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CHENNAI THE HINDU 10 NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Abduction of Afghan envoy’s Presidentelect of UNGA to meet PM Modi today Parliament paralysed daughter in Pak. shocking: govt. Shahid backs Security Council reform over Pegasus, farm laws Suhasini Haidar India stands beside Afghanistan to ensure its ‘peaceful’ future, says Ministry NEW DELHI “Our straight forward ques proceedings started at 11 Maldives Foreign Minister tion is, did you [the govern a.m., Opposition members special correspondent the U.S. forces were pulling Abdullah Shahid, who is al ment] or did you not use the trooped into the well of the NEW DELHI out of the country after the so the Presidentelect of the Pegasus spyware? Trina House and started raising The reported abduction of post9/11 two decadeslong United Nations General As mool will not let it sweep slogans. Several of them the daughter of the Afghan mission. sembly (UNGA), will meet under the carpet,” Mr were displaying placards, Ambassador to Pakistan is a Mr. Bagchi’s comments Prime Minister Narendra O’Brien said, adding, forcing Speaker Om Birla to “shocking incident”, said an came in response to reports Modi and Minister for Exter “When the government is take note. official of the Ministry of Ex that Afghanistan has sought nal Affairs S. Jaishankar on using military grade spy “The House is for discus ternal Affairs (MEA) on military assistance from In Friday, ahead of the UNGA ware, the supposition that sion and answering ques Thursday. dia. session in September, which Abdullah Shahid this is a question that the IT tions and if you [protesting MEA spokesperson Arin Mr. Modi is expected to ad Minister can answer is Opposition members] want dam Bagchi reminded that Backs govt. dress. After bilateral talks, expected to focus on global preposterous.” to raise slogans and show India considered it fair to “As a contiguous neighbour, India and the Maldives will postCOVID19 recovery and Unlike the Lok Sabha, the placards, you can do so out comment on the issue con India supports the govern sign a new development equitable distribution of Upper House members get a side the House,” he said be cerning two other countries Selsela Alikhil, 26, daught join the investigation. Af ment and the people of Af partnership agreement vaccines, and U.N. reforms chance to seek clarification fore adjourning the House as the authorities in Pakistan er of Ambassador Najibullah ghanistan has since with ghanistan in realising their (MoU) and review previous and countering radicalism in response to a Minister’s until noon. had dragged India into the Alikhil, was abducted for drawn the envoy from Isla aspirations for a peaceful, ly announced projects. and terrorism. statement, but it was lost in The House was ad incident. nearly five hours by un mabad in protest. democratic and prosperous Mr. Shahid, who won the Mr. Shahid said he would the commotion. journed twice after noon, “This is, of course, a known persons who physi Mr. Sheikh Rashid also de future where the interests of election for the President of support India’s ongoing The Lok Sabha too wit before Biju Janata Dal MP shocking incident. This in cally assaulted and left her nied that the incident did all sections of Afghan socie the next General Assembly campaign for U.N. Security nessed multiple adjourn Bartuhari Mahtab ad volves two other countries, near her home. not amount to an attempt of ty, including women and mi in June, had thanked India Council (UNSC) reform and ments before being ad journed the House for the Afghanistan and Pakistan, abduction and accused India norities, are protected,” said for being the first to support for a permanent UNSC seat, journed for the day as day at 4 p.m. since the Op and usually we would not Afghan protest and Afghanistan of “distor Mr. Bagchi, laying out India’s his candidature publicly in a process that is stuck at the Opposition members prot position protests continued. comment on it. However, The issue acquired a serious tion” of facts to defame and position on the current situa an interview to The Hindu, UNGA in InterGovernmen ested over the farm laws and In between adjourn since the Interior Minister of shape with a strong protest destabilise Pakistan. tion in Kabul. and has made New Delhi his tal Negotiations (IGN) at pre the Pegasus spyware. ments, Congress’s Lok Sab Pakistan has dragged India from the Foreign Ministry of The MEA spokesperson India has pulled out per first stop in a string of visits sent. However, two Bills — In ha leader Adhir Ranjan into it, I would only like to Afghanistan. said India stood beside Af sonnel from its mission in ahead of the session. On “Exchanged views on land Vessels Bill, 2021 and Chowdhury and Leader of say that even by their stan Pakistan has sent out ghanistan to ensure the Kandahar, shutting down Thursday, he met Foreign multilateral issues, my Essential Defence Services the Opposition in the Rajya dards, Pakistan’s denial of mixed signals on the issue till “peaceful” future of the operations temporarily. It Secretary Harsh Shringla priorities for UNGA 76 (2021 Bill, 2021 — were introduced Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, the victim’s account is stoop now. Islamabad initially be country, which had wit now operates all Indian visa where, the Ministry of Ex 22), and India’s priorities as in the House amid the din. interacted with the media to ing to a new low,” said Mr. gan an investigation, but la nessed a dramatic increase related works in Afghanistan ternal Affairs said, they dis the President of UN Security Even before the Lok Sab put their demands on the Bagchi, referring to the July ter, Interior Minister Sheikh in territorial control by the through the Indian Embassy cussed his plans for a “Presi Council for August,” Mr. Ab ha proceedings began, Con farm laws. 16 incident in Islamabad. Rashid urged the victim to Taliban in recent weeks as in Kabul. dency of Hope”, which is dullah tweeted. gress members from both “When Ministers stand Houses, including former up, they say they are ready party president Rahul Gand for discussion but when we CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC hi, protested in front of the move motion to adjourn Afghan President calls Mahatma Gandhi statue on usual business and discuss On the draw the Parliament complex to farm laws, they don’t ac express solidarity with cept. The government is in Danish Siddiqui’s father farmer organisations that dulging in the politics of were protesting at Jantar doublespeak. Inside the He condoles death of photojournalist Mantar, barely 500 metres House, we don’t have the from Parliament. microphones turned on to Kallol Bhattacherjee as a great loss for the jour “They are adamant on put across views and even NEW DELHI nalism fraternity,” said Aziz falsehood, injustice and ar cameras are not allowed to Afghan President Ashraf Amin, Special Secretary to rogance. We are satyagrahis show us,” Mr. Chowdhury Ghani on Thursday de the Afghan President. standing united and fear alleged. scribed the death of noted The Afghan President lessly. Jai Kisaan,” Mr Gand Pointing out that the photojournalist Danish Sid was among the first to con hi tweeted and tagged a farmers have been protest diqui as a “great loss to the dole the killing of the Pulitz photo of himself along with ing at Delhi’s borders since journalism fraternity”. The er Prize winning photojour other MPs holding a banner November 26 last year, Mr. Afghan leader conveyed his nalist, who was known for that said “We demand re Kharge said, “We are with thoughts regarding the his photographic reports of peal of antifarmer laws’. the farmers and will keep slain, awardwinning photo evolving human tragedies As soon as Lok Sabha fighting for them.” journalist in a telephone call like the Rohingya displace to his family in Delhi. Siddi ment and COVID19 devasta qui was killed near Kanda tion in India. The precise har during a fight between details of the conversation IT Dept. raids Dainik the Afghan special forces between the President and and the Taliban militants. Siddiqui’s family is not yet Bhaskar “President Ashraf Ghani known. premises called Prof. [Akhtar] Siddi Siddiqui was killed on Ju qui, father of Reuters jour ly 16 in Spin Boldak district More than 100 officials were hya Pradesh Chief Minister nalist the late Danish Siddi of Kandahar, near the Af involved in the raids on Dai- Digvijaya Singh tweeted that qui, and conveyed his ghanistanPakistan border. nik Bhaskar, one of the lar tax officials “are present” at condolences over the death He was flown back to Delhi gest circulating Hindi dai half a dozen premises of the of his son to his family, to his family home and was lies, that began in the group, including its office at friends and colleagues. The buried in the graveyard of morning. Press Complex in Bhopal. President termed his death Jamia Milia. On its website, the group said the government ‘Stifling democracy’ launched the raids as it was “The attack on journalists & “scared of its coverage of media houses is yet another Analysis by NGO reveals floating dead bodies in the BRUTAL attempt to stifle de Amarinder to attend Sidhu’s induction Ganga during the mocracy,” West Bengal pandemic”. Chief Minister Mamata Ba microplastics in Ganga It added that besides the nerjee tweeted. The Dainik Punjab CM has been seeking apology from PCC chief for ‘derogatory’ remarks offices, the IT officials also Bhaskar group had “brave They are a source of marine pollution raided the residences of key ly” reported the mishan VIKAS VASUDEVA Congress has a new team Chandigarh personnel of the group. dling of the COVID19 pan for its Uttarakhand unit Jacob Koshy dinator at Toxics Link, said NEW DELHI “The taxmen have seized demic by the Central Punjab Chief Minister Ama NEW DELHI in a statement. mobiles of the employees,” government, she said. rinder Singh will participate The Congress announced a new An analysis of the stretches The study, ‘Quantitative it claimed. There were no “I strongly condemn this in the Congress function on team for its Uttarakhand unit of the river Ganga by a Del analysis of Microplastics women in the IT teams that vindictive act that aims to Friday where Navjot Singh by appointing Ganesh Gondiyal hibased environment NGO, along River Ganga’, was raided the group’s offices suppress voices that bring Sidhu will take charge as as the new Uttarakhand Toxics Link, has revealed based on an analysis of wa and other premises, it ad out the TRUTH. It’s a grave State Congress president Pradesh Congress Committee pollution by microplastics, ter samples at Haridwar, ded. violation that undermines along with four working pre chief. While there will be four defined as synthetic solid Kanpur and Varanasi. the very principles of de sidents. working presidents, former particles sized ranging from The highest concentra Alleged tax evasions mocracy,” she added. Ahead of the function, the Chief Minister Harish Rawat 1 micrometre to 5 millimetre tion of such plastic was Sources in the IT Depart CPI(M) general secretary Chief Minister has invited all will be the chairman of the (mm), which are insoluble found at Varanasi, compris Campaign Committee. ment maintained that the Sitaram Yechury said the Congress MLAs, MPs and se Busy parleys: Navjot Singh Sidhu arriving to meet Congress in water. ing singleuse and secon raids were carried out after “misuse” of Central agen nior party leaders to Punjab leaders in Amritsar on Thursday. * AFP CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The Ganga flows across dary plastic products. The the department was tipped cies for intimidation was Bhavan on Friday, asking five States and has been at water testing was carried off about alleged tax eva condemnable. “Modi go them to leave together for mittee, along with Sangat The Shiromani Akali Dal ter villages because the State the centre of a massive mul out in collaboration with the sions by the group and its vernment’s raid raj won’t the installation of the new Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder (SAD) hit out at the Con government had not fulfilled ticrore undertaking by the National Institute of Ocea various companies. work. Trying to scare and Punjab Pradesh Congress Singh Danny, Pawan Goel, gress, saying that the Con any of the promises made to Union government, in the nography (NIO) in Goa. The Headquartered in Mad muzzle the truth from sur Committee team at the party and Kuljit Singh Nagra as gress high command had al the people. The high com form of the National Mission samples were tested to iden hya Pradesh, the Dainik facing. But like the dead bo office. working presidents. ready accepted that its mand admitted this failure for Clean Ganga, to rid it off tify the exact type or resin Bhaskar group has more dies floating in the Ganga, After Mr. Sidhu’s elevation Mr. Nagra and Mr. Gilzian government had “failed Pun by handing over an 18point contamination. core and the results show than 60 editions operating Modi government cannot as Punjab Congress chief, extended the invitation to jabis miserably” and the par todo list to the Chief Minis Microplastics are recog the presence of at least 40 in a dozen States in multiple hide,” he tweeted. Capt. Amarinder has been the Chief Minister, which ty was now trying to wash ter. It simultaneously ap nised as a major source of different kinds of polymers languages. The group, senior Con maintaining that he would was signed by over 50 legis away its nonperformance pointed Navjot Sidhu as the marine pollution. Untreated as microplastics. Rajasthan Chief Minister gress leader Jairam Ramesh not meet the former unless lators, including Mr. Sidhu. by bringing about a change Pradesh Congress president sewage from many cities The shapes and nature of Ashok Gehlot, his Delhi said, was paying the price Mr. Sidhu publicly apolo The move is being seen as a of face in its Punjab unit. to shift the blame for the par along the river’s course, in the observed resins ranged counterpart, Arvind Kejri for exposing a monumental gised for his personally dero show of strength and a pres Former Minister and SAD ty’s nonperformance on dustrial waste and religious from fibres to fragments, wal, and several other polit mismanagement of the pan gatory social media attacks. sure tactic against the back leader Daljit Cheema said, Capt. Amarinder.” offerings wrapped in non films and beads. Fragments ical leaders condemned the demic. “An Undeclared The All India Congress drop of Capt. Amarinder’s “It is a fact that Congress le He said such “cheap polit degradable plastics pile pol were the predominant raids. Emergency as Arun Shourie Committee on July 18 ap continued opposition to Mr. gislators had informed the ical moves” by the party lutants into the river as it shape in all locations, fol Congress Rajya Sabha has said — this is a Modified pointed Mr. Sidhu president Sidhu’s elevation as the par party high command that would not work with Punja flows through several dense lowed by film and fibre. member and former Mad Emergency,” he tweeted. of the Punjab Congress Com ty’s State chief. they would not be able to en bis. ly populated cities. The plas Microbeads were ob tic products and waste ma served in Varanasi and Kan terials released or dumped pur, while no beads were in the river break down and found in Haridwar. “The Eight students to match wits in CMA online quiz HC notice to Centre on are eventually broken down most frequent size range ob into microparticles. The riv served in all the samples Event organised by the ICAI in association with The Hindu; finals on July 25 er finally transports signifi was <300 micrometre,” said plea against IT Rules cantly large quantities Dr. Mahua Saha, the lead re Special Correspondent Surana, Amandeep Singh, and Chairman of Placement downstream into the ocean, searcher from NIO. CHENNAI Riya Chandak and Yash Kan Committee Balwinder Singh, Staff reporter A Bench of Chief Justice which is the ultimate sink of “We need to address the Eight students will battle it sal. The finalists would be the special New Delhi D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti all plastics being used by hu threat of plastic on aquatic out in the grand finale of the were selected guests for the final The Delhi High Court on Singh asked the Ministry of mans. life more realistically and CMA Online Business Quiz from the 263 stu round. Debasish Mi Thursday issued notice to Electronics and Information “Essentially, all along mi with a futuristic eye. Various 2021, organised by The Insti dents who made tra, Chairman Board the Union government on a Technology to reply to the croplastics are flowing into stakeholders, including in tute of Cost Accountants of it to the qualify of Advanced Studies fresh petition against cer petition filed by advocate the river system. It does re dustries, governments and India (ICAI) in association ing round. More and Research, will tain provisions of the IT Uday Bedi by September 13, flect or suggest a direct lin civil society organisations, with The Hindu. The finals of than 10,000 stu be the quizmaster, Rules, 2021, saying they give the next date of hearing. Mr. kage between the poor state need to join hands for im the allIndia quiz will be held dents participat said a release. Visi excessive powers to social Bedi has challenged Rules 3 of both solid and liquid proving plastic waste man on July 25 from 11 a.m. on ed in the preli tors can register for media platforms to volunta and 4 of the Information waste management; hence agement and the reduction wards. Sanvedi Rane, Bhagyashri minary round. ICAI the event at https://bit.ly/ rily remove content and Technology (Intermediary it is critically important to in microplastic pollution,” The eight participants Taparia, Edde Nikil Kumar president Biswarup Basu, THICAIE or by scanning the place users under constant Guidelines and Digital Me initiate steps to remediate said Satish Sinha, associate who made it to the finals are Reddy, T.P. Rakesh, Priyanka vicepresident P. Raju Iyer QR code. surveillance. dia Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. it,” Priti Mahesh, chief coor director at Toxics Link.
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