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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY As Biden warns of more attacks, NITI bats for tax breaks to U.S. destroys car bomb in Kabul achieve monetisation goal It proposes insolvency cover for investment instruments The explosive­laden vehicle was destined for the airport, says Taliban spokesman 4,666 new COVID-19 Vikas Dhoot cases in Maharashtra Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI PUNE Kabul To make the National Mone­ COVID-19 cases continued The U.S. said it destroyed an tisation Pipeline (NMP) a to register an uptick in explosive­laden vehicle with success, the government Maharashtra on Sunday, with the State reporting 4,666 an air strike in Kabul on Sun­ should give Income Tax new infections as against day, hours after President breaks to attract retail inves­ 3,301 patients being Joe Biden warned of another tors into instruments such as discharged. The active case terror attack in the Afghanis­ Infrastructure Investment tally has risen to 52,844. tan capital as a massive airlift Trusts (InvITs), the NITI NEWS Ī PAGE 10 of tens of thousands of Af­ Aayog has recommended. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ghans entered its last days. The Centre’s think tank A Taliban spokesman con­ driving the NMP, estimated BMC reinforces mask firmed the incident, saying a to raise almost ₹6 lakh crore wearing norm in city car bomb destined for the for the exchequer over four MUMBAI airport had been destroyed years, has also called for With the citizens of Mumbai — and that a possible second bringing such trusts within found lowering their guard strike had hit a nearby the ambit of the Insolvency and seen moving around house. The U.S. said it had and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) without masks, the BMC only struck the vehicle but to provide greater comfort has issued strict instructions added that secondary blasts to investors. for the imposition of indicated “a substantial Bringing in policy and participation in the instru­ to be success in the past,” COVID-appropriate amount of explosive Warm embrace: A U.S. Marine carries a baby as the family prepares for the evacuation process regulatory changes to scale ments,” the Aayog has said Amit Singhania, partner at behaviour in public places in material”. at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. * AFP up monetisation instru­ in its blueprint, indicating Shardul Amarchand Mangal­ the wake of a possible third Local media reported ments such as InvITs and that further taxation­related das & Co., told The Hindu, wave gripping the city. there may have been civilian dline for evacuations to end Afghanistan, but Mr. Biden stream of Afghans from bus­ Real Estate Investment tweaks may be needed along adding that this will encour­ WEST Ī PAGE 2 casualties, which the U.S. by Tuesday. The operation is warned of more attacks from es to the main passenger ter­ Trusts (REITs) and expand the way. age retail investor participa­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD said it was assessing. winding down despite West­ the group. “The situation on minal, handing them over to their investor base have tion in InvITs. The strike comes after a ern powers saying thou­ the ground continues to be U.S. forces for evacuation. been identified as a critical Capital gains offset While InvIT structures Rane says Sanjay Raut suicide bomber from the Is­ sands may be left behind. extremely dangerous, and The troops were seen element for the NMP. The Section 54EC allows tax­ have been used in India has damaged Shiv Sena lamic State group on Thurs­ the threat of terrorist attacks throughout the civilian side government plans to use the payers to offset long­term since 2014, the Aayog point­ PUNE day targeted U.S. troops 300 Americans remain on the airport remains high,” of the airport grounds and InvIT and REIT route to mo­ capital gains from transac­ ed out that such trusts are The Shiv Sena had been stopping huge crowds of pe­ Secretary of State Antony Mr. Biden said. “Our com­ annexe buildings, while the netise public assets such as tions in immoveable proper­ not considered a ‘legal per­ irretrievably damaged by ople from entering Kabul’s Blinken said some 300 manders informed me that U.S. Marines peered at them highways, gas pipelines, rail­ ties through investments in son’ and cannot be brought its chief spokesperson MP airport, from where about Americans still in Afghanis­ an attack is highly likely in from the passenger terminal way tracks and power trans­ bonds issued by some go­ under IBC proceedings, de­ Sanjay Raut, said Union 1,14,000 people have been tan were seeking to leave the the next 24­36 hours.” roof. After a 20­year war, the mission lines. vernment­backed infrastruc­ terring lenders from partici­ Minister Narayan Rane on Sunday as the vicious evacuated since August 15 country. “They are not going The IS attack has forced foes were within open sight “More tax­efficient and ture firms. “Though this will pating. “Since the trusts are sabre-rattling between when the Taliban swept back to be stuck,” he told ABC ad­ the U.S. military and the Tali­ of each other, separated by user­friendly mechanisms entail a cost in the form of not considered as ‘legal per­ Mr. Rane and the Sena into power. ding that the U.S. had “a me­ ban into a form of coopera­ just 30 metres. like allowing tax benefits in loss of revenue for exche­ son’ under the extant regula­ continued unabated. More than 100 people chanism to get them out”. tion to ensure security at the InvITs as eligible security to quer, the long­term benefits tions, the IBC regulations are INDIA SILENT Ī PAGE 9 WEST Ī PAGE 2 died in the attack, including The Pentagon said on Sa­ airport that was unthinkable invest under Section 54EC of may outweigh the cost as not applicable for InvIT DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 13 U.S. service personnel, turday retaliation drone two weeks ago. TALIBAN KILL SINGERĪ PAGE 11 the Income­Tax Act, 1961, linking investments in speci­ loans,” the Aayog said. slowing down the airlift strikes had killed two “high­ On Saturday, Taliban BIDEN HONOURS U.S. TROOPS are important starting fied bonds with the capital EXTEND PROVISIONS PAGE 8 EDUCATION PLUS Ī PAGE 5 ahead of Mr. Biden’s dea­ level” IS jihadists in eastern fighters escorted a steady KILLED IN KABUL Ī PAGE 11 points for initiating retail gains exemption had proved Ī ‘Centre’s oil palm plan is a recipe for disaster’ No cognisable offence by Deshmukh: CBI Staff Reporter nister of Maharashtra”. er Param Bir Singh to Chief Environmentalists, can be disastrous. forest cover and destroy the and Adani”, both corporates Mumbai The inquiry was conduct­ Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Other concerns include habitat of endangered wil­ with interests in edible oil A leaked report of a preli­ ed by a CBI team following In his letter, Mr. Singh had politicians raise the impact on community dlife. It could also detach tri­ expansion. minary inquiry conducted orders by the Bombay High alleged that Mr. Deshmukh concern over ownership of tribal lands, as bespeople from their identity “The palm is an invasive by the Central Bureau of In­ Court on a criminal writ pe­ had asked former Mumbai well as the fact that the oil linked with the community species. It’s not a natural for­ vestigation (CBI) reveals that tition filed by Advocate Police API Sachin Vaze to proposal palm is a water­guzzling, mo­ ownership of land and est product of northeastern the agency had concluded Jayshri Patil, who had lodged collect ₹100 crore from hotel noculture crop with a long “wreak havoc on the social India and its impact on our that “no cognisable offence a complaint in the wake of owners in Mumbai. Priscilla Jebaraj gestation period unsuitable fabric”, said the National Pe­ biodiversity as well as on soil has been committed by Anil the letter written by former New Delhi The Centre plans to promote for small farmers. However, ople’s Party leader. conditions has to be analysed DETAILS Ī PAGE 9 oil palm plantations in Deshmukh, the ex­Home Mi­ Mumbai Police Commission­ Given the widespread des­ the government says land northeast and Andamans. Ex­Environment Minister even if it is grown in non­for­ truction of rainforests and productivity for palm oil is Jairam Ramesh said propo­ est areas. Any kind of mono­ native biodiversity caused by higher than for oilseeds, with soon after the launch of the sals for large­scale oil palm culture plantation is not de­ oil palm plantations in South­ Union Agriculture Minister ₹11,040 crore National Mis­ cultivation had been studied sirable,” said Bibhab east Asia, environmental ex­ Narendra Singh Tomar giving sion on Edible Oil­Oil Palm and rejected as part of the Talukdar, a biologist who perts and politicians are an assurance that the land (NMEO­OP), Meghalaya MP technology mission on edible heads the Guwahati­based warning that the Union go­ identified for oil palm planta­ Agatha Sangma warned that oils in the late 1980s as it was conservation organisation vernment’s move to promote tions in northeastern States the focus areas were “biodi­ a “recipe for ecological disas­ Aaranyak, advising caution their cultivation in the north­ is cleared for cultivation.

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