3,plannedforthis

year end, and the unmannedtest flightforGaganyaan, India’sfirstattemptatsendinghumansintospace.ThemainGaganyaanmission is slated for 2022, and

that could also be delayed, al-thoughSivansaidtherewasstillsome scope for making up onlost time.“Our in-housedevelopment

activities, and research and de-velopment has been going on.These have not stopped thoughthey too have been affected abit,”hesaid.Sivansaidtheongoingtrain-

ingoftheselectedastronautsfortheGaganyaanmissioninRussia,which had been disrupted dueto the pandemic, had resumedand was going on “with fullsteam”.ISRO had planned 36mis-

sions in the financial year 2020-

21,accordingtoagovernmentre-ply to a Parliament question inMarch. These included thelaunchesof10earth-observationsatellites, three communicationsatellites, and two navigationsatellites, besides Chandrayaan-3andGaganyaanunmannedtestflight.“Wehavenotyetworkedout

the new timelines for all thesemissions.Thereisnopointinde-ciding now. There is still a lot ofuncertainty. Sowe have towaitfor the situation to normalise.Only then we will be able tomake a correct assessment anddecideonrealistictimelines,”hesaid.

Pandemic hits spacemannedmission,all other projects, says ISRO chief

Sivan: Training inRussiaofastronautsbackontrack.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE 25

MUMBAI POLICE is preparingto takewithinamonth thecus-tody of gangster Ravi Pujari,who was extradited to Indiafrom Senegal earlier this year.Currently, Pujari is in the cus-tody of the Central CrimeBranchof theBengalurupolicein connection with the 2017murder of builder Subba Rao.Further, Mumbai Police willonly be charging him in 19 ofthe49cases registeredagainsthim.Senior officers in the

Mumbai Police Crime Branchsaid that of the remaining 30cases,while a fewarebeing in-vestigated by the CBI, othershad taken place decades agoand itwouldbedifficult to findany evidence against him.A senior officer said, “We

hadwritten to thegovernmentof Senegal with details of ninecases against Pujari, for whichwe want to charge him inMumbai. This is in addition tothe details of the 10 cases wehadsent immediately afterhisdetention in Senegal.”The officer added that as

per extradition laws, one canonly try a person for the casesmentioned in the plea seekingextradition. Since MumbaiPolice had sent details of only10cases in theextraditionplea,they had to intimate theSenegal authorities about thenine other cases before theyformally chargePujari in thosecases.The officer further said it

took the police all this time —Pujariwasarrested inFebruary2019 — as it had to translatethechargesheets fromMarathito French, theofficial languageof Senegal. “It had tobe sent ina particular format... It was acumbersome process. Finally,

last week, we sent details ofthe nine cases and have de-cidednot to chargehim for therest.”“In a few of these 30 cases,

Pujari is a co-accused withgangster Chhota Rajan andhence, the CBI will be investi-gating them. In some cases,while the co-accused have al-ready been acquitted, in oth-ers, the call records or othersuch evidence is not available.We have just gone by caseswhere we have strong evi-dence like audio or video clip-pings on record...,” the officersaid.Pujari, whowas on the run

for almost 15 years, was ar-rested inSouthAfricaand laterdeported to Senegal. Later, hewas extradited to India andbrought to Bengaluru onFebruary 23. Prior to 2017, theBengalurupolicehad filed twochargesheets against Pujari –the Shabnamdevelopers dou-ble murder case and an extor-tion case.

Mumbai Police setto get Ravi Pujari’scustody in a month

RaviPujariwillbechargedin19cases. File

Senior officers in theMumbai Police CrimeBranch said that of theremaining 30 cases,while a feware beinginvestigated by theCBI, others had takenplace decades ago

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KARISHMAMEHROTRANEWDELHI, JUNE25

WITHFATALITIESfromthenovelcoronavirus infection doublingevery 14-16 days in India,morethan half the country’s districts(407 out of 720) have nowseenat leastoneCovid-19death.However, around7outof 10

Coviddeathsinthecountryhavebeen concentrated in only ahandfulof districts.Sowhile the number of dis-

trictsthathavebeentouchedbyatleastoneCoviddeathhasrisenfrom 272 a month ago to 348two weeks ago to the currentnumber,the10districtswiththemostdeathshaveaccountedforabout 70 per cent of fatalitiesthroughout thisperiod.Districts that are not in this

top 10 list but have recorded

more than10deaths each, havecontributedroughly20percentof totaldeaths.Butthenumberofdistrictsin

this category has gone fromabout30amonthago to50twoweeks ago to 80 now— also anindication of the increasing

spreadof thedisease.Thereisasetof50districtsthat

hadseenat leastonedeathmorethan amonth ago, but have nothadanysincethen.Butthereisan-othersetof 145districts thathadnodeathsatthebeginningofthisperiod,buthaveatleastonenow.Whilethetop10listremains

largelystatic,someMaharashtracities such as Aurangabad,Solapur, and Nashik are begin-ning to see a faster increase indeaths than larger cities suchasKolkata, Indore, and Jaipur.These cities inMaharashtra

alsohaveanunusuallyhighcasefatality rate of between 6 and 9percent.Gurgaon,Faridabad,andGhaziabad too, are have shownan abnormally high deathgrowthover thepastmonth.Delhi has been counted as

one “district” in this analysis.The data is not perfect because

bulletinsof somestates, includ-ing Telangana and Assam, donotgiveconsistentdistrict-wisedata.Alsodatamatchingexercises

have seen death toll surges inMumbaiandDelhi,andscrutinybystatedeathauditcommitteesmay lead to varying definitionsof aCoviddeath.India’s overall fatality rate

has increased from2.8per centtwo weeks ago to 3.2 per centnow, according to HealthMinistry data. But the recoveryrate too, has increased from 47per cent to 57 per cent. Activecases have doubled in the pastthreeweeks.Deaths in Haryana, Tamil

Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka,Uttarakhand,Assam,andPunjabhavemore than doubled in thelast two weeks, according toHealthMinistrydata.

DIPANKARGHOSENATHNAGAR(BHAGALPUR),JUNE25

THE LARGE first-floor roomhasnever been so full: silk clotheverywhere, someof itwithoutwrappingpaper, others in card-boardboxesreadyfortransport.ForZiaUrRahman, thepromisethattheroomwouldbeemptiedevaporated long ago. Instead,whathasbeenemptyingquicklyover the last five months inNathnagar,hometoBhagalpur’sfamous silk industry, are bankbalances, savings accounts —andhope.

Bhagalpur is amicrocosmofBiharthesedays,withreturningmigrants, a rising Covid graph,and an economy showing signsof deep distress. The district isalso the focus of amonth-longassignmentbyTheIndianExpresstotrackhowlivesandlivelihoodsin smalltown India are copingwith theunlockdown.Bhagalpur’s story is inextri-

cably linked to its silk industry,spanninggenerations.Trafficsig-nals have “Silk City”written onthem, the district administra-tions website says “Silk City ofBihar”. The past 30 years hasseen considerable decline, duetopolitical apathy,mismanage-mentandthecommunaltensionof1989.Buttoday,afterthelock-down, it's teeteringontheedge.Zia Ur Rahman runs one of

the largest weaving units inNathnagar,6kmfromtownand

home to 6,000weaver families.He estimates that the industrywasonceworthRs500crore,be-fore sliding to around Rs 100crore.“Myunitproduced10,000sqmof silk a day, earned Rs 30lakh a month and employed3,000 people. Now, sinceFebruary,nothing...morethan95per cent of business has col-lapsed,”hesays.“Silk is an expensive cloth

product, and in today’smarket,nobody wants to spend thatmoney. Our demand camemostlyfromcompaniesbasedinEurope or America. But now,withlogisticsaproblem,andthecompanies struggling, therearenoorders,”Rahmansays.It isn’t just that new orders

aren’tcomingin,hesays,theoldonesarebeingcancelled.For in-stance,theclothstackedinboxeswas for an order from England

worth Rs 40 lakh. “There is noword from them. OrdersworthRs 80 lakh from Europe andAmerica have been cancelledsince February,” says Rahman,signallingthepandemic'sglobal

trajectory. “On top of that, em-broideryandprintinghappeninDelhi, Bengaluru, Surat orVaranasi, and theyareall shut.”In the lanes of Nathnagar,

barelywide enough for one ve-

hicletopass,MohammadShoaibAnsari's small storeroom forcloth is now a grocery shop.“Earlier, I earned Rs 500-600 aday. There was no work so Iopenedthissmallshop.Isitherefrom 6 am to 8 pm, and earnabout Rs 100 a day...nowherenearfulfillingourneeds,”hesays.Yet,despitethedeepdistress,

the romance of Bhagalpuri silkmeans it is always part of con-versation.OnMay25,BiharChiefMinister Nitish Kumar arguedfor industries to set up shop inthestateandassuredhelpforre-turningmigrants. His exampleof an avenue filledwith oppor-tunity?Bhagalpur silk.Asked if the administration

hadanyplansforrevivalandres-cue, District Magistrate PranavKumar says they are “definitelylooking at this sector”. “In thelong term, we are looking at

identifying two-three placeswherewewillplanttreesforco-coonssothat there is rawmate-rial. In the short term, we haverequestedthosewhohavesmallfactories to increase work, buttherearelimitations.Eventhosethatproduce,theyonlymakethecloth, stitching and brandinghappen outside.Wewill createa brand, do some stitching andthensee.Wewilldevelopaclus-ter for thosewhowant towork,and then create forward andbackward linkages,”hesays.Rahman acknowledges that

the administration has reachedout. “But they want us to putmoney in. The question is whowill buy the product? The solu-tion, if any, is that they help usmonetarily and buy the silkweproduce,”hesays.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEJAIPUR, JUNE25

THE RAJASTHAN HealthDepartmenthassentanotice toNIMSUniversity over the clini-cal trials that were reportedlyconductedonCovid-19patientsby a joint research team ofPatanjali Research Institute andNational Institute of MedicalSciences and Research, NIMSUniversity, Jaipur, officials said.According to senior officials

of the stateHealthDepartment,theuniversityhasbeenaskedtoclarify its position and replywithin threedays.“In the notice, we have said

thatwelearntfromnewspapersthat theyhaveviolated thepro-tocol by conducting clinical tri-als. NIMSwas acquired by thegovernment and designated byit as a Covid care institute andasymptomaticpatients are senttherewhoaretreatedaccordingtotheguidelinesof thestateandcentral government. We haveasked foranexplanationwithinthreedays,otherwiseactionwillbe taken,” said Dr NarottamSharma, Chief Medical andHealthOfficer, Jaipur.He said the notice was sent

onWednesdaynighttotheman-agementofNIMSUniversity.Following the launch of an

ayurvedic ‘Corona Kit’ byRamdev’sPatanjaliAyurvedLtd,claiming it cured Covid-19, theRajasthangovernmenthad saidthat they were not informedabout the clinical trials whichwere conducted and that dueprocesseswere not followedbythemakersof thesaidmedicine.

During the launch onTuesday, Ramdev had claimedthatthemedicine,manufacturedby Haridwar-based DivyaPharmacyandPatanjaliAyurvedLtd,istheresultofajointresearchof Patanjali Research InstituteandNationalInstituteofMedicalSciences and Research, NIMSUniversity, Jaipur.Rajasthan Health Minister

Raghu Sharma had said thatstrict actionwill be taken if anyattemptismadetosell thisdrugas a potential medicine forCovid-19 inRajasthan.TheIndianExpresshadearlier

reported that during the trial,whenmildly symptomatic pa-tientsdevelopedfever,theywereadministered allopathicmedi-cines.Thetrialswereconductedonly on asymptomatic andmildly symptomatic patients,whileseverelysymptomaticpa-tients and thosewith acute res-piratorydistresssyndromewereexcluded forenrolment.The Rajasthan Health

Department had said that onlyasymptomatic patients werekeptatNIMS.“We have not received any

such letter ornotice so far,” saidDr Sandeep Tripathi, Registrar,NIMSUniversity.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEAHMEDABAD,RAJKOT,JUNE25

THREESENIORCongress leadersfromGujarat, includinga legisla-tor,havetestedpositiveforCovid-19 in the last24hours, daysaftertheparty’sRajyaSabhacandidateBharatsinhSolankiwas found tobe infected with the novelcoronavirus.Meanwhile,thestatebrokeits

recent trend of discharging asmanypeopleasthosetestingpos-itive—ormoreonsomedays—asThursdaysaw410patientsbeingdischarged against the 577whotestedpositive.According to officials of

Gujarat Pradesh CongressCommittee (GPCC),MLAChiragKalariya, former AhmedabadCongresspresidentChetanPRavalandGujaratCongressvice-presi-dent from Vadodara, MaulinVaishnav,havetestedpositiveforCovid-19.SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress,

GPCC spokesperson JairajsinhParmarsaid,“Theresultsof three

of our senior leaders have comeout positive and they are all in astable condition.Ourother lead-ers such as Himmatsinh Patel,ShaktisinhGohil,LakhaBharwadandCJChavdahavebeenputun-derquarantine.ThetestreportofourGPCCpresidentAmitChavdahascomeoutnegative.”On June 22, three days after

the Rajya Sabha elections in thestate,Congresscandidateandfor-merUnionminister BharatsinhSolankihad testedpositive.Afterhis results, asmany as a dozenleaderswhohadcomeincontactwith him during the electionswereputunderquarantine,espe-ciallyRavalandVaishnavwhohadaccompanied him toGandhinagar.Chavdatweeted , “Threesen-

ior leaders of Gujarat Congresshave testedpositive forCovid-19andIprayfortheirearlyrecovery.”WhileMLAKalariyahasbeen

hospitalised in Rajkot, MaulinVaishnav has been admitted toBanker’s Hospital in Vadodara.Raval, being asymptomatic, hasbeenputunderhomequarantine.SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress,

Vaishnavsaid,“Igotmyselfadmit-ted in Banker’s Hospital onTuesdayandmyreportscameoutyesterday. Iamstablenow.”ChiragKalariyaisthefirstMLA

fromSaurashtraregiontotestpos-itiveforCovid-19.Dr Mitesh Bhanderi, Chief

District HealthOfficer of Rajkot,confirmed that the 42-year-oldMLAfromJamjodhpurAssemblyconstituencyinJamnagardistricthad tested positive onWednesdaynight.Kalariyasaidthathehadcome

inclosecontactwithSolankidur-ing the Rajya Sabha elections inGandhinagarlastweek.“After the Rajya Sabha elec-

tion, IhadstayedinGandhinagarfortwodays.OnWednesday,IfeltIhadatemperature.So,insteadofreturning to my home inJamjodhpur, I directlywent to ahospitalandmysamplesreturnedpositive... However, the feverhassince gone and I am feelingnor-malnow,”KalariyatoldTheIndianExpress on Thursday evening,addinghehadgothimselfadmit-tedtoaprivatehospital inMavdiareaofRajkot.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JUNE25

THE KARNATAKA governmenton Thursday ruled out the pos-sibilityof reimpositionofalock-down in Bengaluru amid risingCovid-19 cases and growingpressure on healthcare, but an-nounced await andwatch pol-icy to take a final call on forcedsocialdistancing in thecity.“People need to cooperate.

Whenyoudon'tmaintain socialdistancing,thediseasespreadsindensely populated areas likeslums. If you don't wantBengaluru to be sealed downagain thenpeoplemust cooper-ate andmaintain social distanc-ing,'' Chief Minister B SYediyurappasaidonthesidelinesofameetingofministersandof-ficials todiscuss thesituation.Following the meeting,

RevenueMinisterRAshokasaid,“There will be no lockdown inBengaluru. It is clear, no lock-downinBengaluru.”Thereweregrowingmurmurs

in the state government on thepossibilityofanotherlockdowninthe wake of a rise in Covid-19casesinthecitysinceJune1.“Bengaluru has been an ex-

ample for the whole country,andcomparedtoothercitiesthe

incidence in Bengaluru has notgone out of control. Still, Covid-19caseshavebeengoingupoverand we will take all action tocontrolit.Wewillhavemeetingsfor two days to draw up plans,”Yediyurappasaid. “Wehavenotgoneinforafulllockdown.Someareashavebeen lockeddown. Itwill continue.”

ARUNJANARDHANANCHENNAI, JUNE25

THEOWNERof the IruttuKadaiHalwa store, an iconic sweetshop in Tirunelveli, committedsuicide on Thursdaymorning.Police said Hari Singh, 75, wasfound hanging at a private hos-pitalanhourafterhetestedpos-itive forCovid-19.In 1940, Singh’s family had

migratedfromRajasthanandsetup shop in Tirunelveli, and forthree generations over the next80years,hisfamilyranthestore.

A Saravanan, DeputyCommissioner of Police inTirunelveli town, said Singh’sdeath was a huge loss forTirunelveli. “It was an iconicshopneartheNellaippartemple.Herepresentedthethirdgener-ationof his family.Apolicecon-stableusedtobeoftendeployedtomanage the huge crowd andtraffic before his small shop.Heused to open it only between5pmand8pm,andrantheshopunder a single zerowatt bulb,”Saravanansaid.Veteran Tamil writer Cho

Dharman, who won the 2019

Sahitya Akademi Award for hisnovel Sool, said he knew Singhpersonally.“TheremaybebetterhalwashopsinTirunelvelibut itwas his business model thatmade his halwas tastier andworld famous... Hewould openthe shop at 5pm and shut at8pm. If youreachaminuteafter8pm and even offer him Rs 1crore, he wouldn’t serveyou...”Dharmansaid.“During Sabarimala season,

he used to have a huge crowd, Iusedtoteasehimsayingthathehas more devotees thanSabarimalaAyyappa.”

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIARAMANATHAPURAM(TN),JUNE25

OVER 30 personnel attached toNaval Air Station INS Parunduhere have tested positive forcoronavirus,districtofficialssaidonThursday,buttheforwardop-erating basewas ‘operational’,DefencesourcesinChennaisaid.Whilethedistrictauthorities

putthenumberof infectedat33,Defence sources said “some” ofthe sailors, mostlywho had ar-rived here recently on postings,have been affected with thevirus.Theysaidthatasperstan-dard protocol, such personnelare quarantined and tested forthe contagion inwhich “some”of themhave testedpositive.“INS Parundu is verymuch

operational.Entryofcivilianstaffworking there has been re-stricted,”theyadded.Districtau-thoritiesaresettotakeupdisin-fectionprocedures later.The INSParundu inUchipuli

isprimarilyusedasareconnais-sance station to monitor theSouth East Bay of Bengal.According to the Navy, INSParundu provides search andrescue coverage and conductsoperationalsortiesoverthePalkBayareaonaregularbasis.

ASADISTRICTUNLOCKS

ANEXPRESS SERIES

In Bhagalpur silk hub, looms tell a story: ‘95% collapse’

MohammadShoaibAnsariathisgroceryshop.DipankarGhose

Mumbai/Pune:TheMaharashtragovernment on Thursday de-cided to open salons, barbershopsandbeautyparloursfromJune28toofferonlyselectserv-icessuchashaircuts,waxingandthreading,prohibitingafewsuchasshaving.“Wewill observe the situa-

tionforafewdaysandthentakeadecisionregardingfull-fledgedopening of salons,” TransportMinister Anil Parab said after aCabinetmeeting inMumbai onThursday.In anotification, thegovern-

mentsaidthatbarbershops,sa-lonsandbeautyparlourswouldbeallowed to remainopenonlyif they provide select serviceswithdistancingnorms.ENS

Ramdev ‘corona kit’:Rajasthan sendsnotice to NIMSover clinical trials

Covid deaths now across half thedists, but 70% fatality still in top 10

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE25

THE GOVERNMENT onThursdaydecided tokeepregu-lar train services suspended tillAugust12.Sourcessaidthatthedecision

was taken keeping inmind theincreasing number of coron-avirus cases in the country. Allspecialtrains—12pairsrunningontheRajdhaniroutessinceMay12and100pairsoperatingsinceJune1—willcontinue,theysaid.Thelimitedspecialsuburban

serviceswhichbeganrecentlyinMumbai to ferry essential serv-ices personnel identified by thelocal authorities will also con-tinue to run,officials said.“All tickets booked for the

regular time-tabled trains forjourney date from 01.07.20 to12.08.20 also stand cancelled.Full refundwill be generated,”theRailwayBoardorder stated.

Train servicessuspended tillAugust 12

Owner of TN sweet shop killsself after testing positive

SANTOSHSINGHPATNA, JUNE25

THE BIHAR health departmenthas decided to allow home iso-lationfacilityonlytodoctorsandhealthprofessionals.The decision came after a

Covid profile study in the staterevealed that two per cent ofthosewho tested positivewerehealthprofessionals,sixpercentwere students and five per centhomemakers. Seventy per centof the cases were detectedamong labourers.Of the 1,81,737 samples

tested so far, 8,381 people havetested positive, and 6,480 havebeen discharged. Last week,seven doctors of the PatnaMedical College and Hospitalhad testedpositive.The health department has

notspecifiedanyspecificreasonfor allowing home isolation fa-cility to doctors andhealth pro-fessionals.A June 23 order issued by

Bihar Principal HealthSecretary Umesh Kumawat toall districtmagistrates, princi-palsof allmedical collegesandhospitals, andcivil surgeonsofalldistrict sadarhospitals, said:“...It has been decided thatasymptomatic Covid positive

doctors andhealthprofession-als, including frontline work-ers, should be given home iso-lation facility. This facilitywould be subject to availabil-ityof home isolationandquar-antine of family contacts.These doctors and health pro-fessionals would have to sub-mit daily self-monitoring re-port and be ready to getthemselves checked at nearbyprimary health centres.”Theywould have to go for a

Covid testafter14daysof homeisolation, stated the circular,addingallsuchpatientswillhaveto sign a written undertakingstatingcomplianceofhomeiso-lationconditions.As per the revised

Governmentof Indiaguidelineson April 7, 2020, eligibility ofhome isolationmeant that “theperson should be clinically as-signed as a verymild case/ pre-symptomatic case by the treat-ingmedical officer”. They state“acommunicationlinkbetweenthe caregiver and hospital is aprerequisite for theentiredura-tionof homeisolation”.Anofficial intheBiharhealth

department said: “The generalgovernment of India guidelinesdo notmention any preferencetodoctorsandhealthprofession-als.”

Over 30 testpositive atNaval AirStation in TN

BSYediyurappa

As cases rise inBengaluru, freshlockdown ruled out

Bengaluru: TheSecondary SchoolLeavingCertificate(SSLC)exams began inKarnataka on Thursdayamid tight security andrigid precautions. TheKarnataka SecondaryEducation ExaminationBoardonthedirectionsofthestategovernmentde-cidedtoconducttheSSLCor 10th standard boardexams amid Covid-19fears. ENS

Exams begin

Amedicmarksasample forrapidantigentestatKadipurCommunityCentre, inGurgaononThursday.PTI

RaghuSharma,Ramdev

RETURNCHECK:Migrantworkersat theLokmanyaTilakTerminus inMumbaionThursday.Theyhad leftMaharashtraduringthe lockdownbutarenowreturningtothestateasindustries resumeoperations.PradipDas

After Solanki, 3 more GujaratCong leaders test positive

Maharashtrasalons, parloursopen on June 28,with conditions

Home isolationfor doctors withCovid in Bihar

Lucknow

TOP 10STATES

INDIA COUNT: 4,73,105 (14,894 DEATHS)

1,42,900Maharashtra

67,468Tamil Nadu

16,009Rajasthan

12,448MP

19,557 UP

70,390 Delhi

28,943Gujarat

15,173West Bengal

12,010Haryana

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10,444Telangana

UnionHealthMinistryupdateasof11pm,June25.Somestatesmayhavereportedhighernumbers.Onlystates/UTswithatleastonecaselistedabove.2,71,697PATIENTSDISCHARGEDIN35STATESANDUNIONTERRITORIES

RESTOFINDIAAndamanandNicobarIslands 56AndhraPradesh 10331ArunachalPradesh 158Assam 6198Bihar 8209Chandigarh 420Chhattisgarh 2419DadraandNagarHaveli 120Goa 951HimachalPradesh 806JammuandKashmir 6422Jharkhand 2207Karnataka 10118Kerala 3603Ladakh 941Manipur 970Meghalaya 46Mizoram 142Nagaland 347Odisha 5752Puducherry 461Punjab 4627Sikkim 84Tripura 1259Uttarakhand 2623

CORONAVIRUSDASHBOARD

A TEAM of engineersandphysicianshasde-veloped a low-cost,easy-to-use emer-gency ventilator forCovid-19patients.Theyworkisdescribedinanupcoming issue of thejournalMedicalDevicesand Sensors, accordingtoastatementreleasedby University ofCalifornia-San Diego.TheteamwillbeseekingapprovalforthedevicefromtheUSFoodandDrugAdministration, it said.Thedeviceisbuiltaroundaventila-

tor bag usually found in ambulances.The teambuilt an automated systemaroundthebag.Itscomponentscanbe

easily fabricated andtheventilatorcanbeas-sembledinjust15min-utes, according to UCSanDiego.Itsaidthede-vice’s electronics andsensorsrelyonarobustsupplychainfromfieldsthat are not related tohealthcare, and hencethey are unlikely to beaffectedbyshortages.The cost of a venti-

latorwouldbejust$500perunit.IthasbeennamedUCSDMADVentMarkV.It offers pressure-controlled ventila-tion equippedwith alarms to signalthatpressure is too lowortoohigh.

Source:UniversityofCalifornia-SanDiego

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NEWRESEARCH

A low-cost, easy-to-use Covidemergency ventilator

AMITABHSINHAPUNE, JUNE25

THE GOVERNMENT on Wednesday ap-provedthecreationofaneworganisationtoensuregreaterprivateparticipationinIndia’sspaceactivities,adecisionwhichitdescribedas “historic”, and which Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO) chairman KSivansaidwaspartofanimportantsetof re-formstoopenupthespacesectorandmakespace-basedapplicationsandservicesmorewidelyaccessible toeveryone.The new Indian National Space

Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), which is expected to be functionalwithinsixmonths,willassesstheneedsanddemands of private players, including edu-cational and research institutions, and, ex-ploreways to accommodate these require-ments in consultationwith ISRO. ExistingISROinfrastructure,bothground-andspace-based,scientificandtechnicalresources,andevendataareplannedtobemadeaccessibleto interestedpartiestoenablethemtocarryout their space-relatedactivities.

Whyprivate participantsItisnotthatthereisnoprivateindustryin-

volvement in India’s space sector. In fact, alargepartofmanufacturingandfabricationofrocketsandsatellitesnowhappensinthepri-vate sector. There is an increasing participa-tion of research institutions aswell. But asSivantoldthisnewspaperonThursday,Indianindustryhadabarelythreepercentshareinarapidlygrowingglobalspaceeconomywhichwasalreadyworthat least $360billion.Onlytwopercentofthismarketwasforrocketandsatellite launchservices,which require fairlylarge infrastructure and heavy investment.Theremaining95percentrelatedtosatellite-basedservices,andground-basedsystems.Indian industry, however, is unable to

compete, because till now its role has beenmainlythatof suppliersof componentsandsub-systems. Indian industries do not havetheresourcesorthetechnologytoundertakeindependent spaceprojectsof thekindthatUScompaniessuchasSpaceXhavebeendo-ing,orprovidespace-basedservices.Additionally,thedemandforspace-based

applications and services is growing evenwithin India, and ISRO is unable to cater tothis.Theneedforsatellitedata,imageriesand

space technology now cuts across sectors,fromweather to agriculture to transport tourbandevelopment,andmore.AsSivantoldthis newspaper, ISROwould have to be ex-panded10timesthecurrentleveltomeetallthedemandthat is arising.At the same time, there were several

Indian companies waiting formake use oftheseopportunities. Sivansaid therewereafew companies that were in the process ofdeveloping their own launch vehicles, therockets like ISRO’sPSLV that carry the satel-litesandotherpayloadsintospace,andISROwould like tohelp themdo that. Right now,all launchesfromIndiahappenonISROrock-ets, thedifferent versionsof PSLVandGSLV.Sivan said ISROwas ready to provide all itsfacilities to private players whose projectshad been approved by IN-SPACe. Privatecompanies, if theywanted,couldevenbuild

theirownlaunchpadwithin theSriharikotalaunch station, and ISROwouldprovide thenecessary land for that,hesaid.IN-SPACe is supposed to be a facilitator,

andalsoaregulator. ItwillactasaninterfacebetweenISROandprivateparties,andassesshow best to utilise India’s space resourcesand increasespace-basedactivities.

How ISRO gainsThere are two main reasons why en-

hancedprivateinvolvementinthespacesec-torseemsimportant.Oneiscommercial,andthe other strategic. Of course, there is needforgreaterdisseminationofspacetechnolo-gies,betterutilisationofspaceresources,andincreasedrequirementofspace-basedserv-ices. And ISRO seems unable to satisfy thisneedon itsown.TheprivateindustrywillalsofreeupISRO

to concentrate on science, research andde-velopment, interplanetary exploration andstrategic launches. Right now, toomuch ofISRO’sresourcesisconsumedbyroutineac-tivities that delay its more strategic objec-tives. There is no reason why ISRO aloneshould be launchingweather or communi-cationsatellites. Theworldover, an increas-ingnumberofprivateplayersaretakingoverthis activity for commercial benefits. ISRO,like NASA, is essentially a scientific organi-sationwhosemain objective is explorationofspaceandcarryingoutscientificmissions.Thereareanumberofambitiousspacemis-sionslinedupinthecomingyears, includingamissiontoobservetheSun,amissiontotheMoon, a human spaceflight, and then, pos-sibly, ahuman landingontheMoon.Anditisnotthatprivateplayerswillwean

away the revenues that ISRO gets throughcommercial launches. As Sivan said, thespace-based economy is expected to “ex-plode” in the next few years, even in India,and therewould bemore than enough forall. In addition, ISRO can earn somemoneybymaking its facilities anddata available toprivateplayers.

Beyond IN-SPACeIN-SPACe is the second space organisa-

tion created by the government in the lasttwo years. In the 2019 Budget, the govern-menthadannouncedthesettingupofaNewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a public sectorcompany that would serve as amarketingarm of ISRO. Itsmain purpose is tomarketthe technologies developed by ISRO andbring itmore clients that need space-basedservices.Thatrole, incidentally,wasalreadybeing

performed by Antrix Corporation, anotherPSU working under the Department ofSpace,andwhichstillexists. It isstillnotveryclearwhy therewas a need for another or-ganisationwithoverlapping function.OnWednesday, however, the govern-

mentsaiditwasredefiningtheroleofNSILsothat it would have a demand-driven ap-proachratherthanthecurrentsupply-drivenstrategy.Essentially,whatthatmeansisthatinstead of justmarketingwhat ISRO has tooffer, NSILwould listen to the needs of theclients and ask ISRO to fulfil those. ThischangeinNSIL’srole,Sivansaid,wasalsopartof thereformsthathavebeeninitiatedinthespacesector.

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GEORGEMATHEWMUMBAI, JUNE25

ON JUNE 23, a UK court ruled in favour ofSrichandHinduja,chairmanoftheHindujagroup,andhisdaughterVinooontheissueof control ofHindujaBank,headquarteredin Switzerland, against the wishes of histhreeyoungerbrothers.TheHindujagroup,onceconsideredaclose-knitbusinessfam-ily, isfacingabigchallengeoverthedivisionof assets. Three Hinduja brothers —Gopichand,PrakashandAshok—hadcon-testedtheclaimofSrichandandhisdaugh-ter,saying“everythingbelongstoeveryoneandnothingbelongs toanyone.”

What’s thetussleabout?On July 2, 2014, the four brothers pur-

portedly signed an agreement that assetsheld by one brotherwill belong to all, andeachbrotherwillappointtheothersastheirexecutors. Srichand and Vinoo went tocourtstatingthelettershouldhavenolegaleffect. Justice Falk of the High Court ofJustice, Business and Property Courts ofEngland andWales said the three otherbrothers tried touse the letter to takecon-

trol of Hinduja Bank which was inSrichand’s sole name. The court saidSrichandhadinsistedin2015thattheletter“doesn’treflecthiswishesandthatthefam-ily’sassetsshouldbeseparated”.ThethreeyoungerbrotherssaidSrichandwassuffer-ing fromaformofdementia.

Whatwasthecourt’sdecision?“VinooisappointedasSrichand’slitiga-

tionfriend.Stepstakeninthelitigationpriortothatappointmentwillhaveeffect,asper-mittedunderCPR21.3(4),” JusticeFalksaid.CPR21.3(4)providesthatanysteptakenbe-foreaprotectedpartyhasalitigationfriend“hasnoeffectunlessthecourtordersother-wise”.Thethreeyoungerbrothershadusedthe July 2014 letter to take control ofHindujaBank.This isnotvalidnow.

Whatarethethreebrotherssaying?They claim that the litigationwill not

haveanyimpactonthefamily’sglobalbusi-nesses, whichwill continue to function asthey have been. They say it will be appar-entfromthejudgmentof theHighCourtinEnglandthatSrichand'shealthhasbeende-teriorating for a number of years sufferingfromLewybodydisease,whichisaformof

dementia.“Vinoo,his youngerdaughter, actingas

his Litigation Friend is bringing these pro-ceedings on his behalf. It is very unfortu-natethattheseproceedingsaretakingplaceas they go against our founder’s and fam-ily’s values and principles that have stoodformanydecades,especially,everythingbe-longs to everyone and nothing belongs toanyone,” theysaid.“Weintendtodefendtheclaimtouphold

thesedearlyheldfamilyvalues,”theysaidina statement, hinting that the legal fight islikelytocontinue.Observersdon’truleoutadivisionintheempireinthefuture.

WillSrichand’sassetspassontohisdaughter?The three brothers noted that if the

claim succeeds, all assets in SP’s namewould pass to Vinoo and her immediatefamily on SP’s death, including the entireshareholdinginHindujaBank,accordingtothe judgment. Theymaintain that a num-berof thecomplaintsaboutthe2014letterrelate to its impact on Vinoo personallyrather than Srichand. They also contendthat Vinoo has shown disregard forSrichand’s best interests in bringing the

claim,anditwasnotinhisbestinterestsforthe proceedings to continue. Srichand hastwodaughters, ShanuandVinoo.

What’satstake intheHindujaempire?TheBloombergBillionairesIndexvalues

thefamilyfortuneat$11.2billion.The$50-billionHindujaGroup, controlled fromtheUK,isactiveinoldeconomysectorssuchasbanking& finance, transport, automobilesandenergyaswellastheneweconomysec-torsliketechnology,mediaandrenewables.It’snowaninternationalconglomeratewitha footprint across 38 countries and a150,000-plus strong team.Ashok Leyland,flagshipof theHindujagroupinIndia, isthesecond largestmanufacturer of commer-cial vehicles in India. DheerajHinduja, sonof Gopichand, is on the board of AshokLeyland. IndusInd Bank, a leading privatesector bank, is also controlled by theHindujas. Gulf Oil controlled by the grouphassales in100countries.PDHinduja, fatherof thefourbrothers,

whoiscreditedwithestablishingtradelinksbetween India and Persia set up the busi-nessin1914.Twoofhismajorphilanthropicprojects are Hinduja Hospital inMumbaiandHindujaFoundation.

In space, growing private roleSIMPLYPUT

Governmenthasannouncedaneworganisation, IN-SPACe,partof reformstoincreaseprivateparticipationinthespacesector.Alookatitsobjectives,andwhatitmeanstothefutureofspaceexploration

PRABHARAGHAVAN&AANCHALMAGAZINENEWDELHI, JUNE25

AGROUPrepresentingsomeAmericancom-panies that havemanufacturingoperationsin India haswritten to the Department forPromotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT), saying they are experiencing diffi-cultiesinaccessingcrucialcomponentsfromtheir facilities inChina.

The issueImport consignments from China are

learnttobefacinghurdlesatsomeports, in-cludingChennaiandMumbai.Itislearntthatover the last fortnight, Customs authoritieshave indicated to importers that therewillbedelaysinclearingChineseshipments,buthavenotcitedanyreasons.Therehasnotbeenanywrittenorverbal

instructionsfromtheCustomsauthoritiesorthe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and

Customs(CBIC)either, the importers say.Several importers in Chennai said

Customs officials have been advised not toclear any container that has arrived fromChina, even if anOutof Charge (OOC)orderfor clearancehasbeen issued.

Ladakh link?SomeChennaiCustomszoneofficialssaid

that checkswere being carried out on theconsignmentsbasedonspecificintelligence-based inputs. Importers and industry, how-ever, see itasanudgetochangetheir importpattern, especially of non-essential goods,amid calls for reducing the consumption ofChinesegoods inthewakeof thetensionsatthe Line of Actual Control in Ladakhwhere20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a deadlyclashwiththeChineseArmyonJune15.

The concernTheUS-IndiaStrategicPartnershipForum

(USISPF), a group representing someAmerican firms involved inmanufacturing

activities in India, said theywere “increas-inglyconcerned”thatcomponentpartsandother inputs “necessary” to theirmanufac-turingoperationswerebeingdetainedattheports.The forumhas sought the restoration of

portoperationsor,“ataminimum”,thatthegovernmentpublishanychangeinportpol-icy“toprovidethebusinesscommunitywiththevisibility theyneedto function.”Consignments of around 50 US firms

with manufacturing operations in Indiaacross sectors suchas telecommunications,automobiles, medical equipment, and fastmoving consumer goods (FMGC) are learnttobeamongthoseaffected.The government has issued “no formal

orders” or provided a “specific” reason fornot clearing their consignments, the grouphassaid,andexpressedconcernthattheab-sence of transparency “threatens” the con-tinuity of their businesses. The “unantici-pated” embargo on imports of goods fromneighbouring countrieswill have repercus-

sions on supply chains andmanufacturingin India, andwill send a “chilling” signal toforeign investors, who look for predictabil-ityandtransparency,theUSISPFhasargued.

The China tradePossible curbs on imports fromChina in

theformoftariffornon-tariffbarriersarebe-ingdiscussedwithinthegovernment,whichis understood tobe considering a list of im-ported items for imposition of various re-strictivemeasures.BetweenApril 2019 and February 2020,

China accounted for around 14% of India’simports; themain itemsbeingcomponentsfor smartphones and automobiles, telecomequipment, plastic andmetallic goods, ac-tive pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), andotherchemicals.Inpharmaceuticalsparticularly, Indiade-

pends heavily on China for crucial ingredi-ents.In2018-19,around68percentof India's$3.56billionworthof bulkdrugsorAPI im-portswere fromChina.

China shipments stuck: why business is concerned

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Hinduja brothers: what property dispute is about, howmuch is at stakeT H E F O U R B R O T H E R S

SRICHANDHINDUJA,84,current headof thefamilyandChairmanofHindujaGroupandcharitablefoundations.After joiningthe

familybusiness in1952,hestrategised itsdiversification.

PRAKASHHINDUJA,Chairmanof theHindujaGroupinEurope.Since2008,hehasbeenbasedinMonaco.Having initially

joined the familybusiness inTehran,he latermoved toGeneva in2008 toMonaco.

GOPICHANDHINDUJA,Co-ChairmanofHindujaGroup.Oneof thearchitectsof itstransformationfromanIndo-MiddleEast

tradingoperationintoamulti-billion-dollartransnationalconglomerate.

ASHOKHINDUJA,based inMumbai,isChairman,HindujaGroupofCompanies(India).Hsbeendrivingthegroup's

diversificationsince it re-enteredIndia inthemid-1980s.HeadsseveralGroupcompanies.

473,105India

239,410Italy

215,096Iran

308,337United Kingdom

254,416Chile

247,486Spain

2,388,865US

1,188,631Brazil

264,689Peru

TOTAL CONFIRMED:9,478,266 DEATHCOUNT:483,613Source: JohnsHopkinsUniversity,updatedat11pmonJune25. JHU’sIndiatallyandHealth

Ministry’stally(below)maynotmatchastheseareaccountedatdifferenttimes.

THEWORLD613,148Russia

Rocketprototypesat theentranceof ISRO'sSriharikota launchrange.AmitabhSinha

Lucknow

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UNMAKING IN INDIAIdentifyingcountryoforiginofproductsisanideawhosetimeshouldnevercome—servesnoeconomicpurpose,willhave costs

ONWEDNESDAY,THEDepartmentforPromotionofIndustryandInternalTrade (DPIIT) reportedly directed e-commerce companies such asAmazon,FlipkartandPaytmtofigureoutamechanismthatwillallowconsumers to identify thecountryoforigin forall theproductssoldontheirplatforms.Thelatestdirectivecomesamidagrowingclamourfor

theboycottofChineseproducts, intheaftermathoftheclashbetweenIndianandChinesesoldiers on the LAC. This is a troublingdevelopment. It signals awillingness on thepartof thegovernmenttoallowthediscrimination,possiblytheshunning,ofproductsonthebasis of their place of origin. Coupledwith the government’s push for “atmanirbharta”orself-reliance,markedbymorezealthanprudence,andreportsof itcontemplatingtheraisingof tariffs on imports,moves suchas these appear to showcaseanopportunepo-litical optics at ahigheconomic cost— it couldendupundoing thebenefits and revers-ingthegainsoverthelastfewdecadesof freetrade. Itcouldpresageamisguidedshiftto-wardsprotectionism, sliding into the failedpolicyof import substitution.The idea of specifying the country of origin in products in today’s integratedworld

serves no rational economic purpose. The difficulties in executing it only underline itsabsurdity. At the crux of thematter is defining the “country of origin”.While productsmaybeassembledinonecountry,therawmaterialsorcomponentsareoftensourcedfromseveral other countries. Thismakes it challenging to identifywho “manufactures” theproduct.Adistinctionthushastobemadebetween“assembling”and“manufacturing”,and the extent of value added at each stage has to be estimated. Take, for instance, theiPhone.Itscomponents,suchasthetouchscreendisplay,memorychipsandmicroproces-sorscomefromamixofUS, Japanese,KoreanandTaiwanesecompanies,notallof themmanufactured in China. These individual components are shipped to China,where it isassembled,andthenshippedacrosstheworld.SowillaniPhonesoldonane-commercewebsite in India identify China as the country of origin? Evenproducts that are assem-bledinIndiahavecomponentsfromseveralcountries.Howwill thecountryoforiginbeworkedout?Will itbebasedonvalueadded?Whowillberesponsible forprovidingac-curate informationabout theproduct—theplatformor theseller?Seenalongsiderecentdevelopments, this latestdirectiveraisesconcernsoverthein-

creasingprotectionist impulsesandinwardlookingsignalsemanatingfromthegovern-ment.Suchpoliciesopenthedoorfor further lobbying,andfacilitaterent-seeking.Fromtheexcessivelywiderhetoricofself-reliancetoreportsofthegovernmentconsideringrais-ing tariffs to boost domesticmanufacturing, India seems to have forgotten the lessonslearnt fromitspastmistakes.

TALL CLAIMSRamdev’s so-calledcure forCOVIDfloutsmedicalandbusinessdueprocess,whilediscreditingAyurveda

WITH THE COUNTRY’S COVID graph surging past the 4.5 lakhmarkandnearly15,000peoplesuccumbingtothedisease,anyclaimofa“100percentcure”isboundtogeneratehope.Butinsuch difficult times, it’s also important to regulate and guardagainstthepropagationofafalsesenseofsecurity.TheMinistry

ofAYUSHhas,therefore,donewelltoaskBabaRamdev’sPatanjaliAyurvedtostopadver-tising that ithas foundacure for thecontagion,until it examines thematter.Asa reportinthispaperhasbroughttolight,thecompanydidnotfollowdueprocessesbeforelaunch-ing the “Corona Kit”, which it advertised as a panacea for COVID-19. The UttarakhandgovernmenthassaiditslicensingauthoritydidnotgrantapprovaltotheHaridwar-basedDivya Pharmacy, Patanjali’s medicine unit, tomanufacture the “Corona Kit”. And, theRajasthangovernmenthasdisclaimedanyknowledgeof clinical trialsof thedrugat theNationalInstituteofMedicalSciencesandResearchinJaipur.ThelitanyofPatanjali’sun-ethical practicesdoesn’t endhere.Whenmildly symptomaticpatientsdeveloped feverduring the trials, theywereadministeredallopathicmedicines.TheadvertisingofAyurvedicdrugs isgovernedbya lawthatdatesback to1954—the

Drugs andMagic Remedies (ObjectionableAdvertisements) Act. TheAct does talk about“falseclaims”and“directlyor indirectlygivinga false impressionregarding the truechar-acterof thedrug”.But seriousdiseases suchasAIDSorencephalitis,whichhaveemergedinthepast40years,arenot listedunderthelaw. InFebruary, theUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfarereleasedadraftofanamendmenttothe1954Acttocorrectsuchshort-comings.But thenthecountrywasovertakenbyCOVIDandtheCentrehasusedthe1954ActtoscrutinisePatanjali'stallclaims—theAYUSHministry’snoticetoBabaRamdev’sout-fitwasservedunderthis law.Perhapsthegovernmenthasto findwaysto includeCOVID-19under its purview. Its use of the ordinance route to amend the 123-year old EpidemicDiseasesAct, tocurbviolenceagainstdoctors,couldbeinstructiveforthepurpose.This isnottounderminetheroleofAyurvedicremediesforpeople’shealthandwell-

being,especiallyduringthepandemic.Someherbsareknowntobeimmunityboosters.In fact, Patanjali, reportedly, sought regulatoryapproval for individualmedicines, that itlater included in the “Corona Kit”, as “immunity boosters” and as remedies for “coughandbreathlessness”. InclaimingthatthesemedicinescureCOVID,Ramdev’scompanyisguiltyof floutingmedical—andbusiness—ethics,whilealsodiscreditingAyurveda.

DJOKOVIC AND COVIDSportand itsprimadonnasarehavinganespeciallyhardtime

resting itout in theshadows

WORLDNO1tennisplayerNovakDjokovicwillhaveafortnightofisolation tomullover thehavoc thatcanbewreakedonthehu-manbodyshouldaviruslatchontoitsrespiratoryairways.ItwasDjokovic's casualness that sawhimmake light of a global pan-demic,resultinginfourtopplayers,hiswifeJelenaandsomeoth-

ers, test positive for the virus. But this isn't just aboutDjokovic inviting top tennis play-ers foranexhibition tournamentandthumbinghisnoseat social-distancingprotocols.Sportand itsprimadonnashavebeenfinding itdifficult torest itout in theshadows.

Allacrosstheworld,thecallsforsporttoresume,frombusinessinterests,growsbecauseabunchof supremelyfit superstarscannot fathomthatthehumanbodycancaveunderan infection, at amere sneeze or a cough. Sequestered in their bubbleswheremillionsadorethemforfeatstheirbodiescanperform,sportspersonsrefusetoacknowledgethatsomethingthat'snotpaintedinglory, likewar,canhalttheirathleticexuberance.So,golfgoesoninAmericabeforeabunchisfelledbyCOVID-19.AndfootballispullingoutallstopsacrossEurope tocomplete theirbigdollar leagues.Mercifully theOlympics got postponed, but global superstars, all super fit, just can't

wrap their brains around a body that can beweakened by a flu. This bull-headednessworkswell for theheavily-investedofficials,broadcastersandsponsorswhoare indan-gerofgoingbankrupt if livesportsdon't resumequickly.Weretheplayersmorecircum-spect about taking to the field, the resumption of sports would be much later andsmoother.Djokovicjustwentandgotinfected, insteadofwaitingforsciencetodoitsjob.

Pratap BhanuMehta

Howdid India, inquest forglobalprestige,manageto lose itsneighbourhood?Answers lieathome

property,regulation,agriculture, labourmo-bility, the very areaswhere freedom is vitalfor India’s economy?Will aUShell-bentonbringingmanufacturingjobsbacktotheUS,easilygelwithan“atmanirbhar”Bharat?Toseewhat is at stake,we just need to look attheway inwhich friction over thedevelop-mentparadigmisdrivingtensionsontrade,taxationand regulatory issuesbetween theUSandEU.There is sometimes a complaint in the

US that India is invited but refuses to cometothetablewithenthusiasm.Thereissometruth to this, despite the salutary culturaland political momentum in this relation-ship.But thedriversof thishaveoftenbeenlegitimatedifferencesoverdevelopment, in-cludingclimatechange. Ithasalsobeenthat,at various points, that ask was antitheticalto India’s other strategic commitments.Indiawaswisetostayoutof thewar in Iraq,itwaswisenottospurnRussiaentirely,andit iswisenot to throwitsweightbehindtheUS’s Iran policy. There is morematurity inthe US to understand India’s position. Butthereisasectionof India’sstrategiccommu-nitythatseesIndia’sreluctancetogoinwiththeUS,hooklineandsinker,asakindof ide-ological wimpishness, not a sign of moredeeply thought out realism, which it hasbeen.It is an odd moment in global affairs,

where there is recognition of a commonchallenge emanating from China, but noglobal appetite to take concertedaction.Aninterestingexamplemightbe theglobal re-sponsetotheBRI.Manycountriesarestrug-gling to meet their BRI debt obligations.Many Chinese loans have become amill-stonearoundthedebtorcountries’necks.Butitisdifficulttoseetherestoftheinternationalcommunity helping all these countries toweantheir regimesawayfromdependenceonChinese finance.Similarly, therearenowgreatconcernsoverfrontierareasofconflictlikecybersecurityandspace. It isdifficult toimagine concerted global action to createrules in these area, partly because GreatPowers like the US and Russia will alwayswant tomaintain their exceptionalism. Sowe are in a paradoxical world where the

strategicnecessityof therestof theworldtocome together on China has never beenhigher;yettheappetiteforconcertedactionhasneverbeenweaker.Fundamentally, fewcountriesaregoingtoputtheirmoneywheretheirmouth is.The value of global alliances andpublic

opinioninsettlingour localconflictshasal-waysbeenlimitedfortworeasons.First, theinternationalcommunityhasnotbeenveryeffective inneutralising lowcostasymmet-ricoptionsexercisedbysomepowers. Thisis thetacticPakistanhasused.Second,whatmilitaryoptions India canexercise, fortify-ing defences, gaining strategic leverage inareaswherewe can, is formilitary expertsto decide. But don’t count on the fact thattheworldwill supportan Indianescalationbeyond a point. The efforts of the interna-tionalcommunity, in the finalanalysis,willbe to try and throwcoldwater on the con-flict; no one has a serious stake in the fateof theterrain IndiaandChinaaredisputing.At the end of the day, India has tomanageChina andPakistan largely on its own.Thelogicof theChineseopeningsomany

fronts together is baffling. Reassuringly, itcouldmeanChinaisoverreaching.Lessreas-suringly, itcouldmeanthatratherthandis-playing strategic coherence, China is nowaregime that, like so many authoritarianregimesof thepast, iswilling todamage it-self andtheworld.Suchregimesarealwaysharder to handle because it is not straight-forwardlyinterestthatdrivesthem.Evenaswe deal with themilitary situation on theborder, the test of India’s resolvewill be itsabilitytoreturntosomefirstprinciplethink-ingabout itsownpower.Howdoesitcreatethe space for accelerating its development— in the long run, theonly cornerstoneof adefence policy?Howdoes it stay true to itsgreatest strength, its political identity as aliberal, pluralistic democracy? How didIndia, in its quest for global prestige, man-agetoloseitsownneighbourhood?Ourma-jorvulnerabilitiesareallathome,andsoarethe solutions.

Thewriter is contributingeditor,The IndianExpress

The value of global alliancesand public opinion insettling our local conflictshas always been limited fortwo reasons. First, theinternational communityhas not been very effective inneutralising low costasymmetric optionsexercised by some powers.This is the tactic Pakistanhas used. Second, whatmilitary options India canexercise, fortifying defences,gaining strategic leverage inareas where we can, is formilitary experts to decide.But don’t count on the factthat the world will supportan Indian escalation beyonda point. The efforts of theinternational community, inthe final analysis, will be totry and throw cold water onthe conflict; no one has aserious stake in the fate ofthe terrain India and Chinaare disputing.

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Daksh Panwar

THE DEATH OF A MAGAZINE‘CricketSamrat’wasawindowtothesport intheHindheartlandbeforeTV, internet

LIKETHEELDERLY, theCOVID-19pandemichas ravaged old media. Earlier this week,CricketSamrat,aonce-influentialandwildlypopularHindimagazinebutonethatwasonlifesupportforsometime,announceditwasshuttingdownafter42years.Gen Z and non-Hindi readersmight not

haveheardof it,butforacricket-lovingkidintheBIMARU region of the ’80s and ’90s, theimportanceofCricketSamratcan’tbeencap-sulated. But I will attempt here. It was likeESPNCricinfo,SportsIllustratedandStarSportsinonepackage.LikeCricinfo, itwouldcontaindetailedre-

ports, in-depthanalyses,statisticsandscore-cards of domestic and international cricket—contentthatinthepre-interneterawouldotherwise have been inaccessible. CricketSamratwasalsoSportsIllustrated inthesensethat themagazine’s pull-out posterswouldadornourwalls. For this reason,manynon-Hindi readers also avidly collected CricketSamrat’s issues.And in an erawhen TV setswere a lux-

uryinmofussil IndiaandcableTVhadn’tar-rived, it was our Star Sports in that its vividprose in a language that we lived andbreathedwould help us “see” thematchesthatwecouldn’twatch.Thewritingofmanyof its contributorswas a breath of fresh airfrom the stoic style prevalent amongHindinewspapersof the time.Cricket Samratwasall thatandmore.FromitshumblebeginningsinWestDelhi

in 1978, it rode on cricket’s expanding foot-printinthecountry.BetweenLord’s1983andBombay1987,itgrewexponentiallyasIndiancrickethit itsapogee. Itwasasymbiotic rela-tionship,withIndiancricketalsogainingfromCricket Samrat. It acted as a forcemultiplier,democratising the game by taking it to theblind spots—blind swathes, in fact— in thenorth.The seeds of the small-town revolution

that would hit Indian cricket in the 2000swereperhapssowedbyCricketSamrat. It fu-elled the dreams of young kids hungry tomake their name in the game. ItwasNorthIndia’s very ownWisden — the globallyreveredBibleof Cricket.Cricket Samrat used to be a rage at the

SportsHostelsofKanpurandLucknowthatthrew up international cricket stars likeMohammad Kaif, R P Singh and SureshRaina. The centrefolds would be found inmost rooms where budding cricketerswould spend restless nights dreamingabout theheroeswhowatched them fromthewalls.Mumbai Ranji cricketer Iqbal Abdulla

learned the basics of the game throughCricket Samrat, quite literally.Growingup inAzamgarh,UP,Abdulladidn’thaveaccess toTV. This couldhave limitedhisunderstand-ing of cricket, but he had an alternative inCricket Samrat. If it put young cricketers onthe right path, it also showed theway for-wardtofailedones.Inmycase,atleast,when

it becameevident that I didn’t have it inmetobeacricketer,themagazineinspiredmetobecomeasportswriter.At its peak, it was the top-selling sports

magazineinIndia,butits importancebegantodiminishwith the advent of the internet.Themonthly news cycle became outdatedandcricketwebsites suchasCricinfo,whichprovided real-time updates, cornered themarket.Till2013,themagazinehadanaver-age issue readership of over amillion, buthardly any advertisements. Its one-timestrengths—Hindiandniche—wereturningagainst it.For some reason, Cricket Samrat never

made the transition to the digitalmedium,eventhoughitcanbearguedthat therewas— and perhaps still is — an audience for aquality cricketwebsite inHindi.Cricket Samrat’s biggest service to Indian

cricketwascoveringthedomesticgameassid-uously.AtatimewhentherewaslittleTVcov-erage,itgavetheplayersamuch-neededplat-form.Youdidn’tneedCricketSamrat toknowaKapilDev,butwithoutit,youwouldn’thaveunderstoodwhatanAshishWinstonZaidioranAmarjitKaypeeoranAtulBedademeanttoIndian cricket. Itwas coincidental but fitting,then,thattwodaysafterthedeathofRajinderGoel, arguably the tallest among domesticcricket stalwarts,Cricket Samrat alsodrew itsfinalbreath.

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From its humble beginningsin West Delhi in 1978, it rodeon cricket’s expandingfootprint in the country.Between Lord’s 1983 andBombay 1987, it grewexponentially as Indiancricket hit its apogee. It was asymbiotic relationship, withIndian cricket also gainingfrom Cricket Samrat. It actedas a force multiplier,democratising the game bytaking it to the blind spots —blind swathes, in fact — inthe north.

ASSAM BANDHTHESPONSOROFtheAssammovementap-peared to be in for a confrontationwith thegovernmentwhichdecidedtomaintainnor-malfunctioningoftheadministrationinfaceof theagitators’plantoparalyseit througha24-hour state-wide bandh tomorrow. Thegovernmenthaswarneditsemployeeswithpaycutsandotherdisciplinaryactionforab-senceof dutybecauseof thebandhthatbe-gins at 6 am. It was taking steps to preventpicketing in front of offices and to providetransportwitharmedescorttohelptheem-ployees attendwork. All air and train serv-ices from Assam have been cancelled be-causeof thebandh.Meanwhile the firstday

of the48-hourLakhimpurbandhpassedoffpeacefully.Allvehiculartrafficwasoff fortheday.

CARTER’S PROPOSALSTHEUSPRESIDENTJimmyCarterproposeda transnational arrangement for governingAfghanistan to prevent amass slaughter ofpro-Soviet elements if Soviet troops arewithdrawn. He said that assurances that aslaughter would be prevented, and astaunchanti-Sovietgovernmentwouldnotemergemight be the necessary conditionforaSovietwithdrawal. InitsfirstreactiontoCarter’s proposals, Moscow has termedthemvague.

AFTER SANJAYTWO-DAYS AFTER Sanjay Gandhi’s death,Congress Imembersof Parliamenthavebe-gun discussing inwhatways the function-ing of the ruling partywill changewith itsmost important decision-maker becomingthevictimof anunfortunate air crash.Mostpartymembers are of the opinion that thecrucialdecisionswillhavetobetakenbyMrsGandhi herself, and grief stricken as she is,the PrimeMinister will have to find sometime to unfold hermind on some of the is-sues. There is a view that is emerging thatMrs Gandhi should draft Sanjay Gandhi’swife,Maneka,orRajivGandhi,whoisanAirIndiapilot intopolitics.

JUNE 26, 1980, FORTYYEARSAGO

ASTHEBORDERstand-offwithChinadeep-ens, India will have to think of all possiblestrategic options that give it leverage in thiscrisis. One element often discussed in thiscontext isnewarrangementswithavarietyof powers. Many strategic experts are sali-vating at the prospect of an even closer al-liancewith the US. This is a propitiousmo-ment tomobilise international opinion onChina. The degree of global alienationwiththeXi Jinping regime isunprecedented.Butcan this be translated into concerted globalactiontoexertrealpressureonChina?Indiashould pursue all possible avenues. Butweshouldalsohaveaclear-eyedviewofthelim-itations of what new alliances or arrange-mentscando for India.It is important to remember that inter-

national relationsare formed in thecontextofacountry’sdevelopmentparadigm.India’sprimaryaimshouldbetopreservethemax-imumspace for itsdevelopmentmodel, if itcan actually formulate one. India is notuniqueinthisrespect.TheUS-Chinarelation-shipmayhavehaditsoriginsinthestrategicattempt to create aSino-Soviet split. But fordecades,thisrelationshipwassustainednotbyastrategiclogic,butbythelogicof thepo-litical economyof development in both theUS and China, where they reciprocally de-pended on each other. What has changedprofoundly in the US is the view that thisarrangementlargelybenefittedbigbusinessinAmericaattheexpenseof itsowndomes-ticmanufacturingbase.The political legitimacy of the develop-

mentmodel waned, and it is this fact thatwill largelybethedriverof theUS-Chinare-lationship. The question for India is not justwhether theUShas a stake in India’s devel-opment, which itmight. But it is, rather, toaskwhetherIndia’sdevelopmentneedswillfit into theemergingUSdevelopmentpara-digm.Will thevery samepolitical economyforces that create a disengagement withChina also come in thewayof a closer rela-tionship with India? Some sections ofAmerican big businessmight bat for India;but the underlying political economy dy-namics are less propitious.Will the US giveIndiatheroomitneedsontrade, intellectual

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“Regardlessof the grandstanding of hawkish Indian elements, Pakistanshould respond maturely to New Delhi’s provocations. The government hasmade clear that adventurism will not be tolerated, and extremist Indianhawks would do well not to beat the war drums.” — DAWNTHE IDEASPAGE

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Xi has acquired more powerthan Mao ever could. Thereis an unprecedentedconcentration of power atthe top. Like any otherdictator, he believes inconfrontational tactics anduses both muscle and moneyas tools of geopoliticalstrategy and to furtherhegemonic ambitions.

Understanding Xi’s China First, easeof living

COVID-19HAScausedahealthcarecrisisinIndia. Consequently, concerns about theethicsofthemedicalprofessionhavearisen,withquestionsaboutthepriceschargedbyhospitals for treatments, and by pharma-ceuticalcompanies formedicines.Thefundamentalquestionseemstobe,

howmuchqualifiesassufficientprivategainwhileprovidingapublicservice?Thisques-tionwill arisewhenever any industry be-comes attractive for investors, whowanttheir investees to run their enterprise as a“business”ratherthanasapublicservice.Doctorswhoprescribe tests andmed-

icinesthatpatientsdonotreallyneedtoin-crease the revenues of hospitals and salesof pharmaceutical companies (and im-prove their own bonuses) are placing theneeds of business owners above those ofthepublic they serve. The sameapplies toother industries: Professional journalistsbecome less professional when the newsmedia becomes a business, and they arepressed by the owners of the business toproducewhatsells—toattracteyeballsandincrease TRPs and advertising revenues.They lose sight of the purpose of profes-sional journalism,whichrequires thedili-gentuncoveringof truths.Threeeminentsocialpsychologistssaw

the crises in professions brewing in the1990s with the accelerating advance ofbusinessesintothedomainofpublicgoods.Intheirbook,GoodWork—WhenExcellenceand EthicsMeet, Howard Gardner, MihalyCsikszentmihalyi andWilliam Damon,write: “We have no fundamental quarrelwith the operations of themarket in eco-nomic spheres;we recognise the positiverole thatmarkets can play, for example incompetition amongpublications orphar-maceutical companies… But not allspheres of life are best run on amarketmodel.Manyprofessionalspheres—med-icine, science, education, art — ought nottooperate inthesamewayascommercialenterprisesdo,inthewaysuggestedbytheAdam Smith-Friedrich vonHayek-MiltonFriedman view of the marketplace.Medicinerequires financialprudence,butthe purpose of the profession should notbe toachieve thegreatestprofit for share-holdersofahealthmaintenanceorganisa-tion. Nor should legal protection, educa-tionalopportunities,andothervitalhumanneedsandprivilegessimplybeallocatedtothe highest bidder. In the words of theFrench primeminister, Lionel Jospin, ‘Wearenotagainstmarket-basedeconomy,butmarket-basedsociety’”.TheCOVID-19crisishasrevealedmany

weaknesses in economies and societies.Healthcaresystemsinmostcountrieshavenot been able to copewith the pandemic:The crisis was too large and too sudden.However, countrieswith stronger publichealthsystems,suchasVietnam,forexam-ple, seemed to havemanaged far better

than those with large, and very well-equipped, private health systems, such asthe USA. Countries with universal socialsafetynets,liketheScandinaviancountries,Japan, SouthKorea andGermany, seem tobemanaging the effects of the economicbreakdownonthepoorer sectionsof theirpopulationsmuchbetterthanthecountrieswithoutuniversalsocialsecurity,likeIndia.COVID-19 has revealed the deep fis-

sures ineconomics,betweentheschoolofeconomicsthathasdominatedpublicpol-icyacross theworld since the1980s—the“freemarket” school that the authors ofGoodWork refer to— and another schoolwhichsaidthattheneedsofhumanbeingsmust trump theneeds of business in eco-nomic policy, and not the other wayaround.Theprofessionofeconomicsmustbe reoriented. Societal (and environmen-tal) well-beingmust be the goal of eco-nomic policies, not the size of the GDP.Citizens’ “ease of living” must becomemore important than “ease of doingbusi-ness”. No doubt, the health of businessesand the economy is good for thehealth ofa society. However, the growth of busi-nesses and the economymust not be al-lowed to harm societal and environmen-talwell-being.All professional institutions including

businesses,arebuiltonthreefundamentalstructures,accordingtotheauthorsofGoodWork—mission, standards, and identity.Missionisthepurposeof theinstitutioninsociety.Ahealthcare institution’spurposeisto improvethehealthofallcitizens;andanewsinstitution’spurposeistorevealthetruth to society. In contrast, a business in-stitution’spurposecanbeaveryselfishone,ofproducingwealthforitsinvestors,espe-cially when it is run on the principle that“the business of business must be onlybusiness”, which has become the domi-nantviewsince the1990s.Professionalsareexpectedtomaintain

high standards in their work and in theirconduct,suchastheHippocraticOaththatall themedicalprofessionalsswearto.Thestandards can be voluntarily determinedand applied by the professionals them-selves,asaccountingfirmsdo—oraresup-posedto.Otherwise,theymustbeimposedon themby the public they claim to servethroughgovernment regulations.Identity, according to these psycholo-

gists, comprises of a person’s own valuesand traits, addingup to “aperson’sdeeplyfeltconvictionsaboutwhosheis,andwhatmattersmost toherexistenceasaworker,citizen, andahumanbeing”.The lockdowns following COVID-19

have causedmany people to introspectabout the purposes of their lives, and thepurposes of the enterprises they serve. Ithas also provided an opportunity to resetthe course of economies. Business associ-ations, and thosewho lead them, shouldusethiscrisistodeterminehowtheymustreform their associations to not merelylobby for the ease of doing business, andhowtheywillregulatetheconductof theirmembers.Orelse,businesswillhavetoberegulatedmore firmlyby thegovernmentfor increasingcitizens’ easeof living.

Maira, formermemberof thePlanningCommission, isauthorofReforming

Capitalism: ImprovingtheWorld forEveryone

Beijing todayusesmuscle,moneyandsoftpower to further itshegemonicambitions.IndiaunderModihasnodelusionsabout thenewChina

FORMER PRIME MINISTER ManmohanSingh’s letter to PrimeMinister NarendraModi on the recent stand-off between thearmiesof IndiaandChinadeservesattentionformore than one reason. It represents theviews of the Congress and it follows the al-legationsmade by both Sonia Gandhi andRahulGandhi that Indiahas lost someof itsterritory to China and the governmentwashiding this fact.The Indian Army and the government

havedeniedthattherehavebeenChinesein-cursions on Indian territory. The IndianArmy’s integrityandapoliticalcharacterarebeyonddoubt.Political regimeschange,butthe armed forces largely remainunaffectedby it. The army has safeguarded itself fromvices such as casteism, communalism, re-gionalism etc, which have inflictedmost ofIndia’sinstitutions.Thenarmychief,GeneralJ J Singh, showedgreat resilience in the faceofpressurefromtheUPAgovernmenttopro-videcommunity-wisestatisticsofthearmy’scomposition to the Sachar Committee in2008.Hecategoricallystatedthatpatriotismwas theonly religionof thearmy.Anydiscoursewhichunreasonablydrags

the armed forces into political controversydamages its reputationanddemoralises it.Being a former prime minister,

Manmohan Singh is expected to know thisbetter than any of his party colleagues. Thethreat perception fromChinaneedsno evi-dence; it has beenmore than obvious. Butrestatingitexposespre-Modigovernments,particularly the ones that were headed bytheCongress.The1962warthat led India tolose 38,000 sqkmof strategic territorywasthe result of self-betrayal by the Nehru ad-ministration.Warnings from the socialists,RSS, and prominent faces in his own partywere ignored. Congress governments, in-cludingtheUPAunderManmohanSingh,left3,800kmof India-Chinaborder openwith-out adequate infrastructure. The Chinesemilitaryhasengagedinterritorialadventur-ismeverysingleyearsince1962.Thepaceofconstruction of roads, rail bridges and air-ports on the Indian side of the border hasbeenslowcompared to thesituationontheChinese side. Then defence minister, A KAntony, admitted asmuch in Parliament in2013. The speed at which infrastructure isbuiltonthe Indiansideof theborderhas in-creased since theModi government tookcharge. Therefore, theCongress lacksmoralgroundtotutortheModigovernmentonde-fencepreparedness.We should not allow domestic political

concerns to influence the public discourseon China. In 1959, the Jana Sangh leaderDeendayalUpadhyaydescribedtheChinesecreed as “cartographic aggression”. Thosewho denigrate it as “jingoism” not only failtounderstandnationalismbutarealsoguiltyof condoning China’s strategy of perpetualexpansionism. India cannot neutraliseChina’s territorial ambitions by chantingpeace; it candosoonlybyacquiringpower.Hollow idealism cannot protect nationalboundariesandsovereignty.

China’s speedingeconomicgrowthcan-not—and shouldnot—be the only param-eter to judge its character. It is devoid ofdemocracyandabhorsliberalism,bothhall-marksof themodernworld.Xi’sphilosophyis to convince Europe, theUSand India thatits political system and ideology of gover-nanceare superior to theirs. A report by theGlobalPublicPolicyInstitute(‘AuthoritarianAdvance’, February 2018) says the Chineseleadership“aimstopresentitspoliticalcon-ceptsasacompetitive,andultimatelysupe-rior,political andeconomicmodel”.Xi has acquiredmore power thanMao

ever could. There is an unprecedented con-centrationofpoweratthetop.Likeanyotherdictator,hebelievesinconfrontationaltacticsanduses bothmuscle andmoney as tools ofgeopoliticalstrategyandtofurtherhegemonicambitions.TheUSCongressrealisedthisbackin 2005, when it overwhelmingly votedagainst Chinese state oil company, CNOOC,makingan$18.5-billionbid forUnocal.Sincethe outbreak of COVID-19, countries such asAustraliaandJapan,waryofChinesedomina-tion,havestartedsafeguardingtheireconomicsovereignty.Theresurrectionof aneraofna-tionalself-relianceandnon-hegemonicrela-tionships in economic and tradematters iscausingpaintoChina.Ximade another tactical shift to further

hisagendaincountriessuchasIndia.Thepre-Xi regimesusedcommunistparties to servetheirinterestsandimageunderthefacadeof“ideological fraternity”. Xi realised the limi-tationsofthisstrategyandtooktwostepsfor-ward,surprisingnon-communistforces.TheChinese Communist Party (CCP) unhesitat-inglymingleswithnon-Leftpartiesandtriestocultivatepro-Chinesesentimentsusingsoftpower.At the19thpartycongressof theCCPinOctober2017,Xiunravelledanewideolog-ical roadmap for China in unambiguousterms. It proposed to export “Chinesewis-domand a Chinese approach to solving theproblemsfacedbymankind”and“contribut-ing Chinesewisdomand strength to globalgovernance”. This is the advocacy of illiber-alismandarejectionofopensociety.Chinesepolitical interest in India isnota

newphenomenon. Earlier, itwasguidedbyideology and closely linked to Indian com-munists. The conflict between the formerSoviet Union and China cast its shadow onthe Communist Party of India (CPI) and the1962warbecameareasonfortheCPItosplit.The32membersof theCPINationalCouncil

whoprotestedtheparty’sresolutionthatde-claredChinaanaggressorformedtheCPI(M).The CCP engineered another split in theCPI(M), leading to the formationof CPI(ML)in 1967. Peking Radio and Chinese mediaopenly encouraged the rebellions in theCPI(M).ThingshavenowchangedunderXi.NotallareinthesameboatbutallroadsleadtoRome.Systematically, Chinese influence in-

creased inthemedia, academia,opinion in-dustry,NGOsandevensocial-culturalorgan-isations,notonly inIndiabutalsoinEurope.Theyusedproxylobbiestoreachouttothosewhoseemed inaccessible to them.Thepactbetween the Congress and the CCP and theinvitations extended to ideological adver-sariesareapartof thisoutreachstrategy.Thehospitalityextendedtothemandthefacadeofcollaborationsinart,culture,scholarships,etc helpBeijing trivialisenarratives that ex-pose authoritarianism, restrictions on indi-vidual liberties, distortion ofMarxism, and,above all, the human rights violations inChina.Beijing’s role in Taiwan andHong Kong

caused no consternation among the Indianpeople. This is a reversal of Indian people’sconsciousness against Chinese expansion-isminthe1950sand1960s.Leaders, includ-ing Rammanohar Lohia, JayaprakashNarayan, Deendayal Upadhyay and J BKripalani, openly professed the independ-ence of Tibet and sovereignty of Taiwan.Raghu Vira, a member of the ConstituentAssemblywho left the Congress in opposi-tiontoNehru’sChinapolicyin1961,saidtheoverwhelmingsupporttoNehru’sChinapol-icyinbothHousesofParliament“constitutesa picture of fatuity and fickleness, whichthoughdevoidof guile isnotdevoidof guilt,for it has prepared the ground for unleash-ing upon the Asianworld horrors andmis-eriesunknownto thehistory”.Modi’s unambiguous policy towards

ChinaisreflectedinNewDelhi’sdefencepre-parednessandpragmatisminworldpolitics.China’sdispleasureshowsthelegacyofpas-sivityandinactionthatModiinheritedfromhis predecessors has been buried. It is alsoclear that India has comeout of the self-in-flicteddelusionthatChinaunderXidoesnotcarry the legacyofMaoZedong’sdeceptionand lies.

Thewriter isaRajyaSabhaMPandmemberof theBJP

Rakesh Sinha

BJP’S GLASSHOUSE

THIS REFERS TO the article, 'Whendemocracywasshackled' (IE, June25).The writer, while patronising dis-senters, is also deftlywarning themofconsequences. FromNehru to IndiraandSanjayGandhi, theBJPlookstothepast for examples to outshine its ownactions and inactions.With a chunkofthemainstreammediasingingpaeanstothegovernment,the“gag”wasneverfurther in thannow. Freedom is an in-alienableright;itisnotforademocraticgovernment to “give”, let alone beproudof “giving”.

YusufGhazali,Patna

THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Whendemocracywas shackled’ (IE, June 25).Thewriter shouldkeep inmind, beforecastingstones, the irrational invocationof theUAPA, NSA, sedition lawand re-cently,theDisasterManagementActandEpidemicsDiseases Act by BJP govern-ments.

SuchakDPatel,Ahmedabad

WATCH OUTTHIS REFERS TO the article, 'Disengagebutverify'(IE,June25).Evenaftertakinga stand on the “mutual consensus” formilitarydisengagementbetweenChinaand India, it would be too perilous forIndia to disband the assembled troopspresentatthelineofconfrontationafterthe breakdown of June 6 agreement.

Besides, only Indian sources have pub-liclyconfirmedthejointideasofthemu-tual consensuswhereas China has notannounceditasacommonobjectiveyet.

ParulSrivastava,Prayagraj

VIRTUAL ASYMMETRYTHISREFERSTOthearticle, 'Anurturingplace’(IE,June25).Amajorlacunainvir-tual learning lies in the top-downteacher-student communication path-way it offers. School education, as thebedrockofpersonalitydevelopment,de-mandsinteractiveengagementtobringout the best in students. Improving theteacher-studentratiobyropinginbrightgraduatesisanoptiontobridgethegap.AnjaliBhavana,Thiruvananthapuram

LETTER TO THEEDITOR

THEPUBLICDistributionSystemhasplayedanimportantroleinprovidingrelief topeopleintheaftermathofthenationallockdown.WithCOVID-19 cases increasing and theeconomycontinuingtobeinadownturn,somecorrec-tivemeasuresneedtobeputinplacetoensurethat there arenoexclusions and that this ba-sic support of subsidised foodgrains reacheseverybodypreventinglarge-scalehungerandstarvation.Despitegaps, thePDSisoneof themosteffectiveinstrumentstoreachpeopleinthe current situation. The COVID-19 surveyconducted by the Azim Premji Universityfound that during the lockdown, 89per centof ruraland69percentofurbanrespondentsreportedthattheywereabletogetfoodgrainsfromagovernment rationshopcompared toonly30percentofhouseholdssayingthattheyreceivedtheJanDhantransfer.Under the National Food Security Act

(NFSA),about60percentof thecurrentpop-ulationhaspriority ration cardswhile somestatessuchasTamilNadu,AndhraPradeshandTelangana have additional coveragewhichthey support through their own budgets.Providinganadditional5kgoffoodgrainsand1 kg of pulses for free under the PradhanMantriGaribKalyanAnnaYojana(PM-GKAY)wasonly for the81crore individualswhoarecurrentlycoveredbytheNFSA,andlateraspartof theAtmanirbharpackage, another 8 croremigrantshavebeenincluded.However,there

arestillmanywhoareleftoutofthefoodsecu-ritynet.JusttofulfiltheNFSArequirementof67percent,theupdatedpopulationestimatesof2020mustbeusedinplaceofthecurrent2011numbers.Moreover,inthepresentcrisiswheremanyhave lost their livelihoods, the require-mentwouldbemuchmore.Unfortunately,thegovernmenthasnotmadethePDSuniversal.There is no announcement of extending thereliefmeasures from July onwards, ignoringthecontinuingdespairinruralandurbanareas.What isdisturbing is that inthemiddleof

the current crisis someare nowcalling for amassivedownsizingof thePDSanda shift tocash transfers inplaceof foodgrains. Thisde-batehasbeengoingonforsometime,andsuchapolicydirectionhas also been reiterated inthe Economic Survey2019-20 to reduce thefiscalburdenposedbythefoodsubsidy.Itistocontainthe fiscaldeficit that thegovernmentis reluctant to expand the PDS despite bur-geoning stocks. Cash transfers are an impor-tant form of welfare provision, especiallythroughschemessuchasoldage,widowanddisability pensions andmaternity entitle-ments.Theamountsgivenunderthesetrans-fersarewoefully inadequate.But toargue forthePDStobereplacedbycashtransferswouldbe erroneous andmisplaced in the currentcontext.First, theFCIfinancesareindeedinamess

with anoutstanding loanof overRs 2.5 lakh

crore from theNational Small Savings Fund(NSSF).Butthisisentirelyaresultofmisman-agement and off-budget accounting by thegovernmenttoshowalowerfiscaldeficit.Thiscomes at the cost of the sustainability of theFCI,whichhasalreadypaidforthegrainithasprocured. In fact, a perusal of thedata showsthattheactualfoodsubsidyandtheNSSFloancombinedstillaccountsforlessthan1percentof the GDP per annum. Excluding the off-budgetborrowings,thefoodsubsidyinthelastthreeyears isbetween0.53and0.59percentofGDP,muchlessthanwhatitwasintheyearsprecedingNFSAwhenitwasbetween0.8-0.85per cent. Therefore, it is not entirely true thatthefoodsubsidy is increasingatanexponen-tialpace.Second, there are several issueswith re-

placingPDSwithcashtransfers.Cashtransferscannotbeasubstitutefortheprovisionofsub-sidisedfoodgrains.Thereareahighernumberof fairpriceshopsthanbankbranchesandal-thoughmostpeoplenowhaveabankaccount,manyof theseaccountsaredormantandthetransactioncostsofwithdrawingthecasharehigh. Going by the experience of other cashtransferschemesinIndia, itcanbesafelysaidthat thesewill not be inflation-indexed andthus their real valuewill keep decreasing,whichisnotthecasewithfoodtransfers.Thereare also fears that if there is no distributionmechanisminplace,thentheamountoffood-

grains procuredwill also be reduced,whichwouldmeanthatfewerfarmerswouldbeabletoaccessminimumsupportprices.WithdrawingthePDSisalsonotfavoured

bystategovernments.SincetheNDAcametopower,ithastriedrepeatedlytopressurestatestoshifttocashtransfers.Thefactthatnostatewasforthcoming,andthecentralgovernmentfinallymanagedtoinitiateDBTinPDSonlyinChandigarh,DamanandDiuandPuducherrysays something. In Puducherry, following lo-cal protests, its share in PDSwas convertedbacktoanin-kindtransferinafewmonths.These debates can continue, but it is ab-

solutelyunethicaltohavestockslyinginpub-lic godownswhile people are goinghungry.Currently, there aremore than 100milliontonnesintheFCIgodowns,morethanenoughtomeet thepresentNFSArequirements for ayear. With the next kharif harvest in fivemonths,thegovernmentisrunningoutofstor-agespace.The last timethereweresuchhighstocksinthegodowns, in2001-02,theyweregiven away at BPL prices to exporterswhilemanypartsofthecountrywerefacinghungerandstarvation.Weareyet again facedwithasituation of excess stocks andpeople in dis-tress.Unfortunately,itseemslikewewillonceagainmakethesamemistakes.

ThewriterteachesatAmbedkarUniversityDelhi

Thatfoodgrainstockslie inpublicgodownswhilepeoplearegoinghungryisascandal

A time to universalise PDSDipa Sinha

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NASAnamesHQafterMaryJacksonNew York: NASA an-nounced onWednesdaythat it would name itsWashington, D.C., head-quarters after MaryJackson, the organisa-tion’s first black femaleengineer and a pivotalplayer in helping US as-tronauts reachspace. JimBridenstine,theadminis-trator of NASA, said theagencywouldcontinuetohonour thosewhosehis-tories have long beenoverlooked. “It appropri-ately sits on ‘HiddenFiguresWay,’ a reminderthatMary isoneofmanyincredible and talentedprofessionals in NASA’shistorywho contributedto this agency’s success,”hesaid.

Mary Jackson.NASA

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FRANCE

EiffelTowerreopensafter104daysParis: Marking anothermilestone in France's re-covery from the lock-down,theEiffelTowerre-opened to visitorsThursdayafteritslongest-everclosureinpeacetime:104days.Touriststricklingback to Paris were de-lighted to find it openwhen someother attrac-tionsintheFrenchcapitalremainclosed.TheLouvreMuseum isn't reopeninguntilJuly6.Of thetower'sthreedecks,onlythefirsttwo reopened. Thosewho made the climbThursdaywererewardedwith far-awayviews anda light breeze in scorch-ing summerweather.

PAKISTAN

PIAgrounds150pilotswith‘dubiouslicences’Islamabad: PakistanInternational Airlines onThursdayannounced thatithasgrounded150pilotswith "dubious licences", aday after thepreliminaryprobereportoftheKarachiplanecrashblamedthepi-lotsandtheair trafficcon-trol for the tragedy thatkilled 97 people.“GroundingsomanypilotswillaffectthePIAflightop-eration,”thespokespersonforthenationalcarriersaid,adding that theyhave al-readydismissed sixpilotswith fake degrees. Thosepilots who get their li-cences verifiedwill be al-lowedback onduty, GeoNews quoted the PIAspokespersonassaying.

‘YOU THINK ALL BLACK MEN LOOK ALIKE?’

Wrongfully accused by algorithm, US man’s arrest highlights tech biasKASHMIRHILLNEWYORK, JUNE25

ON A Thursday afternoon inJanuary, Robert Julian-BorchakWilliamswas in his office at anautomotive supply companywhen he got a call from theDetroit Police Departmenttellinghimtocometothestationtobearrested.Hethoughtatfirstthat itwasaprank.An hour later, when he

pulled into his driveway in aquietsubdivisioninFarmingtonHills, Michigan, a police carpulled up behind, blocking himin. Two officers got out and

handcuffedWilliamsonhisfrontlawn,infrontofhiswifeandtwoyoungdaughters,whoweredis-traught.Thepolicewouldn’tsaywhyhewasbeingarrested,onlyshowing him a piece of paperwith his photo and the words“felonywarrant”and“larceny.”Hiswife,Melissa,askedwhere

hewas being taken. “Google it,”sherecallsanofficerreplying.The police drove Williams

to a detention centre. He hadhis mug shot, fingerprints andDNA taken, and was heldovernight. Around noon onFriday, twodetectives tookhimto an interrogation room andplaced threepiecesof paperon

the table, face down.“When’s the last time you

went to aShinola store?”oneofthe detectives asked, inWilliams’s recollection. Shinolais anupscaleboutique that sellswatches, bicycles and leathergoods in the trendy Midtownneighbourhood of Detroit.Williams said he and his wifehad checked it out when thestore firstopened in2014.Thedetectiveturnedoverthe

first piece of paper. It was a stillimagefromasurveillancevideo,showing a heavyset man,dressed in black andwearing aredStLouisCardinalscap,stand-ing in front of a watch display.

Five timepieces, worth $3,800,were shoplifted. “Is this you?”asked thedetective.The second piece of paper

was a close-up. The photowasblurry, but it was clearly notWilliams. He picked up the im-ageandheld itnext tohis face.“No,thisisnotme,”Williams

said. “You think all black menlookalike?”Williams knew that he had

not committed the crime inquestion. What he could nothave known, as he sat in the in-terrogationroom,isthathiscasemaybe the first knownaccountofanAmericanbeingwrongfullyarrested based on a flawedmatch from a facial recognitionalgorithm, according to expertson technologyandthe law.A nationwide debate is rag-

ingaboutracisminlawenforce-ment.Millionsareprotestingnotjust theactionsof individual of-ficers, but bias in the systemsusedtosurveilcommunitiesandidentifypeople forprosecution.This month, Amazon,

Microsoft and IBM announcedtheywould stop or pause theirfacial recognition offerings forlaw enforcement. The gestureswerelargelysymbolic,giventhatthe companies arenot big play-ers in the industry.Clare Garvie, a lawyer at

GeorgetownUniversity’sCenteron Privacy and Technology, haswrittenaboutproblemswiththegovernment’suseof facialrecog-

nition.Shearguesthatlow-qual-itysearchimages—suchasastillimagefromagrainysurveillancevideo— should be banned, andthatthesystemscurrentlyinuseshould be tested rigorously foraccuracy and bias. “There aremediocre algorithms and therearegoodones, and lawenforce-ment should only buy the goodones,”Garvie said.AboutWilliams’sexperience

in Michigan, she added: “Istrongly suspect this is not thefirstcasetomisidentifysomeoneto arrest them for a crime theydidn’t commit. This is just thefirst timeweknowabout it.”Williams and his wife have

not talked to their neighboursabout what happened. Theywonder whether they need toputtheirdaughtersintotherapy.“My mother doesn’t know

about it. It’s not something I’mproud of,” Williams said. “It’shumiliating.”Hehassincefiguredoutwhat

he was doing the evening theshopliftingoccurred.Hewasdriv-ing home fromwork, and hadposted a video to his privateInstagrambecauseasonghelovedcameon—1983’s “WeAreOne,”byMazeandFrankieBeverly.He had an alibi, had

the Detroit police checked forone.NYT

ASSOCIATEDPRESSMOSCOW,JUNE25

POLLS OPENED in Russia onThursday for a week-long voteon constitutional changes thatwouldallowPresidentVladimirPutintostayinpoweruntil2036.Thevoteona slewof consti-

tutionalamendments,proposedbyPutin in January,was initiallyscheduled for April 22, butwaspostponedbecause of the coro-navirus pandemic. It was laterrescheduled for July 1, withpollingstationsopeningaweekearlier and staying open forseven days in an effort to avoidcrowdsonthemainvotingday.The proposed amendments

includeachange in theconstitu-tionthatwouldallowthe67-year-oldPutin,whohasruledRussiaforover twodecades, to run for twomoresix-yeartermsafterhiscur-rent one expires in 2024. Otheramendments talkabout improv-ingsocialbenefits,definemarriageas a union of a man and and awomanandredistributeexecutivepowerswithin the government,strengtheningthepresidency.The changes have already

beenapprovedbybothhousesofparliament, the country's

Constitutional Court andweresigned into lawby Putin. He in-sisted that they be put to a vote,even though it is not legally re-quired,inwhatmanyseeasanef-forttoputaveneerofdemocracyonthecontroversialchanges.Russia is still reporting over

7,000newvirus cases daily andhas 606,000 confirmed infec-tionsinall, thethird-worstcase-load in theworld.The Kremlin has repeatedly

dismissed these concerns, say-ing that Russiawas able to slowdowntheepidemicandassuringpeople that all necessarymeas-ures have been to ensure thesafetyof thevoters.The country's dividedoppo-

sition,meanwhile, has failed tomobilisea significantprotest.

Some Moscow politiciansand journalists launched a“No!” campaign against theamendments, but the viruslockdown prohibited rallies,and authorities have detainedeven single pickets.

ESHAROYNEWDELHI, JUNE25

THE FINANCIAL Action TaskForce(FATF),anindependentin-ter-governmentalbodythatde-velopsandpromotespolicies toprotect the global financial sys-tem againstmoney laundering,terrorist financing and the fi-nancing of proliferation ofweapons of mass destruction,has released its first ever reporton illegalwildlife trade (IWT).The report, released on

Thursday, comes amid increas-ing international concern thatthe crime could lead to morezoonotic diseases in the future.

Estimating theproceedsof IWTat between $7 and $23 billionper year globally, the FATF hassuggestedtoallmembergovern-ments that the financial aspectof wildlife trade needs to belooked at more carefully, andthat money laundering laws

should be applied to wildlifetrade, since theproceedsentersthe global market throughmoney laundering."The illegal wildlife trade is

devastatingourwildlifeandput-tingtheglobalecosystematrisk.Time is running out. To ensurethe survival of endangeredspecies,weneedtobuildstrongpublic private partnerships toprevent, detect and disrupt thisactivity following the moneythat fuels it and the organisedcrime gangs, poachers and traf-fickersbehindit,"saidFATFpres-identXiangminLiu."The illegal wildlife trade

(IWT)isamajortransnationalor-ganisedcrimethat fuelscorrup-

tion,threatsbiodiversity,andcanhavesignificantpublichealthim-pacts. Inparticular, thespreadinrecentyearsofzoonoticdiseasesunderlinestheimportanceofen-suringthatwildlife is tradedinalegal, safe and sustainableman-ner, and that countries removethe profitability of illegal mar-kets,''says thereport.Initsreport,theFATFpointed

outthatfollowingthemoneyal-lowscountriestoidentifyawidernetworkofsyndicateleadersandfinanciersinvolvedandtoreducethe profitability of the crime. Italso stated that syndicates in-volved in the crime are usuallyengaged in other illegal enter-prises,andthattacklingIWTwill

helpdismantlesuchnetworks."Combating criminal organ-

isations through their financialflowsisasignificantlegalandin-vestigative tool to preventwildlife trafficking and the po-tential proliferation of zoonoticdiseases," it stated, suggestingtheuseofmoneylaunderingof-fencessincetheycarrymorese-verepenaltiesinmanycountries.While the exact connection

between the trading of pan-golins and pangolin scaleswiththe Covid-19 outbreak is yet tobeestablished,researchersinter-nationally are looking into pos-sibleconnections.

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Robert Julian-BorchakWilliamshadanalibi.NYT

BRITAIN’S DAY OUTThousandsdefiedcoronavirussocialdistancingrulesandgatheredatabeachinBournemouth,England,onThursday—thehottest dayof theyearso far.A ‘major incident’hasbeendeclared intheareatoallowauthorities to takeemergencymeasures inresponsetothebreachof rules. AP

SAJJADHUSSAINISLAMABAD, JUNE25

PAKISTANPRIMEMinisterImranKhanonThursdaycalledslainalQaeda chief and 9/11 master-mind Osama bin Laden a "sha-heed" (martyr) and said thatIslamabad faced "embarrass-ment" by taking part inAmerica'swaronterror.Speaking inparliamentdur-

ingthebudgetsession,Khansaidthe American forces enteredPakistan and killed Ladenwith-out informing Islamabad afterwhich everyone started abusinghiscountry. "Idon't thinkthere'sa countrywhich supported thewaronterrorandhadtofaceem-barrassment for it. PakistanwasalsoopenlyblamedforUS'failureinAfghanistan,"Khansaid."For Pakistanis across the

globe, it was an embarrassingmoment when the Americanscame and killed Osama binLaden at Abottabad...martyredhim. The whole world startedabusing us after that. Our allycame inside our country andkilledsomeonewithoutinform-

ing us. And, 70,000 Pakistanisdied because of US' war on ter-ror,"hesaid.Khan's remarks drew criti-

cism from the Opposition."Osamabin Ladenwas a terror-istandourPMcalledhimamar-tyr. Hewas behindmassacre ofthousands,"saidKhawajaAsifofPakistanMuslimLeague-Nawaz.Pakistan on Thursday ex-

pressed its disappointment overtheUSStateDepartment'sreportwhichdescribedthecountryasa"safe harbour" for regionally-fo-cusedterroristgroups."...Pakistanwillnotallowanygrouporentityto use its territory against anycountry," the ForeignOffice said,commentingonthereport.PTI

VladimirPutin

ImranKhan.Reuters/File

Imran Khan callsOsama ‘martyr’ in PakParliament, faces flak

Illegal wildlife trade putting global ecosystem at risk: FATF

FATFpresidentXiangminLiu

THENEWYORKTIMESNEWYORK, JUNE25

THE UNITED States reported36,880newcoronaviruscasesonWednesday,thelargestone-daytotal since the start of the pan-demic and more than twomonthsafter theprevioushigh.Thenumber of infections in-

dicated that the countrywasnotonly failing to contain the virus,but also that the caseloadwasworsening—apathatoddswithmanyothernationsthathaveseensteady declines after an earlierpeak. Cases in theUnited Stateshadbeenonadownward trajec-tory after the previous high of36,739casesonApril24,buttheyhaveroaredbackinrecentweeks.The resurgence is concen-

trated largely in the South andWest. Florida,Oklahoma,SouthCarolina and Texas reportedtheir highest single-day totalsonWednesday, but case num-bers have been rising in morethan 20 states.The tallyof newcases, based

on aNew York Times database,showed that the outbreakwasstronger thanever. Theelevatednumbersarea resultofworsen-ingconditionsacrossmuchofthecountry,aswellasincreasedtest-ing—but testing alonedoesnotexplain the surge. Increases inhospitalisations also signal thevirus’s spread.Some states, includingNew

York,whichatonepointhad themost daily virus cases, havebroughttheirnumbersundercon-trol. Hoping to keep it thatway,

New York — along withConnecticutandNewJersey—saiditwouldinstituteaquarantineforsomeout-of-statetravelers.AsofWednesday,morethan

2.3millionAmericanshavebeeninfectedandabout122,000havedied. Governor Gavin Newsomof California said that his statehad recordedmore than 7,000newcasesoverthepreviousday.The WHO warned

Wednesdaythatif theAmericaswerenotable tostopthespreadof thevirus,theremaybeaneedtoimpose—orreimpose—gen-eral lockdowns.

NATECOHNNEWYORK, JUNE25

PRESIDENTDONALDTrumphaslostsignificantgroundinthesixbattlegroundstatesthatclinchedhis Electoral College victory in2016, according to New YorkTimes/Siena College surveys,with Joseph R Biden Jr openingdouble-digit leads inMichigan,PennsylvaniaandWisconsin.Trump’s once-commanding

advantage amongwhite votershas nearly vanished, a develop-mentthatwouldallbutprecludethepresident’sre-election.Bidennowhas a21-point leadamongwhitecollegegraduates,andthepresidentislosingamongwhitevotersinthethreeNorthernbat-tlegroundstates.Four years ago,Mr. Trump’s

strength in the disproportion-ately white working-class bat-tlegroundstatesallowedhimtowin the Electoral Collegewhilelosingthepopularvote.Thesur-veys indicate that the presidentcontinues to farebetter in theserelatively white battlegroundstates thanhedoesnationwide.AseparateTimes/Sienasurvey

released onWednesday found

Bidenleadingby14pointsnation-wide, 50 percent to 36 percent.Bidenwouldwinthepresidencywithat least333electoralvotes,farmorethanthe270needed, ifhewon all six of the states sur-veyed and held those won byHillaryClinton fouryearsago.With a littlemore than four

months to go until the election,there is still time for the presi-dent’s political standing to re-cover,justasitdidonsomanyoc-casions four years ago. Hemaintains a substantial advan-tage on the economy, whichcouldbecomeanevenmorecen-tral issue in what has alreadybeenavolatileelectioncycle.Andmanyof theundecidedvoters inthesestatesleanRepublican,andmay end up returning to theirparty’snominee. NYT

RACE FORTHEWHITE

HOUSE

Trump loses groundin key states: Survey

SPIKE INOVER20STATES

At 36,880,US recordshighest 1-dayspike so far

Sydney:Australia’s secondmost populous state de-ployed ambulances andmobile test centres in atestingblitzasthecountryrecorded the biggest dailyriseincasesintwomonths.Victoria state said 33

peopletestedpositiveinthepast24hours,markingninedays of double digit newcases in the state. It hasaround 200 current casesoutofacountrytotalof270.Victoria state Premier

DanielAndrewssaidauthor-itiesarestartingwiththe10most affected suburbs.Hesaidabout100,000testswillbeconductedover thenext10days.REUTERS

AUSTRALIAREPORTSBIGGEST24-HRRISEINCASES IN2MONTHS

UNEARTHS TWO OF LARGEST TANZANITE GEMSTONES

MINERTURNSMILLIONAIREOVERNIGHTA small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire afterunearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found. Tanzania'sgovernment bought the book-sized stones weighing 20 pounds (9 kg) and 11pounds (5 kg) from miner Saniniu Laizer for $3.4 million

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ATA timewhenRussia isstill strugglingwith thepandemic,pollorganisersreportedlyfacedifficultyinensuring a good turnout.There are also concernsthatmeasuresputinplacedue to the outbreak, likestretching the poll over aweektoavoidlongqueues,leave room for potentialfraud.Forexample,asperareport, it isuncertainhowballot boxeswill be sur-veilled during sanitising,when everyone mustleavethevenue.

Concernovervirus,turnout

Russia opens polls for week-longvote on extending Putin’s tenure

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LACKOFadequatepolicysupportfromthegovernmentishamper-ingresearchanddevelopment,aswell innovation in the clean en-ergy sector,which is in turn im-pactingthegrowthofstartupsandsmall andmediumenterprises,theWWFIndiasaidinarelease.“While almost 140 govern-

mentinterventionsfocusdirectlyor/andindirectlyoncleanenergyand startups and SMEs, only 38policiesactuallytargetSMEsinthecleanenergyecosystem,makingit

difficultforSMEstoreaptheben-efitsoftheprovisions,”areportbyWWFIndiasaid.In its report,WWF India has

identified six segments, solarrooftop, electricmobility, energyefficiency, smart energy,waste-to-energy,andenergyaccess,thatit believes could have consider-able impact across industries,buildingsandtransportation.Apartfromlackofpolicysup-

port, the is also verydifficult forstart-ups and SMEs in the cleanenergy techspace to findandre-tain trained anddedicated staffover longerperiodsof times, thereportsaid.

NewDelhi:CommerceandIndus-tryMinister PiyushGoyal Thurs-daysaidhewillbetalkingtoUSTRRobertLighthizer inthenext fewdays to “quicklywrap” up initialaspectsoftheproposedtradedeal.IndiaandtheUSarenegotiat-

ingatradedeal to ironoutdiffer-ences and promote two-waycommerce.Goyalsaidheisinreg-ulardialoguewithUSTradeRepr-esentative(USTR)andUSComm-erce Secretary Wilbur Ross. “IthinkMrWilburRossandIwillbemeetingwith businessmen ofboth countries sometime in themiddleof July.” PTI

Goyal: To talk toLighthizer onproposed tradedeal in few days

BRIEFLYTrai’s‘channelselectorapp’NewDelhi:TheTelecomRe-gulatoryAuthority of India(Trai) Thursday launched a‘channel selector app’, thatenables users to select andpay only for channels theywishtoseeinsteadofreceiv-ingall channels inaspecificbouquetandpayingforit.

NewproductbyKarnatakaBankNewDelhi:KarnatakaBankhaslaunchedanewproduct,KBLMicroMitra,togivefina-ncial assistanceup toRs10lakhcantomicromanufact-uringandserviceenterpris-eseitherforworkingcapitalorforinvestmentpurposes.

PFC:FY20netprofitof`6.8KcrNewDelhi: Power FinanceCorporation(PFC)ThursdaysaiditregisterednetprofitofRs 6,788 crore for FY20, asagainst Rs 6,953 crore inFY19, excluding one-timeimpactofDTAduetochangeincorporatetaxrate.

CanaraBankQ4netlosswidensNewDelhi:CanaraBankpos-tedwidening of its stand-alonenetlosstoRs3,259.33crore for thequarter endedMarch2020.Ithadreportedanet lossof Rs551.53croreintheyear-agoperiod. ENS

SANDEEPSINGH&AANCHALMAGAZINENEWDELHI,JUNE25

MONEY PARKED by Indians inSwiss Banks fell for the secondstraight year— this timebyCHF55million,or5.8percent, toCHF899million (Rs 7,100 crore)— in2019.While the figurewas at itshighestatCHF6.46billionin2006,it stood at CHF 1.81 billion (Rs14,400crore) in2014whenNDAgovernmentcametopower,andithas comedown in linewith theCentre’s steps over the last fewyears to curbblackmoney in theeconomyand following the set-tingupofnewframeworkin2016that allowed exchange of infor-mationbetweenSwitzerlandandIndia to help check the blackmoneymenace.Whileoveralltotalforeignde-

posits roseby3.1percent toCHF1.44trillionfromCHF1.39trillionin 2018, China sawamajor 13.1per cent jump inmoneyparkedbyitsresidents,fromCHF13.5bil-lionin2018toCHF15.3billion.India’s neighbour Pakistan

witnessed a sharpdecline in themoneyparkedby its residents inSwitzerlandlastyearasitdeclinedby45percentfromCHF745mil-lionin2018toCHF410million.The latest data fromZurich-

basedSwissNationalBank(SNB)

releasedfortheyear2019showsasharpriseindepositsbyAmericanresidentsinSwissbanksasitroseby CHF 17.8 billion, or 12.5 percent,toCHF160billion.Even as some nations wit-

nesseda jump in2019, therehasbeenanoveralldeclineinmoneyparkedbyresidentsacrosscoun-triesinSwissbankssincetheyearoftheglobalfinancialcrisis.Whiletotal foreign deposit in Swissbankshitanall-timehighofCHF2.43trillionin2007,theyhavede-clined since then.While overallforeigndepositshavefallen41percentsince2007,thatforIndiahasdeclined by 79 per cent since2007.ForIndia,thetotalliabilitiesof Swiss banks stood highest in2006atCHF6.46billion.TheSNBdatacomesafter the

firstsetofdetailsofbankaccountsheld by Indian nationals were

sharedunderthenewframeworkfor automatic exchangeof infor-mationbetweenSwitzerlandandIndia to help check the blackmoneymenace last September.WhileSwitzerlandbegansharingforeignclientdetailsonevidenceofwrongdoingprovidedbyIndiaand someother countries, it hasagreedtofurtherexpanditscoop-eration on India’s fight againstblackmoneywith thenewpactfor automatic exchangeof infor-mation(AEOI).IndiaandSwitzerlandhad,for

automaticsharingoffinancialac-count information, signeda JointDeclaration on November 22,2016 foractivationofAEOI in taxmattersbetweenthetwonations.Theuse anddisclosureof the in-formationreceivedisgovernedbythe confidentiality provisions oftheIndia-Switzerlandtaxtreaty.

TOLEVERAGEbenefitsofe-retail,sellershavemadeabeelinetogetonboarde-commerceplatforms.Amazon India’s vice-president—seller servicesGOPALPILLAI toldPRANAVMUKUL that theonlinemarketplacehasconsistentlyseen50per cent rise in seller registra-tion post-lockdown, as againstpre-lockdownnumbers.He alsospoke about the government’splan tomandate ‘country of ori-gin’tagonproductsandifitcouldplayaroleincustomer’spurchas-ingchoice.Editedexcerpts:

AmazonIndiaishavingitsSmallBusinessDayonJune27.Traditionalretailerssaythatsales,schemes,etcmaynotpushdemand.Whatmakesyouhopefulthisprogrammecoulddrivedemand?Wewant to give anopportu-

nitytoMSMEstoshowcaseuniq-ue products becausewe’ve no-ticed that Indian entrepreneursare coming upwith innovativeproducts during this tough time.Forexample, I foundasellerwhomanufacturedmatchingmaskstoshirts.Therearealsopeoplecom-ing outwith products that havedemand in the COVID world.Theseareworkfromhomegoods,cleaningproducts,appliances,etcforwhichthereisalotofdemandanywayandthisgivestheoppor-tunity to small businesses to

showcasetheirofferings.

HasAmazonIndiarecoveredfromthelockdownslumpintermsofordervolumes?Wehaveseenaspikefromthe

pre-COVIDnumbersconsistentlyfor the last onemonth sinceweopenedup.Forthelastfourweeks,wehaven’t seenanydrop in thatspike.Secondly,newsellersarere-alising that e-commerce andmoderndigital commerce givesthemanadditional opportunitytosellthroughadifferentchannelandwehaveseen50percentplusin search terms like ‘sell online’,‘sellonAmazon’,etcandwehaveseen a 50 per cent rise in newsellerregistrationcomparedwithpre-COVID. This shows that e-commerceprovidesdualpurposebenefits:one,helpingcustomersgettheirproductswhilemaintain-ing social distancing ... two, this

canhelpsmallbusinessesatscale.

Howdoyourespondtothegovernment’splanonmandating‘countryoforigin’tagforproductsone-commerceplatform?Wecontinueto look forways

tooffermostrelevantandrobustdetailpagesasprovidedbysellersand search capabilities to offerseamless customer experience.Sellersareresponsibleforprovid-ingallrequiredinformationabouttheproducttheylistandtherefore,we continue to educate themabouttheneedfordisplayingac-curate, complete informationabouttheirproducts.Ourfocusisto be absolutely compliantwithall Indianlawsandregulations.

Hascountryoforiginforaproductbecomeamajordecision-makingfactorforcustomerspurchasingproductsonline?Acustomer looks for various

informationpoints ...what theirfriends and family think about it... reviews.Therewasastudythatsaid therewere over 20 eventsanddecision-making attributesthat peopleuse to findproducts.Every customer has their ownwayof findingaproductbecausetheylookforcertaininformation.

Full interviewonwww.indianexpress.com

India China US Total foreign2019 0.9 15.3 160.6 1,440.92018 1.0 13.5 142.7 1,398.02017 1.0 16.1 166.6 1,463.22016 0.7 9.6 177.0 1,420.42015 1.2 7.4 196.5 1,418.52014 1.8 8.2 244.9 1,476.6All Figures inCHFBillion, Source: SwissNationalBank

DEPOSITS IN SWISS BANKBYCOUNTRIES

2019: Indian money in Swiss banksfalls 5.8%; total foreign deposits up 3.1%

GopalPillai,AmazonIndiavice-president—sellerservices. File

‘Amazon India has seen a 50% rise innew seller registration post-lockdown’

‘Limited policy supporthampering research,innovation in clean energy’

ASSOCIATEDPRESSWASHINGTON,JUNE25

THEUS economy shrank 5 percent in the first quarter with amuchworsedeclineexpected in

the current three-month eco-nomic period,whichwill showwhat happenedwhen the pan-demicbeganspreadacrosstheUS.TheCommerceDepartment

reportedThursdaythatthedeclineinthegrossdomesticproduct,the

totaloutputofgoodsandservices,intheJanuary-Marchquarterwasunchanged from the estimatemadeamonthago.The 5 per cent dropwas the

sharpestquarterlydeclinesincean8.4percentfallinthefourthquar-

ter of 2008during thedepths oftheworstfinancialcrisissincetheGreatDepression.The first quarter period cap-

turedjust twoweeksof theshut-downs thatbegan inmanypartsofthecountryinmid-March.

US GDP contracts 5% in Q1; worse likely on the way

ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI,JUNE25

THEBOARDof theSecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia(Sebi)hasmade it easier for listed compa-niestoraisemoneybytemporar-ilyrelaxingpricingnormsforpref-erentialallotmentofshares.Italsotweaked its takeover regulationsto ensure that shareholders re-ceiveinterestifopenoffersarede-layed.The boardhas allowed com-

panies to use the higher of vol-ume-weightedaverageofpreced-ing twoweeksor 12weeks for apreferentialallotment.Currently,companies have to necessarilyprice such issues at the volume-weightedaveragepriceofthepre-ceding26weeks(6months).This pricing option “shall be

availableforthepreferentialissues

made between July 1, 2020, ordateofnotificationofamendmentto theRegulations,whichever islater, andDecember 31, 2020,”saidastatementfromtheregula-tor. The securities allottedon thebasisofthispricingwillbelocked-inforthreeyears, itadded.Relaxingthepricingnormwill

allow companies to price theirpreferentialissueslowerbecauseshare prices have come down

since COVID-19has struck. Thiswillmake itmore attractive forpromoters, who are the typicalbuyersofpreferentialshares,toin-vestmorecapitalintheircompa-nies and stave off hostiletakeovers. It is also particularlyusefulforlistedcompaniestoraisecapital at a timewhenbanks areriskaverseandunwillingtolend.In a relief for shareholders of

companieswhich are being ac-quired,theregulatorhasimposeda10percentpenaltyonopenof-ferswhichgetdelayedbytheac-quirer owing to reasons such asvaluationdisputes,investorcom-plaints, litigationandsoon.Separately, the regulator also

said the acquirer shoulddeposit100 per cent of the open offeramount payable into an escrowaccount for indirect acquisitions.Currently,sucharuleisapplicableonlyfordirectacquisitions.Inadi-

rectacquisition,theacquirertakescontrolofalistedtargetcompanybybuyingitsshares;inanindirectacquisition, control is gained bybuying thesharesof aholdingorparentcompanyofthetargetfirm.TheSebiboardalsosought to

strengthen regulations for pre-venting insider trading. It ap-provedmaintaininga structureddigital databasewhichwill con-tain the nature of unpublishedprice sensitive information andthe names of the personswhosharedtheinformation.It alsopermitted automating

the process of filing stockexchangedisclosures and liftingrestrictions on the tradingwin-dow for transactions prescribedbySebi.The regulator has also

tweaked its settlement regula-tions to streamline the processandmakeitfaster.

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE25

COALINDIALtd(CIL)hasnoplanstogiveupanycoalblocksforcom-mercial mining, CIL ChairmanPramodAgrawalsaidonThursday,noting that the PSUwould con-tinuetobeviable inthecompeti-tiveeraofcoalmining.TheCentrehadannouncedthecommerciali-sation of coal as part of theAtmanirbharBharat plan. PrimeMinisterNarendraModihadan-nounced the first auctionof coalblocks for commercial use lastweek. Earlier, only end-users ofcoalsuchaspowerandsteelcom-panieswerepermitted tobid forcoalblocks.“There is noproposal to give

awayanyCILblock for commer-cialmining,sothereisnocauseforconcern,”saidAgrawal,addingthecompany had sufficient blockswithabundant resourcecapacitytocontinueasacommerciallyvi-

able entity in the “competitionera.” CIL is theholderof 463coalblockswithacombinedestimatedminingcapacityofcloseto170bil-liontonnes.“...takingintoaccounttheprojectedgrowthintheensu-ingyears, CILwill be able topro-duceandfuel theexpandingcoaldemandof the country to a con-siderableextentintheforeseeablefuture,” saida releaseby thePSU,addingthatithastargetedannualproductionof 1billion tonnesofcoalby2023-24.ACILreleasesaid itsexpertise

inexploration,mineplanning,in-frastructureengineering,andenvi-ronmentalmanagementgaveitanedgeoverpotentialcompetitors.

REGULATORALSOSEEKSTOTIGHTENRULESONINSIDERTRADING

REUTERSBRUSSELS,JUNE25

ALPHABET’S GOOGLE onThursdaytookasteptoresolv-ing its spatwith publishers,sayingitwouldpaysomeme-diagroups inAustralia, BrazilandGermanyforhigh-qualitycontent and expects to domoredealswithothers.TheUS internetgianthas

for years tried to fendoff de-mands for payment fromnewspublishersworldwideinreturnforusingtheircontent,withEuropeanmediagroupsamongtheirfiercestcritics.“Today,weareannouncing

alicensingprogrammetopay

publishers for high-qualitycontentforanewsexperiencelaunchinglaterthisyear,”BradBender, Google’s vice-presi-dent for news, said. “Wewillstartwithpublishersinanum-berofcountries,withmoretocomesoon,”hesaid.Theprod-uctwillbeavailableonGoogleNews andDiscover. He saidGooglewouldalsooffertopayforfreeaccessforuserstoreadpaywalled articles on apub-lisher’ssitewhereavailable.Publishersthatwillbepaid

for their content includeGermany’s Der Spiegel,FrankfurterAllgemeineZeitung,Australian groups SchwartzMedia, TheConversationandBrazil’sDiariosAssociados.

MEDIAWATCHONLINENEWS

Google to pay somepublishers in Brazil,Australia, Germany

CIL: No plan to giveup any blocks forcommercial mining

KARUNJITSINGHNEWDELHI,JUNE25

OF THE 41 blocks that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi an-nouncedwouldbeauctionedforcommercialcoalmining,33werepreviouslyallottedtopublicsec-tor or private sector companiesbutlatersurrendered.Previously,coalblockswereonlyallotted toindustries, such as power andsteel industry,whichuse coal asan input.Experts noted that the

surrenderoftheseblocksdidnotindicateanyissueswiththemin-ing potential of these blocks asmanyweresurrenderedaftertheallottees did not develop theblocksforproductioninlinewithtimelinesagreedupon.“Someoftheseblockshadnot

beendevelopedaspertheirminedevelopment plans and (the al-lottees) had to give year on yearupdates on their status. SomeoftheblocksallocatedtoPSUswerenot developed and thereweresomequeries raised by industrythat these had not been devel-oped as per themining plans,”saidSreyaMajumder,deputydi-rectorand lead forenergypolicyat industry body Confederation

of IndianIndustry.Only eight of the 41 blocks

set to be auctioned have notbeen allotted previously andhaveatargetminingcapacityof24.1million tonnes per year, asagainst the total target miningcapacity of around 223milliontonnesperyear.Majumdersaidalotoftherm-

al power plants thatwere set tousecoalfromsuchblocksdidnotcome up as state governmentsmoved towards renewable en-ergy. She noted thatmany suchplantscurrentlyoperationalwerealso operating at only 30-40percentof theirplant loadfactor.Ofthe41blocks,30havebeen

classifiedas“explored”,withan-otherfourcoalblocksclassifiedas“explored in detail”. The auctionof these blocks reduces the per-ceivedrisk forbiddersaccordingto Vipul Tuli, chairman of FICCIPowerCommittee.

Most blocks already allotted &surrendered as allottees ‘failedto develop within deadline’

COMMERCIALCOALMININGOF41BLOCKS

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THErelaxation inpricingnormswillbeparticularlyuseful forlistedcompanies toraisecapitalata timewhenbanksareriskaverse.

Willhelpinraisingcapital

Sebi relaxespreferentialpricingnorms, tweakstakeovercode

MSIL sees end of road for diesel vehiclesafter its price overtakes petrol in Delhi

SMALLERCARSEGMENT

Coal India is theholderof463coalblockswithacombinedestimatedminingcapacityofcloseto170bntonnes

Expertsnotedthat thesurrenderof the33blocksdidnot indicateanyissueswiththeminingpotentialoftheseblocks

SANDEEPSINGHNEWDELHI,JUNE25

ASTHEperlitrepriceofdieselhasovertaken that of petrol inDelhiand the gap has narrowed inmanystates,MarutiSuzuki IndiaLimited(MSIL) feels itwillbe theend of road for diesel cars — atleast in the smaller car segment.Having stopped production ofdieselcarsbeginningApril1,2020andbettingbigonCNGasthefu-turefuel,MSILplanstointroduceCNGvehiclesacrossallmodelsgo-ingforwardandithasalreadyin-troduceditacrosseightmodels.Astheshareofdieselcarsales

inthepassengervehiclesegment

has comedown fromaround60percentin2012-13to 28percentin 2019-20 (17per cent share inQ4 FY20), Shashank Srivastava,ED, sales andmarketing atMSIL,said ownership of diesel cars donot make much of economicsense.“IntheBS-VIregime,theac-quisitioncostofdieselcarishigher

by anywhere between Rs 1.25lakh and Rs 2.05 lakh over thepetrol variant and if the runningcostofdieselcarisnotlower(asitwasbefore), itdoesn’tmakeeco-nomicsensetobuyadieselcar.”While the average price gap

between per litre of petrol anddiesel stood at a highof Rs 31 in2011-12,itcamedowntoaroundRs 7 per litre in 2019-20 and isdowntoRs5onanaverageacrossthe country. There has been asharp rise inprices of diesel andpetroloverthelastthreeweekstoaboutRs80perlitreinDelhi.Withthe price of diesel overtakingpetrolinDelhi,therunningcostofadieselvehicleisashighasthatofpetrolcarnow.

New Delhi: Petrol price inDelhiwashiked toRs79.92perlitrefromRs79.76,whiledieselrateswereincreasedtoRs80.02alitrefromRs79.88,as per anotificationof stateoilmarketingfirms.PTI

Diesel crosses `80

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MovecomesafterDelhiHighCourt issuesorder relatedtogovernanace issues;ministry to fileapplication

Sports federations lose recognitionMIHIRVASAVDA&PRITAMPALSINGHNEWDELHI,JUNE25

INANunprecedenteddevelopment,thesportsministrywithdrewtheannual recognitionofall National Sports Federations (NSFs) onThursday followingaDelhiHighCourtdiktatonthematter.Thedecisioncomesonthebackofadecade-longcourtcaseinrelationtogov-ernanceissueswithinthefederations.Earlierthismonth,thesportsministryhad

extended the federations’ recognition untilSeptember 30, 2020. However, theywereforcedtoreversetheorder. Ina letter toall54federations, sportsministrydeputysecretarySPS Tomarwrote: “… in compliance of theOrderdated24.06.2020passedbytheHon’bleDelhiHighCourt…,theDepartment’sletterofevennumberdated02.06.2020grantingpro-visionalannualrecognitionof54NSFsstandswithdrawn.”The decisionmeans the suspension of

threefederations—IndianGolfUnion,SchoolGames Federations of India and RowingFederationof India --will continue. A sportsministry official said theywill file a fresh ap-plicationbeforethebenchand‘sortoutthecri-sisattheearliest.’The annual recognition is granted to the

federationsinJanuaryeachyear.Accordingtothoseintheknow,theprocesstooklongerthanusualthisyearbecauseofsomedetailssoughtbytheministryfromthefederations.Beforeitcouldbeconcluded,thepandemicstruckanda lockdownwas imposed. “Tomake sure theoperationsremainedsmooth,theministryex-tended the provisional recognition tillSeptember,”asourcesaid.Theprocess to grant provisional recogni-

tion, according to lawyer and activist RahulMehra,was‘inviolationofsportscode’.Heal-leged that “the IndianOlympic Association(IOA)wastryingtoderecognisealotof sportsfederationsandsimultaneouslycreateparallelbodieswhilethesportsministryplayedball.”“TheIOA’smodusoperandiistheywritea

letter to the international federationof apar-ticular sport, bring up certain disputes andpiggy-backingonthat,theycallforthecreationofanewbody,”Mehrasaid,addingtherewerearound five instanceswhere this sequenceocurred.Heaccused IOAoffice-bearersof in-

dulginginthis“tocreateasuitablevotebank”.“Theministrywasnotstoppingthem.WhenIbrought this to thenotice of the court, anor-derwaspassed inwhichonepara said if theministryandIOAseektotakeanydecisionwithregard toNSFs, theywill file thematerial be-forethecourtandsubsequentlytakethedeci-sion,”Mehrasaid.Theministrywas forcedtowithdrawtherecognitionbecauseithaddonesowithoutinformingthecourtinadvance.IOApresidentNarinderBatra,meanwhile,

deniedtherewasanywrongdoingontheIOA’spart. “I amall for goodgovernance. The gov-ernmentdoesnotgiveanyfederationasinglepaisa.Allthefundingisdirectlycreditedintheaccountsofconcernedparties.Pleaseshowuswherearegovernanceissues,”Batrasaid.TheDelhiHighCourt’sordercouldhavefar-

rangingimpactonthewayIndiansportisrun.Innormaltimes,thedecisiontowithdraw

recognitionofallfederationswouldhavecre-ated a highly complex scenario for India’sOlympicsportsandathletes.Thegovernmentissupposedtograntfundingandpermissionsfornational campsand international tourna-mentsonlytosportsbodiesitrecognises.Owingtothepandemic,therearenotrain-

ing camps currently underway apart fromweightliftingandathleticswhileparticipationininternationaltournamentsisoutoftheques-tionuntilglobalsport,andtravel,resumes.A federation official, however, expressed

concern that Thursday’s development coulddelay the resumptionof their activities. “Wehadsharedwith thesportsministryourplanto resume thenational camps inphases Julyonwards.However,wedonotknowifwewillbeeligibleforfundingforthesame,”theofficialsaid.ThegovernmentandtheIndianOlympicAssociationarealsoperplexedwiththecourt’sorder that theywill first have to inform thebenchaboutanydecisiontaken inrelationtotheNSFsbeforeimplementingit.TheIOAisconcernedthatthiscouldbecon-

strued as ‘interference’ by the InternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC),whichwouldbeaviolationofitscharter.“Wewillacceptandho-nour the court’s order. Butmy only fear iswhether this leads to a suspension from theIOC. If youhave to takepermission forevery-thing, then the autonomygoes away,” Batrasaid.“In2012,whentheIOCsuspendedIndia,one of the reasonswas interference in IOA’sfunctioning.”

Hockey India isoneof the54NationalSportsFederationswhichhave lost theirrecognitionfollowingacourtorder. File

FORMER SLMINISTER BACKTRACKSAfter asserting that the 2011 World Cup final was “sold” by"certain parties" in Sri Lanka to India, the island nation's formersports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has now called hisclaim a "suspicion" that he wants investigated.

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ARIES(Mar21-Apr20)Youmay feelexploited or takenfor granted, but thisis not really the

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Whatdoesthisdecisionmean?GRANTINGRECOGNITIONtosportsfederationsisanannualritualthatmakesthemeligibleforgovernmentfundsaswellasassistancefortrainingandcompetition.Intheabsenceofrecognition,theprocessdoesnotnecessarilycometoahaltbutratherbecomesalotmorecumbersome.TheDelhiHighCourt,

however,hassaidIOAandministrycannottakeanydecisionsinrelationto

theunrecognisedsportsfederationswithoutitspriorconsent.

However,withtheongoingpandemicforcingsportinglockdownofsorts,theimpactofthecourtdecisionwillbeminimal.ButoncethesportsresumeandpreparationoftheOlympicsgetsunderway,thepresentstand-offcoulddelayadministrative

decisionsandthatinturncanhamperthetrainingofathletes.

ASSOCIATEDPRESSLIVERPOOL, JUNE25

LIVERPOOL ISon thevergeof ending its 30-year league title drought after cruising to a4-0 victory over Crystal Palacewith an at-tackingdisplaythatexemplifiedadominantcampaign. Jurgen Klopp's team can evenclinch thePremierLeague titleonThursdaywithout playing if Manchester City fails tobeat Chelsea. It thenplays City, the second-placeddefendingchampion,nextThursday."I'llwatchthegametomorrownightnot

toprepareacelebration, I'llwatchthegamebecausewe play against City aweek later,"Klopp said. "Whatever happens tomorrownightwehave no influence on it, so I'mnottoomuch interested tobehonest."All thatmatterstoKloppiscollectingthe

maximum twomore points from seven re-maining games to clinch the trophy. Afterstuttering in a 0-0 drawwith Everton aftertherestartonSunday,Liverpoolwasauthor-itatively rampant again against Palace onWednesday.Trent Alexander-Arnold curled in a free

kick to start the rout against Palace andMohamedSalahsweptinthesecondbeforehalf timefromFabinho'sdinkedball.Fabinhopowered in the third from distance in the55th minute and Sadio Mane raced ontoSalah's throughball to complete a counter-attack in the 69th tomake it 16wins in 16homegames in the league this season."Itwas thebestcounterpressingbehind

closeddoorsever,"Kloppquipped."Theatti-tude we showed tonight, the passion weshowed, was exceptional and we playedsomeoutstanding football."The victorymoved Liverpool 23 points

ahead of Citywith seven games remainingofacampaignthatwillendwithoutanyfansin the stadium to celebrate the Reds' firstchampionship triumphsince1990."We've waited a long time for this and

we'veworkedhard for thisover the last fewyearsasateam,"Salahsaid. "Asaclubthis iswhatwe'vedreamedof andwe're inagoodposition, so hopefullywe'll be able to get itacross the lineverysoon."

Liverpoolthrash Palace,inch closer toEPL title

ENS/PTINEWDELHI, JUNE25

THEWRESTLING Federation of India (WFI)has said theywill sackwomen’s team for-eigncoachAndrewCookbecause,accordingtoaseniorfederationofficial,he‘worksonlyforsalaryandisnotpassionateaboutIndianwrestling’. TheWFI has alleged that theAmerican coach refused to take part in aSports Authority of India (SAI) webinar fornon-payment of salary. Cook, who termedWFI’s decision as ‘shocking’, argued that heonlyaskedforachangeinsubjectof theses-sion, which SAI ‘declined, makingme lookdefiant I guess.’Cook, who left for home in Seattle after

thenationalcampwassuspended inMarchafter the outbreak of the pandemic, hadclaimedhehadnotbeenpaidforthemonthsofMarch, April andMay despite several re-minders.Recently,SAIgotintouchwithCooktoattendoneof itsonlinesessions.However,theWFItoldthePressTrustof IndiathatCookrespondedbysayingthat ‘unlesshereceiveshis pending salary, hewon’t attend them’.Cookhas refuted theallegations.“Thisbehaviourisnotacceptable.Itshows

thatCookworksonlyforsalaryandisnotpas-sionate about Indianwrestling. TheSAI offi-cialsshowedusthescreenshotsofhisrefusalmessages,"WFI assistant secretary VinodTomarwasquotedassayingbyPTI.“AfterthatwetoldCooktoattendsessionsandassuredhimthathissalarywillbecleared.Hedidpar-ticipate in a fewsessionsbutwedidnot likehisbehaviour.Weaskedourwrestlersif theyreallyneedhim.Thewrestlerstoldusthatheis not indispensable, sowe have decided toterminatehisservices.”Cook, whose contract was till August

2020 at a salary of $4,500 permonth, saidSAI andWFI ‘wanted him out’ because hespokeupabouthissalaryissues. “Iattendedthe classes they required. They askedme tospeak on athletes’ selection in the USA,” hetold The Indian Express. “I only asked tochange (the) topic becausewe don't selectathletes (in USA). They attend school andworkthroughthatsystem. Theydeclinedtochange,makingme lookdefiant.”

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