Lucknow Has Witnessed a Tcould Hit the Country Any- Infected
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
1 2 !" 3-''38 63 744 $-3 !45 ) + 4'0 ((,(+ / . /.1 ,#- . '.,.'('/ ,(/6+( / ( /'# /' ,/ #' 0'/ /'4. (70 3 ( /''+/ 4'+ #/ # (45/'' /', 1/'.'2 3'1'' !#! $$% &'() "!' !"#$%$& ''(' )$& * Q estimated value corresponds to 14 per cent of the proposed outlay for Centre under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (43 lakh crore). s India is engaged in a big New Delhi: Amid deepening The end objective of this Arescue operation to bring crisis in Afghanistan after the initiative is to enable “infra- out its citizens from strife- Taliban took over the war- structure creation through torn Afghanistan, External torn nation, a large number of monetisation” wherein the Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Afghan refugees in India vocif- public and private sector col- will brief Parliamentary leaders erously protested in front of the laborate, each excelling in their of various political parties on UNHCR office here on core areas of competence, so as August 26 about the situation Monday demanding release of to deliver socio-economic there. “support letters” from the UN inance Minister Nirmala growth and quality of life to the This forthcoming all-party agency to migrate to other FSitharaman on Monday country’s citizens, she added. interaction comes at the direc- (( $ (' countries for better opportu- announced an ambitious 6 In the railways sector, as tion of Prime Minister -& . ',() nities. lakh crore National many as 400 railway stations, Narendra Modi, Parliamentary Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 90 passenger trains, 741-km Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi @JoshiPralhad will be intimat- briefing of this sort is expect- aimed at unlocking value in Konkan Railways and 15 rail- said here on Monday. He said ing further details,” Jaishankar ed to focus on India’s evacua- infrastructure assets across way stadiums and colonies are the physical briefing will take tweeted earlier. tion, and Afghanistan situation. sectors ranging from power to planned to be monetised for an place at 11 AM on Thursday in Sources said the first ever Continued on Page 11 road and railways as well estimated 1.2 lakh crore. Parliament House Annexe. Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in $ %& ' ( Monetising 28,608 circuit “Floor leaders of political New Delhi. ' ) *')+',() kilometres of power transmis- parties would be briefed by The Finance Minister had sion lines is estimated to gen- EAM @DrSJaishankar on the ! announced the monetisation of Central Government over sustainable infrastructure erate 45,200 crore and anoth- present situation in plan in her annual Budget the four-year period from FY financing. Towards this, the er 39,832 crore will come Afghanistan, on 26th August, speech in February. 2022 to FY 2025,” she said. Budget provided for prepara- from 6 GW of power genera- 11am in Main Committee New Delhi: Three copies of Sitharaman said the asset “Ownership of assets will tion of a “National tion assets. Room, PHA, New Delhi. # Sikh scripture Guru Granth monetisation did not involve remain with the Government Monetisation Pipeline” of The telecom sector will Invites are being sent through Sahib and 75 people, including selling of land and it is about and there will be a mandatory potential brownfield infra- give 35,100 crore from mon- email. All concerned are 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, monetising brownfield assets. hand-back.” structure assets. NITI Aayog in etising 2.86 lakh km of requested to attend,” Joshi are being evacuated from war- Projects have been identified Asset monetisation will consultation with infra line BharatNet fiber and 14,917 tweeted. $ ravaged Afghanistan on an across sectors, with roads, rail- unlock resources and lead to ministries has prepared the signal towers of BSNL and “In view of developments IAF plane, people coordinating ways and power being the top value unlocking, she said. report on NMP. MTNL. in Afghanistan, PM @naren- the evacuation efforts with the segments. Union Budget 2021-22 had The aggregate asset Close to 29,000 crore each dramodi has instructed that the Indian Government said on “NMP estimates aggregate identified monetisation of pipeline under NMP over the is estimated from monetising MEA brief Floor Leaders of Monday. Nearly 200 more monetisation potential of 6 operating public infrastruc- four-year period is indicative- warehouses and coal mines. political parties. Minister of head of an emergency G7 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are lakh crore through core assets ture assets as a key means for ly valued at 6 lakh crore. The Continued on Page 11 Parliamentary Affairs Ameeting on Afghanistan, still stranded in Afghanistan. the Taliban on Monday warned that there will be “conse- quences” if the US and the UK 49 ( sought an extension to the August 31 deadline for the US-led troop withdrawal from the war-torn country. while there is no need for Speaking to Sky News in that,” Shaheen said. / Q' up the vaccination pace as well vaccination rate is not Doha, Qatar, Taliban “If the US or UK were to as health infrastructure facili- increased, India can witness six spokesperson Dr Suhail seek additional time to con- : ; - ( ties in the country. lakh cases per day in the next Shaheen stated that the month- tinue evacuations — the answer The committee of experts wave, the report said. end deadline was a “red line”, is no. Or there would be con- ,#- also said that children will “Leading experts have as any extension would imply sequences. It will create mis- have a similar risk as adults repeatedly warned of an immi- an extended occupation of the trust between us. If they are ucknow on Monday since pediatric facilities, doc- nent third Covid-19 wave in country. intent on continuing the occu- Lrecorded no fresh case of R tors and equipment like venti- India. Epidemiologists predict He said the timeline had pation it will provoke a reac- coronavirus infection after 15 lators, ambulances, etc, are a series of surges till we achieve been laid out by US President tion,” he said. months. The state capital nowhere close to what may be herd immunity through infec- Joe Biden and threatened “con- The warning came as had last recorded no fresh required in case a large num- tion or vaccination and the dis- sequences” if the US and the British Prime Minister Boris Covid case in May last year. he third wave of Covid-19 ber of children becoming ease becoming endemic,” the UK sought an extension to that Johnson convened an emer- Lucknow has witnessed a Tcould hit the country any- infected. report said. deadline. gency G7 meeting on Tuesday total of 2,35,995 cases of time between September and The report, which has been The NIDM report quoted “It’s a red line. President in his role as current Chair of Covid-19 and 2,651 deaths so October, an expert panel set up submitted to the Prime the prediction of experts from said that the third wave could virulent variants, the third Biden announced that on the Group of Seven countries far while the number of by an institute under the Minister’s Office, observed that IIT Kanpur which suggested peak in October with 3.2 lakh wave could peak in September August 31 they would with- — Canada, France, Germany, active cases as on Monday Ministry of Home Affairs only around 7.6 per cent (10.4 three likely scenarios for the positive cases per day. with likely five lakh positive draw all their military forces. So Italy, Japan, the United States was 26. CMO Dr Manoj (MHA) has predicted. It has crore) people are fully vacci- third wave based on the level of In scenario two, with the cases per day. if they extend it that means and the UK. Agarwal said they hope they called for significantly ramping nated in India. If the current unlocking. In scenario one, it emergence of new and more Continued on Page 11 they are extending occupation Continued on Page 11 are able to maintain this fig- ure. “We have registered no case after a long time and we will try and maintain it with $ + up to 15,000 tests per day. Q R We will increase surveillance and double the number of rapid response teams if the figures start increasing,” the CMO said. ! Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh , (- on Monday witnessed the steepest decline in the num- Chandigarh/New Delhi: ber of fresh coronavirus pos- Punjab Congress president itive cases and just seven new -./$ Navjot Singh Sidhu’s two advis- cases were reported during ers came under severe attack the last 24 hours, making it . 0- from the Opposition and with- the lowest daily case count for in the party on Monday for the state so far. Continuing its their recent controversial downward spiral, Uttar remarks on Kashmir and Pradesh has been maintaining Pakistan, with Congress MP the daily Covid test positivi- Manish Tewari asking if such ty rate (TPR) -- the number n 11-member delegation people should be kept in the of positive cases against the Afrom Bihar led by Chief party. total tests done -- at 0.01 per Minister Nitish Kumar on Amid mounting pressure, & 2( $)&5( O0.P( cent, the lowest in the Monday called on Prime Sidhu met the two advisers at O P /0)P -( ( 6 country. Minister Narendra Modi and his Patiala residence on '/( (*, ))77+ Details on Page 3 demanded a caste-based census Monday, but it was not imme- across the country. diately known what was dis- In a U-turn, the BJP too /& ' .0,(1 2(- ( 0 cussed or decided there. seemed to revisit its stated .1( ( ) '(( Tewari’s open criticism policy of not holding caste 4 ( / ',() came a day after Punjab Chief OP# census. Senior BJP leader from Minister Amarinder Singh Bihar and Rajya Sabha member early next year, Sushil Modi’s Kumar told newspersons.