Like our stories? Have something to share? Send in your bouquets and brickbats to facebook.com twitter.com instagram.com Live TV Live Tv For Generation Ace [email protected] @absoluteindianews @absoluteindnews @absoluteindianews @absoluteindianews VOL. 4, ISSUE 273, NEW DELHI | TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 I 5 I PAGE 08 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM NEW DELHI, MUMBAI AND BHOPAL NATION 02 HOLLYWOOD 06 SPORTS 07 Bengal BJP divided over demand Blackpink's Lisa posts Pacer Mahmood set to replace of division of state... visual teaser of debut solo album ... Wood, Malan also likely in XI... Under-utilised brownfield assets to NIDM warns PMO about third wave of Covid-19 be monetised under NMP:Sitharaman As per an official communique, the top 5 sec- tors in terms of contribution to NMP are roads (27 per cent) followed by railways (25 per cent), power (15 per cent), oil and gas pipelines (8 per cent), and telecom (6 per cent). Team Absolute|New Delhi nly under-utilised brownfield assets will Obe monetised under IT'S OCTOBER the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) of the Centre worth Rs 6 lakh crore, Intro: The study titled "Third Wave Preparedness: Children Vulnerability and Recovery" has details about the possibil- Finance Minister Nirmala ity of Covid-affecting children and the required strategies to deal with the pandemic. The report has underlined that Sitharaman said on Monday. Besides, no land parcels will the "paediatric facilities like doctors, staff, equipment like ventilators, ambulances, etc are nowhere close to what may be taken up under the NMP, bring in private capital which be required in case a large number of children become infected". she said after unvieling the will be used for infra cre- asset monetisation pipeline ation, she said. The NMP The report has called for Team Absolute|New Delhi of Central ministries and estimates aggregate moneti- prioritising vaccination committee of experts constituted under Vax certificate to trial participants public sector entities. sation potential of Rs 6 lakh among children with co- the National Institute of Disaster "In a welcome initiative, According to Sitharaman, crore through core assets of morbidities and a special AManagement (NIDM) has warned of digital #COVID19 vaccina- the NMP focuses on brown- the Central government, over focus on those with disabili- third Covid wave that could peak around late tion certificates will now field assets in which invest- a four-year period, from FY22 October. The committee was set up under the be issued to the clinical ments have already been to FY25. "Asset monetisation, ty. direction of the Home Ministry which had trial participants of COV- made but these assests are based on the philosophy of Even with "strict interven- sought better preparedness for children who ISHIELD & COVAXIN under-utilised. These under- creation through monetisa- tions", the peak of the third might be at high risk. The report has been through Co-WIN. The utilised brownfield assets are tion, is aimed at tapping pri- wave is expected to arrive by submitted to the PMO. nation thanks them for in sectors such as roads, rail- vate sector investment for The report said the third wave is already their incredible commitment & contribution ways, airports, mines, and new infrastructure creation," late October, the experts upon us if we look at the rising R value, the to COVID-19 vaccine research & treatment." power. However, the owner- Sitharaman said. "This is nec- have concurred with earlier reproduction rate of Covid-19, that has Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health ship of the assets will be essary for creating employ- assessments of different insti- increased from 0.9 to 1 over the last week of Minister retained by the Centre. ment opportunities, thereby Sitharaman said that the tutions. Several studies have July. The committee has suggested "a holistic mental health issues among children". It has enabling high economic NMP is necessary for creating spoken of the likelihood of a home care model, immediate increase in pae- mooted structuring of Covid wards in a way shortage of pediatricians in primary health growth and seamlessly inte- employment and triggering diatric medical capacities and prioritising that allows children's attendants or parents to centres and 63 per cent vacancies in commu- grating the rural and semi- third wave but these are esti- high economic growth. safely stay with them through their recovery. nity health centres. The report has called for urban areas for overall public mates. Furthermore, the NMP will The experts in the committee have "a scientific approach coupled with focused welfare." The report has categorically 'India to get 80 cr doses by December' expressed concern over about 82 per cent public spending" to deal with pandemic man- SEPT 15 DEADLINE FOR INFOSYS TO underlined two important agement. Covid vaccine production in India is RESOLVE IT PORTAL GLITCHES points - kids as vulnerable ramped up and the country is likely to get 80 because they haven't been US FDA grants full approval to Pfizer's Covid vax FM during her meeting with Infosys MD and CEO Salil crore Covid-19 vaccine doses for adults Parekh has asked the software major to resolve the issues vaccinated and are more between September and December this Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday gave full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. It is the first Covid-19 vaccine to receive full faced by the taxpayers on the Income Tax e-filing portal by prone to severe infections year, said Prof Narendra Kumar Arora, co- September 15. According to the statement, the minister chair of COVAX facility -- the international approval, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty, the regulator said in a statement. It will be though it can pass the virus used for the prevention of Covid-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. At the sought an explanation from Infosys for the repeated issues vaccine-sharing initiative, here on Monday. faced by the taxpayers.The new income tax e-filing portal to others. However, the other The government aims to administer one same time, the two-shot mRNA- based vaccine will continue to be available under emergency estimates have said the third use authorisation (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age. It will also be developed by Infosys was launched on June 7 in a bid to crore doses per day, and its expected vac- ease the tax filing process and expedite the refund issue. wave may prove to be less cine availability between August and used for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals, FDA said. However, taxpayers have been facing several problems in severe than the second. December is about 135 crore doses. using the portal since its inception. Nitish Kumar leads all-party delegation Maha ATS DIG's to meet PM on caste census Facebook page hacked 'Find a solution' Mumbai: The Deputy Inspector Team Absolute|New Delhi Yadav strongly pressed for the caste-based census. After General (DIG) of the Anti-Terrorism ihar Chief Minister the meeting, Nitish Kumar Squad (ATS) in Maharashtra has SC to Centre on roads blocked due to farmers' Nitish Kumar along said that the Prime Minister lodged a complaint with Facebook over New Delhi: The Supreme Court ments," said the bench. Bwith a 10-member all- the hacking of his Facebook page. listened to the points of every on Monday asked the Centre to find It told Solicitor General Tushar party delegation from the leader.The issue of a caste- Shivdeep Waman Lande, who is cur- a solution to the blockade of roads Mehta, who representing the Centre state on Monday met Prime based census has been a rently posted as the DIG of ATS in in Delhi-NCR, against the backdrop that "You have to find a solution, Minister Narendra Modi to longstanding demand of the Mumbai, said in his complain, "I am of the ongoing farmers' protest they might have the right to a place press the demand for a caste- political parties in Bihar. The running my official Facebook page against the three agriculture laws. to agitate, but the roads cannot be based census. Bihar legislature had twice which is also verified. The page has Noida resident Monicca Agarwaal blocked like this." Leader of opposition in the unanimously passed resolu- more than 750K followers. The page had moved the top court challeng- The bench scheduled the matter Bihar Assembly Tejashwi tions for the caste-based cen- was managed by Manjit Vishal as the ing the road blockade caused by for further hearing on September 20. Yadav, former Chief Minister sus in 2019 and 2020. On admin." He said that his Facebook page farmers protesting at Delhi-Noida "You now have enough time. Please Jitan Ram Manjhi, ministers Mahboob Alam (CPI-ML), was hacked on August 19 and now both the occasions, all BJP border.Saying that she is a single Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy noted pro- work out something," the bench told in the Bihar government Akhtarul Imam (AIMIM), Manjit Vishal has been removed as the MLAs had also voted in sup- parent and also had some medical testors have a right to protest at a Mehta.The farmers have been Janak Ram, Mukesh Sahani and Ajay Kumar (CPI-M) admin.The 2006 batch IPS officer also port of a caste based census. issues, the petitioner claimed that designated space but they cannot protesting at Delhi borders since last and Vijay Kumar Choudhary, were part of the delegation said that he is taking the matter "legal- Caste-based Census other her travel to Delhi was taking two block the outflow and inflow of traf- November.