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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA
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Strangulating entire DISINVESTMENT OF NATIONAL CARRIER
city, you want to Air India bid: Tata is
come in now: SC
on farm protests frontrunner, ahead of
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1
EXPRESS NETWORK SpiceJet promoter
THE SUPREME Court Friday Announcement likely after group of
came down heavily on farmer
outfits blocking roads and high- ministers headed by Shah ratifies bid
ways around Delhi in their
protests against the three farm
laws enacted by the Centre, say-
ing they were “strangulating the
CAPITAL VISIT PRANAV MUKUL
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1
ity in the bidding process.
An official announcement is
likely to come after the Air India Thirdtime lucky
entire city”.
WANTED PANEL TO Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi called on PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. ANI Specific Alternate Mechanism
On a petition by farmers’ PROBE COMPLAINTS AMARINDERMOVESTOSTARTOWNPARTYREPORTS,PAGE10 THETATAGrouphasemergedas (AISAM), a group of ministers THIS IS the govern-
body Kisan Mahapanchayat AGAINST POLICE, the frontrunner to acquire Air headed by Home Minister Amit ment's third attempt at
seeking permission to hold a BUREAUCRATS: CJI India,asthegovernmentlooksto Shah, ratifies the winning bid. selling the national car-
satyagraha at Jantar Mantar, PAGE 9 close one of its most ambitious Other members of AISAM are rier after two unsuc-
Justice Khanwilkar, heading a
two-judge Bench, said: "On the
one hand you have been stran- approachedthecourt,whatisthe
BUSINESS AS USUAL In Covid year, cutoffs disinvestmentprojects,multiple
sources told The Indian Express.
Evenasthegovernmentisyet
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman,CommerceMinister
Piyush Goyal, and Civil Aviation
cessful tries in 2001 and
2018. After the second
attempt, when not a
gulating the entire city and
blockinghighways,andnowyou
want to come inside the city."
pointof protest?Areyouprotest-
ing against the judicial system?"
Thejudgealsoaskedifthepro-
BY UNNY
zoom to 100% in to formally approve Tata's win-
ning bid, people with direct
knowledgeof themattersaidthe
Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
A senior government official
said that once the winner is an-
single bid was received
for the loss-making air-
line, the Centre brought
The Bench, including Justice
C T Ravi Kumar, also wondered
whatwasthepointinkeepingup
testershadtakenintoaccountthe
situation of the locals living
around areas which they had
seven DU colleges Mumbai-based conglomerate
hasplacedthehighestbid—over
Rs5,000croremorethanSpiceJet
nounced, the share-purchase
agreement will be signed with
the winning entity within 15
Air India back to the
table early last year
with significant change
the protests while approaching blockaded.“Theresidentsaround, promoter Ajay Singh, who par- days, and the transfer process in terms of bidding.
the court at the same time. aretheyhappywiththeprotest?”, ARANYA SHANKAR, CITY ticipatedinhisindividualcapac- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Asking the protesters to "have theBenchsaid,addingthatwhile SUKRITA BARUAH &
faith in the system", Justice there is a right to protest, there is SOURAV ROY BARMAN FROM COMP SCIENCE
Khanwilkar said: “What is the alsoarighttousepublicroadsand NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 TO PHYSICS, NEW IN
point of doing satyagraha? You to free movement. 99-100% CLUB
haveapproachedthecourt.Have
trust in the court. Once you have
The Court added that the
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
DELHI UNIVERSITY Friday re-
leasedrecordhighcutoffsforun- EVEN OFF-CAMPUS
COLLEGES HAVE
GST collections hit five-month high,
Govt says shows economy recovering
dergraduate courses as seven
collegesaskedfor100%marksto SKY-HIGH CUT-OFFS
Behind Mizoram’s Covid numbers: admit students to a total of 10
programmes. Last year, only one WHY CUT-OFFS ARE
HIGH, WHY THEY MAY
growth slowed from the previ- by vendors of bigger companies.
AANCHAL MAGAZINE
Aggressive testing & long, strict curbs
college,LadyShriRam(LSR),had ous month due to a waning low Thisisexpectedtoimprovegoing
released 100% cutoffs for three NOT DROP MUCH NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 base effect from last year, aver- ahead due to the festive season.
courses. PAGE 8 age monthly GST collections in Significantly, a majority of
Further, a staggering 94 pro- GROSS GOODS and Services Tax the second quarter this year key manufacturing states, in-
Covid relief: grammesacrossallcollegeshave (GST) revenue collections in Se- (Rs 1.15 lakh crore) improved by cluding Karnataka, Maharashtra
MIZORAM: ACTIVE CASES SINCE APRIL their cutoff pegged at 99% or was just one programme in the ptember — for sales in August — 5 per cent from the first quarter and Tamil Nadu, reported a
Centre clears higher this year. This is three first list with 99% cutoff — polit- rose to a five-month high of (Rs 1.10 lakh crore). growth of over 20 per cent com-
(Sept,30) 15,247 times higher than 2020, when a ical science at Hindu College. Rs 1,17,010 crore, up 22.5 per Also, monthly collections pared to last year.
20,000
Rs 7,274 cr to 23 totalof 30programmesacrossall Toputthisinperspective,less cent year-on-year, according to havecontinuedtoimprovedueto “This clearly indicates that
ACTIVE CASES
15,000 11,751 collegeshadcutoffsinthisrange. than 1% of the candidates who latest data. a pickup in economic activity, the economy is recovering at a
10,000 3,042 states as its share Pre-pandemic, in 2019, there CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Althoughthepaceof revenue alongside increased compliance CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
3,854
5,000 29 1,191
0
8,753 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1
UP polls soon,
Apr1 May1 June1 July1 Aug1 Sept1
IN LINE with the Supreme Cong facing
Children account for 16% of cases in
Court's order on compensation
for victims of Covid-19, the gov- exodus of key
leaders to SP
ernment has amended provi-
Aug-Sept, but most of them mild sions for assistance under the
State Disaster Response Fund
tered in August and September (SDRF), enabling states to pay
TORA AGARWALA have been in the 0-10 age group, Rs 50,000 compensation to the MAULSHREE SETH
GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 1 which is twice the national aver- next of kin of each person who LUCKNOW, OCTOBER 1
age, though none of them is seri- died due to Covid.
AS COVID-19 seems to be on the ous.Someoftheseinfectionswere The Ministry of Home Affairs WITH BARELY 10 days to go for
wane in the rest of the country, reported from outbreaks in resi- said Friday that Union Home the“grandrally” byAICC general
the small hill state of Mizoram is dential schools and orphanages. Minister Amit Shah has ap- secretaryPriyankaGandhiVadra
not only reporting a dispropor- “About 30% of the new cases proved release of over Rs 7,400 in Varanasi to launch the
tionately large number of cases, (in the last few days) are among crore to 23 states as second in- Congress poll campaign in UP,
but also the highest prevalence those less than 18 years old. stalment of the Centre's share in the party is facing an exodus of
amongst children. Children are unvaccinated and, the SDRF for this purpose. keystateleaders,manyof whom
About 16% of the cases regis- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 are making a beeline for the
Samajwadi Party (SP).
On Friday, the party's promi-
The ‘ordinary’ couple in Chennai nent Bundelkhand leaders and
formerMLAs,GayadeenAnuragi
and Vinod Chaturvedi, joined SP
at heart of record heroin haul along with Manoj Tiwari from
Mahoba.
These exits come a day after
guests of herusuallyquietneigh- the party's former MLA and
ARUN JANARDHANAN boursMachavaramSudhakarand leading minorityface in western
& GOPAL KATESHIYA wife Govindaraju Durga Purna UP, Imran Masood, said SP was
CHENNAI, BHUJ, OCTOBER 1 Vaisali,wereofficialsfromCentral the only option to defeat BJP in
agencies on the trail of one of the state and that all parties
AT GOVARDHANA GIRI India's biggest heroin hauls. should “come along with it”.
Apartments on VOC street in The couple are under arrest Masoodalsosaidthatdespite
Kolapakkam, Chennai, a woman since a firm registered in Vaisali's all the hard work, Priyanka was
recalls that she was drawing the name, Aashi Trading Company, “failing to consolidate votes or
kolam (white rangoli) at her was found to be the intended re- get votes” in favour of the party.
doorstep the morning of cipient of nearly 3,000 kg of he- Masood, who was earlier with
September 17 when she was dis- roin worth Rs 21,000 crore, origi- SP, was recently made AICC sec-
tracted by the presence of "too The apartment in Chennai nating in Afghanistan, loaded in retary and given charge of Delhi.
many people, including women" where Sudhakar and Vaisali, Iran,andseizedatMundraPortin Congress sources told The
in the flat opposite hers. Hours accused in the drug seizure Kutch,Gujarat,bytheDirectorate IndianExpressthatMasoodanda
later, she would come to know case, lived. Arun Janardhanan of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Jat leader were set to leave the
thatthepeopleshethoughtwere CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Academies, stars, equipment sellers, all
point to javelin rise after Chopra gold
PAGE 1 unit will hold an annual javelin
ANCHOR competition every August 7, the
dayChoprawonIndia'sfirst-ever
track and field gold at the
Olympics.Talksarealsoonforan
ANDREW AMSAN exchange programme with
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 Finland, one of the traditional
powerhouses of the sport.
POPULAR SPORTS academies, At the Chhatrasal Stadium,
like the Chhatrasal Stadium in famous for its wrestling akhara,
Delhi, are clocking a rush of new coach Raman Jha says 40 new
enrollments. An Olympian says students have enrolled for
he is getting “at least half-a- javelin over the past two
dozen text messages every day” A participant at the Delhi state meet. Andrew Amsan months. “In my 12 years as a
from beginners asking about coach, I have not seen this kind
coaches. And retailers are ship- of interest. After the Olympics, a
ping in more equipment. has triggered a javelin surge at Federation of India is moving to few of the younger runners
Neeraj Chopra's historic gold the grassroots. give the sport an extra push. AFI asked me if they could switch to
at the Tokyo Olympics in August So much so that the Athletics has announced that each state CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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Tributes to the Father of our Nation on his birth anniversary.
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HC orders closure of ‘petty offence’ cases
pending for more than a yr against juveniles
fences have not been completed tions ex debito justiciae to cor- 12, the next date of hearing. “We dencyof anumberof casesrelat- nal cases where the maximum
SOFIAHSAN within six months as mandated rect an error in the judicial dis- makeitclearthatthetermination ing to petty offences. punishment under the law is
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 by the law. pensationsincewebelievethere of inquiries as per our directions A total of 1,108 such cases imprisonment of up to three
The division bench of Justice isnojustificationinkeepingsuch undersection14wouldnotinany were pending as of June 30 for years. These include offences
THE DELHI High Court has or- Siddharth Mridul and Justice matters pending any longer,” manner deter the preparation one year or more and 795 cases like theft, rash driving, wrong-
dered that inquiries in all such Anup Jairam Bhambhani said a said the court. and implementation of requisite were pending for a period be- ful restrain, etc.
cases, alleging petty offences formalorder,closingallsuchmat- The court directed that the rehabilitation and social reinte- tween 6 months and one year During the hearings, Delhi
against children, which have re- ters where the inquiry has re- state apprise it about the num- grationplansascontemplatedin- before the JJBs, according to the High Court Legal Services
mained pending and inconclu- mained pending for longer than berof casespendingbetweensix ter-aliainchaptersV,VIandVIIof datasubmittedbyDCPCRbefore Committee said that the
sivefor more thanoneyear,shall one year, shall be passed by the months and one year against the JJ Act, which would be pro- the court. process of age determination
stand terminated with immedi- Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) children accused of petty of- ceeded in accordance with the AccordingtoSection14of the takes a substantial time and
ateeffect.TheDelhiCommission within two weeks. Any children fences in each JJB of Delhi along law,” reads the order. JJ Act, the inquiry pertaining to that the pandemic has also de-
for Protection of Child Rights detained in those cases shall be withthedateof institutionof in- Theorderwaspassedinasuo petty offences against a child in layed such cases.
(DCPCR) had earlier recom- released immediately without quiryandthedateof thefirstpro- motu case relating to children in conflict with law shall stand ter- The court said that children
mendedimmediatetermination waiting for recording the formal duction, if any, in each case. conflict with the law. During the minatedifitremainsinconclusive ought to be produced before the
of all such cases where the pro- orders, it added. Thecourtwillhearthematter hearings of the case, DCPCR ap- after a maximum of six months. JJBs via video conferencing dur-
ceedings involving petty of- “We are passing these direc- regardingthosecasesonOctober prised the court about the pen- Petty offences mean crimi- ing the pandemic.
Namaz under cop presence in
Gurgaon, some voice dissent
Muslim community in 2018. lier. Only for the past 2-3 weeks, 1
PAVNEETSINGHCHADHA Aman Yadav, assistant com- some people come here and
OCTOBER 1, GURGAON missioner of police (ACP), Sadar, disrupt prayers and ask us to va-
said, “Some residents arrived at cate the area. We are all wear-
A DAY after a citizens’ forum the site for disruption of prayers. ing masks, maintaining social
wrote to the Gurgaon police They said they don’t want the distancing and praying in
commissioner urging action prayers to be conducted in the peace,” he said.
against a group for allegedly dis- open here. We informed them Dalbir Malik, a resident of
rupting namaz and disturbing that this site is among the list of Sector47,said,“Thislandisunder
communal harmony in the city, designated sites. We have asked thegovernment.Wearelocalres-
Friday prayers were offered at a the residents that if they have idents and we object to anyone
site in Sector 47 amid heavy po- any concerns, they should form practicing their religion on the
lice deployment. a committee of five representa- roads...Whoaretheseoutsiders?
Though the situation re- tives and flag their concerns to There is a security threat for us
mained peaceful, a group of 20- the district administration offi- residents. It also creates a huge
25 residents from nearby sec- cials in the coming week to dis- trafficproblemsinceaccesstothe
tors arrived at the time of namaz cuss the future course of action. road is blocked. This is creating
to voice their opposition to The namaz was offered peace- tension among communities.”
prayers being offered in an open fully here today.” Residents who had gathered 08.10.2021 to 20.10.2021
space, citing “security” and traf- Around 12.45 pm, people ar- to oppose the namaz claimed 20.10.2021
fic concerns. rived at the site to commence that the sites designated in May
Senior policeofficerssaidthe prayers. Mohammad Arif, who 2018 by the district administra- 21.10.2021
residentswereinformedthatthe works at a store in a mall nearby, tion were for only a specific pe- 23.10.2021
said site was among a list of 37 said he had been coming to the riod of time.
designated by the district ad- site for over three years, but had Police said that at other sites
ministration for reading prayers witnessed objections only dur- where prayers were offered in
in the city after consultation ing the last one month. theopen,thesituationremained
with representatives of the “There was no problem ear- peaceful.
New Delhi
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Farm protests
Tata in front in bid to buy Air India
With a population of barely the death rate is at 0.03%. gone up significantly.
12 lakh, Mizoram has been con- Pointing to this, the Health “We are getting calls from all
protesterswereevenobstructing sistently among the top five in Ministersaid:“Ourmainaimisto over the country. We have high-
security and defence personnel. fresh infections the past few reducethefatalityrate.Inthefirst endjavelins,whichcostoverRs1
“You block trains and then say weeks, alongside much bigger wave, we had 140 beds and 13 will begin immediately after- government has allocated with the loss-laden airline. group has evinced interest in lakh too, but at the moment the
you are protesting peacefully!... states such as Kerala and ICUbeds.Wehavenowincreased ward. "We are targeting the some of Air India's debt to a The government said that acquiringtheairlineon several budget javelins are in huge de-
This was in the media. All this Maharashtra. It currently has it to 307 beds and 34 ICU beds. complete transfer of assets to special-purposevehicle(SPV)- potential bidders would be al- occasions earlier, including in mand,” Singh says.
should stop." nearly 16,000 active cases. Wewillcontinuetoexpandthat." happen by mid-February," the - and in this round of the disin- lowedtoplacetheirbidsonthe 2001 along with Singapore Ashutosh Bhalla, director,
AdvocateAjayChoudhary,ap- Lastweek,itrecordeditshigh- Noted virologist Gagandeep official said. vestment process, the buyer basisof enterprisevalue,which Airlines -- but the bid was VinexSports,asupplierofjavelins
pearing for the petitioner outfit, est single-day surge, with 1,846 Kang said children getting in- Representatives of both was required to take on Rs accounts for both equity and withdrawnatthe laststagebe- to AFI, expects demand to rise
saidtheMahapanchayatwasnot cases—thethirdhighestcountin fectedwasnotyetacauseof con- bidders were called for meet- 23,286 crore of the total Rs debtof thecompany.Thiswin- causeof anumberof factors. In next season.
part of the protests blocking thecountrythatday.OnMonday, cernasthecasesweremild."Also, ings on two occasions earlier 60,074 crore debt on the air- ning bidder will have to pay at 2015, the Tata Group launched In Delhi, gymnast Arun
roads, and that the highways its positivity rate was 31.77%, the data is not presenting a very this week, during which the line's books. least 15 per cent of the quoted an airline in a 51:49 joint ven- Kumar,20,sayswatchingthena-
wereblockedbypolice.“Wehave against the national average of clear picture right now. In some share-purchase agreement However, this again was a enterprisevalue tothegovern- ture with Singapore Airlines. tional anthem play with Chopra
beendetainedbypolice.Wewant 1.42%. Even decent vaccine cov- places, for example, a rise in con- was discussed to help them hurdleforanewinvestor,given ment in cash, and the rest can The group also holds 83.67% on the medals podium in Tokyo
a peaceful protest at Jantar eragehasnotbeenabletocontrol firmed infections amongst chil- take a long-term view of Air that in addition to cleaning the be taken on as debt. stake in the low-cost airline prompted him to make his own
Mantar," he submitted. The theinfections--88%oftheeligible drenismainlybecausemoretests India's various liabilities, and debt, the airline would need The addition of Air India to AirAsia India. javelin. “I found a bamboo stick
Bench told the counsel that if the population of the state (or are being conducted among plan the funding accordingly. further investment for it to be- its aviation portfolio will be a Industry sources said that andfixedapointedpieceofmetal
outfit was not part of the farmer 6,80,690people)havereceivedat themascomparedtoearlier,”she The Civil Aviation Ministry come healthy. Air India's debt significant leg-up for the Tata if the Tata Group manages to attheend.Itriedthrowingitearly
protest blocking roads, then it least one dose, while about 63% said. issued a preliminary informa- situation worsened further as Group's international opera- bring Air India under its um- in the morning at the local park.
should file an affidavit stating so, (4,42,602)arefullyvaccinated.PTI tion memorandum in January Covid-19 lockdowns that be- tions, as it will get access to brella again, it could consoli- All my throws went wide,” he
after which it will take up the reportedthataCentralteamwas Heroin haul 2020 seeking an expression of gan soon after the govern- 1,800 international landing date its airline operations. A says. Once he corrected his re-
plea. expectedtovisitthestatesoonto The neighbours in the mid- interest,kickingoff theprocess ment's announcement, hit the and parking slots at domestic significantroadblockinitsplan lease with a little help from
On Thursday, another Bench assess the situation. dle-classlocalityof Kolapakkam, of disinvestment.Akeychange global airline industry, reduc- airports and 900 slots at air- -- the lack of Singapore YouTube videos, Arun bought
of the court had pulled up the Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, located near Chennai from the government's earlier ing the sector to its worst pe- ports overseas, in addition to Airlines's waiver for the group himselfanentry-leveljavelinand
farm law protesters, saying they State Nodal officer of the InternationalAirport,struggleto attempttosellAirIndiain2018 riod in history. 4,400 domestic slots. This will to acquire Air India -- was headed to Delhi’s Jawaharlal
cannot block roads perpetually. Integrated Disease Surveillance describe Sudhakar and Vaisali, wasthatitsaiditwouldoffload InOctoberlastyear,thegov- include routes and slots at cleared recently. Nehru Stadium.
Programme,saidthesurgecould parentsof twochildren,11and6, 100% of its stake, compared ernment once again tweaked prime locations like London Asof August2021,thethree InternationalthrowerShivpal
GST collections beattributedto“aggressive”test- as anything other than "ordi- with 76% earlier. The stake sale thebiddingparameters--asig- and New York, and a wide- airlines together had a market YadavtellsTheIndianExpressthat
fastpace.Coupledwitheconomic ingandreportingof infections,as nary"(thechildrenarenowwith includes Air India's 100% nificant change was that the bodiedaircraftfleetisessential share of 26.7% in the domestic hisphonehasn’tstoppedbuzzing
growth, anti-evasion activities, well as contact tracing. Sudhakar’s brother). They had shareholding in AI Express Ltd, Centre took a call to allow for long-haul operations. air passenger market. Air India since returning from Tokyo.
especially action against fake He said children too were been living in the flat they had and 50% in Air India SATS prospective bidders the flexi- Air India was founded by is placed second with a 13.2% “Wheneveryoungathletesreach
billers, have also been contribut- tested as part of the contact trac- rented, for around Rs 10,000 a Airport Services Private Ltd. bilitytodecidethelevelof debt the Tata Group in 1932, and market share, behind leader out, I put them in touch with
ing to the enhanced GST collec- ingmodel."Inafamily,ifoneper- month, for six years. Overthepasttwoyears,the they wished to take on, along was nationalised in 1953. The IndiGo's (57%). coaches I know,” says the World
tions.Itisexpectedthattheposi- son shows symptoms, we will Duringthelockdownlastyear, Military Games gold medallist.
tive trend in the revenues will testeveryothermember,includ- Sudhakar had lost his job -- a de- Coach Goswami says that
continue and the second half of
the year will post higher rev-
enues,"theFinanceMinistrysaid
ing a baby,” he said. “Even if fam-
ily members test negative, they
arequarantinedforthreedays,af-
tail that several appear to know
among their neighbours.
AashiTradingCompanycame
In Covid year, cutoffs zoom to 100% though the spike is encouraging,
the key will be the quality of
coaching as javelin is a highly
in a statement. terwhichanRT-PCRtestisdone." up around this time. As per DRI cleared the CBSE Board exam those who have not included technicalsport.“Wehaveahand-
GST revenue had grown 29.6 Health Minister R officials, Sudhakar has told them this year are eligible to seek OVER THE YEARS: DU FIRST LIST thesubjectintheirbest-of-four ful of javelin coaches. A lot of
per cent YoY in August -- it came
in at Rs 86,449 crore in August
Lalthanglianaattributedthehigh
number of cases to their testing
hestarteditinAugustlastyearin
the name of his wife as business
admissionto94programmes
under the first list. About 550
WITH 100% CUTOFF calculation.Forthosewhohave,
the cutoff will be 99%.
changehastotakeplace,”hesays.
Sincejavelincoachingcannot
2020, rising to Rs 95,480 crore in model."Nootherstateiscarrying venturesestablishedwithhiscre- CBSEstudents,outof roughly On the other hand, LSR, take place while other athletes
September 2020. In September out mass testing, contact tracing dentials “were not successful”. 13 lakh, had scored between YEAR PROGRAMME (COLLEGE) whichhad100%cutoffsforpo- train because of the hazard of a
2020,GSTrevenueshadgrown4 with police,” he said, adding that The firm is registered at an ad- 495and499outof500marks 2011 B.Com (SRCC) litical science, psychology, and misguided spear, youngsters at
per cent over the revenue of Rs they “search all corners of the dress in Satyanarayana Puram in this year. 2013 B.Tech Comp Sc (Ram Lal Anand College) economics last year, has not Chhatrasalhavetoturnupearlier
91,916 crore in September 2019. state for suspected cases”. Vijayawada,AndhraPradesh,ina That apart, an additional asked for the perfect score for thanthe rest.“Lotof kids withno
2014 Comp Sc (ANDC, ARSD and SPM College)
Yet,overallrevenuebuoyancy Lalmalsawma said the high building owned by Vaisali’s 40 BA Programme combina- these courses this year. Cutoffs fitnessarriveandtellustheywant
under GST is seen as a concern, positivity rate was due to testing mother.Thecompanyhadanim- tions also have cutoffs of 99% 2015 Computer Science (IP College for Women and for all three are 99.75%. todojavelin.It’sadifficultsport,"
especially after the legally man- of “targetedpopulations”.“Sowe port-export licence from the or higher. College of Vocational Studies) Miranda House, which has senior coach Sunita Rai says.
datedcompensationtostatesfor do not get many negatives." Directorate General of Foreign While these figures are 2020 Political Science, Psychology and been number 1 in the NIRF “We saw a rise in interest in
revenue shortfall from GST im- Besides, in “restricted areas” Trade. unprecedented, they are not Economics (LSR) rankings for five straight years, athletics after the Delhi 2010
plementation ends in June 2022. that report a high number of A special NDPS court on surprising. There are around 2021 Political Science (Hindu College has not asked for 100% in any Commonwealth Games. But the
The Finance Ministry had re- cases,anofficialwiththecontact Friday sent Sudhakar and Vaisali 70,000 undergraduate seats & Ramjas College) subject. The highest cutoffs in current craze is unprecedented...
cently constituted two ministe- tracing team, said: "We seek out to Palara Special Jail at the end of in DU, the same as the num- Mirandaareforpoliticalscience nothing happens overnight
rial panels as the first step to- peoplewithCovidsymptoms,go their extended remand. ber of CBSE students who B.Com (SRCC & SGTB Khalsa College) (99.75%) and economics though,” she says.
wardsstructuraloverhaulafterits house to house.” Officialssaidtheinvolvement scored more than 95% this Economics (SRCC) (99.5%), both up 0.75 percent-
July2017rollout.A“review”ofthe Another reason for the surge, of the Chennai couple was not year(70,004).Thatis 5.37%of Computer Science (Hansraj College, Deen age points from last year. Cong exodus
current slab structure has been experts believe, is the prolonged surprising. "Drug traders usually thestudentswhotooktheex- Dayal Upadhyaya College, Shaheed Sukhdev On the whole, cutoffs have party and join SP. Masood dis-
incorporated in the Terms of lockdown in the state -- which seek out low-profile importers amination; last year only College of Business Studies) increased across courses and missed this indication as “mere
Reference (ToR) of the panels. might have ended up proving withlicences...anAfghanigetting 3.24% students scored more colleges--especiallynoticeable speculation” but sources close to
Out of the total Rs 1.17 lakh counter-productive.Evenasother an import-export licence would than 95% in Class 12. Physics (Hansraj College) in off-campus colleges, as the him said he is likely to meet SP
crore collection in September, states began to unlock after the raise suspicion," an official said. It’snotjustCBSE.Thepan- B.A. Programme - any two disciplines from top-tiercollegeshavekeptcut- chief Akhilesh Yadav Sunday or
CGST is Rs 20,578 crore, SGST is firstwaveebbed,Mizoramdidn't SudhakarandVaisali'sneigh- demic-induced disruption English, Hindi, History, Pol Science, Economics, offs high even in the past. MondayalongwiththeJatleader.
Rs 26,767 crore, IGST is Rs 60,911 ease restrictions. Since March bours say there was no hint of this year forced several state Mathematics (Ramjas College) Out of the 94 programmes TheCongressearlierthisyear
crore (including Rs 29,555 crore 2020, the state has been under their alleged dealings or the boards to either cancel their where the cutoff is pegged at lost Jitin Prasada, who is now a
collectedonimportofgoods)and some form of curfew, and “lock- searches on in their house, till Class 12 exams or adopt 99% or more, 65 are in the arts minister in the BJP state govern-
cess is Rs 8,754 crore (including down-like” restrictions imposed September17morning.Thecou- changes in the evaluation 9,200 applications from 100 RamjasCollege,thepoliticalsci- and commerce disciplines ment led by Yogi Adityanath.
Rs 623 crore collected on import during the second wave -- when ple lived simply, were religious method. The Class 12 results in percentersfromdifferentschool ence cutoff is 100%; it was 99% across20colleges. Thisincludes Anuragi is among the party's
of goods). itdidnotreportmanycases--are and had no "suspicious" guests, many states, as a consequence, boardsthisyear.“Whenwehave in both colleges last year. The 99% for B.Com (Honours) at prominentDalitfaceswithinflu-
The Centre has also released partially in place even five they say. According to one of registered a dramatic improve- such a high number of 100% mostsubstantialincreaseisfora MotilalNehruCollege,Satyawati ence in the Bundelkhand region.
compensationof Rs22,000crore months later. “It is like a world- them, “They were like any other ment in the number of high- scorers applying, this is bound BA Programme combination at College and Deen Dayal Apart from being a former
to states. M S Mani, Senior recordlockdown,”saidanofficial. god-fearingBrahminfamilywho scoring candidates. Under the tohappen.Wehadtoerronthe Ramjaswheretherequirement UpadhyayaCollege,and99%for MLA from Rath, Anuragi was re-
Director,DeloitteIndiasaid:“The Probablybecauseofthestrin- conductedpujas.Theyneverhad Maharashtra state board, as side of caution because, in our hasleapedfrom96%lastyearto BA (Honours) Political Science centlymadevice-presidentofthe
GST collection figures indicate gent measures, the state took al- guestsexceptSudhakar’smother. manyas91,420studentsscored system,wecannotdenyadmis- 100%thisyear;andforB.Comat at Guru Nanak Khalsa College. Congress state unit and asked by
that growth of the economy is most seven months to record its Vaisali’s brother’s wedding was above 90 per cent, including sion toanyone who hascleared SGTB Khalsa College -- 96.5% in In the sciences, there are 29 Priyanka to prepare the party for
leading to stable collections, first 1,000 infections. Until a 62- held recently, they went for it.” 1,372 above 95 per cent. Last the cutoff. Over-admitting 2020 to 100% this year. programmes with 99% and polls in the region.
which would help in achieving year-old man, with comorbid WhileoriginallyfromAndhra, year, 7,344 students in would create problems for Computer science has a abovecutoffsacross12colleges, SourcessaidAnuragi,veteran
the fiscal deficit target of 6.8% of conditions,diedinOctober2020, they spoke fluent Tamil having Maharashtra had scored above everyoneinvolved,”DUregistrar 100% cutoff in three colleges -- including 99% for B.Sc (Hons) Chaturvedi from Jalaun and
GDP.Mostofthekeymanufactur- itremainedamongthefewstates lived in Chennai for long. 90 per cent. Kerala state board Vikas Gupta said. Hansraj,DeenDayalUpadhyaya, Biomedical Science at Tiwari left because “they no
ing states reporting a growth of andUnionterritorieswithzerofa- While Tamil Nadu Police saw 48,333 students scoring Shri Ram College of and Shaheed Sukhdev College Bhaskaracharya College of longer felt comfortable in the
20% plus compared to last year talities during the pandemic. sources say Sudhakar held a job above 90 per cent, up from Commerce(SRCC)isamongthe of Business Studies. These cut- Applied Sciences and 99% for Congress and felt they were not
does indicate that an economic Whileafullserologicalsurvey as a cargo agent at Chennai har- 18,510 and 14,244 students in seven colleges that pegged its offs were 97.25%, 96%, and 97% B.Sc (Honours) Mathematics at being heard”.
revivalisclearlyinprogressacross has not been done in Mizoram, bour, neighbours say he had told 2020 and 2019 respectively. In cutoff at 100% for the only two respectively last year. The Maitreyi College.Most of these Justaboutaweekago,former
key states.” Lalmalsawma said mass testing them he used to work with a TamilNadu,thestateboardhad courses it offers -- Economics Physics cutoff at Ramjas has highest cutoffs are in BA MLA and a party vice-president,
Pratik Jain, Partner, Price in areas shows most people are leading industrial firm in 39,679 students scoring above andB.Com(Hons).Lastyear,the goneto100%from98%in2020. (Honours) Political Science, Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, had left.
Waterhouse&CoLLP,said:“Apart not immune to the virus. Mylapore. 95 per cent, compared to 6,354 first cutoff for these pro- Apart from the 10 pro- B.Com(Honours),BA(Honours) Lalitesh,thegreatgrandsonoffor-
from the economy doing better A health official in Mizoram The DRI has arrested in the in 2020 and 931 in 2019. grammes were 99% and 99.5%, grammes, Jesus and Mary Economics,andB.Sc.(Honours) mer Chief Minister Kamalapati
andanti-evasionmeasuresofthe said that apart from the lock- heroin haul case another person, The inflated Board results respectively. College has a 100% cutoff for Physics. Tripathi and seen as a young
government,manylargecompa- downs, “We used too many fear RajkumarPfromCoimbatore,al- have led to DU receiving over At both Hindu College and psychologythisyear,butonlyfor -WITHENSINPUTS Brahminface,hadbeengivenre-
niesarenudgingtheirvendorsto tactics in the beginning. In some legedly the key to the drug being sponsibility of eastern UP.
be more compliant.” localities, if someone who went
to a shop tested positive, every-
smuggledintoIndiafromIrandis-
guisedinaconsignmentof"semi- Covid relief proved release of the "2nd Covid-19willgetRs50,000com- trains children at Jawaharlal
Lalitesh has denied that he is
joining another party but said
Mizoram surge one who went to it was tested.” precious talc stones". Having Inastatement,theMHAsaid: Instalmentof theCentralshareof pensation from state govern- Nehru Stadium in Delhi, says the thatheleftbecausehefeltthathis
moreover,peoplearefedupwith The silver lining is that most workedinIran,Rajkumarreport- "Governmentof Indiahadissued the SDRF amounting to Rs ments.Thecompensation,itsaid, “javelincraze”isn’tlimitedtothe “voice was not being heard”. “If
following Covid-appropriate be- caseshavebeenmild.Thatiswhy edlyhada"goodnetwork"there. an order on 25.09.2021, revising 7,274.40 crore, in advance, to 23 will be paid for future deaths as capitalregion.“Ihavefriendswho hejoinsanotherparty,somesen-
haviour,” said Eric Zomawia, despite not having the adequate HeisinDRIcustodytillOctober4. theitemsandnormsofassistance States". It said an amount of Rs well. The government said states arecoachesfromacrossthecoun- ioroffice-bearersof theCongress
Director, National Health medical infrastructure, it has ProducedintheNDPScourtin undertheStateDisasterResponse 1,599.20 crore has been released will source the funds from their tryandtheytellmealmostevery- from Varanasi and adjoining ar-
Mission, Mizoram, explaining been able to cope with the cur- Bhuj, in Kutch district, Friday, Fund (SDRF), making therein a to five states. disaster response funds, and will onewantstotakeupjavelinafter eas will also join him,” sources
the infections. rent infections. With 313 deaths, Sudhakar and Vaisali sat close to provision for grant of ex-gratia "The State Governments will channel it through the District Neeraj’s gold. Children from the said.
each other and spoke intermit- payment to the next of kin of the now have an amount of Rs Disaster Management Authority outskirtsofthecityrequestmeto OnFriday,theCongresssenta
tently. To Additional Sessions deceased due to Covid-19. This 23,186.40 crore in their SDRF in- or district administrations. The trainthem.Therearetennisplay- lettertoallitsoffice-bearersinUP,
Judge C M Pawar's query on enablingprovisioninSDRFnorms cluding State’s share, during the disbursement will be made fol- ers, runners and gymnasts who asking them to participate in the
whether they had any com- has been made so as to imple- financial year 2021-22, in addi- lowingclaimsbynextofkinofthe say they want to take up javelin,” Varanasi rally on October 10,
plaints, they shook their heads. ment the guidelines issued by tion to the amount of opening deceased and the claims will be Goswami says. which will be addressed by
Asked if they followed the National Disaster Management balanceavailableintheirSDRF,to finalised within 30 days. Sports equipment manufac- Priyanka. The letter asked them
proceedings, Sudhakar said he Authority(NDMA)on11.09.2021 meet the expenses for granting turers are riding the wave, too. to ensure the presence of all of-
understood Hindi while Vaisali in compliance with the order ex-gratia to the next of kin of the Chopra gold Amentum Sports, an Indore- fice-bearers, including former
saidshewasfindingithard.The passed by Hon'ble Supreme deceasedduetoCovid-19andfor javelin.Ialsogetalotofcallsevery basedcompany,hasseen“atleast MLAs, former MPs, leaders in
judge then directed that the Court in WPs (Civil No.539/2021 providing relief on other notified dayfromyoungathletesandtheir a three-fold increase” in sales block and ward committees, for-
lawyerprovidedtothecoupleby & 554/2021) dated 30.06.2021." calamities," the MHA said. parents,sayingtheywouldliketo since August. Jitender Singh, a mercandidates--andthosewill-
the District Legal Services TheMHAsaidthisstepwillfa- On September 22, the Centre enrol for javelin,” Jha says. partner with Amentum, says the ing to contest now.
Authority explain to them the cilitateenoughfundsintheSDRF informedtheSupremeCourtthat Sunil Goswami, a former na- demand for budget javelins, FULLREPORTSON
proceedings in Hindi. of states. It said Shah has ap- the kin of those who died of tional javelin champion who withintherangeofRs10,000,has www.indianexpress.com
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Death certificates not needed
to avail Covid ex-gratia: CM work," Kejriwal said. higher than the official deaths
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Delhi, meanwhile, has re- becausesomepeoplefromother
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 ceived more applications for the stateshadalsoappliedfortheex-
ex-gratia than the number of gratia amount. Several people
DELHI CHIEF Minister Arvind people who have died according had also died outside hospital
Kejriwal Friday ordered that to the official tally. According to and in homes and funerals con-
death certificates and surviving the government, they have re- ducted as per the Covid protocol
member certificates from those ceived 25,709 applications but were much higher than the offi-
who lost family members to official records say that 25,087 cialCoviddeathcount,especially
Covid will no longer be required people have died of Covid in the during the second wave.
to get compensation. The CM city. Covid protocol funerals were
heldareviewmeetingafteracit- CM held a review meeting Out of these applications, conducted even for those who
izen reached out to him and said 24,475 have been tallied with did not have Covid positive re-
the process to get the ex-gratia the list provided by the MHA. ports, but displayed symptoms
amount of Rs 50,000 was full of membercertificatesforprocess- "Verification of about19,000ap- of the disease.
hurdlesandhewashavingtorun ingof applications.Ourduty isto plicants has been completed. Officialswillnowcrosscheck
around to get the documents in console and support grieving Duringverification,1,250people the names of those who died of
order. families, not create problems for opted out of the scheme. At the Covid from the list provided by
"Thisschemeaimstoprovide them; applicants should not be same time, the Health MHA or in the Delhi govern-
somefinancialassistancetofam- asked to come to office. There Departmenthasapproved9,043 ment's official record to approve
ilies as they mourn the loss of should be no delay in disbursal applications out of 24,475 appli- compensation.
their loved ones. All these peo- of amount over frivolous rea- cants under the scheme. So far, Under the compensation
ple are victims and do not de- sons. If the spouse is alive, give the ex-gratia has been trans- scheme, the spouse, parents or
serve to be troubled because of them the entire amount. If mul- ferred to accounts of 7,163 bene- children of the person who died
paperwork. There should no tiple children are surviving, di- ficiaries," a statement issued by are eligible for a one-time com-
longer be a need for submitting vide the amount amongst them the government said. pensation of Rs 50,000 irrespec-
death certificates and surviving equally. Don't pile up paper- Officialssaidthenumberwas tive of financial background.
Online campaign on Bal Bharati school
road safety launched branch de-recognised
campaign, we hope to increase nisedschoolswithintheNCT.The
ASHNA BUTANI awarenessaboutevidence-based EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE societywillalsobethecustodian
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 best practices in road safety and NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 of all records of the school.
ensure Delhi roads are safer for The private, unaided school
IN AN attempt to reduce the all road users. Through the gov- THE DIRECTORATE of Education runsonlandallottedbytheDDA.
number of deaths on the streets, ernment’s partnership with the has de-recognised Bal Bharati Conditionsintheallotmentletter
the Transport Department has Bloomberg Philanthropies Public School, Pitampura, on the include seeking approval of the
launched an online campaign, Initiative for Global Road Safety, grounds of “profiteering and educationdirectorbeforeanyfee
#SadakSurakshitDilliSurakshit. weaimtoreducethesedeathson commercialisationof education” hike. The order notes that the
It is aimed at generating online the streets of Delhi and hope to by “charging unwarranted/ille- school was found to be illegally
conversationsandawarenesson buildanecosystemwherewedo gal increased fee”. charging increased fees from
four risk factors — speeding, nottolerateanylossof lifeonour The school will be allowed to 2018-19and2019-20withoutthe
drunk driving, not wearing hel- streets,” said Gahlot. complete the 2021-22 academic education director’s nod. For the
mets and seatbelts. Important conversations re- sessionwithrecognition,accord- 2020-21sessiontoo,itwascharg-
A collaboration between the volving around road safety were ing to an order issued by the ing tuition fees based on the un-
government and the Bloomberg taken up, with officials and ex- Director of Education. Once the warrantedincreasedfeestructure
Philanthropies Initiative for pertssharingthestage.Theysaid session ends, all students will be of2019-20insteadofthe2015-16
GlobalRoadSafety,thecampaign thatlastyear,1,196personswere shifted to nearby recognised structure, the order notes.
was launched by Transport killed while 3,662 persons were schools run by the Child The fee hike proposal sub-
Minister Kailash Gahlot at the left injured in road crashes. They EducationSocietyornearbygov- mittedbytheschoolfor2019-20
Road Safety Summit on Friday. added that deaths and injuries ernment schools with parents’ was evaluated and it was found
Over the next six months, @del- are preventable by means of consent.Theschoolwillnotbeal- that there was no need for a hike
hiroadsafetywillraiseawareness changes in behaviour supported lowed to hold admissions for the as it has surplus funds of Rs
on Facebook and Twitter. bystrategiccommunicationand 2022-23 academic session. All 10,61,62,759 even after meeting
“The roads belong to pedes- enforcing traffic laws and using teaching,non-teachingandother all its expenditure.
trians as much as they belong to high-quality data for strength- staff willbeadjustedbytheChild The school couldn’t be
people in vehicles. Through our ening road safety policies. EducationSocietyinotherrecog- reached for a comment.
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the concept of Sustainable development G.C.Lagan Marg, Mayur Vihar - II, Delhi, is self-motivated and
and merging ourselves to the global equity of self-driven individual. He is a CBSE resource person and has worked
conservation and preservation we believe that on manuals published by CBSE. Mr. Gupta has acclaimed the title-
firm and stipulated ideologies are required as a Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE), Microsoft Certified Fellow
necessary objective of school curriculum in the (MCF) and Microsoft Innovator Educator Expert (MIEE). Recently
current scenario.The aim should be to build re- he was honored at Global Education Summit with Global Principal
sponsible and dutiful stewards and global
Award and was rewarded with Inspirational Leadership Award
citizens for world at large. In belief to the fact
2021 by Global Talks Education Foundation. He strives to explore
that sustainable development is the only hope the school’s electricity consumption. We seek in school campuses we are in adherence to ture student education.
new avenues that not only expand his room of experimentation but
of survival on this only planet for life possibili- to utilise rainwater for our plants and under- SDG-6.The school taps and sanitizing machines Our young prodigies are part of Atal Innova-
ties, I have tried to implant little initiations at ground water resource.The waste waters of RO also provide ample opportunities to one who is associated with him. are sensor enabled and students are advised to tion Mission, where every month they present
my school as a contribution to this humongous plant at school are utilised in school toilets and He is an inspirer and a true mentor. He believes: sanitize their hands at regular bases.The school their ideas and works…contributed towards
conjecture. other cleaning purposes.At school, we initiated “Every day in the life is a new adventure, enjoy it, benches and desks and all equipment are sani- social welfare.Tutoring the underprivileged the
The school has recently merged with Global ‘Mai bhi Gandhi’ Project, under which we tried tized after every use. During monsoons the basic means and practices which could help
live it and write your own adventurous story.”
school Program as a member, promoting to incorporate the healthy practices at school. school takes initiatives to sensitize its neigh- them developing skills towards the fields which
practices to achieve 17 sustainable develop- School promotes recycling, reusing and reducing bouring locales about necessary sanitisation to may help them exploring various job interests.
ment goals suggested in UN GeneralAssembly. wastes in all respects and has adopted tech- vation of energy and resources.The school has about healthy habits. Recently the school or- reduce the spread of dengue. The school has been bestowed with the title of
As a part of this conjecture, we have committed niques of waste management at school. provided separate bins for recyclable and no ganised a Fit India Run in its peripheries to en- Education is the prime concern of an educa- ATL school of the month thrice.
ourselves to work in promotion to sustainable The school has developed its personalised recyclable resources and students are accord- courage fitness in the lifestyles.The school stu- tional institution and one of the key concerns The aim is to foster 21st century learner
development goals and adopt practices which compost system to produce manure out of ingly disciplined to pursue the habit of segre- dents and educators actively participated in the in SDGs as goal number- 4, we as responsible who works as a global citizen and believes in
would be our little contribution to the same.At dried leaves, food wastes and waste fruit peals gation accordingly. We believe in making our run to promote fitter India. educators, focus not only upon the subjective co-existence.We aim to develop intellectuals
school we aim to advance steps which would which is used in school’s organic garden and students stalwarts of SDG-12, so that they be- Fulfilling SDG- 1 and 2, school practices and knowledge to students, rather sought to look who are ready to nurture future with their
cater to educate and sensitize school pupils plantation and simultaneously is supplied to come responsible consumers of goods. Parents promotes Kindness as a philanthropic act after their holistic growth. To hone their spe- advanced skills and simultaneously pre-
to follow practices which could help in achieving neighbourhood for the promotion of plant are advised to minimise the use of plastic. The amongst students.The pupils at school learn to cific skills and derive best of their possibilities, serve their core values so as to be socially
SDGs. growth. Soon our students are going to enter plastic waste collected from students is thereby be kind and humble to each one around them. the school regularly upgrade its techniques and adaptive and morally strong.We realize that
The school has stood as pioneer to several Marketing and Entrepreneurship as skill by pro- sent for recycling. At a paper recycling unit in- Every month overwhelming numbers of school educational philosophies learning through ex- our planning and executions must target to
Green Initiatives and has been incorporating moting the use of homemade compost and ma- stalled in school, our students learn to recycle prodigies and teachers share their stories of periences of the renowned and experienced develop unique individuals who can con-
such disciplines in all its pupils by educating nure as fertilisers for plants. paper and the recycled paper is thus used for kindness. The students perform little acts of hands in the field of education.The school lead- tribute to make a rational, organized and re-
them regularly about their general conduct and Students are time and by advised to plant a handicraft works at school. kindness such as feeding birds, helping poor ers explore the advancements around the sponsible society.
role in a flourishing society and as future bear- sapling on each special day and festival as a lit- We suggest our students to adopt healthy and providing support to elderly and many world and promote the best practices at school. At school we are doing our bit and we ex-
ers. It took an onus of sensitizing and humaniz- tle support to eco system. As a contribution to lifestyle and avoid junk. Simultaneously it is more develops humanity in their day-to-day be- We as K12 schools promote quality education pect the society and the parents to support
ing the students and through them the society. SDG 13, in all school activities and events stu- suggested to avoid food wastage. Catering to haviours and keeps them grounded all times. and skill enhancement of students, providing and nurture the positive habits in their kids so
As a part of the initiative and our little to dents are sensitized about the health of planet the same and promoting SDG 3, school tutored In belief to the fact that covid pandemic has live experiences of what the students study at that they can draw out their shares from the
SDG 7, we at school sought to utilise the solar which is equally important as health and well- its prodigies to serve food to the needy and given humanity a new perspective of life, the school. Integrating the strategies of advanced nature without compromising the need of
energy to fulfil our school’s electricity con- being of humans. share their experiences. We arrange guidance school has upgraded its environs as per the government policies and the strategies worked their future generations.We believe that little
sumption.With about 125 solar panels installed The students are guided to adopt healthy and support for students by organising fitness need of prevailing scenario and equipping it- around the globe, the school seek to integrate amendments in our day to day lives can con-
on school roof the school extracts about 80% of practices which could contribute to the conser- sessions and seminars, educating students self to maintain good hygiene and sanitation art in its curriculum as a key ingredient to nur- tribute great to our environs.
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FIRST CUT-OFF BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORDS
DU DEMANDS 100%
Even off-campus
colleges have
high entry barrier
BA Programme courses too saw skyrocketing cut-offs in the
first list. Praveen Khanna
last year, when the college had
ARANYA SHANKAR asked for 95.5% for Economics,
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 and 95.25% for B.Com (Hons).
“In BA Programme last year,
IN THE first cut-off list released we ended up admitting four
by Delhi University Friday, it times the number of students.
was not just the top-tier col- Wehadthoughttherewillnotbe
leges, but also off campus ones much demand for the course,
that saw skyrocketing cut-offs, but we had to over-admit. This
especially for BA Programme time, we were told around
courses. 75,000 applicants have scored
Deen Dayal Upadhyay 95% and above, so we had to be
College, for example, released careful,” said Deshbandhu
100% cut-off for Computer Principal Rajiv Aggarwal.
Science this year, up from 96% He pointed out another rea-
lastyear.Thisisnotanexception. son why even off-campus col-
The cut off for English has gone leges are keeping their cut-offs
up from 94% to 98%, B.Com high — there is no data with the For the first list, students can apply for admission between October 4 and October 6. Praveen Khanna
(Hons) from 97% to 99.5%, colleges on how many students
Botany from 92% to 96% and B.Sc are interested in applying to
Programme Life Sciences from them and in what courses.
91% to 94% at the college.
Its BA Programme cut-offs
have shot up from 91% to 96%
Until a few years ago, stu-
dents would have to select
courses and colleges they are
THE ADMISSION
THE ENTIRE PROCESS IS ONLINE
From Computer
Science to Physics:
thisyear.“Thishasbeendonefor seeking admission in when they
a number of reasons. One, our filled their application. Now, the
NIRF ranking improved so that form auto selects all options, to ■ Candidates have ■ The college will
New courses in
affects the perception of the col- ensure applicants don’t miss out to login to the verify if you are
lege. Second, we also wanted to on any college or course of their admission portal eligible for
be more cautious this time be- choice. https://ugadmission.uod.ac.in/ admission, and you will be
cause we know a large number “Without this data, we can’t where they filled their intimated of the
of students have scored 95% and
above in various boards. For BA
Programme, especially, we in-
but be careful. All colleges will
have to be. Last year, we admit-
ted around 200 students for 80
forms
■ Select the course
acceptance or rejection
through the dashboard.
The college has to provide
100% club this year
creased the cut-off because we seats in our Political Science and college you are a reason for rejecting your
ended up admitting 180 stu- course. We don’t know how in- eligible for as per application
dents for 16 seats. Especially in terestswillchangesoweneedto the cut-off list SUKRITA BARUAH
Covid times, we cannot take keep it high,” said Aurobindo ■ Once admission is NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1
such risks,” said DDU Principal College Principal Vipin ■ Upload any approved, you will
Hem Chand Jain. Aggarwal. documents such get a link to pay the THE PERSISTING issue of too
According to the admission At Aurobindo, the highest as the original fee and secure admission many 100 percenters vying for
process,DUhastoadmitanystu- cut-off was for B.Com (Hons) at mark sheet or pass too few seats has led to new
dent who clears the cut-off. 98%, up from 94% last year. certificate from the ■ In the first list, courses making an appearance
At Deshbandhu College, too, B.ComandElectronicsareat96% school board, which have students can apply in the 100% and above 99% cut-
there is a considerable spike in now. Last year, the cut-off for not been uploaded so far, for admission off category in recent years.
cut-offs. The college is demand- these subjects was 93% and 91% and apply for the course between Oct 4-6. Payment Last year, the highest cut-off
ing a 97% cut-off in 10 subjects, respectively. and college of fee can be done till Oct 8 At Delhi University’s Ramjas College. Praveen Khanna forB.Sc.(ComputerScience)was
including Economics, B.Com Similarly,at theDelhiCollege 98%atDyalSinghCollege,signif-
(Hons) and various BA of Arts and Commerce, BA icantly less than the 100% for
Programme combinations. Programme cut-offs have seen a POPULAR COURSES ACROSS TOP COLLEGES (IN%) PoliticalScience,Psychologyand
This is a huge jump from last jump of 7.5-8 percentage points. Economics Honours pro-
year for these subjects. Most BA Even English has gone up from grammes at Lady Shri Ram
Programme cut offs last year 94% to 98.5% and B.Com (Hons) TOP COLLEGES ECONOMICS POLITICAL ENGLISH B COM HISTORY MATHS CHEMISTRY PHYSICS College. This year, three colleges This year, three colleges —
were in the 86-88% range, with from 96.5% to 99%. SCIENCE (HONS) — Hansraj, Deen Dayal Hansraj, DDU, and Shaheed
the highest cut-off (90%) for BA At SatyawatiCollege,thecut- LSR 99.50 99.75 99 99.75 99.25 98.50 NA NA Upadhyay, and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business
Programme combinations of off has increased to 98% and HINDU 99.75 100 99.25 99.75 99.50 99.00 99 99.66 Sukhdev College of Business Studies — have a 100%
English + Political Science, and 98.5% in Economics and English, Studies— havea100%cut-off for cut-off for B.Sc. (Computer
History + Political Science. This from 95% and 94.5% last year. MIRANDA HOUSE 99.50 99.75 99 NA 99.25 98.75 97.33 98.33 B.Sc. (Computer Science). Science). Praveen Khanna
year, there has been a 7 percent- “Our faculty members RAMJAS 99.75 100 99.75 99.25 99 98.5 98.66 100 “We felt the need to be ex-
age point jump in these two wanted the cut-off to be higher KIRORI MAL 99.50 99.75 98.50 99.75 98.75 99.75 98.66 99 tremely cautious this year after
combinations and 9-11 percent- than it is because we can always cases of very high over-admis- Venkateswara,Hansraj,DDUand
HANSRAJ 99.75 NA 99 99.75 99 99 99 99.66
age point jump in other combi- reduce in the second list, but we sion in some programmes. We SGTB Khalsa too have high cut-
nations. decided to keep it at this. All SRCC 100 NA NA 100 NA NA NA NA also felt the need to be more offs for the course.
Even the cut-off for collegeshaveexercisedcaution,” careful with science pro- HansrajCollegehasseencut-
(Cut-offs for general category)
Economics and B.Com (Hons) said Satyawati Principal grammes, because usage of labs offs of 99% above in nine science
has increased significantly from Nirmal Jindal. following Covid protocol would programmes, including com-
be difficult if too many students puter science and physics. The
areadmitted.Atotalof 1,250stu- jump from last year in several of
dents in the general category thesehasbeenbymorethantwo
who have applied to computer percentage points.
PRINCIPALS SAY ERRED ON SIDE OF CAUTION science in the university have a Among the 99% courses at
Why cut-offs are high, why they might not fall much
‘bestfoursubjects’scoreof 100%. the college this year, B.Sc.
Along with Hansraj College, our (Honours)Chemistrywasat97%
college is the most popular for last year; B.Sc. (Honours)
this programme and we have Mathematics at 96.75%; B.Sc.
only 24 seats for general cate- (Honours) Zoology at 96.66%;
we have to do it so that we don’t in B.Com and above 99% in afterwe’vebeenabletoassessthe gory students. Keeping this in and two B.Sc. Physical Sciences
SUKRITA BARUAH over-admit students. There will Physics, Economics, History, situation,” said Jaswinder Singh, mind, we decided to keep it at programmes at 96.66%. B.Sc.
& ARANYA SHANKAR be a drop in subsequent lists but Political Science and B.Com principal of the college. 100% for the first list,” said Hem (Honours) Computer Science
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 I’mnotsurethatit will bebyalot (Honours). Lady Shri Ram College, the ChandJain,principalof DDUcol- had a 97.25% cut-off last year.
in our college,” said Hansraj “The first list is a test of sorts only college which had set 100% lege. Last year, the college had a Meanwhile, for popular arts
ON A day Delhi University saw College principal Rama. for us. The number of students cut-offs last year in three of their 96% cut off for the programme. and commerce subjects, given
sky-high cut-offs across courses Hindu College principal Anju who have scored programmes, de- Several colleges, particularly that cut-offs were already ex-
and colleges, several principals Srivastava said: “We are fairly above 95% is cided not to do so in off-campus colleges, have made tremely high at the college last
said that while they have erred confident that we will admit the tremendously any programme this bigjumpsincut-offsforthispro- year, the jumps are relatively
on the side of caution and kept right number of students with high and we don’t year. The college at- gramme — in Bhaskaracharya smaller — from 98.75 to 99.75%
theentrybarrierhigh,theremay the cut-offs we have kept right want to take the tributed this to the College of Applied Sciences, it in B.A. (Honours) Economics;
not be a substantial drop in sub- now.Inthesecondcut-off,there- riskofover-admis- experience of the has seen a jump from 92% to from98%to99%inB.A.(Honours)
sequent lists. fore, I only see a marginal dip. sions. Last year, last year. 98.5%; in Mata Sundari College English;andfrom97.5%to99%in
At both Hansraj College and We will be careful and decrease with a cut-off of “Last year we from 92% to 96%; in Sri Guru B.A. (Honours) History.
Hindu College, which have set thecut-off byaroundonemark.” 96.5% in Political had kept 100% cut Gobind Singh College of Subjects with the highest
100% and above 99% cut-offs in Last year, after the first cut- Hansraj College prinicpal Rama said they don’t want to Science, we were off because we did Commerce from 93% to 97.5%. cut-offs remain the same, albeit
multiple programmes, adminis- offs, many popular colleges like overadmit students. (right) LSR principal Suman Sharma expecting a small not want any over Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm with higher cut-offs than previ-
trators echoed this view. Lady Shri Ram, Miranda House, said the next cut-off will depend on how many students number of students and instead admission. But keeping in mind Collegehasseta99%cut-off after ous years. Fifteen colleges have
“This is a precaution that all Ramjas, Kirori Mal, SRCC and actually seek admission. Express hadtoadmit136studentsagainst last year’s experience, we last year’s 96%. a cut-off over 99% for B.Com.
colleges are taking. The list is Hansraj still had most courses 40 seats. Students apply to mul- thought 99.75%was enough this Another science programme (Honours) and 10 colleges do for
made checking past years’ ad- open for admission. While top tiple courses and we don’t know year. The next cut-off will de- where multiple colleges have B.A. (Honours) Political Science.
mission data and patterns and collegessawasmalldropof 0.25- cant drops such as from 99.25% One college which has seen a what their preferences might be pend on how many students ac- placed their cut-off over 99% is B.A. (Honours) Psychology is of-
board exam results. Every year, 0.5 percentage points in many to 98% in Hansraj College and significant increase in cut-offs so it’s high across the board. The tually seek admission. It’s too B.Sc. (Honours) Physics, includ- fered in only 12 colleges, and it
the applicants increase, the re- courses, some popular pro- from 99.25% to 98.25% in Hindu across all programmes is SGTB secondandthirdlistwillbemore early to say right now,” said LSR ing 100% in Ramjas College. hasacut-off of over96%inall,in-
sults get higher each year, and grammes had seen more signifi- College for B.Com. (Honours). Khalsa College, including 100% appropriateastheywillbemade Principal Suman Sharma. Hindu, Kirori Mal, Sri cluding over 99% in six.
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