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SKM rejects
MSP panel,
says it’s full of
govt loyalists
HARIKISHAN SHARMA
& RAAKHI JAGGA
NEW DELHI, LUDHIANA,
JULY 19
THE SAMYUKTA Kisan Morcha
(SKM) on Tuesday announced it
would not join the 29-member
panel set up by the Centre to
make minimum support price
(MSP)more“effectiveandtrans-
parent”. The Union government
hadnotifiedtheformationof the
committee the day before.
TheSKM—anumbrellabody
of farmers’organisationsthatled
the protest against three central
farm laws for over a year, forcing
the government to repeal them
last November — took the deci-
sion at a meeting of its coordina-
tion committee.
In a statement, the coordina-
tioncommitteesaid,“Thereisno
scope to discuss the MSP law in
theagendaof thiscommitteefull
of government representatives
and its loyalists. Samyukta Kisan
Morcha has rejected the com-
mittee formed by the
Government of India on MSP
and other issues, and has de-
cided not to nominate its repre-
sentative in the committee.”
The SKM went on to add, “All
the doubts of Samyukta Kisan
Morcha about this committee
have come true with the notifi-
cation issued by the
Government. Obviously, there is
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Filmmaker detained for SC grants interim relief
sharing Shah’s old photo to Nupur Sharma, says
with tainted IAS officer ‘no coercive action’
VAIBHAV JHA
AHMEDABAD, JULY 19
FILMMAKER AVINASH Das was
detained on Tuesday outside his
Mumbai residence by a team of
Ahmedabad Police for allegedly
sharing on social media "a five-
year-old photo" of Union Home
MinisterAmitShahwithIASoffi-
cer Pooja Singhal, who was ar-
rested in Jharkhand this May by
theEnforcementDirectorate(ED)
in a case of money laundering.
The Ahmedabad Police’s
Detectionof CrimeBranch(DCB)
Modi, Yogi posters in garbage cart: UP sanitation
worker reinstated, says ‘won’t repeat mistake’
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ANCHOR
MALAVIKA PRASAD
MATHURA, JULY 19
AGRATEFULBobbyKhareprom-
ises he will “never repeat the
mistake” again. The 40-year-old
sanitation workerfromMathura
struggles for words to say more,
overwhelmed at the events of
the past four days — from being
sacked on Saturday after photo-
graphs surfaced of him pulling a
GOVT POINTS TO RUPEE APPRECIATION AGAINST OTHER MAJOR CURRENCIES
Rupee falls below 80 against dollar,
raises worries over imported inflation
Ukraine conflict, crude prices, global
tightening major reasons: Sitharaman
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, JULY 19
RAISING CONCERNS over high
imported inflation, the rupee
Tuesday fell below the psycho-
logical level of 80 to 80.05
against the US dollar intra-day
amid tightening monetary con-
ditions and risk-off sentiments
as well as persistent outflows
Police personnel at the crime scene in Nuh, Haryana. PTI
Haryana DSP run over
by dumper truck during
raid on illegal mining
PAVNEET SINGH CHADHA
NUH (HARYANA), JULY 19
A 57-YEAR-OLD Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP)
of Haryana Police, who was set
to retire in three months, was
run over by a dumper truck dur-
ing a raid to check illegal mining
in Nuh district on Tuesday after-
noon, officials said.
The cleaner of the truck,
Avinash Das was detained in
Mumbai by a team of
Ahmedabad Police. Express
hadregisteredanFIRagainstDas
on May13, basedonacomplaint
from a Police Sub Inspector (PSI)
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garbage cart with photos of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
andUttarPradeshChief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, to an outpour-
ing of support, to his reinstate-
mentletteronTuesdaymorning.
Officials said he will resume
his duties soon.
The sole breadwinner of his
family, Bobby (who prefers go-
ing by just one name) has five
children — three of them girls,
the eldest 20. Only one of the
sons has been to school. He also
supports the family of his de-
ceased brother, including two of
his children, he says. The joint
from domestic markets.
Significant dollar demand
fromoilimportersamidelevated
crude oil prices and concerns
about swelling trade deficithave
also been key catalysts behind
the steep descent seen in the
Indiancurrency,whichhasfallen
by over seven per cent since
January this year.
Although the rupee has
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Deputy SP
Bishnoi was
set to retire
in three
months
identified as Ikkar, was later ar-
rested a few kilometres away
from the spot following “an ex-
change of fire with the police” in
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APURVA VISHWANATH
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THESUPREMECourtonTuesday
granted suspended BJP
spokespersonNupurSharmain-
terim protection from “coercive
action” in connection with the
casesfiledagainsther,acrossdif-
ferent states, for her remarks on
the Prophet.
The bench of Justices Surya
Kant and J B Pardiwala also clari-
fied that it “never wanted”
Sharma to go to “every court” to
seek relief in the cases. On July 1,
Bobby Khare with his wife in Mathura. Gajendra Yadav
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E X P L A I NE D
Inflation
risks
● remain intervention doesn’t work
COMMODITY PRICES have
eased from their peak, but
are expected to pose sig-
GEORGE MATHEW
& SANDEEP SINGH
nificant risk for inflation
since almost three-fourths
MUMBAI, JULY 19 Dinesh
Kumar
of inflationary pressure is INDIA’SLEADINGbankerandSBI Khara
seen emerging from im- Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara
ported inflation. is of the view that an artificial in-
tervention does not have a long- the 80 mark to a dollar for the RANIL VS DULLAS VS ANURA
EXPLAINED PAGE 9
Lanka elects Gota
termimpactanditdoesn’twork. first time.
On Tuesday, the rupee breached CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
ED’S NSE PROBE AFTER PROBE INTO ‘TRANSFER-FOR-MONEY’
successor today in
Prasada’s PWD is under three-way contest
Former chief of
Mumbai Police
cloud in UP: His OSD and
Leftist Janatha Vimukthi
Peramuna (JVP) will see Sri
held in money Lanka's Parliament elect a new
laundering case 5 officers out for ‘payoffs’ President Wednesday to replace
Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled
the country and resigned after
Adityanath suspended five offi- public anger over the country's
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ASAD REHMAN cials including the PWD head of worst economic crisis exploded
NEW DELHI, JULY 19 LUCKNOW, JULY 19 department for their alleged in- EXPRESSINSRILANKA on the streets 10 days ago.
volvement in the matter. On the eve of the vote,
AFTER QUESTIONING former
Mumbai Police Commissioner
THIRTEENMONTHSafterhequit
the Congress and joined the BJP
A government spokesperson
said action has been taken SHUBHAJIT ROY
Opposition leader and Samagi
Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate
SanjayPandeyatleastthriceear- to become a member of the Yogi against Engineer-in-Chief COLOMBO, JULY 19 Sajith Premadasa decided to
lier in connec- Adityanath cabinet weeks later, (Development) and HOD Manoj withdraw from the Presidential
tion with the PWD Minister Jitin Prasada now Kumar Gupta, Chief Engineer A THREE-WAY contest between raceandsupportAlahapperuma.
National Stock
Exchange
(NSE) co-loca-
has his back to the wall.
On Tuesday, a day after Anil
Kumar Pandey, Prasada's Officer
Rakesh Kumar Saxena, Senior
Staff Officer Shailendra Kumar
Yadav, Administrative Officer
Acting President
Wickremesinghe,
Ranil
Dullas
Alahapperuma, a rebel leader of
Premadasa, son of President
RanasinghePremadasawhowas
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tion scam, the on Special Duty (OSD), was re- Pankaj Dixit and Head Clerk the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana
Enforcement moved over allegations of trans- Sanjay Kumar Chaurasia. Peramuna (SLPP) who is backed
Directorate Case linked fers in PWD in exchange for “It was found that they were by the Opposition, and Anura RELATED REPORT
(ED) on to ‘phone- money, Chief Minister Yogi CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Kumara Dissanayake of the PAGE 12
Tuesday ar- tapping’
rested him in
connection
with the alleged phone-tapping BUSINESS AS USUAL
of NSE employees which, the
agencysuspects, could be linked BY UNNY
to money laundering.
Pandey was taken into
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Sharma has
sought WORLD
clubbing
of cases
against her
the bench had declined to enter-
tainSharma'spleaforclubbingthe
multipleFIRsagainsther,andhad
reprimanded her, saying she has
SUNAK TOPS NEW
a “loose tongue” and is “single- VOTE TO EDGE
handedly responsible for what is CLOSER TO FINAL
happening in the country”. SPOT IN UK PM RACE
Senior Advocate Maninder PAGE 12
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familysharesatwo-roomhouse,
with the kitchen also serving as
a sleeping area at night. The
house has barely any furniture,
the most prominent feature a
narrow wooden stool.
While the salary is notmuch,
itwasthebestanilliterateBobby
couldhopefor,growingupinthe
Valmiki Basti of Mathura. A san-
itation worker for the past two
decades (he doesn't recall ex-
actlyforhowlong),Bobbygener-
ally works in two shifts – 6 am to
10 am, and 3 pm to 6 pm — earn-
ing roughly Rs 20,000 a month.
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Rupee falls
depreciatedagainsttheUSdollar,
it has appreciated against other
majorcurrenciessuchaseuroand
the Japanese yen. “Global factors
“We do see some more pain
for the domestic currency in the
nearterm,butitislikelytoremain
cushioned by the 81-mark amid
a host of factors. For one, the
commodity prices coming off
peaks, the RBI seems to be more
comfortable with a modest pace
of rate hikes.
“India’sinflationproblemsare
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perhaps work better."
The RBI has been intervening
from time to time to contain the
UPSC ESSENTIALS

such as the Russia-Ukraine con-
flict, soaring crude oil prices and
tighteningofglobalfinancialcon-
ditions are the major reasons for
the weakening of the Indian ru-
pee against the US dollar,” Union
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman said in a written re-
ply to Parliament.
CurrenciessuchastheBritish
pound, the Japanese yen and the
euro have weakened more than
the Indian rupee against the US
dollar and, therefore, the Indian
rupee has strengthened against
thesecurrenciesin2022,shesaid.
In a Twitter post last week,
Sanjeev Sanyal, Member,
EconomicAdvisoryCounciltothe
PrimeMinister,hadsaid,“TheRBI
is using reserves to smoothen
movebutcorrectlyallowingmar-
ket adjustment… the only real
causeforconcernisimportedin-
flation from energy prices. Given
oil import dependence, there is
little India can do about this in
shorttermbeyondsomedomes-
ticadjustments(saycuttingtaxes
atthemargin)but allsuchmeas-
ures have a price.”
Even as commodity prices
have eased from their peak, they
areexpectedtoposeasubstantial
risk for inflation as almost three-
fourths of India’s inflationary
pressure is seen emerging from
imported inflation. Capital out-
flows and the RBI’s defensive ac-
tiontoprotectrupeefromasharp
slide against the dollar have re-
sulted in lower forex reserves,
posingconcernsforthecountry’s
currentaccountdeficitinthisfis-
cal.
OnTuesday,therupeetraded
neutraltorange-boundbetween
79.85-80.05 and closed at 79.95
as the dollar index stayed in
muted trading sessions.
“Further, the capital market
showed positive performance
which helped the rupee stay in a
range-bound session. In opening
trade, the rupee touched a fresh
low of 80.05 but took support
thereafteraninchhighertowards
79.85. The rupee range can be
seen between 79.70-80.25 going
ahead,” Jateen Trivedi, VP
Research Analyst at LKP
Securities, said.
strengthinthedollarindexseems
unsustainable at higher levels,
with expectations that the
EuropeanCentralBankandother
developed market central banks
willalsohikeinterestratesaggres-
sively,” said Sugandha Sachdeva,
Vice President, Religare Broking
Ltd.Therupeehasdepreciatedby
around 25 per cent since
December 31, 2014.
According to analysts, long-
term inflation expectations have
fallen in the US, and concerns of
super-sized tightening by the US
Fed at the forthcoming meeting
have eased, which is leading to a
retreat in the dollar index from
multi-year highs and aiding the
local unit. Besides, the US central
bankmightbeforcedtopauseits
rate hike cycle going forward
given the concerns about reces-
sionaryrisksanditseemsthatthe
worst is likely to be over soon.
“Secondly, the RBI and the
government have recently taken
several measures which might
stemthefallintherupee.Theru-
pee-dollar exchange rate is ex-
pectedtohoverinthe78.50to81
band till September,” Sachdeva
said.
Foreign portfolio investors
(FPIs)havepulledoutRs2.37lakh
crore since January this year and
forex reserves have dwindled by
$62 billion from the September
2021 peak of $ 642.4 billion.
Although commodity prices
have come down from their re-
cent peaks, they are still elevated
foralargertradedeficitorcurrent
accountdeficit,whichisexpected
to be 3 per cent.
“That is putting pressure on
currency.Thecapitalflightwhich
is taking place, this year we are
likely to have a deficit on the bal-
ance of payments. So basically,
our capital account inflows are
likelytobelowerthanthecurrent
account deficit. And if we look at
ourforexreserves,whicharepre-
dominantly filled up from debt
flows,theyarelessthanIndia’sex-
ternaldebt,aphenomenonwhich
was not observed in the last
decade or so,” Devendra Kumar
Pant, Chief Economist, India
Ratings, said.
Experts said that with global
predominantly imported in na-
ture.Hence,therecentreversalin
several commodity prices is eas-
ing sequential inflation momen-
tum.Recentcommoditypricede-
clinesoffertheRBIsomeroomto
reviseitsinflationforecastsmod-
estly lower amid stable growth
signals.Weexpectmonetarynor-
malisation to continue, but see
signsthattheRBIisturningmore
comfortable with a modest pace
of rate hikes,” Barclays India said
in a recent note.
The Consumer Price Index or
CPI-basedinflationhasbeenover
6 per cent for two straight quar-
ters, remaining above the upper
limit of the RBI’s medium-term
targetrangeof2-6percent.Most
of the risks to inflation are seen
emergingfromthecrisisintheaf-
termath of the Ukraine-Russia
war.
With the inflation print ex-
pectedtostayelevatedincoming
months, the RBI is one quarter
away from having to explain its
failuretokeeptheinflationwithin
the stipulated band. As per the
mandatebythe monetarypolicy
framework, if the average infla-
tionratebreachesthe2-6percent
targetforthreeconsecutivequar-
ters, the RBI will have to explain
tothegovernmentthereasonsfor
breach in the inflation target.
“OneofthereasonsthatRBIis
intervening so heavily is because
of imported inflation pressure
andithasbeenabigdriverof this
particular inflationary cycle. The
underlying domestic services in-
flationisactuallyrelativelybenign
and a lot of these services, which
are showing higher prices, are
driven by imported components
like public transport etc because
ofhigherfuelcosts,”RahulBajoria,
Chief Economist, Barclays, said.
SBI chairman
SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress,
Khara said, “I think that it (inter-
vention by central bank) really
doesn’twork....Artificialinterven-
tiondoesnotreallyhaveanylong-
term impact, it can only have a
temporary impact.”
He, however, added that we
should instead focus on balance
of trade. "As compared to that, I
volatility in rupee, by selling dol-
lars and buying rupee from the
market,andithasoverthelastsix
months or so resulted in a deple-
tionofforeignexchangereserves.
"Already a lot of our forex re-
serveshavegone.Fromover$600
billion plus, we are now at $ 580
billion," said Khara.
It is important to note that in
thefirstweekofSeptember2021,
theforexreservesstoodat$642.4
billionandasonJuly8,2022itwas
down to $580 billion — drop of
$62 billion in ten months. In the
sameperiod,therupeehasweak-
ened by nearly 10 per cent from
72.96 to 80 to a dollar.
While RBI has taken several
measures including temporarily
permitting banks to raise fresh
FCNR(B)andNREdepositswith-
outreferencetotheextantregula-
tions on interest rates, in a bid to
attractforeigninvestment,Khara
saidonehastowaitandwatchto
seetheimpactofthesemeasures
as it has been only over a week
that banks have raised the rates.
"FCNR (deposit scheme) is a
very rate sensitive product. And
weareobservingthatindifferent
markets, interest rates are on the
upswing. But normally, it hap-
pens that when it comes to the
NRErupee,normallytheflowsgo
upwhenevertherupeeweakens.
Andit'sarepatriableaccountalso.
The kind of reliefs which the RBI
hasgiven,perhapsitisessentially
for FCNR (B) scheme. We also in-
creasedtherateofinterestonJuly
10. It's too early to really gauge
whatthelikelyimpactis.Wehave
to wait and watch," said Khara.
While FDI and FPI invest-
ments hold key to rupee stability
and India has witnessed a sharp
outflowofoverRs2.64lakhcrore
byforeignportfolioinvestorsfrom
Indianequitymarketssinceocto-
ber2021,Kharasaidthatinvestors
looking for FDI investments are
lookingatIndiawithalotofinter-
est and India's 'Political stability'
isabigcontrinutingfactortothat.
"They're all looking at India
withalotof interest.Butyes,per-
hapstheywillwaitandwatchbe-
cause many of them particularly,
when it comes to FDI, invariably
come with a very long-term per-
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spective.Someofthelongonlyin-
vestorslookatthecountrywitha
lot of interest for the simple rea-
son of the political stability and
alsothewayacountryhasgotac-
ceptedgloballyintherecentpast.
I think that these are some of the
reassuringfactorswhichthesein-
vestors look at."
Nupur Sharma
Singh, who represented
Sharma, had then requested
the court's permission to
withdraw her plea instead of
having it dismissed. The bench
had allowed the petition to be
withdrawn, with liberty to
avail alternate remedies. On
Monday, Sharma filed a fresh
application seeking protection
from arrest and clubbing of
cases against her.
Hearing her plea on
Tuesday, the bench issued
notices to the Centre and
several states, including Delhi,
West Bengal and Maharashtra,
and asked them to respond by
August 10, the next date of
hearing.
“In light of the subsequent
events, the concern of this
court is how to ensure that the
petitioner is able to seek
alternate remedy. In order to
explore such modality, we
issue notice,” said the bench.
“To that extent, we are
correcting. We did not intend
that you have to go to all
places,” it said.
“In the meanwhile, as an
interim measure, it is directed
that no coercive action shall be
taken against the petitioner
pursuant to the impugned
FIRs/ complaints or such FIRs/
complaints which may be
registered/ entertained in
future," said the bench.
Earlier in the day, Singh said
Sharma was facing increasing
threats. “I beseech your
CheckourUPSCguidetounderstandcurrentaffairsifyouareareader
of‘TheIndianExpress’.ScantheQRCodeontheleft
lordships, the threat is genuine
and real now,” he said.
“Have we understood
correctly that you are willing to
go to one place of your choice?”
the court asked.
Singh replied that since the
first FIR was registered in Delhi,
Sharma must be allowed to
challenge it before the Delhi
High Court. He also sought a
direction from the court to stay
all other existing and future
FIRs based on the same case.
The court noted that after
its order on July 1, various
incidents including “one
Salman Chisti, claiming to be
Khadim of Ajmer Dargah, has
circulated a video calling for
killing the petitioner; another
person has circulated a video
threatening to behead the
petitioner, and some more FIRs
have been registered.”
The court also took note of
Sharma's apprehension that
she may be arrested as the
Kolkata Police had issued a
lookout circular against her.
Sri Lanka
assassinated by an LTTE suicide
bomberin1993,saidhisdecision
was made for the "greater good"
of the country.
In a Twitter post, Premadasa
said, “For the greater good of my
countrythatIloveandthepeople
I cherish I hereby withdraw my
candidacy for the position of
President. @sjbsrilanka and our
alliance and our opposition part-
nerswillworkhardtowardsmak-
ing @DullasOfficialvictorious.”
He also reached out to India
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi: "Irrespective of who be-
comes the President of Sri Lanka
tomorrow it is my humble and
earnest request to Hon. PM Shri
@narendramodi, to all the politi-
calpartiesofIndiaandtothepeo-
ple of India to keep helping
mother Lanka and its people to
come out of this disaster."
Alahapperuma, who belongs
to Mahinda Rajapaksa’s party
SLPPandwasinformationminis-
ter for mass media, has emerged
as the Opposition's candidate.
Dissanayake belongs to JVP,
one of the smaller parties in the
Opposition fold. His party has
supportedtheprotestmovement
as well.
Wickremesinghe, who has
been Prime Minister six times
now,istherulingSLPPcandidate.
Ithasthenumberstopullitoffun-
lessAlahapperumaisabletosub-
stantially split the party’s votes.
SLPP chairman G L Peiris, for-
mer Foreign Minister, said the
partywillvoteforAlahapperuma
and the appointment of Sajith
Premadasa as Prime Minister.
The nominations were ac-
cepted by Parliament Tuesday.
Lawmakers will vote through a
secret ballot Wednesday morn-
ing, and the results are expected
by late afternoon.
In the House of 225 seats, 113
seatsinfavourof acandidatewill
decide the elections.
Sanitation staff
Recalling how the image of
his garbage cart with Modi and
Adityanath's photos landed up
onsocialmedia,Bobbysaid:“On
Saturday, while I was at work,
three men approached me near
SubhashInterCollegeandasked
why the photographs were
there in my cart. I explained to
thementhatIwasjustdoingmy
job.”
He pointed out that he had
just picked up the posters which
werealreadylyingatthegarbage
collection spot.
Afterhefinishedhismorning
shift, Bobby said, he was sum-
moned to the civic body office to
explain what had happened and
given a showcause notice. He
replied the same day.
Showcause notices were also
issued to the sanitary inspector
and sanitary supervisor for “not
briefing” Bobby on the photo-
graphs of dignitaries and public
representatives,officialssaid.One
official earlier told The Indian
Express, “The contract of Bobby
was terminated because the PM
andCMcouldbeidentifiedinthe
photographs easily.”
The Nagar Nigam Mathura-
Vrindavan said it had taken cog-
nizance of the video which went
viralonsocialmediaSaturdayfea-
turing Bobby with the garbage
cartandphotographsofModiand
Adityanath. Dr Karim Akhtar
Qureshi, the Nagar Swasthya
Adhikari, said Bobby apologised
for what had happened to the
MunicipalCommissioner,follow-
ing which he was reinstated.
Qureshi told The Indian
Express: “Bobby filed a represen-
tationwhereheapologisedforhis
actions and assured he won’t
make the mistake again and will
continue to work with sincerity
and honesty. He also stated that
he was the sole breadwinner of
his family. Based on this, he was
reinstated.”
Mahesh Kaju, Mahamantri,
Uttar Pradesh Safai Mazdoor
Sangh, Mathura, said they had
never heard of a similar incident
in Mathura before.
AboutwhathetoldtheNagar
Nigam, Bobby says: “I said I had
been only doing my job, which
was to collect the garbage from
Ward-19. I submitted my repre-
sentation before the commis-
sioner Monday, stating that my
actions were not ill-intentioned
andapologisingforthesame.The
day I was terminated from serv-
icewasaSaturday.AsSundaywas
aholiday,Icouldfilemyrepresen-
tation only Monday.”
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ANONNADUTT
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE UNION Health Ministry
Tuesdaysetupahigh-levelprobe
and debarred five doctors of the
Safdarjung Hospital from duties,
afterawomandeliveredherbaby
on the floor outside the emer-
gency department Tuesday
morning, steps away from an
overflowing dustbin.
Sources said the action was
taken on the directions of Union
Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya.
The woman, Poonam (20),
deliveredherinfantgirlalmost15
hours after she reached the hos-
pital to get herself admitted. The
familyhasallegedshewasforced
to deliver outside as the hospital
kept postponing her admission
and did not act in time.
“A team from the Ministry
visited SJH for fact-finding in the
matter of the delivery incident
that took place at SJH today
morning.Fiveofthedoctorshave
been debarred from duties till a
high-level probe into the matter
is completed. The lady and the
newborn are currently in care of
the SJH hospital,” sources in the
health ministry said.
The hospital, however, has
said the woman was offered ad-
mission on Monday but did not
show up.
“ShewasreferredfromDadri
to Noida and then to Safdarjung.
We reached here around 4-4.30
pm yesterday and kept running
from pillar to post through the
evening and late into the night,
butshewasn’tadmitted.Thiswas
despitethefactthatshehadhigh
blood pressure and swelling in
her body,” said her husband
Harpal Morya (21), a farmer.
He said the hospital made
them run around from one de-
partmenttoanotherforanultra-
sound.“Till11pm,wekeptgoing
aroundforanultrasoundbecause
theycouldnotadmitherwithout
it. But after running around sev-
eraltimes,Iwastoldat11pmthat
theywouldn’tdoitanymoreand
weshouldcomebacktomorrow.
Nobodytoldusthatshecouldbe
admitted,” he said.
Suman Morya (29), a relative
who arrived at 6 am on Tuesday,
A team from Health Ministry
visited the hospital. Archive
said Poonam had started vomit-
ingbythenandwasinacutepain.
“Thehospitalclaimstheyoffered
admission. But even when I ar-
rivedtodaymorning,nobodytold
me that Poonam should be ad-
mitted immediately. I was also
made to run around for an ultra-
sound.Around9:30-10am,while
I was running around inside, I
called and got to know that her
waterhasbrokenandshehasde-
livered outside,” she said.
“It was two of our relatives
whoheldasareearoundherand
helpedinthedelivery.Thehospi-
talstaff onlycametocuttheum-
bilicalcord.Thisisanegligentand
risky act by the hospital. The
motherorthechild,anyonecould
have lost their life,” she said.
The hospital, however, has a
different version. “As Safdarjung
Hospital has a no refusal policy,
shewasexaminedbytheSR(sen-
ior resident) on duty at 5:45 pm
on July 18 and her condition was
foundtobe33+6weeksgestation
withpreeclampsiainearlylabour.
The patient was offered admis-
sion but she did not return with
the admission paper,” the official
spokespersonsaidinastatement.
“The next day, the SR on
morningGRRdutywasinformed
thatapatientwasdeliveringout-
side. A team from GRR was dis-
patchedimmediatelyandthepa-
tient’sdeliverywastakencareof,”
they said, adding that Poonam
was admitted to ward while the
baby was admitted in the nurs-
ery. Both are in stable condition.
Thehospitalalsosaid101pa-
tients were attended in 24 hours
onJuly18bysixdoctorsinthegy-
naecology department.
A doctor told The Indian
Express that the hospital had put
her down for admission but she
was asked to get an ultrasound
before that. “She did go in for ul-
five members of a gang which
allegedly conned 335 people
across several states on the pre-
text of offering them lucrative
trasound, but never turned up at jobs with a private airline.
thewardatnight,”thedoctorsaid. A computer, a laptop, two
Usually,if apatientisinactive phones, a cheque book and Rs
labour,hospitalstaff escortherto 3.97 lakh were recovered from
the labour room. But in this case, their possession, police added.
asthewomanwastobeadmitted They were held from different
to the ward, she was asked to go locations in UP and NCR. ENS
on her own. The hospital has
askedtheheadofthedepartment
ofgynaecologytosubmitareport
ontheincident.“Wewillgetmore
clarity on what happened once
we get the report,” the hospital
spokesperson said. Once the de-
livery was done, Suman said she
called up the police. “I told them
the entire incident, and we will
definitelygiveacomplaintinwrit-
ing as well. This should not hap-
pen to anyone else,” she said.
DCP (Southwest) Manoj C,
however, said they had not re-
ceived a complaint so far.
The Delhi Commission for
Womenhastakensuomotucog-
nizance of the incident and
soughtinformationonwhenthe
woman first came to the hospi-
tal, reasons for refusal of admis-
sion, enquiry report and action
taken report in the matter, etc.

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4 THE CITY
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
DSP RUN OVER IN NUH
DSP killing puts illegal mining back in focus,
Haryana plans steps to end menace for good
PAVNEET SINGH CHADHA
& SUKHBIR SIWACH
NUH, JULY 19
THEMURDERofaHaryanapolice
DSPduringaninspectiontocheck
illegal stone mining in Nuh dis-
trict has again put the spotlight
onthe‘miningmafia’,whichcon-
tinues to thrive despite plenty of
FIRs, arrests, fines and vehicle
seizures.
The Supreme Court ban on
mining activities notwithstand-
ing, illegal quarrying of stones
from the Aravallis in Nuh and
neighbouring locations of
Faridabad, Sohna and Alwar is a
persistent headache for authori-
ties,withtrucksanddumpersof-
ten caught carrying large stones
andbouldersacrossstateborders,
police officials say. In January
2022,fivepersonswerekilledand
threeinjuredinalandslideatthe
Dadam mining site in Bhiwani,
prompting a probe.
At the hillock in Chilla-
Pachgaon in Tauru, where the
dumper mowed down the DSP,
truckmarkswerevisible,withlo-
cals claiming that dumpers car-
rying stones and boulders for
mining pass through the area of-
ten, early in the morning or late
at night.
A senior police officer, re-
questing anonymity, said the
menace is exacerbated in South
Haryana districts. “Overloaded
dumpers from neighbouring
BRIEFLY
InstallCCTVs,
disposeof
garbage:HCto
DDAonRidge
New Delhi: Directing the
Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) to take
immediate measures to
stop garbage from being
thrown in the Ridge area
under its management,
the Delhi High Court has
said the DDA can install
cameras, including the
ones with night-vision
features, to monitor and
identifypollutersandini-
tiate against them for
harming the ecosystem
of the Central Ridge. The
suggestionfromthecourt
cameafteritwastoldthat
garbage was being
thrown there.
Delhigovt
planscultural
festforI-Day
New Delhi:To celebrate
the 75 years of India’s
Independence, the Delhi
governmentisplanningto
conductatwo-week-long
cultural festival from
August 1 to 15. A mega
event, with concerts and
other programs, will be
organised, said officials.
An official said, “We will
appeal to the public to
participateinprogramsin
largenumbers.Eventslike
culturalprogramsinvolv-
ingpatrioticsinging,danc-
ing,streetplaysandclean-
liness drives will be
conducted." ENS
FOR SAFETY OF DELHIITES
PWD project to resolve dark spots and network issues
GAYATHRI MANI
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
TO CREATE a safer environment
at night for residents of the city,
especially women and girls, the
Public Works Department
(PWD) has kicked off aproject to
eradicatedarkspotsbyrepairing
damaged street lights and in-
stalling more LED lights.
According to officials, the
Delhi Police along with an NGO
conductedasurveyof darkspots,
and Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar
Saxena also held a meeting re-
stateslikeRajasthanorhillyareas
intheAravallisquarrystonesand
drop them in crusher zones in
Faridabad, Nuh and even
Gurgaon. Between 2019 and
March2022,weseized2,400ve-
hicles involved in mining activi-
tiesintheSouthHaryanaregion,”
said the officer.
The Haryana government on
Tuesday said that as many as 68
vehicles involved in illegal min-
ing have been seized and 23 FIRs
registered in Nuh district in this
financial year alone. During this
period, a fine of Rs 4.28 lakh has
beenrecoveredfromillegalmin-
ers in Nuh.
According to a spokesperson
of the Haryana government, 138
FIRshavebeenregisteredforille-
galmininginHaryanaduringthe
same period and a fine of Rs 1.31
crorehasbeenrecoveredbycon-
fiscating 253 vehicles.
Thespokespersonaddedthat
it has been decided to use satel-
lite imagery for regular monitor-
ing of mining in the state. Along
UPHAAR CINEMA FIRE
Court releases Ansal
brothers in evidence
tampering case
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
A DELHI court Tuesday granted
relief torealestatetycoonsSushil
Ansal and Gopal Ansal, ordering
their release from jail by asking
them to serve only the sentence
already undergone, in a case of
tampering with evidence in the
1997Uphaarcinemafirecase.The
court observed that a trial court
hadearlierpassedasentencethat
was "punitive and retributive in
nature" to teach them a lesson.
A magisterial court had con-
victed and awarded seven-year
jail terms to Ansals, besides im-
posing a fine of Rs 2.25 crore on
each. On Monday, the court of
DistrictJudgeDharmeshSharma
upheldtheconvictionorderofthe
Ansals and two others who had
challenged conviction by a mag-
isterial court. It, however, acquit-
ted one co-accused, Anup Singh,
and granted him bail.
Addressingchairpersonofthe
Association of Victims of Uphaar
Tragedy (AVUT) Neelam
Krishnamoorti,whowaspresent
in court, District Judge Sharma
said, "We empathise with you.
Many lives were lost, which can
never be compensated. But you
must understand penal policy is
notaboutretribution.Wehaveto
consider their (Ansals) age...
Nothing can compensate your
loss...," he said.
Following the hearing,
Krishnamoorti told The Indian
Express, "I am angry with this or-
derbutnottheleastbitsurprised.
cently,directingcivicagenciesto
address dark spots and ensure
security and safety for women
and children.
A senior PWD official said,
“Installation of street lights is an
ongoing process and dark spots
have already been identified by
thepolice.They’llprovideusdata
with which we will install lights
or carry out repairs if existing
ones are damaged. Since the L-G
has sought a quick resolution to
this, we have been identifying
stretches prone to criminal ac-
tivities for repairs and installa-
tions."
with this, all vehicles carrying
miningmaterialwillbeequipped
with GPS.
“Illegalmining...alsoincludes
illegal transportation of mined
material. Such vehicles are con-
fiscated by the Mines and
Geology Department as well as
the police. The department re-
centlyreceived18policeperson-
nelondeputationtocheckillegal
mining.Around60moreperson-
nel will join soon,” said the
spokesperson.
“Strictdirectionshavebeenis-
sued by the government to the
Deputy Commissioners and the
SuperintendentsofPoliceregard-
ing illegal mining. Illegal mining
should be investigated and sen-
sitive areas prone to illegal min-
ing should beidentifiedand spe-
cial teams of officers should
regularlyinspectthesensitivear-
eas,” added the spokesperson.
This is not the first time that
those involved in illegal mining
have targeted the police. On
December17,2021,duringanight
Inside the charred Uphaar
cinema. Archive
After all court hearings, they will
walk free. This is injustice. This
ruling will send the wrong mes-
sage to society that culprits can
getawaywithalenientsentence."
SenioradvocateVikasPahwa,
appearingfortheAVUT,saidthat
oncethesentencingorderiscom-
municated to jail authorities, the
Ansal brothers can walk free.
"There are some cases which are
remaining,however,thatwillnot
stoptheirrelease.Wewillappeal
the order before the Delhi High
court," he said.
In his sentencing order, the
judge considered the nature of
the crime, social and economic
status of the convicts, and many
other factors like the impact on
thespeedof trialinthemaincase
tostatethatthe"quantumofsen-
tence of imprisonment awarded
bythetrialcourtisnotonlyharsh,
onerous but also disproportion-
ate to the offence committed”.
The judge said the “tone and
tenor of trial court order would
show the order was... punitive
and retributive in nature so as to
teach a lesson to the appellants
Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal”.
(With inputs from PTI)
Besides police, the PWD also
conducts surveys from time to
timetoaddresstheissue,saidof-
ficials
Officials said more than 500
LEDlightsalongwithhighmasts
will be installed. Some key
stretcheswithdarkspotsinclude
Outer Ring Road from Keshopur
ManditoMeeraBagh,RingRoad,
Rohtak Road, GTK, Azadpur
Chowk, Nangloi, Sarita Vihar,
and Mathura Road.
The PWD has already
floated tenders for installation
of high mast poles as well as
lighting on stretches like Chirag
CORONAVIRUS
IN THE CAPITAL
(Left) At Pachgaon in Tauru;
the DSP’s nephews Sunil and
Dinesh Bishnoi
domination exercise to check il-
legal mining in Nuh, a dumper
carryingstoneshadrammedinto
a police vehicle.
TheSuperintendentof Police,
Nuh, Varun Singla, under whose
supervision the inspection was
going on, and his team had
jumpedoutof apoliceSUVasthe
dumper tried to run over the po-
licemen. A policeman had suf-
fered injuries in the incident,
which took place near a hotel on
the Nuh-Alwar road. Police had
registeredanFIRatNaginapolice
station and the dumper driver
had managed to escape after
abandoning his vehicle.
Singla said there was no ‘or-
ganised mafia’ as such in Nuh.
“There is no blasting happening
here for mining. It is mostly done
atalocalleveldrivenbyeconomic
factors.Mostly,theyusehammers
and sickles and load the trucks to
drop the stones in crusher zones
innearbydistricts.Wearecontin-
uously making efforts to ensure
that such activity is barred.”
TUSSAUDS RETURNS
Wax statues at Madame Tussauds museum at DLF Mall of India, Noida. With its opening on
Tuesday, the museum has marked its re-entry in India. Abhinav Saha
Supertech demolition: Noida Authority
to consult research body over audit
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE NOIDA Authority Tuesday
said that an expert opinion from
the Central Building Research
Institute (CBRI) will be taken to
assess the need for a structural
audit of the neighbouring build-
ings in view of the demolition of
the two Supertech towers in
Noida Sector 93 A.
The demolition will take
place on August 21 at 2.30 pm,
the authority said.
Residents of Emerald Court
and ATS Village and others have
beendemandingastructuralau-
Delhi Metro station, Outer Ring
Road, Savitri Nagar Metro sta-
tion, PWD Road Triveni-I mar-
ket complex, and Asiad Village
entry.
As per officials, the PWD has
receivedaround900complaints
regarding non-functioning of
street lights, of which about 150
are pending.
The PWD is also planning to
install network boosters to pro-
vide better internet and mobile
connectivity. They will be in-
stalled at different locations, es-
pecially at places with low con-
nectivity, such as flyovers,
VACCINATIONS IN
LAST 24 HOURS
29,661
PATIENTSINHOSPITAL: 118
OXYGEN SUPPORT
VENTILATOR SUPPORT
DSP was set to hang up
boots, take up farming
PAVNEET SINGH CHADHA
NUH, JULY 19
SURENDER SINGH Bishnoi, the
deputy superintendent of police
(DSP) who was mowed down by
a dumper truck during a raid to
check illegal mining, had been
looking forward to quieter days
ahead. He was due to retire from
the police force in less than three
months,onOctober2,andhehad
been looking forward to settling
downinhisnativevillageinHisar,
DSP Bishnoi’s relatives told The
Indian Express on Tuesday.
Atthecommunityhealthcen-
tre in Nuh, where his post-
mortemwasconducted,hisfam-
ilymembersrememberedhimas
a dedicated officer. “He worked
with a sense of responsibility. He
wasabouttoretireinOctoberand
often spoke about settling down
and doing farming on his ances-
tral land afterwards. Our family
has a farming background. I had
spoken to him last night and he
hadmentionedthathewouldre-
turn home in a couple of days,”
said Singh’s nephew, Sunil.
DSPBishnoi,whohailedfrom
Sarangpur village in Hisar’s
Adampur,hadjoinedtheHaryana
police as an assistant sub inspec-
dit of their buildings to make
sure that there is no damage to
theirhousesbecauseof thedem-
olition exercise.
The decision to involve CBRI
was taken during the discussion
of thevibrationpredictionreport
submitted by Edifice
Engineering, which has been
contracted to raze the two tow-
ers. The meeting was headed by
Noida Authority CEO, Ritu
Maheshwari.
The Supreme Court, on
August 30 last year, had ordered
the demolition of the twin tow-
ers within three months,for vio-
lating regulations on the dis-
tance between buildings. Edifice
underpasses and tunnels, said
officials.
A PWD official said police re-
cently conducted a survey on
dark spots and low-network
spots to find that there are
around 1,000 locations across
the city where the connectivity
deteriorates.
“Network connectivity is a
major problem. Due to low net-
work connectivity or sudden in-
ternet/network drop, people in
emergency situations face prob-
lems in calling an ambulance,
police or family. We will ap-
proach telecom companies to
DELHI TOTAL
CASES
19,44,978
22
July 18
July 19
7 Cases
Total
*Total active cases in Delhi
tor in 1994.
He was earlier posted in
Kurukshetra and was the nodal
officer for emergency response
vehicleservices(dial122)inNuh.
SinceJune2020,hehadbeen
posted in Tauru.
His relatives said that Singh’s
son is pursuing higher studies in
Canada and his daughter works
at a bank in Bengaluru.
“He was a thorough profes-
sional and did not discuss work
affairs with his family members.
He had a bold personality and
wasdrivenbyasenseofduty.We
hope that the police nab the cul-
prits and strict action is taken
against the mining mafia.
Otherwise,awrongmessagewill
gooutandthemoraleofthepub-
lic and police force will be low,”
said Dinesh Bishnoi, Singh’s
nephew.
InspectorDharamSingh,who
was posted as SHO in Tauru City
betweenAprilandJunethisyear,
had worked closely with DSP
Bishnoi. He said, “He had been a
part of several such raids in the
past. Jaise hi soochna milti thi…
fatafat taiyari karte the aur nikal
jaatetheraidpar(themomenthe
would get an input from an in-
former about mining, he would
immediatelyheadoutforaraid).”
Engineering has partnered with
South Africa-based Jet
Demolition to prepare the blast
plan and execute the explosion.
A note shared by the
Authority said the vibration pre-
dictionreportsaysthatthemax-
imum vibration because of the
demolition is expected to be 34
mm per second, while the struc-
tures in zone-5 are designed ac-
cording to the norms of 300 mm
per second, and there is no need
for a structural audit.
Theauthoritysaidif CBRIrec-
ommends a structural audit,
Supertechwillhavetogetitdone
byareputableconsultantimme-
diately.
address the issue,” said an offi-
cial.
Some locations where the
network drops are Pragati
Maidantunnel,Signaturebridge,
Outer Ring Road, ITO bridge and
Lajpat Nagar market.
“A proposal/plan will be pre-
pared to install network boost-
ers and sent to the government
for further approval soon,” said
the official.
Officials said there are more
than 1,100 WiFi hotspots in the
city.ThePWDalsoplanstomake
allhospitalsandcampusesWiFi-
enabled.
New Delhi
Total Vacant
HOSPITAL BEDS 9,488 9,372
ICU BEDS 2,115 2,078
Cases Recoveries Deaths Tests
378
585
464
429
2
2
6,236
13,452
2,040* 19,16,642 26,296 3,93,37,875
Parking argument
takes fatal turn in
Saket, ex-bouncer
beaten to death
JIGNASASINHA
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
A 32-YEAR-OLD man was
thrashed to death, allegedly by a
group of five-six men, following
a fight over a parking space near
Saket Metro station in South
Delhi. Police further said one of
the accused has been arrested
while others are on the run.
Thedeceased,RohitKashyap,
who earlier worked as a bouncer
at a club and a personal security
officer (PSO) for a few years, was
recently running a food cart in
Saket. His family said he was the
sole breadwinner and has been
working since he lost his father.
Police said that on Friday
night,Rohitwentoutwithfriends
after shutting his shop. They
drove around Saket and went to
Nizamuddin. Around 1 am on
Saturday,theycamebacktoSaket
and were trying to park the car
when they got into a fight with
the accused, who refused to give
them space for parking. Police
saidbothpartiesstartedfighting,
andtheaccusedallegedlypicked
up bricks and stones to hit the
men. Police said a PCR call was
made at 2.53 am. DCP (South)
BenitaMaryJaikersaid,“Thestaff
rushed to the spot but nobody
was found there. We conducted
anenquiryandfoundthatagroup
ofmengotintoafight.OnSunday,
we received a call from
Safdarjung Hospital around 4.49
am. They said Rohit had suc-
cumbed to injuries”
Rahul Yadav (23), Rohit’s
friend,ataxibusinessownersaid,
“We had picked up Rohit and my
other friend around midnight.
We went for a drive and dinner.
We were coming home when
one of the accused stopped us
from parking. He hurled abuses
at me. We went out to confront
him but he ran towards his
friends. We were outnumbered.
They were aggressive and
thrashed us with bricks.”
Rahul also alleged the police
didnothelpthem.“Wesawapo-
liceman and thought he would
help us. He left without doing
anything. Had he inquired about
the situation, I would have told
him. It was around 2-3 am when
weourselvespickedupRohitand
tookhimtomyoffice.Itwasdiffi-
cult because he weighs around
140kg.Wewerebadlybeatenup.
Later, his family was informed,”
claimed Rahul.
Delhi Police denied the alle-
gations and said the policeman
on duty had only spotted Rahul
who had no injuries. His friends
didn’t inform police on Saturday
andtheycametoknowaboutthe
No clarity yet on
engineering degrees
announced by DU
ARANYA SHANKAR
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE DELHI University’s plans to
introducetechnicalcoursesfrom
the 2022-23 academic year are
in limbo, with the Ministry of
Education yet to give its final ap-
provalforthedecision.However,
senior officials in the university
saidtheyarepreparedtostartthe
courses as soon as they receive a
nod.
The university’s Vice-
Chancellor Yogesh Singh made
the announcement about start-
ing three technical courses –
BachelorsinTechnology(B.Tech)
in Computer Science and
Engineering, B. Tech in
ElectronicsandCommunication,
and B. Tech in Electrical
Engineering – in March, while
talkingaboutDU’scentenarycel-
ebrations this year.
As per DU’s plans, the three
courseswillhave120seats each,
andwillbeofferedbytheFaculty
of Technology.Othercollegesare
notallowedtorunB.Techcourses
as per the All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE)
rules.
However, there has been no
news of implementation of the
plan since the announcement.
Saying that the matter was
now with the Ministry of
Education,RegistrarVikasGupta
told The Indian Express: “We had
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fight and death on Sunday, they
said. After Rohit’s death, a case of
murder and attempt to commit
culpablehomicidewasregistered
at Saket police station. Officers
said teams were formed and
CCTV footage was scanned to
identify the accused.
“With the help of technical
surveillance, one of the accused,
Priyanshu, 22, was arrested. He
confessedhewaswithhisfriends
when the victim and his friends
arrivedinacarandweretryingto
park. Priyanshu said the victim’s
friend started honking and dis-
turbing them,” said an officer.
Rohit was our only
hope, says brother
Since his father’s death 6-7
yearsago,Rohitwastheonlyone
supporting his younger brothers
and mother. Speaking to The
Indian Express, Rohit’s brother,
Mohit (30), said, “My mother is
traumatised.Rohitbhaiyawasal-
ways nice to everyone and never
got into fights. Why would any-
one kill over a parking space is-
sue? Also, my brother was only
trying to save his friends. I wish
hehadnotjoinedthemthatnight.
Hewaslyinginjuredathisfriend’s
office for hours. Why didn’t they
inform the police on time?”
The family said Rohit worked
hard over the last few years for
their livelihood. He opened a
small hotel but suffered losses,
and had to shut it. He then
worked as a club bouncer and
alsoasaPSOforapropertydealer.
During the lockdown, he lost
these jobs. He then started his
own food cart.
“He was passionate about
cooking. I would help him at
times but he was doing every-
thing. It was going well. We re-
ceived a call about the incident
around 8.30 am on Saturday. My
brother was lying at his friend’s
office for hours. Nobody, includ-
ing police, came to help. It was a
friend who video-called me and
showed me my brother’s body. I
wasshocked.Mymotherisstillin
shock and isn’t speaking to any-
one,” added Mohit.
planned to start it this year, but it
maybeslightlydelayed.TheUGC
(University Grants Commission)
had recommended our proposal
aroundthreetofourmonthsback
and is now pending with the
Ministry(ofEducation).Theyhad
asked for more details such as
building plan, number of faculty
required,etc.Wehavesentthem
all the relevant information.”
Asked if DU was prepared to
offerthecoursesintheupcoming
academic session, if it received
the ministry’s approval, Gupta
said, “Why not? If we get the ap-
proval today, we can start the
courses in August. There is no
problem. The first year of B.Tech
haspapersinPhysics,Chemistry,
and Maths. All three subject de-
partments are very strong in DU,
soweshouldnotfaceanyhurdle.”
DUwillshifttoafour-yearun-
dergraduate programme in the
upcoming academic session, in
line with the National Education
Policy (NEP), 2020. The
Undergraduate Curriculum
Framework,adoptedbyDU,isan
attempt to include two of the
mosttalked-aboutfeaturesofthe
NEP – multidisciplinarity and
multiple exit-points through the
course. Doing away with its old
system of admissions through
cut-offs based on Class 12 board
marks,itisshiftingtoadmissions
with the Common University
EntranceTest,whichisbeingheld
between July 15 and August 20.

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Govt says strong lessons from Sri Lanka crisis,
brings up freebies, fiscal health of some states
Opposition leaders retort at all-party meeting: Confine discussion and briefing to issue at hand
MANOJ C G
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THEREARE“verystrong”lessonstobelearnt
from the turmoil in Sri Lanka, including les-
sons on fiscal prudence, responsible gover-
nance and abandoning a culture of freebies,
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at
an all-party meeting held on Tuesday to dis-
cuss the Lankan crisis.
But a mention of the debt and fiscal con-
ditionof statessuchasTelanganaandAndhra
Pradesh during a presentation by the gov-
ernment triggered vociferous protests from
the Opposition leaders, who asked the gov-
ernment to confine the briefing and the dis-
cussion on the crisis in Lanka.
In the meeting, Jaishankar said India, as
the immediate neighbour, is naturally wor-
ried over the “very serious crisis” in the is-
land-nation.
“The reason we took the initiative to re-
quest you all to join an all-party meeting
was...this is a very serious crisis and what we
areseeinginSriLankaisinmanywaysanun-
precedented situation... Given the proxim-
ity, we naturally worry about the conse-
quences, the spillover it has for us,” he said.
From The Gallery
5 QUESTIONS
SHAKTISINH
GOHIL,CONG
MP,SPEAKSTO
MANOJ C GON
OPPOSITION
PROTESTS
What are the Opposition parties
demanding from the government?
We want a discussion on price rise
and hike in GST rates. We are not
saying hold a discussion
immediately, but entertain our
notices and fix a day for discussion.
But the government is running away.
But there are many notices. Some
Opposition members want
discussion on Agnipath as well.
Price rise and GST hike are common
(issues). The entire Opposition is
united in demanding a discussion
under rule 267.
Till when does the Opposition
plan to continue the protests?
When the BJP was in Opposition,
the late Arun Jaitley and their other
leaders used to say that it was the
responsibility of the government to
ensure smooth functioning of the
House. So, the onus is on the
government.
The Congress had lined up several
issues for discussion. You want a
debate on all?
These are the issues that we have
prioritised. We are not demanding
discussion on these under rule 267.
We have several other opport-unities
and instruments for these. But the
issue of price rise is important.
Some opposition parties, such as
the TMC, were missing when
Margaret Alva filed her papers.
Are there cracks?
I don’t know about that. All the
parties were there for a protest at
the Gandhi statue. In the House also,
they protested. We are united.
TO KEEP CHECK ON DIVERSION OF ITEMS
House panel suggests CCTV
recording at fair price shops
HARIKISHAN SHARMA
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
APARLIAMENTARYStandingCommitteehas
suggested use of CCTVs at fair price shops
(FPS) to ensure effective distribution under
thePublicDistributionSystem(PDS)andalso
to check diversion.
Headed by TMC member Sudip
Bandyopadhyay,theStandingCommitteeon
Food, Consumer Affairs and Public
Distribution has also recommended setting
upmore‘QualityControlCells’toensuresus-
tained quality of the ‘Central Pool’ stock of
foodgrains, right from procurement to dis-
tribution.
In its report tabled in Lok Sabha Tuesday,
the panel said it was surprised that, despite
a joint inspection of the foodgrains stock in
FCI godowns and presence of QCCs in the
Departmentof Food and Public Distribution,
many beneficiaries “complained of getting
inferior quality foodgrains.”
“This could be thehandiwork of some in-
termediaries, which leads to diversion of
good-quality foodgrains…,” stated the re-
port.
Thereporthasalsohighlightednon-func-
tioning of helpline numbers. “Everybody
knows that these toll-free numbers are not
Jaishankarsaidtherehavebeensome“mis-
informed comparisons” in the context of Sri
Lanka and some people have asked whether
"suchasituation”cantakeplaceinIndia.“The
lessons from Sri Lanka are very, very strong.
They are of fiscal prudence, responsible gov-
ernanceandthatthereshouldnotbeaculture
of freebies,” PTI quoted Jaishankar as saying.
Jaishankar’s mention of freebies came
daysafter Prime Minister NarendraModi ac-
cused political opponents of promising free-
bies in exchange for votes.
“Today,inourcountry,attemptsarebeing
made to collect votes by distributing free
revdis (sweets),” Modi had said while inau-
gurating the Bundelkhand Expressway last
week. “This revdi culture is very dangerous
for development of the country...”
BesidespresentationbyForeignSecretary
VinayKwatraonthecrisisinLankaandassis-
tance extended by New Delhi, there was a
presentation by the Economic Affairs
Secretary, which led to the protests. The sec-
ond presentation, Opposition MPs said,
made a mention of the debt and fiscal condi-
tion of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Several members, including DMK’s T R
BaaluandTRS’sKKeshavaRao,objected.The
presentationwasthereafterstoppedmidway.
(From left) Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena, Elamaram Kareem of CPM, Congress MPs K C Venugopal and Rahul Gandhi,
Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav, Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajani Patel, and NCP MP Supriya Sule protest
at Parliament House on Tuesday. Anil Sharma
House stalled for 2nd day as Opp parties
continue uproar over price rise, GST hike
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
PARLIAMENT REMAINED paralysed for the
second straight day on Tuesday due to
protests by Opposition members who
soughtadiscussionontheissuesof pricerise
and hike in GST rates. In a show of unity, sev-
eralOppositionpartiesjoinedaprotestinthe
Parliament complex organised by the
Congress before the House assembled.
Inside the House, there were uproarious
scenes and abrupt adjournments.
In Lok Sabha, the Opposition MPs
stormed the well of the House shouting slo-
gans against the government over the price
rise issue. While the Congress MPs led the
protest, those from the DMK, TRS, NCP, SP
and Left parties joined them.
VeteranTMCleaderSaugataRoywasalso
among those protesting. Congress MPs held
placardsthatshowedthedifferenceinprices
of LPGcylinder,thevalueof Rupeeagainstthe
Dollar and the unemployment rate during
responsivetotheneedsof theusersandmost
of thetimethecallsgounattendedbytheau-
thorities,” it stated.
“The Committee, therefore, strongly rec-
ommends that the department make inde-
pendent surprise visits and (conduct) in-
spections at Fair Price Shops (FPSs) or
entrust the job to some other independent
agencies or vigilance committees to evalu-
ate the situation and to take action thereon,”
it added.
The Committee further expressed con-
cern, saying so far “only 11 Quality Control
Cellshavebeensetupindifferentstates,cov-
ering a minimum 2 States/ UTs”.
Calling it “too less in wake of implemen-
tation of the National Food Security Act,
2013”,itrecommendedsettingupmoreQCCs
expeditiously to address “issues of quality
check/ control and to prevent losses arising
due to damaged foodgrains”.
“The Committee also note that the num-
ber of inspections carried out by QCCs at
FSDs during 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21
were 1159, 940 and 641 respectively, as
against the targets of 1140, 1140 and 1040 re-
spectively.” the Standing Committee report
stated.
“Due to Covid pandemic/ nationwide
lockdown, the targets could not be achieved
during 2019-20 and 2020-21,” it added.
S Jaishankar at an all-party meeting to
discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. PTI
Baalu said they came for a discussion on
Lanka, not on the Indian economy.
FormerFinanceMinisterPChidambaram,
who attended the meeting along with
Manickam Tagore for the Congress, is also
learnttohavesaidthatthediscussionsshould
be confined to the Lankan issue.
TMC leader Saugata Roy told The Indian
Express: “The government made a presenta-
tion explaining the Lankan debt position.
They said the condition in Sri Lanka stems
from economic collapse. They also gave fig-
ures of Indian help rendered to Sri Lanka. I
asked why didn’t the government intervene
before; how much were we able to help and
the UPA time and now. Despite the protests,
Speaker Om Birla took up Question Hour.
Birla took exception to the protests when
the MPs refused to pay heed to his repeated
requests to go back to their seats when a
question on legal guarantee on MSP came
up. “You should know the rules. As per rules,
it is not allowed to bring placards inside the
House,” he said.
“You have to follow the rules. You do not
want to discuss the farmers' issues. Outside
the House you talk about the farmers and
here you do not want to talk about them,”
the Speaker said before adjourning House
proceedings to 2 pm.
The House met again at 2 pm but could
not function as the Opposition members
continued their protests.
Similar scenes played out in the Rajya
Sabha as well.
AstheOppositionmembersdemandeda
discussion,ChairmanMVenkaiahNaidusaid,
“I have received a letter from (Mallikarjun)
KhargeandfromsomeotherMembersgiving
noticeunderRule267. As those issues can be
PTI
Monsoon Session
what more can we do?.... The government
said Sri Lanka is a sovereign country and it
needs to stabilise the situation, but they are
doing the best they can.”
Roy said the Opposition objected when a
mention was made about the fiscal condi-
tion of states. “They were making the point
that the situation in Sri Lanka came about
because of lack of fiscal prudence. Some
states also have..they mentioned Telangana
and Andhra. We objected to it…(asked gov-
ernment to) make a separate presenta-
tion…why are you bringing it in the context
of Sri Lanka,” Roy said.
TRS’s Rao told The Indian Express: “The
presentationshowedthatTelangana’sdebtis
about 23 percent of GSDP(Gross State
Domestic Product). They wanted to put the
blameonstates…ItoldthemthattheCentral
government’s borrowing is close to 60% of
GDP. They said FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility
and Budget Management) should be 3.5%. It
istruethatwe(Telangana)haveexceeded3.5%
but the Centre's fiscal deficit is close to 6%.”
CPI’s Binoy Viswam tweeted,
“Unfortunate that the government diluted
the meeting on Sri Lanka. There was no need
tomixupIndianstates'debtdatathere. They
were keen to hide the national fiscal crisis...”
discussed during other things, I have not ad-
mitted them. On price rise and other issues,
we can have discussion; I have no problem.”
He then adjourned the House till 2 pm.
But there was no word from the govern-
ment side.
Once the House proceedings resumed in
the afternoon, Deputy Chairman Harivansh
asked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
to move The Weapons of Mass Destruction
and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of
Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022,
which he did amidst sloganeering by the
Opposition MPs. The House was then ad-
journed till 11 am on Wednesday.
In the morning, Congress MP Rahul
Gandhi led a protest at the Gandhi statue,
whichwasattendedbyOppositionMPsfrom
both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Several
MPs including Kharge, the Leader of the
Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury, K C Venugopal, SP’s Ram Gopal
Yadav, Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi and
CPM’s Elamaram Kareem took part in the
protest.
NEW INNINGS
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh
with Congress MPs Pramod Tiwari and
Imran Pratapgarhi; (left) athletics star
P T Usha at Parliament House on
Tuesday. Usha, who has been
nominated to the Rajya Sabha, met BJP
chief J P Nadda who congratulated her
and wished her a good tenure as MP.
Anil Sharma
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Shiv Sena MPs during a press
conference at Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi on Tuesday. Praveen Khanna
Shinde camp scores
first, clinches post
of Lok Sabha leader
After representations by both Shiv Sena camps,
Speaker Om Birla recognises Rahul Shewale
LIZ MATHEW
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE SHIV Sena group led by Maharashtra
Chief MinisterEknath Shindereceivedashot
in the arm on Tuesday when Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla recognised Rahul Shewale
as the party's floor leader in the lower house.
A circular from Lok Sabha Secretariat on
Tuesday evening refreshed the party's posi-
tions in the House, “consequent upon the
change in leader of Shiv Sena Party in Lok
Sabha”. It mentioned that Shewale will be
floor leader of the 19-member party.
The recognition came a day before
Supreme Court takes up for hearing a clutch
of petitions on the dispute between Shinde
and Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. While the
Thackeray camp claims the Shinde-led gov-
ernment in the state is "illegal" until the top
court decides on disqualifications, the rebels
claim they are the real Sena with an over-
whelming majority of party MLAs.
The Shinde group has also approached
the Election Commission seeking recogni-
tion as the Shiv Sena
Shewale, 49, a two-time MP from
Mumbai South Central constituency, has
been associated with Sena for over two
decades, and was the first party MP to write
to Thackeray, urging him to support
Droupadi Murmu in the Presidential polls.
SourcesinLokSabhaSecretariatsaidBirla
has taken into account the legal positions
taken in the past. They pointed out that in
1988,theAttorneyGeneralhad submitted in
Supreme Courtthatthere are differences be-
tween a party leader and a floor leader.
“Whoever comes to the Speaker with a
majority of MPs seeking to change the party
leader in the House will have to be accepted
after verifying credentials of MPs who are
supporting (her/him),” an LS Secretariat of-
ficial said. “In this case, the Speaker's office
has verified that 12 of 19 MPs are requesting
a change of leadership in the House.”
The LJP had also been hit by a crisis after
Paras andfourotherMPsoustedChiragfrom
theposts of partypresident and leaderof the
party in Lok Sabha.
Earlier on Tuesday, MPs from the Shinde
camp had approached Birla and sought
recognitionof theirgroupastheofficialparty,
among other demands. Sources said the
Speaker had instructed Srikant Shinde, Sena
MP from Kalyan and son of the CM, who met
Uddhav was keen on alliance
with BJP, had met PM: Shewale
VALLABH OZARKAR
MUMBAI, JULY 19
RAHUL SHEWALE, who was appointed the
Shiv Sena leader in the Lok Sabha by the
Eknath Shinde-led group, claimed on
Tuesday that Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray
was himself keen on patching up with the
BJP soon after the MVA government was
formed in Maharashtra.
Speaking to mediapersons in New Delhi,
Shewale claimed that the patch-up did not
occur due to the antagonistic stand taken by
certain members of the Sena against the BJP
and Thackeray’s procrastination.
“UddhavThackeray,duringaninteraction
with Shiv Sena MPs, had told us that he was
keen on an alliance with the BJP. He said he
haddiscussedtheissueof alliancewithPrime
Minister Narendra Modi when he had gone
to meet in 2021,” he said.
“ThemeetinghadtakenplacelastJuneand
therewasanAssemblysessioninJuly.During
the session, 12 BJP MLAs were suspended.
SeniorBJPleadershadthenbecomeupset,as
they felt that ‘on the one hand, we are talking
aboutalliance,butontheotherhand,theyare
suspending our MLAs’," Shewale added.
On July 5, 12 BJP MLAs were suspended
from the House for one year for allegedly
abusing and manhandling the “Speaker in
chair” Bhaskar Jadhav. He further said that
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Home Minister Amit Shah and Shiv
Sena MP Hemant Godse at the House. PTI
him along with a few other party MPs, that
they should present a letter from the party
whipintheHouse,BhavanaGawali,withsig-
natures of at least two-thirds of the total Lok
Sabha strength of Sena.
The Sena has 18 MPs; and Dadra and
Nagar Haveli MP, Kalaben Delkar, is affiliated
to the party in Lok Sabha.
During their meeting with Birla, the MPs
made four demands: to recognise them as
the real Sena; provide them separate seating
arrangements in Lok Sabha; accept Gawali
as their chief whip; and recognise Shewale
as leader of the party in the House.
The Maharashtra CM, who met Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders dur-
ingtheday,convenedameetingintheevening
atsonSrikant'sresidenceanddiscussedways
to “resolve the technical problem”.
Before the Shinde group approached
Birla, the party's present leader in Lok Sabha,
Vinayak Raut, had written to Birla and in-
formed him about removing Gawali as chief
whip and replacing her with Rajan Baburao
Vichare, MP from Thane. Sources said Birla
had asked the Thackeray camp MPs, too, to
bring signatures of a majority of party MPs
to accept their demand, but they could not.
Sources in BJP claimed the Shinde group
will get the backing of the required numbers
to protect themselves from provisions of the
anti-defection law. They said seven MPs are
with Uddhav at present: Raut (MP from
Ratnagiri Sindhudurg), former Union minis-
terArvindSawant(Mumbai-South),Vichare,
Sanjay Jadav (Parbhani MP), Delkar,
ChandrakantKiritkar(MumbaiNorth-West)
andOmprakashRejnimbalkar(Osmanabad).
Oftheseven,atleastthreeMPsarelikelyto
jointheShindegroup,accordingtoBJPsources.
BJP leaders were
also upset, as there
was no outcome of
their discussion
with Thackeray.
Shewale said,
“Several times,
Uddhav Thackeray
discussed the al-
Rahul Shewale liance(withBJPlead-
ers).Buttherewasno
positive response to
theBJPfromSena.Duetothis,BJPleadersalso
gotupset...UddhavThackerayhimself toldus
allthesethings.Hetoldusthat‘Ihavetriedmy
best, now you also try’.”
“We MPs held four to five meetings with
Thackeray and kept insisting that the party
should form an alliance with the BJP.
However, every time, Thackeray would tell
usthatheisreadybutisnotgettingagoodre-
sponse (from the BJP)."
Shewale also blamed Sena Rajya Sabha
MP Sanjay Raut for the strain between the
BJP and the Sena. “On one hand, attempts
were being made for the alliance, and on the
other hand, Raut was holding meetings with
MVA leaders and supporting UPA's Vice-
President and President candidates.”
When contacted, Raut, however said
Shewale’s claims were false. “Uddhavji
shares everything with us and I don't know
where this came from,” he said.
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AgnipathScheme:SC Accompanied by Opp leaders, V-P POLLS

transfersPILstoDelhiHC Alva files her nomination papers DELHI CONFIDENTIAL

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THESUPREMECourtonTuesday
transferred to the Delhi High
Court PILs challenging the
Agnipath scheme for recruit-
ment in the armed forces, and
also requested the High Court to
ensure their “expeditious dis-
posal”.
“We request the Delhi High
Court for expeditious disposal of
the writ petitions after hearing
theparties,”saidthebenchcom-
prising Justices D Y
Chandrachud, Surya Kant and A
S Bopanna.
The bench rejected the re-
quest by petitioners to transfer
the cases pending before several
high courts directly to the
Supreme Court.
However, it said it would be
appropriate to have a “consid-
ered view” of the Delhi High
Court first.
“In this backdrop, we are of
the view that the three writ pe-
titions, which have been insti-
tutedbeforethiscourt,shouldbe
transferred to the Delhi High
Court and renumbered under
Article 226 of the Constitution.
Ordinarily, we would have dis-
posed of these petitions by
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granting liberty to the petition-
erstomove the DelhiHighCourt
afresh but we are desisting from
following that course of action,
to obviate any further delay in
withdrawal of the petitions and
filing of fresh petitions,” the
bench said.
The Agnipath scheme has
been challenged before the high
courts of Kerala, Patna, Punjab
and Haryana, and Uttarakhand.
The Supreme Court said a
copy of the order be placed “on
recordof theproceedingsineach
of the high courts by the counsel
appearingonbehalf of theUnion
of India.”
The Supreme Court also said
that if any petitioners in other
high courts do not want to argue
before the Delhi High Court as a
result of Tuesday’s order, they
should be allowed to keep their
cases pending till the Delhi High
Court has heard the issue.
It also refused to entertain a
plea by lawyer M L Sharma, who
sought the cancellation of the
government’snotificationabout
theschemeasmorethan70,000
aspirants who have undergone
training were waiting for their
appointment letters before the
pandemic and now their career
hasbeenshortenedbytheintro-
ductionof theAgnipath scheme.
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HC to hear pleas
on recruitment
cancellation today
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE DELHI High Court Wednes-
day will hear a batch of petitions
challenging the cancellation of
various pending recruitment
processes in defence services in
light of the introduction of
Agnipath scheme.
At least six petitions raising
similarquestionsandseekingap-
pointments in accordance with
previousadvertisementsinArmy,
Navy and Air Force are listed be-
fore the division bench of Chief
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
andJusticeSubramoniumPrasad.
Thedivisionbenchheadedby
Chief Justice Sharma on Tuesday
adjournedafreshPILfiledbya22-
year-oldtoWednesday.Thepeti-
tioner Rahul, from Hisar, in the
pleasaidthattheArmy,Navyand
AirForceissuedseveraladvertise-
ments in 2020 and 2021 for re-
cruitmentandthatheappliedfor
the posts. However, the written
examwascancelledinlightofthe
introductionofAgnipathscheme.
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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE
NEWDELHI,JULY19
MARGARET ALVA, the joint
OppositioncandidatefortheVice
Presidential election, filed her
nomination Tuesday.
Shewasaccompaniedbysen-
ior leaders of opposition parties
barring the TMC, the party that
tooktheleadindecidingthejoint
Opposition’s candidate for the
presidential elections.
Opposition leaders said both
the TMC and the AAP will an-
nounce support to Alva “closer to
the polling date”.
The ruling NDA has fielded
former West Bengal Governor
JagdeepDhankarfortheelection,
scheduledtobeheldonAugust6.
With the numbers not in her
favour,Alvasaidwinningandlos-
ing is a part of life and that the
Opposition's fight is for an India
16TH ROUND OF INDIA-CHINA MILITARY TALKS
Talks positive, forward-looking: Beijing
KJMVARMA
BEIJING,JULY19
CHINA ON Tuesday termed as
“constructive and forward-look-
ing”the16throundofChina-India
talkstoresolvetheoutstandingis-
sues on the remaining friction
points in the eastern Ladakh bor-
der and said a joint statement is-
sued by both sides commented
“positively” about the meeting.
The latest round of military-
leveltalkstookplaceonSundayat
theChushulMoldomeetingpoint
ontheIndiansideoftheLAC(Line
of Actual Control).
Margaret Alva with opposition leaders after filing
nomination papers on Tuesday. Anil Sharma
that belongs to “each and every
one of us”.
“We fight for what is impor-
tant to us: to uphold the pillars of
democracy,to strengthenourin-
stitutions, and for an India that is
‘saarejahanseaccha’,thatbelongs
to each and every one of us,” she
toldreportersafterfilingthenom-
ination papers.
Leh-based 14 Corps, while the
Chinese team was headed by
South Xinjiang Military District
Chief Major General Yang Lin.
China-India Corps
Commander Level Meeting was
held in a "constructive and for-
ward-looking manner", Chinese
ForeignMinistryspokesmanZhao
Lijian told a media briefing here
whilereplyingtothequestionthat
therewasnobreakthroughatthe
talks. “They had a candid and in-
depth exchange of views..., in
keeping with the guidance pro-
videdbytheStateLeaderstowork
for the resolution of the remain-
ing issues at the earliest,” Zhao
Among them who accompa-
nied Alva were Congress’s Rahul
Gandhi,MallikarjunKharge,Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury, Jairam
Ramesh; NCP’s Sharad Pawar,
CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, DMK’s
Tiruchi Siva, CPI’s D Raja, RJD’s
Manoj Jha, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay
Raut, Samajwadi Party’s Ram
Gopal Yadav, and MDMK's Vaiko,
hesaid,addingthatthetwosides
alsoagreedtostayinclosecontact
and maintain dialogue through
militaryanddiplomaticchannels
and work out a mutually accept-
able resolution of the remaining
issues at the earliest.
“A joint press release was is-
sued by both sides which com-
mented positively on the meet-
ing,” he said.
About reports that India had
lodgedaprotestoverChineseair-
craftwhichflewclosetocontested
border areas, he said, “I do not
have information about the spe-
cific question you raised.”
"IwanttostressthatChinaal-
PROTEST CAMARADERIE
GEARINGUPforprotestsonJuly21,thedayCongresspresident
Sonia Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate,
the party has reached out to other Opposition parties request-
ing them to show solidarity. MPs of the Congress may stage a
protestinParliamentwhileseniorparty leaders willassemble
at the AICC headquarters, 24, Akbar Road. At a meeting of
OppositionleadersonMonday,sourcessaid,MallikarjunKharge
and Jairam Ramesh requested the other parties to join the July
21protestandalsotheoneagainstpriceriseandGSTrateshike
in Parliament on Tuesday. Many Opposition MPs did join the
protest at the Gandhi Statue on Tuesday.
CHANGE OF MIND
ON MONDAY when the NDA allies assembled for nomina-
tion fling by their vice-presidential candidate Jagdeep
Dhankhar, the members of rebel Shiv Sena group (those who
havejoinedChief MinisterEknathShindecamp)wantedtobe
with them. According to sources, the MPs belonging to the
rebel group were too eager to accompany Dhankhar during
the nomination filing. Sources said it was only when they
were pointed out that accompanying the NDA candidate be-
fore getting recognition as a separate group in the Lok Sabha
or by the Election Commission could be taken as a violation
of the party's direction and they could face action under the
anti-defection law that the plan was dropped.
COAL PILFERAGE CASE
Anup Majhi among 41
named in CBI chargesheet

Further details in this regard can be seen at https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in. Sd/- The Indian delegation at the said. ways conducts normal activities
ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) (SATISH KUMAR GUPTA) talks was led by Lt-Gen Anindya Thetwosidesagreedtomain- inborderareasinaccordancewith
Advt. No. J.S.V. 245 (2022-23) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(T) Sengupta, the commander of the tain the security and stability on relevant agreements..” he said.
"STOP CORONA: Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene" thegroundintheWesternSector, PTI Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL). Four
EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE among those named in the
ODISHA HYDRO POWER CORPORATION LTD. KOLKATA,JULY19 chargesheet – Jaydev Mandal,
(A Government of Odisha Undertaking)
Regd. Office: ODISHA STATE POLICE HOUSING & WELFARE
Narayan Nanda, Gurupad Majhi
CORPORATION BUILDING VANIVIHAR CHOUK, JANPATH, THE CENTRAL Bureau of and Neerad Mandal – are part of
BHOINAGAR, BHUBANESWAR - 751022 Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday thecoalmafia,”saidanofficial.
Tel: 91 -0674-2542983, 2542802, 2545526, Fax- 2542102, e-mail - ohpc.co@gmail.com submitted its first chargesheet in So far, the central probe
CIN: U40101OR1995SGC003963 the coal pilferage case in which it agencyhasarrested13people,in-
No: OHPC:TECH:C&P/11/2022-23/ 4719 Date: 15.07.2022 has named 41 people, including cludingprimeaccused Majhi,ECL
TENDER CALL NOTICE NO. 13/2022-23 the prime accused Anup Majhi officials and others.
Sealed tenders are invited in two parts i.e. (i) Techno-commercial bid (ii) Price-bid alias Lala. CBI will issue summons to
for providing different categories of commercial petrol/diesel AC vehicles on monthly
basis, day basis & km basis for official use at Corporate Office, Odisha Hydro The multi-crore coal pilferage those named in the chargesheet
Power Corporation Ltd. (OHPC Ltd.), Bhubaneswar for a period of 02 (two) years scam is related to the Eastern but are currently out on bail, an
from individual vehicle owners /travel agencies/firms having PAN & GSTIN.
CoalfieldsLtd(ECL)minesinWest official said, adding that more
Government of Odisha, e- Procurement Notice Description of type of services Cost of tender Date of sale of
Bengal'sKunustoriaandKajoraar- names would be included in the
and vehicles paper in Rs. tender documents
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) Providing hired commercial petrol/diesel 10000 + 1800 21.07.22 to easofPaschimBardhamandistrict. chargesheet.
Bid Identification No. C.C.E.Dkl.(R&B) 06,2022-23 AC vehicles to Corporate Office, OHPC (GST) = 11800/- 05.08.22 “A total of 41 people have been The CBI had filed a
B-371
Email Id-sedklpwd@gmail.com Ltd, Bhubaneswar named in the chargesheet. They chargesheet on November 27,
Letter No 1670/Dt. 06/07/2022 For details of the tender document, terms & conditions please visit our website include eight public servants, for- 2020,allegingthatpublicservants
The Chief Construction Engineer, Dhenkanal (R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal www.ohpcltd.com from Dt. 21.07.2022
C & P Head
mergeneralmanagers,chiefman- and unknown officials fraudu-
on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites Percentage Rate bids in double agersandsomecurrentofficialsof lently misappropriated coal.
Corporate Office, OHPC Ltd.
cover system to be received in ONLINE MODE from eligible contractors
OIPR- 04012/11/0015/2223
for construction of Building work as detailed below:
1. Name of the work : Building works The Kerala Minerals & Metals Ltd.
2. No of works : 01 (One) No. (A Govt. of Kerala Undertaking)
3. Estimated Cost : Rs. 8,46,93,019/- (An
An ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 &SA8000 Certified Company)
Company)
Sankaramangalam, Chavara - 691 583, Kollam, Kerala, India
(as given in column No. 03 of table) Phone : +91-476- 2651215 to 2651217.
4. Cost of tender paper : Rs. 10,000.00 Fax : +91- 0476- 2680101, 2686721.
E-mail : contact@kmml.com, URL:www.kmml.com CIN-U14109KL1972SGC002399
5. Class of contractor : ‘Special’ & ‘Super’ Class Competitive Tenders are invited for following. For more details please visit the
(as given in column No. 06 of table) E-Tendering Portal, https://etenders.kerala.gov.in or www.kmml.com
6. Period of Completion of : 11(Eleven) Calendar months No Tender ID Items
work (as given in column No. 07 of table) 1. 2022_KMML_499949_1 For the supply of Seal Leaf for Rotary Kilns
7. Date and time of : From Dt. 13.07.2022 to 5.30 P.M. of 2. 2022_KMML_499856_1 For the supply of SS Pipe
availability of bid Dt. 27.07.2022 Chavara 19.07.2022 sd/-DGM(Mtls) For The Kerala Minerals And Metals Ltd
Document in the website Our Products:Titanium Dioxide, Titanium Tetra Chloride, Nano Titanium,Titanium Sponge,Rutile, Zircon & Sillimanite

8. Date of opening of bid : Dt. 28.07.2022 at 11.30 hours

The bidders have to participate in ONLINE biding only further details

can be seen from the e-Procurement Portal:
www.tendersodisha.gov.in. Any addendum / corrigendum /
cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website.
Sd/- OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF (CIVIL), ODISHA
Chief Construction Engineer NIRMAN SOUDHA, BHUBANESWAR
Dhenkanal (R&B) Circle, Dhenkanal GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, “e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE
B-389
OIPR- 34016/11/0009/2223 WORKS DEPARTMENT
E-mail: ceroads.bbsr@gmail.com
Bid Identification No. CE-DPI & R-10/2022-23
1. The Chief Engineer (DPI & Roads), Odisha on behalf of Governor of Odisha
invites percentage rate bids in double cover system in ONLINE MODE from
eligible contractors for Road work as mentioned below.
2. Nature of work : Road work
3. No. of work : 30 Nos
4. Tender Paper cost : Rs.10,000.00 GUJARAT ELECTRICITY
5. Class of Contractor : Super Class
REGULATORY COMMISSION
6. Available of bid Document in : From 10.00 A.M. of 30.07.2022 to 5.30
the website PM of 22.08.2022 6th Floor, GIFT ONE, Road 5C, Zone 5,
7. Date of opening of bid : Dt. 23.08.2022 at 11:30 AM. GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Guj.-382355.
8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details can be (O) 079 23602000, (F) 079 23602054/55
seen from the website: https://tendersodisha.gov.in. Any addendum / e-mail- gerc@gercin.org
corrigendum / cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said website.
Website: www.gercin.org
Chief Engineer (DPI & Roads),Odisha,
O/o Engineer-in-Chief (Civil) Odisha,
Nirman Soudh, Bhubaneswar INVITATION FOR CONSULTANCY PROPOSAL
OIPR- 34111/11/0016/2223
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission
(GERC) hereby invites proposals from
Office of the Director, (Horticulture)-III
Horticulture Department, 16th Floor, Block E-1 Consultancy Firms for the assistance to the
Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Civic Center, JLN Marg,
New Delhi-110002.
Commission in various Regulatory Tasks on
NOTICE INVITING TENDER retainership basis.
Online Open Tenders are invited under single stage-Two Bid system
from experienced and financially sound eligible firms as per NIT no.
Details in this regard is available on GERC's web-
DDH/HQ/III/NIT/2022/02 dated 18.07.2022 (Tender ID No. 2022_ site www.gercin.org.
NDMC_122723_1) for the work of “Supply, Installation, Testing &
Commissioning of Hi-Tech Nursery at Roshanara Bagh under Last date for submission of bid is 10.08.22 up to
Horticulture Deptt. Tender Cost: 1000/- EMD: 71000/- Estimated 1800 hrs. Sealed envelope marked to the cap-
cost: `35.50 lacs. Date of Download & Bid Submission is w.e.f. tioned address, containing Bid may be submitted
20.07.2022 to 01.08.2022 upto 03.00 P.M. Opening of Technical
Bids: 02.08.2022 at 03.30 P.M. After getting themselves registered (If mentioning "Bid for Engagement of Consultancy
not registered earlier for e-tendering) Bidding Documents with detailed Firm on the top cover:
terms & conditions can be downloaded from the website
https://etenders.gov.in/eprocure/app OR visit MCD website "The Secretary, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory
www.mcdonline.nic.in/Tenders/CPP-etenders. Helpdesk Nos. Commission, 6th Floor, GIFT One, Road 5-C,
for Online tendering are 011-23227413 & 011-23227414 or mail to:
MCD-ITHELPDESK@mcd.nic.in All details of Revisions, Zone 5, GIFT City, Gandhinagar - 382355.
Clarifications, Corrigendum, Addendum, Time Extension etc., if any, in Gujarat."
respect of above tender will be uploaded on MCD website only and will
not be published in a newspaper(s) separately. Interested Bidders Sd/-
should regularly visit the website to keep themselves regularly updated
in respect of these tenders.
Gandhinagar Roopwant Singh, IAS
RO No. 16/DPI/MCD/2022-23 DY. DIRECTOR (HORT.)HQ-III 15/07/2022 Secretary, GERC

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022 EXPRESS NETWORK 7
Kerala Youth
Cong leader held AfterYogiorders‘strictaction’, TOP CHOICE FOR INDIANS
SETTLING ABROAD: USA
GONE FAR , FAR AWAY

fourheldinLulunamazvideo
in connection Number of persons who
renounced Indian citizenship
with protest on

78,284
flight with CM 1,44,017
2019
85,256
2020 2021
1,63,370
CountrieswheremostIndians

61,683
Malicious attempt to disrupt communal harmony, says UP Chief Minister relinquishedtheircitizenship
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE ■ 2019 ■ 2020 ■ 2021
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, unnecessary issues.” vestment towards the state”.

30,828
JULY 19 MANISH SAHU Lucknow Police Also on Monday, the police

25,381

23,533
LUCKNOW, JULY 19

21,340
Commissioner D K Thakur said detained a man who identified

21,597
THE KERALA Police on Tuesday the identity of four others seen himself as Mahant Paramhans

17,093

13,518
arrestedYouthCongressstatevice DAYS AFTER a video was circu- UP CM Yogi in the video is yet to be ascer- DasfromAyodhya.Themanwas
president and former MLA K S latedonlineof agroupof menof- Adityanath tained. Additional Divisional detained outside the mall after

6,489

5,986
3,833
Sabarinadhan on charges of con- fering namaz inside the newly Commissioner of Police he entered into an argument

4123
2,312
14,309

2643
14,637

spiracyandattempttomurderin
connection with last month’s
Youth Congress workers raising
slogan against Chief Minister
PinarayiVijayanonboardaflight.
Laterinthenight,asessionscourt
heregrantedbailtoSabarinadhan
eventhoughthepolicesoughthis
custody.Inresponsetothearrest,
YC state president Shafi Parambil
MLA called the CM a “coward”.
The police had issued a sum-
mons to Sabarinadhan to appear
on Tuesday in connection with a
WhatsApp chat where he sug-
gested waving black flags at the
chiefministeronaflight. Hismes-
sage read, “CM is coming to
Thiruvananthapuram by flight
fromKannur.Iftwopersonsboard
theflightandblackflaghim…any
why they cannot be grounded...’’
YC workers Farzeen Majeed
andNaveenKumarwerearrested
onchargesofattemptedmurders
after raised slogans against
VijayanonboardtheflightonJune
opened Lulu Mall in Lucknow,
triggeringallegationsof religious
bias against the establishment,
the police on Tuesday arrested
four persons who, they said, fig-
ured in that clip on charges of
promoting enmity between
groups.
The arrests came a day after
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath pulled up the
Lucknow administration and di-
rectedthemtotake“strictaction
against miscreants who create
nuisanceandtrytovitiatetheat-
mosphere”.
The four arrested have been
identified as Lucknow residents
Mohammad Rehan and Atif
Khan, and Sitapur residents
Mohammad Lokman and
Mohammad Noman. According
to the police, preliminary inves-
tigations have shown that there
was“nomotive”behindtheiract
of offeringprayerinsidethemall.
All those arrested are in their
20sandrelatedtoeachother,the
police said, adding that Lokman
and Noman are brothers. Rehan,
Atif and Lokman are students
while Noman helps his father in
the family business, the police
said.
Late on Monday night,
Adityanathsaidthata“commer-
cial establishment has been
turned into a political ground”.
“Unnecessarystatementsarebe-
ing made by certain people and
demonstrationsarebeingorgan-
ised to obstruct the movement
of people,” he said.
Saying that a “malicious at-
tempt” is being made to create
communal disharmony, the
Chief Ministersaid:“Strictaction
should be taken against miscre-
antswhoaretryingtocreatedis-
turbance and spoil the atmos-
phere by promoting
(Lucknow)RajeshSrivastavasaid
the police traced the four ar-
rested with the help of surveil-
lance and electronic devices.
The namaz video had trig-
gered a social media campaign
againstthemall,withallegations
that it had employed mostly
members of the Muslim com-
munityfromoutsidethestate.In
response, the Rs 2,000-crore
mall, which is part of the UAE-
based Lulu Group with an an-
nual turnover of $8 bn, took an
unusual step and released a
statement saying that “over 80
per cent” of its staff was Hindu.
Earlier on Monday, UP
Minister for Infrastructure and
Industrial Development Nanda
Gopal Gupta “Nandi” told The
Indian Express that the incident
atthemallwastheworkof “anti-
social elements” who are “trou-
bled by the constant success of
the government in attracting in-
with the police posted there. He
wasreleasedlater,thepolicesaid.
The mall was opened to the
public on July 11, a day after its
inauguration by the Chief
Minister.
After the namaz video went
viral, the mall management reg-
istered a case over the incident
on July 14 under IPC sections
153-A(1)(promotingenmitybe-
tween groups), 295-A (deliber-
ate and malicious acts, intended
to outrage religious feelings of
any class by insulting its religion
or religious beliefs),341(wrong-
ful restraint), and 505 (state-
ments conducing to public
mischief).
Two days later, the police ar-
rested four persons for allegedly
attempting to enter the mall to
recite the Hanuman Chalisa in
responsetothevideo.Theywere
booked on charges of breaching
peace.
2381
2152
2157
2116
USA Canada Australia UK Italy New Germany
Zealand
Over 3.9 L Indians gave up citizenship
in past 3 yrs to settle abroad: govt data
tabled by the Union Ministry of zens renounced their “for rea-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Home Affairs. Of them, more sons personal to them”.
NEW DELHI, JULY 19 than 78,000 took US citizenship, According to the data, apart
it added. from choosing countries such as
MORE THAN 3.9 lakh Indians While 1.44 lakh Indians gave Singapore (7,046) and Sweden
haverenouncedtheircitizenship up their citizenship in 2019, the (3,754), many have also re-
in the past three years, the gov- datashowed,thenumbersfellin nounced their citizenship for
ernment told the Parliament on 2020 to 85,256 in 2020, before Bahrain(170),Angola(2),Iran(21),
Tuesday, with America emerg- rising again last year. andIraq(1)—onepersontookthe
ing as the top choice among 103 Responding to a question by citizenshipofBurkinaFasoin2021.
countries where the emigrants BSP MP Hazi Fazlur Rehman, Morethan1,400personstook
settled. Union MoS for Home Nityanand Chinese citizenship, the data
More than 1.63 lakh Indians Rai told the Parliament that ac- showed, while 48 persons re-
relinquished their citizenship in cording to the Ministry of nounced their citizenship for
2021alone,accordingtothedate External Affairs the Indian citi- Pakistan’s.

DGCA grounds two GoFirst Govt in LS: No

13. LDF convener E P Jayarajan,
who was on the same flight,
pusheddowntheYouthCongress
workers when they allegedly ap-
peared to be approaching the
chief minister. Thearrestedwere
granted bail by the high court,
while a third accused YC worker,
who travelled in the same flight,
was granted anticipatory bail..
Based on the WhatsApp sug-
gestion shared in the YC group,
policearrestedSabarinadhanun-
der sections 120 B (conspiracy),
307 (attempt to murder) and 34
(act done by several persons in
furtherance of a common inten-
tion) of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the summons,
Sabarinadhan had turned before
citypoliceat10.30amonTuesday.
Halfanhourlater,thedistrictses-
sions court in
Thiruvananthapuramtookuphis
anticipatory bail. His lawyer
wanted the court to hear the an-
ticipatory bail plea as the peti-
tionerfearedarrest.Thecourtgave
an oral direction to the prosecu-
tion not to arrest the petitioner.
However, around 11.45 am, the
governmentpleaderinformedthe
court that police had already ar-
rested the petitioner at 10.50 am.
Later, while being taken out from
Valiyathura police station in the
city, Sabarinadhan alleged con-
spiracy behind his arrest, which
was recorded only at 12.30 pm.
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT
aircraft after technical snags
PRANAV MUKUL
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
INAprotractedepisodeof Indian
airlines facing engineering mal-
functionsontheiraircraft,Wadia
Group-owned GoFirst saw inci-
dents on two of its flights
Tuesday on Airbus A320neo air-
craft, equipped with Pratt &
Whitney engines.
These aircraft have been
grounded by the Directorate
Generalof CivilAviation(DGCA),
and will only fly after cleared by
the regulator. This is in variance
from the established practice of
an airline's maintenance unit
clearingtheairplane toflyaftera
fault is discovered.
In the first incident, which
happened early Tuesday, a Leh-
bound flight from Mumbai di-
verted to Delhi after a fault was
found in the right side power
plant's engine interface unit. In
the second occurrence, the air-
craft operating on the Srinagar-
Delhirouteturnedbacktoitsori-
gin airport after the exhaust gas
The incidents took
place a day after the
DGCA flagged rising
engineering issues
with Indian carriers
and asked airlines to
plug gaps by July 28
temperature went over limit.
“We are investigating and in
the meanwhile, both these air-
craft are being grounded and
shall fly only when cleared by
DGCA,” a senior regulatory offi-
cial told The Indian Express.
A GoFirst spokesperson did
not comment on the issue.
Theincidentshappenedjusta
day after the DGCA flagged rising
engineering issues with Indian
carriersandissuedamissiveask-
ingairlinestopluggapsbyJuly28.
Initsorder,theaviationsafetyreg-
ulator said that airlines are im-
properly identifying causes of re-
porteddefectsonaircraft,andare
notplacingqualifiedengineersat
In poll year, Centre proposes tribal
all airports. This was discovered
during spot checks by the DGCA
inlightoftheincreasingincidents.
The regulator also pointed to
an "increasing trend" of mini-
mum equipment list (MEL) re-
leases of aircraft. An MEL allows
the plane to be operated safely
even if something is broken on
theplaneonlyunderspecificcon-
ditionsorforarestrictedflightdu-
ration before it has to compulso-
rily undergo maintenance.
Multiple incidents were re-
ported to have occurred on air-
craft operated by Indian carriers
over the last few days from en-
gine snags and burning smell in
cabin to a bird entering the air-
plane cockpit. Low-cost airline
SpiceJet saw at least eight inci-
dents in less than a month, and
the regulator issued a show-
causenoticetotheairline,saying
ithad“failed”toestablishsafe,ef-
ficient and reliable air services.
Meanwhile,inanotherGoFirst
incident on Tuesday, an aircraft
abouttotakeofffromLehforDelhi
had to reject take off after a dog
was spotted on the runway.
Pak man held for
crossing border
to kill Nupur
Sharma: Police
Jaipur: A Pakistani national, who
hadcrossedtheinternationalbor-
der to kill former BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma for her re-
marks against Prophet, was
arrested by the Border Security
Force(BSF)lastweekinRajasthan,
police officials said on Tuesday.
Rizwan Ashraf, a resident of
Mandi Bahauddin district in
Pakistan, was nabbed from near
the India-Pakistan International
BorderfenceintheSriganganagar
sector, they said.
Two knives, including a
cleaver, three religious books, a
nationalidentitycardof Pakistan
and other items were recovered
from him, police said.
“OnthemidnightofJuly16-17,
a person crossed the border and
camenearthefencing.BSFguards
challengedhimandlaterarrested
thepersonwhowaslaterhanded
overtothepolice.AnFIRwasreg-
istered and a multi-agency joint
interrogationcommittee(JIC)was
formed to question him,”
Sriganganagar SP Anand Sharma
told reporters. ENS&PTI
Not thinking of
bringing any Bill
plan to bring down for population
control: MoS
fisheries subsidies
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
LIZ MATHEW
NEW DELHI, JULY 19 THE CENTRE is not contemplat-
ing any legislative measures for
AMID APPREHENSION that Parshottam population control, Minister of
there would be curbs on fishing Rupala State (MoS) for Health Bharati
subsidies following the WTO Pravin Pawar told the Rajya
GenevaPackageagreements,the Sabha on Tuesday.
Centre on Tuesday clarified in quire and modernise their rela- Pawar was responding to a
Lok Sabha that it has “no plan to tively small fishing vessels, pur- questiononwhetherthegovern-
bringdownfisheriessubsidiesin chaseequipmentforvessels,and menthastakennoteof thestate-
the country.” as insurance charges, the gov- ment by a Union Minister de-
“Marine capture fisheries in ernment stated. mandingabillbebroughtforthe
the country are mostly small- Theagreementincludessub- purpose of population control.
scale in nature. As such, there is sidies given by countries on Pawar said that according to
no large-scale industrial fishing overfishing,deep-seafishingand the Sample Registration System
in the country... The government unregulated fishing. of the Census, the Crude Birth
has no plan to bring down fish- India provided $277 million Rate (CBR) had declined to 19.7
eries subsidies in the country,” in 2018 to small fishers. per 1,000 people in 2019, and
Minister of Fisheries, Animal According to the Central "hence, the government is not
Husbandry and Dairying, Marine Fisheries Research contemplating any legislative
Parshottam Rupala, said in the Institute (CMFRI), as per Census measures."
House. 2016, the country's marine fish- The MoS further highlighted
Rupala, who was replying to erfolk population is 3.77 million, that the government “accords
questions raised by Congress comprising approximately 0.90 top priority to the National
MPs from Kerala, Hibi Eden and million families. Nearly 67.3 per Family Planning Program,which
M K Raghavan, said the agree- centof thesefamilieswereinthe is guided by the tenets of the
ment on fisheries subsidies was below poverty line (BPL) cate- National Population Policy 2000
unanimouslyadoptedonJune17 gory. and National Health Policy 2017,
by the members duringthe 12th There are around 2 lakh fish- to address the unmet need for
session of the Ministerial
Conference of the 164-member
ing crafts, of which only 59,000
(37 per cent) are mechanised.
Family Planning, with the objec-
tive of attaining Population

Projects near LoC, status for Himachal’s Sirmaur region

WTO, held at Geneva. The deal
— Geneva Package — included
The estimated fisheries poten-
tial is about 4.4 million tonnes,
Stabilization by 2045”.
“Efforts of the government

those of strategic value

not be considered due to want of criteria. The state
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
won’t need green light
government has been pursuing tribal status for
NEW DELHI, JULY 19 people of the region since 2016.
The demand has been most vociferous from
agreements on curbing harmful and the marine capture produc- have been successful in reining
fishing subsidies, and a tempo- tion in 2019 was 3.8 million in the growth of population, ''
rary patent waiver for produc- tonnes. she said in a written reply.
tion of Covid-19 vaccines.
India had sought a 25-year BEFORE DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL-III, DELHI
transition period, contending

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4TH FLOOR JEEVAN TARA BUILDING PARLIAMENT STREET, NEW DELHI: 110001
Months before Himachal Pradesh goes to the the Hattee community of Sirmaur district. Out of that fisheries sector in the coun- Notice under Section 19(4) of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act.
Assembly polls, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has five Assembly constituencies in Sirmaur, the de- tryrequiresgovernmentsupport 1993 read with Rule 12 & 13 of the Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure Rules) 1993.
E X P L A I NE D

In the matter of OA. NO. 1103/2019

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE MINISTRY of Environment,
Forests and Climate Change has
notified amendment to the
EnvironmentImpactAssessment
(EIA) Rules, exempting highway
projects of strategic and defence
importance, which are 100 km
from the Line of Control, among
otherlocations,fromenvironmen-
talclearancebeforeconstruction.
The EIA is a process of evalu-
ating the likely environmental
impacts of a proposed project or
development. It also takes into
account human health and so-
cioeconomicimpactonthecom-
munity living in proposed area.
Initslatestamendmenttothe
Rules, published on July 14, the
ministry has made several ex-
emptionstogainingthisenviron-
mentalclearance.Thermalpower
plantsupto15MWbasedonbio-
mass or non-hazardous munici-
palsolidwasteusingauxiliaryfuel
such as coal, lignite or petroleum
products up to 15 per cent have
also been exempted — as long as
the fuel mix is eco-friendly, ac-
cording to the notification. To en-
couragesuchactivities,theCentre
“deems it necessary to increase
the threshold capacity for such
Thermal Power Plants for which
Environmental Clearance shall
not be required,” it stated.
Taking into account issues of
livelihood security of fishermen
involved at fish handling ports
and harbours, and less pollution
potential of these ports and har-
bours compared to others, in-
creasing the threshold of ports
which exclusively deals in fish
handling, and caters to small
All-clearfor
controversi
● alproject
THE EXEMPTION to be ac-
corded to highways of
strategic importance does
away with the need for
green clearance for con-
structionof thecontrover-
sial Char Dham project,
which includes widening
of 899kmroadsinecolog-
ically sensitive areas of
Uttarakhand to improve
connectivitytoKedarnath,
Badrinath,Yamunotri,and
Gangotri shrines.
fishermen, will be exempted
from environmental clearance.
Toll plazas that need more
width for installation of toll col-
lection booths to cater to a large
number of vehicles, and expan-
sionactivitiesinexistingairports
related to terminal building ex-
pansion without increase in the
airport's existing area, rather
thanexpansionof runways,etc.,
aretwootherprojectsexempted.
For projects of strategic im-
portance, the notification says,
“Highwayprojectsrelatedtode-
fence and strategic importance
in border States are sensitive in
natureandinmanycasesneedto
be executed on priority keeping
inviewstrategic,defenceandse-
curity considerations. In this re-
gard, the Centre deems it neces-
sary to exempt such projects
from the requirement of
EnvironmentalClearanceinbor-
der areas, subject to specified
StandardOperatingProcedure...”
proposed to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to
the people from Trans-Giri region of the state's
Sirmaur district.
The proposal, in its “final stages”, will be sent
to the Union Cabinet soon for clearance, it is learnt.
“This is a very old demand in the area. While
many Scheduled Caste (SC) communities live here,
this demand has primarily arisen from the upper
caste communities, including Rajputs and
Brahmins,”asourcesaid.“Oncethisstatusisgranted,
all communities in the area will enjoy ST status.”
The demand first surfaced in 1969-70, soon af-
ter neighbouring Jaunsar Bawar area of
Uttarakhand was granted a similar status.
“ThecommunitiesinJaunsarandSimrauliwere
both underthe Simrauli kingdom, so customs, lan-
guage and dress are common between the people
from the two regions,” the source said. “Families
are also split between the two regions — while
some relatives enjoy ST status by virtue of belong-
ing to Uttarakhand, the Himachal side of a family
doesn’t (enjoy similar status).”
Sources in the government pointed out that
once the Cabinet clears the proposal, it will either
be tabled in Parliament, or the government may
consider bringing in an ordinance.
Despite the persistent demand, the Centre has
repeatedly turned down tribal status for people
from the area. In a reply to Mandi MP Pratibha
Singh earlier this year, the Tribal Affairs Ministry
hadsaidthatgrantingtribalstatustotheareacould
mand has been present in four constituencies. since millions of fisher folks in UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs M/S VIRDI ETHNIC WEAR AND ORS
Of these Hattee-dominated Assembly con- coastal areas still rely on small- Applicant Defendants
stituencies, two have BJP representatives while scale fishing for their livelihood. D-1 M/S VIRDI ETHNIC WEAR
the other two have elected representatives from They are given subsidies to ac- THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR NAMELY MRS. MEGHNAJAIN
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opposition Congress. PITAMPURA, OPP. METRO PILLAR NO. 336, DELHI-110034
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Whereas the above named applicant has instituted a case against you and whereas it
ple. Sources in BJP said tribal sta- KOSI-KATARMAL, ALMORA 263 643, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA has been shown to the satisfaction of the Tribunal that it is not possible to serve you in
tus,ahighlyemotiveissueforthe Walk-in-Interview will be conducted on ordinary way. Therefore, this notice is given by advertisement directing you to make
communities living in Sirmaur, 26.07.2022 (10:00 hrs.) for purely project based appearance in this Tribunal 05.09.2022 at 10.30 A.M.
Take notice that in case of your failure to appear on the above mentioned day before
will most certainly pay electoral temporary position of Junior Project Fellow (01 this Tribunal, the case will be heard and decided in your absence.
dividends to the ruling party and No.) at Kosi-Katarmal campus of the Institute. Due to ongoing Pandemic situation, all the matters will be taken up through Video
help the party wrest the two For details (age, emoluments, qualification, Conferencing and for that purpose:-
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8 EXPRESS NETWORK
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
Loan diversion
case: CBI arrests
2 former DHFL
promoters
ANAND MOHAN J
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THECBIonTuesdayarrestedtwo
formerpromotersof DHFL,Kapil
andDheerajWadhawan,follow-
ing which they were sent to
eight-day CBI custody in a case
related to alleged diversion of
loans.
The two were formally ar-
rested after orders passed by
Additional Sessions Judge Vishal
Gogne at Rouse Avenue Court,
following their production from
Lucknow, where they are under
investigation in a separate case.
The CBI had also produced
co-accusedAjayNawandar,who
was sent to two more days of
custody.
The court said investigation
is “necessary to probe their role
in obtaining a large volume of
loans of about Rs 42,000 crore,
of which they occasionally de-
faulted in paying back Rs 34,000
crore but also diverted funds to
the tune of Rs 29,000 crore."
It said their custodial interro-
gationwill“likelyrevealmaterial
factsrelatedtoapossibleconspir-
acy, complicity of other accused
persons,routingandreroutingof
the alleged diverted funds”.
The CBI has booked the duo
for allegedly defrauding a con-
sortium of 17 banks of over Rs
34,000 crore.
The CBI case has been regis-
tered on a complaint from the
Union Bank of India (UBI), the
lead bank in the consortium.
AdvocateVijayAggarwal,who
appeared on behalf of Wadhwan
brothers, stated that the remand
period"shouldbeasshortaspos-
sible", and that this was "not a
strongcase,butageneralone",so
no remand should be granted.
Senior advocate Vikas
Pahwa, who appeared on behalf
of Nawandar, told the court that
he was "nowhere connected
withtransactions"mentionedin
the CBI case.
Magadh University, Bihar: Result delay affects
students as corruption taint cripples top offices
SANTOSH SINGH
PATNA, JULY 19
THE RESULTS of at least half-a-
dozen undergraduate and voca-
tional courses offered by
Bodhgaya-based Magadh
University (MU) are pending for
six months to one year, thus
jeopardising the career of hun-
dreds of students. The main rea-
son behind the delay is corrup-
tion cases being faced by the
varsity top-brass, including the
vice-chancellor who is abscond-
ing since since November 2021.
Founded in 1962, MU offers
704coursesacross13undergrad-
uate, post-graduate and other
streams.Ithas44constituentcol-
leges and 85 institutes are affili-
atedtoit.Theuniversityhasover
two-lakh students and over
SKM no to panel
no rationale for sending our rep-
resentatives to such an anti-
farmerandmeaninglesscommit-
tee.” Questioning the
compositionoftheMSPpanel,the
farmers’ outfit said, “The chair-
man of the committee is former
Agriculture Secretary Sanjay
Agarwal who drafted all three
anti-farmerlaws.Heisaccompa-
nied by Ramesh Chand, a mem-
ber of NITI Aayog who was the
main advocate of these three
laws. As experts, it is the econo-
mistswhohavebeenagainstgiv-
ing legal status to MSP.”
The SKM said that while the
names of three of its representa-
tives had been sought, “in the
name of farmer leaders, the gov-
ernmenthasplaceditsfiveloyal-
ists who openly advocated for all
three anti-farmer laws”. The five
are Gunwant Patil, Pramod
Kumar Choudhary, Krishna Veer
Choudhary, Guni Parkash, and
Syed Pasha Patel.
The SKM alleged in its state-
ment,“Allthesepeopleareeither
directly associated with the BJP-
RSS or support their policy.
KrishnaVeerChoudharyisassoci-
ated with the Indian Farmers’
Society and is a leader of the BJP.
Syed Pasha Patel is a former BJP
MLC from Maharashtra. Pramod
ED arrests Hemant’s political aide
Pankaj Mishra in illegal mining case
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
RANCHI, JULY 19
THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate
(ED) on Tuesday arrested
Jharkhand Chief Minister
Hemant Soren’s close aide
Pankaj Mishra in connection
with the alleged illegal mining
case, sources privy to the matter
said.However, there wasnooffi-
cialconfirmationfromtheEDon
Mishra's arrest.
“Mishra was questioned by
the ED on Tuesday and later
taken to Kotwali police station
where he will be locked up dur-
ing the night. He will be pro-
duced before a court on
Wednesday,” the source said.
On July 15, the ED had said:
“Cash totalling Rs 11.88 crore
generated from illegal mining
in Jharkhand lying in various
bank accounts has been seized.
AFTER DELHI HIGH COURT’S REFUSAL
SC to hear woman’s plea to
terminate 23-week pregnancy
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THESUPREMECourtonTuesday
agreed to hear an urgent plea by
a 25-year-old woman seeking
permission to terminate her 23-
week pregnancy.
A bench comprising Chief
Justice of India N V Ramana and
Justices Krishna Murari and
Hima Kohli said the plea will be
listed soon.
Thepleacomesthreedaysaf-
ter the Delhi High Court refused
toallowterminationof thepreg-
nancy. In oral observations, HC
judges suggested that the
woman should carry her preg-
nancy to term and give up the
newborn for adoption.
2,000 teachers.
MU's vice-chancellor
Rajendra Prasad has been ab-
sconding since November 2021
after the state vigilance unit
(SVU) charged him with corrup-
tion. The Patna High Court had
rejectedhisanticipatorybailplea
in May. The V-C is accused of fi-
nancial irregularities in the pur-
chase of OMR sheets, answer
books and library books worth
several lakhs of rupees. The SVU
hadseizedRs90lakhincash,for-
eign currency worth Rs 7.5 lakh
and jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh
duringraidsatPrasad'spremises.
In December 2021, the SVU
had arrested MU Registrar
Pushpendra Kumar Verma, and
ProctorJainandanPrasad,library
in-charge Prof Binod Kumar for
allegedly conniving with V-C
Prasad.Thethreevarsityofficials
Kumar Choudhary is a member
of the National Executive of the
RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan
Sangh.GunwantPatil,associated
with the Shetkari Sangathana, is
aWTOadvocateandgeneralsec-
retary of the Swatantra Bharat
Paksh Party. Guni Prakash has
been a pioneer in opposing the
farmers’ movement. These five
people spoke openly in favour of
all three anti-farmer laws and
mostofthemhavebeenspewing
venom against the farmers’
movement.”
DSP run over
which he "sustained a bullet in-
jury" on his leg, officials said. The
driver,Mittar,isabsconding,they
said.
According to the police, DSP
SurenderSinghBishnoi,whowas
posted in Nuh's Tauru, received
information around 11.30 am re-
garding illegal mining near a
hillock in the area and headed to
the spot with his staff, including
his reader (administrative staff),
gunman and a driver.
The FIR, lodged on the com-
plaintofthereaderSanjayKumar,
said the DSP, ASI Sanjay Kumar,
gunman Umesh Kumar and
driverconstableAmitreachedan
unpaved track on a hillock in
Pachgaon for a raid to stop illegal
mining and saw a six-tyre
Pankaj Mishra after his questioning by ED in Ranchi. PTI
With this, the total seizure of
cash and bank balance linked
with illegal mining stands at Rs
36.58 crore.”
Cash was also seized from
Thewoman,apermanentres-
ident of Manipur who lives in
Delhi at present, told the HC that
the pregnancy was a result of a
consensual relationship she had
had and that she wanted to ter-
minate it, as her partner had re-
fused to marry her. She told the
courtthatshefearsstigmatisation
as a single, unmarried woman.
She will complete 24 weeks
of pregnancy on July 18, the
court was told.
“Wewillnotpermityoutokill
thechild;23weeksareover,”the
bench said. “The child will be in
the womb for how many weeks
fornormaldelivery?Hardlyhow
many weeks are left? Give the
child to somebody in adoption.
Why are you killing the child?”
The Medical Termination of
are currently out on bail.
A delegation of MU students
on Tuesday made an unsuccess-
ful bid to meet Chancellor-cum-
Governor Ohagu Chauhan. The
students now plan a march from
MagadhUniversitytoRajBhavan.
Preeti Nandini, an activist,
told The Indian Express: “MU
has been without management
for sometime now. There is no
top official who could be con-
sulted on the status of pending
results. The fate of hundreds of
students is hanging in balance.”
The results which are pend-
ingincludepart-IIof 2018-21ses-
sion, the examination of which
wasconductedinOctober2021;
part-Iof 2019-22session(exams
held in November last year);
part-III of 2018-21 vocational
courses (exams held in October
last year); second-year result of
dumper truck carrying stones to
the hill.
“The dumper did not have a
registration number on the rear.
After a brief chase, the dumper
stopped at the top of the hill and
startedunloadingthestones,due
to which our car also came to a
halt.Wealightedfromthecarina
bid to nab the driver and his 3-4
accomplices,” it stated.
“As we called for them to
comeoutofthevehicle,thedriver
Mittar and cleaner Ikkar, who
were both armed, threatened to
shoot us. We started backing
away and heard the accused
mentionthatiftheywerecaught,
theywouldonlybeissuedachal-
lan for mining and that they
would teach the police a lesson,"
it stated.
“Suddenly,thedumperdriver
spedthevehicleinabidtorunus
over. We all jumped to save our-
selves. DSP Singh also tried to
jump,butthedriverintentionally
ran him over and killed him. The
dumper then unloaded the
stones and escaped. All this hap-
penedaround11.50am,”saidthe
complainant.
A Haryana police spokesper-
son,said,“Thecrimebranchteam
ofthepolicehasarrestedaccused
Ikkar in this case after a brief ex-
changeoffire.Duringthis,thear-
restedaccusedwasshotintheleg,
the bank accounts of Dahoo
Yadav, an associate of Mishra.
The ED had earlier conducted
searches at 19 locations in
Jharkhand’s Sahibganj, Barhet,
Pregnancy (MTP) Act allows ter-
mination of pregnancy between
20 and 24 weeks only to certain
categories of women under spe-
cial circumstances.
As per Section 3B(c) of Rules
prescribed under MTP Act,
womenwhoundergo“changeof
marital status during the ongo-
ing pregnancy (widowhood and
divorce)” are allowed termina-
tion of pregnancy. However, the
law does not account for change
of relationship status between
spouses beyond marriage.
The petitioner had also chal-
lengedthisprovisionwhileseek-
ing interim relief for abortion.
TheDelhiHCrefusedtheinterim
relief but issued notice to the
Centre on the challenge to the
Rules.
Bachelor of Education (2019-21,
examination held in December
lastyear);andfirst-yearBachelor
of Education(2020-22,examina-
tion held last December).
Besides, the final result of
Bachelor of Library Science (ex-
aminationheldinOctober2021)
is pending, Nandini said.
A delegation of students had
metBiharEducationministerVijay
KumarChoudharylastmonth.
Choudhary told reporters on
Monday:“Wehavereceivedmul-
tiple grievances from Magadh
Universitystudents.Wehavede-
cided to send a team to the uni-
versity soon and review and as-
sess the situation.” A Raj Bhavan
official said there had been no
word yet on appointing a new V-
C. Patliputra University, Patna, V-
C RK Singh has been given addi-
tional charge of the MU.
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and was admitted to Nalhar
Medical College, Nuh for treat-
ment. Police teams are continu-
ously conducting raids to arrest
other absconding accused.”
An FIR was registered against
Ikkar, Mittar and “3-4 other ac-
cused”onchargesof murderand
other sections of the IPC, Mines
and Minerals Act, 1957,
Prevention of Damage to Public
PropertyAct,1984,andArmsAct
at Sadar Tauru police station.
Police said they had seized the
dumper.
DSP Singh, who hailed from
SarangpurvillageinHisar,wasre-
cruitedasAssistantSub-Inspector
in Haryana Police in 1994.
According to Singh's relatives, he
issurvivedbyhiswife,asonwho
is pursuing higher studies in
Canada, and a daughter who is
working at a bank in Bengaluru.
Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar announced
acompensationof Rs1croreand
a job to one of the family mem-
bers of DSP Singh, and “martyr
status” for the officer.
Yogi ire
involved in irregularities and
hence, they have been sus-
pended,” an official said, adding
thattherecouldbefurtheraction
in the matter.
Prasada did not respond to
Rajmahal, Mirza Chauki and
Barharwa areas, seizing docu-
ments and Rs 5.34 crore “unac-
counted cash” on July 7.
Barhet is the Chief Minister
Hemant Soren’s constituency
and Pankaj Mishra is CM’s rep-
resentative.
Theactioncomesmonthsaf-
ter the ED arrested senior IAS of-
ficerPoojaSinghal inconnection
with the MNREGA scam in
Khunti district dating back to
2009-10 when she was the
deputy commissioner there.
On May 3 last year, a woman
police officer Rupa Tirkey had
died allegedly by suicide in
Sahebganj district.
Tirkey had been investigat-
ing a case against Pankaj Mishra.
Supported by the BJP, Tirkey’s
family petitioned the Jharkhand
High Courtseeking a CBIinvesti-
gation into the case, which was
granted in September last year.
ARUNACHAL
One labourer
dead, 18 missing
from site near
China border
DEBRAJ DEB
AGARTALA, JULY 19
A LABOURER was found dead
while 18 others were missing
from a strategic construction
site of the Damin-Huri road
near India-China border in
Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung
Kumey district.
The 19 workers, who were
involved in the construction of
a Border Roads Organization
(BRO) road project, fled the site
after they were denied leave for
Eid-ul-Adha by the contractor
on July 5.
Kurung Kumey Deputy
Commissioner Nighee Bengia
said 19 labourers were engaged
at the site, roughly 200 km
away from Koloriang, the dis-
trict headquarters. After the
contractor denied them leave
for Eid-ul-Adha, they fled the
site on July 5, he added.
The official said the body of
one of the labourers was found
floating in the local river of
Kurung Kumey district
Meanwhile, rumours went vi-
ral on social media that
claimed 16 bodies were seen
afloat in a river. the deputy
commissioner, Bengia, how-
ever, clarified that only one
was recovered so far.
He said the labourers be-
longed to Assam and might
have taken a route through the
jungle, which was different
from the usual one. One of
them might have accidentally
tripped into the river, he added.
The Koloriang circle officer
has been directed to visit
Damin and take stock of the sit-
uation. The officer has also
been directed to verify if other
labourers have drowned,
deputy commissioner added.
phone calls and text messages
fromTheIndianExpressforcom-
ment.
OSD Pandey, who was re-
movedMonday,hadservedwith
Prasada in Delhi when he was a
ministerintheUPAgovernment.
Taking cognizance of com-
plaints of irregularities in trans-
fers in the PWD, Chief Minister
Adityanath had ordered a probe
on July 12. The probe report was
submitted on July 16. “Based on
therecommendationoftheprobe
report,actionwastaken,”thegov-
ernment spokesperson said.
The probe committee com-
prisedUPAgricultureProduction
Commissioner Manoj Kumar
Singh and another senior officer,
Devesh Chaturvedi. Action
against Pandey was taken after
the Chief Minister met the offi-
cialswhoinvestigatedthematter.
The government spokesper-
sonsaidactionagainsttheofficials
was part of the UP government’s
policyof “zerotolerancetowards
corruption”.
The state government, in its
order Monday, stated that com-
plaints were received against
Pandey. “He is relieved of his du-
tiesandisgoingtobesentbackto
the Central government... a vigi-
lance probe and disciplinary ac-
tion is recommended against
him,” it stated.
KERALA NEET ROW
5 women who frisked
girls before exam held
Student outfits protest, damage property
SHAJU PHILIP
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
JULY 19
KERALA POLICE on Tuesday ar-
rested five women in connection
with the cases registered over al-
leged forced removal of inner-
wearbeforelettinggirlssitforthe
NEETatacentreinKollamdistrict
on Sunday.
Ofthefivearrested,threewere
deployed by a private security
agency, Star Securities and
Placement, hired by the National
Testing Agency (NTA) and two
others were cleaning staff of the
exam centre, Mar Thomas
Institute of Information and
Technology, Ayur in Kollam.
Earlier in the day, police regis-
tered a case under sections 354
(assault or criminal force to a
womanwithintenttooutrageher
modesty) and 509 insult to the
modestyofawoman)oftheIPCin
ChadayamangalamintheKollam
Rural police district after record-
ing the statement of the girl who
was the first to complain. Later,
four more girls registered similar
complaintswiththepolice.
Police sources said the NTA
had hired Star Securities and
Placement for frisking girl candi-
dates. “Neither the women de-
puted by the security agency nor
the cleaning staff at the institute
had any training on how to han-
dle the situation. There was no
proper communication from the
NTA. While security agency staff
friskedthegirls,thecleaningstaff
askedthemtoremoveinnerwear.
Wearealsoexaminingthelapses
MORE PARENTS COME FORWARD TO COMPLAIN
She borrowed mother’s stole: father
of girl made to remove inner wear
NAVMI KRISHNA
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE FATHER of the 17-year-old
who claimed she was forced to
remove her inner wear for tak-
ing the National Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test (NEET) at a private
centre in Kerala's Kollam district
has said his daughter had to bor-
row his wife’s stole to cover up.
SpeakingtoTheIndianExpress
overthephone,thefather,alocal
businessman,saidthatthe“trau-
matic experience” compelled
him to file an FIR with local po-
lice,andhedidn’twantanyother
person to go through such “hu-
miliation”.Theteendidnotwant
to speak with the media.
Meanwhile,atleasttwomore
girls who took the exam at the
same centre in Kollam district’s
Ayur have reported similar inci-
dents.Onegirlhasspokentolocal
Pandey held
custody after another round of
questioning, lasting seven hours.
LastThursday,theEDhadbooked
PandeyandarrestedNSE’sformer
managingdirectorandCEOChitra
Ramkrishna in the money laun-
dering case.
“During investigation, we
foundthatafirmlinkedtoPandey
snoopedonasmanyas91office-
bearers of the NSE on the direc-
tions of its then managing direc-
torRamkrishnaandsuchtapping
wasgoingonsince1997.Wehave
madethearrestafterfindingsuf-
ficienttechnicalevidenceagainst
him (Pandey),” ED sources said.
“Wewanttoknowthemotive
behind tapping the phones of so
many NSE office-bearers and
with his arrest, we will confront
both of them (Ramkrishna and
Pandey),” sources said.
The ED case is based on a CBI
FIR registered in 2018 against
1986-batchIPSofficerPandey,an
auditcompanylinkedtohisfam-
ily, and others, including
Ramkrishna.
TheCBIisprobinghowtheau-
ditcompanyiSecServicesPvtLtd,
which was incorporated in 2001
byPandeyandsubsequentlycon-
tracted by NSE, did not red flag
that the exchange's servers were
compromised. According to in-
New Delhi
MUMBAI: GIRLS MADE
TO REMOVE BURKHA
Mumbai: Some girls who ap-
pearedforNEET atShantabai
GoteCollegeinWashimhave
alleged they were forced to
remove‘burkha’and‘hijab’at
the exam centre. Parents of
two girls have submitted a
written complaint to the po-
lice.CollegeprincipalGajanan
Kubade, however, said: “Full
sleevesarenotallowedwhile
sitting for NEET. Burkha has
long sleeves.” ENS
onthepartoftheexamcoordina-
torsappointedbytheNTA,’’police
sources said. The arrested clean-
ingstaff areKMariyammaandM
Mariyamma,whileGeethu,Beena
and Jyotsna are from the security
agency.Theywillbeproducedbe-
fore a magistrate.
StarSecuritiesandPlacement
general manager Ajith Nair said
theirstaffhadthejobofonlyfrisk-
ing the students. On the other
hand,theinstituteblamedthepri-
vate agency for the incident. “We
hadonlyprovidedinfrastructure;
ourstaff hadnorole,’’saidcollege
principal Prof K Jacob.
Meanwhile,studentoutfitsof
various political parties took out
protest marches to the institute,
where they clashed with the po-
lice.Theprotestersdamagedwin-
dow panes of the institute build-
ing. Police had to resort to
lathicharge. Many students and
policemen were also injured in
the incident.
televisionchannelsabouttheinci-
dent, stating that since she could
notarrangeanythingtocoverher-
selfwithafterremovingtheinner
wear, she tried to use her hair.
“Iwanted tofileacasesothat
no student faces such a plight in
future. It was heartbreaking to
see my child so shaken,” the fa-
ther of the 17-year-old said. He
said he is satisfied with the
Centre and the state govern-
ment’s response: “They seem to
be taking the case seriously.”
In alettertoUnionEducation
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
Kerala Higher Education
MinisterRBinduexpressed“dis-
mayandshock”atthe“nakedas-
sault on the dignity and honour
of girl students” who took the
exam at the particular centre.
A third girl's father said his
daughter reported similar treat-
ment — she, too, is unwilling to
speak with the media. While go-
vestigators, the compromise al-
lowedoneof the tradingcompa-
niestoallegedlygetunfairaccess
to the system.
Pandey had served as the
Acting Maharashtra DGP before
hisfour-monthstintasMumbai’s
Police Commissioner, which
ended with his retirement on
June 30.
Das detained
with the crime branch, for al-
legedly sharing the picture that
was reportedly taken during a
public event in Ranchi in 2017.
According to the FIR, Das
shared “a five-year-old photo of
Amit Shah on May 8, 2022, to al-
legedly mislead people and de-
famethereputationofShah”.Das
was also booked in the same FIR
on charges of insulting the na-
tional flag by allegedly sharing a
“morphed picture of a woman
wearingaTricolour”onFacebook.
“Das was detained from his
residence in Mumbai and will be
brought to Ahmedabad,” said a
seniorofficerofAhmedabadDCB.
Police sources said the DCB team
hadbeencampinginMumbaifor
oneweektoarrestDas,whoisex-
pectedtobebroughttothecrime
branchheadquartersbyTuesday
night.Noarresthasbeenrecorded
so far.
Das,46,hailsfromDarbhanga
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NTA forms
fact-finding
panel, NCW
writes to DGP
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE NATIONAL Testing Agency
(NTA) has formed a fact-finding
committee to look into the com-
plaints that girl candidates ap-
pearingfortheNEETatacentrein
Keralaweremadetoremovetheir
innerwearbeforetakingthemed-
ical entrance exam on Sunday.
The committee, constituted
bytheMinistryof Education,has
beentaskedwithascertaining“all
thefactsabouttheincidentonthe
spotfromstakeholderspresentat
the examination centre” at the
time of the alleged incident.
“Afact-findingcommitteehas
been constituted by the NTA to
ascertain the facts in detail.
Furtheractionwillbetakenbased
on the report of the committee,”
anofficialstatementissuedbythe
Ministry of Education said.
Earlier, the National
Commission for Women (NCW)
alsotook“seriousnote”of thein-
cident,describingitas“shameful
and outrageous to the modesty
of young girls”.
Earlierintheday,NCWchair-
person Rekha Sharma wrote to
theNTA,seekinganindependent
inquiry into the allegations. The
commissionalsowrotetoKerala
DGP to conduct a fair investiga-
tion and submit an action-taken
report within three days.
ingthroughthescanner,themetal
hook of her brassiere set off an
alarm, after which the teen was
asked to step aside into a room,
where at least two dozen girls
werepresent,thegirlhastoldher
parents, according to her father.
Intheroom,awomanofficial
asked the girls to remove their
inner wear and keep it on a table
and there was allegedly no pri-
vacy or a separate room for this,
the father said.
Once the exam was over, the
girls were directed to the same
room to retrieve the garments,
which were all heaped together
on a table, he said. “I could ask,
‘what if there was a hidden cam-
era in the room’, but I believe this
behaviourcamefromaplaceofig-
norance rather than deliberate ill
intent,” this girl’s father said.
He added he will not file a po-
licecomplaintbecauseitmightad-
verselyaffecthisdaughter’sfuture.
in Bihar and is the director of the
critically acclaimed movie
Anaarkali of Aarah, the Netflix se-
riesShe,andtheZee5movieRaat
Baaki Hai.
Das was booked under IPC
section 469 (forgery), section 67
of the IT Act and sections of the
Prevention of Insults to National
Honour Act, 1971, based on the
complaint from K P Patel, a
Technical PSI with Ahmedabad
DCB. Following the FIR, Das had
moved the Bombay High Court
for a transit pre-arrest bail plea,
which was rejected on May 24.
Subsequently, he moved a ses-
sionscourtinAhmedabadforan-
ticipatorybail,whichwasrejected
on June 7.
Das had then moved the
Gujarat High Court for anticipa-
tory bail, which was rejected on
June 27. Das had subsequently
movedtheSupremeCourtforan-
ticipatory bail. The plea was ex-
pected to be taken up on July 22.
On May 6 this year, the ED
conducted raids at at premises
linked to Jharkhand Mining
SecretaryPoojaSinghalaspartof
itsprobeinacaseofmoneylaun-
dering involving the alleged di-
version of MGNREGA funds.
Singhal was arrested on May 11.
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9
THIS WORD MEANS
ARAGALAYA
Sinhalese for ‘struggle’, now synonymous with the
movement that led to the fall of the Sri Lanka government
Protesters carry an effigy of Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe
in Colombo on Tuesday. Reuters
NIRUPAMA SUBRAMANIAN
CHENNAI, JULY 19
ITSTARTEDwiththefarmers.Theywerethe
first to protest after an edict in April 2021
by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, then Sri Lanka's
President, that they should switch over to
organic farming. The sudden change came
as the country's foreign exchange crisis had
started to show, and by stopping the use of
chemical fertilisers, Rajapaksa was trying
to cut down on the import bill. Paddy farm-
ers began to express their concerns as the
yalaseason,thefirstinthecultivationcalen-
dar, came upon them in May. By the time of
the second season or maha in September,
farmers had begun coming out in the hin-
terland, trying to make their voice heard.
Aragalaya,theSinhalesewordfor“strug-
gle”, is being used widely to describe the
dailygatheringof peopleatColombo'sGalle
Face Green that began with the demand
thatGotabayaresignasPresidentandmake
way for a new dispensation, even “a new
system”. That gathering marked 100 days
on July 17, after forcing Prime Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down on May 9,
and two months later, sending his brother
Gotabaya fleeing.
But it had begun months before in the
hinterland, forcing a government U-turn
on the ban on chemical fertilisers, and per-
mit the import of ammonia-based fertilis-
ers. In its essential meaning, aragalaya also
captures the struggle of individual Sri
Lankans to find food, fuel and medicines
on a daily basis, bringing them all together
in a “janatha aragalaya” — a people’s strug-
gle. It has been mostly leaderless, though
some individuals have spoken for the group
on occasion. It also used social media to re-
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Pythagorean geometry in Vedic-era texts, centuries before Pythagoras
KABIRFIRAQUE
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
APOSITIONpaperbytheKarnatakagovern-
mentontheNationalEducationPolicy(NEP)
2020,uploadedrecently,hasreviveddiscus-
siononsomethinglongknowntohistorians
of mathematics — that what we call the
Pythagoras theorem today was already
known to Indians from the Vedic times.
The position paper, part of Karnataka’s
submissions to the NCERT for a National
Curriculum Framework, describes
Pythagoras’s theorem as “fake news” and as
the “so-called Pythagoras theorem”.
“The Pythagoras theorem is disputed in
manyinternationalforums.Notthecontent,
but Pythagoras claiming it as his own…
Therearetheoriesthatsaytherewasnobody
called Pythagoras,” Madan Gopal, a retired
IAS officer who heads Karnataka’s NEP task
force, told The Indian Express. He referred to
the Vedic-era composition Baudhayana
Sulbasutra,inwhicha“specificshlokarefers
to the theorem”.
Did Pythagoras exist, and what is the
theorem named after him?
MathematicianscontactedbyTheIndian
Express said the evidence suggests that the
Greekphilosopher(around570–490BC)did
exist. However, there is an element of mys-
tery around him, largely because of the se-
cretive nature of the school/society he
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
lay its messages.
AsSriLanka’sParliamentvotesforanew
President on Wednesday, some sections of
the aragalaya — which attracted the partic-
ipation of a wide range of people from stu-
dents to professionals, from trade unions to
the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna — have
sent out the signal that they will not accept
a leader who bats for the status quo. Ranil
Wickremesinghe, the acting President, and
a frontrunner in the election, is unaccept-
able to the aragalaya.
In the eyes of these sections, he repre-
sents the ancient regime. A nominated
member of Parliament, without a single
elected parliamentarian from his party,
Wickremesinghe is not just dependent on
the votes of the parliamentarians of the Sri
LankaPodujanaPeramuna —the Rajapaksa
party — but is also seen by the protesters as
someone who will protect the discredited
and ousted former leaders, and may even
enable Gotabaya's return to Sri Lanka.
In May, after Gotabaya appointed Ranil
WickremesingheasPrimeMinister,theara-
galaya lost some momentum. But as the
shortages worsened, and the anger spread,
it got second wind, culminating in the July
9 protests that led to Gotabaya’s resigna-
tion. By then, Wickremesinghe was being
tagged as “Ranil Rajapaksa”.
The occupation of Temple Trees, the
Prime Minister's official home, and the ar-
son at his private residence were two signs
that there would be no easy transition. The
expectation that the people would
go home after Gotabaya’s resignation has
not materialised. If Wickremesinghe is
elected, the aragalaya may continue, per-
haps in new and different ways, and with
more involvement of political parties op-
posed to him.
CSAT
DOWN THE CENTURIES: HISTORY OF PYTHAGORAS’S THEOREM
1900-1600 BC 800-500 BC
MESOPOTAMIA INDIA
■ From Old Babylonian ■ Sulbasutras (the oldest around 800
civilisation, several BC) have statement of Pythagoras’s
tablets show familiarity theorem, examples of Pythagorean
with ‘diagonal rule’ triples, and their use in construction
founded in Italy. Relatively little is known
about his mathematical achievements, be-
causethereisnothingtodayof hisownwrit-
ings (History of Mathematics Archive,
University of St Andrews, Scotland).
The Pythagoras theorem describes the
relationship connecting the three sides of a
righttriangle(oneinwhichoneangleis90°):
a² + b² = c²
where a and b are the two perpendicular
sides,andcisthelengthof thediagonalside.
If any two sides of a right triangle are
known, the theorem allows you to calculate
the third side. Extended to the sides of
squares and rectangles and their diagonals,
the equation is of immense importance in
construction, navigation and astronomy.
How do we know that Indians from the
Vedic period knew this?
There are references in the sulbasutras,
which are texts pertaining to fire rituals (ya-
What `80 to a dollar means
TherupeecrossedthepsychologicalmarkonTuesday,beforerecoveringto79.90toadollar.Whyisthe
exchangeratefalling,andwhataretheimplicationsatatimeinflationishighandgrowthweak?
UDITMISRA
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
THE INDIAN rupee breached the psychologi-
cally significant exchange rate level of 80 to a
US dollar in early trade on Tuesday. It recov-
ered some ground to close at 79.90. Since the
war in Ukraine began, and crude oil prices
started going up, the rupee has steadily lost
value against the dollar. There are growing
concerns about how a weaker rupee affects
the broader economy and what challenges it
presents to policymakers, especially since
India is already grappling with high inflation
and weak growth.
What is the rupee exchange rate?
The rupee’s exchange rate vis-à-vis the
dollarisessentiallythenumberof rupeesone
needs to buy $1. This is an important metric
to buy not just US goods but also other goods
and services (say crude oil) trade in which
happens in US dollars.
Broadly speaking, when the rupee de-
preciates, importing goods and service be-
comes costlier. But if one is trying to export
goods and services to other countries, espe-
cially to the United States, India’s products
become more competitive because depre-
ciation makes these products cheaper for
foreign buyers.
How bad is it for the rupee?
Chart 1 shows the rupee’s exchange rate
against the dollar. The dotted line shows the
long-term trend of depreciation. If the rupee
depreciates at a rate faster than the long-
term average, it goes above the dotted line,
and vice versa. In the last couple of years, the
rupee has been more resilient than the long-
term trend. The current fall has brought
about a correction.
Another thing to note is that, at least as of
now, the rupee is still more resilient (that is,
it has remained relatively strong against the
dollar) than it was in some of the previous
crises such as the Global Financial Crisis of
2008 and the Taper Tantrum of 2013.
Moreover, the US dollar is just one of the
currencies Indians need to trade. If one looks
at a whole basket of currencies, then data
suggests the rupee has become stronger (or
appreciated against that basket). In other
words, while the US dollar has become
stronger against all other major currencies
including the rupee, the rupee, in turn, has
become stronger than many other curren-
cies such as the euro.
“It is important to remember that it is
more of a story of the dollar strengthening
thanthe rupee weakening,”saidPronabSen,
former Chief Statistician of India.
This suggests that as things stand, India
is still not facing an external crisis. Take for
instance the issue of external debt. Long-
term data shows that India is in a relatively
comfortable position.
This does not mean there is nothing to
worry about. While India is fine as of now,
trends suggest things are getting worse. For
instance, forex reserves have fallen by over
$50 billion between September 2021 and
now. In these 10 months, the rupee’s ex-
change rate with the dollar has fallen 8.7%,
from 73.6 to 80. For context, historically the
rupee depreciates by about 3% to 3.5% in a
year.What’s worse, many expertsexpect the
rupee to weaken further in the coming 3-4
months and fall to as low as 82 to a dollar.
570-490 BC
GREECE/ITALY
■ Pythagoras’s time. Statement
of the theorem, and possibly its
proof, is attributed to the
Pythagorean School/Society
janas) performed by Vedic Indians. The old-
est of these is the Baudhayana Sulbasutra.
“The period of Baudhayana Sulbasutra is
uncertain (as with other sulbasutras), there
beingnodirectinternalevidenceusefulinthis
respect.Itisestimatedbasedonlinguisticand
other secondary historical considerations,
and has varied substantially depending on
the author. By and large, in recent literature,
Baudhayana Sulbasutra is taken to be from
around800BCE,”saidmathematicsprofessor
Shrikrishna G Dani, currently with the
UniversityofMumbai-DepartmentofAtomic
EnergyCentreforExcellenceinBasicSciences.
“It has been known for quite long in aca-
demic circles that Baudhayana Sulbasutra
contains a statement of what is called
Pythagorastheorem(itwasknownratheras
ageometricfact,andnotasa‘theorem’),”said
Professor Dani, who wrote a paper describ-
inggeometryinthesulbasutrasin‘Studiesin
History of Mathematics, Proceedings of
SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER
CHART1
RUPEE-DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE
80
Global Taper
financial tantrum
68
crisis Eurozone
outbreak crisis
55
43
30
01/01/2008
CHART2
HOW VULNERABLE IS INDIA ON THE EXTERNAL DEBT FRONT
End- India’s
March External Debt External Debt
(US$ billion)
1991 83.8
2001 101.3
2008 224.4
2013 409.4
2021 PR 573.7
2022 P 620.7
CHART3
INDIA’S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ($ BILLION)
2019-20
Current account deficit
Trade deficit
Invisibles surplus
Capital account surplus
FDI
FPI
Others**
Total change in forex reserves
*Nomura forecast; **Banking Capital, Loans, rupee-debt service, etc. Source: RBI, Express Research
Why are the rupee-dollar exchange rate
and forex reserves falling?
To understand movements on these vari-
ables,onemustunderstandIndia’sBalanceof
Payment (BoP) statement. The BoP is essen-
tiallyaledgerofallmonetarytransactionsbe-
tweenIndiansandforeigners.Hereitisshown
inUSdollarterms.Ifatransactionleadstodol-
larscomingintoIndia,itisshownwithapos-
itive sign; if a transaction means dollars leav-
ing India, it is shown with a minus sign.
The BoP has two broad subheads (also
called “accounts”) — current and capital —
to slot different types of transactions. The
current account is further divided into the
trade account (for export and import of
goods) and the invisibles account (for export
and import of services). So if an Indian buys
an American car, dollars will flow out of BoP,
and it will be accounted for in the trade ac-
count within the current account. If an
American invests in Indian stock markets,
dollars will come into the BoP table and it
will be accounted for under FPI within the
capital account. The important thing about
300 BC
GREECE
■ Axiomatic proof of
Pythagoras’s theorem
published in Euclid’s
Elements
Chennai Seminar’ in 2008.
Kim Plofker, and Associate Professor of
UnionCollege,NewYork,whospecialisesin
thehistoryof Indianmathematics,citedtwo
of the sutras in the first chapter in the
Baudhayana Sulbasutra: “The areas [of the
squares] produced separately by the length
andthebreadthofarectangletogetherequal
the area [of the square] produced by the di-
agonal.Thisisobservedinrectangleshaving
sides3and4,12and5,15and8,7and24,12
and 35, 15 and 36.”
In what context is this equation
discussed in the sulbasutras?
The yajana rituals involved construction
of altars (vedi) and fireplaces (agni) in a vari-
etyofshapessuchasisoscelestriangles,sym-
metrictrapezia,andrectangles.Thesulbasu-
tras describe steps towards construction of
these figures with prescribed sizes.
The Pythagorean equation comes into
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deficitwillalter(willreduceorturnintoasur-
Russia-Ukraineconflict,
plus) to “balance” the BoP.
Theotherthingthatcanhappenisthatthe
USFedratehikecycle
RBIswoopsinandremovesallthesurplusdol-
lars from the market and uses them to in-
Coronavirusoutbreak
crease its forex reserves. It does so by buying
dollars and replacing them with rupees. In
2021-22, for instance, India’s forex reserves
went up by $47.5 billion.
In fact, both these things happen through
4ratehikes the year. The RBI keeps monitoring the BoP
byFed,QExit every week and keeps intervening in such a
Grexit/bailoutfearBrexit byFedandECB manner which ensures that the rupee’s ex-
Fedratehike change rate does not fluctuate too much. In
QEtapering other words, the rupee’s exchange rate and
RiseinUSyields forexreserveslevelsaretwosidesof thesame
coin.
22/12/2015 19/06/2022
Source: Crisil What will be the effect on the economy?
Sincealargeproportionof India’simports
are dollar-denominated, these imports will
get costlier. A good example is the crude oil
import bill. Costlier imports, in turn, will
Ratio of Ratio of Debt widen the trade deficit as well as the current
Foreign Exchange Service account defict, which, in turn, will put pres-
to GDP Reserves to Ratio sure on the exchange rate.
Total Debt On the exports front, however, Sen noted
28.3 7.0 35.3 thatitislessstraightforward.Forone,inbilat-
eraltrade,therupeehasbecomestrongerthan
22.1 41.7 16.6 many currencies. In exports that happen via
18.3 138.0 4.8 thedollar,“sincerupeeisnottheonlycurrency
22.4 71.3 5.9 weakening against the dollar, the net effect
will depend on how much has the other cur-
21.2 100.6 8.2
rencylosttothedollar”,Sensaid.“If theother
19.9 97.8 5.2 currencyhaslostmorethantherupee,thenet
R: PR: Partially Revised. P: Provisional; Source: RBI effect could be negative.”
Sensaidthatundernormalcircumstances,
rupeedepreciationisgoodforthecurrentac-
countdeficitbecauseitleadstohigherexports.
But at present, India is already facing high in-
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23* flation and continued depreciation may be
–24.7 23.9 –38.8 –120.5 makingmattersworse.“Costlierimports(be-
causeof aweakerrupee)addtothecost-push
–57.5 –102.2 –189.5 –276.3
inflation and bump up domestic inflationary
132.8 126.1 150.7 155.8 process,” Sen said.
83.2 63.7 86.3 41.4 Sudipto Mundle, Chairman, Centre for
43.0 44.0 38.6 45.0 Development Studies, pointed to another
complication. “A weakening rupee hurts for-
1.4 36.1 –16.8 35.0
eign investors, who came looking for a good
38.8 –16.4 64.5 –38.6 return, as well as Indians, who have loans
–59.5 –87.3 –47.5 79.1 abroad,” he said.
Should policymakers prevent the fall?
Mundlesaiditisneitherwisenorpossible
for the RBI to prevent the rupee from falling
the BoP is that it always “balances”. indefinitely. Defending the rupee will simply
In 2021-22, India had a trade deficit of result in India exhausting its forex reserves
$189.5 billion. That is, the country imported overtimebecauseglobalinvestorshavemuch
more goods (such as crude oil) than it ex- bigger financial clout. Most analysts believe
ported, and the net effect was negative. But that the better strategy is to let the rupee de-
the Invisibles account showed a surplus of preciate and act as a natural shock absorber
$150.7billion.Asaresult,thecurrentaccount, to the adverse terms of trade.
which was in surplus in the previous year,
went into a deficit of $38.8 billion. What should policymakers do?
Onthecapitalaccount,however,therewas Mundle's prescription is that “the RBI
asurplusof$86.3billion,thankslargelytofor- (whichisinchargeofmonetarypolicy)should
eign direct investments (FDI) providing more focus on containing inflation, as it is legally
dollars in the shape of loans etc. Foreign port- mandatedtodo,andthegovernment(which
folio investors (FPI) pulled out $16.8 billion. isinchargeof thefiscalpolicy)shouldcontain
Attheendoftheyear,theBoPwasatasur- its borrowings”. Higher borrowings (fiscal
plus of $47.5 billion — that is, the net effect of deficit) by the government eat up domestic
all transactions on current and capital ac- savings and force the rest of the economic
counts was that $47.5 billion came into India. agents to borrow from abroad.
Now, two things can happen from here. If Sensaidpolicymakers(bothinthegovern-
nothing is done, such a huge surplus would ment and the RBI) have to choose what their
leadtotherupeeappreciatingagainstthedol- priority is: containing inflation or being hung
lar. That will bring about a change in people’s up on exchange rate and forex levels. “If they
buying and investing preferences. For in- choosetocontaininflation(thatis,byraisingin-
stance, India’s exports will become costlier terestrates)thenitwillrequiresacrificingeco-
and import cheaper. Over time, the trade nomicgrowth.Sobepreparedforthat,”hesaid.
play in these procedures, which involve
drawingperpendiculars.Theseperpendicu-
rule’.Thereareprobablyatleasthalf adozen
tablets that establish that they knew this
lars, as detailed in Dani’s paper, were based rule,” said Professor Norman Wildberger of
on triangles whose sides were in the ratio theUniversityof NewSouthWales,whohas
3:4:5 or 5:12:13. These sides follow the done research on the tablet Plimpton 322.
Pythagorean relation, because 3² + 4² = 5², The earliest evidence of a proof comes
and 5² + 12² = 13². Such combinations are fromaperiodafterthesulbasutras.“Theold-
called Pythagorean triples. estsurvivingaxiomaticproofofthetheorem
is in the Elements of Euclid from around 300
Did the Indians prove the equation? BCE.Butagain,itseemsextremelylikelythat
ThereisnoevidencethattheIndianshad many more-or-less formal geometric ratio-
a proof, nor even that Pythagoras did, Dani nalesforthe‘Pythagorean’relationwereun-
said.“Theideaofamathematicalproofbased derstood by many of its users long before
on an axiomatic structure is unique to the Euclidrecordedhisrigorous-demonstration
Greeks—thusinrespectoftheothercultures, version,” Plofker said.
‘proof’ of a geometrical statement only
meant some means of carrying conviction, How relevant is the discussion on who
whichwouldhavebeenthereinvariouscul- got to the equation first?
tures (since it is indeed not a ‘self-evident’ The Indian Express put this question to
statement),” Dani said. Dani.“Thecurrentdebateisobviouslyonac-
And Plofker said, in an email: “Given the count of the position paper in Karnataka,
evidentfamiliarityof thesulbapractitioners wheretheyirresponsiblycallPythagorasthe-
with geometric constructions, I take it as a orem‘fakenews’.Thereisanimplicitclaimof
given that they knew and understood geo- ownership; that is the thing that one needs
metric rationales supporting those to clarify,” Dani said.
‘Pythagorean’ sutras.” “... This kind of attitude that everything
was there in India, generally referred to as
How did knowledge of the equation ‘Jagatguru syndrome’ — that needs to be
evolve over the centuries? countered. Some things are partially true,
The earliest evidence is from the Old along with that a whole lot of garbage goes
Babylonian civilisation (1900-1600 BCE). into the sense of cultural superiority, which
“They were well aware of Pythagoras’s the- is actually very detrimental. As long as we
orem: but since that was more than a thou- think that we are the masters, living in the
sand years before Pythagoras, they did not past,thecountryisnotgoingtomakeserious
callitthat:theyreferredtoitasthe‘Diagonal inroads into modern development,” he said.
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THE EDITORIAL PAGE

WORDLY WISE
Start with what is right rather
than what is acceptable.
— FRANZ KAFKA

FOUNDED BY
Trusting the rupee
§

§
RAMNATH GOENKA
India’s economic fundamentals are robust. Fall of
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
currency is a result of international developments

RUPEE@80 Soumya Kanti Ghosh

The RBI should desist from launching a defence of the THE GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT underway eral countries including India are attempting July21meeting.TheFedlookssettoraiserates
since February 24 has thrown financial and todiversifytheirforeignexchangereservesin by at least 75 basis points on July 27. A higher
currency. Let rupee find its own level

O
energy markets across the world into a tizzy.
N TUESDAY, THE Indian rupee crossed a psychological barrier, touching 80 AdirectcasualtyoftheUkrainewaristhatthe
againstthedollarduringearlytrading.Whilethecurrencyrecoveredmargin- Indian rupee has now depreciated by 5.6 per
centagainstthedollar.Intermsofrelativeper-
ally thereafter, ending the day at 79.95, the rupee has been under pressure.
formance,however,therupeehasdonequite
This weakness in the currency can be tracedtoa combination of factors — ag- well compared to most of its counterparts —
gressive tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve as it attempts to bring barring the Indonesian Rupiah.
inflation under control, the strengthening of the greenback, foreign portfolio outflows In an ideal world, if domestic economic
and the rush to safe assets as fears of a recession begin to gain traction, and widening cur- fundamentals are strong, the depreciation of
rent account deficits. However, the Indian currency isn't alone. Across the world, curren- the rupee should be accompanied by an ap-
preciationoftheDollarIndex(DXY)alongsim-
cies have fallen against the dollar. In fact, when compared to other currencies, the rupee
ilarlines.BetweenJanuary2008andFebruary
has fared relatively better. 2012 and October 2012 and May 2014, on a
With the US Fed embarking on one of the steepest rate hike cycles in recent times, in- cumulative basis, the rupee had lost a whop-
vestors have rushed to the dollar. The dollar index (which measures the currency's value ping48.7percentagainsttheUSD,evenasthe
against six major currencies), though has corrected of late, has recently registered its DXYhadappreciatedbyamodest5.2percent.
highest level since 2002. Higher than expected inflation in the US — inflation rate stood This indicates that much of the decline in ru-
at a 40-year high of 9.1 per cent in June — has only increased the odds of the Fed contin- pee value then was purely because of weak
domestic macro fundamentals.
uing with its aggressive stance. In fact, many expect it to hike interest rates by 75 basis
Now, fast forward to the current situa-
pointswhentheFederalOpenMarketCommitteemeetsnextweek,suggestingthatthese tion. The rupee has depreciated by a modest
trends are unlikely to reverse in the immediate. Then there is also the pressure from 5.6 per cent since the Russian invasion of
higher current account deficits. Recent data showed that the goods trade deficit in the Ukraine, though the DXY has appreciated by
April-June period stood at $70.25 billion, more than double the level observed last year. 11.3 per cent. If we extend the period from
March 2021 till July 2022, the rupee depreci-
Many analysts are now penciling in a current account deficit upwards of 3 per cent of
ation is 9.7 per cent and the DXY apprecia-
GDP this year. In the current global macroeconomic environment, financing this will be
challenging, lending a depreciating bias to the currency.
tion is a sharp 17.4 per cent. Thus, the recent
decline in the rupee has been more because
On their part, the government and the RBI have announced a series of steps to attract of thestrengtheningof thedollarandnotbe-
capital inflows to support the currency. These range from relaxations on NRI deposits to cause of weak fundamentals at home. This
easing investments in government and corporate bonds. The central bank has also an- is a good omen and is also substantiated by
nouncedmeasuresforsettlementof internationaltradeinrupeestoeasepressuresonthe the Indian economy navigating the Ukraine
conflict rather well.
currency. It has, reportedly, also intervened in the currency markets to stem the rupee's
In fact, a one per cent change in the DXY
slide. However, unlike in the past, it should desist from launching a currency defence. It (oranappreciationof thedollar)leadstoa1.7
must let the rupee find its own level. A weaker rupee will act as an automatic stabiliser. per cent change in rupee exchange rate (de-
While in the near term it increases the risks of importing inflation, over time, it will boost preciation of the rupee), considering the 15-
the competitiveness of the country's exports, providing a much needed fillip at a time year period ending July 2002. If we go by the
regressionresult,therupeeshouldhavebeen
when the global economy is facing strong headwinds.
at 90/dollar currently.
Havingestablishedthattherecentdecline
The rupee has depreciated by
a modest 5.6 per cent since
the war broke out, though
the DXY has appreciated by
11.3 per cent. If we extend the
period from March 2021 till
July 2022, the rupee
depreciation is 9.7 per cent
and the DXY appreciation is
a sharp 17.4 per cent. Thus,
the recent decline in the
rupee has been more because
of the strengthening of the
dollar and not because of
weaker fundamentals at
home. This is a good omen
favour of non-dollar currencies.
In principle, Bretton Woods ensured that
thedollarwouldbea“trust”currency.TheUS
can run current account deficits unimagin-
ablefortherestof theworld.TheUSsitsatthe
centre of an international financial system
where its assets have been in high demand.
For instance, frantically growing Asian
economies whose penchant for US govern-
mentsecuritieshavealsomadethemsuscep-
tible to sudden changes in expectations and
economicsentimentssweepingtheglobe.The
recentdisturbancesintheglobalsupplychain
and volatile commodity prices have only
made the job more difficult.
As currencies reel under the weight of an
unrelenting dollar, questions on the rupee’s
performance and future are a natural corol-
lary, more so in the wake of hitting the psy-
chological mark of Rs 80/dollar. While most
of the conversations in domestic circles have
centred around the known knowns, a closer
look at the behavioural changes and the un-
dercurrents that eventually become mega-
trendsinshapingthepolicyperspectivesand
directionsgloballyareworthponderingover.
The recent gains in the dollar have come
along expectations of aggressive monetary
policybytheUSFedcomparedtoothermajor
jurisdictions, particularly, the Eurozone and
Japan. Markets expect the Fed to continue on
its path of interest rate normalisation with
multiple rate hikes.
On the other hand, the European Central
Bank(ECB)appearsbehindthecurve,itscom-
munication with markets is as uncertain as
the political and climatic hot winds criss-
crossing the Eurozone. The Bank of Japan has
taken a completely divergent path, continu-
ing its accommodative monetary policy de-
spite the hammering of the yen. This has au-
hike by the ECB should immediately cool off
the dollar, bringing parity between two ma-
jorcentralbanks.Othercurrenciesshouldgain
ground ceded to the dollar. Even then, the
short-termreturnsforthedollarlookpromis-
ing, with a precarious EU economy making
the US the only credible investment avenue.
Coming to the US multi-year high infla-
tion print, our research suggests that the Fed
was almost nine months late in raising the
rates, even as the RBI has been able to get a
grip on inflation -- it has already hit a peak.
The Fed is now caught in a situation of a high
job vacancy rate and a low unemployment
rate. Our technical analysis indicates that
there is more than a 97 per cent chance that
this will be the status quo for some more
months. This, in turn, might create a wage-
price spiral that will not be a pleasant sce-
nario for emerging economies.
So, what's next?
Interestingly,in2013,whentherupeewas
in a free fall, stability was finally restored but
it came at a cost — a debt buildup of $34.5
FCNR(B). This time, the RBI and government
have taken a long-term view of bolstering
dollarinflows,whichisperfectlyjustified.This
would mean that the rupee could still face
headwinds in the short term. The enormity
of the challenges can be gauged by these
numbers:Sincethebeginningof war,foreign
exchange reserves have declined by $51-bil-
lion, total portfolio outflows have been $23
billion,andthecurrentaccountdeficitisnow
certain to breach $100 billion. July, however,
has been much better with the outflows till
date only at $1.3 billion.
TheRBI,inclosetandemwiththegovern-
ment,hasbeensupportiveoftherupee,andis
also now embarking on an unprecedented
journeytointernationalisethecurrency.With

FAILING THE TEST

in rupee value is mostly to deal with the DXY
strengthening,thelogicalquestionis:Isthere
anypossibilityofanendtosuchunabateddol-
larsupremacyinthenearfuture?Theanswer
Asking exam candidates to remove innerwear to check isperhapsa“no”atthispointeventhoughsev-
cheating shows abysmal level of trust in the young
and is also substantiated by gured well for the dollar, obscuring the
question of how the Fed failed to anticipate
the Indian economy the surge in inflation.
navigating the conflict Forecasters are indecisive about whether
rather well. theECBwillgofora25bpsor50bpshikeinits
theIMFGlobalUncertaintyIndexcurrentlyat
historicalhighs,wecanonlyhopeforthebest.
The writer is Group Chief Economic Advisor at
State Bank of India. Views are personal

T
HERE IS NO justification for the alleged actions of officials under the National
Testing Agency (NTA) at an examination centre in Kollam, Kerala. On

A LIMITED FARM VISION

Thursday, according to an FIR filed by a parent, several young women were
forced to remove their innerwear by officials as they sought to appear for
the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions to MBBS and BDS pro-
grammes. The current episode is not the first such instance: In 2017, “overzealous” teach-
ers at a Kerala school were suspended for asking a girl to remove her innerwear before
entering a NEET exam centre. The mandate of new agriculture panel raises questions
To humiliate students for an article of clothing — or, as the “rules” would have it, “any
ornaments/ metallic items” — is unconscionable and symptomatic of a deep suspicion of
aspirants on the part of the NTA. How can an earring, or a hook on an item of clothing
Ajay Vir Jakhar
leadtocheating?Andexactlyhowmanycandidatessmuggedcheatsheetsinthesewires? LIKE THE MONSOONS, just when everyone Manywillcriticisethecommitteeforhav- cultural GDP comes from rearing animals. It
Yet, the NTA's list of prohibited items — which includes shoes, jewellery and all metallic was giving up hope, it poured with a ing farmers who mirror the government reminds one of John Maynard Keynes's per-
objects — only empowers the person on the ground to police the bodies of aspirants. vengeance. The government made a com- stand,whichinmyopinionisunfair.Onemay ceptive comment: "The difficulty lies not in
Bureaucratic “rules” too must aspire to common sense. As a governance reform in the mitment last year when it repealed the farm disagree with some of Anil Ghanwat’s views the new ideas, but in escaping from the old
healthcare and education sector, the NEET has much to recommend it. Like the Joint laws to constitute a committee. This body but he is a sensible voice on the committee. ones”. Given this state of affairs, it is not dif-
has finally been constituted to promote zero Vested interests need to be eliminated from ficult to understand why things have gone
EntranceExamforengineering,theNEEThasthepotentialtoensureuniformityinadmis-
budget-basedfarming,change croppatterns the committee. so wrong and why there is a threat of them
sion standards across states and objectivity and transparency in candidate selection. and make MSP more effective and transpar- It is also a little curious that the Former turning worse.
What is common here is an assumption of guilt — of “cheating” — and the impunity aris- ent. It is an exhaustive body of 28 members Secretary,Ministryof AgricultureandFarmer Like the lawyers in the US judicial system
ing from the vaguely-worded rules used to humiliate students. with cross representation from the Central Welfare Sanjay Agarwal has been appointed speculatingontherulingofajurybasedonits
The local police has filed an FIR in the matter and the NTA has sent a team to Kerala to and state governments, farmers, agricultural the committee's chairman. He was at the composition, may I venture into unfamiliar
conduct its own investigation. The offending officials must be brought to book. But a scientists and economists. vanguard of the misconceived government territory, but confidently predict some of the
wider conversation on reforming the guidelines and powers of the NTA is also needed. The new committee was preceded by a campaign on the farm laws. Agarwal should majoroutcomes?Thecommitteewillpropose
Supreme Court-appointed panel that in its recuse himself from the position for the sake toendtheopen-endedprocurementofgrains
The guiding principle of such reform must place the dignity of students and aspirants
wisdom spokeagainst the withdrawal of the of propriety and, more importantly, to allow atMSP(wheatandpaddy)whilemakingMSP
front and centre; it must ease their burdens while ensuring that exams are conducted controversialfarmlaws,sayingthatthe"ma- space for building the trust of those scepti- availabletoalargernumberof farmersacross
fairly. Mechanisms must be put in place to ensure that those conducting tests — whether jority" of the farm unions supported them cal of the exercise. It is quite out of order for Indiageographically.Itwillalsoendunlimited
NEET, JEE or any other such examination — are sensitised to their role as enablers for the and a repeal would be "unfair to this silent a NITI Aayog member with a rank and status availabilityandaccessofsubsidisedfertilisers
youth, who are already under tremendous pressure. To strip-search a candidate to pro- majority". Parking this issue for the time be- of a Union Minister of State to be asked to forallfarmersbyproposingtoshifttowardsa
tect a test means there’s something terribly wrong with the testing— not the candidate. ing, questions need to be asked about the Like many who equate serve as a member under Agarwal. mechanism of direct fertiliser subsidy trans-
composition of the new committee and the Again, the committee, by design, has no ferintofarmeraccounts.Lipservicetonatural
crux of its agenda. incomes with livelihoods, state representation from Punjab, a major farming will continue to be the norm. Lastly,
Of theeight farmermembersinthecom- the committee's mandate grain procurement state. This could be used the committee which has not been given a

THE HEALING TOUCH

mittee, five were nominated by the govern-
mentandare knownto be sympathetic toits
views. Three were to be nominated by the
Samyukt Kisan Morcha. But SKM's boycott
Bhupinder was an elegant, soulful singer of the committee, citing under-representa-
who found his niche in Hindi film music tion, was a foregone conclusion.
obscures changing cropping
patterns with diversification.
It is, at best, a subset of
diversification. The
agriculture department may
to whip up divisive sentiments in the state.
Like many who equate incomes with
livelihoods, the committee's mandate ob-
scures changing cropping patterns with di-
versification. It is, at best, a subset of diversi-
fication. The agriculture department may
time frame to deliver the report and can be
expected to circumambulate to eventually
giving recommendations after the 2024 par-
liamentary elections.
For the rest, we seem to be wasting time
squabblingoversmallmandates.Wearelim-

H
Contrary to the expectations of those have an understanding of the problems but ited by imagination as we lose largely
IS WAS A soulful voice that effortlessly transferred the angst and forlorn- who supported the farmer agitation, many
have an understanding of the it now needs to comprehend that they can- unimagined opportunities of a food systems
ness of poetry from words to music. Bhupinder Singh, who died 82 on of the SKM members contested the Punjab problems but it now needs to not be solved by having discussions centred approach that are now deemed to be
Monday, got to sing his first Bollywood number in 1964 under the leg- elections and, predictably, lost spectacularly. comprehend that they around cropping choices and practices. utopian.Itwill,inafewyears,becomeessen-
endary composer, Madan Mohan. But it was only in the Seventies that he Candidates identified with farmer protests cannot be solved by having Solutions require a systems approach. This tial thinking, making us reinvent the way we
met with the same fate in the UP elections. cannot happen when the mandate is limited do everything.
found his niche in the cinema industry with haunting melodies that composers such as
The SKM has lost much of its sheen and rel-
discussions centred around to crops, with the Secretary, Ministry of
Jaidev, Khayyam, R D Burman, and, of course, Madan Mohan, had created mainly for the evance. Unions should now strive to earn re- cropping choices and AnimalHusbandrynotevenamemberof the The writer is chairman,
middle-of-the-road cinema of that decade. The A-list of Hindi film music — Mohammed spect, not popularity. practices. committee,eventhoughone-thirdof allagri- Bharat Krishak Samaj
Rafi, Talat Mahmood, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, all born in the 1920s — was very much de-
livering hits then, but composers sought out Bhupinder, mostly to sing filmy ghazals.
Bhupinder, along with Yesudas, Suresh Wadkar and Jagjit Singh, came to represent the
generation that succeeded Rafi, Kishore and others. By then, music had started to take the
backseatinBollywood.Filmsstartedtohavefewersongs.Thepoliticalandsocialupheavals JULY 20, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO
of the1970shadinfluencedwriterstodiscoverheroesinangryyoungmen,whoexpressed
their angst and anger in fiery dialogues and stunts, unlike the lead characters of a previous NEW UP GOVERNMENT MINUTES FABRICATED such a way as to shield some transactions
and certain individuals”.
generationwhorevealedtheirselfthroughsongs.Bhupinder'svoiceandsingingstylesuited
artistssuchasSanjeevKumar,FarooqSheikh,AmolPalekarandNaseeruddinShahmorethan SIX OUT OF 16 cabinet ministers and 14 out AT LEAST TWO MPs who were members of
the big stars of the time. Songs such as “Dil doondta hai” (Mausam, 1975), “Ek akela iss she-
of 25 ministers of state of the outgoing 48-
member ministry were axed when the two-
the Committee on Public Undertakings have
stated in writing that the minutes of meet-
FIRING IN BEIRUT
hermein”(Gharonda,1977),“Karogeyaad”(Bazaar,1982),“Kisinazarko”(Aitbaar,1985)as tier 26-member ministry of Sripat Mishra ings of the Committee dealing with the Kuo ISRAELI FORCES AND Palestinian guerrillas
wellasduetssuchas“Beetinabitairaina”(Parichay,1972)haveanenduringquality.Though assumed office in Lucknow. The new UP Oil deal have been fabricated to shield cer- traded artillery and tank fire on Beirut's
theopportunitytosingcameinfrequently,Bhupinderwasamuchsoughtafterinstrumen- ministry was installed in office after the tain individuals. In separate letters to the southern outskirts and Israeli jets staged re-
talist,whoseguitarbecameamemorablefeatureofsomeoftheiconicnumbersofthe1970s caretaker ministry led by Vishwanath Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman, Rajya peated flightsoverthePalestinian Liberation
— “Dum maro dum” (Hare Rama Hare Krishna, 1971), “Chura liya hai” (Yaadon Ki Baraat, Pratap Singh had remained in office for 20 Sabha, R R Morarka, member, Rajya Sabha, Organisation's beseiged redoubt in the
1973), “Chingari koi bhadke” (Amar Prem, 1972) among others. days. V P Sing resigned on June 28 in the and Harikesh Bahadur, member, Lok Sabha, Lebanese capital. The police said the pre-
wake of the carnage in Kanpur and have stated that they attended the relevant dawn and mid-morning duels "strained but
Inthe1980s,Bhupinderreinventedhimself asaghazalsinger.Withwife,Mitali,hewas
Mainpuri districts. All the 10 cabinet min- meetings and that by their personal knowl- did notcollapse”acease-firearrangedbythe
instrumental in popularising the genre through Doordarshan shows among non-Hindi isters who took oath of office and secrecy edge they know that the minutes, “do not at US eight days ago. The US chief mediator,
speaking populations. His corpus may not be large, but Bhupinder leaves behind a few along with Singh 25 months ago have re- allreflectwhattranspiredatthosemeetings”, Philip Habib, held a conference with
gems that will ensure him a following in the times to come as well. mained in the new ministry. that they have been “deliberately drafted in Lebanese intermediaries.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
THE IDEAS PAGE
Numbed by violence
Our response to acts of violence often becomes an argumentative tug of war, as we
seek victory on social media and during discussions among friends and family groups
IN GOOD FAITH
§
By T M Krishna
BETWEEN THE TIME when I thought of
writing a piece on violence to when I actu-
ally sat before my computer, my immediate
and larger world has gotten more violent.
Violence has exposed itself in all spheres of
human experience, in the form of abuse,
threat, intimidation, instigation, manipula-
tion, assault and killing. We have all re-
sponded to these occurrences in varied
tones and decibels. With this never-ending
barrage of violence circling us, our immedi-
ate reflex is to rank each violent act. Its seri-
ousness and impact are quickly accessed.
But the parameters that determine the rank-
ing are varied. The severity, geographical lo-
cation, identities of the assaulter and victim,
their ideological bent, and the position taken
by those we admire or detest curate our “in-
dependent” decision. Depending on all these
variables, an emotional response is gener-
ated, causality determined and a self-con-
vincing explanation internalised. There is
very little ambiguity about the “why” and
“how” behind the violence.
But this set of actions comes from the
need for immediacy. All that we are fed
from within our carefully cultivated envi-
ronment enables us to come to a quick con-
clusion that “our” environment will find ac-
ceptable. The obvious knots in our
arguments are brushed aside and we pro-
claim argumentative victory on social me-
dia and during discussions among friends
and family groups; each bending over back-
wards to win. A tug of war in search of vic-
tory over an argument about violence!
There are many casualties due to this
procedural and repetitive episodic drama
that we participate in. First, the victim is
lost. In fact, even the sufferer’s identity is
manipulated. With each occurrence, every-
one who repeatedly participates in this
twisted discourse sheds another layer of
humanity. Soon, none of us are addressing
the violence; we are only ensuring that
peace does not return. We even derive vi-
carious pleasure from being part of the vi-
olence that affects another.
But isn’t the overall cause-and-effect de-
sign obvious? It is communalism, casteism,
patriarchy and all the other “isms” that fol-
low this train of thought. They are aggra-
vated by timeless wrong doings that flow
into the present and create fear of the fu-
ture. As the final act, politicians and their
stooges weaponise people for their own
electoral benefit. Irrespective of political af-
filiation or beliefs, everyone will agree with
the above statements. They will disagree on
who is responsible for the wrongdoings, the
truths behind sectarian practices, the iden-
tities of the stooges and the political party
that furthered the agenda. But there will be
concordance on the flow of events.
This informs us that the problem cannot
be addressed from within the structural
normative. This does not mean we remain
mute when violence erupts; we should re-
spond. But the mind must observe from a
different place, a dispassionate one. We can-
Vihang Jumle and Christophe Jaffrelot
EXTERNALAFFAIRSMINISTERSJaishankar’s
Twitter handle has taken an interesting turn
lately,bothintermsof itsmessagingforado-
mestic audience as well as for those outside
the country. In the past, he rarely tweeted so
frequently in languages other than English.
March, April and May 2022 saw a consider-
able increase in Hindi tweets (102 over the
three months), even more than his tally in
2021 (72 Hindi tweets). In fact, the score for
Hindi has been on the rise yearly from 18,50,
72,and133(already)between2019andJune
2022. In end-May 2022, for a change, there
were11tweetsinGujarati,onlytwolessthan
his 2020 total. This is significant, given the
backdrop of the upcoming assembly elec-
tionsinGujarat.JunesawhimtweetinTelugu
13times(forthefirsttime).Since2019,hehas
tweetedinatleast30languages,including24
tweets in Tamil in March 2022. What does
this tell us about the current government’s
outlook on foreign policy?
First,itshowsthatthegovernmentseesfor-
eignpolicyasatoolwithdomesticpoliticalim-
plications. This has been the case with the BJP
since 2014. The massive media coverage of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign trips
is a case in point. The image of him as a world
leader that this extensive coverage has con-
veyed in India has been a major factor in his
popularity.However,itistheforeignaffairsmin-
isterswhohavebeenattheinterfaceofinterna-
not sacrifice our mind at the altar of any
“head” who claims to provide answers.
There are many such from within religion
and outside it. All they do is redirect our vi-
olence towards a target of their choosing or
sharpen our daggers if we have mutually
agreed on the target. But we cannot go
about this search without carefully observ-
ing our repetitive behavioural pattern when
confronted with violence.
The most common trap is attaching our-
selves with a causality that justifies vio-
lence. When someone from a background
that irks us is the target of violence, after
the initial feeling of pity, our mind charges
to find a way to turn the tables. There has
to be a justifiable reason for this to have
happened to this horrible person. We find
fault with the victim, blaming him for his ill
fate or digging out an old action that por-
trays him as an offender. Soon, violence be-
comes retribution and the victim’s past ac-
tion denies him the right to feel aggrieved.
This entire sequence of internal thought
processes is demonstrative of violence in
play. Yet, we do not see ourselves as violent.
We claim that the violence was committed
by evil people. We are just deeply interested
and emotionally affected onlookers.
Violence is always evaluated hierarchi-
cally. The physical placed right on top of the
pile. Of course, taking away a person’s life
or dismembering someone is an irrecover-
able state. But emotional and psychological
violence can be deeply affecting and debil-
itating. There is no way to see it immedi-
The art of Twitter diplomacy
Theplatformmayyieldpoliticaldividends,butwon’tmakestatecrafttransparent
tional and domestic politics. Former External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj actively built
aneffectivebrandaroundheroutreachthatwas
appreciated domestically. But Jaishankar has
taken this modus operandi to another level
sinceJune2019whenhesetuphisTwitterac-
countafterbeingswornin.Hisuseof theplat-
formsincethenhasonlyincreased,withanav-
erageof 67,74,124,176tweetseachmonthfor
theyearsbetween2019to2022.
Second,theincreasinguseof regionallan-
guages (or non-English vocabulary), espe-
ciallyHindi,istellingof howthegovernment
hopes to connect foreign affairs with popu-
lar sentiments — both domestically and
abroad.His tweets often speak of productive
discussionswithheadsof otherstatesandar-
eas of collaboration, and sometimes have an
anecdotal tone, as seen in a recent, warmly-
wordedtweet— “aapsebaatcheetkeliyetat-
parhoon”(“alwaysathandtohaveaconver-
sation with you”). This is meant to give the
sense of a personalised one-on-one connec-
tion with his Hindi-speaking Twitter audi-
ence at home. The same principle is at work
when Jaishankar tweets in a similar tone in
foreign languages to expand the scope of bi-
lateraldialogues.Bydoingso,theIndianstate
now speaks not only to other heads of state
but also with the people of those countries,
adding a new digital dimension to its
traditional diplomacy.
The most common trap is
attaching ourselves with a
causality that justifies
violence. When someone
from a background that irks
us is the target of violence,
after the initial feeling of pity,
our mind charges to find a
way to turn the tables. There
has to be a justifiable reason
for this to have happened to
this horrible person. We find
fault with the victim,
blaming him for his ill fate or
digging out an old action that
portrays him as an offender.
Soon, violence becomes
retribution and the victim’s
past action denies him the
right to feel aggrieved.
Third,atoolof outreachthatcanfitinside
one’s pocket (or is easily outsourced) allows
flexibility to personalise one’s way of doing
business. It makes diplomacy politically rel-
evant by making it less elitist and easily di-
gestible. Adopting Prime Minister Modi's
style, Jaishankar increasingly uses pictures-
in-actionattachedtohistweetsandtheword
“friend(s)” in different contexts, sometimes
toaddresshiscounterparts.Thecountof such
tweets has also gone up over the last three
years. Placed in context, it flows from what
he said in his speech at St Stephan’s College
in March 2022 about keeping aside the
“learned analysis of the state of the world”
and,instead,focusingon“whattoanaverage
person is a ‘good’ foreign policy”. Emerging
communication tools make it convenient to
break from traditional foreign affairs vocab-
ulary and add dimensions of intimacy to it.
This was not the case in the past and even
now, these tools aren't accessed by most
Opposition parliamentarians. It is especially
advantageous for those in charge of the for-
eignoffice.Itisyetanothersignthatwelivein
an era of populism.
Inthiscontext,itisworthnotingthatfor-
eign policy is rarely a matter for discussion
on Prime Minister Modi’s Mann Ki Baat (on
radio), which reaches the grass roots. On the
other hand, the only beneficiaries of this
emerging personalised communication are
C R Sasikumar
ately or measure the damage. We cannot
put a number on it; hence, we presume it
to be a lesser evil. The courts have a legal
necessity to categorise violence but that is
not the discussion here.
In humanistic terms, how are we to per-
ceive violence that is viewed as relatively
benign because it is non-physical? More of-
ten than not, the actual physical act occurs
after a sustained period of psychological vi-
olence. During that gestation period we en-
thusiastically participate in its enactment.
We also train, encourage and brainwash
perpetrators. We do not speak to him di-
rectly but our nurturing of his psychotic en-
vironment is not an accident. We know that
our every word and action is a trigger, yet
we keep pushing until someone some-
where snaps. Then, we quickly wash our
hands off the entire episode. When some-
one points at it, we accuse him of equating
words and swords.
But is all physical violence equal? I will
leave you with these disturbing questions.
Do we react to the killing of an army
man and an alleged offender in the same
manner? Is the murder of an oppressed
Dalit comparable to that of an oppressive
casteist? Is the assault of a Muslim equal to
that of a Hindu?
At this point, none of us can engage
thoughtfully with these questions because
we are buried in violence.
Krishna is a musician and author of The
Spirit of Enquiry: Notes of Dissent
the 23.6 million Twitter users in India, per-
hapslargelyscatteredinurbanareaswithde-
cent literacy levels, which also happen to be
the BJP’s political stronghold. Is foreign pol-
icy emerging as an effective political mo-
biliser? That remains to be seen.
The lessons we derive from the Indian
casehaveuniversalimplications.Manyinthe
foreign office are adopting this personalised
formof diplomacy.Andwhyshouldn’tthey?
The popular dividends they derive are
tremendous, including internationally. Who
inIndiawouldn’tbepleasedtoknowthatthe
Australian prime minister cooked samosas
(in 2020)? This addition of intimacy to for-
eign relations works both ways (but doesn’t
necessarily make the process less opaque).
What remains to be seen is if the increased
involvementof thepopulaceinforeignaffairs
leads to its democratisation. Statecraft has
traditionally been a specialised, elite job —
and for good reasons. A potential politicisa-
tion of foreign policy might end up adding
more ambiguity to the world order.
Jumle is a public policy student in Berlin,
Germany. Jaffrelot is senior research fellow
at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, professor of
Indian Politics and Sociology at King's India
Institute, London, and non-resident scholar
at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace
WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“Human history has never seen two giant neighbors with a population of over
1 billion each like China and India developing together before. We should
resist 'public opinion harassment' by the US and the West to make China
and India partners rather than rivals.”
The absentee
stakeholder
Indian MNCs have been absent in discussions on
digital policies including data governance,
privacy, anti-trust. They need to speak up
Mansi Kedia
THEREARETHOSEwhosaythatIndia’sdig-
ital economy has been operating in a regu-
latory vacuum. Perhaps a more appropri-
ate formulation would be of a regulatory
roller coaster. In 2022 itself, the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY) has announced the draft amend-
ment to the IT Rules 2021 (June 2022), the
draftIndiaDataAccessibilityandUsePolicy
(February2022),NationalDataGovernance
FrameworkPolicy(May2022)andthenew
cyber security directions (April 2022).
Besides these, the most awaited and criti-
cal e-commerce policy and the Data
Protection Bill, both of which have been in
the making for at least a few years now, are
likely to be announced soon. This hyperac-
tivity signals the accelerated growth of the
digital ecosystem which needs regulatory
nurturing. With due credit to the policy-
makers, all these proposals have been put
outforconsultation.Infact,thegovernment
hasrecentlyinvitedstakeholderstoanopen
housediscussionon theproposed changes
totheITRules.Thispiece,however,isabout
those missing from these discussions.
There has been an enormous backlash
againstthegrowingpowerandinfluenceof
internet giants They do bring benefits to
consumers, businesses and governments,
but then they also enjoy dominant posi-
tions, engender misinformation and at the
extreme,underminedemocraticprocesses.
Governmentshavebeenpushedtorespond
tomyriadaspectsof the digital economy —
fromfinancialsectorregulationtoanti-trust
to data privacy. With so much at stake, Big
Tech platforms have upped their advocacy
by hiring qualified professionals and fund-
ingempiricalresearch,notonlyinIndiabut
alsoacrosstheworld.Ascepticwouldview
thisasanotherwaytoinfluencethegovern-
ment. The balance is somewhere in the
middle. But I am digressing. The point is
Google,Amazon,Facebook,Twitterandthe
likes are all actively engaged in policy dis-
cussions, either directly or through third
partiestoputforthapointof view.Similarly,
start-ups,thinktanks,civilsocietyorganisa-
tions and academics invested in the issues
of the digital economy either as users or as
observerscontributetothepolicydiscourse.
Then who is missing?
Indianoriginmultinationalcorporations
— the Tatas, Reliance, Aditya Birla Group,
Godrej, ITC, Bajaj, and Hero — have collec-
tivelycontributedtothecountry’sdevelop-
ment.Theycutacrossinfrastructure,appli-
ances and consumer electronics,
automobiles, food processing, fashion,
pharmaceuticals and energy. While these
may not be quintessential digital compa-
nies,exceptforRelianceJio,manyarework-
ing towards adopting digital technologies
for manufacturing, distribution, and client
service. While it may be difficult to predict
whentheIndianindustrywillbecomedig-
ital-first, it is near certain that it will do so.
Many companies now have online distri-
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HOUSE FREEDOMS
THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Unsayable
in the House’, (IE, July 19). In times of
shifting political sands, a notification
like this is trivial. Our elected repre-
sentatives are keen to jump ship for
personal gain. Those in power are en-
gaged in wholesale horse-trading.
Under these circumstances, the use of
sharp debates will take a backseat as a
matter of course. The question is:
Does the list of “unparliamentary”
words muzzle the freedom of speech
of parliamentarians? With the
Monsoon Session underway, it's im-
portant to remember that the produc-
tivity of a parliamentary session can-
not be gauged by the number of bills
passed alone.
Abhishek Kumar Anshu, Patna
THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Unsayable
in the House’ (IE, July 19). The recent
decision to enlarge the number of
words proscribed from being used in
Parliament by MPs is a welcome move
to enhance the quality of House pro-
ceedings. To say that it stifles discus-
sions by clamping down on the free-
dom of speech of MPs is unfair. The
move doesn't restrict dignified debate.
Ravi Mathur, Noida
NEW GROUND
THIS REFERS TO the article ‘Delhi to
New Delhi
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— GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA
bution channels that retail through inter-
mediary platforms or their own websites.
TheTatashavetakentheplungeintoe-com-
merce,firstwithTataCliqandrecentlywith
Neu. Others will follow. If so, one wonders
whytheyaredistantfromconversationson
theselandmarkpoliciesthatwilldetermine
the future of Indian commerce. Reports
have quoted the group as acknowledging
datagovernanceasoneoftheirbiggestchal-
lenges. The issue is also at the centre of the
current policy debate. Tata is not alone in
dealingwiththechallengesof dataintegra-
tion across group companies. But most of
them have been mute.
Government relations and outreach
functionshavealwaysbeenimportanttobig
businesses.Indianjuggernautsthatpushed
back on the opening up of the economy af-
tertheneworderwasimplementedin1991,
cametobepopularlyknownastheBombay
Club. The government did heed their plea,
andtheopportunitiesforforeignbusinesses
remaineddilutedtoallowIndianbusinesses
tocompeteinthedomesticmarket.Though
a separate debate, some fear that the advo-
cacy of inward-looking protectionist poli-
cies in recent times, rekindles such opposi-
tion — a Bombay Club 2.0 version. At what
point and in what manner MNCs interact
with the government will of course vary.
Usingasector-specificexample,alltelecom
companiesinIndiacommittedlyparticipate
in TRAI’s open houses, industry delibera-
tions and written submissions so that they
can nudge policymakers toward industry-
friendlydecision-makingthatsitswellwith
overall growth objectives. On general con-
cerns such as infrastructure and the ease of
doingbusiness,interventionfromtheindus-
try is much more indirect and often an ex-
post phenomenon, that is, after the policy
has been announced. To be fair, this is also
because the government does not always
consultbusinessesbeforeannouncinganew
policy or regulation.
The case of the digital economy is dif-
ferent. The practice of multi-stake-
holderism in policy formulation is present
in letter, if not always in spirit. There are
multipleopportunitiesandavenuesforpar-
ticipating in dialogue, even if the final pol-
icy document is the same as the first draft.
Thepolicyteamsof BigTechmakethemost
useof thesechannelstopresenttheirpoint
of view and hope for reconciliation on is-
sues, with the final policy document at-
tempting to strike a balance between busi-
ness viability and government objectives.
Over the last few years of active debate on
critical digital policies including those on
datagovernance,privacy,anti-trust,andin-
termediaryliability,therehasbeenanover-
whelming presence of the Big Tech Indian
start-ups competing in this space, as well
astheiraffiliatedassociations.IndianMNCs,
forreasonsunclear,hasbeenmostlyabsent.
Whatthishasresultedinisadisproportion-
atepolicyfocusonkeepingBigTechincheck
as against creating an enabling, secure and
trusteddigitalecosysteminIndia.Asmany
issues highlighted by Big Tech are likely to
bepainpointsforIndianbusinessesaswell,
participation of Indian MNCs could break
the“usversusthem”problemplaguingpol-
icy making in India today.
The writer is Senior Fellow, ICRIER.
Views are personal
new Middle East’ (IE, July 19). Israel
and the Arab states share a backchan-
nel understanding on regional issues.
The Abraham Accords, brokered by
the US, merely mainstreamed the
arrangements already in place under
the watchful eyes of both the
Americans and the Russians. The com-
munal, ethnic, and sectarian fault lines
in the region are so intertwined that
no external power can exploit them.
The vilification of the Iranian regime is
seen as the common ground for the
recent diplomatic breakthrough in the
region. New Delhi has much to gain
from this recent bonhomie.
Sudip Kumar Dey, Barasat
NEED OF THE HOUR
THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A pros-
perity lesson for India’ (IE, July 18). The
author has previously spoken of the
need for the liberalisation of Indian
agriculture. We should begin with
China's model of TVEs (Town and vil-
lage enterprises), implemented first
at local levels and subsequently ex-
panded to state and national levels.
This can be a sustainable strategy to
advance the liberalisation of the agri-
cultural economy. Education, nutri-
tion and skill among women need to
be the focus, since these factors lead
to economic and political growth.
H Upadhyay, via email

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TOPOFTHE
WORLD
US House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi. AP
CHINA
Willtakestrong
measuresif
US’sPelosivisits
Taiwan:China
Beijing: China will take
“resolute and strong
measures” should the
Speaker of the US House
of Representatives Nancy
Pelosi proceed with re-
ported plans to visit
Taiwan, the Chinese
Foreign Ministry said
Tuesday. A visit by Pelosi
would “severely under-
mine China’s sovereignty
and territorial integrity,
gravely impact the foun-
dation of China-US rela-
tions,” Foreign Ministry
spokespersonZhaoLijiang
said at a daily briefing. “If
the US were to insist on
going down the wrong
path, China will take res-
olute and strong meas-
ures to safeguard its sov-
ereignty and territorial
integrity,” Zhao said. AP
THAILAND
No-confidence
debateagainst
PMbegins
Bangkok:Thailawmakers
began debate Tuesday on
the fourth and final no-
confidence vote targeting
Prime Minister Prayuth
Chan-ocha’s government
before its four-year term
ends next year. With gen-
eral elections due in
March, the government
faces its last no-confi-
dencevoteaftersurviving
three others in as many
years. The debate target-
ing Prayuth and 10 of his
Cabinet members is
scheduled for four days,
with the lower house to
vote on Saturday. AP
UK
Officialsraised
concernsover
asylumpolicy
London: Officials at
Britain’s Foreign Office
warned against the UK’s
plans to deport asylum-
seekers to Rwanda, citing
the country’s human
rights record, as per docu-
ments cited in a lawsuit
broughtagainsttheBritish
government. In written
submissionsfiledTuesday,
lawyer Raza Husain said
ForeignOfficeofficialstold
then Foreign Secretary
Dominic Raab in March
that if Rwanda were se-
lected for the policy, “we
wouldneedtobeprepared
to constrain UK positions
onRwanda’shumanrights
record, and to absorb re-
sulting criticism from UK
ParliamentandNGOs.” AP
DISAPPEARANCE OF ORDINARY SAVERS’ MONEY COULD POSE MAJOR TEST FOR PARTY’S LEGITIMACY
Chinese banking scandal tests faith in Communist Party system
VIVIAN WANG
& ZIXU WANG
BEIJING, JULY 19
THE SAVING opportunity with
the rural bank in central China
looked, to Sun Song, a 26-year-
old-businessman, like a great
find. It would be linked to his ex-
isting account at a large, rep-
utable state-owned bank. The
rural bankwas also offering high
interest rates, making it seem
like an ideal place to park his
roughly $600,000 in savings.
Then the bank abruptly froze
hisaccountthisyear,andofficials
said they were investigating po-
tential fraud. “I owe money on
TRILATERAL TALKS WITH ERDOGAN TO INCLUDE GRAIN DELIVERIES
Russia pounds Ukraine as Putin
holdstalkswithIran,Turkeyheads
Raisi, Putin discuss
boosting ties in
transportation,
energy, and trade
AGENCIES
KYIV, JULY 19
RUSSIAN MISSILES struck cities
andvillagesineasternandsouth-
ern Ukraine Tuesday, hitting
homes, a school and a commu-
nity center as Russian President
VladimirPutinwasinIrantodis-
cussaUN-backedproposaltoun-
blockexportsof Ukrainiangrain.
Putin,arrivedinIranforarare
international visit that empha-
sises how the two countries are
becoming more aligned amid
their isolation from Europe and
the US In an interview with an
Iranian broadcaster ahead of
Putin’s visit, his spokesman,
Dmitri S Peskov, evoked the his-
tory of 16th-century diplomacy
between Russia and Persia to set
the scene for what he promised
wouldbeaneweraof friendship
between Tehran and Moscow.
Peskov said Iran and Russia
could soon sign a treaty on
strategic cooperation, expand-
ing their collaboration in bank-
ing and finance, and moving
awayfromusingthedollartode-
nominate their trade.
Senior Indian official
injured in Sri Lanka
High Commission urges Indian
citizens to make movements safely
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
COLOMBO, JULY 19
ASENIORIndiangovernmentof-
ficial posted in Sri Lanka sus-
tainedgrievousinjuriesinanun-
provoked assault, the Indian
High Commission here said on
Tuesday as it urged its nationals
to remain aware of the latest de-
velopments in the island nation
and plan their movements and
activities accordingly.
The Indian High Commission
in a tweet said the relations be-
tween the people of India and Sri
Lanka have always been cordial
andfriendly.“Inthecurrentsitua-
tion, #Indian nationals in
#SriLankaarerequestedtoremain
awareoflatestdevelopmentsand
accordinglyplantheirmovements
andactivities.Youmaycontactus
whenrequired,"itsaid.
In another tweet, the High
Commissionsaiditsofficialsinthe
morning met “Vivek Varma, an
Indian national and Director of
IndianVisaCentre,whosustained
grievousinjuriesinanunprovoked
assaultlastnightnearColombo".
Thematterhasbeenbrought
to the attentionof the SriLankan
authorities, it said. It is probably
the first time that an Indian na-
tional has been attacked since
anti-government protests
erupted in Sri Lanka in March.
TheSpokespersonoftheMEA
last week said India looked for-
wardtoanearlysolutionofthesit-
uationrelatedtothegovernment
and its leadership in Sri Lanka
through democratic means and
my credit card and have to repay
my carloan,” he said. “I have two
sons. They’re all waiting.”
Thefinancialscandalensnar-
ing Sun and thousands of others
across the country could pose a
serious test to the ruling
Communist Party, which prizes
stability and its ability to control
any threats to it. While the
amount of money at riskis small
relative to China’s economy, it
strikes at the core promise of the
party that it will provide a better
future for the people.
For members of the Chinese
public, it has revealed how vul-
nerable their money could be,
even in a transaction as seem-
inglyroutineasputtingitinasav-
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Iraniam Raisi at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran. AP
But perhaps most crucially,
the Tehran trip offers Putin a
chanceforahigh-stakesmeeting
withErdogan,whohassoughtto
help broker talks on a peaceful
settlementof theRussia-Ukraine
conflict, as well as help negotia-
tions to unblock Ukrainian grain
through the Black Sea.
Speaking to Erdogan at the
start of their meeting, Putin
thankedhimforhismediationto
help “move forward” a deal on
Ukrainian grain exports. “Not all
Officials of High
Commission of India with
Vivek Varma. PTI
values, established institutions
and constitutional framework.
Meanwhile, acting President
Ranil Wickremesinghe has said
thatmuchofthecontentsinhispri-
vate residence here were not sal-
vageableafteragroupofirateanti-
government protesters torched it
onJuly9,destroyinghis125-year-
old piano and more than 4,000
books,someofthemcenturies-old.
In remarkable scenes of a country
in meltdown, anti-government
protesters set Wickremesinghe's
private residence at Cambridge
Place on fire, hours after they
stormedthePresident'sHouseand
otherkeybuildings.
ing account. Financial issues are
allthemoresensitiveastheecon-
omy weakens, with China last
weekreportingitsslowestrateof
growth since the beginning of
the coronavirus pandemic.
Manyarejustasunnervedby
the local government’s indiffer-
ent, if not outright hostile, re-
sponse to the scandal. The crisis
has engulfed five rural lenders
that the police say may have
been controlled by a criminal
gang that illegally transferred
funds into other accounts, a
schemethatstartedadecadeago.
Officials have mostly refused
to guarantee the money will be
returned and have suggested
thatsomeof thedepositorswere
theissueshavebeenresolvedyet,
but it’s good that there has been
some progress,” Putin added.
After his arrival, Putin held
talks with Raisi that followed
meetings in Moscow in January
and again last month in
Turkmenistan. During his fifth
visit to Tehran, Putin also met
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, continuing what
Kremlin foreign affairs adviser
YuriUshakovcalleda“trustingdi-
alogue.”“Our relations are devel-
EUROPE SIZZLES
Britain records highest temperature
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON, JULY 19
BRITAIN SHATTERED its record
forhighesttemperatureeverreg-
isteredTuesdayamidaheatwave
thathassearedswathsof Europe,
as the UK’s national weather
forecaster said such highs are
now a fact of life in a country ill-
prepared for such extremes.
Thetemperatenationwasjust
the latest to be walloped by un-
usuallyhot,dryweatherthathas
triggeredwildfiresfromPortugal
to the Balkans and led to hun-
dreds of heat-related deaths.
Imagesof flamesracingtowarda
French beach and Britons swel-
tering have driven home con-
cerns about climate change.
The UK Met Office weather
agency registered a provisional
reading of 40.3 degrees Celsius
at Coningsby in eastern England
— breaking the record set just
hoursearlier.BeforeTuesday,the
highesttemperaturerecordedin
Britain was 38.7°C , set in 2019.
London faced what Mayor
Biden acts to deter unjustly holding of citizens abroad
REUTERS
WASHINGTON, JULY 19
PRESIDENT JOE Biden signed an
executive order on Tuesday
aimed at deterring and punish-
ingwrongfuldetentionof UScit-
izensabroadbyauthorisinggov-
ernment agencies to impose
sanctions and other measures.
The move came amid grow-
ing pressure on Biden from fam-
ilies of hostages and detainees,
Protesters in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. NYT
involvedinfraud.WhenSunand
hundreds of other depositors
gatheredthismonthforaprotest
inHenanProvince,wheretheru-
ral banks in question were
oping at a good pace,” Putin said
at the start of the meeting with
Raisi, noting that Moscow and
Tehran “strengthen their coop-
eration on international security
and contribute significantly to
the Syrian settlement.” Raisi
voicedhopethatPutin’svisitwill
help expand cooperation on re-
gional and international issues.
According to the IRNA news
agency,RaisiandPutindiscussed
boosting ties in energy, trans-
portation and trade.
Fire engulfed homes in the village of Rainham, east London, on Tuesday. Reuters
SadiqKhancalleda“hugesurge”
in fires because of the heat. The
LondonFireBrigadelisted10ma-
jor blazes it was fighting across
the city Tuesday, half of them
grass fires. Images showed sev-
eralhousesengulfedinflamesas
smoke billowed from burning
fieldsinWennington,avillageon
the eastern outskirts of London.
most recently on the case of
WNBA star Brittney Griner, who
has been held in Russia since
February and is on trial on drug
charges.
Butsomefamiliessaidtheor-
der achieved little in concrete
terms. They lambasted the ad-
ministration for not allowing
them to ask questions during a
Monday video call previewing
the action while saying
Washington still lacked a solid
strategy on how to bring their
mostly located, they were phys-
ically attacked by a mob of men
whilepolicestoodby.Manypro-
testers have since reported be-
ing harassed by the police.
ITALY
AT 98, OLDEST STUDENT GRADUATES AGAIN
Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy's oldest graduate - again. Paterno has
added a masters in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an ini-
tial degree in the same subjects he earned there two years ago. He passed the latest de-
gree with top marks, again, his proud family said on Facebook. He has no plans to rest
and wants to write a novel using his trusty typewriter.
Director Jafar
Panahi to serve
6-year sentence
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, JULY 19
IRAN’SJUDICIARYonTuesdayor-
dered one of the country’s lead-
ingfilmmakerstoserveoutasix-
year prison sentence from a
decade ago that had never been
enforced. The order came as the
governmentseekstosilencecrit-
icism amid growing economic
turmoil and political pressure.
Masoud Setayeshi,
spokesman for Iran’s judiciary,
said Jafar Panahi, would fulfill his
six-year prison term handed
down in 2011 on charges of pro-
ducing anti-government propa-
ganda. Although Panahi was
banned from travelling over past
years,thesentencewasneveren-
forced and he continued to make
underground films, which were
released abroad to great acclaim.
Authorities detained Panahi
last week when he visited the
Tehran prosecutor’s office to in-
quire about filmmakers,
Mohamad Rasoulof and Mostafa
al-Ahmad. Rasoulof and al-
Ahmad were swept up earlier on
charges of undermining nation’s
security by voicing opposition.
Extreme heat broiled other
parts of Europe, too. In Paris, the
thermometer in the French capi-
tal’s oldest weather station –
openedin1873–topped40°C for
just the third time. The 40.5°C
measuredtherebyweatherserv-
iceMeteo-FranceonTuesdaywas
thestation’ssecond-highestread-
ing ever, topped only by a blister-
loved ones home.
The US does not provide an
official figure for how many US
citizensaredetainedabroad,but
the James W Foley Legacy
Foundation, named after an
American journalist abducted
and killed in Syria, says that over
60US.citizensarewrongfullyde-
tained in about 18 countries.
The executive order autho-
rises agencies to impose costs
and consequences, including fi-
nancial sanctions, on those in-
“The government takes our
taxpayer money and then beats
us,” Sun said in a phone inter-
view before the authorities
warned depositors against
speaking to the media. “My
worldview has been destroyed.”
Maintaining public trust in
theCommunistPartyisespecially
crucial this year, when China’s
leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to
tighten his authority further at a
majorpoliticalmeetinginthefall.
But it is already being tested by
theeconomicslowdown,bornin
partof thegovernment’sdracon-
ian campaign against the coron-
avirus and a regulatory crack-
down on the once-booming real
estate industry. This banking
New Delhi
As race to lead
UK heats up, Rishi
Sunak holds lead
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON, JULY 19
THE FRACTIOUS race to replace
Boris Johnson as Britain’s Prime
Minister entered an unpre-
dictable endgame Tuesday as
three candidates for
Conservative Party leader were
left battling for the two spots in
a run-off vote.
Kemi Badenoch, a previously
little-known lawmaker who has
become a rising star of the
party’s right wing, was elimi-
nated from the contest after re-
ceiving the fewest votes from
Conservative lawmakers in their
fourth round of voting.
After the latest vote knocked
Badenoch out, former Treasury
chief Rishi Sunak led the shrink-
ing field of candidates and had
all but secured his place in the fi-
nal pair. Trade Minister Penny
Mordaunt andForeign Secretary
Liz Truss, who were neck and
neck behind him, will now
scramble to woo Badenoch’s
supporters before a final elimi-
nation vote on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, outgoing British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
chaired his final Cabinet meet-
ing on Tuesday, ahead of
Conservative Party parliamen-
tarianscastingtheirvotesfor the
fourth round in the secret ballot
to elect a new leader. Johnson
defended his government's
recordandcommitmenttotack-
ing 42.6°C in July 2019. In the
Gironde region of southwestern
France,ferociouswildfirescontin-
uedtospreadthroughtinder-dry
pines forests. Portugal has re-
ported over1,000 deaths due to
the heatwave, with the health
chiefwarningonTuesdaythatthe
countrymustgearuptocopewith
the effects of climate change.
volved in hostage-taking.
“The sanctions authority in-
cluded in this EO enables the
UnitedStatestoimposefinancial
and travel sanctions on those
who are responsible for unjustly
holding US nationals, whether
theircaptorisaterroristnetwork
or a state actor," US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said.
On Tuesday, six countries --
Myanmar, China, Iran, North
Korea, Russia and Venezuela --
will receive the warning.
scandal has exposed more sys-
temic issues in China’s financial
system, including potential cor-
ruption and weak regulatory
oversight at rural banks.
“Iftheycannottrustanyofthe
banksanymore,andtheyalready
don’t trust the housing market,
then what would that do to peo-
ple’ssenseof securityabouttheir
livelihoods?”saidZhiwuChen, a
professor of finance at the
University of Hong Kong. “The
extent of this anxiety shared by
peopleisincreasingveryfast.It’s
not good for social stability.”
The depositors began com-
plaining in April when the banks
in Henan and Anhui Provinces
suddenly froze electronic with-
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FOURTH ROUND VOTES
Rishi Sunak 118
Penny Mordaunt 92
Liz Truss 86
Kemi Badenoch 59
E
E X P L A I NE D
Sunakmay
losefinal
● round:Poll
RISHI SUNAK would lose
to any of his remaining
opponents if he makes it
through to the final stage
of the contest when rank
and file party members
get to vote, polling
showed on Tuesday. The
YouGov poll of
Conservative Party mem-
bers showed Sunak
would lose a runoff vote
against either Kemi
Badenoch, Liz Truss or
Penny Mordaunt.
ling climate change. “This gov-
ernment has fought some of the
hardest yards in modern politi-
cal history. We’ve had to take
some of the bleakest decisions
since the war, and I believe that
wegotthebigcallsright,”hesaid.
Covid cases triple
across Europe,
hospitalisations
double: WHO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON, JULY 19
THE WORLD Health
Organisation said Tuesday that
coronavirus cases have tripled
across Europe in the past six
weeks,accountingfornearlyhalf
of all infections globally.
Hospitalisation rates have also
doubled,althoughintensivecare
admissions have remained low.
In a statement on Tuesday,
WHO's Europe director Dr Hans
Kluge described Covid-19 as “a
nasty and potentially deadly ill-
ness” thatpeople shouldnot un-
derestimate. He said super-in-
fectious relatives of the omicron
variant were driving new waves
of disease across the continent
and that repeat infections could
potentially lead to long Covid.
“With rising cases we're also
seeing a rise in hospitalisations,
whichareonlysettoincreasefur-
ther in the autumn and winter
months,” Kluge said. “This fore-
castpresentsahugechallengeto
the health workforce in country
after country.” Earlier this week,
editors of two British medical
journals said at no other time in
the country's National Health
Service have so many parts of it
been so close to collapse.
Kamran Abbasi, of the BMJ
and Alastair McLellan of the
Health Service Journal wrote in
a joint editorial that the UK gov-
ernment was failing to address
persistent problems worsened
byCovid-19,includingthequeu-
ing of ambulances outside hos-
pitals too overloaded to accept
new patients
drawals.Theauthoritieshavenot
said how much money was
frozen, but protesters claim the
number is as high as billions of
yuan. As weeks went by without
resolution,somebankcustomers
begantogatherin Zhengzhou,for
a series of protests.
Immediately,officialstriedto
silencethem.Censorsshutdown
protesters’ messaging groups.
The local authorities manipu-
lated depositors’ mobile health
codes to bar them from enter-
ing public spaces. But after the
manipulation attracted wide-
spread condemnation, local of-
ficials retreated, and protesters
continued to gather, including
on July 10. NYT

13 ECONOMY
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
SENSEX: 54,767.62 ▲ 246.47 (0.45%) NIFTY: 16,340.55 ▲ 62.05 (0.38%) NIKKEI: 26,961.68 ▲ 173.21 HANG SENG: 20,661.06 ▼ 185.12 FTSE: 7,243.42 ▲ 20.18 DAX: 12,973.72 ▲ 13.91
NON-BJP STATES ON BOARD AS WELL, SAYS SITHARAMAN
No GST on 11 food items when sold to
‘Industry survived due
domestic
loose; decision with consensus: FM infra is key catalyst’
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala
Sitharaman on Tuesday said the
5 per cent Goods and Services
Tax(GST)leviedonitemssuchas
cereals, pulses and flour was ap-
proved by the GST Council after
a nod from all states, countering
criticismoverthenewimposton
labelled and unbranded pre-
packaged foodstuff.
She, however, clarified that
11 items when sold loose, and
not pre-packed or pre-labelled,
won’t attract GST. Sale of such
items may therefore see rise in
demand, she said. The items that
will not attract GST when sold
loose include pulses, wheat,
oats, maize, rice, flour, suji, be-
san, puffed rice and curd.
“All states, including non-BJP
POLICY WATCH
EMPLOYMENT
Over 3 times more
women in part-time
jobs than men: NSO
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
NEWDELHI,JULY19
THEEMPLOYMENTrateoffe-
males at all-India level for the
age group 25-49 years living
in a household with at least
one childunder 3years of age
islessthantheiremployment
rate in a household with no
child under 3 years during
2017-18to2019-20.Formales,
however, the presence of a
child under the age of 3 in
households does not seem to
makeadifferenceintheirem-
ployment rate, as per the lat-
est labour indicators released
on Tuesday by the National
Statistical Office (NSO).
Further, more females
work part-time than males
across all age groups in both
ruralandurbanareas.Thepro-
portion of employed persons
working part-time in the 46-
59yearsagegroupatall-India
level was more than 10 per
cent between 2017-18 and
2019-20; in the age group of
above60years,theproportion
ofemployedpersonsworking
part-time was more than 15
per cent, the NSO said in its
Working Paper on
Compilation of Labour
Indicators of Minimum Set of
Gender Indicators.
It noted, “There has been
rapid growth in part-time
work in the past few decades
indevelopedeconomies.This
trendisrelatedtotheincrease
infemalelabourforcepartici-
pation, but also results from
policies attempting to raise
labourmarketflexibilityinre-
action to changing work or-
ganisation within industries
andtothegrowthof theserv-
icessector.Of concerntopoli-
BRIEFLY
HULQ1net
New Delhi: HindustanUnil-
ever (HUL) posted a 13.85%
rise in its consolidated net
profitto`2,391croreforthe
quarter ended June.
Vedantapayout
New Delhi: Vedanta said its
boardhasapprovedthesec-
ond interim dividend of
`19.50 per equity share for
the current financial year.
The total payout would
amountto`7,250crore. PTI
Googlepayment
Brussels: Google said it will
from Tuesday cut fees to
12%,from15%,fornon-gam-
ing app developers on its
GooglePlayAppStorewhich
switchtorivalpaymentsys-
tems. REUTERS
tourism;
GST COUNCIL DECISION
“ALL STATES, including
non-BJP states (Punjab,
Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan,
Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Kerala) agreed
with the decision. This
decision of the GST Council
is yet again by consensus,”
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman said
states (Punjab, Chhattisgarh,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West
Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Kerala) agreed with
the decision. This decision of the
GST Council is yet again by con-
sensus,” Sitharaman said in a se-
ries of tweets.
EMERGINGTREND
■ As per the report
by the National
Statistical Office,
the trend is related
to the increase in
female labour force
participation
cymakers in the apparent
move towards more flexible
working arrangements is the
riskthatsuchworkingarrang-
ements may be less econom-
ically secure and less stable
than full-time employment.”
Rural females working
part-time in the working age
population (15+ years) at all-
India level is between 23-24
percentasagainst7-8percent
forruralmalesduring2017-18
to2019-20.Forurbanfemales
workingpart-timeinthesame
agegroupatall-Indialevel,the
number is 15-16 per cent
against 3-4 per cent for urban
males for the same period.
Inbothruralandurbanar-
eas,parttimersasaproportion
of total employed are more in
the 60+ age-group among
males and urban females, the
report said. Employment rate
of workers living in a house-
hold with no child under age
three years rose to 61.2 per
centin2019-20from58.37per
cent in 2017-18 in the 26-49
years age group and 59.6 per
cent in 2018-19. The propor-
tionofemployedpersonswho
are employers in the 15+ age
groupstoodat2.02percentin
2019-20, down from 2.17 per
cent in 2018-19 but up from
1.91 per cent in 2017-18.
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Philanthropy network GivingPi 5G auction: How earnest money deposits
eyes raising $1 bn a year by 2030 shed light on telcos’ spectrum buying plans
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU
MUMBAI, JULY 19
A GROUP of leading philanthro-
pists and Dasra, a strategic phil-
anthropic organisation, have
joined hands to launch GivingPi,
India’s first family philanthropy
network that aims to provide $1
billion annually by 2030 to fund
India’s social development.
Set to be launched in August,
GivingPi has close to 75 mem-
bers at present and has been
supported by Aditi and Rishad
Premji (chairman, Wipro), Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation,
Rohini Nilekani, Manisha and
Ashish Dhawan (co-founder of
ChrysCapital), Nikhil Kamath
(Zerodha), Nisa Godrej (chair-
person, Godrej Consumer
Products), Rajan Navani (CEO,
File
Further, the group of minis-
ters that recommended these
changes was composed of
members from West Bengal,
Rajasthan, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh,
Goa and Bihar and was headed
by the Karnataka chief minister.
“It carefully considered this pro-
Investment via P-notes drops;
volatility to stay in near future
Investment in Indian capital markets through
participatory notes (P-notes) declined to ` 80,092 cr
till June-end, according to Sebi data
Lowest level in 20 months
seen in investment via P-notes in
June,onaggressiveratehikebythe
USFederalReserve
Volatile P-note investments
willcontinueamidcontinued
globaluncertaintyandvolatilityin
capitalmarkets
`86,706 cr:
Participatorynote(P-note)
investmentsinIndianmarkets—
equity,debt,andhybridsecurities—
atMay-end,asperSecuritiesand
ExchangeBoardofIndia(Sebi)data
`78,686 cr:
PreviouslowestlevelofP-note
investments,seeninOctober2020
`50,203 cr:
For UCBs, RBI chalks out
4-tier regulatory framework
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
MUMBAI,JULY19
THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI)
has decided to adopt a simple
four-tieredregulatoryframework
with differentiated regulatory
prescriptions aimed at strength-
ening the financial soundness of
the existing urban co-operative
banks (UCBs).
The RBI has stipulated a mini-
mum net worth of Rs 2 crore for
Tier1UCBsoperatinginsingledis-
trict and Rs 5 crore for all other
UCBs(ofalltiers).“Thisisexpected
to strengthen the financial re-
silienceofthebanksandenhance
theirabilitytofundtheirgrowth,”
itsaid.Asperthedatareportedby
UCBs as on March 31, 2021, most
of thebanksalreadycomplywith
CLOSE TO 75
MEMBERS SO FAR
■ Set to be launched in
August, GivingPi has
close to 75 members
so far. While families
can be part of this
network for any
causes, they would
need to contribute a
minimum of `50 lakh
annually towards the
development sector in
the country
JetSynthesis), Skoll Foundation,
Tara Singh Vachani (CEO, Antara
Living), Vasvi Bharat Ram (vice
chairperson, The Shri Ram
Schools) and Vivek Jain among
posal, taking into account the
tax leakage,” she said.
When GST was rolled out, a
tax rate of 5 per cent was made
applicable on branded cereals,
pulses, and flour. Later, this was
amended to tax only such items
which were sold under a regis-
tered brand or brand on which
enforceable right was not fore-
gone by the supplier. “However,
soon rampant misuse of this
provision was observed by re-
puted manufacturers & brand
owners and gradually GST rev-
enue from these items fell sig-
nificantly,” she said.
“Is this the first time such
food articles are being taxed?
No. States were collecting signif-
icant revenue from foodgrain in
the pre-GST regime. Punjab
alone collected more `2,000
crore on food grain by way of
purchase tax. UP collected `700
SHARE OF TOTAL
P-NOTE INVESTMENT
IN JUNE
Equities `70,644cr
Debt `9,355cr
Hybrid `92cr



Amountpulledoutbyforeign
investorsfromIndiansharesin
June—thehighestnetoutflowin
overtwoyears–amid:
■ AggressiveratehikebyUSFed
■ Elevatedinflation
■ Relativelyhighervaluationof
domesticequities
Source: Sebi data/PTI
BASED ON REPORT
■ The RBI decision is
based on the report by
NS Viswanathan
Committee on urban co-
operative banks (UCBs).
therequirement.TheUCBsthatdo
not meet the requirement will be
provided a glide path of 5 years
with intermediate milestones to
facilitate smooth transition to re-
others. While families can be
part of this network for any
causes, they would need to con-
tribute a minimum of Rs 50 lakh
annually towards the develop-
ment sector in the country.
Jyotirmoy Chatterji, head of
GivingPi, said “We aim to reach
200 members this year, and are
already close to reaching our
goal of 75 select members by
India@75.” Speaking about the
network, Dasra co-founder
Neera Nundy said, “Family phi-
lanthropy has tremendous po-
tential that once unleashed can
be transformative for India’s de-
velopment.”
India currently has 113 bil-
lionaires, and 6,884 ultra high-
net-worth individuals and it is
expected to grow to 12,000 in
the next 5 years, said a release
issued by GivingPi.
crore,” she said. Sitharaman also
cited VAT on rice levied before
2017 in Punjab, Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala
and Bihar.
Till July 17, unbranded food
items such as rice, wheat and
pulses were exempt from GST.
But when branded, they at-
tracted 5 per cent GST, leading
to some companies disowning
brand names with a disclaimer
to avail the tax exemption.
After two days of delibera-
tions on June 28-29, the GST
Council decided to bring a large
numberof suchproducts,includ-
ingcurd,lassi,buttermilk,paneer,
honey,makhana,wheat,riceand
puffed rice, under the GST net.
Unbrandedpre-packagedandla-
belledfooditemssuchascereals,
pulses and flour weighing less
than25kg/litreattract5percent
GST from Monday. WITHFE
Twitter,
Musk head
to Oct trial
Wilmington: Twitter Inc’s
lawsuit to hold Elon Musk to his
$44 billion
takeover will
go to trial in
October after
a Delaware
judge said on
Tuesday the
social media
company de- Reuters file
served a quick resolution of the
deal’s uncertainty.
The ruling is a blow to Musk
whopushedforatrialinFebruary
which his lawyer told the court
would allow for an extensive in-
vestigation into the true number
ofspamaccountsontheplatform.
Twitter had requested a
September trial. Chancellor
Kathaleen McCormick of the
Court of Chancery in Delaware
said the parties were capable of
handling an expedited trial. “The
realityisdelaythreatensirrepara-
ble harm to the sellers,” she said,
referring to Twitter. REUTERS
vised norms, it said. The decision
is based on the report by NS
ViswanathanCommitteeonUCBs.
The minimum CRAR require-
ment for Tier 1 banks is retained
atthepresentprescriptionof9per
cent under current capital ade-
quacyframeworkbasedonBasel-
1rules.ForTier2,Tier3andTier4
UCBs,whileretainingthecurrent
capital adequacy framework, it
has been decided to revise the
minimumCRARto12percentso
as to strengthen their capital
structure, the RBI said.
“TheincreaseinCRARrequire-
mentisreasonableastheseUCBs
do not have full capital charge for
market risk and currently main-
tain no capital charge for opera-
tional risk,” it said.
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SOUMYARENDRA BARIK
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
AS THE country gears up for 5G
spectrum auctions starting later
this month, Reliance Jio has put
in an earnest money deposit
(EMD) of Rs 1,400 crore com-
pared to Rs 5,500 crore EMD
submitted by Bharti Airtel, Rs
2,200 crore by Vodafone Idea
(Vi), and Rs 100 crore by the
Adani group, according to data
shared by the Department of
Telecommunications (DoT).
With a stark difference be-
tween the Adani group’s EMD
and the other three telecom
companies, especially Jio, ex-
perts believe that the conglom-
erate might not directly take
them on in the consumer 5G
space, at least for now.
GOLD
`50,290
Note: Gold, silver rates at Delhi spot market, gold per 10g, silver per 1 kg; Crude oil (Indian basket) as of July 18
INTERVIEW WITH MD & CEO, INDIAN HOTELS COMPANY LTD
EVEN AS the hospitality industry
wasoneofthehardesttobehitby
thepandemic,IndianHotelsCom-
pany Ltd (Taj Group) continued
with its expansion plan it charted
outin2017.Havingsigned100ho-
telsoverlastfiveyearsandwith40
of themopenedtillnow,IHCLhas
nowsetevenhighertargetsandis
bettingbigger,enthusedbythein-
frastructuredevelopmentandex-
pected growth of tourism in the
country. PUNEET CHHATWAL,
MDandCEO,IHCL,toldSANDEEP
SINGHthathehasbeenfollowing
a multi-brand strategy and look-
ingtoexpandandgrowprofitably
through cost optimisation, asset
monetisation and strategic part-
nerships.Focussedonrevamping
Ginger,expansionofTajhotelsand
resorts and homestays, Chhatwal
has also set his eyes on two new
segments, ‘Hostel’ and ‘All
Inclusive’, as he expects an uptick
in domestic and international
mass tourism in India going for-
ward.Editedexcerpts:
Whiletheindustrywasinpain,
youwentforexpansionaswell
ascostoptimisation.Whatled
tothatandwhatisyourplan?
It is not that we started doing
something during the pandemic.
WecameupwithAspiration2023
strategy in 2017. It was very clear
and it had a two-year clean run -
2018and2019.Partoftheplanwas
to increase the top line, increase
margins by 800 bps, reduce cost
and monetise. So, we were well
aheadintothatcostjourneyandit
waseasierforustochangegears.
As bad as Covid was, it also
gavetimetotheindustrytoreview
its cost base, look at what is really
needed, what does the customer
want and restructure the way we
operate.Thisindustryislabourand
cost intensive, and, on top of that,
youhave120years’legacy,soalot
of cleaning up was needed. Also
because we were so Taj centric,
everything else was like a step
child. Over the last 5 years, we
signed more than 100 hotels. It
tookus115yearstogetto120ho-
tels and it has taken 5 years to get
to 240. We have also added 90
homestays.Thiswasalsobecause
of the multi-brand strategy — we
are expanding some, revamping
others and looking to enter new
segmentsandconcepts.
In the five years, we also en-
tered25newdestinationsandwe
now cover 100-plus destinations
in India. It is going to get deeper.
Lastyear,weopened13hotels.We
are looking to add more than 15
hotels per annum and if we add
another100innextfive,weshould
easilybeat330-340.From2010till
2017, our average margin was
around 13-14 per cent and in our
Ahvaan2025,wehavegivenguid-
ance for EBITDA margin of 33 per
cent — a 2.5 times increase. We
have also stated that we will re-
structure our portfolio to achieve
a 50-50 mix between owned/-
leased and managed hotels.
Currently,weareat54-46.Allthis
has kept our people busy and en-
gaged. At Tatas, we don’t fire peo-
ple. During the pandemic, em-
ployees got their salaries,
shareholders also got dividends
fromreservesandwealsousedthe
entiretimetobecomedebtfree.
What kept you going during
HOW IS EMD SIGNIFICANT
THE AMOUNT of earnest
money deposit (EMD)
signals the intent of a
company about the
amount of telecom
spectrum it wishes to buy
as it indicates its bidding
strategy and spectrum
buying capacity
However,theAdani
group, which has said
it is entering the auc-
tions, starting July 26,
tobuildprivate5Gnet-
works, could possibly
become a competitor
of telecom companies in the en-
terprise solutions vertical, as per
analysts.
New Delhi
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RUPEE OIL SILVER
` 79.95/USD $105.72 `55,539
International market data till 1900 IST
Puneet Chhatwal
the pandemic? segments,butwheredoyou
There was this belief that this thinkthebigopportunitylies?
phase shall pass and everything At the moment, we are fo-
will be fine in a few months. So, it cussedonlyonfoursegmentsand
was the belief and, then, we kept withtimewemightaddoneortwo
adapting. We had partners who more.Tajhasseveralbrandexten-
were doing more hotels with us sions. The rest is pretty clean - in
and so we kept signing. However,
had the closure been for a longer
upscale,wehaveVivanta;invalue,
we have the reimagined Ginger;
periodorhadweknownitisgoing andSeleQtionsisaplatformforho-
tostayshut,Iamverydoubtful,we tels that have a clear identity and
wouldhavedonewhatwedid.It’s arestrongbrandnamesinthecities
verydemoralisingtoseenotasoul
inthelobbyofTajMahalPalace,no
oneinthecorridor,parkingandnot
they are, such as The Connaught
andTheAmbassadorinDelhi.We
have always stayed focussed on
a soul at the Gateway of India. It very elitist, rich, heritage tourism.
looked like a haunted place. So, it But when we start going for mass
wasbadtwoyears,butwehadvery tourism — both domestic and in-
good three months (April-June), ternational — that will be a game
andwehavealongwaytogo. changer.Goingforward,Icanimag-
inedoingtwomorebrands,which
Whatgivesyoutheconfidence will make a lot of sense for us and
togowithanaggressive are not present in a strong way in
expansion? India. One is ‘Hostel’ (as it is called
I think the positioning of globally)whichisforbackpackers
tourism, hospitality and aviation andthoselookingatcheapaccom-
could be a game changer. modation.Thesecondis‘Allinclu-
Globally,tourismisthebestmul- sive’,whereyoubuyaplaneticket
tiplier of jobs with stay, food,
and it can fulfil drinks and all,
thejobrequire- includedinone.
ments of a Given our
young popula- At the moment, we are landscape
tion. Pre-pan- focussed on 4 segments within Tata
demic, more and with time we might groupischang-
than 10 per
cent of global add 1 or 2 more”
ingandthatwe
have three air-
GDP and jobs lines(ormaybe
were related to two going for-
tourismsector,andalmost25per ward), there is an opportunity to
centofthenewjobscreatedwere come up with something like
from this sector. I think we also whatisofferedinseveralEuropean
have that opportunity. While in- nations. I think India must get all
ternationaltouristshavenotbeen inclusiveinanother1-2years.Iam
coming,theindustrysurvivedbe- building all the hypothesis on the
cause of domestic tourism and new infrastructure focus of the
that has proven that we have the government. With what I have
possibilities.Indiaisactuallya12- heard,readorseenoninvestments
month destination and we have goingintoinfrastructuredevelop-
notusedit.Ithinkiftheinfrastruc- ment,includingportsandroads,I
ture improves, the opportunity is think it will really help in the
hugeanditisgreattoseethegov- growth of tourism. And that is
ernment’sfocusoninfrastructure. whenyoucanstartmasstourism.
Infrastructure is the catalyst for
tourism,tourismisthecatalystfor Talkingof masstourism,are
GDP,andGDPisthecatalystforall youlookingtorevampGinger?
the jobs. I personally feel there is We are building a 371-room
anopportunityandamulti-brand Ginger property at Santacruz in
strategywouldwork. Mumbai.Asimilarthingiscoming
Iwouldsaythatasanindustry in Bangalore. They will be trans-
we did not care as much for do- formationalandwillrepositionthe
mestic tourism as we do today. brandGinger,and,soatotalGinger
While Covid had its impact, over revamp is on the way. This 371-
the last two years we have seen room Ginger at Santacruz will act
people driving long hours, taking like a billboard. As of now, Ginger
theirfamiliesoutonholidays.Ithas has 55 hotels in operation. Very
created a new segment. Now this soon,itwillbe100.Ofthepipeline
has become very important. The of 62 hotels that we have signed,
development of road infrastruc- almost30areGinger. Besides,we
ture,people’swillingnesstodrive, are also doing ‘Qminisation’ of
anddigitisationisgoingtobevery Ginger. So, all-day dining of all
beneficialfortheindustryoverthe Ginger hotels will be done by
nextfewyears. Qmin, and every Ginger will have
aQmin. Full interview on
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itypointsdependingonitsEMD,
based on which it can target a
certain quantum of airwaves in
select spectrum bands. A Credit
Suisse report said Adani’s low
EMD compared to others “does
indicate that its participation in
thespectrumauctionwilllargely
be limited to the 26GHz band”.
Jio, meanwhile, can buy spec-
trum worth around Rs 1,30,000
File crore and could also bid for the
premium 700 MHz band.
How is the EMD
significant?
Does it mean Adani is not
competing other telcos?
The amount of The Adani Group has previ-
EMD signals the intent ously said that it is participating
of a company about in the auctions only to build pri-
the amount of spec- vatenetworksforbusinessverti-
trum it wishes to buy cals like airports, power genera-
as it indicates its bidding strat- tion plants, logistics, and ports,
egyandspectrumbuyingcapac- among others. Full report on
ity. An applicant is given eligibil- www.indianexpress.com
 LT PUNEET NATH DATT, AC
(POSTHUMOUS)
20 JUL
DELHI JAL BOARD : GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER (WATER) PROJECT-II
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (EAP)-II
A- BUILDING, KAROL BAGH, NEW DELHI-110005
E-mail:- eeeap2.djb@gmail.com
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Lt Puneet Nath Datt, Ashok Chakra N.I.T. No. 02 (2022-23) (Re-invite)

(POSTHUMOUS) laid down his life, S. Name of work Amount put to Earnest Tender Date of release Last date / time of
combating militancy in the Kashmir Valley No. tender Money Fee of tender submission of tender
1 Reconstruction of Garage and Servant Rs. 26,70,362/- Rs. Rs. 500/- 19.07.2022 02.08.2022
on 20 Jul 1997. Lt Puneet was and alumnus Quarters in Bungalow No. E-1 and E-2 at 53,500/- (non- up to 03.00 PM
of NDA and IMA and was commissioned Chandrawal Water Works. (Re-invite) refundable)
into 1/11 Gorkha Rifles on 09 Dec 1995. On Tender ID No. 2022_DJB_226366_1
20 Jul 1997, during a Cordon and Search Operation in Note: Any further amendment/corrigendum made in this NIT will be uploaded and can only be seen on wesbite
Srinagar, Lt Puneet Nath Datt Was instrumental in clearing a http://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in.
Sd/- (Parveen Kumar Gupta)
ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER)
house infested with militants. He laid down his life in a true Advt. No. J.S.V. 247 (2022-23) E.E. (EAP)-II
act of Valour. The Officer will always be remembered for his STOP CORONA (i) Wash Your Hands, (ii) Wear Mask, (iii) Maintain Social Distance
enthusiasm. To this brave hearts we pledge that we shall
always be guided by his immortal spirit and do his name
proud.
CO AND ALL RANKS, 1/11 GORKHA RIFLES
(BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE)
(BATALIK)

MAHATMA GANDHI STATE INSTITUTE OF

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUNJAB
INSTITUTIONAL AREA, SECTOR-26, CHANDIGARH-160019, INDIA
Phone: +91-172-2793589/91 | Fax: +91-172-2793589/90 Extn: 400
E-mail: helpdesk.mgsipa@punjab.gov.in | Web: www.mgsipa.punjab.gov.in
TENDER NOTICE
(Ref. No. MGSIPA/C/4102, Dated: 19.07.2022)
The MGSIPA invites online bids for the contract of “Maintaining
Grass Lawns, Flower Beds, Plants & Cleaning/Maintenance of
Vacant Area” in its Campus.
Closing Date & Time: 10.08.2022 at 11.00 A.M.
For details log on to at https://eproc.punjab.gov.in website.
NOTE: Any corrigendum(s) to the Tender Notice shall be published on
the above website only.
Sd/-
15763/Pb Director General

Regd Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall, (Patiala)

CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in
(Contact Number: 96461-07151)
Tender Enquiry No. 569/GHTP/EMC/SSMC-170/Vol-VI Dated: 19.07.2022
Superintending Engineer/Electrical Maintenance Circle, Guru
Hargobind Thermal Plant, Lehra Mohabbat, invites E-Tender for
Breakdown, periodical & preventive maintenance of building lighting,
Street lighting, security lighting and allied equipment like cabling junction
boxes, control penels etc. in plant area (except CHP) of Stage-I & II under
Sub-Station Mtc. Cell, GHTP, Lehra Mohabbat, District Bathinda, Punjab
as per details given in the tender specification for a period of one year on
lump-sum basis.
For detailed NIT & Tender specification please refer to
https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 25.07.2022 from 11.00 A.M. onwards.
NOTE: Corrigendum & addendum, if any will be published online at
https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. GHTP-38/22 15774/Pb

Directorate of Mines
Dire
Department of Mines & Geology Governmen
Governmentt of Jharkhand
(Yojna
Nepal House (Yojna Bhav
Bhavan),
an), Dor
Doranda,
anda, Ranchi - 834002,
Email: director-mines@jharkhandmail.g
ector-mines@jharkhandmail.gov.in
ov.in
Notice Inviting Tender
“Invitation of Bid for grant of Mining Lease”
In exercise of the power conferred by Section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)
Act, 1957 and in accordance with the Jharkhand Miner Mineral Concession Rules , 2004 (Subsequent
Amendments) and the Jharkhand Minor Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2017 (SubsequentStoneAmendments) notified
thereunder, Government of Jharkhand has identified a Stone block for the purpose of grant of Mining Lease in
[East Singhbhum] District, Jharkhand, through electronic auction and hereby invitesbids in digital format only,
from eligible bidders.
Terms and conditions, deadlines etc. for participating in the electronic auction are provided in the Tender
Document. The Model Tender Document for the Mineral Block and Mineral Block Summary are available free of
cost in electronic form and can be downloaded from website of MSTC [https://www.mstce
commerce.com/auctionhome/mmb/jharkhand/index.jsp] for the purpose of information only. Timelines,
notification, updates and other details of the e-auction process are available on the website of MSTC and the
website of Department of Mines & Geology, Govt. of Jharkhand http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/mines-geology.
The details of the mineral block are summarized below
Last Date of sale Last Date of
Concession Resource submission of Date of
of Tender
Area Ha. technical bid Opening
Block (Cubic meter) Document on
&IPOon MSTC ofTender
MSTCwebsite website
Kerketta and Bara 3.05 Acre
Hariyan Stone (1.23 Hectare) 128025.52
Block 10.08.2022 12.08.2022 16.08.2022
Those interested and eligible for bidding can participate in the bidding only after online purchase of the Tender
Document on payment of the tender fee of INR 25000.00 (Indian Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) plus GST as
applicable (non-refundable), from the website of e-auction platform provider.The applicable GST should be paid by
Reverse Charge Mechanism by the Bidder and the GST Paid Slip should be attached with the Bid Letter.After purchase of
the Tender Document, eligible bidders can register themselves on the above-mentioned website. On successful
registration, eligible bidder will obtain Login ID and password necessary for participation in the e-auction process.
Sd/- Director Mines
Department of Mines & Geology
PR 274031 Mines and Geology(22-23).D Govt. of Jharkhand

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
Classifieds
PERSONAL
I,hitherto known as
Chaman,son of Sh.Dharam
Pal,employed as Inspector
(Employee.No.176378) in
Office of the Department of
Income Tax,Drum Shape
Building,IP Estate,New Delhi-
110002,Residing at Village-
Post-73/1,Garhi Harsaru,
Distt.-Gurugram, Haryana-
122505,have changed my
name and shall hereafter be
known as CHAMAN SAINI.
0040623110-7
I,Smriti Sharan Gaur W/o Ajay
Kumar Gaur R/o Assotech
Celleste Opp. Botanical
Garden, Busstand, Sector-44,
Vesta-9, Noida(U.P) have
changed my name to Smriti
Gaur for all purposes.
0040623084-1
I,Shashi W/o Rambir,R/o 1 Link
Road Bhati Chaupal Sector-
36,Narsinghpur
Gurgaon,Haryana,have been
changed my name to Shashi
Bala
0040623111-4
I,Shailash Prasad S/o Chandra
Shekhar Prasad R/o Flat.No-
00099 Block-Ebony Mahagun
Mywoods, Sec-16C, Greater
Noida West UP.have changed
my name to Shailash.
0040623112-1
I,Sandeep Kumar,S/o-Chiranji
Lal,R/o-H.No-A-597/2, Street
No-21,Sadh Nagar Part-
2,Palam Colony,Delhi-
110045,have changed my
minor son,name Krishnam
Sandeep Bhiranyaa to
Krishnam Bhiranyaa.
0040623112-4
I,SUNIL KUMAR GUPTA,S/o
CHANDER PRAKASH
GUPTA,ADD.1/507,GOPI
COLONY,NEAR SARVODYA
HOSPITAL, FARIDABAD,
HARYANA-121002,Changed my
Name to SUNIL GUPTA.
0040623036-3
I,SAROJ KUMARI ARORA,Wife of
MR.ASHOK KUMAR
ARORA,Resident of,B-
2/147,SAFDARJUNG
ENCLAVE,SOUTH WEST,DELHI-
110029,Inform That SAROJ
KUMARI and SAROJ KUMARI
ARORA are both one and the
same-person only.
0040623110-8
I,Roopam Aggarwal W/o
Ravinder Kumar R/o A-105
Prashant Vihar Delhi-110085
changed my name to Rupam
Mittal.
0040623111-2
I,Rakesh Kumar Taneja,S/o
Tulsi Ram R/o-Q P-76,
Pitampura,New Delhi-
110034,have changed my
name to Rakesh Kumar
0040623112-3
I,Rajdeep Singh Grewal
S/o,Hardeep Singh Grewal R/o-
Flat-No.63, Pushpanjali-
Apartments, Plot-No.10,
Sector-4,Dwarka, N.Delhi-
78,have changed my-minor
son’s name Anhad Grewal to
Anhad Singh Grewal.
0040623122-2
I,Pratap Singh,R/O Village-
Jaghina Post- Jaghina,District-
Bharatpur,Rajasthan
321021,have changed my
daughter’s name,from Pari to
Pari Singh,vide
affidavit,dated-
16.06.2022,before NCT-of-
Delhi.
0040623036-10
I,Patel Diya Rajat D/o Rajat
Patel R/o V-197,15C,Vijay
Park,Delhi-110053,have
changed my name to Diya
Patel.
0040623112-5
I,POONAM W/0- RAVINDER R/o-
KOTHI No-2 CHANCHAL PARK
BAPROLA DELHI-110043 HAVE
CHANGED MY NAME TO
POONAM SOLANKI.
0040623029-5
I,PAWAN DUDEJA/PAWAN
KUMAR S/O TEK CHAND R/O
HNO.1233,SECTOR-
14,SONIPAT-131001.HAVE
CHANGED MY NAME TO
PAWAN KUMAR DUDEJA.
0040623029-2
I,Nidhi Shrotriya Sharma W/o
Vaibhav Sharma,R/o FF-1, 540
Nitikhand-I, Indirapuram-
Ghaziabad-201014,have
changed my name to Nidhi
Shrotriya.
0040623110-2
I,Narender Kumar Bhalla,S/o
Kewal Ram,R/o-A-593,Bhooton
wali Gali, Nangloi,Delhi-
110041,have changed my
name to Narender Kumar
0040623112-2
I,Namee Divyang Tanwar,S/o
Parveen Tanwar
R/o.H.No.504/5,Patel Nagar,
Gurugram(Haryana)-
122001,have changed my
name to Dev Tanwar,for all
Purposes.
0040623110-9
I,MUKSH KUMAR S/O GIAN
CHAND R/O 1677,STREET
BRAHMIN,SOHAN GANJ,SUBJI
MANDI,DELHI-
110007.CHANGED MY NAME TO
MUKESH KUMAR.
0040623110-1
I,Km Vandana Singh W/o
Sudhanshu Shekhar R/o F-
1206, Plot-GH-03, Stellar
Jeevan, Sector-1, Greater
Noida(U.P.) have changed my
name to Vandana Singh for all
purposes.
0040623084-2
I,Kamal S/O Hans Raj Luthra
R/O 101,A New Lahore
Colony,Shastri Nagar.East
Delhi-110031.have changed
my Name to Kamal Kumar
Luthra.
0040623036-6
I,KAMNI SHARMA,W/O
PARVEEN SHARMA,R/O.H.NO-
353 A/1, PLOT.NO 81,GALI.NO.9,
JHARKHANDI ROAD BHOLA
NATH-NAGAR SHAHDRA
DELHI110032,HAVE CHANGED
MY NAME TO KAMINI SHARMA.
0040623036-2
I,JASBIR SINGH,S/O SH.VIKRAM
SINGH R/O-229,WEST-GURU
ANGAD-NAGAR, LAXMI-NAGAR
DELHI-110092,HAVE CHANGED
MY NAME JASVIR SINGH TO
JASBIR SINGH, FOR
FUTURE,ALL PURPOSES.
0040623029-10
I,JAIDEV JAGDMANIS/O-RAMA
NAND SHARMAR/O-128 HARI
NAGAR ASHRAM DELHI-
110014, changed my name to
JAI DEV SHARMA.
0040623110-6
I,IRSHAD, S/O-SUBEDIN, R/O-
VILLAGE MAUDKHURD MAUR
MEERUT,UTTAR PRADESH-
250404 Changed my name to
IRSAD ALI. 0040623110-5
I,Gurmeet Kour W/O Jaswinder
Singh R/O,H.No-19,Gali.No-3,A-
2Block,West Sant-
Nagar,Burari Delhi-
110084,have changed my
name to Gurmeet Kaur.
0040623111-5
I,GULFAM QURAISHI, S/O.
SHAHID QURAISHI,ADD.IN
FRONT OF PETROL PUMP,NH-
24,MASURI DISTRICT-
GHAZIABAD UTTAR-PRADESH
201302,changed my name to
GULAFAM
KURAISHI,permanantly.
0040623036-5
I,Ex-No- 9102527W, NK Fayaz
Ahmed Khan, R/O- Gutlipora,
Tehsil/District-Kupwara-
193222 . In my service records
the name of my son has been
wrongly mentioned as Tufail
Fayaz instead of Tufail Fayaz
Khan. It needs correction.
Objections be filled to JAKLI
record office within seven
days. 0020442417-1
I, Habiba, W/o Kashifuddin, R/o
14/55, First Floor, Zoya
Apartment, Civil Lines, Kanpur
Nagar, Uttar Pradesh-208001,
have changed my name and
shall hereafter be known as
Habiba Kashif Uddin.
0070795248-1
I,Ex-No- 9098646M, HAV
Ishtiyaq Ahmed Khan, R/O-
Chowkibal, Tehsil-Kralpora,
District-Kupwara. In my
service records the name of
my son has been wrongly
mentioned as Rahib Ali
instead of Rahib Ishtiyaq as in
Board of School Education
certificates. It Needs
correction. Objections be
filled to Unit 12 JAKLI within
seven days. 0020442416-1
I,Anuj Kohli,S/o Ram
Charan,R/O H.No.1/758,Gali
No.8,Gt Road,Village
Khera,Shahdara,Delhi-
110032,declare that my name
has been mentioned as DAAL
CHAND in my Aadhar-Card &
NIOS certificate,But I have
changed my name as ANUJ
KOHLI,for all,future purposes.
0040623110-12
I,Anish Gupta,S/o-
D.R.Gupta,residing at,G-
240,sector-57,sushant lok-
2,have changed the name of
my minor-son Reyansh
Singhal(Age-5years)and he
shall hereafter be known as
Riyan Gupta. 0040623111-7
I,Ajay Kumar Nama S/o
Bhagwan Das Nama R/o-A-
1/1003,Tower-Height
Apartment,Pitampura Delhi-
110034,changed my,minor
daughter name Veenam to
Veenam Nama. 0040623111-3
I,ANILL KUMAR THIPPESWAMY,
S/o THIPPESWAMY
YARAGUNTAPPA, ADD.2-
B,SAGAR APARTMENT,TILAK
MARG,NEW DELHI-
110001.Changed my name to
ANILL KUMAR. 0040623110-3
I,ADITYA S/0-RAVINDER R/0-
KOTHI NO -2 CHANCHAL PARK
BAPROLA DELHI-110043,HAVE
CHANGED MY NAME TO
ADITYA SOLANKI.
0040623029-3
I,ABRAHAM NANDALATHU
KUNJUKUNJU,S/O: EASOW
KUNJU KUNJU ADDRESS:36-
C,POCKET-F, MAYUR VIHAR
PHASE-2,DELHI-110091,
Changed my name to
ABRAHAM NANTHALATHU
KUNJUKUNJU. 0040623036-4
I, VASU S/o Rajesh Kumar R/o
WZ-409 E-1 PLOT NO 13 JANAK
PARK HARI NAGAR NEW DELHI-
110064 have changed my name
to VASU MADANPOTRA for all
future purposes
0040623088-1
I, Siddharth Verma S/o Swayam
Prakash Verma, R/o 192,
Sahyog Apartments, Mayur
Vihar Phase-1, Delhi-110091,
declare that name of my wife
has been wrongly written as
Sanchayita Verma in my minor
daughter Swarna Verma aged
13 years in her School Records.
The actual name of my wife is
Sanchayita Deb Verma
0070795237-1
I, Shakti Singh S/O Bhawani
Singh, R/o House No-1008,
Sector-9, Near E S I Hospital,
Gurgaon, Haryana- 122001
have changed the name of my
minor Son Kabir Singh aged
about 2 Years and He shall
hereafter be known as Arjun
Singh. 0070795245-1
I hitherto known as Anupama
Chakarvarti W/o A D
Chakravarti residing at House
No. FD-3, Shivaji Enclave,
Rajouri Garden, Delhi-110027
have changed my name and
shall hereafter be known as
Anupama Chakravarti.
0070795223-1
I, Seyed Kamran Qumar S/o Shri
Seyed Qumrul Islam R/o 555,
Street No.20, Zakir Nagar, New
Delhi-110025 have changed my
son’s name Seyed Maheer
Kamran to Sayed Mahir
Kamran. He will be known as
Sayed Mahir Kamran for all
future purposes.
0040623074-1
I, Seema, W/O Parveen Datt R/o
Friends Colony Gali No. 1,
Najafagarh Road, House No.
877/13, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar,
Haryana- 124507. have
changed my name and shall
hereafter be Known as Seema
Datt
0070795251-1
I, Sangeeta Malik Singh d/o
Yash Dev Prakash s/o 79, Om
Vihar Phase-4, Mohan Garden,
Uttam Nagar, Delhi-110059
have changed my name to
Noora Hossain permanently.
0040623023-1
I, SHIVETA ASHWANI RAINA,
W/o ASHWANI RAINA, R/O- C-
1/72, 2nd Floor, PIF, ARDEE
City, Sector-52, Gurgaon,
Haryana-122009 have
changed my name to SHIVETA
RAINA for all purposes.
0070795232-1
I,DHARAMPAL SINGH,S/O-
JODHRAJ R/O-35/7/1 MATA
WALI GALI BAKHTAWAR PUR
DELHI-110036,changed my
name to DHARAMPAL
CHAUHAN.
0040623110-4
I, Rani W/o Bhim Sen Kukreja
R/o 10/1, Prem Nagar,
Janakpuri, N.Delhi-58 have
changed my name to Rani
Kukreja.
0040623122-1
I, Rajesh Kumar S/o Dwarka
Nath Khanna R/o-7/26, FF-3,
Sec-2, Rajendra Nagar,
Sahibabad, GZB have changed
my name to Rajesh Khanna.
0070795227-1
I, Praveen Chandra Verma S/o
Lt Jograj Singh Verma R/o M-
10, Shiv Ganga Avas, Prem
Nagar Bareilly, declares that
spelling of my name be read
and used for all the future
purposes as “Praveen
Chandra Verma” as appeared
in my Aadhar, instead of
“Praveen Chandr Verma” as
appeared in my son’s (Vishal
Verma) passport no T7787586
issued at Ghaziabad.
0040623054-1
I, Pooran S/o Ram Dutt Sharma
R/o-H.No-A-7, Gali.No-22
Block-A, Dayalpur, Karawal
Nagar,Delhi-110094, have
changed my name to Pooran
Sharma
0040623056-2
I, Payaswini Bansal D/o Shri
Sunil Kumar Bansal, R/o H.No.
22, Second Floor, Gopal Nagar,
Tilak Nagar, New Delhi-110018,
do submit that in Passport
Record my name has been
wrongly mentioned as Payas
Bansal. Payaswini Bansal &
Payas Bansal are one and the
same person.
0040623064-1
I, Nikhita Khurana W/o Pulkit
Chawla R/o-B-1/22, Paschim
Vihar Delhi-110063, have
changed my name to Nikhita
Chawla
0040623056-1
I, Naresh Pal Choudhary S/O
Mahavir Singh, R/o House
Number-B-191, MIG Flats East
Of Loni Road, Shahdara,
Mandoli, Delhi- 110093, have
changed my name and shall
hereafter be Known as Naresh
Pal.
0070795246-1
I, NAVEEN KUMAR KOCHHAR,
S/o R L KOCHHAR, R/o PD-111
A, Pitampura, Shalimar Bagh,
North West Delhi-110088, have
changed my name to NAVIN
KOCHHAR for all purposes.
0070795233-1
I, Mariadass Arokianathan
Prabhu R/o 249, SFS Flats,
Gulmohar Enclave, Gautam
Nagar Road, New Delhi-110049
have changed my name to
Arokianathan Prabhu for all
future purpose
0070795275-1
I, Kirat Kaur w/o Sandeep Singh,
R/o 8/68A, Second Floor, Moti
Nagar, New Delhi-110015 have
changed my name to HARJEET
KAUR
0040623103-1
I, Jyoti W/o Balwinder Sachdeva
R/o H.No.54, Plot No.21, Ram
Nagar, Karnal, Haryana, have
changed my name to Jyoti
Sachdeva.
0040623041-1
I, Jyoti Sharma W/o Manish
Sharma R/o-173 S.F. Kapil
Vihar,Pitampura Delhi-
110034,changed my minor
daughter name Siddhi
Parashar to Siddhi Sharma.
0040623111-1
I, Balwinder Singh S/o Sardul
Singh R/o-H.No.54, Plot No.21,
Ram Nagar, Karnal, Haryana,
have changed my name to
Balwinder Sachdeva.
0040623041-2
I, AMAR DEEP, S/O Pratap
Narain Mishra, R/O - 70,
Pocket-10, Sector-22, Rohini,
New Delhi-110086 have
changed my name to
Amardeep Mishra.
0070795253-1
I Shashi W/o Sh. Sachin Singh
R/o H.No.461, Mukhmelpur,
Delhi-110036 have changed my
name to Shashi Singh for all
purposes.
0040623024-3
I Sachin Rana S/o Sh. Vir Singh
R/o H.No.461, Mukhmelpur,
Delhi-110036 have changed my
name to Sachin Singh for all
purposes. 0040623024-4
I Md Muhazzam Alam R/o K-
180/3, SV, Jaitpur, N Delhi-44
have changed my name as Md
Muazzam Alam. My father’s
and mother’s correct names
are Qamre Alam instead of Md
Kamar Alam and Shahina
Khatun instead of Simmi
respectively and henceforth
will be known as above for all
purposes. 0040623035-1
I Koppolu Kanchana W/O,
Supreet Batra R/o 213 Second
Floor Gulmohar Residency
Ashoka Enclave Part 3 Sector
35 Faridabad 121003 have
changed my name to K
Kanchana Batra for all
purposes. 0040623106-1
I Himanshu Mehta D/o Rajesh
Mehta R/o A-24, Gali No-01,
Hardev Nagar, Jharoda Mazra
Burari, Delhi-110084, have
changed my name to
Himanshi Mehta
0070795235-1
I Divya Krishna Nivas
Vipinachandran Nair D/O,
Vipinachandran Nair R/o
Urbtech Xaviers, Flat No
M1606, Sec 168, Noida, 201305
have changed my name to
Divya Krishnanivas
Vipinachandran for all
purposes. 0040623107-1
I Chaitanyaa D/O,
Swaminathan Kalyanaraman
R/o V-1 Gf, Eldeco Green
Meadows, Sector Pi-1, Greater
Noida, 201310 have changed
my name to Chaitanyaa
Swaminathan for all purposes.
0040623109-1
I BARNALI SARMA BARDOLOI
affirm that my name on the
CBSE Class X Marks Statement
cum Certificate of my son
AYUSMAN BARDOLOI is
incorrect. The correct name is
BARNALI SARMA BARDOLOI.
0040623031-1
I AYUSMAN BARDOLOI affirm
that the name of my mother on
the CBSE Class X Marks
Statement cum Certificate of
mine is incorrect. The correct
name is BARNALI SARMA
BARDOLOI.
0040623032-1
I,ZISHAN, S/O.SHAFAAT ALI,
H.NO-14,MUGHAL GARDEN
COLONY PIPLEHDA
HAPUR(UP)-245301, changed
my name to ZISHAN ALI,
permanantly.
0040623029-7
I,YOGESH,S/O.PRAVEEN
KUMAR, ADD-239,GF,SOUTH
BLOCK ,SURYA NAGAR PHASE-
2 SECTOR-91,TILPAT,
FARIDABAD, HARYANA-
121003,changed my name to
YOGESH KUMAR,For All, Future
Purposes.
0040623029-8
I,UROOJ FATMA,
D/O.MOHAMMAD ARIF, ADD-
1847,KATRA SHAIKH CHAND
BAZAR LAL KUAN,DELHI-
110006, changed my name to
UROOJ, permanently.
0040623111-6
I,Shalini,D/O Pratap Singh,R/O
Village-Jaghina Post -Jaghina
District-Bharatpur Rajasthan-
321021.Have Changed my
Name,from Shalini to Shalini
Singh,vide-Affidavit dated-
16.06.2022,before-NCT of-
Delhi.
0040623036-9
I,SURAJ S/0-RAVINDER R/0-
KOTHI NO -2 CHANCHAL PARK
BAPROLA DELHI-110043 HAVE
CHANGED MY NAME TO SURAJ
SOLANKI.
0040623029-4
I,SAJAL S/O PAWAN KUMAR
DUDEJA R/O HNO.1233,
SECTOR-14,SONIPAT-
131001.HAVE CHANGED MY
NAME TO SAJAL DUDEJA, FOR
ALL FUTURE PURPOSES.
0040623029-1
I,JATINDER SINGH,S/O BUTA
SINGH MAGGO R/O-108
GROUND-FLOOR WEST
MUKHERJEE-NAGAR DELHI-
110009,HAVE CHANGED MY
MINOR SON’S NAME JASSIRJAN
SINGH TO JASSIRJAN SINGH
MAGGO.
0040623036-1
I,BABLU KUMAR, S/O. PANNA
LAL, ADD-1601-P,SECOND-
FLOOR SECTOR-
46,GURGAON,HARYANA-
122018,Changed my name to B
K GARG,for all,future
Purposes.
0040623029-9
I,ARSHAD ALI,S/O.NOOR
MOHAMMAD,ADD-
MARAULA(172) TEH NUH
,MEWAT NUH HARYANA-
122107, Changed My name to
ARSAD HUSAIN, permanantly.
0040623029-6
I, Kumud Maurya w/o. Bharat
Kumar R/o. GS-602, Supertech
Eco Village-1, Sector-1,
Greater Noida, Gautam Budh
Nagar, Uttar Pradesh- 201306
declare that my husband’s
name Bharat Kumar Maurya
wrongly written in my
passport his actual name is
Bharat Kumar . 0040623078-1
LOST & FOUND
I,Chander Mohan alias Chandra
Mohan Arora,S/o Late
Sh.Ganga Bishan,am one and
the same person,R/o-C-
49A,Mahendru-Enclave,G.T.
Karnal-Road, Delhi-110033,PAN
No.AAFPM6397P, have Lost
Shares held by me of M/s
Sukhjit Starch and
Chemicals,Phagwara, Vide
Folio.No.0014,Certificate.No.70
407 and Distinctive No.3695177
to 3696572 amounting to a total
Number of-1396 Shares.If
found-please inform at
Mob.No.9810081639.
0040623112-9
CLASSIFIEDS & TENDERS 15
I,Indu Sharma,W/o-Late Ramesh
PUBLIC NOTICE
Paul Sharma,R/o BD-97,MIG
To be known to all that, my client SMT. MANVINDER
Flat,Janakpuri,New Delhi- KAUR wife of S. Satnam Singh R/o E-25, Arland Cottage,
M.P. Udyog Ltd., Moti Vihar, Sarvodaya Nagar, Kanpur,
110058,have lost my Share U.P., inherited the (1) 50% HALF UNDIVIDED SHARE OF
GROUND FLOOR OF PROPERTY NO. TU-75,
Certificate, Allotment Letter & PITAMPURA, DELHI ON THE BASIS OF INHERITANCE,
after the demise of her mother Late Smt. Kuldeep Kaur and
Possession Letter of Flat
No.4C/447,Third Floor, Vartalok
after the demise of her father Late Shri Avtar Singh. As
after their demise there are only two legal heirs (1)
MANVINDER KAUR & (2) BALJEET SINGH GUJRAL
(Expired on 09/04/2022). And my client also the owner of
Society,Vasundhara ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR WITH COMMON ROOF RIGHTS
Ghaziabad.finder please
OF PROPERTY NO. TU-75, PITAMPURA, DELHI By
virtue of regd. GIFT DEED as Document No. 3223, in Add.
contact.karan Sharma ph no.-
Book No.1, Volume No. 5068, on pages 100 to 105. on
dated 29/03/2014 in the office of Sub-Registrar VI-A,
9810388275.
Pitampura, Delhi And my clients have legal rights to Sell
the above mentioned property. If any person(s) claiming
any objection in the said property may contact with above
0040623122-3 named person/clients at above address/phone no.
7007404359 within 15 days of publication of this notice. All
the information given by my client and I, Vinod Wadhwa
I,Rashmi Kalra,D/o-Desh Raj Advocate, giving this Public Notice on behalf of my clients.
VINOD WADHWA (Advocate)
Hans,R/o-B-126,Suncity Sector- Enrl. No. D/769/2005
54,Gurugram Haryana,have
lost my Original-Builder Buyer
Agreement of Plot.No.304,A-
Block, Sushant Lok-II,
Gurugram, Haryana-
122011.Finder Please-Contact
at above said address.
0040623112-10
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Register :-
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0070795180-2 Letter No 2503(1) /41-M 2/ Dated:- 19/7/2022
Short Term National Competitive Bidding(E-Tendering)
PUBLIC NOTICE Superintending Engineer, 2nd Circle. Public Works Department Nainital on behalf of
General public is hereby informed
that my client Mr.Mukut Dhari S/o Governor of Uttarakhand invites e-tender (two bid system). For further details please log
Sh.Dubri Gaur R/o G-24 B,Gali No.-
on to https://www.uktenders.gov.in from 20.07.2022.
16, Raja Puri, Uttam Nagar, West
Delhi-110059 having UID No.6266-
5710-6178 hereby sever all his Sl. Name of work Earnest Cost of Validity Time of Contractor's
relations with his son namely No money (in Tender of tender completion category of
Pankaj Gaur HAVING UID No.9972-
7160-2041 and his wife namely Lakh Rs) Registration
Shruti Rani due to their
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
disobeying, misbehavior and
hereby disowned and debarred
1 Construction work of 60 meter 10.70 5000 120 18 Registered in
them from his all movable and
immovable properties forever. span steel girder bridge on Sukhi +18% Class "A" and
Any person dealing with them river to connect village G.S.T. above in any State
shall be doing so at his/her/their
own risk and responsibility. My Laxhampur (Nakel) in Govt./ Central
client will not be responsible for Vidhansabha Lalkuwan Govt. or any Govt.
their any act & deeds.
Pardeep Kumar (Advocate) Constituency, Distt Nainital under taking in
Lawyer’s Block,SR-II, Janak Puri, under Hon’ble Chief Minister Bridge work
Delhi-58, Regd No. D/2443-B/99
Announcement No 319/2013
IN THE COURT OF SH. BHUPESH
KUMAR, JUDGE, FAMILY
COURTS, CENTRAL DISTRICT,
TIS HAZARI COURTS, DELHI
SUMMONS/ NOTICE FOR
SERVICE BY ADVERTISMENT IN
A NEWSPAPER (O.V, R.20)
MT-04/20
SHIVANI .... Petitioner
V/S
RAKESH ...Respondent
To,
SH. RAKESH S/O SH. RAJESH,
R/O 49, BLOCK-B, GALI NO.-5,
ROSHAN VIHAR, NEAR RAM
MAN SINGH SCHOOL,
NAJAFGARH, DELHI
Whereas (Pititioner) SMT. SHIVANI,
W/O SH. RAKESH, D/O SH.
ASHOK, R/O .H. NO. 26, DOUBLE
STOREY, OLD CHANDRAWAL,
CIVIL LINES, DELHI has instituted
the above suit U/s U/s 125 Cr. P.C
for grant of of maintenance. You are
Sr. NAME OF OLD NATURE OF CORRIGENDUM WEBSITE OF THE NODAL OFFICER/CONTACT
hereby summoned to appear in this No. BOARD REFERENCE/ BOARD DETAILS/EMAIL
CORP./AUTH NIT NO. CORP./AUTH
court in person or by a pleader on
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Given under my hand and the seal of
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the court on 28.05.2022.
Sd/- 21.07.2022 UPTO 15:00 HRS. AND
(BHUPESH KUMAR) OPENING DATE 22.07.2022
Seal
Judge, Family Court AT 15:30 HRS
Central District, THC Delhi
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11238/HRY
DELHI JAL BOARD: GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI
OFFICE OF THE ADDL. CHIEF ENGINEER (M)-5
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (T2)M-5
ROOM NO. 312, VARUNALAYA PHASE-I, JHANDEWALAN, DELHI-110005
PRESS NIT No. 55 (2022-23)(M)-5
S. Name of work Amount put E/Money Tender Fee Date of release of Last date/time
No. to Tender (EMD) (Non- Tender/Tender Id. of receipt of
Refundable) tender
1 Shifting/replacement of old 12” dia. (300mm dia.) ` 37,30,743/- ` 74,700/- ` 500/- Dt. 18/07/2022 01/08/2022
water line from 150, Double Storey to Andh 2022_DJB_226335_1 Upto 03.00 PM
Vidhyalaya, New Rajender Nagar under EE(West)-
ll AC-39 Rajender Nagar (Re-invite).
Further details in this regard can be seen at https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in
Sd/-
ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) (Mohd. Idris Ali)
Advt. No. J.S.V. 246 (2022-23) Executive Engineer (T2)M-5
“STOP CORONA Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing and Maintain Hand Hygiene”
PUBLIC NOTICE
To be known to all that I, SMT KUSUM
LATA W/O SH. JAI NARAIN R/O FLAT
NO. 77, POLICE APARTMENT, A-3,
PASCHIM VIHAR, NEW DELHI-110063
purchaser/owner of DDA SFS FLAT
NO. 159, 2ND FLOOR, CATEGORY-II,
PKT-GH-12, PASCHIM PURI NOW
KNOWN AS PASCHIM VIHAR, NEW
DELHI has applied for conversion
of the aforesaid flat from leasehold
to freehold.
That the original Demand Letter
against 5th & Final Instalment
issued by the DDA regarding the
said flat has been lost/misplaced,
An FIR against this effect has
been lodged in Police station.
Any persons claiming any right,
interest, having any objection or
found in possession of said original
document, may write contact with
above named person at above address/
phone No. 9999256353 with 15 days
from the date of publication of this
notice. The person claiming any right,
interest, objections with respect to this
property can personally inform or write
to Dy. Director(SFS) or Director(H)-2,
D-Block, 2nd floor, Vikas Sadan,
INA, New Delhi.
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OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry & T Lewis

CROSSWORD 4798 DAY TODAY BY PETER VIDAL
ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 - Oct 23)
The Moon is The Moon puts the
presenting a friendly focus on travel,
face in your chart, communication and
which means that discussion. It's a day
you can only benefit from long- to get out and about, to talk
distance and creative contacts. over your feelings and
Those of you who have generally get on with all
arranged to travel today are the lively activities. Sedentary
smartest Ariens around. And Librans may be frustrated,
those of you developing artistic though, so don't sit
skills could be the happiest. around while the world
passes you by.
TAURUS (Apr 21 - May 21)
Vague feelings may SCORPIO (Oct 24 - Nov 23)
be stirred up as Not for the first time
passionate feelings the single most
become more specific aspect in
CALVIN & HOBBES by Bill Watterson intense. From somewhere deep your solar chart
inside, you are about to points to long-distance love. It
discover a sense of renewed therefore goes without saying
commitment. If you feel stuck that travelling Scorpios are
in a rut at work, then start by better placed to have pleasure
going back to first principles than those at home. But there's
and see where that gets you. another possibility as well,
ACROSS DOWN which is that a stranger comes
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) to you.
1 Magazines laid so price may be 2 Order found in the dictionary
Your efforts at work
seen (11) (5)
should be rewarded SAGITTARIUS (Nov 24 - Dec 22)
9 Any evil simply expressed 3 Time to change article
financially at last. If Your job may be to
(7) (4)
you don't achieve supply support and
10 Great arterial way 4 This poet makes uninteresting
some sort of monetary assistance to other
(5) study (6)
satisfaction, then there's clearly people, thus putting
11 Food of love at first sight 5 Yet he stands at the head of the
something in your solar your own interests in second
(4) board (8)
horoscope which is not being place. Are you capable of such
12 Good looks? (8) 6 Unsteady dog?
adequately expressed. Perhaps selfless actions? In the final
14 Companion of an American (7)
you have not taken sufficient analysis, I doubt if you'll have
star (6) 7 Warrant to arrest or set about
responsibility for your any choice. You'll see the
16 Not a Mr mistaken for a Mrs soldiers (11)
own decisions. situation much more clearly in
(6) 8 Capricious desire to overtake
18 I’m sent back with money for someone (7,4) MARVIN by Tom Armstrong CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
a couple of days.
betting slips 13 Twists up, moved in front, all In spite of CAPRICORN (Dec 23 - Jan 20)
(8) spread out (8) impressions to the You might be about
19 Get a larger size 15 The stone archaeologists treat contrary, partners to double-book
(4) so cryptically (7) are on your side. yourself, so don't be
22 South African by birth? 17 Such a surgeon knows his drill Still, you may experience a too swept away by
(5) (6) sudden flare-up in an intimate social invitations or personal
23 Stumble on crude oil in North 20 Swiss river heron in distress relationship, although you initiatives. A business or
Africa (7) (5) might feel better for it in the financial matter of dubious
24 Old-timers (11) 21 Offers to take the lot? (4) long run. Let the scales fall from origin is now hovering on the
your eyes at work and figure horizon, and you'd be advised
out what you need to do next. to clear up outstanding issues
sooner rather than later.
SolutionsCrossword4797:Across:1Pillar,4Emission,9Nelson,10Fraction,12 LEO (July 24 - Aug 23)
Lois,13Bowls,14Flat,17Propositions,20Straitjacket,23User,24Smart,25Plot, You often AQUARIUS (Jan 21- Feb 19)
28Firmhand,29Single,30Exercise,31Deaths.Down:1Penelope,2Lollipop,3 experience If you wish, you may
Aeon,5Moralvictory,6Sack,7Icicle,8Ninety,11Logicalminds,15Route,16Sneak, emotional conflict issue ultimatums to
18Skylight,19Stutters,21Ruffle,22Hearse,26Chic,27Like. and insecurities colleagues, but only
which are derived from the if you are certain
position of the sensitive sign that all will be settled within a
Cancer in your solar chart. The few days. There's one snag, and
JUMBLED WORDS DifficultyLevel5s
best estimate at the moment is it's that partners have the edge,
SOLUTION SUDOKU 4900

that any such feelings are so if controversial actions are

Instructions misplaced, and you may well coming up, you might be wise
Givenbelowarefourjumbledwords.Solvethejumblestomakeproperwordsandmovethemto TosolveaSudokupuzzle, be surprised at the support to think again.
therespectivesquaresbelow.Selectthelettersintheshadedsquaresandjumblethemtoget everydigitfrom1to9 that's on the way.
PISCES (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
SUDOKU 4901

theanswerforthegivenquip. mustappearineachofthe
BurtReynoldsonce______.Iwasinhisroom.-PhyllisDiller(5,2,3) VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23) Midweek arrives
nineverticalcolumns,in If you have a and still the stars
eachoftheninehorizontal problem, it's a support the Piscean
DMAEE BIOTDU rowsandineachofthe tendency to be too mentality. It is as if
nineboxes. hard on yourself. As the whole world is swinging
of now, you should no longer behind you and your hard-
feel quite so threatened or working and creative
RTOST ANSUKM DifficultyLevel
thwarted as so often in the past. talents. For a lot of people,
The fact is that your social stars though, there may be extra
1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; are extremely bright and confusion and uncertainty, so
3s=Medium;4s=Hard; there's a whole new world don't be put out if partners
5s=VeryHard;6s= waiting to greet you. miss the point.
Answer: Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room. - Phyllis Diller Genius
SOLUTION: EDEMA, TROTS, OUTBID, UNMASK

New Delhi
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Norway women's coach Martin Sjogren has resigned from their roles after
the team were knocked out of the European Championship, the country's
football federation (NFF) said on Tuesday. Twice champions Norway
failed to get out of the group stages for a second edition in a row, losing
their last two games -- which included an 8-0 thrashing at the hands of
hosts England -- to finish third in Group A. REUTERS

BRIEFLY
BCCIappointsethics
officer,ombudsman
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court
judge Vineet Saran has taken over as
the BCCI's ethics officer and om-
budsman, filling the dual posts lying
vacant for a year. Saran has suc-
ceeded Justice (Retd) D K Jain, whose
term ended in June last year.
"Honourable Justice Saran's ap-
pointment was made last month," a
BCCI official said. Saran, 65, is a for-
mer Chief Justice of Odisha High
Court, and also served as a judge in
Karnataka and Allahabad High
Court. When contacted, Saran, who
calls himself a cricket lover, said: "I
took charge last month, but I have
not passed any order yet." PTI
Anish,Rhythmwin
bronzeatWorldCup
Changwon:Teenage shooters Anish
Bhanwala and Rhythm Sangwan
won bronze in the 25 rapid fire pis-
tol mixed team event at the ISSF
Shooting World Cup here on
Tuesday. The Indian duo emerged
victorious 16-12 over Czech
Republic's Anna Dedova and Martin
Podhrasky in the bronze medal
match. This was Anish and Rhythm's
second medal as a pair in the ISSF
Shooting World Cup, having won the
25m rapid fire pistol mixed team
event at the Cairo World Cup in
March. PTI
NewAsianGames
Sable pegged back in slowest race
Coach Scott Simmons says Indian needs to clock sub-8 minutes and 10 seconds consistently to challenge the best; El Bakkali wins gold
NIHAL KOSHIE
JULY 19
A MOROCCAN made history and broke the
stranglehold of the Kenyans, a cameraman
on track was an unusual obstacle and an
Indian national record holder was schooled
when some of the best runners in the world
turned the men's 3000metre steeplechase
into a masterful tactical battle.
In the slowest steeplechase final in the
history of the World Championships,
Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali, the Olympic
champion, used his speed over the final 400
metres to end Kenya's streak of gold dating
back to over a decade and a half. Ethiopia's
Lamecha Girma was second and defending
champion, Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto was
good enough only for bronze.
El Bakkali's 8:25.13, Girma's 8:26.01 and
Kipruto's 8:27.92 were pedestrian times.
Outright speed wasn't on anyone's mind till
the final stages of the race. There were
medals to be won and nobody was risking
going all out and 'hitting the wall' too early.
The tactics of the leading pack perhaps
caught India's AvinashSable by surprise. The
man who has broken the national record
eight times, most recently at the Rabat
Diamond League last month, finished 11th
with8:31.75.Sableisusedtorunninginfront
in domestic competitions but when the
world's best start to dictate the pace, espe-
cially when they slow it down, he will have
to find a strategy which works best for him.
SLOW AND STEADY AT WORLDS
Name/Position WC'22 PB* SB*
ElBakkali(1) 8:25.13 7:58.15 7:58.28
Girma(2) 8:26.01 7:58.68 7:58.68
Kipruto(3) 8:27.92 8:00.12 8:08.76
Sable(11) 8:31.75 8:12.48 8:12.48
PB: personal best; SB: season best
race in which Sable finished 5th to break the
national record for the eighth time with
8:12.48.KiprutohadnarrowlyedgedoutSable
with 8:12.47.
Rabat witnessed a fast race, Eugene was
aslowthriller.Thepaceof theraceorthelack
of it kept even the runners on tenterhooks
with nobody wanting to risk exhaustion by
launching a dash only to realise that others
could keep pace.
“I am very happy to win my first world ti-
tle after the Olympic gold,” El Bakkali was
quoted as saying by World Athletics. “The
race was very difficult; it was very tactical
and slow. I positioned myself well on the last
lap. I am very strong in the 400m and it
worked out for me.”
EvenGirma,withfourmajorsilvermedals
inhiskittynow,couldnotfoxhiscompetitors.
“The pace was very slow today,” he said. “My
tactic did not work and that cost me the gold. A cameraman recording the women's triple jump came in the way of runners on the first lap of the steeplechase final at
I was trying to change the tactic but the pace the Athletics World Championships. Reuters
limited me very much. I will go for gold next
yearandmytrainingisstartingfromnowon.”
If Sable is to challenge the elite runners

datesannounced
Beijing: The postponed Asian Games
will be held from September 23 to
October 8 next year in Hangzhou,
the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
announced on Tuesday. The 19th
edition of the Games were originally
slated to be held from September 10
to 25 this year but were suspended
on May 6 after a spike in COVID-19
cases in China. "The Task Force over
the last two months held various
discussions with the Chinese
Olympic Committee, Hangzhou
Asian Games Organising Committee
(HAGOC) and other stakeholders to
find a window for the Games which
did not conflict with other major in-
ternational sporting events," the
OCA said in a statement. PTI
FSDLmovesSCas
AIFFcrisisdeepens
New Delhi: Indian football being hit
with a FIFA ban looked a real possibil-
ity after the commercial partners of
the sport's governing body ap-
proached the Supreme Court over
contentious clauses in the draft con-
stitution.Many state associations and
Football Sports DevelopmentLimited
(FSDL), the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) marketing partners
who run the Indian Super League
(ISL), have both filed separate inter-
ventionapplicationsincourt with the
bone of contention being which
among the I-League and ISL would be
thecountry'stop-tierleague.Initsap-
plication, the FSDL has mentioned
that the SC-appointed COA has
"failed" to take into consideration its
objectionsandalso"rejected"sugges-
tions. The case will come up for hear-
ing on Thursday. PTI
Sable is capable of going much faster as
his national record stands at 8:12.47. He did-
n't try to push the pace in the World
Championship final with the best in the
world chugging along smoothly. A brave
chargewouldhavebeenriskygiventheclass
of the runners ahead of him in the final.
Nineof the15finalistshadapersonalbest
below 8 minutes and 10 seconds and two of
them El Bakkali and Girma had run sub-8s.
There were 12 athletes with better personal
bests in the final. By the end of the first lap it
was clear no record was going to be under
threat, except for the collective slowest one.
The runners also had to dodge past a
cameramanfilmingthewomen'striplejump
final while being oblivious to the start of the
steeplechase.
The top athletes have a strong finishing
kickinthefinal400metresandthatiswhere
the3000metresteeplechaseiswonand lost.
El Bakkali ran the last 400 in 58 seconds
andsodidGirma.Kiprutowasaweebitslower
butthepacethetopthreeproducedintheend
waswayquickerthanduringmostoftherace.
The runners in the lead took 69 seconds to
completethefirstlapandthesecondwaseven
slowerwithanaveragetimeofcloseto72sec-
onds.
El Bakkali's finishing kick, once he crossed
thefinalwaterhurdleinthirdplace,andstorm-
ing-run into the last bend was too fast for the
rest of the field. Kipruto was leading till the fi-
nal 200 metres but could not respond to
Girma's pace. At the final hurdle, Girma for a
second looked like he had enough in the tank
to challenge El Bakkali but ran out of steam.
The quick changes of lead in the last
stages of the race made for edge-of-the-
seat viewing but what preceded was a
wait-and-watch game with no athlete
ready to break away and set the pace at the
Hayward Field.
El Bakkali had run a blistering time in his
last race before the World Championships.
El Bakkali's gold-medal winning time on
Tuesdaywas8:25.13,nothingcomparedtothe
7:58.28 he clocked to win at the Diamond
League in Rabat in June. Girma was nowhere
close to the 7:59.24 he produced at Rabat, a
he will have to be prepared for a similar race
strategy in the future. But to get closer to a
podium,Sablewillhavetogetfastertomain-
tain the speed till the end of the race.
"Ithink onceSablerunsunder8:10(eight
minutesand10seconds)hewillbeconfident
to push it. Like he did in the prelims (heats).
Itisaseriouslearningexperienceforhimand
for others too," Scott Simmons, India's dis-
tance-running foreign coach who trains
Sable, told The Indian Express.
Simmons described the race as the 'cra-
ziestchampionshipsteepleever'."Extremely
slow and then got even slower. Never saw
anythinglikethisbeforeandlikelywillnever
again. With two Olympic gold medalists and
twosilvermedalists, noonedecided topush.
ElBakkaliandGirma,thegoldandsilverwin-
nersfromTokyoOlympics,werethetwoma-
jorplayersandbothhadsub-8timesbutthey
only focussed on gold and silver between
them and never even pushed. So no lesser
athletes felt compelled to challenge,"
Simmons said.
ThecoachhopesSablewillrunasub-8:10
time this year. It could come as early as the
Commonwealth Games or at the Diamond
League this year. "But he needs to do that to
get on the level with the best.”
Major championship races can produce
slowtimesif theleadinggroupof athletesde-
cide to conserve energy for the final straight
instead of going all out and risking a medal. A
recentexampleofanextremelyslowracewas
the men's 1,500 metre final of the 2016 Rio
Olympics.AmericanMattCentrowitzclocked
3:50.00,theslowestchampionintheeventat
the Summer Games since 1932.
When El Bakkali won the Olympics gold
last year, beating the Kenyans, he had put his
achievement in perspective. “I am so used to
seeingKenyanswin,it'sabigaccomplishment
forme,"hehadsaidlastyear."Ihavebeenaim-
ingforthisforyearsandthiswasmyopportu-
nity to show that Morocco is capable of win-
ning this prize. I have tried so many times to
compare myself with the Kenyans and
Ethiopians to see whether I could reach this
gold, and I did.” A year on, it appears he has
made it a habit.
Barshim and Rojas clinch third consecutive
gold medals as Kipyegon wins 1500m
REUTERS
EUGENE(USA),JULY19
QATAR'S MUTAZ Barshim won an unprece-
dentedthirdsuccessiveworldhighjumpgold
instyleonMondayasheclearedaworld-lead-
ing2.37metreswitheaseasallhisrivalsstrug-
gled to get close.
Barshim, who famously shared Olympic
goldwithItaly'sGianmarcoTamberilastyear,
jumpedbeautifullyallnighttogowellbeyond
his own season's best of 2.30m.
Thetitlewasjustaboutsecureafterhehad
cleared 2.35m but he then eased over 2.37m
looking almost in slow motion.
Withthegoldmedaltheninthebaghehad
oneattempt at achampionshiprecord2.42m
but failed.
"The target for me for today was gold
medal,ifeventheworldrecordistheonlything
Istillmiss,"saidBarshim,whosebestof2.43m
issecondonlytoJavierSotomayor's2.45mset
in 1993.
"Three worlds golds in a row is some-
thing that has never have been done be-
fore. I feel like I have a name in our sport,
but I have been never felt like the greatest
one in the field," added the modest Qatari,
who also has two Olympic silvers and a
world silver to his name.
WorldindoorchampionWooSang-hyeok
of South Korea needed three attempts to get
over2.33mbutthenalsocleared2.35matthe
secondattempttotakesilver.Ukraine'sAndriy
Protsenko collected bronze on the back of his
2.33m clearance.
Tamberi had a nervous path into the final,
twice failing at 2.25m and then twice again at
2.28m in Friday's heats. In the final he failed
twice at 2.30m but then cleared 2.33m at the
second attempt before bowing out at 2.35m
to finish fourth.
THREE IN A ROW
Women’striplejumperYulimarRojas(Venezuela)andmen’shighjumperMutaz
Barshim(Qatar)havewonthelastthreeWorldChampionshiptitlesintheir
respectiveevents,whilecontinuingtobetter ormatchtheirbestattempts.
WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
Pos. Name WC 17 WC 19 WC 22
1 Yulimar Rojas 14.91m 15.37m 15.47m
MEN’S HIGH JUMP
Pos. Name WC 17 WC 19 WC 22
1 Mutaz Barshim 2.35m 2.37m 2.37m
Rojas collects third crown So I feel really blessed right now to be among
Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas underlined her
status as queen of the triple jump on Monday
these special women."
Rojas,whobetteredherownworldrecord
aftertheOlympicchampionjumped15.47me- in March with 15.74m and is the first woman
tres to win a third straight world title. towinthetriplejumpoutdoorchampionship
Jamaican Shanieka Ricketts collected her threetimes,smiledbroadlyastheVenezuelan
secondconsecutiveworldsilverwithabestof national anthem played at Hayward Field.
14.89m on the first try, leaping from the sand Rojashassetagoaltobreachthe16mmark
onherfinalattemptandrunningtothestands but after whipping up the crowd for her final
tohughersupporters."Thisisaspecialcompe- attempt on Monday she finished well short.
tition for me," said Rojas. "I came with the goal to get closer to my
"Itstillhasn'tsunkinyet.Iwantedalonger world record," she told reporters. "The wind
jump, but I am happy to return to this beauti- affected my run-up. I tried to adjust, but the
ful stadium, to see the crowd." most important thing was to win the medal
American Tori Franklin took bronze, the and stay consistent over 15m."
UnitedStates'firstworldmedalinthewomen's
event, to the delight of the home crowd in Kipyegon storms to gold
Eugene, Oregon. Kenya's Faith Kipyegon stamped her au-
"Ithasbeenlongandtoughcoupleofyears thority on the women's 1,500m final almost
for me," said Franklin, who failed to make the fromthestartonMondayanddroveonrelent-
final at the Tokyo Olympics. lessly to take her second world gold in three
"I have gone through a lot and I am happy minutes, 52.96 seconds.
that I am finally competing to the best of my Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and Briton Laura
ability.Itissotoughrightnowinoureventbe- Muir, who matched Kipyegon stride for lung-
cause Rojas is just amazing jumper. busting stride until the last 300m, took silver
"Shaniekaalwayscomeswiththisenergy. and bronze.

Shafique ton keeps Pakistan on course SC to hear BCCI plea on cooling-off clause
ASSOCIATEDPRESS
GALLE,JULY19
OPENERABDULLAHShafiquewas112notout
and leading Pakistan at 223-3 in its chase of
342 to beat Sri Lanka in the first test at Galle
Stadium on Tuesday.
The fourth day would have belonged en-
tirelytoPakistanbutcaptainBabarAzamwas
outsixoversfromtheendfor55afterthebest
partnership of the match.
That gave Sri Lanka a sniff of hope that it
can still win, but the odds are with Pakistan,
whichneeds120morerunswithsevenwick-
ets in hand and a full day.
ThehighestsuccessfulrunchaseinGalleis
268andPakistanwentaboutachievingtheun-
likely showing determination and skill on a
pitch that slowed down and lacked bounce.
Sri Lanka made it easy with poor field
placements. Despite having almost 350 runs
to defend, the host spread the field early in
Pakistan'sinningsandthebatterswerehappy
toknockoffthesinglesandputupasolidfoun-
dation.Theopenerscombinedfor87runsand
the start Pakistan needed, although Sri Lanka
claimedthewicketsofImam-ul-Haq(35)and
Azhar Ali (6) in quick succession.
First-innings century-maker Babar added
101 runs for the third wicket with Shafique to
help Pakistan seize the initiative.
Shafique was unbeaten at stumps having
battedforclosetosixhours.He'dfaced289de-
AbdullahShafique'sunbeaten112
containedfivefoursandasix
liveries and hit just five fours and one six.
The second century of Shafique's six-test
career could be a match-winning one. There
was a nervous moment when he was on 4
and a loud lbw shout was turned down. The
Sri Lankans reviewed and Shafique was nar-
rowly saved. Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya, Sri
Lanka'smainweapon,brokethepartnership
when he got one to spin from the rough out-
side Babar's leg stump and the ball clipped
the off stump bail much to Babar's bewilder-
ment. A better defensive shot using his feet
could have saved him.
Vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan, 7 not
out,joinedShafiqueandthepairensuredthere
were no further hiccups.
Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka's Dinesh
Chandimalwasleftstrandedon94whentheir
secondinningswasendedon337withthead-
dition of only eight runs. Jayasuriya was the
last man out for 4.
Theseriesisbeingplayedagainsttheback-
dropofaneconomicandpoliticalcrisisengulf-
ing Sri Lanka.
The second test, scheduled to start on
Sunday, was switched from Colombo to Galle
because Sri Lanka Cricket decided not to take
anychanceswithpotentialpoliticalprotestsin
the capital.
The venue switch was confirmed on
Monday around the time Ranil
AP Wickremesinghe declared a state of emer-
gency. He became acting president last week
after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled abroad and re-
signed after months-long mass protests over
the country's economic collapse.
SLC was forced to postpone the Lanka
PremierLeaguewhichwasscheduledfornext
monthduetotheeconomiccrisis.Officialsalso
admittedtheAsiaCuptheywerescheduledto
hostinlateAugustisslippingawayfromthem
due to the crisis.
BRIEF SCORES: Sri Lanka 222 and 327
(Dinesh Chandimal 94; Mohammad Nawaz
5/88) vs Pakistan 218 and 222/3 (Abdullah
Shafique112batting,BabarAzam55;Prabath
Jayasuriya2/89).Pakistanneed120runsin90
overs with seven wickets in hand.
SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY
KOLKATA,JULY19
ASPERthecurrentBCCIconstitution,approved
bytheSupremeCourt,BoardpresidentSourav
Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah will have to
stepasideforamandatorythree-yearcooling-
offperiodinSeptember,whenthenextAnnual
GeneralMeeting(AGM)isscheduled.Both,and
alsojointsecretaryJayeshGeorge,havealready
served six years as office-bearers, in state as-
sociations and cricket board combined, and
goingbytheconstitution,needtovacatetheir
posts for a mandatory lay-off.
TheBCCI,however,seeksanamendmentto
the cooling-off clause and has filed a plea be-
fore the apex court in this regard. At long last,
the matter will be up for hearing on
Wednesday. The last Supreme Court hearing
on BCCI matters took place in April 2021.
The BCCI had filed an application to water
downthecooling-offclauseforoffice-bearers
two-and-a-half years ago and the Supreme
CourtwassupposedtohearthematterinJuly
2020, via video conferencing, before a Bench
comprising then Chief Justice of India (CJI)
JusticeSABobdeandJusticeLNageswaraRao.
Butitdidn’ttakeplace.Thematterwasun-
resolvedduringtheApril16,2021hearinglast
year as well. Both Justice Bobde and Justice
NageswaraRaohaveretired,whiletheamicus
curiae, PS Narasimha, has been elevated as a
judge. On Wednesday, a three-judge Bench
The BCCI had filed an application to
water down the cooling-off clause for
office-bearers two-and-a-half years
ago. File
comprising CJI NV Ramana and Justices
KrishnaMurariandHimaKohliwouldtakeup
the matter for hearing.
Ganguly became Cricket Association of
Bengaljointsecretaryin2014beforebecoming
the state association president a year later.He
took charge of the BCCI as its chief in October
2019. Going by the existing constitution,
Ganguly’s six-year term as an office-bearer
ended in 2020. Shah became an office-bearer
of the Gujarat Cricket Association in 2013 be-
foremovingtotheBCCIasitssecretarysixyears
later. George’s six-year term ended in August
2020.
The BCCI constitution says: “An office-
bearer who has held any post for two con-
secutive terms either in a state association
or in the BCCI (or a combination of both)
shall not be eligible to contest any further
election without completing a cooling-off
period of three years.”
InDecember2019,theBCCIfiledanappli-
cation before the Supreme Court, with a re-
quest to amend itsconstitution, including the
watering down of the clauses about the cool-
ing-off period, changes in disqualification cri-
teria,curbingthechiefexecutive’spowersand
conflict of interest. It also sought an amend-
ment to Rule 45 that made the Supreme
Court’s nod mandatory for any change in the
existing constitution. The proposed amend-
mentshadreceivedverbalconsentfromall38
members at the cricket board’s 88th AGM.
Anotherapplicationwasfiledinthisregardin
April 2020, but due to the Covid-19 outbreak,
normal court proceedings were disrupted.
Itwouldbeinterestingtoseehowthehear-
ing pans out on Wednesday, with some legal
heavyweights in attendance. The apex court
haspermittedsenioradvocateHarishSalveto
appear virtually on Wednesday.
State association office-bearers, too, will
also be keeping a close eye on proceedings.
Some of them have completed their respec-
tivesix-yearterms.Accordingtoafewofficials,
the BCCI’s functioning could be hampered if
continuityisbroken,withIndiahostingtheICC
World Cup (50-over format) next year. Then
again, the existing BCCI constitution has been
approved by the highest court of the country.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Subramanian
Swamy has filed an intervention petition be-
fore the Supreme Court, opposing the BCCI’s
move.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022
One hoop-ring to rule them all
Short, snappy, compact, breathless . Even some NBA players struggle when they first play 3x3
SANDIP G
NEW DELHI, JULY 19
WHEN 3X3 basketball became an Olympic
sport,fiveyearsago,America’sfavouritepas-
time was picking the best all-time trio from
the NBA galaxy. Should it be LeBron James,
Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant or should
it be Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
and James Worthy? Or Shaquille O'Neal,
Kobe Bryant and Robert Horry?
The common myth was that 3x3 is just a
shrunk version of the 5-on-5 basketball. At
its best, a leaner versionto woo the attention
-challenged in this era of instant gratifica-
tion. “With the many options that young
peoplehave,wecannotexpectanymorethat
they will come automatically to us. We have
to go to them,” the International Olympic
Committeepresident,ThomasBach,hadrea-
soned.
At its worst, a gimmicky
marketing trick to melodrama-
tise basketball, more Harlem
Globetrotters than NBA, more
make-belief than real. Even the
8 DAYS
modernists crooned: “Why
makeanalreadyshortgame(40
to 48 minutes) shorter? Why
TO GO
suck out all the drama and ac-
tion that rolls on in this span?
Why overcomplicate a simple sport?”
To the cynics and doubters, Dusan Bulut,
3x3’s GOAT, has just one request: “Please
watch one game and come back. Because if
you have watched even one 3x3 game
closely, you wouldn’t be comparing the two.
These are two different disciplines. There is
so much in common, but there is much not
in common” he tells The Indian Express.
Hestrikesaparallelfromathletics:“There
are a lot of events that come under athletics,
alotof eventsthatrequiredifferentskill-sets.
The skills required for 100m and 1000m
races are different. You can’t expect Usain
Bolt to win a marathon, don’t you? Or a
marathon champion to win 100m, even
400m? It needs totally different techniques
and different practices. It’s the same here,
3x3 and 5x5 are different disciplines.
Personally, I think it's closer to handball.”
Everythingfromrulestotempoandscor-
ing system to the ball are different. Teams
COMMONWEALTH
GAMES, 2022
play with one and two-point baskets (no
three pointers) over a single 10-minute pe-
riod with a 12-second shot clock. The game
can end sooner if a team reaches 21 points
before the stipulated time. If a game is tied
attheendof regulationtime,thefirstteamto
score two points in overtime wins. Each side
isawardedtwofreethrowsfromthe seventh
team foul, then two free throws and posses-
sionafterthe 10th.Theballis slightlysmaller
than in the 5x5 game to promote snappier
handling, only one substitute per team is al-
lowed and in-game coaching is not allowed.
“Canitbecalledthesameif therearesomany
differences?” he asks. And a single common
hoop to aim at.
Half a court does not make the game less
strenuous either. “There are two fewer men
on the court, which means there is no time
to sit back and relax for even a second. It’s re-
lentless and an ultimate test of your en-
durance. Even some of the NBA
players would struggle when
they first play 3x3,” he says.
As did Canada’s Stephen Sir,
who was a shooter for
Milwaukee Bucks. “It is attack
attack and attack. It’s so back-
and-forth with the way the
game is played, where if the
other team scores and I’m de-
fending, we’re taking it out of
thenetandrunningouroffenceimmediately.
It’s a continuous game, and coming from a
5x5 background I was drained,” he says.
There are other subtle differences too—
all defensive rebounds and steals must be
cleared to the arc, fast breaks are non-exis-
tent, thus placing a greater emphasis on
screens, isolation plays, quick backdoor cuts
andoffensiveplayersbackingdowntheirde-
fenders into the post. As a result, the players
enduprelyingasmuchoncunningandtrick-
ery as on stamina and physicality. “You have
to be versatile—shoot, dribble, pass and play
defence. I thought half-court was easy, I was
wrong,” he explains.
And be more physical—the referees take
a more lenient approach to grappling. Once
a team commits seven fouls, the other squad
shoots two free throws, but no one can be
sent off.
Simply put, it’s not a game for a middle-
aged, out-of-shape wannabe Kevin Durant
B I R M I N G H A M Commonwealth of emotions: Breaking stereotypes, a novice’s dare,
28 JULY- 8 AUG a desire to end poverty, a mother’s struggle and curious origins.
Almost every NBA hall-of-famer, almost everyone who had held a basketball in
his hands, might have played informal 3x3 at some point of their life. Reuters File
indrivewaysandbackyards,assomebelieve.
Incidentally, the first organised 3x3 tourna-
ment was played out in a driveway in
Michigan, organised by a group of 18 friends
who played for a tournament purse of $18.
Later, they called it the Macker Basketball
Tournament,afterthemainorganiser’snick-
name.
There were several iterations of this ver-
sion around the world with different rules,
before FIBA chalked up a unified set of rules
in 2007, three years before the first 3x3
World Cup.
The presence of 3x3 was visibleyet invis-
ible. It was everywhere—perhaps predates
the 5-on-five—but still considered informal.
Under different guises and forms--streetball
themostconspicuous--ithasexisted.Almost
every NBA hall-of-famer, almost everyone
whohadheldabasketballinhishands,might
have played informal 3x3 in some point of
their life.
Be what you want to be
But in Novi Sad, the second largest city in
Serbia where Bulut grew up, 3x3 was more
popular than 5x5. “More than 75 percent of
basketball games I have played in my life is
3x3.Itwasalwaysmorepopularhere,”hesays.
The conventional version almost caged
him.“Thereislessscopeforimprovisationand
innovation.ThereislessfreedomandIfeltsuf-
focated. In 3x3, I can be what I am,” he says.
“IcanbewhatIam”meansalotof theatre
and stunts (rather than moves) . He has
patented the Shammgod Nutmeg, which
Bulut calls the Bodiroga in honor of the
Serbian 5-on-5 basketball legend Dejan
Bodiroga. He throws the ball in front of his
body, drops his shoulder, pulls it back with
hisoppositehand,performsacrossoverdrib-
ble and nutmegs the marker.
He explains the move with characteris-
tic gusto: “It starts with the eyes, your eyes
move that side, you move this side. You drop
your eyes this way and move the opposite
way,” he says as though it is as simple as
throwing a piece of paper into the dustbin.
There are other eye-popping stunts up
his sleeve too—behind-the-back-assist, Euro
Step layup, a move where he moves in one
direction before exploding the opposite way
after picking up his dribble, and a step-back
shot.
These are tricks you do not find in text-
books or coaching manuals. Most of them
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were self-taught, a fruit of numerous hours
spentre-watchingVHS tapes,reading sports
magazines brought by his sports journalist
father and practising those a hundred times
on the court.
Incidentally or not, Bulut is the market-
ing face (and force) the fledgling sport was
desperately looking for. “Every sport needs
a guy like me to survive. A dash of glamour. I
might not earn like an NBA guy. But I can be
happy that I have done my best to make this
game (three-a-side) glamorous,” he says.
There is enough evidence, he says, that
suggests the exponential growth in the
sport’s viewership. “As many as seven hun-
dred thousand streamed the last game I
played (in America’s Big3 league). That too
in baseball season,” he points out.
Steve then dispels another misconcep-
tion, that 3x3 is a resort of NBA rejects.
“Please don’t consider us as failed basketball
players.BasketballisnotjustabouttheNBA,”
he requests,
He has seen the cynicism in the eyes, felt
that in words and often enough, he has been
asked in a condescending tone by strangers
and acquaintances: “Why 3x3? Couldn’t
make it to the NBA?” He does not blame the
snides, because for the world at large, bas-
ketball begins and ends with the NBA.
Bulut agrees: “NBA still is the highest
form of basketball, and it would be difficult
for 3x3 to match its popularity. We exist not
as competitors but as a different sport.”
As for America’s favourite fantasy of all-
time trio, the US men’s team did not even
qualify for the Tokyo Games. So specialised
the game has become that it’s simply not a
matter of throwing three NBA stars together
to win a medal. “There are still a lot of places
wherethesameteamplaysbothformats.But
3x3 has a separate circuit and more coun-
tries have begun to pick different teams for
different formats. We’ve been training for
years,” says Steve.
Stretching the point, the US, the undis-
puted basketball powerhouse of the world,
has won just one of the seven 3x3 World
Cups. And the only time it won, they had no
NBA galactico in the team (two of the four
don’t even have wiki pages). That perhaps
nailsthedebateabout3x3asacrunchedver-
sion of basketball or whether it’s a different
discipline altogether.
New Delhi
GROUND REPORT
Indian team facing the heat.
HOCKEY COACH SPEAKS
‘It’s hot but it
is what it is’
THE HEATWAVE is sparing none.
India’s women’s hockey team landed
inNottinghamonMondayandwithin
the first 24 hours, they experienced
the unusual weather, with coach
Janneke Schopman wondering
whether it’llbea boon for her teamor
have an adverse impact.
“It’shotbutitiswhatitis,”shesaid
on Tuesday. The women’s hockey
team trains in Bangalore, which is
mostly cool, but had spent a consid-
erable time camping in Bhubaneswar
this year for their Pro League games.
Schopman and forward Monika said
training in Bhubaneswar, which can
be quite hot, will help them adapt to
the conditions in Birmingham if the
heatwave continues to persist during
the Games. “We have trained and
played in Bhubaneswar where it is
also quite hot and humid. We also
haven’t seen the actual field in
Birmingham, but however it is, we
have to make the best of the circum-
stances that are on offer,” Schopman
said.
The women players adapted well
to the conditions in Tokyo last year,
ensuring that their improved fitness
levels helped them play at a high in-
tensity in soaring temperatures. The
team, will carry out a final prepara-
tioncampfortheCWGinNottingham
before they leave for Birmingham on
July 23 for their first match against
Ghana on July 29.