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NEARBY Economic Covishield-Covaxin mix gives Human rights at risk blockade of in police stations: CJI Mizoram lifted better protection, says ICMR RAHUL KARMAKAR Ramana flags routine custodial torture SILCHAR 18 persons from U.P., who inadvertently got the combination, were studied The economic blockade of Krishnadas Rajagopal Mizoram was lifted late on Passengers double Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI Saturday after more than at IGIA in two weeks NEW DELHI Chief Justice of India N.V. four hours of talks between NEW DELHI A combination of Covish­ Ramana on Sunday said the people of Lailapur, two Since the reopening of ield and Covaxin elicits bet­ police stations pose the Assam Ministers and offi­ Terminal 2 at Indira Gandhi International Airport here ter immunogenicity than “highest threat” to human cials. nearly two weeks ago, the two doses of the same vac­ rights and dignity, which Officials said nine goods passenger volume at the cine, the Indian Council of are “sacrosanct”. trucks, stranded at Laila­ airport has doubled — from Medical Research (ICMR) “The threat to human pur in southern Assam’s 42,000 to almost 85,000 said on Sunday. rights and bodily integrity Cachar district, proceeded passengers per day. “We will The council released its is the highest in police sta­ to Mizoram on National take a decision to reopen findings which suggest that tions... Going by recent re­ Highway 306 after the lo­ Terminal 1 once traffic immunisation with a combi­ ports, even the privileged cals were assured of justice reaches 1,20,000 mark per nation of an adenovirus vec­ are not spared third­degree for the death of six Assam day,” the CEO of Delhi tor platform­based vaccine treatment,” the Chief Jus­ policemen and a civilian International Airport Limited, followed by an inactivated tice said. Custodial torture killed in firing allegedly by Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, told whole virus vaccine was not and police atrocities still Mizoram police personnel The Hindu. only safe but also elicited prevail despite constitu­ and armed civilians on July CITY Ī PAGE 2 better immunogenicity. tional guarantees, he said. 26. Lailapur is the last As­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The immunisation pro­ sam town near the border gramme against COVID­19 A word of advice with Mizoram. ‘Contract marriage’ fraud in India started with two The pre­print report tit­ the challenges of shortfall of Lack of effective legal re­ statement at Vigyan “The sentiment of the on the rise in Punjab vaccines — AstraZeneca’s led “Serendipitous CO­ particular vaccines and re­ MPs seek presentation at police sta­ Bhavan. local people is very strong. CHANDIGARH ChAdOx1­nCov­19 (named VID­19 Vaccine­Mix in Uttar move hesitancy around vac­ tions is a huge detriment to Chief Justice Ramana had They relented after a ma­ The family of 26­year­old Covishield in India) and in­ Pradesh, India: Safety and cines in people’s mind that reasoned view arrested or detained per­ a word of advice for his fel­ rathon 270 hours of discus­ Harpreet Singh in Mandi activated whole virion Immunogenicity Assess­ could have genesis in pro­ sons. The first hours of ar­ low judges. He noted that if sion in the greater interest Gobindgarh, Punjab, is yet BBV152 (Covaxin). A homo­ ment of a Heterologous Re­ grammatic ‘errors’ especial­ to open schools rest or detention often de­ the judiciary wants to gain of relations between the to come to terms with logous prime­boost ap­ gime,” has not been certi­ ly in settings where multiple cide the fate of the case for the trust of the poor and two sister States and peace what they describe as proach was followed. fied by peer review and COVID­19 vaccines are be­ The hazards of not the accused, the CJI said. the vulnerable, it has to as­ in the area,” Assam’s Urban “marriage fraud” allegedly should not be used to guide ing used. However, to con­ reopening schools after He was speaking at the re­ sure the marginalised that it Development Minister Ash­ played on them by their Pre-print report clinical practice, the coun­ clusively prove these find­ prolonged closure due to lease of the National Legal exists for them. ok Singhal told The Hindu. daughter­in­law after she left However, 18 individuals in cil said. ings a multicentre RCT the COVID­19 pandemic are Services Authority’s legal for Canada two­and­ a­half Uttar Pradesh, under the It, however, maintained needs to be carried out,” “too serious to be ignored”, services app and vision CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 years ago. This is not an isolated incident as, over the national programme, inad­ that the findings have an im­ the ICMR said. according to a years, Punjab has been vertently received Covish­ portant implication for the Previously the World Parliamentary committee witnessing an increasing ield as the first jab and Co­ COVID­19 vaccination pro­ Health Organisation had on Education. The number of cases of ‘contract vaxin as the second. In its gramme wherein heterolo­ warned against mixing of committee noted that the SP will conduct a caste census: Akhilesh marriage’ fraud for the study, the ICMR compared gous immunisation will vaccines, saying there was closure of schools had not purpose of getting permanent the safety and immunogen­ pave the way for induction very little information on only impacted the social Omar Rashid munities, its president and Yadav has forged an alliance resident status in Canada. icity profile of these per­ of improved and better pro­ the mix­and­match of vac­ fabric of families in a LUCKNOW former Chief Minister Akhi­ with the Mahan Dal, an OBC­

NEWS Ī PAGE 10 sons against that of indivi­ tection against the variant cines. negative manner, but also If the Samajwadi Party comes lesh Yadav said on Sunday. based party headed by Kesh­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD duals receiving only one of strains of SARS­CoV­2. increased the involvement to power in Uttar Pradesh in In a bid to counter the BJP’s av Dev Maurya. the vaccines — either Cov­ “Such mixed regimens CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 of children in household 2022, it would conduct a strategy of pitting the Yadavs EDUCATIONPLUS Ī PAGE 5 ishield or Covaxin. will also help to overcome CERTIFICATE IN 3 STEPS Ī PAGE 10 chores. Ī Page 10 caste census of the OBC com­ against the other OBCs, Mr. DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 9

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Agence France-Presse said Mohammad Hussein Kunduz/Kabul Mujahidzada, a member of The Taliban tightened the the provincial council. noose over northern Afghan­ istan on Sunday, capturing Perennial target three more provincial capi­ Kunduz is the most signifi­ tals as they take their fight to cant Taliban gain since the the cities after seizing much insurgents launched the of­ of the countryside. fensive in May as foreign The militants have forces began the final stages snatched four provincial of their withdrawal. It has capitals in Afghanistan since been a perennial target for Friday in a lightning offen­ the Taliban, who briefly sive that appears to have overran the city in 2015 and overwhelmed government again in 2016 but never man­ forces. Kunduz, Sar­e­Pul aged to hold it for long. and Taloqan in the north fell The Taliban captured Ta­ within hours of one another Significant gain: A Taliban flag was flying in the main square of loqan city in northeastern on Sunday, lawmakers and Kunduz city in Afghanistan on Sunday. * AP Takhar province on Sunday, residents in the cities con­ a security source and resi­ firmed, but not without In Kunduz, one resident ban said in a statement. dents told AFP. fierce fighting. described the city as being “The mujahideen also A resident of the city said, Pro­Taliban social media enveloped in “total chaos”. captured Sar­e­Pul city, the “We saw the security forces accounts claimed that the in­ “After some fierce fighting, government buildings and and officials leaving the city surgents were also close to the mujahideen, with the all the installations there,” it in convoys of vehicles.” overrunning the provincial grace of God, captured the said. The Taliban had the capital of Taloqan. capital of Kunduz,” the Tali­ compound “surrounded”, FORCES RETALIATE Ī PAGE 11 CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Nikhil M Babu cial statement issued by the Delhi go­ Traffic moving at a slow pace Jatin Anand vernment on August 1, 2018 on the mas­ through a waterlogged road at ITO New Delhi ter plan said. in the Capital. * SANDEEP SAXENA n July 19, less than a week after It was then referred to a Technical monsoon hit the Capital, several Expert Committee, which is still going time, which was not the case before. Oparts of the city were heavily through the report. When contacted, This is due to climate change,” said Kul­ waterlogged. Like many others, 27­ R.K. Sinha, Member (River Manage­ deep Srivastava, Head of the Regional year­old Ravi Chautala went to take ment), Central Water Commission, Forecasting Centre of the India Meteor­ photos of a waterlogged underpass in who heads the committee, did not offer ological Department. Pul Prahladpur. But he reportedly fell a comment. For instance, between 6.30 p.m. on into the water and though fire brigade July 31 and the same time on August 1, and divers were summoned to the spot, Data irregularity the ridge monitoring station received only his body could be retrieved from A.K. Gosain, Professor Emeritus of IIT­ 126.8 mm of rainfall. This is unusual for the waterlogged underpass. He left be­ Delhi, who headed the team which pre­ Delhi. “Though this is 24 hour data, hind his wife and 10­month­old pared the master plan confirmed that most of this rainfall was received in a daughter. the committee has flagged irregulari­ 3­4 hour window on July 31 night,” Mr. Sadly, Chautala’s is not a lone in­ ties in data. “We used data which was Srivastava said. stance. On the same day last year, a 56­ given to us by various government de­ To contextualise, Delhi normally year­old driver died in a waterlogged partments to create the master plan. gets only 210.6 mm of rainfall in July. stretch under Minto Bridge where his Now the committee asked departments So, the ridge area got more than half of van got stuck. These deaths have yet to cross check 10% of the data with Monsoon blues a month’s normal rainfall for the city in again exposed the national capital’s dir­ ground reality and in a large number of a matter of 3­4 hours in a day. ty secret: urban flooding. cases, the data given to us is not match­ ing with the ground reality. This is not the run up to the 2020 Assembly elec­ Though an age­old problem, waterlogging during the Stuck in paper Lost in implementation our fault. We had asked the depart­ tions, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Mr. Gosain’s team, which took the help Despite the deaths, a Drainage Master ments many times to validate the data, had said that if re­elected then the go­ rainy season continues to torment the city, thanks to of over 900 students, inspected drains Plan, commissioned nine years ago and but they never did it,” Prof. Gosain said. vernment will make roads in Delhi like master plans and solutions not being implemented and collected data ranging from soil largely seen as a solution, is yet to be The master plan submitted in 2018 that of Tokyo and London in the next type and land use to rainfall and exist­ implemented. It has now hit a road­ had also warned of such a possible ir­ five years. But currently, many parts of age system of Delhi. Will implement a are flowing under gravity and flow into ing drainage network to come up with block of “data irregularities”, officials regularity. “Since it is possible that ma­ the city go under with half an hour to system like Minto Bridge at other vul­ a natural drain. This will then drain out solutions. said. The last Drainage Master Plan of ny of the data elements that have not one hour of rainfall. nerable points. Drains and sewers will into a waterbody,” Mr. Gosain said. The master plan gives a set of recom­ the city was prepared in 1976. been independently validated by the be regularly cleaned,” Mr. Kejriwal Apart from this, there is supposed to mendations such as ‘no encroachment “At a meeting of the Technical Exp­ respective departments may be diffe­ ‘World-class’ facility said. be a separate sewage network, which is to be allowed on storm water drains’, ert Committee last week, various de­ rent on ground than the digital reality On the day Mr. Chautala died in the wa­ The fact that drains in the city are not connected to the storm water ‘no sewage should be allowed to enter partments said that the data used for captured and used in the model,” reads terlogged underpass, Mr. Kejriwal said controlled by multiple agencies, some drain, and the sewage treated at plants. storm water network’, ‘design of new the master plan was found to have sev­ the master plan. that different agencies will make a by AAP and the others by BJP, makes But in Delhi, sewage flows into the storm drains should not be done in iso­ eral irregularities. A decision has yet to The last master plan was prepared “world­class” drainage system . “In the task more difficult. storm water network at many points lation’, among others. be taken on how to go forward,” a Delhi when the population of the city was 60 view of the monsoon, a review meeting and water in storm water drains, in­ More importantly, the master plan government official told The Hindu. lakh. Since then the population of the was conducted with PWD, MCD, DJB, Core problems cluding Najafgarh drain (the largest), is used all the data collected to create a Experts said that while a range of city has increased about four times. In I&FC chaired by the L­G on the drain­ At the centre of the urban flooding pro­ blackish in colour and extremely pol­ mathematical model which generated problems with the storm water net­ blem is the state of both natural and en­ luted. Near Signature Bridge, where the solutions for waterlogging problems in work is the major cause of the urban gineered storm water drains. Storm wa­ about 10­metre­wide Najafgarh drain identified spots. The model generated flooding, faulty sewage systems, rapid ter drains are supposed to carry the empties into the Yamuna, it changes four solutions — adjusting slope of the urbanisation, and climate change are run off rainwater and empty into a wa­ the river’s colour to a darker shade and existing drain, diverting water to exist­ intensifying Delhi’s woes. terbody, which in Delhi is river pollutes it. ing waterbodies, using additional stor­ The Drainage Master Plan for NCT of Yamuna. Experts said the waste and sewage ages, and other development works. Delhi was commissioned by the Con­ Natural storm water drains are deve­ also reduces the water­carrying capaci­ These solutions considered the rain­ gress­led Delhi government in 2012 and loped over the years as water naturally ty of these drains. Adding to the pro­ fall, slope of the drain, and many other a final plan submitted to the AAP go­ tries to find a way to flow and it de­ blem, the rainfall has also become er­ factors and were done with the larger vernment in July 2018 by IIT­Delhi. pends on the terrain and slope of the ratic. As global temperatures have picture in mind to provide a compre­ “The Chief Minister has directed the land. In Delhi’s instance, many natural soared, air has become warmer and it hensive solution to the city, rather than departments concerned to take con­ drains originate from the Aravalis. can hold more moisture, leading to isolated ones. But they still remain on crete steps for the implementation of “When you take an area for develop­ more intense spells of rainfall. paper. “I’m disappointed at how things the report, which mentions in detail ment, you engineer street­level drains, “Studies have shown that in the last have progressed. Nothing much has the specific reasons for waterlogging which will join the roadside drain and it 3­4 years, Delhi has been getting in­ happened after we submitted the re­ and flooding during monsoon,” an offi­ will join larger drains. Usually, all these tense rainfall in a short duration of port,” said Mr. Gosain. IN BRIEF Passengers double at IGIA in 2 weeks Dalit girl rape, murder: Cong. demands quick trial NEW DELHI Delhi airport deploys several technologies to ensure COVID­19 protocol is followed The Delhi Congress on Sunday said the Delhi government SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT which replaces air inside the should ensure a speedy trial in NEW DELHI terminal buildings after every the alleged rape and murder Since the reopening of Termi­ 10 minutes. The air inside the case of the 9­year­old Dalit nal 2 (T2) at Indira Gandhi In­ terminal is drawn into the AHU girl in Old Nangal Rai. The party demands trial in a ternational (IGI) Airport nearly (Air Handling Unit), where it fast­track court so that the two weeks ago, the passenger gets filtered after passing accused be punished volume at the airport has through UV light and HEPA fil­ immediately. Delhi Congress grown two­fold — from 42,000 ters, before being released chief Ch. Anil Kumar said the to almost 85,000 passengers again into the terminal shortage of public prosecutors per day. building. in POCSO courts was delaying “We will take a decision to delivery of justice to the reopen Terminal 1 (T1) once Tracking system victims. The Congress leader traffic reaches 1,20,000 mark XOVIS Passenger Tracking Sys­ alleged that the Delhi per day,” CEO of Delhi Interna­ tem is used to manage passen­ government has shown no tional Airport Limited, Videh ger flow inside the airport and urgency in filling up 73 Kumar Jaipuriar, told The Passengers displaying tickets through a glass enclosure at Indira prevent crowding and long vacancies of public Hindu. Gandhi International Airport in the city. * FILE PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY queues. The 3D sensors of the prosecutors in POCSO courts. Delhi’s IGI Airport has three roof­mounted device record terminals, of which T1 is yet to distancing norms. stalled a UV tunnel at the bag­ passenger coordinates as dots, reopen since the ban on flights gage belt area of Terminal 3 based on which the software last year in March because of Luminometer that helps disinfect passen­ calculates and visualises pas­ low passenger volumes. While Luminometer is used to clean gers’ bags. A live CCTV feed of senger density index. If the in­ T2 also remained shut for a high contact surfaces such as the UV scanning process dex exceeds 1, this system gen­ considerable amount of time, lifts, check­in counters and tra­ mounted at baggage reclaim erates auto­alerts and prompts it was reopened in October last velators. It ensures these are hall allows passengers to see airport officials to act swiftly year — five months after flight free from any living or dead the disinfection process, and disperse the crowd. operations resumed in May. bacteria, fungi and other which involves high intensity However, T2 was shut down microorganisms. UV lamps. Mobile application again on May 18 after a dip in After a surface is cleaned, a There are also mobile disin­ The HOI mobile application passenger numbers during the test swab is taken and put in a fecting towers that help to dis­ helps passengers during diffe­ second wave of COVID­19 and Luminometer. It measures the infect various locations of ter­ rent stages of their travel by resumed operations on July 22. intensity of the light emitted minal buildings. Once providing them real­time alerts Over the past 18 months, the from a sample, and displays disinfection is completed, UV about gate change, weather fo­ airport has introduced several the test result in Relative Light power is switched off and recast at their destination, in­ technologies to ensure disin­ Units (RLU), which is used to these moveable towers are re­ door navigation with voice gui­ fection of surfaces, circulation determine if the sample has located to other areas for a si­ dance as well as contactless of clean air and to monitor that passed or failed. milar exercise. ordering of foods and beverag­ passengers comply with social Delhi airport has also in­ DIAL has installed a system es as well as their delivery. Two arrested after video of CIABC cautions against high celebratory firing surfaces liquor licence It was shot during a birthday celebration: police prices in city

STAFF REPORTER Vihar East police station and the Special Correspondent NEW DELHI matter is being investigated.” NEW DELHI Taking cognisance of a purported The Confederation of In­ video on the social media plat­ Identity revealed dian Alcoholic Beverage form, in which a man was doing During enquiry, the rooftop was Companies (CIABC) on celebratory firing, Delhi Police identified and it was revealed that Sunday welcomed the al­ has registered an FIR and arrest­ on August 4, Sumit, who is a resi­ lotment of retail liquor ed the man and his friend on dent of Guru Harkishan Nagar, vends through bidding but Sunday. was celebrating his friend’s birth­ cautioned against high It was shot on August 4 during day in Pushkar Enclave, Paschim prices of alcohol licences a birthday celebration organised Vihar, which is owned by his in Delhi. at the rooftop of a house in outer another friend Abhijeet Adana, The CIABC said it hoped Delhi’s Paschim Vihar East and the officer said. that high auction prices the man seen firing rounds in the “The investigation so far has re­ are not passed on to con­ air was identified as Sumit Tan­ vealed that the revolver used in sumers in the form of war, they said. the celebratory firing belongs to higher prices or to manu­ Police said the alleged video Sumit’s friend Abhijeet, which is facturers in the form of de­ showed the man engaged in cele­ being verified. The two accused mands for undue bratory firing on the rooftop of a are being questioned for recovery discounts. house here. of firearm,” Mr. Singh said. CIABC Director­General Deputy Commissioner of Pol­ Police said Sumit’s father owns Vinod Giri said passing on ice (Outer) Parvinder Singh said: a leather products factory at Jai­ the burden of high auction “A case under Section 336 [act en­ pur and the accused is looking af­ prices to consumer or to dangering life or personal safety ter the factory office in Delhi the manufacturers will not of others] of Indian Penal Code while Abhijeet is into property be good for long­term has been registered at Paschim dealing business. health of the industry.

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Timings Class X to XII DELHI MONDAY, AUG. 09 DDMA orders implementation of students can RISE 05:48 SET 19:06 RISE 06:13 SET 19:59 visit schools TUESDAY, AUG. 10 RISE 05:48 SET 19:05 GRAP for COVID­19 management Special Correspondent RISE 07:15 SET 20:35 NEW DELHI WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11 The Delhi Disaster Man­ RISE 05:49 SET 19:05 The plan was approved last month at a meeting chaired by the Lieutenant­Governor agement Authority RISE 08:16 SET 21:10 Special Correspondent 9,000 cases or the average (DDMA) in an order on NEW DELHI occupancy of oxygenated Sunday, permitted stu­ The Delhi Disaster Manage­ beds for seven days is 1,000 dents of Class X to XII to vi­ ment Authority (DDMA) on beds. Many construction ac­ sit schools from August 9 Sunday issued an order to tivities will shut along with for work related to admis­ bring into force a Graded Res­ shops and malls. The Delhi sions, practical activities ponse Action Plan (GRAP) for Metro will also shut down. and board exam prepara­ effective COVID­19 A Level 4 or red alert will tions. It also said health management. be sounded when the positiv­ checkups and referral ser­ The plan was devised by a ity rate is over 5% for two vices on school campuses State­Level Expert Commit­ days or cumulative new posi­ can resume. tee and approved last month tive cases for seven days is “Students of Class X to in a DDMA meeting chaired above 16,000 or the average XII in the city are permit­ by the Lieutenant Governor. occupancy of oxygenated ted to visit their schools beds for seven days is 3,000 from August 9 for admis­ Three parameters beds. sion­related work, includ­ Delhi gets its first animal The GRAP consists of three All government offices, ing counselling, guidance parameters — positivity rate, apart from those providing and practical activities for cumulative new positive cas­ essential and emergency ser­ board exam. Health check­ DNA lab set up in Rohini es and average oxygenated vices, will shut and a total ups and referral services IN BRIEF bed occupancy for lockdown/ curfew will be imposed. situated in schools or con­ SAURABH TRIVEDI unlock in the Capital. of oxygenated beds for seven positive cases for seven days ducted from there can res­ NEW DELHI The government has intro­ days is 500 beds. Under the is above 3,500 cases or the av­ 66 new cases, 0 deaths ume. Children of all age In a first, the Capital on Sun­ DSEU signs MoU with duced four levels of colour­ alert, cinema halls, banquets, erage occupancy of oxygenat­ As per the health bulletin, the may visit these centres ac­ day got an “Animal DNA Lab­ Mercedes for diploma coded alerts to kick in when barbershops, salons, gyms, ed beds for seven days is 700 Capital recorded 66 new cas­ companied by their pa­ oratory” set up at the Foren­ NEW DELHI the parameters are met. entertainment parks, schools beds. Restaurants and public es and zero deaths on Sun­ rents or guardians,” the sic Science Laboratory in The Delhi Skill and The Level 1 or yellow alert and religious places will be parks will be shut and a wee­ day. There are 536 active cas­ DDMA order stated. Rohini. Before this, samples Entrepreneurship University will come into force when the shut. A night curfew will be kend curfew will kick in. es in the Capital. The order also said the used to be sent to other (DSEU) on Sunday signed an positivity rate is over 0.5% for imposed. The Level 3 or orange alert The bulletin added that Directorate of Education States that have animal DNA Inauguration of the animal MoU with Mercedes Benz two consecutive days or cum­ The Level 2 or amber alert will kick in when the positivi­ 1,19,942 beneficiaries were shall issue appropriate gui­ testing facilities for the test laboratory in Rohini. India to offer a one-year ulative new positive cases for will come into force when the ty rate is over 2% for two days vaccinated in the last 24­ delines to ensure that CO­ results. Sometimes, the pro­ * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Advanced Diploma in Automotive Mechatronics seven days is above 1,500 cas­ positivity rate is over 1% for or cumulative new positive hours out of which 60,097 re­ VID­19 protocols are fol­ cess delayed investigations. (ADAM) course. es or the average occupancy two days or cumulative new cases for seven days is above ceived their first dose. lowed. It will be helpful for the mine if they originated from Delhi Police for timely dispo­ the same individual.” sal of cases related to cow Now, the laboratory can slaughter, illegal trade of ani­ examine and identify the Shelter home residents will All ready for ‘Reply to plea alleging insurance firm did mals and other animal­relat­ animal species of meat pro­ ed cases. ducts, frozen meat packing, reopening of Director Deepa Verma slaughter cases and more. get meals twice a day: CM not reimburse COVID treatment amount’ said, “The types of evidence Asst. PRO, Dr. Rajnish weekly markets analysed by our forensics Singh said: “The main chal­ Special Correspondent Staff Reporter al Insurance Company Limit­ woman’s husband, Gulshan lab include any part of an lenge witnessed by a foren­ NEW DELHI Press Trust of India New Delhi ed and Fortis Hospital at Kumar Goel, was hospitalised animal, including blood and sic scientist is identifying a Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­ New Delhi The Delhi High Court has Shalimar Bagh, where the on June 30 at Fortis Hospital tissue samples, carcasses, particular species from wal on Sunday launched an Trade associations across asked the Delhi government woman’s husband died dur­ after he tested positive. He hair, teeth, bones contents.” crime scene evidence. It is initiative in which meals the national capital have and the Insurance Regulatory ing COVID treatment last died on July 7, 2020. She added: “Our experts very difficult for a scientist will be provided twice a day prepared to reopen weekly and Development Authority year. Case posted for hearing The plea contended that shall analyses DNA to pro­ to distinguish if a piece of to residents of shelter markets from Monday, fol­ (IRDA) to respond to a plea of on December 12. the insurance company has vide information about the flesh is found at the scene of homes. In collaboration lowing an announcement a woman challenging an insu­ The plea filed by Delhi resi­ not reimbursed the entire identity of a sample. Some crime is from a protected with the Akshaya Patra from Delhi Chief Minister rance company’s decision dent Sunita Goel and her two amount spent on the premise answers that DNA tests may animal like an elephant or Foundation, the Mukhya­ Arvind Kejriwal and a sub­ not to reimburse entire minor children said her hus­ that once Delhi government provide identification, cha­ tiger, etc. or if it comes from mantri Poshahaar Yojana, CM Arvind Kejriwal sequent DDMA order to the amounts spent on the treat­ band held a mediclaim poli­ had by its June 30, 2020 cir­ racterisation of the relation­ a non­protected animal. will provide meals to over distributes food during the same effect. ment of her late husband for cy, Parivar Mediclaim Policy, cular fixed the rates chargea­ ships between animals, and Now this new wing of Ani­ 6,000 people who rely on launch of the programme in The weekly markets have COVID. Justice Rekha Palli al­ and the sum insured was ₹5 ble by hospitals in Delhi, only evaluation of two different mal DNA shall address these these shelters as homes. New Delhi. * PTI been shut since April 19. so issued notice to the Nation­ lakh. The petition said the the said amount was payable. samples in order to deter­ requirements.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 4 NORTH & EAST MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Collector, SP TMC workers get bail in Tripura shifted after Haryana govt. extends lockdown Minister’s visit It, however, lifts restrictions on timings to run shops, malls, bars and restaurants Abhishek Banerjee spends the whole day at police station press trust of india Special Correspondent open for all outdoor sports Syed Sajjad Ali est of the ruling party. Bhopal GURUGRAM activities, but the spectators Agartala After the TMC workers The Madhya Pradesh go­ The Haryana government on are not allowed. A court in Tripura on Sun­ were taken to a court in Kho­ vernment has transferred Sunday extended the lock­ day granted bail to 14 Trina­ wai, not far away from the Sheopur’s Collector and Su­ down in the State for a fort­ Reopening of varsities mool Congress leaders and police station, vehicles of perintendent of Police (SP) night and lifted the restric­ As per the earlier orders, the activists, including three the State TMC leaders, in­ on Sunday, a day after Un­ tions on the timings to run Vice­Chancellors are advised youth functionaries from cluding former MLA Subal ion Agriculture Minister Na­ shops, shopping malls, bars, to plan the re­opening of the West Bengal, who were ar­ Bhowmik who recently rendra Singh Tomar was restaurants, gymnasiums universities in the State from rested for violating COVID­19 joined the TMC, and an ad­ mobbed by angry locals and spas. the next academic session linked night curfew imposed vocate were vandalised near during his visit to flood­hit Extending the lockdown and share the programme under the Disaster Manage­ the court complex. Mr. parts of the district. till August 23 morning, Chief with the department con­ ment Act. Abhishek Banerjee * Bhowmik received injuries On Saturday, when Mr. Secretary Vijai Vardhan, in a cerned of the government. TMC national general se­ on his arm. Mr. Banerjee Tomar visited Karatia Ba­ four­page order, said the res­ The orders said that im­ cretary Abhishek Banerjee, Presence of Mr. Banerjee cancelled his scheduled zaar in Sheopur city, which trictions on the timings for mediate action might be in­ who arrived here in the triggered another phase of press conference here as his is part of Morena Lok Sabha the shops, shopping malls, Queue at a vaccination centre in Gurugram. * FILE PHOTO: PTI itiated by the university ad­ morning, spent the whole political tension in Khowai return from Khowai was de­ constituency represented restaurants, bars, gyms, ministration to fully day at Khowai police station surrounding the local police layed due to court proceed­ by the Minister, people spas, club houses, and swim­ site social distancing norms conducting of exams, open­ vaccinate all the hostel stu­ to seek the release of the station and the court com­ ings. He, other leaders and jeered at him and were ming pools were being re­ with all swimmers and visi­ ing of universities for doubt dents, day­scholars, faculty workers. He was accompa­ plex. Protesters showed the three youth activists heard saying he had come moved and these establish­ tors vaccinated with both classes, and opening of li­ and staff, including those nied by MP Dola Sen, West black flags and shouted ‘go from West Bengal returned too late. ments could run with doses of vaccine. braries, coaching institutes, outsourced. Bengal Minister Bratya Basu back’. to Kolkata in a special flight In an order issued on adherence to the COVID In indoor spaces, gather­ training institutes and open The order said that “No and party leader Kunal Paramilitary contingents in the night. Sunday morning, the Mad­ norms. ings up to 50% of the hall ca­ training centres continue. Mask­No Service” would be Ghosh. of the Tripura State Rifles Meanwhile, Chief Minis­ hya Pradesh government pacity are allowed with a Religious places are already strictly observed in the State. Two of three youth lead­ and the CRPF were deployed ter Biplab Kumar Deb tweet­ shifted Sheopur District 50% capacity cap maximum of 100 guests. Si­ allowed to open with maxi­ As per the order, people will ers from Bengal – Sudip Ra­ to maintain peace. ed that a ‘group’ hatched a Collector Rakesh The maximum capacity for milarly, in open spaces, 200 mum of 50 people inside the not be allowed to board pu­ ha and Jaya Datta – had sus­ Mr. Banerjee reportedly conspiracy to disturb the on­ Shrivastava. restaurants and bars, howev­ guests are allowed with ad­ premises, but the corporate blic or private transport and tained injuries due to stone had heated exchanges with going development activities In a separate order, it also er, remains at 50%. The herence to COVID­appro­ offices are permitted to open enter any government and pelting on their vehicle at senior officers. He argued and prevailing peace in the transferred Sheopur's SP swimming pools are allowed priate behaviour. with full attendance. The private establishments for Ambassa in Dhalai district that the detention was un­ State to achieve political mi­ Sampat Upadhyaya. to open after adopting requi­ The earlier relaxations on sports complexes are also any services without a mask. yesterday. lawful and made at the beh­ leage. Odisha govt. go­ahead for coastal highway Need to increase marriageable Drug dealer killed in police It will not intersect any ecologically sensitive area, says senior NHAI official age of girls to 21 years stressed encounter Satyasundar Barik for transportation of port­re­ As per road design, all major Press Trust of India BHUBANESWAR lated goods, boosting tourism towns would be by­passed, Guwahati The Naveen Patnaik Govern­ and handling disaster crisis in said Mr. Panda. It will help stop exploitation, say participants at meetings A suspected drug dealer ment has given its consent to the future,” said the head of Except a stretch of road was killed and a police offic­ the ambitious ₹8000­crore NHAI’s Bhubaneswar office. outside Puri town, all roads Special Correspondent riageable age for the females. men from the families of the er injured in an encounter coastal highway project that Major traffic on National would be laid anew. “The pro­ GURUGRAM The participants have over­ women participants, includ­ in Assam’s Nagaon district would connect Odisha’s Tangi Highway­16 is likely to shift to ject would require close to Participating in a series of we­ whelmingly supported that ing fathers and brothers, also on Sunday, a senior officer with West Bengal’s Digha, six the new coastal highway 2,000 hectares of land while binars and physical meetings the marriageable age should took part in the discussion said. years after mooting of the upon its completion. 15­20% of the project cost — “Lado Panchayats” — under be at par with the men,” said and pledged their support to Acting on a tip­off, per­ proposal. Ecologically sensitive Chili­ would be spent towards ac­ the aegis of “Selfie With Sunil Jaglan, founder, Selfie the cause. He, however, ad­ sonnel of the Khatowal pol­ If everything goes as ka, Balukhanda Konark Wil­ quisition of land,” he pointed Daughter Foundation”, a With Daughter Foundation. ded that some of the posts of ice station led by officer in­ planned, the first tender for dlife Sanctuary, Bhitarakani­ out. non­government organisa­ the women participants on charge Alok Datta Gupta laying a portion of road could CM Naveen Patnaik ka Sanctuary Area and some tion working on gender is­ Meetings in Haryana the social media seeking sup­ undertook a searched a be invited by March next. of the important Olive Ridley Many bridges sues, over the past few The foundation has held port for their campaign had house in Geruamukh area “The State government has India (NHAI), Bhubaneswar. turtle nesting sites were in­ The coastal highway would weeks, women, from across physical meetings in Harya­ also evoked adverse at 1 a.m. “As soon as the given consent for the coastal Brushing aside environ­ itially coming in way of the cross 11 rivers and a number the country, have advocated na’s Gurugram, Nuh, Jind, Hi­ comments. team reached the spot, the highway after much delibera­ ment concerns being raised 382­km­long coastal highway. of water channels in six coas­ the need to increase the mini­ sar and Sonipat districts so Seeking higher marriagea­ drug dealer attacked the OC tion. We will go for different over the project, Mr. Panda The project was modified tal districts for which the pro­ mum marriageable age of far. Mr. Jaglan said that the ble age, the women, in the La­ with a khukri. Datta Gupta regulatory approvals re­ said the proposed highway following reservations by en­ ject would have large number girls to 21 years from the pre­ participants in the webinars do Panchayats, broadly ar­ sustained grievous inju­ quired for the project as the would not intersect any eco­ vironmentalists over a long of bridges and culverts than sent 18. presented poems, and arti­ gued that their studies were ries,” Superintendent of proposed road will pass in the logically sensitive areas. bridge proposed over the Chi­ that of other road projects. “We have held a dozen we­ cles to articulate their views adversely impacted due to Police Anand Kumar Mishra vicinity of various forests and “Due care has been taken lika Lake. From engineering point of binars with participants from on the issue. Some of the par­ early marriage. Most of them told PTI. Datta Gupta had to Bay of Bengal and over riv­ to evade the forest and sanc­ The crucial road project view, special treatment of across the country and physi­ ticipants had offered to help were of the view that mar­ open fire in self­defence, he ers,” said Ram Prasad Panda, tuary areas in the plan. The would originate from Tangi in slushy areas would be re­ cal meetings with the women the campaign with a digital riage at an early age also led said. The drug dealer was Chief General Manager of Na­ coastal highway will prove a Khordha district instead of quired to take up the road in different districts of Harya­ support. to physical, mental and social declared brought dead at tional Highway Authority of key infrastructure milestone Gopalpur in Ganjam district. project. na to discuss the issue of mar­ In a recent webinar, the exploitation. the hospital Three arrested for selling 0 DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of cars through forged papers an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement Seven cars seized from the accused or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. 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The Delhi police has arrest­ was received from one of ed three members of a gang the private banks about two for allegedly selling luxury cars financed by them to cars to buyers using forged two persons and alleged documents that it came to their know­ Seven cars were seized ledge that the hypotheca­ from the possession of ac­ tion of the bank had been cused — Rajeev Kumar (34), removed from registration Vaibhav Rana (21) and Vijen­ certificate of both the vehi­ PUBLIC NOTICE der Rana (51) — who operat­ cles after making false re­ ed in the Delhi­NCR region presentations and on the ba­ and Uttar Pradesh, the pol­ sis of forge documents ice said. submitted in the RTO, ac­ cording to the police. Fake bank NOC During the course of the The gang got the cars fi­ investigation, local intelli­ nanced through different gence was developed and banks using dummy appli­ through technical surveil­ cants and later sold them to lance three men, who were buyers after getting the veh­ part of a gang, were arrest­ icles cleared from transport ed. At their instance seven authorities on forged NOCs vehicles were seized, a se­ of bank from where the veh­ nior police officer said.

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State govt. takes will not be disturbed even if the State. The department is the locality is declared a con­ placing emphasis on domes­ steps to boost tainment zone. The idea was tic tourism as foreign tourist domestic tourism that such facilities should op­ arrivals are not expected to erate as bio­bubbles where bounce back soon. Y.V. Subba Reddy Special Correspondent the guests would enjoy their reappointed TTD chief THIRUVANANTHAPURAM stay safely, Mr. Riyas and Ad­ Virtual Onam fete TIRUPATI Guests who have received at ditional Chief Secretary The Tourism Department is The Andhra Pradesh least one dose of COVID­19 (Tourism) V. Venu said. organising virtual Onam ce­ government has vaccine can stay at hotels The Minister made the an­ lebrations this year, given reconstituted the Tirumala and resorts where the staff nouncement on the strength the limitations imposed by Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust board and has once are fully vaccinated, Kerala of the recent government or­ the pandemic. Chief Minister again appointed Y.V. Subba Minister for Tourism P.A. der relaxing the pandemic Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugu­ Reddy as its Chairman. The Mohamed Riyas said on Sun­ norms from August 5. rate the Onam celebrations other members would be day. Mr. Riyas cited the exam­ In comeback mode: Houseboats resumed operations in on August 14. appointed shortly. Mr. Reddy, The decision is part of ef­ ple of Vythiri in Wayanad Alappuzha last week after three months. * SURESH ALLEPPEY Keralites all over the who is the uncle of Chief forts to give a leg­up to the district where 100% vaccina­ world can post pictures of Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan State’s tourism sector by tion was achieved with the with hotel bookings have un­ to the tune of ₹33,000 crore their ‘Onapookkalam’ on the Reddy, was widely expected boosting domestic tourism, help of the Health Depart­ hindered passage to their between March 2020 and digital platform of the de­ Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) to get a successive second Mr. Riyas told a press confe­ ment. destinations, he said. December 2020. Foreign ex­ partment under the ‘Viswa­ Forecast for Monday: Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Ut- term after his two-year rence here. This will be ap­ The Chief Secretary has change earnings have plum­ manavikathayude Onapook­ tarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bi- tenure came to an end on ₹33,000 crore loss plicable to hotels, resorts, directed the District Collec­ meted by ₹7,000 crore. kalam’ event. Online har, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, June 22. houseboats, and other ac­ tors and District Police According to the Minister, Around 15 lakh people are registration will begin on Au­ Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala. Classes 9 to 12 to resume commodation units. Guests Chiefs to ensure that guests the sector has suffered losses dependent on the sector in gust 10. city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... 18....31.6....26.3 Kozhikode...... 18....30.2....24.2 in Lakshadweep today Ahmedabad...... —....35.5....27.1 Kurnool ...... 0.2....33.8....26.1 KOCHI Aizawl...... 1.4....26.2....19.5 Lucknow...... —....34.7....28.5 Regular classes for students Allahabad...... —....34.2....26.8 Madurai...... —...... 40....25.7 in Classes IX to XII in Yediyurappa declines Bengaluru ...... 1.2....30.7....20.8 Mangaluru ...... 41.3....29.5....23.1 March from Amaravati to Bhopal ...... 2....29.6...... 23 Mumbai ...... —....30.4....26.5 Lakshadweep will begin on Bhubaneswar...... —....35.7....26.3 Mysuru ...... —....30.1....20.2 Monday, said a circular issued Chandigarh ...... 1....34.7....27.4 New Delhi ...... 0.5....31.6....26.1 by the Directorate of Cabinet-rank status Chennai ...... 3....35.8....28.6 Patna ...... 27....32.2....26.6 Coimbatore ...... —....34.8....22.6 Port Blair...... 2....30.9....26.2 Education, Lakshadweep Mangalagiri temple foiled Dehradun...... 19....32.8...... 24 Puducherry ...... —....36.4....24.8 Administration. The written Order had evoked adverse reaction Gangtok...... 48....21.2....17.7 Pune...... —....31.8....20.8 consent of the parent is Goa...... —....30.6....25.3 Raipur ...... —....33.3...... 26 necessary, the circular said. Staff Reporter Guwahati ...... 4....34.8....25.9 Ranchi...... 108....29.6....21.5 Leaders detained as protests against 3-capital plan intensify Hubballi...... —...... 28...... 22 Shillong...... 11....27.9....17.5 BENGALURU All schools have to follow a Hyderabad ...... 5....33.2....23.2 Shimla...... 2....25.9....20.2 standard operating procedure Staff Reporter A day after the State govern­ Imphal ...... 6....31.6...... 22 Srinagar...... —....28.1....17.7 (SOP) to ensure the safety of GUNTUR ment bestowed Cabinet­ Jaipur ...... —...... 35....25.2 Thiruvananthapuram...... 9....29.5....23.1 students and staff. Classes Kochi ...... 18....29.2....24.2 Tiruchi...... —...... 39....26.4 The police foiled an attempt rank privileges on former Kohima ...... 13....26.2....17.6 Vijayawada ...... —...... —...... — IX and XII will function from by members of the Amarava­ Karnataka Chief Minister Kolkata ...... 12....31.1....25.7 Visakhapatnam ...... —....35.8....27.4 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. while ti Joint Action Committee B.S. Yediyurappa, he de­ (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Classes X and XI will function ( JAC) to march to the Pana­ clined to accept them on Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. kala Lakshmi Narasimha Sunday. The order had CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ahmedabad..... 42 .44 .22 ....64 .100 ....* Swamy temple at Mangalagi­ raised eyebrows as the vete­ Bengaluru ...... 6 .50 .33 ....19 ...69 ....* In observation made at * 4.00 p.m., Ballabgarh, Bharat Dynamics to ri on Sunday to mark the ran leader holds no statuto­ Chennai ...... 4 .16 .76 ....76 ...16 .... Haryana recorded an overall set up unit in Jhansi 600th day of protests ry post and is only a legisla­ B.S. Yediyurappa Delhi ...... 10 .12 .30 ..272 .153 ....* air quality index (AQI) score Hyderabad ...... — .82 .19 ....41 ...79 ....* of 241 indicating an HYDERABAD against the Andhra Pradesh tor now. Kolkata...... 12 .26 .23 ....58 ...57 ....* unhealthy level of pollution. * In contrast, Aizawl, The Hyderabad-based Bharat government’s decision to In a letter to Chief Minis­ regime, sources in the go­ Lucknow...... 8 .11 .60 ....50 ...83 .... Mizoram recorded a healthy Dynamics Limited (BDL), Mumbai ...... 24 .27 .13 ....50 .130 ....* AQI score of 17 have three capitals. TDP youth wing leader Ravipati Sai Krishna being detained ter Basavaraj Bommai, Mr. vernment said. It was a way Pune...... 33 .12 111 ....72 ...63 ....* under the Ministry of The protesters have been during a protest at Thullur on Sunday. * T. VIJAYA KUMAR Yediyurappa requested to help him continue to stay Visakhapatnam 16 .44 .30 ....44 .....— ....* Defence, and the Uttar demanding retention of Am­ withdrawal of the order giv­ in the ‘Cauvery’ bungalow Pradesh Expressways Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) aravati as the sole capital of cluding women, entered in­ including former Ministers ing him a Cabinet­rank sta­ of the government that he SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Industrial Development the State. to arguments with the pol­ Devineni Umamaheswara tus coterminous with Mr. was keen on, sources said. making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Authority have signed an A huge contingent of pol­ ice, demanding that they be Rao and Nakka Ananda Ba­ Bommai’s term as CM. “I Though the order was is­ particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues agreement to set up a unit in and monuments. ice personnel was deployed allowed to march to the tem­ bu, and TDP leaders, includ­ would like the State govern­ sued after consulting him, 2 Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by the Uttar Pradesh Defence NO : on all routes leading to Thul­ ple. But the police stopped ing Ganji Chiranjeevi, were ment to give me only those Mr. Yediyurappa is learnt to reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. Corridor. The only defence CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to public sector company in the lur as several leaders belong­ them, citing pandemic­relat­ confined to their homes. facilities that any former have changed his mind after critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause country manufacturing ing to the Telugu Desam Par­ ed restrictions. The JAC has been holding Chief Minister is given,” he the adverse reactions it eli­ dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. ty (TDP) were taken into At Venkatapalem, 15 wo­ protests since December said in the letter. cited from sections of socie­ PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, missiles and underwater nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced weapons for the armed forces preventive custody. men were taken into preven­ 2019 when Chief Minister Such an order was unpre­ ty and his own party. “The lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature would be setting up an unit Protesters pitched tents at tive custody as they sneaked Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy an­ cedented, and had been is­ order was ill­advised and da­ death in people with heart or lung disease on 215 acres in Jhansi, its first Thullur, the main scene of through to the High Court nounced the three­capital sued to keep Mr. Yediyurap­ maging to his stature,” a in north India. action. Many of them, in­ premises. Several leaders, plan. pa placated by the current leader close to him said.

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DELHI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The looking glass of history in Afghanistan The reason for the U.S.’s failure is no different from that of the Soviets; India too can hardly impact the ground situation now armed with nuclear weapons; dia to assume a non­operational the army fragmented, paving the destabilising such a state would position on Afghan developments way for the mujahideen to take ov­ have incalculable consequences. and restrict its role to pressing the er in April 1992. Soon enough, in­ Golden arm Now, a new U.S. leader, Presi­ Soviets to leave. Once it became tra­mujahideen conflict resulted in Indian sportspersons showed self­belief dent Donald Trump announcing clear that Pakistan wanted a muja­ complete instability in the coun­ his Afghanistan policy in August hideen government without Naji­ try. That set the stage for the rise at the Olympics to return with a record tally Vivek Katju 2017, said, “We can no longer be si­ bullah’s participation or Zahir of the Taliban with Pakistani assis­ ndia took on a golden glow at Tokyo on Saturday as lent about Pakistan’s safe havens Shah’s leadership, India decided tance. The internecine mujahi­ Neeraj Chopra hurled the javelin to fetch the country for terrorist organizations, the Ta­ to fully support the Najibullah go­ deen hostilities, fortunately, pro­ ikhail Gorbachev became liban, and other groups that pose a vernment. This even before the vided India strategic opportunities its first Olympics gold in track and field. Neeraj’s I General Secretary of the threat to the region and beyond. ARCHIVES THE HINDU PHOTO last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan to influence the ground situation winning effort at 87.58m capped the finest ever perfor­ MCommunist Party of the Pakistan has much to gain from Union over three decades ago the in February 1989. in Afghanistan along with Iran and mance by Indian sportspersons in the quadrennial glo­ Soviet Union in March 1985. By partnering with our effort in Af­ U.S. too accepted the idea of an Af­ As part of its outreach to all Af­ Russia. But fortune does not smile bal stage. India won seven medals — one gold, two si l­ then Soviet forces had been in Af­ ghanistan. It has much to lose by ghan interim administration ghan parties in 1987 and 1988, In­ at all times. vers and four bronzes — and cumulatively edged past ghanistan for over five years. They continuing to harbo[u]r criminals which included the Taliban. The dia was also in contact with the the previous best of six at the 2012 London Games. For had failed to successfully combat and terrorists (https://bit.ly/3fI­ February 2020 U.S.­Taliban agree­ mujahideen. In February 1988, Ra­ Afghanistan today a country resigned to a meagre yield or none at the the mujahideen groups, most of giLP).” He followed this with a ment (https://bit.ly/3xw1yFG), jiv Gandhi met Peter Galbraith, a Now, like Rajiv Gandhi in the 1986­ Olympics since its debut in 1900, the latest edition was whom were based in Pakistan. The tweet on new year’s day 2018 ac­ which Mr. Trump’s successor Pre­ staffer with the U.S. Senate Com­ 1988 period, Indian foreign policy mujahideen received crucial sup­ cusing Pakistan of “lies and de­ sident Joe Biden has honoured, mittee on Foreign Relations, and and security managers are advo­ laden with riches. At 23, Neeraj has the world at his feet port from the United States but the ceit”. For sometime, the Pakistani marked the strategic defeat of the whom he had known from his cating the formation of an inclu­ and the skies to aim for. The Indian A rmy man has critical factor was their Pakistan leadership was concerned by the world’s pre­eminent global power. youth. Mr. Bhattacherjee records, sive government. So, ostensibly grown in stature, and to supplant German Johannes base. Secure with the U.S. fully be­ mercurial Trump but then realised It was reminiscent of the Geneva “To Galbraith’s surprise, Rajiv said are the western powers including Vetter, until now the world’s best javelin thrower, was hind it, Pakistan knew that the So­ that his were empty threats, signs Accords of 1988 which were a stra­ that India had reached out to all the U.S. The problem is that Af­ no mean task. Neeraj’s golden tryst was special at many viet Union would not risk crossing of the U.S.’s frustration. It conti­ tegic defeat of a then superpower, sections, including the mujahi­ ghanistan President Ashraf Ghani levels; it was India’s maiden gold in athletics at the the Durand Line to take armed ac­ nued with its Afghan policy as the Soviet Union. They both paved deen inside Pakistan and Afghanis­ is no Najibullah. His capacity to Olympics while Norman Pritchard had won two silvers tion on Pakistani territory. before. the way for the safe withdrawal of tan and was now assessing the en­ hold Kabul together is questiona­ In his insightful book, The Great foreign forces. tire formula for a broad­based ble. Besides, the Kabul political in 1900. It was also India’s second individual gold at the Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gand- A thread in these approaches From 1986 to 1988, the Soviets government in Kabul”. This shows elite is at odds with itself and if it Games after shooter Abhinav Bindra hit bullseye at Beij­ hi, General Zia and the Unending Within a year of taking over, Mr. tried hard to put in place an inclu­ that Rajiv Gandhi pursued the re­ frays, will the Afghan National Se­ ing in 2008. That Neeraj had previously won golds in War, Kallol Bhattacherjee records Gorbachev was convinced that the sive government in Afghanistan. quirements of realpolitik: even curity Forces remain united? The the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games are all that immediately after becoming Soviet Union’s Afghan quest was Najibullah, a forceful if brutal Af­ while firmly supporting Najibullah extent to which the U.S. will be pointers to a journey that is on cruise­mode while h is the Soviet Union’s supreme leader, futile. In February 1986 he told the ghan leader of Pashtun ethnicity, he was not averse to acknowledge, willing to support Kabul post Au­ coach Klaus Bartonietz keeps a close watch. Mr. Gorbachev had met the Pakis­ Communist Party that Afghanistan became President in 1986. He vir­ at the highest political level, that if gust 31 (the date of complete with­ Neeraj’s dash of magic seasoned in sweat and mus­ tani dictator in Moscow. He had had become a “bleeding wound”. tually abandoned communist ide­ Indian interests demanded so, In­ drawal) remains to be seen. This warned him that “Moscow would He now decided to prepare for the ology for Afghan nationalism and dia would not hesitate to do busi­ situation of total flux could have cle, found mirror­images within the Indian contingent. ensure that Pakistan faces the con­ retreat of the Soviet forces. His aim stressed the country’s Islamic her­ ness with any Afghan group how­ been easily foreseen. Equally, the Wrestler Bajrang Punia won bronze in the men’s frees­ sequences of backing the mujahi­ was to have an orderly withdra­ itage. He reached out to all sec­ soever regressive its ideology. need for maintaining open and di­ tyle 65kg bout, pinning down Kazakhstan’s Daule t Ni­ deen”. Zia was unfazed by the wal. He also abandoned the idea of tions of Afghan society. The U.S. India’s 2021 Afghan dilemma rect contacts with all Afghan polit­ yazbekov. It also bolstered India’s medals’ kitty that had threat because he knew that the leaving behind a “socialist” go­ and Pakistan seemed to go along mirrors, to an extent, the one it ical parties could also have been prior contributions from Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Bor­ new Soviet leader was posturing. vernment and sought to have a with the idea of an inclusive go­ faced post the Soviet withdrawal anticipated only if pragmatic and gohain, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, P.V. Sindhu and the men’s broad­based one which would in­ vernment as long as the final assu­ in 1989. There is a major difference correct strategic attitudes had hockey team. What stood out was the Indian contin­ From the USSR to the U.S. clude the mujahideen. rance of Soviet withdrawal was not though. In 1989, Kabul was led by a guided Indian policy. Thirty­two years later, the wheel Fourteen months after warning gained. strong Afghan leader, Najibullah, Notwithstanding all the appro­ gent’s belief that they can compete on level terms with of history had turned. It was the Pakistan of serious consequences who had the capacity to hold the priate diplomatic noises India may their fancied rivals. It showed in Aditi Ashok’s golfing United States which was bogged in his August 2017 policy announ­ The Indian initiative situation together with Soviet as­ make, it has now no real capacity endeavour as she came tantalisingly close to silver be­ down in Afghanistan. For 16 years cement, Mr. Trump too caved in Significantly, India too advocated a sistance. That was forthcoming, to impact the ground situation in fore a rain­marred day out at the greens undid her it had, despite a military surge, and authorised talks between U.S. broad­based government and for while the Geneva Accords pro­ Afghanistan. And, even if the best rhythm and the Bangalorean finished at the fourth failed to quell the Taliban insur­ diplomats and Taliban representa­ Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was vided that neither side would help option for India comes to pass — spot. When the curtains were lowered on the latest gency even though the group tives in Doha. In these talks, the in the forefront in advocating it. their protégés, they continued to the formation of an inclusive go­ Olympics on Sunday, the India­story was largely driven merely had the support of Pakis­ U.S.’s principal objective was to se­ India took active measures, in­ do so. Thus, for three years, Naji­ vernment — its absence of open tan. The reason for the U.S.’s fai­ cure a Taliban guarantee that it cluding contacting the former bullah kept the mujahideen at bay. contacts with the Taliban will by Neeraj, hockey­renaissance and women­power lure was no different from that of would not harbour international King Zahir Shah, living in exile in It was with the collapse of the So­ place it at a great disadvantage. while shooting proved under­whelming. Among the the Soviets. It could not carry the terrorist groups in territories un­ Rome, to lead it. This annoyed the viet Union in 1991 that the political rest, it was status quo as the United States of America war into the territory of Pakistan, der its control. And, like the Soviet U.S. and Pakistan. Both wanted In­ unity of Kabul frayed. With that Vivek Katju is a former diplomat and China led the medals tally with host Japan and Great Britain following while India was placed 48th in the table. Usain Bolt’s stardust was missed but Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson­Herah added zest while setting a new Revisit the idea of ‘aging out’ India’s coal plants Olympic record of 10.61 seconds in the women’s 100m sprint. The pandemic delayed the Games by a year but A more nuanced analysis considering the various characteristics of individual plants would be appropriate it marches on unhindered while the fans look forward emission standards announced by sions. However, even here, the ar­ calls for investments in coal­based to the 2024 version at Paris. the Environment Ministry, and gument is not black­and­white. base­load capacity by State­owned hence it would be better to retire There are some old plants that entities. About 65 gigawatts (GW) them. The recent order from the may continue to be economically of thermal capacity is already in Tightrope walk Central Electricity Regulatory viable even if they install pollution the pipeline, of which about 35 The RBI should not undermine its own Commission (CERC) allowing Del­ control equipment as their current GW is in various stages of con­ Ashok Sreenivas & hi’s BSES distribution company to fixed costs (which would increase struction. This is likely in excess of credibility by delaying steps to rein in inflation Maria Chirayil exit its concluded 25 year old pow­ with pollution control equipment what the country needs, and overnor Shaktikanta Das’s statement accompa­ er purchase agreement with the installation) are very low. Indeed, further addition to it, driven by nying the RBI’s latest policy announcement National Thermal Power Corpora­ GETTY IMAGES about half the coal capacity older State political economy considera­ s part of the Union Budget tion Limited’s Dadri­I generating source, reducing coal transport than 25 years has already issued tions, will lead to stranded assets highlights the bind that monetary authorities G address for 2020­21, the F i­ station, also lends some credence costs. However, this just highlights tenders for pollution control and locked­in resources. find themselves in. While the central bank’s growth Anance Minister, Nirmala to this (https://bit.ly/3lJymZQ). the complexity of the issue, since equipment installation. This is not to say that no old supportive actions — maintaining the benchmark inter­ Sitharaman, said that the shutting Since plants older than 25 years efficiency does not naturally tran­ plant should be retired. However, est rate at a decade low, ensuring ample liquidity and down of old coal power plants, make up around 20% of the total slate to savings. Risks with retirement using age as the only lever to drive an accommodative policy stance — are yet to help en­ which are major contributors to installed thermal capacity in the The question then becomes these decisions is too blunt an in­ gender a meaningful recovery, inflation continues to emissions, will aid the achieve­ country and play a significant role A savings analysis whether these limited savings are strument, and can prove counter­ disquietingly hover around the 6% upper bound of its ment of India’s Nationally Deter­ in the country’s power supply, de­ Indeed, our analysis (https:// worth the risks associated with productive. Instead, a more disag­ mandated target. Governor Das acknowledged the mined Contributions, an idea cisions regarding their retirement bit.ly/3jDat3a) suggests that the to­ early retirement of coal plants, es­ gregated and nuanced analysis, which has been endorsed by the merit finer scrutiny to see if the tal savings in generation cost from pecially given the current trends in considering the various technical, RBI’s predicament when he said: “Before the onset of Power M inister, R.K. Singh claimed benefits really accrue. shutting down plants older than 25 the country’s power sector. To economic and operating characte­ the pandemic, headline inflation and inflationary ex­ (https://bit.ly/3jQnQxl). years would be less than ₹ 5,000 support the growing intermittent ristics of individual plants and un­ pectations were well anchored at 4%, the gains from The benefits crore annually, which is just 2% of renewable generation in the sec­ its, while also accounting for as­ which need to be consolidated and preserved. Stability Some studies cite advantages How significant are the potential the total power generation cost. tor, there is an increasing need for pects such as intermittency of in inflation rate fosters credibility of the monetary pol­ Some research studies have also benefits? These savings may not be suffi­ capacity that can provide flexibili­ renewables, growing demand, and icy framework and augurs well for anchoring inflation argued in favour of it, citing the While there are some old plants cient to even pay for the fixed ty, balancing, and ancillary servic­ need to meet emission norms, expectations. This, in turn, reduces uncertainty for in­ economic and the environmental tied up in expensive power pur­ costs (such as debt repayment) es. Old thermal capacity, with low­ would be appropriate to make re­ benefits of shutting down coal chase agreements, as in the case of that would have to be paid any­ er fixed costs, is a prime candidate tirement­related decisions. Hence, vestors... increases external competitiveness and, thus, plants older than, say, 25 years. It the CERC order, there are also sev­ way, even if the plants are prema­ to play this role until other tech­ it may be prudent to let old capac­ is growth­promoting.” It is this vital inflation targeting is argued that the availability of eral old plants, which generate at turely retired. Similarly, savings in nologies (such as storage) can re­ ity fade away in due course, while remit that the Monetary Policy Committee has tempo­ under­utilised newer (and pre­ lower costs. For instance, plants coal consumption by replacing place them at scale. Further, the focusing on such detailed analysis rarily set aside in the wake of COVID­19 and its brutal sumably more efficient) coal­ such as Rihand, Singrauli (both Ut­ generation from plants older than capacity value of the old capacity and weeding out the needless ca­ impact, while the central bank focuses its efforts on us­ based capacity means that shut­ tar Pradesh), and Vidhyanchal 25 years with newer coal plants is critical to meet instantaneous pacity in the pipeline, to derive ing all available policy tools to simultaneously preserve ting down older inefficient plants (Madhya Pradesh), are all over 30 are also likely to be only in the peak load, and to meet load when long­term economic and environ­ financial stability and support a durable economic re ­ would lead to improved efficien­ years old and have very low gener­ 1%­2% range. renewable energy is unavailable. mental benefits. cies, reduced coal usage, and ation costs of around ₹ 1.7/kWh, The argument about older There is also a political econo­ vival. Still, the central bank’s outlook for growth and in­ hence, cost savings. which is lower than the national plants finding it uneconomical to my risk, as aggressive early retire­ Ashok Sreenivas and Maria Chirayil are flation shows it is cognisant of the ground realities and Further, it is argued that it average. This may be due to loca­ install pollution control equip­ ment of coal­based capacity, with­ from the Prayas (Energy Group), and the limits to its policy options. would be uneconomical for old tional advantage rather than effi­ ment to meet environmental out detailed analyses, could result work on topics which include the Asserting that domestic economic activity has start­ plants to install pollution control ciency, as older plants are likely to norms is a stronger one, as all coal in real or perceived electricity interlinkages of the coal-thermal and ed to recover with the ‘ebbing of the second wave’, the equipment required to meet the be located closer to the coal plants should indeed reduce emis­ shortage in some States, leading to power sectors MPC is hopeful of a bounce back in rural demand on the back of agricultural output remaining resilient, cou­ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. pled with urban consumption recovering as the manu­ facturing and service sectors rebound with a lag, and as To read more letters Tokyo and after and nurture talent. It is be mentally tough to face shame­faced. That the family to learn lessons from these online, scan the QR code increased vaccinations help release pent­up demand. The historic moment of clear that there is no competition, the next of Vandana Katariya, one of deeply inspiring life stories However, given that underlying conditions are still glory should be inscribed in scarcity of talent. Olympics is sure to see India the players in India’s rather than demoralising or & Technology’ page, August weak and the Current Situation Index of consumer con­ letters of gold. The overall V. Subramanian, firmly on the path to glory. women’s hockey team at the insulting some of our 8), to be educative, It was fidence in its own July survey is still stuck near th e all­ performance of the Indian Chennai Yoganandh T., Olympics, faced alleged sporting heroes. interesting to read that Salem, Tamil Nadu time low polled in May, the RBI has retained its full­year contingent is no mean casteist abuse after the Jyoti Kunwar, “traditional yoga exercises achievement in the ■ With the all­time best Indian team lost the Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh are seen to stimulate the GDP growth forecast at 9.5%. The fact that it has at the backdrop of a raging medals haul in Indian ■ Our favourable semi­final clash, is growth of hair.... ” In my same time lowered the Q2, Q3 and Q4 growth projec­ pandemic. Unlike many Olympic history, it is demographic profile does disgusting. Winning and ■ This mushrooming of case, there was no hope and tions it made just two months ago, by between 0.5 and other popular games, probably time for both the not seem to be yielding a losing any game is a part and religious/casteist after trying traditional cures, 0.9 percentage points, belies the uncertainty in its out­ which have a committed authorities and us people in proportionate performance parcel of sport. discrimination in the country ranging from oil concoctions look. With the monsoon rainfall deficit once again wi­ audience to boast, athletes India to start looking at how in competitive sports. D. Sethuraman, is alarming. Yet our political to tonics, I have had to settle dening to minus 4% as on August 8, latest kharif sowing have to motivate those who succeeded have Scouting for talent and Chennai leaders seem reticent and do for a natural hair wig. I do estimates revealing an almost 23% shortfall and compo­ themselves to do their best done it rather than looking at honing it in high­grade nothing to eliminate this envy the bountiful crown of as hardly anyone notices what ails the system. Modern competition is needed to ■ While on one hand we are menace for reasons best hair that Olympian Neeraj site PMI data for July showing a persistent contract ion and appreciates them to equipment, world­class touch world class. This busy celebrating the heroic known to them. We are in Chopra has — a TV in business activity and continuing job losses, it is hard enhance their morale. training and a good financial entails huge financing and achievements of some of our need of comprehensive laws commentator says Neeraj is to see either a near­term revival in demand or an easing Many who participated in support system are probably drive. Governments and Tokyo Olympians, it is to enable the extermination also known as Mowgli. I do in inflationary pressures from cereal and edible oil pric­ the Olympics are from a what are getting our corporates must fund and disturbing that a few of casteism in the country. hope that there is progress in es. Admitting the price pressures, the RBI has also rural background who have sportspersons to be among innovate big time. countrymen are intent on Thomas K.M., abolishing quackery in raised its fiscal­year inflation projection by 60 basis scaled greater heights with the best in the world. Besides R. Narayanan, pulling down other Muvattupuzha, Kerala trichology, which was also points to 5.7%. Also, with one of the six members of the limited or inadequate the medal winners, there Navi Mumbai achievers. One must realise the theme of the 2012 Hair loss MPC dissenting and voting against the language of th e infrastructure to hone their have been quite a few near that it takes much sweat and meeting in Chennai of the skills. Not resting on misses which only goes to This is jarring sacrifice for the families As a person who Hair Research Society of policy stance, it seems clear the central bank may soon­ laurels, this euphoric show that we have a new The details in the report, concerned to overcome experienced severe hair loss India. There needs to be a er than later have to bite the bullet and start normalis­ moment should be breed of Olympians. With a “Casteist abuse shameful, sarcasm, taunts and bias in (alopecia) from an early age, breakthrough achieved in ing rates if it wants to avoid undermining its own cred­ sustained with an allocation little more focus in the hunt says women’s hockey team ensuring that their son or I found the article, “Some reversing hair loss. ibility by delaying steps to rein in inflation. of enhanced funds and for genuine talent among our skipper” (Inside pages, daughter fetches a medal for facts on hair – why it drops Vedanth Bharadwaj, training facilities to identify youth and training them to August 8), left one the country. Many of us need and how it grows” (‘Science Bengaluru

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FROM THE READERS’ EDITOR The sovereign right to tax is not absolute Recusal of a Readers’ Editor BIT provisions to challenge taxation measures include expropriation and fair and equitable treatment The line dividing the professional creed of a journalist from her right to tax in the public interest should be balanced with the inves­ anxieties as a citizen is getting blurred by executive excesses tor’s interest of legal certainty. In the context of amending tax laws re­ freedom and dignity of human beings, the troactively, such an action should be rights of a free and independent press, the justified by a specific purpose that right to thrive in society without facing dis­ Prabhash Ranjan could not be accomplished by apply­ crimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, ing taxes prospectively. The tribunal gender, sexual identity, disability, or held that the public purpose that jus­ religion.” An important bill introduced in Par­ tifies the application of law prospec­ A.S. PANNEERSELVAN NPR’s policy has already become a subject liament last week aims to nullify the tively will usually be insufficient to of debate. The public media organisation has regressive 2012 amendment in the justify the retroactive application of been a witness to some of the defining deve­ Income Tax Act. The 2012 amend­ the law. There must be an additional In the judiciary, judges sometimes recuse lopments in the U.S. such as the Black Lives ment overturned the Supreme public purpose to justify the retroac­ themselves from hearing cases listed before Matter movement and the Pride parade. Court’s decision in Vodafone Inter­ tive application of the law. For exam­ them. The reason for their recusal is either NPR’s chief diversity officer Keith Woods ex­ national Holdings v. Union of India ple, India argued that the 2012 conflict of interest or prior association with plained the factors that led to the changes. and made the income tax law re­ amendment was to ensure that fo­ one of the parties involved in the case. It While he agreed that it is important for jour­ troactively applicable on indirect reign corporations who use tax ha­ must be kept in mind that there are no writ­ nalists to keep many of their personal views transfer of Indian assets. The retroac­ vens for the indirect transfers of un­ ten rules on the recusal of judges from hear­ private, he also argued that “there are things tive amendment resulted in Voda­ derlying Indian assets pay taxes. ing cases listed before them. Judges use their in the world where we are not torn about fone and Cairn Energy suing India However, the tribunal held that this discretion in making the decision of whether where we stand. We are against bigotry, we before Investor­State Dispute Settle­ objective could be achieved by or not to hear the case. As the Readers’ Edi­ are against discrimination and unfairness.” ment (ISDS) tribunals of India­Neth­ amending the income tax law pros­ tor of this newspaper, I have often wondered NPR Public Editor Kelly McBride said the erlands and India­U.K. bilateral in­ pectively, not retroactively. It is criti­ what would be the case from which I would recent policy “confronts the generations­old vestment treaties (BITs). Both the cal to bear in mind that the tribunal recuse myself. question in newsrooms: Where does the tribunals held that India’s retroactive did not rule against retroactivity of journalist end and the citizen begin?” NPR amendment of tax laws breached the “Carving out taxation measures from the scope of the BIT does not mean that tax laws per se but against the re­ The individual views of journalists lists its guiding principles: “honesty, integri­ fair and equitable treatment provi­ states are free to do as they please.” A vodafone store in Mumbai. * AFP troactive application that lacked pu­ I have participated in protests defending ty, independence, accuracy, contextual sion of the two BITs. blic policy justification. freedom of expression and the rights of jour­ truth, transparency, respect and fairness”. It The proposed amendment, long of a country is a matter relating to the ploration under the United States­ nalists to perform their work without fear of adds a new reference to its “democratic role overdue, is a welcome development. sovereign power of the state, and Ecuador BIT. The tribunal held that Carving out taxation measures intimidation. I have been part of teams that as watchdogs”. NPR also has a section on un­ However, it is being presented as a thus “the State has a sovereign right under customary international law, India in its 2016 Model BIT carved defended democratic rights, raised voices iversal values such as human rights, a free domestic legal reform undoing a past to enact the tax measures it deems there are two limits on the state’s out taxation measures completely against jingoism, and supported the idea of press, anti­discrimination and anti­bigotry. mistake. It appears that this amend­ appropriate at any particular time”. right to tax. First, the tax should not from the scope of the investment pluralism. I am aware of editors and media The question that haunts Ms. McBride is ment hasn’t been proposed to comp­ Not just this, the ISDS tribunals have be discriminatory; second, it should treaty. Nonetheless, carving out taxa­ managers who are wary of journalists ex­ the one that forces me to retain my ambiva­ ly with the two adverse ISDS deci­ also held that whenever a foreign in­ not be confiscatory. In another ISDS tion measures from the scope of the pressing their views publicly. On the other lence. She asked: “What if a journalist wants sions rendered against India or to vestor challenges states’ taxation case, EnCana v, Ecuador , a Cana­ BIT does not mean that states are hand, there are also editors who have taken to picket an abortion clinic or demonstrate comply with India’s international law measures, there is a presumption dian corporation sued Ecuador for free to do as they please. As it was the view that individual views, as long as in support of women’s autonomy over their obligations contained in BITs. This is that the taxation measures are valid value­added taxes under the Canada­ held in Yukos Universal v. Russia , if they conform to the foundations of ethical bodies? What about a journalist who wants because there is an erroneous belief and legal. For instance, an ISDS tri­ Ecuador BIT. The tribunal held that a states act in bad faith towards foreign journalism, should not be curbed. The Socie­ to express her general support of the Second in the bureaucratic and political cir­ bunal in Renta 4 v. Russia said that state’s tax measures would amount investors or abuse their right to tax ty of Professional Journalists has distilled Amendment?” The Second Amendment to cles that since taxation matters are when it comes to examining taxation to an expropriation of foreign invest­ or adopt mala fide taxation mea­ journalistic ethics to four operational princi­ the U.S. Constitution provides “the right of part of sovereign measures, they can­ measures for BIT breaches, the start­ ment if the tax law is extraordinary, sures, they won’t be able to take the ples: seek truth and report it, minimise the people to keep and bear Arms”. not be challenged before ISDS ing point should be that the taxation punitive in amount, or arbitrary in benefit of the carve­out provision. harm, act independently, and be accounta­ tribunals. measures are a bona fide exercise of incidence. The biggest takeaway from this ble and transparent. A blurred line the state’s public powers. In the context of the fair and equit­ nine­year­long sordid episode of re­ In the case of public media organisations In the Indian context, the line that divides Sovereign right to tax able treatment provision, foreign in­ trospective taxation is that India such as the NPR of the U.S. or the BBC of the the professional creed of a journalist from Several ISDS tribunals have recog­ Limits on the right vestors have often challenged taxa­ should exercise its right to regulate U.K., the rules for public engagement and her democratic anxiety as a citizen is getting nised the fundamental principle that Notwithstanding the state’s sove­ tion measures as breaching legal while being mindful of its interna­ demonstrations are more stringent but blurred by the day due to executive excesses. taxation is an intrinsic element of the reign right to impose taxes and the certainty, which is an element of the tional law obligations, acting in good layered. For instance, the BBC makes it clear When institutions that are supposed to pro­ state’s sovereign power. For in­ presumption about the validity of fair and equitable treatment provi­ faith and in a proportionate manner. that accuracy, evidence, facts, transparency vide checks and balances become an exten­ stance, in a case known as Eiser v. taxation measures, there are certain sion. Although legal certainty does ISDS tribunals do not interfere with and informed judgments are constituent sion of the executive or an apology for it, is it Spain, where foreign investors chal­ limits on the exercise of this public not mean immutability of legal fra­ such regulatory measures. In sum, parts of an impartial approach. The NPR , fair to expect journalists not to express their lenged a tax imposed by Spain on power. The two most used BIT provi­ mework, states are under an obliga­ the debate never was whether India which started as a national radio but has now anguish as citizens? When constitutionally electrical producers under the Ener­ sions to challenge a state’s taxation tion to carry out legal changes such has a sovereign right to tax, but transformed into an important news media guaranteed rights are abrogated, and bills gy Charter Treaty, the tribunal held measures are expropriation and the as amending their tax laws in a rea­ whether this sovereign right is sub­ organisation across multiple platforms, are pushed through without any discussion that the power to tax is a core sove­ fair and equitable treatment provi­ sonable and proportionate manner. ject to certain limitations. The answ­ tweaked its long­standing policy last month. in Parliament, silence becomes an unbeara­ reign power of the state that should sion. In the context of expropriation, The tribunal in Cairn Energy v. In­ er is an emphatic ‘yes’ because un­ Its new ethics policy, which was unveiled on ble burden. not be questioned lightly. Likewise, one of the key ISDS cases that ex­ dia said that taxing indirect transfers der international law the sovereign July 7, has given more elbow room for jour­ As the Readers’ Editor, I would recuse my­ in El Paso v. Argentina, where the in­ plained the limits on the state’s right is India’s sovereign power and the tri­ right to tax is not absolute. nalists to express their personal opinions on self from hearing any case that asks me to vestors challenged several facets of to tax is Burlington v. Ecuador . In bunal would not comment on it. Ho­ a range of issues. The policy, in part, reads: draw the line that divides journalism from Argentinian tax measures as breach­ this dispute, investors challenged wever, such matters are not of “abso­ Prabhash Ranjan will soon join Jindal Global “NPR editorial staff may express support for citizenry. ing the United States­Argentina BIT, Ecuador’s windfall tax imposed on lute, unquestioning deference and Law School, O P Jindal Global University as democratic, civic values that are core to the tribunal held that the tax policy excess profits resulting from oil ex­ there are limits on it”. Thus, India’s professor and vice dean. Views are personal NPR’s work, such as, but not limited to: the [email protected]

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The many hurdles for students DATA POINT FROM THE ARCHIVES Indian students studying overseas and those seeking FIFTY YEARS AGO to go abroad face many COVID-related challenges AUGUST 9, 1971 Site where Socrates was sentenced Tridivesh Singh Maini students have to look for circuitous routes and end up paying higher air A team of American archaeologists has com­ Students from China and India ac­ fares. While students are able to pleted piecing together the site where So­ counted for 47% of all active foreign make it to Canada through expensive crates stood trial and was sentenced to students in the U.S. in 2020, as per and indirect routes right now, Austra­ death in Athens 24 centuries ago [Athens, the Student and Exchange Visitor lia is likely to keep its borders closed August 8]. The site is the royal stoa, or ar­ Programme, part of U.S. Immigration well into 2022 given the surge in cas­ cade, which according to ancient writers and Customs Enforcement. Indian es there. The U.K. and the U.S. have was Athens’ seat of religious and judicial af­ students comprised the second lar­ tried to make exceptions to their fairs. It was discovered and unearthed in the gest student community in the U.K. rules for international students, but western corner of the agora (market) at the and Australia in 2019­2020. there remain a number of foothill of the Acropolis by a group of Amer­ In recent years, Canada has rules and regulations which ican archaeologists under Professor Theo­ emerged as a sought­after have made it very cumber­ dore Shears Jr. of Princeton University. The destination for Indian stu­ some to enter these coun­ stoa was a covered colonade, about 20 dents. One of the biggest tries, if not impossible. metres long. It was part of the marketplace beneficiaries of the Donald The second problem is and civic pulse of ancient Athenian life, a Trump administration’s that of vaccination. As un­ centre of public services, business establish­ restrictive student visa pol­ iversities abroad open up ments and gossip. In 399 B.C. it provided the icies was Canada. Indian for international students site for the trial of the famous philosopher students are now the largest group and begin allowing in­person classes Socrates, found guilty of “corrupting youth within the international student com­ from fall 2021, many require students and refusing to worship Gods.” Socrates munity in Canada. to get vaccinated before they go. Co­ boldly reiterated his beliefs before his judg­ But in spite of their role in enhanc­ vaxin and Sputnik V are yet to be re­ es, and was sentenced to drink a cup of poi­ ing India’s soft power internationally, cognised by the World Health Organ­ sonous hemlock. His last hours were spent through their excellent academic ization. Countries like the U.S. do not discussing the immortality of the soul with a performance as well as seamless inte­ accept students who have been inoc­ group of his disciples. “It is thrilling for an gration into these countries, Indian ulated with these vaccines and have archaeologist to sit on the benches near the students face several problems. told them to get re­vaccinated. Many north wall of the stoa — where the Athenian These are often overlooked. Howev­ students who have been vaccinated judges sat and where such well­known and er, in recent years Indian student as­ with Covishield are waiting for the 12­ notorious events have taken place,” Prof. sociations have been trying to draw week gap to pass in order to get their Shears said. attention to these concerns. second dose. To help them, States which send a large number of stu­ A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 9, 1921 Three major challenges dents abroad have prioritised vac­ Ever since the outbreak of the CO­ cines for international students. Position of Indians. VID­19 pandemic, Indian students al­ Third, due to the disruption ready studying overseas as well as caused by COVID­19, students over­ Simla, August 8 — Information has just been those seeking to go abroad have seas are finding it difficult to get jobs. received from His Majesty’s Secretary of faced several challenges. First, most State for India, that the following resolution Indian students were forced to delay Addressing issues has been adopted by the Imperial Cabinet in their plans in 2020 due to the imposi­ In a post­COVID­19 world, there are regard to the Position of Indians in the Domi­ tion of lockdowns, disruption of likely to be numerous disruptions, nions: “The Imperial Conference while reaf­ flights, and embassies not issuing stu­ but it is important for officials and firming the resolution of the Conference of dent visas. This led to a drop in the universities to work jointly to address 1918, that each community of the British number of Indian students going the challenges which overseas Indian Commonwealth should enjoy complete con­ abroad to study in 2020. According to students face. It is impossible to trol of the composition of its own population the Ministry of External Affairs, while predict when things will get back to by means of restriction on immigration, in 2019 nearly 5.9 lakh students went normal and when logistical issues re­ from any of the other communities, holds overseas for higher education, in lating to Indian students seeking to that there is an incongruity between the po­ 2020 only 2.6 lakh were able to go. study overseas will be addressed. sition of India, as an equal member of the While the first two months of 2021 While there are certain issues which British Empire and the existence of disabili­ saw 72,000 students going overseas, specifically impact students, there ties upon British Indians, lawfully domiciled the devastating second wave impact­ are others such as policies pertaining in some other parts of the Empire. The Im­ ed the career plans of students. This to air travel and recognition of Covax­ perial Conference is accordingly of the opi­ is not to say that the enthusiasm to go in which need to be addressed at the nion that in the interests of the solidarity of overseas has waned; embassies and earliest to facilitate smooth travel for the British Commonwealth, it is desirable high commissions are unable to deal tourists seeking to go overseas. that the rights of such Indians to citizenship with the backlog of applications. should be recognised. The representatives Furthermore, many countries Tridivesh Singh Maini is a faculty member at of South Africa regret their inability to ac­ have closed their borders and/or res­ the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP cept this resolution in view of the exception­ tricted flights from India. As a result, Jindal Global University, Sonipat al circumstances of the Union.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 8 NEWS MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE NIA searches houses of Jamaat No mercy for militants, ‘Covishield­Covaxin mix supporters: J&K L­G leaders in 56 locations in J&K ‘No place for violence in land of Sufis’ gives better protection’ Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar It advised against people tions to their study. Agency says funds raised by it being used for violent and secessionist activities J&K Lieutenant­Governor mixing and matching vac­ “The sample size was Special Correspondent bruary 28, 2019. Manoj Sinha on Sunday said cines from different manu­ small and the participants Srinagar/New Delhi “The members of the or­ there would be no mercy for facturers, calling it a were put under a short fol­ Eighteen months after the ganisation have been collect­ militants and their suppor­ “dangerous trend” since low up period of only 60­70 socio­religious group Ja­ ing funds domestically and ters in Kashmir, a day after there was little data availa­ days after immunisation maat­e­Islami ( JeI) was abroad through donations, militants attacked and killed ble about the health with the first dose and base­ banned in J&K, the National particularly in the form of one policeman and injured impact. line serological and immun­ Investigation Agency (NIA) zakat (donations), mowda two others in south Kash­ The Council admitted ological data of the partici­ on Sunday conducted and bait-ul-mal (charity) mir’s Kulgam. that there are few limita­ pants not available,” it said. searches at 56 locations in 14 purportedly to further chari­ Speaking during an offi­ districts in the Union Terri­ ty and other welfare activi­ cial function in Kulgam, L­G Manoj Sinha tory (UT) in connection with ties, but these funds are in­ Sinha said there was no Human rights at risk in a terror funding case in the stead being used for violent place for violence in the development in Kashmir. wake of reports of regroup­ On guard: CRPF jawans keeping watch as an NIA team and secessionist activities,” land of Sufi saints. Without naming Pakis­

ing by the banned conducts a search at Nowgam on Sunday. * NISSAR AHMAD the NIA said in a statement. “Misguided youth must tan, the L­G said the neigh­ police stations, says CJI organisation. shun violence, choose bet­ bouring country, besides Sources said NIA teams mir. So were houses of form­ locations were searched in Money for Hizb, LeT ter future. I urge imams some elements in J&K, For the longest time, he not­ realities of socio­economic searched the residences of er JeI presidents in Budgam, Srinagar, Budgam, Gander­ It was alleged that funds (priests) and khateebs doesn’t want peace. “But we ed, the vulnerable sections diversity which prevail in former JeI heads and in­ Ganderbal, Kulgam and bal, Baramulla, Kupwara, raised by the JeI were also (preachers) to keep a watch are committed to defeat vio­ have lived outside the sys­ our nation cannot ever be a charge of its Falah­e­Aam Baramulla. Bandipora, Anantnag, Sho­ being channelled to the on children and prevent lence,” he added. tem of justice. reason for denial of rights. Trust, a charity organisation In Shopian, which was pian, Pulwama, Kulgam, banned outfits such as Hizb­ them from treading wrong Praising a resident from Let our past not determine that runs nearly 100 schools once considered a hub of the Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar ul­Mujahideen and Lashkar­ path. The J&K admin is com­ Kulgam, Tanvir Khan, son of Faith of citizens our future...” in the Union Territory, at JeI, the house of the brother and Rajouri districts. e­Taiba (LeT) through well­ mitted to creating schemes a rickshaw puller who “If judiciary wants to garner Soura, Nowgam, Bemina, of Hamid Fayaz Ganie, who In February, the NIA regis­ organised networks of the that will strengthen the abil­ cracked the Indian Econom­ the faith of the citizens, we Digital divide Harwan and Lal Bazaar in was Amir (head) of the or­ tered the case on a reference JeI cadres. ities of youth.” ic Service (IES), Mr. Sinha have to make everyone feel Chief Justice Ramana said Srinagar. ganisation when it was from the Union Home Minis­ The JeI had also been mo­ Talking tough against mil­ said, “Khan made the peo­ assured that we exist for the digital divide has not House of JeI leader Mo­ banned in February 2019, try related to separatist and tivating the youth of Kashmir itants amid stepped up op­ ple of not only Kulgam but them,” the CJI said. helped the cause of easy ac­ hammad Sultan Bhat, at pre­ was searched. Ganie was ar­ secessionist activities of the to recruit new members in erations by the security forc­ entire J&K feel proud. Youth “For the longest time, the cess to justice. Rural and re­ sent in Pakistan, was rested and booked under the JeI, which was proscribed J&K to participate in disrup­ es in J&K, the L­G said his must take cue from him and vulnerable population has mote areas suffer from lack searched in the Soibugh area Public Safety Act (PSA). under the Unlawful Activi­ tive secessionist activities, administration was commit­ follow his footsteps and lived outside the system of of connectivity. of Budgam in central Kash­ A NIA spokesman said 56 ties (Prevention) Act on Fe­ the NIA added. ted to ensuring peace and choose better future.” justice,” Chief Justice Rama­ “Accessing justice in In­ na said, showing the mirror dia is not merely an aspira­ to fellow judges on the pit­ tional goal. We need to CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC falls of the justice adminis­ work hand in hand with va­ ‘Disallow use Mehbooba trative system. rious wings of the govern­ Layers of security Lengthy, expensive for­ ment to make it a practical of plastic pitches for mal processes followed by reality.” The Chief Justice courts dissuade the poor said he has already written national flag’ ‘self­rule’ and the vulnerable. The to the government about judiciary’s toughest chal­ the urgent need to bridge Press Trust of India special correspondent lenge today is to break these the digital chasm “on a New Delhi Srinagar barriers, he said. priority basis”. Ahead of the Indepen­ Peoples Democratic Party “If we want to remain as dence Day celebration, the (PDP) president Mehbooba a society governed by the ‘Equality a reality’ Union government has Mufti on Sunday pitched rule of law, it is imperative “Let us dream of a future asked States to ensure that for “self­rule as a final set­ for us to bridge the gap of based on legal mobility, a people do not use national tlement” of the Kashmir accessibility to justice bet­ future where equality is a flags made of plastic as en­ problem, as she held first­ ween the highly privileged reality. That is why the pro­ suring the appropriate dis­ ever interactive session and the most vulnerable. ject ‘Access to Justice’ is an posal of the Tricolour with youth leaders from For all times to come, we unending mission,” CJI Ra­ made of the non­biode­ across the Kashmir Valley must remember that the mana said. gradable item was a practi­ since the removal of Jam­ cal problem. mu and Kashmir’s special In a communication to status in 2019. all States and Union Terri­ Interacting with 150 Economic blockade tories, the Union Home Mi­ youth leaders invited for a nistry said the national flag detailed presentation and represented the hopes and discussion over the PDP’s of Mizoram lifted aspirations of the people of self­rule formula, Ms. Mufti the country and, hence, said, “Our ‘Self­Rule’ docu­ Mr. Singhal is also the Guar­ “For some reason, the should occupy a position of ment is the only viable and dian Minister of Cachar vehicle started moving be­ honour. acceptable road map to district. fore the meeting ended. Ef­ “There is universal af­ make a headway on Kash­ “Nine trucks moved to forts to pacify the people fection and respect for, and mir. It addresses both the Mizoram on Saturday night were fruitless until the SP loyalty to, the national flag. external and internal di­ but the other stranded hea­ calmed the mob,” an official Yet, a perceptible lack of mension of the Kashmir is­ vy vehicles waited for day­ at the Lailapur police sta­ awareness is often noticed sue, which can result in break to proceed,” he said. tion said. amongst people as well as For the big day: Containers placed in front of the Red Fort on Sunday as added protection ahead of the Independence Day peace and prosperity not

Mr. Singhal had met the Mizoram’s Minister (In­ organisations/agencies of celebrations at the venue. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA only in J&K but the entire locals along with Environ­ dependent Charge) for Ru­ the government, in regard CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC sub­continent.” ment and Forest Minister ral Development Lalruatki­ to laws, practices and con­ Parimal Suklabaidya, who ma thanked the Assam ventions that apply to dis­ is also the local MLA, Ca­ government for engaging play of the national flag,” it char’s Deputy Commission­ with the locals to lift the said. er Keerthi Jalli and Superin­ blockade. “Vehicles carry­ It told the States and Un­ Putin to join Modi in UNSC debate today tendent of Police ing COVID­19 testing kits, ion Territories that on the Ramandeep Kaur. reagents and other life­sav­ occasion of important na­ While the meeting was ing drugs had been strand­ tional, cultural and sports India holds the Presidency of council for the month amid tensions in Afghanistan and Myanmar on, the local people pelted ed in Assam, forcing our go­ events, national flags made stones and vandalised vernment to cap sample of plastic were also being Kallol Bhattacherjee The current stint is the Question”. 370 by the government of some Mizoram­bound testing based on the availa­ used in place of flags made NEW DELHI eighth time that India has The period from 1948 to Prime Minister Modi. trucks. ble stock,” he said. of paper. Russian President Vladimir held the Presidency of the 1951 was heated as far as the What was particularly em­ Putin will join the open de­ top U.N. body. Yet out of all Kashmir issue was con­ barrassing about the 1951 re­ bate on maritime security the tenures, it is the first in cerned as there was little solution was that the Kash­ that Prime Minister Naren­ 1950­51 that left lasting les­ flexibility on display by eith­ mir issue concerned the dra Modi will preside over on sons about how difficult in­ er India or Pakistan as the President of the UNSC — In­ Have not left Samyukt Kisan Monday at the U.N. Security ternational affairs can be at UN involvement through the dia — and yet neither the U.S. Council as India holds the the level of the chair of the first UN Representative nor the U.K. hesitated from Presidency for the month. President. Owen Dixon failed to resolve going ahead with it. The Re­ Morcha: Haryana farmer leader The Embassy of India in Rus­ It was in 1950­51 that the the situation. solution 91 decided to re­ sia has announced that Presi­ issue of Kashmir took a criti­ In this backdrop, on place the United Nations dent Putin will participate in cal turn at the Security Coun­ March 30, 1951, the UNSC Commission for India and However, Chaduni to boycott meetings over political stance the event through video cil which took the Indian de­ took up an Anglo­American Pakistan (UNCIP) with UN­ conference. legation by surprise. India Vladimir Putin resolution on Kashmir and MOGIP (UN Military Obser­ Special Correspondent The participation of world was still struggling with the laid out a process of contin­ ver Group in India and Pakis­ NEW DELHI leaders in the session is part initial phase of freedom and with the invasion of tribal ir­ uation that would give the tan). It also decided to A day after he walked out of of the broader global mes­ the Kashmir issue had regulars from Pakistan. Kashmir issue a long shelf appoint a UN Representative the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s sage about the consensus ov­ opened up almost imme­ The Indian submission life at the UNSC where it was for India and Pakistan in con­ (SKM) general body meet­ er India providing leadership diately with the war of 1947­ marked the origin of the formally taken up last time in tinuation of the role of Sir ing, Haryana farmer leader of the UNSC as the world 48. The issue arrived at the “Jammu and Kashmir Ques­ 1971 before the August 2019 Owen Dixon. Gurnam Singh Chaduni has deals with conflicts in Af­ UN on January 1, 1948 as In­ tion”. The title of the dispute discussion on the issue by The second decision al­ clarified that he has not left ghanistan, Myanmar and Ye­ dia urged the UNSC to dis­ was changed on January 22, China in the backdrop of In­ most institutionalised the the movement or the prot­ men among others. . cuss the battle that began 1948 to “The India­Pakistan dia’s abrogation of Article Kashmir issue in the U.N. ests against three farm re­ form laws. However, diffe­ rences remain, especially with regard to his political SC upholds ambitions. ‘Studying abroad still a popular option’ Mr. Chaduni, who heads HC’s decision his own faction of the Bhara­ tiya Kisan Union and is also on Dream 11 Experts at The Hindu Education Plus webinar focus on avenues abroad one of the nine members of the SKM’s core committee, A file photo of farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni taking Legal Correspondent Madhuvanti S. Krishanan range of unique courses. Ho­ in terms of ease of obtaining NEW DELHI accused other leaders of dis­ part in the Kisan Sansad in New Delhi. * SANDEEP SAXENA wever, the U.S. has no open PR, are Tasmania and South criminating against him and The Supreme Court has The Hindu Education Plus work permit, unlike Canada, Australia. In New Zealand, his supporters. In a state­ cially repudiated such an en­ ni had declared his decision dismissed an appeal hosted a webinar on study­ Germany, Ireland and oth­ engineers and healthcare ment, he explained that he try into the poll arena by the to boycott the general body against a Rajasthan High ing abroad on Sunday. ‘Let ers. While there was a period professionals will be able to walked out of Saturday’s farmers and previously sus­ and core committee Court decision, which held Your Dreams Take Flight’ when the U.K. government avail PR easily, she said. general body of the joint pended Mr. Chaduni from meetings. that online fantasy game, was presented by Santamon­ took away the post­study Ms. Binu also pointed out farmers front, as some of his the core committee for a On Sunday evening, he Dream 11, involves skill and ica Study Abroad Pvt. Ltd. work permit, the country is that while education is not supporters — farm leaders week for his political clarified that he was not is not gambling. In the session moderated attracting more Indian grad­ too expensive in Germany, from Punjab who are not statements. leaving the SKM or breaking A Bench of Justices Ro­ by freelance writer Pankaja uates after exiting the EU. Denmark, Netherlands, Swe­ part of the SKM — were Terming the ejection of with the front and its objec­ hinton Nariman and B.R. Srinivasan, key speaker Nicy Canada is famous for its den, Finland, and France, asked to leave the meeting. his followers as the decisions tives. However, he reiterated Gavai said the issue was Binu, director, Santamonica pandemic, study abroad immigration­friendly poli­ these countries prefer stu­ These supporters have of a “dictatorship,” Mr. Cha­ that he was against the dou­ not res integra (unique) Study Abroad, focused on continues to be popular. cies and is among one of the dents who can speak their been part of his campaign duni pointed out that other ble standards of the other and had been the subject study avenues in various There has been a significant top three destinations pre­ language. for Mission Punjab, a contro­ SKM leaders who have simi­ union leaders, especially a of several judgments, in­ destinations, including Ca­ spike in the percentage of ferred by Indians. Ms. Binu Ms. Binu and others from versial call for farm leaders larly violated the front’s non­ section from Punjab. As the cluding one in June 2017 nada, the U.K., the U.S., Ire­ students aspiring to study said in Australia, part­time Santamonica fielded ques­ to directly contest next political stance have not State polls draw nearer, the and two more in October land, Australia, New Zea­ abroad,” she said. employment opportunities tions from the audience. The year’s Assembly elections. been pulled up. To protest tensions within the move­ 14 and December 13 of land, Sweden and Germany. According to Ms. Binu, the and earnings are high and session can be viewed at The SKM leadership has offi­ such “injustice,” Mr. Chadu­ ment remain. 2019. “Even in the midst of the U.K. and the U.S. offer a the most welcoming regions, https://bit.ly/3Csj4OK.

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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 NEWS 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Opposition urges PM to listen to them 2 more held for derogatory Parties release video on their attempts to speak on Pegasus snooping controversy and farm laws posts against judges Special Correspondent ter. You are passing that Bill New Delhi now. If you have courage, be­ CBI took over the probe following direction from A.P. HC Ahead of the concluding gin the discussions on Pega­ week of the monsoon ses­ sus now,” Mr. Kharge is Devesh K. Pandey dy, who earlier worked in rested so far, evidence sion, Opposition parties on heard saying in the video, in NEW DELHI Kuwait, was arrested on July against the remaining six is Sunday released a video on a short clip of what he said The Central Bureau of Inves­ 9. He is also in judicial being evaluated for further social media platforms in earlier on the floor of the tigation has arrested two custody. necessary legal action. which they highlighted their House. more persons in connection “Searches were also con­ futile attempts to speak on Sukhendu Shekar Roy of with derogatory social me­ FIR filed ducted on the premises of the issues of the Pegasus the Trinamool is heard rais­ dia posts against judges and The agency took over the accused persons. One of snooping controversy and ing the issue of “freedom of the judiciary. The agency probe on November 11, them, Lingareddy Rajasek­ farm laws in Parliament, and speech in Parliament”; the has so far arrested five per­ 2020, after registering the har Reddy, had allegedly urged Prime Minister Naren­ clip with Manoj Jha of the sons in the case. FIR against 16 accused and been using a passport issued dra Modi to “listen” to them. RJD alleges that “Pegasus has The accused Pattapu Aa­ other unknown persons, fol­ in another name,” the offi­ The parties that are part reached everyone’s house” darsh and Lavanuru Samba lowing a direction from the cial said, adding that all the of the collaborative effort in­ and the Congress’s Deepin­ Siva Reddy were arrested by Andhra Pradesh High Court. objectionable contents were clude the Congress, Trina­ der Hooda is seen saying he the agency on Saturday. “In It was alleged that they de­ removed from the Internet. mool Congress, DMK, Samaj­ would raise issues relating to order to investigate the larg­ liberately targeted some The agency has sought as­ wadi Party, Shiv Sena, Strong pitch: Rahul Gandhi, centre, with other Opposition leaders. The video has been released farmers only if his “micro­ er conspiracy, the CBI has al­ judges of the Supreme Court sistance from its counter­

Nationalist Congress Party ahead of the concluding week of the monsoon session. * PTI phone is not switched off”. so examined certain per­ and the Andhra Pradesh parts in other countries, (NCP), CPI(M), Rashtriya Ja­ Meanwhile, former Fi­ sons, including Nandigam High Court through inter­ through the Interpol, to nata Dal, Aam Admi Party tagged 10 Opposition parties ha Mallikarjun Kharge said Upper House in the past nance Minister P. Chidamba­ Suresh, MP, and former MLA views in the media, abusive gather evidence from and Telangana Rashtra including his own party. on Twitter and tagged the three weeks on the issues of ram, in a series of tweets, Amanchi Krishna Mohan, comments and threats on abroad. It is alleged that the Samithi. three minute 45 seconds the farmers’ agitation and said, “The ECONOMIST ma­ not mentioned in the First social media platforms. derogatory contents were The video — first released ‘BJP stalling debate’ video. the Pegasus spyware. gazine has reported that In­ Information Report (FIR),” During the investigation, posted last year after diffe­ by Trinamool Congress lead­ “PM @narendramodi seems Talking to The Hindu Leaders indicated that dia is among ten countries said a CBI official. the CBI traced 13 persons rent Benches of the Andhra er in the Rajya Sabah Derek to have lost his nerves. Why about the idea behind video, merely disrupting the pro­ that had a potential list of In the same case, the CBI named in the FIR. Three of Pradesh High Court passed O'Brien — sets the tone for is he not keen on answering Mr. O’Brien said, “When the ceedings of the Parliament 50,000 telephone numbers arrested Dhami Reddy Kon­ them were found to be living orders with regard to some the Opposition’s strategy in questions in the Parliament? voice of the entire Opposi­ was not enough and it was out of which hundreds of da Reddy and Pamula Sud­ overseas. petitions filed against the in­ the coming week even The opposition parties are tion is being censored daily important for the people to numbers were infiltrated. heer on July 28. While Mr. The agency has examined structions and actions of the though parties will formally ready for discussions in the in Parliament, we will inno­ know the “causes” for which NSO Group admitted to have Dhami Reddy Konda Reddy 11 accused. The CBI is also State government and its meet on Monday morning to Parliament, but @BJP4India vate to communicate... and the Opposition is fighting. 40 countries and 60 agen­ is currently in judicial custo­ trying to secure the pre­ functionaries. decide their strategy in the Govt is stalling the proceed­ there is more to come.” “You are not allowing the cies as its clients. Ten of dy, Mr. Sudheer is in the sence of two other accused, “Even the persons occu­ two Houses of Parliament. ings so that the truth doesn’t The video is a compilation discussion we have been ask­ those countries used Pega­ agency's custody till August said to be in the United pying high position gave in­ “Mr Modi, Come listen to get to the people,” Leader of of statements made by diffe­ ing for the past 14 days and sus spyware for spying. Was 10. Another accused named States, for their questioning. terviews against judges,” the us,” Mr. O’Brien tweeted and the Opposition in Rajya Sab­ rent Opposition MPs in the the discussions we can do la­ India one, is the question”. Lingareddy Rajasekhar Red­ While five have been ar­ Court said.

‘Alliance in VHP demands Central law ‘SP will conduct a caste census’ the making against forced conversion BJP will not do it as it knows who are more in numbers, says Akhilesh Yadav to oust BJP’ Omar Rashid cusing the party of snatching Press Trust of India It accuses secular parties of supporting such activities LUCKNOW their rights and honour. Guwahati If the Samajwadi Party The Mahan Dal has a base Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi Anuj Kumar sensitive spots in western Ut­ comes to power in Uttar Pra­ among the backward caste on Sunday said that an al­ Ghaziabad tar Pradesh from where Hin­ desh in 2022, it would con­ Maurya­Shakya­Kushwaha­ liance of regional parties The Vishwa Hindu Parishad dus were seeking mass exo­ duct a caste census of the Saini communities, tradi­ under the leadership of on Sunday demanded a Cen­ dus out of fear. “We will OBC communities, its presi­ tionally associated with West Bengal Chief Minister tral law against forced reli­ nurture self­confidence in dent and former Chief Minis­ growing vegetables and Mamata Banerjee is in the gious conversion. Address­ Hindus who are living in ter Akhilesh Yadav said on farming. In the 2009 and making to oust the BJP ing a press conference in areas where they are in a mi­ Sunday. 2014 Lok Sabha polls, it al­ from power in 2024. Meerut, Surendra Jain, the nority,” he said, referring to “How much time will it lied with the Congress but “We aim to form a con­ international joint general a recent incident in Morada­ take in the age of technolo­ “Mahan Dal de thahna hain, He warned the Mahan Dal fared poorly. In 2014, it for­ federation of regional forc­ secretary of the Parishad, bad where around 80 Hindu gy,” asked Mr. Yadav, while SP sarkar banana hain.” support base of Maurya, feited deposits on all three es and project Mamata Ba­ thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Surendra Jain families had allegedly put addressing a gathering of Mr. Yadav said the BJP Kushwaha, Sakhya and Saini seats it got as part of the al­ nerjee as its leader,” he Minister Yogi Adityanath for posters declaring that their workers of the Mahan Dal. would never conduct a caste communities that as elec­ liance — Budaun, Etah and said. bringing a strong law against He alleged that the so­ houses were on sale because In a bid to counter the census “because they know tions come near, the discus­ Nagina, securing less than forced conversion in the called secular parties pro­ they were facing harassment BJP’s strategy of pitting the who are more in numbers”, sion on the binary of Yadav 23,000 votes. In 2019, too, it State. “But the recent events vided support to such activi­ at the hands of Muslim Yadavs versus the other a reference to the numerical­ vs non­Yadav would get in­ supported the Congress, in Loni area of Ghaziabad ties. “When a private mem­ neighbours. OBCs — the largest commun­ ly­dominant OBCs. tensified by the BJP. which eventually won only proved that it is a pan­Indian ber Bill against forced The local police, however, ity bloc in U.P. — Mr. Yadav In the past few elections “They created a fight bet­ one seat. racket and hence requires a conversion was brought in had debunked the theory. has forged an alliance with in U.P., the BJP has success­ ween us saying that Yadavs Mr. Maurya, who started Central law.” the Chhattisgarh Assembly, In “Palayan nahin Parak­ the Mahan Dal, an OBC­ fully been able to pit the non­ stole all [your] rights. Some­ his career with the SP , said Adding that they would it was nixed by members of ram” (Courage not exodus), based party headed by Kesh­ Yadav castes against the Ya­ times they say we snatched his fight was to provide “ho­ raise the demand with the the Congress,” he alleged. he said, the VHP had given a av Dev Maurya. davs, who are the core sup­ everyone’s rights, the rights nour and share” in the pow­ Union Home Minister, Mr. new motivational chant to On Sunday, the Mahan Dal port base of the SP. Sunday’s of pichdas (Backward er to the Maurya, Kushwaha, Jain claimed those involved ‘Saffron revolution’ Hindus in western U.P. “It held its workers meet at the event was one of the few oc­ Caste),” Mr. Yadav said. Sakhya and Saini castes. He in conversion activities also Calling for a “saffron revolu­ has been decided that every SP’s headquarters and Mr. casions when Mr. Yadav The SP president also dis­ claimed his outfit could dam­ indulged in spreading terro­ tion” in the region, Mr. Jain village will have a Bajrang Yadav was the chief guest at tried to address that ques­ missed the BJP’s claims of age the BJP by 15,000­ rism and thus required a also said the VHP and Baj­ Dal akhara and a Durga Va­ the event. The auditorium tion, though in a mild being the “biggest well­wish­ 20,000 votes in each strong Central law. rang Dal had identified 70 hini centre.” resonated with the chant, fashion. er” of the OBC and Dalits, ac­ constituency.

Panel will take Cong. slams Twitter’s ‘double standards’ up Pegasus ‘ Rahul singled out issue: Tharoor over photos of ‘Take action against Rahul’ rape victim’s kin’ Staff Reporter Makarand Suresh Press Trust of India New Delhi Mhadlekar, who claims to New Delhi Special Correspondent A petition has been filed in be a social activist, said in Shashi Tharoor, Congress New Delhi the Delhi High Court his petition that the leader and chairman of the A day after social media seeking legal action against Congress leader’s post on Parliamentary Standing giant Twitter temporarily Congress leader Rahul Twitter was in violation of Committee on Information blocked former Congress Gandhi for allegedly Section 74 of the Juvenile Technology, on Sunday president Rahul Gandhi’s ac­ sharing on social media a Justice Act, 2015, and said the panel’s last meet­ count allegedly following picture of himself with the Section 23(2) of the ing on July 28 was “disrupt­ complaints from the NCPCR, parents of a minor rape and Protection of Children from ed” by BJP members as the party on Sunday con­ murder victim. Sexual Offences Act, 2012. they did not want the Pega­ demned the platform’s “dou­ Rahul Gandhi DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD sus­related allegations to ble standards”. be discussed. Twitter had also removed lies is prohibited and may be tographs, revealing the iden­ @RahulGandhi's account, In an interview with PTI, one of Mr. Gandhi’s tweets of taken as a violation of Twit­ tity of the parents, were when Govt bodies have done he also put the blame for a photograph of the parents ter’s policy in India. On Wed­ shared by members of the the exact same thing,” Con­ the logjam in Parliament of a nine­year­old girl, who nesday, the National Com­ National Commission for gress general secretary (Or­ on the BJP and said it had was raped and brutally mur­ mission for Protection of Scheduled Castes. Why was ganization) K.C. Venugopal reduced the “temple of de­ dered in the national capital, Child Rights (NCPCR) had Mr. Gandhi being singled asked on twitter. mocracy to a rubber stamp after he met the victim’s fa­ asked the micro blogging site out, the Congress asked. Meanwhile, women mem­ for its agenda or worse, a mily last Wednesday. as well as Delhi Police to take “See the double standard! bers of the Congress held a notice board to announce Under Indian law, reveal­ action against Mr. Gandhi. @TwitterIndia how fearful press conference to question its unilateral decisions”. ing the identities of sexual However, Congress lead­ are you of the Modi govt that the silence of the top leader­ Asked if going forward assault victims or their fami­ ers claimed that similar pho­ you are singling out Shri ship over the crime. the Standing Committee on IT would be able to take up the Pegasus snooping is­ sue, Mr. Tharoor said that for two years now the IT Adoption not limited by religion: Delhi HC committee had been con­ ducting discussions on citi­ Judge reprimands U.S. citizens for trying to adopt Hindu child under a wrong law zens’ data privacy and se­ curity and cybersecurity, Soibam Rocky Singh drawn up under the HAMA is recognised adoption. “The­ itations on who could adopt topics that also featured in New Delhi invalid as the parties are refore, the adoption ceremo­ and who could be adopted its agenda under the pre­ The Delhi High Court has de­ Christians and not Hindus,” ny known as ‘Datta Homam’, and what were the other vious chairman, BJP’s Anu­ clared a Christian couple, Justice Asha Menon said, tak­ where the biological parents conditions for a valid adop­ rag Thakur. The Pegasus is­ both U.S. citizens, as ‘adop­ ing note of the fact that the voluntarily surrender and tion. HAMA was applicable sue, therefore, clearly fell tive parents’ to a minor girl child, now more than six­ hand over the child to the re­ only to Hindus, and specifi­ under the panel’s purview. born out of Hindu parents years­old, had been under cipient, following religious cally provided that it applied “It is no secret that the while reprimanding them the custody of the adoptive ceremonies, was considered to “any other person who is committee’s meeting [July for trying to adopt the child parents since her birth. sufficient to result in a valid not a Muslim, Christian, Par­ 28] was disrupted by BJP under a wrong law. Justice Menon said the and legal adoption,” it said. si or Jew by religion”. members who did not The High Court reiterated child was being well taken The relationship of the bi­ However, Justice Menon want Pegasus to be dis­ that Christian and Muslim care of by the foster parents ological family to the child said that a person interested cussed. It was unprece­ couples could not adopt a and their family and hence given in adoption extin­ in adopting a child was not li­ dented for 10 members to Hindu child under the Hindu “there is no cause to remove guished when this ceremony mited by his or her religion, attend and to refuse to sign Adoptions and Maintenance the child from their charge was conducted. However, if adoption was sought un­ the register in order to de­ Act (HAMA), as was sought and custody.” this right to adopt had been der the Juvenile Justice (Care ny the committee a quo­ to be done in this case. The High Court said the brought under the HAMA, and Protection of Children) rum,” the Thiruvananthap­ “The Adoption Deed personal law of the Hindus which laid down certain lim­ Act. uram MP said.

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Till debt do us part: Punjab’s ‘contract marriages’ are cases of cheating Their weddings arranged to facilitate migration mainly to Canada, girls allegedly renege after they reached the promised land first

VIKAS VASUDEVA spent around ₹28 lakh on 4,266 complaints were re­ spouse visa. However, many paid a certain amount of CHANDIGARH the wedding, paid for her air ceived by the NRI wing of young men find that “the money, but the person has The family of 26­year­old tickets, the institute’s fees... the Punjab police in 2019, women go abroad and rescinded on that contract”. Harpreet Singh at Mandi Go­ We did not think such a which included cases of dupe” them. “In such cases, we check bindgarh in Punjab is yet to fraud would be played on cheating, matrimonial dis­ “It is basically an arrange­ the financial transactions. come to terms with what us.” pute and property dispute. ment to facilitate the immi­ The finances have to be they describe as a “marriage Later, after pressuring the The complaints were filed gration of boys who are not routed through legal chan­ fraud” allegedly played on girl through mutual friends by both men and women. In scoring good grades in the nels, for instance, air tickets them by their daughter­in­ and relatives, the family was 2020, the number of com­ IELTS. In certain countries, have been purchased, un­ law after she left for Canada able to send Mr. Harpreet to plaints stood at 3,829, while one can take spouses along, iversity fees paid, etc. We two­and­a­half years ago. Canada on a spouse visa. in 2021, so far, 2,248 com­ but in some others, it is not are then able to establish a “Our son [Harpreet] mar­ “But the girl then filed for di­ plaints have been lodged. allowed. Canada has certain case of cheating,” he said. ried in July 2018. In January vorce in Canada. After this, I A large number of peo­ conditions and it is only af­ “Around 2.5­3 lakh stu­ 2019, my daughter­in­law, filed a complaint here and a ILLUSTRATION: ple, especially youth from ter fulfilling those condi­ dents move abroad annually SATHEESH VELLINEZHI who had scored well in the first information report Punjab, travel abroad in the tions that spouses are given from Punjab, apart from the IELTS [International English [FIR] was lodged for cheat­ hope of a better life. Mar­ a visa. Hence, the cases of 2 lakh who leave for jobs, Language Testing System], ing under Section 420 of In­ rundi village, Ludhiana, and riages of convenience are cheating surrounding Cana­ etc. The trend of going went to Canada on a study dian Penal Code [IPC] and every time I met them, they known to facilitate these as­ da are a tad higher,” A.S. abroad soon after passing visa. After reaching Canada, other sections against the sa to Canada, would assure me that she pirations. To do this, the Rai, Additional Director­ Class 12 slowed down in she conveyed to my son that girl and her family,” Mr. which she received would soon apply for the bride, the groom or their fa­ General of Police (NRI Af­ 2020 because of the pan­ she did not want to continue Singh said. in January 2014. I de­ spouse visa. But they filed a milies enter into an informal fairs), told The Hindu. demic.” her relationship with him as Punjab has been witness­ posited her college divorce case on behalf of contract in which the boy, Mr. Rai said it had been Mr. Rai added that the she had plans to spend her ing an increasing number of fees and spent their daughter in 2020. It or his family, is willing to observed that the cases Punjab government was life with another person,” “contract marriage frauds” lakhs on her was then that I approached pay for the girl’s education were not of matrimonial dis­ cognisant of such cases, and Manjeet Singh, Mr. Har­ carried out for securing the travel to Cana­ the NRI [Non­Resident In­ and travel abroad, provided pute, but instead that of the ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar and preet’s father, told The Hin- Canadian ‘Permanent Resi­ da. After reaching dian] wing of the Punjab that once she completes her cheating “where one party Karobar Mission’ provides du. “It was a shock for the dent’ status required to mi­ similar tale to share. “I got Canada, she initially stayed police, following which a education and gets a Perma­ has entered into a contract free counselling for youth family. My son is in extreme grate to that country. married in 2012. My wife in touch with me, but later case under Section 420 was nent Residency (PR) in the with the other person, who interested in foreign study . distress. We have not yet Jobenjeet Singh, 33, of Fa­ had a good IELTS score and stopped all communication. registered,” he said. foreign country, she will ap­ has the promised delivery of The initiative is beneficial come to terms with it. I tehgarh Sahib district, has a she applied for a student vi­ My in­laws are based in Ba­ According to official data, ply immediately for a some service, and one has for Punjabi youth, he said. Vaccination certificates in MPs seek reasoned view to open schools DGCA seeks three easy steps: Ministry details of Parliamentary panel calls for accentuating vaccine programmes for all students, teachers, allied staff U.K. airfares ‘Public can obtain it via WhatsApp’ Press Trust of India attend school, has altered be taken for the opening up Press Trust of India Special Correspondent New Delhi the relationship between the of schools, the panel said. New Delhi NEW DELHI The hazards of not reopen­ parent and the children ad­ Accentuating vaccine pro­ The Directorate­General of The Union Health Ministry ing schools after prolonged versely,” the panel said. grammes for all students, Civil Aviation (DGCA) has on Sunday said the general closure due to the COVID­19 “The closure of schools teachers and allied staff so asked airlines to submit de­ public can obtain their cer­ pandemic are “too serious to has impacted the social fa­ that schools may start func­ tails on the airfares they tificates after receiving their be ignored”, according to a bric of the family in negative tioning normally at the ear­ have been charging for In­ COVID­19 vaccination via parliamentary panel. manner leading to early/ liest; holding classes on alter­ dia­U.K. flights during Au­ WhatsApp by following The committee noted that child marriage and increased nate days or in two shifts to gust, a senior official said three easy steps. the closure of schools had involvement of children in thin out students, along with on Sunday. Health Minister Mansukh not only impacted the social household chores. The pre­ observance of physical dis­ Sanjeev Gupta, Secre­ Mandaviya, in his tweet, fabric of families in a nega­ sent situation has exacerbat­ tancing and compulsory tary, Inter­State Council Se­ said anyone who wanted to People can download their tive manner, but also in­ ed the learning crisis that ex­ wearing of face masks at all cretariat, Union Home Mi­ download their vaccination certificate by sending a creased the involvement of isted even before the times; frequent hand saniti­ nistry, on Saturday had certificate can send a What­ message via WhatsApp. children in household pandemic with the marginal sation, etc.; and regular ther­ complained on Twitter sApp message to a number chores. and vulnerable children get­ New normal: Children using mobile phones to attend an online mal screening at the time of that an economy class tick­ and would receive the certif­ Gov Corona Helpdesk in 3 “The closure of schools ting adversely affected. class in Hyderabad, Telangana, earlier this year. * AFP attendance and conducting et on British Airways’ Del­ icate at once. easy steps. Save contact for over a year has had a Keeping this situation in random RT­PCR tests to iden­ hi­London flight for August number: +91 9013151515. deep impact on the well­be­ mind, it becomes all the Education, Women, Chil­ caused due to school lock­ tify and isolate any infected 26 was priced at ₹3.95 lakh. ‘Within seconds’ Type & send ‘covid certifi­ ing of students, especially more imperative to open dren, Youth and Sports, down as well as review of on­ student, teacher or staff im­ He said a Vistara and Air “Revolutionising common cate’ on WhatsApp. Enter their mental health... The schools,” the panel has headed by BJP MP Vinay P. line and offline instructions mediately, were among the India ticket for August 26 man’s life using technology! OTP. Get your certificate in confinement of young chil­ noted. Sahasrabuddhe, tabled in and exams and plans for reo­ recommendations for the re­ was priced between ₹1.2 Now get COVID19 vaccina­ seconds,” the Health Minis­ dren within the four walls of This week, the Parliamen­ Parliament its report ‘Plans pening of schools’. A well­ba­ opening of schools made by lakh and ₹2.3 lakh, amid tion certificate through My­ ter’s office said on Twitter. the house, being unable to tary Standing Committee on to bridge the learning gap lanced, reasoned view may the panel. the college admission time in the U.K. Mr. Gupta said he had “alerted” Union Civil Avia­ Restrictions tion Secretary P.S. Kharola on Pune’s ITBP inducts first women officers on combat service about it. A senior DGCA of­ ficial said on Sunday that the aviation regulator had shops lifted 53 officers pass out from the ITBP officers’ training academy located in Mussoorie asked the airlines that op­ erate India­U.K. flights cur­ Special correspondent Press Trust of India The first­ever History of While Ms. Prakriti’s father sion (UPSC). Before this, it rently to submit fare Pune Mussoorie ITBP, a 680­page book con­ has retired from the Indian had combat women only in details. According major relief to The Indo­Tibetan Border taining unknown facts and Air Force (IAF), Ms. Deeksh­ the constabulary ranks. While there have been shopkeepers, restaura­ Police (ITBP) force, which photographs of the border a’s father, Kamlesh Kumar, is Out of the 53 officers, 42 lower and upper limits on teurs and traders in Pune, guards the Line of Actual guarding force, was also re­ an ITBP inspector. “My fath­ officers are in the general du­ all domestic airfares in In­ Maharashtra Deputy Chief Control (LAC) along the In­ leased by Mr. Dhami and er is my role model. He never ty combat cadre, while 11 are dia since May 25 last year, Minister Ajit Pawar on Sun­ dia­China border, on Sunday ITBP Director­General S.S. considered me lesser than in the engineering cadre of no such limits had been im­ day announced relaxations commissioned its first two Deswal. anyone,” Ms. Deeksha said. the force. These officers will posed on international in pandemic­related curbs women officers in combat af­ Mr. Dhami and Mr. Deswal Ms. Prakriti, who holds a now be posted across ITBP airfares. by permitting shops and ter they completed their put the rank of Assistant degree in electrical engineer­ formations in the country, Vistara said: “Pricing is restaurants to henceforth training here. Commandant, an entry­level ing, said life in the force was including along the LAC with always a function of supply remain open till 8 p.m. and A total of 53 officers officer rank in the paramili­ “very tough, but it is also China and the anti­Naxal op­ and demand. There are on­ 10 p.m., respectively. passed out from the ITBP of­ tary, on the shoulders of two challenging and exciting”. erations theatre in ly 15 flights a week allowed While malls have been ficers’ training academy lo­ women officers — Prakriti The ITBP started recruit­ Chhattisgarh. currently on the India­U.K. allowed to stay open till 8 cated in Mussoorie after a pa­ and Deeksha — after the pass­ ing women combat officers Addressing the officers, route for Indian carriers p.m., only people who rade was held, with ing out parade and an attes­ in its cadre from 2016 Mr. Dhami said the comman­ and when there is relaxa­ have availed of both vac­ Uttarakhand Chief Minister tation ceremony where they through an all­India exami­ ders should “give their best” tion and more capacity al­ cine doses will be allowed Proud moment: ITBP inspector Kamlesh Kumar saluting his Pushkar Singh Dhami offi­ took their oaths to serve the nation conducted by the Un­ while performing their lowed, it will automatically to enter. daughter Deeksha, who joined the force. * PTI ciating as the chief guest. country. ion Public Service Commis­ duties. bring down prices.”

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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 WORLD 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Afghan forces fighting to retake cities: govt. Myanmar protesters mark U.S. forces conducted several air strikes in defence of Afghan partners: Central Command spokesperson 1988 uprising anniversary Agence France-Presse ternational Crisis Group. militiamen and government Kunduz Vivid footage of the fight­ forces were reportedly re­ Flash mobs seek ouster of junta govt. in Yangon, Mandalay The Afghan Ministry of De­ ing was posted on social me­ treating east to Mazar­i­Sha­ fence said on Monday that dia over the weekend, in­ rif in Balkh province. Agence France-Presse government forces were cluding what appeared to be Mr. Dostum has overseen Yangon fighting to retake key instal­ large numbers of prisoners one of the largest militias in Myanmar protesters on Sun­ lations after the Taliban cap­ being freed from jails in cap­ the north and garnered a day marked the anniversary tured three more provincial tured cities. fearsome reputation fighting of a 1988 pro­democracy capital on Sunday in quick The Taliban frequently the Taliban in the 1990s — uprising that brought Aung succession. target prisons to release in­ along with accusations his San Suu Kyi to prominence, The insurgents have taken carcerated fighters to replen­ forces massacred thousands with flash mobs and march­ control of five provincial ish their ranks. of insurgent prisoners of es of defiance against the capitals in Afghanistan since Fighting was also reported war. ruling junta. Friday. Kunduz, Sar­e­Pul on the outskirts of Herat in The country has been in and Taloqan in the north fell the west, and Lashkar Gah Thousands displaced turmoil since the generals within hours of each other In the crossfire: Afghans in front of shops damaged in fighting and Kandahar in the south. A retreat of his fighters dents launched their February on Sunday. On Friday, the between the Taliban and Afghan forces in Kunduz city. * AP The pace of Taliban ad­ the government’s recent putsch and subsequent Mounting challenge: Anti­coup protesters marching on the militants captured Zaranj, vances has caught govern­ hopes that militias could crackdown on dissent that anniversary of the 1988 uprising in Mandalay. * REUTERS and followed it up by taking Sar­e­Pul and Sheberghan. The region remains home ment forces flatfooted, but help the overstretched has killed more than 900 pe­ Sheberghan the next day. “These cities that the Tali­ to several militias and is also they won some respite late military. ople, according to a local commemorate the 1988 “In 1988, our country sa­ “The commando forces ban want to capture will a fertile recruiting ground on Saturday after U.S. war­ Hundreds of thousands of monitoring group. uprising — a pro­democracy crificed a lot — many people have launched a clearing op­ soon become their gra­ for the country’s armed forc­ planes bombed Taliban posi­ Afghans have been displaced But protesters remain un­ movement which the mili­ lost their lives. But the dicta­ eration. Some areas, includ­ veyards,” he added. es. tions in Sheberghan. by the recent fighting, and deterred, taking to the tary violently quelled by torship is still alive,” said Ko ing the national radio and TV Kabul’s ability to hold the “U.S. forces have conduct­ on Saturday, 12 people were streets daily in lightning­ opening fire on protesters Sai Win, in Mandalay. buildings, have been cleared north may prove crucial to ‘Prisoners freed’ ed several air strikes in de­ killed when their bus was quick rallies to demand the and jailing thousands. “It is like a black shadow of the terrorist Taliban,” the the government’s survival. “The capture of Kunduz is fence of our Afghan partners struck by a roadside bomb as end to the State Administra­ Following the calls of an on our country.” Ministry said. Northern Afghanistan has significant because it will in recent days,” Major Nicole they tried to flee Gardez in tion Council — as the junta’s online campaign, red­clad The 1988 uprising herald­ Spokesman for the Inte­ long been considered an an­ free up a large number of Ta­ Ferrara, a Central Command Paktia province.“ so­called “caretaker” go­ protesters on Sunday ed the rise of Ms. Suu Kyi, rior Ministry, Mirwais Stanik­ ti­Taliban stronghold that liban forces who might then spokesperson, said. I lost my mother, father, vernment has dubbed itself. flashed an eight­finger salute who had returned to Myan­ zai, said later that reinforce­ saw some of the stiffest resis­ be mobilised in other parts Sheberghan is the strong­ two brothers, two sisters­in­ On Sunday, flash mobs and carried banners that mar just before protests ments, including special tance to militant rule in the of the north,” said Ibraheem hold of Afghan warlord Ab­ law and other members of popped up across Yangon read “Let’s return the old kicked off to care for her ail­ forces, had been deployed to 1990s. Thurial, a consultant for In­ dul Rashid Dostum, whose the family,” said Noor Jan. and second city Mandalay to blood debt of 1988 in 2021.” ing mother. ELSEWHERE Hundreds flee, homes destroyed Will respond to Israel strike: Hezbollah

as wildfires ravage Greek island Israel carried out air raids on Lebanon after many years, prompting return fire

Agence France-Presse said in a televised speech last air strikes on Lebanon Greece, Turkey battling wildfires for nearly two weeks Beirut ahead of the anniversary of dated back to 2014, when Riyadh to reopen borders The head of Lebanon’s po­ the end of the last war with warplanes struck territory Agence France-Presse for vaccinated pilgrims jor fire fronts, one in the Minister added. werful Hezbollah move­ Israel in 2006. near the Syrian border. Gouves RIYADH north and one in the south. “The situation in Attica ment, Hassan Nasrallah, has “We wanted to tell the Hezbollah’s volley of rock­ Saudi Arabia will begin Hundreds of Greek firefight­ The one in the north is dri­ (which encompasses Ath­ vowed a “suitable and pro­ enemy... that any air strike ets at Israeli positions on Fri­ accepting vaccinated ers fought desperately on ven by blasts of wind to the ens) is better but we are portionate” response to any by the Israeli air force on Le­ day morning prompted reta­ foreigners wanting to make Sunday to control wildfires beach settlements,” he afraid of the danger of flare­ Israeli air strikes on Lebanon banon will inevitably draw a liatory shelling from Israel, the umrah pilgrimage, on the island of Evia that added. ups”, said Mr. Hardalias. after a flare­up at the border response, though in a suita­ prompting UN peacekeepers authorities said on Sunday, a have charred vast areas of In all, 17 firefighting air­ Greece and Turkey have last week. ble and proportionate way, to warn of “a very dangerous move that will boost an pine forest, destroyed craft — planes and helicop­ been battling devastating Israel carried out its first because we want to serve the situation”. economy hit by the COVID­19 homes and forced tourists ters — were fighting the fires fires for nearly two weeks as air raids on Lebanese soil in purpose of protecting our U.S. on Friday urged Leba­ pandemic. Nearly 18 months and locals to flee. on Evia, he added. the region suffered its worst years on Thursday, prompt­ country,” he added. Hassan Nasrallah non’s government to prevent after it closed its borders to “We have ahead of us Evia lies just northeast of heatwave in decades, which ing Hezbollah to fire rockets Nasrallah described the Hezbollah from firing rock­ battle coronavirus, Saudi another difficult evening, the capital Athens. To the experts have linked to cli­ back at the Jewish state the air strikes this week as a “ve­ head towards war, but we ets into Israel. Arabia will from Monday another difficult night,” Civil southwest is the Pelopon­ mate change. So far, the fires following day. ry dangerous development”, are ready for it” if necessary, The 33­day conflict in the begin “gradually receiving Protection Deputy Minister nese region where Hardalias have killed two people in “Our response was linked but said Hezbollah did not he said, echoing similar summer of 2006 killed 1,200 umrah requests from various Nikos Hardalias said on said the situation was stable. Greece and eight in neigh­ to the Israeli strikes that oc­ want war. comments by the Jewish people in Lebanon, mostly countries.” Earlier, only Sunday. Fires in a northern suburb of bouring Turkey, with dozens curred in south Lebanon for “We are not looking for state this week. civilians, and 160 Israelis, immunised pilgrims residing in Saudi Arabia were eligible “On Evia we have two ma­ Athens have subsided, the more hospitalised. the first time in 15 years,” he war and we do not want to Before Thursday, Israel’s mostly soldiers. for umrah permits. AFP Thai man arrested over murder of Swiss woman North Korea’s Kim calls Chibok girl BANGKOK A Thai man was arrested in freed after connection with the for relief in rain­hit areas suspected murder of a Swiss seven years woman, whose body was ‘1,170 homes destroyed, 5,000 evacuated’ found near a waterfall in Reuters Thailand’s famed tourist Reuters Maiduguri island of Phuket, police said SEOUL One abducted girl from the on Sunday. The body of the North Korean leader Kim Nigerian town of Chibok 57­year­old was found on Thursday lying face­down. Jong­un has mobilised the has been freed and reunit­ She had travelled to Phuket military to carry out relief ed with her parents seven under a so­called “sandbox” work in areas recently hit by years after Boko Haram scheme, a pilot project heavy rains, state media militants kidnapped her allowing vaccinated tourists said on Sunday, amid con­ and more than 200 of her to enter the island without cerns over an economic cri­ classmates, Borno State’s undergoing the usual sis and food shortage. Governor said on Saturday. two­week mandatory hotel The ruling Worker’s Par­ Kim Jong­un The raid on the school quarantine. AFP ty’s Central Military Com­ one night in April 2014 mission held a meeting in Mr. Kim did not attend sparked a global outcry Raisi names Mokhber as the eastern province of the meeting but party offi­ and a viral campaign on so­ Iran’s Vice­President South Hamgyong to discuss cials conveyed his message cial media with the hashtag TEHRAN damage and recovery from that the military should kick #bringbackourgirls. Iran’s new President Ebrahim the downpour, the official off a relief campaign and Governor Babagana Zu­ Raisi on Sunday named the KCNA news agency said. provide necessary supplies lum said the girl and some­ chairman of a powerful An early monsoon season in the region, KCNA said. one she said she married state­owned foundation arrived on the Korean pe­ “It was also emphasised during her captivity sur­ sanctioned by the U.S. as his ninsula last month, with tor­ that he called for awakening rendered themselves to the first Vice­President, the rential rains also inflicting and arousing the (party) of­ military 10 days ago. Mr. President’s official website damage in some southern ficials...into waging the re­ Zulum said government of­ said. Mohammad Mokhber, long rumoured by local media regions. covery campaign skilfully ficials had used the time to be top pick for the North Korean state TV re­ and unyieldingly,” KCNA since to identify her and position, has for years headed leased footage this week said. contact her parents. the foundation known as showing submerged houses KCNA said the military Some 270 girls were ab­ Setad, or the Execution of and destroyed bridges and commission explored emer­ ducted by the Islamist Imam Khomeini’s order, in railroads in Hamgyong, say­ gency measures to rebuild group but 82 were freed in reference to the Islamic ing some 1,170 homes were the disaster­stricken areas 2017 after mediation, ad­ republic’s founder Ruhollah devastated and 5,000 peo­ and prevent the spread of ding to 24 who were re­ Khomeini. AP ple evacuated. coronavirus. leased or found. In Pak., 5 killed UN slams child marriages after over murder of politician Zimbabwean teen dies in labour

Associated Press Quetta Her death sparked widespread anger on social media Pakistani counterterrorism police said on Sunday they Agence France-Presse they had opened an investi­ the agency added. killed five people involved Harare gation into the death, which The UN said the trend of in the abduction for ran­ The UN has condemned un­ occurred last month. cases of violence perpetrat­ som and subsequent death derage forced marriages in In a statement on Satur­ ed against women and girls of a nationalist political Zimbabwe following the day, the United Nations said in Zimbabwe, “including party leader. death of a 14­year­old girl re­ it “notes with deep concern marriages of minors, cannot The raid took place over­ portedly during childbirth at and condemns strongly the continue with impunity.” night in the southwestern a religious shrine in the east surrounding circumstances Official statistics show city of Pishin. of the country. leading to the untimely that one in three Zimbab­ Malik Ubaidullah Kasi, The death has sparked wi­ death of 14­year­old Memory wean girls are married off leader of the secular Awa­ despread anger on social Machaya... who died while before the age of 18. mi National Party, was ab­ media and among children’s giving birth at an apostolic Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvan­ ducted for ransom from his rights activists. sect shrine. da, head of Rozaria Memo­ native Kuchlak area near A petition to the police “Sadly, disturbing reports rial Trust, a Zimbabwean the provincial capital, commissioner has attracted of the sexual exploitation of charity fighting the practice Quetta, in late June. His bo­ nearly 58,000 signatures underage girls, including of child marriages, says that dy was found on Thursday since it was launched on early forced marriages, con­ is an underestimation. near an Afghan refugee Thursday. tinue to surface and this is “We saw the spike with camp in Pishin district. Police at the weekend said indeed another sad case,” COVID­19,” she said.

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Aarati Krishnan Seven months, 25 issues. 80, Q. I am a software engineer, aged 29. My 100, 120% in listing­day returns. monthly salary is ₹1 lakh. Currently, I invest IPOs this year are a starry lot! If in EPF and in an LIC policy. I am not sure you were among those that re­ where else to invest to get financial relief ceived allotments in IPO appli­ after 15 years. Please give me suggestions. cations and made good money, term in­ post­listing returns, it is es don’t correct after listing. R. MUTHURAJA you’d be sitting happy. But if vestment, hard to say beforehand what a Take Jubilant FoodWorks. This you didn’t apply or weren’t al­ it needs to stock does on listing day. Over­ stock hasn’t dipped below its A. There are a number of investment options Over the past 15 years, lotted any shares, don’t be­ have a strong business and you subscription, institutional inter­ 2013 issue price – but it has that you can consider beyond your EPF and <> there have been moan the missed opportuni­ need to buy it at reasonable val­ est or even grey­market premi­ made money even for those LIC policy. If you are considering investments roughly about 325 IPOs. Of for a 15­year horizon, you can either invest in ties. Here is what you should uations; this means you also ums are not sure­fire ways to who got in much later. Other ex­ instruments with a shorter term and reinvest know about IPOs. need the freedom to wait for gauge what listing returns can these, almost half are below amples include Dr. Lalpath the proceeds on maturity or choose vehicles business prospects to improve be. A turn of market mood bet­ issue price i.e, in the long Labs, HDFC AMC, or Sheela that you can hold for 15 years. No sure-shot returns or the right valuation to come ween the IPO launch and its list­ term, they have been poor Foam. If you prefer a safe investment with fixed IPOs are sought after in the be­ by. ing, for example, can dampen performers The more recent crop of returns, the Public Provident Fund, which is a lief that they serve up return In an IPO, you even fancied themes. IPOs – those that have come ov­ retirement savings vehicle with a 15­year term, may be your ideal choice. You can open opportunities that you won’t control neither Finally, there’s no way to pany was also able to showcase er the past couple of years – a PPF account with any post office branch or find in ‘older’ or existing stocks. aspect. It’s logi­ know if and how many shares its ability to keep revenue have certainly offered slightly leading bank and make regular investments But does that pan out in reality? cal that the you will receive in IPO allot­ growth up and skirt around the more differentiated opportuni­ in the account. The interest on the PPF, Not quite. Let’s take it from two company will try to ments. Small allotments will troubles that dogged other re­ ties. IPOs of AMCs, small fi­ * GETTYIMAGES/ISTOCK which is declared every quarter, usually perspectives. maximise issue proceeds and have no meaningful impact on tail players. nance banks, retail and con­ tends to be much higher than that on bank First, the purely fundamen­ will price it accordingly – and While the IPOs men­ your wealth creation. Post­IPO periods help give a sumption and so on, for deposits and is also tax­free. The interest is tal perspective – that is, looking IPOs that come in bull markets, tioned above grabbed But if you’re looking for IPOs deeper understanding of how a instance. But when business credited to your balance every year and at an IPO based on its business such as now, can get away with the headlines, plenty where the business strength is company performs across busi­ strength is sound, the secon­ compounds until you seek to withdraw the money. You can also open an NPS account strength and growth prospects pricey earnings multiples. The­ others, which also debut­ sound and which can be part of ness cycles – something that is dary market still offers the where you can make monthly investments for long­term holding. On this refore, many IPOs slip post list­ ed in the same market and saw your stock portfolio, then all hard to gauge from an IPO pros­ grounds to pick these up. towards retirement in market­linked count, long­term returns for ing because their pricing left lit­ good subscription interest, put you need to do is bide your pectus that gives limited data instruments such as shares and bonds. IPOs do not boast of anything tle on the table for long­term up sedate listing performances. time. on historical performance. Sev­ Watchlist For shorter horizons, you can consider the special, with most of them put­ investors. KIMS Hospitals, India Pesti­ eral other IPOs that have gone Put simply, IPOs offer no spe­ 5­year National Savings Certificate (NSC) ting up mediocre performance. Second is the listing­gains cides and Shyam Metaliks, for Second chances on to create wealth such as Ga­ cial opportunities. Stocks that where your interest compounds until Those that have delivered mul­ perspective. Recent IPOs such instance, saw listing gains of be­ IPOs that have made good mo­ laxy Surfactants, Rail Vikas Ni­ shoot through the roof on list­ maturity, or the Kisan Vikas Patra which tifold are few. Over the past 15 as those of Tatva Chintan Phar­ low 30% while those such as Ka­ ney for investors haven’t always gam, Aavas Financiers, Fine Or­ ing are more an exception than doubles your money in 10 years and four months, too. You can also consider parking years, there have been roughly ma, GR Infraprojects or Zomato lyan Jewellers or Suryoday been on an upward trend. Con­ ganics and Mishra Dhatu the norm. So, if you identify a your periodic surpluses in the Government of about 325 IPOs. Of these, al­ have seen exuberant listing, Small Finance Bank dropped. sider V­Mart Retail, which today Nigam, all dropped post listing. good business in an IPO, go India’s 7­year floating rate savings bonds mosty half are below issue price with listing day gains of close to If you’re viewing IPOs from has delivered a 41% CAGR from But even if IPOs don’t cor­ right ahead and subscribe. But where the interest rate offered is 35 basis i.e, in the long term, they have or over 100%. this lens, remember that bet­ its issue in 2013. That stock had rect, that does not mean there should allotments be low or nil, points above the NSC and is announced every been poor performers. Listing gains, though, are a ting on listing gains is more a almost halved from its issue are no investment opportuni­ don’t sweat it. Add these stocks half year. The only ‘minus’ for these bonds is Prospects always depend on factor of the market scenario, speculation than an exercise price just six months after list­ ties. Companies with sound bu­ to your watchlist and bide your that the interest is paid out to you, requiring the business itself and the val­ how fancied the IPO is in con­ rooted in analysis of fundamen­ ing. The post­listing period, sinesses can be buys, and valua­ time to enter. you to reinvest it. Cumulative term deposits uations at the time of the issue. text of the market scenario — tal strengths or valuations. therefore, offered plenty of tions buttressed by steady (The writer is Co­founder, with banks or leading NBFCs, which accrue fixed interest every year, is another option, For a stock to be a good long­ and more than a little luck. Apart from the wide range of buying opportunities. The com­ earnings accretion, even if pric­ PrimeInvestor.in) though less safe than post office schemes. 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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 SPORT 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE An unblemished show amidst intense scrutiny and raging pandemic After successfully organising the delayed sporting extravaganza, the Japanese capital officially hands over the baton to Paris, the 2024 host

Stadium hours before the dented Olympic Games. It closing ceremony to witness took us, the IOC and our Ja­ the spectacle from the pe­ panese partners and friends, rimeters. an equally unprecedented ef­ Among the horde of peo­ fort to make them happen. ple gathered in the narrow This is why I would like to by­lane outside the stadium thank the Japanese authori­ was Santosh from Pune, who ties at all levels, in particular has lived in Tokyo for three Prime Minister Suga Yoshi­ years. hide and Governor Koike Yu­ He brought his wife, and riko, for their steadfast com­ Shyam Vasudevan Tokyo his child on a stroller, to mitment. Thank you for watch the fireworks. But they staying with us on the side of ...and scene! The Tokyo were not able to catch a the athletes, who were long­ Olympics, held during a rag­ glimpse of Olympic medallist ing so much for these Olym­ ing pandemic, drew the cur­ Bajrang Punia who carried pic Games,” he said. tains down on Sunday. The the Indian flag for the closing host nation finished third ceremony. Appreciation with 27 golds and a total of 58 It was a carnival on the “Our deep gratitude and ap­ medals, a vast improvement streets. People turned up in preciation go to the organis­ from its 12 golds and 41 me­ cosplay suits, one came in a ing committee. Nobody has dals in 2016. But it will take Wonderwoman costume and ever organised a postponed greater pride that its bio­ was accompanied by an el­ Olympic Games before.” bubble largely were intact. derly citizen donning a Su­ Tokyo, which will now The Games were held un­ perman T­shirt. host the Paralympic Games der intense scrutiny and They were ready for a par­ from August 24, officially amid constant pressure from ty but were confined to a mo­ Spectacular finish: Fireworks light up the Tokyo sky during the closing ceremony on Sunday. Right: Bajrang Punia carries the tri­colour. * GETTY IMAGES, PTI handed the baton to Paris. locals, but the organisers rose evening on the side­ And now we wait for three managed to pull off a clean walks. The entry to the The policemen circling the took a wrong turn, and they up with placards that read of the road, under the mag­ Thomas Bach thanked the Ja­ more years, in the hope that show. stadium was restricted to stadium were watchful to were onto them in a split­se­ “Abolish Olympics” and nificent wooden roof of the panese authorities for their India, which won an unpre­ Scores of people gathered athletes, officials, VIP guests sniff out any untoward inci­ cond to redirect them. A few “#GetOutBach”, but it ended stadium, International Olym­ support. cedented seven medals here, around the Tokyo Olympic and members of the media. dent. A group of stray cyclists hundred protesters turned peacefully. On the other side pic Committee president “These were unprece­ can script history yet again.

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC How Neeraj struck gold U.S. women finally get it right CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC\ TOKYO TITBITS \ Cyclist Jason Kenny emulated their male Brazil loses way when it matters; bronze for Serbia becomes Great Britain’s counterparts by claiming The 23­year­old practised the art of visualisation most successful Olympian the handball gold medal VOLLEYBALL Cyclist Jason Kenny won his with a 30­25 victory over Shyam Vasudevan seventh Olympic gold on the Russian Olympic Tokyo Committee (ROC) team in P.K. Ajith Kumar Sunday to become Great Neeraj Chopra sits in a quiet Britain’s most successful the final on Sunday. space, imagines he’s walking hey struck gold, finally. Olympian of all time. The into the Tokyo Olympics Sta­ T After three silver and 33­year­old produced a dium. He gets ready, makes two bronze medals from the dazzling performance in his approach run and lets previous nine Olympics, the the men's keirin final to win the javelin soar. The 23­year­ United States women took his ninth medal overall to old practised the art of vi­ the volleyball gold on overtake Chris Hoy, who sualisation and played this Sunday. won six golds. scenario in his mind for U.S. beat Brazil 25­21, 25­ Serbia wins final gold months leading up to the To­ 20, 25­14, in an hour and 22 of the Games kyo Olympics. minutes. Serbia retained its Olympic His focus in these sessions It was also sweet revenge men’s water polo title on was purely on technique and for the Americans; they Defining moment: The United States team is on a high after Sunday with a 13­10 victory not the outcome. On August were beaten by Brazil in the defeating Brazil in the gold medal match. * AP over Greece, winning the 7, the outcome was an Olym­ finals of the 2008 and 2012 last of 339 gold medals on pics gold medal. editions. On Sunday at To­ of one of its key players, Tan­ perhaps been enough to offer. He could barely sleep the kyo’s Ariake Arena, Brazil dara Caixeta, who had to re­ stop the U.S. women. night before the event. “I was humbled by a team play­ turn home following a posi­ Earlier, Serbia took the France completes wanted to sleep early but ing at the top of its game. tive dope test. But even her bronze beating South Korea handball double couldn’t. I managed to sleep Brazil missed the services presence would not have 25­18, 25­15, 25­15. The French women Jason Kenny. * GETTY IMAGES around 12:30 a.m. and I was wide awake by 5.30 a.m. I tried to sleep again because GOLDIES rest is essential for recovery, The U.S. juggernaut rolls on but I wasn’t able to. I had Eliud Kipchoge (Ken): Athlet- France: Handball: Women breakfast and tried again, ics: Men’s Marathon Bulgaria: Rhythmic Gymnas- but I was wide awake in an USA: Basketball: Women tics: Group All-around Sweeps past Japan to clinch seventh straight crown hour. Aisa lag raha tha ki Kellie Harrington (Irl): Boxing: USA: Volleyball: Women mere shareer se aag nikal ra- Swashbuckling: Neeraj roared before each throw and Women’s Light Serbia: Water Polo: Men BASKETBALL ha tha, aisa garam tha. Josh approached it with the swagger of an athlete in control. * PTI Andy Cruz (Cub): Boxing: bahut tha (It felt like my bo­ Men’s Light Agence France-Presse dy was radiating fire. I was maine haath jod ke request What a show, Lauren Price (GBr): Boxing: Saitama <> Women’s Middle very charged up).” ki please 7 tareek ko itni jaldi A rampant United States Neeraj! Dad waited Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzb): Box- mat aana (I requested them so many years for this to ing: Men’s Super Heavy swept past Japan to their se­ Challenges aplenty not to come this early on Au­ happen. I am crying as I Jason Kenny (GBr): Cycling venth straight women’s bas­ There were challenges gust 7),” he said with a smile. tweet this and I am sure Track: Men’s Keirin ketball crown on Sunday, aplenty in the final stretch. Neeraj’s coach Klaus Bar­ dad is crying up above Jennifer Valente (USA): Cy- with Sue Bird and Diana Tau­ For instance, getting the bo­ tonietz said he never wanted cling Track: Women’s Omnium rasi collecting their fifth dy and mind used to the se­ the athlete to feel the pres­ Jeev Milkha Singh Kelsey Mitchell (Can): Cycling Olympic gold medals to cap ven­hour time difference sure of winning the gold. ers who are stronger, but Track: Women’s Sprint remarkable careers. between Tokyo and Sweden, The German’s last piece of don’t throw as far. You need Brittney Griner scored a where he trained for more advice to Neeraj was in Hin­ to be like a bent bow, like a game­high 30 points with than a month before the di: “maje karo (have fun).” dhanush. You need to use five rebounds and two as­ Olympics. Klaus, a biomechanical body elasticity in your sists as the hosts were over­ Height of excellence: Sue Bird, right, and Diana Taurasi

“It took some time to get expert, felt Neeraj’s biggest throws and not just brutal powered 90­75 by a team with their fifth Olympic golds with Team USA. * AFP used to the time difference. I strength was athleticism and power.” that stretched its Olympic would sleep a little late, so, I that set him apart. Having harnessed all win streak to 55 games dat­ past nine Olympic titles. The Americans’ seventh was hoping to sleep longer While Neeraj is compara­ these striking physical attri­ ing back to the 1992 Their only blemishes in the title equalled the longest ev­ in the mornings. But the tively leaner and not as tall butes and mental fortitude semifinals. history of the tournament er streak by a team in any doping control officers as his opponents, Klaus not­ for the Olympics, Neeraj Beating the Americans were a silver behind the So­ Olympic sport — matching showed up at 5.45 a.m. or 6 ed that his suppleness was a basked in the glow of the was always going to be a viet Union at the inaugural the feat of the U.S. men’s a.m. for the past two days game­changer. gold on a memorable Tokyo huge ask. event in 1976 and bronze in basketball team between and whisked me away. Par “There are javelin throw­ night. Kipchoge. * REUTERS They had won eight of the 1992. 1936 and 1968. Rain has the final say Tearful Messi confirms Barca exit, says he is in talks with PSG INDIA IN ENG ‘I tried to behave with humility and respect and I hope that is what remains of me when I leave the club’ Agence France-Presse Nottingham Reuters ed by local media that Messi England and India drew the Barcelona was set to stay at Camp Nou, first Test at Trent Bridge af­ A tearful Lionel Messi con­ with the player admitting he ter rain meant no play was firmed on Sunday he was had agreed to a five­year deal possible on Sunday, the final leaving FC Barcelona after involving a 50% pay cut. day. the club said it could no lon­ Barcelona, whose debts The match, which had al­ ger afford paying the Argen­ total way over €1 billion, was ready seen more than 100 tine’s high wages, adding he unable to make the deal overs lost to bad weather, was in negotiations with work within the frameworks was intriguingly poised with French club Paris St Germain of La Liga’s financial fair play India 52/1 in its second in­ over a possible move. regulations — prompting its nings, needing a further 157 French newspaper L’E- surprise U­turn announce­ runs to reach a victory tar­ quipe reported on Sunday ment last Thursday. get of 209. that the Argentine will travel “Honestly, when the elec­ But rain prevented play to the French capital either tions happened (in March), I resuming as scheduled at 11 Sunday or Monday to under­ spoke with (Barca president a.m. local time and, after take a medical and finalise Joan) Laporta, we had din­ further downpours the um­ his deal with the Qatar ner and after that I was con­ pires abandoned the match Sports Investment­owned vinced I would be staying,” as a draw at 3:49 p.m., only Shastri. * GETTY IMAGES club. Messi said. for the sun to briefly burst drew with India 278 & 52/1 in While Messi did not con­ “My contract was never through the overcast skies 14 overs. firm he would definitely join Welling up: Messi turned emotional during an interaction with the media on Sunday.* GETTY IMAGES the issue ... What I know is above Trent Bridge. Second Test: August 12­16, the Parisians, he said his that I did everything I could. The scores: England 183 & 303 Lord’s. plans were to carry on play­ my body responds (I’ll carry that is what remains of me player they called Messiah. sure it’ll be even worse. But The club say it could not hap­ ing as long as possible, ad­ on playing),” he told a news when I leave the club,” said “This is all like a bucket of I’ll be surrounded by my pen because of La Liga. I can <> Everything that we had prepared for over the last ding he still harbours ambi­ conference. an emotional Messi as hun­ cold water has been poured loved ones and I’ll carry on guarantee you that I did eve­ one and a half months sort of fell in place nicely. tions to win another “As long as I can, I will car­ dreds of fans, many wearing over me and we are still com­ playing football, and when I rything I could to stay. Last It was a great way to start the series for us. Hopefully, Champions League trophy. ry on competing.” his No. 10 jersey, massed out­ ing to terms with it,” he said do so, I’m sure it’ll become a year I didn’t want to and I we can keep getting better as the series moves on “As long as I go on being “I tried to behave with hu­ side Barca’s Camp Nou stadi­ through tears. bit easier.” said that, but this year it was K.L. Rahul competitive and as long as mility and respect and I hope um to bid farewell to the “When I get home, I’m It had been widely report­ different.”

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 SPORT MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Muddappa wins above 1,051cc crown Coe concerned about climate change Says the effects might impact sporting calendar in future Bengaluru riders sweep the honours 2024.” ATHLETICS In July 2022, the track Super Sport Indian (361­ world championships will DRAG RACING 550cc): 1. Aiyaz Rem (Bengalu­ Associated Press be held in Eugene, Oregon, ru) 12.568; 2. Zuheeb Ahmed Tokyo where a record heatwave (Bengaluru) 12.860; 3. D. An­ Jorge Martin bags his Special Correspondent The effects of climate change raised temperatures to 108 CHENNAI nish Samson (Speed Up Racing, will force sports bodies to degrees Fahrenheit (42 de­ first MotoGP win Bengaluru) 12.942. 226­360cc: SPIELBERG (AUSTRIA) Riders from Bengaluru, rethink their calendar of grees Celsius) at the U.S. 1. Bharath Raj (Rockers Racing, spearheaded by reigning trials in June. Morning ses­ Rookie Jorge Martin of Chennai) 12.602; 2. Yogeshwa­ events, World Athletics pre­ Ducati­Pramac cruised to his champion Hemanth Mud­ ran (Speed Up Racing, Chennai) sident Sebastian Coe said on sions were suspended. first MotoGP victory in the dappa, swept the honours in 12.798; 3. D. Annish Samson Sunday. Styria GP on Sunday, finishing the first round of the MMSC (Speed Up Racing, Bengaluru) Coe, a two­time Olympic New norm ahead of Spanish compatriot FMSCI National motorcycle 13.050. Upto 165cc: 1. Kevin champion, was speaking on “The new norm is, particu­ and reigning champion Joan drag racing championships, Kannan (RACR Castro Power, the final day of the Tokyo larly in dealing with endu­ Mir on a Suzuki. The race had Chennai) 14.573; 2. R. Anand which concluded at the Games. The extreme heat Sebastian Coe. rance events, really harsh to be restarted after the KTM (Chennai) 14.824; 3. Chan­ MMRT, here on Sunday, un­ and humidity in Japan * GETTY IMAGES climatic conditions,” Coe of Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and der strict COVID safety drashekar (Bengaluru) 14.910. forced changes to the track said. the Aprilia of Italian Lorenzo protocols. Girls (4­stroke, upto 165cc): 1. schedule, as well as tennis field hospitals and having “The reality of it is, I think caught fire in the middle of The results: Super Sport Lani Zena Fernandez (Chennai) and women’s soccer. your team spending a year this a challenge we are all go­ the track after a crash. AFP (above 1,051cc): 1. Hemanth 16.591; 2. Nivetha Jessica “You don’t have to be a thinking about little else oth­ ing to confront now,” said ICC Player of the Month Muddappa (Mantra Racing, (Chennai) 16.640; 3. Soundari devotee of climate change or er than how you are going to Coe, who is an IOC member. Sindy (Chennai) 16.794. nominees for July Bengaluru) 07.882secs; 2. Hafi­ a denier to know the world is be coping with the welfare of “If you are going to be in­ DUBAI zullah Khan (Bengaluru) 2­Stroke upto 130cc: 1. Mujahid getting hotter,” Coe said. the athletes.” tellectually coherent here, The International Cricket 08.116; 3. Harish Naik (Benga­ Pasha (Bengaluru) 13:547; 2. “It probably will mean a “Nobody wants to do that. we are going to have to have Council on Sunday announced luru) 08.538. 851­1050cc: 1. Prashanth (Chennai) 13.682; 3. global discussion around the That’s not what we came in­ that debate,” Coe said, pred­ the July nominees for the ICC Mohd. Riyaz (Bengaluru) Mohd. Rafiq (Bengaluru) calendar and how we stage to the sport for,” he said, ad­ icting sports bodies will be Player of the Month awards, 08.026; 2. Hemanth Muddappa 13.733. 131­165cc: 1. Mohd. Ra­ ”revisiting what is possible instituted in January this year (Mantra Racing, Bengaluru) fiq (Bengaluru) 12.818; 2. Hu­ Trophy time: Winner Hemanth Mudappa, centre, events.” ding “we could well be con­ to recognise the best 08.116; 3. N.V. Satyanarayana sain Khan (Mumbai) 13.002; 3. second­palced Havizullah Khan, left, and Harish Naik, who Coe noted the stress on fronting the same and probably having to be international performances Raju (Hyderabad) 08.191. Aiyaz Rem (Bengaluru) 13.047. was third in the above­1,051cc category. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT his staff of “having to create temperatures in Paris in more adaptable in future.” across formats for male and female cricketers. The nominees: Men: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Mitchell Rhythm tops trials Marsh (Aus), Hayden Walsh Jr Vikas undergoes shoulder surgery (WI); Women: Hayley SHOOTING In women’s 50­metre rifle Matthews (WI), Fatima Sana Vows to come back stronger from Olympic heartbreak prone, Ashi Chouksey (Pak) and Stafanie Taylor (WI). topped with 625.4, much Rutuja loses in three months. fixed a career­threatening der had dislocated and a cru­ Dr. Pardiwala said given Special Correspondent ahead of the rest of the BOXING NEW DELHI doubles final The 29­year­old, who was shoulder injury that newly­ cial muscle, called Subscapu­ the scale of the injury, pain­ pack. PARNU (ESTONIA) competing in his third Olym­ crowned Olympic gold­win­ laris, and a ligament had killers were never going to be Rhythm Sangwan continued The results: 25m sports pistol: Third seeds Justine Press Trust of India pics, was forced out early af­ ner Neeraj Chopra had suf­ been torn,” the decorated enough. “It was quite valiant to assert her supremacy in Junior women: 1. Rhythm Mikulskyte and Anna Siskova New Delhi ter “fighting with one hand” fered in 2019. boxer said after his surgery of him to have gone ahead the junior women’s sports Sangwan 32 (581); 2. Simran­ defeated Rutuja Bhosale and Indian boxer Vikas Krishan, in the opening clash against Dr. Pardiwala has also op­ that took place on Thursday. and fought the bout,” Dr Par­ pistol as she topped the se­ preet Kaur Brar 30 (563); 3. Te­ Magali Kempen of Belgium in whose Olympic campaign Japan’s Sewon Okazawa. erated top cricketers like Jas­ Vikas picked up the injury diwala said. cond National shooting se­ jaswani 24 (570). 50m rifle the doubles final of the prone: Women: 1. Ashi Chouk­ ended abruptly after a dislo­ The surgery on his dislo­ prit Bumrah and Shreyas during the training trip to “He told me that he expe­ lection trials on Sunday. $25,000 ITF women’s event. sey 625.4; Sift Kaur Samra The results: Doubles (final): cated right shoulder caused cated shoulder was per­ Iyer along with shuttler Saina Italy before the Olympics. rienced a dead arm during Simranpreet Kaur Brar 617.0; 3. Heena Gohei 615.8. Justine Mikulskyte (Ltu) & an opening­round loss, has formed at Mumbai’s Kokila­ Nehwal, among others. Unaware of the severity of the bout. It will take three gave her a good fight in the Junior men: 1. Sanskar Havelia Anna Siskova (Cze) bt Magali undergone a surgery to fix ben Hospital by renowned “I will be back in three the damage, he competed in weeks for the healing to be final, after having qualified 621.6; 2. Sameer Dagur 612.4; Kempen (Bel) & Rutuja the injury which will keep surgeon Dr. Dinshaw Pardi­ months, I have been assured the Olympics after taking completed and another in the seventh place with a 3. Deependra Singh Shekhawat Bhosale 6­7(5), 6­3, [10­5]. him out of action for the next wala, who operated and by Dr. Pardiwala. My shoul­ painkilling injections. three months for rehab.” score of 563. 610.3.

RACING Ashwa Yashobali capable of a repeat in the Mandate Plate HYDERABAD: Trainer M. Srinivas ings (6) A.A. Vikrant 54.5, 10. Over Turf Monarch (5) Md. Ismail 58.5, Reddy’s ward Ashwa Yashobali, Joy (9) Ashad Asbar 54.5, 11. Show 11. Felix Flame (11) Ajit Singh 58, who won in his last start, may Me Your Walk (8) Akshay Kumar 12. India Gate (13) A.A. Vikrant 57, score an encore in the Mandate 54.5 and 12. Thanks (4) P.S. 13. Cephalonia (2) B. Nikhil 54.5 Plate, the main event of Monday’s Chouhan 54.5. and 14. Hopscotch (10) B.R. Kumar (Aug. 9) races. Rails will be an­ 1. THANKS, 2. QUALITY WARRIOR, 52. nounced one hour before the start 3. ANGELITA 1. AMARETTO, 2. HIP HOP, of first race. TUDOR JET PLATE (1,800m) 3. LA LADY ABBOTS ROYAL PLATE (DIV. I) 4 rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III), 2.40: 1. MANDATE PLATE (1,400m) 5­ 1 (1,100m) Maiden, 3­y­o only Miss Marvellous (9) N.B. Kuldeep 7 y­o & upward, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1.05 p.m: 1. Blue Label (8) 62.5, 2. Call Of The Blue (6) (Cat. II), 4.25: 1. Mark My Word (11) Nakhat Singh 56, 2. Cosmico (5) Gaurav Singh 61, 3. Rhythm Selec­ R.S. Jodha 60, 2. Her Legacy (13) Md. Ismail 56, 3. Dream Station (2) tion (8) Mukesh Kumar 61, 4. Ad­ Santosh Raj N R 59.5, 3. Ashwa Gaurav Singh 56, 4. Flying Rudolf vance Guard (7) Ajeeth Kumar Yashobali (12) Gaurav Singh 58.5, (9) G. Naresh 56, 5. Royal Support 59.5, 5. Francis Bacon (2) Nakhat 4. Blazer (10) N.B. Kuldeep 56, 5. (11) Ajinkya 56, 6. Sea Of Class (6) Singh 59.5, 6. Sweet Melody (5) Shaquille (6) A.A. Vikrant 56, 6. Ajeeth Kumar 56, 7. Burano (10) B.R. Kumar 59, 7. Lightning Power Balius (1) B.R. Kumar 55, 7. Incred­ Ashad Asbar 54.5, 8. Furious Fun (3) P.S. Chouhan 58.5, 8. King Ro­ ulous (2) Md. Ismail 55, 8. Maxwell (7) Kiran Naidu 54.5, 9. Golden ger (1) Akshay Kumar 57.5 and 9. (7) Ajeeth Kumar 55, 9. Private Amaris (3) Afroz Khan 54.5, 10. Stark (Ex: Echoes Of Heaven) (4) Empire (9) Akshay Kumar 55, 10. Gray Hawk (Ex: Aamayra) (12) B.R. Ajit Singh 52. Red Snaper (8) Afroz Khan 54, 11. Kumar 54.5, 11. River Song (4) Ak­ 1. LIGHTNING POWER, City Of Wisdom (3) T.S. Jodha 52.5, shay Kumar 54.5 and 12. Spectacu­ 2. FRANCIS BACON, 3. KING ROGER 12. Once More (5) Nakhat Singh lar Cruise (1) A.A. Vikrant 54.5. ROYAL WINDSOR PLATE 51.5 and 13. Super Angel (4) Abhay 1. RIVER SONG, 2. DREAM STATION, 5 (1,200m) rated 20 to 45 (Cat. Singh 51.5. 3. BURANO III), 3.15: 1. Days Of Reckoning (10) 1. ASHWA YASHOBALI, ASCOT PLATE (1,400m), Deepak Singh 60, 2. Hidden Hope 2. MAXWELL, 3. BALIUS 2 Maiden (Terms), 3­y­o only (11) P.S. Chouhan 59.5, 3. Ashwa GUINDY PLATE (DIV. II) (Cat. II), 1.35: 1. Ashwa Migsun (1) Raudee (5) Ashad Asbar 58, 4. 8 (1,400m) 4­y­o & upward, Ashad Asbar 56, 2. First In Line Greek’s Ace (3) Ajeeth Kumar 56.5, rated upto 25 (Cat. III), 5.00: 1. Be­ (10) Surya Prakash 56, 3. General 5. Sublime (4) Santosh Raj N R 56, dazzled (12) Akshay Kumar 61.5, 2. Atlantic (6) B. Nikhil 56, 4. Grand 6. Blink Of An Eye (1) N.B. Kuldeep Star Babe (10) Rohit Kumar 61.5, 3. Duke (5) Nakhat Singh 56, 5. 55, 7. Thunder Road (7) Gaurav Mt. Davidson (1) Mukesh Kumar Paladino (11) Kiran Naidu 56, 6. Singh 54.5, 8. Royal Pal (8) Nakhat 61, 4. Berkeley (8) N.B. Kuldeep Sharp Mind (7) P. Gaddam 56, 7. Singh 54, 9. Art In Motion (9) 60.5, 5. Lightning Fairy (11) Surya Starwalt (—), 8. Able Love (4) T.S. Afroz Khan 53.5, 10. Flamingo Prakash 60.5, 6. Sputnic (4) Md. Jodha 54.5, 9. Georgia Peach (3) Fame (2) G. Naresh 52, 11. Aerial Ismail 60.5, 7. Exponent (14) Na­ Akshay Kumar 54.5, 10. Hot Seat Combat (6) Akshay Kumar 51.5 khat Singh 59.5, 8. Sacred Lamp (8) Md. Ismail 54.5, 11. Limoncello and 12. Lifetime (12) Surya Prakash (6) Gaurav Singh 59, 9. N R I Gift (2) P.S. Chouhan 54.5 and 12. Siri 50.5. (3) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 10. Proud Leg­ (9) B.R. Kumar 54.5. 1. BLINK OF AN EYE, 2. HIDDEN acy (2) Ajeeth Kumar 58.5, 11. Min­ 1. GEORGIA PEACH, HOPE, 3. THUNDER ROAD nelli (9) P. Gaddam 58, 12. Sheldon 2. LIMONCELLO, 3. ABLE LOVE GUINDY PLATE (DIV. I) (5) G. Naresh 58, 13. Moka (13) A.A. ABBOTS ROYAL PLATE (Div. II) 6 (1,400m) 4­y­o & upward, Vikrant 54.5 and 14. Royal Avenger 3 (1,100m) (Terms) Maiden, 3­y­o rated up to 25 (Cat. III), 3.50: 1. (7) B. Nikhil 50.5. only (Cat. II), 2.05: 1. Charmer (5) Sun Dancer (7) N.B. Kuldeep 62, 2. 1. BEDAZZLED, 2. SHELDON, Nakhat Singh 56, 2. Dominator (12) La Lady (9) Kiran Naidu 61.5, 3. 3. EXPONENT G. Naresh 56, 3. Magic Mark (1) P. Due Dilligence (8) Surya Prakash Day’s Best: BEDAZZLED Gaddam 56, 4. Quality Warrior (11) 61, 4. Amaretto (4) Akshay Kumar Jackpot: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Kiran Naidu 56, 5.Star Cruise (7) 60.5, 5. Bravo (12) Ajeeth Kumar Treble: (i) 1, 2 & 3. (ii) 3, 4 & 5. (iii) Ajeeth Kumar 56, 6. That’s My 60.5, 6. N R I City (—), 7. Forever 6, 7 & 8. Way (3) B. Nikhil 56, 7. Unsung Bond (6) P. Gaddam 60, 8. Jo Mini Jackpot: (i) 2, 3, 4 & 5. (ii) 5, 6, Hero (2) Uday Kiran 56, 8. Angelita Malone (3) Mukesh Kumar 59.5, 9. 7 & 8. (10) Afroz Khan 54.5, 9. Good Tid­ Hip Hop (1) C.P. Bopanna 58.5, 10. Tanala: All races. Knotty Dancer wins feature HYDERABAD: D. Netto­trained only: CITY OF BLISS (Akshay Ku­ (A. Imran Khan) 3 and Scintillat­ Knotty Dancer (Akshay Kumar mar) 1, Total Darc (Afroz Khan) ing Lass (Sandesh) 4. 3, 1 and 1. up) won the K. Mahipati Rao Me­ 2, One More Time (Nakhat 1m, 25.06s. ₹40 (w), 12, 36 and 16 morial Golconda Juvenile Mil­ Singh) 3 and Mireya (B.R. Ku­ (p). SHP: 132, THP: 40, FP: 1,252, lion, the feature event of mar) 4. 2, Nose and 3/4. 1m, Q: 726, Tanala: 7,553. Favourite: Sunday’s (Aug. 8) races here. 14.20s. ₹11 (w), 10, 11 and 31 (p). Columbian. Owners: Mr. K. Bal­ The winner is owned by Mr. K. SHP: 18, THP: 61, FP: 20, Q: 19, amukunda Das, Mr. Krishnan Balamukunda Das, Mr. Krishnan Tanala: 137. Favourite: City Of Kamesh & Mr. Srikanth Badruka. Kamesh & Mr. Srikanth Badruka. Bliss. Owners: Mr. K. Thrib­ Trainer: D. Netto. Jockey Akshay Kumar hogged huvan Reddy & Mr. K. Vivek 7. MAHALAXMI PLATE (1,400m) the limelight by riding five win­ Reddy. Trainer: S. Sreekant. rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): BISATE ners while trainer R.H. Sequeira 4. BIPSO PLATE (1,600m) rated (P.S. Chouhan) 1, N R I Sun (Ak­ saddled three winners. 40 to 65 (Cat. II): PEAKY shay Kumar) 2, Cheltenham 1. MALAKPET PLATE (DIV. I) BLINDERS (Akshay Kumar) 1, Saf­ (N.B. Kuldeep) 3 and Trump Star (1,200m) Maiden, (Terms) 3­y­o fron Art (Ajit Singh) 2, Fire (Deepak Singh) 4. Nk, 6­1/4 and only: LIFES SONG (Akshay Ku­ Power (P.S. Chouhan) 3 and Sh. 1m, 25.37s. ₹15 (w), 13, 13 and mar) 1, Soloist (Koushik) 2, Rapid Fire (Ajeeth Kumar) 4. Nk, 21 (p). SHP: 31, THP: 46, FP: 38, Morior Invictus (B.R. Kumar) 3 2­3/4 and 1. 1m, 40. 81s. ₹28 (w), Q: 27, Tanala: 152. Favourite: and Salisbury (Kiran Naidu) 4. 2­ 10, 10 and 10 (p). SHP: 33, THP: Bisate. Owners: Mr. K.N. 1/2, 1­1/2 and 1. 1m, 13.30s. ₹12 69, FP: 137, Q: 76, Tanala: 275. Dhunjibhoy & Mr. Z.K. Dhunjib­ (w), 10, 13 and 101 (p). SHP: 29, Favourite: Fire Power. Owners: hoy rep. Five Stars Shipping THP: 304, FP: 41, Q: 36, Tanala: Mr. Marthand Singh Mahindra & Company Private Limited. 1,060. Favourite: Lifes Song. Mr. Jatin Laxmikant Trivedi. Trainer: Laxman Singh. Owner: Mr. S. Pathy. Trainer: Trainer: R.H. Sequeira. 8. SILVER JET PLATE (DIV. I) R.H. Sequeira. 5. SILVER JET PLATE (DIV. II) (1,200m), 5­y­o & upward, rated 2. NEWMARKET PLATE (1,400m) (1,200m) 5­y­o & upward, rated 20 to 45 (Cat. III): KING MAKER rated 60 to 85 (Cat. II): DOWN- 20 to 45: N R I VISION (Akshay (Surya Prakash) 1, N R I Magic TOWN GAL (Neeraj) 1, N R I Valley Kumar) 1, Linewiler (Afroz Khan) (Akshay Kumar) 2, Mind Reader (Akshay Kumar) 2, Havelock 2, Four One Four (Gaurav Singh) (B.R. Kumar) 3 and Explosive Cruise (Deepak Singh) 3 and 3 and Rhine (B.R. Kumar) 4. Not (Gaurav Singh) 4. 1, Hd and 1­1/4. Long Range (Ajeeth Kumar) 4. run: Green Turf. 1­1/4, 1/2 and 1m, 13.34s. ₹76 (w), 22, 14 and 29 1/2, 5 and 1/2. 1m, 24.41s. ₹36 Sh. 1m, 13.50s. ₹37 (w), 11, 21 and (p). SHP: 44, THP: 76, FP: 302, (w), 14, 11 and 31 (p). SHP: 32, 24 (p). SHP: 52, THP: 53, FP: 243, Q: 162, Tanala: 1,510. Favourite: THP: 74, FP: 263, Q: 89, Tanala: Q: 134, Tanala: 4,102. Favourite: N R I Magic. Owner: Mr. C.S. 2,172. Favourite: Lombardy. Dunkirk. Owner: Mr. Ravinder Koushik. Trainer: L V R Desh­ Owners: Mr. V.N. Babu, Mr. Reddy Male. Trainer: R.H. mukh. Veeramachaneni Arjun, Mr. Sequeira. Jackpot: 70% ₹8,667 (39 tkts.) Prodhutur Vijay Shourya & Mrs. 6. K. MAHIPATI RAO MEMORIAL and 30% 348 (416 tkts.). Rajini Meka. Trainer: Laxman GOLCONDA JUVENILE MILLION Treble: (i) 124 (325 tkts.), (ii) 153 Singh. (1,400m) (Terms) 3­y­o only : (209 tkts.), (iii) 603 (123 tkts.). 3. MALAKPET PLATE (DIV. II) KNOTTY DANCER (Akshay Ku­ Mini jackpot: (i) 839 (48 tkts.), (1,200m) Maiden, (Terms) 3­y­o mar) 1, Alicia (Zervan) 2, Bugsy (ii) 2,615 (35 tkts.).

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