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NEARBY Assam, Mizoram agree to ease border tension Will approach SC for amicable solution, says Assam CM DU admissions to UG courses start today SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI GUWAHATI Satellite maps Registrations to various The Chief Ministers of As undergraduate courses in sam and Mizoram have to be used Delhi University are set to begin from Monday. The sought to ease tensions along their troubled inter Special Correspondent registration portal will be New Delhi open till August 31 for State border following a dis aspirants to complete the cussion with Union Home With the interState border application process. Minister Amit Shah. dispute between Assam and CITY Ī PAGE 3 An exchange of fire bet Mizoram flaring up, the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ween the police forces of Union government could be both States on July 26 left six relying on satellite mapping Grey Line extension Assam policemen and a civi to demarcate boundaries to open on August 6 lian dead and 60 others, in and settle such disputes NEW DELHI cluding Superintendent of between States, senior Smashing victory: Bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu celebrating during the medal ceremony for the women’s singles badminton The DMRC on Sunday said the Police of Cachar district officials said on Sunday. event in Tokyo on Sunday. She defeated He Bingjiao of China 2113, 2115 in the third place playoff.* GETTY IMAGES NajafgarhDhansa Bus Stand Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chan extension of Grey Line and CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 drakant, injured. Assam the Trilokpuri section of Pink DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Line between Mayur Vihar claimed the firing was one Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay sided and unprovoked, make judicious use of their government would ap Sindhu bags bronze, scripts history Lake stations will be while Mizoram said they re social media platform” to proach the Supreme Court inaugurated on August 6. taliated to the aggression by prevent any possible escala in 15 days for an amicable so CITY Ī PAGE 2 the Assam police. tion of the situation. He later lution to the boundary row Badminton ace becomes the first Indian woman to win two Olympics medals DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Mizoram Chief Minister deleted the tweet, but ret for both States to follow. Zoramthanga on Sunday weeted a post by Dr. Sarma. The two States share a Special Correspondent neiro in 2016. In the third to her that she should calm nals against a splendid Heavy rain leads to road Chennai took to Twitter to say that he “Our main focus is on 164.6km volatile border, place playoff, the 26year down. TzuYing. cave-in, waterlogging P.V. Sindhu wrote her name old defeated He Bingjiao of Having lost to Tai TzuYing Sindhu’s Olympic encore, NEW DELHI had a telephonic discussion keeping the spirit of north with each government ac into the history books with a China 2113, 2115. of Chinese Taipei in the sem even if the medal shades are As rain continued to lash with Mr. Shah and his Assam east alive. What happened cusing the other of not main Delhi, waterlogging was counterpart, Himanta Biswa along the AssamMizoram taining the status quo and bronze at the Tokyo Olym It was a clash that the Hy ifinal on Saturday, Sindhu different, has ensured that reported in several parts of Sarma. “We agreed to re border is unacceptable to encouraging its people to en pics on Sunday. derbadi pocketed with ease. was even more driven to she would be considered the city. After a road cavein solve the border issue amic the people of both States,” croach. The border conflict The badminton star be Sindhu set the tempo, dictat seize the one medal at stake. one of the greatest ever In under the IIT flyover, another ably through meaningful Dr. Sarma said. “Border dis is decadesold but things came the first Indian woman ed the angles and toyed with And it showed as she crafted dian sportspersons. incident was reported on dialogue,” he tweeted. putes can only be resolved started getting violent from to win two Olympics medals, her rival. And during those the contest’s template, a trait Ashoka Road on Sunday. He also asked the people through discussion.” October 2020. with her latest effort being a brief moments when she that she maintained right A MEMORABLE SUNDAY Ī PAGE 13 followup to the silver at the seemed overeager, her through her Olympics’ cam ROAD TO BOXER’S HOME BEING CITY Ī PAGE 2 of Mizoram to “avoid posting Dr. Sarma later told press DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD sensitive messages and persons in Guwahati that his CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 previous Games in Rio de Ja coach Park TaeSang hinted paign except in the semifi REPAIRED IN ASSAM Ī PAGE 10

Survivor alleges harassment by PSOs

Staff Reporter New Delhi The Unnao rape survivor has approached a Delhi court alleging harassment by the personal security of ﬁcers deputed on the di rection of the Supreme Court for her protection. District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma directed the Investigating Oﬃcer of the CBI to submit an impact assessment re port. “Application has been moved on the behalf of the complainant that she and her family members were harassed by the PSOs in a sense that they are not allowing her to enjoy her li berties,” the court said.

DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 9 GST revenues hit ₹1.16 lakh crore in July Rise in collections tions compared with July 2020, there were significant a sign of economic variations — Odisha and rebound: FinMin Jharkhand reported a 54% uptick, followed by Haryana Special Correspondent (53%) and Maharashtra NEW DELHI (51%), while Tamil Nadu and The gross Goods and Servic Gujarat clocked 36% growth. es Tax (GST) revenues in July Kerala reported a 27% recovered sharply to surge in GST revenues, des ₹1,16,393 crore, after slip pite having stricter COVID19 ping below the ₹1 lakh crore restrictions in place than mark for the first time in States such as Uttar Pradesh, eight months in June. West Bengal and Rajasthan, The Union government which recorded a growth of called the collections a sign 18%, 15% and 12%, of a rapid economic recov respectively. ery from the second wave of “The pace of growth the COVID19 pandemic, The July numbers include a substantial yearonyear across the States was highly though economists said they returns filed between July 1 growth, but GST collections uneven in July 2021, with indicated an “incomplete” and 5, amounting to ₹4,937 remain well below the all some industrial heavy rebound. crore, as taxpayers were gi time high recorded in April weights recording a sharp “With the easing out of ven relief on delayed return of ₹1.41 lakh crore. In our expansion,” Ms. Nayar said. COVID restrictions, GST col filing for June in the wake of view, this is further evidence The Ministry attributed lection for July 2021 has the second wave. that the graduated unlocking June’s blip in GST revenues again crossed ₹1 lakh crore, The July collections were in June 2021 has triggered an at ₹92,849 crore, after post which clearly indicates that 33% higher than a year ago, incomplete recovery that is ing above the ₹1 lakh crore the economy is recovering at with the GST collected on expected to strengthen in Ju mark for eight successive a fast pace. The robust GST the import of goods rising ly,” said Aditi Nayar, chief months, to the complete or revenues are likely to conti 36% and domestic transac economist at ICRA. partial lockdowns in most nue in the coming months tions, including import of States and Union territories too,” the Finance Ministry services, growing by 32%. Significant variations in May. said in a statement on Sun “There is a heartening se While most States reported day. quential increase, as well as positive growth in tax collec CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8

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Ashok Kumar Environmentalist Saurav GURUGRAM Bandhan said government t is often remarked that his agencies must consult experts tory repeats itself. Activists fume over before taking up any work in the I In Gurugram, it repeats ecologically fragile area; (left) itself every monsoon in the one of the creeks along Golf form of waterlogged roads. Course Road; (below) some of A heavy spell of rain — the waste that was removed around 160 mm in a span of ‘mindless digging’ from the creeks. * ASHOK KUMAR less than 36 hours on July 1819 — left the city inundated. care, and appropriate soil ero Water gushed into houses sion prevention measures. De and roads virtually turned into pending on the average annual rivers. Underpasses on the na to combat flooding rainfall, contour bunds or tional highway running graded bunds could be con through the city were also Ahead of monsoon, the Gurugram civic body decided to clean, structed of proper structural flooded, and a body was re widen and connect the four creeks along Golf Course Road. design and construction mate trieved from one underpass. rial. Boulders, stones and rub All major roads and inter Environmentalists have panned the approach as ‘unscientific’ ble should be used. No ce sections in the city were water mented structures should be logged. Sheetla Mata Mandir committee comprising then more spells later, the situation tour trenches and created wa tion of concrete check dams in demolition waste and other permitted in the Aravalis. The Road, a perennial waterlogging Municipal Corporation Guru on Golf Course Road has been ter bodies in 600hectares area side the creeks, but he used his wastes,” said Hemani Pundir rainwater runoff on the roads point, was the worst affected. gram Commissioner Vinay Pra far better compared to the pre of Aravalis to successfully col expertise to decide that ear Rawat, a volunteer for Clean should be channelised into the Videos of devotees, includ tap Singh, Additional Commis vious year. We now plan to lect around 11,46,000 kilolitres then check dams were enough Air, in a tweet about the pit dug natural drains, depressions, ing women and children, wad sioner Jaspreet Kaur and the plant vegetation along the of water on July 19. to hold the runoff, keeping in in Creek1 along Sunset Boule creeks etc. with the help of ing through waisthigh water local councillors in ZoneIII, creeks,” said Mr. Yadav. He, ho view the amount of rainfall the vard Road. hume pipes fitted with trash went viral on social media. deliberated on the matter and wever, conceded that the work Drainage system city received. screens,” said Mr. Bandhan. But despite the heavy rain decided that the four creeks in the creeks was done without “The water collected was esti Several environmentalists, Unwanted construction He added that loose sandy for more than a day, the situa flowing through the area must the supervision of an environ mated to be equal to the city’s however, are fuming at what A few others have also object soil of the Aravalis, if compact tion on Raghvendra Road, also be cleaned and widened, and mental expert and not based water supply for 34 days. they call the “unscientific”, ed to the construction of the ed properly with vegetation to known as Golf Course Road, their segments reconnected to on any report or Since the water drainage “shortterm” and “quickfix” “unwanted” cement chutes prevent erosion, could be used was remarkably better than avoid flooding,” said Tushar study. system of the city is approach of the government despite hume pipes along the for constructing the bunds or the previous year with none of Yadav, Executive Engineer, Subhash Ya not made to han agencies to solve ecological is road, and the “mindless” dig barriers but only with proper the underpasses on the road MCG Division8, ZoneIII. dav, Head, dle rainfall of this sues. The environmentalists ging of the forest to create con understanding of the slope, being inundated and the rain Urban Envi scale in a single pointed out that the water bo tour trenches and the setting flow rate, volume of rainwater, water getting drained just a Waste dumped in creeks ronment day, there was dies dug up in the creeks had up of avoidable check dams. and other factors. few hours after the downpour. Mr. Tushar said a huge quanti Division, waterlogging. left several trees uprooted and Saurav Bandhan, an envi Hydrogeological experts, In 2020, three underpasses ty of waste, mostly construc Gurugram The situation roots of many other exposed ronmentalist, said the govern geologists, structural engi on Raghvendra Road, a signal tion and demolition waste, was Metropoli could have and caused the soil around ment agencies must take “ap neers, etc. must be consulted free stretch through DLF area cleared from the creeks, which tan Deve been far worse them to erode, causing more propriate scientific measures” and such projects should be from Shankar Chowk to AIT were then also widened. The lopment had the water harm than good. to collect and harvest the rain implemented under their su Chowk, were inundated and pipes from under the roads Authority, collected in the “It seems that no calcula water flowing down the pervision, he added. had to be shut for traffic. connecting them to the drain said the agency Aravalis also flowed tions were done for the dimen creeks, ridges, natural drains “The Aravali mountain The longest underpass, near along the ChakkarpurWazira constructed chutes down into the city’s sions of the pit before digging of the Aravalis without displac range is ecologically fragile. DLF PhaseI Rapid Metro sta bad Bandh were also desilted. on the roads along the drainage system,” he said. it. After rains are over, these ing any trees and soil. Destroying the Aravalis will tion, was filled to the top. “Despite the heaviest rain of creeks, raised the height of the Mr. Subhash claimed the ex huge pits can be great dump “Widening of natural drains destroy the ecosystem of Gur “After the rains last year, a the season on July 19 and two speedbreakers, dug up con perts had suggested construc ing areas for construction and could be done but with proper gaon,” warned Mr. Bandhan.

Road near For 16th consecutive day, less than Laxmi Nagar shut for repair 1,000 fined for not wearing masks work: police A total of 1,64,562 people prosecuted for not wearing masks from April 19 to July 31 STAFF REPORTER NEW DELHI STAFF REPORTER from April 19 to July 31, the The Delhi Traffic Police NEW DELHI data said. on Sunday issued an advi The Delhi police issued less The Delhi Disaster Manage sory saying a portion of a than 1,000 challans for not ment Authority on July 24, in road near Laxmi Nagar wearing masks for the 16th its latest set of lockdown re mother dairy has been consecutive day in the city, laxations, said the Delhi Me closed for 10 days due to said officials on Sunday. tro and public buses will op repair work in underpass According to the data, 1,113 erate with full seating and upper side of Nation people were prosecuted for capacity from July 26 while ci al Highway 24. A man helps a rickshaw puller stuck in a waterlogged road under a railway bridge in north not wearing masks on July 15. nema halls, theatres and mul Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh on Sunday morning. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Since then, the police have is tiplexes will open with 50% Alertnate routes sued challans in triple digits occupancy. Commuters and moto only. As per data provided by rists coming from Laxmi the police, they issued 988 DDMA unlock guidelines Nagar side, mother dairy Extensive waterlogging, road cavein challans for mask violations The latest DDMA unlock gui towards Kalyanpuri and on July 16. delines say the Delhi Metro Trilokpuri can take a left On Saturday, a total of 37 The police said they have police challaned 26,155 peo will be allowed to operate turn towards service road reported in Capital due to heavy rain people were prosecuted for issued a total of 833 challans ple for violating social dis with 100% seating capacity on NH24 then take U violating social distancing, 34 on Saturday. tancing norm, 1,558 for large from July 26 but no standing turn from next underpass Met Department forecasts cloudy sky with moderate rain today for spitting and 22 for con A total of 1,64,562 people public gatherings or congre passenger will be allowed. and can reach their desti sumption of liquor, pan, gutk were prosecuted for not gations, 740 for spitting and The order also directed nations, the Delhi Traffic Special Correspondent ha, tobacco etc., it said. Two wearing mask in the national 1,481 for consumption of liqu that the number of people al Police tweeted. NEW DELHI persons were prosecuted for capital during lockdown from or, pan, gutkha, tobacco etc., lowed at marriage functions Motorists and commu As rain continued to lash large public gatherings and April 19 to July 31. the data said. A total of and funerals will be raised to ters coming from Kalyan Delhi, waterlogging re congregations, it said. In the same period of time, 1,94,496 challans were issued 100. puri and Trilokpuri side mained an issue in several and want to go to Laxmi parts of the city. After a road Nagar and Ghazipur can cavein under the IIT flyover take a left turn towards on Saturday, another inci 12 cheat foreigners by Grey Line extension, Pink service road NH24from dent was reported from mother dairy underpass Ashoka Road on Sunday. up to Khel Gaon near The Captial received 12.8 posing as tech support Line segment to open on Akshardham national mm rainfall between 8 a.m. highway authority of In and 5.30 p.m. on Sunday dia office and go to their and 28.2 mm of rainfall over All of the accused arrested from Dwarka Aug. 6, announces DMRC destinations, it said. a period of 24 hours ending A portion of a road at 8 a.m. The maximum Repair work being carried out under the IITDelhi flyover on STAFF REPORTER tion that some persons were Puri, CM to inaugurate new extensions caved in at Mangolpuri temperature settled at 32.1 Sunday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT NEW DELHI running an international on following downpour, af degrees Celsius, which was Twelve persons have been line cheating racket in Dwar Special Correspondent these sections, the Delhi fecting traffic movement two degrees below normal <> Our PWD officials DJB said it repaired the bro arrested for allegedly cheat ka Sector7. The accused NEW DELHI Metro network will be in the area. and the minimum tempera worked round the ken pipeline in less than 8 ing foreigners on the pretext used to get in touch with the The Delhi Metro Rail Cor come 390km long with “The road near YBlock ture settled at 24.8 degrees clock and repaired hours and the water supply of providing them technical U.S. or Canadabased resi poration (DMRC) on Sun 286 metro stations. in Mangolpuri has caved Celsius — two degrees below the sunken road was restored before the support, the police said on dents via VOIP calls, bypass day said the Najafgarh in. The traffic will be hea normal. under the IIT flyover next water supply time so Sunday. ing the legal international Dhansa Bus Stand exten Vital connections vy,” the Delhi Traffic Pol The Met has forecast a in record time that no inconvenience was The accused used to long distance gateways. sion of Grey Line and the The DMRC said the 891 ice said in a tweet. generally cloudy sky with caused. Satyendar Jain cheat the foreigners by im “On Saturday, a raid was Trilokpuri section of Pink metrelong Najafgarh In another tweet, it moderate rain/thunder PWD Minister personating tech supporters conducted at the premises Line between Mayur Vihar Dhansa Bus Stand section said traffic has also been storms on August 2. The Water levels in Yamuna of an ecommerce company. and the accused were held,” Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri will take the metro further affected in Zakhira under maximum and minimum peline before yesterday Delhi government officials The accused have been iden said DCP (Dwarka) Santosh Sanjay Lake stations will be into the interior areas of pass, Azadpur underpass temperature is likely to set midnight under the IIT also said the Yamuna was tified as Mandeep Singh, Sat Kumar Meena. The accused inaugurated on August 6. Najafgarh, while the Trilok and Shakti Nagar under tle between 29 and 25 de flyover. Thereafter, our flowing just below the dan tick Chakraborty, Harpreet used to send fake popups as Union Minister for Hous puri section will connect pass due to waterlogging. grees Celsius. PWD officials worked round ger mark at 205.30 meters Singh, Nitin Choudhary, Jo ransomware detected, se ing and Urban Affairs Har the entire 59kmlong Pink PWD Minister Satyendar the clock and repaired the on Sunday morning, which bin George, Hanumantu curity warnings etc. to the deep Singh Puri and Chief Line with important land Jain on Sunday said the road sunken road under the IIT was just below the danger The road near Rao, Mohit Gupta, Nitesh U.S. residents . They in Minister Arvind Kejriwal marks such as Anand Vihar <> cavein under the IIT flyover flyover in record time [sic]”. mark of 205.33 meters. Kumar, Subhodeep Bhatta structed victims to call on a are expected to inaugurate Railway station, Anand Vi YBlock in has been repaired in record The PWD said there was a They added that over 100 charya, Moumita Majumdar, number specified on the the two new extensions af har ISBT, Nizamuddin Rail Mangolpuri has time. He tweeted: “The tire leakage under the IIT flyov families living in the Yamu Diksha Khetarpal, and Sha popup in order to pay for ter which passenger servic way station and markets in caved in. The less efforts of our Delhi Jal er and the road was sub na floodplains have been ba Khatun. technical support to resolve es will commence at 3 p.m. South Extension, INA, and traffic will be heavy Board officials have res merged in water and was moved to higher areas over The police got informa the threat. With the opening of Lajpat Nagar. Delhi Traffic Police tored the broken water pi thus closed for traffic. The the last few days.

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Timings DELHI HC seeks CBSE stand on Students at the School of Open Learning in Delhi MONDAY, AUG. 02 University. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA RISE 05:44 SET 19:12 plea on assessment of RISE 00:25 SET 14:12 TUESDAY, AUG. 03 RISE 05:44 SET 19:11 private Class X students RISE 01:02 SET 15:07 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 04 Board’s counsel sought 10 days’ time RISE 05:45 SET 19:10 RISE 01:42 SET 16:02 Press Trust of India matter for further hearing on New Delhi August 23. The Delhi High Court has The notice to CBSE in the granted time to the Central petition was issued in June Board of Secondary Educa when the court granted six tion to respond to a plea con weeks’ time to the education Delhi University is offering 65,000 UG seats for aspirants this cerning the methodology of body to clarify its stand. assessment of private Class X In her petition, Payal Bahl year for which registrations will begin today. Principals and students after the examina has submitted that while stu officials believe that an increased number of students scoring tion was cancelled on account dents have been declared as of the pandemic earlier this “pass” after the announce above 95% could lead to higher cutoff marks year. ment of cancellation of exam Justice Prateek Jalan, hear inations, CBSE has not issued Shinjini Ghosh senior DU officials said. ing a petition moved by the any notification regarding its NEW DELHI Apart from 13 courses for mother of a private Class X policy on how marks are to be egistrations to va which admissions will be student, passed the order af awarded to private students. rious undergraduate through DUET (Delhi Un ter time was sought by the CBSE’s attitude towards Rcourses in Delhi Un Yet another year iversity Entrance Test), ad counsel for the Central Board the students who are private iversity (DU) are set to be missions to all other under of Secondary Education ly enrolled in Class X exami 0 gin from Monday. The on graduate courses will be (CBSE). nation is “prima facie viola DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to line registration portal will based on merit, the varsity “Rupesh Kumar, learned tive of the Article 14 of the verify and make appropriate enquiries to be open till August 31 for as had announced earlier this counsel for the Central Board Constitution of India” and satisfy themselves about the veracity of admissions an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG pirants to complete the ap month. of Secondary Education, takes away “their equal op PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & of Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch plication process. seeks ten days’ further time to portunity of proceeding with for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s According to DU offi Mr. Gupta said that this Cutoff marks take instructions on the meth further education”, she con products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- cials, the university will modification was brought Following the declaration odology for assessment of tended. It is highlighted that ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in permit candidates applying in to ensure that students of the CBSE XII board ex private candidates for the CBSE has already notified that any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in under the ECA (extracur who had missed out on par aminations, principals of Class X examinations,” the assessment of regular Class X this newspaper. ricular activities) and ticipating in events last year several DU colleges and of judge recorded in the order students was to be based on sports categories to upload due to the pandemic can al ficials said that an in dated July 29 as he listed the internal assessment. certificates from the last so apply by choosing their creased number of stu four years instead of the three best certificates. dents scoring above 95% Delhi zoo usual three, as an excep could lead to the university tion due to the pandemic. Same procedure having soaring cutoff reopens after Like last year, no trials will According to the university, marks this year. be held and admissions un the entire admission pro Last year, Lady Shri Ram over 3 months der these categories will be cess will be held online and College had an asking score based on certificates sub aspirants are not required of 100% for three courses – Press Trust of India mitted by the candidates. to visit colleges and depart colleges can collect addi and queries, officials Economics, Political New Delhi Rajeev Gupta, Chairper ments for any purpose. The tional data or information added. Science and Psychology. The Delhi zoo was reo son of DU Admissions, had admission criteria have also but that will not require ex “The admission branch However, several offi pened to the public on earlier said: “All trialbased remained unchanged for tra payment,” Mr. Gupta will organise webinars and cials also said that the cut Sunday, three and a half admissions including this year, according to said. tutorial videos for aspi off marks would also de months after it was tempo sports and ECA quota will officials. Senior officials associat rants. These videos will pend on the number of as rarily shut due to a surge in be completely based on “The admission commit ed with the university’s on have details about the regis pirants applying to the COVID19 cases during the certificates this year. Stu tee has taken a conscious line admission portal said tration process and assist varsity this year. Senior DU second wave. dents can upload certifi call to not change any eligi that suitable framework students to fill the applica officials had also said that The facility had earlier cates from last four years. bility criteria. Considering had been created where as tion forms. Interactive and “better modalities” for cut remained closed for over a This is a modification to the unprecedented situa pirants can check fee struc AIbased questionnaires off marks would be worked year due to the pandemic what was done last year. tion, the fee structure, re tures for every college and have also been developed. out to avoid “over and un and bird flu and was reo For this year’s admission gistration and cancellation course. All colleges and depart der admissions.” Capital sees 85 more pened on April 1. process, candidates can charges have also been kept The varsity’s online por ments have been asked to According to the univer “Rain could not deter pick the three best certifi the same. Colleges will also tal will also have 24x7 help appoint nodal officers, de sity, there are around the spirit and enthusiasm cates from the last four not be asking students to fill desks and Chatbots to assist tails of which will be 65,000 undergraduate COVID-19 cases, 1 death of the people, especially years and upload.” additional forms. However, students in clearing doubts uploaded on the website,” seats on offer this year. the young ones. We are try TPR at 0.12%; active cases stand at 582 ing our best to make their visit worthwhile,” Zoo Di Special Correspondent tin said that 83,049 people rector Ramesh Pandey NEW DELHI had been vaccinated in the said. ‘Tiranga Yatra a plan to instigate and defame farmers’ The Capital recorded 85 new past 24hours out of which The zoo will operate in COVID19 cases and one 20,179 got their first dose. two shifts — from 8 a.m. to death, according to a health The total number of people noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. bulletin released by the Del vaccinated has reached Visitors are required to SKM appeals to Haryana farmers not to oppose it; flag protests against BJP and JJP to continue hi government on Sunday. 1,00,32,817 out of which buy tickets online on the The bulletin added that 26,65,152 have received both zoo’s website or at the en Press Trust of India Yatra’ of the BJP’s Haryana Mr. Dhankar, along with tisgarh, a parallel Kisan San and leave them at the mercy 72,447 tests have been con doses. try gates using QR codes. New Delhi unit is mainly to instigate State Agriculture Minister J.P. sad was run by the State of the big corporations. ducted with a positivity rate The administration has al Samyukta Kisan Morcha farmers and defame them. Dalal, rode a tractor with Tri Kisan Sabha on Friday, in soli Over 10 rounds of talks of 0.12%. Vaccine stock so introduced cycles for its (SKM) on Sunday appealed to SKM urged farmers to see colour fixed on its both sides darity with the Kisan Sansad with the government that has There are 582 active cases The vaccination bulletin staff in a bid to minimise Haryana farmers not to op through this devious plan of during the ‘yatra’, which was near the Parliament,” the been projecting the laws as in the city out of which 172 showed that as of August 1 noise pollution due to veh pose the ‘Tiranga Yatra’ of BJP, and to not let this dirty taken out on a 30kmlong morcha said. major agricultural reforms are under home isolation. morning, 3,56,130 doses of icles and reduce carbon the State’s BJP unit claiming tactic, under the guise of the route from Bahal to Loharu. The Kisan Sansad is part of have failed to break the dea The total number of cases Covaxin was available as footprint. that it was a “devious plan” to national flag, succeed,” it said The SKM also said the ‘Ki the latest strategy of the farm dlock between the two since the pandemic began 1,18,490 doses were added According to Mr. Pan instigate and defame in the statement. san Sansad’ will continue at ers who have been protesting parties. has now gone to 14,36,350 to the stock on July 31. For dey, the zoo had recorded farmers. The Haryana BJP’s two Jantar Mantar in Delhi on against the Centre’s three As part of these Kisan San along with 25,054 deaths. Covishield, 4,76,610 doses only 124 animal deaths, the The umbrella body of 40 weeklong ‘Tiranga Yatra’ Monday. contentious farm laws at mul sad sessions, 200 farmers On Saturday, the city had remain. lowest in the last three farmer unions said in a state ahead of the 75th Indepen “The Kisan Sansad, des tiple Delhi borders since No from the protest sites partici reported 58 COVID19 cases The government has 909 years, while it remained ment that the other pro dence Day began from Bhiwa pite the site of the Sansad in vember last year. pate in a mock Parliament with a positivity rate of centres at 401 locations with closed to the public in grammes of boycott and flag ni on Sunday, with party’s Jantar Mantar being flooded The farmers have ex session at Jantar Mantar dur 0.08% and one death due to a capacity to vaccinate 202021. There are 94 spe protests against the BJP and State chief O.P. Dhankar with water, is functioning in a pressed fear that the new ing which issues concerning the infection. 1,58,502 people in a day. The cies and 1,162 animals in the JJP will continue. claiming that thousands of disciplined manner, with de laws will eliminate the Mini the farming community were Sharing details about the total number of days for the zoo at present. “The proposed ‘Tiranga farmers also joined the event. tailed deliberations. In Chhat mum Support Price system discussed. vaccination drive, the bulle which the stock remains is 5.

Campaign to strengthen Lifeline: (Right) Ration distribution using e-PoS machine at Jahangirpuri; foodgrain distribution legal services launched Ration distribution in progress at a centre in Majlis Park in the city. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Several projects related to it unveiled FPS, also said that the issues with Special Correspondent ating rights of a person at the system are less now. GURUGRAM picks up pace after prearrest, arrest and re Supreme Court Judge and mand stage to be affixed in Govt. lacks preparedness Executive Chairman of Na police stations, courts and Anjali Bhardwaj of the Delhi Rozi tional Legal Services Author jails. Roti Adhikar Abhiyaan said that ity, Justice Uday Umesh La Speaking on the occasion, server glitches the government should have lit, on Sunday unveiled a Justice Lalit emphasised learnt from its past mistakes and yearlong campaign by Ha upon the need for virtual Shops distributed 87.8% of their target for July since ONORC scheme implementation: govt. data should have been prepared this ryana Legal Services Author modes of creating awareness time. Nikhil M Babu ity to strengthen legal servic when the physical interac New Delhi unable to connect the ePoS to the In 2018, the government had es in the State and tions were not possible in sit online system. started distributing ration through inaugurated several projects uation like COVID19. He also fter a bumpy start to the ePoS, but had to stop and go back associated with it. shared his views on the diffi rollout of the ‘One Nation No alternative way to the manual system due to pro Launching the campaign, culties faced by people while AOne Ration Card’ scheme Details of a beneficiary need to be blems with the online process. “Quality of Legal Services is taking legal aid and put em (ONORC) in Delhi, fair price shops entered online before distributing “With the pandemic, PDS [pu Key to Access to Justice for phasis on working out such (FPS) have distributed 87.8% of ration under the ONORC scheme, blic distribution system] has be All”, at Apparel House in problems so that the confi their target for July in the last 12 and if the system is not working, come the lifeline for people. When Sector44 here, Justice Lalit dence of the people on the days, according to government da then there is no other alternative there are disruptions in the distri inaugurated a dedicated vi legal services authorities ta. to give ration. bution, many won’t be able to feed deoconferencing facility for might get better day by day. Owners of fair price shops said “When a number is entered, it their children,” Ms. Bhardwaj said. structured and regular con The campaign, concep that initially there were glitches in has to be checked with the local She said that the government sultation between the in tualised by Haryana State the online system, which the e server and an UIDAI [Unique Iden should have an alternative meth mates and legal aid counsel Legal Services Authority, is PoS (electronic point of sale) ma tification Authority of India] ser od to distribute ration if the on in all districts of the State aimed at strengthening the chines use, leading to queues at ver. If the person is from outside line system is not working or bio and kids zones for the chil legal services at different shops, but the system is working Delhi, then the other State’s server metrics are not being detected by dren accompanying their stages and make justice ac better now. is also involved. So, if there is pro the machine. parents to Alternative Dis cessible for all despite any Distribution of ration started on tion. However, for the past two also present, and other FPS own blem in any of the servers, the “There is an uneven burden on pute Resolution Centres. economical or social con ly from July 20, as the Delhi govern three days we have not faced any ers had also posted photos of their process won’t be complete,” a Del the vulnerable people when it He also released a short straint. Its primary objective ment decided to implement the major problem,” said Satvir Singh, ePoS machines, which could not hi government official said. comes to the ePoS system. People film on Juvenile Justice Act is to enhance the quality of ONORC scheme a day before it. 61, who runs a shop at Matia Ma retrieve data of people, after en “Initially there were issues, but who do manual labour and old pe (Care and Protection) Act, legal services and maximise “Last week, the system was not hal. tering their ration card number. we have fixed most of the issues ople are the ones, whose biomet 2015; animated short clip on the efforts of Legal Services working for a few hours for three Mr. Singh showed a WhatsApp Initially, there were problems and the distribution is going very rics do not match with the system rights of a person at prear Institutions in reaching out days at a stretch leading to long group, “Circle 21 Matia Mahal’, in with the government server and well now,” the official added. in most cases. And they are the rest and arrest stage and to people living in any cor queues of people waiting to get ra which government officials were many a time, shop owners were Krishan Kumar, who also runs a most vulnerable too,” she added. awareness posters enumer ner of the State.

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DELHI THE HINDU 4 NORTH & EAST MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Rajasthan farmers turning into entrepreneurs Ex-Manipur Bihar CM Nitish meets Congress As many as 617 agroprojects are in the pipeline with an investment of ₹1,255 crore chief joins BJP Mohammed Iqbal after value addition. Farmers INLD chief O.P. Chautala jaipur were also getting fair prices Press trust of India Farmers growing grains and for their produce through New Delhi vegetables in their ﬁelds in such units. He enquires about Haryana leader’s health, discusses politics Former Manipur Congress western Rajasthan are now Shiv Ram Parihar of Balar president Govindas Kon sorting and grading their pro wa village, who has set up a Special Correspondent thoujam joined the BJP on cessed agricultural products spice processing enterprise, GURUGRAM Sunday, saying he was im with machines. Taking advan said farmers could store their Bihar Chief Minister Nitish pressed with the Modi go tage of subsidies, incentives commodities with the crea Kumar and Janata Dal (Unit vernment’s development and land conversion oﬀered tion of warehouses and get ed) general secretary K.C. work for the region. by government agencies dur loans to meet their immediate Tyagi called on former Ha He joined the BJP in the ing the pandemic, cultivators needs without the compul ryana Chief Minister Om presence of Manipur Chief in the State are fast turning in sion to sell the produce im Prakash Chautala at his resi Minister N. Biren Singh, to entrepreneurs. Warehouses and food processing units established on farm mediately after harvesting. dence here on Sunday to en State BJP chief A. Sharda De

With the agroindustry set land in Jodhpur's Osian tehsil. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. quire about his health and vi, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Ba ting its firm foot in nonde 50% grant for project also discussed political luni and the party’s in script rural areas, mainly in so providing employment to ing ground water level had As part of the policy, farmers issues. charge for the State Sambit Jodhpur district, chains of the village youths. created difficulties for his and their organisations are gi The lunch meeting bet Patra, among others. warehouses, cold storage fa Support for entrepreneur farming activities. “When I ven a 50% grant, or a maxi ween the three leaders was Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Indian National Lok Dal chief Mr. Konthoujam later cilities and food processing ship in the farmer community came to know of the new mum of ₹1 crore, of the pro prescheduled and Mr. Chau met BJP president J.P. Kumar * FILE PHOTO Om Prakash Chautala * units have been established came through the State go scheme, I submitted a project ject cost, while other eligible tala had announced it this Nadda. on agricultural land in a big vernment’s agroprocessing, report for a groundnut decor entrepreneurs get the grant past Tuesday. 10year sentence in a cor ty at the Centre and has al “I welcome him to the way. Despite the adverse cir agribusiness and agriexport tication unit. The loan and of 25%, or a maximum of ₹50 ruption case, had this past liance governments with party and wish him the very cumstances of the COVID19 promotion policy adopted in subsidy were approved in the lakh. To reduce the cost of op Abhay’s tweet Tuesday said that he would the JJP in Haryana and with best for his new innings,” he pandemic, as many as 617 2019. The ambitious scheme pandemic,” he said. eration, farmers are given in Indian National Lok Dal se soon start meeting political JD(U) in Bihar. tweeted. agroprojects are in the pipe gives subsidy on capital in terest subvention at the rate cretarygeneral and former leaders towards forging a A sixtime consecutively line with an estimated invest vestment and interest to Onion, garlic export of 6% for five years on getting Leader of Opposition, Ab ‘third front’. Farm laws flayed elected MLA from the Bish ment of ₹1,255 crore. farmers and entrepreneurs Woman farmer Munni Sank term loans. hay Singh, shared the news The octogenarian leader Mr. Chautala had said that nupur seat, Mr. Konthou Farmers have evinced a for setting up agroprocessing hla, known as a progressive Bhaskar A. Sawant, Princi about the meeting between had said that he would try the “biggest need today is to jam had quit the Congress a keen interest in setting up un industries and developing cultivator in the region, has pal Secretary, Agriculture, the three leaders with a to meet leaders of all Oppo change the present re few days back and his deci its for oilseeds, pulses, spices, infrastructure. installed an oniongarlic de said the value addition to tweet in Hindi and a few pic sition parties before Sep gime”, adding that the sion to join the saffron party cotton, milk and grain pro Mohan Ram Chaudhary, hydration plant in her agricul agricultural products would tures. In one of the pictures, tember 25, the birth anni Centre’s farm laws were would be a boost to it ahead cessing along with warehous who established an agroin tural field. Ms. Sankhla said directly benefit the cultiva Mr. Kumar is seen offering a versary of former Deputy against the farmers and of the Assembly elections in es and cattle feed enterprises. dustry at Mathania village in her unit had started export tors by facilitating the sale of “shawl” to Mr. Chautala Prime Minister Devi Lal, to would only benefit the cor the state early next year. While becoming financially Jodhpur’s Osian tehsil, told ing onions and garlic, availa processed items at fair and re with the two leaders sur forge an alternative to the porate. Mr. Kumar and Mr. The Chief Minister, who selfsufficient, farmers are al The Hindu that the decreas ble locally in good quantity, munerative prices. rounded by a couple of “corrupt BJP government at Tyagi have earlier worked was also in the Congress more people. Mr. Tyagi is al the Centre”. Mr. Chautala with Mr. O.P. Chautala’s prty before joining the BJP, so seen in the picture. had said that he also had father and former Deputy called Mr. Konthoujam a EDUCATIONAL Mr. Chautala, who was plans to meet Mr. Kumar, a Prime Minister late Chaud friend and asserted that released from jail last BJP ally. hary Devi Lal. more leaders will be joining month on completion of his The BJP is the ruling par (With PTI inputs) the party.

OBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE Over 700 Halam people EDUCATIONAL DEATH ANNIVERSARIES return to Tripura

North Tripura district ad They had fled ministration sent vehicles to after clashes with Karimganj on Sunday to Bru refugees bring back the displaced pe ople. Syed Sajjad Ali District officials said they Agartala have arranged temporary Repatriation of several stay of the returnees at a hundred people who had ta school building in Damcher ken shelter in Assam’s Ka ra before they would return rimganj district following to their respective hamlets. clashes with Bru refugees in CRPF contingents have north Tripura began on Sun been deployed in violence day. The exodus occurred hit places and Section 144 of last week after local indige CrPC imposed to contain the nous residents and Mizoram tension. Authorities claimed Bru refugees of a makeshift that the situation has been camp clashed over alleged completely normal. encroachment of farmland. Local leaders of different EDUCATIONAL At least 700 people of Ha political parties, village el The Hyderabad Public School, lam subtribes were dis ders and Bru refugee repre Begumpet (ICSE), Hyderabad, T.S. is placed after rioters torched sentatives extended help to seeking a dedicated Principal with strong Administrative and Academic several houses at Damcherra restore peace and amity bet Vision. Interested Candidates posses- area of north Tripura dis ween ethnic groups. sing Post Graduate Degree in a teaching subject and B.Ed. from a trict. A number of people Recognized University with Five Years sustained injuries, but none TIPRA for peace of Experience as Head of a Reputed was seriously hurt. Meanwhile, Tipraha Indige School may send their CV’s with in 7 Days through Email / Courier or drop The displaced people nous Progressive Regional it at the office of the undersigned. To crossed the Longai river to Alliance or the TIPRA, which The Secretary to BOG The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad, reach Karimganj of Assam. is governing the Tribal Auto T.S. 500016, Phone: 040-27761546 / Karimganj district adminis nomous District Council, 67590000, E-mail: recruitmentprpl@ hpsbegumpet.org.in tration provided them shel has called for ‘peace and un PUBLIC NOTICE ter and distributed relief ity among the State’s 19 tri materials. bal clans’. BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena unfurls tribal flag, detained Press trust of india The white flag was unfur Jaipur led at a parapet in the rear BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena side of the fort, where the was detained on Sunday af tribal leader along with ter he unfurled a tribal flag around a dozen supporters on the wall of the Ambagarh reached in the early hours. Fort by hoodwinking the Tensions had escalated heavy police force deployed between the Meenas and at the monument, a centre Hindu organisations in June of dispute between the after a saffron flag atop the members of the Meena com fort here was removed by a munity and Hindutva group of youths from the organisations. Meena community. PUBLIC NOTICE Three killed as car plunges into canal

Press Trust of India Bikaner Three members of a family drowned and two are mis sing after the car they were travelling in plunged into the Indira Gandhi canal in Hanumangarh district on Sunday, the police said. Harish (40), his wife Su man (36), daughter Mee nakshi (14), son Manish (7) and sisterinlaw Manju (36) were there in the vehicle . The bodies of Suman, Mee nakshi and Manju were ﬁshed out of the canal near Ranjitpura village, the pol ice said. “Eyewitnesses claimed that the driver de liberately turned the vehicle towards the slope of the ca nal. The matter is being probed,” the police said.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Row over Lakshadweep beach villa plan Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Administration issues tender for 370 structures on beaches, lagoons despite warning from experts

S. Anandan interests of the local com land and 6 hectares of la Kochi munity as well, they argued. goon on Suheli island; for a Ignoring what marine biolo “Apart from being vital as period of 75 years to build Telangana announces farm loan waiver gists have warned of as a se nesting sites for several spe and operate these villas. HYDERABAD rious “developmental mis cies of turtle, it is a multiuse The proposed builtup The Telangana Cabinet step”, the Lakshadweep environment for fish pro area for the luxury project in decided to waive crop loans administration is pressing cessing, copra processing, Minicoy will be 13,702.5 sq in the range of ₹25,000 to ahead with plans to con boat landing, fish sale, re metres on land (110 beach ₹50,000 this year, at a struct beach and lagoon vil creation and other critical villas) and 5,020 sq metre meeting chaired by Chief las on three islands of the social functions. Having ac (40 floating villas) on the la Minister K. Chandrasekhar Union Territory with its fra cess to the beach is critical to goon; in Kadmat it will be Rao on Sunday. The upper gile coral ecosystem. island life. Even beaches on 10,823 sq metre area on land age limit for employment of A tender notice inviting Green concerns: Scientists and researchers fear the project uninhabited islands like Su (75 beach villas) and 4,500 economically weaker sections proposals from developers will destroy the fragile ecology of Lakshadweep. * ISTOCK heli are heavily used through sq metre (35 floating villas) was increased by five years. for building 370 villas using the fair season for fish pro on water; and in Suheli 9,945 the design, build, finance, A group of concerned are temperatureadapted cessing,” the scientists point sq metre on land (60 beach Naval officer drowns operate and transfer scientists and researchers and serve as refugia for cli ed out. villas) and 6,300 sq metre in waterfalls in Kerala Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) (DBFOT) model on public had petitioned the adminis matedisturbed outer reefs (50 floating villas) on water. KOTTAYAM Forecast for Monday: Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated private partnership (PPP) ba tration early last year detail in Lakshadweep. The 75-year rights The project is estimated to Lt. Abhishek Kumar, 28, of places over Uttarakhand, west Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pra sis on Minicoy, Kadmat and ing why the NITI Aayogled planned lagoon develop According to the tender not cost about ₹806 crore. the Southern Naval desh and subHimalayan West Bengal and heavy rainfall at isol Command, drowned in the Suheli islands was issued by project will be ecologically ment will destroy, perma ice and draft concession While there was earlier ated places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, west Marmala waterfalls near District Collector S. Asker disastrous and socioeco nently modify and pollute agreement, the plan is to talk of 80% of employment Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar and Assam Teekoy in Kottayam district on Ali, in his capacity as manag nomically illconsidered. large areas of the lagoon and award to the successful bid in the project going to the lo city rain max min city rain max min Sunday. He is a native of ing director of the Society for its ecosystems,” the petition der exclusive rights over 8.54 cal community, the docu Agartala...... 5....33.2....25.8 Kozhikode...... 4....31.8...... 25 Ahmedabad...... 0.3....31.4....25.3 Kurnool ...... —....33.8....24.3 Lucknow. He was among a Promotion of Nature Tou Lagoons as insurance ers said. hectares of land and 6 hec ments only mention in pass Aizawl...... —...... —...... — Lucknow...... 35....30.2....25.5 group of eight Navy officers rism and Sports (SPORTS), “The lagoon is a vital ‘insu The beaches being cultu tares of lagoon on Minicoy; ing that the “concessionaire Allahabad...... —....27.1....25.8 Madurai...... —....38.2....26.4 who visited the waterfalls. on July 31. September 2 is the rance site’ protecting the is ral and ecological spaces for 5.557 hectares of land and 6 shall make necessary efforts Bengaluru ...... —....27.5...... 20 Mangaluru ...... 2.4....29.2....24.2 Bhopal ...... 4.6....25.2...... 23 Mumbai ...... 0.4....30.4....26.4 A sudden surge of water is last date for submission of lands’ land and freshwater the islanders, the project hectares of lagoon on Kad to employ locals to the ex Bhubaneswar...... 0.5....33.8....25.4 Mysuru ...... —....29.8....20.6 said to have swept him off. proposals. supply. Lagoon coral patches would be detrimental to the mat; and 3.823 hectares of tent possible ”. Chandigarh ...... —....34.9....27.7 New Delhi ...... 40....31.8...... 23 Chennai ...... 11....34.8....24.4 Patna ...... 1...... 35....26.4 Coimbatore ...... —....32.9....22.6 Port Blair...... 13....30.8....23.9 Dehradun...... 0.6....30.2....24.9 Puducherry ...... 0.6....35.5....24.9 Gangtok...... 1.3....22.6....18.6 Pune...... 4....28.7....21.8 Court asks SBI to pay Goa...... 1.3....30.4...... 25 Raipur ...... —...... 28...... 25 Visitors to Karnataka hit by new norms Guwahati ...... 0.8....33.2....26.1 Ranchi...... 10....27.8....23.3 Hubballi...... —...... 27...... 21 Shillong...... 0.7....23.3....18.1 Hyderabad ...... —....29.9....22.8 Shimla...... 1....23.9....18.6 Many without have to shuttle three times a ₹215 cr. GST to A.P. govt. Imphal ...... 51....30.3....21.2 Srinagar...... —....29.2....19.5 Jaipur ...... 62....33.2....24.4 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....31.1....23.5 RTPCR report week. How can I keep getting Kochi ...... 5....30.2...... 25 Tiruchi...... —....36.7....28.4 tested twice a week?’’ ‘Bank can move appellate forum’ Kohima ...... 51.1....27.5....21.1 Vijayawada ...... —...... —...... — refused entry Belgavi Deputy Commis Kolkata ...... —....33.8....27.1 Visakhapatnam ...... —...... 38....27.8 sioner M.G. Hiremath and Staff Reporter pay GST to the tune of (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Special Correspondent Superintendent of Police VIJAYAWADA ₹215,10,75,375. Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday BELAGAVI/ MYSURU/ BENGALURU CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Lakshman Nimbaragi visited A Division Bench of the And The bank had primarily Ahmedabad..... 22 .44 .24 ....61 ...86 ....* The enforcement of the Kar the Kuganoli checkpost on hra Pradesh High Court re contended that it was not Bengaluru ...... 10 .22 .25 ..169 .108 ....* In observation made at * 4.00 p.m., Udupi, Karnataka nataka government’s new Sunday to take stock of the fused to entertain a writ pe liable to pay any tax since it Chennai ...... 12 .13 .33 ....12 ...72 .... recorded an overall air Delhi ...... 4 .15 .86 ....52 .150 ....* quality index (AQI) score of COVID19 guidelines requir situation. He told The Hindu tition filed by the State Bank was not rendering any ser Hyderabad ...... 1 .68 .15 ....13 ...28 ....* 227 indicating an unhealthy ing a negative RTPCR report that the system would be of India (SBI) against an obli vice while levying penal in Kolkata...... 11 .27 .22 ....51 ...69 ....* level of pollution. In * contrast, Shillong, for travellers from Kerala streamlined in a few days. gation to pay ₹215.11 crore terest on defaulters. Lucknow...... 18 .14 .84 ....60 ...66 .... Meghalaya recorded a Mumbai ...... 67 .10 ...— ....63 .103 ....* healthy AQI score of 13. and Maharashtra, resulted in Chaos reigns: People queueing up at the Attibele checkpost A similar situation pre towards underdeclared The Commercial Taxes Pune...... 22 .11 108 ....74 ...66 ....* * confusion at the interState in Bengaluru on Sunday. * MURALI KUMAR K. vailed along the border with GST to the Andhra Pradesh department relied on the Visakhapatnam 13 .44 .29 ....40 ...87 .... checkposts, particularly Kerala. government on an exempt agreements SBI entered into Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) along the border with Maha ducted within the previous vellers were not aware of the At the Attibele check post ed turnover and directed it with various borrowers and SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, rashtra, leading to traffic 72 hours unlike the earlier new norm. Even those hav near Bengaluru, bordering to seek an alternative reme determined that the levy of making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues snarls. The revised guide option of producing a vacci ing COVID19 negative report Tamil Nadu, officials dy from the appellate forum penal interest was actually and monuments. lines were issued in the wake nation certificate for entry. found it difficult to enter the screened vehicles bearing concerned. an act of forbearance and a NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by of a surge in cases in the The police and health State from Maharashtra as a registration numbers of Ker The SBI had filed the peti service for which the bank reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. neighbouring States. workers at the interState long queue of vehicles de ala and Maharashtra which tion challenging an order of was charging amounts and CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause The new guidelines, an checkposts refused entry to layed the process of check were coming from both Ker assessment issued by the hence was liable to pay GST. dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. nounced on Friday night, vehicles carrying passengers ing their reports. ala and Tamil Nadu. Travell Deputy Commissioner of Y.N. Vivekananda, go PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, mandate that travellers to without the required RTPCR Sahil Sheikh, a regular tra ers without a negative RT State Tax (Audit, No.1 Divi vernment pleader, argued nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature the State must have an RT negative reports. The move veller between Maharashtra PCR reports were refused sion, Vijayawada), wherein that the SBI was liable to pay death in people with heart or lung disease PCR negative report con caused chaos as several tra and Karnataka, remarked: “I entry. the bank was held liable to the State tax.

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Man falls into tank Language of intimidation won’t be tolerated: CM at work site, injured Poultry industry urges Centre THANE A construction worker was He asks beneficiaries of chawls redevelopment project not to fall prey to allurement injured after he fell into a to allow import of GM soy seeds tank in Thane city around 1.45 Press Trust of India er person will not be able to a.m. on Sunday, regional ‘Farmers battered by pandemic and rising raw material costs’ Mumbai get back on his feet.” disaster management cell In a veiled attack on the BJP, Asking the beneficiaries of chief Santosh Kadam said. The tank was uncovered and Shoumojit Banerjee been disturbing the sector,” port of crushed GM seed at Maharashtra Chief Minister the chawls redevelopment unprotected, Mr. Kadam said. Pune said C. Vasanthkumar, presi least for the particular time Uddhav Thackeray on Sun project not to fall prey to al He added that the man, After facing crushing losses dent, Poultry Farmers and frame to stabilise raw mate day said the language of inti lurement once the project identified as Ganesh Nirmal, for the last 18 months due to Breeders Association, Maha rial market,” he said. midation would not be toler gets over, he said, “Marathi was rescued by fire brigade the pandemic, the poultry in rashtra. ated and a befitting reply culture must be protected in personnel and hospitalised. dustry is demanding that the Rising prices would be given to those the redeveloped construc PTI Union government permit Relief measures He said that the rise in soy speaking it. tions at any cost as the the import of crushed geneti The association urged the bean process had led to the He made the statement in chawls had a historic legacy, callymodified (GM) soy Union and the State govern skyrocketing of prices of eggs the wake of BJP legislator Pra where revolutionaries had seeds for captive consump ment for nonfiscal and fiscal and chicken products in the sad Lad’s reported remarks laid down their lives and also tion of farmers. relief measures, including retail market. that if needed, the Shiv Sena were witness to the Samyuk With the sector bedevilled the restructuring of term “Chicken and eggs are the Bhavan, the headquarters of ta Maharashtra movement.” by increasing production loans and additional working only cheapest nonvegetar Thackerayled party in cen Process begins: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray during the NCP chief Sharad Pawar, costs, misinformation re capital. ian protein sources available tral Mumbai, would be de foundation stone laying ceremony for the redevelopment of who was also present at the garding the link between “We urge the governments in the market. But, owing to molished. However, he later BDD Chawls in Worli, Mumbai, on Sunday. * EMMANUAL YOGINI event, said the legacy of BDD poultry and avian flu out to reschedule outstanding the increased raw material retracted the remarks and ex Chawls should be protected breaks, COVID19induced term loans by providing an prices, retail chicken prices pressed regret saying they threeparty Maha Vikas Agh bangg” — “ Thappad se dar and the Marathispeaking pe restrictions and natural ca extended time (612 months) are rising at a whopping rate were presented out of con adi dispensation as a “triple nahi lagta (not scared of be ople must stay back in the re lamities, skyrocketing prices for liquidation of loans to with chicken being sold at text by the media. seat” government (with the ing slapped)” — the Chief Mi developed houses, which of raw materials like soybean prevent the farmers from ₹250₹300 per kg in the retail Speaking at the inaugura NCP and the Congress being nister said, “Nobody should would be given as part of the (that constitutes 25% of poul turning into nonperforming market. This could lead to an tion of the BDD Chawls rede the other constituents). speak the language of slap project being overseen by the try feed) and maize (that assets. Considering the scale inflation in food prices in the velopment project here, Mr. Recalling a dialogue from ping us as we will give back Maharashtra Housing and constitutes 60%) in the last of financial losses, we re country amid the pandemic.” Thackeray referred to his Hindi blockbuster “ Da- such a tight slap that the oth Area Development Authority. one year have only com quest governments to grant The sector has endured pounded the woes of the interest subvention of at least losses of more than ₹700 poultry farmers. 4% for three years and addi crore in Maharashtra alone “The outbreak of CO tional working capital loans since the eruption of the pan Assault on man in Jogeshwari: one arrested VID19 has created a massive to meet the increased pro demic in March last year. crisis that led to an initial de duction costs,” Mr. Vasanth “We had a similar situation Press Trust of India The incident occurred attempt to murder in this in pletion of demand in chicken kumar said. in 2006 when there was a Mumbai last month and a Crime cident by the Meghwadi pol products due to false news The most important non first outbreak of avian in One person has been arrest Branch Unit X team nabbed ice, the official said. about the link between the fiscal is for the government to fluenza. During that time, the ed and a hunt is on for one of the accused, Abdul “His associate Fahid Za virus and poultry products. allow import of crushed GM government of India had an another in a case where a Khalid Malik Shaikh (47), hid Ali Shaikh (20) is on the This created an unwarranted soy seeds for captive con nounced interest subven man was assaulted with iron from near a railway station, run and and efforts are on to financial crisis and led to the sumption of end users, poul tions and increased the cre rods and made to eat gar an official said. nab him. The complainant erosion of working capital. try farmers. dit duration to the poultry bage from a bin in Jogeshwa Mr. Shaikh is a history and the accused stay in the For the last several months, “Given the ratcheting pric farming for the limited pe ri in Mumbai, a video of sheeter who has been ex same locality and the inci high speculation activities in es of soybean, we request the riod,” Mr. Vasanthkumar which has left netizens fum terned two times earlier and dent is a fallout of an old dis soya contracts on NCDX has government to allow the im said. ing on social media. has now been charged with pute,” he said. Raigad landslide: plan to resettle Man killed in tiger attack in Chandrapur Excess rainfall in Satara, Parbhani families ready, says Minister This is 29th mananimal conflict incident reported this year Press Trust of India Press Trust of India ing a team from Thane dis Press Trust of India evening when Hiraman Kot es. He was attacked by a tig Mumbai Thane trict for relief work follow Chandrapur gale was working on stop er. The kin has been given The IMD on Sunday said A plan to resettle 60 families ing several rainrelated A 68yearold farmer was ping outflow of water from compensation of ₹20,000,” that Satara and Parbhani affected by the devastating incidents in the area, also killed by a tiger in Brahma his field, N.R. Praveen, Chief he said. districts had received 70% July 22 landslide in Taliye in said ₹50 lakh would be gi pur tehsil in Maharashtra’s Conservator of Forests, This is the 29th manani more rainfall than normal Raigad’s Mahad taluka, ven for the repair of the Ma Chandrapur district, a forest Chandrapur circle, said. mal conflict incident report till July 31 this year. Nan which killed over 80, is rea had sessions court building official said on Sunday. “After he did not return ed from the district this durbar district had record dy, Maharashtra Urban De where floodwater entered. The incident occurred in home till late evening, his fa year, with 25 people being ed less than average rain velopment Minister Eknath He said villagers had de Padmapur village, some 130 mily alerted forest staff who killed in tiger attacks, three fall till now, H.S. Hosalikar, Shinde said on Sunday. manded rehabilitation of kilometres from the district mounted a search and by leopards and one by an senior scientist at the IMD, Mr. Shinde, who is lead five hamlets. headquarters, on Saturday found the body in the bush elephant, he said. Pune, said in a tweet.

DELHI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The draw of space and nuclear technologies It remains to be seen whether the new ventures of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates will strike a chord and benefit mankind mate change — two of the 21st cen enthusiasts also believe that small, tor would make and reuse massive tury’s greatest challenges — there factorybuilt, modular reactors quantities of material that could are major opportunities for expan will be cheaper and safer, and will also be used as nuclear explosives Long overdue sion of nuclear energy”. The re be so attractive to foreign buyers in warheads. port predicted that a “nuclear re that they will revive America’s nu OBC reservation in AllIndia Quota medical naissance” will solve not only the clear industry and enable the Unit Focus on India and China seats puts an end to a discriminatory policy T.P. Sreenivasan world’s energy problems, but also ed States to compete in an interna India’s fast breeder reactor, which eservation for students from Backward Classes in alleviate climate change. tional market now dominated by is not subject to international in China and Russia. Another benefit spections, is seen as capable of seats surrendered by States to an ‘AllIndia Quo ven as billionaire Jeff Bezos Fukushima and after envisaged is that fast breeder reac feeding the nuclear weapons capa Rta’ (AIQ) in medical colleges run by State govern was preparing to blast off in But the expectation was short tors will provide a solid nuclear in bility of India. And the recent re ments was long overdue. The Centre’s decision to ex Eto space last month, another lived because the Fukushima Daii dustrial base for meeting U.S. mili ports that China is building two tend its 27% reservation for ‘other backward classes’ to billionaire, Bill Gates, took an chi accident in Japan on March 11, tary nuclear requirements. DOE more fast reactors have imme

all seats under the AIQ is a belated, but welcome deve equally momentous decision to 2011 completely transformed the AP has found bipartisan Congression diately provoked international lopment, as Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates launch his own nuclear reactor nuclear power situation beyond source of energy will achieve its al support for funding the project. concerns about China’s possible have been denied their due for years. And in concord with an eye on the possibility of ex recognition and dealt a blow to full potential any time soon. Mr. Sokolski and Mr. Gilinsky weapons plutonium production. porting fast breeder reactors to plans for swiftly scaling up nuclear The Fukushima Daiichi acci have challenged the move on sev The opponents of TerraPower be with its keenness to balance OBC interests with those of power hungry nations (https:// power to address not only climate dent, adds the article, continues to eral grounds such as the failure of lieve that India and China will be the socially advanced sections, the Union government reut.rs/3ylFSgW). Both of them change but also energy poverty cast a shadow over the prospects earlier efforts to develop such encouraged in their efforts to de has also decided to provide 10% of the AIQ seats to characterised their initiatives as and economic development. An of nuclear power. Furthermore, in reactors, and the risk of the turn velop fast breeder reactors and those from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). essentially aimed at the environ IAEA article, “Nuclear power 10 some major markets, nuclear pow ing of inert uranium to plutonium, may even want to buy them from This is almost entirely the outcome of a Madras High ment to reverse climate change. years after Fukushima: the long er lacks a favourable policy and fi and then using the plutonium as Mr. Gates. They also think that the Court verdict and the efforts of the Dravida Munnetra Answering criticism on his expen road back”, says, as the global nancing framework that recognise fuel. They have argued in their ar characterisation of TerraPower as Kazhagam, which approached the court with the de sive and wasteful adventure, Bezos community turned its attention to its contributions to climate change ticle that i t can even “breed” ex small is a gimmick and they will insisted that he had an environ strengthening nuclear safety, sev mitigation and sustainable deve cess plutonium to fuel new fast have to be made big to make them mand. The AIQ is a category created by the Supreme mental vision: “We need to take all eral countries opted to phase out lopment. Without such a frame reactors. What concerns them economical. The claim that fast Court to free up some seats from residential or domicile heavy industry, all polluting indus nuclear power. The nuclear indus work, nuclear power will struggle most is that plutonium is a nuclear reactors are safer than light water requirements in some States for admissions to their try and move it into space, and try was at a standstill except in to deliver on its full potential, even explosive which can be used for reactors has also been called into medical colleges. Introduced in 1986, the AIQ com keep Earth as this beautiful gem of Russia, China and India. Even in as the world remains as depen developing a bomb. They are question. prised 15% of undergraduate medical and dental seats a planet that it is,” he said. Mr. India, the expected installation of dent on fossil fuels as it was three afraid that the availability of pluto It has been pointed out that U.S. and 50% of postgraduate seats surrendered by the Gates stressed the importance of imported reactors did not mate decades ago. nium through commercial chan Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy States for admission through a central pool. There was nuclear power as the clean energy rialise because of our liability law nels would be fraught with Carter made it U.S. policy to dis required to meet the requirements and the antinuclear protests in The Gates plan dangers. courage the commercialis ing of no reservation in the AIQ, and, once in the past, the Su of the world, even though the safe proposed locations. India had to Even when the uncertainty conti As their article says, TerraPow plutoniumfuelled reactors. Presi preme Court set aside a Madras High Court order di ty of nuclear reactors and the risk go in for more indigenous reactors nues and the antinuclear lobby is er announced in March that Natri dent Ford had announced that the recting the Centre to implement Scheduled Castes/ of proliferation of nuclear wea to increase the nuclear compo gaining momentum, TerraPower, um would be fuelled with uranium U.S. would not support reliance on Scheduled Tribes quota in the category. pons are a growing concern. nent of its energy mix. More than the nuclear company founded by enriched to 20% U235 rather than plutonium fuel and associated re In 2007, the Supreme Court allowed 15% Scheduled 50 nations, which were knocking Mr. Gates, has just announced an explosive plutonium. But the processing of spent fuel until “the Caste reservation and a 7.5% Scheduled Tribe quota un The future of atomic energy at the door of the IAEA for nuclear agreement with private funders, question being asked is if Natrium world community can effectively der the AIQ. Meanwhile, based on a central law favour Back in 200708, the then Director energy for peaceful purposes, including Warren Buffett, and the reactor takes off and is offered for overcome the associated risks of ing Backward Class reservation in educational instit u General of the International Atom quietly withdrew their requests. State of Wyoming, U.S. to site its export, will the same restraint ap proliferation.” (https:// ic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mo After intensive efforts to streng Natrium fast reactor demonstra ply. Currently, only a handful of bit.ly/3fii71N). The critics do not tions, the Union’s 27% OBC quota was introduced in hamed ElBaradei, had established then nuclear safety, as said in this tion project there. Moreover, since nations can make 20% enriched think that the world has reached central educational institutions. There was no move to a Committee of Eminent Persons article, and with global warming it falls within the “advanced” small uranium. The critics believe that such a stage. implement OBC reservation in the category. In the to look at the future of nuclear becoming ever more apparent, nu modular reactor project of the U.S. there will be a rush to make 20% No one can predict whether the courts, the Medical Council of India argued against OBC power in 2020 and beyond. As an clear power is regaining a place in Department of Energy (DOE), the enriched uranium world wide. space adventure of Mr. Bezos or reservation, but the Union government said it was no t Executive Director of the Commis global debates as a climatefriend Department will subsidise the pro The main objection to nuclear en the nuclear venture of Mr. Gates averse to the reservation, subject to an overall 50% li sion, I had helped to produce a re ly energy option once again. Coun ject of one of the richest men in richment beyond a point in Iran will benefit the U.S. and the wider mit. The omission of OBC reservation in the AIQ seat s port, which asserted that “the in tries such as Japan and Germany the world to the extent of $80 mil arises from the fact that it would world. But billionaires have the ternational community has both reopened their reactors to pro lion this year. lead to weapon grade uranium be sixth sense to know how to multip was obviously discriminatory. There were OBC seats in auspicious opportunities and sig duce energy. But even as organisa As an article by the nonprolifer ing available for them. ly their own billions. medical institutions run by the Centre, as well as State nificant challenges to tackle as the tions such as the Intergovernmen ation sentinels in the U.S, Henry The other objection being specific quotas in those run by the States. It was incon world moves into its seventh nu tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sokolski and Victor Gilinsky, titled raised against the Gates project, as T.P. Sreenivasan is a former Ambassador gruous that seats given up by the States to help the clear decade. Expanded use of nu and the International Energy “Bill Gates’ Fast Nuclear Reactor: cited in the article, is that the prin of India and Governor for India of the Centre redistribute medical education opportunities clear technologies offered im Agency (IEA) recognise the ability Will It Bomb?” (https:// cipal reason for preferring fast International Atomic Energy Agency across the country were kept out of the ambit of affir mense potential to meet of nuclear power to address major bit.ly/3fjM1Tc) says, Mr. Gates be reactors is to gain the ability to (IAEA). He is also Chairman, Academic mative action. There was even a case to argue that, as important development needs. In global challenges, it remains un lieves that the fast breeder reac breed plutonium. That is surely Council, the Director, NSS Academy of fact, to satisfy energy demands certain whether the value of this tors will replace the current reac what foreign customers will want. Civil Services and the Director General, AIQ seats originally belonged to the States, the quota and to mitigate the threat of cli clean, reliable and sustainable tors. The DOE and other nuclear The way it is configured, the reac Kerala International Centre policy applicable to the respective States ought to be applied to them. The Madras High Court, in July 2020, held that there was no legal impediment to OBC reser vation, but, given that the policy varied from State to A cycle of low growth, higher inflation State, it left it to the Centre to decide the modalities for quotas from this academic year. The Centre has now Unless policy action ensures higher demand and growth, India will continue on the path of a Kshaped recovery decided on the 27% OBC quota, but not before the High competitors. Only the Indian I T is infusing massive liquidity into and risk aversion by the bankers. Court termed the delay in doing so “contumacious”. sector is placed well to capitalis e the system by following an expan The second stage is lending to on rising demand in the world sionary monetary policy through trustworthy debtors who can pay markets. the GSAP, or Government Securi the principal and its interest. The Next is inflation. India is suffer ties Acquisition Programme . This third stage is a state of euphoria Elusive gold ing from stagnant growth to low is designed to keep the interest caused by rising asset prices India is still searching for a gold medal as Anand Srinivasan growth in the last two quarters. At rates of government bonds at 6.0% where bankers lend to debtors re best, any growth in the current and thereabouts. An added threat gardless of their ability to pay back the Olympic Games enter the second week quarter will be illusionary because of rising rates is the crowding out interest, let alone the principal. ndia at the Olympics has always been about feverish n recent times, rightleaning it comes on top of substantial ne of the private sector, which corpo

hopes, bruising anguish and a few medals. Since its economists have been arguing gative growth in the first quarter of GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO rates are threatening to do by de Minsky moment Idebut at the Games in 1900, the world’s second most Ithat the G overnment does not last year, perpetuating a statistical wealthy upper class gets richer leveraging their balance sheets The Minsky moment marks the de need to do anything with the eco phenomenon known as the “low due to access to financial assets. and not investing. cline of asset prices, causing mass populous nation has ended up with either a singledigit nomy and that it will revive by it base effect”. The base effect states The middle and lowermiddle The third is interest rates. The panic and the inability of debtors tally or none at all. That familiar tale is being repeated a self. They call those who disagree that when measuring YoY, or year class get destitute due to regres only solution for any central bank to pay their interest and principal. week after the Tokyo Olympics commenced and India with them, doomsday merchants. overyear growth, we take the pre sive indirect taxes and high infla er once he realises that inflation is India has reached its Minsky mo is currently assured of three medals. One, a silver These economists reason that, like vious year’s numbers as the base tion, with their wealth eroding entrenched is tightening liquidity ment. This means that the public claimed by weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in the 49kg cate after the Great Depression, the and measure the growth as a per due to said inflation. Especially in and further pushing the cost of sector unit and several other gory. And second, a minimum of a bronze guaranteed economy rebounded worldwide, centage. As in the low initial base the case of the lower middle class, money. If this does not dampen in banks will need capital in copious as boxer Lovlina Borgohain qualified for the semifinal and so will it with us. The argu set by last year, almost any growth inflation is lethal as they do not flation, repo rates will need to go amounts to make up for bad debt. ment is fallacious on four this year is seen as a significant have access to any hard assets, in up later this year or early next Several banks and financial institu in the welterweight segment. The bout will be held on accounts: growth percentage. In compari cluding the most fundamental year. Tightening the money supply tions have collapsed in the last 18 Wednesday. Badminton star P.V. Sindhu too joined the The first factor, demand. In the son, the absolute growth figure is hard asset, gold. is a painful act that will threaten to months in India. The U nion go party, seizing her bronze after defeating China’s He case of the Great Depression, de negligible. This scenario is eerily decimate what is left of our econo vernment’s Budget is in no posi Bingjiao 2113, 2115 during Sunday’s thirdplace play mand was created by the Second similar to the early 1970s in the Un Fuel prices my. Rising interest rates lead to a tion to infuse large amounts of off. Through their exploits Mirabai and Lovlina, hailing World War effort. Especially in the ited Kingdom and the United Additionally, supply chain bottle decrease in aggregate demand in a capital. At best, we can expect a from Manipur and Assam, respectively, have revealed United States, which was largely States, where low growth was necks have contributed to the in country, which affects the GDP. piecemeal effort as in the past se the rich sporting ability shimmering in the Northe ast spared of the destruction, its in combined with rising inflation. flation we see in India today. Es There is less spending by consum ven years. As a result of the above ern States linked to the mainland through the chicken’s dustrial capabilities could be used sential goods have increased in ers and investments by causes, credit growth is at a multi as a supply base for the entire A l Causes in India cost due to scarce supply because corporates. year low of 5.6%. Banks do not neck above Bangladesh. Mirabai and Lovlina owe their lied effort. In the current scenario, Inflation in India is being imported of these bottlenecks caused by CO want to risk any more loans on triumphs to their innate strength and hard work be there is no war to create demand. through a combination of high VID19 and its reactionary mea On NPAs their books. This will further dam sides the obvious support from family and the Sports On top of it, the COVID19 pan commodity prices and high asset sures enforced. India’s usurious Finally, rising non performing as pen demand for real estate and au Authority of India. With Sindhu, they have also reiterat demic has resulted in demand des price inflation caused by ultra taxation policy on fuel has made sets, or NPAs. Rising interest rates, tomobiles once the pentup de ed womenpower. Sindhu, who won the silver at the truction. This is because many loose monetary policy followed things worse. Rising fuel prices lack of liquidity, and offering cre mand is over. The Indian economy previous Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, had an exceptional jobs have been lost, and even across the globe. Foreign portfolio percolate into the economy by in dit to leveraged companies instead is in a vicious cycle of low growth run till she ran into Chinese Taipei’s Tai TzuYing in the where jobs were retained, there investors have directed a portion creasing costs for transport. Fur of direct subsidies to support and higher inflation unless policy have been pay cuts. Both of these of the liquidity towards our mar thermore, the increase in fuel pric small and mediumsized enter action ensures higher demand and semifinal and then made amends with a bronze. trends were confirmed in the kets. Compared to a developed es will also lead to a rise in wages prises (SMEs) and micro, small growth. In the absence of policy India had a moment to savour when its women’s Centre for Monitoring Indian Eco capital market such as that of the demanded as the monthly ex and medium enterprises (MSMEs) interventions, India will continue hockey team entered the quarterfinals. While a strong nomy and other surveys. The only U.S., India has a relatively low mar pense of the general public in to counter the COVID19 pandemic on the path of a Kshaped recovery Australian outfit awaits in the knockout on Monday, the bright spot in this dismal scenario ket capitalisation. It, therefore, creases. This leads to the danger and its effects will result in NPAs of where large corporates with low women will add to India’s evergreen hockeyhopes that is that the western world has spent cannot absorb the enormous capi ous cycle of inflation and public sector banks climbing fas debt will prosper at the cost of gained a fillip after the men defeated Great Britain 31 a lot of money stimulating the eco tal inflow without asset prices in depleting growth. ter. Our small and medium scale small and medium sectors. This during Sunday’s quarterfinal. After the 1980 gold, the nomy. From the point of view of flating. This might be seen as a The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sector is facing a Minsky moment. means lower employment as most the Indian exporter, rising freight welcome move, but it is to be not has chosen to look the other way, The Minsky moment, coined by of the jobs are created by the lat men’s quest to win another Olympic medal has gained costs and nonavailability of con ed that most of India’s population claiming that this inflation is tran the economist Hyman Minsky, ter. impetus and the road ahead is tough but interesting. In tainers is a significant impediment do not own equity or bonds, sitory in nature while inflationary states that every credit cycle has the limited chronicle of good tidings, Kamalpreet Kaur’s along with structural issues such which means that they cannot expenses are entrenched. Infla three distinct stages. The first Anand Srinivasan is a financial excellent throw of 64 metres in the discus throw event as a strong rupee relative to major cash in on asset inflation. The tion is here to stay because the RBI stage is that of cautious lending consultant was a spark. Kamalpreet qualified for Monday’s final and a lot is resting on her shoulders. While these s tir LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. ring events kept India afloat, there is also the lita ny of heartbreaks that included Mary Kom’s loss in boxing, a To read more letters Border tensions cauldron simmering. Both nothing short of a national territorial disputes which Tokyo exit online, scan the QR code fact the 38yearold failed to initially admit following The muddling match leaders ought not to view shame and is an can result in animosity It is unfortunate that Mary her adrenaline rush. The travails in shooting and ar between Assam and the situation from the unprecedented event in the among indigenous Kom’s exit from the Tokyo ■ Novak Djokovic’s behaviour chery did not add up to the original template of good Mizoram militates against prism of Assam versus history of independent India. communities will only help Olympic Games ended on a during his bronze medal form and resultant expectations. Shooters Saurabh the interests of the States Mizoram but keep in mind Establishing peace in the derail all peace building sour note. Perhaps, that is match loss in the Olympics Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker had their moments but concerned as, after all, it is that they need to show Northeast has been a efforts and hinder what sports is all about — win has left even his diehard they were not enough. The Games exert immense pres not the Line of Actual more allegiance towards hardearned effort. After development in the region. some, lose some, but take admirers of his playing skills sure as it is always about the athlete combining ind ivi Control (Page 1, “Assam CM the country. Their puerile decades of insurgencies and Assam, as a responsible the result in perspective. in shame. One cannot keep wants neutral probe into actions are doing a great political instability, the State, must play the bigger What was surprising was her winning continuously. dual excellence with national pride. Tennis champion border clash”, August 1). disservice to the nation. region has slowly begun to role in resolving the presumption; there is a Remaining graceful even Novak Djokovic failed to even win a bronze while gym Rather than sink their Deepak Singhal, bury the ghosts of the past boundary disputes through subtle difference between when things do not pan out nast Simone Biles withdrew from events citing mental differences in the larger Noida, Uttar Pradesh and adopt development as consensus, compromises confidence and as expected is a key part of fatigue. It is never easy and the Indian contingent interest of citizens, leaders the new mantra and and confidence building. overconfidence. one’s celebrity status. would vouch for that going into the second week. on both sides appear to be ■ What has transpired along contribute to nation Himangka Kaushik, Balasubramaniam Pavani, V. Lakshmanan, eager to keep the border the AssamMizoram border is building. 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Pegasus, a blemish on democracy FROM THE READERS’ EDITOR The hour has come to oppose excessive oppression through serious political action What makes a reader faceless believer. Similarly, in his classic, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisages material progress keep reading all right, but with enormous dangers to human creativity. In such a world, In long-form journalism, engaging writing matters no prodigies or rebels can be born. It Shelley Walia is a world of the “hatchery” in which “hobbits” are “manufactured” at va the memories of the people who were Pegasus, the mythical winged horse rious stages of arrested physical and there.” Mr. Frank also pointed out that “the from Greek mythology, is known to mental development whose strength surge of interest in narrative journalism has have allowed Bellerophon, the Co lies only in falling into line. coincided with a surge of scepticism among rinthian hero, to ride him in order to The Pegasus upheaval finds a pa newspaper readers.” Journalists add notes defeat the monstrous Chimera be rallel in Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’ sym A.S. Panneerselvan for their print version and give hyperlinks fore flying off to the heavens where bolising the modern state and its for the web version to ensure that the rules

he was turned by Zeus into an epony ISTOCK PHOTO authoritarian apparatus. Govern of attribution are not lost in writing a report. mous constellation. He has now re ments have lied about intelligence Among the multiple challenges a journalist turned to earth in the guise of a mal freedom, secrecy and transparency. trol through surveillance on the basis operations, illegally spied on mil has to confront is the quality of writing that Fog everywhere ware designed to fight terrorism, Democratic structures along with of national security. The new meta lions of innocent people, and collect sustains the readers’ interest. Elegant writ Literature teaches us how to work with criminality and national insecurity. fundamental liberties stand eroded morphosised role of Pegasus has fi ed data from every conceivable elec ing is neither a legal requirement nor a regu words in a manner that the reader doesn’t Though interpreted as an allegory of in the face of unrestrained free mar nally become the terror of a devastat tronic source to be potentially used latory prescription. It is an earnest invitation get bored. Much has been written about the soul’s immortality in modern times, ket economics that exists only to di ing hacking scandal, a means of to censor dissent, blackmail people for an exchange of ideas without taxing the journalistic quality of Charles Dickens’s writ Pegasus becomes a symbol of poetic rect every facet of life. This is a sys punishing people and threatening to or just intimidate those who struggle reader. One of the instructions Vinod Mehta ing. What we learned from him is the art of inspiration, only to be turned into a tem of the Panopticon , an drown the world of freedom. to make corporate and state power gave me when I became an editor 20 years description, which is different from the act reprehensible cyber weapon in the architectural edifice where the war This is at the heart of the contem accountable. The postSnowden ago was to ensure that my journalism is not of deception. For instance, in Bleak House, hands of dictators and bigots with den in a central tower can monitor porary debate on the use of Pegasus, years have seen new technologies boring. “Boredom kills journalism,” he he wrote: “Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, the purpose of putting down dissent the prisoners in their cells without a battle between the totalitarian state like Pegasus enhancing surveillance asserted. where it flows among green aits and mea and killing critical thought. The con the prisoners seeing the warden. and dissidence. In such circumstanc to the point of exposing us to the It is trite to say journalism is not fiction. dows; fog down the river, where it rolls de stellation still glows in the heavens , The use of Pegasus, therefore, pos es, living in confrontation with the danger of losing our very grip over Good, reliable journalism has to adhere to filed among the tiers of shipping and the wa but no longer evokes the ageold es a stark danger to democracy and state apparatus is tantamount to be our daytoday private affairs. strict factual accuracy. The rules of attribu terside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. mythical sensations for humanity. freedom, particularly in 10 govern ing labelled as “antinational”. There tion cannot be compromised. The act of ver Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish ments believed to be the customers are many incarcerated without a trial Expansive interrogation ification is an integral element of journalism. heights. Fog creeping into the cabooses of Where science has brought us of NSO Group: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, for years. True to the concept of fas The ills of the modern state emerging In short reports, these three elements suf collierbrigs; fog lying out on the yards and How science has aided in the inad Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, cism, the interrogation of state poli from the culture of secrecy is there fice. A talented desk will ensure that no hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog vertent political game of demolishing Rwanda, Hungary, India and the cy becomes a betrayal in the Orwel fore apparent. There would probably meaning is lost and hence, no reader is lost. drooping on the gunwales of barges and basic human rights has finally fructi UAE, all believed to have a dismal re lian sense, where free thought and be a world of feasible peace and However, in longform journalism, engaging small boats. Fog in the eyes and throats of fied in the production of a technolo cord in the protection of human debate are an anathema. openness if there were no classified writing matters. ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by gy that infiltrates human privacy rights. The obsession with power The utopia promised by the go documents. One thing has become the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem right up to the bedrooms of its tar through surveillance has brought in vernment of Oceania in George Or clear after the revelation of many go Concerns in narrative journalism and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrath gets. When C.P. Snow walked into its wake not just the blitzkrieg of in well’s 1984 is an illustration of the vernments illegitimately engaging in The year I became an editor was the year the ful skipper, down in his close cabin; fog the Senate House at Cambridge in formation, but also given rise to pol logic of totalitarianism. Such an over spying on their citizens: the hour has Nieman Foundation at Harvard University cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his 1959 to deliver his Rede lecture, ‘The itical systems that aim at behaviour organised system represents the come to oppose all such excessive established a programme on Narrative Jour shivering little ‘prentice boy on deck.” Two Cultures’, he sparked a global control, destroying the sanctity of purging of history and free human oppression through serious political nalism. Nieman Curator Bob Giles said, “Nar This is a wonderful example of how frag debate that would put a nail in the the individual’s privacy and thereby thought for the smooth and peaceful action. Like Edward Snowden, we all rative journalism builds a newspaper’s fran ments and extremely long sentences coexist coffin of humanities, giving a boost to threatening democracies with se running of the state apparatus. Criti live online and indeed, there really is chise for the long term. It plays to the to make reading a worthwhile experience. the study of science for the advance rious consequences. We are caught cism is not permitted by a manage no place to hide. However, the future strengths of print journalism — space and The fine editor, Harold Evans, in his book, ment of humanity. The two distinct in a world where the harsh reality of ment that has at its disposal highly is not foreclosed, and as long as there considered reporting — adding value that no Do I Make Myself Clear? Why Writing Well cultures that emerged led to the con power and its exercise takes predo developed surveillance technology, is critical inquiry, there is hope. As other medium can duplicate.” The pro Matters, refers to Dickens to explain the new frontation between the technocrats minance over the constitutionally the ‘thought police’ that incarcerates Howard Zinn, the historian , once gramme underscored that the values of jour language of obfuscation that is creeping into and ‘literary intellectuals’. While the guaranteed right of selfdetermina or eliminates any ‘thought criminal’. said: “We are supposed to be think nalism and creative approaches to prose can our public sphere. He wrote: “Fog everywh former stood in favour of social re tion and freedom of expression. The As Hannah Arendt argues, the ing people. We are supposed to be easily coexist without the core tenets of good ere. Fog online and in print, fog exhaled in form and progress through technolo central motive, however, remains state ensures not just the transforma able to question everything.” reporting being eroded. television studios where time is anyway too gy and industry, the latter, who Snow political domination through the tion of the outside world but also the A more expansive interrogation of Russel Frank, who worked as a journalist short for truth. Fog in the Wall Street execu disparagingly called “natural Lud control of any dissent or ideological very dysfunctionality of the unpred the treachery inherent in the return for decades before becoming a journalism tive suites. Fog in the regulating agencies dites”, had insignificant considera variance with the state. ictable nature of human creativity of the Pegasus affair and its fallout for teacher, flagged a major concern of editors that couldn’t see the signals flashing danger tion for progress through industriali The security agencies of democra and its spontaneity. In Orwell’s no rights activists, investigative journal towards certain aspects of longform journal in shadow banking.” His antidote was: “But sation. We now know where science cies and dictatorships are engaged in vel, O’Brien, an agent of the thought ists and writers calls for a serious ism. He wrote: “When reporters write sto never come there fog too thick, never come has finally brought us. The shadow gathering the phone ‘data’ of citizens police, owing complete allegiance to probe. Or else, the gradual diminish ries that read like good fiction they inevitably there mud and mire too deep, never come ing of our every move in a cybersav who show any signs of opposition, the Party, explains to Winston, the ing of our individual right to free arouse suspicions. Reality is messy. Speech there bureaucratic waffle so gross as to with vy world has resulted in escalating heaping it all away for any contingen central character, the unending pro speech and the dismantling of demo is messy. If a story is tidy — if the plot is too stand the clean invigorating wind of a sound military and police repression. cy that might arise in the future. cess of persecution that can appease cratic institutions would culminate in seamless or the quotes are too eloquent — English sentence.” This, indeed, shall be the Mounting security concerns have Working against all norms of juris the ruling class so as to give it an as the return of Orwell’s Oceania. the reporter probably juiced it a little. Recon governing creed of both the reporters and been met with mounting technologi prudence, the national security state surance of its immortality. The state structed scenes are particularly suspect. In the desk as they put out their stories. cal responses. It is a world ridden remains ‘legitimately’ above board, manipulates the rebirth of Winston, Shelley Walia is Professor Emeritus at Panjab stead of relying on tape recordings or notes with tensions between security and blatantly pursuing acts of social con turning his rebellious old self into a University, Chandigarh of their own observations, reporters rely on [email protected]

Poongothai Aladi Aruna show that there has been a decline in Electoral rolls being made foolproof early breastfeeding in as many as 12 UNICEF states that “breastfeeding is of the 22 surveyed States and Union New Delhi, Aug. 1: The Chief Election Com among the most effective ways to Territories while the share of institu missioner, Mr. S.P. Sen Varma, said here yes protect maternal and child health tional births has increased. terday that the bogus inclusion and wrong and promote healthy growth and op ful exclusion of names would be eliminated timal development in early child Maternity and paternity leave altogether in the new electoral rolls to be fi hood.” Infants should be breastfed The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam nalised in October. He told newsmen that within one hour of birth, breastfed (DMK) has promised in its manifesto this was possible with the introduction of exclusively for the first six months of that maternity leave in Tamil Nadu the electoral card system, unprecedented in their lives, and be breastfed after six would be extended to 12 months. the history of election anywhere in the months in combination with solid, This is essential as women are enter world. He said that about 125 officers and semisolid and soft food until they ing the workforce in large numbers employees of the Election Commission in 35 are about two years old. while society has shifted to a nuclear batches were checking and supervising the family system. Such a move will en revision of electoral rolls in the Union Terri Many advantages sure uninterrupted breastfeeding. tory of Delhi. The two Deputy Election Com Breastfeeding provides greater im Nevertheless, counselling and edu missioners and the three Secretaries were munity for children against infection, cating the parents, establishing daily making random checks both in the ru allergies, cancers and obesity; and breast milk banks, providing lactat ral and urban areas. The last date for com improves brain maturation. It is also ing mothers with subsidised breast pleting the enumeration work originally beneficial for the mother: it pro milk pump equipment, and setting fixed for July 31 had been extended to August motes faster weight loss after birth, up exclusive facilities to breastfeed 15. Supervision by the Election Commission reduces postpartum bleeding, and will prove to be beneficial for moth staff had instilled great enthusiasm among protects her against breast cancer, ers to provide exclusive breastmilk the enumerators and the voters, especially ovarian cancer, and osteoporosis. for children up to six months. in the rural areas. In a particular area which Data from The Lancet show that The inclusion of husbands in this the Chief Election Commissioner did not more investment in breastfeeding conversation is incumbent. Both the want to disclose, there were 2,000 bogus could add $300 billion to the global mother and newborn are vulnerable names, and in another there was largescale economy and prevent about for the first 12 weeks. Getting used to exclusion of names. 8,20,000 child deaths every year. breastfeeding takes at least 14 days. The advantages of breast milk are Therefore, assistance from the partn evidencebased, yet globally only er is indispensable during this time. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 2, 1921 25%40% of babies are breastfed. However, Indian law only allows for Breastfeeding and later wet nursing 15 days of paternity leave. It is imper The Sikh Situation were the norm for millions of years . ative to extend this to 1216 weeks. During the Renaissance period, India is a lowmiddleincome Lahore, July 31 A Punjab Government Press breastfeeding came to be seen as un country with a meagre allocation of Communique States: On the afternoon of fashionable. Feeding bottles and for the GDP towards health. Communic the 27th July H.E. the Governor and Sir John mula milk were aggressively adver able and noncommunicable diseas Maynard received a deputation from Chief tised leading to a reduction in es hamper our economic growth. Khalsa Dewan and discussed with them cer breastfeeding between the 17th and The theme for World Breastfeeding tain outstanding points in connection with 19th century. However, during the Week this year is ‘Protect Breastfeed the present Sikh situation. Another Commu late 19th century, an increase in in ing: A Shared Responsibility’. With a nique states special permission was a few fant mortality rate and rise in non change in social, cultural and envi years ago granted to the Sikh community to communicable diseases during adult ronmental factors, breastfeeding is wear Kirpans, but in granting this conces hood were attributed to bottle no longer mothercentric. Govern sion Government did not intend it to cover feeding. This prompted experts and ments must allocate specific funds, the case of large weapons or of ordinary leaders everywhere to push for rigorously implement the law, invest swords and accordingly prosecutions were breastfeeding across the world. in educating parents and health instituted a few months since against two The World Alliance for Breastfeed workers and involve civil society or Sikhs in Amritsar District for wearing such ing Action (WABA) was established in ganisations and the media in spread weapons or swords either in addition to or 1991 to create awareness about the ing awareness. Breastfeeding has de without ordinary Kirpans. The accused were importance of breastfeeding. In 1992, creased during the COVID19 convicted in both these cases but in view of WABA in coordination with UNICEF pandemic. Therefore, it is important the fact that the practice of wearing large introduced World Breastfeeding that the promotion of breastfeeding weapons or ordinary swords appears to Week during the first week of August should be a continuous process, not have now much diminished Government every year. India enacted the Infant an event restricted to a week. while reserving to themselves the power to Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and take necessary action if the practice again Infant Foods Act in 1992 with strin Poongothai Aladi Aruna was Information becomes prevalent, have remitted the pun gent regulations. However, the Na and Technology Minister of Tamil Nadu ishment to which the accused were sen tional Family Health Survey5 data under the DMK (2006-2011) tenced in the two cases above referred to.

DELHI THE HINDU 8 NEWS MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE As monsoon recovers, Kharif India, China establish hotline in north Sikkim Assam, Mizoram agree sowing lag drops below 5% Army says it will further spirit of trust to ease border tension Special Correspondent Ladakh, among others at Threeweek break hits acreage under oilseeds, pulses and millets NEW DELHi Chushul and Daulat Beg A hotline was established Oldi. Special Correspondent mid July, the lag was 11.6%. between the Indian Army at The two sides held the NEW DELHI The main Kharif crop is Kongra La in north Sikkim 12th round of Corps Com With the monsoon picking paddy, which is seeing a 4% and the People’s Liberation mander talks on Saturday at up pace again and covering drop in acreage in compari Army (PLA) at Khamba Moldo on the Chinese side. the whole country, sowing of son with last year’s, mostly Dzong in the Tibet Autono The details of the outcome Kharif crops is also showing from eastern India where mous Region to further the are awaited. signs of recovery. The lag in the sowing window is still spirit of trust and cordial re As reported by The Hindu the sown crop area is now open. lations along the border, the earlier, since the standoff less than 5% in comparison Army said on Sunday. began in eastern Ladakh in with last year’s, an improve Millet area down “The inauguration was at May 2020, in addition to the ment from almost 12% two Coarse cereals and oilseeds tended by ground comman Corps Commanderlevel weeks ago. are both showing a lag of ders of the respective Ar talks, the two sides have al The biggest continuing about 5.6% with shortfalls in mies and a message of so held ten Major General lags are in Rajasthan, Mad Rajasthan, Maharashtra, friendship and harmony level talks, 55 Brigadierlevel hya Pradesh and Maharash Madhya Pradesh and Andhra was exchanged through the talks, and 1,450 calls over tra, where the threeweek Pradesh. Ragi sowing is hotline,” the Army said in a the two hotlines. Chaos ensues: Police personnel during the clash at the hiatus in the rains has result down by a third, with a 31% statement. The event coin In February, during a te AssamMizoram border on July 26. * PTI ed in lower sown area for Brisk pace: Farm labourers planting paddy in a field at Rajgarh fall in crop area from last cided with PLA Day on Au lephonic conversation, the rainfed crops such as coarse village near Dakala in Patiala. * PTI year’s. The area sown with gust 1, it stated. Foreign Ministers of India Since the July 26 incident, and 200 other unidentified cereals, oilseeds and pulses. jowar is down by 11%, bajra and China agreed to esta locals in Assam have police personnel would be This gains importance in soon halted its progress rat, however, remains in the 9% and small millets 81%. Peace measure blish a new hotline between blocked the National High withdrawn. view of the fact that rising across central India, result deficient category, along Maize is the only cereal Stating that the armed forc the Foreign Ministries as a way306 besides uprooting prices of edible oils and puls ing in a threeweek delay in with eastern Rajasthan. Ov which is holding steady with es of the two countries had step to ensure “timely com a stretch of the lone railway Four booked es have been major contribu rain during a crucial sowing erall, a third of the districts no difference from last wellestablished mechan munication” against the track connecting Mizoram. The Mizoram police had tors to recent inflation season. across the country have seen year’s. Groundnut coverage isms for communication at backdrop of the Ladakh Transportation of people booked four senior Assam trends. According to the India Me deficits so far. is down by 10% and soybean the ground commanders’ le standoff. and goods to and from Mizo police officers, including an teorological Department, According to Agriculture still lags 3.4%. vel, the Army said these hot This will be in addition to ram has thus been affected. InspectorGeneral of Police, Uneven spread Madhya Pradesh, parts of Ministry data, the total sown Among pulses, the area lines in various sectors went the longdelayed hotline the Deputy Commissioner Though the monsoon rain Maharashtra, interior Karna area across all crops as of Ju sown with moong dal is 10% a long way in enhancing the between the Indian Army’s Withdrawal of FIR likely and the Divisional Forest Of fall is now just 2% below nor taka and Telangana received ly 30 was 848 lakh hectares, lower than last year’s, while same, and in maintaining DirectorGeneral of Military The Mizoram government is ficer of Cachar district on mal, the overall figures hide excess rainfall in the last 4.7% lower than the 890 lakh urad lags 9%. Arhar dal sow peace and tranquillity on Operations and China’s likely to withdraw the FIR various charges, including both geographical and tem week of July, bringing their hectares sown at the same ing, on the other hand, is the borders. Western Theatre Com filed against Dr. Sarma, the attempt to murder and as poral unevenness. In the cumulative rainfall for the time last year. A week ago, proceeding briskly, with a India and China have two mand, which is expected to State’s Chief Secretary, Lal sault. They were asked to third week of June, the mon season up to normal. Guja the lag was almost 9%. In 4% gain in crop area so far. military hotlines in eastern be established soon. nunmawia Chuaungo, told appear before the investiga presspersons in Aizawl on tion officer at the Vairengte Sunday. “Our Chief Minister police station in Kolasib dis CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC has suggested that I should trict of Mizoram. Dhoot moves NCLAT to look into the inclusion of the Likewise, the Assam pol On the draw Assam Chief Minister’s ice summoned Mizoram Ra name in the FIR,” he said, jya Sabha member K. Vanlal set aside Videocon order pointing out that naming Dr. vena and six others officials, Sarma in the FIR did not including the Kolasib Depu Special Correspondent (IBC) that entails a “zero have the approval of Mr. Zo ty Commissioner and the Mumbai haircut” (involving no loss ramthanga. Superintendent of Police, Venugopal Dhoot, former to the banks or creditors). The Chief Secretary did for questioning at the Dholai promoter and chairman of Accusing the resolution not specify if the cases police station in Cachar on the Videocon Group, has professional of withholding against six Assam officials Sunday. moved the National Compa information in the tender ny Law Appellate Tribunal form and eroding the value (NCLAT) against the June 8, of the company by closing it 2021 order of the National down, Mr. Dhoot said in his Satellite maps to be Company Law Tribunal petition that the resolution (NCLT), Mumbai, approving professional had violated the bid of Vedanta Group Sections 30(2) and 61(3)(ii) used to resolve row company Twinstar Technol of the IBC. ogies Ltd. to acquire the He said the decision to Two top officials, however, bankrupt Videocon Indus separate the oil assets and told The Hindu that the go tries Ltd. for ₹2,962 crore. the consumer durable as vernment had no plans to Mr. Dhoot has petitioned sets of the company had led hold a “neutral probe” into NCLAT to set aside the ‘Re to minuscule price realisa the July 26 firing incident. solution Plan’ approved by tion from the bidding pro Return of normalcy and the NCLT and to direct the cess, which he now wants confidence building is ne Committee of Creditors to scrapped. cessary in the area and that consider the ‘Resolution The NCLT had in June, in is why CRPF forces are pa Plan’ submitted by him un a verbal order, accepted the trolling the areas under the der Section 12A of the Insol bid of Twin Star Technolo direct supervision of the Un vency and Bankruptcy Code gies Ltd. for Videocon. ion government, the offi The idea was mooted by cials said. “Both the State Home Minister Amit Shah a governments are cooperat few months ago. ing and the Central govern ‘Police stations ment is assured that there little scope for discrepancy Adverse police report to cause hurdles in J&K will be no more border flare and there shall be better ac must display up,” one of the officials qu ceptability of the boundary oted above said. solutions by the States,” one Move likely to affect hundreds as obtaining a passport or government job will become impossible legal aid info’ For a more permanent of the officials said. solution to dealing with in However, an Assam go Peerzada Ashiq Peoples Democratic Party status on August 5, 2019. Legal Correspondent terState border issues, the vernment official, who Srinagar (PDP) president Mehbooba According to the official fi NEW DELHI North Eastern Space Appli didn’t want to come on re The J&K police move to deny Mufti was denied a passport gures, 3,773 cases of law and Supreme Court judge Jus cation Centre (NESAC) has cord, contested such a security clearance to those in March after an “adverse” order were registered in tice U.U. Lalit on Saturday been asked to map and de claim. “Disputes arise main “involved in crimes prejudi report by the CID. She ap 2016 and 2017, and resulted said every police station in marcate the State boundar ly because there is a diffe cial to the security of the proached the High Court but in the arrest of 11,290 peo the country must have dis ies using satellite imaging. rence in perception regard State, including stonepelt the judge observed that “the ple. As many as 9,730 people play boards informing The idea of using satellite ing what constitutes our ing” is likely to affect hun scope of this court in the faced charges between 2008 about the right to legal aid imagery for settling border area and what constitutes dreds of families in Kashmir, matter of grant or otherwise and 2017 for participating in and the availability of free disputes was mooted by Un their area. For example, where the official list of of passport in favour of an in the protests. The Omar Ab legal aid services. ion Home Minister Amit Mizoram wants to follow the street protesters swelled sig dividual is very limited”. dullah and the Mehbooba Justice Lalit, who is the Shah a few months ago, said 1875 notification regarding nificantly between 2008 and Mufti governments an Executive Chairman, Na one of the officials. Lushai Hills but it’s not ac 2017 to nearly 20,000. Street fight: Protesters clashing with the police in Srinagar in Cycles of protests nounced amnesty. tional Legal Services Auth

A joint initiative of the De ceptable to us,” the official “All the field units of the September 2018. * NISSAR AHMAD The fresh order is likely to Official figures suggest ority (NALSA), made the partment of Space (DoS) said. CID SBKashmir are hereby leave hundreds of local peo that between 2016 and 2017, statement during the re and the North Eastern The Mizoram govern directed to ensure that dur the fresh order reads. persons — including lawyers, ple ineligible for passport 2,330 people were arrested lease of posters containing Council (NEC), the Shillong ment claimed that a 509 ing verification related to It called for collecting dig journalists, politicians, civil and jobs in the Valley, which in Srinagar, 2,046 in Bara information about the right based NESAC is already be squaremile stretch of the passport service and any ital evidence such as CCTV society members — with “ad saw major upheavals and mulla, 1,385 in Pulwama, to legal aid and availability ing used for flood manage innerline reserve forest not other verification related to footage, photographs, vide verse background reports” prolonged cycles of street 1,123 in Kupwara, 1,118 in of the free legal aid servic ment in the region. In Janu ified in 1875 — under the government services, os, audio clips and quadcop had been growing longer in protests and civilian killings Anantnag, 783 in Budgam, es. The posters will be in ary this year, the Ministry Bengal Eastern Frontier schemes, the subject’s invol ter images available in the re the past one year. Many during the 2008 Amarnath 714 in Ganderbal, 694 in Sho stalled at police stations for Development of the Regulation of 1873 — belongs vement in law and order, cords of the police, security mainstream leaders, even land row, the 2009 Shopian pian, 548 in Bandipora, 547 across Haryana. North East Region (DONER) to it. The Assam govern stone pelting cases and oth forces and agencies as refe from the National Confe “murder” case, the 2013 in Kulgam and two in Doda Such boards/posters are gave the satellite imagery ment, on the other hand, er crime prejudicial to the rences. “Any subject found rence and the Peoples De hanging of Parliament attack districts during 2016 and the first step in the direc project to NESAC. maintained that the consti security of the State be spec involved in any such cases mocratic Party, were denied convict Afzal Guru, the 2016 2017. Around 56 government tion to ensure that no ac “Since there will be scien tutional map and boundary ifically looked into and same must be denied the security passport and travel Burhan Wani killing and the employees were among the cused remains unrepre tific methods in the demar drawn by Survey of India in must be corroborated from clearances,” it said. documents. protests after the Centre’s 4,949 found involved in sented during investigation cation of borders, there will 1933 was acceptable to it. local police station records,” Top sources said the list of Former Chief Minister and move to end J&K’s special stonepelting incidents. and trial, the judge said. GST collections recover Exercise held to finetune integrated theatre commands to ₹1.16 lakh cr. in July All scenarios, including a collusive threat of a twofront war from China and Pakistan, played out, says Defence official “The improvement in GST was from import of goods. collections both on domes Compensation Cess collec Dinakar Peri “At the meeting held on around 40 officers, includ including that of the Air cerned, had met and re was made aware that suffi tic transactions and im tions, used to recompense NEW DELHI July 22, for the first time ev ing the Chief of the Defence Force, the official said. solved most of the issues re cient time would be given for ports, accompanied by the States for adopting the GST As part of the process of er, a tabletop exercise was Staff (CDS), General Bipin Explaining the consulta lated to the functions, the structures to be formed, fact that major producing regime, stood at ₹7,790 evolving a consensus among wargamed with operational Rawat, three Service Chiefs, tions, the official said when rotational nature of all com reviewed and stabilised.” States have shown signifi crore, including ₹815 crore the three services on the re settings, which was played ViceChiefs and Director Defence Minister Rajnath manders, need for a unified “The creation of integrat cant increases, would indi collected on import of organisation of the forces in across all theatres simultane General of Military Opera Singh was briefed in June, he maritime structure, includ ed theatre commands West, cate that the economic ac goods. “The government to integrated triservice ously, multidomain and tions equivalent from the had advised two things — to ing the Coast Guard, and East, Maritime Theatre Com tivities have resumed across has settled ₹28,087 crore to theatre commands and fine cross theatre. This was large three services. form a consultative commit having the paramilitary in mand [MTC] and Integrated the country,” said M.S. Ma CGST and ₹ 24,100 crore to tune the model, a tabletop in extent from the Northern tee to address the concerns border commands, the offi Air Defence Command are ni, senior director at De SGST from IGST as regular wargaming exercise was Command to the Andaman ‘Frank exchange’ of the stakeholders outside cial said. Broad consensus accordingly being pro loitte India. settlement. The total reve held on July 22 for the first and Nicobar islands, and ca There was a frank and free the services and hold consul emerged on the need to take gressed,” officials said. As July’s collections include nue of Centre and the States time, in which all scenarios, tered to the collusive threat wheeling exchange to evolve tations to resolve service is forward the theatrisation stated by Gen. Rawat earlier, central GST revenue of after regular settlement in including a collusive threat we expect from two of our the best process on theatri sues one more time. process expeditiously and the Northern Command ₹22,197 crore, State GST of the month of July 2021 is of a twofront war from Chi neighbours,” the official sation and many of the con The committee headed by the Air Force, too, is on would be left out of the am ₹28,541 crore and Integrated ₹50,284 crore for CGST and na and Pakistan, were war said. cerns put forward by various the CDS, with the three Vice board, the official said. “Va bit of the process for now GST of ₹47,865 crore, of ₹ 52,641 crore for the SGST,” gamed, according to a De This was played for a full sides over the creation of the Chiefs and representatives rious views were heard and and integrated at a later which nearly ₹28,000 crore the Ministry said. fence official. day and was attended by commands were addressed, from other Ministries con would be taken on board. 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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 NEWS 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Kharge writes to Venkaiah UNSC Presidency: Jaishankar ‘States too must on denial of debate ensure cases are not MPs had given notices under Rule 267 lays out policy perspective Special Correspondent filed under Sec. 66A’ New Delhi Freedom of navigation in South China Sea likely to receive bulk of attention Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kallol Bhattacherjee and Urban Affairs Hardeep It was declared unconstitutional in 2015 Kharge has written to Rajya NEW DELHI Singh Puri, who served as Sabha Chairman M. Ven India will always be a sup the Permanent Representa Krishnadas Rajagopal kaiah Naidu objecting to the porter of international law, tive of India at the Security NEW DELHI Chair’s decision not to ad said External Affairs Minister Council in 2011. States and their agencies mit adjournment notices S. Jaishankar laying out the “Ten years ago this day, share an “equal responsibili under Rule 267 to discuss policy perspective that the India had last assumed presi ty” to ensure that people are the Pegasus snooping con Mallikarjun Kharge Indian team at the U.N. will dency of the UNSC. I was pri not booked under Section troversy, a source said on pursue during the Security vileged to preside over the 66A of the Information Sunday. an opportunity to raise is Council Presidency in Au horseshoe. We specifically Technology Act for express Though there is no offi sues even under the rule gust. The Minister’s com cautioned against the ‘use of ing themselves freely on so cial word on the letter, eith book”. ment came as India took force’ in Libya and failure to cial media, the Centre has er from the Congress or Mr. When Mr. Naidu had charge on Sunday against that maritime security, gust 9 organise a virtual act in Syria. Results are star submitted in an affidavit to Kharge's office, a senior pointed out that Opposition the backdrop of intensifying which is of significance in Open Debate for heads of ing us in the face and conti the Supreme Court.. leader confirmed to The was preventing other mem conflicts in Afghanistan and dealing with freedom of na state and government titled nue to haunt the UNSC,” said Section 66A was declared Hindu that a letter was sent bers from raising important Myanmar. vigation in the South China “Maintenance of interna Mr. Puri in a social media unconstitutional by the Su the apex court judgment. a few days ago. issues, Deputy Leader of the “As we take over UNSC Sea, is likely to receive bulk tional pace and security: En post on Sunday. preme Court in a judgment They take action against For over a week now, Op Congress in the Rajya Sabha Presidency for August, look of Indian attention. Howev hancing maritime security — The developments in Af in 2015. On July 5 this year, cyber crime offenders as position members have Anand Sharma had argued forward to working produc er, four major Asian conflicts A case for international ghanistan and Myanmar es an apex court Bench led by per the law. been giving notices under that Opposition should also tively with other members. are raging and diplomatic cooperation.” It was also re pecially are of immediate im Justice Rohinton F. Nariman The Centre said the Mi Rule 267 on the Pegasus is be allowed to raise issues India will always be a voice analysts say India should fo ported that meetings related portance to India and the said it was “distressing,” nistries of Information and sue but they have not been under the rule book. of moderation, an advocate cus on resolving the conflicts to the Asian conflicts could broader Asian region. India “shocking” and “terrible” Technology and Home Af accepted. As the monsoon session of dialogue and a proponent in Afghanistan, Myanmar, be convened during August. is an elected nonpermanent that people are still booked fairs had done their best to Mr. Kharge has raised the enters its third week , the of international law,” said and Yemen and find a lasting India’s past role in using member of the Security and tried under Section 66A disseminate knowledge issue in the letter and is said Opposition is all set to step Mr. Jaishankar in a social me solution to troubles in Syria. the UNSC as a tool for con Council and had received even six years after the apex about the Supreme Court to have pointed out that up its demand for a debate dia message. On Sunday, The Hindu re flict resolution was highlight support of the AsiaPacific court struck down the pro judgment in Shreya Singhal “Opposition is being denied on the Pegasus issue. The comment indicates ported that India will on Au ed by Minister of Housing countries in the election. vision as unconstitutional case. Section 66A had pre and a violation of free scribed three years’ impri speech. sonment if a social media The People’s Union of Ci message caused “an Second Congress MLA vil Liberties (PUCL), an NGO noyance” or was found Union Ministers meet Muslim women represented by senior advo “grossly offensive”. cate Sanjay Parikh and ad The Supreme Court had Meet to mark the second anniversary of enactment of law against triple talaq from Assam joins BJP vocate Aparna Bhat, had concluded the provision to drawn the court’s attention be vague and worded arbi SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Rights Day as mere “optics Sushanta Borgohain is a twotime MLA to the violations. trarily. Justice Nariman had NEW DELHI during an unprecedented Justice Nariman had auth agreed with Mr. Parikh on Union Ministers Smriti Irani, onslaught against the rights SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT constituency in the bye ored the judgment trashing July 7 that the “state of af Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and of the Muslims under the GUWAHATI election scheduled by Oc Section 66A in a petition fairs is shocking”. Bhupendra Yadav held a present government”. Twotime Congress MLA tober. Mr. Kurmi is also ex filed by law student Shreya Mr. Parikh had urged the meeting with a group of Mus “This government has re from eastern Assam’s Thow pected to be fielded from Singhal, who highlighted court to intervene and work lim women on Sunday, mained silent as Muslims ra Assembly constituency, the Mariani seat. cases of young people being out a mechanism to dissem which was observed as ‘Mus have been lynched... The Sushanta Borgohain, joined Mr. Borgohain had sub arrested and charged under inate the Shreya Singhal lim Women Rights Day’ to BJP, both at the Centre and the Bharatiya Janata Party mitted his resignation from the ambiguous provision for judgment to every police mark the second anniver through its State govern (BJP) on Sunday. the Legislative Assembly on their social media posts. station and trial court in the sary of the enactment of the ments, has determinedly He is the second legisla July 31, a day after quitting In its response, the country. law against triple talaq. The “gone after” Muslims under tor to switch over to the BJP Congress. Centre said the police and “Section 66A of the IT Act Ministers also interacted myriad laws, both old, new after Rupjyoti Kurmi, who public order were “State has continued to be in use with several women who Interactive session: From left, Bhupendra Yadav, Smriti Irani and proposed — beef bans, won the Mariani Assembly Down to 27 seats subjects” under the not only within police sta were affected by triple talaq. and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, in New Delhi on Sunday. * PTI anticonversion including seat for the fourth straight Congress is now down to 27 Constitution. tions but also in cases be the recent Uttar Pradesh time earlier this year. seats in the 126member As “Prevention, detection, fore trial courts across In Big reform: Naqvi Employment Mr. Yadav was zens — Muslim and nonMus Prohibition of Unlawful Reli “His joining will streng sam Assembly. investigation and prosecu dia,” the PUCL has Minister for Minority Affairs quoted as saying that the lim women, men and tran gious Conversion Ordi then the party immensely,” The House has an effec tion of crimes and capacity submitted. Mr. Naqvi said the law Centre’s decision to provide spersons, women rights nance, 2020, and its pro Assam Chief Minister Hi tive strength of 122 after the building of the police are The NGO has urged the against triple talaq had pro quota for OBCs and econom activists, human rights acti posed U.P. Population manta Biswa Sarma said, resignation of the Congress primarily the responsibility apex court to direct the go ven to be a “big reform” to ically backward sections in vists, academics, students Control Bill. Such a govern welcoming Mr. Borgohain, duo, and the death of two of the States,” the Centre vernment to collect all the ensure constitutional rights medical/dental studies and hundreds of citizens — ment has no moral right to who has been one of the other MLAs — one each from submitted in the affidavit. data/information regarding for Muslim women, said a would also benefit the poor issued a strong statement declare any national day in most vocal critics of the BJP. the Bodoland People’s Front It said law enforcement investigations under Section statement by his Ministry. sections of Muslims. ‘rejecting’ the gesture of ob the name of Muslim wo The BJP is expected to and United People’s Party agencies share equal res 66A and pending cases in Minister for Labour and Meanwhile, Over 650 citi serving Muslim Women men,” the statement said. field him for the Thowra Liberal. ponsibility to comply with district and High Courts. Unnao accident: Delhi Trinamool eyes Tripura to gain national footprint Abhishek West Bengal largely stressing Trinamool Congress gen on the alleged excesses of eral secretary and MP Abh court upholds CBI finding Banerjee to visit police and administration on ishek Banerjee will on Mon Agartala today the economically weaker day be visiting Tripura. Mr. Investigating agency ruled out foul play in 2019 incident sections in Tripura after the Banerjee’s visit makes it the Shiv Sahay Singh BJP came to power in 2018. third delegation of the TMC Soibam Rocky Singh Kolkata After the sweeping victory leadership visiting the north New Delhi committed by the accused During the highpitched in West Bengal, it came as no eastern State in less than se A Delhi court has upheld the persons, this court cannot election campaign in the surprise that the Trinamool ven days. finding of the Central Bureau be swayed by public senti 2021 West Bengal Assembly Congress has set its eyes on Ministers Bratya Basu and of Investigation (CBI) which ments, media reports nor polls, Trinamool Congress the Tripura Assembly elec Moloy Ghatak visited Tripu ruled out any foul play in the the aspect of the conviction chairperson Mamata Baner tions which are scheduled to ra on July 28 followed by par 2019 car accident involving of Kuldeep Singh Sengar”. jee did not attack the Left Launching an attack: Mamata Banerjee criticised Tripura CM be held in 2023. The recent ty MPs Derek O’Brien and the survivor of the Unnao “I have no hesitation in parties particularly the CPI Manik Sarkar several times during her campaign. * FILE PHOTO controversy over IPAC re Kakuli Ghosh Dastidar on Ju gang rape. holding the findings of the (M). However, the only lead presentatives being booked ly 29. The CBI concluded that CBI in the final report/charge er whose name the West former Tripura Chief Minis Banerjee would often refer by the BJP government in Mr. Banerjee on Monday there was no evidence re sheet that there is no case Bengal Chief Minister re ter Manik Sarkar. in her speeches. Much to the Tripura and not being al will visit the Tripureshwari garding criminal conspiracy against the accused persons ferred to again and again “Ask Manik Babu what the advantage of the Trinamool, lowed to leave the hotel has temple in Tripura and hold a hatched among the accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar so as to take cognisance and during her campaign was BJP has done in Tripura,” Ms. Mr. Sarkar campaigned in come as on opportunity to it. press conference in Agartala. persons, including expelled proceed against them under BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sen conspiracy hatched by Sen Section 302 (murder) and gar, who is serving a life im gar along with his associates. 307 (attempt to murder) of prisonment for raping the He also alleged that in order IPC r/w Section 120 B of IPC girl in 2017, with the driver of to execute the conspiracy, can not be faulted,” the Maharashtra Raj Bhavan has the truck, which collided the Personal Security Offic judge said. with the car carrying the ers (PSOs) who were de The court said that merely victims. ployed with the rape victim because Sengar had been become BJP’s office: Patole On July 28, 2019, the survi and her family members provided with a mobile vor, along with her two aunts were withdrawn which was phone “surreptitiously by and a lawyer, were on their why they were not accompa the jail authority at Sitapur State Congress chief lashes out at BJP for curtailing press way to meet her uncle Ma nying the victims in the car. Jail would not invite an infe hesh Singh, who was lodged District and Sessions rence that he was involved in Special correspondent the Modi regime for severely would be less. But when the in a Rae Bareilly jail, when Judge Dharmesh Sharma the planning the accident”. Pune curtailing the press, claim Governor of a State, who is their car collided with a noted, “There was indeed a The court, however, framed Launching a broadside ing that the former Prime supposed to be the holder of truck. The survivor’s two very diabolical background charges against the truck against the Narendra Modi Minister Rajiv Gandhi had an impartial office, says such aunts and the lawyer were of the events that had taken driver for causing death by led Bharatiya Janata Party extended a lot of freedom to a thing, it is truly shame killed in the accident. place prior to the incident in rash and negligent driving, (BJP) government at the wards the fourth estate des ful…the Governor is behav Mr. Mahesh Singh, in his question, but at the stage of besides framing charges of Centre, Maharashtra Con pite getting flak from it in the ing like a BJP agent and his complaint, alleged that the considering taking of cogni criminal intimidation against gress chief Nana Patole on alleged Bofors Gun scandal. residence is functioning like accident was the result of a sance of offences allegedly Sengar and his associates. Sunday charged the BJP with “Recently, the State’s Go a veritable BJP office,” Mr. distorting history while ac vernor Koshyari commented Patole said. cusing Maharashtra Gover that it was Jawaharlal Nehru He was speaking in Pune nor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of who was responsible for Par at the historic Kesari Wada being a “BJP stooge” and his tition in 1947… ordinarily, if building on occasion of the Survivor alleges harassment official residence, the Raj one were to talk of Pandit launch of a series of pro Bhavan, a “virtual office for Nehru’s towering contribu grammes to commemorate the party”. tions in building the modern the Diamond Jubilee year of by personal security officers He further lashed out at Indian nation, even 10 days Independence.

Staff Reporter in this regard with the assis which certain allegations New Delhi tance of the local police. were levelled against the The Unnao rape survivor has “Application has been complainant and her family approached a Delhi court al moved on the behalf of the members. “It is directed that leging harassment by the complainant that she and this application be taken up personal security oﬃcers her family members were for consideration, the court (PSO) deputed on the direc harassed by the PSOs who said. tion of the Supreme Court are deputed as per the direc The woman was kid for her protection. tion of the Supreme Court, napped and raped by ex District and Sessions in a sense that they are not pelled Bharatiya Janata Par Judge Dharmesh Sharma di allowing her to enjoy her li ty MLA Kuldeep Singh rected the Investigating Of berties,” the court said. Sengar in 2017 when she was ﬁcer of the Central Bureau of The court said that a a minor. The case was trans Investigation (CBI) to submit sealed envelope was also re ferred from Unnao to Delhi an impact assessment report ceived from the police in and was probed by the CBI.

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Goa misses CIC flays govt.’s denial of Clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ soon deadline to The trials will be conducted on 2,000 participants in three U.K. cities, says govt. give first jab details on oxygen panel Special Correspondent Press Trust of India followup of selfreported NEW DELHI quality of life, impairment to Panaji ‘Respond to the Right to Information request within 10 days’ The Ministry of Ayush has activities of daily living, men The July 31 deadline to collaborated with the U.K.’s tal and physical health complete administering Special Correspondent London School of Hygiene symptoms, supplement use the first COVID19 vaccine NEW DELHI and Tropical Medicine and adverse events would be dose to all eligible benefici The Central Information (LSHTM) to conduct a study carried out. aries in Goa has been mis Commission (CIC) has on ‘Ashwagandha’ for pro It took over 100 meetings sed as only 87% of the tar slammed the Union govern moting recovery from spanning about 16 months get has been met, a senior ment’s blanket denial of in COVID19. through both diplomatic as official said on Sunday. formation related to a com A Ministry release said the well as regulatory channels The July 31 deadline was mittee overseeing medical All India Institute of Ayurve to sign the MoU, Dr. Nesari set by Chief Minister Pra oxygen supplies during the da (AIIA), an autonomous said. She added that the stu mod Sawant with the aim pandemic, stating that its ra body under the Ministry of Research on: ’Ashwagandha’ is an easily accessible, dy had been approved by the of getting the State pre tionale was “farfetched” Ayush, and the LSHTM re overthecounter nutritional supplement in the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare pared to tackle a possible and “unjustified”. In its or cently signed a Memoran Products Regulatory Agency third wave of the infection. der on Saturday, Informa Lack of information: Medical oxygen cylinders for patients at dum of Understanding which is a multisystem dis project along with Rajgopa (MHRA) and certified by the “Now, 87% of the eligible tion Commissioner Vanaja a hospital in New Delhi. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR (MoU) to conduct clinical ease with no evidence of its lan, coordinator (interna World Health Organizartion population of Goa has been Sarna directed the govern trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ on effective treatment or man tional projects), the partici Good Manufacturing Practic given the first dose of the ment to respond to the Right supply of medical oxygen as to cut across the several 2,000 participants in three agement. It added that the pants have been randomly es (WHOGMP). COVID19 vaccine. Current to Information (RTI) request well. Mr. Das requested in arms of the government and U.K. cities — Leicester, Bir successful completion of the selected. Sanjay Kinra of the ly, 23% of beneficiaries within 10 days. formation on the dates, ensure that bureaucratic mingham and London trial could be a major break LSHTM is the principal in Reducing anxiety have got both doses,” State The RTI request, filed by agenda and minutes of the hassles did not impede deci (Southall and Wembley). through and could give vestigator of the study. Recently, a number of rando Vaccination Officer Dr. Ra activist and freelance jour committee’s meetings till sionmaking. “These propo scientific validity to India’s “For three months, one mised placebocontrolled jendra Borkar said. nalist Saurav Das in April date, and presentations sals and deliberations con ‘Indian winter cherry’ traditional medicinal group of 1,000 participants trials of AG in humans in In Independent MLA Ro 2021, sought information on made to the committee. tain highly sensitive ‘Ashwagandha’ ( Withania system. will be administered ‘Ashwa dia had demonstrated its effi han Khaunte attacked the a ninemember Empowered The government denied information,” he said. somnifera), commonly “While there have been gandha’ [AG] tablets, while cacy in reducing anxiety and government for missing Group set up a year earlier the request, citing Sections The CIC dismissed the go known as ‘Indian winter several studies on ‘Ashwa the second group of 1,000 stress, improving muscle the deadline and said the under the Chairmanship of of the RTI law that allow ex vernment’s defence, saying cherry’, is a traditional In gandha’ to understand its participants will be assigned strength and reducing symp Bharatiya Janata Party was the Secretary, Department emptions on the grounds of that the citing of exemption dian herb that boosts ener benefits in various ailments, a placebo, which is indistin toms of fatigue in patients more interested in “tram for Promotion of Industry national security, strategic on the grounds of Cabinet gy, reduces stress and makes this is the first time the Mi guishable from AG in looks treated for chronic condi pling democracy” than and Internal Trade. When interests, commercial confi discussions “appears to be the immune system stron nistry of Ayush has collabo and taste. Both patients and tions. fighting the pandemic. the first wave of the pan dences, intellectual proper an afterthought, which ger. It is an easily accessible, rated with a foreign institu the doctors will be unaware “After the trial’s success, Goa on Sunday reported demic began, it was respon ty and Cabinet papers. seems farfetched also”. The overthecounter nutritional tion to investigate its efficacy of the group’s treatment in a ‘Ashwagandha’ will be a pro 59 fresh cases and one sible for coordinating the In a hearing on Saturday, exemption cited related to supplement in the U.K. and on COVID19 patients,” the doubleblind trial,” Dr. Nesa ven medicinal treatment to death, taking the tally to supply of PPE kits, RTPCR the Central Public Informa national security was “also has a proven safety profile. Ministry said. ri said. prevent infection and be re 1,71,205 and the toll to test kits, N95 masks and tion Officer (CPIO) argued not justified.” The CIC furth The positive effects of ‘Ash According to AIIA director The participants would cognised by the scientific 3,148. With 105 patients be gloves. It subsequently be that the Empowered Group er directed the CPIO to pro wagandha’ have been ob Tanuja Manoj Nesari, who is have to take the 500 mg ta community worldwide,” the ing discharged, total recov came responsible for the was set up in a time of crisis vide a reply within 10 days. served in long COVID19, also a coinvestigator in the blets twice a day. A monthly Ministry noted. eries rose to 1,67,046. Give details of vacancies Punjab paddy farmers taking to new technique U.P. on top in terms of for disabled in CSE: HC ‘DSR technique saves groundwater, is cheaper and yield and quality are good’ law and order, says Shah Submit this before Aug. 2, it tells govt. VIKAS VASUDEVA 23,450 hectares in 2019,” He lavishes praise on CM Adityanath CHANDIGARH Makhan Singh Bhullar, prin Staff Reporter 836, out of which there Punjab Agricultural Univer cipal agronomist at PAU, told Special Correspondent New Delhi could be no reservation for sity’s (PAU) upgraded tech The Hindu. LUCKNOW The Delhi High Court has 251 vacancies. The counsel nology for the direct seeding “This year, rice cultivation Union Home Minister Amit asked the Department of said as against the remain of rice (DSR), the ‘tar wattar’ area under DSR has touched Shah on Sunday lauded Ut Personnel and Training ing 585 vacancies, 24 had (good soil moisture) DSR, about five lakh hectares. We tar Pradesh Chief Minister (DoPT) to give the details of been reserved and the reser seems to have caught the are hopeful that this may in Yogi Adityanath and his the total number of vacan vation was in accordance fancy of paddy farmers in crease after the final data is team for taking the State to cies notified and reserva with the mandate of Section the State. compiled,” he said. the “top spot in the coun tions given in accordance 34(1) of the Act, that is, 4%. A rise in the area planted Mr. Bhullar said yield le try” with regard to law and with the Right of Persons The High Court was deal under the novel DSR tech vels after a largescale adop order. Mr. Shah said the with Disabilities Act for the ing with two petitions — one nique indicate that farmers tion of the DSR technique in State had developed in all Civil Services Exam (CSE), filed by the Evara Founda are moving away from the 2020 had convinced farmers fields under Mr. Adityanath, Union Home Minister Amit 2020. tion and other by NGO traditional practice of pud about its viability. and the State government Shah with U.P. CM Yogi

A Bench of Chief Justice Sambhavanam. It had ear dle transplanting. “The DSR method saves a had done well during both Adityanath in Lucknow. * PTI D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti lier sought responses of the lot of groundwater because waves of the COVID19 Singh gave the direction government, the Union Pu Improved version the crop does not need fre pandemic. to an end. Look at that. Jati- while hearing two petitions, blic Service Commission The Ludhianabased Univer quent irrigation as in the Speaking at the founda vad [casteism] came to an which alleged that seats for (UPSC) and the DoPT on the sity introduced the DSR A farmer sowing paddy seeds in his fields using the DSR case of a puddled paddy tion laying ceremony of the end. BJP has uprooted pari- the visually challenged and petitions seeking quashing technique in 2020, an im method in Punjab. field. The method is also Uttar Pradesh Institute of vaarvad [dynastic politics],” persons with multiple dis of the notice announcing proved version of earlier pocketfriendly as manual Forensic Sciences here, Mr. Mr. Shah said. abilities had not been re the civil services prelimin DSR (dry) technique. quent lockdown had led to rectly seeded on about one transplanting is getting cos Shah targeted the Opposi served in accordance with ary and an interim stay on In the new technique, pre an exodus of labour. There fifth of the area in the State. tlier with each passing sea tion parties and said “those ‘Not based on caste’ the Rights of Persons with the declaration of the re sowing irrigation is applied was concern among farmers The successful adoption of son. This method also ad dreaming” of coming to The BJP governments did Disabilities (RPWD) Act of sults on the ground that an in a levelled field and the on the timely completion of the technology has even dresses the shortage of farm power in 2022 should pre not function on the basis of 2016. The High Court asked inadequate number of seats primed seed is sown planting due to a shortage of found an echo in Haryana. In labour,” Amreet Inder Dhil pare themselves for another castes or families , but for the DoPT to submit an addi had been reserved for per immediately. labour. However, availability 2020, rice was sown through lon from Mehtabgarh in Lud rout. “Those dreaming [of the poorest person in the tional affidavit before Au sons with visual and multi “Last year, the COVID19 of the DSR technology came DSR in about five lakh hec hiana, who uses the DSR coming to power], I want to country and for improving gust 2, the next date of the ple disabilities. outbreak and the subse to their rescue. Rice was di tares in Punjab, against just technique, said. tell them, bhaiya [brother], law and order, he added. hearing. “The DoPT will The Evara Foundation once again prepare yourself Mr. Shah attacked Oppo clearly highlight in the affi contended that due to an in for a crushing defeat. BJP is sition parties and political davit the total number of va adequate number of vacan going to form the govern leaders, claiming that they cancies notified and the re cies for the visually chal ment with a huge majority,” get active only when elec servations given in lenged and those with Road to boxer’s home being repaired in Assam Mr. Shah said. In 2017, the tions approach. He said accordance with Section 34 multiple disabilities, fewer BJP and its allies had won these leaders were nowhere (1) of the Right of Persons candidates belonging to SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT semifinals in women’s box The village is about 3 km son,” Sarupathar’s BJP MLA over 320 seats in the 403 to be seen during floods or with Disabilities Act, 2016 as these two categories would GUWAHATI ing at the Tokyo Olympics, from Barpathar, the nearest Biswajit Phukan said, adding member Assembly. COVID19, or when farmers also the details of 251 vacan qualify for the main exami The Public Works Depart assuring at least a bronze town. that Chief Minister Himanta Mr. Shah also appealed to were dying of hunger. cies for which it is stated nation. ment (PWD) has started re medal for India. Biswa Sarma had wanted the voters in the State to not be Later, speaking in Mirza that no reservations can be NGO Sambhavana said pairing the road to boxer The 23yearold pugilist’s ‘Before she returns’ road to be usable for vehicles misled, but to see for them pur while laying the founda made,” the court ordered. the UPSC had reserved only Lovlina Borgohain’s home in home in Baromukhia village “We are trying to repair the within a few days. selves the development tion stone of the Vindhyava The Union government’s 24 vacancies for persons Golaghat district, eastern As under the Sarupathar As road with sand and gravel PWD officials said about works in their village and ci sini Corridor project, Mr. standing counsel submitted with disabilities out of a to sam. The work was underta sembly constituency has had before she returns from To 600 metres of the road lead ties along with the change in Shah asserted that the BJP that the final vacancies noti tal 796 “expected approxi ken soon after she reached a partlymetalled road for kyo. The road will be me ing to Ms. Borgohain’s home the law and order situation did not fear vote bank polit fied for the CSE, 2020, were mate vacancies”. the welterweight category years. talled after the monsoon sea would be repaired for now. since 2017. “Riots have come ics.

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U.S., U.K., Israel Afghan forces digging in to defend cities blame Iran Myanmar junta At least two rockets hit Kandahar airport, disrupting flights; residents flee amid airstrikes, street battles for ship attack ruler takes PM role Agence France-Presse ing” their positions from the Taliban had even surround Associated Press He pledges to hold elections by 2023 Kandahar airport. ed the city’s police head Jerusalem Afghan forces fought fierce The rocket barrage came quarters and Governor’s The U.S. and the U.K. Reuters street battles and bombed as the Taliban inched closer office. joined Israel on Sunday in BANGKOK Taliban positions on Sunday to overwhelming at least two “The threat is high in alleging Iran carried out a Myanmar’s military ruler while insurgents swarmed other provincial capitals, in these three provinces... but fatal drone strike on an oil Min Aung Hlaing has taken major cities as they stepped cluding nearby Lashkar Gah we are determined to repel tanker off the coast of on the role of Prime Minis up their nationwide in Helmand province. their attacks,” Afghan securi Oman in the Arabian Sea, ter in a newly formed care offensive. “Fighting is going on in ty forces spokesman Ajmal in which two people were taker government, state me Hundreds of commandos side the city and we have Omar Shinwari said. killed, putting further pres dia reported on Sunday, six were deployed to the west asked for special forces to be The United Nations Assis sure on Tehran as it denied months after the Army ern city of Herat while auth deployed,” Ataullah Afghan, tance Mission in Afghanistan being involved in the seized power from a civilian orities in the southern city of head of Helmand provincial (UNAMA) demanded the Ta assault. government. Lashkar Gah called for more council, said. liban “provide answers” for U.S. Secretary of State In a speech on Sunday, troops to rein in the assaults Afghan security forces the rocket attack on its office Antony Blinken said the Gen. Min Aung Hlaing re Gen. Min Aung Hlaing even as Afghan air strikes left Fighting intensifies: Afghan commandos standing guard in have increasingly relied on in Herat on Friday that killed U.S. was “confident” Iran peated a pledge to hold elec scores dead on the streets, Enjil district of Herat province on Sunday. * AFP air strikes to push the mili an Afghan guard. carried out the attack, us tions by 2023 and said his August 2023 was interpret residents said. tants back from cities even as The capture of any major ing multiple drones. administration was ready to ed by some local media as Fighting has surged across the former stronghold of the maintaining the logistics and they run the risk of hitting ci urban centre would take Calling it a “unlawful work with a future regional extending that time frame Afghanistan since early May insurgents, days of fighting air support needed to keep vilians in populated areas. their current offensive to and callous attack,” British envoy on Myanmar. by six months. when U.S.led foreign forces have displaced thousands of the Taliban from overrun “Every inch of the city has another level and fuel con Foreign Secretary Dominic The announcement and Gen. Min Aung Hlaing al began a final withdrawal that people who crowded into ning the city, while also pro been bombed,” Badshah cerns that the army is incap Raab said his country and speech came exactly six so said his administration is now almost complete. the city centre to escape the viding aerial cover for large Khan, a resident of Lashkar able of resisting the its allies planned a coordi months after the Army would work with any special After seizing large tracts of crossfire on the edge of the tracts of southern Gah, said, adding the two advances. nated response over the seized power on February 1 envoy named by the Asso rural territory and capturing provincial capital. Afghanistan. warring sides were fighting As fighting raged, Presi strike. from a civilian government ciation of Southeast Asian key border crossings, the Ta Flights out of Kandahar “street to street” battles. dent Ashraf Ghani again Israeli Prime Minister following elections that Nations (ASEAN). liban have started assaulting were suspended on Sunday Taliban claims attack “You can see dead bodies slammed the Taliban for fail Naftali Bennett earlier said were won by Aung San Suu provincial capitals. after at least two rockets hit The Taliban claimed the at on the streets. There are bo ing to marshal their negotiat Israeli intelligence had evi Kyi’s ruling party but that ASEAN meet In Kandahar, Afghanis the runway before dawn. tack, saying government dies of people in the main ing power to reach a peace dence linking Iran to the at the military said had been ASEAN Foreign Ministers tan’s secondlargest city and The facility is vital to warplanes were “bombard square,” he said, adding the deal. tack, but did not offer it. fraudulent. are to meet on Monday, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has when diplomats say they chaired the State Adminis aim to finalise a special en ELSEWHERE tration Council (SAC) that voy tasked with ending vio Kim’s sister warns against was formed just after the lence and promoting dia Pak. finalises Bill to grant new coup and that has run Myan logue between the junta and mar since then, and the ca its opponents. S.KoreaU.S. military drill retaker government will re The military authorities status to GilgitBaltistan: report place it. have faced months of prot ‘Move could affect recent thaw in ties’ “In order to perform the ests, strikes that have para country’s duties fast, easily lysed public and private sec Agence France-Presse India opposed to any change in ‘illegally occupied territories’ and effectively, the state ad tors, and a resurgence of Seoul ministration council has armed conflicts in the Haniyeh reelected The influential sister of Press Trust of India judiciary has no locus standi pared and submitted to been reformed as caretaker borderlands. as chief of Hamas North Korean leader Kim Islamabad on territories illegally and Prime Minister Imran Khan. government of Myanmar,” a The authorities have GAZA Jongun said on Sunday that Pakistani authorities have fi forcibly occupied by it. According to the sources, newsreader on state Mya branded their opponents as The Islamic militant group a planned military exercise nalised a law to award provi Dawn newspaper report the draft Bill has been pre waddy television said. terrorists. “At present, the Hamas on Sunday said it has between Seoul and Wash sional provincial status to ed that under the proposed pared after careful reading In his speech, Gen. Min whole country is stable ex re-elected its supreme ington would “becloud” re strategically located Gilgit law by the Ministry of Law of the Constitution of Pakis Aung Hlaing repeated a cept for some terrorist at leader. Ismail Haniyeh, who lations, staterun media Baltistan, a media report and Justice, the Supreme Ap tan, international laws, the pledge to restore democra tacks,” Mr. Min Aung Hlaing has been living in exile for reported. said on Sunday. pellate Court (SAC) of Gilgit UN resolutions especially cy, saying, “We will accom said. the past two years, was given The warning comes amid Kim Yo-jong India has clearly con Baltistan may be abolished those related to a plebiscite plish the provisions of the The Assistance Associa a new four-year term by the a surprise thaw on the Ko veyed to Pakistan that the and the region’s election on Kashmir, comparative state of emergency by Au tion for Political Prisoners Shura Council, the Islamic rean peninsula, prompted their leaders had agreed to entire Union Territories of commission is likely to be constitutional laws and local gust 2023”. activist group has accused group's top decision-making body. Haniyeh is a former aid by a series of personal let work on improving ties. Jammu and Kashmir and La merged with the Election legislation. He added: “I guarantee the armed forces of killing to Hamas’ founder, Ahmed ters between Mr. Kim and But Kim Yojong — a key dakh, including the areas of Commission of Pakistan The stakeholders, includ the establishment of a union 939 people since the coup Yassin, who was assassinated South Korean President adviser to her brother the Gilgit and Baltistan, are an (ECP). ing the governments of Gil based on democracy and and said at least 6,990 mili in an Israeli airstrike in 2004. Moon Jaein. North Korean leader — integral part of the country Sources in the Law Minis gitBaltistan and Pakistan federalism.” tary opponents have been He served as the Palestinian The two sides on Tuesday warned the mood could by virtue of its fully legal and try told the newspaper that occupied Kashmir, had been Shortly after the coup, arrested. PM after Hamas won restored communications shift if the South holds joint irrevocable accession. the draft of the Bill titled consulted on the proposed junta leaders promised new The military said the parliamentary elections in that were severed more military drills with the Unit India maintains the Go ‘26th Constitutional Amend constitutional amendment, elections within two years. number of protesters killed 2006. AP than a year ago, announcing ed States later this month. vernment of Pakistan or its ment Bill’ had been pre the report quoted sources. The reference on Sunday to is far lower. Europe’s vaccine cards meet resistance Protests in Italy, France against making health passes mandatory for social activities

Associated Press incentives are not deemed Verona necessary. Shouts of “Liberty!” have Many say vaccine pass re echoed through the streets quirements are a source of and squares of Italy and inequality that will further France as thousands show divide society, and they their opposition to plans to draw uneasy historic require vaccination cards for parallels. normal social activities, such “We are creating a great as dining indoors at restau inequality between citi rants, visiting museums or zens,’’ said Simone in Verona cheering in sports stadiums. because he said he “feared Leaders in both countries for his livelihood.” “We will see the cards, dubbed the Up in arms: Protesters marching in Paris against vaccination have ﬁrstclass citizens, who

“Green Pass” in Italy and the passes on Saturday. * AFP can access public services, “health pass” in France, as the theater, social life, and necessary to boost vaccina resistance by those who see the biggest show yet. secondclass citizens, who tion rates and persuade the it as a violation of civil liber Denmark pioneered vac cannot. This thing has led to undecided. ties or have concerns about cine passes with little resis apartheid and the Italian Premier Mario vaccine safety. About tance. Belgium will require a Holocaust.” Draghi likened the antivac 80,000 people protested in vaccine certiﬁcate to attend Holocaust survivors call cination message from some cities across Italy last wee outdoor events with more the comparison a distortion political leaders to “an ap kend, while thousands have than 1,500 people by mid of history. “They are mad peal to die.” marched in Paris for the past August and indoor events by ness, gestures in poor taste The looming requirement three weekends, at times September. that intersect with igno is working, with vaccination clashing with police. More Germany and Britain have rance,’’ said Liliana Segre, a requests booming in both than 200,000 marched so far resisted a blanket ap 90yearold Holocaust survi countries. across France on Saturday, proach, while vaccinations vor and Italian Senator for Still, there are pockets of 14,000 of them in Paris, in are so popular in Spain that life. New Zealand apologises U.S. eviction ban expires, for raids on Paciﬁc people putting millions at risk Overstayers were ‘unfairly targeted’ Can’t blame Republicans: OcasioCortez

Agence France-Presse of the New Zealand govern Associated Press “call a spade a spade” after Wellington ment to offer a formal and Washington the deadline expired. New Zealand Prime Minister unreserved apology to Pacif Anger and frustration “We cannot in good faith Jacinda Ardern on Sunday ic communities for the dis mounted in Congress over blame the Republican Party formally apologised for pol criminatory implementa the weekend as a nation when House Democrats ice crackdowns in the 1970s tion of the immigration laws wide eviction moratorium have a majority,” she said. that “unfairly targeted” the of the 1970s,” Ms. Ardern expired during a surge in Ms. OcasioCortez and country’s Pacific told a gathering of Pacific the COVID19 pandemic. other Democrats joined community. dignitaries in Auckland. One Democratic lawmaker Rep. Cori Bush, DMo., on The infamous “dawn Minister for Pacific Peo even camped outside the Saturday evening and over raids” were carried out by ples William Sio, who emi Capitol in protest. night on Sunday as Ms. Bush officers and immigration of grated with his family from Lawmakers said they camped outside the Capitol. ficials, often accompanied Samoa to New Zealand in were blindsided by Presi “I don’t plan to leave before by dogs, to arrest and de 1969, described the raids as dent Joe Biden’s inaction as some type of change hap port individuals who had “racism of the worst kind.” the midnight Saturday dea pens,” Ms. Bush said, overstayed their work visas. Wellington encouraged dline neared, some furious though the House had alrea Pacific people comprised migration from Pacific is that he called on Congress dy left for its August recess. a third of overstayers but re lands such as Samoa, Tonga to provide a lastminute so More than 3.6 million presented 86% of prosecu and Fiji after Second World lution to protect renters. Americans are at risk of ev tions, while Britons and War to fill worker shortages The rare division between iction. The moratorium was Americans in New Zealand as the economy expanded. the President and his party put in place by the Centers — who also comprised a But those who migrated carried potential lasting pol for Disease Control and Pre third of overstayers — saw faced a backlash during the itical ramifications. vention when jobs shifted just 5% of prosecutions in 1970s downturn, with New York Rep. Alexan and many workers lost in the same period. claims they were taking jobs dria OcasioCortez said Sun come at the peak of CO “Today, I stand on behalf from New Zealanders. day that Democrats have to VID19 crisis.

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In addition, while your because the children are grown buy a plan as early as possible interest you earn on both post office schemes dents unless your parents have parents may not be dependent can take care of this aspect in midmanagerial level and self up and are at the stage of incur so that you can lock in the high and NBFC deposits are treated as your already retired or you have a si on you at this stage, you would case of any unforeseen event. employed individuals would be ring major, onetime expenses est coverage possible at mini income and taxed at the income tax slab rate applicable to you each year. bling who is dependent on you, have, for sure, wanted them to enjoying a stable income in such as their weddings or consi mum prices. Waiting to buy MFs are riskier investment vehicles that this is the right time to start in live their retired life without a Marriage, children flow. On the personal front, you dering higher education. In ad term insurance till liabilities deliver returns based on movements in surance planning from multiple tight financial budget or live in a When you turn about 30, may also have retired and de dition, it might be possible that add up on your shoulders may market prices of the assets they invest in. perspectives. A very simple and much better financial position chances are quite high that you pendent parents. At this point, you take a loan for such expens sometimes prove costly. You can invest either through monthly fundamental aspect that many than your income would have are married and have very you would be surrounded by es or buy a home for your fami (The writer is Business Unit instalments (called Systematic Investment do not realise is that you can get ensured. A term insurance poli young children. Salaried pro multiple liabilities and it is im ly. All these expenses make it HeadTerm Insurance, Policy Plans or SIPs) or through onetime insured easily when the per cy that you take at such an age fessionals would have reached portant to have adequate cover essential that you enhance the Bazaar.com) investments. There are different types of MFs carrying differing risk profiles, from those that invest in large, mid and smallcap stocks to those that invest in safer options THINK INVESTOR: GOVT. BONDS TECH TRAIL: PRECIOUS METALS such as bonds. The key advantage of openend MFs is that they offer anytime liquidity as you can sell your units to the MF whenever you need to exit. The dividends Gold gleams, silver struggles received from MFs are taxed in your hands at Do you want to bond with the best? your IT slab rate. The capital gains are taxed B.Krishnakumar as shortterm or longterm capital gains, based on how long you hold the fund. An investor must mull finer points before choosing government bonds over bank FDs When you buy shares, you get to own a Precious metals remained share of the business which entitles you to Venkatesh Bangaruswamy vestment risk. Now, govern broadly range bound in July. Af dividends from the company and share price ment bonds pay every half ter a distinctly weak perfor appreciation, if any, when you sell the shares. The RBI recently released the year. So, this risk could be grea mance in June, Comex gold Dividends are taxable in your hands as features of Retail Direct Gilt Ac ter with government bonds managed to close in the green. income and capital appreciation as short term count as part of its (and the go than comparable bonds paying The U.S. Federal Reserve’s or longterm capital gains (after one year of vernment’s) initiative to en interest rate annually. dovish stance on interest rates holding). courage retail participation in and the soft trend in the U.S. As you have no income from an occupation, government bonds. Conclusion you will need to add up all your incomes dollar helped gold prices recov from stipend, dividends from MFs and shares, The question is: should you You should directly invest in er in July. Comex gold gained interest from deposits and shortterm capital invest in government bonds? In government bonds if you are 2.6% to close at $1,817.2 an gains from any sale of MFs and shares to this article, we discuss the be excited about the newer invest ounce. But Comex silver lost arrive at your gross taxable income. If your nefits and the issues associated ment avenue. But, you should 2.5% to $25.45 an ounce. taxable income is up to ₹2.5 lakh in a year, with such investments. For the consider the following points if Mirroring the global trend, Though MCX gold closed on you are not liable to pay any IT. For income purpose of our discussion, we your objective is to invest in go MCX gold futures gained 1.9% a positive note in July, the price beyond ₹2.5 lakh up to ₹5 lakh, you pay tax will assume that you are invest vernment bonds for achieving to close at ₹48,001 per 10 gm. is still confined to a range. The at 5%. For income beyond ₹5 lakh and up to ing to achieve a life goal. We al a life goal: ₹10 lakh, you pay tax at a 20% rate. To save MCX silver futures closed 1.8% shortterm outlook hinges on tax, you can also invest in instruments under so assume that, at present, While bank deposits expose the investor to small credit risk, First, both government lower at ₹67,847 per kg. the direction of the breakout section 80C of the IT, which allow you to your preferred choice for bond government bonds are typically risk free. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK bonds (if held till maturity) and The shortterm outlook for from this range. A move above claim up to ₹1.5 lakh in annual deduction investment is bank deposits. bank deposits do not carry in Comex gold is positive. The ₹49,000 would be a sign of from your gross taxable income. Certain post is possible that you may have to cumulate ₹15 lakh in 10 years. terest rate risk. price may rise to the immediate strength and it could then rise office schemes and ELSS MFs are eligible for Interest-rate risk pay a premium to buy these Suppose, you invest in a 10 Second, government bonds target range of $1,8701,880 . A to the major target at ₹51,250 this deduction. In effect, up to ₹4 lakh of You are exposed to interestrate bonds. The point, however, is year government bond offering expose you to reinvestment move past $1,837 would con 51,300. A close below ₹47,300 your income can be exempt from IT in a year risk when you invest in bond that you need not bother about 4% posttax interest income. It risk. Bank deposits do not, if firm the positive outlook . This would be a sign of weakness provided you are able to use 80C effectively. mutual funds or any bond in prices going down during the seems that you are all set to you invest in cumulative fixed However, tax savings should not be your outlook would be under threat and could push the price to only objective while choosing investments. vestment that generates capital life of the bonds. And, of achieve your goal. But unwit deposits (for lump sum money) if the price closes below the im ₹43,50044,000. Before choosing them, you need to be clear appreciation. The risk is that course, government bonds do tingly, you have exposed your and recurring deposits (for sav mediate support at $1,740 The nearterm outlook for on three things – the financial goals towards bond prices typically decline not have credit risk. So, you self to reinvestment risk. ings from monthly income). 1,750. Until this is breached, MCX silver is negative. It could which you are investing, the time horizons when interest rate rises (or in can be confident of getting To accumulate ₹15 lakh in 10 Third, you can invest any there would be a case for a slide to the immediate target you have to achieve them and your risk anticipation of rates going up). back the par value at maturity. years, you need to earn 4%on a time in deposits and match the move to $1,880 and higher. A range of ₹63,00063,500. This appetite which is your ability to take losses You are not exposed to this risk The upshot? Government compounded annual basis. So, maturity of your deposits with drop below $1,740 may impart view would be invalidated if the or volatility in your returns. For holding if you invest in bank deposits bonds offer stable income, just the interest income you earn the time horizon for your life weakness and the price could price moves above ₹70,00 periods of 7 years or less, you must consider because you earn only interest as bank deposits do, and typi every year must be reinvested goal. With government bonds, deposit products, post office schemes and then slide to $1,6501,660. 70,500. A close below ₹65,900 debt MFs. You should venture into shares or income. cally without credit risk. But at 4% till the tenth year. The is your primary investment is de The price of Comex silver would strengthen the case for a equity MFs only if you have a 7yearplus Now, direct investment in before you do decide to invest , sue is that RBI could lower the pendent on when RBI holds has been confined to a range slide to ₹63,500 and lower. horizon. Finally, tax can be levied on your MF government bonds also pro consider an important risk as interest rate in any of the inter auctions, and the bond maturi and the nearterm outlook de To summarise, the short or stock market investments once you tects you from interest rate sociated with such mediate years. And, that would ty offered in each auction. pends on the direction of the term outlook for precious me become a taxpayer, as and when you sell risk. How? True, government investments. mean you cannot reinvest at Finally, bank deposits ex breakout from this range. A tals is unclear. A breakout from units or shares and make capital gains. bonds trade in the market and 4%. Referred to as reinvest pose you to small credit risk move above $26.8 would be a the levels mentioned would in Q. I am a senior citizen (81). I redeemed MFs offer opportunities for capital Reinvestment risk ment risk, this risk, if not man whereas government bonds are sign of strength and may propel fluence the direction of the in January this year. The total capital gain appreciation. But you can Suppose you want to accumu aged well, can set you on a path typically creditrisk free. silver price to the next target of shortterm move. received was ₹13.30 lakh. My annual income choose to earn only interest in late ₹15 lakh in 10 years. Assum to failure to meet a life goal, (The author offers training $27.528. However, a fall below (The author is a Chennai is ₹17 lakh, from other sources. Can I get tax come by keeping these bonds ing you have ₹10 lakh today, Suffice it to understand that programmes for individuals $24 would be a sign of weak based analyst / trader. This is exemption for capital gains u/s 54 EC? till maturity and receive the par you must invest in a product the more frequent the interest for managing personal invest ness and it could then slip to not meant to be trading or in A.P. CHARI value from the government. It earning 4% per annum to ac payments, the greater the rein ments) the downside target of $2222.5. vestment advice) N. Sree Kanth answers: With effect from April 1, 2019, capital gains arising from sale of land, building or both only are eligible for Bank fixed deposit rates Home loan interest rates

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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 SPORT 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Sindhu stamps her class, adds another feather to her cap The shuttler becomes the ﬁrst Indian woman to secure backtoback medals at the Olympics ‘If I can do it, anybody can’ BADMINTON

Shyam Vasudevan Tokyo

P.V. Sindhu fixed her hair, shuffled her feet thrice, leaned forward and mut tered “come on.” She took a deep breath before letting the shuttle sail over the net. The point ended with a markably well to cover the thunderous crosscourt court and return a Sindhu smash, and she let out a smash but the 26yearold scream. She had scaled the from Hyderabad smashed mountain of expectations, the return to the other end of beating China’s He Bingjiao the court. She pocketed the 2113, 2115 to secure an first game 2113. Olympic bronze medal. She is now the first Indian Longer rallies woman to have backtoback Bingjiao tried to engage medals at the Olympics. Sindhu in longer rallies in Role model: Sindhu hopes that her achievements will inspire a generation. * GETTY IMAGES the second game in a bid to Emotional conflict control the tempo of the AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE anybody can do it.” Sindhu followed up her Sindhu, however, had game, but the Indian was TOKYO 2016 Olympics silver by win walked into the court with a prepared. She finished Sindhu was aiming to be ning the World title in 2019. myriad of thoughts. “I had points early and derived P.V. Sindhu hopes she can in come only the second Indian an emotional conflict, great success from her fero spire a new generation after to win an individual Olympic Gunning for Paris whether to be sad that I had cious forehand crosscourt adding the Tokyo Olympics gold, but had lost to Chinese lost a chance to make it to smashes. bronze to her 2016 Rio silver Taipei’s Tai Tzuying in the She said she would “definite the final or find happiness The duo was tied 1111, be on Sunday. The World cham semifinals. ly” look to challenge for that I had another shot at fore Sindhu switched gears pion defeated China’s He She said she was “sad” at Olympic gold again at the winning a medal,” she said. to take off. She toyed with Bingjiao 2113, 2115 to add not being able to go one bet 2024 Paris Games, and But none of those Bingjiao to surge ahead 1915. another prize to her collec ter than at Rio. However, backed herself to continue thoughts mattered once the A minute later, she em tion, five years after finish Sindhu was able to put the improving. contest began on centre braced her coach Park Te ing second at the Rio Games. disappointment behind her. “Every time I win, it’s a court at the Musashino For sang, with another Olympic Now she feels that Indians “I had to close out all my stepping stone,” said the 26 est Plaza. medal in her bag. can use her achievement as emotions for this one match yearold. “It builds my mo Bingjiao, much like Tai “I’m super happy to be a springboard for more bad and give it my all,” she said. tivation. I can do much bet Tzuying on Friday, tried to the first Indian woman ath minton success. “I’m very happy and I think ter and I can work harder. restrict play close to the net lete to win backtoback me “I’m sure a lot of young I've done really well. Getting “I think that's my passion but Sindhu countered. The dals,” she said, noting that sters and others will get mo a medal for the country is towards the sport — once Chinese kept the shuttle low this medal was a lot more dif tivated to work hard and definitely a proud moment you achieve something, you but whenever she offered ficult to achieve compared to come up,” she said. “I'm sure for me and the people out want to achieve more and Sindhu even an inch of flight, the silver in Rio 2016, where we can do this. If I can do it, there.” more.” she was greeted by a point she had little expectations or DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD killing smash. pressure. “It hasn’t sunk in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The Indian led 118 and a yet! I just want to be in the The Sindhu file streak of Bingjiao unforced moment and I’m going to en errors saw her cruise ahead. joy this,” said the reigning B Age: 26 There came a time when the World champion, who made B Born: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana) Chinese shuttler looked ex it a memorable Sunday for asperated — she had done re India. B Current BWF World Ranking: 7 B Olympic record: Silver: 2016 Rio; Bronze: Tokyo 2020

B Achievements: First Indian woman athlete to win two individual Olympic medals; First Indian to win the World Championships (2019, Basel); First Indian to win the seasonending BWF World Tour Finals (2018, Guangzhou); ﬁve medals at the World Championships; two medals at Asian Games (including silver in women’s singles in 2018); three medals at Commonwealth Games (including gold in mixed team event in 2018)

B BWF titles: Superseries (2016 China Open, 2017 India Open, 2017 Korea Open); Grand Prix (2013 Malaysia Grand Prix, 2013 Macau Open, 2014 Macau Open, 2015 Macau Open, 2016 Malaysia Open, 2017 Syed Modi International)

B National awards: Padma Bhushan (2020), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2016), Padma Shri (2015), Arjuna Award (2013)

Roaring success: P.V. Sindhu reacts after winning a point in the bronze medal match against B Compiled by Ashwin Achal China’s He Bingjiao. She won in straight games. * GETTY IMAGES DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GOLDIES Jacobs! The bolt from the blue MEDAL EVENTS 22 Gold medals are on offer at the Games on Italian emerges 100m winner; Rojas sets triple jump record Monday DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s ATHLETICS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Rings, Men’s Vault, Women’s B Jacobs came from a family Floor Exercise Stan Rayan of motorcyclists, but his Athletics: Men’s 3000m mother Viviana was against steeplechase, Men’s Long t was a magical Sunday it. So he tried everything, Jump, Women’s 5000m, Wo Inight in Tokyo as Lamont including swimming, men’s 100m Hurdles, Wo Marcell Jacobs virtually football and basketball men’s Discus Tamberi and Barshim. * AP came from nowhere and Badminton: Men’s Singles, B He is a decent long jumper Women’s Doubles Artem Dolgopyat (Isr): Artistic raced away as the fastest too and has a personal best man of the Olympics. Cycling Track: Women’s Team gymnastics: Men’s Floor Exer- of 7.95m Sprint; Equestrian: Eventing DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD cise; Max Whitlock (GBr): Artis- With American world Jumping Team, Eventing Indi tic gymnastics: Men’s Pommel leader Trayvon Bromell first gold after silver in Rio vidual Jumping Horse crashing out in the semifinal and London 2012. Sailing: Men’s Skiff 49er, Wo Rebecca Andrade (Bra): Artistic and China’s Su Bingtian top men’s Skiff 49er FX Yulimar Rojas... leaping into A few minutes before gymnastics: Women’s Vault; Ni ping that round in a new Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3 history. * REUTERS that, Venezuala’s Yulimar na Derwael (Bel): Artistic gym- Asian record time of 9.83s, Positions, Men’s 25m Rapid Rojas was screaming in de Powering through: Gurjant skilfully weaved past his markers to score. * GETTY IMAGES nastics: Women’s Uneven Bars jump produced two gold Fire Pistol Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Ita): many had expected surpris light after breaking Inessa medallists after Gianmarco Weightlifting: Women’s Athletics: Men’s 100m es in the final. Kravet’s 26yearold wo Tamberi and Qatar’s Mutaz 87kg, Women’s +87kg Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qat) & Still, none expected Ja men’s triple jump World re Essa Barshim finished level India beats GB, ends fourdecade wait Wrestling: Men’s GrecoRo Gianmarco Tamberi (Ita): Ath- cobs to come good for he cord with 15.67m (old 15.50) at 2.37m after clearing all man 60kg, Men’s GrecoRo letics: Men’s High Jump had never won any major in her last effort. Dilpreet, Gurjant and Hardik find the target in the 31 win man 130kg, Women’s Frees their earlier heights in their Yulimar Rojas (Ven): Athletics: 100m title earlier. She had broken the Olym tyle 76kg Women’s Triple Jump The race was anybody’s first attempt. equaliser. Graham Reid’s more challenging when Gong Lijiao (Chn): Athletics: pic record with her first HOCKEY till about 70m when the 26 They had both failed at jump, a 15.41. Portugal’s Pa side doubled its lead within skipper Manpreet Singh was INDIAN ODYSSEY Women’s Shot Put 2.39. They were given two Shyam Vasudevan seconds of the second quar shown a yellow card with six Chen Yu Fei (Chn): Badminton: yearold Americaborn Ita tricia Mamona (15.01) and options: a jumpoff or to TOKYO ter when Hardik Singh won minutes on the clock and Women’s Singles lian made his move to stun Spain’s Ana Peleteiro (14.87) Badminton: Women's singles Logan Martin (Aus): Cycling ningly take the gold in an Eu share the gold and they de took silver and bronze. The Indian men’s hockey the ball and found Gurjant had to sit out. (bronze medal match): P.V. BMX Freestyle: Men’s Park ropean record time of 9.80s cided to go for the latter. team ended a 41year wait to Singh. The British had the man Sindhu bt He Bingjiao (Chn) Charlotte Worthington (GBr): with American Fred Kerly Tamberi shed tears of joy Lijiao finally gets gold make it to the medal round Gurjant skilfully weaved advantage but failed to make 2113, 2115. Cycling BMX Freestyle: Wo- (9.84) and Canadian Andre for he had missed the 2016 Earlier China’s Gong Lijiao, at the Olympics as it regis past his marker and snuck it it count as Hardik netted In Boxing: Men's super heavy weight (quarterfinals): Satish men’s Park de Grasse (9.89) picking sil Olympics with an injury and who had won silver and tered a 31 win over Great into the goal past custodian dia’s third in the 57th mi Kumar lost to Bakhodir Jalo Shi Tingmao (Chn): Diving: Wo- ver and bronze. was in crutches around that bronze earlier, completed Britain at the Oi Hockey Sta Ollie Payne. nute. men’s 3m Springboard lov (Uzb). Jacobs is the first Italian to time. He brought the cast, her Olympic medal set in dium on Sunday to advance France: Fencing: Men’s Foil Equestrian: Cross Country take the 100m title and its that held his leg together Upping the ante Solo run Team women’s shot put with a per to the semifinal. individual: Fouaad Mirza then, to the Tokyo track to The Indian defence dealt The 22yearold went on a Xander Schauffele (USA): Golf: was a personal best for all sonal best 20.58m. The Indians will take on 22nd. with a barrage of attacks in Men three. remind the world what he All her five legal throws Rio 2016 silver medallist and solo run during a counterat Golf: Men's individual (fourth Matt Wearn (Aus): Sailing: It was certainly a dramatic had been through. were better than American reigning world champion the third quarter as Britain tack and made his way to and final round): Anirban La Men’s One Person Dinghy-Laser day and a wonderful Italian Barshim was in tears too, silver medallist Raven Saun Belgium, which beat Spain upped the ante, and domi wards the opposition goal. hiri (T42), Udayan Mane (56). AnneMarie Rindom (Den): night, for the men’s high it was the World champion’s ders’ efforts (19.79). 31 in the last eight, in the nated possession. He had his first shot saved Hockey: Men (quarterfinals): Sailing: Women’s One Person last four on August 3. The Indian backline was but scored on the rebound. bt Great Britain 31. Dinghy-Laser Radial kept on its toes, but Britain Minutes later, the Indian Emma McKeon (Aus): Swim- Early lead lacked the finishing touch. camp broke into emotional INDIANS IN ACTION ming: Women’s 50m Freestyle Britain saw more of the ball Having squandered two celebrations after sealing Australia: Swimming: Women’s Athletics: Women: 200m: initially and looked menac penalty corners, it finally the win. 4x100m Medley Relay Dutee Chand, Round 1, 7.20 converted off its third in the Caeleb Dressel (USA): Swim- ing, but India took the lead a.m.; Semifinals 3.55 p.m. ming: Men’s 50m Freestyle in the seventh minute 45th minute as Ward found Closer to their dream Discus (final): Kamalpreet Robert Finke (USA): Swimming: against the run of play. the back of the net. They had just taken a step Kaur, 4.30 p.m. Men’s 1500m Freestyle Simranjeet Singh won the The last 15 minutes were a closer to their dream of Equestrian: Eventing indivi USA: Swimming: Men’s 4x100m ball at the edge of the circle nervy affair — the Indians bringing back Indian hock dual jumping: Fouaad Mirza. Medley Relay and neatly played it to Dil had to hold on to their slen ey’s Olympic glory days. Qualifier, 1.30 p.m.; Final, 5.15 Alexander Zverev (Ger): Ten- preet Singh, who converted der onegoal lead, while the “We are very happy be p.m. nis: Men’s Singles from close range. British continued to play on cause we are reaching the Hockey: Women (quarterfi nals): vs Australia, 8.30 a.m. Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina the offensive. semifinal after a long time. Siniakova (Cze): Tennis: Wo- Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Brilliant save Sreejesh summoned all The tournament isn’t over men’s Doubles; Anastasia Pav Positions: Aishwary Pratap lyuchenkova & Andrey Rublev India goalkeeper P.R. Sree his skill as he made save af yet and we need to keep our Singh Tomar, Sanjeev Rajput. (ROC): Tennis: Mixed Doubles jesh pulled off a fine save to ter save to keep the British at feet on the ground and focus Qualification, 8 a.m.; Final, Neisi Patricia Barrera (Ecu): The Italian Job: Lamont Marcell Jacobs, right, edges out Fred Kerly to succeed the legendary deny Samuel Ward soon af bay. on the next match,” said 1.20 p.m. Weightlifting: Women’s 76kg Usain Bolt as the 100m champion. Andre de Grasse, not in pic, bagged the bronze.* AFP ter as Britain pushed for an India's task became even Manpreet. All times IST. 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Kamesh Srinivasan NEW DELHI The presence of physio Anand Dubey has helped the Indian Olympic Asso ciation solve a problem for the wrestling team at the Olympics. The experienced Anand had travelled as Sania Mir za and Ankita Raina’s phy sio after the tennis team opted for him rather than a coach when it was allowed only one support staff. Did I just?! Alexander Zverev after beating Karen Khachanov Superman: Caeleb Dressel joined a very exclusive club of fivegold winners at a Mermaid: Emma McKeon’s tally of seven medals is the best ever by a woman Meanwhile, the wres in the final. * REUTERS single edition. * REUTERS swimmer. * REUTERS tling squad had one physio who could only enter the TENNIS took the men’s doubles TOKYO OLYMPICS before helping the US men SWIMMING Matt Biondi, and Otto, as the Adam Peaty’s Britain taking training venue and was not crown four years later. shatter their own world re only swimmers to win five or silver ahead of Italy. staying in the village. Agence France-Presse Barbora Krejcikova and Agence France-Presse cord in the 4x100m medley record for the most decorat more golds at one Games. In the women’s relay, The early exit of the ten Tokyo Katerina Siniakova of the Tokyo relay. ed female athlete at a single While the US again topped McKeon swam the fly for nis players led to the IOA Alexander Zverev brushed Czech Republic added the Caeleb Dressel won two McKeon was just as im Games ever, tied with Rus the medals table with 30, in Australia, which came home converting Anand’s tennis aside Karen Khachanov in women's doubles gold to more titles on Sunday to end pressive, blasting through sian gymnast Maria Gorok cluding 11 gold, second in an Olympicrecord accreditation to all access. straight sets on Sunday to their French Open crown by his Tokyo campaign with five the 50m in 23.81s then spear hovskaya (1952). placed Australia had 20 me 3:51.60s to upset twotime He was already staying at seal the Olympic men’s sin beating Swiss singles cham golds, as Australia’s Emma heading Australia to the me Like McKeon, Dressel took dals, nine of them gold. defending champion USA. the athletes village and gles title and win Germany’s pion Belinda Bencic and McKeon became the first wo dley relay honours on the fi the 50100 freestyle double, Dressel and McKeon re Canada was third. thus has been able to im first tennis gold since 1992. Viktorija Golubic 75, 61. man swimmer to win seven nal day of action. It boosted but also powered to the turned for the eventclosing mediately help the The fourth seed pro Krejcikova, who also won medals at a single Olympics. her medal tally to seven — 100m butterfly title in world relays with Dressel deliver Distance double wrestlers. duced a dominant display to the Roland Garros singles four gold and three bronze — record time, while adding ing a storming butterfly leg America’s Robert Finke over Anand — part of the In win 63, 61 in 79 minutes. trophy earlier this year, and Fantastic efforts surpassing the six won by 4x100m free and medley re to steer the US to a worldre came fatigue to secure the dian Fed Cup and Davis Zverev becomes only the Siniakova had needed de Dressel earned the title of East German Kristin Otto lays to thrust himself into cord 3:26.78s. That shattered Olympic distance double by Cup teams over the years — second German to win an ciding tiebreaks in their last world’s fastest swimmer (1952) and American Natalie rarified company. US’s own global mark of winning the men’s 1500m has an extended service in Olympic singles gold after three matches, but were do with a lightning 21.07 se Coughlin (2008). He joins Americans Mi 3:27.28s set at the 2009 gold medal to go with his the Commonwealth Games Steffi Graf in 1988, while Bo minant against Bencic and conds in the 50m freestyle McKeon also matched the chael Phelps, Mark Spitz and World Championships, with 800m title. and Asian Games. ris Becker and Michael Stich Golubic.

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SUBRAHMANYAM exercise to claim the synchronised titles. country’s first ever t was a moment of delight at gymnastics medal on Worthington serves it up in Ithe Suchitra Academy. Pra Sunday. In other events Max BMX freestyle deep Raju, Praveen Raju, Whitlock defended his Former chef Charlotte trainer Srikanth Verma and pommel horse title, Rebeca Worthington served up the the young badminton Andrade succeeded Simone ride of her life as the Briton players, who had sparred Biles as vault champion and became the firstever with P.V. Sindhu in the lead World champion Nina Artem Dolgopyat...tumbling to victory. * GETTY IMAGES Olympic champion in BMX up to the Tokyo Olympics, Derwael hopped up onto freestyle on Sunday. have played an important the uneven bars to end Lahiri T42 and Mane 56th champion and top seed Australia’s Men's favourite role behind Sindhu’s bronze Belgium’s wait for a as Schauffele takes gold Bakhodir Jalolov of Logan Martin won the men's medalwinning feat at the To gymnastics gold. Golfer Anirban Lahiri shot a Uzbekistan 50 in the +91kg event. kyo Olympics. finalround 72 for a tally of quarterfinal clash on “Yes, we were definitely 279 to finish tied 42nd in the Sunday. Armyman Satish, disappointed after Sindhu’s Helping hands: P.V. Sindhu along with physio B. Evangeline, Pradeep Raju of Suchitra Academy 60player field at the the first Indian super loss to Tai Tzuying in the and fitness trainer Srikanth Verma at the academy. * FILE PHOTO Olympic Games on Sunday, heavyweight boxer to semifinal. Now we’re glad while compatriot Udayan qualify for the Games, won that she pulled off another naments in Thailand, includ the strength and conditioning opponents to ensure she un Mane also shot 72 for a 287 the hearts with a memorable performance,” ing the Super Series final, she team, and she is now faster derstands and adapt very ea and end up 56th. Overnight courageous performance. said Pradeep, who has been wanted to prove a point to and leaner. She had match sily to every style of play,” leader Xander Schauffele Even Jalolov acknowledged working with Sindhu’s coach herself and the world,” said simulations where she played Pradeep said. (USA, 266) won gold ahead Satish’s brave effort after the Park Tae Sang since February Pradeep. from positions like 160, 1720, “Despite pandemic throw of Rory Sabbatini (Slovakia, end of the bout. this year. “From the Suchitra Bad 1820. If you see this helped ing the tournament structure 267) and C.T. Pan (Chinese “Sindhu has been with us minton Academy, the senior her against Akane Yamaguchi haywire, it worked in Sind Taipei, 269). Tingmao’s reign continues since 2017. When she started most strength and condition in the quarterfinal in the first hu’s because it gave her China’s Shi Tingmao her quest for the Olympic ing trainer and a physio tra game,” Pradeep said. enough time to learn new Satish goes down to claimed her second gold gold after her belowpar per velled with Sindhu,” Pradeep “We ran video analysis on strokes like slow drop and the Xander Schauffele...taste of World champion Jalolov medal at the Tokyo Worthington...defying formances in the three tour said. “We have given inputs to her game and all her possible halfsmashes,” he said. victory. * AP Satish Kumar lost to World Olympics with victory in the gravity. * REUTERS TV PICKS Smashing Blue wins Sultan Pheroze Plate Mixed results for Indians TNPL 2021 : Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. HYDERABAD: R.H. Sequeira Blue Valentine (Trevor) 3 and Red River (Gaurav Singh) 3 and Aca mar) 2, Campania (Trevor) 3 and Humpy finds points), Harikrishna (2.5) zaga (Esp) lost to Adhiban; Ha trained Smashing Blue (Akshay River (R.S. Jodha) 4. Not run: dian Angel (G. Naresh) 4. Nk, 2 Advance Guard (Nikhil Naidu) 4. and Humpy (1) had their task rikrishna bt Humpy. Tokyo 2020: Sony Ten 2, 3 & Kumar up) won the Sultan Crackershow. 11/2, 3 and 3. 1m, and Sh. 1m, 15.78s. ₹21 (w), 14, 17 Not run: Best Buddy. 3/4, 1 and 3. going tough Sony Six (SD & HD), 5.30 a.m. Pheroze Plate, the feature event 14.57s. ₹40 (w), 13, 10 and 10 (p). and 28 (p). SHP: 43, THP: 81, FP: 1m, 42.90s. ₹22 (w), 10, 20 and 11 cut out for the remaining 10 First round: Adhiban bt Aryan onwards (Tuesday) of Sunday’s (Aug.1) races here. SHP: 33, THP: 55, FP: 152, Q: 58, 91, Q: 72, Tanala: 632. Favourite: (p). SHP: 82, THP: 68, FP: 316, Q: rounds. Tari (Nor); Nakamura bt Harik The winner is owned by Mr. Rama Tanala: 300. Favourite: All Time Battle Ready. Owners: Mr. C. 173, Tanala: 558. Favourite: Cam Seshu Eyunni & Mr. P. Prabhakar Legend. Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Dilip Parthasarthy, Mr. Rajat Parthas pania. Owners: Mr. Rama Seshu CHESS The results (involving Indians): rishna; Humpy lost to Arte Reddy. Sequira saddled two more Thomas rep. Rajagiri Rubber & arthy, Mr. V. Krishna Das & Mr. Eyunni & Mr. Marthand Singh Fifth round: B. Adhiban drew miev. Bailey to lead winners on the day, while Akshay Produce Company Limited. Veeramachaneni Bharat. Trainer: Mahindra. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. RAKESH RAO with P. Harikrishna; K. Humpy Standings (after five rounds): Kumar stole the limelight by win Trainer: S.A. Shehzad Abbas. D. Netto. 7. ANAB E SHAHI PLATE (DIV. II) NEW DELHI drew with Abhimanyu Mishra 1. Wesley So (USA, 4), 24. Vla ning five races. 3. FAIR TRIAL PLATE (DIV. I) 5. SULTAN PHEROZE PLATE (1,200m) rated up to 25 (Cat. III): CA’s selection 1. ROYSTON ROCK PLATE (1,200m) (USA). (1,200m), rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): (1,200m) rated 80 and above (Cat. SHELDON (G. Naresh) 1, N R I B. Adhiban and P. Harikrish dislav Artemiev (Rus), Hikaru (Terms) Maiden, 3yo only (Cat. XFINITY SMASHING BLUE Touch (Akshay Kumar) 2, Hip Hop na kept alive their chances Fourth round: Vladislav Arte Nakamura (USA), Firouza Alire KEYSTONE (Akshay Kumar) 1, (Akshay Kumar) 1, Man I): (Akshay Ku II): (C.P. Bopanna) 3 and Let It Be Me miev (Rus) bt Adhiban; Harik panel Galwan (Nikhil Naidu) 2, Jean dala Bay (Trevor) 2, Story Teller mar) 1, Corfe Castle (Gaurav of qualifying for the quarter za (Fra) (3.5 each); 59. Shak (B.R. Kumar) 4. 31/4, Hd and Nk. Lafette (R. Ajinkya) 3 and Zeus (R.S. Jodha) 3 and The Prospect Singh) 2, Trump Girl (Abhay rishna drew with Shakhariyar hriyar Mamedyarov (Aze), Da 1m, 14.40s. ₹370 (w), 51, 14 and finals, but K. Humpy found (Trevor) 4. 11/2, 2 and 2. 1m, (A.A. Vikrant) 4. Not run: King Singh) 3 and Lightning Bolt (Tre Mamedyarov (Aze); Hikaru Na ANI 129 (p). SHP: 38, THP: 401, FP: vid Anton (Esp), Le Quang Liem 14.01s. ₹12 (w), 12, 16 and 29 (p). ston. 51/2, Nk and 11/2. 1m, vor) 4. Sh, Nk and 21/2. 1m, the going tough on the open kamura (USA) drew with Melbourne 1,834, Q: 645, Tanala: 87,174. Fa (Vie), Jorden van Foreest SHP: 48, THP: 76, FP: 63, Q: 68, 13.60s. ₹23 (w), 11, 10 and 36 (p). 13.26s. ₹23 (w), 10, 13 and 40 (p). ing day of the $100,000 vourite: Due Dilligence. Owner: Humpy. Tanala: 967. Favourite: Keystone. SHP: 39, THP: 85, FP: 59, Q: 16, SHP: 37, THP: 131, FP: 70, Q: 39, (Ned), B. Adhiban (3 each), 10 The Cricket Australia Mr. Mukund Kakani. Trainer: Chessable Masters online ra Owners: Mr. Tegbir Singh Brar Tanala: 509. Favourite: Mandala Tanala: 1,293. Favourite: Light Third round: Adhiban drew 11. Levon Aronian (Arm), P. Ha K.S.V. Prasad Raju. Board on Sunday endorsed rep. Sarainaga Racing Pvt. Ltd. Bay. Owner: Mr. Akshay Karan. ning Bolt. Owners: Mr. Rama Se pid chess tournament on with Ju Wenjun (Chn); Le rikrishna (2.5 each); 1213. Trainer: Ananta Vatsalya. shu Eyunni & Mr. P. Prabhakar the appointment of former Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. Jackpot: 70% ₹47,775 (7 tkts.) and Saturday. Quang Liem (Vie) drew with Aryan Tari (Nor), Eduardo Itur 2. FAIR TRIAL PLATE (DIV. II) 4. ANAB E SHAHI PLATE (DIV. I) Reddy. Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. 30% 201 (713 tkts.); Treble: (i) 251 Australian captain George After five rounds of the Harikrishna; Humpy lost to Da riaza (Esp), 1415. Ju Wenjun (1,200m) rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): (1,200m), rated up to 25 (Cat. III): 6. FAIRWAY PLATE (1,600m) rated (124 tkts.), (ii) 2,143 (24 tkts.); Mini Bailey as chair of the Na CASTLEROCK (Ajeeth Kumar) 1, All BATTLE READY (Akshay Kumar) 1, 20 to 45 (Cat. III): LAMHA (Akshay Jackpot: (i) 439 (76 tkts.), (ii) 11,145 roundrobin phase in the 16 vid Anton (Esp). (Chn), K. Humpy (1 each), 16. tional Selection Panel Time Legend (Akshay Kumar) 2, Air Salute (N.B. Kuldeep) 2, Misty Kumar) 1, Grand Finale (B.R. Ku (5 tkts.). player field, Adhiban (3 Second round: Eduardo Iturri Abhimanyu Mishra (USA, 0.5). (NSP) to replace the retir ing Trevor Hohns. Ben Oliver, Cricket Aus tralia’s Executive General Pakistan edges Windies narrowly Esteban Ocon drives to a maiden victory Manager, High Perfor mance and National Teams, said the search had Hafeez stars for the visitors; Pooran battles in vain Vettel second; Hamilton retakes championship lead begun for a thirdpanel member to join Bailey and PAKISTAN IN WI ing batsman Evin Lewis re HUNGARIAN GP Sainz Jr. (Ferrari) +15.018, 5. head coach Justin Langer.” tired hurt on 35 midway Fernando Alonso (Alpine) George is a highly res Agence France-Presse through the innings. Reuters +15.651, 6. Pierre Gasly (Alpha pected leader who is now (Providence, Guyana) Earlier, Jason Holder and BUDAPEST Tauri) +1:03.614, 7. Yuki Tsuno well established on the Pakistan’s bowlers did just Dwayne Bravo put the Frenchman Esteban Ocon da (AlphaTauri) +1:15.803; 8. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) NSP alongside Justin as the enough to restrain a ram brakes on the Pakistan scor fended off Sebastian Vettel to +1:17.910, 9. George Russell ing rate. head coach. He has pant Nicholas Pooran and take a maiden Formula One (Williams) +1:19.094, 10. Max brought recent playing ex come away with a sevenrun Holder returned figures of win for Alpine in a chaotic Verstappen (Red Bull) perience with a deep un victory over the West Indies 4/26 while Bravo claimed 2/ Hungarian Grand Prix, that +1:20.244. 1 lap: 11. Kimi Raik derstanding of the game, in the second T20 Interna 24 as the tourists squan saw Lewis Hamilton charg konen (Alfa Romeo), 12. Daniel an open and collaborative tional of the fourmatch se dered a solid platform pro ing through from lastto Ricciardo (McLaren), 13. Mick style, and a desire to keep ries here on Saturday. vided by Babar Azam and third to retake the cham Schumacher (Haas), 14. Antonio improving the selection Pooran’s explosive unbea Mohammad Rizwan. Babar’s pionship lead from tenth Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo); DNF: function. ten 62 off 33 balls with six 6s polished 51 (58, 2x6, 4x4) placed Max Verstappen. 15. Nikita Mazepin (Haas), Lan do Norris (McLaren), Sergio Pe The thirdpanel member and four 4s kept the West In was the top core of the The 24yearold Ocon Thrilled: Esteban Ocon is joy personified . * GETTY IMAGES rez (Red Bull), Valtteri Bottas will add to their combined dies in with a chance until innings. crossed the line 1.8 seconds (Mercedes), Charles Leclerc experience as we look for the final over when 20 runs Nicholas Pooran. * AFP The scores: Pakistan 157/8 in clear of his Aston Martin riv incident. tagged by the slow starting 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan (Ferrari), Lance Stroll (Aston someone who will bring were required to overhaul al, while Hamilton nearly The Dutchman, who had Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas Martin). complementary skills Pakistan’s 157 for eight. Mohammad Hafeez, bowling 46, Babar Azam 51; Jason Hol caught the pair up but fell 2.7 made a good start on a wet that sent him sliding into the der 4/26) bt West Indies 150/4 Standings: Drivers: 1. Hamilton along with their own per However, Shaheen Shah the first over, dismissed seconds short. track from second on the Red Bull. (Evin Lewis 35, Nicholas Pooran 192 pts., 2. Verstappen 186, 3. The results: 1. Esteban Ocon spective and diversity of Afridi dismissed captain Kie Andre Fletcher with his se 62 n.o.). Still, the Briton put him grid, was right behind Ha Norris 113, 4. Bottas 108, 5. Pe (Alpine) 1:32:54.762s, 2. Sebas thinking,” said Oliver in an ron Pollard and then denied cond ball and conceded just Toss: West Indies. self six points clear of Ver milton heading into the first rez 104; Constructors: 1. Red tian Vettel (Aston Martin), official statement. Bailey Pooran to ensure the visitors six runs in his four overs. MoM: Hafeez; Pakistan won by stappen, who scored just the corner when he was collect Bull 289, 2. Mercedes 285, 3. +1.859s, 3. Lewis Hamilton said he was looking for were kept to 150 for four. Al West Indies suffered seven runs to lead four-match sole point after being caught ed by McLaren’s Lando Nor McLaren 163, 4. Ferrari 148, 5. (Mercedes) +2.736, 4. Carlos ward to the new role. so, offspinning allrounder another setback when open series 1-0. up in an opening lap ris. The Briton was himself Alphatauri 49.

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