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I,GURMEET, S/O.MANSARAM I, PrashantKumar Shanker S/O I, ANUSHKA,D/O SUNIL PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE ADD-40/35.GROUND-FLOOR Shambhu Kumar Shanker, R/o TYAGI,R/oVILLAGE AND POST, PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE "Known to all, I/we, Surender Be known that my client. SH. ASHOK S/O This public notice is given by undersigned on behalf of my IT IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT MY CLIENT GAUTAM NAGAR NEW DELHI- RZ-199-A, Gali No-3, Raj Nagar JHADINA, HAPUR,U.P- CHANDER BHAN & SMT.SUDESH W/O client Shikha Mazumdar W/o Late Shri Subrato Mazumdar LALITA BEDI W/O LATE SH. PUNEET BEDI R/O Classifieds R/o K-2102, First Floor, Chittaranjan Park, NewDelhi- B-7/114, SECTOR-17, ROHINI, DELHI IS THE Jindal and SavitaJindal ASHOK R/O B-12/39, GALI NO.12, 110049, Changed my nameto Part-2, Palam Colony, Bagdola, 245205,Changed my name 110019 to inform public at large, that Kunal Mazumdar son of OWNER OF DDA BUILT-UP JANTA FLAT (Husband/wife) R/o B-216 SHAHBAD DAIRY, PEHLADPUR, DELHI- Subrato Mazumdar and Shikha Mazumdar, is very much BEARING NO. 114, IN BLOCK &POCKET- B-7, GURMEET SINGH, permanently. Delhi-110077, declare that toANUSHKA TYAGI. 110042, have disowned and severed all loving and caring son, Kunal Mazumdar is bearing all SITUATED AT SECTOR-17, ROHINI DELHI AND AshokVihar,Ph-1, Delhi- expenses of my client. On 23.05.2019, Subrato Mazumdar their relations with their two daughter SHE HAS MISPLACED/ LOST ALL THE and Shikha Mazumdar had disowned and debarred Kunal ORIGINAL PAPERS INCLUDING ALLOTMENT Name of Mineand My Father 110052 have debarred and Mazumdar from all his movable and immovable properties PERSONAL 0040578630-2 0040578620-1 namely KOMAL & SHIVANI and debarred LETTER, DEMAND LETTER, DDA POSSESSION from his movable and immovable published in two leading Newspaper i.e. Jansatta and The has been wrongly written as disowned our son Gaurav Indian Express. Shikha Mazumdar has owned-up her son LETTER, BANK CHALLAN, NOC OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER, POWER OF I,GIRISH CHANDRADHAMMI,son I Vikash Chaudhary S/O, Jindal aged31years from our properties/assetsdue to their and now my client hereby withdraw her earlier aforesaid Rubeena BegumW/o Abid Prashant Kumar Sonker and misbehavior.Ifany person, organization, notice, which should be treated as null &void in future. Kunal ATTORNEYS, AGREEMENT TO SELLS, RECEIPTS, WILLS, POSSESSION LETTERS, of,late Shri GIRDHARI Rajkumar Singh R/oHno- life,moveable/ immoveable institution dealing with them in civil and Mazumdar has all right, claims and connection with my Hasan R/o2088 Kucha Nahar Shambhu Kumar Sonker in my clients and also in her movable and immovable property. AFFIDAVITS AND ALL OTHER DOUCMENTS IN DHAMMI,residentof,23 132/12a, Kamna, Sector-01, assetsand notresponsible criminal matter shall be doing at Through this public notice, public at large is hereby informed RESPECT OF ABOVE SAID PROPERTY &HAS Khan KuchaChelan DaryaGanj 10th class Certificate No- his/her/their own risk, cost and that Kunal Mazumdar would have all legal right, claims and LODGED AFIR/NCR VIDE LR NO. 515430/2021 for his any act and liabilities responsibility,for that my client shall not connection in movable and immovable property of my client DATED 27.07.2021, WITH POLICE STATION, New Delhi-110002have National-Road Lakshaman- D113/65631/0336, that the Vaishali, Ghaziabad, U.P- Shikha Mazumdar. CRIME BRANCH, DELHI, IF ANY BODY FIND henceforth" be responsible in any manner THE SAID DOCUMENT, PLEASE INFORM HER Sd/- changed my name to Madiha Chowk Dehradun.Dehradun GP name of Mineand My Father 201012 have changed my name AT THE ABOVESAID ADDRESS OR PH. NO. whatsoever. MOHINI KAMALGUPTA(ADVOCATE) 9899952339. Chakrata Dehradun to Vikaash Neel Chaudhary. Sd/- DINESH KUMAR (Advocate) ADVOCATE Naz after marriage &myname has been wrongly written as IF ANY OTHER CLAIMENT HAS ANY RIGHT IN Ch. No. 325, Patiala House Courts, Regn No. D-9774/2019, Office No. 6, G.F. DDA Market THE AFORESAID PROPERTY, HE/SHE Uttarakhand-248001,and Ch. No. 653, Dwarka Courts Madiha Naz is mentioned on Prashant Kumar Sonkar and RU Block, Pitampura, Delhi-34 SHOULD FILE AN FIR &GIVEN INTIMATION TO 0040578566-1 Mob. 9711183164 New Delhi, Mob: 9711064188 Dr.GIRISH CHANDRAisthe ASST./DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DDA(H) WITHIN 15 the documents of my Shambhu Kumar Sonkar in my DAYS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE OF THIS same person, both these 12th class certificate No- I Kamal KishoreGoyal S/oLate NOTICE. daughter Both Rubeena Sd/- Begum and Madiha Naz are names belong to me. 65631700063. The actual name Sh. Nagar Mal GoyalR/o Flat SURENDER KUMAR No.501, Tower-9, Beverly Park (Advocate) the same &one person only. Therefore,it is one and the of Mine and My Father are Enrl. No. D-152/1988 same thing. Prashant Kumar Shanker and Apartments, Sector-22 Dwarka, 0040578541-1 South West Delhi, Delhi-110077 0040578630-3 Shambhu Kumar Shanker, Lost Allotment Letter (Form-C) whichmay be amended have changedmyname to againstmyPlotNo.C-70, I,DHARMENDER S/OSURINDER accordingly. Kamal Goyalfor all purposes. Sector-27-28-26, Part-II, Huda, KUMARLOOMBA,R/O-4/12A 0070748325-1 0040578540-1 Rohtak. Finder maycontact- DOUBLE-STORYVIJAY-NAGAR Asha Garg, C-538, Saraswati V.7.C. DR.MUKERJEE-NAGAR I, Pawan Kumar,S/ODama I Dhanpati Devi w/oRajpal Vihar, Delhi-34 DELHI-110009,HAVE CHANGED Aggarwal,R/OH.No-15, 1st- Sharma R/ovill TelikheraDist MY NAME TO DHARMINDER Floor Block-MU,Pitampura jindharyana have changed my 0040578574-1 LOOMBA, PARMAMENTLY. Delhi-110034,have changed my name Dhanpati Sharma and my correct DateofBirth is 11 Mar It is for general information 0040578603-8 name to PawanKumar Garg. that I, HARISHCHANDRA SINGH 1953 0040578608-2 YADAVS/o LATE RAMPATI I,BRAJ KISHOR SINGH,S/o 0040578567-1 SINGH YADAVresiding at ramchander Singh R/o-E-52- I, Pramod Kumar S/oBhagwat Gram-Chaura, Post-Uteraon, A,kunwarSingh-Nagar SinghR/o 202A, Express View I Amarjit Kaur Sodhi,W/o Jasbir Dist-Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh- nangloi,Delhi-110041.that my Apartment, SuperMIG, Sector- Singh Sodhi R/o-2041, Rani- 233225 declare that name of son name is Nitin Raj Singh 93, Noida, UP-201304, have BaghShakur BastiDelhi- my wife has been wrongly mentioned all-documents is changed my name to Pramod 110034,have changed my name writtenasBINDU DEVI in my correct-but Nitin Raj in his Bhati for all Purpose. to Amarjeet Kaur Sodhi. Aadhar-cardboth name are PPO No.09/97/B/S/00514/1995. 0070748378-1 0040578608-1 The actualname of my wife is same person. I Abhipsa Pramanik W/O, Bivek BINDU YADAV, whichmay be I, Niraj Kumar Singh,R/o Flat No. 0040578630-9 Datta R/oType 2/5.kendriya amended accordingly. 404, Urja Vihar Apartment, I,BISHVA NATH,S/O.RAGHUBIR Sector-45, Faridabad-121001, Vidyalaya Staff 0070748380-1 SINGH, ADD-T-510/F-15/C- changed my minor son’s name Quarters.sector ''IMPORTANT'' I,Yahia Alam,S/oShyak Ali,R/o 1.STREET NO.5,PREM NAGAR- Pushkar SinghtoHarsh 24,noida,gautam Budh Nagar Whilst care is taken prior to ROAD BALJEET-NAGAR Singhfor all futurepurposes. 201301, have changedmyname acceptanceofadvertising S-199,Second-Floor,Greater- copy,itisnot possible to verify CENTRAL,DELHI- to Abhipsa Pramanik Datta. Kailash Part-1,New Delhi- 0040578526-2 itscontents. TheIndian 110008.Changed my name to Express (P) Limited cannot be 110048,declarethat thereisa 0040578568-1 held responsiblefor such spelling mistakeofmyname BISHWANATH SINGH., I, MonikaW/O Darshan R/OA- contents, nor for any loss or Permanently. 339, Pocket-00, Sector-02, damage incurred as aresult of in old passportas‘Yahiya PUBLIC NOTICE transactions with companies, Rohini Delhi-110085,have associations or individuals Alam’ while correct spelling of 0040578620-5 SITUATION VACANT Notice is hereby given to public at large that my changed my name to Monika client SMT. MITHLESH SHARMA W/O LATE SH. advertising in its newspapers my name is ‘Yahia Alam’. SHIV KUMAR SHARMA R/O B-79, ASHOK VIHAR (Regd. Office.: PSPCL Head Office,The Mall, Patiala-147001) or Publications. We therefore I,Avinaw Kishor Singh Godia,forall purposes. Req.HR and documents PHASE-1, DELHI 110052 is the owner of free hold recommendthat readers 0040578608-8 built-upproperty bearingno-79, in BLOCK-B, CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813; Website: www.pspcl.in R/o.H.No.RZG-55A, Gali.No.2, controler for Female Girl Only HAVING AREA MEASURING 150 SQR YARDS., make necessaryinquiries 0040578603-7 SITUATED AT ASHOK VIHAR PHSAE-1 by the Mobile No. 96461-07205 E-mail [email protected] before sending any monies or I,TARA BANSAL W/ORAJEEV Raj-Nagar-II,Palam Exp.5yearsS&SInternational virtue of registered will dated 08.07.2016 and also E-Tender Enq. No.333/P-3/EMPW-11846 dated 29.07.2021 Dy Chief entering into any agreements owner and in possession of free hold built-up MIG with advertisers or otherwise KUMAR BANSAL,R/oRegent A- Colony,New Delhi-110077,have I, Lalit Singh Guleria S/O 4A,G/F,Bharat-Nagar, Delhi- FLAT BEARING NO. 368, ON FIRST FLOOR, IN Engineer/ Headquarter (Procurement Cell-3) GGSSTP.Roopnagar invites BLOCK-C, SECTOR-18, SITUATED IN THE acting on an advertisement in 506, Grand Omaxe, Sector- changed my daughter’s Virender Singh Guleria, R/oH 110065, Cont.9540893422, LAYOUT PLAN OF ROHINI RESIDENTIAL E-Tender ID No.2021_POWER_69151_1 forthe work of Breakdown/ any manner whatsoever. SCHEME, DELHI-110089 by virute of registered 93/B,Noida,Gautam Buddha name,fromSAKHSHItoSAKSHI No- 204, Sector -120 ,Gautam 9899755141. will dated 09.09.2011 and relinquishment deed PreventiveMtc &Overhauling of DM Plants,DGSets,Compressors, SINGH,vide-affidavit-dated02- Buddha Nagar,Uttar Pradesh- dated 02.12.2013. The original title deeds of above Nagar, UP-201304,have 0040578630-10 said properties has been misplaced and could be Hydrogen gas plants.Fire protection system, AC system and other allied traced despite all efforts. changed my name to TARA 08-2021. 210301, have changed the Hence this notice is hereby given that no Mech. Auxiliaries of stage-II and III for4units BHEL make 210 MW each and name of my minor daughter person/should do any legal transection in respect LAXMI BANSAL. 0040578630-8 of above said properties without consent of my work of Central Mechanical Workshop at GGSSTP,Rupnagar Fordetailed DevanshiGuleria aged about client. If any peron/s doing the same, is doing at NIT &Tender Specificationplease refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 0040578608-6 his/her/theirown risk and my client will not I,Anuj KaranS/o Yogesh Kumar 10 monthsand shall hereafter responsible for any loss to him neither any such 29.07.2021 from 05.00 PM onwards. transaction is binding on my client. Aggarwal R/o273,Mantola , be known as IraGuleria . I,SUSHEN Sd/- NOTE: Corrigendum and addendum, if anywillbepublished online MAZUMDER,S/O.SUNATAN Pahar Ganj,ND-55 changed HARSH BAHL 0070748362-1 Advocate at https://eproc.punjab.gov.in MAZUMDER, ADD-E- name to Anuj KaranAggarwal En. No. D/2311/14 RTP-26/21 6427/Pb Off. S-10, Manish Chamber-4, 3.GANESH-NAGAR PANDAV- 0070748330-1 I, KuldipKumar Raghava (Army LSC, Sector-12, Dwarka, New Delhi-110078 NAGAR COMPLEX EAST DELHI- no.15393051H ESM) S/OSuresh I,Nazim, S/oyusoof, Add-88-c, ChandraRaghavR/O Village & 110092.Changed my name to SUSHENMAJUMDAR, Okhla village, jamia Nagar post-Banel, District- GOVT.OFODISHA permanently. Delhi-110025, Changed my Bulandshahr, U.P.,Declarethat OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER name to Nazim Yusuf, my minor son’s name is 0040578620-4 O-496 RURAL WORKS, CIRCLE, BHAWANIPATNA 0040578608-5 incorrectly written-as Bid identification No.:- BPT/Online-05/2021-22 Date-29.07.2021 I,Ramneet Kaur Chawla,W/o Deepansh Kumar Raghavinmy Rajbir Singh,R/o575,West I,Amit Garg,S/o R.D.GargR/o- service records whereas,his NOTICE INVITING TENDERS FOR ROAD WORKS IN ODISHA Pramanand Colony,Delhi- H.No.34-A,First- correct name is Deepansh PUBLIC NOTICE NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Procurement 110009,have changedmy Floor,Gali.No.3,Shalimar Raghav. Be it known to all that my client 1. Name of work : Improvement of road works under BIJU KBK Plan for the year 2021-22 in the district of Kalahandi. name to Ramneet Kaur for all Park,BholaNath-Nagar, Sh. Jitender Kukreja, S/O Late 0070748363-1 2. No of Works : 03 Nos. futurepurposes. Shahdara,Delhi-110032,have Chhabil Das, R/O D-138, IInd changed the name of my minor I, Komalpreet Kaur D/oPritpal Floor,Tagore Garden Extn., 3. Location details : Kalahandi District 0040578630-4 New Delhi, have severed all son Tushit GargAge-14Years SinghR/o-19Farmar Society relationship withhis son 4. Estimated Cost : As per NIT. and he shall hereafter be I,Pankaj Jain S/OPraduman Sector-13,Rohini Delhi-110085 HITESH KUKREJA &his family 5. Period of Completion : As per NIT. Kumar Jain R/O-M-127, known as TusharGarg. changed my name to and have Debar &Disown them 6. Cost of tender paper : Rs.10,000/- per set. Gali.No-9,Shastri-Nagar Delhi- 0040578630-6 Komalpreet Bhullar from all his moveable & 110052, have changed my permanently. immovable properties 7. Other details : I,Aashi D/oKaran Singh,R/o107- absolutely &forever. name to Pankaj Kumar Jain. Availability of tender for Last date &time for Date and time of G, Pocket-A-2,Mayur-Vihar 0040578603-4 Sd/- ABHINAYGUPTA 0040578608-3 (ADVOCATE) online bidding seeking tender opening of technical Phase-III,Delhi-110096, I, Kaif,S/o TajMohd Tahir,R/o 4/7, SR-III, Office Campus, clarification bid I,PRIYATA wife of,Rajesh changed my nametoAashi H.No-472,Gali Number-05,Old Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi From To Singh,for all futurepurposes. Sharma R/o1/19, G-2,Sector- Mustafabad,Delhi-110094, 06.08.2021 23.08.2021 19.08.2021 24.08.2021 2,RajenderNagar, Sahibabad, 0040578608-4 Have Changed my Name to Kaif PUBLIC NOTICE 11.00 A.M. 5.00 P.M. at 11.00 A.M. Ghaziabad,UP-201005,have Tahir,Permanently. I, Vipin Kumar S/oArjunSingh This is for the information to General changed my name to PRIYA publicthatmyclientSmt.Ramesh .tendersorissa.gov.in" YadavR/o-Rajapur, 0040578615-1 Further details can be seen from the web site "www SHARMA,for all purposes. Kumari Arora W/o. Late Shri Gian Sd/- Kannauj,U.P.-209728,have I, KUSAM LATA AGGARWALW/O Prakash Arora R/o H.no -29-B, Street PUBLIC NOTICE 0040578603-9 No. 5, Rashid Market, Delhi -110051, Chief Construction Engineer changed my minor son’s name SH. PRADEEP AGGARWALR/O Be it known to all concerned that my have disowned her Son namely Manoj Rural Works, Circle, Bhawanipatna Vivek Kumar to Vivek Yadav. Arora and that my client Smt. Ramesh clients Mahboob Ahmed S/o Jaffer I,PASHUPATI RATUDI S/OVIDYA F1U-17, PITAMPURA, DELHI- Hussain and Smt. Rafika Begum W/o Kumari Arora shall not be held DUTT RATUDI R/O 110034HAVECHANGED MY Mahboob Ahmed both R/o House no. OIPR- 25102/11/0005/2122 0040578615-8 liable/responsible nor her estate shall 186, M-Block, Sunder Nagari, Delhi- 2738,GALINO.69,B- NAME TO KUSUMAGGARWAL. be held liable for any 110093 hereby disown and debar their BLOCK,SANT- I, Tannu Shah W/o Mohit Bansal Acts/Omissions/Commission, If any, son Nazim Ahmed for his deplorable 0040578603-6 done by her Son namely Manoj Arora. and ciriminal behaviour and out of RAJASTHAN MEDICAL EDUCATION SOCIETY NAGAR,BURARI,DELHI- R/oF-26/102 Ayodhya Chowk Whosoever deals with him in any control of my clients, from inheriting the 110084.CHANGED MY NAMETO Sector-7Rohini Delhi-110085 I, KAVITAABHAYRAJ SHAH w/o matter/manner shall do at his/her own movable and immovable properties of Chikitsha Shiksha Bhawan, Govind Marg, Adarsh Nagar,Jaipur (Rajasthan) risk and consequences. my clients. My clientshave already (Constituted by Government of Rajasthan) PASHU PATTI RATURI. changed my nametoKavya HINESH OSTWAL R/o76, Sd/- MANOJ MITTAL (ADVOCATE) severed all relation with Nazim Ahmed Bansalpermanently. Anandvan, A-6, Paschim Vihar, CHAMBER: F-623, Karkardooma and have no connection or relation with (Registered under the Rajasthan Society Registration Act, 1958) 0040578603-10 Court, Delhi-110032 him for all intent and purposes. My No.: F1(1)/RajMES/Estt./Faculty/Recruitment/2019/2939 Dated: 29.07.2021 New Delhi-110063 have clientsshall not responsible for any act 0040578603-5 Recruitment Notification (For various teaching posts) I,PRIJI ARUNAN,spouse of,K changed my name to KAVITA and deed committed/ done by their son. Any body dealing with him shall do so at Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for the following postsofMedical Teachers in Clinical &Non- ARUNAN,address of,Room.No- I, Suresh Kumari W/o Rajinder OSTWAL. PUBLIC NOTICE his/ her own peril/ risk and my clients shall not be responsible for the same. Clinical subjectsbyChairman, Recruitment Board, Rajasthan Medical Education Society:- 934, ADGSI/SI-5,A Wing,Sena PalNarang R/o-H.No.54,Shyam 0040578545-1 Public at large is informed Sd/- Sr. Department Professor Associate Assistant Bhawan,New Delhi-110011, Enclave,Near Karkardooma thatmyclientess Ms. Tarun Sondhi No. Professor Professor Court,Delhi-110092,have I, Jahid S/o-Mohd Suleman,R/o Advocate have changed my name PRIJI Jessica Sethi,D/o Sh. Enrl. No. D/498/2011 1. Anatomy 3 3 6 ARUNAN to PRIJIM,for all changed my nametoAsha C-359, Gali.Number-10,Shri Rajbir Singh, R/o 1625 A, Chamber No. 631, Western Wing, 2. Physiology 1 0 8 TisHazari Court, Delhi-110054 purposes. Narang. Ram Colony,Rajeev- DLFGolf Course Road, 3. Biochemistry 0 2 7 Nagar,Delhi-110094,Have Gurgaon, Haryana-122009 0040578615-4 0040578615-9 PUBLIC NOTICE 4. Microbiology 2 3 2 Changed my Name to has lost set of document 5. Pharmacology 1 3 4 I, Sunil Kumar Gulati,S/O Dina “Itistoinform to the public at large that Mr. I,PANKEJ TYAGI,W/OADESH Mohammad containing few Original and Virender Singh acquired Property bearing 6. Pathology 4 7 9 Nath Gulati R/o37/10 Ashok TYAGI,R/o-373, NITI-KHAND-2, Zahid,Permanently. photocopies in R.K. Puram No. RZ-24/3, Plot No. 28-A, area measuring 7. Forensic Medicine 4 0 3 Nagar,New Delhi-110018 have on dated 25.07.2021, for the 28 sq. yds., out of Khasra No. 307, situated in INDIRAPURAM, Ghaziabad, 0040578615-2 the revenue estate of Village Nasirpur colony 8. PSM 0 5 9 changed my nametoSunil known as IndraPark,GaliNo. 36, Palam U.P-201014,Changed my name property No.50/2, Ground 9. General Medicine 6 9 3 Gulati. Colony,New Delhi, vide.SaleDeed dated to PANKAJ TYAGI. I, Georjbeen Sagaria S/oG. Floor,Sarva Priya Vihar, 09-07-2007 executed by Mr.Surat Singh 10. Paediatrics 4 4 6 Sagaria, R/o-RZ-26A/4, Gali- New Delhi. The details of through his attorney Mr.Virender Singh in 0040578620-2 0070748324-1 favour of Mr.Virender Singh in respectof 11. Psychiatry 0 5 0 No.9,IndiraPark,Palam documentsisgiven: (1) said property,area measuring 28 sq. yds., 12. Lep &Ven (Skin) 0 5 0 I, Sumit Kumar MishraS/o Photocopies of Agreement duly regd. Doc. No. 7587 in respect of above I,No-15672510F, HavSolanke Colony,N.Delhi-110045,have 13. General Surgery 0 4 4 MukundMishra, R/oE-2/27/2, to Sell, GPA, Receipt, Will & said property.Now Mr.Virender Singh is the Bandu Laxman, In my service changed my name to George undisputed owner of above said property. 14. Orthopaedics 6 3 7 E2 Block, Fifth Pusta, Masjid affidavitall dated Any person /firm /institution /company records the name of my wife & Been Sagaria for all purpose. having any claim or right in respect of the said 15. E.N.T. 0 5 0 Area, Sonia Vihar, Delhi, have 12.09.1986 all document daughter has beenwrongly Property by way of inheritance, share, sale, 16. Ophthalmology 0 5 1 changed my nametoSumit 0040578615-5 executedbySh. Om agreement, lease, license, gift, possession, mentioned wife as Mangla legal heirs, partners or encumbrance 17. Obs. &Gyne 5 3 1 Solankeinstead of Mangla Mishrafor all futurepurposes. I, Darwin keswani S/oKamal ParkashNayyar S/o Sh. howsoever or otherwise is hereby required Bishan Das Nayyar in to intimate in writing to the undersigned 18. Anaesthesia 3 5 4 Bandu Solanke anddaughter 0040578551-1 Kumar keswani R/oA-319/1 within 07 daysfrom the dateofpublication favour of Sh. Anil Malhotra 19. Radiodiagnosis 6 7 6 PayalSolankeinstead of Payal Shastri Nagar Delhi-110052, of this notice of his/her/their share or claim, if I, Shivani W/oHardeep Singh and Smt. Kaushaliya Rani any,with all supporting documents at below Online submission of application will start from 06.08.2021.Last date for submission of online applications along with required Bandu Solanke .Itneeds have changed my name to mentioned address. After expiration of notice documentsis23.08.2021 till 12.00 midnight. R/o359,ChandNagar, Tilak Malhotra. (2) Photocopy of period, the claims, if any,ofsuch person shall correction. Objections be filed Darvin Keswani. For more details and updates kindly visit website below: https://education.rajasthan.gov.in/medicaleducation Nagar, N.Delhi-110018 have Will dated 15.10.1986 be treated null and void and also treated as Sd/- to concerned authorities 0040578603-1 waived and not binding on our client. changed my nametoSarabjeet executed by Smt. Ajay Kumar Giri, Advocate DIPR/C/7530/2021 Director,RajMES within seven days. Kaushaliya Rani Malhotra in H.No. 26/161, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Kaur. I, DHIRAJ VISHENT,S/o Anwar Lajpat Nagar 4, New Delhi 110024 0020424764-1 Husain,R/oF-5, favour of Sh. Anil Malhotra. 0040578615-6 (3)Photocopies of OFFICE OF THE I,Mohd. Plot.No.115/117,Sudha Sarovar Nafees,S/o Mohd. Rafi, Agreement to sell, GPA, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER I, Shilpi Kumari W/o Prashant Colony, Govindpuram, R/o-1065,Street Rajan,Farash Will, Affidavit &Receipt all JAL SHAKTI (PHE) DEPARTMENT,DIVISION PULWAMA Kumar Singh R/oQP-105, 2nd- Ghaziabad,UP-201013,have Khana,Delhi-110006,have dated 02.05.1994 all E-Mail: [email protected] Floor PitampuraDelhi-110034 changed my name to DHEERAJ changed my name to document executed by Sh. changed my nametoShilpi VINCENT. Nafisuddin,for all purposes. Anil Malhotra S/o Late Sh. Singh permanently. NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS 0040578630-5 0040578608-7 Amolak Raj Malthotra in 0040578603-3 favour of M/s Kuber E-NIT S. No.32/PHEP of 2021-22 I,Kumar Satyam,S/O Avinaw I, Babar Khan,S/o-Aftab,R/o-R- Forand on behalf of the Lt. Governor UT of J&K e-tenders (Two coverSystem) on Turn-key Basis including free trial runof I, Satpal Rohilla S/oSh. Ram Constructionsacting Kishor Singh,resident 236, Gali.No-5,Jogabai Extn., three months after completion of all the components of schemeinall aspects and there after maintenance foraperiod of one Kishan R/oH.No. 125, Village throughits PartnerSh. year which includes 6months DLP are invited from Reputed and resourceful contractors/ Firms/Companies/Joint Venture of of,H.No.RZG-55A, Gali.No.2, Jamia-Nagar,New Delhi- and Post Office Rawta, New RadheyMohan. 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RANI RAMPAL leanedonthe fence, closedher eyes and, as the firstdroplets of rain fell on her face, allowedherself awide grin. IN LINE WITH OPP DEMAND Soaking in the freshlyminted feeling of being an Olympic semifinalist,the India captain wasinadaze. She walked from Nitishbreaks the pitchtowards thedressing room through anarrow, barri- cadedpath, stoppedfor asecond, pumpedher arms and shouted: “Yaaay!” Then,she hoppedonto ranks,callsfor acartand embracedher coach SjoerdMarijne. “Is this real?” theyasked each other. It didn’t feel real. NottoRani. Pegasusprobe, Not to Marijne. Nottothe few hundred people inside the Oi The players celebrateafter winning their quarterfinalmatchagainstWorld No.3Australia 1-0 on Monday. Reuters HockeyStadium or thebillion backhome. But as the Tricolour Housedebate CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Fitter, tougher, faster,fearless: how coach SPORT On caste census, says maymeetPM BUSINESSASUSUAL Sjoerd Marijnechangedateam on, off field withBihar leaders, holdown count BY UNNY spirational movie. Itwasaglimpse intoMarijne’s MIHIRVASAVDA On Monday, aftertoppling coaching philosophy. “He knows TOKYO,AUGUST2 Australia 1-0 to enterthe semifi- when to push our triggers and SANTOSHSINGH nals, captain Rani Rampal re- how. If we lose, it won’t mean he PATNA,AUGUST2 LAST WEEK, as the Indian calledthat session, and said it re- will be hard on us,” said aplayer. women’s hockeyteam stared at ally helpedthe team regroup “Similarly,ifwewin,thereisno BIHAR CHIEF MinisterNitish an early exit from the Olympic and makearoaring comeback. guarantee he will be pleased.” Kumar, an importantallyand Games aftertheir thirdloss in a The 47-year-old Dutchcoach, This wasapparent afterthe coalition partner of the BJP,on row, afuming coach Sjoerd meanwhile, kept his cards close team qualifiedfor the Tokyo Mondaythrew his weight be- Marijne calledameeting. The to hischest—after all, there’s a Olympics in late2019. After hind the Opposition’s demand players expected adressing semifinal to playagainstthe ‘Sorry family, Icoming again makingameal of aseemingly KAMALDEEPSIXTH foradebateinParliament on the down, but were in forasurprise. sharp Argentines. “I won’t reveal later’: Marijne posted, along straightforward match, India de- IN DISCUS THROW Pegasussurveillance controversy. Nitishathis ‘jantadurbar’ in Marijne didn’t utter awordin the name(of the movie),you can with aphoto with the team feated the US to qualify for PAGES 17, 18 Nitishalsosaidthat should Patna on Monday. PTI anger.Instead, he screened an in- read it in my book,”helaughed. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 the central government con- tinue to reject the JD(U)’s de- mand foracaste census,the state GOVT &POLITICS government “would always have ED Duopoly Ladakhstandoff: Birla asks govt to take his stake in the option” of carrying out its RAJNATH CALL FAILS unwanted owncaste census exercise.

PLAIN TO BREAK IMPASSE; E The Centrehas stonewalled ● outcome EX OPP TO MEETTODAY India, Chinaagree Vodafone Idea if it can save telco persistent demands by Opposition parties foraninquiry, PAGE 7 playertelecom market”. ADUOPOLYinthe tele- or even adebateinParliament, to disengagefrom AASHISHARYAN Investorsask TheIndian Express has seen a com sector is likelytobe on the revelations made by a time. One neverknows how NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 if govt wants copyofthe letter,whichwas an unpalatable outcome global media investigation on one’s phone can be tappedthese a3-player written on June 7. forthe DoTand thesec- possible surveillance of phones days.Sotheremustbeaprobe,” akey patrol point KUMAR MANGALAMBirla, market:says “Toactivelyparticipateinthis torregulators. If thereis using the Pegasus spywarede- the Chief Ministersaid in re- chairman of the telecommuni- in aletter fundraising, the potentialforeign no immediatesupport velopedbythe Israeli cyber-in- sponse to reporters’ questions on cationscompanyVi, haswritten investors (mostlynon-Chinese that can help Vi getback telligence companyNSO Group. the Pegasus controversy at his AgreementonGograPost, butnot Hot to the central government that and we areyet to approachany on itsfeet, customers at Ithasalsonotrespondedtore- jantadurbar in Patna. he is “morethan willing to hand In aletteraddressedto Chinese investors) want to see the bottom of the pyra- peateddemands by parties like “People have been talking Springs;movementinnextfew days over” his stakeinthe company CabinetSecretaryRajiv Gauba, clear governmentintent to have mid will end up paying the JD(U) and RJD to carry out a about it (the alleged snooping) to anypublicsector,government, Birla has said that the company athree-playertelecommarket Rs 150-200per month censusexercise to determine the in Parliament. People can be ha- thereisanagreement to disen- or domestic financial entity or to wastryingtoraiseRs25,000 (consistent with itspublic justfor basic services — numbersof differentcaste groups. rassedand disturbed with DEEPTIMANTIWARY gage.OnPP15, China continues anyother firm that the govern- crorefromvarious investors, but stance) through positive actions whichwould hurtthe “Letthere be adiscussion (in phone tapping. If onetakes my &KRISHNKAUSHIK to insist that it is holding itsown ment maythink fit, in order to mostofthem had asked to be as- on long-standing requests such goals of Digital India, ex- Parliament) on the matter (of al- view, the matter should be NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 side of theLineofActualControl keep Vi (formerly known as suredthatthe Indiangovern- as clarity on AGR(adjustedgross perts said. leged snooping). Phone-tapping probed,” he said. (LAC),” an official said. Vodafone Idea) going. ment wanted to “haveathree- CONTINUEDONPAGE4 has been discussedfor along CONTINUEDONPAGE4 ENDINGTHE stalemateinbor- The proposals arewiththe der talksthat lastednearly six government, and details of how months, India andChina have the troops will move arebeing agreedinprinciple to disengage discussed, sources said. The Permanent solution to Ambani bomb scare: NIA collects at akey patrol point in eastern movement is expectedtostart Ladakh even though otherfric- withinthe next couple of days, border row will be from tion areas remain in the region, theysaid. phones seized from jailed IM chief government sources said. The issue of Chinese ingres- The agreement on PP17A sion in the Depsang Plains and Supreme Court:Sarma THEEXPRESS him,but deniedsendingthe mes- Akhtar is believedtohave wasreachedduring the 12th Charding-Ninglung Nallah MAHENDERSINGH sages shared over the Telegram takenoverashead of the IM af- round of Corps Commander- (CNN) in the Demchokareawere “If the Supreme Courtcan INTERVIEW MANRAL app on them, whichclaim re- terthe arrest of itsco-founder leveltalksSaturday.The meet- notdiscussed, sources said. But LIZMATHEW look intothe history,various NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 sponsibility forthe explosives Yasin Bhatkalin2013, and is one ing, whichwas part of aseries of the latestbreakthrough is signif- NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 governments’ administrative de- ‘IT’S AHISTORICAL found in an SUV outside Ambani’s of the accusedinthe Mumbai measures to resolve the 15- icant, theysaid, considering the cisions and decide the bound- INJUSTICE THAT THE NATIONAL Investigation house in the nameofpurported blasts of 2011.The phones had month standoffinLadakh,was stalematesince February. WITH THE Centre proddingthe aries, Assam has no issue... Aper- HAS COME TO US, Agency (NIA) team probing the terror outfit Jaish-ul-Hind. been recoveredfromhis barracks held on the Indian side of the Ajoint statement issued Assam and Mizoram govern- manent solution, Ithink,will be THANKSTOCONG’ bomb scareoutside industrialist The NIA collected the during asearch operationby Chushul-Moldo border. Mondaysaid the twosideshad mentstodial down tensions af- from the Supreme Court of India. HIMANTA BISWA SARMA Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai res- phones from the DelhiPolice Tihar Jail authorities along with Sources said China has a“candidand in-depth exchange teralmostaweek of the stand- If it takesdecisions... the issue ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER idence has takenintopossession Special Celloffice in Lodhi theNew Delhi RangeofDelhi agreedtostepbackfromPP17A, of views on resolutionofremain- offatthe border,Assam Chief will be resolvedpermanently,” twocellphones recoveredfrom Colonylastweek. Highly placed Police Special Cell on March 11. alsoknown as theGograPost, ing areas relatedtodisengage- MinisterHimantaBiswaSarma Sarma said in an interviewto Tehseen Akhtar,the allegedchief sources said the agency is look- “Police found that the cell- but is “notinclined” to move ment along the Line of Actual said that while the “healing The Indian Express. FACING‘DRACONIAN’ of the Indian Mujahideen, who ing intoevidenceagainstasen- phones were beingusedbyhim backfromPP15orthe Hot Control in the Western Sector of processison”, along-term solu- Sarma alsoblamed previous BLOCKADE:MIZORAM is lodged in Tihar Jail. iorofficerofthe MumbaiPolice, since October.The Tihar Jail ad- Springs area. “Modalities arebe- India-China border areas”. tion to the “complex” issue is in Congress governmentsatthe PAGE 8 Akhtar has acceptedthat the afterwhichpermission would ministration also conductedan ing worked out. But on PP17A, CONTINUEDONPAGE4 the hands of the Supreme Court. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 twoAndroid phones belong to be sought forhis arrest. CONTINUEDONPAGE4

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Random House India, whichhit Tibet, nuclear testsinPokhran, ment when Azhar wasdesig- the Chinese were awarethat SHUBHAJITROY the stands recently. Sikkim, the Indo-US nuclear deal nated global terroristatthe theyhad fundamental concerns NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 As Joint Secretary(EastAsia), and Masood Azhar’s listing as a UNSC in May2019. about the Indo-US nuclear deal,” Gokhale wasdealing with China 'global terrorist' at theUnited However, one of the mostin- Gokhale writes. CHINAUSED its“close connec- in the MinistryofExternal Affairs Nations Security Council (UNSC). terestingclaims in thebook is “Knowing the influence that tions” with LeftpartiesinIndia to in 2007-09, when the deal was In the chapteronMasood howChinatried to usethe Left the Leftpartieswieldedinthe CHILDREN RETURN “builddomestic opposition” to being negotiated and Indiagot a Azhar,Gokhale reveals how parties to scuttle the Indo-US nu- United Progressive Alliance gov- AS ALLCLASSES the Indo-USnucleardeal be- waiver from the Nuclear China usedthe Russians to stall cleardeal. ernment of Dr Manmohan OPEN IN PUNJAB tween2007and 2008. This Suppliers' Group (NSG) after the listing of the Jaish-e- “…China utilizedthe close Singh, China perhaps playedon might have been the “firstin- Beijing yielded. Mohammedchief. At one point, connectionswiththe Leftparties their fears about India’s tilt to the LAXHOMEISOLATION stance forChina to operatepolit- In his diplomatic career of 39 he says,the Chinese side also in India. Topleadersofthe Americans. This mayhavebeen BEHINDKERALA icallyinIndian domestic politics”. years, Gokhale, who is proficient claimedthatPakistanhad reli- CommunistParty of India and the firstexampleofChina’sforay SURGE: GOVT TEAM This revelation, that could in Mandarin, has spent more VijayGokhale, who spent 20 yrs in China, is out with abook ablyassured themthatthe “JeM CommunistParty of India intodomestic politics, but they have political and diplomatic than 20 years in China, seven wasdefunct”and that “Masood (Marxist)wouldtravelto Chinafor were careful to remain behind U.S. PULLOUT BEHIND ramifications, is partofformer years on the China desk in MEA Azhar had ‘retired’”. meetings or medical treatment. the scenes,” he further writes. MOUNTING CRISIS: foreign secretaryVijay Gokhale's and sevenyearsinEastAsia. He the country. In January2018, he topics on whichIndiaand China India obviouslydid notbuy “Both parties were avowedly Gokhale says China’s interac- AFGHANPRESIDENT newbook,The Long Game:How has served as India's ambassa- replacedSJaishankarasforeign negotiated in the last75years -- thatline. As ForeignSecretary, nationalistwhenitcame to the tions with India throughout this PAGES 9, 14 the Chinese Negotiatewith dor to Chinaand is considered secretaryand retired lastyear. starting from India’s recognition Gokhale wasone of the lead ne- BoundaryQuestion and other period were in contrast to the India, publishedbyPenguin oneofthe topChina-watchersin Gokhale’s book covers six of the People’s Republic China to gotiators forthe Indian govern- matters of bilateral interest, but CONTINUEDONPAGE4

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The 16 with seamless, telegraphedpassing that was for ‘beating up’ onceAustralia’shallmark.Andeverytimethey wentuponthegraffitiwallinsidethestadium, were pusheddeep in their ownhalf, they Nitish breaks ranks, callsfor manonroad, belowArgentina’sAlbiceleste,itcouldn’t have showeduncharacteristic calmness and ahigh been morereal. leveloftechnicalskill to keep the Australians breaking his phone The Indian women’s hockeyteam had de- at bayevenwhen theywent all out in the final featedWorldNo.3andformergoldmedallists stage. Pegasus probe,House debate Australia1-0inoneof thegreatestupsetsof all In away,India had out-AussiedAustralia. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE time to gatecrash intothe semifinals of the This wasacknowledgedbyatinybunch of ThePegasusaffairhasstruck Assemblyin2020.” hadbeenpassedintheHousein couldjeopardise itsplans in a LUCKNOW,AUGUST2 Olympic Games -- forthe firsttime ever. Australians in the stands, whose frustrationat anotherchordintheJD(U)given Asked if the Bihargovern- 2019.Itcould be justtheir indi- numberof states,includingpoll- The team thathad finished12thout of 12 their team’s failureturnedtoadmiration for that one of the potential targets mentcouldholditsownexercise vidual opinion...” bound UP. THREE DAYS afteravideo went viral online in teams at the RioOlympics five years ago, last Raniandherteammatesastheminutesticked wasstrategist PrashantKishor. if theCentredidnotoblige,Nitish In NewDelhi,the JD(U)'s VeteranBJP leader and for- whichawoman is seenpurportedly beating playedacompetitive match in October 2019, by. “HewaswiththeJD(U)between said: “Wewill alwayshavethis newlyelected presidentLalan mer GovernorofHaryana and up aman on aroad, the Lucknowpoliceon sawhalf-a-dozen players getting infected Whenthehootersounded,theIndianplay- September 2018 andJanuary option open. Ihavebeen saying Singh ledadelegation of his TripuraKaptanSingh Solanki MondayregisteredanFIR againsther at the with Covidinthe second wave, and landed ers,overcomebyemotion,lookedateachother 2020 and wasinconstant touch this since 1990... Acaste census party'sleadersto ameetingwith on Monday said he wasin Krishna Nagarpolice station. in Tokyounder-preparedtoget spanked in in bewilderment, unabletograsp the magni- withseniorleaders.Targetinghis waslastdoneduring the rule of Home MinisterAmit Shah to favour of aprobe intothe The case wasfiledunder IPC sections 394 their firstthree matches, hadsomehow tude of thesituation. Theyhuddledatthe cen- phone is aserious issue forusas theBritish.Itwillmakeeveryso- pressthedemandforacastecen- Pegasus allegations —however, (voluntarilycausinghurtincommitting rob- turnedthe tables. treofthe pitch, posedfor aselfie, punchedthe well,” said asource. cial group happy, and also help sus on Monday. Lalan later told since the matter would nowbe bery)and 427(mischief causing damageto It wasalmost aseminalmoment forIndian air and jumpedinjoy.Therewasn’tadry eye- On the caste census, Nitish in better governance.” reporters that Shah had given heardbythe SupremeCourt, it the amount of Rs 50), said police. hockey, whichhas kept the sport afloat in -eventhe sky,cloudless and bright until then, said he hadbeen talking to all He added: “The Centredid themanassurancethatthemat- should be lefttothe court. Additional Deputy Commissioner of other parts of theworld butitself under- openedup. partiesinBiharto sendajointlet- notrelease the listofcastessay- terwould be discussed. “Democracy restsonmutual Police, Central (Lucknow),ChiranjeevNath achievedfor decades together.After 41 years Finally, whentheyexitedthepitchafteral- tertoPrime MinisterNarendra ing it had flaws.What we had On July20, however, Union trustand privacy of individuals. Sinha said the man, acab driver, filedacom- of nothing, the women and men’s Indian most30minutes of impromptucelebrations, Modi reiterating the demand, learnt wasthat the listwas up- MinisterofState forHome This Pegasus issue is raisedby plaint againstthe woman on Monday. hockeyteamshaveplacedthemselveswithin Salima Tete andLalremsiami, the twoyoung andto possiblyalsomeethimin datedonlytill2013. If there are NityanandRai hadtold Lok foreign agencies.Ithas given Police said the complainant also alleged touching distance of an Olympic medal with stars who dazzledAustralian defenderswith adelegation. indeed flaws,theycan be recti- Sabha that thecensusfor 2021 manynames, including MPs of that she snatched his cellphone and brokeit. incrediblewinson back-to-backdays,within their pace, hugged eachother tightly, fought The Chief Minister, who also fied through the caste census.” would notrecordcaste popula- both sides(rulingand Earlier,onFriday,after being informedof 24 hours of eachother. back tearsand brokeintoaloud giggle. “Can raisedthe demand forthe caste Asked aboutthe statements tionsotherthantheoverallnum- Opposition), journalists and a“scuffle”between twopersons got engaged But while the men, who take on world youbelieveit!”Siami yelled. Few could. censusathisparty'snationalex- fromsomeleaders,mainlyfrom bers of ScheduledCastesand manyothers. It has resulted in in ascuffle at Awadh crossing, apolice team championsand gold favouritesBelgium on ecutive meeting lastweek,re- the BJP,that thecaste census ScheduledTribes. an atmosphereofdistrust. had rushedtothe spotand hadbrought the Tuesday(7amIST), were primedtoreachthis Fitter, tougher called that“aresolution on the couldcausesocialdiscord,Nitish Sources in the BJP said the Therefore, Ihavesaidthat...it youth and the girltothe policestation for- stageafter years of investment and exposure, back-to-backOlympics forthe firsttimeever. castecensus waspassedunani- said: “I wonder whysome peo- party washesitant to backthe should be probed,” PTI quoted woman questioning. the women have forlong been an after- Butif theplayerswere expectingtheircoach mouslybythe Bihar Legislative ple have been talking likethis demand foracaste census be- Solankiassaying. Police said, the womanclaimedthat she thought formany. to behappywiththeoutcome,theywereinfor Councilin2019and by the when aunanimous resolution cause it feared that such amove (WITHENS,NEWDELHI) wascrossing theroadwhen the man, who Indeed, thereare underdog stories, and arealitycheck.Whenthe team reassembled wasdriving the car “rashlyand negligently”, then there’s the storyofthis women’s hockey forthenationalcampattheirbaseinBengaluru, stoppedthe vehicle in front of her following team.Eachplayerhasovercomeseeminglyin- Marijne scheduledaone-off eight-hour train- medal.Soonafter, inwhatfeltlikeapromotion spectrumpayments, and mostimportantly, a hasbeenmakingeffortstoeasethetensionbe- whichshe sufferedaminor injury.She al- surmountableoddsto reachthisfar:prejudice, ing session. It startedat8in themorning and forHarendraandpunishmentforMarijne,their floor pricing regime above the cost of service,” tween the twostates, Sarma said that along- leged that had she notacted swiftly,she povertyand patriarchy. Eachplayerhas been endedat4pm, withashort lunchbreak being roles were swapped. Birla wroteinthe letter. term solution to this “very, very complex” is- could have been “severely injured”. drivenbynothing else but passion. “This is the the onlydowntime. But the Dutchman took it on the chin and Without this “immediate active support” sue is also complex. "Thereare some regional The police alsohad brought the man’s real 'Chak De!' moment,”Marijne,the Afterthe Australia scalp on Monday, sinceMay 2018,whenherejoinedthewomen’s from the government on the issue of AGR, andconstitutionalissuesforwhichasolutionis three friends, who were with him in the car, Dutchman in charge of theteam, said. though, the coachwas over the moon.He team,thegraphhasonlygoneinonedirection moratorium on spectrum paymentsand floor nothappening,” he said. to the policestation. As forthe coach, who has displayedstrong hugged the team, clickedpictures withthem -- upwards. Yet, the coachand his players will pricing, Birla said the telco's operations would “People of Assam did notcreatethese Station house officer,Krishna Nagarpo- will andaforensic ability to work the smallest and,fromthepitchside,wasseenvideo-calling hope the peak is yettocome. bedriventoan“irretrievablepointof collapse”, boundaries...theyweregiven by the lice station, Mahesh Kumar Dubey said the of details, taking the team this farisanad- hiswifeandthreechildreninAmsterdam.Later, givenits financial situation. Birla had sought Government of India. But we arebeing looked police booked threemenon chargesof mirable achievement. he postedahappy team picture from the bus Ladakh standoff thegovernment's support on these three is- at with suspicion...,” Sarma said. breachofpeace. Theywerelater produced Forone, he has transformedthe team's fit- with amessagefor his family: "Sorry family, I Itsaid:“Thetwosidesnotedthatthis...meet- suesnolater than July. OnMonday,MizoramGovernorHariBabu before magistrate whichreleased them on ness levels along with South African strength coming again later." ingwasconstructive,whichfurtherenhanced Birla owns morethan 27 per cent stakein Kambhampati metPrime Minister Narendra surety. Theman is aresident of Chowk local- andconditioningcoachWayneLombard.Then, That heartfelt postdrewareplyfrom mutualunderstanding.Theyagreedtoresolve Vi;the partner and global firm Vodafone Plc ModiatParliamentHouseto discussthestand- ity in Lucknowwhile the woman is aresi- during the lockdown, he combinedwithfor- Bollywood'smostfamous“hockeycoach”Shah theseremainingissuesinanexpeditiousman- holds over 44 percent. Vi didnot respond to offbetween the twostates. The Governor said dentofKrishna Nagararea, said police. mer USAcoachJanneke Schopman, whose RukhKhan.Andtherealhockey coach'sfollow- nerinaccordancewiththeexistingagreements emails askingwhether it had receivedareply theCentre andstategovernmentswerework- Policerefusedtodivulgethe identity of team India had defeated to qualify forthe ers on Twitter rocketedfrom 2,000-odd at the andprotocolsandmaintainthemomentumof to Birla's letter from the CabinetSecretariat or ingclosely andeffortsareunderway to resolve the man and the woman. Olympics, to finetune tactics and technique. startofthe dayto32,000by lateevening. dialogue and negotiations.” the TelecomMinistry. theissue.Membersof ParliamentfromAssam The SHO addedthat the woman waslet All those tinysteps, manytaken over four- FromthetimehejoinedtheIndianteamin Thestatementsaidthetwoalsoagreedthat The companyhas to payatotal AGRof also held ameeting with the Prime Minister. offthat dayafter police got her give personal and-a-half years, came to fruition on asultry 2017,Marijne has been working to makethe in the interim,“theywillcontinue their effec- morethan Rs 60,000 croreover10years, or surety of notindulging in such activities fur- morning that suckedevery ounce of energy. players mentallyand physicallytougher.He tive effortsinensuringstabilityalongtheLACin nearly Rs 1,500crore everyquarterbetween Ambani ther."Action againstthe girl wastaken be- India’s women out-ran, out-thought and out- startedwith alargely disjointed unit, one in theWesternSectorandjointlymaintainpeace 2021and 2031.Inaddition,thecompanyowed internalinquirytoascertainhowhegot thecell- cause she assaulted theman instead of mak- playedAustralia —afeat thatseemedbeyond whichmostplayerscouldn'trun,passorscore and tranquility”. Rs 96,270 croreasdeferredspectrum obliga- phones, but theyfailedtoidentify anyone,” a ing complaint to police,"saidDubey. belief even hours afterthe final second of play. goals,and wasnot toohappywiththeindivid- According to sources, the disengagement tions,andanotherRs23,000croretobanksand senior jail official said. On Sunday, the video of the incident went Belief,however, waswhatcarriedtheteam ualisticperformancesof manywhocrumbled atPP17Aislikelytofollowtheprocessthatwas financial institutions as of March 31 this year. SourcestoldTheIndianExpressthatateam viral afterwhichsenior police officials started through. “WeknowAustraliadon’t likeplay- underpressure. adoptedfor PP14 in the Galwan Valley and Vi hasunsuccessfullypetitionedthe of theNewDelhiRangefirstquestionedAkhtar collecting details about the matter with ingus,”goalkeeperSavitaPunia,whopulledoff Fast-forward to four-and-a-half yearslater, Pangong Tsowhereatime-frame wasset for Supreme Court multiple times, firstchalleng- inside the prison complex, and he said the de- KrishnaNagarpolice station. crucial saves, said. “Theygaveusthe space to and the historic win againstWorld No.3and withdrawal, temporarystructureswerere- ingtheAGRcalculationsdoneby DoT, andafter vices were being usedbysix other prison in- playour game and we executedour plan per- former Olympicchampions Australia in the movedand aphysicalverification wasdone. thecourtruledagainstit,seekingrecalculations mates as well, including amember of theAl- fectly. I’m so,soproud of this team.” quarterfinals wasreflectiveofthe cultural Platoon-sized units have been present on of itsdues. Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent(AQIS). Abbott in India ‘to This wasasgood ateam performance as changebrought in the team. By now, Marijne the Indian side of the LAC, at PP15and PP17A, Following the Supreme Court'sAGR judg- “Police seizedboththe cellphones, and sent theycome. India got the match-winner in the haddemocratisedteammeetingsandcreated since the Galwan clashes of June lastyear,but mentinSeptember2019,BirlahadsaidthatVi themforforensicexamination,buttheydidnot 22nd minutefromapenalty corner that drag- an atmospherewhereplayers could freelyex- theforces arenolongerinan“eyeball to eye- wouldhave to shutshopif thegovernmentdid find anything. Akhtar waslater questionedby energise bilateral flickerGurjit Kaur converted. They then de- pressthemselves, both on and offthe field. ball”confrontation.“Thereisadistanceof about notprovide relief ontheliabilityitfacesinpast the NIA as well, and he again deniedsending fendedwell butwerenever defensiveinap- This, in away,was also redemption forthe 500m between troops of both countries at statutorydues. “It doesnot makesense to put the messages (related to theAmbani bomb economic ties’ proach. coach. thesefrictionpoints.Butdisengagementisim- good moneyafter bad. That would be theend scare case),”sources said. Whenevertheyheld possession, the His appointment as the women’s team portantbecauseitisdifficulttomaintainthese of thestory forus. We willshut shop.Ifweare NewDelhi: Former Australian Prime Minister Indians dartedforward at breakneckspeed coachwas aresult of their last-place finish at positions, andmatters can go outofhand any notgettinganythingthenIthinkitisendof the Ex-foreign secy Tony Abbottisvisiting India as the Australian the Rio Games, whichmarkedIndia’s time,”anotherofficialsaid.InFebruary, thetwo storyfor Vodafone Idea,” Birla had said. positiontaken by them during the 1998 nu- Prime Minister’s Special Trade Envoy for maiden appearance at the Olympics sideshaddisengagedfromthenorthandsouth ViandBhartiAirtelremaintheonlytwo pri- clear tests. Thetopicofthe 123Deal and the India in abid to strengthen theeconomicties in morethan 30 years. “When Sjoerd banksofPangong Tso. vate players to have survivedthe lowtariffon- clean waiver thatIndia wasseeking from the withNew Delhi. firstjoinedthe team, Ithink he would SourcessaidSaturday'smeeting,whichbe- slaughtbroughtby RelianceIndustriesLimited NSGwasneverraisedbytheChineseinbilateral On his visit during August2to 6, Abbott have thought, ‘oh my god, what is this ganaround10.30 am, continuedtill 7.30 pm . (RIL)'s Reliance Jio Infocomm. meetings,andrarely discussedwheneverIndia will meetministers, businesspeople and team!’” Rani had said earlier. Theysaidthatbefore themeeting,officialswere Withthe looming threat of aJio-Airteldu- raisedthe issue, he says. think tanksto“energise the bilateral eco- EXPRSESEDUCATION Butaccordingto themanwhohad hopingto achieveabreakthroughonPP15and opoly in the Indian telecom sector,there have “Instead, the Chinese appeared to operate nomic relationship”, astatement from the coachedthe WorldNo. 1Dutch PP17A.“Both sides were prepared on what been calls forthe government to intervene in through the Leftpartiesand the left-leaning Australian High Commissionsaid. Australia’s women'steambefore comingto India, couldbeachieved.Mostofthishadbeenagreed someway. No relief packagehas,however, been mediainIndiathathadanideologicalproblem HighCommissionertoIndiaBarryO’Farrellsaid, whatsurprisedhimmorewasthatthe uponduringdiplomaticengagements,”asen- announced. withregard to nuclearweapons, inaneffortto “TheAustralia-Indiabilateral relationship is at players calledhim “sir”. But then, he ior Government official said. DoTofficialsonMondaysaiditdidnotmake builddomesticoppositionto theIndo-USdeal,” an historic high. In 2020, Prime MinisterModi sawthe team train. “Therewas no ApartfromPP15and PP17A, PP14in much “financialsense”for the government to he writes. and Prime MinisterMorrison elevatedour re- speedatall. And theydid nothave Galwan Valley, and Finger 4onthe north bank take over aprivate telecom companyatatime When contacted,Prakash Karat, who was lationshiptoaComprehensive Strategic much understanding of tactics,” he of Pangong Tsoand Rezang La and Rechin La when it was“already struggling” to offload its CPI(M)’s General Secretaryatthe time of the Partnership. We also committed to strength- said. on the southbank, were identifiedasfriction stakeinpublic sector companies around the nucleardeal—in2008, the Leftwithdrew its ening our economic relationship. Australia is MarijneandhisthenassistantEric points.Forcesfrombothsides have since dis- country. “Evenifarelief packageisannounced, supporttoUPA governmentoverthe nuclear keento deepenourtradeandinvestmentlinks Wonkink,bothtacticalnerds, along engagedfrom PP14after theviolent clashes of it cannotbecompany-specific and has to be deal —toldThe IndianExpress, “Our opposi- withIndia,andtakeoureconomicrelationship withSouth African strength and con- June 15 lastyear,whichleft20Indian and at somethingwhichcanbenefittheentireindus- tionto thenucleardealwasbecauseitcements to the next level. Increasing bilateral trade and ditioning coachWayne Lombard, be- leastfourChinese troopsdead. tryaswellasbeinthe favour of consumers,”a theIndo-USstrategicallianceof whichthemil- investment willhelpdrive economic recovery came fixatedonimprovingthe team. InDepsangPlains,Chinesetroopsareblock- senior DoTofficial said. itarycollaborationwasthekey. Thatistherea- fromtheCovid-19pandemic,andbuildsecure Everytrainingsessionsinceearly 2017 ing Indian soldiers from accessing their tradi- son we opposedit. Subsequently, theunfold- and resilient supplychains. ENS wasusedtomakethe team quicker tional patrolling limits -- PP10, PP11,PP11A, ing of eventshaveshown that that is what has and fitter,whichinturnhelpeden- PP12and PP13. In Demchok,sources said, “so- Himanta finallycome.Whathasthenucleardealgot us? hancetheirunderstandingandimple- calledcivilians”have pitchedtentsontheIndian Centrefor letting issues fester amongthe Theysaid we will be able to increase our nu- CLARIFICATIONS mentation of structureand tactics. side of Charding Nallah, whichmarkstheLAC. Northeastern states to suitthe party's “politi- clearpower, expandit...nothinghappened.All &CORRECTIONS The progress Marijne made im- “Parallel to the talks, China is also engaged calpurpose”.Northeasternstates,hesaid,"are that has happenediswehavebecome closer, pressedahard-to-pleaseHockeyIndia in pin-pricktactics.Theyare building perma- still reeling underhistorical wrongs”commit- forgedclosertieswithUSAmilitarilyandstrate- somuchthatwhentheywerelooking nentstructuresveryclosetotheborderatmany tedbythe opposition party. gically. And that is exactlywhatwehad said ON 02.08.21, PAGE 3 foracoachfor the men’s team in places and have quickenedthe pace of infra- “When they[Congress] formedthe states, would happen if we entered intosuchadeal." September 2017,theyendedup structuredevelopment on their side. But we theydid notdefine the boundaries clearly and "Our understandingwas that thenuclear THE REPORT, ‘Only 2ndCovishield dose avail- poaching the women’scoach. arehopefulofthingsimprovingatexistingfric- theyleftittostatestofightamongthemselves. deal will makeuscompletelydependent on able at govt vaccinationcentres fornow’, incor- Marijnewasinformedofthisdeci- tion points,” asecurity officer said. When the Congress government carved out the US strategically,"headded. rectlystatesthat Delhigovernment-run vac- sionvia aphone call when he was ThelastCorpsCommander-leveltalkswere Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya,they OnwhetherheoranyoftheotherLeftlead- cination centres will notoffer thefirstdose of away withthe women's team on an held on April9,when the twosidescould not should have defined the boundaries also. But ers had anydiscussion with China on the nu- the vaccine in August. exposuretourtoEurope. And former even agree on ajoint statement. On Saturday, theydid notdoso. It wasatime when the cleardealatanypointintime,hesaid,"We have An order by the DirectorateofFamily men’scoachHarendraSinghwassub- the Indian delegation wasled by Lt GenPGK Congresshadgovernmentsineverystate.Had had no discussions whatsoever." WelfaredatedAugust1states: “Government sequentlyhandedoverthereinsof the Menon, CommanderofXIV Corps that is re- they made effortsand made thedemarcation "Even if China had agreedtosupportIndia CVCs (Covidvaccination centres) arehereby f women’s team -- he ledthem to a sponsible forthe LACwitheastern Ladakh, clear,thesituationwouldhave beendifferent,” in the NSG, that would have made no differ- instructed to restartadministration of bronze medal at the Commonwealth while MajGen Liu Lin, Commander of South said Sarma, who joinedthe BJP from the ence to us,” he said. At the 2008 NSG meeting Covishield firstdoseinaratioof20:80(first Games lastyear. Xinjiang Military district, ledthe Chinese side. Congress in 2015,and took over as Chief that granted Indiathe crucialwaivertoenable dose:second dose). Firstdoseproportion of Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service Themen,however, didnotbuyinto MinisteraftertheBJPreturnedtopowerinthe itto carryoutnuclearcommerce,Chinadidnot Covaxin maybeincreasedfrom20% to 40% Ph.: 23276901, 23282028 (M):9212008155, 9212665841. Marijne’s ideas and as aconsequence, Birla asks govt March-April elections earlier this year. opposethewaiverbutraisedspecificquestions. of the total slots beingcreated.” returnedfromGoldCoastwithout a revenue) liability,adequatemoratorium on PointingoutthattheUnionHomeMinistry (WITHINPUTSFROMMANOJCG) The errorisregretted.

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PWD IDENTIFIES 7CRITICAL SPOTS Registrations begin MintoBridgetoIPEstate—somenew for 70,000 UG seats solutionsforDelhi’swaterloggingwoes at Delhi University EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 ASHNABUTANI 7KEY SPOTS REGISTRATION FORadmission NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 to DelhiUniversity’s undergrad- Jahangirpuri uateprogrammes beganlate EVENASseveral areas in Delhi Metro Mondayevening,with 8,086 grapple with waterlogging due registrations completedinthe Karala Station Road to heavy rainfall, the Public firsttwo hours.Registrations will Kanjhawala WorksDepartment (PWD) has Zakhiraflyover remain open tillAugust31. Registrationswill remain Road implementedtemporary as well This year,thereare around open till Aug31. Amit Mehra LoniRoad as permanent solutions at seven 70,000 undergraduateseats MintoBridge Golchakkar particularly vulnerable locations available across the university’s —MintoBridge, Pul Prahladpur 63 constituent colleges. year’s, withthe entireprocess of underpass, Zakhiraflyover, Loni IP Estate, Admissions to most courses registrations and admissions to oppositeWHO Road golchakkar,Jahangirpuri building will be through merit on the ba- be conducted online. Students Metrostation road, Karala sis of class XII scores,and cut-off will notberequired to visit the Kanjhawala road, and IP Estate, Pul Prahladpur lists forthese will be announced colleges or university officesat opposite theWHO Building —to underpass later by theuniversity. anystepofthe process. ensurenoaccidentstakeplace. Senior DU officialshavesaid Likelastyear,therewill be no Forthe firsttime in years, theyare trying to release the first trials conducted forECA and MintoBridge,which experiences cut-offlistbySeptember 8-9. sportsquotaadmissions.Onedif- waterloggingeverymonsoon,has were built years ago. Besidesreg- capacityof approximately1.5lakh With arecord highnumber of ference is thatinviewofthe cir- seen muchless watercollecting ular coordinationwith trafficpo- litres and pumps of suitable dis- students scoring above 95% in cumstances of the lastyear be- thanusualafteranalternateroute lice and monitoring, trolley charge will be setupbythe de- classXII this year,collegeprinci- causeof thepandemic,applicants wascreated forrainwaterdis- mounted pumps have been de- partment by monsoon 2022. pals and universityadministra- underthesecategorieswillbeper- charge.Going forward, officials Severalareas sawwaterlogging afterheavy rainfall in the capital. Praveen Khanna ployedatthree locations. Aper- Forthe time being, addi- tors have said thatcut-offsare set mitted to producecertificatesof hopeto implementsuchsolutions manent solution, however, is to tional pumps have been in- to rise even further this year. theirachievementsinthelast four at the other critical pointstoo. remodel the drain with asump stalledatmanylocations. Afew For15programmes, admis- years, asopposedtothe lastthree PWD SecretaryDilraj Kaur number of waterlogging com- ZAKHIRA FLYOVER: The area from the mandi. PWD officials well and pumping system. areas, including these seven sions willbeconducted through years as is the usual procedure. told reporters on Monday, plaintsfromlastyear.Bynextyear, under the flyover, whichgets said twoold storm waterdrains points, arebeing monitored at the DelhiUniversity Entrance The university will be con- “Waterlogging is amulti-faceted we wouldhave implementedper- heavilywaterlogged due to rain- would have to be remodelled. IPESTATE: Complaintsofwater- the PWD control room through Test conductedbythe National ducting virtual open days to help problem; in some areas suchas manentsolutions.Forthetimebe- waterfromthe railway tracks logginghavebeenpouringinfrom the day. Live footagefromcrit- Testing Agency,dates forwhich studentswith the registration Pul Prahladpur underpass, the ing,weare taking temporary and floatingwaste from nearby KARALAKANJHAWALA IP Estate on Ring Road, opposite ical pointsisavailable in the have notbeenannounced. process and to clear doubts, but topographyissuchthat the wa- measures in theseareas.” jhuggis, has diesel pumps ready ROAD: This road, too, has drains the WHO building, in the last few control room and on phones of The admissionprocess this the dates forthesehavenot been teraccumulates there. Secondly, Problems &solutions in case of powerfailure.Aper- withlowercapacitysince they years. Officials said asumpwith field staff. year is almost identical to last releasedyet. drains that were built perhaps in manent solution is re-routing or the Britishera do nothavethe MINTOBRIDGE: The area had constructing stormwaterdrains capacity as population has in- adeep barreldrain, built during under the flyover. creased.” the British era, and both sewage Sheaddedthat unplannedde- waterand drainwater would LONI ROAD GOLCHAKKAR: A velopment has onlyexacerbated flowintothe same lines and end naturallylow-lying area likeun- the problems. Further,the pattern up in the Yamuna. In the lastfew derpasses. Thereisalsoback- of rainfall has changed in the last months, officials laid anew flowfromanI&FC drain. Aper- fewyears. “Our solutionshaveto pipeline forpressurisedflowfur- manent solution forthis area is be retrofitted.Wecannotchange ther ahead on Mintoroad. laying an additional pipeline the situation overnight.Ihavefull and enhancing thecapacity of faith thatthe department will PULPRAHLADPUR UNDER- electricalpumps. leave no stone unturnedtopro- PASS: SevenCCTVcameras and vide appropriatesolutions... seventemporarypumps,with a JAHANGIRPURI METROSTA- Mintobridgeisthe perfectexam- capacity of over400 HP,have TIONROAD: The area gets wa- ple of that,” said Kaur. been installed. The permanent terlogged due to mixed dis- AseniorPWD official added: solution is to install an under- charge from populated colonies “The listofcritical locations was ground sumpwithenhancedca- nearby. It also hasalot of indus- made basedonthe maximum pacity,said officials. trial waste, and polythene bags Govtissues STRESSED ASSETS RECOVERYBRANCH strict SOPs 2nd Floor,Patna Main Branch Building, West Gandhi Maidan, Patna- 800001 Ph. No. (Office): 0612-2219043, 2219385, Fax: 0612-2219385, E-mail: [email protected] formassage E-AUCTION SALENOTICE SALE OF IMMOVABLE ASSETS CHARGED TO THE BANKUNDER THESECURITISATION ANDRECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS ANDENFORCEMENTOFSECURITY INTEREST ACT,2002. centres and The undersigned as Authorized Officer of State Bank of India has taken over Constructive Possession of the following property/ies u/s 13(4) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Public at large is informed that e-Auction (under SARFAESI Act, 2002) of the charged property/ies in the below mentioned cases for realisation of Bank's dues will be held on "As is where is, As is what is and Whatever there is" Basis.The Auction will spas in city schedule on 07.09.2021.The other details of the Auction are as under:- Sl. Name of Amount of Description of the property Name of Date of Reserve Price No. Borrower(s) Demand (as per Mortgagor/ 13(2) below which SARFAESI notice) Guarantor Date of the property EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 13(4) will not be sold NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 under EMD SARFAESI Bid Increment THE DELHI government has Act Amount come out with strict operation 1. Smt. Kumari `23,55,553.43 Equitable Mortgage of Land and building vide Sale Smt. Kumari 25.02.2020 `21,64,500/- Sneh Prabha as on 31.10.2019 Deed No.6158 dated 22/04/2014 stands in the name Sneh Prabha, guidelines forspa and massage 05.06.2020 `2,16,450/- with further interest of Smt. 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BRIEFLY MURDER CHARGESHEET Spurious pesticide ‘SushilKumar manufacturing plantbusted feltbetrayedby NewDelhi: Police have bustedaspurious pesti- cide manufacturing plant and arrested twomen juniors,wanted from Outer Delhi's Mundka.DCP (Outer) Parvinder Singh said the arrested accused, Mohan toestablish Lal and Aman, had rented twogodowns at Hiran Kudna villagetwo months agotomanufac- turefakepesticides. hissupremacy’ “Theyhad made an initial investment of Rs 9lakh. The incident came to Jaibhagwan... whichenraged light afteracomplaint ANANDMOHANJ him. He startedplanning to wasreceivedfromthe NEWDELHI, AUGUST2 strikethem hardtoteachthem representative of apesti- alesson andre-establish his su- cide manufacturing com- “SUSHIL KUMAR wasconsid- premacy.” pany, alleging that some- ered aguru by allwrestlers get- Police alleged that right af- one wasinfringing on the ting training in Chhatrasal terthis, Sushil threw outthree firm's trademarkbypro- Stadium”, but “murmurs” that wrestlers from Chhatrasal sta- ducing spurious products FORTIFIED he wasscaredofthe twoten- dium on the suspicion that they under itsname,” he said. antsoccupying his wife’s flat were passing information. Policeare looking fortwo Entrancetothe RedFortcoveredwith shipping containers ahead of Independence Day, Monday. TheFortsaw violence on RepublicDay when asection of made him feel “betrayedand, “He decidedtosettle the moreaccused. ENS farm protesters bargedinand clashedwithpolice, damaging severalareas. Praveen Khanna thus, he nursedadeep grudge matter and to stamphis author- forlossofrespect in the eyes of ity through muscle power... hisstudents”. When he realisedsome of his Govtgets35k The statement is partofthe ownstudents/trainees were suggestions Delhi Police chargesheetfiled in passing information about ‘Boost NaMo the murderof27-year-oldjun- him... he felt betrayed andthus onreopening Govt’s third wave prep: 42 PSA plants ior wrestler, SagarDhankar,at nursedadeep grudgeagainst Chhatrasal Stadium in May. It Sonu and Sagar forlossofre- schools appusers, accuses Sushil of beingthe spect in the eyes of hisstu- kingpin of this conspiracy, and dents,” the chargesheetalleges. NewDelhi: The Delhi gov- installed, oxygen storage tanks on way get chance alleges that he calledassociates Police have chargesheeted ernment has received from Delhi and Haryana with 13 persons, including Sushil, over 35,000 suggestions mandand supply”,saidthe IIT- firearms. under IPC sections 302 (punish- on the issue of reopening SOURAVROYBARMAN Delhi report. Towardsthat end, to meet PM’ Accordingtothe ment formurder) 307(attempt of schoolsinthe national NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 the Delhigovernment’sstorage chargesheet, on December 10, to murder), 147(punishment capital and will soon take capacityhasnowrisento271 MT, 2019,Sushil purchasedaflatfor forrioting), and 120(B) crimi- adecision afterreceiving THE DELHI government has in- asperhealthdepartmentrecords. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Rs 90 lakh in his wife’s nameat nal conspiracy amongother feedbackfromall stake- stalled42PSA (pressureswing Effortsare being made to en- NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 ModelTown, whichwas given sections.Thereare 155prose- holders, Deputy Chief adsorption) plants in itshospitals hancestoragecapacityatthelevel on rent to Dhankar and one cution witnesses in this case. MinisterManish Sisodia withacombinedcapacity to gen- of thehospitalsaswell.OnJuly28, GEARINGUPfor next year’smu- Bhagat forRs40,000permonth. Sushil’s lawyer Pradeep said on Monday.The gov- erate50.08metrictonnesof med- the health department floated a nicipal corporationelections, Two-and-a-halfmonths later, Rana told TheIndian Express, ernment had lastweek ical oxygenaspartofpreparations tenderforsettingupthreestorage the BJP's Delhiunitisyet again the twomen gotintoaparking “Wehavecome to know that sought feedback from stu- to meet asurge in Covid cases tanksatSanjayGandhiHospital, banking on PrimeMinister disputewith locals and Sushil the chargesheethas been filed dents, teachersand par- during apossible thirdwave. Satyawadi Raja Harish Chander NarendraModi’spopularity in asked them to vacate,the in court.However,wehavenot entsabout the reopening As per official records, out of Hospital andBhagwan Mahavir the hopes of counteringthe chargesheet states. been suppliedacopy... We will of schools considering the thetotal, 13 PSAplants—seven These plantshelp in meeting emergency situations, likethe Hospital with anet capacity to AamAadmi Party. As per the chargesheet, chalkout adefence strategy Covid-19situation is un- in Delhi government hospitals second wavewhen demand formedicaloxygenhad shotup holdover50MTmedical oxygen. The BJP,which heads all three Sushil allegedly sent twomen — onlyafter going through it, der control in Delhi. and six in Centre-run hospitals — Asenior official involved in municipalcorporations in Delhi, Ajayand Raghubir,bothaccused along with statementsofwit- have been setupusing the PM the thirdwavepreparationssaid, has been in powerfor three in this case —toconvince them nesses. We areconfident that it Cares fund. The rest have come ises. These help in meeting 7,300mightneedhospitalisation. “Arrangementsinterms of oxy- terms and faces significant anti- to leave.Itwas during thisvisit will nothold groundinthe Manheldfor up under various CSR initiatives. emergency situations —likethe In suchascenario, apartfrom genhavemadeprogress. Thereal incumbency. that theyfound one Jaibhagwan courtoflaw as Sushilisnot in- hit-and-run Accordingtothe roadmap, 18 second wavewhendemand for PSAplantswhichcan help at a challengewill bein deployingad- In arecent meeting with alias Sonu also living there. volved in the offenceasalleged morePSA plantsare likelytocome medical oxygen had shotup very limited scale, the Delhi gov- ditional healthcareworkers.The councillors, Delhi BJP president As per police, at onepoint, by theinvestigating agency.” thatkilled2 upinDelhigovernmenthospitals sharply,leaving hospitalsand ernment will have to centrally government canincrease num- Adesh Kumar Gupta said that if Sonu told Sushil’s associates Police have listedthree by August31andthreeby October government in apanic. maintain astorage capacity of berofbedsveryquicklybyroping theymanagetoadd 1,100new thatifhe“wantstoget hisflat snapshots as evidence, taken NewDelhi: A60-year-old 15.UnderPMCares,9moreplants Effortstoaugment the gener- 287MT, while 51 largehospitals in private hospitals, declaring users to the NaMo app, they vacated,heshouldtalktohim from aone-minutevideo ex- man and his wifedied arescheduledtobecommis- ation, storageand transportca- will have to separatelyaugment morehospitals as Covid-dedi- would getachance to meetparty personally”. tracted from thephone of an ac- and three peoplewerein- sionedinDelhi government hos- pacity of medical oxygen is being their storagecapacity to 350MT. cated,orthrough makeshiftfa- national president JPNadda. “Sushil Kumar is an cused, Prince. juredwhenacar hit three pitals by August15and four in carriedout by the government During the second wave, oxy- cilities. However, during the sec- And with 5,100new users, they Olympian,and he waswell Police alleged that in the first scootersinNorthwest Uniongovernmenthospitals. keeping ascenario drawnupby genstorage capacity of the Delhi ondwave, many such additional stand achancetomeetthe Prime knownand respected in the photo,Sushil is seencarryinga Delhi’s KeshavPuram, po- PSAplantsare compact set- an IIT-Delhicommittee in mind, government wasonly20MT, facilities sufferedsevereshortage Ministerhimself. country. This act on the partof stickinhis hand, and in the sec- licesaid on Monday. PTI ups to generate medical oxygen, wherethecapitalcanrecord upto “whichwas highly inadequateto of healthcareworkers.This is dis- Speaking to The Indian Sonu and Sagar wastaken by ond and thirdphotos, he is seen located withinhospital prem- 36,900 cases aday,out of which fulfillthegapbetweenoxygende- cussedinreviewmeetings.” Express,Gupta saidthe idea is to him as achallengetohis author- beating Sonu with astickand take the work done by the PM to ity and hurthis egobadly. He holdingBhagat’s hand. the ground: “With this, our felt alossofrespect,”the The video’s location has ecosystem will also be strong. chargesheetstates. been identifiedasthe basket- MLA salaries may 4arrested for tryingtohush Workers who add 1,100new While acompromise was ball area near the stadium’s userswillbeabletomeetNadda reachedinMarch-April 2021, parking lot, as per police. ji and those adding over 5,000 “relations between Sushil,and Policealsoaffixedobserva- widen rift between up nine-year-oldgirl’s death people will getachance to meet Sagar andSonu became bitter,” tions made by forensicassis- the PM. Ihaveheld more than it alleges, adding: “Tensions tants, who claimedthatSushil 100meetings withkaryakartas rose as thereweremurmurs in was“very adamant to disclose Centre,Delhi govt mother has givenastatement leged theaccused dissuadedher on this issue.” the stadium that Sushil... de- anyinformation pertaining to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and basedonher complaint, an from making aPCR call, saying The NaMo app informs peo- spitebeing such abig the incident”, “showednosigns risensubstantially. The con- NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 FIR wasregisteredunderIPC sec- police will file acase, and during ple of the work done by thePM, wrestler/name, wasscared of of remorseorguilt”, “was ex- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stituencyallowance has been tions304-A (causingdeathby post-mortem, doctors will steal hosts surveys, and gathers feed- Sagar and Jaibhagwan... tremelyego-centric and he be- NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 cappedatRs25,000,secretarial FOUR MEN, including a55-year- negligence), 201(destruction of the girl’s organs. “They beganthe back. Theparty aims to add2.5- Accused Sushil... hadsuspicion havedashethought that he is allowance at Rs 15,000,tele- old priest, were Mondayar- evidence), 342 (wrongful re- cremation, but her parentssoon 3lakh newusers to theapp by that some of the trainee above the law”,and “was hos- THE RIFT between the Centre phoneallowance at Rs 10,000 rested from Southwest Delhifor straint) and 34.Aforensics team raised ahue and cry, andacrowd the end of this month. wrestlers of Chhatrasal stadium tileand extremelyconceited and Delhi government is ex- and conveyance allowance at allegedly trying to hush up the and acrime team collected evi- of 200villagersgathered.The The party believesencourag- were giving information about about his reputation and pected to widen with the former Rs 10,0000,” asource said. death of anine-year-oldgirlun- dence from the scene.” body wastaken offthe pyre,” ing workers to makemorepeo- his movementstoSagar and name”. “notaccepting” thestate govern- The current salary andal- der mysterious circumstances. Police said the girl’s mother said asenior officer. ple download the mobile app ment’s proposal to bring the lowancestructure of Delhi’sMLAs Police said sections underthe has alleged thatthe minormay Women and Child will ensurethat itsmessagesres- salaries of the city’s MLAs at par were lastrevisedinNovember, POCSO Act, SC/STAct, and IPC have been sexuallyassaulted. Development MinisterRajendra onate at the groundlevel and with “BJP and Congress-ruled 2011,underwhichtheyget Rs sections 302, 376, and 506have Police said the girlstayed PalGautam, who visited the beat anti-incumbency before states”, sources said. 88,000 permonth. This includes been addedtothe FIR. with her parentsinarented ac- family, said, “This is averyshock- the civic body elections sched- Delhi government sources theirsalaryofRs12,000,Rs18,000 Police said the accused— commodation near the crema- ing matter.Ihavespokentothe uledfor earlynextyear,said a claimedthat the capital’s MLAs constituencyallowance,Rs10,000 RadheyShyam, apriestwho torium. “Around 5.30 pm DCP and DM here. Iasked them senior BJP leader. will remain among the “lowest secretarial allowance, Rs 6,000 worksatacrematorium, and Sunday,she went to getwater that the matter should be inves- BJP leaderssaid that about1.5 paid” in the countrywhen com- conveyance allowance, Rs 8,000 employees Kuldeep Kumar (63), from acooler at the cremato- tigated in afasttrack manner. lakh people in Delhi have in- pared to MLAs in other states. towardstelephonefacilities,max- Laxmi Narain (48) and Mohd rium. Around 6pm, Radhey The statement of theparents stalledthe app, launchedinJuly The matter will come up fordis- imum Rs 4,000 reimbursement Salim (49) —allegedly convinced Shyamand two-three other peo- should be immediatelyrecorded 2015. cussion in ascheduledCabinet onwaterandpowerconsumption the girl’s familytocremateher ple known to the girl’smother withoutany delay...” General secretaryofthe meeting on Tuesday, theysaid. and Rs 30,000 forreimbursing without informing police, but calledand showedher the girl’s “Wewill talk to Chief DelhiBJP,HarshMalhotra,said “The MinistryofHome Affairs twodataentryoperators. the cremation wasstoppedmid- body,claimingthatshe got elec- MinisterArvindKejriwal and the app givesnews of central of the BJP-ledCentrerestricted Additionally, theystand to wayafter herfamilyobjected. trocuted while getting water. providecompensation to the government schemes:“So,if the proposal of the Delhi govern- getRs50,000reimbursement DCP (Southwest) Ingit Pratap Therewereburn marksbetween girl’sfamily as soon as possible our workers areactive there, The Delhi Police chargesheetfiledinthe murder of 27-year- mentand capped the salaryof annuallyontravelwithin India. Singh said: “WereceivedaPCR her leftwristand elbowand her and will also provide the neces- theywillfurther publicise the old junior wrestler,Sagar Dhankar, at Chhatrasal Stadiumin the MLAs to onlyRs30,000,even The ministers getaround Rs 1.2 call around 10.30 pm and police lips were blue,” Singh said. sarylegal assistance to thefam- content on social media or May, accuses Sushilofbeing the kingpinofthis conspiracy as the costofliving in Delhi has lakh per month salary. rushedtothe spot. The girl’s The victim’s mother has al- ily, if needed,” he added. amongthe people.”

‘SPECIES AMONG SMALLEST KNOWN MINERVARYA FROGS’ New frog species discovered in Western Ghats, named after ex-DU V-C

along the southwestcoast of the now,”saidDrSonali Garg, lead in appreciation of his tremen- the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi SUKRITABARUAH Indian Peninsula, and the re- author of the study and apost- dous support andencourage- University from 2005 to 2010. NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 search team has stated that this doctoral researcher at DU. ment forsetting-up of the “It is very generous of newspecies is endemic to the Thestudyhasbeenconducted Systematics Lab at University of Professor Biju, he thinks that Idid ATEAMofDelhi University re- southern Western Ghats. over aperiodof10years on the Delhi —whereresearch leading quiteabit forthis research.Iam searchers has discoveredanew “Wediscovereditfromway- genus Minervarya,which the re- to thediscovery anddescription notanaturistbut he thoughtme frog species in the Western side vegetation at multiplelocal- search teamhasclaimedresolved of nearly one-fourth of all known to be worthy.But it is all his work Ghats andnamedit afterformer ities in Kerala and TamilNadu, theidentityandtaxonomicstatus Indian amphibians has been car- andhedeservesmore recognition DU Vice-Chancellor and plant while surveying amphibians of all known members of the riedout,” said Professor SDBiju, than me. He is anatural scientist, geneticistDeepak Pental. during the monsoon season. This genus from Peninsular India. The newfrogspecies, Head of the Department of hasdiscoveredmanyfrogspecies, The newfrogspecies, species is also among the small- “It is agreat privilegetoname MinervaryaPentali has Environmental StudiesatDU. is apassionateenvironmentalist, MinervaryaPentali, wasdiscov- estknown Minervarya frogs, afrogspeciesafter Prof Deepak been namedafter former Professor Pental is anotedre- goes to thefieldand worksfor ered from the Western Ghats whichisprobablyone of the rea- Pental, the former Vice- V-CDeepakPental searcher whose primaryareaof monthsandyears.We needwork biodiversity hotspot, extending sons it wasoverlooked until Chancellor of University of Delhi, interestiscropbreeding. He was likethat,” said professor Pental.

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5QUESTIONS Billtoamend insurance lawpassed in LS Rajnathdials without debate, tribunal reformsBill tabled Kharge,butno under variouslawsbyamending LIZMATHEW variousstatutestostreamlinethe NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 justice delivery system.All cases pending before suchtribunals or endtoimpasse; THE MONSOONsession sawan- authorities willbetransferredto TRSRAJYASABHAMPBANDA other acrimonious dayinthe Lok the CommercialCourt or High PRAKASHSPEAKSTOMANOJCG Sabha on Mondaydue to the Court, said the statement of ob- ONWHYHERAISEDCONCERNS stalematebetween the Treasury jectsand reasons of the Bill. Oppmeetstoday ABOUTTHEINLANDVESSELSBILL and Opposition benches. Speaker Om Birla; Finance The government pushed the PASSEDINTHEUPPERHOUSE AmidOppositionprotests over MinisterNirmala Bill in the afternoon even as the MONDAY. thePegasusspywarecontroversy Sitharaman (left) in Lok Opposition MPs —ofthe andfarmlaws,aBilltoamendthe Sabha on Monday. PTI Congress-ledUPA,Left, BSP,SAD MANOJCG generalinsurance law—toallow and TMC —continuedshouting NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 Youraised certain concerns the government to pareits stake slogans and raising placardsde- on TheInland Vessels Bill ? in state-ownedinsurers —was brought the Bill, whichhas far- (RationalisationandConditionsof nine Acts —the Cinematograph manding adiscussion on the AS THE logjam in Parliament The length of the rivers and passedwithoutdebate,whilean- reachingimpact and wasintro- Service)Bill.“Byridingroughshod Act1952,the Customs Act1962, Pegasusissue, standing in the continued over the Pegasus canals in the countryis32,792 other to abolishasmanyasnine ducedonFriday, amidtheprotests over the Opposition’s legitimate theAirportAuthorityof IndiaAct, well of the House. snooping issue, Defence km... we areusing only4,000 appellatetribunals setupunder forconsideration and passing right, the Government has been 1994,theCopyrights,Act,1957,the The House witnessed re- MinisterRajnath Singh on km of inland waterways... this variousActswas introduced. without discussion. “The Bill is a bulldozing one afteranother leg- PatentsAct,1970,theTradeMarks peatedadjournments.Beforead- MondayspoketoLeader of Bill is atotally unifiedlaw The GeneralInsurance dangerous one –it’s in away de- islation without anydiscussion.” Act, 1999, Geographical journing the House till 12 noon, Opposition in RajyaSabha Rajnath Singh, ignoring the state Business (Nationalisation) nationalisingthe public sector The Bill, introduced in the IndicationsofGoods(Registration LokSabhaSpeakerOmBirlaasked Mallikarjun Kharge and sought Mallikarjun Kharge government’s claims and AmendmentBill,2021isaimedat general insurance companies,” Budget Session, could notbe and Protection)Act,1999,the the Opposition members to go hiscooperation to endthe im- framework.Isaid the state generating required resources RSPMPNKPremachandran said. passedatthattimeand an ordi- Protection of Plant Varieties and back to their seatsand said that passe. With the government not governmentsshould also be from the Indian markets so that Congress leader Adhir Ranjan nance hadbeen promulgatedin Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 andthe croresof moneyhasbeenspentto agreeing to adebate on Pegasus, Singh on Mondayreached givenproper attention while publicsectorgeneralinsurerscan Chowdhuryobjected when itsplace on April 4. Control of National Highways run the House.“This House is for the Opposition signalledthat it out to Kharge but sources in the making laws.Onlyaround design innovative products. Finance MinisterNirmala OnMonday, Sitharamanintro- (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002. discussion and dialogue and to washardening itsposition and Opposition said he offeredno 1,100waterways have been Opposition leaders alleged Sitharamanstoodupto withdraw ducedafresh Bill, The Tribunals The amendment is aimedat raisetheproblemsof thepeople,” is drawing up plans to step up its concreteproposal to end the declared as national thatthegovernmentdeliberately the TribunalsReforms ReformsBill,initsplaceto amend abolishingtribunalsorauthorities he said. offensive against the govern- stalemate. “The government has waterways.Irequestedthat ment. to offeraproposal forustore- Godavari and Krishna should The Opposition leaders -- spond. Seeking our cooperation also be included. Highest number of from as manyas17parties from to ensure smooth functioning of Amid Opposition protests,Rajya both Houses -- will meetover theHouse cannotbeconsidered Areyou suggesting thatthe students ‘without breakfastonTuesdayonthe invi- as aconstructive engagement,” newlaw encroachesintothe tation of senior Congress leader an Opposition leader said. domainofthe states? access to digital Rahul Gandhitostrategise on The Opposition leaders will It is an integrated Bill. As per Sabha clearsInland VesselsBill device in Bihar’ their next course of action. meetonTuesday to chalk out this Bill, the stategovernments Sources said that some parties their course of action. Afterthe will have no role... registration, ways transport in India is highly lateonstate list,intrude into the NewDelhi: Over2.96crore school have proposed that the MPs hold breakfastatConstitution Club, licensing…everythingwillbe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE underutilisedascomparedto de- domainof thestatelegislatureand studentsacross 24 states do not amocksession in the Parliament sources said that the Opposition done by the Centre... NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 velopedcountries, TRS’sBanda affect the traditional fishermen have access to digital devices with premises to highlight what they leaders could walk to Prakashsaid, “This Bill is aunified and movement of their boat,are Biharreporting the highestnum- calledthe stiflingoftheir voices Parliament, some 500metres Areyou seeing apattern? AMID PERSISTENT sloganeering lawfortheentirecountry...Instead completely unfounded”. ber, UnionEducation Minister inside the twoHouses. away,showing their unity. AfterNarendraModibecame by theOpposition demanding a of havingseparate rulesandregu- YSRCP’sAyodhya RamiReddy Dharmendra Pradhan said in a TheOpposition parties have Sources said the parties -- the Prime Minister, whatever discussion intothe Pegasus scan- lations framedbythe states the pointed outthatthe certificateof written response to aquestion in been disrupting both houses of having takenapublic position Bills theyare bringing areall dal and the withdrawal of the entirecontrolisinthehandsof the registration granted under the the Lok Sabha on Monday. Parliament fortwo weeks, de- that theywantadiscussion on centralisedBills ignoring the farm laws,The Inland VesselsBill, Centre.” proposedlaw will be deemedto The total of 2.96 croredoesnot mandingastructureddiscussion the snooping issue to be replied federal spirit of the country... 2021was clearedbyRajya Sabha AIADMK’s MThambidurai, be valid in all the states and the include suchstudentsfromDelhi on the snooping issue in the to by the home minister, cannot on Monday. whowasMinisterofShippingand UnionTerritoriesandtherewillbe (4 per cent) Jammu and Kashmir presence of eitherPrime nowclimb down and agree to let The Bill waspassedinthe din. The Bill had earlier been SurfaceTransportin1998-99inthe no need to seek separate permis- (70per cent),MadhyaPradesh MinisterNarendraModior the House function.Amidthe It is acompulsion forthemto passedbyLok Sabha on July29. Atal BihariVajpayeegovernment, sion from states. (70per cent), Punjab (42 per cent) Home MinisterAmitShah.They disruption, and the government run the show. Theyare passing The government saidthe Bill Opposition members said the Bill intends to take away “Wehope that this provision and Chhattisgarh(28.27per cent) want Shah to replytothe discus- refusing to hold adiscussionover the Bills…In Lok Sabha, aimsto bringuniformityintheap- protestinRajya Sabha. PTI the powers of the stategovern- hasbeenenactedwithdueregard as their absolutenumbers were sion. Pegasus and pushing Bills with- without discussion, Bills have plication of lawrelating to inland ments. “That is the onlyobjection. to states'jurisdiction and in con- notshared.Dataforstates, includ- Sources in the Opposition out discussion, the Opposition been passed. But forthe first waterwaysandnavigationwithin Ihavenoobjection with regard to sultation withthe line ing Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, said Singh had signalledto leaders want their“versiontobe time in the RajyaSabha it is the country. MinisterofPorts, to investment resulting in more the intention of the Bill that you Departmentsofthe Ministryof Maharashtra, Manipur and Uttar Kharge lastweekthat he would heardbypeople as onlythe gov- happening.... Shippingand Waterways employmentopportunities,more want uniformity andeverything. Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Pradesh is notavailable, whilethe call ameeting of all parties to ernment version is coming out”. Sarbananda Sonowalsaid it re- avenues and moreeconomic de- But, if in the name of uniformity, Anylossofrevenue mustalso be survey forWestBengal wasstill break the impasse afterhis re- Rahul’s breakfastinvitation What is the TRS’sstand on the places the “obsolete”act of 1917, velopment in the state”. youare taking away the powers of compensated forthe firstfive in process. Biharhas the highest turn from Tajikistan, but that is also significant since it is seen Pegasus scandal? and is designedto“encompass However, some members the stategovernments, then our years by theCentral Government number of suchstudentsat1.43 meeting did nothappen. as partofconscious effortsby National political parties will tradeandtransportationby inland whospokeonthe Bill amid the federal system will collapse.” to therespectivestates,” he said. crore, followedbyJharkhand Opposition leaders feel that him to engagemorewith fight on manyissues. But our vesselsthroughout the country uproar, expressedconcern that it In response, Sonowalsaid The governmentalsointro- (35.52 lakh), Karnataka (31.31 morestridentsections in the Opposition leaders and lead the interestisonlyour state. State withoutanyhindrance...Thepro- encroaches intothe powers of fears that the “Central ducedthe Constitution lakh) and Assam (31.06 lakh). government mayhaveinter- unity effortsfromthe front. interestisthe toppriority for posedBill will makethe inland stategovernments. Governmentwouldbeinfringing (ScheduledTribes) Order Uttarakhand has 21 lakhsuch venedtopreventsuchanout- WITHINPUTSFROMLIZ the TRS. waterways sectormoreattractive Arguing that inland water- upon the rights of States to legis- (Amendment)Bill,2021. children. PTI reach. MATHEW ‘Admn hindering SC notice to states, AmarjeetSinha resigns as PM work’: J&K Apni Party HCs on cases still Modi’s advisor NewDelhi: Retired IAS officer considers resignation AmarjeetSinhaonMondayre- registered under signedasAdvisor to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, with by its DDC members sevenmonths to go before his scrapped Sec 66A two-year tenurewas to officially end. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Thiscannotcontinue, says court There was SRINAGAR,AUGUST2 no official be imposedonsuchright". statement THE JAMMU and Kashmir Apni Altaf EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Buttheprovisionwasinvoked from the PMO Party, whichwasformedafterthe Bukhari Express NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 in manycasesevenafter that, on the reason abrogation of Article 370in2019, President RamNath Kovindwith TN Governor BanwarilalPurohit andCMMKStalininChennai. againstwhich the PUCL moved forSinha’sde- on Mondaythreatenedthat its THE SUPREMECourtonMonday theSC.Thepetitionersstatedthat cision. District Development Council failingus,andnotallowingustode- issued notices to all states, Union “in spiteofthe judgment, it be- Amarjeet He is the (DDC)memberswillsubmittheir liveronthegroundandprovidere- territories andregistrars general came clear from newspaper re- Sinha second top resignations, alleging that their lief tothepeopleinremotevillages. President hails Madras House of HighCourtsonapleahighlight- ports thatthe said provision con- PMO bureau- work to assistpeopleinremote ar- Idonot wishto show falsedreams ing continueduse of Section 66A tinuedtobeinvokedby theState’s crat to quit this eas wasbeing hinderedbythe to thepeople,” Bukhari said. of InformationTechnologyAct investigative machineryaswellas year,following the departureof Union Territory’sadministration. Hesaidthereisahugegapbe- legacy, unveils ex-CM portrait eventhoughitwasheldunconsti- the judiciary,probablyunderthe former CabinetSecretaryPK The party had won15seats, tweentheadministrationandthe tutionalby thecourtin2015.“This impressionthat Section66A re- Sinha. PKSinha resignedas whileindependentssupportedby common people. “Nobody is lis- Dravidian patriarch as aleader 1861 andanadvisorybodyset cannotcontinue,”the courtsaid. mainedonthe statutebooks”. Principal AdvisertoModiearlier it had bagged another 21 seats, teningtothewoesof thecommon EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “in aclass of his own”. up backthen bloomedintoa “Asthismatterpertainsto not OnJuly5,thecourthadsought this year. takingits totalto36outof the280 man.Panchayatleaderswere con- CHENNAI,AUGUST2 “For him, his mother-tongue law-making assemblyin1921. onlythe courtsbut the police as the Centre’s replyinthe matter, AmarjeetSinha, aretired IAS seatsacross the UT.Two more gratulated by Home Minister wasthe object of worship… It became the fountainhead well, in fitness of things notice be terming it a“shockingstate of af- officer of the Bihar cadre, looked membersfromother parties had Amit Shah but unfortunately on PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind Kalaignar [as Karunanidhi was of manyprogressive pieces of issuedtoall States &UTs and fairs”. aftersocial sector matters in the crossedovertoitlater. ground theyhavenot been em- Mondayunveiledalife-sized fondly calledbyTamils] wasa legislation whichweresubse- Registrarof HighCourts,”abench In itsreply, theCentretold the PMO. ENS Remindingtheadministration powered. portrait of former Chief Minister leader in aclassofhis own. He quentlyreplicatedacross the of Justices RFNarimanand BR court that policeand lawand or- of the promises made by Prime “And the resultispeoplefeel MKarunanidhi at the Tamil wasamongthe lastlinkswe had country to empowerthe weaker Gavaiordered while hearing the der being statesubjects, lawen- MinisterNarendraModionem- disillusionedandthosewhowere Nadu Assembly premisesashe with the stalwarts of our na- sections of society and plea by the NGOPeople’s Union forcement agenciesofthe state Will remain MP powering local bodies, JKAP chief electedfeel cheated.Andif reme- paid tributetothe progressive tional movement,”Kovind said. strengthen democracy,hesaid. forCivil Liberties (PUCL). concernedshareequal responsi- Altaf Bukhari said his council dialmeasures arenot taken, peo- social legacy of the legislature On the Madras legislature, he The President referred to the Thebenchaskedsenioradvo- bilitytocomplywith theShreya but quitpolitics: memberswere eithernotallowed ple will lose faith in the system of duringits centenarycelebration. said:“The conceptofthe welfare “revolutionary” ideas that came cateSanjayParikh,whoappeared Singhal ruling. It submitted that to function, or their movement Panchayati Raj,” he said. At theevent attendedby statehas takendeep rootsinthis fromtheMadraslegislature—the forthe petitioner,toalsomakeall “police and publicorder areState Babul Supriyo had been completely restricted. BukharisaidthatwhenArticle Chief Ministerand legislatureirrespectiveofwho abolition of the Devadasi system, statespartiesto hispetition,aspo- Subjectsasper Constitution of “Weare leftwithnoother op- 370was abrogated, thePMhad Karunanidhi’s son MKStalin and rules here.” widowremarriage, mid-day liceisastate subject.Thepleaper- India and prevention, detection, NewDelhi: The BJP on Monday tion but to resign because the UT assured theall-rounddevelop- Governor Banwarilal Purohit, He said the Madras meals in schools and distribution tains to continued use of the pro- investigation and prosecutionof managed to persuade Babul administration is time and again ment of Jammu and Kashmir. among others, Kovind hailedthe Legislative Council dated backto of agriculturallandto thelandless. vision by lawenforcement crimes, and capacity building of Supriyoagainstresigning as aLok agencies in states and even lower police personnel areprimaryre- Sabha member even as the judiciary. sponsibility of States.The Law singer-turned-politician insisted “Judiciary...wecantake careof EnforcementAgencies(LEAs)take that he will no longerbepartof Suicide case: Pune police say ‘no denying’ audio clips on separately butpoliceisalso there legal action as per provisions of active politics. inthisinstance.Theremustbeone lawagainstthe cybercrime of- Speaking to reporters after proper order in this becausethis fenders. Accordingly the LEAs meeting BJPpresidentJPNadda, woman’s phone belong to former Maharashtra minister cannotcontinue,” the benchob- shareequalresponsibilityto com- theAsansol MP saidhewill con- served. plywiththe saidjudgement." tinue to discharge his constitu- “Noone is denying that the whom hail from the tribal ceivedforensic reports confirm- OnMarch 24,2015,inthecase The Centrealso said that both tional responsibilities as aparlia- MOHAMEDTHAVER voices do notbelong to Chavan Sanjay Banjaracommunity. ing the authenticity of the clips. ShreyaSinghal v. UnionofIndia, the MinistryofElectronicsand mentarian but withdrawfrom MUMBAI,AUGUST2 and Rathod,” an official said Rathodquit Leader of Opposition in Mostofthe leaked conver- the topcourt struckdown Information Technology (MeITY) politics and leave his official resi- Monday. as minister MaharashtraDevendraFadnavis sations were between twomen, “Section 66Aofthe Information and the Home Ministryhad writ- dence. THERE IS “no denying” that au- Punepolice sources alsocon- in February hadwrittento thestate DGPalleg- who were discussing awoman Technology Act, 2000”. The court tentochief secretariesof states,ad- His decision will be abig re- dio clipsforensicallyretrieved firmedMonday forthe firsttime ingthatthePunePolicewasinves- who had agreedtoundergo found the law“in itsentirety be- ministrators of Union Territories lief to theBJP as it would not from the mobilephoneofPune that the voices on adozen audio tigatingthecaseonlysuperficially. “treatment” and wasapparently ingviolative of Article19(1)(a)and andDGPsof statesandUTs,asking have liked to be forced to contest studentPooja Chavan, who died clips circulated publiclyafter Rathod had resignedasthe TheBJPleaderhadsenttotheDGP suicidal, police said. In one con- notsavedunderArticle19(2)”,and them to sensitise LEAs and direct abypoll againstthe Trinamool by suicideonFebruary7,were Chavan’ssuicide,hadbeenforen- state’s forest minister on the 12 audio clipsthat were parts versation, aman is purportedly that“itisclearthatSection66Aar- thepolicenottoregistercasesun- Congress, whichisupbeatafter conversations between the 22- sically“matchedwith the voice February28after he came under of phoneconversations purport- heardasking another to break bitrarily, excessively and dispro- der the quashedprovision. handing acomprehensive defeat year-old woman and former samplesof SanjayRathod,hisaide the scanner forChavan’s death edly between SanjayRathodand open the door and gethold of her portionatelyinvades the right of Thegovernmentsaidithadso to the saffron party. Maharashtracabinetminister Arun Rathod and Chavan”. on February7.Therewerealle- Arun Rathod, and between the phone quickly, police said. free speechand upsets the bal- farreceived responses from 21 Supriyowas upsetoverbeing SanjayRathod, asenior Pune po- AShivSenaMLA from gations that Rathod wasinare- Sena MLAand Chavan. PoliceCommissioner Amitabh ancebetween such right and the statesandUTsonimplementation droppedfromthe Union Council lice official said Monday. Digras in Yavatmal district, lationship with Chavan, both of Police said theyrecentlyre- Gupta refusedtocomment. reasonable restrictions that may of the judgment. of Ministers. PTI

New Delhi THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,AUGUST3,2021 8 GOVT &POLITICS Zoramthanga,SarmasayFIRs DELHI CONFIDENTIAL againstofficerstobewithdrawn Mizoram claims ‘blockade crisis’, Assam says no orders againsttruckmovement

Ministertointervene at the ear- TORAAGARWALA liest. “Following theborder dis- GUWAHATI,AUGUST2 putewhichoccurredon the 26th of July2021, Assam Government BOTH MIZORAM Chief Minister on the 29th July2021summoned Zoramthangaand Assam Chief all the transporters in Guwahati MPs from four states with PM NarendraModi on Monday. ANI MinisterHimantaBiswaSarma who have been operating in said theywould withdraw the Mizoram to stop transporting FIRs registeredagainsttheirre- anygoodsintoMizoram due to spective officers in connection 'securityconcerns'. This resulted Border clash: BJP MPs withthe July26violence, in what intoacompletehalt of anytype DEEP DISCUSSION can beseenasfurtherde-escala- of goodscomingtothe statein- tion at theinter-state border. cludingbasicmedicines, life-sav- from N-E meet PM THEGOVERNMENTmay benotagreeingtoadebateonPegasus, While Zoramthangaon ing medicinesand Covid-19 butCongressleaderRahulGandhiseemsto have hadadetailed Mondaysaid he had directed the medicinesaswell.Evenoxygen the prism of politics and that it’s discussionontheissuewithsomeOppositionleadersinsideLok police to withdraw the FIR filed cylinders, oxygen plant materi- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA close to his heart. Sabha.Rahul wasseeninahuddle with RSP MP NK at Vairengtepolice station, als, and Covid-19testkitshave NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 In the memorandum, the BJP Premachandran—whowentto himto talkaboutthe"dangers" Kolasib district, againstall ac- been blocked,” he said. MPs said that theywant to con- of theGeneralInsuranceBusiness(Nationalisation)Amendment cusedAssam officials, Sarma Trucks strandedatthe stateborder lastweek. Tora Agarwala/File David HLalthangliana, AGROUP of BJP MPs from four vey to all those elementswho Bill,whichwaspassedinLokSabhaamidprotests --ShivSena’s said he would “heartilyrecipro- Deputy Secretary, Home Northeastern states Monday viewthe Assam-Mizoram issue Arvind Sawant and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.Thefour were catethis positive gesture” and Department,Mizoram, said, “The metPrimeMinisterNarendra as ameans of “spreading chaos seenengrossedinaseriousconversationforalmost45minutes withdrawthe casesagainst &toreduce the plight of suffering mains tense, said Ramandeep drivers arewilling to proceedto Modi over the border skirmishes in Indiathattheir shenanigans while Opposition MPs protestedinthe Well. According to Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H citizens,I have directed@mizo- Kaur,SPCachar district. Mizoram… we have asked between Assam and Mizoram will notwork”. The BJP MPs said CongressMPs,Rahulwasaskingotherswhattheythoughtabout Lalthlangliana and Vairengte rampolice to withdraw FIR dt. “While we retreatedfromthe Assam to please ensurethat they claiming that foreign forces were theywerepainedbythe violence the government'sreluctancetodebatePegasusinParliament. SDPOTharteaHrangchal. 26.07.2021filedatdisputed territoryonthe dayit- arereleasedimmediately.” fuelling fire in the region. They on the Assam-Mizoram border. Four other officials had also Vairengte,Kolasib District, self and took position behind the Cachar’s Kaur said therewere accusedthe oppositionCongress “Atthe same time, we would receivedsummons by Assam Mizoramagainst alltheaccused...” CRPF,Mizoram Police still has some trucks at the border and of "politicising" asensitiveissue. liketoexpress our cleardisap- HEALTH PLAN Police. GPSingh, SpecialDGP, Acouple of hours later, notde-escalated and their per- less movement through Lailapur, Union ministers Kiren Rijiju proval of theattempt by sections Assam Police,toldThe Indian Sarma tweeted: “…I heartilyre- sonnel areoccupying the same despitetherebeing “no direc- and Sarbananda Sonowal, along of our polity ledbythe Congress EVEN AS the countrybattlesthe pandemic and prepares the Express that the chargesagainst ciprocatethis positive gesture position as theywereonJuly26,” tions from Government of with BJP MPs from Assam, Partytoindulgeinpoliticsover health infrastructurefor the future, it has found ahelping hand the four had notbeendropped and ask @assampolice to with- Kaur told The Indian Express. Assam restricting their move- Manipur,Tripuraand Arunachal these happenings and use this as in Japan. Come November,the JapanInternational Cooperation since “theywereatthe spot draw cases againstDCKolasib However, her Kolasib coun- ment. We have asked them to Pradesh, metModiinParliament ameans to indulgeinone-up- Agency willtrain Indian public health officials on evidence- when firing took place”. and SDPOVirengte.” terpart Raltesaid the “tension move but manydonot want to House. The MPs also gave afour- manship,” the MPs said in the basedpublic health planning. Officials from ministries of As aresult of the border He addedthat he wassend- wasless”.“Assam Police is still risk going themselves.” She pagememorandum to him. memorandum. healthaswell as Ayush willparticipatealong with officials clashes, six police personnel died ing twoofhis cabinetministers, thereattheir post, so is the CRPF addedthat supplies were con- Therewere16MPs in the Theparliamentarians under- from stategovernmentsinthe month-longonlinetraining. and50were injuredontheAssam Atul Boraand Ashok Singhal, to andsoare we,” he said. tinuing to Mizoramthrough meeting —12fromAssam,two linedthat the chief ministers of side. Therewereabout sevenin- Aizawl forfurther dialogue on Meanwhile, afreeze on Tripuraand Manipur. from Arunachal Pradesh and one Assam and Mizoram have ex- juries on the Mizoram side. August5. movement of essential supplies Raltesaid both parties should eachfromManipur and Tripura. pressedthe desire to amicably VIDEO INVITE The move comes aday after On Sunday, Mizoramsaid it from Assam to Mizoram through negotiate so that thereisfree Speaking to the media after resolve issues. “A series of confi- both CMs sought to dial down wasdropping Sarma’s name Lailapur-Vairengtecontinues. flowinmovement of goods. the meeting, Rijiju claimed“for- dence building measureshave TO COMMEMORATE 75 years of Independence and Azadika tension aftertalkswith Union from the FIR, following which On Monday,Mizoram Health Mizoram Governor Dr Hari eign forces arefuelling fire”in also takenplace over the lastfew Amrit Mahotsav,whichhas been announcedbyPrime Home MinisterAmitShah. Sarma said he had directed with- MinisterDrRLalthangliana in a Babu Kambhampati metShah the region by makinginciting days.Yet,the actions of the MinisterNarendraModi, the CultureMinistryonMondayin- In aTwitter postMonday drawal of the case againstK statement said the statewas and Prime MinisterNarendra statementsand promoting ma- Congress Partyremaindevious vited people to sing the national anthem and upload the video evening, he wrote: “In order to Vanlalvena, MP from Mizoram “underserious crisis due to a Modi to discuss the border issue. nipulated content. and mischievous,” theysaid, on www.rashtragaan.in--awebsitespeciallymade forthis buildaconduciveatmosphere for who had been booked in con- blockade created by the Assam PTI quoted him saying that Shah Quoting Modi, Rijiju said the adding that the party and its purpose and launchedtoday.Acompilation of the videoswill amicable solution to the nection with amedia interview. Government”. He requestedthe wastrying to defusethe situa- Prime Ministerassertedthat he leaders have zeroregardfor the be madeand telecastliveonAugust15. CultureMinisterG #MizoramAssamBorder dispute The border,however, re- Prime Ministerand Home tion. doesn't look at the region from cultureofthe region. Kishan Reddy has already recordedhis version of the national anthem and uploaded thevideo. Accord‘failure’: Potential spying ‘If people saw CM sit back, things NSCN-IM calls ‘targets’, five Abhishek Banerjee’s car shutdown in journalistsmove attacked: TMC blames would have gone bad in Assam’ all Naga areas apex court

ASSAM CHIEF Minister HI- aries also... Because of that the ious administrative arrange- BJP, ruling party denies MANTABISWA SARMA told LIZ people of Northeastare fighting mentsmade by the Government JIMMYLEIVON EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MATHEW that the “healing againsteachother... it’s ahistor- of India..unlikeotherstates, IMPHAL,AUGUST2 NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 process is on” between his state ical injustice that has come to us. Assam is notjustabout one com- DEBRAJDEB andMizoram —after the bloody munity and the stateisnot cre- THE ISAAC-MUIVAH faction of FIVE JOURNALISTS, whose AGARTALA,AUGUST2 clashesalong theborder—with But whydid Assam take it to a ated on aparticular commu- the National SocialistCouncil of names allegedly figured in alist the Centre’s “cooperation”, but a different level? Youhave nity's demand... These Nagalim (NSCN-IM) has calleda of potential targetsfor alleged TMC GENERAL secretary permanent solution can be issuedtraveladvisories boundaries were giventousby 12-hour totalshutdown in all snooping using Pegasus soft- Abhishek Banerjee’s on Monday found onlybythe Supreme againstthe Mizoram Parliament... If the Supreme Naga areasacross Northeastern ware,havemoved Supreme alleged thathis vehiclewas at- Court. Excerpts: government. Youhavetreated Courtcan look into the history, states to protest the Centre’s al- Court, contending that the unau- tacked in Tripura’sGomatidis- them likeaforeign country. various governments' adminis- leged failuretomaterialise the thorisedsurveillance violated trict while he wasenroute to Do youthink thecurrent Travel advisories do notmean trative decisions and decide the Framework Agreement signed their fundamentalrights. Tripurasundari Temple in standoff betweenAssamand anything. Even in Covid time, we boundaries, Assamhas no issue. withthe Naga outfit. The plea said suchsurveil- Gomati district. Mizoram at the borders is issuedalerts... It’s nottostopyou The FrameworkAgreement lancethrough sophisticated soft- Banerjee claimedthe BJP was over now? from going there, but to be alert. Youhaveasked foraneutral wassignedbythe Union govern- ware suchasPegasuswill have a behindthe attack,posting avideo The situation at the border is When thereistension and con- agency to probethe incident. ment and the NSCN on August3, “tremendous chilling effect” on of the purportedincident on still tense. The government of THEEXPRESS flict, howcan youlet people go Likethe Supreme Court took 2015 to end the six-decade Naga the right to free speech, violate Twitter and writing, “Democracy Astillfromthe video posted India is talking to both the states. there? We have also issued an- the disputewith Nagaland and conflict. fundamental right to privacy and in Tripuraunder BJP rule! Well by Banerjee. @abhishekaitc We,boththe states,are also talk- INTERVIEW other advisorytoprotect the lives ArunachalPradesh,theapexcourt Interlocutor forthe peace deterpeople from bringing forth doneBiplabKumar Debfor tak- ing to eachotherusing ourown and properties of Mizo people in can take adecision. The Supreme talksRNRavi, who is currently informationonwrongdoings in ing the statetonew heights.” channels. We hope asolution WITH Assam. Idonot knowwhy every- Courthas the mandatetodecide the Nagaland Governor,had the government, and in turn will Officials at the police head- that therewas “noquestion” of will emerge. HIMANTA BISWA one singledout onlyone advisory. on the inter-state boundarydis- signedthe peace agreement on affect transparency and gover- quarters claimedtheyhad no in- anyalliancewith the CPI(M). SARMA pute.Thematterispending...If the behalf of the Union government nance. formation on anysuchattack. Meanwhile, the BJP denied Thereisatruce forthe time CHIEF MINISTER, Youhavemadesome Supreme Courttakes adecision, in the presence of Prime Those who movedthe court ASSAM Speaking later at apress con- anyviolence took place, stating being. Whatisthe role played remarks thatwereseen as we will be grateful. MinisterNarendraModi. areParanjoy Thakurta,SNM ference in Agartala, Banerjee said itsparty workers had protested by the Centre, especiallythe provocative.Despitebeing The NSCN-IMinastatement Abidi, Prem Shankar Jha, Rupesh his party will form the next gov- againstTMC leaders over the al- Union home ministry? visit. It’s averyverycomplex is- the convener of NEDA,why Do youthink this incident claimedthat the Framework Kumar Singh and Ipsa Satakshi. ernment in Tripura, inviting all leged politicalviolence in West Forthe lastsix months, the sue and asolutiontoitisnot pos- didyou do that? will affect your effortsto Agreement is yettosee the“light Theyurgedthe courttodirect “anti-BJP” forces to join hands Bengal afterthe polls there. ministryhas been working very sible overnight. This has been go- See,once ourpolicemendied, coordinatebetween states? of fulfilment”. the governmenttoproduce all ahead of the 2023 elections. “Theydidn't attackanyone. hardtomakethe statesreachan ing on since lastOctober.There youmustunderstand thereare We have been trying to find “Six years down the line, materials withrespect to anyuse He said, “I'll come again after The protestwas in ademocratic agreement over the borders. But areefforts from both sidestoo, sentimentsinAssamalso... There common issuestoworktogether. thereisnopositive response of Pegasus on them. Theyalso 15 days.I'llkeep coming again way,”BJP spokesperson unfortunately, it didnot have a but thereare some regional and wasnodamagetoMizo peopleor But we have been burdenedwith yet... The Nagascannotbetaken urgedthe courttodirect the and again. Anyone in the Left, Nabendu Bhattacharya told The result forsome reasons. Afterthe constitutional issues forwhicha Mizoram. If the people would the issues created by Congress foraride in this manner,” the Centretoput in place ajudicial Congress or other political par- Indian Express. July26incident too, the Home solution is nothappening. have seen that the Chief Minister governmentsinthe past. statement said. “What had been oversight mechanism to deal ties whowants to fightagainst Banerjee’s visit to Tripura Ministry, including the ministers wassitting backwithoutsaying Congress felt aunited Northeast committedshould be takentoa with anycomplaints on illegal the BJP and revive democracy in comes weeksafter Prashant and senior officials have been Howdid thingsbecome so anything, things would have gone couldn’t be governed. That was logical conclusion.” breaches of privacy and hacking Tripuracan comeand join hands Kishor’sI-PAC team wasal- trying to resolve the issue by badlastweek? bad in Assam. But Ihavebeen the reason it playeddivisivepol- The Naga group said that the and punish officials responsible with the TMC.” legedly detainedinAgartala and talking to both sides.Theyare This has been an issue since keeping my channel of commu- itics in this region. Our effortsto shutdown will come intoeffect forsuchbreaches. Banerjee, however, added an FIR wasfiledagainstit. ensuring that no moreclashes the late1980s. Assam has lostal- nication with Meghalaya also... come together aregoing on... the from August2midnight to The courthas listedthree pe- take place. most200 people in conflicts healingprocess is going on with August3noon in “Nagalim” titions seeking independent withneighbouring states. When What do youthink is the Mizoram. At some pointoftime, (Nagaareas), during whichall probeinthe matter forhearing Isn't it afailureofthe Centre theyformedthe states, theydid long-term solution? with the active cooperation of shops and business establish- on August5.These include aplea SC orders inclusion of too? Twodays afterHome notdefine boundaries clearly... Long-term solution is very the Government, we willbeable mentswill remain closed. by senior journalists NRam and MinisterAmit Shah visited the When the Congress government very complex. Assam needs to to work together.Apermanent The United Naga Council has Shashi Kumar,anotherbyadvo- shooter for Paralympics region, the clashes brokeout. had carved outMizoram. protect itsconstitutional bound- solution, Ithink,willbefromthe alsocalledfor a“total shutdown” cateMLSharma, and athirdby This incident wasnot anyway Nagalandand Meghalaya,they aries. Others can claim historical Supreme Court... the issuewill be for12hours on August3inall CPI(M) RajyaSabha MP John Mondaymorning mentionedhis related to the Home Minister’s should have definedthe bound- facts. Our stateisaresult of var- resolvedpermanently. “Nagaareas” of Manipur. Brittas. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE petition before abench headed NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 by ChiefJustice of India NV Ramana. He saidAugust 2isthe THE SUPREME Court Monday deadline to send the name of the Behind Olympic hockey success, Odisha’s support over the years directed the Paralympic final selected candidates. Committee of India to include Though he had earlier ap- Indian national hockey teams HockeyWorld Cup, to be played Rs 356.38 crore. The Rourkela sta- commonlinkbetweenthemallis shooterNaresh Kumar Sharma proachedthe Delhi High Court, AISHWARYAMOHANTY (men/women, junior/senior) for in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. dium will be the largest in India, theirhomedistrictof Sundargarh. in the listofthoseparticipating the matter wasadjournedto BHUBANESWAR,AUGUST2 atenure of five years, replacing "The fact thatnational teams with 20,000seating capacity. InSundargarh,hockeyismore in the games scheduledtobegin August6.Bythenthe time for Sahara, it wasthe firsttimethata have campedinBhubaneswar In 2018,collaborating with than justasport. "Weget queries on August24inTokyo. forwarding the nameswould AS INDIA celebratesthe entryof stategovernment haddecidedto ahead of major tournamentsisa Tata group, the state government about hockeyevenfromremote Following an urgent hearing have already expired,said Singh. the men’sand women’s hockey sponsoranationalteam.Thegov- manifestation of howwehave establishedaHockeyHigh Perfo- villages. With the infrastructure in the afternoon, athree-judge Sensingthe urgency,the CJI teamsintheOlympicssemifinals, ernmenthadpledgedRs150crore progressedintermsofinfrastruc- rmance CentreatKalinga Stadi- development, we will produce benchofJustices AMKhanwilkar, referred thematter to thebench the successholds aspecial signif- forthe purpose. tureand logistical support," for- um.Italsohas 12 grassrootcen- morenationalplayersfromhere," BRGavai and Krishna Murari headedbyJusticeKhanwilkar, icanceforOdisha,whichhasbeen "Themainobjectiveistobring mer Indian hockeycaptain and tres.Of the20sportshostelsinthe said Sundargarh DistrictSports asked PCI “torecommend the whichtook it up at 2pm. at the forefront of supporting the backthe glory of Indian hockey. chairman of Hockey Promotion state, twoinSundargarh areded- Coordinator and senior hockey name of” Sharma “as additional The benchordered that “in sport. Notonlyare the current Indians have an emotionalcon- CouncilDilip Tirkey said. icatedto hockey.Thegovernment coachMilton Bilung. participant/additional entryfor viewofthe urgency and, more vice-captains of the men’s and nection with hockey. Therefore, With theWorld cupinmind, is nowworking to setup17astro "Deep was11when she Men's 50 mRifle Position SH1,at particularly,inlight of the obser- women’steams from Odisha, but Odisha will extend all possible Indian players celebrate thestate cabinetinMarchthisyear turfsinall17 blocksof thedistrict. startedtraining under me.Overa the 2020 TokyoParalympics vations madein...order dated the statehas over the years pro- supportinthe comingyears," their quarterfinal victory approved the‘State-levelSports The statehas producedgreats decade alot has changed.Many without anyexception...”. 27.07.2021passedbythe ducedseveralnational-level Secretary, Sports andYouth againstAustralia. PTI InfrastructureDevelopment likeDilipTirkey, Ignace Tirkey, children aremoreinterestedin The court also directed the learnedSingle Judgeofthe High hockeyplayersandsteppedupto Department,Governmentof Project’ fordevelopmentofinfra- Lazarus Barla and SunitaLakra. hockey,"Tejkumar Xess, senior committee to file acompliance CourtofDelhi at NewDelhi..., develop infrastructure andspon- Odisha, Vineel Krishnan said. structureatKalingaStadium, The current Indian team has Bir- coachofthe statehockeyteam reportbyTuesday. prima facie, the petitioner ought sor national teams. The statehas hostedmajor 2014 ChampionsTrophy, andHo- Bhubaneswar, andconstructionof endraLakra,vice-captainof men's and Deep’s uncle, said. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh to have succeededbeforethe When in 2018,the state gov- tournamentsinthelastfiveyears. ckey WorldLeaguefinalin2017.It InternationalHockeyStadium in team, and Deep Grace Ekka, vice- FULLREPORTON appearing forSharma on High Court...”. ernment decidedtosponsorthe It hostedthe WorldCup in 2018, isalsothehostforthe2023Men's Rourkela, at an estimated costof captain of women's team. The www.indianexpress.com

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BRIEFLY In Bengaluru, Lax home isolation the reason institutional SCjunkspleaby quarantine for for Keralasurge: Centralteam entering state rapevictimand interventions. is apreliminaryassessment.The Covid-19bedsinKerala are without RT-PCR KAUNAINSHERIFFM Topgovernment sources said team is nowvisiting some of the mostlylyingvacant,” the source NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 the team is currentlyvisiting dis- districtswhichare reporting said. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA convictseeking trictswith high positivity,and high positivity,” asource said. The central team has also BENGALURU,AUGUST2 Bihar CM NitishKumar ACENTRALhigh-levelmulti-dis- will submit adetailedreport The “majorfactor”behind identifiedthe recentspikein ciplinaryteam that is currently soon. the lax monitoring of home iso- deaths as acause forconcern. THE BENGALURU civic body has visiting Kerala is learnt to have “Therewas an inspired nar- lation wasthe “general pan- “...In the lastthree weeks, the made institutionalquarantine BIHAR bailformarriage concludedthat the state's Covid- rative that the districtswhichare demic fatigue” in the statethat weeklydeath figures aregoing mandatoryfor those coming to CMvowstolook 19 surgehas been triggered by minority dominant areshowing has averyrobust public health up. Historically,Keralahad lower the cityfromoutside Karnataka inadequatemonitoring of coro- higher positivity.The team has cadre. deathrates.But nowKeralais if theyare notcarryinganega- The HC rejected this saying intodeathofGaya navirus-positive individuals in found that Pathanamthitta dis- “The major factor is the gen- seeing 55-65 deaths aday,” the tive RT-PCR test report. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that the question whether home isolation because of pan- trict, whichisminority-domi- eral pandemic fatigueamong official said. “Those entering the city will NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 Mathew committed an offence studentinChina demic fatigue. nated,isinfact,showingalower the public health cadre. States The full reasons behind the have to bring anegative RT-PCR in the case dependsonwhether Patna: BiharChief Minister Significantly, basedonthe positivity of around 6.5-7 per likeKerala and Tamil Nadu have surge in deaths, especiallywith test report with them. If they THE SUPREME CourtonMonday the victim wasachildatthe time Nitish Kumar on Monday preliminarycommunication by cent,” atop official told The grassroots public health cadre regard to critical issues related to don't, we willconduct the test. dismissedpetitions filedbya of the incident.Itpointed out said the stategovernment the expertteam to topofficials Indian Express. who arepresent on the ground. effective implementation of clin- Till the time their test report ar- rape victim from Kerala and the that the trial courthad indeed wouldlookintothedeathof at theCentre, sources said that “Whenyou look at others These public health cadreoffi- icalmanagementprotocols, will rives, theywillbeunder institu- convicted rapist, ex-Catholic found her to be aminor when it astudent, from Gaya,in the “inspired narrative”thatmi- districts with12-13per cent pos- cials were earlier monitoring be detailedinthe report of the tionalquarantine,” Chief priestRobin MathewaliasRobin happenedand addedthat to China. Bihar BJP national nority-dominated districtswere itivity,and some arereporting home isolation patientsveryrig- central team, sources said. Commissioner of theagency Vadakkumcheril, seeking in- grant the reliefssoughtfor as president Dr SanjayJaiswal driving the surge in Covid infec- even 17 per cent positivity,this orously. But because of the fa- The central team travelledto Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara terim bailfor the latter to solem- long as the finding remains has also requestedthe tions especially afterthe Eid cel- whole narrative that minority tigue, thereisless than adequate Kerala againstthe backdrop of Palike(BBMP) Gaurav Gupta said. nise their marriage. would amount to giving judicial Centretolook intothe re- ebrations was“probablynot cor- districtsare driving the pan- monitoring, due to which the statecontributing over 37 He said this measure came “Wedonot find anyground approval to suchmarriage. ported reluctance of the rect”. demic in Kerala is probablynot (Covid-positive)people are per cent of the country's active intoeffect from Mondayafter a to interfere with the order In the appeal in the SC, the Chinese government to Kerala has been an outlier in correct,” the official said. roaming around,” the source cases. According datatracked by meetingwithofficialsandothers. passedbythe High Court. The rapevictimsaidthe child wasdue hand over the bodyofthe that Covid case numbers have Instead, sources said, the cen- said. the Centre, 11 districtsreported Meanwhile, hundredsof Special Leave Petitions are, ac- to be admitted to school and she 20-year-old,whoreportedly stubbornly refusedtocome tral team had found thatpeople Officials said the team has morethan 10 percent positivity commuters from Kerala were cordingly,dismissed,” abenchof wantedto marryMathewtogive diedunder mysteriouscir- down in thestate,evenasalmost in home isolationinthe state recommendedthatinorder to between July26and August1: sent backbyDakshina Kannada Justices VineetSaran and Dinesh legitimacy as the father’s name cumstances. Aman Nagsen the entirecountry has seen in- were notbeing monitored ensureeffectiveclinical manage- Palakkad (19.43 per cent), policeatthe Talapadyborder on Maheshwari said. hadto beaddedinschool records. had gone to China in fectionsabate dramatically after closelyenough, leading to the ment of the disease, the state Thrissur (15.53 per cent), Mondayfor notcarrying an RT- Mathew, aformer priest of Appearing forMathew, September 2019 to pursue the second wave of April-May. spread of the infection. should admit to hospital all Wayanad (14.27per cent), PCR report, as mandated by the the St Sebastian Church at Advocate Amit Georgecon- internationalbusinessstud- Giventhis situation, the “The team has said that there those patientswith otherwise Malappuram (13.94per cent), Karnataka government. Kottiyoor in Kerala, wassen- tendedthat the convict’s funda- ies. He had to stay backin CentreonJuly29despatched a wasinadequatemonitoring of mild symptoms who are Kozhikode (13.42 per cent), The passengers protested, al- tencedto20yearsofrigorous mental right to marry cannotbe Chinabecauseof theCovid- six-member team headedbyDr people who areinhome isola- “slightlyserious”. Kannur (12.68per cent), legingthatthe “sudden decision” imprisonment under the hindered in abail plea. He sub- 19 pandemic.Hisfamilyhad SujeetSingh, director of the tion. People who have tested “The central team thought Kottayam (11.01 per cent), of the Karnataka government has Protection of Children from mitted that with the kind of receivedthe news of his National Centrefor Disease positive and areinhome isola- that the...state should take acall, Ernakulam (10.95 per cent), severely affected thepeople of Sexual Offences Actin2019for “sweeping observations” made death afew days ago, and Control(NCDC) to Kerala, to take tion aregenerallycirculating in whoeverisslightlyserious Alappuzha (10.92 per cent), Kasaragod,who dependon raping and impregnating the mi- by theHC, it won’t be of anyuse theyhad lastspoken to him stockofthe situation and recom- the neighbourhood, and there- among the mild symptoms,they Kollam (10.36 per cent), and Mangaluru foremployment, nor girlinMay 2016.She deliv- even if he approaches the jail su- on July23. He hailed from mend necessarypublichealth fore spreading the infection. This should be hospitalised. Because Kasargod(10.11per cent). medical aidand education. ered ababyatachurch-runhos- perintendent. Rampur in Gaya. ENS pital in 2017 andhewas The benchsaid the HC had defrockedfollowing his arrest in made the remarksafterexamin- Februarythatyear. ing all aspectsofthe issue and TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE Earlier this year,Mathewap- that it did notwish to disturb the UTTARAKHAND proachedthe High Courtseek- HC order. BJPMPbooked NEWCASES:29,369 ing interim bail fortwo months The counsel said the HC’s ob- 519 forthe purpose of solemnising servations are“very grim”. formisbehaving DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:4,04,675 hismarriage with the victim and “You invited it yourself,” re- PANDEMIC to makenecessaryarrange- sponded the bench, and asked BEGAN withpriests TOTALVACCINATION:47,22,23,639 mentswiththe Child Welfare the parties to approachthe HC Dehradun: Revenue police DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR Committee to obtain joint cus- whereMathew’s appeal against in Almoradistrict of 429 4,25,202 1.43% 1.36% tody of their child. convictionispending. Uttarakhand have booked DharmendraKashyap, a BJP MP from AonlainUttar Pradesh, and three others forallegedly usingabusive wordsand misbehaving withthe priests of TESTS TODAY: 20,01,659 | TOTAL TESTS: 47,16,47,153 Jageshwar Dham and other WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.28% | OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.73% members of thetemple management committee. STATES REPORTING MOST CASES Police said the incident took place on July31. ENS BOATINGBYTHE BALCONY: AfloodedstreetinGhatal, in West Bengal’sPaschim Medinipur STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL district. Over 2lakh peopleacross sixdistrictshad to berescuedafter waterreleasedfrom CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION DamodarValley Corporation dams, followedbyheavy rain lastweek,inundated streets. Partha Paul TELANGANA ■ Kerala 13,984 1,65,755 12.29% 2,03,70,704 Maoistkilledin ■ Maharashtra4,869 75,303 3.33% 4,46,72,654 gunbattlewith J&K cloudburst: rescue hopes fade ■ Tamil Nadu 1,95720,385 1.23% 2,33,07,320 policeidentified ■ AndhraPradesh 1,54620,582 2.64% 2,18,87,925 night of July27-28. Teams from day,’’ he said. “With eachpassing ■ Karnataka 1,285 24,045 1.25% 3,06,65,708 Children at the pre-primarywing of the Govt PrimarySchool Hyderabad: Aday aftera ARUNSHARMA the StateDisasterResponse day, thechances of rescuing at Barewal Awana in Ludhiana on Monday. GurmeetSingh Maoistwas killedinanex- JAMMU,AUGUST2 Force, National Disaster those still missing gets dimmer.” STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS changeoffireinBhadradri- Response Force, the police, and Sharma added: “It appears Kothagudem district STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL NEARLYAweeksince acloud- the Army, equipped with sophis- that the missing people have got DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR ofTelangana,thestatepolice bursthit Jammu and Kashmir’s ticated equipment,havebeen washedawaybythe flash floods Punjab schools open: little said the deceasedwas the Kishtwar district, the search for engagedinthe search operation. into the Chenab river.” ■ Kerala 11817,034 0.80%0.54% brotherof Maoistleader the 19 people who were washed “The SDM and the ASP are Hunzar village, meanwhile, ■ Maharashtra991,36,4352.68% 2.19% room to follow Covid rules Madvi Hidma.The slain away in the resultant flash theresupervising the operations, remains ascene of widespread ■ Odisha 67 6,086 2.77% 0.64% Maoistwas Madvi Ungal floods has drawnablank —and but thereismassive debris,” said devastation —houses have been notexpectingsuchgood re- alias Chotu(23), belonging hope is dissipating rapidly. Kishtwar DeputyCommissioner damaged,and massivesilt and ■ Tamil Nadu 28 34,1301.21% 1.35% DIVYAGOYALGOPAL sponse... Now, we areplanning to Bijapur district of The cloudburst occurredover Ashok Sharma. hugeboulders arespread over a ■ Karnataka 25 36,612 1.65% 1.27% MOHALI,AUGUST2 to hold classes in shifts to ensure Chhattisgarh,policesaid.PTI Hunzar villageinthe district’s “Whosoevercould be res- vast area.Acres of agricultural social distancing,” said Karamjit Note:DataasonAug2;vaccinationnumbersasofAug1.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. Dacchan area on the intervening cuedwererescuedonthe first land, too, have been damaged. ON MONDAY,children in Punjab Singh, head teacher of the gov- attendedphysical classes of their ernment primaryschool in newsession (2021-22) forthe Mohali’s Nayagaon. Telangana Cabinet sub-committee to firsttime.But the fresh attempt Teachers in other districts World’s costliest injection not enough to getin-person schooling offthe suchasMoga, Ludhiana, ground again brought forthchal- Muktsar and otherssaid that on as baby loses battle to genetic disease recommend care policy for Covid orphans lengeofsticking to Covid-appro- dayone, while some schools had priatebehaviour. even 60-65 per cent attendance, to be world's mostexpensive wasimprovement in her condi- The committee willcollectin- DistrictChildProtectionunitshave Even as the statehas patted others had less than 50 per cent MANOJMORE drug, sayingitcould help stop tion... We also celebrated her SREENIVASJANYALA formationaboutchildren who been providing counselling.“We itself on the back foranover- attendance. PUNE,AUGUST2 the disease from damaging birthdaylastmonth,” Shinde said. HYDERABAD,AUGUST2 have losttheir parentstoCovid- have assured allofthemthatthe whelming1lakh newenroll- “But since orderscameyes- Vedika's muscles. Shindesaid therewere17 19 from the Collectors of all 33 government will provide educa- mentsinthis sessioninits gov- terday only, some studentswere THIRTEEN-MONTH-OLD Vedika Subsequently, the Shindes suchchildren in India who have THE TELANGANA government districts. The Collectors have been tion support. When schools re- ernment schools, teachers said notaware that schools have Shinde,whose healthcondition were abletoraise Rs 16 croreto been giventhis injection. has formedaCabinetsub-com- asked to checkifthe orphans are open, eachchildwill be givenRs that therewas no spacetoac- opened today. Parentsofchil- due to araredisease had drawn buy one dose of the drug through "Vedika wasthe second one mittee to find out the number of living with their relativesorhave 2,000 per month if he or she commodatethem due to short- dren who had no or limited ac- worldwide support, diedSunday various platforms. from Pune...Thefirstone made a Covid-19orphans in the state been movedtohomesrunby the wishesto go to school.Iftheywish ageofclassrooms. cess of smartphones arere- at aPune hospital. Shirur MP Amol Kolhe ap- recovery,” he said. and formulaterecommenda- Child WelfareDepartment. to join residential schools, we will “Today202 of our442 stu- lieved,” said ateacherfrom “Doctors madeall effortsto pealedtothe government in Lok Dr SandeepPatil of Dinanath tions fortheir care. Apolicyisyetto beframed,but arrangefor that,’’anofficial said. dents attendedclasses. We were Ludhiana. save her lifebut could notdoso,” Sabha to waiveimportduty on Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune said, her father Sourabh Shindetold the injection,which wasavailable “Suchbabies generallysuffer The Indian Express. in theUSwhilecelebritieslikeac- from feeding intolerance... and Father of Kerala HC reserves Vedika sufferedfromspinal torJohn Abraham appealedfor that is what happenedwith Film critic and book lover who muscular atrophy, araredisease donations. Vedika. She diedofasphyxia. It woman jailed by order in Kundra that occurs due to asingle miss- About amonth-and-a-half is araregenetic disorder which ing gene and resultsinprogres- ago, Vedika wasadministeredthe is detected afew months after Afghans over IS symbolised Mumbai spirit dies plea against sive muscle wasting. Doctors injection. “Afterthe injection was birth. Suchcases areone in recommendedZolgensma, said giventoVedika lastmonth, there 4,000-5,000 births.” ties movesSC said: “It is hardtoimagineMAMI ‘illegal’arrest ALAKASAHANI& without Rashid. He is, in fact, NewDelhi: The father of one of SAGARRAJPUT suchanintegralpartofthe cine- ENS &PTI On wife’s complaint, Man held for faking Goa CM’s the Kerala women who leftIndia MUMBAI,AUGUST2 matichistory of the city.” MUMBAI,AUGUST2 BSP leader booked in 2016 with her husband to join The Press Club Mumbai FB profile, seeking money IS has approachedthe Supreme IN MANY charming ways, calledIrani, whose reviews have THE BOMBAY High Court on for issuing triple talaq Courtseeking adirection to Rashid Irani -- amuch-respected appeared in severalnational Mondayreserved itsorder in a Panaji: Goapolice’scyber crime cused, who wasfound with 200 bring backhis daughter and mi- film critic, abooklover and dailies, “one of the pillars” of plea filedbybusinessman Raj Lucknow: BSP leader and former cell on Mondayarrestedaman SIM cards. nor granddaughter,currently working partner of aquaint Irani their“film society”. Kundra, alleging that his arrest in UP minister ChaudharyBashir who had allegedly createdafake Th cyber crime police here lodged in aprison in Afghanistan café -- represented the old world Other than cinema, Irani’s the adult films casewas illegalas wasbookedby policeafterhises- Facebook account in the name of had receivedacomplaint on July afterthe deathofthe husband. and spirit of Mumbai. Rashid Irani was74 biggestlovewas books. Kiran he wasnot served anylegal no- tranged wifeaccusedhim of di- CM Pramod Sawant and sought 16 about an unknown person The plea by VJSebastian When Irani, who suffered said, “Irani had mountains of tice. Kundraand hisassociate vorcing her through triple talaq moneyfromhis Facebook friends who had created afakeaccount Francis urgedthe courttodirect from Covid lastyear andhad books andpapers at hishome Ryan Thorpe have sought interim and marrying forasixth time last under the pretextofmedical by usingSawant's nameand im- the concernedauthoritiestotake multiple health issues,didn’t We rushedhim to JJ hospital that he didn’t want to bemoved.” bail pendinghearingofhis plea month. emergencies. In ajoint operation ageand sending requests,asking action to extraditehis daughter showupatregular hauntsin wherehewas declared dead be- Almostalwaysseen dressed seekingthe case to be quashed. The woman claimedthat the supervisedbythe MewatSPin people to transfer moneytoan SoniaSebastianalias Ayisha and Mumbai fortwo or three days, fore admission.” in abush shirt, apair of loose Meanwhile, Kundra’swife local police station initiallydid Haryana, Mohammed Sakir electronic payment wallethe herdaughter. hisclose friend Rafeeq Ellias in- Irani, who forthe lastfive trousers, andchappals,Rashid actorShilpa Shetty inastate- notregisterher complaint. The Husain, aresident of Mathura, created impersonating Sawant. Underlining the fast-chang- formedthe police and they decades followedcinema with oftencarriedwithhim abottle ment on Monday requestedpeo- FIR wasfiledonlyafter sheap- washeld in the western UP city. GoaPolicesaidtheirinvestiga- ing situation in Afghanistanas brokehis door on Monday. dedication, shared along associ- of water, newspaper,and um- ple to respect the family's pri- proachedAgraSSP Muniraj G, Goa Policeworkedtogether tion showedthe offence wasbe- the US troops withdraw,itsaid Police have registeredacase ation with the Mumbai Film brella. “He would keep leaving vacy,especiallythat of her the complainant added. with police in both Mewatand ing committed from Mewat, this will lead to awar between of accidental death.Senior police Festival as amember of its the umbrella in various places children, and letlaw take its The complainant and Bashir Mathura to trap Husain, officers Mathuraand surrounding areas Taliban and Afghan forces and in inspector BhushanBelnekar Selection Committee. and say: ‘Hopefully, someone course, writing that she has full had marriedinNovember 2012 said. Police areinvestigating de- andhad shared theinformation turn pose danger to the livesof said: “Theyfound him(Irani) un- Smriti Kiran, artistic director, needy will getit’," Writer-direc- faith in Mumbai Police and the and have twochildren. ENS tails of othervictims of the ac- with the local police. ENS the duo. ENS conscious inside his bathroom. Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, torBarnali RoyShuklarecalled. judiciary.

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SHE’SAWINNER Ya shwant Sinha PV Sindhu’s second Olympics medal is onlythe latestsuccess in a THE RECENT GOINGS-ON in the standing thereafter, Jaswant Singh wasexpelledfrom wasonlyfouryearsold in Parliament then, largerstory of striving and achieving by India’s sportswomen committee on information technology has theparty and it took all the diplomatic skills butChandraShekhar thought it fittonomi- once again drawnattention to the system of of Sushma Swaraj to persuade him to resign nate me to that committee.The chairman of EN'S SPORTINIndia maybeinneedofurgentbucking up —anOlympic standingcommittees, whichisone of the ma- from the chairmanship of the PAC, whichby thecommittee, RamNivas Mirdha of the medal has notbeenwon since London 2012.Inthis period, spanning jor innovations of our parliamentarysystemof tradition belonged to the main opposition Congress, conducted the meetings of the the Games in London, Rio and Tokyo, Indian sportswomenhaveadded governance. Along with the earlier commit- party in Lok Sabha. Afterhis resignation, Dr committeewith great fairness. He allowed Msevenmedalsacross four sports.PVSindhuhas nowbecome the first tees, some of whichare mandated by the Joshipreferred to go to thePAC as itschair- Jaswant Singh to function almostasthe Indianwomantowin amedal at successive Games.The successofwomenatthe Constitution, these committees do enormous man rather than continue as chairman of the deputy chairman of the committee and gave amount of work forParliament butgenerally standing committee on finance. At this point, us the space we wanted.Hetasked SS Olympics has meant abroadening of the pyramidbasefromthe traditional hubs. It is- behind closeddoors. It is apity that in this day Sushma Swaraj wanted to knowwhether I Ahluwalia of the Congress then to work with n’t justthe wrestlersfromHaryana, gymnasts from the east, shuttlers from Hyderabad andage of complete transparency,the com- would liketocontinuewhereIwas or shift some of us in close concertsothat the com- and lifters from Manipur.Tokyo2020 has also turnedthe glittering spotlight on afencer mittees areforcedtofunction confidentially. to thefinance committee. mittee could produce aunanimous report. from Chennai andaboxer from Assam.Withthe best of sport nowavailable on smart- This is one of the main reasons whytheir good Iwas remindedofwhatJaswant Singh But notall committees functionedlikethat. phones, ease of communication because of social media and hyper-efficient search en- work is notknown outside Parliament. It is once told me whenhewas ministerofexter- The secondJPC on the 2G scamwas adisas- gines, there’s no tellingwhen and whereadream gets kindled, watchingwomen sports high time to throw open the proceedings of nal affairs and Iwas ministerfor finance— terand functionedonpurelypolitical lines. the committees to public scrutinyashappens that the real work wasinthe finance min- We had manyuglyscenes in the committee stars perform and win consistently. in mostdemocracies. istry, external affairs ministrywas merelaf- meetings and ultimatelyhad to writeapar- Gymnast Dipa Karmakar didn't just dreamupahighdifficultyvault forthe Rio Be that as it may, as someone who has fazi (verbiage). So, Itold Swaraj that Iwould allel report. The PACheaded by Dr Joshi, Olympics, she took her effort to thelogical conclusion, came within striking distance of dealt with these committees both as amin- prefer to go to the finance committee. Inever whichwas examining the 2G scam, also saw amedal.Sindhu ensured that Saina Nehwal'sbronze wasupgradedtosilverand elevated isterand as member/chairperson,Iama regrettedthat decision. very ugly scenes. The Congress members badminton to amainline television sport, before she returnedtothe Olympics fora great admirer of the system. So, when Iread We indeeddid an enormous amount of were under instruction nottoallowthe com- bounce-backbronze.Perhaps the greatestfirstday at the Olympics forIndiawas when in themedia aboutwhathappenedinthe legislative work in the finance committee be- mittee to adoptits report. So, when the time committee on informationtechnology,Iwas tween2009and 2014.Ihad as colleagues came to consider thereport,mygoodfriend, Mirabai Chanudemolishedher demons of failurefromfour years agotochase down a Thepresent dispensation considerablysaddened. In my time, the par- some of the best parliamentariansofthe day and athoroughgentlemanotherwise, weightlifting silver, ascoreofyears afterKarnam Malleswari'sfeat barelyregistered. Mary liamentary committees generallyfunctioned has little use for and the proceedings of the committeewere Saifuddin Soz, even climbed on thetable to Komrefusestogogentlyintothe fading dusk of her career at 38. Another pugilistfrom on non-partisan lines, with some unfortu- parliamentaryconventions, conducted with alot of energy but also with disruptthe proceedings of thecommittee. the Northeast, Lovlina Borgohain from Assam, has pickedupthe baton. At thestart of nateexceptions. Iheadedthe standing com- practices and precedents, alot of dignity.Ialways asked my questions But politics in the committees wasmorean Week 2, all eyes areonwrestler Vinesh Phogat, five years afterSakshi Malik salvaged mittee on the ministryofexternalaffairs indeed forParliament itself. at the end, afterIhad offeredanopportunity exception and mostofthe time the commit- India's twelve-day-long zerocount at Rio. Mosthearteningly,India's women's hockey brieflyinthe 15th Lok Sabha (2009-14) and to allmembers to ask their questions, if any. tees functionedasacohesive unitsetting With all due respecttothe team has come to theparty,beatingmighty Australia. the standing committee on finance foral- In fact, the best dayofmyparliamentaryca- aside party affiliations. mostfiveyears.Therewerethree of us in the reer waswhen we held the lastmeeting of Todayeverything has changed.The pres- It seems women go to the Olympics focussing on the podium, and work backwards Congress, Ihavetoadmit BJP in those days,who pretendedtounder- that the ‘Congressisation’of the committee, an informal one,and ex- entdispensation has little use forparliamen- on the effort neededtoget as closetothe target as possible. Keenlyaware of the defi- stand economics and finance, Murli changed views forone lasttime. Iwas over- taryconventions,practicesandprecedents,in- ciencies of opportunities and facilities, and of the slim chances theymight be afforded Manohar Joshi, Jaswant Singhand me. The the BJP is nowcomplete. The whelmedwhen member aftermember deedforParliamentitself.Withallduerespect givensocietaltraditions, theydon't wastetime to getgoing.LikeNehwaland Mirabai, real expertwas ArunShourie, but he wasin only regret is that the showeredmewith encomiumsregarding to theCongress, Ihavetoadmit that the theytakedisappointment to heart,and return to work harder.LikeLovlinaand Sakshi, theRajya Sabha and onlyamember of the present-dayBJP has adopted the impartial manner in whichIusedtocon- “Congressisation” of the BJP is nowcomplete. they go out there, fearless but without hubris, notgiving themselvesthe cushioning of Lok Sabha could head the finance commit- all the wrong practices of the duct the committee meetings. As aresult, the The only regret is that the present-dayBJP has tees. Iwas thejunior-mostofthe three. So, proceedingswerealwayssmooth, differ- adoptedallthewrongpracticesof theCongress a“next time”—the sortofsecond-chances, forinstance, that this time’s medalless Dr Joshi and Jaswant Singh always got what Congressbut none of its ences were aired with dignity and therewas but none of itsvirtues. Addrabid communal- OlympicdebutantSaurabh ChaudharyorAmit Panghalmight be gliblygiven.PTUsha, theywanted.Ihad to makedowith what- virtues. Addrabid no ill-will even when amemberhad amajor ismtothatand the picture is complete.Ifthat Sania Mirza, Anju BobbyGeorge—theyare notjustbright stars streaking acrossTV ever wasleft. So, in the 15th Lok Sabha, communalism to that and difference of opinion and gave anoteofdis- meanstheerosionof democracy, thensobeit. screens, but role modelsfor countlessyoung women. PV Sindhu went to eight majors Jaswant Singh took the publicaccountscom- the picture is complete. If sent,thoughitwas rare. and brought home medalsfromseven. India’ssportswomen deliverontheir prom- mittee (PAC), Dr Joshi took the standing com- Irecall with pleasurethe joint parliamen- The writer,aformer Union external affairs that means the erosion of ises, time and again. Theyget thejob done. mittee on finance and Ihad to go to thestand- tary committee whichhad been constituted and finance minister, is vice president ing committee on external affairs. Soon democracy,then so be it. to lookintothe stockmarket scam of 1992. I TrinamoolCongress

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ECENTDATA SUGGESTSthatwiththesecondwaveofinfectionssubsiding,and with stategovernmentseasing localisedrestrictions,economic activities in Increase number of sittings, givemoretime to Opposition, to end disruption Indiabouncedbackstronglyfromthelows observedinMay. At 95.3,theNomura R IndiaBusinessResumptionIndexfortheweekendingJuly25wasonly 4.7per- Chakshu Roy centagepointsbelowits pre-pandemic level. It had dippedto60.2 in May. In line with these trends in the broader economy, recentlyreleaseddataalsosignals amarkedimprovement in central government finances during this period. In fact, with the economic fallout of the sec- DISRUPTION IS replacingdiscussionasthe tion againstdisrupting MPs under the legis- Breaking this pattern of parliamentary foundation of our legislative functioning. lature’s rules. Twoofthe conference sugges- disruptions requires afew changesinthe ond wavebeing less than feared,government finances have faredconsiderablybetterinthe The passionatedebatethat shouldinform tions to curb disorder in Parliament were en- functioning of Parliament. As recommended firstquarterofthe current financial year than over the same period lastyear when theimpo- the countryistakingplace everywhere forcement of acode of conduct forMPs and by the2001conference,there should be an sition of the national lockdown ledtoavirtual collapseinrevenues. other than in Parliament. Lastweek, this MLAs and an increase in the sitting days of increase in the working days of Parliament. At the aggregatelevel, the Centre’s gross taxcollections have touched24per cent of bud- newspaperreported that thegovernment is legislatures. Ourlegislature should meetthroughoutthe getedexpectations in the firstquarter(April-June) of the current financialyear,with indirect considering curtailingthe monsoonsession These ideas arenot new. Forexample, the year,likeparliamentsofmostdeveloped taxcollections doing atad better.Under the broad rubric of indirecttaxes,recent datasignals of Parliament. If that happens, then allfour Lok Sabha has had asimple code of conduct democracies. But these increaseddays will sessions since lastyear would forits MPs since 1952. Earlier,the rulesre- nothelp prevent disruptionsifopposition arapid pick up in both GSTand excise/cess collections. GSTcollections at Rs 1.16 lakh crorein have been cut short. The firsttwo because quired MPs nottointerrupt the speechof parties don’t have the opportunitytodebate Julywerehigher than in both May(Rs 1.02 lakh crore) and June(Rs 92,849crore). With aver- of Covid, this year’s budget session because others, maintain silence and notobstruct and highlight important issues. Currently, agedaily e-way billsgeneratedinJulyhigherthaninJuneandMay, theoutlookforcollections of campaigning in stateelections, and proceedings by hissing or by making com- governmentbusiness takespriority,and pri- is significantlybrighter. Further,with economicactivities picking up, fuel demand also rose the ongoing session on accountof mentaries during debates. Newerformsof vate members discuss their topics postlunch sharplyinJuly. In fact, as reported in this paper,preliminarysales datashows that petrol con- disruptions. protestled to the updating of these rules in on aFriday. sumption has reachedpre-Covid levels with state-ownedfuel retailers selling 2.37million Political parties understand what 1989. Accordingly,members should not In the United Kingdom, where causes disorder and the changes required shout slogans, displayplacards, tear away Parliament meets over 100days ayear,oppo- tonnesofpetrolinJuly. Evennon-taxrevenueshave beenbolsteredbyahigherthanexpected to prevent it. In 2001,aday-long confer- documentsinprotest,playcassettes or tape sition parties get20days on whichtheyde- surplustransferredbytheReserveBankof India.However, therecontinuestobecauseforcon- ence washeld in the Central Hall of recorders in the House. Anew rule empow- cidethe agenda fordiscussioninParliament. cern.Asagainstanambitiousdisinvestmenttargetof Rs1.75lakhcrore,sofarproceedsthrough Parliament to discuss discipline and deco- ers the Lok Sabha Speaker to suspend MPs The main oppositionparty gets 17 days and thischannelhaveonlybeento thetuneof Rs7,645crore.Aninabilityto shoreupdisinvestment rum in legislatures. Agalaxy of political obstructing the Houses’ business automati- theremaining three days aregiven to the sec- proceeds,coupledwiththepossibilityof havingto provideadditionalsupportto strugglingparts leaders including the then PrimeMinister, cally. Theconference also resolvedthat ond-largest opposition party.Usually, deci- of the economy, could add pressureongovernment finances down the line. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of Opposition Parliament should meetfor 110daysevery sions of the House passedonopposition days On the expenditure side, while the Centre’s revenue expenditurehas grownatasteady in theLok Sabha, Sonia Gandhi, and leader year and largerstate legislative assemblies arenot binding on the governmentand are of the All-India Trinamool Congress, for90days. an opportunityfor the opposingparties to pacesequentiallyduringthisperiod,capitalexpenditurehasbeenvolatile,presumablydueto MamataBanerjee,weighedinonthe sub- But these suggestionshavenot been en- focus national attentiononissues that it lockdownrestrictions. With the second wavereceding, economic activity pickingup, and In the United Kingdom, ject. Their inputsand those of parliamen- where Parliament meets over forced so far. The government decides when deems crucial. Canada also has asimilar con- greaterclarityoveritsrevenuestreams,thegovernmentshouldnowstepupspendingto pro- tarians likeArun Jaitley, Pranab Mukherjee, Parliament should meet, forhow long and ceptofopposition days. vide supporttothe economy. and former prime ministerChandra 100 days ayear,opposition plays asignificant role in determining what Morestrengthening of our Parliament is Shekhar helpedidentify four reasonsbe- parties get 20 days on which issues the House should discuss. Successive thesolution to prevent disruption of itspro- hind the disorderly conduct by MPs. they decide the agenda for governments have shiedawayfromincreas- ceedings. Thereshould be adeepening of its The firstwas dissatisfaction in MPs be- ing the working days of Parliament. When a role as the forum fordeliberationoncritical cause of inadequatetime forairing their discussion in Parliament. contentious issue crops up, the government national issues. It is the onlymechanism to PARADISE FORPIGS grievances. The second wasanunresponsive Themain opposition party dithers on debating it, leading to Opposition ensurethat disrupting itsproceedings or al- attitude of the government and the retalia- gets 17 days and the MPs violating the conduct rules and disrupt- lowing them to be disruptedceases to be a tory postureofthe treasurybenches. The remaining three days are ing the proceedings of Parliament. Sincethey viable option. In China, the tallestpig farm in the worldisutopia and third waspolitical parties notadheringto have thesupportoftheir parties in breaking dystopia, amodel forthe republic and revolution parliamentarynorms and disciplining their given to the second-largest therules, the threat of suspension from the The writer is head of outreach, PRS members. Finally, the absence of prompt ac- opposition party. House does notdeter them. LegislativeResearch TISNOeasy taskto go Through theLooking Glass,past Animal Farm,andestablish The Republic.Yet,onasacredmountain in southern China, acollection of nonde- I scriptconcretebuildings hasstokedand surpassedthe imaginations of some of the world’s greatestwriters.The tallestpig farm in the world, ninestoreyshigh, with 1,270pigs on eachfloor,bothaporcine utopia and dystopia,anabsurdfantasy AUGUST 3, 1981, FORTY YEARS AGO andamarvel of the modern state. “Thetimehascome,theWalrussaid”inLewisCarroll'sclassic,to pondersuchdeepques- C ONG (U) STRIFE plinaryaction against anyone attending the CABINETRESHUFFLE tionsas“whetherpigshave wings”.InChina,whiletheungulatecannotfly,itcantake thelift. meeting, “evenifits JagjivanRam”.The aim Individualcare,24/7medicalfacilitiesandquick,hygienicdisposalofthediseasedhavebeen JAGJIVAN RAM HAS been warnedthat he of the August5meeting is to elect anew PRIMEMINISTERINDIRAGandhimayreshuf- put in place in the condominiums on Yaji (“sacred”) mountain. This pampering of pigs — will be expelledfromthe Congress (U) if he party chief. flehercabinet before herdepartureforNairobi. theyare weighed, measured,sortedand kept in secure“bio-bubbles” —has ostensiblybeen attends the August5meeting of the All The expectation is that some of the dual IndiaCongress (U) Committee convenedby charges, nowheld by ministers, might be necessitated by disease and the threat of dietary shortages. Over the lasttwo years, China VIOLENCE IN GODHRA ShyamDharMishra,the recentlydeposed ended. PlanningMinisterNDTiwari looksaf- lostover200million pigs to African Swine Feverand otherviruses. Andthe one-partystate, UP Congress (U) head,and others.The three ONE PERSON WASstabbedto death and three terlabour,and Commerce Minister Pranab that has been relatively unsuccessfulinremakingHongKong, Tibetand Xinjiang, has setup Congress (U) General Secretaries, KP others were woundedwhen some unidenti- Mukherjee is alsoincharge of steel. aPlatonic Republic forthe animals. Each creatureiscared for, itsfuturepredetermined. Unnikrishnan, BankaBihari Das, and fied gunmen attackedthem afterpulling out But awordofcaution:Pigs, likePolitburomembers,can become self-serving. Aduck Ambika Soni have made this clear.Inanan- from atruckonthe outskirts of Godhratown US SCORES APOINT mayask,along withhis sheep and goat friends: WhyamIslumming it in farms, on the swer to aquestion on whether Ramwould on the national highway.Godhra, the head- be expelled if he attendsthe meeting, Soni quarters of Panchmahals district in In Gujarat, THEUNITEDSTATES hasgot whatitwantedat ground, while the portlypigs enjoyclimate-controlledsurroundings in highrises? In Animal replied, “Yes, anybody whojoins the meet- wasunder indefinitecurfew clampedsince the North-South meettobeheld in Cancun in Farm,while all animalswereequal, some were more equal than others. The lesson from ing will be expelled. Nobodywill be given August1afterclashes between groups of two October.Therewill beno specific agenda, only Orwell, whichPeople's Parties oftenforget, also is that before therewas Utopia,therewas anyspecialtreatment”.Congress (U) communities in whichtwo personswere “free and open discussion” as demandedby dissent and revolution. Revolutions can always come around again. PresidentDevrajUrs also threateneddisci- killedand eight injured. US President Ronald Reagan.

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had the audacity to proclaim, “Wewouldbe perfectlyhappytoleave in three-years time RAJA MANDALA without firing one shot.” In reality,Helmand becamethescenefor“thefiercestfightingin- By CRajaMohan volvingBritishtroopssincetheKoreanWar”. Another former UK SecretaryofDefence, AN EGYPTIANSCHOLAR,Mohammed Liam Fox, advocated foranegotiated settle- Soliman, has recentlywrittenabout the sig- mentandrevealedthattheUK’smainration- nificanceofwhathecalls the emerging “Indo- Davood Moradian ale in being in Afghanistanwas not“forthe Abrahamic Accord” and itstrans-regional im- sakeoftheeducationpolicyinabroken,13th- plicationstothe west of India. Soliman’s AMIDSTTHE ONGOINGdevelopmentscon- century country”.IfFox hadacquired an ele- conceptbuildsonthe normalisation of Israel’s cerningAfghanistan, an exchangeofdiplo- mentaryknowledge of the history of the relations with the UAEand Bahrain under the maticpleasantriesbetweentheUKSecretary country, he would have known that in the so-calledAbraham Accordssigned last of DefenceandtheTalibanspokespersonhas 13th century, Herat wasthe capitalofthe AugustinWashington. The namingofthe ac- receivedscantattention.Inaninterviewwith Timurid Empire(1370-1507) and acosmo- cords wasarguably an inspired choice to de- the DailyTelegraph,Ben Wallace announced politan andgloballyorientedcity. note theshared origins of theJewishand thatBritainwillwork withtheTalibanshould In 2007,the Afghangovernment took an Islamic religions. The UAEand Bahrain were theyenter government in Afghanistan. The unprecedented step by expelling twosenior followedbySudan andMorocco in signing Taliban’s spokesperson seizedupon the an- UN and EU officials, with Irish/British pass- the Abraham Accords. nouncement and described it as “positive”. ports.The officials were expelledbecause Although Egypt(1979) and Jordan (1994) Theexchangeillustratesthelesser-known theyhad cultivatedunauthorisedcontacts CRSasikumar had establisheddiplomatic relations with aspectof theUK’sinterventioninAfghanistan withtheTaliban,includingbyway of thedis- Israel earlier,the Abraham Accords arewidely has considerable traction among groups that gion’s contradictions. since2001:To whatextentdoesBritain'scolo- tribution of cash. The Afghan government seen as making adefinitive breakthrough in areotherwise deeplyantagonistic. One of the unintendedconsequences of nial past shapeits Afghanistan mission? The suspectedthe officials of being Britishspies. the relations betweenIsrael and theArabs. Forexample,manyinPakistanhavelong Erdogan’s overweeningregional ambition, UK wasajunior partner in the US-led One of the twodeported, Michael Sample, Soliman sees theIsrael-UAErelationship as convincedthemselvesofa“Hindu-Yehudi his alienation of Israel as well as moderate Afghanistanmissionthatisontheedge of im- who has marriedthe daughter of asenior havingacquired acharacterindependent of conspiracy" to undermine itsveryexistence. Arabs, his conflict with Greece, and his em- plosion.UK-Afghanistan relations, however, Pakistaniarmygeneral,managedto returnto Israel's relations with Palestine and aprom- Theycould throw in the Greeksand add brace of Pakistanisthe extraordinaryoppor- span morethan twocenturies.Unlike popu- the countryand continues to pursue his ise of expansive political,economic and tech- Christians to the conspiracy.Those in India tunity forDelhi to widenIndia's reachtothe larinterestin, and coverage of, theBritish Raj decades-long interactions with the Taliban. nological cooperation. that viewthe Middle Eastthrough the reli- west of the Subcontinent. orGermany-Britainrelations,Afghanistanre- TheAfghanallegationsof Britishcollusion Soliman also pointstothe transformation gious prism might believe Hindus and Jews Soliman asksifthe deepening engage- mainsaspecialisedsubjectandinterestinthe with the Taliban were notmereparanoiaor of India’s relationswith the UAEand Israel arenatural alliesinthe region. But the deep- ment between India, the UAEand Israel can UK. But formanyAfghans, theUKhas im- conspiratorial. The Taliban arethe thirdmil- under PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi. ening of Indian and Israeli ties with moder- beconvertedintoaformal coalition. To besure, pacteduponAfghanistanmorethan any itantIslamistmovementactive inAfghanistan Although Delhihad relations withAbu Dhabi ateArabstatesspoils the religious paradigm thereare manyareas likedefence, aerospace other country, includinginshaping itsgeo- thathasbeensupportedby theUKandwhich and TelAvivfor manyyears, they certainly that so manyinIndiaand Pakistan would love and digital innovation wherethe three coun- graphicalboundariesandpoliticalculture and aims to replaceaprogressivelyleanedpoliti- have acquired political depth and strategic to believe in. tries can pool their resources and coordinate identitysincethemid-19thcentury. Itwasin- calorderwithadraconian,repressive Islamist character under Modi.Soliman sees this tri- The ideaof an Indo-Abrahamic accordalso development policies. Coordination with evitable, therefore, that the UK’s re-entryin one.The UK playedanimportant role in two lateral relationship as the potential nucleus troubles those in South Asiawho view the Saudi Arabia will certainlyremain ahigh pri- Afghanistaninlate2001wouldignitehistor- previous successfulattemptsofIslamists to of awider regional coalition. Middle Eastthrough such secular tropes as orityforthethree nations.Meanwhile,others icalmemories,prejudices,suspicionsandfas- capturetheAfghanstate.Theuprisingagainst Soliman underlines the converging inter- anti-imperialism and the contradictions be- likeGreece areeager forgreater cooperation cinationonthe part of both sides. Afghanistan’s modernisingand enlightened ests betweenIndia, the UAE, and Israel amidst tween Israeland Arabs. Theintra-regional with the coalition. On thesurface,the Afghan warwas pro- kingand Britain’s swornenemy, Amanullah TurkishpresidentRecepTayyip Erdogan’s as- contradictions in West Asia have always been If thereisone countrythatcan give sub- jected as part of theglobalwar on terrorism Khan, in the 1920scombined tribal andcler- sertive claims forthe leadership of theIslamic sharper than thosebetween theregion and stantive depth to the Indo-Abrahamic Accord with astrong undertone of “liberalinterven- ical elementsthathad receivedsignificant world. The newgeopolitical churn is also the external powers. it is Egypt. Having oustedthe Muslim tion”. ManyinLondoncould not, however, supportand encouragementfromBritish drivenbyPakistan’s growing alignment with Arabsdo empathisewith thePalestinians' Brotherhood from powerin2014, the tametheirtemptationto lookatAfghanistan agents. The second attempt comprisedthe Turkey and itsalienation from itstraditionally plight, but manyofthemare no longer will- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is try- from thepointofviewtheir ancestors had Taliban’s predecessors, the Mujahideen. strong supporters in the Arab Gulf —the UAE ing to letthe Palestinians veto their normali- ing to revitalisethe nation’s economyand re- adoptedinthe early 20th century. Reading MargaretThatcher rousedthe Mujahideen and Saudi Arabia. sationof relationswith Israel. Nordoall Arabs claim itsregional leadership role. Located at RudyardKipling’s Great Game andwatching by tellingthemthat“theheartsof ‘freeworld’ The fragile effortssince the end of the Cold see the conflict with Israel as the principal con- the cusp of Mediterranean Europe, Africa, CarryOnUpthe Khyber became compulsory were withthemintheirbidtofightevil”.Such Waratnormalising relations between Delhi tradiction in the region. Forsome, non-Arab and Asia, Egyptisthe very heart of the forthe plethoraofBritish militaryand civil- rhetoricalsupportwasaccompaniedby mas- and Ankarahavealsobrokendown, thanksto powers likeIranand Turkey pose abigger Greater MiddleEast. ian personneldeploying to Afghanistan. sive financial,militaryand diplomatic sup- Erdogan’s hostility towardsIndia. Erdogan has threat than Israel. IndependentIndia’sengagementwiththe The UK’schoicesofplace, programmes port. The UK Chief of the GeneralStaff, been championing Pakistan’s caseon Kashmir Viewing the regioneither exclusively region in the 1950s wascentred on aclose andpoliciesalsoarticulateits colonialpastin Nicholas Carter,has recentlyassumedaddi- afterIndia changedthe territorial statusquoof through the religious or secular lens misses partnership with Egypt. The legendaryspe- thecountry. TheUKchoseHelmandasitsarea tionalresponsibilityforrevivingtheUK’sme- the stateinAugust2019. At Pakistan’s behest, the complexinterplaybetween competing cial relationshipbetween Jawaharlal Nehru of responsibility,aprovincerichwiththe diationeffortbetween Afghanistanand Erdogan is also blocking India’s entryintothe versions of acommon faith, the questfor and Gamal Abdel Nasser wasinstrumental in memoryofthe Anglo-Afghan wars. The UK Pakistan. In the triangleofAfghanistan- Nuclear Suppliers Group. profit, anddiverging politicalinterests within promoting Afro-Asianunityandfounding the assumedthe leadrole in tackling Pakistan-UK, manyAfghans would describe Turkey’s questforregionaldominancehas theregion. Erdogan’s support forthe Muslim Non-AlignedMovement.Itwas notall about Afghanistan’sflourishingillicitdrugeconomy, itas“2+1”,similarto thePalestinians’viewof also widenedthe Indo-Abrahamicconver- Brotherhood, whichseeks to overthrow the solidarity though. Nehru and Nasser visualised whichwasmainlyconcentratedinthesouth- theUS'roleinthePalestine-Israelconflict.The gence to theeasternMediterranean to include current politicalorder in theregion,has deeply astrategicpartnership and sought to build a ern provinces, once the frontierofBritish UK’sPakistan-centricSouthAsiapolicyisfur- Greece and Cyprus. The discovery of newhy- angered the governmentsofEgypt,Saudi Viewing the religion either joint fighter aircraftand develop ajet engine. India.Moreimportantly, asearly as2008,the therillustratedby theabsenceofany dialogue drocarbon resources in the eastern Arabia and the UAE. If Delhi and Cairolosteachother in recent UKwasthefirstcountrytoemphasisethefu- between Londonand Delhi on Afghanistan Mediterranean, therenewedterritorial dis- Fightingthe Brotherhood and balancing exclusively through the decades, Modi can rebuild the strategic part- tility of amilitarysolutionand advocate the since2001. putesbetween Ankara andAthens, andthe Turkey have become existential challengesfor religious or secular lens nership jointlywithel-Sisi who is calling for needfor anegotiatedsettlement. Mediation While toomuchfocus on therole of colo- Turkish questfor regional dominance has Cairo, Riyadh, and AbuDhabi. Although misses the complex interplay theconstructionof a“New Republic”in Egypt. between Afghanistan andPakistanwas an- nial assumption and mindset would lead to drawnGreece and the UAEcloser. Erdogan’s Islamic radicalism might appeal to between competing versions The opportunities that arecoming India’s other of the UK’spriorities. an overly deterministic account of the UK’s Greece has also looked towardsIndia to the Arab street,the Arab elites arenot about waytothe west of theSubcontinent areas LessknownaretheUK’seffortsand“suc- two-decades involvement in Afghanistan, it enhance bilateral security cooperation. India’s to letErdogan reimpose theOttoman im- of acommon faith, the quest consequential as those that have recently cess” in “tribal balance”.The UK supported nevertheless deserves due recognitionand external affairs ministerSubrahmanyam perium over their lands. forprofit,and diverging emergedinthe east. Muchinthe manner that thepresidencyof Ashraf Ghani,whobelongs scrutiny. Despite losingmorethan450 Jaishankar wasinAthens at the end of June As thecurrent turmoilreconfigures the re- political interests within the the “Indo-Pacific” has transformedthe way to the Ghiljai branchofPashtun—towhich troops andinvesting significantamountsof and the twosides have begun defence ex- gion’s geography, itstraditional subdivision region. Erdogan’s support for India thinksabout the east, the notion of a mostTaliban fighters arebelieved to belong. financial and political resources, the UK has changes. Greece’s European partners like intothe Gulf, West Asia, and NorthAfrica “Greater Middle East” can provide ahugefil- Theyreasonedthat aGhiljai presidentcould failed to attain anyofits stated objectivesin France, whichhaveabig stakeinthe makes little sense today. Norcan the region the Muslim Brotherhood, liptoIndia’s engagement with the extended inducetheTalibantojointhepoliticalprocess. the country. AUKemancipated from its Mediterranean as well as the Arab Gulf, have be separatedfromSouthern Europeand the whichseekstooverthrow the neighbourhood to the west. TheUK’s entrenchedcolonial assump- colonial burden would have been in abet- takenanactive interestincountering Turkey’s Mediterranean at one end and the current political order in the tionsandensuinghubris,ignoranceandblun- terposition to contribute to Afghanistan’s regional ambitions. Subcontinent on the other.The familiar re- region, has deeply angered The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian der arereflected in anumberofstatements stability andsecurity. ManyinDelhiwillshaketheir heads in dis- gional institutionslikethe Arab Leagueand Studies, National University of Singaporeand made by senior UK officials. Beforedeploy- approval at the framing of India’s Middle East the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation might the governments of Egypt, contributing editor on international affairs for ing his country’s troops to Helmand, theUK Thewriterisfounder and director-general, possibilities in religiousterms. Butthe idea endure but areincapableofaddressing there- Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The Indian Express Secretary of Defence at thetime, John Reid, AfghanInstitute forStrategicStudies The art of Blinkening LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR TOP-DOWN ORDER THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The green IDEAS US SecretaryofState’s praise forIndia came from the heart warrant’ (IE, August2). TheSupreme Court’s blanket judgmentisskewedand ONLINE itmustmakecorrectionsto thesame.Itis Oopali Operajita no secret that meninwhite-collar jobs ONLYINTHE EXPRESS don't understand the livesoftheir blue- BLINKEN(VERB): TO assiduously and tact- praise forIndia as ademocracy.I,therefore, professional and personal investment in,and lieve will ensure notonlythe successof collar counterparts but gettomakelaws ●UNEVENPLAYING fully refuse to be drawnintocontroversy;to name this sagediplomatic strategy the artof connectionwith, NorthAmerica dates back democracy,but the successofthe relation- forthem and decidetheirfatefor them. FIELDS:SOHAMMUKHERJEE maintain pivotal, cordial relationships, Blinkening, infusedwith fresh meaning and to 1980,andwhoseareasof specialisationare ship between Indiaand the United States.” The Khori Gaon eviction order is no ex- ANDSUMANTAROY notwithstanding acacophonyofpatently in- depthasit has been, by Antony Blinken.There cross-cultural communication, international Now,for someone who wastrying to say ception. The order purportedlytaking a stigatednoises, and, thereby, render those is justtoo much at stakeinthiscrucialrela- relations, and public policy,Ibelieve Ihavea nothing, Blinken said rather alot,and there hardstancefor environmentalism for- ● ANEW AGE OF noises irrelevant. tionship to letself-righteousness taint it. It reasonablyaccuratetakeonexactlywhat wasn’tthe slightesttrace of awaffleordis- getsthatrulingwithanironhandonsuch SURVEILLANCE: JAVED Therecentvisit to India by theUS Secretary takesalarge dollopofnaïvetétoassume that Blinken meant. He wasnot fudging around; comfitureinhis response. sensitive issuescannotonlybedetrimen- IQBAL WANI of State, AntonyBlinken, cementedtherobust anyleaderissimplygoing to jump intoan what he said, with discernible eloquence, In apredictablywilfuland schismaticmap taltothe people living therebut also andtime-testedrelations between theworld's arenanow populatedby activistsand belliger- came from the heart. of misreading, awriteratanother daily refers, counterproductive. www.indianexpress.com largest andoldestdemocracies. On the agenda ent mediapersons, and, thereby, jeopardise In the above context, acouple of com- in atweet,toher articlewhich magnifies, out Udit Sarkar, Kolkata forurgent discussion:Covid-19, Afghanistan, important bilateral relations. The real world mentsinthe media needresponses: One of proportion, Blinken’s discussion of “CAA, the Quad, and araftofother pressing matters does notworkthat way. The very act of re- Indian journalistthinksBlinken “waffled love jihad and farmers’ protests with civil so- GRUELLING OLYMPICS that could brook no delay. In the wake of this questing another nation to interfere in India’s painfully,trying hisbesttosay nothing ciety representatives”,hoping, desperately, to NEP PIPE DREAM visit, and, in particular,the pressconference internal affairs is both immatureand treach- whenasked about the Modigovernment’s delineatethis meeting as the reason foraUS THISREFERSTOthereport,‘SuperSindhu that he and India's External Affairs Minister, S erous, and epitomises our colonial hangover. democratic backsliding.But Dr SJaishankar SecretaryofState’s India visit. This is arisible Sunday’ (IE,August2). Badminton star P THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,‘Walking Jaishankar, heldat theconclusion of their talks, Calling the US-Indiarelationship “one of leapt in, right after, to reveal thethree is- and misfiredattempttodiminish the central- VSindhu has wonthe bronze afterde- NEP talk’ (IE, August2). TheNEP 2020, therewas aflurry of articles trying to gloss the mostconsequentialrelationships we have suesthe US raisedwithIndia.”Thisisinac- ity and positive outcome of the Blinken- featingChina’s He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 ayear on,remains largely adecent doc- over the fact that Blinken categorically—and with anycountry on earth,” Blinken added: curate, and sheer fabrication: Iwatched the Jaishankar dialogue, and the Blinken-Modi during Sunday’s third-place play-off. ument. And likemostgovernment “vi- graciously, in deference to accepteddiplo- “Finally, our bilateral relationship is strength- pressconferencelive. Blinken chose to reply meeting, as if theywerepostscripts. Indiahad aspecial moment when its sions”, it remains largely apipe dream. maticprotocol —refusedtobedrawn into any enedbyour shared values. As twoofthe first, to Courtney McBride of TheWall Street All those manufacturedandspurious cor- women’shockeyteamenteredthesemi- What seems to be happening on the kindofcommentaryon India's internal affairs. world’s leading democracies, we take seri- Journal,whenshe asked himabout hisper- relations, the hectoring and the cotton candy finals. While these stirring eventskept ground is that education is being leftto Thesearticles epitomise arefusal to accept ouslyour responsibilities to deliverfreedom, ception of India as ademocracy,and here is cozenage—theywereall astutelybanished. India afloat, thereisalsothe litanyof the private,for-profitsector, at both what is true. If onlyhehad criedhavocand let equality and opportunity to allofour people an excerptfromwhathesaid:“I’mhappy “Blinkened”, if youwill. Blinken compli- heart-breaks.TheGamesexertimmense schoolsand theuniversitylevel. Whatis slipthedogs of war!We might work ourselves ...Partof thepromiseof democracy is thecon- to start …The mostremarkable democratic mentedIndiaasastrongand resilientdemoc- pressureasitisalwaysabout the athlete neededisastrong, neighbourhood- intoalatherall we want, and read dozens of stantstriving forbetter. Those valuesareatthe elections in the world, in manyways,are racy,onmorethan one occasion, and with el- combiningindividualexcellencewithna- basedpublic school system —alongthe meaningsintohisstatementsonbothdemoc- heartofour democratic systems.They'reat hereinIndia, just by sheernumbers.It’sthe egance. India nowlooksforward to President tionalpride.ItisnevereasyandtheIndian lines of Britain's Comprehensive racies,but the truthis thatBlinken assiduously thecoreofthevast array of partnershipscon- largest expressionoffreepolitical will by Biden’s visit. contingent would vouchfor that going Schools —and an expansion of govern- avoidedbeing judgemental about India, say- necting our countries, notonlybetween our citizensanywhereonearth …And we cel- intothe second week. ment universities. ing that he approachedIndia with asense of governments but also between our private ebratethatthe world’s oldest andthe The writer is aDistinguished Fellowat SanjayChopra, Mohali Biswadeep Chatterjee, via email “humility”. He alludedtoour democracies as sectors,universities, civil societies, and mostof world’s largest democraciesare dedicated Carnegie Mellon University. “works in progress” andoffered up tangible all between our people.” As someone whose at hearttoashared setofvalues thatIbe- Viewsare personal

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larly and the pandemic had lim- colleagues in court will be able of scholarships meantfor minor- only if detenu affects ABHISHEKANGAD ited his visitshome. But he had a to tell youmore”. ityschoolstudents,whichwasin- HAZARIBAGH,AUGUST2 deepconnectionwithallof us,the Calling Anand a“friend more vestigated by The Indian Express. house...,” says Prasad, apractising than abrother -in-law”, Sinha In the six cases in whichhe or likely to affect “I AM in no position to talk,” lawyer.The shelvesbehind him says,“He wasagreat dad, hus- granted bail, the period of cus- says Sadanand Prasad, 78, grip- arestackedwithlegalrecordsand band. We also bondedwell pro- tody wasthe main ground. In the ping the handleofhis wicker files. “I am aself-made man, so fessionally. We woulddiscusssev- remaining cases, he rejected the public order, SC rules chair.And then he talks, slowly, wasAnand. He worked hard, eral legal points but he wouldn't pleas forbail citing the natureof of his son who “struggledlike graduatedfromDelhiUniversity's disclose anything on the casehe the crime. me” and worked his wayupto Faculty of Law. His death is abig wasworking on.” While he copes with Anand's The benchsaid that “while it become ajudge. loss... to our family, to society.” Saying Anand was“very ob- death,Prasad has another worry. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cannotseriouslybedisputed On July28, his son, Dhanbad Besidesthe latejudge's father jective”inhis work,Sinha says, “Anand’s wifeKriteehas barely NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 that the Detenu maybea‘white Additional Sessions Judge Uttam Prasad, his wifeand brother-in- “There have been instances talkedeversincehedied.Anand's collar offender’asdefinedun- Anand,50, waskilledbyanauto- lawPrabhat Kumar Sinhaare where, in the cases that he dealt deathisabiglossforus,butforhis TO INVOKE apublic detention der... the... Act, yetaPreventive rickshawthatvisibly veered lawyers too. Sinha, who practises with, the interestedparties have wifeand children, it is alossthat lawagainst someone, it isnot Detention Order can onlybe sharply towardshimonanempty intheJharkhandHighCourt,takes come to me forbail. But when he can'tbecompensatedfor,”hesays. enough that his/her actions passedifhis activities adversely road. On Saturday, aday afterthe over from his father-in-law. got to know,herecusedhimself.” SinhaaddsthatAnandalways pose athreat to lawand order affect or arelikelytoadversely Supreme Courttookcognisance “Thisisnodoubt amurder... If JudgeAnandpassed36orders wanted his wife, alsoalawyer,to but mustaffect thepublicorder, affect the maintenance of public of the alleged hit-and-runcase, yousee thevideo carefully... this in July, of which34pertainedto clearthe Judicial Services the Supreme Courtruled on order”. the Jharkhand government rec- is notanaccident. Letthe inves- bailincasesrangingfrommurder Examination. “But he wasvery Monday, quashing the deten- Underlining what constitutes ommendedthatthematterbein- tigation bring out the truth,”he The lateJudgeAnand’sfather Sadanand Prasad (above)isa to coalsmuggling, allegedsexual clear that he wouldn't impose his tion of aman —“ahabitual lawand orderand public order, vestigated by the CBI. says,adding that while the judge lawyer.Soare his wifeand brother-in-law. Abhishek Angad harassment, saleoffakelottery career choice on histwo daugh- fraudster” —underthe the benchsaid “therecan be no “Wedid notspeak very regu- had no enemies at home, “his tickets and the alleged diversion ters and son,” he says. Telangana Prevention of doubt that for‘public order’ to be Dangerous Activities Act, 1986. disturbed,theremustinturnbe AbenchofJustices RF public disorder.Merecontraven- Nariman and Hrishikesh Roy tion of lawsuchasindulging in Congo nationaldies in police said that aliberal meaning can- cheating or criminal breachof notbegiven to the expression trustcertainlyaffects‘lawand public order in the contextof order’ but before it can be said to custody; protest in Bengaluru preventive detention statute. affect ‘public order’, it mustaf- To argueso“is whollyinap- fect the community or the pub- According to police, on Jon wasthen takentothe JC posite and incorrect”, the court lic at large”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sunday night, theytried to trap NagarPolice Station around 2.15 said,addingthat “on the con- The chargesofcheating BENGALURU,AUGUST2 Jon using an informant and an am. Policesay that at about 5am, trary, considering that preven- againstthe detenu fall in the undercoverpoliceman afterbe- he complainedofchestpain and tive detention is anecessary realmoflaw and order,the court ANAFRICANnationaldetainedby ingtippedoff that he wasoper- was“immediately” shifted to a evil onlytopreventpublic dis- said,addingthat “a close reading theBengaluruPoliceondrug-traf- ating in the Babusapalya locality nearbyhospital. “On preliminary order,the Courtmustensure of the Detention Order would ficking chargesdiedinpolice cus- in eastBengaluru. An officer said, medical examination he wasdi- that the factsbrought before it makeitclearthat the reason for todyintheearly hoursof Monday, “Ataround 12.30 am, twoforeign agnosedwith bradycardia (slow directlyand inevitablyleadtoa the said Order is notany appre- leading to aprotest by his friends nationalsapproachedthe police heartrate) and administered harm, danger or alarm or feel- hension of widespread public andassociatesoutsidetheJCNagar informant and policeman. Once severalrounds of CPR. At around ing of insecurity among the harm, danger or alarm but is Police Station in north Bengaluru. the police informant identified 6.45 am, he wasdeclared dead generalpublic or anysection onlybecause theDetenu was Ascufflebetweenthemandpolice the pillion rider as Jon, the po- due to suspected cardiac arrest,” thereof at large”. successful in obtaining anticipa- resulted in amild lathicharge. liceman caughthim.Jon triedto apoliceofficialsaid. The court said that in the tory bail/bail from the Courts in Aprobe has been ordered flee and afew plastic packets Bosco Kawesi,acoordinator case before it, “it is clear that at eachofthe five FIRs” againsthim. intothe death of Joel Shindhani containingawhitesubstance fell forAfrican nationals living in the highest, apossible appre- The remedy in suchsitua- Malu, 27,who wasanationalof on the ground.” While the per- Bengaluru, said police told him hension of breachoflaw and tionsistoseekcancellation of the Democratic Republic of son with him fled, police said Jon about the arrest around 3-4 am. order canbesaid to be made bail and notpreventive deten- Congo, Bengaluru Police confessedthatthe substance “Later in the morningtheysaid out if it is apprehendedthat the tion, the courtsaid, adding the Commissioner Kamal Pant said. found on him wasMDMA. he wasinhospital. When Iwent Detenu, if setfree, willcontinue elementsrequired forinvoking to the hospital he had already to cheat gullible persons. This suchdetention “is...totallyabsent GOVT.OFODISHA passedaway.” maybeagood ground to appeal in the factsofthe...case”. Police said aftertheyestab- againstthe bail orders granted The SC washearing an appeal OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, lishedJon’s identity with the help and/or to cancel bailbut cer- filedbythe wifeofthe detenu WATER RESOURCES of Kawesi,theyfoundthathisvisa tainlycannotprovidethe againstthe Telangana HC order A-333 ODISHA, BHUBANESWAR expired on July20, 2015,and his springboardtomove under a whichdismissed her petition ‘e’ Procurement Notice No. CEMKS 01 OF 2021-22 passportonDecember13, 2017. preventive detention statute”. challenging the detention order. 1. Name of the work : Protection to scoured bank at improvement to Chitrotpala leftembankment from RD 00 Km to 15.00 Km under NABARD Jaishankar likely to Assistance RIDF-XXV 2. 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SIMPLY PUT Why Gilgit-Baltistan matters to India and Pak

The Pakistangovernment has finalisedlegislation forincorporating the regionasaprovince. Howwas it ruledsofar,and whythe changeofstatusnow?

itystate.WhenHariSinghaccededto Indiaon Beyond the provinces theywereconsidered Pakistani, including for It has 24 directlyelected members andnine setofamendmentswould be introducedto NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIAN October26,1947,theGilgitScoutsroseinrebel- In 1974,Pakistanadoptedits firstfull- citizenship and passports, theywereoutside nominatedones.TherulingpartyinIslamabad give Gilgit-Baltistanrepresentation in MUMBAI,AUGUST2 lion, ledbytheir British commander Major fledged civilian Constitution, whichlists four theambit of constitutional protections avail- has wonevery electionheldtothe region’s Pakistan’s parliament, besides establishment William Alexander Brown. The Gilgit Scouts provinces —Punjab, Sindh, Balochistanand able to thoseinthe four provinces and PoK. Assemblysince 2010.InNovember 2020, of theAssembly .Itisalso said to have provi- PAKISTAN’S LAWand Justice Ministryhas fi- also movedtotakeoverBaltistan, whichwas Khyber Pakthunkhwa. Pakistan-Occupied PrimeMinisterImran Khan’s Pakistan- sions forrepresentation of the region in the nalised draftlegislation to incorporateGilgit- then partofLadakh, and captured Skardu, Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistanwerenot Firstchanges Tehreek-i-Insaf wonwith24of33seats. National Assemblyand the Senate. Baltistan, the region knownbefore2009as Kargil and Dras. In battles thereafter, Indian incorporatedasprovinces.Onereasonascribed It wasonlyinthe firstdecade of the new Thechangeinstatus,whenithappens,will Northern Areas, as aprovince of the country, forces retook Kargil and Dras in August1948. to this is that Pakistandid notwanttounder- centurythatPakistanbegan considering Provincial status meetalong-standing demand of the 1.5mil- according to areport in Dawn newspaper. Before that, on November 1, 1947,apoliti- mine itsinternational casethatthe resolution changesto itsadministrative arrangementsin On November 1, 2020, observedinGilgit- lion people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Thereisanger NewDelhi, whichhas assertedthat Gilgit- cal outfit calledthe RevolutionaryCouncil of of the Kashmir issuehad to be in accordance theNorthernAreas,astheconstitutionallimbo Baltistanas“IndependenceDay”, Imran Khan againstPakistanfor unleashingsectarian mil- Baltistanisanintegral partofIndia “byvirtue Gilgit-Baltistanhadproclaimedtheindepend- withUNresolutionsthatcalledforaplebiscite. became untenabledue to the newpost-9/11 announcedthathis government would give itantgroupsthattarget Shias,butthepredom- of the legal, complete andirrevocableacces- entstate of Gilgit-Baltistan. On November 15, In1975,PoKgot itsownConstitution,mak- dynamics of the region and the increasing the region “provisionalprovincialstatus”.In inant sentiment is thatall this will improve sionof Jammu&Kashmirto theUnionof India it declareditwas acceding to Pakistan, which ingitanostensiblyself-governedautonomous Chineseinvolvementinstrategicdevelopment March this year,the newlyelected Assembly once theyare partofthe Pakistani federation. in 1947”, is yettorespond to the latestreport, acceptedtheaccessiononlytotheextentof full territory. This Constitution had no jurisdiction ventures.Gilgit-Baltistanwas vitaltothose passedaunanimousresolutiondemandingan Thereisasmallmovementforindependence, but is certain to do so.The area’sstrategic im- administrative control, choosing to govern it over the Northern Areas, whichcontinued to projects,given that it provides the only land amendmentto theConstitutionto makeGilgit- but it has very little traction. portance forIndia has increasedinlight of the directlyundertheFrontierCrimesRegulation, be administered directlybyIslamabad (the access between the twocountries. Baltistanaprovisional province of Pakistan, While some reports have suggestedthat China-PakistanEconomicCorridoragreement, alaw devisedbythe British to keep control of Frontier Crimes Regulation wasdiscontinued In 2009, Pakistanbrought in the Gilgit- “withoutprejudice to theKashmirdispute”. Pakistan’sdecisionisunder pressurefrom under whichBeijingisinvestinghugelytode- the restivetribal areas of the northwest. in1997butrepealedonlyin2018).Inreality,PoK Baltistan(Empowerment and Self- Accordingto Dawn,ImranKhanhadinJuly China,warythatGilgit-Baltistan’sambiguous velop the area as partofits Belt and Road Following the India-Pakistanceasefireof tooremainedunderthecontrolof Pakistanifed- Governance) Order,2009, replacing the askedhisLawMinistertofast-trackadraftleg- statusmightunderminethelegalityof itsproj- Initiative,and theconcerns of atwo-front war January1,1949, PakistaninApril thatyear en- eral administration and the security establish- Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) islationformakingGilgit-Baltistanaprovince, ectsthere, thereisalsospeculationthat this afterthe standoff in Eastern Ladakh lastyear. teredintoanagreementwiththe“provisional ment, through the Kashmir Council. with the Legislative Assembly, andthe and it has been finalisednow as the 26th could be aprecursor to Pakistan’s acceptance government” of “Azad Jammu &Kashmir”— The main difference wasthatwhile the Northern Areas were givenbackthe name of Constitutional Amendment Bill and submit- of India’sAugust5,2019changes doingaway History of the region parts that had been occupiedbyPakistani peopleof PoKhadrightsandfreedomsguaran- Gilgit-Baltistan.TheNALCwasanelectedbody, tedtohim.Theproposedlaw isbelievedtosug- with Kashmir’s special status. During the PoK Gilgit waspartofthe princelystate of troopsandirregulars—totakeoveritsdefence teedby theirownConstitution,which mirrors but had no morethan an advisoryrole to the gest thatbecauseof itsstatusaspartoftheun- elections,thePakistanMuslimLeague(N)had Jammu &Kashmir,but wasruled directly by and foreign affairs. Under this agreement, the thePakistanConstitution,thepeopleof themi- Ministerfor Kashmir Affairs and Northern resolvedKashmir issue, Gilgit-Baltistanbe alleged Imran Khan wasabouttoincorporate theBritish,whohadtakenitonleasefromHari “AJK” government also cededadministration norityShia-dominatedNorthernAreasdidnot Areas, who ruledfromIslamabad. givenprovisional provincialstatusbyamend- both Gilgit-Baltistanand PoKasprovinces of Singh, the Hindu ruler of the Muslim-major- of Gilgit-BaltistantoPakistan. have anypoliticalrepresentation. Although TheAssemblyisonlyaslightimprovement. ingArticle 1ofthe Constitution. Separately, a Pakistanina“secret deal”withIndia.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Wheretigersroammountains TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at least one dose) Uttarakhandhas flaunted itstiger rangeupto12,000ft.How commonly aretigers found at suchaltitudes? 36,79,94,586 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose NTCA/WII Emmanuel Rondeau/WWF-UK 10,650ft 11,000 ft 70,00,000 11,88,426 28,74,665

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TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN 47,22,23,639 88% 12% (SputnikV's4,82,501doses Clockwise from topleft:Camera-trap images of amale tiger in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradeshin2017; atiger in awildlife corridor in Bhutan in 2017;atiger in notrepresentedinpie) Sikkim’sPangolakha WildlifeSanctuaryin2018; andatigress in Askot Musk Deer wildlifesanctuaryinUttarakhand in 2016. DOSES ON AUGUST 1 19,25,043 10,742 ft 9,563 ft of Arunachal Pradesh. These twowerethe JULY 31: 87,80,117 (1ST DOSE: 69,85,847; 2ND:17,94,270) EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE firstphotosoftigers (other than Russia’s NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 Amur tigers) in the snow. DECEMBER 2018: Atiger waspho- INDIA ACTIVE CASES 4,13,718 TO CELEBRATE International TigerDay last tographedat9,563 ft (2,915m) in Sikkim’s week,the Uttarakhand government high- Pangolakha WildlifeSanctuary. lighted the expanseofthe state’s tiger map MAY2019: Atiger wascamera-trapped 5,00,000 from CorbettNational Park to Kedarnath in Rudraprayag’s Kedarnath Wildlife WildlifeSanctuary. Between the teraiand the Sanctuaryat11,155ft(3,400m). mountains, ChiefMinisterPushkarSingh Causes forconcern 4,08,977 4,13,718 Dhami flaunted the tiger rangefromanele- 2,50,000 vation of 1,181ft(360 m) to 12,073 ft (3680 WII EastWildlife Division, Sikkim Records of high-altitude tigers getting m) as atestimonyofUttarakhand’s success in somewhat routine have alarmedasection of tiger conservation. setanew elevation recordfor tigers, captur- the Himalayasatanaltitude of 10,000ft”. In conservationists. Warming inducedbycli- The tiger’s usual rangeisunder 6,000 ft ing an adult male in the snowinside Jigme his Man-eaters andMemories (1959), Indian matechange,theyargue, is makingthe 0 (below1,800ft, think Kasauli). That makes Dorji National Park at 13,780 ft (4,200m)in Forest Service officer JECarrington Turner higher mountains tolerable fortigers. LAST 10 DAYS itspresence above 12,000 ft —the elevation 2008. Since the global hype generated in wroteabout shooting aman-eating tiger in But the fact that tigers arefound roam- July23Aug 1 of the Kedarnath temple —rare. But tigers 2010,high-altitude tigers have been pho- Gori Valley, nowinUttarakhand’s ing the snowindicates that their upward Note:The August1figures in these graphs arebased on the government updates on August2 have shown up before astrategicallyplaced tographedinBhutan on multiple occasions, Pithoragarhdistrict. In Forbidden Land (1898), movement is notdeterredbythe cold. A motion-triggered camera at higher altitudes. including the firsthigh resolution capture anthropologistArnoldHenrySavageLandor morelikelyexplanation is that tigers, given above 11,000 ft by Emmanuel Rondeaufor described howaRajwar (belongingtoBan an opportunity,havealwaysventured farand INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,16,95,958 Global spotlight WWF-UK in 2017. Raji tribe) from Uttarakhand’s Askot offered wide. Thankstoabettermonitoring regime Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August 2 While therehavebeen ample anecdotal In 2020,Nepalalso captured tworidge- to take him tiger hunting. and camera-traps, scientists and managers accountsoftigers roaming significantly scaling tigers —one at 8,200ft(2,500m)in In recent times, a70-metre-longtrack of arenow gettingtolearn moreabout their ac- higher slopes of their Himalayanhabitats, DadeldhurainApril, and another at 10,400 tiger pug marks were spotted in the snowat tual ranges. the global fascination with the so-called feet (3,165m)inKangchenjunga Landscape 10,000 feet near Jelep La —amountainpass The fact that thereare enough tigers in TELLING NUMBERS high-altitude or snowtigers wastriggered region in November. between eastSikkimand TibetAutonomous certain pockets to wander around is certainly by aBBC documentarythatclaimed to have Region, China —inMarch 2009.Photographic good news.But that should notprompthasty Child labour: 58,000 rescued in 2020-21 “discoveredalosttiger population in Bhutan Sightings in India evidence emergedinJanuary2014inDibang proposals, suchasdeclaring ahigh-altitude mountains” in 2010. In India, anecdotesofhigh-altitude tigers Valley district of Arunachal Pradeshatarela- area as tiger reserve, or even shifting acon- IN 2020-21,over58,000 children were STATE2019-20 2020-21 The documentary, Lost Land of theTiger, surviveincommunity tales, as also in the ac- tively modest5,800 ft (1,765 m).Since 2016, servation area upward, basedonafew tiger rescuedacross India from work,rehabil- MP 4,01029,179 made splashes around the globe, even as countsofhunters, adventurers and natural- multiple records of tigers above 10,000 feet photos. itated and mainstreamedunder the UP 10,371 9,383 conservationists pointedout that the tigers ists.Backin1912, in the annals of his expedi- have been recordedinIndia: LikeSiberian tigers do notactuallylivein National Child Labour Project, according WBengal 13,879 6,671 in question were neverlost. In fact, the first tions in Tibetand Assam Himalaya,British MARCH 2016: Atigress wascamera- Siberia (but in temperatebroadleaf-mixed- to figures tabledinLok Sabha on Monday Assam6,175 2,800 photographic evidence of atiger in Bhutan political officer FMBaileyalluded to the trappedat10,742ft(3,274 m) in Askot Musk pine and puredeciduous forests), it is un- by MinisterofState forLabour and wasrecordedin2000 in Phrumsenglana- tigers in the high-altitude forestsofthe Deer wildlife sanctuarynear Pithoragarhin likelythattigers spottedinthe snowhave Maharashtra 9,337 2,031 Employment Rameshwar Teli in response tional parkat9,728 feet (2,965m), then the Mishmi Hills (Arunachal Pradesh). Uttarakhand. settleddownthere. Their survival still de- to aquestion by Congress MP Vishnu AllIndia 54,894 58,289 highestaltituderecordofthe species. NaturalistHSPrater(BombayNational JANUARY2017: Twomaletigers were pends on the forestsbelow. Therecan be no Prasad MK.Madhya Pradesh accounted Source: Ministry of Labour and Then,not long before theBBC team History Society,1948) observed that “the captured at 11,909 ft (3,630 m) and 10,650 ft trade-offbetween traditional tiger habitat forhalf the rescuedchildren that year. Employment;Lok Sabha response landedinBhutan, another camera-trap study tiger has leftits tracksin the winter snows of (3,246 m) in the Mishmi Hills (Dibang Valley) and these newheightsoffeline interest. CovaxinworksagainstDeltaPlus:readingthefindingsofnewstudy

WorldHealthOrganization. Apart frombeing been relatively lowsofar.Genome sequenc- evidence suggests that this mutation could ICMR told TheIndian Express. Sera of vac- tralisethe Delta, DeltaAY.1and B.1.617.3vari- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS associated with the second waveinIndia ing by INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 leadtoresistanceagainstmonoclonal anti- cines—Covid-naïve, recoveredcases with antseffectively,”DrYadavsaid. PUNE,AUGUST2 during March-Maythisyear —itisestimated Genomics Consortium) has found 70 cases bodies calledcasirivimab and imdevimab. full vaccination,and breakthrough cases — to be responsible for90% of thecases re- of DeltaPlus. Researchers at ICMR-National Institute demonstrated1.3,2.5and1.9-foldreduction Covaxin againstDelta WHILE THE Deltavariant mutatedinto‘Delta portedinthe country—the variant has of Virology (NIV), therefore, took up the re- againstthe Deltavariant in comparison to In apreviousstudy, Covaxin haddemon- Plus’, firstdetected in India in April 2021, re- spread across nearly 99 countries and been Whythe study search.Theystudiedthe neutralisation ac- the B.1variantrespectively,saidthe study, strated77.8% effectiveness againstsympto- searchersdecidedtostudythe efficacyof the found to be moreinfectious than the Alpha, So far, no information wasavailable on tivity of the seraof42individuals vaccinated ‘Comparable neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 maticCovid-19and 65.2%protection against Covaxin vaccine. Theyhavefound that de- Beta and Gamma variants. The Deltavariant theefficacy of currently available vaccines with twodoses of Covaxin, 14 recovered DeltaAY.1and Deltainindividuals seravac- the Deltavariant,according to Bharat Biotech. spiteaslight reduction in neutralisation an- has also been identifiedasthe leading cause againstthe DeltaPlus variant. It is also un- cases aftertwo vaccine doses, and 30 break- cinated with BBV152, publishedonthe Inthisnewstudy,despitethe sera of vac- tibody titres, the vaccine remains effective of breakthrough infectionsgloballyamong certainwhetherDeltaPlusisassociatedwith through cases aftertwo doses againstthe preprint server bioRxiv. cinated Covid-recoveredcases and those of againstthe Delta, AY.1 (DeltaPlus) and vaccinated individuals. higher transmissibility,severedisease, and Delta,DeltaAY.1, andB.1.617.3variants,com- Lead author Dr PragyaYadavsaidami- breakthrough cases showing considerable B.1.617.3variants. Covaxin has been devel- Recently, the Deltavarianthas mutated evasionofimmune response compared to pared to the B.1variant. norreductionwasobservedin theneutralis- reduction in the neutralisation antibody titre, opedbyBharat Biotech and the Indian intothe sub-lineages DeltaAY.1, AY.2 and the Deltavariant. ing antibody titreinrecoveredcases,fully Covaxin could still neutralise Delta, AY.1 and Council of Medical Research (ICMR). AY.3. Of these, the apparently highlyinfec- The possibility of the variant escaping the The findings vaccinated and post-immunisedinfected B.1.617.3variants. “The bottom line is that tious DeltaAY.1(DeltaPlus)variant wasfirst immuneresponsehasbeenamajorconcern “Our research study showedthat Covaxin cases as comparedto Covid-naive vaccinated Covaxin is effective and aslight reduction in Delta&DeltaPlus detected in India in April 2021, and subse- during the ongoingvaccination programme. vaccine could still neutralise Delta, AY.1 and individuals. “However, with the observed neutralisation antibody titres is notgoingto TheDeltavariantof SARS-CoV-2 hasbeen quentlyin20other countries as well. This variant contains an additionalmutation B.1.617.3variants,”Dr Samiran Panda, Headof high titres, the seraofindividuals belonging be detrimental forthe vaccination pro- classifiedasavariant of concern (VoC) by the The prevalence of DeltaAY.1, however, has (K417N)in the spikeprotein and emerging EpidemiologyandCommunicableDiseases, to allthe groupsin the studywouldstill neu- gramme,” Dr Panda said.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,AUGUST3,2021 MEANWHILE WILDFIRES BLAZE ON IN DROUGHT-HIT TURKEY Firefighters using planes and helicopters, and localswith buckets of water,battled wildfires raging forasixth daynearsouthernresortsindrought-hit Turkey and the governmentfaced 14 THE WORLD freshcriticism of its handling of thedisaster.Seven fireswere still burning on Monday, fanned by temperatures above 40°Celsius, strong windsand lowhumidity, the government said. TOPOFTHE BelarusianOlympian WORLD AfghanPresidentblamesworsening who feared for securitysituationonsuddenUSpullout her safety is offered Battling Afghanforces, Talibanfighters push deeperintosouthern provincial capital of Lashkargahon asylum in Poland lastfew days andseizedterritory REUTERS nationwide since Washington US to evacuate journalists, aid AnthonyWong KABUL,AUGUST2 said it plannedacomplete with- Sought help at TokyoairportasBelarus drawal of troops by September. workers from Afghanistan tries to forciblysend her back home TALIBAN FIGHTERSpushed Mostoftheir advances have HONGKONG deeper into the southern Afghan focusedonrural areas and they must leave Afghanistantobegin Pro-democracy provincialcapitalof Lashkargahon have yettotakefull control of a ASSOCIATEDPRESS the adjudication process that MOTOKORICH Mondayandclosedinongovern- major city. WASHINGTON,AUGUST2 maytake12-14months in athird &TARIQPANJA singerheldfor ment buildings,asenior official An Afghan militarycom- country, andthe US does notin- TOKYO,AUGUST2 said, as the insurgentspressed a mander said the government THE BIDEN administration on tend to support their departures ‘corruptconduct’ rapid advance. forces managed to beat backthe Mondayexpandedits effortsto or stays there. KRISTINATIMANOVSKAYA,the HONGKONG’Santi-corrup- Heavy fighting wasraging “Wehavehad an Taliban later in the day. evacuateat-risk Afghans from Nevertheless, the State Belarusian Olympic sprinter tion watchdog on Monday close to the National Directorate unexpected situation in the “In the afternoon the levelof AfghanistanasTaliban violence Department said the move will who sought protection at a chargedasingerandpromi- of Security,the prison andthe lastthree months,” Ashraf intensity of the fighting (in increases ahead of the US military mean that “manythousands”of Tokyoairportasher nation tried nent pro-democracy ac- police headquarters in the main Ghani told Parliament Lashkargah) decreasedasthe pullout at the end of the month. Afghans and theirimmediate to forciblysend herhome from tivist, AnthonyWong, with city in Helmand province, the Taliban sufferedheavy casualties TheUSStateDepartmentsaid families will nowhavethe op- the Summer Games, has been “corruptconduct”ata2018 government official said, asking following the air and ground op- it waswidening the scope of portunity to be permanentlyre- offeredasylum in Poland. electionrally, thelatestlegal nottobenamed. months. He also accusedthe erations,” SayedSami Sadat, the Afghanseligibleforrefugeestatus settledinthe US as refugees. It Timanovskaya,24,enteredthe actionagainstdissentby au- President Ashraf Ghani, Taliban of keeping up itsties commander of the Maiwand inUnitedStatesto includecurrent did notoffer amorespecific Polish Embassy in Tokyoon thorities in the Chinese- meanwhile, blamedthe coun- withterroristgroups and of step- armycorps,told Reuters. and formeremployees of US- number of those who might be MondayandwillflytoWarsawon Kristina Timanovskaya runs ruledcity. TheIndependent try’s fast-deteriorating security ping up attacks on women. Peace talksbetween the basednews organisations, US- eligible forthe programme. Wednesday,according to in the women’s 100-metre Commission Against situation on a“sudden” decision The Taliban rejected Ghani’s Afghan government andTaliban basedaidanddevelopmentagen- “The US objective remains a AlexanderOpeikin, theexecutive event at the 2020 Summer Corruption (ICAC)saidina by the US to withdraw itstroops. accusations. “Declarations of negotiators startedlastyear in cies and otherrelief groups that peaceful, secureAfghanistan,” it director of the Belarusian Sports Olympics, on Friday. AP statement that Wong had “Wehavehad an unexpected war, accusations and lies cannot the Qatari capitalofDoha, but receive US funding. Current and said in astatement. “However, in SolidarityFund, agroup that op-

provided“entertainmentto situation in the lastthree prolong Ghani's government's have notmade anysubstantive former employees of the US gov- light of increasedlevels of Taliban posestheBelarusiangovernment. ED induce others to vote”for months,” he told the Afghan life; his time has run out, God progress despiteafewrounds. ernment and the NATOmilitary violence, the US government is Marcin Przydacz, thedeputy pro-democracy activistAu Parliament. willing," the movement's The twosides committed to operationwhodon’tmeetthecri- working to provide certain foreign ministerofPoland,con- Cause for Nok-hinina2018legislative Ghani addedthat the Afghan spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, speeding up the talks, at ameet- teria foradedicated programme Afghans,including those who firmedonTwitterthat PLAIN E ● concern council by-election. “Atthe government had aUS-backed said on Twitter. ing lastmonth in Doha between forsuchworkersarealsocovered. workedwiththeUnitedStates,the Timanovskaya had received a EX rally, Wong performedtwo security plan to bring the situa- Talibanfightershave movedin ahigh-level Afghan political del- However, themove comes opportunity forrefugeeresettle- humanitarian visa. ACTIVISTS SAYthereisgood songsonstage.Attheendof tion under control withinsix on three provincial capitals in the egation and the Taliban. with amajor caveat:applicants ment to the United States.” Timanovskaya had said she reason forTimanovskaya’s the performance, he ap- fearedforher safety in Belarus af- fears forher safety in Belarus, pealedtotheparticipantsof tershe criticised her coaches and even though she onlycriticised therallytovote forAuatthe thecountry’snationalcommittee sporting decisionstaken by au- election,” ICAC wrote, Death tolltriplestoover forregisteringherforarelayevent thorities. Ever since amassive addingthathebreachedthe forwhichshe had nottrained. protestmovementerupteda ElectionsCorruptandIllegal 300 in China flooding She had originally been year agofollowing apresiden- Conduct Ordinance. scheduledtorun aheat of the tial election that the REUTERS 200meters, oneofher regular Opposition said wasrigged, the Fourteen people diedinthe sub- races, on Mondaybut instead Belarusian government has re- ASSOCIATEDPRESS wayflooding. spent the dayseeking anew lentlessly targeted people who BEIJING,AUGUST2 The previous deathtoll, an- countryinwhichtosettle. makeevenmildcriticisms of MYANMAR nouncedFriday, was99. “She is OK. She’s alittle bit dis- authorities. Activists helping Shadowgovt MORE THAN 300people died Authorities said 189people appointed,because shewanted Timanovskaya also said acam- in recent flooding in central were killedbyfloods andmud- to continue in the Olympic paign wasalready underway condemnsjunta China, authorities said Monday, slides, 54 in house collapses and Games,” Opeikin, who has been againstthe sprinter in the three times the previouslyan- 39 in underground areas suchas in contact withTimanovskaya state-run media in Belarus, chieffortaking nouncedtoll. basementsand garagesand in- since the eventsunfolded worsening her worries. onPMrole The Henan provincial gov- cluding those on subwayLine5. Sunday,said by telephone. Another detail adding to the ernment said302 people died The death toll remainedatsix in “She’sdisappointedshecould- concern is that the head of the MEMBERS OF ashadow and 50 remain missing. The vast an expressway tunnel from n’t compete in the 200metresto- country’s national Olympic governmentsetupbyoppo- majority of the victims were in which247 vehicles were re- day, but she understands the committee is the eldestson of nentsofMyanmar’s coup Zhengzhou, the provincialcapi- movedasitwas drained. wholesituation,sheunderstands Belarus President Lukashenko. condemnedthe country’s tal, where 292 diedand 47 are Wang Kai, the governor of her rights, she understands the militaryruler fortakingon missing. Tenothers diedinthree Henan province, expressed deep deep violations of her rightsasan theroleof primeministerin othercities, officials said at a condolences to thevictims and athlete,ofher human rights,” he metres Friday. She then said on acaretakergovernmentand news conference in Zhengzhou. sympathies to the families on Familymembers greeteachother at Terminal 5ofHeathrow Airport in London on Monday. AP said.“She needstotell the whole Instagram that her coacheshad saidthemove wasdesigned Recordrainfall inundated the behalf of the Henan Communist worldabout this situation.” informed her at the lastminute to trytowinlegitimacy. “The city on July20, turning streets Partycommittee. The asylum offercapped that she would have to run the transition... is areflection of intorushing rivers and flooding The worstcame after ‘It means theworld’: families and nearly 24 hours of drama at the 4x400-metrerelayinplace of a thefactthattheyare prepar- at leastpartofasubwayline. Zhengzhouwashitby 20centime- Olympics, where team member who had not ing foraninternational Video postedonlineshowedve- tres of rain in one hour on July20. Timanovskaya had placed takenenough anti-doping tests diplomatic battle, trying to hicles being washedawayand Children were trappedinschools, friends reunite at UK’s Heathrow fourth in her heat in the 100 to qualify forthe event. NYT provethefactthattheyare a desperatepeople trappedinsub- and strandedpeople stayed in government,”said Aung waycars as the waters rose. their workplaces overnight. AP can come here,” she said of the rivals from the European Union, MyoMin, ministerfor hu- BENMAKORI eight-year-old. excluding France, and the US. Another police officer man rightsinthe National LONDON,AUGUST2 Watchingthehugsandtearsin The move waswelcomedby Unity Government, which the arrivals hall, Heathrow's boss families dividedbythe pan- wasformedinAprilbyvari- FAMILIESAND friends were urgedBritainto remove barriersto demic and airlinesstrainedbyit. escortingpolio ous groups. REUTERS overjoyedatLondon’s Heathrow travel,notaddto them,amidspec- “It is reallyawesome,” said Airport on Mondayafter atravel ulation that the government was 31-year-old medical writer COLOMBIA rule changemeant theycould re- poisedtoimpose morerules. Colleen Castroafter collecting workerskilled in Pak Ex-armychieftobe uniteafter 18 months of pan- “Let’s justmakeiteasier now her luggage. demic separation. forpeople to travel,” Heathrow’s She and her husband had team when he came under fire, chargedover “Very, very excited.Itmeans chief executive JohnHolland- come to London to deliversome PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA police said. extrajudicialkillings the world,” said Sue Blake, as she Kaye told Reuters. happy news to his parents. PESHAWAR,AUGUST2 Polio health workers and law waited to greether son, daugh- Britain, wherethe deathtoll “It’s been areallylong time enforcement officials who are COLOMBIA’S ATTORNEY ter-in-lawand grandson who from the coronavirus pandemic and, actually, I’m pregnant with UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN shot tasked with providing security general’s office will charge had flown in from NewYorkand has nearly reached130,000,re- my in-law’s firstgrandchild, so dead apoliceofficerescorting a have oftenbeentargetedbymil- former armycommander who she lastsaw twoyearsago. openeditsbordersto largepartsof it’s reallyexciting to finallybe team of polio workers in north- itantsand miscreantsinPakistan. General MarioMontoyafor In Xinxiang in central China’s Henan Province lastweek. AP “It’s abig chunk of his lifeand the worldonMonday, scrapping able to be hereand sharethat west Pakistan’s restiveKhyber Lastweek,the federal govern- responsibility of 104extra- I'm so thrilledfor him that he quarantineforfullyvaccinatedar- news with them.” REUTERS Pakthunkhwaprovince on ment had announcedtolaunch judicialexecutions,aspartof Monday, thesecond suchinci- anationwide five-daypolio im- the“falsepositives”scandal, dentintwo days. munisation drivefromAugust 2 it said on Sunday. The false The officer waskilledbythe to inoculate23million children positives took place be- New theory:Earth’s longer days kick-started oxygen growth unknown gunmen riding amo- againstthe crippling disease. tween 2002 and 2008, dur- torcycle while he wasjoining the PMImranKhanonJune24 ex- ingthetermof ex-President teria into producing lots of oxy- minimaloxygentothebreathable cyanobacteria in making the At firstitwasn’t much, butin polio workers in the tribal district pressedhopethatPakistanwillbe- Alvaro Uribe, when soldiers ASSOCIATEDPRESS gen, making mostoflifeaswe air we have now. Scientists long planetmorebreathable. onlyabout 400million years of DeraIsmail Khan bordering comepolio-free in thenextyear. murderedciviliansandreg- WASHINGTON,AUGUST2 knowitpossible. figuredmicrobescalledcyanobac- About 2.4 billion years ago Earth’s atmospherewenttoone- SouthWaziristan, policesaid. Taking to Twitter,Khansaid isteredthem as guerrilla Theydredged up gooeypur- teria, were involved, but couldn’t therewas so little oxygen in tenth the amount of oxygen we Asearch operation to arrest onlyonecase of the crippling dis- fighters killedincombat to SCIENTISTS HAVE anew idea for ple bacteria from adeep sinkhole tell what startedthe great oxy- Earth’s atmospherethat it could have now—ahugejump, said the the killers is underway, theysaid. ease had been reportedthis year receive benefits. The coun- howEarth got itsoxygen: It’sbe- in LakeHuron and tinkered with genation event. barelybemeasured, so no ani- study’s lead author,Judith Klatt,a The attacktookplace aday so far, adding: “Wewill eradicate try’s transitional justice cause the planetsloweddown howmuchlight it got in lab ex- Researchers in astudy in mal or plant lifelikeweknow biogeochemistatthe Max Planck afterbike-borne gunmen fired polio completely in coming year.” court said6,402 people and days gotlonger. periments. The morecontinuous Monday’s NatureGeoscience the- could live.Instead, lots of mi- InstituteinGermany. Thatoxygen at apoliceconstable in the Pakistanand Afghanistan are were killedthisway,butvic- Astudy publishedMonday lightthe smellymicrobes got, orise that Earth’s slowing rota- crobes breathedincarbon diox- burstallowedplantsand animals Daudzai area of Peshawar dis- the onlytwo remaining coun- tims’ groups saythe num- proposes and putstothe test the the moreoxygentheyproduced. tion, whichgraduallylength- ide, and in the case of cyanobac- to evolve,withother plantsnow trictand fledfromthe scene. tries in the worldwherepolio is bers could be higher. AP theorythatlonger, continuous Oneof themysteriesinscience eneddays from six hours to the teria, producedoxygeninthe joining in the oxygen-making The policeman wasreturning endemic afterNigeria wasde- daylight kick-startedweirdbac- is howEarth went from having current 24 hours, waskey forthe earliestform of photosynthesis. party,she said. home afterbeing withapolio clared free of poliovirus lastyear.

DEEPENING CRISIS IN POORER COUNTRIES AS DELTA VARIANT SPREADS Covax, vast global vaccination programme, struggles to get shots into arms

programme’s AstraZeneca doses profitsthat would ensure have nootheroptions.Forthesake buying fuel to transport doses to gledwithdelaysand infighting. BENJAMINMUELLER expired.AcrossAfrica,confidential through sheer buying power of humanity,COVAX mustwork.” clinics, trainingpeople to admin- Bureaucratic barriers imposed &REBECCAROBBINS documentsfromJulyindicated, that poor countries receivedvac- Moresuppliesarefinally onthe istershots or persuading people by itsleadership have heldup AUGUST2 the programme wasmonitoring cines as quicklyasthe rich. way, with the Biden administra- to getthem. the disbursement of $220mil- atleastninecountrieswhereitsaid Instead,COVAX hasstruggled tion buying 500millionPfizer EvenasCOVAXofficialsscram- lion to helpcountries adminis- DEATHS FROM Covid-19were doses intendedfor the poor were to acquiredoses: It stands half a doses and delivering them ble to fill that funding gap, the tervaccines. surging across Africa in June at risk of spoiling this summer. billion shortofits goal. Poor coun- through COVAX, the centrepiece overridingquestioniswhetherthe Drivenbyanonprofit funded when 100,000 doses of the The vaccine pileup illustrates tries aredangerouslyunprotected of alargerpledgebywealthy programme can move beyond its by theGates Foundation, COVAX Pfizer-BioNTechvaccine arrived oneof themostseriousbutlargely astheDeltavariantrunsrampant, democracies. Thedonateddoses mistakes, and beyond an imbal- is acreation without precedent. in Chad.The deliveryseemed unrecognisedproblemsfacingthe justthescenario thatCOVAX was shouldbeginshippingthismonth. anceof powerthathasleftitatthe It has gottenvaccines to poorer proof that the United Nations- immunisationprogramme as it created to prevent. ButtheBidendonation,worth mercy of wealthycountries and countriesfasterthan wasprevi- backedprogramme to immunise tries to recoverfrommonths of The urgent needtovaccinate $3.5 billion, comes withacaveat: pharmaceuticalcompanies.Pfizer, ouslytypical and developeda the worldcould getthe most de- missteps and disappointments: the worldgoes farbeyond pro- To helpfundit,theadministration forexample,balkedatadirectdeal system to compensatepeople sirable vaccines to theleastde- difficulty getting doses from air- tecting peopleinpoor nations. Unloading vaccines providedthrough CovaxinMogadishu, is divertinghundredsofmillions withCOVAXthisspring,interviews forserious post-vaccine reac- velopednations.Yet five weeks porttarmacs intopeople’sarms. The longer the virus circulates, Somalia. AP of dollars promisedfor vaccina- reveal, instead reaching an agree- tions and protect vaccine-mak- later,Chad’s health ministersaid, Known as COVAX, the pro- the moredangerous it can be- tiondrivesinpoorercountries,ac- mentthroughtheBidenadminis- ersfromlegal liability. 94,000 doses remainedunused. gramme wassupposed to be a come, even forvaccinated peo- cording to notesfromameeting tration, an arrangement that hurt Still, the 163million doses it NearbyinBenin,only267 global powerhouse, amultibil- ple in wealthycountries. could keep emerging, endanger- failing,”saidDr.AyoadeAlakija,co- betweenCOVAX and American COVAX’s credibility as an inde- has deliveredare afar cryfrom shotswere beinggiveneachday,a lion-dollar alliance of interna- Without billions moreshots, ing all nations. chairof theAfricanUnion’svaccine officials. Short on funding, those pendent vaccine purchaser. plans to have at least 640million pace so slowthat110,000 of the tional health bodies and non- experts warn, newvariants “COVAX hasn’t failed, butitis delivery programme. “Wereally countrieshavehad ahardtime The programme has strug- doses available by now. NYT

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International market data till1900IST POLITICAL FUNDING INTERESTCOSTS TO FALL, CASH MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE: EXPERTS VOUCHER-BASED DIGITALPAYMENTS PLATFORM PM: e-RUPI to deliver DONATIONS MSMEliquiditylinesettowiden Parties get `150.5 cr ‘targeted, transparent, via electoral bonds in asmoreNBFCsstart‘factoring’ leakage-free’ benefits

factoring business, whichwas de- lated ParliamentaryStanding July; over half from SUNNYVERMA ED privedofitasonlylargely banks CommitteeonIndustrynotedin NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 Whatis andfewNBFCscouldparticipatein itsreport on MSMEslastweek. PLAIN E it,”saidSundeepMohindru,CEOof “TheCommitteerecommends ● factoring? SBI Kolkata branch PARLIAMENT’S CLEARANCE to EX M1exchange, an online platform that the registrationshould be TheFactoringRegulation(Amend- fortrade receivables. made mandatoryfor all CPSEs FACEVALUEOF`1CREACH ment) Bill, along with agovern- FACTORINGISatransac- NBFCs’ lending to MSMEs is having aturnoverofmorethan GEORGEMATHEW mentplanto mandatecompanies tion whereanentity (like typicallyagainstthebalancesheet Rs 250 crore(from Rs 500crore at MUMBAI,AUGUST2 with over Rs 250-croreannual MSME) sells itsreceiv- strength of these smallercompa- present) as it would enlarge the `126 cr turnovertoregisteronthe TReDS ables (dues from acorpo- nies, leading to interestrates that ambit of TReDS,” it said. Everytax POLITICAL PARTIES received (Trade Receivables Discounting rate)toathirdparty (a canbehigherthan16 percent.But invoice raisedbyGST-registered electoral bonds worth ■ As muchasRs126 crore System)platform,willsignificantly ‘factor’ likeabankor in the case of funding againstre- MSMEs should reflect automati- Rs150.51crore fromdonorsin bonds were of the face boostfunding availability for NBFC) forimmediate ceivables (or factoring), the NBFC callyonthe TReDS platforms. July, anon-electionperiodand valueofRs1crore eachand MSMEs, lowerinterestcosts and funds. Banksand NBFCs is taking arisk on the customer of The legal changes have also PrimeMinisterNarendraModi at thelaunchofe-RUPI, via threemonthsafterthepollsin Rs 23.60 crorebonds were improvecash management, in- provide financeagainst theMSMEwhoislargercorporate, enabled intermediariestoregis- video conferencing, on Monday. PTI Kerala,Assam,TamilNadu,and of thefacevalue of Rs 10 dustrysources said. these receivables, en- leading to lower(nearly halving) terafactoring transaction on the West Bengal. lakh each,SBI said in reply Currentlyahandful of NBFCs abling availability of ready interestcosts,hesaid. Central RegistryofSecuritisation Of this,asmuchasRs97.31 to the RTIapplicationfiled and bankswereproviding fund- funds forthe MSMEs. The Finance Ministryalso AssetReconstruction and beneficiaries and service crore-worth bonds were sold by Commodore ingto MSMEsagainsttheirreceiv- plans to acceptsuggestion of a Security Interest(CERSAI) portal ENSECONOMICBUREAU providers in adigital manner by the Kolkatamain branchof Lokesh KBatra (Retd) ables.Factoringlawamendments Parliamentarypanel studying the instead of the existing practice of NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 without anyphysical interface. StateBank of India (SBI), Rs 30 have been cleared in both Houses enablingavailabilityof readyfunds impactof Covid-19onMSMEsthat banksdoing assignment in CER- ThePrimeMinisteralsospoke crorebonds were sold by of Parliament in the current ses- forthe MSMEs. This is done on an it should be made mandatory for SAIone by one. LAUNCHINGTHE digitalpayme- about howtechnologywas being Chennai branch of SBI and Electoral bonds arepur- sion.Thiswillenablenearly 9,000 onlineTReDSplatforminitiatedby CPSEswithturnoverofoverRs250 With 3,000-5,000 factoring ntssolution e-RUPI on Monday, leveragedtobringintransparency Rs 10 crorebonds by SBI’s chasedanonymouslyby NBFCs to participateinthe factor- the ReserveBank of India (RBI). croretoregisteronTReDS plat- transactionsinasingleday, assign- Prime MinisterNarendraModi andintegrityintransactionswhile Hyderabad branch. donorsandarevalidfor15days ing marketinstead of justseven TReDSfacilitatesfinancinganddis- form,aseniorgovernmentofficial ment entryontoCERSAIhas been said thevoucher-basedsystem makingavailableneweropportu- As muchasRs126 crore from the dateofissue. Adebt now. Improved participation by counting of MSME trade receiv- said. “As on 31.12.2020, of 4,599 time consuming so far. will “playahugerole in making nities forthe poor.“Forreaching bondswere of thefacevalueof instrument, these canbe NBFCsinthefactoringmarketwill ablesthroughmultiplefinanciers. companies having turnoverof “Now thechange in Factoring DBT(directbenefittransfer)more today’s unique product, founda- Rs 1crore eachand Rs 23.60 boughtby donorsfromabank, enhance liquidity forMSMEs and “OnlyinIndia, factoringcould morethanRs500crore, as identi- Acthas permitted intermediaries effective in digital transactions in tion wasprepared over the years crorebondswereofthe face andthepoliticalpartycanthen lowertheir interestcosts. bedonebythebanksorNBFCsthat fied by the MinistryofCorporate likeustoregisterthefactoringunit the countryand give anew di- by creating the JAM(JanDhan- value of Rs 10 lakh each,SBI encash them. These can bere- Factoring is atransaction have afactoring licence —those Affairs,1,461companieshave reg- directlyontheCERSAIportal...this mension to digital governance”. Aadhaar-Mobile) system which saidinreplytotheRTIapplica- deemedonlybyaneligible whereanentity (likeMSME) sells who do over 50 per cent of busi- isteredthemselvesonTReDSplat- willreducetheleadtimeonoper- “Thiswillhelpeveryoneintar- connectedmobile and Aadhaar. tion filedbyCommodore party by depositingthe same itsreceivables(duesfromacorpo- ness through factoring. Now, all form.170CPSEsand3,903MSMEs atingonthe portal from days to geted, transparent and leakage BenefitsofJAMtooksometimeto Lokesh KBatra(Retd). in itsdesignated account rate)toathird party (a ‘factor’ like NBFCshavebeenallowedtodofac- registeredwiththese CPSEshave fewminutes and hours. This free delivery ... e-RUPI is asymbol be visibletopeople and we saw The bond sale, 17th phase, maintainedwith abank. abank or NBFC) forimmediate toringbusiness,irrespectiveofpro- also been onboardedonthe plat- makes the process faster,efficient of howIndia is progressingby howwecouldhelptheneedydur- happenedbetween July1and ThebondsareissuedbySBI funds. Banksand NBFCs provide portion of incomefromfactoring. form. Totally, 11,690 MSMEshave and reduces chances of duplicity connecting people’s liveswith ing the lockdown period while 10.With this,political parties in denominationsofRs1,000, finance againstthese receivables, This,therefore,bringsliquidityinto on-boarded,”theDepartment-re- of transactions,” said Mohindru. technology,” he said. othercountrieswere strugglingto have receivedatotalof Rs7,380 Rs10,000,Rs1lakh,Rs10lakh Thee-RUPIplatform,hasbeen help theirpeople,” he said. crorein17phasesfromdonors, andRs1crore.Politicalparties developedbytheNationalPaym- He addedthatsofar,overRs mainlycorporate houses and registeredunder Section 29A ents Corporation of India(NPCI), 17.5 lakh crorehas been trans- industrialists,towards “fund- of the Representation of the ‘Construction of 6lakh homes Departmentof FinancialServices, ferred directlytothe accountsof ing of elections”. In April 2021, People Act, 1951,whichhave MinistryofHealth and Family the people viaDBT through over when electionprocess in four securednot lessthan1percent worthover`5lakhcrface delay’ Welfare, and the NationalHealth 300schemes. “The biggestbene- statesandoneUnionTerritory of the votesinthe last general Authorityisacashlessandcontac- fitofthis all is that Rs 1.78 lakh wasinfullswing, SBI sold election to an Assemblyor Construction of over six lakh housing units valued at over tless digital paymentsmedium, crorewereprevented from going bonds worthRs695.34 crore Parliament,are eligibleto open Rs 5lakh croreiseither fully stuckordelayedacross seven whichwillbedeliveredtomobile to thewrong hands.” to donors of parties. Voting for current accountsfor redemp- cities as of mid-2021, an Anarockreport said phonesofbeneficiariesinformof Accordingto thegovernment, five Assemblypolls beganon tion of electoral bonds. UseofSWAMIHfund:The Totallystalledprojects: an SMS-string or aQRcode. e-RUPI —built on NPCI’s UPI sys- March 27,with resultsbeing Evenmajorpoliticalparties ‘Totallystuck’projects: Consultantsclassified1.74lakh SpecialWindowforAffordableand ■ Delhi-NCR:1.13lakhunits This people-specific and pur- tem—would ensureleak-proof declared in firstweekofMay. have notdisclosedtheamount Amongmorethansixlakhunits, homesvaluedat`1.40lakhcrore Mid-IncomeHousing(SWAMIH) worth`86,463cr pose-specificpaymentssystem deliveryof welfareservices.Itwill The Supreme Court had re- theyreceivedthroughelectoral thatarepartofprojectslaunched as“totallystuck”,addingthat fundhasrescuedseveralprojects, ■ MumbaiMetropolitanRegion: willessentiallyfunctionlikeapre- initiallybedeployedalongsidethe fusedtostaysales of electoral bonds.DonorsgaveRs1,056.73 insevencitiesonorbefore2014, two-thirdsofthesearepriced buttheexacthelptenderedbythe 41,730unitsworth`42,417cr paid gift-voucher that will be re- National Digital Health Mission bonds ahead of the polls on a crorein2018,Rs5,071.99crore thereportbyAnarockProperty below`80lakh schemehasnotbeenspecified Source: Anarock/PTI deemable at specific accepting and to supportthe vaccine drive, PIL filedbyanNGO pertaining in 2019 and Rs 363.96 crorein centreswithoutanycreditordebit but added that it can also be used to fundingof partiesandalleg- 2020,SBIhadsaidinaprevious Southern cities: Housing projects in southerncities, namely Majorreasons for jump in stuck or delayedprojects in NCR: card, amobile app or internet fordelivering services under ing lackoftransparency. RTIreplytoThe Indian Express. Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru,are mostly on track ■ Litigations ■ Pandemic ■ Issues around funding banking. e-RUPI will connectthe schemes meant forproviding sponsors of theserviceswith the drugs and nutritional support. BRIEFLY AMID COVID Bhagwati, POST-MONEY VALUATION OF $3.44 BILLION Exportsup47% Unemployment rate in urban areas rose Rangarajan Unacademy raises NewDelhi:Exportsrose47.19 conferred with per cent to $35.17 billion in July, provisional databy to 13.3% in July-Sept 2020: Labour survey Prof CR Rao $440-mn funding Commerce Ministry showedMonday. Meanwh- 12.6percentinJuly-Septemberas and urban areas and givesesti- Gold Medal PolicyBazaar ile, the RBI said services ex- ENSECONOMICBUREAU As per the quarterly against8.0 percent in July- matesof employmentandunem- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ports in June rose 24.1 per NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 Periodic Labour Force September2019 and20.8percent ployment in both usual status NewDelhi: Dr JagdishBhagwati, NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 eyes `6K-cr IPO centon-monthto $19.72bil- inthepreviousApril-Junequarter. (ps+ss) and CWS. The estimateof professorofeconomics, lawand lioninJune. PTI INTHEaftermathofCovid,unem- Survey,labour force As per the survey,labour force unemployedpersonsinCWSgives international relations at UNACADEMY HAS raisedafresh NewDelhi: PolicyBazaar aims to ploymentrateinurbanareasshot participation rate for participation rate forall ages was an averagepictureofunemploy- Columbia University and direc- $440 million in funding ledby raiseupto Rs6,017.5crorethrough up to 13.3 per cent in July- 37 percentinJuly-September ment in ashort period of 7days torofthe RajCenter on Indian Temasek at apost-moneyvalua- itsinitialpublicoffering (IPO), ac- Oilslumps4% September2020from8.4percent all ages was37% in 2020,upfrom36.8per cent in the during the survey period. In the Economic Policies, and tion of $3.44billion. cording to thepreliminarydocu- NewYork:Oilpricestumbled inthecorrespondingperiodayear July-September 2020 sameperiodayearago.Itwas35.9 CWSapproach,apersonisconsid- Dr CRangarajan, former The investment wasalso mentsfiledwith Sebi. about 4per cent on Monday ago, the quarterly Periodic Labour per cent in April-June 2020. eredunemployedifhe/shedidnot Chairman, Economic Advisory backedbyGeneralAtlantic,Tiger The offerconsists of freshis- asweakeconomicdatafrom ForceSurvey(PLFS)releasedby the WorkforceParticipation Rate work even for1hour on anyday Council of the PM and ex-RBI Global and SoftBank Vision Fund. suance worthRs3,750 croreand a Chinaand theUSand higher MinistryofStatisticsand agegroup15-29yearswas27.7per stood at 32.1per cent in July- duringtheweekbutsoughtorwas Governor, have been conferred MiraeAsset,AroaVentures,the Rs 2,267.5-croreoffer forsalebya crudeoutputfromOPECpro- Programme Implementation cent in July-September 2020 as September2020,downfrom33.7 available forworkatleast for1 with the inaugural Prof CR Rao familyofficeof OyofounderRitesh clutchofshareholders, including ducers stokedfears of weak- (MoSPI) on Mondayshowed. against20.6per cent in July- per centinthe same period ayear houronanyday duringtheperiod. CentenaryGoldMedal. Agarwal, and ZomatoCEO SoftBankandthefirm’sco-founder ness in demand. Urban unemploymentwas September2019 and34.7percent ago. It was28.4 per cent in April- The PLFSfieldworkwas sus- The Indian Econometric Deepinder Goyalparticipated in and group CEO YashishDahiya. recordedat20.9 per cent in April- in April-June. Female unemploy- June 2020. pendedfromMarch 18,2020 but Society Trusthas instituted the thefundingroundthatgave anexit WhileSoftBankplanstosellshares June2020,9.1percentinJanuary- mentrate wasrecordedat15.8per Unemploymentdataforurban wasthenresumedonJune1, 2020. awardtohonour the doyenof to some of Unacademy’s angel in- worthuptoRs1,875 crore, Dahiya Afterpaybuyout March 2020, 7.9per cent in cent in July-September,upfrom areas is releasedquarterly based The sample size wasthe lowest, mathematical statistics and the vestors, the companysaid. along with co-founder and group Sydney: Twitter co-founder October-December 2019,8.4 per 9.7 per cent in the corresponding on current weeklystatus. This compared to the previous four society’s founder-president pro- In atweet,GauravMunjal, CFOAlok Bansal, collectivelyaim JackDorsey’spaymentsfirm cent in July-September 2019 and period ayear agoand butlower datasetdiffers from the Annual quartersandconsistedof1.70lakh fessor CR Rao’s contributionsto founderatUnacademyGroup,said to sellshares worthuptoRs345 SquareInc will acquirefor 8.9 per cent in April-June 2019. than21.2per cent in the previous ReportofPeriodicLabour Force people and 43,257households in quantitative economic theory fresh capital will be usedtobuild crore, as per draftred herring $29 billion ‘buy now, pay Urban unemployment in the quarter. Forurban males, it wasat Survey,whichcoversbothrural the July-September quarter. and practice. ENS and scale variedofferings. FE prospectus. FE later’ pioneer AfterpayLtd, in the biggest buyout of an Q1 RESULTS Australian firm. REUTERS EU to probe EPFO invests `7,715 cr ‘Manufacturing High GST, acquisition PMI growth at HDFC standalone EssarOilUKCEO Facebook’s profit falls1.6% NewDelhi:EssarOil(UK)Ltd in equity during Q1 3-monthhigh’ cost slowing down car on Mondayannouncedap- Mumbai: With Covid hitting the pointment of Deepak Kustomer home loan segment,mortgage Maheshwariasitsnew CEO. ENSECONOMICBUREAU MoS Finance: No 75 ManufacturingPMI demand:Bhargava lenderHousing Development acquisition NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 formal proposal 60 51.8 55.3 Finance Corporation (HDFC) on Koocompliance 49.3 Mondayposteda1.66percentfall IN THE firstquarterofthis fiscal, from Cairn to 45 ENSECONOMICBUREAU in standalone netprofitatRs NewDelhi: In itsmonthly REUTERS retirementfundbodyEPFOmade June 2021 NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 3,000.67crore againstRs3,051.52 41.2 compliancereport,Koosaid BRUSSELS,AUGUST2 equity investmentofRs7,715 settle dispute 30 croreinthesamequarterlastyear. ithasproactivelymoderated crore, Parliament wasinformed HIGH COST of acquisition due to a The profit declined 5.63 per 15 Services PMI 65,280contentpieces,while EU ANTITRUSTregulators Monday. The Employees’Provid- NewDelhi: Facing apayout of $1.2 varietyof reasons,includinghigher cent from Rs 3,179.83crore regis- 3,431posts were reported openedanin-depth investiga- entFundOrganisation(EPFO)has billion-plusinterestafter an arbi- 0 GSTthanother major nations, is teredinMarch 2021 onasequen- by itsusers in July. PTI tion on MondayintoFacebook’s invested Rs 7,715crore in equity tration awardwentagainstit, the March 2020 July2021 slowing down car demand and tial basis.Onaconsolidatedbasis, acquisition of US customer serv- tillJune30in2021-22,Ministerof government said it has notrecei- Note:Readingbelow 50 suggests unless the Centreand statestake profitaftertaxrose31 percenton- ice startup Kustomer. StateforLabourandEmployment vedany formal proposal from contraction and above it indicates steps to reduce it,the industryis MarutiSuzukiIndia year to Rs 5,311 crore. ENS expansion; Source: IHS Markit Googleprocessor The European Commission Rameshwar Teli stated in awrit- UK’sCairn Energy plc to resolve unlikelytoexperiencereasonable Chairman RCBhargava. File Bengaluru: Google will use said it had concerns the pro- tenreplyinthe Lok Sabha. the issue within the country’s le- growth,asperMarutiSuzukiIndia in-house designedproces- poseddeal would reduce com- However, he addedthat the galframework,MinisterofState Mumbai: Followingthe nation- Chairman RCBhargava. PNB net rises sors, calledTensor,for its petition in themarketfor cus- EPFOinvests onlyinexchange forFinancePankajChaudharytold wide Covid-19unlocking, the Addressingshareholdersinthe Pixel 6and Pixel 6Pro pho- tomer relationship management tradedfunds (ETFs) through ETF the Lok Sabha on Monday. manufacturing sector in July company’s AnnualReport for Auto Expo over three-fold nes launching this fall, in a software. It also expressed con- manufacturers(SBI-MutualFund An international arbitration showedthe strongestrateof 2020-21,hesaid afterthe second 2022 postponed shiftawayfromQualcomm cern that the acquisition would and UTI-Mutual Fund)and notin tribunal consisting of ajudgeap- growth in three months. Covid wavehit the firstquarter of NewDelhi: State-ownedPunjab Inc's technologythathas strengthen Facebook’s position individual shares. The EPFOcan pointed by India, had lastDece- Afterslipping intocontrac- FY22, the performance in next NewDelhi: The Auto Expo, National Bank on Mondayre- poweredAndroid devices in online display advertising by invest up to 15 per cent of invest- mberoverturnedthelevyof taxes tion forthe firsttimein11 threequarterswilldependonhow whichwasscheduledtotake portedoverthree-foldjumpinits forover15years. REUTERS increasing the amount of data ment in equityasper thePattern on Cairn retrospectively andor- months in June, the seasonally effectively people getvaccinated. place in FebruaryatGreater standalonenetprofitforthequar- available forFacebook to person- of Investmentnotifiedbythecen- dered refund of shares sold,divi- adjustedIHS Markit India “TheGSToncars,basedonthe Noida, has been postponed terended June 30 at Rs 1,023.46 alise itsads. tral government and theinternal dend confiscatedandtax refunds Manufacturing Purchasing pastrates of excise duty,ismuch due to Covidand apprehen- crore,mainlydueto fallinoperat- LICnewMD Meanwhile, the Bank for guidelines of the EPFOapproved withheldto recoversuchdemand. Managers’ Index(PMI) moved higherthantheGST(orequivalent) sions of athirdwave, SIAM ing expenses and good recovery. NewDelhi: Mini Ipetook International Settlementssaid by the Central BoardofTrustees, Since then, Cairn has been backabove thecritical 50.0 in all other major countries of the said on Monday. PTI PNB had postedanet profit of charge asManagingDirector central banks and financial reg- Employees’Provident Fund. pressing India to paywhile the threshold in July. The headline world.Itisunlikelythatthecarin- Rs 308.45 croreinthe same quar- of LifeInsuranceCorpor- ulators urgentlyneedtoget to The equity investment of the governmenthaslookedforpossi- figurerosefrom48.1to55.3, as dustrywillexperiencereasonable terlastyear.Sequentially, it was ation of India(LIC). ENS grips with the growing influence EPFOwasRs31,025crorein2020- blesolutionswithinthe existing factoryorders rose on reports of ratesofgrowth unlessthe central howtoreduce the initial acquisi- up from Rs 586.33crore in the of Big Tech. 21,Rs32,377crore in 2019-20. framework. ENS improved demand. ENS and stategovernmentsconsider tion costofcar,” Bhargava said. March 2021 quarter. ENS

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COUNTRY GSBTOTAL 1. China 29 17 16 62 First ladies 2. USA22251764 3. Japan 17 06 10 33 4. Australia 14 04 15 33 5. ROC12211750 Rani &Coare pioneers as Indian womenset to playfirstOlympic semis; coachMarijne’s master planstumps Aussies 6. GBritain 11 12 12 35 7. France 06 10 07 23 8. Germany06061123 9. South Korea06040919 62. India 00 01 01 02 *G-Gold, S- Silver,B-Bronze EXPRESSAT EyeonIndia OLYMPICS WOMEN’S JAVELIN THROW ANNURANI MIHIRVASAVDA Qualification: 5:50 AM TOKYO,AUGUST2

MEN’S SHOT PUT TAJINDERPALSINGHTOOR WHILEPULLINGoff theirbiggest heist at the Qualification: 7:25 AM Olympics, India made shortworkofAustralia, quiteliterally. HOCKEY Playing their biggest, mosttensematch MEN’SSEMIFINAL ever,India resortedtoagame of ‘minihockey’, India vs Belgium: 7:00 AM atacticalswitchexecuted with breath-tak- ing efficiency.SjoerdMarijne’s team started WRESTLING their quarterfinal by pressing high andun- WOMEN’SFREESTYLE62KG afraid to playlongpasses from the centreof Sonam Malik vs Bolortuya the pitchtothe attacking third, bypassing the Khurelkhuu (MGL) in 1/8 Final midfield completely.But afterdrag-flicker 8:30AM Gurjit Kaur scored her firstgoal of thecam- Semifinal (Subject to Sonam's quali- paigntoput India ahead in the 22nd minute, fication) 2:45PM Australia got more aggressive, pushingIndia deep intotheir half in search of an equaliser. WORLDWATCH That forced Marijne to deployadifferent strategy at the startofthe thirdquarter. WOMEN’S 200M Continuing with longpasses to getsome Final: 6:20PM breathing space could have onlyled to easy ■ The deep field features five runners interceptions, simpleturnoverofpossession whohavesub-22 times in theevent. and morepressure on the defence. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser- So, the team turnedtoplaying a‘mini Pryceand her Jamaicanteammate game’. Instead of going long, the players re- Elaine Thompson Herah along with ducedthe distance between themselveson GabrielleThomas will be contenders. the pitchand startedplaying shorter passes. It wassimple: pass the ball, stop theball, pass- MEN’SPOLEVAULT stop, pass-stop… The mini-hockeygame re- Final: 3:50PM quires strong fundamentals, andduring this spell of play, India’s players showedhow far FOOTBALL theyhad come in terms of their technicalabil- Men's semifinals ities. Theycould playgive-and-gohockey – Brazil vs Mexico 1:30PM receiving the ball on the run, and passing it in MembersofIndia’s women’s team pose foraphotograph afterwinningtheirquarterfinal againstAustraliaonMonday. Reuters Japan vs Spain 4:30PM one quickmotion–bystoppingthe ball cleanlyand running patterns with twoor ■ Mexico's squad is almostexclusively three players playing this shortgame to- gave us alot of confidencethat if we canplay formedbytheir domestic league pros, gether,similar to creating triangles in foot- likethat againstthe No.1team in the world, In final moments, Sirsa girl makes the Japanese areplaying on home soil, ball. Theywerereceiving the ball close to their we cantakeonany team in the world. We while Spain has arguablythe deepest body,whichmadeitdifficult forthe were playing so well in that game, but still we and mosttalented squad. Brazil versus Australians to steal possession. lost,” she said. Afterthatdefeat, the team got Mexico could also decide the Olympic This also helpedIndia to keep the ball for together,watchedamovie to motivate them- the ‘most vital save for Indian hockey’ Golden Bootrace. longer durations, thus breaking Australia’s selvesand dissectedeverything that hadn’t rhythm and it cut out needless running, gone as planned.Marijne and Rani,who have andoftencompetedforaspotwithplayersfrom whichwas critical giventhe humid condi- spent severalmonths and years dreaming NITINSHARMA Shahbad, atownfamous forproducing more RESULTS tions in Tokyo. This wasparticularly effective about ascenario likethis, were neverindoubt CHANDIGARH,AUGUST2 than10 international playersincludingcurrent on the leftflank,where Udita,SalimaTeteand about the team’s capability.The bigger issue, India skipper Rani Rampal. WOMEN'S 200M NavjotKaurcombinedtothenfeedforwards as farasthe coachwas concerned, wasto IN2003,whenSavitaPuniajoinedtheHaryana Savitaimpressednationalselectors and ■ Dutee Chand finished7th in Heat 4 positionedonthe inside, Rani Rampal and makesurethe team’s tempoand focus did government’s hockeynurseryinSirsa under made it to the junior Indian team in 2007 be- with atiming of 23.85. Lalremsiami. notwaver during agame. coach Sunder SinghKharab, she would carry foremakingherseniordebutin2008.“Asagoal- This wasn’tthe firsttimeMarijne had her goalkeeper’skit on statetransportbuses keeper,her footwork andarm and leg position EQUESTRIAN adoptedthis tactic. In the second leg of the Circles of attention from her villageJodhka. And often, she would were verygood even in her junior days andshe ■ Fouaad Mirza and his horse Olympic qualifying playoff againstthe United TheDutchman callsitthe ‘circles of at- complain to her father about bus conductors wouldmakesuretospendalot of timewiththe Seigneur Medicott made the eventing States too, India playedthe shortgame to tention’. Essentially, it is about staying in the touchingherkitwiththeirfeetornotlettingher team’sforwardsandmidfielderstounderstand final and finished23rdoverall. wrestle backcontrol afterbeing underpres- present. boardwith the extrabag. their thinking. Be it summerorwinter,she was sure formostpartofthe firsthalf. The prob- “You areinCircle One when youare to- OnMonday, the31-year-oldthwartedevery alwaysreadyfortraininginthegoal-keepingkit. SHOOTING lem, almostalways,isinthe execution. And tallyinthe zone. The moreyou startthinking AustralianattacktohelpIndiaregisterahistoric She had alot of patience,” Kharab said. 50m Rifle 3positions men'squali- that’s what happenedatthe Olympics as well. aboutothersituations, beit an umpire’s prob- 1-0 win and reachthe semifinals of the Tokyo SavitaPuniadidn’t want to be a “Once in atournament in Delhi, twoteams fying: Aishwary Pratap SinghTomar UntilMonday. lem or the resultoryour next opponent, you Olympics. In the final minutes of the game, as goalkeeper at first. from Haryana -- from Shahbad and Hisar -- and SanjeevRajputfailedtoqualifyfor startdriftingoutside the firstcircle,” Marijne shestoppedtwo penaltycorners,thecommen- playedthe final. Even though Hisar lost, former the final, finishing 21st and32nd Turnaround says.“Our mind is neverconcentrated on tators said: “She has made the mostimportant Indiaplayerand coachMKKaushik and Amrit The tears triggered the turnaround. CircleOne. But if youstayinthe present, your save forIndian hockey.” as agoalkeeper. BoseforwardedSavita'snametobeincludedin INTERNATIONAL India were handed arough schedule. In mind remains calm, youcan concentrateon BackinSirsa, her father Mahinder Singh “I still remember Savitatoldusthat she the junior Indian team camp,” he said.Savita theiropeningthree group stagematches,the your task and function at an optimum level.” Punia recalledthose early days. wantedtobeamidfielderorforward.Butwhen went on to help India win the Asia Cup in 2017, BREAKINGTHEASIAN team thatfinished at thebottominthe Rio Monday wasone of thosedays whenall “Unlikeotherplayers,Savitahadto carryan Isaw her training and made her undergo drills whereshe wasdeclared the best goalkeeper, STRANGLEHOLD Olympicswas up againstthe podium finish- these factors magically came together,ina extrabag forthe goalkeepingkit from our vil- andtests,Iwasimpressedbyherquickreaction and the silvermedal at the2018Asian Games. ■ Denmark's Viktor Axelsen beat ers –silvermedallists Netherlands first, then near-perfect performance. India washungrier lagetothe hockeynurseryonlocal buses. Alot time andheight. So Isuggestedtoher father to AgainstAustralia in Monday’s quarterfinal, ChinesedefendingchampionChenLong bronze winners Germanyfollowedbycham- of the twoteamsand were bending more of times, the conductors would ask her to keep lether become agoalkeeper,” Kharab recalled. asSavitamadeanumberof saves,Kharabnoted 21-15, 21-12tobecome the firstnon- pions Britain. Indiaconceded11goalsinthose with their stickgrazing the turf so that the the bags aside or move them with theirfeet. With the nurseryhaving onlytwo kitsfor the down points to pass on to her.“She wasalways Asianmantoclaimthesinglestitlesince three games and it felt likeaRio repeat all over ball didn’t touchtheirfeet, resultinginfewer Sometimes, theywouldn’t lether boarddue to goalkeepersalreadyselected,Kharabrequested in the line of the ball and made some direct 1996. CompatriotPoul-Erik Hoyer- again. The 4-1 loss to Rio gold medalists missedtraps and fouls. thebigbags.Sometimes,shewouldcrybecause MahindertobuySavitaoneof herown. “While saves, too. Even though Australiadid nothave Larsenwasthethelastwinnerfromout- Britain, ateam they’vestolen pointsfrombe- It’s notoften oneseesateam keep aclean theconductorshadkickedherbagaside,which we were abit skeptical of her becoming agoal- theirexperiencedpenaltycornerspecialists,she side Asia at the AtlantaGames. fore,hurtthe players the mostand left the sheetinafast-moving, high-scoring sportlike wasnot acceptabletoher,” Mahinder told The keeper,IspentRs17,000togetheranewkitfrom made surethat India survivedthe lastquarter. team reeling. Marijne called it their ‘worst hockey;rarer even to seethat happen in an Indian Express. Sirsa. She would always guardher kit and take Earlierinthetournament,shedidnotfollowthe ONEDOWN,TWOTOGO game’. He’s setabenchmark of 6out of 10 for Olympic quarterfinal.The fickle natureof With her father working as apharmacist, extracareofit. She would remain in the hostel line of the ball once and letagoal in. She learnt ■ Dutchrunner Sifan Hassan surged his players, the bareminimumconsideration sportmeans it’simpossible to sayifIndia will Savita’s interestinhockey grew as hergrandfa- and visithome onlyincaseofanemergency. from the mistake.Hopefully, she will be likea clear of the field to winthe 5,000m forwhat constitutes agoodperformance. In beable to dish out the same levelofperform- ther Ranjit Singh Punia, afarmer,listenedtora- Somehow, it made me believe that she will wall in the semis, too,” he said. withatime of 14min36.79sec. The that match, he said, none of the players ance against aphysical sidelikeArgentina, diocommentaryofmatchesandtookheralong makeusproudoneday,”Mahindersaid.Kharab CoachAzad Singh Malik,who hasseen win meansHassan's dreams of claim- passedthattest. oneofwomen’s hockey’s powerhouses. to watchlocalgames. Finally, Mahinder took trainedSavitafrom2003to2007--duringthis Savita’s rise through the Haryana junior teams, ing three gold medals in Tokyo—the Rani, the captain, said the players wept in- But that forMarijne and his team would Savitatothe hockey nurseryinnearbySirsa. period, he wasshiftedtoHisar wherehetook waswatching,too. “Her biggeststrengthisher 1,500m, 5,000mand 10,000m—re- consolablyfollowing the defeat. “(But)inthe be drifting wayoutside thefirstcircleofat- WhileSavitainitiallywantedto beaforward or Savita along -- before she wasselectedfor the patience. She has aclear mind and keeps seek- main very muchalive. ENS firstmatch againstThe Netherlands, we tention. “Let’ssavour this win,” Marijne said. midfielder according to her grandfather’s Sports Authority of India centrethere. The ing defenders’ inputsabout the opposition for- playedsowell in the firsttwo quarters. That “Let’s live this moment.” wishes,coachKharabinsistedongroomingher youngsterplayedfor the Haryana junior teams ward line or penalty corner moves,” he said. Trans debate rages as Hubbard exits Kabarwala celebrates Kamal’s 6th spot Noteveryone agrees that this percolates SRIRAMVEERA&MIHIRVASAVDA downtoatransgenderedathlete.JoannaHarper, MUMBAI,TOKYO,AUGUST 2 aPhD researcher on the transgenderissueat NITINSHARMA LoughboroughUniversity,UK,andwhohascon- KABARWALA(SRIMUKTSARSAHIB), SHELETtheloadedbarbellsdropto thefloorfor sultedtheIOC,says haemoglobinlevelsintrans- AUGUST2 the thirdunsuccessful time and smiledgra- gender women drop in line with cisgender ciously. Sheraisedherlefthandinsilentacknowl- women in the space of three to four months. ASHISdaughterKamalpreetKaurfinishedsixth edgement,andtheNewZealandnationalcoach “Haemoglobin is important fortaking up inthediscusthrow eventattheTokyoOlympics, pat her backasshe steppedoff stage. On social and using oxygen in your muscle,” she told Kuldeep Singh made surethat everyone of the media, the majority mockedher,with cracks Outsports this March.“It’s perhaps the single 100-odd people at their house in village about“nob***s”to“couldn'tsnatch”circulating. mostimportant reasonthat men outperform Kabarwala leftafter having teaand laddoos. Theyhavebeenatherfordaysandmonthsnow, women in endurance events. It has been long WhileKamalpreet’smotherRajwinderKaur eversinceLauraHubbard,aweightlifterwhowas LauraHubbard, 43, wasthe oldest notedthathaemoglobinlevelsarecloselytiedto wascrying during avideo call with her daugh- bornamaleandtransitionedto awomanatthe competitor in weightlifting. Reuters testosteronelevels.Whentransgenderwomen ter, her brother and cousins headedtothe gar- ageof35,announcedshewasgoingtocompete lowertheir testosterone levels to female levels, denintheirhometo burstcrackersto celebrate in Tokyo. Now43, Hubbard, thefirsttransgen- whichhappensalmostuniversallywhentrans- thejoint-bestfinishby anIndianathlete infield Kamalpreet’s fatherKuldeepSingh (left) watches herdaugher’s discus throw event derOlympian,hasbeenattheforefrontofarag- think Hubbardwill be the physical manifesta- women undergo medical transition, trans- eventsatthe Olympics tiedwith Krishna with friendsand relativesathis residenceinKabarwala. Kamleshwar Singh ing debate on multiplethemes:gender, morals, tion of adebatethat is 15 to 20 years old now... women move from male levels of haemoglo- Poonia’ssixth-placefinishatthe2012 Olympics. scientific, and human rights. It changes everything," Tucker said before the bin to female levels.” “Whatmorecanwe askforifthemedalhas contest.HeaddsthatHubbardwinningamedal Thereisalackofdefinitivestudies on trans- notcomeKamalpreet’sway. Shehasputusand ruptedcontest,andbecameeligibleforthefinal Singh also keeping an eyeonthe final, Kuldeep The fairness angle willmakeitdifficultfortheIOCandothersports genderwomenathletestomakeorbreakthecase. ourtinyvillageintheprayersof everyIndianand three tries. But with Kamalpreetnot being able made surethat all the visitors were served tea Isitfairforatransgenderwoman,whowent to remain silent. Instead they’ll be forced to de- Harper further claims that trans-women have onthebiggestsportingstageintheworld.How toimproveuponherthirdthrow andneedinga fromfreshmilk.“Kamalpreetlovesourlivestock through puberty as aman, to compete against bateonitsfairness."Theconversationwillhap- disadvantages,asthe“largerbodiesarepowered manyfathers can saythattheir daughter com- mark of well over 65m to have the chance of a and whenevershe visitshome, she makes a acisgender woman? Or is it agreat sign of in- pen more. And of course, if nothing changes, byreducedmusclemassandreducedaerobicca- petedinanOlympics and thattoo in the final medal, some faces turnedglum. But therewas point to yield milk with herown hands.While clusiveness? Or should it be seen as asafetyis- Hubbardwill be the first, notthe last,and Isus- pacity, and canlead to disadvantages in quick- againstthe world’sbest andwould return with unmistakeableprideatwhatshehadachieved. mostofthe milk wasconsumedtoday, tomor- sue?NotinHubbard'ssportofweightliftingbut pectbyParis2024,theremaybesixtotentrans- ness, recovery,and anumber of other factors.” India’sjoint-bestfinishinfieldeventseveratthe “Wehave26acres of land, including con- rowonwards amajor partwillbesaved to pre- sayinboxing,wherethepowerofpunchescould athletesincontention forOlympic spots." However, the uncertaintyhas cornered Olympics?It’saday to celebrateforallofus,”an tracted farmland withtwo of my brothers. pareghee forKamalpreet. The dayshe returns, matteralotmorethanmerepoints.It’sbeenar- Hubbardintoanuncomfortablespace.Shetook emotional Kuldeep told TheIndian Express. When Kamalpreetshowedinterestinsports she would ask foraloo paranthas. Kudi ne 2-3 guedthat someone who has gone through pu- Testosterone tension up weightlifting in her youth to feel moremas- With relativesand friends gathering from andstartedwinningmedalsatthedistrictlevel, Olympic horkhedne ne te medal jeetne ne (The bertyasamalehasinherentadvantagesrelated The testosterone argument is aminefield. culine. “I thought perhaps if Itried something morning itself, the Singh household seemedto we thought it wasapastime forher andwould girlhas to play2-3 more Olympics and win to bone and muscledensity. Elsewhere, Tucker explained: “Testosterone that wassomasculineperhaps that's what I’d behostingafunction.Rajwinderandhernieces subsideafter 2-3 years. But later,when she told medals,” says Prabhdayal. Technically, within the contextofthe drivesthedevelopmentof malecharacteristics become,”shetoldRadioNewZealandin2017.It wouldperformSukhmaniSahibpathbeforethe me to gether admitted at the Sports Authority As forKuldeep, hehas alreadystartedmak- Olympics, it's legal. Under current guidance, –largerhearts andlungs, morehaemoglobin, didn’twork.Andafteryearsofwrestlingwithin, event. As Kamalpreetmade athird throwof of India HostelatvillageBadal, it meant she ingplansforherdaughter’sreturn.“Shewasabit whichthe IOC updated in 2015,trans-women denser and differentlyshapedskeletons, less she decidedtotransition intoawoman. “What 63.70m, the villagers would cheer withsome would rarely visit home. All these years we unluckyasrainmadethecircleabitslipperyand athletes' testosterone levels mustbebelow 10 body fat, and increasedmuscle size and peopledon’trealiseisIactuallystoppedliftingin curious elders asking youngsters about craved to see her,and todaywewatched her at with her weight, she struggles on this kind of nanomoles per litreofblood foratleast12 strength.” Takentogether, thesebiological dif- 2001 when Iwas 23 because it justbecame too Kamalpreet’s chances of winning amedal. the Olympics,” said the proud father. surface.But that’s sport. And that’s what my months before thefirstcompetition. ferences createperformance advantages – muchtobear ... justthe pressureoftrying to fit Another round of applause and euphoria en- Between throws, Kuldeep and his younger daughter lovesand we will supporther forour Ross Tucker,asports scientistexplainedto Tucker reckons atop-level boxercan punch intoaworldthatperhapswasn'treallysetupfor suedwhenKamalpreetmadeittothetopeight brotherPrabhdayalSingh would also go and lifetime,”saystheproudfatherasheiscalledout thisnewspaper the biggersporting context. "I 260% morepowerfullythanthe best female. people likemyself.” throwersafterthreeattemptsoftherain-inter- checkthe livestock. With their father Gurbax forbursting crackers.

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From cradles of the sporttoaNaxalstronghold.Some criticisedfor notdoing chores, others mouldedbythe heat of farms and factories. Living up to abrother who represented thenation, rejoicing asisterwho bought astick with dailywages. Playingtoescapeanalcoholic father &tovindicate afather whofought societalnorms. SHAHID JUDGE &MIHIR VASAVDA tell the larger-than-lifeback-stories of Indianhockey’s giant-killers

RANI RAMPAL NIKKI PRADHAN LALREMSIAMI DEEP GRACE EKKA UDITADUHAN NAVNEET KAUR GURJIT KAUR NAVJOT KAUR (26,FORWARD) (27,DEFENDER) (21,FORWARD) (27,DEFENDER) (23,DEFENDER) (25,FORWARD) (25,DEFENDER) (26,MIDFIELDER) SHAHBAD, HARYANA HESAL, JHARKHAND KOLASIB,MIZORAM LULKIDIHI, ODISHA HISAR, HARYANA SHAHBAD, HARYANA AMRITSAR, PUNJAB KURUKSHETRA,HARYANA

RANI HAS been playing HAILINGFROManarea ONE OF the finestforwards Ekkacomes from afamily She followedinher father’s She is oneofeight players The designated drag- She waseight when her international hockey for known to beaNaxal in the team, Siami, as she is of hockey enthusiasts;her footsteps by playing in the team who also flicker’s onlygoal in Tokyo father,amechanicwho almost half her life, a stronghold, Pradhan calledbyher teammates, is older brother Dineshisa handball initially. Hockey competedatthe Rio so farwas theone that won wanted at leastone of his journeythatbegan with claimedshe does getscared central to the idea of playing formerIndia ’keeper. wasnever in the picture, Olympics. Navneethas the quarterfinal vs Australia. children in sports, insisted her playing with abroken when travelling backto high-tempohockey. When Followinginhisfootsteps, until the handball coachat been one of India's most The defender has been she take up hockey.She hockeystickwhile wearing meether parents. Riddled she wasfirstselected as a16- Ekka also wanted to be a her school stoppedcoming consistent forwards and chipping in with crucial startedtraining in 2003 asalwar-kameez. She with financial troubles while year-old, Siamicouldnot ’keeperbut waspushed to forpractice. On her mother’s hasbeen apartofseveral goals throughout her career, while at the Sanjay made her debutatthe age growing up, her elder sister, speak English or Hindi. She playasadefender by Dinesh advice she decidedtotry her path-breaking scoring 8atthe Asia Cup Gandhi National Park of 14.Now 26, Rani is the who also playedhockey,had communicated mainly &her uncle (also a’keeper). hand at hockey,and her performances,starting triumphin2017, and was School.Amidfielder on keyplayerofthe team. workedas alabourer in through sign languageapart Her fondness forthe sport, speedcaught everybody’s with the2013Junior the topscorer when India paper, her abilitytopoach With her unerring ability order to purchaseahockey from talking in &the large amountsoftime attention. She startedasa WorldCup bronze medal. wonthe 2019 FIHWomen’s goals is what sawher to be at the right place at stick.Pradhangot herfirst monosyllables. She shared a she’d spend practising her forwardbut onlyrealised The forwardfrom SeriesFinal. Nicknamed break intothe senior team the righttime, shehas been pair of hockey shoesand a room with her idol Rani craftpromptedthe other her potential when she Haryana considers ‘Guri’, she wasn’t overly fond in 2012.Since then, she India's saviour on many stickwhen she movedtoan Rampal, who ledSiami's Lulkidihi-residentsto movedintodefence. In 2016, Australian great Jamie of sports but did tryher has gone on to win bronze occasions. She has also academyinRanchi in 2006. initiation intothe team. She criticise her fornot doing she wasnamedcaptain of Dwyer as her heroand on hand at circle kabaddi. She and silvermedalsatthe helpedthe team win a She wasinand out of the created history by becoming her ‘chores.’ Her family the bronze-winning team at Monday, she put up a wassent to ahostel, to avoid AsianGames in 2014 and Junior WorldCup medal, national structurebefore the firstfemaleplayerfrom supportedher and she’dgo the U-18Asian Cup in 2016. dazzling performance to the long travel to school 2018 respectively. She was Asian Cup, and wasone of finally securing aspotinthe Mizoram to makeittothe on to be apartofthe team Ayear later, she was defeat her idol'snational whichwas situated near a also in the team that the keyreasonswhy India team in 2015,justintime for Olympics and wasthe first that wonthe 2017 Asia Cup. promotedtothe senior team. Shescored the hockeyground. Watching made it to the2016Rio could qualify forthe back- Rio, whereshe became the Olympian from the statein With over 200caps, she’s team &has becomea crucial winninggoal people playtemptedher to Games, and the to-backOlympics forthe firstplayerfromher stateto 25 years afterArcher C nowplayingather second permanent fixtureever againstIreland that ledto join in, and once she did, she quarterfinals of the World firsttime. playatthe Olympics. Lalremsanga. Olympics. since. the quarterfinal berth. neverstopped. Cup in 2018.

NEHA GOYAL NISHA WARSI SUSHILACHANU SALIMA TETE VANDANAKATARIYA MONIKA MALIK SHARMILADEVI SAVITAPUNIA (24,MIDFIELDER) (26,MIDFIELDER) (29,MIDFIELDER) (19,MIDFIELDER) (26,FORWARD) (27,MIDFIELDER) (19,FORWARD) (31,GOALKEEPER) SONIPAT, HARYANA SONIPAT, HARYANA IMPHAL, MANIPUR HESAL, JHARKHAND LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH SONIPAT, HARYANA HISAR, HARYANA JODHKA,HARYANA

Forateenaged Neha Goyal, Alate-bloomer, Warsi only ONE OF the senior-most SalimaTete’s hockey To seal aquarterfinal spot, Her father Takdeer Singh The teenager happenedto Therewas atime Punia hockeywas an escape that made her international players in the team, journeybegan thesame India had to beat South Malik,anASI with the makeher international dreadedbeing the ’keeper came with twomeals. This debuttwo yearsago.Partly, Sushilahas been one of waymostpeople in India Africa to stand achance. In Chandigarh Police, had a debut in Tokyoatthe because she’d have to lug kept her away from her it wasbecauseshe hada India'smostinfluential fall in love with sports–in steppedVandana Katariya, liking towardswrestling, Olympic Test Event in 2019. theheavy equipmentacross alcoholic father who rather start-stop players in the lastdecade adusty maidan wherethe three times, becoming the but Monika assertedthat She wasalso on the state transportbuses, and would abuse her mother. association with the game. alongside Rani Rampal. stonesneededtobe onlyIndian woman to score he neverforcedthe sport scoresheetwhen Indiabeat wear it foramatchduring Thefirst-time Olympian She took up the sport since The half-backfrom removedand the an Olympic hat-trick. This on her once she decided to the United States 6-5 on the summer heat. Nowshe’s worked alongside her therewas notmuch Manipur,who worksfor temporarygoalposts had came justthree months followthe hockey route. aggregatetosecure the main choice ’keeper,the mother in acycle factory, equipmentrequired,and theRailways in Mumbai, to be constructed.The afterapersonal tragedy. Born in avillageinthe qualification. Devi team’s vice-captain, and one earning Rs 5tofix one waskeenlysupportedby captainedthe team at the teenager wasborninthe Growing up in Haridwar, Sonepatdistrict,she developedinterestinthe of the heroes of Monday's spoke of awheel. Goyal’s her father who worked as a Rio Olympics, whichwas Naxalstronghold, which locals dissuaded her family startedher hockeytraining sportthankstoher quarter-final. Puniawas calling cardinhockeyisher tailor.In2015though,he thewomen’s team’sfirst is also ahockey hotbed. from allowing her to play at agovernment school in grandfather,aformer encouraged to playhockey ability to turn on her suffered aparalytic attack appearance at the Games She worked on the sports instead of focusing on Chandigarh. ‘Monu,’ holds national levelplayer. She by her grandfather,but it blistering pace and score and her mother had to since 1980. She has over family’s farm, earned chores. But her father would abusiness administration wasintriguedbythe balls wasn’t till her father spent a goals. She made her debut work at afoam 150caps forthe national moneyand bought a nothaveitand fought degree from Kurukshetra usedinhockey, volleyball hugesum of moneyona forthe national team at the manufacturing factoryto team, has playedacross the hockey stickfor herself. societalpressures to lether University. On the hockey and football, and took a newkit that she started to ageof18. Since 2018,Goyal makeends meet. It took Asian Games, Aheadofthe Tokyo play. He passedawaythree field,the national team’s while before choosing the take thegame seriously. She haswon thesilvermedal at Warsi another three years Commonwealth Games, Olympics, she had won29 months ago, and Katariya backbone has wonthe Asia sportshe wanted to pursue. grew in staturejustasthe theAsian Games and has before she brokeintothe and wasinstrumental in caps forthe senior wasunable to attend the Cupin2018, abronze and So farshe’s scored two women’steam started to been conferredthe Hockey Indian team in 2018,and shutting out the nationalteam.She’ll hope funeral. Nowshe’ll playinan silvermedal at the 2014 internationalgoals –the improverapidly, picking up India Midfielder of the Year since then she’s been a Australians in the the next twowill come Olympic semifinal, awin and 2018 AsianGames firstled to theOlympics, the twomedals at consecutive Award. mainstay. quarter-finals. with an Olympic medal. shortofamedal. respectively. second wasinTokyo. Asian Games. From Riotofirst week of Tokyo,it’s only womenonthe podium

Devi made afastforay intosabre -wematchedChina in bad- SHIVANINAIK fencing while Manika Batraat- India’sstory at Tokyoisabout the charge of Indian minton because we gave our AUGUST2 temptedtomoveIndiantable women athletes, and them securing five medals out girls coach,physio,strategist, tennis progress by apainstak- cook.Maybe you’ll fall short, but INDIA NOWhas sevenwomen ing inch. of five in this lastone-and-a-half Olympics. the women knowing theygot with eight medals from the last India’s storyatTokyo 2020 everything can do wonders. 25 years at the Olympic Games, is about the charge of Indian Then theydon’t needextramo- compared to the eight men and women athletes, and them se- parentstold me exactlythe op- getsupport of coaching, physios tivation,” she explains. their nine medals.Seven of curing five medalsout of five in posite. Theysaid Iwas good at and nutrition,that path to medal That all of thisisnew for those women’s medals have this lastone-and-a-half sport. That wasenough,” she says becomes veryclear. Then likeme, Indian women is makingthe come from London, Rio and the Olympics. of the reinforcement. Children youcan go to the Olympics feel- numbers appear skewed com- firstweekofTokyo.PVSindhu The firstofthose five waswon seldomlookbeyond the family ing fearless and supported, and paredtomen.But Popat reckons has tiedthe double Olympic by wrestler Sakshi Malik at Rio forvalidation,Sakshi adds. stay respectful towardscompe- the relentless supercharging of medallistscorewith Sushil 2016.Itcame about after12 titionbut notget overawed,put femaleambition targeted at Kumar already.Winningthe medal-lessdays. Ambition meets your head down and fight with medalshas changed India for bronze, afterher 2016 silver, the Then adebutant at the opportunity zeropressure,” Sakshisays. good. “I playedintimes when we reigning WorldChampion Games, India’sfirstfemale FormerCommonwealth were super-apologetic about would playnopartinIndia’s wrestling medallistsays it took a Indian sporthas benefitted Games medallistAparnaPopat whyweplayedsport:because fourth- place moping. handful of month-long training fromthematuritylevelsof female has nowwatchedthree Games we likeditorsome suchthing. The women’s hockeyteam stintsinSpain,sparring with re- athleteswho showhigher cogni- bring in badminton medals, and But with even basic support, kept the mighty Australians at puted Worldand Olympic tive abilities,especiallyintactical says the 2010 CWGwas the turn- things that made women hesi- bayand reachedthe semifinals. medallists,toinject quietconfi- sports. While outliers likeSindhu ing point forIndian women -as tant -clothes, society,injury, just Mirabai Chanu spent five years denceintoher. (tall, strong, worked hardon they startedrakinginmedals vanish,” she says. trying to keep her imbalanced “Justbeing around that en- PV Sindhuhas already tied thedouble Olympic medallistscorewith wrestler SushilKumar. PTI agility)canmatchphysicalparam- from 2012. Afemale sporting cham- feet steady when lifting 87kg in vironment of excellence in your etersof competition,India’sfemale “Support and planning really pion has normalisedthe career one snap motion. sportcan boost youand make medallists have shown remark- took offthen. It’s notabout com- path in adecade’s time, she Lovlina Borgohain walked youbelieveyou belong. Giving imagine when giventhese op- Typically, in contact sports, karti hai (What kindofgirlwres- able adaptability to staybull- paring to men: women fight says.“With everymedal,the the front rowofthe opening thosechancesoftop-levelcom- portunities consistently. You'll young girls came up againstfa- tles with boys). No one will marry headedabouttheirmedaldreams. women from other countries. So challenges of perception and ceremony, and stood tall, rangy petition aremostimportant for be surprised howfar they can miliar rivals: “Theysaid ‘kaisi her,she’ll have deformedears, “Women aredrivensothey justmakesureyou give them acceptance arechippingaway,” and athletic in the ring. Bhavani women,” Sakshi says.“Now take you.” ladki hai jo ladkon ke saathkushti and ungirly physique. But my train very hard. But when they what their opponents aregetting Popat adds.

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