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PRESIDENTIAL POLLS TODAY MORE FOR VILLAGES, WOMEN

Monsoon session
begins today; Govt, 2 billion jabs:
Opposition brace India crosses
for a stormy start global Covid
milestone
32 Bills likely to be introduced;
all-party meet on Lanka tomorrow
to end on August 12 — during
SOURAV ROY BARMAN which 32 Bills are likely to be in-
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 troduced — the Opposition said
itanticipatesthatkeyBillswould
PM flags people’s faith in science;
‘‘In anti-cancer THE GOVERNMENT Sunday ac- “bulldozed” through. Congress NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu with BJP leaders in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI hails doctors, nurses and scientists
therapy, there is cusedtheOppositionof tryingto MP and Leader of Opposition in
“belittle the image” of Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge

Murmu thanks NDA MPs, says

(another) pillar:
Parliament by insisting that said that with the session “leav- KAUNAIN SHERIFF M
using diet as a drug’’ “non-issues” such as the up- ing us effectively with only 14 NEW DELHI, JULY 17
dated list of unparliamentary days”, the government did not

tribal community is ‘excited’

DR SIDDHARTHA
MUKHERJEE words be taken up for discus- offerthemclearanswersonhow INDIA REPORTED 2 billion cu-
ONCOLOGIST sion, setting the stage for a it plans to discuss the proposed mulative Covid-19 vaccinations
PAGE 13 stormy Monsoon Session that is legislation in such a short time. on Sunday, going past a global
set to begin on Monday. Parliamentary Affairs tribal community, especially its The sources quoted Murmu milestone in the ongoing battle
At an all party-meeting Minister Pralhad Joshi later told LIZ MATHEW women, “utsahit” (excited), The as saying that she hails “from a againstthepandemic.Thecoun-
ahead of the session, chaired by reporters that while the govern- NEW DELHI, JULY 17 Indian Express has learnt. smallvillage”andhas“struggled tryhasnowachievedarecord97
Violence in TN Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
Opposition leaders demanded
ment was ready to “discuss any
issue” under the rules and pro- A DAY before the election for
Sourcessaidthatinameeting
with NDA MPs in the Parliament
a lot” to “come up in life”. They
also quoted her as telling the
per cent first-dose coverage,
while 90 per cent of its adult At a medical college in
town over that the alleged misuse of inves-
tigation agencies, the Agnipath
cedure of the House, the
Opposition“israisingnon-issues
President, which sheis expected
to win as the ruling NDA’s can-
complex, Murmu also thanked
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
MPsthatitwas“anhonourtoget
all your support”.
population has received both
doses of the vaccine.
Ahmedabad after India
crossed 200 crore Covid-19
student’s death; scheme for recruitment in the
defenceforces, pricerise,alleged
as it does not have anything
against the leadership of Prime
didate, former Jharkhand
Governor Droupadi Murmu de-
and the BJP for nominating her,
addingthataround10croretrib-
Before Murmu’s arrival, a
mock voting drill for the poll on
Around 4.90 lakh doses were
given onSunday, taking cumula-
vaccine jabs. Nirmal Harindran

buses torched, attacks on the federal structure

and the “Chinese incursion”, be
Minister Narendra Modi which
has wide acceptance among the
scribed her nomination as a his-
toric moment that has made the
als,frommorethan700commu-
nities, “are all delighted”.
Monday was carried out, as BJP
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
tive vaccinations
2,00,03,73,288. The country is
to
thespecialfigureof200crorevac-

DIG injured taken up for discussion.

With the session scheduled
people of India and abroad”.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
currently running a special 75-
day vaccination drive in which
cine doses. Proud of those who
contributedtomakingIndia’svac-

BUSINESS AS USUAL V-P polls: Opp picks Alva; the third, precaution dose is be-
ing administered for free at all
cination drive unparalleled in
scaleandspeed.Thishasstrength-

TMC, AAP skip meeting

governmentvaccinationscentres. ened the global fight against
BY UNNY Two important features of COVID-19,” Prime Minister
India'simmunisationcoverage— Narendra Modi said in a tweet.
whichconstituteverysignificant “Throughouttherolloutofthe
MANOJ C G Congress stepstoaddressvaccineinequity vaccine, the people of India have
& HARIKISHAN SHARMA leader — are, first, 74% of vaccination shown remarkable faith in sci-
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 Margaret centres have been set up in rural ence. Our doctors, nurses, front-
Alva India and 71% of the vaccination lineworkers,scientists,innovators
Buses set on fire by SENIOR CONGRESS leader and coveragehasbeenreportedfrom and entrepreneurs have played a
protesters in Tamil Nadu’s former Union minister Margaret rural areas and, second, 51.1% of keyroleinensuringasaferplanet.
Kallakurichi on Sunday. PTI Alva was on Sunday pulled out next month. recipients are women. Iappreciatetheirspiritanddeter-
of virtual retirement and nomi- Sources said the Opposition “India creates history again! mination,” Modi said.
At the all-party meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath nated as the Opposition's candi- had initially considered former CongratstoallIndiansoncrossing CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
ARUN JANARDHANAN Singh at Parliament House on Sunday. Premnath Pandey date for the vice-presidential chief election commissioner
CHENNAI, JULY 17 election scheduled to be held CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

PROHIBITORYORDERSwereim-
VACCINE COVERAGE IN STATES
posed at several places in Tamil
Aviation upturn sees RBI’S STATE OF THE ECONOMY REPORT Top five Two doses Cumulative

new trends: tourism Commodity prices’ fall can help

Nadu's Kallakurichi district after vaccinations
protesters clashed with police
Gujarat 100% 11.25 crore
and indulged in arson at a resi-
Karnataka 100% 11.37 crore

routes popular; curbs India escape global inflation trap

dential school on Sunday to
protest against alleged inaction Telangana 100% 6.43 crore

E
following the death of a 17-year- Madhya Pradesh 97% 12.13 crore
old student earlier this week.
Several people, including level still,” the central bank has Uttar Pradesh 96% 34.42 crore

in China benefit India

E X P L A I NE D

senior police officers, were in- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE saidinitslatest‘Stateof theecon- Bottom five Single dose Cumulative
jured in the violence at the resi- MUMBAI, JULY 17 omy’ report. Nonetheless, the
dential school in Kaniyamoor,
Moderating signsof itsgeneralisationandthe
vaccinations
near Chinnasalem. Later in the Goa, Srinagar among top destinations THERESERVEBankof India(RBI) ● inflation potential unhinging of inflation
Nagaland 51% 16.83 lakh
day,theschoolprincipalandtwo hassaidthattheIndianeconomy expectations have elicited a pre- Meghalaya 64% 25.47 lakh
school officials were arrested tions such as Srinagar and Goa can escape the global inflation WHILE US inflation shot emptive and frontloaded mone- Manipur 74% 30.11 lakh
and the government transferred PRANAV MUKUL have seen significant capacity trap if the moderation in com- up to a 41-year high of tarypolicyresponse,theRBIsaid.
Jharkhand 81% 4.10 crore
the suicide case to the CB-CID. NEW DELHI, JULY 17 addition by airlines, which un- moditypriceswitnessedinrecent 9.1 per cent in June, India RBI Governor Shaktikanta
The protesters set on fire at derlines the “revenge travel weeksendures,alongsideaneas- reported a retail inflation Das had recently said that infla- Arunachal Pradesh 87% 17.67 lakh
least 15 buses, including three THE STEADY recovery in India’s trend” after the Covid curbs. But ing of supply-chain pressures. of 7.01 per cent, down tionwas likelyto“easegradually *% coverage as per population projections submitted to the SC
police buses. Following the vio- commercial aviation sector has the relatively slower rebound in “Thebiggestsourceof relief is from 7.04 per cent in May in the second half of 2022-23,
lence, Kallakurichi Collector P N lifted traffic to near pre-Covid business travel means trunk from inflation coming off its re- and 7.79 per cent in April. precluding the chances of a hard
Sridhar issued prohibitory or- levels — but with a clear realign- routes like Delhi-Mumbai, cent peak, albeit at an elevated CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
ders under Section 144 until July ment in capacities and routes. Delhi-Chennai, Mumbai-
31 in Kallakurichi taluk and sev- On the domestic front, the BengaluruandDelhi-Hyderabad
eral places in Chinnasalem.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
numbers show a push for
tourism routes and direct con-
nectivity to smaller airports. At
remain subdued (chart, page 2).
According to data sourced
from aviation analytics and con-
INSIDE 121 tribals, arrested for 2017 Maoist ambush in
WORLD
the same time, international
passengertrafficforIndiancarri-
ers has already surpassed pre-
sultancyfirmOAG,domesticair-
linesdeployed3.27lakhseatson
the Delhi-Srinagar route in June
Chhattisgarh, acquitted after five years in jail
Covid levels with airlines that 2022, nearly twice the 1.68 lakh the spot of the incident, in pos-
were dependent on China and inJune2019.Similarly,theDelhi- DEEPTIMAN TIWARY sessionof anyarmsorexplosives
thefar-eastnowlookingat other Goa route saw 2.07 lakh seats in NEW DELHI, JULY 17 or even members of the CPI
geographies, including India. June 2022, much higher than (Maoist).“Thusitisclearthatthe
Within the country, destina- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
CLOUDBURSTS MAY A SPECIAL court in Chhattisgarh prosecution has failed to prove
BE FOREIGN PLOT TO hasacquittedall121peoplewho its case against the accused be-
DESTABILISE INDIA, were arrested in connection yond reasonable doubt,” the
RUSSIAN MISSILES DOMESTIC FLYERS TAKE OFF AGAIN (in lakhs) SAYS KCR with the 2017 Burkapal Maoist
ambush in Sukma in which 25
court of Justice Dipak Kumar
Deshlahare said.
HIT KEY CITY IN Jan ’22 INDIA, CHINA ARMIES CRPF personnel were killed. The The ambush had occurred
SOUTHERN UKRAINE 150 HOLD NEW ROUND OF
May ’21 64.08 accused had spent nearly five when a team of 70 soldiers of the
Apr ’20
IN FIRST POLL AFTER 100 0 21.15 TALKS IN E LADAKH years behind bars. CRPF’s74thBattalionhadgoneto
121.87 The NIA special court, which provide security cover for road
HIS OUSTER, IMRAN 50
120.81
BJP SET TO GOVERN pronounced the judgment on building in Sukma’s Burkapal on
KHAN’S PTI WINS BY 0 100 OF 133 MP LOCAL Friday, said the prosecution April 24, 2017. The CRPF contin-
A LANDSLIDE May’19 May’22 BODIES could not provethatthe accused genthadbeensurroundedandat-
PAGE 12 Source: DGCA PAGES 7, 8 — all of them from the tribal A videograb of the accused who were released from prison tacked by a group of 150 Maoists.
community — were either on after a special court acquitted them in the case CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

PAGE 1
ANCHOR From hospital gate to upmarket store, fuel squeeze chokes Colombo
■ Another official at former On the streets of Colombo, but it is too little for too many. Dr Ananda Wijewickrama, a thePresident’selection...because
president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s fewer private cars are plying, ser- A senior doctor, who did not senior consultant at National of power cuts, online classes are
officesayshehas“justenough”to pentinequeuesoutsidepetrolsta- wishtobeidentified,saidshehas Institute of Infectious Diseases in also difficult.”
get to the market. He used to get tions are a common sight and to change two buses to get to the ColombowhowaspartofLanka's Due to the shortage, fuel
fuel from government sheds ear- mostresidentshavebeenwalking hospital, and it is “extremely dif- Covidtaskforce,said,“Thefuelcri- priceshaverisennearlyfour-fold
lier but not after Rajapaksa fled. long distances, keeping the little ficult”.“Manypatientshavebeen sis has had a significant impact, from last year. Despite marginal
■ A senior Sri Lankan diplo- fueltheyhaveforan“emergency”. calling the free ambulance serv- preventing doctors and nursing cuts announced on Sunday,

EXPRESSINSRILANKA mat has been working from

home for the past week. “I walk
Facingthebruntof thisshort-
age are the capital's hospitals. At
icetoreachthehospital,”shesaid.
Outside, there were hardly
staff from coming to hospitals...
The number of patients coming
diesel is up from SL Rs 106 last
year to 440 per litre while petrol
to the stores nearby for daily 7 pm on Friday, when The Indian any private vehicles, only ambu- forregularcheck-ups,andelective prices have risen from SL Rs 130
SHUBHAJIT ROY needs,” the diplomat said. Express reached National lances arriving every 5-10 min- surgeriesandtreatments,hasalso to 450 per litre. In the black mar-
COLOMBO, JULY 17 ■ A former diplomat, down Hospital of Sri Lanka, one of the utes and three-wheelers. One been impacted.” ket, petrol is being sold at about
withCovid,hassavedupenough largest government hospitals, man drove up in a pick-up van, In Colombo, the crisis has hit SL Rs 2,000 per litre — an Indian
■ An official who worked at for- fuel to reach the hospital, if doctors and nurses said many of with his uncle lying on a mat- schools,too.Sanka,a32-year-old rupee is about SL Rs 4.50.
mer prime minister Mahinda needed. them can’t turn up for work due tress on the floor in the back. “I housewife with two children, This has also led to a sharp
Rajapaksa’sofficesaysshe’sbeen to the shortage. use the vehicle for bread and said, “The schools had been riseinpricesof householdgoods.
trying her luck in the fuel queue THE FUEL shortage in Sri Lanka Theysaidthegovernmenthas A patient is brought in a grocery delivery van to the National grocery deliveries, but today closed off and on for the past At Keells, an upmarket store
for the past three days, without has hit the elite as well as com- allowed priority access for med- Hospital of Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday night. Shubhajit Roy there was an emergency,” the threemonths.Nowtheyaresay- in Colombo’s Union Place,
success. mon people. ical professionals at fuel stations driver said. ing that schools will open after CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Ifthecommodity-pricemod-
erationseeninrecentweekscon-
tinues, along with an easing of
vokedprovisionsoftheUnlawful
Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)
atthetimeofthechargesheet.As

Covid milestone Monsoon session supply-chainpressures,theworst manyas120peoplewerearrested

India'svaccinationdrive—the
world's largest — was rolled out
PM Modi’s absence in the
meetingalsodrewcriticismfrom
routes popular; curbs in China boost India of the recent inflation surge will
be left behind, and the economy
can escape the global inflation
intheinitialphasewithonemore
arrest being made later. Accused
Dodi Mangalu of Patel Para in
onJanuary16,2021,andcoverage the Opposition camp, with trap and enjoy the fruits of the Sukma died in jail.
was progressively expanded in Congressgeneralsecretary(com- 1.66 lakh in June 2019. Finnair is adding capacity to ebullient supply response that is Accordingtothejudgment,20
seven phases based on the prin-
ciple of prioritisation of vulnera-
munication) Jairam Ramesh
tweeting,“Isn’tthis‘unparliamen-
This year’s summer
schedule also saw the addi-
SEAT CAPACITY TOTAL SEATS India, resuming its sus-
pended flight from Helsinki
taking place, the RBI report said.
While the US inflation rate
prosecution witnesses turned
hostileduringthetrial,refusingto
ble population groups. tary’?" tion of direct connections to VARIATION 1,44,84,148
to Mumbai, given the idle ca- shot up to a 41-year high of 9.1 recognise the accused. They also
Among the priority popula- "Because of some reason, the Srinagar from non-metro pacity because of the China percentinJune,Indiareporteda didnotsupporttheprosecution’s
tion, 1 crore healthcare workers PM did not come. In fact, before cities such as Ahmedabad 1,39,24,052 restrictions and Russia air- retail inflation of 7.01 per cent in claims of recovery of explosives
have received two doses and 2014,thePMneverusedtoattend and Hyderabad. The seat ca- ■ June2019 ■ June2022 ▲ 4.0% space closure. June,downmarginallyfrom7.04 fromtheaccused.Fifteenofthem
60.21 lakh have received their these meetings. A senior Cabinet pacitydataincludesnumbers “Weusedtooperatemore percentinMayand7.79percent saidtheir statementswerenever
precautiondose;1.76crorefront- member like Rajnath Singh for both sectors on a given PercentageChange than 40 weekly flights to in April. recorded by police.
line workers have received two presidedoverthemeeting,unlike route. ▼ -7.2% ▲ 94.6% ▼ -16.6% ▲ 24.5% ▼ -17.3% ▲ 5.3% China, but at the moment we “The international environ- “Inthecontextoftheincident,
dosesand1.14crorehavereceived theCongress,whichusedtosend Another emerging trend only have one. Even on that ment is hostile and hence, close the prosecution witnesses have
6,66,188
6,18,178

the precaution dose; 12.15 crore the chief whip to take the meet- is the increasing direct con- one flight, our capacity is re- andcontinuousmonitoringofthe notmadeanystatementwithre-
3,93,514
3,27,808

3,27,926

elderlyrecipientsabovetheageof ing during its rule. How many nectivity to smaller airports. stricted. Also, because of the widening trade deficit and port- gardtotheidentityorpresenceof
2,24,670

2,25,168
2,07,676

1,85,658

2,13,716
1,66,690
1,68,411

60 have got their two doses and times did (former prime minis- “...in 2019, just over one-third (Ukraine) war and the air- folio outflows is warranted, the accused at the spot of the in-
2.81 crores have got the precau- ter)ManmohanSinghattendall- of capacity growth between space closures, a big part of notwithstanding strong reserve cident. No recovery of any arms
tion shot as well. party meetings?" Joshi said. 2016 and 2019 in India’s do- our network in Asia is closed, buffers,moderatingexternaldebt, orexplosivesfromthecustodyof
Delhitopsthelistofcitiesthat At the meeting, attended by mestic market came from mainly China and Japan. We and a fairly valued exchange rate the accused has been proven.
haveadministeredthemostdou- 36 parties, the Congress made it newroutesthatwerenotpre- have been forced to restruc- that has wilted less in the face of Thus, on the basis of statements
Delhi-
Mumbai

Delhi-
Srinagar

Mumbai-
Bengaluru

Delhi-Goa

Delhi-
Chennai

Mumbai-
Goa

bledoseswith1.53crorejabs,fol- clear that it plans to raise issues viously operating. OAG’s ca- ture our network accord- the monotonic strengthening of of prosecution witnesses
lowed by Mumbai (97.30 lakh), suchasthe"DHFLbankfraud,ris- pacity data also shows that ingly,” Sakari Romu, General the US dollar than many peers,” recorded before this court no
Bengaluru Urban (93.46 lakh), ingunemployment,fiscalandru- there are 24 domestic routes Manager, India, for Finnair, thereportsaid.Therecentrevival charge can be proven against the
Source: OAG
Pune (83.69 lakh), and the peevaluecrisis,hatespeech,rising operating in March 2022 to told The Indian Express. of the southwest monsoon and accused,” said the court.
Ahmedabad Corporation area crimes in Jammu and Kashmir and from Delhi that were not “That’swhywehavebeen rejuvenation of sowing activity
(49.73 lakh). and attacks on Kashmiri Pandits, operating before 2017,” OAG’s latest available data provided in June this year, compared to lookingatSoutheastAsia,India hasraisedhopesofanotherboun- Colombo
On January 3 this year, India thecollapseof autonomousbod- Regional Sales Director — by the Directorate General of approximately 18 lakh in June and the US where we have tiful year for agricultural activity, The Indian Express compared the
alsostartedadministeringCovid- iesandconstitutionalinstitutions, JAPAC Mayur Patel said. Civil Aviation (DGCA), 120.81 2019. added quite a lot of capacity. raisingexpectationsthatruralde- prices of different items — with
19vaccinestochildren:5.01crore and illegal demolition of homes At the same time, some lakh passengers flew domesti- Foreign airlines that were From August 5, we are reopen- mandwillsooncatchupwithur- the help of customers and the
teensintheagegroup15-18years, of minorities". hub routes are yet to recover to cally in May this year, com- dependent on China and the ing the Helsinki-Mumbai con- banspendingandconsolidatethe store manager — and found that
and 2.62 crore adolescents ages Many parties also raised the pre-Covid levels. For example, pared to 121.87 lakh in May far-east for a meaningful por- nection. We are starting with recovery, it said. they have increased almost five-
12-14 are now fully vaccinated. issue of the new forest conserva- the Delhi-Mumbai route saw 2019. tion of their traffic are now three weekly flights, and from Amidst these developments, foldoverthepastyear,withsome
Thedrugsregulatorhasapproved tionrules,pointingoutthatit"di- 6.18lakh seatsin Junethisyear, In October 2021, the looking at other geographies, November onwards we’ll have India’s financial sector remains items being rationed.
vaccines for children younger lutes"therightsof tribals."Today lower from 6.66 lakh in June Ministry of Civil Aviation fully such as India and the US, to de- four. We are also looking at op- sound and stable, the RBI said. Posters on shelves limit each
than 12 as well; however, the ex- in the all-party meeting, many 2019. lifted the Covid-related capac- ploy surplus capacities. This portunities for other destina- Knock-oneffectsofgeopoliti- customer to one packet of milk
pert body of the government is political parties, including those The third highest route ity restrictions that were im- strategy has been further in- tions ready to be connected in calspilloversarevisibleinseveral powder,2kgofriceand12bottles
yettotakeadecisiononrollingout supporting NDA,pointed out the with the most seats in June posed on domestic flights in tensified with the various air- India,” he said. sectors, tapering the pace of re- of water. Essential products like
jabs for this age group. contradiction in the Modi Sarkar 2019 — the Mumbai- May 2020. space closures and restrictions “(The Ukraine crisis) is also covery.However,therearesparks milk powder, one of the highest
Thelistof statesthathavead- claimingcreditforitsPresidential Bengaluru route — had airlines On the international front, in light of the Ukraine crisis. affectingourflightstoIndiabut in the wind that ignite the innate selling items, are in short supply.
ministered the most doses (cu- candidate on the one hand and deploying 3.28 lakh seats last Indiareverted to the pre-Covid Singapore Airlines, for ex- if we look at destinations in strengthoftheeconomyandsetit Accordingtothemanagerand
mulative)tochildrenisheadedby killing off the Forest Rights Act, month, almost as much as scheduled operations and bi- ample, is witnessing strong SoutheastAsia,theflyingtimes oncoursetobecomingthefastest customers, the price list has
Uttar Pradesh (1.94 crore), fol- 2006, on the other hand!" Delhi-Srinagar, compared to lateral capacity agreements load factors on all of its India have increased by 30-40 per growing economy in the world, changed dramatically over the
lowedbyBihar(63.42lakh),West Ramesh tweeted. 3.94 lakh three years ago. fromMarch 27thisyear.Asper flights and is looking to add to cent, but with India the added the fears of inflation notwith- past year: Potatoes (SL Rs 110/kg
Bengal (48.39 lakh), Madhya Among other parties, the Domestic passenger traffic ICRA, since then, international its number of India flights over flight time is little bit more standing, it said. last year to SL Rs 520/kg now);
Pradesh(46.24lakh),andGujarat Trinamool Congress said it will continues to inch closer to passengertrafficforIndiancar- the next two schedules. than10percent.Sotheeffectis In another report on 'Fed ta- onions(SLRs65to280),sugar(SL
(43.49 lakh). firmly oppose the updated list of 2019 levels. According to the riers surged to around 21 lakh Similarly, Helsinki-based not that big,” Romu said. perandIndianfinancialmarkets’, Rs 65 to 451), flour (SL Rs 160 to
Theprecautionarydoseiscur- unparliamentary words, circular the RBI said the mild response of 350), rice (SL Rs 95-110 to 480)
rentlybeingadministeredonlyto banning protests and dharnas on Indian financial markets to the and eggs (SL Rs 13 to 55/egg).
adults, and has been given pre- Parliament premises, apart from Thegovernment,meanwhile, sage — something they missed honour to be nominated as the thethirdflooroftheschoolbuild- “Taper 2” announcement can be There'smore:Toiletroll(SLRs
dominantly in the large metros. "the anti-people policies and suggestedthatitwasnotlikelyto while picking the presidential candidate of the joint opposition ing.Theautopsyreportconfirmed linkedtothecountry’sstrongex- 30-40/roll last year to SL Rs
Thecitiesthathaveadministered schemessuchasAgnipath",infla- give in to the Opposition's de- nominee — by fielding a woman for the post of Vice President of injuries on the girl's body. ternal sector position during the 215/roll now), Surf Excel deter-
the most precaution doses are tion,andmattersofforeignpolicy. mandstodiscusstheissueof"un- fromSouthIndiawhoisalsofrom India. I accept this nomination Police said that a suicide note announcement period. gent powder (SL Rs 350 to 980),
Delhi(19.34lakh),Mumbai(10.33 AAP MP Sanjay Singh said he parliamentarywords",reiterating a minority community. withgreathumilityandthankthe purportedly written by the girl “However, there is evidence of Coca-Cola(SLRs110to390/litre),
lakh), Bengaluru Urban (9.30 raised the issue of "CBI and ED's Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's Among the Opposition par- leaders of the opposition for the mentioned that she struggled in largevolatilityspilloversfromthe Maggi noodles (SL Rs 110 to
lakh), Kolkata (7.40 lakh), and misuse"."Isaidifthegovernment statementthatthecompilationof ties, the Trinamool Congress and faith they’ve put in me.” severalofherschoolsubjects.The US to Indian equity and bond 360/pack)andLuxsoap(SLRs80
Pune (7.08 lakh). canjailapersonlikeDelhiHealth the words and phrases is merely theAamAadmiParty,whichhad On Saturday, the BJP had an- letter allegedly blamed some of markets,” the RBI said. to 225/piece).
The vaccination drive has MinisterSatyendraJain,thearchi- anupdationofpracticebeingcar- extended support to Sinha, did nounced West Bengal Governor herteachersforputtingherunder This emphasizes the need for Rohana Hettiarachchi, an ex-
made use of the strong child im- tect of projects like mohalla clin- ried out since 1954. not attend Sunday's meeting. Jagdeep Dhankhar as the NDA’s pressureoverherpoorscoresand readiness among EMEs in terms ecutivedirectoratanelectionad-
munisation infrastructure that ics,andintimidatetheOpposition, The circular on dharnas and Pawar informed the leaders vice-presidential candidate. alsoaskedtheschooltorefundher of adequatebuffers,pre-emptive vocacy group, said his family has
was already in place in the coun- then it is not sending out a good protests is also issued routinely that he has spoken to Delhi Chief The election for the office of annualschoolfeetoherparents. and calibrated state contingent reduced consumption of fruits
try.Some2.6lakhvaccinatorsand message to the country. We are ahead of any session, Joshi said. Minister and AAP chief Arvind the 16th Vice-President of India Thegirl'sfamilyhasrefusedto and data dependent policy re- and fish. “My 17-year-old son
4.7 lakh vaccination team mem- not going to sit quietly. They are "They do not have any major Kejriwal and he has assured his will be held on August 6 and accept the body until those al- sponses to withstand future loves apples and bananas, so we
bers were involved in the drive, not letting Chief Minister Arvind issueagainstthegovernmentbe- party'ssupporttotheOpposition. counting will take place on the legedly responsible for her death volatility spillovers, it said. buy just enough fruits for him. If
andarecord213.51croresyringes KejriwaltraveltoSingaporetoat- causethegovernmentisfunction- Sources said a senior Trinamool same day. The last date to file a are arrested. Foodinflationisamajorcom- we are denying ourselves these
were mobilised. tend a summit of global leaders. ing extremely well, people have Congress leader was spoken to nomination is July 19. Sourcessaidthatshortlyafter ponent of headline inflation, and basicneeds,imaginethesituation
Thedrivewitnessedaugmen- Thegovernmentdidnothaveany accepted the leadership of during the meeting and he as- The term of the current Vice- the girl's death, when her family hasatendencytospillovertocore of the more vulnerable,” he said.
tation of the existing cold chain answers," Singh said. NarendraModi.Evenforeigndel- sured the leaders that his party President, M Venkaiah Naidu, is andlocalresidentsprotested,they components. Food inflation was Initslatestsituationreporton
for storage and transportation of The DMK and AIADMK also egates and the diaspora have was with the Opposition. "Your ending on August 10. were promised strict action at an elevated level in 2013 as Sri Lanka, issued on Friday, the
vaccines:anadditional13,626ice raised the Sri Lankan crisis. The recognised his leadership. That's candidate is our candidate," a againsttheschool.Withnoaction compared to 2021. World Food Programme said:
linerefrigeratorsand12,461deep governmentwillonTuesdayhold whythesekindsofnon-issuesare leaderquotedhimashavingsaid. Murmu evenafterthreedays,theprotest- ThereportsaidtheTaper2an- “Skyrocketingfoodcostsaremak-
freezers were made available. another all-party meeting on Sri being raised and they are trying Sources in the Trinamool leaderswithParliamentaryexpe- ersreturnedtotheschoolinlarge nouncement was somewhat an- ing it harder... About 6.7 million
“Greater Goals, Bigger Lanka. to portray that in India even in Congress said the party's leaders rienceandmembersoftheparty's numbers around 10 am Sunday. ticipatedbythefinancialmarkets, people are not consuming ade-
Victories! Overcoming all the Apart from Kharge, Ramesh Parliament they are not allowed couldnotattendthemeetingbe- legalcellbriefedNDAMPsonthe Soon, the protest turned vio- given the past experience with quatedietsand5.3millionpeople
odds, India under PM and Leader of the Opposition in to speak. They are trying to belit- cause they were preoccupied process. lent,withthemobpeltingstones Taper 1, and the Fed's communi- arereducingthenumberofmeals
@NarendraModi Ji's leadership Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan tletheimageofParliament.Icon- with preparations for the July 21 On Monday, the BJP MPs will and ransacking the school build- cation that hinted at chances of eaten. To cope with the lack of
has achieved the new milestone Chowdhury, NCP chief Sharad demn the attitude of the opposi- Martyr's Day rally. They said gather at the Parliament annexe ing,classroomsandtheprincipal’s taper before the announcement. food, 5 million people are using
of#200CroreVaccinations.Amo- Pawar, DMK's T R Baalu and tion parties," Joshi said. Banerjee would consult all her around 9.30 am before casting cabin. They also set fire to school Anotherpotentialexplanation crisis or emergency livelihood
ment to remember forever! The Tiruchi Siva, TMC's Sudip MPs before taking a decision. their votes, sources said. buses parked on the campus be- for the resilience in the Indian coping strategies.”
world's largest vaccination drive Bandyopadhyay, BJD MP Pinaki V-P polls InthecaseofYashwantSinha, Sunday'smeetingwasalsoat- sides attacking at least three po- marketspostTaper2couldbethe Prof Lalithasiri Gunaruwan,
has been consistently creating Misra, YSRCP's Vijaya Sai Reddy, S Y Quraishi — CPM general sec- theOpposition'scandidateforthe tended by Chirag Paswan, who lice vehicles. backing of stronger economic professorofpublictransportplan-
new records,” Union Health TRS's Keshava Rao, and Shiv retary Sitaram Yechury reached presidential polls, Banerjee, had distanced himself from the “DIG M Pandian and the dis- fundamentalsinIndiaasopposed ning and economics at Colombo
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Sena's Sanjay Raut were among out to Quraishi — and turned to whose Trinamool Congress had NDA when the LJP split and sev- trict Superintendent of Police to the period before the Taper 1 University, blamed the fuel crisis
said in a tweet. those present in the meeting. Alva after he declined their offer. suggested Sinha’s candidature eral senior members formed an- were among those who were in- announcement, the RBI said. on lack of foreign exchange. “The
West Bengal Chief Minister and andgottheotherOppositionpar- other party to partner the BJP. juredinthestone-peltingbeforea A lower current account real cancer is the shortage of for-
Trinamool Congress chief tiestoacceptherchoice,latersaid WhileBJPleaderspointedout police team was able to manage deficit as a percentage of GDP, eign exchange, and the fuel crisis
Mamata Banerjee, sources said, there could have been a consen- itwasforthefirsttimethatChirag thesituation,”saidanofficial.The larger foreign exchange reserves, is a symptom, which is visible on
had earlier suggested PDP chief sus on Droupadi Murmu, the hadattendedanNDAmeetingaf- situationwasbroughtundercon- andstrongereconomicgrowthin thesurface,”hesaid,blamingsuc-
Mehbooba Mufti's name but the NDA's candidate, had the BJP tertheBiharassemblyelectionsin trol after additional police forces Taper 2 vis-à-vis the Taper 1 pe- cessive governments for the cur-

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proposal did not make much reached out to the Opposition. 2020, Paswan said he came only werecalledinfromneighbouring riod, imply that the Indian econ- rent situation.
headway. After the meeting on Sunday, tosupportMurmu,sourcessaid. districts, including Villupuram, omy is in better shape to with- BhavaniFonseka,alawyerand
At the meeting of Opposition Pawar announced that 17 National People’s Party MP Cuddalore and Salem. stand the Fed's tightening, and senior researcher at Centre for
leaders, held at NCP chief Sharad Opposition parties had unani- AgathaSangmawasalsopresent Minister C V Ganesan and manageanyassociatedchangein Policy Alternatives, said, “While
Pawar's residence on Sunday, mously decided on Alva’s name. in the meeting, sources said. (rulingDMKallyandVCKleader) volatilityinthefinancialmarkets, the price rise has hit everyone, it
Yechury suggested and Pawar “We have decided to an- Thol Thirumavalavan were it said. has hit the vulnerable the most.
seconded Alva's name. That nounce a joint candidate for the Violence in TN amongthosewhovisitedthevic- Ambulances cannot reach some
capped a week's groundwork by Vice-President election," Pawar Chief Minister M K Stalin ex- tim’sfamilyandpromisedtotake Acquittal places due to lack of fuel.”
Yechury, Pawar and Congress said while introducing Alva as a pressed regret over the violence up the case with the Chief Followingtheincident,which On Saturday, the Sri Lankan
president Sonia Gandhi, sources "person who has a vast experi- and assured punishment for all Minister’sOffice,saidaseniorpo- was the biggest ambush on the government said a fuel pass will
said. enceinadministrationandinpar- those involved in the girl's death. lice officer who was at the spot. CRPF since the 2010 Chintalnar soon be introduced to allocate “a
In fact, Yechury suggesting liamentary affairs”. Appealing for peace, the CM said After the violence broke out, massacre in which 76 CRPF sol- guaranteed weekly fuel quota”
Alva's name at the meeting too Alva,afive-termMP,hasbeen he has ordered the Home DGPCSylendraBabuappealedto dierswerekilled,theChhattisgarh with QR codes for each vehicle.
was planned to ensure that her a minister in several Congress SecretaryandtheDGPtovisitthe the people to maintain calm and Policehadarrested121tribalpeo- “Wehavemaderequests(forfuel)
candidatureisnotseenashaving governments at the Centre —un- site of the violence. warned strictly against those re- plefromvariousvillagesinthere- to different countries. So, any
comefromtheCongress—partof der Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sources said that on Sunday sorting to violence. gion.Allof themwerearrestedin countrythatcomestohelpus,we
a strategy to ensure that Alva has and P V Narasimha Rao. In 2009, morning, around 2,000 people 2017 and remained in jail till appreciate that. Right now, the
the backing of those uncomfort- she was appointed Governor of gatheredattheschool–wherethe Inflation trap Friday.Oneaccusedturnedoutto Indian government is the only
able with the Congress. Uttarakhand,whichwasfollowed Class 12 student was found dead landing in India”. Prior to that, beaminor,whileanotherdiedin countrythathasprovideduswith
SourcessaidYechuryhadspo- by gubernatorial assignments in on Wednesday – in response to a Deputy Governor Michael Patra detention. a credit line,” Energy Minister
Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service kentoAlvaseveraldaysagowhile Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa. protest call on social media by had noted that there were signs TheChhattisgarhPoliceregis- Kanchana Wijesekara said.
Sonia spoke to her on Saturday. Thanking Opposition parties youthgroupsinthearea. of inflation peaking, and harsh tered a case in the matter under Sofar,IndiahasextendedUSD
(M): 9212665841, 9212008155 WithAlva'sname,theOpposition for deciding on her name, Alva The student is suspected to policymaynotbeneededtocon- various sections of the Indian 3.8billionineconomicassistance
hopedtosendoutapoliticalmes- tweeted, “It is a privilege and an have jumped to her death from tain price pressures. Penal Code (IPC) and even in- to Sri Lanka — including fuel.

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Out of cash, woman KEJRIWAL VISIT YET TO GET L-G’S APPROVAL Delhi govt’s
from US ‘stages Singapore trip in limbo, CM reminds claims of
subsidy an
abduction’ to get
money from parents
the American Citizen Services
Modi of the time US denied him visa country,butinfrontof theworld,
eyewash, says
MP Gambhir
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE was sought from the e-mail EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE L-G,MEA we should forgetour differences NEW DELHI, JULY 17
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 provider,alongwithimmigration NEW DELHI, JULY 17 and put national interest on the
formdetails.Whentheyreached
nodneeded frontline. When you were the EAST DELHI MP Gautam
A 27-YEAR-OLD American the address provided — a five- AFTER RECEIVING no response CM of Gujarat and America de- Gambhir said claims of subsidy
womanallegedlystagedherown star hotel — police said it was from Delhi Lieutenant Governor ACCORDING TO senior nied you a visa, the whole coun- by the Delhi government are an
abduction with help from a found that no such person had V K Saxena's office, Chief government officials, the try criticised America and sup- eyewash as it comes from taxes
Nigerian national to get money checked in. With help from New MinisterArvindKejriwalSunday Chief Minister requires ported you. Today, your paid by the people. “In the past
from her parents, having spent Delhi District Cyber Unit, the IP wrote to Prime Minister administrative approval government is doing the same eight years, people of Delhi have
allof itafterreachingIndia,inves- address of the WiFi used by the Narendra Modi seeking permis- from the L-G to attend by stopping a CM from visiting just been at the receiving end of
tigators have said. woman when she made the sion to attend the World Cities any event outside the such an important summit." propaganda and hogwash” the
Policesaidthewomanisfrom video call was obtained along Summit in Singapore scheduled country. After he accords Reacting to the letter, Delhi BJP leader said.
Washington DC and is the withtheassociatedmobilenum- in the first week of August. the approval, the file is BJP spokesperson Praveen Gambhir said that out of 58
daughter of an ex-US Army offi- bers. The number was subse- According to Delhi govern- moved to the Ministry of Shankar Kapoor said: “Kejriwal lakhhouseholdsconsumingelec-
cer.TheUSEmbassyreachedout quently put under surveillance. ment officials, the file seeking The CM said the invitation is a matter of ‘pride and honour External Affairs for fur- doesnotholdasingleportfolioin tricity in Delhi, only half (around
to the Delhi Police regarding her Basedonthis,policesaida31- permissiontotraveltoSingapore for the country’ ther clearance. “Without the government and has no di- 30lakh)uselessthan200units–
alleged abduction after her year-old Nigerian national was to attend the summit was sent these two clearances, the rectcontributioninDelhi'sdevel- the limit till which power distri-
mother contacted them. arrested from Gurgaon as his to the L-G on June 7, but more CM cannot visit the sum- opment. It's surprising to see his bution companies do not charge
Police said the US Embassy mobile IP address matched that than a month later, it is yet to be stuck for more than a month at nour for the country. The world mit. It is mandatory,” said anxiety to visit Singapore to at- them directly. Another 16 lakh
had informed them that the of thevideocall.Onquestioning, cleared.Thesummit will beheld the L-G office, he said, "I have to wants to know about the Delhi a government official. tend the World Cities Summit.” avail subsidy up to Rs 800.
womanarrivedinDelhionMay3 he revealed the location of the on August 3-4. saywithgreatsadnessthatIhave model of education, health, free In 2019, the MEA had denied Therefore, 11 lakh households in
andwassubsequentlybeatenup woman in Greater Noida. In his letter to PM Modi, not yet been allowed to go to electricity...Irequestyoutogrant Kejriwalpermissiontoattendthe Delhihavetopayforelectricityat
and assaulted by an individual DCP (New Delhi) Amrutha Kejriwalsaid,"Ihavebeeninvited Singapore. I wrote a letter seek- permissionattheearliest,sothat eral Ban Ki-moon, have visited CopenhagenC40WorldMayors' Rs 10 per unit, he pointed out.
knowntoherandhadgonemiss- Gugulothsaid:"Afterherrescue, by the government of Singapore ing permission on June 7, about I can make the country proud by Delhi government schools and Summit in Denmark. Former He said private electricity
ing after reporting the incident. it was revealed that she had topresenttheDelhiModelatthe aquarterof amonthago,andstill attending the event on time and mohallaclinicsandsaiditshould Delhi Chief Minister Sheila companies collect around Rs
She had also mentioned in an e- staged the incident to blackmail World Cities Summit scheduled there is no reply. It is not right to presenting the Delhi Model to be adopted in other countries as Dikshit had attended the same 20,000 crore every year. “Out of
mail that she was in an unsafe her parents. She had befriended inthefirstweekof August,which stop the CM of a state from at- the world." well. summit in 2007 in New York. this, Rs 16,000 crore is paid di-
environment,facingphysicaland the Nigerian man via social me- will be attended by prominent tendingsuchanimportantevent Kejriwal also said the 'Delhi Highlighting the time when The AAP government has rectly by people of Delhi against
mental abuse. dia and stayed with him after leaders from across the world. and is completely against the in- Model' has been appreciated ModiwasdeniedavisabytheUS had several run-ins with L-G bills.TheremainingRs4,000crore
Police said she managed to reaching India. They have a pas- Presenting the Delhi Model be- terest of the country." across the world and several toattendasimilarsummitwhen Saxena since his appointment in is paid by Delhi government as
speak to her mother on a video sion for singing, and he was a fore them will be a proud mo- The L-G's office did not re- prominent leaders and person- he was the CM of Gujarat, May. The party had raised the subsidy. Money for subsidy also
callon10July,butdidnotdisclose stage performer. This might be mentforIndiabutstoppingaCM spondtomessagesseekingcom- alities, such as Melania Trump, Kejriwal urged the PM to leave matter last month and said the comesfromtaxespaidbypeople.
much information as an un- the reason for their friendship." from attending such an impor- ment. wife of former US President politics aside and think of na- file was stuck with the L-G be- Sowherearesavingsofpublicex-
known person had entered the The DCP said the woman's tant event is wrong." Kejriwal added, "This invita- Donald Trump, and former tional interest: "We may have cause of his lack of "administra- chequer because of the so-called
room. As the Embassy was con- visahadexpiredonJune6,while On how the file has been tion is a matter of pride and ho- United Nations secretary-gen- political differences within the tive experience". ‘honest’ governance,” he asked.
cerned that she was incapaci- the man's passport had also ex-
tated and unable to contact her pired. Police said legal action
family or them, the would be taken against both for
Chanakyapuripoliceregistereda staying in India without a valid AGRA

caseunderIPCsections365(kid- visa and passport respectively. MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

CFTI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

nappingtoconfine)and364(kid-
napping in order to murder).
Police said the Nigerian national
had come to India in 2017 and
CFTI MSME- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
CENTRAL FOOTWEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE, AGRA
Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India
Police said that assistance in had become a stage performer
obtaining the IP address used in afterfinishinganetworkadmin- CFTI, Agra has been developing human resource for Footwear &
sending the e-mail on July 9 to istrator course. Allied industry through various Training Programs and Activities.
WALK IN /ONLINE INTERVIEW
2 Tihar staffers caught In order to trigger off the training & other activities of its Extension
Center at Kolkata and to make it smooth functional, requires

passing messages from following experienced and dynamic personnel on project basis.
1. Technical Advisor (Footwear) : - 01 No
conman Sukesh, ED to The nearby candidates should come for the interview with all
original certificates and testimonials along with a set of

question officials again photocopies in support of their qualification & experience & a
passport size photograph. However, outstation candidates can
attend the Interview online.
Interview will be held on 23.07.2022, 10:30 am at CFTI, 41&42,
MAHENDER SINGH
MANRAL
NEW DELHI, JULY 17
KANWAR YATRA PREP Site-’C’, Industrial Area, Sikandra Agra-282007. Interested
candidates may visit our website www.cftiagra.org for further
details.
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WEEKS AFTER a medical assis- Sunday. Gajendra Yadav Ph: 0562-2642005 Fax: 0562-2640502
CFTI, AGRA
tant at Tihar Jail was allegedly E-Mail: info@cftiagra.org.in Website: www.cftiagra.org.in
seen taking some papers from
incarcerated conman Sukesh
Chandrashekharandwascaught
sending them to the latter's as-
sociates on WhatsApp, the
Enforcement Directorate (ED)
has initiated an enquiry and
summoned jail staffers for ques-
tioning, it is learnt.
In a related development, After it came to light
the jail administration has sus- that Sukesh was
pended a head warder after he
allegedly running a
was allegedly seen relaying
messages from Sukesh to his as- crime syndicate with
sociates over phone in exchange his accomplices and
for Rs 5 lakh. Following this,
Sukesh was also shifted to a cell
connivance of jail
in jail number 8 from jail num- officials from judicial
ber 3 on Thursday. custody, the EOW had
On the first incident, DG
(Prisons) Sandeep Goel had said booked 81 officials and
it was noticed on CCTV that a staff of Rohini jail
nursing orderly, who is a con-
tractual staffer, was seen taking
some papers from Sukesh. phone. DG Goel told The Indian
"Sukesh was lodged in Jail num- Express that recently, an alert jail
ber 3, and after enquiry, we staffer got to know that the head
came to know that it was a letter. warder was working in con-
We have written to Delhi nivance with Sukesh and imme-
Police," he said. diately informed senior officials.
Sources said ED officials had "We conducted an enquiry and
approached the jail administra- placed him under suspension
tion before the Delhi Police and on Friday after the allegations
asked them to share details as were substantiated," he said.
they too are probing a case Sourcessaidtheheadwarder
against Sukesh. was on night duty when he was
"The contractual medical as- asked by Sukesh to make a call
sistant'sphonewashandedover to his associate and pass on a
tothem.Theyfoundduringtheir message. "He stepped out and
probe that Sukesh was giving sat in his car in the parking area
him written notes and had to make the call, while still on
shared his associate's number. duty, and was caught by his sen-
The orderly was sending these ior. During probe, it was found
notes to the associate via thatSukeshhadallegedlyprom-
WhatsApp. He had not deleted ised to give Rs 5 lakh to him in
all pictures of the written notes exchange for passing on mes-
and the investigation agency sages to his associates," a jail
foundsomenoteswhereSukesh source said.
was reportedly asking his asso- After it came to light that
ciate to send money to jail offi- Sukesh was allegedly running
cials," sources said. an organised crime syndicate
EDofficialsalsovisitedjailno (extortion racket) with his ac-
3 where Sukesh was lodged. complices and connivance of jail
"TheyscannedCCTVfootageand officials from judicial custody,
questioned jail staffers. They the Economic Offences Wing
have summoned them for ques- (EOW) last month had booked
tioning again and are looking 81 officials and staff of Rohini jail
into their role," sources said. on corruption charges after it
Meanwhile, the suspended found that one of the arrested
head warder was caught al- men was taking Rs 1.5 crore
legedly passing Sukesh's mes- from Sukesh every month and
sage to his associate over the distributing it to staff.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 VACCINATIONS IN DELHI TOTAL Total Vacant NOIDA
LAST 24 HOURS CASES HOSPITAL BEDS 9,471 9,354 July 16 July 17

43,665 19,44,015 ICU BEDS 2,117 2,082 Cases N/A N/A

Cases Recoveries Deaths Tests Deaths N/A N/A
PATIENTSINHOSPITAL: 111
CORONAVIRUS OXYGEN SUPPORT 35
July 16
July 17
491
498
605
417
2
1
14,113
13,959
GURGAON
IN THE CAPITAL VENTILATOR SUPPORT 4 Cases 189 143
Total 1,974* 19,15,749 26,292 3,93,18,187
*Total active cases in Delhi Deaths 0 0

BRIEFLY
Cop’ssonheld
Potholes, waterlogging: Rain takes Booster dose
coverage
L-G nod to CBI to
for‘sexually Nehru Place from bad to worse prosecute AAP’s
low, CM
assaulting’
urges people
Amanatullah Khan
minorgirl
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police arrested a 37-year-
ABHINAV RAJPUT
NEW DELHI, JULY 17
to get the jab in Waqf Board case
old man for allegedly sex- BROKEN PATHWAYS, water-
ually assaulting a minor logged pockets and long traffic EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
girl in Outer Delhi. The ac- jams—NehruPlace,onceamong EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, JULY 17
cused’s father works in Delhi’spremiercommercialcen- NEW DELHI, JULY 17
the Delhi Police. The inci- tres, is grappling with a host of L-GVKSaxenahasgrantedpros-
dent took place in May problems, thanks to official apa- DELHI CHIEF Minister Arvind ecution sanction to the CBI to
but came to light during thy and delayed development Kejriwal Sunday urged all citi- proceed against AAP Okhla MLA
a police workshop at the projects. zens above 18 years to take the Amanatullah Khan and former
girl’s school. A woman When The Indian Express vis- Covid-19precautiondosesbeing Delhi Waqf Board CEO, retired
police officer had gone to itedthepopularelectronicsmar- administered free of cost at all IPS officer Mehboob Aalam, in a
the school to teach kids ketonWednesday,dugupstreets, governmentdispensaries,health case of alleged corruption re- Amanatullah Khan
about ‘good touch-bad construction waste and malba centres and mohalla clinics lated to illegal appointments in
touch’. During the inter- thrown on the roadside, and foul across the national capital. the board. The AAP dismissed
action, the girl shared her smelling rainwater were com- “Only 10 per cent of the pop- the allegations as baseless. is so scared of CM Arvind
ordeal with the woman mon sights. Market association ulation that took the second According to official sources, Kejriwal’s rise in the Indian po-
officer, police said. members said it has been over dose received the precaution Saxena granted prosecution litical arena that he gets horri-
eight months since construction dose. We have to increase this sanction to the CBI against Khan fied by the thought of AAP even
Membersof workstartedonaskywalk,which
has left roads narrower and
number for our health and
safety.Weareprovidingthisvac-
and Aalam for alleged commis-
sion of criminal offences that in-
in his dreams. The PM and
BJP have started hating the
DUteachers’ caused perpetual traffic jams.
“It has been a year since the
cine for free near your houses.
You just have to take some time
clude deliberate andcriminal vi-
olation of rules, regulations and
Kejriwal government’s world-
renowned work so much that
groupjoinAAP DDA dug up the area near
Satyamcinema.Thisisabusiness
Outside the Nehru Place
Market. Gajendra Yadav
from your daily life and take the
dose,” said Kejriwal.
law, misuse of position, and
causing financial losses to the
they have started to put crass
and baseless allegations upon
New Delhi: All members hub and you have slowed down Delhi has administered a to- exchequer, while serving as the party and its leaders. We
of the Academics for everything because of broken tal of 3.5 crore Covid vaccina- Chairman and CEO of the Delhi completely anticipate and ex-
Action and Development roads and traffic jams,” said the market facelift plan was un- tions so far, of which 1.81 crore Waqf Board respectively. pect many more such allega-
(AAD), a Delhi University Swaran Singh, general secretary dertaken after constant com- werethefirstdose,1.53werethe The L-G granted sanction un- tions to come up in coming
teachers’ group with ties of the All Delhi Computer plaintsof badlymaintainedpiaz- second dose and 18 lakh people der Section 19 of the Prevention days. But the Kejriwal govern-
to the Congress, joined Traders’ Association. zas, broken staircases, poor received the booster dose. of Corruption Act, 1988, and ment stands unfazed and will
the Aam Aadmi Party “Inside the market complex, illumination,andlackof parking “The entire world has been Section 197 of the Code of not deter from its mission to
Sunday, led by chairper- work is on to lay tiles and floor- space, but little has changed on battling the Covid pandemic for Criminal Procedure, 1973, said serve the people of Delhi.”
son Aditya Narayan Misra ing, but because the exterior and the ground. the last two years. We Delhi res- sources. Sources claimed the CBI in-
who is a three-time DU periphery are so badly main- Nearthetelephoneexchange, idents also strongly faced and The case against the AAP vestigation had revealed suffi-
Teachers’ Association tained, it affects the overall re-laying of pipelines was being fought the virus. Now the cases MLA was filed in 2016 following cientprosecutable evidenceand
president. “We all made a area,” said Singh, who also owns done. “It is a routine thing here, are under control and those be- complaints from the SDM (HQ), the agency sought prosecution
conscious decision... We a shop in the area. “Vehicles are sometimes one road is dug and ing tested positive are also not Revenue Department, alleging sanction from the L-G (the com-
felt that under Chief not supposed to be parked near sometimes another. This re-lay- serious. The deaths are almost that he made arbitrary and ille- petent authority in such matters
MinisterArvindKejriwal’s buildings to ensure fire safety ing of pipe has been going on for zero in Delhi. People are getting gal appointments to various ex- as per law established) in May
leadership, a positive di- norms are followed but loading October, the HC said the condi- complex. two months... there is so much wellathome,butthevirusis still isting and non-existing posts in 2022. Sources said the L-G sanc-
rection is being created... and unloading of goods happens tionof themarketis“likeaslum” Nirala, a vendor at the busy dust pollution as a result,” said a bad and dangerous, so I appeal Delhi Waqf Board. tioned approval after carefully
In university education, here continuously.” and observed that people have a market, said rain makes the situ- securityguardpostedinthearea. to all eligible citizens to go and The AAP in a statement said, going through the records
wewanttohaveapositive A skywalk, an amphitheatre, rightforfreeaccesstomarketar- ationworse.“Sinceroadsarebro- A DDA official said: “The take the precautionary dose. It is “Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed on file.
relationship so that we automated parking, exhibition easanddemandaclean,hygienic ken, the malba mixes with damaged portion on the road available at all mohalla clinics
can work together on halls,recreationalareas,andded- andsafeenvironmentthere.The garbageanditsmells.Duringthe has been temporarily fixed. and government dispensaries
crises and issues such as
thoseof grantstocolleges.
We will positively work
icated vending zones were part
of a massive Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) facelift plan for
court had said we talk of devel-
oping Delhi into a city like
London or any other big city in
evening, traffic jams last hours.”
AdeshGupta,aconfectionary
shop owner, said, “It’s been a
Restoration and recarpeting of
the road from EROS Hotel to
Kalkaji Temple T Point has been
for free,” he said.
Appreciating the Centre’s
support in the vaccination
She was forced to
together, I’m quite sure
we can resolve issues
with colleges in Delhi,”
Nehru Place. Among the largest
marketsforcomputersaswellas
fabrics, it has slipped in promi-
anotherdecadebut“howwillwe
achievethat”.“Whereistheplan-
ning?Whathappenstotheplan-
decade, but things are the same.
Inside the complex, there has
been some work of tiles being
awarded to an agency and work
has started; it will be completed
in a month. A portion has been
process, Kejriwal said Delhi has
the capacity to administer 1 lakh
precaution doses per day. He
drink toilet cleaner:
said Misra, in a press con-
ference, joining the party
in the presence of Deputy
nence due to neglect over the
past two decades.
Infact,thepitiablestateof the
ning aspect,” it added.
It was also critical of the hap-
hazard proliferation of vendors
fixed,buttheouterareaisstillthe
same...garbagemixedwithmud.
Water accumulates everywhere
barricaded, near Nehru Place
Metro station to the plaza near
Satyam Cinema, for the skywalk
further appealed to all senior cit-
izens, healthcare staff and other
workers who directly deal with
Kin of girl ‘raped by
factory manager’
CM Manish Sisodia. ENS market hasn’t escaped the High in the area. Vendors could still when it rains." construction. This will be re- the public on a daily basis to get
Court's attention either. Last be seen in large numbers in Constructedinthelate1970s, stored after work is done.” inoculated.

New challenge for cyber unit: Crypto EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

NEW DELHI, JULY 17

ADAYaftera31-year-oldfactory
before reporting it to police.”
The girl’s father, a factory
worker, had confronted him but
he lied and said his employees
weretargetinghimfornoreason.
Cyber fraudsters stashing stolen money in digital currency is posing fresh obstacles for Delhi Police investigators manager was arrested for al- Later, on July 14-15, the girl told
legedly raping his 15-year-old her parents about the rape.
cused in the Chinese app case employee and trying to kill her, The family said they have
JIGNASA SINHA and other scams are graduates her family alleged that the ac- known the accused for 4-6
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 who lack job experience or cused forced her to consume a months. He earlier worked at a
training. “It has become easy for toilet cleaner as she had com- car company near their house
CYBER FRAUDSTERS are taking criminals to learn the tricks plained about him to two of her and later he and his wife worked
a new route to work with their of online cheating. There are colleagues. at the same shoe factory.
associates in foreign countries videos online and one can ap- The incident took place on “My daughter didn’t tell us
and simultaneously hide proach foreigners. Also, many of July 2 when the accused called anythingoutof fear.Wewishwe
money trails: Cryptocurrency. the gang leaders worked with thegirltohishouseonthepretext knewthings.Wetrustedtheman
Amid a debate around the legal- one-two gangs to learn the ofhiswife’sillness.Thegirl’sfam- and his wife... She told us he fed
ity of the digital currency and trade,” said an officer. ilyallegedthattheaccused’swife her toilet cleaner,” said the
calls for regulation, officers in held her down while she was mother. Due to burns caused by
the Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Changing tack raped, and also bolted the door. the liquid in her mouth and
Unit are finding cryptocurrency In the face of such new chal- “She was threatened by the throat, the girl cannot speak
fast becoming a means for ille- lenges, Delhi Police are now manager and his wife and didn’t properly and has to eat with the
gal transactions, posing myriad alerting investigators to closely tell anyone. However, on July 5, help of tubes.
challenges for investigating look at phones, and specifically she confided in her two friends Police said that on July 15,
agencies. crypto apps, whenever a fraud whoalsoworkatthefactory.They they received a PCR call from the
Accordingtoseniorpoliceof- accused is arrested. While most scolded her for hiding this and victim’s brother regarding the
ficers,scamstersdealingincryp- of the crypto platforms are be- asked her to rush home and im- incident. They recorded her
tocurrency have three modus ing used illegally in India, offi- mediately inform her parents. In statement after the doctor’s ap-
operandi — running fake call cers have been asked to keep a themeantime,theycalledtheac- proval the next day.
centres, using Chinese apps to “sharp eye” on criminals and cused and threatened to take ac- The family moved to the city
defraud people, and gift card recover cheated money at the tion against him. The girl was about a year ago. Of the family’s
scams. earliest. walkinghomewhentheaccused four children, all but one work in
In July, police busted In a recent fake international caughtherandtookhertoaniso- a factory. The mother said, “My
one such fake call centre when call centre case cracked by the latedspot.Hemadeherconsume daughter had studied up to Class
they caught four men from Crime Branch, 18 people were toilet cleaner and again threat- 8 before we came here. My hus-
Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh, who al- allegedly defrauding US nation- ened her. She somehow man- band contracted dengue and we
legedly cheated people on the Officers in the Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Unit are finding cryptocurrency fast becoming a means for illegal transactions als by posing as officials from the aged to reach home but fell un- needed money. She started to
pretext of giving them loans and US government grants depart- conscious,” said a police source. work to help us... The owner of
convertedthatmoneyintocryp- ment. Officers are now looking A PCR call was made almost thefactorysaidhewouldbearthe
tocurrency. Police said the ac- challenge to link an account to a 10,000 each. created a bogus loan app and into the crypto wallets of the 10 days later as the girl was un- cost of any treatment. But we
cused were inspired by a person because the transactions AT DWARKA “It’s a tricky situation. These lured people to install it to se- main accused and his associates, dergoingtreatmentatAIIMS.Her don’t want any money. We want
YouTube video and approached
a Chinese national on Telegram,
are anonymous. Most of the
money is sent to offshore ac- CYBER CRIME UNIT gangs are smart. They use
phrases such as ‘don’t call me, I
cure easy loans. However, the
accused would steal personal in-
who were caught with a BMW
and an MG Hector car.
familyallegedtheywerenotsure
about the incident at first.
justice for our daughter.”
DCP (Outer) Sameer Sharma
who was also involved in online
loan cheating, to learn how to
counts in 1-3 days. Once sent, it
can’t be recovered,” said a sen- 50 CASES am in a meeting’ or ‘do this ur-
gently’. They understand the hi-
formation from the devices of
the victims and harass or
A team led by DCP Vichitra
Veer and ACP Abhinendra Jain
Hermothersaid,“Wehadtold
doctors that she ate something
said, “The accused was arrested
whileasearchisontoapprehend
dupe people. They then ap- ior police officer at the Cyber of gift card scams erarchy system in agencies. A threaten them. raided a house in Mundka and badandfellsick.However,herre- hiswife.Acasehasbeenfiledun-
proached people with an online Crime Unit. reported, each victim constable/SI-level officer would The matter came to light found over two dozen tele- ports revealed she consumed a der IPC sections 307 (attempt to
loan offer and got them to de- “With bank transactions or duped of Rs 30,000-Rs not say no to a DGP-level officer, whenawomancomplainedthat callers and main accused Nitin corrosive liquid with acid in it. murder), 376 (rape), and 34
posit anything between Rs online payment systems, it’s 50,000. Many cases and would buy cards without peoplebehindtheloanappmor- Singh. The team later found that Two-threedaysaftertheincident, (common intention) along with
40,000 and Rs 1 lakh. DCP easy to detect the money trail unsolved calling/confirming.Thecardsare phed her photo and extorted Singh owns properties in Delhi- herfriendscametousandtoldus Section6(punishmentforaggra-
(Rohini) Pranav Tayal’s team and we can also freeze transac- ■ Over three gangs immediately converted to money from her. A team led by NCR and high-end cars. DCP abouttherape.Wewereshocked vated sexual assault) of the
foundthegangmembersusinga tions and recover money at busted in Chinese app crypto,” said an officer. ACP Raman Lamba caught the Veer said, “The owner and tele- andscared.Wewantedtobesure POCSO Act.”
BMW car, which was bought times. However, crypto is fast scams. Accused The Cyber Crime Unit also accused within a month. callers were caught on-site with
withthatmoney,andthat oneof and we don’t know who the end involved in multi-crore found that the accused were “One of the accused, Rohit devices. They bought data of US
the accused is involved in a Rs 1-
crore cheating case.
receiver is. One doesn’t need as
many IDs or documents to set
scams, with associates
in China/Dubai
posing as directors from AIIMS,
Safdarjung and other reputed
Kumar, was caught with Rs 8
crore; others were caught with
nationals from vendors. The
callers would pose as US officials
Man kills live-in partner, held
In the last year alone, the up a crypto wallet,” added the hospitals and fleecing ‘subordi- three high-end SUV cars. The and call American citizens offer- New Delhi: Days after a 27-year- that she had lent money to a
■ In 2021, as many as 87
IFSO unit arrested 87 people in officer. nates’. In some cases,they posed accused were running a multi- ing education schemes, and old woman went missing from neighbour which upset Om-
people were arrested
fake call centre cases. Senior of- as principals of Delhi University crore scam. Within two weeks, those who agreed were asked to her rented home in Southeast prakash and he allegedly hit her.
New MO for running fake call
ficers at the Cyber Crime Unit colleges, cheating people to the the cheated amount (Rs 8 crore) pay a registration fee of $200. Delhi’s Govindpuri, her live-in The incident took place on
centres. Over 25 crore
said that in a majority of such Over 50 cases have been re- tune of Rs 30,000-Rs 50,000. was converted to crypto. They Two men have been arrested partner and his friends have June 26-27 but the matter came
seized in bank
call centres, the accused dealt in ported this year where Delhi- were threatening their targets and 16 persons apprehended in been arrested for allegedly to light on July 2 when the land-
accounts, other Made in China
cryptocurrency. based fraudsters were caught and would extort as much the case so far.” murdering her and dumping lord reported his tenant was
amounts in gift cards
“At present, we not only posing as directors or chiefs of In April, the Cyber Crime money as possible. In this gang, An officer added, “We are her body in Uttar Pradesh’s missing.
and cryptocurrency
have to catch cyber criminals agencies and cheating senior cit- Unit arrested eight persons from the accused in India would send now verifying the cryptocur- Dankor. The woman’s body was “Her landlord suspected
but also recover the money. It izens/government officers un- Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana their money to associates sitting rency angle. Singh and his asso- recovered 7-10 days after the someone had kidnapped her,”
becomes difficult at times be- der the guise of buying gift cards other state forces and message and busted a multi-crore cheat- in China/Dubai, who would ciates used expensive software murder. said DCP (Southeast) Esha
cause these men have multiple and converting these to cryp- their subordinates, asking for ing and extortion syndicate. convert it into crypto and pay to run the gang and were buying The accused, Omprakash Pandey, adding, “After multiple
bank accounts, e-wallets, gift tocurrency. instant gift cards. They would Police also identified three everyone,” said DCP KPS data from vendors. We suspect (43), allegedly strangled the raids and questioning of family
cards, where they hide money. The gangs would use photos usually ask them to buy two- Chinese nationals who are part Malhotra (Cyber Crime Unit). the money was being sent using woman to death after a fight members of the accused, the
Also, with cryptocurrency, it’s a of top cops from Delhi Police or five cards worth Rs 5,000-Rs of the syndicate. The accused Police said most of the ac- crypto as well.” over money, said police, adding men were caught.” ENS

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Naidu’s request for farewell MADHYA PRADESH CIVIC POLLS

BJP set to rule 108 of

DELHI CONFIDENTIAL
gift: a productive RS session on Kashmiri pundits and reser-
133 local bodies, but
loses four mayor
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
posts to Cong, AAP
vations in promotion and in pri-
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 vate sector.
The meeting saw some lead-
RAJYA SABHA Chairman M ers also recalling the efforts
Venkaiah Naidu, who will chair made by Naidu to give more op- Chhindwaramunicipalcorpora-
hislastsessionof theHousefrom portunities to members by IRAM SIDDIQUE tion, with its elected councillors
Monday, has sought a meaning- streamlining the conduct of BHOPAL, JULY 17 fallingshortof themajoritymark
ful and productive session from Question Hour, Zero Hour and in the corporation.
leaders of political parties as a Special Mentions and debates MADHYA PRADESH’S ruling BJP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
farewell gift. andhiscommitmenttopromote ispoisedtocontrol100of 133lo- Chouhanheldapressconference
Naidu will demit office as the use of mother tongue. cal bodies, the poll results for and reasoned that even though
PLAYING IT SAFE Vice President on August 10. He
made the remarks at a meeting
As the meeting turned into a
a farewell for Naidu, Leader of
which were announced Sunday.
But the victory was dampened
Congress won three Municipal
Corporations and AAP won in
DESPITE THE expected victory of its candidate Droupadi of floorleadersof RajyaSabhaon the House Piyush Goyal said it by the party losing its hold over Singrauli, the saffron party holds
Murmu in Monday's presidential election, the ruling BJP had Sunday. The meeting saw a Venkaiah Naidu greets leaders of political parties at his was a bit premature to do so as four mayor posts after winning themajorityofwardswhichisthe
directed all its MPs to be present in the national capital on record 41 leaders attending. residence on Sunday. Prem Nath Pandey Naidu is to preside over one full seven of the 11 Nagar Nigams truepicture.“DespiteAAPvictory
Saturday itself. Party leaders said they did not want to take a “Iammakingonelastrequest session and a formal farewell and scraping through in the in Singrauli municipal corpora-
chance as there could be some unexpected hurdles at the last for upholding the dignity and would be held in theHousewith other two by a slim margin. tion,outof the45wards,23went
minute. The MPs met Saturday evening and there was a train- decorumof theHouseof Elders,” butionsasRajyaSabhaChairman. flation, declining labour force all the leaders and members The results for the 133 local to the BJP, Congress got 12 and
ing session for them on how to vote. However, in the opposi- hesaidatthemeeting.Naiduhas He will be a very tough act to fol- participation rate, EPFO interest sharing their experiences in de- bodies — comprising 11 munic- AAP won on five,” said Chouhan.
tion Congress camp, the MPs did not get any instruction or di- presided over 13 sessions. low,” said Congress chief whip rates, “declining credibility” of tail in the House. ipal corporations, 36 municipal He continued, “In the local
rectionfrom the party leadership on the presidential election. “It was an emotional evening Jairam Ramesh. central institutions, external "All sections of the House councils and 86 town councils — body polls, the BJP emerged vic-
While there was no communication from the central leader- forallpoliticalpartyleaderswith The meeting saw the threats, hate speech, undemoc- wouldworktogethertopresenta were announced Sunday during torious on 80 per cent of the
ship to the party MPs on the presidential election, Congress Venkaiah Naidu-garu. They ex- Opposition seeking discussions ratic actions against opposition befittingfarewelltotheChairman the first phase of counting. The seats unlike the earlier trend
MPs from Kerala received a letter from state BJP president K pressed their regret at his depar- on 16 issues. These are among leaders, increasing crime in in the form of a productive mon- secondphaseof countingwillbe wherevotesharewasalwaysbe-
Surendran seeking their support for Murmu. tureandpraisedhismanycontri- them—federalism,Agnipath,in- Jammu & Kashmir and attacks soon session”, Goyal said. held on July 20. tween 45-55 percent.”
Mayors for 11 municipal BJPstatechief,VDSharmasaid
councilsarebeingelecteddirectly thatoutofthe37municipalcoun-
‘CHAIRMAN EMERITUS’ AQUICKGUIDETO
whilethechairpersonofthelocal
bodywillbeelectedbycouncilors
cils BJP has a clear mandate in 27.
Similarly, in 64 of the 86 town
RAJYA SABHA Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu was pleasantly indirectly in municipal councils. councils,BJPhasamajority.“Even
surprised on Sunday when senior Congress leader Jairam
Ramesh suggested that the government should create a post
PRESIDENTPOLLS Ofthe11municipalcorporations,
the BJP won the mayor’s seat in
in Jabalpur where Congress won
the mayoral post, BJP won on 44
of 'Chairman Emeritus' as a token of acknowledgement for KEY DATES: Election is seven.Congressgotthreemayor’s wardsandwillrule,”saidSharma.
his contributions to the Upper House. Ramesh's suggestion on July 18 and counting posts and Aam Aadmi Party one. By winning three of the 11
cameat a meetingof floor leaders of RajyaSabha convenedby on July 21. President to Withthecountingunderway mayoral seats, the Congress has
Naidu, who is retiring as Vice President next month. It was an take oath on July 25 untillateSundayevening,theBJP improved on its tally from the
emotional meeting with many opposition leaders praising wascomfortablyheadedtowards previous civic polls — zero.
Naidu, with whom they often had arguments and disagree- VOTERS: There are establishingitsrulein10ofthe11 Calling it a historic victory for
ments over various issues. Ramesh, in fact, said Naidu used to 4,809 electors in the municipalcorporations,31of the Congress, state chief Kamal Nath
get angry and irritated with the opposition leaders at times electoral college whose 36 municipal councils and 67 of said: “It is for the first time since
but he was a good person at heart and he will be missed. votes have a value of the 86 town councils. With BJP 2009,therewillbethreecongress
10,86,431 havingthemajorityof councilors mayors out of the 11 municipal

KERALA TRIP
in most local bodies, it is set ap- corporations. The Congress has
THE RACE: NDA’s point a chairperson in them. snatched three seats from BJP, in
Droupadi Murmu is Assaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM two seats we lost with slim mar-
SOON AFTER the conclusion of the monsoon session of leading with support also debuted with a four of its gin.IwanttoasktheBJP,whatex-
Parliament, officials of the Environment Ministry have some- of 44 parties. Opp’s four councillors winning. Of actly are you celebrating?”
thingtolookforwardto–thenextmeetingoftheNationalTiger Yashwant Sinha has the these, two are in Jabalpur, one Nath said that even in Indore
ConservationAuthority,whichthistimewilltakeplaceinKerala. support of 34 parties. eachinBurhanpurandKhandwa and Bhopal where they have lost,
The last NTCA meeting, held earlier this year, was conducted in corporations. Similarly, 14 of thenumberofcouncillorsinwards
Arunachal Pradesh – the first ever NTCA meeting to take place VALUE OF VOTE: The AAP’s candidates emerged vic- have doubled. “The BJP and its B
outside of New Delhi. This is the mandate of Environment value of a vote of each tories while Rani Aggarwal teamofAIMIMtriedtheirbestand
MinisterBhupenderYadav,whohasdecidedtotakepolicymak- MLA varies from state bagged the mayoral seat in even then, the Congress gave a
ing beyond the national capital. Yadav, who is also the Labour
Minister, has also started holding different central level meet-
ings inthe states–ofteninteracting withthe localpopulation–
PARTY MEET to state. In UP, the value
is 208, followed by 176
in Jharkhand and Tamil
Singraulimunicipalcorporation.
Congress candidates were
elected as mayors in Gwalior,
tough fight in Burhanpur and lost
withanarrowmarginof300votes.
Even in a place like Ujjain it was a
to address issues on the ground. Yadav has also increased the Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur with BJP MP Anil Baluni during an NDA Nadu. In Sikkim it is just Chhindwara and Jabalpur. But closefightwithmerelyadifference
frequency of meetings of different committees and agencies. meeting in Parliament on Sunday. PTI 7 and in Nagaland 9 even with that, the party will of 700 votes between the BJP and
only be establish its rule in Congresscandidates.”

BJP, JD(U) Margaret Alva, a once-powerful Behind Dhankhar choice: Tussle Amid namaz
row, Lulu Mall
seek Tejashwi
apology for face who retreated into shadows with Mamata, upper-caste tag says it’s a place
of business
‘murti’ jibe
RajivGandhi,andPVNarasimha post may take care of such com-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Rao.Shewasministerforwomen LIZ MATHEW plaints for a while,” said party Lucknow: Days after the Lulu
BENGALURU, JULY 17 Opp V-P and child development during NEW DELHI, JULY 17 NDA V-P leader from Uttar Pradesh. Malladministrationlodgedapo-
at Murmu AT THE start of the year, veteran
nominee
Margaret
Rajiv Gandhi's tenure.
Around two decades ago, her HIS PERSISTENT wrangles with
nominee
Jagdeep
Sources said Dhankhar's
tenureasGovernor—whichwas
lice complaint against unidenti-
fied people who offered namaz
Congress politician Margaret Alva connection with the Congress the Trinamool Congress — seen Dhankhar marked by confrontation with inthemall,theestablishmentis-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Alva, 80, wrote a letter to PM high command was formidable asastrongpushbacktothe“con- West Bengal Chief Minister suedastatementonSundaysay-
PATNA, MAY 17 Narendra Modi, expressing her enough for speculation in the frontational politics” of the rul- MamataBanerjeeandtheTMC— ing it is “purely a place of busi-
angstoveramovebytheBJPgov- with in Karnataka, returning to KarnatakaunitofthepartyofAlva ing party in West Bengal — com- tionintheSanghParivarthathas pleased the RSS cadre too. In one ness,whichdoesn’tdiscriminate

E
ADAYahead of thepollingtode- ernmentinKarnatakatobringin the political stage in the state af- beingacontenderfortheCMpost. bined with the RSS's backing for beenincreasinglyuncomfortable of hisletterstotheChief Minister, against any caste, religion or any
cide the next President, the BJP a law on religious conversions. ter a long hiatus. Now the Alvahadabrief spellof frosty him led to the BJP choosing withtheBJPleadership'saggres- he had accused the TMC govern- section of society”.
and JD(U) on Sunday demanded "We Christians are a disci- Opposition's 'consensus' candi- tieswiththeCongressleadership Jagdeep Dhankhar sive outreach to mentof“minorityappeasement”. On July 14, an FIR was regis-
an apology from Leader of plined, non-violent, service-ori- date for the vice-president's inDelhiaftershestated,in2008, as its candidate for Dalits, OBCs and When the state witnessed vio- tered on a complaint from the
EXPLAINED

Opposition in Bihar Assembly entedcommunity.If wewerein- post, Alva finds herself in the that the Karnataka unit of the the August 6 vice- other backward lence after the return of the TMC Lulu Mall administration after a
Tejashwi Yadav for calling NDA volvedinmassconversions,why spotlight once again. partywassellingelectiontickets presidentialelection. communities. government in the 2021 polls, video of unidentified people of-
presidentialcandidateDroupadi is our number under three per Despite hailing from coastal tothehighestbiddersratherthan Party sources “Several leaders Dhankar had once again locked fering namaz inside the mall
Murmu a “murti (statue)”. cent? 200 years of rule by Karnataka and representing the pickingcandidatesonmerit.She said Dhankhar — a from the Parivar hornswiththestategovernment, went viral on social media.
On Saturday, Tejashwi said: Christian colonial powers and current Uttara Kannada (then wasremovedfrompartyrolesfor lawyer by training have conveyed to alleging that the post-poll vio- The statement said: “Those
“Wedonotwantamurti(statue) work by so-called 'missionaries knownasKanara)LokSabhacon- around six months before being and the national the party leaders lence witnessed by the state was who made a cheap attempt to
asPresidentof India.Hasanyone involved in forced conversions' stituency in Parliament in 1999, made Uttarakhand Governor. convenerof theBJP’s ● that it's the time for the “worst since Independence”. offer namaz were complained
heard the NDA candidate for should have shown in our num- Margaret Alva has largely been She later took on gubernato- law and legal affairs thepartytopitchfor A leader said that both Prime about and an FIR was lodged.”
President speak? Has she held bers,whichhave been declining. identifiedasanationalpolitician. rial assignments in Rajasthan, department in 2016 — has in the an agada (member of a forward Minister Narendra Modi and “We appeal to you to not tar-
any press conference? On the Why this false propaganda and A lawyer, Alva entered Rajya Gujarat and Goa, taking her far- past “extended solid support caste),” said a party source. Home Minister Amit Shah have get our esteemed establishment
other hand, Opposition candi- violence against us?'' she wrote. Sabha at age 32 and was a mem- ther away from active politics. both politically and through le- Sources said the party was always been “appreciative” of for selfish reasons and let us do
date Yashwant Sinha has held The letter to the PM and par- ber of the Upper House for four Her son Nivedith Alva has been gal advice and assistance” to the aware of an increasing disquiet the stance Dhankhar took in business peacefully serving the
several press conferences.” ticipation in protestsagainst The terms, and 24 years at a stretch, an aspirant for representing the BJP, RSS and its affiliates. amongBrahminleadersoverthe WestBengal. Itwasthisapproval consumers,” it said.
On Sunday, BJP national Karnataka Protection of Right of from 1974. Uttara Kannada region in the Thenominationof Dhankhar, community being allegedly ig- from the top two leaders, com- Two people were arrested
spokesperson Guru Prakash Freedom of Religion Bill in the She has been a minister in state legislature for many years. who is from the socially and po- nored in the power-sharing for- bined with the political calcula- Saturday after they entered the
Paswan said, “Tejashwi Yadav latter half of 2021sawAlva,once severalCongressgovernmentsat One of her sons Niret Alva is a liticallydominantJatcommunity mula. “The nomination of tions that went into picking a Jat mall and recited the Hanuman
has insulted not only Droupadi a political force to be reckoned theCentre--underIndiraGandhi, well-knowntelevisionproducer. of Rajasthan,couldplacateasec- Dhankhar for the vice-president leaderfortheconstitutionalpost. Chalisa, police said. ENS
Murmu ji but millions of young-

Accused of conspiracy, former Goa CM Kamat

sters from tribal and Dalit com-
munities by saying that she will
be a murti in Rashtrapati UP: Seen carrying photos
Bhawan. This is nothing but a re-
of PM and Yogi in trash,
removed as permanent invitee to top Cong body
flection of feudal politics in the
name of social justice.”
The BJP also took a dig at the
RJD,sayingthestatewitnesseda sanitation worker sacked
“real statue government” when tion, said: “Hon’ble Congress theanti-defectionlaw.Adaylater, innocent as he is illiterate and
RabriDeviwastheChief Minister MAYURA JANWALKAR President has removed Shri however, senior Congress leader EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE failed to identify the photo-
between 1997 and 2005. PANAJI, JULY 17 DigambarKamatfromhiscurrent and Rajya Sabha MP Mukul LUCKNOW, JULY 17 graphs, said a senior official of
BJP national general secre- position as Permanent Invitee to Wasnik was dispatched to Goa the municipal department.
tary of OBC Morcha and party SENIOR GOA Congress leader Congress Working Committee from Delhi for firefighting. Ten THE CONTRACTUAL service of a Mathura Municipal
spokesperson Nikhil Anand told Digambar Kamat, accused of with immediate effect”. MLAs, including Lobo, met 40-year-old Mathura sanitation CommissionerAnunayaJhasaid
The Indian Express: “Everyone conspiring with the BJP to engi- Kamat and Lobo both face a Wasnik. Kamat stayed away. The worker was terminated for al- a fact-finding committee has
knows how Bihar had a real neer defections of legislators, disqualification petition filed by party appeared to have averted legedly carrying a trash can that beeninstituted.Ithasbeenasked
statue CM in the form of Rabri was Sunday removed as a per- the Goa Congress before the the crisis for the time being. happened have photos of Prime to submit its report in 48 hours.
Devi when she was virtually manentinviteeto theparty’stop Speakerof thelegislativeassem- Kamat was made a perma- Minister Narendra Modi and According to the official,
dragged out of her kitchen to decision-making body. bly for “anti-party activities”. nent invitee to the CWC, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Bobbywascarryingtrashthathe
take over reins of the state.” The move by Congress pres- On July 10, only five of 11 party’stopdecision-makingbody, Yogi Adityanath. took from a collection centre on
JD(U) MLC and spokesperson ident Sonia Gandhi comes a Congress MLAs turned up at a inApril.WhileheservedasLeader While showcause notices Saturday. In the trash can, there
Neeraj Kumar said: “Tejashwi week after the party’s Goa in- press conference called by Rao of Opposition in the previous as- have been issued to the sanitary werephotographsof thePMand
should know that President of charge, Dinesh Gundu Rao, ac- amidspeculationof defectionsto sembly and was the undeclared inspector and sanitary supervi- CM. On the way, he was inter-
Indiaisanaugustpost.AsMurmu cused Kamat, a former chief theBJP. Raothenaccusedthetwo CMnomineeaheadof February’s sor for not briefing the worker cepted by two people from
is all set to become President, minister, and MLA Michael Lobo GROUNDHOG DAY: Months after Congress MLAs took oaths senior leaders of working with assembly polls, Kamat was di- aboutphotographsof dignitaries Rajasthan, who made the video.
statue reference to her by him is of being involved in an attempt of loyalty at religious places, the party is back to seeking the BJP to get at least eight of 11 vested of all responsibility in the and public representatives, a The photographs were removed
condemnable. He should imme- to split the legislative wing. divine help. Facing the spectre of defections, party leaders MLAs to defect. At least two- state. Smarting over not being probe has also been ordered. from the can and Bobby left the
diately apology. Murmu has InastatementissuedSunday, and workers Sunday prayed at the Bambolim Cross, just as thirds of a party’s MLAs have to made legislature party leader In his representation to the spot. In another video, a man is
servedasaministerandGovernor K C Venugopal, National General they had done months ago, seeking blessings for MLAs. Express be on board for its merger with again, he had stepped back from municipal corporation, sanita- seen washing the photos of the
and it goes to show her struggle.” Secretary in-charge of organisa- anotherlegislaturepartytododge party work since March. tion worker Bobby said he was PM and CM from the trash can.

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ROUND 16 OF MILITARY TALKS WITH CHINA

ED finds firm of
ON VISIT TO FLOOD-HIT TOWN, CM FLOATS CONSPIRACY THEORY

India presses for Cloudbursts may be foreign

plot to destabilise India: KCR Mumbai ex-CP
full disengagement SREENIVAS JANYALA
‘snooped on 91
NSE staffers’
HYDERABAD, JULY 17
Talks at Chushul Moldo point on Indian side of LAC last 12 hrs
IF TELANGANA Chief Minister K
Therewasnoofficialwordon “Recalling the disengage- Chandrashekar Rao is to be be-
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the outcome of the talks. ment achieved in some friction lieved, cloudbursts may well be
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 The15throundofthemilitary areas, the External Affairs engineered by “foreign entities” DEEPTIMAN TIWARY
dialogue took place on March 11 Minister reiterated the need to to “destabilise” India. KCR pre- NEW DELHI, JULY 17
INDIA ON Sunday strongly butitfailedtoyieldanysignificant sustain the momentum to com- sented his conspiracy theory to
pressedforearlydisengagement outcome, with both sides, in a pletedisengagementfromallthe peopleinBhadrachalamtownin THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate Sanjay
of troops from all the remaining joint statement, reaffirming that remaining areas to restore peace the state's Bhadradri (ED)has found that a firmlinked Pandey
friction points in eastern Ladakh resolution of the issues would and tranquillity in the border ar- Kothagudem district, who have to former Mumbai Police
at the 16th round of high-level help restore peace and tranquil- eas,” the Ministry of External been forced into relief shelters Commissioner Sanjay Pandey
military talks with China, which lity in the region and facilitate Affairs(MEA)saidinastatement by the overflowing Godavari. snoopedonasmanyas91office- profitsbymanipulatingtheco-lo-
tookplaceafteragapof overfour progress in bilateral relations. after the meeting. “There is this new phenom- Telangana CM during a visit to a flood-affected area. Express bearers of the National Stock cation facility of the bourse in
months. The Indian side pressed for The MEA further said enon called cloudburst. This is Exchange(NSE)onthedirections connivancewithtopNSEofficials.
In the discussions that lasted disengagementof troopsassoon Jaishankar “reaffirmed the im- what happened in the Godavari of its then Managing Director The current ED case is based
for around 12-and-a-half hours, as possible in all the remaining portance of fully abiding by bi- region which caused the flood. theory as the “joke of the cen- for the displaced people. ChitraRamkrishna,sourcessaid. on a CBI FIR registered recently
the Indian delegation also in- friction points, the people cited lateral agreements and proto- There are reports that these tury”. The Congress advised him He promised Rs 10,000 per The agency Thursday booked againstPandey,hiscompany,and
sisted on the restoration of the above said. cols, and the understandings cloudbursts are a conspiracy by tosharehisinformationwiththe family as immediate relief dur- PandeyandarrestedRamkrishna others, including Ramkrishna.
status quo ante as of April 2020 ItislearntthattheIndiandel- reached between the two min- foreign sources,” KCR said on central government and intelli- ing their stay in the camps, as in a money-laundering case Seeking Ramkrishna's re-
— before the start of the military egationalsosoughtresolutionof isters during their previous con- Sunday. gence agencies. well as free rice and essential linked to alleged phone tapping. mand Thursday, the ED told the
standoff, people familiar with pendingissuesinDepsangBulge versations”. The eastern Ladakh “They (the alleged conspira- State BJP president and commodities when they re- “We are interrogating court of Special Judge Sunena
the development said. and Demchok. border standoff erupted on May tors)firstdidacloudburstinLeh- Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay turned home. Ramkrishnaasitwasonherdirec- Sharma that a Rs 4.54 crore pay-
The talks began at 9.30 am at India has been consistently 5, 2020, following a violentclash Ladakh, then in Uttarakhand, Kumar accused KCR of making The CM said it was “God's tions that the tapping was done ment to iSec for the phone tap-
the Chushul Moldo meeting maintainingthatpeaceandtran- in the Pangong lake area. and now in the Godavari region. outlandish claims to divert miracle”thattheKademdamon byPandey’scompany.Wewantto pingwasagreeduponbyNSEof-
point on the Indian side of the quility along the LAC were key Both sides gradually en- There are theories that these attentionfrom“failures”,includ- the Godavari tributary of the know the motive behind tapping ficialsincludingRamkrishnaand
Line of Actual Control (LAC) in for the overall development of hanced their deployment by cloudbursts are being done to ing “submergence” of the same name survived. “Its maxi- thephonesofsomanyNSEoffice- iSec representatives.
the region, and ended at around bilateral ties. rushing in tens of thousands of destabilise the country,” the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation mum capacity is about 2.90 lakh bearers,” an ED official said. The ED told court, “The work
10 pm, they said. The situation in eastern soldiers as well as heavy Chief Minister said. project. cusecs but during this flood, it Sources said the agency has orders/contracts/agreements
There were some expecta- Ladakh figured prominently in weaponry. Heavyrainandinflowsovera Telangana Pradesh Congress (the flow) reached 5 lakh cusecs found documentary and elec- were processed by Chitra
tions of progress at the talks on talks between External Affairs As a result of a series of mili- weekupledtoGodavaririsingto Committee president and and it is a miracle it (the dam) is tronic evidence to show that Ramkrishnaduringhertenureas
completing the disengagement Minister S Jaishankar and his tary and diplomatic talks, the levels not seen in Bhadrachalam Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy still standing. Thankfully, there phonesof 91NSEemployeeshad Deputy Managing Director and
process at Patrolling Point-15 in Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in two sides completed the disen- in more than 35 years, some res- said that as Chief Minister, it was is no loss of life in spite of the been tapped by Pandey’s com- ManagingDirectorofNSE.During
the Hot Springs area. Bali on July 7. gagement process last year on idents said. The state govern- KCR'sresponsibilitytohandover heavy floods,” he said. pany, iSec Services Pvt Ltd. the entire period of offence i.e.
The Indian delegation at the At the one-hour meeting on the north and south banksof the ment moved several thousand the information about the “for- KCR had to cancel his aerial According to these sources, the from 01.01.2009 till 13.02.2017,
talks was led by Lt Gen. Anindya the sidelines of a conclave of for- Pangong lake and in the Gogra people to camps as the river eign hand” behind the cloud- survey of the flood-hit areas due agencyhasfoundtranscriptsand MsChitraRamkrishnawashold-
Sengupta,thecommanderof the eign ministers of the G20 na- area. floodedits banks,before the wa- burst to the Centre, the to poor weather. He flew to voice recordings — most of the ing the position of either Deputy
Leh-based 14 Corps, while the tions, Jaishankar conveyed to Each side currently has ter level began to fall on Intelligence Bureau, and R&AW. Warangal by helicopter and conversations are about infor- Managing Director (till 2010) or
Chinese team was headed by Wang the need for early resolu- around 50,000 to 60,000 troops Saturday. KCR visited the relief camps, thereaftertravelledbyroadtoas- mation on stocks and the func- JointmanagingDirector(till2013)
South Xinjiang Military District tion of all the outstanding issues along the Line of Actual Control The Telangana BJP described andannouncedRs1,000croreto sess the extent of the flooding tioning of the NSE. or Managing Director (till
Chief Maj Gen. Yang Lin. in eastern Ladakh. (LAC) in the sensitive sector. the Chief Minister's conspiracy build colonies on higher ground and damage. WITHPTIINPUTS iSec Services was incorpo- December, 2016) of NSE.”
ratedinMarch2001.Pandeywas It also alleged there was evi-
notinserviceatthattime.Hequit dencetoshowthatiSec’sworkfor
Day after ‘animal
parts’ found near ICSE Class 10 results: More than J&K: CRPF
ASI killed as
the directorship in May 2006,
withhismotherSantoshandson
Armaan becoming directors.
the bourse lasted for around the
same time as Ramkrishna’s stint.
“It is further averred that af-

100 students tied in top 3 ranks

“However,itwasPandeywho ter she relinquished the post of
Kannauj temple
militants fire
was running the company all Managing Director of NSE in
along.Almostallcorrespondence December,2016,thecontractfor
DM, SP removed; between iSec and top officials of socalled‘PeriodicStudyof Cyber

SHO suspended 99.4% and above.

at checkpoint NSE are through Pandey’s email
ID,” another ED official said.
Vulnerabilities of NSE’ expired
on 13.02.2017and was never re-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Hargun Kaur Matharu, of St. Students of a The agency had questioned newed subsequently, thus prov-
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 Mary’s School, Pune, was one of Lucknow EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Pandey on July 5 in connection ing that the said illegal activity
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE the four students who scored school after SRINAGAR, JULY 17 with the 2018 case of the alleged was co-terminus with her hold-
LUCKNOW, JULY 16 MORE THAN 100 students were 99.8%. “It seemed to be a possi- results of ICSE manipulationofNSE—aseparate ing key position as Joint
tiedfor thetopthreepositionsin bility. She is very academically Class X exams AN ASSISTANT Sub Inspector caseinwhichsomebrokerswere Managing Director/Managing
A DAY after “body parts of an an- the ICSE results released on inclined and her school had ex- were declared, (ASI) of Central Reserve Police alleged to have made windfall Director of NSE,” ED said.
imal”werefoundoutsidetheen- Sunday,scoring99.4%andabove. pectations but we didn't want to Sunday. Force (CRPF) was killed when

Engine snag: IndiGo

tranceof atempleinthedistrict’s The Council for the Indian pressure her. She has been very Vishal Srivastav militants targeted a joint check-
Rasoolabad village, the School Certificate Examinations regular in her studies but main- point of J&K Police and the CRPF
Superintendent of Police and released results for its Class X tainedabalance,”said herfather in south Kashmir's Pulwama
District Magistrate of Kannauj board examinations Sunday Dev Singh Matharu. NEAR-PERFECT RESULTS on Sunday.
were removed from their posts
on Sunday, officials said.
The Station House Officer of
evening. A total of 2,31,063 can-
didates from 2,535 schools
across the country and abroad
MohammadMasoodIqbalof
The Future Foundation School,
Kolkata, was among those who
2,535
SCHOOLS
2,31,063
CANDIDATES
Sunday's attack is the second
shoot-and-runattackbythemil-
itants in the Valley this week. On
flight from Sharjah
diverted to Karachi
Talgram police station, under had appeared in these examina- scored 99.60%. “I am preparing Tuesday, an ASI of police was
whichthe villagecame,wassus- tions, of whom 2,31,004 – or for medical entrance exams and 99.97% killed and two of his colleagues
pended. The police also arrested 99.97% of candidates – passed. I want to be a doctor. I am sure Overall pass percentage injured in a similar attack
13personsonSundayinconnec- Along with a high pass per- Class 12 will be more challeng- 99.97% in Srinagar.
tion with the arson and protests centage, the board results also ing. I had a lot of issues with the Boys’ pass percentage The police said that on lot, while the plane was cruising
that broke out after the incident. showthatmanystudentsscored online mode of classes, so I am Sundayafternoonmilitantsfired PRANAV MUKUL at 37,000 feet.
A senior police officer said, in a very high range. Four stu- happy that offline classes are 2,31,004 99.98% indiscriminately at the check- NEW DELHI, JULY 17 In a statement on Sunday,
“SP of Kannauj Rajesh Srivastava dents-- three girls and a boy – back now,” he said. CANDIDATESWHOPASSED Girls’ pass percentage point at Gangoo village of south IndiGo said: “IndiGo flight 6E-
and DM Rakesh Kumar have were tied for the top position, all Nihara Mariam Oommen, a Kashmir's Pulwama. AN INDIGO-OPERATED Airbus 1406, operating from Sharjah to
been removed from their posts. having an English plus best 4 student of Bethany High School, “Today at about 1415hrs, A320neo plane on its way from Hyderabad was diverted to
Shubhrant Shukla would be the subjects score of 99.8%. A total of who also scored 99.6%, said she REGION-WISE PASS PERCENTAGE terrorists fired upon a joint naka Sharjah to Hyderabad was di- Karachi. The pilot observed a
new DM of Kannauj, while 34studentsweretiedforthesec- balancedherstudieswithmusic. party at Gangoo crossing area of verted to Karachi in Pakistan technical defect. Necessary pro-
Kunwar Anupam Singh would ond spot with 99.6% and 72 tied “I never expected this score... 99.98% 99.96% 99.99% 99.99% 99.5% Pulwama in which one CRPF earlyonSundayafterpilotswere cedures were followed and as a
take over as the new SP,” for third place with 99.4%. Credit definitely goes to my personnel attained martyrdom. notified of a fault in the aircraft’s precaution the aircraft was di-
“The Station House Officer of Of these toppers, the highest mother who tutored me for ex- Senior police officers along right engine. verted to Karachi. An additional
Talgram police station has been number are from Maharashtra, ams.Shewasateacherduringthe NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH FOREIGN with reinforcement reached on This is the latest in a series of flight is being sent to Karachi to
suspended, and Jitendra Pratap from where 37 students scored Covid-19 lockdown,” she said. the terror crime spot,” the police such incidents that were re- fly the passengers to
Singh would be the new SHO,” said. ported to have occurred on air- Hyderabad.”

NEET records 95% attendance,

said an officer. “In this terror incident, one craft operated by Indian carriers A senior official at India’s avi-
Rasoolabad village remained CRPF personnel namely ASI/GD overthepastfewdays–fromen- ation safety regulator DGCA said
tenseonSaturdayaftersome“an- Vinod Kumar was critically gine snags and burning smell in these incidents will be probed.
imal body parts” were allegedly injured and was immediately cabin to a bird entering the air- IndiGo had faced another tech-

highest number of applicants ever

found outside the entrance of a shifted to nearby hospital for the plane cockpit. nical snag on its Thursday flight
temple under the limits of treatment of his injuries. Prior to this incident, an Air from Delhi to Vadodara, which
TalgrampolicestationinKannauj. However,hesuccumbedtohisin- India Express plane from was diverted to Jaipur after un-
Police said a farmer lived in- juries and attained martyrdom.” Kozhikode to Dubai diverted to usual vibrations were observed
side the temple but he didn't The police said the militants Muscat in Oman on Saturday af- in the engines of the plane.
sleep there on Thursday night.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 17
Rajasthan: Students say wrote exam appearedfromthenearbydense
apple orchards and fired at the
jointteamof policeandparamil-
ter burning smell was experi-
enced in one of the vents in the
Boeing 737-800 aircraft’s for-
“We got over serious engine
issues long time back. These are
mostly precautionary and a part
CM orders probe
after UP Advocate
THE NATIONAL Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test (NEET) for admis-
‘twice’ due to question paper mix-up itary forces. Police sources said
after targeting the joint forces,
themilitantsmanagedtoescape
ward galley.
On board another Air India
Express plane on its way from
of a robust safety management
system. Any indication that
comes is to be acknowledged
General’s office sions to MBBS and BDS courses,
which recorded the highest EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
taking cover of dense foliage.
The police have registered a
Bahrain to Kochi on Friday, a live
bird was found in the cockpit of
and responded. An aircraft has
many thousands components
catches fire number of application ever this
year, registered 95 per cent at-
JAIPUR, JULY 17 case under relevant sections of
law and initiated investigation.
the Boeing 737-800 plane in the
glovecompartmentof theco-pi-
and all have to function in har-
mony,” the DGCA official said.
Lucknow: The office of the Uttar tendance on Sunday. STUDENTS WHO appeared for
Pradesh Advocate General lo- A total of 18.72 lakh candi- NEET at an examination centre
cated in the Allahabad High dateshadregisteredfortheexam, inRajasthan’sSriganganagardis- JHARKHAND
Court caught fire on Sunday in which is the country’s biggest trict on Sunday alleged they
Prayagraj district.
No one was seriously injured,
police said. Efforts were being
common entrance held by the
National Testing Agency (NTA).
Accordingto anofficialstate-
were forced to write the exam
twice on account of a question
paper mix-up.
Journalist arrested for Maoist links
made till Sunday evening to ment issued by the NTA, the test Studentssaidquestionpapers (Maosit) leaders in the case that ActivitiesPreventionAct(UAPA).
dousethefirewiththe helpof 15 was held across 3,570 centers in meant for Hindi and English Students at an examination centre in Ludhiana. Gurmeet Singh ABHISHEK ANGAD was registered against Maoist Thesearchcumarrestwarrant
fire tenders. Chief Minister Yogi 497 cities in India and 14 cities medium students were inter- RANCHI, JULY 17 veteran Prashant Bose. There is againstSinghissuedbyaSaraikela-
Adityanath ordered the forma- abroad. NEET (UG) 2021, for changed mistakenly. A National nofreshFIRagainsthim,”hesaid. Kharsawan district court men-
tion of a committee to probe the which 16.14 lakh candidates had TestingAgency (NTA)officialcon- 2 pm. Around 4:30 pm, people once again. “We completed our JHARKHAND POLICE on Sunday Incidentally, Singh's name tionedFIRnumber67/2021,which
reasons that might have led to registered, was held in 202 cities firmed the mix-up to this news- fromtheexamcentrecametous examby6pm.Butthen,theysaid arrested a freelance journalist, had appeared in the list of jour- isthesameonethatwaslodgedat
the fire. including Dubai and Kuwait. paper, but said students were and said we have been mistak- ourexamhasbeencancelledand Rupesh Kumar Singh,inconnec- nalists who were targeted KandraPoliceStation.
Speaking on Sunday after- “The number of candidates given extra time to complete the enlygiventhebilingualquestion we will have to write it again in tion with a 2021 case lodged in through the Pegasus spyware. Singh’s wife Satakshi, how-
noon, Senior Superintendent of within India were maximum in paperoncethemistakewasspot- paper meant for Hindi medium another time slot,” she said. Saraikela district in which sen- OnNovember12lastyear,the ever, said the family was not told
Police(Prayagraj)ShaileshKuma Jaipur (52,351) and minimum in ted.However,theexamcentresu- students and those studying in Sriganganagar SDO Manoj ior CPI (Maoist) leader Prashant police had arrested CPI (Maoist) about the specific allegations.
Pandey said, “We received infor- West Sikkim (105).Similarly,the perintendent, in a factual report Hindimediumhavereceivedthe Kumar Meena had reached the Bose alias Kishanda is an ac- central committee member “Around 5.25 am, police person-
mation about a fire at the number of candidates outside submitted on Sunday evening, question paper meant for spot after the incident to main- cused. The police alleged that Kishanda, who carried a reward nel arrived and searched our
Advocate General's office in India were maximum in Dubai recommended a re-test to NTA. English medium students,” said tain law and order. Singh used to arrange funds for of Rs 1 crore on his head, along house. In the search warrant FIR
BhimraoAmbedkarBhawanand (646) and minimum in Thailand The incident, earlier in the Akshita Garg, a NEET aspirant. Inafactualreportsentbycen- the Maoists. with five others in the Kandra 67/2021 was mentioned.
dispatched fire tenders. In addi- (6),” the statement said. day,hadresultedinstudentsand Gargaddedthatofficialsatthe tre superintendent Raja Sharma Jharkhand Police spokesper- Police Station area of Saraikela. However,thepolicedidnottellus
tion, tenders from Pratapgarh The arrangements made by parents protesting in front of the examinationcentrefirstgavethe to the observers for the NEET son Amol V Homkar confirmed The FIR Station was registered on what allegation my husband
and Kaushambi and, the Army the NTA included one central Army Public School, studentsanotherquestionpaper, exam,itwasrecommendedthat that Singh was arrested from his under various IPC sections, in- has been arrested. They took
and Air Force were also called.” control room, live CCTV surveil- Sriganganagar, the exam centre. but subsequently said they will the examination should be con- home in Ramgarh district. “He cluding 420 (cheating), 467(for- away his laptop and even my
ENS lance and jammers. “The examination started at have to write the examination ducted again for this centre. wasarrestedforhislinkswithCPI gery) and under Unlawful youngersister’slaptop,”shesaid.

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HOWVICE-PRESIDENTISELECTED,HOW
CONSTITUTIONDEFINESHISORHERROLE
House of Parliament or of a House of the
Is there a crisis in rice?
Whileoverallcropcoveragehasrisensincelastyear,thatof riceisdown.Deficientrainfallinkeyareasisamong
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Legislatureof anyState”.If amemberof any
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 of these Houses is elected, “he shall be thereasons.Butadequatestocksandcultivationoverawiderareasuggestthereshouldbenocauseforworry.
deemed to have vacated his seat in that
THEOPPOSITIONonSundaynamedformer Houseonthedateonwhichheentersupon
Governor and former Union minister his office as Vice-President”. New Delhi-based Indian Agricultural
HARISH DAMODARAN
Margaret Alva as its candidate for Vice
President. The ruling NDA has announced
Article66(3)says“Nopersonshallbeel-
igible for election as Vice-President unless NEW DELHI, JULY 17 Government grain 2008
RICE** WHEAT TOTAL
112.49 249.12 361.61
Research Institute, farmers may well end up
raising nurseries afresh. “But they will now
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
asitscandidate.Theelection,scheduledfor
he — (a) is a citizen of India; (b) has com-
pleted the age of thirty-five years; and (c) is THE SOUTHWEST monsoon’s revival this stocks on July 1 2009 196.16 329.22 525.38
have to plant shorter duration varieties of
about 125 days (seed-to-grain maturity), in-
August 6, is likely to be only symbolic, with qualified for election as a member of the month has resulted in the total area sown 2010 242.66 335.84 578.5 stead of 155 days. That would translate into
the NDA’s clear majority in Parliament ex- Council of States”. under kharif crops not only recovering, but (IN LAKH TONNES) 2011 268.57 371.49 640.06 1-2 tonnes less yield per hectare,” he said.
pected to carry Dhankhar through. Under Article 66(4), “A person shall not even surpassing last year’s coverage for the Interestingly, in eastern UP, farmers with
be eligible for election as Vice-President if sameperiodfromJunetomid-July.However, 2012 307.08 498.08 805.16 access to basic irrigation also practise the
Office of the Vice-President he holds any office of profit under the paddy (rice) acreage, at 128.50 lakh hectares 2013 315.08 423.97 739.05 ‘Sanda’ double-transplanting method of
UnderArticle64of theConstitution,the Government of India or the Government of (lh) as of July 15, was 17.4% down from last 2014 276.6 398.01 674.61 paddy cultivation under conditions of de-
Vice-President“shallbeexofficioChairman anyStateorunderanylocalorotherauthor- year’s 155.53 lh. layed rainfall. In this case, the seedlings are
2015 216.71 386.8 603.51
of the Council of the States” (Rajya Sabha). ity subject to the control of any of the said uprooted after 25 daysin the nursery and re-
Article 65 says that “in the event of the oc- Governments.” Should that be cause for worry? 2016 246.69 301.81 548.5 planted in a puddled field that is only about
currence of any vacancy in the office of the Article 67 lays down that the “Vice- On the face of it, not much, as govern- 2017 264.68 322.75 587.43 twice the former’s area. The plants after es-
Presidentbyreasonofhisdeath,resignation President shall hold office for a term of five ment godowns had over 47.2 million tonnes tablishment begin tillering and are, thus, re-
2018 275.57 418.01 693.58
orremoval,orotherwise,theVice-President yearsfromthedateonwhichheentersupon (mt) of rice on July 1. These were nearly juvenated for the next 10-15 days. When the
shallactasPresidentuntilthedateonwhich his office”. However, the Vice-President three-and-a-half times the minimum level 2019 354.63 458.31 812.94 rains come, they are again uprooted and re-
a new President…enters upon his office”. “shall,notwithstandingtheexpirationofhis of stocks, to meet both “operational” (pub- 2020 394.31 549.91 944.22 planted in the main field 10 times the size of
The Vice-President shall also discharge term, continue to hold office until his suc- lic distribution system) and “strategic re- 2021 491.1 603.56 1094.66 the original nursery.
thefunctionsof thePresidentwhenthelat- cessor enters upon his office”. serve” (exigency) requirements for the quar- Paddy yields from Sanda are said to be
ter is unable to do so “owing to absence, ill- The Vice-President may leave office be- ter. Rice stocks are still close to their peaks 2022 472.18 285.1 757.28 better than from the regular one-step trans-
ness or any other cause”. fore the end of his term by resigning to the scaled last year. BUFFER 135.4 275.8 411.2 planting. The reason for it is that the Sanda
Article 66 lays down the process of the President, or he “may be removed… by a That comfort doesn’t extend, though, to NORM* plants have already tillered and their estab-
election:theVice-President“shallbeelected resolutionoftheCouncilof Statespassedby wheat – where public stocks have plunged *Operational stock plus strategic reserve; lishment in the main field would be near
bythemembersof anelectoralcollegecon- a majority of all the then members of the from all-time highs to 14-year lows within **Includes rice equivalent of un-milled paddy. 100%withlittlemortality.“Yieldsare15-20%
sisting of the members of both Houses of Council and agreed to by the House of the the space of a year (see table). Inflation- more, but that is offset by higher costs be-
Parliament in accordance with the system People”. haunted policymakers would dread the cause of transplanting labour having to be
of proportionalrepresentationbymeansof wheat story getting repeated in rice. In dled” or tilled in standing water. For the first reduce with the monsoon turning the cor- paid twice. Sanda makes sense only in to-
the single transferable vote and the voting In case of dispute... wheat, it was a single bad crop — the one threeweeksorsoaftertransplanting,thewa- ner in these parts. day’sdelayedmonsoonsituation,”Lohiasaid.
at such election shall be by secret ballot”. Article71of theConstitutiondealswith singed by the March-April 2022 heat wave ter depth has to be maintained at 4-5 cm, in
For the 2022 Vice-Presidential Election, “Matters relating to, or connected with, the — that did all the damage and brought down order to control weed growth in the early How serious is the situation? So, is there a crisis ahead in rice?
the electoral college consists of 233 elected electionof aPresidentorVice-President”.It stocks to just above the minimum buffer. stage of the crop. In UP — where the western and eastern Not for now. To start with, the India
members of Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated saysthat“alldoubtsanddisputesarisingout In rice, the stakes are higher: It is India’s All this isn’t possible without the mon- subdivisions have so far recorded a mere 90 Meteorological Department has forecast
members of Rajya Sabha, and 543 elected of or in connection with the election of a largest agricultural crop (accounting for soon, which has overall been good this mm and 79.6 mm of rainfall, respectively — that the current monsoon trough, which is
members of Lok Sabha, adding up to 788 PresidentorVice-Presidentshallbeinquired over 40% of the total foodgrain output), with time. The country has received 353.7 mm it certainly seems so. active and south of its normal position, is
members. Each elector has to mark prefer- into and decided by the Supreme Court the country also being the world’s biggest of rainfall during June 1 to July 17, 12.7% Ajay Kumar Singh, a farmer from Emiliya “very likely to shift gradually northwards
ences against the names of the candidates. whose decision shall be final”. exporter (a record 21.21 mt valued at $9.66 more than the “normal” historical average village in Chandauli district of eastern UP from tonight (Sunday)”. That should, hope-
“The elector can mark as many prefer- Should the Supreme Court declare the billion got shipped out during the fiscal for this period. bordering Bihar, said paddy nursery sowing fully, provide much-needed relief to farm-
ences as the number of candidates. While election of the President or Vice-President ended March 2022). Unlike with wheat, the Yet, a vast paddy-growing belt, from in his area is normally done from June 1 to ers in the Gangetic plains within the next
the marking of the first preference is com- void however, “acts done by him in the ex- options for import in rice — due to any pro- Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal, has had very June 10 and transplanting from July 1 to July few days.
pulsoryfortheballotpapertobevalid,other ercise and performance of the powers and duction shortfall — are limited, when India’s little rains. Cumulative rainfall has been 10. This time, there was some rain towards Secondly, paddy cultivation takes place
preferences are optional,” the Election duties of the office of President or Vice- own share in the global trade of the cereal 55.5% below the long period average in West June-end, but hardly any thereafter. “The across a wider geography, unlike wheat that
Commissionof Indiasaidinareleaseissued President,…onorbeforethedateof thede- is 40% plus. UP, and 70%, 45.8%, 48.9% and 45.1% respec- seedlings should leave the nurseries in 25- is grown only in a few states north of the
on June 29. cision of the Supreme Court shall not be in- tively for East UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and 35 days, beyond which they will age and not Vindhyas. Also, rice is both a kharif (mon-
validated by reason of that declaration”. Why has acreage fallen? Gangetic West Bengal. have enough time to grow in the main field. soon) and rabi (winter-spring) season crop.
Eligibility Also, “Parliament may by law regulate Farmers first sow paddy seeds in nurs- Deficient rainfall has meant that farmers But when there’s no water, how will farmers So, the losses in one area or season can po-
Under the Constitution, the Vice- anymatterrelatingtoorconnectedwiththe eries, where they are raised into young in UP had transplanted only 26.98 lh under transplant?” he said. tentially be recouped from the other. In
President “shall not be a member of either election of a President or Vice-President”. plants. These seedlings are then uprooted paddyuntilJuly15,asagainst35.29lhduring Bal Mukund Lohia, from Magardaha vil- wheat,everyone—fromfarmers andtraders
and replanted 25-35 days later in the main the same time last season. Farmers in Bihar lage in Ghorawal tehsil of neighbouring to policymakers — was caught off-guard by
field that is usually 10 times the size of the (from 8.77 lh to 6.06 lh), West Bengal (4.68 Sonbhadradistrict,echoedthesame:“Forget the sudden surge in temperatures after mid-

What women should eat to nursery seed bed. Nursery sowing generally
happens before the monsoon rains. Farmers
wait for their arrival to undertake transplan-
lh to 3.94 lh) and Jharkhand (2.93 lh to 1.02
lh)toohavereportedloweracreages.Sohave
those in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and eastern
transplanting, most farmers with limited ir-
rigation facilities have seen even their nurs-
eries drying up”.
March thatcutgrainyieldsby afifthor more.
Rice is less likely to throw up huge negative
surprises. And with the present stocks, it

control high rates of illness tation, which requires the field to be “pud- Madhya Pradesh, although that gap should According to Dr A K Singh, director of the should be manageable.

WOMENTENDtolivelongerthanmen,but ability, however, means less is available for TOTAL RECALL

Rubaiya Sayeed’s abduction, Yasin Malik’s role

typically have higher rates of illness. Now, the retina and the brain, putting women at
research from University of Georgia (UGA) more risk for degenerative problems.
suggeststhesehigherratesof illnesscanbe Dietary intake of pigmented
improved by a better diet — carotenoids act as antioxi-
onethatis high in pigmented dants. Two specific
carotenoids such as yams, carotenoids, lutein and zeax- appointed J&K Governor.
kale, spinach, watermelon, anthin, are found in specific BASHAARAT MASOOD Rubaiya
bell peppers, tomatoes, or- tissues of the eye and brain SRINAGAR, JULY 17 Sayeed with The aftermath
anges and carrots. These and have been shown to di- her father, Followingthereleaseof thefiveJKLFmen,
bright-coloured fruits and rectly improve central nerv- RUBAIYA SAYEED, daughter of former late Mufti a massive victory procession was taken out
vegetables are particularly
important in preventing vi-
PAPER ous system degeneration.
“Men and women eat
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed, Friday identified Yasin
Mohammad
Sayeed (left)
in old Srinagar city — the first time locals
were seen expressing support for militancy.
sual and cognitive loss, UGA
said in a press release on the CLIP about the same amount of
these carotenoids, but the re-
Malik, the jailed Jammu and Kashmir
Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, and three oth-
after her
release in
The release of militants triggered a series
of further kidnappings. Those abducted in-
study, published in quirements for women are ers as her abductors in a 1989 kidnapping 1989; and cludedViceChancellorof KashmirUniversity
NutritionalNeuroscience.The
NEW RESEARCH much higher... recommenda- case.Malikiscurrentlyundergoingalifesen- Yasin Malik Professor Mashir-ul-Haq, his personal sec-
studyreviewedandanalysed tions need to be changed so tence at Delhi’s Tihar jail after being con- in Srinagar in retary Abdul Gani, and General Manager of
data from previous studies. thatwomenareawarethattheyhavethese victed in a terror funding case in May. 2016. Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) H L Khera.
Women have, on average, more body vulnerabilitiesthattheyhavetoproactively Express Archive Allthreewerekilledbytheirabductorsasthe
fat than men. Body fat serves as a signifi- address, so they don’t have these problems The abduction & release governmentturneddowntheirdemandsfor
cant sink for many dietary vitamins and later in life,” the release quoted co-author On December 8, 1989, Rubaiya, 23, was release of militants. Indian Oil Executive
minerals, which creates a useful reservoir Professor Billy R Hammond as saying. abducted from a mini-bus in Srinagar, when (brother of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat), The politics Director K Doraiswamy, too, was abducted;
for women during pregnancy. This avail- Source: University of Georgia she was returning home from the Lal Ded Noor MohammadKalwal, Mohammad Altaf Reports at that time attributed the delay he was set free after nearly two months in a
Memorial Hospital where she was an intern. and Javed Ahmad Zargar. in Rubaiya’s release to Farooq Abdullah's re- swap involving nine militants.
This was just six days after her father had Then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah luctance to release the jailed militants. A
been sworn in as Union Home Minister in rushed back to J&K, cutting short a London decade later, Abdullah confirmed he had The present case
the V P Singh government. visit. Senior officials from the Centre, in- been against the exchange, adding that the A case on Rubaiya Sayeed’s abduction
INSTITUTE FOR IAS EXAMINATION The bus was intercepted by four armed cluding the then IB chief, were sent to Centre had even threatened to sack him. was first registered at Srinagar’s Sadar Police
men,afewhundredmetresfromherfather’s Srinagar to start negotiations with the JKLF “A senior minister in V P Singh Cabinet station on December 8, 1989 under Section
Online & Classroom Programmes home on the outskirts of Srinagar. She was through a local journalist. On December 13, specially flew to Srinagar with the threat. I 364 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), Section
taken away in a car. Hours later, the JKLF – 1989, Union ministers Inder Kumar Gujral didn’t deterfrommystandandrefusedtore- 3 of TADA and Section 3/25 of the Arms Act.
then headed by Ishfaq Majeed Wani – and Arif Mohammad Khan too were sent to lease any militant... Mufti Sayeed, however, The CBI took over the probe in the early
General Studies Optional Subjects CSAT claimed responsibility for the abduction in a the Valley. ensured the militants were released, which 1990s. In January last year, the court framed
call to a local newspaper. Rubaiya had been A deal was struck and the five JKLF mil- hastened my resignation from the office of charges against 10, including Malik. These
9-B, Bada Bazar Marg, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi - 110060, Ph: 011-41007500; abducted to demand the release of five JKLF itants were freed. A few hours later, Rubaiya Chief Minister," Abdullah said on February included the four identified by Rubaiya
www.vajiramandravi.com | Email: online@vajiramandravi.com militants from prison — Abdul Hameed was released after spending five days in 14, 2000. He had resigned 37 days after SayeedonFriday:Malik,ZamanMir,Mehraj-
Sheikh (Wani’s deputy), Ghulam Nabi Bhat captivity. Rubaiya’s release, and after Jagmohan was ud-Din Sheikh and Manzoor Ahmed Sofi.

Flavour & history of South India’s filter coffee, now on Starbucks menu
ing shot of the sweet, milky coffee, has long Its history cohol, and Venkatachalapathy notes that mostly owned and run by Brahmins and al-
POOJAPILLAI definedacertain,typicallySouthIndianstyle While tea established pan-Indian domi- women, in particular, were seen as having most always had segregated sections for
NEWDELHI,JULY17 of coffee. nance—inlargepartduetoamarketingpush succumbedtoits“dangers”.Despitethis,cof- Brahmins and non-Brahmins.
The“filter”potusedtomakeitisof metal inthe1930sbytheBritishwhowereseeking feebecamethepreeminentbeverageinTamil While the caste-based segregation is
THE TATA Starbucks menu will now feature and with two cylindrical parts: coarsely- awiderconsumerbaseforthecolonialteain- society, prestigious enough that not offering mostlygone,theinfluenceofBrahminsonfil-
SouthIndianfiltercoffee–oneofthe“regional groundcoffeepowderisputinthetopcylin- dustry, consumption of coffee has been far it to guests indicated a lack of social grace. terkaapicultureremainsvisibleinthedesign
favourites”thatthechainisintroducing,along der, which has fine holes in its base, and more limited. The coffee-drinking habit re- Coffee, or kaapi, had become a “cultural of theutensils:thetumbleranddavarawere
withmasalachaiandsmallbites,asitseeksto presseddownusingametaldisc.Hotwateris allytookholdinTamilsocietyinthelate19th marker” and symbol of modernity, particu- designed with outward-facing rims so that
expand itsreach in India. The fan base of this poured over this and the coffee is allowed to toearly20thcenturies.Coffeecultivationmay larly for the Brahmin middle-class, distin- the drinker could pour the coffee into his
style of coffee — served milky and hot, usu- brew for about 10 minutes, the decoction have been established in the Mysore region guishedfromteathatwasviewedasthebev- mouth without letting it touch the utensils.
ally, in the stainless steel or brass combina- slowlydrippingandcollectinginthebottom by the 18th century, but mostof it was being erage of the “urban working class”. As coffee-drinking became common in
tion of “tumbler” and “davara”— has grown cylinder.Thisismixedwithmilk—cowmilk, sent to Europe. As documented by historian other regions of South India, “Udupi” hotels
in the last couple of decades. Now, its inclu- strictly, if one wishes to make the famous ARVenkatachalapathyinInThoseDaysThere ‘Breaking Brahmin orthodoxy’ elsewhere—particularlyMumbaiandDelhi
siononthemenuofabrandwithapan-India Kumbakonam “degree” coffee – and sugar, WasNoCoffee,bytheturnofthe20thcentury, Venkatachalapathy's book records a — introduced filter coffee to newer popula-
presence might give it a mainstream status. and served in the tumbler and davara. anenthusiasmforcoffeegrippedtheemerg- tongue-in-cheek description from 1926 of tions. Even now, however, the use of spe-
The coffee itself is ideally made using ing Tamil middle class. “coffeehotels”(alsoknownas“coffeeclubs”): cialised equipment, as well as a certain de-
What it means freshlyroastedandgroundcoffeebeans,with Culturalanxietyaccompaniedtheenthu- “A public tavern instituted by Brahmins. A greeofpatienceandskill,meansonlydevoted
Whether in Mylapore, Chennai or purists insisting that no chicory be added. siasm, with criticism that connected it to Foamy filter coffee in tumblers. messenger from God to break Brahmin or- fanswillmaketheefforttopreparefiltercof-
Matunga, Mumbai, the fragrance of freshly Many commercially available blends, how- “every conceivable and inconceivable mal- Wikmedia Commons thodoxy.” Although coffee hotels were fre- fee at home – despite the wider availability
roasted beans, with their promise of a brac- ever, do contain some chicory. ady”. It was deemed more addictive than al- quented by all kinds of people, they were of filter pots and even packaged decoctions.

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president,Oppositiondiminution,BJPaggression

BEYOND CAATSA Neerja Chowdhury

NDAgovernmentemphasisesproducingmoreweaponsat
MONSOON SESSIONS OF Parliament are with the Opposition in the Upper House. against Pranab Mukherjee.
home.Thatdemandsmoreurgentandpurposefulpolicyaction

L
usually turbulent and the one starting Dhankhar’s nomination came within Having projected Sinha as the candidate
AST WEEK THE House of Representatives, the lower House of the US Congress, Monday, July 18, is unlikely to be an excep- days of moves that have created a sense of of the Opposition, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv
passed an amendment with a significant majority that called for an India-spe- tion. This session will also be dominated by disquiet amongst the Opposition and may SenaandHemantSoren’sJMMhavedecided
the presidential and vice-presidential polls. have a bearing on MPs’ free speech and free- to support Murmu. Mamata Banerjee, who
cific waiver from sanctions for the purchase of advanced Russian weapons. This
It will start on a historic note, with MPs vot- dom to assemble. The Rajya Sabha put out had proposed Sinha’s name for rashtrapati,
sets the stage for Delhi and Washington to find a way around the problem of ing on opening day to choose the country’s an advisory that MPs will no longer be al- found herself in a difficult situation, and had
India’scontinuingdependenceonRussianweapons.Itisanissuethathasacquiredgreater next rashtrapati. Droupadi Murmu is certain lowed to hold dharnas within the precincts to ask Sinha not to come to West Bengal to
salience since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Countering America’s Adversaries to be elected president. of Parliament; earlier such “requests” used campaign. Given this state of affairs, few will
Through Sanctions Act in 2017 demanded sanctions on states that buy Russian weapons. Her elevation to the high office may or to be made to MPs to desist from protesting want to stand as candidates of the unified
The US imposed these sanctions in 2020 on Turkey, a NATO ally, for purchasing the S-400 may not improve the lot of Adivasis. But it in Parliament. The Lok Sabha issued a new Opposition against the BJP, for any post.
will signal that a member of a tribal group, booklet adding more words that are to be Undoubtedly, the BJP caught the
missilesystemfromRussia. With India, too, committed tothe purchaseof theS-400 from
whoisalsoa woman,canoccupythehighest deemedunparliamentary to theexisting list, Opposition on the wrong foot by fielding
Moscow, it seemed inevitable that Washington would impose sanctions on Delhi and position in the country. and they are words of common usage like Murmu. It hopes to augment the support of
undermine a budding strategic partnership. US and India have been steadily building up It is the nomination of the NDA’s vice- “corrupt”, “ashamed”, “tanashah” (dictator), tribals in states in the Hindi heartland and
the bilateral defence and security cooperation, are partners in the Indo-Pacific and mem- presidential candidate which has, however, which the Opposition leaders use against west India where there’s a concentration of
bers of the Quad along with Australia and Japan. grabbed eyeballs. In a surprise move — those in power. If the word “tanashah” had these groups, and it may have to offset dis-
To be sure, the CAATSA authorised the US President to waive the sanctions provided though, by now, we should not be surprised beendeclaredunparliamentary50yearsago, affection after being in power for 10 years.
there was an overriding national security interest. Both the Trump and Biden adminis- by any move of the prime minister — the BJP Indira Gandhi might not have lost the 1977 Its stakes are the highest in Madhya
announcedthatJagdeepDhankharwouldbe elections. If the word “corrupt” had been Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand,
trations had avoided imposing the sanctions but were hesitant to offer a waiver. Both
the NDA’s candidate for VP. The BJP’s choice bannedin1987,Rajiv Gandhi mightnothave Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Orissa and
were worried about the overwhelming anti-Russian sentiment in the US Congress. The may come to have a bearing on how the been ousted in 1989, nor the UPA swamped West Bengal in the run-up to 2024. It may
House amendment now offers solid political support for the waiver. This, of course, is Rajya Sabha functions. in scams like 2-G, Coalgate, and attacked day also hope that Murmu, being a Santhal —
only the first step that needs to be matched by the US Senate and jointly approved by the DhankharwasanactiveMoS,parliamen- after day in Parliament. the group has sizeable numbers in West
two Houses at a later sitting. But the House amendment acknowledges the danger to the tary affairs, in the Chandra Shekhar govern- Om Birla, the Lok Sabha Speaker, tried to Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand — may help it
ment in 1990. He is from the Jat community,
The Lok Sabha issued a new reassureMPsthattheywillhavethefreedom breach the support base of its opponents in
US interests from a mechanical application of CAATSA sanctions on India. It notes the
belongs to Rajasthan and came into promi- booklet adding more words to speak and the expunction of words would these states.
special military challenges that India confronts from an assertive China in the Himalayas.
nence as governor of West Bengal for the that are to be deemed be done by the Speaker depending on the While the BJP knew what it was doing
While calling for a waiver, the House amendment calls for a deeper defence collaboration confrontational bouts he had with Mamata context. What was the need, then, to publish by projecting Murmu, the Opposition did
with India, and stronger high technology cooperation, and active encouragement to re-
unparliamentary to the
Banerjee’s government. His three attributes a booklet? That power vests in the Speaker not think through its political messaging
duce Delhi’s current dependence on Russian military supplies. —beingaJat,belongingtoRajasthanandact-
existing list, and they are anyway. These moves show a growing with its candidate.
Although a rapid diversification away from Russian supplies can't be done overnight, ing “tough” as a governor — point to the BJP’s words of common usage like toughness adopted by the BJP towards the The Opposition will try to raisethe issues
it is a good moment for the Indian security establishment to review the changing context thinking, and the strategy it could adopt in ‘corrupt’, ‘ashamed’, Opposition. agitating it to corner the government in the
the months to come. ‘tanashah’ (dictator), which But it is mystifying why the BJP, which is forthcoming session of Parliament —
of Delhi’s defence ties to Moscow. Indo-Russian defence ties emerged at a moment when
That the BJP wants to get back into its increasing its footprint in the country, win- Agnipath, price rise, intrusions by China, the
Moscow was fighting Beijing in the 1960s. Russia and China are nowclose partners, while fold the farming community of Jats who in- the Opposition leaders use ning election after election, should want to latest moveto regulate digital media,among
Beijing remains the main source of Delhi’s security problems. Russia and China are also habit western UP, Haryana, Punjab and against those in power. If the be seen to be stifling the free speech of par- others — provided the din does not drown
aligned against the West, which has become a major partner for India. After invading Rajasthan, is obvious. Unhappy with the word ‘tanashah’ had been liamentarians, or be worried about a dharna out debate.
Ukraine, Russia is locked in a deep confrontation with the US and Europe. Although India farm bills, the Jats were the mainstay of the declared unparliamentary 50 or two in Parliament. Particularly as the Events of the last few days have shown
canworkonthemarginstoreducetheimpactof WesternsanctionsonRussia,dealingwith year-long agitation the farmers mounted prime minister loses no opportunity to em- that an already assertive BJP has decided to
outside Delhi last year, compelling the cen- years ago, Indira Gandhi phasise India’s democratic credentials in become even more aggressive in taking on
Moscow will only become trickier for Delhi in the days ahead. If and when the Ukraine
tral government to take back the laws. might not have lost the 1977 world capitals. It is even more curious at a the Opposition, which is anyway weaken-
war ends, Russia’s focus will be on rearming itself rather than exports to other countries.
Delhi, however, has no reason to jump from dependence on Russia to total reliance on
Rajasthan, where elections are due in 2023, elections. If the word time when the Opposition is weakening. ing — addressing an event in the Rajasthan
is clearly on the party’s radar. As for the Opposition, the disarray in its assembly on Saturday, Chief Justice of India
the West. The NDA government has emphasised the importance of producing more ‘corrupt’ had been banned in
More importantly, Dhankhar, as the ranks has been growing, evident even in the NV Ramana has also pointed to the “dimin-
weapons at home. It also wants domestic and foreign private capital to invest in India’s chairman of the Rajya Sabha, responsible for 1987, Rajiv Gandhi might not way it handled the presidential contest. ishing” space of the Opposition. That space
armsproduction.Translatingthatlaudablegoalintorealitydemandsmoreurgentandpur- its proceedings, could be tougher on the have been ousted in 1989, Nobody expected Yashwant Sinha to win, may become smaller still, both within
poseful policy action in Delhi than we have seen so far. Opposition.Heislikelytowingiventhearith- nor the UPA swamped in only to present a dignified counter narra- Parliament and outside it.
metic of both the Houses which elect the VP. tive. After all, in the past too, the Opposition That is neither good for the ruling party,
GoingbyhistrackrecordinWestBengal—he
scams like 2-G, Coalgate, and fielded candidates who had no chance to or for the Opposition, or the country.
attacked day after day

A LIGHTER TOUCH
was notshy of run-inswiththestate govern- win — Lakshmi Sahgal against APJ Abdul
ment — it could lead to greater contention in Parliament. Kalam in 2002, or PA Sangma in 2012 The writer is a senior journalist

Data localisation norms may need easing, but startups should

compete without relying on heavy handholding of state

T AN ORDERLY TRANSITION
HE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM in India, in overdrive for the past few years, is now
undergoing a slow churn. After a period of frenzied fund-raising and deal-
making, when unicorns (startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more) were
growing at a fast rate, fund-raising has begun to dry up. As per a report by
PwC, after three consecutive quarters of more than $10 billion, funding in Indian startups The switchover from coal to renewables needs to be gradual and careful
fell by 40 per cent to $6.8 billion during April-June this year. This decline can be traced to
a combination of factors — end of the era of cheap money with central banks across the
worldtighteningpolicytotackleinflation,fearsof aglobalslowdown,andadeclineintech
Rakesh Kacker and Nidhi Srivastava
valuationsasinvestorsbecomemorecircumspect.Duringsuchtestingtimes,whenmany
SINCE THE ONSET of the pandemic and over has been made to get the private sector to players and would help to overcome prob-
startups have begun to lay off workers as they seek to conserve cash, Indian startups have
the past few months, after the Ukraine- produce more coal. After taking preparatory lems that could arise in due course.
also been voicing concerns over the “compliance intensive” nature of regulations in the Russiawar,commodityprices,especiallythat action, about 50 contracts have been fi- Third, increasing domestic production of
current draft of the personal data protection Bill. of energy, have surged worldwide. With in- nalised in the last two years. Several other coalanddiversifyingtheproductionbaseare
Theconcernsstemaroundregulationswhichmandatethatusers’personaldatabekept flation at unprecedented levels in many steps have been taken to increase domestic both needed. This must be complemented
within India. Many fear that these rules will restrict operations of startups. While the jus- countries, concerns over energy security coal production. witheffortstoimprovethequalityof thecoal
tification for data localisation is fairly uncomplicated — regulation will address concerns have gained centre stage. However, much more needs to be done produced. And fourth, the undue financial
Recently, there have been several policy tomakethesemeasuresmoreeffective.First, burdenonthecoalsectorduetovariouscross
over data privacy and security, and will make it easier for government to access critical
initiatives in the coal sector in India. One and mostimportantly, thefinancialcommu- subsidies needs attention. The regime needs
information — worldwide, in the designing of localisation rules, a careful balance needs which has gone largely unnoticed is the in- nity has to be sensitised to the need of in- to be reformed. High prices of coal and coal-
to be struck between privacy and innovation. However, the Indian government seems to troduction of the national coal index (NCI). creasing domestic coal production to meet based generation will only encourage im-
be sympathetic to the concerns of startups — as reported in this paper, the Ministry of This index was created to provide a bench-
Looking at coal from a the growing energy demand. The Ministry ported coal and expose the country to price
Electronics and IT is examining the possibility of easing the data localisation require- mark for revenue-sharing contracts being singular focus on GHG of Power recognised the need to increase risks from international energy prices.
ments as laid out in the current draft of the data protection bill for startups. Considering executed after the auctions for commercial emissions will give a myopic coal-based generation in the country in its Looking at coal from a singular focus on
that such concerns have also been voiced by others in the past, especially by global tech- mining of coal. view of energy requirements draft National Electricity Policy released in GHG emissions will give a myopic view of
The NCI had to be introduced as the May 2021, before the present crisis erupted. energy requirements for a growing econ-
nology firms, carving out exemptions for startups, even as what constitutes a startup, the
wholesale price index (WPI) for coal has no for a growing economy like This policy has not yet been finalised. It omy like India. The path to achieving 500
terms of its definition, remains difficult to ascertain, may not be a prudent approach. component of imported coal. For the last six India. The path to achieving should clearly articulate the importance of GW of renewables needs to be gradual, en-
Policiesascriticalasdataprotectionshouldnotbetweakedtoaccommodatethebusi- months, the WPI for Coal has been stable at 500 GW of renewables domestic coal-based generation. Apart from suring an orderly transition as coal is un-
ness plans of afew startups, corporate strategies should not be drawn up solely on the ba- around 131. Over the same period, the NCI needs to be gradual, ensuring the government, the industry should also avoidable in the near future. Reducing coal
sisof theabilitytoinfluencepolicy.Shouldsimilarexemptionsbealsocarvedoutforstart- has jumped from about 165 to about 238 re- take up this issue with the financial commu- imports and increasing domestic produc-
flecting the sharp increase in international an orderly transition as coal nity in adopting a more holistic approach to- tion of coal needs focused attention. The
ups whose applications to become payment aggregators have been rejected by the RBI?
coal prices. The domestic coal industry has is unavoidable in the near ward environmental, social, and governance changes in the coal industry in the last few
The startup ecosystem is vibrant, in part, because it allows for easy entry and exit of firms
responded to this situation with an increase future. Reducing coal (ESG) criteria. years are in the right direction. These were
— some startups will succeed handsomely, while many others will fail. That’s the nature of over 30 per cent in coal production from Second, is the need for a regulator to ad- long overdue. Action on the issues discussed
of business. Firms should compete without having to rely on government intervention. imports and increasing
ApriltoJunethisyear.Thishashelpedreduce dress the issues arising from a greater role of above will only help to deepen and
inflationary pressures in the economy. domestic production of coal theprivatesector.Thecurrentarrangements strengthen these reforms which are needed
Thisdevelopmentshowstheimportance needs focused attention. The were put in place at a time when the public to overcome the challenges that have resur-

Freeze Frame E P Unny of increasingdomesticcoalproductiontore-

duce the exposure of the domestic economy
changes in the coal industry
in the last few years are in
sector dominated. There are several issues
where new private commercial miners
faced over the past few months.

to the price volatility of international mar- would need help. A single point of contact Kacker is a former secretary, Government of
kets. Anticipating these problems, a big ef- the right direction. These for the industry in the form of a dedicated India, and Srivastava is a PhD scholar at
fort toward permitting commercial mining were long overdue. regulatorwouldgivegreatcomforttoprivate Energy Studies Programme, JNU

JULY 18, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO

MISHRA ELECTED CM panic among the 16 cabinet ministers, 23
ministers of state and six deputy ministers.
cisionof theCPIleadershiptojoinhandswith
the BJP.RajeswarRao is reportedtohave met
SRIPAT MISHRA, THE 58-year-old Speaker of Most of them may lose their jobs. theSecretaryof theCentralCommitteeof the
the Vidhan Sabha, will be sworn in as the Soviet Communist Party, Yuri Andropov and
13th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh after his
unanimous election by the Congress (I) leg-
MOSCOW IRE AT CPI the alternate member of the politburo, Boris
Ponomaryov.
islature party, according to reliable sources THE LEADERSHIP OF the Communist Party
in Lucknow. According to a UNI report quot-
ing sources in New Delhi, Mishra has been
of India, which is already facing the anger of
the rank and file over its latest stand on the
INDIANS RELEASED
chosen by the Congress (I) high command to Bharatiya Janata Party, is believed to have ARRANGEMENTSHAVEBEENcompletedfor
succeed V P Singh. Singh is believed to have earned Moscow’s ire also on the question, receiving the 10 Indian nationals being re-
made it known that he would abide by any according to sources close to the CPI. During leased after eight years’ detention in a
decisiontakenbythepartyhighcommandin the party’s general secretary Rajeswar Rao’s Pakistani jail without a trial. The Indians will
this regard. Half of the ministers of the out- visit to Moscow recently, senior leaders of be handed over to India’s consul general in
going 48-members three-tier ministry of theSovietCommunistParty,accordingtoCPI Karachi. They will be flown out from Karachi
Singh are expected to be dropped. There is a sources, had clearly attacked the recent de- to Delhi by Indian airlines on July 20.

New Delhi
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 WHAT THE OTHERS SAY

THE IDEAS PAGE

‘‘Like unscrupulous populists and nationalists everywhere, the Rajapaksas
exploited divisions stemming from economic insecurity, prejudice and plain
ignorance, setting the Sinhalese Buddhist majority against the mostly Hindu
Tamil and Muslim minorities.’’ — THE OBSERVER

A prosperity lesson for India The power of

As it prepares to become most populous by 2023, it must remember: Improvement of human
development index hinges on providing quality education to girl child
goodness
In the late Jagat Mehta’s vision lies a
lesson for the India of today
my study, I remember saying that I didn’t
really have one — if there was an interven-
tion that Seva Mandir felt was important
enough to test out, that was good for me.
He probably found that odd but was too
FROM PLATE TO PLOUGH polite to say so.
Eventually, we started what would be
by Ashok Gulati a long sequence of RCTs across health and

THE UNITED NATIONS’ latest report,

Abhijit V Banerjee education, and for the next decade and
more, I was in and out of Udaipur every
“Population Prospects” forecasts that India few months and almost always, unless
will surpass China’s population by 2023, I HAD NO reason to get to know Jagat there was a large family gathering, I got to
reaching 1.5 billion by 2030 and 1.66 billion Mehta. He was one of those who came of stay in Jeevan Niwas. Often, it was just the
by 2050. It was only three years ago that the age during India’s transition to two of us. I would come back from a day
UN Population Prospects (2019) projected Independence. Had he been with us he in the field, shower and settle down in his
that India will surpass China’s population by would be one hundred this month. enormous living room with its walls
2027. But it seems that the rate of growth of I knew of him of course. From the chock-a-block in Rajasthani miniatures
India'spopulationisfasterthanthatof China, newspapers. He was the foreign secretary with a glass of whiskey soda. And after
and the global agencies had to change their when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the some small-talk, Jagatsaheb would lean
forecast significantly in three years. External Affairs Minister in the Janata gov- forward, furrow his brows and ask, “So
Every country intends for its people to be ernment of the late 1970s — a committed how is Ind-ia doing?”. Ind-ia, with an em-
prosperous and frames policies to attain this Nehruvian (he worked as Nehru’s private phasis on the “d”. Never Indiya.
goal.China’sstorysince1978isunique—the secretary in his early years in the IAS) who This was the late 1990s and early
country has achieved the fastest decline in made such a success of his partnership 2000s, the economy was speeding up,
poverty and is today a superpower, perhaps, with Vajpayee that Indira Gandhi felt com- poverty was falling, and I was mostly opti-
second only to the US. Its experiences hold pelled to fire him when she returned to mistic. Jagatsaheb didn’t disagree, but his
some important lessons for India, especially power. These were years of unusual cor- stance was always that we can and must
because in 1978, when China embarked on diality between India and Pakistan, and do better. Because we are Ind-ia. Because
its economic reforms, its per capita income key water-sharing agreements were ne- we are the children of Gandhi and Nehru,
at $156.4 was way below that of India at gotiated. Jagatsaheb, as he was widely who for him were the greatest idealists of
$205.7.Bothcountriesweresaddledwithhu- known, was justly proud of the achieve- the 20th century. Because we pledged our-
mongous poverty. Today, China is more than ments of those years. He gave a lot of credit selves to the ideals of equality of all, of uni-
sixtimesaheadof Indiaintermsof percapita to Vajpayee, who despite being ideologi- versal adult suffrage, of tolerance and
income — China's per capita income in 2021 cally close to the RSS, was capable of gen- brotherhood, already in the 1920s, right
was $12,556, while that of India was $1,933 uine warmth and empathy, which goes a from when our national movement be-
in 2020. It is this economic prosperity that long way in diplomacy. But I imagine came a peoples’ movement. This was
hasenabledChinatospendlargeamountson Jagatsaheb, with his commitment to find- roughly the time when America only
building its military might. ing mutually acceptable solutions and recognised the rights of white (men) and
HowdidChinadoallthis?Itiswellknown above all, an effortless graciousness that most of Europe was obsessed with race
that China started its economic reforms in extended to one and all, must have played and religion, he would tell me.
1978 with a primary focus on agriculture. It a central role. It was not because he didn’t see our
broke away from the commune system and That graciousness touched me even flaws. Having spent his life working in gov-
liberatedagri-marketsfrommyriadcontrols. before I met him. This was in the mid- ernment, he knew all about the rigidity
Asaresult,during1978-84,China’sagri-GDP 1990s. I was trying to start my first ran- and high-handedness of our bureaucracy,
C R Sasikumar
grew by 7.1 per cent per annum and farmers’ domised controlled trial (RCT). I had con- the venality of our politicians, the greed
real incomes grew by 14 per cent per annum poses stock limits on traders, suspends fu- ity will remain hampered throughout life. tacted Ajay Mehta, one of Jagatsaheb’s and cynicism among our leaders of indus-
with the liberalisation of agri-prices. As peo- tures markets, and pushes other measures They will remain stuck in a low-level income four remarkable children through his try. He would often quiz me in great detail
ple gained prosperity and farmers’ real in- thatstranglemarkets.Thenetresultof allthis trap. Moreover, 57 per cent of women in the brother, Uday, who taught political phi- about the implementation of various pro-
comesdoubled,povertyfellbyhalf injustsix isreflectedinthe“implicittaxation”of farm- reproductive age group of 15-49, are losophy at MIT. Ajay headed Seva Mandir, grammes and policies — about what might
years.Enhancedincomesof ruralpeoplecre- ers to favour the vocal lobby of consumers, anaemic, as per NFHS-5 (2019-21), up from a Udaipur-based NGO with a deep com- be going wrong, and how to fix it.
ated a huge demand for industrial products, especially the urban middle class. 53 per cent in NFHS-4 (2015-16). With this mitment to Gandhian ideals and commu- He was particularly harsh about the
andalsogavepoliticallegitimacyforpushing Let’sgetbacktothepopulationstory,and dismal status of women's health and edu- nity building. I was going to visit Udaipur foreign policy establishment, especially
furtherthereformagenda.Theaimof China's try to understand what India can do at this cation, the future of children in India is a se- to explore working with them. Ajay told during the years when he was active there.
manufacturing through Town and Village juncture. There is no way India can impose rious issue to ponder over. me that Jagatsaheb had invited me to stay He thought we made a huge mistake by
Enterprises (TVEs) was basically to meet the the one-child norm that China did in 1980. Biofortificationof staples,supplyingclean with them. I demurred, worried about im- not supporting our Afghan friends during
surging demand from the hinterlands. The After Sanjay Gandhi’s forceful attempts to and safe drinking water to every household posing. He insisted. I didn’t resist too the Russian invasion in 1979, which, he be-
rest is history. control population through sterilisation (nal se jal) and mid-day meals are all steps in much, and it was one of the best decisions lieved, pushed them into the hands of
But one important policy during this pe- methods in the early 1970s, and the people’s therightdirectiontoimprovethewell-being I ever took. Pakistan and contributed to the disastrous
riod that is not talked about much was the discontentagainstit,nogovernmentisgoing of people. But unless a focused and aggres- I remember very clearly the morning I dynamic that led to 9/11 and beyond. He
one-child policy. China introduced the one- to attempt it. The only way is through effec- Unless a focused and sivecampaignislaunchedtoeducatethegirl arrived in Udaipur for the first time and blamed himself, among others, for being
child per family policy in September 1980, tiveeducation,especiallythatof thegirlchild, aggressive campaign is childandprovideherwithmorethan12years was taken to Jeevan Niwas, Jagatsaheb’s too unwilling to read the warning signs to
whichlastedtillearly2016.Itisthisstrictcon- open discussion and dialogue about family of good quality education, India’s perform- beautiful house just outside the old city in an uncomprehending Nehru, which ulti-
trol on population growth, coupled with planning methods and conversations about
launched to educate the girl ance in terms of the prosperity of its masses, Udaipur. He was waiting for me to have mately led to our Chinese catastrophe.
booming growth in overall GDP over these thebenefitsof smallfamilysizeinsociety.The child and provide her with and the human development index may not breakfast, and as soon as we sat down at Protocol and blind love (for Nehru) make a
years,thatledtoarapidincreaseinpercapita record on that front is not very good. more than 12 years of good improvesignificantlyformanymoreyearsto the enormous table in the dining room — bad combination, he once told me.
incomes. Chinese population growth today As per the National Family Health quality education, India’s come. From a policy perspective, if there is as I was to many, many, times more — he And yet he remained an idealist;
is just 0.1 per cent per annum compared to Survey-5 (2019-21), of all the girls and any subsidy that deserves priority, it should began to quiz me about what I was there to unwavering in his belief that we must try
India’s1.1percentperannum.India’soverall women above the age of 6 years, only 16.6 performance in terms of the be for the education of the girl child. If the do. I noticed immediately there was an in- to do the right things for the right reason,
growthstory—thoughoneofreasonablesuc- per cent were educated for 12 years or more. prosperity of its masses, and Modi government can take up this cause in tellectual intensity to his queries, barely internally and externally, while accepting
cess — has not been as impressive as that of If one talks of the quality of education, sev- the human development syncwithstategovernments,thiswillsignif- masked by the slightly old-fashioned po- that it won’t always happen. At a time
China,certainlynotinagriculture.Overa40- eral ASER reports point to the poor quality index may not improve icantly boost the labour participation rate of litesse that was his second nature, that when we seem to be wavering between
year period, 1978-2018, China’s agriculture of education. In our earlier research, based women,whichiscurrentlyatameagre25per took it beyond the usual table talk. This trying to be powerful and wanting to
has grown at 4.5 per cent per annum while on unit-level data of NFHS, we found that significantly for many more cent,andleadto“doubleengine”growth.This was also Jagatsaheb — some of the leading be good, I dearly miss his voice telling us
India’s agri-GDP growth ever since reforms women’s education is the most critical de- years to come. From a policy policy focus can surely bring a rich harvest, minds of the time, people like Daniel that we, Ind-ia, can only be powerful if
began in 1991 has hovered at around 3 per terminant of the status of malnutrition perspective, if there is any politically and economically, for many years Moynihan and John Kenneth Galbraith, we are good.
centperannum.Marketandpriceliberalisa- amongst children below the age of five. The to come. were his close friends — but he offered his
subsidy that deserves
tioninagriculturestillremainsamajorissue, NFHS-5 data shows that more than 35 per full attention to all comers, including The writer, a Nobel laureate in economics,
and at the drop of any hint of food price rise, cent of our children below the age of five are priority, it should be for the Gulati is Infosys Chair Professor for young professors with strange ideas. is professor at the Massachusetts Institute
the government clamps down exports, im- stunted, which means their earning capac- education of the girl child. Agriculture at ICRIER When he asked me about the subject of of Technology

The Agniveer’s journey LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thereisneedforadeeperconversationaboutpotentialsocialfalloutof Agnipath DIPLOMATIC BRIDGES LAGGING BEHIND

THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Bridge THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Maths
Aakash Joshi to the gulf’ (IE, July 16). The I2U2
grouping and the summit of its lead-
without Pythagoras’ (IE, July 15).
Dropping mathematical concepts like
ers offer a sneak peek into the future. linear equations and Pythagoras’ theo-
“Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive amountof scholarshiponhowveteranshave around the potential social upheaval the nity. Our political conversation continues to India has reaffirmed its plan to open rem from the Class X CBSE curriculum
a tank, I was in charge of million-dollar fedthecadresoftheWhitePowermovement. scheme could well lead to. As the protests be dominated by wounds — real and imag- itself up for international capital and islikeremovingthemiddlerungsof the
equipment, back here I can't even hold a job LouisBeam,forexample,wasadecoratedpi- around the Agnipath scheme die down, is ined — of history. Caste animosity — includ- technologies to address its issues, es- ladder. Mathematical concepts are
parking cars.” lot in the Vietnam War. On his return, he India ready for the inevitable influx of thou- ing violence to protect its boundaries — is pecially in the key markets of food and heavily interrelated. Since other boards
— Sylvester Stallone, in ‘Rambo: First Blood’ joinedtheKuKluxKlanandisnowoneof the sands of young men, Agniveers, who are stokedatregularintervals.Acameraonevery energy. The four leaders have also are not cutting their syllabus, CBSE stu-
THANKS TO THE pervasive power of leadingideologuesforracistorganisations.His likely to have seen conflict and must now phone means acts of brutality are recorded called for strengthening of peace, es- dentswilllosetheopportunityof alevel
Hollywood,eventhosewhohaveneverbeen conception of a “leaderless resistance” con- adjust to civilian life? and shared, as boastful messages from dis- pecially between Israel and the UAE. playing field. The CBSE board should
toAmericaarelikelytohavesomeideaof the tinues to be an inspiration for violent, anti- The protests — and the government’s re- eased minds as well as for disturbing ideo- This is bound to result in more eco- have consulted concerned subject
country’sattitudetowardsarmedforcesper- state, anti-minority groups and individuals. sponse—havebeencentredonthelackofjob logical ends. When men who have seen nomic opportunities for all. teachers regarding revisions, if needed.
sonnel after they have completed their Unfortunately, Beam is a notable exception security (Agniveers will serve for four years, death at close quarters, and are trained in vi- S S Paul, Chakdaha Movingforward,theymustabidebythe
“tour(s)ofduty”.Astrongsenseofnationalism only in his notoriety. including 6 months of training) and benefits. olence,areaddedtothisalreadyvolatilemix, aims and objectives of NEP 2020.
is tied up with their sacrifice and often pro- ThemodelfortheIndianarmedforces—a A significant number will be employed in seriousconsiderationandresourcesmustbe THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Bridge Ravindra Zinjurke, Ahmednagar
moted by the military-industrial complex. colonial legacy in some ways, to be sure — is paramilitary forces, and their service and put in place to help them readjust. Mental to the gulf’ (IE, July 16). After QUAD,
“Supporting the troops” and “thanking them
for their service” is an integral part of the po-
different.Untilnow,short-termrecruitsformed
anegligiblepartofthenon-commissionedper-
training will be recognised as a degree. Yet,
many — if not most — Agniveers will have to
health, community and vocational therapy
— and less obvious initiatives — would be a
the new formation of I2U2, which has
taken UAE and Israel on board, has
DOUBLE STANDARD
liticalidentityofmanyAmericans.Conversely, sonnel.Soldiersareexpectedtodieandkillfor make their own way. And the value of a “de- good first step. India does not need — and extended the outreach of India in the THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Need to
veterans suffer disproportionately from theircountryandareoffered,inreturn,jobse- gree” for employers, more often than not, is cannot afford — its own version of the KKK gulf region even further. Admittedly, ask some questions’, (IE, July 16).
homelessnessandmentalhealthissuescom- curity,pensionsandhealthbenefits.Themili- only significant if it is a marker for skills that and White Power. this is a step in the right direction. Gaurav Bhatia exhorts the duty of the
paredtotherestofthepopulation—almost20 tary,byand large,hastaken careof itsown. they can use. ThefinallessonfromAmericaisatangen- However, India should ensure that the then ruling party to be answerable, but
percentofthem,accordingtotheUSNational Theeconomicandstrategicimperativefor The first lesson from America in this re- tial one. Most of the sub-genres of its main- platform not seem hostile to any he forgets the same lacuna in the cur-
InstituteforDrugAbuse.Theprevalenceofad- reforminthearmedforcesisundeniable.The gard, then, is: The cold logic of the free mar- stream cinema have been replicated by nation, especially Iran, keeping the rent regime. There is an iron curtain
diction, a disease of despair, is understand- time for better technology, hardware and a ket may pay lip service to patriotic senti- Hollywood's Indian counterparts — the ro- historical animosity of the other over the current government’s work -
able. Violence is, by definition, traumatic and more adaptable, efficient and versatile fight- ments, but it does not give salaries or jobs mantic comedy, the action movie and even three partners in mind. Moreover, from Pegasus to PM CARES. Addi-
war — even when it is necessary — wounds ing force has long been here, and we are al- based on them. the slick nationalist war film, a la Uri: The Biden’s recent visit to Israel and tionally, there is no official data on
entire generations. ready late to the party. Continuing with the Anotherissue,perhapsevenmoreimpor- SurgicalStrike.Whatwehaven’thadyetisthe their open stance against Iran’s child labour or employment. There
Things get worse. As Kathleen Belew current structure of employment and bene- tant,withcreatingthousandsof armedforces “warvet”genre—storiesofsoldierswhocome purported plan to become a “nuclear must be a proper investigation of the
points out in Bring the War Home: The White fits at the same scale is also an economically gig workers is the social and psychological back to a world that does not, cannot under- power” will surely make Iran allegations on the Vice President of
PowerMovementandParamilitaryAmerica,af- untenable proposition: More than half of readjustment that Agniveers will need assis- stand them. The first Rambo, for example, is- doubtful about the intentions of India if circumstances demand so.
ter every major conflict, many veterans who India’s defence budget is spent on pensions, tance with. And dealing with it in any mean- n’tjustanactionmovie,itisatragedyaboutir- this nascent organisation. We However, the same metric must also
areunabletoreadjustwelltocivilianlifehave while just around5 per cent is earmarked for ingful manner requires facing the more un- relevance and loneliness. Let’s hope a should make our diplomatic be applied to matters concerning the
beeninvolvedinviolent,organisedcrimeand research and development. comfortable weaves of India’s social fabric. home-grown version of that tale never has intentions clear. current ruling government.
even terrorist activities. World War II veter- The question, then, is not whether the Thefactremainsthatoursisasocietyper- any resonance. Devendra Awasthi , Lucknow Abhishek Kumar Anshu, Patna
ansformedtheHellsAngels(an“outlaw”mo- armed forces need reform and restructur- meated by violence and hierarchy, as much
torcycle club) and there is an increasing ing. It is about the limited conversation as it is by compassion, decency and frater- aakash.joshi@expressindia.com

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POPE FRANCIS EXPRESSES PAIN
CANADA TRIP ‘PILGRIMAGE OF PENANCE’
Pope Francis has he hopes his coming trip to Canada from July 24 to 30 can
help heal the wrongs done to indigenous people by Roman Catholic priests
and nuns who ran abusive residential schools.

TOPOFTHE BANGLADESH: FEARFUL RESIDENTS LEAVE VILLAGE ATTACKS INTENSIFY IN DONBAS

WORLD Temple, homes vandalised over Facebook post
of them in Sahapara village in The situation was normal at they set our home on fire,” the Russian missiles hit key
city in southern Ukraine
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Narail district on Friday evening, night, said the police inspector. paper quoted Deepali Rani Saha,
DHAKA, JULY 17 bdnews24.com, an online news- Narail Superintendent of a resident of Sahapara village. as
paper quoted Haran Chandra Police Prabir Kumar Roy said the saying.
A TEMPLE, shops and several Paul,aninspectoratthelocalpo- law enforcers were working to A former Dighalia Union
housesof theHinducommunity lice station, as saying. keepthesituationundercontrol. Parishad said most of the able-
have been vandalised in south- The attackers also threw “We're investigating the inci- bodied people have left the vil-
western Bangladesh by some bricks at a temple in the village dent.Thoseresponsibleforthevi- lage after the attack. “Almost all
unidentified persons over a during the attack around olencewillfaceaction.Thesitua- houses are locked. Only the eld- HANNA ARHIROVA
French President Facebook post allegedly belit- 7:30pm, he said. They also broke tion is normal for now,” Roy said. ers of some families are home. & CARA ANNA
Emmanuel Macron tling Islam, in the latest spate of the furniture inside the temple. Police were deployed in the They too are scared,” she said. VINNYTSIA (UKRAINE)
violence targeting the religious Haran said a young man area to prevent further violence, “Police are on guard in the
minority in the country, accord- posted something offensive on The Daily Star reported. village, but we cannot trust RUSSIAN MISSILES hit industrial
FRANCE ing to media reports on Sunday. Facebook,triggeringangeramong “After one group looted all them," the newspaper quoted facilities at a strategic city in
Police fired warning shots to Muslims. Police took his father to our valuables, another group Shibnath Saha, president of the southernUkraineSundayasafu-
Anti-Semitism disperse a mob that vandalised thepolicestationafterasearchfor came and found our door open. village'sRadha-Govindatemple, neral was held for a 4-year-old
stillrampant, several homes and torched one theyoungmanfailedtotracehim. As there was nothing left to loot, as saying. girl killed in an earlier deadly
strike elsewhere in the country.
saysMacron UAE sentences
Liza, who had Down syn-
drome, was en route to see a
President Emmanuel speechtherapistwithhermother
Macron warned against Khashoggi’s SPAIN whenaRussianmissilestruckthe
anti-Semitismandhistor- 360 dead so far city of Vinnytsia in central
icalrevisionismonSunday ex-lawyer to ■ 45.7° Celsius in Ukraine on Thursday. At least 24
ashecommemoratedvic- peoplewerekilled,includingLiza
tims of the Holocaust on 3 years in jail recent days
■ Wildfires rage across
and two boys aged 7 and 8.
the80thanniversaryofthe
regions
On Sunday, more Russian A damaged building in Chuhuiv town in Kharkiv. Reuters

E
Vel d'Hiv roundup of missilesstruckindustrialfacilities
Jewishfamilies.OnJuly16- ASSOCIATED PRESS in the strategic southern city of
17, 1942, around 13,000 DUBAI, JULY 17 PORTUGAL Mykolaiv,akeyshipbuildingcen- whilst the fight for the Donbas

E X P L A I NE D
people were taken to the 659 dead in one week terintheestuaryof theSouthern continues indicates the serious-
WinterVelodrome,theVel THE UAE has sentenced the for- ■ 47° Celsius recorded Bug river. There was no immedi- ness with which Russian com-
d'Hiv,inParisbeforebeing merlawyerofJamalKhashoggi— ateinformationaboutcasualties. manders view the threat.”
A strategic
sent on to concentration thedissidentSaudijournalistwho
■ Extreme drought
Russian Defense Ministry Thebombingsinsouthapart. ● war goal
camps across Europe. It was killed at spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Russia has so far focused its ef-
was the largest mass de- SaudiArabia's FRANCE Konashenkov said Sunday that forts on trying to take control of THE RUSSIAN military
tentionofJewishpeopleby consulate in 27,000 acres burnt Russian missiles destroyed a de- Ukraine’s eastern industrial has declared a goal to cut
French police. “We have Istanbul in ■ Over 14,000 potforanti-shipHarpoonmissiles heartland of Donbas, where the off Ukraine’s entire Black
not finished with anti- 2018 — to people evacuated delivered to Ukraine by NATO al- mostcapableandwell-equipped Sea coast all the way to
Semitism, it is still there - three years in lies,aclaimthatcouldn’tbeinde- Ukrainian forces are located. the Romanian border. If
stronger and more ram- prison on ■ 1,200 firefighters pendently confirmed. Ukraine says it still controls successful, such an effort
pant,” said Macron at the charges of trying to douse blaze The British Defense Ministry two small villages in Luhansk re- would deal a crushing
inauguration of a memo- Jamal money laun- said Sunday that Russia is mov- gion,oneofthetwoprovincesthat blow to the Ukrainian
rial in the central town of Khashoggi deringandtax ing manpower and equipment makeupDonbas,andaresuccess- economy and trade and
Pithiviers. REUTERS evasion. betweenKherson, Mariupoland fullyfendingoffRussianattempts allow Moscow to secure
The ■ Hungary, Croatia and the ■ Fire season has hit parts of Zaporizhzhia.ItsaidtheRussians to advance deeper into Donetsk. a land bridge to
lawyer, US citizen Asim Ghafoor, SWATHES Greece have also fought Europe earlier than usual this also are increasing their security The Ukrainian military’s Moldova’s separatist re-

SUDAN
was also ordered to pay a fine of
USD 816,748 stemming from his ON FIRE wildfires this week, as have
Morocco and California
year after a hot spring that EU
attributed to climate change
measures around Melitopol.
It added: “Given the pres-
General Staff said that Ukrainian
troopsthwartedRussianattempts
gion of Transnistria,
which hosts a Russian
Deathtollfrom in absentia conviction, the UAE's
state-run WAM news agency re-
AP
sures on Russian manpower, the
reinforcement of the south
to advance toward a key strong-
hold in Donetsk. AP
military base.

tribalclashes
at65:minister
ported, adding he would be de-
ported after completing his sen-
tence. Ghafoor's lawyer
Europe battles to control wildfires CALLS FOR EARLY GENERAL ELECTIONS GREECE CRASH
24 dead in floods
In first poll after his
dismissed the charges as “ab- In Malagaprovince in south-
THEDEATHtollfromdays solutely not accurate at all”. AGENCIES ernSpain,wildfiresragedintothe 8 killed, experts
oftribalclashesinasouth-
ern Sudanese province
“I'mjusthopingforafairtrial.
I hope there’s no political moti-
PARIS,JERTE (SPAIN), JULY 17 night, affecting local residents
near Mijas, a town popular with
in China, Sudan comb site for
climbedtoatleast65peo-
ple,aseniorhealthofficial
said on Sunday. The fight-
vation here,” his US-based
lawyer Faisal Gill said. “He had
never heard anything about
FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUED to
battle wildfires raging out of
control in France and Spain on
northern European tourists.
In Portugal, a pilot of a fire-
fightingplanediedwhen hisair-
Beijing, Cairo: Flash floods in
southwest and northwest China
haveleftatleastadozendeadand
ouster, Imran’s PTI explosives

wins by a landslide
ing between the Hausa thesechargesandallof a sudden Sunday as Europe sweltered un- craft crashed on Friday. putthousandsofothersinharm's
and Birta ethnic groups in he's put in jail.” der an unusually extreme heat Twohugeblazes,whichhave way,statemediareportedSunday. REUTERS
theBlueNileprovincealso Emirati state-run media said wave that authorities in Madrid consumed pine forests for six More than 4,000 people have ATHENS, JULY 17
injuredaround150others, American authorities had re- blamed for hundreds of deaths. days in southwestern France, been evacuated, the report said.
said Gamal Nasser al- quested the UAE's help with an In Spain, firefighters sup- have forced the evacuation of The rains come amid a heat “We respect the mandate of AUKRAINIANcargoplanecarry-
Sayed, the province's investigation into Ghafoor's al- ported by military brigades some 14,000 people. wave in parts of the country in- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the people. Now we ask the PTI- ing munitions from Serbia to
health minister, adding leged tax evasion and suspicious tried to stamp out over 30 fires Italyisinthemidstof anearly cluding eastern Zhejiang LAHORE, JULY 17 PMLQ to form the government Bangladeshcrashednearthecity
that most of the dead moneytransfers in theEmirates. consuming forests spread summer heat wave, coupled province and Shanghai, with in Punjab,” the Prime Minister's of Kavalain northern Greece late
were young men who Gill cast doubt on that claim, across the country. According to with the worst drought in its temperatures soaring as high as OUSTED PM Imran Khan's spokesperson Malik Ahmad on Saturday, killing the crew
were either shot or saying, “If the US had anything Carlos III Institute, which north in 70 years. 42 degrees Celsius last week. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Khan said. members on board, Serbian au-
stabbed. The fighting in against him, why wouldn't they records temperature-related fa- Scorchingtemperatureshave InSudan'swesternDarfurre- Sunday made a 'clean sweep' in To a question whether Prime thorities and Meridian airline
the Blue Nile grew out of just deal with it in the US?” talities daily, 360 deaths were even reached northern Europe. gion, 12 people, including chil- the crucial Punjab assembly by- Minister Shehbaz would dis- said on Sunday.
thekillingof afarmerear- US-based human rights attributed to high temperatures Britain’s weather agency has dren, were killed in floods, the polls,inamajorsetbacktoPrime solve the National Assembly to Droneimagesfromthescene
lier last week and contin- watchdog DAWN said Ghafoor from July 10 to 15. issueditsfirst-ever“redwarning” UN and an aid group said Minister Shehbaz Sharif whose call early general elections, he showed smouldering debris
uedthroughSaturday,ac- was in transit to Istanbul on Fires were raging in several of extreme heat for Monday and Sunday. According to the UN, at Chief Minister son Hamza said:“ThePML-Nleadershipwill from the Antonov An-12 aircraft
cording to the local Thursday to attend a wedding other regions including Castille Tuesday, when temperatures in least 9,336 people have been af- Shehbaz is all set to lose his post. decide about it in consultation strewn in fields. Greek authori-
government. AP when plainclothes Emirati and Leon in central Spain and southern England may reach 40 fected by heavy rains and flood- The election for the CM will with its allies.” ties said there were eight crew
agents scooped him up. Galicia in the north on Sunday. C (104 F) for the first time. ing since June. AP be held on July 22 on the PML-N vice president members on board and a
SOUTH AFRICA Supreme Court's order and PTI- Maryam Nawaz also accepted Ukrainian foreign ministry
Policehuntfor PMLQ joint candidate her party's defeat. spokesman said they were all

suspectsafter9 Tory voters feel Sunak will be a good PM Chaudhary Parvez Elahi is likely
to the new chief minister of po-
litically crucial province Punjab.
Senior PTI leader Asad Umar
said Khan would announce the
party strategy after a meeting of
Ukrainian citizens.
Ukrainian-based airline
Meridian, which operated the
killedinattacks approve of him,” he said. The ruling PML-N of the the core committee on Monday. aircraft, said all the crew mem-
ADITI KHANNA Among all voters, the most Sharifs has accepted its defeat He said the ruling PML-N is left bers were killed in the crash.
Police are on the hunt for LONDON, JULY 17 popular policy priority was to and even congratulation PTI with only one option and that is Serbia'sdefenceministersaid
suspects after nine peo- “turn the economy around”, Chairman Khan for 'landslide “immediately calling for fresh the plane was carrying 11.5
ple were fatally shot in ALMOST HALF of the voters for with addressing the National victory' in the by-polls. general elections.” tonnes of products, including
separate shooting inci- the UK’s governing Conservative Health Service (NHS) backlog mortarandtrainingshells,made
dents in two provinces of Party believe Rishi Sunak will and restoring trust and integrity byitsdefenceindustry.Thebuyer
South Africa on Saturday make a good Prime Minister, ac- in public life coming second and of the cargo was the defence
night,policesaid.Thelat- cording to the results of a new In the survey of over 4,400 people, who had backed the third respectively. ministry of Bangladesh, he said.
estshootingscomeonthe opinion poll on Sunday. Conservative party in 2019, 48 per cent felt Sunak will be a Cutting taxes, which has Denys Bogdanovych,
heels of an uptick in vio- The Sunday Telegraph re- good PM, while 39 per cent were in favour of Liz Truss. File emerged as a central focus of all Meridian'sgeneraldirector,con-
lent deaths in a country ported that the JL Partners poll thedebatessofar,wasthefourth firmedSerbia'saccountofevents.
with one of the world's of morethan4,400peoplefound priority, selected by 38 per cent “This is not related to Ukraine or
highestmurderrates.The that 48 per cent of those who TradeMinisterPennyMordaunt. ions.One-thirdof votersthinkhe of voters overall and 40 per cent Russia,” Bogdanovych said.
shootings took place in backed the Tories in the 2019 The survey comes as the race wouldbegoodinthetopjob,one of Conservative voters. A senior source at Jordan's
the Gauteng and also in general election felt the British toelectBorisJohnson'ssuccessor third do not. But in an unpopu- “While the public chew over civilaviationregulatorycommis-
Thembelihle. Police said Indian former Chancellor would as the next Conservative Party lar field where every other can- the economy, the NHS and pub- siondeniedinitialreportsthatthe
it was not yet clear be a good Prime Minister. leader is narrowing down to didate is in net-negative terri- lic trust, Conservative MPs may plane was headed to Jordan. The
whether the suspects This is also the first poll that these three main contenders. tory, this score draw makes him have a much simpler question: sourcesaidthatitsflightitinerary
were involved in an ear- puts Foreign Secretary Liz Truss James Johnson, co-founder of the public's favourite. He is par- whoisthebestcandidatetohold included a stopover in Jordan’s
lier shooting in insecondplace,with 39percent JL Partners and a,ex-Downing ticularlypopularwiththeall-im- their seat? On this evidence, the Thanking the people, Imran Khan’s party called the victory a Queen Alia international airport.
Alexandra. REUTERS backing her for Prime Minister Street pollster, told the newspa- portant2019 Conservative voter, answer is Mr Sunak,” added historic decision ‘in this struggle for true freedom’ @PTIofficial It was also due to stop in
and 33 per cent in favour of per: “Sunak invites strong opin- astheonlycandidatetohavehalf James Johnson. RiyadhandAhmedabadinIndia.

DISPUTE HAS DIVIDED dOS SANTOS’S FAMILY, COULD DECIDE FATE OF HIS PARTY

Dead but not buried, ex-President’s body sparks cross-continental fight

crucialelection.Angola’sgovern- trying to parlay the return of poses,”andthechildrentonego- on less than $2 a day. be sentenced to five years in
GILBERTONETO, ing party and current president, theirfather’sbodytoregaintheir tiate “the dropping of accusa- dos Santos had been living in prison for embezzling the state’s
JOSÉBAUTISTA João Lourenço, along with dos place in Angola’s political elite. tions related to corruption.” self-imposed exile in Barcelona sovereign fund.
&LYNSEYCHUTEL Santos’s widow, want to bring With both sides fighting it dos Santos, one of Africa’s for three years. According to Angola held a seven-day
LUANDA, JULY 17 his body home for a state funeral out in a Spanish court, it is now longest-serving leaders, was a Welwitschia dos Santos, popu- mourning period for its former
and burial in a Soviet-style mau- up to a judge in Barcelona to de- towering figure in Angola for larlyknownasTchizé,hehadsaid leader. In lieu of a casket, a large
EVEN IN death, Angola’s long- soleum — the kind of spectacle cide the feud. nearly four decades. he wanted to be buried there. portraitofdosSantoswaserected
time ruler, José Eduardo dos that could rally support for a The outcome could sway the To his supporters, many of His handpicked successor, inagovernmentplaza,withared
Santos, is at the center of politi- partystrugglingtostayinpower. AugustelectioninAngola,acoun- whom entered Angola’s mon- Lourenço,whocametopowerin carpet leading up to it while uni-
cal infighting. But his daughter tryrichinoilandmineralsonthe eyed elite, he shepherded the 2017, had turned on him, blam- formed soldiers stood guard.
The former president died in Welwitschia dos Santos is push- west coast of southern Africa. country out of violent turmoil to ing the dos Santos administra- But the fight over dos
BarcelonaonJuly8attheageof79, ingforaprivatefuneralandadis- “People are just trying to use makeitoneof theworld’slargest tion for Angola’s economic Santos’s remains is of little con-
but when and where he will be creet grave site in Spain, where the body and all these related is- oil producers, its coastal capital malaise. Lourenço and dos cern to ordinary Angolans.
buriedhassetoffacross-continen- his children can visit. She says sues to advance their own per- dotted with skyscrapers. Santos attempted a rapproche- “Doyouknowhowmuchmy
talfightthathaspittedtheAngolan she has the support of some of sonal agendas,” said Augusto Buttohismanydetractors,he ment last year. dos Santos re- husband and I earn?” asked
government and his widow hersiblingswho,likeher,faceac- Santana, a political analyst in was a ruthless dictator who sup- turned to Angola and was set to Avenina de Vasco, 37, a street
againstsomeofhisadultchildren. cusations of corruption in Angola. He added that the in- With his body still in Spain, dos Santos’s portrait was the presseddemocracyandoversaw appearattheparty’sconference. cleaner. “I don’t care whether he
José Eduardo dos Santos’s Angola and could be arrested if cumbent president wants to use official focus of mourning in Luanda last week. AP aaneconomychokedbycorrup- But then he learned that his son is buried here or in Europe or
death came just weeks before a they return. They could also be the death “for electoral pur- tion, with most Angolans living José Filomeno dos Santos would America.” NYT

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Newsmakers in the Newsroom

WHY SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE

The effectiveness of Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee is he’s founded with Biocon Scientists here are of the
CAR-T therapy in an eminent oncologist and chairperson Kiran Mazumdar highest calibre. Clinical,
children has been 90 per Pulitzer award-winning Shaw and Dr Kush Parmar, manufacturing and
author. He’s rolling out a are successful, then this
cent. In other words, five significant clinical trial on therapy would be India’s scientific teams are
to seven years of treatment of cancer, called the contribution to the rest of the world-class. They work
survival in 80 to 90 per Chimeric Antigen Receptor world. He’s also developed an with my lab at Columbia
(CAR) T-cell therapy, which independent pillar of
cent of patients. And has already been used in treatment. Not chemotherapy, University. There’s no
remember, these several countries. If his phase radiation, surgery or difference in the quality
patients were initially II clinical trials at Immuneel, immunotherapy but using of conversation
the Bengaluru-based company customised diet as drug.
refractory or relapsed or innovation

‘In anti-cancer therapy, there is

Kaunain Sheriff: Can you take us
through the breakthrough therapy
that you are introducing in India and
the science behind it?
Let’s begin with immunotherapy

(another) pillar: using diet as a drug’

againstcancer.Itcomesinmanyvariations
but there are three main ones. First are
monoclonalantibodies(MABs)whichhave
been in use for a long time. The second is
T-cell therapy. This does not involve trans-
ferofT-cellsbutusesyourownnativecells.
In order to prevent your own T-cells from
attackingthemselves,youinactivatethem
sothatyoudon’tgetautoimmunity.Some
examplesofautoimmunitywouldbeType
Oncologist Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee on the crisis in the health economic system in India, attempting to cure blood cancer
1 diabetes, lupus and arthritis. So, your through sophisticated cell therapy, deploying strategies to prolong remissions and keeping costs down
body basically keeps a check on these T-
cells and inhibits them. These drugs are
calledcheckpointinhibitors,someofwhich
are available in India. Obviously, if you ac-
tivate your T-cells against cancer, they can
alsobeactivatedagainstyournormalcells.
So,checkpointinhibitorsarenecessary.The
third variant is the CAR T-cell therapy,
whereweextractT-cellsfromacancerpa-
tient’s body and we use a virus, which is a
modifiedandinactivatedversionoftheHIV
virusbutdoesn’tcauseHIV,todelivergenes
intothem.Thesegenesthenweaponisethe
T-cells to attack cancerous cells. In other
words, we remove the T-cells from the
bodythroughapheresis,theygointoanex-
tremely sterile laboratory, are activated
withgenetherapyandharvestedinincuba-
torsuntiltheyexpandtoaverylargenum-
ber and are frozen. This process usually
takes about 10 to 14 days before the cul-
tured cells are transfused back into pa-
tients. Originally, when this was done in
theUSbyseveralpeople,includingMichel
Sadelain at Memorial Sloan Kettering and
very successfully by the UPenn group, led
by Carl June and Bruce Levine, there was
scepticismaboutwhetherthesehighlyac-
tivated T-cells would attack the tumour
whichhadspreadconsiderably.Theresults
were quite remarkable and almost mirac- Special Correspondent Kaunain Sheriff in conversation with Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee. Abhinav Saha
ulous. These patients were on the verge of
death and mostly had liquid cancers or
leukaemia as their tumours had stopped the percentage of remissions, and poten- ing to lower them further, partly by pro- growthesecells.Thisisaregenerativemed- Finally, there’s the top of the pyramid and out what the diversity of the Indian
responding to multiple cycles of tially even cure myeloma, using novel ducingsomeof theseproductsorgoodsin icinestudyandifthecellsarealreadydead, the most expensive: treatment. genome,broadlyspeaking,is.Ican’ttellyou
chemotherapy.Wealsotriedtoensurethat strategies. And again, this would be a con- India,partlybyidentifying10pinchpoints. thenyoucan’tbringthemalive.Youhaveto what the answer is going to be. There has
theactivatedT-cells,thatwouldreleasecy- tribution from Indian medicine to the rest intervene at a stage where you’re seeing Anonna Dutt: What would cancer been a lot of endogamy in India and that
tokines or chemicals that T-cells use to of the world. Once we’ve completed clini- Kaunain Sheriff: Are you thinking of damageorinjurybutthecellshaven’tcom- therapy look like in 10-20 years and will have genetic consequences.
communicate with each other and with caltests,wewillstartworkingontheprod- collaborating with the IIT Bombay pletelydied.Thechallengeinregenerative why did you choose to work in India?
the immune system, wouldn’t generate a uctforaclinicaltrial,whichwillbeaphase team, which is working with Tata medicine is to find the Goldilocks spot, Each cancer is treated differently. We Rinku Ghosh: Can your new therapy
cytokinestorm.Wecontrolleditwithmed- two trial. Memorial, to bring the cost down? don’t go in too early or too late. haven’tbeenabletobeverysuccessfulwith arrest the aggressive Acute Myeloid
icines.Sincethen,we’vealreadydosedsev- Safety is paramount at Immuneel. We’ve been in touch with the IIT team. We have a third study, which is proba- cellulartherapyagainstsolidtumours,such Leukaemia (AML)? Also, how rigorous
eral patients. A group in IIT is also dosing We’re following international standards, But again, the entire ecosystem has to be bly one of the most interesting studies in asovariancancerandcolorectalcancer.For should we be about self-screening?
patients using the same formula. Theirs is DGCI and other appropriate guidelines of appropriatelydeployedsuchthattheseare cancer, which is combining diets with such cancers, we’ll have to use some other AMLisreallyatoughdiseasetotreat.In
a phase one trial, ours is a phase two trial. the Indian ecosystem. So far, there have notcompetitiveproductsbutcollaborative drugs. This is not voodoo nutritional sci- inventive mechanisms or new drugs. You fact,wearestilltreatingAMLasweusedto
Theirs is a new product, ours is a clinically been very mild adverse effects, nothing to products. It’s fair to say that this industry encebutisbasedonextremelyrigoroussci- can’t imagine how complicated Vor about 10 or 15 years ago, with standard
exposed product that has already been stop the phase two trial. needs to be appropriately regulated. This entificexperimentsinwhichwe’veshown Biopharmaisintermsofdeliveringitsther- chemotherapy followed by, in some pa-
proven to be successful in humans. We isaverysophisticatedtherapyandthelast that particular diets, which lack certain apy for myeloid leukaemia. I have made a tients, bone marrow transplantation,
have in-licensed it from Barcelona, it has Kaunain Sheriff: The first participant thing we want is to contaminate the field substances, or have the addition of other series of other inventions that are also go- which is very toxic and difficult to admin-
already completed trials in Spain and has was a child. How was the experience? withactorswhodon’thavethesophistica- substances, are synergistic with drugs. ingontrial.Thosewillbeforsolidtumours. ister. Vor Biopharma is one of my compa-
beenproventobebothsafeandextremely Can this be used as a first line of tion and the knowledge to develop Targetted therapies make them much So, it will be a mix. Some parts of it will be nies, which arises from the work done at
effective.Wearegivingthedosesof T-cells treatment for children? CAR-T therapies. more effective. Our last study was pub- personalisedforapatient.Intheearlydays ColumbiaUniversity.Itisacompletelynew
in not one shot but in three or four shots, Itwasaverybiglearningexperience.A lishedinNatureandtrialswillbegin.That’s ofcancertherapeutics,riskassessmentwas wayof treatingAMLandpotentiallyacur-
depending on how we do at the trial. huge amount of training and quality con- Kaunain Sheriff: How was it working what we call the independent pillar. Not basicallyclinical.Now,theriskassessment ativeway,butit’sontrial.I’mveryhopeful.
UniquelyinIndia,we’vebeenabletore- trol protocol was involved. We don’t want with scientists here? chemotherapy, not radiation, not surgery, isclinico-pharmacogenetics,whichmeans Everybody should be aware of screen-
duce the cost, which is a very difficult tojustthrowthedrugatsomeone,wewant Scientists here are of the highest cali- not immunotherapy — the four pillars of thatweusethepatient’sowngeneticdata. ing guidelines as they are available on
processbecausetheinputcostsarealready a full ecosystem, a partnership, and the bre. There are clinical, manufacturing and anti-cancer therapy — but a fifth pillar, In other words, we study how they will highly regarded public websites and are
veryhigh.Youneedanarmyof scientists,a achievementof thatwasthefirstchildwas scientific teams and they are world-class. where we treat diet as a drug. metabolise or change responses to drugs, constantly upgraded. The WHO, the
specialised facility, several machines, ma- appropriately treated. The research team works with my labora- andtrackthegeneticdatafromthecancer. NationalCancerInstituteandtheEuropean
nipulationsandsoon.InIndia,wehavethe Part of the protocol involves infusing toryatColumbiaUniversity.There’snodif- Kaunain Sheriff: In India, we are Our risk assessment is far more sophisti- CancerInstitutehaveveryclearguidelines.
innovativecapacitytoadministerthedose chemotherapy into the spinal cord, part of ference in the quality or the level of con- looking at 30 million cases by 2025. cated than it was 50 or 60 years ago. Then TheepidemiologyofIndiaandmanycoun-
to patients at a much earlier stage of the thetherapyforsomehigh-riskpatientsin- versation and innovation. Global data says that around 30 to 50 there are the five pillars I talked about. But tries like India is shifting away from death
disease. If successful, it will be a great con- volves giving radiation, which causes all per cent of cancers are preventable. Do theemphasisonpreventionwillcontinue. as a result of infectious diseases towards
tribution to medicine internationally be- sorts of downstream effects. When they Kaunain Sheriff: You’re very close to these figures worry you? I chose India because the clinical and death from chronic non-infectious dis-
cause we will be able to show that we can growolder,theyhavecognitive,post-trau- bringing at least two potentially very It worries me a lot. Cancers being thescientificecosystem,particularlyintech eases. For countries like India, it’s like di-
actually keep longer remissions and keep matic,psychiatricandpsychologicaldisor- significant drugs. One is related to treatedbyCAR-Tdon’tseemtobeprevent- hubs like Bengaluru, were sufficient and vidingmammalsintocowsandnon-cows
patients better for a longer period of time. ders.Theyaregrowth-limitedattimesbe- untreatable leukaemia and the other able. Lymphoma has certain carcinogens sophisticated enough to develop this. becausetherearenowsomanynon-com-
cause of the chemotherapy. Who would addresses stem cells linked to arthritis, that are preventable. But childhood municablediseasesthatareresponsiblefor
Kaunain Sheriff: This treatment has notliketheirchildtoreceiveone-dayther- which is very common among women leukaemia is a genetic accident. There’s a Harish Damodaran: So much is death,includingcardiovasculardisease,hy-
been there for almost a decade in the apy, after 14 days of growing T-cells, with- in India. When can these be rolled out? pyramid-like basis for cancer therapy. At happening in cell therapy in human pertension, and, of course, cancer. It’s ad-
US, parts of the UK and now also in out being first battered by two years of The first one has started its clinical tri- the bottom, where you get the most effect biology. Why is there so much visable to keep up with the new epidemi-
China. What does the global data tell us chemotherapy? But it’s impossible to do als. It’s a very complex twist on cellular fortheleastcost,isprevention.Preventable resistance to plant biology, be it in gene ology. Appropriate screening, including
about its efficacy? that in the US if the cost is going to be therapy.Mylabdiscoveredit,wepatented carcinogens include tobacco, triggers in- editing or modification? colonoscopies,shouldbeperformedatthe
Theglobaldatalooksverygood.Thetu- $400,000, plus all the associated care. it and we’ve now sent it off to Vor clude obesity while some cancers are Inmedicine,we’retreatingsickpeople. right age at the right time for the at-risk
mours that respond are lymphoma, Remember that $400,000 is coming after Biopharma.Wearewaitingforanoutcome caused by viruses. The Human Papilloma In the entire genetically-modified (GM) population.Upperendoscopymustbe per-
leukaemiaandmyeloma,allrefractorytu- twoorthreeyearsofchemotherapy,which signal. In osteoarthritis, we were the first, Virus (HPV) causes cervical cancer and food industry, we’re giving products to formedattherightageattherighttimefor
mours.Ialsohaveanothercompanyinthe itself is another $400,000- $500,000. So, along with another group, to identify the there’s a very effective vaccine against it. healthypeople,sotheregulatoryconcerns at-riskpeople.Don’tmissmammography.
US called Vor Biopharma, which is one of thatchildisbeingtreatednowwithnearly stemcellsortheprogenitorcellsthatform We are in the process of discovering new aretotallydifferent.Inonecase,thepatient
the first companies to attempt this in amilliondollarsofchemoplusCAR-Tther- cartilage.Inanimalmodels,thesecellscan carcinogens.Largestudiesareontofindthe woulddieif youdidn’tgivethemthether- Aakash Joshi: How does the cost of a
myeloid leukaemia. This occurs mostly in apy.Thisiswhyinnovationandtechtrans- be stimulated to grow using a drug. linkbetweenindustrialandparticulatepol- apy. In the other, you are exposing some- life-saving drug for children, like the
children though some adults do get it, too. fersareveryimportantinthisfieldtolower Potentially, they can also be transplanted. lution and cancer. The centre of the pyra- onewhoisphysicallyhealthytounknown one that’s being developed, pan out in
The effectiveness of CAR-T therapy in chil- costs and deliver this therapy upfront. So we’re using a variety of mechanisms to mid is early detection and screening. GMfoods.Thatsaid,I’mperfectlysanguine a country like India?
dren has been 90 per cent. In other words, withGMfoodsaslongastheyhavepassed In India, we will probably end up with
five to seven years of survival in 80 to 90 Kaunain Sheriff: In the US, the cost is safety paradigms and have been ecologi- a triple-hybrid model, with some cost dis-
per cent of patients. Remember, these pa- around Rs 3-4 crore and that’s just the In the early days of callyevaluated.Someofthemhavealsoled placementthroughthegovernment,some
tients were initially refractory or relapsed. drug itself. Then you have hospitalisa- to monoculture of plants, which is a big costassessmentthroughprivateinsurance
It was a very difficult population to treat, tion and medicine. How will you bring cancer therapeutics, risk problembecauseevolutionaryandecolog- and some through individuals. This is a
theonlyothertreatmentavailabletothem this cost down in India? ical diversity are important. If a plant health economics problem. I think the
beingabone-marrowtransplant.Butthere Weareattackingeverypotentialpinch assessment was basically speciesgoesextinct,youcan’treviveitfrom healtheconomicsysteminIndiaisinacri-
the effectiveness is much lower, there’s a point.Wearenowrampinguptheproduc- thedead.Besides,allspecies,plantsandan- sis. It is a mishmash. Even within a single
much more toxic regimen and the side ef- tion of our own virus facilities, which will clinical. Now, we use the imals, are mutating all the time which is colony, you have a private hospital, a gov-
fects could go on for four decades. In con- again be of international standards. We also genetic modification. The other alter- ernmenthospital,youhaveapartiallygov-
trast, this would be a 14-day process, fol- have decreased the labour costs enor- patient’s own genetic native is to chemically modify plants, ernment hospital, someone’s privately in-
lowedbytwoorthreedaysofinfusion,and mously, partly because they are intrinsi- which is more harmful. sured, someone’s half-insured. It’s a
the cure rates could be 80 to 90 per cent, callycheaper.Hospitalisationcostsarealso data. In other words, we complete mishmash.
depending upon the kind and intensity of intrinsically cheaper. All the associated Liz Mathew: During the African We need to create a system. My father
leukaemia. In myeloma, the cure rates are drugcostsarecheaper.Weareusingallthe study how they will Genome Project, there was one finding wasill,andunfortunatelypassedaway.He
80 to 90 per cent, too. innovationthatisavailabletodecreasethe that established race as a social was in a hospital but the hospital didn’t
WehavemanystrategiesatImmuneel, costs dramatically. We cannot change the metabolise or change construction and not a genetic reality. have a pharmacy. I had to go across the
which is the Bengaluru-based company, intrinsiccostsof certaingoodsbecausethe Any scope for such a study in India? street to a private pharmacy to buy the
throughwhichwearetryingtodetermine patient’s safety comes first. We’ve already responses to drugs There’s a very large Indian genomic medicines that had been prescribed for
if we can prolong the remissions, increase loweredthecostsdramaticallybutareaim- study, which is being conducted to figure him. This is an absurd system.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 Market Watch
SIX OF TOP-10 COS LOSE M-CAP
New Delhi: Six of the 10 most valued firms suffered a combined
erosion of Rs 1,68,260.37 crore from their market valuation last
week, mainly dragged down by IT major TCS amid an overall weak
trend in the equity market. PTI

HUSSAIN HAQQANI, APARNA PANDE IN OPINION PIECE INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL MANAGER INDIA AT FINNAIR

US ‘must be alarmed’ by foreign cos ‘Own operations a priority,

there may be opportunity
exiting India: Hudson Institute dirs to have partner in India’
Biden administration “must be report last week, French spirits measures, including increased
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU alarmed”bythedecisionsof sev- FDI FLOWS group Pernod Ricard, in a letter tariffs, procurement rules that
NEW DELHI, JULY 17 eralforeigncorporationstoeither tothePrimeMinister’sOffice,has limit competitive choices, sani- HELSINKI-BASEDLEGACYairline prices are set according to
pull out of the Indian market or ■Intheyearending noted that three-decade old tax taryandphytosanitarymeasures Finnair is set to expand its serv- the market.
THE IMPACT of multiple major put their long-term plans on March2022,Indiasaw disputes with authorities on notbasedonscience,andIndian- ices in India by adding a flight to
global corporations pulling out hold. This assumes significance, foreigndirect valuingliquorimportshasinhib- specific standards not aligned Mumbai next month, as it also Finnair has a business class
from India on the country’s for- particularly,becauseforyearsthe investmentinflowsof itedfreshinvestmentanditscur- withinternationalstandards,ef- continues to look beyond Delhi fare with no baggage
eigninvestmentclimatecouldbe US has hoped to enable India’s $58.77billion, rent business. fectively closed off producers and Mumbai for other destina- allowance. That is quite
amplified by the broader geopo- rise“asawayof checkingChina’s marginallydownfrom The sale of Swiss cement- fromglobalsupplychainsandre- tions in the country, SAKARI unusual…
liticalimplicationsof theseexits, growing power,” they wrote. $59.64billionayearago. maker Holcim’s India assets to strictedtheexpansioninbilateral ROMU,generalmanagerIndiafor That is something I have had
given that several of these com- The authors also argued that the Adani Group was also pre- trade,” the report said. Finnair, told PRANAV MUKUL in lot of discussions about.
panies are based in the US. From Westerndemocracies,whichsee cededbyfinesamountingtoover Authors of The Hill piece also an interview. Romu also spoke EspeciallyinChinaandalsoIndia,
automobile companies such as Indiaasanaturalally,believethat tation as an investment destina- Rs 2,300 crore by the said despite the challenges, about the airline’s plans to look probably the market has not ex-
Ford,GeneralMotorsandHarley Indiawould be ableto deliver on tion. The government had an- Competition Commission of India’s large size and location foralocalpartnerinIndia,andon perienced that kind of product,
Davidson to Citibank, Holcim, itseconomicandmilitarypoten- nounced rules, which when ad- India (CCI) on Holcim’s India continue to make it an attractive the potential re-emergence of wherethecustomerisonlylook-
Carrefour,andMetroAG,astring tial only if it attains higher hered to, will lead to the Centre companies — ACC and Ambuja market for foreign businesses. low-cost long-haul travel. ingforacomfortablein-flightex-
of global companies have either growth rates — something that withdrawing tax demands Cements. The fines will be paid “Access to the large Indian con- Edited excerpts: perience.InEurope,andtheUS,it
exited,scaleddownorarework- would only be possible “with raised using the 2012 retrospec- by the new owner. sumermarketisadream,asisthe isverycommon—noluggage,no
ing on pulling out of India. larger inflows of foreign invest- tivetaxlawandanytaxcollected Further, in May, Ford, which hope for a stake in the upgrada- You mentioned that your changefees,butyou’retravelling
Notably, while some of these ment and further opening of in the enforcement of such de- had already announced that it tion of India’s civilian and mili- flights to China have reduced onbusinessclass.Butthemarket
companieshaveeithercitedpoor India’smarkets”.Intheyearend- mand being paid back. The ret- will stop selling its cars in India, taryinfrastructure…India’scur- from 40 per week to just one. in India is not ready for that. It is
competitive position or global ing March 2022, India saw for- rospectivetaxlawhadanimpact retracteditsplanstomanufacture rent rate of economic growth is Where is this surplus capacity not something very new. We’ve
business strategies, others have eigndirectinvestmentinflowsof on corporations such as UK tele- andexportelectricvehiclesfrom woefully inadequate for India’s being deployed? had such products in Europe for
had long-running tiffs with law $58.77 billion, marginally down com giant Vodafone Plc, energy India — a plan it had announced domestic goals as well as the ob- If you look at the time before Sakari Romu years.
enforcementandtaxauthorities. from $59.64 billion a year ago. companyCairnEnergyPlc,phar- only a few months earlier. jectiveofbecomingaseriousrival Covid, we had around 370 daily
Inanopinionpiecepublished Last year, the Indian govern- maceuticalscompanySanofiand Ina2021reportonIndia’sin- to global economic juggernaut, departures, and this year, we are But how has the Indian
by The Hill, Washington-based menttookstepstoaddresssome brewer SABMiller, now owned vestment climate, the US State China. The latter makes India’s flying about 70 per cent of that Finnish visiting India, and if we customer responded to this
Hudson Institute directors of thelong-standingtaxdisputes by AB InBev. Department noted that India re- economic policies a strategic on our own, 10 per cent we have look only Finland as the destina- fare offering?
Hussain Haqqani and Aparna with foreign companies in an ef- However, a number of dis- mainedachallengingplacetodo concern for US policymakers,” been able to wet-lease to British tion, about 10 We will do
Pande have posited that the Joe fort to repair its damaged repu- putes still fester. As per a Reuters business. “New protectionist they wrote. Airways and Lufthansa Group. per cent of our a study and
And by winter of 2023, we will customers are makechanges
be above 80 per cent but not 100 Indiansvisiting to this prod-
MARKETS WATCH About17%dropininvestment
per cent. only Finland, ... India will be also
and all the oth- ready in the near
uct, and we

FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS ‘Sequoia, Tiger Global lead intoIndiantechstartups,to$6 Within India, are you looking ersaretransfer, future, where people
havefacedthe
same cases in
billion,inApril-June2022owing at destinations other than where the other markets
startup funding in Apr-Jun’ tomacroeconomicslowdown Delhi and Mumbai? most impor- are buying the cheapest and in some
We are looking but nothing tant destina- possible business markets, we

FPIs in selling mode, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global led funding in Indian
startups during April-June, Nasscom said in a report 60% oftheinvestmentsby
TigerGlobaland
Sequoiaweremadeinthegrowth
concreteyet.Butcertainly,weare
making the calculations, but
that’s normal business for an
tion is the US.

So in the
class fare. Maybe it is
too new for India
havetakenout
the product
totally. But I

pull out `7.4K cr from HOW IT BREAKS DOWN (%)

stageofthestartups

OfTigerGlobal’sinvestments,
airline. medium
term, what
right now” think, India
will be also

equities in July so far

Are you looking at would be the ready in the
40%wereinthefintechsector destinations from where priority for near future,
Fintech 26 and20%intheenterprise you’re getting traffic from Finnair to go to other where people are buying the
Media&Ent 19 technologydomain.ForSequoia, into hubs like Delhi and destinations in India — cheapest possible business class
Enterprisetech 16 enterprisetechnologyaccounted Mumbai? having an airline partner or fare.MaybeitistoonewforIndia
ENSECONOMICBUREAU forabout25%ofthefunding At the moment, we do not flying directly? right now.
NEWDELHI,JULY17 Retailtech 9 have a local airline partner in In my opinion, we should

`
Edtech 8 MAJORINVESTORS India. I think we have been suc- look for help or have a good co- The Airbus A321XLR is
FOREIGN INVESTORS con- cessful, and I would like to see a operationwithapartner.Butfirst coming out soon and it is
Healthtech 5 ■ SequoiaCapital
tinuetobecautiousaboutthe goodairlinepartnerinIndiathat come our own operations. At a expected to change the
Indianequitymarketandhave ■ TigerGlobal wouldhelpinanyway.Butthat’s certain point, there might be an dynamics of medium to long-
pulled out over Rs 7,400 crore ■ Alphawave notsomethingwecan’tlivewith- opportunity to have a partner in haul low-cost travel. How
this month so far amid sus- out.DemandjustfromDelhiand India. does a full-service airline
tained strengthening of the ■ Accel surrounding areas is taking up respond to this scenario?
dollarandincreasingconcerns Source: Nasscom/PTI our capacity, and it’s picking up. Because of the higher oil I think especially now, if we
over a recession in the US. The BSE, Mumbai File If youlookattheotherend,there prices and the longer flying think about making an airline
Thiscomesfollowinganet April-June quarter saw only four unicorns — January-March period had witnessed creation was a strong trend before Covid, time for Finnair, how are you profitable or making a certain
withdrawalofRs50,203crore neobanking firm Open, SaaS platform of 16 new unicorns, which dropped to only four the travel to Scandinavian desti- dealing with the fare part of route profitable, you can count
from equities in June. amountofRs7,432crorefrom LeadSquared, edtech start-up PhysicsWallah in the reporting quarter due to decline in fund nations, Helsinki and Baltic des- business? onpassengersbutcargoalsohas
Whileforeignportfolioin- Indian equities during July 1- and online beauty products marketplace Purplle inflows into the Indian startup space tinationsfromIndiawasincreas- We are trying to effect our averybigrole.Allthoselightver-
vestors (FPIs) have slowed 15.Whiletherehavebeenspo- ing strongly — by about 40 per prices but finally it is the Indian sionof flyingimpactsopportuni-
downtheirpaceofselling,this radic net inflows by FPIs last cent every year. That’s some- customer who decides what is tiesforcargorevenues.Cargohas
does not indicate a change in week, the broader trend con- thing,whichwillrecur.About15 the correct price for Finnair and always played a big role in our
trend as there has not been tinues to be cautious, CURRENTLY HOLDS MD-CEO POST AT BSE per cent of our customers are we really have to ensure our business, from India as well.

Chauhan to be NSE MD & CEO

any significant improvement Srivastava added.

Irdai in favour of insurers

intheunderlyingdrivers,said FPIs withdrew a net Rs
Himanshu Srivastava, 50,203 crore from equities in
Associate Director - Manager June. This was the highest net
Research, Morningstar India. outflow since March 2020, exit of Chitra Ramkrishna amid
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU

in SLBC, proposes steep

There has been an exodus when they had pulled out Rs the probe into co-location scam.
of foreign funds from the 61,973 crore. With the latest MUMBAI, JULY 17 According to market ob-
Indianequitymarketoverthe pull out, net outflow by FPIs servers, the priority of Chauhan
last nine months. from equities this year so far THE SECURITIES and Exchange willbetoimplementfairandeth-

hike in premium target

“Given the uncertainty in has reached around Rs 2.25 Board of India (Sebi) has ap- ical corporate and market gov-
the forex market and the sus- lakh crore — a record high. proved the appointment of erning practices at the NSE,
tained strengthening of the Beforethis,theywithdrewRs Ashishkumar Chauhan as the whichwashitbyaseriesof scan-

E
dollar,FPIsareunlikelytoturn 52,987 crore in the entire nextManagingDirectorandCEO dals.Hewillalsohavetoprepare
aggressivebuyersintheIndian 2008, data showed. of the National Stock Exchange the exchange for the much-de-
market and at higher levels According to Chouhan, (NSE),thecountry’slargeststock layed IPO.
STEEP HIKE
E X P L A I NE D

they may again turn sellers,” Indian equities witnessed exchange. Ashishkumar Chauhan File Market regulator had earlier GEORGE MATHEW
said V K Vijayakumar, Chief weakness as global inflation Chauhan is currently the MD penalisedLimaye’spredecessors MUMBAI, JULY 17 Raising
InvestmentStrategistatGeojit prints remained elevated, andCEOof theBSEandhistenure Ravi Narain and Chitra ■The regulator has
Financial Services. concerns of US recession in- will end in November this year. tenureintheBSEandunderSEBI Ramkrishna for alleged lapses in THE INSURANCE regulator has proposed that the ● coverage
Going forward, FPI flows creased, dollar index contin- He will join in place of Vikram guidelines,acandidatecannotbe corporategovernanceduringthe proposed the involvement of in- premium collection,
will remain volatile in the ued its sharp rally and Q1 re- Limaye whose five-year tenure appointedasMD&CEOformore appointmentof itsgroupoperat- surance companies at the state which was at Rs 2.2 lakh WITHANeyeondeeperin-
emergingmarketsonaccount sults of large IT companies ended on July 15. than two tenures. BSE is also ing officer Anand Subramanian. level and a big hike in the pre- crore in FY22, could be surancepenetrationinthe
of risinggeopoliticalrisks,ris- were weaker than expected. Chauhan is one of the searching for a new CEO in place In 2019, NSE was also penalised mium collection target in the increased to Rs 2.98 country,Irdaihaspitcheda
inginflationandtighteningof Rupeehastouched80per founders of the NSE where he of Chauhan. for giving preferential access to next five years to deepen insur- lakh crore in FY23. This company-wise target for
monetary policy by central dollarmarkbrieflyduringthe worked from 1992 to 2000. At AsperSebinorm,theMDand some stock brokers between ance penetration in the country. is expected to rise to Rs premium collection in the
banks, Shrikant Chouhan, week, highlighting the trou- the NSE, he was involved in set- CEOofastockexchangehastoap- 2012-2014 through their co-lo- Insurance Regulatory and 11.73 lakh crore in FY27 next five years.
Head-EquityResearch(Retail), ble RBI faces on controlling ting up India’s first fully auto- ply and compete with other can- cation facility. Development Authority of India
Kotak Securities, said. the currency, said Vijay matedscreen-basedtradingsys- didates for the top job after the Earlier in March, NSE, the (Irdai)ChairmanDebasishPanda
Accordingtodatawithde- Singhania, chairman of temandfirstcommercialsatellite completionof thefive-yearterm. largest derivatives exchange in said insurance companies NewIndiaAssurance’spremium can be looked into by insurance
positories,FPIspulledoutanet TradeSmart. WITHPTI communications network. Limaye was appointed the NSE the world, invited applications should become members of the collection target is Rs 99,430 companies,” he said.
This is Chauhan’s second chief in July 2017 following the for the MD & CEO position. State Level Bankers Committee crore for FY2027 as against Rs Irdai Chairman also hinted
(SLBC) and boost the growth of 32,569 crore in FY2022. The that the regulator is working on
the sector. “States and insurers steepest hike is in the case of Go a proposal for a salary band for
BRIEFLY FROM TODAY willbenefitfromtheinclusionof Digit General Insurance which is CEOs of insurance companies.

Prepacked, labelled cereal, pulses, flour

insurers in the SLBC. Quite a bit beinggivenatargetof Rs150,610 “You can decide on the salary
Fueldemand of AUM (assets under manage-
ment) is going into the develop-
crore in FY27 as against Rs 4,674
crore now, a growth of 3,122 per
based on the band,” he said.
Responding to Irdai

weighing up to 25 kg to attract 5% GST

New Delhi: India’s demand mentsinthestate,”Pandasaidat cent. Chairman’s proposals, Star
forpetrolanddieselfellinthe a conclave of insurance CEOs in Pandasaidtheinsurancesec- Health and Allied Insurance MD
first half of July over the pre- Hyderabad recently. tor needs more players. “It can S Prakash said mis-selling in the
vious month as the onset of “I’m going to request the RBI be small, medium or niche play- healthsegmentiscreatingatrust
monsoonchippedawaycon- der the Legal Metrology Act, from levy of GST. and the ministry to include in- ers. General insurance penetra- deficit. “We need to enhance
sumption in some sectors ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU The CBIC said GST will 2009, if such pre-packaged and The board also said that GST surance in the SLBC Forum,” he tion in India is just one per cent penetration in the health insur-
and restricted mobility, pre- NEW DELHI, JULY 17 apply on a package labelled packages contained a would apply on a package that said, adding that each state will as against the world average of ance segment,” he said.
liminarydatashowed. quantity up to 25 kilogram (or contains multiple retail pack- be assigned to one or two insur- 4.16percent,”Pandasaid,adding On crop insurance, many in-
THE CENTRAL Board of Indirect that contains multiple 25 litres). ages, for example a package con- ance companies for close coor- that this needs to be changed. surance CEOscomplainedabout
Gulfremittance Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on
Sunday said single packages of
retail packages “It is clarified that a single
package of these items (cereals,
taining 10 retail packs of flour of
10 kg each, the CBIC said.
dination.
Irdai Chairman also pro-
“Of around 29.5 crore vehi-
cles in the country, nearly 50 per
the lack of adequate reinsurance
support. Regarding long-term
Mumbai: The share of in- food items like cereals, pulses pulses, flour etc.) containing a It said for the purpose of posed a steep hike in premium cent are uninsured. Over 40 motor policy, Madhulika
wardremittancesfromGulf and flour weighing up to 25 kg questions (FAQs) on GST appli- quantity of more than 25 Kg/25 GST, “pre-packaged commod- collection in the next five years. crore individuals are devoid of a Bhaskar, Chairman-in-charge of
nationsdippedsharplydur- will be considered as ‘prepack- cability on ‘pre-packaged and litre would not fall in the cate- ity” would mean a commodity The regulator has proposed that health insurance policy,” Panda NewIndiaAssurance,saidtheis-
ing 2020-21 on account of aged and labelled’, and liable to labelled’ goods, just a day before gory of pre-packaged and la- which, without the purchaser the premium collection which said. Irdai has proposed a 45 per sue of solvency margin needs to
theeconomicstresscreated five per cent GST from July 18. the five per cent GST on such belled commodity for the pur- being present, is placed in a was at Rs 2.20 lakh crore in the cent growth in the health insur- be sorted out and the focus is
bytheCovidpandemic,said It also clarified that if a retail items becomes applicable. poses of GST and would package of whatever nature, year FY2022 could be increased ance segment to Rs 106,689 nowmoreonbottom-line.“How
an RBI article. On the other shopkeeper supplies in loose In the context of food items therefore not attract GST,” it said. whether sealed or not, so that to Rs 2.98 lakh crore in FY2023. crore in FY2023 and a 37.30 per do you account for it in the in-
hand, advanced economies quantity the item bought from a (such as pulses, cereals like rice, The CBIC said the supply of the product contained therein ThisisexpectedtorisetoRs11.73 cent rise in the motor segment vestment guidelines?” she said.
like the US, the UK and manufacturer or a distributor in wheat, flour etc), the supply of pre-packed atta meant for retail has a pre- determined quantity. lakhcroreinFY2027,ariseof 433 to Rs 96,6789 crore. Irdai has also set up two task
Singapore emerged as im- a 25-kg pack, such sale to con- specified pre-packaged food ar- sale to ultimate consumer of 25 Any such supply which re- per cent, it said. Panda also proposed a long- forcestosuggeststepstosortout
portant sources for the sumers will not attract GST. ticles would fall within the Kg shall be liable to GST. quires declaration under the It has also proposed a com- term insurance policy for 15 the issues between insurers and
countryforremittances. PTI The CBIC on Sunday night is- purview of the definition of However, supply of such a 30- Legal Metrology act would at- pany-wise target for premium years in the case of motor vehi- reinsurers and other problems
sued a set of frequently asked ‘pre-packaged commodity’ un- kg pack thereof shall be exempt tract GST, it said. WITH PTI collection in the next five years. cles. “This is something which facing the industry.

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COMMONWEALTH B I R M I N G H A M Commonwealth of emotions: Breaking stereotypes, a novice’s dare,

GAMES, 2022 28 JULY- 8 AUG a desire to end poverty, a mother’s struggle and curious origins.

The Commonwealth of Irony ONLY @ CWG

The Games were pioneered by a Canadian sports Robinson offered $5000 to coax Australia to
send a team, and similar funds were given to
journalist due to perceived American arrogance, a few other countries like New Zealand who
arrived in the steamer “Aorangi’, picking up
but now seem a relic from a bygone era the Australians on the way. Scotland’s travel
expenses were paid by Scottish singer and
comedian Henry Lauder.
prime minister, then tried to end a civil war, Eight countries were roped in with travel
SRIRAM VEERA but would die, shot dead at close range. subsidies but strangely, Britain was un-
JULY 17 With his head slumped to his chest, with moved. They were worried on two fronts: fi-
hundreds of hysterical watchers shouting nanceandthepotentialof theEmpireGames
THE GREAT irony about the ‘shootthem,shootthem’,Ifeajunareportedly overshadowing the Olympics. Robinson
Commonwealth Games is that Britain keptmutteringthathisdeathwouldnotstop shipped himself to England to persuade
nearly didn’t participate in the first-ever his fear that the federal troops would enter themandBritainwasin,raising8000pounds
edition, called the British Empire Games, in the city of Enugu, and they should still fight through a public appeal.
1930. Now, its existence itself is an irony in for a ceasefire. Hewas shot, andhewas right, InhisnewspaperTheHamiltonSpectator,
the post-colonial world of 2022, with a stale in a couple of hours, the federal troops had Robinson ran a plea to the patriotic hearts of EX COLONY BUT NOT A MEMBER
stench of a relic about it. invaded,andhisname,tilldate,remainscon- the citizens. A public notice ran thus: “…
But the story of its origin is a fascinating
tale of perceived American arrogance; one
troversial in Nigeria.
The third, at least for the Indian release of
Patronage of the Games should be consid-
ered in thelightof a duty.To bepitied indeed The US question
man’s, a Canadian’s, hurt that transformed the movie, could be a visual of a man driving isthemanwhoislackadaisicalinhisattitude
it into a grand vision; persistence during the anambulanceduringtheSecondWorldWar towards thissplendidventure.Thefireof pa- They were once a British colony but
Great Depression; jugaad; grace; and pride. in the UK. A close-up would reveal him to be triotism is not in him.” unlike most others, they aren’t a
It was all kickstarted by a sports journal- wrestlerRashidAnwar,whowonIndia’sfirst All the track events were sold out as peo- part of the Commonwealth Games.
ist but before we get to that remarkable man, medal in the event, a bronze at the 1934 ple heeded the call, shelling out 35 cents for
the Canadian scribe and athletics coach Games, the first time India participated. A boxing matches to $5 for a pass to all track THE NON-participation of the US, unlike
Melville Marks Robinson (popularly known railways worker from Lucknow, and known events.Nearly20,000turnedoutfortheopen- their neighbours Canada who are a
as Bobby Robinson), let’s play for his ‘swinging Boston Crab ing ceremony. Over a lakh watched the row- CommonwealthGamespowerhouse,hasof-

10 DAYS
potential scenes from the move’, he shifted to the UK af- ing events. The Games was a box-office hit. ten attracted a few curious questions. One of
trailer if a movie was ever made ter the 1936 Olympics, The 1930 Games was officially thrown the reasons, according to the Birmingham
on the Games. wrestling professionally and open by Canada’s Governor-General Mail, is war.

TO GO
Perhaps,threescenesmight died at Camden, London in Viscount Willingdon, who said, “The great- The Commonwealth is a group of 54 na-
play out. An overhead drone 1983,afewmonthsbeforeIndia ness of the Empire is owing to the fact every tions that were once part of the British
shot might whizz over a statue would win the cricket World Perry, the 2022 CWG mascot, at the gates of the Buckingham Palace . Reuters citizen has inborn in him the love of games Empire. The US became independent from
in Vancouver that captures the Cup in that city. and sports.” the UK in 1776, after 13 American colonies
dramatic moment from the1954 Games, fa- But without Bobby Robinson and his an- Perhaps, so. Every citizen has also an in- broke away and declared themselves a re-
mously known as The Miracle Mile, when noyanceat‘Americanarrogance’,noneof this 100mthatwentinthefavourof anAmerican cidedenoughwasenough.Madeawareofthe born desire for freedom. A year later, public, refusing to recognise the British
the leader John Landy looked over his left would have happened. when the Canadians thought there was no Englishman J Astley Cooper’s unexecuted Willingdon would be sent to India as the monarch as their head of state.
shoulder at the same instant when Roger doubt that their lady had won it. And to top plan to stage a ‘Pan-Britannic Festival’ of cul- Viceroy, and would come to be known as This – the need to recognise the king or
Bannister overtook him on his right, just a The Empire Strikes Back it all off, a direct insult by Avery Brundage, tureandsportinthe1890s,Robinsondecided the man who jailed Mahatma Gandhi and queen as the head of state – was a prerequi-
few yards out from the finish. Bobby’s annoyance began at the 1928 thetheninfluentialAmericanintheOlympic the time was ripe to put that into action. other Indian nationalists during the Salt site to remaining a part of the
Both finished under 4 minutes, once Olympics in Amsterdam. Robinson was cov- movement, to a Canadian team official. All Britain too needed it at that point. As Satyagraha. A pinch of salt that rocked the Commonwealth. However, after India be-
thoughtimprobable.Aphotographer,Charlie ering the Games as a journalist for Hamilton hell broke loose. sports historian Katharine Moore put it: Empire. came independent in 1947, it wanted to con-
Warner, who instinctively positioned him- Spectator from the city in Canada which Inhisdelightfulbook‘TheCommonwealth ‘Political domination in the world by Great Robinson introduced the concept of tinue being a part of the Commonwealth
self atthatexactspottocaptureoneof sport’s would subsequently host the first British Games: Extraordinary Stories Behind the Britain was a rapidly fading memory and it medal ceremonies on a tiered podium, an while also becoming a republic. This
great pictures, would become a legend. A Empire Games. He had served in the First Medals’, Brian Oliver notes that the newspa- was no longer the premier sporting power athletes village (over a dozen athletes were prompted the London Declaration of 1949,
statue based on that photo still stands in World War, was the manager of the national per Toronto Star wrote of ‘serious trouble either. The Empire needed the Games in put up in a room, at a school), used volun- which stated that ‘republics and other coun-
Vancouver. Landy would mine into biblical athleticsteam,andwasknownasan‘aggres- brewingbetweentheCanadianandUSteams, 1930toreconfirmandredefineitsunity.They teers to run the Games, and issued travel tries could be part of the Commonwealth.’
myths to say, “When Lot’s wife looked back, sive campaigner of agriculture’ in Canada between the Canadian representatives and could be seen as one step towards re-estab- grants for athletes. None of these existed at
she was turned into a pillar of salt. When I where he fought for the rights of individual the IOC’. At one point, Robinson vented his lishing its sagging prestige ... as the various the Olympics until then, and all of them Standing their ground
looked back, I was turned into a pillar of vegetable and fruits sellers against the price- anger at Sigfrid Edstrom, the IOC official who Empire countries matured and blossomed would be copied in its later editions. So, India continued to be a part of the
bronze!”Incidentally,itwasthefirstracethat cuts enforced by wholesale buyers. would bridge the presidency between Henri in their own right.’ Perhaps, the best tribute to Robinson’s Commonwealth – and thus, the CWG – even
had two athletes finish the mile-run under Robinson hadhisreasonstobefrustrated de Baillet-Latour and Brundage. “We know desire came a few years back in 2017 when though it does not recognise the Queen as its
four minutes. with the Americans at the 1928 Olympics theCanadiansaregettingtherun-aroundhere Teething problems Donald Trump reportedly showed interest headof state.Inthecaseof theUS,itwasseen
The second scene could well be a grue- where Canada even lodged an official com- and we don’t like it!”. With economies in a downward spiral in the British proposal to join the as a different case. “Since the USA practically
some sight. A grim close-up of bare-chested plaint. When Canada’s great runner Percy Not long after, a more serious fallout oc- everywhere, funding proved to be an issue. Commonwealth as an “associate”. The battled against a foreign ruling monarch,
high-jumper Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Nigeria’s Williams, who would decades later blow his curred between the two countries. With the Robinson asked the leaders of host city Games that started due to perceived their re-entry into the Commonwealth was
first international sporting hero at the 1954 ownhead with ashotgun,receivedhis100m economy crumbling during the Great Hamilton for $25000 to run the Games and American arrogance by a Canadian and unlikely,” the Birmingham Mail reported.
Olympics, facing a death squad. medal, they didn’t have the Canadian flag. Depression,Americawouldannouncetariffs awhopping$160,000toconstructastadium. which now feels like a relic of the past could In 2017, the Telegraph reported that the
After quitting sport, he co-led a military Then, the Americans were allowed to onCanadiangoods,triggeringatradewarand Things turned worse when the American well have an American standing on a US could become an associate member of
coup and according to the official version train on the track but the Canadians weren’t. strengtheningCanada’stieswiththeEmpire. stock market crashed. Commonwealth podium. The irony is blow- the Commonwealth but no step has been
though disputed, killed the country’s first A disputed judges’ decision in the women's A loyalist to the Union Flag, Robinson de- Other countries began to drag their feet. ing in the wind. taken in that direction since.

OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis

CROSSWORD 4796 DAY TODAY BY PETER VIDAL
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have to wait. your eye on the
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16 SPORT
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 SMITH WINS BRITISH OPEN
Cameron Smith staged one of the greatest back-nine charges ever
witnessed at a major championship, coming from four shots behind
to win the 150th British Open on Sunday as Rory McIlroy's major
drought continued. Smith carded a sensational final round eight-
under 64 that included a spectacular run of five consecutive birdies
from the turn to win. REUTERS

BRIEFLY
Babartonleaves
Testevenlypoised
Sindhu roars in Lion City
SingaporeOpentitle'justthestart'asIndianshuttlerfine-tuneshergamefortheWorldswithan impressivewinoverZhiYiWanginthefinal
Galle: Pakistan captain Babar Azam
pulled his side back from the brink
withacenturythathelpedthetouring right and from the near side of the court. It
side dig themselves out of trouble on SHIVANI NAIK was in grappling with that wild bird that
day two of the first test against Sri MUMBAI, JULY 17 Sindhu displayed her seasoned skill. The
Lanka on Sunday. With Pakistan on diagonal is always the longest leeway on a
148-9, the writing appeared to be on WHEN PV SINDHU grinned brightly post shuttle court, and playing across made
the wall as they appeared set to con- winning the Singapore Open defeating sense to keep the shuttle on a plausible
cedeahugeleadtothehomesideona Chinese Zhi Yi Wang, and refrained from leash.
turningtrack.Butarecordpartnership gushing, calling the Super 500 title “just the So, the power hitter Sindhu would fold
for the last wicket between Babar and start”, it signalled the most realistic perspec- away her unfettered attack and play the soft
NaseemShahputPakistanbackincon- tive from an athlete aware of belonging to touches - angled drops from mid-court with
tention as they conceded just a four- the higher echelons and firmly on the up- a veiled racquetface, pinpointnet exchanges
run deficit in the first innings. swing in confidence. - not one shot more than required, pushing
BRIEFSCORES: SriLanka1stinnings The onset of July and August has histori- Wang back one step at a time.
222 and second innings 36/1 (Oshada callyprovena harbinger of theformer World Matters level at 1-1, and twice with the
Fernando 17; Mohammad Nawaz Champion’s peaking at the biggest tourna- Chinese threatening to close down gaps at
1/12) leading against Pakistan 1st in- ments - whether the Olympics or Worlds. 11-12and14-16inthedecider,Sindhuwould
nings 218 all out (Babar Azam 119; And for someone who’s been in three World show precise shot selection and use more of
Prabath Jayasuriya 5/82, Ramesh Championship finals and one at the thetempereddropsandpushestowidenthe
Mendis 2/18) by 40 runs. REUTERS Olympics,aneasySingaporeOpenSuper500 gap once more. Prone to getting agitated if
victory could only count as a good injection gaps narrowed earlier, Sindhu would stay
IndiabowoutofFIBA of confidence,afive-match-weekpacedper-
fectly, before the real battles fetch up - this
cool as a cat, and then stamp her authority
inclosingout.Thatcomposurehasbeenlack-
AsiaCupafter3rdloss time at the Tokyo Worlds.
VIPcongratulatorytweetscannotdiscern
ing against bigger players, but that seemed
down to confidence, and nothing inherently
Jakarta: The Indian men's basketball between a Sunday spent downing a pugna- inhergame.AgainstWang,theIndianlooked
team suffered a huge defeat against cious 22-year-old Chinese in a fisticuff final well in control.
Lebanon, its third consecutive in the after a week of negotiating past pesky un- Titles like in Singapore have always
competition,toenditscampaigninthe seededopponentsandaSundaybattle-hard- been in Sindhu’s reach, though she has pri-
FIBA Asia Cup on a disappointing note ened, scar-riven and ice bath-soaked from oritised the big stage, high-intensity,
hereonSunday.Indialost63-104inits taking out fellow Top Tenners. She might not mounting-pressure tournaments like
finalGroupDmatchattheIstoraGelora have won a big title for three years now - not Worlds and Olympics over the circuit rig-
BungKarnoStadium.WinlessIndiafin- that Sindhu craved the smaller ones ever - PV Sindhu managed to stay strong in the key moments to come up trumps 21-9 11-21 21-15. AP marole. Three weeks back-to-back in
ished last in the four-team group. The but the swag of the World Champion from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore helped
topteamfromeachgroupadvancedto Basel, the muscle memory of rising to the her err and figure out corrections in her
thequarterfinals,whilethesecondand pinnacle scything stacked fields, is firmly in- ments, trained her peripheral vision to the with line calls and Hawk-Eye judgments, Smart gameplan closing-out game, and the title is best seen
third placed sides will feature in the tact in the towering Indian. flying bird’s whimsy idiosyncrasies better impacting her poise on court, and costing Zhi Yi Wang can beat the top names on as a smoothening of rough edges.
playoffs. India had earlier lost 47-100 A21-9,11-21,21-15victorywithtwolop- than at any tournament in 2022, at her matches even. her day (and their bad ones), but isn’t quite Granting it any more importance would
againstNewZealandbeforesufferinga sided games, and a decider that the World Singapore where she picked her first Super At Singapore, Sindhu was spot on with pickled in the craft of deception. Ratchanok be a disservice to Sindhu’s calibre and po-
59-101 defeat at the hands of No. 7 cleverly controlled at the clutch, 500 title. The decorated Indian has tra- her referrals through the week, and solidly Intanon has drilled holes in her game for a tential of winning the big ones of the sea-
Philippines. PTI pointed to settled nerves and a calmer court versed global arenas all these years, and not aware of shuttle flight. Even more impres- while now, and Sindhu used canny decep- son. Even the Commonwealth Games
presence, that sets her up nicely for bigger once complained about the a/c- induced sivewashowhercrosscourtgamewasneatly tion on her strokes to get her to fall short in ought to be seen, relative to the competi-
TTplayersruelackof battlesthat’lldemandshekeepherheaddur-
ing tricky phases of play. Not that Sindhu
drift ever costing her a match. As such,
Sindhu is India’s best all-court, all-condi-
curated to neutralise the drift. She eschewed
the straight, floating, baseline-kissing tosses
the forecourt as she was often found
stranded at the back.
tion on offer, as a box to be ticked for the
champion athlete, without going over the
psychologist atCWG needs reminding, but the title restores belief
she can lord over opponents, after some
tions player over the years, unfazed by
shuttle speeds. Perhaps from an itchy lack
and wildly transgressing smashes, and
smartly deployed the short cross, angled
The drift dictated not just the lopsided
individual game scores. It also nipped ex-
top once that happens. A five-time Worlds
medallist knows her stomping ground is
New Delhi: The absence of sports bruising losses in the past few months. of confidence, the last few tournaments drops from the forecourt to allow the shuttle travagances of hard hitting, as given half a the World Championship. Singapore was a
psychologist Gayatri Vartak from Metaphorically and literally, Sindhu since the Asian Championship had seen her to fall within bounds and not unnecessarily whiff, the shuttle would gladly stray along pitstop, albeit a validating one. “Just a start”,
India's 14-member table tennis con- read the winds, gauged the backline judg- wrestle and wrangle uncharacteristically tempt fate, playing to the tramlines. the lines, such was the drift from left to as Sindhu offered.
tingent for the upcoming CWG has

No medal, but vindication attained for Sreeshankar at Worlds

not gone down well with the play-
ers. Vartak, a former badminton
player, was on the list of players and
support staff for the Birmingham
Games but has not made the final set the tone for the upcoming in the national camp for over 10 years. I have
squad. Sharath Kamal, reigning na- ANDREWAMSAN Commonwealth Games. His Worlds cam- competed in the domestic circuit for many
tional champion Sreeja Akula and NEWDELHI,JULY17 paign should also erase the bitter memories years. I can see changes much faster,” says Kerley wins men's
Reeth Rishya said that Vartak's pres- that have been haunting him since Tokyo. Murali, a former triple jumper.
ence in the contingent would have LONGJUMPERMuraliSreeshankarwouldbe When Sreeshankar returned from a dis- Itwas a tough periodfor theduountilthe world 100m final
made a big difference. PTI a tad upset about not being able to produce appointing outing at the Olympics, he con- Federation Cup in April where they silenced
a jump anywhere close to his personal best templated quitting the sport and focussing their critics with a national record of 8.36m. Eugene (USA): Fred Kerley led an
Moudgilwinsbronze of 8.36m that would have certainly sealed
him a podium spot at the Oregon World
on his studies. The criticism, his father and
coach Murali says, got to the then 22-year-
Murali not only felt vindicated but regained
a spot in the good books of the federation
American clean sweep in the 100
metres final on Saturday, the first
atISSFWorldCup Championships. In the high drama long
jump final, China’s Jianan Wang, who was
old. In his debut Games, he could only man-
age a best jump of 7.69m and finished 24th
who now seemto haveconceded its best the
duo train together.
since 1991, to send the home fans
wild and give the sport's dominant
Changwon:India'sAnjumMoudgilwon sitting in the fifth spot till the penultimate in the heats. Murali Sreeshankar during the long “My fatherunderstandsmeandmybody nation a night to remember as they
abronzemedalinthewomen's50mri- round, snatched the gold away from Tokyo “Hecamebackandwasreadingallthepa- jump final at the World Athletics better than me. I have always had complete hosted the World Championships
fle3positionseventattheISSFShooting championMiltiádisTentóglouwithan8.36m pers,includingallthenot-so-nicethingswrit- Championships. Reuters faith in him and his decisions for me,” says for the first time.
WorldCuphereonSunday.Anjumshot leap in his final attempt. ten about him,” says father Murali in a lighter Sreeshankarwho startedtraining informally Kerley timed his dip perfectly to
402.9 in the final round to finish third. Sreeshankar, the only Indian male vein.Ittookalotofencouragementfromfam- under his father when he was just 10. He clock 9.86 seconds as Marvin Bracy
She had 100.7 in kneeling, 101.6 in jumpertoreachthefinalsatWorlds,finished ilyandfriendstopulloutSreeshankarfromthe But Sreeshankar and his father were wasn’t allowed to follow in his father’s foot- took silver and Trayvon Bromell
prone and 200.6 in standing position. seventh with a best attempt of 7.96m. In his mental slump he had fallen post-Tokyo. adamant. They continued their training in steps and take up triple jump as Murali felt it bronze, both with 9.88 seconds, but
Shehadqualifiedforthefinalsafterfin- fourth and sixth attempts, he measured 7.89 And if the Tokyo disappointment wasn’t Pallakad, Kerala after a month-long rehab at was an injury-prone sport. Bracyedgingitbytwothousandthsof
ishing sixth in the ranking round on and 7.83m failing to breach the 8m mark as enough, things got tougher when the the JSW facilities in Bellary. AFI’s removal of Murali generally keeps his cool with asecond.Therewas nothingbetween
Saturday.Germany'sAnnaJanssenwon he did during the qualification round. The Athletics Federation of India decided to re- Murali as an official coach meant that he Sreeshankar and doesn’t believe in a harsh the medallists once they were into
thegoldwhileItaly'sBarbaraGambaro 23-year-old can take heart from the fact that moveMuraliasSreeshankar’scoach.“Weare could no longer avail paid leave from Indian postmortemof eventswherethingshavenot their running, and with Bromell out
took the silver medal. Anjum had won no Indian male jumper has come this far at not happy with his coaching programme, Railways, his employer, to train Sreeshankar. gone their way. “He never scolds or speaks in lane eight and the other two side-
a silver in the 2018 Changwon World the World championships. first action is already being taken as we have “I always felt hurt when I was told that I tomeharshlyif Iperformpoorly.Hejustasks by-sidein threeand four itwasanim-
Cup. PTI A top-eight finish at Worlds proves that changed his coach,” AFI president Adille don’tknowanything.Istudiedinasportscol- me to forget it and focus on the next compe- possible finish to call. REUTERS
Sreeshankarbelongsattheelitelevelandwill Sumariwalla had bluntly put it. lege, studied under several coaches, and was tition,” says Sreeshankar.

Pandya provides balance, breathing space for Virat Pant paces his way to first
ABHISHEK PUROHIT
Shardul Thakur or Bhuvaneshwar Kumar,
the specialists can bat with more freedom
ers. In between, Livingstone also con-
nected, depositing two over the boundary.
ton, leads India to win
JULY 17 and take more risks at the top, in keeping But Pandya had the last laugh, revealing af-
with how the white-ball game is evolving ter the match that he was fine being hit for ABHISHEK PUROHIT In an indication of how well he
OFF THE last ball of his sixth over, Hardik around the world. a few sixes if it increased the chances of JULY 17 paced his innings, Pant took 71
Pandya bounced Jos Buttler and the And most importantly, a fit Pandya getting his wicket.
England white-ball captain accepted the means India’s T20 World Cup build-up is UNTILHIS24thdelivery,RishabhPanthadnot balls for his fifty, and just 35 to
bait. Buttler swung the ball high in front of ticking along. India will keep hoping that Rescue act hitasingleboundary.Andthefirstonewasan move to the hundred thereafter.
square from outside off, but Ravindra this hard-fought fitness holds going into Pandya’s batting on Sunday was as indicationthathehadhadenoughofreiningit
Jadeja’s elite athleticism ensured that he Australia. Pandya had bowled just four switched-on as his bowling was. When in. He charged out to Craig Overton, had a
not only sprinted to the ball from deep overs in five games in the 2021 T20 World England went short into his body, he did not heave, and outside-edged the ball past the cessivefourstobringIndiatothebrinkof vic-
square leg, but also held onto it after im- Cup, effectively playing as a specialist bats- hold backonthe pull.Whentheypitchedup, wicketkeeperforfour.Offhis27thdelivery,he tory,andthenteasedeveryonepresentatOld
pact with the turf. man; that is not what they want him to be, he was ready to take advantage of the vast would provide England a much bigger open- Trafford by tapping a single off the last ball
Jadeja’s spectacular take had given as has been made clear. vacant spaces at deep extra cover. ing. of the over. He reverted to typical Pant style,
Pandya his fourth wicket in the third ODI When Craig Overton zipped a lifter past He jumped down the track to Moeen Ali ending the game with a reverse-swept four
in Manchester - the first time the all- White-ball craft his outside edge, Pandya gave the bowler a and swung with all his might, so much so off Joe Root.
rounder has taken a four-for in ODIs, after In that regard, it was heartening that thumbs-up, and calmly played the next one that he was off the ground for an instant be- He has cracked the big-innings puzzle
which he proceeded to rescue India from Pandya sent down as many as seven overs late past backward point for a single. After fore completing the bat-swing and falling in Test cricket long ago. But the fine line be-
72 for 4 with his 71 off 55. Last week, in Manchester. The last time he bowled Reece Topley appealed unsuccessfully for backonthepitchtotryandmakehisground. tween attack and self-destruction that he
Pandya had taken only his second T20I more was March 2021 and the last time he caught-behind down the leg side, Pandya Fortunately for him, and unfortunately for straddles in the longer format has proved to
four-for in Southampton, right after hitting bowled his full quota in an ODI was in the replied with a rocket of a straight drive for England, Jos Buttler had failed to collect the be finer, and harder to sustain, in white-
51 off 33. 2019 World Cup semi-final. His workload’s four. He has this ability to consign the pre- ball. He was on 18 then. ball cricket. We see this a lot in T20, where
been steadily building up since he bowled vious delivery to history in an instant, and It has been somewhat incongruous that he can go into a bit of a shell and then sud-
Balancing the combination Hardik Pandya took four wickets and a solitary over in his comeback match then immediately hit back hard. Pant had already scored five Test hundreds, denly try to break the shackles, only to give
Since his comeback to the national team scored 71 runs to help India to victory against South Africa in Delhi last month. There was an incredible reflex back-foot and had managed none across ODIs and it away.
in June, against South Africa, Pandya has in the third ODI against England. AP At Old Trafford, a majority of Pandya’s de- punch off Livingstone that hurtled past ex- T20Is. After the reprieve from Buttler, he Not that it couldn’t have happened on
instantly shown just how much India were liverieswereeithershortorjustshortofagood tra cover and had such good timing it beat would go on to correct that anomaly in Sunday, but he put that Buttler chance be-
missing him, especially in his fit-and-fir- length.OnlyMohammedSirajhadfoundsome the sweeper’s dive into the rope; it also left Manchester on Sunday, hammering an un- hind him and applied himself to the task at
ing avatar. He provides just the right bal- mier pacer Jasprit Bumrah too much at Old movement with the new ball; Mohammed the bowler scratching his head in disbelief. beaten 125 off 113 deliveries that gave India hand. Not as eye-catching as the late vol-
ance to this unit, the value of which goes Trafford. Even if it is something as basic, but Shamihadgoneforplentywithhisfulllengths, By the time he fell to Brydon Carse, the ODI series over England 2-1. In an indi- ley of boundaries, but perhaps more im-
well beyond the crucial breakthroughs he critical, as putting in a reliable second- in search of early swing. Pandya saw that and Pandya had gone at a strike rate of nearly cationof howwellhepacedhisinnings, Pant portant, were the calm dabs square of the
regularly provides or the runs he scores. change spell after the opening bursts from altered his strategy. Not that Pandya cannot 130 and had outscored and outpaced took 71 balls for his fifty, and just 35 to move wicket and the hard running between the
And no other all-rounder that India pos- Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, Pandya movetheballaround–hehasaTestfive-forin Rishabh Pant. That rarely happens, and to the hundred thereafter. wickets with Pandya. Even when he was
sess has been able to calibrate the team- has stepped up to that role too. England – but he uses his varied short balls when it does, it requires something special. Pant first revived India from 72 for 4 in a squeezed for width, he found a way to ro-
combination scales in white-ball cricket Similarly, on the batting front, his name smartly in white-ball cricket. 133-run partnership with Hardik Pandya. tate the strike, like when he hit the ball
with such finesse; about that, there re- - and Jadeja’s - on the team sheet means Pandya played on Liam Livingstone’s BRIEF SCORES: England 259 all out in 45.5 After the all-rounder fell with another 55 hard into the ground and got it to bounce
mains absolutely no doubt. that much more buffer for the preceding ego in Manchester. His first spell of four overs (Jos Buttler 60, Jason Roy 41; Hardik needed, Pant proceeded to absolutely flat- over point.
Pandya’s presence has allowed India a specialists, and that much more breathing overs had gone for a mere two runs, so he Pandya 4/24, Yuzvendra Chahal 3/60) lost to ten England. Having played the situation – A maiden white-ball hundred in a chase
decent amount of cushion if one of the space if one or more of them is out of form, could afford to concede a few for another India 261 for 5 in 42.1 overs (Rishabh Pant as Pandya would say later – all along and to seal an away series; as Pant said after the
bowlers goes on to be expensive. It also did like Virat Kohli is at the moment. With gen- wicket. He had Livingstone swinging and 125 not out, Hardik Pandya 71; Reece Topley turneditaroundforhisteam,Pantdecidedto game, “Hopefully I remember (this century)
not let them feel the absence of their pre- uine all-rounders around instead of a missing, ducking and fending his bounc- 3/35) by five wickets. havefun;hecarvedDavidWilleyforfivesuc- for the rest of my life.”

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