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Maurya H.No.1061, KH-105/5/1, Imtiaz Ahmad, R/o-404, H.No.T-257, Idgah Road, Sher Ka It is for the information of general public Be it known to the general public at large on
Gali.No-9,B-Block,Baba Colony, Doctors Aparment, Jasola Pinjara, Delhi-110006 have that my clients Sh. Satya Prakash, S/o Jai behalf of my client Smt Chandra D/o Moji Public at Large is hereby
Burari, Delhi-84,have changed Vihar, N.Delhi-110025, have changed my name to Saira Prakash and his wife Sunita Gupta both Ram R/o House No.-692/693, Second Floor, cautioned that my clients 1)
R/o H. No. D/1090, Gali No. 8, Ashok Gurudwara Road, West Guru Angad Nagar,
my minor daughter name,from changed my name to Mohd Bano for all purposes. Delhi-110092, hereby severed all her Colonel Prem Solanki, 2)
Nagar, Nand Nagri Delhi 110093 has
debar and disowned his son namely relations with her son and two daughters and Brigadier Raj Singh Solanki
Amruta Maurya to Amrita Anas. 0070792214-1
PERSONAL Maurya vide-affidavit
0040620213-1 Rahul Gupta and his wife, from all his
moveable and immoveable properties
their families namely 1. (Son) Shri Manish S/o
Smt. Chandra, her daughter-in-law Smt.
sons of Late Sh. Badlu Ram &
3) Ms. Renu Solanki W/o Late
I, Manish, S/o Deviram Tanwar, I Anil Saroop Bammi S/O, Baldev and severed all his relations with him due.
Kumkum Kumari & her Grand-Son Piyush
27/6/2022 before.Delhi Kumar. all R/o House No.-692/693, Second Brigadier Anand Solanki all of
In my 10th-class Document, my R/o DB-192, Shiv Colony, Near to their misconduct and misbehavior. My Floor, Gurudwara Road, West Guru Angad
Sarup Bammi R/o H No-c- clients shall not be responsible in future Village Nasirpur, Delhi now
name is written as Sheelu 0040620288-4 Sweet Angel School, Palwal, Nagar, Delhi-110092. 2. (Daughter) Smt.
C/o 728, Sector-23A,
1a/17-c , Janakpuri West Delhi- for any acts and deeds of his disowned Madhvi W/o Shri Prem Kumar, her son-in-law
Panday & my father Name is Haryana-121102, have changed son and his wife. Prem Kumar, her Grand-son Ankit, her grand-
Gurgaon-122017, Haryana
I,Neelam,W/o Raju Sabbarwal, 110058 have changed my name Sd/- daughters Neha & Deepa all R/o H.No-110,
written as Dinesh Chandra my name and shall hereafter Kishan Kunj, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092. 3. are the exclusive owners of
R/o-H.No.12-A,DDA-Flat, to Anil Sarup Bammi for all (ANAND MOHAN)
Panday which is incorrect. be known as Mandev Singh ADVOCATE (Daughter) Smt. Amita Agarwal W/o Shri the land bearing Khasra No.
Community Center, purposes. 0040620280-1 Enrol. No. D-3629/2010 Anoop Agarwal, her son-in-law Shri Anoop
446 Min. Khatoni 115, 114 and
Whereas, our Correct name is Tanwar. 0070792126-1 Ch. No. K-1C, Opp. Police Lock-Up Agarwal & her grand-son Aadarsh Agarwal.,
Mansarover Park, Shahdara all living in Calcutta. My client have disowned 113 of Village Nasirpur, Delhi
Sheelu Pandey & Dinesh I,Shashank S/o-Parveen R/o Tis Hazari Court, Delhi-110054
North East Delhi-110032,have I, Kanta Bhatia, W/o Chandra and debarred all of them and their family
to the extent of one Acre each.
Chandra Pandey. 0070792220-1 Ward.no.8, Punjabi-Colony, members from her all immovable and
No one including Pardeep
changed my name to Neelam Prakash Bhatia, R/o 120/500 D, movable properties and her life due to their

Sabbarwal, for all purposes.

Julana,Jind,Haryana-126101, PUBLIC NOTICE rude behavior towards my client. Anybody Solanki, Sanjeev Solanki both
I,ZORINE NATHAN,W/o RAVI Lajpat Nagar, Uttar Pradesh- deals with them do the same at their own
have changed my name to General public is hereby informed that sons of Late Sh. Dharamvir,
NATHAN, R/o,E-296,Third- 0040620257-8 208005, have changed my name my client Sh. Ravi Gakhar, S/o Sh.
risks and responsibilities, as my client shall
Shashank Bansal. not held responsible for their any act or J.V. Rana and Rohit Khurana
floor,Tagore-Garden, West- and shall hereafter be known Ramesh Lal Gakhar, R/o C-27, Rajouri omission in future.
have any kind of right, title and
I,Nameet Vaid S/o Jugal Kishor 0040620257-7 Garden, New Delhi-110027, has lost his Sd/-
Delhi, Delhi-110027,declare as Chandra Kanta Bhatia. interest in the said properties
Vaid R/o B-710, PMO Society, documents i.e., Cheques, Per notes, Bill DEEPAK RAJ
that name of mine has been I,KARAMBIR CHAHAL, Books, Aadhar Card, PAN Card. If Advocate of my clients. Various
Sector-62, Noida(U.P) have 0070792133-1 (M) 9811360370
litigations including CS (OS)
wrongly-written as ZORANE S/O.RAHISH SINGH CHAHAL
anyone finds these documents and
changed my name to Namit attempts to misuse these documents, No. 334/2017 and CS (OS)
NATHAN in my minor son’s I, Kajal Rousha, D/o Sarwan ADD-D-46B,2ND-FLOOR SINGLE
Vaid for all future purposes. than the person shall be liable for
PUBLIC NOTICE no. 299/2017 are pending
SHAWN BRYAN NATHAN aged- Rousha, R/o SarakPur, Gautam STOREY VIJAY-NAGAR,DELHI- criminal action.
before the Hon’ble High Court
17-years in his School-Records. 0040620218-1 Buddha Nagar, Bilaspur, Uttar Sd/ I Ramesh Sahni s/o Hem Raj &
110009, Changed my name to SANJAY AGARWAL of Delhi and also Civil Suits
The actual-name of mine is Pradesh - 203131, that name of Madhu Sahni w/o Sh. Ramesh
I,NAKUL KUMAR,S/O NARINDER KARAMVIR CHAHAL,for ADVOCATE bearing CS No.412/2018, No.
Sahni R/o 2/5, First Floor,
ZORINE NATHAN, which may be KUMAR R/O.A-308 NAVIN mine, my father and my mother all,future Purposes. E.No D/867/90 CH. No 575, 413/2018 and No. 414/2018,
Punjabi Bagh East, New Delhi-
amended accordingly. has been wrongly written as WESTERN WING DISTT. & SESSIONS pending before the District
APARTMENT SECTOR 0040620257-5 COURTS TIS HAZARI, 110026 have lost my Original Courts at Dwarka, New Delhi.
5,PLOT.NO.13,DWARKA,DELHI- Kajal, Sarvan Kumar and Sarla complete set of Sale Deed of
0040620257-9 DELHI-54 (INDIA)
Further in one of the
110075,Have changed my name respectively in my 10th Class I,Firoja D/o-Mohammad above said property bearing proceedings, a partition
I,YOGESH SHANDILIYA,S/O School Certificate and no.2, first floor, road no 5, East
to NAKUL KAILEY. 0040620256-4 Farukh,R/o B-128,Sahegal PUBLIC NOTICE decree has already been
DINESH CHANDER Marksheet. The actual name of Building Ring-Road,Near This is to inform public at large that my Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi- passed in favour of my clients
SHARMA,ADD-598-F, KHAJOORI I,Manjeet Kumar,S/o Desh Raj mine, my father and my mother Masjid,Kilokari,New Delhi-
client Amit Gosain s/o Hargovind Gosain 110026, registered vide and also in one of the
and his wife Shivani Gosain R/o H.No.145
KHAS EXTN,GALI.NO-17, DELHI- Gambhir R/o-91 Ground-Floor is Kajal Rousha, Sarwan Street no 5, new Lahore colony, shastri Registration no.3065, Addl. proceedings; the Hon’ble High
110014,have changed my name Book no.1, Volume no.6786,
NORTH EAST-DELHI-110094. State-Bank Colony,Gujranwala Rousha and Sunita Devi
nagar, Gandhi nagar S.O., East Delhi, Court of Delhi at New Delhi
to Firoza 0040620256-2 Delhi 110031 have cut of their family
Page 80-90, dated 19.4.95 in has been pleased to grant
Changed my name to YOGESH Colony,Delhi-110009, have respectively. 0070792178-1 relations and have disowned their elder
son named Raghav Gosain s/o Amit favour of Sh Ramesh Sahni & status quo order. The above
KUMAR SHANDILIYA, changed my name to Manjeet Gosain aged 16 years from their movable
Smt Madhu Sahni. Finders may mentioned persons claim right
I, sakir, S/o nawab,Address-
permanently. 0040620256-7 Kumar Gambhir 0040620257-2
tehsil nuh dist mewat
LOST & FOUND / immovable properties due to his
disobedient, Bad Society and bad social contact at above address. on basis of GPA of my clients
activities and my clients were not / are not Mobile no-9873644041, which is fake and forged. The
I,Vikas Dabas s/o Baljeet I,KHUSHANT S/o-MUKESH R/O- ferozepur namak (156) I Nikhil Khurana S/o Sh. Ramesh / shall not be responsible for any act of Sh
Raghav Gosain in any manner in future. 9811744041 office of Sub-Registrar has
R/o:H.NO-75,Village Rasool Pur C-909,SANGAM VIHAR,SOUTH gurgaon haryana-122107, Khurana R/o 14/72, Geeta Also not liable for any financial, Civil and confirmed through RTI that no
Delhi-110081,have changed my DELHI, DELHI-110062,have changed my name to sakir Colony, Delhi-110031 have lost
Criminal activity done by Raghav Gosain.
such registration took in their
name to Vikas Permanently. changed my name KHUSHAL Hussain. 0040620298-2 my Original Agreement to Sell
SHWETA GARG, ADVOCATE
D/898/2007
PUBLIC NOTICE office. Also, on alleged day of
for all future purpose.Both Chamber: B-101, B.G.S. Block, Public at large is hereby informed that my execution of alleged forged
0040620256-9 I,ASISH KUMAR GHOSH, & Purchase and GPA etc. Tis Hazari, Delhi-110052 client Smt. Indu Sharma W/o Late Sh. Hari
name are same persons. 248 CIVIL WING, Tis Hazari, Delhi Krishan Sharma R/o A 1/4, Ground Floor, GPA, my clients Brigadier Raj
S/O.MANORANJAN GHOSH, executed on 05.11.2018 by Chacchi Building, Krishna Nagar, Delhi- Singh Solanki and Brigadier
I,Veena W/o-Manjeet Kumar Parmod Kumar in favour of
0040620276-6 R/O.H.NO-281, UNITED
110051 has severed her relations with her Anand Solanki were not even
Gambhir,R/o 91 Ground Floor Nikhil Khurana W.R.T Second
son Mayur Sharma and his wife Smt. Meenal
present at Delhi as they were
State-Bank Colony,Gujranwala I,Inderpreet Kaur Bajaj W/o APTS,PLOT-34,SEC-4,DWARKA Sharma & their son Rudransh; and my clien't
Floor of Property No.13/307, has disowned & debarred all of them from her at active Duty at Bangalore
Colony,Delhi-110009, have Gurvinder Singh Bajaj R/o WZ- ,NEW-DELHI-110078 ,HAVE all the moveable and immoveable properties
which fact is even confirmed
CHANGED MY NAME TO ASHISH Geeta Colony, Delhi-110031. due to cruel and disrespectful behavior of the
changed my name to Veena 622A, First Floor, Street- Finders may contact at above said Mayur Sharma and his wife Smt. Meenal through Indian Army
Gambhir 0040620257-3 No.19,Shiv Nagar,New Delhi- GHOSH,FOR ALL,FUTURE Sharma towards my client. Any person Certification. Hence the
PURPOSE. 0040620257-4 address. 0040620213-2 dealing with them shall be doing so at his own
projected claim by the above
110058,have changed my name risk, and my client shall not be responsible for
I,Surabhi Khera,W/o Rohit I, Achint Goyal have lost my their any acts, deeds and things. stated persons is an act of
to Inderpreet. 0040620276-5 I, KM Nameera alias Nameera, Sd/-
forgery for which my clients
Khera,R/o-216, Ground- Form-38 bearing No.-1205949, VISHNU SHARMA
Floor,Tagore-Park,G.T.B-Nagar, I,Chirjeev Singh Gujral, D/o Mohd Ateek, R/o Dr. Jumma Advocate has even launched Criminal
Ki Gali, Asalatpura, Near Badi issued by Commercial Tax Chamber No. X-15, Civil Wing, Complaints bearing No.
Delhi,Have Changed My Name S/o.Satinder Singh,R/o.1/59, Department UP, and records of Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054
Masjid, Moradabad, Uttar 31096/2018, No. 31093/2018
to Surabhi Sachdev Khera,for First-floor,Jangpura-Extn. sale purchase of FY 16-17 of and No. 31100/2018 before
Pradesh-244001, have changed
All,Future Purposes. Delhi-110014,have changed my
my name to Ayesha. Tin. No 09288829437, Add:- PUBLIC NOTICE the Ld. MM, Dwarka Courts,
name to Chirjeev Singh,for all 62/2/8 Site-4 Industrial Area, Delhi. The Ld. M.M. has
0040620256-5 It is informed to the Public at large that my
purposes. 0040620256-3 0070792188-1 clients Sh. O.P. Sharma and his wife Mrs. pleased to pass directions for
Sahibabad Ghaziabad, Finder Laxmi Sharma r/o H.No. 398, Police registration of the FIR and
I,SUNIL,S/o PUSHKAR
I,Chayanika Arora Thareja,W/O I, Harsha Tulsani, D/o Gopal Das Contact-9873006037. Colony, Ashok Vihar, Phase-I, Delhi- now the revision proceedings
DUTTADD.FLAT.NO.GBG- 110052, hereby Disown their son namely
Sukrit Thareja, born on.17 Jan and W/o Hemant Tulsani, R/o A- 0070792217-1 are pending before the
054,NEW TOWN HEIGHTS, Mr. Yashasvi Mudgal and his wife Ms.
Sessions Judge, Dwarka
1986,R/O C-32, Bhagwan Das 5/4, Ground Floor, Rohini Sec- Meenakshi both R/o C-7, 83A,
SECTOR-91,GURGAON, I, Chanchal Rani D/o Late Sh. Keshavpuram, Delhi, who got married on Courts, New Delhi. In these
Nagar,East Punjabi Bagh, 16, North West Delhi- 110089,
HARYANA-122505. Changed my Chiman Lal Narang R/o 244, 3rd
20.04.2019 and living separately since circumstances, my clients are
Delhi-110026,have changed my have changed my name to their marriage, with immediate effect, from
prosecuting their rights before
name to SUNIL KUMAR, Floor, Hakikat Nagar, all of their movable and immovable
name to Chayanika Arora. Harsha Setiya. 0070792185-1 properties, as their behavior has become the appropriate adjudicating
0040620288-7 Kingsway Camp, Delhi-110009 out of control, rude, unbearable and authorities as well as Hon’ble
0040620276-4 I, Harsha Tulsani, D/o Gopal Das have lost my property
I,SUNIL
threatening. My clients further severed all High Court. They have not
I,Bhavaya Vaid S/o Jugal Kishor and W/o Hemant Tulsani, R/o A- document no. 13188 in addl. their relations with them for all purposes
given any right, authority,
KUMAR,ADD.FLAT.NO.GBG- 5/4, Ground Floor, Rohini Sec-
with immediate effect. Any person/s who
attorney or license to deal with
Vaid R/o B-710, PMO Society, Book No-I Volume No-2069 deals with them will do so at his/her own
054,NEW TOWN HEIGHTS, 16, North West Delhi- 110089, their properties to anyone. It
Sector-62, Noida(U.P) have regd on 15.11.2008 in the office costs, risks and consequences.
SECTOR-91,GURGAON, have changed my name to
Sd/- has come to knowledge of my PUBLIC NOTICE
changed my name to Bhavya of Sub-registrar VI-A, Pitam (Vikas K. Bharti)
HARYANA-122505,changed my clients that the above
Vaid for all future purposes. Harsha Setiya. 0070792185-1 Pura, Delhi. If found contact- Advocate This is to inform the general public
MINOR son name YANKIT to Chamber No. 207, Lawyer's Chamber mentioned persons are that my clients Manu Aggarwal S/o
I, Chandramohan Singh, S/o 9711969919 0040620213-3 Block, Rohini Courts, Delhi-110085 suppressing the real facts and late K.C. Aggarwal and Smt. Charu
YANKIT SHARMA. 0040620288-5 0040620218-2
Girish Nandan Singh, R/o A-715, trying to create third party Aggarwal W/o Shri Manu Aggarwal,
I,Prem Lata Bammi W/o-Late interest against the order of both R/o D-63, Sector-52, Noida,
I,SUNIL KUMAR, I,Amita Rani W/o Suresh Kumar Jalvayu Towers, Sector-47, Baldev Bammi, Have Lost the Hon’ble High Court of U.P.-201301 have entered into an
ADD.FLAT.NO.GBG-054,NEW Sapra R/o B-56, Sector-33, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, Agreement to Sell for purchase of
Power Of Attorney & All Delhi. It has also been residential flat No. F-406, on the
TOWN HEIGHTS, SECTOR- Noida(U.P) have changed my Uttar Pradesh-201304. I have Originals Property Papers Of informed that the above fourth floor in Tower-F, at Grand
91,GURGAON, HARYANA- name to Amita Sapra for all changed the name of my minor mentioned persons are Ajnara Heritage, built on plot No.
Property No:A4C/31,
122505, changed my Minor purposes. 0040620218-4 Daughter Shreya carrying out illegal GH-01/B, Sector-74, Noida, U.P.
Janakpuri, New Delhi-58, from the owners namely Shri Ajay
daughter name SRISHTI to Chandramoahn Singh aged construction and planning to Verma S/o Late Shri Dhruva Krishna
I,ANKIT PRAMODKUMAR Finder Contact:9811088672. sell the portions of the
SRISHTI SHARMA. 0040620288-6 about 15 years and She shall
Verma and Shri Shreyas Verma S/o
MALIK,S/o-PRAMODKUMAR 0040620276-10 property to innocent public Shri Ajay Verma, both permanent
I,SULEKHA KUSHWAH,W/O SOMNATH MALIK R/o-A- hereafter be known as Shreya unauthorizedly. Hence my resident of 5/865, Vikram Khnad-5,
Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, U.P. and
SURENDRA SINGH KUSHWAH, 2204,ATS-HACIENDAS AHINSA- Singh. 0070792153-1 My original document clients by way of this present part consideration has already been
R/o FLAT.NO.FF8, TOWER-4, KHAND-1, INDIRAPURAM relinquishment Public Notice is cautioning the paid by my clients to the said owners
I, Chander Prabha W/O Shri Ajay public at large to not to deal at the time of entering into the said
PALAM-VALLEY, SECTOR-1, GHAZIABAD UP-201014, deed,document registration
Verma H.No 197/B-87, Guru with respect to the above agrrement to sell for purchase of the
GREATER-NOIDA WEST, Changed my name to ANKIT no.11735 in book.no.1 said flat. That my clients are the
Nanak Pura, Laxmi Nagar, mentioned properties of my
BISHRAKH, GAUTAM-BUDH MALIK. 0040620257-1 vol.no.4655 on page 139 to 141 clients. Anyone doing so shall
bonafide purchasers of the aforesaid
Delhi-110092, have changed my flat form the vendors Shri Ajay
NAGAR,U.P 201306,changed my on this date-26/11/2012 of do at his own risks, costs and Verma and Shri Shreyas Verma and
I, Vikas Sharma, R/o 452, Ground name to Prabha Verma.
name to LAXMI. 0040620276-2 property no.313/105 G,TULSI peril and my clients would not for the said purpose, the necessary
Floor, Shakti Khand-4, 0040620258-1 NAGAR,NEAR be liable of responsible for any title documents shall be executed
I,Rpiti Gupta,W/o Rajan Gupta, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, U.P.- and got registered alongwith
INDERLOK,DELHI-110035, has such transaction in any payment of the balance sale
Add, Flat.no.35, Pocket.B- 201014, have changed my I, Brij bala chadha, W/o-kawal manner whatsoever. It is also
been lost.Finder contact:Murti consideration amount. The said
8,Sector-4, Rohini,New Delhi- minor son’s name from RUDRA kishor chadha, Address-8, clarified that my clients have process for transfer of the said flat in
paschim enclave pachim-vihar Devi Sharma W/o,late not settled any dispute favour of my clients shall take about
110085,changed my name to SHARMA to DHAIRYA Sh.Ramjilal Sharma Mobile- 10 days and during the said period,
sunder-vihar delhi-110087. whatsoever with any of the
Priti Gupta. 0040620288-8 SHHARMA for all future No.9911961171. 0040620288-13 above mentioned persons and
if any person has any kind of
purposes. 0070792207-1 Changed my name to bala objection, he/she/they may give the
I,Reena Kumari,W/o Shravan disputes are still pending. If said objections to me within a period
chadha. 0040620298-1 anyone of the above said of 7 days.
Kumar,R/o-Flat No.303,SF, I, V. PREM PYARI, W/o Randhir
Plot.No.7, Gyan Khand- Tiwary, R/o Flat G4, Plot A3, I, Anil Kumar, R/O E-86, Ground PROPERTY FOR SALE people deals on the pretext of Sd/-
VINAY GUPTA
settlement with my clients, he
2,Indirapuram, Gzb,have Rampuri, Ghaziabad-201011, Floor, Saket, New Delhi-110017 3 bhk Duplex flat, gr. noida, is making a false statement.
Advocate
E. No. D-374/88
changed my name to Riya have changed my name to have changed the name of my Living room double height Sd/- 827, GALI KUNDEWALAN,
Singh, forever. 0040620276-3 PREM PYARI TIWARY. minor daughter Myra to Myra advantage. Balcony & terrace GAURAV GAUR AJMERI GATE, DELHI-110006
Chaudhary vide affidavit dated for enclosure utilisation. arca Advocate
I,Ranjan Maurya W/o,No 0070792221-1 23rd June 2022 sworn before En. No. D/2340/2007
1485 Sq.ft 9422046695,
14622806N HAV Abhilash I, Sushma Chaukiyal, D/o notary Sushma Gupta, Delhi. Resi-cum-Off. M-161,
9850500592 0040620215- 1st Floor,
Maurya H.No .1061,KH- Ramesh Prasad Chaukiyal, R/o 0040620219-1 M-Block, Vikash Puri,
105/5/1,Gali.No-9 B-Block, RZ-26P/66, Gali No.10, Indra
Baba Colony,Burari Delhi- New Delhi-110018
I, Ajay Gangwani S/o Gurcharan
84,have changed my name,to
Park, Palam Colony, South
Singh R/o F-171, Prashant
EDUCATION
West Delhi-110045, have
Ranjana Maurya vide changed my name and shall Vihar, Delhi-110085, have Indian Economy For UPSCPCS
affidavit.27/6/2022 hereafter be known as Sushma changed my name to Ajay in Layman’s term+syllabus- PERSONAL
before.Delhi 0040620288-2 Maithani. 0070792156-1 Kumar, for all future purposes. oriented mode. Online 50 I, Kashyap Aggarwal S/o Pawan
I,Rakhi w/o Vikas R/O -H.NO -75 0040620209-1 hours Starts 1st July Fee-1000 Kumar Agarwal R/o 115, 2nd
I, Sonia, W/o Tirlok Singh, R/o (Wtsapp 9718622902)
Village Rasool Pur Delhi-110081 Pocket-1, Gurdwara Sri Guru Floor, Pocket-9, Sector-24,
I, Aastha Narula Lochab,W/o
have changed my name to Kalgidhar Sabha, Paschim Puri, 0050199559-1 Rohini, Delhi-110085 have
Neeraj Kumar,R/o-248-249, 1st
Rakhi Rana Permanently. Paschim Vihar, West Delhi- changed my name to Kashyap
Floor, Pocket-26,sector-24,
0040620256-10 110063, have changed my name Rohini, Delhi-110085,have PUBLIC NOTICE Agarwal 40618286 -1
to MANPREET KAUR for all changed my name to Aastha
I,RIZWANA KHATOON,W/O
Md,FIROZ R/O.178/A,J-
future purposes. 0070792209-1 Narula 0040620288-1 “IMPORTANT”
Whilst care is taken prior to acceptance of
EXTENSION LAXMI-NAGAR I, Savinder Nischal S/o Shri I hitherto known as Narinder advertising copy, it is not possible to verify its
DELHI,HAVE CHANGED MY Madan Lal Nischal R/o 7/228, Kumar alias Narender Kumar contants. The Indian Express (P) Limited cannot
Geeta Colony, Delhi-110031 be held responsible for such contents, nor for any
NAME,FROM R AIZWANA alias Narender Kumar Verma loss or damage incurred as a result of
KHATOON TO RIZWANA have Changed my name to S/o Mulkh Raj residing at D-6/8 transactions with companies, associations or
KHATOON,FOR ALL,FUTURE Savinder Kumar Nischal for all 3rd floor Rana Pratap Bagh individuals adversing in its newspapers or
Purposes. 0040620294-1 Publications. We therefore recommend that
PURPOSES , 0040620288-9 Delhi-110007 employed as readers make necessary inquiries before sending
I, Satish Kumar Bagai S/o Shyam Pharmacist in Health and any monies or entering into any agreements with
I,RAJ KUMAR,S/O MADAN LAL
Sunder Bagai R/o-H.No.2407, Family Welfare Department advertisers or otherwise acting on an
AGARWAL, R/o.16/332,KALI advertisement in any manner whatsoever.
First-Floor, Basti-Punjabian, GOVT of NCT of Delhi have
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SC grants relief to Sena rebels, asks if

BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY Moving key riot trials
out to indicting state:
Dy Speaker can decide on own removal What Supreme Court
Told it can’t intervene in House matter, Next ED summons Sanjay Raut, once said and did
bench says judicial review not barred steps At one stage, top court even expunged
The vacation bench of
unclear he calls it ‘conspiracy’ Gujarat HC remarks against Teesta
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G Justices Surya Kant and Justice J Raut is trying to rally the Sena’s
WORLD NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 B Pardiwala which issued notice WHILE THE SC has granted SAGAR RAJPUT MLAs and workers behind Chief and C T Ravikumar underlined
on two petitions — one by Sena interim relief to the Sena & VALLABH OZARKAR Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a LEENA MISRA that “materials collected during
SHIV SENA rebel MLAs, who had rebel leader Eknath Shinde and rebel MLAs, it is not clear MUMBAI, JUNE 27 bid to overcome an internal re- & SOHINI GHOSH the investigation do not give rise
been asked by Maharashtra anotherby15MLAsof hisfaction what happens next on the volt led by rebel leader Eknath AHMEDABAD, JUNE 27 to strong or grave suspicion re-
Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal who had been served disqualifi- ground. If a floor test is THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate Shindewhohasclaimedthesup- garding hatching of larger crim-
to reply by Monday evening to cation notices — fixed July 11 as called before the next court (ED) has summoned Shiv Sena portof 39of theparty’s55MLAs. DISMISSINGTHEappealbyZakia inal conspiracy at the highest
notices on pleas seeking their the next date of hearing. hearing, it could trigger an- MPandspokespersonSanjayRaut CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Jafri,wifeof formerCongressMP level for causing mass violence
disqualification from the “In the meanwhile, as an in- other chain of events. on Tuesday in connection with a Ahsan Jafri who was killed dur- across the State against the mi-
Assembly, got interim relief terimmeasure,thetimegranted caseofallegedmoneylaundering ingthe2002Gujaratriots,against nority community and more so,
NATOTOBOOSTRAPID when the Supreme Court said by Deputy Speaker to petition- linked to a redevelopment proj- REBEL MINISTERS the Special Investigation Team indicating involvement of the
REACTIONFORCE, they had time until 5.30 pm on ers or other similarly placed EXPLAINED, PAGE 16 ect in Mumbai’s suburbs. LOSE PORTFOLIOS clean chit to then Chief Minister named offenders and their
UKRAINEMILITARY July 12 to send their replies. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Thecallcomesatatimewhen PAGE 12 Narendra Modi and others over meeting of minds at some level
SUPPORT PAGE18 allegations of conspiracy in the in that regard”.
riots, the Supreme Court, in its Yet it was the Supreme Court
judgment three days ago, re- which, through hearings and or-
ferredtoproceedingsbeingpur- ders over the years, called for

AltNews’ Mohammed India joins G7, 4 others to protect GOVT & POLITICS suedto“keepthepotboiling,ob-
viously, for ulterior design” and
“fairandimpartialinvestigation”
into the riots cases. Two cases —

Zubair held by Delhi

said “all those involved in such of the Best Bakery and Bilkis

free speech, ‘online and offline’ SANGRURLOSS:SGPC

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accordance with law”.
The bench of Justices A M
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At one point, the top court
even expunged remarks of the
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MAHENDER SINGH Held on
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charge of
hurting
INDIA,ALONGwithG7countries
and four invited countries, Clampdown & unclear policy, crypto
exchange founders leaving India
religious Monday signed the ‘2022
A CYBER unit of Delhi Police on sentiments Resilient Democracies
Monday arrested Mohammed Statement’ in which they com-
Zubair, the co-founder of fact- mittedto“guardingthefreedom, to Dubai with their families. some platforms, new rules and
checking website AltNews, on tended to outrage religious feel- independence and diversity of PRANAV MUKUL Polygon co-founder Sandeep regulatory tweaks being issued
charges of allegedly hurting re- ings). They said he has been re- civilsocietyactors”and“protect- NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 Nailwalisalsoamongthosewho every few weeks even as there is
ligious sentiments following a manded in police custody for a ing the freedom of expression have relocated to Dubai over the lack of clarity on policy in the
complaintbya socialmediauser day and will be produced in and opinion online and offline”. MULTIPLEINDIANentrepreneurs last two years. This is in addition longer run.
who referred to a tweet from court for bail hearing after A four-page statement, after and developers in the Web 3.0 toanearlierroundof departures. Meanwhile, the UAE and
2018. Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spacearemovingoutofthecoun- ZebPay and Vauld shifted to Singapore are among those ac-
The police said they filed an Police sources said the com- participated in the G-7 summit try in a bid to shift base to more Singapore; CoinDCX now has a tively promoting the ecosystem,
FIR against Zubair in connection plainant in the case uses the in Germany, said, “We, the crypto-friendly destinations. Singapore arm. offering policy certainty to in-
with the complaint under IPC Twitter name Hanuman Bhakt, Leaders of Germany, Argentina, The co-founders of India's This comes amid a progres- vestors and incentives to attract
sections 153-A (promoting en- with an image of Lord Hanuman Canada,France,India,Indonesia, PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Canada’s PM largestcryptocurrencyexchange sive clamping down on cryp- and foster talent pools.
mity between different groups) as the profile photo. On Monday Italy,Japan,Senegal,SouthAfrica, Justin Trudeau at the G7 meeting at Schloss Elmau Castle, WazirX, Nischal Shetty and tocurrencies,includingactionby According to industry insiders,
and 295-A (malicious acts, in- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Germany, on Monday. PTI RELATEDREPORT,PAGE13 Siddharth Menon, have moved enforcement agencies against CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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claimed to have been served by says that when his own issue of ers, he said, had given no reason booking amounts totalling Earlier, on September 19, Crypto “We hail all courageous de- “shock” at the arrest, described it
the dissident MLAs, seeking dis- removal is not decided, till then why they should not be asked to aroundRs138crorefromflatbuy- 2003, when the then Chief severaldevelopersandengineers fenders of democratic systems asa“violationofdueprocess”,and
qualification of the Deputy he cannot proceed with disqual- move the High Court. ers. The ED alleged that the pro- Secretary PK Laheri and DGP K working in this space have al- thatstandagainstoppressionand demanded that Zubair be “re-
Speaker. ification?”. “Not one single case in India, ceeds of the crime generated by Chakravarthi were summoned, ready moved or are considering violence,andwillstepupinterna- leased immediately”.
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uinenesswasindoubt.Thebench he cannot deal with it at all. whiletheSpeakerisseizedof the 100 crore from HDIL and “di- learnt that witnesses were turn- products and solutions are built. “open public debate, independ- Cell and handles cases of cyber
wondered what steps had been To a specific query from the matter,” Singhvi said. He pointed verted” it to various accounts of ing hostile. Chakravarthi said, “I Someofthebiggestcompaniesin entandpluralisticmedia”andthe crime and cyber forensics.
taken to check its genuineness bench on why they had not ap- to the SC’s February 1992 ruling “close associates, family mem- did ask the Police Commissioner theWeb2.0spacelikeGoogleand “free flow of information online DCP (IFSO) K P S Malhotra
and directed that the develop- proached the High Court under in Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachillhu bers,hisbusinessentities”,includ- why they turned hostile. Answer Facebookwerealsobuiltduringa andoffline”,fosteringlegitimacy, said: “Delhi Police has registered
ments in this be explained in an Article 226 of the Constitution, and Others to contend that no ing the family of Sanjay Raut. is they appear to have been won slowdown phase. This is why transparency, responsibility and a case after getting a complaint
affidavit. Kaul referred the bench to state- proceedingswouldliebeforeany TheEDhasalsoallegedthatin over. I have made enquiry from many people who are building accountability for citizens and fromaTwitterhandle,whereinit
SeniorAdvocatesAMSinghvi ments by Shiv Sena leaders like court on the actions of the 2010, a part of the proceeds of Rs the Police Commissioner who crypto and Web 3.0 products are elected representatives alike. was alleged that Mohammed
andDevduttKamat,appearingfor Sanjay Raut and said the atmos- Speakeruntilheorshedecidesan 83lakhwastransferredtoVarsha told me that these witnesses ap- moving to jurisdictions with Andthattheyarepreparedto Zubair had tweeted a question-
theDeputySpeakerandotherre- phereinMumbaiisnotconducive issue before them finally. Raut, who used it to buy a flat in peartohavebeenwonoverbythe morepolicyclarity,”saidatopex- defend these principles and are able image with a purpose to de-
spondents,opposedtheprayerfor to their pursuing legal remedies Justice Surya Kant sought to Dadar. Apart from this, at least accused.” ecutive at one of India's biggest resolved to: liberately insult the god of a par-
interim orders, saying disqualifi- there.PointingoutthattheShinde know if Kihoto was also a case eightplotsof landwereallegedly Asked why he had not taken cryptotradingplatformswhodid Protecting the freedom of ticularreligion.Suchtweetswere
cations proceedings by campwith39MLAswasthema- wheretheSpeaker’sverycontin- purchased at Kihim beach at steps for their re-examination, not want to be named. expression and opinion online gettingretweetedanditappeared
Speaker/Deputy Speaker were jority Shiv Sena, Kaul said “a mi- uation or removal was in ques- Alibaug in Maharashtra in the Chakravarthi said, “I came to Another person building a and offline and ensuring a free that there is a brigade of social
proceedings of the House and nority of a legislature party to- tion. No, replied Singhvi, adding nameofVarshaRautandSwapna know at a much later date.” blockchain platform said that in and independent media land- mediaentities,whoindulgeinin-
courts cannot intervene. day… is actually subverting the that there was no judgment Patkar, according to the ED. At this, Justice Sinha asked: addition to seeking an amicable scapethroughourworkwithrel- sult mongering thereby leading
But the bench referred to a entire state machinery. Our whichhadthatissueuntilNabam As per the original tripartite “Do you mean to say that you environment, there is also lack of evant international initiatives. toapossibleramificationoncom-
SupremeCourtrulingwhichsaid housesarebeingburnt,wearebe- Rebia which however “is consis- agreement, Guru Ashish asked the Police Commissioner clarityonthegovernment'sfuture Ensuring an open, free, munal harmony and is overall
a judicial review is not barred. ing physically threatened… a tentwithKihotoHollohanthatlet Constructionalsohadtopayrent onlyafterthejudgmentofacquit- stance from a law enforcement global,interoperable,reliableand against the maintenance of pub-
At one point, the bench won- party spokesperson says 40 bod- theSpeakerdecideevenwrongly” toall672tenantseverymonthtill tal was passed?”. Chakravarthi perspective. Speaking to The secure internet. lic tranquility.”
derediftheDeputySpeakerhim- ies will arrive from Gauhati, they andtheSC“willtheninterfereon the completion of the project. said,“Idonotremembertheexact Indian Express, Ashish Singhal, Increasing the cyber re- Aseniorpoliceofficersaidthe
selfcoulddecideonthenoticefor will be slaughtered like bulls and a final order”. However, the rent was paid only date.Ididnottakeanystepseven co-founder and CEO of silience of digital infrastructure, tweetpurportedlyshowedanim-
his removal. you wait and see what will hap- The court wondered if the till 2014-15, following which the after coming to know that wit- CoinSwitch, said: “India has bat- includingbyimprovingandshar- ageofahotel,withitsboardread-
AppearingfortherebelMLAs, pen in days to come, how they DeputySpeakerhimselfcouldde- tenants complained against the nesseshavebeenwonoverbythe tled brain drain for decades. This ing awareness of cyber threats ing “Honeymoon Hotel” re-
cideonthenoticeforhisremoval. developer. On January 12, 2018, accused.” is a generational opportunity to and expanding cyber response paintedto“HanumanHotel”.The
“Absolutely,hecandecidetheva- MHADAissuedaterminationno- Chakravarthi died in 2020. reset the odds in our favour -- cooperation. complainantpostedascreenshot,
lidity of the notice,” replied ticetoGuruAshishConstruction. OnNovember21,2003,the cryptohasmovedawayfromSilk Countering hybrid threats, tagged Delhi Police, and alleged
Singhvi. The bench said if the Against this notice, the nine pri- bench of CJI V N Khare, Justices S Road to Main Street. The exam- inparticularinformationmanip- thatthetweetwas“adirectinsult
Deputy Speaker is claiming that vatedeveloperswhohadbought B Sinha and A R Lakshmanan ples from the US and other ma- ulation and interference, includ- of Hindus”. “Kindly take action

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no notice for his removal was the FSI filed a suit in the Bombay stayed trial in 10 major riot cases ture economies show institu- ing disinformation. againstthisguy@delhipolice,”the
served,itwillhavetocallforanaf- High Court, stalling the project. onpetitionsseekinganindepend- tional investors are ready to put Cooperating to counter in- complainant tweeted.
fidavitoftheprescribedauthority. TheEDinitiatedinvestigation ent investigation into the cases capitalincryptomarketsifthereis formation manipulation, pro- “We came across the tweet
under provisions of PMLA 2002 besides shifting of trials outside moreregulatoryclarity.Indianin- mote accurate information, and last week. Zubair had posted this
Sanjay Raut againstGuruAshishConstruction, Gujarat. vestorsandinnovatorscanbene- advocate for our shared demo- tweet in 2018 but people have
Taking to Twitter and speak- HDIL promoters Rakesh Kumar On August 17, 2004, the fit from crypto capital if there is cratic values worldwide. been raising the issue recently.
ing to reporters later, Raut de- Wadhwan and Sarang Kumar bench of Justices Ruma Pal, S B more regulatory clarity.” Promotingaffordableaccess Wetookactionandregisteredan
scribed the ED's move as a “con- Wadhwan,andothersbasedona Sinha and S H Kapadia directed India's official recognition of to diverse sources of reliable and FIR,” the officer said.
spiracy”,saidhewouldnotbeable complaint filed by MHADA's that a riot cell be formed under cryptocurrency began in 2018, trustworthy information and Soonafterthearrest,Alt-News
toreachitsofficeonTuesday,and Executive Engineer. theDGPtoreopencasesclosedby when the RBI directed banks to data,onlineandoffline,including co-founder Prateek Sinha
dared the agency to arrest him. localpolicestations,andfilequar- cutmoneysupplytocryptotrad- through a multi-stakeholder ap- tweeted:“Zubairwascalledtoday
Thecasepertainstoallegedir- Riot trials terly reports. ing platforms -- a move that was proach,andbystrengtheningdig- by Special cell, Delhi, for investi-
regularitiesintheredevelopment GujaratHighCourtagainstactivist Stating that it would not pro- overturnedbytheSupremeCourt ital skills and digital literacy. gationina2020caseforwhichhe
of Patra Chawl by Guru Ashish Teesta Setalvad and others – ceed on the basis “that the entire in2020.Lastyear,thegovernment Enhancing transparency alreadyhadprotectionagainstar-
ConstructionPvtLtd,asubsidiary Setalvad was arrested last investigating machinery in the listed the introduction of a Bill in about the actions of online plat- rest from the High Court.
of Housing Development and Saturday by the Gujarat police, a State has failed”, the bench said Parliament to prohibit all private formstocombatviolent,extrem- However, today at around 6.45
Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), which dayafterZakiaJafri’spetitionwas “thereshouldbefurther/moreex- cryptocurrencies, but the Bill did ist and inciting content online. pm,weweretoldhehasbeenar-
hasbeenunderthescannerofin- dismissed. tensive and in-depth investiga- not get tabled. The statement said that restedinsomeotherFIRforwhich
vestigating agencies in connec- Consider these: tionintocases,numbering2000, During the Union Budget for democracies lay and protect the no notice was given which is
tionwiththeRs4,300-crorefraud OnApril12,2004,whileor- in which ‘A’ Summary Reports 2022-23,a30%taxonvirtualdig- foundations for free and vibrant mandatory under law for the
at PMC Bank. In February, the ED deringretrialintheVadodaraBest have been filed resulting in clo- ital assets was introduced with civicspaces,enablingandencour- Sectionsunderwhichhehasbeen
hadarrestedbusinessmanPravin Bakerycaseafter21accusedwere sureof casesatthethresholdand provisions dissimilar to other as- aging civic engagement and po- arrested. Nor FIR copy is being
Raut, who is a former director in acquitted, the bench of Justices thattheStateshouldconsiderfur- setclasses.Later,thegovernment liticalparticipation,whichinturn given to us despite repeated re-
GuruAshishConstructionandan Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit ther/extended investigations alsointroduceda1%taxdeducted stimulatemeaningfullegitimacy, quests.”ThecaseSinhawasrefer-
allegedaideof theSenaleader.In Pasayat said, “Those who are re- through its own high ranking of- atsource(TDS)–effectiveJuly1– creativity, innovation, social ac- ring to dates back to September
April, the agency attached prop- sponsible for protecting life and ficers to which none of the con- oncryptocurrencytransferswith countability, and responsibility. 2020, when police had booked
ertiesworthRs11.15crorebelong- properties and ensuring that in- cernedparties(includingStateof anintentionofmaintainingatrail It said, “We commit to: ZubairunderthePOCSOActafter
ing to Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha vestigationisfairandproperseem Gujarat) had any objection”. of money.Meanwhile, Dubai has Guarding the freedom, in- herespondedtoanabusivemes-
Raut, Pravin Raut and Swapna to have shown no real anxiety. In its order, the bench said, emerged as a hotspot for crypto dependenceanddiversityof civil sage from a Twitter user. The
Patkar,wifeoftheSenaMP’sclose Large number of people had lost “The Non-Governmental investments on the back of its society actors, speaking out Delhi High Court had, however,
associateSujitPatkar,intherede- their lives. Whether the accused Organizations which have been favourable policies. againstthreatstocivicspace,and restrained the police from taking
velopment project case. persons were really assailants or participating in this entire Responding to a query from respectingfreedomofassociation coercive action against him in
While top ED officials con- not could have been established process, will be at liberty to draw The Indian Express on Shetty and and peaceful assembly. connection with that case.
firmedthatSanjayRauthasbeen by a fair and impartial investiga- the attention of the Range Menon relocating to Dubai, Building resilience against PolicesourcessaidBengaluru-
instructedtoappearbeforethem tion.Themodernday‘Neros’were InspectorGeneraltoanyparticu- WazirX said: “We are a remote- malign foreign interference and based Zubair and his advocates
on Tuesday, the MP tweeted: “I looking elsewhere when Best lar case within the District of a firstorganisationwithemployees acts of transnational repression reached IFSO’s office in Dwarka
justcametoknowthattheEDhas Bakeryandinnocentchildrenand particular Range Inspector from over 70+ locations. This that seek to undermine trust in around 2 pm. “Police started
summonedme.Good!Thereare helpless women were burning, General and the Range Inspector givesallthecompanyemployees government, society and media, questioninghim,andaround3.15
big political developments in and were probably deliberating General will consider the same the option to work from any- reducecivicspaceandsilencecrit- pm, another investigation officer
Maharashtra. We, Balasaheb's howtheperpetratorsofthecrime before deciding whether where...WazirXisheadquartered ical voices. servedhimanoticeundersection
Shivsainiks,arefightingabigbat- can be saved or protected. Law further/fresh investigation or in Mumbai, and there is no Advancingprogrammesfor 41 CrPC (in the present case) and
tle.Thisisaconspiracytostopme. and justice become flies in the what action, if any, needs to be change in any of our operating the protection of human rights asked him to join the investiga-
Even if you behead me, I won't hands of these ‘wanton boys’.” takeninconnectionwiththeFIRs procedures”. WazirX, which is defenders and all those exposing tion. At around 5.30 pm, he was
take the Guwahati route. Arrest On the investigation and the filed.TheRangeInspectorGeneral owned by the world's biggest corruption. arrested,” said a source.
me! Jai Hind!” He was referring trialcourtthatorderedtheacquit- shallseewhethertheFIRsalready cryptoexchangeBinance,saidthe Thecountriesalsocommitted Inanothertweet,Sinhawrote:
to Shinde and the rebel Sena tals, the judges said, “One gets a filed are defective/deficient or current regulations on crypto to “protecting freedom of “After the medical examination,
MLAs who are holed up in feeling that the justice delivery faulty in any manner.” couldreduceparticipationandin- thought, conscience, religion or Zubairisbeingtakentoanundis-
Guwahati. Later, Raut said he is systemwasbeingtakenforaride On March 26, 2008, the creaseinefficienciesinsteadofen- belief and promoting inter-faith closed location. Neither Zubair’s
not linked to any of the compa- andliterallyallowedtobeabused, bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P couragingmorepeopletojointhe dialogue” and “promoting social lawyersorIarebeingtoldwhere.
niesontheED'sscanner.“Iwillnot misused and mutilated by sub- Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said, bandwagon. cohesion,solidarityandtheinclu- Weareinthepolicevanwithhim.
be able to go to the ED office on terfuge.Theinvestigationappears “Communalharmonyisthehall- InJune2021,theEnforcement sionofallmembersofsocietyon- No police person is wearing any
Tuesdayasthereisarallythatwas to be perfunctory and anything markof ademocracy.Noreligion Directoratehadsaidthatithadis- line and offline, while denounc- name tag.”
alreadyscheduledinAlibaugand butimpartialwithoutanydefinite teaches hatred. If in the name of sued a showcause notice to ingallformsofdiscriminationand DCP Malhotra said in a state-
Ihavetoaddressthepeoplethere. objectoffindingoutthetruthand religion, people are killed, that is WazirX and its directors Shetty violence”. ment:“InthemonthofJune2022,
It's a legal battle. Arrest me if you bringingtobookthosewhowere essentially a slur and blot on the and Sameer Mhatre under the whenDelhiPolicewasalertedby
have orders from BJP to arrest responsible for the crime. The societygovernedbyruleoflaw… Foreign Exchange Management Zubair held a Twitter handle that
me,” he said. publicprosecutorappearstohave Religiousfanaticsreallydonotbe- Act,1999,fortransactionsinvolv- night,thehandlehadover400fol- Mohammad Zubair had earlier
“I will not be scared by such acted more as a defence counsel long to any religion. They are no ing cryptocurrencies worth Rs lowers.Earlierthismonth,Zubair madeanobjectionabletweetand
bogus cases. I will prefer to be thanonewhosedutywastopres- betterthanterrorists…Theseare 2,790.74 crore. According to the hadhighlightedcommentsmade his followers/ social media enti-
jailed than go to Guwahati. I am entthetruthbeforetheCourt.The cases where there is an element ED statement, it had initiated by the then BJP spokesperson ties had amplified and created a
Balasaheb's Shiv Sainik, I have Court in turn appeared to be a ofcommunaldisharmony,which FEMA investigation on the basis Nupur Sharma on the Prophet, seriesofdebates/hatemongering
workedwithhimfor30yearsand silent spectator, mute to the ma- is not to be countenanced. The ofanongoingmoney-laundering which triggered condemnation in the tread, he was examined in
I am the editor of 'Saamana' (the nipulationsandpreferredtobein- State of Gujarat has stated that it investigationintoChinese-owned from a host of countries, includ- this case and his role was found
Sena mouthpiece). I will fight for different to sacrilege being com- has no objection if further inves- illegalonlinebettingapplications. ing those from the Gulf. The out- objectionable.Hewasevasiveon
Shiv Sena from wherever I am,” mitted to justice. The role of the tigation is done so that peoples’ At the time, WazirX had said it rage prompted the Centre to dis- the questions and neither pro-
he said. Incidentally, while ad- State Government also leaves faithonthetransparencyofaction wasincompliancewithalltheap- tance itself from Sharma’s vided the necessary technical
dressingSenaworkersinDahisar much to be desired.” taken by the State is fortified”. plicable laws. comments, and the ruling BJP to equipmentforthepurposeofthe
on Sunday, Raut had referred to Hearing another petition the TheCourtcalledforareportin Earlier this year, Shetty an- suspend her and sack another investigation nor cooperated in
the ED case. “The Shinde camp same day by Teesta Setalvad and three months on investigations nounced a new crypto project, party spokesperson Naveen the investigation.”
MLAsareunderpressurefromthe others, the two judges expunged intothecasesof theGodhratrain Shardeum, with a US-based Kumar Jindal. “During investigation, the
agencyandhencetheydecidedto remarks made by the Gujarat burning, the killings in Naroda crypto investor Omar Sayed. Zubair's arrest was slammed conduct of Mohammed Zubair
rebel.Iamalsounderthescanner High Court against her and the Patiya, Naroda Gam and Gulberg Multiple queries sent to by the Opposition, including was found questionable, which
of the ED and my wife's proper- others:“Observationsshouldnot Society in Ahmedabad, Nailwal and Polygon remained Congress, TMC, RJD, AIMIM and warranted his custodial interro-
ties have been attached, but I am be made by Courts against per- SardarpuraandDipdaDarwajain unanswered. An e-mail query the Left parties, which accused gation to unravel the conspiracy
still here standing with the sons and authorities, unless they Mehsana district, two cases in senttotheMinistryofFinancedid the BJP-led NDA government of in this matter,” he stated.
Thackerays,” he had said. are essential or necessary for de- Ode of Anand district and the not elicit any response. crackingdownonthosewho“ex- The police move was also
Patra Chawl, also known as cision of the case… There is no killing of British nationals in pose its hate speech and fake slammedbyDIGIPUB,anorgani-
Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service Siddharth Nagar, is located in the need or justification for any un- Prantij, Sabarkantha district. G7 meeting propaganda”. sation of digital news media or-
Goregaon area. In 2008, it had a warranted besmirching of either The Court asked the Gujarat the United Kingdom, the United CongressleaderRahulGandhi ganisations.
(M): 9212665841, 9212008155 totalof672housesspreadover47 the parties or their causes, as a governmenttoissueanotification States of America, and the tweetedthat“arrestingonevoice FULLREPORTSON
acres when the Maharashtra matter of routine. Courts are not to appoint the SIT headed by RK EuropeanUnion,affirmourcom- of truth will only give rise to a www.indianexpress.com

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VACCINATIONS IN DELHI TOTAL Total Vacant NOIDA
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 LAST 24 HOURS CASES HOSPITAL BEDS 9,497 9,194 June 26 June 27

13,422 19,32,026 ICU BEDS 2,136 2,061 Cases N/A N/A

Cases Recoveries Deaths Tests Deaths N/A N/A
PATIENTSINHOSPITAL: 299
CORONAVIRUS OXYGEN SUPPORT 62
June 26
June 27
N/A
628
N/A
1,011
N/A
3
N/A
7,793
GURGAON
IN THE CAPITAL VENTILATOR SUPPORT 19 Cases 349 220
Total 4,553* 19,01,217 26,256 3,90,13,301
*Total active cases in Delhi Deaths 0 0

BRIEFLY RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEK

Police book personal secy of
RetiredArmy
manshotdead Monsoon yet to reach Delhi, Sonia Gandhi on rape charges
IMD to confirm onset date
Gurgaon: A 37-year-old
man, who had retired as threatened me saying they
a havaldar from the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Madhavan told The (party) have been ruling for 70
Army, was allegedly shot NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 Indian Express: “It is a years and that he would get me

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dead at his house in Basai kidnapped. I was scared,” al-
Enclave, Sector 10, late THE DELHI Police has registered baseless allegation just leges the FIR.
on Sunday night, said po-
MONSOON ARRIVAL OVER THE YEARS a case against the personal sec- to defame the Congress Police said the woman

E X P L A I NE D
lice. Police have booked EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Howthe retary of senior Congress leader lodged a complaint on June 25
party. There is no truth
the victim’s brother-in- NEW DELHI, JUNE 27
2012 July 7 lastfewyrs Sonia Gandhi for allegedly rap- andwassenttoDDUhospitalfor
law on charges of mur- ing and threatening a woman. in it. It is a complete amedicalexamination.Basedon
der after the victim’s THE SOUTHWEST monsoon has 2013 June 16 ● havefared The accused has been identified conspiracy” her statement and examination,
nephew filed a police not yet reached Delhi, and has 2014 July 3 as 71-year-old P P Madhavan, a case was registered against
complaint. missed its ‘normal’ onset date in 2015 June 25 THE ONSET of the said police, adding that no arrest Madhavan.
the city — June 27. The India 2016 July 2 Southwest monsoon in has been made so far. CongressofficewhereIgotSonia In a statement, Madhavan
Twoheldfor Meteorological Department
(IMD)is yet to confirm whenthe
2017 July 2
the national capital was
delayed last year, when
DCP (Dwarka) Harsh
Vardhan said, “Allegations are
Gandhi’s PA P P Madhavan’s
number. I told him I was in need
said: “As per media reports, the
allegations against me referred
dupingwoman monsoon might reach the na-
tional capital.
2018
2019
June 28
July 5
the IMD declared that it
had reached the city on
levelled against a 71-year-old
person. He is working as PS to a
of a job and he promised to help
me... On January 21 (this year),
to an event which occurred in
February 2022, which is to say
oflakhs Asked if there were any up-
dates on when the monsoon
‘Normal’ onset date in the
city — June 27. Amit Mehra
2020 June 25 July 13, two weeks past
the ‘normal’ date. In 2020,
senior political leader. A com-
plaint was received... on June 25.
hecalledmeforaninterview.He
asked me many questions and
more than four months prior to
the registration of an FIR. This it-
2021 July 13
NewDelhi:Twomenwere might hit Delhi, IMD senior sci- it hitthecitya little earlier, A case under IPC section 376 viewed all my documents... He self shows the FIR is solely in-
arrestedforallegedlydup- entist R K Jenamani said there on June 25. The monsoon (rape) and 506 (criminal intimi- then told me that he wanted to tended to vilify me and to cast
ing a woman of several were none, but the department Pradesh and some parts of and light rainfall are also on the hit Delhi in the first week dation) has been registered. We marry me. I said yes... One day, aspersions on my long and sin-
lakhs via an SMS link re- ismonitoringtheconditionsand Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh forecastforJuly1,whileverylight of July in 2019, 2017 and are investigating the matter.” he called me to meet him... He cere career.Ireserve myrightsto
lated to a job offer at a an update is likely to come on and Jammu and Kashmir during rainfall is likely on July 2 and 3. 2016 as well. Madhavan told The Indian came to pick me up in a car... he lawfully contest the alleged FIR
leading e-commerce Tuesday. On Monday, the IMD the next three to four days,” it The city currently has a rain- Express: “It is a baseless allega- asked his driver to leave the car. against me and to take recourse
company. DCP (South- said the southwest monsoon said in a release issued Monday. fall deficit of 59% for the month - tion just to defame the Congress He sexually assaulted me and to the available legal remedies
east) Esha Pandey said: had advanced into most parts of Though the monsoon has 24.5mmrecordedagainstanor- bulletinissuedMondayevening. party. There is no truth in it. It is tried to rape me. When I ob- against the false and malicious
“The accused disclosed the Arabian Sea and Gujarat. missed its date, an east-west mal of 59.5 mm till June 27. The highest maximum tem- a complete conspiracy.” jected to this, he got angry and complaint which has been filed
during questioning that It has also issued a forecast trough over North India and The city witnessed another peraturerecordedonMondayin According to police, the left me on the road alone,” the against me.”
theyusedtogeneratelinks for when the monsoon might moisture-laden winds from the sultry day on Monday, when the the city was 42.1 degrees at woman, aged 26, lodged a com- woman alleged, as per the FIR. “I have evidence to demon-
andsendthemtorandom reach other parts of northwest BayofBengalandtheArabianSea maximum temperature was Najafgarh. plaint accusing Madhavan of al- The complainant alleged the strate and establish that the al-
people, promising em- India.“Conditionsarefavourable arelikelytobringlighttomoder- 40.9 degrees Celsius at the There has not been much legedlyraping andharassingher accused later apologised to her leged complaint has been made
ployment in a major e- for further advance of the mon- aterainfallorthundershowersto Safdarjungweatherobservatory, respite from the heat at night, on several occasions on the pre- and they started talking again. inapre-concertedmannerinor-
commerce company. As soon into remaining parts of the Delhi on June 29 and 30. four degrees above the normal with the minimum tempera- text of offering her a job and After a few days, he again called der to settle a political vendetta
soon as the victim clicked Arabian Sea, Gujarat, some parts With rainfall on the forecast, for this time of the year. ture settling at 29.4 degrees marrying her. The woman said her to meet him. and the present complaint is de-
on the link, they would of Rajasthan, remaining parts of the maximum temperature Humidity remained high reach- Celsius early on Monday — two she met the accused soon after “In February, he called me to void of merits. I condemn the
hack the victim’s mobile Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, could fall to around 35 degrees ing a maximum of 72% over the degrees above normal for this she lost her husband during the meet him... (and) raped me. smear campaign run against me
and view an OTP sent to some more parts of Uttar Celsius on June 30. Cloudy skies past 24 hours, going by an IMD time of the year. Covid lockdown in 2020. Her Later, he told me that his wife bythecomplainantandthepeo-
the victim to initiate a husband used to work as a had seen my mobile number... I ple behind her and the same ap-
transaction.” ENS helper at the party office. She was shocked to hear all this. I pears to be propelled by sick
said she would often go to the asked him about his wife, but he minds in order to vilify the im-
Delhigovtto Congressofficeinsearch of ajob.
“My financial condition was-
kept ignoring me... he then
forced me to have sex with
age of a reputed 71-year-old
man known for his service to so-
launch15-day n’t good and I went to the someone else. I refused... He ciety,” he further said.

plantation
drive:Rai Court extends Jain’s DUSIB to set
up creches,
NewDelhi:TheDelhigov-
ernmentwilllauncha15-
daymegaplantationdrive
judicial custody for libraries at
on July 11 to further in-
crease the green cover in
the capital, Environment
2 weeks in ‘money slum clusters
laundering’ case
Minister Gopal Rai said
Monday. ‘Van Mahotsav’ GAYATHRI MANI
willstartfromtheCentral NEW DELHI, JUNE 27
Ridgeandculminatewith
the plantation of 1 lakh THE DELHI Urban Shelter
saplings at the Asola EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Improvement Board (DUSIB) is
Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 planning to set up libraries in JJ
onJuly25,hesaid.Deputy clusterssituatedonDelhigovern-
Chief Minister Manish A DELHI court extended the ju- ment land for use of school and
Sisodia, Delhi govern- dicial custody of AAP minister college students. It is also plan-
ment ministers, and Satyendar Jain for two weeks in ningto setupcrechesinslumsto
Assembly Speaker Ram a case of alleged money provide a safe space for working
Niwas Goel will partici- laundering registered by the parents to leave their children.
pate in the drive. MLAs
will lead the drivein their
respectiveconstituencies
RUSH HOUR Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Jain had appeared through
videoconferencingbeforeSpecial AAP minister Satyendar
The DUSIB will first carry out
a detailed survey of all JJ clusters
onitsland. For this, about 50 col-
on July 11. PTI Traffic inside the newly inaugurated Pragati Maidan underpass, Monday. Abhinav Saha JudgeGeetanjliGoel,whoinitially Jain has been in custody lege students will be hired for a
refused to extend his judicial re- since May 30 month-long internship, which
mand when neither Jain nor his may be extended depending
lawyers were present in court. upon the work, and they will be
500 mohalla clinics will Withdraw termination notices, The ED had informed the court
thatJainwashospitalisedfollow-
tween February 2015 and May
2017, when he was a minister, al-
guided by officials.
“Young scholars who will be

soon provide Covid shots demand anganwadi workers

ing which the court asked the
agency to produce Jain through
video conferencing. He was ear-
legedlyacquiredassetsthatwere
disproportionate to his known
sources of income. It is alleged by
hired for an internship at DUSIB
will be tasked with surveying JJ
bastis on DUSIB land to gather
lieradmittedtoLokNayakhospi- the ED and CBI that Jain and his information about school-going
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE then WCD minister Rajendra Pal it would not terminate any more tal after a dip in his oxygen level. family members had active con- children and to find suitable
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Gautam on February 24 an- workers. Jainhasbeenincustodysince trol over at least four companies places where public libraries
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 nounced an increase in honorar- On Monday afternoon, a del- May 30. He was arrested by the thatlaunderedmoneytothetune can be set up. They will also sur-
OVER 500 mohalla clinics in ium in response to the strike. egation submitted a memoran- centralagencyinconnectionwith of Rs 11.78 crore during the years vey the number of parents/
Delhi will soon function as MORE THAN two months after However, the Delhi State dum to the department de- anEnforcementCaseInformation 2010 to 2012 and Rs 4.63 crore guardians who are working and
Covid-19 vaccination centres to their services were terminated, Anganwadi Workers and manding withdrawal of their Report (ECIR) registered by it on during the check period. The ED the locations where creches are
make the drive more accessible more than a hundred angan- Helpers Union, which has been terminationnotices.Anotherde- the basis of a case lodged by the alleges that accommodation en- needed,” said a senior official.
after the on-going door-to-door wadi workers and helpers held leading this strike, said it had not mand is that all pending dues be CBI in August 2017 under the tries were layered and received “We have also issued an ad-
campaign. a protest outside the Women called for a meeting with the paid to the terminated workers PreventionofCorruptionAct.Jain fromKolkata-basedshellcompa- vertisement announcing that
At present, the shots are pro- and Child Development depart- minister. The strike was finally and helpers. is accused of having laundered nies into the companies “owned DUSIB is hiring young scholars
vided at all government hospi- This will help us achieve the ment office in Kashmere Gate suspended after the Lieutenant “Our strike had begun on the money through four companies by” Jain and agricultural lands during the summer vacation.
tals, dispensaries, and polyclin- higher vaccination target on Monday afternoon demand- Governor's office issued a notifi- last day of January and we had allegedly linked to him. He was werepurchasedfromthosefunds. This will be a great opportunity
ics. The vaccination centres at soon, said Deputy Chief ing withdrawal of the termina- cation on March 9 declaring the done our duty for the whole of senttojudicialcustodyonJune13 Senior AAP leader Gopal Rai for them and will also add to
schools, where a large chunk of Minister Manish Sisodia tion notices. services provided by anganwadi that month before that. There on completion of his ED custody. Monday alleged the Centre is their resume. They will first un-
the population was immunised Anganwadi workers and workers and helpers as 'essen- are also pending payments for His bail application was re- “shamelessly” misusing the ED dergoatwo-daytrainingsession.
last year, were closed in April helpers across the city had be- tial services' and prohibiting other things like our work for cently rejected by the court against opposition parties that Selected candidates will be paid
when children returned for Health Mission. gun a strike on January 31 with their strike for a period of six PMMVY and community pro- which said that the accused en- dare to raise their voice against Rs 15,000 a month and will get a
physical classes. “Currently, vaccination is be- the primary demand of a sub- months by invoking the grammes. We also haven’t yet joys an influential position and the BJP, and said it seems the na- certificate,” said an official.
Thedecisionissignificantbe- ing provided in a mission mode, stantial increase in pay. Along Haryana Essential Services received the arrears for an in- it cannot be ruled out that he tionisheadingtowardsone-party It has also requested vice-
cause with most clinics being but still a cohort is due for the with this, they have also been Maintenance Act. crease in honorarium an- could influence the witnesses. rule. “It’s not a secret anymore chancellorsandprincipalsofuni-
run with only one doctor, one second dose and a significantly demanding that they be given In the days that followed, nounced by the central govern- The court had also said that no and it’s not about one or two op- versities and colleges in Delhi to
pharmacist,andamulti-purpose higher cohort is due for the the status of government em- 884 anganwadi workers and ment in 2018,” said a specific ground has been taken position parties. The central gov- inform students of the opportu-
worker, routine immunisation newly added precaution dose. ployees — currently they are helpers were issued termination 35-year-old who had been in the bail application regarding ernment is now misusing the ED nityandencouragethemtoapply.
for children wasn’t a part of the Addition of vaccination centres considered honorary workers — notices, according to estimates working as an anganwadi the medical condition of the ac- against all parties that dare to The interns will also survey
services offered. This was bar- at mohalla clinics will help us along with the benefits that ac- by the union. The matter is in the worker since 2011. cused and no documents have speakagainsttheBJP,” Raitoldre- all 195 night shelters managed
ring a few clinics such as the first achieve the higher vaccination company it. Delhi High Court after the union Officials in the WCD depart- been produced to show the ex- porters while responding to a by DUSIB to know about the
one inaugurated in Peeragarhi target soon,” said Deputy Chief Many of them had contin- approached it and the Delhi gov- ment did not respond to calls tent of the medical condition. query on Jain’s judicial custody. needs, challenges and issues
run by staff from the National Minister Manish Sisodia. ued protesting even after the ernment had told the court that seeking comment. According to the ED, Jain, be- (with PTI inputs) faced by its occupants.

SCHEDULED TO BE UNVEILED ON AUGUST 15

Hologram removed, grand canopy at India Gate readies for Bose statue
fittings for the actual statue will carving is underway presently. spot, powered by a 30,000 lu- the actual one being sculpted. Gandhi statue where King
DIVYA A be carried out, which is sched- Work on the Bose statue is mens 4K projector, until the Thesandstonecanopywhere George V’s statue stood, or that
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 uled to be unveiled on August 15 slated to be completed before granite statue is completed. The Netaji’s statue will be installed of the first PM Jawaharlal Nehru.
this year. the August 15 deadline, sources dimensions of the hologram was built in 1936, and housed Several historians were of the
THE HOLOGRAM of Netaji Mysuru-based sculptor say, adding that the statue will statue — which was unveiled by thestatueof KingGeorgeV. After view that the canopy should re-
Subhas Chandra Bose has Arun Yogiraj — who had created weigh around 90 tonnes. the PM on January 23 to mark theIndependence,therewasop- mainemptyasareminder of the
been removed from the Grand the 12-feet statue of Adi It was in January when the Bose’s 125th birth anniversary positiontothestatue’scentrallo- country’s past. So, for more than
Canopy at India Gate, while the Shankaracharya at Kedarnath — Prime Minister had announced celebrations — were the same as cation, but it stood at the site five decades, the canopy re-
fittings for the actual stone was roped in for the 30-feet that a “grand statue” of Netaji for another two decades, until it mained empty, earning the
statue have started. statue of Bose to be installed at will be installed beneath the Sources told The Indian was moved to Coronation Park name ‘Empty Canopy’.
Sources told The Indian the India Gate. A huge block of canopy at India Gate. Express that the hologram in 1968. Located at a junction of six
Express that the hologram was black granite stone was selected Officials in the Ministry of was switched off late last There have been delibera- roads, the 73-foot canopy is in-
switched off late last week, and for the statue, which has been Culture had said that Netaji’s week. Express tions during successive govern- spired by a sixth-century pavil-
for the next month and a half, transported to Delhi, where the hologram will be in place at the ments of installing a Mahatma ion from Mahabalipuram.

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ADVERTORIAL

BRICS: Writing a New Chapter of Human Development and Progress

Ambassador’s Message Safeguard Fairness and Justice and Uphold Justice to Maintain World Peace
BRICS Countries: Create

F
rom June 23 to 24, 2022, President loving countries to up-
A Better Future for Mankind Xi Jinping chaired the 14th BRICS hold justice, safeguard

T HE OCEAN is vast when it can be inclusive for hun-

dreds of rivers. Over the past 16 years, the BRICS co-
operation mechanism has grasped the historic trend of
Summit and the High-level Dialogue
on Global Development via video link
and delivered important remarks. On
peace and promote
the building of a
global community of
openness and development, and embarked on a right- June 22, President Xi Jinping also de- security for all.
eous course of mutual support and win-win cooperation. livered a keynote speech at the open- Under the theme of
From June 22 to 24, President Xi Jinping virtually hosted ing ceremony of the BRICS Business Fo- “Foster High-quality
the 14th BRICS Summit and the High-Level Dialogue on rum. Following the summits in Sanya BRICS Partnership,
Global Development in Beijing, and delivered a keynote and Xiamen, China hosted the BRICS Usher in a New Era for
speech at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Fo- Summit for the third time. It is of great Global Develop-
rum. President Xi Jinping tapped the gavel, marking the importance to uphold international President Xi said: ment”, leaders of the five countries
adoption of the Beijing Declaration at the BRICS Summit. fairness and justice, revitalise global ■ As important emerging markets held an in-depth exchange of views on
And China released the Chair’s Statement of the High- development, and promote the build- and major developing countries, the BRICS cooperation in various sectors
level Dialogue on Global Development.The BRICS cooper- ing of a community with a shared fu- BRICS countries should have the and major issues of common concern
ation has reached a new milestone and made new contri- ture for mankind. President Xi Jinping historical responsibility and global vision During this BRICS Summit, President courage to assume our responsibilities and reached important consensus. The
butions to a better future for mankind. led the BRICS summits to produce a se- of a major country's leader and shared Xi Jinping further elaborated on the con- and act boldly to inject positive, stable XIV BRICS Summit Beijing Declaration
Today, peace and development remain the theme of ries of pioneering, leading and institu- China's new contribution to world peace notation and practical significance of the and constructive forces into the world. was adopted and released at
our times. However, various security challenges keep tional outcomes and demonstrated the and development. Global Security Initiative. ■ China will work with all peace- the event.
emerging, world economic recovery is losing momentum
and global governance faces difficult choices. President Xi
Jinping, with his deep reflection on and a strong sense
of responsibility for the destiny of mankind, put forward
Focus on Development and Set the Direction for Global Development Cooperation

T
the Global Security Initiative, advocating a vision of com- HE Global Development
mon, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable secu- Initiative(GDI) has been warmly
rity. At the BRICS Summit, President Xi Jinping shared received by more than 100
thoughts with leaders of BRICS partners including India, countries and international organi-
Russia, Brazil and South Africa, drawing a new grand sations, and more than 50 countries
blueprint for BRICS cooperation, and sending out a pow- have joined the Group of Friends of
erful message to the world calling for peace not war, de- the Global Development Initiative.
velopment not regression, openness not isolation, soli- At this High-Level Dialogue on
darity not division, and cooperation not confrontation. Global Development, President Xi
President Xi Jinping pointed out that development is Jinping further proposed to foster a
a timeless theme for humanity. Eighteen emerging development paradigm featuring veloping countries: ● Uzbekistan, the rotating chair-
markets and developing countries actively participated benefits for all, balance, coordina- cal and institutional innovation, with ● Issue a Global Development Report. ● Indonesia, the rotating presi- manship of the Shanghai Coopera-
in the High-level Dialogue on Global Development and tion, inclusiveness, a win-win coop- a view to achieving stronger, greener ● Establish a Global Development dency of the Group of 20 tion Organization
were committed to jointly building a high-quality eration and common prosperity, and and healthier global development. Promotion Center. ● Thailand, the host of APEC; ● Algeria, the incoming rotating
global development part- put forth a four-point proposal. He ● Forge a global development ● Establish a Global Knowledge ● Kazakhstan, the rotating chair chairmanship of the League of Arab
nership, which demon- said, we need to jointly: partnership. Network for Development. of the Commonwealth of Indepen- States
strated the strong vitality ● Put development at the front President Xi Jinping also an- China looks forward to working dent States ● Egypt ● Ethiopia ● Malaysia
and attractiveness of the and centre of international agenda, nounced China's important with the international community to ● Cambodia, the rotating chair of ● Iran
BRICS mechanism. BRICS and deliver on the 2030 Agenda for measures to implement the inject strong impetus into the imple- ASEAN The high-level dialogue has wide
countries should work to- Sustainable Development. GDI: mentation of the 2030 Agenda for ● Fiji, the host country of the representation and international in-
gether with emerging ● Build an open-world economy, ● Set up the Global Development Sustainable Development. In addi- Pacific Islands Forum fluence to work for common devel-
markets and developing and shape a global governance sys- and South-South Cooperation Fund. tion to leaders of the BRICS coun- ● Argentina, the rotating opment and prosperity.
H.E. Sun Weidong countries to support the tem and institutional environment ● Enhance support for the tries, the political dignitaries who at- presidency of CELAC A list of deliverables composed of
Ambassador
Extraordinary and
early implementation of that are more just and equitable. China-UN Peace and Development tended the dialogue include leaders ● Senegal, the rotating chairman- 32 measures was also released at the
Plenipotentiary of the the Global Development ● Promote scientific, technologi- Fund. of major emerging markets and de- ship of the African Union the dialogue.
People's Republic of Initiative, and foster a
China to the Republic development paradigm
of India
featuring benefits for all,
balance, coordination, inclusiveness, a win-win cooper-
Promote Win-win Cooperation and Help Improve the Global Governance System

T
ation and common prosperity. HE global economic recovery is operation to boost development
China and India are both large developing coun- at a critical juncture, and the re- and jointly tackle risks and chal-
tries and important emerging markets, and have main- form of global governance lenges.
tained close coordination and cooperation in a wide faces a choice of direction. President ● Third, we need to uphold the
range of multilateral institutions and international fora, Xi Jinping's speech answers the pioneering spirit and innovation and
including BRICS. Last year, India played an important common call of the developing unleash the potential and vitality of
role as the rotating Chair of BRICS.This year, Prime Min- countries, and has charted the cooperation.
ister Narendra Modi attended the 14th BRICS Summit, course for the reform of the global ● Fourth, we need to uphold
the High-level Dialogue on Global Development, the governance system and pooled openness and inclusiveness and pool
BRICS Business Forum and delivered remarks respec- strength to boost the global eco- collective wisdom and strength.
tively, showing that India attaches great importance to nomic recovery. globalization and build a more fair, In response to the recent expecta-
BRICS cooperation and lends firm support to China’s President Xi noted in his equitable, inclusive global gover- tion of many countries to join the
Chairship. China highly appreciates India’s commitment keynote speech at the opening nance system that benefits all. BRICS mechanism, President Xi
and endeavor.Within the BRICS framework, China and ceremony of the BRICS Busi- At the BRICS Summit, Presi- Jinping pointed out that BRICS is a
India have conducted cooperation in multiple areas.The ness Forum. We should: dent Xi Jinping put forward a big family of mutual support and a
New Development Bank has established a regional office ● Embrace solidarity and coordi- four-point proposal for the fu- partnership for win-win cooperation.
in India, which will provide financial support and coop- nation and jointly maintain world ture development of BRICS: Under the new circumstances, it is all
eration opportunities for infrastructure development peace and stability. ● Tide over difficulties openness and integration. ● First, we need to uphold soli- the more important for BRICS
and sustainable development for India and regional ● Reach out to each other and together and jointly pursue win-win China will work with emerging darity and safeguard world peace countries to pursue development
countries. China, India, Russia and other BRICS coun- jointly promote sustainable global cooperation. markets and developing countries to and tranquility. with open doors and boost coopera-
tries strengthened cooperation in the fight against the development. ● Be inclusive and jointly expand stay on the right path of economic ● Second, we need to uphold co- tion with open arms.
Covid-19 pandemic and launched the BRICS Vaccine
R&D Centre, which demonstrated BRICS countries’
friendly bonds to come to each other’s assistance and
pull together in these trying times. China and India are
also working with other BRICS partners to advance
practical cooperation in science and technological
innovation, digital economy, people-to-people ex-
changes and sustainable development.
As the tide of the millennium surges, it is time to set
sail amid the rising wind. BRICS countries should follow
the trend of the times of peace and development, take
bold action, and be a positive, stabilising and construc-
tive force in the world. Let us make united efforts to up-
hold fairness and justice, strengthen solidarity and coop-
eration, practise multilateralism and promote global
development.We should further burnish BRICS’ creden-
tials and work together with the emerging markets and
developing countries towards the goal of building a
community with a shared future for mankind.

Ten Highlights of the BRICS’ China Year

Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the BRICS’ China Year is full of fruitful results and highlights. China will host over 170 BRICS events in various fields
throughout the year. In the first half of this year alone, more than 20 ministerial meetings were held, and each of the BRICS Plus events attracted more than 50
non-BRICS countries. This year, BRICS activities will deliver 37 major outcomes, it can be preliminarily summarised as ‘Ten Highlights’
■ First, send BRICS' strong message of ■ Third, play BRICS' part to keep the global ■ Fifth, lay a solid foundation for building a big ■ Seventh, tap the potential of BRICS for ■ Ninth, seize the opportunity of the times
safeguarding international fairness and economy open. Release the Joint Statement market for BRICS integration. Sign the Agree- innovation-driven development. Establish for the development of the digital economy.
justice. Release the Beijing Declaration, on Supporting Multilateral Trading System ment Between the Governments of BRICS Coun- the BRICS network of technology transfer Endorse the BRICS Digital Economy Partner-
express the common position on and WTO Reform of the BRICS countries, put tries on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative centers, and host the Forum on Big Data for ship Framework, and release the BRICS Ini-
supporting multilateralism and improving forward the BRICS Initiative on Enhancing Assistance in Customs Matters, and release the Sustainable Development, to contribute to tiative for Cooperation on Digitalization of
the global governance system, and put Cooperation on Supply Chains, and build BRICS Initiative onTrade and Investment for Sus- economic transformation, upgrading and Manufacturing, to achieve leapfrog devel-
forward BRICS proposals for safeguarding BRICS consensus on upholding the multilat- tainable Development, to provide new growth high-quality development in the five BRICS opment together.
world peace. eral trading system and improving the for- drivers for promoting trade facilitation and countries.
mulation of international trade rules. achieving economic recovery. ■ Tenth, build a future-oriented pool of
■ Second, consolidate the BRICS line of ■ Eighth, expand BRICS cooperation in new high-quality technical talent. Establish the
defense against the pandemic. Launch the ■ Fourth, highlight BRICS actions to win the ■ Sixth, inject BRICS impetus into global food domains of frontier science and technology. BRICS Technical and Vocational Education
BRICS Vaccine R&D Center and build a fight against corruption. Adopt the BRICS security. Reach the first Strategy on Food Establish the BRICS aerospace cooperation and Training Cooperation Alliance, and hold
comprehensive platform for joint research, Initiative on Denial of Safe Haven to Corrup- Security Cooperation of the BRICS Countries, and mechanism, and promote exchanges and the Skills Competition, SDG Solutions Com-
development and production that reaches tion, and deepen practical cooperation establish the Forum on Agricultural and Rural innovation in space science and technology, petition, and Women's Innovation Contest,
out to developing countries to help build a among BRICS countries on cross-border cor- Development, to showcase the five BRICS coun- to set a BRICS model for the peaceful use of to promote connectivity between the talent,
community of health for all. ruption governance and pursuit of eco- tries' practical actions to stabilize global food outer space and aerospace technology for industrial and innovation chains of the five
nomic and corrupt offenders to build a new production and the positive contributions to sustainable development. BRICS countries.
global anti-corruption governance system. global food security governance.

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WORDLY WISE
Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never
any convenient time for any of them.
— MARGARET MITCHELL

FOUNDED BY
Sena in search of moorings
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Recenteventshaveframedaquestion: Cantherebea
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
ShivSenawithouttheThackeraysatthehelm?

FIVE YEAR ITCH Julio Ribeiro

GSTfaceschallenges.Thereisneedtobridgetrustdeficit BEFORE HE BREATHED his last, the pater fa- Sharad Pawar. Fadnavis was out for revenge Air India, and the Airports Authority to em-
miliasof theShivSena,Balasaheb Thackeray, from day one, but his initial attempts failed. ploy more Maharashtrians in their offices.
betweenCentreandstates,upholdcooperativefederalism

F
addressedamammothmeetingattheiconic TheEDallegedlybecamethemaininstru- That was the secret of the rise of the Sena,
IVE YEARS AFTER the shift to the Goods and Services Tax, the 47th meeting of ShivajiParkinDadar.Heappealedtothemul- ment to bring Sainiks in line. The very men- mainly in Mumbai.
the GST Council, scheduled to be held in Chandigarh on June 28-29, is expected titude of his followers to look after his son, tionof itsnamewasenoughtostrikefearinto The foot soldiers of the Sena, even after
Uddhav, and grandson Aaditya, after his the hearts and the minds of the great Shivaji Shinde’srevolt,arewiththeThackerays.They
to take up proposals aimed at plugging leakages and shoring up compliance. It
death. It was an emotional appeal that pal- Maharaj’s 21st-century soldiers. Many (or are, currently, reeling from the shock. It is to
is also likely to consider measures for stricter scrutiny and verification of high pablymovedthemassof humanitystretched perhaps most) had a skeleton or two to hide be seen how they react when the full import
risk tax payers, and take a call on the recommendation by the ministerial panel headed by out on the open ground before him. from the ED’s gaze. They implored their of what will happen if the Thackerays cease
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma to levy 28 per cent tax on online gaming, casino There was no doubt in anyone’s mind leader to sever ties with the NCP and to head the Sena kicks in. A Sena without a
and horse racing. In addition to these, the Council will address several contentious issues. It that the Supreme Leader wanted Uddhav to Congress and realign with the BJP to avoid Thackeray at the helm will not be the same.
willnotbeeasy,giventhatthismeetingcomesamidstgrowingtensionsbetweentheCentre be his successor, followed by Aditya. But the attention of the central investigation The process of disintegration will begin. The
Uddhav is not Balasaheb. His style of func- agencies. Thecognoscentifeel that thisis the streetvendorsandalotof thosewhooperate
and the states over the country's fiscal architecture, and after a recent Supreme Court judg-
tioning is different: He relies on a coterie of real reason for the present en masse deser- Mumbai’s underbelly are known to have the
ment which emphasised that decisions of the GST Council are not binding on states. close confidants for advice and execution. tion. That’s possible, even probable. blessings of the Thackerays. Many of these
Tobeginwith,thefive-yearGSTcompensationperiod—theframeworkdesignedtopro- But in one core issue, he has been a carbon Another reason is being advanced for the young men, hailing from what the Marxists
videcertaintytostatefinancesaspartofthegrandbargainstruckbetweentheCentreandthe copy of his father: Uddhav made no bones revolt of the Sena legislators. They feel that term the“lumpen proletariat”, willbeforced
statestopushthroughGST—iscomingtoanend.Fearingacollapseintheirrevenues,states about his resolve to see his young son, the NCP and Congress have got all the lucra- to find new moorings.
haverepeatedlyaskedforanextensionofthismechanism.Theirconcernsappearlegitimate. Aaditya, succeedhim as the Supreme Leader tive portfolios in the cabinet, leaving the Eknath Shinde may not last long as the
of the Sena and, of course, chief minister of crumbs for the Sena. They say Uddhav has Sena’s head. There are bound to be other
Asreportedinthispaper,theall-Indiaaverageshortfallbetweentheprotectedrevenuesand
Maharashtra compromised on this to occupy the CM’s claimantswiththesameambitionandequal
thepost-settlementgrossstateGSTwas27.2percentin2021-22,withonlyfivestatesregis- That was his Achilles’ heel. When the The foot soldiers of the Sena chair. They also complain that NCP and talent. For instance, Narayan Rane, who has
teringarevenuegrowthhigherthantheprotectedGSTrevenues.However,sofar,theCentre Sena abandoned its decades-old alliance Congress MLAs get their MLA funds, as well joined the BJP, would surely aspire for indi-
has shown no inclination to accede to the states request. While a few days ago, it did extend
even after Shinde’s revolt are
with the BJP to achieve its dream of leading as access to the CM, much quicker than they vidualrecognition.Inshort,thechurnwithin
the compensation levy till March 2026, it is only to repay the loans taken over the past few the government in Maharashtra, it joined still with the Thackerays. do. The CM is not easily accessible to them the Sena’s rank-and-file is going to be short,
yearstocompensatestatesfortheshortfallinrevenueduringtheCovidperiod—borrowings hands with Sharad Pawar’s NCP and its old They are currently, reeling and that affects their standing in their con- but sharp and eventful.
stoodatRs1.1lakhcrorein2020-21andRs1.59lakhcrorein2021-22.Alongside,theCouncil bête noire, the Congress, so that Uddhav from the shock. It is to be stituencies. Many of the Sena’s karyakartas could
couldbecometheCM.Iamnotverysurethat The Sena MLAs are thinking of the next join the BJP, especially if they anticipate the
will also need to deliberate on the issue of raising tax rates, considering that GST collections
Uddhavwantedthejob.Hewouldhavebeen
seen how they react when the electionstothestateassembly.Theyfeelthat ED proceeding against them. Many more
havefallenwellshortofexpectations.AsperastudybytheReserveBankofIndia,theweighted happy to install his then 28-year-old son as full import of what will the NCP and Congress will have stolen a will join the NCP, whose ethos is similar.
averageGSTtaxrate hasdeclinedfrom14.4percentat the time of inceptionto 11.6percent CM but better counsel prevailed, besides the happen if the Thackerays march over them because of the preferential Ideology is unlikely to be a significant factor
in September 2019. In comparison, the revenue neutral rate was estimated at 15.5 per cent urgings of his new bedfellows, to assume cease to head the Sena kicks treatment they have enjoyed. All these in taking sides. They were never guided by
by the Subramanian Committee report. There are several options that the Council can ex- command himself. peeves have been highlighted during their Hindutva, as is now being propagated by
Aaditya is a young man with ideas and
in. A Sena without a revolt. Eknath Shinde. It is self-interest and the
plore, ranging from increasing the lower tax slabs to merging others. Reportedly, it is ex-
the right inclinations. But he was in a hurry. Thackeray at the helm will The BJP virtually rode on the Sena’s back good life that matters to them. They will
pectedtotakeupaninterimreportontheissueofraterationalisationsubmittedbytheGoM
If he had started from somewhere near the not be the same. The process to first become relevant in Maharashtra and balance the pros and cons and decide what
headed by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. bottom of the ladder and worked his way then to gain ascendancy over the party. is best for them. But the Sena, as Balasaheb
The consultative and consensual nature of decision-making that has helped guide the
of disintegration will begin.
up, he would have climbed to the very top When its tally of legislators overtook the envisaged it — a medium to channelise the
Council's decisions so far must be adhered to. Addressing the contentious issues will, first in quick time. He had it in him to do so. But The street vendors and a lot Sena’s, the chief minister’s mantle passed on aspirations of lower-middle-class
and foremost, require bridging the trust deficit between the Centre and states. The spirit of he started virtually as the number two in of those who operate to the saffron party. When Fadnavis was the Maharashtrians to middle-class status --
cooperative federalism, often advocated by the ruling dispensation, must be upheld. the party and that was bound to upset other Mumbai’s underbelly are CM there seemed to be less corruption and may have to be buried if the Thackeray clan
leaders. An aspirant for the “gaddi”, Eknath known to have the blessings better governance. But the dominant is not around.
Shinde, was particularly mortified. He bided Marathas were not happy. I grieveforAadityaThackeray.Heisprob-
his time and that time coincided with the of the Thackerays. Many of The Shiv Sena’s founding family belongs ably the reason why this revolt is happening.
these young men, hailing
LONG STEP BACK
plans of the BJP’s master strategist in the to the forward Kayastha caste but its follow- He could have been a good influence on the
state, former CM Devendra Fadnavis, who from what the Marxists term ers, almost to a man, belong to the OBC cat- ordinary Sainiks as histhinkingwas modern
felt robbed of his rightful entitlement. His egory and are largely from the Konkan re- –somethingmost readersandI canrelate to.
the 'lumpen proletariat', will
party had fought the elections jointly with gion. There is no doubt that Balasaheb’s
Upendingof RoevWadereversesprogressmadeonwomen’s the Sena. The alliance won, but only, it be forced to find new methods“coaxed”centralgovernmentagen- The writer, a retired IPS officer, was Mumbai
rightsinAmerica,andpossiblyelsewhere seemed, to be tricked into subservience by moorings. cieslikethenationalisedbanks,theRailways, police commissioner

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N JUNE 24, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck a blow against American
women’s rights over their bodies by overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade judg-
ment,whichensuredthenationwiderighttoabortion.Thejudgmentinthecase

THE UNDERDOG TOURNAMENT

of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation upheld the controversial
Mississippi Gestational Age Act which bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, while
overrulingRoe,aswellasthe1992PlannedParenthoodvCaseyjudgment,bothof whichhad
given American women the right to safe and legal abortions.
ThecourtheldRoeas“egregiouslywrong”andsaiditwill“returntheissueof abortionto Despite the rise of more glamorous fixtures, Ranji Trophy endures
thepeople’selectedrepresentatives”,clearingthepathforbansin26states.Indoingso,how-
ever,itmayhavegoneagainstwhatamajorityoftheAmericanpeoplewant.ArecentGallup
poll found that 55 per cent of Americans identified as “pro choice”, with 52 per cent saying Sandip G
theyfoundabortion“morallyacceptable”—thehighestevernumbertosayso.Popularma-
joritiesmaysometimesprovetransient,butDobbshasirreversiblydamagedtheedificeofin-
dividual rights built, piece by piece, over two centuries, dealing a body blow to the evolving THE NUMBER of cricketers from Madhya windows of your drawing room. For the national team, it’s a more robust and
21st century American understanding of what liberty and self-determination is, the free- Pradesh who have played for India — though You consume more than you could re- enduring supply chain than the IPL.
the list includes luminaries like CK Nayudu member. It’s normal for the brain to elimi- Yet,inapainfulirony,theroadtostardom
domsitentails.Thecourt’sargumentthattherighttoabortionwasneitherupheldbythecon-
and Syed Mushtaq Ali — cannot comprise a nate what is more forgettable. Let’s strip that is easier through the IPL. To tweak that old
stitutionnor“deeplyrootedinthisnation’shistoryandtradition”failstotakeintoaccounthow full team. It falls one short of 11. So Madhya veneer of pretence— Ranji Trophy, the pre- VinodKambliquote,“IPLstarstaketheeleva-
muchtheAmericanrightslandscapehaschangedsince1789,whentheconstitutiontookef- Pradesh upstaging Mumbai — record Ranji mier domestic tournament in name, does- torwhiledomesticcricketerstakethestairs.”
fect.WheretheAmericanwomanwasonceinvisibletothosewhodraftedthedocument,she Trophy winners and the team that can field n’t occupy as much space in our cricketing Whereas Umran Malik became a household
isnowanequalcitizen.Thedenialofbodilyautonomycantakeanincalculabletollonwomen’s multiple international elevens — for the consciousness as other tournaments. It’s not name overnight, Mayank Agarwal had to
ability to fully participate in the nation’s social and economic life — not to mention the risk maidenRanjiTrophytitleisaheart-warming on your list of unmissables — you don’t bunk rack up more than 2,000runs aseason to be-
underdog story, scripted without star talent, classes or skip office hours so that you could come half as famous. Only a few would re-
totheirownhealthandlives,asmanywillbeforcedtoseekillegal,unsafeabortions.Evenas
or years of accumulated knowhow, but star- watchMadhyaPradeshtakeonMumbai.You member Shams Mulani or Kumar Kartikeya,
theBidenadministrationmovestoensurethatabortionpillsareaccessibleinstatesthatban ring a genial old coach from Mumbai and his watch if you have time — if there is nothing the highest and second-highest wicket-tak-
themedicalprocedure,thefutureofotherrightsalsoseemstobeinquestion.Alarmbellsare motleygangof rejects,unknownsandnever- else on. ers this season.
ringing over Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring note urging the “reconsideration” of all weres. It is not part of the national conversation The IPL is not to blame for the unglam-
cases which guaranteed rights to contraception and same-sex relationships and marriage. It’s a story of hope and optimism, an ex- ordebates,unlessyou’reared-ballcricketfa- orousness of the Ranji Trophy. It is a reflec-
Bytakingawayaright,thecourthassetadangerousprecedentandtherippleswillbefelt ample of how hard work, planning and natic, it does not create any buzz. The year tion of the altered cricketing milieu and its
courage could overcome a dearth of twin- before, when the edition was scrapped alto- values. It’s the same in England and
beyondUSborders.Aroundtheworld,theUShasbeenseentoleadthemarchtowardsgreater
kling talent. Yet, it’s a story that you could gether due to the pandemic, Star Sports did Australia, where the 100 and BBL have
individualrights.Thestruggletokeeptheindividualattheheartofanexpansiverights-based soon forget, as you had forgotten the fairy- The IPL is not to blame for not bang down the doors of the Board, de- pushed the County championship and
framework could now get tougher. tale narratives of Vidarbha, Gujarat and the unglamorousness of the manding it is played at all costs. Unlike the Shield to the background. Domestic tourna-
Saurashtra in the last six years. It’s no fault of Ranji Trophy. It is a invincible IPL— not the pandemic, not polls, ments have become truly domestic in that
yours — there is a deluge of cricketing fix- reflection of the altered not a recession, perhaps not even war, has international players barely feature in them.
tures around the world, far more glamorous powers to stop it. That Bumrah and Kohli have never encoun-

A PALER WIMBLEDON and exciting than what unfurled in

Bengaluru. There was Jasprit Bumrah and
ViratKolhiduelling,perhapsforthefirsttime
cricketing milieu and its
values. Domestic
tournaments have become
But the Ranji Trophy exists, providing a
background hum to a busy season, quietly
developing the next generation of interna-
tered each other in a red-ball, first class game
tells the story.
Noneof this,though,willthreatentheex-
Thecelebratedtennistournamentwillsorelymissstarplayers– in a red-ball game in a warm-up game in
truly domestic in that tional players, sometimes acting as a retreat istence of the Ranji Trophy. It is the ultimate
includingandespeciallyFederer Leicester; there are Brendon McCullum’s for out-of-form international players and survivor that might live as long as Indian
international players barely

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red-ball radicals engaged in a seesaw tussle providing avastcanvastoplayersfromevery cricket itself. But it might be remembered
IMBLEDON 2022 ISN’T like its previous editions. As the most eagerly with Trent Boult’s swing and seam heavy- feature in them. That corner of the country. The net the Ranji only when a truly spectacular event occurs,
awaited tennis major opened to a diluted draw and several low-key metalchords;aclosely-foughtwhite-ballse- Bumrah and Kohli have Trophy casts is three times wider than the orwhenthereisanunderdogstorytobetold.
ries just ended in Sri Lanka. Not to forget, it’s IPL or any other tournament, now that the Such stories befit the tournament — under-
first-round matches, the impact of its vulnerability to geopolitics hit
not even a month since the IPL final. And be-
never encountered each Northeastern states are also involved. A to- dog tales from an underdog tournament.
home.InApril,inwhatwasseenasanover-reactioninmanyquarters, other in a red-ball, first class
fore you have the time to catch your breath, tal of 38 teams competed in the tournament
the most celebrated tennis tournament banned Russian and Belarusian players because of the T20 World Cup would blast through the game tells the story. this year, and almost 750 different players. [email protected]
the war in Ukraine. The move did not go down well with the tennis fraternity, creating fur-
ther divisions in an already fractured sport. The All England Club’s decision — not followed
byanyothereventaroundtheglobe—haskeptoutmen’sNo1DaniilMedvedev,No8Andrey

JUNE 28, 1982, FORTY YEARS AGO

Rublev, and three of the women’s top 20 — Aryna Sabalenka, Daria Kasatkina and Victoria
Azarenka from the well-manicured grass courts.
Global tennis bodies — ATP and WTA — haven’t remained silent. They have stripped
Wimbledonofrankingpointsinthestrongestrebukeofaneventinrecenthistory.Thebiggest
victim of these unfortunate circumstances is one of the game’s superstars, Serbian Novak
THE ISRAELI INVASION tempt to storm the city.” equipment.Amajorportionof thisnewware
equipment is now being flown into Pakistan.
Djokovic,inlinetobecomeonlythefourthmen’splayer(afterBjornBorg,PeteSamprasand ISRAEL'S INVASION ARMY warned the peo-
ple of Beirut to use the two-day-old cease-
PAKISTAN BUYS ARMS According to military experts in New Delhi,
Pakistan has also drawn up a very ambitious
Roger Federer) to win a fourth consecutive Wimbledon title. Because of the complex rank-
ingcalculations,andtheATPdecision,DjokovicissuretolosehisplaceintheTop5evenifhe fire to get out of the city. In leaflets dropped PAKISTAN HAS SENT high-power military programme for modification of its air force.
over the encircled capital, the Israeli army teams to the United States, Britain, West
winshere.JoiningRafaelNadalandRogerFedererintheGOATrace,Djokovicwouldn’tmind
exchangingpointsforthetrophybutnoteveryoneisonthesamepageashim.MultipleGrand
said its war against the Palestinians was not
yet over. “The Israeli defence forces are con-
Germany and Italy to acquire sophisticated
electroniccountermeasuresequipmenttofur-
MIZO GUERRILLAS
Slam winner Naomi Osaka considers the oldest Grand Slam tournament “more like an ex- tinuing their war against the terrorists and ther increase the offensive capabilities of its INAMOSTbafflingturnof events,Mizoguer-
hibition” minus ranking points. havenotyetusedalltheirmight,”theleaflets armed forces. Under a recently signed con- rillas have decided to stay clear of the secu-
The other regular feature missing at Wimbledon this year will be Federer, whose blend said.“Usethecease-fire tosave yourlife,”the tract,Pakistanhasstartedreceivinghighlyso- rity forces in their renewed campaign of ter-
of elegant and powerful tennis came to define the tournament for the better part of two Arabic-languageleafletstoldBeirutresidents. phisticatedlow-levelmobileradarsandother ror. Instructions to their cadres are clear:
In response, the PLO vowed in a broadcast communication equipment from a West “Securityforcesshouldinnowaybetouched
decades.Thejuniorsingleschampionin1998,Federerhasplayedineverymaindrawevent
over its Voice of Palestine radio station to European country. Pakistan has also con- unless it's unavoidable”. Observers interpret
inthe22yearssince.Hemissesoutduetoaninjury.It’stoomuchofachangeforthisancient “fight to defend Beirut... and exact a heavy, cluded an agreement with the United States this as a sign of both the insurgents' weak-
venue steeped in customs to take. very heavy price from the enemy for any at- for the supply of automatic data handling ness and cunning.

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WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“The US is exceptional in its lack of federal maternity provisions; children as
well as parents will suffer the consequences of unwanted additions to their
families, with poor and black people the worst affected.” — THE GUARDIAN

A skewed playing field On startups, a

Small businesses are suffering from unethical practices and unequal bargaining power of online gravity check
aggregator platforms. It is time that a set of comprehensive rules and regulations is put together Therearen’tthatmanyconsumerswithsignificant
discretionaryspending capacity,andthosewith
capacityaren’tincreasingtheir spending
and those with the capacity aren’t increas-
ingtheirspendingasthesecompanieswould
hope.This seems tobethe case acrossstart-
ups for a range for products/services.
Sushil Kumar Modi Take Zomato, for instance. In 2021-22,
535 million orders for food delivery were
placedontheplatform.Consideringthatthe
AS TECHNOLOGY FLATTENS the world, the company has 50 million annual transacting
way we operate our daily lives — travel, en-
tertain, educate, shop, communicate and
Ishan Bakshi consumers, this translates to just under 11
orderspercustomerfortheentireyearorless
even obtain food — is undergoing a radical than one order per customer per month. Of
change. This has impacted a variety of stake- THE CYCLE, however long, eventually turns. these 50 million customers, only 15 million
holders in the country differently – there are And turned it has, in India. The startup transacted at least once a month, while 1.8
obvious winners and losers. The nature of ecosystem which has been in overdrive for million did so once a week. In the case of
our success in dealing with this change will thepastfewyears--propelledbyacombina- Nykaa, the average monthly unique visitors
lieinthewaysinwhichwedealwiththecon- tionoffactors,butlargely,bytheeraofcheap rangefromaround16millionforthefashion
cerns of all players. money—isnowshowingsignsofweakness. verticalto21millionforthebeautyandper-
The proliferation of a wide range of e- Andwiththisturncomestherealisationthat sonal care products. However, the number
commerce platforms has created conven- manyoftheassumptionsthatunderpinned of transacting customers is only 1.8 million
ience and increased consumer choice. But in thestratosphericvaluationswereunhinged and8.4millionrespectively.Similarly,while
hindsight, the initial cashback and deep dis- from reality. Policy Bazaar has around 59 million regis-
counts have turned out to be a forerunner to It was hard not to be swept by the allure teredcustomers,only11.8millionareunique
addiction. The online aggregator platforms andpromiseofthenewagetechcompanies. purchasing customers.
have also damaged large segments of small Builtonacompellingnarrative—thecombi- Whatisequallyworryingisthecomplete
and medium businesses through their dom- nation of accelerated financial inclusion absenceofanyincreaseinspendingbyeven
inant position and the malpractices this po- (bank accounts), ease of identification these consumers who would have the ca-
sition allows them to indulge in. There is a (Aadhaar)andconnectivity(mobilephones) pacitytospendmore.In2020-21,theaverage
clear pattern that shows the domination of a — it is ultimately a bet on the Indian con- order value on Zomato was Rs 397. In 2021-
few big platforms. sumer,andtheeconomy,notongovernment 22,itwasRs398.InthecaseofNykaa,theav-
These companies resort to predatory regulations/policies. In the era of cheap erageordervalueinthebeautyandpersonal
pricing to acquire customers even as they money and negative real interest rates, un- care vertical was Rs 1,732 during January-
suffer persistent financial losses — SEBI is comfortablequestionsoverthetruemarket March 2022 — the lowest it has been in the
rightlyrevisitingthevaluationnormsof such size and profitability were swept under the lasteightquarters.Inthefashioncategory,it
companies looking to list on the stock ex- rug. High cash burn rates were the norm as was almost flat compared to the same pe-
change. They take away choice from suppli- both startups and investors sought growth riodlastyear.Inthecaseof PolicyBazaar,the
ers and consumers. This, in the long run, can by subsidising the customer. situation isn't any different.
be viewed as an exclusionary practice that Butprofitabilityisnotjustanarcanecon- While more consumers are on-board
eliminates other players from the market. ceptthatbelongstoanothercentury.Among digital payment platforms — Paytm has
The ultimate loss bearer is the consumer C R Sasikumar thestartups thathave gone public in recent about 70 million monthly transacting users
who will have a reduced bargaining position While using these platforms, citizens Unreasonable and one-sided contracts times,Paytm’slossesstoodatRs2,396crore —thesenumberssuggestthatwhenitcomes
due to less competition and will be subject share their data voluntarily and involuntar- allow travel aggregators to have a disparity in2021-22,whileforZomatoandPBFintech to consumers with considerable discre-
to the arbitrariness of monopolistic conduct. ily. The aggregators gather shopping habits, clause(in therates)whichallows themtoof- (PolicyBazaar) losses were Rs 1,222 crore tionary spending, the size of the market
Be it e-marketplaces like Amazon and consumer preferences, and other personal ferroomsatamuchcheaperratebutbarsthe andRs832crorerespectively.Theseemingly shrivels considerably. While these compa-
Flipkart or food service aggregators like data. The platforms are accused of using this hotels from doing so. Restaurants are many inexhaustiblesourceofcashthatfundssuch nies have seen an increase in the number of
Zomato or Swiggy or travel aggregators like data—datathatisneithercreatedbythem(it atime forced to acceptorders at prices much lossesisnowbeingsqueezed.Sure,investors transacting customers, to what extent the
MakeMyTripandOYO,allhavebeenaccused is created by customers) nor for them (it is lower than their agreement. Hotels are de- willcontinuetopourmoney.Someearlyage overallcustomerbaseforthesestartupscan
of distorting the market. The story of big created for sellers of the product/service) — nied delisting from platforms; other exit start-upswillcontinuetobefunded,aswill expand further is constrained by the num-
technology companies like Google, to create and improve their own products While neutrality is the clauses are restrictive. Taxis attached with someofthemorematureones.Butinvestors berof householdsinthecohortthathassig-
Facebook,andAppleisdifferent,andbestleft and services, taking away business from fundamental basis of a aggregators like Ola and Uber are pressured are likely to be more circumspect in their nificantspendingpower.Andifsalesofsmall
for another time. other sellers on their platform. They capi- to use the company’s payment system and dealings. This will include the entire range cars,amarkerofanincreaseindiscretionary
marketplace and a level
While neutrality is the fundamental ba- talise on this data and information about are often at the receiving end of arbitrary — from early stage venture capitalists to in- spending, a sign of ascendancy to the ranks
sis of a marketplace and a level playing field other brands to launch competing products playing field is in the fitness charges. stitutionalandretailinvestors—allofwhom tothemiddleclass,aren'tgrowing—salesof
is in the fitness of things, claims of outfits on their marketplace. This information of things, claims of outfits Across the world, small businesses are havemademoney,buthavealsoburnttheir MarutiSuzuki’sminiandcompactsegments,
such as Flipkart or Amazon to be a market- asymmetry is exploited by the aggregators such as Flipkart or Amazon suffering from the unethical practices and fingers. whichaccountforroughlytwo-thirdsofthe
placeforawidevarietyof sellerscanbeques- todevourorganisationstheypromisetosup- unequal bargaining power of these large Recently, Alibaba and Ant Financial ex- car makers domestic sales, actually con-
tioned. A few select sellers, who are gener- port. They provide more prominent listings
to be a marketplace for a platforms. It is time that a set of comprehen- ited their entire holdings in Paytm Mall for tracted in 2021-22 — then it is perhaps the
ally affiliated with the platform, reap the for their private labels and as they have com- wide variety of sellers can be sive rules and regulations is put together. Rs42crore,valuingtheventureatamereRs clearest indication that the market just isn't
benefits of greater visibilityand better terms plete control over customer reviews and rat- questioned. A few select These regulations need to be inclusive, 100 crore — a far cry from the $3 billion val- expanding.Themacrorealityiscatchingup.
of trade — reduced commissions and plat- ingsontheplatform;manipulationandarbi- sellers, who are generally should eliminate the conflicts of interest in- uation ascribed to the company in its last Tighter financial conditions, a re-rating
form-funded discounts. Zomato, like other trary removal have also been reported. herent in current market practices, and pre- fund-raisinground.Therearealsoreportsof of the market, will impact both fundraising
food aggregators, is said to run cloud Another issue often noticed is the lack of
affiliated with the platform, ventanyanti-competitivepractices.Amodel startupsindiversemarkets,rangingfromOla efforts and valuations. Several questions
kitchens. Many of them run private-labelled a fair and transparent dispute resolution reap the benefits of greater agreementthatisfairandallowsalevelplay- to OYO, planning to raise funds at lower val- arise.Towhatextentwillinvestorscontinue
products in categories where other sellers mechanism for sellers on these platforms. visibility and better terms of ing field between the aggregators and their uations. Among those who have gone pub- to subsidise consumers? Will startups still
have been successful. The associate compa- Delayed payments, unreasonable charges, trade — reduced business partners should be implemented. licinrecenttimes,mostaretradingmuchbe- commandthesamevaluationstheyhavere-
nies are prominent sellers on their platform. and hidden fees are common occurrences. ThereisalottolearnfromtheDigitalMarkets low their listing price. ceived in previous fundraising rounds? Or
It is alleged that undue advantage is given The power of these platforms is at the cost of commissions and platform- Act of the EU that seeks to address unfair During the heady days, many numbers, willweseedownrounds?Somestartupswill
while recommending or listing these smallhardworkingbusinesses.Smallrestau- funded discounts. Zomato, practices by these gatekeepers. Strong and indicators of the size of the market or TAM survive this period. Many may not. And
products. rants complain that food-service aggrega- like other food aggregators, is quick grievance redressal and dispute reso- (thetotaladdressablemarket),werebandied changes in the dynamics of private markets
Online travel aggregators are often ac- tors’inabilitytoserviceacustomerrequestis said to run cloud kitchens. lution mechanisms should be established. about. One such number thrown around is will also have a bearing on public markets.
cused of cartelisation. The Competition attributed to the restaurant’s inability. The rules should allow for punitive penalties thesmartphoneusersinthecountry—some Intriguingly, though, even as questions
Commission of India’s investigation in the Similarly,hotelslistedontheseplatformsare The associate companies are for unfair practices. Market dominance and havepeggedthisat500million.Orthetrans- over the prospects of startups, consumers,
OYO-MakeMyTrip collusion case resulted in blamedforcustomergrievancesarisingfrom prominent sellers on their subsequent invoking of fair competition actions routed through the UPI platform — andtheeconomyarebeingraised,valuations
MakeMyTrip being ordered to relist proper- over-committing. In some cases, restaurants platform. It is alleged that rules should be triggered at the level of mi- inMaytherewerealmostsixbilliontransac- of some companies in sectors more tightly
ties of Treebo and FabHotels. Other such ar- and hotels are arbitrarily shown as closed. cro-markets and for product segments. tionsworthRs10trillion.Orthenearuniver- regulated, more directly influenced by gov-
undue advantage is given
bitrary removals or suppressions of listing of Large restaurants with their own delivery salityofbankaccounts.Butinreality,formost ernment policies, seem to defy gravity. For
competing products and services have also networks are forced to use the aggregator's while recommending or The writer is Rajya Sabha MP and former ofthesestartups,themarketoreventhepo- someofthesecompanies,theprice-to-earn-
been heard of. delivery services. listing these products. deputy chief minister of Bihar tential market is just a fraction of this. ingsratioisevenhigherthantheastronom-
Whicheverwayoneslicesthedata,thereal- icalprice-to-rentratiosofresidentialreales-
ityis,therearen'tthatmanyconsumerswith tate in Delhi.
significant discretionary spending capacity, [email protected]

Don’t look at America LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Allof us,whereverwelive,mustpushbackonthecriminalisationof abortion
Payal Shah GAP IN BRICS soughtjustice for the riot victimsmight
have a chilling effect on the defenders
THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,'Balancing of human rights and leave the victims
FOR HALF a century, women and pregnant nal laws. As United Nations Special emphasises the link between the Court’s at- reflectsbutalsoadvancesglobalhumanrights BRICS' (IE, June 27). BRICS has not lived with no one to take up the baton on
people in the US have relied on the right to Rapporteursstatedintheiramicuscuriaebrief tackongenderequalityandbroaderstruggles standards. upto the expectations it set a decade their behalf.
abortion to make decisions about their lives, submitted to the Supreme Court in this case, for democracy: “What has happened in the In the months and years to come, the re- ago. Initiatives like New Development S S Paul, Nadia
health, and well-being. In 1973, the US ‘the United States would contradict interna- United States today is a profound setback for versalofRoemaybecitedasgroundsforretro- BankandtheBRICSprogrammeonvac-
Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade estab-
lishedcriticalprotectionsagainstviolationsof
tionalhumanrightslawbyoverturningitses-
tablished constitutional protections for abor-
theruleoflawandgenderequality.Theexces-
sive use of the legislative process, executive
gression in the jurisprudence of other coun-
tries. We must not let that happen. We must
cines are commendable. Having said
that,therearemanycomplexitiesinthis
WAY FORWARD
individuals’rightstobodilyautonomy,health, tion access — both by failing to recognise power,andjudicialauthorityovertheyearsto recogniseabortionjurisprudenceintheUSas grouping. First, internal imbalance, THISREFERSTOthearticle,'Backsliding
and equality. Roe’s legacy was not only felt in abortionaccessasnecessaryforwomen’sau- restrict and criminalise abortion rather than the anti-democratic, idiosyncratic, and anti- which largely favours China. Second, in America' (IE, June 27). Any democ-
America.Aroundtheworld,nationalcourtsre- tonomy,equalityandnon-discriminationand toexpanditandensureequitableaccesstosafe health development it is and instead, hold its strained ties between India and China racymustworkindetailsof thewayfor-
lieduponRoetoarticulatetheirownconstitu- by retrogressing on human rights contrary to abortion services, signals a deeply troubling lawmakers accountable for the cruelty, vio- marrthegroup'sabilitytodeliver.Third, ward before rolling back a constitu-
tional recognition of reproductive rights and international law.’ erosionof democraticvaluesandprocess.”By lence,anddevastatinghealthimpactsthatthis though Brazil's president raised the is- tionalright.TheUS,today,standsatthat
bodily autonomy, including in India. Theserightshavenowbeenstrippedfrom allowingstatestoeffectivelyforceindividuals court decision will cause. sue of UN reforms,and India was also criticaljunctureafteritsSupremeCourt
On June 24, the US Supreme Court over- people in the US, as the dissenting opinion of to carry pregnancies to term, the Court has Further, all of us, wherever we live, must supportive of the same, it has not seen reversedthe1973rulinginRoe vsWade,
turned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 vote, eliminating three justices in the Dobbs decision empha- placedtheUSamongstasmallsetofcountries push back on the criminalisation of abortion. much headway in the last decade. taking away the constitutional right to
theconstitutionalrighttoabortioninthecoun- sises:“TheCourttodaysaysthatfromthevery thatinrecentyearshavebacktrackedonabor- Even in countries like India where there has Finally, internal trade as a grouping has abortion. The decision was imminent
try and sending the decision to state legisla- momentoffertilization,awomanhasnorights tion rights: El Salvador, Honduras, Iran, beenrecentprogress,thecontinuedinclusion remained dismal.Considering all of withthecourthavingaconservativesu-
tures. Within mere hours of this momentous tospeakof.AStatecanforcehertobringapreg- Nicaragua, and Poland. ofabortioninthepenalcode—albeitwithex- these aspects, it seems that BRICS has a permajority. People with unwanted
decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health nancy to term, even at the steepest personal The Court’s decision stands in stark con- ceptions — has been documented to have a lot to deliver on in times to come. pregnancies may,in parts of the coun-
Center, nine states have already banned abor- andfamilialcosts...Themajority’srefusaleven trast to the global trend toward the liberalisa- harmful impact, including on marginalised Dewang Ganesh Thosar, Raigad try, have to opt for medical assistance.
tion. Overall, 26 states are certain or likely to to consider the life-altering consequences of tion of abortion laws and is out of step with populations. We must call upon our govern- There is also a fear that miscarriages
ban abortions in the coming weeks.
Inmanyparts of the US, pregnantindivid-
reversing Roe and Casey is a stunning indict-
ment of its decision.”
otherdemocracies.IncountriesfromColombia
to Argentina to Ireland to the Democratic
ments to treat abortion as an essential health
service. In the face of such an egregious set-
SEEKING JUSTICE could be subject to criminal investiga-
tions. AlthoughPresident Biden and his
uals and health workers seeking to provide Atmyorganisation,PhysiciansforHuman Republic of the Congo, critical law reform has backonhumanrights,wecannotbesilent.We THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘In SC’s Democratic Party have declared that
abortionwillbeincreasinglysubjecttocrimi- Rights,wearealarmedthathealthworkersin occurred to remove barriers to abortion. must act in solidarity with pregnant people name’ (IE, June 27). Without going into theywillpushforabortiontomadeinto
nal penalties. The impacts of these criminal the US will soon be placed in the difficult po- Similarly, India just last year amended its and health workers under threat, wherever the merits of the case attributed to ac- a federally protected right in
lawswillbefeltmostacutelybymarginalised sitionofhavingtodecidebetweenadheringto 50-year-old abortion law — passed just two they are. tivist Teesta Setalvad and former IPS of- November’smid-termelections,theef-
individuals who have limited means to seek newanti-abortionlawsorfulfillingtheirmed- years before Roe — to further expand access. ficer and whistle-blower R B fort to protect reproductive rights will
safeandlegalservicesandarealreadysubject ical ethics to provide comprehensive, evi- Whiledecisionsarenotuniform,incasesspan- The writer is director, Programme on Sexual Sreekumar, one cannot help observing likely have to be carried out in stages
to greater criminalisation, including low-in- dence-based healthcare to their patients. ning issues such as maternal health, access to Violence in ConflictZonesat Physicians for what is perceived to be an overeager with legal challenges at multiple levels,
come women and women of colour. Some Violence and threats against health workers contraception, forced and involuntary sterili- Human Rights and the former acting Regional haste with which an FIR was filed along with civil and political support to
may be able to travel or access medication whoprovidereproductivehealthserviceswere sation, abortion, sexual and reproductive Directorfor Asia at the Center for Reproductive against them, accusing them of crimi- those seeking it in Red States and
abortion, but that will not be an option for alreadyrising.Thedeaththreats,violence,and healthrightsofadolescents,employmentdis- Rights. Sheis alsoa Fellow with the nal conspiracy and other offences un- through grass-root level campaigns.
everyone. obstruction will likely increase as abortion is criminationongroundsofpregnancyorchild- International Programmeon Sexual and der the IPC. Acting against those who Sanjay Chopra, Mohali
Under international human rights law, outlawed in states across the country. care,amongothers, Indiancourtshavedevel- Reproductive Health Law,
countries must repeal discriminatory crimi- A statement by UN human rights experts oped robust jurisprudence that not only University of Toronto

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MAHARASHTRA POLITICAL CRISIS SANGRUR BYPOLL LOSS

Shinde faction plans to approach Governor SGPC leader wants

top SAD leaders to
In ‘wait and watch’ mode, BJP holds core committee meeting
could find it difficult to prove its members,whichhasgonedown
Raj Bhavan
seeks details
‘admit mistakes’, quit
SHUBHANGI KHAPRE majorityonthefloorofthehouse to 287 with the death of Sena
MUMBAI, JUNE 27 if therebelMLAsweretostickto- MLA Ramesh Latke last month. of files cleared KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR
gether, the sources added. The halfway mark to form the AMRITSAR, JUNE 27
WITH THE Supreme Court ex- The development has also government is 144. With from June 22
tending the deadline for them to sparkedworriesintheSenawith Congress's 44, NCP’s 53 and AFTERFINISHINGadistantfifthin
file a response to disqualification a senior leader pointing out: Sena’s 16 legislators, the aggre- to June 24 the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll,
notices, the Shiv Sena’s rebel “While the SC has given two gate strength of the allies stands ShiromaniAkaliDal(Badal)isfac-
group led by Eknath Shinde is weeks’ time to the rebels to re- at 111 -- 33 short of the halfway YOGESH NAIK ing calls from within the
learnt to be strategising to ap- spondtodisqualificationnotices mark. The number of independ- MUMBAI, JUNE 27 ShiromaniGurdwaraParbandhak
proach the Governor, informing served by deputy speaker ents/smaller parties adds up to Committee(SGPC),theorganisa-
himoftheirdecisiontowithdraw Narhari Zirwal, our plea for dis- 29members,of whicharound11 THE RAJ Bhavan secretariat has tioninwhichitwieldsalmostab- SAD(Amritsar)president
support from the MVA, and allowingfloortesttillJuly11was are with Shinde camp. Sources asked the state government to solute control, for the party's top SimranjitSinghMannwon
thereby, prompting a floor test. not considered.” say that even if all the remaining Supporters of rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde givedetailsofthefilesandpropos- leadershipto“admititsmistakes” theSangrurbypolls.
Highly placed sources said, Shinde camp’s confidence 19 were to align with MVA, the celebrate in Thane after SC decision on Monday. Deepak Joshi als cleared on June 22, 23 and 24. and “hand over its resignation”.
“TheShindefactionislikelytoap- stemsfromitsbelief that itholds figure still won’t cross 130. Thedirectioncomesamidallega- SGPC general secretary
proach Governor Bhagat Singh two-third majority in the Shiv “Minus Shinde faction, MVA tions that following the rebellion Karnail Singh Panjoli told The AAP's Punjab government.
Koshyari at Raj Bhawan, inform- Sena. At present, it is claiming finds itself confronting the battle said,“Alotofdeliberationsareun- Meanwhile, the BJP, which of the Shiv Sena MLAs, a number Indian Express on Monday that “Ithinkthebiggestreason(for
ing its decision to distance itself support of 39 MLAs out of total for survival in Maharashtra,” the derway on the next course of ac- convened its core committee of files were cleared and govern- the “Akali leadership has failed”. AAP's defeat in Sangrur) is be-
from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) 55 MLAs of the Sena. Besides, source said. tion. We are still fighting for the meetingattheresidenceofoppo- ment resolutions (GRs) issued in He also hit out at the AAP, de- causetheytriedtolieanddeceive
government.” there are over 10 MLAs from Expressing his happiness, rightstoleadtheSena...Wealways sition leader Devendra Fadnavis, a hurry in Mantralaya. scribing the party in Punjab as a Punjabis. The Aam Aadmi Party
Claiming to have 50 plus smaller parties/independents Shinde said, “It is a victory for wanted Sena to walk away from has decided to adopt “wait and Last week, Santosh Kumar, “slave to the (Arvind) Kejriwal has ensnared Punjab in double
MLAs in its fold, Shinde camp’s with them. Their total support Balasaheb’s Hindutva. We have the Congress and the NCP.” watch” strategy. State BJP presi- principal secretary to Governor B government in Delhi”. slavery.TheKejriwalgovernment
decision to step out of MVA base has risen to over 50, the alwaysmaintainedthatwehave Shinde'ssonShrikantalleged dent Chandrakant Patil said, S Koshyari, had written to chief Panjoli was reiterating the re- isaslavetotheBJPgovernmentat
would raise a question on the Shinde camp has claimed. notwalkedoutof Sena.Ourfight that the disqualification notice “Whatishappeningisaninternal secretaryManukumarSrivastava marks he had first made in a the Centre and AAP in Punjab is a
numberswithUddhavThackeray The totalstrength of thestate is for the self respect of Sena.” to his father and 15 MLAs were matterofSena.Wearealsoclosely directing for details of decisions, FacebookpostonSundayevening. slave to the Kejriwal government
led MVA government, which legislative assembly is 288 Sources in the Shinde faction sent under pressure. monitoring the developments.” deliberations,GRsandcircularsto The election in Sangrur was ofDelhi...,”hesaid,repeatingpor-
besenttotheGovernor.Onreceiv- wonbySAD(Amritsar)president tions of his Facebook post.

Maharashtra CM strips all

ingtheletteronMonday,thechief SimranjitSingh Mann, a77-year- PanjolibecametheSGPCgen-
secretaryhasaskedtheadditional oldpro-Khalistanleader,whobeat eral secretary in November 2021,
chief secretary (organisation and the AAP candidate by a narrow and holds the second most pow-
management)tocollatethedata. marginof5,822votes.SAD(Badal) erful position in the organisation

rebel ministers of portfolios

Accordingtotheletterissued fielded Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana after the president.
to the Chief Secretary, the infor- who ended fifth. Late on Monday, SAD (Badal)

DELHI CONFIDENTIAL mation has to be placed before

the Governor as mandated by
Congratulating Simranjit
SinghMann,Panjolidescribedthe
said in a statement: “No one has
demandedtheresignationofSAD
Congress. The Excise ministry the Article 167 of the constitu- wininhisFacebookpostas“avic- president Sukhbir Singh Badal
YOGESH NAIK will go to Satej Patil of the tion of India. toryofPanthicprinciplesandSikh who has been elected to his chair
MUMBAI, JUNE 27 Congress. Last week, leader of ideology”andsaidthe“fall”ofSAD through a democratic process.
CM Uddhav The ministries held by MoS Opposition Pravin Darekar had (Badal) was a “result of the peo- Victories and defeats happen.
CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav Thackeray Rajendra Yadravkar (independ- written to the Governor on the ple’s distrust in the present Akali ShiromaniAkaliDalwillcontinue
Thackeray, who is facing a re- says work ent) will also be divided among spateof decisions“beingtakenin leadership”. to uphold its principles and
bellion in his party led by of people different leaders. While health a hurry” and had sought the On Monday, he said: “This Panthic values at all costs. It ap-
Eknath Shinde, has stripped all shouldn’t will be given to Kadam, medical Governor’s intervention in the electionhasprovedthattheAkali pealstothepartyrankandfilenot
the rebel ministers of their port- suffer education and textiles will go to matter. leadership has completely failed to be swayed by rumours & dis-
folios. Thackeray said the move Prajakt Tanpure of the to lead the Panth and the people playunitytostrengthentheparty
was taken to ensure that work Nationalist Congress Party of Punjab. Now the Akali leader- at this juncture.”
of people did not suffer. Ministries of Agriculture and (NCP). Similarly, rural develop- PIL in HC seeks ship should admit its mistakes Leaders of AAP in Punjab did
The ministries of Urban Sainik Welfare held by Dada ment will go to Congress’s Patil and hand over its resignation to not respond to Panjoli's remarks.
Development and Public Works Bhuse, Employment Guarantee while cultural affairs will be immediate the Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht TheSangrurbypollwasneces-

MISSION MODE
undertakings, held by Shiv
Sena’s Shinde, have been given
services and horticulture min-
istries held by Sandipan
helmed by Aditi Tatkare of the
NCP. return of Shinde, Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh.” He
saidtheJathedarshouldgivelead-
sitated after the incumbent MP
Bhagwant Mann resigned from

WITH THE digital push targeting the youth ahead of Uttar

to industries minister Subhash
Desai.
Bhumre, and higher and tech-
nical education ministries held
Ministries held by MoS
Abdul Sattar of Shiv Sena have rebel ministers ership of the party to those who
can"lookaftertheinterestsofthe
the seat after becoming Chief
Minister in March following the
Pradesh elections finding success, Prime Minister Narendra Notably, Desai, whose term by Uday Samant will go to the also been snatched away with Panth and Punjab”. The SGPC of- AAP’s landslide victory in the
Modiwantedhisministerstomaketheinitiativesofhisgovern- as an MLC will soon be over, will CM’s son and environment revenue portfolio being given to OMKAR GOKHALE fice-bearer also slammed the Assembly elections.
mentforstart-upsfamiliarwiththeyouth.Thenewmission— have to resign in the next six minister Aaditya Thackeray. All Tanpure, rural development to MUMBAI, JUNE 27
NewIndiaForYoungIndia—isalreadylaunchedinpoll-bound months. three rebels belong to the Shiv Patil and ports to Tatkare.
Gujarat, with Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar visiting Water supply minister Sena. MoS Bachchu Kadu (inde- SEVEN RESIDENTS of AAP’S FIRST ‘JANTA BUDGET’

Punjab Budget:
universities to tell students about the government’s pro- Gulabrao Patil’s ministry has Minister of state pendent) has also found himself MaharashtrahavemovedaPILin
grammesandschemes.Chandrasekharisonatwo-dayvisitto been given to Transport minis- Shamburaje Desai’s Home min- divested of portfolio with the Bombay High Court to "con-
thestatetomeetstudentsandisscheduledtovisitfouruniver- ter Anil Parab, who is facing an istry has been given to Sanjay school education going to sider their fundamental rights"

No new taxes, 300

sitiesduringthetrip.Theprogrammeistocreateabuzzamong Enforcement Directorate (ED) Bansode while Desai’s Finance Tatkare, irrigation to Patil, and direct Shiv Sena rebel leader
studentsaboutnewopportunitiessuchasspaceandstart-ups, probe and is repeatedly called ministry and Skill Development women and child welfare to EknathShinde,whoison“official
andChandrasekhar,aformerchipdesigner,isexpectedtocre- by the Central agency for ques- ministry will be given to Bansode and OBC ministry to leave”withotherministers,toim-

units of free power

ate interest among the youth to take up entrepreneurship. tioning. Vishwajeet Kadam of the Datta Bharne of the NCP. mediately return to the state and
assume duties.
ThePILwasmentionedbefore
a bench led by Chief Justice

HABITUAL OFFENCE Dipankar Datta Monday. The

benchsaiditwilldecideongrant-
ingdateof hearingafterperusing
KANCHAN VASDEV
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 27
it has announced 75 Mohalla
Clinics to be functional from
August 15 and has set aside Rs
HEARINGAPLEAforanticipatorybail,JusticeSuryaKant,pre- Aaditya Thackeray visits the praecipe or a written request 1,800 crore for 300 units of free
sidingoveratwo-judgeSupremeCourtbench,remarkedhow MGM hospital at Kamothe, for urgent hearing moved by the WITH NO new taxes imposed, power to be rolled out to people
some accused go back to committing offences after getting Navi Mumbai on Monday to petitioners seeking an urgent Punjab Finance Minister Harpal from July 1 onwards.
bail. Recalling a “personal experience”, the judge said he has meet Shiv Sena supporter hearing. It says “willful absence” Singh Cheema on Monday pre- The budget has a stamp of
someagriculturallandandthereisatubewellinit.Oneday,he Prasad Sawant, who was by said ministers is conduct that sented the Aam Aadmi Party Delhi model of AAP, and Delhi
said,thecaretakercalledandinformedthatsomecopperwires attacked by rebel MLAs’ affectstherightsofcitizens,espe- (AAP) government’s maiden deputy CM Manish Sisodia was a
extendingtothetubewellhadbeenstolen.“Itoldhimnothing supporters in Raigad. ciallyrelatedtofarmersandurban budget for 2022-23 fiscal, with a witness to the presentation as he
can be done — you go and lodge a report with the local police. Narendra Vaskar issues during the rainy season. totaloutlayofRs1,55,859.78crore sat in the visitor’s gallery of the
I went to court and he went to lodge the complaint. And he and a revenue deficit of Punjab assembly. On the fiscal

Shinde camp views SC order as victory;

told [the police] it’s the land of so-and-so and theft has taken Rs 12,553.80 crore. healthfront,thestatefinancesare
place. The first remark the SHO made, he said, ‘what to do? Putting emphasis on educa- in a mess. Cheema blamed the
Yeh jo chor hai, isko parson court ne release kiya thha. Isliye tion, health and agriculture, the previous governments for the
karli chori isne aate hi (he was released by court only the day government’sfocustomopupre- mess as he said that the debt on
before, so he committed theft as soon as he came out).” The
benchhada heartylaughbeforedenyingtherelief soughtfor. disqualification inevitable, says Sena sourceswouldbefromexciserev-
enuepeggedatRs9,648croreand
fiscalprudence.“Wewillcutcor-
the state was burgeoning and it
was projected to go up to Rs 2.84
crore by the end of this fiscal.
the inevitable disqualification of Gogawale, said, “We have 51 to resign”. nersandexercisefiscalprudence. This was for the first time
VALLABH OZARKAR the rebel MLAs. MLAs and we have to go with Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena MP, Previous governments were that Punjab presented a paper-
Govt requests for GOA MUMBAI, JUNE 27 “Wehavewonthismajorbat- someone to form an alliance. We who has been spearheading the known for their profligacy and less budget. However, as the
tleasthecourthasgivenusama- cannot go with the Congress or battle for disqualification for the we would ensure not a paisa is MLAswerenotabletoaccessthe
blocking tweets of Opp MLAs say THE SUPREME Court’s order on jorreliefandwehavetimetocon- theNCPand there is onlyoneop- MVA,however,calledtheinterim wasted... We have saved Rs 20 budget on their phones,
groups, politicians: no to training Monday, extending the time for
EknathShindeand15otherrebel
template on howtotake thenext
step,whetherwehavetocometo
tion, which is the BJP.”
Deepak Kesarkar, the
orderas“postponementofthein-
evitable disqualification”. “They
crore of the state exchequer by
doing away with multiple pen-
Congress’s Sukhpal Khaira
protestedthattheywerenotable
Twitter document event in hotel MLAs in the Maharashtra State
Legislative Assembly to file writ-
Mumbai for floor test or not. We
havegivenalltheauthorityof de-
spokespersonoftheShindecamp,
said that the Bharatiya Janata
have only got time…that doesn’t
mean it is a setback to MVA
sionsof statelegislators.Thisway
we will exercise austerity meas-
to read it as the FM delivered his
speech.SpeakerKultarSandhwan
New Delhi: The government ten response to the Deputy cision to Shinde saheb who will Party(BJP)andShivSenawillform (Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi). The ures to ensure that people’s later made the printed copies of
asked Twitter to block multiple Speaker’s disqualification notice decideonthefurthercourseofac- the government in the state, process has just been postponed. money went back to people.” the budget available.
accounts and some tweets from MAYURA JANWALKAR till July 12, was deemed as a vic- tion,”rebelMLABharatGogawale, adding that their leader will be Now we are in a wait-and-watch Whilethegovernmenthasnot Cheema said it was 'Janta’s
advocacy group Freedom PANAJI, JUNE 27 tory by the rebel camp. On the the chief whip of the Shinde Uddhav Thackeray and that the positionandwewilldecideonour been able to fulfill its pre-poll budget' as the government con-
House, journalists, politicians, otherhand,theShivSenaalsoput camp, said. Congress and the NCP should further course of action depend- promise of giving away Rs 1,000 sulted the stakeholders and peo-
and supporters of farmers' OPPOSITIONLEGISLATORSinGoa upabravefrontstatingthatthein- When asked if there is any walk out of the government “in- ing upon what they (the rebel per month to women in its ple of the state before preparing
protest last year, according to a refusedtoattendatrainingwork- terim order had only postponed planonjoininghandswiththeBJP, stead of asking Thackeray saheb camp) are doing,” Sawant said. maidenbudgetforwantoffunds, the budget.
document filed by the platform shop organised by the Assembly
on June 26. at a five-star hotel in Panaji on
The requests from the gov- Monday.
AIADMK names EPS in-charge, calls OPS an ‘epitome of betrayal’
E
ernment were sent between While the Congress said the
January 5, 2021 and December sametwo-daytrainingworkshop
29, 2021, according to the docu- could have been held in the "Of the75districtsecretaries, sence of coordinators. These are of the founders' column on the
E X P L A I NE D

mentfiledwithLumendatabase. Assemblywithoutburdeningthe ARUN JANARDHANAN 65of themagreedwiththedeci- some of the most basic rules of masthead of AIADMK's mouth- Reason
Leading internet companies finances,theAAPsaidMLAsneed CHENNAI, JUNE 27 sion to appoint EPS in-charge of the party. I'm not sure if OPS piece Namadhu Amma for "be-
like Google, Facebook and not receive training from the party administration. Four of doesn't know about it or is just traying the party's interests".
behind
Twitter file information with Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini in- ATA meetingcalledbythe dom- them were not there because pretending to be ignorant." After OPS reached Theni on ● drasticaction
Lumendatabaseaboutweblinks stitute, an RSS-affiliate. inant Edappadi K Palaniswami they were sick. Now, only six He called OPS the "most bla- Sunday night, the majority fac-
or accounts that they have been Leader of the Opposition (EPS) faction here on Monday people are left in the OPS camp," tantexampleof betrayal"."Since tion decided to call a meeting WHILE OPS may move the
asked to block by any entity un- Micheal Lobo said they had at- the AIADMK came down hard Jayakumar said, when asked if the beginning, everyone has for Monday. court and contend against
der applicable laws. tended the opening ceremony in on O Panneerselvam (OPS) call- the move was legally valid. known about several instances "It was a quick answer to arguments such as expiry
However, details about respect of the Speaker's chair but inghiman “epitomeof betrayal” The meeting held at party in which he betrayed the OPS, who tried to get BJP in- of coordinator posts and
whether the request to block a theywereoftheviewthattheses- and appointed EPS as in-charge headquarters was chaired by party...," he said. volved in our party (affairs/cri- EPS’s new role, the faction
link or account was fulfilled are sion could have been held on the of party's administrative affairs Presidium Chairman Tamil Jayakumar also slammed sis) again...,” a senior AIADMK of the former CM believes
not available on the database. Assembly premises in Porvorim until the next general council Magan Hussain , EPS and senior Edappadi K Palaniswami OPS's son O P Raveendranath, leader said, referring to OPS's Monday's action will en-
An e-mail query sent to the that has all the facilities for a con- meeting, scheduled for July 11. leader K P Munusamy. OPS was who is the only MP for AIADMK, Delhi trip last week that report- sureOPSdoesnothaveany
Ministryof ElectronicsandITdid ference and catering. D Jayakumar, the party's or- not present at the meeting as he referring to the latter's recent edly aimed at seeking help from support left in the party.
not elicit any reply. The session was aimed at ganisational secretary and was away in his hometwon, about right now," he said. meeting with Chief Minister M BJP, which is an ally of the This faction believes 69 of
The document showed that training and educating MLAs spokesman,said thepositionsof Theni. Asked about OPS and his role KStalinandhiscommentsprais- AIADMK in the state, to resolve 75 district secretaries of
the government requested to about the procedures and OPS and EPS --as coordinator Jayakumar said that a deci- in the party system, Jayakumar ingtheDMKgovernment's"hard the crisis in the party. The BJP, AIADMK support EPS, and
block tweetsbelongingtomem- processes of the Assembly. and joint coordinator respec- sionaboutthetoppostwouldbe said, "Section 20(7) of the bylaw work". however, is seemingly distanc- OPS is now only the party
bersof theCongressandtheAAP, Nineteen of Goa's 40 legislators tively -- who led the dual lead- madeatthegeneralcouncil."But explains why the administrative Jayakumar also made it clear ing itself from OPS as the major- treasurer.
including MLA Jarnail Singh. PTI are first-time MLAs. ership, are no longer valid. it is confidential, can't be talked control was given to EPS in ab- that OPS's name was taken out ity is rallying behind EPS.

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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022

G-7 SUMMIT IN GERMANY ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT

Poorneedsameenergy Sinha files nomination, calls it a battle of ideologies

TRS backs Sinha;

rights,accessasrich:PM
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 opposed to BJP’s
YASHWANT SINHA, the politics, says KTR
Opposition's candidate for the
July 18 Presidential elections SREENIVAS JANYALA
SHUBHAJIT ROY against NDA's Draupadi Murmu, HYDERABAD JUNE 27
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 filed his nomination papers on
Monday in the presence of sen- THETELANGANARashtraSamithi
AT A time when India is facing ior Opposition leaders from 16 (TRS), which earlier stayed away
criticism from the West for its parties, including former fromtheOppositionparties’meet-
purchase of discounted oil from Congress president Rahul ing on June 15 and also criticised
Russia amid the war in Ukraine, Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad themannerinwhichpresidential
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pawar, and said he is contesting nominees were considered, de-
onMondayinvokedtheneedfor to save the country and its clared its support to Opposition’s
the poor to be able to access en- Constitution. joint presidential nominee
ergy -- as much as the rich. Sinha and Opposition lead- YashwantSinhaMonday.
Speaking at the G-7 summit ers framed the contest as a fight Thepartyhadnotdeclaredits
in Germany, during a session on between two ideologies. Yashwant Sinha with Opposition leaders outside Parliament on Monday. Abhinav Saha intentionsforthepollsuntiltoday.
‘Investing in a better Future: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President of South “This election is not about West Bengal Chief Minister
Climate, Energy, Health’, Modi Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, in Germany, Monday. PTI two people,” Sinha said after fil- MamtaBanerjee’sletterto22po-
said: “All of you will also agree ing his nomination. “I have great Besides Rao, Pawar and Rahul Presidential election. He is likely ties, which are standing to- litical parties inviting them for a
with this that energy access personal regard for Draupadi Gandhi, among others present to begin the first leg of his cam- gether.” meeting to discuss the
shouldnotbetheprivilegeof the many countries in need.” “AncientIndiahasseenatime Murmu.Itisnotaboutwherewe were Rajasthan CM Ashok paignthisweekfromChennai.He Other Opposition leaders Presidentialelectionsupsetparty
richonly--apoorfamilyalsohas Modi then put forward a se- of immense prosperity; then we come from, or the people that Gehlot, Leader of Opposition in willsubsequentlytraveltoKerala echoed the sentiments. Roy said supremoKChandrasekharRaoor
the same rights on energy. And ries of suggestions. “First, we have also tolerated centuries of we represent. This is an election Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, and Karnataka. the fight is between communal- KCR’splansofleadingathirdfront
today when energy costs are must focus on the availability of slavery, and now independent between two ideologies — their Samajwadi Party president The opposition parties an- ism and secularism, and author- oflike-mindedpartiesapartfrom
sky-high due to geopolitical ten- fertilizers, and keep the value India is the fastest-growing big (BJP's) ideology is absolute Akhilesh Yadav, TMC leaders nounced the formation of a 11- itarianism versus democracy. the Congress and the BJP, an idea
sions, it is more important to re- chains of fertilizers smooth at a economyinthewholeworld.But power with destruction of Abhishek Banerjee and Saugata member committee to steer Calling NDA's projection of he has been floating since 2018.
member this thing.” global scale. We are trying to in- during this whole period, India democracy; our ideology is free- Roy, Sitaram Yechury of CPI(M) Sinha's campaign. Among its Draupadi Murmu as a “tribal Neither KCR nor his party minis-
“By taking inspiration from crease the production of fertiliz- didnotletitscommitmenttothe dom for every Indian citizen.” and CPI's D Raja, DMK's A Raja members are Congress’s Jairam face” mere “tokenism”, Rao, ters attended the meeting.
this principle”, Modi reminded ersinIndiaandseekcooperation environment get diluted even a The Opposition got a boost and Tiruchi Siva, National Ramesh, DMK’s Siva, TMC’s TRS's working president, said, Since the party is also trying
the G-7 countries -- the world's from G7-countries in this re- single bit. Seventeen per cent of with the Telangana Rashtra Conference's Farooq Abdullah, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Left’s “This will not change the world to distance itself from the
sevenrichesteconomies--about gard,” he said. theworld’spopulationresidesin Samithi(TRS)officiallyannounc- Misa Bharti of RJD, RSP’s N K Yechury and Raja, SP’s Ram for tribals in the country.” Congress,oneof thereasonswhy
India'scommitmentsonclimate “Second, India has immense India. But our contribution to ing its support to Sinha. Senior Premachandran, VCK's Thol Gopal Yadav, NCP’s Praful Patel, Addressing the media, Sinha the party stayed away from the
change.“WedeliveredLEDbulbs agriculturalmanpowercompared global carbon emissions is only TRS leader and Telangana min- Tirumavalavan, Rashtriya Lok TRS’s Ranjit Reddy, RJD’s Manoj launchedascathingattackonBJP, meeting is said to be because the
and clean cooking gas door-to- to the countries of the G7. Indian fivepercent.Themainreasonbe- ister K T Rama Rao was present Dal’s Jayant Chaudhary, and Jha, Sudheendra Kulkarni and a ofwhichhewasafront-lineleader Congress attended them.
door in India and showed that agriculturalskillshavehelpedgive hind this is our lifestyle, which is during filing of the nomination. Mohammed Basheer from the nominee of the Shiv Sena. formorethantwodecades.“Their Announcing thedecision in New
millions of tons of carbon emis- newlifetotraditionalagricultural based on the theory of coexis- Congress ally Jharkhand Muslim League. “All opposition parties are ideologywantstocrushusIndians Delhi,TRSworkingpresidentand
sions can be saved while ensur- products like cheese and olive in tence with nature,” he said. Mukti Morcha (JMM) is yet to The BSP has announced its unitedly supporting Yashwant andourdemocracy.Ourideology StateITandIndustriesMinisterK
ing energy for the poor,” he said. some of the countries of the G7. “When a large country like decide on its support. Jharkhand support for Murmu, while Aam Sinha,” Rahul Gandhi said. “Of wants to free us and strengthen TRamaRaosaidthepartyhasde-
The Prime Minister's com- CantheG7createastructuredsys- Indiashowssuchambition,other Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Aadmi Party and JD(S) are yet to course,wearesupportingthein- our democracy. The ruling party cided to back the nominee as the
ments were in sync with India's tem for the widespread use of developingcountriesalsogetin- meanwhile, met Union Home announce their decision. dividual, but the real fight is be- is contemptuous of our “TRS is opposed to the politics of
position that it is buying oil from Indian agricultural talent in its spiration. We hope that the rich Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. Sinhahandedoverfoursetsof tween two ideologies. One ide- Constitution,whichlimitsexecu- BJP”,adding: “LeaderslikeSharad
Russia, which invaded Ukraine membercountries?Withthehelp countries of G-7 will support Many senior Opposition nominationpaperstoRajyaSabha ology (is) of the RSS….anger, tive power to its proper place; Pawar and Mamata Banerjee
in February, to meet its domes- of traditional talent of India's India'sefforts.Today,ahugemar- leaders accompanied Sinha Secretary-GeneralPCMody,who hatred;andtheotherof compas- their(NDA's)goalistoexerciseab- spoketous.Toprotectdemocracy
tic energy demand and control farmers, food security will be en- ketforcleanenergytechnologies when he filed the nomination. is the Returning Officer for the sion — of all the opposition par- solute,uncheckedpower,”hesaid. we will support Sinha.”
inflation, which affects the poor sured to G7 countries,” he said. is emerging in India,” he said.
the most. At the session onclimate,en- Asking G-7 countries to in-
Later,while addressing a ses-
sion on food security, Modi re-
ergy and health, Modi asked the
G-7 countries to invest in re-
vest in research, innovation and
manufacturing in green energy
My tribal vs your tribal: Cong tries to find way around Murmu conundrum
ferred indirectly to the Ukraine search and manufacturing in technologies, he said: “The scale ing Murmu, who is a Santhal "The BJP ignored (Anusuiya) candidature,andthattheyareun-
crisis and said: “We are meeting “greenenergytechnologies”and that India can provide for every GARGI VERMA tribal woman from Odisha, was Uikey who is also a tribal leader der mounting pressure from the
amid an atmosphere of global said that they can help India to new technology can make that RAIPUR, JUNE 27 hailedbythestateBJP,whichhas and has worked extensively, just tribalcommunityinthestate,es-
tension.Indiahasalwaysbeenin take innovations in “digital tech- technology affordable for the been highlighting that a tribal because of her background with pecially the organisation Sarva
favourof peace.Eveninthepres- nology in the health sector” to whole world. The core theories DROUPADI MURMU’S nomina- womanwaschosenforthehigh- Droupadi the Congress," Baghel said on AdiwasiSamaj,whichhasalready
entsituation,wehaveconstantly “other developing countries”. of the circular economy have tion as the first tribal Presidential est position in the country. In a Murmu June 22 in reference to senior opened multiple fronts against
urged for the path of dialogue “Unfortunately, it is believed been an integral part of Indian candidate has put the Congress statement to the press, tribal leader and Chhattisgarh the government.
and diplomacy." that there is a fundamental col- culture and lifestyle.” government in tribal-dominated Dharamlal Kaushik, the state’s governor Anusuiya Uikey, who On March 14, the Samaj had
He said: "The impact of this lisionbetweenthedevelopmen- The Prime Minister also said Chhattisgarh in a spot. While it BJP’s leader, congratulated the her."Chhattisgarhisatribal-dom- was earlier in the Congress. “gheraoed” the CM’s house with
geopolitical tension is not just tal goals of the world and envi- thatG-7countriescanhelpIndia does not want to alienate tribal nationalleadershipforpickingan inated state, hence I request all SourcesinthestateBJPdenied a 20-point charter. It has in the
limited to Europe. The rising ronmental protection. There is to take innovations in digital groups, it also cannot openly de- able tribal leader like Murmu. MLAs in Chhattisgarh to vote for this, saying Uikey’s name was past rallied behind implementa-
prices of energy and food grains alsoanother misconception that technology in the health sector clareitssupporttoaBJPnominee. On June 22, the state’s Janta Murmu despite party lines to up- onlyoneamongthemanynames tion of PESA or Panchayats
are affecting all the countries. poor countries and poor people to other developing countries. Meanwhile, the state BJP is ex- Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi) holdtribalhonour,"Jogitweeted. in consideration. While Baghel (Extension to Scheduled Areas)
The energy and security of de- cause more damage to the envi- “During the pandemic, India pected to put its full weight be- leaderAmitJogialsoextendedhis Withvirtuallynoelbowroom, might be hoping to brazen it out, Act, 1996, and protested against
velopingcountriesisparticularly ronment. But India’s history of foundmanycreativewaystouse hind the decision. supporttoMurmu,recountingthe CMBhupeshBaghelhasbeentry- state Congress leaders, particu- mininginHasdeo,policeexcesses
at risk. In this challenging time, over thousands of years com- digital technology in the health The National Democratic "respect" his deceased father and ing to counter the BJP by raising larlyitstribalMLAs,admititisnot inBijapur,andallegedHindu-cen-
India has supplied food grains to pletelyrefutesthisview,”hesaid. sector,” he said. Alliance (NDA)'s choice of field- ex-chief ministerAjitJogiheldfor the case of another tribal leader. easyforthemtoignoreMurmu's tric policies of the government.

Pinarayi questions Cong ‘silence’ on 3 days on, Cong calls SC verdict

Gujarat arrests: ‘Not even a protest?’ on Zakia plea disappointing had told The Indian Express, did not speak about Jafri or the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
into a circle of violence & riots?”
he said. Suvendu Adhikari
SHAJU PHILIP adding: “Furthermore, it stands riots,’’ said the Kerala CM. NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 Ramesh stated, “We stand by
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, to reason that the Congress as a Countering Vijayan's charge, ourcolleague,thelateAhsan Jafri
JUNE 27 political party cannot comment senior Congress legislator V D THREEDAYSafterSupremeCourt and his family in this hour. What Suvendu hints at
onthemeritsofacasewithwhich Satheesan said the CM was dismissed allegations of a larger happened to him in a most tragic
KERALA CHIEF Minister and it has no connection.” “spreading lies” without an un- conspiracy leveled by Zakia Jafri, mannerwastheresultofafunda- toppling Bengal
CPMPolitburomemberPinarayi Vijayan compared this state- derstandingof thefacts.Quoting widowofCongressleaderandfor- mental lapse on the part of the
Vijayan Monday mounted an at- menttothereactionbytheCPM, whatCongressgeneralsecretary mer MP Ahsan Jafri who was Jairam Ramesh: Party state government.” He said there govt, draws flak
tack on the Congress over the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan which strongly condemned Randeep Surjewala had said, killedin2002Gujaratriots,against stands by Jafri family aresomequestionsthatwillcon-
2002 Gujarat riots, questioning Setalvad's arrest and called her Satheesan said Supreme Court then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi tinuetohauntthePrimeMinister. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
its “silence” over the arrest of re- “anindefatigabledefenderof hu- verdictsshouldnotbepoliticised. and others in cases related to the “...WhywasPMVajpayeesoaf- KOLKATA, JUNE 27
tiredDGPR BSreekumarandac- Union Muslim League, which man rights”. It also said that her Atthesametime,theCongress 2002 riots, the Congress on fected by his [then Gujarat CM's]
tivist Teesta Setalvad by the stand with the Congress, should arrestwason“dubiousgrounds” leaderwentfurtherthantheDelhi Monday said the judgment was notbepoliticised,andthat“every- lack of action that he had to pub- LEADER OF Opposition in West
Gujarat Police a day after the consider this seriously,’’ he said. and demanded her release. leadership's response and asked “disappointing”, and that the body should bow down to a liclyremindhimofhisduty,tofol- Bengal Assembly Suvendu
Supreme Court upheld the clean On the day of the arrests, Vijayan also accused that the ifonlyacollectororpoliceofficers party stands by Jafri family. Supreme Court judgment”. lowhis‘Rajdharma’?Wasitnotthe AdhikarionMondayhintedattop-
chit by the SIT to the state gov- while the Left questioned the Congress wanted to “forget” the were to be held responsible for TheCongresshadreactedcau- On Monday, Jairam Ramesh, SupremeCourtwhocalledoutthe plingoftheMamataBanerjee-led
ernment, then led by Narendra Gujarat Police's move, hours af- Gujarat riots issue. “Did the any riot in their jurisdictions, and tiously to the Supreme Court’s AICCgeneralsecretaryinchargeof conductoftheModiGovernment Trinamool Congress (TMC) gov-
Modi, in the violence. ter Home Minister Amit Shah Congress ever support the legal not their political masters. "Will judgmentonFriday,agreeingwith communication, put out a state- in Gujarat as that of “Modern day ernmentinthestatein2024after
“TheCongresscouldhave or- had questioned the role of battleof ZakiaJafri,thewidowof theChiefMinister,Cabinetandthe the findings of the SIT appointed ment saying that the“Supreme Nero’s (who) were looking else- doing the same in Maharashtra,
ganised at least a nominal Sreekumar and Setalvad in the former (Congress) MP Ahsan state government never be held byitthattherewasno“largercon- CourtjudgmentinZakiaJafricase wherewhen…innocentchildren RajasthanandJharkhand.
protest. No massive protest is allegationsagainsttheModigov- Jafri who was killed in the 2002 accountable, even if the state is spiracy” behind the riots. There is“deeplydisappointing”andthat and helpless women were burn- TheBJPleader'scontroversial
needed. Why could they not ernment for 2002, the Congress riots? Did Congress president thrown into a circle of premedi- wasnoofficialstatementfromthe manyfundamentalquestionsstill ing, and were probably deliberat- statement came in the backdrop
think so? They (Sreekumar and reaction had been cautious. Sonia Gandhi or any other tated violence and riots?... What party expressing solidarity with remainunanswered. ing how the perpetrators of the of a political turmoil in
Setalvad) were arrested on the “Wehaveheardofthearrests. Congress leader visit her and then is the Constitutional and Zakia either. The party's first offi- “What is the Constitutional crime can be saved or protected? Maharashtra where the alliance
day Emergency was declared (in It appears to be in relation to al- comfort her after the death of moral responsibility of the Chief cialreactioncameonSaturday,af- and moral responsibility of the WhydidsectionsofBJP,including party government is struggling
1975). These arrests should be legedoffencesof forgeryandfab- Ahsan? After the riot, Sonia had Minister and the state govern- ter Home Minister Amit Shah Chief Minister and State nowmemberoftheModiCabinet, stay afloat following withdrawal
seen as a bid to frighten anti-BJP ricationarisingoutof eventsthat visited Gujarat. Then, Congress ment?” he said. hailed the verdict and accused a Government in cases of large- SmritiIrani,protestandcallforhis ofsupportfromasectionofMLAs.
forces in the country. (That) If tookplacebetweentheyearsim- brains advised Sonia that she Satheesan also stressed that triad of political parties opposed scale communal riots? Is the re- dismissalasCMifhewasnotguilty Addressing party workers in
you speak against the Parivar, mediately following 2002, even should not visit Zakia. The rea- the Congress had “always stood to the BJP, some journalists, and sponsibility in such cases, only of anywrongdoing?” Cooch Behar district on Monday,
this will be the result. The thoughtheFIRregisteredappears son was that Congress would with Setalvad”, pointing out that some NGOs of having given pub- ever that of the Collector and Dy. AlthoughtheCongresshadre- Adhikari said, “It won't have to
Congress is maintaining silence to be dated June 25th, 2022. We lose the Hindu votes. That was sheconferredPadmaShriin2007 licity to “these allegations”. Commissioner of Police and not acted cautiously to the arrest of be in 2026 (next state Assembly
beforetheSanghParivar'sthreat. hope and trust that proper and thestandof theCongress.During when the Congress was in power TheCongressthencountered, ofthepoliticalexecutive?Willthe Mumbai-based activist Teesta polls). The ouster will take place
The Congress is crawling on its fulldueprocessof lawwillbefol- the last Gujarat Assembly elec- attheCentre,andin2002,theRajiv with party spokesperson Chief Minister, Cabinet and State Setalvad, Ramesh and AICC gen- in 2024. Just wait a little more.
knees fearing the BJP. All those lowed meticulously,” senior tions, Rahul Gandhi conducted Gandhi National Sadbhavana Abhishek Singhvi saying that the Government never be held ac- eral secretary Ajay Maken at- We will oust this government in
parties, including the Indian CongressleaderAbhishekSinghvi temple tours in that state. But he Awardwasgiventoher. SupremeCourtjudgmentshould countable,evenifaStateisthrown tendedaprotestmeetinginDelhi. 2024. This has just begun in
Maharashtra. Next it will take
place in Jharkhand and

Keep momentum intact, prevent Muslims from being misled in 2024 LS polls: Mayawati Rajasthan. After Maharashtra,
Jharkhand and Rajasthan, we
will reach West Bengal.”
bearersandpartycandidateShah Mayawatisaid,inanapparentref- with a margin of over 42,000 ganda among voters that its can- Samajwadi Party won 111 seats, His remarks did not go down
LALMANI VERMA Alam alias Guddu Jamali have erence to Muslim voters. votes,theparty’sDineshLalYadav didateDineshLalYadav“Nirahua” according to the Election well with the ruling dispensation
LUCKNOW, JUNE 27 fought the Azamgarh Lok Sabha BSP has also planned to con- “Nirahua” bagged the Azamgarh wasgoingtoloseandhence,they Commission (EC) website. The inWestBengalwiththeTrinamool
bypoll need to be maintained till test urban local body polls later segment by over 8,000 votes. prefer to vote for BSP. Misled by Congress, showcasing a dismal Congressslamming the BJP for its
A DAY after the Samajwadi Party 2024LokSabhageneralelections thisyearbeforeLokSabhageneral AccordingtoalocalBSPleader, thatpropaganda,Muslimsgotdi- performance, won two seats attempttotoppleelectedgovern-
(SP) lost Azamgarh and Rampur aspartof theresolvewhilemain- elections in 2024. Jamali got the votes of Muslims vided. If Muslim votes had not whiletheBSPofMayawatiwasall mentinOpposition-ruledstates.
Lok Sabha seats to the ruling BJP, taining election readiness." MayawatihadonSundaysaid because of his personal connect gone to BSP, SP had won the seat but obliterated with just one seat “This shows the BJP's mind-
BSP president Mayawati on In another tweet, Mayawati thattheoutcomeofthebypollhas withthecommunityandalsobe- with big margin,” said Yadav. despite polling 12.88 per cent set when it comes to respecting
Monday asked party workers to said that not only Azamgarh but proved that only BSP has the BSP president Mayawati causeMuslimssawinrecentstate Inthefirstpartymeetingafter votes. BSP had fielded 88 Muslim democratic norms in the coun-
keep the momentum intact and BSP's struggle and efforts to con- "groundforce"todefeattheBJPin Assembly elections that SP failed the announcement of assembly candidates whereas SP-alliance try. They want to grab power by
“prevent a particular commu- vertthegroundpreparationsinto the state. to dislodge BJP from power. elections results in March this had fielded only 61 candidates any means and that's what they
nity”, in an apparent reference to votes have to be continued in the InAzamgarhbypoll,BSPnom- both the Lok Sabha segments Samajwadi Party's Azamgarh year, Mayawati had blamed the fromthecommunity.Therewere have planned for all opposition-
Muslimvoters,frombeingmisled across UP till 2024 general polls. inee Shah Alam alias Guddu from the Akhilesh Yadav-led districtpresidentHawaldarYadav, Muslimcommunityforthepolit- at least 28 seats where both BSP ruled states. But Suvendu
in the 2024 general election. “Inthissequence,itisalsoimpor- Jamali got 29.27 per cent (2.66 party. While BJP candidate however,saidMuslimsvotesgoto ical loss of her party. and SP-alliance had fielded Adhikari is living in a fool's para-
Inatweet,Mayawatisaid,"The tant to protect a particular com- lakh) votes and finished third af- Ghanshayam Singh Lodhi won BSP but not in large numbers. “In In the UP polls, out of the 403 Muslimscandidates.However,all dise. In 2024, the BJP will go out
determination and courage with munity from being misled in all ter the BJP and SP. In a major set- theRampurLokSabhabyelection therecentlyheldbypolls,BJPmis- assembly seats, the BJP had won of BSP's Muslim candidates had of power," said TMC state gen-
which all the BSP workers, office the upcoming elections,” back for the SP, the BJP wrested defeating SP nominee Asim Raja led Muslims by creating a propa- 255 seats, while its rival lost in the elections. eral secretary Kunal Ghosh.

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SC to hear Centre’s plea against HC PERFORMANCE GRADING INDEX FOR DISTRICTS VHP seeks laws to
order on security cover to Ambanis Schools poor in digital learning,
Kant and J B Pardiwala agreed to and withdraw the security,” 180 districts score less than 10% curb hate speech
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27

THE SUPREME Court has agreed

the Centre’s request urgently af-
ter Solicitor General Tushar
MehtainformedittheHChaddi-
rected an official from the Home
Mehtasubmittedandcontended
that “first, (there is) no territorial
jurisdictionandsecond,onefam-
ilybeinggivensecuritycannever
SOURAV ROY BARMAN
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27
THE GRADING INDEX against Hindus
to hear on Tuesday a plea by the Ministry to be present on be public interest”. PARAMETERS Asks state governments to enact laws
Centre against the Tripura High Tuesday and that no further ad- “WepointedouttotheTripura AS INDIA entered the pandemic CONSIDERED
Court direction summoning journment will be given. HC that similar petition was filed year, students in around 61 per Learning outcomes, to prevent illegal religious conversion
UnionHomeMinistryofficialsin “One PIL is filed before the before the Bombay HC and re- cent districts of the country had Effective classroom
a PIL challenging the security TripuraHC.Theprayeristhatyou jected. But the HC has directed very little exposure to digital transaction, for its 60th anniversary in 2024,
cover provided to industrialist decidethatthethreatperception thatHomeMinistryofficialbede- learning due to limited availabil- infrastructure facilities EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Jain said VHP will enroll more
Mukesh Ambani and family. basedsecuritygiventooneindus- puted tomorrow with record of ityofcomputers,Internetfacilities and student’s NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 than 1 crore members and raise
A bench of Justices Surya trial family in Bombay is wrong threat perception etc,” he added. and teachers trained to handle entitlements, school its units to 1 lakh, with 15 lakh
technologicaltoolsinschools,ac- safety and child ANNOUNCING ITS action plan karyakartas(workers)acrossthe
cordingtoaMinistryofEducation protection, digital for 2024, when the organisation country.
KERALA report released on Monday. learning and completes 60 years of its foun- “The VHP is of the opinion
The Performance Grading governance process dation, the Vishwa Hindu that illegal religious conversion
Sexual assault case: Vijay Babu Index for Districts (PGI-D) for
2019-20 shows that schools OVERALL SCORE DIGITAL LEARNING
Parishad (VHP) on Monday said
all state governments must en-
isthebiggestcrimeandviolence
againsthumanity...(otherfaiths)
arrested, to be released on bail acrossIndiaperformedpoorlyun-
der the category of digital learn-
Percentage Districts SCORE
Percentage Districts
act laws to curb illegal religious
conversion, put a stop to hate
are assuming it as their religious
rightsandusingunconstitutional
Thiruvananthapuram: Kochi city ing, which threw up the lowest Over 90% 0 speeches against Hindu religion, and unethical means (to convert
policeonMondayarrestedactor scores compared to the other pa- * 81-90% 3 71-80% 8 andhandovercontrolof temples Hindus),” according to a VHP
Vijay Babu for allegedly raping Actor Vijay rameterswhichwereconsidered 71-80% 86 61-70% 41 to the Hindu society. statement.“SinceIndependence,
an actress. Babu. File while creating the index. 51-60% 71 Addressing the media in ademandhasbeenraisedbydif-
61-70% 276
As the Kerala High Court had In the index, as many as 180 Chennai following its two-day ferent sections of the society to
granted him anticipatory bail in districts scored less than 10 per 51-60% 238 41-50% 79 central governing council meet, stopthisillegalcriminalact.VHP
the case, he will be released on leged rape had taken place, as cent on digital learning, 146 dis- 41-50% 87 31-40% 83 the VHP expressed concerns welcomes state governments
bail. part of evidence collection. tricts scored 11 to 20 per cent, 31-40% 39 21-30% 125 overgovernmentcontrolof tem- whichhavemadealawtostopil-
Kochi deputy city police While granting anticipatory while 125 districts had scores plesandtheirallegeddemolition legalconversionsintheirstates.”
commissioner U V Kuriakose bail to Babu, the high court had between 21 and 30 per cent. *21-30% 3 11-20% 146 bystategovernments,besidesil- Criticising the DMK govern-
said Babu’s arrest was recorded. permittedthepolicetoquestion The report also underlines *11-20% 2 Below 10% 180 legal religious conversions and ment in Tamil Nadu, the VHP
He would be taken to various him from June 27 to July 3 from the clear rural-urban divide in growing hate speeches against saidthat duetothestate govern-
places in Kochi, where the al- 9am to 5pm. ENS the area of digital learning. For DISTRICT SCORES Hindu belief and deities. ment's“insensitivity”therewere
instance, while districts in cities VHP joint general secretary instances of illegal conversions
likeChandigarhandDelhiscored
between 25 and 35 out of 50, 11-20% 21-30% 81-90% SurendraJainsaid,“Allstategov-
ernments should enact law to
and attempts to convert Hindus
to Christianity in Christian-run
places like Bihar's Araria and Shi Yomi Kra Daadi and Sikar, Jhunjhunu, curbillegalconversions andlove schools in the state. It pointed to
Kishanganj scored as low as 2. (Arunachal Longding Jaipur (all in jihad (Hindutva organisations' a case in Thanjavur district,
Backward districts like Pradesh), (Arunachal Rajasthan) termforinter-faithmarriagesin- where a girl died, allegedly by
Assam's South Salmara- Lawngtlai Pradesh), Mamit volvingMuslimmen).Thegrow- suicide under pressure to con-
Mankachar and Tripura's Dhalai (Mizoram) (Mizoram) ing menace of acquisition and vert to Christianity.
scored 1. The district-wise per- demolition of temples in a dis- “There were also instances of
formanceondigitallearningwas creet manner and hate speeches Islamicfundamentaliststargeting
drawn up based on the number The Centre had released the at home... This necessitated a againstHindubeliefs anddeities Hindu girls in the name of Love
of schools with computers/lap- state-wise PGI index for the year need for a domain on digital mustalsobestoppedforthwith.” Jihad and finally the girls have
tops,Internetfacility,student-to- 2019-20inJune2021.Chandigarh learning in PGI-D, which is not VHP spokesperson Vinod been used as sexual objects,” the
computer ratio and percentage and the states of Punjab, Tamil there in state PGI. Bansalsaid:“Apartfromstopping VHPstated.“Someofthegirlshad
of teachers trained to use and Nadu and Kerala were the best “Underthedigitallearningcat- conversions,wehavetoensurere- tocommitsuicideasithappened
teach through computers. performers in the index. egory,20districtshaveshownover conversion to Hinduism through in Ramanathapuram and Melur-
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PROPHET REMARK ROW
Assam flood: 8 more dead, 21.52 lakh affected BRIEFLY
UPpoliceclaim In Silchar, which has been
JAMMU& KASHMIR
Intruderfrom

tohavefreshleads
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA submerged for over a week, ef-
GUWAHATI, JUNE 27 fortsareunderwaytoprovidere- Pakistankilled
lief in those areas where the ad-
EIGHT MORE persons lost their ministrationisyettoreach,byair Jammu: BSF troops on

linkingviolencein
lives in the devastating flood in dropping packets with food, Monday killed a Pakistani
AssamonMonday,whileover21 drinking water bottles and other intruderinBaquarpurarea
lakhpeoplecontinuedtoremain essentials by Indian Air Force ofRSPurasector.ABSFof-
in distress under the impact of helicopters. ficial said troops had no-

Kanpur,Prayagraj
the deluge, officials said. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ticed suspicious move-
The death toll due to the (UAVs) are also engaged in ment across the fence in
flood this year mounted to 134 preparing a flood map of Silchar general area of Baquarpur
with eight deaths reported dur- town so as to identify the extent BorderOutPostinthewee
ing the day, which include five of damage, and help in taking hours of morning. "Our
from Cachar district and one measures to mitigate losses in domination party noticed
each from Kamrup Metro, future, Cachar Deputy a person coming aggres-
MorigaonandNagaon,theysaid. Commissioner Keerthi Jalli said. sively from Pakistan side
One person was also re- The District Disaster towards the fence with an
portedmissinginCachardistrict, Management Authority intention to cross it and
according to a bulletin of the (DDMA), UNICEF and OXFAM paid no attention when
Assam State Disaster have set up boat-mounted wa- asked to stop," he said,
Management Authority (AS- tertreatmentunitstocatertothe adding that the troops
DMA). A damaged section of a bridge following floods in Assam’s Nagaon district, PTI needy within Silchar and its pe- fired three rounds at him.
There was, however, some ripheral areas, she added. The body was found close
improvement in the flood situa- Meanwhile, Bollywood star to the fence and nothing
tion, with the total affected pop- ous day's 22.21 lakh in 28 dis- receding trend, though Kopili at Karimganj were flowing above AamirKhanonMondaydonated was recovered from him.
ulation declining to 21.52 lakh in tricts. Nagaon, Barak at Cachar and the danger level, the officials Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister's ENS
22 districts as against the previ- Most of the rivers showed a Karimganj and Kushiara in said. Relief Fund as assistance.
KARNATAKA
Disabled-
Demonsrators pelt stones and shout religious slogans in Sangli deaths: Probe on Opp parties slam Centre for friendlykids’
for murder as cops look Zubair arrest, seek his release
Prayagraj on June 10. Express file
parkopens

into role of ‘mantrik’

Kanpur-based man, adding that Bengaluru: Karnataka got
MANISH SAHU he lives around the RJD leader and Rajya Sabha itsfirstexclusiveplaypark
LUCKNOW, JUNE 27 Yateemkhana area where vio- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MP Manoj Jha stated: “Making for disabled children,
lence broke out on June 3. NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 hate speech is no crime but re- whichwasinauguratedby
POLICE CLAIMED to have found Action will be taken on the mantrik who claimed he would porting/exposing such speeches Governor Thaawarchand
fresh leads in the ongoing inves- basis of the evidence, he added. SUSHANT KULKARNI help them unearth a hidden OPPOSITIONPARTIESonMonday are criminal activities and that’s Gehlot. It aims to benefit
tigation,indicatingthatthereisa Javed Mohammad was sent PUNE, JUNE 27 treasure. The suspect had taken condemnedthearrestofAltNews why Zubair has been arrested. 2.4lakhchildrenwithspe-
link between the violence in back to jail after his two-day po- a large sum of money from the co-founder Mohammed Zubair And Irony dies hundred deaths... cialneedsbecauseofcere-
Kanpur and Prayagraj that took lice remand ended on Sunday. THE DEATHS of nine members family for this and he could have and hit out at the BJP-led govern- The great LEADER invokes bral palsy, autism and
place on June 3 and 10 over the But Kanpur Joint of a family in Mhaisal town of beenworriedthat theVanmores ment, accusing it of clamping Emergency...” other disabilities. Built for
remarks against Prophet Commissioner of Police (JCP) Maharashtra’sSanglidistrictthat would report him to the author- down on those who “expose” its Alt News co-founder “Shocked to hear that Zubair Rs3crore,itisspreadover
Muhammad by a former BJP Anand Prakash Tiwari denied earlier were being investigated ities. Primary investigation sug- hatespeechandfakepropaganda. Mohammed Zubair sent to hasbeentakenintocustodybythe one acre of land provided
spokesperson. having any information about assuicidesarenowbeingprobed gests that the previous night, he The Congress, Trinamool 1-day police remand. ANI Delhi Police. Checking fact from by the state government
It has been found in the any probe by the Prayagraj po- as murders by poisoning, after went to their houses and, on the Congress, Samajwadi Party, the fiction was probably his biggest withinJawaharBalBhavan
probe that Prayagraj-based ac- lice into a city resident’s role in police arrested two people in- pretextof performingsomeritu- Left parties, RJD, National crime?” Shiv Sena MP Priyanka at Cubbon Park. Designed
tivist Javed Mohammad was in connection with the violence. cluding a “mantrik” who had al- als,gavethefamilysomethingto Conference and the AIMIM and Rajya Sabha MP Derek Chaturvedi posted. intheshapeofaturtle,the
regular contact with a man from KanpurPoliceCommissioner legedly promised to help the consume, like a prasad laced slammedtheCentreandaccused O'Brien called Zubair “one of the Lok Sabha MP and Congress park consists of different
Kanpur's Yateemkhana area Vijay Singh Meena could not be family “unearth a hidden treas- with a poisonous substance.” it of not acting against those who world’sfinestjournalistswhoex- leader Shashi Tharoor called the zones for a wide range of
whereviolencehaderuptedfirst, contacted. ure” or guptadhan. When asked about the sui- makehatespeechesand,instead, poses BJP’s fake news factory” arrestanassaultontruth.“India’s physical, mental, thera-
police officials said. So far, the Prayagraj police On June 20 around 1pm, cide notes recovered from the targeting those who report such every day. Tagging PM Narendra few fact-checking services, espe- peutic, leisure, and touch-
The inquiry is on to ascertain have arrested 105 persons, in- brothers Dr Manik Vanmore houses and who could have hate campaigns. Modi and Home Minister Amit cially AltNews, perform a vital and-feelactivities.Itwillbe
if the alleged conspirators be- cludingsevenminors,intheJune (49), a veterinarian; and Popat written them, Lohiya said, “The The Intelligence Fusion & Shah,O'Brientweeted,“forallthe service in our post-truth political opentopublicbyJuly-end.
hind the violence in Kanpur and 10violence.Theyarelookinginto Vanmore (52), an arts teacher; probe still suggests that notes StrategicOperationsunitof Delhi power you wield, you are essen- environment, rife with disinfor- ENS
Prayagraj were the same. In theroleof 21personswhoserole their mother, wives, and four were written by the two broth- PolicearrestedZubaironMonday, tially COWARDS”. mation. They debunk falsehoods
Prayagraj, violence had erupted cameupduringtheinvestigation. childrenof thetwocoupleswere ers. But what was suspicious daysafterregisteringanFIRbased Samajwadi Party chief whoeverperpetratesthem.Toar- UTTARPRADESH
in the Kareli and Khuldabad ar-
eas on June 10.
Raids are being conducted to
trace them.
found dead in their houses lo-
cated a kilometre apart at
about them was the sequence.
Wehaveobservedinmanycases
onacomplaintbyamanwhohad
tagged Delhi Police on social me-
Akhilesh Yadav tweeted (trans-
lated from Hindi), “Those who
rest Zubair is an assault on truth.
He should be released immedi- Manstrangles
“We scrutinised the call
records of Javed’s mobile phone
ThePrayagrajpolice have de-
clared a reward of Rs 25,000 on
Mhaisal in Miraj taluka.
On Sunday, the police ar-
thatpeoplefirststatethereasons
and then name the persons re-
dia, alleging that Zubair hurt his
religioussentimentsandlegalac-
trade/deal in lies don’t like the
ones who investigate the truth...
ately,” Tharoor stated.
PostingscreenshotsofZubair's
wifetodeath
and found that he was in a regu- the five absconding accused, in- rested Abbas Ahmedali Bagwan sponsible. In this case, it was ex- tionshouldbetakenagainsthim. those who have nurtured people tweetconcernedandonebyaBJP Meerut: A 38-year-old
lar touch with a Kanpur-based cluding All India Majilis-e- (48), a mantrik, and Dheeraj actlytheopposite.Also,thenotes “Every person exposing BJP’s who spew poison of hate.” supporter, NC leader and former man strangled his wife at
man between June 3 and 10. The Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) Suravase (30), his aide and do not categorically say they hate,bigotryandliesisathreatto Demanding immediate re- J&K CM Omar Abdullah tweeted, Meerut'sMohanpurilocal-
call durations of the two in- leader Shah Alam, wanted in the driver—both residents of were going to end their lives. It them.Arrestingonevoiceoftruth lease of Zubair, CPI(M) general “Onlyoneof thesetweetswillget ity Monday. The accused,
creased after June 3,” said case.OtherfourareUmarKhalid, Solapur. The police are invoking now seems that the brothers will only give rise to a thousand secretary Sitaram Yechury said you arrested for hurting religious Ajit Kumar, later surren-
PrayagrajSeniorSuperintendent corporator Fazal Khan, Ashish murder charges against the duo were misled into writing those more.Truthalwaystriumphsover that “the Modi government is in- sentiments&noprizesforguess- dered to police. He has
of Police (SSP) Ajay Kumar. Mittal and Zeeshan Rehman. aftertheirallegedroleinthenine notes. We are still probing that tyranny. Daro Mat,” senior secure and threatened by any- ingwhichone.Thereisn’teventhe been arrested, while the
The talked for 10-15 minutes Prayagraj SSP Kumar the deaths came to light. angle.” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thing that exposes the fake hate pretenseofequalityunderlawany body of his wife Seema
regularlyafterJune3,hesaid,cit- Kanpur-based suspect has not Special inspector-general of As for the 25 people booked tweeted. machine of misinformation.” longer." (34)hasbeenhandedover
ing call details. been named as accused by the police (Kolhapur range) earlier, Lohiya said, “The case is His party colleague Jairam AIMIM leader and Lok Sabha DIGIPUB, an organisation of toherfamilymembersaf-
The SSP, however, refused to Kanpur police in the June 3 vio- Manojkumar Lohiya told The now taking a different direction. RameshsaidAltNewsandZubair MP Asaduddin Owaisi said digitalnewsmediaorganisations, terthepost-mortem.They
divulge details about the lence case yet. Indian Express, “Earlier, we con- Astheprobeprogresses,wemay have been in the “forefront of ex- Zubair’s arrest is highly con- released a statement “strongly have two minor kids. The
sidered the possibilities of all file an application to discharge posing the bogus claims of the demnable. “He’s been arrested condemningthearrest”.Itstated, police said the couple
membersdyingbysuicideorthe these people who were charged Vishguru, who has struck back with no notice and in some un- “...Zubair had previously been doubted each other for
SIDHU MOOSEWALA MURDER brotherscommittingsuicideand with abetment of suicide.” withavengeancecharacteristicof known FIR. Total violation of due bookedbyUttarPradeshPolicefor having extra-marital rela-
poisoning others. But our probe They are also trying to ascer- him.” Ramesh added, “Delhi process.DelhiPolicedoesnothing calling three Hindutva suprema- tions, leading to frequent

Lawrence Bishnoi’s now suggests that the nine fam-

ily members were in fact mur-
dered and we have arrested two
tain how the poisonous sub-
stance was administered to the
family in two houses even as
Police, reporting to the Union
Home Minister, has long lost any
pretensions of professionalism
aboutanti-Muslimgenocidalslo-
gans but acts swiftly against
“crime” of reporting hate speech
cists‘hatemongers’inatweet.This
isnotthefirsttimeheisbeingsub-
jecttolegalharassment.Thisisthe
fights.

NEWDELHI
ENS

father says lawyers persons for it. The Vanmore

brothers were in touch with this
they have not revealed the sub-
stance.
and independence.”
Trinamool Congress leader
andcounteringmisinformation,”
Owaisi posted on Twitter.
sixth FIR filed against Zubair over
the last two years...” FilmonISROex-
scientist
boycotting his son ACUTE PAUCITY OF DOCTORS IN UNION TERRITORY
Dacoit on the run for two NewDelhi:TheMinistryof
Information and

court for transit remand as it is Ladakh makes it must for doctors who decades arrested in UP
Broadcasting on Monday
organisedaspecialscreen-

studied under its quota to serve for 5 yrs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA contrary to certain directions ing of moviebased on for-
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 passed by the top court on mer ISRO scientist Nambi
Bishnoi's petition. cludingthatofkidnappingforran- Narayanan called
JAILED GANGSTER Lawrence The bench said, “Since the across Jammu and Kashmir. Director, Health Services, EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE som. The UP police had declared 'Rocketry: The Nambi
Bishnoi's father on Monday Punjab Police is investigating the ARUN SHARMA Besides this, the UT is also allo- Ladakh, it added. LUCKNOW, JUNE 27 a reward of Rs 50,000 on him in Effect' at the Siri Fort
moved the Supreme Court chal- case,itisataverynascentstage.It JAMMU, JUNE 27 cated 6 to 7 MBBS seats out of In the case of a PG course, the 2015, said an official. Auditorium in New Delhi.
lenging various orders, including wouldnotbeappropriateforthis the Central pool by the Union compulsory service period is THE AURAIYA police in Uttar ThepolicesuspectthatChela The screening was at-
thetransitremandorderofaDelhi court to interfere at this stage”. FACED WITH an acute shortage Ministry of Health and Family fixed at three years. However, in Pradesh have arrested a dacoit, couldalsobeinvolvedinthekid- tendedbyformerDirector
court,inthemurdercaseofsinger Itnotedthemurderhastaken of doctors, the administration in Welfare every year. case of failure to serve the stipu- who was absconding for over napping of slain former MP and CBI D R Karthikeyan, for-
Sidhu Moosewala and also com- placeinMansa,Punjabandthere- Ladakh has modified its govern- Illustrating the shortage, lated period mentioned in the two decades and carried a re- dacoit Phoolan Devi before the mer IG CBI P M Nair and
plained that lawyers in Punjab foreitisthejurisdictionofPunjab ment service policy and made it Principal Secretary, Health, Dr bond, the candidate will have to ward of Rs 50,000 on his head. 1981 Behmai incident. Phoolan senior government offi-
haveboycottedhissonandarenot Police to investigate the case and mandatoryforthosewhogetad- Pawan Kotwal said that at pres- pay Rs 50 lakh to the Ladakh ad- Chela Singh (68), a member and her associates were booked cials,theIBministrysaidin
willing to represent him. they can very well take him mission in medical colleges in ent, 44 per cent positions of ministration,accordingtotheor- of thenotoriousLalaramgangin- for killing 21 Thakurs in the a statement. Apurva
A vacation bench of Justices (Bishnoi) on remand. The bench Jammu Kashmir and elsewhere medical officers in Ladakh are der. On successful completion of volvedinseveralheinouscrimes, Behmai incident. Chandra, Secretary, I&B,
Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala was agreed to hear the plea of in the country against seats re- vacant, and less than 100 out of a medical course other than including kidnapping, was The police said after Lalaram said the film is not only
told by advocate Sangram Singh Bishnoi's father on July 11. served for Ladakh to compulso- 175 sanctioned medical officers MBBBS or PG, the candidate will nabbed when he came to his na- and other gang members were gripping, but also touches
Saron that they have challenged On June 14, a Delhi court had rily serve in the UT for a mini- are working in the UT. havetoservein theUTforamin- tive place Bhason to meet his killed,Chelafledfromtheravines theheartsoftheaudience.
the orders of the Punjab and granted Punjab Police the transit mumfiveyearsaftercompleting Toaddressthisshortfall,from imum of two years,andif she/he family members on Saturday. and started living at a ashram in He added that the film
Haryana High Court and of a remand of Bishnoi to take him to the five-year MBBS course. the ongoing academic session, fails to do so, will have to pay Rs Ayanapolicestationin-charge MadhyaPradesh.Later,heshifted pays tribute to the thou-
Delhi court granting transit re- Punjab in the Moosewala killing Otherwise, they are liable to every candidate who avails of 45 lakh to the administration, Jitendra Singh said, “During the toanotherashraminChitrakoot. sandsof scientists,includ-
mand but since no lawyer in case. pay a penalty of Rs 50 lakh, ac- the Central pool or J&K pool of the order stated. preliminary inquiry, it was found Chelawasnotfeelingwellfor ing Nambi Narayanan,
Mansa court in Punjab is taking The court had passed the or- cording to an order issued last MBBS seats meant for Ladakh Kotwal said this compulsory that Chela Singh was living in the last few months and had re- who have dedicated their
up Bishnoi's case, he had ap- der as Punjab Police produced week by Ladakh’s Health and will have to execute a compul- governmentservicebondistobe Chitrakootwithafakeidentity.He quested others at the ashram to entire life to the achieve-
proached the top court. Bishnoibeforeitafterformallyar- Medical Education Department. sory service bond in favour of executed only by candidates was staying there as Brijmohan take him to his native place in mentsofIndia'sspacepro-
The bench said this is “ab- resting him in the case. To meet the shortage of doc- Ladakh administration that who avail the Central and J&K Das.WealsorecoveredafakePAN Auraiya. When he reached gramme. ENS
solutelyunjustified”andthepeti- Moosewalawasshotdeadon tors in Ladakh, the J&K adminis- she/he will serve in the UT for a pool seats that are filled on the card, voter identity card and a ra- Auraiya, his family and locals
tioner can approach the high May29byunidentifiedassailants tration allots certain seats in minimum of five years, failing basis of Ladakh-specific merit tion card in the name of identified him only after he nar- WESTBENGAL
court to provideBishnoi legal aid
counsel.
in Punjab's Mansa district, a day
after the state government cur-
MBBS/PG degree, DNB/PG
diploma and paramedical in
whichhe/shewillpayRs50lakh,
the order stated. The original
list, and not those who get ad-
mission on all-India or J&K med-
Brijmohan Das from him.”
As per the police records,
rated everything to them.
After a tip, police rushed to Mukulquitsas
“Theselegalaidcounselscan-
notrefusethecaseortheywould
tailed his security cover. His
cousin and a friend, who were
clinical and non-clinical courses bond will be submitted to the ical entrance examinations. Chelahas21casesagainsthim,in- the village and arrested him. PACchairman
be delisted from the panel,” the travellinginajeepwithhim,were Kolkata:SeniorTMCleader
bench said, asking the counsel to also injured in the attack. ROW OVER DIKTAT IN GUJARAT MukulRoyonMondayre-
approach the Punjab and Bishnoiisfacingtrialfortheof- signed as the chairman of
Haryana High Court to provide
them legal aid counsel.
fencecommittedunderstringent
MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of College principal issues notice asking students to join BJP, quits the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) in the
Saron submitted that he is Organised Crime Act) here and West Bengal Legislative
challenging the order of Delhi was lodged in the Tihar jail. A purported notice issued by shall bring apassport-size photo Monday and local media outlets Mandal,theBhavnagar-registered Assembly,citingill-health.
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Rajnibala Gohil, incharge princi- of hers for her registration as startedreportingit,thecollegead- charitable trust which runs the InalettertoSpeakerBiman
RAJKOT, JUNE 27 pal of Shreemati Narmadabai member of page committee of ministration said she had re- college, told The Indian Express. Banerjee, Roy wrote, “I
Chatrabhuj Gandhi Mahila the BJP… (2) It is necessary for signed.“Icametoknowaboutthe VaishnavdefendedGohilsay- wouldhumblyrequestyou
TWO DAYS after she issued a no- College, in Bhavnagar city, popu- every girl student to carry her notice on Sunday evening. I went ingsheissuedthenoticeinadver- to accept my resignation
tice asking students to enroll larlyknownasNCGandhicollege, mobilephone to college for join- tothecollegethismorningtodis- tentlyafterawomanapproached from the post of chairman
themselves as members of the was widely shared on social me- ing the (ongoing) member (en- cuss the issue with the incharge herinformingtheprincipalabout and as a member of the
BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP),prin- dia on Monday, in which Gohil rolment) drive of the BJP,” the principal when she tendered her theBJP’smembershipenrolment PAC, West Bengal, as I am
cipal of a women’s college in asked the students to bring their notice issued on Friday stated. resignation. She told me that it drive that began on June 16. unabletodischargemydu-
Bhavnagarresignedfromherpost passport size photos and mobile It added only students living was her moral duty to step down “Asfarasweknow,therewas ties owing to ill-health. It
on Monday even as she and the phonestothecollegesothatthey in jurisdiction of the Bhavnagar as principal after what had hap- nomal-intention. Herbonafides has been an honour to
collegeadministrationweresum- couldbeenrolledasBJPmembers. Municipal Corporation were eli- pened,” Dhirendra Vaishnav, ex- are very clear. She is in fact pro- serve as the chairman of
moned by the vice-chancellor of “Every girl studentof the col- gible to become BJP members. ecutive director of Smt fessorof politicalscienceandisa the Public Accounts
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji lege is hereby notified that: (1) AsthenoticessignedbyGohil Rukshamanibahen Dipchand straightforward lady,” Vaishnav Committee.” ENS
BhavnagarUniversityonMonday. Every girl student of the college went viral on social media on Gardi Bhavnagar Stree Kelavani said.

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months,wewilltransfertoBelarusIskander- placetheSovietScudmissiles.Iskanderwas THE SUPREME Court on Monday passed an
Mtacticalmissilesystems,whichcanusebal- the second. Russia first used the Iskander in interimorderextendinguntil5.30pmonJuly
listicorcruisemissiles,intheirconventional combat in Georgia in 2008. 12thetimegrantedbytheDeputySpeakerof OMKAR GOKHALE
and nuclear versions.” US-based think tank, the Center for the Maharashtra Assembly, Narhari Zirwal, MUMBAI, JUNE 27
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to16rebelShivSenaMLAstoreplytothedis-
The missile system says that the Iskander missiles are designed qualification notices served on them. THE POLITICAL crisis in Maharashtra has
Codenamed “SS-26 Stone” by NATO, toconfusemissiledefencesbyflyingatalow TheMaharashtragovernmentundertook givenrisetothequestionwhethertheShiv
Iskander-M is a term used by Russia to de- trajectoryandmanoeuvringinflighttostrike to protect the life and properties of 39 rebel Sena rebels can avoid disqualification un-
fineboththetransporter-erectorlaunchsys- targets within an accuracy of around two to MLAs and their families. The Supreme Court der the anti-defection law.
tem and the short-range ballistic missile five metres. will now hear the petitions — filed by rebel
(SRBM) it fires. The system can also fire leader Eknath Shinde, and Bharat Gogavale Law and exception
ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs). Projection of power and 14 other MLAs of the Shinde camp — on Under the anti-defection law, a mem-
The Iskander-M system is exclusively used Russia has made the Belarus announce- July 11. berof alegislature canbedisqualifiedif he
bytheRussianmilitary,whereasIskander-E ment at the time when the G-7 meets in It, however, refused to restrain the hold- or she has voluntarily given up member-
is the one meant for export. Germany.Itisalsoonemoretimethat Putin ing of a floor test in the Assembly until it ship of their political party; and if he/she
hasraisednuclearweaponsasasortofwarn- hears the pleas next. votes or abstains from voting in the House
Firepower ing to the West against climbing the escala- contrary to any direction issued by their
TheIskander-Mmissilehasarangeof500 tion ladder in the Ukraine war. Background of petitions party (or by any person or authority au-
kmanditcancarryapayloadofupto700kg. In the past too, Russia has used the Shinde and Gogavale, whom the rebels thorised by the party).
It is capable of carrying both conventional Iskander system to project power against have chosen Chief Whip of the Sena legisla- There is a provision to protect such leg-
and nuclear warheads. The conventional Europe, more so because of its ability to be ture party replacing Sunil Prabhu, sought a islatorsfromdisqualification.Iftwo-thirdsof
warheads can be equipped with cluster fittedwithtacticalnuclearwarheads.In2012, stay on the disqualificationnotices issued on the members agree to a merger with an-
bombs, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) war- Moscowsaidthattheweaponcouldbeused June 25 to 16 Sena MLAs who did not attend other party, they will not be disqualified.
headsandbunker-bustermunitions,accord- to target Europe’s missile defences. The a party meeting convened by Chief Minister Under the 91st Amendment to the
ing to US-based Missile Defence Advocacy Iskander system has already been deployed Uddhav Thackeray. Constitution in 2003, the exemption from
Alliance (MDAA). The export variant, inKaliningrad,aRussianexclave,fromwhere They have also challenged the appoint- disqualificationifone-thirdofthemembers
Iskander-E, has a range of 280 km with a re- itcanbefiredtotargetNATOforcesinPoland, ment,onJune21,of AjayChoudhariasleader form a separate group (the rule prior to the
duced 480 kg payload. the Baltic States, and Sweden. of the Shiv Sena Legislative Party (SSLP), re- amendment) was removed.
placing Shinde.
Zirwal gave the 16 MLAs 48 hours until How courts have ruled
Moosewala’s SYL music video Monday, June 27, to respond, failing which
actionwouldbeinitiatedagainstthem.Inhis
In February this year, the High Court of
BombayatGoaheldthat10CongressMLAs

removed from YouTube. Why?

petition, Shinde claimed that Zirwal, who is andtwotwoMGPMLAs,whohaddefected Eknath Shinde (on the chessboard) and other Shiv Sena rebels at the
an NCP MLA, cannot act on the disqualifica- to the BJP in 2019, are exempted from dis- Guwahati hotel where they are staying. PTI
tion petition against the 16 MLAs while no- qualificationandheldthatamergerof this
ticefor a resolutionseeking his own removal group of Congress MLAs is “deemed to be
remains pending. a merger” of the original political party come a separate group in the legislature. houseandtoparticipateintheproceedings."
PRANAV MUKUL with the BJP (Girish Chodankar v Speaker, Senior advocate Devdatt Kamat, rep-
NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 Key arguments before SC Goa Legislative Assembly). resenting Shiv Sena, said that until the Disqualification notices
ZIRWAL'S ALLEGED BIAS: The post of In Rajendra Singh Rana v Swami Prasad MLAs rebel camp merges with another Another issue that has arisen is
GOOGLE-OWNED YouTube has removed a Speaker has been vacant since Nana Patole Maurya (2007), a Constitution Bench of party, disqualification under the anti-de- whether the disqualification notices
newsongbydeceasedPunjabisingerSidhu resigned in February 2021 to become presi- the Supreme Court interpreted the term fection law will still apply to them. He said served on 16 rebel MLAs can stand the
Moosewala from its platform in India cit- dent of the Maharashtra Congress. Shinde “voluntarily giving up membership of a there are court judgements including in scrutinyof law.Expertssaidthatasperthe
ing a “legal complaint from the govern- has argued that ordinarily, a member who political party”, and held that "a person the Ravi Naik case (1994) in the Supreme Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
ment”. The song, SYL, is available in other has been elected as Speaker or Deputy may be said to have voluntarily given up Court which held this view. (Disqualificationongroundsof Defection)
countries on YouTube, and on audio Speaker resigns from the membership of his membership of an original party even SenioradvocateShrihariAney,aformer Rules and other stipulations, the Deputy
streamingplatformssuchasSpotify,Gaana, party — but Zirwal has not done so. thoughheorshehasnottenderedresigna- AdvocateGeneralofMaharashtra,saidthere Speaker's decision cannot be upheld.
JioSaavn within India. According to the rebel camp, since tion from membership of the party” and are debatable positions about the anti-de- Aney said, "In my opinion, the notices
WHY & HOW: The only reason cited His song removed following a ‘legal Zirwal’s party (NCP) is supporting the “mi- that an inference can be drawn from con- fectionlaw."Variouscourtshavepassedver- disqualifyingsomeMLAsarevoidabinitio.
by YouTube for removing the video is the complaint from government’. File nority faction” of the Shiv Sena (that is still duct of the member. dictsasperspecificfactsofthecaseandIam The orders are premised on the ground
legal complaint from the government. In a with Thackeray), his actions are “biased, of the view that the Eknath Shinde faction that these MLAs did not attend the official
statement, a YouTube spokesperson said: based on mala fide and considerations to- The two-thirds rule hasalreadycrossedthetwo-thirdsmarkand meeting and did not adhere to the whip.
“We have clear policies for removal re- canal lies at the heart of a 40-year-old dis- tally against constitutional principles and to Some experts believe that even if two- thus they cannot be subjected under this But, a whip is limited only to the business
quests from governments around the pute between Punjab and Haryana over help his political party”. thirdsof legislatorshavebrokenaway,they law and they are protected from the anti- of thelegislature… Here it was for a meet-
world. We...also review content for viola- sharing of the waters of the Ravi and Beas. WhiletheDeputySpeakerissupposedto willbeprotectedfromdisqualificationonly defection law. They are entitled to be iden- ing called by their president Uddhav
tions of our Community Guidelines. And, Moosewala’s song mentioned the anti- decide issues objectively, Shinde has said he if they merge with another party or be- tified as a separate group or a 'gat' in the Thackeray.”
where appropriate, we restrict or remove Sikh violence of 1984, and the video “does not expect justice at all from Zirwal,
content in keeping with local laws and our showed the Sikh flag being hoisted on the who, it seems, is bent upon acting on the di-
Terms of Service after a thorough review.” Red Fort during the farmers' agitation. rections of the leaders opposed to the Zirwal had rightly recognised for disqualification was submitted to Zirwal challenged the maintainability of the plea.
Thegovernment'srequestsaremadeei- The video got 27 million views and re- Petitioner (Shinde) and his colleagues”. Choudhari's appointment based on the au- after the notice for moving a resolution for Senior advocate N K Kaul for the rebels ar-
ther formally through webforms etc., or ceived 3.3 million likes on YouTube in less However, Shinde did not press this argu- thentic party letterhead, Kamat said. his own removal was given, and therefore, gued that the apex court had the discretion
throughinformalchannelssuchasGoogle’s than three days. ment in court on Monday, and instead the Deputy Speaker’s decision was in “utter to entertain the pleas.
public policy team. Some requests may al- HOW OFTEN? As per the Google soughtastayonthedisqualificationproceed- 'UTTER DISREGARD' FOR SC 2016 disregard” of the 2016 SC ruling and, there- Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan repre-
lege infringement of intellectual property Transparency Report, during 2021, there ings as immediate relief. RULING: Shinde has said that a notice to fore, “non-maintainable”. senting Zirwal informed that the no-confi-
rights; others may claim violation of laws were1,670governmentrequeststoremove move a resolution for removal of Zirwal as In response, Senior Advocate Abhishek dence motion against him was rejected as
that prohibit certain types of content on content from YouTube on a range of ‘ILLEGAL’APPOINTMENT: Thepetition Deputy Speaker under Article 179(c) of the Manu Singhvi for Choudhari submitted that the genuineness or veracity of the notice
grounds such as defamation. grounds including defamation, criticism of claimed that Choudhari’s appointment as Constitution and Rule 11 of the Maharashtra the 1992 Constitution Bench judgment in could not be ascertained. The court asked
THE SONG: SYL, the song's title, stands thegovernment,violence,causingreligious leader of the SSLP was made by a “minority Legislative Assembly Rules, was submitted Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu had clearly laid whether the Speaker could be a judge in his
for the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. It offence, national security, hate speech, faction” of Sena MLAs — and under the onJune21,beforethedisqualificationnotices down that courts cannot interfere until the own case, and asked Zirwal's lawyer to place
was recorded weeks before the singer’s copyright, privacy, security, etc. In 2020, Members of Maharashtra Legislative were served on the rebels. Speaker makes a decision, and that the the new developments pertaining to rejec-
murder, and was released on June 23. The 1,538 such requests were made. Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of ThepetitionreferstotheSupremeCourt's Speaker has sweepingdiscretion in deciding tion of the notice on record.
Defection) Rules, 1986, it was “illegal” and judgment in Nabam Rebia & Bamang Felix v. cases of disqualification of MLAs.
“unconstitutional” for Zirwal to ratify it. Deputy Speaker, Arunachal Legislative Singhvi argued that courts can only aid 48 HOURRS TO RESPOND ‘AGAINST
Also, Shinde has said, despite being from Assembly (2016), in which the court had held the procedure that the Speaker or Deputy RULES’: Referring to Rule 7(3)(b) of the
the minority faction of the SSLP, Choudhari thatif the Speaker facesa motion for his own speaker is supposed to follow, and that Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Drishti IAS and Prabhu unlawfully made a petition to
the Deputy Speaker under the Tenth
removal first, both the constitutional provi-
sions under the Tenth Schedule and Article
Nabam Rebia cannot be misused to restrain
the Speaker. He said that Article 212 bars the
(Disqualification on Grounds of Defection)
Rules,1986,Shindehassaidthatpersonswho
Admissions Open (English Medium) Scheduleof theConstitution,basedonwhich 179(c) would have their “independent oper- courts from inquiring into the proceedings aresoughttobedisqualifiedareentitledtoat
the 16 MLAs were served notices. ational space preserved”. of the legislature, and asserted that the least a 7-day period (further extendable) to
GENERAL STUDIES (P+M) FOUNDATION BATCH Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat repre- Thecourthadruledthatitwouldbe“con- Speaker was competent to decide a disqual- submit their reply.
OPTIONAL SUBJECTS senting the Maharashtra government, ar- stitutionally impermissible for a Speaker to ificationpleaundertheTenthscheduleof the ButtheJune25noticegavetherebelsonly
Political Science & IR Sociology Public Administration Philosophy gued that while the notice sent by the adjudicate upon disqualification petitions Constitution when notice of his removal is 48 hours, he has said.
Law History Geography Hindi Literature Thackeray faction was on the official letter- under the Tenth Schedule while a motion of under consideration. According to the rebels, Zirwal “com-
head of the party, the letter from the Shinde resolution for his own removal from Office Singhvi also questioned the petitioners' pletely bypassed” the Rules, and his action
Karol Bagh, Delhi | Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi | Prayagraj | Jaipur
group was “purported to be of Shiv Sena”, of Speaker is pending”. “leap frogging” to the Supreme Court with- was “nothing but an eyewash to put a façade
8010440440 www.drishtiias.com
claiming to be the majority faction. According to the rebel camp, the petition out approaching the High Court first, and of compliance of the rules”.

EXPLAINED HEALTH

TakeawaysfromMaharashtraCovidsurge:moretransmissible,notsovirulent
ticipatingafurtherriseincases,indicativeof by vaccinations and past infections. This is theimmunityofferedbyprevious ingalotstronger.Inahigh-risk,unvaccinated
a “fourth wave”. why we are witnessing a significant propor- infectionandvaccinationisnotstrong individualwithnopriorexposuretothevirus,
EXPERT THE EXPERT tion of breakthrough infections and reinfec- enough? even mild strains could potentially cause se-

EXPLAINS
Isthefreshsurgebeingfuelledbyanew tions. There is data to suggest that the sub- Immunity can be defined as the body’s verediseaseandwemust,therefore,striveto
sub-variantof Omicron? DR LANCELOT PINTO is variant may be more transmissible, abilitytocontainaninfectionandnotallowit vaccinate everyone.
Altogether 99.6% of the samples up- epidemiologist and pulmonologist explaining the present surge. However, vac- tocausemajordamage.Ifyouusethisdefini-
loadedfromIndiatotheGISAIDregistryover from Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai. cinationandpriorinfectiondoappeartocon- tion,previousinfectionsandvaccinationsdo Peopleadministeredboosterstooare
Dr Lancelot Pinto the past four weeks have been of the He specialises in the treatment of tinuetoprotectagainstmoderateandsevere appear to be offering individuals with a ro- gettingreinfected.Howrobustisthe
Omicron variant, including sub-lineages. sleep apnea, insomnia, and other disease, and this is reassuring. bust immunity against Covid-19. However, protectionofferedbycurrentvaccines?
From The Indian Express panel
BA.2, referred to as “stealth Omicron” (lacks sleep-related disorders, with the priorinfectionand/orvaccinationmaynotal- We need to constantly remind ourselves
of specialists, exclusive insight
the deletion at position 69/70 in the S pro- aim of preventing complications Aretheclinicalsymptomsanydifferent? ways protect an individual from getting in- that vaccines are designed to create an im-
tein) appeared to be replacing the existing such as high blood pressure and Fever,sorethroat(oftensevere),nasalcon- fected,asvariantssuchasOmicronareknown muneresponsethatpreventsseveredisease,
strains,andINSACOGreportedthistobethe heart disease that are often a gestion, body ache, loss of taste and a mild tobe“escapevariants”thatcanevadethefirst andthepresentvaccinesandboostersappear
MAHARASHTRAHASbeenwitnessingadaily dominant strain across the country. The consequence of such disorders. He cough are the predominant symptoms that line of defence against infection. tobedoinganexcellentjob.Weshouldrevisit
upward spiral of Covid-19 cases. On June 23, BA.2.38 sub-variant has now been reported also specialises in the arebeingreported.Diarrhoeaisalsooccasion- the role of boosters among individuals who
the state reported 5,218 cases—the highest from Mumbai and Pune as the dominant management of COPD. ally reported, but seems less common than Doeslowerhospitalisationindicatethat have a normal immune system and do not
single-day count since February. The active strainbasedonsamplingandishypothesised the frequency with which it was reported thenewvariantsarebecomingmore have comorbidities, as frequent boosters in
casesinthestatestoodat25,570onMonday to be the strain driving the present surge. with earlier Omicron strains. For most indi- transmissiblebutlessvirulent? suchindividualsmaynotbenecessary.Studies
—27%ofIndia’stotal.The51deathsreported Newer sub-lineages and possible variants sub-variants appears to be more virulent. viduals,symptomsappeartogetbetterinfour This fortunately does appear to be the clearly show benefit among individuals who
so far is the highest toll for y month since were always expected, based on our under- days,withfatigueandamildcoughoftenper- case. However, we must not ignore the role areimmunocompromised,andallourfuture
March.Althoughtheseverityoftheinfection standing of viral transmission and evolution Whatarethecharacteristicsof BA.2.38? sisting longer. thatvaccinationhasplayed,andthe“lessvir- effortsshouldbetargetedtothisgroup.
is mild with 95% of the patients mostly dynamics, and this comes as no surprise. Thesub-variant,similartootherOmicron ulence” could be a combination of the virus
asymptomatic,publichealthofficialsarean- Whatisreassuringisthatnoneofthesenewer strains, appears to evade immunity offered Dothecasesof reinfectionindicatethat being milder and the immune response be- DrPintospoketoRupsaChakraborty

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OPPN STATES LIKELY TO RAISE DEMAND FOR COMPENSATION REGIME EXTENSION

NITI Aayog pitches for
Rationalisation,reformsmaytest incentives to draw more
Centre-staterelationsatGSTmeet women into gig economy
E
structure and work design, en-

E X P L A I NE D
SOUMYARENDRABARIK hance skill development, asset
and chilled meat/fish. tionsofaministerialpanelonrate use of mandatory biometric au- NEW DELHI, JUNE 27 Lackof ownership,accesstodigitalskills
AANCHAL MAGAZINE
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 27
States,especiallyOpposition-
ruled ones, are expected to raise
MEETING TODAY rationalisation including levying
tax of 12 per cent on hotel rooms
thenticationforhigh-risktaxpay-
ers,inclusionofelectricitybilldata, INANattempttoincreasepartic- ● benefits
and technology, undertake gen-
der sensitisation and accessibil-
demand for extension of the ■ With high inflation costingbelowRs1,000/daywhich realtimevalidationof allbankac- ipationofwomeninthegigecon- ity awareness programmes for
AS THE Goods and Services Tax compensation regime to bridge rate, any major rejig of are presently exempt, increasing counts against a particular PAN omy,theNITIAayoghasproposed GIG WORKERS are typi- workers and their families,”
(GST) regime nears five years of revenue shortfall beyond June tax slabs will not find rateonmanufacturingservicesof and geo-tagging have been sug- fiscalincentivesliketaxbreaksor cally hired by companies SakshiKhurana,consultantatNiti
completionandushersintheend 2022. Under GST, as per the favour in near term, leather goods, clay bricks from 5 gestedbyaministerialpanel. startup grants for companies on a contractual basis and Aayog’sskilldevelopment,labour
of the compensation regime for Goods and Services Tax instead the Council is percentto12percent,hikingGST “Broadening the base is the with about one-third of their are not considered em- and employment vertical, and
statestocoverrevenuegap,meas- (Compensation to States) Act, likely to rely heavily on onLEDlamps,ink,knives,blades, only option, you cannot raise workforceaswomenandpeople ployees. They do not re- part of the research team for the
urestoboostrevenuessuchasrate 2017, the states were guaranteed other measures to power driven pumps, spoons, rates. Compliance has to be in- with disabilities (PwDs). ceive some of the benefits report, told The Indian Express.
rationalisation,reviewofexemp- compensation at the com- boost revenues. forks, dairy machinery from 12 creased using technology to “Fiscalincentivessuchastax- that an on-roll staff does. To encourage increased and
tionsandsystemreformswillturn poundedrateof 14percentfrom per cent to 18 per cent and bring- identify revenue leakage, bogus breaks or startup grants may be equal participation in the gig
out to be the key contentious the base year 2015-16 for losses inginpre-packagedfooditemsin- returns, which is not getting providedforbusinessesthatpro- economy, the report said social
pointsbetweenstatesandCentre arising due to implementation. FinanceMinisterManishSisodia cludingrice,atta,curd,lassi,puffed caughtinthesystematpresent,” vide livelihood opportunities 23.5 million workers in the next security benefits be extended to
as they converge for the GST Last week, the Finance Ministry told The Indian Express. rice at par with branded food Sisodia, who was a member of where women constitute a sub- eightyears,makingupfor4.1per workers in a partnership mode,
Council meeting on June 28-29. notifiedtheextensionof thelevy “Centre is not being asked to itemswithataxrateof5percent. theGoMonsystemreforms,said. stantialportion (say, 30 per cent) cent of total livelihood in India. asenvisagedintheCodeonSocial
With high inflation rate, any and collection of compensation pay from its resources. The com- Additionally, it will discuss the Identifyingriskybehaviourof of theirworkers.Likewise,aplat- According to the report, at pres- Security, 2020. It also said that
major rejig of tax slabs will not cess till March 2026, in line with pensation funds were supposed FitmentCommittee’sproposalto thenewregistrants/applicantsus- form with high accessibility or ent about 47 per cent of the gig businessesofferpaidsickleaveto
find favour in near term, instead an earlier approval accorded by to come from levy of cess. Till ef- levy tax on the margins made by ingartificialintelligenceandplace high degree of participation of work is in medium skilled jobs, their workers apart from insur-
the Council is likely to rely heav- the GST Council last year for re- fective implementation of GST tour operators at a suitable rate theinformationonthebackoffice PwDstoomayberewardedwith about 22 per cent in high skilled, ance cover. Gig workers are typi-
ily on a series of other measures payment of loans meant to com- happens, the way it was envis- along with a suggestion to make for the field officer to carry out fiscalincentives,”NITIAayogsaid and about 31 per cent in low cally hired by companies on a
toboostrevenues—correctionof pensate states for the five-year aged, the compensation regime e-way bill mandatory for intra- mandatory physical verification inareporttitled‘India’sBooming skilled jobs. Gig workers can be contractualbasisandarenotcon-
inverted duty structure for items periodsinceJuly2017rolloutand should be continued. States sur- state movement of gold above a ofthesetaxpayersalongwithreal Gig and Platform Economy’. broadly classified into platform sidered their employees. As a re-
such as LED lamps, notforanyextensionof compen- rendered most of their taxation threshold of Rs 2 lakh. time validation of bank accounts Based on a survey conducted and non-platform workers. sult, they do not receive some of
printing/drawing ink, knives, sationtostatesbeyondJune2022. rights,VATwasoneof thebiggest throughintegrationofGSTsystem acrossurbancentresof India,the Platform workers are those the benefits that an on roll em-
spoons,power-drivenpumps,so- “GSThasbeenagoodideabut components for them. 14 per The way forward with NPCI and inclusion of elec- report also said that women are whose work is based on online ployeeof thecompanymayhave
lar water heater, finished leather badlyimplemented.Micro-level cent growth was promised, More measures for compli- tricity bill metadata (CA No.) as a more likely to take up platform softwareappsordigitalplatforms — this means that they often do
compositeworksandwithdrawal managementinimplementation which is not being achieved and ancetoplugrevenueleakagesare data field during registration by jobs after their education and while non-platform gig workers not receive benefits like paid sick
of exemption for items such as did not happen. Because of that, it’s coming to an end. This is not intheoffingwithagreaterscrutiny new taxpayers are some of the marriage.Thereportalsosaidthat are generally casual wage work- and casual leaves, travel and
pre-packaged and labelled food states are in a very bad position. done,” he added. to be over high-risk taxpayers. At measuresgoingtobediscussedin femalelabourforceparticipation ers, working part-time or full- housing allowances, and provi-
itemssuchaswheatflour,puffed Extension of compensation TheCouncilisalsoexpectedto thetimeofregistration,measures theCouncilmeeting.Fullreporton in India has remained low, oscil- time.Whileplatformcompanies dent fund savings, among other
rice,curd/lassi/buttermilk,paneer scheme should happen,” Delhi discuss interim recommenda- suchasbetterverificationthrough www.indianexpress.com lating between 16 per cent to 23 havecreatedavenuesof employ- things. The report also recom-
per cent in the last few years. ment,ithasoftenbeenmarredby mendedthatfirmsadoptpolicies
Similarly, persons with disabili- low wages, unequal gender par- that offer old age or retirement
Russia denies GST cuts ‘not passed on’: L’Oreal told to pay up ties, who make up for 2.11 to 10
per cent of India’s population,
ticipation, and a lack of possibil-
ityforupwardmobilitywithinan
plans and benefits and other in-
surance cover for contingencies

US claims of ENSECONOMICBUREAU
COMPANY TO PAY The authority directed the di-
rectorategeneralanti-profiteering
to18percentfromNovember15,
2017. L’Oreal had said it reduced
have a labour force participation
rateof36percent.‘Structuralbar-
riers like access to education and
organisation.
The report also recom-
mended that businesses have a
such as injury arising from work
that may lead to loss of employ-
ment and income. NITI Aayog
debt default
`186 cr
NEWDELHI,JUNE27 toinitiatefurtherinvestigationsto rates after the GST Council deci- lackofskillinghavehinderedpar- highershareofwomenmanagers addedthataccesstoinstitutional
findoutwhetherL’Orealpassedon sioninNovember,2017byincreas- ticipation of the two demo- and supervisors in the organisa- creditcouldbeenhancedthrough
Tells investors to go THE NATIONAL Anti-profiteering tax reduction benefits in the pe- ing quantity in the case of sham- graphic groups in the country’s tion to ensure that communica- financialproductsspecificallyde-
Authority(NAA)hasaskedL’Oreal riodafterDecember31,2018.Most poos, conditioners and colour labour force,” the report said. tion to workers does not perpet- signed for platform workers and
to Western agents to pay Rs 186 crore along with 18 ■ Amount that the NAA has productssoldbyL’Orealattracted naturals. The company pointed The report estimates that uate gender stereotypes. “To those interested to set-up their
percentinteresttotheConsumer asked L’Oreal to pay, along a 28 per cent GST between July 1, out that the government had not more than 7.5 million workers encourage more women, plat- own platforms. Full report on
Welfare Fund for not passing on with 18%, interest 2017andNovember14,2017.The given any guidelines or method- wereengagedinthegigeconomy forms may develop better infra- www.indianexpress.com
GSTratecutbenefits. ratesontheseitemswerereduced ologytopassonbenefits. FE in 2020-21. This could grow to

‘25% of MSMEs lost market ‘Essential’segmentMSMEslike

pharmaceutical/agricultural
millershardlylostanymarketshare
share to big corporations’
SECTORSWHEREMSMEs
City of Lysychansk, Ukraine, A fourth of Indian MSMEs lost 3% or more of their GAINEDMARKETSHARE:
under Russian attack. Reuters respective market share to big corporations during the ■ Steelpigiron,whereonlySMEs
couldcapitaliseonrevivalin
NMDC Limited
Covid pandemic, a Crisil report said (A Government of India Enterprise)
infrastructuredemand,aslarge 'Khanij Bhavan', 10-3-311/A, Castle Hills, Masab Tank, Hyderabad -500028
Moscow: Russia rejected claims VULNERABLESECTORS: plantsconsumedtheiroutput Corporate Identity Number (CIN) - L13100TG1958GOI001674
on Monday that it had defaulted
on its external debt for the first
time in more than a century,
50% Shareof
surveyedmicro,
small&mediumenterprises
Transportoperators,edibleoil,
gemsandjewelleryarethemost
vulnerabletooperatingprofit
■ Tobaccounits
Source: Crisil/PTI
CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT
E-Tender Notice (Open Tender Enquiry for Domestic Bidding)
Tender Enquiry No.:HO(Contracts)/BIOM KC/ITC OF C OR OH LINES/2022/839 Dated:28.06.2022
MSTC Ref. No.: NMDC/HO/32/22-23/ET/200
tellinginvestorstogotoWestern (MSMEs),thatlostmarketshare, lossesowingtowaferthinmargin NMDC Limited, A “NAVARATNA” Public Sector Company under Ministry of Steel, Govt.
financial agents for the cash whichalsosawacontractionin oflessthan3%andlimited of India, invites online bids from experienced domestic bidders for the work of
whichwassentbutbondholders theiroperatingprofit inputcostpass-throughof “Installation, Testing and Commissioning Of Cables or Overhead Lines from
did not receive. under60% Outgoing Feeders (33 KV, 6.6 KV, 3.3 KV) Of Dhobighat Substation to the Load
Points or Receiving Substations at BIOM, Kirandul Complex, Kirandul, Dist:
The White House said Russia
Dantewada, State: Chhattisgarh”. The detailed NIT and Bid documents can be viewed
has defaulted on its international and /or downloaded from 28-06-2022 to 28-07-2022 from following website links;
bonds. “Statements of a default 1.NMDC website - http://tenders.nmdc.co.in
are absolutely unjustified,” 2.Central Public Procurement portal - http://www.eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app and
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry 3.MSTC portal-https://www.mstcecommerce.com/eprochome/nmdc/buyer_login.jsp
Peskov said. “The fact that For accessing the bid document from NMDC website, the bidder has to register as “New
Euroclear withheld this money User” at NMDC’s website link https://nmdcportals.nmdc.co.in/nmdctender
For accessing the bid document from MSTC portal, bidder has to register as ‘New Vendor’
and did not bring it to the recipi-
at MSTC website link https://www.mstcecommerce.co.in/eprochome/nmdc/buyer_
entsisnotourproblem.Thereare login.jsp and search Tender Event No. NMDC/HO/32/22-23/ET/200. For further help
absolutelynogroundstocallsuch refer to ‘vendor guide’ given in MSTC website. The bidders are requested to submit their
situationadefault.”Eurocleardid Survey details: MSMEs from 69 sectors and 147 clusters with revenue of `47 lakh crore or a fourth bids online through MSTC Limited website. The details of submission of bid through
not immediately respond to a re- of India’s GDP analysed to arrive at details on how small businesses fared during the pandemic online are given in NIT. The Bidders, on regular basis are required to visit the NMDC’s
quest for comment. REUTERS website/CPP Portal/ MSTC website for corrigendum, if any, at a future date.
For further clarification, the following can be contacted - Chief General Manager
(Contracts), NMDC Limited, Hyderabad, Fax No. 040-23534746, Tel No. 040-23532800,

BRIEFLY OFCD issuance: 2 Sahara group email: [email protected]

Chief General Manager (Contracts)

CBDTchief
New Delhi: Nitin Gupta, an
IRSofficerofthe1986 batch,
cos, Roy, 3 others fined `12 cr
hasbeennamedasthenew issued the OFCDs in 2008 and
CentralBoardofDirectTaxes ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU Sebi saidthefineneeds 2009andwereallegedlydonein
(CBDT) Chairman and took MUMBAI, JUNE 27 contravention of the provisions
charge Monday. He is serv-
tobepaidwithin 45days of Sebi’s ICDR (Issue of Capital
ing as the Member (investi- THE SECURITIES and Exchange and Disclosure Requirements)
gation) in the Board and set Board of India (Sebi) on Monday fines need to be paid jointly and Regulations and PFUTP
to retire next September. imposedpenaltiestotallingRs12 severallywithin45days.Thepe- (Prohibition of Fraudulent and
crore on two SaharaGroupfirms nalised individuals are Ashok Unfair Trade Practices) rules.
Bajajbuyback — Sahara Commodity Services
CorporationLtdandSaharaHou-
Roy Choudhary, Ravi Shanker
Dubey and Vandana Bharrgava. Aurobindo Pharma warned
NewDelhi:BajajAuto’sboard singInvestmentCorporationLtd The case relates to issuance Meanwhile, Sebi issued a
clearedbuybackoffullypaid — as well as Subrata Roy and of OFCDs by Sahara India Real warning letter to Aurobindo
up equity shares with aface three others for violating regula- Estate Corporation Limited Pharma for disclosing “very lim-
valueof`10eachfromexist- torynormsintheissuanceof op- (SIRECL), now known as Sahara ited and restricted information”
ingshareholdersfromopen tionally fully convertible deben- Commodity Services Corporat- to bourses about a US FDA audit
marketfor`2,500crore. PTI tures (OFCDs) in 2008 and 2009. ion Limited, and Sahara Housing of its API manufacturing unit in
Inanorder,SebiAdjudicating Investment Corporation Limited Hyderabad. Full report on
CreditSuisse Officer Suresh B Menon said the (SHICL).The two companies had www.indianexpress.com

Switzerland: Credit Suisse

was convicted
Switzerland’s
by
Federal
Criminal Court for failing to
‘India, EU resume FTA talks’
prevent money-laundering New Delhi: Senior officials from India and among India’s key demands. The negoti-
by a Bulgarian cocaine traf- the European Union (EU) resumed the ations restart at a time the US and the EU
fickinggang,inthecountry’s much-awaited negotiations are staring at a recession.
first criminal trial of one of for a proposed free trade Before the talks began,
its major banks. REUTERS agreement (FTA) here Commerce and Industry
Monday, after a gap of about Minister Piyush Goyal met
PSBfoundation nine years. Both sides are set
to focus on “deliverables”
European Commission
Executive Vice President
New Delhi: Punjab & Sind first during the course of the Valdis Dombrovskis on June
Bank (PSB) observed 115th negotiations, before moving PIYUSHGOYAL 17 and “discussed ways to
Foundation Day last Friday. on to contentious matters, Commerce Minister PTI file fast track negotiations”.
MD-CEOSwarupKumarSa- sources said. Formalnegotiationsbetween
hasaiditwillmovetowards Duty-freeaccesstotheEU thetwosidesfortheFTAwere
digitaltransformation. ENS market for labour-intensive industries, stuckoverstarkdifferencesafter16rounds
mainly textiles and garments, will be of talks between 2007 and 2013. FE

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TOPOFTHE G7 COUNTRIES PREPARE NEW AID TO KYIV Qatar to host indirect

WORLD
NATO to increase rapid reaction force to Iran-US discussion on
300,000, modernise Ukraine armament reviving nuclear deal
PARISA HAFEZI Iran’s chief

AGENCIES US to provide & ANDREW MILLS

DUBAI, JUNE 27
nuclear
negotiator,
Leonardo Del Vecchio BRUSSELS, KYIV JUNE 27 surface-to-air QATAR WILL host indirect talks
Ali Bagheri
Kani. File
ITALY
NATO SECRETARY general Jens
Stoltenberg said Monday the
missile system between Iran and the United
States in coming days, Iranian
Ray-Banowner militaryalliancewillincreasethe
size of its rapid reaction forces
to Ukraine media reported on Monday,
amid a push by the European
assayingthat“Bagheriwilltravel
to Doha on Tuesday”.
DelVecchio nearly eightfold to 300,000 Elmau (Germany): President Joe Union to break a months-long The pact appeared close to

diesaged87 troops as part of its response to

an“eraof strategiccompetition".
Biden is set to announce that the
USisprovidingadvancedansur-
impasse in negotiations to rein-
state a 2015 nuclear pact.
beingsecuredinMarchwhenthe
EUinvitedforeignministersrep-
The annoncement came as face-to-air missile system to “IranhaschosenQatartohost resenting the accord's parties to
LEONARDO DEL Vecchio, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ukraine, as well as additional ar- the talks because of Doha’s Vienna to finalise an agreement
who rose from childhood Zelenskyy Monday urged G7 tillery support, according to a friendly ties with Tehran,” after 11 months of indirect talks
poverty to build the eye- leaders meeting in Germany to person familiar with the matter, Mohammad Marandi, a media between Tehran and the US.
wear empire that owns supply anti-aircraft defence sys- in the latest assistance meant to advisertoIran'stopnuclearnego- But the talks have since been
brands such as Ray-Ban tems to his embattled nation as help the country defend against tiator,told the ISNA newsagency. suspended,chiefly over Tehran's
andOakley,hasdiedatthe Russian forces assaulted Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses G7 leaders via video link during their Russia’s invasion. A source briefed on the visit insistence that Washington re-
ageof87,hiscompanysaid Lysychansk, the last big city still working session at Castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, on Monday. AP TheUSispurchasingNASAMS, said that US Special Envoy for move the Islamic Revolutionary
on Monday. Fashion de- heldby Ukrainiantroopsin east- aNorwegian-developedanti-air- Iran,RobertMalley,wasexpected Guard Corps (IRGC), its elite se-
signerGiorgioArmaniwas ern Luhansk province. craftsystem,toprovidemedium- toarriveinDohaonMondayand curity force, from the US Foreign
amongthosetopaytribute The NATO response force later this week in Madrid when to long-range defence, according meet with the Qatari foreign Terrorist Organization list.
toDelVecchiowithwhom currently has about 40,000 sol- the 30 allies are expected to also Biggest policy overhaul to the person, who spoke on the minister. An Iranian official told Last week, one Iranian and
he had worked since the diers. agree on further support to conditionofanonymity.NASAMS Reuters that Iran's chief nuclear one European official said Iran
1980s. “Together, we in- Coupled with other meas- Ukraine in itswar againstRussia. isthesamesystemusedbytheUS negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, had dropped its demand for the
vented a phenomenon ures including the deployment Stoltenberg said he expects NATO'S NEW The Alliance’s mem- to protect the sensitive airspace wouldbeinDohaforthetalkson removal of the IRGC's FTO sanc-
that did not exist: we im- of forces to defend specific allies, alliestomakecleartheyconsider Strategic Concept, its ber countries are also around the White House and US Tuesday and Wednesday. tions,butstilltwoissues,includ-
mediately realised that Stoltenbergsaidthemoveispart Russia “as the most significant most important doc- growing wary of the Capitol in Washington. Iran'sforeignministrywasnot ing one on sanctions, remained
glasses,fromsimplefunc- of the “biggest overhaul of col- anddirectthreattooursecurity." ument, is expected to growing influence of Additional aid includes more immediately available for com- toberesolved.“Nothingisagreed
tional objects would be- lective defence and deterrence Over the long term, he said address for the first Russia and China in ammunition for Ukrainian ar- mentandtheQatarigovernment untileverythingisagreed,”Iran's
come indispensable fash- since the Cold War". He made allies aim to help Ukraine transi- time the security challenges the region’s “southern tillery,as wellascounter-battery didn’t comment. Later, however, Foreign Ministry spokesman,
ion accessories,” Armani the remarks at a press confer- tion from Soviet-era armaments posed by China. neighborhood”. radars, to support its efforts Iran'sTasnimnewsagencyciteda Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on
said. “His story, from or- ence ahead of a NATO summit to modern NATO equipment. against the Russian assault. AP source at Iran's foreign ministry Monday. REUTERS
phanagetoleadershipofa
business empire, seems
like a story from another
time. But it is an example
Toxic gas leak Seoul urges
for today and tomorrow. in Jordan: 10 dead, China, Russia
RIP,” European Economy
Commissioner Paolo 251 hurt, rescue to prevent
Gentiloni said on Twitter.
REUTERS planes rushed North Korean
NEPAL
REUTERS nuclear test
JUNE 27
Budgetleakrow: TEN PEOPLE died and 251 were KIM TONG-HYUNG
Ministersays injured in a toxic gas leak from a SEOUL, JUNE 27
won’tstepdown An soldier tries to calm down people waiting to buy fuel in
storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba
port,statetelevisionreportedon A TOP South Korean official said
Colombo, Monday. The armed forces have been deployed to Monday, as authorities called on Monday that North Korea is in-
MAOIST LEADER and distribute tokens to people queueing for fuel. AP residents to shut windows and creasingly targeting the South
Nepal Finance Minister stay indoors. with its nuclear arms program,
Janardan Sharma, who The leak came after a tank and urged China and Russia to
has been accused of leak-
ing the Budget document
byallowingtwooutsiders
Sri Lanka has fuel left filledwithtoxicgasfellwhilebe-
ing transported, news agency
Petra said, citing the spokesper-
CRASHING DOWN persuade the North not to con-
duct a widely
expected nu-
during a preparatory
meeting with high rank-
ing officials, barely hours
only for days, to run sonof publicsecuritydirectorate.
A video posted on state tele-
vision’s Twitter page showed a
Four people were killed and hundreds were injured after the wooden stands of a stadium in
El Espinal city in central Colombia collapsed on Sunday. Spectators had gathered at the
stadium to watch a bull fighting match, officials said. AP
clear test.
Unification
Minster Kwon
before its presentation in
Parliament Monday, re-
fused to step down.
only essential services storagetankfallingfromawinch
and slamming into the deck of a
ship, followed by yellow-
Youngse’scom-
mentscameaf-
ter North
Speaking in the upper
house of Parliament,
Sharma said he had
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
COLOMBO, JUNE 27
Gunawardena. “All other sectors
must prepare from work from
homeprogramme,”hesaid,urg-
coloured gas rising into the air.
Specialised teams are still
dealing with the leak, the Civil
26 killed in Cameroon attack: official Korean leader S Korea
KimJongUnre- minister
emphasizedhis Kwon
brought a pro-people ingthepublictosupportthegov- Defence service said on its Yaounde: At least 26 villagers North-West regions in 2017 af- with Nigeria. nuclear ambi- Youngse. AP
Budget and that he will THE SRI Lankan government on ernment'smovetolimitthecon- Facebook page. Evacuation were killed in an attack on ter civilian protests calling for The member of parliament tions in a key
not be obliging "any one" Monday announced only essen- sumption of fuel. planes were being sent into Saturday in the Akwaya district greater representation for the forthedistrict,AkaMartinTyoga, military meet-
demanding his resigna- tial services will operate from While the government said Aqaba, state television said. of Cameroon's South-West re- country's English-speaking mi- said he had been told 32 people ing last week and approved un-
tion. Meanwhile, the midnighttillJuly10andallother talks were held with India for a Prime Minister Bisher al- gion,whereseparatistinsurgen- nority were violently repressed. had been buried in a mass grave, specified new operational duties
Unified Socialist Party , a operations will be temporarily fresh credit line, a ministerial Khasawneh was headed to cieshaveaddedfueltolong-run- The Akwaya district medical including six Nigerians. for front-line army units.
major constituent in suspendedasthecrisis-hitnation delegation is to visit Russia for Aqaba,stateTVreported.Healso ning inter-ethnic conflicts over officer, Enow Daniel Kewong, Twolocalsourcessaidtheat- Kwon, who oversees South
Nepal's five-party ruling faces acute fuel shortage. talks to buy discounted oil, the formed an investigation team land, local sources said Monday. said 26 bodies had been found tackwaslinkedtoafesteringland Korea’s relations with North
coalition replaced four of The move came days after government said. chaired by the interior minister, Anglophone insurgents be- sofarandpeoplewerestillmiss- dispute between Ballin's Ugare Korea, said at a news conference
its members in Cabinet. Prime Minister Ranil state TV cited the information gan fighting the Cameroonian ing after Saturday's attack on ethnic group and the Olitis from theNorthisexploitingafavorable
YUBARAJGHIMIRE WickremesingheonWednesday
US team meets minister as saying. military in the South-West and Ballin village, near the border the village of Mavass, REUTERS environmenttopushaheadwith
said the debt-laden economy of President Rajapaksa weaponsdevelopmentandover-
TwoIndians theislandnationhas“collapsed” A high-level US delegation on turntheregionalstatusquoasthe

amongthree
aftermonthsofshortagesoffood,
fuel and electricity, and cannot
even purchase imported oil.
MondaymetPresidentGotabaya
Rajapaksa and discussed meas-
ures to help the island nation
UK pushes for Brexit rules rewrite, EU fumes U.S.-led West remains distracted
over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
HesaidNorthKorea’snuclearam-
touristsrescued Sri Lanka's Cabinet of cope with an unprecedented of a trade treaty that Prime Northern Ireland. It argues the bitions pose a “very serious and
Ministers decided only essential economic crisis and severe JILL LAWLESS Minister Boris Johnson signed unilateralmoveisjustifiedunder fundamental threat” to South
THREE STRANDED services will operate from shortages of essential supplies. LONDON, JUNE 27 beforeBritainlefttheEUin2020. international law because of the Korea and that Seoul is preparing
tourists, including two Monday midnight to July 10. US Ambassador Kelly Johnson said he thought the “genuinelyexceptionalsituation.” stern countermeasures in re-
Indians, have been res- “Fuel will be issued only to Keiderling, Deputy Assistant BRITAIN IS ramping up a feud plan could be approved “fairly Johnson’s opponents, how- sponsetoapossibleNorthKorean
cued from a forest in health, defence, power and ex- Secretary of the US Department with the European Union by rapidly” if Parliament cooper- ever, say the move is illegal and nuclear test. He didn’t elaborate.
Nepal, a day after they portsectorsfrommidnighttoday of State, and Robert Kaproth, pressing on with a plan to rip up ates, and that the measures will shred Britain’s international “North Korea’s transition in
went missing, police said untilJuly10,”Cabinetspokesper- Deputy Assistant Secretary of parts of the post-Brexit trade could become law by the end of reputation. The EU has threat- weapons development from
on Monday. Police said son Bandula Gunawardena told theUSTreasuryaccompaniedby deal it signed with the bloc. the year. “What we are trying to ened to retaliate, raising the long-range ballistic missiles to
the tourists were rescued reporters. The state-run Ceylon Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie J Legislation that rewrites do is fix something that I think is specter of a trade war between short-range ballistic missiles,
from Chandragiri Forest, Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chung met the President to dis- trade rules for Northern Ireland very important to our country, the two major economic part- from strategic nuclear weapons
some 15 kilometres West will issue diesel and petrol only cuss Sri Lanka's economic crisis. is scheduled to get its first major The Bill is being debated in which is the balance of the ners. to tactical nuclear weapons, is
of Kathmandu. The two for essential services with effect “It's a challenging time, but we House of Commons debate on House of Commons. AP file Belfast/GoodFridayAgreement,” The bloc’s ambassador to obviouslytargetedtowardSouth
Indian nationals were from midnight, it said. continue to deliver assistance Monday, the first step on what Johnson told reporters at the G7 Britain, Joao Vale de Almeida, Korea,” Kwon said.
identified as Nawaprit These services include ports, and long-term partnership to couldbearockyjourneythrough summit in Germany. said Britain’s plan was “illegal “It seems clear that North
Dhillion, 30, and Madhav airports,health,fooddistribution helpSriLankaachieveaprosper- Parliament. checks on goods entering The British government says because it is a breach of interna- Koreaissimultaneouslypursuing
Gupta. PTI and agriculture, a report said, ous,secure&democraticfuture,” The legislation, if approved NorthernIrelandfromtherestof the rules are burdening busi- tionallaw,abreachof EUlaw,UK an ability to attack the US and to
quoting transport minister tweeted the US Ambassador. by lawmakers, would remove the UK, thereby scrapping parts nessesandunderminingpeacein law and international law.” AP attack South Korea,” he said. AP

CENTER OF CASE THAT SAW RULING OVERTURNED

With Roe v. Wade upended, the final days of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic
gelical Christians had come to willdisappear.Butbeforeitdoes, Supporters of abortion access, “We’re not going away.” one point, Dale Gibson, 53, a vol-
RICHARD FAUSSET pray. Volunteer clinic escorts, there are guaranteed to be a few meanwhile, are working to cre- Abortion bans have already unteer, began screaming and
JACKSON, JUNE 27 sweatinginthesummerheat,di- more days of roaring, passionate ate a network of donors, volun- gone into effect in nine states cursing at a protester named
rected patients’ cars through the crescendo, as the Jackson teers, educators and even pilots since Friday’s ruling in Dobbs v. Zach Boyd, who had been hold-
A YOUNG woman entered the throng and blasted music they Women’s Health Organization, to help women in the nation’s Jackson Women’s Health ingasmallrubberfetus doll aloft
parking lot of the only abortion thought the evangelicals would the pink-painted clinic at the poorest state travel to places Organization, with at least 12 every time a patient drove in.
clinic in Mississippi, her shoul- hate. Posters of aborted fetuses heartof theSupremeCourtdeci- where the procedure will re- more bans or restrictions, in- As the last of the patients
ders hunched. She was accom- lined the street. sion overturning Roe v. Wade, mainlegal.Similareffortsareun- cluding in Mississippi, expected rolled in, Gibson, who stood in
panied by an older woman and A pastor named Doug Lane tries to see as many patients as derway across much of the to take effect soon. That law can- the entrance to the parking lot,
a stone-faced young man with a huddled with the older woman possiblebeforeitisforcedtoclose. country,instateswhereabortion notgointoeffectuntil10daysaf- was sweat-drenched and ex-
handgun on his hip. She ap- and encouraged her to persuade There is already much talk will now be forbidden and in ter the state’s attorney general, hausted. An anti-abortion pro-
peared terrified. the younger woman not to go about what will come next. places hoping to accommodate LynnFitch,certifiestheSupreme tester, Madison Gass, 21, asked if
All around them, the noise through with the procedure. “I Outside the clinic, abortion op- out-of-state women in need. Court decision. she wanted a bottle of water.
was deafening. It was early wantedhertohavethebaby,”the ponents discussed how their “Abortion is our business, OnSaturday,thebattleoutside “All I want,” Gibson said, “is
Saturday morning, and a man womansaid,hervoiceunsteady. churches might do a better job andthat’swhatwe’regoingtodo thepinkcliniccontinued,muchas for y’all to vamoose.”
with a powerful PA system was Soon all of this — the preach- spreading the message of absti- The clinic, known as the Pink House, will keep performing — to make sure women have ac- it has for years. As the tempera- Boydoverheardher.“Wewill
preaching about Jezebel being ing, the frightened patients, the nenceinastatewiththenation’s abortions until the ban takes effect in a few days. NYT cess,” said Diane Derzis, the turesoared,thefrustrationof the in nine days,” he said. “Praise the
eaten by dogs. Dozens of evan- rock music, the bloody posters — highest teen pregnancy rate. owner of the Jackson clinic. clinic escorts was palpable.At Lord.” NYT

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Djokovic makes
more history
with win at
Wimbledon
SHIVANINAIK
JUNE27

IT HAD felt awkward when boys at her acad-

emydidn’tknowwhyAditiMutatkarcamefor
badmintontraining,wearingdarkshortsafew
days of the month. And doubly embarrassing
when they finally figured out why. Because
‘Whitemare’ for women
Wimbledon’s age-old tradition of strict white-only dress code, something Indian badminton players
they giggled. And it grated on her already of an earlier era had to deal with, is tough to follow for the women during their periods
jumpy nerves.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Theformerinternationalshuttlerremem-
JUNE 27 bersthatfeelingofannoyance,andthinksback
tothetimesshewantedtoshootbackandsay, Cricket has
THESE DAYS, Novak Djokovic makes history
justabouteverytimehewinsanothermatch.
OnMonday,thetop-rankedSerbdidjustthat
“Chup baitho, period pe hoo (keep quiet, I am
on my period)”, hoping those five words will
somedaybenormalisedinasportssettingand
its own issues
at Wimbledon. Djokovic, a six-time cham- prevent life-long scarring. Former Australian cricket
pionattheAllEnglandClub,beatKwonSoon- AsWimbledonawakensfromitslongpris- international and current USA
woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court, his tine-white slumber with myriad voices rais- coach, Julia Price, 50, told The
80thvictoryatthegrass-courtmajor.Withit, ing questions about SW 19’s pedantic white- Indian Express that cricket poses
he became the first man or woman to win onlyclothingrule,unrelentingevenforwomen challenges of its own like long
that many matches at each of the four Grand players on their periods, sport is in for a seri- batting hours in Test matches, and
Slamtennistournaments.Djokovicwasplay- oussartorialreckoningofitsage-oldtraditions. women needing longer “drinks
ing for the first time since losing to Rafael Chinese Quinwen Zhang kickstarted the dis- breaks” to scamper to the
Nadal last month in the French Open quar- cussionspeakingofhowmenstrualcrampsaf- washroom to check if all was fine.
terfinals. fected her in her loss to Iga Swiatek at the “Sure, in our times, we’d just deal
It didn't all go his way on Monday, how- French Open. Over a summer of discontent, with it though whites weren’t
ever.Withtheroof closedbecauseof sporadic headingintothewhite-clothingSlamquaintly always comfortable. And even
rain,Kwonwasabletopickhisspotswithhis dressed up as ‘tradition’, tennis broadcaster when we wore yellow, it would be
booming forehand in the match. It all came Catherine Whitaker has been quoted in The an absolute concern so we made
together in the second set, and even contin- Telegraph asking “if a tradition that affected sure we took extra protection with
uedintothethird,butDjokovicsteppeditup menthesamewayaswomengoingintotheir additional layers,” she says.
andplayedlikeheusuallyplaysinsouthwest biggest day on a period, forced to wear white, Over a summer of discontent, tennis players Women’s cricket inherited the
London — unbeatable. would last.” have raised voices over the white-only men’s all whites, but the sport is in
Djokovic has won the last three Whitaker also raised flags on policing of clothing rule. Reuters an additional cul de sac because the
Wimbledontitlesandisgoingforhisseventh women’s toilet break durations, while Rio red/pink ball mandates lighter
overall. That would put him in a tie for the Olympic champion Monica Puig was quoted clothing for visibility, and much
secondmostwithPeteSamprasandWilliam inthesamepublicationspeakingofthe‘men- like Wimbledon and its charming
Renshaw.OnlyRogerFederer,witheight,has talstress’ofwearingwhiteatWimbledonand traditions, Test match ‘whites’ are
more.Anothermajortitlewouldalsogivehim havingprayedpreviouslythatshewouldn’tget Because men will never even Boys weren’t explained anything, much aspired to. Price is blunt
21 for his career. Nadal has 22, and Federer her period at that time. British hope Heather begin to understand what this so when “rules” were broken, they when she says women cricketers
has20.Mostof Djokovic'sGrandSlamsingles Watson told The Sunday Times she’d had to issue is about or get that would whisper amongst are relieved they aren’t expected to
championships have come at the Australian comeoffthecourtonceinthepast,whilewor- perspective. Tradition is fine, but themselves and demand to know play in white culottes like in the
Open,whereheisanine-timechampion.But rying,“OhmyGod.Ihopeyoucan’tseethatin 1970s – “were little more exposed
he was unable to defend his title in anypictures,”whileAustralianRennaeStubbs
if 50 percent of your players are why we were allowed to come in than long pants” – and cricketers
Melbournethisyearafterbeingdeportedbe- spokeofhowitwassomethingplayersdidtalk not comfortable, you should be coloured shorts. It became routinely wear ‘skins’ under long
causeof Australia'svaccinationprotocols."At aboutinthelockerroom,whilehopingextra- listening to them. Wimbledon embarrassing and a weird space pants with sports tech rapidly
this stage of my career, I try to play my best largetampons,andadditionalpadding,didthe and all these federations are “unn dinon mein (on those days).” advancing to accommodate those
tennis at the Grand Slams and really deliver job.Visionsinwhite,glidingforexquisiteserve- what they are because of the Then they figured something was needs. Cricket faced another
onthemostsignificantcourtsinhistory.Now and-volleying on idyllic green grass, players, and should exist around off for four days, and then she problem of ‘see-through whites’ in
that we have gotten to 80 (wins at Wimbledon might well be. But the uniform earlier times, which was resolved
Wimbledon),let'sgettoa100,"Djokovicsaid. can be a ‘whitemare’ for women. The Sunday
the athletes and their switches back to white, and with denser fabric, and a couple of
“This sport has given me everything. I TimesquotedCanadianRebeccaMarino,prep- performance. Tradition is not started to giggle. I wish this was other reasons why there’s not
ADITI MUTATKAR green grass and white clothes. addressed openly and the giggling
owealottothissportandIloveitstillwithall pingforherfirstWimbledonouting,assaying, FORMER INTERNATIONAL SHUTTLER much of a kerfuffle in the sport.
myheart.Ihavealotof passionforitandIam “It’severyone’sworstfearthatyougetyourpe- It’s players had stopped “Australian heat and sun can be
as dedicated as anybody out there. I am not riodatWimbledonandyoudon’tknowthatit uncomfortable, so white made
one of the youngsters anymore and a lot of is coming. It shouldn’t be embarrassing, but practical sense. But we can
things have changed but the love and flame white makes it so.” Mutatkar says even train- ment. Boys weren’t explained anything, so bloodisickytodealwithwhenyouareplaying providing with anything they require” - in- continue to improve and have the
for this sport still burns in me. I've said this a ing days used to be something young girls when “rules” were broken, they would whis- sport, without having to additionally wear stallingsanitaryproductdispensersinchang- conversation with players if they
few times before, but this court has always wanted to get over with. peramongstthemselvesanddemandtoknow white,” Mutatkar says. ing rooms, has surprisingly not shown the want change. Of course, women are
beenspecialforme.It'salwaysbeenthecourt why we were allowed to come in coloured According to The Telegraph’s Women’s alacrity to offer leniency in cases of women still just fighting to play more Test
whereIdreamedof playingandwinningand Lack of understanding shorts. It became embarrassing and a weird Sports,RussianTatianaGolovinfacedabarrage getting their periods. cricket to start with,” she says.
all my childhood dreams came true on this While badminton let go of the white space “unn dinon mein (on those days).” Then of downright idiotic headlines like “Cheeky Mutatkarwondershowmanywomenare Price reckons the Wimbledon
court," he said. "It's an absolute honor and shorts rule midway through her teens, they figured something was off for four days, Golovinrefusestodropherredknickers”when actuallypartofthedecision-making.“Because tradition of all-white clothing is
pleasure to come back (here)." Mutatkar recalls her first instance of falling in and then she switches back to white, and sheturnedupincolouredunderpantstowhich menwillneverevenbegintounderstandwhat fantastic, but recalls the resistance
Thefirstplayertoreachthesecondround linewiththediktat.“ThismustbeU10andwe started to giggle. I wish this was addressed organisers had responded in 2014 by clamp- this issue is about or get that perspective. Martina Navratilova faced when
wasAlisonRiske.The28th-seededAmerican woulddutifullyfollowthecoach’sinstructions openly and the giggling had stopped,” ing down on coloured undergarments. Traditionisfine,butif50percentofyourplay- wanting to wear shorts instead of
defeated Ylena In-Albon of Switzerland 6-2, of turning up in ironed, crisp white shirts and Mutatkar says. “It’s something always on the mind. No ers are not comfortable, you should be listen- skirts, and avers that professional
6-4. Other seeded women who advanced shorts even in training to set the discipline. TheWimbledonrules,ironically,hadcome one’s spoken because women have just dealt ingtothem.Wimbledonandallthesefedera- teams will always prioritise
were No. 3 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia and No. 29 Then at one point, coaches pulled the girls aboutaccordingtoTheSundayTimespiece,to with it,” ST quoted her. Whites have been tionsarewhattheyarebecauseoftheplayers, performance and comfort of
Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine. Kalinina will aside, asked the boys to leave and told us on minimise sweat stains on coloured clothes viewedasclassyandstickingtotradition,and andshouldexistaroundtheathletesandtheir athletes, going past taboos.
faceanotherUkrainian,LesiaTsurenko,inthe “thosedays”youcanwearcolouredshortsbe- backinthe1800s.“Look,noonewantstostain. theAllEnglandClub,whichisotherwisecom- performance. Tradition is not green grass and SHIVANI NAIK
second round later in the week. cause there can be staining and embarrass- But blood will come. And as it is, sweat and mitted to “prioritising women’s health and white clothes. It’s players” she says.

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cleansweepasSLwin
India face ‘Bazball’ challenge
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Important to
give such talent
time: Pandya on
Umran’s debut
SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY
JUNE 27 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
JUNE 27
THAT WAS the only time Jamie Overton
lookednervy,aftermovingintothe90sinhis AS INDIA faced Ireland in the first T20I on
debutTest.Eventuallyhefellfor97,gotabear Sunday, all eyes were onIndia’s fast-bowling
hug from Jonny Bairstow and left to a stand- sensation Umran Malik, who made his de-
ing ovation from the Headingley crowd. The but. However, he had a rather nervous start
Indiawontheseries2-1. BCCI/Twitter newcomer was allowed to be nervous as he to his international career.
approachedthemomentof hiscricketinglife. The speedster gave away 14 runs in the
Ninety-sevenpercentof hisinnings,though, only over he bowled. He, though, got the
Dambulla: Skipper Chamari oozed boldness that ‘Bazball’ demands. backing of Hardik Pandya, who captained
Athapaththu struck a counter-attack- To paraphrase The Beatles, Brendon ‘Baz’ India in the first T20I against Ireland. Pandya
ing 48-ball 80 as Sri Lanka outplayed McCullum took a sad song and made it bet- said he is hopeful of Umran getting another
Indiabysevenwicketsinthethirdand ter very quickly. opportunityinthesecondT20Itoprovehim-
finalT20Itoavoidawhitewashhereon IthasbeenaJunetosavourfortheEngland self. “Umran was kept back after I had a chat
Monday. The 32-year-old Chamari cricket team and its band of long-suffering with him, he's more comfortable with the
smashed 14 boundaries and one six supporters.Comingintothethree-Testseries older ball and they batted fantastically. So,
and in the process became the only with one win in their last 17 attempts, one hope he gets an opportunity. When you play
cricketer from the island nation to get couldarguethattheonlywayleftwasup.And forIndiaforthefirsttime,andthejourneyhe
to the 2000-run mark in T20Is. up they certainly went, in the space of a few hastaken,it'simportanttogivesuchabowler
TillakaratneDilshan(1889)isthehigh- weeks as the new dispensation got to work. and such a talent time.” the skipper said in
est run-scorer among the male crick- Chasing fourth-innings targets between 275 thepost-matchpresentationceremonyafter
etersfromSriLanka.Chasingamodest and 300 are stiff asks in Test cricket, but the India won the match by seven wickets.
139 to avoid a clean sweep by the hostsdevouredtheminamannerthatwould HarryTector,whomPandyagiftedhisbat,
Indians,SriLankanbattingfinallycame have done many white-ball teams proud. It slammed a 33-ball 64 laced with six bound-
good as the hosts hunt down the tar- was a complete contrast to the dour and in- aries and three sixes to single-handedly lift
getwiththreeoverstosparetoclaima sipid style prevalent previously. Ireland from 22 for three to past the 100-
consolationwin.Thethree-matchT20I The mantra seems to be ‘footto the floor’, mark after rain reduced the match to a 12-
seriesthusended2-1infavourofIndia even in the direst of situations, as the follow- over a side contest.
BRIEF SCORES: India 138/5 ing examples will show. Indiathenreturnedtooverhaulthetarget
(Harmanpreet 39*, Rodrigues 33, Exhibit 1: A year ago at Lord’s, New in 9.2 overs, scoring 111 for three, riding on
Ranasinghe 1/13) lost to Sri Lanka Zealand had declared their second innings England’s Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow celebrate after beating New Zealand in the third Test on Monday. Reuters Deepak Hooda’s unbeaten 29-ball 47. Ishan
141/3 (Athapaththu 80*, de Silva 30) andsetEnglandatargetof 273in75overson Kishan(26off 11balls)andHardikPandya(24
by seven wickets thefinalday.Thehosts,withskipperJoeRoot off 12 balls) also chipped in with useful con-
and head coach Chris Silverwood in charge, the tourists when it suffered a Covid-forced tributions. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Sindhu,Prannoylead opted to play out for a boring draw instead.
At Trent Bridge, England’s fourth innings
postponement.
Virat Kohli hasn’t scored an international Root, Bairstow power England home
(1/16in3overs)andYuzvendraChahal(1/11
in 3 overs) were the stand out bowlers.
India’schallenge target against New Zealand was 299 in 72 century for two-and-a-half years now, aver-
oversonthefinaldayof thesecondTest.With aging a shade over 30 in Tests during this pe- Leeds: A dominant England swept New England from a precarious 55-6 in the
“Great to start the series with a win, for-
tunate we got a game. It is important for our
Kuala Lumpur: PV Sindhu will look to BenStokesandMcCulluminthesaddle,they riod. For the first time in nearly five years, his Zealand 3-0 in the test series with an ag- first innings, played yet another aggres- team to start with a win. Umran was kept
quickly recover from her first-round romped home in 50 overs, winning by five career average has dropped below 50. Last gressiveseven-wicketvictoryinthe third siveknockasheregisteredEngland'ssec- back after I had a chat with him, he’s more
exit at Indonesia, while HS Prannoy wickets, as Bairstow got in the ‘zone’. year, when India toured England, Kohli was and final test on Monday. ond fastest-ever test half century off just comfortablewiththeolderballandtheybat-
will eye another consistent show as Exhibit 2: In the third Test at Headingley, theteam’sundisputedleaderacrossformats. Afterthefirst sessionwas washed out 30 balls. Bairstow finished off the game ted fantastically,” Hardik said.
the duo spearhead the Indian chal- England’s top order was at sea against Trent Much has changed since. due to rain on the final day, England mo- in style when he belted off-spinner BRIEFSCORES: Ireland108/4in12overs
lengeattheMalaysiaOpenSuper750 Boult’s swing-bowling masterclass. That England,too,haveanewcaptaininStokes tored to 296-3 in the middle session af- Michael Bracewell for a four and a six in (Tector 64; Chahal 1/11, Bhuvneshwar 1/16)
tournamentstartinghereonTuesday. first spell from the left-arm paceman would but his predecessor, Root, hasn’t lost his run- terresumingon183-2.“A3-0winagainst a superb 44-ball unbeaten knock. lost to India 111/3 (Hooda 47*, Kishan 26;
Sindhu will face Pornpawee have rattled any top order and the hosts scoring mojo. He is the No. 1 Test batsman in the best team in the world, it's absolutely “It waslikesome of the50-overstuff,” Young 2/18) by seven wickets
Chochuwong in the opening round. slumped to 17/3 and the world, with a phenomenal,” Ben Stokes said after his Root said while describing Bairstow as a
Saina Nehwal also stars in the same then, 21/4, when Tim match-winning hun- team beat the world test champions in “phenomenal player” after England Agarwal to join India squad
half of the draw and will open against Southee removed Root India will face a new dred in the first Test at hisdebuttest series as captain.“It's about knocked off the remaining 113 runs in PTI: Opener Mayank Agarwal has been
USA's Iris Wang. Prannoy will be pit- with a beauty. Bairstow England at Edgbaston Lord’s followed by an- the change of the mindset of the lads to- 15.2 overs on the last day. “He (Bairstow) called up to join the Indian squad in the UK as
ted against Malaysian veteran Daren and Stokes counter-at- other world-class offer- wards test cricket. To say that we have has been hitting the ball really well … it's coverforskipperRohitSharma,whohasbeen
Liew, who had defeated him at the tacked the New Zealand starting Friday. This ing at Trent Bridge. The done it so quickly is unbelievable. Huge great to see him do that, to bat with the rendered doubtful for the Edgbaston Test
ThailandOpeninMay.Amongothers, fast bowlers and even England team doesn’t get Yorkshireman then an- credit to (coach) Brendon (McCullum) confidence and freedom.” againstEnglandaftertestingpositiveforCovid-
TokyoOlympianBSaiPraneethwillbe though the England bundled out in one session; chored the fourth-in- and the backroom staff.” Thecompletetransformationwillgive 19. Rohit competed on the first day of the
up against sixth seeded Anthony captain perished trying nings chase as Bairstow Joe Root (86 not out) and Jonny England confidence going into the test drawnwarm-upgameagainstLeicestershire
SinisukaGinting,whileSameerVerma to force the pace, his doesn’t retreat in the face went berserk again to Bairstow(71notout)flayedNewZealand match against India. “India are a different beforebeingplacedunderisolation.Agarwal
takes on another Indonesian Jonata team didn’t shed its at- of opponents’ aggression. seal a seven-wicket win bowlers at Headingley, hitting bound- opposition,butwewillcomeoutwiththe hadmissedoutonmakingthe15-mansquad
Christie, seeded seventh. tacking intent. At 55/6, on their home ground. aries at will in a blistering 111-run stand same (aggressive) mindset,” Stokes said. for the game but an opportunity has come
And India will carry their
Overton paired up with Billing the fifth Test as England cruised to the target in just BRIEF SCORES: NZ 392 & 326 lost to his way as KL Rahul got injured just ahead of
Bairstow and a 241-run own problems to the
Twojudokas,coach partnership followed, pending fifth Test
as Kohli versus Root is
fraught with risk, for
over an hour on the fifth day. England 360 & 296/3 (Root 86*, Pope 82
Bairstow, whose masterful 162 lifted Bairstow 71*) by 7 wickets
the South Africa series and now Rohit has
contracted infection.
calledbackfromtour off just 274 balls. It was the latter is operating
exhilarating cricket. And forget Bairstow’s on a different run-scoring stratosphere,
"The All-India Senior Selection
Committee has added Mayank Agarwal to
New Delhi: Two Indian judokas, in- back-to-back hundreds scored with a seem- while, Kohli, 33, is seemingly heading to- that a failure at Edgbaston could be curtains Rob Key, the managing director of the coun- India's Test squad for the rescheduled fifth
cluding a former junior Asian ingly devil-may-care attitude, when a debu- wards the twilight zone unless there’s a for him. And nobody knows which Rishabh try’s men’s cricket team, who showed the Test as cover for captain Rohit Sharma, who
Championships medallist, and their tant can play in such fearless manner un- second wind. Pant would turn up. His sublimity is India’s nous to hand over the Test team reins to testedpositiveforCOVID-19.Mayankhasleft
coach were on Monday called back der pressure, he typifies a team’s positive Skipper Rohit Sharma has contracted asset.Butattimes,Pantcanbemessyaswell. McCullum, picking him out of the IPL. Stokes for the UK and will link up with the squad in
from an exposure trip in Spain after culture shift. Covid and may miss the Test. And more than Bowling hasn’t been India’s problem. taking charge from Root was a formality and Birmingham," said the BCCI in a statement.
it came to light that they were in- It resulted in a 3-0 series whitewash of the captaincy issue – Jasprit Bumrah is likely Bumrah and company are guaranteed per- it has liberated the former captain.
volved in an unsavoury and "severe the reigning World Test champions as to stand in – it creates a serious batting void. formers irrespective of conditions. But the England will take the confidence of their Umran was kept back after I had a
incident" that involved women ath- England chased down 296 in under 55 overs Rohit was immense for India in England last team’s batting, especially the middle order series win against the Kiwis to Edgbaston. chat with him, he’s more
letes from the host country. A na- inadisplayof supremeconfidenceandgung- yearandalthoughhehadapoorIPL,he,along when Kohli is not in form, doesn’t inspire TheirbowlersareinformandJamesAnderson comfortable with the older ball
tional coach, attached to the Sports ho aggression. withKohli,is theteam’sbattingroyalty. Also, confidence. Battingfailures costIndia the se- would be fresh after a well-earned rest in the
Authority of India (SAI), claimed that now India have lost both their first-choice ries in South Africa in the winter and in thirdTest.Theirbatsmenarerevellingintheir
and they batted fantastically. So,
one judoka was involved in a "brawl Tougher assignment openers.ShubmanGillisaverygoodreplace- England this time, their challenge is steeper. new-found resolve and enterprise, though it hope he gets an opportunity.
with a women group and later one India will face a new England at ment for KL Rahul, but Rohit’s absence could remainstobeseenwhethertheall-outattack When you play for India for the
female was found inside his hotel EdgbastonstartingFriday.ThisEnglandteam have an adverse effect even though Mayank Transformation gospel works against the Indians. first time, and the journey he has
room". A 30-member Indian contin- doesn’tgetbundledoutinonesession;does- Agarwal has been called up as cover. Lastyear,Englandlookeddefeatists,abat- England are in the middle of their Test taken, it’s important to give such a
gent, including CWG-bound judokas, n’t retreat in the face of opponents’ aggres- Cheteshwar Pujara has returned to the ting line-up that got bullied by Bumrah, and season.Indiaareshortof red-ballgametime. bowler and such a talent time.”
is currently in Alicante. sion.AndIndiawillcarrytheirownproblems Test fold by dint of his 720 runs in eight in- when they went Down Under for the Ashes, The Indian broadcaster’s ‘ab hogi poori dhu-
PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA to the pending fifth Test of the series that nings for Sussex, including four centuries. theywerebatteredbyPatCummins’stroops. lai (time to complete the hammering)’ HARDIK PANDYA
started last year and stood at 2-1 in favour of But he would still walk a tightrope, knowing England have risen from the ashes, under tagline sounds a little over-the-top. ON UMRAN MALIK

CHANGING STYLE

Sathiyan 2.0: More aggression, quicker points, power, maturity

of his career. that dawned upon him post-Olympics. cellent fitness coach in Ramji Srinivasan.
ANIL DIAS Sathiyan, in his Twitter post after the Sathiyan had always been good in long ral- We’ve also worked tremendously on men-
MUMBAI, JUNE 27 win, called it a ‘huge upset’. But he was Delhi HC quashes lies, a style he adopted for a long time and tal conditioning thanks to coach Vaibhav
barely surprised by the result. “He (Darko) one that also yielded results as testified by Agashe. We also have a dietician apart from
SO STUNG was G Sathiyan by his second- has one of the best backhands in the world plea by TT players his rapid growth in the last five or so years. the physios.”
roundexitattheTokyoOlympicsthathewent so we were focusing on the forehand. I had “But to get to the next level, the top-20, Yoga is also something he’s added to his
intoadeepintrospectionmode,watchingthe to start aggressively to put him under pres- New Delhi: Selecting sportspersons to top-10, I need to crack that serve and re- trainingregimenthathesayshashelpedhim
videos of his defeat ‘endless times’ with his sure,” Sathiyan tells The Indian Express. “I representthecountrycannotbeassim- ceive,” the world number 35 says. “It's about a lot. “I do about 1.5 hours of strength train-
coachSubramaniamRaman.“Maybe,theoc- went for the shots taking some risks. That is ple as comparing individual perform- being aggressive there. You need to have ing, then an hour of yoga and five hours of
casion and the nerves got to me,” India’s top- the only way out when you play a top ancescoresandlitigationsarisingfrom better quality aggression with consistency. skill training on a daily basis. Yoga is some-
rankedmen’ssinglestabletennisplayersays. player. When I won the second game, I the selection exercise may disrupt and That's the key.” thingIaddedduringthepandemicandithas
“I’ve only learnt lessons from it.” could see the momentum shift. I started to impact the preparation and perform- To be more aggressive, one needs the given my game a massive boost,” he says.
Almost a year on, Sathiyan is a changed hit the balls much better. I felt I was a much anceoftheplayers,theDelhiHighCourt physicalstrengthtobackituptoo,something
player. “We're going into a 2.0 version of better player than when I played him in hassaid.Thecourt,whiledismissingpe- Sathiyan was lacking. The pandemic, how- Focus on Birmingham CWG
Sathiyan,” he declares. Slovenia (last November).” titions by table tennis players Manush ever, changed that. There’sbeenalotof negativepublicityfor
Sathiyan 2.0, he says, is a culmination When Raman and Sathiyan, following ShahandSwastikaGhoshagainsttheir “In general, we've worked a lot on phys- India’s table tennis team ahead of next
of a myriad of small changes, including a their post-mortem of the Tokyo defeat, re- exclusion from the country's ical stability and improved my strength and month’s Commonwealth Games with play-
more aggressive mindset and curbing his alised that the 29-year-old had to get more CommonwealthGamessquad,empha- power. I've been very good with speed and ers going to court, challenging their exclu-
natural conservative instincts. But in aggressive and take risks, they faced a small sised that a player must possess physi- agility but packing it up with power in my sion from the squad.
essence, the player who never tired of in- hurdle: aggression, Sathiyan says, didn’t cal as well as great mental and emo- strokes was needed and I was able to do that Sathiyansayshe’sunperturbed.“Myper-
dulging in a long rally now targets a quick come naturally to him. tionalstrengthandagilitytorepresenta thanks to the pandemic,” he says. formance in Zagreb shows that I don’t let
end to the point, even if it means doing “BeingfromaSouth Indianfamily,Icome nationandtoparticipateandexceland what’s going on around affect my focus on
something risky and audacious. from a safe setup,” he laughs. “It was a very itisthuspivotalthatthereshouldbeno Strong support team the table. I’m only focusing on the control-
The outcome is visible. Last November, personal trait to be more consistent, to not Sathiyan G changed his style after an uncertaintyintheirminds. Back in 2012 when he was ranked in the lable,” he says.
when he was still introducing the changes to miss the ball. That's how I've been groomed. early exit from the Tokyo Olympics. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA 400s andhadbegun coaching under Raman, Does the negativity affectthe team inany
his game, Sathiyan had lost rather timidly to My childhood coach used to say if the oppo- Sathiyan says he would laugh when his new way, though? “We have pressure and that’s
Slovenia’s Jorgic Darko in a World Table nentplays100balls,youplay101balls.Itwas coach told him his target was to be in the top becauseeveryoneexpectsustoperformwell.
Tennis Contender match. In a re-match be- good at that point in time, of course.” ing for a winner. The focus, he adds, is to kill back,” he says. “I've become a more counter- 50. Heachievedthatinthenextsix yearsand Thispressureisaprivilege.Frankly,asateam,
tween the two last week, the Indian stunned The approach is different now – Sathiyan therallyinthefirstthreeorfourshots.“We’re attacking aggressive player now.” Sathiyan says it’s only because his team has we’remoremature.PlayingEnglandathome
the world number 6 and reigning European is training to keep rallies short, be more training in such a way that I have to play only It’s one of the ‘biggest changes’ Sathiyan catered to all aspects of his game. is going to be interesting and we’re ready for
champion to record one of the biggest wins counter-attacking and not be scared of go- 3 balls and make sure the 4th doesn't come is trying to make to his style; a realisation “WhileRamansirisbrilliant,Ihaveanex- the challenge.”

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