Rockets Target Kabul Airport Hunt at Tokyo Paralympics Pentagon Warns of ‘SpeciﬁC’ Threats As U.S

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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Avani, Sumit lead India’s gold Rockets target Kabul airport hunt at Tokyo Paralympics Pentagon warns of ‘specific’ threats as U.S. withdrawal winds down Two golds, 4 Reuters Kabul/ washington Rajnath flags silvers, 1 bronze The Pentagon warned on School rules: staggered in kitty till now Monday of a “real” and terror concerns breaks, 50% occupancy “specific” threat of new at The events in Afghanistan NEW DELHI Special Correspondent tacks on Kabul airport, just are raising new questions in The Delhi Disaster Chennai hours ahead of the U.S. dea terms of security, Defence Management Authority has Avani Lekhara and Sumit dline to complete its with Minister Rajnath Singh said. issued a Standard Operating Procedure for reopening of Antil led the golden charge drawal from Afghanistan “We do not want antiIndia schools from September 1. as India gained a rich haul of that has been marred by Is forces to take advantage of The guidelines include 50% medals at the Paralympics in lamic State violence, with the evolving Afghan occupancy per classroom Tokyo on Monday. India the airport coming under situation for crossborder and staggered entry, exit won five medals, with two rocket fire. Raining misery: Taliban fighters examining a damaged car terrorism,” he said. Ī page 9 and lunch breaks. golds, two silvers and a President Joe Biden has after the rocket attack in Kabul on Monday. * AFP DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CITY Ī PAGE 2 bronze. set a deadline of Tuesday to DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD However, the lone sour Victory shot: Avani Lekhara taking aim at the Asaka Shooting withdraw all U.S. forces, media said the attack was greater anxiety for locals al 1,14,400 people, including

note was when Vinod Ku Range on Monday during the Tokyo Paralympics. * GETTY IMAGES drawing to a close his na launched from the back of a ready traumatised by years foreign nationals and Af Probe into riots case mar, who won bronze in the tion’s longest war, which be vehicle. The Pajhwok news of war. “Since the Americans ghans deemed “at risk”, in appears callous: court F52 discus throw category silvers and one bronze, and ter she registered a world re gan in retaliation for the Sep agency said several rockets have taken control of the air an effort that began a day be NEW DELHI on Sunday, was deemed in it is currently placed 26th in cord equalling score of 249.6 tember 11 attacks in 2001. struck different parts of the port, we can’t sleep proper fore Kabul fell to the Taliban A Delhi court has remarked eligible after a disability clas the table. The day started on in the R2 women’s 10 m air U.S. antimissile defences Afghan capital. While there ly,” Abdullah, who lives near on August 15. that probe into a northeast sification reassessment. a rousing note as Avani be rifle standing finals (SH 1). intercepted as many as five were no reports of fatalities the airport, said. Delhi riots case, where houses India’s overall tally stands came the first Indian woman rockets fired at Kabul’s air or airport damage from the The U.S. and allied forces CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 were vandalised and set on MORE REPORTS at seven with two golds, four to win a Paralympic gold af CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 port early in the day. Afghan rocket attacks, they caused have evacuated about Ī PAGES 9, 11 fire by a mob in Gokalpuri, “appears to be highly callous, inefficient and unproductive”. The court ordered framing of charges against one Rohit, Private hospitals lift less than 10% of vaccines 25% of vaccinated health staff who was allegedly part of the mob that undertook rioting and arson in the locality. Only 65% of doses tained from an RTI reply re was 2% to 4%. According to CITY Ī PAGE 2 ceived from the Department the revised guidelines, contracted COVID19: study DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD administered of Health and Family which came into effect on till August 13 Welfare. June 21, the Central govern But none of fection. None of the nearly was led by scientists at the Two dead, 3.63 lakh ment will procure 75% of 600 vaccine recipients, ho CSIRInstitute of Genomics hit in Assam floods Less than 2% share vaccines produced by the them required wever, reportedly required and Integrative Biology GUWAHATI Vignesh Radhakrishnan In 12 States and Union Terri manufacturers. hospitalisation hospitalisation. (CSIRIGIB). It appears as a The flood situation in Assam Chennai tories, including Andhra Pra The remaining 25% can be While previous reports of preprint, and is yet to be worsened on Monday, Private hospitals picked up desh, Rajasthan, Madhya directly sold to private Jacob Koshy similar infections have been peerreviewed. leaving two persons dead and only 9.4% of the COVID vac Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Od hospitals. New Delhi reported in other studies in The timing between the more than 3.63 lakh people cines — Covishield and Co isha, Himachal Pradesh, Bi In the previous policy, In an indicator of the dimin India, this is the first time first and second dose varied, affected in 21 districts. A vaccination drive under vaxin — between May 1 and har and Assam, the share of which was effective between ishing role of vaccines in that such a high percentage but 482 took the second According to an update by way in Delhi on Monday. the Assam State Disaster August 17, though 25% of the * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR doses supplied to private May 1 until June 20, States preventing transmission of has been reported as part of dose within 42 days of the Management Authority, a doses were allotted. hospitals was less than 2% of and private hospitals could the coronavirus, a little over a single study. first. About half the reci person each died in Barpeta Of the 9.4% doses lifted, such doses reached govern the overall supply. directly procure from 50% of 25% of the fully vaccinated The study involved pients had been previously and Morigaon districts. private hospitals had admi ment centres, of which they In eight others, including the vaccine pool. healthcare workers of a Del healthcare workers at the infected with SARSCoV2. NORTH & EAST Ī PAGE 4 nistered 65% by August 13. administered 97%. Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Pun hi hospital contracted a Max group of hospitals in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD On the other hand, 90.6% of The figures were ascer jab and Jharkhand, the share CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 fresh or ‘breakthrough’ in Delhi and Gurugram, and CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8

Punjab and Adityanath bans meat, liquor sale in Mathura

Haryana CMs Press Trust of India to make plans for the ban as that those engaged in liquor Mathura (U.P.) well as for the engagement of and meat trade may take up spar over farm Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister people involved in such ac selling milk in order to revive Yogi Adityanath on Monday tivities in some other trade,” the glory of Mathura that was agitation imposed a complete ban on he said. known for producing huge the sale of liquor and meat in The CM was speaking at quantity of animal milk. VIKAS VASUDEVA Mathura. the Krishnotsava 2021 pro CHANDIGARH “The oﬃcers are directed gramme here. He suggested DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 8 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Haryana counterpart Ma nohar Lal on Monday ex changed sharp words on the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s farm laws and the recent baton charge in Haryana’s Karnal. At a press conference here, Mr. Lal accused Capt. Amarinder (retd) of insti gating farmers. To a ques tion on Capt. Amarinder’s statement asking him to apologise to farmers, Mr. Lal said, “In what authority he is asking me to resign or apologise? Who is he to ask me to apologise or resign? Rather, he should resign for instigating farmers. About 85% of those sitting on Delhi’s borders are from Punjab.”

‘Politically motivated’ Mr. Lal said those agitating and taking law and order in their hands were not farm ers. They were politically motivated people. “The Haryana farmers are happily working in their ﬁelds. Those from Punjab are actually sitting at Tikri and Singhu bor ders,” he said, adding that the Congress and the Com munist party leaders were misleading innocent farm ers and provoking them to create chaos in Karnal as well. The Punjab Chief Minis ter slammed his Haryana counterpart for defending the assault on peacefully protesting farmers by put ting the onus of their agita tion on Punjab, saying Mr. Lal’s remarks had com pletely exposed his govern ment’s antifarmer agenda.

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DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Twelve people Court says probe into riots case arrested for Schools reopening: staggered running illegal ‘appears callous, unproductive’ call centre lunch breaks, 50% occupancy It orders framing of charges against man who was part of mob Staff Reporter NEW DELHI DDMA issues guidelines, students will need parents’ consent to attend classes Staff Reporter Twelve people have been New Delhi arrested for allegedly run Special Correspondent Schools and colleges A Delhi court has remarked NEW DELHI <> ning an illegal call centre should prepare a that investigation into a and cheating people on the To ensure COVIDappro timetable as per northeast Delhi riots case, pretext of offering them priate measures are fol occupancy limit of where houses were vandal personal loans on lowin lowed, the Delhi Disaster ised and put on fire by a mob the classrooms, terest rates under “Prad Management Authority in Gokalpuri here, “appears han Mantri Loan Yojna” in (DDMA) has issued a Stan following COVID-19 to be highly callous, ineffi Rohini, the police said on dard Operating Procedure norms cient and unproductive”. Monday. for reopening of schools and Delhi Disaster Management Additional Sessions Judge Authority guidelines DCP (Rohini) Pranav colleges from September 1. Vinod Yadav made the re Tayal said the call centre’s Schools for Classes IXXII marks while ordering fram manager, Deepak Saini (24) have been permitted to res classrooms following COVID ing of charges against one from Nangloi, is among the ume. The guidelines include norms. A maximum 50% Rohit, who was allegedly arrested. “On Saturday at allowing only 50% of stu students per classroom may part of the mob that under A firefighter walks past damaged shops at a tyre market after

11.30 p.m., the police re dents per classroom, ther be called depending upon took rioting, vandalising and they were set on fire by a mob in northeast Delhi.* FILE PHOTO ceived information regard mal screening, staggered en capacity. The seating arran arson in the locality. ing an illegal call center be try and exit timings, and gement should be done in The case stems from an from his house in Gokalpuri in the form of supplemen ing operated near Vishram staggered lunch breaks. such a way that seats are oc FIR registered on February and then setting it on fire. All tary statements of complai Chowk in Sector 6. The schools are also man cupied in an alternate man 26, 2020 regarding a riotous the complaints were nant Irshad as well as state On reaching the spot, dated to have a quarantine ner,” the guidelines said. mob consisting of about clubbed with the first FIR. ments of independent the police found some per facility on campus to deal It added that lunch breaks 400500 persons, armed Rohit, in his defence, ar public witnesses who have sons indulged in calling. with any emergencies. may also be staggered and with ‘dandas’ and iron rods gued that he has been falsely given a categorical account They immediately spotted preferably be held in open blocking the main Gokalpuri implicated by the investigat of the incident and role their activities and tried to Emotional support areas. Students should also Road and thereafter setting ing agency, being resident of played by Rohit. hide their mobile phones,” The teachers have been be advised to not share on fire some shops and vehi the same locality. He also Mr. Tayal said. asked to provide counselling lunch, books and stationery cles in the area of Ganga Vi pointed out that there is an Police witnesses The accused used to and emotional support to items, the guidelines added. har and A, B, C and D Blocks “unexplained delay” of Additionally, the court said make calls and offer vic students. “Teachers are ex Schools have also been in of Gokalpuri on February about two days in registering that the presence of the ac tims loans on lucrative in pected to understand the structed to thoroughly and 24, 2020. FIR, as the alleged incident cused at the spot has also terest rates. current academic level of regularly sanitise all build Later, in March 2020, took place on February 24, been confirmed by police However, they would their students, establish a ings, and vehicles used for written complaints were re 2020. witnesses, who was posted ask them to pay a certain deep connection, initiate transportation. The man ceived from one Anwar Ali, Rohit also argued that he as “beat officers” in the area amount as a processing fee learning process, bridge the agement has also been told and his father Ashiq Ali re has not been specifically at the relevant time. “Their to execute the offer, the learning gaps to strengthen A student has her temperature checked at a Delhi government to ensure proper handwash garding vandalising, looting named by any of the com statements cannot be police said. and recapitulate the founda school; students using a hand sanitiser machine before ing arrangements and dis and putting on fire their plainants in their initial writ brushed aside or discarded The owner of the centre tional subject specific com entering the premises. * FILE PHOTOS: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR courage visits from guests. houses by the riotous mob ten complaints. He stated at this stage, merely because is yet to be arrested. One petency of the previous Apart from the opening of on February 24, 2020. that out of the alleged rio there has been some delay in laptop, 29 mobiles phones, class,” the guidelines stated. mandatory. The classes will not be allowed to come schools, the DDMA said that One more complaint was tous mob of 400500 per recording of their state one tablet, order book re The government had said would continue in blended to schools and colleges. all other activities allowed received from one Irshad, in sons, only he has been ments or the complainant(s) ceipts etc. were recovered no student would be forced mode and students, teach “Schools and colleges and prohibited as per its ear which he complained of a chargesheeted. have not specifically named from their possession, they to attend physical classes ers and nonteaching staff should prepare a timetable lier orders will remain in riotous mob that vandalised The court, however, said them in their initial written added. and the consent of parents is living in containment zones as per occupancy limit of force till September 16. and looted various articles that it has “ocular evidence” complaints,” the court said. Proposal to implement 4year course Fix timeline for payment of lawyers’ bills, orders HC likely to be passed at DU meet today Court says Delhi government ought to pay interest on bills if it fails to improve the clearance process Staff Reporter tice Prathiba M. Singh said. appear on the next date,” the availed of by the Delhi go take at least two months and Naming of colleges and facilitation centres is part of agenda New Delhi court ordered. vernment to create a Single after that, three to four The Delhi High Court has Officials summoned Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, Window System for clea months would be required Staff Reporter stressed that laying down a The High Court directed the Principal Secretary of De rance of the lawyers’ bills. for making the software NEW DELHI timeline for payment of bills Additional Chief Secretary, partment of Law, Delhi go operational. Delhi University’s Executive is extremely crucial for the who is now incharge of vernment told the court that Operational hurdles “The timelines given by Council (EC) is likely to pass continued and efficient ser clearing the lawyers’ bills, to since clearing the bills of la He said that there are two the GNCTD are not satisfac the proposal to implement vices of lawyers representing appear before it on the next wyers involves coordination steps which are involved: tory. In general there is no the fouryear undergraduate Delhi government. date of hearing to appraise of between various depart first, manpower has to be de doubt that insofar as the la programme under the New “The entire process of the steps that needs to be ta ments, the Additional Chief puted for the software to be wyers’ bills are concerned, Education Policy (NEP), as clearing of lawyers’ bills ken. “Further, a senior offi Secretary has now been gi prepared on the basis of the they take several months well as the Multiple Entry needs to be improved. Time cial from NIC (National Infor ven the responsibility of inputs given by the various and sometimes years to pro and Exit Scheme, during its lines are required to be fixed, matics Centre) who is coordination. Mr. Aggarwal departments and second, cess the same,” the High meeting on Tuesday. failing which, the govern handling or supervising the further submitted that the the software has to be made Court remarked while listing A proposal to name up ment ought to pay interest preparation of the Single services of the National In operational. He said that the the case for hearing on Sep coming colleges and facilita on the bills of lawyers,” Jus Window System shall also formatics Centre are being first step of the process could tember 14. tion centres after Sushma Swaraj, Swami Vivekananda, Students enquire about courses at Delhi University. Veer Savarkar and Sardar Pa * FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA tel will also be discussed. ‘Gujjar was On August 23, the Aca NEP 2020,” read the EC’s Referring to the proposal demic Council (AC) had supplementary agenda. to set up facilitation centres assaulted after passed the structure of un in Bhati Kalan and Fatehpur dergraduate programmes Core courses Beri, the document read: he slapped recommended by the NEP. The document also said: “On these pieces of land, un “The university shall re “The Multiple Entry and Exit iversity has decided to set up jail official’ tain the three year honours Scheme and Academic Bank facilitation centres to cater degree as well as assimilate of Credit shall be imple to the needs and the require Press Trust of India in its structure the four year mented in DU, keeping in ments of students staying in New DELHI honours degree and four view maintenance of stan far flung areas of Delhi and The initial police investiga year honours degree with dard of education by empha NCE as a first step towards tion into the death of Ankit research. The university is to sising on the core courses in opening a full fledged col Gujjar inside Tihar jail has implement both one year the university and allowing lege. Through these facilita found that security person and two year postgraduate the credits to be earned tion centres, examination nel allegedly assaulted him programme in line with the from other universities with and admission related facili after the gangster slapped existing structure and that of respect to other courses.” ties will be extended.” the deputy superintendent, officials said on Monday. The police said they have recorded the statement of Man held for Delhi to implent new plan several inmates and jail em impersonating ployees during the probe. to combat climate change Initial probe lawyer in “The initial investigation by year end, say officials has revealed that the jail Rohini court Devotees waiting for their turn to worship at the ISKCON temple in Dwarka on Monday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR authority was trying to shift ‘German firm to be knowledge partner’ 29yearold Gujjar. He was Staff Reporter not ready to shift and alleg NEW DELHI Press Trust of India For the new plan, a Ger edly slapped the deputy su A 44yearold man has New Delhi man agency is likely to be en ISKCON temple ‘closed’ following crowding perintendent, following been arrested for allegedly Delhi will start implementing gaged as a knowledge partn which the security personal impersonating a lawyer in a new 10year action plan by er. The environment Priests allowed to continue special programmes without visitors, say police assaulted him,” a senior Rohini court, the police this year end to combat cli department has requested police officer said. said on Monday. mate change, according to the Union Environment Mi Press Trust of India “We urge the government Gujjar was found dead DCP (Rohini) Pranav officials. nistry to release ₹20 lakh for New Delhi to allow temples to open to inside his cell in Tihar jail Tayal said the accused, The Centre had prepared the preparation of the plan. The police and district offi the public, especially when while two of his former cell Munna Kumar who is from the National Action Plan on All extreme weather cials in southwest Delhi’s everything else in the city mates, who were lodged in Bihar, has been appearing Climate Change (NAPCC) in events of the last 10 years are Dwarka had to close an ISK has reopened,” he said. an adjacent lockup, were for hearings for a while. 2009 and asked the states to being analysed to prepare a CON temple on Monday The rituals at the temple found injured on August 4. During a rape case hear prepare their own specific comprehensive plan which evening due to overcrowd that used to host thousands Gujjar was involved in ing on Saturday at Rohini plans. However, Delhi sub will focus on air pollution, ing on the occasion of Jan of visitors will only be at several criminal cases, in court, the accused was re mitted its plan to combat cli greenhouse gas emissions, mashtami. “There was a tended by the priests. cluding killing a BJP leader. presenting the victim when mate change in 2019, becom renewable energy, transport rush of devotees after the Chhatarpur temple, Tihar officials had earlier the judge didn’t find his de ing the last state to do so. issues, air conditioning, heat evening puja at the ISKCON which used to witness a foot said the three inmates were meanour appropriate and “The plan remained most islands, agriculture patterns, temple due to which it was fall of as many as two lakh lodged in the same cell till asked for his credentials. ly on paper and could not be etc., the official said. closed. However, the priests people during the festival, August 3 night when they The accused couldn’t implemented properly. It ex The action plan will identi were allowed to continue the celebrated Janmashtami in had a fight with the jail staff share relevant details after pired in 2020. Now, we are fy activities causing increase special programmes of Jan Janmashtami celebrations at the ISKCON temple on Monday. the presence of a handful of after a mobile phone was which Bar Council was con due for a new plan,” a senior in greenhouse gas emissions mashtami without visitors,” * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR individuals, including the found from outside their sulted and the crime came official of the environment and fix responsibilities of the a police officer said. temple trustees and priests. cell. The jail staff then shift to the fore. A complaint department said. departments concerned. The SubDivisional Magis Most temples in the city birth of Lord Krishna. ed Gujjar to another cell was then lodged and a case The previous plan focused It will set targets to be trate was not immediately scaled down Janmashtami Decoration and lighting at Livestreaming rituals from where his body was was registered on charges on six areas, including ener achieved in phases over the available for comments. celebrations. Many religious the Kalkaji temple are not ve To ensure that the devotees recovered the next morn of cheating. gy, transport, green cover next 10 years. “All consulta Temples in the city were places, including tKalkaji ry different from prepan do not miss out on the cele ing, they had said. Follow Further enquiry re and urban development, and tions with stakeholders will reopened in midJune under temple, Chhatarpur temple demic times, but Surendra brations, the Birla Mandir ing the incident, four jail of vealed that he had been projected a significant de be completed within two a phased unlock process, but and Birla Mandir, scaled Nath, the chief priest of the decided to livestream the ri ficials, including the deputy fraudulently representing crease in cold days and months and the plan will be visitors are not allowed as down programmes and dec temple, said the lack of devo tuals that began at noon on superintendent, were sus many persons for mone nights and increase in heavy implemented by this year per a Delhi Disaster Manage orations, focusing only on tees completely alters the Monday and will continue till pended for alleged tary gains. rainfall events in Delhi. end,” the official said. ment Authority order. the rituals that mark the spirit of the festival. 2 a.m. on Tuesday. negligence.

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Timings DELHI TUESDAY, AUG. 31 Containment zones plummet RISE 05:59 SET 18:44 RISE 00:00 SET 13:53 WEDNESDAY, SEP. 01 RISE 06:00 SET 18:43 as cases continue to decrease RISE 00:19 SET 14:47 THURSDAY, SEP. 02 RISE 06:00 SET 18:42 Emphasis on strict COVIDappropriate behaviour in districts with no hotspots RISE 01:08 SET 15:39 Jatin Anand New Delhi Only around 200 of the 87,500plus containment Care on the move: The mohalla clinic at Shakur Basti has been created using shipping zones created in the Capital containers and can be shifted in trucks from one place to another.* SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT during the course of the CO VID19 pandemic currently remain in place. The authorities concerned To overcome ‘land issues’, govt. are not only still keeping an eye on such areas but also ensuring COVIDappropriate tests out portable mohalla clinic behaviour in their vicinity. The number of contain ment zones in the city is de Jain says DDA has not given any land to build the facilities creasing rapidly with some districts such as the Central Staff Reporter give land for 500 mohalla “In many areas in Delhi, and NorthEast districts, hav New Delhi clinics, but they have not gi we don’t have enough space ing seemingly become free of Health Minister Satyendar ven land for even one mo to build mohalla clinics. them per se and others on A health worker administers a vaccine shot to a beneficiary in west Delhi on Monday. 0 Jain on Monday said that halla clinic,” Mr. Jain said. This new clinic takes only the brink of ridding them * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to there has been politics relat half the space of existing selves of the tag. verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of ed to land for mohalla cinics 100% transferable ones. Earlier, mohalla clin been given till now. sure that they do not relapse ment zones, which are classi an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG and the government has “We have created ready ics’ area was 600 square 20 new cases According to Revenue De into the previous situation fied on the basis of the diffe PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch come up with portable mo made mohalla clinic inside feet, now it takes only 300 The city reported only one partment records till August where clusters of infection rence between the number for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s halla clinics using shipping shipping container. It will square feet,” Mr. Jain said. new COVID19 death in 24 26, of the 87,508 contain develop,” a senior revenue of containment zones and products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir containers. be built in factories. It is He said that the govern hours and the total number ment zones across the city, department official said. the number of decontained ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in One such mohalla clinic 100% transferable and can ment is planning more such of deaths stood at 25,081, as 87,289 had been decon zones, the New Delhi district any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in has been set up through be shifted in trucks from projects. per a bulletin released by the tained and 71 were in the pro Most affected has the maximum number of this newspaper. CSR at Shakur Basti and this one place to another,” he Mohalla clinics is one of Delhi government on Mon cess of being scaled down While no containment zones such zones at 116 followed by is a sample project, the Mi said. the flagship initiatives of the day. Also, 20 new cases were leaving a total number of 219 exist in the North and Cen 24 in in the West district and nister said. He said that the current Kejriwal government to reported, taking the total remaining zones in the Capi tral districts any more, the 25 in the South district. “There have been politics mohalla clinic is a sample boost the primary health cases to 14,37,736. A total of tal of which 148 were active SouthEast district with two “The Delhi government is Slogan case: related to mohalla clinics. done through CSR by a com care system in Delhi. A typi 51,387 tests were done in a containment zones. and the East district with committed towards ensuring Wherever we have wanted pany and despite installing cal mohalla clinic has a doc day and that test positivity “It is very important to three containment zones that COVID19 cases do not accused posts to open them, we have them on the Delhi govern tor and a rate (TPR) was 0.04%. keep an eye on COVID cases were expected to be free of rise in the city and is imple faced issues with land. Land ment land, the municipal midwifecumnurse. It pro A total of 10,828 vaccina which emerge from areas any such demarcation over menting best practices to video claiming is with the Central govern corporations that is go vides an array of diagnostic tions were administered in which were previously con the coming days, govern plug the spread of the virus,” ment and the DDA had pro verned by the BJP, still services and essential medi the city on Sunday and a to tainment zones, testing and ment sources said. another health department innocence mised in the High Court to creates issues. cines free of cost. tal of 1,32,28,841 doses have contact tracing so as to en In terms of active contain official said.

Press Trust of India New Delhi A video has surfaced online in which Hindu Raksha Dal ‘U’khand has worst chief Pinki Chaudhary, ac cused of raising communal slogans at a rally in Jantar healthcare services’ Mantar here, is seen pur portedly denying all allega AAP promises facilities if elected in 2022 tions against him and claiming that he would sur Staff Reporter vealed the extremely poor render before Delhi Police New Delhi conditions of the health on Tuesday. The Aam Aadmi Party on sector in Uttarakhand. Most In the video circulated Monday alleged that as per of the people in Uttarak on WhatsApp and some a CAG report, Uttarakhand hand die before even reach other platforms, he has the worst healthcare ing a hospital because the claimed that the charges services in Himalayan number of hospitals is very against him are “false and States and the condition of less,” Mr. Bharadwaj said. baseless”. health services is so bad He further claimed that A video showing anti that patients “lose their the State’s health budget Muslim slogans being lives” before they even was ₹188 crore in 201819 raised during a protest at reach the hospital. and it was reduced to just Jantar Mantar here was AAP chief spokesperson ₹97 crore in 201920 and widely circulated on social Saurabh Bharadwaj said “only 5.25 paise” is being media earlier, following that healthcare facilities are spent on per person’s which the police had regis still inaccessible for many health in a year. tered a case in this connec people. “This CAG report further tion. Eight people — Uttam reveals that amongst all the Upadhyay, Ashwini Upad CAG report Himalayan States, Uttarak hyay, Preet Singh, Deepak The AAP has announced hand has the worst health Singh, Deepak Kumar, Vi that they will be contesting sector. The situation is so nod Sharma, Vinit Bajpai the Assembly election in Ut grim that many women die and Sushil Tiwari — in con tarakhand in 2022 and Mr. in the initial stages of their nection with the case. Bharadwaj promised that if pregnancy. The availability In the video, Mr. Chaud an AAP government is of ambulances is also very hary is heard saying that he formed in the State, then poor such that ‘Dandi Kan will surrender at Con people will be able to get dis’ are used to take the pa naught Place police station “good and free health ser tients to the hospitals and on Tuesday at 12 p.m. and vices” like in Delhi. most of the times they die cooperate with the “The recently published before reaching the hospi investigation. CAG report 201920 has re tals,” the AAP leader said. Activists seek action after report reveals toxic discharge into forest ‘Scrap waste management ﬁrm’s contract, act against MCG’

Special Correspondent GURUGRAM Citing a latest report by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) showing discharge of highly toxic and untreated lea chate into the forest area behind Bandhwari landfill here, the environmentalists have demanded that the contract of Ecogreen, the company handling waste management in Gurugram and Faridabad, be suspend ed and action taken against Bandhwari landfill receives almost 2,000 tonnes of solid waste the Municipal Corporation daily from Gurugram and Faridabad. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR of Gurugram. In a letter to Chief Secre port, Ecogreen’s contract HSPCB officials collected tary Vijai Vardhan, and se should be suspended,” read leachate samples from nior officials of the HSPCB the letter. three places from the land and Forest Department, the Vaishali Rana, one of the fill (Leachate Treatment environmentalists said the environmentalists, said that Plant) and also outside the leachate testing report for for the past three years she landfill in the Aravalis. The the sample collected earlier had been reporting the ut leachate testing report was this month confirmed the ter failure of Ecogreen firm made available to me a cou presence of certain toxins and the MCG to control and ple of days ago by the on a much higher side than treat the leachate emanat HSPCB and it clearly speaks the permissible limits. ing out of the landfill. of the presence of certain “I have reported this to toxins that are on a higher Untreated leachate the authorities at least on side,” said Ms. Rana in the “The report shows that six occasions before that letter jointly written with highly toxic, untreated lea Ecogreen was found dis Vivek Kamboj and Col. chate is being discharged in charging leachate into the (retd.) S.S. Oberoi, both en the forest. Based on this re Aravalis. On August 12, vironmentalists. Published by N. Ravi at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S. Ramanujam at HT Media Ltd. Plot No. 8, Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 201306, on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Group Editorial Officer: Krishna Prasad. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. UPENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 11 ● No. 207

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5 killed due to heavy rain in Uttarakhand CM Yogi visits Press trust of india Two die, 3.63 lakh people hit as an official said on Monday. those of three children, have Firozabad after Pithoragarh The incident took place in been recovered, while the Five people, including three Jumma village late on Sun search for two more still mis dengue deaths children, were killed and day night, Pithoragarh Dis sing is underway,” SSB com Assam flood situation worsens special correspondent two others went missing af trict Magistrate Ashish Chau mandant M.P. Singh said. ter three houses collapsed in han, who rushed to the spot The deceased have been Ghaziabad a village following heavy rain to supervise relief and res identified as Sanjana (15), 70% of Kaziranga submerged, traffic diverted to prevent animals being run over After around 40 persons, in Dharchula subdivision of cue operations, said. Renu (11), Shivani (9), Sunita mostly children, suc the district in Uttarakhand, “Five bodies, including Devi and Parwati Devi. special correspondent resultant migration of ani cumbed to dengue and Guwahati mals from the park south another mysterious viral PUBLIC NOTICE EDUCATIONAL The flood situation in Assam ward to the hills of Karbi An disease in Firozabad, Chief worsened on Monday, leav glong district across the Minister Yogi Adityanath ing two persons dead and National Highway 715. visited the city on his way more than 3.63 lakh people This was done after Chief to Mathura, where he par in 21 districts affected. Minister Himanta Biswa Sar ticipated in Krishna Jan PUBLIC NOTICE According to an update by ma reacted to speeding vehi mashtami celebrations. the Assam State Disaster cles killing three hog deer “Till now 32 children Management Authority that were dashing across the and 7 adults have died,” (ASDMA), a person each died highway to the relative safety the Chief Minister told re in Barpeta and Morigaon dis of the hills. The Kaziranga porters before directing tricts. They drowned after floods have so far killed three officials to ensure treat being washed away. hog deer. ment of every patient at Lakhimpur in northeast A family takes shelter on boats at a floodhit area in Morigaon the government hospital. ern Assam was the worst af district on Monday. * PTI Detour via Bogibeel He said the reason for fected district, accounting Heavy commercial vehicles the deaths will be probed for 1,30,001 out of a total of officials said. of the 223 antipoaching to and from Dibrugarh and by a team of doctors from 3,63,135 people temporary According to the State For camps have been sub Tinsukia districts further Lucknow’s King George displaced. The data showed est Department, two one merged, but the water level east have accordingly been Medical College. 1,24,776 of the affected peo horned rhino habitats — the has been receding in the last diverted via NH 15 on the The Chief Minister ple were females and 70,544 Kaziranga National Park and few hours,” Kaziranga Direc northern bank of the Brah warned officials against children. the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctu tor P. Sivakumar said. maputra. This would entail a laxity of any kind and di Crop on 30,333.36 hec ary — have been partially On Sunday, the police or detour via the Bogibeel rected them to arrange tares of land and 2,56,144 submerged. dered the rerouting of the Bridge near Dibrugarh and more ambulances to tran domesticated animals have “About 70% of the park goods carriage due to the Kaliabhomora Bridge near sport patients from rural also been affected, ASDMA has been inundated and 125 flooding of Kaziranga and the Tezpur. areas.

EDUCATIONAL Three fatally hit by train Rajasthan schools set to reopen from Sept. 1 in Odisha State govt. issues A Group of Ministers had of institutions have now been Sarwat Bano, Principal, standard operating recently recommended res asked to ensure compliance Mahatma Gandhi Govern tarting of academic activities with the COVID19 contain ment School, Adarsh Nagar, staff reporter procedure in the State. ment protocol, regular saniti Jaipur, said on Monday that Bhubaneswar The SOP requires the sation of the school premises the members of the school Three labourers were fatal special correspondent teaching and nonteaching and keep additional masks in development and manage ly hit by the Visakhapat JAIPUR staff as well as the drivers of stock for students. ment committee had been ap namTata Nagar down train The schools in Rajasthan are buses, cabs and autorick prised of the measures for sa near the Haladiapadar rail set to reopen from September shaws ferrying the students to Schools in two shifts fety of students at a meeting way level crossing, on the 1 for IX to XII classes, with the and from schools to get at The principals of both the go held last week. “We are well outskirts of Odisha’s Ber government issuing a stan least one dose of COVID19 vernment and private schools equipped with footoperated hampur city, around 11 dard operating procedure vaccine. Online education have made arrangements for sanitiser dispenser stands p.m. on Sunday. Four oth (SOP), allowing 50% capacity will continue only for the stu seating of students to prevent and extra masks for stu ers escaped narrowly. of students and putting res dents of I to VIII classes till overcrowding and running dents,” she said. They were walking along trictions on holding of as further orders. the institutions in two shifts. The Podar World School in the track. sembly prayers, sports activi The educational institu According to the SOP, teach the State Capital has come up Though railway em ties and distribution of tions were closed during the ers and students will bring with a ‘Suraksha Chakravyuh’ ployees detained the four, cooked midday meals. The second wave of pandemic food and drinking water from with fivelayer protection, in they managed to escape. universities, colleges and earlier this year when the home and eat lunch in their which all students will be gi The Government Railway coaching institutes will also lockdown was once again respective classrooms with ven breaks in interval for yo Police are investigating. reopen the same day. brought into force. The heads out mingling with others. ga and meditation sessions. Construction of Film City to start in January Elephant dies after falling It will be spread over 1,000 acres and built at a cost of ₹6,000 crore into ditch Special Correspondent Film City is expected to pro lowed by floating of a global phase, 80% of the work relat Ghaziabad vide employment to 15,000 tender in which both domes ed to shooting of films will be Press trust of india The construction of the Film people, the release said. tic and foreign companies completed. It will be fol Guwahati City, a pet project of Uttar According to Arun Vir will be able to participate.” lowed by the development of A threeyearold elephant, Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Singh, the CEO of YEIDA, the According to officials, the hospitality and other busi which fell into a ditch in As Adityanath, in Sector21 of preparations are in full selection of the company to ness activities. Besides, spe sam’s Udalguri district, Yamuna Expressway Indus swing with the approval of build the Film City will be fi cial studios will be set up to died of a suspected heart trial Development Authority the Detailed Project Report nalised by December 31. It promote film tourism. attack soon after being res (YEIDA) area of Gautam submitted to the govern will be built on PPP (public In December last year, the cued, a forest official said Budh Nagar district is likely ment recently by the consul private partnership) model CM had announced his deci on Monday. to start in January next year, tant company CBRE South in three phases. In the first sion to build a worldclass The baby elephant fell said an official release. Asia Private Limited. “CBRE phase, studios, open areas, film city in the State. Subse into a fivefootdeep ditch Spread over an area of now has to get the bid docu amusement parks, and villas quently, 1,000 acres of land at Borengajuli tea garden 1,000 acres and to be built at ment ready within three will be built. According to was identified in Sector21 of on Saturday and was res a cost of ₹6,000 crore, the weeks, which will be fol YEIDA officials, in the first YEIDA. cued on Sunday, he said.

OBITUARYOBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE & REMEMBRANCE Odisha monsoon session DEATH likely to be a stormy affair 2 Ministers embroiled in controversies Satyasundar Barik BHUBANESWAR The monsoon session of Od isha Assembly commencing from September 1 is likely to be stormy with two senior Ministers in the Naveen Pat naik Government embroiled in different controversies. While Odisha Law Minis ter Pratap Kumar Jena would be probed in case of murder of Bharatiya Janata CM Naveen Patnaik Party (BJP) leader in Cuttack district, the State Coopera deceased Kulamani Baral, tion Minister Ranendra Pra had filed case in Mahanga tap Swain is drawing a lot of Police Station against 13 per flaks following allegations of sons including the Minister, financial mismanagement alleging their involvement DEATH ANNIVERSARIES and irregularities in Cuttack in the murder. DEATH Central Cooperative Bank. He had moved the court Birendra Pratap Swain, alleging that the investigat Minister’s brother, is the ing officer had not exa president of the Cuttack mined material witnesses Central Cooperative Bank. and wrongly recorded the statement of witness under Fresh probe ordered section 161 of CrPC in order Last week, Judicial Magis to shield the Minister. trate First Class (JMFC), Sali The BJP had already pur, ordered a fresh probe staged demonstrations against Mr. Jena after hear against Mr. Jena, demanding ing a petition regarding his sacking. dropping of Minister’s name Similarly, farmers across in the chargesheet. different districts have been Kulamani Baral, former protesting against siphoning chairperson of Mahanga off funds in Cuttack Central block of Cuttack and BJP Cooperative Bank. They al leader, and his associate Di leged that Mr. Swain’s conti byasingh Baral were hacked nuance as Cooperation Mi to death while they were re nister became untenable in turning to their village in Ja wake of his brother’s alleged nuary this year. involvement in financial ir Ramakant Baral, son of regularities in the bank.

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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Cong. hits a low in Kerala due to dissent Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday

Party veteran A.V. Gopinath resigns tussle over DCC reorganisa tion for the second consecu while State unit expels P.S. Prasanth tive day. ‘A’ group leader Oommen G. Anand rayi Vijayan and hinted that Chandy blamed Mr. Sudhak Classes VI to VIII to reopen Thiruvananthapuram from Sept. 6: Karnataka he was not inimical to the aran for disclosing the con BENGALURU Dissension in the Congress Left Democratic Front (LDF). temporaneous notes the latt The Karnataka government over the District Congress ter had taken during their on Monday decided to Committee (DCC) reorgani Social media post closed door discussions reopen Classes VI to VIII from sation hit a new low on Mon A social media post by Con about party reorganisation. September 6 in taluks that day, with party veteran A.V. gress leader Anil Akkara, ‘I’ group leader Joseph have a test positivity rate of Gopinath from Palakkad purportedly mocking Mr. Vazhakkan blamed the KPCC below 2%. Classes will be quitting the organisation Gopinath for his “overtures” leadership for keeping se held for students on amid intense speculation to Mr. Vijayan, seemed to nior leaders out of decision alternate days with COVID19 that more disgruntled lead have catalysed the latter’s making. norms in place. Attendance ers would follow suit. decision to quit. should not cross 50%. The Mr. Gopinath’s departure KPCC president K. Sud Realignment of loyalties decision was taken at a capped a long line of dis hakaran chided Mr. Akkara Breaking ties: Party veteran A.V. Gopinath announcing his The Congress also witnessed meeting of the Technical agreements between ‘A’ and for the Facebook post and resignation at a press conference in Palakkad. * K.K. MUSTAFAH an assumed realignment of Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Advisory Committee on ‘I’ group factions and the of expressed optimism that Mr. loyalties. Media outlets Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy/very heavy rainfall likely at isolated COVID19 chaired by Chief ficial Kerala Pradesh Con Gopinath would reverse his party. The leader from Nedu insider said the KPCC had re claimed Thiruvanchoor Rad Minister Basavaraj Bommai. places over Gujarat, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, gress Committee (KPCC) lea decision. Mr. Sudhakaran mangad had raised the flag ceived information that Mr. hakrishnan, K. Muraleedha Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, central Maharashtra, Marathwada, dership over the selection of appeared to walk a tight line of rebellion by “disparaging” Prasanth would defect to the ran, P.T. Thomas, T. Sid Vidarbha, Konkan & Goa and Telangana. Thunderstorm with Two rubber tappers DCC presidents. between imposing party dis AllIndia Congress Commit LDF. The expulsion, he said, dique, and Sooranadu lightning likely at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, killed by wild elephants Mr. Gopinath’s resignation cipline and keeping the rank tee general secretary (organ was a preemptive move. Rajasekharan had shed their Jharkhand, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Rayalaseema THRISSUR has come as a propaganda and file within the party fold. isation) K.C. Venugopal in a Meanwhile, top group respective group identities city rain max min city rain max min Two rubber tappers were win for the CPI(M), as he Notably, the KPCC ex letter to former party presi leaders engaged the KPCC and aligned themselves with Agartala...... —....32.6....25.8 Kozhikode...... 25....31.0....22.5 killed by wild elephants in Ahmedabad...... 12.2....35.3....28.0 Kurnool ...... 46....28.1....22.4 praised Chief Minister Pina pelled P.S. Prasanth from the dent Rahul Gandhi. A party leadership in a publicised the KPCC leadership. Aizawl...... 25.4....28.0....19.0 Lucknow...... 7....31.8....25.8 separate incidents near the Allahabad...... —....34.8....26.9 Madurai...... —....34.7....25.1 Chimmini dam in Thrissur Bengaluru ...... 3.9....26.6....19.7 Mangaluru ...... 34.7....27.8....22.1 district, Kerala, on Monday. Bhopal ...... 33.4....28.5....23.2 Mumbai ...... 0.7....29.9....26.0 Bhubaneswar...... 0.7....32.2....24.9 Mysuru ...... —....28.0....21.0 The deceased were identified Woman stripped, beaten Chandigarh ...... —....34.6....24.7 New Delhi ...... —....34.6....25.3 as Sainudhin, 49, and Bride among seven killed Chennai ...... 10....32.8....24.4 Patna ...... 2....34.3....26.2 Peethambaran, 59. The Coimbatore ...... —....33.5....20.9 Port Blair...... 44....29.7....24.0 incidents occurred at Kundayi Dehradun...... 68....32.1....22.2 Puducherry ...... 0.6....33.3....23.5 with sticks in Telangana Gangtok...... 14.6....20.7....16.5 Pune...... —....28.3....22.4 and Palappilly, both located in heavy rain in Telangana Goa...... 1....29.4....24.0 Raipur ...... —....32.5....25.4 near the dam. Sainudhin was Guwahati ...... —....33.5....25.0 Ranchi...... 0.5....29.3....23.5 riding his motorbike to Police arrest five involved in attack Hubballi...... —....27.0....22.0 Shillong...... —....22.0....17.4 Hyderabad ...... 16....26.0....21.6 Shimla...... 1....26.0....17.3 Elikkad when the elephant STAFF REPORTER Imphal ...... —....31.1....22.1 Srinagar...... —....29.2....13.5 attacked him. In the second other parts of my body. Most of the victims were swept away by flash floods SURYAPET Jaipur ...... 1.2....33.8....25.5 Thiruvananthapuram...... 23....29.6....22.2 incident, Peethambaran was They paraded me naked in Kochi ...... 47....29.0...... — Tiruchi...... —....35.3....26.4 on his way to work when the A woman in her 30s was the streets and wanted to Staff Reporter to be found. The family after the car in which he was Kohima ...... 4....26.0....17.4 Vijayawada ...... 1....28.4....25.4 HYDERABAD/YADADRI Kolkata ...... 18....33.2....26.9 Visakhapatnam ...... 1....31.4....25.4 elephant attacked him. stripped, beaten with sticks kill me at the village’s bodrai members alleged that the travelling was swept away on and paraded on the streets [centre],” she said, naming Seven persons died in rain driver of the car, Raghaven Sunday night while crossing (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday Ticket rates soar as UAE of Raja Naik Thanda at Su the attackers. related incidents in different der Reddy, was inebriated. a bridge that was overflow CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE resumes tourist visa ryapet mandal, Telangana, The woman said she was parts of Telangana since Pravalika and Nawaz Red ing with water from a stream Ahmedabad...... 73 .52 71 ... 72 .119 ....* KOZHIKODE on Sunday. The incident in the village to attend her Sunday night. Most of the dy got married on August 24. in spate. Bengaluru ...... 6 .37 62 ... 18 ...53 ....* In observation made at 4.00 Chennai ...... 4 .29 78 ... 24 ...44 ....* p.m., Thiruvananthapuram, As the United Arab Emirates came to light on Monday af uncle’s funeral when the victims were swept away in After completing the post A man and his two wo Kerala recorded an overall Delhi ...... 3 .22 61 ... 55 .122 ....* air quality index (AQI) score (UAE) resumed tourist visas ter the police said at least Naik family took revenge. flash floods due to heavy marriage celebrations at Pra men pillion riders were also Hyderabad ...... 32 .29 16 ... 37 ...41 ....* of 214 indicating an for fully vaccinated travellers five persons involved in the Anitha was reportedly re rain in Vikarabad, Yadadri valika’s home in Mominpet, washed away by an over Kolkata...... 12 .13 37 ... 20 ...40 ....* unhealthy level of pollution. Lucknow...... 7 .30 84 ... 36 ...54 ....* In contrast, Shillong, from Monday, the flight rates attack had been arrested. leased on bail last week and Bhuvanagiri and Hanuma the couple was returning to flowing stream near Kurra Meghalaya recorded a between Kerala and various Mumbai ...... 6 .12 .2 . 151 ...93 ....* healthy AQI score of 17 Ramavath Anitha (name was staying at a relative’s konda districts. Nawaz’s home in Ravepally. ram village in Yadadri dis Pune...... 131 .18 65 ... 69 ...61 ....* Emirates cities have soared changed), who was named place in Suryapet town. She Tragedy stuck two fami As water was overflowing trict on Monday. Visakhapatnam .17 .37 34 ... 47 ...64 ....* higher even as travel agents as an accused in the June 13 said she informed the police lies in Vikarabad as a bride on to the road in Marpally, In another incident, the Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) are waiting for the final murder of Shankar Naik, a that she would be attending and the groom’s sister got several vehicles had stopped body of a software engineer SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, standard operating leader of the ruling Telanga the funeral. washed away in a canal at at a distance. Vikarabad De was found in a storm water making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air procedures from civil aviation particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues na Rashtra Samithi (TRS), The police said 10 per Marpally mandal on Sunday puty Superintendent of Pol drain at Kakaji colony, Hanu authorities. A oneway ticket and monuments. appeared before TV came sons involved in the attack night. They were travelling ice A. Sanjeev Rao said Ragh makonda town, on Monday. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by from Thiruvananthapuram to ramen and narrated her or were identified. Five of in a car. While the bodies of avender ignored the family He was identified as V. Kran reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. Dubai costs about ₹37,000 on CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to September 5 in Etihad deal. “The women of Naik’s them — Lunavath Bharati, the bride, Pravalika, and her members’ plea to stop the thi Kumar, 32, a resident of critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause family dragged me from my Padma, Jyothi, Sunitha and sisterinlaw, Swetha Reddy, car and not to go ahead. Shiva Nagar colony. It was dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. Airways. A direct flight from PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, Kochi to Dubai in Emirates uncle’s house. They Banoth Jyothi — were arrest were recovered, the body of In another incident at stated that he might have ac nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced airline costs ₹29,000 and stripped me and smeared ed and remanded in judicial an eightyearold boy, who Shankarpalli in the same dis cidentally fallen into the lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature upward. chilli powder in my eyes and custody. was also in the car, was yet trict, a 70yearold man died drain and died. death in people with heart or lung disease

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This is nothing but the ED notice as love letter. giri district which should be Navi Mumbai Govt. allowing liquor bars but not places of worship: Oppn. A day after the Enforcement political gameplan,” said Na “For any political worker, immediately demolished. The Taloja police have ar Directorate (ED) summoned tionalist Congress Party the ED notice is no longer a Mr. Somaiya alleged that rested two persons in Uttar Staff Reporter Shiv Sena leader and Tran (NCP) leader and Minister death warrant, but love let one Bajrang Kharmate, de Pradesh for allegedly circu Pune sport Minister in the tripar Nawab Malik. ter. Power is not permanent. puty regional transport offic lating a 15yearold girl’s Alleging that the Maha Vikas tite Maha Vikas Aghadi State NCP president They have their days of pow er, acts as an agent of the Mi nude photo on WhatsApp Aghadi (MVA) government (MVA) government Anil Pa Jayant Patil too said the ED is er in Delhi. Our days will also nister and deals with groups. The accused have gave more importance to li rab on August 31, the agency being used to trouble the come,” said Sena Rajya Sab corruption in transfers in the been identified as Moham quor bars than temples, Op reportedly conducted raids MVA government. “The ha MP Sanjay Raut. RTO department. mad Arif Munir Ahmed (22) position Bharatiya Janata on the officials of the depart practice of troubling antiBJP Mr. Parab has already said It is said Mr. Parab was un and Yasin Ahmed Nasirud Party (BJP) in Maharashtra ment. The allies slammed leaders is seen not only in he does not know the matter der the ED lense after dis din Ahmed (22). staged protests on Monday the action saying it has be Maharashtra but across the regarding which he has been missed Mumbai police offic The girl, who hails from demanding reopening of come clear that the ED was country. The leaders being summonedby the ED. Un er Sachin Waze tried to Uttar Pradesh, had come to temples. working on directions of the targeted are capable to reply authorised resort BJP leader submit a letter to the NIA stay with her father in Talo Symbolically blowing BJP. in same coin but this is noth Kirit Somaiya on Monday court claiming the Minister ja in June. Some people conches in their shankh- “The happenings in Maha ing but an effort to defame claimed that Mr. Parab has had asked him to extort known to the father naad agitation and defying rashtra are nothing but polit the State government using built an unauthorised resort crores of rupees. daughter duo informed COVID19 regulations, hun BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar during a protest outside ical vendetta. The ED is Central agencies,” said Mr. by violating coastal zone reg Mr. Parab has already de them about the girl’s photo dreds of BJP workers and Babulnath temple in Mumbai on Monday. * EMMANUAL YOGINI probing individuals and raid Patil. ulations in Murud village in nied all the allegations. being circulated on What State leaders participated in sApp groups after which protests in key temple areas was refusing to open temples. had been stationed outside the father registered a case of Pune, Mumbai, Nashik, “Please bear in mind, we Siddhi Vinayak temple to Man accused of triple talaq gets bail at Taloja police station. Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, are not advocating crowding prevent Mr. Kadam from A team was formed un Nagpur and Solapur dis in front of temples. But the holding a protest there. Special Correspondent by her inlaws. She alleged that her husband was having der the guidance of senior tricts. government can certainly A partner in the coalition Mumbai that her motherinlaw ha an affair. On May 29 last, police inspector Kashinath Alleging that the MVA go devise a system based on the government, the Congress The Bombay High Court has rassed her and forced her to when she was at her parents’ Chavan. It was learnt that vernment was deliberately issuance of online passes for hit out at the contradictory granted prearrest bail to a get ₹10 lakh and jewellery home, Mr. Moulvi sent her an the photo was posted from hurting sentiments of the lakhs of devotees. When you stand taken by the BJP go man accused of giving triple from her maternal home. SMS, saying, “ Main apne Uttar Pradesh following Hindu community, BJP MLA can make rules for beer vernment at the Centre and talaq to his wife through She also stated that after her hosh o hawaas mein tumko which the team left for from Mumbai’s Ghatkopar, bars, then why does this go the party’s Maharashtra unit SMS. “It is possible to settle husband, Adnan Moulvi, 32, talak deta hu, talak deta hu, there and nabbed the duo . Ram Kadam, said that the go vernment dither when it over celebration of festivals the disputes through media went to work, her brotherin talak deta hu [In all con “The accused were brought vernment apparently gave comes to reopening tem and the reopening of tem tion,” it said. law would come home and sciousness, I divorce you]”. to Navi Mumbai on Satur permission for other reli ples,” Mr. Kadam said. ples amid the looming threat The wife was working with speak to her in vulgar lan She then registered an FIR day,” Mr. Chavan said. gions for their festivities but Earlier, a police shield of a third wave of infections. an airline as an air hostess. guage and touch her inap against him and his family She was made to quit her job propriately. She also learnt members. Farmer outfits warn govt., Oppn. to stop ‘silly politics’ Court allows Vaze to seek RaneThackeray spat a ‘ploy’ to divert attention from vital issues, says Raju Shetti treatment at pvt. hospital

Shoumojit Banerjee vernments while pointing activists attempting water “Maharashtra’s tomato Press Trust of India Mumbai Pune out that farmers were prot immersion.He also hit out at growers have fallen on hard The ‘political soap opera’ be esting the import of geneti the Commission for Agricul times once again. So much A special court on Monday refused to grant ing played out between Un cally modified soybean and tural Costs and Prices for re so, that even transporting the National Investigation Agency the custo ion Minister Narayan Rane the crashing prices of commending that the Centre the vegetable to the market dy of dismissed police officer Sachin Vaze and Maharashtra Chief Mi tomatoes. increase the fair and remun is proving to be a lossmak for questioning in the Antilia bomb scare nister Uddhav Thackeray The former MP said that erative price for sugar cane ing trip for the average case, but allowed him to get admitted to a was nothing but ‘a ploy’ on he was planning a major growers by a mere ₹50 a farmer, who is forced to sell private hospital for the treatment of his the part of the ruling and Op protest on September 1 in quintal. his produce at ₹1 or ₹2 a ki heart ailment. position politicos to divert Kolhapur to demand recom The Leftaffiliated AllIn lo. At a time when farmers Mr. Vaze, currently in judicial custody, attention from vital issues af pense for farmers whose dia Kisan Sabha (AIKS) also are in the throes of such a had told the court through his lawyer that fecting farmers, former MP croplands had been des warned that it would stage grave crisis, we warn both three of his arteries had “90% blockage” and farmer leader Raju Shet troyed in the recent floods massive protests in front of the MVA and the BJP leader and that doctors had advised immediate ti has alleged. and the unseasonal rains last the residences of the leaders ship to stop playing silly pol surgery for the same. Mr. Shetti, who heads the year. of both the ruling and Oppo itics on nonissues [alluding He urged the court to permit him to seek Swabhimani Shetkari Sang The SSS’ protest, named sition parties if they conti to the RaneThackeray private medical treatment saying he did not hatana (SSS), chastised both ‘Panchganga Parikrama’ nued to waste time on spat],” Ajit Nawale of the wish to die in custody like tribal rights acti the Central and the State go would see Mr. Shetti and his ‘nonissues’. AIKS said. vist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A monetisation move that doesn’t tick most boxes The National Monetisation Pipeline may not help realise the best value for public assets to kick-start investment demand visaged here, entails a limited pe and lockdown, as in the annual re (the denominator), such risks riod license/lease of an asset, port of the Reserve Bank of India seem minimal. Moreover, rising owned by the government or a pu (RBI). The current year is at best external debt by fickle portfolio in The virtue of consistency blic authority, to a private sector likely to regain the prepandemic vestors perhaps carries a greater India’s focus must be on vaccinating a large entity for an upfront or periodic GDP level. Aggregate saving and risk to external instability. Foreign consideration” (NMP, volume 1, investment rates (that is, as ratios portfolio investment has skyrock number every day and not record highs R. Nagaraj page 5). of GDP) have (expectedly) con eted by 6,800% in 202021, over n August 27, Friday, India set a new record for a Asset monetisation as defined tracted. The stock market is ho the previous year, to $38 billion (as single day’s vaccination — 10.7 million doses, up above is the same as the net pre wever booming, dancing to short per RBI data released in May). he Government has sent value (NPV) of the future term foreign capital inflows, with This, perhaps, poses a greater fi from 8.3 million vaccinations on the previous O launched a National Moneti stream of revenue with an implicit little connection with the real eco nancial hazard than the potential two days and over 6.3 million doses on August 2324. Tsation Pipeline, or NMP interest rate (whether it is a sale or GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO nomy. Given its distressed state, rise in debt monetisation in dom However, on Saturday, the numbers dropped sharply to (https://bit.ly/3mLkw9M) to sell lease of the asset). In a footnote, the legacy of that period without the asset monetisation effort ap estic currency used for productive 7.9 million; 3.4 million doses were administered on Au public assets or, more precisely, the NMP document further clari any easy and credible solutions in pears nothing short of a fire sale. purposes. gust 29, but Sundays have always registered low num their revenue streams over the fies: “Sale, i.e. transfer of legal ow sight. bers. A similar pattern was seen on June 21 — 8.7 million next four years. The pipeline nership of assets is only envisaged An Infrastructure Investment Other solutions In perspective doses on a single day, which dropped to 5.8 million the mostly includes railway stations, in cases such as disinvestment of Trust (InvIT) is being mooted as an Thus, it seems unwise to anchor To sum up, the NMP is an ambi freight corridors, airports, and re stake, etc.”. Again there seems to alternative means of raising fi the acutely needed investment re tious “retail” sale or lease of reve next day and remained nearly stable at over six million novated national highway seg be conceptual confusion. Sale of nance from the stock market. In vival strategy on a discredited PPP nue yielding public capital pro for a week; the number of doses administered fell to ments (yielding toll revenue) minority equity does not lead to a principle, InvIT is much like a mu model or on fickle Foreign Institu jects — with the potential threats of three millionfour million doses in the first half of July. amounting to ₹6lakh crore, or 3% change in managerial control. tual fund, whose performance is tional Investors (FII) investment in allegations of corruption and cro The June 21 record appeared more to coincide with the of GDP in 202021. Hence, the official attempt to diffe largely linked to stock prices. It a frothy stock market. Instead of nyism derailing the process — to day when the revised COVID19 vaccination strategy As outlined in the U nion B ud rentiate its initiative from the ear may be worthwhile to jog one’s assets monetisation, why not mo revive investment demand and to came into effect, i.e., the Government procured 75% of get, the NMP aims to mobilis e re lier efforts seems feeble and memory to recall how the disin netise debt, with committed bor halt the economic decline. The the vaccines produced and supplied them to States for sources for financing infrastruc incorrect. vestment process began in 1991 af rowing from the market and the main instruments proposed for ture. The other two methods of ter the initiation of economic re central bank? With the financial implementing the NMP are public free. Though the record on August 27 does not coincide raising resources are: setting up of Historic missteps forms. It was by “offloading” system flush with liquidity with no private partnerships and a stock with any occasion, it does suggest that the intent was a development finance institution The NMP outlines mainly two bundles of shares of public sector takers for bank credit, why not fi marketbased investment trust (In more to achieve a “momentous feat” of crossing the 10 (DFI) and raising the share of in modes of implementing the mone enterprises (PSEs) to the financial nance the proposed investment — vIT). Both have serious shortcom million mark; the steep fall in vaccinations the very next frastructure investment in the cen tisation: publicprivate partner institution UTI, which in turn sold as envisaged in the Budget — by go ings, as experience demonstrates. day gives rise to scepticism. During the pandemic, t he tral and State Budgets. ship (PPP) and “structured financ the bundles in the booming secon vernment borrowing. The usual The NMP document seems silent focus should not be on setting records but on consis ing” to tap the stock market. PPP dary stock market to realis e the objections against such an idea are on how to overcome past mis tently vaccinating a large number of people daily and Hard questions in infrastructure has been a finan best price. The euphoria was three: cost of borrowing, “crowd takes. Hence, the NMP appears The proposed asset sale (moneti cial disaster in India, as evident shortlived, however, as the mar ingout” of private investment, like a fire sale which may not help ensuring that vaccines are available at all centres every sation) raises many questions. from what happened after the eco ket crashed in the wake of the Har and the inflationary threat. realise the best social value for pu day; uncertainty in vaccine availability does not help in Conceptually, how is it different nomic boom of 200308. Surely, shad Mehta scam, stalling and dis The RBI’s annual report shows blic assets to kickstart investment increasing uptake especially among the poor. from disinvestment and privatisa India did create worldclass air crediting the disinvestment the weighted average cost of cen demand. With vaccination being a safe and sure way to drasti tion (DP) practised for the last ports in Mumbai and Delhi and process for almost the entire de tral government borrowings in If reviving investment demand cally cut the risk of hospitalisation due to severe CO three decades? Since DP proceeds speeded up highway road cade. 202021 was 5.8%. And the infla quickly is the real goal, debt mone VID19 disease and death, efforts should be to quickl y (revenues) have seriously missed reconstruction. Hence, it may be worth learning tion rate as measured by the con tisation seems a better option than and consistently vaccinate large numbers each day. For the targets almost every year, how However, after the 2008 finan the lessons from the historical mis sumer price index (CPIcombined) asset monetisation. It is a “whole believable are the NMP targets? cial crisis, as the world economy steps before getting enamoured was 6.2%. Thus, with a negative sale” business with lower operat this, equitable and a regular supply of a large number of And how are they likely to perform and trade plummeted, and as In with the idea all over again by the 0.4% real interest rate (real inter ing and transaction costs, and at a doses to all States is needed. One sure way to increa se differently? Is the NMP a desperate dia’s GDP growth rate slowed current stock market boom. As est rate is nominal interest rate mi currently negative interest rate. the number of daily doses is when the Government pro attempt to shore up public financ down sharply, hurting demand many have apprehended, the cur nus inflation rate), domestic bor With excess liquidity in the finan cures 100% of vaccines produced with no separate allo es, after nearly two years of dismal (and revenues for the indebted rently high stock prices seem like a rowing in home currency is a steal. cial markets, and low aggregate cation to private hospitals. Precious time and doses output growth, stagnant taxGDP companies), many PPP projects bubble with heightened uncer Chances of crowdingout private demand, the inflationary threat were wasted between May and July 15 when private hos ratio despite the steep rise in taxes failed to repay bank loans. Banks tainties in the global financial mar investments are remote with a li seems minimal. Such targeted bor pitals utilised only 7%9% of vaccines produced against on petroleum products ? If so, is were left holding the nonperform ket. quidity overhang in the market. rowing, if quickly funnelled into an allotment of 25%. The Government has belatedly re such a distress (fire) sale desirable ing assets (NPAs). Further, as the With the U.S. Fed committed to Inflation risk is also limited with infrastructure investment pro to obtain a “fair value” for public bulk of the lending was to political reducing its assets purchase pro little aggregate demand pressures jects, could crowdin (or bring in) vised the June 7 policy such that manufacturers will not assets? Would the market not fac ly connected corporate houses gramme (known as quantitative (barring temporary bottlenecks private investment igniting a virtu set aside 25% of vaccines produced for private hospitals tor in the dire state of the economy and firms (Bollygarchs as pictures easing), the “hot money” inflow due to localised lockdowns). ous cycle of investmentled eco but instead supply as per demand and allot the remain in beating down the prices, as in quely described by James Crabtree that has fuelled Indian stock prices The rising public debt to GDP nomic revival. ing to the Government. If the rationale for allowing the any distress sale? in his book, The Billionaire Raj), may dry up throwing up nasty ratio is often redflagged as a po manufacturers to sell vaccines to private hospitals at a The NMP differentiates “asset debt resolution came in the cross surprises. tential risk to rating downgrade by R. Nagaraj is with the Centre for higher price was to fund vaccine research, the small up monetisation” from “asset sale” by hairs of the political and banking In 202021, the economy con bond rating agencies. If the debt is Development Studies, take by the private hospitals does not meet that obj ec saying: “Asset Monetisation, as en system. India is still reeling from tracted by 8% due to the pandemic productively used to expand GDP Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala tive. Hence, the Government should procure all the vac cines produced as this will help in better vaccine allotment to States, reduce vaccine inequity and in India is indeed walking the green talk crease uptake, and States can plan daily vaccination strategies in a more organised manner. Even with all its challenges, the country is setting a global example in meeting its Nationally Determined Contributions to raise its Nationally Determined the famous Great Barrier Reef hav million towards an afforestation America’s Asia policy Contributions (NDC) committed in ing died in recent years. It was, at programme. the Paris Agreement? We can at least, the third instance in Austra Some activists feel that India The U.S. must push for a rules-based tempt to answer the question by lia when climate issues brought needs to demonstrate action at the international order despite Afghan debacle comparing the achievements of down its Prime Minister. It illus global level. However, we need to other countries vis-à-vis India’s trates how difficult it is for govern appreciate that among many resident Joe Biden has found himself in the un Sumant Narain performance, given that climate ments to develop policies to miti steps, India provided leadership comfortable position of facing not only the ex change is a global public good and gate climate change. for setting up the International So Ppected criticism from Republicans for his coun there is a freerider problem — not lar Alliance, a coalition of solarre try’s hasty, botched exit from Afghanistan but also id you know that even at the much incentive for countries to Walking it like talking it sourcerich countries, and the brickbats from within the Democratic Party and among fifth anniversary of the Pa contribute their fair share since In comparison, with all its chal Coalition for Disaster Resilient In the broader American public. The killing of at least 13 Dris Agreement on Climate they can enjoy benefits even lenges, India is on track (as re frastructure, a partnership of go U.S. troops and dozens of Afghan civilians in the bomb Change (December 2020), India otherwise. ports/documents show) to meet vernments, United Nations agen was the only G20 nationcompliant Let us first gather the historical GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO and exceed the NDC commitment cies, multilateral development blasts last week underscored the apparent lack of plan with the agreement? Or that the perspective. Examining World ted to reducing emissions by 50% to achieve 40% electric power in banks, the private sector, and ning behind the withdrawal despite prior knowledge of country has been ranked within Bank data for CO 2 emissions (me 52% in 2030 and reaching netzero stalled capacity from nonfossil knowledge institutions. its approaching deadline. The chaotic, violent scenes at the top 10 for two years consecu tric tons per capita) over two de emissions economywide by 2050. fuelbased sources by 2030; this The developed nations could al Kabul airport, undergirded by the deep irony of the Ta tively in the Climate Change Per cades since the Kyoto protocol in While they reenergise their fight share is 38.18% (November 2020). so intensify their pressure espe liban’s unchallenged takeover of Kabul and other Af formance Index, released by an in forms that at the current rate, both on climate change, legislation may Similarly, against the voluntary de cially on jurisdictions not meeting ghan territories, have also no doubt stung U.S. policy dependent international China and the U.S. could emit five not be straightforward, given the claration for reducing the emis the Paris Agreement goals. At this makers, especially over comparisons to Saigon in 1975. organisation that evaluates the times more than India in 2030. Democrats’ strength in Congress. sion intensity of GDP by 20%25% stage, India can always share inde performance of countries emitting The U.K.’s emission levels could be Such ambitions will also require by 2020, India has reduced it by pendent international assess How can Mr. Biden now hope to sell the big picture o f 90%+ of global greenhouse gases more than 1.5 times that of India. much more nearterm investment 24% between 20052016. More im ments, acknowledging that our cli Washington’s engagement in the South Asia region to (GHGs)? Or that the Unnat Jyoti by Brazil, with its dense forests, may than even the U.S. President Joe Bi portantly, we achieved these tar mate action is among the few his domestic political constituents in a way that li mits Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) end up at similar levels. den’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure gets with around 2% out of the compatible with the wellbelow the reputational damage to the White House? The first scheme is the world’s largest zero package. U.S.$100 billion committed to de 2°C warming target. India’s contri step will be, at long last, to shift the American policy pa subsidy LED bulb programme for On China and the U.S. veloping nations in Copenhagen bution to global emissions is well radigm on Afghanistan from a boilerplate approach to domestic consumers? Among recent efforts, last year, France and Australia (2009), realised by 2015. below its equitable share of the ward institutionbuilding to recognising the politica l China, the world’s largest GHG The French government, during As part of its mitigation efforts, worldwide carbon budget by any A world comparison needed emitter, joined the ‘race to zero’ the novel coronavirus pandemic, India is implementing one of the equity criterion. complexities of governing a society where tribal and Despite these accomplishments, and targets carbon neutrality by set green conditions for bailing out most extensive renewable energy To sum up, India has indeed ethnic loyalties supersede western norms of rational global pressures are intensifying 2060. Interestingly, it hopes to its aviation industry. However, the expansion programmes to achieve walked the talk. Other countries decisionmaking by government. In part, this means on India to commit more towards peak CO 2 emissions by 2030 for analysts say that no baseline for re 175 GW of renewable energy ca must deliver on their promises not demonising or cutting ties with the Taliban befo re the Conference of the Parties bending the emissions curve. The ducing emissions from domestic pacity by 2022 and 450 GW by early and demonstrate tangible re they have had an opportunity to settle into power and (COP26), scheduled for November Climate Action Tracker, an inde flights was fixed, and it is unclear 2030. India has also coupled its sults ahead of COP26. In any case, announce intentions for governing Afghanistan. There 2021 in Glasgow. Early this year, pendent scientific analysis track what measures were adopted to postpandemic revival with envi we can always suo motu revise the must also be a recognition of the role that third parties the COP26 President, Alok Shar ing governments’ actions, also ex promote rail for domestic travel. ronmental protection. As part of NDC for the first stocktake (2023) are going to play, for better or worse. That must include ma, and the United States Special pressed its concern stating, “Most An Australian Prime Minister, in the fiscal stimulus, the G overn while simultaneously protecting Presidential Envoy for Climate, worryingly, China remains com 2018, lost his chair on a proposal ment announced several green our interests. The responsibility of everything from the Pakistani ISI’s shadowy dealings John Kerry, visited India. In July, mitted to supporting the coal in to address climate change through measures, including a $26.5bil sustaining the entire planet does through proxies such as the Haqqani Network, China’s the U.S. called out to every signifi dustry while the rest of the world an emissionsreduction target . lion investment in biogas and not rest on a few countries; eve relentless push for access to economic projects, and In cant economy for committing to a experiences a decline, and is now The complicated domestic politics cleaner fuels, $3.5 billion in incen ryone has to act. dia’s civilisational and ‘soft power’ links. meaningful reduction by 2030. home to half of the world’s coal ca prevented them from addressing tives for producing efficient solar In the big picture, there is an unsettling question for That brings us to the question. pacity.” Recently, the U.S. rejoined the problem, despite the country photovoltaic (PV) and advanced Sumant Narain is a civil servant. The Washington to answer, on whether in persisting with Is it fair to apply pressure on India the Paris Agreement and commit being vulnerable, and stretches of chemistry cell battery, and $780 views expressed are personal the Trumpera promise to pull U.S. troops out of Af ghanistan, Mr. Biden will be able to reassure Asian allies LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. and partners that the U.S. will not also play a dimin To read more letters ished strategic role in the broader Asia region. To an ex Crime, rights, justice presents the other side of still to come to terms with to protect rights, and use Institute of Oil Palm online, scan the QR code tent, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s Singapore and The Mysuru case, where a reality in India. The role of the idea of respecting human scientific tools to get to the Research Palode, Kerala does Vietnam trip was aimed at assuaging such concerns and university girl student was the police is in question as rights. Verbal abuse is most truth. Decades have passed not seem to have come up with daily routines and shoring up enthusiasm for the rulesbased international assaulted, calls for condign they need to keep in mind common. The details the boy since Independence, yet the with favourable results for finding some sense of order that has taken a beating . Yet, unless Washington punishment to the the phrase, “innocent until has highlighted are not an general perception of the the suitability of oil palm in normalcy. Although many follows up such summit meetings with groundlevel en perpetrators. It is common proven guilty”. The future of isolated case of abuse by the police is still poor. India. have participated in surveys knowledge that in seeking the boy, a higher secondary guardians of the law. J.P. Reddy, A. Kaja Nazimudeen, related to mental health and gagement, for example through the Quad or deeper bi justice, cases of this nature student, is in focus given the Perhaps more scientific tools Nalgonda, Telangana Eruvadi, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu vocalised their experiences, lateral initiatives with friendly democracies including are dragged on for days. As tremendous mental trauma are essential for investigation some are still scared to come India, Asian powers will be hard pressed to assume often pointed out by he is bound to have and interrogation. It is On oil palm Mental health forward. It is essential to anything other than Washington’s indifference toward lawabiding citizens, undergone. The issue of false essential that all police When I was working in the Mental health is one of the identify the symptoms early, their interests. The danger for the West of considerable fasttrack courts are the one cases needs to be looked into stations have information Department of Agriculture, most trending topics right provide intervention in blowback that could emerge thus are at least twofold: and only answer, in such as well. about free legal aid services, Tamil Nadu, the technology now. Teenagers and students terms of counselling, therapy first, Afghanistan’s cyclical transitions from westernoc cases. Shreyasi Debnath, the numbers of higher mission on edible oils in the in particular may not always or medication. All those Mani Nataraajan, Kolkata authorities as well those of 1980s and the coverage of express how they feel. Their confronting negative cupied territory to abandoned nation and ultimately a Chennai judges to highlight third area under oil palm was very concerns must be addressed repetitive thoughts must not breeding ground for global terror outfits is welldocu ■ The report is an example of degree methods. Police poor. Farmers were reluctant and given consideration. hesitate to reach out to mented; and second, China will be only too glad to step ■ The report, “Student held the need for police reforms. stations must be monitored to adopt this crop due to its The pandemic has resulted hotlines, peers and trusted into the breach should any new spaces be ceded in the in rape case freed after In spite of much training and by local magistrates. In invasive nature just like the in people of all age groups adults. pecking order of regional hegemony in Asia. negative DNA test result” instructions, many police addition, there should be Lantana camara weed in the feeling isolated and has also Nitya Ravikant, (Inside pages, August 30), personnel across India have regular training on the need Western Ghats. The Indian left many struggling to cope Bengaluru

THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 OPED 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Marital rape: an indignity to women Still hanging ﬁre on transparency

The marital rape exception is antithetical to women’s dignity, equality and autonomy Courts need to go beyond appealing to the ﬁctional conscience of our lawmakers

has not received the urgent attention it requires and the petition has been lan guishing for nearly four years. Political parties are at the heart of our democracy. They form govern ments that make policies which have a Shraddha Chaudhary Anjali Bhardwaj & Amrita Johri profound impact on peoples’ lives. In the legislature, elected representatives make laws that govern us. People, the

The High Court of Chhattisgarh recent In a recent judgment, a Supreme Court ISTOCK PHOTO refore, have a right to know how politi ly decided a criminal revision petition Bench headed by Justice Rohinton F. cal parties are functioning — who is challenging the charges framed against Nariman ﬁned eight political parties for the RTI law to exclude political parties funding them and what principles they the applicant husband. Based on the al being in contempt of the Court’s direc from the ambit of the legislation. It was are keeping in mind while taking policy legations of his wife, charges were tions to inform citizens about the crimi only due to strong public opposition decisions, supporting or opposing bills

framed by a trial court under Section S. SUBRAMANIUM nal antecedents of their candidates. In that the amendments were finally in the legislature, or while selecting 376 (rape), Section 377 (carnal inter 2004, 24% of the Members of Parlia dropped. Nevertheless, following the candidates for various elections. course against the order of nature) and tionale to this extremely limited exemp against the criminalisation of marital ment had criminal cases pending policy of what can only be termed ‘un The Court has repeatedly appealed Section 498A (cruelty towards wife by tion, it is not immediately clear. rape is that since marriage is a sexual against them. This figure rose to an civil disobedience’, without obtaining a to the conscience of lawmakers to take husband or his relatives) of the Indian relationship, determining the validity alarming 43% after the 2019 general stay on the Commission’s order from steps to ensure greater transparency of Penal Code (IPC). The High Court Patriarchal beliefs of marital rape allegations would be dif elections. In a bid to address this “ma any Court, parties have steadfastly re political parties and prohibit involve upheld charges under Sections 498A Second, the marital rape exception is ficult. Even if we accept, arguendo, that lignancy” of criminalisation which fused to comply with the directive. ment of persons with criminal antece and 377 but discharged the husband un an insult to the constitutional goals of marriage is necessarily a sexual rela could be “fatal to democracy”, the apex dents in polity. However, in the words der Section 376 on the ground that by individual autonomy, dignity and of tionship, this argument does not hold court, in a series of judgments, had di The electoral bond scheme of Justices Nariman and B.R. Gavai, “All virtue of Exception 2 to Section 375 (the gender equality enshrined in funda water. It is not marriage that creates a rected political parties to declare and The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which these appeals have fallen on the deaf definition of rape), sexual intercourse mental rights such as Article 21 (the problem in adjudication, but the dange widely publicise not just the criminal came to power on the plank of transpa ears... The nation continues to wait... by a man with his own wife (provided right to life) and Article 14 (the right to rously erroneous belief that consent antecedents of candidates, but also in rency and anticorruption, has taken Cleansing the polluted stream of polit she is over the age of 18) would not equality). In Joseph Shine v. Union of In- may simply be assumed from a wo form the electorate why these candi resistance against transparency to new ics is obviously not one of the imme amount to the offence of rape. dia (2018), the Supreme Court held that man’s clothes, her sexual history, or in dates were found to be more suitable by frontiers. It introduced the electoral diate pressing concerns of the legisla Since the High Court was bound by the offence of adultery was unconstitu deed, her relationship status. While the the party than those without criminal bond scheme in 2018, opening the tive branch of government.” the law, which exempts husbands from tional because it was founded on the current law seems to operate under this backgrounds. Anticipating that parties floodgates of unlimited anonymous being tried or punished for raping their principle that a woman is her hus misconception, marriage does not sig would cite ‘winnability’ as the crite funding to political parties by Indian Courts must be more proactive wives by creating the legal fiction that band’s property after marriage. The nify perpetual sexual consent. There rion, the Court clarified that the rea and foreign sources. The Indian politi It is clear that political parties and their all sex within marriage is consensual, marital rape exception betrays a similar fore, the determination of consent or sons for selection shall be with refe cal system has traditionally been hostile representatives in the legislature have no other conclusion was open to the patriarchal belief: that upon marriage, lack thereof in the context of a sexual rence to the qualifications, to the idea of transparency in electoral no interest in making themselves an Court. Notwithstanding this, the discre a wife’s right to personal and sexual au interaction within marriage would be achievements and merit of the candi financing. Political parties have zea swerable to citizens. Keeping in mind pancies and failings of Indian criminal tonomy, bodily integrity and human the same as in any other context (espe date concerned. Despite these clear di lously opposed any examination of the the tremendous public interest at stake, law, highlighted by the judgment, de dignity are surrendered. Her husband cially in other ongoing sexual relation rectives, parties have been defiant. linkages between their governments’ perhaps the time has come for the jud serve scrutiny. is her sexual master and his right to ships): through physical evidence, policies and decisions and the interests iciary to play a more proactive role. The rape her is legally protected. through the prosecutrix’s testimony Contempt for right to know of their major donors. Electoral bonds Supreme Court needs to urgently hear Inconsistent provisions A commonly cited rationale for pre and through the defence of the This is not the first instance where polit have dealt a further blow to people’s the electoral bonds matter and the chal First, the marital rape exception is in serving the marital rape exemption is accused. ical parties have shown total contempt right to know and consolidated the role lenge to the refusal of political parties consistent with other sexual offences, that recognising marital rape as a crimi for peoples’ right to information. Act of big money in electoral politics. Peo to comply with the CIC’s order. Finally, which make no such exemption for nal offence would ‘destroy the institu Underlining subordination ing in exemplary unison, after the judg ples’ ability to engage with political it needs to examine whether a post fac marriage. Thus, a husband may be tried tion of marriage’. This was the govern It is shocking that Exception 2 to Sec ment in Union of India v. ADR (2002), processes in a democratic manner and to determination of the violation of its for offences such as sexual harassment, ment’s defence in Independent tion 375 of the IPC survives to this day. wherein all candidates standing for track donations by corporates to moni directions regarding publicising crimi molestation, voyeurism, and forcible Thought v. Union of India (2017). Re Antithetical to the liberal and progres elections were directed to file an affida tor and blow the whistle on quid pro nal antecedents of candidates and im disrobing in the same way as any other jecting this claim, the Supreme Court sive values of our Constitution, and vio vit declaring their educational, finan quo have been seriously undermined. position of fine of a few lakh rupees is man. A husband separated from his astutely observed, “Marriage is not in lative of India’s international obliga cial and criminal backgrounds, political The design of the scheme is such that likely to deter parties which declare in wife (though not divorced) may even be stitutional but personal – nothing can tions under instruments such as the parties amended the Representation of while citizens and opposition parties comes worth hundreds of crores every tried for rape (Section 376B ). A hus destroy the ‘institution’ of marriage ex Convention on the Elimination of All the People Act, 1951, to nullify the dis have no way of knowing who is donat year. The judiciary could consider put band may be charged and tried for non cept a statute that makes marriage ille Forms of Discrimination against Wo closure requirements. The Court struck ing bonds to which party, it is not diffi ting in place a mechanism to monitor consensual penetrative sexual interac gal and punishable.” If it is true, howev men, the provision underlines women’s down the amendments. cult for the party in power to access the compliance with its directions prior to tions other than penilevaginal penetra er, that criminalising marital rape will subordination to men, especially within In 2013, the full bench of the Central data. This asymmetry of information in all State and general elections and de tion with his wife under Section 377 destroy the institution of marriage, marriage. In 2017, the Supreme Court , Information Commission (CIC) de favour of the party in power gives it an bar candidates who violate its orders. (prior to the decision of the Supreme what does that tell us about this so in Independent Thought, had read clared six national political parties ‘pu undue advantage. It is no surprise that The country can no longer afford Court in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of called institution? If its very existence down the exception so that husbands blic authorities’ under the Right to In the lion’s share of donations through courts being passive spectators of the India, 2018, consent or lack thereof was depends on husbands’ right to rape who raped their minor wives could no formation (RTI) Act, 2005. Parties were bonds have been cornered by the BJP. debasement of democracy. Public inter not relevant to Section 377, but it is their wives , and on the legally sanc longer hide behind it. It is high time required to appoint Public Information While hearing the challenge to the est demands that judicial intervention now). As a result, penetrative inter tioned violation of wives’ sexual auto adult women are afforded the same Officers and submit themselves to pro instrument of electoral bonds, the Su goes beyond appealing to the fictional course that is penilevaginal is protect nomy, is this institution worth saving? protection and dignity in marriage. visions of the transparency law. So preme Court in 2019 observed that the conscience of our lawmakers. ed from criminal prosecution when Does this kind of marriage deserve to strong was the resolve of parties to not matter gives “rise to weighty issues performed by a husband with his wife, be the cornerstone of our society? Sure Shraddha Chaudhary is Lecturer, Jindal Global share information about their function which have a tremendous bearing on Anjali Bhardwaj and Amrita Johri are members even when done forcibly or without ly, we can do better. Law School, Sonepat and Ph.D Candidate ing with citizens that immediately a bill the sanctity of the electoral process in of the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to consent. If there is an underlying ra Another argument frequently raised (Law), University of Cambridge was introduced in Parliament to amend the country...” Unfortunately, the case Information

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Grete Faremo to store the vaccines (even for those Banga Desh diplomatic mission opens that do not require ultralow temper COVID19 exposed and increased the ature storage), and high daylight tem Tagore’s “Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami Tomai vast inequalities of our world. Now, peratures. The logistical challenge of Bhalobashi” (My Golden Bengal, I love you) the effort to vaccinate humanity risks getting the vaccines from warehous rent the air and a blue flag with the territory creating the latest front in global in es to the entire human population is of Bangla Desh inscribed on it went up the equality. Against a backdrop of vac key to the success of this largest vac mast, marking the opening of a diplomatic cine nationalism, debates over intel cine rollout in our history. But this mission of Bangla Desh in the capital today lectual property or technology requires better health systems, sup [New Delhi, Aug. 30]. The simple function transfer, fair and equal access to CO ply chains and infrastructure, and was held at the mission building in a South VID19 vaccines is at risk. This will strong logistics support. There are Delhi colony, Ananda Niketan, but the Chief cost lives, stifle economies, and push many pieces to this puzzle: from dis of Mission, Mr. K.M. Shehabuddin, in a state our recovery further out of reach. tributing the vaccines and managing ment on the occasion laid claim to the High That vaccines were developed and the cold chain infrastructure needed, Commission buildings in Chanakyapuri approved at record speed shows us to hiring and training vaccinators, which he described as “hitherto belonging what we can achieve by working to communicating clearly with the com to defunct Pakistan”. He also claimed “Pa gether. Now we need that same spirit munities involved, and making sure kistan House”, the official residence of the of partnerships to vaccinate the that the medical waste from this mas Pakistan High Commissioner, on Tilak Marg whole world. It is a monumental sive vaccination exercise does not fill as the rightful property of Bangla Desh. task, whose scale and urgency means our lands and oceans and add to our “These palatial buildings like similar mis we should do all we can to support it. climate emergency. All of these are sions in other capitals were built by the rul We must urgently share technology even more testing in more challeng ers of Pakistan with the foreign exchange and doses, but we must also focus on ing environments. earned by the jute and tea of Bangla Desh communities that are most left be and as such none had greater right to them hind. Longterm benefits than the people of Bangladesh,” he added. Which brings me to my point. How We have a moral — not to mention Mr. Shehabuddin explained that in order to do we ensure vaccines get into the economic — obligation to get this avoid embarrassment to the host Govern arms of the most vulnerable, in hard right. But the good news is that this ment (meaning the Government of India) toreach locations, fragile states and challenging exercise also gives us an the Bangla Desh flag was hoisted, not on conflict zones? Even if doses are in opportunity to build more resilient these two buildings, but on a separate build place, paid for, and shipped, what health systems for a better future. If ing. Mr. Shehabuddin hoped that India does effective vaccine coverage mean the infrastructure for vaccination would soon recognise Bangla Desh and its le in the mountains of Afghanistan or clinics is created in a sustainable way, gally constituted government. the Amazon, across the sprawling it can serve communities after the lands of the Central African Republic pandemic too. From solar water hea A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 31, 1921 or the Democratic Republic of the ters to cold chain facilities and medi Congo, or places with predominantly cal waste incinerators, the sustaina Prison reform rural and nomadic populations? ble solutions offered now can benefit I raise these questions because communities in the longterm. Even prior to the outbreak of the European running UNOPS — the UN’s infras Last year, the pandemic revealed war, public men in India had come to recog tructure and procurement agency — not just deadly inequalities, but also nise that the Indian prison system was a lit has taught me that the last mile mat key fault lines in health systems, sup tle out of date and needed considerable im ters immensely. From bringing criti ply chains and logistics. A year on, provement and the gravamen of the charge cal drugs to forest dwellers across we owe it to our world to build on the against the Government was that India was Southeast Asia and delivering food, lessons learnt, both to tackle vaccine still far behind the other civilised countries to delivering face masks and sanitis inequality and to build the founda in the matter of the treatment of criminals. ers by canoe in Brazil, we know that tions for more inclusive, resilient and The Government of India had constituted a implementing projects in hardto sustainable health systems across the Committee with a Madras civilian, having reach areas requires ingenuity and world. This can be the lasting legacy some experience of jail administration in the resilience. And when we talk about of the pandemic — a world with bet Southern Presidency, as its President, to vaccines with such delicate delivery ter global health infrastructure. make a comprehensive survey of jail admi requirements, the last mile is simply We must remember that none of nistration in the western countries and make or break. us are safe until all of us are safe. We make recommendations, after recording evi must make sure we work together on dence of experts, to “bring the jail adminis Logistical issues this global final mile and cross the fin tration (in India) uptodate.” As we had al Cold chain delivery requirements, ish line together. If we fail, we cannot ready remarked the Committee had shown for example, currently pose a far be sure how long this mile will last. in many of its recommendations a desire greater challenge for developing that Indian prison conditions should ap countries. This is due to the combi Grete Faremo is Under-Secretary-General proximate to the humanitarian conceptions nation of poor transport infrastruc and Executive Director of UNOPS, the UN’s of jail reform, but they had not suggested ture, no reliable access to electricity infrastructure and procurement specialists anything like a perfect scheme of reform.

DELHI THE HINDU 8 NEWS TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Farmers threaten to lay siege Adityanath imposes Five rockets target Kabul ban on meat, liquor airport ahead of deadline to miniSecretariat at Karnal trade in Mathura Two U.S. officials told Reu- in that category. The Taliban ters that evacuations would will take full control of Kabul They demand dismissal of official responsible for ordering lathi charge Take up selling continue on Monday, priori airport after the American Special Correspondent milk to revive the tising people deemed at ex withdrawal on Tuesday, Qa GURUGRAM treme risk. Other countries tar’s Al Jazeera TV network glory of the city, Haryana farmer unions on have also put in lastminute cited an unidentified Taliban Monday held a meeting in he says requests to bring out people source as saying. Karnal to demand registra Press Trust of India tion of cases against the offi Mathura (U.P.) cials responsible for the lathi Avani, Sumit lead India’s charge on the farmers this Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister past weekend and ₹25 lakh Yogi Adityanath on Monday U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath gold hunt at Paralympics compensation to the next of imposed a complete ban on arriving at the Sri Krishna kin of the farmer who alleg the sale of liquor and meat Janambhoomi temple in in Mathura. Mathura on Monday. * PTI Coached by former ace shoo as veteran Devendra Jhanj edly died due to the injuries “The officers are directed ter Suma Shirur, 19yearold haria claimed silver in the sustained during the police to make plans for the ban as “Every effort will be Avani pipped China’s Zhang men’s F46 section. In the action, among other things. well as for the engagement made to develop Brij Bhumi Cuiping, who got a silver same event, Sundar Singh The unions threatened to of people involved in such and there will be no dearth with 248.9. Much later, there Gurjar trailed Devendra and lay indefinite siege to the activities in some other of funds for this. We are was a golden encore from got the bronze. Devendra, Karnal miniSecretariat in trade,” he said. looking at a blend of mod Sumit, especially in a season who previously won golds in case their demands were not The Chief Minister was ern technology and the cul where javelin throwers have the 2004 and 2016 Paralym met till September 6. speaking at the Krishnotsa tural and spiritual heritage excelled with Neeraj Chopra pic Games, etched his name Bharatiya Kisan Union va 2021 programme here. for the development of the having prospered at the pre as India’s greatest paraath (Charuni) president Gurnam Strident protest: Farmers taking part in a mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan He suggested that those region,” he said. ceding Olympics. Sumit lete, given his remarkable Singh Charuni, addressing Morcha at Gharaunda Grain market in Karnal on Monday. * PTI engaged in liquor and meat He also complimented erased his own world record consistency across the years. the meeting, alleged that the trade may take up selling Prime Minister Narendra with a throw of 68.55 m, se In discus throw, Yogesh government had unleashed lakh each for the injured the lathi charge immediately baric and illegal instructions milk in order to revive the Modi for giving a new direc curing gold in the men’s jave Kathuniya won silver in the violence on farmers holding farmers. and take stringent action as only a wrong choice of glory of Mathura, that was tion to the country. lin F64 segment. The joys on F56 category with a throw peaceful protests and caused against him, it can only be words. It once again clearly known for producing huge He said places of faith ne the javelin front multiplied that registered 44.38 m. injuries to 40 people, includ ‘Illegal instructions’ assumed that the official was reiterates what we have been ing serious injuries to 11. The The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, acting on the instructions saying, which is that the Ma quantity of animal milk. Mr. glected since long are being unions demanded govern in a press statement, said if from elsewhere. nohar LalChautala govern Adityanath also prayed to revived now. Cabinet Minis 25% vaccinated health ment job to the next of kin of the Manohar Lal govern “It is utterly shocking that ment is at war with its own Lord Krishna to eliminate ters Laxmi Narain Chaud Sushil Kajal, who allegedly ment did not dismiss the offi the Chief Minister is choos people,” said the press state the novel coronavirus hary and Shrikant Sharma staff got infected: study died from the injuries and ₹2 cial responsible for ordering ing to brush aside the bar ment. infection. were also present.

To confirm a reinfection, riod coincided with the se IN BRIEF the researchers relied on le cond wave, where most Marandi issue hangs vels of antibodies that were infections were due to the directed towards the nucle Delta variant, it was most ocapsid region of the coro likely that these break navirus, which is different through infections too were fire in Jharkhand from the region (spike pro due to the Delta variant. tein) that vaccinegenerated “Two doses of the vaccine No decision yet on antidefection law antibodies normally target. weren’t protective against Currently, all the vaccines infection but infection fol special correspondent the Speaker heard the case Patna Shah launches laddu are designed to produce an lowed by vaccination — even virtually due to the COVID distribution scheme tibodies against the spike a single dose — was signifi Almost seven months after pandemic. Pleading his AHMEDABAD protein and so high levels of cantly protective against the Babulal Marandiled case, Mr. Marandi’s counsel, Union Home Minister Amit antibodies against the nu fresh infections,” he added. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha R.N. Sahay said the Speak Shah on Monday launched a cleocapsid region were ta Currently too, Delta and (Prajatantrik) merged with er’s court had no power to nutritious laddu distribution ken to be markers of a fresh its associated lineages com the BJP in February this hear the case as the Election scheme for pregnant women coronavirus infection. prise nearly half the corona year, the Jharkhand As Commission of India had al in his Gandhinagar consti- A breakthrough infection virus infections and are be sembly Speaker Rabindra so ruled in favour of Mr. Ma tuency. Under the scheme, is one where someone tests lieved to be driving the Nath Mahato has not yet ta randi. Mr. Sahay also plead around 7,000 pregnant positive at least two weeks infection in Kerala and ken any decision on grant ed that since the case was women will be provided 15 after their second dose. Maharashtra. Festival cheer: Kashmiri Pandits taking out a procession on Janmashtami at Lal Chowk in ing status of Leader of the already pending in the High nutritious laddus each free Shantanu Sengupta of the Those healthcare work Srinagar on Monday. * NISSAR AHMAD Opposition (LoP) to him un Court, it would not be ap every month till the birth of CSIRIGIB and one of the ers who were previously in der the antidefection law propriate for the Speaker’s their child, through NGOs. scientists who led the study fected had a reinfection rate pertaining to 10th Schedule court to hear the case. The While launching the scheme, the Minister said that it was said 25% was a “conserva of 2.5% over the same pe of the Constitution. For the Speaker should wait for the his responsibility to ensure tive estimate” as many of riod. Pandits take out rath yatras past six months, the Jhark High Court’s judgment in that there should not be a the infections were likely “The neutralization of hand Assembly has been this case, he said. without an LoP. Mr. Sahay also said the single malnourished mother asymptomatic and only a Delta variant by antibodies and child in his constituency. subset of them who manif to nonDelta spike protein is on Janmasthami in Kashmir Mr. Marandi who had merger of the JVM(P) with He later took stock of deve- been a member of the BJP, the BJP was made after the ested symptoms were likely greatly reduced. This means lopment works in the area. to get themselves tested. that neither prior infection was the first Chief Minister expulsion of two party While the infections were by nonDelta variants, nor Men and women converged on Srinagar’s Lal Chowk of Jharkhand after its bifur MLAs Pradeep Yadav and mild it could contribute to existing vaccines, are indivi cation from Bihar in Novem Bandhu Tirkey for antipar Armed infiltrators killed healthcare workers un dually sufficient for the path Special Correspondent Kupwara. the belief that a life of moral ber 2000. Later, he parted ty activities. near LoC, says Army knowingly infecting pa to herd immunity. This also Srinagar “I want to thank the ma ity and righteousness can be ways with the BJP to form JAMMU tients, he said. implies that masking is an Kashmiri Pandits celebrated jority community and the achieved amidst all difficul the JVM(P). ‘Against the mandate’ Two alleged armed For their analysis, the essential part of any rational Janmashtami, birthday of administration for making it ties through devotion, self Earlier, after the merger, Former Dhanwar MLA Raj infiltrators were killed near scientists relied on blood COVID control strategy, be Lord Krishna, with religious a success. We were able to less service, commitment the BJP had declared Mr. Kumar Yadav, who is also the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of the Pir samples taken every week ing agnostic to immune es fervour in Srinagar on Mon celebrate the occasion like in and compassion. We should Marandi as LoP and chief of one of the petitioners in the Panjal Valley in Kashmir on —up to 90 — following vacci cape,” the authors note in day and took out ‘rath ya the past,” M.Y. Yogi, a Kash renew our commitment to the BJP legislature party. case, meanwhile, said Mr. Monday. An Army spokesman nation and because this pe their study. tras’ for the first time in miri Pandit, said in Lal Lord Krishna’s ideals on this However, Speaker Mahato Marandi had contested the Handwara district of north Chowk. “We prayed for occasion,” LieutenantGo took suo motu cognisance of 2019 Assembly election on said, “Alert Army troops Kashmir. peace in J&K on the vernor Manoj Sinha said in a the revolt of two JVM(P) JVM(P) ticket but later detected the infiltration bid with the effective use of the Kashmiri Pandits, a ma occasion.” message. MLAs — Pradeep Yadav and merged his party with BJP Private hospitals lift less integrated surveillance grid. jority of whom migrated Top regional leaders — Na Such religious proces Bandhu Tirkey — against the which was “against the man On being challenged, the from J&K in the 1990s in the tional Conference’s Farooq sions of Kashmiri Pandits merger, and initiated pro date”. terrorists opened fire and than 10% of vaccines face of raging militancy, con Abdullah and Omar Abdul were organised in the past ceedings against Mr. Maran Senior BJP leader and they were neutralised.” The verged on Lal Chowk here lah; Peoples Democratic Par too, especially during the re di’s membership under the chief whip of the party in Army said an AK-47 rifle was and took out a religious pro ty’s Mehbooba Mufti; Apni gimes of Mufti Muhammad antidefection law. the State Assembly Biranchi recovered from near one of cession. Men and women Party;s Altaf Bukhari and Pe Sayeed, Ghulam Nabi Azad Mr. Marandi later chal Narayan said “the party will the bodies. This action by were seen dancing and sho oples Conference’s Sajad and Omar Abdullah. Howev lenged the Speaker’s deci wait for the Speaker’s deci alert troops displayed the wering flowers. Pandits also Lone — greeted the com er, all such processions were sion in the Ranchi High sion and the High Court’s resolve of the Army to thwart participated in a procession munity on the occasion. barred last year due to the Court. judgment regarding this. any misadventure along the in Handwara market of “The festival reinforces COVID19 pandemic. Last week, on August 24, What else we can do?” LoC, it added. ‘This is renovation, not restoration’ ED records witness statement of actor Historians say the newlook Jallianwala Bagh is a distortion of history special correspondent Damini Nath Adding glamour to the little NEW DELHI NEW DELHI corridor changes the whole The Enforcement Directo The newlook Jallianwala visual history. History itself rate on Monday recorded However, between May 1 and delivery date were the rea Bagh memorial that Prime is being rewritten and reno the witness statement of August 17, private hospitals’ sons behind poor offtake Minister Narendra Modi ded vated. This is the corporati Bollywood actor Jacqueline share in overall supply from private players. icated to the nation on Au sation of monuments,” he Fernandez in a money laun touched 25% only in Telanga “In the latest phase, priv gust 28 was a distortion of said. dering case against ‘con na (33%), Maharashtra (29%) ate hospitals were asked to history of the site where Brit He said the well should man’ Sukesh Jacqueline Fernandez and Delhi (29%). Doses sup pay upfront for the doses, ish troops massacred In not have been covered and Chandrasekhar. plied before May 1 were not which was not the practice dians on April 13, 1919, his the changes were unneces Earlier this month, the cheating and extortion. considered for analysis as in the previous phases. Also, torians said on Monday. sary and cosmetic in nature. agency seized a seafacing The premises of Sukesh’s 100% of the doses were pro there is no fixed date on Mr. Modi virtually inaugu “It is a very sad trend,” he bungalow in Chennai and 16 wife Leena Maria Paul, a cured by the Central govern which the doses will arrive. rated four new galleries and said. luxury cars, besides two kg smalltime actor, were also ment and supplied to the Thus, they were not able to opened the renovated me Symbol of valour: A view of the renovated Jallianwala Bagh Kim A. Wagner, a London gold, during the searches in searched. The police have

States. Murali Neelakantan, plan the administration pro morial a yearandahalf after Martyrs' Memorial in Amritsar. * AFP based Professor of history connection with a fresh case alleged that Sukesh had principal lawyer at amicus, cess efficiently. This explains it was closed for the revamp. and author of Amritsar 1919 registered by the Delhi pol been running the racket Mumbai, said mandatory up why the private offtake The well into which vic He said the project had tried ment has renovated the – An Empire of Fear and the ice accusing Sukesh of from Delhi’s Rohini jail. front payment and uncertain dropped,” he said. tims jumped when forces led to “mystify and glamourise place, adding new features, Making of a Massacre, said by Reginald Dyer opened fire history”. he said. in a tweet on August 28 that has been covered with a “People visiting Jallianwa the revamping of the site Punjab and Haryana CMs transparent barrier. The nar la Bagh should go with a ‘Absolutely gaudy’ “means that the last traces of row entrance has been sense of pain and anguish. Historian S. Irfan Habib said the event have effectively adorned with sculptures. A They have now tried to make he was not opposed to addi been erased”. spar over farm agitation daily sound and light show it a space for enjoying, with a tions like better toilets or a The project was carried explaining the events has beautiful garden. It was not a cafe for visitors, but the out by the Archaeological “The farmers who were prot rinder said the crisis would been started. beautiful garden,” Professor changes made had been “at Survey of India and NBCC, esting against the BJP meet not have assumed such grave Lal said. Rather, Jallianwala the cost of history, cost of and developed by Ahmeda ing in Karnal when the police proportions had the BJP, in Not a garden Bagh was where Indians heritage”. badbased Vama Communi rained ‘lathis’ on them be cluding the Haryana CM and Reacting to the develop gathered as they had on that “It is absolutely gaudy cations, which has in the longed to Haryana and not Deputy CM Dushyant Chau ment, historian and former fateful day when Dyer and ...Why should there be mu past worked on the National Punjab,” said Capt. Amarin tala, heeded the farmers’ Jawaharlal Nehru University his forces entered and fired rals on the wall? Changes the Police Museum in Delhi and der. Blaming the BJP for the concerns and empathised Professor Chaman Lal said it on a peaceful crowd. Instead whole idea of the place from Mahatma Gandhi Museum in farmers’ wrath, Capt. Ama with their pain. was a “distortion of history”. of restoration, the govern where Dyer entered to kill. Rajkot.

THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 NEWS 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Taliban didn’t take passports: visa agency India can deal with changing Application centre in Kabul urges Union government to revoke order cancelling issued visas Afghan situation: Rajnath Suhasini Haidar NEW DELHI government would revoke its them for terror attacks in In decision, given the uncer dia. A week after the Govern tainty over the security situa Mr. Karim flatly denied Events raising new questions for national security, he says ment of India cancelled all tion in Afghanistan, and par the possibility. He said the Special Correspondent existing visas for Afghan na ticularly after the deadline agency would not jeopardise NEW DELHi tionals wanting to travel to for all foreign troops to leave Indian interests, having India, and instituted the “e the country expires on worked closely with the Em The events in Afghanistan visa only” system after re Tuesday. bassy for more than a de are raising new questions in ports emerged that Taliban cade. He also stated that the terms of security, Defence gunmen had stolen many Delay in issuing visa agency office was operating Minister Rajnath Singh said passports, the sole Indian vi As The Hindu has reported normally at present, and Af on Monday, while asserting sa agency has denied that earlier, the Ministry of Home ghan citizens who had depo that the government is alert any passports were lost or Affairs has delayed issuing sited their passports for the and capable of dealing with misplaced. any evisas, as it is difficult to Indian visa were being re any situation arising out of In a letter to the Ministry conduct security checks on turned their travel docu the crisis. of External Affairs (MEA), a applicants without local in ments, as and when they “Security of Indians is a copy of which The Hindu has Flight to safety: Afghan evacuees arriving at the Hindon Air puts as the Indian Embassy were able to visit the agency. cause for concern for the go seen, the owners of Shahir force base near New Delhi on August 22. in Kabul is closed. “We sincerely hope to be vernment. We also do not tional selfrespect and uplift Singh referred to the drone Travel Agency that has han On August 27, MEA spo gin our association with the want antiIndia forces to of the nation under any cir attack at the Jammu Air dled Indian visas since 2009 accused of something they visas taken by them or mis kesperson Arindam Bagchi Embassy of India whenever take advantage of the evolv cumstances, Mr. Singh said. Force Station. asked the government to re did not do and that puts all placed. said the decision to cancel Indian officials chose to re ing Afghan situation for “Our goal is to make India “We have to continuously voke the August 25 order and our Kabul staff in danger. “All the visas that were is thousands of visas previous turn. But we definitely feel crossborder terrorism,” Mr. prosperous, strong and se update and upgrade the na also to expedite the evisa Therefore, we have to public sued by the Embassy were ly issued to Afghan nationals we deserve the support of Singh said, delivering the cure. Such an India that does tional security system for system to enable genuine ly and vociferously refute all done so after complete se had been made following re Government of India and do third Balramji Dass Tandon not scare people with its new challenges,” the Minis cases of students, business the fake news in the Indian curity check in Kabul. NIC ports of people “raiding one not wish to be left in the memorial lecture organised power, but instils a sense of ter said. persons, and others associat media,” Muhammad Karim, (National Informatics Centre of our outsourcing agencies, lurch. We request that this by Panjab University via vi confidence even in small Listing a series of defence ed with India in the past who CEO of Shahir Travel Agency, of India) maintains details of where Afghan passports with be clarified immediately by deoconference. countries that India’s grow reforms by the government would need to leave Afghan the sole Indian Visa Applica all visa sticker issued and Indian visas were there”. MEA on a public platform,” The Indian government is ing power is not a threat to to achieve selfreliance and istan urgently. tion Centre (IVAC) in Kabul, biometrics captured,” the He did not mention who the agency said. constantly monitoring the them. It is also going to instil bring cohesion, Mr. Singh “We have written to the told The Hindu. agency’s letter said, adding was responsible for the re To a question on how ma situation in Afghanistan, he a sense of security for said, “We are working to Government of India with Mr. Karim said Taliban re that the government could ports. Several media agen ny passports were in their added. them,” he said. wards creating Theatre our very legitimate con presentatives had visited match the passport holders cies had suggested that the custody, the agency said it Stating that some new Commands in a new way. cerns… The problem this their offices, along with oth at any time required. worry was that a Pakistan was still bound by a contract No compromise threats have also emerged This is also going to be a re fake news has created is that er offices and businesses in MEA officials declined to backed group or intelligence with the Government of In The government will not regarding national security, volutionary step in itself. the current personnel in the city, but at no point were comment on the letter. They agencies may have taken the dia and could not divulge de compromise on issues relat due to the development of The process of discussion on power [Taliban] have been passports containing Indian said it was unlikely that the passports in order to use tails. ed to national security, na modern technology, Mr. this is still going on.” Mayawati’s loss Articles 15 and 25 is Akhilesh’s India supports Palestine peace process: Shringla gain in U.P. Afghanistan crisis dominates UN Security Council proceedings as India’s presidency draws to a close ‘sold off’, says Rahul

Omar Rashid Kallol Bhattacherjee lians and security able to evacuate their nation CPI(M) slams violence against Muslims LUCKNOW NEW DELHI guarantees for humanitarian als or allied Afghan Samajwadi Party (SP) chief India will support “all ef access. The text reflects in personnel. At least 180 Hin Special Correspondent New Delhi Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday forts” to restart the peace ternational concerns about du and Sikh Afghans remain called on senior BSP MLA process between Israel and the security situation in Af in Kabul amid indications Former Congress president Sukhdev Rajbhar, who has Palestine, Foreign Secretary ghanistan and its capital Ka that the Taliban have de Rahul Gandhi on Monday been ailing for the past two Harsh Vardhan Shringla con bul. The humanitarian ac layed granting permission to asked if the Union govern years, at the latter’s resi veyed to the UN Security cess mentioned in the draft them to travel abroad. ment had “sold off” Articles dence here, in his latest Council meeting on Monday resolution is aimed at ensur The resolution can also be 15 and 25 of the Constitution move to woo the nonYadav which also witnessed tabling ing that people who are will used to force the Taliban to that prohibit discrimination OBC communities in Uttar of an important resolution ing to leave Afghanistan will adhere to some of the basic on the grounds of religion, Pradesh. on Afghanistan. be allowed to do so under se international humanitarian race, caste, sex or place of While Mr. Rajbhar ear “Given our longstanding cure circumstances beyond norms. The Taliban have birth and allow freedom to Rahul Gandhi lier this month announced and firm commitment to the August 31, the deadline for been demanding to take up practise and profess any re that he was retiring from establishment of a sove Focal point: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla the U.S. troops to withdraw the issue of representation ligion respectively. refusing to chant “Jai Sri active politics, he ensured reign, independent and via from the country. on behalf of Afghanistan at Mr. Gandhi tweeted a vi Ram” and “Modi Zindabad”; speaking at the UN Security Council on Monday. * PTI his son Kamlakant Rajbhar ble state of Palestine, within It is understood that the the UN. But experts here be deo that showed alleged in a bangle seller in Indore was joined the SP. In a recent secure, recognised and mu said. India’s presidency of Later in the session, a re resolution will be used to en lieve it is likely that a discus stances of Muslim men be allegedly targeted for selling open letter, Mr. Rajbhar la tually agreed borders, living the UNSC will end on Tues solution on Afghanistan force a window of evacua sion on the Taliban’s right to ing attacked and asked to in a Hindu locality ahead of mented that the “Bahujan side by side with Israel in day after a month during drafted by the United King tion for foreign nationals represent Afghanistan at the chant “Jai Sri Ram”. “Article Raksha Bandhan; an erick movement” and “social peace and security, India which the Taliban takeover dom and France was taken who continue to remain UN will get “pushed” till the 15 and 25 of the Constitution shaw driver was allegedly at justice” movement had will remain fully supportive of Afghanistan dominated up for discussion and possi stuck in Kabul. Apart from group allows full evacuation have also been sold?” stated tacked in Kanpur ignoring weakened. of all efforts to restart the the agenda of the topmost ble voting. The draft resolu India and the U.S., many oth of foreigners and others will Mr. Gandhi, who has been the pleas of his minor He said he had asked his peace process,” Mr. Shringla UN organ. tion seeks protection of civi er countries have been un ing to leave Afghanistan. attacking the government daughter; and finally, a beg son to follow the leader for its monetisation policy gar and his sons were as ship of Mr. Yadav. with hashtag “IndiaonSale”. saulted in Ajmer, the party The switch by Mr. Sukh said. dev not only gives a boost Terminate ‘faulty’ power CPI(M)’s charge The editorial of People’s to the SP before the As BJP MLA Tanmoy Ghosh Separately, the CPI(M) in its Democracy said, “More and sembly election scheduled journal, People’s Democra- more, the mobs are embol next year but also adds to pacts, demands Sidhu cy, said “everyday violence dened by the knowledge the series of defections returns to Trinamool Congress against Muslims is showing a that they can get off scot from the BSP. Punjab govt. should revise tariff, he says disturbing pattern” and re free or be treated leniently A fiveterm MLA, Mr. counted “instances” of at by the law enforcement Sukhdev served as a Minis The BJP’s strength in West Bengal has come down to 73 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT vernment to direct the Pun tacks in August alone in Ra authorities”. It alleged that ter in the SPBSP govern CHANDIGARH jab State Electricity Regula jasthan, Madhya Pradesh the Taliban takeover of Af ment and a Cabinet Minis Shiv Sahay Singh Punjab Congress president tory Commission to revise and Uttar Pradesh. ghanistan was being utilised ter in 1997 before being Kolkata Navjot Singh Sidhu, speak the tariff that is being paid A 52yearold autorick by the BJP and the Hindutva appointed Speaker by Tanmoy Ghosh, BJP MLA ing in the Assembly on Mon to private power plants, shaw driver was said to be forces “to whip up feelings Mayawati from 200712, from Bishnupur in Bankura, day, asked the Congress go which will make the PPAs attacked by two men in Ra against Muslims and spread when she was in power West Bengal, joined the Tri vernment to terminate the “null and void”. jasthan’s Sikar for allegedly Islamophobia”. with a majority. namool Congress on Mon “faulty” Power Purchase He demanded that the “His [Mr. Sukhdev’s] ex day. Mr. Ghosh had switched Agreements (PPAs) by bring upcoming oneday special perience and blessings are over to the BJP from the Tri ing a new law. The PPAs session of the Assembly be very important for us all,” namool in March. were signed by the previous extended by at least five Mr. Yadav tweeted after the With this, the number of SADBJP government. days to discuss issues of pu meeting. BJP MLAs has come down to Mr. Sidhu urged the go blic interest. The Rajbhars are a com 73. The party had won 77 munity concentrated in seats in the election. Party Home turf: Tanmoy Ghosh, MLA, left, rejoining the Trinamool parts of eastern Uttar Pra MPs Jaganath Sarkar and Ni Congress in the presence of West Bengal Education Minister desh and outfits like the Su sith Pramanik, who won the Bratya Basu on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT heldev Bharatiya Samaj election, did not take oath as Party of Om Prakash Rajb MLAs. as a tool of “political vendet votes. The BJP’s vote share har have become vocal in Mr. Ghosh, who joined ta”. was about 38%. the State politics demand the Trinamool in the pre Mr. Basu said, “I will tell In June, Mukul Roy, who ing a share in power. sence of senior leader and the BJP leadership that the won from Krishnagar Uttar The BSP also suffered a Education Minister Bratya attempts to control West on BJP ticket, rejoined the loss in western Uttar Pra Basu, said the BJP was trying Bengal and Bengalis from Trinamool . desh as Brahmin leader Yo to snatch away the rights of Delhi and Gujarat are not go On Sunday, former MLA gesh Dwivedi quit on Sun Bengalis and malign the cul ing well even among those in Sikha Mitra, also the wife of day. He joined the ture of the State. His deci the party.” former Congress president Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), sion to return to the party The Trinamool Congress Somendranath Mitra, re which is an ally of the SP in was also in protest against won 213 seats in the election turned to the ruling party in the State. the use of Central agencies by securing about 48% of the West Bengal. ‘Can’t curtail right to move freely or reside anywhere on flimsy grounds’

Legal Correspondent “A person cannot be de ken in exceptional cases, to NEW DELHI nied his fundamental right maintain law and order in a The Supreme Court has held to reside anywhere in the locality and/or prevent that the power of the State to country or to move freely breach of public tranquillity pass an externment order or throughout the country on and peace,” the top court a direction barring certain flimsy grounds,“ Justice Ba noted. people entry to specified nerjee observed in the re The judgment was based areas should be exercised cent judgment. on an appeal filed by a jour only in “exceptional cases”. The court said extern nalist, Rahmat Khan, who The rights to free move ment orders have their use was at the receiving end of ment and residence across in maintaining law and or an externment order passed India cannot be curtailed on der. However, they cannot by the Maharashtra police. flimsy grounds, a Bench of be employed as a vindictive He was banned from en Justices Indira Banerjee and or retaliatory measure. tering Amravati City or Am V. Ramasubramanian held in “The drastic action of ex ravati rural district for a a judgment. ternment should only be ta year.

DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Maharashtra breaks rising COVID trend 102 Vande Bharat trains to However, Health Minister asks citizens to exercise caution against the backdrop of Ganesh festival be operational by 2024 Shoumojit Banerjee than 1.53 lakh samples being trict’s cumulative death toll Pune tested in the last 24 hours,” remained constant at 6,536. Railways to source components only from Indian suppliers After nearly a week of cases said State Surveillance Offic outweighing recoveries, er Pradeep Awate. Other districts Maharashtra rallied again to Pune reported over 650 Satara reported 446 new cas S. Vijay Kumar CHENNAI see a trend reversal as 4,696 new cases, taking its total es and no deaths as well, tak patients were discharged on cases to 11,17,975, while three ing the total cases to The Railways plans to oper Monday against a compara deaths pushed the total 2,38,258, of which 5,421 are ate 102 Vande Bharat trains tively low surge of 3,741 new death to 18,670. As per dis active, while the death toll by March 2024. COVID19 cases. trict authorities, the active remained constant at 5,993. Days after Prime Minister The active case tally case tally has exceeded In its lowest surge in days, Narendra Modi announced dipped to 51,834. 9,300. neighbouring Sangli report the operation of 75 Vande The death toll was the low ed a little more than 300 Bharat trains, the Ministry of est in a fortnight, as 52 Cases in Mumbai new cases and just a single Railways has floated tenders deaths took the State’s cum Mumbai reported 333 new death. The total case tally for manufacturing 58 rakes, ulative fatalities to 1,37,209. cases to take its total case tal stands at 2,01,648, with the each comprising 16 coaches. Game changer: These are semihigh speed trains that can The case fatality rate re ly to 7,43,832, while the ac active cases declining to Tenders have already been attain an operational efficiency of 160 kmph. * FILE PHOTO mains constant at 2.12%. tive count rose incremental 4,356, while its total death floated for making 44 rakes. strictly follow the pandemic recovery rate has risen incre ly to 3,504. A couple of toll reached 5,464. Railway officials say 102 der 2017, and said there was laid down that the eligibility Minister urges caution norms in order to preclude a mentally to 97.02%. deaths took the city’s death Kolhapur reported 108 Vande Bharat trains would “sufficient local capacity for bidders from a country Health Minister Rajesh Tope potential ‘third wave’ of the “Of a total 5,38,12,827 lab count to 15,976. new cases and a single be commissioned by early and competition in supply of that shared land border with has urged caution, with fes virus. oratory samples tested thus Ahmednagar reported death, taking its total case 2024. The Train18, later the tendered item in re India to participate in the tivities (including the Ga The total cases have far, 64,60,680 [with the aver more than 800 new cases tally to 2,03,899. The active named Vande Bharat Ex quired quantity and there tender would be governed nesha festival) round the cor reached 64,60,680, while age case positivity falling in but no deaths, taking its total cases have now dipped to press, was rolled out by the fore public procurement of by the Public Procurement ner, exhorting people not to the cumulative recoveries crementally to 12.01%] have cases to 3,08,378, of which 1,470. The cumulative death Integral Coach Factory, this items is restricted to Orders of the Department of let their guard down and have risen to 62,68,112. The returned positive with more 5,961 are active. The dis toll stands at 5,784. Chennai. It was showcased ClassI Local Suppliers Expenditure. as India’s first semi high only”. Though the Vande Bharat speed train with an opera The new tender pu train was celebrated as one tional efficiency of 160 kmph blished on Saturday invited of the most successful pro and a gamechanger. bids for design, develop ducts of the “Make in India” Ire over toy train monetisation plan On the occasion of the ment, manufacture and sup mission, it ran into a contro 75th Independence Day ce ply of equipment for three versy over allegations of lebrations, Mr. Modi said 75 phase propulsion and com compromises on safety “Private companies’ focus will be on profit, local aspirations will be ignored” Vande Bharat trains would ponents for train sets as per bringing production of more be operationalised to con Research Design & Stan rakes to a grinding halt. Special Correspondent vest in a Railway whose earn nect different parts of the dards Organisation specifi There were also allega KOLKATA ings were ₹5 crore while the country. cations. tions that one company was A section of people in the investment required to sus In the fresh tenders, the While contractors should favoured in the making of Darjeeling hills of West Ben tain it was ₹20 crore. Ministry of Railways insisted certify the percentage of lo the first two rakes leading to gal are protesting against the He said the DHR was the on the compliance of the Pu cal (fully indigenous) com the railway vigilance officials Buddhadeb Centre’s proposed monetisa only surviving, fully func blic Procurement (Prefe ponents and imported registering cases against sev tion of the Darjeeling Hima tional twofeet gauge railway rence to Make in India) Or items, the tender conditions eral officials. Guha, Bengali layan Railways (DHR). They in the world and that it was have staged protests at 10 the pride of the people of writer, dead stations of the heritage rail Darjeeling. Press Trust of India way that connects New Jal The services of the DHR Amazon moves High Court Kolkata paiguri with Darjeeling, resumed on August 25, 2021, across 87.48 km. after being suspended for al Eminent Bengali writer There are four fully func most a year due to COVID19. Buddhadeb Guha, author tional and operational rail The protests against the Group, said they were not The toy train service known against magistrate court order of many notable works ways networks in mountains proposed monetisation of against privatisation, but it for its curves and loops had such as Madhukari (Honey and hilly terrains in India — the DHR were led by suppor could not be a unilateral de suffered major damages over Special Correspondent 2TB Portable External Hard January 20, 2020, Mr. Khalsa Mumbai Gatherer), died on Sunday. the Darjeeling Himalayan ters of Anit Thapa, the chair cision. “The Railways, the the past few years due to fre Drive (Black)’ on Amazon lodged a complaint with the He was 85. Guha died of Railway located in the footh person of Gorkhaland Terri UNESCO and the local peo quent landslides. On Mon ecommerce company Ama and paid ₹3,999 online. The Central Police Station, Ul postCovid complications ills of the Himalayas in West torial Administration. Nipen ple should sit together and day, the DHR introduced a zon and its country manager product is sold by a third hasnagar. When no action after a massive cardiac ar Bengal; the Nilgiris Moun Chettri, one of leaders who create guidelines, so that the short service from Siliguri have moved the Bombay HC party company and dis was taken by the police, he rest, family members said. tain Railways located in the participated in the protests, heritage site can be pre Junction to Rongtong, to at to quash an order passed by patched through an unrelat approached the judicial ma The writer, whose works Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu; said private companies’ fo served and sustained,” he tract more tourists. a magistrate court after a ed thirdparty courier com gistrate first class, which di of fiction reflected his the Kalka Shimla Railway lo cus would be on profit, and said. Built in the British era bet third party failed to deliver a pany. The product was not rected a probe and a report closeness to nature and for cated in the Himalayan local aspirations of the peo Mr. Basu, whose support ween 1879 and 1881, the Dar product to its customer. On delivered, despite a series of within three months. The ests of eastern India, had foothills of Himachal Pra ple would be ignored. group has about 2100 active jeeling toy train was de December 6, 2019, advocate emails and calls Mr. Khalsa court issued criminal pro been hospitalised earlier desh; and the Matheran Rail Raj Basu, secretary gener members, wondered why clared a UNESCO World Amrpritpal Singh Khalsa had made to Amazon. Neither ceedings against Amazon this month. way located in Maharashtra. al of the DHR India Support private companies would in Heritage Site in 1999. ordered a ‘WDElements did he receive a refund. On and its country manager.

Goa Congress chief Chodankar New initiative in J&K to restore lost glory of Pashmina shawls to continue Plans are afoot to reengage women artisans in critical production process by doubling wages and announcing MSPs for GIcertiﬁed products

Special Correspondent Peerzada Ashiq volved in the intricate shawl Kashmiri charkha allows lon ing, spinning and finishing; Directorate of Handicrafts New Delhi SRINAGAR weaving industry here. It will ger threads of Pashmina all these were dominated by and Handloom, Kashmir, The Congress announced Over a period, the number of start enrolling women weav wool with fine hairlike size, the female workforce. said. several new committees women associated with ers from September 1. unlike machines, and adds to In the backdrop of this He said the government for pollbound Goa but re handspinning of yarns for the softness and warmth of trend, the Directorate of was making all necessary in tained Girish Chodankar as Pashmina shawls has dwin Reviving lost sheen the product. Handicrafts and Handloom, terventions to ensure that the Pradesh Congress dled significantly in Kashmir, “Old techniques of weaving A Kashmiri woman can Kashmir, has announced a those who employ old tech Committee chief and Di but a rare initiative to double are fading fast in Kashmir. spin up to five grams of wool Minimum Support Price niques and processes are “in gambar Kamat as the Con the wages and ensure round Poor wages and machines a day. (MSP) for geographical indi centivised and promoted”. gress Legislature Party theyear orders is likely to have played a role in driving “We have the potential to cation (GI)certified hand “The fixing of wages for head. see the reengagement of wo away women who used to engage around 1,000 spin made Pashmina shawls “to the first time will help in re While former CM Luizin men artisans in a critical pro spin the finest yarns in the ners,” Mr. Kadri said. sustain the old techniques”. viving handspinning and ho Faleiro has been made duction process of the world world. This initiative is According to one esti handweaving, which make the head of the campaign famous handmade shawls. aimed at reviving the lost Weaving a tradition: Women’s participation has dropped from mate, women’s participation Incentivising the ‘old’ Kashmiri shawls famous,” committee, Ramakant Kha The Centre For Excellence sheen of the handmade one lakh to just around 10,000 in the Valley. * FILE PHOTO in shawl weaving has come “The minimum wage for a Mr. Shah said. lap has been made the (CFE) has been set up by shawls,” Mr. Kadri told The down significantly from one spinner has been fixed at The move is likely to gen head of the Manifesto Com shawl trader Mujtaba Kadri, Hindu. “Unlike the past, the first said. lakh to just around 10,000 in ₹1.25 now. We have proposed erate employment and im mittee. who owns the ‘Me&K’ brand The CFE has decided to bulk of Pashmina wool tufts “We are hopeful that it will the Kashmir Valley. Minimum Support Price of prove the economic pros Former Lok Sabha mem and AadhyamAditya Birla double the wages for women will be given to women spin attract women to the old It has impacted the pro ₹12,000 for GIcertified plain pects of women weavers, ber Francisco Sardinha will Group at the old city’s Nar from ₹1 per knot, of 10 ners without any charge. style of spinning rather than cesses involved in hand Pashmina handspun and who have for generations be the head of the Finance wara area to restore the lost threads with 10inchlong This will not force them for mill spinning,” he added. made shawls such as sorting, handwoven shawls,” Mah sustained the intricate and Committee. handdriven processes in yarn, to ₹2. any investment,” Mr. Kadri Spinning on a traditional dusting, dehairing, comb mood Shah, Director of the fancied Kashmiri shawls.

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Agence France-Presse the Islamic State group on television CGTN on Monday Reuters Thursday targeted U.S. that seven people were killed Hamas says the meet ‘deepens Palestinian political division’ Washington troops, stopping huge in the drone attack, describ The United States is investi crowds of people from enter ing the U.S. action on foreign Agence France-Presse gating whether civilians may ing the airport as they tried soil as unlawful. Jerusalem have been killed in an air to flee the Taliban regime. “If there was any potential Israel’s Defence Minister has strike it launched to destroy Scores of people died in threat in Afghanistan, it met Palestinian President a car laden with explosives in the attack, including 13 U.S. should have been reported Mahmud Abbas for a rare the Afghan capital Kabul, a service personnel. to us, not an arbitrary attack highlevel meeting, but a spokesman for U.S. Central The car that was des that has resulted in civilian source close to Prime Minis Command (CENTCOM) said troyed by the U.S. strike had casualties,” Mujahid said in a ter Naftali Bennett insisted on Sunday. been headed for Kabul’s air written response to CGTN. on Monday his government The statement came after port, a Taliban spokesman Mujahid had issued a simi had no plans to reboot peace CNN reported that nine had said earlier. lar condemnation of a U.S. talks. members of a family, includ About 1,14,000 people drone strike on Saturday that Defence Minister Benny ing six children, were killed Final phase: An aircraft of the U.S. Air Force taking off from have been evacuated since killed two Islamic State mili Gantz met Mr. Abbas in Ra in Sunday’s airstrike in the the airport in Kabul on Monday. * AFP August 15, when the Taliban tants in the eastern province mallah late on Sunday for crowded capital, where swept back into power. The of Nangarhar. He said two what were reportedly the Mahmud Abbas and Benny Gantz, right. * AFP thousands of Afghans are results of this strike, which of the vehicle, indicating a American withdrawal from women and a child were first direct talks between an still trying to flee the Taliban. we know disrupted an immi large amount of explosive Afghanistan is due to be wounded in that attack. Israeli Cabinet member and condition of anonymity. fectively collapsed under AFP has not been able to nent ISISK threat to the air material inside that may completed by Tuesday. Pentagon officials said the the 86yearold Palestinian The GantzAbbas meeting former Prime Minister Ben confirm the report. Local port,” he continued, using have caused additional ca suicide car bomber had been leader in several years. also included the head of the jamin Netanyahu who was in media also reported that civi an acronym for the Afghan sualties,” Capt. Urban conti Unlawful action: Taliban preparing to attack the air The meeting, which Mr. Israeli military branch res power from 2009 until June lians were killed in the strike. branch of the Islamic State nued. “It is unclear what Meanwhile, spokesman Za port in Kabul, where U.S. Gantz’s office said focused ponsible for civil affairs in this year. “We are aware of reports group, which carried out a may have happened, and we bihullah Mujahid said the troops were in the final stag on “security policy, civilian the Palestinian territories, Mr. Netanyahu, also a pro of civilian casualties follow suicide attack at the airport are investigating further. U.S. drone strike resulted in es of a withdrawal from Af and economic issues”, came Ghasan Alyan, senior PA offi settlement rightwinger long ing our strike on a vehicle in on Thursday. “We would be deeply sad civilian casualties, and con ghanistan, on behalf of just hours after Mr. Bennett cial Hussein Al Sheikh and reviled by Palestinians, Kabul today,” Captain Bill Ur “We know that there were dened by any potential loss demned the United States for ISISK, a local affiliate of Is returned from Washington Palestinian intelligence chief further alienated Mr. Abbas ban, a CENTCOM spokes substantial and powerful of innocent life,” he said. failing to inform the Taliban lamic State that is an enemy where he met U.S. President Majid Faraj. through his tight embrace of man, said in a statement. subsequent explosions re The U.S. airstrike came af before ordering the strike. of both the West and the Tali Joe Biden. Mr. Gantz’s office said he former U.S. president Do “We are still assessing the sulting from the destruction ter a suicide bomber from Mujahid told China’s state ban. Mr. Biden had said he and Mr. Abbas had held “a nald Trump, who was ac would urge Mr. Bennett to oneonone meeting” after cused of extreme proIsrael find ways “to advance peace the broader talks. bias. and security and prosperity Mr. Al Sheikh confirmed for Israelis and the meeting on Twitter but Palestinian division US exit will stop IS attacks in Afghanistan: Taliban Palestinians”. the PA was not immediately Mr. Bennett’s government According to a Defence available to comment on its has indicated a desire to Ministry statement, Mr. substance. boost the PA amid concern ‘We hope Afghans influenced by IS... will give up their operations once Islamic government is formed’ Gantz told Mr. Abbas that Is over a fresh conflict with Ha rael “seeks to take measures Hamas vs Abbas mas Islamists who control Is Agence France-Presse their operations, the Islamic accused the Taliban of be strategy, while each claiming sultations to form the go that will strengthen the PA’s Mr. Bennett, 49, took office raeliblockaded Gaza and Kabul government... we will deal traying jihadists with the U.S. to be the true flagbearers of vernment responsibly,” economy”. in June as head of an eclectic are rivals of Mr. Abbas’s sec The Taliban’s spokesman with them,” he added. withdrawal deal and vowed jihad. Mujahid said. “They also discussed coalition, in which his haw ular Fatah movement. says the hardline Islamist The evacuation of tens of to continue its fight, accord In recent years, the IS Af “We have some technical shaping the security and kish party holds only a An 11day conflict in May group will crack down on Is thousands of foreigners and ing to the SITE Intelligence ghanistanPakistan chapter problems on this issue,” he economic situations in the handful of seats. between Israel and Palesti lamic State attacks and ex Afghans who feel at risk of Group, which monitors mili has been responsible for added. West Bank and in Gaza,” and He is a longstanding op nian militants in Gaza pects them to end once fo reprisal or repression under tant communications. some of the deadliest attacks Banks, government offices agreed to “continue com ponent of Palestinian state marked the worst hostilities reign forces leave the the Taliban is due to end on During the Taliban’s pri in those countries. They and other public institutions municating further,” it hood and the former head of in the area since 2014 and country. Tuesday, along with the full son break spree this summer have massacred civilians at remain largely shut with em added. a council that lobbies for unrest has persisted despite “We hope that those Af withdrawal of US and NATO to free its fighters, many bat mosques, public squares, ployees prevented from en A source close to Mr. Ben Jewish settlers in the West an Egyptbrokered ceasefire. ghans who are influenced by troops. tlehardened IS militants schools, and even hospitals. tering offices since the take nett said the meeting that he Bank, a territory occupied On Monday, an Israeli IS... will give up their opera Islamic State has been were also released — increas Mujahid reiterated that over, which sent the Afghani had approved focused on by Israel since 1967. Border Police soldier shot tions on seeing the forma highly critical of the troop ingly looking like a lethal the new Taliban government sliding. “issues between the defence Jewish settlements in the during border clashes with tion of an Islamic govern withdrawal deal struck bet error. will not be announced until The Taliban have pro establishment and the Pales West Bank are considered il Gaza nine days ago died of ment in the absence of ween the Taliban and Wash after the last U.S. soldier has mised to improve Afghanis tinian Authority”. legal under international his wounds. foreigners,” Taliban spokes ington last year, which saw ‘Technical problems’ left. tan’s economy, but to do that “There is no peace pro law. Hamas, meanwhile, con man Zabihullah Mujahid the Taliban offer security Although both groups are “It is important to an the new regime will have to cess with the Palestinians Despite Mr. Bennett’s per demned the AbbasGantz said. guarantees. hardline Sunni Islamist mili nounce the government but rely on foreign aid — and nor will there be,” under Mr. sonal views, his government meeting, charging that it “If they create a situation One IS commentary pu tants, they have differed on this requires a lot of pa there is no guarantee it will Bennett’s leadership, said has sought to warm ties with “deepens Palestinian politi for war and continue with blished after the fall of Kabul the minutiae of religion and tience. We are holding con get the funds it needs. the source who spoke on the PA after relations had ef cal division”. Leaded petrol Hurricane Ida eradicated, N. Korea may have restarted N-reactor: IAEA says UNEP ‘Deeply troubling development’ a sign it is expanding banned weapons programme, says UN agency pummels Louisiana Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse outside. logue with the DPRK so we It knocks out power for a million people Nairobi Seoul The possible operation of can address this reported ac The use of leaded petrol Nucleararmed North Korea the reactor follows a recent tivity and the full range of is has been eradicated from appears to have restarted its indication that Pyongyang is sues related to the globe, a milestone that plutoniumproducing repro also using a nearby radio denuclearisation.” will prevent more than 1.2 cessing reactor in a “deeply chemical laboratory to sepa The Biden administration million premature deaths troubling” development, the rate plutonium from spent has previously promised a and save world economies UN atomic agency has said, a fuel previously removed “practical, calibrated ap over $2.4 trillion annually, possible sign Pyongyang is from the reactor. proach”, including diplomat the UN Environment Pro expanding its banned wea The signs of the reactor ic efforts, to persuade the im gramme (UNEP) said pons programme. and laboratory operations poverished North to give up Monday. The development on the were “deeply troubling”, the its banned weapons Nearly a century after 5megawatt reactor in Yong IAEA said, adding the activi programmes. doctors first issued warn byon — North Korea’s main Another challenge: A file photo of S. Korean officials inspecting ties were a “clear violation” But Pyongyang has never ings about the toxic effects nuclear complex — comes unused fuel rods stacked in a warehouse in Yongbyon. * AFP of UN resolutions. shown any indication it of leaded petrol, Algeria — with nuclear talks between A senior U.S. State Depart would be willing to surren After the storm: A car moving around downed power lines in the last country to use the Pyongyang and Washington North Korea is under mul Atomic Energy Agency said ment official said Washing der its nuclear arsenal, and Metairie, Louisiana, on Monday. * AP fuel — exhausted its sup at a standstill. tiple sets of international in its annual report. ton was aware of the report this month Mr. Kim’s sister plies last month, UNEP North Korean leader Kim sanctions over its nuclear The Yongbyon reactor ap and was closely coordinating and key adviser Kim Yo Jong Agence France-Presse have been overtopped,” said. Jongun offered to dismantle weapons and ballistic missile peared to have been inactive with partner countries. demanded the withdrawal of New Orleans Mayor Tim Kerner told ABC “The successful enforce part of the Yongbyon com programmes. from December 2018 until “This report underscores U.S. troops from the Powerful Hurricane Ida bat affiliate WGNO. ment of the ban on leaded plex at a second summit with “Since early July, there then, added the report dated the urgent need for dialogue peninsula. tered the southern U.S. State “We have anywhere bet petrol is a huge milestone then U.S. President Donald have been indications, in Friday. and diplomacy so we can Pyongyang has stayed of Louisiana, leaving at least ween 75 to 200 people for global health and our Trump but not other sites, in cluding the discharge of IAEA inspectors were achieve the complete denu away from nuclear talks one dead and knocking out stranded in Barataria,” after environment,” said Inger exchange for sanctions re cooling water, consistent kicked out of North Korea in clearisation of the Korean since the collapse of the se power for more than a mil a barge took out the swing Andersen, executive direc lief, and his offer was with the operation of the 2009, and the agency has Peninsula,” the official said. cond TrumpKim summit in lion people, including the bridge to the island. tor of UNEP. rejected. reactor,” the International since monitored it from “We continue to seek dia Hanoi. whole of New Orleans. “The winds are still too Ida slammed into the strong, we can’t put boats in Louisiana coast as a Catego the water to get to them,” he ELSEWHERE ry 4 storm on Sunday, 16 told WGNO. years to the day after Hurri “This is a very dangerous China cuts time minors can spend on online games cane Katrina devastated situation. I’ve never seen so New Orleans, but had wea much water in my life,” he To address gaming addiction, users restricted to playing only from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on specific days kened to a tropical storm said. early Monday. Cynthia Lee Sheng, presi Reuters The storm knocked out dent of Jefferson Parish co Shanghai Bejing bans written power for all of New Or vering part of the Greater Chinese regulators on Mon leans, with more than a mil New Orleans area, said peo day slashed the amount of lion customers across Loui ple were sheltering in their EU drops U.S. from list of safe countries for travel time players under the age of exams for sixyearolds siana without power, attics. 18 can spend on online according to outage tracker “We really believe the BRUSSELS Agence France-Presse EU governments agreed on games to an hour of game Education, according to poweroutage.us. calls coming in here to our Beijing Monday to remove the U.S. play on Fridays, weekends new guidelines released on “We have now lost power, emergency operations cen from the bloc’s safe travel list and holidays, in response to Beijing on Monday banned Monday. citywide! This is the time to ter, is that people are in at because of rising infections growing concern over gam written exams for sixand The Ministry said the continue to remain in your tics in Lower Lafitte,” she there. Visitors from U.S. and ing addiction, State media sevenyearolds, as part of pressure on pupils from a safe places. It isn’t a time to told WGNO. those from Israel, Kosovo, reported. sweeping education re young age “harms their venture out!!,” New Orleans She said the power was Montenegro, Lebanon and The rules, published by forms aimed at relieving mental and physical mayor LaToya Cantrell said out but rescue teams, in North Macedonia are likely to the National Press and Publi pressure on pupils and pa health.” on Twitter. cluding the Louisiana Na face tighter controls, such as cation Administration, said Curbing addiction: Companies are prohibited from providing rents in China’s hypercom Electricity provider En tional Guard, were ready to tests and quarantine. REUTERS users under the age of 18 will tergy said it was providing help once they can safely services to children outside stipulated hours. * ISTOCKPHOTO petitive school system. Wider reforms only be able to play games China’s examoriented The regulations also limit backup power to New Or get to the area. Egypt frees reporter, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. local games market. cent Holdings, which has un system previously required exams in other years of leans Sewerage and Water Several residents of La activist, YouTube star time on those days, accord Previously, China limited nerved investors, hammer students to take exams from compulsory education to Board, which operates the Place, just upstream from CAIRO ing to the Xinhua news the total length of time mi ing Chinese shares traded at pumping stations used to New Orleans, posted ap Egypt has released an online first grade onwards, culmi once a term, with midterm comedian, a journalist and a agency. nors could access online home and abroad. nating in the feared univer and mock examinations al control flooding. peals for help on social me political activist after they Online gaming companies games to three hours on holi The National Press and sity entrance exam at age 18 lowed in junior high school. The National Weather dia, saying they were spent months in pretrail will be barred from provid day or 1.5 hours on other Publication Administration known as the gaokao, where The measures are part of Service issued warnings of trapped by rising flood detention over alleged ing gaming services to them days. also told Xinhua it would in a single score can determine wider government reforms storm surges and flash waters. politically motivated charges, in any form outside those crease the frequency and in a child’s life trajectory. of China’s education sector, floods for several areas, in President Joe Biden, who two lawyers said on Monday. hours and need to ensure Crackdown on tech firms tensity of inspections for on “Too frequent exams... which include a crackdown cluding the town of Jean La described Ida as “a life Youtuber Shadi Srour, they have put real name ver The new rules come amid a line gaming companies to which cause students to be on cram schools — seen by fitte, just south of New threatening storm,” de journalist Shaimaa Sami and ification systems in place, broad crackdown by Beijing ensure they were putting in overburdened and under parents as a way to inflate Orleans. clared a major disaster for activist Ziyad AboelFadel said the regulator, which on China's tech giants, such place time limits and antiad huge exam pressure,” have their children’s educational “Total devastation, catas Louisiana, which gives it ac walked free on Sunday. 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market watch Sensex extends rally on 30-08-2021 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 56,890 ddddddddddddddd1.36 ‘Bharti’s rights issue to help fuel growth’ US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 73.29 ddddddddddddddd0.54 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 46,389 ddddddddddddddd0.17 relief over U.S. rate stance Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 72.53 dddddddddddddddddddddd - Mittal sees scope to accelerate investments in rollout of 5G services, ﬁbre and data centre business ‘Focus turns to macro data, auto sales’ NIFTY 50 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Mr. Mittal said. “We think, Airtel is well NEW DELHI PRICE CHANGE He estimated that the in placed in either of the scena Special Correspondent thened... following the dov Adani Ports...... 730.00...... 3.00 Bharti Airtel’s plan to raise dustry’s ARPUs (Average Re rios: a two private operators MUMBAI ish tone of the Federal Re Asian Paints...... 3108.75...... 71.95

Axis Bank ...... 784.05...... 31.65 up to ₹21,000 crore through venue Per User) would reach sector, or three private oper Benchmark stock indices serve Chairman Jerome Bajaj Auto ...... 3720.40...... 20.95 a rights issue will give the ₹200 per user per month by ators post industry repair,” surged on Monday following Powell who stated [the Fed Bajaj Finserv...... 16560.40. .... 364.80 company the fuel to shift to a the end of the current finan Credit Suisse added. the U.S. Federal Reserve’s would] stick with the wait Bajaj Finance ...... 7165.50. .... 198.90 Bharti Airtel ...... 620.45...... 25.30 higher gear and tap large op cial year and eventually Bharti’s board on Sunday ‘waitandwatch’ approach. andsee approach, giving BPCL...... 472.55...... 1.25 portunities by accelerating move to ₹300. approved raising up to The S&P BSE Sensex rose reassurance that the easy Britannia Ind ...... 3986.35...... 44.80 1.36%, or 765.04 points, to money policy will continue Cipla ...... 934.70...... 10.80 investments in the rollout of ₹21,000 crore by offering Coal India ...... 143.60...... 5.05 5G services, fibre, and data ‘Strengthen positioning’ one share for every 14 equity 56,889.76. Top gainers in this year with a smaller rate Divis Lab ...... 5104.25. .... 193.55 centre business, Chairman Bharti’s fund raising is ex shares held, at a price of cluded Bharti Airtel, which of tapering,” he said. Dr Reddys Lab ...... 4677.85...... 77.30

Eicher Motors...... 2553.95...... -22.15 Sunil Mittal said on Monday. pected to strengthen its com ₹535 per share. added 4.44%, Axis Bank The NSE Nifty 50 too rose Grasim Ind ...... 1471.15...... 12.85 Mr. Mittal said the indus petitive positioning in the The promoter and promo (4.15%), Tata Steel (4%), Ti 1.35% to 16,931.05 points. HCL Tech...... 1163.40...... 0.45 try has been urging the go market and provide it the ne ter group would collectively tan (3.46%) and Bajaj Fi “The surge in the index HDFC ...... 2755.70...... 37.50

HDFC Bank...... 1568.25...... 19.80 vernment to address some cessary ammunition for an subscribe to the full extent of nance (2.91%). was led by the banking and HDFC Life ...... 712.35...... 8.25 pressing issues “inhibiting” Girding for battle: Fresh capital provides a good buﬀer if India aggressive 5G rollout, ana their aggregate rights entitle Pointing out that the in ﬁnancials pack,” Ajit Mishra, Hero MotoCorp ...... 2726.25...... 52.20 continued investments in becomes a twoplayer market, says Credit Suisse. * REUTERS lysts said. ment and would also sub dices had maintained the VPResearch, Religare Brok Hindalco ...... 448.05...... 10.15

Hind Unilever ...... 2687.70...... 9.75 the sector and added that While the capital increase scribe to any unsubscribed trend throughout the day in ing Ltd., wrote in a note. ICICI Bank ...... 713.65...... 13.90 the taxes on the industry re try, enabling a multiplier phase of growth”, he added. announcement was a “sur shares. Promoter holding line with the strength in glo “Upcoming macroeconomic IndusInd Bank ...... 1005.10...... 14.90 main high. eﬀect and positive outcome,” “This capital will help im prise”, it strengthens the stands at about 55.8%. bal markets, Vinod Nair, data i.e. GDP numbers and Infosys ...... 1698.05...... -10.75

Indian OilCorp...... 107.35...... 1.40 “For every ₹100 of reve Mr. Mittal said in an investor prove the leverage position company’s balance sheet BofA Securities said Bhar head of Research, Geojit Fi auto sales numbers will be ITC ...... 208.00...... 2.10 nue, ₹35 go in various forms call on the company’s fun for the company and simul and provides a good buﬀer ti’s promoters’ readiness to nancial Services, said the in focus for further cues on JSW Steel...... 686.55...... 9.05 of levies. We hope that as we draising plans. taneously provide the fuel to to make accelerated invest subscribe to any unsub U.S. Federal Reserve’s ac economic recovery. We ex Kotak Bank ...... 1735.85...... 22.30

L&T...... 1660.10...... 22.00 step up and do our part, the Bharti “has the opportuni accelerate investments ment in a scenario where In scribed portion sends “a commodative stance had pect the prevailing uptrend M&M ...... 791.55...... 16.40 government will also favour ty to be the tip of the spear across several parts of our dia transitions to a two strong signal”. helped strengthen the equi to continue and suggest Maruti Suzuki ...... 6796.90. .... 172.05 ably look at some of the ge for the new digital economy portfolio to drive for compet player market, Credit Suisse Bharti shares rose 4.4% on ty markets worldwide. keeping the focus on the se Nestle India Ltd...... 19742.25. .. -215.10

NTPC ...... 114.95...... 1.55 nuine demands of the indus and take India into the next itive and proﬁtable growth,” said in a note. the BSE to close at ₹620.35. “Global markets streng lection of stocks,” he added.

ONGC ...... 120.15...... 3.50

PowerGrid Corp ...... 175.50...... 1.15

Reliance Ind ...... 2270.25...... 42.85

SBI Life ...... 1180.70...... -3.35 State Bank ...... 422.70...... 10.25 RBI tells pvt. FutureRIL: Amazon Axis Bank ‘Festive sales to lift auto Maruti to raise Shree Cement ...... 27157.85. .... 260.10

Sun Pharma ...... 787.20...... 15.40 Tata Consumer banks: stick to issues foreign prices from Products Ltd...... 860.50...... 12.55 flags SC’s ruling to SEBI dealer volumes by 1015%’ Tata Motors ...... 291.95...... 6.20 CEO pay rules currency debt Sept. on costs Tata Steel ...... 1440.60...... 56.45 TCS ...... 3701.30...... -18.85 It asks bourses to cancel nod for deal Fuel prices, third wave are risks: Crisil Tech Mahindra ...... 1419.20...... -26.20 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Titan ...... 1878.45...... 55.90 MUMBAI PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI UltraTech Cement...... 7703.80. .... 138.20 NEW DELHI MUMBAI UPL...... 740.45...... 11.20 The RBI said on Monday Axis Bank on Monday said The country’s largest car Wipro ...... 632.45...... -2.50 that the fair value of the Amazon has written to SEBI it had started issuing debt Festive season sales and maker Maruti Suzuki India sharelinked incentives requesting the regulator to securities under its pentup demand along with on Monday said it will in EXCHANGE RATES paid to chief executive of direct stock exchanges to ₹35,000crore, debtraise new offerings are expected crease prices across mo Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit ficers, wholetime direc withdraw the ‘Observation plan announced earlier to push automobile dealers’ dels from September amid except yen at 4 p.m. on August 30 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL tors and other key func Letters’ that were issued re this year. volumes up by 1015% in rising input costs.

US Dollar...... 73.07...... 73.39 tionaries by private banks lated to the proposed In April, the private sec FY22, even as they see a In a regulatory ﬁling, the Euro ...... 88.53...... 88.92 should be recognised as an ₹24,713crore FutureRe tor lender had said its patchy recovery this ﬁscal, company said, “Over the British Pound...... 102.97. ... 103.43 expense during the rele liance deal. such action as is necessary board had approved a pro according to a survey by cre dia being impacted the past year the cost of com Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 66.62...... 66.91

Chinese Yuan ...... 11.42...... 11.47 vant accounting period. The U.S. ecommerce to comply with the Supreme posal to raise up to dit ratings agency Crisil. most, the agency said. pany’s vehicles continue to Swiss Franc ...... 81.26...... 81.66 The RBI has also asked giant has also urged SEBI to Court Judgment, and to ₹35,000 crore by issuing However, a possible third “Last ﬁscal did see a de be adversely impacted due Singapore Dollar ...... 55.07...... 55.32 all banks, including local take necessary action to further ensure that no com various debt instruments wave of COVID19, spurt in mand uptick during the fes to increase in various input Canadian Dollar...... 60.11...... 60.40

Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.75...... 17.84 area banks, small ﬁnance comply with the recent Su munications subsist or ema in Indian or foreign curren fuel prices and supply con tival season, but it did not costs.” “Hence, it has be

Source:Indian Bank banks and foreign banks to preme Court judgment re nate which are at variance cy in domestic/overseas straints of original equip sustain. This fiscal, too, come imperative to pass on comply with its directions lated to the deal. with the Supreme Court markets in one or more ment manufacturers (OEMs) sales across segments are some impact of the addi for all sharelinked instru “In light of the directions Judgment,” Amazon wrote tranches. “The bank has are seen among factors that yet to reach prepandemic tional cost to the custom ments granted after the ac contained in the Enforce in a letter dated August 17, initiated the process of is could slow the sector down, levels,” Crisil said. ers through a price rise,” IN BRIEF counting period ended ment Judgment, and the EA referring to the SC ruling on suing of the debt instru Crisil said on Monday. “Also, the deal conver the company added. March 31, 2021. Order whose validity has the order of the Singapore ments, in the form of the Also, the performance of sion cycle has doubled, with “The price rise has been The central bank had is been affirmed by the Hon based Emergency Arbitrator additional tier 1 notes in fo the dealers varies sharply customers deferring pur planned across models in sued guidelines on the is ’ble Supreme Court, Ama (EA). In January, SEBI had reign currency,” Axis Bank from region to region with chase decisions,” said direc September 2021,” Maruti sue in November 2019. zon requests you to take all cleared the deal with riders. said in a regulatory filing. the dealerships in north In tor Bhushan Parekh. Suzuki India said. ‘Overall hiring returns LIC gets money Cavinkare elevates nextgen ‘Rethink to prepandemic levels’ laundering data centres’ Former SBI chief Kumar IT solution to take on ‘modern trade’ concentration’ made HSBC Asia director ‘Jobs in hygiene, childcare pick up’ MUMBAI Special Correspondent PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Banking giant HSBC has PRESS TRUST OF INDIA challenges presented by CO MUMBAI Founder CKR’s son, daughter to helm retail, ecom verticals MUMBAI appointed former SBI NEW DELHI VID19 have pushed the In IDBI Intech Ltd.,which off Major global cities like Am chairman Rajnish Kumar as a The overall hiring activity in dian job market towards re ers specialised solutions to Special Correspondent this is expected to touch 25% sterdam and Singapore are nonexecutive director for its India has touched prepan covery,” said Sashi Kumar, the Banking, Financial Ser CHENNAI over the next five years. shunning any new data Hong Kongheadquartered demic levels, and going head of Sales, Indeed India. vices and Insurance (BFSI) As part of its first step to “With this restructuring pro centres because they “suck Asia unit. Mr. Kumar, who retired from the country's ahead, the consumption He added that while the sector, has announced the wards succession plan, ho cess, we expect our turnover out” power, and we need largest lender after four economy will play an impor relevance of tech jobs conti implementation of its iAML megrown Cavinkare Pvt. to touch ₹5,000 crore over to be circumspect about decades of service in October tant role in spurring job nued to be high, renewed (antimoney laundering) Ltd. on Monday announced the next 3 years from ₹1,700 concentrating all the ca last year, was previously growth further, according to demand for retail and food solution at Life Insurance a major revamp of its busi crore now,” he added. pacities in or around the fi appointed as senior advisor a report by jobs site Indeed. jobs indicated that the con Corporation of India (LIC). ness operations by elevating Mr. Ranganathan said that nancial capital, a senior in by Baring Private Equity Asia For the first time several sumption economy would The company is a wholly generation next with a spe the company would be in dustry official said. and an advisor to Kotak in months, hiring activity in play an important role in owned subsidiary of IDBI cial thrust on verticals such vesting ₹800900 crore over “Rather than concen Investment Advisors. pti India is at a prepandemic driving job growth further. Bank and LIC has controll as ecommerce and retail. a period of three years, of trating the capacities in baseline (February 2020 le “Hygiene has become top ing stake in the bank. The 31yearold company which ₹400 crore will go to one city like Mumbai or ‘MapMyIndia plans vel), the data showed. priority for both employers The firm said iAML solu announced the elevation of Amudhavalli Ranganathan wards expansion of dairy Delhi or Chennai, there has ₹1,200crore IPO’ Job postings for tech soft and job seekers. What’s cu tion would provide LIC an promoter and founder chair business, ₹150 crore for sa to be a diversification in ge NEW DELHI ware (IT) roles saw a 19% in rious is the heightened in enterprisewide single man C.K. Ranganathan’s son While Mr. Manuranjith will lon products, and ₹100150 ographical locations,” Ra Homegrown digital mapping crease between July 2020 terest for veterinary, thera view of risk and com and daughter. head retail, salon products crore for IT/ITES. hul Dhar, country director, firm MapMyIndia is looking and July 2021 as an expected py, personal care, and pliance at transactions and “This is Cavinkare 2.0 to and veterinary hospital, Ms. The fund would be raised data centres, for Microsoft, to raise about ₹1,200 crore outcome of the pandemic childcare jobs.” customer level, thereby take on modern trade,” said Amudhavalli will look after through internal accruals, said at a CII event. He said via an initial public offering, induced digitisation. More The easing of lockdown helping the insurance be Mr. Ranganathan, while an ecommerce. Mr. Ranga external funding and bor the global experience gives according to sources. Backed over, job postings for other restrictions and the reopen hemoth to upgrade its anti nouncing the elevation of nathan will focus on innova rowings. Mr. Ranganathan something to learn for In by chip major Qualcomm and payments firm PhonePe, the IT job roles such as project ing of spaces sharpened the money laundering report Manuranjith Ranganathan tion. Mr. Manuranjith will re said he was also ready to di dia and wondered if “we company is expected to file heads and engineers also focus on hygiene and saniti ing system. and Amudhavalli Ranga port to Mr. Ranganathan, lute his stake. have a task force working the Draft Red Herring climbed 816%. sation and the demand for Through this solution, nathan. The personal care and Amudhavalli to Mr. Vi To a question, Mr. Ranga on the same.” At present, Prospectus in the next few “The reopening of the housekeepers, caretakers, LIC would easily come to wing will be headed by Ven jayaraghavan. Currently, e nathan denied he was retir over half of the data centre days, two sources close to economy and efforts by bu and cleaners had grown by know if some policy holder katesh Vijayaraghavan, di commerce accounts for 4% ing and added that he had capacity of the country is the development said. sinesses to work around the 60%, the report said. is flouting any norms. rector and CEO – FMCG. of Cavinkare’s revenues and “many more years to go.” concentrated in Mumbai. MapMyIndia did not respond to an emailed query. PTI Ola looking to raise Granules’ pain Resume coal supply: Two more up to $1.5 billion via IPO Pandemic spurred PC sector NEW DELHI pill gets Health entities apply Ridehailing firm Ola is aluminium sector to CIL looking to raise $11.5 billion out of hibernation: industry Canada’s nod for SFB licence (₹7,324₹10,985 crore) via an initial public offering (IPO) ‘Ad hoc halt hit captive power plants’ Special Correspondent Special Correspondent and is expected to file the JanuaryMarch sales grew 73% with record shipments: IDC HYDERABAD PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MUMBAI Draft Red Herring Prospectus NEW DELHI in the December quarter, Granules India has re The Reserve Bank of India according to sources. Ola is Mini Tejaswi pect to see growth in all seg ceived marketing approval The Aluminium Association (RBI) said it has received Bengaluru working with select banks, ments of PCs... from educa from Health Canada for of India (AAI) on Monday applications from two including Citigroup and Personal computers (PC) are tionfocused devices... to Acetaminophen Extended sought intervention of state more entities — Cosmea Fi Kotak Mahindra Bank, to now making a quick reentry gaming and highend premi Release tablets OTC, owned CIL to normalise the nancial Holdings Private manage the public offering, into Indian homes after al um PCs,” he pointed out. 650mg for the treatment of precarious situation that Ltd. and Tally Solutions two people close to the lowing laptops, notebooks, Dell Technologies said PC arthritis pain. has arisen due to stoppage Private Ltd. — seeking li development said. PTI handhelds, tablets and markets had been witness The product is a bioe of coal supplies and rakes cences to operate small fi smartphones to dominate ing a ‘remarkable’ transition quivalent to the reference for captive power plants, re nance banks (SFBs). Centre extends tenures the computing scene for from 2020. After the initial listed drug Tylenol Extend sulting in paucity of dryfuel This is as per RBI’s gui of Canara Bank, BoI EDs well over a decade, said PC wave, “we saw a newfound ed Release 650 tablets, the for the aluminium sector. delines for ‘on tap’ licens NEW DELHI makers Dell and HP. dependence on PCs as fami drugmaker said in a release This ‘adhoc decision’ stopping/drastically curtail ing of small finance banks The government has In the last 18 months, lies started purchasing indi on Monday. without advance notice has ing the coal supplies and in the private sector. extended the tenure of there has been a sharp up economy’ to carry out activ vidual devices for each Priyanka Chigurupati, brought the industry to a rakes for captive power With this, a total of six executive directors of Canara tick in PC adoption and the ities across learning, earn member,” said Raj Kumar executive director of Gra standstill with ‘no time’ to plants (CPPs) resulting in a entities have applied for Bank and Bank of India for trend of families buying mul ing, entertaining and play Rishi, VP & MD, Consumers nules USA and Granules devise mitigation plans to coal crunch situation for the licence. two years, the Staterun tiple PCs has only been gain ing, industry officials said. and Small Businesses, Dell Pharmaceuticals, said that continue sustainable opera aluminium sector,” the let The other four appli lenders said on Monday. The banks said the Centre ing momentum quarter on “As a result, we are seeing Technologies, India. the approval was received tions, the AAI said in a letter ter said. cants who were named in informed them about the quarter, they said. a huge uptick in PC adoption The PC market in India within eight months of the to the CMD of Coal India Also, resorting to imports April 2021 are VSoft Tech extensions through The pandemic spurred since the pandemic began,” grew 73.1% yearonyear to filing. Ltd. (CIL). at short notice was not feas nologies Private Ltd., Cali notifications on August 26, the PC industry out of hiber said Nitish Singal, head, Per 3.1 million units in January “The approval is a good “This has reference to the ible, it said. The aluminium cut City Service Coopera 2021. The government last nation and the device has sonal Systems (Consumer), March, recording the high addition to our portfolio. crisis situation that has de industry’s CPPs have signed tive Bank Ltd., Akhil week extended the term of emerged as the ‘most depen HP India. “From one PC per est ever firstquarter ship We will be launching the veloped for the entire alumi fuel supply pacts with CIL Kumar Gupta, and Dvara executive directors of various dable’ and versatile machine family, the trend is moving ments in the country, ac product in the Canada mar nium sector due to the re and its subsidiaries for as Kshetriya Gramin Finan public sector banks. pti suitable for a ‘stayathome to one PC per person. We ex cording to IDC. ket soon,” she said. cent ad hoc decision for sured coal supplies. cial Services Private Ltd.

THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 SPORT 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Sumit spears gold with world record, Avani shoots into history Yogesh Kathuniya and Devendra Jhajaria win silver medals while Sundar Singh picks up a bronze; the 19yearold is the first Indian woman to win gold at the Games PARALYMPICS world record. pic champion Neeraj Chopra who lost his left hand in 2015 call room before the event. power or impaired passive gesh. Shooter Avani Lekhara 227.5. Appearing in her mai “In training, I have thrown in the Indian GP Series 3 after a metal sheet fell on The bronze on Monday was range of movement in arms, scripted history on Monday den Paralympics, Avani, Press Trust of India 71m, 72m, many times. I where he finished seventh him, was third with a best ef nothing short of redemption with athletes competing in a as she became the first In ranked fifth in the world, TOKYO don’t know what happened with a 66.43m effort. fort of 64.01m. for him. standing position. dian woman to win a gold consistently shot 10s in both in my competition. One thing He won a silver in the at The F46 classification is The 24yearold Yogesh medal at the Paralympics, fir the competition stages. Debutant Sumit Antil He made it to 2016 Rio Pa is for sure: in future I will the 2019 World Champion for athletes with arm defi sent the disc to a best dis ing her way to the top of the smashed his own world re ralympics but was disquali She was set to obliterate throw much better,” said Su ships in Dubai. ciency, impaired muscle tance of 44.38m in his sixth podium in the R2 women’s cord multiple times for the fied for reporting late at the the world record but two mit after the stupendous Earlier, Devendra and last attempt to clinch the 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 F64 class gold, while veteran 9.9s towards the end cost her performance. clinched silver in the F46 ca silver in the F56 event. event here. Devendra Jhajharia’s F46 ca the mark. tegory ahead of compatriot Brazil’s Claudiney Batista The 19yearold from Jai tegory silver cemented his In the qualification round, Bettering records Sundar Singh Gurjar. The 40 dos Santos, the reigning pur, who sustained spinal status of being India’s great Vinod loses bronze Avani had finished seventh Hailing from Sonepat in Ha yearold, who won gold in World champion and world cord injuries in a car acci est paraathlete as javelin with a total 621.7. ryana, Sumit bettered the the 2004 and 2016 Games, record holder, defended his dent in 2012, finished with a throwers led the country’s previous world record of pulled off a new personal Ineligible in disability classification title with a 45.59m. world recordequalling total A student of law, Avani trackandfield medal rush at 62.88m, also set by him, five best throw of 64.35m for Cuba’s Leonardo Diaz Al of 249.6, which is also a new made her debut for India in the Paralympics on Monday. Press Trust of India times on the day. silver. athlete Vinod Kumar dana (43.36m) took bronze. Paralympic record. 2017 World Cup in Al Ain, TOKYO UAE. Another javelin thrower His series read 66.95, Devendra had bettered his from NPC India with a Another Indian, Sandeep Sundar Singh Gurjar picked 68.08, 65.27, 66.71, 68.55 and own world record (63.97m) Indian discus thrower sport class and the Chaudhary, finished fourth. On top of the world She will also be competing up bronze in Jhajharia’s foul. but Sri Lankan Dinesh Priyan Vinod Kumar on athlete was designated In F56 classification, ath “I can’t describe this feeling, in the mixed 10m Air Rifle event, while discus thrower Australian Michal Burian Herath Mudiyanselage set a Monday lost his F52 as Classification not letes have full arm and trunk I’m feeling like I’m on top of Prone SH1, the women’s 50m Yogesh Kathuniya’s F56 sil (66.29m) and Sri Lanka’s Du new mark of 67.79m to take category bronze medal Completed (CNC),” the muscle power. Pelvic stabili the world. It’s unexplaina Rifle 3 Positions SH1 and the ver ensured that India made lan Kodithuwakku (65.61m) the honours. after being found organisers said in a ty is provided by some to full ble,” an elated Avani said. mixed 50m Rifle Prone its presence felt across the took silver and bronze “In sport and competi ineligible in disability statement. ability to press the knees Avani edged out 2016 Rio event. In the SH1 Rifle catego podium and through the day. respectively. tion, these kind of things classification assessment “The athlete is together. Games goldmedallist Cuip ry, shooters are able to hold a The star of the day was 23 The F64 category is for happen. There are always by the competition therefore ineligible for “Due to lockdown every ing Zhangh of China, who gun with arms. yearold Sumit as he went to athletes with a leg amputa ups and downs. I did my best panel following the the Men’s F52 Discus stadium was closed. I clinched the silver medal The athletes have an im the top of the podium with tion, who compete with and bettered my personal result being challenged medal event and his couldn’t have a coach and I with a total of 248.9., pairment in their legs, for ex an astonishing throw of prosthetics in a standing best. But it so happened that by some competitors. results in that am still training without a World No.1 and reigning ample amputations or para 68.55m in his fifth attempt, position. it was his (Sri Lankan’s) day,” “...the panel was competition are void,” it coach. It was a great moment World champion Iryna plegia. They compete either which was the best of the day In March this year, Sumit said Devendra. unable to allocate the added. that I could win silver medal Shchetnik of Ukraine took in a seated ot standing posi by quite a distance and a new had competed against Olym The 25yearold Sundar, without a coach,” said Yo bronze with an effort of tions.

Neutral venues for domestic season Smooth start for Halep Pardeep is most expensive player Kolkata to host Ranji final, Delhi to stage Mushtaq Ali final Returns to action after battling injury UP Yoddha picks him up for a whopping ₹1.65 crore CRICKET The Syed Mushtaq Ali Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Mum- Trophy group stage will be bai, Baroda, Services. US OPEN lucky loser Kristina Kucova, PKL AUCTION Amol Karhadkar played at Lucknow (Group Elite C (Baroda): Jammu & who ousted American Ann Agence France-Presse MUMBAI A), Guwahati (Group B), Ba Kashmir, Jharkhand, Himachal Li 75, 61. Ashwin Achal New York roda (Group C), Delhi Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Halep, the 2018 French Domestic cricket will played Andhra. (Group D), Haryana (Group Twotime Grand Slam cham Open and 2019 Wimbledon P Yoddha signed Par at neutral venues after five Elite D (Delhi): Railways, As- E) and Vijayawada (Plate pion Simona Halep, battling champion, tore a left calf Udeep Narwal for ₹1.65 years, according to the ca sam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, back from injury, advanced muscle at the Italian Open, crore at the Pro Kabaddi lendar circulated by the Group) from Nov. 4 to 9. Del Kerala, Bihar. to the second round of the and missed the French Open League (PKL) Season 8 auc BCCI to the State hi will host the knockouts Elite E (Haryana): Uttar Pra- from Nov. 16 to 22. US Open on Monday as the and Wimbledon. tion on Monday, making him associations. desh, Hyderabad, Uttarakhand, the most expensive player in The calendar: Ranji Trophy: Saurashtra, Delhi, Chandigarh. hardcourts showdown be Tuesday’s picks: Men: 1-Djo- The last time the domes kovic vs Rune; 4-Zverev vs the history of the league. Elite A (Mumbai): Gujarat, Pun- Plate Group (Vijayawada): gan before full capacity tic matches were held at Querrey; 6-Berrettini vs Char- jab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Tripura, Vidarbha, Nagaland, crowds. Raider Pardeep eclipsed dy; 7-Shapovalov vs Delbonis; neutral venues was in 2016 Pradesh, Services, Assam. Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, the previous record, set in 17. Owing to the COVID19 The 29yearold Roma 9-Carreno Busta vs Cressy Elite B (Bengaluru): Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram. nian 12th seed defeated Ita Season 6, when Haryana pandemic, the forthcoming Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Kerala, Group stage: November 4 to 9. Women: 1-Barty vs Zvonareva; Steelers acquired the servic ly's Camila Giorgi 64, 76(3) 4-Pliskova vs McNally; 6-An- season will have six hubs Haryana, Tripura. Knockouts: November 16 to 22 es of Monu Goyat for ₹1.51 to book a secondround dreescu vs Golubic; 7-Swiatek hosting a group each. Elite C (Kolkata): Karnataka, (Delhi). match against Slovakian vs Loeb; 10-Kvitova vs Hercog. crore. This was Pardeep’s However, unlike last sea Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Vijay Hazare Trophy (venues maiden appearance in a PKL son, the home team of each Maharashtra, Uttarakhand. to be announced): Elite A: Guj- auction, having previously * Elite D (Ahmedabad): Saurash- Pardeep Narwal. FILE PHOTO hub will play at another ve arat, Andhra, Vidarbha, Odisha, enjoyed a long stint with Pat tra, Tamil Nadu, Railways, Jam- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & nue to make it a levelplay na Pirates. gramme. Rahul Chaudhari, mu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Goa. Kashmir. ing field. who had a forgettable Sea Elite E (Thiruvananthapuram): Elite B: Tamil Nadu, Mumbai, Siddharth Desai, who won According to the detailed Andhra, Uttar Pradesh, Baroda, Baroda, Bengal, Karnataka, the emerging player award son 7 with Tamil Thalaivas, programme, accessed by Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Pondicherry. in Season 6, was signed by was signed by Puneri Paltan The Hindu, the Ranji Tro Pondicherry. Elite C: Hyderabad, Jharkhand, Telugu Titans for ₹1.3 crore. for ₹40 lakh. phy, which will return after Plate (Chennai): Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Saurash- It was UP Yoddha which won Chaudhari, nicknamed a year’s hiatus, will be Meghalaya, Bihar, Nagaland, tra, Haryana. a tough bidding war for De ‘The Showman’ for his flam played at Mumbai (Group Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Aru- Elite D: Chhattisgarh, Madhya sai, before Telugu Titans boyant raids, will be disap A), Bengaluru (Group B), nachal Pradesh. Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, swooped in with the Final pointed at the price as he Kolkata (Group C), Ahmeda Group stage: January 13 to Fe- Chandigarh, Uttarakhand. Bid Match (FBM) option to had earned ₹94 lakh at Tamil bruary 13, 2022. bad (Group D), Thiruvanan Elite E: Goa, Punjab, Railways, retain his services. Thalaivas. Knockouts: February 20 to Rajasthan, Services, Assam. thapuram (Group E) and March 20, 2022 (Kolkata). Plate Group: Tripura, Bihar, Allrounder Rohit Gulia Iranian allrounder Mo Chennai (Plate Group). Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Elite Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, was signed by Haryana Steel hammadreza Chiyaneh be Kolkata will host the A (Lucknow): Punjab, Tamil Na- Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, ers for ₹83 lakh, making him came the most expensive fo knockouts from February du, Odisha, Maharashtra, Goa, Manipur. the costliest player to reign signing of the season, 20, with the final scheduled Pondicherry. Group stage: Dec. 8 to 14. Firing away: Halep hit 14 winners as she eased past Giorgi emerge from the Future Ka with Patna Pirates offering for March 16 to 20. Elite B (Guwahati): Bengal, Knockouts: Dec. 21 to 27. in the opening round. * AFP baddi Heroes scouting pro the highest bid of ₹31 lakh. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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TV PICKS Tokyo 2020 Paralympics : Messi makes muchawaited PSG debut DD Sports & Eurosport (SD & HD), 5.45 a.m. & 3.15 p.m. US OPEN 2021: SS Select 1 & Mbappe steals the show with a superb performance as the team registers a facile win over Reims 2 (SD & HD), 8.30 p.m. & 4 a.m. (Wednesday) LIGUE 1 end of the season and who will be free to negotiate a deal IN BRIEF Agence France-Presse with a new club in January Paris without PSG being able to get Lionel Messi came on as a a transfer fee. substitute to make his Paris That amount is also equal SaintGermain debut on Sun to what PSG paid Monaco in day but Kylian Mbappe stole 2017 to sign Mbappe, who the show by scoring both was clearly eager to go out on goals in a 20 win against a high if this was to be his fi Reims in Ligue 1. nal appearance for the club. Aditi finishes tied 10th; Messi, wearing the num With the transfer deadline Vani Kapoor T38 ber 30 jersey, came off the looming on Tuesday, the 22 FISKEBACKSKIL (SWEDEN) bench in the 66th minute to yearold did not appear re Aditi Ashok played a replace Neymar at the Stade motely distracted by the talk bogey-free final round of AugusteDelaune, where fans of a move as he headed in a two-under 69 to finish tied in the sellout 21,000 crowd glorious Angel Di Maria cross 10th at the Didriksons Skafto had earlier chanted his name in the 15th minute to put the Open here on Sunday. The as he emerged to warm up. away side in front. 23-year-old three-time LET The sixtime Ballon d’Or Mbappe then scored his Sheikh leads a winner finished four-under winner will have to wait for second of the night, and third 203. Vani Kapoor finished his first goal with his new of the season, just after the T-38. Frenchwoman Pauline club, and his first start, which hour mark, finishing off an in strong men’s field Roussin Bouchard took the could come when PSG hosts viting low cross to the back title with a score of 11-under. PTI Clermont in its next match on Familiar sight: Reims’ Yunis Abdelhamid uses any means possible to stop PSG’s Lionel Messi post by Achraf Hakimi. Rashmi on the top among September 11. from foraying ahead. * REUTERS Neymar started, making women with 28 points Hojgaard triumphs; his first appearance of the Shubhankar stumbles Pochettino’s take pearance in a PSG shirt. best from him.” World Cupwinning striker season, while Di Maria also CARROM Mohd. Ghufran (26), Vikas CRANS MONTANA (SWITZERLAND) “I’m very happy that he made “He is still far away from The week leading up to rejected. played in an allstar attack. Dharia (26), Mohd. Arif (29) Shubhankar Sharma’s hopes his debut. It was very impor his best form but he has been this game had been dominat The latest of these offers It is the only team in Ligue in a field of 20 players. Kamesh Srinivasan of a top-10 finish were tant for him,” PSG coach training well and he will be fit ed not by Messi but by talk of was understood to be worth 1 with the maximum 12 points New Delhi dashed in the final round Mauricio Pochettino told in the next two weeks, after Mbappe’s future, with Real €180 million, an astronomi after four games. Universal slams when he carded a six-over 76 broadcaster Amazon Prime the international break and, Madrid reportedly having cal amount for a player The result: Reims 0 lost to PSG Mohammed Sheikh of Kar Yogesh and Riyaz also at the European Masters here after Messi’s lowkey first ap yes, we are waiting for the two offers for the France whose contract expires at the 2 (Mbappe 15, 63). nataka was in irresistible had universal slams like on Sunday. He slipped from form as he executed an un Mohammed Sheikh, while tied seventh to a iversal slam and a white K. Srinivas and Mohd. Re disappointing T-50 with a slam, to lead a strong men’s total of one-under 279. han had one white slam field with three points after Rasmus Hojgaard became a Vidit fares better but slips two rungs Bishwamitra, Vishal, each. three-time European Tour the first round of the cham Former world champion winner at the age of 20 with a pions league in the Indian Yogesh Pardeshi was in the online carrom challenge, 13-under aggregate. PTI Artemiev emerges as the surprise leader after 10 rounds and Neha clinch gold 11th spot with 33 points organised by the All India while the current world Karan, Arvind guide CHESS place in the quarterfinals. $100,000 domestic chess BOXING Daksh (67kg), Deepak Carrom Federation. champion Prashant More Sapience to title Vidit began by beating Fi circuit will commence next (75kg), Abhimanyu (92kg) was joint 12th with 35 NEW DELHI RAKESH RAO rouzja and then drew with year. Press Trust of India and Aman Singh Bisht Class apart points along with Abhishek New Delhi NEW DELHI Karan Sharma (86 not out) Daniel Naroditskey (USA), Titled the MPL Indian (92+kg) bagged bronze me In a field sparkling with in Chavan. and Arvind Kumar (32 not Vidit Gujrathi stunned pro Eric Hansen (Canada) and Chess Tour, which compris World youth bronzeme dals while Lashu Yadav ternational players, Sheikh The top four players after out) scripted a digious teentalent Alireza Maxime VachierLagrave es four events and a Final, dallist Bishwamitra Chong (70kg) ended with a bronze was a class apart as he did four rounds will reach the match-winning stand of 93 Firouzja (France) and im (France) but lost to Leinier the platform will provide In tham (51kg), Vishal (80kg) in the women’s category. not take more than four semifinals for the knockout for the fifth wicket to guide proved his firstday perfor Dominguez Perez (USA). dians opportunities to quali and Neha (54kg) struck Earlier in the junior com chances in clearing any of stage. Sahib Sapience Club beat mance by half a point but Young Russian Vladislav fy for the elite milliondollar gold, while six other Indian petition, the country end the eight boards. In the women’s section, Richa SDS by six wickets and slipped two places in the Artemiev (7.5 points) Meltwaters Champions boxers signed off with sil ed with whopping eight The fact that he had al former world champion clinch the All India SPJ Cup Aimchess US rapid online emerged as the surprise Chess Tour. ver medals in the Asian gold, five silver and six ready been competing in Rashmi Kumari had the dis tournament. chess on Sunday. leader after 10 rounds. Mag Winner of each event will Youth Championships in bronze. the superleague and preli tinction of executing a The scores: Sahib Sapience After scoring just two nus Carlsen (Norway) and get to play in one event on Dubai on Monday. After Rohit, Bharat, minary stages of the com white slam in the second Club 212/4 in 20 overs points from the first five overnight leader Levon Aro the Champions Chess Tour Vishvanath Suresh Vishu and Tanu claimed petition helped the Karna board, and led the field of (Yashpal Dagar 87, Badal rounds, Vidit collected 2.5 nian (Armenia) shared the which comprises eight (48kg), Vanshaj (63.5kg) gold, Nikita Chand (60kg), taka player to strike a 21 players with 28 points. Singh Balyan 54, Shivam from the next five but second spot at seven points. events and a Final. and Jaydeep Rawat (71kg) Mahi Raghav (63kg), Pran remarkable rhythm in She was followed by Nid Singh 49) lost to Richa SDS slipped two rungs to joint In addition, the four qual ended with silver medals. jal Yadav (75kg) and Kirti clearing the boards. hi Gupta (40), Naga Jothi (Karan Sharma 86 n.o., Arvind 11th spot. In the remaining Indian Chess Tour ifying events will be held In the women’s competi (+81kg) picked up their yel Kumar 32 n.o.). He was followed by Yo (43), Aakanksha Kadam five rounds, Vidit will have to Meanwhile, in a move that and each winner will get a tion, Nivedita (48kg), Ta low metals. Rudrika (70kg), gesh Dhongade (16), Abdul (43), S Appoorwa (44), Ka Drone, Krishna star in strike rich to be among the reinforces India’s image as a spot in the Indian Chess manna (50kg), and Simran Sanjana (81kg) and Aanchal Rahman (18), Riyaz Akbar vya Shree (47), S Shainy Rohtak’s win topeight finishers for a huge chess market, a Tour. (52kg) claimed silver. Saini ended up with silver. Ali (19), K Srinivas (21), (48) and Deepa Naik (49). Drone Kishore (139 not out) and Krishna (4 for five ) helped Rohtak Road Gymkhana crush Mahesh Cricket Academy by 234 runs Renowned coach Vasoo Paranjape passes away India can put it across Finland: Myneni in the Push Academy League (u-13) tournament. Scores of cricketers benefited from the octogenarian mentor DAVIS CUP The scores: Rohtak Road Gymkhana 313/7 in 40 overs last year. ranjape as a teenager has al V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM (Drone Kishore 139 n.o.) bt CRICKET HYDERABAD Mahesh Cricket Academy 79 From Sunil Gavaskar to so been reproduced in the Special Correspondent in 29.2 overs (Krishna 4/5). Rohit Sharma, from Dilip book. Saketh Myneni is leaving no MUMBAI Vengsarkar to Rahul Dravid, He was the coach of India stone unturned in his prepa Chandimal recalled Vasudev, alias Vasoo, Paran from Sachin Tendulkar to Under19 for the inaugural rations to contribute to In for SA series jape — a former First Class Ramesh Powar and from Youth World Cup in 1988, dia’s Davis Cup campaign in Sri Lanka on Monday recalled cricketer who mentored Anil Kumble to W.V. Raman, with the squad including the Finland from September 18 former skipper Dinesh numerous greats of the game scores of international likes of M. Senthilnathan, to 19. Chandimal into a 22-member — passed away at his home cricketers benefited from Pa Pravin Amre, Nayan Mongia, “It is great to be back in squad, led by Dasun Shanaka, here on Friday afternoon af ranjape’s timely advice at dif Narendra Hirwani, Venkata the Indian team after a gap for a six-match series (three ter a prolonged illness. Pa ferent junctures in their pathy Raju and Subroto Ba of two years,” Myneni told ODIS & three T20Is) against ranjape was 82. career. nerjee. The Hindu. The last time he Going all out: Saketh Myneni is prepared to play any role South Africa. Chandimal, 31, Paranjape’s career as a While Gavaskar, who was Besides being a mentor, was a member of the squad required of him by the team. * V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM was dropped after the tour of cricketer was restricted to 29 given the nickname ‘Sunny’ Paranjape was a cricket ro was against Pakistan in 2019, the West Indies in March. He appearance for Mumbai Vasoo Paranjape. by Paranjape, referred to mantic and would be ready though he didn’t play any fast indoor surfaces and Cup game since 2018 for the missed the series against * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT game. England and India. All from 1956 to 1970. But it was him in the book as the “con to be involved in a discussion should be comfortable play simple reason that I have matches will be played at the his great cricketing acumen, science keeper” of every with cricketers and connois “It will be tough against ing there,” he said. “And, it been really training hard,” Premadasa Stadium.AFP ability to mentor cricketers It was apt that his son Jatin cricketer that turned up on seurs alike until his health Finland, but our team is cap should be interesting to see he said. “The pandemic had and an uncanny knack to — a former India batter and a the Mumbai maidans. Rohit deteriorated over the last able of a couple of upsets what kind of speed Finland messed up my foreign tour motivate young and veterans national selector — titled a has narrated how Paranjape few years. even though playing indoors team has prepared for us,” nament schedule. The Fin Washington alike that elevated him into book on his father that he co was instrumental in Rohit Paranjape is survived by has its own challenges. Eve he said. land match should be useful the stature of one of the authored with Anand Vasu being selected in the Mum wife Lalita, daughter Radhi ryone is eager to prove a “But, honestly, I don’t feel in getting visas for some oth ruled out of greatest guides of the game as ‘The Cricket Drona — for bai U17 squad for the first ka Shah, son Jatin and their point,” he said. any kind of pressure despite er tournaments as well,” he UAE leg of IPL in Indian cricket. the love of Vasoo Paranjape’ time. Kumble’s letter to Pa extended families. “I love the bounce and not having played a Davis said. Stuart Binny calls time on his cricketing career The allrounder featured in six Tests, 14 ODIs and 3 T20Is

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Ashwin Achal DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Bengaluru B Binny, the son of former Stuart Binny, who holds the India all-rounder Roger best bowling figures for an Binny, enjoyed a fruitful Indian in ODIs, announced 18-year domestic career his retirement from all forms B He has expressed an of the game on Monday. interest in moving to Washington Sundar. “I would like to inform full-time coaching * SPORTZPICS/BCCI you that I have decided to re DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tire from first class and inten to the official fold. Sports Reporter tional cricket. It has given me Binny began his IPL career Bengaluru tremendous joy and pride to with Mumbai Indians in Allrounder Washington have represented my coun 2010. He represented Rajas

Sundar has been ruled out try at the highest internation Stuart Binny. * FILE PHOTO than Royals from 2011 to 2015 of the UAE leg of IPL 2021 al level,” Binny, 37, said in a and 201819. because of a finger injury, statement. his home ground M. Chin He was signed by RCB in Royal Challengers Banga The allrounder featured naswamy Stadium here in 2016 for ₹2 crore. RCB re lore announced on Mon in six Tests, 14 ODIs and 3 November 2015, in a washed leased him after the 2017 day. T20Is. Binny’s standout per out game against South Afri the Karnataka team which In 2019, Binny signed to season. Bengal mediumpacer formance came in 2014 when ca. He was part of the India racked up trophies between play for Nagaland after being In 2012, he married popu Akash Deep has been he returned a recordbreak squad for the 2015 ICC ODI 2013 and 2015. ignored by Karnataka selec lar sports anchor Mayanti named as replacement. ing six for four in the second World Cup, but didn’t get a A powerful and uninhibit tors. Langar. Washington had hurt his ODI against Bangladesh. game. ed strokemaker, Binny often A level2 NCA coach, Bin finger during practice in Binny, the son of former rescued Karnataka with big The spotlight ny has expressed an interest the leadup to the ongoing Debut Test India allrounder Roger Bin knocks in the middleorder. Binny entered the spotlight in moving to fulltime fiveTest series in England He shone with the bat on ny, also enjoyed a fruitful 18 With 148 First Class wickets, with good performances in coaching. and subsequently returned Test debut, against England year domestic career. He Binny was a morethanuse the unsanctioned Indian He thanked the BCCI, Kar home. at Nottingham in 2014, scor played 95 First Class, 100 ful seamer. Binny also cap Cricket League (ICL). After nataka State, his IPL teams, RCB will play Kolkata ing a crucial 78 in the second ListA and 150 T20 matches — tained Karnataka when regu two seasons in the ICL (2007 coaches, selectors, captains, Knight Riders on Septem Dance of delight: Stuart Binny’s six for four against innings to help India salvage a bulk of it for a strong Karna lar skipper Vinay Kumar was 2009), he accepted BCCI’s teammates, media, friends ber 20 in Abu Dhabi. Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2014 remains India’s best in ODIs. a draw. His last Test came at taka side. Binny was a part of unavailable. amnesty offer and returned and family for their support. CM A ND-NDE YK

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