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Joint drug controllerheld by CBI in briberycase, Biocon Biologicsexecutive also bookedMazumdar-Shaw, firmrejectcharge:Meetingminutes inpublicdomain

DEEPTIMANTIWARYNEWDELHI, JUNE20

THECBIMondaydetainedaJointDrug Controller of the CentralDrugs Standard ControlOrganisation (CDSCO) and theDirectorofaDelhi-basedprivatecompany while they were al-legedlyexchangingbribemoneyof Rs4 lakh.The agency also booked

three others including anAssociate Vice President ofBioconBiologicsLtd,acompanyfounded by KiranMazumdar-Shaw,claimingthatbribemoneywasbeingpaidtogetregulatory

clearanceforaninsulininjectionmanufactured by the company—achargeMazumdar-ShawandBioconBiologics rejected.Officers of the CBI identified

the detainedmen as S EswaraReddy, Joint Drug Controllerposted at theCDSCOheadquar-ters in New Delhi, and DineshDua, Director of SynergyNetwork IndiaPvtLtd.Theothersbookedinthecase

are L Praveen Kumar, AssociateVice President and Head-National Regulatory Affairs ofBioconBiologicsLtd;GuljitSethialias Guljit Chaudhary, Directorof BioinnovatResearchServices

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ARMY ISSUESNOTIFICATIONFORRECRUITMENT

Armed Forces chiefswill briefPM today on Agnipath scheme

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU,NEWDELHI,JUNE20

THECHIEFSof thethreeservicesare to brief Prime MinisterNarendraModi Tuesday on theAgnipath short-term recruit-ment scheme for the armedforces, official sources saidMondayafter theArmyissuedanotification for compulsory on-line registrationbyaspirants.TheAgnipathschemehasled

toprotestsinseveralpartsof thecountry.Speaking in Bengaluru

where he dedicated a slew ofconnectivity,education,health-care and research projectsMonday,thePrimeMinistersaidsometimes decisions may notseem right at the first instance

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JIGNASASINHANEWDELHI, JUNE20

FOLLOWING THE arrest of twomendescribedas“shooters”andanassociatefromGujaratbytheDelhi Police’s Special Cell for al-legedly killing Punjabi singerSidhuMoosewala, officers saidonMonday that one of the ac-cusedwasintouchwithCanada-basedgangsterGoldyBraratthe

timeof the incident lastmonth.Among those arrested from

Kutch on Sunday, SpecialCommissioner of Police H G SDhaliwalidentifiedPriyavrat(26)

asthealleged“mainshooterandheadofthemodule”thatgunneddownMoosewala. Sources toldThe Indian Express that after theincident,PriyavratsentamessagetoBrarsaying“workisdone”.They said Priyavrat’s associ-

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NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIANNEWDELHI, JUNE20

LIEUTENANTGENERALBSRaju,ViceChief of theArmyStaff, saidMonday that the Agnipath re-cruitmentschemehasbeen“wellthought out”, and if any tweaksarerequired, theywillbecarriedoutattheendoffourorfiveyears.In an interviewtoThe Indian

Express on the day the Army is-sued a notification for compul-sory online registration of allAgnipath job aspirants, Lt GenRaju said the scheme, as beingrolled out now, is a “pilot proj-ect”. He said Agnipathmarks a“fundamental change” in re-

cruitmentintothearmedforcesand there is “a need” for all to“absorb thechange”.The VCOAS's remarks come

in thewake of violent protestsagainst theAgnipath scheme indifferent parts of the country.Youth who have been waitingsince2020 to join the forces—afreeze on recruitment was im-posed that year—havebeenonthe rampage against the new

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MoosewalawaskilledonMay29

LieutenantGeneralBSRaju

BUSINESS AS USUAL

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EXPRESS INVESTIGATIONPART 4

Mostof themsaytheirpoliticsdelinkedfromtheiracademic inputs

SOURAVROYBARMANNEWDELHI, JUNE20

WHENTHENational EducationPolicy (NEP) was launched in2020, itdidn’t elicitmuchparti-san attack. Largely insulatedfrom ideological pull and push,it set the roadmap for reforms,some of whichwere rolled outrecently: from a common en-tranceforadmissionstouniver-sities to four-year undergradu-ateprogrammes.In one area, though, a place

for politics has beenmarked atthe table: restructuring of theNationalCurriculumFramework(NCF)forschools—thefirstsuchexercise since the ModiGovernment came to power in2014 and the fifth sinceIndependence.

Fromanational co-convenorofSwadeshiJagranManchtothechief of Vidya Bharati, 24mem-berswithRSSlinks,someofthemservingfunctionaries,figureinatleast 17of 25NCFnational focusgroupsworking on curriculumchanges, an investigation by TheIndianExpresshasfound.

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At table reworkingschool curriculum:24 with RSS links

Focusgroupswillguideschoolcurriculum.AmitMehra

Main shooter held in Moosewala case,was in touch with Goldy Brar: Police

JAYMAZOOMDAARNEWDELHI, JUNE20

TO FREE its forest departmentfrom devoting toomuch time,resources,andeffortsinfightingillegal mining in the NationalChambalSanctuary,theMadhyaPradesh government has pro-posed to open 292 hectares formining in five stretches onChambalanditstributaryParvati

rivers. Sand mining has beenbanned in the sanctuary since2006.InaDecember2021proposal

submittedtotheUnionMinistryof Environment, Forest, andClimate Change (MoEF-CC), thestate said opening up the fivestretches wouldminimise theconflictwithillegalminers,gainlocalsupport,andfetchrevenuefrom royalty, one-fourth of

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U.P. COPS:WILL SENDRECOVERYNOTICESTOPROTESTERS FORPROPERTYDAMAGEMOREREPORTS, PAGE5

THESTATEgovernment’sproposal is a tacit accept-anceof its inability tocurbor stop illegalmin-ing. Evenwith this, pro-tectionof Chambal’swildhabitatwould requireef-fectiveenforcement.

Strictwatchneeded

To end illegal mining, MP plans to makeit legal in parts of Chambal sanctuary

Manyreformsmaynotseemright inshort term,benefitswith time:Modi

Agnipath a pilot, tweaksif needed after 4-5 yrs,says Army Vice Chief

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New Delhi

Armed Forcesbut paydividends over time."The path of start-ups and

innovationisnoteasyandcom-fortable and it has not beeneasy to put the country on thepath to rapid development inthe lasteightyears.Manydeci-sions and many reforms maynot seem right in the shortterm, but with time the coun-try experiences the benefit ofthe reform,"Modi said."Onlythepathof reformcan

take us to a new vision andgoals. We have opened thespace and defence sectors toyouths after only the govern-ment had authority over thesesectors for years. From dronestoaircraft tocutting-edgetech-nology, youths are being en-couraged. From ISRO to DRDO,we are telling youths to linktheirvisiontoworld-class facil-itiescreatedbythegovernmentand test their ideas,'' he said."In the last eight years from

100 start-ups, over 70,000start-upshave comeup,''Modisaid, citing this as an exampleof the capabilities of the youthin the country."During the Covid period,

youths in Bengaluru helpedpeople all around the world.Bengaluru showed that if gov-ernmentsprovidefacilitiesandinterferetotheminimuminthelivesof people, then there isnolimit towhatyouthscandoandthe heights to which they cantake the country,'' he said."TheBharatof the21st cen-

tury is theBharatofwealthcre-ators, job creators, and innova-tors.Beingtheworld'syoungestnation is the real strength ofBharatandthis isour tradition.To promote this strength, con-stant efforts have been madebut it has had limited results.But Bengaluru has won overthis culture,'' he said."There isalsoa lotofdiscus-

sionon the start-upecosysteminIndia,ofwhichBengaluruisabig centre. In the last eightyears,a lotofprogresshasbeenmade. It is evident when welookatthenumbers. Inthepre-vious decades, the number ofbillion-dollar companies thatwere createdcouldbecountedon the fingers but in the lasteight years,more than 100 bil-lion-dollar companies havecomeup,andeverymonthnewcompanies are joining them,''he said."The strength of Bengaluru

is that it teaches people to alsochange their mindsets includ-ing thosepeoplewhoview theprivate sector of India and pri-vate enterprises with disre-spect.Thestrengthof thecoun-try and the ability of crores ofpeoplearebelittledbythepeo-plewhoareobsessedwithpol-itics,''Modi said.He inaugurated and dedi-

cated to the nation severalprojects worth over Rs 33,000crore during his visit Mondayinwhat isseenasan infrastruc-ture push ahead of the statepolls that are scheduled for2023. Among the key projectsfor which a foundation stonewas laidwas a Rs 15000 crore,148-km suburban rail projectfor Bengaluru that hadbeen inthe works since the 1980s.Modi promised to give theprojectwings in 40months.

Army Vice Chiefscheme that will take in onlylimitednumbers, anddoesnot

assureapermanent job,orpen-sion and health benefits forthoseexitingthethreeservicesafter four years."The methodology of re-

cruitment, percentages of re-tention-extension, anything ofthatnature, if there isarequire-ment to be tweaked, it will bedone at the end of four to fiveyears, oncewe have some rea-sonable data. Right now, wehaveapolicythathasbeenwellthoughtthrough,andwhichweare implementing," Raju said.Askedwhythearmedforces

hadnotcarriedoutapilotproj-ect that would have providedthisdataearlier,hesaid:"Whatwe are doing is actually a pilotproject... the rate at which it ishappening, yes, it is deemedasapilotproject.Wemaynothavecalled itapilotproject.But this,it'sawork-in-progress.Sowhatwe are doing is actually somekindof apilotproject, butwithvery clear timelines put inplace. The government has re-peatedly said that they areamenable to modificationsbasedonour experience."Hesaidhewouldnotbeable

to predict what exactly mightbe tweaked. "Based on our ex-perience of this, of the four tofive years, necessary changeswill be brought about. (Thetweaks)couldbeonanyfront."Raju said changes to regi-

ments would take place in a"very slowmanner" and therewas no plan to do away withhomogenous units right away."Wearenotinahurrytochangeanything along these lines," hesaid, responding to criticismthat the 'All India, All Class' re-cruitment would underminethe cohesiveness of fightingunits, sofarbuiltonhomogene-ity of personnel.He dismissed the sugges-

tionthatthespateofannounce-mentsafter thepolicyhadbeenannounced for the re-employ-ment of ex-Agniveers -- 10 percent reservation in CentralArmed Police Forces; 10 percent in Coast Guard andDefencePSUs; twoyearsrelax-ation in the upper age limit;preference for Agniveers insstatepoliceservices--indicatedthat the policy had not beenwell thought out."Idon'tagreewithyourcon-

tentionthat it seemstobe(pol-icymaking) on the fly. Becausetheonlychangeandannounce-ment that has taken place isfrom 21 to 23 years, all othersaresomeofferswhicharecom-ing from different establish-ments to givemore strength tothe programme that has beenannouncedbythegovernmenttotakecareof the75percentofthe peoplewhowould be exit-ing. So it is an add-on to whatthe government already hadthoughtof (providing),"hesaid.This includesapackageofRs

11.71 lakh Seva Nidhi tax-ex-empt financial package, in ad-ditiontotheRs11.72 lakhashispay for four years. "So, a youngboycominginat18yearsofage,after four years goes backwitharound 24 lakh rupees," Rajusaid. The government has alsosaid an ex-Agniveer can take aloanof Rs18 lakhover aperiodof three years, using the SevaNidhi package as a collateral."Soafter that,wethought--

andwe still believe -- that he'sgotmultipleopportunitiesout-side. It is designed not for giv-inghimapension at the endoffour years, it is designed to

make him amore capable boy.Themore capable ones are re-tained within the system, thebalanceof peoplewith a tonneof skills of varied kinds, basedonwhether he has come to in-fantry, to EME, Signals,Engineers, each one has comeinto the system, he gets auniquesetof skills . So for thesepeople,wesaidthatthiskindofmoney will give him a secondoption, a secondary option toeither study --he goes fromClass 10 to Class 12 (at the endof four years). They also givehim amultiple skilling certifi-cate as per the NSQ (NationalSkillsQualification)Format .So,which puts him in place to getontothenextphaseof life.Andbefore, (we thought) that wassufficient. Now there is newfeedbackthathascomeintotheenvironment, that he needs agovernment job. But that wasnottheaim,theaimwastoskillhimandputhim into the envi-ronmentwherehefindsmulti-ple opportunities in front ofhim, to be an entrepreneurhimself,"Rajusaid indefenceofthe scheme.The implementation was

going to be slow, he pointedout, with 40,000 this year, thesamenumber in2023, increas-ing to 45,000 in 2024 and50,000 in2025."So the number of

Agniveerswhoarecomingintothe system is going to be verysmall. Along theway, if there'sany tweaking required to bedone,wewill do it. So in an in-fantry battalion of 880 people,at the endof four yearswewillhave 120 (Agniveers). So in asection,wemay have only oneto two persons.That is the rateof change.Fouryears fromnowis the first timethat75percentof theAgniveerswillbeexiting.Sowehave time to learn alongtheway,andwewillmakenec-essary changes," he said.Rajusaidtheschemewas"a

fundamental change" in re-cruitment. "So, there is a needfor all of us to absorb thechange. It is to give (a youngperson)anopportunitytoservethe nation for four years andexit anddo somethingmore. Itis not an end in itself," he said.Rejecting the charge that

thiswouldturntheArmyintoafinishing school for impartingskills toClass10graduates,Rajusaid this was a "wrong" inter-pretation."It isnotthatwearegoingto

givehimsomeextratrainingorextra skill which is outside thejobhe's doing. So ifwehave an(Agniveer) as an EME boywhois expected to maintain vehi-cles. That is captured as a skill,so at the end of it he wants tostart aworkshopof his own, orhecangetemployedasasuper-visor in a workshop, those op-portunities open," he said.Rajusaidacapof50percent

ofAgniveers inthecompositionof the Armywould ensure bal-ance.Theremaining50percentwould be the "permanentforce",whichwouldcomefromthe 25 per cent hired fromevery four-year batch ofAgniveer.TheVCOASsaidthenumber

of Agniveer recruited could goupto1.30lakhperbatch,whichmeans that thenumbers in the25percentre-hiredwouldalsogoupproportionately.

Drug controllerPrivateLimited,Delhi;and,CD-

SCO Assistant Drug InspectorAnimeshKumar."It was alleged that the ac-

cusedwastryingtoexertundueinfluence on officers of CDSCO(Central Drugs StandardControl Organisation) underDirectorate General of HealthServices, Ministry of Health &FamilyWelfare (GOI), Delhi towaive the Phase III trial of'InsulinAspart Injection',"aCBIspokesperson said."It was further alleged that

theaccusedagreedtopaybribeamountofRs9 lakhto JDC,CD-SCO for favourably processingthe said three files related toprivate company based atBangalore and also forfavourably recommending thefile of 'Insulin Aspart injection'to the Subject ExpertCommittee(SEC)meeting," thespokesperson said.CBI officers claimed a trap

was laidandReddywascaughtallegedlyacceptingabribeofRs4 lakh from Dua. "Searcheswereconductedat11places lo-cated at Delhi, Noida,Gurugram, Patna, Bengaluruwhich led to recovery of in-criminating documents/arti-cles," a CBI statement said.CBI officers claimed

Bioinnovat Research ServicesPrivateLimitedhadbeenaskedto get regulatory clearance forthe Biocon product.Bioinnovate, in turn, engagedSynergy Network to get theworkdone,theofficersclaimed."Dua,whonegotiatedandpaidthebribe, is Synargy'sDirector.Both Reddy andDua are underdetention and are being ques-tioned," a CBI officer said.KiranMazumdar-Shawand

Biocon Biologics rejected theCBI claims.Mazumdar-Shaw said, "We

denythebriberyallegations.Allourproductapprovalsare legit-imate and backed by scienceandclinicaldata.OurbAspart isapproved in Europe andmanyothercountries.Theregulatoryprocess in India isonlineandallmeeting minutes are in publicdomain."A similar statementwas is-

sued by the spokesperson ofBioconBiologics. “Allourprod-uct approvals are legitimateandbackedbyscienceandclin-ical data. Our bAspart is ap-proved in Europe and manyothercountries.We followdueregulatory process for all ourproductapprovalsbyDCGI.Theentire application process inIndia is online and all meetingminutes are in public domain.Wearecooperatingwiththein-vestigation agency,” thespokesperson said.

Moosewala casethe“secondshooter”.Thethirdarrested accused, KeshavKumar, allegedly received theshooters after the murder, thesources said.Priyavratwaspreviously in-

volved in two other murdercases, in 2015 and 2021, whileJhajjar resident Kashish waswanted in another murdercase, the police said. Keshavhas a criminal record, too, in-cludingalleged involvement inamurder case in 2020, the po-lice said.The accused were arrested

near Mundra port in Kutch onSunday morning following apolice raid at a rented apart-ment where theywere hiding,officers said.Kutch(west)policesaid the

DelhiPoliceteampickedupthethree accused from Baroi vil-lage. “They came to Mundraaround aweek ago in search ofwork andhad taken a roomonrent in Baroi,” said HardeekTrivedi, Police Inspector,Mundra.Six “shooters” have so far

been identified by the DelhiPolice Special Cell, which isquestioning jailed gangstersLawrence Bishnoi, Kala Ranaand Kala Jathedi in connectionwith the Moosewala killing. Atotal of 16 gangmembers andleaders have been arrested bytheDelhiPoliceandotheragen-cies in the case.Moosewala was killed on

May29athisvillage inPunjab'sMansa by assailantswhoway-laid the vehicle hewas drivingandopened fire, killing himonthe spot. Brar and Bishnoi hadtaken responsibility for themurder on socialmedia.Accordingtopolicesources,

the preliminary probe has re-vealed that Brar and Bishnoihadplannedthemurdertotakerevenge for the killing of AkaliDal leader Vicky Middukhera.The two gangsters allegedlysuspectedthatMoosewalaandhismanagerhadhelpedtheas-sailants who gunned downMiddukhera.In the Moosewala killing,

police sources said, the shoot-ers were seen in CCTV footagerecovered from a petrol pumpnear the spot. Theywere spot-ted in Fatehgarh right beforethe incident, they said.“The murder was well

planned. The men had con-ductedreccearound9-10timesin theweeks before the killing.They roamed around differentroutes to note Moosewala’smovement. They were notaware of his security arrange-ments, and were waiting forhim to be alone,” the sourcessaid.

“Their aim was to killMoosewala. For this, they hadmountedgrenade launchers inreserve and were ready tothrow grenades as well.However, Moosewala diedwithinminutesof firingandtheadditional weapons weren’tused,” the sources said.According to sources, the

police also found that the ac-cused had bought uniforms topose as Punjab Police officersbut didn't use them and de-cided towearmasks instead.Dhaliwal said: “All teamsof

the Special Cell worked roundtheclocktotrackdownthesyn-dicatemembers.Wehaveiden-tified six of the shooters. Twomodules were involved in themurder.OnewasinaBolerocar,which was driven by Kashish.Theotherswere inaCorollacarin which assailants JagdeepRoopa and Manpreet Mannuwere travelling.”In the Bolero, sources said,

Priyavrat and other alleged ac-cused Ankit Sirsa and DeepakMunde were in the back seat.According to police,Mannu al-legedlyfiredthefirstburst fromtheCorolla atMoosewala’s car.Thishaltedthesinger'svehicle,they said. From the other side,the shooters in theBolero thenshot the singer, they said.Themen later left inanAlto

for different hideouts, sourcessaid.Accordingtothepolice, they

found weapons and ammuni-tion inHaryana’sHisar in raidsconducted after Sunday's ar-rest, including eight grenades,nine electric detonators, an as-sault rifle, three pistols and agrenade launcher.On June 8, the Special Cell

alongwithMaharashtra Policehad arrested another associatenamed Siddhesh Kamble fromPunjab. He was allegedly in-volvedinplanningtheincident.

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which could be used tostrengthen protectionmeas-ures.Additionally, the proposal

soughttomakethecontractorsofthesoon-to-belegalquarriesresponsibleforcheckingillegalminingonadjacent sanctuarylandfourtimestheirleasedar-eas, failingwhich their leaseswould be terminated.Denotifying 292 hectares formining would bring 1,168hectares under the miners’protection.TheMadhyaPradeshforest

department, records show,started working on the pro-posalonJuly13,2021,adaybe-fore transferring the then su-perintendent of NCS whomadeheadlines for seizing78vehicles engaged in illegalquarryingand facingmultipleattacksallegedlyfromthemin-ing mafia during her three-monthstint.Recordsshowthedenotifi-

cation proposal was movedthrough the office of ShashiMalik, then AdditionalPrincipal Chief Conservator ofForests (Gwalior). Asked if themovewasnecessitatedby theescalated conflict with themining mafia, Malik said:“Neither did I ask for the pro-posalnordidImakeanyobser-vationonit. Icannotcomment

further.”“This is apolicydecisionof

thegovernment.Openingale-gal window tomeet local re-quirements shouldminimisethepressureof illegalmining,”Jasbir Singh Chauhan, chiefwildlife warden, MadhyaPradesh, told The IndianExpress.Thestandingcommitteeof

theMoEF-CC’sNationalBoardfor Wildlife (SC-NBWL) hasconsidered the proposal at itslasttwomeetingsonMarch25andMay 30. A committee setup by the SC-NBWL to exam-ine the proposal visitedChambal last week. “We haveseentheareasandwillsubmitour report before thenext SC-NBWLmeeting,” said NBWLmemberHSSingh.Spread across three states,

National Chambal Sanctuary(NCS)runsalongatotalstretchof 435 kmof Chambal and itstributary Parvati in MadhyaPradesh. An important birdhabitat, NCS is home to thecriticallyendangeredgharials,river dolphins,mugger croco-diles and several rare turtlespecies.In its “justification” for the

proposal, theMadhyaPradeshgovernmentnoted thatover4lakh locals directly dependedon various resources of theNCS.Theyfarmalongtheriver,extract river water for irriga-tion, practice sustenance andcommercial fishing, andquarry sand — activities thatcandestroythenaturalnestinggrounds of gharial, mugger,and turtles.“Due to the absenceof any

legal quarries on Chambalsince2006,illegalsandminingpersisted in the sanctuaryarea,” the proposal said. Thethreesandquarriesallowedin1999,notedtheproposal,wereshut down following anorderby the Gwalior bench of theHighCourtofMadhyaPradeshin2006.Since “illegal mining has

become amajor commercialactivity” in the area, the pro-posalunderlinedthatuphold-ing the nistar — concessional

access tonatural resources forlivelihoodneeds—rightsofthepeoplewhileensuringconser-vation of biodiversitywas the“responsibility of the govern-ment”underthepoliciesoftheCentre.Therefore, the Madhya

Pradesh government pro-posed to denotify fivestretches (see chart) that itclaimed were already dis-turbed by mining and nolongerusedformating,breed-ing or basking by gharials,muggers, dolphins, turtles oranymigratorybird species.To curb illegalmining, the

state proposed strictermoni-toringofvehiclescarryingsandbymarking themwith regis-tration numbers, barcodingthe royalty receiptswith timeanddestination, anddevelop-ingamobileapplicationforon-the-spotverification.Not everyone is con-

vinced. “Suchmeasures havenot stopped rampant illegalmining in Chambal due toweakenforcement.Ourexpe-rience in the neighbourhoodtells that every legalmine al-lows a dozen illegal ones inthevicinity tomanipulatepa-pers and move their load aslegal material,” said conser-vation biologist DrDharmendra Khandal.

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APURVAVISHWANATHNEWDELHI, JUNE20

UNDERLININGTHEneedforpo-litical engagement in a democ-racy, Supreme Court judge DYChandrachudsaid that theapexcourtcannotandmustnottran-scend its rolebydeciding issuesrequiring the involvement ofelectedrepresentatives.“It is true that the Supreme

Court of Indiamust protect thefundamental rights of personsand perform its constitutionalduty. That would not only be adeviationfromitsconstitutionalrolebutwouldnotserveadem-ocraticsociety,whichat itscore,must resolve issues throughpublic deliberation, discourseand the engagement of citizenswith their representatives andtheConstitution,”hesaid.Justice Chandrachud was

speaking at King’s College inLondononthe topic “Protectinghuman rights and preservingcivil liberties: The role of courtsinademocracy”.He also said that thinking of

theSupremeCourtasa“one-stop

solutiontoresolvecomplicatedis-suesofpolicyandsociety”isare-flection of thewaning power ofdiscourseandconsensusbuilding.“The growing litigious trend

inthecountryisindicativeofthelack of patience in the politicaldiscourse. This results in a slip-pery slopewhere courts are re-garded as the only organ of theState for realisation of rights —obviating the need for continu-ous engagementwith the legis-latureandtheexecutive,”hesaid.“The fulfilment of the ideals

of ourConstitutionandthepro-tections guaranteed under itcannot only be achieved by ex-ercisingourroleascitizensonceeveryfiveyears.Theremustbeacontinuousengagementwithallthe pillars of democracy,” headded inhis closing remarks.Justice Chandrachud’s re-

marks on political engagementare significant as he is in line tobe the Chief Justice of India inNovember thisyear for aperiodof two years, duringwhich the2024 Lok Sabha elections willalsobeheld.

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ABHISHEKANGADRANCHI, JUNE20

■ “MISCREANTSHADplanned toat-tack the temple to instigate riots onreligious lines”■ “Miscreants planned to kill police(personnel),threwstonesatthem,at-temptedtosnatchtheir firearmsandfired60-80roundsbullets”■“Police fired five roundsof teargasand several rounds in the air to dis-perse thecrowd”■“Policecarriedoutasearchafterthesituationwas controlled, but no onewas found injured.”Thesearesomefactsgleanedfrom

fiveFIRsfiledbythestateattwoRanchipolicestationsontheJune10violence.Twopersons—Mudassir, 15, and

Sahil,21—werekilledfrombulletin-juries,allegedlyreceivedinpolicefir-ing. Eight others, including a police-man,sustainedbulletinjuriesandarecurrently being treated at RajendraInstituteofMedicalSciences,Ranchi.ThemainFIRisbasedonthecom-

plaint of Circle Officer Amit KumarBhagat,whostatedhewasoutonpa-trolling on June 10 and saw that aprotesthadstartedafter2pm.TheFIR

quotedBhagatthattherallywastakenoutwithoutpermissionandthecrowdsoonbecameaggressive. Itsaidpolicetried to stop thembut the crowd of8,000 to 10,000 people threw stonesandgatherednearHanumanMandir.They “targeted police and attacked[them]withstones”,theFIRmentions.ThecasehasbeenregisteredatDaily

MarketpolicestationundervariousIPCSections, includingforrioting,attempttomurder,assaultonpublicservant,andacts intendedtooutragereligiousfeel-ings; Arms Act; and Prevention ofDamagetoPublicPropertyAct.Police had said they registered a

total 25 FIRs against 22 people. TheIndianExpressaccessed22ofthese25FIRs toget thedetails.TheFIRsaid: “Upadraviyondwara

poorvaniyojityojnaanusarmainroadsthit HanumanMandir ko bhi lakshitkardharmikdanga failanekeuddesyaselagataarpatharbaziki jaanelagi. (Ina planned manner, miscreantswanted to target the HanumanTempletoinstigatereligiousriotsandcontinuedstone-pelting).”Thecrowdhad also attacked police or govern-mentaswell asprivatevehicles.According to the FIR, the mob

broke the police blockade in an “at-

tempt toclimbonthe temple”.“Is kram mein ugra bheed evam

upadrawiyondwarapolicebalpar jaanmaarnekiniyatselagataarkairoundfir-ing bhi ki gayi….Unmaadi bheedmeinshamilkainavyuvakdyutimeinkaryaratpolice karmiyon ko pakad kar unkesarkari hathiyaar chheennne kaprayasbhi kiyagaya (In thisprocess, themobandthemiscreants firedonthepoliceinanattempttokillthem…manyinthecrowdeventriedtosnatchweaponsofpolicepersonnel),”theFIRstated.Aftertheviolence,anotherFIRwas

registeredatDailyMarketpolicesta-tion based on ASI Sumit Bhagat'scomplaint on illegal protests. A thirdFIRwasregisteredatthesamestationagainst four persons for performing‘kirtans’ even after CrPC Section 144was invoked in thearea.ThefourthFIRisbasedonthecom-

plaint byASIMadanMishraof LowerBazarpolicestationthatmobsshoutedslogansandgotintoascufflewithcops.Itnamed17accused,andisidenticalastheFIRatDailyMarket. The fifthFIR isbasedoncomplaintofSIJitendraSinghBistofLowerBazaarstation—itstatedthatthemobalsotargeted“passersby”.


EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE20

AT LEAST 18 people arrested inconnectionwith the protests inKanpurandPrayagrajagainsttheremarksontheProphetmadebynow-suspended BJP leadershave been transferred to differ-ent jails in thestate.A jail official said eight ar-

restedaccusedhavebeenshiftedout of Kanpur jail and 10 fromPrayagraj’sNaini jail. “The shift-ing of the accused to other jailsin the state has beenmade onthe basis of intelligence inputsandonadministrativegrounds,”a senior jail official said.Among the 10 accusedwho

have been moved out ofPrayagraj’sNainijailincludedac-tivistMohammadJaved. Javed'shouse was demolished byPrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority following his arrest.He too has been shifted toChitrakoot district jail, sourcessaid.Atotalof97people, includ-ing five minors, were held inPrayagrajfortheJune10protests.

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Mob fired 60 rounds...had plannedto kill cops: FIR on Ranchi violence

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STUDENTS WHO had beenadmitted to Modern SchoolBarakhamba Road against theeconomically weaker section(EWS) quota and are in class XInow have been asked to payoverRs67,000infeesforthefirstterm of this academic year,prompting the parents to get alegalnotice issuedtotheschoolauthorities.According to the provisions

of the Right to Education Act2009,allprivateschoolsinDelhiare required to reserve 25% ofseatsforEWSanddisadvantagedgroup (DG) students during ad-missions at the entry level, andcompulsorilyprovidethemfreeeducation till the completionofclassVIII.Modern School is one of the

400schoolsinthecitywhicharebuilt on land given to them bypublic land-owning agenciessuch as the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority. These schools hadbeen allotted land at conces-sionalratesontheconditionthattheywould provide free educa-tion to EWS children. The DelhiRight of Children to Free andCompulsory Education Rules,2011, states that these schools“shall continueto fulfil theirob-ligation for providing free ele-mentaryeducationandtillcom-pletion of secondary/ seniorsecondaryeducation,asthecasemaybe...”Alegalnoticehasbeenissued

totheschoolbyadvocateAshokAgarwal onbehalf of 14 classXI

studentswhowereadmitted totheschoolagainstEWSseats.Theparentsofthesechildren

received messages from theschoolearlierthismonthaskingthem to clear pending feesamounting to Rs 67,385 for thefirst termof the2022-2023aca-demicsession,fromApriltoJuly.Principal Vijay Datta did not

respond to repeated calls andmessages seekingacomment.Whencontacted,aDelhigov-

ernmentofficialfromtheeduca-tion department said: “This isnot allowed.Wewill take cog-nizance of this and the schoolwill be issued a notice. Schoolssetuponpubliclandhaveanob-ligation.”Theparentof oneof the stu-

dents said this is the first timetheyhave receiveda request forfees from the school. “My childhas been studying in the schoolsincenursery,andeveninclassesIX and X there was no such re-quest,butwereceivedthismes-sagearound10daysago.Thefeeis not affordable forme, I workasa tailor,” said theparent.

Retd Armymen, cops clarifydoubts on Agnipath schemeNew Delhi: A press conferencewas held onMonday with po-lice personnel and retired sol-diers, inorderto“clarifyvariousdoubts regarding the Agnipathscheme”.In attendance were ADCP

Gautam Buddh Nagar Ranvijay

Singh, and retired veteransColonel R K Bhushan, Colonel SK Bohra, Colonel ShailendraSingh, Colonel I P Singh, andColonel S K Shrivastava. Theyalsocondemnedviolentprotestsinseveralstatesbythosedissat-isfiedwith thescheme.ENS

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IIT-Dstationtobedevelopedasmulti-modalhubbyPWDNew Delhi: The PWD isplanning to develop thespace outside the IIT-DelhiMetrostationintoamulti-modalhub,saidof-ficials. “The IIT road seesheavytrafficduringpeakand non-peak hours.Several auto rickshawsand shared autos on thestretch also add to thecongestion. So, the PWDhasdecidedtousetheva-cant land under its juris-diction, and develop itinto a multi-modal hubwithseparatefacilitiesforpedestrians,vehicles,andcyclists,” saidanofficial.

YouthCongworkersheldfor‘obstructingtrain’:PoliceNew Delhi: 16 YouthCongressworkerswerear-rested Monday for al-legedlyobstructingatrainat Shivaji Bridge railwaystation during a protestagainst the Agnipathschemeandtheinterroga-tionofRahulGandhibytheEnforcementDirectorate.

MandetainedinJNUprof’sabduction&assaultcaseNewDelhi: Days after anassistantprofessorof JNUwas allegedly abducted,physically assaulted androbbed by a group of un-knownmen, police de-tained a man. “We arequestioninghimandlook-ing for two more sus-pects,”saidapoliceofficer.

Manheldforstealing1,206pairsof jeansNew Delhi: A man hasbeenarrestedforallegedlystealing 1,206 pairs ofjeans from a laundryworkshop in Outer dis-trict’s Baprola on June13.Police said the accused,Sanjeev (22), allegedlycommittedthetheftalongwith his brother who isabsconding.ENS

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE20

THEDELHIgovernment is set tocommence admissions to itsfully co-educational residential'sports school', equippedwithtraininginfrastructureandfacil-ities for10Olympic sports,withtheaimto"identifyandnurtureexemplary sports talent" fromacross thecountry.ThisDelhi Sports Schoolwill

operateforclassesVItoXII.Itwillbemanagedby theDelhi SportsUniversity,whichwasestablishedbyaBillpassedinthestateassem-bly in2019, andwill beaffiliatedwith Delhi government's DelhiBoardofSecondaryEducation.Thereare10sports forwhich

trainingwill be provided in the

school: archery, athletics (trackand field), badminton, boxing,lawntennis,shooting,swimming,table tennis, weightlifting andwrestling. The school has beenenvisionedasafeederschoolforthe sports university to "scoutandgroomsporting talent fromearlyages tocreatea talentpoolfortheDelhiSportsUniversity"."Delhi Sports Schoolwill ac-

cept students from all over thecountry. Through this uniquesports school, our governmentaimstoidentifyexemplarysportstalent... and nurture them.Wewill trainstudentstobecomein-ternationalsportschampionsandOlympiansinfuture,"saidDeputyChiefMinisterManishSisodia.Admissionswill beginwith

talent scouting in various states.Accordingtoofficials,candidates

will first have to register on theschool'sonlineportal,afterwhicha pre-screened list of studentswillbepreparedbasedon'merit'.Thesestudentswill becalled fortalent scouting camps in theirstates where they will have toundergo tests formotor ability,speed, endurance and agilityalongwithtestsfortheirchosensports. The next step in the ad-missionprocesswillbeselectiontrials inDelhi,whichwill be fol-lowedbymedicalexaminationsof theshortlistedcandidates.Candidates for admission in

classesVIIIandIXwillhavetose-lecttheirprimarysportbasedontheir professional performancerecords.However,candidatesforclasses VI andVIIwho have notperformed professionally buthave'potential'canoptforanyof

the remainingsports."Studentswillbetrainedun-

der the guidance of specialisedcoaches and will be assessedcontinuously on sports trainingand performance…Apart fromworld-classsportscoachingandfacilities, the school will have asportssciencecentreandathletemonitoring system to enhancesportsperformancethroughsci-entificmeans…Thisholisticap-proachofcreatinganend-to-endsportsecosystemthroughsportsscience, world-class infrastruc-ture,trainingandcurriculumwillalsoaddressmentalhealthissuesthat sportspersons face whilebalancingtheir sportingcareersand academic requirements informaleducationsystems,"saidDelhi Sports University Vice-ChancellorKarnamMalleshwari.

Capital set to get anew prison in NarelaEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE20

LONG-PENDING plans to builda new prison in Narela have fi-nally gained momentumwitha 40-acre parcel of land beinghanded over to the prisons de-partment.There are three prisons in

Delhi at present, Tihar,MandoliandRohini.Officials said the to-tal capacity of the three com-plexes is 10,026 persons but19,669convictedandundertrialprisonersarehoused in theseatpresent.Sources said Lieutenant

Governor Vinai KumarSaxena,whoisalsothechairper-son of the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority(DDA),orderedtheau-thority to handover the land al-lotted for the jail on June 8 andreport compliance in a week’stime. The land parcel was

handedoveron June15.Theprisonsdepartmentfirst

paid the DDA Rs 7.79 crore in2003, with a request to allotland to build another prisoncomplex, officials said. Sourcessaid the matter was pendingsince2018becauseofunsettledpayments issues between thetwodepartments.“In 2018, DDA raised a re-

vised demand for Rs 128 crorefor landidentifiedinNarela.Thepayment was made byprisons department in 2020.Subsequently, DDA raised thedemandofRs29.88croreas in-terestondelayedpaymentfromJuly 2018 to March 2020.Meanwhile, DDAmoved a pro-posal for relocation of alreadyallotted land for theDistrict Jailapart fromDistrictCourt,PoliceLine and Police TrainingInstitute.TheL-Goverruledthisproposal for reallocation...,” anofficial said.

Rs 5,000 fine onvehicles plyingwithout highsecurity plateGAYATHRIMANINEWDELHI, JUNE20

VEHICLES INDelhi foundplyingwithoutHigh-SecurityNumberPlates (HSRP) or with stickerspastedonnumberplateswillbeslappedwith a fine of Rs 5,000,said officials from the transportdepartment.The department will start a

specialdriveonTuesday,aspartof which enforcement officerswill bedeployed to checkviola-tions. Actionwill also be takenagainst dealerswho supply un-registeredvehicles,officialssaid.According to officials, the

HSRP was introduced in 2012-13 and was made mandatoryfor all new vehicles. In April2019, the government made itmandatory for old vehicles inDelhi aswell.“TheHSRPisvery important

as it helps in identifying stolencars. Police have also crackedseveral criminal caseswith justtheplate. But the transportde-partment has observed thatseveral unregistered vehiclesareplyingwithoutHSRP.Toes-cape from police, they evenpaste stickers saying ‘IND’ ontheir number platewhich is il-legal. Also, there are many ve-hicles which have fancy num-bers inscribed in regionallanguages. From tomorrow, ifany unregistered vehicle isfound plying on roads, wewillissue a challan of Rs 5,000 un-der the drive,” said a seniortransport department official.Similar action and fineswill

be imposedonvehiclesnotdis-playing registrationmarks, offi-cials said.

Thedifferencebetween theHSRPandtheoldnumberplateis that the new ones aretamper-proof, made of alu-minium, and come with non-reusable locks. Officials saidthat one cannot easily removethe locks, and if broken, it hasto be reinstalled.“The HSRP also has

chromium-based AshokaChakraontheleftwith‘IND’andthe vehicle identification num-ber is laser encoded which iseasy to scan and difficult totamperwith. Thenumber platealso has the engine number,chassisnumber,andregistrationnumber, throughwhich policecan easily identify the owner.Othernumberplatesareeasytotamper with and difficult toidentify once stolen as they canbereplaced,” said theofficial.Thedepartmenthasalso is-

suedanSOPtoall enforcementofficers on implementing ac-tion against vehicles found vi-olating norms.“Each team will record by

photograph/video of registra-tion plate not being displayedto preserve evidence of suchviolation. Theywill also ascer-tain the name and address ofvehicle dealers who suppliedthe unregistered vehicles,”read the SOP.It has further askedenforce-

mentteamstoprepareadailyre-port of the number of vehicleschallaned/impounded and tosubmitittothecontrolroomandheadquarters. A weekly reportmust also be submitted to theoperation branch for actionagainstvehicledealerswhosup-ply unregistered vehicles, offi-cials added.

JIGNASASINHANEWDELHI, JUNE20

DAYSAFTER a 25-year-oldmanwas arrested for allegedly as-saulting and raping an eight-year-old at her home inSoutheast Delhi, police havefound that the accused is HIV-positive and had deliberatelytried to “spread” thedisease.The accused, a labourer, re-

centlyshiftedtoarentedaccom-modationwheretheminorliveswithhermother.OnJune14,thegirlwasaloneathomewhenhetargeted her.When hermotherreturned fromwork, she foundbitemarksonherbody.Theyre-ported thematter to police andwere sent to AIIMS formedicalhelp.DCP(Southeast)EshaPandey

had earlier said, “Wewere toldthemanshiftedtothehouse2-4days before the incident. Using

technical surveillance, his loca-tion was traced to a relative’shouse in Palwal and hewas ar-rested.”Medical tests showed he is

HIV positive and police sourcessaidhe told themhewas awareof this. Speaking to The IndianExpress on Monday, the girl’smother said shemight have toquit her job as she is worriedabout her daughter. “We don’tknowalot,butthepolicesaidmydaughtermightbeinfectedwithAIDS... Shedoesn’t stepoutany-more and cries all night. Shedoesn’t want to stay alone any-more but I need to go out andearn. Nobody elsewill supportus,” shesaid.The mother and daughter

hail from Bihar and shifted toDelhiafterthevictim’sfatherlefta few years ago and marriedsomeone else. Thewoman saidshe plans to send her daughterback toBihar.

Man accused of rape withintent to ‘spread HIV’

NCPCR seeks action onPathak for ‘using minorsin bypoll campaign’

Total VacantHOSPITAL BEDS 9,491 9,291ICU BEDS 2,130 2,066

CORONAVIRUSIN THECAPITAL

VACCINATIONS INLAST24HOURS14,533

NOIDAJune 19 June 20

Cases N/A N/ADeaths N/A N/AGURGAONCases 319 N/ADeaths 0 N/A

PATIENTS INHOSPITAL: 241OXYGENSUPPORT 62VENTILATORSUPPORT 10

DELHI TOTALCASES19,23,149

Cases Recoveries Deaths TestsJune19 1,530 1,104 3 18,183June20 1,060 1,221 6 10,506Total 5,375* 18,91,536 26,238 3,88,87,014*Total active cases inDelhi

MAHENDERSINGHMANRALNEWDELHI, JUNE20

PRIYAVRAT ALIAS Fauzi, theallegedmainshooterinthemur-der of singer SidhuMoosewala,received a consignment ofweaponssent fromPakistanviadrone,initialprobebythepolicehas revealed. The consignmentincludedeight grenades, anun-der-barrel grenade launcher,nine electric detonators and anAK-47.Theweaponswereacon-tingencyplanincasetheyfailedtoshootMoosewala.Police said Priyavrat was

hiredbyCanada-basedgangsterGoldy Brar in April and got Rs 4lakh fromhim.Sources in the Special Cell

said the quality of all therecovered weapons suggeststhey were made abroad. Thegrenades are designed for usewith grenade launchers thatcan be mounted on AK-47 as-sault rifles.“Priyavrat, during question-

ing, said hewas evading arrestin amurder case from Sonepatwhen one of his old associates,Monu Dagar, approached him.Dagar had been approached byGoldy after another contractkiller supposed to targetMoosewala, Sharukh, was ar-restedbytheDelhiPolice.GoldyspokewithPriyavrat via anappand offered a hefty amount tokillMoosewala.Heassuredhimsupport in the form of othershooters, logistics and accom-modation,” a senior police offi-cer said.PolicesaidPriyavratattended

an Army school in Pune, buteventuallygotaddictedtodrugsand got into the life of crime inSonepat. He also told the policethathewenttoPunjabinthelastweek of April and stayed in arented accommodation in a vil-lage forRs5,000amonth.“He disclosed that they

had deployed men outsideMoosewala's house and weretrackinghismovements.Hismen

also interactedwith the singer'ssecurityguards.Heclaimed thatonMay27,Moosewalacameoutfromhis house in his SUVwith-

outhissecuritypersonnel,buttheaccusedweren'tpreparedwhentheopportunitypresented itself.Hisassociate,Kashish,alongwith

histwoothersevenfollowedtheSUV,butMoosewalathenheadedtoacourtroomandleftinadiffer-entcar,”anofficersaid.

Moosewala was shot deadnear Mansa on May 29. Sincethen,policeinseveralstateshavemadeaspateof arrests.

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SACHINBISHNOIClaimstobeBishnoi’snephew.Based inDubai,heclaimstohaveshotthesingerhimself

VIKRAMBRARBased inDubai,heisallegedtohavehiredshooters forRs3 lakheach.AnoldBishnoihand

GOLDYBRARBased inCanada,gangsterandBishnoiaidereleasedvideotakingcredit forhit

PAWANBISHNOIDeliveredBoleroused inthecrimeandprovidedhideout toshooters

NASEEBFaces thesameallegationsasPawanBishnoiofprovidinglogistics to theaccused

SANDEEPSINGHOndirectionsofGoldyandSachin,hewenttoMoosewala’sresidenceonthedayof themurderandtrackedhismovement.Hepretendedtobeafan,clickedaselfiewithhimandpassedoninformationtotheshooters

CHARANJITSINGHTransferredweaponstotheaccusedandprocuredfakenumberplates for thevehiclesused inthecrime

PRIYAVRATMainshooter,allegedlyheadedmodulethatgunneddownMoosewala.Policesayhewas intouchwithGoldyBrarat thetime

KASHISHSecondkeyshooterwhoworkedalongsidePriyavrat, residentofJhajjarwithacriminal record

MANPREETSINGHAccusedofprovidingCorollavehicle toanotheraccused,ManpreetBhau, touse inthecrime

MANPREETBHAUDeliveredthecar totwoallegedshootersprovidedbySarajMintu

SARAJMINTUDirectedBhautoprovidethecar totwoofhismen

PRABHDEEPSIDHUIn January,GoldyBrarsenthimtoprovideaccommodationandlogistics tomentoconductarecceof Sidhu’s residence

MONUDAGARProvidedtwoshootersandhelpedassembleteamtocarryout themurder

KESHAVKUMARReceivedPriyavrat,Kashishandothersafter themurder, tookthemtoandfromMansawheremurderwascommitted

SANTOSHJADHAVPune-basedgangsterwasarrestedfromKutch,accusedofbeinginvolved inthemurder.Policesayhechangedhisappearanceafterwardstoevadearrest

LAWRENCEBISHNOITheallegedkingpinof theSidhuMoosewalamurder,hewas inTihar Jailat thetime.Hisnamehascroppedupinseveralmurderandextortioncases

Three key aides of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, working fromDubaiandCanada, planned and orchestrated singer SidhuMoosewala’smurder, recruitingmen from India who conducted recce formonths. A look at the intricate network of gang leaders andmembers who carried out the hit

KeyMoosewala shooter gotweaponsconsignment fromPak, probe finds

CRAWLINGAttheNoidaborder,Monday. Inviewof theBharatBandhcalledagainst theCentre’sAgnipathscheme,DelhiPolicemadespecial trafficarrangements inandaroundthecity inanticipationofheavytraffic jams.TrafficcongestionwasreportedontheDelhi-NoidaDirectflyway(DND)side,AshramandBadarpurborderaswell.OntheGurgaonside, commuterswerestucknearVasantKunjandVasantViharduetoheavytraffic.GajendraYadav

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE20

THE NATIONAL Commissionfor Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has asked Delhi PolicetotakelegalactionagainstAAP’sRajinderNagarbypollcandidateDurgeshPathakoverallegationsthatminorswere roped in dur-ingcampaigning.Ina letter fromNCPCRregis-

trar Anu Chaudhary to police,shesaidthecommissionhasre-ceived a complaint fromDelhiBJPpresidentAdeshGupta.“Avi-ralvideo...showsminorchildrenbeing used for paid labour fordistributing pamphlets, pastingposters, hanging banners and...participating in campaign ral-lies,”itstates.“...TheCommissionthereby requests you to investi-gatethematterurgentlybylodg-ing an FIR against accused per-son(s), at once. An ATR alongwith copy of FIR be sharedwiththeCommissionwithin3daysofreceiptof this letter,” itadds.NCPCR chairperson Priyank

Kanoongohasalsowrittentothe

ChiefElectionCommissionersay-ingthatsuchanactisprimafaciein contravention of theModelCodeofConductandinviolationof Section 75 of the JuvenileJustice (Care and Protection ofChildren) Act, 2015, Child &Adolescent Labour (ProhibitionandRegulation)Act,1986,Article21 (Right to Life) & Article 23(Right to protection from forcedlabour) of the Constitution oflndia, relevantSectionsof IndianPenalCode,1860.Police said an FIR has been

filed against unknown personsundersection75ofJJActandsec-tion14of theChildLabourAct.Gupta, on Saturday, had de-

manded that the child rightsbody and the ElectionCommissiontakeactionagainstthe “AamAadmiParty,which isusinginnocentchildrentocam-paign” for its candidate.Pathak responded: “Who

cares about future of childrenwill be visible after seeing thecondition of Delhi governmentschools and BJP-ruled MCD’sschools. As far as the notice isconcerned,wewill reply to it...”

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NOT many of us are aware thatmental and physical wellnessare very closely related. Main-

taining a balance between the two isthe key to being holistically healthy. Toachieve this, you need to adopt yoga asyour mantra for life.

Yoga, an ancient Indian practice, hasmany interesting facets to it. One, it’s asport in itself. This is the reason behindthe Union Government’s decision topromote yoga as a competitive sportwithin the country to spread awarenessabout its benefits and spiritual back-ground among the youth.

In fact, the National Yogasana SportsFederation of India (NYSFI) was recentlyestablished with the intention of pre-serving and developing yoga as a com-petitive sport.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit thecountry and the ensuing months of lock-down became a way of life for most ofus, people began practising yoga athome, realising its many benefits to theiroverall well-being. With sports clubs,stadiums and gymnasiums closed, evenathletes and sports icons turned to yogato maintain their physical and mentalhealth in these times of great distress.

A regular yoga practice can help inimproving flexibility and reducing per-formance anxiety among sportspersons.Most athletes practise yoga on a regularbasis to improve their performance.Practising yoga before a sports eventhelps the players achieve a mind-bodyconnection and reduces their anxiety.

With deep faith in the power of yogato restore the body’s lost equilibrium,Prime Minister Narendra Modi first pro-posed the idea of an International Day ofYoga at the United Nations General

Assembly, on September 27 2014.Recognising its universal appeal, the

United Nations, on December 11, 2014,proclaimed June 21 as the InternationalDay of Yoga by a 69/131 resolution.TheInternational Day of Yoga aims to raiseglobal awareness of the many benefitsof practising yoga. International YogaDay celebrations is celebrated in India,the USA, Canada, Europe, the MiddleEast, China,Australia, and Pakistan.

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HARIKISHANSHARMANEWDELHI, JUNE20

MORE THAN half the Centralgovernment departments havenot submitted details of ex-Servicemen (ESM) recruited bythem,asalsothereasonsfor theshortfall in filling these vacan-cies, according to records.Neitherdidmorethanhalfthe

departments attend a top-levelmeetingcalledtomonitorimple-mentation of the ReservationPolicyofESMinCentralcivilserv-ices & posts (CCS&P), banks,Centralpublic sectorenterprises(CPSEs)andCentralArmedPoliceForces(CAPFs),scrutinyofofficialrecordsreveal.The records show that offi-

cials of 48of 77Central govern-mentdepartments(62percent)did not attend the June 2meet-ing, chaired by Secretary, Ex-ServicemenWelfare (ESW), todiscuss “means to enhance therepresentationofESMinCentralCivil Services&Posts (CCS&P)”.The meeting called by the

reservationmonitoringcelloftheDirectorateGeneralResettlement(DGR),under theDepartmentofEx-servicemenWelfare(ESW),ofthe DefenceMinistry, was sup-posed to be attended by liaisonofficers appointed by variousministries/departments. Themain aim of the meeting wasmonitoring the implementationof reservation policy of ESM inCCS&P,banks,CPSEsandCAPFs.Themeeting,whichtookplace

at theSouthBlock,wasattendedbyJtSecy(ESW)PudiHariPrasad;MajGen SharadKapur, D-G (R);Cmde Atul Dewan, PrincipalDirector (DGR); aswell as liaisonofficersofvariousministries.Among thosewhich did not

attend themeeting are the de-partments of Commerce,Agricultural Research andEducation, Atomic Energy,Chemicals and Petrochemicals,CivilAviation,CorporateAffairs,

DefenceCivil,PublicEnterprises,Road Transport and Highways,Law and Justice, Ports ShippingandWaterways,UPSC, etc.During the meeting, the

Secretary, Department of ESW,evendrewparticipants'attentiontowards the absence of officialsfromseveralministries/depart-ments.He said thenextmeetingwillbeheldwithCCS&Psthathave“notnominatedliaisonofficerstilldate,andliaisonofficerswhohavenot attended any meeting” —whethervirtualorphysical.Thedateof thenextmeeting

wasnot specified.While officials of nearly 60

percentCentralgovernmentde-partments did not attend themeeting, almost an equal num-ber did not share informationabout vacancies for ex-Servicemen, and thenumber ofESMsrecruitedby them.The record shows the reser-

vationmonitoring cell at DGRhadcirculateda ‘format forhalf-yearlyreport’toallministriesanddepartments, seeking detailsabouttheirtotalstrengthofper-sonnel (both total andESM); to-talnumberofdirectrecruitmentvacanciesinthisperiod;totaldi-rect recruitment vacancies au-thorised for ESM;direct recruit-ment vacancies reserved forESM; number of direct recruit-mentvacancies filledduringtheperiod—total andtheESMboth;shortfallinfillingvacanciesoftheESM; overall strength and per-centage(totalandESM);andrea-sonsforshortfallinfillingtheva-canciesof ESM.Recordsshow45of77depart-

mentsdidnotsharetheinforma-tion onhiring of ex-servicemenuntilMay 15. These include de-partments of Atomic Energy,AgricultureandFarmersWelfare,Agriculture Research andEducation, Food and PublicDistributionandCorporateAffairs,andEx-servicemenWelfare.



EVEN AS protests against thegovernment’s Agnipath policyfor recruitment in the armedforces are yet to die down com-pletely, the Army took the leadamong the services and issuedits notificationMonday for in-ductionofsoldiersunderthere-cruitment scheme.Themandatoryonlineregis-

tration begins in July, accordingto thenotification.It saidtheserviceof soldiers,

or Agniveers, “commence fromthedateofenrolment”,andtheywill “form a distinct rank in theIA [IndianArmy],different fromanyotherexisting ranks”.“With introduction of this

Scheme, the enrolment ofSoldiers in the regular cadre of[Indian Army], except technicalcadresofMedicalBranch,willbeavailableonlytothosepersonnelwho have completed their en-gagement period as Agniveer,”thenotificationstated.The basic eligibility criteria

includes clearing class X withminimum45percentaggregatemarksforgeneralduty;clearingclassXII inSciencewithPhysics,Chemistry, Maths and Englishwith aggregate 50 per cent fortechnical units; and class VIIIwithaggregate33percenttobe-come eligible for AgniveerTradesmen.While the age limit will be

17-and-a-half years to 21 years,as announced last week, therewill be a two-year relaxation intheupperage limit for thisyear,raising it to23year.The notification said that

“Leave, Uniform, Pay &Allowances during the serviceperiodof fouryearswill begov-ernedbyordersandinstructionsinrespectof suchindividuals is-sued” by the government.Agniveerswillbe“liabletobeas-signed any duty in organisa-tional interest, as decided fromtime to time”, and they can be“posted to any regiment/unitandcanbefurthertransferredinorganisationalinterest”,itstated.After their four-year tenure,

a “detailed” skill-set certificate

will be provided to theAgniveers,highlightingtheskillsand level of competenceachieved “during their engage-ment period”, the notificationmentioned.ItsaidaClassXIIcer-tificate or its equivalent will begiven to those who had joinedthe Army after clearing Class X,“basedonskills attained”.“Detailed instructions shall

be issuedseparately,” it added .The Agniveers will be dis-

charged after four years butbasedonorganisationalrequire-ments, the notification said,those“completingtheirengage-ment period in each batchwillbeofferedanopportunitytoap-ply for enrolment in the regularcadre”oftheArmy,whichwillbe“considered in a centralisedmanner by the Army based onan objective criteria, includingperformance during their en-gagementperiod”.It stated that “notmore than

25% of each specific batch ofAgniveers”willbeenrolledinreg-ularcadreof theArmyaftertheirfour-yearengagementperiod.Those enrolled as regular

cadreswill serve for another 15years.TheywillbepaidbetweenRs 30,000 and Rs 40,000 — 30per cent of this amountwill bedepositedunder the SevaNidhipackage; the government willcontribute the same amounteachmonth. Agniveers will getthismoney, incometax-free,af-ter completing their four-yeartenure. Each Agniveer will alsohave a Rs 48 lakh insurancecover.

ANISHADUTTANEWDELHI, JUNE20

THEONGOING protests againsttheAgneepathschemehassofarimpacted612trains,with602ofthemcancelled and10partiallycancelled, according to theRailwaysMinistry.Amongcancelledtrains,223

aremail and express trains and379 are passengers trains. Fourmail/express trains and sixpas-sengertrainswerepartiallycan-celled, itwas informed.Theworst-affected zonehas

beentheEastCentralRailways—headquarteredatHajipur,Bihar,itcomprises Sonpur, Samastipur,Danapur, Pt Deen DayalUpadhyaya,andDhanbadrailwaydivisions.Around350trainsinthiszoneremaincancelled,includingthosethatpassthroughit.Northeast Frontier Railways

(NFR)cancelledatleast26trainsduetoviolentprotestsandfloodsat several places in Assam, anNFR official said. Many trainshave been short-terminated,short-originated, diverted orrescheduled, theofficial added.Besides the trains cancelled

onMonday, another five havebeencancelledforTuesday,NFRchief public relations officerSabyasachiDesaid.

Cong leadersmeetPresident KovindMeanwhile,adelegationof sen-iorCongressleadersMondayap-proached President RamNathKovind and demanded the roll-back of what they called a“poorly conceived” Agnipathscheme.The Congress leaders also

sought initiation of “breach ofprivilege” proceedings over the“vicious attack” of the DelhiPolice on partyMPswhowereprotestingagainsttheED’sques-tioning of Rahul Gandhi in theNationalHeraldcase.

Armyaspirantsandfarmersprotestagainst theAgnipathrecruitmentschemeatMakroli tollplaza inRohtakonMonday.ManojDhaka

AGNIPATHSCHEME:REGISTRATIONSTARTS INJULY

THEARMY’Smoveto is-suethenotificationfor in-ductionof soldiersunderAgnipathsignals that thegovernmenthasnoplanstorollbacktheshort-servicerecruitmentschemeandiskeentoseethat thefirstbatchofAgniveerswillbe intrain-ingbytheendof thisyear.

GoingfullsteamaheadE●EX

PLAINED Over 600 trains

cancelled so fardue to protests,says Railways

Army sets ball rolling, issues notification


UTTAR PRADESH Police onMonday said the state govern-ment will recover damages forthedestructioncausedtopublicand private properties by theprotesters during the violentprotestagainsttheCentre’snewmilitary recruitment scheme –Agnipath.“Recoverywill bemade from

people who will be found in-volvedintheviolence,”AdditionalDirectorGeneral(LawandOrder)PrashantKumarsaidhere.Duringtheprotestsin14dis-

tricts since Friday after theCentreunveiledthenewrecruit-ment scheme, youth protestersdamagedtrains,busesandvehi-cles and set themon fire at sev-eralplaces.Several private and govern-

mentpropertieswerealsodam-aged in stone-pelting, policesaid.Policehavesofarregistered

49FIRs,andarrested525people,with 145 booked for breach ofpeace.Sourcesinthepolicesaidthat

theyinitiallyadopteda“lenient”approach towards theAgnipathprotesters.“The strategy was changed

afteranti-social andpolitical el-ements got involved in theprotests... We had to then takestrict steps by registering FIRsand arresting the culprits,” saidaseniorpoliceofficer.

Goa to reserve postsPanaji:GoaCMPramodSawantonMondaysaidhisgovernmentwill reserve posts for Agniveersin its administration.In a social media post,

Sawant said he had informedDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh"thatGovernmentofGoahasde-cided to provide reservation to'Agniveers' in recruitment ofstate police, forest, fire & emer-gency services, prisons, healthandelectricitydepartment.”


APUBLICInterestLitigation(PIL)filed in the Supreme CourtMonday has challenged the‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruit-ment toarmedforces.The plea by Advocate M L

Sharma sought quashing of theJun 14, 2022 notification issuedby the DefenceMinistry claim-ingit is“illegal,unconstitutionaland ultra vires to theConstitutionof India, beingalsovoid in the interestof justice”.Theplea said that by issuing

thenotificationthegovernment“contratotheconstitutionalpro-visions,withouthavingapprovalin the Parliament andwithoutany gazette notification…quashed century-old army se-lection process and imposed”the scheme. It also referred toprotests against the scheme indifferentpartsof thecountry.

Scheme illegal,must be quashed:PIL in top court

Officials skippedtop-levelmeetonjobpolicyheldbyDG-Resettlement

Over 50% govt deptsfail to report hiringof ex-Servicemen

State will recover damagesfrom protesters: UP police

New Delhi

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY, JUNE21,2022

EXPRESSNETWORKWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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SOURAVROYBARMANNEWDELHI, JUNE20

THEOPPOSITION’Selusivesearchfor a “true custodian of theConstitution” ahead of the elec-tion for the next President haslanded in troubledwaters,withall three candidatesproposedsofaroptingout.On Monday, former West

Bengal Governor GopalkrishnaGandhi became the third pro-posed face, besides NCPsupremo Sharad Pawar andNational Conference presidentFarooq Abdullah, to decline therequestof the jointOpposition.Byquittingtheracejustaday

before the second round of dis-cussions, convened by Pawar atParliament Annexe, Gandhimadethetaskall themorediffi-cultfortheleaders.“Havingcon-sidered thematter deeply, I seethat theOpposition’s candidateshouldbeonewhowillgeneratea national consensus and a na-tional atmosphere, besides

Oppositionunity.Ifeeltherewillbeotherswhowilldothisfarbet-ter than I. And, so, I have re-quested the leaders to give theopportunity to such a person,”Gandhi said in awritten state-mentreleasedtothemedia.Thereweresignsofaconsen-

susdevelopingaroundGandhi’sname,withevenparties suchasAAPhinting that itmight be ac-ceptabletothemduetohisillus-triouscareerstraddlingtheworldofdiplomacyandacademia.“Theideawasalsotofocuson

thefactthatheistheMahatma’sgrandson,” one Oppositionleader involvedinthetalkssaid.“In 75th year of Independence,

thatwouldhavesentoutapow-erfulmessage, especiallywhenthe forcesbehindthemurderoftheFatheroftheNationaremoreemboldenedthaneverbefore.”Even in2017, theOpposition

campwantedtofieldGandhi,buttheNDA’s decision to pick RamNathKovindasitsfacehadforcedarethink.Eventually formerLokSabhaspeakerMeiraKumar,alsoaDalitlikeKovind,wasfieldedbythe Opposition. Gandhi foughtunsuccessfully for the post ofVicePresident.While TMC sources are now

pitching the name of formerUnionministerYashwant Sinha(84),asanalternative,thepossi-

bility of any unanimity on theformer BJP leader’s name ap-pears thin.Sinha had served as Finance

ministerandEternalAffairsmin-ister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayeecabinet. Initially seen as an L KAdvani loyalist, Sinha fell out oftheBJPpatriarch’sgoodbooksinthe later years. He remained inBJPtill2018whenhequit,alleg-ingthatthecountry’sdemocracywas facing a “threat” under theNarendraModigovernment.While Sinha’s political past

may come in the way of anyOpposition consensus aroundhisname,theoverallpollmaths,whichisheavilystackedagainsttheOpposition, isalsoemergingas an obstacle, with leaders re-fusingtoenteraraceheadedfora seemingly predictable end—the victory of NDA’s yet-to-be-declaredcandidate.TheNDAalreadyhasover48

per cent of the vote share in theelectoral college.



CONGRESS LEADER RahulGandhi was onMonday ques-tioned for the fourth day by theEnforcementDirectorate(ED)inconnection with the NationalHeraldcase.Hehadearlierbeencalled on Friday but had soughtexemption followingwhich hewascalledonMonday.Officials said the agency has

summonedtheCongress leaderfor questioning again onTuesday.Sources saidRahul arrivedat

the ED office around 11am andwas questioned till late in theevening. Sources saidwhile theagency believes itmay need tosummonRahulagainonTuesday,the Congress MP has been re-questingtheagencyto finishtheinterrogationsasearlyaspossibleas he needs to take care of hismother Sonia, who is sufferingfromCovid-19 infection. Sonia,too,hasbeencalledforquestion-ingbytheagencyonJune23.The ED had summoned

Rahul last Monday and ques-tioned him for three straightdays.SourcessaidRahulisbeingquestionedabouttheownership

of Young Indian (YI) by theGandhifamilyanditssharehold-inginAssociateJournalsLimited(AJL),thecompanythatrunstheNational Herald newspaper. Heis being questioned about thecircumstancesunderwhichAJLwasacquiredbyYoungIndianin2010fora“pittance”makingitinturn the owner of all assetsowned by the National Heraldnewspaper.TheEDcaseisbasedonatrial

court order that allowed theIncome Tax Department toprobe theaffairsof theNationalHerald newspaper and conducta tax assessment of Sonia andRahul. The orderwas the resultof a petition filed by BJP MPSubramanianSwamyin2013.Swamy’s complaint had al-

legedcheatingandmisappropri-ation of funds on part of theGandhis in acquiring the news-paper.Swami had alleged that the

Gandhis acquired propertiesowned by National Herald bybuying the newspaper's erst-whilepublishers,AJL,throughanorganisationcalledYoungIndianinwhich they have 76 per centstake. Sonia and Rahul weregranted bail in the case by thetrialcourtonDecember19,2015.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEPUNE, JUNE20

IN a suspected case of suicidepact, ninepersons froma family— twobrothers, theirwives andchildrenandtheirmother—werefounddeadinseparatehousesofthe brothers inMhaisal townofSangli district onMonday after-noon. Police suspect the familymemberstohavetakenextremestep because of debt and a casefor abetment of suicidewas be-ing registered against those towhomtheyowedmoney.According to the police, the

ninebodieswerefoundaround1pmonMondayat theresidencesofManikVanmore (49), a veteri-narian, and his brother PopatVanmore(52),ateacher.Whilesixof the bodies were found inManik's house, the other threewere in Popat’s house locatednearly a kilometre away, officerssaid.SeniorpoliceofficersinSanglidistrict rushed to the spot and apreliminaryprobewaslaunched.Special Inspector General of

Police (Kolhapur Range)Manojkumar Lohiya said,“Primaryprobeshowedthattherewerenoexternal injuries onanyof the bodies. Poisoning due toconsumptionof somesubstanceseemstohave ledto thedeathofalltheninepersons.”DSP (Miraj division) Ashok

Virkar said: “We have foundwhat appears to be a suicidenote.All theinitialcluespointtothe deaths being the result of asuicidepact. Thenotementionsthe names of the persons theyowedmoney to.We are filing acase of abetment of suicideagainst thesepersons.”


THE ELECTION Commission onMonday decided to delete 111Registered UnrecognisedPoliticalParties(RUPPs)fromtheregister,aspartofthepollpanel’s“graded action” against partiesthat flouted its rules.TheEChaddeleted87RUPPs

inMayafterannouncingaclean-updriveagainstmorethan2,100suchparties that it saidhadvio-lated a string of rules by failingto furnish contribution reportsor communicating changes toparty-related information.Thepollpanelhasalsosenta

referencetotherevenuedepart-ment for necessary legal and

criminal action against threeRUPPsthat itsaidwereinvolvedin “serious financial impropri-ety”.There are 2,796 RUPPs, ac-

cording to EC’s data tillSeptember 2021, an increase ofmore than300%since2001.According to the EC, during

verification the RUPPs againstwhom action has been takenwere foundexistingonlyonpa-per or letters sent to their ad-dresses returnedundelivered.The EC has for long been

seekingpowerstoderegisterpo-liticalparties.Thepollpanelhasalso been seekingmodificationto Form24A tomandatedisclo-sure of all donations above Rs2,000 instead of the current Rs20,000.


THEENFORCEMENTDirectoratehas opposed alleged conmanSukeshChandrasekhar’s plea totransfer him from the Tihar Jailduetothreattolifeandsaidhe“isonlymakingupanexcuse to re-peathismodusoperandiinsomeotherprisonwhereofficialswouldnotbefamiliarwithhisantics”.In an application filed in the

Supreme Court, which is set tohear his plea Tuesday, the EDnarrated howhehad been run-ning his operations evenwhileinside theTihar Jail.Itpointedout: “TheTihar Jail

hasensuredthatitwouldthwartany future possibility of misuseof jail facilities. For any newprison to put in place similarmeasures or even to come toterms with the sophisticated

means of con-manship byChandrasekhar will take timeand transferring the petitionerstoanyotherprisonwouldbehaz-ardousasheislikelytorepeatthesamemischief andoffences.”Denying his claim that there

wasathreattohislife,theEDsaidChandrasekhar has “repeatedlycommitted offences, includingthat of money laundering, dur-inghisincarcerationinthejailbysubverting the legal systemandprison ruleswith thehelp of hisknowledgeoftechnologyandhisabilities toconpeople”.During ED custody,

Chandrasekhar “admitted thathe impersonated as LawSecretary Anup Kumar…andHomesecretaryAjayBhalla”and“admitted to collecting cashfrom Aditi Singh”, wife ofShivinder Singh, former ownerof Ranbaxy throughco-accusedDeepakRamnani.

RahulGandhi, accompaniedbyPriyankaGandhiVadra,arrivesat theED office inNewDelhionMonday.AbhinavSaha

HIMACHALPRADESH

DELHICONFIDENTIAL

WARM AND SWEETPOLITICALSCENEmaybevolatile andacrimonious, but somestill try tokeeptherelationshipwarmwiththeopponents.OnMonday, ameetingof the StandingCommitteeonEducation,Women,ChildrenYouthandSportswitnessedsomeemotionalmoments.WithMondaybeingthelastmeetingunderthechair-manship of BJPMPand senior leaderVinay Sahasrabuddhe,whosetermasRSmemberendsonJuly4,almostallmembersspokeappreciatingthewayheranthecommitteeandbidhima fond farewell. Sahasrabuddhe,whowas for twoconsecutiveyearstheChairmanofthecommittee,alsowasoverwhelmedbythewordsof appreciationhe received fromthemembers, in-cludingthosefromtheOpposition.BJP’sChandreshwarPrasadandCongress’s TNPrathapangave their appreciation inwrit-ing to Sahasrabuddhe. From the Congress’s Akhilesh PrasadSingh to Communistmember BokashRanjanBhattacharya,YSRCP’s LavuSri Krishna toBJD’sAnubhavMohanti, all spokeaffectionatelyabouttheiroutgoingChairman.Tomakethelastdayevenmorememorable,Sahasrabudhe’swifeNayanaservedtheMaharashtrian delicacy of sweetModaks as a token ofthanksgivingforthemembers.

EASTERN YOGAUNIONMINISTERforLawandJusticeKirenRijijuwill leadtheInternational Yoga Day programme on Tuesday at Dong inArunachalPradesh’sAnjawdistrict.Fromhishomestate,RijijuchoseDong,theeasternmostvillageinIndiaclosetothepointwhere India, China andMyanmarmeet. Dong experiencesthe first sunrise in India and is dubbed ‘India’s Land of theRisingSun’.

LEAD, MISSAFTER TAKING lead in convening a joint meeting of theOpposition to pick a consensus Presidential candidate,WestBengalChiefMinisterandTMCsupremoMamataBanerjeewillskipthesecondroundofdiscussionsonTuesday.TMCnationalgeneralsecretaryAbhishekBanerjeewillrepresentTMCinthemeeting,whichhasbeenconvenedbyNCPchiefSharadPawar.Over the last fewdays,Abhishekhasbeenbusycampaigningin Tripura,where bypollswill be held to fourAssembly seatsonJune23.TheTMCofficiallymaintainsthatMamatawillgiveTuesday'smeetingamissduetopriorengagements.

Poll panel to delete 111unrecognised politicalparties for flouting norms

PRESIDENTIALPOLL:OPPOSITIONSTRUGGLESTOFIELDCANDIDATE

GopalkrishnaGandhi YashwantSinha

Family of ninefound dead, notesuggests suicidepact due to debt

MAHARASHTRA

GopalkrishnaGandhioptsout,TMCmaypitchYashwantSinha’sname

ED questions Rahulfor 4th time, asks himto appear again today

‘Conman’ Chandrasekhar’splea seeking transfer fromTihar Jail opposed by ED

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE20

CYBERSECURITY is linked tona-tional security, andwithmanycountries having created theirown “cyber armies”, India is up-grading itself to deal with thisthreat,UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahsaidonMonday.Shah also saidmanynewdi-

mensions of cyber fraudwill beseeninthecomingdaysandIndiawillhavetomakemanyprepara-tionstogearuptofullysecurecy-berspace.Addressing the National

Conference onCyber Safety andNational Security at VigyanBhavan here, Shah said:“Cybersecurityisalsolinkedwithnational security in away. Thosewhodonotwanttoseeourcoun-try safe attempt various types ofcyber-attacks — some nationshave even created cyber armies.But theMinistryofHomeAffairs(MHA) is fully alert to dealwiththisandisupgradingitselftopre-ventsuchthreats.”

Statingthat“questionsofpri-vacyofcitizensarealreadythere”,theHomeMinistersaid:“Wehavetobemorecarefulinthecontextofcriticalinformationsecurity.Bothdataandinformationaregoingtobecomeahugeeconomicforceinthe coming days, sowehave toprepare ourselves for security ofdataandinformation.”According to theMHA, Shah

informed the gathering that the

cybercrime reporting portallaunched by the government in2019hasregisteredmorethan11lakhcomplaintsofdifferenttypes.More than 2 lakh complaints ofsocial media crimes have alsobeenregistered,hepointedout.Shahsaidthisvolumewill in-

crease by theday as 800millionpeoplehaveanonlinepresenceinIndiatoday,andby2025another400millionIndianswillenterthe

digitalworld. He said there hasbeena231-percentincreaseinin-ternetconnectionsinthelasteightyearsandIndia'sdatacostperGBhascomedownbyabout96per-cent,which is expected to comedownfurthersincedatabecomescheaperasthenumberofusersin-creases.Shahemphasised thatpublic

awareness is of utmost impor-tancetoensurecybersafety."Weshouldtrytotakecybersecuritytoeverypartofthecountry,”hesaid.Pointing out that cyber

crimes have increased over theyears, Shah said that 3,377 suchcaseswerereportedin2012,andthe corresponding figure was50,000 in 2020.While an aver-age 136 cyber crime caseswereregisteredeverydayin2020,thenumber of cyber crimes per 1lakh population also increasedby 270 per cent in four yearsfrom2016,whenthe figurewas1—in2020, itwas3.7per1lakhpopulation."This shows howbig a chal-

lenge this is going to be in thecomingtimes,"Shahsaid.

Cybersecurity linked to national security,India upgrading to take on threat: Shah

AmitShahreceivesamementofromHomeSecretaryAjayBhalla inNewDelhion Monday. PremNathPandey

FIR registeredafter Dalit fooddelivery partner‘thrashed’


A25-YEAR-OLDDalitdeliveryex-ecutive,whoisemployedbyfoodaggregator app Zomato,was al-legedlythrashedbyagroupwhilehewas delivering an order at ahouseinLucknow’sAashianaareaon Saturday evening. Theman,VineetKumarRawat,allegedthatthecustomerrefusedtotakefoodfromhimafter coming to knowthathebelongedtotheDalitcom-munityandalsomadecasteistre-marksagainsthim,policesaid.AnFIRhasbeenlodgedagainst

thecustomer—AjaySingh—oneAbhaySinghand12otheruniden-tifiedpersons atAashianapolicestation. No arrests have beenmade in the case so far. The ac-cusedhave been chargedundervarioussectionsoftheIPC.Thepo-lice have also invoked the SC/STActagainsttheaccused.

LUCKNOW

IRAMSIDDIQUEBHOPAL, JUNE20

THREEMAOIST operatives, col-lectively carrying a reward ofover Rs 57 lakh on their heads,were killed byMadhya Pradeshpolice in an encounter inBalaghat district on Mondaymorning, thepolice said.The threewere identified as

Nagesh, alias Raju Tulavi (40),who carried a bounty of Rs 29lakh on him, Manoj (25) andRama (23). The latter carried abountyof14lakheachonthem.The police said Nageshwas

commander of Tanda area com-mittee of Mafalling, underGondia-Rajnangaon-Balaghat(GRB) area of Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh(MMC)corridor.ManojandRamaweremembersof thearea com-mittee, theysaid.Theencountercomesmonths

afterMaharashtrapolicekilled26Maoist operatives inMMCzone,wherepolicesayMaoistsaretry-ingtoexpandtheirbase.

There are at least 13 casesregistered against Nagesh inMaharashtra and Chhattisgarh.Rama, a resident of Sukma inChhattisgarh, had 12 casesagainst her, while Manoj hadthreecasesagainsthim,accord-ing to thepolice.According to police, they re-

ceived information about pres-ence of a fewMaoist operativeson the hills of Kharadi village,about70kmfromdistricthead-quarters Balaghat. At around 5am, a team of 50 personnel ofHawkForce—MP'selitecombatunit— left for thevillage.“The terrain is tough and as

the teamwas searching, theyspotted a training camp ofMaoists. Suddenly, the securitypersonnel were fired upon,” aseniorofficer said.The Hawk Force personnel

respondedwith retaliatory fire,police said. Firing continued forabout 45minutes. Officers saidat least16Maoistswerepresentat the training camp, of whomthreewerekilled.According to police, during

search operation after the firingdied down, the body of a mandressedincombatandcarryinganAK-47was found. Thedeceasedwas identified asNagesh. Policefound twomorebodies at a dis-tanceof about150metres—po-liceidentifiedthemasManojandRama,residentsofChhattisgarh’sBastar and Sukma, respectively.Police claimtohave seized threerifles, asmanywireless sets, twocombatpouches,GPStrackersanddetonators amongother explo-sivesfromnearthebodies.Inspector General, Balaghat,

SanjayKumarSinghsaid,“Therehas been expansion [of Maoistactivities inthearea]andwearereworkingourstrategywithpo-sitions of our Hawk Forces im-proved andexpanded.Wehavealsoaskedthestategovernmentformoretroops;thenewsurren-derpolicywill alsohelp.”Soon after the operation,

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan announced out-of-turn promotion and gallantryawards for the police team andthose fromtheHawkForce.

Top Maoist, 2 other operativeskilled in MP gunbattle: police

SAURABHPARASHARPARWANOO,JUNE20

At least 16 people— 14 touristsand two attendants — werestuck midair when two cablecars developed a snag atParwanoo Timber Trail inHimachal Pradesh’s Solan dis-trictonMonday.Elevenofthemwererescued

inanoperationthatlastedmorethan six hours. The othersreached down safely on theirown,officials said.While one cable car carrying

five couples fromDelhi, a touristand an attendant got jammedwhilecomingdown,anothercarstoppednearthedestinationup-hill.Thelatterhadonboardthreeyouths and an attendant, whomanaged to use the winch toclamberdowntosafety.

Later intheday, thestatepo-lice lodged an FIR against themanagementofTimberTrailre-sortmanagementforrashlyandnegligentlyendangeringhumanlife or personal safety of others.The FIR was registered on thestatement of Anand Goyal, oneoftherescuedtourists,underIPCSections336and283.State DisasterManagement

directorSudeshMokhtasaidthecablecarsgotstuckduetoatech-nical snag, which was noticedaround10.30am.A similar scene was wit-

nessed at the Timber Trail onOctober 13, 1992, when thehaulage cable broke near thedockingstationandthecablecarcarrying11passengersslidback-wards. In panic, the operatorjumped off the car just as it be-gan its slideanddied.OnMonday’sincident,Solan

SPVarinderSharmasaidanothercable trolleywasused to rescuethe people, and the operationwassuccessful.A team of National Disaster

Response Force and the resortconductedtherescueoperation.They brought the passengers tosafetywith thehelpof local res-idents.Himachal Pradesh Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur, whoreached the spot to oversee therescueoperation,toldthemediathat the incident would beprobedtodetermineif therewasany negligence on part of thefirmrunning the trail.The passengers claimed as-

sistancearrivedonlywhentheirvideoclipswentviral.“Wewerestunned when the attendantstold us that the only way to godown is the rope,” AnitaGarg, arescuedtourist fromDelhi, said.

NDRFpersonnel rescuepeoplestuck insidethecablecars inParwanooonMonday. Jaipal Singh

11 stranded mid-air in Himachalcable car rescued after six hours

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It is notified for information of the General Public that as per the provision of Section 135 B(1) of theRepresentation of the People Act 1951, every person employed in any business, trade, industrialundertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote, shall be granted a holiday on 23.06.2022(Thursday), the day of Poll for the bye-election to 39-Rajinder Nagar Assembly Constituency in NCT ofDelhi, so that he/she can cast his/her vote in the election.

As per sub-section (2) of section 135 B of the Representation of the People Act 1951, no deduction orabatement of the wages shall be made on account of above holiday and if any person is employed on thebasis that he/she would not ordinarily receive wages for such a day, he/she shall nonetheless be paidwages he/ she would have drawn had not a holiday been granted to him/ her on that day.

Any contravention of the above provision by an employer is punishable as per the Provision of section 135B (3) of the Representation of People Act, 1951.

However, as per sub-section (4) of section 135 B of the Representation of the People Act 1951, this sectionshall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of theemployment in which he is engaged.

It is further brought to the notice of all concerned that Election Commission of India vide letter No.78/EPS/2022 dated 07.06.2022 has clarified that above provisions required that all the electors who areemployees of establishments and shops including those which work on shift basis shall be granted apaid holiday on the day of poll in the Constituency where the bye-election is to held. Further, there may becases where a person is ordinarily resident of the constituency and registered as an elector, may beserving/ employed in an industrial undertaking or an establishment located outside the constituency havinga bye-election, in such a situation even those electors including casual worker working outside theconstituency concerned would be entitled to the benefit of a paid holiday extended under section 135 B(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The daily wage/casual workers are also entitled for aholiday and wages on poll day as provided in section 135 B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICERAIPUR, JUNE20

CHHATTISGARH CM BhupeshBaghelwrote to the unionmin-istry Sunday regarding shortageofpetrolanddieselinthestateandits impact on the agrarian eco-nomics.Herequestedtheminis-tertoprovidearegularsupplyofthe fuel to all petroleum com-panydepots inChhattisgarh.Baghel wrote to Union

Petroleum Minister HardeepPuri, apprisinghimof depletingbufferstock.Healertedthemin-ister about ambulance servicesandagriculturalactivitiesgettingaffected due to shortage of fuelfor thepast coupleofmonths."Since Chhattisgarh is an

agrarianstateandwiththeonsetof monsoon, farming activitiesstarthere.Butduetotheunavail-abilityofdieselinsufficientquan-tity, farmers are facing trouble.Evennecessary services are get-tingaffected,"Baghelwrote.The Chhattisgarh Petroleum

DealerWelfare Association in-formedtheCMthatthereare750retailoutletsofMessrs.HindustanPetroleumCorporation Limitedin Chhattisgarh is getting closeddue to the fuel shortage. The re-view of petroleum companieshas revealed that earlier, thebuffer stockwould last for 4-5days,whileforthepastmonthsitonlylastedforoneday,dryingupthepetrolpumps.

SADAFMODAK&MOHAMEDTHAVERMUMBAI, JUNE20

FORMERMUMBAI police com-missionerParamBirSinghhasal-legedthatitwasMaharashtraCMUddhav Thackeray and his sonAaditya, alsoa state cabinetmin-ister,who‘pressured’himtorein-state suspended cop SachinWaze.Singh'sallegationsarepartof the ‘corruption’ chargesheetfiledbytheCBIagainstformerstatehomeministerAnilDeshmukh.Wazewas later arrested by

the National InvestigationAgency for being the allegedmastermindof theAntiliaterrorscarecase,andsubsequentlydis-missedfromtheforce. IntheCBIcase, the central agencygave itsno-objectiontoWazebeingpar-doned, followingwhich hewasmade awitness for the CBI anddroppedasanaccused.The CBI filed a chargesheet

earlier this month againstDeshmukh and two of hisstaffers.Singh’sstatementispartof the chargesheet provided tothedefencelawyersonMonday.The CBI, while questioning

Singh, asked him about the cir-cumstances underwhichWazehad been reinstated by theSuspension Review Committeeheadedbyhimin June2020.“The HM (Deshmukh)

praisedWazeafterapressbrief-ing pursuant to the recovery ofmasks and toldme that SachinWazeshouldbereinstated.ThiswasaroundMarch22-23,2020.A few days later, Shri SurajChauhan, PA to Shri AadityaThackeray,cametomeetmeandhealsopressuredmetoreinstateShri SachinWaze, saying thatShri Aaditya Thackeraywanted

it,” Singhsaid inhis statement.Heclaimedthathespokeon

the phone to Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray, who toldhimtoreinstateWaze.“He(Chauhan)alsoaskedme

to call Shri Aaditya Thackerayand I called him onWhatsApp.ShriAadityaThackerayaskedmetospeak to theChiefMinister inthisregard. Icalledonthephoneof Shri Rajput, PSO of ShriUddhavThackeray,CM,againonWhatsApp. The PSO gave thephone to the CM and he(Thackeray)alsoaskedmetore-instateSachinWaze,”saidSingh.

RUPSACHAKRABORTYMUMBAI, JUNE20

MUMBAIWITNESSED an oversix-foldriseinmonthlydeathsre-latedtoheartattackinthefirstsixmonthsof2021comparedtopre-viousyears.BetweenJanuaryandJune2021,asmanyas3,000peo-plelosttheirlivestoheartattackseverymonthinthecity,comparedto500in2020.Accordingtodataprovidedby

the Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation(BMC),atotalof5,849patientslosttheirlivestoheartat-tacks inMumbai in 2019. Thisdropped by 3.6 per cent when5,633patientssuccumbedtothedisease in 2020. But betweenJanuary and June2021, a total of17,880 succumbed to heart at-tacks in the city -- a surge of 217percentoverthepreviousyear,ac-cordingtoareplytoanRTIrequestfiledbyactivistChetanKothari.“Pre-pandemic, cancerwas

thebiggestkiller.But lastyear,al-thoughdeathsduetocancersub-sided,heartattackssurgedsignif-icantly,”saidacivicofficial.DrAvinashSupe,in-chargeof

Covid-19death committee, saidtherearethreemajorreasonsforthe surge in deaths related to

heart attack—possibility of de-velopmentofthrombosisamongrecoveredCovid-19patients,de-lay in diagnosis of patients dur-ingandbetter recordingofdata.“Globally it has been wit-

nessed that heart attack-relateddeaths increasedduringthepan-demic,soitisnotanewphenom-enonthathasonlybeenobservedinMumbai. Secondly, since thestart of the pandemic,medicalpractitioners aremoreconsciousof segregationandbifurcationoftypesof deaths, so ithaspossiblyhelpedmaintainbetterdataper-tainingtoheartattacks,”saidSupe.It has been observed that

SARS-Cov-2injurestheheartand

bloodvesselsininfectedpatients,which leads to development ofclots, heart inflammation, ar-rhythmias and heart failure. InAugust2021,TheLancetreportedthat theriskofa firstheartattackincreasedbythree toeight timesinweekafteraCovid-19diagnosis.DrKedarTodaskar,directorof

criticalcareatWockhardtHospital,saidthedatasuggeststhatCovid-19wasa risk factor for thrombo-sis, not only arterial but venousthrombosis,whichincludeddeepvein thrombosis andpulmonarythromboembolism, too, apartfromacutecoronarysyndromes.


Ensure adequatesupply of fuel toChhattisgarh: CM

CM, Aaditya pressured me to reinstate Waze: Param BirSTATEMENTPARTOFCBI’SCHARGESHEETAGAINSTANILDESHMUKH

HIGHEST MORTALITYDISEASE

2018 2019 2020 2021*

Heartattack 8,601 5,849 5,633 17,880

Cancer 10,073 9,958 8,576 6,861

Kidneyfailure 1,396 1,516 1,634 1,182

Covid-19 0 0 11,105 10,289

Tuberculosis 4,940 4,899 3,719 2,921

Headinjury 1,021 1,000 760 545

Source:RTI response fromBMC *(Jan-June)

Mumbaisees6-fold riseinmonthlyheartattacks

17,880DIEDINFIRSTHALFOF2021:BMCDATA

SHUBHANGIKHAPREMUMBAI, JUNE20

INAmajorblowtotheMahaVikasAghadi alliance, theBJPMondaysweptthestateLegislativeCouncilpolls by getting all its five candi-dates – Pravin Darekar, RamShinde, Shrikant Bharatiya,UmaKhapreandPrasadLadelected.Ontheotherhand,therulingalliancewas left red-faced as Congress'Dalitface,ChandrakantHandore,lostoutfollowingcross-votingbyaround threeMLAs each fromShivSenaandCongress, and fur-thermorefromitssmalleralliancepartners.This is the second con-secutivelossfortherulingMVAinamatterof twoweeksas theBJP

had, on June 10, managed totrumpMVAinRajyaSabhapolls.TheBJP,whichhad106votes

intheAssembly,polled133votes.Theadditional27votesfromotherparties and Independentspavedtheway forward for its victoryagainstMVA,whichwasmorecertainofachievingthenumbers.The elections for the 10

Council seats had 11 candidatesinfray.WhileBJPfieldedfivecan-didates, Congress, NCP and ShivSenafieldedtwocandidateseach.WithintheMVA,thetwoNCP

candidates won comfortably.Eknath Khadse (29 votes) andRamraje Nimbalkar (27 votes)emerged victorious. The NCP,which has 51MLAs, polled 56votes.WhileShivSena'stwocan-

didates – Amashya Padavi andSachin Ahir –won the electionsby polling the required quota of26votes each, thepartywas leftfumingastheysawatleastthreeoftheirMLAsindulgingincross-voting. Against its total strengthof 55 votes, Shiv Senamanagedtogetonly52votes,leavingthreevotesunaccountedfor.Thescenario inCongresswas

worse as none of its two candi-dates — Bhai Jagtap andChandrakantHandore—couldgetthroughinthefirstrounddespitehaving44MLAs.Against44votes,theirtwocandidatespolled19and22 votes respectively in the firstround—makingatotalof41votes.Though Japtap finallyman-

agedtoattaintherequisitequota

duringthecountinginsuccessiverounds,Handoremanagedtogetonly 22votes.Opposition leaderDevendra Fadnavis, who hadplanned the BJP's strategy, said,“The electoral outcomehas ex-posedthein-builtconflictwithintheMVA.Thecross-votingwithinSena and Congress has showntheirmembersnolongertrustthepartyandgovernment.”“TheBJPhadonly106votesbut it got 133votes.Wegot27additionalvotes,”heemphasised,adding, “InRajyaSabhapolls, as against 106votes,we got 123 votes. Now, our tallyhasbeenenhancedto133votes.”Shortly after the results, Shiv

Sena's celebrationsweremarredas theirpoliticalmanagers learntabouttheirmembers’crossvoting.

BJP sails through, MVA hit by cross-votingMAHARASHTRAMLCPOLLS: SAFFRONPARTYWINSALL5SEATS ITCONTESTED

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEGUWAHATI, JUNE20

MONDAYBROUGHTmoredevas-tation to Assam, as the floodsclaimedthelivesof10morepeo-ple, includingtwopolicemen.As rain continued to batter

parts of the state, affectingmorethan45lakhpeoplein32districts,UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahsaid an inter-ministerial Centralteamwouldbedispatched toas-sessthedamage.Theteamwouldvisit bothAssamandMeghalaya,the two worst-affectedNortheasternstatesthismonsoon."Spoke to CM Assam @hi-

mantabiswaandCMMeghalaya@SangmaConrad to discuss thesituationinpartsofbothstatesin

thewakeofheavyrainand flooding. Modigovernment standswithpeopleofAssamandMeghalayainthishour of need," Shahtweeted onMondayevening.

While inMeghalaya 28 per-sonshavediedsinceApril,Assamhaswitnessed81deaths.OnMonday,Meghalaya CM

Conrad Sangmamet families ofthose killed in a landslide inMawsynramBlock in East KhasiHills.Hesaidthegovernmentwasworkingtoensurethatelectricityandmobile connectivitywas re-storedintheaffectedareas.Traffic hasnowstartedmov-

ingonthedamagedNH-6—thatserves as the road link betweentherestof thecountryandsouthAssam’sBarakValleydistricts, aswellasMizoramandTripura—onatrialbasis,Sangmasaid.Meanwhile, Assam CM

HimantaBiswaSarmaheldavir-tualmeetingwithhisCabinetandstate government officials andDCs, onMondaymorning, em-phasising that relief and rescueoperations shouldbe “topprior-ity”,withoutanydelayduetopro-ceduralhurdles.Healsodirectedauthoritiestoformhealthcampstodealwithpost-flooddiseasesaswaterrecedes.

OnMonday,thestategovern-ment requisitioned IAF to airliftpetrol, diesel and geo bags tosouth Assam’s Barak valley,whichremainscutoff.AreportfromtheAssamState

DisasterManagementAuthority(ASDMA) said 47,72,140 peoplewereaffectedinmorethan5,000villages.Morethan2lakhpeopleareinreliefcampsinvariouspartsof the state.OnMonday, 10peo-ple, including two children,drownedinfloodwatersinCachar,Darrang, Dibrugarh,Hailakandi,Hojai, Kamrup, Lakhimpur andNagaondistricts.Twopolicemen,includingthe

officer in-charge of theKampurpolice station in Nagaon, werewashed away while on rescueduty. “Duringanops lastnight, ateamof@assampolicefellinawa-ter body in Kampur area ofNagaon,” tweetedAssamSpecialDGPGPSingh,addingthatOfficerin-charge Samujjal Kakoti andConstable Rajiv Bordoloi hadjumpedintosavetheircolleagues.Bodieswereretrievedthenextday.

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Tender Fees is Rs.11,800/- each to be deposited with the bidwhich is Non-refundable. The complete BID documents can beviewed/downloaded from official portal of Rourkela MunicipalCorporation (https://www.rmc.nic.in or e-procurement portalof Odisha https://tendersodisha.gov.in from 21.06.2022 to07.07.2022 (up to 17:00 Hrs. IST). Pre- Bid Meeting will beheld on 27.06.2022 at 12.30 P.M. in the Conference Hall ofRSCL. For queries, intending bidder may contact GeneralManager (E&T) vide Phone no. 9437638780 and EmailId:[email protected].

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Rajasthan, Bombay HCsline up Yoga Day events,ask judges to attendDEEPMUKHERJEE&OMKARGOKHALEJAIPUR,MUMBAI, JUNE20

FORTHE first time, severalHighCourtswill hold Yoga Day cele-brationsandhaveinvitedjudges,advocates and court staff to theCourt complex to attend a livetelecast of Prime MinisterNarendraModi’saddresstomarkthedayonJune21at6:30am.Bharat Bhushan Gupta,

Registrar (Administration),RajasthanHighCourt,said:“Thisis the first time the courtwouldhold Yoga Day celebrations.Thesearebeingheldbecausewehave received directions fromthe Department of Justice,Governmentof India.”Rahul Bhagwat, Registrar

(Original Side) of the BombayHigh Court, said theMinistry ofAyush has issued guidelines re-garding holding the event andtheMinistry of Law and Justice,alongwith the Supreme Court,has issued directions in this re-gard.ApartfromitsprincipalseatinMumbai,judgesandmembersof the registry at the benches ofthe High Court at Goa,AurangabadandNagpurwillalsomarkYogaDay,Bhagwatsaid.Initially, the Rajasthan High

Courthadinvitedsittingandfor-mer judges, advocates and staffto participate in a yoga sessionfrom 7 am to 7:45 am tomarkthe day. A second circular waslater issued forattendinga tele-castof thePM's speech.The BombayHigh Court has

invitedsittingjudges,officialsofregistryandmembersofthebar.A notification issued by the

RajasthanHighCourt on June18statesthatthePMisscheduledtodeliveranaddress from 6.40amto7amfromMysuruontheocca-sion of YogaDay. “Therefore, allthe present and formerHon'bleJudgessitting/residingatJodhpur,

OfficersoftheRegistry,Advocatesandall other officers / officials ofRajasthanHighCourt,Jodhpur,arerequested to assemble... at 6.30A.M.sharponTuesday,the21stofJune,” the notification says.Justice(retd)PanachandJain,

former judge of the RajasthanHigh Court, told The IndianExpress that hehadneverheardof judgesbeingaskedtobepres-ent for suchaprogramme. “Thenoticedoesn’tseemtobeingoodhumour,”hesaid.“Idonotknowwhyaconstitutionalcourthastobe so excited about the PM’sspeech,” a senior advocate said,onconditionof anonymity.Thefactthattherequestcoin-

cideswithsummervacationattheRajasthan High Court has alsoraised eyebrows. The court re-openson June27. SuryaPrakashKakra,theRegistrarGeneraloftheRajasthanHigh Court, told TheIndianExpress that the invitewasinthenatureofothersuchevents.“Muchlikeothercelebrations,wehaveinvitedeveryone,”Kakrasaid.Registrar Rahul Bhagwat of

theBombayHighCourtsaidthat100-125peoplearelikelytopar-ticipate at the event organisedthrough the court administra-tion and High Court LegalServices Committee, includingChief JusticeDipankarDattaand20-25 other judges. The courthashiredyogainstructorsfortheeventandsetadresscodeof "T-shirt and track pants (in) sobercolours suchasblueandblack".Subordinate courts across

Maharashtra have also beendi-rectedtoconductprogrammesina similarmannerwith the assis-tance of District Legal ServicesAuthoritiesandlocalsub-commit-tees. TheChief Justice is theheadoftheadministrativesideofaHighCourt,responsiblefortheinvites.In the RajasthanHigh Court,

the post has been vacant sinceJustice Akil Kureshi retired onMarch6.

The investigation also re-vealed,over thepast threedays,key deletions in social sciencetextbooks, including referencestoGujaratriotsandthecastesys-tem, Mughals and contempo-rary protest movements, in aseparaterationalisationexerciseby theNCERT.TheNCFcurriculumrevision,

meanwhile, isbeingledbya12-member steering committeeheaded by former ISRO chair-man K Kasturirangan and ap-pointedbytheUnionMinistryofEducation.The revised NCFwill be the

foundationfornewNCERTtext-books.AndthepaperspreparedbytheNCFfocusgroupswillpro-videaroadmapfor thechanges.These focus groupmembers --7-10 in each group -- were ap-pointedbytheNCERTthroughanotificationonDecember28.Thetermsofreferencestates

that the groups are expected to“develop a clear understandingofthethemeinthecontextoftheperspectivesandrecommenda-tions of the NEP-2020 specifi-cally with regard to...curricularandpedagogicalstructureandtoclearly specify implementationstrategies foreachstage”.When contacted,

Kasturirangansaidhewouldnotcommentonanymatterrelatedto NCF. A seniormember of thecommitteesaid:“Wewilldofulljusticetothetaskgiventousanddo everything possible to pres-entafair,objectiveandimpartialdocument.”Here are the focus group

members with RSS links, andtheir response to queries -- onthe linksandthegroups:

Philosophy and Aimsof Education

Dr Bhagawati PrakashSharma: Ex-Vice-chancellor ofGreater Noida-based GautamBuddhaUniversity.Nationalco-convenor of RSS-affiliateSwadeshi JagranManch(SJM).Response:“IamwiththeSJM

becauseit isamovement.SJMisaforum,whichisaboutawaken-ing people about economic pa-triotism. I amalso in the centralcommitteeof SJM.”Datta Bhikaji Naik:

Committee member of Goawing of RSS-affiliate VanavasiKalyan Ashram. Response: “(Isuggested that) ideological as-pects of Indian philosophyshouldbe conveyed to studentsthrough short stories...andSanskrit be used as a link lan-guage.ThereisnoclashbetweenmyassociationwithRSSandbe-ingapartof thisgroup.”

Education in SocialSciences

Prof (retd) CI Issac (groupchairman):Member of IndianCouncil of Historical Research,formerfacultyatDepartmentofHistory,CMSCollege,Kottayam.State working president ofKerala unit of RSS-linkedBharatiya Vichara Kendra andmember of ABVP since 1975. InMarch, duringanNCFconsulta-tionsession, Prof Issachadsaid:“Nowadays,ourhistoryinschoolsyllabusissubjective,notobjec-tive.TheIndiandefeat,Hindude-feat is the main theme of theschool syllabus.”Response: “I am a swayam-

sevak and a church-goingChristian...I never allowmy ide-ology to be reflected in such fo-rums. I work for national inter-est, irrespectiveofreligion,caste,or regionaldifferences.”

Prof Vandana Mishra:Assistant Professorwith Schoolof International Studies, JNU.Former national secretary ofABVP.Shedeclinedtocomment.Mamta Yadav: Sociology

teacher at a Haryana govern-ment school. Former nationalvice president of ABVP, still amember. Response: “I am notthevicepresidentanymore,andthere is no conflict betweenmebeing a part of the focus groupandamemberofABVP.”

Holistic, Enjoyable &Engaging Curriculum&Pedagogy

DRamakrishnaRao(groupchairman):All-India presidentof RSS educational wing VidyaBharati.Response:“Myconnec-tionwitheducationisimportant,otheraspectsarenotimportant.”

Science EducationProf Milind Sudhakar

Marathe (group chairman):Retired associate professor atMumbai'sKJSomaiyaCollegeofEngineering. Former nationalpresident of RSS student wingABVP.Response:“Iamnotinthefo-

cusgroupbecauseIamanABVPmemberbutbecauseofmycre-dentials as a teacher of scienceandtechnology.”KishoreChandraMohanty:

Odisha president of VidyaBharati. Response: “(I was cho-sen)basedona four-pagenote Ihadpreparedonscienceeduca-tion andmy credentials of hav-ing worked in this area in thepast.”

EnvironmentalEducation

ProfPayalMago:PrincipalofDelhi'sShaheedRajguruCollegeof Applied Sciences, director ofDU'sCampusof OpenLearning.ABVPoffice-bearer till 2013.Response: “I teach Botany

and am working on an ICSSRstudyon'EcologicalFeminismofIndianWomen'. I contested thestudentsunionelectionin1984.Until 2013, I was a member ofthe (ABVP's) core group, whichis theacademiccouncil.”

MathematicsDr Shriram Muralidhar

Chauthaiwale (group chair-man): Retiredmaths professor,all-India convener ofDepartment of VedicMathematicsunderDelhi-basedShiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas.Member of Vidya Bharati's AllIndia Vedic MathematicalCouncil.Response:“Iwasnominated

tothegroupbytheNCERTdirec-tor. And I haveworked very ra-tionally.”

Arts EducationProf Mamta Singh:

AssociateprofessorofVisualArtsat MKP Girls Inter College inDehradun. Associatedwith theABVP “for past three decades”,currently Doon area presidentandmember of national execu-tive.Response: “We need to go

beyondIslamicarchitectureandfocus on Indian art forms andculture... The UN honouredmein2009 formyworkon the roleof art on women empower-ment.”

Early Child Care &Education andFoundational Literacy&Numeracy

DrSureshGohe:Educationalconsultant with Indira GandhiNational Open University (IG-NOU). Area head of RSS-affili-ated teachers' forum BharatiyaShikshanMandal.Response: “I have a speciali-

sationinpsychologicalandedu-cationalcounselling...weneedtoensure that Indiaonceagaince-ments its position as jagatguru(world leader).”

Linkages BetweenSchool andHigherEducation

Prof Ishwar SharanVishwakarma: Chief of UPHigher Education Commission,member of Indian Council ofHistoricalResearch, retiredpro-fessor of Ancient History andArchaeology at Deen DayalUpadhyay university inGorakhpur.GeneralsecretaryofRSS-affiliate Akhil BharatiyaItihasSankalanYojana.Response: “We have been

picked on qualification and ex-pertise.Mybasic identity is thatIhavebeenaprofessorofancienthistoryandarcheology.”RamanTrivedi:Formerpro-

fessor and head of departmentof fisheries at Bihar AnimalScienceUniversity,andcurrentlyitsdirector(studentwelfare).Ex-nationalvice-presidentofABVP.Response: “I no longerhold anyofficialpost inABVP.”

Publication of QualityTextual andNon-textualMaterials

Prof Ashutosh Mandavi:President of ABVPChhattisgarhunit, teaches in the advertisingdepartment of KushabhauThakre Journalism & Mass

Communication University inRaipur.Hedeclinedtocomment.Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala:

Chairperson of Haryana StateHigher Education Council, for-mer VC of the MakhanlalChaturvedi National Universityof Journalism andCommunication(MCNUJC).RSSideologue. In 2019, the thenCongress state government or-deredaprobeintohisconductasVC, including the alleged pur-chase of a liquor cabinet usinguniversity funds.Response: “I am a swayam-

sevak.ButIamanacademicalsoand have been a vice-chancel-lor.”Hedidnotrespondtotheal-legationsduringhisVCstint.

Guidance andCounselling

Prof (retd) NilimaBhagabati (group chairman):Faculty member in educationstudies at Guwahati University,chairperson of the eastern re-gional committee of NationalCouncil for Teacher Education.ExecutivememberofRSS-affili-ateBharatiyaSikshanMandal.Response: “I specialise in

adolescent psychology. I havedoneover4,000counsellingses-sionsof students andparents inAssam. I am involved in thecounsellingof learnersandpar-entsthroughStudentsWellnessSociety and Education SupportSociety.”

AlternativeWays forSchooling

Prof Ramachandra GBhat:Former Vice-Chancellor ofKarnataka-based SwamiVivekananda YogaAnusandhana Samsthana. Key

memberofAll IndiaGurukulamPrakalpa of Bharatiya ShikshanMandal,anRSSbody.Response:“Our focus groupmade recom-mendations on introducingIndiannessineveryaspectofed-ucation.”

Gender EducationRashmiDas:Editorofmaga-

zines and news servicesTelecomLive and InfraLive, runby LiveMedia & Publishers PvtLtd; PhD in InternationalRelations from JNU,member ofexecutivecouncil.Formerpresi-dentofABVP's JNUunitandfor-mergeneralsecretaryof JNUstu-dents'union.Response: “My work with

ABVP is part of my identity. Butwhere is the contradiction orconflict in that? I am not an of-fice-bearer of ABVP anymore...Ihave been involved in capacitybuildingof studentsprobono...Ialso publish on awareness andrights campaigns for autisticchildren.”AnjaliDeshpande:Secretary

of RSS-linked DRISHTI StreeAdhyayan Prabodhan Kendra, astudy centre. Response: “DR-ISHTIrepresentsthesameschoolofthoughtasRSS.Istartedwork-ing with ABVP in 1976. I amamongthefirstfull-timewomenworkersof theorganisation.”

Adult education andValue Education

Govind Prasad Sharma:Chairman of National BookTrust, formerpresidentofVidyaBharati, member of the 12-membernationalsteeringcom-mitteeonNCF.Response:“Whatmatters is our contribution asmembersthroughextensivedis-cussionsover themonths.”

Value EducationJ P Singhal: Former Vice

Chancellor of University ofRajasthan,quitin2017followingadverseremarksonhisqualifica-tions by Rajasthan High Court.National president of RSS-affili-ated Akhil Bharatiya RashtriyaShaikshik Mahasangh.Response:“Thepositionpaperofourgroupisstillbeingprepared.”

Emerging Role ofCommunity inEducation

Dr Bishnu Mohan Dash:Associate professor at IGNOU'sruraldevelopmentdepartment.General secretary of BharatiyaSamajKaryaParishadwhich,hesaid,worksunderthepatronageof Sangh's Bhartiya ShikshanMandal. Response: Claimedex-pertisein“Indianisationofsocialworkeducation”.

Teacher EducationProf (Retd) Chandkiran

Saluja (group chairman):Retired from DU's CentralInstitute of Education in 2013.Headedworking committee ofRSS-constituent SamskritaBharati.Response:“IsupporttheNEPbecause ithas thepotentialto infusenewenergy in the stu-dentcommunityandshapetheirideasand imagination.”

‘No comment’NCERT director Dinesh

Saklanideclinedtocommentonthe focus groups. SchoolEducation Secretary AnitaKarwal did not respond to re-quests for comment. FormerNCERT director in-chargeSridhar Srivastava, who had is-sued the notification on focusgroups,declined tocomment.

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At table reworking school curriculum: 24 with RSS links

ArmypersonnelrescuevillagersatKalitaKuchiinKamrupdistrict,Assam,Monday.DasarathDeka

Two cops among 11 deadin Assam floods, toll 81

LIZMATHEWNEWDELHI, JUNE20

WHATDID thedambreak inGujarat'sMachchhuriverin1979havetodowithPrimeMinisterNarendraModi'spubliclife?Whywasthe'Khedu'movementin1984 significant in shapingModi as aleader?Whatroledidhehaveintakingout a 'Swayambhoo Yatra' inAhmedabadin1986,amidstaban?HowdidtheAhmedabadMunicipalElectionof1987becomeaturningpointinhislifeandfortheGujaratBJP?All thesequestionsareansweredin

anewbookonthePM--TheArchitectofthe New BJP: How Narendra Modi

TransformedtheParty--byAjaySingh,a senior journalist who is currentlyworkingasPressSecretarytoPresidentRamNathKovind.In the book,which is set to hit the

stands soon, Singh lists a series of inci-dents that have contributed towardsModifinessinghiselectoralprowessandemergingasastrongleader.Oneof the incidentshementions is

a flood inMorbi town in Saurashtra, amanufacturinghubforpotteryandwallclocks, after a dam burst on theMachchhu river, on August 11, 1979.With governmenthelpdelayed, socialorganisations stepped in to fill thegap.“Whatappearstohavestoodoutinthisrelief operationwas the focused ap-

proachof a teamof RSSvolunteers ledby a young pracharak... known asNarendraDamodardasModi.Whenthedambroke,ModiwasinChennaialongwithNanaji Deshmukhof theRSS.HerushedbacktoGujarattoorganisereliefoperations.”Accordingtothebook,thisproveda

majorboostfortheRSS,atatimewhenits politicalwingBharatiya Jana Sanghhad lost its identity aftermerging intotheJanataParty.Later,whenfarmerslaunchedKhedu

movement seeking free trade for theirproduce across states for best returns,theBharatiyaKisanSanghropedinModiinGujaratandOmMathurinRajasthantoplantheagitation.Whentheagitation

facedpolice action,Modi ensured thatdonations gathered by cadres fromacross thestatewent to familiesof vic-timsofpolice firing,saysthebook.“Forthefirsttime,themovementexpandedtheSanghParivar’sbase intheruralar-easofGujaratandeffectivelyenhanceditssocialacceptability.”Singh says that the gesture also

helped “exorcise theghost of Gandhi’sassassinationthathadgotstuckwiththeRSS” by playing up the symbolismofGandhiinthepeasants’movement.Singh furtherwrites that the 1987

AhmedabadMCpollshelpedModihonehis skills as anorganiser, having takenoverwhenthestructureof thecityunitwas“quitenebulousandloose”.

A dam break to farmer stir: Book on Modi digs out details

Kolkata:TheBengalAssemblyonMonday passed amotion con-demning the controversial re-marks by former BJP nationalspokesperson Nupur Sharmaagainst theProphet.Minister Partha Chatterjee

moved the motion in theAssembly. The BJPMLAs, led byLeaderofOppositionSuvendhuAdhikari, opposed the proposalandstartedaprotestwhenChiefMinisterMamata Banerjeewasaddressing theHouse.TheCMclaimedthat theBJP

doespoliticsofprovocationandhatred. “We took action whentherewasviolence in the state.Buthowcomethis lady (NupurSharma) is still not arrested? Iknow she will not be arrested.She has sought four weeksfrom the Kolkata Police. Shewas toappearbefore thepolicetoday."Meanwhile, Nupur Sharma

skipped her appearance onMondaybeforetheNarkeldangapolice station here. She insteadsent an email to the police sta-tion expressing her inability toappearbefore itonMonday, thepoliceofficer stated. ENS&PTI

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIANEWDELHI, JUNE20

THEBJPonMondayslammedtheCongress for its leaders' “hateful”commentsagainstPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandassertedthatpeople'sloveforhimhasbeenin-creasing as has the oppositionparty's“hatred”forhim.BJP spokesman Sudhanshu

Trivediclaimedthereareover80instancesofCongressleaders'ob-jectionable comments againstModiovertheyears,startingwithitschief SoniaGandhi's “MautkaSaudagar” (merchant of death)jibeatthenGujaratCMin2007.Heaskedtheoppositionparty

if ithasexpelledortakenanydis-ciplinaryactionagainstanyone.Hiscommentscamehoursaf-

ter Congress leader and former

Union minister Subodh KantSahaiallegedthatModiisbehav-ing likeAdolf Hitler and “will dielikeHitler” if he follows thepathof theGermandictator.The Congress, however, dis-

tanced itself from the statementmade at the party's 'Satyagraha'protest at JantarMantar againstthe Centre's Agnipath scheme,sayingitdoesnotendorseanyin-decentremarksagainstthePM.

People’s love, Cong hatred rising for PM: BJP

Bengal passesmotion flayingNupur’s remarks

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SEVENTEEN PEOPLE have been killed bylightning over the last two days in variouspartsofBihar,SixdeathshavebeenreportedfromBhagalpurdistrict,whilethreepeoplewere killed in Vaishali, and two each inBankaandKhagaria.OtherdeathshappenedinMadhepura,Saharsa,MungerandKatihar.Of all the atmospheric phenomena,

lightningperhapsisthemostdangerousandmysterious. In India, lightning kills about2,000-2,500peopleeveryyear.Bihar is justone of the several hotspots for lightning inIndia,asanewatlasof lightningshows.

What is lightning?Scientifically, lightning is a rapid and

massive discharge of electricity in the at-mosphere some of which is directed to-wards earth. Thedischarges are generated

in giantmoisture-bearing clouds that are10-12kmtall.Thebaseof thesecloudstyp-ically lie within 1-2 kmof the Earth’s sur-face, while the top is 12-13 km away.Temperaturesinthetopof thesecloudsarein the rangeof –35° to–45°C.Aswater vapourmoves upward in the

cloud, the falling temperature causes it tocondense. As theymove to temperaturesbelow0°C, thewater droplets change intosmall ice crystals. They continue tomoveup, gatheringmass until they are soheavythat they start to fall to Earth. This leads toasysteminwhich,simultaneously,smallericecrystalsaremovingupandbiggercrys-tals arecomingdown.Collisionsfollowandtriggertherelease

ofelectrons,aprocessthatisverysimilartothegenerationofsparksofelectricity.Asthemovingfreeelectronscausemorecollisionsandmoreelectrons,achainreactionensues.This process results in a situation inwhichthe top layer of the cloud gets positivelycharged, while themiddle layer is nega-

tively charged. The electrical potential dif-ference between the two layers is huge, ofthe order of a billion to 10 billion volts. Inverylittletime,amassivecurrent,of theor-der of 100,000 to amillion amperes, startsto flowbetweenthe layers.While the Earth is a good conductor of

electricity,itiselectricallyneutral.However,in comparison to themiddle layer of thecloud, it becomes positively charged. As aresult,about15%-20%ofthecurrentgetsdi-rected towards the Earth aswell. It is thisflowofcurrentthatresultsindamagetolifeandpropertyonEarth.Directlightningstrikesarerarebuteven

indirectstrikesarefatalgiventheimmenseamountof charge involved.

Whichareasare lightning-prone?A recently released annual report on

lightningbytheClimateResilientObservingSystemsPromotionCouncil(CROPC),whichworks closely with government agencieslike the IndiaMeteorological Department,

includes a lightningatlaswhichmapsvul-nerabilityat thedistrict level.According to the report, Madhya

Pradeshhasreportedthelargestnumberofcloud to ground lighting strikes, followedby Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha andWest Bengal. Other stateswith high strikerateincludeBihar,UP,Karnataka,JharkhandandTamilNadu.

Lightning is fairlycommon, thoughit isnot often realised in the urban centres. InIndia,well over one crore lightning strikeshavebeenrecordedinrecentyears.Itisonlyoverthelastfewyearsthatlightningrecordshavebeguntobemaintained,thankstotheefforts of CROPC and IndiaMeteorologicalDepartment.In 2019-20, about 1.4 crore lightning

strikeswere recorded, which increased to1.85crore in2020-21.In2021-22,about1.49crorestrikeswere

recordedacrossthecountry.Thereduction,inlinewiththetrendobservedglobally,hasbeenattributedtotheimpactof theCovid-19pandemic.“The reason attributed to reduction in

lightningisduetoCovid-2019pandemicin-ducedreductioninaerosol level,pollution,environmental upgradation and relativelystableweather system in Indian subconti-nent,” theannual lightning report said.Butmost of this reductionwas seen in

thecloud-to-cloudlightning.Of thestrikes

that reach the Earth, only a 2.5% reductionwasobserved.

Howcantheeffectsof lightningstrikesbemitigated?Lightning is not classified as a natural

disaster inIndia.Butrecenteffortshavere-sultedinthesettingupofanearlywarningsystem, that is already savingmany lives.Morethan96%of lightningdeathshappenin rural areas. As such,most of themitiga-tion and public awareness programmesneed to focusonthesecommunities.Lightning protection devices are fairly

unsophisticatedandlow-cost.Yet,theirde-ploymentintheruralareas,asofnow,isex-tremely low.Statesarebeingencouraged toprepare

and implement lightning action plans, onthe lines of heat action plans. An interna-tionalcentreforexcellenceonlightningre-search to boost detection and earlywarn-ing systems is also in the process of beingsetup.

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THECENTREhas banned the use of 'single-use plastic' from July 1. The Ministry forEnvironment,ForestandClimateChangehadissued a gazette notification last year an-nouncingtheban,andhasnowdefineda listofitemsthatwillbebannedfromnextmonth.“Themanufacture, import,stocking,dis-

tribution, sale and use of following single-use plastic, including polystyrene and ex-panded polystyrene, commodities shall beprohibited with effect from the 1st July,2022,’’ says theMinistrynotification.

What issingle-useplastic?As the name suggests, it refers to plastic

items that are used once and discarded.Single-use plastic has among the highestshares of plasticmanufactured and used—frompackaging of items, to bottles (sham-poo,detergents,cosmetics),polythenebags,facemasks,coffeecups,clingfilm,trashbags,foodpackagingetc.A 2021 report by one of the Australian

philanthropic organisations theMinderooFoundationsaidsingle-useplasticsaccountfor a third of all plastic produced globally,with 98%manufactured from fossil fuels.Single-useplastic also accounts for thema-jorityofplasticdiscarded–130millionmet-ric tonnesglobally in2019—“all ofwhich isburned, buried in landfills or discarded di-rectlyintotheenvironment”,thereportsaid.Onthecurrenttrajectoryofproduction,it

has been projected that single-use plasticcould account for 5-10% of greenhouse gasemissionsby2050.ThereportfoundthatIndiafeaturesinthe

top100countriesofsingle-useplasticwastegeneration–at rank94 (the top threebeingSingapore,AustraliaandOman.Withdomes-tic productionof 11.8millionmetric tonnesannually,andimportof2.9MMT,India’snetgenerationof single-useplasticwaste is 5.6MMT,andpercapitageneration is4kg.

Whatarethe itemsbeingbanned?TheitemsonwhichtheCentralPollution

ControlBoard(CPCB)haveannouncedabanare earbuds; balloon sticks; candy and ice-creamsticks;cutleryitemsincludingplates,

cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, trays;sweet boxes; invitation cards; cigarettepacks; PVC bannersmeasuring under 100microns;andpolystyrene fordecoration.TheMinistry had already banned poly-

thenebagsunder 75microns in September2021,expandingthelimitfromtheearlier50microns.FromDecember,thebanwillbeex-tendedtopolythenebagsunder120microns.Ministryofficialshaveexplainedthatthebanisbeing introduced inphases togivemanu-facturers time to shift to thicker polythenebags thatareeasier torecycle.Whilemanu-facturers canuse the samemachine for 50-and 75-micron bags, the machinery willneed tobeupgraded for120microns.According to the Plastic Waste

ManagementRules,2016,thereisalsoacom-plete ban on sachets using plasticmaterialforstoring,packingorsellinggutkha,tobaccoandpanmasala.

Whythese items?Ministryofficialshavesaidthatthechoice

forthefirstsetofsingle-useplastic itemsforthebanwasbasedon“difficultyofcollection,and therefore recycling”.“Theenemyisnotthatplasticexistsperse,

but that plastic exists in the environment.When plastic remains in the environmentfor longperiodsof timeanddoesnotdecay,itturnsintomicroplastics–firstenteringourfoodsourcesandthenthehumanbody,and

this is extremely harmful.We have chosentheseitemsastheyaredifficulttocollect,es-pecially sincemost are either small, or dis-carded directly into the environment – likeice-creamsticks. Itthenbecomesdifficulttocollect for recycling, unlike themuch largeritems,” saidaMinistryofficial.SatishSinhaof theenvironmentalgroup

Toxic Links described the items chosen as“low-hangingfruit”.“Of thesingle-useplas-tic industry – the production and sale oftheseitemsisminiscule.Thelargestshareofsingle-useplastic isthatofpackaging–withasmuch as 95% of single use belong to thiscategory–fromtoothpastetoshavingcreamtofrozenfoods.The itemschosenareof lowvalue and of low turnover and are unlikelytohaveabigeconomic impact,whichcouldbe a contributing reason. Having said that,wedoneedtostartwithsomething,andit isabeginning,” saidSinha.

Howwill thebanbeenforced?The banwill bemonitored by the CPCB

from the Centre, and by the State PollutionControlBoards(SPCBs)thatwillreporttotheCentreregularly.Directionshavebeenissuedatnational,stateandlocallevels—forexam-ple, to all petrochemical industries— tonotsupply rawmaterials to industries engagedin thebanned items.DirectionshavealsobeenissuedtoSPCBs

andPollutionControlCommitteestomodify

orrevokeconsenttooperateissuedundertheAir/Water Act to industries engaged in sin-gle-use plastic items. Local authorities havebeen directed to issue fresh commercial li-censeswiththeconditionthatSUPitemswillnot be sold on their premises, and existingcommerciallicenceswillbecancelledif theyare foundtobesellingthese items.Lastweek,theCPCBissuedone-timecer-

tificates to 200 manufacturers of com-postableplasticandtheBISpassedstandardsforbiodegradableplastic.Those foundviolating thebancanbepe-

nalisedundertheEnvironmentProtectionAct1986–whichallowsfor imprisonmentupto5years,orapenaltyuptoRs1lakh,orboth.Violators can also be asked to pay

EnvironmentalDamageCompensationbytheSPCB.Inaddition,therearemunicipallawsonplasticwaste,withtheirownpenalcodes.

Howareothercountriesdealingwithsingle-useplastic?Earlierthisyear,124countries,partiesto

theUnitedNationsEnvironmentAssembly,including India, signeda resolution todrawup an agreement which will in the futuremakeit legallybindingforthesignatoriestoaddress the full life of plastics fromproduc-tion todisposal, toendplasticpollution.Bangladesh became the first country to

ban thin plastic bags in 2002. NewZealandbecamethelatestcountrytobanplasticbagsin July 2019. China issued a ban on plasticbags in2020withphased implementation.As of July 2019, 68 countries haveplastic

bagbanswithvaryingdegreesofenforcement.Eight states in the US have banned sin-

gle-use plastic bags, beginning withCalifornia in 2014. Seattle became the firstmajorUScity tobanplastic straws in2018.On July 2, 2021, the Directive on Single-

Use Plastics took effect in the EuropeanUnion (EU). The directive bans certain sin-gle-use plastics for which alternatives areavailable; single-use plastic plates, cutlery,straws, balloon sticks and cotton buds can-notbeplacedonthemarketsoftheEUmem-berstates.Thesamemeasureappliestocups,food and beverage containersmade of ex-pandedpolystyrene, andall productsmadeof oxo-degradableplastic.VanuatuandtheSeychelleshavebanned

plastic strawsoutright.

Banning single-use plasticSIMPLYPUTQUESTION&ANSWER

TheCentrehasdefinedalistof single-useplastic itemsthatwillbebannedfromJuly1.Howmuchsuchplastic isreleasedintotheenvironment,whataretheitemschosen,andhowwill thebanbeenforced?

PRANAVMUKULNEWDELHI,JUNE20

ATLEASTtwobirdstrike incidentshappenedonSunday.Bothaircraft returnedtotheirori-gin airports andwere grounded formainte-nance.AnIndiGoA320neoaircraft,whichtookoff fromGuwahati towards Delhi, suffereddamagetoitsleftenginefollowingabirdhitat1,600 feet. The pilots returned toGuwahati.TheotherstrikehappenedonaSpiceJetflightfromPatna toDelhi. Thepilots of theBoeing737-800 suspected a bird strike during thetake-offrollbutcontinuedtoclimb.Followingthe take-off rotation, theywere informedbythecabincrewof sparksemanating fromtheleftengine.Subsequently,thepilotswerealsoinformedbyair trafficcontrolof smokecom-ing out of one of the engines. The pilots de-claredanemergencyandreturnedtoPatna.

Whyarebirdstrikesaconcern?Birdstrikesareamongthemostcommon

threatstoaircraftsafety,andtheytypicallyoc-curduringtake-offor landing.Dozensofbirdstrikeshappeneachdaybutsomecanbemoredangerous thanothers. Typically,whenbirdscollidewithanaircraft’sairframe,itisunlikelytocausesignificantproblemsforthepilotsfly-ing. But there are instances— like those on

Sunday—wheretheaircraftengineingeststhebirds.Thiscanleadtoalossofthrustfortheen-gineandcausemanoeuvrabilityproblemsforthecrew.Inthesecases,whereajetenginein-gests a bird, procedureswould generally callforpilotstogettheplaneonthegroundattheclosest airport.Whilemost airframe birdstrikesarenotconsideredcritical toairsafety,ifacollisioncracksawindoworawindscreen,pilotswill looktolandasearlyaspossible.

Howcriticalarebirdstrikestoairsafety?Smaller planeswould generally bemore

susceptibletothedangersofbirdstrikesthanlarger ones. Also,modern jetliners are builtwithanumberofredundancies,andcommonpassenger aircraft like Boeing 737 orAirbusA320aredesigned to safely landwithevenasingleengine.However, given that bird strikesmostly

happenduringtake-offandlanding,thesein-cidents coulddistract thepilots duringwhatare highly critical phases of a flight that de-mandthecompleteattentionof thecrew.

Whatcausesbirdstrikes,andwhatarethe

waystopreventthese?In the simplest of terms, the presence of

birdsaroundanairfieldincreasesthechancesofabirdstrike.Inthemonsoon,aswaterpud-dles emerge onopen grounds attracting in-sectstobreed,thesealsoincreasethepresenceofbirds.Insomecases,birdhitsalsohappenathigheraltitudeswhenaplaneiscruising.Thesearemoredangerousthanthelow-altitudehitsgiventhattheycancauserapiddepressurisa-tionof cabins.Other reasons for bird activityaround an airfield could be the presence oflandfills orwastedisposal sites that attract alargenumberofbirds.Forexample,in2019,theAhmedabadair-

port saw 11 wildlife strike events every10,000flights.Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthiswas the dismantling of a large garbagedumpthatwaslocatedalmostdirectlyinthetrajectoryof flightsapproachingtheairport,amovethathascausedthebirdscirclingthelandfill todisperse.TheMinistryofCivilAviationandtheDGCA

haverecognisedwildlifestrikes,includingbirdandanimalhits,toaircraftasoneofthe“StateSafetyPriority”,andtheaviationregulatorreg-ularlycarriesoutaerodromeinspectionsthatareconsideredcriticalwith regard towildlifestrikes. Aviation authorities, alongwith localagencies,workonreducingwildlifepresencearoundairportsfromtimetotime.

The risk of Covid transmissionwhen two people are talking

WHENAperson infectedwithCovid talkstoanuninfectedperson,whatistheriskofthe first person transmitting the virus tothe second? Researchers have examinedthis question by carrying out computersimulations to analyse themovement ofspeechaerosols, andpublishedtheir find-ings in the journalFlow.Theteamincludedresearchersfromthe

Department of Aerospace Engineering atIndianInstituteofScience(IISc),and collaborators from theNordic Institute forTheoreticalPhysics in Stockholm, and theInternational Centre forTheoretical Sciences inBengaluru.For the simulations, the

team visualised scenarios inwhich twomaskless peoplearestanding2ft,4tor6ftapartand talking to each other foraboutaminute,andthenesti-mated the rate and extent of spread ofspeech aerosols. The simulations showedthattheriskofgettinginfectedwashigherwhenonepersonactedasapassivelisteneranddidn’t engage ina two-wayconversa-tion. Factors like theheight difference be-tweenthetwopeople, andthequantityofaerosols released from theirmouths, alsoappear to play an important role in viral

transmission, IISc said inapress release.For the analysis, the teammodified a

computercode(calledMegha-5)theyhadoriginally developed to study themove-ment and behaviour of cumulus clouds.Theanalysisincorporatedthepossibilityofviral entry throughtheeyesandmouth indetermining the risk of infection, the re-leasesaid,notingthatmostpreviousstud-ies had only considered the nose as the

pointof entry.When the speakers were

eitherof thesameheight,orofdrastically different heights(one tall and another short),theriskof infectionwasfoundto bemuch lower thanwhenthe height difference wasmoderate.Basedontheresults,theteamsuggests just turningtheir heads away by about 9°from each other while stillmaintaining eye contact can

reduce the riskconsiderably.Moving forward, the teamplans to fo-

cus on simulatingdifferences in the loud-ness of the speakers’ voices and the pres-enceofventilationsourcesintheirvicinityto seewhat effect they can have on viraltransmission, the releasesaid.

SOURCE: IISc

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Arare,unpredictableeventwithasignificant impactonsocietyortheworld;RBIhas flaggedthepossibilityofone.

BLACKSWANEVENT

ASTUDYbytheReserveBankof India(RBI)hasspokenabout thepossibilityof capitaloutflowstothetuneof$100billion(aroundRs 7,80,000 crore) from India in case of amajorglobalriskscenarioora"blackswan"event.A black swan is a rare, unpredictable

event that comes as a surprise and has asignificant impactonsocietyortheworld.Theseeventsare said tohave threedistin-guishing characteristics – they are ex-tremely rareandoutside therealmof reg-ular expectations; they have a severeimpactaftertheyhit;andtheyseemprob-able inhindsightwhenplausibleexplana-tionsappear.ORIGINS:Theblackswantheorywasput

forward by author and investor NassimNicholasTalebin2001,andlaterpopularisedinhis2007book–TheBlackSwan:TheImpactof theHighly Improbable. The Sunday Timesdescribedhisworkasoneofthe12mostin-fluentialbookssinceWorldWarII.Talebdoesnottrytolayoutamethodto

predict such events, but instead stressesbuilding “robustness” in systems and

strategies to deal with black swan occur-rencesandwithstandtheir impact.The term itself is linked to the discov-

eryof blackswans.Europeansbelievedallswanstobewhiteuntil1697,whenaDutchexplorer spotted the first black swan inAustralia.Themetaphor'blackswanevent'is derived from this unprecedented spot-ting fromthe17thcentury,andhowitup-endedtheWest'sunderstandingofswans.PRECEDENTS: Taleb's book predated

the 2008 global financial crisis – a blackswanevent triggeredbyasuddencrash intheboominghousingmarketintheUS.Thefallof theSovietUnion, theterroristattackin the US on September 11, 2001, also fallin thesamecategory.Taleb does not agree with those who

believe the Covid-19 pandemic to be ablack swan event. In an interview toBloomberg in 2020, he called it a “whiteswan”,arguingthatitwaspredictable,andthere was no excuse for companies andgovernmentsnottobepreparedforsome-thing like this.

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WHAT WORKS BESTIndiabuysmorecoalfromRussia,ureafromUS—diversifying

supplysourcesisgoodpolicy

I NDIA'SIMPORTSOFRussiancoalinJunearereportedlyexpectedtobethehighestinat least sevenandahalf years.ThiscomesalongsideRussiadisplacingSaudiArabiatobecome India's second largest oil supplier after Iraq inMay.Neither of these areunwelcomedevelopments,northefactthatIndiahas,forthefirsttime,boughtalarge

urea consignment fromtheUS.WithRussian traders offeringdiscounts of 25-30per centforthermalcoalandacceptingpaymentinrupees, it isn'tsurprisingthatbulkpurchasesbyIndiancementandsteelcompanieshavespikedinrecentweeks.TheshareofRussiancrudeprocessedinRelianceIndustries'Jamnagarrefineryhas,similarly,risento27percentinMay,fromlessthan5percentbeforeApril.Whyshouldanyfirmforgotheopportunityof sourc-ingoilatsignificantdiscountstointernationalprices?Ithas,likewise,becomeeconomicalnowto importurea fromtheUS,which isquoting$55-75per tonnecheaper thanthat fromtheMiddle-East,notwithstandinghigherfreightcostsandlongervoyagetime.But it isnot justaboutprofit calculationsof companies.Diversifyingsupplysources

andbuyingat the lowestprice forequivalentquality is also innational interest. India'simports of crude petroleum, coal and finished fertilisers were valued at $122.45 bil-lion, $31.72billionand$12.72billion, respectively, in2021-22, as against thepreviousfiscal'scorrespondinglevelsof $59.48billion,$16.27billionand$6.83billion.Thecoun-try'smerchandisetradedeficithitarecord$190.71billion in2021-22.Afurtherwiden-ingof itsdeficits,whetherexternalor fiscal, anduncontrolledweakeningof therupee,both external and internal purchasing value, is something it cannot afford. If import-ingmore coal and oil fromRussia or urea from the US forces existing suppliers — thelikesof Australia, Indonesia, SaudiArabia andUnitedArabEmirates—to lowerprices,itwould aid inmacroeconomic stability necessary for long-termgrowth.The growing tradewithRussiamaynot be to theWest's liking.While the invasion

ofUkrainedeservesthewidestcondemnation, financialsanctionsandnotbuyingfromRussiadon't reallyhelp. India andChinapurchasingmore fromRussia, if anything, re-ducesthepressureonthe internationaloilmarket. ImaginewherecrudepriceswouldhavereachedhadthesetwoAsiancountriesnotsteppedupbuyingfromRussia. In fact,China and India are today the world's top two net crude oil importers, with Russiaemerging as the former's No 1 and the latter's No 2 supplier. The economic and na-tional interests of others overriding its geopolitical priorities is a reality that theWesthas to acknowledge andaccept, sooner than later.

A JOLT IN PARISElectionresultsinFranceputMacroninaprecariousposition.

Hemustbuildalliancesorriskmoreinstability

L ESSTHANTWOmonthsafterEmmanuelMacronbecamethefirst incumbenttowin theFrenchpresidencysince JacquesChirac in2002,hehas sufferedanequallyhistoricpoliticalsetback.Hispoliticalalliance,Ensemble,has lostcon-troloftheNationalAssembly,makinghimthefirstpresidentsince1988tolose

thelegislaturesosoonafterapresidentialvictory.GiventheturmoilinFrenchpoliticsandsocietyover the last fewyears,andMacron'sambitiousagendaforreform, the legislativeelectionresultsauguratbestaperiodofnegotiationandalliance-buildingandatworst,pol-icyparalysisandsnapelections.Atabroaderlevel,evenastheideaof“westerndemocracy”is being shored up in thewake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the election results showthattheliberal,pro-marketandpro-globalisationworldviewchampionedbyMacronhasfailedtoaddress thegrowing inequalityandpopulardisenchantment inFrance.BoththeLeftandthefar-RighthavegainedintheNationalAssembly.Ensembleisstill

thesinglelargestalliancewith245seatsinthe577-memberassembly,whileNUPES,thegroupingof Leftparties, is set tobetheprimaryoppositionwith131seatsandthexeno-phobic National Rally led byMarine Le Pen grew 10-fold to about 90 seats. Le Pen andJean-LucMelenchon,despitetheirvastpoliticaldifferences,haveonethingincommon:Theyopposetheformoffree-marketglobalisationandEuropeanintegrationthatMacronchampions. For theNationalRally, immigrationand themovementof labour facilitatedbyanintegratedEuropeprovidesaplatformforarevanchistFrenchculturalnationalismwhile forMelenchon, Macron's proposals to increase the retirement age and reducelabourprotectionsare tobe fought toothandnail.During his tenure,Macron has done his best to reclaim France's global stature, from

playingaleadershiprole intheEUtoengaginginmultiplegeopolitical theatres includingUkraineandtheIndo-Pacific.Yet,themessageintheverdictisclear,evenifsomeintherul-ingpartyseemunabletodecipherit.PrimeMinisterElisabethBorne,forexample,hassaidthat the “result is a risk for our country in view of the challengeswe have to face” andFinanceMinisterBrunoLeMairecalledit“democraticshock”.The“giletsjaunes”proteststhatrockedthecountrysporadicallyforovertwoyearsandnowtheriseofpoliticalforcesopposedtoglobalisationmakeitclearthatMacronandhispartyhavenotdoneenoughtoreachouttothosewhofeeldisenfranchised.GiventhefragilityofEuropeanunity, it is in-cumbentnowtobuildalliances—socialandpolitical—forastableFranceandEurope.

Amit Bhandari

IndialacksaNationalSecurityDoctrine.Armedforceshaveremainedoutsideambitofreform

THE RECKLESS BORROWERPakistan’seconomiccrisis is inpartduetohighinterestratesonChineseloans

SODREADFULIStheprospectofamilitaryde-feat, and sohorrifying its consequences, thatnationsarewillingtogotoanylengthtoavoidsuchanoutcome. It is for this reason thatna-tional securityhasbeenhistoricallydeemed,worldwide—byeconomistsandnotsoldiers—as“thefirstchargeonthetreasury.”IndependentIndia,unfortunately,sawde-

fenceexpenditurebeingrelegatedtothe“non-plan” category,within the ambit of a Soviet-inspired,centraleconomy.Inanotheranomaly,thepensionbill of veteran soldiers—a sepa-ratechargeontheexchequer—waslinkedtothedefencebudgetandits(inevitable)growthtrotted out as an excuse for the dwindlingfunds available for force-enhancement andhardwarereplacement/modernisation.Thus,foryears,governmentsdraggedtheir

feet, for “want of resources”, over the army’sdemandforamountainstrikecorps.But,iron-ically, the2020Chinese incursions in Ladakhresultedinthedeploymentof50,000-60,000troops—overacorpsstrength—andtheout-flowofahugeunplannedexpendituretosup-portthisindefinitedeployment.The most disheartening aspect of this

situationhasbeen the fact that the financeministry, insteadof findingwaysandmeansof raisingessential, additional funds forna-tional defence, has passed the buck to thearmed forces, and demanded that theyevolvemeasures for reducing the pensionbill. One presumes that the Agnipathscheme, launchedwithmuch fanfare, is anoutcomeof this demand.Butratherthanengageinacritiqueof this

controversialproject,whichhasalreadyseenmuchdebate, controversy andpublic distur-bances,letmefocusontwolargerissues,whichlieattherootofmuchthatiswronginourap-proachtonationalsecurity.Everynationfacestheeternal“gunsvsbut-

ter” dilemma, andhas to find its ownway toresolve,whattheUSmilitarytermsthe“ends-ways-means” conundrum.Allmajorpowersundertakeaperiodic(every4-5years)reviewof their evolvingnational security objectives,theoptionsavailable,andtheeconomic/mili-tarymeansavailableforachievingthem.Suchreviewsautomatically generate assessmentsof existing/potential adversary threats tona-

tionalinterests,aswellasthestateofownmil-itary’smaterial/operationalreadiness.Fromhere, it is a short step to theestima-

tionof themilitary capabilities required, andthefundingsupportthatthenationwillneedtogenerate.Apart fromproviding fiscalguid-ance,thisprocessalsofacilitatestheevolutionofanationalsecuritystrategy.Ourneighbour-hoodadversary, China, has, since2002, beenissuing,with unfailing regularity, a biennial“DefenceWhite Paper”,which encapsulatesall of the foregoing, and is available on theInternet; for the information of foes andfriends,alike.The government of India, on the other

hand, has neglected to undertake any suchexercise, in thepast 75 years. It has, therebydepriveditself,andthetaxpayer,ofaholistic,national security picture of: (a)Wherewestand; (b)where dowewant to go; and (c)how do we intend to get there?Unsurprisingly,Indiaisamongstthefewma-jorpowerswhichhasfailedtoissueaNationalSecurity Strategy or Doctrine, and is conse-quentlyseenofferingfumblingresponses,toemergentthreatsaswellastofinancialstrin-gency inthesecuritydomain.A second fact thatweneed to face is that

our armed forceshave remained inaSecondWorldWar time-warp, as far as their organi-sation and doctrines are concerned. Half-hearted attempts at organisational reformhave come tonaught due to lack of politicalwillaswellasinternalresistancefromtheserv-ices;withtheconstitutionofaChiefofDefenceStaffandcreationofaDepartmentofMilitaryAffairsprovidingthelatestexamples.However, the most troubling lacuna is

thatour1.4millionstrongarmyhasneitherbenefittedfullyfromthe“revolutioninmil-itaryaffairs”of the1980-2000era,norlearntall the lessons of the ongoing “hybridwar-fare,”andremainsfixatedonthe“boots-on-the-ground” syndrome. Given the trans-formed nature of warfare, down-sizing oftheIndianarmy,bysubstitutingmanpowerwith smart technology and innovative tac-tics,hasbecomeanimperativeneed.Againstthis backdrop, a scheme on the lines ofAgnipath,appropriatelyconstituted,andfo-cusedonenhancing“combateffectiveness”

rather than“effecting savings”or “generat-ingemployment,”couldhavetriggeredare-formativeprocess. But anumberof caveatsneed tobeborne inmind in this context.Firstly,giventheparloussecuritysituation,

on the country’s northern andwestern bor-ders aswell as the ongoingdomestic turbu-lence,thisisnotthebesttimetocastthearmedforces—alreadyshortofmanpower—intotur-moil,with a radical anduntriednewrecruit-mentsystem.Secondly, such a scheme, in its present

form,issuitableonlyforthearmy,whoselargeinfantry component is not excessively bur-denedwithtechnology.Incaseofthenavyandair force, itmustberecognisedthatat least5-6yearsarerequiredbeforeanewentrantcanacquireenoughhands-onexperiencetobeen-trustedwiththeoperationormaintenanceoflethalweaponsystemsandcomplexmachin-eryandelectronics.Thirdly, nomatter how extensively the

issuewasdiscussed inmeetingsoronfiles,a radical changeof this nature shouldhavebeen subjected to a trial before service-wide implementation. Ideally, a few unitsof theregularorTerritorialArmycouldhavebeen earmarked as a testing ground, andfeed-backobtained.Lastly, bitter experience of the past has

shownthatthehomeministryhasresistedin-ductionofex-servicemenintothearmed-po-lice andpara-military forces, on thegroundsthatitwouldspoilthecareerpathoftheirowncadres.Similarly,stategovernmentsandotheragencies haveblatantly ignored the reserva-tionsmandated for ESM. Therefore, if theAgnipath schemehas to offer ameaningfulpromiseofpost-demobilisationemploymentoreducation,thismustbemandatedbyanActof Parliament, on the linesof the “GIBill” en-actedbytheUSCongress.Inconclusion,seeingthedetritusofburnt

trains,wreckedbuses and social turmoil, of-ten seen in thewake of many recent pro-nouncements,oneisleftwonderingwhetherdissentingopinionsaretoleratedandcontrar-ianadviceacceptedorgivenanyweightageinourhigh-leveldecision-makingforums?

Thewriter isaretiredchiefofnavalstaff

PAKISTAN’SLATESTEconomicSurvey(2021-22)givesaglimpseof justhowdeeplyit is in-debtedtoChina. Ithasacurrentdebtof$87.7billion. Its ongoing economic crisis can betraced to reckless borrowing, enabled byChina.Meanwhile,evenasthecountryrisksafinancialcrisis,themilitaryhasawardeditselfan 11per cent increase in budgetary alloca-tion,while other heads such as education,housing andhealthhave seen their budgetsslashed. This has created anunprecedentedbacklashagainstthemilitary.GiventheroleChineselendinghasplayed

in the crisis in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, otherlenders are coming around to the view thatChinamustalsotakesomeofthehaircutsandburdenofdebtrelieftothesecountriesdirectly.FundsfromtheIMF–whichPakistanisinne-gotiationswith for its22nd loan—andotheraid providers, shouldn’t be used to repayopaquefinancingmadeonunfairterms.China is Pakistan’s largest bilateral credi-

tor,withoutstanding loans of $14.5billion–only theAsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) at$14billionandtheWorldBank(WB)at$18.1billion have comparable amounts owed tothem.However,thisnumberundercountsthetrueextentofChineselendingtoPakistanun-derothercategories.Forinstance,China’sSAFE(State Administration of Foreign Exchange)haslenttoPakistan.TheEconomicSurveylists$7billionowedto“SAFE/TIME”(notclarifiedin the budget documents),which likely in-cludesloansextendedbySAFE.Pakistanalsoowes$8.77billion to “com-

mercial banks”,which includes banks fromWest Asia and three Chinese lenders— theBankof China, ICBCandChinaDevelopmentBank, all state-ownedbanks. Between2016-17 to2020-21, the threeChinese lenders ex-tendedshort-termloansworth$11.48billion.It isnotclearhowmuchof thisamountisstilloutstanding.The absolute amounts alsodon’t capture

thedifferentinterestratesandtenures–mostofthemultilateralloans(ADBandWB)arefor25-30 years and have beenmade atmuchlowerrates (Libor+0.6percent),while loansfromChinese “commercial banks” are forshorter tenures (1-3 years) andat higher in-terest rates (Libor + 2.75-3 per cent). ThismeansthatwhileADB/WBlendingisaround3per cent, loansmadebyChinesebanks are5.5-6percentatcurrentrates.Thisdifferencealsoextendstobilaterallending.Comparedtootherbilaterallenders,China’sloantenuresareshorterandinterestrateshigher.BilateralloansfromGermany,JapanandFrancechargeinter-est of under 1per cent,while bilateral loansfromChinaareat3-3.5percent.Thehigher interest rates becomeevident

whenviewed alongwith Pakistan’s interestpaymentstoitscreditors.During2019-20,thetotal lending to PakistanbyParis Club coun-triesandChinawasaboutthesame–buttheinterest outflowonChinese loanswas fourtimeshigher. In thepast twoyears, Pakistanhaspaidoutjust$7.6millionininteresttotheParisclub–likelyreliefonaccountofCovid—whileithaspaidover$400milliontoChina.

A significant part of the Chinese lendinghas likely been for the China-PakistanEconomicCorridor(CPEC),anambitiousproj-ect undertakenonopaque terms. Accordingto Pakistanimedia reports, the IMFwantsPakistantorenegotiatetheCPECenergydealsbefore it agrees to assist Pakistan. Earlier re-search by GatewayHouse has shown thatsomeof theloansmadeforCPECPowerproj-ectswereatLibor+4-4.5percent,andthecostofprojectswassignificantlyhigherthansim-ilarprojectselsewhere.Any lasting solution to the problems of

these countrieswill have to involveChina. Itwillhavetochipin,intheformoflowerinter-est rates, extended repayment periods andsomedebt forgiveness, if Pakistanandotherslike Sri Lanka,Maldives andMyanmar are toclimboutof thefinancialholetheyarein.If China refuses tohelp solveaproblemit

hashelpedcreate, other lendersmayalso re-fusetocontribute:Whywriteoffmoneythatwill thenbeused topayoff a single lender ateveryone else’s expense?However, if Chinadoeswriteoffsomeofitsloans,itwillfacesim-ilardemandsfromotherborrowersthatsignedupfortheBRI.FromanIndianperspective,theChinese debt trapwill limit Pakistan’s eco-nomic growth, in turn reducing its ability tocausemischief forIndia.

Bhandari isSeniorFellowforEnergy,InvestmentandConnectivity,GatewayHouse.HeisalsotheauthorofChineseinvestments

inIndia’sneighbourhood

Our 1.4 million strong armyhas neither benefitted fullyfrom the ‘revolution inmilitary affairs’ of the 1980-2000 era, nor learnt all thelessons of the ongoing‘hybrid warfare,’ andremains fixated on the‘boots-on-the-ground’syndrome. Given thetransformed nature ofwarfare, down-sizing of theIndian army, by substitutingmanpower with smarttechnology and innovativetactics, has become animperative need. Against thisbackdrop, a scheme on thelines of Agnipath,appropriately constituted,and focused on enhancing‘combat effectiveness’ ratherthan ‘effecting savings’ or‘generating employment,’could have triggered areformative process.

If China refuses to help solvea problem it has helpedcreate, other lenders mayalso refuse to contribute:Why write off money thatwill then be used to pay off asingle lender at everyoneelse’s expense? However, ifChina does write off some ofits loans, it will face similardemands from otherborrowers that signed up forthe BRI.

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THE ISRAELI INVASIONISRAEL IS CONTINUING to adhere to theshaky cease-fire with Palestinian guerril-las in Beirut, the cabinet secretary, DanMeridor said. Answering reporters' ques-tions after a cabinetmeeting,MeridorhadnocommentoneffortsbytheUSpresiden-tial envoy, Philip Habib to negotiate somekindof disengagementof Israeli forcesen-circling the Palestinian stronghold in theMuslim sector of the Lebanese capital.Meridor indicated there was little chanceof a deal widely reported in Beirut, underwhich the PLOwould lay down its arms inBeirut in return for safe passage and a rolein peace negotiations. “Israel will not ne-gotiate ever with the organisation callingitself an organisation to liberate Palestine

from the Jews, never”,Meridor said.

BHOSALE FACES REVOLTTHATTHEMAHARASHTRAChiefMinister,Babasaheb Bhosale is facing a revolt fromwithinhis party became clearwhenhis ri-vals held a three-hour meeting at RamraoAdik's house in Bombay. The meeting at-tended by over 60 legislators, seven MPsand 11 presidents of district Congress (I)committees “bitterly” criticised the “styleof functioning” of Bhosale and “virtually”decided to urge Indira Gandhi to dislodgetheChiefMinister intheinterestof thestate.The dissidents will meet again on June 23todecidethedateonwhichtheyshouldap-proach the Prime Minister. However, the

meetingwillnottakeplaceif thePresident'selection is not going to be unanimous. Thedissidentswanttoavoidanyrift in thestateparty until the President's election is over.

ASSAM MAIL DERAILSAT LEAST 12 persons were killed and 75others were injured when nine bogies ofthe 3DownAssamMail derailed betweenPranpurandThanaBihpur railwaystationsin the North Bihar stretch of the North-Eastern Railway, according to officialsources. Reports received here are silentover the cause of the derailment. Civil andpoliceofficialsanddoctorsofKhagariaandKatihardistrictsareengaged in rescueandrelief operations.

JUNE 21, 1982, FORTYYEARSAGO

LINES IN WATERIntroductionof ‘open’categoryfortransgenderathletesin

swimmingisastepforward—andbackward

T HEINTRODUCTIONOFan“open”categorybyswimming'sgoverningbody,FINA, for trans-women in the competition,must first and foremostbe seenastheireffectiveexclusionfromtheestablishedwomen'scategory.Inasense,thismovecanbesaidtoaccommodatesciencewhichsaysthattheadvantages

that thosebornmaleacquire atpuberty are structural— larger lungsandhearts, longerbonesandbigger feetandhands—andcannotentirelybesuppressedbyhormonesup-pression during transitioning. However, it is a blow to those trans-womenwhowouldwant to seamlessly integrate into their new, identity-affirming life after transitioning,andviewcompeting in thewomen's category insportasanaturalprogression.SwimmingwasheadedforthisconfrontationsinceMarchwhenfreestylerLiaThomas,

a transgenderathleteatPennStateUniversity, edgedoutOlympicmedleysilvermedal-list EmmaWeyant towin the prestigiousUS Collegiate title. Thomas had competed onPenn'smen's team from2017-19 prior to transitioning andwas a fewmonths short ofthemandatedthree-yearhormonalreplacementrequirementregulations.AtFINA'sex-traordinary congress, the swim body announced the Open category so that trans ath-leteswere not excluded from the top competitions. Sport has received all round back-lashforitsgender-basedexclusionsinthepast,andthiswasswimming'swayofstrikingabalancebetweenscienceand fairness, albeitbyappearingunfair to trans-women.The ideaof an“open”category, thoughdiscriminatory innotallowingtrans-women

to be part of their preferred category, can be viewed as a step forward. FINA'smove tohold thecompetitionandcelebratechampions inyetanothercategorycouldbeseenasmainstreaming trans-women in society. A gold is a gold, and though the numbers oftrans-women in elite sports are far too lowat themoment, it can serve as aplatform tofast-track trans visibility. The finalwordon thebestway ahead, though,must restwiththe trans-athletes.

Arun Prakash

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The NSO data which talks ofthe unemployment ratecoming down to 4.2 per centin 2020-21 may sound likegood news because it saysthat during the height of thepandemic there was a declinein the unemployment rate.But this does not seem insync with the times whenseveral people had lost theirjobs and the migrants wereforced to go back home withtheir workplaces closingdown. In fact, the PLFS datadoes throw up someanomalies.

ADEEP learning crisis has set induring theCovidpandemic.TheNationalAchievementSurvey(NAS)hascapturedafallofnineper-centage points between2017 and2021 intheperformanceofstudentsinsubjectsrang-ingfrommathstosocialscience(IE,May25).Since the absence of a formal, structuredlearningenvironment isbeing identifiedastheprimarycauseof thiscrisis, thelearningloss seems to bemore applicable to thosechildrenwhodonothaveeducational sup-port at homeand are constrained in otherwaysaswell.It is natural to expect any tool that as-

sessesandquantifies theacquisitionof for-mallearningskillsamongchildrenwillshowgapsbetweenwhat they shouldknowandwhat theyactuallyknow.What isabitper-plexing,however,isthatwhilethemeaningsof learning, pedagogy, andpeer interactionhave changedwith the shift to the onlinemode, the assessment tools continue tobecentredon theofflinemodeof instruction.Typically,curriculum,pedagogyandassess-mentgohand-in-handandachange inanyof thesenecessitates a change in the othertwoaswell.Thatisnotthecasehere.TheNASisthefirstnationwidesurveyof

qualityeducationafterthelockdownandex-tendedclosureof schools. Therefore, its re-sults assume greater significance. Schoolteachershavealsobeenaskedtoassessstu-dentsonaregularbasis.Nowthatthelearninglosshasbeenesti-

mated, childrenwith learning gaps havebeen identified and appropriate strategiesframedforthem,itisimportanttorecognisetheimplicationsoflabellingasectionofchil-drenas“weak”.Wealsoneedtoexaminetheimpact of this kind of assessment on themeaning of learning. Labelling a child as“kamzorbacchha”impactsherselfworthanddignity. In theKotravillage inRajasthan, forinstance,where oneof usworks, it's com-mon to see a few children playing earlymorningwhilemostothersmaketheirwaytothesupportclasses—asenseofshameontheirdowncastfacesisobvious.One has also seen children running in

the opposite direction on seeing theirteacher: “Maasahab aa rahein hain, bhaag.Mobile se kuch sawal pochenge aur phir ka-henge tum log ko kuchnahin aata hai” (Theteacher is coming, let us run. Hewill ask afewquestionsfromhismobileandsaythatyou don’t knowanything). Incidents suchasthesereflecthowchildrenhavebeguntoview their teachers andwhat assessmentmeanstothem.Themore fundamental impact of such

assessments isonthemeaning theygive tolearning.Remedialprogrammeslikebridgecourses are based on anunderstanding oflearningasanadditiveprocess,onethatcanbe recoveredby increasing either the con-

tent intakeor the instruction time. Second,italsoassumesthatlearningmanifestsitselfeasily irrespectiveofwho is evaluating andunderwhatcircumstances,withoutbother-ingtounderstandhowchildrenrelatetotheassessment exercise. Third, it validates cer-tain kinds of learningwhich takes place intheclassroomandexcludesallotherexperi-ences outside it.Withoutdownplaying theimportanceof foundationalskillsof literacyandnumeracy,onemustadmitthatthereisariskof thembeinggivendisproportionateimportance to theneglectof all otherkindsof learning that seldom gets measured.Related to this is thenarrative of poor chil-drenlackingbasicfoundationalskills.Whiletheassessmentsurveyfocuseson

whatchildrendonotknow,it isalsoimpor-tant to knowwhat theymayhave experi-enced/acquiredinthisperiod.Whiletheex-perience of each childmaydiffer, onemaynotbewrongingeneralisingthateachchildmay have gone through some amount ofgrief, uncertainty, fear of death, thepainoflosingsomeoneclose,alienationfromone’sfriends and classmates. Somewouldhaveevenfacedpoverty,hunger,dislocationandtheresultantfrustration.Thisalsomeansthatchildrenmayhavealsomaturedmore,theirneedswould have changed and sowouldtheirexpectationsfromschool. It isalsoim-portanttoacknowledgethefactthatjustbe-causechildrendidnotcometoschool, theydidnotstoplearning. InKotra,weobservedthatthelasttwoyearshavealsomeantalit-tlemoretimeforchildrentobewithfriends,support theirparentsand learn fromthem,andexplore local forests and areas in theirvillage.Alltheseexperiencesshouldbeinte-graltothelearningprocess. Itbecomescrit-icalforschoolstointegrateelementsoftheseintoclassrooms.Ratherthanaskinghowtomakechildren

readyforschool,amorevalidquestiontoaskperhapswouldbehowtomakeschoolsmoreresponsive to children and their needs.Although theAnnual Status of EducationReport(ASER)hasbeencontinuouslylament-ing the falling learning levelsof school chil-drensince2005,wewillconfineourdiscus-sionaround thepandemic. Schoolsneed tobeprepared tooffer and invite students toprocessgrief throughcultivatingsafespacestoexpressandsharetheirfeelingsandneeds.Providingsuchspaceswouldbeverycriticalinprocessinggrief.Thisshouldbeingrainedinschoolculture,andnotbeaone-off eventanditseffectontheoverallgrowthofchildrenshouldbeobserved.Thiswillallowchildrentoreclaimtheirspacesintheclassroom.Thispracticeisrootedinthechildfirstapproach.Opportunitiestobuildconfidenceinchil-

drenmust be created and students shouldbeenabledtoworkingroupssothattheycansharetheirexperienceswiththeirpeers.Thewell-beingofteachersshouldbeconsideredabsolutelyessentialtotheprocess.Thrustingthemwith responsibilityunilaterallyman-dated by their seniorswill not take us far.Thesemeasureswill have a positive influ-enceontheteacher-studentrelationshipandhelpbridgethetrustdeficitthathasbeencre-atedbylongschoolclosures.

NawaniiswiththeSchoolofEducation,TataInstituteofSocialSciences,Mumbai.Kumar

istheCEOandCo-founderofKshamtalayainKotra,Rajasthan

LETUSLOOKat three reports thathaveap-pearedrecentlyontheissueof jobs.Thefirstpertains to start-ups that havebegun issu-ingpinkslips totheiremployees.Thenum-bergivenfor thisyearsofar isabove10,000andmorecouldbeintheoffing.Thesecondpertains to theNSOsurveywhichsays thattheunemploymentrate in2020-21(July toJune)wasat4.2percent,downfrom4.8percent in2019-20. This soundsgoodbecauseit seems that even thoughstart-ups are re-trenching staff, somewhere in the country,opportunities are being created. And thethird is the determination shown by thegovernment in creating opportunities — ithasassuredthecreationofonemillion jobsover the next one-and-a-half years. Thismaybeoptimistic,but if itdoesmaterialise,theemploymentlandscapewillchangedra-matically.Sowhatistheemploymentsituationto-

dayinIndia?Ex-post,onecansaythatif jobsare being created on a progressive basis,therewill be an increase in incomegenera-tion, which in turn, should spur consump-tion. Therefore, if consumption picks up—this can be indicated by the growth in theconsumer goods segments — then one canbeconfidentof jobsbeingcreated.Here thepicturemaynot be too assuring. Consumerdurable goods have been registering nega-tive or slightly positive growth for the lastfive years or so — this is a reflection of thepurchasing power of the people that ulti-matelycanbe linked to jobcreation.There has also been a lot of talk about

start-ups with several companies havingwitnessed impressive listings, despite theirprofitandlossaccountsbeingweak.It isonethingtosaythatthesefirmswereabletoridethestockmarketboompost-Covidandhavegarnered resources. But those that are stilldependentonfundingfromventurecapital-

istsorPEfundshavesufferedasetback,withthis channeldryingup.Interestingly, it isawell-knownfactthat,

globally, 80-85per cent of start-ups foldupinthefirstcoupleofyearsmainlyduetonon-viablemodels that fail the scaling-up chal-lenge—whenanenterprisethatworksatthemicro-level does not survive as it expands.For this deep pockets are required and iffunds are not forthcoming, it adds to thepressures on the firm. A fallout of this is re-trenchment.Start-upshavebeentheflavourwithseveralqualifiedengineeringandman-agementgraduateswhoprefertostart theirownventures,especiallyinthefintechspace.Therefore, while start-ups sound exciting,job creation at scale cannot bepart of theseexperiments,unlessthereisanassuredflowof funds.TheNSOdatawhich talksof theunem-

ploymentratecomingdownto4.2percentin 2020-21 sounds like goodnewsbecauseit says that during the height of the pan-demictherewasadeclineintheunemploy-ment rate. But this does not seem in syncwith those timeswhen several people hadlost their jobs and when migrants wereforced to go back home with their work-places closing down. In fact, the PLFS datadoesthrowupsomeanomalies.From2018-19 onwards, the unemployment rate hasbeen coming down— from 6.1 per cent in2017-18to5.8percent in2018-19to4.8percent in 2019-20 and then to 4.2 per cent in2020-21. But, during this phase, the GDPgrowth rate declined from 6.8 per cent in2017-18 to 6.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent in2018-19and2019-20respectively,contract-ing thereafter by 6.6 per cent in 2020-21.Therefore, theredoesseemtobesomethingamisshereaslowerGDPgrowthisbeingas-sociated with a decline in the unemploy-ment rate which should be the other way.This is something that requires further ex-aminationgiventhatCMIE’sunemploymentrateshavebeenbetween7-10percentdur-ing theCovidperiod.The government’s intention to hire one

millionemployeesislaudable. Itwillbeare-allybig taskgiven thatpresently thecentralgovernmentofficeshousearound3.45mil-lion personnel as per the budget for 2022-23. Employing amillionmorewillmeananadditionof around30per cent to thisnum-

ber. Thequestions that arise are the follow-ing:First, canthisnumberbeaccomplishedin this shortperiodof timeconsidering thattherearefairlylengthyprocessesinvolvedinhiringpeopletogovernmentdepartments?Second,hiringsuchanumberisgoodforthecountry, but findingmeaningful roles fortheminvariousdepartmentsneedstobese-riously examined. Interestingly, in 2012-13,thetotalemployeestrengthwas3.41millionwhich came down to 3.18million by 2020-21 as the governmentworked on reducingits flab significantly. It has increased in thelast two years to 3.46million. Quite clearly,plansneed tobe inplace toprovidework tothis setof newemployees. It ispossible thatthe opportunitiesmay go beyond the cen-tralgovernmentdepartments,perhapsintherealm of education, health and social wel-fare.But thatwouldbeoutside thesystem.The third issue that would have to be

kept inmind is the increase in cost for thegovernment. As per the budget for 2022-23, the average outgo per employee wasaroundRs12.20lakh.Assumingthenewsetearnshalf of theexistingaverage, theaddi-tionalcostwouldbeat leastRs60,000crore.The salary outlay for the year was Rs 4.22lakh crore. Theseprovisionswouldhave tobemade in subsequent budgets. The otherassociated cost that has to be kept inmindrelates to pension funds — this necessitybuildsupeveryyearasemployeesretirepe-riodically.Therefore, the overall unemployment

picturelookscomplextoday.Whileofficially,therateiscomingdown,ourexperiencedur-ingthepandemicdoesn'tsupportsuchopti-mism.Whilethegovernment’sintenttoaddover amillion jobs in the next 18months islaudable,thetaskisaudaciousandchalleng-ing fromboth an administrative and finan-cial point of view. Lastly, the high hopesplaced on startups to propel India haveproved to be a dampener from the point ofviewofthestockmarketperformanceaswellasemployment. Ithas ledtojobdestructionrather than creation.Wemay have towaitforthetraditionalrouteofeconomicgrowthtogradually create spaces formore jobs.

Thewriter isChiefEconomist, BankofBarodaandauthorofLockdownor

economicdestruction. Viewsarepersonal

Rebuilding school,children first

WAY FORWARDTHISREFERS TO the editorial, ‘Grim re-minder’(IE,June20).Saturday’sincidentis thelatest targetedattackonaplaceofworship of aminority community inAfghanistan.ThisshowsthattheTalibanis not in full control. The Afghan econ-omyhas gone into a tailspin, hunger isacute,andwomen’srightsaredisappear-ing. The Islamic State has claimed re-sponsibility for thedeadlyterrorattack.Delhimustraise itsvoice inshapingtheinternational debate onAfghanistan aswellasrevisit itsAfghanpolicy.

SSPaul,Chakdaha,Nadia

THISREFERS TO the editorial, ‘Grim re-minder’ (IE, June 20).The attack on aGurdwara inKabulwillhave long-termconsequences.Firstofall,theglobalcom-munity will have to keep asking theTalibanregimetorespectminorityrightsand provide them security. Secondly,threat of terrorism,whichwas an ex-pected fallout after US’ withdrawal,looms large in the region.The complexnature of terrorism inAfghanistan is agrimremindertostayvigilant.Presenceof theHaqqaniNetwork,Al-Qaeda,andTalibanhasbeencomplicatedfurtherbytheprominentpresenceofISIL-K.Finally,forNewDelhi, this isasetback.Becausewehave started the process of reopen-ingtheIndianembassyinKabulrecently,and those efforts could be derailed bythisattack.Havingsaid that, alongwith

theglobalcommunity,Indiashouldkeepasking for accountability from theTaliban regime for the larger interest oftheregion.Atthesametime,weneedtokeepdiplomaticchannelsopen.

DewangGaneshThosar,Raigad

BOTTOM UPTHISREFERSTOthearticle,‘InArunachaldistrict,women lead fight for drug-freecommunity’(IE,June20).Kudostoallthewomenof this villagewho showed thecouragetoconvincetheirhusbandstoen-rollinadrugde-addictioncentre.FormerDistrict Commissioner, DevanshYadav,alsoneedstobeapplaudedforhis inno-vativesolutiontothisage-oldissue.Abot-tomupapproach inade-addictionpro-grammeisagoodideabecauseitcanbeadoptedona larger scale progressively.We don't become a drug-free societyovernight. It requires ahuge amount ofwillpowerandsustainedefforts.

BalGovind,Noida

DOUBLE SPEAKTHIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The vish-wagurufantasy’(IE,June20).Bhagwat'sparallel narrative of “manavta” and“Hindutva”appearstobenoble,butissi-multaneously overlooking its denigra-tion by bigotry fromcertain factions oftheSanghParivar.

LRMurmu,NewDelhi.

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

THEPOST-COVIDworld faces several dilem-mas.Therisingtideofparochialismthreatenstoengulfhumanitywhiledepression,anxietyandinnumerablephysicalandmentaldiseaseshaveaffectedthewell-beingofpeoplearoundtheworld.TheWorldHealthOrganisationes-timatesthatnearly280millionpeoplearesuf-feringfromdepression.In sucharestivemilieu, yogacanbringus

together,helpustolearnfromeachother'sex-periences and address our shortcomings. In2020,when theworldwas in the grip of thepandemic, researchers from the HarvardMedical School publishedanarticle, “Copingwithcoronavirusanxiety”.Ithighlightedhowyogaandmeditationcanhelponestaycalminanincreasinglytenseenvironment.Yogahelpsin elevating the levels of a chemical calledgamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)which isassociatedwithbettermoodanddecreasedanxiety. Researchers around theworld agreethatyogatherapiesplayakeyrole inimprov-ingthequalityof lifebysignificantlyreducingsymptomslinkedtodepression,boostingim-

munity, improving cardiovascular function-ing,andenhancingsleeppatterns.Ancient texts also elucidate the impor-

tance of yoga. In the second chapter of theBhagwatGita,LordKrishnaasksArjunatoper-formhisdutieswithoutflinchingasifhewasin a state of yoga. Krishna seems to see yogaas a state of mindfulness under all circum-stances. Yoga fundamentallymeans lettingthe virtues of godliness and spirituality per-meateone’smind—it'saboutself-realisationandtheability tomergeone’smindwiththesoul.BuddhistDhammaalsotalksaboutqual-ities suchaspatience, self-control, tolerance,and understanding — these, according toDhamma, are qualities thatmake virtuousrulers. Yoga can help people constantly im-provethemselves.Ahealthymindformsthenucleusofahar-

moniouscommunity.Yogacannotonlyhelpusimproveourmentalhealthbutalsohelpusbecomekarmayogis;acommunityofkarmayogis is onewhere everymemberperformshisorherdutywhilemaintainingequanimity

under all circumstances. Yoga canalso sparkcreativity,which can, in turn, enhance one'sself-esteemandimprovefocus.Acommunityofkarmayogiscould,therefore,helptheworldbecome amore peaceful place. In a sense,therefore,yogahasthepotentialtosparkarev-olutionthatliftsusoutofourmiseries.Apart fromhealing themind, yoga also

heals the body. It helps in relieving backpain and easing the symptomsof arthritis.Yogaalsohelps in improving strength, bal-ance, and flexibility.Indiahasalreadytakenthefirststepinsow-

ing the seeds for apeaceful community. Therecently inaugurated Global Centre forTraditionalMedicine (GCTM) in Jamnagar,Gujarat, isacollaborationbetweentheWorldHealth Organisation (WHO) and theGovernment of India. It seeks to deepen re-searchinthefieldoftraditionalmedicinesandpractices, includingyoga.AYogaCertificationBoard(YCB)hasbeenestablishedwiththeob-jectivesofbringingsynergy,quality,andunifor-mity intheknowledgeandskillsofyogapro-

fessionalsacrosstheworld.Thisdovetailswiththe vision andmission of theMorarji DesaiNational InstituteofYoga,undertheMinistryofAyush:''Health,harmonyandhappinessforallthroughyoga''.Through the celebration of the

InternationalDayof Yoga2022, theMinistryofAyushaimstomakethetraditionalpracticeofyogagoglobal.Suchinitiativespromotethesacrednessofyogacuttingacrossthebarriersof race, caste, religion, gender, and class. Thepromotion of yoga is also aligned withSustainableDevelopmentGoal number 3ofensuringhealthylives.Today, a peaceful self and aharmonious

worldappeartobedifficultgoals.However,bymakingconsciouseffortstowardself-improve-ment,we can contribute towards the collec-tivegood.Usingyogaasatoolforself-improve-mentwouldbeasteptowardsacalmer,morecompassionateworld.

ThewriterisUnionministerforAyushandPorts,Shipping&Waterways

Yoga, post Covid

On jobs, the big pictureDataonemploymentpaintsacomplex landscape.Government’s intent toaddoveramillion jobs in the

next18months is laudable,but the task isaudaciousandchallenging

DishaNawani andVivekKumar

Sarbananda Sonowal

Theancientpracticehasarenewedrelevanceinpresenttimes

Post-pandemiclearningassessmentsmustdifferfromthosebeforeit.Theyshouldbesensitivetochildren'sexperiencesduringthecrisis

MadanSabnavis

CR Sasikumar

New Delhi

CAMBODIA

WORLD’SLARGESTFRESHWATERFISH INNETThe world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in theMekong River in Cambodia, as per scientists from the Southeast Asian nation andthe US. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost four metres from snoutto tail and weighed slightly under 300 kgs, said Wonders of the Mekong, a jointCambodian-US research project.

ITALY

DirectorHaggisheldonsexualabusechargesRome: Oscar-winningCanadian screenwriteranddirectorPaulHaggisisunder house arrest insouthern Italy on chargesof sexual assault and ag-gravated personal injury,accusations that Haggisdenies,hislawyerssaidonMonday. "Mr PaulHaggiswas detained on Sundaywithanemergencymeas-ure issuedby theBrindisiprosecutors and is nowunder house arrest inOstuni. He will be ques-tioned by Thursday,” hisItalian lawyer MicheleLaforgia said. Haggis wascharged with forcing ayoungnon-Italianwomanto have sex against herwillthecourseoftwodaysinOstuni,publicprosecu-tors in Brindisi said onSunday. REUTERS

PaulHaggis isunderhousearrest.AP

TOPOFTHEWORLD

JAPAN

Same-sexmarriagebannotillegal:CourtTokyo: A Japanese courtruled onMonday that abanonsame-sexmarriagewasnotunconstitutional,dealingasetbacktorightsactivistsintheonlyGroupof Sevennation that doesnot allow people of thesamesextomarry.Therul-ingdashesactivists’hopesof raisingpressure on thecentralgovernmenttoad-dress the issue after acourtinthecityofSapporoinMarch2021decided infavour of a claim that notallowing same-sexmar-riage was unconstitu-tional. REUTERS

CHINA

Interceptedamissile inflight,saysBeijingBeijing: China says it hassuccessfully interceptedamissileinflight, inatestofan anti-ballistic missilesystemthatcouldimproveitsdefencesasitpressesitsterritorial claims. A state-ment from the DefenceMinistry lateSundaygavenodetails,butsaidthetestwaspurelydefensive andnot aimed at any foreignnations. AP

BELGIUM

Congonationalhero’stoothreturnedtokinBrussels:Belgianauthori-ties onMonday returneda gold-capped tooth be-longing to the slainCongoleseindependencehero Patrice Lumumba.TherestitutionoftherelictookplaceafterBelgium’sKingPhilippe thismonthexpressed his “deepestregrets” for his nation'sabuses in its African for-mercolony,Congo. AP

SAUDIARABIA

Travelcurbsliftedfor IndiaRiyadh: Saudi Arabialifted coronavirus travelrestrictions onMondayonitscitizenstravellingtoTurkey, India, Ethiopiaand Vietnam, state newsagency SPA reported.Earlier this month, thekingdomliftedmeasuresimposed to prevent thespread of the virus, in-cluding a requirement towears face masks in-doors. REUTERS

DAMIENCAVECANBERRA, JUNE20

AMANDA LAUGESEN scrolledthrough the spreadsheet of7,000words and idioms beingconsidered for the next editionof the Australian NationalDictionary, but nomatter howhard she looked, she just couldnot find thephrase.“Fewbricksshortof apallet”

was there. So was “face like abucket of smashed crabs.” Butwhere was “face like a half-sucked mango?” Spinningquickly fromthe screen, shegotupandwalkeddownthehall toaskMarkGwynn.Theyhadbeenworking together at the

Australian National DictionaryCentreinCanberraformorethanadecade,andtheyhadbothseenphrases gomissing in drafts ofwhatacolleaguehadcalledtheir“herbariumofwords.”Gwynn,a formerpoetrystu-

dent, was also stumped by thedisappearance. “Well, we knowwe’vegot‘facelikeatwistedsandshoe,’ ” he said, recalling similarentriesintheirdatabase.“It’snotunder ‘mango’or ‘sucked’?”Laugesen shook her head.

The author of a book aboutAustralia’s penchant for off-colour language, with a doctor-ate inUS history, she lookedal-mostasmadasacutsnake.“Thisis the problem,” she said,lamentingthelostmangoinsult.

“Sometimesyouget stuck.”Clearly, updatingadictionary

of Australian English on a shoe-stringbudget is a special kindofhardwork—or “hardyakka,” for

thosewho speak the local lan-guage. The AustralianNationalDictionary includes onlywordsandphrases thathaveoriginatedinAustralia,thathaveagreatercur-

rencyinthecountryorthathaveaspecial significance inAustralianhistory.Andtheprocessisabitlikepanningforgold.Sometimes the job requires

sifting through themuckof poli-tics, collecting Australianisedphraseslike“looseunit,”whichishowPMScottMorrisondescribedAnthonyAlbaneseafterAlbanesemade an economic proposal.Sometimes it means scanningTwitter or readingmemoir aftermemoir, looking forphrases thathave become valuable amongIndigenousAustralians,like“storycustodian,”ornewcommunitiesof Australians— like “ABC,” forAustralian-bornChinese.It canalsomeanpayingclose

attention tohowwords change.

Australianshavealonghistoryofturning some abbreviations orseeminglyinnocuousphrasesintoslurs, based on race, gender orcountry of origin. And they alsotendtoshineup,or“ameliorate,”others, taking “bloody” or “bas-tard”andmakingthempartofthemore commonly accepted ver-nacular,oftenlongbeforeBritain.Allof thiswork,theforensics

of national dictionary research,is relativelynewinAustralia.TheOxfordEnglishDictionary

emergedgradually from1884 to1928. NoahWebster published“AnAmericanDictionary of theEnglishLanguage”in1828.ButthefirstseriouslookattheAustralianlanguage,bySidneyBaker,aNewZealander,cameoutin1945.And

the first editionof theAustralianNationalDictionary hit librariesonlyin1988.BruceMoore, a formerme-

dieval English scholarwhowasthe director of the NationalDictionary Centre from1994 to2011,notedthatalotofwordsandsayingsthatcaptured“Australianqualities” were looked downuponamongeducatedelites.Wordslike“battler”(aperson

whoworksdoggedlyandwithlit-tle reward) or the admonition tonever“dobinyourmates”(informonyour friends) or “rort the sys-tem” (cheat or engage in fraud)were all there in AustralianEnglish,“buttheywerenotrecog-nised in the traditional ‘publicsquare,’”Mooresaid. NYT

EDITORS AT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DICTIONARY CENTRE WORK TO DOCUMENT IT

Buzz words: ‘Hard yakka’ of defining Australian English’s many quirks

Anindexcardregarding ‘madasacutsnake’phrase inthearchiveroominCanberra,Australia.NYT


THEWORLDWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

Islamabad: The Taliban have re-leased several British citizenswho were detained inAfghanistanafteranagreementwas reached between the twocountries, Taliban and UK offi-cialssaidMonday.ThedetaineeswerereleasedSundayfollowinga series of meetings betweenAfghanandBritishofficials, saidZabihullahMujahid,spokesmanfor theTalibangovernment.“AnumberofBritishnation-

alswere released,whowerear-rested about sixmonths ago forviolatingthelawsandtraditionsof theAfghanpeople,”hesaid.Mujahiddidn’tsaywhatlaws

the UK citizens had broken orelaborateonwhy theyhadbeendetained. The statement said allof thempledged to respect thelawsofAfghanistan,thetraditionsandcultureoftheAfghanpeopleandnottoviolatethemagain.AP

PRIMEMINISTERMEETS IMFTEAM

PTI&REUTERSCOLOMBO,JUNE20

SRILANKANCabinetonMondayapproved the 21st AmendmenttotheConstitutionaimedatem-poweringParliamentovertheex-ecutivepresidentanditwillnowbetabledinParliamentsoon,twoseniorministershavesaid.The 21st Amendment is ex-

pected to annul the 20A to theConstitution,whichgivesunfet-tered powers to PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa after abol-ishingthe19thAmendmentthatwill strengthenParliament.“The 21 amendment was

tabledandpassed incabinet to-day and will be tabled in@ParliamentLK soon. Like tothank@RW_UNP and@wijera-japaksheforpushingitthrough,"Minister of Tourism and LandsHarinFernandotweeted.The 21A aims, among other

reforms,atbarringdualcitizensfromcontestingelectionstoholdpublicoffice. “Todaythecabinetapproved the21A - thiswas thedraftthatIhaddiscussedwithallpoliticalpartiesandotherorgan-isations.Thiswillnowbesenttothe legal draftsman,”

Constitutional Affairs MinisterWijedasaRajapakshe toldPTI.He said he was keen to

make sure that the draftwould not incorporate anyprovision which would bedeemed as required to be ap-proved at a national referen-dum by the Supreme Court.

The island nation of 22mil-lion people is scrambling to getfuelshipments inthenextthreedays, the energyminister toldReuters, as public disaffectiongrows because of a persistentshortageof diesel andpetrol.A nine-member IMF team,

whicharrivedinthecommercial

capital Colombo on Monday,held talks with PrimeMinisterRanilWickremesinghe on howto structure what will be SriLanka's 17th loan programmewith the global lender. “Theprimeministercommenceddis-cussions with the IMF team,”Wickremesinghe'soffice.

Crisis-hitnationscramblingtoget fuelshipments innext3days:Minister

DemonstratorsdemandimmediatereleaseofprotesterswhoweretakenintopolicecustodyforobstructinganentrancetoPresidentialSecretariat.Reuters

ARIRABINOVITCHJERUSALEM,JUNE20

ISRAELI LAWMAKERSwill voteto dissolve Parliament, openingthe way for the country’s fifthelectioninthreeyears,followingweeks of pressure on PrimeMinisterNaftaliBennett’sfragilerulingcoalition.Bennettwill step aside to be

replacedbyForeignMinisterYairLapid,hispartnerintheunlikelycoalitionofoppositesthatendedformerPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu'srecord12-yearrule12monthsago.Lapid, a former journalist

who heads the largest party inthe coalition, will serve as in-terim primeminister until newelectionscanbeheld.“Wearestandingbeforeyou

today in a moment that is noteasy, but with the understand-ingwemade the right decisionforIsrael,”Bennettsaidinatele-vised statement as he stoodalongsideLapid.A vote will be held in

Parliament next week, afterwhich Lapid will take over thepremiership, according toBennett’s spokesperson.“I think the government did

very good work over the pastyear.It'sashamethecountryhasto be dragged into elections,”said Defence Minister Benny

Gantz,headofacentristpartyinthe coalition. “Butwewill con-tinuetofunctionasatemporarygovernment asmuch as possi-ble,”hesaid. Adate for thesnapparliamentary electionwas notannounced,butIsraelimediare-porteditwaslikelytotakeplaceinOctober. REUTERS

PRESSTRUST OFINDIALAHORE, JUNE20

AUTHORITIES IN Pakistan’sPunjab province have decidedtodeclare an “emergency” fol-lowing a spike in cases of sex-ual abuse against women andchildren, the media reportedonMonday.Punjab HomeMinister Atta

TararonSundaysaidtheadmin-istrationwas forced to “declareanemergency todealwith rapecases”. The minister said therapid increase incasesof sexualabuse againstwomen and chil-dren in the provincewas a seri-ousissueforthesocietyandgov-ernmentofficials.“Four to five casesof rapeare

beingreporteddailyinPunjabduetowhich thegovernment is con-sideringspecialmeasurestodealwithcasesof sexualharassment,abuse and coercion,” the Dawnquotedtheprovincialministerassaying at Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawazheadquarters.Theminister, inthepresence

of Law Minister MalikMuhammad Ahmed Khan,stressedthatallcaseswillbere-viewed by the CabinetCommittee on Rape and LawandOrder, andthatcivil society.Tarar also urged parents to

teachtheirchildrenabouttheim-portanceofsafetyandthatyoung-sters should not be left alone athomewithout supervision. Thehomeminister also said the roleofPunjabForensicScienceAgencywouldbeimprovedforsamplingofDNAonafast trackbasisandameetingwith the lab authoritieswasscheduledforlaterMonday.

As incidentsof rape rise,Pak Punjabto impose‘emergency’

REUTERS& APPARIS, JUNE20

PRESIDENT EMMANUELMacronfacedcalls forhisprimeminister to resign onMondayand doubt hung over his abilityto ruledecisively after his camplostparliamentarymajority.Macron’scentristcampisun-

der pressure to secure supportfromrivalstosalvageMacron’sre-formagendaafterweekendelec-tions delivered a hung parlia-ment. If it fails, Francecould facealongspellofpoliticalparalysis.The loss of his Ensemble al-

liance’s absolute majority is apainful setback forMacronwhowon a second term just twomonths ago. “It’s going to becomplicated,” governmentspokeswoman Olivia Gregoiretold France Inter radio. “We’regoing tohave tobecreative.”Macronnowneedseither to

formawidercoalitionoracceptleading aminority governmentthat negotiateswith opponentson a bill-by-bill basis. His onlyconsolation: the oppositiongroups are themselves bitter ri-vals and in some cases riven byinternalrifts.“Suchafragmentedparliament will likely result inpolitical deadlock,with amuchslower reform agenda,” saidPhilippeGudinof Barclays.ThebroadleftwingNupesal-

liance of Jean-Luc Melenchonand Marine Le Pen's far-right

promisedtohoundMacronandhisadministrationrelentlesslyinparliament. Marine Le Pen saidonMonday that her party’s ex-traordinarysurgeinthecountry’sparliamentary election is a “his-toric victory” and a “seismicevent” inFrenchpolitics.LePen’sNationalRallygot89

seatsinthe577-memberparlia-ment,upfromaprevioustotalofeight.Ontheotherside,theleft-istNupes coalition, ledbyhard-liner Jean-LucMelenchon, won131 seats to become themainoppositionforce.“Macronisami-nority presidentnow. (...) His re-tirementreformplanisburied,”abeaming Le Pen declared onMondayinHénin-Beaumont,herstronghold in northern France,where shewas reelected for an-otherfive-yeartermintheparlia-ment. “It’s a historic victory (...) aseismicevent.”

PresidentEmmanuelMacronvotingonSundayinLeTouquet,France.NYT

LEPENCALLS ITHISTORICVICTORY

Macron camp seeksallies, says goingto be complicatedafter losing majority

Taliban releaseseveral Britishcitizens held inAfghanistan

REUTERSKYIV, JUNE20

RUSSIANFORCEScapturedterri-tory along a frontline river ineasternUkraineonMondayandPresidentVolodymyrZelenskyypredictedMoscowwould esca-lateattacksaheadofasummitofEuropean leaders expected towelcomeKyiv'sbidtojointheEU.Moscow's separatist proxies

claimed to have capturedToshkivka,atownonthemostlyUkrainian-heldwesternbankoftheSiverskyiDonetsriver,southof Sievierodonetsk, which hasbecomethemainbattlefieldcity.

Ukraine acknowledged thatMoscowhadsuccessinToshkivkaandsaidtheRussiansweretryingtogainafootholdtheretomakeabreakthrough into the wider,Ukrainian-heldpocketoftheeast-ern Donbas region. It also con-firmed a Russian claim to havecaptured on Sievierodonetsk’seasternoutskirts.“Obviously, this week we

shouldexpect fromRussiaan in-tensification of its hostile activi-ties," Zelenskyy said in a Sundaynightly video address. “We arepreparing. We are ready.”ZelenskyyalsosaidthatAfricawasa“hostage”inthewarwithRussia,whichhad contributed to rising

foodpricesonthecontinent.In Odesa, Ukraine's biggest

BlackSeaport,afoodwarehousewasdestroyed inaRussianmis-sile attack on Monday, theUkrainianmilitarysaid.Nocivil-ians were reported killed. TheOperational Command “South”saidRussianforces fired14mis-silesatsouthernUkraineduringa three-hourbarrage.Meanwhile, discussions be-

tween Turkey, Finland andSwedenabout theNordiccoun-tries’ NATOmembership willcontinueandanalliancesummitin Madrid next week is not adeadline, Turkey saidafter talksinBrusselsonMonday.

A 15-YEAR-OLD boywas killedandthreeadults, includingapo-liceofficer,wereshotwhengun-fire erupted Sunday night at anunauthorisedmusic event in aWashington, neighbourhood,theauthorities said.Police had shut down the

event, known as Moechella, afreestreetfestivalnearthecity’sculturally storiedcornerof 14thandUStreetsNorthwest,aftervi-olence earlier in the evening.Chief Robert J Contee III ofMetropolitanPoliceDepartmentsaid late Sunday he wanted toensurepeoplewouldbeheldac-countable for holding eventswithoutapermit. NYT

Port of Odesa comes under attack asRussians advance in eastern Ukraine

15-yr-old killed, 3shot at in gunfireat US music fest

BothRightandLeftgaininFranceelection

COLOMBIA PICKS FIRST LEFT PRESIDENT■LeftistGustavoPetrowonColombia’spresidency, the firstprogressive todoso inthecountry’shistory.HebeatRodolfoHernandezwithamarginof 700,000votes

■ FranciaMarquez(right), a singlemotherandformerhousekeeper,willbeColombia'sfirstBlackwomanvice-presidentafterahistoricvoteonSunday. AP

Protesters askGotabaya to quitColombo:Agroupof protestersin Sri Lanka demanding theresignation of PresidentGotabayaRajapksa for themis-management of the economyblocked all entrances of thepresidential secretariat, forcingthepoliceonMonday toarrest21people, includingaBuddhistmonkand fourwomen.The protesters last night

blocked the two entry points tothepresidentialsecretariatinad-dition to the entrance, whichthey have been continuouslyblockingsinceApril9. Policesaidthe latest action by the protest-erstoblockthetwogates,whichprovide access to the financeministry and the governmenttreasurywasuncalled for.Thousandsof students from

stateuniversities alsomarchedin thecapital onMonday tode-mandthepresidentandPMre-sign over an economic crisis .ThestudentssayGotabayaisre-sponsible for theeconomic cri-sis and the PM has not deliv-eredonhispledges.Theprotestin Colombo spread to otherparts of the countrywithwiderpublic support. AGENCIES

21st Amendment cleared by Lankacabinet to trim President’s power

OPINIONPOLLShave fore-cast thatNetanyahu’shardlineLikudwill onceagainemergeas thelargest singleparty.But itremainsunclearwhetherhewouldbeable tomuster the requiredsup-portof amajorityof law-makers to formanewgovernment. Thedissolu-tion threatenedtoover-shadowavisit schedulednextmonthbyPresidentJoeBiden.

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Bid Indentification No. CE-W.B.P. (O) - 10 / 2022-23

B-291

1. The Chief Engineer (World Bank Project), Odisha on behalf ofGovernor of Odisha inviting percentage rate bid in double coversystem in ONLINE MODE firm eligible contractors for constructionof Road & Bridge works as detailed in the table below :

2. Nature of work : Road work

3. No. of work : 01 no.

4. Tender cost : Rs. 10,000.00

5. Class of Contractor : Super Class Contractor

6. Available of biddocument in the website

: From 10.00 AM of 22.06.2026 to5.00 PM of 20.07.2022

7. Pre-Bid meeting : Dt. 29.06.2022 at 11.30 AM

8. Date of opening of Bid : Dt. 21.07.2022 at 11.30 AM

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

Sd/-Chief Engineer

World Bank Project, OdishaOIPR-34003/11/0017/2223

ONGC Ltd. on behalf of consortium ofCBM Block BK-CBM-2001/1, invitesoffers for purchase of 0.20MMSCMDCBM gas from Bokaro Block, CBMAsset (Jharkhand).Interested parties are requested todownload Request for Proposal (RFP)andGasSales Agreement (GSA) fromhttps://eps.buyjunction.in/gasbidding

e-Bidding Partner - mjunction services ltd.

Contact: [email protected]

NoticeInviting Offer

Sale of CBM Gas from Bokaro Block

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e-procurementsolution

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through e-procure-ment solution

1. Shifting of water line existing service at 13.50 meterroad along SPG complex wall sector - 08 Dwarkaunder CT-1 Under Bijwasan AEE(M)-36(Tender I.D. No. 2022_DJB_224454_1)

Rs.56,66,632/-

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upto 3:00 PM

2. Demolition and Re-construction of water and sewerstore near Palam Flyover under EE(M)-37(Tender I.D. No. 2022_DJB_224454_2)

Rs.49,30,438/-

Rs.98,700/-

16.06.2022 29.06.2022upto 3:00 PM

3. Improvement of sewerage system by P/L 300mm diasewer line in Braham puri area in Railway line side and400 mm dia to Braham puri Centre road to Kailesh puriroad connecting main sewer in Dabri ward in DwarkaAssembly Constituency under AEE(M)-33(Tender I.D. No. 2022_DJB_224454_2)

Rs.72,51,467/-

Rs.1,45,100/-

16.06.2022 29.06.2022upto 3:00 PM

NIT along with all the terms & conditions is available on DJB Web Site https://govteprocurement.delhi.gov.in.

ISSUED BY PRO (WATER)Advt. No. J.S.V. 197 (2022-23)

Sd/- (Satish Kumar)EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (T)M-9STOP CORONA

“Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene”

ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI,JUNE20

IDBI BANKhasput on sale prop-erties of Great Indian TamashaCompanyLtd,whichisthecorpo-rate guarantor of Great IndianNautankiCompany,torecoverde-faultedloans,ornon-performingassets (NPAs),worthoverRs148croretakenfromIDBIBank,HDFCBankandBankofBaroda.The immovable properties,

whichwill be sold throughane-auctionnextmonth, are locatedinKarnataka’sKodagudistrict,ac-cording to apublic notice issuedby IDBI Bank. Great IndianNautanki Company owes IDBIBankRs86.48 crore,HDFCBankRs6.26croreandBankofBarodaRs49.23 crore. “Theduesof IDBIBank outstanding as of May 1,2022,standatRs92.69croreplusinterest thereonwitheffect fromMay2,2022,”thenoticesaid.The guarantors anddirectors

of the companywere AnumodSharma, Anu Appaiah, SanjayChoudhry, Viraf Sarkari, SGInvestments, Great IndianTamashaCompanyandWizcraftInternational Entertainment PvtLtd,thenoticesaid.“IDBIBank invites bids/offers

in sealed covers for sale of thepropertyofGreatIndianTamashaCompany(corporateguarantorof

GreatIndianNautankiCompany)under the provisions of theSecuritisationandReconstructionof Financial Assets andEnforcementof Security InterestAct,”thelendersaid.IDBI took possession of the

propertyonMay20,2022.Thee-auctionwill takeplaceonJuly27,2022,andthelastdateofsubmis-sionof bids is July22. The sale ofthe secured assets forwhich thereservepricehasbeenfixedatRs11.53crorewillbeon“asiswhereis basis”, “as is what is basis”,“whateverthereisbasis”and“norecoursebasis”onbehalfofthese-curedcreditors.Great Indian Nautanki

Company was set up inSeptember2007witharegisteredoffice in Delhi. Great IndianTamasha Company, set up inJanuary 2008, is classified as anon-government company.Anumod Sharma and SanjayChoudhryaredirectorsofboththecompanies.

Full report onwww.indianexpress.com

To recover `148-crbad loans, banks toauction Great IndianTamasha Co assets

ENSECONOMICBUREAUMUMBAI,JUNE20

BIHAR,KERALA,Punjab,RajasthanandWestBengalarethefivehighlystressedstatesaftertakingintoac-count thewarning signs flashingfromall the indicators, aReserveBankofIndia(RBI)studyhassaid.“Wecanidentifyacoresubset

of highly stressed states fromamongthe10states identifiedbythenecessary condition i.e., thedebt/GSDP ratio. The highlystressed states are Bihar, Kerala,Punjab, Rajasthan and WestBengal,”saidtheRBIstudyonstatefinancesreleasedlastweek.ItsaidPunjabisexpectedtore-

main in theworst position as itsdebt-GSDPratioisprojectedtoex-ceed45percentin2026-27,withfurther deterioration in its fiscalposition. Rajasthan, Kerala andWestBengal areprojected toex-ceedthedebt-GSDPratioof35percentby2026-27.Thesestateswillneedtoundertakesignificantcor-

rectivestepstostabilisetheirdebtlevels. “Basedon thedebt-GSDPratio in 2020-21,4 Punjab,Rajasthan, Kerala,West Bengal,Bihar,AndhraPradesh,Jharkhand,Madhya Pradesh, Uttar PradeshandHaryana turn out to be the

stateswith thehighestdebtbur-den,” the study said. These 10states account for aroundhalf ofthe total expenditurebyall stategovernmentsinIndia,itsaid.Among the10 states, Andhra

Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan andPunjab exceededbothdebt andfiscaldeficittargetsfor2020-21setby the15thFinanceCommission(FC-XV). Kerala, Jharkhand andWest Bengal exceeded the debttarget, while Madhya Pradeshovershot the fiscal deficit target.HaryanaandUttarPradeshwereexceptionsastheymetbothcrite-ria. Rajasthan, Kerala andWestBengalareprojectedtosurpasstheFC-XV targets for debt and fiscaldeficitin2022-23(BE),itsaid.It said theowntaxrevenueof

some of these 10 states, viz.,Madhya Pradesh, Punjab andKerala, has been declining overtime,making themfiscallymorevulnerable. “For most of thesestates, non-tax revenue has re-mainedvolatile,droppingsignifi-cantlyinrecentyears.Thedecline

innon-tax revenue isundergen-eralservices,interestreceiptsandeconomicservices,”thestudysaid.Theshareofrevenueexpendi-

ture in total expenditureof thesestatesvariesintherangeof80-90per cent. “Some states likeRajasthan,West Bengal, PunjabandKerala spendaround90percentinrevenueaccounts.Thisre-sults inpoorexpenditurequality,as reflected in theirhigh revenuespendingtocapitaloutlayratios,”it said. Committed expenditure,which inter alia includes interestpayments,pensionsandadminis-trativeexpenses,accountsforasig-nificantportion(over35percent)ofthetotalrevenueexpenditureinstateslikeHaryana,UttarPradesh,WestBengal, Kerala andPunjab,leavinglimitedfiscalspaceforun-dertakingdevelopmentalexpen-diture, it said. “Consequently, theshareofdevelopmentalexpendi-tureinthesestatesisconsiderablylowerthantheotherstates.”

Full report onwww.indianexpress.com

BIHAR,KERALA,PUNJAB,RAJASTHAN,BENGALHIGHLYSTRESSED

PRANAVMUKULNEWDELHI,JUNE20

NEARLYFOUR“wildlife strike”incidents occurred every daynear Indian airports last year,double from a little over twodaily incidents in2016, evenasaircraftmovementnumbersfor2021remainedbelowthe2016total, accordingtodatasourcedfromtheDirectorateGeneralofCivil Aviation (DGCA) andAirportsAuthorityofIndia(AAI).A“wildlifestrike”meansan

aircrafteithersufferedabirdhitorwasdisruptedbyananimalontherunwayduringtake-offorlanding.Onelandingortake-offis calculated as one aircraftmovement.Following twobirdhit inci-

dentsonSunday,which forcedan IndiGoplaneandaSpiceJetaircraft toturnbacktotheirair-ports of origin, India’s aviationsafetyregulatorhaswrittentoallairport operators, asking themtoworkonmanagingthethreatofwildlifestrikestoaircraft.“Weare all aware thatdur-

ingthemonsoonseason,wildlife(birds andanimals) activity in-creases inandaroundairports.Thepresenceofwildlife in theairport vicinityposes a seriousthreat to aircraft operationalsafety,”theDGCAnotedinitslet-tertotheAAIandprivateairportoperatorsonMonday.According to official data,

therewere1,453suspectedandconfirmedwildlife strike inci-dents in 2021, up from839 in2016. In comparison, thenum-berof aircraftmovementswas20.47 lakh in2021, down from

22.89lakhin2016.The top five airportswhich

reportedmostwildlifestrikein-cidentsin2021wereDelhi(231),Mumbai (140), Ahmedabad(71),Kolkata(70)andKochi(56).“Allairportsarerequestedto

review their wildlife hazardmanagementplan for anygapandensure strict implementa-tionofstrategiesforwildlifehaz-ardmanagementwithin andalso outside the airfield,” theDGCAsaidinitsletter.On Sunday, an IndiGo

A320neoaircraft’sleftenginegotdamagedafter sufferingabirdhitwhenitwasatanaltitudeof1,600feetaftertake-offfromtheGuwahatiairport.Thepilotsde-clared an emergency and re-turnedtotheairport.ADelhi-boundSpiceJet-op-

erated Boeing 737-800 planealsohadtomakeanemergencylanding inPatna,minutes aftertake-off fromthere,afteroneofitsenginessufferedabirdhit.TheDGCAhasaskedairports

toensurethatwithintheairportpremises,grass is trimmedandinsecticideissprayed,inadditiontoconductingfrequentrunwayinspectionforbirdactivitiesanddeployingbirdchasersandbird-scaringdevices.Ithasalsoaskedairports to ensure regulargarbagedisposal in theopera-tional area and to avoidwaterconcentrationandopendrains.Airport operators have beenasked to convenemeetings ofthe Airport EnvironmentManagementCommitteetodis-cuss and review implementa-tionof themeasures to reducebirdhazard. Full report on

www.indianexpress.com

SECTORWATCHAVIATION

4 ‘wildlife strikes’ dailyin 2021; DGCA writesto AAI, pvt operators

New Delhi: Commerce andIndustryMinister Piyush Goyalon Monday said intellectualproperty rights (TRIPS) waiverfor five years agreed in the re-centlyconcludedWTOmeetwillhelpdevelopingcountriesman-ufacture patented Covid vac-cinestodealwiththepandemic.Goyal said that Indiaalready

has a number of Covid vaccinesand can help other developingcountries tomakevaccines.

“We have sufficient types ofvaccines... So for the currentstrains of COVID-19, we do notneedthisTRIPSwaiver.Wehavesupported itmore for the otherdeveloping countries tomanu-facturevaccines,”hesaid.Membersof theWorldTrade

Organization (WTO) last weekagreed to grant a temporarypatentwaiverformanufacturingCOVID-19 vaccines forfiveyears. PTI

COMMITTEDEXPENDI-TURE,whichinteraliain-cludesinterestpayments,pensionsandadministra-tiveexpenses,accountsforasignificantportion(over35percent)of thetotalrevenueexpenditureinstateslikeHaryana,UttarPradesh,WestBengal,KeralaandPunjab,leavinglimitedfiscalspaceforundertakingde-velopmentalexpenditure.

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5states need to take stepsto stabilise debt levels: RBI

Theimmovableproperties,tobesoldviae-auctionnextmonth,areinKarnataka’sKodagudistrict

PIYUSHGOYALCommerce Minister File

‘Vaccines: TRIPS waiver to help’

NewDelhi: The Department ofTelecommunications (DoT) hasextended theproduction-linkedincentive (PLI) scheme for tele-comby1yearandhasamendedtheschemetoraisetheincentiveratebyanadditional1percent.Theamendmentcomesdays

afterthecountrytookitsfirststeptowards 5G rollout as theUnionCabinet clearedaproposal to in-vite applications for spectrumauctions.According to an official re-

lease,thedesign-ledmanufactur-ing scheme is open for bothmediumand small-scale enter-prises(MSMEs)andnon-MSMEs,

including domestic and globalcompanies.TheDoTalsosaidap-plications for design-ledmanu-facturingwill beprioritisedoverothermanufacturers.Theschemerequiresaninvestmentthresholdof Rs 10 crore forMSMEs andRs100 crore for non-MSMEs, ex-cludinglandandbuildingcost.Theincentiveswillbebasedon

incrementalsalesofthemanufac-turedgoods,andrangebetween4percentto7percentfordifferentcategoriesovertheyears.MSMEswillgetanadditional1percentin-centive in the first, second, andthirdyears. ENS Full report on


Telco PLI extended

Trained youth for industry: India Inc leaders backAgnipathAmid protests against the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme, India Inc onMonday rallied behind it, saying thescheme has a large potential to provide disciplined and trainedworkforce to the industry Source: PTI, Twitter

“Agnipath....willalsomakeavailableaverydisciplined&trainedyouthforindustry,includingTataGroup”NCHANDRASEKARANCHAIRMAN,

TATASONS

“TheMahindraGroupwelcomestheopportunity torecruit suchtrained,capableyoungpeople”ANANDMAHINDRACHAIRMAN,

MAHINDRAGROUP

“DelightedwithAgnipathscheme.Agniveersinarmedforceswillensurerightblendbetweenyouth&experience”SANJIVMEHTAPRESIDENT,

FICCI

“TheRPGgrouptoowelcomestheopportunitytoemploytheAgniveers”HARSHGOENKACHAIRMAN,

RPGENTERPRISES

“Agniveerswillhaveadvantageinrecruitmentinindustrialjobmarket”KIRANMAZUMDAR-SHAWCHAIRPERSON,

BIOCON

“NobetterplacethanourArmedForcesfor trainingouryouth”SAJJANJINDALCHAIRMAN&MANAGINGDIRECTOR,

JSWGROUP

BRIEFLYRIL,2othersfinedNewDelhi:Sebi levied finesof `30 lakhonRIL (RelianceIndustries)andtwoindivid-uals, Savithri Parekh andKSethuraman,fornotmakingpromptclarificationtobour-ses on Jio-Facebook deal,which was disclosed vianewspapers. The fineneedtobepaidjointlyandsever-allybythemwithin45days,accordingtoaSebiorder.

Vedanta,SterliteNewDelhi:Vedanta put onsaleitscoppersmelterplantin Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu,whichwas shut in 2018af-ter13peoplediedinapolicefiringonprotestorsagitatingagainstallegedpollutionbythe unit. Vedanta soughtbids by July 4for the unitwith400,000tonnesayearoutputcapacity. PTI

SebicircularsMumbai:Sebisaiduntaggeddemataccountsofstockbro-kers need to be appropri-ately tagged by June-end.Credit of securitieswill notbeallowedinanydematac-count left untagged fromJuly1,butcreditsonaccountof corporate actionswill beallowed, it said. It set up anadvisory panel on hybridsecurities, for recommen-dations to boost growthofsuch instruments. ENS

EPFObaseNewDelhi:EPFOadded17.08lakhnetnewsubscribers inApril,34%over12.7lakhen-rolledayearago. PTI

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI, JUNE20

INDIA IS expected to witnessslowinggrowthandfacesanup-side risk to the fiscal deficit ow-ingtotherecentexcisedutycutson fuel, but it has low risk ofstagflationowingtoprudentsta-bilisation policies, said theDepartmentofEconomicAffairson Monday in its MonthlyEconomicReviewforMay2022.Maintaining growth mo-

mentum, restraining inflation,keeping the fiscal deficitwithinBudget and containing the cur-rentaccountdeficitwhilemain-taininga fair valueof the Indiancurrencyisthechallengeforpol-icymakingthisfinancialyear,theFinanceMinistry report said.“Going forward, global gro-

wthisexpectedtowitnesshead-

winds with rising commodityprices,supplychainbottlenecksand faster than the projectedwithdrawalofmonetaryaccom-modation.Variousinternationalagencieshaveprojectedaslow-ing of global economic growth.India’seconomyisalsoexpectedto witness slowing growth,thoughstillhigherthantheotheremergingmarketeconomies.”

FinMin,PSBheadsmeetMeanwhile,asperPTI, theFi-

nanceMinistry held ameetingMondaywithheadsofpublicse-ctorbanks(PSBs)toreviewtheirannualperformanceandprogr-ess on schemes. FinanceMinis-ter Nirmala Sitharaman couldnotattendduetosomeotheren-gagement, butMinister of Statefor Finance Bhagwat K Karadchaired themeet. Full report on


FINMIN’SMONTHLYECONOMICREVIEW

‘Slowing growth likelybut low stagflation risk’

NewDelhi:Makersofsmallpack-aged fruit juicesanddairyprod-ucts like Parle Agro, Dabur andMotherDairyareresortingtoim-ported paper straws despitehigher costs to continue sellingtheirproductsasthedeadlineforimplementingthebanonplasticstrawsfromJuly1drawscloser.Manufacturers want the

Centretoextendtheimplemen-tationdate of theban till properinfrastructure isdeveloped.“There isno infrastructureat

presentinIndiatobeabletopro-duce the quantumof straws re-quired for the industry,” ParleAgroCEOSchaunaChauhansaid.“Wewouldurgethegovernmentto extend the implementationdate of the ban till proper infra-structure for producing paperstraws locally is developed,”ShahrukhKhan,executivedirec-tor-operations,Dabur, said. PTI

Cos ask govtto deferplastic strawban deadline

New Delhi

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GUJARAT MARITIME BOARDONLINE TENDER NOTICE FOR

1. Electrical infrastructural work for development ofFishery harbour phase-III at Mangrol-2nd attempt (Est.Cost Rs. 02,73,10,160)

Tender Notice No.XEN(M)/2022-23/08

On behalf of Chairman, Gujarat Maritime Board, the ExecutiveEngineer (Mech), Bhavnagar (Tel: 0278-2443195) invitesonline tender offer through www.nprocure.com from experi-enced agencies for above mentioned work.

Bid document downloading and online submission end date is11/07/2022 upto 18:00 hrs. and physical submission of Tenderfee/EMD & other document through RPAD/Speed post onlyas per detailed NIT upto 19/07/2022 upto 18:00 hrs.

Detailed terms & conditions and other related information isgiven in the online Bid document. For more details please visitGMB website www.gmbports.org and www.nprocure.comor contact Executive Engineer (Mech), Bhavnagar.

HIMACHAL PRADESHJAL SHAKTI VIBHAG

CORRIGENDUMThe e-tender for the work “Providing WSS to drought affect-

ed habitations in GP Sanwal , Shallellabari, Dehgran,Jhajjakothi, Thaneikothi, Kuthedbudhora and Hartwas underChurah Constituency in tehsil Churah Distt Chamba (HP)” wascalled vide NIT No. EE/Jal Shakti/ Tissa/CB/ Tender/ NIT/2022:-988-1036 dated 07-06-2022 (tender ID 2022_HPIPH_61521_1)and is to be opened on dated 23-06-2022. In BOQ which wasalready uploaded alongwith the tender, the units at Column No 5 forthe items shown at serial No. 31 to 34.11 and serial No. 41.01 to41.10 may be read as “Pair” instead of “Nos.”Other contents of the BOQ will remain unchanged.

Executive EngineerJal Shakti Division, Tissa.

Distt. Chamba (HP)-1763161877/HP

(Regd. Office.: PSEB H.O. Building, The Mall, Patiala-147001)CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813; Website: www.pspcl.in

Mobile No. 96461-07205

E-Tender Enq. No. 385/P-1/EMP-W11996 dated 17.06.2022Dy. Chief Engineer/Headquarter (Procurement Cell-1) GGSSTP, Roopnagarinvites E-Tender ID No. 2022_POWER_86923_1 for Routine cleaning of sta-tion building at various levels for unit-III to VI including other related buildingsand service building and for providing skilled assistances of plumber,Carpenter mason & tractor driver at GGSSTP, Rupnagar. For detailed NIT &Tender Specification please refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from17.06.2022/ 06.00 PM onwards.

NOTE: Corrigendum & addendum, if any will be published online athttps://eproc.punjab.gov.in

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IIMURSHIDANOORW/OMOHAMMAD IRFANR/O852,STREET 9 25FTROADSABHPUROLDMUSTAFABAD,DELHI-110094 have changedmynamefromMURSHIDA toMURSHIDANOOR for all futurepurposes.

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IIMDASLAMS/OMDAKHTARR/ORZ-D8/AGALINO. 10,DURGAPARK,DELHI-110045have changedmyname fromMOHDASALAMtoMDASLAMfor all futurepurposes.

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I,FARHATKAZMI,W/OSYEDJAFARNAQVI,R/oK-34,WINDSORPARK,5, VAIBHAV-KHAND, INDIRAPURAM,GHAZIABAD,U.P-201014,changedmyname toFARHATNAQVI. 0040619309-8

IMOHDFARIDAHMED,S/OMOHDYusuf R/o-1667GALI-TAKHATWALI SUIWALANDARYAGANJDELHI-2,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMEToMOHDFARID. 0040619305-6

IItt is for general information thatI,Kasib,S/o-AfsarHusain,residingat,A-254,Buland-Masjid,Shastri-Park,Delhi-110053,declare thatnameofminehasbeenwrongly-writtenasAshif inmyIhbasHospital-Record. Theactual-nameofmine isKasib,whichmaybeamendedaccordingly 0040619348-6

IItt is for general information thatI,HUMERASUNDUS,D/oMUEEDAHMED,R/o 1978,MohallaQabristan,TurkmanGate,Delhi-110006,declare that nameofmymother hasbeenwrongly-writtenasSADEQAMUEED inmyeducational-records.Theactual-nameofmymother isSADIKA respectively,whichmaybeamendedaccordingly.

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II,,hhiitthheerrttoo knownasSatishNayyarW/oVinodKumarNayyar residingat Flat no. L-4,NavbharatApartments, BlockA-4, PaschimVihar, NewDelhi-110063, have changedmynameandshall hereafter be knownasSunitaNayyar.

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II,,VViinnooddKumarKalia,S/OHariChandKalia,R/O,222,2nd-Floor,Vikas-Marg Jagriti-EnclaveShakarpur,Delhi-110092, have changedmynametoVinodKalia, for all futurepurpose. 0040619374-10

II,,VVEENNKKAATTAANITHEESHAALAPATI,W/oARPITKALRA,ADD:B-120,GROUND-FLOOR,NEAR-MCDSCHOOL, KALKAJI, New-Delhi-110019, have changedmynametoNITHEESHAALAPATIVENKATA. 0040619349-7

II,,SShhwweettaaRaniW/oKaranSharmaR/oB-6, TF,Moti NagarDelhi-15,have changedmyname toShwetaSharma.

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II,,SSaannttaaDattaGupta,Spouseof,SwarupDuttaGupta,resident of,RZH-4/43,H-4Block,Flat.No.102,Bengali-Colony,Mahavir-Enclave, NewDelhi-110045,have changedmyname,fromSantaDattaGuptato SantaDuttaGupta,vide-affidavit dated-16.06.2022,atNew-Delhi. 0040619349-10

II,,SSaaiimmaaBashir,w/oBashirSheikh,H.No.E-193, ShaheenBagh,Abul-Fazal EnclavePart-2,Jamia-Nagar,NewDelhi-110025,have changedmynametoSalma, permanently.

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II,,RRaasshhii Jain,W/oSh.ShivamArora,R/oH-278, Govindpuram,Ghaziabad-201013,haveChangedmyname toRashiGupta,forAll Purpose.

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II,,SSaaddhhaannaaKumari,D/ORamCharanRamR/O,H.No-159,Street.No-7,Samta-ViharMukundpur Libaspur,Delhi-110042,have changedmynametoSadhana. 0040619374-2

II,,SSHHEEFFAALLII SINGH,W/O-VIKRAMADITYASINGH,R/O-A-2/403PURVANCHALSILVERCITYSECTOR-93,NOIDAGAUTAMBUDDHANAGARU.P-201304,Changedmyname toSHEFALIGANDHI.

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II,,RReeeennaa Sharme,w/oHariNandan,R/oRz-75Block-B-GopalNeger Phase-2,MarutiGali NajafgarhDelhi,havechangedmyname toReena,forall futurePurposes.

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II,,RRaannjjeeeettKourW/o-BalvinderSinghR/oH-44,SF,WZ-H,BlockSant-Nagar Extn, New-Delhi,have changedmynametoRanjit Kaur.

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II,,RRaammeesshhwwaarrDayalGupta,S/oRamKishan,R/o Flat.No.B-15,4th-Floor, Pocket-9A,DDA-HIG-Flats,Jasola,NewDelhi-25,havelostmyOriginal-Allotment cumDemand-LetterBearing.No.90485, vide-DDAFileNo.H/321(99)2012/DDA10/JL.Ifanyone found the samepleasesend returnor contact at-9896513200.

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II,,PRANAVASHISHGAURAVS/OGAURAVRAVISH,R/o-H.No-23,2nd-Floor, Ber Sarai, HAUZ-KHAS,N.D-110016,havechangedmyname toPRANAVASHISH, for all futurepurposes.

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II,,RRaakkeesshhManaS/o Inder SainManaR/o-4/91,SubhashNagarDelhi-110027,have changedmyname toRakeshMahnaPermanently. 0040619333-3

II,,RRaajjvvvviirr AshokAroraa,S/oAshokAroraR/o.AR-308,TheAralias,Golf-LinkRoad, DLFPhase-5,Gurgaon,HR-122009have changedmyname toRajvvir Aroraa. 0040619305-4

II,,RREEKKHHAANAINANIW/OPURUSHOTTAMTHADANIR/OHNO.170,A-BLOCK,NEWMOTINAGAR,DELHI-110015.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETONIDHITHADANI. 0040619349-8

II,,RRAAKKEESSHHKUMAR,S/OKANWARPARKASHAGGARWAL,R/OCGY-211,DLFCAPITALGREENS-15SHIVAJI-MARG,MOTI-NAGAR,DELHI-110015.CHANGEDMYNAMETORAKESHAGGARWAL.

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II,,RRAAKKEESSHHKUMARSOLANKI,S/oRAMCHANDER, R/oRZG85,DEVKUNJ, PALAM,NEWDELHI-110045, Changedmyname toRAKESHKUMAR. 0040619348-3

II,,PPaarrddeeeeppGambir S/oDharamPalGambhir,R/oD-25KirtiNagarDelhi-110015,havechangedmyname toPardeepGambhir. 0040619309-2

II,,PPaammmmiiW/OAvtar SinghBagga,R/OA-92-93,DDAColony,Khyala,TilakNagar,New-Delhi-110018,HaveChangedmyName toPammiKaur.

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II,,PPaallllaavvii RaghavChoudhary,W/oRaghavHari choudhary,R/o-7,first-floor, PadminiEnclave,Hauz khas, south-delhi,delhi-110016,havechangemyname frompallavijain topallavi RaghavChoudhary, for all futurepurposes 0040619333-1

II,,PPAAMMMMIIW/OAVTARSINGHBAGGA,R/OA92-93, D.D.A.COLONY,KHYALA,DELHI-110018,have changedmynametoPAMMIKAUR. 0040619348-2

II,,NNiirrmmaallaa bai,W/oOMprakash,R/o.A-40FLAT.NO.303,S/F F/RHSBLOCK-AMANSARAMPARKUTTAMNAGAR,NEWDELHI-110059,changedmyname tonirmaladevi. 0040619305-1

II,,NNiihhaarriikkaaD/oSanjayKumarModi,R/oC-468,SaraswatiVihar Pitampura,Delhi-110034,changedmyname toNiharikaModi. 0040619309-3

II,,NNeeeettuuW/OLate Sh. NareshKwatra,R/OWZ-1864,Second-Floor, NearKrishanMandir,Rani Bagh,NorthWest-Delhi-110034,have changedmynametoNeetuKwatra. 0040619349-3

II,,NNaavvnneeeett Chhatwal@SanjamChhatwal S/o InderdeepChhatwal R/oG-7, Vikaspuri,NewDelhi-18, bothnamesbelong to samepersoni.e.myself.

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II,,NNaarreesshhKumar,S/oHansRajMukhi,R/oA-36,TagoreGardenExtensionNewDelhi-110027,have changedmyname toNareshMukhi.

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I,NONAGIRI,D/O PRAMJEETSINGH BHOGAL,ADDRESS.S-24GROUND-FLOOR, GK-1,NEWDELHI-110048 INFORM THAT HAVECHANGED MY NAME TO NONABHOGAL,Permanently.

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II,,NNAAVVEEDDS/OMOHDFARID,R/o1667GALI TAKHATWALISUIWALANDARYAGANJDELHI-2,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOMOHDNAVED. 0040619305-5

II,,MMuuddiittMangla,S/ORakeshMangla,R/O,H.No-425, Second-Floor Sainik-Vihar Pitampura,Delhi-110034,have changedmyname toMudit. 0040619374-1

II,,MMoohhaammmmaaddSartaj Khan,S/OAllauddin khan,R/O.village-bahuara,post&PS:Dildar-Nagar,Distt:Ghazipur,U.P-232326.,have changedmyname toSartaj AhmadKhan,forall porpuse.

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II,,MMaannjjeeeett Singh,S/o Inder SinghGuliani,R/oC-422B, Sushant-LokPhase-1, Executive-Villa,Gurgaon(Haryana)122009,have changedmyname toManjit Singh,for all purposes.

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II,,MMOOHHDDFAREEDs/oMOHDYUSUF,R/o 1667GALI TAKHATWALI SUIWALANDARYA-GANJDELHI-2,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOMOHDFARID.

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II,,MMOOHHDDAQILANDMOHAMMEDAQIL S/O-MOHAMMEDSABIR,R/O.547-A,GALIHAKIM JIWALI, CHURIWALAN,JAMA-MASJID,DELHI-110006,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOMUHAMMEDAQUIL.

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II,,LLAAKKSSHHAAYYCHOPRA,D/OMR.SANJEEVCHOPRA,R/ON-6DSAKET,NEWDELHI-17,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOLAKSHAYECHOPRA.

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II,,KKRRIISSHHNNAAHSUKHADEVEW/OHARSHVARDHANSUKHADEVER/O1081/A,WARDNO.1,LOTUS-APARTMENT,3rd-FLOOR,MEHRAULI,GADAIPUR,DELHI-110030. CHANGEDMYNAMETOKRISHNAHARSHVARDHANSUKHADEVE.

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II,, Gurmeet Kaur,W/oDaljit SinghArora, R/oWZ-283/215-B,SecondFloor,Maddiwali Gali-7,VishnuGarden, Delhi-110018have changedmyname toGURMEETKAURARORA

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II,, Daljit Singh, S/oSurjit Singh,R/oWZ-283/215-B, SecondFloor,Maddiwali Gali-7, VishnuGarden, Delhi-110018havechangedmyname toDALJITSINGHARORA . 0040619323-1

II,,KKRRIISSHHMMAAD/OVIRATSHARMAR/OFLATNO.B-42,INDRAPRASTHAAPARTMENT,SECTOR-14,ROHINI,DELHI-110085. HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOKARISHMASHARMA.

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II,,KKAALEXANDER,S/oKARAMOOTTILKORUTHUALEXANDER, R/o-303-A/2B,GAUTAMNAGAR,NEWDELHI-110049,have changedmyname toKARAMOOTTILALEXANDERALEXANDER,for allpurposes. 0040619362-2

II,,JJAAVVEEEEDDKHANANDMOHDJAVEDKHAN,S/OLALKHAN,R/O-2273,GALIMASTERSHIVPRASHAD, TURKMANGATE,DELHI-110006,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOMOHDJAVED. 0040619374-4

II,,HHaarrjjiitt Kaur Jolly,W/oRaghubirSingh Jolly R/o-163 first floorMukherjeePark,NewDelhi-110018,changedmyname toHarjeet Kaur Jolly.

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II,,HHaarrii NandanSharma,S/oShivKumar,R/oRZ-75,Block-B-GopalNegerPhase-2,MarutiGali-Najafgarh,Delhi,havechangedmyname toHariNandan,for all futurePurposes.

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II,,DDaarrsshhaannKumari,W/o IshwarDass,R/oG-8/55, First-Floor,Sector-15,Rohini,Delhi-110089,have changedmynametoDarshnaKumari,permanently 0040619309-9

II,,SSaaaarrtthhaakkAggarwal,S/OShriAnil Aggarwal,R/O-BA-35,ShalimarBagh,Delhi-110088,have changedmynametoSarthakAggarwal.

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II,,DDAALLWWIINNDDAARRSINGH,S/ODARSHANSINGH,R/OWZ4-LANE-1,MEENAKSHIGARDENNEAR-SUBHASHNAGARMETRO-STATIONDELHI-110018,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETODALVINDERSINGH.

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II,,CChhaannddeerr Kanta,W/oHarshNathTiwari,R/oB-225,P-2,Hari-Nagar South-westDelhi-110064,has changedmynametoChanderKantaTiwari.Thatmycorrect-DOB is-01/10/1947insteadof 01/07/1950.

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II,,BBaallvviinnddeerr SinghS/o- ChananSingh,R/oH-44, SF,WZ-H, BlockSant-Nagar Extn,NewDelhi,have changedmynametoBalwinder Singh.

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II,,AAkkhhiilleesshhDas,S/oMunshiDas,R/o F-549,ladoSarai,NewDelhi-110030,inform thatmynamewrongly-writtenasAkhilesh inmyminor sonShivamKumarSchool-recordaged-30/03/2007butmyactualname isAkhileshDasand I alsodeclare thatAkhilesh&AkhileshDas is oneand thesameperson. 0040619374-11

II,,AANNUUKUMARI,W/OROSHANKUMAR,R/OSMQ379/H-4,CAMEROCOMPLEXSUBROTO-PARK,NEWDELHI-110010,HAVECHANGEDMYNAME,FROMANUKUMARI TOANUROYVIDE-AFFIDAVITDATED-20/06/2022BEFORE-NCT-DELHI. 0040619305-10

I, Yashwant Singh Khera,S/o MotiRam Khera, R/o-J-119 Reserve-BankEnclave,Paschim-Vihar, Delhi-110063,have changed my name toYashwant Khera Permanently.

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I, Wahib Humzah S/o-Rashid WakilR/o-House no.45, Behind ShivMandir, Raj Pur Khurd,South Delhi-110068 have changed my name toWahib Humzah Wakil for,allpurposes. 0040619303-1

II,, Vijay LakshmiMishra, W/oRameshChand, R/o- C-604,AdarshNagar,Majlis Park,Delhi-110033, have changedmyname toVijay Lakshmi.

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II,, Swaleheen, S/oHabiburRahman, R/o-6314, SadarBazar, QureshNagar, Delhi,have changedmyname toMohdSualehin for all futurepurposes. 0070791187-1

II,, ShubhamPal, S/oAnoopKumar, R/oAvadhViharColony, Badali Khera, NearAmbedkarPark, Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh - 226023, havechangedmyname toTarunKumarPal. 0070791175-1

II,, SHAGOON KOHLID/oVijayKohli R/oHouseNo-28 SecondFloor RoadNo-62West PunjabiBaghDelhi have changedmynameasSHAGUNKOHLIpermanently. 0040619331-1

II,, SARBJEETSINGH, S/oGurdeepSingh,R/o E-82, StreetNo.3,PandavNagar, Delhi-110091,have changedmynametoSARABJEETSINGH, for allpurposes. 0040619349-4

II,, RakeshKumar s/oPalchandr/oT-564/A1, BaljeetNagar,Delhi-110008havechangedmyname toRAKESHKUMARKAPAHI.

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II,, RajeshKumarBaswala, S/oPuniaRam,R/o-M-570, GuruHari KishanNagar, PaschimVihar, SunderVihar, PunjabiBagh, Delhi-87, have changedmyname toRajeshBaswala forall futurepurposes.

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II,, ParmodSaxenaS/O, Late Sh.Nirankar Sahai R/o 141C,Pocket-A, DilshadGarden ,Delhi- 110095havechangedmyname toPramodSaxena for allpurposes 0040619349-11

II,, PRANSHUANANYAGAURAVS/o,GAURAVRAVISH, R/o-H.No.23, 2nd-Floor, Ber SaraiHAUZ-KHAS,N.D-110016,havechangedmyname toPRANSHUANANYA, FORALL FUTUREPURPOSES. 0040619333-6

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all concerned that my clientsShri Nathu Ram Son of Shri Prabhati Lal andSmt. Kasturi wife of Shri Nathu Ram both R/oD-20/9, Sahibabad Dairy, Delhi, have severedall the relations from their Son namely ShriSaurabh Kumar Gupta and his wife Smt.Vandana Kumari and debarred from17.05.2022, from their movable andimmovable properties/assets due to theirmisbehavior, disobedient, rude and not underthe control of my clients aforesaid. If anypolice case or court case happens because ofthem, then it will be their responsibility, we willnot be responsible for it. If any person,organization, institution does any transaction/keep relations with them does so at their ownrisk, for that my clients shall not beresponsible in any manner whatsoever.

SACHIN KUMAR (Advocate)Enrl.No.D/2092/08

PUBLIC NOTICE"General public at large is herebyinformed that my client, Ms. Saroj BalaW/o Late Ishwar Singh R/o H. No. 73.Village Singhola, Delhi-110040 havesevered all her relations from her sonMr. Vikas Khatri, his wife Ms. Ritu andtheir sonmaster Veer Khatri for want ofcontrol and their extortive conduct andhas disowned them from all hermoveable and immovable properties.Any person dealing with aforesaid Mr.Vikas Khatri, his wifeMs. Ritu and theirson master Veer Khatri shall be doingso at his/her own risk, cost andconsequences and the same shall notbe binding on my client in any manner,whatsoever. AJAY KUMAR GAURAdvocate Off. Ch. No. 51, CivilWing. Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054

PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to inform public at large that myclientess i.e Smt. Prakash Wati, Wife of LateSh. Ganeshi Lal Nim, Resident of 4/2294 A,Street No. 4, Bihari Colony, Shahdara, Delhi -110032, (Aadhar Card No. 903725768786)have cut off her family relations and havedisowned / debarred her son namely‘SIDDHARTHA NIM’ son of Late Sh. GaneshiLal Nim, his wife ‘REKHA’ wife of SiddharthaNim and their son ‘Garvik’ alias ‘Chikki’/‘Chikoo’ Resident of 4/2294 A, Street No. 4,Bihari Colony, Shahdara, Delhi -110032, fromher all Movable / immovable properties due totheir disobedient and quarrelsome nature andmy clientess was not / is not /shall not beresponsible for any act of ‘SIDDHARTHANIM’ son of Late Sh. Ganeshi Lal Nim, hiswife ‘REKHA’ wife of Siddhartha Nim andtheir son ‘Garvik’ alias ‘Chikki’/’Chikoo’ in anymanner.

Sd/-Lokesh Sukhwani

AdvocateD-14/214, Ground Floor,

Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi-85

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is for the general publicinformation that I, VikasYadav S/o Shri Vijay PalSingh Yadav, R/o VPO,Surana, Block Muradnagar,District Ghaziahad, UttarPradesh- 201206, declarethat name of mine has beenwrongly written as Vikas inmy educational documents.The actual name of mine isVikas Yadav.

PUBLIC NOTICEMy clients Shri Sandeep S/o Shri MeharChand and Smt. Savita W/o ShriSandeep R/o House No. 1658, NawadaMohalla, Near Som Bazar, Najafgarh,south west Delhi -110043, has disowntheir son, Shri Dipanshu for themisconduct and threat done by him onvarious occasions, from my client’s allmovable and immovable property /properties with immediate effect. Thathe shall not inherit any of my client’sproperty / properties and shall not beentitled to grant of probate to my client’swill. Anybody transacting any businesswith Shri Dipanshu S/o Shri Sandeep inrespect to my clients, is doing that in hisor her own risk, my clients shall not beresponsible for any act in any mannerat all, General Public take notice.

Sd/-BALRAM

(Advocate)Ch. No. 303,

Lawyers Chamber Block,Dwarka Courts, New Delhi-110075

PUBLIC NOTICEKnow all that I Kavita Das, W/o ShriSukanto Das (S/o Mr. SamironChandra Das), have been livingseparately from my husband since07.09.2018 in view of our strainedrelations. It has come to my knowledgethat my husband has/had entered intoseveral financial transactions in anunauthorized manner and clearlywithout my knowledge or consent. Beinformed to one and all that since I amneither aware nor a consenting party tothe said transactions, I stand absolvedwith respect to the same and shall notbe responsible for any ensuingliabilities therefrom.

Sd/-RITA KUMAR

AdvocateChamber No. 224,

Patiala House Courts Complex,New Delhi-110001

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II,,MeenuManaW/oRakeshMahnaR/o-4/91,SubhashNagarDelhi-110027,havechangedmyname toMeenuMahnaPermanently.

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I SureshKumar/SureshGuptaS/OBaij NathGuptaR/O,D-10,AshokaRoadAdarshNagarDelhi-110033have changedmyname toSureshKumarGupta.

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II,, AnjanaSaini, R/oMH-858, GaliNo. 5, SainiMohalla, Shahbad,Mohammadpur, ND-110061,have lostmyOriginal ATS-Possession LetterWill, andPayReceipt on-02/07/2019.FinderContact aboveaddressMob.No.-9891272546.

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New Delhi

NOTIFICATIONMay 26, 2022

No. 201/VIII-S.L.A.O/Amroha/2022–Whereas Preliminary notification no 1472 date 16-12-2021 was issued under sub-section(1) of section II of the right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, in respect of0.1260 hectares of land in Village Munda Khera,Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha is required for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canalproject (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiring body and laity published on dated 01-01-2022 The DeputyCollector Naugawan Sadat was appointed is Administrator for the purpose of rehabilitation and resentment of this projectaffected families.After considering the report of the Collector submitted in pursuance to provision under subsection (2) of the section 15 of theAct, the Governor is pleased to declare under section 19(1) of the Act that he is satisfied that the area of the land mentioned inthe given schedule “A” is needed for public purpose and the land to the extent of 0.1260 hectares in Village Munda Khera,Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha as given in schedule “B” has been identified as the Rehabilitationand Resettlement area for the purpose of Rehabilitation and Resettlement of the displaced families.The Government is further pleased under sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Act, to direct the Collector ofAmroha to publish asummary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme with publication of the declaration to this effect, The summary of theRehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is attached here with.

SCHEDULE-A(LAND UNDER PROPOSED ACQUISTTION)

NOTE: A Plan of land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of acquisition.NOTIFICATION OF DECLARATION BY COLLECTOR

[UNDER SUB-SECTION (2) OF SECTION 19 OF THE/ACT]U.P Irrigation Department EE MGCCD-6, Meerut By the order of declaration made under Government notification no 201 date26-05-2022 for 0.1260 hectares of land in Village Munda Khera, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha isrequired for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name ofrequiring body, I hereby published the declaration made therein and summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement schemewith Government notification. A summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is given below:The plan for the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of land Acquisition.No. 205/VIII-S.L.A.O/Amroha/2022–Whereas Preliminary notification no 1468 date 16-12-2021 was issued under sub-section(1) of section II of the right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, in respect of0.2700 hectares of land in Village Mukari, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha is required for publicpurpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiring body and laitypublished on dated 01-01-2022 The Deputy Collector Naugawan Sadat was appointed is Administrator for the purpose ofrehabilitation and resentment of this project affected families.

After considering the report of the Collector submitted in pursuance to provision under subsection (2) of the section 15 of theAct, the Governor is pleased to declare under section 19(1) of the Act that he is satisfied that the area of the land mentioned inthe given schedule “A” is needed for public purpose and the land to the extent of 0.2700 hectares in Village Mukari,ParganaDhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha as given in schedule “B” has been identified as the Rehabilitationand Resettlement area for the purpose of Rehabilitation and Resettlement of the displaced families.

The Government is further pleased under sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Act, to direct the Collector of Amroha to publish asummary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme with publication of the declaration to this effect, The summary of theRehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is attached here with.


SCHEDULE-B(LAND IDENTIFIED AS SETTLEMENT AREA FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES)


[UNDER SUB-SECTION (2) OF SECTION 19 OF THE/ACT]U.P Irrigation Department EE MGCCD-6, Meerut By the order of declaration made underGovernment notification no 205 date 26-05-2022 for 0.2700 hectares of land in Village Mukari, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil NaugawanSadat, District Amroha is required for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though CanalConstruction (name of requiring body, I hereby published the declaration made therein and summary of the Rehabilitation andResettlement scheme with Government notification. A summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is given below:…………………………………………………………..The plan for the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of land Acquisition.No. 203/VIII-S.L.A.O/Amroha/2022–Where as Preliminary notification no 1470 date 16-12-2021 was issued under sub-section(1) of section II of the right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, in respect of0.3750 hectares of land in Village Madan Khera, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha is required forpublic purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiring body andlaity published on dated 01-01-2022 The Deputy Collector Of Naugawan Sadat was appointed is Administrator for the purposeof rehabilitation and resentment of this project affected families.After considering the report of the Collector submitted in pursuance to provision under subsection (2) of the section 15 of theAct, the Governor is pleased to declare under section 19(1) of the Act that he is satisfied that the area of the land mentioned inthe given schedule “A” is needed for public purpose and the land to the extent of 0.3750 hectares in Village Madan Khera,Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha as given in schedule “B” has been identified as the Rehabilitationand Resettlement area for the purpose of Rehabilitation and Resettlement of the displaced families.The Government is further pleased under sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Act, to direct the Collector of Amroha to publish asummary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme with publication of the declaration to this effect, The summary of theRehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is attached here with.



[UNDER SUB-SECTION (2) OF SECTION 19 OF THE/ACT]U.P Irrigation Department EE MGCCD-6, Meerut By the order of declaration made under Government notification no 203 date26-05-2022 for 0.3750 hectares of land in Village Madan Khera, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha isrequired for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name ofrequiring body, I hereby published the declaration made therein and summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement schemewith Government notification. A summary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is given below:The plan for the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of land Acquisition.No. 207/VIII-S.L.A.O/Amroha/2022–Where as Preliminary notification no 1560 date 07-01-2022 was issued under sub-section(1) of section 11 of the right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, in respect of0.6029 hectares of land in Village Wasipur, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha & 0.1740 hectares of land inVillage Halpura, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha & 0.3000 hectares of land in Village Galibe Bara, ParganaDhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha & 0.1664 hectares of land in Village Bhera Bharatpur, Pargana Amroha,Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha is required for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiring body and laity published on dated 12-03-2022 The Deputy Collector OfDhanora & Naugawan Sadat was appointed is Administrator for the purpose of rehabilitation and resentment of this projectaffected families.After considering the report of the Collector submitted in pursuance to provision under subsection (2) of the section 15 of theAct, the Governor is pleased to declare under section 19(1) of the Act that he is satisfied that the area of the land mentioned inthe given schedule “A” is needed for public purpose and the land to the extent of 0.6029 hectares of land in Village Wasipur,Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha & 0.1740 hectares of land in Village Halpura, Pargana Dhanora, TehsilDhanora, District Amroha & 0.3000 hectares of land in Village Galibe Bara, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, DistrictAmroha & 0.1664 hectares of land in Village Bhera Bharatpur, Pargana Amroha, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha asgiven in schedule “B” has been identified as the Rehabilitation and Resettlement area for the purpose of Rehabilitation andResettlement of the displaced families.The Government is further pleased under sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Act, to direct the Collector of Amroha to publish asummary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme with publication of the declaration to this effect, The summary of theRehabilitation and Resettlement scheme is attached here with.




[UNDER SUB-SECTION (2) OF SECTION 19 OF THE/ACT]U.P Irrigation Department EE MGCCD-6, Meerut By the order of declaration made under Government notification no 207 date26-05-2022 for 0.6029 hectares of land in Village Wasipur, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha & 0.1740hectares of land in Village Halpura, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha & 0.3000 hectares of land in VillageGalibe Bara, Pargana Dhanora, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha & 0.1664 hectares of land in Village Bhera Bharatpur,Pargana Amroha, Tehsil Naugawan Sadat, District Amroha is required for public purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canalproject (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiring body, I hereby published the declaration made therein andsummary of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement scheme with Government notification. A summary of the Rehabilitation andResettlement scheme is given below:The plan for the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of land Acquisition.

(Sd.) ILLEGIBLE,Collector,Amroha.

District Teshil Pargana Village Plot NO. Area

1 2 3 4 5 6

Amroha NaugawanSadat

Dhanora Munda Khera 26

Total.

Hectares0.12600.1260


District Teshil Pargana Village Plot NO. Area Earmarked for Rehabilitation

Hectares

1 2 3 4 5 6

-----NIL----


1 2 3 4 5 6

Amroha Naugawan Sadat Dhanora Mukari 152

Total.

Hectares0.27000.2700

District Teshil Pargana Village Plot NO. Area Earmarked for Rehabilitation

Heactares

1 2 3 4 5 6

-----NIL-----


1 2 3 4 5 6

Amroha Naugawan Sadat Dhanora Munda Khera 54117Total.

Hectares0.21000.16500.3750


District Teshil Pargana Village Plot NO. Area Earmarked forRehabilitation

Hectares

1 2 3 4 5 6

-----NIL----


1 2 3 4 5 6Hectares

Amroha Dhanora Dhanora Wasipur 50525354102133140Total

0.04150.30000.22500.02800.029260.21000.03920.60296

Amroha Dhanora Dhanora Halpura 44Total.

0.17400.1740

Amroha Naugawan Sadat Dhanora Galib Bara 6667108Total.

0.01600.11600.16800.3000

Amroha Naugawan Sadat Amroha Bhera Bharetpur 406Total.

0.16640.1664

Total Balance 1.2433


Hectares

1 2 3 4 5 6

--------NIL-------

UPID NO.-177322 DATE-18/06/2022www.up.gov.nic.in

RAIGAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYC/o OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR, DISTRICT RAIGAD,

ALI BAUG, MAHARASHTRARAIGAD Development Authority (RDA), invites expression of interest

from experienced firms/Joint Ventures/Association for appointment asMASTER PLANNER for Raigad Fort & Prescient 21 villages as a part of theproject covering the conservation and development of Raigad Fort and itsheritage precincts. Details of the requirement, eligibility conditions andmethod of selection etc. are available on the web site of Government ofMaharashtra at "www.mahapwd.com & www.mahatenders.gov.in".

Right to accept or reject the tender has reserved by Collector andMember Secretary, Raigad Development Authority, Raigad Alibag.

Hard Copy of the Uploaded Documents has to submit in the office ofThe District Collector and Member Secretary, Raigad DevelopmentAuthority, Raigad-Alibag.

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Cost of Tender Form : Rs. 1,120/-Earnest Money Rupees : Rs. 1,50,000/- onlyNo. R.F.Sp.Cell/RPD/Mahad/EOI/208 (Mahesh R. Namade)Date : 15.06.2022 Executive Engineer

(Raigad Fort Special Cell)DGIPR/2022-23/1402

Sr.No.

Stage Start ExpiryDate Time Date Time

1. Period of Downloading &Online Submission of biddocuments.

20.06.2022 10.00 15.07.2022 18.00

2. Pre Bid Meeting (In the Officeof District Collector, Raigad ,Alibaug)

Date : 27.06.2022 Time : 11.00 AM(If Possible)

3. Submission of Hard Copy ofthe Uploaded Documents.

Upto 18.07.2022 18:00

4. Online opening of Technicalbid in Office of the ExecutiveEngineer, Road ProjectDivision, Mahad (Special CellRaigad Fort).

19.07.2022 11.00

5. Online opening of Financial bidin Office of the ExecutiveEngineer, Road ProjectDivision, Mahad (Special CellRaigad fort).

Will provide (online) separatelyafter Opening of The Technical

Bid.

NOTICE INVITING BIDOdisha State MedicalCorporation Limited

(OSMCL)In front of Ram Mandir, Convent Square, Unit-III,

Bhubaneswar - 751 001Tel.: (0674) 2380950, Website: www.osmcl.nic.in,

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Bid Ref. No.: OSMCL/2022-23/DRUGS-VETERINARY/14 Date: 20.06.2022Online Bids through e-Tender portal (https://tendersodisha.gov.in)are invited from eligible bidders for supply of Veterinary Items asper the particulars mentioned below:

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OIPR/10112/11/0021/2223

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Sl. No. Particulars Date and time1. Date & time of release of bid 20.06.2022, 3 PM2. Date & time for submission

of queries by E-Mail [email protected]

23.06.2022, up to 5:00 PM

3. Date & time of Online bidsubmission

Start Date & Time End Date & Time29.06.2022, 3 PM 19.07.2022, 6.00 PM

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Start Date & Time End Date & Time20.07.2022, 10 AM 27.07.2022, 11.00 AM

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GOVERNMENT OFMAHARASHTRAPUBLIC WORK (TRIBAL) DEPARTMENT

INVITATION FOR TENDERE- TENDER NOTICE NO. 18 YEAR 2022-2023

Date of E-Tender Downloading Date 22.06.2022 Time10.00 to Date 16.07.2022 Time 17.55 Date of E-TenderOpening 18.07.2022 Time 17.55 [If Possible]1. Tender form Condition of Contract Specification and

Contract Drawing can be download from e-tendering portalof Public Work Department of Maharashtra i.e.https://mahatenders.gov.in

2. Tender Notice can be seen also on websitehttps://mahatenders.gov.in

No. AB/ TC/ 1904/ 2022Office of the Executive Engineer Sd/-P.W.(Tribal) Division Nashik (D.B. Bagul)Date : 15.06.2022 Executive Engineer

P.W.(Tribal) Division NashikDGIPR/2022-23/1396

Sr. No. Name of Work Estimated Cost1 Construction of new school

building in Government TribalAshram School, premises atMani, Tal. Surgana Dist. Nashik

6,65,70,837/-

NIT No. 31/ACE(M-10)EE(T)/2022-23

Further details in this regard can be seen at (https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in)

ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER)Advt. No. J.S.V. 196 (2022-23)

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S.No.

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Date of release oftender in

E-Procurementsolution

Last date / Time ofreceipt of Tender

Through E-Procurement Solution

1 Replacement of old damaged sewer line at BasantGaon and adjoining lane under R.K. Puramcontituency EE(M)-44

Rs. 36,72,952/-Rs. 73,500/-

Rs. 500/-

18.06.2022Tender ID No.

2022_DJB_224603_1

02.07.2022At 2:00 P.M.

2 Replacement of old damaged sewer line at HouseNo. 35 A and adjoining lane nearby lane at VasantEnclave under EE(M)-44

Rs. 36,24,384/-Rs. 72,500/-

Rs. 500/-

18.06.2022Tender ID No.

2022_DJB_224603_2

02.07.2022At 2:00 P.M.

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17.06.20221.7.2022

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21th June

CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrificeof this brave-heart. On this day, he laid downhis life at the altar of duty while fighting withthe terrorists. His courage and bravery wouldremain an abiding source of inspiration for theforce. The force will remain eternally indebtedto him for his noblest deed.

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“THERESHOULDbe some fear in theplayer,otherwisehewillnotdowhatheissupposedtodo.Andheknowsthatifhedoesnotactac-cording to theplan, hewill have to face Sir’swrath,”veteranMadhyaPradeshpacerIshwarPandeysays.Planninganddiscipline-that,essentially,is

coachChandrakant Pandit’s philosophy. Theformer India wicketkeeper-batsman hasguidedanothersidenotusedtomakingsum-mitclashes–MadhyaPradeshinthiscase–totheirfirstRanjiTrophyfinalin23years.Havingwonback-to-backtitleswiththen-unknownsVidarbha three years ago, Pandit is nowupagainst his ‘home’ teamMumbai,whomhecoachedtotheirlasttitlein2015-16.Pandit is famed for his hard-taskmaster

style, andpainstakingly-preparedplans thatbrooklittleinterferencefromeithercaptainorbowler. During a Ranji semi-final againstKarnataka, hehad takenaway thephonesoftheVidarbhaplayers,worriedthattheymightkeepcheckingthemlateintothenightandlosefocus.Therearetalesofhimnotbeingaversetoslappingtheoddplayerwhobrokealawhe’dlaiddown.It isthisaspectofhiscoachingthatgetsplayedupthemost,butthereisdoubtlessamethodbehindtheremotecontrol,andithasworkedforyearsnow.“Both gohand inhand, theplanning and

discipline,”saysformerIndiaandMumbaiall-rounderAbhishekNayar,whoplayedunderPandit’scoaching. “Allhisplansrequireacer-tainamountof skillanddiscipline.Hetries toincorporatecertainlifeskillsthatwillhelpplay-ers on the field. Ranji Trophy is a format inwhicheachpersoncanplayarole.Heunder-stands andassigns roles toplayers very earlyintheseason.Buttofulfilthoseroles,beitplay-ing a certainnumber of balls, or playing in acertainstyle,his ideologyofdisciplinecomesintoplay.“Italsogoeshandinhandwiththeanalyt-

icalworkonwhattheopponentshavedoneinthepast andwhat theydonow,”Nayar adds.“He(Pandit)needsfreedomtopickthekindofplayershewantsandthenhegets theresultsthataredesiredbytheassociation.”BothVidarbhaCricketAssociationandnow

theMadhyaPradeshCricketAssociationhavegivenPandittheleewaytorunatightship,andhavereapedbenefits.“Chandudevelopedtheentirestrategyand

planned thepractice sessions,” former IndiaopenerWasimJaffer,whowaspartof thevic-toriousVidarbhaside,hadtoldthiscorrespon-dent once. “He gave everyone confidence.Kisiko pyaar se samjhaana, kisiko daantkesamjhaana [Convince somewith love, somewithscolding].“That is the roleof the coach. It is nothing

newforhim,hehasbeendoingitforsomanyyears. AndVidarbhaneeded somebody likethat,”Jafferhadsaid.“Today’syoungstersneed

someone to pull themout of their comfortzoneandhedidthattoagreatextent,withoutadoubt.”

Toughact to followIt is a tight rope some other domestic

coaches have tried towalk, unsuccessfully.Pushtoohard,andonecanlosetherespectofthe dressing room.Nayar does not see thathappeningwithPandit.“Becausehetakesre-sponsibilityforhisactionsanddoesnotblametheplayerwhenthingsgowrong,”Nayarsays.

“If youfollowhimblindlyandfail,most likelyhewill takeresponsibility.Thatgivesaplayersecurity. Andwhenyoukeepplaying finals,youobviouslygrowasaplayer.”Pandey,whotook11wicketsatanaverage

of20untilhegotinjuredbeforetheknockouts,wasonewhobenefitedfromfollowingPandit’sinstructions. Into his 12th year of first-classcricket,Pandeysaysheenjoyedthe“verydif-ferentexperience”fromwhathe’shadtilltheninhiscareer.“Heisexcellentatreadingplayers.He’llas-

sessthestrongandweakpointsofanopposi-tionbatsmanandthenmakeusbowlaccord-ingly.Soitbecomeseasierforus,andwedon’thave to try toohard tomake thingshappen,”Pandeysays.Ofcourse,thereistobenoswayingonthe

fieldfromthepathsetbyPandit,unlesshehim-selfsendsinawordaskingforachangeintac-tics.“Theplanningisdoneinfrontofeveryone

andtheteamfollowsit,kibhaiyekarnahaiaurkaamkhatam[wehave todo this, andnoth-ingelse]. It isnot likethebowlerwilldowhatisinhismindandthecaptainwillbethinkingaboutsomethingelse,”Pandeyexplains. “Likeif youhave tokeepa fielder at a certainposi-tion,youhaveto.Itmaytakesometimetogetthe result, but the process has to be gonethrough.If itdoesn’twork,he’llsendinames-sagewithanotherplan.”Thedownside to thismicromanagement

approachisthatthosewhoareusedtothink-ingandexpressingtheirthoughtsmightfindithard to fit in.Andthosewhobecomeusedtobeing fedplansmaynever start thinking ontheir feet. “There aremanyplayerswhoalsooperate at their best under instructions fromothers,”saysformerMadhyaPradeshcaptainDevendraBundela,whowastheside’sbattingcoachbeforePandittookover.“He(Pandit)hashisownwayof thinking,

but his overall understandingof the game isremarkable,” Bundela adds. “Theremay besomewhodon’tlikehisworkingstylebutthen,

healsogivesyoutheresults.”SaysNayar: “Aplayerwhowants togrow

will grow, and aplayerwhodoesn’twant towillnot.Ifeverythingisgoodaboutsomeone,heisnottryingtomakeanimpact, justtryingtosurvive.“Chandusirisaverybraveperson,hetakes

theonusonhimself tocontrolall thecontrol-lables. And the results hehas givenover theyears justprovethattherearealotmoreprosthanconstohisstyleofcoaching.”

Unique styleThelasttimeMPplayedthefinal, in1998-

99,Panditwastheircaptain.AyoungBundela,whowouldgoon tobecome the third-high-estrun-getterinRanjiTrophyhistory,waspartofthatside,andremembersthebackinghegotfromhisskipper.“I rememberwhen Iwas young, Chandu

bhai supportedmea lot, ki jaao aur bindaaskhelo[justgooutandplayfreely].Hispresencehasmadealotofdifferencetothisteam;inthepastcoupleofyears, theirself-beliefandcon-fidencehasincreased,”Bundelaadds.Pandithashimselfacknowledgedthathis

methodsmightnotworkatinternationallevel,butNayar calls him theRanji Trophy “king”.“Noonecomesclosetohim.Hehasfiguredouthowtowinchampionships,”Nayarsays.“It isonethingtowinachampionshipwithastrongteam,itisanothertowinwithateamthathasneverwonbefore.Heisundoubtedlythebestfirst-classcoachinIndia.”

Pandit: High priest of Ranji coaching, messiah of underdogs

Planninganddiscipline- that, essentially, is coachPandit’sphilosophy.

Afterswimming’s internationalbody(FINA)barredtheparticipationof transgenders in thewomen'scategory,athleticsandfootball areset todothesame.ShashankNaironhowFINAare thinkingof introducingan 'Open' category to includetrans-women.

Female,Male and ‘Open’THE INTERNATIONAL Swimming (FINA)votedagainstallowingtransgenderathletesto participate in female competitions – theexceptionbeingthatthetransgenderathletemusthavecompletedtheirtransitionbeforetheageof 12.Thepolicywasvoteduponby274mem-

berswith196castingtheirvotesinfavourofit. The ruling only applies to elite competi-tionsrunbyFINA.AthleticsandFIFAwerere-ported by BBC and British media, as twoother major sporting bodies set to followswimming's cue.FINAPresidentHusainAl-Musallaman-

nounced that aWorking Groupwas beingset up to create an ‘open category’ in someFINA competitions. On the ‘open category’Musallamsaid,“Thecreationofanopencat-egorywillmeanthateverybodyhas theop-portunity to compete at an elite level.” Hethenadded, “Thishasnotbeendonebefore,soFINAwillneed to lead theway.”TrackandField's IAAFbossSebCoe later

told BBC: "We see an international federa-tionassertingitsprimacyinsettingrules,reg-ulations andpolicies that are in the best in-terestof its sport.Thisisasitshouldbe.Wehavealwaysbe-

lieved that biology trumps gender andwewillcontinuetoreviewourregulationsinlinewith this.Wewill followthescience."Themovewas alsowidely criticized by

genderactivists, ongroundsof exclusion.

Whyhavethesechangesbeenmade?Transgenderathletesinsports,particularly

transgenderwomenparticipatinginwomen’scompetitions,areattheheartofthischange.Atransgenderwomanwhohas gone throughmalepuberty and then later on transitionedintoafemale,hasbeenshownincasestudiestoretaintestosteronelevelsthatleadtohigherstructuraladvantages insportovercisgender(Apersonwhosesenseofidentityandgendercorrespondswiththeirbirthsex)women.RossTucker,asportsscientistexplainedon

hispodcast, theRealScienceofSport that theeffects of testosterone result in thedevelop-ment of a body post puberty differently formenandwomen.Hesaidthataccordingtoatleast 13 case studies,menwho later transi-tioned tobecomingwomendonothave theeffectsoftestosteronecompletelyremovedbe-causetheytransitionedtobecomeawoman.“Inanumberofphysiologicalsystemsthat

are relevant to performance–musclemass,musclestrength,bodyperformance,bodyfat,heart and lung size – testosterone createsthings thatarenever fullyundone," saidPHDTucker on theReal Science of Sport podcast.Hethenadded,“Thedifferencebetweenmenandwomen for power, strength andmusclemasscanbe30-40%.Testosteronesuppressionfor a year can take away5-10%. The result isquitealargeretainedadvantage–andifyou’veretainedbiologicaladvantage,thenyou’vere-tainedperformanceadvantage.”

What is thestanceof theIOCandothermajorsportbodies?It istheimportancegiventotestosterone

and the timing of when it affects a humanbody, that has dividedworld bodies to theextent that the International OlympicCommitteeandtheInternationalSwimmingFederationhavealmostoppositepoliciesontransgenderathletes.For example, World Athletics has said

thatoncetransgenderwomenreducetestos-teronefor12months,theyshouldbeallowedtocompete incompetition.USASwimmingdictates that trans athletes must undergothree years of hormone replacement ther-apybefore theycanbeallowedtocompete.TheIOC’s trans-inclusionframeworkes-

sentiallygavetherighttotheleadingbodiesof sport todecidehowtheywould incorpo-rate their transgender athletes. It also saidthatsportbodiesshouldn’tautomaticallyas-sumethattranswomenathleteswereinher-ently more advantaged than cisgenderwomen athletes nor that transgender

women shouldn’t have to reduce theirtestosterone levels to compete. FINAcalledupon theirmedical, legal and athlete coun-sels to speak. Each counsel had a couple ofdelegateswho spoke onwhy FINA came tothedecision. And then thememberorgani-sationsvoted for thishistoricmeasure.

WhyisLiaThomas importanthere?OnecouldsayLiaThomaswasthereason

theworldbodyofswimmingtookthismeas-ure. Thomas earlier competed in themalecategory in swimming for Penn StateUniversity and was part of their team for

threeyears. In2019, shestartedundergoinghormonereplacementtherapyasperNCAAand IvyLeaguerules.In2022,aftertwoyearsandsixmonthsof

the therapy, she took part in the 500-yardNCAASwimmingChampionship and camefirst, beating Tokyo Olympics silvermedal-listEmmaWeyant.InMarch,LiaThomastoldSportsIllustrated:"Theverysimpleansweristhat I’mnotaman. I’mawoman,so Ibelongonthewomen’steam.Transpeopledeservethat samerespecteveryotherathletegets."RekaGyorgy,whocompetedforHungary

inthe2016RioOlympics,complainedabout

missing out on her final race to the NCAA.According to the Guardian, she said thatThomasessentially tookherspotandthat ithurt her, her teamand otherwomen in thepool. Thomas said that shewas looking toparticipate at the 2024 Paris Olympics andjudging by her times, could probably havewonmedals for the USA. It is important tonote,thatbeforeshetransitionedtobecomeawoman, Liz Thomaswas anNCAA swim-mingathletealready.

Whyarethewords ‘competitive fairness’so important inthisdecisionofFINA?The advantages of testosterone on Liz

Thomas’ body before she transitioned intobecoming awomanhad provided herwiththeidealsetuptobeaneliteathlete.Thiswasdespite the rules of NCAAwith regards tohormonereplacement therapyandathree-yeargap. This iswhycompetitive fairness isa term that was used at the ExtraordinaryCongress. Itwasthemainreasonwhytrans-genderwomenwerebarredfromelitecom-petitions unless their transition happenedbefore the age of 12. The age of 12 howeveris not scientifically determinant and a ran-domnumberbecausepubertydoesn’thap-pen to the human body at a set age.Transitionalsorequiresthreestages–social,medical involvinghormonesandsurgical."Which of these three do they mean?

Should thepatienthaveundergonesurgeryby that time, which is almost impossible,''saidDr.AlirezaHamidianJahromi,co-direc-toroftheGenderAffirmationSurgeryCenterinPhiladelphia.

Theissueof certification“All athletesmust certify their chromo-

somal sexwith theirMemberFederation inorder to be eligible for FINA competitions,”readthelatestruling.Addtothattheconun-drumofhowthiscertificationwilltakeplace(“Member Federationsmust confirm theirathletes’ certifications of chromosomal sexwhen registering their athletes to competeinFINAcompetitions”)andsuddenlyevery-onehas toprove their gender through theirown federations and the chromosomal teston the linesof adoping test.

What is the ‘other’categoryandwhatdoes itentail?Thesecondpartof theFINArulingwasto,

in the next six months, come up with an‘open category’. Thiswouldbe the categorythattransgenderathleteswouldbeapartof.While scientifically there aremany pros tothis idea, includingtransathletesbeingabletoparticipate amongeachother – there areproblems.There is the problemof numbers. There

simplyaren’t enoughtransgendereliteath-letesaround.ALizThomasmightessentiallygothroughherentirelifewithoutevercom-peting in theOlympicsbecause therearen'tenoughelitetransgenderwomenswimmersintheworld.Therulingfailsonthisaccount.It also fails on the issueof privacywhere

an athlete can decide their gender statuswithoutpressure.TuckerspokeabouttheflipsideinaBBC.“Thereisstilla lotof stigmaat-tached to being trans and I'm not sure thattrying to force or create a platform throughsportwouldhelpovercomethat. Ifanything,theremightbe certainbarriers that are cre-ated,”hesaid.

Afterhormonetherapy,LiaThomasbeatTokyoOlympicssilvermedallistEmmaWeyant.

WhileFINAadoptedtheirconstitutiontobar transgenderathletes fromparticipating inwomen’scompetitions,othersportssawathletesinbothteamandindividualsportcompeteat thehighest levelandgrapplewiththetricky issue.

FOOTBALLCanadianathleteQuinnwonthegoldmedal in footballwhentheir teambeatSwedeninthefinalof the2021TokyoOlympics.Quinnbecamethefirstevertransgenderathlete towinamedalattheOlympics intheprocess.

WEIGHTLIFTINGIn thewomen’s+87kgweightliftingcategory,LaurelHabbardcreated

history inbecomingoneof thefirstopenlytransgenderathletes totakepart intheOlympics.Whileshefailedtoregistera lift, at43-years-old, thisprobablywouldhavebeenthe last timethatsheparticipated inhigh levelweightlifting–somethingthatsheinsinuatedwhenshesaidthatagewascatchingupwithher.Habbardtransitionedtoafemaleaged35.

SKATEBOARDINGIn thisnewOlympicdiscipline,AllanaSmithstoodupandstoodout.FromForthWorth,Texas, Smithcamelastattheirevent, thewomen’sstreetbutparticipatingwastherealprize for the20-year-old. "IwantedtowalkoutofthisknowingIUNAPOLOGETICALLY

wasmyself andwasgenuinelysmiling,"SmithwroteonInstagram

RUGBYInOctober2021,WorldRugbybecamethefirst international sportsgoverningbodyto instituteabanontransgenderwomencompeting inglobalcompetitions liketheOlympicsandthewomen’sRugbyWorldCup .Thedecisionwasdeliberatedforninemonthsat theendofwhich,WorldRugbysaidthat inacollisionsportwithmultiple injuries, “safetyandfairnesscannotpresentlybeassuredforwomencompetingagainst transwomenincontact rugby.”

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FORAmanwho’sabout torealisehisdream,apartofitatleast,JehanDaruvalaappearsre-markably calm.Hedoesn’t seemover-eagerandiscarefulnottoover-promise.Onlyocca-sionally,the23-year-oldIndianracergivesanimpressionthathe’sbuzzing.“It’ll be tempting to go flat out. But the

main goal is to learn,” Daruvala says. After aslightpause,headds:“(But)at theendof theday, I ama racingdriver so Iwant todrive asfastas Ican…”Daruvalaistalkingabouthismaidenride

inaFormula1carafteritwasannouncedthathewill test drive for F1 giantsMcLaren onTuesday and Wednesday at the fabledSilverstonecircuit inEngland. It’s a smallbutsignificant step inDaruvala’s pursuit of be-comingonlythethirdIndiantoraceinF1andthe first sinceNarain Karthikeyan a decadeago.Thetestis‘nothingrelated’tohimgetting

a drive in F1 next year, Daruvala clarifies.“There are notmany seats opening up in F1.But Iwant to tick all the boxes before hope-fully, Igetaseat,”hesays.Overthetwodays,McLarenwillevaluate

Daruvala’sdrivingskillsandtesthispotential.It’snot linked,atthemoment, toalong-termdeal, something the racer fromMumbai re-peatedlyunderlines.Rather, this’llbeforhima,toborrowthetitleoftheNetflixshow,drivetosurvive.Before the opening race in Bahrain,

Daruvala – a Red Bull Junior teammemberwhodrives for PremaRacing in Formula2, afeeder competition for F1 –had called this amake-or-break season for himwith regardstohisF1ambitions.This ishisthirdseasoninF2andit’swidelyheldthatifadriverisunabletosecureaseat inF1aftersuchalongperiod,chancesforthefuturediminishconsiderably.Withfivepodiumfinishesinthesixraces

oftheseasonsofar,athirdplaceinthecham-pionship race and first among the Red Bulljuniordrivers,Daruvalasayshe’shada‘prettydecent’ season so far. But it’s not yet openedthe doors of an F1 team. In this context, hisdrivewithMcLarencomesatacrucial time.McLaren,hesays,were ‘lookingatyoung

drivers’. This is because the British team isamongthefewthathasn’tyetnameditsyouthdriverswho’llraceinatleasttwopracticeses-sions this year, in accordancewith new F1rules.

AstepupDaruvala andhis father Khurshed spoke

toRedBull’sheadofdriverdevelopmentpro-gramme,MarkoHelmut,abouttheopportu-

nityandanagreementwas reached. “So thistest, togetherwithmyF2 results, is the nextstepinmycareer,”Daruvala,whodoesnotdis-close the financials involved, citing a Non-DisclosureAgreement,says.He will drive McLaren’s MCL35M car,

which theyused last year. Itwas consideredto be one of the quickest cars of the season,withMcLarenroutinelyemergingasthethird-fastestteam.Daruvalahasspentthelastcoupleofdays

onthesimulatorbutknowsnothingcanpre-pare him for themoment he’ll step into thecockpit.Compared to F2 drives, F1 cars weigh

more, churn out almost double the horse-power,andziparoundthetrackmuchfaster.Daruvaladoesn’t soundbothereda lotaboutthesefactorsbutsinglesoutthebiggeststep-up– the g-force. “Wego through a lot of Gs.That’sthemainthing, that’s thebiggeststep-upfromF2,”hesays.With F1 cars travelling at great speeds,

bothonstraightsandcorners,F1drivershaveto dealwithmuch higher lateral g-force astheymove forward, backward and side-to-

side.Daruvalasayshe’sbeenworkingforthelast twoweeks to strengthenhis neckmus-clestodealwiththis.“Intermsoffitness,Ihaveneverstruggled.

Iwanted tomake surewhen I get into an F1car, I don’t struggle there aswell. So, I havebeen trainingmyneck a lotmore than I do,”he says. “I have a neck harness, which youwraparoundand(performstrengtheningex-ercises). I’vebeendoing that for thepast fewweeksandnowI’mfullyreadyfortheF1test.”Thismightnotbehislastchancetositinan

F1carbutDaruvalaknowstheimportanceofthisdrive.Mostseatsforthe2023seasonhavealready been filled with Alpha Tauri, alsoownedbyRedBull,beingoneofthefewteamsthat’syettofinalise itsroster.Daruvala says he’ll discusswithHelmut

the option of taking up the role of a reservedriverincaseapermanentseatdoesn’tworkout so that it keeps theF1dooropen forhimfor2024.Beforethat,he’llhavetoshowhecanhandleanF1car.“This is a dream come true,” he says.

“(Now)Iwanttomakeanimpressionsothatif Idogetanopportunity inF1, I’llbeready.”

JehanDaruvala isaimingtobecomeonlythethird Indiantorace inF1. Express

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WHENDRIVERStestF1cars, it’susu-allyforthecar’sdevelopment;tomakeitbetter. InJehanDaruvala’scase, it’llbehisevaluationmorethanthecar’s.Thetestdrivewillnotauto-maticallyleadtoaseatinF1forDaruvala.However, it’sanimportantstepinthatdirection.AfterdrivinginF2forthelastthreeyears,Daruvalahasachancetoshowcasehispoten-tialandifhecanhandlethespeedofF1,hecouldsecureanotherdrivewithMcLarenorevenwoootherteams.

Anevaluationandastepcloser

Daruvala’s chance to impress F1 teams23-year-old Indianracerwill testdrive forFormula1teamMcLaren for twodays thisweek

In termsof fitness, Ihavenever struggled. Iwanted tomake surewhen I get into anF1car, I don’t strugglethere aswell. So, I havebeen trainingmyneck alotmore than I do. Ihave aneckharness,which youwraparoundand (performstrengtheningexercises)”JEHANDARUVALAINDIANRACER

ASSOCIATEDPRESSMONTREAL,JUNE20

MAXVERSTAPPENmaintained his hold ontheFormulaOnechampionshipfightbyhold-ingoffalatechallengefromCarlosSainzJr.toearnhissixthwinoftheseasoninafairlyeasydrive intheCanadianGrandPrix.VerstappenwonfromthepoleatCircuit

Gilles Villeneuve to extend his lead in thestandings to 46 points over Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez,who retired earlywith agearbox issue. “It's still avery longwaytogoandIknowthegapof course isquitebig,butI also know that can switch around veryquickly,” Verstappen said of his points lead.He noted he trailed Charles Leclerc by 46pointsfollowingthethirdraceof theseason.The Dutchman had no trouble clearing

FernandoAlonso,whoearnedhisfirst front-rowstart in a decade then jokedhe'd attackVerstappen in the first turn to steal the vic-tory. But therewasno challenge andby thetimeSainzclearedAlonso for secondonLap2, Verstappenhad alreadybuilt a lead of 2.4seconds.Sainzwasabletoclosethegapoverthe final 10 laps and pressured the reigningF1championbutfadedonthelastlapandfin-ished .993secondsbehindinhisFerrari.“Itwasgoodracing, it isalwaysmoreen-

joyable to be able to really push rather thanjust save your tires,” said Verstappen, whoaddedSainzdidn'thave “ago in termsover-taking,but itwassuperclose.”Sainz said secondwas thebest he could

getonSunday. “WhenIgave itall, Iwasrisk-ing everything,” Sainz said. “I can tell you Iwas pushing. I left everything out there. ForthefirsttimethisseasonIcansayIwasfastestmanontrack,whichgivesmeconfidenceandsomehopefor thenextraces.”Mercedes had a tremendous rebound

from its season-long struggles, which in-cluded a terrible Friday practice, as seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton scored hisfirst podium since the season-opening racein March. George Russell was fourth asHamiltonbeathisnewteammateforjustthesecondtimeinnineracesthisseason.“Itfeelsgreattobeamongstthebattleandattheendthere I was keeping upwith these guys. Itdoes giveme and the team a lot of hope,"Hamiltonsaid. “Thepotential is trulythere ifwe can get the setup right and I think that'sbeenthemostdifficult thingthisyear.”Hamilton received a rousing ovation af-

ter his finish and said he had no problemswithhisback,whichhasbeenplaguinghimallseasonbecauseofhowthenewMercedes

bouncesalloverthetrack.“It'sgood,I'mbacktobeingyoung,”saidthe37-year-old.Mercedesboss TotoWolff said the team

hadraisedtherideheightonitscarstomakethemmoredrivableandeliminate the“por-poising” effect that has bogged downHamiltonandRussell all season.Thebounc-inghascausedbackpainandheadachesforitsdrivers. “The (wind) tunnel has told us thatthelowerthecar, thefasteryougo, themoregroundeffectitwillhave,"Wolffsaid."Butineffect, you can't drive the car there so youneedtoliftit,andliftit,andliftit,andthenonpaper you are losing half a second or so indownforce. “Weraiseditalready(Saturday)but themore you raise, themore perform-anceyou lose. So it's alwaysa compromise.”Verstappen,meanwhile,hasnowwonsixofthefirstnineracesinhistitledefenseseason.It was Verstappen's first win inMontreal,whichF1saidhostedarecord338,000spec-tatorsoverthethree-dayweekendasthese-ries returned to Canada after a two-yearpause during the pandemic. The Sundaycrowdwastreatedtoclear, sunnyskiesaftertwodaysofrainthatupendedqualifyingandcreatedtheslicktrackthatallowedAlonso—and other drivers, includingHamilton— toearntheir topstartingspots thisyear.Leclerc rallied from a 10-place grid

penaltyforchangingtheengineinhisFerrarito finish fifth from 19th. Estaban Ocon ofAlpine finishedsixthand teammateAlonso,who said he'd be pleasedwith a fifth-placefinish, was seventh but penalized five-sec-ondsaftertheraceforweaving. ThatdroppedAlonso toninth,whileValtteri Bottas of AlfaRomeomoved to seventh. Bottas was fol-lowed by rookie teammate Zhou Guanyu,whowasmoved to eighth after the Alonsopenaltyandfinishedinthepointsforthesec-ondtimethisseason.

Verstappen holds offSainz to strengthen gripon drivers’ C’ship

MaxVerstappenwonhissixthraceoftheseason.Reuters

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