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WORLD MOVE TO UNLOCK VALUE, CREATE DEMAND Govt tells Infosys to fix Roadstorailways,Rs6lakhcrassetstobe IT portal glitches by monetised,ownershipwillremainwithGovt September 15 GUNFIRE AT KABUL AIRPORT KILLS ONE Private investment sought in brownfield projectswhichare completed, under-utilised, languishing TALIBAN SEND ENSECONOMICBUREAU FIGHTERS NORTH TO mining,aviation,ports,naturalgas NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 SUNNYVERMA SECTOR-WISEMONETISATIONPIPELINEOVERFY2022-25 andpetroleumproductpipelines, ELIMINATE POCKETS NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 warehouses and stadiums. WITH GLITCHES continuing on OF RESISTANCE Finance MinisterNirmala the Income TaxDepartment’s PAGE 16 THE GOVERNMENT Monday Roads `1,60,200cr Urbanreal `15,000cr Sitharaman saidmonetisation Obstaclesknown, newe-filing portal, Finance unveiledafour-year National Railways `1,52,496cr estate will create further value forinfra- resolvingiskey MinisterNirmala Sitharaman Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) structurecreationinthe country has givenproject vendorInfosys EXPRESSNETWORK Power`45,200cr Telecom `35,100cr worthRs6lakhcrore to unlock and exploreinnovative ways of aSeptember 15 deadline to re- transmission value in brownfield projectsby Warehousing `28,900cr private participation without MONETISATION OF assets solve issues being facedbytax- JAISHANKARTOBRIEF engaging the private sector, Power`39,832 cr transfer of government owner- is notnew,but the govern- payers. HOUSELEADERSON transferringtothem the rights generation Mining `28,747 cr ship. “Thereisnoland here, this ment has finallyorganised Twomeetings were heldwith AFGHANISSUE butnot theownership in proj- entire(NMP) is talking about it in baskets, settargets, InfosysMD&CEO Salil Parekh Natural gas`24,462 cr Aviation `20,782cr PAGE 10 ects; and using the funds forin- pipelines brownfieldprojectswhereinvest- identifiedimpediments, and other Infosysrepresentatives frastructurecreation across the Ports`12,828 cr mentshavealready been made, and put in place aframe- in NorthBlockMondayafter the country. Product `22,504cr wherethereisacompletedasset work.While unlocking as- portalwas unavailable fortwo Roads, railways and power pipeline/others Stadiums `11,450 cr whichiseitherlanguishingoritis sets worthRs6lakh crore consecutive days. Jantar Mantar sector assets will comprise over notfully monetisedorisunder- is an ambitiousplan, re- Astatement issuedbythe 66 percent of the total estimated NMP PERIOD: utilised. So by bringing in private solving the impediments Income TaxDepartment said value of the assets to be mone- Finance Minister CO-TERMINUSWITH NIP, `6lakhcr participation in this, youwillbe is expected to bring in- Parekh explainedthat he and his slogans: court tised, withthe balance coming NirmalaSitharaman 4YEARS (FY 22-25) TotalNMP able to monetise it better and vestors. team are“doing everything to from sectorsincluding telecom, CONTINUEDONPAGE4 ensurethe smooth functioning rejects bail of the portal”. “…over750 team members plea, says ‘we areworking on this project and Pravin Rao, COOofInfosys, is Chhattisgarh personallyoverseeing this proj- are not in a Bangle-seller beaten ect. He also assured that Infosys Congress rift is working expeditiouslytoen- Taliban state’ sureaglitch-free experience to widens, Rahul up, then booked for the taxpayers on the portal,” the statement said. ANANDMOHANJ to meet Baghel, Queries sent to Infosyssepa- NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 rately by TheIndian Express re- Singh Deotoday ‘harassment’ in MP mained unanswered. DISMISSINGTHE anticipatory Sitharamansought an expla- bail application of Hindu Raksha This washours afterpolice nation from Infosysonthe “re- Dal president Pinky Chaudhary, MANOJCG IRAMSIDDIQUE had detainedthree peopleover peated issues” facedbytaxpay- underinvestigation forhis al- &GARGIVERMA BHOPAL,AUGUST23 Sunday'sattackonAli. ers and conveyed“deep leged role in raisingofinflamma- NEWDELHI,RAIPUR, Ali's younger brother Jamal disappointment and concerns of tory slogans at aJantar Mantar AUGUST23 POLICE HAVE booked Tasleem Ali told The Indian Express that the government and the taxpay- protest, aDelhi courthas said Ali, who wasbeaten up on police had takenhim away at ers” about the continuing that freedom of speechisnot an STILL DOUSINGthe firesinits Sundayfor allegedlyconcealing 5pmand he hadnot returnedtill glitches in the e-filing portal "unfettered" right, adding, “We Punjab unit, the Congress is bat- his identity while selling bangles Mondaynight. "Officials from the even aftertwo-and-half months arenot in aTaliban State." tling abuilding conflagration in in an Indorelocality,oncharges police station came to since itslaunch, whichwas also In his order on August21, Chhattisgarh, with Rahul Gandhi of harassment.Inavideothat Musafirkhana whereweare delayed, the statement said. Additional Sessions JudgeAnil settomeetChief Minister went viral on social media,the staying,and told us Tasleem CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Antil said, "Weare notina BhupeshBaghel and his rivaland 25-year-old wasseen being neededtobetaken forsome for- Taliban State. Rule of lawisthe Cabinetcolleague TSSingh Deo beaten up by men who accused malities and would beback in an sacrosanct governing principle Bihar CM Nitish Kumar withRJD leader TejashwiYadavinNew Delhi on Monday. Prem Nath Pandey together Tuesday.Sources said him of harassing women on the hour.Heisn't back even five EXPLAINED in our plural and multicultural the much-talked-about rota- pretextofselling bangles on the hours later,and we arenot able society.While the whole coun- tional chiefministership be- occasion of Rakhi, and warning to contact him," Jamal said. tryiscelebrating Azadi ka Amrut tween the twoisthe onlyitem him to notset foot again in a Police officers, including IGP Mahotsav,thereare some minds Caste census: Bihar all-party team on the agenda. "Hindu kshetra (area)". Harinarayan Chari Mishra, SP still chained(to)intolerant and The Baghel government On acomplaint by the minor Ashutosh Bagri and Town self-centric beliefs.” completedtwo-and-a-half years daughter of one of the accused, Inspector Rajendra Soni of the The court said it wasevident says up to PM; more join chorus in office in June. Sources said Ali wasbooked Mondayevening policestation did notrespondto that Chaudhary's remarks were Singh Deo could broachthe is- under IPC Sections 354(assault textsorcalls seeking to know "impregnated with high-octane delegation, whichincludedthe sue of rotational chief minister- or criminal forceonawoman), Ali's whereabouts. LIZMATHEW& COVID:HOWTRAVEL communalbarbs, insulting and BUSINESSASUSUAL BJP,that theHome Ministry ship and severalother issues re- 354-A(sexual harassment), 467, Amidprotests by aMuslim threatening gestures... indicative SANTOSHSINGH would have to take acall. lated to governance in the state. 468, 471(forgery), 420 (cheat- organisation over delayinregis- RULESVARYACROSS of the calculative design on the NEWDELHI,PATNA, BY UNNY The regional parties, which While Singh Deo, sources ing) and 506(criminal intimida- trationofanFIR in theattackon STATES PAGE 17 partofthe applicant to promote AUGUST23 see an opportunity to mount said, would defer to the wishes tion), along with under POCSO. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 hatred and ill-willamongst pressureonthe BJP,particularly of the highcommand and accept other sectionsofsociety". BIHAR CHIEF MinisterNitish aheadofthe Uttar Pradesh elec- whatever decision the leader- Calling freedom of speecha Kumar,who ledanall-partydel- tions, arereportedly planningto ship takes, some leaders said he fundamental right, "one of the egation from the state to meet send another delegation to the maynot continue as aminister mostcherishednatural rights NarendraModi Mondayonthe PM with the samedemand later in the Baghel cabinetifstatus enshrinedinthe Constitution", caste census issue, indicated the this week. quoprevails. JudgeAntil said, "But in the same ball wasnow in the Prime Kumar leda10-party delega- Asection of the leaders have breath Imuststate that it is not Minister's court, adding that the tion —including his JD(U),its al- consistentlyclaimedthat after an unfetteredright." The right PM gave allofthem apatient lies BJP,HAM-S, VIP,aswell as the the Congress came to powerin was"notabsolute", could notbe hearing and said he would look Congress, CPI (ML) and AIMIM — the stateinDecember 2018, extendedtotransgress upon intothe matter. with the BiharAssembly having Gandhi had conveyedtoCM fundamental rightsofothers, to Sources said the PM told the CONTINUEDONPAGE4 CONTINUEDONPAGE4 CONTINUEDONPAGE4

CITY Redrawing J&K poll map: Act says EC’s job, Law Ministry says Delimitation panel’s

litical process there. 2020, the LawMinistrygavethis LawSecretaryAnoop Kumar RITIKACHOPRA The J&K Reorganisation Act, job to the three-member Mendirattadid notrespond to NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 2019,under Section60(1),en- Delimitation Commission The Indian Express’s email seek- trusts the Election Commission headedbyretired Supreme ing comment on this discrepancy. AN APPARENT discrepancy be- (EC) with delimiting sevenad- Courtjudge Ranjana Desai. Additional SecretaryReeta tween the Union Government's ditionalseats forthe 83-mem- The Act, whichrevoked J&K's Vasishta directed this reporter to order setting up the Delimitation berJ&K Assembly, besidesde- special status and bifurcated the JS (North-East) Ministryof UMAR TO COURT: TV Commission and the J&K ciding reservation forthe SC stateintotwo Union Territories, Home Affairs “since that min- CHANNELSPLAYED Reorganisation Actcould casta andSTcommunities. callsfor aDelimitation istryadministers the Actreferred EDITED VIDEO shadowoverthe redrawing of However, sevenmonths af- Commission -- underSection to by you." Joint SecretaryPiyush PAGE 5 Assemblyseatsinthe state, akey terthe J&K Actwas passed, 62(2) -- onlyfor future"readjust- Goyal, in charge of the element in kickstarting the po- throughanorder of March 6, ment"of seatsdrawnupby theEC. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Mali, Sidhu aide whoriled Capt, served both him, Badal; facedterror caseonce

PAGE1 to thePPCCchief twoweeks ago, had said,“Kashmir wasasepa- Mali appeared to supportthe ANCHOR and another of Sidhu's advisors, rate country, belonged to Taliban againstthe United States. DrPyareLal Garg, askingthem on Kashmiris, and India and Mali beganhis politicaljour- Sundaytorestrictthemselvesto Pakistanoccupieditillegally.” neyasastudentleader in college, doing their job. In another interview, he had and wasstate general secretary KANCHANVASDEV On Monday, AnandpurSahib said that Amarinderwould be of the Punjab Students' Union in CHANDIGARH,AUGUST23 MP Manish Tewari tweetedask- happytosee SADchief Sukhbir the 1980s. In 1993, Mali was ing Congress generalsecretary in Singh Badal as the next chief booked by the Punjab Police un- ASOCIAL studies teacher- charge of Punjab Harish Rawat ministerinstead of Sidhu. der the National Security Act turned-publicrelationsofficer to take note of theviews of the Mali’s social media profile (NSA) and the now-repealed who is nowAdvisor to Punjab advisors. pictureisthe coverofJantak Terroristand Disruptive Congress chief NavjotSingh “I urge @harishrawatcmuk Paigam,aPunjabi magazine that Activities (Prevention) Act Sidhu, has riledthe party and AICC Gen Secy I/C Punjab to seri- he once edited,whichhas a (TADA) forhis “inflammatory” Chief MinisterCaptAmarinder ouslyintrospect thatthose who sketch of IndiraGandhiwith a writings. He wasreleased on the Singh withhis social media posts do notconsider J&K to be apart Malvinder Singh Mali skull, and calls her a“Jaabar” orders of the HighCourtamonth and statementsonKashmir and of India &others who have os- (tormentor) Mali postedthis pic- and ahalflater. theTaliban. tensiblyPro Pakistanleanings tureinJune, and did notremove Mali, who retiredasateacher The Chief Ministerhas hit out should be apartof@INCPunjab. considered close to the Chief it even afterhewas appointed in aPunjab governmentschool at 63-year-old Malvinder Singh It mocks all those who shed Minister, posted. Advisor to Sidhu. in Ropar in 2016,was apublic Mali, who wasappointedAdvisor blood forIndia,” Tewari, who is In atelevision interview,Mali In aFacebook postrecently, CONTINUEDONPAGE4

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IT portal —including the $50 million con- visor.Hewas also legaladviser electionsare due soon in crucial tract to implementthe Ministry to the DelimitationCommission states likeUttar Pradeshand “MinistryofFinanceem- of CorporateAffairs’ MCA21v2 Rs 6lakhcrassetstobemonetised headedbyJustice Kuldip Singh Punjab. phasised that thereisaneedfor portal, and aRs1,380-crorecon- that redrew boundaries of all The riftbetween Baghel and putting in moreresources and tract to develop the IT backbone Parliamentaryand Assembly Singh Deo has been playing out effortsonthe partofInfosys,” it forthe Goods and Services Tax ensurefurtherinvestmentinin- worthofpower transmission handhold anyministryfor any per cent, followedbyrailways constituencies in the country, in the public in Chhattisgarh. In said. Network. In all of these three frastructure building,” she said. lines,6GWofhydroelectricand supportitneedsinpursuingthe 25 per cent,power15per cent, exceptinJ&K, in an exercise con- the mostrecent flashpoint, last The Finance Ministry major projects,Infosys’ prod- “Theownershipof theassets solarpower assets,2.86lakhof monetisationroadmap,hesaid. oil&gaspipelines8percentand ducted from 2003 to 2008. month, Congress MLA Sunday summonedParekhto uctssaw performance issues. remains with the Government km fibreassets and 14,917 tow- Kant said the government telecom 6per cent.Intermsof "The Delimitation Ramanujganj MLABrihaspati explain the reasons forthe con- (and) thereshould be manda- ers in the telecom sector,8,154 expectsthisplan to beasuccess annual phasingbyvalue, 15 per Commission has been consti- Singh accusedSingh Deo, who tinuedglitches.OnMonday,the Jantar Mantar tory handback,” the Finance km of natural gaspipelinesand sinceitcomprisesonlybrown- centof assetswithanindicative tuted by theLaw Ministry, and holdsthe Health portfolio, of or- firstmeeting washeldwith the acts prejudicialtothe mainte- Ministerhighlighted. 3,930kmofpetroleumproduct field assets that have been “de- value of Rs 88,000croreare en- theyknowthe lawbest,” said chestrating an attackonhim for Finance Ministerand the sec- nance of peace, harmonyand Among the keychallenges pipelines. Apartfromroadsand risked”and the Aayog’s discus- visagedtoberolledout in the Mendiratta. “But from afirst giving statementsinfavour of ond meeting waswith officials public order,ortoinvadeand thatmay affect the NMP powerprojects,15railway sta- sions withkey global investors current financialyear. reading of Sections 60 to 64 of Baghel. Singh Deo staged a from the Income Tax erodethe secular fabricofour roadmaparelackofidentifiable diums,25airportsandthestake have revealedthattheyare keen “This includes selection of the J&K Reorganisation Act walkout from the Assembly, re- Department. society,the courtsaid. revenuestreams in various as- of theCentralgovernmentinair- to participateinprojectstobe de-riskedandbrownfieldassets 2019,itappears thatthe initial turningonlywhen his demand The newtax portalwas "In the garb of libertarian sets,level of capacityutilisation ports and160 coal mining proj- monetisedthrough atranspar- withstablerevenue generation division of the UT of J&K into90 that the charge be officiallyde- launchedonJune 7and started conceptoffreespeech", the ac- in gasand petroleum pipeline ects, 31 projects in nine major ent/competitive bidding profile. The primaryownership Assembly seatsisthe job of the niedbythe government was to face issues within hours — cusedcannotbeallowedto networks,disputeresolution ports,210 lakhMTofwarehous- process. Contractual partners of the assets underthesestruc- EC. It further appears thatany conceded. suchasinability to generate OTP "trample the Constitutional mechanism,regulated tariffs in ingassetsareamongthoseto be will have to adheretoKey tures, hence, continues to be readjustmentinthe constituen- On issues settoberaisedby forAadhaar validation, pass- principles, whichpromote in- powersectorassets,andlowin- up formonetisation. Performance Indicators and withtheGovernment,”thegov- cies shouldbetaken up by a Singh Deo, Baghel's supporters word generation glitches, fail- clusivenessand common broth- terest among investors in na- NITI Aayog, in coordination PerformanceStandards. ernment said. Delimitation Commission only said he wasonastrong wicket. uretolink datafor pastreturns, erhood", it added. tional highwaysbelowfour with the Finance ministry, has TheNMP willrun co-termi- To encouragestatestopur- afterthe firstCensus done after and problems in filing returns. Holdingthe accusations lanes, accordingtothe NMP createdtheNMPdashboardand nus with the National suemonetisation, the Central the year 2026.” Sidhu aide The issues have nowexpanded againstChaudharyas"severe", framework.Analysts also point the detailedroadmap through InfrastructurePipelineof Rs100 government has already set Incidentally,itwas relations officer with both to include errors in interestcal- the courtsaid historyshows to issues suchasthe lackofin- discussionswith stakeholders, lakh croreannouncedin aside Rs 5,000 croreasincen- Mendirattawho had pointed Amarinder whenhewas CM culation, capturing of details "suchincidentshaveflared dependentsectoralregulators. global investors and stategov- December 2019.The estimated tive.Ifastategovernmentdi- out the firstlegal infirmity in the from 2002 to 2007,and with from Form 16 and inability to communal tensions leading to Realestate investmenttrusts ernments. “This monetisation amount to be raisedthrough vestsits stakeinapublic sector LawMinistry's gazettenotifica- former CM Parkash Singh Badal. add details fortax exemption for riots and causing loss of lifeand (REITs)and infrastructure in- pipeline is coming at atime monetisation is around 14 per undertaking,the Centrewill tion of March 6, 2020. He has longbeen controver- trusts. property in the general public". vestment trusts (InvITs), forin- whenstatesareallmore keento cent of the proposedoutlayof provide a100 per cent match- He had red-flaggedthis or- sial —having been repatriated In alatenight tweetSunday, Denying anticipatorybail, stance,arestructuresbeingused move forward(on this),” Rs 43 lakhcrore under NIP. ing value of the divestment to der forestablishing a to his parent departmentofed- Infosyshad claimedthe portal the courtsaid the investigation to monetise assets in the roads Sitharaman said, pointing out NITI AayogVice Chairman the state. Similarly,ifastatelists DelimitationCommission for ucation afteranargument with was“live”. Earlier in the day, it wasatanascent stage, the co- and powersectors. Sitharaman thatthe Centralgovernment RajivKumar said infrastructure apublicsector undertaking in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, formerPublicRelations had tweeted, “The accusedwereyet to be identi- said the government has been willprovidefinancialsupportto growthwillbeprivatesector-led the stockmarkets, the Central Assam, and Nagaland even MinisterSewaSingh Sekhwan, @IncomeTaxIndia portal con- fied,and theentireincriminat- takingdecisionsforrevivalof the states pursuing disinvestment. and “this is the next step in mo- government willgiveit50per thougha2008 amendment to and having quarrelledwith tinuestobeunder emergency ing material yettobeseized. economyand this initiative will NITI AayogCEO Amitabh bilisingprivate capital”without cent of that amount raised Representation of the People Education MinisterSikandar maintenance. We will postan JudgeAntil said that giventhat helpcreatesustainabledemand. Kant said the government will transferring ownership. through listing. Finally, if astate Act1950 clearly states that de- Singh Malooka during SAD-BJP updateonce the portalisavail- Chaudharywas the president of The assetsonthe NMP list closelymonitor the NMP The topfivesectors in terms monetises an asset, it will re- limitation in the four North- government in 2007-2012. able again fortaxpayers". On the Hindu Raksha Dal, his include: 26,700kmofroads, progress.NITIAayoghasaPublic of value capturearound 83 per ceive 33 of the amountraised eastern states, when held, Beforebeing appointed as a Saturday, it tweetedthat the stature andinfluence, and the railway stations, train opera- Private PartnershipCellandhas cent of the aggregatepipeline from monetisation from the would fall within the EC's remit. schoolteacher,Maliwas press Income Taxportalis“currently tone and tenor of his speech, he tionsandtracks,28,608CKTkm engagedtransactionadvisorsto value, with roads covering 27 Centre. Hence, anydelimitation ex- secretarytothe lateAkali leader inaccessible due to planned could influence witnesses in the ercise in these states by the new Gurcharan Singh Tohra. maintenance”. case if givenbail. Delimitation Commission Mali, who belongs to Within15hours of itslaunch BJP to take astand on the matter, Afterthe meeting, bitterri- Pradesh's Hardoi district, Ali plaint, and an FIR wasregis- would be "declared void by the Sakraudi villagenear in June, Sitharaman had Caste census the party has so faravoidedthis. vals Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi told TheIndian Express earlier tered, including fordacoity.” courts," Mendirattahad said. BhawanigarhinSangrur district, tweeted: “I see in my TL griev- passedaunanimous resolution The Union government recently Yadavwent out of their wayto Mondaythathebuysbangles By Monday afternoon,police Interestingly, eightmonths studiedjournalism at Punjabi ances and glitches. Hope backing acaste census. Sources said that as per existing policy, showcase their bonhomie on from Jaipur and has been com- had detainedRakesh Pawar, later, the government aban- University Patiala, and worked @Infosys&@NandanNilekani in Kumar's JD(U) said theCM onlySCs and STsweretobeenu- the matter,with the CM credit- ing to Indorefor six years to sell Rajkumar Bhatnagar and Vivek doneddelimitation forthe four as severalPunjabi newspapers. will notlet down our taxpay- was“optimistic” thatthe Centre merated in theCensus. ing the RJD leader with propos- them duringRakhi, witharound Vyas forthe attack.Police said North-eastern states. He wasseen as asympathiser of ers... Ease in compliance forthe would take an "affirmative In an interviewwith The ing an all-party delegation to 40 others from his village. He theywould question the three The Delimitation militancy during the days of ter- taxpayershould be our priority.” stand". “People in Bihar and the Indian Express lastweek,Union meetthe PM, and Yadavthank- went to the Indorelocality and arrest them afterthe video Commissionfor J&K has already rorism in Punjab. She directed Infosystoexpedi- entirecountry areofthe same ministerBhupender Yadavsaid, ingKumar forworking on it and wherehewas attacked forthe hadbeenverified. On their "po- carriedout abulk of itswork. Mali's association with tiously“look into the matter”. opinion. We aregrateful to the “The ministryconcerned hasto seeking time from Modi. It was firsttime. liticalaffiliation", Bagri said, “For Delimitationiscrucial for Sidhu beganinFebruarythis Consequently, the I-Tde- Prime Ministerfor listening to take so manythingsintoac- the firsttime allBihar parties "As soon as Icalledout for us it is an incidentwhere aban- kick-starting the political year at the wedding of Sidhu’s partment had to allowmanual us. Now, he has to take adeci- count... No decisionhas been had come on one platform fora buyers, aman grabbed me and gle-sellerwas beaten by agroup process in J&K. In his firstout- aideand MLAPargatSingh’s son filing of remittance forms and sion on it,” Kumar told reporters takenyet." cause. askedmyname. First, Itold him of men. Whothesemen areand reachmeetingwith J&K's main- in Chandigarh. Asource said: alsoextend duedates forelec- afterthe meeting. The BJP is weighing itsmove AIMIM leader Asaduddin 'Bhura', the name on my voter what their political affiliation is stream leaders recently, Modi “Sidhu watchedMali, who was tronic filing of forms related to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, carefullyasOBC supporthas Owaisi, who wasalso partofthe ID card. When he asked if Iwas and if theybelong to aparticular had sought their cooperation to actively supporting farmers' intimation by pensionfunds who waspartofthe delegation, been crucial to itsexpansion delegation,saidacaste census aMuslimand Isaid yes, he again party is adifferent issue.” complete the exercise that protests andcriticising the and sovereign wealth funds. said suchacensus would help across the country—reflected would benefit people from asked formyname. Ihesitated Policealso registeredacase would eventuallyleadtoelec- Punjab government.Healso On June 19,the companyac- the poor."In the interestofthe in the moderation of itsimage backwardsections. "Modi ji has and then said, Tasleem. He againstthree membersofthe tions. In his IndependenceDay supportedSidhu strongly on the knowledgedthe problems. At nation, it will be ahistorical from being seenassolelya parliamentarypower, he should startedbeating me up,asking Muslim Nuamainda Committee speech, he underlinedthat issues of the Kartarpur corridor, the company's 40th Annual step...When animals and trees “Brahmin-Baniyaparty” and the makelaw.” howIcould come to theirarea. that gheraoedthe police station preparations to hold elections sand mafia, land mafia, and GeneralMeeting,Pravin Rao arecounted,why notcastes? recent Union Cabinetexpansion Former Bihar CM and He calledsome other people Sunday. Whilepoliceclaimeda in J&Kand the redrawing of con- otherissues. At the wedding, said Infosyswas working to re- When the government has no with generous representation to HAM(S) head Jitan RamManjhi and theytoo hit me... Theysaid ruckuswas createdatthe police stituencies areontrack. Sidhu touchedMali’s feet and solve the concerns. scientific data on thepopula- OBC communities. tweeted: "He (the PM) triedto howhad Icome to thelocality station and the protestwas or- got his wifeDrNavjotKaur On June 22, Sitharaman tion, howcan it makewelfare JD(U) leaders claim data understand all aspects... his ges- despitebeing aMuslim, and ganised by "anti-social ele- Congress rift Sidhu to do thesame.” calledameeting with keyoffi- policies?" Yadavsaid. showing that despitethe OBC turesuggests that therecould that Iwas misbehaving with ments", the Committeesaid contendersBaghel and Singh On Sunday, Sidhu held asix- cials of Infosystoreviewthe is- He also argued that states quota, only9.42% Class Aem- be aconstructive decision in intheir motherand sisters," Ali theywereprotesting peacefully Deo that the postwould be hour meeting with both Mali sues on the portal. could include castesinthe OBC ployees in the Central govern- terest of the nation." said, adding that residentsofthe foranFIR over the attackonAli. shared,with Baghel holdingit and Gargathis Patiala resi- During the meeting, Parekh list—ascleared by an amendment (52 ministries and depart- CPI (ML)MLA Mehboob area looked on. Bagri said theywerealso forthe firsttwo-and-a-half dence. Afterward, Mali wroteon and Rao, along with other ment in the recent Parliament ments), forexample, arefrom Alam said: "I told the PM that In the video, aman can be looking intowhy Ali had two years. Baghel, however, has re- Facebook that the meeting was Infosysofficials, took note of the session —onlyafter such acen- OBC groups; only8.95% of them thereshouldbeacensus of peo- seentaking outbangles from Aadhaar cards and avoterID peatedly deniedany suchagree- “99.99 per centabout Punjab’s issues. Infosyssaid it waswork- sus. On the argument that a holdClass Bjobs;whiletheir pleofall religions and castes. Tasleem's bag and offeringthem cardunder different names,in- ment. Lastmonth, he said agree- issues, communal harmony, ing to fixthe technical issues. It caste censuscould lead to un- numbers in Class Care 18.94%. Muslims toohavemanycastes. to people, as another holds him cluding the mention of both mentstorotateCMs areafeature farmers' protest, fundscrunch, said at least five issues of e-pro- rest,the RJD leader said, "Then With moreand morere- Thereare about one crore by the collar and hitshim, while Mohar Singh and MoharAli in of coalition governments. and fighting the forces trying to ceedings, Form 15CA/15CB, TDS the samelogic applies to reli- gionalparties lending support Surjapuri Muslimsinthe he pleads with them to lethim place of father's name. Talking to reporters before implement Modi's agenda in statements, DSC, viewing of gion as well.” to the caste census demand -- Seemanchal belt.Though the go.Theyalso threaten Ali to not Ali deniedhehad two taking offfor Delhi Monday Punjab.” pastITRs were expected to be According to sources, the including the YSRCP, BJD, SP, Bihar government putsthem henceforth be seen in any Aadhaar cardsorhad triedto evening, Baghel did notdivulge Mali later claimedhehad resolvedinabout aweek, an of- delegation told thePMthat a NCP, BSP,PDP,National under OBC, the Centredoes not "Hindu kshetra". hide hisidentity.Hesaid 'Bhura', the agendafor themeetings in been quoted out of contextby ficial statement had said. number of parties have made Conference, DMK, AIADMK, acknowledge them." When the men urge those in the name on his voter ID card, the Capital. "Afteralongtime, I TV channels. “My views areex- Prior to getting the contract the demand and “that neither TRS, Leftpartiesand TMC -- the the crowdtohit Ali too, four washis nickname, while his for- am goingtoDelhi... The meet- pressedonmysocial media. I to develop and managethe the BJP nor the Central govern- pressureonthe BJP is setto Bangle-seller people come forward, and land mal name wasonthe Aadhaar ing is with Rahul Gandhi. There am responsiblefor that. How Income Taxportal, Infosyshad ment is going to lose anything” grow.The SP andYSRCP said Ali, Home MinisterNarottam blows,while abusing him. card. willalsobeameetingwith AICC the TVchannels quoteme, Iam been appointed by thegovern- due to suchamove. Monday that theywould join Mishratoldthe media in Bhopal Ali said themen brokehis general secretaryKCVenugopal notresponsiblefor that.” ment and itsagencies fora Whilethereare nowgrow- anyfuturedelegation to the PM Monday, “As per the reportof cellphone, and took the approx- J&K pollmap and the state's in-charge PL Writing on Facebook afterhe number of flagship IT projects ing calls from even within the on the matter.Adelegation of the Home Department,the man imatelyRs10,000 cash on him Northeastern statesinthe Punia," Baghel wasquotedby wascriticisedbythe Chief BJD MPs earlier separately met wasselling bangles using a as well as his bags containing Home Ministry, wasnot avail- PTI as saying. Asked if Singh Deo Minister, Mali said that the Modi seeking caste-basedenu- Hindu name while he wasfrom bangles worthRs25,000. able forcomment. would be presentduring his Constitution providedthe right meration. some other religion. Therewere "Theyonlystoppedwhen a Chief Election meeting with Gandhi, the CM of free expression to everyone. The BJD-ruledOdisha has twoAadhaar cards on him." He man asked who would be re- Commissioner SushilChandra said, "I have information of He asked the CM whythings also initiated movestoconduct added, "Thereisaritual of sponsible if Idiedinfront of his is amember of the new meeting with onlyRahul ji." had come to suchapass in acaste basedcensus, as has the women wearing bangles during house.Ifledand went straight Delimitation Commission and Asked whether he would be Punjab that farmerswerecom- ShivSena-ledcoalition govern- saawan... the issue between two to the police station," Ali said. the EC is providingsecretarial meeting senior party leaders in mitting suicideand everysec- EXPRSESEDUCATION ment in Maharashtra. The sides startedfromthere.” According to Ali, police did- assistance forthe ongoing exer- Delhi, Singh Deo, who is already tion of society wasprotesting. MaharashtraState Commission In the complaintshe filed n't take anything down but sent cise in J&K. However, the EC and in the Capital, told PTI he wasnot In Dehradun, Rawattold ANI forBackwardClasses has againstAli, the girlhas alleged twoconstables with him to the Delimitation Commission are awareofit, and waswaitingfor that actionwould be taken cleared the decks foraSocio he came to their house around 2 locality.Ali said residents told twodistinct entities.The former awordfromPunia."Puniajiis againstanyone who insults Economic and Caste Census. pm Sunday, whenher father police that Bajrang Dal men had is apermanent Constitutional the personentrustedwith this. IndiraGandhi. “Shewas oneof During the recent wasaway, and identifiedhim- beaten him up fornofault of his. authority,and thelattergetsdis- He is in touchwith the high the mostpopularleaders and a Parliamentsession, aBJP Lok self as Golu, showing a"half- "One of the people showedpo- banded afterthe delimitation command. It's forhim to convey. mother figuretous,” he was Sabha MP,SanghmitraMaurya, burnt" Aadhaar card. "Webegan licethe video of theattack. They exercise is complete. We arewaitingfor his message. quoted as saying. had leftthe partyinaspotwhen purchasing bangles from him. then went to the house of one Desai and the EC spokesper- IhaveinformedPunia ji thatIam Rawatalso saidthat the shecalled foracaste-basedcen- As my motherwent to fetch of the attackers. He handedover son did notrespond to requests in Delhi and Isuppose we will be Congress strictlymaintains that sus during the debateonthe money, the bangle-seller looked my moneyand belongings." forcomment but The Indian told in the morning (about a Jammu and Kashmir is an inte- amendment reverting powerto at me in an indecent wayand An FIR wasregisteredonlyat Express has learnedthat the EC meeting)," Singh Deo said. gral partofIndia.“Nobodyhas states on deciding OBC lists. grabbed my hand, saying 'I'll 11 pm Sundayagainstuniden- had discussedthisissueinter- Sources close to Baghel said the right to castadoubt on that Another senior BJP leader from help youwear bangles'. He also tifiedpeople. SP,IndoreEast, nallyand concludedthat the "destabilising" the government status,” Rawatsaid. Bihar,Sushil Modi, recentlysaid inappropriatelytouched my Ashutosh Bagri saidtherewas government's order does notvi- through achangeofguardnow Sources close to Sidhu said the party wasnever against cheeks." no delay. "AfterTasleem ap- olatethe J&K Reorganisation Act would be "disastrous". he had told the party leadership caste census. She claimedshe screamed, proachedpolice, twoconstables since Section 62 of that Actem- Asserting that the CM had de- that his advisors were notonhis The BJP's Janak Ram, who and Ali threatened to kill her were sent with him. Tasleem powers the government to set liveredonhis promises, the or the party’s payroll, and were Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service waspartofthe delegation that and ranaway, whichiswhen lo- himself refusedtoregisteran up aDelimitationCommission. sources said the Congress could entitledtotheir opinion. (M):9212665841, 9212008155 metModi,said the PM's deci- cals chasedhim. FIR initially. 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Society dies TV channels played KEJRIWAL SAYS MORE COULDCOME UP IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY without edited video, say BJP CPgetscountry’sfirstsmogtower, criticism, IT cell chief tweeted Sharjeel datawillbeassessedtostudyimpact tells court it, Umar tells court standardsthroughout the year, ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND and the ambient air quality of ANANDMOHANJ ANANDMOHANJ NEW DELHI,AUG 23 the city has to improve, notjust NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 in localisedareas, said Anumita CHIEF MINISTER Arvind Kejriwal Roychowdhury, executive direc- JAWAHARLAL NEHRUUniversity FORMER JNU student Umar inaugurated on Mondaythe torofresearch andadvocacy at student SharjeelImam, through Khalid’s lawyer told aDelhi court country’s first‘smog tower,’an the Centrefor Science and his lawyer arguing forbail in a Mondaythat his client was experimental setupworthRs20 Environment. NortheastDelhiriots UAPA case, framedinaUAPAcase in connec- croretopurify air in a1-km ra- “Besides,there is ahugeen- toldacourtonMondaythatwith- tion with the NortheastDelhi ri- dius around the structure, at a ergy penalty forsmog towers — outcriticismasocietydiesandbe- otsbecause certainnewschan- rate of around 1,000 cubic me- youneedelectricity to run it. The comesaheapofsheep. nels playedaneditedvideoofhis tres of air per second. costincurredonsmog towers AdvocateTanvir AhmadMir speechwhichtheylater claimed Terming the tower“experi- can instead be spent directlyon wrappedupargumentsinthebail wastaken from atweet by Amit Umar Khalid mental”, Kejriwal said itsdata pollution sources so youcan cut hearing whichwas heard by Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT cell. will be analysed to determine its emissions at the source,” she Additional SessionsJudge SeniorAdvocate TrideepPais, efficacy.Smog towers can be said. AmitabhRawat. The prosecution who appeared forUmar, made “It makes aworld of adiffer- raisedinother parts of the city Effortshavebeenmade to in- willrebutImam'sargumentson this submission before Additional ence thatone sentence wastaken as well, if apilot study conducted stall outdoor purifiers on a September 1and 2. SessionsJudge Amitabh Rawat, out by News18.All Iamsaying is on the newone setupat smaller scale.GautamGambhir, Mir arguedthatthere was who later adjournedthe matter that amessageofunitybasedon Connaught place provides BJP’s MP from EastDelhi, had set nothinginthe impugnedspeech forSeptember 3. Gandhiji wasgiven thatday and favourable results, he said. up a20feettall air purifying madeby Imamwhich"directlyor Pais said Delhi Police, which that wastermed as terror,” he The tower, locatedbehind towerinLajpatNagar,nearthe indirectlycallsfor violence." claimed Umar had made asedi- said. the ShivajiStadiumMetro sta- central market,inJanuary last He told thecourtthatprose- tious speechinAmravati, He told the courtthathewas tion in Connaught Place, was year,incollaboration with the cutionsays that"Sharjeeldeserves Maharashtra,never placed the notseekingparitywiththree stu- raisedataheight of 24.2 metres. traders’ association of Lajpat to be bookedand kept inside the full speechaspartofits dent activists who were granted The total project cost, includ- Nagar. It functions with air filters. correctional facility because he chargesheet—the speechre- bail in this case by the Delhi High ing twoyears of operational cost, Ashwani Marwah, general gave this speech. In terms of their ferred to wasmadeonFebruary Court, but his “case is better than is around Rs 20 crore, according secretaryofthe traders’ associa- understandingitistotallyfalla- 17,2020. He said edited portions everybody else’s”. to asenior official of the Delhi The smog towerisexpected to have an impact on a1km radius. It can filter around 1,000 tion, said that thetower is func- cious.Whatthespeech conveysis of Umar’s speechwereplayedby Pais said Umar’s speechwas Pollution Control Committee cubic metres of air per second tioningand itsoperational cost —blockthe roads, do chakka jam TV channels and these edited notseditious, and the event was (DPCC). The DPCC is the nodal is being bornebythe association. andrailroko andolansothatpeo- portions were firsttweeted by also attendedbyretired IPS offi- agency forthe tower, while Adisplayboard on topofthe ple arenot able to traverse." Amit Malviya. cers.Hesaid police have regis- NBCC is the project manage- tempted, he added. been installedinthe towerto vestment cost? In tropicalplaces, towershows AQItogauge itsim- "Fundamentallythe rightto Pais told the courtthat re- teredatotal of 715FIRsandUmar ment consultancy and the exe- Goingbythe projectdescrip- collect dataand monitor itsfunc- it’s notpossible to suckdustout pact, he added. protest, bring the countrytoa porters associatedwith the chan- was“notnamedinasingle FIR”. cuting agency wasTataProjects tion, the towercan filter around tioning. of the air,since it’s suchahuge DPCC officials said that con- standstillisnotatany pointintime nels did notevenattend the He told the court thatthe UAPA Limited. 1,000cubic metres of air per sec- Asimilar towerisbeing set task.Inwinter,the dust layer structionofthe towerbegan in equal to an actofsedition. We meeting where the speech was FIR is “unnecessaryand hasbeen The towerconstitutes apilot ond. It is expected to have an im- up at Anand Vihar,workon stands at around 800metres August 2020, and wasslightly went together through the con- made. draftedand filedinorder to tar- study to assess the reduction of pact on a1kmradiusfromthe whichisnearly complete. from ground level,” he said. delayedbyCovid-relatedrestric- tentsofthespeech.Thepetitioner “Delhi Police had nothing but getpeople selectivelybasedon particulate air pollution in urban centreofthe tower. Critics of the projectpoint Emission control at the tions. at no point of time has said that Republic TV andNews18for the the opposition to CAA”. areas through 'air cleaning’. The Atotal of 40 fans have been out that localisedimpact at a ground levelisthe onlyfeasible Eight sensorsplacedatthe youshouldresorttoviolence,"Mir case. I’vebeen framedbythe Pais saidineachofthe riot two-year pilotstudy will be car- installedatthe bottom of the high costwould notbeuseful in waytohandle air pollution, he inlets andoutletsofthe tower told the court. Press. Whydid theyleave out FIRs, acognizable offencewasdis- riedout by IIT Delhi and IIT tower—air willbesuckedin tackling Delhi’s air pollution is- said. areexpected to provide dataon Mir told the courtthat"when other parts of speech?” he said. closedbut in the present FIR, Bombay, technical advisors for from the top, filtered andre- sues. Dipankar Saha, former ad- The city hastomeetcleanair air quality. Sharjeelsays thatCAAisperseun- “Pleasesee,these arejournal- therewas no suchthing. “It was the project. The institutions will leasedthrough the fans at the ditional director,CPCB, who was constitutional,prejudicialagainst ists who nevergoonthe ground an FIR framed in suchabroad monitorthe impact of thetower bottom. The towercomprises also head of the air quality mon- one communityand persuades to see thespeechbut arevery manner in whichyou can give on PM2.5and the functioning of 5,000 filters. These areelectro- itoring division in Delhi, said that IYf¹ffÊ»f¹f ¸ffdIÊYMX IY¸fZMXe, ¸fb»ff³ff thegovttorethinkandif youdon't happytoshowit...Theynever statementstoframe people. That the towerunder different static air filters that can filter out the towermight diluteemis- ªføYSXe Àfc¨f³ff want to do it we will be on the went there. The replysays they is the beauty of this FIR,” he said. weather conditions. microparticles, including those sions generatedatthe ground streets. He can't be hammered don’t have the rawfootage and He said witnesses in this case Trends from the pilotstudy that constitutesmoke, house- level, though it maynot be sig- Àf½fÊÀff²ffS¯fIûÀfcd¨f°f dI ¹ff ªff°ff W` dI WdS¹ff¯ff Sfª¹f IÈ d¿f d½f´f¯f³f ½fûOÊ withsedition." that the video wasobtainedfrom have madecontradictorystate- could be available in around a hold dustand pollen,according nificant. õfSf dORf»MS´»ffM ²ffSIûÔIZd»fE Vivadon ka Samadhan ÀI e¸f ¨f»ffBÊ "In termsofsettledprinciple atweet done by amember of BJP,” mentstothe police and the mag- month, the chief ministersaid. If to theproject description. A “The towerislocalised. How ¦fBÊ W`ÜdªfÀfI eAad°f¸f d°fd±f 31.08.2021 W`ÜBÀfIZ Aa°f¦fÊ°f ´»ffM²ffSIûÔIû¶¹ffªf of law, speechhasto belookedup he said, referring to the Republic istrate. the project is notsuccessful, new SupervisoryControl andData manysuchinstallations arere- ¸fZÔ 40 ´fid°fVf°f Ie LcM½f´f`³f»f ¶¹ffªf 100 ´fid°fVf°f ¸ffR dI ¹ff ¦f¹ff W`ÜdªfÀfIZ in itsentirety. Perseprotest TVreply. “The chargesheet is acom- techniques will have to be at- Acquisition (SCADA) system has quired forDelhi at suchahigh in- againstNRC CAA, by no stretchof At this, ASJ Rawatasked: plete fabrication... selectively, ¶ffSm ¸fZÔ If¹ffÊ»f¹f õfSf Àf·fe dORf»MS´»ffM ²ffSIûÔIû³fûdMÀf IZ ¸ff²¹f¸f ÀfZ ·fe imagination, in ademocracy that “Video wasbroadcastwithout witnesses were broughttosay A½f¦f°f IS½ff¹ffªff ¨fbI fW`Ü ¸ffdIÊM I¸fZMe¸fb»ff³ff IZ 16 ´»ffM ²ffSIªfû we have inIndia,canbetermedas verifying?”. Pais repliedinthe af- this and thatagainstmyclient... dORf»MSW`, dªfÀf¸fZÔ ÀfZ ³fBÊ A³ffªf ¸faOe¸fb»ff³ffIZ9´»ffM ªfû dI ¶fc±f ³fa. 187 seditious," Mir told the court. firmativeand read aloud the re- This FIR is ahollowFIR... laugh- ½f 191 ´»ffM ³fa. 47, 66, 70, 71, 114, 137 ½f 163 W`Ü³fBÊ A³ffªf ¸faOeÀffWf Mir arguedthatSharjeel is plyfromRepublicTVwith refer- able statementshavebeen made. IZ 7´»ffM ªfû dI ´»ffM ³fa. 34, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 W`Ü¹fdQ Af´f "notjustamemberof anybanned ence to the notice requesting What will the prosecution Àf·fe 16 ´»ffM²ffSIûÔ¸fZÔ ÀfZ dI Àfe ·fe ´»ffM²ffSIIûIûBÊ ³fûdMÀf ³fWeÔ ´fif´°f WbAf organisation or aterroristgang" footageofUmar’s speech:“The achieve from this? The purpose but "onlyastudent". footagewas notrecordedbyour of thisFIR is nottobring home W` ¹ff BÀf ¶ffSm IûBÊ ªff³fI fSe´fif´°f ³fWeÔ WbBÊ W` °fû BÀf d½fÄff´f³f IZ ¸ff²¹f¸f ÀfZ "I wasastoundedtosee that cameraperson. It wastweetedby guilt, it’s hypocrisy.None of the Af´fI ûÀfc¨f³ff Qe ªff°fe W` dI ¹fdQ Af´f d³f²ffÊdS°f Àf¸f¹f A½f²fe dQ³ffaI the investigating officer calling Mr Amit Malviya.” peopleinthisFIR should be held 31.08.2021 °fI ´»ffM Ie¶fI f¹ff SfdVf ªf¸ff ³fWeÔ IS½ff°fZ°fû Aad°f¸f d°fd±f dQ³ffaI him bigoted.Justbecause he He said: “Your material is a in custody,” Pais told the court. 31.08.2021 IZ ¶ffQ Plot Resumption IeIf¹fÊ½ffWeA¸f»f ¸fZÔ »ffBÊ ªffE¦feÜ seemsto criticisetheConstitution YouTubevideowhichiscopied He said the prosecution has of India....We areproud of our from atweet.The journalistdid “come up with this fantastic the- Àfd¨f½f E½fa If¹fÊI fSeAd²fI fSe ´fiVffÀfIY ¸fWXûQ¹f unity and notmajoritarianism. notevenhavethe responsibility ory” and has got “witnesses to ¸ffdIÊ MI¸fZMe¸fb»ff³ff ¸ffdIÊYMX IY¸fZMXe ¸fb»ff³ff Criticalelementsinoursocietyare to go there. It’s notajournalistic saythatthe conspiracy was Rû³f ³fa. 01731-275223 also necessarybecause in asoci- ethic. This is the deathof journal- hatchedwhen Donald Trump 4355/HRY etywherecriticism willdie, the ism.” visited India”. He said as per this society will die. That is why, ulti- He playedthe full video of “theory”, the conspiracy was mately, theflagto upholdthecon- Umar’s speechbeforethe court. hatchedonJanuary 8. The re- stitution in ademocracy securely Afterthis, Pais turnedtothe sponse of the Ministryof lies in your honours'hands," Mir video transcriptofthe speech, External Affairs, however, stated told the court. playedbyNews18,whichwas that the news about Trump’s visit He told the courtthatthe "in- also served noticetoprovideraw wasannouncedonFebruary11, vestigatingauthoritiescannotab- footageofUmar’s speech. 2020,hesaid. dicatetheir legal, moral or other responsibilities in following the constitutionalmandate whichis thattheycanbookapersonwhen it's justified." Mir arguedthatSharjeel was exchangingthoughts withstu- dents."What societywillbeaso- ciety,ifit's notrobustorwhat doesn't react. It will be aheap of sheep...Lawschangeand are amendedonadaily basis. Everybodyhas afundamental freedom in subjecting anypartof the Constitutiontocriticism or to supportit.Courageousmeninthis countrywillnot be slappedwith sedition...SharjeelImam'sview is nothostile," Mir told the court.

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Please tell us about the organisational jour- Buyerstoo arefacingproblems regarding neyand success of UP RERA in the state. On the occasion of 3rd anniversary of UP the delayed possession of their flats. Is Since theinceptionofUPRERA 3years ago,there RERA, Balvinder Kumar,Member, U.P. UP RERA addressingthis issue in any way are three to four distinct developments that have currently? taken place in the state.First,we have infusedconfi- Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA), Buyers aremostly filingcomplaintsbefore UP denceamong buyers —the trust level between the says, “One of the major reasons for the RERA,seeking either refunds or delayedinterest on buyersand thebuilders hasincreasedsubstantially as the period beyond the time limit mentionedunder far as new projects are concerned. Second, we have institution of RERA Act in the country was to Builder-BuyerAgreement (BBA).We decide all these been able to enforce financial discipline among the cases underabroad principle —ifweare convinced developers.Ithas now become really difficult forde- effectively address the issuespertaining to that the concernedbuilder would complete the pro- velopers to divert buyers’ funds. buyers. Three years on, UP RERAstandstall ject in avery reasonable time limit of,say 8to12 Third, there’s astringent check on the malprac- monthsmax,then we ask the buyer to wait and take tices that developersusedtoearlier engage in. in delivering its commitments to ensure buyer possession along with delay penalty.Otherwise,we Fourth,UPRERA plays the role of an advisor regarding pass refund orders. real estate developmentinthe state.Timeand again, confidence is restored,its ordersare largely In many cases,buyers want compensation for UP RERA has given advice and also recommended complied with,refunds are issued to buyers mental harassment for not gettingthe flat on time. changes,asfar as real estate development in UP is So,werefer these cases to an adjudicating officer,a concerned.To agreat extent,wehave been able to wherever needed,financial disciplineisenforced retired district judge,who then awards compensa- implement those changes for which UP RERA was among developers, and new projects started tion to buyers beyond the delay penalty,which instituted in the first place. RERA prescribes. Though thereare numerous achievements after enactment of RERA are completed on time In what otherwaysisUPRERA addressing of UP RERA, what aresomeofthe most out- thegrievances of buyers and developers? standing decisions that UP RERA has taken by developers, among many others.” We have madeaninnovative arrangement of over the past3years of its existence? “conciliation”throughanindependent conciliator. There are three very important points to considerin UP is also among the first states to start a“Concilia- this regard. First, we have established avery robust can be used for other miscellaneous activities —to tivities all across the state.Keepingthis in view,we’re we issuerecoverycertificate (RC)under theLand tion Forum”, where both buyers andbuilders are mechanism for redressalofcomplaints being filed by be spent by the developers.This is avery big step to- now giving 6to9months of extension in registra- Revenue Act. So far,inUP, we have already issued brought together,and then both the parties are the buyers. In UP,nearly37,000complaints have wards checking any diversion of funds andfinancial tion, subject to the condition that we willgivethis 4213 RCs to concerned district magistrates.Unfor- askedtoresolve cases.Wehave successfully dis- been filed so far, out of which 29,000 complaints irregularities. extension to only those projects that intend to com- tunately,only817 RCshavebeenexecuted.So, posed of hundreds of cases by using this conciliation have already been disposed of.Asfar as NCRiscon- How is UP RERA addressing sector-related is- plete their construction work and projectsbyDecem- nearly R140 crore has been recovered, and we have mechanism. Besides,wehave created aconsumer- cerned, including Noida, Greater Noida and Ghazi- sues due to the pandemic? ber 2021.We are not extending this facility to those paid back to the buyers. friendly portal,where complaintscan be lodged on- abad DevelopmentAuthority,atotal of 27,750 com- First of all,UP wasthe first state to introduce online projects that are either stalled or where the construc- But this progress is quite unsatisfactory,especially line.Infact, as of date,inRERA, more than 90% of plaints were filed and against that we have disposed hearing of cases,even before the Supreme Court and tion is still not happening. in view of the large number of RCs that we have is- work is being done through the online portal,even for of 21,600 complaints. majority of High Courts in the country started to do so. UP RERA recently asked the GB Nagar ad- sued. So,keepinginview that the builders are not extension of registration of projects.Then we have Second, during this 3-year period, 974 new pro- This is simply because it is very convenient for con- ministration to e-auctionassets of 32 de- paying,not refunding the amount to the buyers,and also introduced “Samvaad”, where the buyers can jects were registered under RERA, and altogether, cernedparties,especiallythe buyers as theycan eas- velopers. Please shed light on whythisdeci- also not completing theirprojects,the DistrictMagis- meet the members or the chairman. Once amonth, as of date,inUP, there are 2,915 projects.And these ily air their views and grievances before the authority sion was taken and how it will benefit trate of GautamBuddha Nagar has now sealedprop- we speaktobuyers who have filed their complaints projectsare under active implementation, meaning and even the builders, lawyers and counsels. the buyers. ertiesofnearly 30 developers and has proposed to put before us. theconstruction is ongoing.Third, we have ensured Second, when the lockdownwas imposed for the As we know,itisachallengingtask to enforce their properties on e-auction. As far as developers are concerned, RERA is in that concurrent audit is carried out for all the ongo- first time in March 2020, we had declared force ma- complianceofRERAorders.Currently, either the In the meanwhile,UPRERA has also requested constant touch with national and state level associ- ing projects.They should also maintain ESCROW ac- jeure of sixmonths.During this period,wealso gave compliance is not forthcoming the waywehave the state government to permit the district magis- ations likeCREDAI and NAREDCO.Wetry to resolve count to ensure that 70% of the total amount de- exemption for payment of delayed interestbythe de- passed orders,ordevelopers are not complying with tratestostart e-auctioning of developers’ proper- the problems that are put forward by these associ- posited by buyers goes into this account. It is this velopers.Thoughthere wasnolockdown imposed the ordersmainlydue to liquidityproblem.Develop- ties.Wefeel once they start e-auctioning, then the ations.Sonot only thebuyers,weare also 70% amount that is now usedfor thepurpose of im- by the state and central government during the sec- ers say that they don’t have funds torefund the progress will be superfast in recovering back the trying to address the issues and grievances raised plementingthe project.Theremaining 30% amount ondwave,there wasdisruption in construction ac- amount. So when the orders are not complied with, amount from the developers. by developers.

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joinedto eachotherelegantly. He SUKRITABARUAH also drew maps of regions he was askspolicetoreopenpartofMarkaz NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 talking about, again with that thin, fine line, becauseofhis be- WHENNEWSofDrDavid Baker’s lief in the importance of geogra- later setaside by asessions court family has been compelledtore- death reachedteachersof thecol- phyforhistory.Mostofall,he em- SOFIAHSAN in December 2020 afterthe po- side at the place of friendsand lege’s history department;they phasiseddiscipline in work,daily, NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 lice challengedthe grant of relief. relatives, the plea said. were in twominds about regular toil, persistence and per- “Kya?KaunsaSection laga “The courtbelow failedtoap- whether they—manyofwhom severance, andtotalcommitment THE DELHI HighCourtMonday rakha hai aapne? Youare basi- preciatethe fact that the residen- had been his students in the same and focus.” questionedDelhi Police over callysaying Section 60 (Indian tial house of the petitionerisnot department —should go ahead “The firsttimeImethim was keepingTablighiJamaatchief Evidence Act) and Section 310 case property and is notneeded with the classes of the day. But in the principal’s garden forthe Maulana Muhammad Saad (CrPC)… Section 60 is something forpurposes of anylocal inspec- theydecidedtouse theclasses to welcomeparty fornew students. Kandhalvi’s familyout of their else.Preserving asitedoesnot tion to be carriedout by the speakto studentsabouthim, par- Ihad been allotted the Allnutt home formorethan ayear,and mean that youhavetojustlockit. court. The offence if anywas ticularly the newest batchwho Northresidence blockand Iwas directed it to hand over the keys Youtakephotographs, every- committed in the markaz prem- have onlyexperiencedonline Dr David Baker pronouncing it incorrectly. The of Markaz Nizamuddin’s resi- thing and then move yourself ises whichisseparatefromthe classes and have notwitnessed firstthing he did wascorrect dential portion to his mother from the site. What is this?” four storiedresidentialpremises his overwhelmingpresence on me… As our blocktutor,the first within twodays so she can re- JusticeYogeshKhanna told the of whichthe petitionerseeksde- campus. Colonialism in an Indian thing he did to gettoknowall of side there. The courtdirected her police on Mondaywhile hearing Nizamuddin Markaz has largely remainedlockedsince a sealing,” Khalida’s counsel ar- Dr Baker had joinedthe col- Hinterland: Central Provinces, us wasinviteall of us in batches nottoenter anyother portion of 72-year-oldKhalida’s petition case wasregisteredinconnection with aTablighi Jamaat guedinthe petition. legeasayounglecturer from 1820-1920 (1993) and to his room fortea in the evening the Markaz until further orders. againstthe sessions court order. congregationtherelastyear. Archive Noting that the Statefailed to Australia in 1969, movedinto Baghelkhand, or theTigers’ Lair: and take down our particulars to Nizamuddin Markaz, which WhileSection60pertains to produce anyorder before the campus accommodation that Region and Nation in Indian maintain an accountant likereg- includes amosque, amadrasa direct oral evidence, Section 310 magisterial courtunder which year and wasabsorbed into its History (2007). Later,heworked isterofus… Later,hewould invite and the residential area, has provides forinspection by a Justice Khanna said that the than their ownhouses,”said the the residential premises were permanent faculty twoyears on the history of St Stephen's aselect group of us fordining out largely remained locked sincea judge or magistrate of aplace case againstMarkaz court. locked, JusticeKhanna said that later.Heretiredin 1997 at the age College,locatingitsmakinginthe to Old Delhirestaurants… We casewas registeredinconnection whereanoffenceisalleged to Nizamuddinwas only that peo- Khalida, in the petition filed admittedly,there wasnoorder of 65 and leftthe campus fora city's ownmodern history. connectedbecauseofour shared with aTablighi Jamaat congrega- have been committed.Section ple were residingthere. “What through advocateFuzail Ahmad of sealing or seizureofthe prem- coupleof years,but found thatlife “His interestinthe history of interestinhistory,particularly of tion therelastyear.Kandhalvi’s 310confers no powerupon the wasrecovered from this? It is Ayyubi, said that severalmonths ises whichhas been lying locked outsidedidnotsuithim.Thethen St Stephen’s Collegewas there- the collegeand the area around mother,Khalida,had earlier ap- police to lockthe residence and onlythe case that people were have passedbut she and her since April 1lastyear.“Issueno- principal Dr Anil Wilson allowed sult notjustofhis devotion to the the college. He waskindenough proachedthelowercourtagainst Section 60 is notapplicable in residing inside that Markaz…,” familyhavenot been made tice to the State. Letthe Statefile him to return and live on campus collegewherehetaughtandlove to take me forwalksaround Delhi thesealingof the residentialpor- the factsofthe present case, sen- observed the court. awareabout the reason or under areplystating inter alia anyor- in the capacity of ‘blocktutor’ of forthe city whichhemade his ridgeand the heritagesites tion. While amagisterial courtin ior advocateRebecca Mammen “Wecan’t allowthe people what authority theywerebeing deretc if issued,” said the court, the Allnutt Northresidence block, home, but also from his abiding there… He had also been in September 2020 allowedher John,representing Khalida, ar- who were residing theretostay prevented from entering or ac- while listing the case fornext whichiswherehelived forthe fascination, likeincase of his re- charge of thecollegearchivesfor plea, the order wasstayedand guedonMonday. in aguesthouseorany other area cessing their ownresidence.The hearing on December 9. rest of hislifeand passedawayin search in the history of central alongtime, andhad takenme the early hoursofMonday. India, with the dynamics of hu- there. As someone who has gone He nevermarried, did not man lifeand the motivations that on to do history professionally, On birthday, have familyinIndia, and is sur- animate societies," saidDr Aditya that wasthe firstarchive Ihad vivedbyabrotherand sisterin Pratap Deo,historyteacher at the ever seen,” said TathagataDutta, Australia,but accordingtothe col- collegewho wasalso his student. Ph.D. candidateatTufts 1-yr-oldfalls lege’s principal John Varghese, “He had anincredible work ethic. University,who wasastudent in “Collegewas hisfamily”. “He had In the lastfew years, he had aged the college’s batchof2016. to death arelationship with allhis stu- considerably. But even then, even Dr Baker’s bodywillbeplaced dents, especiallythe studentsin with the harness he had to wear in the collegechapel on Tuesday his block, and that relationship around his chest, he would sit at morningforeveryoneto paytheir fromNoida transcendedtime and space. his desk everyday and work. respects. When Iwenttohis roomsthis Everyday,hemadeitapoint to “He wasano-nonsense per- high rise morning, his study table, bed- read,” said principal Varghese. sonand ascholar par excel- room, cupboard, the corridors But his mostlastinglegacy is lence… It wasveryunique for were all coveredwith photo- the relationships he forged with someone to return to campus af- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE graphs of and correspondences students, including those he did terretirement but he wasasin- NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 with his students,” he said. notteach, even longafter his re- gleperson, fullydevotedtoaca- His research had been based tirement. Dr.Deo said, "He was demics… He continued his A1-YEAR-OLD boydiedonhis in CentralIndia.Hehad published meticulous in his preparation of research till the end,” said birthdayafter falling offastair- three books—Changing Political lectures,was very systematicin Professor KalyanjitRoy case at aNoida high rise on Leadership in an Indian Province: his presentation, and wrotewith Choudhury, former head of the Monday. According to police, CP and Berar,1919-39 (1979); small but clearly formedletters, Economicsdepartment. Riwan wasplaying on the 12th floor of Casa Greens Society when the incident took place. No complaint has been received Contract for 1,000 low-floor buses since the death wasanaccident, said police. "Werecievedinformation on hold to ‘take fair view on that achild had fallen offthe 12th floorinCasaGreen Society. The minor wasclose to the stair- matter’: DTC to Delhi Assembly case and crawledinbetween the gapofthe steel rods, falling to his FEATHERED FRIENDS changing worn out tyres, getting death. The body wassent for SOURAVROYBARMAN fitness testscleared,obtaining post-mortem and handedover Achild plays with swans at Lodhi Gardens. Amit Mehra NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 Pollution Under Control certifi- to the family,"said Anita cates. Chauhan, SHO Bisrakh. THE DELHI Transport Whilethe purchase contract As per police and locals, the Corporation (DTC) has attributed wasfor Rs 850 crore, the 12-year familyhad been preparing fora Citizen being shortchanged: DU’s two new facilitation the decision to put the purchase AMC wasfor Rs 3,412 crore. The birthdaycelebration when the and annualmaintenance contract purchase tender wasawarded to toddler crawledout of hishouse. (AMC) deals for1,000 low-floor JBM Auto andTataMotors on a His father,SurendraKasana, Delhi govt to HC on Baijal centres couldbenamed after buses on hold to the needtode- 70:30 ratio, while JBM Auto had wasalertedbysecurity officials velop a"fair view" on the matter. emergedasthe L1 bidder in the afteraresident sawthe boyfall. staying oxygen panel Sushma, Savarkar, Patel The work ordersrelatedtothe The work orders related to AMC tendering. Residentsinthe society and the contractswereput on hold on the contracts were put on Principal secretary(transport) familyrushed the toddler to the stituted asub-group committee. and examination related facili- June 12.According to theDTC, the holdonJune 12 Ashish Kundra, principal secre- nearesthospital wherehewas EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “The government of the day EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ties to studentsofthe university decision wastaken afterreceiv- tary (vigilance) KRMeena and declared dead on arrival. NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 has takenadecision that amaxi- NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 in these areas. ing acomplaint from the former IAS OP Agarwalwerethe The familyhad relativesand mum of Rs 5lakh of compensa- On Monday,meanwhile, Vigilance Department. examinethe tendering processes. members of the LG committee, other guests over at the time. THE DELHI HighCourtMonday tion, depending upon the com- THE DELHI Universityisplan- Delhi University’s Standing "Due to acomplaint for- Apartfrompointing out whichpointed outlapses in the grantedtwo weeks’ time to the mittee report, wherever thereis ningtoset up twofacilitation Committee on Academic Matters warded by the Vigilance lapses and flaws in the AMC ten- AMC contract. Lieutenant Governor forfilingofa negligence, shall be granted. centres to cater to the needs and passedthe structure forthe im- Department and to take afair dering process, the committee The Delhi government has Parking facility replytoapetition seeking opera- What is nowtakingplaceinDelhi requirementsofstudents stay- plementation of the National viewonthe entirematter, theim- had in itsreportunderlinedthat termedthe move by the MHA a tionalisationofahigh-powered is…becauseofthis conflict which ing in “far flung areas of Delhi EducationPolicy,includinga plementation of theworkorder "broaddetails of itemsspecifically "politicallymotivatedconspiracy for Bharat committeetoexaminecausesbe- needs to be decidedatthe earli- and NCR" as firststeps towards four-year undergraduatepro- has been put on hold till further coveredunder AMC would have againstthe AAP"."BJPwants to hind deaths during the Covid est…the citizen is being short- starting newcolleges. gramme, from 2022. This means orders," the Delui Transport helpedavoid ambiguityand fos- prevent the people of Delhi from Darshan Park pandemic. The Delhi govern- changed. Thatcan’tbepermitted. The item is part of the agenda it will nowcome under discus- Department stated in awritten teredgreater transparency". getting newbuses. In the pastas ment’s decision to setupthe At leastfromthe point of viewof before theAcademicCouncil sioninthe university’s Academic submission to the Delhi On this aspect, the Transport well,the Centrehas triedtoha- NewDelhi: SouthMCD will build panel wasstayedbyL-G Anil the citizen, thereshould be an meeting of the university on Council meeting Tuesday. Assembly. Department submittedin theas- rass the Delhi government using aparking facility with space for Baijal. end to it,” Mehratoldthe court. Tuesday. Of the 42 members of the Lastweek,theUnionMinistry semblythatthere are71areas of the CBI, but notevenoncehas over 200cars forvisitors of Senioradvocate Rahul Mehra, The petition, nowlistedfor The twocentres arepro- committee, three had dissented of Home Affairs recommendeda bus operations that will be cov- their attemptbeensuccessful be- Bharat Darshan Park in Punjabi representing the Delhigovern- hearing on September 21,argues posedtobeset up in plots of land againstthe recommendations of CBI preliminaryenquiryintothe ered by the AMC, "butsince the cause therehas neverbeen any Bagh. The space is being created ment before thedivision benchof that therewas no reasonable jus- allotted to the university in the NEP Implementation purchase and AMC contracts. listisillustrative andnot exhaus- truth to anyoftheir allegations. justadjacenttothe megapark, Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet tificationforstalling thefunction- Najafgarhand Faterpur Beri. Committee, stating that detailed MHAAdditional Secretary(Union tive,it(detailsof items)couldnot The Delhi government does not said standing committee chair- Singh, had earlier submittedthat ing of the high-poweredcommit- According to theagenda, these feedbackhad notbeensought Territory) Govind Mohan com- be incorporated in the tender". believe in the politics of slander, personBKOberoi. The puzzle the L-Ghadnotreferredthemat- teesince issues such as health or centres arelikelytobenamedaf- from all stakeholders on these municated the decision of the It addedthat the AMC will it onlybelievesingood gover- parking of 225 cars willconsist tertothe President and primarily or other benefitstothe affected terSushma Swaraj,Swami recommendations and that CentretoDelhi Chief Secretary coveractivities suchaspreventive nance and is committedto deliv- of entryand exit in different di- objected to setting up the com- sections arematters whichfall Vivekananda, VD Savarkar or wider consultation is required VijayDev on August16. maintenance, major/minor re- ering upon itspromise of good rections. The estimated costof mittee on grounds that the “within the exclusive domain of Sardar Patel. Thesecentres will before deciding on 2022asthe On Jule 16,LtGovernorAnil pairs, breakdowns, damages governance,” the government the project is Rs 33 crore. ENS Supreme Courthas already con- the Government of Delhi”. be meant to provide admission year to implement the NEP. Baijalhad setupacommitteeto causedbyaccidentsand fires, said in astatement.

ORGANISED TO SHOW SOLIDARITY Helplessnessatprotest by Afghansincapital: ‘Nothing Ican do from here’

studentsand refugees who at- “Iwasspeakingto afriendbackin and we mustdowhat we can to here withfamilyin2017, said she said, “For the lastweek,manyof ASHNABUTANI tended theprotest at Mandi Afghanistanyesterday,she told spread awareness and help speakstoher relativesoverthe usfromdemocraticrightsgroups NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 HouseonMonday.Theprotest,or- me about howher pregnant sis- them.” phone.“Theycannotsleepatnight have been feelingdisturbed.We ganisedbyover18human rights tercouldnot beadmittedto ahos- RuksharRahim(23),pursuing because of the noises. Theyare organisedthis to showsolidarity. ZARA NABIZADA, who came to groups, sawaround 100protest- pital despiteitbeing herdue her Master’s in International tryingto leave butpassportoffices Likemanyofthe Afghan protest- Delhito pursueherMaster'sthree ers.Zara’s familyisbackinKabul. date… all the hospitals areshut. RelationsinDelhi,hadplansto re- areshut.” ers said, this is notthe will of the years ago, has leftnostone un- Shesaid, “They keep going to the With the Taliban taking over, turn Kabul and work.Her family Posters had slogans suchas people of Afghanistanand they turnedintryingto helpherfamily airportbut thereare no flights. I women’s rights willbecom- is still backthere. She came to “the government of India must should have aright to chooseand backinAfghanistan.“Everyday, barely getachance to speak to pletely ignored.” Sadaf,who Indiatostudy.Shesaid,“Whenthe ensurethesafetyofallAfghanna- be guaranteedequal rights.” thereissomethingnew. Noisesof them properly.” The purpose of worksinDelhi,saidshehasnever Taliban came to powerinthe tionals in India”, “reject and resist AnnieRaja,CPIleaderandgen- gunshotsoverthephone,cousins the protest wastostand with gone backand does notwant to 1990s, my mother hadtogiveup allattemptstostoke Islamophobia eral secretaryofthe National andneighboursdying,my brother Afghanpeople“againstoppres- anymore.Shetriesherbest to con- her studies.” She addedthat she inIndiausingTalibanasapretext”, Federationof IndianWomen,said sending me videos of the death sive Taliban rule”. solidateinformation and spread had studiedIRsothatshe could and “wedonot acknowledge theprotesthadtwopurposes:“To and destruction…and thereis SadafRahim (24) left awareness on social media. work towardshelpingthoseinher Talibanasthe rulerof express solidarity,and call upon hardlyanythingthat Ican do for Afghanistanwithherfamilyseven Speakingonthemicattheprotest, Afghani families protestoutside the UNHRCoffice at Vasant countrybut shedoubtsifshe can Afghanistan.” international organisations, par- them from here.” yearsago.Yetsheispainedbysto- she said, “Nobody chooses to bea Vihar on Monday. AbhinavSaha go back. KavitaKrishnan,secretaryof ticularly theUN, to take initiative ZarawasamongsomeAfghan ries she hears on phone. She said, refugee. We arebeing betrayed NargisNazari(22),whocame AIPWA,one of the organisers, to ensurepeaceinAfghanistan.”

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FORMER CHIEF ministerofUttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh, wascre- mated on Monday at Bansi Ghat destroyparty in Bulandshahr’sNaroratown, wherethousands of supporters and acoterieofsenior politicians congregated. MANOJCG Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 Yogi Adityanath, Defence MUTUAL PRAISE MinisterRajnath Singh, Union SEVERAL LEADERS of the Group Women and Child Development of 23, who had writtentointerim IFTHE intensifyingpitchforacaste-basedcensusis notenough MinisterSmriti Irani and Congresschief SoniaGandhiseek- to disturbthe ruling BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Uttarakhand Chief Minister Amit Mehra ing widespread changes in the addedfuel to itsnervousness on Mondaywhenhepraisedop- Pushkar Dhami were among sen- (Above)FormerUPchief Congressoverayearago,Monday Mallikarjun Kharge position leader Tejaswi Yadav. According to Kumar,itwas the ior BJP leaders who attendedthe ministerKalyanSingh’s attackedsenior party leader RJDleader who mootedthe idea of an all-party delegation to funeral. Heavy security wasput funeralatNarorain MallikarjunKharge overremarks meetPrime Minister NarendraModiwith the demand. Tejaswi in place to guardthe area as sup- Bulandshahr on Monday. made by him in an interaction Anycontroversywouldbecoun- immediatelythankedthe Chief Ministertaking hissuggestion porters kept arriving from the af- with The Indian Express. terproductive.” promptly.The mutual praise has leftthe BJPnervous, withsome ternoon. Speaking at an Idea Exchange LokSabhaMPShashi Tharoor of itsparty leaders in Bihar already viewing the JD(U)’s moves From familymembers to session,Kharge hadsuggestedG23 calledKharge’sremarks“unfortu- with suspicion. Partyleaders said theywerecloselywatching party cadres to peoplewho ar- leaders had been missingduring nate”. “Colleagues mustrespect Kumar’sapproachtoeffortsbyregionalparties to cometogether rivedatthe lastrites, those who theCovidpandemicandsaidthey eachother’s bona fides.Ihave againstthe BJPinthe next Lok Sabha elections. showeredpraises on the former shouldnot "destroy"the party great respect forMrKharge and CM recalledhis role in the Ram (Left) Singh’s body with BJP "that had giventhem so much". hope he appreciates that we are Janmabhoomi movement. flagoverthe Tricolourwas Sources said some of the G23 allequallycommittedto strength- MOVING SOON “As ason, it’s apersonal loss tweetedbythe party’s leaders maytakeupthe matter eningthepartyinthebroaderna- forme, butIthinkgod hadsent Twitter handle. PTI with Sonia Gandhi. tional struggle againstthe BJP.” NEARLYFOURmonths afterhetook charge,Chief Justice of him to earth forthe construction Kapil Sibal, who recently Another MP and G23 leader, India NVRamana is settomovetothe covetedaddress 5, of Ramtempleand he went after hostedadinnerwhere theG23 Manish Tewari, said, “I have deep Krishna MenonMarg–the official residence forthe CJI. While achieving that,” said 62-year-old Roads to be leaders were present along with personal respect forMallikarjun his office staffhavebeen using 7, KrishnaMenon Margsince Rajveer,who is also aBJP leader. Party flag over seniorOppositionleaders,said“in Kharge...no intra-party matters April, CJI Ramana continuedtostayinbungalownumber 3 The 89-year-old former CM, named after him politics,youmustthinkbefore you werediscussedatMrSibal'sdinner. on Janpath Road, whichhewas allotted as SC judge. The move popularly known as “Babuji”, leapandreflectbefore youspeak”. Asfarasmycontributionduringthe wasdelayeddue to renovation work as the official residence hailedfromAtrauli areaof Aligarh Tricolour:Opp asks in 6UPdists WithKharge makinghisremarks firstand second waveofCovid-19 wasbeing combinedwith another bungalownextdoor at 7, district and wasaprominent in replytoaquestion regarding is concerned,Iwish Mr Kharge Krishna Menon Margtoform alargerresidence-cum-secre- Lodh face of the BJP but gained the dinner,Sibal told TheIndian would have spokentomeperson- tariat forthe CJI. The venue forCollegiummeetingsisalso ex- prominence with his role in the BJPtoapologise MAULSHREESETH Express,“When aleader of some allyand Iwould have acquainted pected to be shifted from the CJI’s chambers in the SC to the RamMandir movement. LUCKNOW,AUGUST23 standingsays thatthosewhohave himwith all thatIhavedoneinmy combinednew space. Dulri Singh, 56, afarmerwho Whateverhappenedyesterday isa got everything from the party constituency and beyond...gener- came from Etah forthe lastsites EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE matterofconcernandreflectsthe THE UTTAR Pradesh govern- mustnot think of destroyingthe alisations should be avoided." said: “Weare seeing RamMandir LUCKNOW,AUGUST23 cultureofBJP.Theyshould apolo- ment on Mondaysaid that im- party,heforgets he is referringto On Kharge’s remarks about INVITE HOPES being constructed duetohim...he gise to thenation,” UP Congress portant roads in six districtsof thosewho have giveneverything thepersonalcontributionsof G23 gave upchief ministershipbutdid ACONTROVERSYhas erupted chief AjayKumarLallu said. the statewould be namedafter to theparty,including some of us leadersinCovid times, Sibal said: AFTER EXTERNAL Affairs MinisterSJaishankartweeted on notletbulletsbefireduponkarse- over aphoto of aBJP flag being Samajwadi Partyalso hit out Kalyan Singh. whohave contributedinbuilding “Wehavereachedout to people Mondaythat thegovernment will brief floor leaders of politi- vaks,” he said. placedoverthe National Flag on at the BJP.“Partyabove the Nation, The six districtsare Ayodhya, the party while others leftitdur- notonlywithinourregionbutalso cal parties on the developmentsinAfghanistan, whichwas re- Dhruv Kushwaha,acontrac- the bodyof former Uttar Pradesh BJP flag above the Tricolour.BJP as Etah, Aligarh, Bulandshahr, ingMrs Gandhi’s time.” beyond,asweassumeothers like tweetedbyParliamentaryAffairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, say- torfromNarorasaid, “Whenhe Chief MinisterKalyanSingh as BJP usual, no regret,norepentance, Lucknowand Prayagraj,said Sibal added,“Allofusare MrKharge must have .We,unlike ing it will beheld on August26, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Singh) represented this con- national president JP Nadda paid no sorrow, no grief,” SP national Deputy Chief Minister Keshav unitedinour consistent wish to him, do notdoubt his credentials respondedtoboth, askingthat he be invited too. “Sir Ihope stituency he stoppedcheating al- tributeinLucknowonSunday. spokespersonGhanshyamTiwari Prasad Maurya,who is also strengthen the party...Weare in this regard." @aimim_national will also be invited,” Owaisi tweeted. together in examinations. He As the photo,whichwas tweeted. Ministerfor Public Works agentsof constructivechange,not Askedaboutthedinnerhosted Sometimes parties with less than 5MPs arenot invited to all- workedforall sectionsof society.” tweetedbythe BJP's official The photograph wasshared Department. obstacles who areloathe to move by Sibal, andabout issues raised partyevents.TheAIMIMhastwoMPsinLok Sabhaandnonein AwdeshKukar Sonkar from Twitter handle @BJP4India,went by manyBJP leaders, including UP “The contribution of Babuji without apush.” by G23leaders,Kharge hadsaidat RajyaSabha. Lastweek,when Congress president Sonia Gandhi Jaunpursaid that his grandfather viral, the Opposition demanded BJP chief SwatantraDev Singh, (KalyanSingh) cannotbeforgot- Congress deputy leader in the the Idea Exchange, “I wasnot invitedleadersofalmostall Oppositionparties,Owaisiwasnot wasassociatedwithSinghwhich an apology from the ruling party who wasstanding alongside tenbythe present and the future RajyaSabha and CWCmember there, so Ican’t give youanac- mentionedinthe participants' listcirculated by her party. brought him to the place. “Why for“disrespecting the National Nadda. generations as he had sacrificed Anand Sharma said, “I am alife- count of it. But if we discuss our we feel so deeplyabout himisbe- Flag”. Askedabout the Opposition’s his government for“Ayodhya long, committedCongress man party’s issues before peoplewho cause he gave up his CM postbut “As one who had to fight a objectionslateonMonday, Nath”.Hedid notlet RamBhakts who believesinthe Congress ide- we arefighting with in Punjab, didnot move backfromhis com- courtcasefor four years merely Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav be harmed. His sacrifice is well- ology and itsvalues.Having high- doesitstrengthen our party?... It mitment forRam Mandir.” forplacing my hand on my heart PrasadMauryasaidthatitwas the known. Therefore, aroad in estrespectfor Congress presi- wasapersonal event. But people If protests on,traffic MLAAnitaLodi, however, re- duringthe singingof the National lastwish of Kalyan Singhtobe Ayodhya willbenamedafter dent Sonia Gandhi, Istand fora whohave goteverythingfromthe counted Singh's work in adiffer- Anthem (rather than standing wrappedinthe partyflag.“It is him. Till the time the Ram strong and united Congress to party mustnot think of destroy- shouldn’t be stopped: SC entlight.“It washim who stifflytoattention), Ithink the na- notthe character of the BJPtonot Temple in Ayodhya is there, confrontthe present challenges. ing the party.” strengthenedtheSTFandwasthe tion shouldbetold howthe rul- fulfil the lastwish of ourleader. devotees of Ramacross the firsttoinitiatestrict action on ingparty feels about this insult," Those opposing have problems worldwill remember him. This to Centre, UP, Haryana criminal cultureinUP. His contri- Congress MP from for with their vision. Iwish that God is atributetohim by theUttar bution in stopping cheating in Thiruvananthapuram Shashi givesthem enlightenment,” Pradesh government,” Maurya Will accept caste census if tioner wasfacing some difficulty boardexams is also significant Tharoor tweeted. Maurya said. said, adding the officials have EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE joiningthevirtualproceedingsfol- whichled to improvementined- “TheNational Flag is our pride SwatantraDev Singh wasnot been directed to implement it all parties agree: Mamata NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 lowing whichitadjournedthe ucational setupofstate.” and no other flag should coverit. available forcomments. with immediateeffect. proceedings to September 20. REITERATINGTHATthe farmers’ Beforeadjourning,JusticeKaul EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE agitationonDelhibordersshould told Solicitor General Tushar KOLKATA,AUGUST23 notobstructroad traffic, the Mehta, “Whycan't youfind the NHRC notices to Centre, Assam, Mizoram SupremeCourtMondayaskedthe solution?Theyhavearight to CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Centre,Uttar Pradesh and protestbut inflow andoutflow ing. The allegations made in the roundedandattackedbyamobof Banerjee on Mondaysaid the Haryana to find asolution. can't be interrupted." TORAAGARWALA complaint areserious in nature, miscreantsfromthe Mizoram Trinamool Congress (TMC) “It is stated that the petitioner “You nowhaveenough time. GUWAHATI,AUGUST23 involving deaths and injuries to side,whichwasvisibly supported would acceptanationwide caste- has some problem. Thesolution Please do something,” said the the publicservants. The case by theMizoram Police." basedcensus if all political parties lies in the hands of the Union of bench. NOTINGTHATtherewas a“grave thereforeinvolvesgrave violation “Theaggressive behaviourand reachaconsensus on the matter. MamataBanerjee at India and State. If theprotestsare OnApril9,theSChadsaid“we violation of human rights”, the of human rights of the deceased postureofthismobalongwiththe The TMC chairperson made NabannainKolkata. CMO on, the trafficshould notbe arenot concerned withhow you National HumanRights andinjured.Suchtypes of cases fact that theywerebrandishing the commentshours aftera10- stoppedinany manner,sothat to resolve this issue,whether politi- Commission (NHRC) has issued areviewedveryseriouslybythe weapons and wearing helmetsis party delegation from Bihar andfroforpeopleisnotdisturbed,” cally, administratively orjudicially. notices to theCentre, as well as Commission,”accordingtothe clearly seen in allavailable video headedbyChief MinisterNitish further.“Nitish ji has put up his abench of JusticesSKKauland But,wehavesaidthisbeforethat Assam and Mizoram govern- letter. footage” he addedinthe letter. Kumar metPrime Minister questionsonthis issue. Let’s see HrishikeshRoysaidwhilehearing roads shouldnot be blocked”. ments, in connection with the vi- Haque,aGuwahati-basedLaw He alsoalleged that Mizoram NarendraModiinNew Delhi to howothers react to it.” aplea by aNoida-basedwoman. Inresponseto theplea,theUP olentclashes on thestate bound- student, said he filedthe com- Police “openedfire” on Assam of- push foracaste-basedcensus. Meanwhile,the TMCchair- Inherplea,MoniccaAgarwaalsaid government in an affidavit told aries on July26, whichkilledsix Six Assam Police personnel plaint on July30, four days after ficials and civilians from “two “Wehavenot discussedityet. personsaidherparty’srepresen- she had to oftentraveltoDelhi as thecourtthat “thepoliceandstate on the Assam side. were killedinclashes linked the incident.“Ihavenopersonal dominating high features” with Butif thereisaconsensus among tativeswould attend an all-party shewasdoingamarketingjobbut authorities have approachedthe In alettertothe UnionHome to the border dispute. PTI file linkstothe case but Ifiledthe “automatic weapons, including thestatesandthe Centralgovern- meeting convenedbythe Centre thecommutefromNoidawastak- protesters/farmers with the or- Secretaryand ChiefSecretaries of complaint purely on humanitar- Light MachineGuns”. ment then we have no problem.I on August26todiscuss the ing her twohoursinstead of the derspassedby” SC andmade the twostates, the NHRCstated ian grounds. Thereshould be TheNHRChas askedthe par- willnotfightif allpolitical parties Afghanistancrisis. usual20minutesdueto blockades. “tirelesseffortstomakethemun- that it wasacting on acomplaint senior police officers,officers of some legal action…considering ties concerned to submit areport and states reachaconsensus. Let The MEA briefing is expected Shesaidshehadsomemedicalis- derstandtheirgrosslyillegalactof dated July30, from oneMd district administration and oth- so manyofficers got killed,” withinfourweeksfromthe date political parties, the CMs and the to focus on India's evacuation sues too. blocking public roads”. “The ef- InjamulHaque,aresident of ers” of Assam by a“moband Haque,21, stated. of receipt, afterwhichthe matter Central government reachacon- mission,and the government’s In the brief hearing Monday, fortsofinterventionare still in Assam’s Kamrup district, who Mizoram police.” Intheletter,heallegedthaton will be put up before thefull sensus.” assessment of the situationin the courtwas told that the peti- process,”itsaid. made allegations of an “attackon “Factsofthe case aredisturb- July 26,Assamofficials“weresur- Commission. Banerjee refusedtocomment Afghanistan. WITHPTIINPUTS TN should get Rs 5,600 cr compensation BMC mayor polls: Cong considers for loss of two MP seats: Madras HC actors Soman, Sood, Deshmukh that the person should have government successfullycon- control population have been terminedmonetarily. Therefore, RajyaSabhashouldbeincreased”, YOGESHNAIK some appealamong youths. ARUNJANARDHANAN trolledthe population and popu- complementedwithmorerepre- forevery election,Tamil Nadu it said.This is the onlyway,the MUMBAI,AUGUST23 It also calledonthe partyto CHENNAI,AUGUST23 lation growth by various meas- sentativesinParliamentasperthe should be compensated with a courtsaid, the Centrecan do jus- give a“small number” of tickets ures,” the courtsaid during the population of those states. sum of Rs 400crore forreduction tice to the states, whichsuccess- ASTRATEGY DOCUMENT by the to young professionals,social ac- CANSUCCESSFUL implementa- August17hearing. Because of thattwo adverse of twopolitical representatives. If fullyimplemented thebirth con- Mumbai Congress, whichisde- tivistsand start-up owners as an tion of familyplanning pro- It said it was“very unfair and thingshave happened,oneisthat that is so, Tamil Nadu has to get trol programmes as per itspolicy. vising itsplan forthe 2022 “image-building”exercise. It grammes of the central govern- unreasonable” to reduce the therightsofthestateswhichsuc- the compensation forlossoftwo The PIL sought that Tenkasibe Brihanmumbai Municipal stated that theparty needs to mentbeputagainstthepeopleof number of MPsfrom41to39for cessfullyimplemented popula- seats in 14 elections, viz., 28 seats, made ageneral constituency. Corporation (BMC) polls, has Milind Soman, Sonu Sood clarify itsstand aboutanalliance the statebytaking away political successfully bringingdownpopu- tion control have been affected whichamountsto approximately Claiming that he wasnot against suggestedthe party should proj- with the Senainthe upcoming representations in Parliament, lationaspartofthe national fam- and the states whose population Rs 5,600crore.” reservation of constituencies for ect personalities suchasRiteish elections. “In order to win the asked MadrasHigh Courtwhile ilyplanning programme. grew arecreditedwithmorepeo- The courtrecalledthe 1999 SCsand STs, the petitioner said it Deshmukh, actor and son of for- The document is expected to be game of perception, we needcor- hearingaPIL relating to de-reser- “Normally, astate government ple representatives.” eventwhen lateABVajpayee-led should be done on rotation basis, merMaharashtraCMVilasrao presented to AICC Secretaryin rect posturing of theparty. vationof theThenkasiparliamen- has to be honoured and compli- “Thisissuehastobeconsidered NDAgovernment wasvoted out sothatreservingoneconstituency Deshmukh, model and fitness charge of MaharashtraHKPatil Currently, ourstand is unclear tary constituency lastweek. mented forsuccessfullyimple- veryseriously, especially, whenthe of powerbyone vote. “When one foryearstogethercouldbeavoided. enthusiastMilind Somanorac- in thenextfew days. and we arenot seen opposing the Answering itsown question, the mentingcentral government's Indianpopulationismorethan138 MP vote itself wascapableoftop- Issuing notices to concerned torSonu Sood. YadavsaidMumbai Congress current the BMC dispensation of courtsaid, “Yes.” policiesand projects etc., and in- crore, next onlytoChina and in all pling agovernment, it is very authorities fortheir replies, the The three namedinthe strat- President Bhai Jagtap will dis- the ShivSenaasweare in alliance The benchofJustices N terestsofsuchstate cannotbead- probabilities, in 2050, India would shockingthatTamilNadulosttwo courtsaid: “Keeping one con- egy document arenot members cussthe document with senior at the statelevel,” thereport said. KirubakaranandBPugalendhiob- versely affected,” it said. be the mostpopulated country...” MPsbecauseof successfulimple- stituencyaloneasareservedcon- of the Congress. party leaders. The paper stated that if the servedthat Tamil Nadu had 41 The courtobserved that not the courtsaid. mentationofbirth controlinthe stituency foralong time would The 25-page strategy docu- The document suggested Congress wantstoregain itsposi- MPs in Lok Sabha till 1962 and it onlyTamilNadu,AndhraPradesh “Notionally, thecontribution state,” the court said. definitelyviolate therightsofthe ment wasdrafted by City that the party should declarea tion as the topparty in wasreducedto39from1967. and fewother states as well had of aMember of Parliament in 5 Thelossof twoseatscannotbe other sections of society to get Congress SecretaryGanesh mayoralcandidatebeforethe Maharashtra, it needs to concen- “…twolessthan the original losttwo seatsinParliament. years could be takenatleast as Rs compensated andthat “at least, themselveselectedby contesting Yadav, and is yettobeofficially polls and consider those without trateontheMumbaiMetropolitan numbermerelybecausethestate “Thosestateswhichare unableto 200crore,thoughitcannotbede- the numberofrepresentativesin the elections.” tabledbeforethe party leaders. anypolitical baggage. It stated Region along with Konkan.

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BRIEFLY AFGHANISTAN CRISIS: EVACUATION TO INDIA LostallhopeafterPresidentGhanifled:AfghanMP Indiacontinues JIGNASASINHA Jaishankar to brief NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 evacuation PinarayiVijayan “MY FATHER and familysuf- mission; brings feredunder Taliban rule 20 House leaders on years agobut it wasdifferent. 146fromDoha KERALA Nowthey(Taliban) arestronger Pinarayi:Afghan and wouldn’t have allowedus Afghan situation to live there,” said Anarkali PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA crisisalessonfor Kaur Honaryar, Afghan NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 Member of Parliament who EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE External thewholeworld wasamong 168peopleairlifted NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 Affairs INDIA ON Monday evacuated from Kabul to the Hindon air- Minister over 70 people, includingits cit- Thiruvananthapuram: base in Ghaziabad on Sunday EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MinisterS Jaishankar izens and agroup of Afghan Kerala Chief Minister morning. Jaishankar will brief the parlia- Sikhs and Hindus, from Kabul PinarayiVijayan on One of the firstnon-Muslim mentaryleaders of various po- to DushanbeinTajikistanonan Mondaysaid the crisis in women to be elected to the litical parties on August26on in that country. IAF aircraftwhileanother batch Afghanistanpresented a country's Upper House, the developmentsin The Taliban sweptacross of near-equal strength is greatlessononhow peo- Honaryar has been an MP for Afghanistan in the wake of the Afghanistanthismonth, seizing plannedtobetaken out of the ple and nations could burn almostadecade. takeover by the Taliban. control of almostall keycities, in- Afghan capital to the Tajik city down in the fire of religious “My grandfather and father ParliamentaryAffairs cludingKabul,followingthewith- at the earliest, people familiar fundamentalism. spent their entirelives in MinisterPralhad Joshi said the drawal of US forces. with the developmentssaid. Inaugurating aceremony Afghanistan. My wasanengi- briefing, whichwill be con- As partofits evacuation mis- Separately, Indiabrought to markthe 167thbirth an- neer andwas thenpartofthe ducted in person, will take place sion in Afghanistan, India has back146 of itsnationals to niversaryofsocial re- Election Commission. My sib- at 11 am on Thursdayinthe brought around 730people, in- Delhi in four different commer- former Sree Narayana lings and Iworkedfor the gov- Parliament House Annexe. cluding members of the Afghan cial flightsfromthe Qatari cap- Guru, Pinarayisaid:“Guru ernment,” Honaryar told The “Floor Leaders of Political Sikhand Hindu communities, to italDoha, days aftertheywere had put forwardalesson Indian Express.“When it all One of Afganistan’sfirstnon-MuslimMPs,Anarkali Kaur HonaryarinDelhi, Monday. Anil Sharma Parties would be briefed by the country. evacuated from Kabul by NATO whichshouldreachall started, Iplannednot to leave EAM @DrSJaishankar on the On Monday,146 Indian na- and American aircraft. places in the world, wher- my countrybut soon every- present situation in tionals returnedbyfourdifferent With Monday’s evacuation, ever people fight on the thing changed.Mymotheris Honaryartrieddriving to- knowwhat happenedbut it and gender discrimination. Afghanistan, on 26th August, flightsfromQatar's capital Doha, the number of people brought grounds of communaland still scared.She thinksthe wardshome but the sound of brokeall of us. My neighbours Foradecade, Honaryarand 11am in theMainCommittee days aftertheywereevacuated back to Delhi has gone up to ethnic hatred.Weknow Taliban areoutsideour room gunshots grew louder. and friends were all in danger her colleagues worked with Room,PHA,New Delhi. Invites from Afghanistan by NATOand around 730since August16 this is aperiod in which and doesn’t want me to leave. Eventually, everyone had to —theystill are. Therewere Presidents Hamid Karzaiand arebeing sent through email. American aircraftinviewofthe when thefirstgroup wasair- people arebeingabducted We have losteverything…” leave their vehicles in the mid- Taliban near our house, threat- Ashraf Ghani to changepolicies All concernedare requestedto deterioratingsecurity situation. liftedfromKabul,adayafter and killedinthe name of Days beforeleaving Kabul, dle of the road and run home. eningus. We thought we could forwomenand promote edu- attend,” Joshitweeted. OnSunday,392people,includ- the Taliban seizedcontrol of the religion... At this time, the Honaryarand herfamily felt At home,Honaryar's par- stay withour Afghanfriends, or cation foreveryone. JaishankarsaidPrimeMinister ing twoAfghan lawmakers, were Afghan capital city. wordsofGuru have great theycould stay in Afghanistan entstoldher that theyhave at the gurudwarabut we Now, she has no idea about Narendra Modihadinstructedthe evacuatedinthreedifferentflights The people cited above said relevance.” ENS and wait forinternational com- been receiving calls from rela- weren’t safe...” she said. her lifeand no plans forthe fu- Ministryof ExternalAffairs(MEA) under the evacuation mission. the evacuees, who were taken munities to save them. tives, asking them to leave. ForHonaryar,her political ture. to brief the floorleadersof thepo- The Taliban seizedcontrol of to Dushanbe, arelikelytobe However, on August15, when Morethan 50 Taliban men en- career startedbecauseofher “I want to return home and litical parties. KabulonAugust15.Overthenext brought backtoDelhifromthe Afghanistanpresident Ashraf teredone of her friend's house father,who askedher to con- live in peace but Idon’t knowif “In viewofdevelopmentsin twodays,India evacuated200 Tajikistancapital in acivilian ASSAM Ghani fledthe country, the and asked hertocookdinner test the electionsin2010. She Iwill ever see my country Afghanistan, PM @narendramodi people,includingtheIndianenvoy aircraftonTuesday. Mostofthe Anothermanheld familylostall hope. forthem,and also harassedher, wasadentistworking with the again.” hasinstructedthatMEAbrief Floor andotherstaffersof itsembassyin 146Indians brought backfrom “I wasinoffice and sawthe Honaryarsaid. Afghanistanhuman rights She said, “Wethought it Leaders of political parties. the Afghan capital. Doha were employees of west- for‘supporting President aday before.Ithought Honaryarconsoledher commission and visited differ- would take at leastsix months MinisterofParliamentary The firstevacuationflight ern companies and organisa- we were going to work and friend and asked herfamily to ent provincestohelp women forthe Taliban to seize every- Affairs @JoshiPralhad willbeinti- brought backover40people, tions that were operating in Taliban’onFB protestfor peace. Soon, every- stay.However, hours later, the and families in conflict with the thing. We thought we had matingfurtherdetails,”Jaishankar mostlystaffers at the Indian em- Afghanistan, theysaid. Guwahati: Another person one in office wasreceiving calls familywokeuptothe news of law. time…wehad plans. Iwas had tweetedearlier. bassy,onAugust16. Thesecond Indiahas stepped up efforts wasarrestedinAssam foral- about TalibanseizingKabul.We the President having fled. In 2011,she wonUNESCO- wrong. Theytookcharge in The government’s briefing is aircraftevacuated 150people in- to evacuateits citizens as well as legedly supporting the had to leave.Iwas in my car “Initially, we didn’t know MadanjeetSingh Prize forhelp- days and international commu- expectedto focusonitsevacuation cludingIndiandiplomats,officials, itsAfghan partnersfromKabul in Taliban’s takeover of when Inoticed people running wherehe(Ghani) was; we later ing women suffering from do- nities didn’t do anything. We mission from Afghanistanaswell security personnel and some viewofthe deteriorating security Afghanistanonsocialmedia, on the streets,” she said. found avideo of him. Idon’t mestic abuse, forced marriages were leftalone. as itsassessment of the situation strandedIndians on August17. situation in the Afghan capital. taking the total number of sucharrestsinthestateto16, police said on Monday. The PM discusses Idea of theocratic state must man, who worked in atyre 3saroopsofGuru Granth Sahib flown in, shop in Jorabat area of Afghan situation Guwahati, wasarrestedfor be rejected: Muslim forum his Facebook postinsupport with Merkel historical Af link on verge of breaking: Sikhs of the Taliban, asenior police pose on the war-torn, war- officersaid.Fifteenpeople,in- NewDelhi: Prime Minister no one lefttodotheir sewa.We PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA wearypeople of Afghanistan cludinganAssamPolicecon- NarendraModispoke to German DIVYAGOYALGOPAL have packedthem safelyin NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 who areyearning forpeace,” stable, asenior leader of the Chancellor Angela Merkelon LUDHIANA,AUGUST23 suitcases.” the statement said. stateunitof JamiatUlema-e- Mondayand discussedthe un- But the shifting of saroops of AGROUP of prominent civil so- “Weare deeplydisturbed by Hind,amedicalstudentanda folding security situation in IN SCENES thatwould foreverbe Sri Guru Granth Sahib from ciety members said it was the euphoria evident among a journalist,havebeenarrested Afghanistanand itsimplications etched in the hearts andminds Afghanistanisnot somethingnew deeplydisturbing to see“eupho- section of Indian Muslims, in- fortheirpostssupportingthe on the region and the world. of the Sikh community follow- thatAfghanSikhshave witnessed. ria” amongcertain sectionsin cluding religious leaders suchas group’s takeover of The Prime Minister’s Office ing Taliban’s takeover of FollowingtheattackatGurudwara the countryoverthe Taliban the office bearers of the All India Afghanistan. ENS said the twoleaders held that the Afghanistan, three of lastsix sa- Har RaiSahib in Kabul on March takeover of Afghanistan. Muslim Personal LawBoard mosturgentpriorityistherepatri- roops of the holyscripture, Sri 25,2020—when an IslamicState The Indian Muslimsfor (AIMPLB), MaulanaUmrain JAMMU &KASHMIR ationof strandedpeople.Theyalso Guru Granth Sahib, were flown gunmanstormedinsideandkilled Secular Democracy (IMSD) in a Mahfuz Rahmani and Maulana discussed bilateral issues, includ- in to India from the war-torn at least25Sikhs—sevensuchsa- statement signedby128 people, Sajjad Nomani, and the Jamaat- Onlylocalscanbid ingcooperationinCovidvaccines, country. roopsfromdifferentgurdwarasof includinglyricist JavedAkhtar, e-Islami-Hind, over the Taliban's fortendersunder development cooperation with a The heartbreaking pictures of The Guru Granth Sahib being takentothe IndianAir Force AfghanistanwereshiftedtoIndia. and actors Shabana Azmi and captureofpower,” theysaid in focus on climateand energy,and Sikh men carrying three saroops aircraft, in Kabul on Monday. ANI “Therewere13saroops of Naseeruddin Shah, said it rejects the statement said. Rs3lakhinvillages fosteringtradeandeconomicties. of the ‘LivingGuru’ on theirheads Guru Granth Sahib in the “idea of atheocratic state The AIMPLB has, however, Modi tweeted, “Spoketo and walking barefootinside Afghanistanofwhich 7wereal- anywhereinthe world”.The sig- said it “hasneitherexpressed Jammu: From nowon, only ChancellorMerkelthiseveningand Kabulairportwentviral Monday. Sikhism, including the founder We cannotleave our Guru be- ready shiftedtoIndia earlier. natories also include journalists, anyviewnor givenany state- local residents will be eligi- discussedbilateral,multilateraland Sri Guru Granth Sahib is Guru Nanak Dev. hind when all of us areleaving Three have been shiftedtoday lawyers,students, academics, ment on Taliban and recent po- ble to bid fordevelopmental regionalissues, including recent more thanjustaholyscripture One of the 46 Afghan Sikhs, the country. It is heartbreaking and nowjust3moreremainin activists and members of the liticalsituation of Afghanistan.” worksofuptoRs3lakh developmentsinAfghanistan. forthe followers Sikhism. They who were evacuated Monday, to seeend of Sikhism in our Afghanistan. Those toowill be film fraternity. “Opinion of some board within their villages, as the Reiterated ourcommitment to consider it as their ‘Living Guru’ told TheIndianExpress,“We are country but we have no other shiftedsoon,” said Chhabol “It thereforequestionsthe members has been portrayed as Jammu and Kashmir gov- strengtheningtheIndia-Germany as it contains the Gurbani —the also carrying three saroops of option. We can’t leave behind Singh,member Karte Parwan legitimacy of the 'Islamic the board's stand...,” it said in a ernment on Mondayre- Strategic Partnership.” ENS teachings of tenGurus of Sri Guru Granth Sahib with us. the saroops as therewouldbe gurdwaracommittee. Emirate'the Taliban seek to im- recent tweet. stricted participation in the tendering process to the residentsofconcernedpan- ED seizes cash, AJMER chayats. However, in the IUML slams movetodrop HC orders release of NRI event of inadequatere- bungalow, cars in sponsetoatender notice, Malabar rebellion leaders Man assaulted, asked to couple detained at IGI on the participation norms will money laundering be relaxed to include bid- case against ders from neighbouring from martyrs’ dictionary go to Pak, video shows; basis of lookout circular panchayats,anofficial state- alleged conman ment said. The decision is the listofmartyrs,’’ said five taken into custody EXPRESSNEWSERVICE The couple, accusedin aimedatenhancing speedy SHAJUPHILIP Narayanan, who headedICHR NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 acase of cheating and execution of developmen- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,AUG23 from2001 to 2003duringBJPrule. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA triedtosearch forthe victim but talworksthrough local par- Last week markedthe cente- CHENNAI,NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 DEEPMUKHERJEE were unable to find him. It ap- THE DELHI High Court Monday criminal breachof ticipation, it added. ENS INDIAN UNION Muslim League naryofthe Malabar rebellion, JAIPUR,AUGUST23 pearshecould be aMuslim man directedauthorities to forthwith trust, were detained (IUML),anallyofCongressparty, whichbegan on August20, 1921. THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate and came to Rajasthan from an- release an NRI couple who were MAHARASHTRA on Mondayprotestedagainst At an event heldinKozhikode (ED) Mondaysaid it has seized AVIDEO has surfacedonsocial other state.” detainedatDelhi's IGI Airporton Mondaymorning anymovetoremove thenames to rememberthevictimsofthere- abeach-facingbungalow in mediashowingaperson being Soni said that afterdetain- the basis of alook-out circular NoDahiHandi of leaders of the 1921 Malabar bellion,formerBJP national gen- Chennai, Rs 82.5 lakh cash and assaulted by aman in ing the accusedfor aday,they (LOC)onarrival from the UK. the court. festivalthisyear rebellion from the Dictionaryof eral secretaryRam Madhavhad over adozen luxurycars in con- Rajasthan’sAjmer district while were presented before amag- “Tillthe next date,subject to The courtwas also told that Martyrs, India’s freedom strug- statedthat the Malabar riotwas nectionwith amoneylaunder- he is surroundedbyagroup of istrateand releasedonbail. the petitioner filing an affidavit the couple have been fully coop- duetoCovid-19 gle, publishedbyIndianCouncil the firstmanifestation of Taliban ing case againstSukesh people, with one of thoseinthe “Beforetheywerereleased, before this Courtnot to leave the erating withthe Economic of Historical Research (ICHR). mindsetinIndia.Hecriticisedthe Chandrashekar, an accusedinan grouparoundhim allegedly ask- preventive action wastaken countrywithout prior leave of OffencesWingofDelhi Police, Mumbai: MaharashtraChief SeniorIUML leader Syed LDFforcelebratingitasacommu- alleged extortion racket. ing the man to go to Pakistan. againstthe five accusedunder this Court, it is directedthatnoco- whichisinvestigating thecase. MinisterUddhavThackeray SadiqaliShihabThangalsaidthose nist revolution. The moneylaunderingcase The victim and afew others Section 108CrPC, whichdeals ercive stepsbetaken against the Theyhavebeen detainedatthe on Mondaysaid the state who took partinthe Malabar re- On Monday,theBJPslammed is basedonanFIR of Delhi seen with him in the video ap- with communal incidents,” he petitioners on the basis of the airportwithout food, waterorac- governmentwouldnotgrant bellion, also known as Moplah AssemblySpeaker MBRajeshfor Police’s Economic Offences pear to have been seeking alms. said. “An FIR wasnot lodged,as subject Look-Out Circular,”Justice cess to the medicines, the court permission forthis year’s riot, were freedomfighters.They drawing aparallel between Wing againstChandrashekar According to Ajmer police, we could nottrace the victim. Rekha Palli said in the order. wastold. Dahi Handi festival that falls were martyred fighting forthe Malabar rebellion’s prominent and others. the incident took place last Manypilgrimsacross the coun- The couple,accused in acase “Therewas absolutely no jus- on August30. Thisisthe sec- country, hesaid.“TheBJPgovern- Muslim face Variyamkunnath “The ED has seizedaluxuri- week,and five people were trycome to Ajmer Dargahand of cheating and criminal breach tificationfor issuanceofany ondconsecutive yearthecel- mentattheCentreistryingto dis- KunjahammedHajiwith Bhagat ous beachfront bungalow lo- takenintopreventive custody it appears the victim couldbe of trust, were detainedatIGI on Look-OutCircular againstthe pe- ebrations have been can- tort history.Itshould desistfrom Singh.RajeshhadsaidHaji’splace cated in Chennai, Rs 82.5lakhs on the basis of the video. from Uttar Pradesh.” Mondaymorning.Theysoon titioner,who areseniorcitizens celled owing to theCovid-19 that move.Removing names of in the freedom strugglewas on a cash,two kg gold, 16 luxurious “Wecame across the video Constable Gajendrafrom made an urgent mentioning be- and have been detainedatthe pandemic.Duringameeting, the martyrs of the Malabar rebel- parwith Bhagat Singh. carsand other high-end items on August20and thenextday Ramganj police station in fore the HighCourt andchal- airportupon their arrivaltoday theCMrequestedthefestival lionfromthe Dictionaryof Targeting the Speaker,BJP na- in the Sukesh Chandrasekhar five people who areseen assault- Ajmer said the five accused lenged the look-out circular. since 10 AM,”the lawyer con- organisers to prioritise pub- Martyrs would be an injustice to tional vice-president APAbdulla- case," theEDtweeted from its ing the man in the video were who were takenintopreven- During the hearing in the af- tended. lic health amid an ongoing the youngergeneration,’’ he said. kuttysaidHajiwasthefirstTaliban handle. takenintopreventive custody tive custody were Lalit Sharma, ternoon, their lawyer told the While issuing notice to the pandemicandsuggestedthat Notedhistorian and former leader in Kerala. “The Speaker has Chandrashekharisalso an under Section 151 CrPC (arrest to 40; Surendra,32; Tejpal, 27; courtthat thecouple areaccused police and listing the case for largescalepubliccelebrations ICHR chairmanProfMGS insultedBhagatSinghby compar- accusedinthe infamous prevent the commission of cog- Rohit Sharma, 32; and in acaseregistered at Punjabi hearing on October 8, the court should be avoided. Senior Narayananalso joinedthe issue, ing him with Haji. VeteranCPI(M) Election Commissionbribery nizable offences),” Mukesh ShailendraTank,31. Bagh police station in 2016 on a said, “The respondentand all government officials, mem- saying politicallymotivated fac- leaderlateEMSNamboodiripadis case and is lodgedinDelhi’s Kumar Soni, Circle Officer,Ajmer “If the victim comes for- complaint againstacompany otherauthoritiesatthe airport bers of the task forceand the tors could be behindthe move. avictimof theviolenceunleashed Rohini jail. He wasrecently South, said. “Preliminaryinves- ward and submitsacomplaint, with whichtheywereincollab- aredirected to forthwithpermit representativesofthe Dahi “Theywereincluded in the listin by Haji.Namboodiripad was arrested by Delhi Police for tigation suggests the incident an FIR will be lodged under oration.Noclaimwas raised the petitioners to leave the air- Handi Samnvay Samiti at- arealisticmanner. Thereisno forced to abandon his house be- allegedly extorting Rs 50 took place around four days Sectionsrelating to disrupting againsttheminthe recoverysuit port, if detainedinpursuance of tendedthe meeting. ENS freshdevelopmentthatwouldde- cause of Haji. CPI(M) should learn crorefromabusinessman ago...in Subhash Nagararea, un- communal harmony,” Circle filedbythe complainantagainst the impugnedLook-Out manddroppingtheirnamesfrom history,’’ he said. basedhere. der Ramganj police station. We Officer Soni said. that company, thecounsel told Circular.”

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JHARKHAND J&K OPERATION ST Commission notice to DGP, SSP after teen’s fatheralleges Topmilitant cops took her away from home commander signedwithin 5days of there- eating anything and it wasa ABHISHEKANGAD ceiptofthe letter....” painful experience...Mydaugh- RANCHI,AUGUST23 “IncasetheCommissiondoes terwas takentoaHome and we notreceive replyfromyou [DGP, were takentoapolice station and among2killed THE NATIONAL Commission for SSP],the Commission mayexer- made to signonablankpieceof ScheduledTribeshassentanotice cise the powerofcivil court... and paper stating that we allreached to Director GeneralofPolice, issue summons forthe appear- home safely,”the father said in Old Hizb hand, Sheikh hadswitched Jharkhand,and Senior anceinpersonorby arepresenta- hiscomplaint. Superintendent of Police, Ranchi, tive before the Commission,” the His daughter,the father over to LeT shadowgroup TRF: police afterthefatherof a15-year-oldgirl notice said. claimed, wasshiftedfromone filedacomplaint,allegingthe po- When contacted,STHome to another and wasnot tifiedasSaqib Manzoor,a licetookheraway fromhomeand Commission ChairpersonHarsh handedovertohim,whichwas BASHAARATMASOOD Srinagarresident who joinedmil- presented her before the Child Chouhan told The IndianExpress, mental harassment and human GoC-in-C of Army’sNorthernCommand,LtGeneral YKJoshi,inManasbal,Monday. ShuaibMasoodi SRINAGAR,AUGUST23 itant rankslastyear,policesaid. WelfareCommittee (CWC)with- “Wereceivedacomplaint from rightsviolation. “The police have Sheikh’s name appeared in out mentioning anyreason. the father of the 15-year-old in still nottolduswhy my daughter IN Acovertoperation in Srinagar, the listofmostwantedmilitant Thegirliscaughtamidstarun- whichhealleged that his daugh- has been kept in the Home... We theJ&K Police on Mondaykilled commanders releasedbyIGP ning feud between twosenior terwas takenbythe policewith- wantaninquiryintothepolice’ac- Ready to give chance to those looking twomilitants, including Kumar on August13. Aresident leaders of the rulingJMM-led al- outanyreasonandpresentedbe- tion,” he said. MohammadAbass Sheikh,one of of Rampur villageinQaimoh lianceinJharkhandandtheoppo- fore theCWC and had been kept The CWChad also recordeda to surrender: Northern Commandchief the most wanted militant com- Kulgam in south Kashmir,the44- sition BJP,whichisturning at aHome.” statement by the girlonAugust manders, police said. year-old wasamongthe oldest murkierbythe day. “Then we deliberated on 16.But thereweredifferences to come to themainstream and mand the sacrifice of my lifeand I Atop commander and old militantsand rejoinedmilitant On August16, thepolice pre- whether the complaintisamat- within the CWC, withamember EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE we always welcome them...” decidednot to go on further.” He hand of Hizbul Mujahideen, rankstwice. He wasonthe radar sented thegirlbeforethe CWC, terofinvestigationbythe lodging acomplaint with the SSP GANDERBAL,AUGUST23 He also underscored that the was14-years-old at the time. Sheikh lastyear switched overto of the security agencies since claiming she had been staying at Commission. Our team spoketo and the Chief Ministeragainst forceplaces importance on ob- Those near the river, signalled The Resistance Front (TRF), which 2015 when he rejoinedmilitants the residence of apolitical ad- thefatherandotherfamilymem- the chairperson on August19. NORTHERN ARMYCommander serving human rights practices to themen in uniform, “andthey police sayisashadowgroup of afterhis release from jail. viser to aprominent BJP leader bers, including relatives, and we Sheclaimedshe waspressured Lt GeneralYKJoshi on Monday while conducting operations “to threw us arope”. Crossing that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).Inthe According to police sources, for“unusuallylongtime” despite cameto aconclusionthatitneeds by the chairperson to letgoofthe said theArmyisready to give “a ensureminimum forceand col- riverthat daychanged his life, lastsix years,Sheikhhadescaped nearly adozen members of she notbeing afamilymember. investigationbythe ST girlwithout going through the second chance to anyyouth who lateral damage”. Sanaullahsaid. severaltimes afterbreaking the Sheikh’s familyhavejoined mili- An FIR wasseparatelyfiledbythe Commission. Hence, we issueda “due process”. wantstosurrender and join the Of the 23 individuals, 19 were Also present alongside the security cordon -- one of the rea- tancy and have been killedin police againstthe advisorfollow- noticetothepoliceforaresponse.” The CWCchairpersonandthe mainstream”withaviewtobreak present along with their families groupwasBrigadierJDBudhwar, sons the police preferredacovert gunfights, including his brothers ing acomplaint by his 20-year- In his complaint, the girl's fa- member were suspendedbythe the “cycle of violence”inJammu at the commemoration eventon whowasthenthecompanycom- operation on Mondaytokillhim. and nephew. His sisterNaseema old domestichelp. ther claimedthat he along with governmenton August18.While and Kashmir. Monday. Of them, 37-year-old mander.“This group wasbeing Asmall team of J&KPolice is also under detention allegedly In itsAugust19notice, signed his daughter had been staying at sources confirmedthe suspen- Stating thatuniformedforces SanaullahGanaiwaspresentwith pushedintoPakistanbyLeT and personnel covertly stormedthe forhelping militants. by DeputyDirectorRKDubey, their house in their village forthe sion, Ranchi Deputy areheretosaveandnottakelives, his wife, his twochildren and his HM, in 1998.When we found out AloochiBaghareawheremili- Manzoor,apostgraduate,had the ST panel said thatfollowing pastsix months since the lock- CommissionerChhavi Ranjan Lt GeneralJoshi said “the system, mother.Heremembersbeing about this our firstthoughtwas tantswerehiding and killedtwo joinedthe LeT lastyear and the complaint by the father,“the down.OnAugust15night,thepo- and the Women and Child the entireadministration will fa- overcomewiththirstafter20days that theywerecrossing into militantsafter abriefshootout, quicklyrose throughthe ranks-- Commission has decided to in- licereachedtheirplace, he said. Development Department cilitatenot only their surrender on trekking through the hills, in Kashmir from the other side.” He police said. “Wereceived infor- his namealso appearedinthe vestigate/inquireintothe mat- “All of asudden, without any Principal SecretaryAvinash butalsoensuretheyare wellinte- August1998. “Wehad reached recalledthat what stoppedhim mation about their (militant) mostwantedlistoftheJ&KPolice. ter.... Youare herebyrequestedto notice,the police came to my res- Kumar did notcomment on the gratedbackintothemainstream”. Gurezandwe were allthirsty.We from opening fire wasspotting a presence in the area,”Inspector IGP Kumar termedthe killings submit the factsand information idence and took my daughter reason. The Women and Child Lt General Joshi wasspeaking asked theleader of the group to child amongthe group. General of Police (IGP)Kashmir as abig success and said Sheikh on the actiontaken on thealle- and me away... we were kept at a Development Department is the at an event at Manasbal to com- letusgodownhill to drink water “As we approachedhim, he VijayKumartold the media. wasmotivating youthstojoin gations/matters to the under- [policestation]till3am without nodal body forthe CWC. memorate23yearssince abatch from the river. He refusedbut we told us that he wasbeingtaken to “Our 10 jawans, in civvies, militant ranks. He also said that of 23 young men were “rescued brokeawayfromthe group and Pakistan. Some of them even had quicklycordonedthe area and Manzoor carriedout killings on from joining militant ranks”. He rantowards the water.”Hesaid weaponsbutwe tooktheminand challengedthem.They(mili- Sheikh’s orders. Vaccine trial saidtheArmyismakingalloutef- that afterdrinking to his fill, he brought them intothe campand tants) opened fire.Inthe retal- In the lastthree days,police TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE fortstoseekand facilitatesurren- lookedupandsawanArmycamp afterawhilehandedthemoverto iatoryfirebothofthem were have killed three of the10mili- participantsto ders even in the midst of intense across the water. “I had afeeling theirfamilies,”theofficertoldThe killed.” tantswhosenamesfiguredin the get certificates 539 NEWCASES:25,072 operations. “Wewantour youth that the trackIwas on would de- Indian Express. The other militant wasiden- mostwanted militant list. DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:3,33,924 through four PANDEMIC BEGAN TOTALVACCINATION:58,25,49,595 Will allocate 70% of vaccines on priority for platforms: Govt DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR 389 4,34,756 1.14% 1.36% EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE administering seconddose: MaharashtratoHC NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 ond dose.The BMC alsosubmit- OVER 11,000 people,who partic- OMKARGOKHALE tedthat half of the 4,889 regis- ipated in clinical trials of MUMBAI,AUGUST23 teredbedridden or immobile Covishield and Covaxin in the persons registeredfor home vac- country, willbegivenvaccination THE STATEgovernment on cination areadministeredwith BJP Gujarat chief CR Paatil TESTS TODAY: 14,70,876 | TOTAL TESTS: 49,62,76,528 certification through the CoWin Mondaytold the BombayHigh the firstdose of vaccine. | platform, the Union Ministryof WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 1.98% OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.50% CourtthataccordingtoaUnion AdivisionbenchofChief HealthandFamilyWelfaresaidon government communication is- Justice Dipankar Datta and GujaratBJP chief: Monday. STATES REPORTING MOST CASES suedtostatesinthe last month, it Justice Girish SKulkarniwas The ministrysaid 11,349 par- STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL has decidedtoallocate70per hearingaPIL filedbyYogeeta Party will give ticipants would be able to down- CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION cent of Covid-19vaccines avail- Vanzara, through advocates load their individual certificates able with it on priority foradmin- Rajesh Vanzara andJamsheed tickets to those Kerala 10,402 1,63,666 16.01% 2,58,28,787 through four platforms: CoWin ■ istering the second dose of the Master. The plea raisedseveralis- portal,AarogyaSetu,Digilockeror ■ Maharashtra4,141 53,1822.40% 5,31,09,579 jaband the remainingwill be sues related to CoWIN, seeking above 60 for UMANGapplication. ■ Chandigarh 3,0044121.13%10,44,400 used forfirstdose. orderly administration of jabs. The IndianExpress had on The stategovernment further The HC wasalsohearingaPIL Assembly polls ■ Tamil Nadu 1,630 19,171 1.10%2,86,22,205 Sundayreportedontheproblems said that the Centreinstead of its filedbyMumbai-basedlawyer facedbymanyparticipants, who ■ Karnataka 1,18920,582 0.87%3,69,63,067 earlier practice of providing fort- Avaccinationdrive forwomen in Thane Monday. Deepak Joshi SiddharthChandrashekhar,rep- had been issued certificates by nightly estimates of vaccine allo- resentedbyadvocateAnita EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE trial sites butnot through the STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS cation has nowstarted giving Shekhar-Castellino seeking the RAJKOT,AUGUST23 CoWin app. date-wise allocationofvaccines fiedby the Centreinadvance, the themselvesonthe CoWIN portal court’s interventiononissues STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR forthe entire monthinadvance. government said. to getinoculated. facedwhilebooking slots on the THE BJP will allowcandidates However, thestate said that The stategovernment, The Brihanmumbai CoWinportal and priority vacci- above 60 years of agetocontest The ministrysaid ■ Maharashtra146 1,39,470 2.23% 2.20% the dateofactual deliveryof vac- through an affidavit filedbyDilip MunicipalCorporation (BMC), nation slotsfor theelderly. the upcoming Gujarat Assembly participantswould be ■ Kerala 66 19,573 0.63% 0.55% cines by manufacturers differ Narayan Patil, Deputy Director, through senioradvocateAnil The benchalso directed BMC elections, according to BJP state causing problems in streamline StateHealth WelfareBureau, also Sakharesubmittedthat nearly 89 to file an affidavit by Fridayindi- president CR Paatil. able to download ■ Tamil Nadu 23 34,709 1.38% 1.35% distribution of vials to the district said that personnel at vaccina- lakhpeople in the cityare vacci- cating the statusofpeople, who Thepartysweptthelocalbody certificates through ■ Karnataka 22 37,145 1.44%1.27% and civic authorities across the tion centres have been sensitized nated at leastwithdoseofthe were vaccinated with either one pollsheldearly thisyearwithfresh CoWin, AarogyaSetu, ■ Assam 10 5,576 1.18%0.97% stateaccordingtotheirrequire- and trainedtohelppeople, who vaccine,while over 22 lakh or twodoses and postedahear- faces getting achance to contest ment. Therefore, the date of de- aredeprivedofdigital meansor among them arefullyvaccinated ing on PIL forfinaldisposal on aftercandidates above 60 years DigilockerorUMANG Note:DataasonAug22;vaccinationnumbersasofAug21.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. liveryof vaccines should benoti- arenot tech savvy,toregister with the administration of sec- Monday,August30. were barred from contesting. However, that bar doesnot apply “ICMR in partnershipwith to theupcoming Assembly elec- Serum InstituteofIndia (SII) had tions,Paatilsaid on Monday. conducted phase II/III bridging Courses tweaked,added,Telangana govt colleges see big rush Addressing BJP workers and studiesof CovishieldfromAugust supporters in Amreli during an 2020.PhaseIIIefficacyclinicaltri- run degree colleges this year leges. Seatsinalmostall govern- admissionin2018;32,196in2019 Analytics, Taxation in B.Com; “Online classes offeredby event organisedtofelicitate als forCovaxin were also con- SREENIVASJANYALA Admissionstogovernment ment colleges arefullyfilled this and 34,301in2020. TSCHE offi- Computer Science,DataScience government collegesare free. ParshottamRupala on hiseleva- ducted by BharatBiotech HYDERABAD,AUGUST23 colleges areconducted by TSCHE time. Of the2lakhstudentswho cialssaythatthisyear,admissions in B.Sc, and combinations of vari- Another reason forthe higher tion as Union ministerofcabinet InternationalLimited(BBIL)from through online platform DOST applied, seatshavebeenallotted inthe186governmentdegreecol- ous courses whichwereprevi- number of studentsisthat all stu- rank,Paatilsaid,“TheBJP,atitspar- November 2020. The Union GOVERNMENTCOLLEGES in (Degree Online Services, to 1.64lakhstudents...Thiswillbe leges will be close to 80,000 stu- ouslyunavailable areattracting dentshavebeen promoted from liamentaryboard meeting, took Ministry of Health and Family Telangana offering undergradu- Telangana) forUGcourses. the firsttime 100percent admis- dents. morestudentsthis year. Intermediatefinal year as exams some decisions likenot allotting Welfarehad receivedseveral re- atecoursesarewitnessingaheavy DOSTconvenorand TSCHE sions will bedone in government Officials saythatlossofliveli- “In B.A,thereare 17 combina- could notbeheld due to Covid- ticketstopeople older than 60 quests from the trial participants rush of admissions applications vice-chairman, RLimbadri,told colleges,” Limbadrisaid. hoodsorreduction in incomesof tions. One combination, forin- 19 situation... Parentsand stu- years.Itappliesto (municipal)cor- fordigitalvaccinationcertificates,” thisyear,withofficialssayingthat The Indian Express that as of Forthe second phase of ad- families due to the pandemic has stance, is Economics, Psychology dentshaveseen thatmanage- porationsanddistrictpanchayats the ministry said. forthefirsttime,100percentseats August18, nearly 2lakhstudents missions, whichstartsAugust25, forced manystudentstoseekad- andSociology.Studentsoptingfor mentsofprivate educational (polls) and does notapplyto “It wasdecided that vaccina- of these collegesacrossthe state had registered foradmissionsin 75,701studentshaveregistered missioningovernmentcolleges– thisnewcombinationwillattend institutions could notarrangefor Assemblyelections...” tion certificatesmay be issuedto arelikelytobefilled. the 1,107degree colleges in the on theDOSTplatform so far. wherefeesarelessercomparedto online classes forPsychology and proper online classes afterthey In the run up to thelocalbody suchparticipants... afterthe According to the Telangana state–whichinclude186govern- In 2019,1.41lakh students private colleges. Sociology through Massive Open closeddue to Covid-19. pollsinFebruary this year,Paatil trials/studies were unblinded. StateCouncilof HigherEducation ment colleges. took admissions in degree col- Telangana Government Online Courses (MOOCs). The Governmentinstitutions have had announcedthat the parlia- ICMRwasdesignatedasthenodal (TSCHE),the Covid-19pandemic, “Usually, we conduct admis- leges in the state, while in 2020, CollegeTeachers’Associationgen- combination of various courses been conducting online courses mentaryboardhaddecidedtonot agency forcollection of vaccina- restructuringof coursesandintro- sionsin3or4phasesbutthistime, 2,12,429 studentstook admis- eral secretary, Dr VijayKumar, and introduction of newcourses steadily..” said Dr KSrinivas, lec- to allotticketstothose above 60 tion datafor suchparticipants,” duction of newonesisattracting in the firstphase itself thereisa sions. However, in government- however, said that the introduc- is attracting morestudents this turer at KakatiyaDegree College years of ageorthose who have the ministry said. morestudents in government- heavy rushfor government col- run colleges, 29,551people took tion of courses likeBusiness year,” Kumar said. at Warangal. servedthreetermsinalocalbody, to contestelections to municipal corporations, municipalities, dis- KARNATAKA HACKINGCASE trictpanchayats andtaluka pan- chayatsinthe state. Paatilhadalsoannouncedthat 2yrs after Rs 11.5 cr stolen from govt portal,probe yet to recover Rs 6cr morethan one member from a familywould notbemade an of- naming of as manyas20ac- Amoneylaundering investi- curement cell wasfirstdiscov- 25, 2019. renderedtothe NGOand Nimmi fice-bearer of the party and that JOHNSONTA cused,the investigation has gation of the stolen funds by the ered on July30, 2019 by afinan- Police have identifiedanal- Enterprises, CID and ED probe one individual would notget to BENGALURU,AUGUST23 found that manywereprobably ED recentlyresulted in the provi- cial consultant who wascheck- leged gang comprising the son has found.The agencies arestill hold morethan one office simul- unaware of thesourceofthe sional attachment of Rs 1.44 ing the approved listofEMD of adoctor,alawstudent,two probing the case. taneously. “Dueto thesedecisions, TWOYEARS afterahacker moneywhenlarge deposits crorethat waslying in 14 bank refunds. Apolice complaint was sons of aformer bank director, “UdayGrama Vikash youths got opportunities. They waltzedthrough security at the were made intotheir bank ac- accounts linked to M/sNimmi initiallylodgedonAugust7,2019 amongthose who allegedly used Sanstha, Nagpur layeredthe re- seizedthe opportunity and e-procurement cell of the countsbythe main suspects. Enterprises,afirm in by thefinancialconsultantover the services of the hackertohack ceivedfunds intothe bank ac- thankstotheiracceptance(by the Karnatakagovernment’s e-gov- “A major portion of the stolen Bulandshahr,UP, whereasum of amissing amount of Rs 1.05 the e-governance cell's EDM countsofvarious public),we scoredgrandvictories ernance centretosteal Rs 11.5 funds –nearly Rs 6crore –isstill Rs 1.05 crorewas found to have croreinEMD funds.Another funds in July2019. vendors/traders in the guise of in the local body polls,” said the croreoffunds from earnest notrecovered. Some of the ac- been illegallytransferred when “unauthorisedEMD refund in- The gang initiallyplacedthe business transactions i.e. with- BJP president. moneydeposits made by bidders, cusedare believedtohavere- Main accusedinthe case is the cyber heistwas firstdiscov- struction” of Rs 10.50 crorewas stolen funds in the bank account out actual purchase/sale of The bar setfor the local body investigators areyet to account ceivedthe stolen moneyincash Srikrishna Ramesh,alias ered in August2019. issued on July9,2019, when the of an NGOUdayGrama Vikash goodsbytheir NGO. Similarly, electionswassupposedto beadry fornearly Rs 6crore of the stolen in the elaborate layering process Sriki, a25-year-oldhacker. The main accusedis amount wasfraudulently trans- Sanstha in Nagpur,Maharashtra M/s Nimmi Enterprises, run forthe Assembly elections. funds siphonedout of bankac- in whichthe moneywas stolen Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki, a ferred to an ICICIbankaccount and aprivate trading firm Nimmi Bulandshahar,Uttar Pradesh lay- Paatil’sstatementcomesaheadof countsinMaharashtra andUPus- and utilized,” asenior police of- 25-year-old hacker whohas al- of an NGO, Udaya Grama Vikas Enterprises in Bulandshahr,UP, ered thereceivedfunds intothe Assemblyelections in an indica- ing an elaboratenetwork. ficer said. stolen funds in cashfromvarious legedly worked forseveralgangs Samstha,inNagpur. This discov- before thefunds were movedto bank accountsofvarious vention that the BJP has switchedto While aprobe by thecyber At leasteight persons linked places afterthe layering of the in Bengaluru to carry out online eryofthe cyber theftofRs10.50 various other accountsin dors/persons in the guise of busi- electionmode, afteryatrastaken crime unit of the CID police in to the hacking gang in Bengaluru funds to deliverittothe main attacks and thefts. crorewas reportedtothe police smallersums –disguisedaspay- ness transactions and personal out by Union ministers over the Karnatakahas resultedinthe arealleged to have carriedthe accused. The hacking of the e-pro- by the stateofficials on August mentsfor nonexistent services loans,” the ED said this month. pastweek.

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WORDLY WISE Therealproblemisnot whether machines 12 THE EDITORIAL PAGE think butwhethermen do. —B.F.SKINNER In post-pandemic classroom

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA It mustbecentredaround joyful and creative learning, BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL join dots between children’s livesand education

BAN IS ABAD IDEA UmaMahadevanDasgupta

Instead of using UAPA againstinactive Hurriyat, Centreneeds to HOWSHOULDSCHOOLSreopenafterthepan- aclass of 37. he showedthatfamines do notoccur in func- demicclosure? In themidstofdiscussions In 1941,due to fearsofpossibleJapanese tioning democracies. urgentlyget going on reviving political process in Valley about learning deficits, remediation, acceler- bombing of the cities, Amartyawas sent to Thereare manylessonsherefortheIndian atedlearning,andsoforth,whatisclearisthat Santiniketan.Here,hediscoveredthefreedom education system today. Joyful and creative HEREPORTEDPLANto banbothfactionsof theAllPartyHurriyatConferenceun- it should notbebusiness as usual. Education of learningathisownpace.Therewasnopres- learning should notbeanindulgence meant der provisionsoftheUnlawfulActivitiesPreventionAct(UAPA)willgodownas is notarace.Itisachild’s journeytofulfilling suretoexcel in terms of grades or exam per- onlyforprivilegedchildren.Everychildshould another ill-judged step by theCentreinJammu &Kashmir.Itcomes at atime his potential.Reopening schools shouldbean formance.Thiswasimmediatelyliberating:“I be abletolearn in an atmospherethat is free, T opportunityto rethinktheteachingandlearn- became what would count as agood student reflective andaffirming. They should be able whenthemainimperative inJ&Kisrestartingthepoliticalprocessandpiercing the vacuumcreated since the abrogation of Article 370and divisionofthe stateintotwo ing process itself. onlywhennoone caredwhether Iwas agood to relate newconceptsto whattheyare already Santiniketan, the experimental school studentornot.”Indeed,thereseemedtobean familiar withintheirown lives. UnionTerritories.Inanycase,abanisneveragoodidea.Itdrivesthesentimentunderground, startedbyRabindranath Tagore,offers some inverserelationshipbetweengradesandorig- Karnataka’s Vidyagama programme, where it growsunderthe radar,and can surface morepowerfullythanbefore. The Hurriyat lessons.Tagore oncewroteashortstoryabout inality.Ateacherremarkedaboutanotherstu- whichbeganwithagroupof committedteach- isalsoaspentforce.Thatmuchwasclearfromits inabilityorunwillingnessorbothto protest the education system. Alittlebirdwas flutter- dentthatshewas“quiteoriginal,eventhough erscreatinginformal, outdoor learning circles theAugust2019changes made by theCentre in J&K. ingabouthappily—untilakingnoticedit.The Joyful and creative learning her grades areverygood”. or “vataarashaale” duringthe pandemic — TheHurriyatisnomonolithandthechurnwithinhasoftenrisento thefore.SyedAliShah kingorderedthatthebirdneededtobetaught should not be an indulgence “Wherethe worldhas notbeenbrokenup wherechildrengatheredwithateacherforin- Geelani, among the founding leaders of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat,and until lastyear,head of properly.Whatfollowedwasalongandpainful intofragmentsbynarrowdomestic walls,” person teaching in small groups, in outdoor Procrusteansequenceof events:Agoldencage, meant only forprivileged wroteTagoreinGitanjali.Hedislikedbarriersof communityspaces;notboundby blackboards the hardline pro-Pakistanfactionofthe All Parties Hurriyat Conference, is ailing and bedrid- textbooks, batons. The education industry children. Everychild should everykind,believingthateducationshouldnot and textbooks, but learning interactively, den.His resignation from the chairmanshipinJune 2020cameinthe wake of abitter power thrived;thebirddidnot.“Itsthroatwassocom- be able to learn in an be separated from everyday life. Classesat through stories and activities —has been ac- strugglebetweenhimandthePoKchapteroftheHurriyat,goingbackto2018overthealleged pletely chokedwiththeleavesfromthebooks atmosphere that is free, Santiniketanwere heldoutdoors,underanas- knowledgedasanexample of an alternate sale of seatsinPakistani medical colleges to Kashmiri students. Geelani replacedthe con- that it could neither whistle nor whisper.” signedtree, unless it wasraining,orifthe les- model of teaching andlearning. If integrated venor in PoK, and handpickedhis successor,who in turn wasejected by thePakistani secu- Eventually thebirdflutteredto the floorofthe reflective and affirming. son neededalaboratory. Carryingsmall mats, into regular schooling, such learning environ- rity establishment fornot falling in line. It wassoon afterthis that Geelani steppeddown, cage and died. They should be able to relate studentssatontheground;teacherssatonce- mentscan bring newlifeintoour education Tagore became oneofIndia’s foremost ment seats. system,notonlyduringCovidbutalsobeyond, saying that the PoKchapter had become corrupt, moreinterestedincosying up to the pow- new concepts to what they philosophers of education. As achild, he had are alreadyfamiliar with in Santiniketan’s approachwas to help the in normal times. ers that be.Other hardliners in the Geelani Hurriyat areinjail. The moderatefaction of the droppedout from formal school and was wholechildto learnthroughexploration—art, The pandemic itself canbeastarting Hurriyat, ledbyMirwaiz Umar Farooq, wasseen by the establishments in both India and taught at home. Forhim, education meant their ownlives. The music,curiosity, andthecarefulobservationof point forinquiry-based learning:Children Pakistantobeinaposition to win supportinKashmir forthe bilateral peaceprocessthat be- muchmorethan rote learning: “The highest pandemic canbeastarting nature. The environmentwas stimulating. can be encouraged,within the safespace of ganin2003.Thatwasamomentto buildon,fortheIndianstatetobringintoplay, onceagain, educationisthatwhichdoesnot merely give us point forinquiry-based Therewas no corporal punishment. “School the learning circles, to discuss whattheysaw, itsfamedabilityto turnrebelsintostakeholders.Butthatskill,encouragedby PrimeMinister information but makes our lifeinharmony learning:Children canbe wasfun in away Ihad neverimagined school experiencedand learnedduring the pan- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, seems to have been replacednow with atake-no-prisoners approach with all existence.” He dismissedany peda- couldbe,”writesSen.Theatmosphereoffree- demic. gogy that sought to cut children offfromthe encouraged,within the safe domandthoughtfulreasoningshapedhised- Rather than beingcoopedupinsidesmall, and apreference forblunt instrumentslikethe UAPA.The Modi government's refusal to worldaroundthem:“We aremadetoloseour space of the learning circles, ucational attitudes, including his response to crampedschoolrooms through the day, ex- recognisethemoderatesamongtheseparatistshadledtoMirwaizUmarFarooq,forinstance, worldtofind abagful of information instead. to discusswhat they saw, inequities around him: Forexample,byrun- tendinglessonsintooutdoor spaces, where joining hands with Geelani during the 2016 agitation in Kashmir. We robthe child of their earth to teachthem ning night classes fortribal children from feasible, will also improveventilation, which Whatcouldbethe purpose, then,ofbanning these twoinactive organisations, in which geography, of language to teachthem gram- experienced and learned neighbouringvillages. isperhapsnextinimportanceonly to vaccina- even Pakistanhas lostinterest, unlessitistogivethe impression that the governmenthas a mar.”Tagore puthisphilosophy intopracticeat during the pandemic. Rather It wasinthis environmentthat the boy’s tion during the continuing pandemic. largerplanfortheValley, of whichtherehasbeenlittleornovisiblesignthusfar. Banningthe Santiniketan, or the “Abode of Peace”. than being cooped up inside eyes were opened to theterrible Bengal Symbolically, too,anopenclassroompres- One of the students at this school in ru- Famineof1943,whichtookthreemillionlives. entsitself to freshwindsandideas.InGandhi’s Hurriyat mayhelp the government scoresome points outside Kashmir.But those toying small, cramped schoolrooms ralBengal wasAmartyaSen. In his memoir Senrecallshisgrandmotherreadingoutanan- words: “I do notwant my house to be walled withaban on Hurriyat should be paying moreattention to Kashmir's proximity to what is Homeinthe World (named afterTagore’sclas- through the day, extending alytical magazine piece about the food crisis. in on all sides and my windowstobestuffed. I unfolding in Afghanistan, and Pakistan's involvement in it.Arevivalofthe political process sic novelofthe freedom movement, Ghare lessons into outdoor spaces, Heestimatesthataboutonelakhdestitutepeo- wanttheculturesof alllandsto beblownabout with mainstream parties should be at the very topofthe agenda in Delhinow. Baire or ‘Home and the World’), Sen writes where feasible,will also plepassedthroughSantiniketanontheway to my houseasfreelyaspossible.ButIrefuseto be about his years at Santiniketan. In the Dhaka improve ventilation, whichis thecityduringthattime.“Thecontinuouscries blownoff my feet by any.” school wherehebegan his education, he had of help —fromchildren and women and men To reopen schools, we should reallyopen notatall been motivatedtostudy.Contrary perhaps next in importance —ring in my ears even today, 77 years later.” up our education system. to the principal’s expectations that all his stu- only to vaccination during The memorywould laterlead to Sen’s MANDAL IN KAMANDAL dentsshould “shine”, he had ranked 33rd in the continuing pandemic. pathbreakingresearch on famines, in which The writer is in theIAS. Viewsare personal KalyanSingh wasaproduct of, and contributedto, change in the BJP’s politics, with all itstumult and contradictions

HE POLITICALCAREER of KalyanSingh, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, who diedonSaturdayaged89, reflectsthe ebb and flowofthe BJP’s electoral MORE SCRUTINY,LESS SPEED fortunes since itsformation in 1980. His spectacular rise in the 1990s and mar- T ginalisation in the2000scoincidedwith the BJP’s owntransformation from a cadre-basedparty thattalkedof Gandhian socialism to amassoutfitthatchampionedHindu The legislativeprocessmustnot succumb to political expediency nationalism during aperiod of political upheavalinnorthern India. Singh waswell poisedtoride the crestofthe twoideas that had captured the zeitgeist Chakshu Roy of the decade —Mandal and Mandir —and occupyofficeinLucknowasthe BJP’s firstCM of UP.Along with UmaBharti, he wasthe prominent face of the BJP’s ownMandalisation process, through whichthe party had triedtoshedits imageofbeing acaste Hindu outfit THE RECENT Monsoon Session of Parliament ordinance to setupacommissionforair qual- posedtoframe rules. Last year the Cabinet isproof thatthespeedofpassinglaws trumps itymanagementof thenationalcapitalregion. Secretary twice requestedthe personalinter- and embrace apan-Hindu identitywithasupport basethatincludedlarge numbersof their rigorous scrutinyinour legislative Butduringthisyear'sBudget Session,itmissed ventionof secretariesheadingtheUnionmin- backwardcastes. Born in aLodh-Rajput family, Singh’s rise to officewasviewedasrepresen- process. These pages have been replete with the deadline forgetting parliamentaryap- istries to frame regulations forbringing into tative of the empowerment of OBCs within the rubric of Hindutvapolitics, whichalso neu- statistics about the twoHouses passinglaws proval forthe commission. The government forcethe laws made by Parliament.Hewrote, tralisedthe political edge that Lohiaitegroups had gainedonthe ground, postMandal. As in the din in amatterofminutes. Ournational had to re-promulgate the ordinance afterthe “delays innotifyingsubordinaterules/regula- CM, he presidedoverthe demolition of the Babri Masjid, amoment that shamedconstitu- legislature has similarly enacted laws even Budget Session. Parliament thenpassedthe tionsadverselyaffectthetimelyimplementa- tional democracy,but also irreversiblychangedthe contours of the country’s politics.Italso during previous administrations. The repeti- bill to replace the ordinanceinthe din during tion of Acts and defeat the purposefor which tionof suchlegislative functioningisappalling, this monsoon session. theywerelegislated.” Beforethe Monsoon costSingh his office. When the tide that rose with the RamJanmabhoomi movement fell especially asbothgovernmentandParliament Bringing in lawthrough theordinance Session,hewroteafollow-upletteronsimilar and equationswithin the BJPchanged, Singhfound himselfdispensable to the party though continuemakingthesamemistake.Inourpar- routealsobypassesparliamentaryscrutiny. lines to his colleagues. he had become CM asecond time in 1997.Singh quit the BJP in 1999 (and in 2004)tofloat liamentarysystem, amajorityoflawsorigi- Logicwouldsuggestthatthelegislature rigor- Ourcountryneeds arobust lawmaking his ownoutfit onlytorealise that he could at best be acaste leader and dent the BJP’s elec- natefromthe government. Eachministryde- ouslyexamineahurriedly-enactedlawtoen- process, one that does notbendtoexecutive toralfortunes, but would needthe support of hischief political adversaryinthe ’90s, cidesthepathitslegislative proposalswilltake sureitsintendedpurposeisnotcompromised. urgency or succumb to political expediency. Samajwadi Partysupremo MulayamSingh Yadav, to win even his ownLok Sabha seat. fromideationto enactment.Forexample,last But parliamentarycommitteesrarelyscruti- Thegovernmentmustensurethatitidentifies year,the ShippingMinistryrequestedpublic nise billstoreplace ordinancesbecause this the gaps in our legal system proactively. All its Singh returnedto the BJP aftermorethan adecadeatthe political fringes, but likeBharti, feedbackonthe twobills —Marine Aids and maytaketimeanddefeattheissuingof theor- billsshouldgo throughpre-legislative scrutiny wasamuchdiminishedleader with little or no influence within the party on his return. It Inland Vessels—itpilotedduring this session. Thegovernment must dinance. But this does notalwaysresult in the before being brought to Parliament. The leg- onlyseemedtoconfirm that leaders likeSingh and Bharti commandedinfluence as prod- Thismechanismenablesthestrengtheningof ensure that it identifies the desired outcomes.Overayear ago, the gov- islature, on itspart, should conduct in-depth uctsofamomentandmovement, whichovertookthem, leftthembehind. Theirrelegation thelegalproposalthroughstakeholderinputs gaps in our legal system ernmentpromulgated the three farm ordi- scrutiny of government bills. Asimple debate also suggestedthat OBC empowerment in the BJP could onlyexistasacurrent within the before beingbroughtto Parliament.However, nances. Therewas pandemoniuminRajya on the floor of Parliamentshould notbe ministriesexpeditetheirbillsbynot putting proactively.All its bills Sabhaoverthedemandto getthemexamined enoughforthelegislative institutionto stamp main course of Hindutvapolitics. However, the churn that Singh wasapartof, and con- should go through pre- tributed to,has notceased. It continues to shape the electoral and ideological contours of themthroughasimilarpre-legislative scrutiny by aparliamentarycommittee.Sincethen,dis- itsapproval.Mandatoryscrutinyofbillsbypar- process. legislative scrutinytoiron ruption in Parliamentonthe farm laws con- liamentarycommittees should become the India’s politics. Another wayfor thegovernmenttofast out issues and build broad tinues, and the statuteshavebeen kept in rule and notthe exception.Hurriedly-made tracklegislationisthroughtheordinanceroute. abeyance by theSupremeCourt. Over the last andinadequately-scrutinisedlawshardlyever The Constitution empowers the government consensus before being fewyears,billslikeGST,ConsumerProtection, achieve their desired outcomes. Our statute to makealaw whenParliamentisnot in ses- brought to Parliament. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Labour Codes, booksare fullofexamplesoflawsthathaveei- MACHINE LAW sion,andthesituationrequiresimmediateac- legislature,onits part, Surrogacy,and DNATechnology have bene- ther failedorhad unintendedconsequences. tion. Over the years, successivegovernments should do an in-depth fitedfromparliamentarycommittees’scrutiny. Enactingstatuteswithoutproperscrutinyalso have exploitedthe spirit of thisconstitutional Their closed-door technical deliberations, in- wastes the legislature’stimewhenthe gov- Australia, South Africa have recognised AI as inventor. provision.Governmentshavepromulgatedan scrutinyofgovernment bills. putsfromministryofficials,subject-matterex- ernment approaches Parliament to amend International patent lawneeds to catchup ordinance afew days before aparliamentary Asimple debate on the floor perts,andordinarycitizenshavestrengthened such laws.But the unmeasurable costofa session, cut asession shorttoissue one, and of Parliament should not be government bills. poorly-madelaw is in the loss of opportunity pushedalaw that is noturgent through the Unnecessary urgency in getting laws to an entirenationthathas to complywithit. FYOUPRICKthem,theydonot bleed;if youticklethem,theydonot laughandfornow, enough forthe legislative ordinanceroute.Buttheexecutive sometimes passedbyParliamentdoesnot result in their theydonot revenge.ButArtificialIntelligence,inmoreandmorejurisdictions,cannow fails to followthrough on the legislative ur- institution to stamp its immediate implementation. Forthe lawto The writer is headofoutreach, Iinvent,create—andfilepatents.DABUS,a“creativity”machine,hasbeenrecognised gency.For example, lastOctober,itissued an approval. work on theground, the government is sup- PRSLegislative Research as an inventor foratype of food container that improves grip and heat transfer.It might be easy to dismissthis developmentasanother wayfor corporations to protectprof- itsorfear it as yetanother step towards the AI apocalypse. But the problem —and the subse- quentneedfor patentprotection —isnot merelyone of technology. AUGUST 24,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO Ryan Abbott, alaw professor at the University of Surrey,has been campaigning forthe better partofadecade to grant AIs near-personstatusininternational patent law. While the A SSAM STALEMATE INDO-FRENCH TALKS the massacreofninepolice personnel and EU and US patent laws still do notallowAItoberegardedasanowner,thereisincreasing three civilians were arrested by the Kurawali pressureonthesecountriestodoso.Andthere issomemeritto theargumentthatAbbottand THE TALKSBETWEEN the Assam agitators INDIA AND FRANCE have agreedthat no so- police in Uttar Pradesh. According to another his colleagues aremaking. and the government on the foreigners’ issue lutions whichinvolve pre-conditions canend report from Mainpuri,morethan adozen were adjournedfor aweek on August 23. The conflictsand tensions in mostparts of the persons have been arrested forharbouring AI can perform calculations, analysedataand even generatenovel ideas and systems at next round of talkswill be held in Delhi. The world. The Frenchforeign minister, Claude members of the BooraBengali gang, respon- afar faster pace,and in greater volume, than human minds.Inpractice, this could mean, for four agitation leaders who participated in Cheysson, arrivedinDelhi on atwo-dayvisit. sible forthe murder of nine persons in Jarela example, that the vaccine forthe next pandemic is discoveredbyathinking machine. For the talkswill flybacktoGauhati to reportto According to External Affairs Ministry villageonAugust12and that of Anar Singh theWest,particularly theUS,developmentanddeploymentof AIissomethingthatwillhave the All Assam StudentsUnionand theAll sources, he has held wide-ranging talkswith whohad participatedinthe Natthupur car- to be undertakenonamuchlargerscale to competewithChina both strategicallyand eco- Assam Gana Sangram Parishad executives. Foreign MinisterPVNarasimhaRao on ava- nage nomically. However, without adequatepatent law, where andhow AIs aredeployedbycor- This wasthe 13th round of talksbetween the riety of international issues, including that porationsandindividualscouldbelimited.That'sreallytherubofit: Whiletheinventormay twosides. The main obstacleseems to be that on Afghanistan. ENGLISH CHANNEL FEAT the government wantstokeep some of the be artificial,the owner is still human—oftengreedilyso. The lawisyet to catch up, in most entrants to the stateinthe period between DACOITS NABBED TWOBLIND ENGLISHMEN,Nigel Verbeeck places,withtherealityof howmuchthinkingandinnovatingmachinesnowundertake.And 1961 and1971due to thecommitments and Gerald Price, made the firstcrossing ever withoutlegal clarity on IPand patents,therewill alwaysbesomeonewho gets anundue ad- made earlier.The stand of the agitators is that TWOIMPORTANT MEMBERSofthe of the English Channel on waterskis, raising vantage. all of them should be dispersed. Chhabiram Gang whichwas responsible for thousands of pounds in aid forthe blind.

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Strategic patiencecoupledwithpolitical empathyfor Afghan people, andanactiveengagementwill UPAinherited an economywith strong continuetokeep Delhirelevant in Kabul’s internal andexternal evolution fundamentals, but badlymismanaged it. India is nowmoving on

When the lateArun Jaitleyassumed office asfinanceministerin2014, he had to first deal with unpaid subsidies amounting to morethan Rs 1lakhcrore.Weinherited a subsidy programme whichhad manyleak- ages. The transformationalDBT-PAHALpro- RAJA MANDALA gramme has helpedinweeding out 4.49 croredummyLPG connections andalong By CRajaMohan Hardeep SPuri with our “Give it Up Campaign” hassaved thenational exchequer Rs 71,301crore.Total IN KAUN BANEGACrorepati, contestantsin gasconnections have more than doubledto AS THE TRAGIC chaos at the Hamid Karzai atrickyspothad the option of “Phone a over 29crore, whileover 8crore free connec- International AirportinKabul continues, two friend”. During the UPAgovernment (2004- tionshavebeengiventotheneedyunderthe interconnectedpoliticalnegotiationsunfolding 2014), thisterm assumed anew meaning. Ujjwala Yojana. arelikelytodetermine Afghanistan’s immedi- Thousands of crores of unsecuredloans were Yet, one of the mostdebilitating reper- atefuture. Oneisfocussedonbuilding anew dishedout by publicsector bankstothe likes cussionsofsuchshort-sighteddecision- politicalorderwithinAfghanistanandtheother of VijayMallya,Nirav Modi and Mehul making remains the long-term oil bonds is about gaining international recognitionfor Choksi on amerephone call. In some cases, worthRs1.44lakh croreissuedinlieuofun- the incipient Taliban-ledgovernment. defaulters managed to getnew loans to pay der recoveries to OMCs.The current govern- Notwithstandingthecurrenttriumphalism offold debts. ment has paid over Rs 70,000croreininter- in Pakistanat“overthrowing” the US-backed Ihad written apiece in 2014 that a estinthe last five yearson the oil bondsitself. order in Kabul and “pushing” India out of “Swachh Bharat” campaign forcleaning the We’ll still have to payaninterestofRs37,000 Afghanistan, Delhi can afford to step backand Indianbanking system of non-performing croreby2026.Despite interestpayments, signal that it can wait. Forone, Rawalpindi is CRSasikumar and restructured loansworth $100 billion overRs1.30 lakh croreofthe principalisstill some distance away from establishing anew dimensionofthe current crisisinAfghanistan. however, is poor. would be required and that this would be a pending. political order dominated by the Taliban. Then The international community has set Contrarytothe widespread perception, herculean task.Finance MinisterNirmala Notwithstanding this burden, the rise in thereisthe challenge of securing the interna- some broad conditions forthe recognition of India has neverbeen in strategic competition Sitharaman deliveredjustthe remedy in this fuel prices has been hugelyexaggerated. tional legitimacy of aPakistan-backedorder in the Taliban-ledgovernment. Besides an in- withPakistaninAfghanistan. India’slackofdi- year’s budget —abad bankand an assetre- While the price of benchmarkcrude oil has Afghanistanand sustaining itsfuture. clusive governmentathome,the world rect geographic access to Afghanistanhas en- construction companytoresolvethe non- risen362percentsince2020,the 30 percent Neitherof thesetasksiseasy.Pakistan’sown wantstosee respect forhuman rights, espe- sured that. Geographyisalsothe reason performing loan issue and push lendingto rise in petrol prices between 2014-2021is experience points to the pitfalls. Consider the ciallywomen’srights, ending supportfor in- Rawalpindi and Delhi pursue vastly different entrepreneurs. the lowest in comparison to anyseven-year lasttimeRawalpindicelebrated its victoryin ternational terrorism, andstopping opium strategiestowards Afghanistan. Suchwas theextentofCongress’s bene- period in the pastfour decades.Also, while Afghanistan.AfterSoviettroopswithdrew from production.The Taliban leaders have said all Both theirstrategies have rootsinthe 19th- faction to their khaasaadmi thatthe then taxcollectionsper litrebythe Centreon Afghanistanin1989,theKabulgovernmentled the right things on these issues, but the gap centurypoliciesof theRaj.ThePakistanArmy’s Prime MinisterManmohanSinghwent on petrol and diesel have remainedthe same in by Najibullah and backed by Moscow,resisted between their promises and performanceon questfor strategic depth in Afghanistanharks record saying “as farasthe chargesofcor- the lastone year,tax collectionsbystate gov- the full-scale offensive by the Mujahideen and the ground is real. backtothe“forward policy”schoolthatsought ruption areconcerned, coal blockallocation ernmentshavebeen rising as theyare on an Pakistanfor three years before collapsing. Whilethe internationalcommunityap- to actively control the territories beyond the aswell as 2G spectrum allocation were both ad-valorem basis. But Pakistantook another half-decadebe- pears united in itsdemandsonthe Taliban at Indus. Delhi,incontrast, stayed with arival in the eraofthe UPA-1.So,thepeople of India Today, 42.83crore bank accountshave fore gaining reasonable control over this stage, Pakistanwill hopetoget some of its school in the Rajthat calledfor “masterly inac- do notseem to have paid heed to all these been openedunder the PM JanDhanYojana, Afghanistanthrough theTaliban. Butbefore traditionalfriendslikeChinaandTurkey ornew tivity” —aprudent approachtothe badlands chargesofcorruption whichare levied 1.98 crorefamilies have aroof over their Pakistanand theTaliban couldtranslate their partners likeRussiatobreak the current inter- beyond the Indus. againstmeormyparty.” The 2010 CWG shoulders thankstothe PM Awas Yojana, victoryintolong-term geopolitical gains, the national consensus. “Masterly inactivity” is notapassive strat- scam, the2013AugustaWestlandchopper 2.81crore households have electricity due to worldcame down likeaton of bricks on Pakistanand the Taliban, however, know egy.Itrecognisesthefutilityof tryingto control scamand themanyothers would later com- the Saubhagyayojana,11.29 croretoiletspro- Afghanistanafter the9/11terrorattacks.The Chinese and Russian supportiswelcome but Afghanistan. It demandsconserving one’s pel Singh to hope that historyiskinder than vide access to sanitation under the Swachh Talibangovernmentmeltedaway by theendof notenough.Theyneedanunderstandingof the scarce resources and deploying them at the the mandateofthe people of India. Bharat Mission, 8.03 crorewomen have free 2001,asquicklyasthe Ashraf Ghani govern- US and itsallies to gain political legitimacy as mostappropriatemoment and location. It is Suchwas themagnitude of these mis- LPG connections under the PM Ujjwala ment did this month. wellassustainedinternationaleconomicassis- about copingwiththe multiple contradictions steps that 2004-14has been called“India’s Yojana,4.5 crorefamilies aregettingtapwa- The Pakistan armycan surelypat itself on tance.The US has already frozen Afghanistan’s withinAfghanistanandfocusingonsubtleand lostdecade”, withthe UPAgovernment terafterthelaunchoftheJalJeevanMission, thebackfor itspatient support of the Taliban financialassets —worth nearly $10billion — indirect approaches. favouring short-sighted electoral gains over 1.99 crorefreemedical treatments have been over the lasttwo decades and bringing it back and some Western banksare blocking remit- Pakistan’s forwardpolicy seekspolitical long-term national interest. The UPAinher- availedunder Ayushman Bharat, free food- intoKabul.Buthowisitfaringonthetwounfin- tancesintoAfghanistan.Thesepressuresmake dominance over Afghanistaninthe name of a ited an economywithstrong macroeco- grain wasprovidedto 80 croreduring Covid- ishedtasksinAfghanistan—constructingacred- the current direeconomic situationin “friendlygovernment” in Kabul. Delhi’sstrat- nomic fundamentals from the Atal Bihari 19 andmorethan 10 crorefarmers have re- iblegovernmentandsecuringinternationalle- Afghanistanincreasingly unbearable. egy seekstostrengthen Kabul’s autonomy vis- Vajpayee-ledNDA,but, in 2014 leftbehind a ceivedoverRs1.5 lakh croredirectlyinto gitimacy forit? TheWest,too,needstheTalibanto facilitate ThePakistan Army’s quest à-vis Rawalpindi and facilitateAfghanistan’s highfiscaldeficit, spiralling prices andstalled their bankaccountsunder the PM Kisan MorethanaweekafterPresidentGhanifled the evacuationofits citizens from Kabul and, forstrategic depth in economicmodernisation.If Rawalpindi’squest public worksprojects. Samman Nidhi Yojana. As we mark Kabul, there is no government, letalone an in- sooner rather than later,deliverhumanitarian Afghanistan harksbackto forhegemonymakes Afghans resentful of Indiachosethevisionary, strong and res- India@75,India is running the world’s largest clusive andinternationallyacceptable one, in assistance, the demands forwhichare rising the ‘forward policy’school Pakistan,Delhi’ssupportforAfghansovereignty olute leadershipof PrimeMinister Narendra vaccination programme with morethan 57 sight.BeforeRawalpindican getthe Talibanto rapidly in the West.Inotherwords,therewill makes India always welcome. Modi to undertakebold decisions likethe ab- crorepeople having receivedthe vaccine. sharepowerwithothergroups, it has to facili- bemuch roomforengagementbetweenKabul that sought to actively TheAfghanvaluesthatIndiasupports—na- rogation of Article 370, the introduction of On the occasion of Azadikaamrutma- tate an acceptable accommodation between andtheworldandPakistanseesitselfasthecrit- control the territories tionalism,sovereignty, andautonomy—will GST, and apeaceful solution to the Ram hotsav,thePrime Ministerhasgivenaclarion different factions of the Taliban. icalinterlocutor. beyond the Indus. Delhi, in endureinKabul, irrespective of the natureof Janmabhoomi issue,inthe greaterinterest call forSabka Saath, SabkaVikaas,Sabka Power-sharing and the distribution of the Afterdecades of covert supporttothe contrast,stayed with arival theregime.Strategicpatiencecoupledwithpo- of the nation. Vishwaas and Sabka Prayaas forachieving spoilsof warare alwaysdifficultforany victori- Taliban, Pakistan has nowcome out into the liticalempathyforAfghanpeople,andanactive India also embarkedonanunprece- saturation of allwelfareschemes so as to not ouscoalition.Itislikelytobeharderamong the openbycarrying the Taliban on itspolitical school in the Raj that called engagement will continue to keep Delhi rele- dentedscale of urban transformation spend- leave asingle Indianbehind. In the wordsof fractiousPashtun tribes. shoulders. Rawalpindiistelling the worldthat for‘masterly inactivity’ —a vant in Kabul's internal and external evolution. ing over Rs 11.5 lakh croreinthe past seven Swami Vivekananda, “The present is deter- Then thereisthe problem of including the theTalibanhaschangedandmeansnoharmto prudent approachtothe Inthe1990s,PakistanandtheTalibanhada years comparedto just Rs1.57 lakh crorebe- minedbyour past actions, and the futureby non-Talibanformationsinthenewgovernment. anyone. It has promisedthe Taliban goodies badlands beyond the Indus. free hand to shape Kabul’s future as the world tween 2004-14. Under the NDAgovernment, the present.”Guidedbythe forward-look- Thereare someeffortsinthat directionbythe from the rest of the worldquickly. Pakistancan turnedits backonAfghanistanafter the Soviet thelength of National Highways has goneup ing vision of the Prime Minister, we do not Taliban but theyremain inconclusive. surelyreap manyrewards if it can managethis ‘Masterly inactivity’ is not a troops withdrew,but theyfailed quicklyand by 50 per cent from 91,287km(April 2014) work todayfor holding ontothe reins of Meanwhile, the Taliban is yettoconvince the high-wireact. passive strategy.Itrecognises miserably. Thistimearound,theworldisdeeply to 1,37,625 km (asonMarch 20, 2021). The powertomorrow. We strive forwardwith broader population of itsgood intentions. Likeinall high-risk gambles, the potential the futilityoftrying to concerned with Afghanistan’s internal and ex- impact of the Modigovernment’sfocus on the responsibilityand mandate of fulfilling Thousands of Afghans aredesperatetoescape forfailure islarge.IftheTalibandoesmeasureup ternal policies under the Taliban. That gives infrastructuredevelopment andeconomic the glorythatIndia can be proud of 25 years fromafuturewiththeTaliban.Someopponents to international demands, it wouldnolonger control Afghanistan. It Delhifargreaterroomthaninthe1990sto deal rejuvenation can be gaugedfromIndia’s as- from now. areregrouping to organise militaryresistance. be thepolitical beastthatwehaveknown. For demands conserving one’s withthe current situation in Afghanistan. cent in the WorldBank’s Ease of Doing The talk on “inclusivegovernment”iseasy; the Taliban, whichissodeeplycommitted to a scarce resources and Business 2020 listtoits highest-everrank- The author is Union Minister forPetroleum butgetting there, if ever,will take muchtime. vigorous religious ideology,asignificant inter- deploying them at the The writer is director,Institute of SouthAsian ing of 63. &Natural Gasand Housing &Urban Affairs But forthe Taliban and Pakistan, thereislittle nal and external reorientation will be wrench- Studies,National UniversityofSingaporeand time —theyare eager forearly recognition and inganddivisive.ButthePakistanarmyhasnever most appropriate contributing editoroninternationalaffairs for legitimacy. Thatbringsustothe international been shyoftaking risks—itsrecordofsuccess, moment and location. The Indian Express LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

ANUNTRUTH THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘Reading our IDEAS Democracy’s missing middle freedom struggle again’ (IE, August14). In the article, the writer,Rakesh Sinha ONLINE claimsthat MahatmaGandhi did not We needcitizens’ assemblies fordeliberation in cities, districts, states breakhissilenceonthehangingof Bhagat ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Singh. This is entirelyuntrue.The fact is thatGandhinot onlybroke hissilencebut ● REMEMBERINGKULDIP ArunMaira alsodraftedapowerfulresolutionwhich NAYAR:MEERADEWAN wasadoptedbythe Congress and also THERE IS DISENCHANTMENTwithpolitical avoid public inconveniencetosites andmeth- therightto vote inperiodicelections,butrather shouldrunparallelto formalconstitutionalbod- wroteapieceinYoungIndia,datedMarch ● HOW OPIUM partiesandwithinstitutionsof electoraldemoc- odswhichcanbeignoredorby curbingprotests through widespread inclusion in the political ies that have “decision rights”, suchaselected 29, 1931,condemningthe hanging of RESURRECTED THE racy in the US and Europe. Thereishardlyany as threats to national security.This can be fatal process in all itsforms.” assemblies and courts,and mustbecome a Bhagat Singh and his comrades. TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN: open-mindeddeliberation in elected assem- fordemocracies. Acivil society movement,Citizensfor sourceof solutionsforthem.Thesedeliberative LSHerdenia, Bhopal ANUBHA GUPTA blies dividedalongparty linesabout urgent While theright to information andprotest Europe, has proposed asolution. Theysay,“To forums mustnot be think-tankscomposed of problems such as increasing inequality,envi- maymitigateweaknesses, theydonot reduce overcomemistrusttowardstheEUandaddress experts:Theymustbecitizens’forumsinwhich UNSCIENTIFIC GOVT www.indianexpress.com ronmentalunsustainability,andinvasionsof cit- the fundamental weakness in the representa- socio-economicandenvironmentalchallenges the views of common citizens areheard. They izens’ privacy by both private and government tive method of democracy.That is insufficient ahead, we needmoreinclusive and innovative willnotbeasubstitutefortheelectronicandso- THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Anirrational agencies. The monsoon session of the Indian governance of the peoplebythe people, which instrumentsofparticipatorydemocracy.Inthat cialmedia,whichmustremainopento raiseis- turn’(IE,August23).TheNationalScience Parliament endedwithmembers standing on requires stronger institutions forparticipation perspective,weare askingfor thecreationofa sues.Theywillbedesignedforthoughtfuldelib- Chair’s consternation forpseudoscience tables, throwing files around. Citizens who ap- by citizensthemselvesindemocratic delibera- permanent transnational forumfor delibera- erationsamongstcitizens,to digestandconvert beingpeddledintheuniversitycoursesis acknowledge the special role playedby pealedtotheSupremeCourtwereaskedto de- tions about matters of public policy. tion and citizens’participation: AEuropean the noise of the public squareintosharpersig- unequivocal.But his criticismofancient the judicial officers at the level, despite sistfrompublicdiscussions about matters Theinternetandsocialmediahave opened Citizens’ Assembly.” nalsfor policymakers. cosmeticsurgery being exemplifiedin resource scarcity and lackofadequate placed before the court. public spaces forpeople to raise issues. At the CitizensforEuropealsocautionthat:“Online Citizens’ assemblies will fulfil an essential Ganeshawithanelephantheadoughtto manpower. Democratic governance is “government of sametime,membersof electedassembliesare consultations have proven to bepowerful sup- requirement forgood governance. They must have recalledthatthiswas laudedasan Sudip Kumar Dey, Barasat the people, forthe people, and by the people”. whippedand bound by anti-defection laws to portinstruments foragenda-settingand beprovidedresourcesby thestatefortheircon- achievementof advancedtransplantsur- Elections by citizens of representativestoas- votealong partisan lines. Thereislittleinclina- transnational deliberation —asshown, forin- duct. It is essential theyoperateindependently gery by no less afigure than Prime NOCONFIDENCE semblies provide governmentsofthe people. tion,eitheronsocialmediaorinelectedassem- stance, by WeEuropeans and WeMove. of thegovernment.Therefore,theymustbegov- MinisterNarendraModi. Therefore, theright to vote, freedomsfor citi- blies,to listentootherpointsofview. Theprob- However, we alsofinddrawbacksto purelyon- ernedbyrespectedcitizenswithintegrityto en- LRMurmu, Delhi THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Returnto un- zens to stand forelections, and the conduct of lemfor governance is the “missing middle” — line methods, such as therisk of accentuating suretheyremain non-partisan and fulfil their freedom’ (IE, August23).The Taliban’s fair elections arefundamental fordemocracy. between spaces forpublicopinion below, and ideologicalcleavagesand excluding groups af- constitutional purpose of filling the “missing JUDGE ON GROUND recordwithregards to women’s rights But notenough fordeep democracy. constitutionalforums suchaselected assem- fected by the digitaldivide.” Theframers of the middle”indemocraticinstitutions.Theirmeet- hasbeenabysmalandfearsoverrollback All governmentsare expected to perform blies and courts at the top—tofind democratic US Constitution were worriedinthe 18th cen- ingsmustbeprofessionallyfacilitatedto ensure THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Undoing ju- of thesehard-won rightshavebeen forthepeople.Thisisnecessaryforthesurvival solutionsto citizens’problems.Therefore,build- tury, long before the internet, about the quality thoughtful consideration of manypointsof dicialfeudalism’(IE,August23).Thejudi- mounting. Visuals reporting white- of authoritarian governmentsalso. Sadly, even ingamiddlelayerofinstitutionsfordemocratic of discussions in citizensassemblies. In the view. They willprovideafree,yetorderly,space ciaryatthe district levelplays averyim- washingof ahoardingdisplayingwomen elected assemblies can losesight of their ac- deliberationsamongstcitizenshasbecomees- Federalistpaper No.55, James Madison wrote, fordemocraticdeliberations,inbetweenanin- portant role in actualising the is atellinggesture. Proclamations of lists countability to citizens in between elections. sentialfor democratic governance. “had everyAthenian citizenbeen aSocrates, dependentfreemediaononehandandelected constitutional prescription in Article 38. of youngwomentobeofferedas“gifts”in Therefore, citizensmusthavearighttoinfor- KalypsoNicolaidis,chair of globalaffairs at everyAthenianassemblywouldstillhave been assemblies,courts,andcommissions,empow- Increasedliteracy and awareness have marriage to Talibani fighters is another mationabouttheirgovernments’performance, the School of Transnational Governance, amob.” It is notenoughtoset up citizens’ as- ered by the Constitution with decision-rights ledtoincreasedlitigation,andthejudici- horrifyinginstance.Schoolsandcolleges and the Right to Information wasagood step EuropeanUniversityInstitute,says,“Consentof semblies. Citizens’ meetings, onlineoroffline, on theother. Theywill fulfil citizens’ rightsto aryatthegrassrootslevelisthefaceof the forwomenareclosing.WhiletheTaliban forstrengthening democracy in India. thegovernedisaboutmorethanperiodicelec- mustbedesignedtoenable citizens to listen participateindemocracy. justice system to the common people mayhaveclaimedtoadoptamoderate However, information must flowthe other tionsorreferenda.Theprocessof deepeningthe thoughtfullytootherpointsofview. who areunconcernedwith the pyrami- stance, their policies do notinspirecon- waytoo:Governmentsmustlistentocitizens. reachofdemocracyremains the same as it has Itistimeforthenextstepintheevolutionof The writer is former MemberPlanning dal structureand hierarchyofthe judici- fidence. Whentheydon’t,citizensmusthavetherightto beenforthelast200years:Astruggleto expand democraticinstitutions.Citizensassembliesfor Commission and author of ABillion Fireflies: ary. Thejustice-dispensingsystemhasto Ila Railkar, Mumbai protest, albeit peacefully. Governmentscan the franchise. This time around,it’safranchise democraticdeliberationshouldbeformallyes- CriticalConversations to Shape aNew Post- crimpcitizens’ rights by limiting protests to thatdoesnot necessarilyexpressitself through tablishedincities, districtsand states. They Pandemic World

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Army board clears way for promoting IIT-GUWAHATISEXUALASSAULTCASE five women officers to Colonel rank State’sfutureassets: This is forthe firsttimethat JudgeAdvocateGeneral (JAG) PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA women officers serving with the and the ArmyEducation Corps NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 Corps of Signals,Corpsof (AEC). Electronic and Mechanical The five women officers se- HC bail to rape accused AN ARMY selection boardhas Engineers (EME) and the Corps lected areLtCol Sangeeta clearedthe wayfor promotion of of Engineers have been approved Sardana from the Corps of the submissions made by both forensic examinationthe next five women officers to Colonel to therank of Colonel,itsaid. Signals,LtCol Sonia Anand and TORAAGARWALA sides, with reference to therele- day. She wasdischargedfrom rank aftertheycompleted26 Previously, promotion to the Lt Col NavneetDuggal from the GUWAHATI,AUGUST23 vant documentssuchas“FIR, GMCHand then shiftedto the in- years of “reckonable service”, the rank of Colonel wasonlyappli- CorpsofEME, and Lt Col Reenu medical report and statements house hospital on campus, where Defence Ministrysaid on cable forwomen officers in the Khanna and Lt Col Ritcha Sagar THE GAUHATI High Courthas under Sections 161and 164CrPC, she underwent treatment till Monday. ArmyMedical Corps (AMC), from the CorpsofEngineers. granted bail to a21-year-old IIT- the contentsofthe charge-sheet, April 3. Asenior doctor at GMCH Guwahati student, accusedof the Fact Finding Committee had in April told The Indian raping his peer in March, noting Reportetc.” Express thatthe patienthad ar- Government of Odisha that that while therewas a“clear He addedthat after“perusal rivedina“serious condition” and Office of the Chief Construction Engineer, primafaciecase”againstthe ac- of the listofwitnesses”, the court it seemedtobea“serious case of O-575 Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur cused, both the victim and the ac- found “no possibility of the ac- sexual assault”. Astatement re- Tel-0663-2548268,E-mail Id [email protected] cusedwere“talented students” cusedtampering with evidence leasedbyIIT-G on April 2said that Bid Identification No. Road tender online- RWCSBP-17 No: 2215 Dated: 18.08.2021 and the “state’s futureassets”. or influencing them directly or in- afact-findingcommitteewas The Chief Construction Engineer Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites online percentage rate Bid from experienced &eligible bidders for 6(six) group of road works under Periodical renewal of Post DLP roads for The 21-year-old B.Techstu- directly, if releasedonbail”. formedtolook intothe case. the year 2021-22, such as renewal coat with laying SDBC in the districtsofSambalpur/Deogarh. dentwas arrested on April 3for Accordingly, the HC granted The accusedwas 1 Name of work : Periodical renewal of Post DLP roads for the year 2021- 22, such as renewal coat with NEW BEGINNING: Chief Justice of India Justice NVRamana “sexuallyassaulting” his peer – bail to the accused forabond of chargesheetedunderIPC sections laying SDBC under R.W Division, Sambalpur &Deogarh. and his wifeSivamala plantamangosapling at their official also astudent at IIT-Guwahati in Rs 30,000,along with two 376, 328 307and 120B. 2 No of works : 6(Six) groupsdetails as per DTCN. 3 Estimated cost : Approximately varies from Rs.118.62 lakhs to 274.34 lakhs. residenceinNew Delhi on Monday. PTI thesame department, oncampus sureties, on the condition that he During the hearing whichre- 4 Class of Contractor : Band A in March. continues to appear before court sulted in the August13, 2021 or- 5 Cost of tender paper and mode of : Rs. 10,000/- per set. (tobedeposited On-line) in favour of concerned Executive Engineer. Hearingabailapplication by till the case is disposedof; he “di- der,advocate KN Choudhry, argu- deposit the accused, Justice Ajit Borthakur rectlyorindirectly” does not ing forthe petitioner,said the 6 Mode of submission of tender : Tender shouldbesubmittedonly On line in website Minor’s murder: SC sets saidtherewas a“clear primafacie makeany “inducement, threat or accusedwas a“brilliant student” www.tendersorissa.gov.in.(https://tendersodisha.gov.in) 7 EMD and mode of deposit : No. EMD is required but Bid Security declaration should be furnished by the bidders as caseasallegedagainst the ac- promise” to anyperson ac- and that the “investigation has al- mentioned in DTCN. aside Orissa HC order cusedpetitioner.” quaintedwith the factsofthe ready been completed” andthere 8 Summary of key dates are provided below : “However, as the investigation case; and thathedoesnot not was“no chanceofhim jumping Procurement Officer Bid Availability of Tender on- Last date &time Date &Time of openingof the HC order, restored the writ in thecaseiscompletedandboth leave theterritorial jurisdiction of the course of justice in anyman- Identification line for bidding for seeking tender PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA petition filedbythe girl's father theinformant/victim girland the the court without prior written ner.” He addedthat further deten- No. From To clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 so that it be considered afresh. accusedare the state’s futureas- permission of the judge. tion may“amount to causing fur- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AbenchofJusticesAM sets,beingtalentedstudentspur- According to the FIR filedby ther damagetohis brilliant Chief Construction Engineer Road Tender 24.08.2021 07.09.2021 up 06.09.2021 up to 08.09.2021 To be Rural, Works Circle, Online- at 11.00 A.M. to 4.00 P. M. 4.00 P. M. at 11.00 A.M. intimated later THE SUPREME CourtMondayset Khanwilkar and SanjivKhanna suing technical courses at the I.I.T., the victim, the accusedhad academic pursuit.” Sambalpur RWCSBP- aside an order of the Orissa High washearing twoseparate peti- Guwahati,whoareyoung–inthe “lured”her on the night of March Appearing on behalf of the 17/2021-22 Courtwhich had disposedofa tions,including the one filedby agegroup of 19 to 21 years only– 28 to discuss her role and respon- victim, advocateSumitraSama *Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal www.tendersorissa.gov.in.(https//tendersodisha.gov.in) plea filedbythe father of afive- the girl's father againstthe HC andfurther,theyare beinghailed sibility in acollege club. She al- and additional public prosecutor *Subsequent modification/corrigendum/Addendum if required shall appear in website only. year-old girl, who wasallegedly order in September lastyear.The fromtwodifferent states, contin- legedthat he had rendered her DDas,“vehemently opposed” *The amount put to bid is exclusive of GST. Sd/- *Bidder should inspect the road before bidding and quote his rate accordingly. rapedand murdered lastyear, other petitionwas filedbythe uation of detention of the accused “unconscious”by“forcibly ad- granting of bail in “in suchaseri- Chief Construction Engineer, Rural, Works Circle, Sambalpur raisinggrievance over the inves- girl’s mother seekingCBI investi- in the interestoftrial of the case, ministering alcohol” and then ousoffence, whichisagainstthe OIPR-25091/11/0022/2122 tigation conducted in thecase. gation in the case. if chargesare framed,maynot be “raped” her. society.”Das said that if bail was The HC, in itsSeptember or- The minor girlwas allegedly necessary,”Borthakur said in the The victim wasmoved to granted to the accused, “the trial der lastyear,had permitted the kidnappedwhen she wasplay- order dated August13, 2021. Guwahati MedicalCollegeand of thecaseiscertain to be ham- girl's father to approachthe trial ing outside her house in The judgesaid he hadgiven Hospital (GMCH) the same night pered,whichmay occasiongross courtconcerned underthe pro- Nayagarhdistrict on July14last “givenanxiousconsiderations” to and underwent treatment and a injustice to the victim.” vision of the Code of Criminal year and her skeletal remains Procedurefor appropriaterelief. were found in thebackyardof The SC, while settingaside her house on July23, 2020. SULTANPUR With deficit rain Ex-Armyman agrees so far, Odisha works to tackle to cremate son after drought-like policeacceptsecond conditions

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WITH ODISHA recording over 50 MANISHSAHU per cent deficit rainfall so farthis LUCKNOW,AUGUST23 month,andamoisturestresscon- dition arising in 30 blocks of 15 ADAY afteranotice by the Sultanpur district admin- districts, the stateisdrawingan istrationand thepolice to crematethe body of their elaboratecontingencyplan to 32-year-old sonwithin 24 hours, retired Armysube- tackle adrought-likesituation. dar ShivPrasad Pathak and his familyMondaytold Kharif operations have come the police that theywould agree to it onlyiftheir de- to astandstill in mostparts of the mandforasecondautopsyismet.Thepolicethensaid state, giventhe deficit rain and said theyare making arrangementstoconduct the lowpressures in the Bayof post-mortemexamination. Bengal region. The body has been kept in adeep freezer since In the whole season, Odisha August3,policesaid. has received28per cent deficit ThefamilyofShivankPathakhasallegedthathe rainfall so far, withJulyrecording wasmurderedby hiswifeandbusinesspartnerand 21 percentdeficitand50percent hadcalledthem up afew days before his deathsay- deficit rain recordedsofar in ingthat he feared forhis life. August. “If it doesnot rain forfour Afirstautopsyby theDelhiPolicefailedtoascer- or five days at astretch,paddy tain the cause of death and said therewerenoin- transplantationisdirectlyaf- jurymarksonhisbody.Duringapreliminaryinquiry, fected,”SKVasisht,Commissioner the Delhi Police found that Shivank had consumed and Secretary, Agriculture excessive liquor at aparty in ahotel on July31. Department, said. “This has been However, theDelhiPolicerefusedtofileanFIR,after thesituationinspecificblocksun- whichthe familymovedthe High Courtseeking an derourwatch.We arelookingata investigation and asecond autopsy.The courthad fewaspectswhichcanbeworked rejected thepetition, policesaid. out to have acontingency plan in Followingthe setback, thefamily broughtthe place to help farmers.” body home in Sultanpur and stored it in adeep The department is lookingat freezer.“Thefamily then movedanapplication in a activating panipanchayatsatvil- local court of Sultanpur seekingdirections to getan lagelevels, assuring water FIRlodged...andasecondpostmortem.Thecourtre- throughirrigationpoints,looking jected theapplication,” said Baldirai CO Raja Ram. atalternative non-paddycropsfor The family then approachedSultanpur district sowing,andprovisionof work un- administration with the same demands.The plea der MGNREGA to farm labourers. wasforwardedto theDelhiPoliceforconsideration, The WaterResources officials said. The application is still pending. Departmenthas been asked to Shivank usedtorun abusiness in Delhi with a release waterfromreservoirs, personidentifiedasVarunVerma.Hehad married and joint surveysare being con- one Gurleen Kaur who used to work in his office in ducted by field staffof 2013.The police said that on August1,Verma took Agricultureand WaterResources Shivankto ahospitalafterhisconditiondeteriorated departments. athome.Afterdoctorsdeclaredhimdeadonarrival, “Therewas asimilar situation Varun informedShivank’s familyabouthis death. twoyearsago.Wehaveaskedthe “The familyhas givenusinwriting that if asec- respectivecollectors to submita ond post-mortemisconducted then they will dis- contingency plan based on their poseofthe body...(I) am makingarrangements for ground survey at the earliest,” the secondautopsy,”saidSPVipinKumar Mishra. Additional Secretary, Agriculture, He said he spoketohis counterpartinDelhi who RCJena said. “The plan will be told himthat the inquiryintothe death wasstillon. tabledaheadofahigh-levelcom- The Delhi Policetold theofficerthat it waswaiting mitteefor approval.Ifrainfall foraviscerareport.Mishrasaid the district police continues to be deficit, paddy will send the second autopsy to the DelhiPolice. sowing willbeverydifficult.”

ELGAR PARISHAD CASE Court rejects interim bail pleas of Navlakha, Teltumbde

pandemic. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The National Investigation Agency MUMBAI,AUGUST23 (NIA) had opposed thepleas stating that the offences were serious. It wasalso sub- ASPECIAL courtonMondayrejected in- mitted that the specialcourt had recently terim bail applications of rejected theregularbailapplication of Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde and hence this plea could not Teltumbde, arrested in the Elgar be entertained. Parishad case. The courtalsosaid that it will hear all Special JudgeDinesh E pendingapplications before proceeding Kothalikar rejected the pleas, to framechargesagainstthe accused. whichwerefiledthrough Taloja The NIA earlier this month submit- central jail wherethe twomen teddraft chargestothe courtseeking to arelodged.The applications charge the15accusedonsections in- were filedaspartofadrive by cludingwagingwar against thecountry theprisondepartment to seek of the Indian Penal Code and other sec- interim bailfor those above 60 tions of the UnlawfulActivities years of ageciting the Covid-19 (Prevention) Act.

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I, Kushi Ram (ArmyNo. GUJARATURJAVIKAS NIGAM LIMITED 14341331-L Ex. Hav(Retd.)) R/o Sardar Patel Vidyut Bhavan, Race Course, Vadodara 390007 VPO-KheraDaber,New Delhi- Phone: (0265) 2310582-86 www.guvnl.com West Bengal: CBI begins Classifieds 73 .herebydeclare thatmywife NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER name is recorded KRISHANA GUVNL invites e-tender for purchase of 500 MW RTC DEVI which is incorrect. post-pollviolence probe, Correctname of my wifeis power for the period 15-09-2021 to 31-12-2021 at PERSONAL KRISHNA DEVI. HoweverIhave GETCO periphery (interconnection point of Gujarat STU changed my wifename from I , h i t h e r t o known SHIV I,Jai Prakash Bal,S/O Suraj with CTU) as per Ministry of Power (MoP), GoI recordsstatement of KRISHANA DEVI to KRISHNA SINGH,S/O LATE.POORAN Bhan,R/OWZ-1/3285, Guidelines dated 30-03-2016. RFP will be available at DEVI for all purposes. SINGH RANA,residing at,WZ- MahindraPark Rani Bagh, www.mstcecommerce.com from 24-08-2021. Bid has 0070751082-2 BJP worker’s brother 18,PHASE-3,OM VIHAR,STREET Delhi-110034,changed my to be submitted online through DEEP Portal of MoP.All NO-12,UTTAM-NAGAR,NEW- name to Jai Prakash. I, Jagmeet Singh Gujral,S/o terms and conditions shall be as per RFP. Rights Commission,healleged DELHI-110059,have changed 0040581484-4 Jagjit SinghR/o-WZ-64A/1, my nameand shall hereafter Street-No.1, RattanPark, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that his brother wasavictim of I,Gaurav S/o-Bhagwan Dass Date:24-08-2021 General Manager (Commerce) be known as SHIV SINGH RANA. N.Delhi-15,have changed my KOLKATA,AUGUST23 post-poll violencebythe ruling Gupta,R/o-5149/2,Harphool 0040581515-7 name to Jagmeet Singh. SinghBuilding,Ghanta Trinamool Congress (TMC). I,YASHVI TIRATH GHIAL,w/o Ghar,Sabzi Mandi,Delhi- 0040581495-10 THE CENTRAL Bureauof On July2,the High Court or- SH.VINOD KUMAR,R/oB- 110007,have changed my name I, Harinder S/oGokul Chand R/o Investigation(CBI) on Monday dered asecondautopsy of 7,Ground-floor,Nangal to Gaurav Gupta,forall,future 30, Ireland Embassy, Sardar startedits inquiries intocases of Abhijit’s body afterBiswajit Dewat,Vasant Kunj,South purpose. Patel Marg, NDMC, Delhi- serious crimes reportedduring urgedthe courtfor aDNA test West,Delhi, DELHI-110070,have 0040581484-6 110021 have changed my name the allegedpost-poll violence in and informedthe court that the changed my name to Yashvi to Harinder Kumar. Tirath,for all purposes. I,Donzy Chawla,S/-Gurbachan West Bengal, as directed by the body had been damaged by Singh, R/o-44, Block A- 0040581562-2 CalcuttaHigh Courtlastweek. maggotsinthe morgue. 0040581515-8 3,PaschimVihar, Delhi-110063, I, Gita W/o Ram Kawar R/oFlat The CBI team also metthe Following the HighCourt’s I,Tarun DalkeS/O Ashok Kumar have changedmyminorson No.-T-2/1003, Supreme Towers, brother of BJP worker Abhijit order on August19, Biswajit told Dalke,R/o1828-D,Sudama name,from SehajSingh to Sector-99 Noida Gautam Sarkar who waskilledin reporters, “A mob tiedatelevi- Nagar, Indore,Madhya SehajSingh Chawla. Buddha Nagar, U.P-201301 Pradesh-452009. Ihave Kolkata’sNarkeldanga area in sion wirearound my brother’s 0040581515-9 Have Changed My Name To changed the name of my minor GeetaDeshraj ForFuture May. neckand dragged him along the Son AryaDalkeagedabout 3 I,Devander Kumar Khosla,s/o Purposes. 0070750836-3 Ateam of CBIofficials es- road. Theysmashedhis head Years and shall hereafter be Amir Chand Khosla, R/OC-114, cortedSarkar’s brother Biswajit with astone. The police refused I, DevPrakash S/o.Ramgopal known as Aryan Dalke. Golf ViewApartments Saket, to the agency’s office at the to registeracomplaintalthough New Delhi-110017, have R/o-242-A, Asola-Village, PUBLIC NOTICE 0070751085-1 Be it known to the general public at large, changed my name to Devender Fatehpuri-Beri,NewDelhi-74 do that my client Smt. Nirmla Devi W/o Shri CGO complexinBidhannagar, we pleadedseveral times.” I,Supriya Singh,W/o Saurav Herebydeclaresthat myname Shriram Verma R/o F-66, Gali No-7, Mandir Kumar Khosla. Wali Gali, Mangal Bazar,Laxmi Nagar, and spoketohim foralmost The CBI has formedfour Bhadoria R/o-45/2,Navare- is wrongly mentioned as Delhi-110092,hereby severedall her 0040581484-1 relations with her daughters namely 1. Smt. twohours.Theyrecordedhis teams headedbyjoint directors Nagr, B-Cabin-Road, Devender SarswatinmySon SujataVerma W/o ShriPradeep Kumar,2. statement. While leavingthe to investigatecases of murder, Ambernath east,Thane, I,Badli Devi,D/o Sube Singh, W/o 10thclassmarksheet.My AnitaVerma W/o ShriRajinder Verma and her son Sh. Manoj Verma S/o Shri Shriram CBI office, Biswajit said, “Weare attemptedmurder,and rape that Maharashtra-421501,have Balvinder Sangwan, R/o- correct nameis Dev Prakash. Verma. My client has disowned and debarredall of themand their family nowhopeful that we will get were reportedduring the alleged changed my name to Supriya 104A6,Tulip-White Apartments, 0040581463-1 membersfromher allimmovable and Singh Bhadoria. movable properties and her life due to their Sohna Road, Sector-69,South- rude behavior towards my client. Anybody justice.” post-poll violence. Eachteam I, DILIP KUMAR SINGHS/o 0040581495-6 City-II, Gurugram(Haryana)- deals with them do the same at their own Biswajit wasamong those has, among others, adeputy in- Amichand R/o2268, balmiki risks and responsibilities, as my client shall 122018,havechangedmyname not held responsible for their any act or who filedpetitions in the spector general and about four I,Shery Sijher,D/oSh.Tejinder to BabitaSangwan. mohalla, Tughlakabad Village, omission in future. Sd/- DEEPAK RAJ (Advocate) Supreme Court, and the Calcutta superintendentsofpolice. Singh Sijher,R/oC-1/644, New Delhi-44, have changed 19-A, Neelkanth Apartments, 0040581495-9 Palam-Vihar, my name to DILIPKUMAR for all Plot No. 46, I. P. Extension, Delhi -92 High Courtonthe matter of Additional Director Ajay Gurugram(Haryana)- I,Ashwani Kumar Verma,s/o purposes 0040581452-2 post-pollviolence. In astate- Bhatnagar is supervising the in- 122017,have changed Sherry Baldev Raj Verma, R/oD-345, I, Chander Kala W/o DharamPal PUBLIC NOTICE ment to the National Human vestigation. Sijher. Second-Floor, Tagore-Garden GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED R/oC-160, Delta-1, Greater THAT I, PREM DEVI w/o LATE GOKUL Extension,New Delhi-110027, CHANDPRESENTLY R/O H. No. A-197, 0040581495-8 NoidaU.P.201308 have GROUND FLOOR, BUDH NAGAR,JJ have changedmyname to changed my name to Chander COLONY, INDER PURI, NEW DELHI-110012 I, Seema Rana W/oYatanRaj HAVE DISINHERITED AND DISOWNED MY MAHARASHTRA Ashwani Verma,permanently. Pati for all futurepurposes. SON SH. RAVI KUMAR S/o LATE GOKUL Singh Rana R/o218 VPO CHAND R/O H. No. A-197, 4TH FLOOR, BUDH NAGAR, JJ COLONY, INDER PURI, NEW Narsena, Distt., Bulandshahar, 0070751079-1 DELHI-110012 FROM ALL MY MOVEABLE 7Dalits assaulted on suspicion of declareaftermarriage I 0040581515-4 AND IMMOVEABLE PROPERTIES AND ALSO I, Amit S/oHarinder Kumar R/o SEVERED ALL MY RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL changed my name from Sabitri OF THEM DUE TO THEIR ADAMENT AND I,Adarsh Bala,W/o Jagdish,D/o E-306/C Street No-74Mahavir IMPROMPTU BEHAVIOR AS BOTH OF THEM to Seema Rana.Hereinafter, I ARE DISOBEYING ME AND THEY ARE OUT practising ‘black magic’, 13 held HarpalSingh,R/o-A-173Batt EnclavePart-3Delhi-110059 OF MY CONTROL AND ALSO THEY MISBAVE maybeknown as SeemaRana WITH ME. ANYPERSON DEALINGWITH Para Village,Karala North-West have changed my name to Amit THEM IN ANY MANNER SHALL BE DOING SO W/o Yatan Raj Singh Rana. AT HIS/HEROWN RISK AND them with sticks and punched Delhi-110081,having aadhar Kumar. 0040581562-1 RESPONSIBILITY. Sabitri and Seema Ranaisone card.No.859691251152,do Sd/- PAWAN JAIN (Advocate) PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA them, the police officer said. and sameperson. My date of I Richa KinraW/o Shreshth Ch. No. C-77, C.L. Joseph Block, herebydeclarethat the Adarsh Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54 CHANDRAPUR,AUGUST23 The villagers then turnedto birth is 10.02.1975. Shekhar R/o1220/9Gurugram Bala &Adarsh is the same -122001 have changed my four other members of the fam- 0040581515-10 person and the Adarsh be read PUBLIC NOTICE name to Richa Shekhar SEVEN MEMBERS of twoDalit ilies and assaulted them, he said. as Adarsh Bala. General Public is hereby informed I,Sanjeev Kumar,S/o that my clients Sh. Raj Pal S/o Late families were thrashedbylocal Some villagers kickedthe 0040581550-1 Sh. Garib Dass R/o WZ-283/332, Lt.Sh.Vishnu Dutt Kaushik, 0040581515-2 Maddi Wali Gali No.10,Vishnu residentsonthe suspicion of women and punchedtheir faces, residentof, 266, Shahbad I Usha Dhyani w/oManmohan Garden Extn-1, New Delhi-110018 I,ASHOK JAIN, s/o,SUBH KARAN hereby severe all their relations from practising “blackmagic’ in avil- Kulkarni said. Mohd. Pur, New Delhi-110061, Kumar Dhyani R/oB-77 2nd their son Sh. Hardeep Singh S/o Sh. CHORARIA, R/o.FLAT.NO-1004, Raj Pal R/o WZ-283/332, Maddi Wali lageinChandrapur district of On gettinginformationabout have changed my name floor Phase-1 Vivek Vihar Delhi- Gali No.10, Vishnu Garden Extn-1, Sanjeev Kumar to Sanjeev AMRAPALI GRAND-TOWER-6 110095 have changed my name New Delhi-110018, due to their Maharashtra, leavingthemseri- the incident,police personnel ZETA-1, GREATER-NOIDA disobeying, misbehavior and hereby Kumar Kaushik,for all,future from Usha Rani to Usha Dhyani disowned and debarred them from ouslyinjured,policesaid on reachedthe village in thenight GAUTAM-BUDDHANAGAR,UP- their all movable and immovable purposes. for all FuturePurposes properties forever.Any person Monday. and movedthe victims, who had 201308,have changed my name dealing with them shall be doing so at 0040581484-2 to ASHOK KUMAR JAIN. 0040581456-2 his own risk and responsibility in Some of the victimswere sustainedserious injuries, to future my clients will not be I Sneh Prabha Dhyani w/oAnil responsible for any act and deeds tiedtowooden poles and as- Chandrapur Government I,Sandeep Kumar S/O-Shri Jai 0040581515-6 done by them. Narain ChaudharyR/O H- KumarDhyani R/oA-152-Bfirst Sd/-B.B.N.DEO,Advocate saulted,theysaid. The incident Medical Collegeand Hospital 2/144,Sector-16,Rohini, Delhi- I,ARUN SHARMA S/OBAKHSHI floor Right SideVivek Vihar RZJ-7/233, West Sagar Pur,ND. took place in Wani villageunder (GMCH), theysaid. RAMSHARMA, R/O57-C/4, 110089,have changed my name Delhi-110095 have changed my Jiwti tehsiloverthe weekend, On Sunday, aheavy posse of to Sandeep Chaudhary. GALI NO.3,EASTGURU-ANGAD name from Sneh Prabha to NAGAR, DELHI-110092, HAVE PUBLIC NOTICE and 13 persons have been ar- policemen wasdeployedinthe 0040581515-12 Sneh Prabha Dhyani for all Under instructions from my client CHANGED MY NAMETOARUN FuturePurposes 0040581456-3 Sh.Subhash Chand Bansal S/o Sh. rested so far, theysaid. village to maintain lawand order. I,SAIHDA/SHAHEEDA,W/O.SAHI KUMAR SHARMA, Jai Narain Bansal R/o RZ-D-16-A Atul Kulkarni, Additional SP Inspector Santosh Ambike I D KHAN,ADD-131, KHERI-ROAD PERMANENTLY Sanjeev Kumar GeraS/o Subhash Park,Uttam Nagar New Gulshan Rai GeraR/o 1603 Delhi-59 has severed all relations of Chandrapur,said that on said the police have arrested 13 MAWAIGAONKHERI 0040581515-3 ImperialCourt2 Sector 128 with his son Shankar Bansal along Saturdaynight, sevenmembers persons in connection with the KALAN(113) FARIDABAD with his wife Smt. Anjali and other of twofamilies were summoned incident and chargedthem un- HARYANA-121002.Changed my I, ShreyaS.Pal D/oAnil PalR/o A- NOIDA201304have changed son Sh.Chandan Bansal my client name to SAHIDA., Permanantly. 111, Indrapuri New Agra UP- my name to Sanjeev Gerafor all hasalsodisownedanddebarredall to thevillagesquarebylocalres- der an anti-superstition Act. 282005 have changedmyname purposes. 0070751032-1 ofthemfromallhisallmovableand idents, who accusedthem of ChandrapurMPSuresh alias 0040581495-3 immovable propertiesany body to ShreyaPal permanently. I SPyarima alias SulekhaW/o dealingwith debarred persons practising “blackmagic and pos- Balu Dhanorkar on Mondayvis- I, Pushpa Sharma W/o Sanjay 0040581515-1 Late Sh. Nimi Chand R/o shall do so at their own risks and responsibility and my client shall sessing spirits”. ited GMCHand interacted with Sharma R/o-X-220,St.No.8, X- H.No.H-114, Desu Colony, I, SatyaPrakash S/oChandraPal notberesponsible. As the sevenDalit commu- the victims. The Congress leader Block, Brahmapuri,Garhi MalkaGanjS.O., NorthDelhi, (dv.) R/o357, Dalel Nagar, Rahan Mendu,Delhi-110053 have Delhi-110007 have changed my RZ-97, Khushi Ram Park,Uttam Nagar ND-59 nity members, some of them strongly condemned the attack Kalan, Agra,Uttar Pradesh- changed my name from Mohini name to Sulekha for all senior citizens, reachedthe vil- and demandedstrict action 282006, that name of mine and Sharma to PushpaSharma for purposes. 0040581451-1 PUBLIC NOTICE lagechowk,peoplestarted againstthe accused. all futurepurposes my father has been wrongly Be It Known that my clientsSMT. throwing mud at them, he said. Dhanorkar said Maharashtra written as ShailendraKumar I Ramesh DasS/o Ram Chandra MAMTACHOUDHARYW/o Late Sh. 0070751046-1 and ChandraPrakash Das R/o76, First Floor, Sant ANILCHOUDHARY R/o BB-65A, Later,the crowdtiedthree of is aprogressivestate and ap- Shalimar Bagh Delhi-110088 have I,Praveen Jahan, W/o respectively in my PanNumber Nagar, East of Kailash,New disowned and severed all their relation them,including twowomen, to pealedtopeople nottofall prey FIJPK5208L. The actual name of Delhi-110065 declarethat my with her son namely DIVYANSHU Mohammed Zahid R/o-E-14/8, CHOUDHARYS/o LATE ANIL wooden poles and thrashed to superstition. Gali.No.7, Munavvara-Masjid mine and my father is Satya wife’s name is wronglywritten CHOUDHARYand debarred them from in minor daughter’s schoolas all her movableand immovable Jagjeet-Nagar New Usmanpur Prakash and ChandraPal properties/assetsdue to their mis- Ghonda Delhi-110053, changed respectively AartiDevi Das but her correct behaviour and conduct and also not any name is Aarti Devi.Aarti Devi relation with my another son GARV Woman’sbody my nametoParveenJahan. 0070751031-1 CHOUDHARY. Any body dealing with Das and Aarti Devi is same & them in civil and criminal matter shall be 0040581484-5 doing at his/her/ their Own risk, Cost I, SAIHID/SHAHID,S/O.KURBAN one person. 0040581449-1 and responsibility. with neck, legs I,Monika Lambaislegally KHAN, ADD-131,KHERI-ROAD KAMAL SINGH I Geeta SharmaW/o Dr.H.S wedded wife of No.5458130W MAWAIGAONKHERI (Advocate) Sharma R/o312,Saral CGHS Enrl. No. D-748/2014 tied found in Hav.Naresh Palpermanently KALAN(113) FARIDABAD Ltd. Plot No.15,Dwarka, Sec-10, R/o-Vill.& Post-Loyal,Teh- HARYANA-121002. Changed my Delhi-75 declarethat Geeta Khetri, Distt.-Jhunjhunu, name to SAHID KHAN. Thatmay ClientMohamad Mumbai drain Sharma and Geeta Rani Rajasthan,have changed my Permanantly. Abdullaah S/oBashiruddin R/o Sharma aresame person name 21-22 GuptaEnclave Khushi Ram name,from MonikatoMonika 0040581495-2 Mumbai: Thebodyofawoman 0040581511-1 ColonyGali No.-15, Pradhan Lambavide-affidavit dated- with her neckand legstiedtoa 21.08.2021,beforenotary I, ShilpaPanesarr W/oAmeit Chowk Vikas Nagar Uam Nagar I Anil KumarDhyani s/oLate New Delhi-59, disowned his son public,Delhi. 0040581484-8 MondalR/o R-279, Sector-21, dupattawas foundinaplastic GhanaNand Dhyani R/oA-152- namely Akram Ansari and his wife Noida,UPhavechangedmy bag in adrain at Mankhurdlate Bfirst floor Right Side Vivek namely Hena Khatun from all of I,MOHD FARUQ,S/O..MUSHTAQ name from ShilpaPanesarto Vihar Delhi-110095 have his Movable and Immovable Saturdaynight. AHMED,ADD-H.NO-01 NEAR- ShilpaPanesarr. UMAR FARUQ MASJID MAIN changed my name from Anil properes, and my clientisnot Police have so farnot been liable forany debits, miss ROAD,MASURI DISTRICT 0040581479-1 Kumar to Anil Kumar Dhyani able to identify the deceased.An for all futurepurposes happening and court ligaons GHAZIABAD U.P-201302. I, SSuresh S/oMSSubramanian (present, Past &future) of his officer said the woman appears changed my name to MOHD R/o91-C, Century Apartment, 0040581456-1 son and his wife. to be between 25 and 30 years FAROOQUE. Permanantly. Block GH-01,Sector 100 Noida, Rakesh Walia (Advocate) It is for general information that old. The Mankhurdpolice have U.P. -201301 have changed my 101 Centeral Hall TisHazari Court 0040581495-1 I,VijayKumar,S/o-Ram Pal registeredacase of murder. name to Suresh Subramanian I,MANGAL SINGH SOKHI, Singh,Residing at-E-2/15, “Weare scanning CCTV for all purposes. S/O.BUDH SINGH, H.NO.345, Khasra.No.21,Gali.No.3,Sonia- PUBLIC NOTICE footageinthe area and also talk- SECTOR-9 FARIDABAD NEAR-D 0070751045-1 Vihar,Karawal-Nagar,Delhi- Notice is hereby given by my ing to locals to find out if they 110094,declarethat name of CMODAL-SCHOOL HARYANA I, Rompyd/o Bhagat Singhr/o client Sh. Sumit Saini S/o Lt. Sh. mine and my minorson has Vijay VirSingh Saini that knowher.Investigationsare on,” 121006,changed my nameto GB-32,Pul Pehladpur,Jaitpur been wrongly-written as Vijai properties as more specifically the officer added. ENS MANGALSINGH.Permanantly. Delhi-110044 have changed my Kumar,Rohit in my minor son described in theSchedule 0040581495-5 name to VANISHKASINGH. hereunder have not been Rohit Kumar(17Years)XI-Class partitioned till date between the I,PRATIKSHA,D/O AVNINDER 0040581544-1 Marksheet.The actualname of legal heirs of Lt. Sh. Vijay Vir PALSINGH RAGHAV, ADDRESS- I, Rajesh Kumar S/oDharamPal mineand my minorson are Singh Saini &Lt. Smt. Urmila RZ-15A, GALI NO-1, DURGA R/oC-160,Delta-1, Greater VijayKumar,Rohit Kumar Saini. My abovenamed client is having undivided right &interest PARK SOUTH WEST DELHI- Noida U.P.-201308 that my whichmay be amended 110045. Changed my name to accordingly. 0040581484-7 therein. Surname Kumarisnot mention Public at largeisbeing PRATIKSHARAGHAV, in my passportand Given name cautioned &warned not the deal permanantly. 0040581495-4 mention as Rajesh Kumar. PUBLIC NOTICE with the scheduled properties in any manner,ifanyone does so, JHARKHAND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE I,Kishmat,W/o Sudheer Be It Known that my clients(1) 0070751077-1 GULSHAN MOTWANI S/o Gopi Chand he will do it at hisrisk, Kumar,R/oH.No.-1050,2nd- Motwani (2) PANKAJ MOTWANI S/o responsibilities,cost and DEVELOPMENT COMPANYLIMITED I, Rajeev Kumar Kalras/o Floor, Sector-10A,Gurgaon, Gopi Chand Motwani (3) KANCHAN consequences. Sh.Vasdev KalraR/o Ashiana MOTWANI W/o Gopi Chand Motwani (Govt.ofJharkhand Undertaking) Haryana-122001, have changed R/o BH-39, 3rd Floor East Shalimar SCHEDULE OF PROPERTIES rd my nametoKismat. NirmayB1/1002,Thada Mod, Bagh Delhi-110088 have disowned and (i) Built-up property (area 150 3 floor,Pragati Sadan, Kutchery Road, Ranchi-834001, Jharkhand. Bhiwadi, Rajasthan have severed all their relation with their Gaj) bearing House no. 27-28, 0040581495-7 Nephew namely DIVYANSHU Ph No.: +91-651-2225878; e-mail Id-;[email protected] changed my name to Rajeev CHOUDHARYS/O LATE ANIL Gali no. 14,Sushant Vihar, I, Karamvir S/oHardwari Lal R/o Kalrafor all purposes. CHOUDHARYand debarred them from Ibrahim Pur Ext., Delhi-110036; CIN: U45200JH2013SGC001752 alltheir relationshipmovable and (ii) Built-up property (area 50 VillageKazipurPOUjwa, New immovableproperties/assetsdue to 0040581453-1 their mis-behaviour and conduct. Any Gaj) bearing House no. 62-A, Delhi-110073, declarethat body dealing with them in civil and Kh. No. 40, Gali No. 5, Sushant Tender Notice Karamvir and Karamvir Singh I, NiharikaKohliD/o Rajveer criminal matter shall be doing at his/her/ Vihar,Ibrahim Pur Ext., Delhi- their Own risk, Cost and responsibility. NIT No.:JUIDCO/NIT/RA/JMDP/WB/402 Date :23/08/2021 is one and same person. Singh, R/oA-1/86, Dilshad Ext- KAMAL SINGH (Advocate) 110036; Hardwari Lal S/oBhajjuRam II, DLF,Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Enrl. No. D-748/2014 (iii) Built-up property (area 50 Expression of Interest (EOI) Selection of Consultant for ''IMPORTANT'' and Hardwari S/oBhajju Ram is UP-201005havechanged my Gaj) bearing House no. 70-A, 1. Name of the work Revenue Augmentation Across Various ULB’sIn Gali No.6,Sushant Vihar, one and same person. name to RDNiharikaSingh. PUBLIC NOTICE Jharkhand Whilst care is taken prior to Ibrahim Pur Ext., Delhi-110036; acceptance of advertising 0040581452-1 It is to inform for general public that my 2. Mode of Bid Submission Online: e-tendering (http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in) 0040581515-11 client namely Prem Chand Sharma Sd/- copy,itisnot possibletoverify Son of Sh. Kishan Lal, R/o H.No. F- MANOJ KUMAR LOHAT Date &Time of Publication of Tender on 5. 24.08.2021 &17:00 Hrs its contents.The Indian I,Jasmeet Kaur,w/oAshwani I, MohammadSartaj S/o 12/14, Mohan Baba Nagar,Tajpur, ADVOCATE Website MohammadJaleel Ansari R/oJ- Badarpur,South Delhi, Delhi-110044, Express(P) Limited cannot be Verma,R/o-D-345,Second- served debarred, disowned and break Enrl. No. D-1439/2000 Date &Time of pre-bid meeting (Virtual 31.08.2021 &12:00 P.M 6. held responsible forsuch Floor,Tagore-Garden 64 1st floor Sector 22 Noida down all the relationship and debarred Ch. No. 331, W. 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Last Date &Time of Bid Submission 20.09.2021 &17:00 Hrs My client and his wife have no concern PROPERTY FOR SALE associations or individuals 0040581515-5 I, MD ASLAM,S/O KALU,R/OE- with his son and daughter-in-law in any 10.Date &Time of Bid Opening 21.09.2021 &17:30Hrs advertisinginits newspapers manner whatsoever,ifanybody will deal Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company I, Ameit Mondal S/oS.C.Mondal 3/110A RAMESH PARK LAXMI- with them in any manner,he/she will be or Publications. We therefore 25000 sqft. Plot at Hadapsar rd NAGAR DELHI-92,HAVE responsible for the same and my client 11.Bid related communication Address Limited, 3 Floor,Pragati Sadan, Kutchery Road, Ranchi recommend that readers R/oR-279, Sector-21,Noida, UP and his wife will not responsible for the Industrial EstateinPune,60ft 834001 make necessary inquiries have changed my name from CHANGED MY NAMETOASLAM same in any manner whatsoever. road touch, Ample Water & FORALL PURPOSES. 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TOPOFTHE GUNFIRE AT KABUL AIRPORT, AFGHAN SOLDIER KILLED Egypt closes sole WORLD border crossing Bidensaysalotcanstillgowrong;Talibansend with Gaza‘for security reasons’

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PressureonUStoextend evacuation EGYPT IS to close the Rafah Vehicles washedaway crossingonits border with the by floodinMcEwen, deadline, Taliban warn againstit Gaza Strip until further notice on Tennessee, Sunday. AP Monday, Egyptian security sources said. AP&REUTERS Hamas, the Palestinianfaction USA KABUL,AUGUST23 that controls Gaza, said it had Tennessee been informedbyEgyptofthe de- AFIREFIGHT at one of the gates cisionto shutthecrossingin both floods:Death of Kabul’s international airport directions, without giving details. killedatleastone Afghan soldier Accordingto twoEgyptianse- tollrisesto22, early Monday, German officials curity sources, the closurewas manymissing said, the latest chaos to engulf Biden said US troops might madeforsecurityreasonsfollow- Western effortstoevacuate stay beyond August31to ing an escalation on Saturdaybe- AT LEAST22peoplewere those fleeing the Taliban oversee the evacuation. AP tween Israel and Hamas, with killedand rescue crews takeover of the country. IsraeliaircraftstrikingsitesinGaza searched desperately The shooting at the airport aftergunfire across Gaza’s border Sundayamid shattered came as the Talibansentfighters week to extend the deadline. with Israel earlier in the day. homes and tangleddebris north of the capital to eliminate Defence MinisterBen Wallace Rafahisthe sole crossing be- fordozensofpeople still pockets of armedresistance to said Britain was“down to hours tweenEgypt and Gaza, where missing afterrecord- theirlightningtakeoverearlierthis now, notweeks”inits evacua- an Israeli-ledblockade has breakingrainsent flood- month. The Taliban said they re- tion plan and forces on the placedsevererestrictions on waters surging through took threedistrictsseized by op- ground neededtouse everymo- the movement of goods and Middle Tennessee. ponentsthe daybeforeand had ment they hadtoget people out. Anti-Talibanfighters in Panjshir, the lastAfghanprovince that remains out of the group’scontrol. Aamaj News Agencyvia Reuters people foryears. Saturday’s flooding in ru- surroundedPanjshir,the last Johnson’sspokesperson said Egypthad opened the cross- ralareas took out roads, province that remains out of their Britain still wanted to flyout ing indefinitelyinFebruary in cellphone towers and tele- control. thousands of peopleand had not what wasdescribed as an effort phone lines, leaving fami- Gunfirebroke out near one of setaharddeadline forwhen China hints at providing aid, says to encourage negotiations be- lies uncertain about theairport’s gates, whereatleast evacuationsend. tween Palestinian factions meet- whether their lovedones sevenAfghansdiedaday earlierin But Taliban spokesman ing at the time in Cairo. survivedthe unprece- apanickedstampedeof thousands Suhail Shaheen, in an interview US ‘can’t abandon Afghanistan’ Egyptkeptthe crossingopen denteddeluge. Emergency of people. Thecircumstances of with SkyNews, said Aug31isa during and afteran11-day con- workers were searching the shooting, whichoccurred “red line” and that extending the presence in Afghanistan, the US flict betweenIsrael and Hamas door to door,said Kristi around dawn, remainedunclear. Americanpresence would“pro- KJMVARMA stillhascontroloverbillionsof dol- in May, delivering aid and con- Brown, acoordinator for The German military voke areaction”. BEIJING,AUGUST23 larsbelonging to theAfghan cen- KamalaHarris with struction materials through health and safetysupervi- tweetedthatone member of the ElsewhereinAfghanistan,the tralbank,moneythatWashington SingaporePrime MinisterLee Rafahafter helpingbrokera sor with Humphreys Afghansecurityforceswas killed Talibanhave facedlimitedarmed CHINAONMonday hintedat is making sureremains out of the HsienLoong on Monday. AP truce between the twosides. County Schools. AP and three others were wounded resistance from fighters in steppingupfinancialassistanceto reachofthe Taliban, the NewYork by “unknown attackers.” It later Baghlan province, some 120km Taliban-controlledAfghanistan, Times reportedlastweek. clarifiedthat it wasreferringto northofKabul. The anti-Taliban saying it will playa“positive role” The Taliban’s access to other On SE Asia trip, “members of the Afghan army” fighters claimed to have seized inhelpingthewar-ravagedcoun- moneycould also be restricted PAKISTAN involvedinsecuring the airport. three districts in the Andarab tryamidglobalpushbacktostop China Foreign Minister Wang by thelong reachofAmerican Harris says focus 126heldover US President Joe Biden saidon ValleyonSunday,but the Taliban fundingto KabuluntiltheAfghan Yi metTalibanpoliticalchief sanctions and influence. Sundaythe security situationin said Mondaythattheyhad militant group modified itshard- Mullah Baradar in Tianjin, Wang said, “China always must stay on sexualassault Afghanistanwas changing rap- cleared them out overnight. line religious policies. China,onJuly28. Reuters adopts afriendlypolicytowards Afghan evacuation idlyand remaineddangerous. TalibanspokesmanZabihullah In his media briefing on entireAfghan people” and pro- ofYouTuber “Letmebeclear,the evacua- Mujahid said the group’s forces Monday, ChineseForeignMinistry vided substantial assistance to Ambulances and trucks with POLICEINPakistanhavear- tion of thousands from Kabul is have also surrounded nearby spokesmanWangWenbinhitout said, “I want to stress that the US socio- economicdevelopmentto ALEXANDRAJAFFE supplies wait at the Rafah rested126peopleallegedly going to be hardand painful” and Panjshir,the only one of at theUSsaying it is “mainperpe- is the main perpetratorand Afghanistan. SINGAPORE,AUGUST23 crossing betweenEgypt and involvedinthe sexual as- would have been “no matter Afghanistan’s 34 provinces yetto trator” forthe Afghan crisis and biggestexternal factor forthe “Wehopetherewill be an the Gaza Strip. Reuters saultof awomanYouTuber when it began”, Biden said in a fall to thefighters. SeveralTaliban Washingtoncannotleave without Afghan issue. It cannotleave the early end to the chaos and wars US VICE President Kamala Harris on the country’s briefing at the WhiteHouse. opponentshavegathered there, doing anything forAfghanistan’s mess without doing anything.” in the country, it canresume fi- assertedMondaythatthe US Independence Dayatthe “Wehavealong waytogo includingAmrullahSaleh,thevice reconstruction. “Wehope the US will match nancial order at an early date. mustmaintain itsfocus on evac- historic Minar-i-Pakistan, and alot could still go wrong.” president in the toppledgovern- Asked forhis reaction to itswords with deeds and shoul- China willalso playapositive uating Americans and vulnera- Aid groups: afterthe incident sparked Biden said US troops might ment.AhmadMassoud,sonof the commentsbyAfghanistan’s ex- der itsresponsibility to honour role in helping the countryin ble Afghans and shouldn’t get nationwide outrageand stay beyond their Aug. 31 dead- slaincommanderof theNorthern iledcentral bank chief stating itsown commitmentsinhu- self capacity building, peace, distracted by questions over Millions in Syria, drew international con- line to overseethe evacuation. Alliance militias that partnered that the Taliban maygotoChina manitarian assistance andre- reconstruction and improve- what went wrong in the chaotic demnation. The incident British Prime MinisterBoris withtheUSto drive outtheTaliban and Pakistantoreplace the US construction,” he said. ment of peoples' livelihoods,” US exit from Afghanistan. Iraq losing took place on August14 Johnson will urge Biden this in 2001,isalso in Panjshir. forfinancial assistance, Wang Despitethe chaotic end to its he said. PTI Speakingatanews conference when hundredsofyoung- inSingapore,Harrisrepeatedly de- access to water sterswere celebratingnear clinedtoengagewhenaskedwhat Minar-i-PakistaninLahore. Taliban assure they won’t shefeltshouldhave beendonedif- BASSEMMROUE Hundredsofmen can be Afghan ex-president Karzai finds ferentlyinthe withdrawal. BEIRUT,AUGUST23 seeninvideos throwing “There’snoquestiontherewill the young woman in the allow TTP to use Afghan beandshouldbearobustanalysis MILLIONS OF people in Syria and air,tearingher clothes and refuge at anotherhome in Kabul of what has happened, but right Iraq areatrisk of losing access to molesting her. PTI nowthere’s no question thatour water, electricity andfood amid land against Pak: Islamabad focus has to be on evacuating rising temperatures, recordlow AUSTRALIA CARLOTTAGALL Hamid American citizens, Afghans who waterlevels due to lackofrainfall &AUSTINRAMZY Karzai after SAJJADHUSSAIN worked with us and vulnerable and drought, international aid Localgovtkills AUGUST23 an interview ISLAMABAD,AUGUST23 Afghans,” she said. groups warnedMonday. impoundeddogs at hishouse Harris took questions along- The twoneighbouring coun- LAST WEEK,former President in Kabul in PAKISTAN’S INTERIOR minister sideSingaporePrimeMinisterLee tries,bothbatteredby yearsof con- overCovidfears Hamid Karzai stood outside his June. AP on Monday said that the Afghan HsienLoongafterthetwomet for flict and mismanagement, arein ARURALlocalgovernment home in Kabul to recordavideo Taliban have assured the govern- about twohours to discuss issues needof rapidactiontocombatse- in the stateofNew South message, surroundedbyhis ment that theywould notallow ranging from the Covid-19re- vere watershortages, the groups Wales in Australia has put daughters,andsaidthathewould severaldays ago. would be pardoned. their soiltobeusedagainstitby sponsetocybersecurity and sup- said. The drought is alsodisrupt- down15 impoundeddogs stay in the Afghan capital with his Karzai, who since retiring in Saad Mohseni, the director Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistanmili- plychain cooperation. The news ing electricity suppliesaslow wa- inaseemingly extremeat- familytotryto coordinatewiththe 2014 has livedinawell-guarded general of MOBYMedia Group, tants, amidstreportsthat several Afghan families enter conference wasdominated by terlevels impactdams, whichin tempttokeepworkerssafe Taliban forapeaceful transition. government house beside the whichowns the independent TTP terrorists have been released Pakistanthrough aborder Afghanistan, afterthe messy US turn impact essentialinfrastruc- from thecoronavirus. The But even as he has triedto presidential palace, remainedin news channelToloTV,saidthathe in Afghanistanafter the insur- crossing point in Chaman. AP withdrawal sparkedconcerns ture, including health facilities. BourkeShire Councilsaid positionedhimself as amedia- Kabul aftermanyofficialsleft. He hadbeenintouchwithKarzaiand gentsseizedKabul. aboutAmerica’scommitmentsto Morethan12 millionpeoplein it could no longer carefor toratthis crucial moment, his had said thathewas forminga Abdullahand that hisimpression The TTP is abannedmilitant itsallies globally. bothcountriesareaffected,includ- the dogs aftertwo had be- ability to playthatrole is tenu- council of Afghan leaders to ne- wasthatthe meetingsbetween group basedalong the Afghan- and it is in “full contact” with the Harris’ visit to Singaporeand ing 5million in Syria who aredi- come aggressive and after ous. By the time Karzai appeared gotiateaninclusive interim gov- the Taliban and the former lead- Pakistanborder.Ithas carried Taliban on the issue. “The Afghan Vietnam this week is seen as the rectlydependentontheEuphrates the person who regularly in asecond video —recordedin ernment with the Taliban. ers were littlemorethanshow. out anumber of major terror at- Taliban have reassured (us)that firstreal test of theBiden admin- River. In Iraq, the lossofaccessto found newhomesfor the the garden of the formerforeign But he and Abdullah areinan “Theyare consulting them on tacksacross Pakistan. Afghanistan’s land will notbeal- istration’s ability to reassurekey waterfromthe Euphratesand animalsbecame unavail- ministerAbdullah Abdullah — increasingly strainedsituation, general things,” he said —“na- Addressingapressconference, lowedtobeusedinany case by allies of itsresolve. TigrisRiver,anddrought,threaten able. Emma Hurst, astate he appeared less confident and said MuslemHyatt, aformermil- tional unity,reassuring the PakistanInterior MinisterSheikh the TTP,” he said. Lee offeredhis country’s sup- at least7million people. lawmakerfromtheAnimal his speechwas stilted.Abdullah itaryattaché forthe government Afghan public, building national Rashid Ahmedsaid the govern- The minister’s remarks portfor theUSdecisiontowith- CarstenHansen, regional di- JusticeParty,said that the stood beside him in silence. of AfghanistantoLondon. The consensus, but nothing substan- ment had takennote of the re- came afteramedia reportthat draw,however, andsaidSingapore rector forthe Norwegian Refugee councilhadkilledthedogs Karzai found refugewith pressureonKarzai and Abdullah tive on the futuregovernment.” portsthattheAfghanTalibanhave Pakistanhas handedovertothe was“grateful” forthe US effortsto Council, one of the aid groups be- instead of letting volun- Abdullah, twoAfghan officials raisesquestionsabouttheirability An Afghan official said he had setfreesome TTP militants, in- Afghan Taliban alistof“most combat terrorism in Afghanistan. hind the warning, said forhun- teers from an animal shel- said on Monday, afterthe Taliban to work freelytohelp form anew been told thatKarzai’s wifeand cluding itsleading commander wanted terrorists”linked to the He also offeredthe US the use of dredsofthousands of Iraqis and terinanother town come disarmedhis guards and took government despiteTalibansug- children were also with himat Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, after TTP who were still active in SingaporeAir Force’s transport Syrians, the unfolding watercri- and collect them. NYT over security of his compound gestions that former officials Abdullah’shouse. NYT taking over the war-torn country, Afghanistan. PTI planesto helpwithevacuation.AP sis“willsoon become an un- precedented catastrophe pushing moreintodisplacement.”AP US FDA gives full approval to Pfizer vaccine AFTERRECENT DELTA OUTBREAK

hopedthe decision“will help in- China reports no newlocal Covid cases LAURANNEERGAARD& ED Decision crease confidenceinour vaccine, MATTHEWPERRONE likelytoset as vaccination remains the best in the quarterending September. Jakarta reaches WASHINGTON,AUGUST23 PLAIN E toolwe have to helpprotectlives.” RYANWOO& Across China, newdailylo- ● offmandates EX USvaccinationsbottomedout ROXANNELIU cal cases fell to the single-digit ‘herd immunity’, THE US gave full approval to in July. As Deltafillshospital beds, BEIJING,AUGUST23 levellastweek, afterpeaking in Pfizer’s Covid-19vaccine on THE FULL regulatoryapproval shots areonthe rise again —with early August. says official Monday, amilestone that may forthe Pfizer-BioNTech vac- amillion aday givenThursday, CHINAREPORTED no newlo- Since the weekend,authori- help liftpublicconfidence in the cine in the US is expected to be FridayandSaturday.Justoverhalf cally transmitted cases of Covid- tieshave liftedlockdownsinafew Jakarta: Weeksafter the Delta shots as the nation battlesthe followedbyvaccinerequire- of the US population is fullyvac- 19 on Mondayfor the firsttime areas in Beijing, as well as in the variant of the coronavirus ripped mostcontagiouscoronavirus Morethan 200million mentsathospitals, schools cinated with oneofthe country’s since July, asign the current out- Awomanshows her health citiesWuhanandJingmenincen- through Jakarta,the Indonesian mutant yet. Pfizer doses already have and other workplaces. Soon three options, from Pfizer, break maybewaningamid status on aphone at amall tral Hubei province, afterthese capital hasreached“herdimmu- The vaccine made by Pfizer been administeredinthe US afterthe approval, New York Moderna or Johnson &Johnson. Beijing’s ‘zero-tolerance’ stance in Beijing on Monday. Reuters citieshadsealedupsomeareasto nity”, the city’s deputy governor and itspartner BioNTechnow City movedtomakevaccina- Anxious Americans increas- and tough anti-virus measures contain the virus. Sichuan has al- said, ahead of an expected deci- carries thestrongest endorse- tionmandatoryfor school inglyare on board: Close to 6in across the country. lowedtravelagencies to resume sion by thepresident on Monday ment from the Food and Drug fident that this vaccine meets the teachers and staff.The 10 favour requiring people to be Morethan 1,200people have But it spurredauthorities toursto outsidetheprovince,bar- on whether to extend Covid Administration, whichhas never highstandardsfor safety,effec- Pentagon also announced on fullyvaccinatedtotravelonair- been confirmedinfected in an acrossthe country to impose ring placesstilldeemedofrisk. curbs. Formuchoflastmonth, before had so much evidence to tiveness and manufacturing Mondaythatactivedutyserv- planes or attend crowdedpublic outbreak that officials said has counter measuresincluding By contrast, Shanghai placed Jakartawas devastated by the judgeashot’s safety. Morethan quality the FDArequiresofanap- ice members will be told to events, according to arecent poll been mainlydrivenbythe highly mass testing formillions of peo- hundreds of people under quar- outbreak,but in recent weeks 200million Pfizer doses already proved product,” said acting FDA getvaccinated. by The AssociatedPress-NORC transmissibleDeltavariant,which pletoidentify andisolatecarri- antine over the weekend after case numbers have dropped have been administeredinthe Commissioner JanetWoodcock. Center forPublic Affairs Research. wasbrought in from abroad and ers, as well as travel restrictions some fresh infections were re- sharply, while vaccination rates US —and hundreds of millions “Today’s milestone putsusone “Mandatingbecomesmuch causedaclusterinlateJulyinthe of varying degrees. Economists ported, sparking concerns of a have climbed.OnJuly12, Jakarta moreworldwide —since emer- step closer to altering the course countrytofullyapprovethe shot, easier when youhavefullap- eastern city of Nanjing. have said theyexpect to see those fresh outbreak in the city. Still, recordedmorethan 14,600in- gency use beganinDecember. of this pandemic in the US.” accordingto Pfizer,andCEOAlbert proval,” said Dr.Carlos del Rio No deaths have been re- steps cutting intogrowth in the Shanghai reportednonew local fections, but by Sunday the fig- “The public can be very con- The US becomes the first Bourla said in astatement he of EmoryUniversity. AP portedinthe outbreak. world’s second-biggesteconomy infectionsforAugust22.REUTERS urehad fallen to 700. REUTERS

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Since itsJune 7launch, revamped portaldevelopedbyInfosyshas facedissues in generatingpasswords, linking datafor pastreturns,and filing of returns

prompt response to queries. 31.August 15 wasthedeadlineforissuingquar- “The emergency maintenance of the would be largely fixedinthe next fewdays. “I AANCHALMAGAZINE Infosyswas in 2019 awardedthe contract terly TDS certificates fortax deductedforpay- @IncomeTaxIndia portalhas concludedand have been reminding Infosys constantly, and NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 to developthenew system to reduceprocess- ments(other than salary suchasinterestin- the portalislive.We regret anyinconvenience NandanNilekanihasbeenmessagingmewith ing time forreturns from 63 days to one day come)forthequarterendedJune.Thelastdate causedtotaxpayers.” Earlier that day, it had assurancesthatinthenextcoupleof days they AFTER OVER two-and-a-half months of con- and expediterefunds. of making payment underVivad Se Vishwas tweeted: “The @IncomeTaxIndia portalcon- will sort out themajority of problems.” tinuing glitches in the revampede-filing por- (without additional charges) is August31. tinues to be under emergency maintenance. talofthe Income TaxDepartment, and itsun- Whatare the issues? We willpostanupdateonce the portalisavail- Have other government portals faced availability over the lasttwo days,Finance Within hours of itsJune 7launch, the por- Howhas the government intervened? able again fortaxpayers. We regret the incon- similar issues? Ministryofficials held twomeetings with talstartedto faceissuessuchasinabilityto gen- In June, the morningafter the launch, venience”. On Saturdayithad tweetedthat Infosyshad earlier been appointed by the InfosysMD&CEO Salil Parekh on Monday. erateanOTPforAadhaarvalidation,password Sitharaman tweeted: “The much-awaited e- the portalis“currentlyinaccessibledue to government and itsagencies foranumber of Finance MinisterNirmalaSitharaman sum- generation glitches, failuretolink old datafor filing portal2.0 waslaunchedlastnight at plannedmaintenance”. IT projects —including the $50 million con- monedParekh —the second meeting in two pastreturns, and problems in filing returns. 20:45hrs.Isee in my TL grievances and On June 19,atthe 40thannual general tract to implementthe Ministry of Corporate months —toexplainthe reasons forthe con- The problemshavenow expandedtoinclude glitches. Hope @Infosys&@NandanNilekani meeting of Infosys, COOPravin Raohad said, Affairs’ MCA21v2portal, and aRs1,380crore tinuing glitches, and has nowgiven Infosysa errorsininterestcalculation,incorrectcaptur- will notlet down our taxpayers in the quality “Weare deeplyconcernedwith the initial in- contract to develop the IT backbone forthe deadline of September 15 to resolve these. ingof detailsfromForm16,andinabilityto add of service being provided. Ease in compliance Finance MinisterSitharaman has given convenience that the newe-filing portalhas GSTNetwork.Inall threeprojects, Infosys’ details fortax exemptionfor trusts.Individual forthe taxpayershould be ourpriority.” InfosysaSeptember 15 deadline. PTI causedthe users and arecommittedto resolv- productssaw performance issues. What is the newincometax portal? taxpayersalso complained about theirITR-1 Nilekani, the Infosyshead, tweetedback: ing all the issues at the earliest,” he had said. The GSTN projectfacedglitches with laws TheIncome TaxDepartment in Mayan- notbeingacceptedevendays aftersubmission, “The newe-filing portalwillease the filing On June 22, Sitharaman calledameeting and procedures being changed frequently af- nouncedthe launchofits newe-filing portal inability to e-verify the ITR afterfiling, Form processandenhance theend-userexperience. OnSunday,ascomplaintscontinued,theI- with keyofficialsofInfosys, including Parekh terthe rollout. Some of the problemswere http://www.incometax.gov.in on June 7. It said 26AS details notgetting automaticallypopu- @nsitharaman ji, we have observed some TDepartment tweeted: “MinistryofFinance and Pravin Rao, andaskedthemto addressall ironedoutaftertaxofficialswere appointedto the“newtaxpayer-friendlyportal” would be lated,and the portalnot havingasecurecon- technical issues on dayone, and areworking has summonedShSalil Parekh,MD&CEO issueswithoutfurther loss of time, improve explain the frequent changes to the project integrated withimmediate processing of nection and taking time to load properly. to resolve them. @Infosysregrets these initial @Infosyson23/08/2021toexplaintohon'ble their services, and redress grievances on pri- vendor.Suchprojects includingthe I-Tportal Income TaxReturns to issue quickrefunds to The persisting issues have ledtocalls by glitches and expectsthe system to stabilise FM as to whyevenafter 2.5 months since ority.During the meeting, Infosyssaid it has arelearnt to have undergone a“user accept- taxpayers, with all interactions and uploads charteredaccountantsand taxpayers forfur- during the week.” launchofnew e-filing portal, glitches in the been working to fixthe technicalissues. At ance test”, whichisunderstood to have been or pending actions to bedisplayedonasingle therextensionof filingdeadlines.Theduedate Consequently, theI-T Department had to portalhavenot been resolved. In fact,since leastfiveissues —e-proceedings, Form cleared by the IT Department, prior to being dashboard. The portalwas to alsohavefree forfilingITR by taxpayers notcovered under allowmanual filing of remittance forms and 21/08/2021the portal itself is notavailable.” 15CA/15CB, TDS statements, DSC, viewing of givenago-aheadforafull-fledgedlaunch.Such ITR preparation softwareavailable with inter- audit wasearlier extendedtoSeptember 30 extend due dates forelectronic filing of forms Infosysthen tweetedthe portalwas “live”. pastITRs —wereexpected to be resolvedin testingtakesplaceatthefinalstageofsoftware active questions to helptaxpayers forsome from July31, fortax audit cases to November related to intimationbypensionfunds and InfosysIndia Business, the Twitter handle of about aweek,anofficial statement had said. developmentwhenuserstest if itisableto per- categories, along with anew call centrefor 30,and fortransfer pricing cases to December sovereign wealth funds. InfosysIndia Business unit, said on Sunday: Lastweek, Sitharaman said the glitches form the tasksinreal-worldsituations.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Covid-19 testing for airport arrivals: TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at leastone dose) how rules vary from state to state 45,15,13,534 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose

80,00,000 52,16,759 PRANAVMUKUL 3,02,334 NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 PRIORTESTING,FULLVACCINATION,ORNOREQUIREMENT 7,57,884 AS MORE and morepeople getvaccinated 40,00,000 across the country, an increasing number of 13,90,188 states arenow offering exemption from RT- Mandatorypriortest Rulesbasedonoriginanddestination PCR testing requirementstovaccinated passengers traveling intotheir jurisdictions. In STATECONDITION 0 STATETHE ROUTE THE RULES addition to Covid-19 testing requirements, a AndamanTestmax. 48 hr prior LAST 10 DAYS (daily) number of states arealso doing away with Aug13Aug 22 BiharToDarbhanga, from Delhi,Test72hrprior,otherwise quarantine rules forthose who arefullyor Chhattisgarh96hrprior Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjabnot mandatory partiallyvaccinated againstCovid-19. But de- Jharkhand 72 hr prior spitethe economyhavingopeneduppro- COVISHIELD COVAXIN Gujarat MandatoryinSurat, In Surat, eitherfullyvaccinated TOTAL DOSES gressively, the rules that have been put in Ladakh 96 hr prior no requirement elsewhereortested72hrprior place across states present amishmash of dis- 87.5% 12.4% Mizoram48hrprior;else, Jammu& MandatoryinJammu, In Srinagar, RATonarrival if 58,25,49,595 cordant stipulations that could end up con- RATplusRT-PCR fusing air travellers. KashmiradvisedinSrinagar without RT-PCR certificate (SputnikV's6,92,899doses Tripura72hrprior WhyisRT-PCRtestingimportant for Karnataka Mandatoryfor arrivals Test 72 hr prior notrepresentedinpie) travellers? from Maharashtra, Kerala Severalstate and city administrationshad Exemptioniffullyvaccinated DOSES ON AUG 22 10,60,218 imposed the requirement forpassengers to Tamil Nadu Mandatorytestifarriving Forthosenot vaccinated, test from Kerala. Exempt if fully72hrprior have their RT-PCR testsconducted 48 hours STATEIFNOT FULLY AUG 21: 53,72,027 (1ST DOSE:34,52,188 ;2nd:19,19,839) before travelling -orsooner -toprevent any- vaccinated VACCINATED one infected withcoronavirus from travel- West Bengal Exempt if fullyvaccinated,Test72hrprior forarrivals ling intotheir jurisdictions. With the inocu- Assam Test on arrival; for exceptifarriving from Pune, from Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, INDIAACTIVE CASES 3,33,924 lation drive gaining momentum, several Meghalaya exemption, Assam Mumbai or Chennaiother non-vaccinated fliers states have done away with this requirement. requires prior test and vaccination 4,00,000 Howare states updating their travel guidelines? ChandigarhTest72hrprior; RulesinUttarPradesh While some states have completely done Kerala in Rajasthan, 3,87,673 3,33,924 away with anytesting requirement, some are Punjabexemptifeven JOURNEY ORIGIN/DESTINATION THE RULES 2,00,000 exempting passengers who have been vac- Rajasthan 1dose taken cinated from getting tested before travelling. Sikkim Arriving in Lucknow, from Sikkim, Mandatorytesting within 96 hr However, thereare still anumber of states Manipur, Nagaland, Kerala,Meghalaya,oftravel Goa Test 72 hr prior; and cities that arecompulsorilyseeking RT- Mizoram, Arunachal, Tripura. Maharashtra 0 PCR test certificates—insome caseseven Maharashtra2nd dose at least LAST 10 DAYS when the passengers arefully-vaccinated. Manipur15days prior LandinginAgraTesting on arrival Aug13Aug 22 Uttarakhand (14daysfor Goa) Is thereaset of centralguidelines for Arrivals in Varanasi or BareillyExemptiffullyvaccinated;ifnot, Note:The August22figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on August23 Nagaland Test 72 hr prior;if1 vaccinatedtravellers? testing within 72 hr While the Union government has advised dose taken, 7days To Kanpur,fromDelhi Testing on arrival INDIATOTAL CASES 3,24,49,306 states that those who arefullyvaccinated do home quarantine Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare,updated at 11 pm on August 23 notneedRT-PCRtestcertificates to travel, some states have continuedtoinsistfor pre- NO REQUIREMENT: Andhra Pradesh,Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana arrivaloron-arrivaltesting. Delhi’snewsmogtower:thetechnology,theimpact,theevidence

IIT-Bombayhas collaboratedwith the area, officials said. scaleoutdoorair-purification system in ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND Americanuniversityto replicatethetechnol- 1,000CUBICMETRESOFFRESHAIRPERSECOND India. Small smog towers have been raisedin NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 ogy,whichhas been implemented by the Supreme Courtorder Netherlands and SouthKorea; larger ones commercial arm of Tata ProjectsLimited. In 2019,the SupremeCourt directedthe have been setupinChina. AHEAD OF itsinfamoussmog season,Delhi Polluted air is sucked in at aheight of 24 Height of Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB)and Experts said thereisn’t enoughevi- on Mondaygot a'smog tower', atechnologi- m, andfiltered air is releasedatthe bottom canopy: the Delhi government to comeupwith a dence that smog towers work. POLLUTED AIR IN calaidto helpcombatairpollution.How does of the tower, at aheight of about 10 mfrom 6metres plan to install smog towers to combatair “Wehaven’tcome across anyclear a'smogtower' likethe one inaugurated by the ground. When the fans at the bottom of Total pollution. The courtwas hearing amatter datathat hasshown that smog towers Chief MinisterArvindKejriwalbehindShivaji the toweroperate,the negative pressurecre- height: related to air pollution in the nationalcapi- have helpedtoimprove the outdoor am- FILTERS: 24 metres Stadium Metrostation work? ated sucks in air from the top. The 'macro' 5,000,in Height of taldue to stubble-burning in Punjab, bient air quality of acity,either in India or layerinthe filter traps particlesof10microns 2layersinside towerfrom Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. IIT-Bombay otherparts of theworld. Howdoyou filter Components of tower and larger,whilethe 'micro' layerfilters thetower ground: then submitted aproposalfor the towers to air in adynamic scenario, when it is nota Thestructureis24mhigh,aboutasmuch smaller particles of around 0.3 microns. 18 metres the CPCB. In January2020, the Supreme confinedarea?” AnumitaRoychowdhury, as an 8-storey building —an18-metrecon- The downdraftmethodisdifferent from Courtdirectedthat twotowers should bein- executive director of research andadvo- cretetower, toppedbya6-metre-high the system usedinChina, wherea60-metre stalledbyAprilasapilotproject. cacy at the Centrefor Science and canopy. At itsbaseare40fans,10 oneachside. smogtowerinXiancityusesan‘updraft’sys- The smog toweratConnaught Place is Environment, said. Eachfan candischarge 25 cubicmetres tem—air is suckedinfromnear the ground, FILTEREDAIR the firstofthese towers. The second tower, Dipankar Saha, former additional direc- persecondof air, addingupto1,000cubicme- andispropelledupwardsby heatingandcon- OUT: 25 cubic being constructed at Anand Vihar in east tor, CPCB,and former head of the air qual- tres per second forthe towerasawhole. vection. Filtered airisreleasedatthe topof Delhi with CPCB as thenodal agency,is ity monitoring division in Delhi, toosaid metres of air per Image: Inside the towerintwo layers are5,000 fil- the tower. nearing completion. therewerenoprovenefficiency calcula- second 40 FANS: 10 on eachofthe four sides Tata Projects ters. The filters and fans have been imported Since 2009, an increase of 258%to335% tions on suchinstallations. “Wewould have from the United States. Likelyimpact had been observed in theconcentration of to control emissions at the ground level, Computational fluid dynamics model- PM10inDelhi,a2016reportbythe CPCB notcreateemissions and then trytoclean Howitworks ling by IIT-Bombaysuggeststhe towercould conditions, and howlevelsofPM2.5 vary ity,will bemeasuredconstantly, andwill be noted. But the mostprominent pollutant in it,” he said. The toweruses a'downdraftair cleaning have an impact on the air quality up to 1km with the flowofair. displayedonaboardatopthe tower. Delhi andneighbouring areas is PM2.5,the Delhi has three smaller air purifiers system' developedbythe University of from the tower. The actual impactwillbeas- An automated SupervisoryControl and Monitors will soon be installed at vari- reportsaid. (about12feettall)installedbythe Gautam Minnesota, said AnwarAli Khan,seniorenvi- sessedbyIIT-Bombayand IIT-Delhi in atwo- DataAcquisition (SCADA) system in the ous distancesfromthe towertodetermine Gambhir Foundation in Krishna Nagar, ronmental engineer,Delhi Pollution Control year pilotstudythat will also determine how towerwill monitor air quality.Levls of PM2.5 itsimpact at these distances. The project No evidence so far Gandhi Nagar, and Lajpat Nagar—essentially Committee,who wasincharge of theproject. the towerfunctions under different weather and PM10, besides temperatureand humid- aims to providepurifiedair in a“localised” This is the firstexperiment with alarge- big versions of indoorair purifiers.

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‘MSIL ENTERED INTOAGREEMENTFOR IMPOSITION’ OF EXTRA DISCOUNT CONTROL INTERVIEW:MPCMEMBER&PROFESSOROFFINANCE&ACCOUNTING,IIM-A Amid Covid:‘Toorisky to CCIfinesMarutiSuzuki`200crore keep monetarypolicy highly overdealerdiscountcontrolpolicy accommodative for long’

cial head of MSIL-NCR said in an in the future,” said an MSIL ‘Confrontedwith asituation wherepandemic maybewith Carmaker to email to dealers in 2013. spokesperson. MSIL is one of the ‘takeappropriate Emailsalso showedMSIL im- 14 automobilemanufacturersthat us formanyyears while economycontinues to pickupsteam’ posedaRs1-lakh penalty on a were finedRs2,544 crorebythe actions under law’ dealership in Kerala fordiscounts CCI fornot making spareparts for ON AUGUST6,whenthe six- eralisedmonetary easing. on aRs4,500 basic kit. Multiple their automobiles available in the member Monetary Policy emails from MSIL to dealers also open market in 2014.The CCI has Committee(MPC)met,onemem- Will areversalofpolicy ENSECONOMICBUREAU highlighted an increasing sched- alsoorderedasimilarinvestigation ber, JAYANTH VARMA,differed stance impact afaster NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 ule of penalties forviolating dis- intoHonda Motorcycle and withtheothersandarguedfortak- recovery in growth? countcontrolpolicieswithpenal- Scooter India forrestrictingdis- inga“hardlook”atcontinuingthe Recovery from the pandemic THE COMPETITION Commission ties ranging Rs 50,000 forafirst countsoffered by dealers. accommodative monetarypolicy isprogressingreasonablywell.But of India (CCI) on Mondayfined Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Manesar,Haryana. File violation, Rs 1lakh forthe second The CCI rejected contentions andsaid“easymoneytodaycould eventhepre-pandemiceconomic Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) and Rs 2lakh forthe thirdand by MSIL that the companyacted lead to high interestrates tomor- situation wasone of economic Rs 200crore forrestraining deal- everysubsequent violation. MSIL only as athird-partyadjudicator row”. Varma, professor of finance weaknessthatrequiredmonetary ersfromofferingdiscountstocus- Agencies(MSAs) andenforcedthe extracashdiscounts. also recommendedinone email foragreements among dealers, andaccounting,IIM-Ahmedabad, accommodation. Anegative real tomers beyond those prescribed same through the imposition of The investigationintoMSIL's that anydirect sales executive sayingthecompanydirecteddeal- spoketoGEORGEMATHEW interestrateofabout1-1.5percent by the company. The CCI asked penalties,”theCCIsaidinitsorder. conductbythe director general of caughtviolatingthediscountpol- ers to paypenalties andhow such about inflation, growth and inter- is warranted andthe repo rate of MSIL, the country’s largest car The ordedaddedMSIL hired the CCI found aseries of emailsin icy twice be "sacked" and"black- funds would be used, suchasfor estrates.Edited excerpts: 4per cent is consistent with that. manufacturer to cease and desist MSAs to conduct mysteryshop- whichthecompanydirecteddeal- listed" from theMSILnetwork. advertisements.Thecompanyalso Persistent high inflation means from itsdiscount control policy, pingauditsandthenfineddealer- ers to offeronlyprescribed dis- Theinvestigationalsoshowed threatenedcertain dealers with Youhad recentlymentioned thatthe monetary accommoda- under whichdealershipsand in- shipsandemployeesitfoundto be countsand threatened dealers email exchanges in whichdealers stoppageofsupplyforofferingad- that the balance of risk and tion has to be somewhat re- dividual employees giving extra offering additionaldiscounts. with penal action. "It has come to sought permission to offerdis- ditionaldiscountsaccordingto the rewardisgraduallyshifting strained, and, therefore, a discountscould be penalised. The CCI order cited an exam- my notice that some dealers are countsabove those prescribed by CCI. “Suchapractice of RPM by andthis meritsahardlook at Excessivelylowrates markedlymorenegative real in- “MSILnotonlyenteredintoan ple in whichMSILpenalisedadi- tryingto dosomeviolationof mar- MSILandwere deniedpermission MSIL causedanappreciable ad- the accommodativestance. increaseinflationary terest rate isinmy viewtoorisky.I agreement with itsdealers across rect sales executive Rs 5,000 and ketdiscipline norms ... as the to give additional discounts. verseeffectoncompetitionwithin Do youthink the loose expectationsthatleadto am arguing forraising money India forthe imposition of dis- dealership Rs 50,000 forgiving a month-endisapproaching.Letme "Weare examiningthe order India. It loweredinter-brand and money policy is adding to marketratestowardsthereporate countcontrolpolicyamountingto Rs 1,850 discount on accessories. inform youthat we will merci- and will take appropriateactions intra-brand competition and led inflationarypressures? higherinflationwithalag, of 4per cent from the current ul- RPM (ResalePrice Maintenance), Theorderalsocitedacaseinwhich lessly initiate Multiple Penal under law. MSIL has always to productsnot beingofferedtothe Thebalanceof riskandreward andaninflation-targeting tra-lowlevel of 3.35per cent,and but also monitored thesameby adealershipwasfinedRs2,00,000 Action, if required,tostopthis workedinthebestinterestsof con- consumers at best prices,” the CCI is graduallyshifting because of MPCisthenforcedto thenkeepingthereporateat4per appointing MysteryShopping forarepeat incidence of offering menaceatanycost,"thecommer- sumers and will continue to do so concluded in itsorder. changes in howthe pandemicis respondtothiswith cent as long as possible. impacting the economy. Thesec- harshertighteningthan ond wavewas much more tragic wouldhavebeenneededif Can youexplain whyyou SECTOR WATCH thanthefirstintermsof thedeath ithadactedearlier” differedwith other members ‘Almost52% IPO investors sold Gujarat,Rajasthanand toll,butitwasmilderthanthefirst on the reverse repo rate?You URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANKS Maharashtra in terms of economic impact.Asa JAYANTH VARMA wantedto bring it within the result, Covid-19 is beginning to remit of MPC and arguedfor shares on listing dayinQ1’ Clientswhomade look more likeaneutron bomb phasednormalisation of the 61% online thatkillspeoplebutdoesonlymild ing foraglidepath that provides width of the corridor. RBI panel for 4-tiers, Almost52% of IPO investors sold shares on listing dayin subscriptionforIPOshares damagetothe productivecapac- greater certainty of keeping infla- No,Idid notask forittobe Q1FY22, while another 20% sold within thefirst week of ity of the economy.Weare thus tion within the band. broughtwithinthe MPC remit. I listing, aMotilal Oswal Financial Services analysis showed Online confrontedwithasituationwhere arguedinstead that by including umbrella organisation 68% penetration the pandemic maybewithusfor Do youthink the thelineaboutthereversereporate receivedbyGlenmark manyyearswhile the economy accommodative stance is the in the MPC statement instead of Lifescienceswithclients, continuestopickupsteam.Itistoo real reason behind the stock the Governor’s statement, the ENSECONOMICBUREAU The committeeis highestamongallIPO riskytokeep monetary policy marketboom? MPCis insomesensebeingasked MUMBAI,AUGUST23 headedbyformer RBI highlyaccommodative foralong Idon’t want to wade intothis to take responsibility foritand, ‘PREFERABLEINVESTMENT horizon in suchasituation. And debate. therefore, adiscussionofthis rate THE RESERVE Bank of India’s DeputyGovernor NS AVENUE’:Manycompaniesplan potential rewards arelowerbe- is necessary. (RBI’s) expertcommittee on Vishwanathan toraisemoneythroughprimary cause the economyisnolongerin Youhad differedwith other urban co-operative banks marketsintheremainderofFY22. thedirestraitsthatitwaslastyear. members of the MPC in the Youhad said easy moneytoday (UCBs) has suggestedafour- Witheconomicturnaroundtaking Adding to therisksisthe issue recent meeting. Areyou saying could lead to high interestrates tiered structuretoregulate four tiers forregulatorypur- shapeandfavourablegeneral of inflationaryexpectations. If the that thetime forinterestrates tomorrow. Can youelaborate? them,basedonsizeof deposits. poses:Tier1withallunitUCBs marketconditions,IPOisexpected MPCiswrongly perceivedtobein- to go up is fast approaching? This is thorough theexpecta- Thecommittee,headedby andsalaryearner’sUCBs(irre- toremainapreferableinvestment adequatelyconcernedaboutinfla- The actualinterestrates in the tionschannel.Excessivelylowrates former RBI Deputy Governor spective of depositsize)andall Initialpublic Shareof avenueforFY22 tion,thenevenatransientsupply- moneymarketare well below4 increaseinflationaryexpectations NS Vishwanathan, has pro- otherUCBshavingdepositsup ~64%offering ~66%overallIPO driveninflationaryshockcould per cent;theyare in fact close to that lead to higher inflation with a posedsetting up an umbrella to Rs 100crore,Tier 2with (IPO)clientswhoappliedforat clientswhohavebeen Source: MotilalOswal becomepersistentbecauseof self- the reverserepo rate of 3.35per lag,andaninflationtargetingMPC organisation(UO)tooversee UCBsofdepositsbetween Rs leasttwosuchpublicissues onboardedfromthreestates— Financial Services/PTI fulfillingexpectations.Inflationary cent. Iwould likemoneymarket is then forced to respond to this co-operative banks and sug- 100crore and Rs 1,000 crore, pressures arebeginning to show ratestorise closer to 4per cent.I with harsher tightening than gested that they should be al- Tier 3with UCBsofdeposits ~5.7 lakh: Investorclients of Motilal who subscribed 40: Newlistingssofar this year,that signs of greater persistence and it am, however, keen on keeping would have been neededifithad lowedtoopenmorebranches betweenRs1,000croreandRs to initialshare-sales in first four months of FY22 have raked in around Rs 68,000 crore appearsthatinflationaryexpecta- market interestrates at around 4 actedearlier.Ofcourse,Ididnotin- if theymeetall regulatoryre- 10,000 croreand Tier 4with tionsmay be becoming more per cent foraslong as possible. vent this idea that easy moneyto- quirements. UCBsofdepositsmorethanRs widelyentrenched. Afteraverag- daycouldleadtohighinterestrates In itsreport, the panelsaid 10,000 crore. “TheUOshould ingabove 6percentin2020-21, in- Youhad mentionedinthe MPC tomorrow. MiltonFriedman ex- theRBI should nothesitateto be financiallystrong and be Flag non-tariff barriersinexports:Goyal flation is forecasttobewellabove meetthatthe pandemic has plainedthe phenomenon very use the routeofmandatory well governed by aprofes- 5per cent in 2021-22, andisnot been devastating forweaker clearly manydecades ago. mergerto resolve UCBsthatdo sional boardand senior man- enessandhelpthecountryrealise expectedto dropbelow5percent sections and affluent segment notmeetthe prudential re- agement,bothofwhich arefit ENSECONOMICBUREAU anambitiousmerchandiseexport even in the firstquarterof2022- has weatheredthe storm. Do What’s your assessment on quirements. Beginning 2004- and proper,”itsaid. NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 target of $400billion forFY22, 23, according to RBI projections. youthink the government and private capex? Whyisitnot 05 till March 2020, UCBs have Asanalternative to manda- Goyalsaid,“Thekey to successisto regulators will have to change picking up despitelow rates? undergone 136mergers, with tory consolidation, the CONCERNED ABOUTprotection- focus on goals, notobstacles.” Do youthink there’s aneedto theirstrategy forequitable and Ithink capacity utilisation is Maharashtraaccounting for Committee preferredsmaller ismbystealth adoptedbysome Whileaddressingameetingof changethe strategy to bring it fair upliftmentofall sections? slowlyinching up to thelevels overhalfofthem, closelyfol- banksacquiringscale via the nations, Commerceand Industry variousindustryassociations on to the4%targetatthe earliest? Myargumentisthatfiscalpol- wherenew capacityexpansion lowedbyGujarat. networkofthe UO, whichis MinisterPiyushGoyalonMonday promoting exports, he added: Iprefertoframe thisinterms icy measures likeDirectBenefit becomes attractive.Hence,Ire- According to thecommit- oneof thesuccessfulmodelsof askedindustryassociationsto flag “India has receivedthe highest of risk.Thereisaband of uncer- Transfersareactuallyreachingthe mainhopefulthatcapexwillstart tee, basedonthe cooperative- astrong financialcooperative non-tariffbarriers facedbyex- Commerce Minister ever FDI inflowin2020-21.It tainty around the 5per cent fore- weakersectionsof thesociety,but picking up. My statement argues ness’ of the banks, availability system globally. portersinvariouscountriessothat Piyush Goyal. File surgedby10percentto $81.72 bil- castparticularly atsuchlonghori- monetary policy cannotdoso. that astable macroeconomic en- of capital and other factors, Full report on the Centre can firm up appropri- lion and FDI during May2021is zons. So, the riskthat theactual So, Ithinkthat pandemic re- vironmentinterms of both inter- UCBs maybecategorised into www.indianexpress.com ateresponses wherever feasible. $12.1billion, i.e. 203 per centhig- outcome willgoevenabove 6per lief has to shifttowards more of estratesandinflationrateswould Urging domestic industrytoworkonimprovingits competitiv- her than May2020.” FEWITHPTI centcannotbeignored.Iamargu- targetedfiscalsupport thangen- encouragethis investment. BRIEFLY UAE opens up for Indian tourists, HDFC Bank eyes 5lakh cardsamth Special drive by Oiljumps5% by Feb, ‘restaging existing products’ LIC to revive NewYork: Oilroseover5per with riders: What relaxations are lapsed policies centMonday,withBrentup Hesaiditisexpectingto regain 5.6percentto $68.82andUS ENSECONOMICBUREAU It plans to getbacktoits itslostmarketshareinthe out- Mumbai: LifeInsurance Corpora- WTIcrude 5.8 per cent to India, other countriesgetting MUMBAI,AUGUST23 standingcredit cardsspaceinthe tion of India (LIC) has come out $65.75,amidstrongequities pre-embargo run rate of next 3-4 quarters. The bank had with aspecial revivalcampaign andaweakdollar. REUTERS subjected to rapidtesting within HDFCBANKisaimingto regainits 300,000cards amonth 15.38 million outstanding credit from August23toOctober 22 for PRANAVMUKUL six hours of travel at the airport lostmarket shareacrosscardseg- in next 2-3 months cards in the market at the end of individual lapsedpolicies. NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 and alsoupon arrival. mentsinthenextthree-fourquar- lastNovember (pre-embargo), “Inviewofthe prevailing cir- NewLICplan ters afterthe RBI liftedthe ban on but this number fell to around cumstances, concessions arebe- NewDelhi: LIC has intro- THEUNITEDArabEmiratesisnow Arecountries opening up for newcardlaunches. head—payments, consumer fi- 14.82 million at the endofJune. ing offeredinlatefee forother ducedArogyaRakshak,a allowing Indian passportholders travellers from India? The bank planstoget backto nance, digital banking&IT, HDFC RaosaidHDFCBankislooking thantermassuranceandhigh-risk non-linked,non-participat- havingtourist visasto enteritsju- Manynations, including the itspre-embargo run rate of issu- Bank,the lender took the em- to launch newproductsandcards plans,dependingonthetotalpre- ing,regularpremium,indivi- risdiction,GulfNewshasreported. UAE, had closed theirborders ing 300,000cards amonthinthe bargo period as an “opportunity to tapnew segmentswherethere miums paid,”itsaid. dual, health insurance plan However, thereisaridertothe to Indian travellers in the next2-3months.Immediatelyaf- to relook intothe strategy,prod- aregapsinthe existingportfolio. Policies of specific eligible witheffectfromJuly19. ENS west Asian nation’s easing of Ahealthworkertakes aswab backdrop of second surge of terthat, it willlook to issue uctportfolioandcustomerspends “Wewill be also doing restaging plans can be revivedwithin5 travel curbs.The relaxationshave sample forCovid testing at Covid here, and have now 500,000creditcardseverymonth to ensuretheHDFCBankcardbe- existing products—strengthen- yearsfromdateofthefirstunpaid been made applicable to passen- Indira Gandhi International partiallyrelaxed their rules. starting February2022, it said. comes the preferredcardfor the ingoldproductsandsprucethem premiumsubjectto certainterms Banksfined gers carrying passports of India, Airport,New Delhi. File These include the US, which Accordingto ParagRao,group customerstospend”. upwithrelevantchanges,”hesaid. and conditions. ENS Mumbai: The RBIlevieda Nepal,Nigeria,Pakistan,SriLanka is nowallowing studentsto penalty of Rs 27.5 lakh on or Uganda withtouristvisas. enter,the UK,which Dhanlaxmi Bank,Thrissur the aforementioned movedIndia from GeminiEdibles’ and Rs 20 lakh on NE &EC Whichtype of passengers are nations will be sub- its‘Red’ listto Eicher board re-appoints Lal MD Railway Employees’ Multi- currentlyallowedtoenter the jected to requireme- ‘Amber’ —meaning `2,500-cr IPO StatePrimaryCo-operative UAEfromIndia? ntsfromrespective no compulsory To seek shareholder nod with revisedremuneration package Bank,Gorakhpur,forcontra- Barring the latestdevelop- emirates. Forexam- institutional put in abeyance vention of norms. ment, onlythose Indian citizens ple, those arriving quarantine —and mainly dueto theproposedrisein withvalidresidencypermitswere into Dubai will need severalEuropean ENSECONOMICBUREAU Lal's remuneration package. NewDelhi: Sebi has put the pro- allowedto enter the UAE, in addi- RT-PCR certificates nations suchas NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 "Theprimaryconcernwithin- posedRs2,500-croreinitialshare- Vilosesusers tion to transiting passengers. with testsdone within 48 hours Germany, France and Spain vestorswasnot Siddhartha'sreap- sale of edible oil major Gemini NewDelhi:Vilostabout42.8 However, with the latestrelax- of travel. Similarly,for residency have also openeduptheir EICHERMOTORSonMondaysaid pointment as ManagingDirector Edibles&FatsIndiain“abeyance”, lakhusersinJune,asitsuser ation,touristvisaholderswillalso visaholders,avalidapprovalfrom borders forIndian travellers. ithas'unanimously'decidedtore- ortheproposedcompensation;it an updatewith the watchdog base shrunk to 27.3 crore, as be able to visitthe UAE, provided the city’s General Directorateof Canada continues to be a appointSiddharthaLalManaging wasthe lackofclarity regarding showedonMonday. per monthly Trai data. PTI theyhaven’tentered or been in Residency and ForeignersAffairs significant exception, whichis Director of the companywithef- theenablingprovisionthatpoten- Sebisaid“issuanceof observa- Indiainthepreceding14 days, Gulf will also be required. notallowing direct flightsto fect from May1,2021, with chan- tiallyallowed payment of remu- tions kept in abeyance” with re- Newsreported,citinginformation Theymustalsoundergo anRT- and from India, but allowing gesinhis remuneration package, Eicher Motors MD nerationupto3per cent of prof- gard to the IPO of GeminiEdibles ChinahaltsIPOs from budget carrier flydubai. PCR test forCovid-19within48 passengers from India to travel aweekafterthecompany'sshare- Siddhartha Lal. Credit:Company its," Eicher Motors chairman S &FatsIndia according to an up- Shanghai:Chinabourseshal- hoursof travelandbeableto pres- indirectlyprovided they have holdersrejectedtheproposal.The Sandilyasaid. 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46-year-old,askateboardingpioneer in SouthAfrica, competed in the teen-dominated sportinTokyo REUTERS PARIS,AUGUST23 run youth intervention and after-school GAURAVBHATT skateprogrammes to keep underprivileged NICE AND Olympique Marseille have been NEWDELHI,AUGUST23 kids away from drugs and gangs. The busi- summonedtoadisciplinary hearing on ness graduatewho nevercared foraproper Wednesdayafter their Ligue 1matchon WITH Abattered skateboardunderhis arm job helps the community with education and Sundayhad to be abandoneddue to crowd and nothing in his pockets,Dallas Oberholzer skills training. Free time is spentturning trouble, said the Frenchprofessionalleague walked intoIsithumba —aZuluvillagebe- abandonedswimming pools intoskate (LFP). The matchatNice's Allianz Rivierawas tween Durban andPietermaritzburg—in bowlsand building ramps. abandoned in the 75th minuteonSunday af- 2001.There, he wowedthe kids with tricks In Tokyo, Oberholzer noticedhow the terMarseilleplayers clashedwithhome fans and flips.Inreturn, South Africa’s skateboard- other skateteams had physios, coaches, and who pelted them with missiles and stormed ing nomad wasgiven apieceofland by the supportcrew. HowAustralian Keegan ontothe pitch. villageelders. Palmer,who wonthe gold medal,isfromthe Marseille midfielder Dimitri Payetwas By 2009, the pieceoflandhad growninto countrywiththe highestpercentageof struckbyabottle thrownbyNicesupport- ahomestead comprising tin-roofed hutsand skateparks, and whyJapan’s rise wasdue to ers as he wasabout to take acorner.After he Frenchclub Nice’s fan(R) kicksMarseille askatepark. Thatyear,the youth campat- the infrastructure. hurled the bottle backatthem, afull-scale midfielder Dimitri Payet. Reuters tracted Tony Hawk,the name synonymous Since returning, he has been working in brawlensuedwhen some of the fans rushed withthe sport. The American wassoenam- downtownCapeTown, converting an old ontothe field. oured by the skillsofthe Zulu kids that he Olympic-size pool in the city bowl intoa "Those fans should clearly neverhave treated to the tunnel and playwas heldup shippedpersonalisedboards out forthem. skateramp. “These willbeattractions for been allowedtoget ontothe pitch," French for90minutes before refereeBenoit Bastien Ayear later, withthe countrygrippedby skateboarding enthusiasts to visitSouth Sports MinisterRoxana Maracineanu told declared the matchabandoned. Nice play- Fifa WorldCup fever,Oberholzerwas skat- Africa. Afterthe Olympics,Iamalso getting BFM TV,addingthatthe troublewas allthe ers had returnedtothe pitchshortlybefore ing down the street whenhewas arrested. calls from Nigeria and other countries to help moreregrettable givenhow sports venues the matchwas called offbut Marseille's line- “I had been arrestedforskatingbefore. This build some skateparks there,”hesays. had been emptyfor severalmonths due to up refusedtojoin them. time, Iwas jailedand asked to paythe bail to “These parks will be training grounds forour COVID-19health protocols. "These incidents Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivere had ap- getout,” Oberholzer tells The Indian Express. continent’s futureOlympians.” areaninsult forsport andfootball." pealedfor calm over the stadium's public ad- “Ten years later,mycountryasked me to rep- The trouble wasalso condemned by dress system during the delaybut angry resent it at the Olympic Games. That’s how ■■■ Christian Estrosi, the mayorfor the cityof Marseilleplayers andstaffrefusedtocarryon. ridiculous skateboarding could be.” Nice. "This violence is unacceptable. Marseille president Pablo Longoria said Skateboarding’s existential crisis —the Sanctions mustbetaken by the Frenchfoot- the club had decidednot to continue with ■■■ counterculture, underground-movement- ball league once theyhavefound out who the matchdespiteadecisionbythe soccer Dallas Oberholzer wasthe oldestmember of Team SouthAfricaand the origins and the mainstream-Olympic spot- wasresponsible," said Estrosi. authorities that playshould resume. Oberholzer,46, competedatskateboard- second-oldestparticipant in skateboarding at the TokyoOlympics. light —doesn’t faze Oberholzer. Ajudicial probeisunderwayinto Revere partiallyblamedPayet and his ing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo. He wasthe old- “It wasalwayscoming, in the last10-15 Sunday'strouble, addedlocal Frenchmedia team mateAlvaroGonzales forthe chaos af- estmember of Team South Africaand the years.Aretherestillhardcore, punkrockdudes reports.The clashes marredthe imageof tertheyretaliated by hurling bottles backat second-oldestparticipant in the youngest Jackson’s dance troupe. underthebridge? Yeah.Thereare alsoskaters France's Ligue 1justasthe league washop- Nice fans and accusedMarseille staffofhit- sport. “I don’t think ever again therewill be Tennis wasthe sportofchoice forthe Mandela basically said to everyone bench-pressing, working on the legs. The Red ing to win moreviewers across the worldfol- ting some of the home players. a40-year-old skateboarder at the Olympics. Johannesburgkid until the familyrented in South Africa, do what you can Bull skaters and the metalheads. That’s great. lowing the arrivalofArgentinesoccer star However, BenoitPayan -the mayorfor You’d be lucky if a30-year-old makes it. So, Thrashin' one night. The1986film is acom- do, sharewhatyou have.All Idid Iwant everyperson to have the choice to feel Lionel Messi at Paris St Germain. the city of Marseille,backedhis club's deci- it wasjustlovelythatthe introduction to ing-of-agetaleofwarring skateboarding was share what Ihad, which was free in their body,and thesporttogrow.” sionnot to resume the match. "Proud of my skateboarding wassuchamixed bag of peo- gangs. It leftOberholzer,and abunch of skateboarding and the culture. It Playheld up for90minutes team fornot being prepared to take partin ple,” he says. SouthAfrican preteens, dreaming of surfing helped me get over my Apartheid Last, but notleast Players from both Nice and Marseillere- this masquerade,"wrote PayanonTwitter. Oberholzer’s men’s parkevent waswon the sidewalksand bringing the American During thecompetition in Tokyo, the by an 18-year-oldfromAustralia. The com- skatecultureinland. “California dreamin’, upbringing. It was the way to fight young blood turnedupindesigner,sleek binedagesofthe podium in the women’s youknow,”Oberholzer laughs.“We realised the good fight, to show that clothes. Oberholzer sportedthe formal Vinicius rescues apoint for Real vs Levante street andparkeventswere42and 44 re- that this little toy wasalso alimitless tool. It skateboarding is alegit activityto SouthAfrican openingceremonyzebra- spectively. couldtakeyou places, as fast as possible.” keep the youth out of trouble. printed shirt. The kids who grew up on the Madrid: Afterdefending champion goalkeeper because the hosts had already “Theskateboarding universe spinsfast. It had takenhim to 50 countries but with ‘howto’ videos and slow-mo tutorials, Atletico Madrid edgedElche to add to its made all five substitutions, but he didn't Things aremoving faster and getting more little to showfor it.Hemoved to Durbanto DALLAS OBERHOLZER showedbravado and dexterity. winning startinthe Spanish league,Real have to makeany savesinthe remainder technical. Theseyoung athletes from the train at aTonyHawk-designedskatepark. SKATEBOARDER, SOUTH AFRICA Oberholzer,who has been skating since Madrid couldn't overcome aLevanteside of regulation and stoppage time. start, they seethingsthat arereally good,” he The search forambition and direction before manyofthe trickswereevenin- that wasforcedtofinishthe matchwith Madrid had openedthe scoringin says.“Whereas when Istarted,weaimed for brought him to Isithumba, whichremains and stirredintoaction once Nelson Mandela vented,was in stark contrastwithhis adefender as itsgoalkeeper. the firsthalf with Gareth Bale, butthe thingsthat areveryaverage now. Their pro- his on-and-offshelter. came to power. smooth, relatively-safer runs. It meant he Atletico won1-0 at home in the re- visitors had to come from behind twice gression, their trajectoryisjustthrough the “I am the onlywhite person in a30kmra- “Mandela basicallysaid to everyone in finishedlast, but he wonsomething much turnoffans to theWanda Metropolitano afterhalftime to salvage thedrawwith roof compared to my steady progression.” dius. Everybody thinksI’m crazy,”hesays. SouthAfrica,dowhat youcan do, sharewhat morevaluable.“My mum is happywithme,” Stadium on Sunday, becoming the only apair of goalsbyViniciusJunior."It's “Everybody wanted to know whyIwantedto youhave. AllIdid wassharewhat Ihad, says Oberholzer,who had earlier remarked team with twowins to begin the league. hardtoexplainwhat happened," Long road to Tokyo live there. My parentstalked aboutthe neg- whichwas skateboardingand the culture. It that qualifying forthe Olympics would per- Then Madrid couldn't managemorethan Madrid coachCarlo Ancelotti said. "We Oberholzer is askateboarder’sskate- atives of livingherebut gotoveritlater.Some helpedmeget over my Apartheidupbring- haps make his disapproving mother proud a3-3 draw even though Levanteplayed gave away twopoints. We were toosoft boarder of the 80s vintage, the ‘OGs’ of the would even say‘it’s good that youare helping,”says Oberholzer. “It wasthe waytofight of his career choice. nearly 10 minutes without atrue goal- entering the second half. We needto game whose skating lingobleeds intothe ing the blacks’but forme, this wasaplace to the good fight, to showthatskateboarding is “She’s also watching skating movies, the keeper.Madrid failedtoget ashotontar- improvedefensively." textsand chats, generouslypepperedwith have fun, to build asafespace forskaters.” alegit activity to keep the youth out of trou- highlightreels from Olympics. She is learn- getafter LevantegoalkeeperAitor Levantehad been the lastteam to de- ‘rad’, ‘gnarly’and ‘sick’. He has fittingly ‘rad’ ble. Ialso wasjustonapersonalmission to ing skating vocabulary,”hesays.“She wanted Fernandezwas sent offinthe 87th minute feat Madrid in the league. Madrid won tales to tell. The time hisjeepgot stuckinthe Personal redemption getitaccepted, because Iwent through so me to stop chasing the dream once. It’s awe- forusing his hands outside the area to stop onlytwo of itslastfiveleaguematches mudinthe Amazon, and he had to fend offa AwhiteSouth African schooledsepa- muchridicule.” some to have her blessings. It’ssuchagood abreakaway. againstLevante. jaguar by ‘roaring, Tarzaning out at the top rately during the Apartheid era, Oberholzer He foundedthe IndigoYouth Movement ending, suchabeautiful lastclosure to every- Defender RobenVezo took over as ASSOCIATEDPRESS of my lungs’. The time he chauffeured Janet found black peers during his skating runs, and IndigoSkate Camp non-profits, which thing I’vechased in my life.”

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BRIEFLY ‘Not bothered by Sania-McHaleenter Gameofthorns criticism’:Rahane Clevelandquarters brushes aside talks Cleveland:India's SaniaMirza and her American partner Christina McHale Top-order woes, of ‘slowbatting’ entered the quarterfinals of the ClevelandChampionships with a middle-order muddle, Leeds:India vice-captain AjinkyaRahane on straightsetswin over Oksana Mondaydismissedcriticism he and Kalashnikova and Andreea Mitu. The injury-strappedbowling Cheteshwar Pujarafacedfor slowbatting Indo-Americanpair triumphedin attack,and absence of during the Lord's Test againstEngland, say- their women's doubles pre-quarterfi- ing theyhaveplayedlongenough to know nals 6-3 6-2 over the duo from Georgia keypersonnel threaten whatsuitsthe team'sinterest. and Romania on Sundaynight. Sania Rahane even laughedoff the flak they and her partner from the USAdomi- England’s comeback facedonsocial media by saying that only natedthematchthoroughlyand never "important people" aretalkedabout. allowedtheir opponents achance to chances in the series Rahane (61off 146balls) and Pujara(45 stageacomebackafter comfortably againstIndia off206)tooknearly50overs to add100 winning the firstset.The second set runsintheirpartnership. wasnodifferent as theywon without "I am happy that peopleare talking breaking asweat to progressintothe SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY about me.Ihavealwaysbelieved thatpeo- quarterfinals of the tournament. AUGUST23 ple talk about important people, so Iamnot tooconcerned aboutthat.It'sall aboutcon- IT CHANGED in about five hours, through tribution forthe team," Rahane said ahead GauravSainireaches India’s tail-endresolve,aidedbyJoe Root’s of the thirdTest, starting hereon AsianJrboxingfinal inexplicable rigidity,and an England batting Wednesday. implosion that came on itsheels. England’s Asked againifcriticismmotivates him, Dubai: Gaurav Saini (70kg) advanced summer couldhavebeen rosy,but it now he said, "Everythingmotivates me.playing to thefinalwhile threeother Indian runsthe risk of being forgettable. forthe countrymotivates me.Iam notboth- boxers entered the last-four stageaf- On thefinaldayofthesecondTest at Lord’s, ered about criticism." tercontrasting victories in the Asian the hosts flirtedwithvictory, whenRishabh Pujaratook 35 balls to getoff the mark Junior Championships in Dubai. Saini Pantwasdismissedandthe tourists slumped at Lord's but his slowinnings along with defeated Kyrgyzstan's Zakirov to 194/7intheir second innings. Alead of 167 England skipper Joe Root during atraining session ahead of the thirdTestagainstIndia. AP thatofRahane's eventuallydid nothurt Mukhammadaziz 4-1 to enter the runsat thetimeandtheworld’s longest tailto India, withthe visitors winningthe match summit clash on Sundaynight. The follow, it wasEngland’s game to lose. Adefeat by awhopping151 runs. tournament is being held simultane- instead has put the side in adungeon. dealt withpressuresituations,” Root said at out of the rescheduledIPL, as he and his wife divedtostopaboundaryonthe fourth day Rahane, in the contextofthe win, said ouslyfor the youth and junior boxers BackinApril, theEngland and Wales apress conference on Monday. preparefor the birth of their second child. of the second Test.A“jarredright shoulder” thathewas pleasedwith the wayheplayed. (both men and women) forthe first Cricket Board (ECB) abolished thenational England’s topthree has Rory Burns and Root wasasked aboutButtler’s likely absence ensuedand although he bowled during "I always believedincontributionand time. Entering the semifinals were selector’s post, making the England team HaseebHameed also.While Burns’ run-scor- (in the final Test also). The skipperexpressed India’s second innings with aheavily- thatcontribution wassatisfying. Ashis (54kg), Anshul (57kg) and head coachChris Silverwood all-powerful ingresembles the fickle English weather, his ignorance. strapped shoulder, Headingleyhas proved "You think about your owngamebut Bharat Joon (+81kg). Ashis out- on selection matters. Afterthe demoralis- Hameedlooked completely undercooked on Moving on to JonnyBairstow, although to be tootough an ask. team performance is ultimate. Youthink punchedTajikistan's RahmanovJafar ing defeat at Lord’s that mighthaveanex- his Test return at Lord’s. He had agolden duck he no longer looks“uninterested”, the mid- Wood wasRoot’sshort-ballenforcer at about your methods, your good innings and 5-0, while AnshulpummelledUAE's tendedrepercussion, the focus shiftedto- in the firstinnings, nervouslypokinginside dle-order batsman has failedtomakehis Lord’s. Bereftofhim, England will have to what suitsyou but ultimatelywhatever Mansoor Khaledinhis quarterfinal wardsSilverwood, with reinforcements the line of astraight half-volleyfrom good form count. He wasthe only batsman to turn to either SaqibMahmood or Craig team needs we focus on that." bout whichwas stoppedinthe first being the need of the hour.But going be- MohammedSiraj.Inthe second innings,he offersupporttoRootinthe firsttwo Tests, Overton. “I feel likeSaqib couldn’t be in a Asked about hisdiscussionwithPujara round itself due to the Indian's dom- yond his rallying crytobounce back,the grafteda45-ball nine, riding on adropped scoringahalf-century in the firstinnings at better place to potentiallyplayTestcricket,” in themiddle,Rahanesaid it wasall about inance.Joon eked out a3-2 triumph head coachhad limited options –Dawid catch. Lord’s. But when situations begged him to Root droppedahint about his preferred hanging in there. "The communication was over Uzbekistan's KenesbaevAynazar. Malan forDom Sibley. grab the game by the lapels, Bairstowfizzled. choice. Mahmood, a24-year-old fast bowler all aboutshorttargets andbuild it on from However, it wascurtains forKrish Pal Middle-order blues It has putgreat pressureonRoot, who has from Lancashirehad been astandout per- there. Cheteshwar,wealways talk that he (46kg)and PreetMalik (63kg). Pal Toporder issues Jos Buttler is yettocrack the red-ballpuz- warmedtothe task admirablybut if England former in the ODI series againstPakistan. plays slowbut that innings wasreally im- wasnomatchfor Uzbekistan's Malan lastplayedaTestin2018. Over the zle. He can be all imperiousinlimited-overs can crumble likethis with himcontributing, But he is yettocut his teethinTestcricket. portantfor us. He batted for 200balls. We Bakhtiyor Yakhshiboev, who out- lastfew years, the 34-year-old left-hander but go almostsubmissivelymuteinTests. one shudderstothinkthe what-if scenario Overton’s Test experience, too, is limited to backeachother. classed him by thesecond round forc- has had been franchise-hopping; from Despite52Tests,itappears he hasn’tfigured of hisrarefailure. onlyfivematches. "Cheteshwarand Ihavebeenplaying ing the refereetostopthe contest. Punjab Kings to HobartHurricanes via this format yet. Most former Englandplay- Moeen Ali gave agoodaccount of him- Sam Curran’s form slump hasadded to sincelong, we knowhow to handle pres- PeshawarZalmi and Comilla Warriors.This ersdrone on and on about howheneeds to self on his Test recall at Lord’s, oozing appli- England’s misery. India’s nemesis in 2018,the sure, howtohandle certain situations. season, however, he hasraised his game in getmoreaggressive andnot turn intoanim- cation in both innings.Asanoff-spinner,he allrounder has scored 59 runs and takenone Whateverwecan't control,weare not Ligamenttearrules first-class cricketand a199 forYorkshire posterinTests but he has been unable to is more than capable, whichhis nine-wicket wicket,atanaverage of 171, in twoTests.Apart thinking about that," he said. The BajrangoutofWorlds againstSussexinJune attestedhis improve- break free of his self-imposedshackles. matchhaulagainst IndiaatSouthampton from the delivery that dismissedVirat Kohli Headingleywillbeanunknown territory ment. Then again, in 15 Testssofar,Malan Perhaps, had his second-innings effort, three years agowould confirm. But Moeen at Lord’s, Curranhas struggledtomakeamark. forthe current Indian team sincenone of NewDelhi :Olympic bronze medal- hasscoredjust724 runs at an averageless wherehefought hardfor 148minutes turned is notamatch-winner likeBen Stokes in the Hisrhythm has been betrayinghim,forcing the players have the experience of playing listBajrang Punia will notcompete than 28. Letalone GeoffreyBoycott or intoamatch-saving knock, he might have longestformat. Some former England play- him to bowl rollers; he has hardlygot theball there. But forRahane, thatisnot something in the upcomingwrestling World Graham Gooch, he is no Graeme Fowler even turnedthe corner.Nevertheless,the situa- ers wanted Root to send an SOStohis deputy to swing back in.Curranisalso having prob- whichisworryingthe side. PTI Championships afterbeing advised (Testaverage 35-plus). At themoment, tion in the seriespresentshim with achance afterthe Lord’s debacle.But the team man- lems with bowling from around the wicket. asix-week rehabilitation to treat the though, England arepinningtheir hopes on to liberatehimself and go forbroke.Will he agement wantstogiveStokesenough time So yetagain, England would be over-re- Iamhappy that people are talking ligament tear he sufferedinhis right thecomebackman againstanIndian pace take it? England needanaggressive Buttler, forhis mental health recovery.“There’s no liant on James Anderson who bowled 54.3 kneeinrun up to the TokyoGames. attackthat is as skilful and aggressive as it is notanunsureplodder in the middle. pressurefromme,” Root said. overs at Lord’s, playing with adodgy quad. about me. Ihave always believed The WorldChampionships will be relentless. Now, Buttler’s possible unavailability for UnlikeEoin Morgan’s white-ball squad that that people talk about important held in Oslo, Norway from October “Dawid would obviouslyoffer us alot of the Ashes Down Under at the end of the year Enforcer ruledout operates likeawell-oiledmachine, Root’s people, so Iamnot too concerned 2-10and Bajrang will notbeable to experience in that topthree. Notnecessarily has become an important topic fordiscus- MarkWood wouldn’t be “fit to play” in red-ball brigade has been lickingtheir about that.” begin his mat training until the re- in Test cricket,but he has playedahuge sion,supersedinghis indifferentform. The the thirdTest, starting on Wednesday. The wounds afterbeing bulliedbyamaraud- habilitationprogrammeiscompete. amount of international cricketnow and wicketkeeper-batsman has already pulled fast bowler pickedupaninjurywhenhe ing India. AJINKYA RAHANE Bajrangrecentlyunderwent an MRI scan to knowthe extent of the injury he sufferedinRussia in June before the Olympics and consulted Dr SA chief coach Boucher apologises for racist songs &nicknames DinshawPardiwala, who heads the Centrefor Sports Medicine at Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhirubhai SOUTHAFRICAhead coachMarkBoucherad- speaking of the U-19coachLawrence Boucher's response: Boucher explained TEAMSELECTION Ambani Hospital. "It's aligamenttear mitted that the national team cultureinhis Mahatlane." that the whiteplayers were "ill- Adams felt off-spinner Symcoxwas pre- and Ihavebeen asked to followare- playing days wasexclusionary, due to players Ashwell Prince recalled hearing deroga- equipped"for post-Apartheid challenges. ferred to him as he waswhiteand "theydid- habilitation programme forsix weeks being "ill-equipped" forpost-Apartheid chal- toryremarksforSouth Africans of Indian her- "Wewerenot only naive but were also n't want me to outshine the whiteplayer by Dr Dinshaw. Iwon't be able to com- lenges. He also apologised"forthe partIplayed itageinthe dressing room. ill-equipped to deal with the new and rather just leftmeinthat corner andsit pete at the WorldChampionship," in joining in with my team-mates in singing "In the 2006-07season, we were playing environment in whichwefound and listen." Bajrang told PTI. Thereisnoranking offensive songs or using offensive nicknames." aday-nightmatchinDurban and afightbroke ourselves." Princerevealedthatduringthe post-World series eventlined up in the remain- AccordingtoESPNcricinfo,Boucher sub- out on the grass banks. Mostofthe people CLIQUEOFWHITEPLAYERS Cup inquirymeeting "one of the players broke der of the year and Bajrang said his mitted a14-pageaffidavit to Cricket South were Indians. Therewereremarksmade like, out and said: 'The problem we have is the seasonisover. "The Worlds wasthe Africa's Social Justice and Nation-Building 'Typical f****** charous, can't behave them- Without naming specific people, quotasystem'.And one or twoothers gained onlymajor championship in the cal- committee. selves, drinkingcheap liquor andcan't behave.' Telemachus, the former pacer,spoke of "the confidence and latchedontothat so it became ender forthis year.Idon't see myself My wifeisIndian. We hadone of the greatest big five".Thisclique,he said,controlledselec- that that wasthe problem in our cricket: the competing in anyother tournament DEROGATORYNAMES,REMARKS managers, who we all respected,inGoolam tion. "Therehas always been this thing that non-white players arethe problem. People this season," he added. Bajrang had PaulAdams,the onlyplayerofcolourin Rajah, who wasIndian." Boucher explainedthat the white thereare no blackbatters. Thereare blackbat- were talking and five or six players said the sufferedthe injuryinthe run up to the 1995, revealedthat he wassubject to racial players were "ill-equipped"for post- ters but theyare notbeing used. Iwas there. same thing." TokyoGames when he competedata stereotyping during his nine-year-old career. Boucher's response: Boucher explained Apartheid challenges. When youare competing with whiteplayers In 2015,Khaya Zondo and severalother Russian tournament -- Ali Aliyev in "I wascalledbrown sh*t when Iwas play- that he "can categoricallysay that did and youare black,youhavenochance.When blackplayers wrotetoCSA,about howDean June. Bajranghad forfeited his semi- ing. It oftenusedtobeasong when we wona notgiveMrAdams the name "brown youare black, youare going to struggle," said Elgar wasslotted intothe XI in place of an in- finals againstAbulmazhidKudiev, game and we were in fines'meetings (team s***" and "does notknowwho gave him bowler Mkhaya Ntinirevealed that he was Bosman. jured JP Duminy, despiteZondobeing the who got hold of the Indian's right leg celebrations afterseries wins). Theywould thename," butconcededthat he was "forever lonely" duringhis playing career. back-up. Zondo waslater told by whiteplay- and pulledhim abruptlyinthe first sing, 'brownsh*t in the ring, tralalalalaa... partofthe group that sang asong in “Nobodyknockedonmydoor to go fordin- Boucher's response: Boucher,who was ers: 'If youweren't so focusedonwriting let- period of the bout. Theimpact Whenyouare playingforyour country, when whichAdams wascalled"brownsh*t" ner.Teammates usedtomakeplans rightin impliedtobepart of the group, ters, youmightbeabetterplayer" and called had an effect on Bajrang's right knee youhavehad that victory, youdon't make and apologisedfor singing offensive front of me, skipping me out. When walking acknowledgedthat same ageand him "postman". and the limping grappler immedi- sense of it, youbrushitoff,but it's blatantly songs or using offensive nicknames." intothe breakfast room,nobodycametosit shared interests ledtoclose friendships. He addeditwas unfortunatethat they Boucher's response: He deniedany atelyquit the mat but competedatthe racist." TEAMCULTURE with me.” Olympics and wonabronze in 65kg Adams also shared aWhatsApp incident Former batsman Loots Bosmansaid most were "portrayed in the hearings by involvement of acliqueinselection, and category. AGENCIES whereaplayerwrote on the group: 'Howlong During an interviewwith South African players refusedtogreet him and lookedthe some witnesses as acynical clique who specificallymentionedthe case of Thami aretheygoingtokeep thatmonkey there', Broadcasting Corporation lastyear,formerfast other way. were involvedinselection. This is Tsolekile, who replacedBoucher when simplynot true." he wasdropped in 2004. ENS TOKYO PARALYMPICS Why there will be 8men &5women gold winners at para javelin

pairment. In other words, therewill be eight deficiency,Leglengthdifference,Shortstature, trains and certifies classifiers to conduct ath- jump Paralympic champions. Therewillbea minor visual impairments). SHAHIDJUDGE men’sand five women’s javelin throw cham- Muscletension,Uncoordinatedmovement, lete evaluation in itssport. Classifiers assess- 100m sprint champion who wins the race MUMBAI,AUGUST23 pionsattheParalympics.Sinceeachdiscipline Involuntary movements, Vision impairment, ing athletes with the various physical impair- while on awheelchair (T54), and anothervi- Can an Olympian also be aParalympian? hasmultiplechampions,thenumberofevents IntellectualImpairment.” ments…havea(Para) medical background sually-impaired100m dash winner who uses Yes. The mostprominent example is WITHTHEcelebrationsof India’srichestmedal goes up. At theParalympics, there will be 540 Eightofthe 10 classificationsare based on and/orare technicalexperts in their sport. aguidetocross the finish line (T11). South African bladerunnerand six-time haulatanOlympicGamesstillcontinuing,an- eventsacross 22 sports –asopposedto339 physicalimpediments, along withone each Classifiers forathleteswith avision impair- nathletics, 49gold medals were awarded Paralympic gold medallistOscar Pistorius. He other setofathletes will compete at the same eventsin33sports at the Summer Olympics addressing intellectual and visual limitations. menthave abackgroundinophthalmologyor at the TokyoOlympics –including the shared competed acrossthree Paralympic Games venuesinTokyointheParalympicGamesthat that endedonAugust8.These numbersin- optometry. Psychologists and gold medal in the men’s high jump. In the ath- (2004Athens to 2012 London). He also startonTuesday. cludethoseavailableinbadminton(14medals) When arethe classificationsmade sportexperts areresponsible for letics disciplineatthe Paralympics, therewill reachedthe men’s 400m semi-final at the

Mostcompetitions aresimilar,but there andtaekwondo(6),thetwonew disciplinesto and who makes the classifications? ED the classification of athletes with be 168eventstowin gold medals in. London Olympics. Polish table tennis player

areclear differences as differently-abledath- have been introducedtothe Games this year. Theclassificationsare made days IN an intellectual impairment.” Similarly in swimming, 37 gold medals Natalia Partyka (bornwithout arightarm)is leteswithvariousphysical,visualandintellec- before anevent,meaningathleteshave were awardedatthe Olympics. Forthe afive-timeParalympicgold medallistwho tualchallengeswillbeseeninaction.Inthein- Whyare thereclassifications and what are to arrive at the venuewell in advance. PLA E Howmanyeventswill be held Paralympics, thereare 146swimming events. also competedatfourconsecutiveOlympic ● terest of faircompetition,classificationscome theybasedon? The reason forathletesbeing classified EX at theTokyoParalympics? So, while CaelebDressel wasthe only gold Games, the latestcominginTokyo. intoeffect,thus ensuring the number of The ideaistoensurethe field among ath- before eachcompetitionisthatthereis The total number of events medal winner in the 50m men’sfreestyle race Another paddler,SandraPaovic from medalsonoffer arefar greaterthanwhat was leteswith impairments is as fair as possible. achancetheirimpedimentmayhavechanged, have gone up forthis edition compared to Rio at the Olympics, there will be eightdifferent Croatiacompetedatthe BeijingOlympics available at the recently-concluded Summer Forexample,itensuresthataone-legamputee making them eligible to compete in adiffer- 2016.Therewillbe540eventsinTokyoacross men’s 50m freestyle winners at the in 2008. However, she wasparalysed waist Games. athlete isnotcompetinginthesamesprinting ent classification.For example,anathlete’s vi- 22 sports,comparedto528 eventsinRio. In Paralympics basedontheir classification(for down afteracar accident ayearlater.She Neeraj Chopra mayhavebecome the event as an athlete racing in awheelchair. sionmaydeteriorateoverdifferenteditionsof comparison,therewere339eventsin33sports example: category S3 is forswimmers with competedatthe RioParalympics in 2016, Olympicchampioninmen’sjavelinthrow,but Theclassificationsarebasedon10impair- theGames. Evaluations aremadebyofficials at the Summer Games in Tokyo. leg or arm amputations, who have severe co- whereshe went on to win gold in the attheParalympicsthereare eightgoldmedals ments.Theyare,accordingto theofficialTokyo called‘classifiers.’ The reasonfor the bigger numbersisthe ordination problems in their limbs, or swim women’s singles C6 (athletes with physical on offerfor men and five forwomen in javelin Paralympicswebsite,“Impairedmusclepower, According to the International Paralympic different classifications. This means that, for with their arms but without their trunksor impairment but competing from astand- throw –basedonthe competitors’levelofim- Impaired passive rangeofmovement, Limb Committee, “Each(International Federation) example, therewill be multiple men’shigh legs, and categoryS13 is forswimmers with ingposition).

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