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Assam MP &
Tharoor write
to Congress:
Make electoral
rolls public
MANOJ C G
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
DEMANDS FROM within the
Congress for publication of elec-
toralrolls for theupcomingelec-
tion to the post of party presi-
dent grew louder on Thursday
with Lok Sabha MP from Assam,
Pradyut Bordoloi, writing a let-
ter to Madhusudan Mistry who
heads the organisation's Central
Election Authority (CEA). Lok
Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor, too, is
learnt to have written to Mistry
raising the demand.
Whencontacted,NagaonMP
Bordoloi told The Indian Express:
“Yes,Ihavewrittenalettertothe
chairman of the Central Election
Authority requesting him to
maketheelectoralrollspublicto
nailallapprehensionsandensure
free and fair polls and trans-
parency in the election process.”
Tharoor, who is said to be
considering running for the top
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EXPLAINED
COMINGTODAY:
VIKRANTTHE
COURAGEOUS P13
ECONOMY
GOOD BUOYANCY
IN COLLECTION OF
DIRECT TAX SO FAR:
CBDT CHAIRMAN P17
Teesta bail: CJI questions
delayed listing, asks if
this is practice in Gujarat
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
QUESTIONINGTHEGujaratHigh
Court’s decision to list activist
Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea for
hearingonSeptember19,almost
six weeks after it issued notice,
the Supreme Court Thursday
wondered if this was the “stan-
dard practice in Gujarat” and
asked the state government
“what kind of material have you
gatheredinthelasttwomonths”
against her.
Postingthematterforfurther
hearing Friday, Chief Justice of
India U U Lalit, heading a bench
thatincluded JusticesS Ravindra
BhatandSudhanshuDhulia,told
theGujarat governmentthatthe
topcourt’sinterventiondepends
on“factsandcircumstances”of a
Mary Roy, who got
Syrian Christian women
equal rights, dies at 89
SHAJU PHILIP
& APURVA VISHWANATH
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
A FOUR-WAY partition of 75
centsof landinKottayam turned
into a watershed moment for
gender equality in 1986 when
the Supreme Court ruled in
favour of Mary Roy who had
challenged laws that did not al-
low Syrian Christian daughters
to inherit property.
Roy, an educator, gender
rights activist and mother of
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Battling crisis, Sri Lanka secures first IMF
OK for $2.9-bn loan with reforms roadmap
Staff-level agreement is beginning of long road: IMF official
UDITHA JAYASINGHE
COLOMBO, SEPTEMBER 1
SRI LANKA HAS reached a pre-
liminary agreement with the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 bil-
lion, the global lender said on
Thursday, as the country seeks a
way out of its worst economic
crisis in decades.
The agreement is subject to
approval by IMF management
and its executive board, and is
contingentonSriLankanauthor-
itiesfollowingthroughwithpre-
viously agreed measures.
“Thisstaff-levelagreementis
Indigenous cervical
cancer vaccine ready,
set to be part of Govt’s
immunisation drive
ANONNA DUTT
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
AN AFFORDABLE and indige-
nously developed HPV (human
papillomavirus) vaccine to pre-
ventcervicalcancerisnowready
andwilllikelybeincludedbythe
Union government in its univer-
sal immunisation programme.
The vaccine, Cervavac, was
developed by Serum Institute of
India(SII)withthesupportof the
Department of Biotechnology. It
will likely be priced between Rs
200 and Rs 400 per dose. HPV
vaccines are given in two doses.
HPV is a common sexually
transmitted infection. Cervical
cancer, caused by persistence of
certain high-risk strains of HPV,
is the second biggest killer
among cancers in women in
India, after breast cancer.
SII CEO Adar Poonawalla, on
the sidelines of an event to mark
the“scientificcompletion”of the
vaccine, said: “The government
of India will induct it in a few
months in the national pro-
gramme. It will be affordable.”
Two officials, requesting
Setalvad was arrested on
June 25. Express
case and there is no “inviolable
principle” that the High Court
should be the final court for bail.
Setalvad was arrested on
June 25 for allegedly fabricating
evidence to frame “innocent
people” in the 2002 Gujarat riot
cases.
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MARY ROY
1933-2022
IMF Senior
Mission
Chief for Sri
Lanka Peter
Breuer
onlythebeginningof alongroad
ahead for Sri Lanka to emerge
from the crisis,” senior IMF offi-
cial Peter Breuer told reporters
in Colombo. “The authorities
have already begun the reform
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A BELT-TIGHTENING
BUDGET PAGE 13
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E X P L A I NE D
Cervical
cancer in
● India
INDIA ACCOUNTS for
about a fifth of the global
burden of cervical can-
cer, seeing 1.25 lakh
cases and 75,000 deaths
a year. The SII vaccine is
quadrivalent, meaning it
protects against the four
most common strains of
the virus known to cause
cancers — HPV 16, 18, 6,
and 11. Around 83 per
cent of invasive cervical
cancers are attributed to
HPV 16 or 18 in India.
anonymity, told The Indian
Expressthatthegovernmentwas
working on rolling out an HPV
vaccination drive, which would
bepartof theuniversalimmuni-
sation programme, for girls be-
tween the ages of nine and 14.
The National Technical
AdvisoryGrouponImmunisation
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SINCE 1932
LANKA’S IMF
BLUEPRINT
■ Major reforms in
income tax & VAT
■ Cost-recovery based
pricing for fuel, power
■ Restore market-based
foreign exchange rate
■ Ensure adequately
capitalised banking
system
■ Reduce corruption
vulnerabilities
(Source: IMF press release)
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Booked for sexual assault of minors,
Karnataka Lingayat mutt head arrested respond to FIU queries
KIRAN PARASHAR
CHITRADURGA, SEPTEMBER 1
INFLUENTIAL LINGAYAT mutt
chief Shivamurthy Murugha
Sharanaru, who heads the
Jagadguru Murugharajendra
Vidyapeetha in Chitradurga in
central Karnataka, was arrested
from the mutt Thursday night, a
DeclareECview
This gives us confidence, onSoren,clear
grateful to India: Envoy
theair:JMMand
alliestoGovernor
SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
THE PRELIMINARY agreement
withtheInternationalMonetary
Fund (IMF), under which Sri
Lanka nation stands to receive
$2.9 billion to tackle the ongoing
economic crisis, is a “first step”
in the long haul of economic re-
covery but will provide the
country and investors “confi-
dence” to attract increased in-
vestments and remittances,
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Pandora Papers probe:
Most foreign jurisdictions
Shivamurthy
Murugha
Sharanaru
week after an FIR was registered
againsthimforallegedsexualas-
sault of two minor students.
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Abhinav Saha
Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka
High Commissioner to India
Chitradurga SP Parashurama
K confirmed the mutt chief’s ar-
rest. “We have arrested the seer
and procedures will follow. He is
being questioned now,” he told
The Indian Express.
The arrest came after police
and the state government faced
criticismforallegedinactioninthe
case. Several Dalit organisations
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New Delhi
JHARKHAND CRISIS
Alliance delegation with Governor Ramesh Bais. Raj Bhavan
ABHISHEK ANGAD
RANCHI, SEPTEMBER 1
BATTLING POLITICAL uncer-
tainty in Jharkhand, an eight-
member delegation from the
JMM-led ruling coalition in the
statemetGovernorRamesh Bais
on Thursday and submitted a
memorandum asking him to
“clear the air” and disclose the
Election Commission's opinion
on the eligibility of Chief
Minister Hemant Soren to con-
tinue as MLA.
The memorandum stated
that “purported selective leaks
from your (the Governor’s) of-
fice” on the issue have led to a
RITU SARIN
NEW DELHI,
SEPTEMBER 1
THE FINANCIAL
Intelligence Unit (FIU),
a key unit of the multi-
agency probe into the 2021
global offshore investigation
calledthePandoraPapers,hasre-
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“state of chaos, confusion and
uncertainty, which vitiates the
administration and the gover-
nance of the State”.
“This also encourages politi-
cal brinkmanship to destabilise
the democratically elected gov-
ernmentheadedbyCMSorenby
illegal means. Although Your
ExcellencyisyettodeclaretheEC
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ceivedresponsesfromits
counterparts in over
three-fourthsof there-
questsitsentto33for-
eign jurisdictions.
Officials said that
using the network of
FIUs in mostly the offshore
havens mentioned in The Indian
Express investigation (October
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Lanka IMF loan
process and it will be important
to continue on this path with de-
termination.”
IMF conditions for the loan
also include receiving financing
assurances from Sri Lanka's offi-
cial creditors and efforts by the
country to reach an agreement
with private creditors.
Its programme, spread over
four years, will aim to boost gov-
ernment revenue, encourage fis-
cal consolidation, introduce new
pricingforfuelandelectricity,hike
social spending, bolster central
bank autonomy and rebuild de-
pleted foreign reserves.
The country's reserves stood
at$1.82billionasofJuly,according
to central bank data.
“Startingfromoneofthelow-
est revenue levels in the world,
the programme will implement
majortaxreforms.Thesereforms
includemakingpersonalincome
tax more progressive and broad-
ening the tax base for corporate
incometaxandVAT,”theIMFsaid
in a statement.
“The programme aims to
reachaprimarysurplusof2.3per
cent of GDP by 2024,” it added.
Once the IMF package is ap-
proved, Sri Lanka is also likely to
receive further financial support
fromothermultilateralcreditors.
Thecountry'sCSEAll-Shareindex
finished 2 per cent higher, build-
ing on a 17 per cent gain last
month.
Sri Lanka's current financial
turmoil,itsworstsincethecoun-
try's independence from Britain
in 1948, stems from economic
mismanagement as well as the
Covid pandemic that has wiped
out the country's key tourism in-
dustry.
Sri Lankans have faced acute
shortages of fuel and other basic
goods for months, stoking un-
precedented protests that forced
a change in government.
RanilWickremesinghe,avet-
eran lawmaker who took over as
presidentinJuly,hasfacedanup-
hillbattletostabilisetheeconomy,
which has been buffeted by run-
away inflation that is now at al-
most 65 per cent year-on-year.
Udeeshan Jonas, chief strate-
gistatSriLankaninvestmentbank
CAL Group, said the IMF's com-
ments were largely positive.
“Theysaidtherevenuemeasures
that we've taken have been sub-
stantial (and) they're happy with
what we've done from a fiscal
perspective,” he said.
Althoughwelfarebudgetsfor
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SriLanka'spoorestwouldbepro-
tected, Jonas expects significant
austerity measures and job cuts
at loss-making state-owned en-
terprises. “Privatisation is on the
cards,” he said, “and I think it will
happen probably by next year.”
Wickremesinghe, who also
serves as the country's finance
minister, on Tuesday presented
an interim budget aimed at
clinching the deal with the IMF.
ThebudgetrevisedSriLanka's
deficit projection for 2022 to 9.8
per cent of the gross domestic
product from 8.8 per cent earlier,
while outlining fiscal reforms, in-
cluding a hike in value-added
taxes. IMF's Breuer said the pre-
liminary agreement highlighted
the commitment of
Wickremesinghe's government
tocomprehensiveandsignificant
reforms.“Thisisacredibledevice
toshowtocreditorsthatSriLanka
is serious about engaging in re-
forms,” he said.
SriLankaneedstorestructure
nearly $30 billion of debt, and
Japanhasofferedtoleadtalkswith
itsothermaincreditors,including
regionalrivalsIndiaandChina.
“If creditors are not willing to
provide these assurances, that
would indeed deepen the crisis
here in Sri Lanka and would un-
dermineitsrepaymentcapacity,”
Breuer said.
Sri Lanka will also need to
strike a deal with international
banks and asset managers that
holdthemajorityofits$19billion
worthof sovereignbonds,which
are now classified as in default.
REUTERS
Lanka envoy
SriLankanHighCommissionerto
India Milinda Moragoda said
Thursday.
Speaking at The Indian
ExpressIdeaExchange(adetailed
transcript will be published
September5),Moragodasaidthat
with the IMF agreement taking
shape, Sri Lanka now expects
morecountriestoofferassistance
while underlining that India was
the"onlypartner"tohavestepped
up even without a framework in
place.
"The key fact here is that hav-
ingthestaff-levelagreementgives
us confidence. The money is not
huge but it gives us confidence --
one for investors to come in,
maybeforourremittanceswhich
have dropped by half to increase
and...also for other bilaterals like
Japan tocome. Weare grateful to
India, which encouraged us togo
to the IMF. Finance Minister
(Nirmala)
Sitharaman
andExternal
Affairs
Minister S
Jaishankar
playedarole
inthat.India
wastheonly
country, the
onlypartner,
which
stepped up
without us
having any
kind of pro-
gramme,"
Moragoda
said.
Earlier
this year, Sri
Lanka, bat-
tling the
worst eco-
nomic crisis
initshistory,
hadplunged
into un-
prece-
dented tur-
moil, with
an acute
shortage of
essentials
such as fuel
and medi-
cine trigger-
ing massive
protests,
which
Gotabaya
Rajapaksato
EXCLUSIVE
WEB
TECHNOLOGY
Clear the air: JMM, allies to Governor
opinion,whichisgiveninconfi-
dence to you...BJP has made
public the opinion and de-
manded resignation of the CM,
mid-term polls. As you are un-
doubtedly aware, disqualifica-
tion, if any, of the CM will not
have any effect on the govern-
ment as the JMM-INC-RJD-
Independentscoalitionwillstill
enjoyanoverwhelmingmajor-
ity,” the memorandum stated.
“We request you to declare
the EC opinion... Prompt action
will serve the cause of democ-
racy, and further delay will be
against Constitutional duties
your office is expected to up-
hold,” it said.
Sorenwasnotpartofthedel-
egation, which included JMM
MPs Vijay Hansdak (Lok Sabha)
flee the country and resign as
President, a post taken over by
Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Following the IMF package,
Moragada identified power, oil
and tourism as some of the areas
where structural reforms,
through cooperation with India,
canhelprestoremacroeconomic
stability.India,hesaid,canexplore
developing the port city of
Trincomalee as an energy hub.
Asked what the low-hanging
fruit was when it came to vital
structural reforms, Moragada
said: "I would take the electricity
sector. I would use the relation-
ship with India, the connectivity
grid with India, and bring in pri-
vateinvestmentinelectricitygen-
eration. That could mean new
power plants in renewable en-
ergy, or it could mean buying ex-
isting plants through a privatisa-
tion process. I would go as far as
toliberalisethelastmiledistribu-
tion like you have done where
andusethegridtoIndiatocreate
capacity and export and also im-
portifweneedit.ButIthinkIndia
canbethecatalystforthat,butwe
need to move quickly."
Askedif Rajapaksa,whoisre-
portedly in Thailand, plans to re-
turn, Moragoda said, "He will re-
turn soon, I think, to Sri Lanka."
But the possibility of him finding
a place in the country's political
leadershipisthin,saidMoragoda,
who took over as High
Commissioner last year.
"Hehastofindhisplace.Idon't
thinkinpolitics,heshouldmaybe
look more at the social
side...Former Presidents can be
icons.Forinstance,(USPresident)
Jimmy Carter is known more for
what he did after leaving office
thanwhathedidwhileinoffice,"
Moragoda said.
The crisis, however, was long
in the making, the politician-
turned-diplomat said. He sug-
gestingthattheelderRajapaksa's
technocraticapproachcouldhave
been a factor behind the crisis,
which, he suggested, needed a
stronger,moredirectpoliticalout-
reach.
"Tosomeextent,thevacuum
inthiswasthatthemainpolitical
parties were not in a position to
engage because our President
himselfisnotapolitician.Oncehe
was elected, he did not really get
involved in politics at
all...Politicians felt disengaged
from the system altogether. And
the economy was crumbling.
There was no political way of fill-
ing this vacuum. So this whole
movement came up," he said.
Cervical cancer
hadsaidinaJune28meeting(the
minutes were released on July
17):“Theindigenouslydeveloped
qHPVvaccinemaybeconsidered
for introduction in the UIP as a
two-dose regimen… once the
HPVWGsatisfactorilyreviewsthe
requested data.”
The country’s drug regulator
approvedthevaccineinJulyafter
examining data of its immuno-
genicity trials conducted across
thirteen centres. At the trials, the
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'Appropriation'referstomakingcertainchoicesthatmayhurtpeoplebelongingtoacertainrace,ethnicity,
community,etc.Forinstance,ifyouwearthetraditionalattireofanothercountrysimplytomakeafashionable
statement,itisappropriatingthatculture.
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Thephonehasalways
hadanairof cool around
it,butisthatenough?
and Mahua Manjhi (Rajya
Sabha); Congress MPs Geeta
Koda (Lok Sabha) and Dhiraj
Sahu (Rajya Sabha); JMM
spokespersons Vinod Pandey
and Supriyo Bhattacharya;
Congress ex-MLA Bandhu
Tirkey;and,VinodBhoktaofRJD.
The Governor is yet to ap-
prise the state government of
the EC's opinion, which was
conveyed to him on August 25,
triggering uncertainty over
Soren's tenure. The JMM has
sinceallegedattemptsbytheBJP
to poach the ruling alliance's
MLAs, and taken 32 of them
from Ranchi to Raipur in
Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh.
The ruling alliance has 49
MLAs — 30 from JMM, 18 from
Congress and one from the RJD
response of the SII vaccine was
compared to Merck’s Gardasil
quadrivalent vaccine.
Poonawalla said that the vac-
cineislikelytobepricedbetween
Rs 200 and Rs 400 per dose, but
added that discussions for final-
ising the prices are on with the
government.
The global vaccines available
inthemarketarepricedbetween
Rs 2,500 and Rs 3,300 per dose.
TheSIIvaccinewillbeprovidedto
thegovernmentfirst,followedby
the market, and then globally,
with the company aiming to
manufacture 200 million doses
over the next two years.
Cost had been a major hurdle
in rolling out universal immuni-
sation for HPV.
Dr Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary,
Department of Biotechnology,
toldTheIndianExpressthatanti-
bodies developed after the two
doses can last between six and
seven years and, unlike Covid-19
vaccines,boostersmaynotbere-
quiredforthecervicalcancervac-
cine.
“ThisindicatesIndia’stremen-
dous capacity to develop vac-
cines,” said Dr Gokhale, adding
thatthevaccinewillbelaunched
thisyear.“Thisisamuch-needed
low-cost,affordablequadrivalent
HPV vaccine that will help pre-
vent cervical cancer deaths in
India and globally.”
Union Science Minister Dr
Jitendra Singh, a medical doctor
himself, said at Thursday’s event
thatthiswasabigstepinpreven-
tive healthcare in the country.
TheHPVvaccinescanprevent
infection,butcannotclearitonce
it happens. For older individuals,
three doses are recommended.
INPUTSFROMANURADHA
MASCARENHASINPUNE
Cong poll rolls
post,hadonWednesdaypublicly
endorsed his G 23 colleague and
Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari’s
demand that the list of PCC dele-
gates, who form the 9,000-odd
electoral college in the party, be
made public to ensure trans-
parency.
Tewari had asked how the
process could be fair unless the
rolls were made public. On
Wednesday, Lok Sabha MP Karti
Chidambaram and Tharoor had
come out in support of Tewari’s
demand. Karti and Bordoloi are
not members of the G 23 group.
Bordoloi is learnt to have
asked the election authority to
upload state-wise electoral rolls
on the Congress website.
When party elections were
held five years ago, the electoral
collegeconsistedof9,531PCCdel-
egates. The CEA is yet to disclose
the exact number of voters this
time. In 2017, Rahul Gandhi was
elected unopposed. This time,
there are indications that there
could be a contest.
Forfilingthenomination,can-
didatesarerequiredtoget10PCC
delegatestoproposetheirnames.
Demanding publication of elec-
toralrolls,Tharoorislearnttohave
argued that candidates could get
ENTERTAINMENT
— in the 82-member House. Of
them,threeCongressMLAsface
disqualification after being ar-
rested in West Bengal allegedly
with unaccounted money in
their vehicle.
On August 26, The Indian
Express cited EC sources to re-
portthattheCommission,inits
opinion shared with the
Governor, found Soren guilty of
misusing his position to allot a
stone mining lease to himself
last year — and recommended
his disqualification as MLA un-
der the Representation of the
People Act, 1951. The Chief
Minister heads the state's min-
ing department, and the lease
allotment was later cancelled.
Thememorandumsubmit-
tedtotheGovernoronThursday
disqualified if they get nomina-
tion papers signed by someone
whotheybelieve,ingoodfaith,is
a PCC delegate -- and then dis-
coverlaterthatthepersonisnotin
the revised list.
Tewari,too,hadraisedsimilar
concerns on Wednesday while
demanding that names and ad-
dresses of electors be put up on
thepartywebsite.BackingTewari,
Kartihadsaidthat“everyelection
needs a well-defined and clear
electoral college”.
Tharoor had told reporters
,“Certainly, I think it's important
that everybody should have
transparency on electoral rolls. If
that'swhatManishhasaskedfor,
I am sure it's a principle that
everybody would agree (with).
Everybodyshouldknowwhocan
nominate and who can vote.
There is nothing wrong with
that.”
Mutt chief held
staged protests Thursday, de-
manding the pontiff’s arrest.
BharathiyaDalithaSangarsha
Samithi founder H Prakash
Beeravara, who led a protest that
blocked the car of Chitradurga
Deputy Commissioner, said:
“Everyoneknowsthatheissitting
inside the mutt. What stops po-
licefromarrestinghim?Itisclear
that they have succumbed to
pressure.”
According to police sources,
thepontiffwastakenintocustody
from the mutt around 10 pm af-
ter he had met devotees. He was
taken to the Deputy SP’s office.
Police had already issued a look-
out circular against him.
Earlier Thursday, the pontiff
had applied for anticipatory bail,
and a sessions court had ad-
journed the hearing to Friday.
OnAugust26,theMysurupo-
lice lodged a complaint against
Shivamurthy Murugha
Sharanaru under the POCSO Act
and IPC section 376 relating to
rape. The girl complainants had
told members of the state Child
Welfare Committee (CWC) that
they were sexually assaulted be-
tween January 2019 and June
2022. The case was later trans-
ferred to the Chitradurga police.
Thecomplaintinthecasewas
filed by Chandrakumar C of the
Mysuru district child protection
unit, based on statements of the
two girls.
The case was registered after
the victims reached Mysuru and
approached an NGO that works
for human trafficking victims.
The FIR stated that the girls
werecounselledafterwhichthey
said that they had been sexually
abused. Later, the NGO ap-
proachedtheCWC,leadingtothe
police complaint.
Themutt,aprominentandin-
fluentialLingayateducationcen-
tre,wasbeingfrequentedbypolit-
ical leaders in a bid to woo the
community ahead of the
Assembly elections next year.
CongressleaderRahulGandhi
had recently received ‘Ishtalinga
Deekshe’ from Shivamurthy
MurughaSharanaru.LastSunday,
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
DEEPAK DOBRIYAL IN
GOOD LUCK JERRY
Dobriyal’s performance
highlightsentitlement
of maleyouth
referred to news reports citing
sources from Raj Bhavan that
CMSorenhasbeendisqualified
by the EC. “You will appreciate
that such news is being sensa-
tionalised in the local and na-
tional print and electronic me-
dia creating an atmosphere of
political uncertainty and en-
couraging rumours of all hues
and kinds,” it said.
“Allthesenewsitemsarebe-
ing reported as being leaked
fromYourExcellency’sofficeand
this is really unfortunate...(the)
Office of Governor being a
Constitutional office, the public
have a very high regard for the
same and even a false rumour
comingoutof theofficeistaken
atitsfacevaluetobecorrect,”the
memorandumstated.
B S Yediyurappa, former
KarnatakaChiefMinister,hadde-
scribed the charges against the
pontiff as “false”.
Teesta bail
Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the state,
saidhehadnevercomeacrossany
case where the Supreme Court
hadentertainedapleafromanac-
cused who had gone to the High
Courtandthepleawas pending.
“There are thousands and
thousands of people waiting for
theirbailapplicationstobeheard.
They have similar contentions to
be raised. There are cases where,
forsomespecialreasons,theses-
sionscourtordersarechallenged
before Your Lordships. But there
isnocasewheretheaccusedfirst
selects the remedy of going be-
foretheHC,comesdirectlyunder
(Article) 136 (special leave to ap-
peal by the Supreme Court) and
YourLordshipshaveentertained,”
Mehta told the bench, citing
Supreme Court decisions on the
subject.
CJILalitsaid“thoughwhathas
been observed” in these judg-
ments “is definitely a guiding
principle,butattimes,wehaveto
interfereinthematterdepending
uponthefactsandcircumstances
of the case. Therefore, to say that
the HC should be the final court
forbailisnotaninviolableprinci-
ple. It’s not something cast in
stone. We have to see in the light
of the facts and circumstances”.
Noting that Setalvad was ar-
restedonJune25andhadalready
spent more than two months in
custody, the CJI said “we want to
knowwhatkindofmaterialhave
you gathered in the last two
months. Number 1, the lady has
completed more than 2 months
of custody. Number 2, you must
have had the benefit of custodial
interrogation at some stage. So
therefore,isthereanythingwhich
has actually been elicited out of
such custodial interrogation be-
cause today as the things stand,
theFIRhasnothingbutwhatever
hashappenedinSupremeCourt”.
“Soisthereanyadditionalma-
terial apart from what has been
recitedinthejudgmentoftheSC?
In the custodial interrogation,
haveyoubeenabletoelicitsome-
thingbeyondthat?Andinthelast
two months, have you actually
filed a chargesheet or something
oristheinvestigationstillon?”he
said.
The CJI said “there is no of-
fence… like say POTA or UAPA…
which comes with the rider or
which comes with the statutory
mandate that bail should not be
granted. There is no such thing.
These are normal IPC offences…
then under Section 437 (when
bail may be taken in case of non-
bailableoffence)mandate,alady
isdefinitelyentitledtoafavoured
treatment”.
Mehta said the state would
notwanttogiveanyspecialtreat-
ment to any accused.
Tothis,theCJIsaid,“It’snotthe
state which is giving any special
treatment. It is the court which
New Delhi
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Azad resigns, Pakistan
flood, and Punjab bans
proxy male sarpanches
NEWEPISODEEVERYDAY
The debate surrounding Ghulam Nabi
Azad’s resignation, the devastating
flood in Pakistan, and Punjab bans male
family members from acting as proxies
of women sarpanches.
hastobealivetothat.Wearecon-
sidering it in our appellate juris-
diction.Whatyousayisright,they
have gone to the HC, and there is
a petition pending. But at the
same time, she was taken into
custodyonJune25.Soithasbeen
almost two months and some-
thing above.”
To a query from the bench on
what was the material available
against the accused, Mehta said
“there are 164 statements, 161
statementsshowingthatconspir-
acywashatchedsomewhere,for-
gery took place somewhere
else… I will show everything.”
The CJI said, “We are on a
point. If a matter like this comes
before the HC, the HC issues no-
tice on August 3, 2022, makes it
returnable on September 19 in a
bailmatter.So,effectivelyitmeans
the bail matter being returnable
in six weeks.”
The CJI said “give us a case
wherealadyhasbeenactuallyin
confinement on charges like this
and the HC has made the matter
returnable after six weeks… We
heard you say that please don’t
make an exception, as if this is a
special case. That is the reason
why we said… That’s why we
want to know… We are actually
going on this theory that how
could the High Court make the
matterreturnableaftersixweeks.
Is this the standard practice in
Gujarat?”
Mehtasaid“noladyinsimilar
situationshascommittedoffence
of this nature” and he will put on
affidavit that no discrimination
has been shown by the HC.
Mary Roy
Booker Prize winning author
Arundhati Roy, died in Kottayam
on Thursday. She was 89.
She had been running the
Pallikoodam school (formerly
Corpus Christi High School) near
Kottayam.
It was in Mary Roy Etc v State
of Kerala and Others that the
Supreme Court held that the
Travancore Succession Act, 1916
and Cochin Succession Act, 1921
hadceasedtoexistsince1951.The
verdict ensured that the applica-
ble law for succession would be
the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
The two provincial laws were
usedbytheSyrianChristiancom-
munitytodenypropertyrightsto
women.
Under the Travancore and
Cochinlaws,maleheirshadequal
rights over intestate (in the ab-
sence of a will) property of their
fatherormotheraftersettlingthe
daughter’s claim of sthreedhan
which was one-fourth of the
value of the son’s share or Rs
5000, whichever was lesser. If
sthreedhan was paid during the
daughter’s marriage, she had no
other claim on the property.
At 30, Roy was divorced and
movedwithhertwochildreninto
a cottage in Ooty that her father
owned.Forcedbyhermotherand
brother to vacate that cottage,
since she was not entitled to a
shareintheproperty,Roymoved
to Kottayam.
It was 20 years later, perhaps
when she didn’t need the share,
that Roy moved the Supreme
Court, challenging the personal
lawsonthegroundthattheywere
violativeofthefundamentalright
to equality.
OnceRoy’spleawasfiled,two
other women from
Muvattupuzha,AleykuttyChacko
and Mariakutty Thommen, also
joinedthesuit. Roy’ssister,Molly
Joseph, did not support the legal
battle.
In 1958, the Kerala govern-
ment, under Law Minister V R
Krishna Iyer, who later became a
judge of the Supreme Court, had
attempted to repeal the
Travancore and Cochin laws but
the Bill had lapsed. Despite this,
the government refused to take
Roy’s side before the SC.
SenioradvocateIndiraJaising
appearedforRoy,arguingherfirst
caseofchallengingpersonallaws
that denied women the right to
equality.Atwo-judgebenchofthe
then Chief Justice of India PN
Bhagwati and Justice RS Pathak
ruled that the Travancore and
Cochin laws had ceased to exist
when the former princely states
adopted laws applicable to the
Union.
After the accession in 1949,
Parliament enacted the Part B
States(Laws)Act,1951which ex-
tended certain laws to the enact-
mentsmentionedintheSchedule
whilestatingthatanylawinforce
in these States corresponding to
anyoftheUnionActswouldstand
repealed.
The judges took the route of
tracing the history of the legisla-
tiontoinvalidateitratherthanrul-
ing that the personal laws were
unconstitutional since it denied
equal rights to women.
Despite that, Roy and several
other women in the community
got their rights. For Roy herself, it
was in 2010, 24 years after the
Supreme Court’s historic judg-
ment, that a sub court in
Kottayam executed the final de-
cree in her favour. “My 50-year
battle has finally yielded results.
The fight was not for a piece of
land, but to win women’s rights
guaranteed by the Constitution,”
Roy had said.
Pandora Papers
4-16, 2021), the FIU sent out 160
requests to foreign jurisdictions
andhasreceivedresponsesin125
cases so far.
ThewidescopeofthePandora
Papers probe of the FIU is evi-
denced from the fact that a total
numberof482“subjects”orindi-
vidualsandlegalentities(includ-
ing offshore companies) have
beencoveredinthesebilateralre-
quests for information.
It is learnt that “sizeable” and
“additional” information have
beenreceivedbyIndiafromother
FIUs regarding the 482 subjects
mentionedinthePandoraPapers.
Thefreshinformationincludes
details of existing and additional
foreign bank accounts; invest-
ments in shares by offshore enti-
ties;confirmationoftheBeneficial
Owners (BOs) and Settlors of
Offshore Trusts, and investments
insharesandimmovableproper-
ties made by the individuals
namedinthePandoraPapers.
The individuals include both
Indian residents as well as Non
Resident Indians (NRIs).
The FIU has been dispatching
the details in individual cases to
the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) and the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) to accelerate
their Pandora Papers probes.
Asreportedearlier(TheIndian
Express, December 24, 2021), co-
operation between FIUs in the
Pandora Papers probe is being
done under the aegis of the
Egmond Group, an umbrella or-
ganisationthatbringsFIUsof167
countries together with the aim
of facilitating a secure exchange
of “financial intelligence to com-
batmoneylaunderingandterror-
ist financing.”
TheIndianExpresswasamong
150mediaoutletswhichcovered
the Pandora Papers, data for
which was obtained by the
International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The CBDT, in the meantime,
hasrepliedtoanRTIrequestfiled
by The Indian Express and stated
thatthestageforreporting“tangi-
ble progress” in the Pandora
Papersbunchof casesisstilltobe
reached.
TheRTIreply,datedAugust25,
states:“TheGovernmentofIndia
hastakencognizanceofthesame
(thePandoraPapers)andinvesti-
gation in these cases is under
progress… investigation in such
cases takes considerable time as
it requires obtaining requisite in-
formation from concerned for-
eign jurisdictions.”
The CBDT said “…a tangible
outcome in these cases can only
be reported post completion of
assessment and appellate pro-
ceedings which gets initiated
uponcompletionofinvestigation
in such cases.”
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Govt-handled
liquor stores
reopen in city
ARNAV CHANDRASEKHAR
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
AS GOVERNMENT-RUN liquor
shopsreopenedThursdaymorn-
ing with the reintroduction of
the old excise policy, they were
met with a scattered response
from customers. Queues earlier
in the day were sparse, with
some customers relieved at not
having to go far to buy liquor,
while others were disappointed
at the choices available as com-
pared to the earlier private-run
stores.
Atmanylocationswhichear-
lier had liquor stores, like those
at the Star City Mall in Mayur
Vihar, shops were shut. Having
once had ten liquor stores, none
were open on Thursday at the
mall. At another store in
Trilokpuri, only a few customers
turned up. Store manager Kush
Mishra said stock of liquor and
the number of customers would
go up over time.
Managers at stores also said
they dealt with sales rather than
purchases,stockingtheiroutlets,
with the Delhi Tourism and
Transportation Development
Corporation (DTTDC) handling
restocking.
At a store in Mayur Vihar
Phase 2, a customer, Raju, was
not satisfied with the brand se-
lection. He said, “… the govern-
ment shops do not have good
brandsliketheprivateones.”The
store manager said 8-10 brands
were available, and that they
would gradually increase.
At a store in Vinod Nagar,
other customers shared Raju’s
sentiments. Raghupati Nath,
who was at the store, said,
“Governmentstores do not keep
good brands… They are small
and crowded. Private ones
should also open along with
them. Let people have choices.”
Meanwhile, stores at other
At LSC shopping centre in
Sarita Vihar, there were three
different liquor stores a few
metres from each other
locations had not yet reopened
after the departure of their pri-
vate-owned proprietors, includ-
ing outlets at Jasola Vihar, New
Friends Colony market, and
MarketRoadinLajpatNagar.The
latter two also had flyers pro-
claiming that the premises were
up for sale or rent.
At an outlet at Living Style
mall in Jasola Vihar, employees
were unconcerned with low
customer turnout and stocks,
saying, “Customers will come
laterintheday.We willgetmore
stock as well. For now, we have
Indian whisky brands.”
At LSC shopping centre in
SaritaVihar,therewerethreedif-
ferent liquor stores a few metres
from each other. Managers
notedthattheyalreadyhadlarge
stock of Indian whisky and beer
and expected more to arrive
later. Customers, however,
mostly congregated at the store
closest to the shopping centre’s
entrance.
On the lopsided turnout,
manager of one of the stores,
Anish Kumar, said, “Once the
word gets out, more people will
start coming. Also, our store is
not easily visible, being a little
further inside.”
THE CITY 3
Armed men barge into
showroom, shoot man dead
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE GENERAL MEETING – 2022
GURGAON, SEPTEMBER 1 The Annual General Meeting
(AGM) – 2022 of the Members of
THE FORMER vice-chairman of New Delhi YMCA will be held on
theSohnamarketcommitteewas rd
23 September 2022 at 17:15 hrs
shot dead by unidentified as-
in the Heinz Auditorium, New
sailants at a garment showroom
in Sadar Bazar Thursday after- Delhi YMCA Tourist Hostel-cum-
noon,saidpolice,addingthatper- Sukhbir Singh; Grab of the CCTV footage that shows suspects Programme Centre, Jai Singh
sonal enmity is suspected to be running from the showroom after the shooting Road, New Delhi–110 001.
Felix Fernandes
the motive. New Delhi Chairman
Policeidentifiedthedeceased 02.09.2022 Board of Directors
as Sukhbir Singh alias Sukhbir he was declared dead. On a com- Anurag claimed his father had
Chairman(48)fromRithojvillage, plaint by the victim’s son, an FIR beenactiveinpoliticsfromSohna.
who was staying at Maruti Kunj, has been registered. In the com- “... my father had married twice
Bhondsi. Police said he was the plaint, the victim’s family named andhisrelationswithhisbrother-
former vice-chairman of Sohna his brother-in-law as the main in-law had been strained... I am
market committee from 2005- suspect. Personal enmity seems convincedhisbrother-in-lawand
2010 and a property dealer. tobethereason,”saidaseniorpo- associates murdered him,” he al-
According to police, Sukhbir lice officer. leged in the FIR.
andhiscousin,Rajender,hadgone In purported CCTV footage GargiKakar,districtpresident,
to a Raymond showroom on recovered by police, at least five BJP Gurgaon, said, “Sukhbir was
Gurudwara road in Sadar Bazar suspects can be seen running not holding any official post but
around 3 pm in his SUV. “As the from the showroom after the he was a well-wisher and a sup-
victim was about to pay for the shooting. “Preliminary probe porter of the party... He had
clothes, at least five armed men found that the accused escaped worked with our party’s MLA in
barged into the showroom and inaSwiftcar.Itappearsthemain Sohna during elections.”
startedfiringindiscriminately.The suspect has a criminal record. Police said an FIR was regis-
victim suffered gunshot wounds Several teams are working to ar- teredunderIPCsections302and
to his head and chest. He was rest them,” said the officer. 120-Bandrelevantsectionsofthe
rushedtoaprivatehospital,where Inthecomplaint,Sukhbir’sson Arms Act.
Girl mauled
by pitbull
TUSHARVERMA
GHAZIABAD, SEPTEMBER 1
ASIX-YEAR-OLDgirlwasmauled
by a pet pitbull last month in
Ghaziabad’s Loni. The incident
tookplaceonthenightof August
15 when the girl, Khwaish, was
playing in the local park.
Her father Prem Kumar filed
a complaint against the dog’s
owner at Loni Border police sta-
tion. The family also alleged they
were intimidated by the owner.
PoliceregisteredanFIRunder
IPC sections 289, 504 and 506.
“Filing chargesheet and going to
court will take 10-15 days,” said
the investigating officer.
Kumar said his daughter sus-
tained severe injuries in one of
herearswhichwillrequiretreat-
ment for over two years.
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
INSPIRED BY BOLLYWOOD MOVIE ‘TU CHOR MAI SIPAHI’, SAY POLICE
Differently abled boy smothered to death in
South Delhi, teenaged caretaker apprehended
JIGNASA SINHA
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
AN 18-YEAR-OLD differently
abled boy was smothered to
death allegedly by his caretaker
athishomeinaposhSouthDelhi
locality. The caretaker,a 17-year-
old boy, has been apprehended
for the murder and for stealing
jewellery, a phone and cash
worthRs40,000fromthehouse,
said police, adding that he ap-
pears to have been inspired by
Bollywood movie Tu Chor Mai
Sipahi.Policearealsoprobingthe
possibility of sexual assault.
The incident took place
Wednesday afternoon when the
victim’sfamilyhadgonetoattend
afunctionandhiseldersisterwas
at a nearby market. The boy was
at home with the caretaker.
Around3-4pm,thecaretaker
allegedly smothered the boy
withapillowandstolejewellery
andcashfromthegrandmother’s
room. Police said he then wrote
‘Killer King’ on the bathroom
MBBS student
found dead
in Safdarjung
hospital hostel
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
A FINAL-YEAR MBBS student of
Safdarjung Hospital was found
dead in her hostel room on
Thursday morning, said police.
Police said they have recovered
a note in her diary which sug-
gests she was depressed.
DCP (Southwest) Manoj C
said they were informed about
the suicide at 3.30 am.
“On receiving the informa-
tion, an investigation officer
rushed to the spot and found
that the girl had committed sui-
cide at a room in the MBBS
Hostel of Safdarjung Hospital,”
he said.
“The room was bolted from
the inside and was forcefully
opened by the student's friends.
They rushed her to the emer-
gency room of the hospital
where she was declared dead on
arrival. A crime team was called
to the spot. A hand-written sui-
cide note was found in the stu-
dent's diary. Statements of other
hostellers and friends of the de-
ceased were recorded and no
foul play is found so far. The stu-
dent's family members had also
reached the spot and their state-
ments were recorded. Further
inquest proceedings are being
carried out,” he added.
According to police sources,
two empty packets of anti-de-
pressant medicine were also
found in the room.
In the purported note, the
girl wrote: “31/08/2022
Meaningless, Worthless, Toxic,
Loveless, I don’t deserve any
happiness in my life. Kabhi kuch
thik nahin hoga no matter how
hard I try...”
A junior student from the
fourth year, who knew the girl,
said she was quiet and mostly
remained busy with work and
her studies. “On Wednesday,
she finished her OPD duty till 8
pm and went back to her
room,” he added.
Hospital authorities have not
issued any statement so far.
Green nod for Central Vista enclave AAP vote share in Gujarat rose by
4% since raid at Sisodia’s home: CM
ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
THE CENTRAL Vista Executive
Enclave, which will house the
PMO,theCabinetSecretariat,the
National Security Council
Secretariat and India House, was
grantedenvironmentalclearance
on Thursday.
The State Environment
Impact Assessment Authority
(SEIAA) considered the proposal
for environmental clearance at a
meetingheldWednesday.While
it granted environmental clear-
ance, the SEIAA made strong ob-
servations about the tree preser-
vation aspect of the project.
TheSEIAAnoted,“Theproject
will lead to removal of 60% of
mirrors with red toothpaste and
left a black glove by the bedside
beforefleeing.Policesourcessaid
he also dropped the house keys
in the bathroom.
A PCR call about the incident
wasmadearound5.05pmbythe
victim’s sister. Manoj C, DCP
(Southwest), said, “We reached
the house and found the body of
the boy on the bed. His sister said
she came home around 4.50 pm.
Their parents and grandmother
were at a family function. When
shecameback,herbrother’sroom
waslocked.Shewentupstairsand
called her cousin. The girls man-
aged to open the door and found
theboyunconscious.Thejuvenile
was hired three months ago to
take care of the deceased.”
“We called crime teams and
foundthatthejuvenileleftablack
glovebythebed.We...thenfound
he wrote ‘Killer King’ and a num-
ber code on mirrors in the bath-
room.Thisresembledthestyleof
the antagonist in the movie (Tu
Chor Mai Sipahi), who also left a
blackgloveatthecrimesceneand
The tigress and the cubs are in a separate enclosure at the
zoo and are healthy, officials said
Delhi zoo welcomes
three white tiger cubs
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
AFTERAgapof sevenyears,three
whitetigercubswerebornatthe
National Zoological Park in Delhi
on August 24.
The cubs were born to Sita, a
white tigress that is seven years
old. Its father Vijay is also a white
tiger,aroundseventoeightyears
old. The new births take the total
number of tigers at the Delhi zoo
to 11. There were eight tigers at
the zoo so far, four of which are
white. The tigress and the cubs
are in a separate enclosure in the
zoo and are healthy, zoo officials
said. “The cubs are reared by the
mother.If wetouchthem,weare
Paytm transaction helps cops crack Rs 4-cr heist
MAHENDER SINGH
MANRAL
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
A RS 100 digital transaction to
footage from 200 CCTV cameras
—theDelhiPolicespent24hours
piecing together clues to solve
theRs4-crorejewelleryconsign-
ment robbery at Paharganj and
nabbed three men involved in
thecrimefromJaipur.Policesaid
they have made recovery of
around Rs 2.5 crore jewellery
from their possession.
DCP (Central) Shweta
Chauhan said, “We have de-
tained three persons.Furtherin-
vestigation is on.”
The incident took place early
Minutes of the meeting also
mentioned a report in
The Indian Express
trees on site. The SEAC (State
Expert Appraisal Committee)/
SEIAAtriedtogetPP(projectpro-
ponent) to reduce felling of trees
but only a few could be saved.
Project design was presented as
fait accompli. No attempt was
made to make any major change
in footprint of the building that
was called ‘Killer King’,” he said.
SixteamsweresenttoAnand
Vihar bus depot, Sarai Rohilla
station, New Delhi Railway sta-
tion and Old Delhi Railway
Station to catch the juvenile.
“Wespoketothevictim’sfam-
ilyandfoundtheydidn’tgetveri-
fication done of the juvenile. This
wasachallengeasweonlyhadhis
name and an old photo. He often
contacted his friends who work
(nearby), and they were ques-
tioned.Theysaidhemightgoback
tohishometowninBihar.Wealso
got bank details of the juvenile’s
mother and suspected he will go
to meet her. At 8.07 pm, a team
found him on a train (to Bihar) at
New Delhi station and caught
him,” added the DCP.
The juvenile was appre-
hended with the stolen items.
During questioning, police said
he confessed to the crime and
said he felt “humiliated” of his
job. “His parents are labourers
anddon’tearnmuch.Hewanted
to quit the job but didn’t have
enough money. He planned to
worried that the mother may re-
ject them. We never interfere till
at least one month. We simply
provide food and water required
for the mother, who is continu-
ouslynursingthem,sothingsare
looking good now. The mother
and cubs are in a separate enclo-
sure, with enough space to
move,” said Dharamdeo Rai,
Director, Delhi zoo.
A communication from the
zoo said a team is keeping a
round-the-clock watch over the
tigressandthecubs.TheNational
Zoological Park is one of the zoos
thatparticipatesintheconserva-
tion breeding of tigers, and “the
birth of the cubs is a big step in
this direction”, according to the
communication from the zoo.
Wednesday when four men —
one of them in police uniform —
along with an associate, al-
legedlyrobbedtwocouriercom-
pany executives. They threw
chilli powder into their eyes,
snatched a jewellery consign-
ment worth Rs 4 crore, and fled.
Police said the complainant
works at a private courier com-
pany that specialises in deliver-
ing expensive or high-value
items like jewellery and arte-
facts. Around 4.30 am, the com-
plainant and his associate
stepped out of their office with
a consignment for Chandigarh
and Ludhiana. Police said they
were walking towards their ve-
hicle when the four accused
waylaid them.
would have led to tree preserva-
tion.” The project is being exe-
cuted by Central Public Works
Department. Of the 807 trees at
the site, 320 will be retained and
487 transplanted. The SEAC rec-
ommended the project for envi-
ronmental clearance this week.
The minutes of the meeting
mentioned a report in The
Indian Express dated August 30
on tree transplantation — 'Many
trees transplanted for Central
Vista didn't survive, forest dept
data shows'. The SEIAA cites
the report saying that for
Parliament building project,
CPWD claimed a survival rate of
66% of transplanted trees, while
the forest department has re-
ported survival of just 30% of
transplanted trees.
CORONAVIRUS
IN THE CAPITAL
commitrobbery andfleebutthe
deceased noticed him and ob-
jected. The juvenile got scared
and killed him,” said the DCP.
A police source said, “After
committing the crime, he went
to the first floor of the building
where the victim’s uncle lives,
but was stopped by a family
member and asked to leave.”
Police said the boy has been
sent to a juvenile home. The
sourcesaid:“Hewantedtobein-
dependent and would send
most of his earnings to his
mother. He has three elder sib-
lings and was stressed about the
family’s finances. He told us he
had been looking for a job but
couldn’t find one. Someone
known to him then recom-
mended him for a job at the vic-
tim’s place.”
His friends told police they
hailedfromthesamedistrictand
wouldoftenhangoutafterwork.
“They didn’t know he was plan-
ning a theft or robbery. He spoke
of his family but didn’t reveal
much to them,” said police.
Man who stalked and shot
at teenaged girl arrested
ARNAV CHANDRASEKHAR
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
NEARLY A week after a 16-year-
old girl was shot at allegedly by
a 19-year-old man in South
Delhi, the accused was arrested
Wednesday. His two associates
were arrested earlier.
Police said the accused,
Amanat Ali, met the victim on
social media and allegedly tried
to kill her after she stopped talk-
ing to him. Her family had
claimed Ali had been stalking
her.
The incident took place on
August 25 when the three ac-
cused chased the girl on a two-
wheeler while she was heading
home from school with her rela-
tives and allegedly shot at her.
The girl was shifted to a hos-
pital with a gunshot injury to
the shoulder and was out of
danger.
Police then analysed CCTV
footage and said technical sur-
veillance revealed the three
were going towards Uttar
Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar. They
also managed to evade a team
there.Aftertheaccusedreturned
to Delhi, police arrested Ali’s as-
sociates, Bobby (24) and Pawan
CCTV footage of the incident
that took place in Paharganj
During investigation, a team
ledbyInspectorSandeepGodara
scanned CCTV cameras near the
courier company and found that
the accused had been conduct-
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
CHIEFMINISTERArvindKejriwal
ThursdaysaidAAP’svotesharein
Gujarat had risen by 4% ever
since Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia’shomewasraidedbythe
CBI. He was speaking on the last
day of the Delhi Assembly’s spe-
cial session, where AAP won the
trust vote that it had introduced.
“Eversincethey’veraidedthe
residence of Manish Sisodia, our
votepercentageinGujarathasin-
creased by 4%. And the day they
willarresthim,ourvotesharewill
further increase by 6%. And if he
getsarrestedtwice,we’llcometo
VACCINATIONS IN
LAST 24 HOURS
28,461
PATIENTSINHOSPITAL: 211
OXYGEN SUPPORT
VENTILATOR SUPPORT
Facing graft claim,
L-G hits out at
CM: ‘Desperate...
false allegations’
First time we trusted
someone to take care
of him: Boy’s family
JIGNASA SINHA
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
A DAY after an 18-year-old dif-
ferently abled boy was mur-
dered allegedly by his 17-year-
old caretaker at his South Delhi
home, his family was incon-
solable.
"My child was a sharp-
minded boy. He was well-be-
haved. Everyone in the family
loved him," said his father.
“Why would anyone hurt
our boy? He (juvenile) could
have stolen everything and left
and we would not have held a
grudge. What he did is horren-
dous. The house looks scary
with 'killer' written on the mir-
(19),fromSouthDelhionAugust
26. On their instance, two coun-
try-made pistols and three car-
tridges were recovered. Police of
thespecialstaff arrestedAlifrom
Trilokpuri.
DCP (South) Benita Mary
Jaiker said, “The accused dis-
closed that the girl had been in
contact with him through social
media and she stopped talking
tohimsometimeago.Heandhis
friends Bobby and Pawan
plannedtokillherwhileshewas
returning from school.”
A senior police officer
said: “After his uncle died in
Muzaffarnagarfour monthsago,
Ali stole his country made pis-
tols. He decided to eliminate the
girl when his friends told him
she was talking to someone else.
He hatched the plan two days
before the incident.”
Accused followed her
when she went to
school: Family
Recalling the incident, the
victim’s father said, “My daugh-
terwascomingbackfromschool
with her mother, brother, and
cousins. When she was shot, my
wife screamed for help, but
passersby were taking photos
ing a recce for the last 15 days.
“In one of the videos, police
found that one of the accused
was standing outside a tea stall
in the morning having tea. After
a few minutes, he stopped a pri-
vate cab driver and took Rs 100
from him. He was also found us-
ing his mobile phone while he
was talking to the driver. Police
first questioned the tea stall
owner, who said the accused
boughtacupof teafromhim,but
he did not have cash,” said a po-
lice source.
The tea stall owner con-
firmedtopolicethattheaccused
did stop the cab driver and took
Rs 100, after transferring him
money digitally.
“Police, in the meantime,
power in Gujarat,” Kejriwal said.
Fifty-eight MLAs were pres-
ent in the Assembly Thursday,
withthreeAAPMLAsnotattend-
ing and Rakhi Birla, the deputy
speaker, chairing the proceed-
ings. BJP MLAs had walked out.
“In the history of mankind,
AAP is perhaps the only party
that has been subjected to the
highest number of false cases.
There are only two parties left in
thenationalpoliticalarena—one
kattar imaandar, beacon-holder
of honesty and the other kattar
beimaan,flagbearerof deceitand
dishonesty. The kattar beimaan
party is full of uneducated lead-
ers and fake degree holders;
Kattar Imaandar party is full of
DELHI TOTAL
CASES
19,99,888
55
Aug 31
Sept 1
8 Cases
Total
*Total active cases in Delhi
ror and the black glove...,” said
his uncle.
The victim's father and uncle
own a duplex and run jewellery
stores in Delhi and Mumbai.
On Wednesday, the family
were celebrating a special 'parv'
at their relative’s place and had
left the boy with the caretaker.
“We had hired him because
hisrelativeusedtoworkwithus.
Thiswasthefirsttimewetrusted
someone to take care of our boy
sincehe’s18nowandhismother
can’tlifthimanddootherthings.
Who would have thought this
would happen? He had bruises
on his body. I was shocked to see
him. He loved to play games on
his phone and was fond of
cricket," added the uncle.
and videos. Then a man on a
scooter took my daughter to a
hospital.”
He claimed the accused had
befriended his daughter on so-
cial media.
“When she found out that
he was her neighbour and had
sent a friend request under a
fake name, she blocked him and
did not speak to him after-
wards. However, he started fol-
lowing her while she went to
school. He also started roaming
around the street near our
house. I gave an oral complaint
to the beat police officer after he
broke our window with a stone
a month ago. The policeman as-
sured me that he would handle
it... if something was done, he
would not have the courage to
shoot at my daughter,” the fa-
ther alleged.
Police said no complaint was
received at the station.
Her father added, “Until Ali
was arrested, my daughter was
not eating and drinking prop-
erly. Today, I saw the relief on
her face.”
Police said they have regis-
tered a case against the accused
under IPC section 307 (attempt
to murder) and provisions of the
Arms Act.
procured all details of the cab
driver, who told them he re-
ceived Rs 100 from the accused
via Paytm. Police then ap-
proachedPaytmheadquartersto
getdetails,wheretheyfoundthe
phone number of one of the ac-
cused, who is a resident of
Najafgarh,” said a police officer.
Teams were sent to
Najafgarh, and police found that
the accused fled from his house
before they reached.
“Using technical surveil-
lance, police got phone num-
bers of other accused and
started tracking them. After
chasing them, police found they
went to hide in a flat in Jaipur
from where they were caught,”
said an officer.
educated leaders and IITians
withrealdegrees...Thereare169
casesagainst49of ourMLAs.We
are a very small party which is
still a newborn. Out of 169 cases,
134 cases have already been
closed. The courts have shut
down those cases and scolded
police. Remaining 35 cases will
getclosedsoon.Amongthese,16
caseswerefiledagainstmeandI
havealreadybeenacquittedin12
of them. Four are pending. They
filed13casesagainstSisodiaand
hehasbeenacquittedin10,three
cases are pending. Four cases
werefiledagainstSatyendarJain.
He has been acquitted in two
cases, and remaining two are
pending,” he said.
New Delhi
Total Vacant
HOSPITAL BEDS 9,405 9,204
ICU BEDS 2,145 2,073
Cases Recoveries Deaths
377
271
589
659
2
3
1,621* 19,71,795 26,472
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
L-G V K Saxena Thursday said
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
hadresortedto“diversionarytac-
tics and false accusations” in
“desperation”, referring to alle-
gations made by AAP MLAs that
he was involved in a “scam”
wheretwocashiershadallegedly
exchanged demonetised Rs 500
andRs1,000banknotesatKhadi
Gramodyog Bhavan in 2016.
Over the past few days, AAP
has called for an investigation
into the role of the L-G, who was
thechairpersonof theKhadiand
Village Industries Commission
(KVIC)whentheallegedincident
took place. The CBI has regis-
tered a case in the matter and
filed a charge sheet against the
two cashiers.
Since he took over as the L-G
in May, the elected government
and Saxena have been at logger-
heads, with the former accusing
him of interfering in its work.
The L-G, meanwhile, has ac-
cusedthegovernmentof notfol-
lowing set procedures as well as
corruption in the Excise Policy
2021-22, for which he recom-
mended a CBI enquiry.
On Thursday, in a series of
tweets, Saxena said, “Abiding by
the Constitution and my duties
towards the people of Delhi, I
flagged the issues of: 1. Grave
anomalies in Excise Policy later
withdrawn by the Cabinet
headed by CM Arvind Kejriwal ji
himself.2.Inordinatedelayof 2.5
years in acting on CVC report on
irregularities in construction of
classrooms in Delhi govt schools
3. Files not being signed by CM
Arvind Kejriwal ji. 4. CAG audits
not being conducted timely in
StateUniversities.5.Cabinetnotes
reaching me after Cabinet meet-
ings, and 6. Non-availability of
waterinForeignMissions,among
others. I had expected Arvind
Kejriwal ji to address these in the
Behind AAP claims on
L-G: Vigilance report,
witness statements
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
RAISINGALLEGATIONSofcorrup-
tion against L-G V K Saxena, and
thatheissuedverbaldirectionsto
exchange demonetised Rs 500
andRs1,000currencynoteswhen
he was chairperson of the
Khadi and Village Industries
Commission, the Aam Aadmi
Partyhascitedstatementsof two
cashiers who used to work with
the Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan.
In 2017, allegations emerged
that two cashiers working in
Delhihadaccepteddemonetised
currency worth Rs 22 lakh in
2016, in contravention of rules.
E
This was brought to the no-
tice of the KVIC’s Department of
Vigilance, which
launched an en-
EXPLAINED
quiry. The matter
wasalsoreferredto
the Central Bureau
of Investigation.
During the vigi-
lance enquiry, the
two cashiers —
SanjeevKumar,and
PradeepYadav—claimedintheir
statementsthatthemanagerand
the sales in-charge at the
ConnaughtPlacebranchof Khadi
GramodyogBhavanhadhanded
overthecashtothem,andwhen
they expressed apprehension
aboutacceptingit,theyweretold
the chairperson had asked them
to accept and exchange the
money. In their statements, the
cashiers claimed they were
scared of repercussions and
agreed to exchange the notes.
“I accepted Rs 500 and Rs
1,000 notes after they were de-
monetised on the instructions of
the manager. He said if I was ac-
cepting cash, I should deposit
these notes as well and that the
chairperson had ordered this. I
hadrefusedbutthemanagersaid
there was pressure from the
chairperson.Iwasveryscaredbe-
cause five days before the note
ban, two people had been trans-
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Cases N/A 50
Tests Deaths N/A 0
14,632
13,096
GURGAON
125 108
3,99,60,471
Deaths 0 0
L-G Saxena and CM Kejriwal
have been at loggerheads
since the former took charge
rightspirit.Unfortunately,there-
sponsehasbeennothingbutsub-
terfuge amounting to defence of
theindefensibleandabusiveper-
sonal attack on me.”
AAP leaders hit back, with
Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh
asking Saxena on Twitter if he
had given the contract to design
the Khadi Lounge in Mumbai to
his daughter without a tender:
“So many tweets against Arvind
Kejriwal? You are so scared?
There should be zero tolerance
for your corruption as well,
right? Many people are talking
about many cases during your
tenure as KVIC Chairperson. Did
you give a contract to your
daughter without a tender? Is
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
aware of this?”
The L-G Office said the re-
design was done pro-bono and
there was no tender or contract.
“SanjaySinghji,pleaseknowthat
as KVIC Chairperson, the hon-
ourableL-GgottheKhadiLounge
Mumbai designed pro bono by
hisdaughter,adesigner.Contrary
to your statement, there was no
tender for the design and no one
got a contract. Lakhs of rupees
were saved,” it said.
ferred to Goa and Jaipur... the
Bhavansalesin-chargewouldcall
me to the manager’s room and
give me old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000
notestoexchangeandtoldmeto
givethemtohim.Icommittedthe
wrongdoing under pressure,”
Kumar claimed in his statement.
Yadav, in his statement,
claimed,“Themanagercalledme
to his cabin and asked me to ex-
changeoldnotes.Isaid,‘sir,there
might be a problem’, but he said
thisbelongstothechairmanand
there was no need to worry.”
On April 17, 2017, the Chief
Vigilance Officer recommended
the suspension and transfer of
the two cashiers and the two su-
pervisors.Thepreliminaryreport
by the Directorate of Vigilance
had stated that the “active con-
nivance” of the two
supervisors“stands
established”, and
that they had “mis-
erablyfailedintheir
duty to exercise
propersupervision,
● control and check
on cash deposits
being made in KG
Bhavan bank accounts”.
On May 29, 2017, KVIC in-
formed the CBI about the en-
quiry and action taken against
the four officials.
On July 10, 2017, CBI filed an
FIR against the two cashiers and
unknown persons. The FIR did
not name the two supervisors.
Sources in the CBI said a
chargesheet was filed on
December 21, 2017. “Charges
have been framedand the trial is
on. No role of any person other
thantheaccusedcameoutinthe
probe,” a CBI official said..
According to sources, the CBI
probe found that Rs 17 lakh, and
not Rs 22 lakh, was deposited in
the form of demonetised cur-
rency notes in the account of the
Bhavan.
The L-G has denied any
wrongdoing. Officials said he is
set to take legal action against
AAP MLAs.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
to visit India from Sept 5 to 8 Zonal Office, Patna, 1st Floor, Budh Marg, Patna-800001
advisers, secretaries and senior POSSESSIONNOTICEFOR (IMMOVABLEPROPERTY)
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE government officials. Whereas, The undersined being the authorised officer of the Indian Bank (Erstwhile Allahabad Bank)
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1 Representatives from busi- under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act,
Will hold ness bodies of Bangladesh 2002 and in exercise of powers conferred under section 13(12) read with Rules 3 of the Security Interest
(Enforcement) Rules, 2002, issued a Demand Notice u/s 13(2) on the date noted against the Account as
BANGLADESH PRIME Minister talks with would also accompany the mentioned hereinafter, calling upon the borrower to repay the amount mentioned in the notice within 60 days
SheikhHasinawillcometoIndia PM Modi Prime Minister during the visit. from the date of receipt of the said notice.
for a State visit from September Hasina is also scheduled to at- The Borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the borrower and the public in
5toSeptember8,theMinistryof tend a business event organised general that the undersigned has taken possession of the property described herein below in exercise of
powers conferred on him/her under Section 13(4) of the said Act read with rule 8 of the said rules.
External Affairs (MEA) official engagement, including at the by the Confederation of Indian The borrower in particular and the public in general is hereby cautioned not to deal with the property and any
spokesperson said on Thursday. highest level. The forthcoming Industries (CII), the government dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the Indian Bank (Erstwhile Allahabad Bank) for an
During her visit, Hasina will visit of the Bangladesh Prime added. amount and interest thereon.
call on President Droupadi Minister will further strengthen “Prime Minister Sheikh The borrower's attention is invited to the provisions of sub-section (8) of section 13 of the Act, in respect of
time available, to redeem the secured asset.
Murmu and Vice-President the multifaceted relationship Hasina is paying this State Visit
Jagdeep Dhankarand hold bilat- between the two countries to India after a long interval of Sl. Name of the Name of the Description of the charged/ Date of Amount
No. Account & Borrower/ mortgaged property (all the part & Demand outstanding
eral consultations with Prime based on strong historical and three years since she last visited Branch Guarantor parcel of the property consisting Notice
Minister Narendra Modi, the cultural ties and mutual trust in2019beforetheCovid-19pan- (Owner of the of) Date of
MEA said. External Affairs and understanding,” the MEA demic broke out. The visit is sig- property) Possession
Minister S Jaishankar will call on statement said. nificantforbothBangladeshand Notice
the Bangaldesh PM. She is also The Bangladesh government India as it will open new win- 1. 1. M/s Unnati Mortgagor: All that part and parcel of Property 13.05.2022 1. `30,92,579.00
likely to visit Ajmer. said that Hasina would lead a dows of cooperation between Stores Smt. Sumitra situated at Mauza-Chitkohra, Mohalla- 29.08.2022 (Rs. Thirty
(Prop-Neeraj Devi W/o Mr. Saristabad, Thana-Gardanibagh, lakhs ninety two
While in India, Hasina is ex- high-level delegation which in- the two friendly countries,” the Kumar) & Govind Prasad, Distt.-Patna, Sub Registration Office- thousand five
pected to award the Mujib cludes a number of ministers, Bangladesh government said. 2. Unnati & Guarantor: Patna & District Registration Office- hundred seventy
Scholarship, an initiative of the Unnati Traders Mr. Sandeep Patna Sadar, Distt.-Patna, Thana nine only)
Government of Bangladesh, to (Prop.-Sri Kumar S/o Mr. No.-17, Tauzi No.5247, Khata No.- 2. `15,49,137.00
the descendants of 200 Indian Neeraj Kumar) Krishnandan 349, Kheshra Survey Plot No.-2183, (Rs. Fifteen
Armed Forces personnel who B/o: Prasad, Sale Deed No.727 dated 28/01/1967 lakhs forty nine
Gardanibagh, Mr. Neeraj in Volume No.-59, Page No.-72 to 77 thousand one
were martyred and critically in- Patna Kumar S/o Mr. area admeasuring 01 Katha standing hundred thirty
jured during the Liberation War Krishnandan in the name of Smt. Sumitra Devi W/O seven only) as
of Bangladesh in 1971, the Prasad, Smt. Shri Govind Prasad. Boundary of the on 13.05.2022
Bangladesh government said. Sumitra Devi Property: North-Road, South-Makhu and interest
Hasina lastvisitedNewDelhi W/o Sri Govind Gope, East-Doma Pasi, West-Vipat thereon.
in October 2019. Prasad. Gope.
2. Shri Shiv Mortgagor: All that part and parcel of the 09.12.2021 ` 33,27,162.76
“In recent years, both sides
Shankar Shri Shiv residental economical Flat in BLOCK 31.08.2022 (Rs. Thirty three
have sustained a high level of Chaurasia S/o Shankar B on 3rd Floor, in D Cruze Residency lakh twenty
Shri Harinandan Chaurasia S/o (Apartment) bearing its Flat No.303 seven thousand
Prasad R/O Shri Harinandan in the name of Sri Shiv Shankar one hundred
Flat No.303, Prasad Chaurasia, S/O Sri Harinandan sixty two and
3rd Floor Block Prasad measuring super build up area paise seventy
B of "D" Cruze 1005 Sq.ft (approx) along with reserve six only) as on
Residency Car Parking Space No. 303, Sale Deed 09.12.2021
7, Fair Field No.65 dated 05.01.2016, bearing with intt. cost
Colony, Book No.-1, Volume No.-02, Page & charges till
Keshawpur No.-223-244, Khata No.295, Survey the date of
Digha, District- Plot No.3487, Tauzi No.5123/14267, realization
Patna, Bihar- Thana No.1, Constructed/Situated
800025 at Mauza-Keshwerpur, Digha, PS-
B/o: Khajpura, Phulwari present Digha, Sadar & Sub
Patna Registry Patna, District-Patna, Bihar.
Bounded as under (as per Deed): North-Set back of Building, South-Set Back of Building, East-Staircase
Lift& Lobby, West-Set back of Building. Boundary of the Land of Apartment: North-Part Plot of 3487,
South-Plot No.-3488, East-Plot No.3485, West-20' Road in Plot No.-3497
3. 1. M/s A.H. Mortgagor: All that part and parcel of residential 08.06.2022 `1,31,52,950.00
Enterprises Mrs. Nisbtum land & building along with present 01.09.2022 (Rs. One
Partner: Md. Marya W/o Faiz & future construction thereon crore thirty
Danish Sultan Imam admeasuring an area of 900 sq.ft. one lakh thirty
S/o Qaisar situated at Mauza-Phulwari, Mohalla- two thousand
Sultan & Md. Ranipur and PS-Phulwari bearing nine hundred
Aaquib Hussain Thana No.35, Tauzi No.-5166, Khata fifty only) as
S/o Md. Anjum No.-204, Kheasara Survey Plot No.- on 08.06.2022
Asghar 3799 within the Jurisdiction of District with intt. cost
B/o: Registration Office, Patna and Sub & charges till
Budhmarg, Registration Office-Phulwari and lying the date of
Patna within the limit of PRDA (Now merged realization
with the Patna Municipal Carporation) vide Registered Sale Deed No.24427 dt. 07.10.2013 in Book No.-
01, Volume No.-353 on pages 420 to 430 in CD No.-83/Year 2013 in the name of Mrs.Nisbtum Marya
W/o Faiz Imam. Which is butted and bounded as follows: North-Plot No.3800, South-Sahayak Rasta,
East-Imroza Kharidar Nushat Praveen, West: Plot No.3798.
Date : 01.09.2022 Authorised Officer
Place : Patna Indian Bank (Erstwhile Allahabad Bank)

New Delhi
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Thereispoliticalpolarisationto Vikrant,
PM to commission
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL
helpthecorrupt:PMinKerala Naval Ensign today
SHAJU PHILIP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
SEPTEMBER 1
TAKING A swipe at opposition
parties, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday said the coun-
tryisreadytofightcorruption,but
whenever action has been taken
FACING FLAK WITHIN againstcorruption,therehasbeen
“polarisationinpoliticsagainstit”.
THE TUSSLE in the Congress between pro-establishment lead- “There is a political polarisa-
ers and the emaciated G-23 group is turning interesting by the tion in the country to help the
day. A day after Kumari Selja wrote to the AICC, seeking action corrupt. People should be vigi-
againstherHaryanaarch-rivalBhupinderSinghHoodaformeet- lant against it,” he said, address-
ingformerpartyleaderGhulamNabiAzad,anAICCfunctionary ing BJP workers in Kochi.
has now approached the disciplinary action committee with a Referring to his
complaintagainstPrithvirajChavan.HoodahadmetAzadwith Independence Day speech, the
G-23 colleagues Anand Sharma and Chavan on Tuesday. Now, Prime Minister said the biggest
IndianOverseasCongresssecretaryVirenderVashishthaswrit- challenge in the way of develop-
ten to the disciplinary panel and stated that some of the com- ment is corruption.
ments made by Chavan, a former Maharashtra CM, to the me- In an effort to woo the peo-
dia on the party's organisational elections falls in the purview pleof Kerala,oneof thestatesBJP
of indiscipline. He has claimed that Chavan has spoken falsely is looking at to spread its pan-
against Rahul Gandhi. Vashisht confirmed having approached Indiafootprintfurther,Modisaid
the disciplinary panel, but did not disclose which remarks of states governed by BJP are mak-
Chavanhefoundobjectionable.Hooda,meanwhile,proclaimed ing strides in development,
his loyalty to the Gandhi family to counter Selja. given the “double-engine
growth” potential alongside a
BJP-led government at the
A RECORD CAMPAIGN Centre. And such development
can take place in Kerala as well,
ANMPfromKeralahasmanagedtogetintotheGuinnessBook he added.
of WorldRecordswithagoodcause.OnWednesday,LokSabha The people of Kerala see BJP
MP from Ernakulam in Kerala, Hibi Eden, created a world as a “ray of hope” for the state's
record by distributing the most number of sanitary products development and believe in
in 24 hours — 1,00,001 menstrual cups were distributed free honest efforts of the party in
in his constituency in that time. Eden had the backing of the transforming the state, he said.
IndianMedicalAssociation'sKochichapter,thedistrictadmin-
unveil
PM Narendra Modi is received at the Kochi airport by Kerala
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and CM Pinarayi Vijayan. PTI
The Prime Minister reached
Kochi on Thursday on a two-day
visit. During his time in the state,
Modi will commission India’s
first indigenous aircraft carrier,
INS Vikrant, at the Cochin
Shipyard Limited on Friday and
launch a few projects, including
openingastretchof KochiMetro.
Addressing a large group of
party workers, Modi said the
Centre is working to realise the
needs of Kerala and is striving to
ensure that basic facilities reach
the marginalised, the poor and
those from Dalit communities.
ProjectsworthRs1lakhcroreare
being implemented in Kerala by
the Centre under various proj-
ects, he pointed out.
Under the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana, he said, Kerala has
got 2 lakh houses, of which 1
lakh has been constructed. He
emphasised that the Centre will
set up medical colleges inall dis-
tricts of the country, and stu-
dents and nurses of Kerala will
benefit from it.
Speaking on the Union gov-
ernment's schemes, Modi said
that during the pandemic, the
Centre gave free ration to 1.5
crorepeopleinKerala.Underthe
PM Kisan scheme, he added, 3.5
lakh farmers in the state have
benefited.
The Centre has set aside Rs
50,000 crore for development of
roads in Kerala, he said. “We are
giving much importance to the
state’s connectivity,’’ he said, re-
ferring to the inauguration of a
stretch of Kochi Metro and lay-
ing the foundation stone for the
development of the railway sta-
tion in Ernakulam.
Modi also visited Shri Adi
Shankara Janmabhoomi
KshetramatKalady.Later,helaid
the foundation stone of various
projects of Kochi Metro and
Indian Railways worth around
Rs 4,500 crore in Kochi.
Modi said the Centre has
continuously worked to make
the Metro railways system the
most prominent mode of urban
transport.
SUSHANT KULKARNI
KOCHI, SEPTEMBER 1
FRIDAY MORNING will witness
two defining moments for the
Indian Navy — the country’s first
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier,
Vikrant, will be commissioned
as INS Vikrant, along with the
unveiling of the new Naval
Ensign ‘Nishaan’. The ceremony,
at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala’s
Kochi will be presided over by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Tomorrow, 2nd September,
is a landmark day for India’s ef-
forts to become aatmanirbhar
(self-reliant) in the defence sec-
tor,” PM Modi, who’s on a two-
daytourof KeralaandKarnataka,
tweeted Thursday. “The first in-
digenously designed and built
aircraft carrier INS Vikrant will
be commissioned. The new
Naval Ensign (Nishaan) will also
be unveiled.”
A press statement from the
PrimeMinister’sOfficeissuedon
Tuesday said that in unveiling
the new Naval Ensign, the PM
will be “doing away with the
colonial past…befitting the rich
Indian maritime heritage”.
Naval Ensigns are flags that
navalshipsorformationsbearto
denote nationality. The current
Indian Naval Ensign consists of a
St. George’s Cross — a red cross
An undated image of
Vikrant. PTI
with white background — with
the Tricolor in one of its corners.
Vikrant, also known as
IndigenousAircraftCarrier(IAC)-
1, has been designed by the
Warship Design Bureau (previ-
ously known as Directorate of
Naval Design), the Navy’s in-
housedesignorganisation.Itwas
constructed by Cochin Shipyard
Limited (CSL), a public sector
shipyard under the Ministry of
Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
It is named after India’s first
aircraft carrier, which played a
vital role in the 1971 war and
was decommissioned in 1997,
after more than 35 years in
service.
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UP govt effects major reshuffle,

istration,andCSRfundsfromMuthootFinance.TheCongress
MP, who was a two-term MLA before he won the Lok Sabha
polls, now wants to spread the campaign to the entire state.
IN SCIENCE WE TRUST
IT MAY have been an event to launch India’s first cervical can-
cer vaccine, but Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Haryana Congress leader
Jitendra Singh used the opportunity to thank the real heroes
of the achievement — the scientists. Singh said the event was
Kumari Selja, Chief Minister
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
organised to recognise those who worked to achieve the feat.
Citingtheexampleof anactor,Singhsaidpeopletalkaboutthe
actor once the film is released, but the story would be differ-
ent if the scriptwriters had not done their job. The minister
Fissures in Cong:
said that it is essential to prevent non-communicable dis- Selja complains
eases among the young, as they will be architects of the India
of 2047. He also said many diseases were not found earlier about Hooda
because most people died early, adding, in jest, that “many
superannuated without a farewell”. meeting Azad
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 1
THE FAULTLINES in the Haryana
Congressonceagaincametofore
Thursdaywithseniorpartyleader
Kumari Selja raising objection to
BhupinderSinghHoodameeting
GhulamNabiAzad,whorecently
quit the party, saying the former
chief minister’s move has upset
the party rank and file.
Selja, a Congress Working
Committee (CWC) member,
lodged a complaint against
Hooda with the party high com-
UNESCO TAG FOR DURGA PUJA: West Bengal Chief Minister mand on Wednesday and de-
Mamata Banerjee felicitates UNESCO representatives manded that a show cause no-
Timothy Curtis and Eric Falt as BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly tice be issued against him.
looks on, in Kolkata on Thursday. UNESCO has accorded the Hooda and two other mem-
Intangible Cultural Heritage tag to Durga Puja. Partha Paul bers of the G-23, Anand
Sharma and Prithviraj Chavan,
Tuesday met Azad at his Delhi
powerful officials lose key portfolios
MAULSHREE SETH
LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 1
AMIDST REPORTS of ongoing
tussle between some ministers
and their respective heads of de-
partments, and hours after
Additional Chief Secretary,
Home,Awanish Kumar Awasthi,
who held charge of many signif-
icantdepartments, retired,Uttar
Pradesh witnessed a major ad-
ministrative reshuffle of senior
IAS officers.
Among the most striking
changes, indicating the new
equationsinUPpowercorridors,
wasintheportfolioof Additional
Chief Secretary (ACS) Navneet
Sahgal. Sahgal loses charge of
Information, MSME, Khadi and
Resham and Handloom
Departments, and takes over as
ACS, Sports.
Thebiggestgainerperhapsof
the reshuffle is 1995-batch IAS
officer Sanjay Prasad. While de-
partments handled by Awasthi
were distributed among differ-
ent officials, two of the most sig-
nificant ones – Home and
Information – went to Prasad,
the Principal Secretary to Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath. He
also gets Protocol, Confidential,
Senior IAS officer Himanshu
Kumar, who was Principal
Secretary, Social Welfare and
Minority Welfare Departments,
has been made Principal
Secretary, Rural Development
and Rural Engineering
Departments.HariOm,whowas
Principal Secretary, General
Administration, takes over as
Principal Secretary, Social
Welfare Department, as well as
Director, Scheduled Tribe
Development.
ACS to Governor Mahesh
Kumar Gupta is now head of
Energy and Alternative Energy,
two of the departments being
handled by Awanish Kumar
Awasthi so far.
Kalpana Awasthi, the
Principal Secretary, Sports, is the
new Principal Secretary to the
Governor, Anandiben Patel.
Another of the responsibili-
ties Awasthi held, as CEO of the
Uttar Pradesh Expressway
Industrial Development
Authority, has gone to
Infrastructure and Industrial
Development Commissioner
and ACS, Industries, Arvind
Kumar.
Principal Secretary, Tourism
and Culture, Mukesh Kumar
Meshran now holds additional
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and his Karnataka
counterpart Basavaraj Bommai during the inauguration of
an institute in Bengaluru on Thursday. PTI
Traditional practices
helped India reduce
Covid death toll: Yogi
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, SEPTEMBER 1
UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, during a visit to
KarnatakaonThursday,saidthat
traditional Indian health prac-
tices contributed to the country
having fewer Covid-19 deaths,
naturopathy, sidda, and unani all
have roles to play. This was evi-
dent in the past two-and-a-half
years when Covid affected the
world,” Adityanath said.
“Inthistime,Bharat,underthe
leadership of (Prime Minister
Narendra)Modiji,wasabletofind
safety. The population of India is
over1.2billion,andtheUS,which
Video shows
husband slapping
Punjab AAP
legislator, state
women’s panel
chief takes note
KANCHAN VASDEV
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 1
ATWO-MONTH-OLDvideopur-
portedly showing AAP MLA
Baljinder Kaur being slapped
and shouted at by her husband
went viral on social media
Thursday with Punjab State
Women Commission chairper-
son saying she will take suo
motucognizanceof theincident.
No formal complaint has
been filed in the incident, which
was recorded by a CCTV camera
on July 10. The videowent viral a
day before Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann is to visit
Talwandi Sabo from where
Baljinder is a two-time MLA.
Baljinder had got married to
Sukhraj Singh, who was then an
AAPyouthwingleader,in2019.In
the CCTV footage, they are seen
havinganargumentduringwhich
Sukhraj hits Baljinder on her face.
Somepeoplethentakehimaway.
Reacting to the video, Punjab
StateWomenCommissionchair-
personManishaGulatisaiditwas
shocking to see a woman MLA

Cong, AIMIM lead residence, days after he re-

signed from the party.
Selja said she had brought
Visa Passport and Vigilance de-
partments.
The government also re-
charge of Religious Affairs while
Rajesh Kumar Singh takes Jail
Administration – two of the
andpointedoutthattheUS“wit-
nessed double the deaths seen
in India”. He was speaking at the
has one-fourth the population,
witnesseddoublethedeathsseen
inIndia.Thisshowsthatthetradi-
being treated like this. “She is a
strong woman. I have seen her
takingupissues.Theepisodehas

attack on Mamata the “sentiments” of party lead-

ers and workers into the notice
of party high command. “Many
placed senior bureaucrat Amit
Mohan Prasad, against whom
Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh
other departments held by
Awasthi.
Another significant change
inauguration of the Shree
Dharmasthala Institute of
Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences
tional practices recognised as
Ayush played a big role,”
Adityanath said at the opening of
shown how her dignity is being
attacked. I have seen the CCTV
footage. I am on ex-India leave

day after she says ‘all upset leaders and workers had
spokentomeandcalledup.They
asked why this (Hooda meeting
Pathak had complained recently
regarding transfers.
Amit Mohan Prasad, who
involved Deepak Kumar,
Principal Secretary, Basic
Education, who now gets addi-
on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
“All spiritual goals can be
achievedonlythroughthehuman
the wellness centre run by the
Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala,
headed by Veerendra Heggade, a
and in UK. But the Commission
willact.Iwillissuedirectionsthat
Commission take suo motu cog-

in RSS are not bad’

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
KOLKATA, SEPTEMBER 1
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (TMC)
supremo Mamata Banerjee's re-
mark that “all in the RSS are not
bad”hassparkedarowwithsev-
eral Opposition parties — from
Congress to CPI(M) and AIMIM
— slamming her and calling it
“opportunistic”.
At a press conference on
Wednesday, West Bengal Chief
Minister Banerjee said: “RSS
wasn'tthatbadearlier.Idon’tbe-
lievethatthey(RSS)arebad.Still,
there are many good people in
RSS and they don't support BJP.”
The sharpest attack came
from the Hyderabad-based All
India Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief
Asaduddin Owaisi, who on
Thursday said that “in 2003 too,
she had called RSS ‘patriots’,
(and) in turn Rashtriya
SwayamsewakSanghhad called
her Durga”.
Owaisi, whose party failed to
win a single seat, including
Muslim majority constituencies
in West Bengal in the last
Assembly elections where it po-
sitioneditself asopposedtoboth
TMC and BJP, then targeted the
RSS, saying it wants “Hindu
Rashtra”. He said that Mamata
Banerjee had defended the BJP
government in Parliament after
the Gujarat riots. “Hope the
TMC’s ‘Muslim faces’ praise her
forherhonestyandconsistency,”
the AIMIM chief added.
West Bengal Congress chief
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said:
“Thisisnotthefirsttime that she
(Mamata Banerjee) has praised
the RSS.”
Reiterating Owaisi’s remark
in which he had referred to the
2003 incident, Chowdhury said:
“She (Mamata) had participated
in a book release programme of
the RSS. She had sought their
support to topple the Left Front
government(then)...Evenbefore
that,Banerjeehad expressedher
gratitude to the Nagpur-based
RSS,whichisconsideredtheide-
ological parent of the BJP.”
TheCPI(M)alsoslammedthe
chief minister, saying is playing
the role of Durga for the RSS.
“RSS called her Durga and
she is playing the role of Durga
for the RSS,” CPI(M) leader Md
Selim said. —WITHPTIINPUTS
Azad)tookplacewhenhe(Azad)
has already taken a decision and
especially when he spoke
against our leaders,” Selja said.
Asked about Selja’s objec-
tions, Hooda said sometimes
things are said by leaders out of
frustration and sometimes to
serve their interests.
Rahul’s Bharat Jodo yatris: From Kanhaiya Kumar to Pawan Khera
MANOJ C G
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
TO WALK 3,570 kilometres all
the way from Kanyakumari to
Kashmir over a period of five
months may be an arduous task.
But the 56-year-old Congress
leader Vijay Kumar Shastri is ex-
cited that he would walk along
with Rahul Gandhi as part of the
Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra be-
ginning September 7. Shastri is
the oldest of the 117 Congress
leaders from across the country
who will walk with Rahul in this
long mass-contact march.
“I may be in myfifties but my
passionfortheCongressremains
high,” says Shastri, the vice pres-
identof theJammuandKashmir
Congress’s Kisan cell.
was serving as Additional Chief
Secretary(ACS),Health,sincethe
time of the Covid pandemic, is
now ACS, MSME, Handloom,
Khadi Departments. Partha
Sarthi Sen Sharma, who was on
the wait list, has been made
Principal Secretary, Health and
Family Welfare.
The 25-year-old Youth
Congress leader from Arunachal
Pradesh, Ajam Jombla, is among
theyoungestof Rahul’sfellowya-
tris.JomblaalsobelievesthatRahul
istheleaderthecountryneeds.
Besides Shastri and Jombla,
thelistofthe117yatrisselectedby
theCongressincludefirebrandor-
ator Kanhaiya Kumar, Congress
media department head Pawan
Khera, former Punjab minister
Vijay Inder Singla, ex-Bihar MLA
Amit Kumar Tunna, ex-Kerala
chiefministerOommenChandy’s
son Chandy Oommen, Youth
Congress leaders Pratibha
RaghuwanshiandSitaramLamba,
formerYouthCongresspresident
KeshavChandYadav,Uttarakhand
Mahila Congress president Jyoto
Rautela and AICC communica-
tions department secretary
tional charge of Secondary
Education. Aradhana Shukla,
who was ACS, Secondary
Education, has been made ACS,
Ayush Department. Sudhir
Mahadev Bobde, who was
Member, Revenue Board, has
been made Principal Secretary,
Higher Education Department.
Rahul Gandhi at the ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ conclave in New
Delhi last month. PTI
Vaibhav Walia, among others.
Senior Congress leader
Digvijaya Singh, one of the main
coordinators of the Bharat Jodo
Yatra, said the All India Congress
Committee(AICC)hadaskedthe
party’sfrontalorganisations,de-
partmentsandPradeshCongress
body.Onlyahealthybodycanat-
tain religious goals. The world
cametoacceptthesignificanceof
yoga during the Covid period.
Even if people run behind mod-
ern medicine, which has its own
place,fortheimprovementofim-
munity they turn to traditional
systems where yoga, ayurveda,
Committees (PCCs) to send the
namesof theleaderswhowould
be interested in participating in
this march. Singh and senior
leaders then interviewed all
those who showed interest be-
fore shortlisting 117 of them.
“Whoever showed interest,
whoever came..we interviewed
them. And then we chose them,”
SinghtoldTheIndianExpress.“We
basically asked them whether
they can walk all the way…3,500
odd kms….Are they free for five
months? Just to assess whether
theycanmakeitornot,”hesaid.
Asked whether they were
askedquestionsontheCongress’s
ideology as well, Singh said “As
far as the party’s ideology is con-
cerned that should have been
taken care of by the people who
recommended their names. We
Rajya Sabha MP and the
Dharmadhikari of the Sri
Manjunatha Swamy Temple.
Indiarecorded5.27lakhCovid
deathsand4.44croreCovidcases
till Wednesday (August 31), ac-
cording to WHO data, while the
USrecorded10.33lakhdeathsand
9.3 crore cases.
did not delve into that.”
Most of the yatris are in their
thirtiesorforties.Congresssources
said four or five of them are from
variouscivilsocietygroups.
Speaking to The Indian
Express,Shastrisaid,“Iamfroma
hilly region near Jammu. I have
walkedallmylife,”HesaidSingh
asked whether he can walk all
the way.“Itoldhimif Rahul baba
wants to do it to unite the coun-
try…why won’t I walk?”
He also said, “I don’t want to
become a big leader or anything
like that. Rahul baba has taken
such a big decision. He is not
used to such hardships…He be-
longs to that family which has
sacrificed their lives for the
country. What sacrifices have
we given? The country has given
us everything. What have we
nisance of the incident. It is a
painful episode,” said Gulati.
State Women and Child
Development Minister Dr Baljit
Kaur said they will take action if
a formal complaint is lodged
with her. She said that she will
also ask Gulati to take cogni-
sance of the incident.
given in return?”
Jombla said, “Only two peo-
ple are goingfor this march from
Arunachal Pradesh but every
Congress worker is motivated.
Weallwantthecountrytobeled
by a good leader. Rahul has that
personality... The yatra is like a
social activity. It is aimed at cre-
atingawarenessamongthepeo-
pleof theneedtokeepthecoun-
try united.”
The 117-member list has as
many as 34 women leaders. The
largest contingent of 15 yatris is
from Uttar Pradesh, followed by
Madhya Pradesh (10), and
Maharashtra (9).
In the course of their march,
Rahul and his fellow yatris will
sleep during the nights in make-
shift containers, which are now
on their way to Kanyakumari.

New Delhi
 Ministry of Ports,
Shipping & Waterways
Government of India

MIGHT OF INDIA
MADE IN INDIA
Commissioning of
Indian Navy's First
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Vikrant
by

Shri Narendra Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

02 September 2022 | 9.30 A.M. | Venue: Cochin Shipyard Limited

Watch live coverage of the event on DD News.

Highlights of IAC Vikrant

• IAC Vikrant will be a force multiplier and strengthen the
Indian Navy's offensive and defensive capabilities.
• Long distance tactical air power of IAC Vikrant
enhances India’s position as the preferred security
partner and first responder in the Indian Ocean Region.
• IAC Vikrant propels India into a select league of
nations with niche capability to deisgn and build
aircraft carriers.
• Ship's Aviation Complement: Mix of 30 Aircraft &
Helicopters
• Maximum speed of 28 Knots (52 Km/Hour)
• Designed by Warship Design Bureau and built by
Cochin Shipyard Limited under MoPSW
• 262 meter long carrier with a full displacement close to
43,000 tonnes
• Length of Electrical cables approximately 2500
kilometers.
• 76% indigenous content of IAC Vikrant involving 550
Indian companies including 100 MSMEs is a true
reflection of Make In India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat
initiative.

IN THE AUGUST PRESENCE OF

Shri Arif Mohammed Khan Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Shri Rajnath Singh
Hon’ble Governor of Kerala Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Hon’ble Defence Minister

Shri Ajit Doval Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Shri Ajay Bhatt Admiral R. Hari Kumar
Hon’ble National Security Advisor Hon’ble Minister of Ports, Hon’ble Minister of Hon’ble Chief of Naval Staff
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
BRIEFLY
IndiGoDelhito
Udaipurflight
facestechsnag
New Delhi: An IndiGo air-
craft en route Udaipur re-
turned to Delhi on
Thursday due to “engine
vibrations” and the plane
was grounded, said a
DirectorateGeneralofCivil
Aviation (DGCA) official,
addingthataprobewillbe
conducted soon. The offi-
cialsaidtheflightreturned
after vibrations in engine
2. “Allpassengerswereac-
commodated on another
aircraft,” it added. PTI
PUNJAB
NihangSikh
killed,2booked
inLudhiana
Ludhiana: A Nihang Sikh
was allegedly stabbed to
death at his shanty near
Doraha canal bridge in
Ludhiana district,
Thursday. Khanna police
booked two other
Nihangs, both acquain-
tances of the victim, for
themurder.Policesaidthe
bodyofGurmailSingh(50)
was found on Thursday
morning. The accused,
AmandeepSinghGoraand
Kuldeep Singh had al-
legedly stabbed Singh af-
ter an argument on
Wednesday. ENS
GUJARAT
3offamilydie
aftercarfalls
inreservoir
Vadodara: Three of a fam-
ily, including a three-
year-old, were killed
when their car fell into
Baladevadam.Thedriver,
one of the deceased, is
suspected to have lost
controlafterhittingapot-
hole late on Wednesday.
The deceased, Sandeep
Kumar Vasava, his wife
Yogita and theirdaughter
Mahi were travelling to
Sandeep’s parents’ home
when the accident
occurred. ENS
TAMIL NADU
Whistleblower
to HC: Stand by
claims of graft
in judiciary
ARUN JANARDHANAN
CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 1
PROMINENT POLITICAL com-
mentator and whistleblower
Savukku Shankar told the
Madras High Court on Thursday
that he stood by his claims of
corruption in
the higher ju-
diciary.
The self-
styled anti-
graft crusader
was in court
over a con-
tempt case Savukku
brought suo Shankar
motu (on its
own) by the
HC after his interview to a
YouTube channel, Red Pix, on
July 22 and alleged the “entire
higher judiciary is plagued by
corruption”.
The HC has issued a notice to
Shankar on August 4. Appearing
beforeadivisionbenchofJustices
B Pugalenthi and G R
Swaminathan on Thursday,
Shankar said “I stand by what I
said” . He then requested the
courtforaweektorespondtothe
contempt notice. The case will
now be heard on September 8.
Shankarinitiallyalsotoldthe
Benchthathewillarguehisown
case, but, when Justice
PugalenthithenofferedShankar
legalaidcounsel,towhichhesaid
senior lawyer N R Elango may
representhim. Shankarlatertold
TheIndianExpresshehadspoken
to a few lawyers for help but
none of them agreed as they
“feared arguing a case against
judges will risk their career.
In July, Justice Swaminathan
had moved suo motu contempt
proceedings against Shankar for
atweetwhichthejudgesaidcrit-
icised his decisions “in the most
unkind language”.
PETITION ON GOVT CONTROL
TemplesPIL:SC
asksformaterial
tosupportplea
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G.
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
QUESTIONINGPRAYERStostrike
down laws regulating temples
and free them from government
control, the Supreme on
Thursdayaskedapetitionerwho
raised the plea what is the need
for it and said the present
arrangement,under which tem-
ples have also “catered to the
largerneedsof society”,hasbeen
functioning for a long time.
The court said reversing this
would “turn the clock back” to
days when “all these
temples...thesecentresofreligion,
had become places of wealth”.
The SC sought "some mate-
rial"insupportandsaiditwillbe
heard next on September 19.
The bench said: “There is 150
yearof history...thesetemples,or
places of worship, or these de-
nominations — they have func-
tionedinaparticularway.Which
means they have catered to the
larger needs of society and not
only their temple, and not ag-
grandize themselves. After all,
whydidwehavetheinams(land
parcels granted by erstwhile
rulers) abolition?”
“You are virtually rolling the
clockback,becauseallthesetem-
ples, centres of religion had be-
come places of wealth. Some of
them, like Sringeri, etc, gave it up
voluntarily. Now if we are to roll
back, that’s exactly the point we
will reach,” Justice S Ravindra
Bhat, who was part of a two-
judge bench presided by CJI U U
Lalit, said, as senior advocate
Arvind Datar, appearing for the
petitioner, pointed out that the
first such legislation was The
Now, Uddhav versus
Shinde over Ganesh
mandal display
ALOK DESHPANDE
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 1
THE UDDHAV Thackeray versus
Eknath Shinde rivalry has found
its way to the Ganesh festival as
well.AGanesh mandalinKalyan
area, which has refused to set up
the idol after police removed its
decorations and sets citing law
and order, is a good case in point.
“Our Vijay Tarun Mandal has
been celebrating Ganesh festival
for 59 years. We chose a theme
based on a burning topic. This
year, we had chosen a political
themewherewehadshownShiv
Senaasanage-oldtreewhichcan-
not be uprooted even if a few
branches are cut, or fruits are
plucked,” said Vijay Salvi, a Shiv
Sena leader from Kalyan and
Thackeray loyalist and did not
switch sides after Shinde’s revolt.
Hundredsofpolicepersonnel
allegedly removed the set in the
earlyhoursof August31andreg-
istered a case against Salvi under
section 505 (2) of the IPC. While
decidingitwillnotinstalltheidol
BUILT IN MEMORY OF A SENIOR MAOIST LEADER, INAUGURATED DURING ANNUAL ‘SHAHEEDI SAPTAH’
Bastar: 64-ft-tall spire belies govt claims of shrinking Maoist footprint
GARGI VERMA
RAIPUR, SEPTEMBER 1
DEEPINtheforestsofBastar,a64-
foot-tall,redspirestandstall,tow-
ering over the canopy of the
nearbytrees.Amemorialtoasen-
ior Maoist leader, it was inaugu-
ratedduringtherecentShaheedi
Saptah, a week-long annual pro-
grammeorganisedbyMaoistsin
Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
The spire, a memorial for
Ramakrishna or RK, a senior
member of the banned CPI
(Maoist) leader and head of the
party's Central Technical
Committee,hascomeupdeepin-
side a rebel stronghold, near the
Telangana-Chhattisgarhborder–
one of the loudest signals in re-
centtimesfromtheMaoistsamid
ReligiousEndowmentsAct,1863.
ThecourtwashearingaPILby
advocateAshwiniUpadhyay,who
urged it to declare that Hindus,
Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs have
rightstoadministertheirreligious
placeswithoutstateintervention
— like similar rights Muslims,
Christians and Parsis enjoy.
Datar said Upadhyay's plea
hadchallengedEndowmentActs
of various states and said that
onlyHinduendowmentsarereg-
ulated, while others are not.
Datarsaidthelawsarea“direct
violation of Article 26(b). I have a
righttomanagemytemples.”
Article 26 (b)dealswith free-
dom to manage religious affairs.
Senior advocate Gopal
Sankaranarayanan, also appear-
ing for the petitioner, said thou-
sands of temples had closed
down due to lack of funds.
But the CJI called these
“sweeping statements” and
asked “where are the docu-
ments” to support the con-
tention.
Sankaranarayanan said even
if theissueof mismanagementis
ignored, “the legal issue is much
larger”.Ashereferredtorevenue
from Tirupati, Justice Bhat said,
“This could be a debate. After all,
if it is a seat of the temple, it is by
the people. So it has to go back to
peopleinsomeform.Sothetown
ofTirupatiisbenefitted.Youhave
universities, a whole range of
services...which have come up.”
“We are saying that please
have an even scale for every-
body,” Sankaranayayanan said.
“Inasecularstate,youhavetodis-
tancetheChurchfromtheState.If
theStateisgoingtogetproximate
withonereligion,thereisaprob-
lem. We have to correct that.”
this time, the mandal in Kalyan’s
Rambaug area has now ap-
proachedtheBombayHC against
policeaction.Kalyanisoneof the
strongholdsofShindeandhisson
Shrikant is a member of Lok
Sabha from Kalyan seat.
“Wehadservednoticetohim
[Salvi]. The design of the set was
objectionable and it would have
incited conflict between two
groups.Therefore,wehadtotake
action and remove the design,”
said Sachin Gunjal, Deputy
Commissionerof Police(ZoneIII)
of Thane police. “We worked to
ensure law and order is main-
tained,” he added.
Meanwhile, Salvi claimed
that the action against him and
the mandal was politically mo-
tivated.“Hundredsof policeper-
sonnel were sent to stop us...We
were treated like terrorists as I
was woken up in the middle of
the night. Are we not even al-
lowed to criticise anyone? Why
is the government so scared of
criticism?” He asked. The court
is likely to hear Salvi’s writ peti-
tion on Friday.
claims by the central and state
governments of their shrinking
footprint in Chhattisgarh.
Photographs show the spire,
the biggest such in the Left-
Wing-Extremism-affectedareas
of the state, is flanked by two
stage-like podiums and sheds.
Complete with generator
sets and sound systems, this
year’s Shaheedi Saptah celebra-
tions were seen as an open chal-
lenge to the police forces.
Sources said that while secu-
rity forces monitored the prepa-
rations and week-long celebra-
tions closely, with the area still
out of bounds for the personnel,
there was little they could do.
Maoist memorials are com-
monintheregion.Securityforces
claimtohavedemolished43me-
morials in the past five years, 24
Three days, three murders in similar style:
Serial killer chill down an MP town’s spine
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
BHOPAL, SEPTEMBER 1
THREEMURDERSinaspanof 72
hours in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh,
with near-similar victim profile
and modus operandi, has set off
panic in the town about a serial
killer on the prowl, even as the
policesaidit’stooearlytolinkthe
crimes to a single perpetrator.
In all three cases, the victims
were security guards; and in all
three murders, their head was
smashedwithabluntobject,po-
lice said on Thursday.
Besides, all three crimes took
place in blind locations with no
access to CCTV.
Superintendent of Police,
Sagar, Tarun Nayak, told The
Indian Express, “We have made a
sketch based on eyewitness ac-
count and are looking at old
cases in which similar modus
operandi was used to check if it
28 yrs in Pak jail, Gujarat man is back
home — to smartphones, new world
SOHINI GHOSH
AHMEDABAD, SEPTEMBER 1
KULDEEP YADAV, 59, stares at
the smartphone, trying to figure
how it works. It has been seven
days since Yadav returned home
in Ahmedabad after 28 years of
incarceration in Pakistan on es-
pionage charges. The world
aroundhimhaschangedbeyond
his last memory.
Out of touch with his family
since2013whenIndiannationals
inPakistanprisonsweresubjected
to different rules and separated,
following Sarabjit Singh’s death,
the family has been catching up
witheachothersinceYadavcame
backonthenightof August25.
At home, Yadav with a lean
frame, dressed in a Pathani suit,
says, “I’m still getting adjusted...
Had I not been picked by my
family on reaching Ahmedabad,
I would have been lost. I can’t
recognise the streets outside our
house. There are children in the
family I’ve never seen before. I
don’t know how these (smart)
phones work and I’ve to ask
Dileep (Kuldeep’s 55-year-old
younger brother) every time to
turn the screen on.”
Dileep adds that he last met
Kuldeep during Holi in 1990.
WhileKuldeepandhisfamily
donotwishtotalkofthetimebe-
fore his incarceraton, Gujarat HC
records, based on submissions
made by his sister in a petition,
suggestthatYadavwas“recruited
In AAP’s Ganesh pandal in Surat, Vidhan Sabha is temple
KAMAAL SAIYED
SURAT, SEPTEMBER 1
THE PANDAL erected by the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) for Ganesh
Chaturthi festival in Simada area
of Surat, near where the BJP and
AAP members clashed Tuesday,
hasanacrylicmodeloftheGujarat
VidhanSabhabuildingwithasix-
foot cut-out of AAP supremo
ArvindKejriwalholdingabroom,
with those of other leaders, and
has been called “AAP na Raja”.
Terming the Vidhan Sabha a
The memorial in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. Express
of thosein2021alone.Butunlike
thetowerinBijapur,thememori-
als spread across the jungles of
Abujhmad are usually small.
Senior officers, however, dis-
missed the idea the Maoists had
cocked a snook at them by
CRIMINAL MIND
Bhopal
Suspect’ssketchreleased
bySagarpolice
■ All 3 were security guards
■ Victims’ heads were smashed
with a blunt object
■ All three crimes took
place in a blind location
with no access to CCTV
could be the same person.”
Nayak,however,emphasised
thatwhilethethreemurdersap-
pear to be linked, it cannot be
said with certainly whether the
same person committed them.
The first incident came to
light on Sunday, August 28,
Kuldeep Yadav (foreground) with sister Rekha and brother Dileep. Nirmal Harindran
by BSF for RAW military intelli-
gence in the year 1991 at
Ahmedabad... he was deputed in
New Delhi and thereafter was
sent to Pakistan... was arrested in
Pakistanon22.06.1994.Hewasin-
terrogatedfor30months...there-
after,hewassentencedto25-year
imprisonment by Court Martial
Military Court of Pakistan...”
Yadav says the sentence was
imposed on October 27, 1996,
and he was ideally supposed to
be released on October 26, 2021.
“For release of Indians from
Pakistan jail, the prisoner has to
provide the address of return in
India on completion of impris-
onment. It is checked and vetted
by the Embassy and once India
gives clearance, it is conveyed to
holy temple, AAP’s Surat Lok
Sabha incharge Rajnikant
Vaghanisaid,“Thepurposeof se-
lecting the Vidhan Sabha is that
it is a holy temple and the time
has come for common people to
enter such holy places and rule.
In the central area of the pandal,
we have made seating arrange-
mentsforpeoplewhowantedto
participate in morning and
evening aarti. We will invite so-
cialandreligiousleaders,incum-
bent and retired governmentof-
ficials, industrialist from
diamond, textile, real estate and
building the massive structure.
“The Maoists are acting out of
desperation. They have always
built these memorials. It is good
for us, because this way their re-
sources are being spent on use-
less propaganda, which we will
1st murder
VivekNagar
BhainsaSagar
3rd murder
MotiNagar
SAGAR
TOWN
2nd murder
GovernmentArts
AndCommerceCollege
whenasecurityguard,identified
asKalyanLodhi,wasfoundham-
mered to death in a factory at
Sagar’s Bhainsa locality. Lodhi
was asleep when he was at-
tacked, police said.
The second incident was re-
ported at Government Arts &
the Pakistan authorities. The
Supreme Court of Pakistan then
givesadateforappearanceof the
prisoner,” according to Yadav.
“I was presented before the
court on June 24, 2022, and was
ordered to be released. This or-
der is then sent to the Pakistan
authorities, who send it to the
Indian embassy,” he says. The
paperwork kept Yadav in the jail
for an additional 10 months.
Since 2013, Indian prisoners
were cut off from the rest of the
world.TheIndia-PakistanJudicial
Committee on Prisoners, com-
prising retired judges from India
and Pakistan, visited jails in
Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore
between April 26 and May 1,
2013, as well as Jinnah Hospital,
The Aam Aadmi Party’s Ganesh puja pandal in Surat. Express
destroy eventually,” said Bastar
IGP Sundarraj.
Sources in the government
claimed that when the Bhupesh
Baghel-led government came to
power in 2018, it inherited a grim
Maoist situation. “By 2018,
Maoism had affected two-thirds
ofthestate,withtheirpresencein-
creasing in districts such as
Mahasamund,Raigarh,Dhamtari
andothers.Thegovernmentthen
began working on a three-
pronged approach of vishwaas-
vikas-suraksha (trust-develop-
ment-security),” said an official
privytothematter.
As part of the approach, gov-
ernmentsourcessaid,morethan
250schoolswerere-opened,and
close to 200 villages electrified.
Thegovernmentalsoplanstoin-
stall more than 600 cellphone
New Delhi
Commerce College on Monday
night — security guard
Shambhuram Dubey was found
dead at the college canteen with
his head smashed, likely with a
stone. What connected the two
cases was the fact that Lodhi's
cellphone was found at the site
where Dubey was killed; the
phone’s sim card was missing.
Aspolice beganinvestigating
the two cases, with the cell-
phone connecting them, a third
incident was reported on
Tuesday. A security guard, iden-
tified as Mangal Ahirwar, was
killed at Moti Nagar area of the
town,hisheadsmashedwiththe
handle of a sickle.
According to police, Ahirwar,
the third victim, woke up sec-
onds before he was attacked but
could only see the back of the
killer as he fled. Ahirwar was ad-
mitted at government hospital
in Bhopal but succumbed to in-
juries late Wednesday — police
Lahore, where Sarabjit was ad-
mitted following an assault by
fellow inmates. Following their
visit, Indian prisoners facing es-
pionage charges were separated
and housed at different cells.
“Sarabjitwasagoodfriendbut
our barracks were different as he
wasfacingdeathsentence.Earlier,
there was a provision where a
prisoner could request to meet
other prisoners in 15 days... He
wouldoftenaskforme.However,
this changed after Sarabjit’s
death... All form of correspon-
dence stopped and I could not
write any letter home... On the
other side, food got better and
medicalfacilitiesalsoimproved,”
he says. FULLREPORTON
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towers across Bastar. Two major
bridges are being built in Bijapur
and Dantewada.
While over 1,000 alleged
Maoistswerearrestedin2017and
2018, the number fell to 494 in
2021 – a sign, sources said, of the
government’s more sensitive ap-
proach towards local population.
According to state police
data, 586 villages out of 2,710
shed their Maoist tag in the last
four years, helping take
Kondagaonoff theCentre'slistof
LWE-affected districts.
Much like the BJP govern-
ment, the Congress government
has been encouraging security
camps,withthestateopening43
new camps since 2019.
According to security officials,
the camps have managed to
shrink Maoist presence.
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said he could only tell them that
thesuspectwas wearing awhite
shirt and black pants.
“Ahirwar saw the killer’s
clothesandtheroutefromwhere
he escaped,” SP Nayak said. “We
have formed a team with our
bestofficersandaretryingevery-
thing to catch the killer.”
Withfearofaserialkillerhav-
ing gripped the district, plain-
clothespolicemenhavebeende-
ployed and suspects have been
roundedupbasedonwitnessac-
counts. A sketch based on
Ahirwar’s description of the sus-
pecthasbeenreleased,butpolice
sourcessaiditisstillnotaccurate.
Police have announced re-
wards of Rs 10,000 each on in-
formation leading to arrest of
suspects in the three murders.
In May, a security guard,
Uttam Rajak, was found dead on
duty—hishead,too,wassmashed
— but police are not linking that
with the present cases as of now.
MNS men assault
woman who
objected to party
banner, 3 held
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 1
THREE MAHARASHTRA
NavnirmanSena(MNS)workers
werearrestedonThursdayforal-
legedly assaulting a 57-year-old
woman at Nagpada because she
stopped them from putting up a
party banner, welcoming lord
Ganesh, outside her shut shop.
The arrested MNS workers
have been identified as Vinod
Argile,RajuArgileandSandipLad.
ThepolicesaidthatonAugust
28, the three accused were put-
tingupthebannersinfronof her
shop when the woman stopped
them, saying that they had not
sought her permission. Police
said the shop has been shut for
the last seven to eight years.
The police said the MNS
workers got into an argument
with the woman and Argile
abused and slapped her, push-
ing her to the ground. Initially,
the Nagpadapolice lodgedanon
cognizable complaint.
However, as the video of the
incidentwentviralonsocialme-
dia on Thursday, an FIR was reg-
istered.
Asked if the MNS had per-
mission from BMC to put up the
banners, a police officer said, “It
is part of the investigation.” The
police are looking for more peo-
ple in the case. When contacted,
a senior MNS leader refused to
comment on the incident.
banking, and NGO leaders.”
VaghanisaidAAPleadersfrom
Delhi,includingDelhiCM Arvind
Kejriwal, will visit the pandal.
A model of Vithalbhai Patel
Bhavan, which houses the
Gujarat Assembly, that is 16 feet
tall and 32 feet broad, has a five-
foot Ganesha idol at the centre.
The pandalis in the centre of
junction at Simada area, which is
dominatedbyPatidarcommunity
people. An LED screen has also
been installed on one side on the
stage where works done by the
Delhi government are displayed.
The optimism of the senior
personnel, however, doesn't re-
flect ontheground. According to
sources, the presence of the
camps in newer areas have
turnedthepersonnelintositting
ducks, with Maoists now con-
ducting operations closer to the
camps. Last week in Bijapur,
Maoists looted a bus carrying
food supplies to a CRPF camp.
This flies in the face of claims,
both the ruling Congress and the
BJP, of “ending” Maoism.
On Sunday, speaking in
Raipur, CM Baghel, in the pres-
ence of the Home Minister Amit
Shah, said the state had “come
very close to ending Maoism”.
Atanothereventthesameday,
Shah said, “If Chhattisgarh brings
backtheBJP,wewillfinishMaoism
inthesnapof ourfingers.”

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Enrolment dip to go on, in keeping with fall in
child population growth rate: NCERT study
SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
SCHOOL ENROLMENT in pri-
mary classes — grades I-V —
starteddeclininginIndiain2011,
a trend which is set to continue
until 2025, according to a "pro-
jection and trends" report pre-
pared by the National Council of
Educational Research and
Training (NCERT).
The Council has attributed
this dip in enrolment to a fall in
growth rate of India's child pop-
ulation.
Similarly, the upper primary
(classes VI-VIII) and secondary
stages (IX-X) started witnessing
a decline in school enrolment in
2016 and 2019, respectively, the
report stated.
The NCERT report had stud-
ied trends since 1950, when the
country had 2,171 schools with
Attacks on
Christians: SC
asks MHA to
get reports
from 8 states
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER1
MAKING IT clear that it is not ex-
pressinganyopiniononclaimsof
violence against people from the
Christian community in various
states, as alleged in a petition be-
fore it, the Supreme Court on
Thursday asked the Union
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
toverifywitheightstatesregard-
ing cases referred to in the plea.
A bench of Justices D Y
Chandrachud and Hima Kohli
said the MHA should get verifi-
cation reports from Bihar,
Haryana, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh and Uttar
Pradeshonstepstakenregarding
alleged incidents of violence.
Italsoaskedthepetitionersto
provide a break-up of the in-
stances to the office of Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta.
Chief Secretaries of these
states should ensure that infor-
mationonregistrationof FIR,sta-
tusof investigation,arrestsmade,
and chargesheet is given, the
court said. It said the verification
exercise should be carried out
within two months and an affi-
davit filed before it.
Inanaffidavitfiledinthemat-
ter earlier, the Centre had raised
preliminary objections to its
maintenance. It stated that the
plea by Archbishop Of Bangalore
Diocese,DrPeterMachado,along
with the National Solidarity
Forum,is“baseduponmerecon-
jectures” and there appears to be
“some hidden agenda in filing
such deceptive petitions”.
On Thursday, S-G Mehta, ap-
pearing for Centre, said the gov-
ernment has already done a fact-
check and stated in the affidavit
that “most of the cases are false”.
The court said it is “not begin-
ning with the assumption that all
thatisquotedistrue.Whatwewill
askyoutodoisconductaverifica-
tion exercise as per their tabula-
tions.GettheStatestoreply...”
Appearingforthepetitioners,
senior advocate Colin Gonsalves
saidthereispoliceconnivancein
almost all cases of violence. He
also submitted that the reports
were compiled after talking to
families of alleged victims.
To reverse diabetes, cut carbs to 55%, increase protein to 20% of diet: ICMR
ANONNA DUTT
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
IF YOU’RE a pre-diabetic, just cut
down on rice and rotis and in-
crease your protein intake. This
way you can halt progression to
Type-2 diabetes and even re-
verse it if you have been newly
diagnosed, according to the
country’s largest ongoing study
on the disease.
The study recommends re-
ducing carbohydrate consump-
tion to just about 50-55 per cent
of the daily energy consumed
and increasing one’s protein in-
take to 20 per cent.
In the current diet pattern,
around 60 to 75 per cent of our
total calorie intake is in the form
of carbohydratesandonly10per
2.38 crore students.
While an overall growth of
morethan900percenthasbeen
recorded in enrolment in the
schoolsysteminclassesItoXbe-
tween 1950 and 2016, the share
of girl students rose "precipi-
tously" , registering an increase
of over 1,000 per cent, according
to the report.
Prepared by NCERT's educa-
tional survey division, the report
stated: “The growth in enrol-
ment at the primary stage con-
tinuedupto2011.Since2011,en-
rolment has been declining and
it will continue till 2025.
“Duringtheperiodfrom2011
to 2025, total enrolment de-
creased about 14.37 per cent, of
which boys’ enrolment de-
creased by 13.28 per cent and
girls enrolment by 15.54 per
cent,” the report added.
At the upper primary stage,
the enrolment of boys, girls and
Vehicles on a waterlogged Ahmedabad road following heavy rainfall on Thursday. PTI
WITHDRAWAL OF SOUTHWEST MONSOON UNLIKELY TO START SOON
Above normal rainfall across
the country during Sept: IMD
ANJALIMARAR
PUNE,SEPTEMBER1
MAJORREGIONSacrossthecoun-
try will receive normal to above
normal rainfall in September, the
IndiaMeteorologicalDepartment
(IMD) said on Thursday.
According to the forecast, the
southwestmonsoonisunlikelyto
start withdrawing anytime soon.
Quantitatively, the all-India
rainfall for September is forecast
to be 109 per cent of the Long
Period Average (LPA), which is
168.9mm (1971-2020).
Jammu, Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat,
MadhyaPradesh,southwestUttar
Pradesh,Maharashtra,Telangana,
north Andhra Pradesh, coastal
Karnataka, north Kerala, south
coastal Tamil Nadu, Tripura and
theAndamanandNicobarIslands
will receive normal to above nor-
malrainfallthismonth,IMDsaid.
Rainfall activity will remain
subdued over Assam, Sikkim,
Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram,
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar,
south interior Karnataka, south-
ern Andhra Pradesh, central and
southern Kerala and
Lakshadweep. “Withtheshifting
of the monsoon trough to the
south of its normal position after
September5,rainfallactivityover
the country will increase around
cent comprises proteins, said Dr
V Mohan, one of the authors of
the study.
The latest report from the
Indian Council of Medical
Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-
INDIAB) is based on a detailed
macro-nutrient consumption
pattern study of 18,090 individ-
uals, or one in six of the 1.1 lakh
people enrolled in the study.
A mathematical modelling
was then used to determine the
optimal consumption pattern.
Diet The Best Medicine
“The diabetes burden in India is
rapidly increasing; we currently
have 74 million people living
with diabetes and another 80
millionarepre-diabetic.Also,the
pre-diabeticsconvertveryfastto
diabetes. It is estimated that
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E X P L A I NE D
Studying
● trends
NCERT, which commis-
sioned the study to esti-
mate school enrolment
of children up to 2025,
feels insights on future
trends of school enrol-
ment will help in plan-
ning and policy-making,
as such projections form
the basis for investment
decisions like opening of
new schools or upgrad-
ing existing ones, as also
employment and de-
ployment of teachers.
the total started to decline from
2016. During the period, enrol-
ment is projected to decrease by
MONSOON
SHOWERS
SO FAR
2 laying siege to the premises and
11 10
9 5. Karnataka
4 him by his wife.
8 7. MP
7 12
5
3
13
6 OBSERVING THAT the “present
1 8. Manipur
6%
surplus
for the
season till Sept 1.
India has recorded
750mm against a
normal of 707.4
6 states in rainfall
‘deficient’ category
Rainfall in mm, Departure from normal (%)
*June 1 – Sept 1 Source : IMD
September9.Therearechancesof
formationofmorecycloniccircu-
lationsin BayofBengalduringthis
month.Asaresult,weexpectnor-
mal to above normal rainfall in
Septemberovermost ofthecoun-
try,”saidMrutyunjayMohapatra,
Director General, IMD.
“Lastweek IMDindicatedthat
monsoon withdrawal would
India will have 135 million dia-
beticsby2045–meaningalmost
double in thenext20 yearsorso.
And,one of the main driving fac-
tors is the very high carbohy-
drate consumption in our popu-
lation,” said Dr V Mohan,
chairman of Dr Mohan's
Diabetes Specialities Centre and
one of the authors of the study.
He said, “Around 60 to 75per
cent of our total calorie intake is
intheformof carbohydratesand
only 10 per cent comprises pro-
teins. We have shown in several
studies earlier that excessive
consumption of white rice in-
creases the risk of diabetes.
Wheat is equally bad.”
“Now,if apersonisabletore-
duce the carbohydrate con-
sumption slightly to 50 to 55 per
cent, say three idlis instead of
9.47percent(intotal)—8.07per schools to be opened or up-
cent among boys and 10.94 per graded and the number of
cent among girls. teachers required are decided
The report made it clear that on the basis of the number of
enrolment is a function of pop- children to be potentially en-
ulation — thus, if population of rolled in the system,” it stated.
an age group falls, enrolment “Hence this study was proposed
will also decrease. before NCERT’s Programme
Citing census data, it pointed Advisory Committee...”
out that between 1991 and 2011, A look at the social categori-
the proportion of child popula- sation of the numbers show
tion in the age group 0-6 years in that the dip in enrolment in the
the total population decreased case of students from
from 18 per cent to 13.12 per Scheduled Castes and
cent. Scheduled Tribe communities
"As a result, the gap between started in the 1990s. During
enrolment and population also 2011-2016, growth in SC and ST
decreased.The enrolment figure children’s enrolment at the pri-
is also declining at each stage. mary stage slid to negative: -
Thesamereflectionisseeninthe 5.27 per cent and -12.20 per
study," the report stated. cent, respectively. “The decline
According to the re- pattern of enrolment of
searchers, it will help policy- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
makers frame appropriate poli- Tribe children is very similar to
cies and programmes. "For India’s enrolment (total) pat-
example, the number of new tern," the report stated.
Moosewala
murder suspect
detained in Kenya
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER1
THE MINISTRY of External
Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said
that a suspect has been detained
in Kenya in connection with the
killing of singer Sidhu
Moosewala. This comes days af-
ter another suspect was de-
tained in Azerbaijan.
MEA spokesperson Arindam
Bagchi said India is in touch with
authorities in the two countries.
Moosewala was shot dead in
Mansa district on May 29.
Earlierthisweek,PunjabDGP
Gaurav Yadav said that an ac-
cused,identifiedasSachinThapan
alias Sachin Bishnoi, had been
tracedanddetainedinAzerbaijan,
and efforts are being made to get
him back to India.
Yadav said the police con-
ducted “a scientific and system-
atic investigation to unravel the
conspiracy in which Sachin
Thapan figured”.
As many as 20 accused have
been arrested in the case so far,
WETTEST STATES*
Divorce on ‘flimsy grounds’
1. Tamil Nadu 401.7 88% ▲
2. Ladakh 25.7 54% ▲
now a trend, says Kerala HC
3. Telangana 861.3 48% ▲
4. Rajasthan 540.4 44% ▲
908.5 34% ▲
6. Lakshadweep 1089 26% ▲
957.5 21% ▲
SHAJUPHILIP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
SEPTEMBER1
DRIEST STATES*
461.8 -45% ▼
trend” is to break marriages on
9. UP 335.5 -44% ▼
“flimsy grounds”and for “selfish
10. Bihar 486.4 -38% ▼ reasons”,oroverextramaritalre-
lationships, “even unmindful of
11. Delhi 302.9 -32% ▼
their children”, a division bench
12. Tripura 813.5 -29% ▼ of Kerala High Court observed
13. Jharkhand 592.5 -27% ▼ that people, especially those
from the younger generation,
now look at marriage as an evil
Rest of states/UTs received
normal or above rainfall
thatcanbeavoidedtoenjoyalife
without any obligations.
“Live-in-relationships are on
the rise, just to say goodbye
when they (partners) fall apart,’’
the bench of Justices A
commence during September 1- Muhamed Mustaque and Sophy
7, however, conditions don’t Thomas said.
favour commencement of mon- The court made the observa-
soon retreat as yet,” IMD said. tions on August 24, while dis-
Themaincriteriafor monsoon missing an appeal moved by a
withdrawal from the extreme man challenging the ruling of a
northwest India regions, include family court in Alappuzha that
reductioninrainfalloverfivedays, he is not entitled for divorce on
developmentofanti-cyclonesys- the ground of matrimonial cru-
tem and drop in moisture levels. elties, purportedly inflicted on
HOW YOUR FOOD PLATE
SHOULD LOOK
Carbohydrate Protein Fat Dietary
Fibre
For remission of newly diagnosed diabetics
Overall 49-54 19-20 21-26 5-6
For remission of pre-diabetics
Overall 50-56 18-20 21-27 3-5
For preventing progression to diabetes
Non-diabetics 56-60 14-17 20-24 3-6
Pre-diabetics 54-57 16-20 20-24 3-6
*Measurements in recommended percentage of the daily calorie intake
(Source: ICMR-INDIAB study published in the journal Diabetes Care)
four and increase protein con- work, but not red meat — then
sumption — preferably plant there can be a remission in dia-
protein; fish and chicken also betes,” he added.
DaysafterRaipurflight,
SorenCabinetapproves
ABHISHEKANGAD
RANCHI,SEPTEMBER1
THE JHARKHAND cabinet
Thursdayapprovedhiringachar-
tered aircraft for a month begin-
ning August31 for “government-
related” out-of-state travels of
VVIPs and VIPs. The move comes
daysafter32rulingcoalitionMLAs
were flown to Congress-ruled
Chattisgarhamiduncertaintyover
ChiefMinisterHemantSoren’sel-
igibility to continue as MLA.
Thepoliticaluncertaintyinthe
state — following an Election
Commission communication to
the Governor that is said to have
recommendedSoren’sdisqualifi-
ciation — has sparked fears of
poaching attempts within the
JMM-Congress-RJDdispensation.
On Thursday morning, Soren
left for Raipur and returned with
fourCongresscabinetministersso
they could attend the meeting.
The cabinet approval for the
charter aircraft read: “Rajya ke
VIPs/VVIPs ki rajya ke bahar ki
sarkari yatra hetu dinaank
31.8.2022keprabhavseekmaahke
liyeFixedWingJetChartervimanki
seva manonayan ke adhaar par
praptkarnehetumantriparishadki
swikriti di gayi (The cabinet ap-
proved the hiring of services of
FixedWingJetCharteraircraft,on
a nomination basis, for govern-
Goa police inspect Hisar
house of Sonali Phogat
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 1
A DAY after inspecting her farm-
houseinDhandhoor,aGoaPolice
team investigating Sonali
Phogat's murder case inspected
theBJPleader'sanotherresidence
ThursdayinSantNagar,Hisar.The
team also spoke with her family
members and sought informa-
Referringtothecase, HCsaid
thatif amanwhohasan“unholy
alliance” with another woman
wants to avoid his lawfully wed-
ded wife and his three children,
“hecannotseektheassistanceof
a court of law to get his present
relationshiplegalisedbydissolv-
ing his lawful marriage without
valid reasons”. The court stated
in the order, “The wails and
screamscomingoutof disturbed
and destroyed families are liable
toshaketheconscienceof theso-
ciety as a whole.’’
Thecourtsaidyoungergener-
ation now expands the word
‘WIFE’as“WorryInvitedForEver”,
as against the earlier concept of
“Wise Investment For Ever”. No
divorcecanbegrantedunderlaw
withoutestablishingcrueltytoan
extent, HC added.
The mother and close rela-
tivesof themanhaddeposedbe-
fore the court that the appellant,
whowasmarriedin2009,devel-
oped an extramarital affair in
2017andsubsequentlysoughtto
avoid his wife, children and
Food Ratio For
Diabetes Remission
The optimal nutritional require-
ment for remission of newly-di-
agnosed diabetes was found to
be carbohydrates accounting for
49 to 54 per cent of energy con-
sumption, proteins 19 to 20 per
cent, fat 21 to 26 per cent and di-
etary fibres 5 to 6 per cent.
Women need to cut their carbo-
hydrate consumptionby around
two per cent more than the men
to achieve the same results.
Similarly, older individu-
als had to cut their carbohydrate
consumption by one per cent
more and increase their protein
consumption by one per cent
more than the young.
For remission from pre-dia-
betes,therecommendationswere
New Delhi
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren addresses the
media in Ranchi on Thursday. PTI
ment-relatedtravelsofthestate’s
VVIPs/VIPsoutsidethestateeffec-
tive from August 31).”
Top sources in the govern-
ment said the move was made
keepinginmindthepoliticalcrisis.
Asourceadded:“Ithasbeendone
on nomination basis because
there won’t be any tendering
process.Plus,untilnow,thesame
was done for choppers. This is for
the first time that the services of
eight-seater charter aircraft will
be available with a minimum
hoursflyingguaranteetothetune
of Rs2crore.Itmeansthatevenif
thegovernmentdoesnotwantto
fly it still has to pay the amount.”
Meanwhile in Raipur, ruling
Jharkhand MLAs blamed BJP for
their stay in resort, saying the
party was destabilising the gov-
tion about her association with
her personal assistant Sudhir
Sangwan, who has been booked
and arrested by the Goa Police.
Phogat's family has alleged
Sangwanwastryingtousurpher
propertyandhadevengotcertain
leasedocumentscreated.Thepo-
lice are verifying the allegations.
From Hisar, Goa Police are likely
to visit the Gurgaon flat where
SangwanandPhogatusedtolive.
mother.Themanhadfiledthedi-
vorce case stating that his wife
wouldpickupaquarrelwithhim
citing his illicit relationship with
another woman.
On the man's allegation that
his wife was behaving “abnor-
mally”, the court said, “Normal
human reactions or responses
from a wife, on knowing that her
husband was having illicit con-
nectionwithanotherlady,cannot
be termed as behavioural abnor-
mality,orcruelty...soastodissolve
their marriage.’’
The bench noted in the order,
“Law and religion consider mar-
riageasaninstitutionbyitself,and
parties to the marriage are not
permittedtowalkawayfromthat
relationship unilaterally, unless
and until they satisfy the legal re-
quirementstodissolvetheirmar-
riage through a court of law, or in
accordancewiththepersonallaw
which govern them. Mere quar-
rels, ordinary wear and tear of
matrimonial relationships or ca-
sual outburst of some emotional
feelings cannot be treated as cru-
elties warranting a divorce. ‘’
50 to 56 per cent carbohydrates,
18 to 20 per cent protein, 21 to 27
per cent fat, and three-five per
centdietaryfibre.Physicallyinac-
tive individuals were recom-
mendedafourpercentgreaterre-
duction in carbohydrates as
againstindividualswhoareactive.
Ideal Food Platter
So,whatwouldanidealplatelook
like?SaysDrMohan,“Vegetables,
not the starchy ones like potato,
should make up half the plate.
These could be any green leafy
vegetables,beans,cabbage,cauli-
flower; these can be changed
every day. A quarter of the plate
should be protein such as fish,
chicken or soya. A small quantity
of rice or one or maximum two
chapatis should make up the
other quarter.”
WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
ernment. MLAs Dipika Pandey,
Sudivya Kumar Sonu, Bhushan
Bara and Stephen Marandi, ac-
companied by state Congress
chief Rajesh Thakur came out of
theresorttointereactwithmedia
persons, amid tight security.
Asked about BJP’s claims that
they are picnicking, Pandey said:
“BJPdoesnothavetherighttosay
such a thing. You (the media) are
asking us to respond. Did you ask
questions in Assam when the
drama was being staged with
people of Maharashtra?”
On poaching fears, Pandey
said:“...Ifweallwantedtosaveour
government it is our right.”
On Thursday, another MLA
from Ranchi arrived at the resort.
WITHINPUTSFROMGARGI
VERMAINRAIPUR
Vizhinjam port:
HC orders police
protection for
construction
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
SEPTEMBER1
THE KERALA High Court on
Thursday directed the state gov-
ernment to grant police protec-
tion to the Vizhinjam seaport
project, but allowed fisherfolk to
continuetheirprotestwithoutob-
structing its construction.
Construction has been halted
for the last two weeks ,with fish-
erfolk, led by Latin Catholic
Church of Thiruvananthapuram,
vowingtocontinueuntiltheirde-
mands are met.
The state Tuesday said it was
ready to consider any “reason-
able demands” raised by local
community, but denied calling
off Rs 7,200-crore project of the
Adani Group.
Acting on a petition moved
by Adani Vizhinjam Port Pvt Ltd,
Justice Anu Sivaraman Thursday
ordered police to give necessary
protection for providing free
ingress and egress for carrying
out necessary activities. “The
public protest can go on peace-
fully,” the judge said. “In case the
state chief secretary and others
areunabletoseethatlawandor-
der is maintained, necessary
steps shall be taken to seek as-
sistancefromtheCentre,’’Justice
Sivaraman added.
Theprotestingfisherfolkhave
beenallegingthatconstructionof
the port was causing intense soil
erosion that have led to loss of
livelihood.Thehighcourtsaidthe
fisherfolk who had to be evicted
duetotheseaerosionareentitled
to a decent life and livelihood .
The court will now hear the
matter on September 27.
Why this study differs from
others,accordingtoDrMohan,is
that the recommendations ask
people to reduce the quantity of
carbohydratesbyasmallamount.
“There are many trials that have
shown that drastic reduction in
calories, such as consuming 800
calories or completely doing
away with carbohydrates, have
shown rapid weight loss and re-
versalof diabetes.Thosefindings
are correct but the method is not
sustainable.”
Dr Anjana Mohan is the lead
author of the study while Dr
Seshadri Srinivasan from the
Kalasalingam Academy of
Research and Education worked
on the mathematical model for
thestudy.Thestudywasrecently
published in the journal
Diabetes Care.
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10
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

WORDLY WISE
A body of men holding themselves
accountable to nobody ought not to be
trusted by anybody — Thomas Paine

FOUNDED BY
The new growth normal
§

§
RAMNATH GOENKA
The next year could be more challenging with global
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
growth slowing, lagged impact of monetary tightening

A SOBERING PICTURE Dharmakirti Joshi

Economy grows slower than anticipated, points IN THE APRIL-JUNE quarter, GDP growth was anaemic 1.3 per cent during the April-June tio was at 34.7 per cent.
lowerthanexpectedat13.5percent.Theme- quarter over a very weak base. But the fact Improvingcapacityutilisationandhealthy
towards dwindling momentum dianvaluefromthesurveyofprofessionalfore- that government holds significant cash bal- financial profiles of corporates augur well for

O
casters was 14.5 per cent, while the RBI had
N WEDNESDAY, DATA released by the National Statistical Office showed peggedgrowthat16.2percent.Clearly,thein-
that the Indian economy grew at 13.5 per cent in the first quarter of the terplay between a rebound in services and
ongoing financial year. This seemingly strong number which is driven by headwinds from the Russia-Ukraine conflict
a favourable base effect — economic activities were severely impacted has shaped the outcome, while a weak base
by the Delta wave of the pandemic in the first quarter of the last financial year — is, gave a statistical lift.
In the past three financial years, this was
however, below expectations. In its most recent update, the Reserve Bank of India had
theonlyfirstquarterthatwasnotfunctionally
pegged growth for the quarter at 16.2 per cent. This also implies that the central bank disrupted by Covid-19. The pandemic had
has been overestimating the growth momentum in the economy. It is also a sign of struck in the first quarter of 2020-21, and a
concern that despite a double-digit growth, gross value added (which strips away in- stringentlockdownimposedtotackleithitthe
direct taxes and subsidies) has grown by a mere 4.7 per cent over its pre-pandemic economyhard.Thefirstquarterofthenextyear
level, the first quarter of 2019-20. saw a ferocious delta wave, which over-
The disaggregated data shows that value added by the agriculture sector grew at a whelmedthehealthcareecosystemmorethan
the economy.
healthy 4.5 per cent in the first quarter, notwithstanding the impact of the heat wave.
In contrast, economic activity in the first
Going forward, though, the unevenness of the monsoon could adversely impact out- quarterofthisfiscalwasnearnormalwiththe
put and as a consequence may have a bearing on rural demand. Within industry, man- Omicron variant proving to be milder.
ufacturing grew at a disappointing 4.8 per cent, and while construction activities grew Moreover, vaccinations and learning to live
at 14.7 per cent, growth over the sector's pre-pandemic level was anemic. Across the with the virus have meant progressively less-
services sector, trade, hotels, transport and communication continue to be points of stringent lockdowns. Google mobility indica-
torshavealsobeenabovepre-pandemiclevels.
concern, remaining well below their pre-pandemic level, while on the expenditure
Thesefactorsenabledcontact-intensiveserv-
side, even as government spending was muted, both private consumption and invest- ices (trade, hotels, transport) to stage a strong
ments registered strong growth. comeback (growing at 25.7 per cent) over a
As the base effect normalises in the coming quarters, GDP growth will begin to mod- low base. However, the sector still trails pre-
erate. In its most recent update, the RBI had also alluded to this trend. The central bank pandemiclevels.Butgrowththistimewasnot
had pegged economic growth to slow down from 16.2 per cent in the first quarter to 6.2 all about a weak base-effect and the rebound
in services. There was sequential growth (in
per cent in the second quarter, and further to around 4 per cent in the second half of the
the seasonally adjusted series) despite the af-
year. Now, there are considerable downside risks to even these forecasts. As central ter-effects of the conflict in Europe.
banks across much of the developed world continue to focus on tackling inflation, tight- Thespikeincommodityprices,crudeoilin
ening financial conditions and weakening global demand will impact economic particular,hasraisedinputcostsforproducers
prospects. Exports will be impacted, notwithstanding the rupee's decline, as demand andpushedconsumerinflationwayabovethe
RBI’s comfort zone. At 11.6 per cent, the GDP
in developed markets shrivels. Domestic private consumption is likely to remain con-
strained as wage growth, especially in rural areas, remains muted. Some sectors with deflator,whichcapturesmovementsinwhole-
higher capacity utilisation rates may see fresh investment, though a broad-based pick-
saleandconsumerpriceswasthehighestsince
thepandemicbegan.Highinflationalsomeant
up in the private investment cycle seems unlikely to materialise in the near term. This a nominal GDP growth of 26.7 per cent in the
leaves the burden of driving growth on government, which is constrained by firstquarter.This,togetherwithimprovedcom-
its finances. pliance, has led to very healthy growth in tax
collections. Net direct tax collections have
surged41.3percent,andindirecttaxcollections
havegrownat9.4percentinthefirstquarter.
DEATH IN PORTUGAL
Thisprovidedthegovernmentthewhere-
withal to invest without derailing the fisc.
Central government capex grew at 57 per
cent in the first quarter. However, govern-
Portuguesehealthministersteppingdownafterdeathof an ment consumption, which accounts for
around 11 per cent of GDP, grew at an
Indiantouristisamomenttopauseon
In the coming quarters we
will see growth normalising
to lower levels as the base
effect fades. The under
performance in the first
quarter has created a
downward bias to our
growth forecast of 7.3 per
cent for the current year.
Maintaining the growth
momentum next year could
be more challenging with
global growth slowing and
the lagged impact of
monetary tightening being
felt in the economy.
ances with the RBI reflects its ability to ramp
up consumption expenditure as well.
Butrisinginflationhasledtoanabruptshift
in the stance of the monetary policy commit-
tee,whichdeliveredasurpriseratehikeinMay
and followed it with two more hikes in June
and August. The impact of this was not felt on
inflation in the first quarter as it takes eight to
nine months — according to the RBI — to im-
pact.CRISIL’sFinancialConditionsIndexshows
thatdespitethetightening,thereisunlikelyto
beamaterialimpactoneconomicactivityyet.
But rising input costs did trim the margins of
companies,whichresultedinthemanufactur-
ingsectorregisteringamediocreperformance.
Private consumption, which accounts for
asizeablechunkofdemand-sideGDPandwas
theslowesttorecover,hasimprovedmarkedly.
Growing at 26 per cent in the first quarter, it
nowaccountsfor59.9percentoftheGDP.This
isconsistentwiththeimprovementinthecon-
sumerconfidenceshownbyRBIsurveysafter
thehistoriclowrecordedinJuly2021.Yet,over-
all consumer confidence remains in the pes-
simisticzone,whichisnotsurprisinggiventhat
highinflationdestroyspurchasingpower,par-
ticularly of low-income groups.
A deeper look at the data reveals uneven-
ness with rural economic activity trailing ur-
ban. Flat rural wages and increased demand
for MGNREGA work confirm this. Fast-mov-
ingconsumergoods(FMCG)companieshave
reportedafallinvolumes.Additionally,thehin-
terland is facing relatively higher inflation.
The urban side is relatively better because
bulk of the contact-based services (which are
largely urban centric) are showing strong
growth.Theautomobilesectorhasbeeninthe
newsduetobriskpassengervehiclesalesand
longwaitingperiods.Butthepickupisskewed
andreflectstheK-shapedrecoveryinincomes.
The mid- to high-end passenger vehicles are
doingwellrelativetoentry-levelcarsandtwo-
wheelers.
Investments have done somewhat better
since the pandemic struck. The share of gross
fixedcapitalformation(GFCF)orinvestments
intheeconomyroseto32.5percentofGDPin
2021-22, up from 30.5 per cent in 2020-21. In
thefirstquarterof2022-23,theinvestmentra-
investments.Asperourassessmentwhileca-
pacity utilisation is improving, it varies across
segments. Recovery trends between infra-
structure-linked sectors and industrial verti-
cals are different. Utilisation in infrastructure
sectors (benefiting from government invest-
ments) such as steel and cement has re-
bounded strongly in line with economic re-
covery,butothersegmentssuchassomeauto
categories trail their long-term averages.
In steel and cement, CRISIL Research esti-
mates capacity utilisation at 75-80 per cent
and 65-70 per cent, respectively, this fiscal,
enough to trigger investments. But, that's not
thecasefortwo-wheelersandentry-levelcars.
As economic uncertainty holds back the un-
leashing of the private sector’s animal spirits,
the burden of driving investments continues
to fall on the government’s shoulders. States
will have to ramp up investments in line with
the Centre.Inthe first quarter, statecapex (for
16majorstates)was6percentbelowlastyear.
Therecentfallincrudeoilandcommodity
prices, if sustained, augurs well for the econ-
omy. But slowing global growth will trim ex-
ports and expand the current account deficit.
Global growth faces multiple headwinds in-
cludingadecisiveshiftinthemonetarypolicy
stance towards taming inflation rather than
supporting growth in many economies.
Exportsarealreadyfacingthebruntofaglobal
slowdown.Thiswillspillovertothenextyear
aswell.Adepreciatingrupeemaynotsupport
India’s overall exports much as they are more
responsive to trends in global growth. Sticky
imports (generally immune to price fluctua-
tion)aregrowingatafastclip.So,thetradewill
on balance drag the GDP, much more than it
did last year.
Inthecomingquarterswewillseegrowth
normalising to lower levels as the base effect
fades.Theunderperformanceinthefirstquar-
terhascreatedadownwardbiastoourgrowth
forecast of 7.3 per cent for the current year.
Maintainingthegrowthmomentumnextyear
couldbemorechallengingwithglobalgrowth
slowing and the lagged impact of monetary
tightening being felt in the economy.
The writer is Chief Economist, CRISIL Ltd

O
N TUESDAY, THE Portuguese government announced that the country's
health minister, Marta Temido, had resigned because she realised that she
“no longer had the conditions” to remain in office. Temido was acknowl-

A MISDIRECTED DEBATE
edging responsibility for the death of a pregnant Indian tourist who did
notreceive proper hospital care. The 34-year-old woman reportedly suffered a cardiac ar-
restwhilebeingtransferredbetweenLisbonhospitalsonAugust27.Thedeathhassparked
social media outrage over the Portuguese health ministry's decision to close emergency
obstetric services in several hospitals during weekends. Temido, a Phd in Public Health Freebies that benefit poor are questioned, but not the many wasteful expenditures
and a hospital management expert, had been under fire because the weekend off-day
policy was forcing women to make risky trips to healthcare facilities situated far from
their homes. Critics blamed the problems on the government's failure to plan for the staff Neha Shah and Atman Shah
shortage during the summer vacation period. Matters have evidently come to a head af-
ter the death of the Indian tourist. A DEBATE on freebies started after Prime so-calleddevelopmentprojectsorbeautifica- tion of free tablets helps minimise the digital
Of course, the minister's response to the tragic incident will not fix the doctor short- Minister Narendra Modi’s critical comments tion projects. Several tax exemptions and tax divide. Free bus rides facilitate access to the
age problem. But by choosing not to ride out the crisis, Temido has directed attention onpoliticalpartiespromoting“revdiculture”. holidays too add to the problem of dwindling workplace by eliminating the transportation
Comeelectionseasonandeverypoliticalparty fiscal health. Revenue foregone in the form of cost.Beneficiariescanlookforbetterjobsavail-
to a principle that seems to have, more and more, slipped out of the lexicon of those
promises a range of services at a cheaper rate taxincentivestothecorporateswasestimated ableatafartherlocation.Theroleoffreeeduca-
holding high office — accountability. Even before the Covid pandemic, ministers and and/or for free if it comes to power. The cur- atRs99,842crorein2019-20,beforeCovid-19 tion, health and electricity in generating posi-
heads of government in several parts of the world — including India — have presided rent debate seems to have been triggered by struck. These expenditures and revenue for- tive externalities in society and helping the
over catastrophic health system failures, illness and deaths, including of children. And promises made by Delhi Chief Minister and gone are seldom questioned. On the other economygrowrapidlyisnowknown.
they have mostly managed to keep their jobs, often by offloading blame onto minor AAPsupremoArvindKejriwaltothepeopleof hand,theUniongovernmentreducedthefer- Such measures have caught the imagina-
officials of their departments. The only appraisal that seems to matter for those hold- Gujarat in the context of the upcoming state tilisersubsidyandcuttheallocationforMGN- tionofallpoliticalparties,includingtheBJP.All
assembly elections. REGA in the last budget, which will hurt peo- parties make different electoral promises to
ing high office seems to be their fate at the electoral hustings. Nor is this malaise, as
Anystateexpenditurehasimplicationsfor ple at the bottom of the pyramid. lurevoters.Voterswhoareotherwisewithout
the pandemic has brought into sharper focus, confined to the Third World. It took the itsfiscalhealth.Sotheconcernregardingfree- Why do freebies remain Why do freebies remain relevant even af- hope in the system, would vote for the party
resignation of several of his colleagues for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to finally bies is valid because these are expenditures relevant even after 75 years ter 75 years of Independence? The answer thatsubsidisestheircostofliving.Thecurrent
give up his prolonged attempts to cling to power amid accusations that his govern- that do notpositively affectproduction in the of Independence? The would depend on which side of the social di- economic system is not going to help them
ment had not been responsive and responsible in the midst of a public health longrun.Providingservicessuchaseducation, vide you are. Those not eligible for receiving reach a stage where freebies would become
healthandelectricitytothedeprivedsections answer would depend on freebies find such welfare measures to be a irrelevant.Expectingthepoortopaytheprice
emergency.
of society cannot be considered freebies as which side of the social wasteoftaxpayers'money.Thissegmentofso- of developmenteverytime isthenormof the
In a Europe that seems to be closing in on itself and turning inward-looking — despite
people from outside the continent making it to high offices — the public outcry over the
they would have favourable effects on eco- divide you are. Those not cietynarrowlyrelatestaxonlywithincometax, presentdevelopmentparadigm.Aretheydes-
nomicgrowththroughtheirpositiveexternal- though more than 40 per cent of government tinedtobepoororisitasocietalorpolicy-made
Indian tourist and the health minister's response to the tragedy is notable for another rea- eligible for receiving freebies
ities. In fact, spending on these services is the revenueisearnedfromindirecttaxespaidbyall problem? These are straight questions but
son: An “outsider” is, or tragically was, at the centre of the story. responsibility of the government. find such welfare measures citizens of the country. Besides paying taxes, theirsolutionsarehardtofind.Whatweneed
Underscrutinyarethosegiftsthatarepri- to be a waste of taxpayers' thepoorare,infact,subsidisingourluxuriesby toaskforfromallpoliticalpartiesisacommit-
marilypromisedtothepoor.Manyothergov- money. This segment of providingcheaplabourand/ormakingnatural ment to restructuring the economy in a way
ernment expenditures for the benefit of the resources,includingland,availableatmuchbe- that can generate more employment oppor-
society narrowly relates tax

WINNIE THE WHO?

privileged classes have escaped the purview
ofcurrentdebate.Wearefocusingonlyonex-
penditurethatiseithera subsidygoing tothe
richoriswasteful.Forexample,givinglandto
New film re-imagines A A Milne's classic characters in a industriesathighlysubsidisedrate,writingoff
slasher-horror genre. That's fandom run amok loans worth crores of rupees to industrialists,
only with income tax,
though more than 40 per
cent of government revenue
is earned from indirect taxes
low-the-marketprices.Therealwageratesfor
ruralagricultureworkersandnon-agriculture
workers increased at the rate of 1.82 per cent
and0.94percentannuallyduring2016-2022,
withouttakingintoconsiderationthenegative
wage growth during 2020. Any support in
tunities and ensure decent income to all.
Without that it wouldn’t be fair to question
freebies, which make living easier for many.
Neha Shah is associate professor, L J Institute of
Management Studies, Ahmedabadand Atman

I
continuous rise in government expenditure paid by all citizens of the terms of free electricity or rice or even a sari is Shah is Assistant Professor, St. Xavier's College
N UNIVERSITY HOSTEL rooms across the world, young men and women have had on self-promotion, and huge sums spent on country. abighelpinkeepingthemafloat.Thedistribu- (Autonomous) Ahmedabad
conversationsthatarebasicallyaformof fanfiction.WhatwouldtheiconicFamous
Five — Enid Blyton's adventurous team of children — be like when they grow up?
George is clearly trans, Julian may well be gay. Then there are the Lord of the Rings

SEPTEMBER 2, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO

fans, who imagine the story from the perspective of the orcs, Melkor and Sauron ( the
“evil” beings in J R R Tolkien's fantasy universe). Sometimes, though, there is such a thing
as taking fandom too far.
The recently-released trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has been accused BIHAR PRESS BILL REDDY EXONERATED gradually losing its relevance at the end of
thefourthroundof AssamtalksinNewDelhi.
— justifiably so — of trying to cash in on A A Milne's classic characters through the man-
ufactured controversy of “ruining childhoods”. The film appears to be a typical, cabin-in- PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi broadly AP CHIEF MINISTER Venkataram ruled out a Ironically, neither the government nor the
the-woods low-budget slasher flick. Christopher, who had outgrown and discarded his hinted at the possibility of making “some judicial inquiry on the grounds that “there is Assam movement leaders have totally re-
amendments” in the controversial Bihar noprimafaciecase”resultedinawalk-outby jected the formula.
toys, returns to his childhood home with some good-looking friends only to find that
Press Bill but made it clear that consent the entire Opposition from the Legislative
Pooh and Piglet have turned into murderous men in poorly designed animal costumes.
The trailer makes it look as though the film is more I Know What You Did Last Summer
would not be refused since it had already
been given to “much harsher” bills like that
Assembly.TheChief Ministersaiditwillhave
to be inquired into whether any other allot-
POLAND CLASHES
than a fresh take on a childhood classic. of Tamil Nadu. Indira Gandhi, addressing a ment was made on the basis of the letter of POLICE SHOT TO death two people in Lubin
Of course, the minds behind Blood and Honey are not alone in their lack of originality. meeting of the Pradesh Congress-I August 18 with Reddy’s endorsement. and nearly 4,000 people were arrested in
Remaking and “re-imagining” classics has become the hallmark of mainstream cinema Committee and later talking to newsmen, clashes that engulfed 13 Polish cities on
in many parts of the world. Winnie the Pooh is not a character that lends itself to horror
condemned that current anti-Bihar press
bill agitation and described it as “bogus,
ASSAM DEADLOCK Solidarity’s second anniversary, authorities
said. New martial law restrictions took effect
easily.Butthen,whysitdownandcomeupwithastorywhenitispossibletoridethecoat- misguided and irrational” since it was be- WITHBOTHTHEgovernmentandtheAssam afterpoliceclasheswithSolidaritydemonstra-
tails of a classic to free publicity? Perhaps every story worth telling has already been told. ing aided and abetted by the opposition leaders sticking to their original positions, torsinGdansk,Warsaw,Lubinandothercities
More likely, though, storytellers need to think and imagine harder. parties. the Ravindra Verma formula appeared to be that ended with hundreds of arrests.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
THE IDEAS PAGE
The Noida Problem
Urban plans can be made implementable only when they are flexible enough to let a city grow around
emerging markets. The solution is not more government control, but less
Fahad Zuberi
LAST SUNDAY, MY social media feed was
filled with videos of the spectacular con-
trolled demolition of the twin towers in
Noida. The Supreme Court had ordered for
the towers to be demolished in August 2021
afteralonglegalbattlebetweentheresidents
of Supertech Emerald Court Society and the
developer was judged in favour of the resi-
dents. While the residents (rightfully) won
the legal battle, the demolition of the towers
is a point of reflection for us. Noida has seen
a steep rise in real estate legal battles, and an
increased stress on government infrastruc-
ture that is trying to mitigate the crisis. Let
us call it “The Noida Problem”.
AccordingtoareportinJanuary,1.65lakh
flatsworthatotalof Rs1.18lakhcrorearecur-
rently delayed in Noida-Greater Noida.
Around 70 projects under the UP-Rera have
gone to the National Company Law Tribunal
(NCT)forinsolvencyand completionof proj-
ectsbydeveloperslikeAmrapaliandUnitech
is being overseen by the Supreme Court.
How did we get here?
Let us look at the history of Noida. An
acronym for New Okhla Industrial
Development Authority, Noida was envis-
aged in the early 1970s when, in 1972, the
Uttar Pradesh government marked the rural
area comprising of 50 villages (then under
the district of Bulandshahr) as “Yamuna-
Hindon-Delhi Border Regulated Area”. The
objectivewastoregulatelanddealingsinthe
area close to the national capital. In April
1976, 36 out of these 50 villages were noti-
fied as Noida.
The main objective of Noida, included in
its name, was to attract and relocate indus-
triesfromDelhi.Theideaof thesatellitetown
was to decentralise economic activity from
Delhi to Noida and reduce migration in the
megacity. The second (and by no means sec-
ondary) objective was to provide affordable
suburban housing for the people of Delhi. It
was imagined that the population engaged
intheservicesectorinDelhiwillliveinNoida
andworkinthecapital.WithintheNCRPlan,
Noida’s population was projected to be
5,50,000by2001and1.1millionby2011.The
populationthatthetownachieved,however,
was only 3,05,058 in 2001 and 6,42,381 in
2011 — around half of the projected figure.
This is where the Noida Problem begins.
ScholarslikeBimalPatelhavearguedthat
planners in India have worked on the strong
assumption that growth of cities can be per-
fectly predicted based on population projec-
tions. This follows the confidence that cities
canbeplannedtothelastdetailof howapar-
ticular plot of land will be used. Hence, we
plan citiesas multi-coloured land-use draw-
ings that are legally binding on the people.
In a podcast conversation with BR
Balachandran published by the CEPT
Research and Development Foundation ti-
tled “Planning the City for an Unpredictable
Future”,Patelexplainedthat Indianplanners
seemtowantto“design”citieswiththesame
deterministic approach as someone would
design a bridge, but growth is not so
deterministic.
Anotherscholarandurbanplanner,Alain
Bertaud, in an interview with the American
Raj Shukla
WHILETHEPURISTSarestillindenial,notonly
does Cold War 2.0 seem to be intensifying, it
is well nigh possible that the two principal
protagonists may come to a military head.
What makes matters particularly volatile is
thefactthatunlikeintheprecedingversion,in
thiseditionof theColdWar,thetwoprotago-
nists are technological and economic near
peers,eventhoughinthemilitarydomainthe
Americans,perhaps,stillstealamarch.Itdoes
seem that while China’s reservoir of power is
growing, the American reservoir is declining.
American strategic influence is no longer de-
cisive. Two metrics undergird the reality: By
2035, while the Chinese economy will ac-
count for 24 per cent of global GDP, the
American economy will account for a mere
14 per cent; the PLA has grown 44-fold since
1995, to include a sharp digital makeover.
While there are several reasons to infer
thatChina’sproblemsmaynotbeover—they
may in fact be growing (a slowing economy,
thezeroCovidpolicy,killingoftheanimalspir-
its in technology and business, the common
prosperity programme, the real estate crisis,
adverse demographics) — there are other in-
dicators to suggest that Beijing believes it has
arrived and is now strong enough to contest
American primacy, at least in its near abroad
in the Western Pacific. More than anytime in
the past, we may be in for a high-order hege-
monic contest in Asia that could lead to war.
Enterprise Institute, explained that planners
don’t (and cannot) know enough to decide a
geographicaldistributionof densitiesoreco-
nomic classes of people in a city. He says, “…
in their ambition to design the city, they cre-
ate a straitjacket the city cannot grow into”.
We see this phenomenon play out most ex-
plicitly in Noida-Greater Noida.
Planners imagined in the 1970s that
Noida would attract industries and people
from Delhi and instead of giving Delhi more
floor space (FSI) and better infrastructure
to provide additional housing and support
the existing market respectively, they de-
cided to expand horizontally and “design”
Noida — the satellite town. Large parts of
Noida were marked as housing lands with
high FSI. But Noida lacked the infrastruc-
ture that could have supported commercial
activities and authoritarian land-use plans
prevented the organic development of any
new nodes of market.
After the region failed to attract the serv-
ice sector, the opening of Delhi Noida Direct
(DND) Flyway in 2001, the construction of
Yamuna Expressway in 2012 and the con-
stant eastward development of the metro
line sustained the promise of Noida as a sub-
urban housing town. This created a mirage
of a rising real-estate demand in the region.
Builders invested in more and more
housing units. Projects got delayed as funds
that were collected as advance payments on
flats were siphoned off to build more proj-
ects. But there were simply not enough buy-
ers. With the actual population of Noida
reaching only half of what was predicted by
planners, a large section of these housing
towers went uninhabited while developers
Pursuit of great powerhood
Morethananytimeinthepast,wemaybeinforahegemoniccontestinAsia
AcertainpowereliteinChinaisoftheview
that the time has come for Beijing to convert
itsconsiderablewealthintogreatpowerhood.
Hideandbide,afterall,cannotbeaperpetual
state.Thereisalsoachronologicallogicofsorts
toChina’sgoingloudandproud:MaoZedong
gaveChinatherevolution,DengXiaopinggave
them wealth, and it is axiomatic now for Xi
Jinping to restore greatness.
TheChinesealsoneverfailtopointoutthat
if the Americans can have a Western
Hemisphere of their own strategic making,
why can’t there be an Eastern Hemisphere in
theChinesemould?So“legitimateterritories”
intheChinesesphereofinfluencemustbegot
back.OthernationsintheEasternHemisphere
must acknowledge the reality of the new
powerhierarchyandoffertributestothenew
hegemon. Xi and his cohorts also sense a
unique moment in history that must not be
lost — hence, the repeated references to the
phrase “great changes not seen in a century”,
pointingtoatimeof greatopportunityforthe
Chinese nation in view of unprecedented
technological and geopolitical shifts.
Deep down, the Americans realise, per-
haps, that they were laggardly in waking up
to the Chinese genie and that it is now a trifle
latetoputitbackintothebottle.Compromise
is also difficult because both sides firmly be-
lieve in the superiority of their respective po-
litical brands and are unwilling to give in —
Planners imagined in the
1970s that Noida will attract
industries and people from
Delhi and instead of giving
Delhi more floor space (FSI)
and better infrastructure to
provide additional housing
and support the existing
market respectively, they
decided to expand
horizontally and 'design'
Noida -- the satellite town.
But Noida lacked the
infrastructure that could
have supported commercial
activities and authoritarian
land-use plans prevented the
organic development of any
new nodes of market.
Westernfreedomandvaluesversusaunique
(Chinese)civilisationwhosedeliveryinterms
of povertyalleviationandotherindicesof de-
velopmenthasbeenquiteextraordinary.That
shouldexplaintherecentideologicalreasser-
tion in the Chinese political calculus. China
and America also know that in the ultimate
analysis, if you have the power your values
rule; if you don’t, you submit.
Many nations in the region do not wish to
choosebetweentheUSandChina.Othersare
bandying the argument that prudence lies in
accepting the new reality of Chinese power.
Therearegrowingvoicesinthestrategiccom-
mentariatofnationsthatareallies/partnersof
theUS,thattheprotectionoftheAmericanmil-
itary umbrella may no longer be available or
dependable. That distant NATO has begun to
see China as a challenge is an acknowledge-
ment of the new reality. The point of empha-
sisisthatChineseassertivenessisnotapieceof
indiscrete jingoism but predicated on a clear-
headed realisation of the power shift, a deep-
seatedideologicalbeliefandis,therefore,very
real.Theseareearlydays,butapossiblemodus
vivendi in the Sino-American contest may lie
in a division of mutually exclusive spheres of
influence at some point in the future.
TheIndianstrategicdilemmaisacute.The
Chinese view of our autonomy is not univer-
sallyrespectful:SomescholarslikeLiuZongyi
think of India as a nation that is watching the
C R Sasikumar
continued building more housing units.
In built projects, rents crashed and ex-
isting facilities and shared spaces rapidly
deteriorated. For under-construction proj-
ects, this meant endless delays and legal
disputes. The planners of Noida essentially
created a legally binding document that
was too arrogant to let the city emerge
around its own market. This only resulted
in one thing — further choking of an already
stressed judicial system.
Today, most sectors of Noida are just
walled housing societies. The region lacks
essentialelementsof urbanity liketradeand
commerce, institutions, and a meaningful
public realm. Rows of dilapidated unoccu-
pied housing towers and hoardings an-
nouncing desperate messages like “Mission
Completion” on construction sites dot the
landscape and the number of legal battles
continue to rise.
In the children’s book “The Little Prince”,
thereisahumblinglessontolearnforIndian
urban planners. On the first planet that he
visits, the prince meets a king who teaches
him that authority has value only if it is
based in reason. If the command of the king
is impossible to obey, it is not the subject
who is at fault, it is the king’s fault that he
gave an unreasonable command.
Given the unpredictable nature of urban
development, plans can be made imple-
mentable only when they are flexible
enough to let a city grow around emerging
markets. The solution to the Noida Problem
is not more government control, but less.
The writer is an independent scholar and
researcher of Architecture and City Studies
fun from atop a hill, even as two tigers fight.
No matter how earnestly we try to navigate
the Sino-American contest, no matter how
canny our statecraft, we will get ensnared in
the developing hardball. The great power in
waiting that India is, it cannot partake in
China’stributarystateviewoftheworld.Also,
inaprospectivefightbetweenthetwotigers,
America is unlikely to win.
ThechoicesbeforeIndia,therefore,arenot
onlylimitedbutprettystark.IfChinaisindeed
totteringattheseams,weshouldusethegeo-
strategic reprieve available to close in on the
power gap; if it is not, we need to brace up to
thechallengewithfargreaterimmediacy.The
surestwaywillbetostrengthenourstrategic-
military play by an order of magnitude:
Enhance deterrence in the traditional and
emergingdomainsasalsotransitrapidlyfrom
a military focussed on India’s defence to one
thatisalsosophisticatedenoughtosustainits
rise. Since that will take a while, we may like
to figure out ways and means of learning to
live with Chinese power and make strategic
adjustmentsaccordingly.Attheveryleast,we
should not sleepwalk into conflict and war.
The writer, a lieutenant general, retired
recently as Army Commander, Army
Training Command (ARTRAC), and is
currently a member, UPSC. The views
expressed are personal
WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“Some were too young to remember the advent of freedom in 1991, but wish it
would dawn again. In them resides a hope that the idea of a democratic Russia is not
buried with Mikhail Gorbachev.”
Minding the
language of justice
JusticeChandrachud’sexhortationon
theneedforsimplicityandmeaningfulness
incourtcouldn'thavecomesooner
Tahir Mahmood
THE PURPOSE OF judicial writing is not to
confuse or confound the reader behind the
veneer of complex language,” wrote
Supreme Court Justice Dhananjay
Chandrachud recently, adding that judicial
decisions“mustmakesensetothosewhose
livesandaffairsareaffectedbytheoutcome
of the case” (IE, August 25). He was dispos-
ingofanappealagainstaHimachalPradesh
High Court judgment about which he re-
marked that even he “found it difficult to
navigatethroughthemazeofincomprehen-
siblelanguage”andthat“alitigantforwhom
the judgment is primarily meant would be
placed in an even more difficult position”.
InAjitMohanvsNCRLegislativeAssembly,
decided in July last year, another brilliant
judge of the court, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, had
said more or less the same things about
counsels’ written submissions in appeals.
Suchsubmissionsserveasfeedersforextra-
neous material in court judgments which
incorporate long abstracts from them. This
practice makes the judges’ work easier but
leaves the litigants in the lurch, sometimes
leading to frivolous litigation which, in the
words of the new Chief Justice of India, U U
Lalit, puts “additional burden on an already
burdened judiciary”.
Somelearnedjudgeshavebeenknown
fortheiroratoricalskills,expressedthrough
the use of deeply philosophical or literary
expressionsintheirjudgments.Mostwell-
knownforthisphenomenonwasthelateV
RKrishnaIyer.Theopeningparagraphof his
judgment in the Fuzlunbi case (1980) be-
gins with the words “Twixt Tweedledum
andTweedledee(charactersinanoldnurs-
ery rhyme)” and talks of “karuna and
samata (compassion and equality) of the
law.”AnAustralianjudgeMichaelKirbysaid
about him: “The power of his oratory is
likenedtothehypnoticcapacityof musicto
capturetheattentionof thecobra,transfix-
ing us by the majesty of language and the
manifest sincerity of his ideas.” An Indian
judge Yatindra Singh wrote: “Many a time
JusticeIyer’scontributiontojurisprudence
has been lost due to his language.” Trying
to imitate Iyer’s inimitable style some
judges of our times make their judgments
almost incomprehensible.
Victorian English beyond law students’
understandingisnottheonlyphenomenon
impairing court judgments. Shakespeare
had said in The Tragedy of Hamlet that
“brevity is the soul of wit” but the observa-
tion eminently applies also to court judg-
ments.Thissinequanonfortheeffectivedis-
pensation of justice is often overlooked by
judges.Thereisaninexplicabletendencyto
stuff judgmentswithobiterdicta,unneces-
sary and sometimes irrelevant, which
makesthemundulylongandevenunintel-
ligible. Judgments are written as if the
writer-judge has to prepare a doctoral or
postdoctoral thesis on the legal issue in-
volvedinthecase.Highercourtsofthecoun-
try which, under our constitutional and ju-
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FOR HARMONY
THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Let Ganpati
come to Idgah’ (IE, September 1). The
pieceisatimelyandstatesman-likecon-
tribution to much-needed inter-com-
munal harmony. An excellent start!
Fali S Nariman, New Delhi
SELFISH MINDSET
THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Hownotto
work’(IE,September1).BombayShaving
Company’sCEO,ShantanuDeshpande’s
suggestiontoyoungworkerstoputin18
hoursadayintheearlyyearsof theirca-
reerssimplymeanssacrificingtheirper-
sonal life in order to further their em-
ployers’ interests. It is reflective of a
selfishmindset.Familyandinterpersonal
connections are crucial to a well-
rounded life. The need of the hour is
work-life balance. Quality time, spent
withfamily,invigoratesapersonperson-
ally,aswellasprofessionally.Dismissing
this basic need to have time for oneself
withderisionisunfortunate.Thisexam-
ple, in the interest of workers’ rights,
should not be followed.
Samiul Hassan Quadri, Bikaner
RUSSIA’S FUTURE
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Tragic
hero’ (IE, September 1). The death of
MikhailGorbachev,thelastleaderof the
Soviet Union, is the end of one of the
New Delhi
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dicialsystem,havetoprovideprecedentsto
befollowedbythelowerjudiciaryoftenseek
precedents for their decisions in foreign
judgmentsbycopyinglongishextractsfrom
them.Further,casesthatshouldbedecided
exclusively on the authority of the Indian
Constitutionandlawaresometimesdecided
with reference to religious texts.
IntherecentShayaraBanocaseontriple
talaq(2017)thelearnedCJIofthetimewrote
about 300 pages to reach the indefensible
conclusionthattheabominablepracticewas
covered by the constitutionally protected
fundamentalrightsof thecitizens.Yet,con-
trarytothismisbelief,hechosetostiflethat
“right” by issuing an impracticable order of
“injuncting Muslim husbands from pro-
nouncingtalaq-e-biddatasameansforsev-
ering their matrimonial relationship”. Two
other learned judges on the Shayara Bano
benchrightlydissentedfromhisbeliefinthe
supposed constitutional cover for the
anachronistic practice but the final order,
based on their views — “the practice of ta-
laq-e-biddat,tripletalaq,issetaside”—also
left much to be desired in respect of its
meaning and implications.
Some learned judges of the country’s
highercourtshaveinnovatedanewstyleof
writing judgments with the lavish use of
Urdu poetry which non-Urdu speaking
lawyers and litigants hardly understand. In
a PIL relating to the plight of an Indian pris-
onerinaPakistanjail,formerSupremeCourt
JusticeMarkandeyKatjuhadconcludedhis
judgment with Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s famous
couplet beginning with the words “Qafas
udaas hai yaro saba se kuchh tou kaho”
(prison is sad, friends, say something to the
breeze).Inanotherappeal,relatingtopolice
excesses,Katjualludedtoanotherlineofthe
great poet, “Baney hain ahl-e-hawas mud-
dayi bhi munsif bhi; kise vakil karen kis se
munsifichahen”(gluttonousareboththepe-
titioners and the arbiters, who to seek ad-
vice from, where to look for justice). An in-
cometaxappealfiledbyanotedlawyerwas
dismissedbyaDelhiHighCourtjudgeRajiv
ShakdharcitingacoupletofthegreatGhalib:
“Dil-e-nadaan tujhe hua kya hai; aakhir iss
dardkidawakyahai”(whathashappenedto
you,Ofoolishheart,whatafterallisthecure
forthispain).Iwonderwhetherthelitigants
in any of these cases understood what the
judges wanted to convey through poetry
and what purpose of justice this flair for
Urdu poetry would have served.
Theexhortationof JusticeChandrachud
about the pressing need for simplicity and
meaningfulnessincourtjudgmentshasnot
come a moment too soon. I can only say
threecheersforthelearnedjudgewhoIhave
known since his student days in Delhi
University where I taught law for three
decades. Last year, when hearing an urgent
bail appeal as a vacation judge, he had
alertedthecustodiansof stateauthority:“If
the State targets individuals they must re-
alise that the apex court is there to protect
them.” A great promise indeed, rejuvenat-
ingconfidenceinthecourt’scapacitytosafe-
guard people’s human and constitutional
rights. The nation will look to him for even
moreimportantandlong-awaitedredresses
than his timely reprimand about linguistic
idiosyncrasies in court judgments.
The writer is Professor of Law &
ex-member, Law Commission of India
most contested eras in history. The US
saw the break-up of the Soviet Union as
a “victory”. Gorbachev saw it as a bitter
pill, instead. Gorbachev’s reforms seem
at odds with Putin's worldview. Putin’s
conduct in the last two decades has
threatened democracy, which
Gorbachev held dear.Putin'sconfronta-
tional stance with the West, simultane-
ous to his “no limits” partnership with
China, has divided the world, yet again.
Only time will tell how Putin’s reversal
of Gorbachev's policies plays out.
Dewang Ganesh Thosar, Raigad
THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Tragic
hero’ (IE, September 1). Mikhail
Gorbachev ended the cold war, and
paved the way for various parts of the
USSRtobecomeindependentcountries.
Lookingback,hemighthavediedregret-
tingthat.Today,perhaps,neithertheUSA
would have attacked West Asia at their
whims and fancies, nor would have
China held as much power as it does if
the USSR still existed. Even though
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace
Prize for his role in ending the Cold War,
manyinRussiaholdhimresponsiblefor
the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
socialandeconomiccrisesthatthecoun-
try witnessed in the early 1990s.
Gorbachev passed away, but his legacy
willcontinuetobeapointofcontroversy
for the next generation. He will always
be remembered.
Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, Faridabad
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Bihar Mahagathbandhan govt’s 1st ‘tainted’ casualty

after discussion in his party, and a nudge from Nitish
SANTOSH SINGH
PATNA, SEPTEMBER 1
FROM A primary school teacher
to a contractor, to an RJD MLC —
to the Bihar law minister for 15
days. This is a tale of rise and rise
of Kartik Kumar a.k.a. Kartikeya
Singh that also has a twist: a kid-
napping case dogging him since
2014 that finally led to his resig-
nation as minister in the Nitish
Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan
(Grand Alliance) government on
Wednesday—thefirstamongits
“tainted” ministers to do so — af-
tertheJD(U)andtheRJDtopbrass
deliberated on his case thread-
bareanddecidedagainsthiscon-
tinuance in the government.
Kartik, 53, who faced a war-
rant in the 2014 kidnapping case
against him, was prevented from
getting arrested till Thursday fol-
lowing an order of the Danapur
District and Sessions Court. Yet,
the pending arrest warrant
againsthimalongwiththeuncer-
tainty over his anticipatory bail is
believedtobeakeyreasonbehind
hisresignationlateonWednesday
evening, barely a few hours after
his law portfolio was swapped
withhisRJDcolleagueandsugar-
caneindustriesministerShamim
Ahmad,whichwasconsideredto
be Kartik’s “demotion”.
Kartik had to step down be-
causeofvariousotherreasonstoo.
Before him, four other ministers
who had worked under CM and
JD(U) supremo Nitish during his
multipletermsattheheadofvar-
ious coalition governments since
2005, had to resign due to pend-
ing criminal cases or some other
controversiessurroundingthem.
Kartik’s resignation was thus
said to be in accordance with
RJD leader Kartikeya Singh
took oath as Bihar Law
Minister, in Patna on
August 16. PTI
several precedents seen during
the tenures of CM Nitish.
Anotherreasonbeingcitedfor
Kartik’s resignation is linked to
Nitish’s need for ensuring the
“right optics” before taking a
plunge into national politics.
“With Nitish Kumar now all
settotraveloutsideBiharincom-
ing months, he wanted to avoid
a bad Press back home,” said a
JD(U) source. An RJD leader said,
“Wealsowanttoavoidunneces-
sary criticism of the govern-
ment... While the RJD has to take
sundry factors including social
balancing and the clout of lead-
ers in their respective areas be-
foreselectingministers,theparty
also wants to be talked about for
its good governance initiatives.”
RJDpresidentLaluPrasadand
Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad
Yadav reportedly discussed
Kartik's case thoroughly and ad-
vised him to get his legal matter
resolved before he could be con-
sidered for a ministerial position
again.Nitish,whohadtofaceem-
barrassmentfornotcheckingthe
backgroundsoftheRJDministers,
reportedlynudgedtheRJDtotake
a call on Kartik.
Meanwhile,thecourtofaddi-
tionalsessionsjudgeIII,Danapur,
onThursdayrejectedKartik'san-
ticipatorybailplea,mainlyonthe
countofthePatnaHighCourtear-
lierrejectinghissimilarpleainthe
Bihta police case (859/2014). In
thiscasepertainingtothekidnap-
ping of one Rajiv Ranjan, a
Mokama resident, the police
named Kartik in its supplemen-
tary FIR. Once close to Anant
Singh,Ranjanwasabductedafter
he had fallen out with the
Mokama strongman over some
businesstransaction.Hewaslater
recovered by the police.
TatafirmwithDoTlicence
signsupwithfirmheaded
byDevasdealaccused
JOHNSONTA
BENGALURU,SEPTEMBER1
A US satellite communications
company whose CEO is being in-
vestigatedbyIndianagencieslike
the CBI and Enforcement
Directorate for alleged fraud over
a 2005 satellite deal, has signed a
strategic agreement with Tata
GroupfirmNelcoLtdtodistribute
5Gnon-terrestrialnetwork(NTN),
direct-to-devicesatelliteservices.
The US satellite communica-
tions firm Omnispace LLC, with
whom Nelco Ltd has signed the
agreement — as per a corporate
announcement made to BSE
India on March 23 — is headed
press statement on March 23 by
Nelco and Omnispace said.
Nelco Ltd received DoT ap-
proval in June 2021 for the trans-
ferofanInternetServiceProvider
licence and VSAT licence from
Tatanet Services Limited to it.
Nelco Ltd did not respond to
queriesregardingtheprosecution
of Omnispace CEO Viswanathan
byIndianagencies.Emailqueries
sent to a spokesperson of the
companyremainedunanswered.
Earlierthisyear,Viswanathan
announced that Omnispace
would be putting together a con-
stellationofsatellitestopower5G
fromspace—especiallytoprovide
connectivity to remote areas
where the terrestrial mobile net-
launched in 2001 by ICO Global
Communications,afirminwhich
theIndiangovernment'sVSNLin-
vested in the 1990s (prior to the
purchase of VSNL by Tata
Communications). The F2 was
meant to be among 12 satellites
launched by ICO Global, but the
firmwentbankrupt,leadingtothe
abandonment of the launched
satellite.
The ED has sought that
Viswanathanbedeclareda“fugi-
tiveeconomicoffender''asperfil-
ings in a Bengaluru special court
in June this year, over alleged
wrongdoing in the Devas deal.
Viswanathanisamong10individ-
ualsandentities,includingsenior
Devasofficials,subsidiariesofthe

Indira Gandhi centre to byRamachandranViswanathan.

A satellite communications en-
trepreneur, Viswanathan is the
work does not work. Omnispace
envisagesasmallconstellationof
satellites, unlike, say, the Starlink
firm, and a former executive di-
rectorofAntrix,accusedofmoney
laundering by the ED in its

teach PG course on Indian founder and CEO of Devas

Multimedia,andaccusedinaCBI
case of corruption and an ED
project of Elon Musk which is
aiming at putting up a constella-
tionof over1,000satellitesfor5G
chargesheet.
Mathew McGill, a US-based
legal advisor for Devas, told The

epics, vedas from this year
DIVYA A
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER1
THE INDIRA Gandhi National Centre for
the Arts (IGNCA) has started three new
post-graduate courses, which focus on
Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and pu-
ranas. The centre — which functions un-
dertheMinistryofCulture—isoffering11
courses, out of which four new courses —
HinduStudies,BharatiyaJnanaParampara,
Indian Literature and Museology — have
been launched this year.
Talking about the Hindu Studies
course, officials say, “Few universities in
the country offer any courses on Hindu
studies, besides the Banaras Hindu
UniversityandIIT-Kharagpur.Thecourse
is a summarised version of full-fledged
Masters’ course being offered at these
places, and includes Ramayana,
Mahabharata,Vedicliterature,Puraniclit-
eratureanddarshan(Indianphilosophy).”
The course content for the Bharatiya
Gnana Parampara is structured “to un-
derstand the idea of India”, say officials.
Besides Hindu tradition, the course also
offers a glimpse of Buddhist, Jain and
Sikh studies. “It familiarises students
with the teachings of Krishna, Buddha,
Mahavira, Patanjali, Kabir, Aurobindo
and Nanak,” they say, adding, “No uni-
versityinIndiaisteachingsuchacourse.”
The third new course focuses on
Indianliteratureinancientlanguagessuch
asSanskrit,ApbhranshandPrakrit,along
withmodernIndianlanguages.“Asmany
as 18 works will be taught in this course,
such as those by Indira Goswami, Ghalib
and Amir Khusrau, besides Ramayana,
Mahabharata and Gorakhvani,” they say.
SourcesintheMinistryofCulturesaid,
“Thefocusof thesecoursesistobringhu-
manitiestothefore,withafocusonIndian
knowledge traditions and Hinduism,
whichisnotbeingtaughtpresentlyatuni-
versities where the focus is on the com-
petitive job market. It is to take up what
universities may be missing out on.”
As for the target group for the new
courses, IGNCA officials add they ex-
pect the courses to attract young
Indians abroad, apart from academics,
teachers, bureaucrats and cultural
thinkers in the country.
case over the failed 2005 deal
signed by ISRO’s commercial
arm Antrix Corp with Devas.
Nelco Ltd has Department of
Telecomlicencesforthedistribu-
tionofInternetservices,andasper
its agreement with Omnispace,
willuseasatellitenetworkputto-
getherbyittoprovidenon-terres-
trial 5G connectivity. The Nelco
andOmnispaceagreementwould
“expand the reach of 5G using
satellitecommunicationthrough-
out India and South Asia'', a joint
CHHATTISGARH DE-ADDICTION EVENT
Minister says alcohol unites
people, but calls for self-control Panjabi Lane to
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Education
Minister Premsai Singh Tekam
hassparkedacontroversybysug-
gestingliquorunitespeoplebutit
mustbeconsumedinacontrolled
manner by “diluting”. Ironically,
hewasspeakingatade-addiction
drive in Wadrafnagar of
Balrampur district Wednesday.
broadbandcommunicationinre-
mote corners.
Omnispace currently has an
unusedsatellitefromaprivateUK
firm and has signed deals for the
manufacture and launch of two
moresatellites.Omnispacesatel-
liteswillutilisethespaceband,or
S-band,spectrum,likeDevaswas
supposed to do with ISRO satel-
lites under the 2005 deal.
A middle Earth orbit satellite
availablewithOmnispace,F2,has
been unused since it was
families from
The Congress MLA from
Pratappur quoted from noted
poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s
Madhushala to make his point.
“Mandir masjid jhagada karate,
lekinekkaraimadhushala(Mandir,
masjidmakepeoplefight,alcohol
unites them),” he said. “It all de-
pends on self-control.” ENS
IndianExpressrecentlyinaninter-
view: “Speaking about Ram
Viswanathan, who is the CEO of
Omnispace, I think he is working
hardtoensurethatit(thecasesin
India) does not affect his busi-
ness... India has weaponized its
criminal justice system to harass
andimperilthefreedomof anin-
nocent man, an internationally
recognised businessman, just
simply to gain some negotiation
leverageforultimateresolutionof
this matter.”
Meghalaya: 342
be relocated to
official quarters
DEBRAJ DEB
AGARTALA, SEPTEMBER 1
MEGHALAYA HAS decided to re-
locate 342 families from Panjabi
Lane in Shillong’s Them Lew
Mawlong area to official quarters
inShillongMunicipalBoard(SMB).
The Panjabi Lane mostly
houses descendants of people
brought from Punjab to Shillong
nearly 200 years ago by British
colonialrulers.Theyusedtowork
ascleanersinthecityinthosedays.
Deputy Chief Minister
Prestone Tynsong said Thursday
that the government resolved to
relocate them at a meeting on
Wednesday,whichwasattended
by state Urban Affairs Minister S
Dhar along with officials.
Speaking to reporters, Dhar
saidthe342PanjabiLanefamilies
would be relocated from Them
lew Mawlong to official quarters
opposite to the Opposition lead-
ers’ quarters. The government
would demolish the old official
quarterbuildingsandbuildanew
building to accommodate the
Panjabi Lane residents in flats al-
lottedthere.Accordingtothegov-
ernment’splan,theexistingbuild-
ing would be demolished and a
12-block building would be built
on 2.5 acre land.
In 2018, the Meghalaya gov-
ernment imposed curfew in
Panjabi Lane area after clashes.
Thecurfewwasfollowedbyade-
cision to relocate the residents
elsewhere.

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Coming today: Vikrant the Courageous
The commissioning of India’s first indigenously designed and manufactured aircraft carrier will mark a defining moment in the history of the Indian Navy.
INS Vikrant, the namesake and a successor to the nation’s beloved first aircraft carrier, will catapult India to a select club of the world’s great Naval powers
SUSHANT KULKARNI
KOCHI, SEPTEMBER 1
THECOMMISSIONINGoftheNavy’sfirstIndi-
genous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) as INS Vikrant
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday
will mark a defining moment for India. In its
newavatar,VikrantwillenhanceIndia’sstand-
ing as a blue water Navy — a maritime force
withglobalreachandcapabilitytooperateon
the high seas far from the country’s shores.
From Vikrant to Vikrant
The original INS Vikrant, with pennant
number R11, was the Indian Navy’s first air-
craft carrier. It was purchased by India from
theUKin1957,andwascommissionedinthe
Indian Navy as INS Vikrant in 1961.
Theship,whichhadlessthanhalf thedis-
placement of the new Vikrant and was 50 m
shorter in length, led the Naval blockade of
East Pakistan during the 1971 war. It was de-
commissioned in 1997.
The Sanskrit word vikrant, which means
courageous or stepping beyond, appears in
variousscripturesincludingthefirstchapterof
theBhagavadGita.Thesamechaptercontains
the word viraat, meaning magnanimous,
whichbecamethenameoftheNavy’ssecond,
now decommissioned, aircraft carrier.
The new Vikrant will carry the motto of
its predecessor, Jayema sam yudhi sprudhah,
an expression that appears in the Rig Veda,
and means “We conquer those who fight us
in war”. When fully operational, INS Vikrant
willbeIndia’sairbaseontheblueoceans,and
act as a powerful deterrent against enemies.
Design and construction
ThedesignandconstructionoftheIACwas
sanctionedinJanuary2003.Theship’skeelwas
laidin2009,anditwaslaunchedonAugust12,
2013. The readiness of the propulsion and
power generation equipment was tested in
November2020,andfourseatrialstookplace
betweenAugust2021andJuly2022.Theship
was delivered to the Navy on July 28.
What happens now
Vikrant has been built at an approximate
cost of Rs 20,000 crore. Due to the indige-
nous components and construction, 80-85
per cent of the cost has been ploughed back
into the Indian economy, the Navy has said.
FlighttrialsaresettobeginbyNovemberand
the carrier is expected to be fully operational
by mid 2023, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice
Admiral S N Ghormade, has said.
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What investors should keep in
mind in see-saw market swings
SANDEEP SINGH
A DAY after data showed that the Indian
economy grew 13.5% in the first quarter
ended June 2022, slower than the RBI’s pro-
jection of 16.2%, the benchmark index at BSE
fell sharply by 1.3% on Thursday.
The fall came a day after the Sensex saw a
smart recovery of 2.5% on Tuesday, after hav-
inglost1.5%onMondayonthebackofahawk-
ish stance by the Federal Reserve last Friday.
Thisthree-daysee-sawinthemarketsre-
flects the prevailing anxiety in investor sen-
timent, despite a sharp rally of over 14% over
the last couple of months.
If ontheonehandglobalinflationarycon-
cernsandcontinuingriseininterestratesare
playing on the minds of investors, there are
positives around the uptick in domestic eco-
nomicactivity.Investorsneedtounderstand
thatwhileintheneartermthestockmarkets
maybevulnerabletosharpcorrectionsonac-
count of global news flows around inflation
and interest rates and geopolitical develop-
ments, in the long term, economic funda-
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WHEN FULLY
OPERATIONAL,
INSVIKRANTWILLBE
CAPABLE OF
OPERATINGAN AIR MIG-29K FIGHTERS
WINGCONSISTINGOF Russian-origin multirole
carrier-capable warjets
30 AIRCRAFT
INDIGENOUS
ACHIEVEMENT
THE NAVY has said Vikrant
has around 76% indigenous
content, and around 80-85%
of the ship’s cost has been
ploughed back into the
Indian economy. Some 2,000
CSL personnel have got jobs,
and another 13,000 have been
employed indirectly
HEIGHT
59 METRES
Graphic: Bivash
Source: Indian Navy, Photo: PTI
mentals will play out in the equity markets.
Two reports released by leading rating
agencies Crisil and Moody’s Investor Service
on Wednesday and Thursday reflected this
concern and optimism. The Crisil report said
thatwhiletheeconomicrecoveryfacesmul-
tiple risks, “there is a silver lining as well.
Recent RBI surveys indicate improving con-
sumer sentiments which bode well for con-
sumption demand and the first quarter GDP
print does corroborate that.” The Moody’s
Investor Service report also pointed towards
strong momentum in the Indian economy.
But it said inflation remains a challenge.
If the markets are witnessing pulls from
both ends, investors must consider where it
is headed in the longterm. And if one goes by
thebroaderconsensusontheIndianeconomy
and markets, it is positive in the long term.
This means one needs to follow the ba-
sics of equity investing—invest only the
money that can be parked for the long term,
avoid investing for short-term gains, and fol-
low a staggered investment approach.
Investors should go with fundamentally
strong companies.
KAMOV-31HELICOPTER
Russian-origin chopper in
early warning control role
DISPLACEMENT
43,000 TONNES
EXPLAINED DIPLOMACY, FOREIGN POLICY, STRATEGY
IMF clears package; with belt-tightening budget,
Sri Lanka begins long walk to economic recovery
NIRUPAMA
SUBRAMANIAN
THEIMFANNOUNCEMENTthatithasreach-
ed a staff-level provisional agreement for a
$2.9 bn package to bail Sri Lanka out of its
worst economic crisis is the first step in the
country’s long and painful road to recovery.
What happens next?
The package must be approved by the
IMF’s board of directors. This is contingent
onSriLanka’sinternationalcreditors—com-
merciallenderssuchasbanksandassetman-
agers, multilateral agencies, and bilateral
creditorsincludingChina,Japan,andIndia—
agreeingtorestructureitsdebt.Japanhasof-
fered to organise a creditors’ meeting, but
China has yet to agree to the proposal.
Aheadof openingnegotiationswiththe
IMF in April, Sri Lanka pre-emptively de-
clareditwoulddefaultonits$51bndebt,of
which $ 2 billion is due this year, and the
rest over the next six years.
MH-60R ALH
US-origin MH-60R
multi-role helicopters
Indigenous Advanced
Light Helicopters
LENGTH
262 METRES
WIDTH
62 METRES
HUGE AVIATION
HANGAR
The aviation hangar is
as big as two Olympic
sized pools that can
accommodate around
20 AIRCRAFT
The IMF package, to be paid in tranches
over the next four years, is less than what
India gave Sri Lanka over four months. But
theexpectationisthatanIMFloancanboost
thereceivingcountry’screditratingsandthe
confidenceofinternationalcreditorsandin-
vestors, who may chip in to provide bridge
financingtoclosethegapsbetweentranches.
Tough budget measures
On Tuesday, President Ranil Wickre-
mesinghe presented a slew of measures in
theinterimbudgetaimedatincreasingrev-
enue to 15% of GDP by 2025 from the 8.2%
attheendof2021,andtoreducepublicdebt.
An increase in VAT from 12 to 15%, and
compulsory tax registration for everyone
aged18yearsandolderareamongthemeas-
ures. Some 50 state-owned enterprises are
upforprivatisation,apartfromthebigthree
—CeylonElectricityBoard,CeylonPetroleum
Corporation, and Sri Lankan Airlines — that
arealreadyinrestructuringtalks.Therestruc-
turing could yield up to $3 bn.
Theageofretirementingovernmentand
semi-government organisations has been
broughtdownto60from65and62respec-
tively. Those beyond the age of 60 are to be
letgoattheendoftheyear.Wickremesinghe
told Parliament this would address the un-
rest and unemployment in the youth.
To stem fears that the country’s social
welfare system might be scrapped, the
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LCA
Naval version of the Light
Combat Aircraft
`
APPROX COST
`20,000
CRORE
16-BED HOSPITAL
Medical complex on board has a 16-bed hospital
along with a modular emergency operation
theatre, physiotherapy clinic, Intensive Care Unit,
pathology set up, radiology wing with a CT
scanner and X-Ray machines, a dental complex,
isolation ward, and telemedicine facilities
IMF’s Peter Breuer in Colombo on
Thursday. Reuters
budget raised welfare payments to farm-
ers affected by the crisis, the elderly and
disabled, and some categories of patients.
India, China, the crisis
Thelastyearhasseenanintensification
of theIndia-ChinarivalryinSriLanka.India
steppedupwithlinesof creditandotherfi-
nancial arrangements, and also managed
topushthroughlongpendingprojectssuch
as the development of the Trincomalee oil
tank farm. India’s biggest industrialist vis-
itedandquietlyenteredintoanagreement
withtheCEBtosetupwindfarmsalongthe
Mannarbasin,evenastheChinesepublicly
berateda“thirdparty”forpushingColombo
tocancelaChineserenewableenergyproj-
ect in three islands off Jaffna peninsula.
New Delhi
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POWER
THE SHIP IS POWERED BY
FOUR GAS TURBINES
TOTALING 88 MW POWER
PERFORMANCE
TOP SPEED CRUISING SPEED
28 KNOTS 18 KNOTS
ENDURANCE 7,500
NAUTICAL MILES
SPACE
OVER 2,400
COMPARTMENTS
DESIGNED FOR a crew of
around 1,600 including 200
officers, the 18-floor vessel has
special cabins for women
Naval officers and sailors
STOBAR
USING AN aircraft-operation
mode known as Short Take Off
But Arrested Recovery
(STOBAR), INS Vikrant is
equipped with a ski-jump for
launching aircraft, and a set of
three ‘arrester wires’ for their
recovery on board.
3,000 ROTIS/HOUR
A WELL equipped kitchen on
board can serve a diverse
menu to the crew. It has a unit
that can make 3,000 rotis an
hour — important given the
ship’s crew is 1,600-strong
The contract was awarded to an Indian
firmafterNewDelhiconveyedsecuritycon-
cerns about locating a Chinese project in
close proximity to Tamil Nadu. During this
time, Sri Lanka, which takes pride in a “bal-
anced”foreignpolicy,soughttoallaydomes-
tic concern that the country was becoming
“the meat in an India-China sandwich”.
Colombo’spermissiontoaChinesemil-
itary ship to dock at the Chinese built
Hambantota port heightened that senti-
ment, even as Sri Lankans defended the
move on social media as reclaiming the
country’s foreign policy. In an interview to
the Economist, Wickremesinghe spoke of
his “worry” about big power rivalry in the
Indian Ocean. “But I think we have to face
up to that situation and work with every-
one”,hesaid.HedescribedIndiaas“thenet
security provider in the area”, and said “all
other countries can also be present as long
as it doesn’t lead to rising tensions or in-
crease rivalry between states”.
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Mohan S/O Muthu Mohan R/o
62, First Floor, Uday Park,
Gautam Nagar, South Delhi-
110049 have changed my name
to Asher Christianson for all
future purposes.
0070801941-1
I Harpreet Singh S/o Late
Satnam Singh R/o WZ-36B,
Sant Garh, Tilak Nagar, New
Delhi-110018 have changed
the name of my minor son
from Manroop Singh Nanda to
Manroop Singh for all
purposes. 0040629833-7
I,MANOJ PRASAD,
S/O.BACHIRAM, ADD-T-
276,ROAD,NO-20,NEAR
GURUDWARA BALJEET-NAGAR
,CENTRAL,DELHI-
110008,changed my name to
MANOJ PARSAD,for all,future
Purposes. 0040629937-3
I,KANTA DEVI, W/O.SUBHASH
CHAND, ADD-8331,NEW ANAJ
MANDI BARA HINDU-
RAO,NORTH,DELHI-110006,
changed my name to KANTA
SINGHAL, permanently.
0040629928-1
I,SEEMA RANA W/O ANADI
KUMAR R/O- B-59, VIKAS
NAGAR, BUDHA BAZAR, UTTAM
NAGAR, DELHI-110059, have
changed my name to SEEMA.
0040629840-8
I, Vazir Ali S/O Late Bashir ali born
on 03.07.1949 residing at H No.-
60 Sunder Nursery Sunder Nagar
Mathura road New Delhi PIN-
110013, have changed my name
to Wazir Ali vide affidavit dated
30.08.2022 at New Delhi
0050203540-1
We, Sanjay Kumar Paswan,S/o
Sh.Bindeshwar Paswan,and
Rajwanti Devi,W/o Sh.Sanjay
Kumar Paswan,Both R/o-
H.No.A-260,T-Huts,V.P. Singh
Camp, Railway-
Colony,Tughlakabad,New
Delhi-110044,do hereby
declare that in the school-
record of our children our
wrong-name has mentioned
Sanjay Paswan and Rajbanti
Devi,but our true and correct-
names are Sanjay Kumar
Paswan and Rajwanti Devi.
0040629937-6
It is for general information
that I, Ram Dular Prasad R/o F-
260, Delta-I, Greater Noida-
201306 declare that my name
has been wrongly written
/mentioned as R D Prasad in
educational document of my
children, my actual name is
Ram Dular Prasad which may
be amended accordingly.
0040629897-1
It is for general information
that I, Lakshay Madan, Son of
Shri Rajeev Madan, residing at
Flat No. C-501, Rajasthan
Apartment, Plot 36, Sector 4,
Dwarka, Delhi 110075, declare
that name of my father and my
mother has been wrongly
written as Rajeev and Suman
in my educational documents.
The actual names of my father
and mother is Rajeev Madan
and Suman Madan
repectively, which may be
amended accordingly.
0040629857-1
I,Sonia Sharma W/o-Naveen
Kumar Sharma R/o WZ-19, 2nd
Floor, Possangipur, Janak Puri,
New Delhi-110058 have
changed my name to Sonia.
0040629839-1
I,suman devi,w/o Umashankar
kushwaha r/o,B-7/36,sector-
3,Rohini Delhi-110085,have
changed my name to Madhu
kushwaha,for all,future
purposes. 0040629893-3
I,hitherto known as Bancha
Ram,S/o Sh.Gopal Haldar,R/o
E-48/B,1st,-Gali-4,New Ashok-
Nagar,New Das Mis Public-
School,Vasundhra
Enclave,East-Delhi, Delhi-
110096,have changed my
name,from Bancha Ram to
Tapas Haldar. 0040629840-4
I,UMA DEVI w/o-VIVEK VATS
R/o-PLOT NO-91,FLAT.NO-S1,
SHAKTI-KHAND-2
INDIRAPURAM,GHAZIABAD
UP.201014,,HAVE CHANGED MY
NAME TO UMA SHARMA.
0040629928-3
I,TARANJEET KAUR GUJRAL,D/O
INDER PAL SINGH,R/O,B-
72,SECOND-FLOOR
OPP.DDU.HOSPITAL HARI
NAGAR MAYA PURI, NEW
DELHI-110064,HAVE CHANGED
MY NAME TO TARANJEET
KAUR. 0040629893-6
I,Swetambri Bharadwaj,W/o
Late Rituraj Bharadwaj,R/o E-
88,Janakpuri Near-Gaur
Enclave-2,Sahibabad
Ghaziabad,Have Changed My
Name To Swetambri.
0040629937-9
I,Santi Devi W/o,No.13867722A
TS NK Raj Phal R/o,Manohar
Panna,Kair,Delhi-43,have
changed my name to Shanti
Devi vide affidavit 01.09.2022
before Delhi 0040629840-6
I,SURINDER KAUR,W/O
RAJINDER SINGH CHAHAL,
ADDRESS-35 1ST-FLOOR
HARGOBIND-ENCLAVE
SHAKARPUR EAST,
DELHI,DELHI -110092, changed
my name to SURINDER KAUR
CHAHAL. 0040629893-8
I,SIMMI KHANUJA W/O DALJEET
SINGH R/O NE-101,GALI
NO.4,VISHNU GARDEN,TILAK
NAGAR, DELHI-110018.
CHANGED MY NAME
SIMRANJEET KAUR.
0040629840-1
I,Ganesh KC,S/o Shri.Man
KC,R/o.B-9,Pamposh
Enclave,New Delhi-110048,has
been wrongly-written my
minor son’s Nishan KC,date of
birth 26-03-2009instead of26-
03-2008 in his School-record.
0040629928-6
I,SHYAM SUNDER ARORA S/O
PRITAM LAL R/O.H.NO.C-
143,1st-floor, Prashant
Vihar,Sector-14,Rohini,Delhi-
110085.have Changed My
Name To SHYAM SUNDER,
Permanently. 0040629893-2
I,SANJEEV AGARWAL,S/O
ASHOK KUMAR AGARWAL, R/o
A-1001, CIVITECH SAMPRITI,
SECTOR-77, NOIDA,
GAUTAMBUDH-NAGAR,
U.P.201301, changed my name
to SANJEEV KUMAR AGARWAL.
0040629840-5
I,SANJAY S/O SHYAM SUNDER
R/O HNO.15,FIRST-
FLOOR,BANNU ENCLAVE,
PITAMPURA,DELHI-
110034.HAVE CHANGED MY
NAME TO SANJAY BHARDWAJ.
0040629937-10
I,Preeti Juneja,W/o Chandra
Shekhar Joneja,R/o D-3,F-
3,manglam apartment
Dilshad-garden Colony-jhilmil
East Delhi-110095,Have
changed my name to Preeti
Joneja. 0040629840-2
I,Pooja Puri,W/O-Tanweer
Siddique,R/O 134,Gagan Vihar
Extension,Delhi-110051,have
changed my name to Pooja
Siddique. 0040629935-2
I,Paramjit Kaur,W/O Jai Singh
R/O-A-42,Gali No.2,Himgiri
Enclave,Kamal Pur Majra,
Burari,Delhi-110084, have
changed my name to
Paramjeet Kaur.
0040629935-1
I,No.13867722A TS NK Raj Phal
S/o,Lt.Sardar Singh
R/o,Manohar Panna,Kair,
Delhi-43,have changed my
name to Rajpal vide affidavit
01.09.2022 before.Delhi.
0040629840-7
I,No- 9106388P,Hav- Firdous
Ahmad Lone,S/O- Mohammad
Ramzan Lone,R/O-
Lowdara,Tehsil/District-
Bandipora.In my service
records the name and D o B of
my son has been wrongly
mentioned as Hedayatul Islam
(D o B - 19-02-2012) instead of
Hidayatul Islam Lone (D o B-
10-02-2014).It needs
corrections.Objections be
filed to concerned authorities
within seven days.
0020444814-1
I,SANGEETA DAGA/SANGITA
DAGA W/O ALOK KUMAR
PATAWARI R/O HNO.190,FIRST-
FLOOR,VAISHALI-ENCLAVE,
PITAMPURA,DELHI-
110034.HAVE CHANGED MY
NAME TO SANGITA PATAWARI.
0040629937-2
I,Neha Verma,W/o Abhijeet
Yadav,R/o
Flat.No.108,Block.No.4,Janprat
inidhi Appartment, Sector-
28,Gurgaon (Haryana), have
changed my name to Neha
Verma Yadav,for all Purposes.
0040629937-8
I,MOHD IMRAN KHAN,S/O
MOHAMMAD ILIYAS
KHAN,R/o.CHAMRUPUR
SHUKLAN,PRATAPGARH,UTTA
R PRADESH-230144,have
changed my name to IMRAN
PRATAPGARHI,for all future
purpose. 0040629893-7
I,MAHADEV BAHADUR
CHHETTRI,S/O-LATE
SHRI.MEHERBAN
CHHETTRI,R/O, F-36, SECTOR-
51,NOIDA, GAUTAMBUDH-
NAGAR,UTTAR PRADESH-
201301,DO HERE BY SOLEMNLY
AFFIRM AND DECLARE THAT
MAHADEV CHHETTRI,
MAHADEV BAHADUR
CHHETTRI,& MAHADEV
BAHADUR ARE THE NAMES OF
THE SAME AND ONE PERSON
AND SHOULD USE MAHADEV
BAHADUR,FOR ALL,FUTURE
PURPOSES. 0040629937-4
I,LIMNESH N, PERMANANTELY,
RESIDING AT, VATTISSERIL,PO-
PIRAVOM DIST-ERNAKULAM
KERALA-686664,HAVE
CHANGED MY DAUGHTER’S
NAME,FROM NIHAARA TO
NIHAARA LIMNESH,VIDE-
AFFIDAVIT, DATED-
31/8/22,BEFORE-NOTARY NEW-
DELHI. 0040629840-10
I, Gulshan Allawadhi, S/o
Satpal, R/o- 1566, Rani Bagh,
Delhi-110034, have changed
my daughter’s name from
ANNANYA ALLAWADHI /
ANNANYA ALLAWADI to
ANANYA ALLAWADHI, for all
future purposes.
0040629928-2
I,Deepak Anand,S/o Sunil
Anand,R/o 8C-Imrati Block
Ganga-Ram Vatika,Tilak-
Nagar,Delhi-110018 have
changed the name of my
minor-daughter, Inayat Anand
aged-03 years and She shall
hereafter be known as Inaaya
Anand. 0040629893-5
I, Ashu Tiwari D/o Ajay Kumar
Tiwari R/o D-21/21, Vijay
Colony, Delhi-110053 have
changed my name Anshu
Tiwari. 0040629778-5.
I, Sahib Dass, S/o Maan Dass,
R/o B-494, Gali No-03, Majlis
Park, Adarsh Nagar, Delhi-
110033, that name of mine has
been wrongly written as S D
Khatri in my ICICI Saving Bank
Account Number
663001040711. The actual
name of mine is Sahib Dass.
0070802000-1
I, Reshad Saher, S/o Vispy R
Saher, R/o D-11, Maharani
Bagh, New Delhi-110065, have
changed my name to Reshad
Shaun Saher for all future
purposes. 0040629848-1
I, Mamta W/o Dinesh Kumar R/o
183, City View Apartments,
Sector-35, Noida, Gautam
Buddha Nagar, UP-201301,
have changed my name to
Mamta Chauhan, vide
affidavit No. IN-
UP82387134505153U dated
31.08.2022 0040629851-1
I,Davender Singh,S/O Sher
Singh,R/O WZ-150/10,Katra
Nihal Singh,Madipur
Village,Delhi-110063,have
changed my name to
Davender Singh Manraal.
0040629935-4
I,Dariyasi W/o,JCO84918H SUB
Lt.Om Prakash
R/o,H/no.RZL=62,Mahavir
Enclave,Palam New.Delhi-45,
have changed my name to
Daryai Devi vide affidavit.
01.09.2022 before Delhi
0040629893-9
I,DEEPESH GARG,S/O UMESH
KUMAR GARG,R/o.FLAT.NO-
A2/1,SECOND-FLOOR-
2,POLICE-CHOKI, ANKUR-
VIHAR, DLF, LONI-DEHAT,
GHAZIABAD,U.P-201102,have
changed my name to DEEPESH
KUMAR GARG,permanently.
0040629937-1
I,Ashutosh S/o Shiv Nath Singh
kushwaha R/o-169/5,Block-C
Shiv,Jyoti Colony,near Village-
kherki Majra, Dhankot-
Gurgaon-122505,have
changed my name to
Ashutosh Kushwaha.
0040629928-5
I,JESMIN KAUR LAMBHA, D/o-
Charanjit Singh Lamba,R/o A-
24,Naraina Vihar,Delhi-
110028,have changed my
name to JASMINE LAMBA for
all purposes. 0040629935-3
I,Anup Kumar,S/o Mansa
Ram,R/o 30/6-a,Vishwas
Nagar,Gali.No.10,Shahdara,
Delhi-110032,have changed
my name to Anup Dhoundiyal,
for all purposes.
0040629840-3
I,Amjad Nafees Zaidi,S/o
Nafeesul Hasan,
Address:Flat.No-108, B-220,
New-Basti, AbulFazal-
Enclave,Jamia Nagar,
Okhla,Delhi-110025,Changed
my name to Amjad Nafees.
0040629893-1
I,Akshita Singh,D/o Sh.Pramod
Kumar Singh,R/o-Flat.No.902,
Tower-26,Lotus
Boulevard,Sector-
100,Noida,Gautam Budh-
Nagar,U.P.hereby declare that
name of my father has been
wrongly-written as Pramod
Kumar in my 12th-class
marksheet and certificate.
The actual-name of my-father
is Pramod Kumar Singh,which
may be amended accordingly.
0040629893-4
I,Aanchal Gupta W/o Nakul
Singhal R/o B1/36,Mianwali
nagar,Rohtak Road,New Delhi-
110087,changed my name to
Aanchal Singhal.
0040629928-4
I, Tofik S/o Shafi R/o 208, Vill-
Gadauda, Muzaffarnagar, UP,
have changed my name to
Tophik for all future purposes.
0070802041-1
I, Stutee Gupta, D/o Devender
Swaroop Gupta, R/o 2106,
Trident Embassy, Tower-G,
Greater Noida, have changed
my name to Stuti Gupta.
0070802005-1
I, Shivani Saklani, W/o Shri
Harish Aswal, R/o Plot No. E-
12, Flat No.3006, Royale Garden
Estate, Sector-61, Noida-
201301, declare that in my
Daughter’s Ms. Vartika Aswal
school records my name is
wrongly mentioned as Shivani
Saklani Aswal instead of my
correct name Shivani Saklani.
That same to be read and
corrected as Shivani Saklani
for all future reference.
0070801973-1
I, Shantnu Vats, S/o Satish
Kumar, R/o 219-A, Street no.4,
Durgapuri Extn., Shahdara,
Delhi-110093, hereby declare
that mine and my Father’s
name is wrongly mentioned in
my school records as Shantnu
Vats, S/o Satish Kumar
instead of Shantanu Vats, S/o
Satish Vats. In future I will be
known as Shantanu Vats, S/o
Satish Vats, for all legal
purposes. 0070801976-1
I, Santosh Singh, S/o Bhakta
Bahadur Bhartal, R/o D-389B,
Sector-11, Pratap Vihar,
Ghaziabad Pin-201001, has
changed my Name to Santosh
Bhartal for all future
references. 0070801979-1
I, Sameer Kanungoe S/o P.C.
Kanungoe Residence- B-203,
Bulland Heights, Crossing
Republic, Ghaziabad-201016
have changed my name from
Samer Kanungoe to Sameer
Kanungoe for all future
purposes. 0070801982-2
I, SHAHIN PARVEEN D/o SHAHID
KHAN R/o R 191/A, GALI NO 8,
RAMESH PARK, LAXMI NAGAR,
DELHI 110092 have changed
my name to SHAHIN KHAN.
0070801952-1
I, Dorjee Tsewang, S/o late
Norbu, R/o Camp no 2, H no.20,
Sonamling TR, P.O Choglamsar
194104, Distt Leh, Ladakh, do
hereby declare that I changed
my name from Dorje
Chhewang to Dorjee Tsewang
for all future purposes.
0070801971-1
I, Jyoti D/O Rajesh Kumar, R/o
Village- Tigrana, Tigrana(10),
Bhiwani, Haryana- 127031.
have changed my name and
shall hereafter be Known as
Jyoti Panchal 0070802019-1
I, Farida R/o KH No-555, Gali No-
4, Rajeev Nagar, Bhalaswa
Dairy, Delhi have changed my
name to Farida Khatoon for all
future purposes. 0070802010-1
I, Ishita D/o Harsh Kumar Arora
R/o H-247, Beta-2, Greater
Noida, G.B.Nagar(U.P) have
changed my name to Ishita
Arora for all purposes.
0040629847-1
I, Gaurav Chauahan, S/o Baljeet
Singh Chauhan, R/o H.No.-20,
Shahpur, Govardhanpur,
Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, UP,
have changed my name to
GAURAV CHAUHAN for all
future purposes.
0070801967-1
I, Rani Rastogi, D/o Nirankar
Rastogi, R/o D-97, Block-D, New
Ashok Nagar, Delhi, declare
that in my Marksheets of 10th
& 12th my name is wrongly
written as Rani instead of
correct name Rani Rastogi, my
father’s name wrongly written
as Rohtas instead of correct
name Nirankar Rastogi.
0070801961-1
I, Raj Kumar Sharma R/o RZP 65,.
ST 6, RAJNAGAR PART 2, PALAM
COLONY, NEW DELHI -110077
have changed my child’s name
from Muskaan to Muskaan
Sharma 0070801989-1
I, Rafik S/o Buddhu R/o H.N.24,
Vill-Batnour, Phalavada,
Meerut, have changed my
name to Raphik for all future
purposes. 0070802036-1
I, Nancy Sharma, W/o Bharat
Sharma, R/o K14, 1st Floor,
South Ext., Delhi, have changed
my name to Nancy Sharmaa for
all purposes. 0070801966-1
I, Mohd Nazim, S/o Muhammad
Rafeek, R/o 50, Benipur, Post-
Kanpa, Konpa, Pratapgarh,
Uttar Pradesh-230403, that
name of mine and my father
has been wrongly written as
Mohd. Nazim and Mohd.
Rafique respectively in my 10th
Class Certificate cum
Marksheet. The actual name of
mine and my father is Mohd
Nazim and Muhammad Rafeek
respectively. 0070801997-1
I, Mohamad Illias, R/o KH No-
555, Gali No-4, Rajeev Nagar,
Bhalaswa Dairy, Delhi, have
changed my name to
Mohammed Ilayash for all
future purposes.
0070802008-1
I, Meena, W/o Fazlur Rehman,
R/o E-14, 25 Futa Road, Shri Ram
Colony, Rajiv Nagar, Khajoori
Khas, Delhi-110094, have
changed my name to Meena
Begam. 0070802021-1
I, Malkit Singh, S/o Mehar Singh,
R/o J-65, Gali No.1, Swaroop
Nagar, Delhi-110042, have
changed my name to Malkeet
Singh for all future purposes.
0070801965-1
I, Kiran Govindrao Hattekar
alias Kiran Hattekar S/o
Govindrao R/o A-1795, FF, Green
Field Colony, Faridabad have
changed my name to Kiran
Govindrao Hattekar
0040629843-1
I, Kavita Chaudhary, W/o
Bhupendra Kumar, R/o H.No-
225, Sector-122, Noida, G.B.
Nagar, U.P.-201301, have
changed my name to Kavita for
all future purposes.
0070801968-1
LOST & FOUND
I, Kamapreet Nagpal d/o
Davinder Singh Narula r/o E-34,
Naraina Vihar, Delhi-110028
have lost original demand
letter of DDA Shop no.-15/8,
C.C., Naraina Indl. Area Phase-
1, Delhi and death certificate of
M.L. Madan. 0040629844-1
My original document Sale
Deed of Property-No.3261,
Front-Portion, Ranjit-Nagar,
New-Delhi-110008,has been
lost.Finder contact:Sumit
Harish S/o,Late Vijay Kumar
Harish Mobile-No.9811979442.
0040629928-9
My original B.Tech Degree Roll-
No.0844931001 Year-2012
issued by Gautam-Budh
Technical-University has-been
lost.Finder contact:Abhay Kar
S/o,SP Kar R/o,C-164, Brij-Vihar,
Ghaziabad,U.P. Mobile-
No.9911570498. 0040629928-10
Lost my share certificate of
Flat.No.no.174-C,Vikas vihar
CGHS,Vikaspuri,Delhi-
110018,NCR is Lodge on
08.04.2021 in P.S. Crime
Branch,Delhi.Finder may Send
to:-Ramesh Chander,S/o-
Baldev Raj at above address or
Ph.No #99995 97524.
0040629935-5
I, Sh.Ram Niwas Gupta S/o
Sh.Mange lal Owner of Plot no.
265, Pkt-04, Block -B, Sector-37
Delhi,I have lost the property
Document Measuring 32.00
sq.mtrs, in Rohini Residential
Scheme, Rohini Delhi Vide File
no. F- 16(501)2018/LAB(RO),
Possession Letter,Site
Possession slip, LR
NO.743475/2022 date -
30/08/2022. 0040629828-1
PUBLIC NOTICE
BE IT KNOWN THAT OUR
CLIENTS NAMELY (1) SH. ANIL
KUMAR BANSAL, S/O LATE SH.
BRIJ MOHAN LAL BANSAL, (2)
SMT. KUSUM BANSAL, W/O SH.
ANIL KUMAR BANSAL, BOTH R/O
RZ-136, GROUND FLOOR, GALI
NO. 9, SHIV BLOCK, PANKHA
ROAD, RAGHU NAGAR, NEW
DELHI-110045 HAVE FILED A CIVIL
SUIT BEARING NO.337/2022
TITLED AS ANIL KUMAR BANSAL
& ANR. VS. PANKAJ ARORA &
ANR., BEFORE THE PATIALA
HOUSE COURT, NEW DELHI, IN
RESPECT OF SHOP BEARING
NO.147, AREA MEASURING 13.18
SQ. MTRS. SITUATED AT
NANAKPURA MARKET, SOUTH
MOTI BAGH, NEW DELHI. IN THE
SAID SUIT, THE HON'BLE COURT
VIDE ITS ORDER DATED
08.08.2022 PASSED STAY ORDER
RESTRAINING SH. PANKAJ AROA
TO CREATE ANY THIRD PARTY
INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY. IF
ANY PERSON(S) DEAL WITH IN
RESPECT OF THE ABOVE SAID
SUIT PROPERTY, HE/SHE/THEY
MAY DEAL AT THEIR RISK AND
COST.
Jaya Goyal
(Advocate)
F-2, Basement, Kailash Colony,
New Delhi-48
WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The General Public is informed
that my client namely Sh
Pritam Singh S/o Late Pratap
S i n g h , R / o 3 5 / 11 , O l d
Rajender Nagar, ND-60, is one
of the Co-owner, out of Several
Co-Owners of undivided land,
which is part of 5 Bigha Land,
bearing Khasra No.38/11 (2-
16 out of 4-16), and 14 (2-4),
situated at Village Ranhaula,
Delhi State, also known as Safi
Pur Ranhaula, jointly
purchased by Late Smt Sarla
Devi W/o Late Khem Chand
and Late Pratap Singh S/o
Late Lehri Singh vide Sale
Deed dated 25th July, 1981.
Sh Bhupinder Singh @ Sunny
S/o Om Prakash, Sunny Gas
Agency, Ranhaula Nilothi
More, Ranhaula Extension,
Delhi-41, alongwith other Co-
Regd Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall, (Patiala)
owners, is trying to illegally sell
or lease or dispose of above CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in
undivided land without the
(Contact Number: 96461-23323)
consent, permission or
authority of my client and other
Tender Enquiry No. PPR-23/2022 Dated: 30.08.2022
co-owners, surreptitiously and Chief Engineer/PP&R Organization, Shed No. D-3, Shakti Vihar,
clandestinely. If anyone enter PSPCL, Patiala invites E-tender under three part bid system for banking
into any kind of deal as
of power from interstate utilities/traders, Traders having valid Inter State
mentioned above with respect
Trading License issued by CERC for interstate trading of energy, State
to above undivided land under
Electricity Boards, State Electricity Utilities, States from 1st November
the co-ownership of my client
shall do,at his cost, risk, 2022 to 30th September 2023.
responsibility and For detailed NIT & tender specifications please reter to
consequences. MOHD. ARIF http://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 30.08.2022 onwards.
Advocate K-153A, Tis Hazari
Courts, Delhi-54. Mob. : NOTE: Corrigendum & addendum, if any will be published online at
9268147995 https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. C-336/22 16743/Pb
PUBLIC NOTICE
Known all that my client RAVINDER
NATH BEHL S/o K N BEHL R/o A-
239/1, ASHOK VIHAR. DELHI, is the
absolute owner of DDA LIG FLAT NO.
A-239/1, G F. ASHOK VIHAR, PH-I,
DELHI. The original DDA title
documents i.e. allotment letter.
possession letter, NOC for water and
electricity, Possession slip. Payments
Challans etc.. alongwith original chain
of Sale documents i.e. ATS(s), GPA(s),
payment receipts etc. of my said flat
have been lost/misplaced and are not
traceable. In this regard. an FIR has
been lodged in Police Station Crime
Branch New Delhi vide I.R No:
746584/2022. Dated 31.08.2022.
Any person(s) claiming any rights,
interest, having any objection or found
in possession of original documents.
may write/ contact address within 15
days from the date of publication of this
notice.
Sd/-
NEHA JAIN (ADVOCATE) ARUN
MALIK & COMPANY 188, LAWYERS
CHAMBER, BLOCK-II DELHI HIGH
COURT, NEW DELHI-110503
PUBLIC NOTICE
It is mentioned that we have lost the
shares of different companies in the
name of Harbans Singh Narula &
Parvinder Singh Narula, R/o 2/49,
Sarvpriya Vihar, New Delhi-110017,
No. of Share 05, Dist. Nos.
391863210-391863214, Folio No. PUBLIC NOTICE
071581951, Certificate No. It is brought to the notice of general public
14641388, and No.of Share 05 Dist that under ownership of Stall at (1) Bareilly
Nos. 2182488315-2182488319, Railway Station, Location-A, Platform No.
Folio No. 071581951, Certificate No.
2/3, Bareilly Railway Station, Location-C,
Platform No. 2/3, Laksar Railway Station,
62018677, and No.of Share 10, Dist. Location-A, Platform No. 3/4, (2) Bikaner
Nos. 6875089086-6875089095, Railway Station, Stall No. 8, Platform No.
Folio No. 071581951, Certificate 2/3, Sri Ganganagar Railway Station, Stall
No.66659302 in Reliance Industries
No. 5, Platform No. 2/3, Churu Railway
Station, Stall No. 7, Platform No. 2/3, (3)
Ltd (ShareHolder Harbans Sigh Talegaon Railway Station, Down Platform,
Narula) and No.of Share 1000, Dist. (4) Vapi Railway Station, Platform No. 1
Nos. 21419531-21420530, folio (Between Pole No. 5 & 6), Navsari
Railway Station, Platform No. 1 (Next to
NO.7513, Ceritificate No.8934 in 134 VSRE Quarters opposite Pole No. 20
Trident Limited (ShareHolder
of Platform No. 2/3) is held by Late Smt.
HarbansSinghNarula(HUF)andNo. Murti Devi, who had expired on 28th
December 2021. The vending contract is
of Share 50, Dist Nos. 6857305- being considered to be transferred in the
6857354, Folio No. SEC11708,
name of Mrs. Meenu Indoria daughter of
CertificateNo.70414,inNCLBuildtek Smt. Murti Devi, R/o 6/36, IInd Floor,
Nehru Nagar, New Delhi-110065. If any
Ltd (Shareholder Harbans Singh
NarulaandNo.ofShare50,DistNos.
person has objection to this, it may be
recorded in writing to the Office of under
6697092-6697141, Folio No. SR DCM Moradabad Division, SR DCM
SEC4641, Certificate No.67579, in Bikaner Division, SR DCM Pune Division,
NCL Buildtek Ltd (Shareholder SR DCM Mumbai Division Central Railway
respectively within 21 days from the
Parvinder Singh Narula), in case the publication of this notice.
same are traced out that will be Sd/-
surrendered to the company FIROZ AHMAD
Advocate
Chamber No. 619 & 621,
Patiala House Courts,
New Delhi-110001
PUBLIC NOTICE
General Public is informed that My
clients Nirdosh Gupta and his wife
Parveen @ Pravin Gupta R/o F-
1/307, Near Durga Shiv Mandir,
Sangam Vihar, New Delhi-62 has
disowned and disinherited their Son
Rahul Gupta, his Wife Varsha Gupta
and their Present Son Master
Utkarsh @ Yog as well as future
children from their all moveable,
immoveable properties, assets etc.
That my clients are not responsible for
their Son, his Wife and their child as
well as future children.
Sd/-
Aisha Siddiqui (Advocate)
Supreme Court of India
S.U. Associates (Law Firm)
Off. RZ-310/20, 2nd Floor,
Tughlakabad Extention, Kalkaji
New Delhi-110019
M-9999605234.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Be it known to one and all that my
clients Shri Surya Kanwal Aggarwal,
son of late Shri Nand Kishore Aggarwal,
and his wife Smt. Kusam Aggarwal,
both residents of 323, Bhera Enclave,
New Delhi-110087, have disowned and
disinherited all of their sons Vikas
Aggarwal, Gaurav Aggarwal and Sumit
Aggarwal including their entire
respective wives and children, from all
of their entire properties both movable
and immovable whatsoever and ''IMPORTANT''
wheresoever and either of them shall
not be responsible and/or liable for any
of the acts, deeds and things of any of Whilst care is taken prior to
their sons and/or their sons’ respective acceptance of advertising
wives and children in any manner
whatsoever and if any person or body copy, it is not possible to verify
makes any dealings with any of them,
shall do so at his/her/its own risk and its contents. The Indian
responsibility.
Sd/- (R.P. PAHWA) Express (P) Limited cannot be
ADVOCATE (D/474/2002)
B-57, JEEVAN NIKETAN, held responsible for such
NEW DELHI-110087
contents, nor for any loss or
PUBLIC NOTICE damage incurred as a result of
General Public is hereby informed that my
transactions with companies,
client(s) (1) Smt. Shashi Bala W/O Sh.
Azad Singh AND (2) Sh. Azad Singh S/o
associations or individuals
Jai Singh Both Resident of RZ-45, H NO. A
10 TO A 116, JAIN COLONY, PART-3,
UTTAM NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110059, advertising in its newspapers
have served all their relations with their
Son, Mr. Sudershan Kumar due to his bad or Publications. We therefore
habits, and their Daughter-in-Law Mrs.
POONAM and Grandchildren Gagan And recommend that readers
Rashi. My above named clients have also
disowned and debarred their son and his make necessary inquiries
family from all their movable and
immovable properties. Anybody dealing before sending any monies or
with our above named son and his family
will do so at his/her/their own risk and entering into any agreements
responsibilities and my client(s) will not be
responsible for any act, deed or dealing with advertisers or otherwise
done by my son. DEVANSH SEHGAL
ADVOCATE D-1/6, Street No.8, acting on an advertisement in
Rajapuri, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-
110059 any manner whatsoever.
New Delhi

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
TOPOFTHE
WORLD
Rosmah Mansor at
Kuala Lumpur HC. AP
MALAYSIA
Ex-firstlady
gets10yearsin
jailforgraft
Kuala Lumpur: Former
Malaysian first lady
Rosmah Mansor was or-
dered to serve 10 years in
prison after being found
guilty on Thursday of so-
liciting and receiving
bribes during her hus-
band’scorruption-tainted
administration. Rosmah
was convicted on a charge
of soliciting 187.5 million
ringgit ($42 million) and
two charges of receiving
6.5 million ringgit ($1.5
million) between 2016
and 2017 to help a com-
pany secure a project to
provide solar energy pan-
els to schools on Borneo
island. The court sen-
tenced her to 10 years in
prison on each charge, to
be served concurrently,
and a total fine of 970 mil-
lion ringgit ($217 million).
AP
POLAND
Govtdemands
warreparations
fromGermany
Warsaw: Poland’s top
politician said Thursday
that the government will
seek equivalent of some
$1.3trillioninreparations
from Germany for the
Nazis’ World War II inva-
sionandoccupationof his
country. Jaroslaw
Kaczynski, leader of the
Law and Justice party, an-
nounced the huge claim
at the release of a long-
awaited report on the
cost to the country of
years of Nazi German oc-
cupation as it marks 83
years since the start of
World War II. “We will
turn to Germany to open
negotiations on the repa-
rations,” Kaczynski said,
adding it will be a “long
and not an easy path” but
“one day will bring suc-
cess.” AP
USA
Bidenappoints
twoPIOsto
advisorycouncil
Washington: USPresident
Joe Biden has announced
his intent to appoint
Indian-Americans Manu
Asthana and Madhu
Beriwal to his National
Infrastructure Advisory
Council. The President's
National Infrastructure
Advisory Council advises
the White House on how
toreducephysicalandcy-
ber risks, and improve se-
curityandresilienceofthe
nation'scriticalinfrastruc-
ture sectors. PTI
THEY GET PAID IN FORMULA AND DIAPERS, AND THEIR WORK HOURS ARE FLEXIBLE
In a Japanese nursing home for elderly people, some workers are babies
HIKARI HIDA & JOHN YOON
TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 1
COOING, GIGGLING and the pat-
teroftinyfeetmixwiththesound
of walkers and wheelchairs at a
nursinghomeinsouthernJapan.
In this graying nation, one home
has been recruiting an unusual
classof workerstoenlivenitsres-
idents’ days.
These are “baby workers,” as
the nursing home’s head calls
them: 32 children so far, all un-
der 4 years old, who spend time
with its residents, who are
mostly in their 80s. Residents
strike up conversations with the
young helpers. The babies, ac-
NO SUCH PROPOSAL UNDER CONSIDERATION: PAK FOREIGN OFFICE
AsessentialsgetdearerinPak,callsto
open trade route with India gain pace
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
LAHORE, SEPTEMBER 1
CALLS FOR opening trade routes
with India are gaining momen-
tum in Pakistan as prices of veg-
etables and fruits have spiked
due to devastating floods that
have destroyed thousands of
acresof cropsacrossthecountry.
AstheShehbazSharif govern-
ment has yet to take a decision
on the import of vegetables and
fruitsfromIndia,severalbusiness
chambers have been urging it to
importessentialitemslikeonion
and tomato from neighbouring
India for the sake of consumers.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office on
Thursday,however,clarifiedthat
UN team to maintain
presence at nuclear
plant amid shelling
THE NEW YORK TIMES
ZAPORIZHZHIA, SEPTEMBER 1
MOST OF a team of United
Nations inspectors departed the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power
Plant on Thursday after a short
risky visit to assess its safety,
leaving behind five experts to
monitor the plant, where
shelling has raised the risk of a
nuclear accident, Ukraine’s nu-
clear energy company said.
Justfourhoursaftertheteam
from the International Atomic
Energy Agency arrived, the head
of the agency and leader of the
mission, Rafael M Grossi, left the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power
Plant, the Ukrainian company,
Energoatom, said.
Five members of the team
were “unloading the equipment
they brought and will continue
working at the plant” until
Saturday,thecompanysaid.Itwas
not clear what equipment they
had brought or tasks they would
carry out in the coming days.
TheIAEAhadsaidearlierthat
the monitors, who braved heavy
shelling on their journey across
the front line in southern
Ukraine, were going to the plant
“to conduct indispensable nu-
clear safety and security and
Row in Kabul after woman accuses
Taliban official of rape and beating
RAHIM FAIEZ
ISLAMABAD, SEPTEMBER 1
AN AFGHAN woman accused a
senior Taliban official of forcing
her into marriage and raping her
repeatedly in a video that ap-
pearedonsocialmediathisweek.
Inthevideo,thewoman,who
identifiedherself onlybyherfirst
name Elaha, wept as she de-
scribedbeingbeatenandrapedby
former Taliban Interior Ministry
spokesman Saeed Khosti.
She said she was speaking
from an apartment in Kabul
where the Taliban had confined
her after she tried to escape, and
she pleaded for rescue.
“Thesemaybemylastwords.
companied by their parents or
guardians (usually mothers), of-
fer the residents hugs. The visi-
tors’ reward? Diapers, baby for-
mula,freebabyphotoshootsand
coupons for a nearby cafe.
The facility, Ichoan Nursing
Home, is in Kitakyushu, a city of
9,40,000 in Fukuoka Prefecture
that is aging and shrinking like
therestof Japan.Asfamilieshave
become smaller and older peo-
ple more isolated, the nursing
home’s baby worker pro-
gramme has helped people con-
nect across generations.
“I don’t get to see my grand-
kidsveryoften,sothebabywork-
ers are a great treat,” said Kyoko
Nakano, 85, who has lived at the
Britain on Thursday promised to send urgent life-saving
support to flood-hit nation. AP
there was no proposal under
consideration currently to allow
import of vegetables from India,
“We are in touch with countries
Director General of IAEA
Mariano Grossi, second
from left, in Zaporizhzhia. AP
safeguardsactivities.”Theirmis-
sion includedcheckingon safety
systems, assessing damage to
the plant and evaluating the
staff’s working conditions.
Hours before they arrived,
artillery shells struck the
sprawling complex and caused
damage, Energoatom said,
highlighting the safety risks
the team had come to assess.
Russia and Ukraine traded ac-
cusations about which side
had fired the shells.
Russia said it was Ukrainian
artillery that had shelled the
sprawling nuclear facility on
Thursday and had also bom-
bardedtheroutethattheinspec-
tors took to the plant.
He will kill me, but it is better to
die once than to die every time,”
she said in the video, which sur-
faced on Tuesday.
Elaha’ssituationsincemaking
thevideopublicisnotcertain.Late
Wednesday, the Twitter page of
the Kabul branch of the Supreme
Court said Elaha had been for-
mallyarrestedandwouldsoonbe
sentenced for defamation.
However, a new Twitter page
fortheSupremeCourtestablished
lastmonthsaidinapostThursday
that the other was fake, referring
toitspostingofthearrest.Thedis-
crepancy could not immediately
be resolved. Officials from the
Supreme Court and the Interior
Ministrydidnotreplytorequests
for comment whether Elaha had
nursing home for over a year.
While she enjoys knitting and
watching TV, she said she drops
everythingtospendtimewiththe
babies and toddlers.
“They are just so cute, and
they make the whole place
brighter,” Nakano said.
As Japan’s population has
aged, the use of nursing homes
hasgrownrapidly.Thenumberin
such homes more than doubled,
to 1.8 million, between 2005 and
2020, according to the Japanese
government. Life can be lonely
and dull there, but at Ichoan
NursingHome,residentssaidthe
babies brought energy and light.
Studies have linked social in-
teraction with less loneliness,
inthebroaderregionto facilitate
the earliest import of vegetables
in the country,” FO spokesman
Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said
Putin pays his last respect near the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at
the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. AP
Putin denies Gorbachev a state
funeral and will also stay away
REUTERS
MOSCOW SEPTEMBER 1
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir
Putin is to miss the funeral of the
last Soviet leader, Mikhail
Gorbachev,denyingthemanwho
failed to prevent the collapse of
the Soviet empire the full state
honours granted to Boris Yeltsin.
Gorbachev, who died on
Tuesday, will be buried on
been formally arrested or not.
In tweets Wednesday, Khosti
confirmed that he had married
Elaha,but he deniedmistreating
her. “I assure you that I have not
done anything illegal,” he wrote.
In the video, Elaha identified
herself as a medical student at
KabulUniversityandthe daugh-
terof anintelligenceservicegen-
eral under former government.
She said that Khosti had
forced her into marriage six
months ago, when he still held
the spokesman post. “Saeed
Khosti beat me a lot. Every night
he raped me,” she said.
Khosti said he divorced her
after finding she “has a problem
in her faith” and he accused her
of insulting the Quran. AP
A ‘worker’ at Ichoan Nursing Home in Kitakyushu, Japan. NYT
delayed mental decline, lower
blood pressure and reduced risk
of disease and death among
older people. Socialising across
On Thursday, Faisalabad
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry President Atif Munir re-
quested the government to act
swiftlytoretainthevegetablesup-
ply chain. “Trade with the neigh-
bouringcountries,especiallyIndia,
is vital to reduce transportation
chargesandthatwillhelpprovide
vegetablesandfruitstoconsumers
atcheaprates,"hesaid.
Lahore Market Committee
Secretary Shehzad Cheema said
the government should take the
decision to import vegetables
andfruitsfromIndiaasitappears
tobetheneedofthehour.Hesaid
import of vegetables from Iran
via Taftan border was not viable
astheIranhadincreasedtaxeson
its imports and exports.
Saturdayafterapublicceremony
in Moscow’s Hall of Columns.
Thegrandhall,withinsightof
the Kremlin, hosted the funerals
of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin,
Josef StalinandLeonidBrezhnev.
Gorbachev will be given a mili-
taryguardof honour-buthisfu-
neral will not be a state one.
State television on Thursday
showed Putin solemnly placing
red roses beside Gorbachev’s
coffin in Moscow’s Central
Taiwan shoots
down drone
off China coast
Taipei: Taiwan’s military for the
first time shot down an uniden-
tified civilian drone that entered
its airspace near an islet off the
Chinese coast on Thursday.
The defence command for
Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-con-
trolled islands opposite China’s
Xiamen and Quanzhou cities,
said that the drone entered re-
stricted air space over Lion Islet
just after midday (0400 GMT).
Troopsontheislettriedwarning
it away but to no effect, so shot it
down, with the remains landing
in the sea, it added. Taiwan fired
warning shots at a drone for the
first time on Tuesday after
Presidentorderedthemilitaryto
take “countermeasures” against
‘Chineseprovocations’. REUTERS
generationshasalsobeenshown
to draw older people out, mak-
ing them smile and talk more.
For children, these intergenera-
CHINA COVID OUTBREAK
21 MILLION UNDER LOCKDOWN IN CHENGDU
Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people,
following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Residents have been ordered to stay home, and about
70% of the flights have been suspended to and from the city, which is a major transit hub
in Sichuan province and a governmental and economic centre.
CONTEMPT CASE:
IMRAN KHAN BAIL
EXTENDED TILL SEPT 12
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism
court in Pakistan on Thursday
extended the interim bail to
ousted PM Imran Khan till
September12inaterrorismcase
registeredagainsthimforthreat-
ening police, judiciary and other
state institutions during a rally
in the capital month. Judge Raja
JawadAbbasHassangrantedbail
to the chief of the Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party
against a surety bond of Rs
100,000, the Express Tribune
newspaper reported. PTI
Clinical Hospital, where he died.
Putin made a sign of the cross
in Russian Orthodox fashion be-
fore briefly touching the edge of
the coffin. “Unfortunately, the
president’sworkschedulewillnot
allow him to do this on Sept. 3, so
hedecidedtodoittoday,”Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
He said Gorbachev’s ceremony
would have “elements” of a state
funeral, and that the state was
helping to organise it.
In US, Covid erased two decades
of progress in math and reading
SARAH MERVOSH
SEPTEMBER 1
NATIONAL TEST results released
on Thursday showed in stark
terms the pandemic’s devastat-
ing effects on American school-
children, with the performance
of 9-year-olds in math and read-
ing dropping to the levels from
two decades ago.
This year, for the first time
sincetheNationalAssessmentof
EducationalProgresstestsbegan
trackingstudent achievement in
the 1970s, 9-year-olds lost
ground in math, and scores in
reading fell by the largest mar-
gin in more than 30 years.
Thedeclinesspannedalmost
tional interactions have been
shown to enhance social and
personal development.
Theconceptoflettingnursing
homeresidentsinteractwithkids
is not new. In Seattle, residents of
Providence Mount St Vincent
have shared their facility with a
childcare programme for new-
borns to 5-year-olds since 1991.
Among Ichoan’s 120 resi-
dents,theoldestis101,saidKimie
Gondo, 58, the nursing home’s
director. The youngest baby
worker, at 2 months old, can
barelyholdhisheadup,shesaid.
Gondo said she was inspired
to start the programme last year
when she took her newborn
granddaughter with her to work
New Delhi
Farewell to typos:
Twitter finally
unveils edit button
KATE CONGER
SEPTEMBER 1
BEGONE TYPOS and grammar
mistakes! Begone fat-fingered
auto corrected slip-ups and tex-
tual despair! The edit button is
coming to Twitter.
On Thursday, after countless
pleas from many of its over 237
million users, some people will
start being able to click a button
onthesocialmediaservicetoedit
atweetaftertheyhavepostedit.It
hasonlybeenabout15years,nine
months and 22 days since they
started asking for that ability.
SinceTwitterwasunveiledin
2006, the basics of using it have
been simple and constant: You
wrote a tweet, you posted it —
andthen youdealtwiththecon-
sequences. There were no take-
backs on the timeline.
That makes the edit button
perhaps the biggest shift at the
social media service since 2017,
when Twitter increased the
character limit for messages to
280 characters from 140.
As Twitter grew from a niche
servicetoaglobalplatform,more
usersbegandemandingawayto
edit posts. They complained.
They begged. Even Elon Musk
hasseemedtofavouraneditbut-
ton. Twitter didn’t budge.
The company argued that
there was something noble in
leaving mistakes on display.
UN accuses Beijing of
Uyghur rights abuses
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 1
THEUNaccusedChinaof serious
human rights violations that
may amount to “crimes against
humanity” in a long-delayed re-
port examining a crackdown on
Uyghurs and other mostly
Muslimethnicgroups.Beijingon
Thursdaydenouncedtheassess-
ment as a fabrication cooked up
by Western nations.
Humanrightsgroupshaveac-
cusedChinaofsweepingamillion
or more people from the minor-
ity groups into detention camps
wheremanyhave saidtheywere
tortured, sexually assaulted, and
forcedtoabandontheirlanguage
andreligion.Thecampswerejust
Thedeclinesinthenational
testscoresspannedalmostall
racesandincomelevels. NYT
all races and income levels and
were markedly worse for the
lowest-performing students.
While top performers in the
90th percentile showed a mod-
andsawhowtheresidentssmiled
and played with her. “I thought it
wasselfishtoonlyhavemygrand-
daughterenjoythisspecialtime,”
she said, “so we decided to open
it up to any baby that wanted to
come do the same work.”
Expectationsarelooseforthe
little visitors, since they can be
hardtocorral.Toddlersareasked
tostrollaroundthenursinghome
and interact with the residents,
and parents help the babies cir-
culate. “Nothing is mandatory,”
Gondo said. “The babies decide
when they come and for how
long they want to stay.”
ParentsatIchoan,whosechil-
dren are mostly too small for
school or day care, said the nurs-
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forpaid
● usersfirst
THE EDIT button will be
granted to Twitter em-
ployees first for internal
testing, and then to users
of its subscription service,
Twitter Blue. The com-
pany eventually — though
it did not specify when —
plans to give everyone the
option to alter their tweets
But more recently, Twitter
beganreconsideringaneditbut-
ton as it tried to grow its service
by attracting people who might
bemorecarefulwiththeirwords.
“We’re hoping that with the
availability of Edit Tweet, tweet-
ing will feel more approachable
andlessstressful,”Twittersaidin
a statement. “You should be able
toparticipateintheconversation
inawaythatmakessensetoyou.”
To prevent the edit button
frombecomingafavouriteamong
disinformationspreaders,Twitter
has added safeguards. Users will
be allowed to make changes for
only 30 minutes after their origi-
nal tweet is posted. After an edit,
thetweetwillbearalabeltoshow
ithasbeenmodified.Clickingthe
label will let viewers see the his-
tory of the edits. NYT
onepartofwhattherightsorgan-
isations have called a ruthless
campaign against extremism in
the far western province of
Xinjiang that also included dra-
conian birth control policies and
all-encompassing restrictions on
people’s movement.
The assessment from the
Geneva-based UN human rights
office largely corroborated ear-
lier reporting by researchers, ad-
vocacygroupsandthenewsme-
dia, and it added the weight of
the world body to the conclu-
sions. But it was not clear what
impactitwouldhave.“Thereport
isprettydamning,andastrongin-
dictment on China’s crimes
against humanity,” said Rayhan
Asat, a Uyghur lawyer whose
brotherisimprisonedinXinjiang.
est drop — three points in math
— students in the bottom 10th
percentile dropped by 12 points
in math, four times the impact.
The tests were given to a na-
tional sample of 14,800 9-year-
oldsandwerecomparedwiththe
resultsof teststakenbythesame
age group in early 2020, just be-
fore the pandemic in the US.
The declines in test scores
mean that while many 9-year-
olds can demonstrate partial
understanding of what they
are reading, fewer can infer a
character’s feelings from what
they have read. In math, stu-
dents may know simple arith-
metic facts, but fewer can add
fractions with common de-
nominators. NYT
inghomegavetheirchildrenarare
opportunity to socialise safely at
atimewhenCovidriskshavekept
many families cooped up. They
said they trust that the nursing
home has taken proper precau-
tions against virus transmission.
One mother, Mika Shintani,
31, said she signed her daughter
up because she wanted her to
encounter people beyond her
immediate family. She also said
shefeltmorecomfortabletaking
her to the nursing home than to
a park or a friend’s home. “My
daughter was spending the ma-
jority of her days only interact-
ing with me,” she said, “so I
thought seeing other faces
would be good for her.” NYT
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SEQUENTIALLY LOWER THAN IN JULY
Aug GST mop-up rises
28% to `1.43 lakh cr
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
GROSS GOODS and Services Tax
(GST) collections rose to Rs
1,43,612 crore in August (for
sales in July), sequentially lower
than in July but 28.2 per cent
higher year-on-year, showed
datareleasedonThursdaybythe
Finance Ministry.
Revivalinconsumption,high
inflation rate and partial impact
of the rate hike decisions taken
in the 47th GST council meeting
— which came into effect from
July 18 — along with broader
economic recovery supported
the increase in GST revenues.
The recovery, alongside bet-
ter compliance amid enforce-
ment actions to curb evasion,
also bolstered mop-up. Further,
the collections gained as rev-
enues from import of goods
were 57 per cent higher, while
that from domestic transactions
(including import of services)
were 19 per cent higher. Cess
from sin/luxury goods such as
automobiles, tobacco and aer-
ated drinks recorded a 6.8 per
cent decline over last month,
which experts said indicates a
lower demand for such goods.
Monthly GST revenues have
been over the Rs-1.4 lakh crore
mark forthelast sixmonths.The
Finance Ministry said the year-
on-yeargrowthinrevenuesdur-
ing April-August is 33 per cent,
continuing to “display very high
buoyancy”. “This is a clear im-
‘India to be sixth largest
insurance market by 2032’
India is set to be the sixth largest insurance market in the
next decade in terms of total premium volume, a Swiss Re
Institute report said
Life insurance premiums in
Indiaaresettocross$100billionfor
thefirsttimein2022,considering
theprojectedgrowthrate
Systematic change broughtby
Covidisamongthedriversfor
growthofnon-lifeinsurancesector
Source: Swiss Re Institute/PTI
WITHREGARDTOINDIANLIFE
INSURANCEINDUSTRY,GROWTH
INREALTERMSWILLBE
2022 6.6%
2023 7.1%
~8%
Expectedcompoundedannualgrowthrate(CAGR)of
non-lifeinsurancesectorbetween2023and2032
14% Expectedaveragegrowthperannumintotalinsurance
premiumsinnominallocalcurrencytermsovernextdecade
Chidambaram for more loans to students
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
BANKSNEEDtoincreaselending
to students, as education loans
are investments to build the fu-
ture of India, former finance
ministerPChidambaramsaidon
Twitter today.
The Indian Express had on
Thursday reported regarding a
slowdownineducationloandis-
bursals as banks have started to
report an increase in defaults,
and that the government had
asked banks to step up lending
to the education sector.
“Governmentisreportedtohave
instructedpublicsectorbanksto
BRIEFLY
GDPforecasts
New Delhi: Moody’s cut
India’s growth forecast for
2022 to 7.7% from 8.8% ear-
lier. SBI cut FY23 forecast
from 7.5% earlier to 6.8%.
ReckittCEO
New Delhi: Reckitt Bencki-
ser Group PLC said Thursd-
ay its CEO Laxman Narasi-
mhan will step down on
September 30. PTI
CebuPacific,IBS
New Delhi: Philippine air-
line Cebu Pacific selected
IBS software for its crew
scheduling processes. ENS
E
E X P L A I NE D
Strong
collection
● inApr-Aug
IMPROVED REPORTING,
strong enforcement ac-
tions as well as economic
recovery have fueled the
buoyancy in the GST col-
lections during April-
August this fiscal.
pact of various measures taken
by the Council in the past to en-
sure better compliance. Better
reporting coupled with eco-
nomic recovery has been having
apositiveimpactontheGSTrev-
enues on a consistent basis.”
E-waybills,usedininterstate
transactions, also picked up.
During July, 7.6 crore e-way bills
were generated, slightly above
7.4 crore in June and 19 per cent
higherthan6.4croreinJuly2021.
Pursuant to decisions taken
in the 47th GST council meeting,
GST exemption was withdrawn
from‘pre-packagedandlabelled’
retail packs which include food
items such as curd, lassi, puffed
rice, wheat flour, buttermilk, but
items sold loose or unlabelled
continue to remain exempt.Pre-
packaged and pre-labelled food
items such as grains, curd, lassi,
paneer, jaggery, wheat flour,
puffed rice, buttermilk and
meat/fish (except fresh and
frozen) are now taxed at 5 per
cent, at par with branded items.
5.8% Growthinreal
termsseenby
non-lifeinsurancemarket,after
slightcontractionin2020,butwill
slowdownslightlyto4.5%in2022
P CHIDAMBARAM
Congress leader
step up the disbursement of ed-
ucation loans. Banks fell into the
habit of rejecting loan requests
because of the neglect of the
government in the last 8 years.
Banks are reported to be reluc-
tantbecauseof risingNPAsined-
MeitY: 9 mn daily payments via
DBT in FY22, `6.3L cr transferred
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
DURING FY22, the Centre made
about 9 million direct benefit
transfer (DBT) payments every
day worth an estimated Rs 6.3
lakh crore, the Ministry of
Electronics and IT (MeitY) said
Thursday. In a statement, the
ministry said that over Rs 24.8
lakh crore has been transferred
through DBT mode since 2013.
Under the eleventh instal-
ment of PM Kisan Samman
Nidhi Yojana, close to Rs 20,000
crore was transferred directly to
bank accounts of over 10 crore
Moreover, correction of in-
verted duty structure translated
into a rate hike for household
items such as LED lamps, print-
ing/drawing ink, power driven
pumps, Tetra Pak to 18 per cent
from 12 per cent, and for solar
water heaters, finished leather
to 12 per cent from 5 per cent.
Experts said despite a se-
quential dip, GST revenues are
strong with a pickup in eco-
nomic activity and are expected
toimprovegoingaheadwiththe
onset of the festive season.
At least 16 states/UTs
recorded a higher than 20 per
centgrowthinGSTcollectionsin
their regions even though most
remained below the national
growth rate of 28 per cent.
Expertssaidcollectionsarelikely
to overshoot the budgetary tar-
gets set for this fiscal.
Of the gross GST revenue of
Rs 1,43,612crore,CGST — the tax
levied on intra-state supplies of
goodsand services bytheCentre
— is Rs 24,710 crore and SGST —
the tax levied on intra-state sup-
pliesof goodsandservicesbythe
states — is Rs 30,951 crore, the
Ministry said. IGST — tax levied
on all inter-state supplies of
goodsandservices—isRs77,782
crore (including Rs 42,067 crore
collected on import of goods)
and cess Rs 10,168 crore (includ-
ing Rs 1,018 crore collected on
import of goods), it said. The
Centre has settled Rs 29,524
croretoCGSTandRs25,119crore
to SGST from IGST. Full report on
www.indianexpress.com
CENTRE OBJECTS TO PLATFORM’S PETITION AGAINST CONTENT BLOCKING ORDERS
‘Incorrect evidence’ by Twitter: Govt to HC
SOUMYARENDRA BARIK
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
RESPONDING TO Twitter’s law-
suit against some of its content
andaccount blockingorders, the
Centre has accused the mi-
crobloggingplatform of submit-
ting“incorrectevidence”andhas
called for disposing the com-
pany’s petition on the grounds
that it is not maintainable.
In its statement of objections
filed with the Karnataka High
Court on Thursday, the govern-
ment asserted that Twitter is an
“outandoutforeigncommercial
entity” and therefore cannot
claim some of the fundamental
rights available under the
Constitution for Indian citizens,
The Indian Express has learnt.
Denying all assertions made
by Twitter in its legal action, the
Centre said that the platform’s
ucation loans,” Chidamabaram
said in a series of tweets.
This,hesaid,“isaspeciousar-
gument”. He tweeted, “Of the
loans that are outstanding, only
7.82 per cent (Rs 6246 crore) is
NPA.”“This is nothingcompared
to the Rs 5,24,000 crore in 517
casessacrificedbythebanks un-
der the IBC process. In the case
File of corporates, the loans waived
are called ‘haircut’. In the case of
students, it is called ‘default’,”
Chidambaram said.
“If I were in Government, I
would have cracked the whip.
Education loans are an invest-
ment in the younger generation
for the future,” the former fi-
nanceministerwroteonTwitter.
beneficiaries. As far as digital
payments are concerned, more
than8,840croredigitalpayment
transactions were done during
2021-22 and nearly 3,300 crore
in fiscal 2022-23, till July 24.
“India is today leading the
worldindigitalpaymentsinpar-
ticular and also becoming the
pre-eminent country in use of
technology to improve citizens
livesandgovernance— theIndia
stack and other various digital
government solutions are now
envy of the world’s nations —
India leads digital and digital
leads India thanks to PM
Narendra Modi ji’s vision,” said
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister
INTERVIEW WITH CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES
‘Buoyancy in direct tax collections ... if
it continues, could cross Budget targets’
DIRECT TAX collections are
showing “good buoyancy” so far
till the end of August, with net
collections at Rs 4.8 lakh crore
havingachievedone-thirdof the
Budget target for financial year
2022-23, Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) Chairman NITIN
GUPTAsaid.Inaninterviewwith
AANCHAL MAGAZINE, Gupta
said that out of the overall col-
lections, about Rs 10,000 crore
has been collected as securities
transaction tax andgoing ahead,
if this trend continues, tax col-
lections may exceed Budget tar-
gets. Edited excerpts:
What has been the direct tax
revenue trend so far? What
are your expectations for the
whole year in terms of direct
tax targets. Is the buoyancy
better than last year?
The Budgetcollectiontargets
laid down Rs 14.20 lakh crore. As
against that, we have a very
healthynetcollections as of now
of around Rs 4.8 lakh crore, up
from Rs 3.6 lakh crore (in corre-
sponding period last year), after
accounting forthe higher refund
outgo of about 80 per cent vis-à-
vis last year. So there is a good
buoyancy of tax collections so
far. And if this trend continues in
the second instalment as well,
we do expect a fairly good tax
collection over and above the
Budget targets laid down in the
Finance Bill.
What has been the trend in
corporate tax because
corporate profits have now
picked up post pandemic?
Corporate tax, as of now, is
growing about 25-26 per cent.
‘NON-COMPLIANT’
Reuters file
■ The government has
also said that Twitter has
been a ‘habitual non-
compliant platform for
several years’
petition is not maintainable as it
isaforeignregisteredbodyandit
cannot seek to defend Article 19
(right to disseminate informa-
tion of speech of other citizens),
Article 14 (equality before the
law) or Article 21 (protection of
life and personal liberty) of the
Need I-T nod for share transfer,
says NDTV; Adani rejects claim
Mumbai: New Delhi Television
(NDTV) on Thursday stated that
a transfer of its shares would re-
quire the Income Tax (I-T)
Department’s approval, which
theAdaniGroupsaidwasaclaim
“without merit or basis in law or
fact” and an attempt to “inordi-
nately delay” the deal.
NDTV, in a regulatory filing,
saidtheDepartmenthad“provi-
sionally”attachedsharesheldby
RRPR Holding (RRPRH), a pro-
moter group firm, in 2017 and
also barred founder-promoters
Radhika and Prannoy Roy from
of State for Electronics & IT.
The DBT mechanism, started
in January 2013, is aimed at
transferring subsidies and cash
benefits directly to people via
their Aadhaar-seeded bank ac-
counts. There have, however,
been reported incidents of DBTs
at times not reaching people.
A study by Chennai-based
Dvara Research, along with
Centre for Monitoring Indian
Economy, said there are certain
glitches in the DBT system and
some households they surveyed
thatattemptedtowithdrawcash
during January-July 2020 faced
inaccessibility, overcrowding
and transaction failures.
CBDT Chairman Nitin Gupta via CBDT
Do you expect it to improve?
Can’tsay as of now. Let us see
September 15, we will know the
better position.
What have been the
collections from securities
transactions tax?
It stands at about Rs 10,000
crore, up 7.7 per cent from cor-
responding period last year.
Are there figures about how
many companies opted for
the new corporate tax regime
and how many individuals
for the new personal income
tax regime?
For the corporate, the new
companies which are being reg-
istered, we don’t have separate
data maintained for that. So I
can’t say how many have opted
forthat.Thatdataisnotavailable
per se but I think there is an en-
couraging trend with an overall
growthrateof 26 per cent. So far,
Constitution like “citizens of
India” or “natural persons”, ac-
cording to a source aware of the
government’s filing with the
Karnataka HC. The Centre has
also contended that the remedy
of filing a petition, as provided
under Article 226 or 32 of the
Constitution, is not available to a
“foreign commercial entity”.
Thegovernment’sobjections
come in response to Twitter’s
lawsuit filed last month against
some of the blocking orders by
the Ministry of Electronics and
IT (MeitY). The company had
moved the high court and called
for overturning of 39 links spec-
ified by the MeitY to be blocked
under Section 69 (A) of the
Information Technology Act,
2000. The platform has claimed
that these orders are procedu-
rally and substantively deficient
under Section 69 (A) of the Act.
However, in its statement of
selling stake following a dispute
in reassessment of taxes. In a
2018 notification, the depart-
mentreiteratedthatattachment
wouldremaininplaceuntilcom-
pletionof reassessmentproceed-
ings, NDTV, said, quoting a letter
it received from RRPRH.
As per the loan agreement
RRPRH signed with Vishvaprad-
han Commercial Private (VCPL)
in 2009, the I-T had estimated a
capital gains tax of Rs 175 crore
“arisingonthesaleof controlling
interest in NDTV to VCPL”.
The department has to clar-
‘Russian oil
official dies
after falling
from window’
Moscow: Ravil Maganov, chair-
man of Russia’s second-largest
oil producer Lukoil, died Thurs-
day after falling from a hospital
windowinMoscow,twosources
said, in the latest in a series of
businessmen to meet with sud-
den unexplained deaths. The
sources confirmed reports by
Russian media that the 67-year-
oldhadplungedtohisdeath,but
the circumstances surrounding
his fallwere unclear.Two people
who knew Maganov well told
Reuters they believed it was
highly unlikely he had commit-
ted suicide. REUTERS
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I-T Dept to
soon make
e-verification
On the black money front, is
there any progress in the
operational
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
exchange of information
with other countries or in the NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
probe for Panama and
Paradise papers? THE INCOME Tax Department
These probes are continuing, will soon operationalise the al-
they are never closed except ready notified e-verification
when everything is explained or scheme intended to verify infor-
the person concerned has been mationreceivedfromvariousre-
non-resident at that point in portingfinancialentitieswiththe
time when he made the invest- details filed in the income tax re-
ment abroad. So these are con- turns (ITRs) by the taxpayers.
tinuing, it takes a lot of time to Inanonlinesessionorganised
obtain information from the for- bythetaxdepartmentThursday,
eignjurisdictions.So,wekeepon Kamlesh C Varshney, Joint
adding into whatever data we Secretary, Finance Ministry said
get. It’s a work in progress. They taxpayersshouldutilisethefacil-
do culminate into orders as well. ityof filingupdated returnsto fill
in gapsof any mismatch in infor-
Coming to the recent mationoromissioninthereturns.
it’s quite encouraging. For per- Supreme Court ruling against “CBDT has notified an e-veri-
sonal income tax, we don’t have benami which says that fication scheme under Section
separate data forthe peopleopt- transactions registered till 135A of the Income-tax Act,
ing for the new regime. We are October 25, 2016 will be now which will be operational very
looking into what has been the null and void. So is it a soon.TheDepartmentobtainsin-
outcome of the new regime. setback to your campaign formationfromvariousreporting
We’ll examine that. against black money? entities.It’svoluminousinforma-
The campaign against black tion, it will be run through a risk
On cryptocurrencies, are money is a continuing cam- management programme and
other actions being planned? paign, we have been working from that more risk-oriented in-
How is that segment being veryharduponit.Andalotof en- formation and then shared with
monitored? forcement actions are being the taxpayer ... then the taxpayer
For crypto, we have already taken. The law has been analy- can come forward, and explain
taken note of at the stage of the sed by the honourable Supreme and produce necessary evidence
Finance Bill and legislation for Court and we are analysing the to say how it is explained in your
the deduction at tax at source decision. We will take an appro- tax return, then no action will be
has been introduced. New sec- priatecallafteranalysingthede- takenagainstyou.Soyoucansat-
tions have been introduced to cision on how to go about it. isfy the tax officer and the officer
definewhatarevirtualdigitalas- will drop the proceedings. This
sets and the necessary regime How many cases are going to will happen online and the tax-
for their effective taxation. So, be affected? payer need not visit the tax of-
TDS provisions are applicable as Can’t say because each case fice,”hesaid,adding,“Noorderis
of now and we will get the quar- will have its own facts when the required to be passed in this case
terly return from the relevant transactions took place. becausethisisnotanoticeforre-
players in the month of October. We don’t have any data pre opening or reassessment.”
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The Inscrutable Indian
HS Prannoy trails 11-17 & 12-17 in both sets , before calmly plotting comebacks
SHIVANI NAIK
SEPTEMBER 1
LOHKEANYewisfreshlyanex-Worldcham-
pion, now playing at the Super 750 Japan
Open this week. HS Prannoy has no World’s
medal to show. If reputations were stamped
onthevisage,youwouldn’tbeabletotellwho
was who, if you dropped in for their Round 2
match at Osaka. Neither would you know
looking at the four scorelines – Loh leading
17-11 and 20-17 in the first set, and 14-6 and
17-12 in the second – as to who eventually
won.
ForHSPrannoydonnedthesport’strade-
mark Resting Badminton Face, that in-
scrutable,expressionlesslookthatrobsfrom
theopponent,thesmugreassurancethathe’s
ahead. Through this summer of successful
forays into top events and the Thomas Cup
triumph, HS Prannoy has frustrated oppo-
nentsbykeepingbadminton’snon-provoked,
unfazed face, while turning tables on them.
Itdidn’thelpinwideningthecontrastthat
Loh Kean Yew was particularly aggravated
and excitable on the day. Besides trying to
psyche up by talking to himself and widen-
inghisbigdancingeyes,heevenattemptedto
shakeoff theheebie-jeebieshefeltwhenever
Prannoyclosedin,byliterallyflailingbothhis
arms, hoping the tension would leave his
body, with those shaking shrugs. He would
get himself into one right state in what was
like waving off a bumblebee, except it was
Prannoy’s steady humming buzz, not a bee
waiting to sting as he won 22-20, 21-19.
Badminton has always been more Borg
than McEnroe. Asian legends have main-
tainedsuchatightlidontheiremotions,that
it bordered on aggressive reticence as
matcheswentaboutwithtautfacialmuscles
yielding nothing in terms of inner turmoils
or triumphs. Lin Dan barely smiled, and he
had enough occasions to. Once in a while, a
Jan O Jorgensen would come along to create
one right screaming din. But the biggest
namesconcedednothing,andrarelyallowed
the opponent a peek into their emotions in
their eyes, let alone baring the workings of
the ticking brains. Fist pumps, screeches and
a face screwed up into Banner-transitioning
to-Hulk, rarely worked to rattle opponents
and break their games when done as a mat-
ter of routine.
Now Prannoy has taken many seasons to
arrive at his state of serene poise that neatly
veils his inner confidence. Starting out as an
aggressive attacking shuttler with the beast-
ial backhand for his party trick, the scream-
ing roar and gnashing teeth would often be
in tow. In what is the most recognisable sign
of settled maturity, Prannoy now no longer
relies on the full-throttle decibel on his most
consistent season. Against Loh, the contrast
HS Prannoy defeated Loh Kean Yew 22-20, 21-19.
aside, Prannoy used that inner calm to lethal
effect against a rampaging opponent.
Loh had his usual speedy attack going –
steep,swiftandscything,stompingaboutthe
court. Prannoy absorbed the blitz, never lost
hope,neverhintedheharbouredhopeeither,
and went about demolishing the younger ri-
valintheend-gamesbothtimes–withsteady
net,andslightlystraighterdeepershotsthan
lastweekinTokyo.ThatPrannoyhasworked
on his game and nurses strategy like fine
golden Scotch, to not blindly attack and guz-
zle down opponents has been known for a
while.
But Thursday was a perfect example of
just how accurately he knows when to go for
the kill. When staying back, waiting for Loh’s
storm to pass, he would keep that same
steadyunthreateninggazethatMomotaused
to wear when his shuttle control was water-
tight.
ThemorePrannoykepthiscool,themore
Loh found the pressure of nothing-happen-
ing creeping on him. No leads were safe, as
Prannoy unleashed equally quick winners in
shortsnappystrides,butwithoutblowingbu-
gles or balling the first. So all Loh saw was his
own errors piling up as Prannoy chose the
passage of play right after the 11-point break
12th point precisely (both times trailing) to
stepupontheacceleratorandrattleoff 6and
7 respective points.
ThatithappenedinSet1wasoutrageous.
Thattherewasanencoreinthesecond,com-
pletely flatlined him at the 17th point.
AP
Impressive transformation
AbhinnShyamGupta,Indianbadminton’s
most inscrutable face from two decades ago,
who would wear opponents down and
change not a line on his face, is impressed. “I
see many players go Yaa hoo, Yaa hoo after
winningonepoint.Ifyouarethatjumpy,firstly
youloseenergy.Secondlyyouneedtobecalm
andbalancedfromtheinside.That’stheinner
strength which makes not expressing into a
big mental aspect of the game,” he says.
Opponentshavefaintedoncourt,tryingto
outlast him in the older format, but Abhinn
wouldremainunfazed.Hisbattleswiththeen-
ergy-bubblingSachinRattiwerelegendaryon
the domestic circuit. “I always won on stam-
inainthe3rd,soIcouldn’tbothertowasteen-
ergy. But especially against players who rely
onspeed,keepingastraightunemotionalface
helps because you stick to your strength, and
they have such adrenaline pumping, they be-
gin to get frustrated. Even if they are leading,
theirenergyfallswatchingyounotevenmildly
affected,”heexplains.“Prannoyisinthatphase
now. I’m sure a big title will come.”
In Prannoy’s case, that calm face has also
disguised a pain barrier when he didn’t allow
injuries to give away his discomfort – against
Gemke at Thomas Cup, or a stabbing pain
against Momota last week. Against Loh,
Prannoy’s biggest disguise was hiding away
the smirk he must’ve felt watching his oppo-
nentbobbingabout.Knowing,whentheboard
struck 12, he would effect the quietest ram-
page to overturn that audacious scoreline.
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Venus, Serena will continue to
play doubles, says childhood coach
SRIRAM VEERA
SEPTEMBER 1
IS THE US Open the end of Serena Williams’s
tennis career? She announced her retire-
ment three weeks back and has been in
farewell mode since.
Butherchildhoodcoach RickMacci,who
coached Venus and Serena from the age of
10 and 9, funded their developmental years,
and is a father figure to them, says the sisters
willcontinuetoplaydoublesforanothertwo
years at least. Macci’s relationship with the
family was honoured with a character in the
movie King Richard, the Will Smith starrer
basedontheWilliamssisters’fatherRichard.
“Serena’s is a great story. It all started in
theUSOpenforherandit’sgoingtoendhere.
She announced her retirement three weeks
agoandissavouringit,”MaccitoldTheIndian Williams sisters have won 14 women's doubles Grand Slams playing together. AP
Express. “But I believe it’s just from singles!”
“But this is not going to be the end for her
and Venus. I think they will play doubles for
thenext2-3years.Youarejustgoingtocover
half the court. Serve, they got. Return, they
Serena downs Kontaveit;
got. The shots, they got. They are going to be
serious contenders. I think they will play
doubles. The public love them. They got this
Medvedev cruises on a big day
amazingbrand,andwhat better way than to In another big upset late on Wednesday,
continue to change lives and play tennis? I EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE 15thseedBeatriceHaddadMaia,oneofthein-
think we shall see them play doubles, and SEPTEMBER 1 formplayerscomingintotheOpen,wastaken
possibly mixed doubles.” downby2019championBiancaAndreescuin
Macci says he isn’t surprised that Serena SERENA WILLIAMS is not ready to hang it up straight sets. The Canadian has not been in
chose to retire but thinks it’s only from sin- just yet. The 40-year-old, in the last tourna- touch ever since her triumph at Flushing
gles. “I am not surprised Serena chose to re- mentof hercareerattheUSOpen,tookdown Meadows three years ago, making this one of
tire. She has been injured and hasn’t played WorldNo.2AnettKontaveit7-6,2-6,6-2inthe her biggest results in that phase. A tricky as-
that many matches in the last couple of second round on Wednesday. signmentagainstCincinnatichampionCarline
years. She is not someone to just play for Few tennis stadiums have been louder Garcia will follow.
playing sake. She likes to win. thantheArthurAsheStadiumforWilliamsthis Elsewhere, last year’s runner-up Leylah
“And she is 41, and has played for so long year, and the 23-time Grand Slam singles Fernandez,whohasslowlyslippedunderthe
already. Her next act would be even greater. champion didnotdisappoint.Shewonavery radar since her remarkable run last year, lost
She would inspire people not just from the closely-foughtfirstset–inwhichshewonone in straight sets to the experienced Russian
African-American community but people more point than the Estonian overall – on a Ludmilla Samsonova. A huge plummet in the
from all walks of life. If I can do it, from tiebreaker before Kontaveit took the game rankings is to come for the Canadian.
where I came from, so can you. I wasn’t at away from her in the second. It may be early days in the Open, but with
the front row, I wasn’t even at the back row, There was a certain calmness about othersaroundhimshowingsignsofweakness,
I was not even in the building. Look where Williams’playinthethirdsetwhichfeltfamil- World No. 1 and defending champion Daniil
I came from. If I can do it, you can do it. iar but had not been seen in a while. The Medvedev’s ruthlessness is looking impres-
What a story to inspire people.” American’sdominancewasreminiscentofher sive. The Russian took down France’s Arthur
Macci hailed the legacy of Serena. “In bestyearsontour,andnothingdisplayedthat Rinderknech 6-2, 7-5, 6-3.
my mind, she is going to go down as the dominance more than a crushing backhand He was not broken a single time on his
best female tennis player ever, and in my winneronmatchpointthathad23,000spec- serve, and crafted 17 break point opportuni-
book, the best female athlete ever and she tators–allofwhomwerealreadyontheirfeet ties on his opponent’s – converting five – be-
is going to be on Mount Rushmore. She is – cheering and wanting more. fore cruising into the next round. He has got
like a PitBull; the bigger the moment, she China’sWuYibingnextbeforetheblockbuster
got better. Big names crumble meeting with Nick Kyrgios as scheduled.
“I saw how she was wired at a young age Kontaveit was not the only top seed to fall While Harriet Dart was unable to take ad-
but to go on to win 23 Grand slams, 6 US bythewaysideinNewYorkonWednesday,as vantage of her first-round scalping of World
Opens, 6 Australian Opens, 3 French, 14 thirdseedMariaSakkaricrashedouttoChina’s No. 9 Daria Kasatkina, both Jack Draper and
Grand Slam in doubles with Venus; they WangXiyu6-3,5-7,5-7.Despiteastrongstart, Andy Murray gave the UK plenty to cheer
never lost, and four (Olympic) gold medals. the Greek who reached the semifinal at about. Draper took down the big name in
They could have 50 grand slam doubles, 50 Flushing Meadows last year, had no answers Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime.
mixed doubles but hey, they had to eat and for her opponent’s ability to absorb pressure Murray,ontheotherhand,neededtocome
sleep. You just can’t keep playing! But I do and play through her. The biggest result of back from a one-set deficit against America’s
believe now both sisters will play doubles.” Wang Xiyu’s career. Emilio Nava 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0.

OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis

CROSSWORD 4836 DAY TODAY
ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20)
Never
underestimate the
long-term effect of
current changes in
your social scene. All will
become clear next week, so
don't sit around scratching
your head. Instead you
can get on and complete
overdue domestic duties.
Spare a thought for the
future, though.
TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21)
What is really
needed from you
BY PETER VIDAL
LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)
If you think that
nothing is as it seems
— you could be
wrong. Still, the
great thing to remember is that
friends don’t always mean that
they say. Keep that simple truth
in mind and you’ll get the most
out of social relationships
without being disappointed or
disillusioned.
SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 23)
You do dig in your
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easily. That really is a

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(6)
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(4,5)
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It is said that inside
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(6) (7) a Capricorn waiting but I’m honestly not
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23 Do not dare to produce a show (6) to extremes it still looks as if matters, until the last minute,
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(9) (5) leader in a very special field final outcome.
with every day that passes.
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BRIEFLY
Kumartakes3as
NZAscore156/5
Bengaluru: Bengal seamer Mukesh
Kumar bowled to a probing channel
in all his spells as India A stifled New
Zealand A to 156 for five before bad
light stopped playon the opening day
of the first 'Unofficial' Test here.
Playing for a representative national
side (India U-19, India U-23, India A
or Senior India) for the first time, the
right-arm fast-medium bowler got
the ball to move both ways and fin-
ished with figures of 13-4-34-3, with
a wicket in each of his three spells. In
fact, Mukesh got wickets with the
new (4.3 overs), semi-new (35.3
overs)andoldball(57.4overs),asonly
61 overs of play was possible out of
the maximum 90. PTI
BRIEF SCORES: NZ A 1st Innings
156/5 (Joe Carter 73 batting, Mukesh
Kumar 3/34, Arzan Nagwaswalla
1/34, Yash Dayal 1/35) vs India A
Soumya,Jyotijoin
DinamoZagreb
Kolkata:Indianwomen'snationalteam
player Soumya Guguloth and her
Gokulam Kerala FC teammate Jyoti
Chouhan have signed a year-long con-
tract with Croatian giants Dinamo
Zagreb, becoming their first overseas
recruits. They were signed up after a
successfultrialinCroatia.Bothofthem
won the Indian Women's League last
season with Gokulam Kerala FC.
Soumya and Jyoti are the first ever in-
ternational players for the Dinamo
Zagreb women's football team. PTI
Blasters,EBtostart
ISLseasononOct.7
Mumbai: The 2022-23 Indian Super
League will kick off on October 7
when last season's runners-up Kerala
Blasters host East Bengal FC at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
Matches are scheduled between
ThursdayandSunday,bringingtheISL
in line with the top football leagues.
The upcoming season will see fans
backinthestadiumsafteragapof two
seasons. PTI
Lanka eliminate sloppy Bangladesh
in match of fluctuating emotions
SANDIP G
DUBAI, SEPTEMBER 1
THE END was anticlimactic for a wildly emo-
tional match. Ashita Fernando and Maheesh
Theekshanascamperedforatwothatbrought
Sri Lanka within a run of beating Bangladesh
and sealing a Super Fours spot. That’s when
theumpiresignalledano-ball, robbinganoc-
casion for spontaneous celebration. The mo-
ment they realised they had won, Fernando
and Maheesh hugged each other and waved
frenziedly at the dressing room. The team-
matescamerushing,leapingandpunchingthe
air, gesturing to the Sri Lanka supporters to
raise the volume level.
Bangladesh supporters looked utterly
shockedandinutterdisbeliefofhowtheyhad
lostamatchtheyhadnobusinessoflosing.The
bowler,MahediHasan,crashedtotheturf,be-
sideadisconsolateMushfiqurRahim.Captain
Shakib Al Hasan smiled a wistful smile — he
knewthatintheend,itwashisteam’ssloppi-
ness that had cost them the game. Dropped
catches,no-balls(4)andwides(eight)wereto
neutralise the fighting spirit they demon-
strated.
At several junctures, the match seemed
drifting away from Sri Lanka, from conceding
45 runs in the last four overs and letting
Bangladeshendupwith183runs,thenlosing
fourwicketsfor32runsafterabreezystart,to
Kusal Mendis playing amindless uppercut to
the palms of the third man fielder and Dasun
Shanaka running himself out in an equally
reckless moment of indiscretion. Nerves jan-
gled, emotions poured out, as the match
headed to a thrilling climax.
SriLankarequired25offthelasttwoovers.
Shanaka’s lusty blows chopped the equation
to 14 off eight balls before he got run out.
Bangladesh thought that was their match
point. Instead, Fernando struck two bound-
ariestoreducethetargettothreeofffourballs
tore-inducepanicamongBangladesh’sranks.
Thus ended an emotionally-charged
match. The hostility between the two teams
—flaredbythepressconferencesinthebuild-
uptothegamewhenmembersofbothteams
beratedeachother—wasevidentintheircel-
ebration at the fall of wickets. Chamika
Karunaratne leapt furiously, punching the air
in anger when he ejected Mushfiqur Rahim,
theirchiefantagonist,withaballthatburstoff
the surface like a firecracker. Sri Lankan fans
begantoimpersonateRahim’ssignatureNagin
dance, a casual celebration-gig now symbolic
of Bangladesh’s arrogance. Wanindu
Hasaranga displayed Neymar’s ‘Hang Loose’
celebration when he nixed Mahedi Hasan
Miraz,whohadinjectedBangladeshtheearly
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From back of beyond to centre stage, at speed
Blessed with raw pace, unbridled aggression and robust physique, Dahani can be next in line to carry Pakistan pace tradition
EXPRESSINUAE
SANDIP G
DUBAI, SEPTEMBER 1
THE LONG minutes beside the fully-occu-
piednetswaitingforhisturntobowlfeellike
hours for Shahnawaz Dahani. Wearing a
warm smile, he measures and remeasures
hisrun-up,strokeshisstubbledface,brushes
thegrassof his studs,rehearses his actionre-
peatedly, prances around restlessly here and
there, whispers something to a support staff
that has him in splits. And then he hears the
instruction he has been longing to hear the
whole evening: “Dahani, ab tu ja.”
He begins to stride in - short, concise
strides gaining furious acceleration as he
leaps into his load-up and unleashes his
thunderboltswithafluidreleaseandsmooth
follow-through. His action has a synchro-
nised charm rather than classical beauty.
Every fibre in his body is pointing straight
ahead: speed, momentum, economy.
Up close, one could see the strain on his
face — shrivelled veins on his neck, face con-
torted,teethgritting.Thefirstball,healways,
says is his effort ball. “Poora takat isme dalte
hain. Wicket ya nahin, batsman ko dar aana
hain pehle ball sein (I put full effort behind
it. The batsmen should feel fear),” he had ex-
plained in an interview on the Multan
Sultans website.
The batsman, Asif Ali, feels the fire and
heat of his first ball. The ball was straight and
hecannotdousethefireball.Theballscreams
through the gap between pad and bat that is
still on the descent and dishevels the off-
stump.
It is when Dahani comes truly alive and
turns from ruthless quick to a pure enter-
tainer. He spreads his arms like an aeroplane
and runs around the ground, as though this
washappeninginarealmatch.Hecelebrates
his wicket in the nets too, for he says, “Azhar
(Mahmood) bhai has told me to practise in
Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando (right) celebrates after scoring the winning runs
against Bangladesh on Thursday. AP
impetuswithaflurryofpowerfulstrokes,with
a googly. Fernando channelled his inner Dale
Steyn when he winkled out his maiden T20
wicket, that of Sabbir Rahman; and
Theekshana blew kisses at Shakib, who was
beginning to push the pedal after a lethargic
start.Later,EbadotHussanunfurledaSheldon
Cottrell salute when he exited Charith
AsalankaandPathumNissankainhisfirst-ever
over in a T20 International.
Similarly,wheneveraBangladeshbatsman
struck a boundary, the crowd - Bangladesh
supporters easily outnumbered Sri Lankans -
wouldgosowildthatthebouncersatthegates
had to interfere and threaten to expel them
whentheyleaneddangerouslyclosetotherail-
ingsofthesecondtier.Notthatitwoulddilute
their enthusiasm, the heat could not expend
theirenergy.Fieldersgrowledwhentheytook
acatch,batsmencursedthemselveswhenthey
floundered,captainsshoweredtheerringfield-
ersandbowlerswithchoicewords.Thecontest
was unhealthily tense at times, though noth-
ing terse emerged.
Bad blood
TheBangladesh-SriLankarivalrymightnot
be the largest or oldest subcontinental rivalry
- never would it acquire the aura or stature of
India-Pakistan - but it is the noisiest one
around, marked by genuine loathing among
thefans.Imaginetheemotionsthatfluctuated
whenMendiswascaught behindoff Mahedi,
onlytosurviveasthebowlerhadoverstepped.
Bangladesh were deliriously celebrating one
moment and weeping the next. And the op-
For Shahnawaz Dahani, meeting former India skipper MS Dhoni at last year’s T20
World Cup was a dream come true. Twitter/ShahnawazDahani
thenetswhatIwanttodoinagame.So,Icel-
ebrate in the nets too sometimes.”
It was not just his pace that made Dahani
an overnight sensation but his penchant for
celebrations. There are all sorts — the Shoaib
Akhtar aeroplane sprint, the Shahid Afridi
statuepose,theImranTahirmarathonsprint,
the Carlos Brathwaite telephone ring wiggle
and one of his own, where he pulls a mask
on his face and thrusts his hands forward. He
guffaws when asked about his celebrations.
His answer is often simple. “Life ko celebrate
karnahihain,aurmerilifetobowlinghihain.
Serious hona chahiye lekin thoda entertain-
ment bhi chahiye. (Life is about celebrating
and bowling is my life). I watch the celebra-
tionsof allbowlerscarefully,especiallythose
from the West Indies, it’s how I want to play
my cricket,” he says in an interview to
posite set of emotions that the Sri Lanka sup-
porters were experiencing. Ebadot, too, en-
dured the extremes of emotion, He grabbed
twowicketsinhisfirstover,athirdinthenext.
Little then was he aware that he would be
plundered for 22 runs in his nine-ball third
over.Orhis17-runlastoverwouldturncostly.
SriLanka’sfanswerenevertheloudest,but
during the last few boundaries of the
Bangladesh innings, they were totally muted.
Bangladeshbatsmenwererippingtheirbest-
laid plans apart. It began with Mossadek
Hussain smoking Hasaranga for a brace of
thunderous boundaries. The first — a dismis-
sivebludgeonoverhishead—wasastatement
of intent that they are unencumbered to take
onthefinestofLanka’sbowlers;thattheywill
walk the talk, defend the trash talk that Sri
Lanka“doesnothaveaworld-classbowler”as
formerBangladeshcaptainKhaledMahmood
had remarked.
TheproblemwithSriLanka’sbowlerswas
that they were not bereft of quality —
Hasaranga and Theekshana bowled well in
patches — but could not sustain the intensity
throughoutthe20overs.Thescalesofthecon-
testweretiltedtowardsthemtillthe16thover,
butinthenextfour,theybled45runs,includ-
ing a horror 17-run last over from Fernando.
ButFernandoredeemedhimselfwith10runs
off three balls.
BRIEF SCORES: Bangladesh 183/7 in 20
overs (Atif Hossain 39, M Miraz 38; Chamika
Karunaratne 2/32) lost to Sri Lanka 184/8 in
19.2 overs (Kusal Mendis 60, Dasun Shanaka
45, Ebadat Hossain 3/51) by 2 wickets
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brace it and stay dedicated to the game you at ease and took me to the club, where I first
love the most,” Dahani told Cricket Pakistan. started bowling with a leather ball,” he said.
Like Dhoni gave an identity to Jharkand, To not evoke his father’s suspicion, he
a cricketing backwater, Dahani has made would say there were special classes or ex-
people google Larkana, “hamara Larkana” as ams.Thebiggerhurdlewasthemoneytobuy
he always says, on the web. Larkana is a city the gear and shoes. “I used to borrow shoes
in northwest Sindh with extreme weather, and even socks from my friends,” he told
andhasbeendevastatedbytherecentfloods. Events and Happenings.
Dahani’s village, Khawar Khan Dahani, is
so remote that it’s not even on the Google Rapid rise
map. The floods have left the village without But so natural his talents were that he
electricity for weeks, besides leaving thou- madehisfirst-classentryjusttwo yearsafter
sands homeless. Dahani, on the social me- he touched a cricket ball. And just two years
dia, has been making frequent requests to later, he was playing for Pakistan. He was
the government for aid and rescue opera- travelling in a packed bus from Lahore to
tions.EverythirdpostontheTwitterissome- Larkana when he got the selector’s call. He
thing related to the village — its fields, play- immediately broke down.
groundsandsimplelife. “Baba ka yaad aagaya. (I
Not just that Dahani rememberedmyfather.)He
is the first international Dahani’s village, Khawar was the first person that I
cricketer from his vil- wanted to tell that I have
lage or his region, he is Khan Dahani, is so remote beenpickedforPakistan.He
the first one from his that it’s not even on the would have been so proud. I
area to even dream to
play cricket for the
Google map. The floods wept throughout the jour-
ney and after reaching
country. “We play a lot have left the village home, went to offer my
of cricket in our fields without electricity for prayersbesidehisgrave,be-
with tennis ball and fore distributing sweets to
tape-ball. But we never
weeks, besides leaving the villagers.”
took it seriously. You thousands homeless. Butthebackstoryanden-
play for a while and tertainment value are just
then work on the farm, subtexts of what make
or study if you are good at it,” he told Events Dahaniaspecialpackage.Heisspecialbecause
and Happenings. he is a special bowler too — one blessed with
So, when Dahani told his father that he raw pace, unbridled aggression and a robust
wishes to play cricket for Pakistan one day, physiquetowithstandthestrainofbowlingat
CrickVick. hisfathergentlytoldhimthat “noonewould extreme pace. “Dahani is always smiling,
take a player from interior Pakistan.” whether he’s been hitor not.The wholeteam
Awe-struck “He told me to focus on my studies and lights up. It’s like we’ve found a new Shoaib
There is an old-world spontaneity about
him, an innocence the game lost long ago.
you could get a government job in Larkana. I Akhtar,” says Azhar Mahmood, his coach at
did not want to offend him and agreed. Multan Sultans.
When he saw MS Dhoni, who was India’s
mentor during last year’s T20 World Cup, he
When I thought harder, that made sense. Buthisbowlingisstillanunfinishedprod-
Who would pick me? No one has played for uct, he feels. “He has to work on his out-
immediately introduced himself: “Aap hain Pakistan from our region,” he recollected. swinger. I have sent a whole list of where he
Dhoni, mein hoo Dahani.” Dhoni was so He channelled more attention on aca- needs to improve to the Pakistan bowling
charmed that after the training session, he demics and farming. Every morning, he and coach,”hesaid.Akhtar,impressedwithhisat-
took him aside for a chat, where he trans- his elder brother Majid would go to their titude and pace, wants him to focus more on
ferred life and career lessons. “It will take a mustard farm and help their father out, be- first-classcricket.WaqarYounis,onwhosein-
lot of time for me to explain the level of fore rushingto college. But the cricket dream sistencehewaspickedwhenhewastheteam’s
Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Meeting him was a still burned bright in him. His brother re- coach,believeshecouldemergeasabowleras
dream come true and I can’t forget that mo- alised this and introduced him to a friend lethal as Shaheen Shah Afridi. Dahani has not
ment. His words were quite beneficial as he who played for the Al Shahbaz Cricket Club settheinternationalstageonfirewiththeball
told me about life, how to live life, respect- in Larkana. “He told me to come over, but as yet in his limited outings — just five white-
ing the elders. He said that there will be bad then I became a bit scared because I had ball games — but would wait patiently and
and good days in cricket but you have to em- never played with a hard ball. But he put me smilingly for his turn to come to celebrate.
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