PM Backs Delimitation Exercise, Grassroots Democracy in J&K

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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Notify Class 12 assessment PM backs delimitation exercise, plan, SC tells State Boards grassroots democracy in J&K Announce Court criticises A.P. govt. First outreach meeting with political leaders held in a cordial atmosphere Four students arrested in results by July 31, Israel Embassy blast case orders court The Andhra Pradesh the A.P. government’s plan Special Correspondent NEW DELHI government, which was to hold the exams, asking NEW DELHI The Delhi Police Special Cell Krishnadas Rajagopal planning to conduct Class 12 what it was trying to prove Prime Minister Narendra has arrested four students NEW DELHI examinations, has decided by risking lives when other Modi reiterated his govern from Ladakh in connection The Supreme Court on to cancel them. States had opted to cancel ment’s commitment to fos with the Israel Embassy blast Earlier on Thursday, the their State Board case. They were arrested Thursday directed State tering grassroots democracy Supreme Court criticised examinations. Ī Page 5 from Kargil and brought to Boards to notify their res in Jammu and Kashmir dur Delhi on transit remand. pective schemes for internal DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ing his meeting with 14 lead NEWS Ī PAGE 8 assessment of the final ers of eight mainstream pol DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD marks of Class 12 students mous and independent”. sults before July 31, the court itical parties even as he within the next 10 days and They could formulate their ensured that students across sought their cooperation in HC grants relief to ordered them to declare the own schemes after consulta the country get a level play first completing the delimita Twitter India chief results by July 31. tion with experts. ing field in college admis tion exercise for Assembly BENGALURU A Bench of Justices A.M. However, the Bench clari sions and other opportuni seats in the Union Territory, In a temporary relief to Khanwilkar and Dinesh Ma fied that allowing Boards to ties for higher studies. which would eventually lead Twitter India’s managing heshwari refused to enter form their own independent Earlier, the CBSE and the to elections. director Manish Maheshwari, tain a plea for a “uniform schemes did not preclude ICSE had agreed in the Su He said this at the first out the Karnataka High Court on scheme” of assessment to be the court from judicially re preme Court to announce reach meeting between the Thursday restrained the made applicable across viewing their correctness the internal assessment re Union government and U.P. police from taking any coercive action against him Boards in the country. The and validity when an occa sults of their Class 12 stu mainstream political leaders till June 29 in a criminal case. court said each Board, sion arose. dents by July 31. of Jammu and Kashmir — a SOUTH Ī PAGE 5 whether the CBSE, ICSE or By directing the State meeting, which by all ac One step at a time: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting Jammu and Kashmir leaders in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 State Boards, was “autono Boards to declare their re counts, was held in a cordial Delhi on Thursday. Also present were Home Minister Amit Shah and J&K L-G Manoj Sinha. * PTI atmosphere. Both Mr. Modi and Home issue of special status to Jam Minister Amit Shah reiterat mu and Kashmir, which was Hope this is the beginning ed their previous public removed by the reading Farmers to observe ‘Save democracy day’ commitments to restoring down of Article 370, was also statehood, government raised but many parties of a process, says Omar Protests planned outside Raj Bhavans tomorrow to mark 46th year of Emergency sources said. spoke of it as a legal fight as The sources said in his ad the matter is being heard in Peerzada Ashiq restore it [trust],” the form Special Correspondent new normal and it has be subverted by the BJP. dress, Mr. Modi said, “Dilli ki the Supreme Court. Srinagar er Chief Minister said. GURUGRAM come imperative for the Farmer leader Prem Singh doori kam honi chahiye aur After the meeting, Mr. Mo National Conference (NC) Mr. Abdullah, who de The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, farmers’ movement to save Gehlawat recalled how dil ki doori bhi” (The dis di indicated that it was the vicepresident Omar Abdul scribed the August 5, 2019, a coalition of hundreds of democracy along with seek Prime Minister Narendra tance from Delhi — the seat first of such outreach efforts, lah on Thursday said he move as “unacceptable”, farmer unions, will observe ing the repeal of the three Modi had “deceived” the pe of central power — and the tweeting: “Today’s meeting hoped the Prime Minister’s said, “People do not like June 26 as “Save Agriculture laws and guarantee for Mini ople with populist slogans distance between hearts ... is an important step in the dialogue initiative was the Jammu and Kashmir’s status and Save Democracy Day” to mum Support Price. before the elections and was should both be reduced) to ongoing efforts towards a de beginning of a process. to be reduced to a Union mark the 46 th year of Emer now “blatantly serving the convey the spirit in which veloped and progressive “There has been a breach Territory. They want the full gency and seven months of ‘History repeating itself’ corporate sector at the cost the meeting was called. Jammu and Kashmir.” of trust between Delhi and State and J&K cadre res their ongoing agitation All India Kisan Sabha, Harya of toiling people”. While every party spoke Srinagar and requires mea tored.” PAGE 8 against the Centre’s farm re na, vicepresident Inderjit Satyawan, another farmer about the restoration of CONTINUED ON Ī sures from the Prime Minis form laws. Singh said history is ironical leader, said agriculturists statehood, the contentious CONG. RAISES 5 DEMANDS Ī PAGE 9 ter. It is the Centre’s duty to CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Making this announce ly repeating itself as the from Haryana would assem ment at a press conference Farmer leaders Yogendra same BJP leaders, who had ble at Nadda Saheb Gurdwa in Rohtak on Thursday, the Yadav and Inderjit Singh been projecting themselves ra before marching towards SKM leaders said that farm addressing the media on as victims of Emergency all Raj Bhavan to submit the ‘4,340 containment zones, 1,797 active cases in Delhi’ ers across the country would Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT these years, are now running memorandum urging the protest outside Raj Bhavans the country under “unde President to prevail upon the Nikhil M Babu ta till June 22. VID19 cases, as per Central from the last positive case on June 26 and submit a sident Yogendra Yadav, ad clared Emergency”. Himself Union government to amica New Delhi The number of such zones government rules. and people can start moving memorandum to President dressing the press confe a Maintenance of Internal bly settle their demands. Delhi has 4,340 active con is higher as an area can be re “Even if there are no active out of the containment zone Ram Nath Kovind through rence, said under the Security Act detenue in 1976, tainment zones but only moved from the list of con cases, we cannot delist an after 14 days,” an official said. the Governors. Narendra Modi government Mr. Singh cited how the Con RLD CHIEF URGES PM TO END 1,797 active COVID19 cases, tainment zones only after a area. But we start deescala PAGE 3 Swaraj India national pre Emergency has become the stitution was systematically IMPASSE ON FARM LAWS Ī PAGE 9 according to government da 28day period of no new CO tion process after 14 days DETAILS ON Ī

Staff Reporter New Delhi The Delhi government has given permission for cut ting or transplantation of 1,639 trees for redevelop ment of General Pool Resi dential Accommodation at Netaji Nagar. Of these trees, 325 will be felled and 1,314 will be transplanted, according to a notification issued by the Delhi government. The project is part of the rede velopment of seven go vernment colonies in the city. NBCC (India) Limited is doing the construction, and compensatory planta tion of saplings, which is Prayer power: Shree Jagannatha Temple servitors taking part in the bathing ceremony or Snana Yatra festival at Puri in Odisha mandatory, has been done. on Thursday. * BISWARANJAN ROUT CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 3 Monuments see poor footfall in first week of reopening Tourists unable to visit on weekends visitors seen earlier. On average, Humayun’s due to local lockdown restrictions Tomb had 631 daily visitors from June 16 to Wednesday, Damini Nath Statewise weekend lock with June 20, a Sunday, see NEW DELHI down orders. The monu ing a spike with 1,770 visitors. Some of the major Centrally ments, sites and museums of The official said Humayun’s protected monuments that the ASI had been closed since Tomb used to receive 7,000 reopened on June 16 after a April 15. to 8,000 visitors a day on av closure due to the second From June 16 to Wednes erage before the pandemic. wave of the COVID19 pan day, Taj Mahal in Agra was Slow recovery: A worker sanitising the ‘Diana bench’ as Similarly, Qutub Minar had demic saw only about 1% to open for five days due to the tourists visit the Taj Mahal on Thursday. * PTI an average of 743 daily visi 7% of their average prepan weekend lockdown in Uttar tors, ranging from 432 on demic daily footfall in the first Pradesh. The daily footfall numbers increasing on wee cording to the official. In Del June 16 to 1,677 on June 20, eight days of the reopening, ranged from 2,128 on June 16 kends and holidays, said an hi, however, tickets at each which was around 7% of the according to Archaeological to 4,322 on Monday, accord ASI official. monument were capped bet 9,000 to 10,000 visitors on Survey of India data. ing to ASI data accessed by ween 7,000 and 10,000 a day. an average preCOVID19. Red The Union Culture Minis The Hindu. Cap on tickets In Delhi, popular tourist Fort, which remains closed try on June 14 ordered that all In February 2020, before While tickets are sold only destinations such as Humay on Mondays, had an average monuments under the ASI be the pandemic, the UNESCO online to maintain crowd un’s Tomb, Qutub Minar and of 152 daily visitors over seven opened to the public from World Heritage Site used to control and social distancing, Red Fort saw a few hundred days, around 1%2% of its June 16, subject to local admi receive 16,000 to 17,000 visi the number of visitors at Taj visitors a day on an average, 7,000 to 9,000 daily visitors nistration rules, including tors on an average, with the Mahal was not limited, ac down from the thousands of prior to the pandemic. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Man arrested Dust storm hits for helping DU finalyear classes Long queues due to reduced Capital; rain gang member carrying capacity, says DMRC expected today flee custody to begin from July 20 Press Trust of India Train frequency similar to prepandemic times, it says New Delhi Staff Reporter Registration process for new session likely to start from July 15 A dust storm hit Delhi on NEW DELHI Staff Reporter The long queues Thursday afternoon, bring Staff Reporter NEW DELHI <> A 28yearold man has are caused as only ing the maximum tempera been arrested for allegedly NEW DELHI Following long queues out ture down to 38.2 degrees single-entry points helping gangster Kuldeep Delhi University on Thurs side several metro stations Celsius, one notch below alias Fajja escape from pol day announced that classes since the resumption of ser are permitted at the normal, the Indian Me ice custody from Guru Teg for fifthsemester students vices, the Delhi Metro Rail most of the metro teorological Department Bahadur Hospital, the pol will begin from July 20 and Corporation (DMRC) on stations said. ice said on Thursday. examinations are likely to be Thursday said that the cur Anuj Dayal The minimum tempera Deputy Commissioner held from November 30. rent frequency of trains is si DMRC spokesperson ture in the morning was re of Police (Rohini) Pranav Due to the pandemic, ex milar to prepandemic corded at 28.3 degrees Cel Tayal said that the accused aminations were conducted times. quency at which metro was sius, normal for this time of has been identified as Amit only for terminalyear stu The public transporter at singleentry points are per operating during the normal the year, it said. The rela Mathur, a resident of Kara dents this year. The current The Arts Faculty at Delhi University wears a deserted look tributed the long queues to mitted at most of the metro preCOVID times. The metro tive humidity at 5.30 p.m. la. Amit was arrested from batch of secondyear stu due to the ongoing pandemic crisis. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA reduced carrying capacity of stations, as in a mass transit is thus, operating and run was recorded at 45%. his residence. dents will begin their final the Delhi Metro network due system it is difficult to regu ning at its full frequency or The weatherman has He is a friend of Deepak year classes from July end, of firstyear students will be gust 12 and August 24, class to government guidelines. late the number of persons capacity but with reduced predicted thunderstorm alias Titar, an active gang according to a notification is gin from August 31 while es for this batch is expected Metro services resumed inside the system once entry carrying capacity owing to accompanied by rain for member of Jitender alias sued by the university. those taking admissions for to begin from August 31. on June 7 after a hiatus of is permitted. At present, the restrictions,” it said. Friday, with the minimum Gogi gang, the police said, The academic calendar the 202122 academic ses The varsity is expected to nearly a month due to the carrying capacity of the Del According to government and maximum tempera adding that Amit helped released also states that sion will begin classes from begin the registration pro COVID19induced lock hi Metro as per existing gui guidelines, passengers are tures expected to hover Kuldeep on Deepak’s in sixthsemester classes will November 18. cess for admissions to un down. Guidelines issued by delines is in the range of required to sit on alternate around 28°Celsius and 38° structions, the DCP said. begin on January 1 with dis Admissions to the univer dergraduate courses from the Delhi government stated 10%15% only.” seats and are not permitted Celsius, respectively. Del On March 25, Kuldeep, a persal of classes on April 28, sity were delayed last year as July 15, even as several that the metro can run only The DMRC also said that to stand inside the metro hi’s air quality was in the member of Jitender gang 2022, and theory examina well due to the pandemic boards have cancelled the at a 50% capacity. 5,100 train trips were being coaches. The restrictions ‘moderate’ category on escaped from police custo tions to be held from May 11 and classes for the firstsem Class 12 examinations. The run every day with a fre have resulted in each coach Thursday evening. Data dy. One gangster was killed next year. ester students had begun university, however, is yet to Single-entry points quency of 2.5 minutes to 5 carrying approximately 25 from the Central Pollution and another was injured in Earlier, the university had only in November. With release details on the pro DMRC spokesperson Anuj minutes on all major passengers as opposed to Control Board showed that police action on the day of said that thirdsemester their secondsemester ex cess of admission to be fol Dayal said, “The long corridors. the 300 it could accommo the hourly air quality index the incident. classes for the current batch aminations due between Au lowed this year. queues are caused as only “This was the same fre date without restrictions. at 7.05 pm stood at 140. Two fake call centres busted, 30 arrested for duping U.K. citizens HC issues notice to Centre on Staff Reporter Police (Outer North) Rajiv duped them by claiming called up U.K. based resi U.K.based account by pro NEW DELHI Ranjan Singh said that the themselves as personnel dents. viding the account number Two fake call centres operat centres were being operated from the Department of Jus The police said that the ac of facilitators in the U.K. Half harassment complaint by officer ing from Rohini have been by Parvinder Singh and his tice, United Kingdom and cused induced fear in vic of the transferred amount busted and 30 persons ar three accomplices Paramjeet H.M. Revenue and Customs. tims by telling them that a was being kept by the facili rested for allegedly duping Singh, Gagandeep Singh and The accused had pur criminal case had been filed tators and the remaining was Court tells officers to attempt resolution on their own U.K.based residents over tax Manthan Arora, who were al chased the data of customers against them for tax dues. received by the accused dues by posing as revenue so arrested along with six through internet for ₹5 lakh When the victims asked through hawala transactions Staff Reporter She explained that an in New Delhi officials. women. and provided a script to the them for a remedy, they told or by Bitcoins, police ternal complaints commit Deputy Commissioner of The police said they callers, who through VOIP, them to transfer amount to a claimed. The Delhi High Court has is tee must not comprise mem sued notice to the Centre on bers who are subordinate in a petition by a senior Indian rank to the person who is Police Service (IPS) officer, subject matter of the com who has complained of sex plaint before such ual harassment against the committee. Director General of the Bu “This, it is submitted, vi reau of Police Research & tiates the very constitution Development (BPR&D), of the ICC and all proceed claiming that the Internal ings being conducted before Complaints Committee (ICC) it; and is against the princi in her case was not properly ples of justice and fair play,” constituted. Senior advocate Rebecca Ms. John argued. Justice Anup Jairam John, representing the se In the meantime, Bhambhani also issued not nior IPS officer, argued that Centre’s counsel Monika Ar ice to BPR&D while posting the petition was only con ora suggested that consider the case for further hearing cerned with the constitution ing that both the complai on June 25. of the members of the ICC, nant and the person against In the meantime, the High which was constituted by an whom ICC proceedings are Court asked if the parties in order of May 21, this year. pending, are very senior of volved, being very senior of ficers of a uniformed force, ficers of a uniformed force, ICC members an attempt be made to re could attempt to resolve the Ms. John contened that solve the issues that have issue on their own. members of the ICC are sub arisen. ordinate in rank to the Direc Ms. John also did not op Proceedings under way tor General against whom pose the suggestion. “Ac The High Court’s direction the sexual harassment com cordingly, counsel may at came on a plea by the senior plaint has been made. tempt resolution of the IPS officer who said pro This, Ms. John submitted, matter, if possible; and re ceedings in her complaint was in the teeth of a verdict port on the next date of are under way before the of judgments of the High hearing,” Justice Bhambhani ICC constituted by BPR&D. Court. said. Taekwondo coach found dead In note, deceased blamed school authorities for salary dues

Staff Reporter the authorities over non months after taking online NEW DELHI payment of his pending sal classes last year, when the A 46yearold man was ary. He wrote that he was victim has asked for salary, found dead at his residence disturbed because of the sit the authorities had said that in Outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri, uation. they were waiting for the allegedly over nonpayment children to pay fees. Howev of pending salary by a priv Filed case last year er, when teachers asked a ate school where he used to The police said he had also few months later, the school work as a taekwondo coach, ﬁled a case in the Labour management allegedly told the police said on Thursday. Court against the school them to resign. Teachers A note has been reco management last year over then moved court against vered. The police said the nonpayment of salary. the school. victim had been unem The police said that one of A senior police oﬃcer ployed for over a year now. the deceased’s former col said that all the allegations He was found dead by his fa leagues has informed them are being looked into and mily members on Tuesday. that the victim was taking the matter is under inquiry. online classes since March No case has been registered Two named last year but discontinued la so far, he added. The police said that in the re ter following a dispute with Suicide prevention hel- covered note, the victim had school authorities because pline: Sanjivini, Society for mentioned names of two of salary issue. Mental Health, 011-4076 persons from the school The colleague allegedly 9002, Monday-Saturday (10 management and accused told the police that two a.m.-7.30 p.m.)

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Timings DELHI Govt. grants permission for cutting, FRIDAY, JUN. 25 ‘24 containment zones out of RISE 05:26 SET 19:23 RISE 20:17 SET 05:38 transplantation of over 1, 500 trees SATURDAY, JUN. 26 RISE 05:26 SET 19:23 4,340 have active COVID-19 cases’ RISE 21:15 SET 06:43 Measure part of Netaji Nagar redevelopment project SUNDAY, JUN. 27 RISE 05:26 SET 19:23 Such zones can be delisted only 28 days after the last positive case, says oﬃcial Staff Reporter RISE 22:04 SET 07:50 New Delhi Nikhil M Babu zone for 29 active cases, as The Delhi government gave New Delhi per the data. permission for cutting or Delhi has 4,340 active con “Presently there are only transplantation of 1,639 trees tainment zones but only 24 containment zones with for redevelopment of General 1,797 active COVID19 cases, active COVID19 cases and Pool Residential Accommo according to government da the rest have zero active cas dation (GPRA) at Netaji Nagar. ta till June 22. es. But these can be delisted Of these trees, 325 trees The number of such zones only 14 days after recovery of will be felled and 1,314 will be is higher as an area can be re the last case in the respective transplanted, as per a notiﬁ moved from the list of con containment zone [roughly cation issued by the Delhi go tainment zones only after a 28 days from last case being vernment. The project is part 28day period of no new CO reported]. That is why active of the redevelopment of se VID19 cases being reported containment zones are more ven government colonies in The transplantation of trees has to be done before felling of

from the same place, as per than the active cases,” a Del the city. 325 trees, says the government. * FILE PHOTO officials. hi government official said. NBCC (India) Limited, is “We can delist a contain The official said almost all doing the construction, and years over 21.45 ha. land of to the nearest crematorium ment zone only 28 days after containment zones are “mi compensatory plantation of New Delhi and monitored till free of cost and the same the last positive case as per cro containment zones” and sapling, which is mandatory, its successful establishment,” should be reported,” the not Central government rules. in many cases one or two has been done, as per the the notification said. ification read. So, even if currently there houses. notification. The timber obtained from Also, the transplantation IN BRIEF are no active cases, we can “In the beginning of the the removal of trees has to be of trees has to be done before not delist that area. But we A districtwise breakup of tive cases, the Central dis pandemic, we used to make ‘Over 16K saplings’ auctioned and the money ob felling of 325 trees. “The 325 start deescalation process data showed that there was a trict has the highest number very large containment “100% Compensatory Planta tained from it has to be depo trees shall be removed or 15-day Van Mahotsav after 14 days from the last total of only 998 active cases. of containment zones — zones, but for the past many tion of more than 16,390 [i.e sited as revenue to the go felled after successful tran to begin on June 26 positive case and people can The government did not 2,253 containment zones for months the focus is on micro 23,833] saplings of native spe vernment account by the splantation of 1,314 trees and NEW DELHI start moving in and out of the explain why it is less than the just 37 active cases — while containment zones and in cies have already been done NBCC. submission of compliance The Delhi government will containment zone after 14 official bulletin data of 1,797 the east district has the low many cases, it is just one by DCF (North) with mainte “The lops and tops of the certificate to DCF (South),” hold a 15day Van Mahotsav from June 26, and Cabinet days,” an official said. active cases. Of these 998 ac est, just one containment house,” the official said. nance arrangements for 7 trees shall be sent/ supplied the document said. Ministers, MLAs, NGOs and resident welfare associations will participate in this mega treeplantation campaign, Notices served to Google Delhi reports 109 cases, 8 deaths Man serving jail term in Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday. Mr. Rai will launch the campaign to remove certain apps ‘20 days of Covaxin, 9 days of Covishield stock available’ POCSO case allowed to from Garhi Mandu on the banks of the Yamuna. Most of them dupe people, say police Staff Reporter New Delhi attend brother’s wedding SAURABH TRIVEDI try through Cryptocurrency The city reported 109 fresh NEW DELHI Staff Reporter via Cryto Currency Exchang COVID19 cases in 24 hours, New Delhi for interim suspension of CM building Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell es. taking the total cases to the sentence was made and lavish home served notices to Google to The apps identified in the 14,33,475, according to a The Delhi High Court per it stands confirmed that the remove apps from the play scam have been found linked health bulletin released by mitted a man, serving a 10 man’s elder brother is sche from taxpayers’ store that are being operated to Chinese servers and seven the Delhi government on year rigorous jail term in a duled to be married on June from outside the country and Chinese nationals — part of Thursday. Protection of Children from 24. money: BJP offering multiple financial in the scam — have been Also, eight deaths were re Sexual Offences (POCSO) The Additional Public vestments with high returns, identified. ported and the total number case, to attend a wedding ce Prosecutor, however, sub Special Correspondent said an officer on Thursday. “The gang sued to contact of deaths stood at 24,948. A remony. mitted that verification from New Delhi The officer said an FIR was and recruit random people total of 77,382 tests were Justice Anup Jairam the tobe bride’s family registered against the apps — over WhatsApp and Tele done in a day and that test Bhambhani directed that the could not be completed as The BJP on Thursday ac Power Bank and EZPlan. gram. In a similar way, sever positivity rate (TPR) was applicant be taken in custo the man’s father dissuaded cused Chief Minister Ar This comes after the pol al other apps are operating 0.14%. Of the total cases, dy by jail or police officers in the police officer from con vind Kejriwal of squander ice on June 10 busted a syndi and luring small investors. 14,06,760 people have reco People wait to get vaccinated at a government school in plain clothes to let him at ducting verification from ing taxpayers’ money on a cate run by a group of Chi They used the Multilevel vered and there are 1,767 ac Vinod Nagar. * R.V. MOORTHY tend the marriage function her family, saying if they find “lavish official residence nese nationals who cheated marketing (MLM) model for of his elder brother from 11 out that the applicant is in for himself” at Flagstaff more than 5 lakh Indians of cheating and approaching <> As of yesterday tive cases. Covishield stock available, a.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday. prison, they may not go Road. over ₹150 crore via fake in people on various social me [Wednesday]. AAP MLA Atishi, present and the Covaxin is only being Advocate Aishwarya Rao, ahead with the marriage. vestment apps. dia platforms. Several other Delhi received ing a daily vaccination bulle administered to the reci representing the man, ar With the Additional Pu ‘₹10 crore’ “We had arrested the per virtual bank account ad more than 68,000 tin, said 25% youth in Delhi pients of second dose,” Ms. gued that though this appli blic Prosecutor citing no ob In a joint press conference son responsible for sending dresses have been traced, Covaxin doses and have received at least one Atishi said. cation was moved earlier, it jection to the arrangement, held at Delhi Vidhan Sab preactivated Indian SIM which were linked with the 80,000 Covishield dose of vaccine. “Walkin facility available has been listed now since he the court allowed the man to ha, BJP legislators led by cards to China for the scam. crypto exchanges and money doses, which totals “As of yesterday [Wednes for all the age groups at go has approached the court attend the wedding. Leader of the Opposition More than 50 digital devices was transferred through through the jailvisiting He is yet to serve 7 years to 10,24,000 day]. Delhi received more vernment school vaccination Ramvir Singh Bidhuri al used in the offence have those accounts as well. De than 68,000 Covaxin doses centres. The list is available counsel of the Delhi High and 8 months jail term. The vaccine doses leged that Mr. Kejriwal been seized,” said the officer. tails are being sought from and 80,000 Covishield doses, on the CoWin app,” the AAP Court Legal Services court had earlier dismissed was bent upon spending He added that during Crypto Exchanges. We are available in the which totals to 10,24,000 leader added. A total of Committee. his interim bail application ₹10 crores’ taxpayers’ mo probe, it was found that tracing money trail to identi State vaccine doses available in the 1,09,358 doses were adminis The Additional Public on the ground that he had ney in building an almost more than ₹13 crore have fy more accused involved in Atishi State. Currently, Delhi has 20 tered on Wednesday in the ci Prosecutor argued a prever furnished wrong new official residence. been moved out of the coun the scam,” said the officer. AAP MLA days of Covaxin and 9 days of ty, as per government data. ification of the ground cited information. Set up emergency response team to Goel challenges CM to drink resolve complaints: Chadha to officials water supplied by DJB Special Correspondent ter being supplied by the New Delhi DJB had been collected from Senior engineers to make plans in consultation with area MLAs Former Union Minister Vijay several locations in the city. Goel and ExMayor Jai Pra “People from 50 different Staff Reporter ter issues and submit weekly kash on Thursday led a de places sent samples of the New Delhi reports to the Vice Chairper monstration with dirty wa dirty water coming to their Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice son’s Office regarding the on ter bottles in their hands homes. In some areas peo Chairperson Raghav Chadha going development,” he against bad quality water al ple have been getting dirty, on Thursday instructed offi added. legedly being supplied stinking water for the past cials to set up emergency res Mr. Chadha said a road across the city by the Delhi 10 days. Several complaints ponse teams to address and map for water supply in the Jal Board (DJB). made by residents, howev resolve complaints, said auth Capital based on the “supply Mr. Goel challenged CM er, have not yielded any re orities. demand model” on impor Arvind Kejriwal to drink the sult,” Mr. Goel said at the He also laid special empha tant parameters such as pop water supplied by the DJB. protest staged at Anand sis on the deployment of an ulation and per capita usage He said samples of dirty wa Parbat. emergency response team Raghav Chadha * THE HINDU is the key for maximum con comprising Chief Engineers sumer satisfaction. and Superintendent Engi tion of this plan, it is expect “We need to find a way to NDMC hikes licence fee neers who will draft special ed that the number of com supply the available raw wa for 2021-22 by up to 7% task plans for critical areas plaints that DJB receives will ter in an equitable way either NEW DELHI The New Delhi Municipal under their jurisdiction in reduce,” Mr. Chadha said. through a piped network or Council (NDMC) has increased consultation with area MLAs “All Chief Engineers are re additional tanker trips. Delhi by up to 7% the annual fees and site visits. quired to visit their respec Jal Board’s officers need to for grant and renewal of “These plans will then be tive areas that are facing pro ensure that the complaints various trades licenses for submitted to Member [Water] blems, along with the area received are redressed 202122, including those for for verification and further MLAs, and formulate a work promptly without fail,” he hotels, restaurants, coffee necessary action. On execu ing plan to sort out all the wa said. shops, lodging houses and sweet shops, officials said on Thursday. The maximum hike in the license fee is for the Delhi court denies bail in gang-rape fivestar hotels, which were earlier required to pay ₹61,200 per annum. They will case, terms allegations ‘very grave’ now have to pay to ₹65,484 for the purpose, the civic Press Trust of India jesh Malik observed, “Gravi submitted that there are con body said. New Delhi ty of the offence is reflected tradictions in woman’s state A Delhi court on Thursday from the fact that she was ment and that a false story denied bail to an accused in a spotted by the accused and has been cooked up to frame gangrape case, saying the al they took her to their jhuggi. his client. legations against him were They made her drink and “Her husband contradict grave and he may flee if al took turns to rape her. The ed her by stating that they lowed to come out of jail. allegations are very grave.” had reached Delhi by bus, Accused Ajay Gupta alleg The judge also said there whereas, she mentioned in edly lured a woman hailing was likelihood that the ac the FIR that she had reached from Rajasthan with a gold cused may influence prose Delhi by train,” the counsel chain and earrings, took her cution witnesses or flee from said. to a hut of a coaccused justice considering the se He also said the woman where six people took turns rious nature of allegations, had no injury mark at the to rape her, Delhi Police said. and hence no case to release time of her medical examina Junking his bail plea, Ad him on bail is made out. tion, whereas, she alleged ditional Sessions Judge Ra Counsel for the accused that she was raped.

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Cong. leader’s remarks against Shekhawat create flutter ‘Punjab govt. No letup in infighting reneging on BJP hits back, He should appear before the statement. ACB and give his voice sam The audio clips of alleged says it’s ‘a new ples,” Mr. Joshi told reporters telephonic conversations bet poll promises’ low in politics in outside the PCC headquar ween Mr. Shekhawat and within Punjab Cong. special correspondent ters here. After his remarks, Congress leaders had sur Rajasthan’ the Congress workers started faced during the political cri Chandigarh raising slogans against Mr. sis in July last year, when then The opposition in Punjab — Mohammed Iqbal Party leaders trade charges over govt. positions for kin Special Correspondent Shekhawat, calling him a Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ‘bhagoda’ (fugitive). Mr. Shek Pilot, along with 18 MLAs sup SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tehjang Singh Bajwa, the Con and Aam Aadmi Party The remarks of Congress Union Minister Gajendra hawat is the Lok Sabha MP porting him, staged a rebel CHANDIGARH gress MLA from Qadian. (AAP) — have accused the Chief Whip in Rajasthan As Singh Shekhwat elected from Jodhpur. lion. Mr. Joshi had lodged the There seems to be no let up in The Cabinet also gave the ruling Congress of reneg sembly Mahesh Joshi describ Mr. Joshi has refused to ap cases with the ACB and the the infighting within the Pun nod to the appointment of ing on its election promises ing Union Jal Shakti Minister phonetapping case regis pear before the crime branch Special Operations Group of jab Congress as the contro Bhisham Pandey, the grand made in 2017. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as tered on Mr. Shekhawat’s in Delhi, saying he was not the Rajasthan police on the versy surrounding govern son of Joginder Pal Pandey Former Minister and se a ‘fugitive’ created a flutter in complaint, said it was the Un named in the FIR registered basis of the audio clips. ment jobs for children of two who was gunned down by nior SAD leader Daljeet the political circles here on ion Minister who was run in March this year, while the Congress legislators on ‘com terrorists in 1987, as a Naib Singh Cheema on Thurs Thursday. In its sharp reac ning away from giving voice matter related to the jurisdic ‘Indecent remarks’ passionate grounds’ by the Tehsildar in Revenue Depart day challenged the claims tion, the Opposition BJP said samples to the AntiCorrup tion of the case was pending State BJP president Satish State government refuses to ment. Mr. Bhisham is son of of the Congress govern the ruling party’s leaders tion Bureau (ACB) for a probe before a court in the national Poonia said Mr. Joshi's “inde die down. CM Amarinder Singh Rakesh Pandey, MLA from ment of having fulfilling were touching a new low in into the audio clips of conver capital. He said the notice of cent remarks” had shown Congress MLA Fatehjang Ludhiana. most of its promises. The politics in the State. sation about toppling the the crime branch was “legally that the Congress leaders, Singh Bajwa on Thursday parishad and Punjab Con AAP meanwhile said the Mr. Joshi, who was sum State government last year. untenable” because no per who had stooped to a new turned down the government gress president Sunil Jakhar’s ‘Policy to continue’ government had failed to moned by the Delhi police “If Mr. Shekhawat is clean, son above 65 years of age low, were not interested any job offer for his son Arjun nephew is the chairman of Chief Minister Amarinder fulfil its promises, with the crime branch to appear be why is he running away? He is could be called to a police sta more in ideological fights in Pratap Singh Bajwa, saying the Punjab State Farmers’ Singh had stated that chil ‘high command’ now di fore it for questioning in a a fugitive on moral grounds. tion for recording of politics. that the family decided to de Commission,” he pointed dren, grandchildren of such recting Chief Minister Ama cline the job offer amid the out. people would continue to be rinder Singh to deliver on ‘petty politics’ being played Last week, the Punjab Ca considered by his govern his promises within the on the issue. He alleged that binet as a special case, gave ment for compensatory ap stipulated time. the opposition parties and approval to appoint Arjun pointment on casetocase Posting on Twitter, Mr. some members of the Con Pratap Singh Bajwa as an In basis. Cheema said, “What to talk gress were playing cheap pol spector in the Punjab police. Rubbishing questioning by about the people of the itics. The Cabinet said the appli the ‘Bajwa family’ on ap State, the worthy Punjab “Tript Rajinder Singh Baj cant is the grandson of ex pointment of Ajay Vir Jakhar CM Captain Amarinder wa’s (Minister) son is the Gur Punjab Minister Satnam as chairman of Punjab State Singh has miserably failed daspur zila parishad chair Singh Bajwa, who laid down Farmers’ Commission, Mr. to convince even his own man, Sukhbinder Sarkaria’s his life in 1987 for the sake of Jakhar said that Ajay Vir did high command that 84.6% (Minister) nephew is the peace and harmony in the not draw any salary or other of poll promises have been chairman of the Amritsar zila State. Mr. Arjun is son of Fa emoluments. fulfilled.” CM Patnaik announces NHAI seeks Odisha govt.’s aid for dairy farmers nod for coastal highway They will get ₹6,000 each for fodder It will connect Tangi with Bengal’s Digha

Staff Reporter sectors fared badly, agricul Staff Reporter from the plan. The highway, BHUBANESWAR ture and allied sector sus BHUBANESWAR which was initially planned Chief Minister Naveen Pat tained the economy. Farm The National Highway Auth from Gopalpur of Ganjam naik on Thursday an ers continued their work ority of India has sought Od district, will now begin from nounced COVID19 assis without giving up,” said Mr. isha government’s consent Tangi in Khordha district. tance for dairy farmers Patnaik in a statement. for the 384 km ambitious registered under the Odisha Dairy farming plays an coastal highway project, Greenfield project State Cooperative Milk Pro important role in the rural which will connect Odisha’s “We have carried out a rea ducers’ Federation economy contributing to li Tangi with West Bengal’s lignment to avoid distur (OMFED). velihoods of small and mar Digha. bance to coastal biodiversity According to the State go ginal farmers, he said. Six years after the project zones. The road is a green vernment, 1,20,000 farmers “Since demand for milk was first mooted, the pro field project. Some portions would receive a maximum has come down drastically, posed coastal highway under of the existing roads near Pu ₹6,000 each towards fodder it had impacted the liveli Bharatmala Pariyojana has ri will be part of the highway, costs resulting in ₹11 crore hood of dairy farmers in a not made much headway. otherwise we will have to ac expenditure. big way. Keeping this in The major hurdle was envi quire both private and go During the lockdown, the mind, it has been decided to ronmental concerns. vernment land for the pro farmers suffered a lot as provide financial assistance The road was initially ject,” said Ram Prasad sweetmeat shops, restau to dairy farmers,” he said. planned through ecologically Panda, Chief General Manag rants and tea shops, which The Congress had earlier sensitive Chilika, Balukhanda er of NHAI, Bhubaneswar. 0 are major end users of milk, demanded monthly assis Konark Wildlife Sanctuary, “Some portions the high DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to remained closed. Farmers tance of ₹6,000 to every Bhitarakanika Sanctuary way project will require ap verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of were seen pouring milk on milk farmer during the lock Area and some of the impor proval under coastal regula an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG roads protesting against down period. tant Olive Ridley turtle nest tion zone guidelines,” Mr. PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch nonprocurement. Procurement, which was ing sites. After environmen Panda said. Presentation on for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s “The pandemic has ad around 5.45 lakh litre per talists raised an alarm, a long realignment of the proposed products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- versely impacted the econo day, ranged between 3.75 bridge proposed over Chilika road was presented before ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in my of the world and Odisha lakh LPD and 2 lakh LPD at was shelved, and subse the State government earlier any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in is no exception. While all one point of time. quently Chilika was struck off this week. this newspaper.

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SC refuses to intervene Weather Watch Supreme Court pans A.P. govt. Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday in Kerala students’ plea over plan to hold Class 12 exams Top court asks them to approach HC Legal Correspondent Advocate Prashant Pad Are you trying to NEW DELHI manabhan, appearing for A.P. cancels The Supreme Court on the students, said holding prove you are Intermediate, Thursday refused to inter Class 11 exams in September different, it asks vene in a petition filed by as planned or later depend students to cancel Class 11 ing on the COVID19 situa Krishnadas Rajagopal SSC exams exams in Kerala due to the tion would put students un NEW DELHI pandemic and evaluate der unnecessary pressure. It The Andhra Pradesh govern Special Correspondent marks via an internal assess would interfere with their ment’s insistence to have its VIJAYAWADA ment scheme. studies and preparation for Class 12 students brave the The Andhra Pradesh go A Bench of Justices A.M. the Class 12 exams, which pandemic to attend exams vernment has cancelled Khanwilkar and Dinesh Ma would start from March saw the Supreme Court the SSC (10th Class) and In heshwari gave the students 2022. adopt a hard line on Thurs A file photo of students of Class 10 writing exams in one of termediate examinations. liberty to approach the Ker The court, at this point, day, saying the State will be the centres in Rajamahendravaram. Education Minister ala High Court with their asked Kerala whether they held responsible and even Adimulapu Suresh told a plea. would give students time — Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) be made to pay ₹1 crore as you are different? Nobody exam, you want to prove you press conference that fol Advocate G. Prakash, for 15 days to a month — to pre Forecast for Friday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isolated compensation in case of should try to prove anything can… are you trying to do lowing the Supreme Court Kerala, said Class 11 exams pare for their Class 11 exams. places over Assam, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, east Mad direction to complete the deaths. here… This is about lives,” that?” Justice Khanwilkar were scheduled in Septem Mr. Prakash orally said hya Pradesh and Konkan & Goa. Thunderstorm with lightning/ A Bench of Justices A.M. Justice Maheshwari ad asked. entire process of the exam ber. The marks were not re the State would be willing to gusty winds likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Khanwilkar and Dinesh Ma dressed advocate Mahfooz Justice Khanwilkar asked inations, including the de levant for college admis do so. However, Mr. Padma Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Tel heshwari asked the Andhra A. Nazki, for Andhra Pra when the State would de claration of results by July sions in 2021. They would nabhan said students would angana, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands Pradesh government what it desh. clare the results if it intended 31, the State was left with only be considered in 2022, need at least three months city rain max min city rain max min was trying to prove by risk “Unless we are convinced to conduct exams only by Ju no choice but to cancel the when they are combined to prepare. But the court fi Agartala...... —....34.2....26.5 Kozhikode...... —....31.4....25.0 Ahmedabad...... —....33.9....27.5 Kurnool ...... 4....34.1....27.2 ing lives when other States that you will be able to con lyend. “Students in CBSE, exams. The decision was with the Class 12 marks. nally decided not to inter Aizawl...... 0.2....26.0....20.0 Lucknow...... —....33.2....27.2 across the country had opt duct exams without any fa ICSE and other Boards taken after reviewing the Mr. Prakash said Kerala vene, saying it had wanted Allahabad...... —....34.6....26.6 Madurai...... —....37.2....24.5 ed to cancel their State tality, we will not allow this would get admissions, your court’s ruling with the offi had already conducted the to help but would not like to Bengaluru ...... 1....29.4....21.4 Mangaluru ...... 2.3....30.0....24.0 Bhopal ...... —....34.0....22.6 Mumbai ...... 8.9....31.7....26.4 Board exams. exam to be held. When other students would be left out,” cials of the School Educa Class 12 examinations in delve into the issue of Class Bhubaneswar...... —....33.2....24.6 Mysuru ...... —....31.5....21.6 “Are you trying to prove Boards have cancelled their Justice Khanwilkar said. tion Department, he said. April. 11 exams any further. Chandigarh ...... —....36.1....29.2 New Delhi ...... —....38.2....28.3 Chennai ...... —....36.6....25.1 Patna ...... 14....34.8....27.3 Coimbatore ...... —....32.0....22.6 Port Blair...... 17....30.0....22.6 Dehradun...... 0.7....34.1....23.1 Puducherry ...... —....33.8....24.4 Gangtok...... 15....24.1....16.9 Pune...... —....28.0....23.3 Goa...... 0.8....29.4....24.6 Raipur ...... 11....27.5....24.2 Ex-councillor hacked to HC grants relief to Twitter India chief Guwahati ...... —....34.2....26.8 Ranchi...... 0.9....31.6....23.5 Hubballi...... —....28.0....22.0 Shillong...... 15....24.4....18.0 Hyderabad ...... —....29.4....23.6 Shimla...... 5....27.8....20.6 death in Bengaluru It says U.P. police can question him via virtual mode on Ghaziabad incident Imphal ...... 10....29.6....21.4 Srinagar...... —....29.0....16.4 Jaipur ...... —....40.0....29.5 Thiruvananthapuram...... 0.5....32.6....23.7 Kochi ...... 54....31.0....23.0 Tiruchi...... 20....33.5....24.0 Rekha was attacked outside her office Special Correspondent tion to entertain challenge to the Board of Directors as per Kohima ...... 2....26.4....18.6 Vijayawada ...... —....35.6....25.2 Bengaluru the notice issued by the Ut the Companies Act, 2013, for Kolkata ...... 0.2....35.2....26.6 Visakhapatnam ...... 0.2....34.6....23.6 Special Correspondent heard some noise. When In a temporary relief to Twit tar Pradesh police. holding him responsible on (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Bengaluru they stepped out, they ter India’s Managing Direc Justice G. Narendar behalf of the company, Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Former Bruhat Bengaluru found the former councillor tor Manish Maheshwari, the passed the interim order on which had been made as an Ahmedabad..... 76 .45 25 ....54 .164 ....* Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in a pool of blood. She was Karnataka High Court on a petition filed by Mr. Ma accused in the First informa Bengaluru ...... 11 .37 88 ..128 ...92 ....* In observation made at 4.00 councillor Rekha Kadiresh rushed to the Kempegowda Thursday restrained the Ut heshwari questioning the tion Report. Chennai ...... 8 ...5 40 ....66 ...71 ....* p.m., Hisar, Haryana recorded Delhi ...... 7 .37 77 ..213 .193 ....* an overall air quality index was hacked to death by Institute of Medical Sciences tar Pradesh police from tak notice by the Loni Border Six individuals, including * (AQI) score of 227 indicating Hyderabad ...... — .84 15 ....56 ...84 .... an unhealthy level of armed men outside her of where she died. ing any coercive action police on June 18 asking him journalists, Twitter, the Kolkata...... 10 .22 21 ....57 ...59 ....* pollution. In contrast, Sagar, fice near the flower garden “It was a planned mur against him till June 29 on a to join the investigation after news website The Wire, Lucknow...... 8 .24 65 ..102 .108 ....* Madhya Pradesh recorded a Mumbai ...... 4 .15 .9 ..170 .100 ....* healthy AQI score of 25 in Cottonpete on Thursday der. The assailants had criminal case related to the he replied to their earlier were among the nine ac Pune...... — ...7 50 ....66 ...41 ....* around 10.30 a.m. The two turned away the CCTV cam Ghaziabad incident of notice indicating that he was cused named in the FIR by Visakhapatnam ..9 .49 33 ....54 ...83 ....* time BJP councillor from eras installed outside the of uploading a video related to prepared to cooperate with The Loni Border police can the Loni Bazar police over Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) Chalavadipalya was super fice. We suspect that the as assault on an elderly Muslim the investigation through vi question Twitter India’s MD uploading and circulation of SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, vising distribution of relief sailants were known to her man. deo conference. through virtual mode, says HC a video in which the elderly making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues material and breakfast and were aware of her rou However, the court said Earlier, Senior Advocate man, Abdul Shamad Saifi, and monuments. when the assailants struck. tine,” said a senior police the Loni Border police could C.V. Nagesh had contended ing of content, as it was con claimed that he was alleged NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by “She was attacked by two officer. question Mr. Maheshwari, that Mr. Maheswari was only trolled by Twitter Inc, U.S. ly thrashed by some young reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to persons with lethal wea In February 2018, her who is residing in Bengalu an employee of Twitter Com It was also contended that men after compelling him to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause pons,” said Additional Com husband Kadiresh S., a row ru, through virtual mode till munications India Pvt Ltd., though Mr. Maheshwari had chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ . The dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, missioner of Police (East) S. dysheeter, was hacked to it decided the legal question looking after marketing and been designated as Manag police claimed that the video nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced Murugan. death near the Muneshwara of whether the High Court of sales and had nothing to do ing Director, he was neither was shared to cause commu lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature Neighbours claim to have temple in Chalavadipalya. Karnataka had the jurisdic with the process of upload the director nor a member of nal unrest. death in people with heart or lung disease

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Pune toration of the environment vered by the PMC for conti sured through a statement PUNE Mumbai reported 773 new The National Green Tribunal under an action plan. nued violations. that no fresh dumping of Maharashtra saw a dip in re cases to take its total case tal (NGT) has come down heavi The Bench was hearing a Noted activist and lawyer waste was taking place at the coveries on Thursday, with ly to 7,22,736, while the ac ly against the Pune Munici petition filed by the villagers Asim Sarode, representing current site, which has alrea just 9,371 patients being dis tive cases stood at 18,687. pal Corporation (PMC) for of Uruli Devachi and Phur the villagers, argued during dy been biomined. charged, while 9,844 new Ten fatalities took the city’s not addressing the issue of sungi against unscientific the proceedings that the The tribunal observed COVID19 cases pushed the death count to 15,348. ‘legacy waste’ at the garbage disposal of garbage and non PMC is proposing a grant of that as the PMC had already active case tally to 1,21,767. site at Uruli Devachi and implementation of NGT’s di permission from the Maha exceeded its stipulated time A total of 556 deaths were 1,700 cases in Kolhapur Phursungi villages, around rection by the PMC. rashtra Pollution Control for clearing the site, it was added to the State’s progres Kolhapur recorded more 20 km from Pune city. It has also directed the Se Board for establishing a 200 liable to pay compensation sive toll, of which 359 were than 1,700 new cases, taking The principal NGT Bench cretary of the State Environ MT garbage processing plant for continued violation for part of the Health Depart its total case tally to at New Delhi, in an order on ment Department to moni near the twin villages. “not clearing the legacy ment’s ongoing ‘reconcilia 1,46,508, of whom 9,704 are Wednesday, has directed the tor the compliance of a The lawyer representing waste in the given time limit tion’ process. While 149 active. As many as 36 deaths PMC to deposit ₹2 crore as previous direction of July 11, the PMC said that there is no and in accordance with the deaths occurred during the saw the toll rise to 4,489. bank guarantee in a separate 2020 and also assess the such proposal for additional statutory norms”. last 48 hours, a further 48 Quick work: A woman gets inoculated at a drivethrough Neighbouring Satara re occurred in the past week. vaccination centre at a shopping mall in Mumbai. * AFP ported 837 new cases and 26 The total death toll has deaths, taking its tally to climbed to 1,19,859, with the Dr. Pradeep Awate said, “Of Pune reported 1,300 new 1,88,251, of whom 7,099 are Over 2,000 duped in case fatality rate rising to 2%. 4,03,60,931 laboratory sam cases, taking its tally to active. Its toll has risen to The total cases have reached ples tested so far, 60,07,431 10,48,407. As per the State 4,517. Sangli reported more fake vaccination drives: 60,07,431, while cumulative (with the average case posi Health Department, eight than 850 new cases and 12 recoveries have risen to tivity falling to 14.88%) have deaths were reported as the deaths. The total case tally Maharashtra govt. to HC 57,62,661, with the recovery returned positive, with over toll rose to 16,456. As per dis stands at 1,48,295, with the rate standing at 95.93%. 2.32 lakh samples being test trict authorities, the active active cases at 9,753 while its Press Trust of India State Surveillance Officer ed in the last 24 hours.” case tally is 8,585, while the death toll reached 3,909. Mumbai More than 2,000 people have fallen victim to fake COVID19 vaccination camps in Mumbai so far, the Maharashtra govern Sena chides Rahul for criticising PM only on Twitter ment told the Bombay High Court on Thurs day. The State government’s counsel, chief public prosecutor Deepak Thakare, told the Saamana editorial exhorts Congress leader to join hands with Pawar to take on BJP court that at least nine fake camps had been held in the city till now, and four separate Special Correspondent chided the Congress for fail <> The confidence of Opposition. The twoanda FIRs registered in this connection. PUNE ing to lead the United Pro the Centre remains halfhour meeting yielded The State government also submitted be The Shiv Sena, in an editorial gressive Alliance effectively undiminished as nothing, despite being fore a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipan on Thursday in its mouth and not having a proper na they know that hyped by the media.” kar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni, a status piece, Saamana, said form tional president even now. Earlier this week, Mr. Pa report on the ongoing probe. The State also they face no threat er Congress chief Rahul The editorial said, “He war hosted a meeting of the said the police had recorded the statements Gandhi criticised Prime Mi [Mr. Modi] knows the situa owing to a weak leaders of eight Opposition of 400 witnesses and the investigators were nister Narendra Modi and tion in the country has gone and disunited parties, including the Trina in the process of finding the whereabouts of the Bharatiya Janata Party out of his hands and his bo Opposition mool Congress, the Samaj a doctor, who was an accused in the inci (BJP)led Centre only on dy language has changed... Saamana editorial wadi Party, the Aam Aadmi dent at a housing society in Kandivali. Twitter, and failed to pro But even so, and despite the Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, “At least 2,053 people fell victim to these duce a viable Opposition. ire of the general public, the pronouncements of fighting and the Left parties at his re fake camps. Four FIRs have been registered “Mr. Gandhi attacks the confidence of the BJP and polls alone and the Sena’s al sidence in Delhi, amid in relation to these camps. While some ac Centre and its policies regu the Central government re leged frustration at being heightened speculation cused persons have been identified, several larly, but that is on Twitter,” mains undiminished as they dominated by the NCP have about the possibility of a unknown persons, too, have been booked it said and exhorted Mr. know that they face no led to speculation that the ‘third front’ against the BJP. in these FIRs,” Mr. Thakare said. Gandhi to join hands with threat owing to a weak and saffron party will once again The unlikely coalition of While the Bench accepted the State’s re Nationalist Congress Party disunited Opposition.” gravitate towards the BJP. the Sena, the NCP and the port, it said State and municipal authorities (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar to The Sena’s lessthanchar Elaborating on the nature Congress came into being in must take measures to get the victims tested get all Opposition parties on itable remarks towards its al of the Opposition, the edito November 2019 following for any illeffects caused by fake vaccines. board against the ruling BJP. lies are particularly signifi rial took a wry dig at Mr. Pa the Sena’s acrimonious split “Our anxiety is, what happens to these The Sena, which is in al cant in the light of the war. “The tea party called with its partner of three de people who were vaccinated? What were liance with the Congress and heightened tensions bet the ‘Rashtra Manch’ at Sha cades, the BJP, owing to a bit they administered and what is the effect of the NCP in the Maha Vikas ween the three MVA partn rad Pawar’s Delhi home ter wrangling over the Chief this fake vaccine?” the court asked, ques Aghadi (MVA) government, ers. The Congress’s recent showed the true status of the Minister’s post. tioning the contents of the fake vaccines.

DELHI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The rural economy can jump-start a revival The Government needs to reverse its neglect and policy missteps as key indicators show the sector has resilience the economic outcome in the first ly large number have spent a large ket are declining while consumer year of the pandemic is also a re sum on private health care expen prices of essentials such as edible sult of a mishandling of the eco diture in dealing with the infec and pulses are contributing to ris Stopping the surge nomic situation. tion. It will not be surprising if ru ing inflation. Govts should unlock using good evidence on While a strict national lock ral areas now witness a sharp rise down certainly hit economic activ in indebtedness from noninstitu Inflation threat Himanshu how to avert another COVID-19 wave ity last year, what made matters tional sources. Rising inflation further threatens fter a debilitating second wave of COVID19, cash worse was the less than adequate However, the response from the to reduce the purchasing power of he second wave of the CO response from the Government in Government has not been com the rural economy struggling with strapped State governments have responded to VID19 pandemic could be increasing fiscal support to revive mensurate with the scale of the declining incomes and job losses. falling cases with a swift unlock programme in A Tslowly receding with a de demand in the economy. Many of RAMALINGAM B. JOTHI pandemic in rural areas. Unlike This is further compounded by the most districts. Some States have opted to open the cline in the official estimates of the grand announcements re drought but a result of the neglect last year, the Government has not shift in terms of trade against agri floodgates, allowing dinein restaurants, gymnasia, daily infections and deaths. The mained largely on the monetary and policy missteps by the G o increased the allocation this year culture which has put agricultural most shops and religious centres in areas with low test economy is also very gradually get side without the enabling policy vernment. Even though the lock for the National Rural Employ incomes under strain. The rise in positivity rates for the coronavirus. Lockdownweary ting back to normal, with many framework to help small and me downs imposed by the State go ment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). input prices for diesel has already citizens, on their part, have greeted the reopening with States beginning to ease some of dium enterprises as well as the vernments at the beginning of the For the country as a whole, des contributed to rising input costs road trips to tourist centres, even travelling acros s in the restrictions imposed in their large unorganised sector which second wave were less severe pite an increase in employment but the recent increase in fertilizer lockdowns. However, the chal bore the brunt of the restrictions when compared to last year, they demand in NREGS, the person prices for most of the complex fer terState borders. This is not surprising, considering lenge of an economic recovery is in economic activity. did impact the nonagricultural days generated in May 2021 was tilizers have also added to the mis that the country has gone through weeks of anguish, far more serious than the health economy as is evident from the only 65% when compared to May ery of farmers. Rising inflation in when death and misery touched the lives of millions. pandemic despite official claims of Agriculture, a key driver high frequency data for the last 2020. While the free foodgrain international commodity prices al The déjà vu moment, worryingly similar to the mis there being an economic recovery. Despite the lack of fiscal support, two months. The expectation of scheme has been extended this so threatens the rural nonfarm placed optimism following the first wave, is a time f or Last month, the National Statisti an important contributor to the positive growth in this fiscal year year as well, it does not include economy. A majority of the rural caution and to avoid the missteps that produced the cal Office (NSO) released the esti betterthanexpected economic may suggest recovery. However, gi pulses as was provided last year. nonfarm sector already struggling deadly second wave. Already, Maharashtra has ex mates of the Indian Gross Domes performance was the resilience of ven that the economy has already Similarly, there has not been any from low demand has now seen its tic Product (GDP) growth for the the rural economy, particularly suffered last year, any recovery cash transfer to vulnerable profit margins getting impacted pressed worry that there is a noticeable rise in cases in fiscal year 202021. The decline in the agricultural sector. While rural will largely be a statistical artefact groups, unlike last year. due to the increase in the cost of just a week; the experience of other States will soon be GDP, at 7.3%, was slightly better areas were the first point of refuge driven by the low base of last year raw material. known. There is a lot to be concerned about, since the than expectation, even though for a majority of migrants who rather than a real recovery. The Decline in jobs, income Despite these setbacks, the ru highly transmissible delta variant of the virus that over this is a gross underestimate of the walked back thousands of kilo fact that a majority of households The impact of declining incomes ral economy including the agricul ran cities and rural areas in AprilMay continues to reality given the methodological metres from urban metropolitan have already suffered job losses and job losses on demand is now tural economy continues to re threaten unvaccinated populations, senior citizens and issue of underestimation of the areas, agriculture was the only ma and income decline which are yet visible even in rural areas. While main crucial for any strategy of people with weak immunity in particular. The likely economic distress in the unorgan jor sector (other than e lectricity, to regain their prepandemic le real wages have continued to de economic revival. But for that, it ised sector. gas, water supply and other utility vels suggests caution in making cline with the latest estimates of will require proactive intervention risk for children also causes apprehension. That it has services) which reported an in any inference on an economic re April 2021 showing a decline in ru from the Government to protect morphed into a delta plus variant through a fresh muta Making things worse crease in Gross Value Added (GVA) covery. ral nonagricultural wages by 0.9% the rural population by speeding tion underscores the need for greater vigilance. But what makes economic recov in 202021. It not only provided However, even the aggregate per annum in the last two years, up vaccination. Unfortunately, so With the unprecedented knowledge base created in ery challenging is that this decline jobs to returning migrants but also data are unlikely to capture the ac agricultural wages continue to far, the rural areas have been lag just over a year on COVID19, governments have the re followed three years of sharp de sustained the economy in the rural tual extent of devastation in the ru stagnate. One indicator of declin ging behind in the overall rate of sources to plan finely tuned reopening strategies. Th e cline in GDP even before the novel areas. ral areas. While this is true for ing demand is the decline in who vaccination. At the same time, ru current consensus on preventing spread, as WHO coronavirus pandemic hit the Agriculture has not only been even the basic estimates of death lesale prices of most of the agricul ral areas will also need greater fis country. Economic growth had al the biggest saviour during the pe and the health catastrophe caused tural commodities. Cereals and cal support, both in terms of direct points out, is to avoid the three Cs — crowded places, ready decelerated to 4% in 2019 riod of the pandemic but has con by the pandemic, it is even more vegetables, which together ac income support to revive demand closecontact settings and confined and enclosed spac 20, less than half from the high of sistently been an important driver severe in its economic impact. Si count for more than half of crop in the economy but also through es. The intersection of these is the most dangerous, and 8.3% in 201617. Since then, the of the economy throughout the milar to the official statistics which output, have seen prices decline various subsidies and protection relaxations given by some States fall within this red slowdown in the economy has not last five years which has seen the have underestimated deaths due on a yearonyear basis for more from the rising inflation in input zone: dinein restaurants, cultural performances, only made things worse as far as economy slow down sharply. The to the pandemic in most S tates — than six months now. This is hap prices. This urgent intervention is shops, and social events in enclosed spaces. A signifi economic recovery is concerned average growth rate in agriculture as has been brought out recently pening at a time when internation not just necessary to support eco cant number of people are unwilling to wear masks and but also come at a huge cost for a GVA in the last five years, at 4.8%, in several newspapers — the eco al agricultural prices are at an all nomic revival but also prevent majority of households which is significantly higher than the nomic distress in rural areas is also time high. another humanitarian crisis, this adhere to distancing, making it difficult to stop trans have lost jobs and incomes. The GVA growth of the economy as a largely unreported and underesti Some of this is reflected in the time as a result of economic mission, including on trains and buses. Neither have pandemic has only worsened an whole, at 3.6%, in the last five mated. rise in inflation in pulses and oil mismanagement. State governments moved to provide certified masks to already fragile economic situation. years. The second wave affected rural seeds groups, both of which are the public liberally, to be able to insist that they be The sharp decline in GDP was But can the rural sector play sa areas disproportionately, in terms largely imported. The net result is Himanshu is Associate Professor, Centre worn. The insurance and banking sectors have made partly a result of the trend of a viour again? Unlikely, in the pre of health but also in terms of liveli a peculiar situation where output for Economic Studies and Planning, slow progress in enabling employees to work from slowdown in economic activity sent context. And it will not be due hoods. Many households have lost prices for dominant agricultural School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal home using real time platforms that can reduce crowd since 201617. But a large part of to any natural calamity such as an earning member and an equal commodities in the domestic mar Nehru University, New Delhi ing in offices. It is clear that until vaccines are free ly available and cover every individual, the economy can reopen with a modicum of safety only with strong lea Staging a comeback, re-energising India’s Africa policy dership. A record vaccination rate on a given day ma y encourage more people to come forward to be immu New Delhi needs to make new commitments, developing and deepening links in health, space and digital technologies nised, but there are not enough doses available, and da ment in Africa. COVID19 has of its vaccines, unfortunately In and economic engagement. The ta show rural areas are doing badly compared to cities caused an adverse impact on the dia’s ‘vax diplomacy’ has suffered third IndiaAfrica Forum Summit even for the first dose. The Centre is cautious this time, Indian and African economies. a setback. This came in the wake was held in 2015. The fourth sum warning of a third wave, but the imperative is to op en India’s top five markets today of the debilitating second wave of mit, pending since last year, windows of activity gradually without dropping the ball are South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, COVID19 in the country and the should be held as soon as possible, on safety. Kenya and Togo. The countries shortage of vaccine raw materials even if in a virtual format. Fresh fi Rajiv Bhatia from which India imports the from the U.S. Geopolitical tensions nancial resources for grants and most are South Africa, Nigeria, in Asia and the imperative to con concessional loans to Africa must Deserving winners Egypt, Angola and Guinea. India’s solidate its position in the Indo be allocated, as previous alloca New Zealand did well to win the Test frica is considered a foreign top three exports to Africa are Pacific region have compelled tions stand almost fully exhausted. policy priority by India. The mineral fuels and oils (processed GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO New Delhi to concentrate on its Without new commitments, In Championship in spite of time lost to rain ANarendra Modi government petroleum products), pharma Besides, Africa has some of the ties with the United Kingdom , the dia’s Africa policy would be like a he sun, after playing hide and seek with the designed a forwardlooking strate ceutical products and vehicles. protocols in place, having recently EU, and the Quad powers, particu car running on a nearempty fuel gy to deepen relations with Afri Mineral fuels and oils, (essentially suffered from Ebola, and managed larly the U.S. Consequently, the at tank. clouds, finally shone in all its glory at Southamp can countries. Its implementation crude oil) and pearls, precious or it reasonably well. Sadly though, tention normally paid to Africa Tton and the inaugural ICC World Test Champion was managed quite well, with semiprecious stones are the top with much of the world caught up lost out. Areas with promise ship summit clash had its closure on the reserve six th much political will invested in ex two imports accounting for over in coping with the novel coronavi The promotion of economic rela day. New Zealand emerged as deserving winners with panding the multifaceted engage 77% of our imports from Africa. rus pandemic’s ill effects, flows of India’s role tions demands a higher priority. skipper Kane Williamson leading from the front ment. Even as the COVID19 era The composition of the IndiaAfri assistance and investment to Afri This must now change. For mutual Industry representatives should through knocks of 49 and an unbeaten 52, both outings began in March 2020, New Delhi ca trade has not changed much ov ca have decreased. benefit, Africa and India should re be consulted about their grievanc buttressed by patience and a steely resolve to counter a took new initiatives to assist Africa er the two decades. Second, as a recent Gateway main optimally engaged. It was es and challenges in the COVID19 through prompt despatch of med House study, Engagement of Ex perhaps this motivation that era. It is essential “to impart a 21st strong Indian bowling unit. The Black Caps won by icines and later vaccines. Global competition ternal Powers in Africa; Takeaways shaped the substantive interven century complexion to the part eight wickets and Virat Kohli’s men had to draw solace But now the policy implementa These latest trends in bilateral eco for India (https://bit.ly/3qoI4kv tion made by External Affairs Mi nership with Africa”, as the above from being secondbest. They had to accept that the op tion needs a critical review. nomic relations should be as and https://bit.ly/3xOfFXE) , nister S. Jaishankar on May 19 in mentioned study argues. This position was stronger in English conditions akin to New sessed against two broad develop showed, Africa experienced a the UN Security Council’s open de means developing and deepening Zealand backyards unlike the tropical heat and abrasive The macro picture ments. sharpened international competi bate on conflict and postpandem collaborations in health, space pitches seen in India. Williamson also relished his luck The latest economic data confirms First, COVID19 has brought tion, known as ‘the third scram ic recovery in Africa. Touching on and digital technologies. at the toss and immediately elected to field with the what was apprehended by ex misery to Africa. As on June 24, ble’, in the first two decades of the politicodiplomatic dimensions, Finally, to overcome the China perts: IndiaAfrica trade is on a de 2021, Africa registered 5.2 million 21st century. A dozen nations from he regretted that “the voice of Afri challenge in Africa, increased damp weather and moist air further enhancing his cline. According to the Confedera infections and 1,37,855 deaths. Gi the Americas, Europe and Asia ca is not given its proper due” in cooperation between India and its paceattack’s potency. Even while the seniors Tim tion of Indian Industry, in 202021, ven Africa’s population (1.3 billion) have striven to assist Africa in re the Security Council (https:// international allies, rates priority. Southee and Trent Boult did their nagging lines, tall India’s exports to and imports and what happened elsewhere solving the continent’s political bit.ly/3qle5Kl). He highlighted In The recent IndiaEU Summit has Kyle Jamieson, the manofthefinal, extracted bounce from Africa stood, respectively, at (the United States, Europe and In and social challenges and, in turn, dia’s role in peacekeeping in Afri identified Africa as a region where and lateral movement and shackled the tentative Indian $27.7 billion and $28.2 billion, a re dia), these figures may not have to benefit from Africa’s markets, ca, in lending support to African a partnershipbased approach will batsmen nibbling outside the offstump. In a Test spiced duction of 4.4% and 25% over the drawn international attention, but minerals, hydrocarbons and counterterrorism operations, and be followed (https:// by the elements, a lowscoring slugfest was in order and previous year. Thus, bilateral trade Africans have been deeply affect oceanic resources, and thereby to contributing to African institu bit.ly/3wW1jUV). Similarly, when once New Zealand snatched a 32run firstinnings lead valued at $55.9 billion in 202021, ed and remain illequipped. A re expand their geopolitical in tions through training and capaci the first inperson summit of the fell by $10.8 billion compared to cent World Health Organization fluence. A mix of competition and tyenhancing assistance. India’s Quad powers is held in Washing and reduced India’s second dig to just 170, barring a mi 201920, and $15.5 billion com survey revealed that 41 African contestation involving traditional aid for economic development in ton, a robust partnership plan for racle Kohli’s men were down for the count and the pared to the peak year of 201415. countries had fewer than 2,000 and new players, especially the the African continent is set to con Africa should be announced. For it meagre 139run target hardly stretched the eventual India’s investments in Africa too working ventilators among them. United States, the European Union tinue, he assured. His visit to Ke to be ready in time, work by Quad champion. saw a decrease from $3.2 billion in Despite these shortcomings, Afri (EU), China, Japan and India, has nya (June 1214 ) has helped to re planners needs to begin now. India’s cricketing nostalgia is infused with the glories 201920 to $2.9 billion in 202021. ca has not done so badly. Experts attracted much attention from go establish communication with of ‘IndoPak’ rivalry, the 1983 World Cup final against Total investments over 25 years, suggest that the strength of com vernments, media and academia. Africa at a political level. Rajiv Bhatia is Distinguished Fellow, the mighty West Indies or the battles against Austra lia from April 1996 to March 2021, are munity networks and the continu While China has successfully It is time to seize the opportun Gateway House and a former High now just $70.7 billion, which is ing relevance of extended family used the pandemic to expand its ity and restore Africa to its prim Commissioner to South Africa, Kenya right from the miracle of Eden Gardens in 2001. But it about onethird of China’s invest play an important supportive role. footprint by increasing the outflow ary position in India’s diplomacy and Lesotho has to be admitted that matches involving India and New Zealand have also acquired a mystique of their LETTERS TO THE EDITOR own. In recent ICC duels, New Zealand held the edge Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. and it continued in Southampton. During the 2019 To read more letters World Cup semifinal at Manchester, New Zealand pre Attached and recovery Enforcement Directorate. gone through these without place for our girls. away the match on a online, scan the QR code vailed and even that faceoff spilled into the reserve That there is some action Katuru Durga Prasad Rao, many setbacks, need to be Dr. Jessie Lionel, platter? Match practice with day. The tale back then was one of swing and dark skies now in trying to aid public Hyderabad very vigilant. Our antennae Vellore, Tamil Nadu a couple of countries would pace bowling, especially in and the same backdrop was present at Southampton. sector banks in India for must be sensitive to pick up have stood them in good tough English conditions. their huge losses as a result Create a haven any such issues in our The Kiwi win stead. New Zealand bats The New Zealand pacers, led New Zealand has often ended up as the bridesmaid in of the misdeeds of the three News about a ‘YouTuber’ extended families, New Zealand’s triumph deep — a marked difference by the brilliant Kyle premier tournaments but a corner was turned over the big fugitive Indian and his abuse of women, neighbourhood and in our (‘Sport’ page, “Kiwis bury with the Indians. The only Jamieson, obviously realised last few days and it augurs well for cricket’s health while businessmen deserves the sexual harassment of workplaces. If we know of the ghosts of 2019, crowned solace is that everyone this. The Kiwis tail also new champions step up. India, which last won ICC sil some applause. But the schoolgirls by a school such a breach of trust, first World Test champion”, knows that the Indian team proved to be much stronger verware — the Champions Trophy — in 2013, did well in mere attachment of founder, and a ‘Data Point’ sexual harassment and June 24) comes as no is capable of a much better than their opponents. Full the runup to the latest final and its rousing triumph in properties is no good a highlighting increasing violence we must reach out surprise if their prematch performance. credit goes to highly Australia earlier this year was the stuff of dreams. The solution unless they are domestic violence, only for help. preparations and the A.V. Narayanan, experienced skipper Kane sold at a reasonably fair make one conclude that a We must speak out and homework they did were Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu Williamson and Ross Taylor. squad has the right mix and after a break, it will be time price to avoid any ‘distress girl in India is still not safe help such survivors. any indicator. The English As India is to tour England to get back into the biobubble and then play the fiv e sale’. The three big fish in her home, outside, or We should all pledge to weather no doubt favoured ■ Though winning and losing very soon, urgent corrective Test series against host England from August 4. A battle have to be severely while in cyberspace. leave our comfort zones the Kiwis but does not in are a part of cricket, India’s steps are needed on the of attrition awaits India while New Zealand flies back punished by the courts if Many of us who are and work towards making any way take away from the loss has exposed some of our batting technique front. with the champion’s halo. and when they are brought fortunate not to have our own neighbourhood merit of their win. Can we leading batsmen’s glaring A. Mohan, back to India by the experienced these, or have and our great country a safe say the men in blue gave weaknesses against quality Chennai

THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 OPED 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Can the CBSE’s plan objectively assess students of Class 12? PARLEY A school-leaving exam should be based on what the situation conducive to year to the committee set up by the having a standardised exam, government on online classes. Our a child has learnt right through two years at least besides entrance exams? experience with Vatar Sala was very helpful. We gave some data collect The CBSE has prepared a tabula- students have smartphones. Others AR: Exams meant as entrance ex ed by a national sample survey tion scheme to determine the marks have keypad phones. Students ams are selective. You have a large about Internet access and availabili that students of Class 12 will be found it very difficult to get access to number of people, you have fewer ty of devices. We said that it is injus awarded in this pandemic year, those YouTube videos. seats. But a school exam does not tice to have online classes for school upon completion of schooling. How have to be selective. It should be a students because it will not reach all reliable is such a scheme against the On TV and the Internet, what’s schoolleaving exam based on what the students, and recommended backdrop of the digital divide, and their efficacy in terms of you have learnt right through the some paperbased activity sheets. can it be improved? In a conversa- pedagogy? period or right through two years. Even learning kits were tried. tion moderated by G. Ananthak That is much more healthy. It does rishnan, Anita Rampal and Uday AR: Very poor. For decades, we not have to be standardised, which What did you find from the Gaonkar discuss the road ahead for have struggled to move beyond just is never a very good format for chil survey and recommend as assessing students. Edited excerpts: chalk and talk and staring at the dren because education is really remedy? blackboard. That itself is not pedag rooted in a child’s environment.

Were the students adequately ogy. We seem to be losing a lot of the BIBEK CHETTRI The more decentralised the assess UG: Of the 70% of the students liv prepared for the assessment work that we may have done in the ment, the more rigorous and better ing in rural areas, only 6%7% or system proposed by CBSE? last few decades. Learning happens appended to the Act a significant it is, the more it discerns what stu even 2% have computers at home — Most of the students have through discussions with others, note, a justification for each of the <> dents have learned. You could have laptops or computers — and only Anita Rampal: I know in Delhi, for through engagement with activities clauses. One important justification only basic keypad mobiles, a common textbook, but the best 10%12% know how to handle the instance, students who could not or with the world around you. was that if a child is not able to no smartphones, and more way to assess is to be more decen computer and Internet. Students even access online classes. So, for Now, asking students to stare at a learn, it is not the failure of the child than 20% of the students tralised. The RTE Act says don’t take who don’t have a mobile phone them, it’s important that CBSE is screen is worse than even staring at but of the system. Today, what is go don’t have a mobile phone. a centralised assessment for select have to share the phones of their looking at assessment over a longer a blackboard. This is not learning; ing to happen when the system is UDAY GAONKAR ing/ admitting students into school friends. Most of the students have period, not just this pandemic year, this is just a kind of coaching. You going to take responsibility for all or for any other purpose. All our as only basic keypad mobiles, no and what marks they got in Class 10 have learnt something, but you are these lapses, for the inability to con sessment theories tell us that better smartphones, and more than 20% and 11. They have yet to see how told that you can have a person or a nect with our students? We need to should be continuous and compre assessment is done in a trusting en of the students don’t have a mobile their schools are going to be mark machine to help you revise it. Digi not just push the syllabus, but also hensive assessment, but the system vironment. We have statistical ways phone. So, we said that is unjust. ing them for their internal assess tal coaching has been pushed re emotionally support their agency, never heeded that. What it did, in of seeing that these are not unfair, Even though Chandana television ment in Class 12. I have spoken to lentlessly by the industry of educa give them the confidence to conti stead, was a poor substitute, what or can be moderated in ways that do reaches more than 60%70% stu some who did not understand much tion technology. This time they nue despite all the odds, because the CBSE called continuous assess not get skewed towards any particu dents, these are PPTs (power point of what happened in Class 12 be really had it big. You can see the many students are going to drop out ment. We need a rethinking on con lar State or district or school. presentations) without any interac cause they barely had a shared kinds of billionaires who have come after the pandemic is over. So, it’s tinuous assessment. It’s not just a tion. That is not learning. Anita Rampal phone between the siblings or not out of this industry. For at least two not just a matter of what marks we mark on a paper. It is the assess CBSE has stipulated results is Professor and even that. This has been a very chal decades, most educators in India will give them for Class 12. ment of abilities — students’ expres committees in schools. Is that a If conditions don’t really former Dean, lenging year. I think this was the have tried to resist the pressures of sion, writing, observation, ability to sound approach, with 40% of improve for children to go back Faculty of fairest that the CBSE could have the computer industry which said What can feasibly be done this critically think and experiment. the marking at Class 12 level? to physical classes, what would Education, Delhi worked out at the given moment, es that you must have smart boards year? you do for 2022? University pecially since it was done very late and computers in the classroom. During the pandemic how can AR: It is okay to have some external and under court orders. We have said that these can only be AR: All the State Boards should you provide instruction to component of the committee, some AR: We should be prepared to run addons in places where there are make sure they’ve looked at assess students? people who can understand assess schools only when there are lean You would have a different essential resources for actual teach ments, at what students have done. ment and who also look at fair dis periods between COVID19 waves experience in a rural setting, ing and learning; they cannot be a I don’t like the term ‘learning loss’ UG: Last year, the Bharat Gyan Vi tributions. For instance, in our un when it is safe. And in that time, try Mr. Gaonkar. What do you substitute for activities and discus because again, it puts the responsi gyan Samithi (BGVS), most of them iversity assessment for the fouryear and maximise the time to keep think? sions among learners. bility on the student. I think the teachers, started Vatar Sala, a neigh B.El.Ed teacher education pro them engaged, not just give them The pandemic has not only de youngest children have learned a bourhood school [in Karnataka]. gramme run by many colleges un memorybased information. More Uday Gaonkar: I’m working in a vastated the lives and livelihoods of lot. They’ve learned the difficult les Students here interact even during a der our faculty, there is a large com importantly, we need to keep in staterun school for Classes 8 to 10. a majority of our children, but has sons of life, so we shouldn’t be call lockdown period and because they ponent of internal assessment. We touch with them at home . Maybe Uday Gaonkar Last year, only 8085 days of physi exacerbated divides. During a board ing it learning loss. Boards are very know each other, they interact, they have a good system of moderation, give them some handouts, work is a teacher in a cal classes were held. Normally, the exam, we know that children from distant, remote entities. Schools share one playground. We thought where all colleges actually look at sheets. Assessment should be close rural school in academic year should have 200 disparate backgrounds take the ex should really make that intimate that one teacher or volunteer will samples of work, of their highest ly tied to learning. Karnataka’s public working days. The syllabus was re am and are marked for the same and compassionate connect. First, help the students learn. One activity and lowest marks, and then decide system who has duced by 30%. So, that is a mis questions, irrespective of the kinds look at students and support them, that we have developed is for chil whether they fall within a fair mark UG: This year is an opportunity to worked in science match: school days were reduced to of resources, schools and teachers relieve them of their traumas and dren to collect electricity bills from ing distribution. If some college look into this matter differently. teaching and 50% and the syllabus cut only by they’ve had. Now, this is an added anxieties, and then assess them ov their friends in their neighbour marking is skewed, those marks are Board exams made the schools tui learning 30%. We were forced to teach hurri layer to that divide. And this digital er a longer period. Look at their hood and transfer that data into moderated by consensus. This is a tion centres. Now, we can make edly. Meaningful learning involves a divide seems to be overwhelming, Class 10, Class 11, look at all the work another table for that information challenging process, it needs time schools learning spaces again by lot of interaction between students, so much so that the government is and projects that they may have to be tabulated. They use that infor and patience and careful rigour, providing real experiences rather teachers and the community. In this bringing out guidelines on home done, or can do even now, and then mation to get various inferences, for which could be developed within than virtual experiences. Students scenario, we are just forced to com learning and homeschooling, al assess them. Of course, if students example, per capita electricity con the school system. gather knowledge in a fragmented plete the syllabus. The Government most putting the responsibility on have not had online classes at all, sumption in that area. We have de way, whether it is language or the of Karnataka tried broadcasting the learner and the family instead of the school will need to take a call on veloped worksheets and activity Mr. Gaonkar, could you tell us sciences or maths. Classes are frag classes: video classes were broad the system. that: how do they do an internal as sheets this year also. about your report on education mented agewise. We can club them Scan the QR code to cast on Doordarshan and even on That is going to be damaging. sessment? I think they will have to reform? as far as possible and children can listen to the full YouTube, but ours is a very remote When the Right to Education (RTE) be empathetic, careful and fair. The The system is set around one learn with their elders’ help. It is interview online location in a rural area. Only 30% law was enacted, the Ministry had RTE Act says that up to age 14, there schoolleaving examination. Is UG: BGVS submitted a report last time to rethink school education.

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Aabid Mushtaq and Tajamul Islam jailed under the Public Safety Act, a High cost of secrecy detention law that allows detention From an editorial The catastrophic surge in COVID19 of any individual for up to two years cases across India in April and May without a trial or charge. He had test The U.S. government has been fighting a los led to a great number of deaths (still ed positive for COVID19 posthu ing battle with the press, which has pu being counted) and put an enormous mously. His son said that Sehrai had blished secret official documents about the strain on the healthcare system and complained of illhealth when the fa origin and escalation of the war in Vietnam. governments. mily had spoken to him 10 days ear As the Government took the New York Times In the midst of the surge, prisoners lier but there had been delay in his to court and got the publication of the docu were largely forgotten. The failure of treatment till death became inevita ments stopped, the task of publication was the authorities to reduce severe over ble. Sehrai’s death has exposed the taken up in turn by the Washington Post, the crowding in prisons left thousands of condition of prisons in Jammu and Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Globe. prisoners at risk of infection and Kashmir. It has also exposed the con The Government got a further jolt when death. According to data, there are dition of political prisoners who of some of the judges held that the newspapers 12,715 inmates lodged in 11 sections of ten languish in jail for years and are did nothing seriously wrong in publishing Tihar Jail alone as against the lodging rarely convicted. the documents, since the consequences capacity of 7,425. Out of them, 11,077 might be to preserve national security, rath are undertrials. Political prisoners er than endanger it. Though the war in Viet Ever since the pandemic outbreak, nam continues and American troops are Violating human rights human rights activists have demand CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC fighting there, it should be pointed that the As was expected, given the poor state ed the immediate release of political NOTEBOOK Pentagon documents concern the decisions of prisons in India, hundreds of pri prisoners on humanitarian grounds of past Presidents like Eisenhower, Kennedy soners got infected during the pan but this has fallen on deaf ears. There and Johnson and their advisers. They do not demic and a number of them died. are several Kashmiris kept in preven Of Anand, simultaneous chess and the cheating controversy refer to current operations, except in a his This vitiates a fundamental right de tive detention in jails in Uttar Pra torical context. Americans have recently be rived from Article 21 of the Constitu desh, Delhi, and other parts of India. One of the greatest minds of our time didn’t deserve to be treated the way he was gun to ask: “How did we get into this war? tion. Overcrowded jails are a viola A number of them are undertrials. Why did we send half a million soldiers tion of the human rights of prisoners According to Article 14 (3)(c) of the In P.K. Ajith Kumar simultaneous display, a wins most of the games. – would agree that he is an there?” The official papers have supplied the (Re-Inhuman Conditions in 1382 v. ternational Covenant on Civil and term that has now become Grandmasters can defeat a incredibly nice, polite, information which the public needs in order State of Assam, 2018). As the court Political Rights, an accused has the Anticipation was in the air familiar because of a recent large number of opponents humble gentleman, on to evaluate the policies which led to deep said in Charles Sobraj v. The Suptd., right to be tried without undue delay. that bright October after controversy following an even while playing whose head sit lightly five American involmement. Central Jail, Tihar, 1978, “imprison The state is bound to provide legal as noon in 1987 at Pala, a bus online fundraiser. blindfolded. world championships and ment does not spell farewell to fun sistance to prisoners, ensure their tling town in central Kerala In simultaneous chess, a At Pala, if I remember the credit for singlehand damental rights”. safe and timely release and safeguard known for its rubber plan strong player takes on sev correctly, Anand won all edly revolutionising chess The aim of imprisonment is not their rights to a fair and speedy trial tations. Some 40 young eral less talented oppo games but two. in India. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JUNE 25, 1921 merely deterrence of crime but also (Hussainara Khatoon v. Home Secre- chess players had come nents, ranging from 15 to He did, in due course, go It is little wonder then reformation. Apart from risking the tary, State of Bihar, 1979). But this is from across Kerala for the 50 mostly, at the same on to win games more im everyone felt bad when Viceroy of Turkey lives of inmates, ignorance of the not the reality for a large number of State junior championship. time. There have been in portant than that in a ca news emerged earlier this poor conditions of prisons has also prisoners. For some of us, it was stances of Grandmasters reer that has had few paral month that some of This morning the H.E. the Viceroy received added to the misery of the families of Taking cognisance of this issue, our first big tournament. playing against hundreds, lels in world sport. Anand’s celebrity oppo and replied to an address by a deputation of those in jail. Since physical meetings the Supreme Court directed the So, the fact that we were too. In fact, Iran’s Ehsan As a reporter of The Hin- nents had cheated, using 33 representatives of the Ahmadiyya Com between the inmates and family States to examine releasing inmates, playing at such an event Ghaem Maghami set a du, I have written on some the computer, during the munity among Mahomedans. The deputa members were suspended, many fa convicted or facing trial on nonse was cause for excitement. world record in 2011 when of his finest moments over simultaneous display or tion emphasised that the Ahmadiyya Com milies have been unaware of the con rious charges, from jails either on But there was another he took on 604 players at the years. I have also been ganised by chess.com to munity founded by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam ditions of their loved ones in prison . regular bail or on parole. It also di reason why we were so ex Tehran (for the record, he privileged to interview him raise funds for COVID19 re Ahmad of Quadian, a Punjab Chief, 31 years While the Supreme Court ordered rected them to provide transport fa cited that afternoon: we won 580 of them, drew 16 on several occasions, in lief. ago, was started with the object of launching that prisons adopt video conferenc cility to the prisoners to reach home. were to meet Viswanathan and lost eight). cluding a memorable one It would count among a campaign against the foolish UnIslamic ing technologies to overcome the It is hoped that States will comply. Anand, who had recently Usually the number is at his residence in Chennai Indian sport’s great fiascos. and unpeaceful doctrines about Jehad lack of physical meetings, this has Some have said that they have begun been crowned the world ju much lower. The player three years ago. He greeted Anand didn’t deserve to be among the Moslem world. The community not been properly implemented, ac reviewing prison occupancy. Given nior champion in the Phi makes a move on one me with the same friendly treated like that. The cele was enjoined by their Imam to remain per cording to Amnesty International. A that States have started vaccinating lippines. The State’s chess board and then goes to the smile which I first saw in brity event featuring film fectly loyal to the Government under which report of the organisation noted that prisoners too, the situation may im association was felicitating next one. While the multi Pala three decades ago. stars, singers and business they lived and never to disturb the peace of prisoners in Jammu and Kashmir prove soon. But India cannot ignore him. ple participants get plenty It was a pleasure listen men was supposed to gain the country. As a religious duty therefore, were allowed a phone call to their fa the problem of overcrowding, pan Anand had come along of time, the strong player ing to him talk for well over publicity for chess, which they had been loyal to Government in times mily only once in 15 days. demic or no pandemic. with his mother, who used has to make his calcula two hours. Anand is one of isn’t as popular in India as of war and internal agitation and meant to In May, prominent Hurriyat leader to accompany him for tour tions quickly. But as the sta the greatest minds of our other sports like cricket or remain unswerving in this loyalty to help and chairman of TehreekeHurriyat, Aabid Mushtaq and Tajamul Islam are naments those days. He al tistics from Maghami’s si time. The entire chess football. It generated pu H.E. the Viceroy in the arduous task of main Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, died in students of law at the School of Law, so took part in an exhibi multaneous display world – and those who have blicity alright, but of the taining and promoting peace and order in detention in Jammu. Sehrai had been University of Kashmir tion event called suggest, the Grandmaster come across him anywhere negative kind. the land. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 8 NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Monsoon to be weak till July NCB arrests key accused PM backs delimitation in Pak.-based drug ring System unlikely to move further over the next week, says Met Department The BSF had seized 56.5 kg of heroin exercise in J&K Jacob Koshy NEW DELHI Devesh K. Pandey tropic Substances Act, In He added that “delimitation BJP leader Kavinder Gup The monsoon rainfall , 40% NEW DELHi dian Penal Code (murder), has to happen at a quick ta said that any thought of above normal from June 1 to The Narcotics Control Bu Excise Act, Arms Act and pace so that polls can hap restoring Article 370 should 18, has reduced to a trickle reau (NCB) on Thursday ar the Jail Manual Act,” said an pen and J&K gets an elected not even be considered. over the previous week. The rested an alleged key mem NCB official. government that gives “Elections will be held after latest update from the India ber of a Pakistanbased drug They had been abscond strength to its development the delimitation process, Meteorological Department trafficking syndicate in con ing since 2019, the official trajectory.” and an Assembly constitut (IMD) computes the monthly nection with the recent sei added. “The biggest strength of ed once again. The process rainfall until June 24 to be zure of over 56.5 kg of he our democracy is the ability will come into effect about just 26% of the normal and roin by the Border Security Suspected supplier to sit across a table and ex which people are hoping there is unlikely to be a sig Force (BSF). The case was handed over change views,” he said. that they’ll get representa nificant boost until the first The accused has been to the NCB’s Jodhpur unit. Government sources said tion. Article 370 has been week of July. identified as Jasbir Singh, a The agency identified one Prime Minister Modi abrogated. It should not As of Thursday, India had resident of Hoshiyarpur in Malik Choudhary, a resident thanked all the participating even be thought that it will received 152 mm of rainfall Punjab. of Lahore in Pakistan, as the leaders for making it to Del ever come back,” he said. as against the normal 121.2 suspected heroin supplier hi for the meeting and asked Union Home Minister mm. Seized in Rajasthan and launched a hunt for Jas that they “express their Amit Shah, who was present On Tuesday, the IMD said for the last week of June, the which is also part of India’s Department (IMD), on June The BSF had seized the con bir Singh. views frankly.” at the meeting, said the “de India is in the grip of a “weak IMD noted. core agricultural zone de 1, said it expects more rain in traband on June 3 at Bandali During the course of the National Conference limitation exercise and monsoon spell.” The south All the broad subdivisions pendent on the monsoon for the monsoon months from Khajuvala in Rajasthan, investigation, three more leader Omar Abdullah, in a peaceful elections are im west monsoon has so far co have posted above normal irrigation. June to September than its along the IndoPakistan bor accused — Rajvinder Singh, presser after the meeting portant milestones in res vered most parts of the rainfall so far. East and “Fairly widespread to wi previous estimate in April. der. Sukhpreet Singh and Sunil said, “We told the Prime Mi toring statehood as pro country except parts of the northeast India has posted despread rainfall with isolat The monsoon rainfall was The next day, the force ar Singh, all residents of Rajas nister that we don’t stand mised in Parliament”, northwest — Rajasthan, Del 8% extra, northwest India ed heavy falls is also likely likely to be 101% of the Long rested two accused persons, than — were arrested for with what was done on Au making it clear that Assemb hi, Haryana and Punjab. Un 58%, central India 46% and over most parts of northeast Period Average (LPA) of 88 Rupa and Harmesh Singh, in harbouring Jasbir Singh and gust 5, 2019. We are not rea ly polls had to be a precur usually, for this period, the the southern Peninsula 15%, and adjoining east India dur cm. Punjab, with the help of the conducting recces along the dy to accept it. But we won’t sor to any talk of restoring monsoon has progressed to according to data as of June ing most days of the week On April 16, it said the local police. However, border to facilitate heroin take law into our hands. statehood. Some political eastern, central and adjoin 23. [July 17],” the agency said monsoon rainfall would be prime accused Jasbir Singh smuggling. We’ll fight this in court. We parties however did stress ing northwest India earlier Rainfall activity is likely to based on weather models 98% of the LPA. In the agen and his associate, Kali, fled Based on the findings, the also told the Prime Minister that statehood should be than normal by seven to 10 increase over most parts of that assess the development cy's parlance, this still consti the spot. NCB sleuths mounted sur that there’s been a breach of restored before polls can be days. However, further pro the country after the first of the monsoon system over tutes ‘normal’ rainfall which “Both of them are habi veillance and finally arrest trust between the state and held. gress over the remaining week of July especially in pe the fortnight. is anywhere from 96104% of tual offenders under the ed the prime accused in Centre. It is the Centre’s du Minister of State for the parts of country is unlikely ninsular and central India, The India Meteorological the LPA. Narcotic Drugs and Psycho Hoshiyarpur on Thursday. ty to restore it.” Prime Minister’s Office Congress leader Ghulam (PMO), Dr. Jitendra Singh, in Nabi Azad said “almost 80% an official statement after IN BRIEF of parties spoke on Article the meeting, said the next Pokhriyal to reply to 370 but the matter is sub step in strengthening de Four students arrested in judice.” Both Mr. Azad and mocracy in J&K would be Mr. Abdullah stressed on swiftly completing the de queries of students today restoration of statehood and limitation process so that reversal of many executive the Assembly polls could be He will clarify doubts over Board exams Israel Embassy blast case and legal changes related to held, and that the Prime Mi land rights protection and nister stressed the need for Press Trust of India restoration of a Jammu and “constructive engagement” New Delhi They are residents of Thang village in Kargil, Ladakh Singh reviews progress Kashmir cadre in bureaucra of all political parties with Union Education Minister at Karwar Naval Base cy. the delimitation process. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ STAFF REPORTER gence Bureau (IB) has NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Ms. Mufti’s take was so Among those who attended will interact with students reached the office of the Spe Twothirds of the Navy’s mewhat different, when she the meeting were four form through social media on Fri The Delhi Police Special Cell cial Cell to question them. modernisation budget has spoke after the meeting. er Chief Ministers of Jammu day and answer queries re has arrested four students An investigation was under been spent on indigenous “The people of Jammu and and Kashmir — Farooq and lated to the Class 10 and 12 from Ladakh in connection way to ascertain their role in procurement in the last five Kashmir are in a lot of diffi Omar Abdullah of the Na Board examinations, which with the Israel Embassy the incident. “It was found financial years, Defence culties after August 5, 2019. tional Conference, Ghulam were cancelled in view of blast case, the police said on that all four stayed at a rent Minister Rajnath Singh said They are angry, upset and Nabi Azad of the Congress, the pandemic. Thursday. ed accommodation near on Thursday. Mr. Singh was at emotionally shattered. They and Mehbooba Mufti of the Mr. Nishank, who is un Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ They were arrested from Delhi University area. On the the Karwar Naval Base in feel humiliated. I told the PDP. People’s Conference dergoing treatment at the Kargil and taken to Delhi on day of the blast, their mobile Karnataka to inspect Prime Minister that the peo leaders Muzzaffar Baig and All India Institute of Medical other query related to the transit remand, they said. phones were switched off. infrastructure development under Phase II of ‘Project ple of J&K don’t accept the Sajjad Lone also attended as Sciences (AIIMS) here for Central Board of Secondary The four students were Police near the Israel After a few days, they vacat Seabird’. “After the manner in which Article 370 did Kavinder Gupta and Ra postCOVID complications, Education [CBSE] exams identified as Nazir Hussain Embassy in New Delhi ed the accommodation all of completion of this project, was abrogated unconstitu vinder Raina of the BJP and said students had been then you can send me on (26), Zulfikar Ali Wazir (25), in January. * AFP sudden and moved to La tionally, illegally and immo Bheem Singh of the Panth sending him messages with Twitter, Facebook, or also Aiaz Hussain (28) and Mu dakh. We are finding out the Karwar Naval Base will rally,” she said. ers Party. their queries . “Dear stu by mail,” he said in a series zammil Hussain (25). All of Delhi Police PRO Chinmoy other locations where they become Asia’s largest and dents, I am constantly re of tweets. them are residents of Thang Biswal said the Special Cell , stayed in Delhi,” said a pol most efficient Naval base,” he said. ceiving a lot of your messag The Union Minister said village in Kargil, Ladakh. in a joint operation with a ice officer. es and information... Some he would answer students’ The minor improvised ex Central intelligence agency Delhi Police’s Special Cell, Gadkari inaugurates of your apprehensions have queries at 4 p.m. on Friday plosive device (IED) blast and the Kargil police, de probing the incident, regis Hope this is the beginning highway projects in H.P. also been expressed in your through social media. took place outside the Em tained the four from Kargil tered a case of “conspiracy”. NEW DELHI messages. But was unable to The exams for both Class bassy of Israel in Lutyens’ in connection with a conspi The Ministry of Home Af Union Minister for Road of a process, says Omar communicate with you due 10 and 12 were cancelled by Delhi on January 29. There racy to execute terror activi fairs handed over the probe Transport and Highways Nitin to this ongoing treatment in the CBSE in view of the CO were no casualties. ties in the national capital. to the National Investigation Gadkari on Thursday NC president and Gupkar al Article 370, saying “it's sub the hospital. If you have any VID19 pandemic. In an official statement, A team from the Intelli Agency (NIA) on February 2. inaugurated a total of 222 km liance chief Dr. Abdullah judice”. National Highway projects in said building the trust is ve “I did suggest to the PM to Himachal Pradesh at an ry necessary and restora incorporate 35(A) (special outlay of ₹6,155 crore. He tion of full statehood will be provision to secure jobs and Thapar, others also announced the award of the first trust building exer land for locals) under Arti ‘Central Vista work on schedule’ works related to 491 km road cise from New Delhi. cle 371. There was a thrust booked in construction at a total cost of All the constituents of the on getting together in ₹15,000 crore for the year Gupkar Alliance, including strengthening democracy in fraud case Project a judicious mix of modern and traditional, says Puri after visiting sites 20212022. Dr. Abdullah and Peoples J&K and the majority of Democratic Party’s Meh leaders demanded restora special correspondent Special Correspondent ‘Don’t offer concessions booba Mufti reiterated their tion of statehood. The PM NEW DELHI NEW DELHI to hardened criminals’ demand to restore the spe did suggest elections after The Central Bureau of In Union Housing and Urban LUCKNOW cial status of J&K, as it exist the delimitation process is vestigation (CBI) on Thurs Affairs Minister Hardeep Pu U.P. Chief Minister Yogi ed on August 4, 2019. completed and also pro day conducted searches in ri on Thursday said the work Adityanath on Thursday instructed officials to create a Ms. Mufti said she compli mised on the restoration of connection with a case re on the redevelopment of the separate category of mented the PM for initiating statehood. After that other gistered against C.G. Power Central Vista Avenue and hardened criminals or those and Industrial Solution Li construction of the new Par dialogue with China and Pa issues will be taken up,” PC's with charges related to kistan and insisted that In Muzaffar Hussain Baigh mited, its former chair liament building was “on terrorism lodged inside jails dia should talk to Pakistan said. mancummanaging direc schedule”. and behave strictly with for peace in Kashmir. “We J&K Apni Party chief Altaf tor Gautam Thapar, and After visiting the sites, Mr. them. Being briefed about a also sought security on Bukhari said the meeting is others for allegedly cheat Puri said in a series of tweets draft amendment to the U.P. land, jobs and minerals of likely to herald a new dawn ing a consortium of banks that the projects were pro Jail Manual, Mr. Adityanath J&K and an end to any kind for J&K. “Our party's para of ₹2,435 crore. gressing swiftly. told officials not to offer “any of intimidation. We also de mount demands have been “The searches were car “Delighted to interact concessions” to hardened manded the release of polit restoration of Statehood, ried out in Delhi, Guru with the workers giving On time: Hardeep Puri at the Central Vista Avenue sites on Thursday. * TWITTER/HARDEEP SINGH PURI criminals. A category should ical leaders,” she added. early Assembly elections, gram and Mumbai,” an offi shape to our future heritage. be created in jails of those Kashmirbased Peoples delimitation on merit and cial from the probe agency They come from different in an apparent reference to modern with traditional” While the new Parliament involved in terrorism and Conference (PC) and J&K constitutional mechanism said. parts of the country. Pity critics of the projects, “… and would “redefine the building is scheduled to be mafia activities, and they Apni Party also sought spe that protects the rights of re The case has been regis that the Congress ecosystem Happy to inform the ‘Vid heart of the city”. The Minis completed in time for the should be dealt with strictly, a cial provisions on the issue sidents of J&K on their land, tered on a complaint wanted to snatch away the li vaans’ that their ice cream ter also shared photos of the winter session in 2022, the government spokesperson of land and jobs during the jobs and natural resources lodged by the State Bank of velihood of these hardwork evenings are going to get Jamun trees at the India Gate 75th year of Independence, said quoting Mr. Adityanath. meeting, while describing besides expediting the hear India (SBI) on behalf of all ing women & men. I thanked even better!” lawns and said the trees the revamped Central Vista The CM also said there was a the meeting as “cordial and ing of the Supreme Court on the lenders, alleging fraud them for their sweat & toil,” He added that the new were standing tall as op Avenue is expected to be rea need for “comprehensive dignified”. However, these Article 370 and 35A,” Mr. committed by the borrow he said in a tweet. look of the Central Vista Ave posed to the rumours of dy for the Republic Day pa reforms” in behaviour towards prison inmates. two parties did not discuss Bukhari said. ers from 2015 to 2019. In another tweet, he said, nue was a “judicious mix of them being uprooted. rade in 2022. ‘Notify Class 12 internal Army issues tender for 1,750 FICVs Police gun down accused SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT kidnapping and extortion. assessment scheme’ Force is looking to replace the Russian-origin infantry vehicles in service GUWAHATI Officials said Bubu Kon The Assam police have war was killed in an ex During the hearing, Justice tion. The National Institute Dinakar Peri intends to procure an ap with Foreign Original Equip dakh, the central sector and gunned down a man wanted change of fire with the pol Khanwilkar orally remarked of Open Schooling (NIOS) al NEW DELHI proximate 1,750 quantities of ment Manufacturers [OEMs] north Sikkim. They would for alleged contract killing, ice at Geleky in Sivasagar that the University Grants so submitted that it had can The Army has issued a ten Futuristic Infantry Combat to supply FICVs within two replace the 1980s vintage car theft, drug trafficking, district on Wednesday. Commission should an celled the exams for its stu der, or a Request For Infor Vehicles (Tracked) in three years of the contract at the Russianorigin BMP2, the of nounce a cutoff date for ad dents. The court has been, mation (RFI), for the pro versions,” the RFI published rate of 75100 vehicles per ficer said. missions to prompt school in every hearing, advising curement of 1,750 Futuristic on Thursday said. Approxi year,” an officer said. Based on the responses to Boards to declare Class 12 caution to States, saying Infantry Combat Vehicles mately, 55% of them should This is the Army’s third at the RFI, the Army would fi results on time. children should not be ex (FICVs) to replace the Rus be gun version, 20% com tempt for the procurement nalise the specifications and “There should not be any posed to the risk of con sianorigin infantry vehicles mand version and 25% com of a new infantry vehicle. also decide the procurement cause for uncertainty,” Jus tracting the infection. in service. mand and surveillance According to the RFI, the category. tice Maheshwari noted. “We know how the se Early this month, an RFI version. FICVs would be employed The main operational Most States have can cond wave started and how was also issued for the pro for crosscountry opera tasks that would have to per celled their Class 12 exams quickly it panned out… Eve curement of 1,770 Future Within a week tions, including amphibious formed by the FICV include due to the COVID19 pan rything changed in a matter Ready Combat Vehicles Vendors have been asked to operations in plain and des destroying enemy tanks, ar demic. Assam informed the of 10 days… Now we don’t (FRCV) for the procurement express willingness within a ert terrain along the Western moured personnel carriers, court on Thursday that it know how the third wave of the next generation Main week. “A threestage induc borders and high altitudes, combat vehicles, lowflying had cancelled its Class 12 ex will unfold,” Justice Khan Battle Tank, with a planned tion model has been pro up to 5,000 m, and moun helicopters and other ams and the assessment wilkar remarked on Thurs induction from 2030. posed by the Army and In tain terrain along the north groundbased weapon plat scheme was under formula day. “The Ministry of Defence dian vendors can collaborate ern borders in eastern La forms and positions. 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‘A good start, but nothing Cong. raises 5 demands on J&K In contact with stakeholders beyond’ But the party did not call for restoration of Article 370 in meeting with PM on Afghanistan, says India Sobhana K. Nair Special Correspondent New Delhi New Delhi MEA comment adds to reports of backchannel talks Neither Prime Minister Na Former Jammu and Kashmir rendra Modi nor Union Chief Minister and Congress Kallol Bhattacherjee India supports all been in the news over re NEW DELHI <> Home Minister Amit Shah leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, peace initiatives and ports of backchannel talks. proposed any action at the who led the party’s delega India on Thursday said it Sources said Mr. Doval ar has a long-term end of the threehourlong tion at Prime Minister Naren was in contact with “various gued for the “need to pre meeting on Jammu and dra Modi’s meeting on J&K stakeholders” in and around commitment serve gains made in the last Kashmir, said Communist on Thursday, said the party Afghanistan, confirming that towards two decades in Afghanistan Party of India (Marxist) had placed five demands, in South Block has adopted a development of and give top priority to the leader and spokesperson cluding restoration of full broadbased approach to Afghanistan welfare of its people”. He al of the People’s Alliance for Statehood, holding early discuss the future of Afghan Arindam Bagchi so proposed an action plan Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) elections, and the return of istan and the region around MEA spokesperson against Pakistanbased ter M.Y. Tarigami. Kashmiri Pandits, but did with various parties in ror outfits LashkareTaiba Though there was no not demand the restoration volved. The response came ger ties with Kabul, Mr. Bag (LeT) and JaisheMoham concrete outcome, Mr. Ta of Article 370. after National Security Ad chi said India has brought mad (JeM) as part of the anti rigami said the parties had Mr. Azad told mediaper viser Ajit Doval addressed a development to Afghanistan terror framework of the SCO agreed to come down to sons after the meeting that in meeting of his counterparts which was ravaged by vio and sought adoption of in the capital for the meeting the new Bill for Statehood, Crucial meeting: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, NC chief Farooq Abdullah and PDP’s of the Shanghai Cooperation lence inflicted by crossbor ternational standards to because it was the first the government should pro Mehbooba Mufti with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. * ANI Organisation (SCO) held on der actors. “India has counter terror financing, in such gathering hosted by tect land rights through new Thursday in Dushanbe. brought electricity, dams, cluding an MoU between the Prime Minister Narendra domicile rules and guaran sulting elected representa time to grant Statehood,” he locals would “have the same “India supports all peace schools, health clinics, roads SCO and the Financial Ac Modi. tee employment for locals. tives. But in the end, after added. effect”. Specifically asked initiatives and has a long and community projects to tion Task Force (FATF). “It was a good beginning The other demand by the saying all this, we have put “We had historic domicile about the party’s position on term commitment towards Afghanistan. The world Crossborder attacks but nothing beyond. Hav Congress delegation, which up five big demands in front rules and also rules regard Article 370, Mr. Azad said the development and recon knows what Pakistan has against India by LeT and JeM ing a conversation is equal included J&K Pradesh Con of the government. State ing employment. The go matter was subjudice. struction of Afghanistan. In brought to Afghanistan.” have been at the centre of re ly important, but I can not gress Committee chief Ghu hood should be restored at vernment should give a gua “For now, we will not talk this context, we remain in The comments on dia cent tensions with Pakistan. say that it was result lam Ahmad Mir and former the earliest was our first de rantee that they will bring about this. The people of J&K touch with various stakehol logue with relevant stakehol The issue was being dis oriented,” Mr. Tarigami Deputy Chief Minister Tara mand,” Mr. Azad said. Bills on land and employ are in distress since the Au ders, including regional ders has also added to the of cussed at the FATF on Thurs told The Hindu. Chand, was the release of “The Home Minister as ment [for J&K],” Mr. Azad gust 5, 2019 decision ... ” Mr. countries,” said Ministry of ficially unconfirmed reports day and a decision on grey Mr. Tarigami said the political detainees at the well as the Prime Minister said. Mir added. External Affairs spokesper of backchannel talks that In listing of Pakistan is concerns of the people of earliest. had assured on the floor of Though the Congress did Recently, former Finance son Arindam Bagchi. The dia has been conducting expected as early as Friday. Jammu, Kashmir and La “In today’s meeting, from Parliament that Statehood not directly refer to the res Minister P. Chidambaram comment has added more with Pakistan through third Mr. Doval also called for dakh were raised at the Congress’s side, we in would be restored [to J&K] at toration of the special provi talked about status quo ante substance to the reports that parties. Mr. Doval attended monitoring of new technolo meeting. “We told him [the formed the Prime Minister some point. There is peace sions under Article 370, par by repealing the “offending India has held a round of se the SCO NSAs meeting, gies used by terrorists, such PM] that such a meeting why the State should not now, ceasefire is also there ty leaders claimed that its laws” in the forthcoming cret talks with the members which also saw the participa as drones, dark web, Artifi should have been conduct have been dissolved. The and the borders are also demand for special land monsoon session of Parlia of the Taliban in Doha. tion of his Pakistani counter cial Intelligence, blockchain ed prior to August 2019.” move was done without con quiet. There can’t be a better rights and job guarantees for ment. Arguing in favour of stron part Moeed Yusuf, who has and social media. Trinamool to back Roy Kerala women’s panel Maharashtra Calcutta HC reserves order Congress chief for PAC chairperson post chief’s remark draws flak called to Delhi BJP has demanded his disqualification on Mamata’s recusal petition She expresses regret for her reply Staff Reporter Special Correspondent She wants Nandigram plea to be referred to another Bench Staff reporter Ms. Josephine, in her Mumbai KOLKATA kollam statement, said that her While on his trip to north The Trinamool Congress Shiv Sahay Singh large strides in West Bengal. Kerala Women’s Commis hard tone was due to the is Maharashtra to take stock Kolkata will support the candida He added that the judge sion chairperson M.C. Jose sues in audio quality and of his party’s growth in the ture of Mukul Roy as the The Calcutta High Court on would only be elevating his phine has courted contro she had only taken a moth region, Maharashtra Con chairperson of the Public Thursday reserved its order stature by recusing himself versy for asking a domestic er’s freedom with the wo gress president Nana Pa Accounts Committee (PAC) on a recusal application filed from hearing the petition. violence victim to “suffer” man. “It was my selfindig tole was abruptly called to in the State Assembly, West Mukul Roy by Chief Minister Mamata Dr. Singhvi pointed out that as she has not filed a police nation over girls failing to Delhi, giving rise to yet Bengal Chief Minister Ma Banerjee urging that the two judges of the Supreme complaint. come forward bravely with another round of specula mata Banerjee said on can be voting in the As election petition filed in the Court had recused them The video clip of a seem complaints, but on second tion upon the already sha Thursday. sembly,” the Chief Minister Nandigram results be as selves from hearing matters ingly annoyed Ms. Jose thoughts I felt I could have ky political ground being Mr. Roy had joined the said. signed to another Bench. related to West Bengal. phine snapping at a victim avoided that comment. If seen in Maharashtra. Ho Trinamool Congress earlier The decision to appoint Ms. Banerjee virtually minent leaders such as Dilip Justice Chanda said while created much resentment, my words have hurt her, I wever, the Congress said this month after being asso Mr. Roy the PAC Chairper participated in the hearing. Ghosh and Tathagata Roy”. Dr. Singhvi was associated with many demanding her express regret,” she said. Mr. Patole’s visit to Delhi ciated with the BJP for over son will not only help ac Senior advocate A.M. Singh Justice Chanda asked why with the Congress, other resignation. Her rude re was for organisational rea three years. commodate the veteran pol vi, who appeared for the the recusal petition had not counsel having links to the mark to a distressed wo ‘Totally clueless’ sons. The development comes itician in a key post but also Chief Minister, sought recu been presented on June 18, BJP were appearing for the man, who seemed a little She further explained that “It’s likely that we will be at a time when the BJP has prevent a BJP legislator from sal of Justice Kausik Chanda when the matter was Trinamool in the case. He al hesitant to open up, also she was totally clueless electing an Assembly written to the Assembly occupying the post. Usually, on grounds of his associa brought before him for hear so asked if he would not be generated a volley of trolls about the format of the pro Speaker in the upcoming Speaker seeking Mr. Roy’s the post is reserved for a tion with the BJP as a lawyer. ing. During the hearing, giving in to a media trial if he on social media. gramme. “I had tried to monsoon session of the disqualification as an MLA. member of the Opposition Reading from the recusal ap there had been cordial dis recused himself. He added When the woman said avoid that programme due State legislature. The lead Mr. Roy contested and won parties. On Wednesday, Mr. plication, Dr. Singhvi said cussions between the par that he would think it over she was being abused by her to my busy schedule and ers in Delhi needed to the recently concluded As Roy filed his nomination for posts on various social me ties, and Justice Chanda ob and reserved the judgment. husband and her motherin health issues. I decided to speak about this. At the sembly election from the the post. dia platforms suggested that served that when he had Earlier this month, Ms. law, the chairperson asked if go when they told me my same time, several BJP Krishnanagar Uttar Assemb The BJP leadership said Justice Chanda had a “close, first appeared for the BJP as Banerjee had filed a petition she had approached the response was necessary and MLAs want to join the Con ly constituency. the development proved pecuniary, personal, profes a lawyer, he had not known alleging irregularities in the police. the subject was dowryrelat gress party in the coming “The Speaker’s decision that the Trinamool Con sional and ideological rela the full name of the party. counting exercise of the The Ernakulam resident ed. Only after reaching time. That issue also needs is final in such matters. If gress did not follow Consti tionship with the BJP” and Dr. Singhvi remarked that Nandigram Assembly re revealed she had not shared there, I came to know that it to be discussed,” said Mr. anyone has an issue, there tutional norms. “close relationship with pro since then, the BJP has made sults. it with anyone and Ms. Jose was a callin programme,” Patole. phine retorted with a curt Ms. Josephine said. Two days ago, NCP chief “then you suffer”. In Thiruvananthapuram, Sharad Pawar held a meet Many prominent per Kerala Pradesh Congress ing with nonCongress, sons, including politicians, Committee (KPCC) presi nonBJP leaders. Chief Mi RLD chief urges PM to end impasse on farm laws pointed out her behaviour dent K. Sudhakaran nister Uddhav Thackeray as arrogant and demanded a slammed Ms. Josephine for has slammed the Congress more humane person as her slighting a victim of domes for its stand on going solo Govt. appears to have further withdrawn from engaging with farmers, says Jayant Chaudhary in letter replacement. tic violence. in future polls. special correspondent against the farm laws. ers how these laws improve Ghaziabad Referring to the Agricul their market position or pric In a fervent appeal to the ture Minister’s statements ing power,” he said. Prime Minister to end the suggesting that a rollback of He contended that the deadlock on the farm laws, laws was not possible, Mr. farmers’ agitation had a ne Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) pre Chaudhary said he could un gative economic impact, but sident Jayant Chaudhary said derstand that there was a the failure to resolve the key on Thursday that “policy fear in government circles issues had also hurt the measures can be termed as that backtracking on these pride of the nation’s reforms only if they satisfy laws could become a prece agriculturists. the larger social good”. dent. “However, in the face Meanwhile, Bharatiya Ki “It pains the nation that A long struggle: Farmers protesting at the Singhu border in of public sentiment, a sensi san Union spokesperson Ra even after your statement, Delhi on June 12. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA tive government would not kesh Tikait said on Thursday the government appears to shy away from taking a step that “the farmers would find have further withdrawn farmers are waiting at Delhi’s Minister, written on the eve back in order to move their remedy in Parliament from engaging with the farm borders,” Mr. Chaudhary of the completion of six forward.” and the government would er organisations even as the said in a letter to the Prime months of farmers’ protests “It is not clear to the farm be treated in villages”.

Rahul appears before court in Surat

Special Correspondent AHMEDABAD Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi appeared be fore a magisterial court in Surat on Thursday in con nection with a defamation case by a Gujarat BJP law maker Purnesh Modi. “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname,” he al legedly said at a rally in 2019, referring to diamond merchant Nirav Modi, former chief of IPL Lalit Modi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Gandhi said in court he never made such a statement. The case will be heard on July 12.

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‘Pandemic hikes narcotics U.P. leads in number of Full licence for Covaxin may take time sale over web’ Health officials Mamata calls have sought more special correspondent shots given on Thursday for early WHO NEW DELHI data from studies The lockdown restrictions approval It is followed by Madhya Pradesh (7.3 lakh) & Gujarat (4.3 lakh) Special Correspondent during COVID19 may have NEW DELHI accelerated drug traffick special correspondent Special Correspondent ing using the Internet, ac Chennai Bharat Biotech, the manu Kolkata cording to the United Na India administered 59.1 lakh facturer of Covaxin, may not West Bengal Chief Minister tions Office on Drugs and (5.91 million) doses of CO be given full licensure for its Mamata Banerjee on Crime’s World Drug Report VID19 vaccines until 9 p.m. COVID vaccine just yet, said Thursday wrote to Prime 2021. on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh a senior health official, say Minister Narendra Modi In Asia, China and India recorded the highest num ing the vaccine will continue seeking his intervention to are the most frequently ber of vaccinations (8.2 lakh) to be used under emergency ensure early approval of in mentioned countries followed by Madhya Pradesh authorisation. digenously developed Co linked to shipment of (7.3 lakh) and Gujarat (4.3 While the company re vaxin from the World drugs sold on the 19 major lakh). fused to comment on the lat Health Organisation darknet markets analysed Between June 1 and 23, est development, Union (WHO). Ms. Banerjee has over 20112020. 37.2 lakh doses were admi Health Ministry officials said for the past few days “Access to drugs has also nistered daily in India on av the authorities have sought Inoculation drive: A religious leader getting vaccinated at a flagged concerns of stu become simpler than ever erage. At the current rate, a more data from follow up mosque in Bhopal. * A.M. FARUQUI dents vaccinated with Co with online sales, and ma total of 100.3 crore doses studies. vaxin, who are in a bind as jor drug markets on the can be administered by De The company earlier this Meanwhile, the Health Mi vaccination programme is their vaccination certifi dark web are now worth cember 31, 2021, which is week had submitted data nistry on Thursday denied built on scientific and epide cates are not valid abroad. some $315 million annual around 87.7 crore doses few About 26.8% of adults in new infections, followed by from Phase 3 trials to the allegations of nontranspa miological evidence, WHO “Large number of stu ly. Contactless transac er than those required to ful India, 46% of those aged Maharashtra (9,844) and Ta subject expert committee rent allocation of COVID19 guidelines and global best dents from all over the tions, such as through the ly vaccinate all adults (188 above 45, and 48.8% of peo mil Nadu (6,162). Maharash (SEC) of the Central Drugs vaccines to States. practices. Anchored in syste country travel abroad ev mail, are also on the rise, a crore doses). To fully inocu ple aged above 60, have got tra recorded 556 new fatali Standard Control Organisa matic endtoend planning, ery year for higher studies. trend possibly accelerated late all adults by the end of at least one dose of a CO ties, followed by Tamil Nadu tion (CDSCO). The yettobe Allocation of doses it is implemented through ef Many of these students by the pandemic,” it said. this year, 82.2 lakh doses VID19 vaccine. However, (155) and Karnataka (138). published data submitted The Central government fective and efficient partici have got themselves vacci Although this is a “tiny need to be given daily on av only 3.9% are fully vaccinat Maharashtra’s fatalities in showed that Covaxin had de continues to allocate CO pation of States and Union nated with Covaxin and fraction” of overall drug erage in the country. ed. The figures are based on clude backlog deaths which monstrated a 77.8% efficacy VID19 vaccines to States and Territories and the people at came to learn later on, that sales, the trend of using The sevenday rolling av the estimated population in were missed in the previous in its Phase 3 trial, which was Union Territories in a tran large,” said the Ministry. their vaccination certifi dark web on the rise, with erage of daily vaccinations in 2021. reports. conducted on 25,800 sub sparent manner, it said, ad It noted that information cate is not valid abroad. a fourfold increase in an the country continues to in India recorded 47,755 new The figures do not include jects. “The proposal seeking ding that distribution of vac about the vaccine supply by These students are now in nual sales from the begin crease. It stood at 51.6 lakh COVID19 cases until 9.15 cases and deaths from Aru full licensure for Covaxin, cines is based on population Central Government, con a fix regarding their next ning of the 2010s to more on June 23, which is more p.m. on Thursday, taking the nachal Pradesh, Assam, was looked into and we have of a State, caseload or dis sumption by the States and course of action and their recent years. While canna than the 32.6 lakh recorded cumulative caseload to Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, sought more details. Till ease burden and the State’s Union Territories, unutilised career is at stake,” the bis dominates darknet a week ago ( June 16). It was 3,01,29,934. As many as Tripura, Andaman and Nico then Covaxin will continue utilisation efficiency. vaccine doses available with Chief Minister wrote. sales, marketing on the so also significantly higher than 1,280 new deaths were also bar Islands and Ladakh. The to be available to public un The Ministry noted that them, along with vaccine Ms. Banerjee said called clear web often in the average daily doses re registered taking the tally to data are sourced from the der the earlier emergency allocation is negatively af supply in the pipeline, is reg WHO’s approval for Covax volves new psychoactive corded a month before (May 3,93,294. respective States’ health bul authorisation,” an official fected by vaccine wastage. ularly shared in the public in would also help those substances. 23) which was 18.8 lakh. Kerala reported 12,078 letins. said. “India’s national COVID domain. travelling abroad for jobs. Outrage over felling of heritage Congress to combat Jab status linked to resuming pine trees for road in Meghalaya vaccine hesitancy of businesses in northeast NHIDCL told to halt chopping until govt. finds a solution Party plans outreach in 736 districts Assam to release pay to frontline staff only after vaccination SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI RAHUL KARMAKAR attempt made by any person GUWAHATI Congress president Sonia GUWAHATI or organisation to spread The felling of several iconic Gandhi on Thursday asked The COVID19 vaccination misinformation regarding pine trees for widening a party colleagues to play an status has been linked to the the efficacy of vaccines road in Meghalaya capital active role in ensuring vacci opening of shops and busi among the people of the Shillong has triggered out nation coverage of 75% of In ness establishments, opera State. rage, forcing the State go dia’s population by the year tion of commercial passen The Assam government vernment to intervene. end and also address the is ger vehicles as well as the has directed all the depart Most of these coniferous sue of hesitancy with regard salaries of some government Meghalaya has asked all mental heads to ascertain trees, among the hill town’s to COVID19 vaccines. employees in the northeast shopkeepers to take jabs. the vaccination status of USPs, were more than 100 Following a virtual meet ern region. their frontline employees years old. ing of the general secretaries Sonia Gandhi Besides, these are incen seen as a “persuasive adviso before releasing their Green activists said the and All India Congress Com tives such as free rice and ry” and not coercion. The monthly salaries. National Highway Infrastruc mittee (AICC) members in devastating for lakhs and cash offered by some local court, however, pointed out Chief Secretary Jishnu Ba ture Development Corpora charge of various States with lakhs of families all over the authorities to counter the re that forced vaccination vio rua, also the chairperson of tion Limited (NHIDCL) took Chopped pine trees along the Shillong-Dawki road. Ms. Gandhi, the party has country. We must learn from luctance or resistance to in lates the fundamental rights the State Disaster Manage advantage of the COVID19 * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT decided to step up its CO this traumatic experience so oculation by people, many of the people concerned ment Authority, Assam lockdown to chop the pine VID19 outreach programme that we do not have to expe of whom believe that the while advising all shops, (ASDMA), issued the order trees locals were attached to. road may be a necessity but order to minimise the by visiting over 3 crore hou rience it yet again,” Ms. vaccine induces infertility commercial centres and pu after officials found out that But the government swung should not result in the des damage. seholds across 736 districts Gandhi said. and genetic changes. blic commercial vehicles many frontline government into action on June 23 after truction of biodiversity. Forest officials said 10 in a span of 30 days. The Congress chief urged On June 23, the High should prominently display employees had not taken photos and videos of the logs trees would be planted in From July 1 to 17, the Con party leaders to disseminate Court of Meghalaya directed the words “vaccinated” or their COVID19 vaccine lying beside the road from Cleared by Centre lieu of each tree felled. But gress will also hold protests the party’s white paper (re all shops, commercial esta “not vaccinated” to let their shots. “Nonvaccination of the town’s Rilbong Bridge to A Meghalaya Forest Depart locals said this would hardly against rising prices of pe leased on June 22) that not blishments, taxi, autorick customers or passengers such frontline government Upper Shillong went viral. ment official said it had re make a difference as the site trol and diesel as well as only details the “failure” of shaw and bus operators to know about their status. servants may give rise to the This stretch of the road is ceived orders to cut down chosen for compensatory af food items by taking out the Narendra Modi govern display the vaccination sta “In the event, any shops/ possibility of further spread part of the 71 km Shillong 4,447 trees for the road wi forestation is in another protest marches, cycle ya ment in handling the pan tus of their staff. This fol establishments/local taxis of the virus, which in turn Dawki fourlane project esti dening project after it was district. tras and signature campaign demic but also offers sugges lowed the hearing of a peti /autorickshaws/maxi cabs may endanger the lives of mated to cost ₹1,251 crore. cleared by the Ministry of “We would like to know if at petorl pumps, general se tions in aggressively tion challenging the orders and buses flout the above di common citizens, especially Dawki is a trade point on the Environment, Forest and Cli the government followed In cretary (organisation) K.C. vaccinating the majority of of the State’s Deputy Com rections, the authority con the vulnerable groups like border with Bangladesh. mate Change. dian Forest Act, Biodiversity Venugopal said. the adult population in the missioners asking shopkeep cerned of the State shall im children, pregnant women, Chief Minister Conrad K. The State’s Forest Minis Act and Meghalaya Forest Addressing the AICC of shortest possible time. ers, vendors, local cabbies mediately direct its etc.,” the order said. Sangma asked the NHIDC to ter, James Sangma said the Regulation Act before the ficebearers, Ms. Gandhi Ms. Gandhi also talked and others to get vaccinated closure/stoppage of plying,” “Direct all department immediately stop felling the trees on one side of the road trees were hewn. Who gave said experts had pointed to about the ‘intolerable’ bur before they resume their bu the court ordered. heads to ascertain the vacci trees until the government were felled as it was “totally the land for the project and the possibility of a third den placed on the people siness. The court, fixing June 30 nation status of such govern finds a better solution. His unavoidable”. who is funding for the des wave in a few months and because of the rising fuel The Bench of Chief Justice as the next date of hearing, ment servants before releas instruction coincided with He also said the right of truction of the trees?” said the vulnerability of the chil prices and the skyrocketing Biswanath Somadder and also said the authorities ing the monthly an observation of the Nation way for the project had been activist Agnes Kharshiing, dren in such a scenario. prices of essential commodi Justice H.S. Thangkhiew ob should immediately step in salary/remuneration from al Green Tribunal on a Goa reduced from the standard president of Civil Society “The second wave these ties like pulses and edible served that the orders of the and proceed in accordance the current month (June) bypass that construction of a 4560 metres to 24 metres in Women Organisation. past four months has been oils. district heads should be with the law if there was any onwards,” it added.

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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 WORLD 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Russia, U.K. spar over Black Sea incident The rise, fall and death of an This comes after Moscow allegedly fired warning shots at a British destroyer off the coast of Crimea antivirus software pioneer Reuters considers areas around its Defender.” “The Royal Navy LONDON/MOSCOW coast to be Russian waters. ship was conducting inno John McAfee allegedly killed himself in a Spanish prison Russia accused Britain on Western countries deem the cent passage through Ukrai Thursday of spreading lies Crimea to be part of Ukraine nian territorial waters,” he Sriram Srinivasan over a warship confrontation and reject Russia’s claim to told reporters on a visit to in the Black Sea and warned the seas around it. Singapore: “We were doing Seventyfiveyearold John London that it would res so in accordance with inter McAfee, the creator of the pond resolutely to any furth Ukrainian waters: Boris national law and the Russian McAfee antivirus software er provocative actions by the British Prime Minister Boris characterisation is predicta who allegedly killed himself British Navy off the coast of Johnson said the warship bly inaccurate.” in a Spanish prison on Wed Russiaannexed Crimea. was acting in accordance Under international law of nesday, called himself an Russia summoned the with the law and had been in the sea, innocent passage iconoclast. His runins with British Ambassador in Mos international waters. permits a vessel to pass governments saw him don cow for a formal diplomatic “The important point is through another state’s terri the life of fugitive many a scolding after the warship Flashpoint: British Royal Navy’s HMS Defender arriving at the that we don’t recognise the torial waters so long as this time in the final years of his breached what the Kremlin Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine, on June 18. * REUTERS Russian annexation of Cri does not affect its security. life. In between all the run says are its territorial waters mea,” he told reporters. During its 2008 war with ning away, he found his pol but which Britain and most matic jargon for a telling off action — if those actions go “These are Ukrainian waters Georgia, Russia bristled at itical expression in the Li A file photo of John McAfee in Opelika, Alabama. * AP of the world say belong to — and spokeswoman Maria too far, no options can be and it was entirely right to U.S. warships operating in bertarian Party, though he Ukraine. Zakharova accused London ruled out in terms of legally use them to go from A to B.” the Black Sea, and in April was unsuccessful in his at sentence,” he once tweeted. authorities. Britain said Russia was of “barefaced lies”. defending Russia’s borders,” He also disagreed with the the U.S. cancelled the de tempt to be its nominee for He made his name and His problems with law sowing inaccuracies and dis “We believe it was a delib Mr. Peskov told reporters. suggestion that relations ployment of two warships to the presidential election of money in business. He was spanned many countries. He puted Russia’s account, say erate and premeditated pro The Black Sea, which Rus with Russia were at an histor the area. 2016. He wanted to give it considered a pioneer in the once ran away from Belize ing no warning shots had vocation,” Kremlin spokes sia uses to project its power ic low. “I can remember BBC released footage from another shot in 2020 but field of security technology. where authorities consi been fired and that no man Dmitry Peskov said of in the Mediterranean, has for times in my own lifetime the ship showing a Russian pulled out eventually. His McAfee Associates, dered him a “person of inter bombs had been dropped in the incident, in which Mos centuries been a flashpoint when things have been far coast guard warning that he “Decriminalise marijua which sold antivirus soft est” in connection with the the path of the Royal Navy cow said it fired warning between Russia and its com worse,” he said. would shoot if the British na, bring our troops home, ware, was started in 1987. murder of a neighbour. He destroyer Defender. shots and dropped bombs in petitors such as Turkey, Britain has also disputed ship did not change course. end the madness of our edu And by 1994, two years after was then arrested for illegal Russia’s Foreign Ministry the path of the British France, U.S. and the U.K. the Russian version of “If you don’t change the cation system, reduce the taking it public, he exited ly entering Guatemala. In summoned Ambassador destroyer. Russia seized and an events, with Foreign Secre course, I’ll fire,” a Russian size of government, hamstr the company. It wouldn’t be 2019, he refused a court or Deborah Bronnert to deliver “In the event of a repeat of nexed the Crimea peninsula tary Dominic Raab saying: voice said in English to the ing the DEA (Drug Enforce until 2010 that Intel bought der that directed him to pay a “tough demarche” — diplo unacceptable provocative from Ukraine in 2014 and “No shots were fired at HMS British ship. ment Administration), and the thenavatar of this com $25 million to the murdered let all people out of prison pany, by which time, howev neighbour’s estate. He (who are there) for nonvio er, the McAfee name was tweeted, “I have not res lent crimes.” starting to get controversial. ponded to a single one of my Apple Daily McAfee said, in his 30se 37 lawsuits in the past 11 Rajapaksa pardons 16 ‘political prisoners’ cond introduction at the Loss of wealth years.” sells out party’s presidential debate McAfee, it was reported, lost On Twitter, his tryst with in 2016. “What we insert into a lot of his wealth in the fi controversies continued — in Murder convict also freed on day marking the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka final edition our bodies or our minds is nancial crisis of 2007. At that the form of his posts on eve our own business,” he would time, he had financial inter rything from masks during Meera Srinivasan 10 years, with no end in ture has been marred by the Associated Press go on to say. ests in the real estate sector. the time of coronavirus to COLOMBO sight,” TNA spokesman M.A. President’s pardon to Du Hong Kong His death came hours af He could never replicate the the Deep State. He had pon President Gotabaya Rajapak Sumanthiran said. minda Silva, his close politi The final edition of Hong ter a court ordered his extra success of his antivirus soft dered about getting killed as sa on Thursday pardoned 94 Intervening in Parliament cal ally who was convicted Kong’s last remaining pro dition back to the United ware despite dabbling in ma also, more recently, about persons, including 16 ‘politi recently, Youth and Sports for murder,” Mr. Sumanthi democracy paper sold out States, where he is wanted ny businesses — from an in death. On September 18, cal prisoners’ and one mur Minister Namal Rajapaksa, ran said. in hours on Thursday, as for tax evasion. He was ar stant messaging platform to 2020, his last birthday, he der convict on death row, on son of Prime Minister Mahin This is President Rajapak readers scooped up all 1 rested last year at the Barce herbal antibiotics, from se tweeted, “75 years of a roller the occasion of the ‘Poson da Rajapaksa, said at least 35 sa’s second pardon to a mur million copies of the Apple lona airport while he was re cure computer network dev coaster ride between Hea Poya [full moon]’ day that prisoners, including terror der convict. In March 2020, Daily, whose closure was portedly about to board a ices to Bitcoin mining — over ven and Hell... Constantly bears religious significance, suspects from the years of he freed army man Sunil Rat yet another sign of China’s flight to Istanbul. the years. passing ‘normal’ as a speed marking the arrival of Budd war, had been in prisons lon nayake, who was on death tightening grip on the se “The words ‘Arrested’ His cryptocurrency busi ing train might pass an inter hism to Sri Lanka. ger than their sentences had row for killing eight Tamil ci miautonomous city. and ‘McAfee’ are frequently ness interest only got him section. I would have it no While Tamil parties and called for, and sought justice vilians, including a fiveyear Across the densely pop found together in the same more troubles from the other way.” human rights defenders wel for them. “Some of them old and two teenagers, dur ulated metropolis, people comed the release of the sus have been in there for longer Gotabaya Rajapaksa ing the civil war in the year lined up early in the morn pects arrested under the dra than my age [35]. No charges 2000. ing to buy the paper, which conian Prevention of have been filed against them In the last year alone, The main Opposition par in recent years had be Over 750 graves found Ethiopian Terrorism Act (PTA), govern till today,” he said, highlight some 100 persons have been ty Samagi Jana Balawegaya come an increasingly out ment critics and lawyers ing what activists have, for arrested under the PTA, in (SJB, or United People’s spoken critic of Chinese army confirms slammed the release of form long, cited while raising con cluding over “silly allega Front) has called for with and Hong Kong authori at former Canada school er MP Duminda Silva, who cern over arbitrary, pro tions” such as Facebook drawal of the presidential ties’ efforts to limit the Tigray airstrike was sentenced to death in longed detention enabled by posts, Batticaloa MP Shana pardon to the former MP, freedoms found here but Agence France-Presse “This is not a mass grave 2016 for murdering a politi the PTA. kiyan Rasamanickam recent calling it a “violation” of the not in mainland China. The Montreal site. These are unmarked Associated Press cal rival. Around 100 Tamils arrest ly told the Parliament. The independence of the judici paper was gone from news More than 750 unmarked graves.” ADDIS ABABA ed under the controversial yearlong detention of la ary. stands by 8.30 a.m. graves have been identified He said that the graves Ethiopia’s military on Significant start: TNA law have been in custody for wyer Hejaaz Hizbullah and Commenting on the deve The newspaper said it near a former Catholic may at one time have been Thursday confirmed it was The Tamil National Alliance at least over a decade. While poet Ahnaf Jazeem under lopment, the Bar Association was forced to cease opera boarding school for indige marked, but “Catholic responsible for a deadly (TNA) welcomed the PTA de the government accuses the PTA have also drawn in of Sri Lanka asked on what tions after police froze $2.3 nous children in western Ca Church representatives re airstrike on a busy market tainees’ release before com them of being former LTTE ternational condemnation, basis the President took the million of its assets, nada, a tribal leader said on moved these headstones,” place in the Tigray region pletion of their full jail cadres or supporters, the including from the UN, and decision to pardon Mr. Silva. searched its office and ar Thursday, the second such adding that doing so is a that locals say killed do terms. “This is a small yet TNA has insisted they are more recently the European While the President had the rested five top editors and shock discovery in a month. crime in Canada and they zens of civilians, but the significant start which we “political prisoners” on the Parliament, that have called power and discretion to par executives last week, ac “As of yesterday, we have were treating the gravesites military insisted that only hope will soon be completed basis they allegedly commit for the repeal of the PTA. don, such discretion must al cusing them of foreign col hit 751 unmarked graves” at “as a crime scene”. combatants were targeted. with the release of all politi ted crimes for the political ways be “used judiciously”, lusion to endanger nation the site of the former Marie Federation of Sovereign Bodies were still being cal prisoners, including objective of a separate state, Murderer’s release and such power “must not al security. The paper val boarding school in Sas Indigenous Nations chief pulled from the rubble and those against whom cases a cause that ceased to exist Although the release of the be exercised arbitrarily and printed 1 million copies for katchewan province, Co Bobby Cameron described dozens of survivors were are still pending. Some cases after the civil war ended in 16 persons on Thursday was selectively,” the Association its last edition — up from wessess First Nation Chief the finding as “a crime still arriving at hospitals, a have dragged for more than 2009. welcome, “the positive ges said in a statement. the usual 80,000. Cadmus Delorme said. against humanity”. doctor told AP. Amid vaccine shortage, Bhutan for mixing doses Over 90% of population got first shot

Reuters ceived a ﬁrst dose of Astra KATHMANDU/MUMBAI Zeneca’s vaccine and that Bhutan’s Prime Minister on the deadline to administer Thursday said he “has no the second dose after a gap problem” in mixingand of 12 weeks was scheduled matching COVID19 vaccine to end this month. doses to immunise a popu “Knowing immunology, lation of about 7,00,000 pe knowing how our body ople in the tiny Himalayan reacts to vaccines, I am nation. comfortable to secure a se Bhutan, nestled between cond dose of any vaccine India and China, has one of that is, of course, approved the world’s lowest COVID19 by the WHO.” fatality counts, with just one Earlier this year, India person dying from the infec provided 5,50,000 doses of tious disease since the pan the AstraZeneca vaccine to demic began. Bhutan. But New Delhi has Prime Minister Lotay no surplus to give to any na Tshering — who is also a tion as India exits the worst practicing urologist — said of a deadly wave of the coro over 90% of the country’s navirus that doubled its eligible population had re death toll in two months. Thai activists march against government

Associated Press stituted to fight a coronavi BAngkok rus surge that shows little Prodemocracy protesters sign of abating. It was their took to the streets of Thai first large protest after a hia land’s capital on Thursday, tus of about three months marking the anniversary of caused by the pandemic the overthrow of the coun and the jailing of protest try’s absolute monarchy by leaders, who have since renewing their demands been released on bail. that the government step The government of Prime down, the Constitution be Minister Prayuth Chanocha amended and the monarchy is facing criticism that it become more accountable. botched pandemic recovery The protesters defied a plans by failing to secure ban on large gatherings in adequate vaccine supplies.

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NIFTY 50 Special Correspondent create a fully integrated, Developed for the Indian the next few quarters. Press trust of India PRICE CHANGE MUMBAI endtoend renewables ener market, the phone would be He added that RIL had new delhi Adani Ports...... 709.90...... -8.80 Reliance Industries Ltd. gy ecosystem,” he added. commercially available from tested Jio’s 5G solutions in In Fitch Ratings has upgraded Asian Paints...... 3043.25...... 55.90

Axis Bank ...... 739.15...... 6.80 (RIL) on Thursday an Mr. Ambani said the Jam September 10. dia and had demonstrated Reliance Industries Ltd.’s Bajaj Auto ...... 4226.90...... 28.30 nounced plans to invest nagar complex would offer RIL also announced that “speeds well in excess of 1 rating to ‘BBB,’ one notch Bajaj Finserv...... 12333.25...... 51.00 ₹75,000 crore in its ‘new infrastructure and utilities to Saudi Aramco’s chairman Ya Gbps... we are confident of above India’s sovereign rat Bajaj Finance ...... 6043.60...... 28.00 Bharti Airtel ...... 528.75...... -5.30 energy’ business. make ancillary material and sir AlRumayyan would join being the first to launch full ing, as RIL benefits from BPCL...... 466.10...... -3.50 RIL aims to set up four equipment so that all critical the board as an independent fledged 5G services.” cash flow generation Britannia Ind ...... 3689.10...... 29.80 large manufacturing units in materials were available in director, adding that the RIL across diversified business Cipla ...... 950.90...... -6.85 Coal India ...... 146.40...... -2.05 volving an investment of time. “We will invest an addi Aramco deal would be for ‘Threefold growth’ segments and the contin Divis Lab ...... 4250.35...... 25.75 ₹60,000 crore in three years tional ₹15,000 crore in value malised in 2021. In 2019, RIL The firm’s subsidiary Re uation of deleveraging. Dr Reddys Lab ...... 5277.65...... -21.70

Eicher Motors...... 2706.75...... -21.85 at Jamnagar, Gujarat. chain, partnerships and fu had said it would sell 20% in liance Retail would grow at In a statement, Fitch Grasim Ind ...... 1498.90...... 0.15 “We have started work on ture technologies, including its oiltochemicals unit to least threefold in the next 35 said it had upgraded RIL’s HCL Tech...... 989.70...... 16.80 developing the Dhirubhai upstream and downstream Saudi Aramco for $15 billion. years, he said. The unit, longterm foreigncurrency HDFC ...... 2487.40...... -9.80

HDFC Bank...... 1506.25...... 20.75 Ambani Green Energy Giga industries.” On the partnership with which aims to be among the issuer default rating (IDR) HDFC Life ...... 719.60...... 1.85 Complex on 5,000 acres in Facebook, Mr. Ambani said top 10 global retailers, would to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB’, with a Hero MotoCorp ...... 2906.95...... -21.40 Jamnagar,” CMD Mukesh ‘Aﬀordable smartphone’ an initial set of integrations create employment for more negative outlook. At the Hindalco ...... 369.05...... 0.95

Hind Unilever ...... 2490.15...... 9.65 Ambani told shareholders at Eyeing scale: RIL will create a fully integrated, endtoend Mr. Ambani also announced between WhatsApp and Jio than 10 lakh people in three same time, the agency af

ICICI Bank ...... 634.05...... 9.35 the company’s 42nd annual renewable energy ecosystem, says Ambani. * REUTERS that the Google and Jio teams Mart had been introduced years, he added. ﬁrmed RIL’s longterm lo IndusInd Bank ...... 1000.65...... 1.10 general meeting. “It will be had developed an ‘ultraaf on a trial basis. Reliance Retail would con calcurrency IDR at ‘BBB+’ Infosys ...... 1559.20...... 56.05

Indian OilCorp...... 111.45...... -1.45 among the largest such inte nents of the new energy eco battery factory, an electro fordable’, fully featured 4G “Our joint teams are deve tinue to acquire businesses with a stable outlook. ITC ...... 203.25...... -0.70 grated renewable energy ma system’. lyser factory, and for con smartphone — Jiophone loping the full new com to heighten its oﬀering, shar The company has cut its JSW Steel...... 679.00...... 13.50 nufacturing facilities in the “We will build an integrat verting hydrogen into motive Next. The phone would sup merce solution linking mer pen omnichannel capabili foreigncurrency borrow Kotak Bank ...... 1737.90...... 1.20

L&T...... 1504.05...... 24.80 world.” He said the four fac ed solar photovoltaic mo and stationary power, we port applications from both chants and consumers,” the ties, and drive operating eﬃ ings outside India by 36% M&M ...... 791.80...... 9.85 tories would make and fully dule factory. We will build an will build a fuel cell factory,” Google and Jio as well as RIL CMD said. The ﬁrm ciencies, Mr. Ambani said. following prepayment of Maruti Suzuki ...... 7527.45...... 94.75 integrate all ‘critical compo advanced energy storage he said. “Reliance will thus from the Android PlayStore. planned to unveil these over (With PTI inputs) $7.8 billion in FY21. Nestle India Ltd...... 17619.75. .... 204.95

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ONGC ...... 122.00...... -1.35

PowerGrid Corp ...... 231.15...... -1.10 Reliance Ind ...... 2153.50...... -51.85 NCLT reserves RBI sets rules SBI Life ...... 1002.15...... 1.60 S&P cuts India’s FY22 State Bank ...... 417.20...... -1.65 ‘Ensure GST cuts reach users’ Shree Cement ...... 28672.30. .. -194.90 order on Siva for NBFCs to Sun Pharma ...... 664.80...... -0.45 Tata Consumer growth forecast to 9.5% Products Ltd...... 757.45...... -0.40 Plaints on COVIDessentials’ prices must be prioritised: NAA Industries’ bid pay dividends Tata Motors ...... 334.65...... -0.60 Tata Steel ...... 1113.15...... 13.05 ‘Further waves pose a risk to outlook’ Special Correspondent Specal Correspondent Special Correspondent TCS ...... 3373.60. .... 112.20 Suppliers are ambulances to pulse oxime ...... <> Tech Mahindra 1080.00 23.55 NEW DELHI required to ters and oxygen concentra CHENNAI Press Trust of India MUMBAI Titan ...... 1780.85...... -1.70 The National AntiProfiteer tors would need to ensure New Delhi The Reserve Bank of India UltraTech Cement...... 6961.95...... 58.60 commensurately The National Company UPL...... 813.45...... 9.45 ing Authority (NAA) has di reduce prices retail price reductions were Law Tribunal, Chennai, S&P Global Ratings on (RBI) has issued norms for Wipro ...... 549.05...... 8.90 rected GST officials across effected soon and paper has reserved its order on Thursday cut India’s growth NBFC dividend distribu the country to ensure that vied on two critical drugs, work filed to justify the ex the onetime settlement forecast for the current fis tion to infuse greater tran EXCHANGE RATES the tax rate cuts notified on Tocilizumab and Amphoter tent of reductions, in order (OTS) offer made by pro cal to 9.5%, from 11% earlier, sparency in the practice. Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit some COVID19related es icin B, and reset the tax rate to avoid action under the an moters of Siva Industries & The norms will be effec except yen at 4 p.m. on June 24 and warned of risk to the CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL sentials are passed on to to 5% on 14 COVID19 essen tiprofiteering framework. Holdings Ltd. to lenders. outlook from further waves tive for dividend declara tion from the profit for the US Dollar...... 73.96...... 74.28 consumers. tials. On June 14, the Finance “Businesses dealing with Last week, NCLT direct of the COVID19 pandemic. Euro ...... 88.32...... 88.73 Complaints from end us Ministry had notified the re medical supplies that have ed the lenders to explain The agency lowered the financial year ending British Pound...... 103.27. ... 103.75 ers about lack of price re vised rates, which are ap undergone a GST rate reduc the rationale behind ac growth outlook saying that a March 31, 2022. Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 66.71...... 67.00

Chinese Yuan ...... 11.43...... 11.49 ductions commensurate plicable till September 30. tion need to ensure that they cepting the OTS. Under severe second COVID19 One of the criteria is the Swiss Franc ...... 80.48...... 80.87 with the tax cuts, are to be “The suppliers are re have adequate documenta this, ₹4,200 crore of claims outbreak in April and May er the next couple of years, net NPA ratio must be low Singapore Dollar ...... 55.05...... 55.30 treated on a priority basis quired to commensurately tion to demonstrate that the will be settled with Siva In led to lockdowns imposed it projected India’s growth er than 6% in each of the Canadian Dollar...... 60.16...... 60.42

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Source:Indian Bank level Screening Committees the supplies of Goods and on to the consumers,” said and thirdparty guarantors tion in economic activity. ending March 31, 2023. ceiling on payout has been and Standing Committees Services made by them so M.S. Mani, senior director at ₹555 crore. In 2019, the “We forecast a growth of “Further pandemic set for NBFCs not taking on AntiProfiteering, the that the benefit of the reduc Deloitte India. NCLT admitted an insol 9.5% this fiscal year from waves are a risk to the out public funds and not hav IN BRIEF NAA Secretary A.K. Goel tion in tax rates and/or of in Suppliers or firms who vency plea against the C.Si our March forecast of 11%,” look given that only about ing customer interface. said in a memo posted on its put tax credits is passed on had not got the benefit of in vasankaranpromoted firm S&P said. 15% of the population has The maximum payout website on Thursday. to the recipients/consum put tax credits on account of in a case filed by IDBI Bank. Stating that permanent received at least one vaccine ratio for core investment At its last meeting on June ers,” the NAA emphasised. cuts in the GST rate could al Later, a majority of the damage to private and pu dose so far, although vac firms would be 60%, stan 12, the GST Council had Tax experts said that pro so file complaints, with the committee of lenders ap blic sector balance sheets cine supplies are expected dalone primary dealers waived the indirect tax le ducers of items ranging from antiprofiteering apparatus. proved the OTS offer. would constrain growth ov to ramp up,” S&P said. 60% and other NBFCs 50%.

‘Govt. will rely on COVID ALL turned a data for an intervention’ ‘88% of SMBs yet to avail stimulus benefits’ ‘U.S. group views India’s KOLKATA The Centre will closely profit in Q4 on monitor COVID19 data for Lockdowns severely crippled sector with 59% of units laying off staff: CIA survey ecom plan as worrying’ six weeks to chart the path it higher volume needs to walk for economic Special Correspondent 42% were unable to decide proach by exempting SMBs It limits operating environment: USIBC intervention, rather than MUMBAI on retention of employees; from statutory compliances, Special Correspondent making announcements As much as 88% of selfem 59% said they had reduced/ penal actions and litigation; CHENNAI Reuters based on projections of the ployed, small and micro bu sacked/removed their staff protecting them from high Ashok Leyland Ltd. has re NEW DELHI third wave, Principal sinesses (SMB) were yet to compared with the preCO interest burden, price wars, turned to black, reporting A top lobby group, that is a Economic Advisor to the avail any benefit under the VID period. high cost of raw materials, standalone net profit of part of the U.S. Chamber of finance ministry, Sanjeev stimulus schemes unveiled losing employees, penalties, ₹241 crore for the fourth Commerce, considers In Sanyal said. PTI by the Centre, the findings of ‘Pain points, solutions’ and late fees, and supporting quarter ended March due dia’s proposed new ecom a survey by the Consortium “Over the past year, CIA has them by giving liberal loans, to 66% industry volume merce rules are a cause for SAT stays SEBI penalties of Indian Associations (CIA) provided vital suggestions clearing pending dues, offer growth in M&HCV sector. concern and would lead to a in Cairn buyback case and its 40 partner SMB asso on several initiatives taken ing moratorium with interest The truckandbus mak stringent operating environ NEW DELHI ciations show. by the Central and State go waiver and not declaring er had incurred a net loss ment for companies, ac The Securities Appellate Also, 82% of the more food and hospitality units. vernments for the benefit of sectoral NPAs for a year. of ₹57 crore a year earlier cording to an email re Tribunal (SAT) has stayed the than 81,000 selfemployed, The COVID19 first wave MSMEs,” said K.E. Raghu CIA proposed that the due to a slowdown in the viewed by Reuters. penalties imposed by markets regulator SEBI on micro/small businesses and second wave “induced nathan, convenor, CIA. “We Centre amend the Micro, commercial vehicle mar India has spooked online which Amazon and Walmart Cairn India and others for (SMBs) surveyed opined that lockdowns over the last 15 realised a databacked sur Small and Medium Enter ket. Revenue from opera retailers like Amazon and are members, described the making a misleading the Union and State govern months have severely crip vey would help consolidate prises Development Act, tions rose to ₹7,000 crore Walmart’s Flipkart with rules as concerning in an in announcement regarding ments were not taking care pled the sector, as disclosed the feedback from this sec 2006, to strengthen State fa (₹3,838 crore). The board plans to limit ‘flash sales,’ ternal email, saying some buyback of shares in 2014. of their interests. by the findings of the re tor, to bring out the pain cilitation councils. declared a final dividend of reining in a private label provisions were in line with It also directed Cairn India, The respondents included port,” the CIA said in a re points and provide solutions It also suggested collect 60 paise per share. During push and mandating a sys New Delhi’s stance on other which was merged with manufacturers (49%), ser lease on Thursday. and a way forward to revive ing data on selfemployed, the quarter, M&HCV truck tem to address grievances. big digital companies. Vedanta Ltd., and others, to vice providers (15%), selfem As per the findings, 73% of the sector, ” he added. MSME units from banks, volumes grew 111% for the The Washingtonhead The USIBC did not imme deposit ₹2.5 crore with SEBI ployed (14%) besides consul SMBs had not made any pro The findings suggest the which could help in correct company, it said in a regu quartered U.S.India Busi diately respond to a request within three weeks. PTI tants, startups, traders, fit during the last fiscal and need for a threepronged ap classification of businesses. latory filing. ness Council (USIBC), of for comment.

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Uthra Ganesan not be disappointed in the In Goiania, Peru scored Patiala girls. I will be only disap Agence France-Presse Reuters two goals in the second half pointed for them because I The Indian women’s hockey Cardiff Rio De janeiro to rescue a 22 draw against team will be appearing in its see how much they put in ev Ecuador. Jos Buttler saw England to Brazil trailed for the first second consecutive Olym ery day,” he said. Ecuador scored twice in a comfortable eightwicket time in eight games on Wed pics at Tokyo and coach the opening 45 minutes with win in the first Twenty20 nesday but responded with a Sjoerd Marijne insists the Staying calm Renato Tapia putting International against Sri controversial equaliser be team’s focus is firmly on rea Asked about handling the through his own goal mid * Lanka here on Wednesday. fore netting a dramatic win lising its optimum potential. Sjoerd Marijne. FILE PHOTO pressure of Olympics, cap way through the first half Sri Lanka was restricted ner deep into stoppage time “The team’s focus has tain Rani Rampal said the and Ayrton Preciado finish achieve something,” the to a modest 129 for seven for a 21 victory over Colom grown in the last few years, team had got used to it. ing off a free kick seconds be Dutchman said during a vir after deciding to bat. bia in the Copa America. but the really important mo tual interaction on Thursday. “Pressure is always there, fore the break. Only Dasun Shanaka Brazil went behind in the ments were the matches But while expectations even on those who may have Taking advantage: Roberto Firmino (No. 20) heads in Brazil’s However, Peru stormed with 50 off 44 balls really 10th minute thanks to a won against Argentina. It’s not are high, Marijne also be already won Olympic me equaliser even as the Colombians dropped guard waiting for back into contention in the threatened England. der strike from Luis Diaz. just about the mindset but al lieves in tempering them dals, but now we have learnt the referee’s whistle. * AFP second half with Gianluca Juan Cuadrado swung in a so about good results. to handle it. Janneke (Schop England won with 17 Lapadula scoring after 49 with reality. “If we are realis cross from the right and Por Against Argentina, I showed man) has been working with balls to spare. Buttler remaining, though it came in with goalkeeper David Ospi minutes before setting up tic, only three teams are to midfielder Diaz leapt acro them that we entered more us to stay calm and in control thrashed eight fours and a controversial circumstances. na letting the ball squirm Andre Carrillo to equalise ranked below us at the Olym batically to volley an over in their circle and created and it has helped a lot,” she six and shared an opening through his hands on the five minutes later. pics, so I don’t know what head kick past a helpless Referee involvement night he tied Carlos Valder more opportunities but they the expectations are based said. stand of 80 with Jason Roy. The result means both Weverton. With Brazil on the attack the rama as Colombia’s most scored more. on. Probably because we Marijne was also categori The scores: Sri Lanka 129/7 teams can still progress into in 20 overs (Kusal Perera 30, Brazil was forced to chase ball hit referee Nestor Pitana capped male player with 111 “I am not making things have done well in the last cal about his team selection. the last eight of the Dasun Shanaka 50, Sam Cur the game and it had most of and as Colombia’s players appearances. up, only showing them the four years. We are focusing “Picking a team for the tournament. ran 2/25, Adil Rashid 2/17) the ball and almost all the paused expecting him to or Their protests after the reality that we were creating on reaching the quarterfinals Olympics is not about the The results: Group B: Ecua lost to England 130/2 in 17.1 chances, though Colombia der a drop ball the Argentine equaliser led to 10 minutes dor 2 (Tapiaog 23, Preciado more chances than Argenti and from there anything can last 34 months, but the past overs (Jason Roy 36, Jos But did an excellent job of clos allowed play to continue. of stoppage time being ad 45+3) drew with Peru 2 (Lapad na. Their confidence has happen. four years. I don’t think a few tler 68 n.o.). ing it down in the final third. Brazil took full advantage ded, and in the 100th minute ula 49, Carrillo 54); Brazil 2 (Fir grown and there is belief that “That doesn’t mean we extra matches would have Toss: SL; MoM: Buttler. En- The hosts eventually got as Roberto Firmino headed of the match Casemiro head mino 78, Casemiro 90+10) bt we are going to the Olympics are not good enough, just done much to change my gland won by eight wkts., an equaliser with 12 minutes home a cross from the left, ed home from a corner to Colombia 1 (Diaz 10). not just to participate but to that we are realistic.” mind about the team.” leads three-match series 1-0. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 SPORT 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Williamson & Co. soak up the topoftheworld feeling Great to end up on the right side of a final for a change, says the New Zealand captain WTC tury, said, “... fantastic to be part of a contribution and a S. Dipak Ragav partnership like that. Ob viously, with Ross, our most fter leading his side to its experienced player and lead Afirst ICC Trophy in 21 er in the group, it was nice years, Kane Williamson said that we were able to soak up it was finally good to end up some of the pressure and on the right side of a final af then sort of score a few to ter losing the last two 50ov gether, although it was really er World Cup finals in 2015 difficult to come by. But hav and 2019. ing an experienced hitter like “2019 was a great occasion Ross out there was certainly and a brilliant game of crick helpful. et, as well. But obviously, a “You know, a really special slightly different feeling be feeling to be there at the end ing on the right side of the re together and tick those runs sult for us. Also, a part of a off. Even though it was 130 great game of cricket and a odd on that surface, you nev great occasion where it was er felt comfortable. It was the first, I suppose, official nice to soak up some of that World Test Championship, pressure and put together a and this is a really good feel partnership,” he said. Reverie time: Kane Williamson with the first WTC champion’s mace at the site of Hambledon CC, ing,” said Williamson. During the postmatch known as the ‘Cradle of Cricket’. * PTI presentation, Williamson al Praise for Taylor so credited his team for stick have the stars and we rely on And I think we saw that in group and the commitment On his partnership with Ross ing to its beliefs and style of a few other bits and pieces this match, we saw a lot of to the style of cricket we held Taylor, Williamson, who cricket. players to try and stay in heart, a lot of commitment, strong, which was great,” he made an unbeaten halfcen “We know we don't always games and be competitive. what's important to our said. Kohli expresses reservation on format No wasted motion, no needless surroundsound India skipper says it needs more than one Test to decide the champion New Zealand's cricket is pure, smart and flexible, its behaviour poised and fussfree

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Ashwin Achal DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD K.C. Vijaya Kumar The winning side also had Captain Kohli in the advantage of having ndia captain Virat Kohli be ICC tournaments ndia’s losing streak in played two Tests previously Ilieves that the World Test Tests at Southampton got against England while Kohli’s Championship (WTC) final B 2017 Champions Trophy: Iits third extension when men only had intrasquad should ideally be contested Lost to Pakistan in the final Ross Taylor struck New Zea warmups. It was brave of In over the course of a three or B 2019 World Cup (50over): land’s winning runs on Wed dia to step in with five bow fiveTest series. Lost to New Zealand in the nesday evening. If the pre lers while expecting Rishabh Speaking after India lost to semifinals vious two defeats came in Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and R.

New Zealand in the oneoff B 2021 WTC final: Lost to series involving host England Ashwin to serve as a bridge WTC final at Southampton on New Zealand in the final (2014, 2018), the latest melt between the toporder and a Wednesday, Kohli stated that DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD down happened in a bigger weak tail. India needed runs the current format does not contest invested with a larger on the board but what The oneoff factor accurately reveal a true <> meaning — the World Test emerged proved inadequate champion. does bring a unique Championship final. and there was not much “I’m not in absolute agree dynamic and makes it [final] New Zealand had also sty cushioning for the bowlers ment with deciding the best exciting. On any given day, mied India’s World Cup ambi when they stepped out with Test side in the world over Not true index: Kohli, congratulating Williamson, says the anything can happen tions in the 2019 edition with their boots. the course of one game. It has final was not a measure of his team’s ability. * AFP Williamson a stunning triumph in the India ran into a better side to be a test of character over semifinal at Manchester and and there is no running away three Tests — which team has things you’ve done wrong in es long. I think this definitely nal) is not a measure of who it still remains a festering from that fact. Williamson the ability to come back into the first game… Then you can has to be brought in. I’m not we are as a team, and the abil wound. Once Williamson won the New Zealand played the has shaped a unit that works the series, or totally blow really see who’s the better saying this because we’re not ity and potential we have had toss and the fickle English percentages better and with with rigour, is quick to away the other team. side,” Kohli said at the post on the winning side. For this for so many years,” he said. Skilled unit weather kept ushering in a Williamson being the batting change strategy and all done match media interaction. (WTC final) to be absolutely On the team’s batting Virat Kohli’s men again ran damp curtain, Indian bat glue in both outings, the with remarkable finesse Hard grind “If you saw the way this memorable, I think it has to struggles in the summit clash, into the same opponent thriv smen never felt at ease, even eventual champion always while the onfield behaviour “It can’t just be pressure ap game went, why wouldn’t happen over three games at a Kohli said, “We definitely ing on the eternally calm if in the first dig openers Ro stayed ahead of India. And is always one of poise. This plied over two days of good you want to see two more minimum,” said the Indian need to work out better plans Kane Williamson, a set of hit Sharma and Shubman Gill when the chase commenced was cricket without needless cricket. It has to be a hard Tests of the teams battling it skipper. in terms of understanding handy batsmen ranging from strung a 62run partnership. on the sixth and final day, the surroundsound but it had a grind. At the end of three out to eventually win the “We are not too bothered how to score runs. We have to fresher Devon Conway to vet New Zealand maximised its sun was out, the outfield purity and smartness that matches, there’s effort, ups WTC? by this result because we un stay in sync with the momen eran Taylor and an array of advantage and with Kyle Ja dried up and shots carried to would have made the late and downs, situations chang “Historically, all the great derstand what we’ve done tum of the game. and not let swing bowlers pitching it on a mieson bowling with seduc the fence unlike the previous Martin Crowe proud, ob ing throughout the course of Test series’ are remembered over the last threefour years the game drift away too penny and also using the ele tive precision, edges were days when the ball seemed viously watching his wards the series, a chance to rectify for being three or five match as a Test side. This (WTC fi much.” ments as a wonderful ally. taken. arthritic. from the skies. A pace battery firing on all cylinders Ramkumar fights hard, but falls

S. Dinakar words were ringing in the Sharma who was bamboo Chennai in the final qualifying round ears when Jamieson pinned zled by one such delivery in In his heyday, he earned the the batsmen on the back foot the second innings. sobriquet Sultan of Swing. with his lift and, with their And, Boult is a bag of WIMBLEDON In the decider, he was Now, in the evening of his footwork disrupted, con tricks. The leftarmer bowls down a match point while life, his words carry im sumed them with fuller with equal control from over PRESS TRUST OF INDIA serving at 45, but survived. mense wisdom. length and swing to scalp and round the wicket, can LONDON Three more match points in The second Test of the five in the Indian first innings take the ball away from the A spot in the main draw of a game 12 were also saved as 201920 IndiaNew Zealand of the ICC World Test Cham lefthander from over the Grand Slam eluded Ramku he stretched the contest. But series was in progress at pionship final at Southamp wicket and angle it across the mar Ramanathan yet again, the Australian broke his te Christchurch, Sir Richard ton. righthander and bring the as he lost to Australia’s Marc nacious rival in the 20th Hadlee’s eyes scan the And then he opened up odd one back. Polmans 36, 63, 67(2), 63, game and punched his ticket ground, his steely gaze pick the Indian batting on the fi The talented Boult can get 911 in the final qualifying for next week's main draw. ing up little things. nal day, setting Virat Kohli up the ball to deviate both ways round at the Wimbledon In the middle, the Indians with deliveries moving into from round the wicket. He is championships, here on Thiem pulls out were crumbling, and the him and taking him out with The four musketeers! The firepower generated by Jamieson, a serial scalphunter. Thursday. World No. 5 Dominic Thiem man doing the damage was one that left the righthan Southee, Boult and Wagner was too much for the Indians Then there is the never Showing nerves of steel, withdrew from Wimbledon Kyle Jamieson, all of 6’8”. der. Soon, he had Chetesh to handle. * INSTAGRAM/ICC saydie Neil Wagner, all Ramkumar saved four match on Thursday after suffering a “We never had someone war Pujara snapped up in heart, effort and commit points but eventually fell at wrist injury in Mallorca ear like him before. Perhaps in the slips. son, New Zealand’s pace at the batsmen to go after ment, whose barrage of ac the end of a threehour, 30 lier this week. the ’50s, but none after that. New Zealand’s pace was tack is complete. After all, them. So confident are they curate shortpitched bowling minute contest. “I’m sorry for pulling out Nobody with his height and always probing, but Jamie you have the leftright com of defeating the batsmen is mixed cleverly with fuller After the duo split the first Ramkumar... playing his of the upcoming three tour natural bounce,” Hadlee was son has lent it the cutting bination of Trent Boult and with their movement. length leftarmer's swing two sets, Ramkumar had heart out. * FILE PHOTO: R. RAGU naments I had in my calen speaking to The Hindu. “He edge with his pace, lift, off Tim Southee, who between The everevolving South whether angling it across or multiple opportunities to dar — Wimbledon, Hamburg adds another dimension to stump line, seam movement them, have over 600 Test ee has added the delivery bringing it back. New Zea break at the start of the third raced to a 30 lead in the and Gstaad,” the 27yearold the New Zealand bowling,” and swing. And, he changes wickets. They come from va that straightens and holds its land, clearly, has the pace at but squandered all, before fourth set and kept his level Austrian wrote on Twitter. “I said Hadlee. his length so adeptly. rying angles, pitch the ball line or comes in, to his trade tack to be at the acme of losing the set in a tiebreak. up to take it 63 and even the am determined to come The legendary bowler’s With the arrival of Jamie up, allow it to swing and dare mark outswingers. Ask Rohit Testplaying nations. The 26yearold, however, match. back stronger.” Hungary makes Germany work hard France tops group; recordequalling Ronaldo keeps Portugal in the mix EURO 2020 cial equaliser in the 84th mi nute to send Germany Reuters through in second place be Munich hind France in Group F on A late Leon Goretzka goal four points. salvaged a 22 draw for Ger Benzema confirmed his many against Hungary on return from international ex Wednesday night, in a see ile with his first goals for saw Group F contest that sets France for more than five the Germans up for a round years after being recalled for of 16 match against England the tournament, while Ro at Wembley on June 29. naldo equalled the world re Meanwhile, Cristiano Ro cord 109 international goals naldo kept Portugal alive Rescue act: Leon Goretzka, right, fired Germany into the scored by Iran’s Ali Daei. * AFP with two penalties to cancel last16 with a late equaliser against Hungary. The results: out a brace from France’s Ka Group F: Germany 2 (Havertz rim Benzema in an enthrall Szalai’s diving header in the gary to retake the lead se 66, Goretzka 84) drew with ing 22 draw that sent both 11th minute put Hungary in conds after the restart as Hungary 2 (Szalai 11, Schafer sides into the last 16. front. Kai Havertz eventually Andras Schaefer ran onto a 68); Portugal 2 (Ronaldo 31 The Germans were teeter drew Germany level in the pass and headed in. pen, 60pen) drew with France ing on the brink after Adam 66th minute, only for Hun Goretzka bagged the cru 2 (Benzema 45+2pen, 47).

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TV PICKS Atanu, Deepika ensure Golf: Women’s PGA champi Last chance to punch a ticket to Tokyo onship: Eurosport (SD & HD), 9 p.m. mixed team medal NBA: SS Select 1 (SD & HD), Annu Rani will be aiming to qualify in javelin; spotlight on relay squads also 6 a.m. (Saturday) ATHLETICS kyo rankings will be high Abhishek Verma makes the semifinals IN BRIEF jumper Tejaswin Shankar, Uthra Ganesan competing at home after al in men’s individual compound event PATIALA most two years and coming ARCHERY ha, lost to Elizaveta Knyaze The 60th National interState with a series of NCAA wins va and Anton Bulaev of Rus athletics championships under his belt in USA. Sports Bureau sia 155154 in the second PARIS starting here on Friday will Tejaswin has also entered round. be the last chance for Indian in triple jump in keeping The Indian recurve mixed Verma was the lone In athletes to book a ticket to with his recent attempts at team, consisting of the hus dian compound archer to the Tokyo Olympics and multiple events and it will be bandwife pair of Atanu Das make it to the semifinals in quite a few would be hoping interesting to see how the and Deepika Kumari, the men’s individual event. to either attain the elusive youngster measures up here. booked a berth in the final Verma beat Matthew Atlanta Hawks snatch qualificaton standard or im to ensure a medal in the Ar Wong of Great Britain 147 a narrow win prove their ranking. Shotputter Tajinderpal chery World Cup Stage3 134, Sergio Pagni of Italy WASHINGTON Among those aiming for Singh Toor and discus throw here on Thursday. 148145, Jean Pizarro of Atlanta’s Trae Young scored a automatic qualification at the er Kamalpreet Kaur will be The Olympicbound duo, Puerto Rico 148143 and career playoff high 48 points fiveday meet will be javelin high on confidence after who got a first round bye, Martin Laursen of Denmark and the Hawks edged host thrower Annu Rani, who has their impressive performanc defeated Great Britain’s 146146 (tiebreaker 109) to Milwaukee Bucks 116113 in been consistently improving es in IGP 4 couple of days ago Bryony Pitman and James reach the last four. Wednesday’s opening game over the last one year and is but the pressure will be on Woodgate 60 and Casey Aman Saini and Rajat of the NBA Eastern veteran thrower Seema Antil within sight of the 64m mark. Consistent: Annu Rani has the wherewithal to make it to the Olympics.* FILE PHOTO Kaufhold and Brady Ellison Chauhan exited in third Conference finals. who skipped the Grand Prix. The result: Eastern Her personal best of 63.24m 60 to reach the semifinals. and first rounds Conference finals: Milwaukee is not too far off and the in the 100m and 200m ifying time at the recent squads with the former hop Javelin thrower Shivpal In the lastfour, Atanu respectively. Bucks 113 lost to Atlanta reigning National champion sprints will be the highlight Grand Prix 4, she is comfor ing to better its National re Singh, unable to fly abroad and Deepika edged past In Jyothi lost in the quarter Hawks 116 (Hawks lead series will be hoping to go the dis although the duo has man tably placed in the rankings cord and the latter aiming to for training or competition, se de Valesco and Daniel finals while Saanchi Dhalla, 1-0). tance this time around. aged to avoid it so far with which is not the case with Hi consolidate its position in the will also be in action for the Castro of Spain 53. who beat Pragati in the first either withdrawing from at ma, who has to clock 22.80s rankings, placed precarious first time since March but India will meet the Neth round, lost in the second Sprint showdown least one event over the past in the 200m to qualify. ly at 16th and final qualifica steeplechaser Avinash Sable erlands in the final. round among women com Bopanna & On the track, the muchanti one year. The spotlight will also be tion spot. and quartermiler Dharun Ay The compound mixed pound archers. cipated showdown between While Dutee came agonis on the women’s 4x100m and Also hoping to improve his yasamy have given the event team, comprising Abhishek Akshita crashed out in Divij lose in Dutee Chand and Hima Das ingly close to the 100m qual the men’s 4x400m relay position on the Road to To a miss. Verma and V. Jyothi Surek the opening round. quarterfinals

Sports Bureau Kshatriya wins Eastbourne Saurabh bags bronze Uzbekistan Open Mane to join Rohan Bopanna and Divij SHOOTING WC 3. Saurabh Chaudhary 220.0 under12 title Sharan were beaten 63, 76 (581); 5. Abhishek Verma 179.3 results annulled Lahiri in Tokyo (3) by the top seeds Nikola Kamesh Srinivasan (581). CHESS Mektic and Mate Pavic of NEW DELHI 10m air rifle: 1. William Shaner SWIMMING best Indian performance, GOLF Croatia in the doubles Asian Games gold medallist (US) 250.5 (628.3); 2. Vladimir Special Correspondent just 0.22s short of the mark quarterfinals of the Saurabh Chaudhary lifted Maslennikov (Rus) 249.2 NEW DELHI Sports Bureau for Tokyo. Press Trust of India (630.5); 3. Petar Gorsa (Cro) €609,065 ATP tennis tour the sagging spirit of the In Maharashtra’s Kshatriya His timing of 25.11s in the New Delhi 227.7 (631.9); 7. Aishwary Pra nament here on Thursday. dian camp by winning the tap Singh Tomar 143.9 (628.0); Vekhande won the Nation World swimming’s govern 50m backstroke was also a Indian golfer Udayan Mane Sania Mirza and Betha air pistol bronze in the 14. Deepak Kumar 626.0; 25. al under12 open online ra ing body FINA has invalidat new high. is all set to make the cut for nie MattekSands of the US shooting World Cup in Osi Divyansh Singh Panwar 624.7. pid chess title due to supe ed the results from the Uz the Tokyo Games as the were beaten 63, 64 by the jek, Croatia, on Thursday. Women: 10m air pistol: 1. An rior tiebreak score, after bekistan Open Swimming Rich haul withdrawal of Argentine American alternate en Yashaswini Singh Deswal toaneta Kostadinova (Bul) being tied at 9.5 points Championship held in April Indians, in general, had Emiliano Grillo will push trants Christina Mchale and Manu Bhaker made the 240.0 (579); 2. Carina Wimmer with Assam’s Mrinmoy in Tashkent, two months af come away with a rich haul him inside the playing field. and Sabrina Santamaria in women’s air pistol final with (Ger) 237.5 (574); 3. Yulia Ko Rajkhowa, on Thursday. ter India swimmer S.P. Li of medals (18 gold, seven sil The top60 golfers as per Udayan Mane. * FILE PHOTO the first round of the WTA scores of 578 and 577 res rostylova (Ukr) 216.8 (575); 7. In the 11round competi kith had alleged that timings ver and four bronze), in rankings and the qualifica event in Eastbourne. pectively, but the 8s and 9s Manu Bhaker 137.3 (577). tion, Rajasthan’s Yash Bha were tampered with to suit cluding two in the breast tion criteria will compete in Mane was the leading In The results: €609,065 ATP, saw them bow out quickly. 8. Yashaswini Singh Deswal radia took the third spot af home swimmers. stroke events for Likith. Tokyo and the vacant spot dian at one point but the Eastbourne, Britain: Quarter 117.1 (578); 13. Rahi Sarnobat ter topping a 11way tie at The competition was an On Thursday, Monal will now be grabbed by pandemic delayed the In fact, it was the trend 572. finals: Nikola Mektic & Mate nine points. Olympic qualification event Chokshi, Swimming Federa Mane, who was reserve Olympic Games. Pavic (Cro) bt Rohan Bopanna for the Indian shooters in 10m air rifle: 1. Eszter Mesza These placings are sub where two Uzbek swimmers tion of India (SFI) secretary, player behind Grillo. “I am thrilled but am still and Divij Sharan 63, 76(3). action on the day, as none of ros (Hun) 250.6 (628.3); 2. Zi were declared to have confirmed that the timings Grillo, world number 74 waiting for the official com $565,530 WTA: Eastbourne, them made the women’s air va Dvorsak (Slo) 249.8 (628.4); ject to change after the Britain: First round: Christina rifle final. 3. Sofia Ceccarello (Ita) 226.6 Fairplay report is received sealed their berths for To clocked in Uzbekistan were was the lone Argentine in munication. I hope it comes Mchale & Sabrina Santamaria The results: (629.2); 24. Apurvi Chandela from the online platform, kyo 2020. annulled after objections the Olympic list. The next soon,” said Mane. (USA) bt Bethanie Mattek Men: 10m air pistol: 1. Javad 624.2. Tornelo, and the decision India’s Srihari Nataraj from various quarters. But best Argentine is Fabian Go That means India will Sands (USA) & Sania Mirza Foroughi (Iri) 243.0 (584); 2. 42. Anjum Moudgil 622.3; of the fiveman Fairplay had clocked 54.07s in the he said that the SFI had no mez at 404 and Mane is have two men and at least 63, 64. Damir Mikec (Srb) 241.7 (584); 55. Elavenil Valarivan 621.2. committee. 100m backstroke event, a role in this. 354th. one woman like in 2016.

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